The Sunbury American
Is Ptblibheb Eveby Fbibat, or
EM'L WILVEET, Proprietor,
Corner rf Tliird Strand Market S-iuare,
SUXEURY, YA.
At One Hollar mid Filly OntM
w .;.! .ri.iv ;iilnni! 1 1.7; if i;aiJ within the year:
or t ' IW i" all crnri iieu .ayii;eut w delayed till after
ciiiiratiou of the "Jr. No Milcriitioii discontinued
until all i rc:ira;.- me aid unlitw at the option of tue
publisher. THkII TE11MS AUU KIUJ11I.T 1MK11KI
ill iiuliM-ii,iii.iiii to the Amrncin by liei-aou living
outaide of tbe t'ountv of XinbuuilrLiud, mum be ac
r.Hiiiaiui'J wkIi til.- UH. Tins i niade umr)' by
tbf diUl.-ultv r-iTu-iicl iu colluding uimaid ulHcn-
tiulllt Hi A tllt 111'.
j)roffsshmaI.
rj. .1.KOUER.
. TTiPvrv 1TUW
AlU'it-1'i ......
AMI COI NTT BOI.ICITOU.
Ofliee on Front Street below Market, Sunbury,
Pa. Collections aud all legal business promptly
attended vo.
JAMES IIKARli,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Haupf buildinj;, South East Corner
or Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
Special Attention Paid to Collections.
J A MIS II. JIcDEVITT,
AtTORNEY AT IiAW AND
Unitki States Cooussioncu. Office with 8.
B. Boyer, Esq.. in liri;,'lit' Building, Sunbury.
Pa. Aui;.22,'73.-ly.
A. X" nnlVV" ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AM ACTING JUSTICE or THE PEACE.
Next Ioor to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest
nut Street, Sunbury, Pa.
Collections aud all legal matters promptly at
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT L.AW, Au
ACTIXG JI STH EOr THE PEACE.
ConTeyancing.tfce collections of claims, writings,
and all kinds of Lral business will le atteuded
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English and German language. Office
formerly occupied by Solemon Malick. Esq., op
posite City Hotel, Sunbury, Pa.
March IS?:;. ly.
GA. BOTDORF,
Attornev-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Pcnna.
Can be consulted In the English .and German
langnngcs. Collections attended to in North
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also a pent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Ins u
ranee Company. "'hla
Til. It. KASE, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Office in Market bquarc,
(adjoining the office of W. I. (Jrecnough, Esq.,)
professional business in this aud adjoining coun
ties promptlv attended to.
Sunbury, March 10, 1S73.-1?.
W. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9, 1S72. tf.
SI!. HOVER, Attorney and Counsellor
at Law. Rooms No. 23 Second Floor,
Bright'. Building, SUNBURY, PA. rrofessiona
basiues attended to, in the courts of Northura
oorland and adjoining cour.tie. Also, In the
Cireuit and IHntriet Courts for tbe Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to tae U Lank
rnntaj. Consultation can be had in the Ger
man language. mar-:, .1.
LII. KASE, Attorney at Law, SUN
BURY, PA., office In Masscr's Building
near the Court House. Front Room up stairs
above the Drue Store. Collections made in Nor
thumberland and adjoiuine couBties.
Sunbury, Pa., Juue 8, 173.
It. V 4 DIVA 1. 1 A OER.Market Street,
. SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer In Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books, Dairies, Ac.
P. 1VOI.VEKTOX, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, SUNBURY.PA. Profession
al bnsiuess in this aud adjoining counties pronipt-
.y attended to.
' it. NASSER, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Collections atteuded to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Suyder,
Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. "l'110-.
s
OLOHOX MALICK,
1TTOPVFV T I. AW.
. , A . v. - - ... ... T
Offlee at his residence oa Arch street, one square
north of the Court House, near the Jail, SUN
BURY, PA. Collections and all professional
business promptly attended to in this and adjoin
ing counties. Consultations cau be had in the
German language Juiy'.'7-IS7i.
. W. ZIEGLER. L. T. KOHKBAC1I.
ZIEULER V KOIIRBACH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office in Ilaupt's Building, lately occupied by
Judge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbach, Esq.
Collections and all professional business
promptly attended to iu the Courts of Northum
berland and adjoiuing counties.
Dec. 2. 1X71. .
DR. C. M. MARTIX, Office In Drug
Store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. m., to 1 p. in., and from C to 0 p. in.,
at all other hours, wheu not Professionally en
gaged can be found at rrsid-nce, corner of Front
and Pen ii street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular
attention given to surgical cases. Will vibit
Patients cither in town or country.
jottls aub Jjcstanranis.
CRAWFORD IIOI'SE, Cor. Third and
Mulberry. Business Centre, Williamsport,
Pa.
D. B. ELSE fc CO., Prepriotor.
Jnne 29, 1S73.
X1TED STATES HOTEL, W. F.
KI I t'll F.N, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, aud the best accommodations given.
April 5, 1S73- tf
-1TTASHIXUTOX IIOI'SE, C. NEFF
V Proprietor, Corner of Market Second
Streets, opposite the Court House, Sunbury,
Pa. May2S,'70.
ALLEGHENY IIOI'SE, A. BECK,
Proprietor, Nos.812 and 814 Market Street,
above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, 13
per day. He respectfully solicits your patron
age. Jano'?2.
TATiOXA Ij II OTELT aTgUSTT'3
,i WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown Nortn'd
County, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The tablets supplied with the best the maikct
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
I'MMEIS RESTAI RAXT,
LOUIS HUM M EL, Proprietor,
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, PENN'A.
Having just refitted the above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to
serve jis friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Poster, and all other malt
urs.
business (Curbs.
