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Union Line, 7 15 " Local Freight, 700a. m. 645 p. m. ■tfi-Galbranh's Omnibuses convey passengers to and from all the trains, taking up or setting them dowu at all points within the borough limits. SEC. 7 T. ELSE?-, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Mltiliii. Centre and Hunting don counties my2<i J. I. MARKS OFFERS his Professional services to the citizens of Lewistown and the surround ing country. Office in the Public Square op posite the Lewistown Hotel. janl3-6m* Large Stock of Furniture on Hand. A FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds of Furniture. Young married persons and others that wish to purchase Furniture j will find a good assortment on hand, which will I ° sold cheap for cash, or country pro j duce siren in exchange for same. Give me ! a call - 7 alley street, near Black Bear Ho j tel. feb 21 Jacob C. Blymyer & Co,, Produce and Commission Mer chants, LEWISTOWN, PA. teiTFlour and Grain of all kinds pur- | chased at market rates, or received on storage j and shipped at usual freight rates, having I storehouses and boats of their own. with care- ! ful captains and hands. Plaster, fish, and Salt always on hand. sep'2 AMBROTYPES AND The Gems of the Season. fTMIIS is no humbug, hut a practical truth X The pictures taken by Mr. Burkholdc; are unsurpassed for BOLDNESS TRUTH FULNESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and DURABILITY. Prices varying according to size and quality of frames and Cases. Room over the Express Office. Lewistown, August 23, 1860. TO B A C 0 0 : Genuine Oriental Turkish, Im. Turkish, Rose, Favorite, Ln ion, Kiss-me-quick, Seafar latti, aVc, So. 1, i and 3 CUT & DRY, very low. ALSO, PirES, TOBACCO-BOXES, C IGAFtS, and in fact everything that belongs to bis business, at very low figures. Call and examine for yourselves, and save money by buying at the Cigar and Tobacco Store of E- FRYSINGER, no Lewistown. Pa. Cordage, Cordage^ R°, PES ' Tr w Lineß ' Be<l Cord *. Clothes Lines, iwineß, and other cordage for ! Bale b J J- B. SELIIEIMER. I THE MllllftfiL FINISH THY WORK. Finish thy work, the time is short; The sun is in the west; The night is coming down—till then Think not of rest. Yes, finish all thy work, then rest; Till then rest never; The rest prepared for thee by God Is rest forever. Finish thy work, then wipe thy brow; Ungird thee from thy toil; Take breath, and from each weary limb Shake off the soil. Finish thy work, then sit thee down On some celestial bill. And in its strength reviving air Take thou thy fiill, Finish thy work, then go in peace; LifeX battle fought and won. Hear frbm the throne the Master's voice, Well done! well done!" Finish thy work, then take thy harp, Give praise to God above; Sing a new song of mighty joy And endless love. Give thanks to him who held thee up Iu all thy path below. Who made thee faithful unto death, And crowns thee now! TALES I SKETCHES THE DRAB DRESS. 'Brother Fred, I've a favor to ask you.' And Lita Ross lifted her iaee, with a beseeching expression, from a b.,quet of choice flowers, which she held in her small, jewelled hand 'A favor to ask me Sis?' was the young mau's reply. 'One would think, from your serious, troubled countenance, it was the first you had ever preferred, and you were ! to try an experiment.' 'Well, it is a sort of experiment. Fred; and before you give me an answer I want you to think, and not say; 'Oh, yes. yes,' as you always do, and then not give it ■ anoiher single thought ' •\V ell, here goes then,' answered the gay handsome young man, dragging ari ot toman to his sister s feet and seating him 1 se.t ipon it with well assumed gravity. j 'Your humble servant. And now proceed ! to business, mademoiselle.' Ihe young girl's face assumed a thor oughly earnest expression as she clapped one of her b other's hands in both ot her own, and said, while the rich color burned up into her cheeks : 'Fred, it is this: that you will drink no more wine. I tremble whenever i see you with a glass to )our lips.' 'W ell, now, Lita, child, can you not trust me, knowing my entire self command; j that I have no natural tendency that way; and that I only occasionally take a social glass when in the society of my friends.' 