TKKMJ OV TUB "AMKBlCAlf."
TERMS-TWO COLLAES p UBum. W M If
Hot paid within thayeat. S papa dlWonttnoeA
Mil all arrearages ara paid.
Titos terms will 1m tirtofly adhered to hereafter.
If nbMrlber negleot or refuse to Uk their new
fiaper. from the offioe to which they are directed, they
are responsible untU they he.ro settled the bills and
ordered them discontinued.
PottmasUr. will pleaaa aet M our Agent, and
frank letter) containing aubMriptlon money. They
are permitted to do thli under the PoBlDSee Law.
JOB PRINTING.
AVe hare connected with our establishment a well
elected JOB OFFICE, whioh wUl enable u to
tiecute, la the neatest itylo, , otory variety of
Printing f 1 ' .
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NBUEY
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AMERICAN.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY H. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, , PENN'A.
NEW SERIES, VOL. 4, NO. 3.
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1867.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 28, NO. 3.
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AwEnicm. Those hating advertising to do will
una it convenient lor reiereno :
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square.
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(3,00. Ohltuariee (except the unnal announcement
which It free,) to be paid for at advertising rate
Local Notioee, Boeiety Keeolutlons, Ac, 10 ountJ
per line.
Advertisements for RpHkIous, Charitable and Edo.
oational objects, one-half (he above rate,
Transient advertisement, will be published unlit
ordered to be discontinued, and charged according'.
BUSINESS CARDS.
J. R. IIILBUSH
SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCR
AND
JUS TICS OF THE PEA CE.
Mahonoy, Xorthnmlxrland Count;, PentCa
Office In Jackson township. Engagement can
be made by letter, directed to tho above address.
All business entrusted to hi. eare, ill be promptly
attended to. ':
f April 22, 186.. ly
WM. M. ROCEIPEMRR. L"" RoACH.
ROCKEFELLER & ROHRBACH.
tir.BI'RV, PB'A.
OFFICE tlx- same that has been heretofore occu
pied by Wni. M. Rockefeller, Ksq., noorly op
posite the redcnoe of Judge Jordan.
" Bunbury, July 1, lW ly
EORGUlLU SlUO!. P. WoLTERToH.
HILL & WOLVEKTON,
YlturtwYK and t'ouaf lor at Law.
STjisrBTTJa"5r,
Ttn i. ,,t,rl tn the collection of all kinds of
" C. A. REtMBWlHYDBB, '
ATTORNEY AT LAW, 6UNBURY, PA.
All ktaaln nfitrti ted tn hla car attended to
promptly and with diligenoe.
8. S. IYebcr,
ept.l4.
John Runklk.
ARCH STREET, between Third and Fourth Street
IlIII,AKIriIIA.
WEBKR A HUNKLE. Proprietors.
Juiie 29, 18BT 1 y
ADDISON O. MARE,
ATTORNEY AT LAV,
BHAMOKIN, Northumberland Connty. Pa.
AM. business attended to with promptness and
diligence.
.Shamokin, Aug. 10,1867 ly
J. D. JAMES.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, SCXBURY, PA.
Office Market street. 4 doors west of the railroad,
lately o.-ed as a Post Office.
Will attend promptly to the collection of claims
and other professional business intrusted to his care,
in Northumberland and adjoining counties.
August 10. 1307.
Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR,
POETICAL.
VVIudJiingUick Pay. Bounty and Pen-, -
iL!iJ. ; IQomccopatljic Ijjjstnan.
Wo mSSBWS
l ATTORNEY AT LAW
'urth Hide of Public Square, one door east ol the
Old Bank Building.
PENS'A.
R L" X II U R Y
. . .... i... . TT-TTnrn t TirvflHST
Collections nad all yrolessinnni dusiu .u,..., i A U N i Mill Vil I
. . . i, r.i x'.,i.,hnmneriana ana j y n j kj m .a. -s a J i
adjoining Countie"
(Irnduntc of the Homceopathic Medical lollegeof
I nnjlvania.
i Orpirr. Market Square opposite tho Court House-
Srl!l KY. PA.
OOicc Hours 7 to 9 morning ; 1 to 3 afternoon;
7 to b evening. May 18-
Sunburv.Scpt. la, loii.
l. n. K.VSR.
Attorns'TH nndCosiusKllorsi it Ijiw,
Cbcsnut Street, west of the N. and P. A E. Rail
road Depot, in the building lately occupied by
F. Lazarus, Esq.,
BUNBUBY PENN'-A..
ftieetion and all Profonional business promptly
ni ndcd to in Xorthumborland and adjoimug Coun
ti. .Itoruey nntl Connnfllor at l.uw,
OiBcB on south side of Markot street, five doors Ea:-t
of the N. 0. Railroad,
SXTNBTjri"5r, FA.-
Will nttend promptlv to nil professional business
entrusted to his cure, the collection of olamis in
Noithuuibcriiind and the adjoining counties.
Sunburv, April 13. t HtVT .
EDWIN A EVANS, '
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Market Square, near tho Court House,
i;NBlT.Y, Xortbumbeiland County, Pa,
'olicctions promptly attended to in this and adjoin
ing Counties.
April 13, 1SC7. ... ..
Alto
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
riivv A.' t'ounsn'Ilorni
SI 111 ICV,
lilUlrl't Allonn-.T for Aoi-I lium-
Suilury, March 31, 1966.-.y
KAMITI. Jim, Proprietor.
(Formerly of the Mansion House. Mahonoy City,
, Schuylkill county, Pa.)
In Cake's Addition, near the MacUino Shops,
SUNBUBY, aPENN'A.
I Transient and permanent boarders will find this a
most comfortable houo and possessing tho advan
: tagesof convenience to the railwav and business part
of tho town. Being newly furnished with all the
j modern household improvements, thero is every fu
: cilily lor the convenient accommodation of guests.
