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At One Dollar and Fitly Ceut If paid strictly in advance; $1.75 if iaid within the year; or $i.U in all canes when payment i delayed till after expiratieu of the yar. No suljncritinu discontinued until all arrearage are uilil wilfiu at the optiou of the publisher. Thkse tkbvh are mii.y auhf.rkk to. All new ubacriptiou le the Amtrlrnu by ieron. living outside of the (Touuty of NorthuiulktTl.iiid, niurtt be uc uiititied with the 1?akh. TiiiH it uiade ueenKary by the difficulty exiMi-uof-ii in collw.iug uuaid milmorip tioii at a diHtaune. C LIBfyTT U MQlPt HOtMCt. Jf KitabUshed In 1S4.0. ) PRICE 91 50 IN ADVANCE. ) SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 2G, 1874. , New Keries, Vol. 6, No. 13. t Old Series, Vol. 35, No. 13. SUNB RT VJTU HOSPITAL Physician or this celebrated Institution, h discovered the most certain, speedy, pleasant mil effectual remedy in the world tor-all DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE. Weakness ot the Buck or Limbs, Stricture Affections of Kidneys and Bladder, lnvolun Utrr Discharges, Irapotency, General Dchill tv, Nervousness, Dvspepsv, Languor, Low Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palp'tation the Heart, Timidity, Tremblings, Dimness of Sight or Giddiness, Disease of the Head Throat, Nose or Skin. Affections of Liver, Lunrs, Stomach or Bowels these terrible Disorders aricing from the Solitary Habits of Youth those secret and solitary practices more fatal to their victims than the song ot Syrens to the Mariners of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hopes of anticipations, rendering marriage, &c, lmpoS' Bible. xOUNGMEX especially, who have become the victims of Sol tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweeps to an untimely grave thousands of voting men ef the most exalted talents and brilliant intellect, who might other wise have entranced listening Senates with the thunders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy the living lyre, may call with fall coutidciicc. MARRIAGE. Married Pcrsous or Young Men contcmplatlu marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss of Frocrcatlve Power Impotency), Nervous Ex eitabiiity, Palpitation, Orgauic Weakness, Ner vous Debility, or any other Disqualification speedily relieved. lie who places himself under the care of Dr. J, may religiously confide in bis honor as a gentle man, and confidently rely uxm his skill as a Pbv. sician. ORGANIC WEAKNESS. Iinpotciicy, Loss of Power, Immediately Cured and full icor Restored. This Distressing Affection which renders Lite miserable and marriage Impossible is the penalty paid tv tue victims or improper Indulgences, Young persons are too apt to commit excesses from not beingaware of thcdreadfulcon6cqenees that may ensue. Now, who that understands the subject will pretend to deny that tbe power of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into improper balms tlian by tue prudent f besides being deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring, t he most serious and destructive symptoms to hot U body and mind arise. The system becomes dc ringed, the Physical and Mental Functions Weakened, Ixiss of Procreative Power, Nervous Irritability, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart, Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting f the frame, Congb, Consumption. Decay and Death. A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS. Persons ruined in health bv unlearned preten ab'rs who keep them trifling month after month, taking poisonous and injurious compounds, should apply immediately. DK. JOHNSTON, Member of the Royal College of Surireons, Lon don, Graduated from one of the most eminent Col'cges in the United States, and the greater part of wbose lfe has been spent in tbe hospitals of London, Pns, Philadelphia and elsewhere, has effected some of the most astonishing cures that were ever known ; many troubled with ring ing in the head and ears when asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, hashrulncss, with frequent blushing, attended sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured immediately. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. Dr. J. addresses all those who have injurrd themselves by improjKT indulgence aud solitary habits, which ruin both body and mind, untitling them fur cither business, study, society or mar riage. These are some of the sad and melancholy effects produced by early habits of youth, viz: Weakuess of the Back and Limbs, Pains iu the Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspcjisy, Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Digestive Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Cou eu nipt ion, Ac. Mentally The fearful effects on the miud are much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebodings, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, dec., are some of the evils produced. Thousands of person of all ages can now judge what is the cause of their declining health, losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, having a singular appearance about the eyes, cough and symptom of consump tion. YOUNG MEN Who have injured th msclves by a ccrtalu prac tice indulged In when alone, a habit frequently learned from evil companions, or at schwol, the effects of which are nightly felt, even when asleep, aud if not cured, renders marriage impos sible, and destroys both mind aud body, should apply immediately. What a pity that a young man, the hope of his country, the darling af bis parents, should be matches, from all prospects and enjoyments of life, by the consequence of deviating from the path of nature aud indulging in a certain secret habit. Such persons must before contemolating MARRIAGE, reflect that a sound mind aud body are the most necessary requisites to promote connubial happi ness. Indeed without these, the journey through life becomes a weary pilgrimage; tbe prospect hourly darkens to the view ; the mind becomes shadowed with despair and tilled with the melan choly reflection, that the happiness of another becomes blighted with