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, If ew Serie.H. Vol. 6, No. 3.
! Old Series, Vol. 35. N o. 3.
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HOSPITAL
D'
,K. JOHNSTON,
Physician of this celebrate.1 Institution, has
liseoverrd the most certain, speedy, pleasant and
:ffecttial remedy in the world for all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness ol the Back or Limbs, Strictures,
.flection of Kidneys and Bladder, lnvolun-
arr Discharges, Itnpotency, Oeneral jjcmn
,y. Nervousness, Dvspepsv, Languor. Low
spirits. Confasion of Ideas. Palpitation
he Heart, Timidity, Treuibliuc, Dimness
if Siirht or Giddiness, Disease f the Head,
Throat, Nose or Skin, Affections of Liver, Lunes,
Vomach or Bowel thet terrtlilc Disorders
irising from the Solitary Habits of Youth those
.ecret and solitary practices more fatal to their
ietims than the song of Syrens to the Mariners
f Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hopes
)f anticipations, rendering marriage, Vc, impos
sible. . IOUNG MEN
specially, who have become the victims of Soli
ary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
vhich annually sweeps to an untimely prove
hnusands of younc men ef the most exalted
alents and brilliant intellect, who mifrht other
rUe have entranced listening Senates with the
banders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy the
iving lyre, may call with full confidence.
MAKKlAliE.
Married Persons or Young Men contemplating
aarriage, wre of Physical Weakness, (Loss
f Procreative Power Impotency), Nervous Ex
itability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner-
ous Debility, or any other Vigqualmcalion,
peedily relieved.
He who placet himself under the care of Dr. J,
lay religiously confide iu his honor as a gentle-
tan, and confidently rely uon his skill as a rbv-
iclan. .
ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
upotency, Loss of Power, Immediately Cured
ii1 full Igor Restored.
This Distressing Afi'ectioti which renders Life
ifcerable and marriage impossible is the penalty
ua oy tne victims or improper indulgences,
oung persons are too apt to commit excesses
om net being aware of the dreadful conseqences
at may ensue, jsow, who that understands
ie subject will pretend to deny that the power
('iwiHuun la iuvi euiiurr uy luuec lulling imo
iproper habits than by the prudent f Besides
ting deprived tke pleasures of healthy offspring,
e utost serious and destructive svmptoms to both
dy and mind arise. The system becomes dc-
nged, the Pbyslcal and Mental Functions
eakened. Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous
ritability, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart,
digestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
the Frame, Cough, Consumption. Decay and
?atb.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persons ruined in health bv unlearned retet
rs who keep them trifling month after month,
iing poisonous and injurious compounds,
ould apply immediately.
PK. JOHNSTON,
ember of the Koyal College of Surgeons, Lon
a, Graduated from one of the most eminent
lieges in the United States, and the greater
rt of whose ire has been spent in the hospitals
Loudon, rris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
effected some of the most astonirhing cures
it were ever known ; man v troubled with ring'
in the head and ears when asleep, great
-vousnest, being alarmed at sudden soands,
hf illness, with frequent blushing, attended
aetimes with derangement of mind, werecured
mediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
)r. J. addresses ali tlioe who have injurrd
meelves by improper indulgence and solitary
its, which rniu both body and mind, untitling
m for either business, etudy, society or niar-
hee are some of the sad and melancholy
cts produced by early habits of youth, viz:
akness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
?kand Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
ir Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy,
vous Irritability, Derangement of Digestive
ictions, General Debility, Symptoms of Con
iption, &c
Iestaiat The fearful effects on the mind
much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con
on of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
ebodings, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
e of Solitude, Timidity, ace., are some of the
s produced-
houbanps of icnoDS of all aces can now
;e what is the cause of their declining health,
lg their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, iiervous
emaciated, having a singular appearance
Jt the eyes, cough aud symptoms of consuuip-
YOUNG MEN
j have injured th mselves by a certain prae
induleed in when alone, a habit frequently
ned from evil companions, or at school, the
-ts of which arc nightly felt, even when
i-p, aud if not cured, renders marriage impos
', aud destroys both mind and body, should
y immediately.
hat a pity that a youn: man, the hope of his
try, the darling of his parents, should be
cboi from all prospects and enjoyments of
by the consequence of deviating from the
. of nature and iudulgiug in a certain secret
t. Such persons MfST before contemplating
MARRIAGE,
rt that a sound mind and body are the roost
ssary requisite to promote connubial happi
. Indeed without these, the journey through
becomes a weary pilgrimage ; the prosect
-ly darkens to the view ; the mind becomes
owed with despair and filled with the uiehiil
f reflection, that the happiness of another
mcs blighted with onrown.
A CERTAIN DISEASE,
hen the misguided and imprudent votary of
ure finds that be has imbibed the seeds of
painful disease, it too often happens that an
oied sense of shame, or dread of discovery,
-a him from applying to those who, from
at ion and respectability, can alone befriend
delaying till the constitutional symptoms ot
horrid disease make their appearance, such
cerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural
i in the bead and limbs, dimness of sight,
iesa, nodes on the shin bones and anus,
he on the head, face and extremities, pro
ing with frightful rapidity, till at last the
e of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall
od the victim of this awful disease becomes
rid object of commiseration, till death puts
riod to his dreadful suffering, by sending
.o that Undiscovered Country from m hence
aveller returns."
is a melancholy fact that thousands DIE
ns to this terrible disease, through falliug
the hand of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
DERS, who, by the nse of that deadly Pol
Mercury, 4c, destroy the constitution, aud
able of curing, keep the nnharpy sutlerer
b after month taking their noxious or le
as compounds, and instead of being restored
enewal of Life Vigor and Ikippinr, iu des
eave bim with ruined Health to eigti over
tiling disappointment.
such, Ibcrerore, Lr. Johnston pledges mtu-
preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, anil
his extensive practice and observations in
reat Hospitals of Europe, and the first ir.
ountry.vix: England, France, Philadelphia
lsewhere, is enabled to offer the most cer
speedy and effectual remedy in the world
1 diseases of imprudence.