Hood stabling and experienced hostlers in atiend-
mice.
Siinhury. June 22. IKfl". (
"" "niT I S ATJflT.R. i
w- ,
GRADUATE of Jefferson Medical Collcgo, with
five years practice, offers his professional ser
, vices to the citizens of Bunbury and vicinity will
' attend all calls promptly.
' OFFfCE over Thaeher's Store, in Pleasnnts' build
1 ing, Market Square.
Oitke HoL'tis from 8 to 10 A. M.
j " 2 to 9 v.
Sunbury. April 27, 1S67. j
' AMBR0TYPE " AND PHOTOGRAPH
Comer Market A Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa.
i S. BYERLY, PkoI'hietoh,
Pliotugrapb. Ambrotvpusand Meliiinotyp' . tkr.n In
the best stylo of tho art. apl. 7, ly
! Alloi-iieT nml Comiwtllor t !,
1100SVIU.E. COOPER CO , MISSOURI.
WXEt, pav taxes on lands in any part of the
btute. " Huy and sell real F.stnte, and all other
I matters entrusted to hiin will receive prompt atten-
INDIAN SUMMER.
Just before tho death of the flower,
And before they are buried In snow,
There comes a festival season,
When nature is nil aglow
Aglow with a mystical splendor
That rlTals the brightness of Spring
Aglow with a beauty more tender
Than anght which fair Summer could bring.
Some spirit akin to the rainbow
Then borrow) ha magical dyos,
And mantles the far-tproading landscape
In hues that bewilder the eyes.
The sun from bis cloud-pillowed chamber,
Smiles soft on a vision so gay,
And dreams that his favorite children,
. The Flowors, have nut yot passed away.
There's a lumiuoul mist on the mountains,
A light, azure base in the air,
As If angels, while heavenward soirlng,
Had left their bright robes floating there ;
The breeie is so soft, so caressing,
It seems a muto token of love,
And Uoats to the heart like a blessing
From some bnppy spirit above
These days, so serene and so charming,
Awaken a dreamy delight
A tremulous, tearful enjoyment,
Like toft strains of music at night ;
We know they are fading and fleeing,
That quickly, too quickly, they'll end,
And we watch them with yonrning affection
As at parting wo watch a dear friend.
Oh ! beautiful Indian Summer !
Thou favorito child of the year
Thou, darling, whom Mature enriohes
With gifts and adornments so dear.
How faiu would we woo thee to linger
On mountain and meadow awhile,
For our hearts, like the sweet haunts of Nature,
Rejoice and grow young in thy smile.
Not alone to the sad field of Autumn,
Dost thou a lost brightness rettoro,
But thou bringest a world-weary spirit
Sweet dreams of its childhood once more.
Thy loveliness fills us with memories
Of all that was brightest and best
Thy peace and serenity ofi'er
A foretaste of hcuvvuly rest.
TALES AND SKETCHES.
"Is lie dead ?" asked tbo young wife anx
iously. "Oh, no I it's only a fainting Tit, induced
by the euddcu c' ?nge of temperature, and
perhaps the first tuge of atnryntion," replied
the doctor, symptuliizingly. He had for
gotten for the moment his cold maxims of
prudence, and added: "he must be curried to
a room w ithont lire, and placed in a com
fortable bed."
The coachman was called in to assist in
lifting the ntlilctic stranger, who was carried
to a room in the clinmber, where the doctor
administered with, his own linnds strong
doses of port wine sangnrce. Tho young
man soon became partly conscious, but all
conversation wns forbndu bini, and he sunk
quietly to sleep.
"Ho is doing well; let liim rest ns long as
be cut) ; should be nwnkc in our absence,
give him beef tea and toast uJ libitum, "sad
the doctor, professionally, us be left the
room.
In less than nn hour afterwards, Dr. May
wood and bis lovely wife entered the por-
I ccous church of "the most link Trinity.'"
; And the hundreds of fur cUtnes that en
j tered its brond portals, dressed with all the
I taste and mngnilicence that abundant wealth
j could procure, not ono revealed, in grace
and beauty, the orphan bride of the rich
, physician. Her tall, groceful figure was
I'oocu in a violet silk, that only hlghtcueri
by contrast her largo :ure eyes, bright
with the lustre of youth I til happiness; yet,
thero was u toui:h of tender pity in their
drooping lids that won the confidence of
every beholder. 1 lie snowy carmine man
i ml: itiu.di.tii.
A TKLX TALK.
One eohl winter morning, tho last Sunday
of December, 1019, a half nuked man knock
ed timidly at the basement door of a fine,
substantial mansion in the city of Brooklyn.
Though the weather was bitter even for that
season, the young man bad no clothing but
a rugged pair of cloth punts, and the re
mains of a flannel shirt which exposed Ii is
muscular chest in many large rents. Rut in
spite of his tattered tippnrid and evident
lutigue, as he leaned heavily upon the rail
ing of the basement sjuirs, n critical observer
could not fail to uuliee u conscious air erf
dignitv, and the markej truces of cultiva
tion aud refinement in his pule haggard
countenance. I
The door was speedily opened, and dis- j
closed a lursc, comfortably furnished room i
MISCELLANEOUS.
Kcgat-diiiK Work nnd Heat.
Now and then, when I am tired, when I
have worked long and wearily, and have
had some experience of the attritions of man
with man, nnd have gained some new light
respecting the moral condition of imported
and unsancliiied men, 1 say to myself: "Well,
you have worked more than the ordinary
allotted period of man's life, and would it
not be better for you now to withdraw and
give pluco to younger men, and spend in
elegai.t leisure tho declining period of your
life C It is a temptation of tho devil.