our own. A CERTAIN DISEASE. When the misguided aud imprudeut votary of pleasure finds that be has imbibed the seeds of this painful disease, it too often happens that au ill-timed sense of shame, or dread f discovery, deters him from applying to those who, from education and respectability, can alone befriend him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms ot this horrid disease make their appearauee, such a ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural j pains in tbe bead and Unibs, dimness of eight, deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms, blotches on tbe 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 object of commiseration, till death put a period to bis dreadful suffering, by sending him to " that Undiscovered Country from whence no traveller returns." It is melancholy fact that thousands DIE victims 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, &c, destroy the constitution, and incapable of curing, keep the unhappy sufferer month aft-r month takiug their uoxious or in jurious compounds, and instead of being restored U a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiness, iu des pair leave him with ruined Health to s'mh over his galling disnpjiointmeiit. To such, therefore, Dr. Johnston pledges him self to preserve the most luvlolahle Secrecy, and from his extensive practice and observations in the great Hospitals of Euro, and the flrt it: this country, vi : England, France, Philadelphia and elsewhere, is enabled to oiler the most cer tain, sjieedy and effectual remedy in the world for all disea-cs of imprudence. DR. JOHNSTON. OFFICE, NO. 7. S. FREDERICK STREET. AAI.TIMOItK, M. D. lxn band side going from Baltimore street, a leu doors from the comer. Fail not to observe name and iinintier. -"No letters received unless postpaid and containing a stamp to be used on the reply, per sons writing should state age, and send a jiortiou of advirtisement describing symptoms. There are so many Paltry, Designing and Worthless Impnsters advertising themselves a Physicians, trifling with and ruining the health of all who unfortunately fall into their power, that Dr. Johnston deem it necessary to say es pecially to those, unacqnaiuted with bis renuta tion that his Credentials or Diploma, always hung in hi office. ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS. The many thousands cured at this Establish ment, year" after year, and the numerous im portant Surgical Operations performed by Dr. Johnston, witnessed by tba representatives of the press and many other papers, notices of which have appeared again and again before tbe public, besides his standing as a geutlemau of character and responsibility, is a sufficient guarantee to tbe afflicted. Shin diseas? speedily cured. April S, 1874. ly BALTLMORK LOCK JU. JOHNSTON, LIMBER AND PLANING MILLS. Tbiid Street, adjoining Phila. & Eric R. R., two Squares North of the Central Hotel, SUNBURY, PA. MA T. CLEMENT, IS prepared to furnish every description of lum ber required by the demands of the public. llavinit all tbe latest improved machinery for manufacturing Lunber, be is now ready to till or der f all kinds of FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS, SASH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE RANDAS, BRACKETS, and all kiuds of Ornamental Scrowl Work. Turn ing of every description promptly executed. Also, A LAKtiE ASSOHTMKNT OF HILL LUMBER. H KMLOCK and PINE. Also, Shingles, Pickets, Lathe, Ac. Order promptly tilled, and shiped bv Railroad or otherwise. IRA T. CLEM ENT. decl-6:l professional. TirM a. sober. y ATTORNEY AT LA W AND OOtNTV ani.ICITOH. OlUce on Front Street below Market, Sunbury, Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly attended to. J ati en it i:un. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in Ilaupt's building, South East Corner of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa. Si'kvial Attention Paid to Collection. J AM EN II. MeDEVITT, Vttornet at Law and United 8tates Commissioner. Office with S. B. Boyer, Esq., in Bright' Building, Sunbury. Pa. Aug. 22. '73. lx. AN. B II ICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, and acting JUSTICE or the PEACE. Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest nut Street, Sunbury, Pa. Collections and all legal matters promptly at tended to. JEREMIAH SNYDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND ACTINU JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Conveyancing,thc collections of claims, writings, and all kinds of Legal busiuess will be attended to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult ed in the English and German language. Office formerly occupied by Solomon Malick, Esq., op posite City Hotel, Sunbury, Pa. March 2!, 1873. ly. G. A. BOTDOKF, Attorney-at-Law, GEORGETOWN, Northumberland Co., Penna. Cm be consulted in the English and German language. Collections attended to iu North umberland and adjoining counties. Also Agent Tor the Lebanon alley rire insu rance Company. mhl. rp II. B. KAKE, Attorney at Law, SLN--L BURY, PA. Office in Market Square, (adjoining the office of W. I. Grecnougb, Esq.,) Professional business in this and adjoining coun ties promptly attended to. Sunbury, March 10, lS72.-ly. W7C. PACKER, Attorney at Law, Sunbury, Pa- November 9, 1 S7 !. tf. SB. BOYER, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Rooms Nos. 2 A S Second Floor, Bright' Building, SUNBURY, PA. Professiona business attcuded to, in the courts of Northum norland and adjoining counties. Also, in the Cireuit and DMrict Court for the Western Dis trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect ed. Particular attention paid to ea-rt in Ilnnl -ntitnj. Consultation can be had in the Ger man language. luar.i, 1 1. L. II. KAKE, Attorney nl Law, SUN BURY, PA., oflicc in Masscr's Building near the Court House. Front Room up stairs above the Drug Store. Collections made in Nor thumberland and adjoining couuties. Sunbury, Pa., June 8, 1S2. CJ I. WOLVERTON, Attorney at Law. O Market Square, SUNBURY,PA. Profession- 1 business in this and adjoining counties prompt- Attended to. Hit. MASKER, Attorney at Law, SUN- BURY, PA. Collections attended to in be couuties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder. Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. apllO-ti'J s OEOMON MALICK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office at his resideuceon Arch street, one square north of tbe Conrt House, near the jail, SL N- BLRY, PA. Collections and all professional business promptly attended to in this and adjoin- couuties. Consultations can be Had in tue German language. July27-lS72. , W. ZICni.EK. I- T. HOHRBACH. ZIEGLER Jt ROIIRBACII, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office in Haupt' Building, lately occupied by Judge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbach, Esq. Collections and all professional nusincss promptly attended to In the Courts of Northum berland and adjoining counties. Dec. 2. 1371. EDMUND DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, PENN'A. Office iu Haupt's Building, south side of Mar ket street. juuc5,'74.-Iy. Dr. A. C. CLARK, IN Mrs. Donncl's building, up stairs, above T. II. B. Kase's law office, opposite the Court House, Sunrury, Pa. June 12. 1S74. mo. pd. GH. CAB1VALLA DEK.Market Street, SUNBURY, PA. Dealer in Drugs, Medicine, Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, Pocket Books, Dairies, Ac. DR. V. n. MARTIN, Office in Drug Store, Clement nouse Block, Office hours : from 11 a. m., to 1 p. m., and from C to 'J p. m., at all other hours, when not Professionally en gaged can be found at residence, corner of Front and Pcnn street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention given to surgical cases. Will visit Patients either in town or country. fioltls a ub ijestanrnnts. C RAW'FORD IIOFSkT Cor. Third and Mulberry. Business Centre, Williamsport, Pa. D. B. ELSE Si CO., Proprietor. June 21.!, 1S73. UNITED STATES HOTEL, W. F. ! KITCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite tbe Dc- i pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to travellers, and the best accommodation given. April 5,1 f73.tf ! YTTASIIINGTON HOI SE, C. NEFF ! I V Proprietor, Corner of Market & Second ! Streets, opposite the Court House, Sunbury, Pa. May2S,'70. ALLEGHENY HOCSE, A. BECK, Proprietor, Nos. 812 and 814 Market Street, above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, 2 per day. He respectfully solicits your patron age. " Jan0'72. TATIO'NAL HOTEL" AUGUSTUS I WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd County, Pa., at the Station of tbe X. C. R. W. Choice wines and cigars at the bar. The. table is supplied with the best the market afford. Good stabling and attentive ostlers. nl .M MEL'S RESTAl'RANT, LO U I S H U M M E L, Propriet or, Commerce St., 8HAMOKIX, PENN'A. Having just refitted the above Saloon for the accomodation of the public, is now prepared to serve liis friends with the best refreshments, and fresh Ijiger Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt qnors. business Curbs. W. S. KIIOADH. J. PACKFK HAAS WS. It HO ADS A CO.. retail KRAi.rns or ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A. Orncp. with Haas, Faokly Jc Co., Orders left at SeasUoltz fc BroV, office M.irkct trcct, will receive prompt attention. Country ustom respectfully solicited. Feb. 4, 1S71. tf. ANTHRACITE COAL! VALENTINE DIETZ, Wholesale and i Retail dealer in every variety of j ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF, j SUNBURY, PENN'A. All kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal. Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left at S. F. Nevin's Confectionery Store, on Third treet, will recieve prompt attention, and money I receiptedfor, the same a at tbe office. DENTISTRY. QEORGE M. UKXN, la Simj son's Iiuildin'j, Market Sji'i.re, SiNBtBY, Pa., 1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining j JL to Dentistry, lie Keeps constantly on band a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental material, from which he will be able to select, and meet tbe wants of his customers. All work warranted to give satisfaction, or else the money refunded. The very best Mouth Wash and Tooth-Powders kept on hand. His references are the numerous patrons for whom he has worked for the last twelve years. Sunbury, April 21, 1S72. ClOALI COAL! COAL! GRANT BROS., ) Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA. (LOWER WHARF.) Orders will receive prompt attention. NEW COAL YARD. THE undersigned having connected the Coal business with his extensive FLOUR & GRAIN trade, is prepared to supply families with the VERY BEST OF COAE, CIIEAI FOR CASH. Egg, Stove ami Nut, constantly on hand. Grain taken iu exebauge for Coal. J. M. CADWALLADER. Sunbury, Jan. 15, 1870. tf. JjWl. nub sb Jfriaiing. SUNBURY AMERICAN The Largest and Most Complete Estab lishment IN THIS SECTION. NEW TYPE, NEAT WORK, IMPROVED PRESSES, SKILLED WORKMEN. ORDERS I'ROtlFTI.Y FI I.I.ED, -PRH'KS MOItKK TK.-fc HOOK, CAUI AN1 JOB IMMXTIXfJ ' 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, PROGRAM MES. DODGERS. PAPER BOOKS, MANIFESTS, CIRCULARS. Everything that is needed in the printing de partment will be executed with promptness and at low price. All are invited to call and exa mine our samples. No troublcto give estimates and show goods. We diall cheerfully do this to all, who call for that purpose, without charge. I'f'Order for Subscription. Advertising or Job Printing, thankfully received. Add re EM'L WII.VKRT, Proprietor, SUNBURY, PA. IIK SUXliURV AMKUITAX IK TIIK BKS TA I) VEItlSINa MEDIUM In the Central part of tbe Slate, IT CIRCULATE In one of the Most Thrifty, Intelligent anil WEALTHY SECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Sample copy of paper sent to any address Iree of charge. I Scto Sbbcrtiscmcnts. THE NEW IMPROVED REMINGTON SEWING MACHINE. AWARDED The 'Icdal for Progress, AT VIENNA, 1873. The Highest Order of "Medal" Awarded at the Exposition. No Sewing Machine received a Higher Prize. A Few Good Ren nous : 1. A new invention thoroughly tested and se cured by Letter Patent. 2. Makes a perfect Lock Stitch, alike ou.both sides, on all kinds of goods. 