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The Sunbury American
In Ftblibhkd Eveby Fmday, BY
EM'L WILVERT, Proprietor,
Owner of Tliird St., and Market Square,
SrXBCHY, TA.
At One Dollar aud Filly Cents
If paid strictly in sdvauoe; $1.75 if paid within the year;
or (2.00 ill all cases when i'yni-nt in delayed till after
expiration of the year. No subscription discontinued
until all arrenraffes are paid uuiis at the optiou of the
publisher. Thwhtiuuh abe kh;iilt adhered to.
All new subscriitkus to the AwericAu by persons living
tmuiile ot the County of Nin-thuiubrrUuil, must be ao
rutupmuied m itti t he Cash. Thin l made iMweaaary by
the dithcuity experienced in collecting uutid sitbserip
tioua at a dmtauoe.
BALTIHORE LOCK HOSPITAL
D
u. jonxsTox,
Physician of this celebrated Institution, has
discovered the most certain, speedy, pleasant and
effectual remedy in the world for all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness ot the Back or Limbs, Strictures,
Affections of Kdueys and Bladder, Involun
tary Discharges, Impotency, General Debili
ty, Nervousness, Dyspcpsy, Languor, Low
Spirits, Confaeion of Ideas, Palpitation of
the Heart, Timidity, Tremblings, Dimness
of Sight or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
Throat, Note or Skin, Affections of Liver, Lungs,
Stomach or Bowels these terrible Disorders
arising from the Solitary Habits of Youth those
secret and solitary practice more fatul to their
victims than the song of Syrens tp the Mariners
of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hopes
of anticipations, rendering marriage, etc., impos
sible.
lOCNG MEN
especially, who have become the victims of Soli
tary Vice, that creaaiui aua aesiruewve uuim
which annually sweeps to an untimely grave
thousands of young men of the most exalted
talents and brilliant Intellect, who might other
wise have entranced listening Senate with the
thunders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy the
living lyre, may call with full conlidence.
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Young Men contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Procreative Power--iinpotency), Nervous Ex
citability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner
vous Debility, or any other Disqualification,
speedily relieved.
He who places himself nuder the care of Dr. J.
may religiously confide in his honor as a gentle
man, and confidently rely non his 6ki!l as a Phv.
eiclan.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Impotency, Loss of Power, Immediately Cured
and full Vigor Restored.
This Distressing Affection which renders Life
miserable and marriage impossible is the penalty
paid by the victims of Improper indulgences.
Yourlg persons are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful conseqences
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that the power
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
improper habits than by the prudent t Besides
being deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring,
the most serious and destructive symptoms to both
bodv and mind arise. The system becomes de
ranged, the Physical- and Mental Functions
Weakened, Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspe, ,ia, Palpitation of the Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of the Frame, Cough, Consumption, uecay ana
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persons mined in health by unlearned preteu
ders who keep them trifling month after month,
taking poisonons and injurious compounds,
should apply immediately.
DR. JOHNSTON,
Member or 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 ppent in the hospitals
of London, Pris, 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 miud, were cured
immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who have injurrd
themselves by iinproter indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin both body and mind, unfitting
them for either business, study, society or mar
riage. Tiiese are some of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth, vis:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspcpsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Disrestivc
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Cou
eutnption, &.C.
Mektaixt The fearful effects on the mlud
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.
Thocbakds of persons of all ages can now
Judire what is the cause of their declining health,
losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated, having a singular appearance
about the eyes, cough and 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, or at school, the
effects of which are nightly felt, even when
asleep, aud if not cured, renders marriage Impos
sible, and destroys both mind and body, should
npply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his
country, the darling of his parents, should be
snatched from all prospects and enjoyments ot
life, by the consequence of deviating from the
path of nature and indulging in a certain secret
habit. Such persons must before contemplating
MARRIAGE,
reflect that a sound miud and body are the inos1
neceesarv 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 aud filled with the melan
choly reflection, that the happiness of another
tiecoines blighted with our owu.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the nilscuidcd aud imprudent votary ot
pleasure finds that he has imbibed the seeds ol
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 aloue befriend
hitn, delaving till the constitutional symptoms ot
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
ua ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural
pains iu the head and limbs, dimness of sin lit, ,
deafness, nodes on tue sum nones aim anna,
blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, till at lust the
palate of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall
iu, and the victim of this awful disease becomes
a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts
a period to his dreadful suffering, by sending
him to "that Undiscovered Country from whence
uo traveller returns."