And when I get rested, when I get ono
night's sound sleep, and my nervous energy
is restored again, and my system is rcinvig
orated, I am amazed at myself, and in the
morning I fWgellato the man that I knew
lust night. Retire from life f I observe that
trees keep all their beauty to the closing
periods. How beautiful is the tree when it
comes out of winter und puts on all its del
icate tints and shades of green. W'c then
look upon tho tree as though it was a new
creation, and we 6ay : "Surely, Ood never
made anything so beautiful us these trees ;
and yet when summer deepens their hues,
and they have becomo more robust, and we
see whut vigor and freshness, and succulen
cy there is in them, we say : "After all give
me the summer tints. They ore far better
than the spring delicacies." And yet,-wheii
the October davs have come, and the last
part of the tree life for the year s enacted,
ous yellows, the rich
Tite Braver. At the last meeting of the
American Association for tho Advancement
of Science, L. II. Morgan, Esq., of Rochester,
read an interesting paper on the habits of
the beaver. Having umdo this animal tho
subject of study for Boveral yeors, he was
able to give many interesting facts regard
ing the extent of their operations. On the
southern shore of Lnko Superior, in Mar
quette county, bo found remains of long
canals and dams constructed by them for
the purpose of transporting their cuttings,
consisting of trunks of trees two or three
-feet long, from the place -where the trees had
fallen to their lodges. Some of theso canals
were 800, 400. and GOO feet long. They
were generally three feet wide, with an ave
rage depth of three feet. In order to main
tain a continuous depth of water, they made
dams at certain distances, and followed the
Chinese plan to whom the lock wn9 un
known of drawing their cargo from one
level to another. Mr. Morgan has settled a
long disputed point regarding the species.
From a comparison of mora than one? hun
dred skulls of American beavers and four or
five of European orioin. he is enabled to
state that both classes belong to the same
family.
and we see tlin corce
til'a which protected bcr from the piercing ' browns and the magnificent scarlets, we say :
wind, rivaled, but could not surpass the de
licate purity ot her complexion. Many ad
miring eyes followed tho faultless figure of
Mrs. Muywood, as she moved with uncon
scious grace up tho aisle of the Church, but
none with more heartfelt devotion than the
young, wayward, but generous man who
had recently wed her in spite of her poverty
and the sneers of his uribtocrutic acquain
tances. The stalely organ had pealed its last rich
notes, which w ere still faintly echoing in the
arches when a stranger of venerable aspect
who had greviously taken part in the ser
"There, the last is the best." And might
we not take pattern from the trees ? -Might
we not follow up our youth and manhood
with fair colors aud dclicutu tints to the end
of life ?
I do not think a man ought to want to
! rc9t in this world. He may desire to achieve
I the means of settiug himself free from phys
ical taxation, lie may say : "I w ill reliu-
quish, in a measure, this, that I may trans
: fer my activity to other spheres." That it
i is proper for a man to do. Hut for a man
' to retire from life and socivtv after he has
i been on active force therein, aud filled bis
vices of the altar, -rose nud annouueed for ! sphere with usefulness, and seen tho fruits
. . . ... .. 1 . . . . .. . , i . ..... . , , 1 1
his text, the oft quoted, but seldom applied
words ol the Apostle "Re not forgetlul to
entertaiu strangers, for thereby some have
entertained angels unawares.'' Dr. May
wood felt bis loteheud flushed painfully ; it
appeared to him for the moment that the
preacher must have kuowu of his want of
charity toward strangers, and wished to give
nun a public lesson : but he soon saw trom
of his labor multiplied at his hand, and
known the satisfaction of well-spent years
nature itself rebukes it. But many a man,
at the age of forty-five years, says to him
self: "I am worth $500,000, nnd what n fool
I am to work any longer ! I am going to
buy me an estate in the country, uud bo a
gentleman." He buys liim au estate, and
undertakes to be a gentleman ; but a man
tmn.
! July 8. 1SC5.-
-oct 15. '61
fEi.fsroi.Tf, c. H.
:. i. SKAiiioLr
COAL !
KOLVr.KTOM
COAL! COAL
PIIE suUitiUrs rcpoctfully inform tbcciliiens of
L Riaturv and vicinity, that they have opened a
CO AIi VARD
.1. 1U A CVs Lower WhiuT, Wiiss'juvy. l
. .i i tn um.olv all kinds ot fcna-
:.ere uirjr . . ,'.'-,.-.., ,l,,.
UNION HOTEL-
i-i . i ... .i.i, riitou I-Minings unit
IK lit I ,U, (ll viiwuii . t.
..mutlv si'.M Iied. Country custom respectfully
iieilcd.
i-uubuiy, J in. 12, IdOl
EAMIOI.TZ A CO.
JN0. KA.Y CLEMENT,
.- Terr?
t . . r..n
llii'i!w"!t in this and adjoining couuues carsiuu,
1 promptly amended to.
J,r i in Market Street, Third door west of fcmuh
1 ttenlher's Htoro aud Tinware Store,
HI. It. ."Tl.lMKK.
at l,uu. fctaunn,
1V
' Xor-
sSnydor, Montour, t'olumma
411 AX. ITZI.I., IrrK'ios-.
In Cake's Addit'un to bLKUl'IlY, near the I'enn'a
Railroad Company's Shops.
PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARDKKS
kept who will find ample accommodations.
, cooks ana vrauors, ooaruers can m4
forts of home with tare equal le ine ocn ni
1 II it Liquors are ol trie cnoiresi Kinus.
bunbury, Juue 8, 1807.
! Mount Carniel Hotel
j MT. CABMEL, Northumberland Co., Pa.,
j THOS. BURKET, Phophiktok.
' Thi lartre comn odious Hotel is located nour die
I depots of the Shamokin Valley and the Quakake 4
New York Railroads. Trains arrive and depart doily.
