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Corner of Third St., and Market Square,
SUNBURY, PA.
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SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1874.
New Series, Vol 6, !V. 20.
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A
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BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL
JOHNSTON,
Fhvsician of this celebrated Institution, has
discovered the most certain, speedy, pleasant and
effectual remedy in the world Tor all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness ot the Back or Limbs, Strictures,
Affections of Kidneys and Bladder, lnvolun
tary Discharges, Impotencr, General Debill
ly, Nervousness, Dyspepsy, Languor, Low
Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of
the Heart, Timidity, Tremblings, Dimness
of Sight or Giddiness, Disease or the Head
Throat. Nose or 8kin. Affections of Liver, Lungs,
8tomach or Bowels these terrible Disorders
arising from the Solitary Habits of Youth those
ecret and solitary practices more fatal to their
victims than the song of Brians to the Manners
of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hopes
of anticipations, rendering marriage, Ac, impos
sible.
IOCNGMEN
especially, who have become the victims of 8oll
tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely grave
thousands of young men of the most exalted
talents and brilliant intellect, who mignt otner-
wise bare entranced Listening Senates with the
thunders Ol eloquence or waked to ecstacy the
living lyre, may call with rail confidence.
MARRIAGE.
, Married Persons or Young Men contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Procreatlve Power Impotencyl, Nervous Ex
citability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner-
vous Debility, or any other uisquanncauon
speedily relieved.
He who places himself under the care of Dr. 3,
may religiously confide In his honor as a gentle
man, and confidently rely Uon bis skill as a Pb v-
sician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Impoteocy, Loss of Power, Immediately Cured
and full v Igor Restored.
This Distressing Affection which renders Life
miserable and marriage Impossible is the penalty
aid by the victims of improper indulgences,
Young persons are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful conseqences
that may ensue. Now, who that understand
the subject will pretend to deny that the power
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
improper habits than by the prudent I Besides
being deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring,
the most serious and destructive symptoms to both
body and mind arise. The system becomes de
ranged, the Physical and Mental Functions
Weakened, Loss of Procreative Power. Nervous
Irritability, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of the i rame, Cough, Consumption. Decay and
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persons ruined In health by unlearned pretcn
dcrs who keep them trlflinir month after month,
takiug poisonous and Injurious compounds,
should apply lmmediateu.
DR. JOHNSTON,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lon
don, Graduated from one of the most eminent
Col'cges In the United States, and the greater
part of whose ife has been spent in the hospitals
or London, rris, 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,
bashfulness, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured
immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who have iujurrd
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin both body and mind, unfitting
them for cither business, study, society or mar
riage. These are some of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth, viz:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Durestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Con
eumption, fcc.
Mektallt The fearful effects on the mind
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, &c, are some of the
evils produced.
Thousands of persons of all agea can now
Jatige b U tha ounanf their dsollning health,
losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated, having a singular appearance
about the eyes, cough and symptoms ol consump
tion. YOUNG MEN
Who have injured th mselves by a certain prac
tice indulged in when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or at school, the
effects of which are nightly felt, even when !
asleep, aud if Dot cured, renders marriage Impos
sible, and destrovt both mind and body, should
apply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his
country, the darling of his parents, should be
snatchci. from all prospects and enjoyments of
life, by the consequence of deviating from the
path of nature and indulging in a certain secret
habit. Such persons MC8T before contemplating
J1AKK1AGE.
reflect that a sound mind and body are the most
necessary requisites to promote connubial happi
ness. Indeed without these, the journey through
life becomes a weary pilgrimage ; the 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 bliehted with our own.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary of
pleasure finds that he has imbibed the seeds of
this painful disease, it too often happens that an
ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery,
deters him from applying to those who, from
education and respectability, can alone befriend
him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms of
this horrid disease make their appearance, inch
as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural
pains in the head and limbs, dimness of sight,
deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms,
blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the
palate of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall
in, and the victim of this awful disease becomes
a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts
a period to Lis dreadful suffering, by sending
him to 44 that Undiscovered Country from whence
no traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fart that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
into the hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
t TENDERS, who, by the use of that deadly Poi
son, Mercury, etc., destroy the constitution, aud
' incapable or curing, keep the nnhappy sufferer
wowth aftsr month taking their noxious or In
jurious compounds, and instead of being restored
to a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiness, iu des
2 fMlr I cava him with ruined Health to cih over
his galling disappointment.
"J To such, therefore, Dr. Johnston pledges him
. 'self to preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, and
from his extensive practice and observations iu
tfce great Hospitals of Europe, and the first in
this eonntry, via : England, France, Philadelphia
and elsewhere, Is enabled to offer the moft cer
tain, speedy and effectual remedy iu the world
for all diseases of imprudence.
DR. JOHNSTON.
OFFICE, NO. 7. 8. FREDERICK STREET.
Baltimore, M. D.
Left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few
doors from the corner. Fail not to observe name
and number.
P?No letters received unless postpaid aud
containing a stamp to be used on the reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and send a portion
of advirtlseiuent describing symptoms.
There are so many Paltry, Designing and
Worthless Impnsters advertising themselves as
Physicians, trifling with and ruining the tealtu
of all who unfortunately fall into their power,
that Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es
pecially to those unacquainted with his reituta-
ion that his Credentials or Diplomas always-
hang in his office.
I ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRE88.
" The many thousands cured at this Establish
ment, year after year, and the numerous im
portant Surgical Operations performed by Dr.
Johnston, witnessed by the representatives of the
press and many other papers, notices of which
have appeared again and again before the public,
besides his standing as a gentleman of character
and responsibility, is a sufficient guarantee to the
afflicted. Shin diseases speedily cured.
April Z, 1874. ly
LIMBER ASD PLANING MILES.
Third Street, adjoining Phila. A Erie R. R., two
Squares North of the Central Hotel,
t . SUNBURY, PA.
; IRA T. "clement,
IS prepared to furnish every description of lum
ber required by the demands of the public.
Having all the latest Improved machinery for
manufactartag Lunber, he is now ready to fill or
ders of all kinds of
FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS,
SASH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE
RANDAS, BRACKETS,
and all kinds of Ornamental Scrowl Work. Turn
loe of every description promptly executed. Also,
A LAME ASSOKTMNT OT
BILL LUMBER.
HEMLOCK and PINE. Also, Shingles, Pickets,
Lathe, Ac.
- Orders promptly filled, and shipjssd by Railroad
or otherwise. IRA T. CLEMENT,
devl 9-61 t
professional.
JOSEPH S. ARNOLD,
ATTORNEY nnd COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Ilerndon, North'd county, Pa,
All business matters in the counties of North'
umberland, Snyder, Union, Perry and Juniata
promptly attended to. Consultations can be had
in the German and English languages,
april 17, 1874.-ly.
EDMUND DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SUNBURY, PENN'A
Office iu Haupt's Building, south side of Mar
ket street. june5,'74.-'y.
TV"
.VI. A. SOBER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND C0CSTT SOLICITOR.
Office on Front Street below Market, Sunbury,
Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly
attended to.
JAMES BEARD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Haupt's building, South East Corner
of Market Square, Banbury, 1'a.
Special Attektiov Paid to Collections.
JAMES II. McDEVITT,
Attorney at Law and
Ukited States Commissioner. Office with S.
B
Boyer, Esq.. in Bright 's Building, Sunbury.
Aug. 22. '73. I.V.
Pa.
A N. BRICE,
ll. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ASD ACTING JUSTICE OF 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
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Conveyanclng,the collections of c!aims,writings,
and all kinds of Legal business will be attended
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed In the English and German language. Office
formerly occupied by Solomon Malick. Esq., op
posite City Hotel, Sunbury, Pa.
March 3, 1873. ly.
G.
A. BOTDORF,
Attorney-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Penna.
Can be consulted in the English aud German
languages. Collections attended to in North
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also Agent for the Lebanon alley r ire insu
rance Company. nih!5
Til. B. KAKE, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Office in Market Square,
(adjoining the office of W. L Greenough, Esq.,)
Professional business in this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
eunbury, March 18, lS7S.-jy.
W. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9, 187i. tf.
O If. BOYER, Attorney and Counsellor
KJt at Law. Rooms Nos. 2 a 3 Second Floor,
Bright's Building, 8UNBURY, PA. Professioua
busiuess attended to, in the courts of Northum
oerland and adjoining counties. Also, in the
Circuit and District Courts for the western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to cane In Bank-
irfrv. Consultation can be had in the Ger
man language. marS,'7I.
L.
II. KANE, Attorney at Law, SUN
BURY, PA., office iu Masscr's Building
near the Court House. Front Room up stairs
above the Drug Store. Collections made in Nor
thumberland and adjoining counties.
Sunbury, Fa., June H, 18. U.
SP. WOLVERTON, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, SUNBURY.PA. Profession
al business in this and adjoining counties prompt-
y attended to.
HB. MASHER, Attorney at Law, 8UN-
BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder,
Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. pllO-69
gOLOMON MALICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office at his residence on Arch street, one square
north of the Court House, near the jail, BUN-
BURY. PA. Collections and all professional
business promptly attended to in this and adjoin
ing counties. Consultations can be hod in the
German language. July27-18T2.
0. W. ZIEOLEB. I- T. BOHRBACH.
ZIEGLER fc ROIIRBACII,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office in Haupt's Building, lately occupied by
Judge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbach, Esq.
Collections and all professional business
promptly attended to in the Courts of Northum.
berland and adjoining counties.
Dec. S. 1871.
Dr. A. C. CLARK,
IN Mrs. Donnel's building, up stairs, above T.
II. B. Kase's law office, opposite the Court
House, Sunl-ury, Pa.
June 13. 1874. 6 mos. pd.
GB. CAD WALL ADER.Market Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer In Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books, Dairies, Ac.
DR. C. M. MARTIN, Office In Drug
Store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. m., to 1 p. m., and from 6 to 9 p. m.,
at all other hours, when not Professionally en
gaged can be found at residence, corner of Front
and Pcnn street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular
attention given to surgical cases. Will visit
Patients either in town or country.
fstanmnts.
CLEMENT HOUSE, Third Street below
Market, Sunbury, Pa. THAD. 8. SHAN
NON. Proprietor. Rooms neat and comfortable.
Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season
and the waiters attentive and obliging.
Suuqury, April 24, 1S74.
RAWFORD IIOl'SE, Cor. Third and
Mulberry, Business Centre, Williumsport,
Pa.
