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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, . BY H. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
JOB PRINTING.
We have connected with our establishment a well
ideated JOB OFFICE, which will enable us (o
caecute, in the neatest style, every variety of
Trlnting
NEW SERIES, VOL. 4, NO. 10.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 18G8.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 28, NO. 1G.
BUSINESS C4JR.D3.
Jeuiioe Hill, Siuos IMVolvebtom.
HILL & WOLVERTON,
ttorncyi nsul CosiiiHclor nt I.nT,
strrTBTjn"5r, pa..
WILL attend to the oollection of all kinds of
claiint, inoluding Back l'ay, Bounty and Pen
ions, apl. 1.
Attorncr nt Ijim, PUNBUKY, PA
Collections attended to in the counties of Ior
lliumborland, tniou, Hnydcr, Montour, Columbia
and Lycoming.
itr:rr.nKxcK8.
Hon. Jnlin M. Itcrd, Philadelphia,
A. U. Caltell A Co., "
Hon. Wm. A. Porter, "
Morton McMichnol, Ksu., " ....
ii. Ketoham 4 Co., 2S9 IVarl Street, New lurk.
John W. Ashnieail, Attorney at Law, "
JVlatthows A Cox, Attorneys nt Law, "
Kunbury, March 29, M2.
W. J. W0LVERT0N,
ATI'Ult.i:Y AT LAW ,
JUoVkct Street, 5 doors west of Dr. Kystcr's Store.
SUXHUKY, PKXN'A.
All professional business in this and adjoining eeun
"Sies promptly attended to.
Sunbury, November 17, lHCtS.ly
ilia iUJJitJig
ATTORNEY AT X.AW
Korth Sido of Pulilic .Square, one door east uf tbe
Did Bank Building.
SUNBUKY, T K N N ' A :
nlin,.iinn nnit all Professional businons tiromplly
attended to iiL tbo Courts uf Northuuiberland and
adjoining Counties.
Kunbury.ept. 15, ISfifl.
Tril.PrnrVv,' J D. Jaiiks.
PTTP.BT & -AMES.
ATTOHNEYS AT LAW, SUNBUUY. PA.
Office in the second story of Dewart's building, ad
joining the Democrat office, on the north side of
Market Squaro.
Will attend promptly to the collection of claims
nd other professional bufincss intrusted to his care,
iu Northumberland and adjoining counties.
November 9, 1807.
S P A'nnRn, Jons IIukklb
AHCII STKEF.T, betweon Third and Fourth Street
IMIII-li:i-lSIIA. ;
WKBEIl A BXXKLE. Proprietor?. I
June 29, 187. ly !
ADDISON 0. MARR, j
ATTORNEY AT LAW, j
SHAMOKIN, Northumborlnnd County, Pn. ;
LL buftnesa ntltnded to with promptness nud
21 diligence.
jShamokln, Aug. 11. ly ,
B0TJ 1 1 F OR SOLDIERS.
I HAVE mado arrangements iu Washington City,
for the prompt collection of Bounty under the
late Act of Congress. I have alfo received tho pro
sper blanks to prepare the claims. Boldiors entitled
to this Bounty should apply immediately, as it is es
tiuiatcd thut it will require throe years to adjust all
the claims.
All soliliers who enlisted for three years and who
1 live not received more than $100 bounty are entitled
to the benelits of this Act, ns well iw soldiers who
have inli.-tcd fur thrco years and discharged after a
service of two vears, by rea'on uf wounds weired,
disease contracted in line ofduty. "r re.eiilisliniiit.
l.l.llVD T. ItOllltllAt'll.
Puiibury. August IS, l.Siili.
J J COB O jaECK,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer in
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, YESTINO, &c.
I 'a -wn slro-l. Mouth of Wrut cr'si
llol-l,
SUN.BU RY r A.
March "I l0l
" DOUTY HOUSE,
.. S. IJAI.I., liMrI?lor,
Corner Stiuhury and hoik Wfl,
SHAMOKIN, PENN'A.
mills HOl'SK is now open for tho reception of
I guests, and being new. spacious and attractive,
has all tbo facilities and advantages of a FIRST
1'LASS HOTEL. J be sleeping apartments are uiry
jiud comfortable, nnd the furniture cntiiely new.
the liar and Table will bo supplied with the best in
"Tli" in irhct. ,
Thu patronage of the public is solicited
April i:t. lsfi71
COAL! COAL!! COAL!!!
GRANT Ss BROTHER,
KliiniM-i-M A. Wliwls'nalo Ai ItVlail
l iiloi -In
Winn: ,v khi ash ro.1.,
tu nrnrv v Hritit V.
' fiolu Agents, westward, of tho Celebrated Henry j
.fie rL )
I.riWCK WlUIIF, Si:S III KV, 1A.
Sunbury, Jan. LI, lorio.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
in every variety ot
ANTHRACITE COAL,
Upper Wiiurf, BUNBCUV, l'onn'a.
I30i dcrssolioilcd and Oiled with promptness and
despatch.
Sunbury, May 12, lbi.jr
AMBROTYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
r...n.f. MrVni JL Fawn Street. SUNBL'UY, Pa.
B. 1JYEHLY, rHi.PiiiiCTOit,
Photograph. Ambrotypes and Mclainotypcs taken in
(ho hst style of tho art. apl. 7, ly
UNION HOTEL-
cCItAS. ITi:i-, ls-ricor.
in Cake s AdditUnto SL'NBL'RY, near tbe IVun'a.
Railroad Company's Shops.
PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARDERS,
(eijt who .will find ample accommodations. Good
ooks and waiters, boarders ean enjoy the quiet cont
orts of home with fare equal to the best hotels.
His Liquors are of the choicest kinds.
Sunbury, Juuo8, 1867;
Mount Carmel Hotel
IT. CABMEL, Northumberland Co., Pa.,
TIIOS. UL'RKET, PitontiETon.
n i,u !,., como. odious Hotel U located near the
.notsof tb. Shamokin Valley and the Quakske
ew Yoik Railroads. Trains arrive ami ue,.artu ,
. . i ..i i ih iirn ot the Coal RO'
on ,J,d aflordh; bt iicommoda.ion. to traveler.
d permanent our'tomors. yv
JEREMIAH 8NYDER,
Allorucj A: ouiiew at l-iiw.
HI III IC V. V.
'Diatrii't Attorney for Norlliuni.
-i'l a I saij y.
ensions Increased.
bo late Act of CongreM g4v. additional pay to
following Pensions, vU:
To thosa who have lo.Wua fight of both eyea,
th band"" "totally disabled a. to require con.
rttendauoe, the sin, of 0 per" ""..
1 Xothoso who have lost both feet, or are totally
lbUd in Z.m. so as torequir. constant attentf-
V To Sorhnhi?. I- baud of on. foot,
MN dtaUed to reud-rtb
TmanuU labor $1 V' tb' nJ
Si'Xffis duly prepsrad Wtt. l-u-
ur.meut f-n"B0VEB. A y.t Law
.nbury, June I. I11
h. M. Rockbfelliir. LlovdT. RonnsAcn.
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH.
(M i ira n i
9
NII.'MlinY, S'k V
OFFICE in Hmipt's new Building, second floor.
Kntrance on Market Sqnare,
Sunbury, Janaaryi 4, ltt.
o. w. irXxj pt.
Attorney nnd Coiinnelior rtt 1--".
OFFICEln Ilaupt's new Uuildlnc on sscm 1 floor
Kntrance on Market Square,
SUNBURY, FA.
Will attend promptly to all professional business
entrusted to bis oare, tbe collection el ulaiuis ii.
Northumberland and the adjoining ennn'ii
Bnnbury, January 4, 1W.
BOOK BINHLItV
JOHN HBKV'i
North Mill street, DANVILLE.
r
P prepared to Bind Books, Pap..-
J Muxio, Ao., in any style ttiat nny
cheaper ratee tflan cau be done in t.:n
All OrJori left at this Offioe, v, i'l
ettctntion.
oe-.vc
Tom n!
oct. It
t.7
c. . liitVNBn.
t. U KA8K,
AllorneyM mid 'uiH'llr nt Law,
Chesnut Street, west of the N. C. and P. A E. llail-
road Depot, iu the building lately oocupied by
j V. LnmruB, Esq.,
SUIsrBXTfl'S" VENN' A.
I Collections and all Prolosiional business promptly
i attended to in Northumberland and adjoining Coun
ties.
JNO. KAY CLEE I.
Business In this and yoiniug coaiit: a . r;.-- ill;
and promptly atttended to.
Office in Market Street, Third d-or west of -'ri.tl.
A Uentber's Stove and Tinwuro St n
sili.MU ltV i'-. wi.
Saubury, March 31, 1866 ".y
C. A. HEIMEN'i"SYLV1. I;,
ATTORNEY AT. LAW. rUWtf.jn. i'
All business entrusted to his care attended to
promptly uud vith diligenco.
Sunbury, April 27, 117.
Dr. CHAS. A&THUa,
11)0 m cro pat ij t r (J ijijsi 1 1 a i -.
tiiaduato of tho Homoeopathic Medical College of
Pennsylvania.
Omen, Murkct Squuro opposite the Court House.
UBieollours 7 to 9 luuinitig ;
1 tu 3 afterLO'in ;
7 to 9 evening.
Sunbury, April7, ly.
a. JA, jjtA
SURVEYaR AND (JWVLYANi ft
AND
jcsTicji raj; i ... i v.;
Mtltnoy, yitrt'iumherhihii .' . ; .
Office in Jackson township. Engagements un
bo made by letter, directed to tbe above address.
All business entrusted to his cure, will be promptly
attended to.
April22. 18f.7. ly
DR. J.'s. ANGLK. "
Ii .. v.. in. i.nietiee. ntTcrs his irol'cssioual ser
, ;,.. miin, oiti.n nf Sunburv and vicinity will
! at rend all culls promptly
i OFFICE ovcrTbachcrB Store in Pleasants' bifild
I ing, Market Square.
1 OrncR Uot ns from H to 10 A. M.
I 2 to i P. M.
EDWIN A-EVANS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
j Market Square, near the Court Uouso,
' SL'NBL'RY, Northumberland County, Pa,
j Collections promptly attended to in this and adjoin
I ing Counties.
JACOB SHIPMAN,
I FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AOENT.
I SUNBURY, rEXN'A.
nr.riiESENTg
Fanners Mutual Fire Insurance Co , York Wi
Cumberland Vulley Mutual Protection Co..
New York Mutual Life, Girard Life of Pbil'a. A Hurt
ford Conn. General Accidents
GROCERIES,
Provision, and
& Feed Slor
our
a. a. ur.im' a. ..
In Wcimct's Building, Water Street, near King si.,
NORTHUMBERLAND, PA.,
1
XFORM their friends and the public generally
that they have a large
assortment of Grooerk-J
Provisions. Ac.. all
II fresh uud of the best quality, con
sisting of Teas, Cofl'ces, Sugars, and Spices.