; This houte is located in the centre of the Coal I.e-
gi,,u und affords the beet accommodations to travelers
und permanent oustomcrs. iH-Li
New York.
1 i...n..,if . ,i..n,lrd to in the counties of Xor-
imberland. I'niou
I Ljconr.ujs
i;frnKSCfS. .. .
lion. ,T..ln M. Reed, Philadelphia,
i ,i. C.'iitell A Co.,
Hon. Wiu. A. Poner. "
V .rtou McMiehaol. Esq.. "
Keleham A Co., Sl4 I'eurl Street
lohu W. Afhmead. Attorney at haw, '
Matthews A Cox, Att-rncys at Law ,
sunbury, Mmcb aMU.
JACOB SHIPMAN,
KU AN " TjTFE xnbubance agent,
tflvilLKV, PKXVA.
HKrREStNTS
Vainul Kin, Insurnneo t:o., Yrk P .
,i.,.i1,o,.1 Valley .Mutual Protection
w V'ork Mutual Ufe.Girurd Uifoof Phil
J t onn. General AeeiduuU.
sunbury, April ", ly.
CHLS1NUT riTUEET, PIIILADEI.P1II A.
IlIS well known Hotel, situate near tho corner
of Ninth A Cnesuut Streets, Philadelphia, is
which was placed a iuxuiioumv luin.-sueti
breakfast table ; a fuhinnbly attired young
man, iu a brocade dressing gown und velvet
ippers, was reclining on a soft fuutenil,
btitily reading the morning papers. The
beautiful youug wife bad lingered at the
table, giving the servant in wailing her or
ders fur the household matters tif tho day,
when the timid rap at the door attracted
her attention. Sliu commanded it to be
ne. Good J ,cllejj uut the young master of the mansion j Uc(,al 'y
oTc'l'f cum' ' replied that it wusqu'ite useless being no WQ,
one out some uuevisii neggnr ; out me uoor
was already opened, and the sympathies of
Mrs. Maywood enlisted at once.
"Cumo into the tiro,"cricd the young wife,
impulaively "before you perish !''
The uieiidiuunt without, exhibiting any
surprise atsueh unusual treatment ol a street
beggar, slowly entered the room, manifes
ting a painful weakness at every step, tin
his cutn.nte Dr. May woi'd, with n displeased
air. gathered up bis papers uud left the
np.nnneiit. The compassionate lady un
wisely placed the half frozen man near the
lire, while she prepared a bowl of fragrant
coffee which with abundant food wus
placed before him. But noticing the abrupt
departure ot her husband, Mr. Maywood,
the tenor of his discourse that his own guilty I w ho has nothing to do is no gentleman.
conscience had alone mado the application
in his particular Case.
I have not space, nor indeed the power to
give any synopsis of the r.crmon ; but that
it, combined with the incident of tho morn
ing effected a happy revolution iu the mind
of fit leit one of its hearers. So much so
account of it suporior locatic n aud excellent uec.u.- itli a clouded eouulenance, left the room,
. . ' . I 1. ... J . .1.. a .kl.. .t... '. . . . . .-I
i whispering to the servant to remain mini
I the strauger ehoulel have.
uiodntiuns, one of the best and moot desirable -top
KANAOA, Proprietor
ninir nlataes in tbucitv.
, r - j
II. ,
February Id, 1B07. 6m
BOOK BIN D ER Y
JOHN HERIVIAN
North Mill ftreet, UANMLLh,
I S prepared Hmd iwiks, Papers,
Co.,
.A Hail-
PA.
IS prepared "inrt iwiKS, rupors, waaunura,
.Music, to., in any style that may be desired, at
ebtuper rales than can bo none in me eiucs.
r-p- Drdcri I-ft at this Oflhc, will receiie prompt
atlentiwii
oet. 1. 7.
i
W. J. W0LVERT0N,
.VI'TOKHV AT l-W ,
rket street, i doors wc,t of Br. Eyier's Store
SUXBL'IIY, PEXX'A.
MPt fessioual busiueat in tUls nnd adjoining Oeun-
promptly attended to.
unbury, November If, 1868. ly
DAL ! COALTr COAL ! ! !
OKA T As BB OTH
i .iners At Vlsuletiale sic Itetnil
" Iulfris In
v m in a. m:i ASH COIL,
in every variety,
oln Agents, westward, of the Celebrated Heury
V Coal.
towt" WAr, Somburt, Pi.
unbury, Jan. IS, 1866.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
Uppar Wharf, BUSBUBV. Penn'a.
Ordertsolioited and filled with promrtnesi and
atcli. .
nloT. Mavli. y
B0TT TY FOR SOLDIERS.
HAVE made arrangement in Washington City,
"r the prompt collection of Bounty undo, the
AeUf Congress. I have also received the pro
I lank, to prepar. the olaim.. Soldier, entitled
ms ounty should apply immediately, U
.U thatit.siiUrea,uu-ethrM yean to adjust all
alTd'iers who onlUted for thr.a year, and ho
a n. reeeivd more th.a $1W bounty
. lli.. f .v,i. am. u well a. auldierewbo
' enT,"ud 7hi thrc. yeaV. td diachargefter a
. ice of two years, by reason 01 wu.
unbury. August 18, I860.
j. G O B O B E O TZ
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Aud Dealer in
OTHS, CASSIMERE8, VESTING, Ac;
'ttwn lrtet utb Wearer
Hotel, H U N W U J Y S A-
t. h M !
FIRST NATIONAL
II. tl. TUACHER, rropriotor
MARKET SQl'ABi;, 8VNBUKV,
P A
New Goods, New Stales, New Trice
The lsrj- it Mock of Coots and El.tri in this Maike
TRUX'ICS OF KVr.RY GRADE 4 TRICE
Gent.' Traveling Satchel, lland-Bags, Valise., Ae.