D. B. ELSE A CO., Proprietor.
June 29, 1873.
NITED STATES HOTEL, W. F.
KITCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, and the best accommodations given.
April 5, 1873. tf
WASHINGTON IIOI'SE, C. NEFF
Proprietor, Corner of Market & Second
Streets, opposite the Court House, Sunbury,
Pa May28,'7Q. f
ALLEGHENY HOUSE, A. BECK,
Proprietor, Nos. 812 and 814 Market Street,
above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, ti
per day. He respectfully solicits your patron
age. JanG'72.
ATIONAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
County, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The table is supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
CM MEL'S RESTAURANT,
LOUIS HUMMEL. Proprietor,
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, PENN'A.
Having just refitted the above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to
serve J Is friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
quors.
Snsintss ftarbs.
W. 8. RHOADS. t. PACKER BAAS
WS. RHOADS St CO.,
RETAIL DEALERS Or
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A
Office with Haas, Faoklt A Co.,
Orders left at Seasholtz A Bra's., office Market
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
ustom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1871. tf.
ANTHRACITE COAL !
VALENTINE DIETZ, Wholesale and
Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
at 8. F. Nevin's Confectionery Store, on Third
treet, will rccicve prompt attention, and money
receiptedfor, the same as at the office.
C OA LI COAL! COAL1 GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AND RED ABH COAL, BUNBURY, PA.
(LOWER WHARF.)
Orders will receive prompt attention.
jottls aub ,ij
DENTISTRY.
GEORGE M. RENN,
In Simpson's Building, Market Square,
StrsBCBT, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry, ne keeps constantly on hand
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which he will be able to select,
and meet the 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 lmnd.
His references are the numerous patrons for
whom he has worked for the last twelve years.
Sunbury, April 21, 1872.
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 COAL,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken in exchange for Coal.
J. M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbury, Jan. 15, 1870. tf.
Sisttllaiucjis.
JOHN KEAGLEY. D. W. FERRT
NTEAM PLAINING MILLS,
MILLERSBURG, PA.
NEAGLEY& PERRY,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Flooring, Siding, Surface Boards, Lath,
Stripping, Shingles,
And nil kinds of Sash, Doors, Shutters, Blinds,
Mouldings, &c.
Hemlock & White Pine Bill Stuff, and all kinds
of Building Material.
Stair building and church work a specialty,
March 13, ly.
Building Lot! For Sale.
VTINETEEN LOTS, 25x100 feet, fronting on
jLN Vine street, in Sunbury. Price 1125. Also
thirty lots, 25x137, fronting on Spruce and Pine
streets. Price $18 per foot. Also eight lots, 25
x90, fronting on Fourth street between Walnut
and Spruce. Price $450. Also 21 lots, 25x110,
fronting on Third and Spruce streets, between
Walnut and Spruce. Price $400. Also 5 lots
24x230 on the north side of Spruce street. Price
$600. Also 10 lots in Caketown, The above
prices do not include corner lots. Persons de
siring to purchase will do well to call soon.
Terms easy. IRA T. CLEMENT.
Jnn. JJ, 3m.
Fashionable Millinery Good
JUST OPENED!
MISS M. L. GOSSLER,
On Fourth St., below S. V. R. R.,
SUNBURY, PA.,
Has just opened a full line of
Spring Millinery Goods. The
latest styles of
Hatsand Bonnets.
Trimmings, Iiandkcrcblcrs, Ladles'
Collars, Gloves, and Notions gene
rally. Particular attention of all
the ladies in the county is directed
to her assortment, as her stock is larger than
ever, and goods sold cheaper.
Sunbury, May 1, 1874;
CON LEY, IIACKETT at MATEER,
DEALERS IN
HARDWARE.
CUTLERY, IRON,
GUNS,
NAILS.
TOOLS,
GLASS,
PAINTS,
OILS,
ROPE,
PULLEYS,
PUTTY,
VARNISH,
SHOE FXlSTJDXlSrCS,
1 E1TBFR BELTING,
' Fishing Tackle, Ammunition.
A full line of goods at low prices.
NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS
Please call and examine
SIGN OF TITE ANVIL.
HH Market Street,
SI XBIRY PA.
June 5, 1S74.
KEEP IT IIAXDY!
The Reliable Family Medicine.
DIARRIIEA, Dysentery, Cholera, Summer
Complaint, Cramps, etc., quickly cured by
the use of
JARDELLA'S
Compound Syrup of Blackberry Root and Rhu
barb. An old, well tried remedy, entirely ves;
Uble, pleasant to take, quick nnd " in
effect ; can be depended on i- nit urgent
cases; may be given l youngest infant as
well as to adults. contains
NO CAMPHOR OR OPIUM.
It is a pleasant extract and readily taken by
children. It has often saved life when physi
cians had depuired. Keep it Iu the house and
use in time. All we ask for it is a trial. Don't
let your dealer put you off with something else.
Buy it. Try it. Sold by Druggirts and Store
Keepers throughout this Mate, rrcpared only
by HANSELL, A BRO..
jul'J,-3m 2000 Market Street, Philadelphia.
THE GREAT PRIZES
or THE
Fourth Gift Concert
Kentucky Public Library
WEKE PKAWN a rOI.I.OWS :
The first prize of $187,500, the capital prize,
by clubs iu Memphis, Teuu.