3. Ruus light, smooth, noiseless and rapid but combination of qualities. 4. Durable runs for years without repairs. 5. Will do all varieties of work and fancy stitching in n superior manner. C. Is most easily managed by the operator. Length of stitch may be altered while running, and machine cad be threaded without passing thread through holes. 7. Design Simple, Ingenious, Elegant, form ing the stitch without the use of cog wheel gears, rotary cams or lever arms. Has tbe Automatic Drop Feed, which insures uniform length of 6titeh at atiy speed. ' Has our new thread con troller, which allows easy movement of needle bar atd prevents injury to thread. 8. Construction most careful and finished. It ' is manufactured by the most skillful and ex- i i pcrienccd mechanics, at the celebrated Reming- I ) ton Armory, Ilion, X. N. Philadelphia Office, j 810 Chestnut street. inayl,lS74.-2m. j TO V 4c CONFECTIONERY STORE. : Everybody is invited to come and bny of the ; handsome assortment of TOYS AND CONFECTIONERIES at SAMUEL P. NEVIN'S STORE, i i in frame building, adjoining Moore t Dissinger's building, THIRD STREET, SUXBURY, PA. i Just opened a fresh supply of Confectioneries of i every description. TOYS OF AM. KINDS t . . , . ,R.KK nrs j constantly on hand. The best RAISINS, FIGS, CURRANTS & DRIED FRUIT. PUKE WO COFFEE, TEA & SPICES, fresh Bread, Buns A Cakes, every morning FANCY CAKES, BISCUITS, CRACKERS, ,k: DRINKERS, EE.IIOXS, FRESH FISH EVERY DAY will be sold at the lowst rates. The best of AWemarl ,V.kJ will be delivered at the residence of purchasers in any part of the town. Call and see the excellent assortment of good and ascertain prices. BAKERY, FLOORS FEED STORE. rriHE Undersigned, having taken Steel's Bake JL ry, in PURDYTOWX, has secured the ser vices of a I'irA Cltif linker, from Philadelphia, and is now preparec' to furnish the citizens of Sun bury, every morning with Fresh Bread. Roll. Bixeuits, Bun, taken, Ac, made of the BEST FLOUR in the market. He also has on baud a general assortment of FI.OL'R AND FEED, which will be sold at the lowest market nrices. ) All orders promptly filled, aud the articles dell ! vered free of charge iu any part of Sunbury, : Cnkctown and Purdytown. Orders left at Steel's butcher shop, on Market street, will receive prompt attention. ; WM. L. MOORE. j April 3, 1874. 3 mos. MACHINE SHOl AND IRON FOIXDRY. r;i:o. rohrbach & sons, Suubury, I'enn'a, INFORM the public that they are prepared to do all kinds of CASTINGS, and having added a new Machine Shop in connection with their ; Foundry, and have supplied themselves with New i I-atlics, Planing and Boring Machines, with the ! latest improvements. With the aid of skillful . imchanics, they are enabled to execute all order ! of j NEW WORK OR REPAIRING, I that may be given them, in a satisfactory man ner. Urates to suit any Stove. j IRON COLUMNS, for churches or other build I lugS "f sizes. , BRASS CASTINGS, .Vc. ! Ornamental Iron ' Fencing; ' FOR GRAVE YARD LOTS; VERANDAHS, FOR YARDS AT RESIDENCES, AC, AC. The PLOWS, already celebrated for their su I jieriority, have been still further improved, and ! will always be kept on hand, i Also, THRESHING MACHINES. ! Sunbury, MayJJO, 1871. QARRIAGES, BI GGIES AC. H. K. FAGELY Sc CO., : res i -eel fully inform the public that they have ' commt aced the manufacture of CARRIAGES, lUKililES, 40, jgg at the new shop recently erected by J. F. Lerch Comer of Fourth aiitl Clientitnt SI.. SUNBURY, PA., and solicit a fair share of Patronage. April 3-0m. J. F. LERCH, Sup't. A LECTl'RE TO YOl'NG MEN. Jl.ST Ptr.I.ISIIFO, IN A SEAI.F.O F-NVIXOrT.. Price Si Cents. A Lecture on the Nature, Treatment, and Radical cure of Semiual Weakness, or Sperma torrhea, Induced by Self-Abuse, Involuntary Emissions, Impotcncy, Nervous Debility, and Impediments to Marriage generally : Piles, Con sumption, Epilepsy, and Fits, Mental and Phy sical Incapacitd, Ac By ROBERT J. CUL VERWKLL, M. D., author of the "Green Book," v.c. The world-reuowned author, in this admirable Lecture, clearly proves from his own exjmricjice that the awful consequences of Self-Abuse may be effectually removed without medicine, and without dangerous surgical operations, bougies instruments, rings or cordials, pointing out a mode of cure at once certain and effectual, by which every sufferer, no matter what his condi tion may be' may cure himeelf. cheaply, private ly, and radically. " This Leetnre will prove a boou to thousands and thousand. Sent MDder w-.il, in plain i'iiTfloe, to ny .l.!rffH, HMt-.itii, on mwipt 'f sii wins, or two .oxt- MtUtllJ'l. Aililrm tbe Publishers, CJIAS. J. C. KLINE, A CO. Yll Bowery, N. Y. Pout Office lloi, 4-Mfi Jn., V4, llTA-ly. CPIJ3AJP MUSIC Fur AdranrM I'iano For siwjtr sand yovwj Vlaytr. - l'ianibia. PiMiiigtK desiring guod mil- Sfiid :) cents for Peters' sic ut low Jrii should Musical Monthly, ami Toil M-iid SO cents lor copy of. will gH H worth ot Nrw La I'rkmeke la CRF.MK.";MiiHic. Kvery number cou Lvrry number coiitniiis'tains to 8 Mings, mid 4 or from"2 to $:i worth of Kood.i instrumental pieces by music by such authors u, MUrh author as HS, Stew-lii-Urr. Uazt, Voss, Kuhe 'art, Thompson, D-nks rtP. Kilikel, rtc. Publinlied monthly,3ucts.l Published monthly, :K cts. err umiiter: ft a year. ! per number, f ! IT year. Pearls of Melody. A splendid collection of Piano music of medium diffi culty. :l iu IWiirdB ; cloth aud guilt 4. Address. J. L. PETERS, 599 Rroadway, Hot V? N. Y Jan. 2S. 1374. Cm. tied 3octrn. FEMININE POINTS. A GIRL'S FOREVER. The mulberry flowers came drooping down Swe-it over the two that stood together, Parting there by the gateway brown, Still and sad in the soft May weather. He held her close for a last long kiss ; "I'll wait for yon, dear," she said, "forever ; Xo later hour shall be false to this ; For mine is a love that can alter never !" The mulberry flowers drop down once more Sweet over the two that stand together ; But not the two that stood before, Parting sad in the soft May weather ! For the earth has changed its bloom again, And the love has changed that could alter never But a year has come and gone since then ! And that is the length