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tlTM. 1. WOLVIUTOH. Attorney
, V V Law. office, door No. 8, 2nd floor, Haupt'i
Block near MHler's Shoe Btore, Banbury, Pa.
March 5th, 1871. ly.
"CS B. BOTEB, Attorney at Law. Nos.
(Oe 2 and 8, Second Floor Bright 's Building,
Bunbury, Pa. Professional business attended
to,in ilieconrts of Northumberland and adjoining
counties. Claims oromptly collected. Consulta
tion can be hat) In the German language.
March 25th, 1871. ly.
J NO. A. W I I.NOV,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
No. 144 Fourth Annua,
Notary Public, Pittsburg, Pa.
Jan. 15,1870.ly. ' ' ;
T MAKKIE A CO, Market Btreet,
t BUNBURY, PA.
Dealers In Druirs, Medicines, Paints,
mi.
Glass, Varnishes. Liquors, Tobacco,
Pocket Books, Dairies, Ac.
Cigars,
SP. WOIiVEHTOST, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, BUNBURY.PA. Profession
al business In this and adjoining counties prompt
.y attended to. " -
CA. REIMF.KSNYDER, Attorney at
Law, BUNBURY, PA. AU business en
tmstcd to his care attsnded to promptly and with
diligence. apl27-67
JNO. HAY CLEMENT, Attorney at Law,
BUNBURY, PA. Collections and all pro
f cssloual business promptly atteuded to. incli31-00
O. J. BRUNSR. L. B. KISS.
BRl'XER KASE, Attorneys and Coun
sellors at Law, BUNBURY, PA. Office on
Chestnut street, west of the N. C. and P. & E.
Ruilroud Depot, In the building lately occupied
by F. Lazarus, Esq. Collections and all profess
ional business promptly attended to In Northum
berland and adjoining counties. apllO-Gtf
Hit. MANSER, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder.
Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. npllO-G9
WM. M. ROCKEFELLER. LLOYD T. KOIIUBACU.
KOCKEFELLER A ROIIRHACII,
Attorneys at Law, 8UMBURY, PA. Of
fice in IJunpt's new building, secoud floor. En
trance on Market Square. jan4-68
AN. ItRICE, Attorney at Law, Hunbury,
Pa. Office in Masonic Hall Building.
Collections of claims, writings, and all kinds of
legal business attended to carefully and with
dispatch. (April 8, 1871. ly.
drTj. F. I'ASLOVrl
Office and Residence, Walnut Street, between
Third aud Fourth streets,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
AU forms of Diseases of the Eyes will be treat
ed or operated upon, such as Strabismus, (Cross
Eyes,) Cataract, (Blindness,) and all other di
seases relating to Surgery, as Talipes, (Club or
Seel Feet,) Hair-Lip, Excision of Tumors, Sic.
Also the cure of Epilepsy (or Falling Fits.)
Bunbnry, May 13, 1871.
O. W. ZIBOLBK. L. T. ItOHBBAtU.
ZIEGLER ROIIRHACII,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office In Haupt'e Building, lately occupied by
Judge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrboch, Esq.
Collections and all professional business
pr-mptly attended to In the Courts of Northum-
berlaud and adjoining counties.
Dee. 2. 1871
LJ
ttrbs.
W. S. KU0AOS. i. PACKER HAAS.
WH. RIIOADS A CO..
RETAIL DEALERS OF
ANTHRACITE COAL, BUNBURY, PENN'A.
Officb with IIaas, Fasklt A Co.,
Orders left at Beaslioltx & Bro's., office Market
trect, will receive prompt attention. Country
vttom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1871. tf.
COACIIMAKKRN.
WE are selling Rims, Snakes, Hubs. Springs,
Canvass, Bolts, Clips, Al'es. vc., very
Large Stock at VObL&T & CO.
Bunbury, March 30, 1869.
COAIJ COAL,! COAL! GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, BUNBURY, PA.
(lower wnAur.)
VW Sole Agents, westward, at the celebrated
Henry Clay Coah Janltf-60
EXCHANGE LIVERY.
J. M. BARTHOLOMEW, Proprietor.
FOTRTH STREET, ABOVE MARKET,
Kunbury Pa.
TIIE best of riding and driving horses always
ou band to serve customers.
Orders left at the Central Hotel, for vehicles,
will receive prompt attention.
Nov.,."), 1870. -
ANTHRACITE COAL !
VAEEXTINE DIETZ, Wholesale and
Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPrER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
AH kinds of Grain taken la exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
at S. F. Ncvin's Coufectlonery Store, on Third
Street, will recieve prompt attention, aud money
receipted for, the same as at tbe office.
DENTISTRY.
GEORGE M. RENN,
In Simpson"1! Building, Market Square,
Sunbubt, P.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
a large assortmeat of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which he will be able to select,
and meet the wants ef his customers.
All work warranted to give satisfaction, or else
the money refunded.
The very best Mouthwash and Tooth-Powders
kent on hand.
Ills references are the numerous patrons for
whom he baa worked for the last twelve years,
Bunbury, April 21, 1871.
NEW COAL YARD.
THE undersigned having connected the Coal
business with bisexteusive FLOUR & GRAIN
trade, Is prepared to supply families with the
VERY BEST OF COAL,
CHEAP FOR CASH
Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Gralu
taken iu exchange for Coal.
J. M. CADWALLADER
Bunbury, Jan. 15, 1870. tf.
J. W. WASHINGTON'S
GRAND BARBER SHOP.
The old permanent shop of the town.
We decline the boast, but at the same lime
consider that the mighty truth maybe seasona
lly spoKen wiiuoui lnauiicsung an uncomiorta
ble amount of vanity and ambition.