'I know it, Fred; 1 know all that, but your influence is what I fear. There is ; Charles Chester thinks you are a perfect j pattern of goodness; and as he touched glasses with you at .Mrs Rearden's, and you stood and drank together,my heartached,not i so much for you as for him, knowing that ' he has not the self command you have and | that he loves to look upon the wine when it sparkles in the cup.' •Well, well, Lita, perhaps you are right; I never looked at it in that way before,' i said Fred, while his couutenance wore a | thoughtful expression. 'But., who in the name of common sense,' | (and now the young roan smiled,) would have expected that my little fashionable butterfly sister ever found time tor such thoughts as these, what with her ribbons. I roses and laces? Seriously, Lita, I did not give you credit for being so much of a woman.' ; 'Thank you for the compliment, Fred. But now promise me; I shall not be happy until you do. I have no fears for your I personal safety in this matter, though I doubt your moral right to : ndulge in a so ciul glass merely because Mrs. Grundy smiles upon the custom; but I fear for Charles Chester, seeing with what a rel iah he drinks his glass to the dregs. Prom ise me, Fred; come, now, do this, if you | love me.' And Lita Ross laid her hand beseech j irigly upon her brother's head. 'Well Lita, this is something of a sacri fice to ask of me. Why, I should make myself very conspicuous by refusing a so cial glass But I don't know but I'll do it, if you make a corresponding sacrifice I don't care to be immolated upou the ai ! tar alone.' 'Name it, Fred; and if it is in my power I will do it gladly.' And her solt eyes fairly danced with de light. 'Well, then, Sis, I will promise this thing if you will do what I aui about to ask .you I declare I have scarcely the i heart to, you look so pretty in that blue silk dress, with its lace trimmings, and your ear-rings, pin and bracelet of those tiny pearls, but you must give them up if j I comply with your request.' 'I will, Fred, I will.' 'And wear a drab dress, without any or naments.' '\"es, Fred.' i 'Next Thursday night make your first WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1864. appearance at Mrs. Thurston's. Remem ber, you will be subject to many remarks and will look very plain by the side of your showily dressed companions.' 'I promise. Now, Fred, promise in re turn that you will then and there comply witli my request.' 'Your hand, Sis. And row remember, as lons as you will wear drab, and that without ornaments, I will refuse a fashion able glass. Hut you do not know what a sacrifice you are making. I should not be surprised were you to retract any day.' 'Well, Fred, we shall see. Aud now a kiss as a seal of our contract.' And Lita threw her arms about her brothers neck and covered his forehead, brow and lips with a shower of kisses, and then glided away through the hall, up the I.' tig oaken stairway to her chamber, where seating herself, she bowed her head and ejaculated : 'Thank God, Charl ie Chester may yet be saved.' And the tears rained down her fair face; and when she had again looked up, there was a subdued, tender light in her eyes, never there before. And this was Lita Ro-s, the pot play thing of the family, the sparkling, fashion able belle of the season, the coquette, so accounted. But t! ere was in her heart a leaf as yet unread by any eye save that of her Maker, and on it was inscribed her love for Charlie Chester 'Well, now, who'd have tl ought, it ?'— Fred exclaimed, as he found himself alone. I thought I had touched her dearest idol, and that she could no more deny it to her sell than she could give up her right hand. But, she'll do it; I saw it in her eye Faith, 1 never was so proud of her in uiy life Ive l lo kel upon her as a mere chit of a girl; but all at once she stands before rue a noble and self sacrificing woman. And she's right about Ch..rlie ChesWr: for, now I think of it. lie's in danger ot being drawn into a whirlpool of dissipation ! Strange I've not thought uf that before ! I used to think they had quite a partiality for each ot l er; but they have outgrown it, I reckon ' Ilow in it'll we pride ourselves upou our own discernment, am: yet how widely do our conclusions sometimes wander Jrom the real truth Thursday evening came; Frederick Ross sat in the drawing room, awaiting the ap pearanee of Lita There was a lis. lit, rust ling step, and she stood belore him, with her soft hair drawn smoothly from her brow, and confined plainly at the back ol her pretty head, arid amidst its glossy abundance were a few sprays of heliotrope, her dress was a simple drab silk, with low corsage and short sleeves, relieved by a tall ot white blonde, while her tiny foot, with its dainty satin slipper of the same shade as the dress, laid coquettishly hidden in the thick, rich carpet. 