DR. JOHNSTON.
ICE, NO. 7, S. FREDERICK STREET.
Baj.timork, M. I),
mud side going from Baltimore street, a few
from the corner. Fail not to observe name
umber.
"No letters received unless postpaid Pd
ining a stamp to be used on the rtjy. per
vritlng should state age, and send a orti.ii
'irtisement describing symptom,
re are so many Paltry, Designing mid
less Impnsters advertising themselves as
:lns, trifling with and ruining the health
who unfortunately fall into their power,
r. Johnston deems it necessary to 6ay et
ly to those unacquainted with his renuta
hat his Credentials or Diplomas always
n his office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE TRESS,
many thousands cured at this Establish
year after year, and the numerous Un
t Surgical Operations performed by Dr.
xn, witnessed by the representatives of the
ind many other papers, notices of wlich
ppeared airaiu and again before the pul'l",
i his standing as a gentleman of character
f ponsibility, is a sufficient guarantee to the
d. hin diseases speedily curad.
il 3, 1374. It
BALTIMORE LOCK
WINTER STOKES.
RYE WHISKY,
14.00 a gallon. tll.OO a dorsn.
YELLOW SEAL SHERRY,
Iu large bottles, til, 00 a dozen.
GOLD SEAL BRANDY,
118.00 a dozen.
APPLE JACK,
JAMAICA RUM.
6COTCTI WHISKY,
CATAWBA WINE.
OLD PORT WINE,
CHAMPAGNES,
EEGARS, AC.
II. A, C. Van Dell,
Thi Wide Mucbakts,
1310 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia.
4.1STS.
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Professional.
-f Ipl. A. NOIIKIC.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND COCNTT POl.tCITOR. j
OClce on Front Street lielow Market, Sunbury,
Pa
Collections and all legal business promptly
attended to,
TAMES KEAKO.
tf ATTORNEY AT LAW. I
Office in H;itipt"s building. South East Corner I
of Market S'inare, Sunbury, Pa.
SrEciat.ATTrTio-Paid to Collections.
JAMES II. MrOEVITT,
A T
VTTOUNET AT IJAW AND
United States Comissionek. Office with S.
B. Boyer, Esq., in Bright s Building, Sunbury.
Aug. 2-J.'7o. 1.v.
AN. ltKIt E,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and acting JUSTICE or the PEACE.
Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest
nut Street, Sunburv, Pa.
Collections aud all legal matters promptly at
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND
ACTING Jl STH i: OF THE PEACE.
Con vey.mcing.thc collections of claims, writings,
aud all kinds of Legal business will be attended
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed iu the English and German language. Otlic
formerly occupied by Solomon Malick. Esq., op
posite City Hotel, Sunburv, Pa.
March 29, 1873. ly. '
GA. BOTDOKF,
. Attornev-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Penna.
Can be consulted in the English and German
languages. Collections attended to in North
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
ranee Company. tnlil5
rp II. II. HASP., Attorney at Law, SUN-
- HL K i , PA. Ollice iu Market Square,
(adjoining the office of W. I. Grccnough, Esq.,)
Professional business iu this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Sunbury, March 16, ls2.-ly.
w. c7packer,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November V, 1372. tf.
Sit. UOVEK, Attorney and Counsellor
at Law. Rooms Ns. 2 3 Secoud Floor,
Bright' Building, SUNBURY, PA. Professioua
business attended to, in the courts of Northum
oerland and adjoining counties. Also, in the
Circuit and DMriet Courts for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to cav In Bank-
rvtcy. Consultation cau be had in the Ger
man language. mar25,'71.
L.
II. HAKE, Attorney at Law. SUN
BURY, PA., office in Masser's Building
near the Court House. Front Room up stairs
above the Drue Store. Collections made in Nor
thumberland and adjoinintr counties.
Sunbury, Pa., June 8, ISi'i.
Git. CABWAI.Lt DEIC.Market Street,
m SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Puiuts, Oils,
(ila's, Vanishes, Liquors, Tobacco, C'igarc,
Pocket Books, Dairies, vc.
SP. WOLVEKTOW, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, SUXBURY.PA. Profession
al business in this and adjoiuing counties prompt -
y attended to.
Hit. MASSEK, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties o'f Northumberland, Uuiou, Snyder.
Montour, Columbia aud Lycoming. apllO-W
QOLOMON MALK K,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at his residence on Arch street, odc-square
north of the Court House, near the $nn, fcl.N-
BLKl, PA. Collections aud all professional
business promptly atteuded to iu this and adjoin
ing counties. Consultations cau be had In the
German language. July27-lS72.
I 0. W. ZIEOI.EK. L. T. ROnKBACH.
ZIEt'LEK A ICOIIKItACII,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office in Haupt's Building, lately occupied by
Judge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbach, Esq.
Collections and all prolessional business
pr omptly attended to In the Courts of Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
Dec. 2. 1S71.