It it a melancholy fact that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
into the hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
TENDERS, who, by the use of that deadly Poi
son, Mercury, fcc, destroy the constitution, aud
Incapable of curing, keep the unhappy sufferer
month after month taking their noxious or in
jurious compounds, and Instead of being restored
to a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiness, In des
pair leave him with ruined Health to sigh over
his galling disappointment.
To snch, therefore, Dr. Johsstos pledges him
self to preserve the most Inviolable Secrecv, and
from his extensive practice and observations iu
the great Hospitals of Europe, and the first ic
this country, viz : England, France, Philadelphia
and elsewhere, Is enabled to offer the most cer
tain, speedy and effectual remedy in the world
for all Biseases of imprudence.
DR. JOHNSTON.
OFFJt'E, 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
aud number.
tiT No letters received unless postpaid and
containing a stamp to be used on the reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and send a portion
of Kdvirtisement describing symptoms.
There are so many Paltry, Designing and
Worthless Impnsters advertising themselves as
Physicians, trifling with and mining the tealth
of all who unfortunately fall into their power,
that Dr. Johnston deems It necessary to 6ay es
lcclallv to those unacquainted with his renuta
tion that his Credentials or Diplomas always
han in his office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
Tlte many thousands cured at this Establish
ment, year after year, and the numerous im
portaut Surgical Operations performed by 'Dr.
Johnston, witnessed by the representatives of the
press and many other papers, notices of which
have appeared strain and aga'.n before the public,
besides his standing as a gentleman of character
and responsibility, is a sufficient guarantee to the
afflicted. Shiu diseases speedily cured.
April 9. 1875. lv
LIMBER AMI I'LAM.XU MILES
Third Street, adjoining Phila. & Erie R. R., two
Squares North of the Central Hotel,
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
maaufactarlng Lunbcr, he is now ready to till or
ders f all kinds of
FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS. SIIUTTER8,
SASH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE
RANDAS, BRACKETS,
ud all kinds of Ornamental Scrowl Work. Turn-
g of every description promptly executed. Also,
LARGE ASSOKTMKST OF
BILL LUMBER.
UtfVIL OCK aud PINE. Also, Shingles, Pickets,
Lathe, etc.
Orders promptly filled, and shipped by Railroad
r otherwise. IRA T. CLEMENT.
.1
PRICE 91 50 IN ADVANCE
jJrcfcssianal.
TH. n. RISE, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Oliiec in Market Square,
(adjoining the olllco of W. I. Grecnotigh, Esq.,)
Professional busiues in this aud adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Stiubury, March 16, HS73.-ly.
J OSEIMI H. ARNOLD,
ATTORNEY :tnd COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Liverpool, Perry county, Pa
All business matters in the counties of North
it. Rnvrier. Union. Perrv and Jtiniatr
promptly attended to. Consultations can be had
in the German and English languages,
april 17, 1S74.-1.V.
WM. A. SOBER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AXD COCSTT SOLICITOR.
Office on Front Street below Market, Sunbury,
Pa. Collections and all legal nusiness promptly
attended to.
JANES BEARD.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in ITaupt' building, South East Corner
of Market Square, Suubury, ra.
Special Attention Paid to Collections.
J. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
a V KltK't'..
Asr acting JU3TICE or the PEACE.
Next Door to Judgo 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.
Conveyancing.the collections of claims.writings,
ana an Kinus 01 ix-sm uusmcoo -
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English and German language. Oihce
In Haupt's building, Market street, Sunbury, Pa.
Anril Q '75.
...
GA. BOTDORF,
Attomey-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Ptnna.
TVi t.a Axiiaill It A1 In till F.niUh and German
languages. Collections attended to in North
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
rance Company. tnhlo
WTC. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9, 1872. tf.