J. PACKER HAAS
T S. It II OA IIS A CO.,
llETAII. DEALEK8 Or
NTlinACITE COAL, SVNBURV, PENN'A
OrrifK wtm Haas, Faoei.t V Co.,
Orders left at SeasUolU & Bro's., office Market
trcct, will receive prompt attention. Country
ustom rcspi'i't fully solicited.
Feb. , 1S71. tf.
ANTHRACITE COAL !
ITAEEXTIXE DIETZ, Wholesale and
V Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY. PENN'A.
Al! kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal.
rdcrs solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
t 8. F. Nevin s Confectionery Store, on third
red, will reeieve prompt attention, and money
eeeipteflfor, the same as at the olllce.
DEXTISTItT.
GEORGE M. UENN,
n Simiisnn's liuihliwj, Market Square,
Bi'NBriiT, Pa.,
' prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry, lie keeps constantly on band
large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
aterial, from which he will be able to select,
id meek the wants of Ins enstomers.
All work warranted to give satisfaction, or else
ic mouey refunded.
The very licst Mouth Wash and Tooth-Powders
pt on hand.
His references arc the numerous patrons for
bom he has worked for the last twelve years.
Sunbury, April IbtZ.
"ilUIJ C'OAE! COAL! GRANT BROS..
J Shippers and Wholesale aud Retail Dealers in
II1TE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA
(LOWER WHAUF.J
Orders will receive prompt attention.
SEW (OIL YAItD. .
HF nnilersl'-ned liavinp connected the Cottl
tiiiKiness with his extensive FLOUR & GRAIN
de, is prepared to supply families with the
KIEV It EST OP COAL.
C1IEA1' lOIt CASH
n. Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
en in exchange for Coal.
J. M. CADWALLADER
utibury, Jim. 15, 1870. If.
Kstal)llBliort in lSO.
PRICE 1 50 IX ADVAXCE
llcta Sbbcrtiscmcnts.
M,OOU IX iII'TS.
A Grand Gift Concert.
A G It AND (HIT roNTKKT
will be iveit lit Sunbury, I'., by the lntU'4'UuVut
VTASHIXttTON STKAM FIl'.K COMl'ANV,
Ou MONDAY, FKHUl'Any M, 1T4.
Tlie o!ijc of thin entenrine is for the pun' of se
curing a S'etn Kirn hisRiue, wliieh will In- au ailvanlat'e
to ml upm'ibormi; towiiH arc-ftjiek u lull, trom tu lart
that it 1' an linl,MH inl,Mit :tuiiaiy. Ami as e
nave ue"er failtl to diHeharce our duty when called ui
on, we cf rtamly will be able to accomplish more roimI
with the aid of a tluT. There M uo UsrttUau llinetet-ii
lar(f. aud sm:iU towna wituiu thirty milt of Suiitury,
all of which cau Im- n-aehed by railroad, thus affording
thw facility of aaHialmg any uf tiioso places in bs than
an hour's lime ; while at the same time our town will not
lie unprotected. Our pi-ojct teiii a laudable one, we
feel confident that all the tickets will !e disposed of by
the tune above named for drawing.
THE FOLLOWING 18 A LIST OK tllFTS:
ONE GRAND GIFT OF $1,0(10
" MOO
" " " CI0
" " " " 6nU
" " " ano
" Oiitof 200
" " loo
10 Gifts of ftfo.no l.oiio
40 (iiits of .,:.oo 1,000
lOOGliUof 10.00 1,000
JoOGilUof 5.00 1,0110
GOO Gilts of 14.00 1,000
1,000 Gifta of 1.00 1,000
1,8.17 Total f 0,000
Thia enterprise is no individual swvulatio i, such a
houses, lots and furniture put up at fabulous price.
Tbe holder of a duccchhIuI ticket will receive Iih GIFT in
CASH.
There will lie 20,0o0 Tickets of Admisxiou to this Con
cert, at f 1.00 each, and at the time above stated the
f9,000 iu CASH Gifts will be distributed.
I'LAN OF D1STKI11UTION.
Twenty thousand numbers, rcpreseutinir and corres
ponding with fbose on the receipts issued, will be placed
in one wheel and cards enclosed with the names of the
l'reniiuma iu sealed boxes will lie placed in another.
From these wheels, a number aud one of the a uovc nam
ed inscribed cards will be takeu simultaneously. The
number so drawn from theonewhel secures the pre
mium designated by the card taken at the same time
from ths other. Tuis oiieratiou will be informed by a
blind person, aud continued until Eighteen Hundred
aud Filly-He veil Premium are exhausted. It is evident
that by this process, fraud or favnrlism will lie iuiini-
bln. r.very persou lioldini; a ticket w:u lie entitled to
admission into the Concert.
AU Gilts Paid in CASH without discount.
Mouev cau be sent for Tickets in registered letters, or
1'ost Office Money Orders, or bv Express at our risk. If
dcirired. Tickets will be sent by Express, C. O. D.
The following gentlemen nave kindly consented to
act as Trustees for the above Gift Concert :
H. P. Wolvertou, Esu., Diroctor D. H. and W. It. H.;
Geo. Hill, Attorney at Law; Hon. W. L. Dewart, ex
member of Congress ; Win. I. Greenoujih, Enq., Direc
tor First National Hank of Sunbury; John Haas, Esq.,
ditto: Ira T. Clement, Lumberman: Win. 1. Grant,
Coal Merchant, Sunbury.
The above named gentlemen are highmuiued and
honorable men, who would not lend their names and
give their tssiHtaUce to any unworthy object.
BA.il i. . iir.i!iiiiivnl
GEO. M. ItENN,
M M. H. M1LLE11,
LEVI KEASIIOI.TZ,
l'HILU'M. HIIINDETj,
Committee.
All communications cheerfully answered. Addrewi,
in all canes,
i'HILll' M. nlll DEL,
N. S. Knole, Currcijoiidiug Secretary.
TreaHtirer of Funds.
