The Sunbury American
Is Pcbumid Enr- 'oT, f
EM'L VJTLV?-7 Proprietor,
Corner of Tldrd and Market Sqnoi
i ANBURY, PA.
At Om Dollar and FII Veuf
If ! rtcUy iu advance; SL7Sif itlQ f?If Jli
w ti.01) lacaaea when jmyiueut in daayed till after
iraTioaoVSTycar. No'.ul-cri,.! J"'u
uutA.U eirarae-ee are paid uuliw t tie option of the
puMAher. Tbexb ti:mi a nom" aiheei to.
AU new aubeonptiona to the American Jy pereoua living
outaide o! the County of Jiorthnirb-nd, mo oe o
cmn)m with the OaK. Ttiia w urowuuirj- "
tit. dithouUv exnrieaord in collnc" uuiwid nulw1'
txiiis at a ftaiie.
BALTIMOCE LOCK
D1
.R. JOHNSTON,
Physician of tMs -Xbrated Institution, ha
remedT i-the world for .11
WSEAPtS OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness tue Back or Limbs, Stnctures,
Affections of Kidneys and Bladder, In vol inj
ury Die-uaiges, Impotency, ner?I Dehlli
Iv. NVrvousness, Dyspepsy, Ifar,
Spirit, Confasion of Ideas, Palpitation of
;W"t or Giddiness, TH f the TI,eii1
-v:. v,-. bl-i- . Actions of Liver, Lunirs,
1.. tlrt. TimiilitT. ireui"""t--t
Stomach or Bowels-" terrible Ders
arising from the Solitary HaWts of Youtb-those
secret and soary practices more fatal t their
victims ths tu ug l Syrens to the Mariners
vf Llvss- blightinK uelr most brilliant hopes
of nti-lKitltJ renaerinjj, marriage, sc, lmpo6
"ibIr' XOCKGMX2C"
ueciaUy, who have become the victims of Soli
wry Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely grave
thousands of younsr men ei the most exalted
talents and brilliant intellect, who might other
wise ha entranced listening Senates with the
thunder of eloquence or waked to ecstacy tbe
jxlng lyre, may call nn run coundence.
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Young Men contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Procreative Power ImpoteDcy), Nervous tx
eltablllty, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner
vous Debility, or any otber Jjisquaiincauou,
speedily relieved.
He w ho places himself undur the care of Dr. J,
may religiously confide in his honor as a gentle-
wan, and confidently rely unou bis skill as a tuv
nician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Ipotencv, Loss or Power, Immediately Cured
and full Vltfor Restored.
This Distressing Affection which renders Life
miserable and marriage impossible is the penalty
paid by tbe victim of improper indulgences.
Young persons are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful conseqences
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that the power
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
improper habits than by the prudent T Beside
being deprived the pleasures of healthy offsprinc,
the most serious and destructive symptoms to both
body and mind arise. The system becomes de
ranged, the Physical and Mental Function
Weakened, Los of Procreative Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of tbe Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of tbe Frame, Cough, Consumption. Decay and
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persons ruined in health by unlearned preten
ders who keep them trifling month after month,
taking poisonous and injurious compounds,
should apply immediately.
DR. JOHNSTON,
M em tier of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lon
don, Graduated from one of the most eminent
Col'eges in the United States, and the greater
part of whose ife has been spent in the hospitals
of London, Pris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
has effected some of the most astonishing cure
that were ever known ; many troubled with ring
ing in the bead and ear when asleep, great
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds,
bashfulness, with frequent blushing, attended
sometime with derangement of mind, were cured
immediatclv.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresse all those who nave injurrd
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin both body and mind, unfitting
them for either business, study, society or mar
riage. These are some of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth, viz:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in th
Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Digestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms oi Con
sumption, &c.
Mektaixt The fearful effects on the mind
are much U be dreaded Los of Memory, Con
fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodings, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
Lov of Solitude, Timidity, &c, are some of the
evils produced.
Thoubakds of persons of all age can now
judge what is the cause of their declining health,
losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated, having a singular appearance
bout the ryes, cough and symptoms of consump
tion. YOUNG MEN
Who have injured th m selves by a certain prac
tice indulged in when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or at school, me
effects f which are nightly felt, even when
asleep, and if not cured, renders marriage impos
sible, and destroy both mind and body, should
apply Immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his
country, the darling of his parents, should be
snatchct from all prospects and enjoyments of
life, by the consequence of deviating from the
path of nature and indulging in a certain secret
habit. Such persons sitst before contemplating
JIAKK1AGE.
reflect that a sound mind and body are the most
necessary requisite to promote connubial happi
ness. Indeed without these, the Journey through
life become a weary pilgrimage ; tbe prospect
hourly darkens to the view ; the mind become
shadowed with despair and filled with the melan
choly reflection, that the happiness of another
become blighted with our own.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary of
pleasure find that he has imbibed the seeds of
this painful disease, u too uuen uap)m
ill-timed ense of shame, or dread ef discovery,
deters him from applying to those who, from
education and respectability, cau alone befriend
him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms of
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
a ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural
pains in the head and limbs, dimness of sight,
deafness, node on the shin bone and arms,
blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the
palate of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall
in, and the victim of this awful disease becomes
a horrid obiect of commiseration, till death put
a period to his dreadful suffering, ly sending
him to " that Undiscovered Country from wbence
nn traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fact that luousaud DIE
wu-tima to this terrible disease, through falling
into the hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
TENDERS, who, by the use of that deadly Poi
son, Mercury, fcc, destroy the constitution, and
inranahl of curinrr. keep the unhappy sufferer
month flr.r month Uking their noxious or in
jurious compound, and instead of being restored
tn a renewal of Life Vieor and Ilapplnef , in des
pair leave him with ruiued Health to sigh over
his galling aisappoiuiroeni.