An elegant assortment of Ladies' Fine Leather Bat
cbel Caba's, Ac, Ao.
COME AND SEE, COME AND BEE.
lcaant'a Iluildiusr,
jlf A RKET S Q UA Ii E,
April 6. 1867
'I'oym aud 1'uucy lioodi !
JOUN DOLL,
v r.A.) va.i,. KirAAt Philadelnhia. Importer of
r.m.n .nd Kr.noh TOYS AND FANCY ARTI
CLES, just received a very large assortment o an
kinds or
Toys, China-Ware, Cane., Pipe.. Uansjonioa., Mar-
ties, Slates, renoils, Mask., rasaois,
and alw, a variety of GAMES, Ao., Ae.
iy-Oountry MerohanU will ploase eiamina my
Block.
October 5, 1S6T. ata ;
"CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLI
NESS."
A FACT which is demonstrated at GUNNISON
A CO'8..
Vlrt Cla ShaYlng: Ilalr Cnttlns
a ad KbampooalBK Hoonaat.
r. ,.!. - RARbERS alwavi in attendanee.
Partieular attonUon to euUing Ladies and CbUdran't
hair. Give us a osil al the New Room, over the
PoelOffioa. m
Bunbury, Augnat i, 1867. tf
SII0EMAKEE3.
i-Tir v.-tn.uns r.f ScJaLaadiar, Prancb Calf
. ' i.il.ff. LaaU. Kaila. Peg-
Pho ran hastily up the riehly motinted
stuirc;i?e, ami paused before tho eiitrunee of
u biuall luhrutory und inedicul library, nnd
occupied aolely by her husband, who was u
physician uud practical chemist. She open
ed'tlie door uud entered the room, Dr. May
wood was hitting nt a small table, with liit
head resting on hia haud, apparently in deep
thonht.
'Edward," said the young wife gently
touehinz his arm. "I fear I have displeased
you, but the man looked so wretched, I
could not bear to drive htm away," and her
bwect voice trembled as she added "You
kuow I take sacrament to day."
"Dear Mary," replied the fond husband, "I
appreciate your motives. I know it is pure
eoodness of heart which leads you to dis
obey me, but still I must command that
no beggar shall ever be perumied to euter
the house. It is for your own safety that I
insist upon it. How deeply you. might lie
imposed upon, in uiy frequent absence from
home I shudder to think."
The man that is now below may be but a
burler in disguise, and already in your ab
sence taking imprcssious in wax of the dif
ferent keyholes in the room so as to enter
some night at his leisure. Your limited ex
perience of city life makes it difficult for you
to credit so much depravity. It is no charity
to givie to street beggars, it only encuur
aiies vice, dearest."
"It may be so," responded Mrs. Maywood
"but it 6eems wicked not to relieve sutler
iuir aud want even if the persona has be-
Laved badly and we know it. But I
promise you not to ask another beggar into
the house."
At this moment the servant rapped vio
lently at the door, crying out that the beg
gar was dying. "
"Come, did ward, your an ill can save turn
! know," said his wife, hustenitig from the
room.
The doctor did not refuse thia appeal to
his professional vanity, for be immediately
followed Ui wife a nying lootstepi as sue
descended to the basement. They found
the uendicaut lying pale and unconscious
upon the carpet, where he bad slipped from
weakneaa from cue cuair, wuere jara. .nay
wood had seated him.
"Ha is a handsome fellow," muttered the
doctor as Le bent over him to ascertain the
state of Lis pulse.
And well lie might say to. The glossy
locks of raven Lair bad fallen away from a
broad white forehead; bia closed eyelids
were bordered by long raven lashes, which
lay like a silken fringe upon bia pale bronzed
cheeks, while a delicate nose, and a square,
massive chin displayed a model of manly
beauty.
return of Dr. Mavwood from
church he repaired at once to the room of
, the mendicant to offer sueh a'.tcntion as he
might stand in need of. Mot the young man
seemed to be inu'.'ti refreshed by rest and
' nutritious food, nnd Commenced gratefully :
: thanking his host, for the kind attention In.- 1
; had received, which without dcubt saved
' his life. "I will recompense you well, for
! thank God, I am not the beggur that I seem.
I was shipwrecked on Friday night iu the
ave, on my return from India. Sly
as doubtless union'- tliu list ol the
lost for I escaped from the waves by a
miracle. I attempted to make my way to
New York, where I have ample funds in
bunk awaiting my orders, but I uiu -t have
perished from col l and hunger had it not
been for you and your wile's provident
churity. I wns repuNed from every door as
on impostor, and could get neither food or
rest. To Lie an exile from one's native land
ten years and then, niter escaping from the
perils ot the ocean, to die of hunger in the
streets of a Christian city, 1 felt truly a bit
ter fate."
"My uamc is Atithur Willctt," added the
stranger.
"Why, that is my wiTes family name.
She will be doubly pleased lit her agency in
your recovery."
Of what .state is she a native?" asked
Autlnir Willctt, eagerly.
"I married her in the town of M ,
where 6he was born." At this moment Mrs.
He goes into the country and learns how to
gape, and learns how to wish he knew w hat
to do. He goes into the country in order
to take the cars every morning, and come
to the citv every day to 6ee what is going
on. And hu soon discovers that be has
made n mi-takf, and bavs : "What a fool
was! I thought I was unhuppy, but! see
that I was not. And he becomes discon
tented, nntl before two years have gone he
sells his country place for fifty per cent, less
than he gave, and goes back to the city and
enters into a new partnership, and says
"I hnvc learned tl.nt a man had better not
give up business so Ions ns he is able to
attend to it." lie could, I think, have learn
1 it without going through that practice,
man ouiiht not uot to be obliged to stum
ble upon every evil of life iu order to find
out. Something ought to bo learned
from other peoples' blunders. There are
enough of them. II. II. lkt'thei:
Maywood entered the room, surprised at the
luni; absence ot her husband.