Dried and Canned Fruits, Prunes, lUi.-.i.:. ..lrtu,
and truckers, and in fact everything usually
kept iu the Grocery liue.
Thcv would also call attention to their large and
eheii.M of Good FAMILY FLOUR, Green leu,
Hams, MiotUder. u., wnion r .ii,.T
band. Also, all kinds of egotubles, o.
Give them a call and see for jsairself.
Northumberland, Sept. 2H, 1117.
, to.
ISAAC K. STAUFFER,
WalvIsitiiiUrr nnd .lovi
rler,
NO. 14S
NORTH 2d BT.COB OI QUAIUtY,
piiii..in;i.PHiA.
Ail sortmrnt of Wai-lies, Jrrii B i n ai..l 1'iaU-J
Wale coitkiniitly ontiautt,
17" Kriuiiine of WaulnsuoJ J(!.
i ft!) fc '
trnded t.t.
Nov. :i, 107 1 y.
MEW GOODS,
Mlse LOTJIBA BfllSbLKU,
South lido of Murkot Square, BUNliCUY, Pa ,
HAS just returned from tbe city with a lurgs,
handsome and cheapest assortment of Purikiau
styles of Ladies' and Misses' Hats and Bonnet iu
bunbuiy, of the following pattorns, Princess, Alaska,
All Right, Floretta, Sensation, Turban, etc Also,
Nacauea. Breakfast Shawls, Zepbyr-knit Sscques,
feathers, velvots.silks, laces, ornaments, f riiumings, I
Furs, Fur Trimmings, Veils, both Lace and lirena-
dine. Embroidery, Cluna Laoe and Linnen Collars j
and Cutis.- . ,,
Gentlemen's Goods, such as Hosiery, Uandker.
chiefs, Neck-ties. Brushes and goods for tbe toilet.
Also, a line assortment Of Perfumery, and ull
goods usually kept in a well furnished establish uieut.
Thankful for past favor, .be hope, by a further
desire to please tbe puhlio, the oonlinuauoe of their
patronage.
LOUISA SU1SSLEU
Sor. 2, 1SA7.
SEEING H BELILVINO
AtTOS Arch Mn-el,
NEW I'lUCEB! new goods
Rich Silver and Silver-Plated Wares,
Including csrery (tyla and
description, made expressly
lor th Winter trade, which
tut neatness and durability
cannot b. lurpaaeed at
JOHN BOWMAN'S
Wholesale and Retail Manufacturing Establishment,
ivt ARCH SiKl-ti, rit''-rv-y-pl.Uigat
short net lee.
Member Jl. sugi.
KEEP WELL-DRESSED.
Call and see the well selootcd Stock of
j CLOTHS,
CASSIMKRES.
0Y1UU.'1A'I1MN
JoM reueivcil nt
Ao
T.wiAiitLsu ESTABLISH
I'uUtlU flrt, ill
low Lyster's Store. SUKBl'RY
UiNfKu iUMiiLNG
' ol noist approved styles is made up to order a
1 reasonable rtites.
i Ii . i.',: iN' 'in : .I'soitment of Cassiinero Shirts,
j I'THwer. rscnis, Overhauls, Blouses, Ncck-
: i t-'f-ttoti uiiii Woolen Hose, Suspenders, Hand
J kerchiefs, Ulovi's, nnd a goneri(l variety of
tIENTI.EMEN'S FUKNISHINU GOODS,
(live him a call, which you will find to bo to your
advantage.
j Sunl'ury,Oot. 19,18B7.
i A ii W A It IC I V A I, O '
F2i-L i.lTD WHITER
AT THE STORK OF
J. H ti bt G B Xj ,
Corner of Fourth and Market Streets, SL'NBUUY.
JUST received from New York and Philadelphia,
a large supply of FALL AND WINTER
WOODS, which be will tull at small profits, for cash
or country produce.
i'is Dry 'loo Is department is full of every descrip
tion A splendid line of LADIES' DUESS GOODS,
. ii 1 Wbile Goods ut all prices.
Ivmcy Sucking for Ladies, nud Shetland Wool
Shawls
Vuakeo otto.ia in Great Variety
A iso,. Ladies' French Corsets and Hoop Skirts.
O -A. K P E T S ,
Wove Floor Cloths, Stair Carpets Floor Oil Cloths,
all widths, Carriage Oil Cloth, Tablo Oil Cloth
Widow Shades Plain Green and Brown Oil Cloth
and Fixtures for Windows.
Car Jrt O C E R I E S ,
Sugar, CofTce, Molasses, Rico, Crnckers, Spices, Salt
Fisr,, Cheese, Ac
(Jueensware, Glassware, splendid Setts of Teawaro,
at low prices.
BOOTS & SHOES IN GREAT VARIETY.
Hats nnd Caps. Oil, Paint, Glass, Putty, School
liuoks. Paper. Slates. Ac
U A R D W A R E .
Shovels, Forks, Nails, Locks, Hinges nnd Scrows
A Laro assortment of WALL PAPER and Bor
der. nt ull prices.
All persons desiring to get good goods will please
givo huu a call.
J. II. ENOEL.
Sunbury, Nov. 18, 1807.
i t"- KK'N POMT ' 11 AVlTvTviT,
ity liiasxlrt'dstoi't'oiiK'rfK'alionH
lor t'Ji iii-eli oi Communion
I'ltrpOMPN.
ALSO.
