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the business with Iloskins, Cyrus eame
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SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20. 1874.
Old Merle!, Vol. 35, No. 31.
A WTO If' A
citctr:
IIALTIMOKE LOCK
"In. JOHNSTON,
IIOSI'ITAL
Physician of this celebrated Institution, has
. discovered ike most certain, spc cly, pleasant and
ctrectual remedy in the world for ail
DISEASEa.OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness ot tha Back or Limbs, strictures,
Affections of Kidtieys and Bladder, Involun
tary Discharges, Impoiency, Ccneral Debili
tv, Nervoasness, Dvspe.psy, Languor, Low
Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of
the Heart, Timidity, Tretviblings, Dimness
of Sight. or Gidaine,. Disease of the Ilx'ad,
TliroHt, Kosc or Skiq, A flections of Liver, Lungs,
Stomach or BowcU these terrible Disorders
arising from lhc-8a$ry Habits of Youth-rtbose
secret and solitary-practice more fatnl to their
victims than the song of Syrens to the Mariners
of Ulysses, blightir .their" most brilliant, hopes
of anticipations, rend'eriug marring", Ac., hnpos
Eiblc. YOUNG MEN
especially, who have become the victims of Soli
tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely grave
thousands' of yonng me of the most exalted
talents and biiniant intellect, who might other
wise hav entranced listening Senatos-witu the
thunders of eloquence or waked to eestacy the
living Ivre, hiav call with fall confidence.
MAttP.IAUE.
Married Persons or Young Men contemplating
anai-rbice. STrArtSP.f Ph wicul-. U'eaku
of Fxocreakvew'oJr Impmetiry), Norifbus Ef,
eitability. Palpitation, Organic neatness, ner
vous Debility, or any other Disqualification,
tjteedily relieved. Z
lie who places himself under the care of Dr. J.
may religiously conlidc in Iiis honor as a gentle
man, and effntidently rely uon his skill as a Fhv
hi'lan. ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Impotency, Loss or Power, iiiimediately Cured
and full Vigor Restored.
This Distressing Atreetion which renders Lite
miserable aiid marriage impossible is the penalty
paid by tile victims of improper indulgences.
Young persons are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful consciences
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
I lie subject will pretend to deny that the power
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
Improper habits than by the prudent T Besides
brine 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, Lots of Proereative Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart, j
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting j
t' the Frame, Cough, Consumption. Decay and I
IVatb. i
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DA VS.
lYr-oiiB ruined in health by unlearned preten
ders who keep tlu m trilling month after mouth,
taking poisonous and injurious compounds,
.1 1J ..,.,1. (,m,..Ul.lr
Til' UlHVCT.'iV !
Member of the Koyal Collcjre of Surgeon, Lon
don, (iruduated from one of the niOKt emiuctit
'ol'ees in the United States, and the greater
j nrt of whose ife has been spent in the ho.-pitals
of London, Pris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
lias ellectcd some of the most astonishing cures i
tiiat were ever Known ; many troubled witti rinir
jn in the bead and cars when asleep, great
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sonnds,
bashfHlness, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured
i.'iKiiediatclv.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who have injtirrd
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin both body and mind, unlittin
them lor cither business, study, society or mar
riairc. 'I HEsn arc some of the sad and melancholy
tbets produced by eirly habits 01 youth, viz:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Iia kand Head, Dimness of Si-rlit, Loss of Mus
cular Power. Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Diirestivc
Kunclions, ieneriil Debility, Symptoms of Cou
oumption, Vc.
MestaI.LT The fearful effects on the miud
are much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con
fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodinss, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
Love of Solitude, Timidity, .Ve., are some of the
evils produced.
THorsA-SDS of persons of all a-res can now
judi;c what is the cause of their declining health,
Willi; their vior, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated, havim; a singular appearance
about the eyes, cough and symptoms of 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, oral school, the
cileets of Tlnch are nightly Jell, even when
ep, and if not cured, renders marriage impos-
sible, and destroys both mind and body, should
apply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his
country, the darling ef his parents, should f-ie
enatehcA from all prospects and enjoyments of
life, by The consequence of deviating from the
path oil' nature and indulging iu a certain secret
habit. Such rcrsons mi st before couteintdating
MARRIAGE,
refleet that a sound mind and body arc the most
necessary requisites to promote connubial happi-w-.
Indeed without these, the journey through
life becomes a weary pilgrimage; the prospect
hourly darkens to the view; the mind becomes
bhadowed 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 and imprudent votary of
pleasure finds that he has imbibed thc seeds of
this painful disease, it too often hupjteus 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 tiil the constitutional symptoms oi ;
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
as ulcerated sore throat, diseased uose, noetural j
pains In the head aud limbs, dimness of sight,
deafness, nodes on the shiu bouc6 and arms, j
blotch on the. head, face and extremities, pro- 1
pressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the
pululc of thc mouth or the bones of the nosefaJl !
in, and thc victim of this awful dieae becomes j
a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts j
a period, to his dreadful suffering, by sending:
liim to "that Undiscovered Count n from whenee
io traveller returns."- 1
It is a. melancholy fact that thousands DIE 1
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
into the hands pf Ignorant or unskillful PKh
'I ENUER3, who, by the use of that deadly Poi
son, Mercury, kc, destroy the constitution, and
incapiible of curiug, keep thc unhappy sufferer
month aftvr uiontji taking their noxious or in
jurious compounds, and instead of being restored
to a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiuc:s, in des
pair leave him with ruined Health to sigh over
his galling disappointment.
To such, therefore, Dr. Johnston pledges him
self to preserve the most Inviolable. Secrecy, and
from his extensive practice and observations iu
(In; great Hospitals of Europe, and the tirst in
t h"is country, viz: England, France, Philadelphia
ind elsewhere, is enabled to offer the most cer
tain, speedy and effectual remedy in thc world
for all diseases of imwudence.
