% Jfamiln ftegagtr —$tbott& to politics, fongrate, f iterate, Science, ®j;e littff&ap, ®Jj| s|ferkte, (Kbucation, Amusement General Intelligence, tCe., J. S. & J. J. BRISBIN, VOLUME 26, i,\t Centre Democrat. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY J.S. &J. J. BRISBIN. Ojjp.ce in the Arcade BuUdinj, Second Floor. TERM3.—SI,SO if paid in advance or within sis months after subscribing,otherwise $2 will invari ably be charged. No subscriptions received for a shorter period than six months and none dis continued, unless at the option of the editor, until all arrearages are naid. ~ BUSINESS CARDS. M'IEUISTER &, BEAVER ATTORN C.Y'B-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE, _ FA Office on Allegheny Street. Feb. 10'5'd T? M. BBANCHARD- JTJJ, -AT-LAW, BKLLEONXB, PENS'A. Office toruirly occupied bv the Hon. James Burnside. Jan. 19, 'rO.-tf. \\T W BROWN-ATIORNEY-AT-- >V . LAW BJELLKPONTK, PENNA.M ill attend to ail legal business entrusted to hiru, with prompt ness. May, 5 R-9. M7 PTWIESO N-ATTORNEY-AT -LAW BBLLFONTS, Pa , will promptly at tend TO all legal business entrusted to him. office three doors North of the diamond. jan.l2'oo TA~ J. HOCK MAN, SURVEYOR AND I-J, CONVEYANCER, BELLEFONTE, PA., will attend to and correctly execute ell businesi en trusted to him. [June 14,—'60, — tf. CYRUS ALEXANDER. ATORNEY'-AT-LAW, BBLLEFSNTK, Penna, will faithfully attend to all business entrus ted o him. Ofiiee un Northwest corner of the Dia- Apr. 12, '6o, tf. IFt AC. MITCHELL, A TTORNE J-AT-LAW, BELLF.FONTK PPNNA. /~l_ Will faithfully attend to all business cptrust- T 0 him. Office in the Arcade. jan 5 60. ~ trfiO L- POTTER. TO. 13. OFFICE on High street, (old office.) Bellefonte Pa. Will attend to professional calls as heretofore, and respectfully offers his professional services his friends and the public. Oct.2C'sß G A. FAINLAMB. M. D. .'AS. A. DOBBIN'S, M. D FAIRLATfin &. DOBESNS. DR. EAIRLAMB has- associated with bim DR J. 11. DOBBINS, in the practico of medicine iifiee as heretofore on Bishop street, opposite the Temperance Hotel. March 19.57. WM7 RE SURG EON "AN D" 1 'V L'ILYBLOLAIS, having permanently located offers his Professional services to the citizens of Pine Grove Mills and vicinity, and respectfully oslicits A liberal portion of the public patronage. [Feb. 13, '6o.—ly. 1 I LINGLE, Operative AND Mecnahical Dentist, will prae- MXRPYTR ticc all the various branches of his profession in the most approved manner. Office and residence on Spring St.Bcllefonte _a. [Mar. £. 00. tt. 1 AMES RIDDLBAtM^ LAW, BBLLSFONTB PA. WILL attiond to ah entrusted to him with care and prompt ness. Refer to Gov. Pollock, Milton Pa. and lion. A. G. Curtin, Beliefonto Pa- Office with John if. Stover jan. 5, '6ll. I T R. MUFFLY, Ac: - N ' T FJR ™- H , W EST.BRANCU INBLUANCE COMPANY. ICR tons wishing to secure themselves from losses by lire, will do Well to call upon bim at the store of J. It. Muffiv & Co., N. E. corner of the Diamond, three doors above Allegheny S.trte', Bellefonte, Centre co , I'a. Mar. 15, '6O. W W. WHITE, DENTIST, has per . manently located IRJ Boalsburg, Centre County Pa. Office on main St.. next door to the store of Johnston & Keller, where he purposes practising his professior in the most scientific manner and at moderate charges. mar. 13'60 CONVEYANCING. DEEDS BONDS, MORTGAGES, AND AR TICLES OF AGREEMENT nearly aud cor rectly executed. Also, attention will be given to the adjustment of Book Accounts, and accounts f Adminstratior s and Executors prepared for filing. office next door to the Post Office. PET., 19th, 'S3J WM. J. KEALSH bbw"g.P.WlugabO ; RESIDENT DENTIST. Office and residence on the Norta lastern corner of the Public Square, near the Court House. Will be found at his office, except two weeks in sachmonth, commencing on the first Monday of each month, when he will bo filling professional engagements elsewhere. Oct. 22. '57 4g tt. ______ £TOVE JJ ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW BELLEFONTE, PA., will practice his pro fession in the seyeral courts of" Centre county. — All business entrusted to bim will he carefully at tended to. Collections made and all monies promptly remitted. Office, on High st. formerly opcuped by Judge Burnside, and D. C. Boa'i, Esq. wherohe can be consulted both in the Eng:ishand intbe gerinan language. May 6, '56—22 ly. JAS. L*AO!ANUS. W. P. 3IACSIANU j J: St WOT. F. HZACMANUS. ATTORNEY'S- AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA., Office in the- rooms formerly occupied by Linn <FC Wilson, Allegheny street. Jas. Macman ushas associated with W. P. Macroanus, Esq., in J the practico of law. Professional business intrus tedt o their care will receive prompt attention. They will attehd the