EXCELLENT FOR LADIES AND WEAKLY
PEHSONS.
i
. . ;t;ti'i: vi.i:,
i F 'I'll VliAKS OLD.
' 'I bis iusilv celebrated native Wineis maiie from
1 riie juice of ibe Oporto Grape, raised in this oountry.
Its invaluable
' i i-zU- A Mtrcss'ilsoiiisis; ls-oM:rlie'
i Are unsurpassed by any other native wine. Being
ittu pure juice of the grape, produced under Mr.
' Speer's own personal supervision, its purity and
i tfoniiineiiess aie icuaranleud. The youngest child
! i:..iv partake ot its jrcwrous qualities. and tbe weak
; V,; n .v.ili't uiv use it toadvantaito. It is partiou
! 1-. i i . .,, . i he 8ed an 1 dbililuted, ami suited
I t. the vario... HiMiiei.l that allliet tbo weaker sex.
! It is, in 1 1 -i y lespict,
A WINK TO UK RELIF.D ON.
! Invalids use r-.Pr:KK S PORT G RAPE WINE.
1 F. nmle use SPF.KU'8 PORT GRAPE W INL.
i t-..i.i.. .....a...,a rt.,,1 a hf.ni.fil bv its use.
i KPKKR 'o WINES in hospitals are preferred to
other wines.
I VKold by all Druggists and Grocers.
A SHEER'S V1NEVARI). New Jersey. Office
213 BROADWAY, New York.
For sale by W. A. BENNETT, Sunbury, Pa.
Oct. 28. ly.
THE VERY LATEST ARRIVAL! 1
FALL & WINTER
Joseph Eyster,
rosier of .Market uud Fourth Street,
. -l ii C ii Y , l'ENN'A
Invites t'L public to call and examine bis elegant
A.ortUielt Ot
KALI. AND WINTER GOODS,
which bo will sell at greatly reduoed prices. His
loek eui.s.su iu part of
OASSIMEEE9.
CLOTHS. &C .
riilks. DolaTnea, Lawns. Ginghams, Calicoes, Muslins,
fibeeliuic. Tinkli'is, Jeans, and a full assortment of
Cotton and Woulen goods geuerally
Hosiery. Gloves, Hoop Skirts. Also Handkerchleft,
Brushes, Combs.
ii..t mid j, Hool nrt Faliora,
His assortment of goods will not, be is .ure rail to
please the fancy and suit tbe wants of any desirous
of purchasing. His slock of
1 HARDWARE AND QUEENSWARE,
and Grocerie. is large in quantity and oholee in
quality, comprising generally everything needed in
il, h,m.holil either for use or ornament.
He is always ready and glad to see his friends
... . ... 1 , , I LI. 1 .. -.
and tf-ae. pleasure in snowing uicu, uuivTni
ihooiFh no ulea are mad. He only asks a call, and
is sure that the (took will compare favorably in
prio. and quahty with ".oh.ar.os..
Sunbury, Not. It, MoT.
IV von tint rood Tin. War, co to SMITH
lER'S New Shop. dr
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM 8,
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
Monthly Time Book. Drawing Books and Slatca,
Bocks, Hymn Book. Blink Book., Memorandum
Bosks Diaries, Pocks; Bonk., Ink Stands, Pen.,
Pencils, a &ss assortment of Paper, Ink, A,
far ) by ANJJA PAINTER
Jl'l , P,0QNUM 5W10UWM B:
POETICAL.
Hi;. ii:ai i. Tin-: ntrkix
The labor is over and done ;
The sun has gone down In tho west ;
The birds are asleep every one,
And the world has gone to its rest
Sleepers on beds of down,
'Neath cover of silk and gold,
Soft, as on roses new-blown,
Slept the great monarch of old !
Sleepers on mother's broast,
Sleepers hippy and warm,
Cosy as birds in their nest, ,
With never a thought of barm !
Sloejpers in garrot high,
'Neath coverlet ragged and old ;
And one little sleeper all under the sky,
Out in the night and the oold !
Alone in the wide, wide world,
Christless, motherless he ;
Bo(tgmg or stealing to live, and whirled
Like a waif on an angry sea.
Tho daisy looks up from the grass,
Fresh from the fingers of Night,
To welcome the birds as they pass,
And drink in fresh rivers of light.
Sleepers on mother's breast,
Waken to summer and mirth ;
But one little sleeper has gone to bis rest,
Never to waken on earth
Dead found dead in the street,
All forsaken and lorn ;
Damp from tbo head to the lost
With the dews of the sweet May morn !
Dead for the want of a crust !
Dead in the cold night-air !
Dead and under tho dust,
Without ever a word of prayer ;
In the heart of the wealthiest city
In this most Christian land,
Without ever a word of pity,
Or tho touch of a kindly band t
TALES AND SKETCHES.
ro icii i;i xo Tin: iii:aim'.
I'm not a romantic man, nnd. if I had
liad nny learning in that direction, it few
Monday morning visits and reprimands
from the board of visitors would soon have
cured me of the failing; hut enmeltow or
other I have found out that railroad men
are made of the same stuff as other men,
nud have hearts under their uniform coats.
It was no business of mine, if, while I was
at the London terminus of the great Divi
dend and Longshore Ituilway, I examined
the tickets and unlocked the carriages on
the departure platform it was no business
of mine if a tall fair girl, in deep mourning,
came twice a week regularly, and showed
me her ticket fur Westgate, return, second
class. But somehow it seemed to be my
business, when I had unlocked an empty
carriage and handed her in as well ns I could,
that 1 should lock thut door ugain without
banging it, and then take care that no one
else went in but Indy-like females. Of
course I could not help it, but from the very
day cold winterly day when, thinly dress
ed, she came shivering along the platform, I
seemed to have some strange interest in her;
nnd, as the week slipped by, I found myself
looking out tor Iier regularly. It was easy
to sec, from the music-roll site carried and
the return ticket, that she went down the
line to give lessons.