Tn such, therefore. Dr. Jounstos pledges him
.rirtn nreaerve the most Inviolable Secrecy, and
from hi extensive practice and observations iu
the great Hospitals of Eurojie, and the first iu
this country, vi : England, France, Philadelphia
ilmhrr. if enabled to oner the most cer
tain, speedy and effectual remedy in the world
for all disease 01 iini)mui;u.
DR. JOHNSTON.
OKF1CE. NO. 7. S. FREDERICK STREET
BaJ-TIttOKK, M. D.
1 .0 .Ue eclnF from Baltimore street, a few
onra from the coruer. Fail not to observe name
a-s-v. ittra received Unless postpaid aud
-rr.:i . .t.mr. in he used on the reply, l'er-
son writing hould state age, and send a portion
.,.j.u..nit deacribine svmptotns.
"I" . .0 manv Plltr, Deaigning and
Worthle. Impnster. advertising themselves a
Vhvsieian trilling with and ruining the tealth
Din nnfortunately fall into their power,
... rw jrvhn.ton deem it necessary to say es
pecially" to those unacquainted with his reouta
iTon that his Credential or Diploma alway.
hang in his office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this Establish
ment, year alter year, ana me "
.i Mnrripal Ooerations performed by ur.
1I1 . -,i'tn..cd bv tha representatives of tbe
press and many other papers, notices or w Men
i,. anneared aeaiu and agai before the pubat-,
beside hi standing as a geutlemau of character
and retponsibility, is a uUicieut guarantee to the
afflicted. Shin diseases speedily cured.
April 3, 1874. IT
WIXTEK STOKE.
RYE WHISKY,
$4.00 a gallon. (11.00 a doun.
YELLOW SEAL BIIERRY,
In large bottles, tll.OO a down.
GOLD SEAL BRANDY,
(18.00 a down.
APPLE JACK,
JAMAICA RUM.
SCOTCn WHISKY,
CATAWBA WINE,
OLD PORT WINE,
CHAMPAGNES,
SEOARS, AC.
II. A A, V. u Be.
Tbb Wins Merchants,
1310 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia.
o t. 'U, 1W(.
s
X:ta1llsbLel In 184,0.
l'KICE 91 50 IT ADVANCE.
gr0fiess.01.al.
H. .4. KOBEK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND COUSTT SOLICITOR.
Office on Front Btreet below Market, Sunbury,
Pa. Collection nd all legal business promptly
attended to-
taMES IIE1RD,
tl ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in nuupl's building, South Eat Corner
of Market Square, Suuburv. P
Special Attention Taid to Collection".
JAMES II. McDEYlTT.
Attornet at Law and
United States Commissioner. Office with S.
B
Boyer, Esq., in Bright s Building, Sunbury.
Aug. 23. '73. lx.
Pa,
A
X. BKICE,
ii.. attorney at law,
aso acting JU3TICE or nt PEACE.
Next Door Judge Jordan' Residence, Chest
nut Street, Sanburv. Pa.
Collections and all legal matter promptly at
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND
ACTIXU JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Conveyanciog,the collections of claims, writing,
and all kinds of Legal business will be attended
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English and German language. Office
formerly occupied by Solemon Maiick. Esq., op
posite City Hotel, Sunbury, Pa.
March 29, 1873. ly.
G.
A. IIOTDOBP,
Attorney-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Penna.
Can be consulted in tbe English and German
language. Collections attended to in North
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
rance Company. mhl5
TH. H. KIKE, Attorney at Law, 8UN-
BURY, PA. Office in Market Snuare,
(adjoining tbe office of W. I. Greenough, Esq..)
Professional busiuess in this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Suubury, Marcn 10, isis.-iy.
W. C. PACKER.
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9, 1872. tf.
SII. BOYER, Attorney and Counsellor
at Law. Rooms Nos. 23 Second Floor,
Bright' Building, SUNBURY, PA. Professiona
business attended to. In the courts of Norton ra
oerland and adjoining counties. Also, in the
Circuit and Ihttrici Court for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to cote In Sank
rurfev. Consultation can be had iu the Ger
man language.
marS5,'71.
L.
II. KANE, Attorney at Law, SUN
BURY, PA., office iu Masscr' Building
near the Court House. Front Room up stairs
above the Drug Store. Collection made in Nor
thumberland and adjoining counties.
Sunbury, Pa., June 8, IsTS.
GB. CADWAELADER,Market Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drags, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquor, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books, Dairies, tc.
SP. WOLVERTOX, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, SUNBURY,? A. Profession
al business in this and adjoining countii prompt-
y attended to.
Hit. 9IAKSER, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY. PA. Collections attended to iu
thccounncVArthnmherland. Union. Snvdcr.
Montour, Columbia ana woinir. apllO-69
S
OLOJIOX 9IALICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office at hi residence on Arch street, one square
north of the Court liouve, near tbe jail, BUN-
BURY, PA. Collections and all professional
business promptly attended to in this and adjoin
ing counties. Consultation can be had in the
German language. July37-137'
O. W. ZIEOI.ER. I T. BOHRBACn.
ZIEGLER A ROIIRBACII,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office In Haupt' Building, lately occupied by
Judge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbach, Esq.
Collection ana an proiessiouai ouaiucaa
promptly attended to in the Court of Northum
berland ana adjoining counties.
Dec 2. 1871.