The second gift, $75,000, was puid to 8tite
Bunk, Madisou, Mo., J. H. Wakefield and A. L.
Sims, of Trenton, Ky., H. II. Bollinger, Pem
broke, Ky., P. W. Dooner, Los Angelos, Cal.,
W. G. Byerly, Portsmouth, O., Flint & Clmm
bcrlin, Waco, Tex., and others, the tickets hav
ing been sola in coupons.
The Farmers' National Bank, of Richmond,
drew the half of the third prize, $37,500. Wm.
E. Oatcs, Vicksburg, Miss., J. M. Copeland,
Franklin, Ky., Armstrong A Sawyer, Grunsburg,
Ind., each one-tenth. The remainder was held
in clubs.
The tirst prize of the third drawing was all in
one ticket, and owned by L. II. Keith, Esq.,
Kingston, Mass., to whom was paid 1100,000 in
cash.
THE FIFTH GIFT CONCERT,
which is positively the last which will ever be
given under this charter, will come off in Public
Library Hall, at Louisville, Ky.
Friday, J air 31,174.
$2,500,000
divided into twenty thousand gifts, will be dis
tributed among the ticket-holders.
LI8T OF GIFTS.
One Crand Cash Gift $250,000
One Grand Cash Gift lOtt.OOO
One Grand Cash Gift - 75.000
One Grand Cash Gift 50,030
One Grand Cash Gift 25,000
And 10,995 gifts, ranging in value from $20,
000 to $50.
Grand Total, 20,000 Gifts, all cash, $2,500,000.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole Tickets $50 00
Halves 25 00
Tenths, or each Coupon 5 00
11 Whole Tickets for 500 00
Foi tickets and information apply to
TH08. E. BRAMLETTE, Agent Public Library
Ky., Public Library Building, Louisville, Ky.
Or THOMAS II. HATS A CO.,
July3,'74. C09 Broadwoy, New Tork.
The UNIVERSAL MEDICINE
For the HOUSEHOLD.
Try It. Price per battle 25 cents. For sale
by all Druggists. REUBEN HOYT, Proprietor,
203 Greenwich St.. N. Y. maylMw
SUNBURY AMERICAN
The Larzcst and Most Complete Estab
lishment
IN TniS SECTION.
NEW TYPE,
NEAT WORK,
IMPROVED PRESSES,
SKILLED WORKMEN.
ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
aTPRICES MODERATE.-
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTING
EXECUTED IN THE BEST STYLE.
BUSINESS CARDS.
WEDDING CARDS,
VISITING CARDS,
SHOW CARDS,
BALL TICKETS,
BLANKS,
HANDBILLS,
MERCANTILE LETTER HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
ENVELOPES,
CARDS,
CHECKS AND DRAFTS,
PROGRAMMES.
DODGERS,
PAPER BOOKS.
MANIFESTS, .. .
CIRCULARS.
Everything that Is needed in the printing de
partment will be executed with promptness and
at low prices. All are invited to call and exa
mine our samples. No trouble to give estimates
and show goods. We shall cheerfully do this
to all, who call for that purpose, without charge.
trOrders for Subscription. A-iing or
Job Printing, thank--" i"!.
Address
EM'L WILVERT, Proprietor,
SUNBURY, PA.
SUNBURY AMERICAN
18 TIIK
BESTADVERJS1NG MEDIUM
Iu the Central part of the Stale,
IT CIRCULATES
In one of the Most Thrifty, Intelligent and
AVEALTHY
SECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Sample copy of paper sent to any address lree
of charge.
TOY sV CONFECTIONERY STORE.
Everybody is Invited to come and buy of the
handsome assortment of
TOYS AND CONFECTIONERIES
at
SAMUEL P. NEVIN'S STORE,
in frame building, adjoiaing Moore A Dissingrr's
building, THIRD 8TREET, SUNBURY, PA.
Just opeued a fresh supply of Confectionerisa of
every description.
TOYS OF ALL KINDS
constantly on hand. The best RAISINS, FIGS,
CURRANTS A DRIED FRUIT.
PURE RIO COFFEE, TEA & SPICES,
fresh Bread, Buns A Cakes, every morning
FANCY CAKES, BISCUITS, CRACKERS, Ac.
ORANGERM, LEMONS,
FRESH FISH EVERY DAY
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How Little We Know ol Each Other.
How little we know of each other !
As we pass through the journey of life,
With its struggles, Us fears, and temptutiong-
Its heart-breaking cares and its strife.
We can only see things on the surface,
For few people in glory sin ;
And an unruffled face is no index
To the tumult which rages within.
How little we know of each other !
The man who tonlay passes by,
Blessed with fortune, and honor, and titles,
And holding his proud head so high,
May carry a dread secret with him
Which makes of bis bosom a hell,
And he, sooner -or later, a felon,
May writhe in a prisoner's cell.
How little we know of each other !
That woman of fashion, ho sneers
At the poor girl betrayed and abandon'd,
And left to her sighs and her tears,
May, ere the sun rises to-morrow,
Have the mask rudely torn from her face,
Aud sink from the height of her glory
To the dark shades of shame and disgrace.
How little we know of each other ! .
Of ourselves, too, how little we know !
We are all weak when under teuptation,
All subject to error and woe.