I calico myself a fool, and thought of my
silury ns a guard, and my position in life ns
compared with the uraccftil lady-like girl
who used to come Boating ul mi; towards
me every Monday and Wednesday morning,
looking so pule and sad and careworn that
I first begun by pitying her, and tucu well
never mind now. "
One cold December day I was shifted for
a week on to the arrival platform, and so
missed seeing Iter leave; but 1 carctull;
watched every train that came in till I saw
icr cet out. Without seeing me, she Lur
ried uwav. Well, there was nothing to sigh
for there, you'll say ; but I did sigh all the
same, uud was turning away, wlieu I saw the
searching porter with a music roll in his
hand, whicli some one hud lot t in a car
riitge.
"Here I I know who that belongs to,"
said, snatching it from liiin ; anil then, sec
ing that he was giiing to make a bother, I
slipped a sixpi tire into ids hand and ran out
ol t lie station.
Just in time; I could see her at the hot
t'ltn of tbe street, and, catching hold of one
of the boys hanging about for a job, I point
ed the tail figure out, and told him to fol
low her to where she lived, and come back
and tell me.
And not send tho music-roll? No
I
meant to take that. I did not know why,
but there seemed something pleasant in the
idea of being servant to her, nnd waiting
m her; and I kept telling myself fobs
walked btick to attend to my duty.
1
Next morning I was iu a quiet, shabby
lodging letting place leading out of Oower
street North, with the music roll in my hand
looking out for No. 21. It was easy enough
to find, but something seemed to make me
wulk past two or three times before I could
summon courago to go up and ring ISut
at lust I did, thinking how foolish it was,
when I only had to deliver the lost parcel,
and come away.
So I rang gently, and waited ; rang again,
and waited; and then a red faced woman
ctiiuo to the door.
"You have a young lady who teaches mu
sic "
"Second floor flout," she said, snappish
ly. "Why don't you knock twice B ll's
for the ground floor. There go up !"
I look off my cap, wiped my shoes, nnd,
feeling ashamed of my uniform for the first
time in my life, went slowly up to the se
cond floor, and then stopped ; for I could
hear a piano, and the sweetest wiice 1 ever
heard was singing to it in a low tone. I
stopped listeuing und drinking in the awcet
1 . . . . , i .. : i re
sounds Willi my neart, uinim ucu.uj, iu,
it was a long way up; and 1 should have
stopped longer had I not heard some one
coming up the stairs. Then I knocked, and
a voice cried, come iu i
I turned the handle two or turce times,
for it was old and worn, and then, entering,
aiood blushing like agreut girl, and trem
bling before the tall pale lady and gome one j
lying upon a sofa in I'rout of a very misera
ble fire.
Such a bare, chilly room, and so cold and
pale both tbe inmate looked, as I stood ob
serving all I could in the first glance.
"Ob, mamma, the music'.'' cried the pale
girl, rising from her seat by the piano, and
running toward me ; and then, as I clum
sily held it out, I saw that I was recognized,
as she thanked me for bringing it, and also
for what she called 017 kindness at the sta
tion. "Ask him to take a glass of wine, Lou
ise "said the ladv on tbe sofa, when I saw
the color flush in her daughter's cheek, at
she said, hastily :
"I thick,, mamma, we have none in the
1 rinmeilv nroteatad that I would rather
not take any wine, and was backing towards
the door, wnen a sudden pain suoi vumugu
Z,teiMtoi25ZZ the
of the pale girl, and caught sight of a shil
ling in tier nana. I Btippose I showed what
I felt, for she paused and colored decnlv.
and as I stood outside, she once more
thanked me, passed (he shilling hastily into
ner ien nana, ana ueld out tliu right to me.
I have some recollection of having tnki-n
it, and pressed it to my quivering lips, and
then I waR blundering alone the streets in a
sort of wild dream, seeing nothing, bearing
nothing, and apparently lost.
1 ho days went on till Christmas eve.' I
had watched for her next coming to tho
station, and, as usual, seen to the carriage
iu which she went. I knew that I had no
thing to hope for, being only a railway ser
vant, and she a lady ; but, for all that, it
seemed my duty to watch over her, though
since the day when I returned the folio her
bows had been a little more distant, and
she bad hurried into the carriage.
Hut it was Christmas eve, and all through
that week I had not seen her. '.'Holidays,"
I said to myself, Had then tried to be as
busy ns possible, to keep myself from think
ing that it would be perhaps a month or
six weeks before I saw her again. But
there was no fear of my not being busy, for
most people know what sort of a Christmas
railway servants keep all hurry, drive,
bustle, worrv and rush. Dull, heavy wea
ther it whs, yellow fog and driving snow.
The trains came in covered with whitA,
which slowly thawed and dripped off, so
that the terminus was wet, nnd cold, and
miserably dirty. People didn't seem to
mind it, though ; for the station was
thronged with comers nnd goers friends
coming to meet those from the country, and
as many coming to see others off. "Hy ycr
leave," it was nil day loug, as the barrows
full of parcels nnd luggage were run here
and there along tho platform. The place
seemed alive with fish baskets, oyster-bar
rels, nnd poultry ; while somehow or ano
ther, from the poorest and shabbiest third
class peoplo up to tho grandees of the first
class, every one looked happy and comfor
table. So there was I at it, helping to get train
after train off oil late, of course ; for, do
what you would, there was no finding room
enough for the people, and so it got to be
past four, with the gas all alight and the
fog and snow thicker than ever. A train
was just starting, when there was a bit of
confusion at the door. Some one shouts.