DU. JOHNSTON.
FFAE, N. 7, S. FREDERICK STREET.
0ALTIVOKK, M. I).
Left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few
doors from the corner. Fail not 1o observe name
aud number.
letters received unless postpaid and
containing a ?tamp to be used on the reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and 6end a portion
f advertisement describing symptoms.
There are so many Paltry, Designing and
Worthless Jmpnsters advertising themselves a
Physicians, trilling with and ruiuiug the health
of all who unfortunately fall into their power,
'.hat Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es
iecial!y to those unacquainted with his renuta
tiou that Lis Credentials or Diploma always
fiang is his office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands wired 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 othef papers, notices of which
have appeared again and again before the public,
besides bis standing as a gentleman of character
aud responsibility, is a sufficient guarantee to the
afflicted. Shin diseases speedily cured.
April 8, 1S74. lv
LIMBEIl AMI PI.AMVG .MILLS.
ILiid Street, adjoining Phila. v. Erie R. It., two
Squares North of thc Central Hotel,
SUNBURY, PA.
IJIA T. CLEMENT,
c I S prepared to furnish every description of lum
L her required by the demands of the public.
Having all the latest improved machinery for
manufacturing Lunber, he is now ready to till or
ders f all kinds of
FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS,
SASH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE
RANDAS, BRACKETS.
and all kinds or Ornamental Scrowl Work. Turn-
ing of every description promptly executed.- Also, i
A I.AUGE ASSOHTMrST OF
RILL LUMREll.
HEMLOCK aud PINE. Also, Shingles, Pickets,
Lathe, Ac.
Orders promptly tilled; and fcbipped by Railroad
ir otherwise. IRA T. CLEMENT.
.'relii y
JOSKJMI S. AK.OM,
ATTORNEY-and COUXSELk?JR AT LAW,
llerndon, North'tfcouuty, 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 language.
april 17. lSM.-ly.
EDMl'ND DAVIS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SUNBURY, T'F.NN'A.
Ofliec in Haunt's Building, south side of Mar-
ket st reft
jmte3,'T4.-ly.
iW
.ti. a.soki:k.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ANn corNTT nouciTpn.
Office on Front Street below Market, Snnbury,
Pm. Collections and all lc;al Imsiness promptly
attended to.
TAMES IJEAKO. i
tf ATTORI
Office in Hanpt's building,!
.-.r r.. .-r-r.t Smiikurt. i
otUhEast Corner
Ul ,.VIY-. ...jw... J0 X j
Sl'CCIAL ATTKMION Tiitt Tf WLLSCTIONS.
pi7.tt; (tfrfssitw;ER. Offii-e with S.
Bovcr. Esq., hi Uright's Building, S inbnry.
Pa. Auz. ,-'2.,73. l.v.
iV. " ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND ACTING JUSTICE oV THT. PEACE.
Nevt Door toJudo Jordan's Residence. Chest
nut Street, Suubur-y, Pa.
Collections and U legal matters prom;'tly at
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ATTORNEY A'l LAW, AND
K'TIXi; Jl STU B OF THE FE.tCE
Convevancii.g,thecollcctionsofclaim.swrtings, , will mm it to llieir interest to can anu e.x.i.u ur. ,
and all kinds ot Legal btiMness will be attended this large stock as better bargains can be eci r
to carefully and with despatch. Can be co.sult- "d than bnymg from parties 'huckstering Tound
ed iu. the English aud German language. )i!n;e
fnrmnrlr ocei.oied bv Solomon Mflliek. Esa . dh.
positeCity Hotel, Sunburv, Pa.
March '."., Is7::. ly.
G.
A. KOTOOIIF,
Attornev-at4.il w, '
;eokgiWow,
Northumberland Co., Penna.
Can be consulted in the English, and German j
lanetiairc. Collections attended to in North
umberland and adjoining counties. j
A1m Aircnt for the Leba 11411 Valley Fire hisu- 1 .
ranee Company. - tiibl. j:
i
'I' II. I
K.ISF, Attorney at Law, -UN- j
BURY, PA.. Otlice in Market Square. I
I (adjoining the othce of Y . I. Greenoiigh, J-.si.,) 1
! Professional business in this and adjoining conn- !
ties promptly attended to.
Sunbury, March Hi, ls7.-ly. 4
. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November O, 1S72. tf.
Sit. ItOYEIC. Attorney and Counselor
at Law. Rooms Nos. 'J .v .' Second Floot,
Bright's Building, SUNBURY, PA. Professiona
......... I. ..1 .-. jmi.a t.f V.irilil in
uiiMiirs uiu uiiiti t'j, 111 Kityj wmii.-. .ji .-. " . 11 1. 1
oerlarjd and adjoining courties. Also, in the .
Circuit and Ilstriri Courts for thc Westcin Dis- I
triet of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect- !
ed. Particular attAnt ion paid to ces in Jiiink- j
mjilry. Consultation can be bad m the nr
man language. marJ."."71.
II. KAMI' Attrvniev :it Law. SIN
Ljm BURY, i'A., office in Masscr's Building!
near the. Court-House. Front Room up stairs!
above thc Drug Store. Collections made in Nor
thumberland and adjoining counties. ;
Sunbury, Pa., June S, l. i.
O I. WOLVEIITOX, Attorney nt Law.
Market Square, SUNBURY.PA. Profession
al busiuess in this and adjoining counties prompt -y
attended to.
Hit. .MASSEIt, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties f Northumberland, Uniou, Snyder.