Sunbujy, Itocembcr 12, lh7X
1307. RIGHTER &. GASKILL, 1307.
DEALEItS.IN
American ani French WMow Glass,
Crystal Sheet, Rough Plate, Colored, ;Enmeled
and Ornament.il Glass,
1307 Market Street, Philadelphia.
January 11, 1873. ly.
DEI'OT EATIXCs IIOI'SE.
S. E. Comer of Arch and Third Streets,
Ori-osiTe the Depot,
8 U N B U K Y, PENN'A.
Toman 91a(itw, rroiriolr.
OTSTEUS, Hot CofTee, Sandwitclies, Bread &
Butter, Ham, Ac, ecrved up in the best
style.
Passengers leaving in the early trains will be
furnished with refreshments, hot cotfee, &c.
The eating room will be conducted on strictly
temperance principles, and every cHbrt made to
keep it neat and attractive.
LADIES are invited to call.
Refreshments and hot meals furri&hcd t resi
dents as well ns travelers.
The patronage of the public is resiiectfully so
licited. TIIOS. MeGAW.
Sunburv. Dec. 10. 1S7:. Jt.
ftUIIh:tr2.
CAST MAUKPT rT.. N'EAB THE CITT IIOTEI-
Sl NIllKT, l'A.,
now open, all the novelties of the season In
RIBBONS, VELVET, SILKS, FLOWERS,
FEATHERS, ETC.,
trimmed aud untrimmcd
HATS AXD ROXXETS.
Notions in every variety, call and examine the
fine assortment and learn the low prices. Also,
Dressmaking
of the latest and most fashionable styles.
MISS AMELIA HANCOCK,
Snnbury, Ta., Oct. 17, 1S73.
EARLY PALL STYLES.
A full line of
Millinery Good
from New York and Philadelphia, now open at
MlfS M . I.. titlSM.EK'H
9IILLIXEKY STKE,
trimed aud untrimed
BONNETS AND HATS,
Flowers, Riblions, Collars, CtiHs, Handkerchiefs,
weeklies, and a general variety or
MILLINERY GOODS
selected with great care from the leading Im
porting bouses in New oik and Philadelphia,
at
MISS M. L. GOSSLER,
Fourth Street, below the 8. V. R. R.
Every effort will be made to please tboe wlio
favor her with their patronage.
Octotier v, 1ST J.
IS7S. FALL SEASON, 1S73.
.TlILLIXEItY AXD FAXC'Y GOODS,
now open.
FALL STYLES.
Trimmed Hats aud Bonnets, Plumes, Feathers.
Ribbons, t raj Mis, Crape, Crape Hats
and Bonnets, Bridal Hats and a full as
sortment of the latest stvk-6 In
JHILLIXEKY,
TRIMMINGSOF ALL KINDS.
Gloves, Collars, Cuffs, aud every fashionable
article of ladies wear.
Cull and sec the new styles of Goods at
MISSL. SIIISSLER,
Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
OctolierS, 173.
FALL MILLIXEKY GOODS
From
FROM NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA,
BONNETS fc HATS,
TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMF.D.
an extensive assortment of Fancy Goods nt
MISS L. WEISER'S MILLINERY &TORE,
Market Stkept, Si Eiicnr, Pa.
My stock of Spring goods is unusually large
and varied, comprising the latest and most at
tractive styles, selected with care from the lead
ing importing houses ami adapted for the present
season.
October 3, 1S73. MISS L. WF.ISF.R.
YYIXTEK
STYLI'.S.
A MAGNIFICENT ST(X;K
of Trimmed Hats and Bonnets,
Plumes, Feathers, Ribbons, Crape
Veils, Crape, Crajc Hats snd Bon
nets, Bridal Hats and Bonnets,
and a full assortment of the latest styles iu
M ILLINE It Y
AT
Miss M. L. GOSSLER'S,
Fourth St., below the S. V. R. R,
Every effort will be made to please those who
favor her with their patronage.
Sunbury, Nov. 7, 1S73.
NEW GOODS
for
FALL AND WINTER
at
Mix Kale lUack's,
Market Square, Snnbury, Pa.
LA DIE'S DRESS GOODS of every style and
quality.
WOODEN GOODS
of every discription, Fancy Goods, Notions and
1 rimtnings a specialty.
TOILET SOAPS AND PERFUMERY.
The finest assortmer.t of Ladies' eoods.
Everybody is invited to call and see them and
buy cheap.
October 31, 1873.
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rMIE
SUNBURY AMERICAN
The Largest anil Most Complete Estab
lishment IN THIS SECTION.
NEW TYPE,
NEAT WORK,
IMPROVED PRESSES,
SKILLED WORKMEN.
ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
fiS-PRICES MODERATE."-
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTING
EXECUTED IN THE BEST STYLE.
BUSINESS CARDS,
WEDDING CARDS,
VISITING CARDS,
SHOW CARDS,
BALL TICKETS,
BLANKS,
HANDBILLS,
MERCANTILE LETTER HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
BILLHEADS,
ENVELOPES,
CARDS,
CHECKS AND DRAFTS,
PROGRAMMES,
DODGERS,
PAPER BOOKS,
MANIFESTS,
CIRCULARS.
Everything that Is needed iu the printing de
partment will be executed with promptness aud
at low prices. All arc invited to call and exa
mine our samples. No trouble to give estimates
and show goods. We shall cheerfully do this
to all, who call for that purpose, without charge.
ISyOrdcrs for Subscription. Advertising or
Job Printiug, thankfully received.
Address
EM'L WILVERT, Proprietor,
SUNBURY, PA.
Shy,
T
HE SUNBURY AMERICAN
IS THE
BEST ADVERIS1SG MEDIUM
In the Central part of the State,
IT CIRCULATES
In one of the Most Thrifty, Intelligent and
WEALTHY
SECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Sample co py of paper sent to auy address Ircc
of charge.