DR. C W. MARTIN, Office in Drug
Store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. m.. to 1 p. m and from 6 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, win visit
Patients either In town or country
estannmts.
CRAWFORD HOUSE, Cor. Third and
Mulberry, Business Centre, Wllliamsport,
Pa.
D. B. ELSE iu., rropnetor.
June 2J, 1873.
TTKITED
STATES HOTEL. W. F.
U KITCHEN, Proprietor.
Opposite the De-
not 8HAMOKIN. PA. Every attention given to
travellers, and tbe best accommodation given
April 5. 1873. tf
VTTAKIIIVUTU.V HOlUr- atu
Y Proprietor, Corner of Market fc Second
Streets, opposite the Court House, ounoury,
Pa. aiayjo, iv.
- - t4j wrvn
ALLEGHENY HOUSE, A. BECK,
Pmnrietor. Nos.812 and 814 Market Street,
above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Term,
per day. He respectfully olicit your patron-
age.
TATIOAL
HOTEL.
AUGUSTUS
1N WALD. Proprietor. Georgetown North'd
County, Pa., at the Station ef tbe N.
C. K. W,
Choice wines ana clears at tne oar,
The table is supplied with the best th market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostiers
HUM MEL'S RESTAURANT,
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor,
Commerce St.. 8HAMOKIN. PEM'A.
HavIuciuBt refitted the above Saloon for the
aornmrwlntlrm of the oubllc. i now prepared to
aervr. ! friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all otber malt
quors.
business
s. Knti.
I. rcita BAAS
w.
N. RIIOAOH CO.,
RETAIL DEALERS OF
ANTRRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN 'A.
Orrics wits Haas, r aoei-t & co.,
Orders lea at Seasholts & Bro'., office Market
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
ustom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1871. tl. ,
ANTHRACITE COAL!
VAEEXTIXE D1ETZ, Wholesale aud
Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE UUAL, trrr.n vtitAitr,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kinds of Grain taken in exchauge for Coal.
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
at 8. P. Nevin' Confectionery Store, oa Third
treet, will recleve prompt attention, au.1 moaey
receiptedfor, the tame a at th oflke.
DEJiTINTUY.
GEORGE M. REXX,
In Simpmn'8 Buimn Mfwktt wwr,
Sunbust, Fa.,
1 prepared to do all kinda or- worjt penunuiig
to Dentistry. He keep constantly on hand
I a large assortment of Teeth,, and other Deutat
. ..... i . 1 1 . ...... .
material, from ucn ue wan ie uie u .,
nd meet tne wauls of hi customers
All worn warranted to givesaiisluctioii, or ritw
I the money refunded.
The very best )lput&,w.au ana toota-rvwacra
kept on hand.
His reiercnts sre me nniueroua piruu.
whom he has worked for th last twelve years.
uuuuui ji 4 a i' a a a " " ff
..rl,ir. anrlt 91 1 K7'
COAL! COAL! COAEI GRANT BR08.
Shippers M Wholesale and Retail Dealers iu
WHITE AND RED ASn COAL, SUNBURY, PA-
t,LOV; WHARF.)
Order will receive prot.pt attention.
rpHE undersigned having connected the Coal
1 hnsiness with his extensive FLOLR & GRAIN
trade, ia prepared to upply families with the
WHY 11 F.ST OF t'UAlii
HR1 " CHEAP FOR CASH.
Rtve and Nut. constantly on hand. Grain.
taken iu exchange for Coal. CADWALLADER
Kuubury, Jsn. 15, 1870. tf.
Uriels nnb !
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BUSINESS CARDS,
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BILL HEADS,
ENVELOPES,
CHF.CK9 AND DRAFTS,
PROGRAMMES,
DODGERS,
PAPER BOOKS,
MANIFESTS,
CIRCULARS.
Everything that Is needed ia the priming de
partment will be executed with promptness and
at low nrieea. All are invited to call and a.
mine our camples. No trouble to give estimate
and show goods. W shall cheerfully do this
to all, who call toe that purpose, without charge.
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EM'L WILTERT, TroprUtor,
SUNBURY, PA.
SUNBURY AMERICAN
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In the Central part of the State,
IT CIRCULATES
In one of ttie Moat Thrifty, IaUlligeat aad
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SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY
HARD Tf MES.
Oh ! take me, frieud, Oh ! take me where
Hard times none ever cry,
Where bread and butter grows ou trees,
And sausages close by ;
Where oysters dwell in constant 6tew,
And devill'd crabs full out,
Where clams come ready cook'd to hand
And cooks can never pont.
Oh ! take me to some wildernfsa,
Far, far away from town,
Where turkeys roasted run atout,
With gravy dripping down.
Where people never have to work,
As some do, night and day,
Where one can get just what one wauts
Aad nothing have to pay.
Ob ! take me where no wicked still
Of strychnine whisky's found,
Nor where champagne fills every rill
And cognac doth abound :
But where the most delicious fruit
The eye has ever seen,
Spontaneous rolls from mountain down
And every hill ice cream.
Oh ! take me to the land of peace,
Where never comes a dun.
Wher people ever go to law,
Aud luwyers novo come ;
Where crops are good and never f",
And each one gets his share,
Where one may eat, and drink and sleep,
Without nn anxious care.
Oh ! take me, do, where all the folks
Gel plenty clothes to wear ;
Where fashions never change, and pants
Do never burst nor tear ;
Where satins, silks and bonnets all
May have a full supply ;
Where children are obedient,
And babies never cry.
Take me where wives good-humor'd grow,
And gossip never talk,
And parsons less by preaching judg'd
Than by their dally walk ;
Where doctor's charges are unknowu,
Where none grow grey and old
Where chills and fever trouble not
Am, quinine is not sold.