of a girl's forever. OF COURSE. The wind was damp with coming wet, When James and blue-eyed Lizzie met ; He held a gingham o'er hi head, And to the maiden thus he said : "Oh ! lovely girl, my heart's afire With love's unquenchable desire ; Say, dearest one, wilt thou be mine, And join me in the grocery line ?" The maid, in accents sweet replied : 'Jim. hold the umbrella more by my side ; My bran new bonnet's getting wet I'll marry yer, yer need'nt fret." DO NOT GET THE BE I EN. Trip lightly over trouble. Trip lightly over wrong, We only make grief double By dwelling on it long. Why clasp woe's hand so tightly? Why sigh o'er blossoms dead t Why cling to form nnsightly t Why not seek joy instead ? Trip lightly over sorrow. Though all the day be dark, The sun may shine to-morrow, And gaily the lark ; Fair hopes have not departed, Though roses may have fled ; Then never be down-hearted, But look for joy instead. Trip lightly over sadness, Stand not to rail at doom ! We've pearls to string of gladness On this side of the tomb ; Whilst stars are nightly shining. And the heaven is overhead, Encourage not repining, But look for joy instead. nJ5 ant) hirers. A TREASURY ROMANCE. BY E15EX E. REXFORD. Miss Kittie Rayne sat on the vcrandil and sang "Within a n.ile of Edinboro' Town" while John Fenwirk sat. in t,. mr. lor and scowled fiercely at the portrait of that young lady, hanging over the mantel, as bright and piquant and saucy in its ex pression as the young lady herself. But scowling didn't seem to have much effect on the portrait, and his anger had seemed to have about as much on its orignal. The truth of the matter was, there had been a lover's quarrel. John Fenwick and Kitte Rayne had been engaged for six months. It was a real love-match, people said. They were ex actly suited for each other, and seemed to think that no one in the world was quite so happy as themselves. I believe that lovers are apt to cherish rose-colored opin ions of each other, as well as of life. It was somewhat so with John and Kittie at first. But of late within the past two weeks a "change had come o'er the spirit o' their dream." Kittie was or rather had been, considerable of a flirt. She was never so happy as when she was making some young man believe that he was the especial object of her regard. Her mother lectured her on the awful wickedness of flirting, and warned her of the consequences which might result from it, but, like most parential lectures, they failed to make the impression they were intended to make, and Kittie went on flirting with this one and that one, until John Fenwick came. Then she gave it up, and devoted herself wholly to John ; and this time she was in earnest. She couldn't have flirted with John if she had tried, because she respected him too much, aud then he was so good, so handsome, so "nice iu every way," she told her mother, that she didn't want to. She was sure from the first, that he intend ed to marry her, provided, of course, that she was willing ; and Kittie was willing, and therefore decided to be sensible and in earnest in this new phase of courtship. Six months was a long time for Kittie to keep her flirtiug propensities in check. But she had done it, aud congratulated herself on the victory she had gained. Why is it that, just as soon as we think we have ourselves under our own control, some thing comes along to tempt us, and in a good many ciscb we fiud that we are not so much masters of ourselves, after all, as we had congratulated ourselves on being, I don't knoiv why it is, I am sure. Kittie didn't either. Hut just about the time that she bewail to plume herself over her self conquest, Carl Davenport came along ; she was introduced to him, and straightway up popped the old penchant for tlirling from the gravi into which she had thrust it and took possession of her at once. Somehow it seemed to her as if she couldn't help flirting with Davenport. He was hand some and jolly, and there was a something about him which seemed to dare her. And she had been so demure, so sober and good and played propriety for such a long time, that the prospects of a little fun made her wickedly happy. She knew that John would not like it. That people would talk. That her mother would deliver daily lec tures to her but for all that, she struck up a flirtation with Davenport iu a reckless, heedless way, aud never stopped to think what the consequence might be. People began to talk before John mentioned the subject to her. And she knew that they had occasion to talk, too, but she kept on, and tried to make herself believe that she had never been quite so happy in all her life before. That she did enjoy herself in a certain way, I have no doubt, becauee she was fond of mischief of doing things to shock people of being different from other people, aud above all of having her owu way. As the betrothed wife of an other, she had no right to receive Daven port's attentions. She was uot only wronging herself, but John also. 'John's such a goodnatured fellow that he won't care,' the said. 'If he docs I can make up with him when I want to. He knows I don't care a straw for Davenport.' But John did care, and by-and-by he spoke to her about it. 'You aren't jealous, 1 hope ?' she an swered, cailv. 'I never would have thought that of you, John Fen wick, never! 'Xo, I am not jealous,' had been his re ply. 'Perhaps I have had good cause for I jealousy, but I am not afraid to trust you i jret, Kittie. I think you are thoughtless, I and acting from a spirit of girlish mischief, i If you will only stop and think about it so berly, I think you will see that you are do ing wrong, and that most men would think they had a right to be jealous if they were in my place. Think of it in its real light, Kittie. Imagine yourself in my place and I in yours. Would you like to have me flirting with iliss Powell or Miss Standish ? I don't believe you would, Kittie. 