several Courts in the Coun ties of Centre, Clinton and Clearfield. June 21,'60, tf. TTALE & HOY:> ATTORNEY S-AT XI LAW, will attend pro nptly to nil business stedto their care. Office in the building formerly occupied by Hon, Jas. T. Hale. A CARD. Messrs. NALE & Hoy will attend to my business during my absence in Congress, and will be as sisted by me in the trial of all causes entrustedto them. J- T. HALE. jan_s'lß6o CU2TIM & BLANCHARD. A TTORNEV'S-AT-L AW,BELLEFONTE,PENNA The undersigned having associated them selves in the practise of Law, will faithfully at tend to all professional business entrusted to them in Centre, Clintion and Clearfield counties. All collections placed in their Lends, will receive their promt attention. Office in Blanehard'S new building on Allegheny street. Nor. 30 '53 CURTIN &BL ANCIIA RD. "TTTM. HARDING, FASHIONABLE BAVESK AND W HAIR DRESSER, BELLEFONTE, PA., Has opened A Barber Shop one door above the Frank lin House, where ho can bo found at alt times.— Good Razors, keen and sharp, kept constantly ou hand. Hair Dressing, Shampooning, Ac., atten ded to in the most workman like manner. He hopes by R strict attention to business to receive a liberal share of public patronage. Bellefonte, June 28, 1860-— tf. H JIJYKMJYG iloWsE OJF^ WM. F.. REYNOLDS & CO. BELLEFONTE, CENTRE CO., PENN'A. Rills cf Exchange and Notes discounted ; Collec t-.ons made and Funds promptly remitted. Inter est paid on Special _ Deposits, Exchange on the SARTVN cities constantly on hand and for sale. Dtpfclite received. April 7 '3B NEW TOPOGRAPHICAL?MAP AND DIRECTORY OF CENTRE CO, PENNSYLVANIA, BYS. D. TILDEiV, mm factual Measurement by Instrumcn p tai Surveys throughout the County. By H. I'. WALLING, Civil Engineer. FINITE undersigned proposes to publish by order JL a largo and accurate Popographical Ma; of Centra county, from thorough and careful sur veys, by H. F. WalliDg, Civil Engineer. Every road has been carefully surveyed by course and distance, and the location noted of all the public roads, Dwellings, Churches, Post Offi ces, Hotels, Stores, School Houses, Factories, Mills. Shops, Mountains, Pond 3 Streams, &c.— The names of Property Holders generally—care fully including those who order the work—will be engraved upon the Map, showing thecxact lo cation of each. Extra Mops of the Principal Villages will be engraved upon the margin o' the Map ; also a Table of Distances, showing the number of miles from vach Post office to every othea throughout the county, together with the latest statistical in formation. Au ornamental border will surround the Map Tho Map will be engraved by the m st skillful Artists in -the country, handsomely colored and mounted, and will be delivered to tbose who or der for Five dollars per copy. We are now actively engaged in forwarding tli e work, and shall endeavor to give every property holder an opportunity of ordering a copy, and al so of examining the work before its final com pletion; in order to make it entirely satisfactory as to accuracv, <£c. The map will contain all the information usual ly fouud iu Town maps, for each of the towns in the county, and it i 3 obvious that the most liberal patronage is needed to sustain us in producing a work of so great magnitude and expense. As it is evidently of such practical utility nnd inteiest to business men and citizens generally, present ing so minute an l distinct a representation of the county, that even the child may readily acquire a correct idea of each town, village. Ac., and their trne directions, distances from each other, we con fidently solicit and expect the hearty co-operation of the intelligent and enterprising citizens of Ccu tro county. S. D. TILDEX, Publisher. These maps are said exclusively by the Publisher, and no variation in price. Eo more mans are printed than what are actually ordered. We the undersigned, having examined the re cent surveys ani drafts of Outre county, also Topographical Maps of other counties, puiishcu by Wr. 8. D. Tilden, take pleasure in recommend ing a Topographsoal Map of this county, which is very much needed, being of great practical value to business men and citizens generally, and from the united testimonials and recommendations the, have from distinguished gentlemen wh-re they ; have made surveys and published county iaap3. — i We feel confident they will furnish an accurate, ; reliable ar.d useful Map and Diicctory well war- j ty of liberal patronage. We hope the citizens of this county will interest themselves sufficiently in this enterprise, so that the Publisher may engrave upon the margin of the map, extra planS*fcf the villages in the county upon an enlarged scale. Considering the expense of such a survey of the > whole county, and