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Just published, a new edition of Dr. CtTtvtBWEi.i.'s
Pi i.rBinTF.n F.HH1Y on tbe radical cure (without medi
cine) of Hiiermatorrbte, or seminal weaknetw, iuTolun
tary seminal losws, iiupoteury. Mental and i .by meal in-
raiiaeitT. iinnedililenU to niarriaKe, etc., also Lonsunil
tiou, K.ileihy aud fits, induced by self-indulgence or
seitnil extravagance.
t afriee in aeuled envelonc oniv six cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable essay, clearly
demonstrates from a thirty year's successful practice,
that tbe alarmillK oolmequeiioeii of .elf abuae may l
radirallv cured without tbe danifemus use of internal
medicine or the allocation of tuekjilfe; pointing out
a mode of cure at once simple, certain, and effectual,
by means every sun rear, no matter what bis couditiou
may be, may cure I i'nself, privately and radically.
- Thia lecture should be iu the hands of every youth sud
iTnr man in tha land.
Kent under seal, iu plain envelope, to any address,
post-paid, on receipt of six cents, or two postage
stamps.
Address tbe Publishers,
CJIAS. J. C. KLINE, t CO.
127 Bowery, N. Y. Host Office Box, 458
Jan., 24, 1874-ly.
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LVWTUC LIBtpTT
SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20,
clcct JJoctrn.
I'M WEARY.
I'm weary of life aud its battles,
Tired of learning so oft
That our fairest and sweetest flowers
Perish first in the blast of the north ;
That our hopes, like withered rose leaves,
Fall one by one quickly and sure ;
And not even our loves and our friendships
In adversity's winds will endure.
I'm tired, too, of life's envies,
Its quarrels, its fraud, ai:d its strife;
And I fain in the grave would be lying,
If death were the end of life.
The friends that I loved and trusted
Have failed nic one by ouc,
And my loved ones too have vauished,
Like the mists before the sun.
I once had a darling cousin,
"With eyes thnt were dark and deep ;"
But coldly the death shades were falling,
And she fell 'mid her shadows asleep.
I once loved a pretty flowrct,
That gay in a garden smiled ;
But the winter's chill breath touched it,"
And It faded and drooped and died.
Each thing that I loved and cherished
Tasscd from me soonest of all ;
And now all that's nearest and dearest
I dare not leve at all ;
The robins sing in the morning,
And the lilies dance in the breeze
That, whispering, tosses the ivy,
And coqnets with the laughing trees.
But into my heart steal no echoes !
The music of life has fled !
The hopes of my childhood are ended !
The hopes of my youth arc dead !
So I uin weary, weary and tired ;
Feign would I lie asleep,
Where the grass in the churchyard swaying
W ith the willows forever weep.
MISSIXG.
I.
Those are hard things to throw in a
man's teeth, uncle, and I shouldn't liko to
think you meant them all."
So spake John Birch, the carpenter, as
he stood up before the old bird-fancier
tall, sinewy and strong, with his handsome
face in a hot glow, and a flash of temper in
his eyes a specimen of a fine physical
type, showing in marked contrast with a
puny, pale young mau about his own age,
who sat in a corner apparently reading,
but in reality intently watching what was
going on.
"The harder the better, so that they hit
the mark ; but what I have said to-night I
am ready to say again aye, and mean
them, too."
John Birch had never won much favor
from the little, hard-featured old man, who
kept the bird shop, and lived there wjth
his pretty grand-daughter. But to-night
he had been insulted, and before a witness,
between whom and himselfjthere was an
open feud, for it was as rivals that they
met. Tom Bartlett, the soft-spoken school
master, had managed to insinuate himself
in the favor of David Birch, and was also
Etriving to supplant the young carpenter in
the regard of his cousin Polly. The old
man was the Crst to speak.
"You need not glare at me like that, be
cause I have found out what briugs you
sneaking round here."
"I never sneak, uncle ; that does not be
long to the Birches."
"No, it docs not, my lad," the old man
replied in a slightly mollified toue, adding,
"and I am sorry you don't take afler the in.
There's a spice'of your mother "
John Birch interrupted him, saying pas
sionately, "Silence, Uncle David, you must
not dare to say a word against her."
"This to my face I Get out of the house,
and never dare to cross my doorstep again
till you are sent for, which will be long
enough, for I tell you once for all that, if I
can hinder it, Polly Carson shall never
marry an id!e, beggarly fellow ; always out
of work, who can find nothing better to do
than live on his sister's earnings."
This was the stab that cut the keenest of
all. The young man's voice quivered as
he said : "That is too bad, Uncle David,
you don't know what feelings you stir in
me," and iu his excitement be laid his
hand on the old man's arm.
At that moment the sly, watchful reader
iu the corner came forward, and, wilfully
misunderstanding his intention, thrust
liinstlf between them, saying, "Come, no
violence, it would be a pity, and I should
be sorry ; you ousht to remember Mr.
Birch is your uncle and an old man."
Iu au instant he found himself put back
with just the amount of force which a
strong man would feel needful to use in
dealing with some puny obstruction which
he held in contempt.
''Mind your own business, Tom Bart-
ett, and don't meddle with mine; it doesn't
need your sly tongue to teach what I ought
to remember. My uncle is in no danger
from me, and you know it." Then turn
ing to the old niau he added: "Uncle, I
shall not want telling twice to go. I kuow
you bear me ill-will, but I didn't think it
was in you to upbraid a man for what is
no fault of his ; for I defy any one that
kuows me to say that I ever shirked work
when I could get it to do. I am sorry for
what has passed to-night, aud perhaps you
will be before you are many days older
and snatching up his can, he strode angrily
through the shop into the street, without
deigning another look at Tom Bartlett,
who had slunk back into his corner, and
was once more taking mental note of every
thing he saw aud heard.