Arthur Willett gazed at her with a look
ol the wildest surpricc, murmuring :
"It cannot be it canuot be. I am delir
ious to think so.'1
Mrs. Maywood caed with little less as-
I tonishmeut, motionless as a statute.
" hat painlu! mystery is this : cried Dr.
jiaywoou, exciieuiy, uuuressmg ins ue
ho then became cour.ious ot thtr singulari
tv of her conduct.
"Oh no mystery, biio rcpuea, signing
eeply, "only this stranger is the image ot
iv long lost brother Ar:nur." aim .Mrs
Maywood overcome w.th emotion, turned to
leave the room.
".Stay one moment, pleaded tue strauger,
drawing a small ring from his linger, and
holdiug it up, asked it sho recoguued that
rene i
"It is mv father's gi ay Lair and you are
"His sou Arthur Willett and your brother
Mary N illctt Mavwood fell upon the
mendicant's breast, weeping tears of tin
sweetest joy and thanksgiving.
Doctor Maywood retired trom tne room
and left sister ami brother alone in that sa
cred hour cf reuniou, saying to himself,
"I3e not torgetlul to entertain strangers,
for thereby some have cntcrtaiucd angels
unawares."
The miseries of war are depicted by a
Mexican correspondent of the New Orleans
Pieayunt as lollows : A Btnguiar ana saa
fortune has befallen the families of the prin
cipal victims of this cruel war Castillo was
shot within an bour of bis arrest. His wife,
the innocent cause of bis apprehension, has
gone mad. Mejia was shot witu tue r.m-
Ceror, and the ladies of Queretary had his
ody embalmed. Tbo day be fell Lis wife
was found on the floor of ber bouse, sur
rounded by candles and a crucifix, from
which aha could not be torn, moaning inco
herently, and ber reason gone. The case of
Mrs. 11 ir anion ia rcrv similar. A lady of in
telligence, with a family of aix children,
six months aco. when she journeyed from
Paris to Mexico, little dreamed of the fate
of herself and gallant husband." .
Life's Aitumn. Like the leaf, life 1m
its fading. We speak and think of it with
sadness, just as we think of the autumn sea-
Hon. Uut there should be no sadness at tl.
fading of a life that has done well its work.
If we rejoice at tho adveut of a new life
if wo welcome tho coming of a new pilgrim
to the uncertainty of this world's way, why
should there be so much gloom when nil
the uncertainties are past, and life at its
waning wears the glory of a complete task ?
Beautiful as childhood is in its freshness nnd
innocence, ils beauty is that of untried life.
It is the beauty ot promise, ol spring, of
bud. A holier and rarer beauty is that which
the waning life of faith and duty wears. It
is the duty of a thing completed ; and as
men come together when some great work is
achieved, and see in its concluding nothing
but gladness, so ought we to teel when the
setting flings back its beams upon ft lite
that bas auswered well its purposes. When
tlio uud drops are blighted, and there goes
all hope of the harvest, ono may well be
sud ; but when the ripened year sinks amid
the garniture of autumn flowers and leaves,
why should we regret or murmur 1 And so
a life that is ready and waiting to hear the
well done ' ot uod, whose latest virtues
are lis. noblest, should bo given back to
God in uncomplaining reverence, wc rejoic
ing that earth is capable ot so much glad
ness and is permitted such virtue.
Tun Belgians claim to be the first to dis
cover the uses of coal, nnd this discovery,
they say, was made by ono Ilttllos, a black
smith of the village of Plenevaux, near
Liege, in the year 1019, from -whose name
they derive "houille." Coal was first used
in London in the latter part of the thirteenth
century ; but the smoke wus considered so
iujurious to the public health that Parlia
ment petitioned King Edward I. to prohibit
its-burning as an intolerable nuisance. He,
complied, and issued his proclamation
aguinst it. The most severe measures were
then employed to abolish its use fines, im
prisonment, and the destruction of furnaces
and workshops where it was used.
When we picture the hundred or more
trunks that ladies travel with, we cannot
help reflecting how bnppy Is tho elephant,
whoso wife, when on a journey, has only ouo
trunk.
Tho young ladies of this day nnd cenera-
tion appear anxious to emulate the I'ato of
Cleopatra by putting "adders" to their bosoms.
Wanted to know if the mnn who was
bent on mischief straightened himself!
A merchant of Nashvillo Las sued a
telegraph company for 3,000 damages. The
operator was absent from his orlice when
tho merchant wisliod to send a dispatch.
Cranberry cnlture in New Jersey has bo-
come a large business, aud is so remunera
tive that marshy lauds, formerly almost
worthless, now bring as high as $1,000 per
acre.
AGRICULTURAL, &C.
How nut Asi Ksroits l.ivi:i). 1 hi; nil
irovement in social comiort unci rennemen
u past ages is strikingly shown in the fol
owing paragraph :
Lrasmus, who visited fcngland in the early
part of the sixteenth century, gives a curious
description of the interior of auEnglish bouso
of the 'better class. The furniture was rough,
the walls unplastered, but sometimes wain
scotted or hung'willi tnpestry, and the floor
overed with rushes, which were not chang
ed for months. The dogs ami cats had free
access to the eating rooms, and tho frag
ments of meat and bones were thrown to
them, which they devoured among the rush
es, leaving w hat they could not eat to rot
there, with the draining ot beer-vessels and
all manner of unmentionable abominations.