'Come, Fred, lam ready,'she said. 'Aut I presentable ?' 'Why, Lita, love ?' Here he piused. Admiration was writ ten on every feature of his speaking lai e; but he adroitly changed the expression, and concluded with— 'Yes, Lita; presentable, perhaps. But one would take you at least to be twenty five. instead of nineteen. Faith, I had no idea it would aiter you so much ! Come there is an hour yet; run and put on that rose-colored crape, and take the fastenings from your hair, and let it fall in curls about your shoulders. I hate to see you, my little Sis, looking so prim. There's an hour yet, and Bell will assist you. Do it, now, to please me; there's a good girl.' Lita's cheek turned crimson and her eyes tilled with rears. To think that Fred, her own brother, should tell her 'she look ed twenty five,' and 'print' at that ! What would Charlie Chester think of her? For a moment the temptation was strong upon her. But she did not yield, for she saw in her mind's eye Charlie with the wine cup at his lips; she heard her mother's voice crying, 'Enter not into temptation !' as plainly as she heard her whisper it into his ear as be turned from his cottage home a tew weeks previous. It was those words, and the look of gentle sorrow that filled the mothers eye with tears that first aroused Lita's fears in regard to Charlie; and ever since that time she hud watched him closely. She did not care to betray her interest in him, as he had avoided her studiously for more than a year; and, be sides, she feared to wound him by forcing upon him the thought that she imagined him incapable of self control But now she had devised away in which either of these contingencies could be avoided.— And having obtained her brother's consent, should she yield it up simply to gratify her love for dress and admiration ? No, no; she would not. More than that, she dared not. Laying her hand, in its tiny kid glove, upon her brother's shoulder, she said : •Brothei Fred, I shall go as I am, though I would gladly consul' your taste and my own by exchanging this sombre dress tor the rose colored crape; hut it would not be right to me; L should despise myself. I am sorry you are yoing to be uiortiiied at my appearance. I did not think, before I came below, that? I look so old and prim. But of course I do, as you say so.' 'Never mind, Sis; I aui proud of you, let you look as you will. I should not have loved you half so well had you meekly yielded to my request. And now run and get your hat and cloak, for the carriage waits lor us at the door.' Had my readers looked closely into the eyes of Frederick Ross, they ould have seen something like a tear glittering upon his dark lashes, which he hurriedly wiped away upon his delicately perfumed handkerchief as Lita turned from him. — Aud Lita thought he never looked so lovingly upon her as when he handed her into the carriage; and then she was quite sure his bearing was more than usually proud as he led her to the further end of the reception room, to present her to Mrs. Thurston, the lady of the house 'Lita Ross, as I live !' cried the imperi ous beauty, as she tossed her stately head •1 wonder what new freak has taken pos session of her ?' 'Oh, she likes to herself conspicu ous, cried another lady, carelessly toying with one of her golden carls. 'See how all eyes follow her. I should not care to be in her place. She looks like a quakeress matron of thirty or thirty five. You will stand quite a chance of reigning oelle to night, now that she h: s hidden all her beauty under a cloud of drab ' Miss .Milford, the young lady addressed, colored a little at the douhtfui compliment, and, gathering up her pale blue satin dress, she sailed stately awav. 