Montour, Columbia aud Lycoming. apllU-O'J
S
OLOMOX .MALIlli.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office at his residence on Arch street, one square
north of thc Court House, near the jail, SUN
BURY, PA. Collections and all professional
business promptly attcuded to in this and adjoin
ing counties. Consultations can be had iu the
German language. July27-17-.
ti. W. ZIIXIXK. I.. T. ItonRIIAC 11.
7.1 1.; LEU V HO I fit BACH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW;
Office in llaupt's Building, lately occupied by
Judge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbach, Esq.
Collections and all professional business
pr -mptly attended to in the Courts of Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
Dec. :. 1.171.
Or. A. '. CLARK,
IN Mrs. Donncl's building, up stairs, above T.
II. B. Kase's law office, opposite the Court
House, Sunl ury, Pa.
Jut.e l'J, ls7L ; tnos. pd.
G.
It.CA I WALL A OEK. Market Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books. Dairies, Ac.
D's,
It. V. M. .MA It'l l , Office in Drug
Store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11a. m., to 1 p. m., and from 0 to 'J p. in.,
at all other hours, wheu not Professionally en
gaged can be found at resilience, corner of Front
and Peni) street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular
attention given to surgical cases. Will vi.-it
Patients either in town or country.
j Joicls ;uti Itcstanrants.
CLE.MEXT IIOI'SE, Third Street below
J Market, Sunbury, Pa. THAI). S. SHAN
NON. Proprietor. Rooms neat and comfortable.
Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season
and thc waiters attentive and obliging,
j Sunqury, April t!4, 1S74.
U1 M H O STATES HOTEL. W. F.
KIH IIEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
' pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
: travellers, and the best aceommodations given.
I April 5, 1S7:!. tf
Wasiii;tox hoi se. c. neff
Proprietor, Corner of Market fc Second
i Street, opposlto the Court House, Sunburv,
j Pa. May'.'V7o."
ALLEC;iIEXY IIOISE, A. BECK'
Proprietor, Nos. Si 'i and 814 Market Street,
above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, ii
per day. He respectfully solicits your patron
age. Janti'7:J.
VfATIOXAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
i-N WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
County, Pa., at the Station ofthe N. C. K. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The table is supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabiing and attentive ostlers.
Hl.M.MEIS RESTAl TtAXT,
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor.
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, FEN.VA.
Having just refitted the above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to
6crvc jis friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, aud ull other malt
quors.
tutsincss (Farbs.
W. S. llltOADS. i. PACKPK HAAS
T S. ItHOADS A- CO.,
V itFTAir. nr.Ai.nits of
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Office with Haas, Faoei.t vV Co.,
Orders left at ScasUoltz & Bro's., office Market
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
ustom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 171. tf.
ANTHRACITE COAL!
VALEXTIXE 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.
i Orders solicited nnd filled Promptly. Orders left
at s y Nevin's Confectionery Store, on Third
, re(.t rficjeVe prompt atteutioii, and mone t
receiptedfor, the same us at the office.
CKAWFOKIk IIOI'SE, Cor. Third and
Mulberry, business Centre, Williamsport,
Pa.
D. B. ELSE .v. CO., Proprietor.
June ?'. 117".
IESTISTUY.5
i In SimjismVs. 'Building, M(Ajt SitarCf
: "f prepared to do alii indsoCw orb iwrtaifting
j X to Dentistry. ".Ho Keeps cm&$f?.m trftK
! a large assortmcntbf TTetWtlitirrwBtnt
! material, from wiiicliiwfJetat(tr
All worK warri'iited'to piffjatisfaiuioji.'or eria
the money rewnied. "; - -
.. t. . . r W -1 . nlITXnih 17..,..) .
st. Moiitb Wash aiidTooih-PoVdersj, - .
"kept on hnn
His refe
s are the numerous patrons frfr
whom he
hali wofked fof tk1:u twelTe years,
v, April 21, 1M.V t :
Slmburv.
TnHuuirffiliued haviug eonnected the Coal
business with his extensive FLOUB & RIX
trade, is prepared to supply families with the
VERY II EST OF CO A I..
C'IIEA1 FOR C?ASII.
Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken in exchange for Coal.
J. M. CADWALLADER.
gunbury,. Jan. 15, 1870. tf.
'
' Sl,Mtl KY nARRLF. YARD,
Fortb Slreel JUelow Slarkot,
str x b U 11 Y, PE M -
rjlIIE uudersigned ha6 returned from the Ver
X mont Marble Quarjits with 5tt Tons of
Marble for.
.TtoiitufteSBts, tiravo-Stonos, (
lC UOIIUL !! HUUU IlUlTD IlliU I
will allow him to sell better stone, for ;
le9s money, than heretofore. The best
Sutherland
Falls Marble, j
l
which is better than Italian.
Rutland is now
sold as low as the Manchester.
I Those who need anything iu the Marble line, 1
j for Monuments, Grave-Stones, or other purposes, j
, i"c counirj. (
! All lettering will be done in the neatest and ,
most Improved stvle.
W. M. DAUGHERTY.
Sunbury, Jan. 11, 1S7J.
JOHN NEAU1.EV. 1- W. I'CKHT
. .STEAM I'LAIMSW MILLS,
MILLERSBURG, PA.
XEAGLEV & PEKIIY,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
ooriug. Siding, Surface Hoards, Lath,
Stripping, Shingles,
And all kiiJiis of Sash, Doors, Shutters, Blinds
Mouldings, A c.
Hemlock V White Pine Bill Stuff, and all kinds
of Building Material.
Stair building and church work a specialty, !
t March i:, lv- ' j
i
OM.EY. HAOCETT V
MATEEIt.
DEALERS IN
H A 11 D WARE.