To the surprise of the neighbors, David
Birch had not taken down his shutters,
though it was nearly 11 o'clock ; such
neglect of business had never occurred be
fore within their remembrance. Uut a
greater marvel Etill was the circumstanco
of the old man himself being dressed iu Lis
best black suit, which he only wore ou im
portant occasions. It was clear that he
was going to keep holiday that day, and
that something unusual had happened
They would have been convinced of this if
they had penetrated to the little back par
lor aud heard the old man talking in his
unwonted flow of spirits.
"Put ou thy best gown, Polly, and wear
it iu honor of the good fortune that is com
ing to us ; thou shalt be dressed in silks,
my bonny one."
"I would rather you gave some of the
money to poor Nellie Birch, grandfather."
A shade crossed his lace. "Yes, give it
to her to support her idle brother not a
shilling 1 It is enough that the will gives
it to him after my death, more the pity ; if
I could keep it from him I would."
"Oh, grandfather !"
AMEEICAN
HIDEPCHDCHICS.J
"I tell thee I would ; but don't talk
about him, child. I do not want to be
angry just when I'm going to carry my
good news to old Jacob Moss."
"Am I to open the shop, grandfather ?"
"Do just as it suits thyself, child, we
shall be rich enough not to care about the
shop."
While talking he consulted his large sil
ver watch, which, for antiquity and size,
might have been the patriarch of the entire
race of watches.
"I shall be back before nine, Po'.ly ; and
perhaps Tom Bartlett may drop in and
spend an hour with you."
"I hope not, for I don't want ta sec
him."
"Ah 1 that's the perverse way of girls ;
but never mind, I dare say thou wilt look
much higher than Tommy now ;" and he
chuckled as he kissed her round, dimpled
cheek, leaving ber to take care of the feath
ered songsters and herself, the brightest
things that the place could show.
hi.
"Missing, since the 23d inst., an old man
named David Birch, dressed in black ;
height, about five feet three inches ; gray
hair ; thin: He left home with the inten
tion of visiting a friend at Fulham, and
has not since been heard of. A reward of
twenty pounds will be paid to any one giv
ing information that may lead to his dis
covery."
So ran the advertisement which was
going the rounds of the leading papers, and
being repeated in large printed placards on
the walls of police stations. In the imme
diate neighborhood of the bird shop there
was much excitement and consternation al
the old man's mysterious disappearance,
mingled with lively sympathy for the dis
tress of his granddaughter, whose pale face
and swollen eyelids told how she had
watched and wept. None were more
demonstrative than Tom Bartlett, who kept
hovering about 'u spite of her visible
shrinking from him, persistently pressing
his services as though he alone had the
right to act for her. Meantime, the day
appointed by the lawyers for entering into
arrangements with their client respecting
the fortune of which he had unexpectedly
come into possession by the death of a
brother abroad, had come and gone. The
perplexed legal firm, acting in the interest
of their client, instituted a rigorous search,
but without success. The friend, Jacob
Moss, a feeble old man, had been duly
communicated with aud keenly cross-examined.
David Birch had paid his visit
on the day named, arriving, as far as the
old mau could recollect, about half-past i
two, and starting on his return journey
about dusk. Here the clue was lost. Thus
the day went by without throwing any
light on the old man's fate, and poor Polly,
worn out with great anxiety, often cried
herself to sleep.
IV.
"Oh ! Hellie Nellit you don't know
what has happened I"
It was with these words that John Birch
had suddenly presented himself to his sis
ter, a tall, dark-eyed girl, who might have
been taken as a softened likeness of him
self. She was busily at work when he
came in, but on the first glance at his
agitated face she dropped her needle and
rose hurriedly.
"Oh, John ! what is the matter ?'
"Uncle David has been missing from
home 81UC6 tlC 23d of last month and no
one can tell what has become of him."
"Missing from home, John 1 Why, it
was only last week that we heard he had a
fortune left him by his brother."
"Yes, that's true enough, Nellie ; and
I hear that it comes to me after his
death. The lawyers are seeking him
everywhere. But think of poor Polly be
ing in all this trouble, and us never to
know it. It just seems as if that odd job
of work in the country came on purpose
to take me out of her way ; and you're so
moped up here that you never hear any
thing," he added fretfully. .
"John, I'll put on my things and go to
her at once if you think I can do any good."
"Yes, Nell, I think you may. I know I
always like to have you by me when I'm
in trouble. I would go myself, but I'm
forbidden the house. You remember what
I told you of my quarrel with the old mau.
I wish to heaven those ill words had not
passed between us."
At that moment there was a sound of
heavy footsteps on the stairs, followed by a
smart rap at the door. Nellie went to
open it, but start? ' lack at the sight of
two policemen on the threshold.
"Does Johu Birch live here ?"
"Yes, I am John Birch," the young
man called out ; "what do you want with
me ?"
"Come this way and I'll tell you."
"No, tell me here."
The officer glanced compassionately at
Nellie's white face as he answered. "Well,
if you don't mind the young woman hear
ing, you're our piisoner."
"Your prisoner ! Impossible! On what
charge ?"
I dare say you know well enough.
There's been a body found iu the river,
aud it's thought there's been some foul
play."
"Whose body?"
"David Birch's, the bird fancier, that's
been missing lately."
My uncle 1" gasped John.
Exactly. You're our man. You've
had a quarrel with him, and you're arrested
on suspicion. We got the clue from
Thomas Bartlett."
"Bartlett !" The young carpenter re
peated the name with a groan, and stag
gered against the wall, adding, "May God
forgive him this wickedness I"
And at the same moment his sister threw
herself on his neck with a cry that
thrilled those who heard it.
Yes, it was true a body had bceu found ;
and there was evidence that identified it
as that of the old man who was missing.
