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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.
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Everything that is needed in the printing de
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and show goods. We diall cheerfully do this
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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.
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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.