CUTLERY, IRON",
GUNS, NAILS,
TOOLS, ROl'K,
. GLASS, . PULLEYS,
I'AINTS, PUTTY,
.OILS, VARNISH,
SltOE FINDINGS,
i.ETiir.it nri.Tisc,
Fishing; Twrkle, Aminitiiiliou. j
A lull line of goods at low pi ices. J
NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS :
i
Please call and examine j
SlfiN OF TIIK ANVIL. '
1
SH Market Street,
SI .MII KY IA.
June .1, 1S74. 1
KEEP I T II A Ml Y! !
!
I lie iteiiHble family .Meiiieiiie.
D'
IARRIIEA. Dvscnterv, Cholera, Summer ;
Complaint, Crumps, etc., quickly cured by
thc use of
JARDELLA'S
Compound Syrup of Blackberry Root and Rhlt- :
barb. An old, well tried remedy, entirely vege
table, plea'.int to take, quiek and certain iu
cllect ; can be depended on in the most urgent
caes ; maybe given to the youngest infant as -
well as to adults. It contains
NO CAMPHOR OR OPIUM.
Il is a pleasant extract and readily taken by ''
children. It lias often saved life wheu phi- ,
ciaus had despaired. Keep it in the house and
use in time. All we ak for it is a trial. Don't I
let your dealer pul you oil' with something else. ,
Bay it. Try it. Sold by Drnggi-ts and Store :
Keepers throughout this State. Prepared only I
by HANsELL & BRO.. " !
i jul!,-P.m 'JO00 Market Stieet, Philadelphia. :
,O0O IX IFTS. i
XO IOSTI77xEMEXT. '
A (j rami Gift Concert. 1
A (ilttSD OlrT t'ONOritT . i
will 1 jiosuively iiven at Snnliiiry, Pj., in the Indejn '
iltnt
WASHINGTON STKAM l"lt:F. COMPANY,
m 'i iifi'.snAY, i i:i!1'.i ai:y is, isTi.
rilli-H the tieketh are all h
due Itutiee will be
Id 14 for tliat time, win n :
riven ul the tnnt .
A full Ilriiwing Certain.
Owinc to the Pitme, unil in ooti r to meet the eeneial
w i-tl UIiil exjiertalioll nt the ul. he n.l t he tleket-bi litters
lor the lull i'uyiuetit ot the tiiliH ui;i:oiinel, t tie man-
ae;t-llie!it have rielenumt tl to o-(.oii( the 4 oi,eert mill
1 ira won? tu the date nhoe i tiiteil.
The oh.leet of thlH eut.-i ii !e i !. the l-uron- ot se
euniiK h Htealn r ire Knijine, uhieh will 1m an advantage
to all neiyhlioriiik town aeei-MHiMe l.y rail, trom the tact
that it will le an InoV.eiide!it Company. Anil a we
have never tailed to itiHchae our duly when calle.t ii) -on,
v. e eei tiiluly will lie iil'l.-to :;eeoii,pll. h more j-'oo.I
vmiii the aid ot a Htemtier. '1 here in no less .than iiiucteeu
lar;;eatnl Mlnaii tonus within t lurt y lulli-H ot rtuhhury,
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'Cnrfow Miitt not Kins To-nistil."
j " In the tin., of Cromwell, a young soldier, for ! mnstcr ot tIie ,10"so an" lM ""l "?P
home oli'ence, was comb-mud to die, and the I 111 onec more, 'out it COllM not. fjtlite shut
j time of hH death was fixed "at the ringing of
the curfew.'" Naturally such a doom would be
fearful and bit'.er to one in the years of his hope
and piide, but to this unhappy youth death was
doijblv terrible, since; he was soon to have been
1 married to a beautiful voung lady whom he had
- ; Jong ov(.() Thc my;wll0 ,0Vi.(, hiin ar(ll.nt,y
j rttur use(j jicr lltni09l efrort3 to avert
I his'fate, pleading with the judges, and even with
! Cromwell himself, but all in vain. Iu her despair
1 she tried to bribe the old sexton not to ring the
I bell, but she found that impossible. The hour
drew near for the execution. The preparations
were completed. The officers of the law brought
forth the prisoner, and waited, while the sun
! was setting, for the signal from the distant hell-
tower. To thc wonder of everybody, it did not
ring ! Only one human being at that moment
knew the reason. The poor girl, half wild with
1 ,
th .'.bought of her lover's peril, had rushed, nn
Se), up the winding stairs, and climbed the
ladders into the belfry loft and seized the tongue
j:dijffhb: bulk The old sexton was in his place,
prompt to thc fatal moment. He threw his
weight upon the rope, and the bell, obedient to
bis practiced hand, reeled and swung to and fro
in the tower. But thc brave girl kept her hold,
and no sfttiml issued from it's metalic lips. Again
aud again the sexton drew the rope, but with
desperate strength the young heroine held on.
Evory movement made her position more fear
ful ; every sway of the. hell's huge weight threat
ened to fling her thiough the high tower window;
j butShe would not let go. At last the sexton
fweqinway. Old and deaf, he had not noticed
i thuTthe curfew gave no peal. The brave girl
? descended from the belfry, wounded and tremb-
ling. She hnrried from the church to the place
i of execution. Cromwell himself was there, and
, was just sending to demand why the bell was
! silent.
j Slowly England's sun was setting o'er the hi'.l
! ' tops far away,
i Filling nil the land with beauty at the close of
; v one sad day,
' Andfihe last rays kissed the forehead of a man
j ' and maiden fair,
i He with footsteps slow and weary, she with sun-
i. ny lloating hair ;
He with bowed head, sad and thoughtful, she
-with lips all cold and white,
j Sn uggled to keep back the murmer,
"Curfew must not ring to-night."