being entirely a local work wo . think it is offered to the citizens on very reason- | ible terms. ! Wm. F. Reynolds, James T. Hale, John Ifoffor, j 'dam Hoy, Wm. A. Thomas, E. ('■ Humes. JraC. ; Mitchell, H- N. McAllist er, J-8. Barnhart, Jas. A'. Beaver, Cyrus T. Alexander, E l. Bianchard, If. Brookerhoff, Wm. P. Wilson, Geo. L. Potter, Geo. Livingston, Jacob V. Thomas, Geo. A. Fair ! lamb, Jas. H. Rankin, James F. Riddle, John Tonner, Test, George W. Tate, John T. Iloovor, P. I>. Wilson, James Linn, .T. B. Mitch ell, E. Greene, J. H. Stover. P. G. Durham, Sain'l Linn, 11. P. Harris, A. S. Valentine. Aug. 23, IS6O. tf. ' BCHRHAVE'S HOLLAND BITTERS TU !J CELEBRATED HOLLAND REMEDY FOR BVSPEPSIA, DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS, I,IVER UOBIPLAIMT, WEAKNESS OF ANY KIND, FEVER AND AGUE, And the various affections consequent upon a disordered STOMACH OK LIVER, Such as Indigestion, Aridity of the Stomach, Colidkv Pains, Heartburn. Loss of Appetite, Despondency, Costivenoss, Blind and Bleeding Piles. In all Nervous, Rheumatic, and Neuralgic Affections, it has in numerous instances proved highly beneficial, and in others effected a decided cure. This is a purely vegetable compound, prepared on strictly scientific principles, after the manner of the celebrated Holland Professor, Bcerhave. Its reputation at home pro duced its introduction here, the demand commencing with those of the Fatherland scattered over the face of tliis mighty country, many of whom brought with them and handed down the tradition of its value. It is now offered to the American public, knowing that, its truly wonderful medicinal virtues m tut be acknowledged. It is particularly recommended to those.persons whose constitutions may have been impaired by the continuous use of arder.t. spirits, or other forms of dissipation. Generally instantaneous in effect, it finds its way directly to the seat of life, thrilling and quickening every verve, raising up the drooping spirit, and, in fact, infusing new health and vigor in the system. NOTlCE.—Whoever expects to find this a beverage wfil be disappointed: hut to the sick, Wfak and low spirited, it will prove a grateful aromatic cordial, oos=essed of singular remedial properties. READ CAREFULLY! The Genuine highly concentrated Boerhave's Holland Bitters is put up in half-pint bottles only, and retailed at ONE DOLLAR per bottle, or six bottles for Fivjj DOLLARS. The great demaud for this truly celebrated Medicine has induced many imitations, which the public should guard against purchasing. Beware of Imposition. See that cur name is on the label of every bottle you buy. Sold by Druggists generally. It can be forwarded by Express to most points. SOLE PROPRIETORS, BENJAMIN PAGE, JR. & CO. MANUFACTURING pharmaceutists and Chemists.- PITTSBURGH, PA. Sept. 6, '6o. W. A. ARNOLD. JOHN W. WILSON ARNOLD & WILSON WARMING & VENTILATING WAREHOUSE, No. 1010 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia CMILSON's Patent Cone and Vontiiating FURNACES, Cooking Ranges, Bath Rollers, ENAMELED STATE MANTELS Common and Low Down Parlor Grates, Warm AIT Registers and Ventilating, Ac. Ac. Particular attention given to warming and Ven tilating Buildings of every description. BESJ. M. FELT WELL, Suj>'t. Apr. 26, —18$0. ly ["V/E STAND UPON THE IMMUTABLE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE---NO EARTHLY ?OWER SHALL DRIVE US FROM OUR POSITION BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCT., 11, 1860 THE HEIR'S CHOICE. BY MRS.C. G, MORTON. " Have you heard that Harry Conner is expected homo this week ?" said Patty Al len, at the sewirg circle of our village, look ing up from her work while she spoke, as if announcing something of importance. "No indeed ! You don't say ? La now !"' were the various ejaculations that responded to her remark. "Do tell, is ho as rich and handsome as they say ?" " I had the news from hi 3 aunt," said Pat ty. " lis is to be home on Saturday. Father says he will be the richest man in the coun tv, for ho has got all his uncle's estate, and Doctor Parker was the first physician here for thirty years." " Then the old mansion will be opened once more," said Ellen Eden, looking up with enthusiasm in her fine eyes ; "it is r so dull and gloomy now, in spite of its magnificent belt of trees, and everything about it seems so neglected, that I shall be glad when its master returns to clear the dead twigs from the walks and tie up the roses on the trel liee-work again, as I remember them when a child." "Pshaw!" said Isabel Warner. "If it was mine I'd cut down all the trees and tear away the old trellice-work porch ; and in its place there should be a colonnade, with Co° j riuthian pillars. And I'd have larger win- | dows