'Oh, I shouldn't care,' she laughed back. Not the least in the world, John. Try it, if you want to. It's such fun !' That was all the satisfaction he got then. By-and-by he touched the subject again, and they came near a lover's quarrel. But John, who had a horror of lover's quarrels, had the good sense to stop before they came to angry words, and of course Kittie couldn't quarrel alone. But now the lover's quarrel had come in dead earnest. He was not the 'good na- ! tured fellow' she had takeu him to be, 'if she thought he could stand everything,' ! he had told her. And Kittie, passionate ; and quick in temper, had answered bank j in hot, stinging words, and for half an hour : there had raged a tempest inside the par ! lor. A little lull had come by Kittie's with i drawal from the scene and taking up her position on the veranda where, for the sake ! of showing how little she cared about it, j and being provoking, she sat and sang, j 'Within a mile of Edinboro' Town' in a ! most exasperating way, as if the sole ob ject she had in life, at that particular mo ment, was to see how many runs and trills ; and other variations she could get into it. I At length he got up and joined her. She I looked up saucily, a scarlet flush of hot ; passion yet showing in her cheeks, j 'I want to come to some understanding j in the matter,' he said. I will tell you what i I want you to do. Either stop flirting with j Davenport, or ' j lOr break off my engagement with you ? Is that it V she cried. ' Yes, if you choose to put it in that way,' j he answered, gravely. 'I have borne it long enough as long as I can, in fact. Everybody is talking about it. I don't know that you care for him. If you do, of j course it would be far better for us to un derstand each other, right here. If you do j not, I have a right to insist that you end I the affair by no longer receiving or encour- aging Davenport's attentions.' "You insist I' Kittie's eyes flashed fire. I 'You insist 1 Vd have yu to nntlcrstaml jnt one thing, John Fenwick, and that is this : 'You are not my master yet, and I shall not be dictated to by you. I shall not drop Mr. Davenport, because you order me to. I shall do just as I please about it, sir !' 'Very well,' he answered, pale and stern, 'l'ou understand what the consequences will be, then ?' 'I do,' she answered, scornfully. 'You um1 nnt vratt fOr ItlCUl, MT. reUWlC&. 1 will give you your freedom now, if you want it. Here is your ring. Keep it for some woman who will allow herself to be dictated to by you, and who will always come and go at your royal will. Good morning, sir.' And then, with scornfully indignant eyes and mocking bow, Kittie left him, aud shut the door in his face. He turned slowly and walked away. Kittie, from behind the curtain of her window saw him go away. 'The impudent man !' she cried, shaking her fist at him, 'to dare to tell me what I must not do ! I'll teach him that I'll do just as I please, for all of him.' But by and by better thoughts came to her. 'I suppose I have been to blame.' she said reluctantly, for she hated to ac knowledge it, even to herself. 'But he ueedn't have made a fool of himself by be ing jealous of me. He might know I didn't care anything for Davenport, but the meu can't Bee an inch ahead of their noses. I'll let him think I'm mad for awhile, and when I thiuk he's had time to get ashamed of himself I'll come around and everything will turn out nicely, aud I'll be good after that aud not worry the poor fellow any more.' Kittie's plan was good enough, but it failed to work as she intended it to. When she got ready to take John back into her good graces and fotgive him, he was gone and no one knew where to. The days slipped by, aud Kittie hoped that he would come back or write ; but her hope was a vain one. He had taken her at her word, evidently, and henceforth they were to be strangers to each other. 'And I was the only one to blame,' sol-lK-d Kittie. 'It was all my doings, and I loved him ! I loved him !' It was a drowsy summer day. The soft est of white clouds, like bands of down, lay piled above the horizon, while over head there was nothing but blue sky and sunshine. The wiud was languid with warmth, and seemed to make the day more depressing iu its influence on brain and body than it would have been if no breath of air had stirred the drooping leaves on the old elm just across the street. Catha rine Rayne stood at her desk in the Trea sury building at Washington, and went through with her work in a kind of me chanical way. It was hard to keep her thoughts upon it this sluggish afternoon, when everything seemed ready to swoon for want of a fresh breath of coolness to re vive it. She looked at the elm across the street at the far-away glimpses of woods, and the peaks of the Maryland hills, outlined ha zily against the warm sky, and wished she could get away from her desk for a few days and rest. She didn't care much where she went to, only that she got away from her work. For the last few days it had seemed more like drudgery to her than ever, because she had not been feeling quite as well as usual, perhaps. The long aud intense heat was beginning to tell on her, aud she knew that she was working too hard. A great change had come into her life since that day when she gave John Fenwick back his ring. A sudden col lapse of the bank in which their money was deposited had left her and her mother dependent upon their hands for the bread they must eat and the clothes they must wear. She had endured the change brave- There was loo much independence, too much-up, to permit her to sit down weakly aud accept from others what she knew she could earn for herself. A friend in Washington had procured her a clerkship in the Treasury Depart mcnt, and she had come there to live, bringing her mother, who was but little more than an iuvalid a greater share of the time. What she earned at her desk was sufficient to keep them comfortably, and she felt that that was a goad deal to be thankful for. Catharine was very different now from the Kittle Rayne that John Fenwick had known. She had grown to be a grave and thoughtful woman. The years had come and gone, and now she was thirty-five, with a few silver threads beginning to show in her beautiful brown hair, and lines of care about the mouth. This summer afternoon there were lines of weariness there too. After