The story went that it had first been seen
by some workmen on their way home one
wet evening. It had floated up with the
tide, and been toyed with as a ghastly
plaything, then beaten against one of the
low-lying river banks, aud flung out, a
piteous sight for men to shudder at, as it
lay with the defiling river slime clotted
among its tangled gray hair, and its dead,
bruised face turned upward to the sky,
From examination of the body, it was
thought that there had been a struggle,
The motive had clearly not been robbery,
for a purse containing a sovereign and
soma silver was found in one of the pockets,
together with a very remarkable antique
silver watch, on which wa engrayed the
1874.
initials "D. B.," which was readily trans
lated into David Birch. When the watch
and purse, with the old-fashioned coat
found on the body, were shown to the be
reaved granddaughter, and tearfully recog
nized by the trembling girl as belonging to
her grandfather, tho evidence of identity
was complete. Plow had the old man
come to bis death ? There was no cause
to suspect him of suicidal intentions ; and
it was proved that he was sober when he
departed from Jacob Moss. Then had
followed the query, was David Birch at
enmity with any one ? ' At this point in
the judicial investigation, Tom Bartlett
put in a deposition to the effect that he
had witnessed a quarrel between the old
man and his nephew a day before the de
ceased had taken his fatal journey. He
detailed what he remembered of the scene
between them ; how he (Tom Bartlett) had
been apprehensive of violence on the part
of the young man, who had told his uncle
"that before be was many days older he
would be sorry for what had passed that
nicht." This ended in the arrest or the
young carpenter. The news was carried
to Polly Carson, but the sorely-tried girl
rose against the crushing blow. "I cannot
believe it. John Birch would not harm
my grandfather ; and I wouldn't take Tom
Bartlctt's word against a dog."
I am doing my best, Nellie, you may
be sure of that. If there's ever so small a
loophole for escape, trust to me that poor :
Jack shall have the benefit of it."
The speaker was Nellie's plighted lover,
George Denton, the detective, a thoughtful
looking man, some years her senior, who
had already given evidence of more than
average ability iu his calling.
"My brother is not guilty, George ; I
could stake my life it."
"So could I, Nellie ; but leave it to me.
The examination has adjourned, and I
may do much in the meantime."
His words gave Nellie Birch comfort for
the present and she trusted in them.
V.
The court wa3 crowded, for much inter
est had gathered round the case of the old
man, whose mysterious death had followed
so suddenly upon his accession of wealth.
The prisoner was pale aud haggard from
mental suffering, and want of sleep, but
holding his head erect, and gazmg before
him with eyes that never lowered or shrank,
and looking very uulike a man charged
with murder. But the evidence had gone
against him, and he was committed to take
his trial for the willful murder of his uncle,
David Birch. The decision was received
by the prisoner with a shuddering gasp for
breath, and a wild look of agony in his eyes,
as a scream from a woman came from the
crowd it was a voice that he kuew, for it
was poor Nellie, who had dropped down
insensible. He was about to be removed
when there was a sudden stir in the court,
and a mau whom many recognized os
George Denton, the detective, forced his
way through the crowd. Another mo
ment, and he was standing before the
magistrate, every ear drinking in his words.
"The r.risouer, John Birch, is not guilty,
and I am prepared to prove it."
"On what evideuce ?"
"That it is a case of mistaken identity;
the man whom he is accused of murderiug
being still alive. He lies helpless ou a sick
bed, or he would have been here to set this
wrong right."
The deposition which was mado before
the startled bench may be briefly summed
up as it was afterward related in the pres
ence of a reunited family circle, when the
old bird-faucier got well enough to add his
portion of the story. He explained that,
after leaving his friend Moss, he nail Decn
met and attacked by a man in an unfre
quented lane. They had a struggle, dur
ing which he received a blow on the head
that must have made him insensible, for
he remembered nothing more until he
found himself in bed in a strange room.
How long he had laid there he could not
tell. He had been taken home by a hu
mane market cardener, who found him
lying senseless in the road, without hat or
coat ; his injury proving to be a serious
fracture of the skull, aud the Ueatli-like
stupor continuing, he was left on the
hands of the c)od Samaritan, who, living
eomo distance from London, had no chance
of gaining any information about him.
At this point George Denton took up the
narrative. His firr step had been to ob
tain sicht of the body : he bad fouud a pe
culiar mark on the right side of the neck,
which led to the suspicion that, instead of
ho'int? the body of David Birch, it was that
of a notorious burglar with whom he had
been several times brought iu contact m
the course of his profession. This was
further proved when he fouud on inquiry
that Light-fingered Joe, as lie was caueu,
was missing from his accustomed haunts,
and one of his associates remembered hav-
iiif seen him in the neighborhood of Put
nam ou the night named. Upon making
inquiry George learned that a market gar
dener had been asking whether any one
belonging to the neighborhood was miss
ing, as a man unknown was lying ill at
his cottage.
Thus, step by step, the detective had un
raveled the mysterious affair. It was
thought the drowned man bad ended his
night's work by getting drunk, and, losing
his way in the dark, had fallen into the
river. This was the history of the mistake
through which the young carpenter had
suffered. But the old bird-fancier seemed
to mako up matters by a full reconciliation
with his nephew, satisfying his grand
daughter by his unexpected liberality to
ward the brother and sister, not forgetting
a reward to George Denton for his faithful
service. Polly made no secret of ber feel
ings toward John, and it was easy to see
how it would end with the young people.
And this Christmas is as happy a one to
them as, I trust, it will be to us all.
A Bedford. Pa., newspaper tells of a
rzirl who stands on a half-bushel measure
and gracefully shoulders three bushels ot
wheat. To a doubting editor in an ad
joining county, the newspaper mentions
the fact that she is a brunette, hve leet three
inches lonaitude: that her gravity is two
hundred and twenty-five pounds, and that
she can whip any editor in Cambria county.