"Sexton," Bessie's whit lips faltered, pointing
to the prison old,
With its turrets tall and gloomy, with its walls
dark, dump, and cold,
"I've a lover in that prison, doomed this very
night to die,
At the ringing of the Curfew, ami no earthly
heip is nigh ;
Cromwell will not come till sunset," and her lips
grew strangely white
As she breathed the husky whisper,
"''urfew must not ring to-night."
"Bessie," calmly spuke the sexton, every word
. pierced her young heart
Like the piercing of an arrow, like a deadly
poisoned dart,
"Long, long years I've rung the Curfew from
tthut gloomy, shadowed tower;
Everv evening, just at sunset, it has to'.d thu
twilight hour ;
have done my duty ever, tried o do it just and
right,
Now I'm old I still must do it,
GrleV it most ring to-night."
j With her eyes and pale features, stern and white
i her thoughtful brow,
And within her secret bosom Bessie made a
l solemn vow.
i She had listened while the judges read without a
j tear or sigh,
! "At the ringing of the-curfew, Basil Underwood
must die."
And her breath came fast and faster, and her
i eyes grew large and bright
' In an undertone she murmured,
I (.'urfew muot not ring to night."
She with quick steps bounded lor vard, sprung
within the old church door,
Left the old man threading slowly paths so oft
he'd trod before ;
i Not one moment paused the maiden, but with
; eye and cheek aglow,
Mounted up the gloomy tower, where the beil
swung to and fro.
And she climbed the du-ty ladder on which fell
j no ray of light,
I Up and up, her wiiite lips saying,
Curlew shall not ring to-night.
! She had reached the topmost ladder, o'er her
hangs the great dark be!! ;
Awful is the gloom beneath her, like a pathway
down to bell.
l.o, the puuderous tongue is .-winging, 'tis the
hour of curfew now,
And the sight has chilled her bosom, stopped her
; breath and paled her brow.
j Shall be let il tiug ? No. never ! Flash her eyes
; with sudden light,
1 And she springs and grap it liniily
; ('urfew shall not ring to-night."
a
Oat she swung, far out, tin
city seemed a speck
of light below,
"Twixt heaveu and earth lu r loin) sr.-pended, as .
the bell swung to and tio,
And the sexton at the bell-rope, old and deaf,
heard not thc bell,
I'.nt lie thought it still was ringing fair young
1 Basil's funeral knell.
Still the maiden clung most firmly, and with
trembling lips and white,
Said to hush her heart's wild beating,
CmiV.v .-liall not ling to-night."
' h was o'er, the bell ceased swaying, and the
: maiden stepped once more
1 t'iniilvoii the d.uk old ladder, w here for hun
dred years before. '
. Human foot hud not been planted. Tie- luave
! deed that she had done ;
Should be told long ages alt. r. as the rays of
setting sun, j
1 Should illume the sky with beauty : aged sires I
' with heads of white, j
i Long -hotild tell the little children, I
i Curlew d'hl not ling that night. !
! i... ....... i.o. ,..cr,..,...,n h...!.. ...,.
O'er the distant hills came Cromwell ; te-sie sees j
him, and her brow, ',
Full of hope and fuil of gladness, has no anxious
traces now.
At bis feet she tells the story, shows her hands
a'.l bruised and lorn ;
And her face so sweet and pleading, yet with
sorrow pale an I worn,
Touched his heart with sudden pity, lit his eye
w it It misty light :
'Go! your lover lives," said Cromwell.
"Curfew shall wot ring tonight."
CYltl'S FOItO'S TE.M t'TATIOX.
A THANKSGIVING STOl! V.
I!Y S. ANN IK I KOST.
'You'll be expecting company to-day,
sir V
Simon Clayton looked over the top of tin;
newspaper he was reading, to see his house
keeper waiting for an answer.
'Why to-day ?' he said, in a surly tone,
as if annoyed at the interruption. 'Why
to-day, more thau any other day ? Do I
ever have company ?'
'But it is Thanksgiving Day, sir, and
most folks have their kin around them,
or perhaps you are going out amongst your
own relative-, sir?'
'Xo ! I have no kin ! There is no rela
tive of mine with whom I break bread ei
ther on this da- or any other.'
The newspaper screen came between the
j from his ears the murmur of the good wo
man, as she left the ronm :
! 'Di'ir ilo-ir' Wltnf. n nitv '
nd so
I 00
I ,-, . ,
So rich ! lie di-optx-d the paper and
looked into the hear!, of the glowing grate
fire, thinking of the bank account, the rail
way stock, the rows of houses, the western
lands, the mine shares, the various invest
ments that made his great wealth increase
year by year, scarcely lessened by the ba
chelor expenses of his handsome house.
So rich ! So poor! Xot.oue hand to
grasp his lovingly. Xot one voice to wel
come him to a family gathering. In his
youth, before he had filled his purse, a dark-
eyed girl, Minnie Wayland, had loved him
and had won his heart, but parents inter
fered, dismissed the penniless clerk, and
Minnie married a reputed millionaire. Hu
mors had reached him of thc ruin of his
rival, but nothing definite, though he
knew the parents who had taken the true
love from him rested under the daisies years
as"-
Then, stung by the refusal his poverty had
brought him, he had resolved to win gold.