'Miss Ross,' said Mrs. Thurston, bending her gentle face near to Litu's,' vill you give a key to the mystery that so sorely puzzles my guests to night—the plainuess of your dress on this occasion?' 'I cannot present, Mrs Thurston,' re plied Lita; 'but at some future time I may. I hope you do not think I have done any think improper? I have a motive that you would certainly approve of, if I were at iiberty to name it.' And Lita stood blushing through her smiles at the inquiring face of the lady. 'Oh, no, M iss Ross, nothing improper; but it seems so different from your own uirlish self, that tt causes speculation in the minds of many. But do not let it trouble you. I think it verv he - miog to you. this drab or with ,t- bloc tiiiu- Lli sllolT, x .v. c>aW VuU so lovely as to night, though not so briiltant as your wont' 'O, Mrs. Thurston, you do riot mem it; lam sure lam looking very plain Broth er bred said, before 1 left home, I looked twenty five, and so very prim, and I have felt as if it were true all the evening. It must he j'our partiality for me, Mrs. Thurs ton — indeed it must.' 'Not at all, Lita; I am quite serious in iri my opinion, and I have heard others say the same.' 'Lita Ross is Lita Ross, dress her as you may,' said a light hearted girl, as she stood talking to her companions. 'Just see her as she stands there with the light falling around her soft drab dress; but she looks pretrier to-night than ever,' continued the unselfish girl. 'Look, Harry.' 'Yes, Lizzie, there are few faces like Lita Ross, —prettier without adornments than with. I know of but one other like it in this whole assembly.' And the little white hand of Lizzie was tenderly pressed by the young man, while a soft blush stole over the fair brow of sweet tempered Lizzie Gray, as they min gled with the crowd. The supper saloon was thrown open, and the tables, laid with silver and cut glass, supporting all the choice luxuries of the season, presented a dazzling spectacle, under the multitude of gas jets from the rich burners, while the long polished side hoards were supplied with the richest wines, reflecting a prismatic color. 'Miss Ross, what can I help you to?' in quired the gentleman who had escorted Lita to the table. But for a moment Lita was quite oblivi ous. Site was thinking of her brother's promise, and wondering what effect it would have upon Charlie Chester. The ladies had withdrawn from the sup per room; but still the gentlemen lingered, or returned after having escorted their fair companions from the saloon. 'Fred—Fred Ross—here tike this seat by me, and while we sip our wine we will have a chat.' 'Well, I have no objection to the chat, but the wine I must refuse.' 'Fred Ross is a temperance man; he has signed the pledge! Three cheers for Fred Ross!' Charlie Chester had in his hand a second glass, and just as he was about to drain its contents the words of Frank Leland fell upon his ears. He turned pale, and stood looking at Fred Ross, who sat smiling com posedly upon his boisterous companions. 'Yes, just so; a temperance tuan, if you like it. I've signed a pledge, too, and it is useless to ask me more, tor 1 am bound to keep it faithfully.' Lita Ross had stationed herself near the folding door, and not only had she seen all that had taken place at the sideboard, but not a word had passed that had not reached her ear. With a heart filled with happiness, she turned away, and at that moment would not have exchanged, for the richest dress around, her own simple drab. ECUSZFknsjr Several weeks wore away, yet Lita was uever seen iu public with anything but sombre drab 'lt is ridiculous in a child of her years,' said a lady, as Lita entered a large dry gods establishment; 'perfectly ridiculous. I suppose she thinks it will pass for eccen tricity. But it is not; it is downright folly. If she was uiy girl, Fd shut her up in the house, and teed her t n bread and water, before I'd see her make such a simpleton of herself. Only see that drab bonnet, with its white rush aud strings, and the cape, quite suitable for her grandmother ' 'I heard her called one of the very finest dressed ladies on the street, to day. by a gentleman from Europe,' replied the clerk; 'and he expressed a desire to obtain an in troduction to her.' 'Ah, indeed,' said she, tossing her head 'Show me some more lilac mories.' 