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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
Asking a Blessing

1t is related that, on a certain occasion, an
English ship Of war touched at one Of the
ports of the Sandwich Islands, and that the
captain gave dinner to the royal family of
the islands and several chiefs The table
was spread upon the quaFtsr-deok. and loa-
ded with viands and delicacies of ell kinds.
After the company were seated around it,
and the covers were removed, and everything
appeared ready for operations to commence.
the islanders seemed to lie in no haste to be-
gin, but looked as though something mora
was expected. The captain thought that the
trouble was with the food and that it was not
what they liked, or that it had been prepared
in manner TO which they were not acous-
toned, and accordingly commenced apologi-
zing for the fact. He had, however, pious
waiter. who stood behind his chair, and who
was quick to discover where the obstacle
was and who, whispering to the captain,
said; "These people are waiting for bles-
sing to be asked" "Ask it, thsn," said the
captain. The,waiter did sc-reyerently and
gratefully implored the Divine benedictiop,
No sooner was this done than Queen Pomars.
her family, and the chiefs, soon showed BY
the manner they attacked the provisions, that
it was not because the dinner did NOT suit
them, or that they had no appelitss, that they
had previously refrained from eating, but be-
cause no one had ''said grace"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
Beautiful Extract.
peace.

"Oh, the priceless value of the love OF .
pure woman,l Gold cannot purchase gem
SO precious Titles and honors confer up
on the heart no such serene happiness
In our darkest moments, when disappoint.
ment and ingratitude, with eorroding care,
gather thick around, and even the guant
form of poverty menaces with his skeleton
fingers, it CLEANS around the soul with an
angels smile. Time cannot mar its trillian.
cy distance but strengthens its influence;
bolts and bars cannot limit..lts progress +; it
follows the prisoner into the darkest cell.
an1 sweetens the home morsel that appea-
ses his hunger, and in the silence of mid
night it plays around his heart, and in his
dreams, he fulds to his 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 mingled by the same hand loses hall
its bitterness. The pillow carefully adjusted
by her brings repose to the fevered brain,
and her words of kind encouragement sur.
vive the sinking spirit. 1t. would ALMOST
seem that God. passionating woman's
first great frailty. had planted this jewel in
her breast, whose heavenlike inhuer ce shoe
cast into forget tfulness mans remembrance
Of the Fall, by building up 10 his heart auoth-
er Eden, where perennial flowers forever
bloom, and crystal waters gush from exhaust
less fountains"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
A Lofty City.

Potosi, in Bolivia, South America, is the
highest city in the world, being at an eleva-
ton of 1880 feet, considerably aboys the
level Of the SUBMITS of the Alpine mountain
giants, and only 800 feet below the topmost
peak OF the 10y Jungfrau itself. This is a
tolerably lofty attitude for city; but then
Potosi is the metropolis of the richest silver
mines in the world, which are worked in the
neighboring Csrra Sierra. or higher ridge J
de potosi, at an altitude Of l6, 900 feet above
the sea level, a greater height than the top of
Mount Blanc so that the abundance of the
precious metals. we may suppose, cempen-
safes the 10000 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 the surrounding
districts,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
NUMBER 48
True Prayer.

Would you see true prayer would you
know what prayer really is? Step iuto the
Egyptian palace where Benjamin atands
bound his amazed and trembling brothers
grouped around the lad Judah advances.
He bows himself before Joseph. His heart
is full. His lip trembles. The tear glstens
in bis manly eye and now, with tenderness
thrilling in every tone. he pours forth his
plea of surprising pathos: ''Oh, my lord, ks
thy servant, pray thee, speak word in my
lords ears, and let thine anger burn against
thy servants. My lord asked bis servants,
saying. have ye father or hrother7 And
1e..said unto my lord, We have a father, an
old man, and child Of his old age, q little
one; and his brother is dead and he alone
is left of his mother, and his father loved
him." Thus on be 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:
Nov, therefore, pray thee, let thy servant
abide instead of the lad as a bondsman to my
lord; for how shall 20 to my father and
the lad not with me; lest 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 i. no
longer. nor any wonder. That is true pray
er,
Two women stand before King Solomon.
In the darkness of the night, one has crept,
with noiseless step, to her neighbors bed,
and while the mother slept, and the babe
slept on her bosom, softly, cautiously, she
steals the living child, and leaves her own
cold, dead infant 10 It's place. They carry
the dispute .Solomon-each claiming the
living, and each repudiating the dead. With
skill that earned him his worldwide fame,
the wise monarch. summons nature "a a Wit
ness. Horrible to hear, he orders the living
child to be divided. The sword is raised
another moment, sand each mother gets .
quivering half-another moment, and inter-
ference comes too late. Ons stands calm.
firm, aollectea, looking on..with cruel eye.
With bound that carries her to his fss',
and shrek thasrings wild and high over
all the place, the other-ths trus mother
clasps her hands in agony, and cries, "Oh,
my lord, give her the living child, in no wise
slay it !" That is true prayer. That cry,
that spring, that look of .anguish-all these
proclaim the mother.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
BELIEFONTE Pa THURSDAY MORNING. DEC, s 1860
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 soul, the
nurse Of romance, of DEVOTION; how the great
painting heart of society yearns for the return
of night and rest Sleep is Gods 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 ach of events, they fret and repine and
starve sleep, and chide the tidy hours, as i
every tomorrow 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-
Der away.
There is 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 blamsless conscience, But when the
dews of evening slant dimly away, when
the cheerless curtains of darkness are closed,
when aerial shadows loom up and fit along
the vaulted arch, ''like grim ghosts trailing
blackness through The heavens" Such is
the fearful shadow that hangs over the Bro
ken slumbers of soul in which there is no
peace.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
Fate Of Fast men.