Just twenty years ago I begun my business
career in this place half my lifetime thus far
spent, have I stood upon the floor of our shop
day after day, and night after night, and applied
tbs sharp blue gleaming steel, aud within that
(lapse of time embraced by the mighty folds of
that eveutful period bavo I shaved nearly every
body In the country (in common parlance) aud
to oblige the public Interest we herein publicly
announce to our patrons old aud new that we
re ready to shave tbera aU agaiu three huudred
thousand times or more.
Coma when you please, just in tinu 1 tbe max
im we are always ready to work, forenoou or
afternoon, to shave you, hair cut vou, shampoo
you, whutker dye you, or perfume, cunib and ar
range the bail with artistic skill, In the "water
fall" mr water raise style to suit the customer.
We work to please, not please to work.
Stop, don't go past out shop to get shaved on
the basis of ability because we do It as wqll as
H can be done or ever eould be,
A chanee is all that w demand
To give the proof we hold In hand.
A few door above Depot, Bear Market street.
Oet. 1, 1870.
a
Business g
o I ottls tmb esiunrants."
- RISING 8UK HOTEL.
GRATZ,
DAUPHIN COUNTY, FENN.,
HENRY KAUTERXAN, Proprietor.
Traveler will find this a first class Houbo.
Charges moderate. Tbe tables are supplied with
the best In market. The choicest liquors at the
Bar. . -
Good Stabling and attentive ostler.
Dec. 18, 1871. 8mo.
tLEGIIENY' HOUSE, A. BKCK,
Proprietor, Nos. 818 and 814 Market Btreet,
above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, $3
per day. He respeciruuy solicits your patron
Jan6'72.
ago.
T .
A PIERRE HOUSE, Broad and Chest-
Li nut sts.. Philadelphia. J. B. BUTTER
ilphla, J. B. Bum
Terms per day, $3.50.
WORTH, Proprietor.
April 15, 1871. lj
F. BTBBLT. O. BO WEB.
UNION HOUSE," r
LYKEN8, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENN'A.,
BYERLY ft BOWER, Proprietor.
Tbe table Is supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
May SO, 1871.
BYEREiY'S HOTEL,
JOSIAH BYERLY, Proprietor, Lower Maha
noy township, Northumberland county. Pa.,
on the road leading from Georgetown to Union
town, Smith Inn. Trevorton Pottsville, dec.
The choicest Liquors and Segars at the bar.
The tables are provided with the best of tbe sea
son. Stabling large and well suited for drovers,
with good ostlers.
Every attention paid to make guests comforta
ble. Nov. 11, 1871.-ly.
ATIONAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
County, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The tabids supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
WASHINGTON HOUSE, C. NEFF,
Proprietor, Corner of Market & Second
Streets, opposite the Court House, 8unbury,
Pa. May28,'70.
HOTEL A RESTAURANT,
TUOMA8 A. HALL, Proprietor,
Bunbury St., west 8HAMOKIN, PENN'A.
Meals served at all hours, at short notice. The
best of Liquors at the Bar. The Table is sup
plied with the best and latest In the markets. At
tentive servants. Terms moderate. Patronage
solicited. . -
U51 MEL'S RESTAURANT,
LOU 18 n U M M EL. Proprietor,
Commerce St., SIIAMOK1N, PENN'A.
Having just refitted the above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to
serve ais friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
quors.
EESE HOUSE, Third Street, at the
depot, SUNBURY, PA., Wm. Reese, pro
prietor. Warm meals served up at all hours.
Fish, Fowta and Game. Fresh Oysters con
stantly on hand and served lu every style. The
best of wines and liquors at the Bur.
tSfFarailles will be supplied with oysters
done up in any style, by leaving orders at the
Bar. - Nov.5,'70-ly.
J. VALER'S
WINTER (HARDEN AND HOTEL
01. 720, 732, 724 & 727 VW St.,
PHILADELPHIA.
WINTER GARDEN HOTEL,
(ON TBE ECROPEAH PLAM)
Centrally located, connecting with all the City
Passenger Railway Oars, from all the
Depots In the City.
Excellent Accommodation Tor Tra
vellers). Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concerts every
evening In the Summer and
Winter Garden.
Orchestrion Concert Eviry Afternoon..
FINB LADIES' BESTAL-RANT THE BEST OF
REFRESHMENT SERVED.
Office of J. Valer's Fountain Park Brewery.
June 4, 1870.-ly. T
. L I t U O R STORE!
CHRISTIAN NEFF,
Second Street, opposite the Court House, SUN
BURY, PA.,
Respectfully Invites the attention ol Retailers
and others, that he has ou hand, and will con
stantly keep all kinds of
FOREIGN AND DOMCSlltJ layuUKB,
Consisting of Pure Brandies: Cngniuc, Cherry,
Ginger, Rochelleand Otard.
Whiskies: Pure Rye Coppcr-tJistilltd, Mo"n
gahela, Apple and Nectar.
PURE HOLLAND GIN I
Wines: Champagne Wine, Sherry, Port and
Claret.
Crab Cider, Champaguo Cider, N. K. Rum,
Brown Stout aud Scotch Ale.
BTOMACH AND DAK B1TTK,
And all others Liquors which can be found in
the city markets, which will be sold at Whole.
sale and Retail. Lvery article guaranteed as
represented. Also, a large lot or DtMUOllho
and BOTTLES, always on hand.
fSF" Orders promptly attended o, and public
patronage respectfully sollcileo
t rr.rr,
Bunbury, July 3, I860. ly.