Milk for Diarrhea. The Milk Jor-
aZ states on the authority of Dr. Benfamin
Clarke that in the East Indies milk is used
.n a ercat extent as a specific for diarrhea.
A nint evcrv four hours will check the most
violent diarrhea, stomach ache, incipient
Minora and dvsenterv. The milk should
never be boiled, but only heated sufficiently
to bo agreeably warm, not too hot to drink.
0
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( Old Series, Vol. 34, No. 17.
tisttllimtxras.
What the Grangers Propose to do.
The following are main points for which
the Patrons of Husbandry are organized :
1. To secure for themselves, through the
Granges,'8ocial and educational advantages
not otlierwise attainable, and to thereby
while improving their condition as a class,
enable farm life, and render it attractive
and desirable.
2. To give full practical effect to fratenal
ties which unite them in helping and pro
tecting each other in case of sickness, be
reavement, pecuniary misfortune, and want
and danger of every kind.
3. To secure enconomy in the buying of
implements, fertilizers, and family supplies,
and in transportation, as increased profits
in the sale of the produce of their labor,
without enhancing their cost to the con
sumer. 8. To make themselves more successful
and better farmers and planters, by means
of the knowledge gained, the habits of in
dustry and method established and tbe
quickening of thought induced by inter
course and discussion.
5. To entirely abolish the credit system,
in their ordinary transactions, alway buy
ing on a cash basis, both among themselves
and in their dealings with the outside
world.
C. To encourage co-operation in trade, i
in farming, and in other branches of indus
try, especially those most intimately con
nected with agriculture.
7. To promote the true unity of the re
public, by drawing the best men and wo
men of all parts of the country together in
an organization which knows no sectional
bounds or prejudices.
4. To oppose monopolies, in every form.
9. To secure a reduction of the salaries
of all office-holders to the lowest point com
patible with the public interest and to abo
lish all unecssary offices.
10. To preserve the public lands for the
use of settlers upon them and to oppose
their appropriation to railroads or other
corporations.
11. To secure representatives and othet
public officers who will faithfully devote
themselves to the interests of the people and
carry out their views, and to prevent the
election of mere representatives of corpora
tions and monopolies to office.
12. To resist the attempts of railroads,
bankers, brokers and other representatives
of combined capital to govern the country
and dictate its policy to suit their peculiar
interests. Columbian.
The Rothschilds., A cable dispatch
from Londou announces the death of Ba
ron Mayor Anseim de Rothschild, a mem
ber of the famous banking firm of that
name. The deceased bore the name of the
founder of the house, who was born at
Frankfort-on-the-Main in 1744, and died
there in September, 1812. The history of
the great house, which is now carried on
in five of the leading European cities by
members of the family of the third and.
fourth generation, is almost romantic in its
interest. The original Mayer was educat
ed for a rabbi, became a small tradesman,
and eventually got a situation in a Hano
verian banking house.- Subsequently he
established a banking house in Frankfort,
and had the good fortune to become the
bauker of the rich landgrave of Hesse. He
borrowed money for the government from
the landgrave, to be paid as a ransom to
save tho city of Frankfort from being sack
ed by the French, and subsequently, when
Napoleon decreed the forfeiture of the es
tates of the sovereigns of Hesse Cassel and
Brunswick, the elector secreted with Roth
schild S3,000,000 in silver, which the
banker and his five sons, whom he had as
sociated with him in business, had the use
of for eight years. When Napoleon was
banished to Elba the elector gave notice
that he would withdraw it ; but when Na
poleon escaped and returned to France he
urged the Rothschilds to keep it at two per
cent, interest, which they did until 1823,
when they returued it to his son and suc
cessor. After the death of their father the
five sous carried on the business under five
branches. Nathan Rothschild, the first
head of the London house, is said to have
known the result of the battle of Waterloo
eight hours before the government, and
made Sl.009,000 by the skillful use of that
knowledge. Three of the sons died in 1S55,
and one in 1S3G, their sons taking their
places. Baron Nathan Lionel de Roths
child, of London, son of Nathan, became
the head of the London house on the death
of his father. In 1847 ho was elected to
the House of Commons, but refused to
take the oath prescribed 'on the true faith
of a Christian.' ne was regularly re-elect
ed, but did not take his seat until 1S58,
when his disabilities were removed. He
was the first adherent of the Jewish reli
gion who ever took his seat in the House
of Commons. As appears from the dis
patches, he has now been defeated in the
London elections. The house has loaned
huudreds of millions to all the leading and
most of the lesser governments of Europe.
The members of the family have generally
in tei married, and their immense wealth
will consequently remain in their family
for many years.
Genuine sardines are scarcely to be had
here now. Among the Ban put up in tin
boxes and sold for them are smelts and a
small fish called caplin, which latter is
caught in the lower St. Lawrence in im
mense quantities, and is nearly or quite
as good as the genuine sardines.
The several fish bills before the Senate
ask for an aggregate appropriation of $22,-
000 for objects of pisciculture.
Phoenixvillc has a "public blessing" in
the shape of a debt of $200,000.
"Would that I could call her mine 1"
exclaimed the hopeless suitors for the hand
of Lady Caroline Guest of England, who
has an annual income of $1,500,000 from
her coal mine in Wales.
Who hurt you, bub ?" asked a pedestrian
of a small boy who sat howling on the
curbstone. "Johnny Kydd," sobbed the
victim. "I'll see about him if he does it
again," remarked the man, condoningly,
but the boy suddenly stopped howling, and
exclaimed : 'Must leave him alone. When
I grow up I'll get on the police force, and
then I can belt him all I want to !"
What is invariably the beginning of love?
The letter L.
Who is the first boy mentioned in tbn
Bibl? "Chap.l."
Rates of Advertising.
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type) one or two insertions, LfiO ; Uma insertions (OA.