SB. BOVER. Attorney and Counsellor
at Law. Office in Wolvcrton's Law build
ing, Second Btreet, SUNBURY, PA. Professional
business atteuded to, in the courts of Northum
oerland and adjoining counties. Also, in the
Circuit and Littrict Courts for the Western Dis--!,.
.r Uonn.t lirjTii i ('Inima nromntlv collect
ed. Particular attention paid to roxet In Bank
ruptcy. Consultation can be Had in me tier-
man language. J ,J-
LII. KASE, Attorney at Law, cL N-
BURY, PA., office in Wolverton's Law
building, Second street. Collections made In
Northumberland and adjoining counties.
April t),'75.
J, Merrill Linn. Andrew H. DilL Frank. R. Marr.
LINN, DILL tV MARR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Next door to the Presbyterian church, Market
Square, SUNBURY,
April 0,'75 Northumberland Co., Ta.
EDMUND DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Office in Masscr's Building, south side of Mar-
kct Square.
April 9,'75.
JAMES II. McDEVITT,
Attornet at Law and
Ukited States Commissioned Office with S.
B. Bovcr, Esq., in Wolverton's Law Bnilding,
Sunbury, Pa. April 9.'75.
SI', WOLYERTON, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, 8UNBURY,PA. Profession
al business in this and adjoining counties prompt-
y attcnaea to.
TJ B. MASSER, Attorney at Law, SLN-
II . ltfPV PA.'nlWtinn Attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder,
. i . i i .. . . 1 1 ii i
Siontour, i,oiuiniia ana ig-cunuug. iiw-,j
GEO. W. ZI EULF.K,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office in naupt's building, Market St., Sun
bury, Pa.
Collections and all professional business
pnmptly attended to In the Courts of Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
March 19. 1875.
DR. C. M. MARTIN, Office in Drug
Store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. m., to 1 p. m., and from 0 to 9 p. m.,
at all other hours, when not Professionally en
aged can lc found at his residence, on Ciiestnut
Street, SUMJUKV, r.. rarttcuiar auennon
given to surgical cases. Will visit Patients
either in town or countrv.
GB. CADWALLADER.Markct Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer In Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books. Dairies, &c.
DENTISTRY. j
GEORGE M. RENN,
in Simpson's Iiuilling, Market Stjuare, j
Scsbcrt, Pa., i
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaiuinir
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly ou hand
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which he will be able to select,
and ruee. ine wants of his customers.
All worn warranted to givesatisfaction, or else
the money refunded.
The very best Mouth Wash and Tooth-Powdets
kept on hand.
His references are the numerous patrons for
whom he has worked for the last twelve years.
Sunbury, April 21, 1872.
otcls unit Ijcstannmts.
RAWFORD HOl'SE, Cor. Third and
Mulberry, Business Centre, Williamsport,
Pa.
Win. CRAWFORD, Proprietor.
Dec. 11, 1874.
LEMENT HOl'SE, Third Street below
Market, Sunbury, Pa. PETER S. BUR
RELL. Proprietor. Rooms neat and comfortable.
Tables snpplied with the delicacies of the season I
and the waiters attentive and obliging.
Suuqury, Jan. 22, 170.
NITED STATES HOTEL, W. F.
KITCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot SnAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, and the best accommodations given.
April 5,1873. tf
ATIONAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown Nortli'd
Connty, 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.
HEM MEL'S RESTACRANT,
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor,
Commerce St., 8HAMOKIN, PENN'A.
Having Just refitted the above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to
serve jis friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
qnors.
Ijnsinrss rts.
W. S. RIIOAD9. PACKER HAAS
WS. RHOADS CO.,
RETAIL DEALERS OF
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Office with Haas, Faoelt & Co.,
Orders left at Seaskolti & Bro's., office Market
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
ustom respectfully solicited.
Feb. , 1871. tf.
COAL! COAL! COAL! GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA.
(LOWER WHARF. )
Orders will receive orompt attention.
ANTHRACITE COAL 1
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'a Confectionery Store, on Third
treet, will recieve prompt attention, and money
receiptedfor, the same as at the office.
TCetatollsriod in 184.0.
NEW COAL YARD.
