Centre Democrat. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, December 06, 1860, Image 1
Ibe Centre 3HK Democrat. % Jiratilg Sttospptr—itbolti to politics, Ctmptrnntt, literature, Science, %tb, gtajjairics, Agriculture, % Itarkcts, ©ratatimt, Central intelligence, tic., J. S. & J. J. BRISBIN, YOLTJME 26, ®{rc Centre gtmocrat. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, BY J. S. & J. J. BRISBIN. Office in the Arcade Building, Second Floor. Tbrms. $1,50 if paid in advance or within six 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 arrearaees are paid. BUSINESS CARP S* M'ALLISTER & BEAVER ATTORN hYcj-AT-LAW, BBLLKFOSTB, FA Office on Allegheny Street. Feb. 10 59 EM. BLANCHARD-^tokney . -AT-LAW, bcLLKoNTB, Pknn'a. Office furmrlv occupied by the Hon. James Burnside. Jan. 19, '60.-tf. WW BROWN-*TTORNEY-AT . LAW Bellkfunte, Penna. Will attend to all legal business entrusted to him, with prompt ness. May, 5 '59. -yAS. H. RANKIN, ATTORNEY-AT t)l LAW, UKLLEFoJiTK. Pa. will attend prompt ly to all legal business entrusted to him. Office next door to toe Post Office. [Sspt. 20, '6O, tf WM. P. WILSON -ATTORN EY-AT YY -LAW Cellfo.ntk, Pa , will promptly at tend to all legal business entrusted to him. office three doors North of the diamond. jan.l2'6o T? J. HOCKM AN, SURVEYOR AND 111. CONVEYANCER, Bkloefoxtb, Pa., will attend to and correctly execute all businesi en trusted to him. [June 14,-'6O, if. I? LIVINGSTON PATRICK, XL. ATTORNEY-Ai-LAW, BKLLF.FUNTB, Pa., Will attend promptly to all legal business entrus ted to him. Office "on Northwest corner of the Diamond. [Nov. 15, IB6o.—tf. GEO). L. POTTER. M. D. OFFICE ou High street, (old office.) Betlefonte Pa. Will attend to professional calls as heretofore, and respeotfully offers his professional services his friends and the public. 0ct.26'58 A. FAIRLAMB. M. D. JAS. A. DOBBINS, M D FAIKLAMB &. DOBBINS. DR. FAIRLAiV'J has associated with hiin DR J. H. DOBBIN in the practice of medicine xffice as heretofore on Bishop street, opposite the Temperance Hotel. March 19,57. DR. JAS. P. GREGG, respectfully offers his professional services to the people of Milesburg and vicinity. Residence, Daniel R. Boiieau'a National Hotel. Refer to Dr J. al. McCoy, Dr. G. L. Potter, Dr. J. B. Mitchell. [Nov. 8, IS6o.—tf. WM. REISER, SURGEON AND V V PHYSICIAN, 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. 16, '6o.—ly. J. J. UNGLiE. Operative WSraBSStZ. and Meclianical Dentist, will prao- tice all the various branches of bis profession in tho most approved manner. Offioe and residence on Spring St.Bellefonte' Pa. [Mar, t. '6I"I. tf. TAMES KIDDEE- attoiuw-at tl DAW, UKLLKRONRU PA. Will atttend to all business entrusted to hira with care and prompt ness, Kefer to Gov. Pollock, Milton Pa. and Hon. A. G. Gurtin, Beilefonte Pa. Office with John H. Stover jan. 5, *6O. JR. MUFFLI, AGKNT FOB TH , LVKSITBRANCH INSURANCE COMPACT. Per sons wishing to secure themselves from losses by fire, will do well to call upon him at the store of J. R. Muffly A Co., N. E. corner of the Diamond, three doors above Allegheny street, Bellefonte, Centie co , Pa. Mar; 15, '<s(l. ly. WW. WHITE, Dentist, has per # manently located in Boalsburg, Centre County Pa. Office on main st., next door to the store of Johnston A Keller, where he purposes practising his profession in the most scientific manner and at moderate charges. mar. IRA C. MITCHELL. Crnos T. ALEXANDER. MITCHELL eft ALEXANDER. ATTORNEY S-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE PFNNA. Having associated themselves in the practice ot law, will a'ten 1 promptly to all business en trusted to their care Office in the Arcade. [Novi 1, '6o. —tf. CONVEYANCING. DEEDS BONDS, MORTGAGES,AND AR TICLES OF AGREEMENT neatly and cor rectly executed. Also, attention will be given to the adjustment of Book Accouuts, and accounts f Admicstratior s and Executors prepared fording, office next door to the Post Office. Oct., 19th, 'SB, IV M. J. KEALSR. Jtedgggfev T- D.Wlngate RESIDENT DENTIST- Office and residonce on the North lastern corner of tho Public Square, near tho Court House. Will be found at his office, except two weeks in tach month, commencing on the first Monday of each month, when he will be filling professional ngagements elsewhere. Oct. 22, '57 48 tf. JOHN H. STOVER ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW BELLEFONTE, PA., will practice his pro fession in the several courts of Centre county.