put in. and the parlors thrown into l one ; and there should be new marble man tles ; and then I'd give a great ball —oh ! such a ball as we've never seen here—and then, girls, you should all bo invited." " I'm afraid," said Ellen, smilling, " that the old place would ecarcely know itself-" •' That it wouldn't; but what of that? — Old Dr. Parker was a blue-law Presbyterian, almost as bad a ; , you, Ellen ; but I warrant the young hoir is not so old fashioned. Nay, j I beg pardon,'* sho said, as she saw Ellen's ; flushed cheek, " I didn't intend to hurt your feelings." " There is no Deed for an apology," said Ellen mildly, " hut dear Isabel I only wish ; you were a blue-law Presbyterian, as you 1 call it—or a b'ue law Episcopalian, or any- 1 thing else." " Well—well—time enough yet," paid Is- j abfl, half gaily, half pettishly, " hut Patty j you have not told us yet if NTr. Connor is i handsome," she remarked, turning to the j first speaker, " His aunt says he is, hut he was always her ret. Ile'il b6 at church,however, on San day." " Then we shall see for ourselves. And now, girls, the best is she who gets the first introduction." " Agreed," said all, and the conversation ceased. Isabel Warne? was a spoiled beauty, but with a naturally good heart, as was eviden ced in her conversation with Ellen, which we have narrated. Between her and Miss Eden there could not be a greater contrast than already existed; for Ellen was a girl of rigid notions of duty, an exemplary though unobtrusive Christian, and one of the mild est and sweetest of characters. While every one admired the gay, high spirited and brill iant Isabel, all loved the modest and retir ing Ellen.; the one was the dahlia which flaunts before all ej3S, the other was the re tiring violet. In her secret heart Isabel, already, the most popular belle of the yillage, bad res'olv ed to make a conquest of the young heir.— She loved ostentation quite as much as she loved flattery ; and she longed to be mistress of the old mansion. She knew, however, that she had many rivals, tor there was scarcely a young lady in the village, having either by birth accomplishments or beauty any pretensions to the alliance, who did not in dulge a hope that she might be-the favored one. And each rosolved to appear to her best advantage on the following Sunday. Accordingly the church, on that day, pre sented quite an array of new bonnets and flowers. Our young ladies had really out dene themselves. Never had Tiverton shone in such an array of millinery. But Isabel was still the most beautiful girl the re > concious that this would be so she delayed her entrance until the services were about to begin. The young heir sat in the old family pew nearly opposite that of the Warners, and more than once during the sermon his eye wandered to the beautiful being opposite.— Isabel's heart beat high with gratified pride, and her triumph was complete when, at the olose of the services, the youog heir advanc ed to shake hands with her father whoiri he recognized, and so designedly threw himself in the way of an introduction to Isabel, of which he availed himself immediately by walking borne with her. In a short time the young heir became ac quainted with the other ladies of the village, but he still showed a decided preference for Isabel. Probably he paid less attention to Ellen than to any of them: and certainly she was the only marriageable young lady in the village, who aid not seek every decorous opportunity to throw herself in bis way.— But Ellen neither courted his society nor flattered his tastes. She treated him frank ly and conversed with ease and animation when they met; but she rather shrank from than sought oportunities of meeting him.— Yet Ellen felt that Harry Connor was one that she could love; for constant flattery had -.dp' JI altogether failed to corrupt the original no bleness of his heart. Whether it was this conduct on the part of Ellen, or a gradually increasing appreciation of her qualities, that induced the young heir to seek her society more frequently than at first, we knew not; but so he did, and event ually to such a degree tba' Isabel grew jeal ous. One day a pic-nic party was projected, to be held on a picturesque island not far from our village. The party was to he given by the gentlemen, aDd great pains were taken to conceal from the ladies the nature of the preparations. All, therefore, that was known was that every thing was to be arranged in the most elegant manner. Harry Conner himself had superintended the arrangements, ar<d his taste was proverbial. Every one promised themselves a day of enjoyment: even Ellen cgtered into the feeling of curios ity; and on the eventful morning many arose an hour before their usual