THE undersigned having connected the Coal
business with his extensive FLOUR & GRAIN
trade, is prepared to supply families with the
VERY REST OF COAL,
CHE A I FOR CASH.
Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken in exchange for Coal.
J. M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbury, Jan. 15, 1870. tf.
I
ifttisrtllastoas.
SCNBIRY MARBLE YARD,
Fourth Street below Market,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
THF, undersigned has returned from the Ver
xout Marble Quarries with 56 Tons of
Mtv.ole for
Mounmeuts, Grave-Stones,
He has bought at such figures that
will allow him to sell better stone, for
less money, than heretofore. The best
Sutherland Falls Marble,
which is better than Italian. Rutland is now
sold as low as the Manchester.
Those who need anything In the Marble line,
for Monuments, Grave-Stones, or other purposes,
will find it to their interest to call aud examine
this large stock, as better bargains can be secur
ed than buying from parties 'huckstering' round
the country.
All lettering will be done in the neatest and
most improved 6tyle.
W. M. DAUGHERTY.
Sunbury, Jan. 11, 1873.
THE KINC. BARBER SHOP
IS THE SHOP OF THE TOWN and long
has been ; ask history aud she will tell you
Men have grown old in our patronage
Babies on the'.r mothers' breast
To bouncing boys at play ;
And youths by maidens fair caressed,
To stalwart men with cares oppressed,
And old men silver gray.
And among the honored and lasting imprcs
slous of time, and the-crash of revolutions in
circumstances, we Etand a living monumental
memento of the Ingenuity and perseverance ap
pertaining to the identity of progression, plying
our vocation with the blgnest style ot art and
perfection, and aspiring to achieve the highest
reward of merit attainable In our humble capaci
ty, and the sentiment of respect and approbation
which the presence of superior appliances and es
tablishment are always wont to inspire.
Always to please
We shave with ease
Cut and comb with taste the hair ;
Shampoo the head with soothing care,
And color the whiskers black or brown,
To suit the people about the town.
Then allow me politely request you to stop,
And not go past nor from around our shop.
To get shaved on the basis of ability nor as
some have done for our use of the ballot for prin
ciple sacred and right nor under the common
secret and invidious guise of enmity to complex
ion ; for the cut of a man's coat, or the color of
his skin, ought not to affect his usefulness nor
his qualifications. A fair chance U ull that we
demand, to give the proof to all the land.
JAMES W. WASHINGTON.
Proprietor.
Sunbury, April 5, 1873 ; No. 91, Market st.
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&to SbbtrtisfmcMts
A NEW STOCK OF
MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS.
CHAS. MAIHL
Has just returned from the Eastern citics,with an
clcgaut selections of
CLOTHS,
CASS I MERES,
nnl YESTINfsS,
of the fiueet French Brands, Trimmings, &c.
He is now ready to receive orders for
SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS
of any desired style. The latest styles of pat
terns on hand, aud
NEAT FITS GUARANTEED.
You will find prices at least as reasonable as
elsewhere. Give me a call.
CHAS. MAIHL,
FOURTII ST., OpiJOtite CITY HOTEL,
SUNBURY, PA.
Sunbury, April 9, lS75.-tf.
ii MILLINERY. W5
TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED
HATS andBONNETS.
SPRING STYLES.
CRAPE ANDlRAPE VEILS.
NEW French Styles in Infants' Caps. Straw
Gools, iu Shade Hats, School Hats and all
the latest Fashionable Shapes and olore.
Chip in Drab, Brown, Black and White. Leg
horn, Black Hair, etc.
All the novelties in Silks, tiroes Grains, Sashes,
Serges, etc.
French Flowers, Wreaths, Roses, Buds and
Sprays. Ribbons in the uew shades.
Purchasers will find a full and carefully se
lected stock of Millinery at M. L. Gossler's
Millinery Store, Fourth St., below the Sbamokin
Div. N. C. R. R., Sunbury, Pa.
April 23, 1875.
gPRING AND SUMMER STYLES
' OF
NEW STYLES,
NEW FEATHERS,
NEW FLOWERS,
ORNAMENTS.
I-Iats fe Bonnets
TRIMMED AT ALL PRICES.