— All business entrusted to him will be carefully at tended to. Collections made and all monies promptly remitted. Offioe, on High st. formerly opcuped by Judge Burnside, and D. C. Boal, ftq. wherehe can be consulted both in the English and intho german language. May 6,'58 —22 ly. JAS. MACIfAKUS. w. P. MA CM AN U J: & WIH. P. MACMANUS. ATTORNEY'S-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTS, PA., Office in the rooms formerly occupied by Linn k Wilson, Allegheny street. Jas. Macman ushas associated with W. P. Macmanus, Esq., in the practice 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, '6O, tf. XT ALE & HOY' ATTORNEYS-AT- Xl LAW, will attend pro nptly to all business entru stedto their care, Office in the building formerly occupied by Hon, Jas. T. Hale. A CARD. Messrs. Hale k Hoy will attend to myabusiness during my absence in Congress, and will be as sisted by mo in the trial of all causes entrustedto them. J. T. HALE. jans'lß6o J CURTIN A BLANCHARD. ATTOKNEY'S-AT-LAW.BELLEFONTB.PJJ NNA The undersigned having associated them selves in the practise of Law, will faithfully at tend to all professional business entrusted to them in Centre, Cliution and Clearfield counties. AU collections placed in their hands, will receive their promt attention. Office in Blanchard's new building on Allegheny street. Nov. 30 'SB CURTIN k BLANCHA RD. BJUYKIJYG HOUSE OF WM. F.. REYNOLDS & CO. BELLEFONTE, CENTRE CO., PRNN'A. Bills cf Exchange and Notes discounted ; Collec tions made and Funds promptly remitted. Inter est paid on Speoial Deposits, Exchange on the Eastern cities constantly on hand and for sale. Deposits reseived. April 7 'SB ST. LAWRENCEHOTEL, CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. WM, B. CAMPBELL,, Proprietor Apr sth'6o—tf. HOWELL, & ROE RUE, MANUFA CTURERS AND IMPORSERS OF PAPER HANGINGS, N. E. Cor. of Fourth A Market Streets, PHILADELPHIA. ©ct. 4,'60, 3m. [R. Q. 0. J. THORP FLAHERTY, Importer of • Havana Sogars, No. 837 CHESTNUT STREET, (Adjoining Girard House,) And Opposite Contixkntal Hotrl, PHILADELPHIA, PFNJiSYLVANIA. Ar d.26,-'6O, —ly. BOMGARDNER HOUSE CO RNEK OF SIXTH AND R. R. STREETS OPPOSITE L.V. AND PENNA. R. R. DEPOTS, HARRISBURG, FA. J.W. STONE. PROPRIETOR Mar. 15th,-1860, ly. MADAME SIHWEND*S INFALLIABLE POWDERS, F3R the speedy and effectual Cure of all Infia motions, Fever*. Rheumatism, Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint. Piles, Gravel, and all Acute and Chronic Diseases of Adult s and Children. —Send 3 cent Stamp to her Agent, G. B. JONES, Hundreds of testimonials.] Box 2070 Phila, P. O. Agency, S. W. cor. Third A Arch Sts. Oct. 4, IS6O. 10L J. Web. J. PALMER & CO., MARKET ST., WIIARF, PHILADELPHIA. Dealer in FISH CHEESE and Provisions, Have constantly on hand an assortment of DRIED <fc PICKLED FISH, Ac., via: Mackerel, Shad, Salmon, Blue Fish, Herrings, Codfish, Beef, Pork, Lard, Shoulders, Hums, bides, Cheese, Beans, Rice. Ao., ct. 4, ' CO [J. Web. UNITED STATES HOTEL, BY L. W. TENBYOK OPPOSITF PENNSYLVANIA R. R. DEPOT HARRISBURG PA. • B. HARTSHORN Superintend en I. NO pains have been spared to make the abvoe the first hotel in Harrisbnrg. The table i always spread with the best the market affords and the accommodations are suprior to any found elsewhere in the city. March Ist ISfiO.s HUGH B.BRIBBEN, Druggist, MANUFACTURER OF EXTRA LIQUOR COLORING, N. W. Cor. Third A Poplar streets, Terms Cash.] Philadelphia. Oct. 3, 1860,— ly. KLEMM & BR. OTHER~ IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS K DEALERS IN fflusital Instruments, GERMAN', FRENCH SAKD Italian String®, No. 705 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 13,-" LOUIS GERBER, IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF FANCY FURS. For Ladies', Gentlemen's and Children's Wear, NO. 234 ARCH ST., PHIL'A. All kinds of Furs Dressed, Clesnod and Repaired. Furs made to order at the shortest notice. Full value paid for Shipping Furs. Furs taken care of during the Summer Oct. 4, '6o.—ly. W. A. ARNOLD. JOHN W. WILSON ARNOLD & WILSON WARMING & VENTILATING WAREHOUSE, No. 1010 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. CMILSON's Paten Cone and Ventilating 1 FURNACES, Cooking Ranges, Balh Boilers, ENAMELED STATE MANTELS Common and Low Down Parlor Grates, Warm Air Registers and Ventilating, Ac. Ac. Particular attention given tu warming and Ven tilating Buildings of every discription. BEXJ. M. FELT WELL, Sup'L Apr. 26,-1860. ly. ~ TOWXSEXD & CO., (Successors to Sam'l Townscnd dc Son,) No. S9 South Seoond Street, above Chestnut, IL V) ELPHIA. IMPORTERS & DEALERS IN Velvet, Brussels, Tapestries, Three ply, In grain and Venitian CARHETS ol the best English A American make. MATTINGS, OILCLOTHS, (be., &c., d-c. We solicit an inspection of our assortment be fore purchasing elsewhere. Oct. 4, '3o.