Ob ! take me, for I'm awful sick ; :
Far, fur from bank away, '
Where ne'er another note I'll give,
Or ka a bill to pay.
Oh ! take me to some wilderness
Where all these things are found ;
Oh ! take roe, take me quickly, for
I'm almost run aground.
"Keep a Stllf Upper Lip.
There ha something gone wrong,
My brave boy, it appears.
For I see your struggle
To keep back your tears.
That is right. When you cannot
Give trouble the slip,
Then bear it, still keeping
"A MifT upper lip!"
Though you cannot escape
Disappointment and care,
Tbe next best thing to do
Is to learn bow to bear.
If when for life's prizes
You're ruunlng, you trip.
Get up start again,
"Keep a stiff upper Hp !"
Let your hands and your eoucewnr-e'
Be bouest and clean ;
Scorn to touch or to think of
Tbe thing that Jittp.eju.
And the right with firm grip,
And though hard be tbe task,
"Keep a stiff upper lip!"
Through childhood, through luankood.
Through life to tbe end,
Struggle bravely and stand
By your colors, my friend.
Only yield when you must,
Never "give up the ship,"
But fight ou to the last
With "a stiff upper lip."
RETIRING FROM I1USIXCS.
BY BRET IIARTE.
What the Colonel's business was rxxxly
knew, nor did any one care particilrij.
lie purchased for cash only, and he rrer
grumbled at the price of anything (hi. he
wanted ; who could ask more thuntlt r
Curious people occasionally woieted
how, when it had been fully two yetrtiace
the Colonel, with every one else.abonMH d
Duck Creek to the Chinese, he maagtd
to spend money freely, and to loss snsitl
erable at cards and horse races. I fact,
tbe keeper of that one of the IwcCLUenge
Hill saloons which the Colonel dd t par
tronize was once heard to aentnildry
wonder whether the Colonel fcdn't .mon
ey mill somewhere, where te turncx. out
double eagles and 'slugs' te coast aaue
for fifty-dollar gold-pieces.
When so important a jersoaage as a
barkeeper indulged publiclj in an idea fee
inhabitants of Challenge Hill, like Rod
, u .a.orpfl ihea-1
Californians everywhere, :onsiderea inea
, . 3 . u i. ; rn -
selves in duty bound to ?ve it grave cn
iiuciauvu bm v -
dustrious professional gaitlemen, wnovou
money from the Colonel careluliy weigieu
r th liricrhti'st nieces, ana vecu
with oci.lii nnd fastened them, and
i .i n , ..i rotrlKil them, and
Bliweu mcui iu
melted up, and had the,mDs assayed.
The result was a cemcte vindicatioa of
the Colonel and a loss considerable cus
tom to the indiscreet bar-.eeper.
The Colonel ag goo-natured a msu
as had ever bees tDown aitiallense Hill,
uui., wiu6 v.".., kUCly)lonl uaa I11S OC-
casional times of depoidtncyt and one of I
them accurred after a .rie, of races in
which he had staket hi.n on his b,y
mare Tipsie, and had ost
lkinr? renroachfullvat h. ftn -
itnal failed to heal tbe aching ?0id of hisem?
nocketa. and driakin? deenlv wtarinr
eloquently, ani glaring deflatly at all1'-' .
rTnkind, were equally unprooctive of , 'They're treacherous ent ers, w.men ,,,
. jemarked Cranks ; 'some of 'em might put
coin. I . .... ,
The boys at tbealoon sympathize! mt
r v i.. ..till tKa Vi1nn1 rKflv ufai-a n.
ceasing in their imitations to drink, id
they even exhibitd considerably Christn
forbearance wbenbe Colonel savagely s
sented with everyone who advanced ly
propositions, no rUer how incontrove:.
ble.
But miappreciattl sympathy -cidedly
tiresome to the giver, and it wi
witi a feeling of retie that tbe boys sa'
the Colonel strike outof the saloon, moun
Tijwde and aiiop mncisly away.
Rijug oa horaeback has always bee
-pjsidered an excellent srt of exercise, am
i fast riding i uwveially admitted to t
Lueof the most htufui in(i delightfu
1 of exhilarationQ tne wnrlJ-
E.t when a man is,0 absorbed in his to the flank ol tne on ieaaP, when the to
exefte that will no,tx)p to speak to a lonel gave a quick, shrill wWfe, and five
friend. a.nft when his einntmn ia an rom- men sorang into the road.
tte lat be t-ns Li eves from well;
AMERICAS
MORNING, MAY 8, 1874.
meaning thumbs pointing significantly into
doorways through which a man has often
passed while seeking bracing influences, it
is but natural that the people should ex
press some wonder.
The Colonel was well known at Toddy
Flat, Come Hand, Blazers, Murderer's
Bar, and several other villages through
which he passed, and as no one bad been
seen to precede him, betting men were seen
offering odds that the Colonel was running
away from somebody.
Strickly speaking, they were wrong, but
they won all tbe money th nad been stak
ed against them, for within half an hour's
time there passed oyer the same road an
anxious looking individual, who reined up
in front of the principal saloon of each
place, and asked if the Colonel bad pass
ed. Had the gallant Colonel known that he
was followed, and by whom, there would
have been an extra election held ia the lat
ter place very shortly after, for the pursuer
was the constable of Challenge Hill, and
for constables and all officers of the law,
tht Colonel possessed hatred of unspeaka
ble intensity.
stage road, which threaded the old mining
camps on Duck-Creek ; but suddenly he
turned abruptly out of the road, and ur
ged his horse through the young pines and
bushes, which grew thickly by the road,
while the constable galloped rapily on to
the next camp.