IRJJBIBOlSrS
IS TDK
Latest and Best Shades.
Good Assortment of Notions
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
FANCY ZEPHYR GOODS AND
INFANT'S HOODS,
At Misses L. & 8. Weiser's Millinery 8torc,
Market St., Sunbury, Pa.
April 23, 187.-1.
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SUNBURY, PA.
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MORNING, MAY 14, 1875.
Sftlttt Sattrn.
HE IS NOT MINE.
Ii he should die ! And yet he is not mine ;
My lips have never touched bis marble brow,
Yet wonld my heart's blood flow like ruby wine,
If heaven should claim my dearest idol now.
Ho is not mine ! Another's kisses press
My lip, which only breathe for him a prayer ;
Another folds me in his warm embrace,
And only asks to hold me there.
He is not mine ! No whispered word of love
Has ever thrilled my heart, and yet I know
Thoughts, pure as those of angels from above,
Of me pass through his brain in constant flow.
He is not mine ! Yet in his eye's soft gleam
I ever read love's language sweetly clear ;
Eyes are interpreter's of loves young dream
And bis assnrcs me I'm to him most dear.
Would he but speak-though I'm held in thrall
But breathe bis love in my too willing ear.
I'd barter hopes of future bliss, and all,
For this one hour of heaven his love to hear.
If he should die ! If those deep, tender eyes
Should vail their love beucath a frozen lid
Those weak, pale hands whose slightest touch I
prize,
Folded, and in the eoffiin's gloom be hid
If that great heart, whose pulses ever beat
Truo to the one who fain his life would save,
Should hush Its pain beneath the daisies sweet,
My love's sad requiem should bemoan his grave.
"WHO SHALL MARRY HER?"
A strong bond cf friendship had from
tbeir earliest childhood existed between
Terneuil du Pres and Henry do Savigny.
At college the same btudies and pursuits
were followed by both. In the same army
they held each the grade of lieutenant, and
served in the same regiment where, by offi
cers they were called Castor and Pollux,
Orestes and Pleiades, Damon and Pythias,
and other titles as applicable. Years and
experience ripened and strengthened their
affection into the most scrupulous fidelity.
When about. sixteen, the age when others
are ingeniously exaggerated, du Pres-and
Sayigny one day pledged themselves to
each other as friends which death alone
could part.
'Let us solemnly swear.'said du Pres, 'to
share alike each other's pleasures,' pains,
fortune and misery.'
'Rut suppose the time may come when
each may long for some object that may not
be shared ?'
'Then let it be renounced.'
'No ; let us rather promise to play for
possession.'
'That is a happy thought,' respouded de
Savigny.
'So let it be arranged,' he continued,
'that a game of chequers or cards shall de
cide.' 'Be it bo. Accepted thus all disputes
will be avoided, and our friendship remain
intact. This plan is well suggested.'
The two friends, with their company of
huzzars, were garrisoucd at Saint Ger
mainc, and the officers had been feted as so
many heroes. The chateau, terrace and
forest rendered Saint Geraiainc & delicious
sojourn. Quite near the barracks, Mon
sier Dubois, the father of their captain, re
sided. With Dubois the two youni: men
had formed an agreeable intimacy, and as
a natural result, the house of the father
was, at all times, open to them.
About six months prior to the com
mencement of our story, a young Italian
girl had come to Saint Germaine, and been
introduced by Monsieur Dubois to society
as the daughter of oue of the old corres
pondents of his house. Her name was
Bianca Marrelli, and her first appearance
in the social circles of Saint Germaiue was
signaled by the manifestation of the most
prouounced admiration on the part of the
gentlemen, and by an intense dislike from
the fair sex, the natural result of jealousy.
This was, however, strictly disguised by
the protestations of exceeding friendship.
Many admirers paid court to the lovely
Bianca and not a few asked her hand in
marriage ; but olficeu had met with posi
tive discouragement, aud it was generally
believed that Monsieur Dubois intended the
treasure for his sou.
There is no more inllammable heart than
that of an officer in the huzzars. Among
the most impressionable, and as well, the
most timid, were du Pres aud de Savigny.