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Yearly adrerUeementa payable quarterly Transient
advertisements moat be paid before insertion, except
where parties have aeeonnta.
iocai notice twenty cents a line, end ten cents for
every subsequent insertion.
Cards in the "Business Directory" eohnnn $2,00 per
year for the first two lines, and $1.00 for each additional
line.
A Fickle Woman.
As odd Episode ix Wesley's Lifk.
la 1749 occurred an odd episode in Wes
ley's life. On one of his missionary jour
neys be had been taken sick at Newcastle,
where he was nursed by Grace Murray,
one of his female "helpers, a handsome,
clever widow of four-and-thirty, Wesley
himself being twelve years older. He asked
her to marry him. She seemed amazed.
and replied, "This is too great a blessing.
I can't tell how to believe it. This is all
I could have wished under heaven." Wes
ley quite naturally took this as a formal
betrothal. But Grace had cot long before
nursed John Bennett, a Methodist preacher
of about her own age, and Wesley was soon
astounded by a joint letter from Grace and
John, asking his consent to their marriage.
Then ensued a comedy lasting for months,
the like of which no playwright has ven
tured to put upon the stage. Grace would
have been quite content with either of her
lovers were it not for the other. But con
trary to all example, it was the absent one
whom she wanted. When Wesley was
with her she longed for Bennett ;, when
Bennett was pressent she longed for Wes
ley, now many times she broke and re
newed her engagement with each it would
be hard to tell. "I love you." she said to
Wesley, "a thousand times better than I
ever loved John Bennett ; but I am afraid
if I don't marry him he'll run mad." That
very evening she promised herself to Ben
nett A week after she told Wesley she
was determined to live and die with him.
She, indeed, wanted to be married at once,
but Wesley wished for some delay. Grace
said she would not wait more than a year.
A fortnight later she met Bennett, fell at
his feet, and acknowledged that she had
nsed him ilL They were married a week
after. This strange marriage seems to
have turned out a happy one. Bennett
died in the triumphs of faith ten years later.
Grace survived until 1803, dying at the age
of eighty-seven. For years she was a bright
light in the Methodist society. Wesley
saw her three days after her marriage, and
but once more on earth. Thirty-nine
years after, she came to London on a visit
to her son, and expressed a wish to see
Wesley. He was eighty-five years old, she
past seventy. What could they now have
to say, except "Hail and farewell ?" Dr.
A. II. Guernsey in Galaxy for February.
Boors Molasses. Scientific authori
ties have of late directed -attention to the
fact that large quantities of bogus and
adulterated syrups are being sold for genu
ine molasses. These nostrums are said to
be largely composed of sawdust, paper,
rags, and starch, chemically treated with
poisonous acids. It is well known to
chemists that sulphuric acid has a magical
effect upon woody fibre, such as found in
flax and cotton. Therefore linen and cot- -
ton rags furnish the most productive source
of the principal ingredient of the manufac
tured syrup. Rags suitable for the pur
pose can be bought from four to six cents
per pouud, and muriatic acid is a cheap
chemical ; so the manufacturing of these
articles into marketable syrup cannot fail
to be a very profitable enterprise. The de
lectable compound is made in two large
establishments in New York, and also to
a great extent ic Chicago, Boston and New
Orleans.
To detect the bogus syrup it is only
necessary to use tannin as a test ; and as
there is considerable tannin in ordinary
table tea, make a strong cup of green or
black tea, and pour iuto it a teaspoonful of
the suspected molasses. The muriatic acid,
if there be any in the molasses, will at once
uuite with the tannin and turn the tea into
a black, dirty-looking liquid that no one
would like to drink even if it were whole
some. It will of course- be rejected when
it ia known to be poisonous, as it must
needs be when muriatic or sulphuric acid
are used in its manufacture.
The public is also swindled In an article
of artificial honey, made of cotton and
linen rags, chemically treated with sul
phuric acid and thickened with corn starch.
It is also said that sugar made by boiling
down the bogus sugar syrup is extensively
used iu the manufacture of confectionary,
and the little children are poisoned with
the oil of vitriol at a time when their deli
cate systems can ill sustain its deleterious
effects.
There is one act of politeness which, in
some of the European countries, the poor
est peasant never forgets. It is tbe saluta
tion of tbe dead. A funeral passing
through the streets of Pittsburg or London
is treated with no more consideration than
a street car, but in Italy every hat would
be raised in reverent salutatien as the
corpse went by. There may, perhaps, be
very little sincerity in feeling which
prompts tbe sa!utation,but it is one of those
graceful little actions by which we express
sympathy for the bereaved, and acknow
ledge, in the presence of death, that touch
of nature which makes us kin.
Does Advertisijto Pat? An ex
change contains the following queries in re
gard to advertising : Suppose $o0 worth
of advertising bring ten new customers,
with a trade of $20 each wouldn't that
pay ? Suppose $200 worth of advertising
will retail and increase an annual patron
age of $o0, 000 won't that pay ? Suppose
an advertisement that costs $56 will bring
orders during the year for $500 more work
than you had the year before without the
advertisement won't that pay.
What Is Meant by Horse Power ?
The power of prime movers is measured
by horse power. Watt found that the
strongest London draught horses were
capable of doing work equivalent to raising
33,000 pounds one foot high per minute,
and he took this as the unit of power for
the steam engine. The horse is not usual
ly capable of doing so great a quantity of
work. Rankine gave 26,000 foot pounds
as the figure for a mean of several experi
ments, and it is probable that 25,000tfoot
pounds is a fair minute's average work for
a good animal. It would require five or
six men to do the work of a strong horse.
Watt's estimate has become, by general
consent among engineers, the standard of
power measurement for all purposes. Sci
entifie -American.
A young man from Berks county recent
ly wrote an acrostic on the word ring as
follow: ; '
Refuse me not my darling,
Ich liebe dich allein,
Nu liebst da mier am bartzen
Give thy heart for mine.