The vicious ~die 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 liyeth not half his days. The world
at once ratifes its truth, and assigns che rea-
son by describing the dissolute life of ''fass
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 wLile others are in the glory of
light. "Their sun goeth down while it is yes
day." And they might have helped it,
Many one dies long before be need.--
Young man of genius, like Burns and Byron,
to whom. when dissirated and profgate.
thirty-seven is SO final; your obscure and
nameless wandering stars, whe waste their
time in libertine indulgence-they cannot
live-they must die early. They put on
steam until they burst the boiler they run
at such rate that the fire goes out for want
of fuel. The machinery is destroyed by rap
id speed and reckless wear, Nothing can
save them, Their physical system canrot
stand the strain they put to iti while the
state OF the mind is often such that the soul
would eat the substance of the most robust
body, and make itself way of escape FROM
the indessant hell of its own thoughts.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
The Fatal Rife.

A party of men may be easily frightened,
and their number materially lesssned by
single sharp shooter. A fact which is fairly
illustrated in the following from a late Lon
don journal. Mr.. M'Kerdy, gentleman.
speaking to volunteer meeting at Lssma-
hagow, told the following anecdote:
Many years ago, when travelling oD the
continent / had a servant, an old Prussian
soldier, who related to nae the following re-
markable circumstance
''In 1913 or 1914 he belonged to a corps
OF one thousand men of small arms, operat-
ing as q guard ON the right bank of the
Rhine, while the French were in possession
of the country on the left of the river. The
season was early in autumn, when the wealth
or was delightful, and the harvest just gath
cred in.
"O1e afternoon 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 vast plain
of corn tLbble, without single fence as far
as the eye could reach; an advancing army.
therefore, could be most easily seen. The
river was unford able, and about two hun.
dred yards broad.
1.-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
cry from the bivouac that man was woun
ded. Every soldier started instantly to his
legs, aad looked across the river, but no one
could see even the vestige of an enemy, which
greatly surprised all. as there was no covert,
and the yellow stubble was especially well
adapted to show the. smallest object for con.
siderable distance from the river.
while the whole corps were thus gazing,
puff of smoke was seen rising about fifty
yards from the stream, followed by the res
| port of rife, and another soldier dropped
wounded. In 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 stnbble was to be seen.
"Soon there was another report. followed
by the fall of another man. which so exas-
perated the whole force that nearly every
soldier set about firing at the spot which the
puffs of smoke were seen to arise, By this
time all were convinced that the mischief
was done by single rifsman.
+" Some eighteen shots had been fred by
the riaeman, and seventeen men bad been
killed and wounded, when, to the great sat
| isfaction of all, man was seen to spring
from the stubbls. lucky shot having hi,
him, but this did net take place until many
thousand had been fred at him.
=" Here is an evidercs of the power of the
rifle. The man had laid down in a slight
hollow, SO small that it was not percsptibls
across the river, and there brought down sew
enteen men. while be lay in almost perfect
safety. lie nearly routed little army"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
B.9yVKE.VG HOUSE OF

VIM. #. REYNOLDN d co.
BELLEFONTE, CENTRE CO., PENN'A.
Bills CT Exchange and Notes discounted Collsc-
tions made and Funds promptly remitted. Inter.
est paid on Special Deposits, Exchange on the
Eastern cities constantly on hand and for sale.
Deposits received. April 1858
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
SOLE PROPRIET0Rs,
BENJAMIN PAGE, JR. & co.
MANuYAcTURINa
Aharmafeutists and Chemists:
PITTSBURGH, PA.