'Frederick Ross,' said Charlie Chester, drawing Fred's arm within his own, as they left the crowd who thronged Mrs. Gran v.lie's musical assemblies, 'will yon walk with me.' I've something to say to you —a few questions to ask, it you" will not deem it impertinent in uie to do so.' i Frederick readily acceded to hia request; and no sooner were they alone than Char lie Chester said : 'Perhaps you will think it strange, hut I am anxious to know why you sc suddenly lelt off your habit of taking a fashionable glass. It alarmed me. I said, whenever I saw you turn from me, 'is it possible he fears to trust himself, or what has wrought this change in hint?' 'Yes, Charlie, I will tell you,'was the ready reply. And then lie proceded to tell him the circumstances that led to this change in his habits, omitting to relate that his name was particularly mentioned as the one over whom Lita especially feared the influence ot her brother's example. 'Y our sister is an angel of goodness, Fred; you may well be proud of. and wor ship her. If more ladies would take the stand she has done, young men would have higher inducem rits to break from fashion able follies; but, instead of that, they .-Uiiie upon a custom which 'dear, delight ed Mrs Grundy' sanctions, and give tho cold shoulder to one who has the indepen dence to assert and carry out his own honest intentions. You. wi \;r :r wealth, are an exception. Aud yet I'm resolved to fol low your example; and, whenever tempta tion is strong upou me, I will look upon Lita in her dark drab dress, and call to mind the sacrifice she has made; not so much from fear that her brother might fall a prey to the wine cup, but lest others, who have not so much self-control, might take encouragement i'rotu your example.' After a few minutes spent in discussing the subject, the two friends parted; and when Fred related the circumstance to Lita, after expressing her satisfaction, she stole away to her chamber, as was her wont, to give vent to the gratitude ut her heart; and an earnest petitiuu ascended to heaveu that Charlie Chester might have strength imparted to remain true to his vow. •Well, Lita, so this rich, talented, and handsome European, who sued so earnestly for this little white hand, has shared the same fate with your many suitors. You are an enigma, Sis, and I am afraid if I do not exert my authority you will never many. 'I am sure I shall not, Fred, unless my heart goes with my hand,' and Lita smiled a quiet smile as she looked up from her sewing. 'Now, don't you leave me with such a sober face, for 1 assuteyou ihatl'm happy as I am.' 'I doubt it, Sis,' was the laughing rejoin der, as Fred closed the door and went through the hall humming a snatch cf a sentimental song. Two years hud flown by, and still Charlie Chester kept his vow inviolate. Lita had watched him narrowly, and every day in her heart she thanked Go I that it was so; and yet to have seen them ncwone would have imagined that they had even the slightest feeling in common. Lita sat alone in the back parlor of her home, thinking of the past; of the happy hours she had spent with Charlie Chester when she was a mere child; wondering why he avoided her so studiously of late, when she was roused by a tap at the door, and before her stood the object of her thoughts. With heightened colored and an embarras sed air she welcomed him, wondering at bis unceremonious call. A few moments of silence followed his entrance, and then Charlie Chester drew his seat near her and said: •Lita, Lita, my early playmate, by boy hood s iove, now that 1 know and can trust myself, will you entrust your life, your happiness, to my keeping? I owe to you all that I have, all that I am. It was through your influence that I abandoned the wioe cup just in time to save me from an iuebriate's grave. O, Lita, what do I not owe you? And yet this very fact en courages me to ask for more. Say, will you become my wife?' The small hand he held ne9tled more confidently in his, the brown eyes lifted to his face, with so much of truthful love in them, answered him. And she told him of all the long years bis image had been hidden in her heart; of har fears for his safety when she saw him WW-IFSTj New Series—Vol. XVIII. No. 40. with the wine cup pressed to his lips, and c>t her resolve to save him, and the conse quent adoption of her drab dress. 