Hold hard 1" and then from where I was
some distance up tbe platform I saw a
gentleman hurry up to a first-class carriage,
almost dragging a lady with him a lady
in UlucK. lieloro Bny one could stop mm,
he had opened the door, pushed her in, and
then followed, just ns the truin beguu gli
ding off.
T his happened to be a carriage just put
on, and the compartment tbe gentleman
entered was locked ; but he had one of the
pocket railway keys, for before tho carriage
reached where I stood, with my heart some
how beating very strangely, I saw his hand
out ot the windows locking the door aguin.
In the momentary glance I caught, as the
lumps of the station flashed into the car
riage, I could see that there was no light
inside, while two little gloved hands pressed
down the window the man tried to draw
up;
and there, pule and horror-stricken,
eyes starting, and lips open, as it she were
crying "Help !"' I saw the face of the young
governess.
The time did not nppear long enough to
see so much, but I saw nil that, and my
mind seemed to keep up with my eyes aud
explain it nil ; nnd I knew that there was
some infernal piece ot villainy on the way.
"What to do !" seemed rushiug through
my mind, as in the ngony I felt I turned all
ot a tremble. Telegraph to tbe station in
front to stop the train, whicli was the ex
press, with fifty miles to run before pulling
upt send a special engine nnd tender after
them ? How could I do either on my own
responsibility, and only on suspicion 1
Should I go and report it ? I should have
half an hour wasted in questioning, and
then, perhaps, be told that it was time
enough to act when there wa9 ground to
work upon. And what had I to advance?
Nothing but that appealing look for aid
from her I loved.
"Her I loved !" Yes, I knew it now ; and
I knew, too, that, to be of service, 1 must
act act nt the risk of life or limb. I
thought all this, running after the train,
fust gliding along past thu platform.
I had lost too much time already as I
darted along, for in a few more seconds it
would have been impossible to overtake the
fttsVrcrcdiug carnages. There was a shout
ing behind me as I ran ; one porter stood
right in my way looking after the red lights,
and. in passing. I knocked him over. The
platform past, and bounding along the in
cline at the end, I was out iu tbo snowy
uight, when I tripped over one of tho point
handles, and fell heavily, uttering a cry of
despair; but I was up again directly, and
running along the rough line amidst cross
ing metals aud rods that threatened to
throw me every instant.
It seemed the act of a madman to run
now, for the red lights were somo distanco
ahead, and gradually growing dim and
blurry amid the fog; "but through the thick
snow 1 ran panting on, with my breath
coming shorter and heavier, aud a hot,
burning sensation at my chest, while it
seemed that I could taste blood, though my
mouth was dry aud hot.
All at once my heart leaped and every
nerve tingled. From the fast vanishing
train carce a long, shrill whistle, which I
knew well enough meant red signals iu
front, while, to my unutterable joy, tho end
lamps of the guard's van showed pluiner
and nlainer as I panted on.
Another stumble and fall over the point
rods and I was up again, heedless that my
hands and forehead were bleeding, and that
I had lost ray can. There were the lamps,
plaiuer and plainer, for the train had almost
stopped : but, now, a hundred yards aiiead,
could I overtake it before it started again I
Tho suspense was horrible, I felt my head
swim as I panted on.
Fifty yards passed, and tho red lamps still
receding, but bigger and Ices dim. On still,
gasping and choking, and drawing my breath
with difficulty. Not twenty yards off, and,
if I could have run, another few seconus
would have seen me holding on by a carriage
handle; but I couUI only go at a Heavy iroi,
"Hang 1 bang ! ' went a couple ot log atg
nals, aud hope roae again a the engine
slackened pace once more, and, almost at a
walk, I panted on nearer, nearer, nearei
the red light growing brighter and plainer,
and at last, Just as the engine gave a final
shriek and dashed on all clear, I laid my
band on the red bull's eye, and the nett mo
msnt wraa lttina clinging to the foot-board
.if lhA mianl'fi van.
The. foe Lad been my friend. In auother
few second I must have dropped ; while, in
an ordinary way, the train would have lieen
rt ' uulc d..i tU line by this time
"Hang t bang!" went the fog-signals again,
as I sat helplessly there, with my legs drawn
up, and again we slackened for a few se
conds; but, all clear once more, and wo were
dashing on, and fust getting intA full w ing
as I rose up, and opening the door, stood
with the guard of the train.
"Pooh 1 nonsense !" he said. "You're mad.
I shan't stop the train."
"Then I shall," I shouted, making towards
tho wheel counccted with the gong upon
the engine.
"Not if I know it, you won't," he said,
stopping mo.
I was too weak nnd done up to scuffle
with him.
"Will you come with me to the next car
riage, then ?" I said. Ho only shook his
head.
"Will you lend mo your key ?"' I said ; for ;
I had dropped my own when I fell.
110 shook bis bend again, and then it
struck me that perhaps he might stop mo,
seeing how rough and wild and excited I
looked. I backed slowly towards the door,
facing him all tho time. Ho told me after
wards, if ho had not felt afraid, he would
have pinned mo while I turned my back.