There seemed te be no path through the
thicket into which the Colonel had turned,
but 'Tipsie' walked between the trees aud
bushes as If they were familiar objects of
her own stable-yard.
Suddenly, a voice from the bushes shout
ei : 'What's up ?'
'Business that's what,' replied the Co
lonel. 'ItH time,1 replied the voice, and its
owner a bearded six-footer emerged from
the bushes, and stroked 'Tipsie's' nose
with rife freedom of an old acquaintance.
We ain't had a nip since last night, an'
tbar' ain't a cracker or a handful of flour
in the shanty. The old gal go back on
yer?'
'Yes,' replied the Colonel, ruefully, 'lost
ev'ry blasted race. 'T wasn't her fault,
bless her she done her level be.st. Ev'ry
body to home ?'
'You bet,' said the man. 'All ben a
prayin' for yer to turn up with the rocks,
an' somethin with more color than spring
water. Come on.'
The man led the way and 'Tipsie' and
the Colonel followed, and the trio suddenly
stood before a small log hut, in front of
which sat three solemn disconsolate-looking
individuals, who looked appealingly at
the Colonel.
'Mac'U tell yer how t'wus fellers,' said
the Colonel, meekly, 'while I picket the
mare.'
The Colonel was absent but a very few
moments, but when he returned each of
the four was attired in pistols and knife,
while Mac was distributing some dominoes,
1 made from a rather dirty looking flour bag.
J ' 'Taint as late as all that, is it ?' inquir-
Bettetos
this 'ere night
hour ahead than miss in
one of the four. 'I
ain't oeen so
the Horn in '50, auVjDce 1 conie 'roUDd
Somebody 'ill get hurt if tuPZfi01 aU5.r
ters on the old concern they will, or my
name ain't Perkins.'
'Don't count your chickens 'for they're
hatched, Perky,' said one of the parly, as
he adjusted th domino under the rim of
his hat 'S'posin' ther' shud be too many
fui us?'
Stiddy, stiddy, Cranks !' remonstrated
the Colonel. 'Nobody never gits along if
they allow themsttlves to be steered.'
'Facts,' chimed in the smallest and thin-
tBt man of the party. 'The Bible says
somethin' mighty hot 'bout that I disre-
member zacly how it goes ; but I've heerd
Parson Buzzy, down in Maine, preach a
rippin' old sermon from that text many a
time. The old man never thort what a
comfort them sermons wus a goin' to be to
a road agent though. That time we stop
ped Slim Mike's stage, an' he didn't hev
no more manners than to draw on me :
them sermons wuz a perfect bleasin' to me
the thought of 'em cleared my head as
quick as a cocktail. An' '
'I don't want to disturb Logroller's pi
ous strain,' interrupted the Colonel ; 'but
as it's old Black that's a drivin' to-day in
stid of Slim Mike, an' as old Black allers
makes his tima, hadn't we better vamoose ?'
Tbe door of the shanty was hastily clos
ed and the men filed through the thicket
until uear the road, when they marched
rapidly on in parallel lines with it. After
aDOUl B "aIf aa hour, Perkins, who was
i , '.
1 lCBa,uS ' wted, and wiped his perspiring
brQy .
about a iaif aa hour, Perkins, who was
ir enough from home now,' said he.
' 'Ta,t no use beln' a gentleman ef yer
have , wor too han-t
'Saft.n0Uij;ni x reckon), repiiei tDe Co
lonel, v'e'll do the usual ; I'll hault 'em,
lojjWR-r teuJ to the driver, Cranks takes
the boot, aDd Mac an' Terk takes right an'
left. An' I know it's tough But consid
erin' how everlastin' eternally hard up we
are, I reckon we'll hev to ask contributions
from the ladies, too, ef there's any abord
h, boys ?'
i .
Reckon so,' replied Logroller, with a
t"1"-? r . . .
plack Uom.no wiu, a merry wrmKie or two
pWtat the use ov women's rights ef
u,e uou 1 T" lu,BU!.
Ilevin' their purses borrowed 'ud
show 'em the hull doctrin' in a bran new
a ,elIcr WDl'e ne wuz I'B"
I
'Ef you're afeard ov 'em,' said Perkins,
'jou kin go back an' clean up the shanty.'
'Reminds me ov what the Bible sez,' Log
roller ; 'there's a lion on the trail ; I'll be
chawed up, sez the lazy galloot,' or words
to that effect.
'Come, come, boys,' interposed the Co
lonel, 'don't mix religion an' bizness. They
dou't mix no mere than Hello I thar's the
crack of old Black's whip I Pick yer bush-
s quick ! All jump when I whistle 1'
Each man secreted himself near tbe
road-side. The stage came swinging along
hanav.,eT. tne iaside passengers were
laughing fertir about something, and
old Black was ju, twin d.litu touoU
The horses stopied as suddenly as if it
i
were a matter of common occurrence. Old
Black dropped the reins, crossed his legs,
and stared into the sky, and the passengers
all put out their heads with a rapidity equal
ed only by that with which they withdrew
them, as they saw the dominoes and revol
vers of the road agents.
Seems to be somethin the matter, gen
tlemen,' said the Colonel, blandly, as he (
opened the dwr. 'Won't you please get
out ? ivu'l trouble yourselves to draw, 'cos
my friend here's got his weapon cocked an'
his ringer is rather nervous. Ain't got a
handkerchief, hev yer ?' asked the Colonel
of the first passeuger who descended from
the stage. 'Hev ? Well, now that's lucky.