JACOB. SUIFMA3.
THOMPSON DEBR
Accident
Fire, Life and
INSURANCE
AGENCY
OF
SHIPMAN A DERR,
MARKET STREET, SUNBURY, PA.
COMPANIES REPRESENTED.
N. Anterican, Philadelphia, Assets,
Enterprise, "
Maahattan, New York,
N. American "
Lorlllard, "
Youkers & N. York "
Hanover, "
13,783,580
523,365
1,308,01
802,570
1,056,139
882,180
750,000
8,000,002
6,501,000
Imperial, London,
Lycomiug, Muncy,
Franklin' Philadelphia,
Home, New York,
Hartford, nartford,"
Phoenix,
Travelers,
Farmers Ins. Co., York,
N. British Mercantile
Nomiueree, New York,
Corwich, Norwich,
New England Mutual Life,
8,825,751
4,516,368
3,544,210
1,627,010
1,551,007
639,100
14,865,224
253,100
, 368,201
7,300,000
SUNBURY MARBLE YARD.
THE undersigned having bought the entire
stork of Dibstuger & Taylor, would Inform
the publio that he Is now ready to do all kinds of
MARBLE WORK.
ns on hand, and makes to order at
BIIORT NOTICE;
Monuments at Hend-Stonea,
f tvrar sttlb.
DOOR AND WINDOW BILLS
Also, Cemetery Posts with Galvanized pipe and
all other feuciug generally used on Cemeteries.
John A.Taylor will continue In the employment,
at the old stand on Market St., Bunbury. my2'o8
BLACKSMITH WANTED. A good
Blacksmith or Carrlagesmith will find constant
employment by applying;! the Carriage Bbop of
BEAtOLTC.
Banbury Del. 16, 1671.
BALTIMORE LOCK. HOSPITAL
jyR. JOHNSTON, .
Physician of this celebrated Institution, has
discovered the most certain, speedy, pleasant and
effectual remedy In the world for all
' DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness of the Back or Limbs, Strictures,
Affections of Kidneys and Bladder, Involun
tary Discharges, Impotency, General Debili
ty, Nervousness, Pyspepsy, Languor, Low
Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of
the Heart, Timidity, Tremblings Dimness'1
of Sight or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
Throat, Nose or Skin, Affections of Liver, Lungs,
Stomach or Bowels these terrible Disorder
arising from the Solitary Habits of Youth those
secret and solitary practices more fatal to their
victims than the song of Syrens to the Mariners
of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hopes
of anticipations, rendering marriage, fec, impos
sible. JOUNG MEN
especially, who have become the victims of Soli
tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely grave
thousands of young men of the most exalted
talents and brilliant intellect, who might other
wise have entranced listening Senates with tbe
thunder of eloquence or waked to ecstacy the
living lyre, may call with full confidence. .
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Young Men contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Procrcntlve Power Impotency), Nervous Ex
citability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner
vous Debility, or any other Disqualification,
Bpeedlly relieved.
He who places himself nnder the care of Dr. J.
may religiously confide In his honor as a gentle
man, and confidently rely unon his skill as a Pbv
slcian. ORGANIC WEAKNESS,
Impotency, Loss of Power, immediately Cured
and full Vigor Restored.
This Distressing Affection which renders Life
miserable and marriage Impossible is the penalty
paid by the victims of improper Indulgences'.
Young persons are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful conseqences
that may eusue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny Uiat the power
of procreation is lost sooner by those fulling into
Improper habits than by tne prudent 1 Besides
being deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring.
the most serious and destructive symptoms to both
body and mind arise. Tbe system becomes de
ranged, the Physical and Mental Functions
Weakened, Loss of Procrcatlve Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of the Frame, Cough, Consumption, Decay ami
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persons ruined in health by unlearned preteu-
ders who keep them trifling month after month,
takiug poisonons and Injurious compounds.
should apply immediately.
UK. JUllMSTO,
Member of the Royal College of Burgeons, Lou
don, Graduated from one of the most eminent
Colleges iu the United States, and tpe greater
part of whose lfe has been spent In the hospitals
of London, Prls, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
has effected some of tbe most astonishing cures
that were ever known ; many troubled with ring
ing in the head and ears when asleep, greut
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden soauds,
bashfulness, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured
immediately.
TAK.E PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who have lulurrd
themselves by improper Indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin both body and mind, unfitting
them for either business, study, society or inur
riage. 1 uesb are some of tbe sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth, viz :
weakness or tne Hack and l-imhs, rams in the
Back ana ueaa, Lnmness or eight, x.oss or .Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspcpsy,
.Nervous irritaoiuty, uerangement ot umcstive
r unc.ions, general Debility, symptoms of Con
sumption, etc.
Mentai.lt The fearful effects on the mind
are much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con
fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodings, Aversion to bociety, Self-Distrust,
Lore of Solitude, Timidity, etc., are some of the
evil produced.
lBOUSAMDS or persons or all ages can now
judge what Is the cause of their declining health,
losing tueir vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated, having a singular appearance
about the eyes, eougband symptom of consump
tion.