time, im patient, as in early years, for the hour of set ting forth. The parly was to meet at the house of Miss Warner prepartorv to embarking. All had now assembled : they were waiting only for Miss Eilen. At last 6he came, hut not attired for the excursion. She had just heard that a poor old woman, whom she was in the habit of assisting now and then with a'rns, was dying and requested to pee her. " Are you not going?" said a dozen voic es. " What is the matter?" Ellen blushed, but said she could Dot go. Something quite unexpected had occured to prevent hor. " 1 have run down, therefore, to make an excuse." She would not tell the reason, for sho knew there were those pres ent who would attribute it to ostentatious be nevolence. ""Pshaw, how ridiculous !" said Isabel Warner, who was vexed, aside to ILirry Con ner, " she is only afraid to go: bow I hate such strict. Puritanical notions. As if a lit tle harmless amusement was wrong." " If Miss Eden will not go because she thinks v-rong, she is c.eruinly very nar row-minded ; and what makes it worse is the hypocrisy which conceals the true reason.— Still, I cannot believe she is bigoted." " There no other reason, you may depend on it. And we shall be quite as well with* out her . I hate such long sanctimonious fa ceswiien others are disposed to be merry." Ellen happened to be nearer than Isabel thought, and heard these words : her eyes filled with tears, which she with diScuity concealed by turning away. She longed, yet dreaded to hear Ilarry Connor's answer. "You are too harsh," was his reply. "But surely, she ought to be able to give a reason for remaining, if she is really not afraid to At these words, Ellen was oc the point of revealing all, but she reflected that her mo tiyes would be misrepresented; and besides her modesty shrunk from speakiDg of her own good deeds. She felt, therefore, that she must allow herself to 'oe misunderstood by Ilarry Connor ; but it was with a pang that she came to this conclusion ; and the consciousness of this, led her now, for the first time, to suspect the true state of her betrt. Harry Connor was more disappointed, at Ellen's absence, than be had believed he could be. He felt a little piqued at her refu sal, for he had invited her in person ; and, to tell the truth, some of the arrangements had been prepared solely to please her. Indeed Harry, without tolling in love, had been growing moro and more interested in Ellen ever since his return. The very indifference which she exhibited, so much in contrast with the marked attention which ail the others paid him, had the effect to pique him ; and pique often leads to waimex sentiments. — Considerably mortified at her refusal, be re solved to revenge himself by flirting with Is abel Warner. The woodland meal had been partaken of, and Hariy, tired of. the noise of the party and still out of humor with himself and El len, strolled off from the party, and enteiing a skiff began idly to float down the stream toward our village. Unconsciously he went further than he intended ; but before taking the oars to row back be resolved to land and pluck some flowers which lie saw growing luxuriantly on the bank. While thus enga* ged he noticed a low logout hard by. from which arose a voice that ho thought not un familiar. Curiosity promoted lain to ap proach it. The door was open, and peeping in, he saw an aged wouaan, apparently in the last stage of disease, while Ellen Eden was propping the dying person with pillows. "God bless you for this," said the sufferer feebly, "1 know what you gave up to come hither. I sent for Miss Isabel Warner, whom I nursed when a child ; but she said she col'd not come: and then I knew there was no one would sacrifice their day's pleasure for me except you, Miss Ellen. But heaven will re ward you for it." "Say nothing of it, but compose yourself," replied the sweet girl. ."I only did my du ty." "Ah ! duty, duty—but that is it. Who does tbeir duty ? Few, Miss Eden, few in- deed," The young heir listened to no more, for he did not wish to be seen. He had heard enough. He noiselessly glided away, and entering his skiff began to row up the lake. After while he stopped and looked at the humble log-cabin be had left behind. "And it was to seclude herself in that mis erable hut," he said, "to watch over the couch of a poor aDd dying woman, that she voluntarily gave up the anticipated pleasures of this day. And I have been calling her Puritanical fir it!" When Harry CoDnor rejoined the pic nic ! party be was no longer in a mood for reply ing to the gay sallies of Isabel Warner. His heart was by the bcdsido of that dyifig wo man, where Ellen Eden watched in silence and alone. As he looked at the beautiful Isabel, and thought of her