'And it was for my sake, and minealone, tliat you were led to this sacrifice ! And yet you did uot know half my danger. I loved wine; my thirst for it was becoming uioie intense, and only a few months lon ger would have placed me beyond the reach of aid. But you were 'the good angel commissioned by God, to save me ' Lita is now a happy wife and a mother; but she still maintains her plain style of dress. She wore a drab dress on her bri dal day; and as she passes along the street she is pointed out as 'the lady in drab.' But many there are who kuow not the story connected with it, nor that her hus band will not hear of her changing it for any other color; for to him no dress i 3 so beautiful as her DRAB DRESS. lom&mieofis f'ontentment —All a man's wealth or poverty is within himself; it is not the out ward abundauc . or want that can mako a difference. Let a man be ever so rich in estate, yet if his heart be not satisfied, but he is still scraping and pining for more, that man is miserably poor; all his bags cannot make him otherwise than a mere beggar. On the other side give me a man ol small means, whose mind is thoroughly content with his iittie, and enjoys it with a quiet and thankful heart—that man is exceedingly rich; all the world cannot rob him of his wealth. It is not having, by which we can measure riches, but enjoy ing. Oh, my soul, be not thou carried away with the popular error— to covet and admire those things which have no true worth in themselves ! Oh, God, give me to covet that my mind may be rich in knowledge, that my soul may be rich in grace, that my heart may be rich in true contentment.— Bishop Hall. The Unhuricd Dead. —There are many people in the world who are not yet buried. There are thousands who have been dead many years, and do not know it. When a man's heart is cold and indifferent about religion; when his uauds are never employ ed in doing God's work; when his feet are never familiar with his ways; when his tongue is seldom used in prayer and praise, when his ears arc deaf to the voice of Christ in the gospel; when his eyes are blind to the beauty of heaven ; when his mind is full of the world, and has no room nor time for spiritual things; then a man is dead.— Ryle. Influence of a Holy Life. —There is an energy of moral suasion in a good man's tile, passing the highest efforts of the ora tor's genius. The seen but silent beauty of holiness speaks more eloquently of God and duty than the tongues of men end an gels. Christianity itself owes by tar the greater part of its moral power, to the pre cepts and parables of Jesus Christ, and to his own character. The beauty of that holiness, which is enshrined in the four biographies of the Man of Nazareth, has done more, and will do more to regenerate the world than all the other agencies put together. It hab done more to spread his religion in the world than all that has ev er been preached or writteu on the eviden ces of Christianity.— Chalmers. Early Piety. —Early piety is the most beautiful spectacle in the world. Religion above every other acquisition, enriches and adorns the mind of man; and it is especial ly congenial with the natural susceptibili ties of the youthful mind. The vivacity and versatility of youth, the tenderness and ardor of the affections in this age, ex hibit piety to the best advantage. How delightful it is to see the bosoms of the young swelling with the lively emotions of pure devotion ! How beautiful is the tear of penitence or of holy joy which glisteos in the eye of tender youth— Alexander. A GREAT BATTLE Is Expected to lake Place in Virginia, BUT notwithstanding this the people must have &SSW£Si3)2£9 and we would respectfully set forth our claims to public attention, first, because we keep a large and well assorted stock of Boots and Shoes for men and boys. Gaiters, and all other kinds of shoes for women and children. We are prepared to take measures and complete work of all kinds at short notice. . Repairing done at short notice, at E. C. HAMILTON'S, West Market street, a few doors west of Col Butler's, and nearly opposite Daniel Ei senbise's Hotel. mh3Q-'64 WILLIAM LIND, has now open A NEW 3TOGJC 0* Cloths, Cassimeres AND VESTI NCS, which will be made up to order io the neat* eat and most fashionable styles. ap!9
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