Then let biassed charity rule us,
Let us put away envy and spite
Or the skeleton grim in our closet,
May some day be brought to the light.
A RAILROAD SMASH
Whoever has traveled much or little by
railroad knowi how the faces of his fellow
travelers interest him, how ia the absence
of anything tlse to occupy his mind, he
will study tleni, trying to imagine the
character anc history of its owner. Such
was the case f Charley Reymart, who was
on his way to Chicaso from New York.
In the next seat in front of him sat a girl
whose beaut; would have attracted his
attention anywhere ; but here he studied
her youthful perfect features, her dark,
luminous eyet, her golden brown hair, and
her perfectly round neck and shoulders
until she seemed perfection to his
enraptured vision. Drinking in visually
all these thbgs lie fell into a kind of day
dream, of vhich the fair creature was the
heroine, and matrimony the climax.
Suddenly he was aroused from his revery
by a screech of the locomotive whistle, a
terrible crtsh, and a sensation of being
thrown vioently forward into the debris of
the smashed car. As soon as he had re
covered frctn the first shock, he realized
his posilioi. A violent collision bad piled
the train h a confused mass, and he was
buried beneath it. It was dark, and as he
felt about with his hands he found that he
was, although uninjured and able to move
a little, completely wedged in by the wreck
of a car. Uis band, iu groping, came in
contact with another hand, and as it clasp
ed his in its trembling, sacred grasp, he
knew it to be the soft, small hand of a wo
man. It clung to his tenaciously, as if its
owner felt safely in the contact
'Are you hurt V asked Reymart.
'Xo, sir, I think not. At least I feel no
pain.'
The voice was low and sweet, although
its tone attested her azony of fright.
'Can you move your body freely ?' ques
tioned Reymart.
'Yes,' she replied, 'but I have no space
to move in much. Do you think we'll ev"
get out alive ?'
'Almost certainly so.' he said an
assurance of unconcern th?' ne scarcely
felt. 'It may require so- little time for
them to remove the "ck but 1 th5nk we
have little dan?o-10 fcar haT",DS escaped
the first shf nc collision. Have you
ay c,vpanion8 on the train ?'
'Ho, I am alone.'
The thought that she was the beautiful
girl who had occupied the seat in front of
him made his heart bound, inasmuch as
the soft hand that clasped his had been
j'oined by its mate, and both clung with a
nervous pressure that made his blood tingle,
even amidst the surroundings.
Already the sound of vigorously applied
axes began to mingle with the groans of
the less fortunate passengers, and Reymart
knew that the wreck was being removed as
rapidly as possible. Yet it seemed an age
before they drew near his vicinity. He
shouted to them, and they worked slowly
in his direction. After awhile a ray of
light streamed in, and fell up the face of
his companiou. His conjecture was cor
recthe saw the admired features of the
beautiful passenger.
A few minutes later and they were both
lifted out uninjured, save by & few scratches
and bruises.
Reymart led his fair companion to a sta
tion which was but a few rods distant from
the scene of the accident, and found her as
comfortable a seat as possible. The other
rooms were half filled with wounded, and a
train was momentarily expected to convey
them to the nearest city, which was Buffalo.
Very soon it came.
I presume we had better take this train,'
said Reymart
'If you think best,' replied the lady.
He was flattered by her deference to his
judgment, and politely escorted her to a
seat in the train.
'I suppose it would be useless to attempt
to learn the safety of your baggage,' he
said, when they were seated.
'I had none,' she said ; 'my journey was
not a very long one. I live in Cleveland,
and have been on a day's visit to some re
latives.' 'And my baggage,' he added, laughing,
'is not bulky, although tolerably valuable.
I carry it all in my breast pocket, and it
consists of several thousand dollars in bills,
which I was taking to Chicago.'
The ride to Buffalo was not long, and
the strangely introduced pair talked glidly.
Before they had reached that city, Reymart
had been informed by his fair companion
that her name was Lydia Mapleson, and
that her father was a clergyman in Cleve
land. In conversation her delicate beauty
was lighted up with the radiance of intelli
gence and he was entranced under the
spell of her presence by the casual touch
of her hand the pure, warm breath that
fell upon his cheek.
The train had been sent especially to
briug the passengers off the wrecked train,
and went no further than Buffalo. They
could go no further before morning, and
the railroad officials had them conveyed to
a hotel.
'Good night,' said Reymart, as he press
ed the girl's hand, as they parted in the j
hotel parlor ; it is now ten o'clock, and we
are to take an early train in the morning.
I hope to see you fully recovered from the
effects of the excitement of the accident
when we meet at breakfast'
tiooa night,' she replied, 'ana mnny
thanks for your kindness.'
. Reymart went to bed and tried to sleep ;
but for a long time was unsuccessful. His
mind was full of Miss Mapleson, and when
he did fall asleep it was only to dream of
her.
And how was it with Miss Mapleson ?
She went to her room, and without un
dressing, laid down on the bed. She was
asleep, and soundly so, to all appearances.
until daylight. Then she awoke with
start, rubbed her eyes. Bat up in bed and
looked at her watch. Just then there was
a rap at the door, and a waiter informed
her that passengers for the early western
train must get up for breakfast. Miss M&
pleson arose, smoothed out her traveling
dress, washed her face and hands, dressed
her hair, and looked lovelier than ever with
the flush of early rising. She met Rey
mart at the dining room door, and they
took their seats at the table.