YOUNG MEN
Who have Injured themselves by a certain prac
tice Indulged In when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or at school, the
effects of which are nightly felt, even when
asleep, and if not cured, renders marriage impos
sible, aud destroys both mind and body, should
apply immediately.
nut a pity mat a young man, tne nope or uis
couutry, tbe darling of his parents, should be
suatched from all prospects and enjoyments of
lite, by tue consequence or deviating rrom tlie
path of nature and indulging in a certain secret
babit. Such persons must, before contemplating
MARRIAGE,
reflect that a sound mind and body are the most
uecessary requisites to promote couuubiul happi
ness. Indeed without these, the Journey through
life becomes a weary pilgrimage) the prospect
hourly darkens to tbe view i the mind becomes
shadowed with despair and tilled with the melan
choly reflection, that the hupplness of another
becomes blighted with ourowu.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary of
pleasure finds that be has imbibed tbe seeds of
this painful disease, It too often happens that an
Ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery,
deters him from applying to those who, from
education aud resicctabilily, can alone befriend
him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms ol
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural
pains In the head and limbs, dimness or slgut,
deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms,
blotcbes on the head, lace and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, till at lust tbe
palate of the mouth or the bones of tbe nose full
In, aud the victim of this awful disease becomes
a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts
a period to his dreadful suffering, by sending
him to " that Undiscovered Country from wbeucu
no traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fact that thousands DIE
victims to tills terrible disease, through fulling
luto tne nands oi iguorant or uuskiiuui mr.
TENDERS, who, by tbe use of that deadly Poi
sod, Mercury, &c, destroy the conktitutlon, aud
Incapable of curing, keep tbe unhappy sufferer
montu alter moutn taking tnelr noxious or iu
Jurious compounds, aud instead of being restored
to a renewal of I-lte vigor and Uappiuubs, lu des
pair leave him with ruiued Health to s'gb over
his galling disaPDolntment.
To such, therefore, Dr. Johnston pledges him
self to preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, and
from his extensive practice and observations iu
the great Hospitals of Europe, and the first lu
this couutry, visi England, Frauce, Philadelphia
and elsewhure, is enabled to offer the most cer
tain, speedy and etfeotuul remedy In the world
for all diseases of Imprudence.
DR. JOHNSTON,
OFFICE, NO. T, B. FREDERICK BTREET,
Baltimore, M. D.
Left band side going from Baltimore street, a few
doors from tbe corner. Fall not to obtorve nam
and number. , ,
tTNo letter received unless postpaid and
containing a stamp to be used on the reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and send a portion
of advirtisemeut describing symptom.
There are so many Paltry, Designing and
Worthless Jmpnsters advertlslug themselves as
Pbysiciaus, trifilug with and ruiuing the tealth
of all who unfortunately fall Into their power,
that Dr. Johnston deem it uecessary to say es
pecially to those unacquainted with hi reputa
tiou that hi Credential or Diploma always
bang iu hi office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
Ths many thousand cared at thl Establish
ment, year after year, I ad the numerous Im
portant Burnleal Operation performed by Dr.
Johnston, witnessed by the representative of th
pre and many other paper, notice ol wnicu
nave arDared agala and avaln before tbe public,
besides but standing as a gentleman oi cnurauier
and responsibility, ts a sufficient guarantee to
lb toileted. Rnia entases fUiy evroa.
February 18, 1W1. ly.
THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.
An old man totter on the road
Bowed down with age and care (
His locks are white and float about
Like snow flakes lu the air i
, The clouds are gAth'rlng darkly around,
The night sterns setting fast,
The wlud sends forth a moaning sound,
The owlets flutter pust.
The old man halts along the road,
He sees the gathering gloom
No hope has he o power to stuy
His fust approaching doom,
He sees the children pass him by,
And sadly turns his face ;
He knows loo well that he must, die,
The new year L.kes his place.
He lienrs the children clap their bunds
And shout aloud for glue,
He marks them hasten on their way
The glad New Yunr to see.
And then he hear (he midnight chhna
Ring out his funeral kucll ;
His life fades fast-he rests at hist, '
The New Year breaks the spell.
" A little child now leads the way
His step is light and bold,
His heir Is bright and flouts about
Like threads of burnished gold.
The clouds are passing swift away,
The mom seems soft and clear,
The night has passed, the sun's bright ruy
Brings lu the glad New Year.
Farewell, Old Year 1 your work Is done,
A new one fills your place :
The darkest night will puss away
The morning duwu apace 1
We cannot bring the dead to life, ,
Nor wasted hours recall ;
But In the coming year we may,
Perhaps, atoue for nil.
fry
'ONLY ONE GLASS,"
BYCYBIL DCNSTON.
'Why, nonsense. James .Blackburn :
what has come over you ? Iam good securi
ty, I think ; I'll take all the resnonsibilitv
in this case, at least. Come ; step iu, 1
shall only ask you to take one glass.'
.minus iiiacKourn stood irresolutely a
moment, then, with a forced smile, follow
ed his companions into tho fashionable
saloon, where glittering glasses and decan
ters, showy mirrors, meretricious priuts
aud oil paintings, and gilded wall paiicr,
....1 l" . .. .. '
.ciupbcu uiu uui.uriuuu anu unreiiecung.
Mot without a secret dread did tho youu
niau re-enter the 'Ocvan.' The last visft
were, sis monins prior, cost linn a years
sa v
life.
aviugs aud the bitterness experience of his
il'e. It had well niah ruiued him. had not
a true friend interposed with the discretion
and judgment of a ripe age to protect him
in a measure from the legitimate results of
a beastly carousal.
lie remembered also his pledge to his
wife his solcmu pledge never to enter the
'Ocean' saloon again : never to touch, tuste
or handle the accursed liquid agaiu iubt
when it was too late, for his friend had
ordered 'Whisky, straight, for three,' and
and already tho UcittDter wan in tho hand
ol tlio third member of the parly.
Jtere, uiacKUum,' exclaimed this indi
vidual, in a tone of vulgar familiarity
'Here 8 to independence ; if there's one
thing 1 liko above another it's independ
ence. '
'Yes,' chimed in tho second: 'iudenen-
dence is what- our forefathers fought und
died for. Fill up your cluss. JJlackbuni.