heartless refusal to visit her old curse when dying, be won dered how he could have been deluded into believing her amiable, as he bad been. 3he seemed to him now r. lovely Medusa, while ElleD rose up before him a ministering an s Kel * From that Harry Connor loyed Ellen Eden. He made no allusion, when tbsy next met, to her refusal to attend the pic-nic, but he strove, by the gentle kindness of his man ner, to repay her for amy regret she might have felt. Ellen scarcely knew whac to make of "uis altered demeanor. There was some thing so kind in his tone, so respectful in his looks, something so different from anything she had seen before that her heart trembled with strange happiness. She had resolved to treat Harry eo coldly that he would aban don her society ; for she knew absence from the beloved object to be the only cure for un requited affection. Cut now she hesitated. A sweet hope began to dawn on her. Could be really mean to give up the beautiful and brilliant Isabel for her ? His intentions were not long a secret. The more Harry saw of Ellen the more he congratulated himself on his escape from Isabel. The very piety of our heroine, on which at first he had looked with disapproval, now became a now attrac tion ; for however men, in the giddy maze of gaiety, may affect contempt for the Christian, they always, in their more serious moments, wish for a wife who shall be truly pious.— Harry now found, moreover, that there was a vast difference between a false, ostentatious Christianity and the pure religiou which El len practiced so unobstrusively. "And are you really going.to marry Ellen Eden ?" said one of his friends to him, "I hear everywhere she is a canting religion ist?" "I am about to marry her," he replied. ' What you mean by a canting religionist I do not exactly know ; hut Ellen, however pi ous she may be, baa nothing of cant." * "She teaches Sunday school." "But is not that a merit rather than other wise ? Surely to devote three hours, overy Sabbath, to the gratuitous mental and moral instruction of others, is a self-denying task, worthy of all praise ; and you will agree with me, that time thus occupied is spent more beneficially than in dressing for a ball room." t "I am a stranger, here, and know nothing of Miss Eden," said bis friend with some embarrassment. "Excuse me for what I said. I p.m sure I would rather haye a pi ous wife than an infidel one." "There you are v>ght> and it is that con viction which has made me seek Ellen for a companion. lam ouly too happy that she loves me. I am unworthy of one so good and pure. Believe me, my dear Frank, the best thing a man-can do is to choose a woman with strong religious feelings. Recollect the wife is to be tho mother of your children your own consoler in the days of trouble— the guide, who, eyer by your side, with sweet smiles and angelic words, is to win you up to heaven. What would man he without woman ? And how dreadful to see an irreli gious female, one witnout any hopes or af fections except for this world, who is think ing continually of gaiety and vain show, and who perhaps goes off to a ball when a child or husband is lying almost at the point of death, with no one by to turn tbo thoughts to a better world." "I never considered the subject so serious ly before," said his friend, grasping his hand. "But I feel that you are right." "Yes 1" said Harry, "and even infidels— strange a3 it may seem—prefer a conscien tious wife, before one who mocks religion," "I now see," replied his friend, "how it is that true love and religion are so intimaiely connected. Reverence is a prominent part in both. I too will seek a wife like Miss Eden." With these words they parted. Harry Connor and our sweet Ellen were married within a month of this couversation and a happier couple nowhere lives. The husband, like his uDcle, has become a con sistent Christian, and chiefly through the gentle persuasions cf his wife. Their house is always open to innocent gaiety, cheerful ness has her abode and all in our vilo lage, low and high alilre, love them. A word on Isabel before we close. From ; the day of the pic-nic, she saw that her influ ence over the young heir was departing.