And have you quite recovered Rey
mart asked.
Indeed, 1 am afraid not,' she replied
with a faint smile; '1 am really ill this
morning, and fear you will have to leave
me here another day.'
Leave you!' he said warmly: 'you
have no friends here ?'
No, but doubtless I shall get kind atten
tion here in the hotel, and 1 may be able
to get on by to-morrow. I can telegraph
to my father, too, and he can come for
me.
'A day or two will make no difference
with me,' he said, 'and, if you will allow
me, I will remain.
She was silent, and he feared be had pre
sumed too far.
'My motives are honest,' pleaded the
poor fellow. 'I only wish to be of service
to you.'
'I believe you,' she answered, 'and only
feared that your polttenes had led you lo
offer too much. I shall be very grateful,
and my father too, will scarcely know how
to thank you.'
She could eat nothing ; her head ached,
she said, and was dizzy. Reymart aided
her to her room, and she lay down on her
bed again.
'O, it's nothing seriotis, she said, sweet
ly, in answer to his apprehensive look;
and excitement throws me into just such
attacks, and they never last long.'
'Shall I get a doctor ?'
'O, no ; I never could take any medicine
it's too nasty and I will get well quicker
without it'
'Shall I telegraph to your father.'
'If you please.'
She wrote a message herself on a page
from Reymart's memorandum book, and
he went out to send it When he had gODe
she rang the bell, and a boy answered the
summons.
'Take this to a druggist's,' she said,
writing an order in the form of a physi
cian's prescription, 'and bring back what
it calls for.'
After the lapse of ouly a few miuutea the
boy returned, and handed her a small vial.
Soon after Reymart. too-"iturned. .--'I
have sent the rsasV ne aid, 'and
now, I supper can "e kt by
going aww and letting you sleep ; but you
can P"1 r me if yu want anything dur
the day.'
'No, don't go,' she said, gently detaining
him. 'I couldn't sleep, and should be
frightfully lonesome if left alone. Stay and
talk to me please.'
The task was by no means oo irksome
one to the infatuated young man. The
forenoon passed before he scarcely knew it
so agreeable was his enslaver's society, to
piquant her conversation, so pure, childish,
and graceful her manner. At noon, at his
urging, she ate a slight meal of toast and
tea, and announced that she felt much bet
ter. He proposed a ride, urging thai the
air would improve her, and she consented.
'I'll go to a livery stable and select the
best available beast ' he said, jocosely, 'but
don't expect too much.'
While he was gone she arose, brushed
her hair, which she had allowed to flow
over the pillow, and put on her cloak and
hat. Reymart found her ready when he
returned, and with natural pride he helped
his attractive charge into the carriage.
The day was bright and warm, and the
way which he took a shaded road led him
into the country most picturesque. With
his lovely companion lightly touching his
side, with her voice thrilling him, with her
eyes looking shyly into his, it is necessary
to state that Reymart enjoyed the ride ?
They talked of the fields and farm houses
which they passed, of themselves, of their
likes and dislikes while the hours flew by
almost unnoticed. Twilight settled down
upon them, and under its cover Reymart
drew the girl to his breast, and told the
impassioned words his sudden but over
powering love felt for her.
'I know that this is precipitate,' he
pleaded, 'and, perhaps, foolishly rash, but
I mu9t speak now or risk losing you forever.
We might never meet again, and I should
carry through life the words which I neg
lected to speak.'
Miss Mapleson allowed him to hold her
in his arms, while her fair head dropped
upon his breast, while her hand went to
her pocket, and produced the vial for which
she had sent the boy in the morning.
Deftly, and unperceived by her companion,
she poured the contents upon her handker
chief. It was chloroform 1
With the saturated handkerchief in her
hand, she gently folded her arms around
Reymart's neck, bringing the chloroform
close to his nostrils and mouth. So blinded
was he by his passion, so enraptured by
her embrace, that he did not realize the
presence of the pungent odor of the drug,
un til it bad partially stupefied him. Then,
bewildered by the strange torpor that was
stealing over him, he strove feebly to push
the handkerchief from his face. But she
held it closer now, throwing herself on him,
and pressing it to his mouth and nose.
He lost consciousness, and his head fell
back listlessly.
The demure M'ibs Mapleson showed no
signs of sickness or indecision. The road
wa6 dark and deserted, but she knew that
the work must be done quickly, ner soft,
white hands went rapidly to his pocket,
abstracting his money the thousands
which he had unsuspectingly told her of
and a fine gold , watch. Then she pulled
hi limp body to the side of the carriage
and tumbled it into the road. The horse
had been walking slowly during all this ;
but now she seized the reius, applied the
whip, and went spinning towards the city.
Arriving at a quiet street, she got out,
left tue horse and vehicle standing, and
walked quickly away. An hour later she
took a train for New York.'
, That dose of chloroform cost Charley
Keymart deeply, but it effectually cured
mm or romance. He managed, by a hard
struggle, to replace the etoleu money, and
never breathed of his adventure to a livin
soul. ' Two years later chance led him into
a criminal court in New York city. A
young and beautiful woman had just been
convicted of Bhop-lifting, and sentenced to
a long term of imprisonment in the peni
tentiary. It was Miss Mapleson, now
Dora Mathews.