Just put yer hand behind yer, please so
that's it.' And the unfortunate man was
securely bound in an instant. Tbe remain
ing passengers were treated with similar
courtesy, and the Colonel and his friends
examined the pockets of the captives. Old
Black remained unmolested, for who ever
heard of a stage driver having money ?
ys,' the Colonel said, calling bis
brother agents aside and comparing receipts
'taint much of a haul ; but there's only
one woman, an' she's old enough to be a
'-"of, orandmothrr. Better let her alone,
eh ?'
'Like enongu she'll pan out more'n all
the rest ov the stage put together,' growl
ed Cranks, carefully testing the thickness
of the case of a gold watch. 'Jest like
the low-lived deceitfulness of some folks to
hire an old woman to kerry their money,
so it'd go safe. Mabbe what she's got
hain't nothin' to some folks that's got bos
ses that kin win 'em money at races, but
i
Tbe Colonel abruptly ended the conver
sation and approached the stage. The Co
lonel was very chivalrous, but Crank's sar
castic reference to 'Tipsie' needed aveng
ing, and as he could not, consistent with
business arrangements, put an end to
Cranks, the old lady would have to suffer.
'I beg yer pardin' ma'am,' said the Co
lonel, raisin' his hat politely with one hand
while he opened the coach door with the
other, 'but we're takin' up a collection fur
some deservin' object We wuz a-goin' to
make the gentlemen fork over the hull
amount, but ez they hain't got enough,
we'll hev to bother you ?'
The old lady trembled, felt for her pocket-book,
and raised her veil. The Colonel
looked into her face, slammed the stage
door, and, sitting down on the hub of one
of the wheels, stared vacantly into space.
'Nothin'?' queried Perkins in a whisper
and with a face full of genuine sympathy.
'No yes,' said the Colonel dreamily.
'That is untie 'em and let the stage go
ahead,' he continued, springing to his feet.
'I'll hurry back to the cabin.' And the
Colonel dashed into the bushes and left his
followers so paralyzed with astonishment
that Old Black afterwards remarked that
'ef ther'd been anybody to hold the hosses
he could hev cleaned out the hull crowd
with his whip.'
The passengers now relieved of their
weapons, were unbound, allowed to enter
tbe stage, upon which Old Black picked up
his reins as cooly as if he had lain them
down at a station while horses were being
changed ; then he cracked his whip and
the stage rolled off while the Colonel's par
ty hastened back to thew hut fondly in
specting, as they went certain DhoV, they
had obtained while transacting their busi
er with the occupants of the stage.
Ureal-wa. . prl8eof the road agents
as they entered their nut, ,r there 8tood
the Colonel in a clean white shut and in a
suit of clothing made bp from the limited
spare wardrobes of the other memts.M nf
tbe gang.
But the suspicious Cranks speedily sub
ordinated with wonder to his prudence, as
laying on the table a watch, two pistols, a
pocket-book, and a heavy purse, he ex
claimed :
'Come Colonel, biziness before pleasure ;
let's divide, an' scatter. Ef any body shud
hear 'about it, an' find our trail, an' ketch
us with tbe traps in our possession, they
might '
'Divide yerselves 1" said the Colonel with
abruptness and a great oath. 'I don't
want none of it.'
'Colonel,' said Perkins, removing his own
domino and looking anxiously into the
leader's face, 'be you sick ? Here's some
bully brandy I found in one of the passen
ner's pockets.'
'I hain't nothin',' replied the Colonel,
with averted eyes. 'I'm going', and I'm a
retirin' from the bizness forever.'
Ain't a goin' to turn evidence ?' cried
Cranks, grasping the pistol on the table
' I'm a going' to make a head-mine of you
ef you don't take back !' roared the Colonel,
with a bound, which caused Cranks to drop
the pistol and retire precipitately forward,
apologizing as he went. 'I'm goin' to
'tend to my own bizness, an' that's enough
to keep any man bizzy. Somebody lend
me. fifty till I see him again.'
Perkins pressed the money into his Co
lonel's hand, and within two minutes the
Colonel was on Tipsie's back, and gallop
ing on In the direction the stage had taken.
He overtook it, passed it, and still he
galloped ou.
The people at Mud Gulch knew the Colo
nel well, and made it a rule never to be as
tonished at anything he did ; but they
made an exception to the rule when the
Colonel canvassed the principal bar-rooms
for men who wished to purchase a horse ;
and when a gambler who was flush obtain
ed Tipsie in exchange for twenty slugs
only a thousand dollars, when the Colonel
had always said that there wasn't gold
enough on top of the ground to buy her
Mud Gulch experienced a decided sensa
tion.
One or two enterprising persons speedily
discovered that the Colonel was not in a
communicative mood ; so every one retired
to. bis favorite saloon and bet according to
his own opinions of the Colonel's motives
and action.
But when the Colonel, after remaining in
a barber shop for half an hour, emerged
with his face clean shaven, and his hair
neatly trimmed parted, betting was so wild
that a cool-headed sporting man speedily
made a fortune by betting against every
theory that was advanced.
Then the Colonel made a tour of the
stores and fitted himself with a new suit of
clothes ; carefully eschewing all of the gen
erous patterns and pronounced colors sodear
to the- average miner. He bought a new
bat, and put on a pair of boots and pruned
his linger nails, audi, atranger than all, he
mildly declined all invitations to drink.
At the Coioucl stood in the door of the
prWipal saloon, where the stage always
.