— She made several abortive struggles to regain him, but finding all in vain, and unwilling to have it thought any rival had eupplanted her, she hastily accepted an offer from a transient admirer and was married about three weeks before Ellen. But the ill-assor ted match turned out unhappily, as might have been expected; and for several years the once admired Isabel has been living in seclusion with her a deserted wife. VEXATIONS, To have conscientious scruples when there is a chance to naks a hundred off your lriend. To have exalted ideas and limited fund-. To bo called upon for settlement when in your soul you wish every body well. To dream of" marble halls" and have a " tailor's bill" stuck in your face on going down to breakfast. To buy a largo farm in the "fertile West" and fiDd it a fishing pond, and " nary" rod to haul the minnow 3 out with. To inquire for a "private room" in a west ern hotel, and be shewn into a shoesshop where balf-a-dosen cobblers are mending soles. To hear " all ashore for Sraithville"—the place of jour destination—called, in stento rian tono, just as the dinner bell rings. To be devouringly inclined when an order for " nicely-cooked venison" is given to a slow waiter, and half an hour discover him moulding balls far his rifie. To be called upen to divide your car-seat with market womaD, and find it but twelve feet long on measurement. To think of traveling all over the world, and on search find three quarters and one dime only. To give a fellow a sound thrashing for un equaled impudence, and, ten minutes after, learn he has a pretty sistei". To dream of paridise and beings angelic, and wake to find yourself at home with your wife. To be " deeply in lov6" with two young ladies, one handsome, the other rich, and bo unable to marry both. To be fascinated with a traveling compan ion, and hear " my dear husband " at tbe first station, as she caressingly her liege lord embraces. To electioneer for a President under "sol emn pledge" of a " eeat in the Cabinet," and be put off with a deputy clerkship. To imagine you would make a capital Governor, and lack half a mil'ion votes. To sigh for immortality and he notorious for nothing. To prefer water liquor, and be a sojourner in interior Missouri. To be fond of butter while a resident of wild prairies. To return from "daily calling," having an intelligent feast in view, and find your DEM OCRAT borrowed. To spend a month in preparation of a "charming story," then have the pleasure of noticing its caption under tbe head of " De clined." PERSONAL APPEARANCE. This is one of those things or accident rest ing with Nature. No man or woman can form their cwn persons, and none ebould be blamed on this head. The disposition of looking well is ruinous to half the young peo ple in the world, causing tlisai to study their glasses and paint or patch, instead of pursu ing that which is lasting and solid—the cul tivation of the mind. It is always a mark of a weak mind, if not a bad heart, to hear a ! person praise or blame another on tbo ground alone that they are handsome or liomely.— Actions should be the test, end a liberal ! course of conduct pursued to all. It matters little whether a man is tall or short—wheth er the Llocii stains the cheek, or runs in an other channel. Fashion makes the difference as to beauty. The lily is &3 sweet if not as gay as the rose, aDd it bears no thorns about it. As to appearance, fashion should not be allowed to bam upon that which cannot be changed except by deception, and what in deed in reality 13 not worth the trouble of be ing callod so, even if it could. A MAN WHOSE HEART CAN BE SEEN.—Vien na bas lately been visited by a phenomenon in human nature. Here is a man wtio lias his heart laid bare for the epeotion of his fellow men. Tfie breast bona ana ribs, ow ing to a 6trange malformation, not archiDg over, as usual, the central organ of the body, the thin covering of the skin ellows the heart to be easily discerned in its contiguous stages of action. So slight its texture of the skin that the ebb and flow of the blood, and the regular contraction of the two chambers are palpable to the sencos both ot eight and touch. Ilerr Eugene Grouz, from Hamburg, for this is the name of the individual, has in creased the significance of his own corpus by the application to it of an electric apparatus, showing the time taken up in the several ac tions of the members in question. Each time the heart pumps up tbe life fluid a bell rings. This taturos bas been the object of great curiosity, not only the members of the medi cal profession, but to the publie in general. He has been paraded in all the hospitals and colleges. JJO* "I didn's at alt expect company to dty," said a lady to her visitors, with not a very pleasant look; "but I hope you will make yourselves at home." "Yes, indeed," replied one of them, starting off, "I will make myself at home as soon as possible.', flgy* Why is a fast girl like tbe Great East em steamship ? Because wh6n goes ahead, one is sure to see a" swell" after her. fg? Why is our employer like the Red Sea ? Because he is not the Bos-phor-us, |o* It is easy to take a man's part, but the matter is to maintain it. EDITORS & PROPRIETORS. NUMBER 40 FURS ENGLISH. By a too ready adoption of foreign words into the curreucy of the English language, we are in danger of losing much of its radi cal strength and historical significance.