And what is her real name ?' asked
Reymart of au old detective, who sat at his
side.
Why, bless you,' was the reply, 'she's
got a dozen names,' and nobody knows
which is the real one.'
'Is she an old offender ?' "
'Rather.' ....
, , 'What is her particular line ?'
Anything and everything. I've known
her for ten yers, and a quarter of that time
she's been in prison. She's the smartest
confidence woman that ever breathed.'
'She could swindle anybody, and her
beauty is her strong point,' replied Charley
Reymart.
ftiisccllancons.
Last Days) r Galileo.
The trial and imprisonment of Galileo
form the final scene in the death of the Ita-
1 - ,, PH. ... .
nan intellect. Jine most eminent geuius
of his country, if not of his asie, almost the
founder of modern science, the peer and co
temporary of Shakspeare, Bacon, Milton,
the successor of Michael Angelo, had Ga
lileo obtained an utterance in Italy for sci
entific truth, the spell that rested upon her
might have been broken. There might
have bloomed once more a literature touch
ed by the free spirit of Dante, a political
progress that would have reflected the Pu
ritanic revolutions of the north. But with
Galileo fell the independence of Italian
thought His abjuration is the saddest
picture in modern intellectual history.
Conscious of the truth, he was condemned
to renounce it and repeat a falsehood. The
Newton, the Ilerschael of his age, he was
forced to abjure the favorite studies of his
ife, aud pause forever in that path of sci
entific discovery which had already made
Italy famous. All the world witnessed his
fall, and he whose eyes had first pierced
the mysterious vault above, who of all his
race had first brought back tidings of new
suns and planets in its snmlime abyss.
yielded to terrors of torture, the fear of
death, and sacrificed the integrity of his
soul to the menaces of the church. With
malignant joy the Jesuits saw the last
great Italian perish within their toils, and
were perhaps satisfied with the humiliation
of Galileo.
Wheu at the close of his splendid career,
Covered With iruiwii, r
ila. r Arcetra, the prisoner or toe inqui
sition, watched by envious eyes, threaten
ed, should he murmur or rebel, with the
most dreadful punishment of the church,
Galileo, sick and worn with age and sor
row, lamented in letters to his friends that
he had ever ventured upon those fatal stu
dies which had served only to bring upon
him persecution and shame. A fair-haired,
blue-eyed poet of the north, who was
just entering with an equal ardor upon the
search for truth, visited the bright skies of
Florence, saw with astonishment the im
prisonment of Us greatest geuius,and heard,
perhaps, from his own lips the unmerited
sorrows that had fallen upon his later
years. It was Milton lamenting for Gali
leo. In the cultivated society of Florence
the young English scholar must often haye
remembered Ibe lonely prisoner who, shut
out from all the pleasures of intellectual
intercourse, was confined in the dis
taut villa. Milton at Florence wrote
verses, wascomplimented in graceful stan
zas, and was not slow to return the ele
gant adulation. Yet with all the more in
telligent Florentines he saw typified in the
fate of Galileo the quick extinction of Ital
ian letters. Ia his defence of the freedom
of the press, he relates to the English pub
lic how a severe Inquisition bad checked
at Florence all mental progress, how the
accomplished Florentines lanlented that
they had not been born in a land like
England, where learning was free, how
nothing was now written ia Italy but
"flattery and fustian." "There," he adds,
"it was that I found and visited the famoua
Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the In
quisition." The spectacle of the great
philosopher, silenced, terrified, contemned,
never passed from his mind. In his youth
he lamented over him tenderly. In man
hood, when a mental tyranny like that
which hung over Italy seemed about to en
velop all England, and a persecuting church
and a despotic king had nearly subdued its
virtue, Milton, instructed by the fate of
Italian thought, led on the defenders of
freedom. ' And when, in bis old age, blind
and forsaken like Galileo, he poured forth
in sonorous strains the treasures of a life
of study, one of his most splendid similes,
one of his most touching allusions, is when
he paints the Tuscan artist on the heights
of Fiesole, and makes the chief glory of
science lend aid to the immortal grandeur
of his song.
Galileo's Telescope. In the year
1609, Galileo relates, he first heard from a
friend in Flanders that an instrument had
been invented by which distant objects
were brought near and the power of vision
extended. He resolved at once to imitate
and surpass it. By his singular mechani
cal dexterity, his knowledge of optics and
his highly polished glasses, he was soon
able to produce a telescope before which
the Dutch instrument sank into neglect,
and was forgotten. It was never more
heard of; but a thrill of wonder passed
over Italy and Europe when it was known
that the famous Panduan professor had
prepared an optic glass that enlarged the
bounds of vision and endowed mankind
with new powers. The charm of surpass
ing novelty covered the wonderful revela
tion with an unprecedented renown. The
great and the learned contended for the
possession of the new instrument Galileo
carried his telescope to Venice, and from
the tallest bell-towen, saw through the
magic glass great argosis sailing far out at
sea, and the distant shores brought near
and made visible. All the- value of the -new
instrument broke at once upon their
minds ; it must change the principles of
military strategy, and diminish the perils
of navigation. Magistrates, senators, citi
zens covered the fortunate inventor with .
applause. With discreet courtesy, Galileo
presented his telescope to the Doge at a
a friendly audience, aud the Venetians t
once raided his salary to a thousand flo
rins. Covered with honors and emolu
ments, he returned to Padua, little con
scious of the surpassing discoveries that '
yet awaited him in the silent heavens, or
the pains and woes he was destined to bear
in his later years from heretical revela
tions of his too truthful and fatal telescope.