Pooh, runu ; there's scarce enough to mois
ten a midge's wing. There ; that's more
like the thing. Well,' smacking his lips,
'now that's what I call de vlish good liquor. '
Tho bar-keeier was bending over tho
slop-tub ; yet Ulackburu fhnccd ho detect
ed u sneer upon the uiau's lips. His better
angci urgeu linn to withdraw immediately;
but one of the party was a total stranger
to him, and lMttckbiirn was afraid lest ho
should attribute the desertion to quit anoth
er motive. Jle was sensitivo upon this
point aud just here we may remark that
ninny a good ship has fouudered on tho
sanio rock.
The devil pride is insatiable, exacting
and remorseleRs.
'Yes ; and that was a good toast, but let
lueive a better. Here, till these glasses
again,' added Blackburn, indicating tho
walcr tumblers as he produced his pocket
book. His good angel again whisjiered it
were wiser to retreat from danger while it
was time ; but the devil of pride secured
the victory as a frosh group entered tho
salonu.
'Hello I Blackburn 1 thought you'd
sworn oil glad to seo you ! take a drink
with O 1 excuse me I see,' and nodding,
the acquaintance passed on.
'Here,' said Blackburn, elevating his
glass and looking towards his companions,
'here is to tho great Republican party.'
'That's a foolish toast,' said his friend,
scttiug down his glass suddenly.
' the ilupublican party '( exclaimed
tho third, with an oath.
'Whoever damns the Republican party
damns me,' retorted Blackburn hotly.
'Xonscnse of course you didu't know
liill was a Democrat drop politics, Isayl'
'And I, too' replied Blackburn, ashamed
of himself, '1 thought Gill was along with
us.Browu of course that's apology enough
for him.'
1 want none but 1 want my whisky,'
repuea mat individual, wttn an attempt at
pieadaniry.
The whisky was swallowed iu total si
lenee. . ,
'Wine r said uiu, as tne others made a
movement towards the door, 'it's my treat
but, 1 say, snail it do whisky.'
Ut course r responded lirowu. liy tnis
time tho blood coursed ireeiy iu the veins
of the abstinent member of the party.
'Jji:t us set down, to it, Brown I'm tired
standing.'
'I was iust on the Doiut of nronosinsr it.'
rejoined Browu, whereupon the trio seated
themselves.
The waiter attended them at the table.
A plate of .soup was ordered, together with
more liquor, in discussing these, it was
imiMssible to remain silent. The conver
sation finally voered into politics again
there was a bitter quarrel, which was wit
nessed by more than a score of men, whoso
testimony at a subsequent period reflected
severely upon the conduct oi Ulackburu.
It rcnuired all the strategy of the Dronrietor
of the saloon to qnietthe bclligeruuts-whcn
they were persuaded to leavo the house, he
deliberately closed the door.
Unfortunately, Blackburn was the last
to leave the house. He conceived the actiou
of tbe landlord was a deliberate insult. He
flung the doot open rudely, and re-entering
strode up to tne proprietor in a tnenaciug
manner.
'Did you catch my coat purposely, air ?
'You had better go out,' retorted the
nronriutor. with a thruateninir movement
'You can't put nie out,1 was the last
challenge. ' The proprietor made a move
ment as if to strike him ; but Blackburn
anticipated the blow. Springing forward
ho dealt the landlord a violent blow upon
tho neck, then struck him upon tho fore
head. The blows felled the landlord to the
floor ; in falling hia bead struck the comer
of the stove. . , ,
When one of the- waiters lifted him up,
be hung lifeless In hia arms. Water was
dashed in his (ace, his pulse was rubbed.
Blackburn, with his friends, who at that
moment entered the saloon, looked on with
frightened faces. . . i
'My God I' exclaimed one of the waiters,
'he is dead.'
'Dead Dead tv repeated Blackburn,
now almost sobered by the scene, 'that can't
bo possible l I never meant to kill tho man.'
These words were afterwards made uso of
during the subsequent trial by his counsel.
'No matter, we arrest you for murder,'
replied the waiter, with a resolute tone
that effectually sobered the man before him.
'Wixly is dead you killed him.'
'I call you U to witness tliat I am Inno
cent of murder he struck at me first if
he be really dead' tho remainder was ut
tered in a low tone. The groupj around
the dead man turned towards him with
paling faces. Death stalking in there in
all his majesty, without a single note of
warning, appalled them. Glasses were set
down untouched. Several stole out quietly
Others closed around the murderer mena
cingly. The murderer looked at them as
a slag at bay regards the hounds from
which it finds there is no escape.
'Don't touch me I yield myself a pris
oner let tho law take its course' lie said
not another word until he was confronted
with tho magistrate, when he requested a
slip of paper, upon which he wrote a few
words, which he desired them to send to
his wife. These wero tho words :
'.S'oa'a, 1 am innocent o munlcr, hut 1
broke mi jrroniixe. One ylusn has mined
me. Do nut come near mc until uou hear
Xo signature was appended tolhishasly
scrawl, which was blurred with tears. But
the wife wits with hitu ero another hour
rolled around, to comfort and cheer hiin.