—3m. [R- G- 0. HAINES & DOCK. WHOLESALE GROCERS, No. 35 North Water Street, PHILADELPHIA. GROCERIES, GROCERIES, GROCERIES, GROCERIES, GROCERIES, GROCERIES, Merchants of Central Pennsylvania LOOK TO YOUR INTERESTS 1 ! If you wish to buy cheap go to Haines A They keep on hand the best articles to be bad in the City, in their line of business. Call and examine their goods. Remember their Firm is at No. 35 North Water Street, PHILADELPHIA Apr- 'GO.—ly- ["WE STAND UPON THE IMMUTABLE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE —NO EARTHLY POWER SHALL DRIVEUS FROM OUR POSITION BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DEC., 6 1860. NEW TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP AND DIRECTORY • OF CENTRE CO. PENNSYLVANIA, BY S.D. TTLDEN, From actual Measurement by Instrumen tal Surveys throughout the County. By H. F. Walliho, Civil Engineer. THE undersigned proposes to publish by order a large and accurate Popograpbical Ma} of Centre county, from thorough and careful sur veys, by 11. F. Walling, Civil Engineer. Every road has been carefully surveyed by course and distance, and the location noted of all the publio roads, Dwellings, Churches, Post Offi ces, Hotels, Stores, School Houses, Factories, Mills. Shops, Mountains, Ponds Streams, Ac.— The names of Property Holders generally—care fully including those who order the work—will be engAved upun the Map, showing the exact lo cation of each. Extra Maps of the Principal Villages will be engraved upon the margin o e the Map ; also a Table of Distances, showing the number of miles from ach Post office to every otheJ throughout the county, together with the latest statistical in formation. An ornamental border will surround the Map The Map will be engraved by the m st skillful Artists in the country, handsomely colored and inonnted, and will be delivered to those who or der for Five dollars per copy. We are now actively engaged in forwarding the 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 accuracy, Ac. The map will contain all the information usual ly fouud in Town maps, lor each of the towns in the county, and it is 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 and intetest to business men and eitizens generally, present ing so minute and distinct a representation of the county, that even the child may readily acquire a correct idea of each town, village, Ac., and taelr trne directions, distances from each other, wo con fidently solicit and expect the hearty co-operation of the intelligent and enterprising citizens of Ceu tre county. S. D. TILDEN. Publisher. maps are said exclusively by the Publisher, and no variation in price. No more maps are printed than what are actually ordered. Wo the undersigned, having examined there cent surveys and drafts of Cenire county, also Topographical Maps of other counties, pulished by Mr. S. D. Tilden, take pleasure in recommend ing a Topographseal Map of this county, which ;s very much needed, being of great practical value to business men and citizens generally, and from he united testimonials and recommendations the.' ave from distinguished gentlemen whre they ave made surveys and published county maps.— We feel confident they will furnish an accurate, reliable and useful Map and Directory well w)r 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 of 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 we think it is offered to the citizens on very reason able terms* Wm. F. Reynolds, James T. Hale, John Hoffer, Adam Hoy, Wm. A. Thomas, E- C. Humes, lraC. Mitchell, H. N. McAllister, J- S. Barnhart, as. A. Beaver, Cyrus T. Alexander, Ed. Blinchard, H. Brookerhoff, Wm. P. Wilson, Geo. L. Potter, Geo. Livingston, Jacob V. Thomas, Geo A. Fair limb, Jas. H. Rankin, James F. Riddle, John Tonner, Jesse L' Test, Gcorgt W. Tate, John T. Hoover, P. B. Wilson, James Linn, J. B. Mitch ell, E. Greene, J. H. Stover, R. G, Durham, Sarn'l Linn, 11. P. Harris, A, S. Valentine. Aug. 23, 1860. tf. BCERHAVE'S HOLLAND BITTERS TILIS CELEBRATED HOLLAND REMEDY TOR DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS, LIYEB COMPLAINT, WEAKNESS OF ANY KIND, FEVER AND AGUE, Anu the various affection, consequent upon a disordered STOMACH OB LIVER, Sueli-as Indigestion, Acidity of the Stomach, Colicky Pains, Heartburn, Loss