Eugene Lawrence, in Jlarptrs Ma- '
gazine, for August
A IlHIrl Tears Atj.
One hundred years ago there was not a
single white man in what is now Kentucky,
Ohio, Indiana or Illinois. Then, what ia .
now the most flourishing part of the United
States was as little known as the country -'
in the heart of Africa itself. It was not
till 1776 that Boone left his home in North
Caroliua to become the first settler in Ken- ,
tucky. And the first pioneers of Ohio did -not
settle till twenty years later stilL A .
hundred years ago Canada belonged to
France, and Washington was a modest
Virginia Colonel, and the United States
the most loyal part of the British empire,
and scarcely a speck on the political h orison
indicated the struggle that in a score of
ears was to lay the foundation of the
greatest republic in the world. .
A hundred years ago there were but four
small newspapers in America ; steam en
gines had not been magined, and locomo
tives, and steamboats, and railroads, and
telegraphs, and postal cards, and friction
matches, and revolvers, and percussion
caps, and breech loading guns, and furnace,
and gas for dwellings, and Ini rubber
shoes, and Spanlding's glue, and sewine
machines, anthracite coal, and photo
graphs, and chromo paintings, and kero
sene oil, and the safety lamp, and the com?
pound blow-pipe, and free schools, and
Brussels carpet, and lever watches, and
greenbacks, like the present meaning of.
of these terms, were utterly nnknown.
A hundred years ago the spinning-wheel
was in almost every family, and clothing -was
8 pun and woven and made in the house
bold, and the printing press was a cumb
rous machine worked by hand ; and a nail,,
or a brick, or a knife, or a pair of shears or
scissors, or a razor, or a woven pair of
stockings, or an axe, hoe, or shovel, or a
lock or key, or a plate of gloss of any size
was not made in what is now the United
States. Even in 1890 there were only
seventy-five post offices in the country, and
the whole extent of our post routes was !es
than 1,300 miles. Cheap postage was un
heard of, and bad any one suggested the
transmission of messages with lightning
speed he would have been thought utterly
insane. The microscope, on one band, and
the telescope on the other, were in their in-' '
fancy as instruments of science; and
geology and chemistry were almost un-
know. In a word, it is true that to the
century passed nave oeen aaitKieu iuoYb iu-
provements, in their bearing on the com
fort and happiness on mankind, than to any
other which has elapsed since the creation
of thb world.
With all these wonderful improvements
within the century, who would allow such
narrow and contracted views to a suitable
Centennial celebration of the marvelous
progress of the age ? Baltimore American.
Mant a man is rich without money.
Thousands of men with nothing in their
pockets are rich. A man born with a good
sound constitution, a good stomach, a
good heart, good limbs, and a pretty good
head-piece, is rich. Good bones are better
than gold ; tough muscles better than sil
ver ; and nerves that flash fire and carry
energy to every function are better than
bouses or land. It is better than a landed
estate to have the right kind of father or
mother. Good breeds and bad breeds ex
ist among nuto as really as among herds
and horses. Education may do much to
check bad tendencies or develop good opes ;
but it is a greater thing to inherit the right
proportion of faculties to start with. The
man is rich who has a good disposition
who is naturally kind, patient, cheerful and
hopeful. .
Stop Treating. A bill has been pass
ed by the California Legislature, making it
a misdemeanor to invite any person to take
a drink at a public bar. This is a move in '
the right direction, and it is a rule in Eu
rope, without a law,tocorapel its observance.
In other civilized nations a man will take
his drink when he wants it, and let his
neighbor do the same. In Germany yon
would as often be asked to take a hat or a
pound of butter as a drink. In these coun
tries, therefore, it is possibio for a man to
go into a public bar-room and take one
drink and go about his business ; in Ameri
ca the chances are that he meets one, two
or three friends, and when each treats,
every man has more than he wanted, and
many a man goes away Intoxicated who
would have left the place sober if he had
been allowed to tend to his own personal
irrigation, without the interference of this
silly custom. To abolish 'treating' is a
movement in favor of temperance.
Rules for tiib Cars of Canart
Birds. During the summer season you
should have bch a drinking-cup and a
bathing-dish in the cage, and should wash
them twice a day, and fill with fresh water.
The seed-cup should be fulled every morn
ing. 2. The room in which the bird is kept
should never be warmer than ninety.
3. Feed plain food. New and then a
lump of sugar does no harm ; but, as a
general rule, avoid sweets. . Keep the cuttle-fish
dry and clean, and only feed fresh
and dry seed.
4. Never place the cage where a draft can
strike the bird.
5. Never smoke in a room where your
bird is kept, as the odor of a cigar is fatal
to canaries.
- 6. As a general rale, never keep the bird
in a painted cage, for the bird will pick at
the wires, and it will lead todisease.
7. .When your bird Is shedding feathers,
which is generally styled moulting, avoid
draughts of air.
By obeying these simple directions you .
can keep birds for years in excellent health.
Our Dumb Animals. "2."