DK. V. M. MARTIN, Office iu Drug
Store, Clemeut House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. in., to 1 p. m., and from C to 9 p. m.,
at all other hours, when not Professionally en
gaged can be found at residence, corner of Front
and Penn street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular
attention given to surgical cases. Will visit
Patients cither in town or country.
2,'CtfIs nub Scstanrants.
CKAWFOKD IIOI SE, Cor. Third and
Mulberry, Business Centre, Williaiusport,
Pa.
D. B. ELSE C O., Proprietor.
June 29, 1870.
TTNITED STATES
HOTEL. W. F.
U KI I'CH F.N, Proprietor.
Opposite the De- f
pot SHAMOhIN, PA. Every attention given ti
traveller, and the best accommodations given.
April 5, 1373. tf
WASHINGTON IIOISE, C. NErF
Proprietor, Corner of Market A Second
Streets, opposite the Court House, Sunhnry,
Pju May28,vH;
ALLEGHENY IIOISE, A. BECK,
Proprietor. Nos. 812 and 814 Marke. Street,
above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Teems,. $2
per day. He respectfully solicits your patron
age. Jnn0'72.
TATIONAL HOTEL.
AUGUSTUS
n North'ii
C. R. W
County, Pa., at the Station of the 3
Choice wines and citrars at tho bar..
The table is supplied with tLe best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
HIMMEIS It EST AL' KAAT,
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor,
Commerce St., SIlAjSlOKIN, PENN'A.
Having just refitted the above Saloon for the 1
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to j
serve "jis friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Ber, Ale, Porter, and all other malt ;
quors.
! 1 - ' 1 j
iJusiiuss tfarlis.
W. t. KlIOADS. J. -A( KCK IIAA
WS. KlIOADS A. CO.,
RETAIL DEAI.EBS Or
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Orrics witu Haas, Fauelt c Co.,
Orders lea at SeasUoltz te Bro's., office Market,
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
Ut-tom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4. 1X71. tf.
ANTHRACITE COAL!
VALENTINE DIETZ, Wholesale an.l
Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL. UPPER "WHARF, j
SUNBURY, PENN'A. j
All kinds of Grain taken in excbar.r. for Coal, i
Order solicited and filled promptly. 'Orders left j
at S. F. Nevin's Confectionery Stvee. on Third '
treet, will p'cieve prompt attention and money
receiptedfor, the same as at the ottti.
IEXTISTKY I
GEORGE M. UENN, .
In Simpson's lluillintj, 3uxk(t .S'tff, j
SfXBUKT, Pa.
1 prepared to do all kinds of; work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keep constantly on hand)
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental j
material, from which be will be able to select,
and meet the wants of lii$ enstomcrs.
All worn warranted to give satisfaction, or else
the money refunded. j
The very iK-st Mouth Wali :uid Tooth-Powders i
kept on hand. f
His relerences are the numerous patrons for
whom he has worked for the last twelve years.
Sunbury, April 21, 1S72.
COAL! COAL! COAL! GRA NT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AND P.ED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA
(lowek WIIARF.)
Orders will receive prompt attention.
NEH COAL YAKD.
THE undersigned having connected the Coal
business with his extensive FLOUR A GRAIN
trade, Is prepared to supply families with Ibe
VERY BEST OF COAL,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly ou Land. Grain
taken In exchange for Coal.
J. M. CADWALLADER
Pnnbnry, Jan. 18, 1370. tf.
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'. Cei.ksiite Knit on the radical an (without niadi
S 4-iue) of Mperniatorrbwa. or seminal weakness, involun
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that the alarming ooneequenKW of self abuse may be
radically cured witbovt the dangeroue Mm of Internal
medicine or Ibe application of the knife; pointing out
a mode of cure at once aim pie, certain, and sflectual,
by means every sufferer, no matter what a la condition
may be, may cure himself, privately and radically.
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CHAS. J. C. KL1XE, A CO.
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isan M, lT4-ly.
cUct 3oclrn.
I Kemetuher, I ItenieuiHcr.
11 V THOMAS HOOH.
I remember, I remember
The house where I was born,
The little wiudow where the sun
Came peeping in at moru ;
lie never came u wink too soon.
Nor brought too long a day,
But now, I often wish that night
Had borne mv breath aw::v !
I remember, 1 remember
The roses, read and white,
' The vi'lets, and the lily-cups,
1 Those flowers made of light !
i The lilacks where the robin built,
i And where my brother set
The libernum on his birth-day,
I The tree is living yet !
I remember, I remember
Where I was used to swing,
And thought the air must rush as fresh
To swallows on the wing ;
My spirits flow in feathers then
That is so heavy now,
And summer pools could hardly coul
The fever on my brow !
I remember, I remember
The fir trees dark and high ;
I used to think their slender tops
Were close agaiust the sky ;
It was a childish Ignorance,
But now 'tis little joy
To kuow I'm further off from licav'n
Than when I was a boy !
CA l GUT IN A PICA I It IE STOIIM.
'Prairies ! The very name makes Die
shiver. Wheu covered with snow they
are trackless as is the ocean to an un
skilled navigator. I would about as soon
cross the Sahara without a guide as to try
to get over the snowy plains of the "West
and Northwest. The real fright I once
had in one of theoe tracts, sir, was bad
enough to serve me for a life time.'
'Tell us about it. Captain.'