of Appotito, Despondency, Costiveness, Blind and Bleeding Piles. In all N&TOUS, Rheumatic, anil Neuralgic Affections, it baa in numerona instances proved highly beneficial, and in others effected a decided cure. Tills is a purely vegetable compound, prepared on strictly scientific principles, after the manner of the celebrated Holland Professor, Boerhave. Its reputation at home pro duced its introduction here, the demand commencing with those of the Fatherland scattered over the face of this 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 must be acknoicledgrd. It is particularly recommended to those persons whose constitutions may have beon impaired by the continuous use of ardent spirits, or other forms of dissipation. Gonerally instantaneous in effect, it finds its way directly to the seat of life, thrilling and quickening every nerve, raising up the drooping spirit, and, in fact, infusing new health and vigor In the system- . , NOTlCE.—Whoever expects to find this a beverage will be disappointed; but to the sick, weak and low spirited, it will prove a grateful aromatic cordial, nose eased of singular remedial properties. READ CAREFULLY! The Genuine highly concentrated Bmrliave's Holland Bitters Is put up in half-piut bottles only, and retailed at ON* DOLLAR per bottle, or six bottles for FIVE DOLLARS. The greet demand for this truly celebrated Medicine bas induced many imitations, which the public should guard against purchasing. g®- Beware of Imposition. See that our name Is on the label of every bottle you buy. Bold by Druggists generally. It can be forwarded by Express to most point*. SOLE PROPRIETORS, BENJAMIN PAGE, JR. & CO, MANUFACTURING jpharmaatttists and (Ktaiata.- PITTSBURGH, PA. SALE AT the following named places 'n entre county: J. Harris A Co., Bellefonte; -D. Houser A Son; Plumville Mills ; Geo. Jack A Co., Boalsburg , Adam R. Shaffer, Madisonburg; Samuel Pontius, £ion; Balser Weber, Howard; H. Brown. Hit. blersburg j C. G. Rymaa AT. M. Hall, Miles burg; A. T. Schngll A Co., Port Matilda; Rhule A Reespaan, Millheim; Sam-Frank, Rebersburg ; T. Wolf A Son, Wolf's Store; W. Wolf, Centre Hall; R. H. Duncan, Spring Mills; J.T.Jack, Potters' Mills ; Peter Kerlin, Churchville ; J. H. Habn, Springfield; Rankin A Bolinger, Bai feysviWe; J. Q. Williams, EagieviHe; Nixon A Co., Mili HaJJ; Joseph Bing, UnionviHe ; Gross A Yearick, Aaronsburg ; J. 0. Bryan, Pine Grove Mills; Jacob Daniels, StornistotTn, and by deal er* generally, The Fatal Rifle. A party of man may be easily frightened, and their number materially lessened by a single sharp shooter, A fact which is fairly illustrated in the following from a late Lon don journal. Mr. M'Kerdy, a gentleman, speaking to a volunteer meeting at Lesma hagow, told the following anecdote: " Many years ago, when traveling on the continent, I had a servant, an old Prussian soldier, who rolated to ma the following re markable circumstance — " In 1813 or 1814 he belonged to a of one thousand men of small arms, operat ing as a guard on the right bank of the Rhine, while the French were is possession of the country on the left of the river* The season was early in autumn, when the weath er was delightful, and the harvest just gath ered in. " One aflernoen the corps bivouacked near the river for the advantage of water, and the place was considered perfectly safe from at tacks, as the opposition bank was a vast plain of corn stubble, without a single fence as far as the eye could reach ; an advancing army ( therefore, could be moat easily seen. The river was unfordable, and about two bun-, dred yards broad. " The troops, therefore, considered them selves perfectly safe from attack, and set about preparing their supper, and making themselves comfortable for the night, when a shot was heard from the opposite bank, and a cry from the bivouac that a man was woun ded. Every soldier started instantly to his legs, and looked across the river, but no one oould see even the vestige of an enemy,which greatly surprised all, as theie was no covert, and the yellow stubble was especially well adapted to show tbeeraallest o'qjfct for con sidcrable distance from the river. " While the whole corps were thus gazing, a puff of smoke was seen rising about fifty yards from the'stream, followed by the re port of a rifle, and another soldier dropped wounded. In a moment, without the aid of an officer, about one hundred men rushed to the water and commenced firing at the spot whence the shots came, although nothing but the