Through hard work, bitter, self denial, a
close, miserly counting of every penny, he
bad made the nucleus of fortune, and dol
lars rolled into his hands, trH he could
laugh at thc miserable sum the AV'aylands
had told him Minnie's hushand must se
cure'. He married then, and three bright-eyed
boys were born to him, and died. Then a
golden-liired girl lay in its mother's arms
while, the wife looked with dying ryes into
thc stern face that had ever been kind and
loving for her, and from husband and babe
floated into the great hereafter. Thc babe
became an idol, growing into a fair child,
a tender woman, and when every loving
j thought of the father's heart centred in her,
she fled from him to wed poverty and degradation-
Had it been poverty aione, the memory
of his own youth would have stayed Si-j
nion Clayton's refusal ; but the lover who
sought Laura Clayton's hand was an idler,
and rnmor said a gambler as well. Hand
some, courteous, well born, he had won
thc girl's heart with well-feigned adora-.
t'mn, and the loving father who sought to
shelter her from certain misery was de
serted. Then came the iron into Simon Clay
ton's soul, locking every kindly impulse,
hardening every feature, shutting out all
charity, all gentleness. He had Kent back
unopened every letter Itura wrote, and
livtid a hermit's life in'thevery heart of the
great city of New York.
Dreaming of it all over the fire, he was
roused from thought by a knock at the
door, and in answer to his 'Come in,' a lad
entered carrying a letter. A tall, hand
some boy of seventeen, with the country
bloom upon his ruddy face, and the cut of
a country tailor in bis rough clothes, yet,
withal, a lad with large, intelligent eyes, a
broad, full brow, aud a mouth full of reso
lution in its lirm clasp and well-cut out
liues. Doffing his cap, he presented Ids
letter, and the old man throbbed with pain
ful force as he glanced at the signature. It
was abricl letter.scarcely more than a note,
reading :
DeakSimon: I am dying, and I may
call you so now ; will you give a helping
hand to my son who will bring this to you
after I have left this world 1 Five little
children lay beside my husband in thu
churchyard, but my youngest, Cyrus, my i
' only one, sits beside me while I write. We j
I have scarcely enough of worldly wealth to i
save me from a pauper's grave, and send
j my son to you, but by my old love, Simon,
I implore you to help him to obtain em
! pl.iymint. I have been a true wife and a
good mother, as far as I could, Simon, yet
on my deathbed I know that my only loye
was given to me when they parted us, and
l will be yours if we meet iu another world,
j Minnie.
j There was a deep silence iu the room as
; Simon Clayton read the letter, and he was
j forced to wait many minutes before his
! voice would obey him to ask :
I 'Your mother is dead V
'She died in the summer, sir.'
'Why have you waited so long to come j
i,, .. !
'It took all we had to pay our debts and
the funeral expenses,' and I had to work to
eain n)y travelling money to come from li
litiois.'
'You want employment now ? '
'1 shall be very grateful, sir, if you will
, help me to find work.:
'To day is a holiday. You will be my
i guest for the present, and I will sec what
; I can do for you.'
I As Simon Clayton spoke, he reached out
his hand and touched a bell upon the table
near him. His housekeeper answered the
summons.
'You see I have eampany, Mrs. Crey,'
he said, and the housekeeper wondered at
the change in his face and voice, lacking all
severity, yet so sad. 'You will have a
room made comfortable for Mr. Ford.'
The woman courteseyed and was gone,
and Simon questioned his young guest.
His eyes were misty more thau once over
! the straight-forward story of privation the
; boy told, his evident devotion to his moth
! er, who had been widowed when he was
j a baby. It was not difficult to see that the
I boy, ground down by poverty, had 3'et a
; craving for educatiou, and had profited by
i all his mother could teach him. His very
j touch upon the books on thc table, bis eyes,
! when they rested upon the weli-lilled book
, cases, told the brain hunger better than
: spoken words. So before Mrs. Grey call
; ed them to dinner, Simon Clayton was
j planning the lad's future as his adopted
; son.
i True Thanksgiving fare the kind-hearted
: housekeeper had prepared for the unex
! peeled guest, aud Simon Clayton's heart
was nearer thankful prayer than it had
been for many long years, as he looked at
' the bright, grateful face opposite to him,
and knew Minnie's child looked up to him
j for kindness and protection
Before a week had passed the lad was
entered as a student in one ot the city col-
leges, living with his new friend.
You had best call mc Uncle Simon, 'the
latter had said to him, 'for your mother
was dearer than a sister to me, my boy,and
if the people who hear you think you arc
my nephew, leave all explanations to mc.'
But the world troubled itself very little
about 'simon Clayton's new relative, some
of the more kindjy'-hearted hoping he
would have eomfor-t in the lad, others pity
in poor Laura, whose chance of forgive
ness seemed lessened by the arrival of this
handsome lxy.
,.,',, r i
l our years glided by uneventfully and
ppi'.y. .The stern old man seemed to t'e -
- 1 happi
j new his youth in his intercourse with the
j son Minnie had sent to hituhe talented
i scholar who was winning college honors,
, and who kept himself sinnularlv Mire in
i the whirl of the great city's vices
I he fatherly love that Simon Clayton
had thought buried in the graves of his
own boys at Greenwood, sprang to new
life and vigor, as Cyrus gained a firm stand
in his heart. He kept the boy from the
temptations of vicious company by giving
him free permission to extend the hospita
lities of his home to his fellow students,
aud the boy's own refined instincts led him
to. seek only the association of gentlemen.
Iiis love of animals being discovered, he
became the possessor of a line horse.
He was encouraged to join a boat club,
and Simon himself accompanied him
to such places of amusement as he desired
to visit. Yet, suddenly risen from poverty
to riches, from bitter self-denial to an in
dulgence of every wish, from the necessity
of bread winning, to the supply of luxuries,
Cyrus Ford was not spoiled.
With his heart full of gratitude, lie look
ed upon all Ms opportunities for improve
ment as a preparation for making his own
way in the world. He was studying law,
and he studied with the thought that his
daily biead would soon depend upon his
j legal knowledge. The idea of ever iuher
i iting any portion of the wealth that was
; smoothing his path in college, never pre-
i sented itself to his miud, and his most con
stant thought of future prosperity, resting
upon his own exertions, was the hopo of
one day proving his gratitude by repaying
the money spent so freely for him, though
he could never by a lifetime devotion re
turn the fatherly love and kindness lavish
ed on hin.