Hut I didn't turn my back, and tho nest
moment I was outside on the long step,
clinging to the door haudlo, and with the
guard leauiug out and watching mo.
"Come back I" he shouted, as wo dashed
along at full speed now, rushing through
the. darkness ahead, and giving a wild shriek
as we passed a station, tbe lights looking
like one streak. There were the carriages
shaking and the wind tearing at me as if to
heat me off; but I wa9 recovering my9clf
fast, and in a few moments I was at the end
of the guard's van, leaning towards the car
riage 1 wanted to reach.
So far my task had been easy, though, of
course, very dangerous, with the traiu dash
ing along at fifty miles an hour; but now
there was a gap to pass between the von and
the carriage, for tho buffers keep the carriages
at some distance apart. For a few moments
I stopped in dread, but, as I got my breath
more and more, courage and tho recollection
of her wild appealing face came to me, and,
cliuging to the buffers, I contrived to get
one foot on to the sf of the carriage, and,
still holding on by the iron, tried to get the
other there.
Just then the train gave a jerk, nnd I
tuought it was all over, but the next mo
ment I was on the step and had hold of tbe
uoor-nandic.
"At last," I muttered, ns I drew my9clf up
on to the next stop and tried the door, which
was, os I expected, fast. Then I looked back.
There was tho guard, with half his body out,
and his hand screening his eyes, trying to
follow my motions ; but, with tho dnrkness
all round, the snow cutting by like knives
and points, nud the dense fog clouds we
kept entering, I felt sure be could not see
me, though I could make him out from the
light in his compartment. Then I listened,
and my heart seemed to stand still ; for I
fancied I could hear the sound of a struggle
going on inside, though I was not sure, from
the rattling made by the train. I was cot
wasting time, for I had tried to look in at
the window ; and, after opening my knife
with my teeth, was trying to open the door.
Hut tho interior of the curriuge was dark as
Fitch, aud my knife was useless, wkile now
was sure there was a struggle going on in
side. Directly after, one of the little side
panes of glass was broken, and I heard a
luint cry.
I dashed in the door-window in an instant,
cutting my hands with the thick glass, and
then, beating out the loose pieces, made a
place for entrance, aud had half my body in
before I felt myself seized by some ouc who
ncd to force me back.
Two hands held me by the throat, while I
grasped the door with oue hand, half in and
halt out ot the carnage. Aly blood was up.
I had bold ot my unseen enemy by the col
lar, aud I dug my knuckles into his neck us
I held on for life liko a bull dog.
I had the advantage ot linn there, for.
while I had on a stiff collar and buttoned-up
uniform coat, he had only a thin dres9 shirt-
collar, und one of those black wisps of ties.
It was a struggle tor lite and death with me,
but I got furtiier aud further iu. At last, I
suppose, feeling half choked, he started back
and drew me with him, so that 1 fell heavily
on the floor.
Here, though, I lost my hold, and ho had
me again at a disadvantage, f or what
seemed a good five minutes, it was an up
and down struggle, while more than once I
felt myself (lushed against somebody who
was crouching in a corner of the carriage.
boinetinies I got the better and sometimes
tho worst off. After the struggle had been
going on some time, it seemed that the far
door was open, and that there was no one
else in tho carriage but us two, hanging on
to one unether liko a pair ot wild beasts.
Then camo such a horrible reaction that my
strength seemed to leave me, for I felt that
in her fear and dread the poor girl Had
leaped out.
Hut she had not, lor sue was outsiao, cling
ing lur Hie to 1110 unnaies, us in one oriei
glance I saw by the end light of the train
flashing upon Her. in a last nerce struggle
my foot tripped, and I and the man I was
struggling with fell headlong out of the
door. There was a Hash of light, the sound
of rushing wind, and then I seemed to be
dashed with teariui violence upon tne
ground.
1 he next thing I recollect is the sound ot
voices and the hissing ot the steam ot an
engine close by me, while some two or three
people were moving about with lanterns. 1
found some onu supporting my head ; aud
then I gave a shudder, for there were horri
ble red patches and marks on the white
ground. As tho men spoke iu whisper, I
could sec they were collecting together some
thing horrible, thai ttcanicd in the cold air,
A mist came over me, and I fainted dead
away.
lieu I could thiuk again, I found that I
had been some time iu a London hospital,
aud was lying there in a ward, looking at a
pair of soft white hand that didn't seem to
Lelonrr to me. while mv head felt cool
through my hair being cut off.
lint I int atronirer every day. aud SOOU 1
i,uh ,n n t.'H mp. and one face that
came, aud used to leau over my poor bare
pallet, was, as it were, the face of an angol
Lso sweet, so loving, aad so tender in its
compassionate look 5 and once, Wie the
old ady .tood back, two tiny, aoft hand,
moothed my pillow, and a tear fell on my
cheek, as a voice whispered :
"Uod bless you, my brave preserver
I. hut my eye then, and trembied, for
there wa. a bitter feeling of sorrow came
mB ,nd in pite ol those tender words,
I aeenied" T- Suadicg on the brink of a
great gulf, far away from her.
As fgrew .tronger, I learned from licr
mother how they bad been deceived. It
waa through answering an vimimwui
for gov erot mat the poor irl bad mU I
with insult. She had been deluded into nc
companying the gentleman, under pre "nco
of bis Uking her to his home, few miiu
down the me He had paid the ponaiTy of
the crime ho had meditated with his life
An up train tore him to pieces an up train
which must have passed within a few
inches of my head.