'Well, I don't mind. My Uncle Dan
and his family were staying at the 1). set
tlement, for he had taken the western fever
and they were out there. Uncle Dan was
always a speculator though he did man
age to line his pocket well. lie purchased
a vast tract of land at D., with an eye, it
must have been, to such promises as were
held out to Abraham of old ; for acres and
acres of this land he could never utilize,
though later he might sell it again to jier
sonal advantage. I was out helping him.
The famil3' consisted of two grown-up
daughters and two young sous, and there
was a niece, Cordelia. From the moment
I saw Cordelia Herd well I thought a great
deal of her. l'erhaps that's why I stayed
in the uncivilized place.
'Rolfe, said Uncle Dan, one moiuing iu
the latter part of the winter, 'it looks like
a Cue day, doeR it not ?'
'Clear and bright, sir, I believe.'
'Aye, likely to last. What say you lo
taking Brown Hess and going to Jingley"s
Mills lor me?'
'I will go with pleasure, Uncle Dau.'
'The weather may break up any week,
now, llolfe, ami I must have the timber
ready down the river as far as the forks
with tlm freshets. There's a master lot to
go dowu next season, and we shall have a
vast deal of teaming to bring it over here
from the forks. But, Rolfe, I know it will
be a good speculation. By erecting a num
ber of cheap, substantial buildings on sec
tions of my land, I can advertise and sell
first-rate.1
4 Well, sir, I am ready to go over to Bing-
ley's Mills for you and make what arrauge-
meuts you please about the timber.'
'So, Hector, boy, go out and get the
marc harnessed.
'Uncle Dau, may I go to Bingley's Mills,
too ?' cried a pleading, pretty voice, as
Hector leaped oil' after lug errand.
'1 could hardly believe my ears. The
voice was Cordelia's.
'The child must be crazy !' cried our
aunt. 'Da you know the length of the
journey, Delia ?'
'It is a lovely day, aunt, it won't hurt
me.'
'Yes, it is a lovely day, mother, so clear
and calm,' cried one of the other girls
Mira, I think with quite an eager tone,
'and poor Delia never goes anywhere.
'That was true ; but still I felt aston
ished. Later I knew that it was a kind of
a conspiracy. The girls all wanted to get
some trustworthy person to the postoilice
at Bingley's Mills to post letters and get
j some that were laying there not intended
i for papa and mamma to read.
'I really don't know why Delia should
not go,' said the unsuspicious, good-natured
uncle. 'You will be sure to take
care of her, Rolfe ?'
'I'll try to, sir.'
'So iu Jess than half an hour from the
time it was mentioned, I was gathering up
the reins, aud Brown Bess was tossing her
head until the bells jingled merrily.
4It's royal traveling, called out Uncle
Dan, as we started. 'Don't be out too
late, Rolfe, for there has been a fceverc snup
in the weather lately, and '
'The rcSt was lost in the crunching of
the crusty snow, and the 'ding ding, ding,
of the cup-shaped bells.
'This is an unexpected honor, Miss Cor
delia,' I began, as the sleigh went smoothly
along.
'Susau and Almira voted me their min
ister plenipotentiary,' she responded coldly.
'I and Cordelia, who was no blood rela
tion of mine, had a falling out of a recent
da to which made it all the mote surprising
that she should have cared to go with me
that day. She was one of thoso high
spirited girls who never strike their colors.
'It happened one evening about a week
before. My aunt had a parly for there
were settlers enough in the vicinity to give
us social evenings and about a dozen peo
ple were preseut. You may faucy, per
haps, that we have no intelligent spirits on
the' prairies ; but that is a mistake.
'Cordelia aud I disputed about the rela
tive characteristics of men and women.
The sweet attributes of patience, purity
and consistency she claimed eutirely for
her sex. I gave genius, persistency and
strength of character to mine. To vex her
till further, I averred my opinion that
women were a mass of sentimoutulity, im
promptu shrieks and vacillation.
'I bad gone too far. She look it serious
ly. "With a Hash of scorn from her bril
liant eyes aud a heightened color she arose,
went to the other side of the room and
busied herself with some old ladies.
'The storm had not blown over. Cor
delia retained her aner. More hurt at it
j than I would confess, I would have g'adiy
begged her pardon, but hsr inanuer re
pulsed all overtures of reconciliation. Once,
when 1 had accidentally caught hold of
j her hand, she twisted her own away and
gave a scornful iling to mine.
'Xow you kuow just what our social
stauding was ; and wheu fate, that winter
morning, decided that we should start to
gether on that long ride.
'The Lells danced merrily, the air was
clear, the sky blue ; all thiugs were pleas
ant except Delia. Saj- what I would, she
was uugracious and hardly answered me.
I suppose she wanted me to understand
that she had not come with me for pleas
ure, but to get the letters. "Ye had gone
miles beyond the last settler's cabin that
wo should see until we came into the vicin
it' of Bingley's Mills, when she apparent
ly thought better of her behavior, and
spoke of her own accord cheerfully.
'How natural it is for the greater part of
l the people to attach themselves to home,
let It be where it ruay.'
'True.'
j 'Two years ago I could not have be
.lieved that I should have followed my
i aunt's family West, aud be content to live
j on theutmo8t bounds of civilization. I'm
sure that I wonder you stay, Rolfe.'
'Do you? How well Brown Bess goes
to-day.
'She always does. There is not her
equal in Uncle Dan's stables.'
'We arrived at Bingley's Mills the
largest settlement aud the post town a
little after noon. Brown Bess had indeed
tossed her nimble heels well. Appointing
three hours for the mare to rest, I went
about my business, leaving Cordelia to do
her's at the postoflice, and to remain in
the irn in the middle of the village.