He had heard of Laura Clayton from
one of those dear friends who try to poison
all happiness by. anticipations of misery.
'You bad. better keep on the right side
of your uncle by never contradicting him,'
this friend had told .him, 'he was awfully
fonu of his daughter, but he never forgave
her for marryiog against his will.'
. 'I thought his children were all dead,'
was the reply.
'Nott all. Mrs. Cameron lives in a
little room in Pearl Street, and runs a sew
ing machine for a living. She ha3 one
daughter, but all the rest of her ch'ldren
are dead. Hard lines, ain't it, sewing for
a living when her father is rolling in
wealth.'
'In Pearl Street !'
'Yes. She makes my shirts, so I keep
her address. She is at No. Pearl
Street.
The conversation left a deep impression
upon Cyrus Ford. Once, in the generous
impulse of youth, he had approached the
subject with his adopted uncle, but he was
so sternly, silenced that he never dared
speak again the name of the disobedient
daughter. In October, when his twenty
first birthday came, Simon Clayton led the
young man one morning to his library.
'Cyrus,' he said, 'you are a man to-day,
aud you have a right to know what are
my intentions regarding you. In the
course of the next year you will be admit
ted to the bar, and I shall make you the
agent of my property. Together we will
go over all my investments, and j-ou will
be able to relieve me of some burden of
care, as well to learn where your own pro-pert-
will one day lie. For to-day I make
my will, and you will be my sole heir.
Not a word ! Your mother gave you to
me 1 Re my loving son, Cyrus, it is all I
ask of you.
'Your daughter'
'Not a word of her ! She died to me
fourteen years ago.'
The tone was so stern, Cyrus could only
bow his head in silence, and register a vow
in his heart that his life service should
never waver toward his benefactor.
It seems a sudden adoption when told in
the limits of my story, but, in truth, it was'
no caprice that influenced Simon Clayton
in his resolve. During four years of con
stant intercourse, he studied Cyrus Ford
with the close scrutiny of a stern nature,
soured by many disappointments, and
keenly alive to every delect m human na
ture.
ti . r 1 t.:., !,.., i...i r . i. .
lit: iuuuu iu ii otiuntnLoiiiuv ui uiuiuuu
j j r i
prok'jee, so unexpectedly placed in his care,
no deceit, no time serving, no servility, i
An honorable ambition, a resnectful nra- i
titude that was Lever favoring nor cring
ing, and upright integrity, and a close at
tention to the studies that were no child's
task for country-bred brains, all wakened
the respect of the old man. His love was
more easily won. Minnie's son, looking
into his face with Minnie's great, tender
eyes, moved his heart to affection liefoie
the first hottr'if intercourse was over ; and,
once given, the affection never wavered,
growing with every day's iutereour.se, tiil
the gnawing pain of his own boys gone was
lost in the love for the son sent to comfort
his old age. i
Thanksgiving came again the fourth
since Cyrus Ford came to Clayton and
with it came a sorrow. The tirst time
in his life Simon Clayton felt the pressure
of physical pain. He had been a model of
manly strength during the entire period of
sixty years of his life, but some unwonted
exposure had brought on an attack of fever
that, setting its fangs deep in the strong
frame, brought it very nigh the grave.
Cyrus had been watching all night when
Thanksgiving Day dawned, clear and
bright, though the first fall of snow cover
ed the streets. The invalid, turning rest
lessly upon the pillow, spoke of some un
finished business his illness had delayed,
and seemed to have his intellect clearer
than they had been before during his ill
ness. 'I wish you would call upon Hoskius this
morning, Cyrus,' he said. 'I want him to
understand about the lease of those Grand
street stores, before the last of thc month.
You have the papers ready ?'
'All ready, sir. But are you well enough
for me to leave you ?'
Yes. I shall feel better when that is
settled.'
It was a relief to be out in the crisp,
cold air. after the long confinement in a
close room, and Cyrus felt light-hearted in
a certainty that his friend was better,
Surely this attention to business was a good j
J ...
symptom, and the fever was certainly gone,
Mrs. Grey was a good nurse, and there
was no psppcial hurry: so, after settling
uherincrs. Cyrus was
ur vears ago, when
lonely to the ;reat
. city; when, just before him. a j;irlhurryitig.
past wyh a large bundle slipped upon t he
: trozcri pavement, ami tell heavily to the
i grorfRij. In a moment Cyrus was bending
; over her, helping her to use ; but her ao
! kle fcas sj.iaioe:i, and she wott'd have f.tl-
leu again but tor his arm.
'I am afraid you cannot walk,' he said, '
kindly, noting with deep pity her thin gar
ments, her pinched features, and the look
of pain upon her face.
'I must try,' she answered, stooping to
secure the big bundle.
'Lean upon me,' he said, taking the bur-,
den from her. 'You cannot,' he said, as
the effort to put the injurqd foot down
brought an ashy paleness to her very lins.
'1 will call a enh '
'No, no ! I have no money !'
Again the deathly pallor gathered on
cheek and lips, till Cyrus lifted her gently
into the cab that came at his call.
'Where shall I take you V he asked.
'To No., Pearl Street.'
Directing the cabman, Cyrus got into
the cab, with a face almost as pale as the
one beside him. The number was the
same his friend had mentioned as the ad
dress of Simon Clayton's daughter, aud,
looking attentively under the shabby bon
net, Cyrus saw that the face, pale aud thin,
was yet that of a child of not more than
thirteen summers. When the cab stopped
before the tall, narrow tenemecthou.se, the
young man lifted his charge iu his strong
arms, and, bidding her hold fast to the big
bundle, carried her to the room to which
she directed him.