6.
stonoed. the Challenge Hill constable was
seen to approach the Colonel and tap him
on the shoulder, upon which all men bet
that the Colonel was dropping somebody.
claimed the stakes. But these who stood
near the Colonel heard the constable say ;
'Colonel, I take it all back, an' I own
up fair a' square. When I seed you git
out of Challenge Hill it come to me all of a
sudden that you miulit be in the road ageut
buttine, so I followed you duty you
know. But when I seed you sell Tqmt I
knowed I was on the wrong trail. I
wouldn't suspect you now if all the stages
ia the State wuz robbed ; and I'll give you
satisfaction any way you want it'
'It's all right,' said the Colonel, with a
smile. The constable afterward said tbr.t
nobody had any idea, of how curiously the
the Colonel smiled when his beard was. off
'Give this fifty to Jita Perkins, fust time
yer see him. I'm leaviu' the State.'
Suddenlv the Btage pulled np at the door
with a crash, and tbe male paUsengers hur
ried into the saloon in a state of utter In
dignation and impecuniosity.
The story of the robbery attracted every
body, and during the excitement the Colo
nel slipped out quietly and opened the door
of the stagt The old lady started and
called :
'George ?'
And the Colonei, jumping into the stage
and putting his artin tenderly about the
trembling form of tbe old lady exclamed :
Mother 1'
CruMaderia ia Court.
Last week, while Judge Junkin,if New
Bloomfield, Perry county, was holditg the
regular term of the Cumberland cour. at
Carlisle, the Court room was visited bj a
large delegation of ladies, who presentel
to His Honor a petition asking for a rigid
enforcement of the ioeal option law. The
scene was a novel one. Judge Junkin re
ceived the delegation courteously, and
made a reply to their petition, which pos
sesses so much of significant force, so time
ly and appropriate, although there is a vein
of gentle reproof pervading it, that we pre
sent his remarks entire, as we find them
reported in the Carlisle Volunteer. We
certainly could furnish no more interesting
reading, although it occupies almost our
entire available editorial space. The Judge
said :
Ladies: We have anticipated your eom-
ing, and yet we do aot conceal our surprise.
It is probable that since the organization
of courts of justice, the like has not occur
red. There must be Borne grave cause in
ducing you to leave your domestic cares,
and present yourself in the character of pe
titioners ; and being here, it will not be our
fault if you go away empty handed. You
will now hear what you have not hitherto
had the means of knowing.
Your petition implies much more than
your innocent hearts have dreamed or in
tended ; it means one or two things, if not
both, viz either that this court has failed
in its duty in the past, or intends to do so
in tlie future. We are satisfied that you
have arrived at this conclusion honestly in
the usual womanly way. Some one told
you, anu your nearts nave gone our. in a
good cause, and your zeal has made your
present action a duty.
Has an j f you ever taken the pains to
xamine tbe recotd of this court to see
how many men and women have been pun
ished within the last one hundred and fifty
days for.selling liquor without LWense? For
your information the clerk will read the re
coid. Clerk record as follows :
It shows that twenty persons have been
cobvicted and sentenced, all for the first of
fense, and the fines exceed 1900, and with
costs quite 81,000 in all 82,000.
You thus perceive that the fines and costs
inflicted within six months exceed 12,000,
Tbe lumber convicted is twenty and the
numler acquitted one only. Now, ladies,
what 'hink you of this ? Does it occur to
you ttat the court has been idle or indiffe
rent ? Had you heard of this before ? You
will remember that these are unimpeacha
ble rexirds. They impart absolute verity.
They will remain and speak long after all
now present are dust. Have you beard
any person speak of this evidence, or have
your advisers been so unjust as to sonceal
all this ? If they have failed to inform
you of these facta they have borne false
witness against us for concealment of
truth is the equivalent of SOsehood. You
will be just let others do j8 they wilL
You are far too pure in heart U intention
ally wrong by word or deed, a tribunal
which its c.vn self respect compels to si
lence, esd which ia not expected to'entir
the field in self defense ; and recognize
our obligation to you for the opportunity
and occasion your presence give for point
ing to the records of the court aa its shield
against assault. The duties of the court
are often delicate and intricate to weigh
out the precise measure of punishment
The local option principle is, as you are
aware, an experiment, and its abrupt en
forcement is attended with great difficul
ties. You will remember that it cut up
large interests by the roots, and from this
has sprung bitter and determined opposi
tion, such as never before has manifested
itself against any law of this Common
wealth, and there is no question but it en
counters the hostility of a majority of the
voters of the State. But you answer the
law is strong. Yes, when public senti
ment backs it up then it has great majes
ty. You will remember that it has no
armed force at its command ordinarily it
executes its purpose in silence depending
on its own inherent justice for respect You
will readily see some of the difficulties in
the way of the perfect enforcement of this
particular law.
We say to yeu, that there have been as
many punished for violating this law in
Cumberland as in any other county of
equal population in tbe Commonwealth. In
In Juniata county there have been four in
Perry not one.
But you have been told, and this you
cannot deny, that the sentences have been
light, tne court too lenient The punish
ment for the first is a fine from 850 to $200,
for second and subsequent offense a fine of
not less than $100, and in the discrition of
the court imprisonment not exceeding
ninety days.
Now, there can be no co fictions save
for the first offense, so Ual imprisonment
c4. not hitherto e added v the fine.
You understand the legislature fixes the
punishment not the court the discretion
between tha minimum and maxinxam'is
left to tha discretion of the court
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Your ready intelligence will teach you
that this discretion is lodged with the
court for wise purposes it could not safely
be lodged in a town meeting. You know
that tlie winds must be tempered to the
shorn lamb, and it marks the progress of
the Great Master's cause, that with the ad
vance of Ills Kingdom tbe prison doors ar
opened, and cruel aud degrading punish
ments are abolished, and criminal law ad.
ministered in a spirit of reform, not of re.
venge.