'Chatting with this one, chatting with
that and getting through with Uncle Dan's
commission the short wiuter day flew away
like magic. Meanwhile the cloudless, ice
clear sky had becoma covered over with a
gray darkness, that suggested the idea of
another snowstorm, and ought to have
warned me to get down quicker. But it
did not. When Brown Bess and the sleigh
caue round to the end door, the snow-cloud
hai suuk in a bank of leaden hue and the
sur. could not be mre than an hour high.
'A little risk,' said a man, glancing at
the cardinal points of the compas and
sin king his head slightly.
Cordelia, her glowing cheeks uearly as
bright as her scarlet hood, came forward
w'r.h an animated manner. As I drew the
bu Jitloca around her, 1 thought how a
wevk or two ago, I should have esteemed
the privilege of this close companionship
invaluable. But I did not seem to appre
ciate it now. She had treated me too
caalieily and I had grown somewhat re
sentful. 'We dashed away. The air was damp
ant", cutting, and as wc came upon the open
prairie it stung our cheeks like needles.
Ila fau hour after starting I said to her,
'If the snow only keeps oil" we will get
along nicely. ' Cordelia glanced up from
her scarlet hood ; she did uot stem to think
about it one way or the other.
'Did you accomplish your postal com
missions, Miss Cordelia.
'Oil, yes, thank you.'
'At that very moment a particle of icy
snow fell on my glove. 1 would not be
lieve but that the mare had flung the par
ticle from her flying heels. But in a min
ute more a handful of Cue particles sifted
over us both. Cordelia gave a half startled
glance.
'I spoke cheerfully to the mare, and
tucked the blanket in around my compan
ion. A half hour longer found the north
west wind steadily aud jterceptibly rising,
while the icy flakes were tinkling on the
crusty surface around our way. (uite
soou very small whirlwinds were driving
the dry, powdery stuu" and then spinning
it up m a little column. Darkness came
down suddenly! but not before the wind
had increased, and the atmosphere was
white with tiny flakes that drifted by us in
loo3e, bulging folds.
Cordelia did not speak ; she only tight
ened the fur scarf around her neck and sat
perfectly quiet. At that moment I would
have given a fortune if the girl had been
safe at my uncle's and I breasting the
storm alone. We came to a btlt of wood
land, just ten miles of our journey though;
nearly twenty more before us. Heaven,
it seemed like a voyage across the world !
And a most awful fear was tugging at my
heart.
A white gloom was let dowu all around
us. On aud on we went. I did not speak
to the mare, nor with her ; there was no
need. She was trotting like a race horse,
her tail streaming over the dash-board of
the s-leign.
Another hour passed. The light suow
was mounting above tWe runners, and dri
ving obliquely across our laps in blinding,
smothering thickness, still we were getting
on well ; I hoped wc were nt-aiing home.
'Are you cold?' I asked, drawing Cor
delia close to me.
'Nothing to speak of,' she cheerfully re
plied. But I felt a strong shudder shake
her from head to foot.
'1'rtsenlly the sleigh pitched considera
ble, although I had a tight rein.
'Rolfe,' she began, and I thought I again
fell her frame ttrmbie, although her voice
was cool and steady, 'the wind does not
strike us just as it did, neither did we pitch
this morning as we do now. Have the
lost road ?'
'By Heaven ! you have spoken my
thoughts, Cordelia,' I ejaculated, while a
damp, icy coldness broke out from every
pore in my skin. She shuddered again,
but said nothing.
'I knotted the reins and threw them over
the dash-board. This was why the mare
had held so hardly she knew better than
I. I must trust to her instinct. In twenty
minutes she had swung around so as to
bring the wiud ou the old quarter with us.
It was blowing heavy. 1 got my arm
around my companion to hold the blankets
in place.
'Just then a faint sound reached my
startled car. A swift shudder shook me,
and I came near crying aloud. Another
melancholy cry. 1 would have drawn the
blankets about Cordelia's head.
'I hear it,' she softly whispered and in
my terror and agony I drew her closer in
a covetous clasp.
'The sound came again. The mare heard
it also, I kuew, for she gave a sudden leap,
and then the jingling of the bells were
changed to even strokes. She had broken
from a hard trot to a gallop. My thoughts
flew to the uttermost bounds of the earth
in a momeut, and from earth to heaven.
I ptayed for the safety of my companion
more than for my own.
'The shorl cry and the long wail. Wolves
were calling each other to the banquet.
The moments fled; the storm suddenly
abated ; but the deadly sound grew each
moment more distinct. The wind swept
by us and died away at the right ; no snow
was falling ; but nearer came these terri
ble sounds, p. very moment we were in
danger of striking soiu: obstacle, and being
hurled out.
AVe were actually flying over the ground.
We could not be far from home ; but in the
universal whiteness there were no land
marks, and alas I every yelp was now dis
tinctly audible. The dreadful animals must
soon leap upon us. I looked from side to
side, expecting a gaunt form to spring
against the sleigh. Brown Bess, true to
herself and to us, bore on steadily and fleet
ly ; she knew the way.
'I tried to draw Cordelia down to tho
bottom of the sleigh, but she resisted.
'Don't, Rolfe. I would rather meet death
with ray eyes ojien,' she said, pushing
away the furs from her face.