It was a poor room, shabby to the ex
treme of shabbiness, with no romantic air
of poverty, but the real grinding facts of
extreme penury staring the beholder in the
face. A woman, pale and emaciated, was
stiching upon a sewing machine, but came
forward trembling when Cyrus entered
with the child.
'Do not be frightened,' he said, gently ;
'it is only a sprained ankle. I will send
you a doctor, if you will tell me for whom
he is to inquire.'
ilrs. Cameron. O Dollie, child ! are
you very much hurt ?'
'My foot aches,' the child said ; 'but the
gentleman has been so kind ! The work is
here, mother.'
'I will send a doctor,' Cyrus said, hast
ily putting the child upon the bed ; 'he
had better come at once.'
As he spoke, he slipped a note for fifty
dollars into Dollie Cameron's hand, and
left the room before she could speak. It
was too bitter. He couid not realize it at
once, but the cruel truth pressed harder
aud harder as he neared home. This was
the child and grandchild of Simon Clayton,
starving in an attic, while he commanded
their rightful inheritance.
Mrs. Grey met him at the door, with a
pale, fiightened face. There had been a
sudden change for the worse since he had
left, aud Simon Clayton was sinking fast.
Hurrying to the room, Cyrus found the
news only loo true. Eagtrly the dying
man welcomed him. He had forgotten all
business cares, but he craved the love of
his adopted son.
'It is Thanksgiving Day,' he said, when .
they had talked a little while, 'the day for
the forgiveness of injuries. Cyrus, I would
I knew where Laura is to-day. I have
destroyed all letters from her, lost all clue
to her. She may be poor, Cyrus. She
may long for her father's forgiveness. My
poor Laura ! I had never crossed her, Cy
rus, and she did not think I would be un
forgiving. I could die easier if I could tell
her that I forgive her.'
Cyrus did not speak. Literally he could
not. All that those few gasping words
implied pressed upon his brain with relent
less clearness. Iauia at home, Laura for
given, meant the loss of all the fair inheri
tance now his own. Do not judge him too
hardly, that a fierce temptation clutched
heart and brain. There was no active
crime to be committed. Only a few hours'
silence, aud the vast wealth which he had
virtually controled for a few short weeks
would be all his own. He could provide
handsomely for the widow and her child
when he was the heir ; and he was surely
better fitted to manage a great estate than
a weak woman.
Simon Clayton did not notice the silence
that fell upon the room while Cyrus wrest
led with the bitter temptation in his heart.
He was very weak, ami time was short for
prayer and preparation for eternity, so the
silence suited liim well. But when the
very sound of his breathing was audible iu
the stillness, he sighed, as if from a break
ing heart, 'My poor Laura !'
Like clouds dispersed by sunlight, the
shadows of evil sped from Cyrus Ford's
heart.
'I'ncle Simon,' he said, I can bring
Laura to you, if you wish.'
The dying mau expressed no surprise.
The end was too near for that. It seemed
nothiDg strange to him that his strong dy
ing wish should be answered.
'You can find her.! Bring her quickly,
Cyrus, or you will be too late. But before
vou go. j,ive me my desk, - and send Mrs.
Grey to me.'
'Shall I open your desk ?'
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iAu,i if this i3 destroyed , she will have
her rightful inheritance,' said Cyrus.
Shall I lay it here on the live coals ?'
'Yes. God will give me an hour or two
more of life. Burn itCyrus, and send at
once for Mr. Pearson'.'
"So, while the fiames curled over the pajirr
that would have made him master of nearly
a million dollars, Cyrus Ford started t
bring Laura Cameron to her father, and
sent his lawyer to the dying man. But few
words sufficed to explain his errand. Dol
lie was carefully carried to the easy car
riage in wailing, and after a long drive the
I stately house was ivtielied when twilight
was settling ov.t lbs gn-tt city,
i It was thoroughly mi keeping with the
! delicate instincts nt' Cyrus Ford's character
! that he sent Laura e.lnue to her lather.
while he carried DoliL- into tiie parlor, and
made her comfortable upon a sofa. The
grave, nale child looked earnestly in his
face. .
'Do you live here with-my grandfather ?'
she asked.
'I have lived here for four years. I ate
my first meal here on Thanksgiving "Day"
four years ago.'
'Thanksgiving Day ! We meant to make
a little holiday, too ; but I was not paid
for the work I took home, and I hurt my.
foot. I was not in a very thankful frame
of mind before I met you. and yuu were so
kind and so generous ! .
'I hope this will be the first of many
: thankfui days for you,' he answered.
! Your mother will not leave her homo
j again, I trust ?'
There was still a long talk before they
; were summoned to the sick room. Here
; the reconciliation had Ix-en' perfect, and
! Dollie was placed in an artu-chair where
' her grandfather could look upon her face,
j 'You will trust everything to Cyrus,
I Laura,' her father said. 'He knows how
all my property is invested. Cyrus, you
will be faithfufto my child ?'
'God deal with me as I am faithful to
your trust,' was the solemn reply.
Before midnight, 'surrounded by those
he loved, Simon Clayton died. Not until
three days later, when thc funeral was
over, did Cyrus know that Mr. Pearson
had made a new will, while he was seeking
Laura Cameron. By this will he became
heir to half of Simon Clayton's estate, the
other half and all personal property becom
ing Laura's.
My story may not end here. Five years
later, on Thanksgiving Day, there was a
wedding in the housewhere Simon Clay-
ton rm.il arwnt rrmnv Ioriplw tanro nnrl tn
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bridegroom was the rising lawyer, Cyrus
Ford, who wedded the grandchild of his
benefactor, sweet DoWp Cameron.
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