There was a trial, after months of agon
izing delays that added ten years to the
Tace, and old ago to the heart of the young
wife. When the trial was concluded James
Blackburn was sentenced to seven yeas
imprisonment In the Slate's Prison. It was
proven that Blackburn was an industrious,
ingenious, well-doing mechanic one year
before the murder was committed. Nothing
wii adduced ou the trial calculated to in
Hucuce the Jury ngaiust him up to that
time. Subsequently, it was proven, he had
indulged in liquor," and upon oue occasion
had committed a grievous assault upon an
unoffending citizen while under its influence
Being the iirst ollence, his character saved
him trom the extreme penalty attached to
such misdemeanors. Ou tho present occa
sion, his character, with the remembrance
of tho former assault, only served to clinch
the conviction iu the minds of the jury that
leniency in the second caso would bo detri
mental to the interests of tho pubfio.
When asked whether he bad anything to
say in his own defence, James Blackburn
arose promptly and replied, 'May it phmso
your Honor, I have. It is simply this :
AU human laws are imperfect. I am a
living, suffering illustration of tho incon
sistency of what you term Law. I do not
complain go much that you tirst sell the
igtit to selush men to deal out poison
which inevitably produces all maimer of
evils and crimes, which you yourselves
afterwards punish sevcrelyus I complain
against tho lack of law, orsomo regulation
which ought, to shield tho man who has
endeavored to abstaiu from all intoxicating
drinks, from tho temptations which beset
htm in tho shop, in the couuting-rooui, upon
tho street in all his outgoings. One ijhiss
has deprived me of seven years of my life,
has nlmost broken my wife's heart, nud
deprived our child of its natural protector.
t nao i.iKen a solemn pledge never to touch
tho accursed thing again. My tempter was
a pretended friend who knew this history
ofiuy life. Understand, your Honor. I
urn speaking as much for all who may be
striving to fight down their desire for
strong dnuk as I am for myself. If I live,
I shall never taste another drop. But I
ask you to consider if it would not be well
to at least endeavor to shield others from
tho thousand and one temptations which
oeset a man to urinK 'only one glass.'
A Story for IIojn.
Lads, let me tell you a story. Once upon
a time a youth left his home, at sixteen
years ot age, to learn a trade, a dirty, disa
grceauie traue, out oue that his parcuts
thought a good one iu a pecuniary point of
view. lie went into a straime neighbor
hood, where his name was not known.
Arouud his own home he was somebody's
sou ; in his uew home ho was somebody
else's apprentice. Arouud his old home
the doors ot respectability were opened to
somebody's son ; in his uew home tho doors
of respectability were closed tightly against
somebody's apprcuuec. This was a new
order of thinss. and surprised him vcrv
mucii at nrsW-yct, when he reflected cool
ly, ne did not much blame respectability
tor its self-pn'servatfon. Thero aro doors
that open easily to every comer. There he
shunned. There are apprentices iu everv
Village that will bear shunning no did it.
The important question was, "What
should he do V" After discussing this,
amid the din and dirt, he said to himself.
"Well, it I can't go where I ought, I will
not go at all." Easy to say hard to do ;
because he was just liko you lie liked fuu
just as well as you do, and a spice of mis-
eliiet too. lie must do something, in
self-defence he beiran to read.
J. ho old system ul apprenticeship in the
country used to require the boys and jour
neymen to work uutil 8 o'clock iu the
evening, in winter time, and after this was
done, it was customary to loaf about the
corners, stores and taverns until 9, 10, or
11 o'clock. Tom (the boy) went to bed
In the morning it was difficult to get boys
aud journeymen up to breakfast at 8.30 or
7. Tom got up at 4 o'clock, sometimes at
3, sometimes even as early as in mistaite,
for hi rule was to get up wheu he got
awake, and from that time until the others
got up he read and studiod. His moruing
audio came iu time to be a signal for the
villagers who bad occasion to start some'
where early. He borrowed mouey to buy
books with, and borrowed others, took
leading newspaper, and in the quiet morn
ing hours took in food for the day's reflec
tion. This of course bore it legitimate fruit : ho
went to his level, or rather put himself
there, and he now lives iu tbe neighbor
hood of the old shop, as much respected as
any one. I believe he has written two or
three books, and In every respect would be
considered up to the "Mediocrity."
I leave you to lmsglno nil tho hardships.
If you can, of the situation, and would ask
you what you do from 4 to 0 o'clock in tho
morning ? These two hours, rightly used,
will bo worth more to you than you can
possibly conceive. When you .awake, get
up instantly. You may bring excuses for
tho other twenty-two hours, but those two
you waste If you sleep thorn. "Midnight
oil" Is a humbug.- You go to bed in the
evening when you are tired, and set your
mind to work in the moruing, when you
are rested. Guard your character in the
beginning, and in the cud it will guard
you.
To tell you the fato of other apprentices,
who loafed the evenings and slept the
mornings away, is not my iutcntiou. Try
Tom's course for oue year, and you will
find your pay iu genuine happiness. Your
usefulness will increase, your self-respect
will strengthen, your mind will develop iu
harmony with your bodily growth, and
your whole being will march along tho up
ward path rejoicing. X. Y. Tribune.
Tue DusprfibioN of the Jews .The
Algotneine Zietung gives some interesting
particulars as to the dispersion of tho Jews
over the world. In Balistine they have
long been reduced to a very small propor
tion of their former numbers. They nro
now most numerous in tho northern part
of Africa, between Morocco and Egypt,
where, especially in the Barbary Slates,
they form the chief clcmcut of the popula
tion,) and in that strip of Europe which
extends from tho lower Danube to the Bal
tic. Iu the latter regiou thero arc about
4,000, 000 Jews, most of whom are of the
middle class among the Slavonic nationali
ties, while iu the whole of Western Europe
thero arc not 100,000 of thim. Conse
quence of European migrations, descen
dants of these Jews have settled iu Ameri
ca and Australia, where they are already
multiplying in the largo commercial towns
in the same manner as in Europe, and
much more rapidly than the Christum pop
ulation. The Jewish settlers in Northern
Africa are also increasing so much that
they constantly spread farther to the South.
liniuucto has, sincu lSoh, becu inhabited i
by a Jewish colony of traders. The other!