atubble was to be seen. " Soon there was another report, followed bj the fall of another man, which so exas perated the whole iorce that nearly every soldier set about firing at the spot which the puffs of smoke were soen to arise By this time all were convinced that the mischief was done by a single rifleman. " Some eighteen shots had been fired by the rifleman, and seventeen men bad been killed and wounded, when, to the great sat isfaction of all, a man was seen to spring from the stubble, a lucky shot having hit him, but this did net take place until many thousand bad been fired at him. " Here is an eviderce of the power of the rifle. The man had laid down in a slight hollow, so small that it was not perceptible across the river, and there brought down sev enteen men, while be lay in almost perfect satety. lie Dearly routed a little army." A Mother's Grave Earth has some sacred spots where wo feel like loosenging the shoes from our feet, and treading with holy reverence; where com mon words of pleasure are*unfitting ; places where friendship's hands have lingered in eaoh other's, where vows have been plighted, prayers offered, and tears of parting shed Oh, how the 'thoughts hover around such places, and travel back through immeasured space to visit them. But of all the spots on the green earth, none is so sacred as that where rests, waiting the resurrection, those we once cherished and lovsd. Hence, in all ages, the better portion of mankind have cho sen the loved spots for the burial of their dead, those spots they have loved to wander at eventide to meditate and weep.— But among all the charnel houses of the dead, it there is one spot more sacred than all the rest, it is a mother's grave. There sleeps the mother of our infancy—the guide of our youth—th 6 counsellor of our riper years our friends when others deserted us; she whose heart was a stranger tc every other feeling but love, and who could always find excuses for us when we could always find none for ourselves. There she sleeps, and wo love the very earth for her sake. GREATNESS.—AH greatness consists in this —in being alive to what is going on around one; in living actually; in giviDg voice to the thought of humanity ; in saying to one's fellows what they want to hear or need to bear at that moment; in being the concretion, the result of the influences of the present world. Io no other way can one affect the world than responding thus to its needs, in embodying thus its ideas. You will see, in lookißg to history, that all great men have been a piece of their time; take them out and set them elsewhere, they will not fit se well; they were made for their day and gen eration. The literature which has left any .nark, which has been worthy of the name, ha* always mirrored what was doing around it; not necessarily daguerreotyping the mere outside, but at least reflecting the inside— the thoughts, if not the actions of men -their feelings and sentiments, even if it be treated of apparently far-off themes. Many a poor woman thinks she can do nothing without a husband, and when she gets ope fiocfs ihe nothing with him^ A Little too Green The Cincinnati Enquirer tella the follow ing storyA few day sinoe a newly wed ded eouple from the interior of'the State ar> rivei at the Burnett House and took apart ments for the night at that well ordered ho tel. It was quite evident that the whole par ty were unfamiliar with metropolitan sights. The rooms, corriders. marble floor, gorgeous drawing-room and well spread table of the hotel drew from them the most ingenious re marks of surprise. In the evening they vis ited the opera-bouse, and were so astonished by its magnificence that even Mrs. Waller's wonderful impersonation of "Meg Merilles" almost failed to interest them. Nothing more was thought of the veidant trio till about one o'clock in the morning, at which time the boot black of the Burnett House, in making his customary rounds, observed one of the Benedicts seated in the hall, near the door of his room. He naively asked the pol isher of the understandings, if he was the clerk. Receiving a negative answer, he in formed the boot black that he should like to see that individual. In a few moment? one of the attentive office men was at his side, and politely asked what was wanted. " Couldn't you make mo a bed in the par lor ?" cried the disconsolate individual. " In the parlor?" echoed the clerk, " I'm afraid not." " We'll, I'd like to have one.spread down some where." " Why don't you go into your own