Allow me to remind you of tbe punish
ments inflicted in England within two cen
turies last passed. Then, had a poor,
starving beggar stolen but one of your jew
els now flashing before me, even though ex
pended for bread nay but a feather from
your hat death would have been his por
tion, and thousands died upon the scaffold
for no greater crime than that
Many a fair girl's face, as soft and
bright, with eyes as mild and loving as any
now before me, for stealing but an article)
of personal adornment, a ring, or a pre
cious stone, has blackened in the sun
light, and her supple form stiffened in the
winds. Were such cruel punishment in
flicted in our days, we would bear an ear
nest protest from your warm hearts, but no
such spectacle will ever cross your vision,
thanks to that feature of human nature,
which even the trail of the serpent could
not obliterate. In passing sentencs it is
wise to consider all the circumstances, and
there cannot justly be an inflexible njea
sure of punishment
A Mexican Market Place. The
male and female Indians squat on the
ground near their fruit and vegetables,
which are placed in layers on a mat, and
cry their wares most discordantly. 'A te
le' and 'tortillas' (boiled maize and maize
bread) are offered by the Indian women,
who fail not with their soft voices to an
nounce their merits. Bound them are as
enabled the muleteer, clad wholly in lea
tier, the soldier from the neighboring bar
rata, and the laborer, all of the mestin
class, to take their breakfast Here roast
ed will ducks are lauded, there a ragout of
pork with Spanish pepper, whilst the In
dian praises his pulque, or we are invited
to drink lemonade, chia- water, and other
refreshments in colored glasses, at a table
prettily ornamented with flowers. Here
we find the sun-burnt rancher, the pea-''
sant and herdsman with his wife and
daughter, or perhaps his sweet-heart ; he,
spurred, a whip in his hand, and the
showy 'sarape' picturesquely flung over his
shoulder like the toga ; she, with a broad
brimmed felt hat, or with a blue handker
chief round her head to keep off the sun. A
brown, barefootoi fellow has a tray before
him, on which are tittle wax figures repre
senting popular subjects, while another of
fers lottery tickets for sale, and promises
luck for the drawing which is to take place
in the evening ; a third reeommende a po
litical pamphlet as the newest and most in
poatant thing of the kind. In all the pub
public places of the Mexican towns, we al
ways meet with the 'leperos' or lazaronL
They are found at every corner with a rope
and porter's knot, offeriog their services as
porters ; they also officiate as day-laborers,
scavengers, hawkers ; their number ia in
creased bo peripatetic cobblers, cock-fight-ess,
conjurors, and above all by the hono
rable guild of cheats, swindlers and pick
pocckets. The Lata Ovektlow of Osegox.
Professor Le Conte, at a recent meeting of
the California Academy of Sciences, stated
that the great overflow of lava in the west
proceeded from the Cascade Mountains in
Oregon, which were of themselves one vast
mass of lava. From this point the lav
overflowed a great portion of Oregon,
Washington Territory, all of nothern Cal
ifornia, and vast sections of Nevade, Mon
tana and Idaho. The lava floor covered
an area of at least two hundred thousand
square miles, as far as explored, and it
would probably be found to extend over a
surface of three hundred thousand square
miles, as its limit northwest had never been
determind. The depth of the lava crust
varied from upwards of three thousand feet
in the Cascade and Blue Mountain region
to one and two hundred feet and less at re
mote points on the outer edge of the over
flow. When the tremendous gorge of the
Columbia river cut through the lava bed,
it had a depth of three thousand five hun
dred feet The eruption was comparative
ly recent, belonging to tbe latter part of the
miocene period, extending perhaps into the
po rtiary.
A Maiden's "Psalm of Life." Tell
us not in idle jingle "marriage is an empty
dream ?' for the girl is dead that's single,
ad things are not what they" seem. Life is
real I life i earnest t singTe blessedness a
Cb ; "Mai. thou art, to man returnest !"
has beenspoaea of the rib. Not enjoy
ment, aad not sorrow, ia our destined end
or way ; bit to act tnat tuo. -tow
finds us nearer marriage-day. Life is long '
and youth is fleetiag.and our hearts though
light and gay, still like pleasaut drums are
beating wedding" mashes all the way. In
the world's broad field f battle, in the bi
vouac of life, be not like iumD driven cat
tle I be a heroine a wife. vTrust no fu
ture, however pleasant ; let thejjj pu
bury its dead I Act act to the living pre
sent I heart within and hope ahead I Lives
of married folks remind us we can live our
lives as well, and, departing, leave behind
us such examples as shall "tell" sech ex
amples that another, wasting time ia idle
sport, a forlorn, unmarried brother, seting,
shall take heart and court Let us, ten,
be up and doing, with a heart on trionph
set; still contriving, still pursuing, wd
each one a husband get
A young clerk in ote of our pattern stores
is laughing yet at a young lady, fresh from
boarding school, who tripped into the store
as softly as a snow-dake, and in a voice as
clear as strained honey, asked him if he
had "any patterns of husbandry " ne
thinks she wanted to make one.
A systematic gentleman of Holyoke,
Mass., was united in wedlock, on Sunday
last, to a young lady whom he had been
training for the position of bis wife ever
since she was two years old.
Florida justices of the peace manage
get soDer enough to koM court J commit
ting themselv to jail fo- tnree days be
forehand. fkans
-iJonables rw wear boots made of
ngaroo skins.
They are chiefly worn at
hop parties.