The darkness was as intense as it can be
iu winter, and IIcaveA have mercy ! are
they surrounding us ? Hear the yelps
ahead, the hungry cries ; the air seemed
rent with demoniac 3'ells, snarls and shriek
ing howls.
Remembering the short-handled axe in
the bottom of the sleigh, I threw ofT my
gloves and seized it with a grip of despera
tion. With foot braced upon the iron of the
sleigh outside, I half kneeled, axe in hand,
expecting one. of the dusky fiends to leap
each instant upon us. The mare wavered
a moment as the sound grew fiercer, and
then with a shrill neigh leaped on again.
Somehow they did uot come nearer aud
Brown Bess flew along as though she knew
our lives were in her power. The awful
sounds grew less distinct, aud with a fer
vent '(iod be praised.' I strove tobe calm.
'Cordelia, look ! Cordelia, we are saved !'
I shouted, breaking into something be
tween a laugh and a cry. 'Oh, Cordelia,
look !'
The foaming mare was dashing through
a Hue of torches, and the settlers sent up a
joyous shout, and ths yelping dogs dashed
about with a chorus of delight.
Brown Bess, good lady, would not pause;
she thought the wolves were after her still,
and dashed ou, reeking with foam, to her
own stable. My weeping aunt and excited
cousins bore Cordelia in, while I felt more
thankful to God than I ever before had
cause to feel.
But that terrible fighting of wolves close
upon us what did it mean ? I asked
later, when, before the blazing fire, I in
vain essayed to steady my shaking nerves.
And why did they not come on to the at
tack? 'Was it a miracle V-
'It was one of my stags,' exclaimed
Uncle Dan. 'Anderson came iu aud said
the late unusually cold weather had made
the cowardly creatures bold and ravenous;
and he aud I heard them signaling the
pack soon after sunset. We knew they
might overtake you if you delayed your
return till after dark ; and so we slew the
stag and drove out with him as far as we
deemed advisable, hoping that they might
fiud and tight over it while you were dash
ing past. We grew wild with fright as
time passed on, Rolfe, and, arming our
selves with torches, rushed to meet you.'
His plan had succeeded in saving us
good old Uncle Daii ! But I don't like the
word prairie at all.'
'What became of Cordelia, Captain ?'
'Cordelia ? Ah ! I thought I had told
you my aunt aud cousius bore her into the
house iu their arms.'
'No evasion. Did you humbly beg her
pardon later for vexing her in opposing her
pet theories V"
'I did that, sir. I begged her pardon ou
my knees. I told her that she had proved
in herself, by her own bravery, every good
thing she had said of her sex
'Did she forgive you ?'
'Not exactly.'
'She was right. Captain. She should
have punishod you everely.'
Mie did.
me ! Ovv-v.
Oh! she did. She married
! Ow-w ! Cordelia, leave me
cars !'
fflisrcllancous.
DrcniM ofa IliiniKClIer Wife.
I dreamed last night that I was passing
leisurely through the streets, dressed with
care, as I usually am wheu walking out for
pleasure, and as I intended making some
'.rilling purchases by the way, I recollect I
had the beautiful purse which was my
Christmas present in my hand. Mrs. B
was walking a few rods ahead of me, and I
was wondering how blie got every new
fashion so soou, and whether she used her
cast oil" things to pay her help with, or sold
them to the china pedlers, or whether it
could be realty true that she gave them to
the poor. Well, just as this foolish train
of thought was passing through my mind
all at once a woman advanced toward me,
with no bonnet, and a miserable shawl
drawu over her head. I thought she was
going to beg, and was beginning to tell her
that 1 had nothing to give, when she seized
the strings of my hat, aud with a resolute
hand, and a look that almost petrified me,
took it olf aud put it ou her own head aud
walked away ! 1 looked after her with as
tonishment, but what could I do go in at
the first ? The people were strangers and
what would they think ? There was no
milliner shop at hand, and I was quite a
distance from home. As I could do noth
ing in my turn I drew my shawl over my
head and tried to quicken my steps ; but
my feet seemed paralyzed, and I made little
progress.
Just thru I saw a woman in the distance,
coming towards me. Oh ! if I could only
walk as she does, thought I. The woman
was very meagre, poorly dressed, and with
nothing about her shoulders though the
air was quite keen. The moment we met
she stopped, looked me sternly in tho face,
and exclaimed in a voice as stem as the
look, "Give me my shawl madam!' and
without waiting for reply or resistance,
stripped it from me, and wrapping it about
her shoulders, went on.
Scarcely had I began to cast about in my
mind what to do next, when another of
these wretched beings came upon me. She
wore the tattered remains of an old cloak
about her ; but as she raised her arm I saw
that she had no dress beneath it, or rather
but the remnant of one.
"For mercy's ake," said I, a ahe laid
her hand heavily on my shoulder, "what do
y uo want of me ? I have met with robbers
enough already." "Robbers !" cried she,
in a voice that went through im: like a
sword. "Bobbers! Take back that lie,
base thief! Thou art the mbber ! Give
me my owu !" So sayius,. she. torn from
me my dress that splendid silk one you
have so often often admired and putting
it ou disappeared.
In utter oisuiay and ''.iifiiti;i, there I
stood, not knowing which way to tuiu, or
what Vj think. But I was not allowed
much time for reflection. Immediately I
felt my hand grasped by the cold, bony
fiugcra of three ragged children, who were
crying and clinging to her clothes. "Give
me my money !" said she, as she "trenched
the purse from my trembling hand. "There,
it will buy you some bread, poor Uyngs !"
she added iu a softer tone, as she rlungit
into tne eager Hands ot the children, "it-
you will buy some bread"'.. I looked after
her as she fallowed the tutvod group ; but
my tongue was dumb, nryfeet were glued
to the earth, and my whole frame was
shivering with cold and"terror.