room? 1 ' asked the clerk. •'I don't like to," said the bashful young man. " Why, what is the matter ?" eontinued theelerk. " Has your wile turned ycu out of your room ?" " No," drawling, " but you see I have never been married before, and so I ion't much like to go in, particularly in a strange place." "Oh 1 go right in," said the clerk ; " she won't think it is wrong." Here the door of bia room opened about an inch, and through the aparture came a voice, coaxingly 6aying— "Do come in, John. I won't hurt you. I know'd they'd think strange'of yer standing out there. Come in now, won't yer ? I've blowed out the it's all dark iu here." The odor of the room assured tLe clerk that she had indeed " blow'd out the gas," so pushing open the door he stopped the flow> raised a window and returned,to the hall to pursuade the verdant husband to retire with his wife. All arguments were fruitless, how ever, and he was compelled to assign the simple iudividual a separate room troin that his wife was in for that night. The Empress Eugenie While at Eaux Bonnes, in the Pyrennes, it is said that the French Empress charmed every body who saw her, and in a thousand ways WOD the hearts of the simple mountain eers with whom she came in eontraot. One morning, in clambering style, .with an oiled sack thrown over her dress, and a pointed stick in her hand to secure her footing Bhe bad wandered away from ber maids of honor, and while a'one, met a peasant woman gath ering the flowers of the linden tree, when ths following dialogue occurred: " What are ycu picking there, my good woman ?" " Oh, madam, they are lindens." " Will you sell me those which you have gathered ?" " Oh. madam, they are not worth selling, as I shall only get three sous fur them in the village ; but I will give them to you." The Empress accepted them, aDd taking from her purse three gold Napoleons, pre sented them to the astonished woman, and was going away, when tba latter seised her by the arm. " Oh, madam, I don't know this mor.ey. 1 have never seen such beautiful sous. Why, you must be th Emperor's#vife." "Yes, I am the Emperor's wife," replied her Mxjcaty, with her usual amiable smile. "Eh, how is your husband ?" "lie's very well, I thank you. How is yours?" "Mine—oh, he is over yondsr, picking up faggots, with his three children." "Three children I —then I must give him a sou more apiece for each of them." And the Empress handed her three more go.d Napoleons, and took her way up the mountain, the simple b'essing of the good woman echoing after her. A lofty City. Potosi, in Bolivia, South America, is the bigbeet city in the world, being at an eleva tion of 13,350 feet, considerably above the level of the summits of the Alpine mountain giants, and only 360 feet below the topmost peak of the icy Jungfrau itself. This is a tolerably lofty attitude for a city; but then Potosi is the metropolis of the richest silver mines in the world, which are worked in the neighboring Cerra ( Sierra, or higher ridge ) de potosi, at an'altitude of 16,000 feet above the sea level, a greater height than the top of Mount Blano ; so that the abundance of the precious metals, we may suppose, compen sates the 30,000 inhabitants ( about one half of whom are of the native races) for the rar* ity of the air, the rapid alterations of cli mate, which present the characteristics of the four seasons every twenty four hours, and the rugged barrenness of tho surrounding districts, Night. Night levels all artificial distinction. The beggar on his pallat of straw snores as soundly as the king on his bed of down. — Night—kind, gentle, soothing, refreshing night—the earthly paradise of the slave, the sweet obliyion of the care-worn 6oul, the nurse of romance, of devotion; how the great panting heart of society yearns for the return of night and rest ! Sleep is God's special gift to the poor ; for the great there is no fixed time' for repose. Quiet, they have none ; and instead of calmly awaiting the appro sch of events, they fret and repine and starve sleep, and chide the tidy hours, as i every to-morrow were big with the fate of some great hereafter. The torrent of events goes roaring past, keeping eager expectation constantly on tiptoe, and drives timed slum ber away. There ie something strangely beautiful in the contemplation of night—when the shin ing stars seem to do homage to their pale faced queen, and the clouds float silently through the tranquil sky, and the wind speaks in soft whispers as if fearful]of wa king the sleepers. Such is the sweet repose of a blameless conscience, But wh6u the dews of evening slant dimly away, when the oheerless curtains of darkness are closed, when aerial shadows loom up and flit along the vaulted arah, ''like grim ghosts trailing blackness through the heavens," Such is the fearful shadow that hangs over the bro ken slumbers of a soul in which there is no peace. Se&utiful Extract " Oh, the priceless value of the lova of a pure woman.l Gold cannot purchase a gem so precious 1 Titles and honors confer up on the heart no such serene happiness.