Jews in Africa are the Falaschns, Ahys- i
siuiau black Jews, und a lew .huropcan i
Jews at the Cape of Good Hope. There j
are numerous Jewish colonies in Yemen '
and Xcdschran, in Western Arabia. I
It has long been known that there aro 1
Jews in Persia and tho countries on tho j
Euimrates ; in the Turcoman countries !
they inhabit the four fortresses of Scheri-
sebs, Kitab, Schnmatau and Urta Kurgan, I
and thirty small villnces, residing iu a
separate quarter, but treated ou an equal j
looting with the other inhabitants, though
they have to pay high taxes. Then are !
also Jews in China, un J in Cochin China 1
there both while und black jews. Ihe!
white Jews have a tradition, nccording to j
which, in the year 70 A. I), their ancestors
were 10,000 Jews who settled at Crauga- ,
nore, on the coast of Malabar, after the !
destruction oi tho Temple of Jerusalem. '
Tho Jews remained at Crangauore until J
1305, when they wero driven into tho in
terior by the Portuguese. Tho blaek set-
tlors aro supposed to no native proselytes, .
and have n (special syuogngue of their own. i
What I Kno About rhamiln.
l!Y JOSH KILLINGS.
What i kno about phnrmln' is blessed
Mi buzzum friend, Howe Greeley, liaz
rit 11 book with the Mmv name, nn.l ultlio i
i. i,,,,!,;,,,,,,,, ,.,.c. ;, ,.f 1 ,i.,.,
lies 1 late tew pronounce it bully.
l'hai'uiin (now daze is pretty much all 1
theory, nud thitrefor it ain't astonishing
that a man kau liv in Noo York, and be a
good chancery lawyer, aud also kno all
about phurmiu.
pharin (now dazo) ov ouo hundred
nkers, will produce more buckwheat and
pumpkins, run on theory, than it would
00 years ago, ruu with manure and hard
kiuiks.
Tharc iz nothiu like book la in in, and tho
time will eventually cum wheu a man won't
have tew hav only 0110 ov '-Josh Billings'
Farmers' Alimauax," tew run a pharm
with.
Even now it ain't uncommon tew seo
three or four hired men on a farm, with
three, or four, spans ov oxen, all 6tandiu'
still, while the boss goes into tho librarv.
and reads himself for the day's ploughin.
It 1 wuz running a pluirui (now daze), i
suppose i would rather hav 30 bushels ov
sum nu breed ov potatoze, raised on theory,
than to hev 81 bushels gut in tho mean,
beuited and uudcrhand way, ov our late
lamented giaud parents.
Pharmiu, after all, iz a good deal like the
taVCrn biziucss, enny body thinks they kan
keep a hotel (now daze), and enny body
thiuks they kan pharm (uow daze), anil
they kan, but this is the way that poor
hotels cum to bo so plenty, and this iz like
wizu what makes pharmiu such tizy and
profitable biznes.
Just taku tho theory out ov pharmir),
und tharc ain't nothing left but hard work,
aud all fired lite krops.
The Old-F ashioskd Motiiek. -Thank"
God ! 8omo of us have an old-fashioned
mother. Not a woman of tho period,
enameled and paiutcd. with her great chig
nou, her curls und bustle, whose while
jeweled hands have never felt the clasp of
baby lingers ; nut a dear oid-iasiiioued,
swei-t-voiced mother, with eyes in whose
the love-light shone, aud browu hair thread
ed with silver, lying smooth upon Ifcr failed
cheek. Those dear bauds worn with toil
geutly guided our totteriug steps in child
hood, uud smoothed, our pillow in sickness,
eveu reaching out to us in yearning tcuder
uess when her sweet spirit was baptized in
tho pearly spirit of the river.
Blessed is tho memory of an old-fashioned
mother. It tloats to us uow, like the
beautiful perfume of some woodland blos
som. Tne music of other voices may be
lost, but the eutraneiug memory of her's
will echo in our souls forever. Other faces
will fade and bo forgotten, but her's Will
shine on until the light from heaven's por
tals shall glorify our own. When in tho
fitful pauses of busy life our foet. wander
back to the old homestead, and crossing
the well worn threshold, stand once more
iu the low, quaint room, so hallowed by
her preseuce, now the fueling of childish
inuoceuce and dependence comes over us,
and we kneel down iu the molten sunshine,
streaming through the western window
just where, long years ago, w knelt by our
mother's knee, lisping "Our Father."
How many times wImsu the tempter lured
us on, has tho memory of thoso sacred
hours, that mother's words, her faith and
pi ayers, saved u from plunging into the
deep abyss of sin. Years have tilled- great
drifts between her and us, but they have
not bidden from our sight the glory of her
pure, unselfish love.
K XeecMlty Tor Lying.
It is painful to see a man otherwise so
respectable unreliable in the place when
men meet him tho most ; for it weakens
hold upon the popular regard and cannot
fail to depreciate his owe self respect. You
must feel ashamed at times to realize that
your word is not to bo believed, and to
know that you have no customer in the
world who feels at all sure about getting
work done by you until it really is dono
and iu his hands. Tiro kind of life you
lead must also bean exceedingly uncomfor
table one.