COR SALE AT the following named places IN
entire county:
j. Harris & Co., Bellefonte; D. Houser & Son;
Plumvile Mills; Geo. Jack 4 Co., Boalsburg ,
Zion Balser Weber, Howard; H. Brown. HUI
blersburgj g. G.. Ryman & T. M. Hall, Miles
burg; A. T. Schnell & Co., Pert Matilda; Rhsle
d Reesman, Millheim; Sam. Frank, Rebersburg /,
T. Wolf Son, VOLTS Store; W. Wolf, Centr Q
Hall; R. II. Duncan, Spring Mills; j. 7. Jack,
Potters' Mills Peter Kerlin, Churchville; J. H.
Hahn, Springfield Rankin Bolinger Bal
teysvite J. Q. Williams, Eaglevill0; Nixon
Co., Mill Halt; Joseph Bing, Unionvi1e Gross
4 Yearick, Aaronsburg; j. o. Bryan, Pine Grove
Mills; Jacob Daniels. stormstown, and by deal
ers generally.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
CURTIN 8 BLANCHARD.

A TTORNEY'S-AT-LAW,B ,BELLEFoSTE, Pc NINA
IA The undersigned having associated them
selves in the practise of Law, will faithfully at
tend to all professional business entrusted to them
in Centre, Clinton and Clearfeld counties. ALI
collections placed in their hsnds, viii receive
their promt attention. Office in Blanchard's new
building on Allegheny street.
Nov. 80 '5S CURTIN h BLAN CHA RD.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
A Mothers S Grave.

Earth has some sacred spots where we feel
like loosenging the shoes from our feet, and
treading with holy reverence; where eom-
mon words of pleasure aressunftting places
where friendships hands have fingered in
each others. where VOWS hav g been pllghted.
prayers offered, and tears of parting she'd
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 loved. Hence, in all
ages, the better portion Of mankind have cho-
sen the loved spots for the burial Of their
dead, and.in those spots they have loved to
wander at eventde to mediate and weep
But among all the charnel houses of the dead,
if there is one spot more sacred than all the
rest, it is mothers grave. There sleeps the
mother of our infancy the guide of our
youth-the counsellor Of our ripper years
our friends when others deserted US she
whose heart was stranger tc every other
feeling but love, and who could always find
excuses for ua when we could always find
none for ourselves. There she sleeps, and
We love the very earth for her sake.
GREATNEss.-All greatness consists in this
in being alive to what is going on around
one in living actually in giving voice to
the thought of humanity; in saying to ones
fellows what they want to hear or need to
hear at that moment; in being the conoretion,
the result Of the influences of the present
world. In no other way can one affect the
world than responding thus to its needs. in
embodying thus its ideas. You will see, in
looking to history, that all great men have
been piece of their time; take them out
and set them elsewhere, they will not fit Sc
we'll, they were made for their day and gen.
Grafton. The literature which has lefs any
mark, which has been worthy of the name.
ha. always mirrored what was doing around
it not neesssarily daguerreotyping the mere
outside, but at least rejecting the inside
the thoughts, if not the actions of men their
feelings and sentiments, even if it be treated
of apparently far-off themes.
nr Many poor woman thinks she can
A. noth;rc xv;tbo,rk a huahani and when at a
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
Recipes for Economizing.
PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TC HARD TINE;

PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TC HARD TINES.
For LADIEs.-Leave your purse in the bu.
reau drawer at home, if necessity compels
you to pass cheap store y
If you catch yourself thinking how mice
it would be if you coulo have new carpet
just transfer the adjective to another subject
and refec. how mice" the old one still looks
If you see anything going at ruinou:
sacriice"-let it go
DON'T subs cribe 10 that doctrine of econo-
my which buys shilling calico " to save
and then pays dressmaker three times the
value of the fabric to. make it up.
Settle in your mind just what you can sf-
ford to buy, before you 60 to market, lSx8
don't allow yourself to be tempted by
" surprisingly cheap" luxury.
Have your purse big enough to hold the
pennies and keep them there.
Fox GENTLEMEN.-Get porte-monnaie
with good rheumatic clasp to it-these pur-
ses that are easily opened are easily emptied.
If you feel inclined to smoke six-cent
Havana, just put good rye>straw between
your teeth instead, and chaw it" at your
leisure. 1t is astonishing how superior you
will find the favor.
Remember how superior water is to sher-
ry-cobblsrs and brandy-smashes on all oc-
casions.
Don't think how long you have had that
old coat Of yours-think, rather, how much
longer you can make it last.
Send one dollar and fifty cents fora years
subscription to the CENTRE DEMOCRAT. You
will find at the end Of the year that the mon
ey has been well invested.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06

n1 Quilp says there are many women
strong enough to hold horse who cant bold
their tongue,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06

TALE g. HOY, ATToRNEYs-AT-
Il Law, will attend pro nptly to all business
sntru stedto their care. Office in the building
formerly occupied by Hon, Jas. T. Hale.
CARD.
Messrs Hale & Hoy will attend to myAbusiness
during my absence in Congress, and will be as
sisted by me in the trial of all causes entrustedto
them. J. T. HALE. jan 5'1860
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06