— In oar darkest moments,"when disappoint ment and ingratitude, with corroding care, gather thick around, and even the guant form of poverty menaces with his skeleton fingers, it gleams around the soul with an angel's smile. Time cannot mar its I rillian' cy ; distance but strengthens its influence; bolts and bars cannot limit jts progress ; it follows the prisoner into the darkest cell, and sweetens the home morsel that appea ses bis hunger, and in the silence of mid' night it plays around bis heart, and in his dreams, he folds to hie bosom the form of her who loves him still, though the world has turned coldly from him. The couch made by the hand of the loved one is soft to the weary limbs of the sick sufferer, and the potion miDglcd by the same hand loses half its bitterness. The pillow carefully adjusted by her brings repose to the fevered brain, and ber words of kind encouragement sur vive the sinking spirit. It would almost seem that God. compassionating woman's first great frailty, had planted this jewel in her breast, whose heavenlike influence sbo'd cast into forgot fulness man's remembrance of the Fall, by building up in bis heart anoth er Eden, where perennial flowere forever bloom, and crystal waters gush from exhaust less fountains." Eecipes for Economizing;. PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO HARD TIMES. FOR LADIES. —Leave your purse in the bu reau-drawer at home, if necessity compels you to pass a ' cheap store 1" If you catch yourself thinking how "nice" it would be if you could have a new carpet, just transfer the adjective to another subject, and reflect how "nice" the old one still looks. If you see auything going " at a ruinous sacrifice"—let it go ! Don't subscribe 10 that doctrine of econo my which buys a shilling calico " to save," 'and then pays a dressmaker three times the value of the fabric to make it up. Settle in your mind just what you can af ford to buy, before you go to market, don't allow yourself to be tempted by Vp " surprisingly cheap" luxury. Have your purse big enough to hold the pennies and keep them there. FOK GENTLEMEN. — Get a porte-monnaie with a good rheumatic clasp to it—these pur ses that are easily opened are easily emptied. If you feel inclined to smoke a six-cent Havana, just put a good rye-straw between your teeth instead, and " chaw it" at your liesuro. It is astonishing how superior you will find the flavor. Remember bow superior water ie to sher ry-cobblers and brandy-smasbes on all oc casions. Don't think how long you have bad that old coat of yours—think, rather, how much longer you can make it last. Send one dollar and fifty cents for a year's subscription to the CENTRE DEMOCRAT. YOU will find at the end of the year that the mon ey has been well invested. DUTY.— Duty ! Oh, great word 1 oh, noble and beautiful thought 1 The faculty to think, the thought to speak the word, to feel its meaning and its power, attests our sub limed destination. Duty! It is itself but a purely ideal conception—the ideal of obliga tion to do right, • because it is light; yet purely ideal as it is in essenoe, it is an idea which, when embodied and realized, (as it may be,) in men's purposes and actions, gives to human life and human history all its nobleness—is ths sooros of everything most fair, and beautiful, and touching ; or eyerything great, heroic, and sublime, EDITORS & PROPRIETORS. NUMBER 48 True Prayer Would you see true prayer ?