Now, my friend, there is not tho slight
est necessity for this, aud thero is no apo
logy for It. It had n very natural begin
ning, but you ought to have learned long
ago that it was not requisite either to your
prosperity or your comfort. You get your
work in spite of your lying and not iu con
sequcucc of it. This is the only thing peo
ple have against you. They give you their
custom because you aro a good workman
and for nothing cIfo ; and no man leaves
your shop for nnothrr except for the reason
lie cannot depend upon your w ord. Yon
never made a dollar or saved a friend by
all the lies you have told.
Honesty, reliableness, truthfulncss-thess
are premium to all the markets of the
world ; ahL'ou,have made yourself miser
able and contemptible throughout your life
for nothing. Your business is always at
loose ends, everybody is crowding you,
many of them abuso you, and it all comes
from your promisiug to do work before it is
pessible for you to do it. Not a decent
man whose custom is worth keeping enters
your shop who would not wait your time
pntiently, if he could rely upon having his
job upon the day promised.
'Wuo's Ahead!' A gentleman asks
the girls tlie following poiuted questions :
'Could you love n man who wore false hair
on his heal, when he had enough of h'l
owu ? Win painted his face and improved
his form as you improve (!) yours V Who
pinched his feet with small shoes, his hands
with small gloves, his waist with corsets x
and then, as if he had not already deformed
himself eiK.ugh, tied a huge bustle to his
back, and thrust tiny mountains ,of wire
into his bosom V The reply to which, a
lady responds. "Could you love a girl who
detiled her mouth with tobacco and loaded
the air with fumes of cigars ? Who stag
gered home several times a week the worso
for liquor Who indulged in fast horses,
bet high at raccB, and swaggered around
the streets with questionable companions?'
'Which picture wears the most alluring
colors ' We also see it reported that Mrs.
Van Cott says, if she had all tho money
ever pai.l for liquor, she could buy every
foot of land iu tho world. Very likely.
And if she had all the mouey paid by wo
men for tack hair she could buy every drop
of liquor iu tho world.
. SoVixg Tomato Sf.ed. It is probably
; too early to sow seed for a general crop ;
j but those who have warm rooms or a greeu
i house may safely try a few plants. I have
I some two or three inches high, and expect
I to have them well loaded with fruit by the
i time it will do to plaut out. A half dozen
j good strong plants, started early will yield
many a good dish of fruit long before it can
I be procured from a hot-bed iu spring. In
starting tho plants thus early some care is
j requited iu pinching oil' the ends of leading
I shouts as well as side, branches in order to
! J"!0. hl;!n rmT, ftticky and bloom early.
! " V ' y . 11 ' 1 " -Y u
! 'V ' " luJ l,,u "-
1 shitting into larger oues as tho plants re
quire it. It is a very easy matter to obtain
tomatoes early if one starts iu time.
J.wc's It'-tral Xae Yorker.
The way to quarrel with a wife is to wait
till she is at her toilet preparatory to going
out. She will be sure to ask you it her
bonnet is straight, llcmark that tho lives
of nino-teuths of the wowcu aro passed iu
thinking whether their bonnets are straight,
and wind up with the remark that you
never knew but ono woman who had com
mon seuc about her. Wife will ask you
who that was. You will, with a sigh, re
ply, "Ah ! never mind." Wife will ask
you why did you marry her. You say,
abstractly, "Ah 1 why, indeed " The
climax is reached by this time, aud a regu
lar row is sure to follow.
Good Language. -Young people should
acquire tho habit of correct speaking and
writing, and abandon, as early as possible,
auy use of slang words or phrases. Tbe
longer you put this oil', the more difficult
the acquirement of correct language will
be ; and if the golden ai;e of youth, tho
proper season for the acquisition of lan
guage, be passed in its abuse, the unfortu
nate victim will most probably be doomed
to talk slang for life. Vou have merely tc
use the language which you read, instead
of the slang you hear, to form a taste in
agreement witli the best speakers and poets
iu the couutry.
Don't be ashamed, my lad, if you have
a patch on your knee. It is no mark of
disgrace, tt speaks well for your mother.
For our part, we would rather see a dozeti
patches on your jacket, tbau to hear ouo
profane or vulgar word escape your lips.
No good boy will shun you if you cannot
dress as well as your companions ; and, if
a had boy sometimes laughs at your ap
pearance, say nothing, my lad, but walk
on. We know many a rich aud good man
who was once as poor as you.
NiHl VOL'S OH Ml'K 11 kadai iik, says a
correspondent of the Cincinnati Uitzette,
"can generally be cured if taken iu time,
by the line of bromide of potass. Wheu tho
attacl: feH to bo coming on, taku twenty
graius-of the bromide dissolved iu water;
go to bed and sleep to or three hours aud
you aru cured. Sometimes it .nay be ne
cessary tf repeat the dose, which may bo
dono iu two or three hours. The broiuido
is perfectly harmless, unless taken in very
large doses. There will be no danger in
taking twenty grains every two hours, uutil
you have taken three doses. But most
cases, if taken iu hand early, will need only
ono or at most two doses."
Helen Josephine Manslield, the IVhioTi
in the Stoke Fibk murder, was slightly
mobbed while visiting Boston on Friday.
Wheu arriving at the depot sho was hooted
at aud hustled about rather roughly. It
is uuinauerly to use violence to a woman,,
but thcBS she liuds should be made to feel
how tho public despises lueni if tho publiu
really does so despise I
Rev. John Selby Watsou has been fount)
guilty of the uiurderof his wife in England,
and sentenced to death. The reverend in.
dividucl seems to have been a man of con
siderable literary reputation. There is one.
thing we must Bay to the credit of English
laws they are enforced without regard it
the position of irvdivii'iu'-s