Bianca was amiable, but gave uo oue rea
son to hope. It may be that the hour for
loving had not dawned, dr that, iu the
depth of her heart, she treasured some
mysterious secret.
Mile. Marrelli not only did not encourage,
but she well knew how to avert, declara
tion on the very lips of her admirers, a fact
which in nowise diminished her troop of
adorers, but rather heightened the fever of
attraction.
One morning Captain Dubois invited his
friends to a ball, an invitation generally ac
cepted. 'That day,' said Dubois, 'will be to me
one of happiness, aud I trust all will be
present to learn the reason of my joy aud
rejoice with me.
As he spoke a bright color flushed his
checks and his eyes sparkled with pleasure.
The evening arrived. Never had Bianca
looked more ravishingly beautiful; bur
power seemed irrcsistablc, as with uncom
mon grace Bhe received each guest, and
many in her genial smile read an encour
agement unconsciously given.
Du Pres, who had long endea ored to
confess his love, determined to declare his
sentiments during the cotillion. Before
speaking he allowed his eyes to rest upon
her in silent admiration, and now aud then
hazarcd a pressure of the hand, and at
length whispered the desire to speak to her
alone.
'If you will grant me a few minutes con
versation in private,' said du Pres. in a low
tone, 'I have something most confidential
to tell you.'
I have also something confidential to
tell you, and will see you when the ball is
over,' responded Bianca, sadly. 'Wait
until then, I beg of you, for I trust you
will understand me and be willing to ren
der me justice.'
'Justice !' replied du Pres, surprised by
her answer.
'Yes,' she resumed, 'but do not try to
comprehend my meaning ; you cannot un
til I explain.' Then recalling, although
with seeming effort, her gayety, she ex
tended her hand, adding, 'Come it is now
our time to dance.'
Du Pres at first knew not what to think
but, absorbed by his own feelidgs, on re
flection, he concluded that Eianca's reply,
gave him reason to hope, and fed by this
thought be gave himself up to dreams of
future happiness.
The quadrille over, de Savigny approach
ed Mile. Marrelli to recall her promise to
waltz with him ; and, leaving her with his
friend, Verneuil, nastily left the drawing
room and descended to the garden. But a
short time elapsed when de Savigny joined
du Pres. He also seemed anxious and
troubled; but absorbed by his own thoughts,
his companion did not at first observe his
manner.
'Verneuil,' exclaimed de Savigny, 'this
evening has fixed my destiny.'
'That is just what I was about to eay to
you,' replied du Pres.
'I am in love I'
'And I also,' added his listener.
'The woman I love is beautiful. Fancy
an angel of lovliness ; when I think of the
possibility of failing- :n my suit,! feel as
if I should go mad.'
I can sympathise,' responded de Sav
igny. 'Never have I dreamed of so much
beauty, combined with such grace, as I see
united in the woman to whom my heart
Kand its every aspiration is given.'
'Thee you are, indeed, in love,' said du
Pres. . ' - i . .
'Who would not be with such a woman,
one whose character is pure and gentle ? I
seem to see now her daik lustrous eyes,
her exquisitely moulded bead, Madonna
like in form, and I still feel the influence of
her seductive and voluptuous charms and
her smile, which touches the heart and
reaches the very soul.;
While de Savigny spoke, du Pres experi
enced a strange sense of dread, and, with a
sudden impulse, he said :
'Whom do you love ?'
'Who else but Bianca Marrelli, the beau
tiful Italian. For her I would give my
very life ; without her, existence is value
less.' 'Bianca?' exclaimed du Pres. 'Is it
Bianca you love ?
'It is,' responded de Savigny.
For a moment there was silence ; each
seemed oppressed by the sense of impend
ing evil.
'And you ?' at length murmured de Sa
vigny. 'I also love Bianca Marrelli' said du
Pres.
'Our oath ?' responded his listener.
'As in the past, we will be true to our
vows,' continued du Pres. 'Listen, de Sa
vigny, this rivalry must not weaken our
friendship. Bianca alone shall decide.'
'So be it,' responded Savigny, 'but it is
just to say that I have already beard suffi
cient from Bianca this evening to believe
in the certainty of being loved by her.'