all the change had been of some good to her, for it had taught her to be self-reliant and earnest, and to look at life in a sober way. In all these years pot one word had ever come to her from John Fenwick, nor of him. For all she knew of him he might be dea4. Dead ! ,She thought of that in a strange wandering way, as we puzzle our selves over the dreams we cannot compre hend. Dead John dead ? It might be, and yet she couldn't really believe it. It had always seemed as if he would come back some time. She had never forgotten the bitter lesson that she had learned her self. Loving him as she had done, with all the strength of her nature, she had felt what it is to love ; and to lose in the the way she had lost is the saddest way in which loss can come to any of us. Ever since they had known her in the Treasury Department she had carried the patient look of sorrow in her face. But it was not the look of morbid sorrow. She had a cheery smile for everybody and a kind and bracing word for those who needed it. 'I am sure there must be some romance clinging to Miss Rayne,' declared Susie Vernon. 'She looks as if there might. I wish I knew.' But Catharine never took any one into her confidence enough to tell them about the romance which had brightened up her life in the years gone by, and which she had crushed out of it with her own ruthless hands. 'How tired and worn out she is looking to-day,' whispered Susie to her neighbor. 'She has been too busy lately. She'll be down completely if she doesn't take a little rest' There was a sound of voices at the door, and one of the Treasury officers came in with a gentleman. Visitors were nothing unusual, and no one gave them more than a glance or two, as they entered. The work went on again in its systematic way. Catharine did not look up ; no one ever came to see her, and she did not care who it was some one on a tour of inspection through the different departments, most likely. But she became aware, all at once, by some subtle influence, that some one was looking at her intently, and looking up, she gave a little cry that was almost a sob. A sudden light made her eyes brighter than they had been for a long time, and 4k . Olblt vub, Id.ti.q Wr uuil vvlU and faint. 'Kittie 1" It was John Fen wick's voice that spoke, in a glad, wondering way. It was John Fenwick's baud outstretched in welcome. She took it, silently, and gave a swift glance into his face, as if hoping and yet doubting. Everything that she saw there made her heart beat strangely fast. 'Kitty, is it really you, and here ?' he asked, as if hardly comprehending it alL "Haven't you a kind word for a fellow who has been gone so long ?' 'I am glad to see you, John,' she said simply, and then broke down in a sudden fit of weeping, and sobbed as a child might have done. John Fenwick's face was grave and ten der as he bent down and lifted her head from her desk. 'I have thought of you all these years as one who was dead to me,' he said softly. 'But I have uever forgot ten you, never ceased to love you. Ah, Kittie, can it be that you care for me a lit tle yet ?' 'I never cared for any one else,' she said, brokenly. 'I was wicked ; I saw it all af terward, when it was too late.' 'See here,' he said, very geutly, and she looked up and saw the ring lie had given her so long ago. 'Shall I give it back to you ?' he asked. 'I have had a lonely life. If you trouWonly wear it, Kittie 1' She held out her hand, and there was a look of utter happiness in her face now. Its weariness was all gone. He slipped the yellow circlet on her finger, and then and there, before the wondering eyes of the many lookers on, bent down and kissed her. And Susie Vernon knew then that there had been a romance in Miss Rayne's life, and felt that this was he best and happiest part of it alh jtUsccltaufOiis. "T? lVsfs That re Dark. TIIK UIS XOSURES OF A SAX FRANCISCO OAMULINO DEN. The San Francisco Jinlhtin relates the following : "The demolition of the Mead House, at the corner of Montgomery and Tine streets, has developed some facts of startling interest. The Mead House was a rendezvous for the gambling fraternity from early in 18C" to December, 1S71, when the police raided upon it and dis turbed operations. Until this raid the game of faro was conducted in the building in a quiet aud orderly manner, and with fair profit, the net earnings reaching $C, 000 for a single year. This in reality a workingmen's bank. Here the working classes deposited large sums of money, and were not troubled with bunk books. A few days ago, while the workmen were taking down the walls, a number of sus picious characters were observed hanging about the spot and watching the proceed ings with great interest. While knocking away the wall of one of the lower rooms the workmen were somewhat puzzled by the manner of the Btrangers. Three of them suddenly walked up to the spot and watched every blow of the ax with the keenest scrutiny. Suddenly a gap was made in the wall, and the next blow of the ax caused u peculiar sound as if a musical instrument had been struck. On examina tion It was discovered that three wires were running up through the wall from fioor to ceiling. In a few minutes no less than half a dozen workmen were about the place examining the wires, the three strang ers looking at each other significantly. "An investigation of the walls. of the whole house was now commenced, and the revelations were, indeed, of the most start liug character. In one of the rooms on the upper floor was an arrangement which en abled the player to know exactly what his opponent held. Directly over the table in the centre of the room was a small hole in the ceiling through which the confederate watched the game. Wires ran along the ceiling to the floor,and terminated in levers beneath the carpet, upon which the cheat ing gambler placed his foot ; as these wires were pulled, the number of taps telegraphed the course of action to pursue. The faro room was tbe most ingeniously contrived thing in the house. In the first place wires ran from the door so that a signal was given when it opened, and in an instant everything was ready for