—would you know what prayer really is? Step iuto tbe Egyptian palace where Benjamin stands bound-—bis amased and trembling brothers grouped around the lad. Judah advances, lie bows himself before Joseph. Ilis heart is lull, llis lip trembles. The tear glistens in bis manly eye j and now, with tenderness thrilling in every tone, he pours forth, his plea of Mtrpissing pathos : ''Oh, my lord, fej thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let thine anger burn against thy tenants. Aly lord asked his seryants, saying, have ye a father or 4 brother ? And we'said unto my lord. We have a father, an old man, and a ch<ld of his old age, a little one ; and his brother is dead ; and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loved him." Thus on he goes; and every sentence goes like a knife into Joseph's heart. And then be closes and crowns his appeal with this most brave and generous proposal: "Now, therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the as a bondsman to my lord ; for how shall Igo to my father and tbe lad not with me; lest I see the evil that shall come upon my father," Joseph's.heart, which had been swelling with emotion, is now ready to burst. He can stand it no longer, nor any wonder. That is true pray er. Two women 6tand before Kiug Solomon, In the darkness of the night, one has orept, with a noiseless step, to her neighbor's bed, and while the mother slept, and the babe slept on ber bosom, softly, cautiously, she steals the living obild, and leaves her own cold, dead infant In Us place. They carry the dispute to' Solomon—each claiming the living, and each repudiating the dead. With a skill that earned him his world-wide fame, the wise monarchy summons nature as a wit ness. Horrible to hear, he orders the living child to be divided. The sword is raised— another each gets a quivering half—another moment, and inter ference comes too late. One stands calm, firm, aolleoted, looking on'.with a oruel eye- With a bound that carries her to his ft*', and a shriek that rings wild and high over all the place, the other—the true mother— clasps her hands in agony, and cries, "Oh, my lord, give bar the living child, in nowise slay it!" That is true prayer. That cry, that spring, that look of .anguish—all these proclaim the mother. Asking a Blessing It is related tb&t, on a certain occasion, an English ship of war touched at one of the ports of the Sandwich Islands, and that the captain gave a dinner to the royal family of the islands and several chiefs. The table was spread upon the quarter-deok, and loa ded with viands and delicacies of all kinds. After the company were seated around it, and the covers were removed, and eycrything appeared ready for operations to commanoa, the islanders seemed.to Le in no haste to be gin, but looked as though something mora was expected. The captain thought that tba trouble was with the food rfnd that it was not what they liked, or that it had been prepared in a manner to whioh they were not aoous tomed, and accordingly commenced apobgi* zing for the fact- lie had, however, a pious waiter, who stood behind his chair, and who was quick to discover where the obstacle was ; and who, whispering to the o&ptain, said ; "These people are waiting for a blos sing to be asked." "Ask it, than," said the captain. TheVaiter did sc—reverently and giatefully implored the Divine benediotion, ivo sooner was this done than Queen Pomare, her family, and the chiefs, soon showed by the manner they attacked the provisions, that it was not because the dinner did not suit thorn, or that they had no appetites, that they had previously refrained from eating, but bo* cause no one had "said grace," fate of Fast men. The early. They fall like shadows, or tumble like wrecks and ruins in to the grave; often while quite young, al most always before they are forty. The wicked liveth not half his days. The world at once ratifies its truth, and assigus the rea son by describing the dissolute life of "fast men," that is, they live fast; they spend the twelve hours in six, getting through the whole before the meridian, and dropping in. to darkness while others are in the glory of light. "Their sun goeth down while it is yet day." And they might have helped it.— Many a one dies long before be need.— Young man of geniuß, like Burns and Byron, to whom, when dissipated and profligate, thirty-seven is so final; your obscure and nameless wandering stars, whe waste their time in libertine indulgence—they cannot liye—-they must die early. They put oa steam until they burst the boiler ; they rna at such a rate that the fire goes out for wast of fuei. The machinery is destroyed by rap id speed and reckless wear, Nothing oaa save them, Their physical system cannot stand the strain they put to it; while tba state of ihe mind is often such that the 80ul would eat the substanoe of the most robust body, and make itself away of escape from the indessant hell of its own thoughts, Jfcsj?* Quilp says there are many women strong enough to hold a horse who ean't Md their tongse,