There was nothing like refinement or ele
gance iu the luxury of the iiigher ranks ;
the indulgences which their wealth permit
ted consisted in rough and wasteful suffu
sion. Salt beef uud Htroug ale constituted
the principal part of IJueen Elizabeth's
breaklast, and similar refreshments were
served to her in bed for supper. At a series
of entertainments given by tho nobility in
1GG0. wheic each exhausted bis invention to
outdo the others, it was universally admit
ted that Lord Goring won the palm for tho
mngnilicence ot his lancy. 1 he description
of this supper will give us an idea of what
was then thought magnitlceut. It cousisted
of four huge, brawny pigs, piping hot, bit
ted and harnessed, with ropes ol sausages,
to a huge pudding-bag. which served for a
chariot.
ITad.n t koom. Wo heard a laughable
anecdote of a "man with a big foot." He
was a iiunaionian, wuo must tie alive now,
us a man with so good a hold upon the
ground is not likely to drop off iu a hurry
He stepped one day into a small shoo of i
boot-maker in the flourishing capital of oid !
F.rie, and asked Crispin if he could make
him a pair of boots. Looking at his long
splaypedal extremities, anil then glanceing
at a huge uncut cowhide that bung on the
wall, he said : "Well, yes, I jritcss so."
"What time will you Lave them done?
To-day is Monday."
"Well, it will depend upon circumstances :
I guess I can have them for you by Satur
day.
On Saturday, therefore, the man called
for the boots.
"Have you got 'em done ?" said he as Le
entered tho little shop.
"No, I haven't I couldn't ; it has raiued
every day since I took your measure."
"Rained !" exclaimed the astonished pa
tron. "Well, what of that t what Lad that to
do with it ?"
"What bad that to do with it ?" echoed
Crispin : "it has a gtxxl ilcnl to do with it.
When I make your boots Vie got to go out of
uUor, tor I haven t room in my Miop, nud
I can't work out of doors in rainy weather."
llrerriinc: Son s.
Every farmer is aware of tho great liabili
ty to loss in getting a litter of pigs through
tho first two weeks of their lives. The sow
not uufreqtteutly devours them as soon as
dropped, or if uot, they are more or less
liable to bo killed by the mother lying down,
before the little grunters have acquired
sense or strength enough to avoid tho
danger. 1 he Agriculture Jkvuw gives lomo
sensible advieo in regard to the management
of breeders, from which we extract the fol
lowing, suggesting farther that the litter
should, after two or three weeks, be allowed
considerable out of door liberty. It does
them good to frolic on the grass and lcatn
to stick their little shoe hummers in tho
ground.
"lhofoodof tho sows should be varied
and moderately salt ; abundant enough to
keep them thriving, yet not sufficient to
fatten. It is well to give them charcoal
occasionally, and a trifle of sulphur. The
slops of the houso are good feed. All tliia
tends to keep the appetite in a healthy state
and to destroy the tendency of the swine
to devour their youug. They should not
bo closely confined, a small yard at least
should be attached to their sleeping pcnB
for them to go into at will. Change of
quarters, especially when near the time of
giving birth to their young, is apt to work
injury, and should be caretully madu if
necessary, They should bo supplied with
a great abundance of Btraw or other suitable
bedding, nnd allowed to work it down
somewhat fine and compact, and into a bed
of their own liking. In winter timo it re
quires a warm pen, and ample bedding and
cure to raise tho young pigu. If poles are
around the sides of the pen high enough
trom the tlocr to give room lor the pigs un
derneath, in will frequently save them from
being laid on and killed, as the sow cannot
press close enough to the wall to injure
them, and she is not so apt to kill them in
ether positions as iu this one.
"During luo lust week in tho age ol tho
pigs the mother should be disturbed as lit
tle as possible. Especially strangers should
not approach her. Give her warm drink,
and but a small quantity ot lood. 11 she is
doing well and is quiet, and takes care of
her young, "let well enough alone." Alter
a week's time you can feed more, and when
they eat. you will Lave nmplo space to dis
pose of all the spare meal and buttermilk
your premises afford."
farmers Lavo
A man near Dubuque, Iowa, recently
arose yery early, and his ion, unobserved,
followed liim and climbed a tree to catch
some chickena for breakfast. Tbe father,
seciug tbe dark body in the tree, took It for
a coon, and seizing a pitchfork, ran it be
tween bis son's ribs up into bia lungs Th
poor boy is oi txf ected to survive.
Tni: Hosts of Bu.i. Kln. A correspon
dent of tbo Cincinnati C'oiitmereiol, writing
of a visit to the battle-field of Bull Hun, says :
"The first sight that grectod my eyes at
Manassas Junction, was a forcible reminder
of tho war. Two huge piles of bones, horse
boues, cattle bones, and, sad to say, human
bones iutermiugled, lay whitening right in
front of the hotel. They are picked off the
battle-field by the owners of the soil, and
carted here for shipment by the cars, to be
ground into fertilizers, at some mill iu Bal
timore, tlio price nereis-a penny a pouuu.
A pair ot platform scales were standing rcauy
by the railway track to weigh tbe deliveries,
and several tons of bones had been shipped.
One man, with a girl to help Lim, collected
in two days bones enough to come to $16.
Mv landlord, a reunsylvanifc uutcumau
named Varntr. brnuizht out a long and pow
erful lookiug bone from behind the bur, say
ing : "Here now is some poor fellow's thigh
bone." J he aigut was not ouu m
cheerful reficctious. In another great heap
were piled masses of camp kettles, oronen
musket barrels, wheel-tire, solid shot and
broken shells, fragment of swords, bits of
..r.n.oi.H nlrl rustv fire-locks and the like.
This, too, is for tho market, the last'relica of
the huge uoru Ol destruction ni euitu
every battle is the fruitful parent."