Tho same, woman had 'vtiy gone when
her place was taken by another, who was
very delicate and pale, her dress, though
much disordered, bearing evident marks of
good taste. Her eye were red as if she
had been weeping, but they brightened up
when they saw the watch and chain, which,
strange to say, were still upou my person.
"Yes, thank God!" exclaimed she, "this
will save him ! my own beautiful watch
my father gave me ou my marriage day
the self-same one I know it well! Give
me my watch !' And without looking at
me at all, she seized upou the watch and
hurried away, repeating wildly to herself,
"Ves, this will save him this will take
him out of prison my own beautiful
watch !''
Next I was disrobed of my elaborately
quilted silk skirt by a squallid Irishwoman,
who went away muttering a sort of apology
for her rudeness. "Poor crathcr, it's not
that I would harm ye, to be sure ; and may
be ye've got as much left upon ye now as
many a poor thing that deserves more!
Wasn't it Patrick's wages that bonght the
quilt ? And isn't it one's own he takes,
wherever he finds it ?"
Then three pallid creatures from differ
ent directions, surrounded me, as I stood
like a marble statue, hardly knowing
whether I was dead or alive. One imme
diately divested me of my jewelry, saying
contemptuously its she turned awa', "I
care not for the trash, but it is mine. It
was pawned for rum ; now it will keep
my starving ones a little longer." The
second took my scarf, gloves, richly em
broidered cuffs, under sleeves, and hand
kerchief, sayiug, with a bitter smile, "How
exquisite ! how beautiful ! Yes, I will put
them on. I will adorn myself once more,
and see if my husband will recognize me.
I used to wear such things when he loved
me better than rum. What have I done,
that I should be clothed in rags, and see
the finery that was purchased with my
own money spotted on the person of
another ? Oh, yes, I will put on these
fine things, and see how they will compare
with my preseut home, with these emacia
ted limbs, aud the garments that scarcely
hide them ! Shall I not look like a qu.cn?"
Saying this she turned away with a hollow
laugh, leaving me with the third, who,
with a resolute arm, seated me on the steps
of a building beside which I stood, and
speedily takiug o.T my best gaiters and
lamb's . wool stockings, put them on her
almost naked feet, muttering to herself, "I
have needed them sorely, sorely. How
cruel in the heartless thief to keep them
ftom me !"
Once more I was left alone. If 1 could
have sunk into the earth gladly would I
have doue so. But no ! there I sat dressed
only in under garments, and looking more
like a ghost than a living creature. But I
had not yet reached the climax of horror.
Another female appeared in the distance ;
she approached and I fell a death-like sick
ness as she stood before me. I tried to
close my eyes against the spectre but could
not. She was the perfect picture of de
spair ; and, besides there was something
iu her look that overawed, that made me
quail like a criminal. Laj'iug her hand
on the full white skirt that flowed to my
feet, and examining its texture, she said
in a low, thrilling voice, "Yes, this will
do ; it is beautiful indeed ! and was it not
purchased with the money that was toiled
for by these poor hands, while my darling
angel lay moaning in his hard cradle and
I could not take him up could not hush
him on my bosom ! Woman," she said,
looking me in the faco with a gaze I shall
never forget, "I will take this linen now,
for il is needed, aud I have no money to
buy more." I did not auswer her. I had
lost all power of utterance. There was a
grim, despairing expression in her eyes
that froze me. She fastened them ou me
a moment, and perceiving my shudder of
horror at the idea of being utterly deprived
of clothing, and left as a gazing stock in
the public street, she drew back, saying,
"No, sinful, condemued woman no! I
canuot take away thy covering.
O, my child, my cherub, my cherub, my
blessed angel of hoaven ! thou art innocent,
but she is guilty. No, madam ! I had
thought to take it for a shroud, to lay out
my dead baby, my murdered child mur
dered by the cruelty of a drunken father !
There he lies, in his pillow less cradle, with
the little soiled frock he has worn for weeks
still ou bim ! I could not beg when I kuew
there was cloth of mj own, so white, so
line, so suitable. But no, I will not take
it from you ! If I am a mother 1 am a
woman. Better that 1 should forbear
better that my innocent one should go to
his grave uncovered ! lie has never sinned ;
let him lie iu his pure nakedness. God's
augeld shall spread over him their spot
less wings. Keep thy ill-gotten clothing.
It may shield thy form from the gaze of
man, but it cannot shield thy soul from
the curse of the childless mother the
Drunkard's Wire !"
O, my husband, the sound of that voice
is ringing in my ears this moment ! Per
haps I am weak and foolish ; but truly as
I am alive and sitting here, I will never
use one of those articles of dress aain. I
will put on mourning, eat bread and water;
I will see no company no, never will I
show my face to the world ; never will I
set my foot into the street again, so long
as I am the wife of a rumscller.
No person ever got stung by hornets who
kept away from where they were
with bad habits.
It is so j
Am Old llaiue Liquor Law 4630.
July 1G00. In the Court of Sessions of
the Peace for the Province of Mayne
Iierdat 1 ork. Before Major John DaTi?,
Deputy Prt ttideut ; Captain Francis
Hook. Major CJiarle FrosV, Johu Wit
son, Justices.