H@r Many poor woman THINKS she can
do nothing without hush and, and when ste
gets one finds she pan do nothing with him,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06

DUTY.-Duty! Oh, great word oh, noble
and beautiful thought The faculty to
think, the thought to speak the word, to feel
its meaning and its power, attests our sub
lined estimation. Duty It itself but q
purely ideal conception--the ideal of obiga-
ton to do right, because it is right; yet
purely ideal as it is in essence, 1t is an idea
which, when embodied and realized. las it
may be,) in mons purposes and actions.
gives to human life and human history all
its nobleness-is thu scoroe of everything
most fair, and beautiful. ard touching or
everything great, heroic, and sublime,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
CCNvEYAN
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. BY

DEEDS BON DS, MORTGAGES, AND AR
4 BTICLES OF AGREEMENT neatly and cor
rectly executed. Also, attention will be given TO
the adjustment of Book Accounts, aud accounts
administration and Executors prepared for fling
Office next door to the Post Office.
oct, 18th, '58, WM. j. KEALSH.
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"a zzzss. J. I'd. .W1n&ato
IQHN II. SToVER

a TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
"A BELLEFONTE, PA, viii practice his pro-
fessioD in the several courts of Centre county
All business entrusted him will be carefully at
tended to- Collections made and all monies
promptly remitted Office, on High st. formerly
opcuped by Judge Burnside, and D. G. Boal, Esq.
wherehe can be consulted both in the English and
inthe german language. May 6, '5S-22 1y.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-06
REAp cAREEuLLYI

The Genuine highly concentrated Berhave's Holland
Btcrs put up in hafpnt bottles only and rsailed at
ONE DOLLAR per bottle six bottles for FIVE DOLLARS The
great demand this truly celebrated Medicine has induced
many limitations which the public should guard against
purchasing
Hs Beware of Imposition. See that is the
label of every bottle you buy.
Sold by Druggists generally. It can be forwarded
by Express to most points.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-19

INAUGURATION OF SECESSION.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-19

gters 10 ward on whstn become apubhc calamity
We understand that tho agents OF tbeso Nofthern
steamship lines have been notified by the mayor Oh
th,se precautonr, so that they may regulate tneir
movements accordingly
MODERATION IN GEORGIA.
From The Fcdstot Union.
U<DuE EXcITEnEsT-We are sorry 70 s, ~, ~ ipu'u
settlement on the subject Of politics IL is all unneces
sary brave and intelligent people act wisely an
cautiously Why urge TASTY legishtion7 STATE
Convention mufi be called or the people c'H.,ot be
united on any plan Of action: Those who so;nsel I'M
patriotic and loyal ncrbut without sn expression Of
he reope through their Representatives chosen for
IT, sreeial purpose of weighing the great Issue in the
sizes of Right ard Justice, there can be no united
action We sneak az unto wise men.
From The Athens Mailman.
"WsDoa, JUSTICE AND MoDERATIoS."- every
Georgian remember the motto emblazoned on coat
of-arrns The people excited, it is true There il,
ard has been cause for excitement free to
fess bot then at the same time there il for
disregarding the counses Of and common
Ii cannot he disguised that there those among us
who would gladly preciFiate the country into civii
war. Let the people be on their guard. Let us all
endeavor to keep c0oi that may be prepared to
act in concert should an emergency arise requiring IT.
CHARCOAL.
The Charleston Mercury under the heading Sturdy
Patriots, has the following:
"a number of charcoal dealers from the interior Of
the District, were yesterday he9 on business, wear;
brown PAPER, bearing such notices as Resistance
Remember HarTers Ferry etc. We could not but
admire the stern simplicity Of this unpretendng bangs
Of devotion TO South Carolina:
"Tbe homes, man, tho e'ersae poor
Is king OF men, for a. that"
EXPENSE NO OBJECT.
meeting Of citizens Of Mcintosh County, Georgia,
was held at Darien on the 10Th. The Hon. Charles
Spauldng made speech, and presented some resoIu-
tons advocating the armng of sufficient body OF mil
itary to secure the internal tranquility OF the State,
and give dignity and force abroad TO the decision she
may come to- The third resolution was as follows:
Rored the Of such armament ought not to be al
lowed into consideration, for If It results under frov
dence staying niquo1 policy and in restoring peace
the country It viii have been most happy Investment wne
on the hand should the storm that lowers burst upon
10 ay for etab hment Of independence and the fou
dation Of nationality.
OFFERINGS TO TIE CAUSE.
AT Alabama paper Gays:
c. Bellinger esq.,, has offered all his property, and
his own family with their consent to Alabama, seces-
sion deliverance, and liberty.
EVER GREEN (Connecuh County. Ala.), Nov IL
have two sons and ten thousand dollars in Alabama
and Florida Railroad stock, at your Service.
To Gov MooRE. Nv PERUVIAN.