The train from which we fell had been
stopped by the guard a few miles further
down, when the poor girl was found cliug
ing outside the carriage. An engino and
tender were sent back in search ot us to
find us as I have already told.
I only saw her once again, when Bhe gave
me this this little purse, just as you see
She spoke to me kindly aud tenderly, and
they were words of praise, I think ; but I
saw her only through a mist, and tho
thought that it wa for the lust time seemed
to fill my mind so that I could only speak
huskily. I kissed one of her hands as she
Baid "good-bye ;" and then I was standing
alone alono in the world, without aim or
hope. You will please to remember that
she was a lady, nnd that I nra only a rail
way servant.
MISCELLANEOUS.
How to Fikd Out. A lank young man,
well bronzed and in a well rubbed suit, evi
dently in his best, entered one of our banks
a few days since, and lounged about for somo
time, seemingly with some thought in his
mind which ho was waiting an opportunity
to disclose. The eye of the cashier woa upon
him, and when all the company had left, ho
shyly sidled up to the counter und said : "Is
there any way a fellow can find out if any
body has any money in the bunk ?" "O, yes,''
the cashier blandly answered, "you can ask
any one, and he will probably tell you."
This seemed to have a general satisfaction
in it, but it did not quite come to the point;
so after meditating upon it for a short time,
the young man mustered his courago for
another effort. "Well," snid he, "I suppose
I must tell you; I am engaged to a girl, Mr.
, and folks say that she has a hundred
dollurs in the bank, and I want to know if
it is so. ' "Ah, yes, I understand it," snid the
cashier ; "you can ask the girl, and she will
probably tell you." The young man left tho
bank, but wo have not seen his name in the
record ot marriages.
Riles on Health. Never hang yourself
out of an open window when you go to bed.
In cold weather, always wear thick, warm
clothing about your body. If you haven't
money enough to buy it. attend an cxtin
guisbablo conflagration in the vicinity of a
first class clothing shop. If you are quite a
small baby, be careful that there arc no pins
in your clothes, and always take a drink of
milk-punch out of a bottle with a gum thing
on the nozzle before you get into your cradle.
In eating raw oysters, always peal the shell
off before swallowiag. The shells arc indi
gestible, and apt to lie on tbe stomach.
At a recent meeting of prostitutes and
others, held in New York, Rev. Mr. Muhlen
burg preached from the text "Go and Sin
no more." The vastjaudienco listened with
almost breathless attention as the speaker
portrayed the villainy of our respectable
fornicators and the anguish of their victims.
Even tho most fallen at times shed tears of
penitence. Society is wrong, Christian
churches are not doing their duty. When
Mr. Muhlonburg had ceased speaking, Mr.
Ucecher said that he never felt more deeply
than now the importance of this work of
tho Midnight Mission. The most brazen and
loathsome wcro once as pure and innocent ns
a mother's babe, and were loved as dearly,
and ho lelt that the sumo blood that whh
shed for us was shed for the poor street-
waihcr.
IJrigham Young's "Government" is to
come before Congress, where it is to bo tin
ted us to whether it is Rnpublican in form.
Whatever it is in form, there is no doubt
about Young's Government being debasing
in euect.
Here is wholesome doctrine from one of
Hrigham Young' late si rmeus to his disci
ples : "Work less, wear less, cat leas, and we
shall be a great deal wiwr, healthier and
wcalthicrponplc than by taking the course
we do." Who can say that is not good
advice t
Tho Xew York ll'or.V continues to giv
statistics of the number of workingmen out
of employment. It recently stated that 60,
000 wanted work in New York City, a'nd
10,000 in Hrooklyn, and now say that the
depression in New En gland throws out of
work at least lfl0,00i) people 10.000 in
Maine, 20,000 in New Hampshire, IIO.OOO in
Connecticut and Rhode Island, and 100,000
in Massachusetts.
Petroleum V. Xaby, otherwise Mr. T. J.
Locke, of the Toledo (Ohio) Blade, will
shortly give readings from his letters.
All of the members of the Minnesota
State Senate are married men, and there is
but one bachelor in the House of Represen
tatives. . '
It was lately resolved by a Democratic
Convention iu Crawfordsville, Iud., that no
soildcr ought to be nominated to any civil
office.
To economize, is to draw in as much a
possible. The ladies apply this art to their
persons and the result is a very small waste.
The ram Green Mountain, owned in Mid
dleburg, Vt., and valued at f 15,000, is dead.
It was generally believed to be the best stock
sheep iu the world.
On the 28th ult., a Convention of all the
Presbvterian churches of Warren, Krie, Craw
ford, "Venango aud Mercer counties, vm
held at Meadville, Pa.
In Pari, tho roost diatioguished fashion
writer is said to bean old woman, wholiv
in an attic, Buiokea short pipe, wear a yel
low bandanna around her head, and fcigns
herself "Countess."
We hear of a good many persona getting
noso and ear frost bitten. The best reme
dy i to rub the frosted parts with nrw, be
fore going into a warm room. It will save
many unpleasent consequence.
Ambrose A. Butt, of Geauga county, Oh if),
has lifted a weight of two thousand seven
hundred and thirty-seven and a quarter
pounds, and his friend thiuk hi:u the.
strongest man in the world.
6ince Gen. Hancock appeared, on,
scene in Louisiuna, Union men art; jtmultetl
and in some' instances shot kown, m if t)1( ?
were dogs. Such ia "My Polity )"
The two wing of the Copperhead pur
in lierks county aro to have daily or- "J
oon. What blessing it would be, l0
if that party would uue its
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