Whereas, there U gre:.t complaint made
of several abuse taken uoticeof in Ordina
rys by excessive drinking of linm FJys. etc.
The i.'I conseuuciiet- whfiti.f ?s public! v
I : n in the mishavior of several persona
I in the presence of authority for lji'e.pre-
venting the like for the future, it is, tfierS-,
fore, " w
Ordered, ThalT from henceforth fliere
shall not be any Rum, or other strong Li
quors or Flys, be sold unto any Inhabi
tant of the town or in any Ordinary keeper
sell unto anv stranger more than a trill for
?t person at one time. And all civil officers
especially select men and Constables in the
jl'espective towns in this Province, are re
quired to take especial care by inspecting
any suspicious House or Houses where any
such abuses or profanenees may be added,
and in case any Ordinary keeper shall pre
sume to Transgress this order he shall for
feit his License.
If they have been endeavoring to prohibit
the sale of liquor since 1090 two hundred
and seventeen years with so little effect, is
it not about time to try some other me
thod ? There can surely be a remedy
for this great and growing evil.
"Makin-o Up With IIf.r." We old
fellows have all been there, and we can re
member all about it. We loved her guess
we did ! and we knew that she loved in
return. But one day she gave Sam
Thompkins a smile, or she let Tom Wat
kins walk home with her nndcran umbrel
la, or she did some other simple thing, and
we got hutfy. We loved her all the time,
but we sat down and wrote her a letter,
dating it at midnight, saying that we want
ed all those letters, and that ring and that
photograph back. We hoped she wouldn't
return 'em, but we felt a malicious plea
sure iu punishing her. The letter was sent
or handed to her personally, and we met
her with a cold "good morning" as she
came to school, but "bestowed our best
smile on Lavina Wedge, the homliest girl
in the town.
Our heart ached when we looked across
the desks and saw her slyly reading the
letter and trying to keep back the tears ;
but we went over to the third girl behind
to borrow a geography, and to the second
girl in front to borrow a grammar, and we
were entirely unconscious of the presence of
the girl we loved. We stood beside her in
the class as straight as a pole, never letting
ou that we saw her, aud the mutual agree
ment that if one missed, the other should
do the same, in order to keep together, was
broken. We tried to feel maliciously glad
when we went to the head aud left her
near the foot, but we couldn't do it.
It went ou in this way for three or four
days. Once in a while we caught her look
ing at us with a sad, sweet smile, as if she
was some poor orphan with no friend in
the world; and her note said that she
couldn't part with the letters and the
keepsakes. We held out bravely until it
began to hurt us the most, and then we got
ready to "make up." It couldn't be done
suddeuly, that would be acknowledging our
wrong. We waited uutil noon-time, and
then as she sat eating .her diuuer in her
seat we began looking for a lost book. We
thought it was under the scat next to hers,
and while we were looking for it she spoke.
We heard, but pretended not to, and she
spoke again. Then we coldly ieplied, but
sat down near by aud asked if "she bad
those letters with her." She said no, and
we moved nearer. She said it wasn't her
fault, and we said il wasn't ours, and some
how our fingers touched.
No one knew what a burden of anxiety
was rolled away in five minutes, and how
much deaier the afternoon sun shone for
it. She seemed dearer than ever before,
and when the brown eyes cleared the tears
away and the merry dimples came back,
we wondered how we could have been such
an uufeeling wretch, and yet il was the
same thing over in less than six weeks.
Ah, me ? Those lovers who have bad a
smooth path and married without having
quarrels and make-ups and jealousies will
never know what true love is. .
The Hauit ok Drunkenness. An
old writer. Sir Walter Raleigh, who flou
rished in the sixteenth century, thus dis
courses iu pretty strong English on the
vice of intemperance : "Take especial care
that you delight not in wine, for there ne
ver was any man who came to honor or
preferment that loved it, for it transform
eth a man into a beast, decayeth health,
poiseneth the breath, destroyeth natural
heat, briugeth a man's stomach to an arti
ficial burning, deformeth the face, rotteth
the teeth, and to conclude, maketh a laan
coutemptable, soou old, and despised of all
wise and worthy men; hated in thy ser
vants, thyself aud thy companions, for it is
a bewitching aud infectious vice ; and re
member my words, that it were better for a
man to be subjected to any vice than to it ;
for all other vanities and sins are recovered,
but a drunkard will never shako off the
delight of beastliness ; for the longer it
possesaeth a man the more he will delight
in it, and the older he groweth, the more
he will be subject to it, for it dulleth the
spirits and destroyeth the bod-, as ivy dotb
the old tree, or as the worm that engende
reth iu the kernel of the nut."
Salt in tiie Ocean. Everybody
knows that the waters of the ocean are
very salty to the taste ; but how many of
you have thought of the immense quanti
ties of salts of different kinds that must be
in the Atlantic and Pacific to give a flavor
to such enormous bodies of water ? Scien
tific men have thought about it ; and one
of them (Captain Maury) has told us that
if all the various salts of these oceans could
be separated from the water and spread
out equally over the northern half of this
continent, they would form a covering one
mile deep. So heavy would be this mass of
salts that all the mechanical inventions of
man, aided by all the steam and water
power in the world, could not move it so
much as one inch in even centuries of
time. St. Xichohts.
Said a pompous husband, whose wife
had stolen up behind and given him a kiss,
'Madam, I consider such an act indeco-
rous."Excuse me,' said the wife, I didn't
know it was von.