There are one hundred and forty English
burit! trrounda around Sebastopol, extend
ing over forty milea of country. The grave-
vards are said to bo so ovcrruc with weeds
and brambles that many tombs arc no longer
visible. Tbey are under the superintendence
ot tbe British consul at Kertcn.
A mendicant living alone in a wretched
hut at Courbevoie, near Paris, in the midst
of the most abject misery and intolerable
privations, was lately found dead on the
floor of his filthy Loyel, through an aper
ture in which he would occasionally pro
trude his arm to receive the food charitably
offered him by some neighbors who com
misseratcd his forlorn conditiou. A medical
examination proved that the man hid died
of starvation. A sum of 30f. iu c. j ier coiu
having been accidentally foucd in this abode
of human misery, a further search was made,
and immediately under the roof was dis
covered, carefully wrapped up in mauy folds
of dirty rags, no less tbau 18,000r. in gold.
Tim Cotto.n and 'Wool, lH'si.Ntss. The
munufacturingcorporations in New-England
lor the making of eotton and woolen goods
are now doing badly. Only those with the
most approved machinery, or at work on
fancy goods, are paying their way. Wool
is now lower, paid iu gold, than before the
war ; aud cottou is constantly declining, the
depreciation falling upon the manufacturers
in the deeline of goods aud the great dull
ness of the markets. It ia doubtful if any
of the companies in New bury port will de
clare a dividend this year.
A youug man in New ITaven, on Monday,
rushed into a drug store, and, in great alarm,
asked the clerk if benzine was poisonous.
"No," said tbe clerk, "why I" "Because,"
said the fellow, "father went to the closet to
take down the gin bottle, and, by mistake,
took several swallows before ho knew it."
"He's all right," said the clerk. "Tbe only
difference between benzine and modern gin
l ia the smell."
Thfl New Haven nailers sav that the Bl'
trimnnial linainpaa has been UDUiUttllV lively
In that city for the past few days, but that
there Isn't much eucouragemcnt, as the
Superior Court has unmarried more persons
than the clergy have mameu
Coal. iron, load and aluin have been re
ccutly discovered in Tennessee,
A UtinnUan. who wns stabbed in the
i,., l ve,n tL.ie ,earf c:, rci u
SwEF.T I'OTATOKS. The
great difficulty in kecpiug sweet potatoes
through the winter. A "Jersey man," who
was partly raised in a sweet potato "paten,
tells us how they keep their potatoes in Jer
sey. The Jersey men have long since dis
carded the different modes of packing in
sand, leaves, saw dust or anything else. They
simply dig their potatoes in a dry spell, bo
fore frost, lay them out on the ground to dry
in the sun, ami before the dew of evening
begins to fall, they haul out to the "patch"
the boxes and barrels they propose to put
the potatoes in, aud lay them in, carefully
handling them all tho wbilo as carefully as
eggs, bo as not to bruise them. They then
haul them to tho bouse and pile up the boxes
and barrels in a corner of the kitchen care
fully, bo as not to bruise them ; and if kept
at tne right temperature through winter,
they are bound tn kcep.if you don't cat them.
From the Wcrinantown Tolegraph.J
Valuable Family IlinlH.
I send you tho following Receipts which,
having been tried many times with success,
in order that they may appear in your col
umns, where I have so often been benefitted
by others :
Coiht Plaster. Never Laving seen in
print en excellent substitute for court plas
ter, for cuts aud bruises upon the Lands ia
cold weather, I give you the following:
Take half a dozen pigs' teet, weu-cieaucu
for cooking, and boil to a jelly of say about
half a pint or less then spread with a brush
on any wasto scraps of silk, and wo find it
equal to any adhesive plaster wo Lave ever
used. Any fatty substance in the boiliug of
the feet raises to tbe surface, and when cold
can easily be removed.
Flaxsf.f.d Snap. This excellent remody
for a cough is made thus: Boil ono ounce of
ilaxseed in a ouart of water for half an hour;
train und add to the liquui the juice oi two
leuious, aud a half a pound ot rock candy.--If
tbo cough ii accompanied by weakness
and a loss of appetite, add half an ounce of
powdered gum arable, bet this to simmer
for hall an uour, stirring v ueT.is.v.....,
Take a wlne glassfull when the cough is
troublesome. ' .
Blistered Hands and Feet. As a
remedy against blistering of hands in row
ing or fishing, Ax., or of feet in walking, tho
quickest is, lighting a tallow caudle and let-
. .." i Anl.l water frit
sm - il iL.l .: It ...... M,.a
mere u one uung mv wm ugtci t ..-..- . , .f-
hurt from a fall, and that is flour-it falls J coughed up an inch and a baf of knife
so slow. "
""!.'. . . . A. 1. .l.or. rl,l.l,,r
purify H, It IS SOIU, irom ,( "-
the tallow on tbe bauds or fcct-mixed
with brandy or any other strong spirits.
For mere tenderness, nothing is better than
the above, or vinegar a little diluted with
water.
rrHE foh a Cocon. A itrong decoction
of the leaves of the pine, sweetened with
loaf sugar, 'lase a wiue-giase waim uu g"
ing to bed, and half an Lour before eating,
three times a day. Tho above is sold aa a
cough fcimp, and Is making wonderlui
cures.
To Cche a Felos. At aoon as the parts
begin to swell, wrap the part affected with
a cloth tuorouguty saturated wivu wuuiure
of lobelia, and the felon is dead. An old
physician says he bas known it to cure in
scores of cases, aud it never fails, if applied
in season. s
Foil CuAPPKn Hasps. Wash tbe hands,
and, without using tbe towel, apply a .mail
quantity of honey and rub in well. I sc
once a day, aud it will make tbo hands vi t
soft, aud cure as well as prevent cbai peit
ban'1.