— Marsh has compared the parable of the man j who built his house upon the sand, as giyen iby Mathew and Luke. Matbew usee the. | plain Saxon English, The learned Evange | list, Luke, Employed a Latinized dictionary. "Now," he says, compare the two passages and say which, to every English ear, is the most impressive "And the rain descended, and the floods came, and,the. winqa'blew, and beat upon that honso, and great was the fall of it."— Mathew. Against which the stream did beat vehem ontly, and irameniately it fell ; and tbo tie ruin of that house was great."— Luke "There can scarcely be a difference of opinion as to the relativo force and beauty of the two versions ; and consequently wo find, that while that of Mathew has be come proverbial, the narrative of Luke, is seldom or never quoted. H JIE FOP AND TOE DOCTOR.— Twenty years ago a farmer's barn in the vicinity of Wor cester. Mass., w£3 stiuck by lightning aDd burned to the ground. Many of the citizens had gone to the lire, when a fop, well strap ped and dicked, with a cap on one side of his head, met the celebrated Dr. G n and accoctcd him in this wise: Can you—ah, tell me, doctah, tbey have succeeded in ex tinguishing the conflagration of the—ah, un fortunate yeoman's barn f" The dootor eyed tbo individual attentively, dropped his head for a moment and then slipped his thumb and finger into his vest-poekct, took out a couple of pills, and handed them to him say" ing: "take these, sir, and go to bed, and if you do not feel better in the morning, call a; my office." £©* That every day has its pains and sor rows is universally experienced, and almost univeroaly confessed ; but let us not attend only to mournful truths : if we look impar tialy about us, we shall find that every day has likewise its pleasures and its joys. a glorious world this would be, if all its inhabitants oould say with Shake speare's Shopherd. "Sir lam a true labor er ; I earn what I wear; owe no man hate ? envy no man,s happiness; glad of other men's good ; content with my farm." SSF Ignorance is often the source of the most intrepid action, and the most implicit faith ; since there are none so fearless as those who have not light enough to see their danger; and none so confident as they who have not sufficient knowledge to discover their own errors. Enjoy the blessings of this day. if God sends them ; and the evils bear patient" ly and sweetly. For this day onlv is ours; we are dead to yesterday, and wo are not born to tormorrow. £o* Men will have the same veneration for a person who suffers adversity without de jection, as for demolished temples, the very ruiDs whoreof are reyerenced and adored. SZ&* Tha richest endowments of the mind are temperance, prudence and fortitude,—. Prudence is an universal virtue which enters into composition of all the rest; and where is she not, fortitude loses its name and n& ture. ©3?* A virtuous and well disposed person is like to good metal; the more ho is oppos ed the mere he is approved. Wrongs may well try him and touch him, but cannot im print on him any false stamp. I@* Ii is proof of our national bias to evil, that gam is slower and harder than loss, in all things good ; but, in all things bad, get ; ting is quicker and easier than getting rid of You may judge pretty well as to a womans's secret vices, by observing what she condemns most fiercely in others. 19* Toil and trial are grim schoolmas ! tors ; but a flush of hope can make them ; beautiful, even as a sunbeam the rude mountain frost. Tbcy jjrbo disbelieve in virtue, be cause niaD baa never been found perfect, might as reasonably deny the sun, because it is not always noon. Worldly happiness—a glittreing fal6 diamond, placed upon the top of a smooth greased pole, which ail try to climb and se cure. teHF Anger your friend, and you will b6 surprised to And what a villain you are even in his estimation. i"ho greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skilful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. Self-denial is the most exalted pleas ure ; and the conquest of evil habit is the most glorious triumph. A wise man stands firm in all ex tremities, and bears the lot of bis humanity with a divine temper. The true way to advance auother's virtue is the follow it; and the beet means to cry down another's vice is to decline it. Common sense is very uncommon, though each man thinks be has enough qi it* fta?" The greatest glory a lree born people is to transmit that freedom to their ohileren. gtssf Virtue is made for difficulties, , groes stronger and brighter for such
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