the drop. This was accomplished by two levers and a space beneathjet into the floor. In a sec ond the gamblers withdrew from the table, each man, of course, grabbing his checks and money, and by a motion of the levers the yawning floor opened, and down went the whole "lay out." The carpet was then drawn over the spot, and when tbe officers have in sight, there was nothing in the shape of gamblers' implements to be seen. In the bouse there were taken out no less than one hundred and fifty wires, and sev eral contrivances for suddenly hiding gambling implements. After the discovery an endeavor was made by three strangers . to hush tbe matter up, but the affair had become noised abroad, and already a good many strangers were about the place, drawn thither by curiosity. The develop ments are creating some stir with the gambling fraternity, but the leading sports of the city denied all knowledge of the ex istence of the peculiar arrangments by which the unwary were fleeced." Matters in the Valley of Virgi nia. A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch, writing from Rockbridge county (Valley railroad, section 57,) nnderdate of April 28th, says : 'There are about one hundred Italians at work on the Valley railroad, most of whom worked on the famons Mt. Cenis tunnel through the Alps. They are stone masons, and have most all of that kind of work on the line. They are generally able- bodied, fine-looking men, polite, quiet, but d and industrious workmen at lower wages than our people work for, and they are much liked by contractors and the peo ple. They begin to talk a little English, and most of their "bosses" can "navigate" the language very welL They drink wine and lager, and don't like "commissary whiskey," and I have the first one to see drunk yet. They expect to locate perma nently in Virginia, and will make good citizens. A word about Richmond and Baltimore before I close, and again I say a word to the wise is sufficient." Railroad contractors and merchants here and above say they want to trade with Richmond, but can buy as cheap, if not cheaper, in Balti more, and ship to Staunton and Goshen by the Valley railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio cheaper and quicker than by canal or railroad from Richmond, and much more j. xKiiuaiurc, nan? n to meet payments for supplies by the esti mates for work, and Richmond does not ; and the Baltimore railroad lines give cheap freights, and your lines do not. If these matters are not attended to by your busi ness men how can you expect the Valley to help "to build up Richmond ?" One of the foremost of English medical writers, Dr. James Johnson, emphatically says : "I declare my conscientious opin ion, founded on tbe long observation and reflection, that if there was not a single physician, surgeon, apothocary, chemist, druggist, or drug, on the face of the earth, tftere would be less sickness and less mor tality than uow obtains." And Prof. Ma gendie is reported to have addressed his students at the Medical College in Paris to the following effect : "Gentlemen, medi cine is a great humbug. I know it is called a science. Science indeed it is nothing like science. Doctors are nothing but inert empirics when they are not charla tans. We are as ignorant as men can be. Who kuows anything in the world about medicine ? Gentlemen you have done me the honor to attend my lectures, and I must tell you frankly that I know nothing about medicine. True, we are gathering facts every day. We can produce typhus fever, for example, by injecting a certain substance into the veins of a dog ; we can alleviate diabetes ; and I see distinctly we are fast approaching the day when phthisis can be cured as easily as any disease. But I rejieat it to you, there U no such thing now as medical science. I grant you, peo ple are cured ; but how ? Xatuie does a great deal ; imagination does a great deal ; doctors do devilish little. New Exemption Law. The following exemption law passed both branches of the Legislature : lie it enacted, &&, "That aud after the 4th day of July next no waiver except as hereafter provided, by any debtor, a resi dent of this Commonwealth, who is the head of a family of the benefit or right to claim exemption of property from levy and salt; upon execution and distress for rent that h now or may hereafter be allowed or exempted by the laws of this Common wealth, shall be valid, any debtor making such waiver, or any agreement therefor, or any member of the family of such debtor may claim and demand and shall be entitled to such exemption the same as if no such waiver or agreement therefor had been made, l'roriihd. That this act shall not affect or apply to any waive or agreement therefor made prior to the 4th day of July next, nor shall this act affect or apply to any obligation, agreement or indebtedness entered into or contracted for the purchase of real estate or for rent. And provided further. That this act shall not affect or ap ply to any waiver ot inquisition or conies sion of condemnation of real estate made by any dependent as provided by an act en titled, "An Act relating to executions," approved June sixteenth Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. Gikls. Girls do not always know their power. It is far greater than they think ; and, were they true aud brave enough to exert it, they might almost, in a generation , revolutionize society about them. Exert your power for good upon the young men who are privileged to enjoy your society. Gentle ant good, be also, brave and true. Try toexhibit the ideal of a woman whose life is mighty as well as beautiful in its maidenly dignity and attractive loveliness. Do not let it even seem that dress and fri volity constitute your only thoughts ; but let the elevation of your character and the usefulness of your life lift up the man that walks by your side. Some of you are in intimate associations, which under ex changed promises, look forward to a nearer and more enduring relation. In these hours do nothing to lower, but everything to refine and ennoble each other's character.
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