'On my part, I believe you to be deceiv
ed,' said du Pres, 'and you compel me to
acknowledge that I have lakh that I am
her choice.'
'I doubt.' replied Savigny.
'Listen, then, and I will tell you, that
you may judge for yourself. '
'No, listen to me, and you will perceive
that you are iu error.'
'Well, we are mutually confident,' ex
claimed du Pres ; 'but of one thing I am
certain, Bianca intends to announce to one
cf us our triumph over the other.'
'As to me, I am resolved never to resign
in your favor,' responded de Savigny, hotly.
'I love Bianca Marrelli, and she must be
mine.'
'Never while I live to dispute her love.'
'We will see,' was the firm answer.
'Then, du PreB, wo are, I suppose, to
forswear our long-tried friendship, and be
faithless to our oath ?'
'Do you still desire to respect that oath ?'
replied du Pres.
'Yes 1' exclaimed de Saviguy, 'and I
here demand that our agreement be carried
out.'
'Should the game prove favorable to me,
will you retire without any ill-feeling to
ward me, aud make no further attempt to
win Bianca ?'
'I will.'
'Then let us go. The game will decide.'
The recall of the oath, which had with
so potent a charm bound them for so many
years, seemed ' to awaken the sentiment
which, for the moment governed by the
spell of a more mighty passion, l;ad seemed
to sleep.
At length they found themselves seated
in the card room. Five or six persons
stood near, watching the game, surprised
at the strange, determined expression on
the face of each, marking the set resolve,
which honor bade them keep inviolate.
Pale and earnest, du Pres and de Savigny
bandied the cards, playing each in turn
with deliberation throughout. Great drops
of perspiration stood out upon their brows.
At length the last throw was reached. By
some mischance both threw a ten of dia
monds. 'Neither has gained,' exclaimed one of
the lookers on. 'Take another pack and
re-commence.' .
'No,' replied du Pres. 'Such tension to
the mind could not be endured twice.'
With these words he rose brusquely and
took his departure, followed by de Savigny.
'We must decide, said the latter, as they
reached the hall.
'Yes, and at once,' responded du Pres.
Even while he spoke be turned toward the
garden. As they crossed the terraco the
sound of a hurried footstep attracted their
attention, and turning, they saw Dubois,
who had witnessed their game and followed
them, fearing trouble.
'Moved by some tcrriblo motive,' ex
claimed Dubois, 'you 'propose a project
which I am determined shall not be accom
plished. You cannot refuse my prayer,
for, in memory of the old friendship which
has so long united us, I implore you.'
'This is uo idle sacrifice you demand,'
responded de Savigny.
'May it not be a quarrel, the motive of
which exists aloue in your imagination.'
'If such be your opinion you are incapa
ble of appreciating a serious passion,' said
du Pres.
'It may be so my friends,' resumed Du
bois, smiling ; 'but on my honor, I swear
this duel shall not take place now and here.
To-morrow, after calm thought, if such a
plan be still desired by both, 1 myself will
be your second. Now, are you satisfied ?
To-night, as host, and in common courtesy
to my hospitality, I claim you both, as,
having accepted my invitation, you belong
to me for the present' Leading the way,
Dubois, accompanied by du Pres and de
Savigny, re-entered the ball-room to find
the' apartment deserted, supper having
been served in tbeir absence. As they en
tered the banquet-room, Monsieur Dubois
stood at the head of the table, beside him
Bianca Marrelli. In an inBtant Captain
i New Series, Vol. 7, No. 5.
I Old Series, Vol. 36, No. 5.
Dubois bad joined them, and as he did so,
the young Italian extended her band.
Allow me, my friends, to present to you
my daughter,' said Monsieur Dubois. 'In
Bianca Marrelli I introduce to all my son's
wire, a lady whom this happy fellow mar
ried some months since in Italy. Foe
family reasons we have been obliged to
keep this marriage a secret until to-day,
but now rejoice in making it known to all.'
With forced composure the two friends
tendered their congratulations to Captain
Dubois and bla wife, and then hurried from
the house. .
It is needless to say the duel did not
take place, the lady having decided who she
would marry prior to their joint claims for
her affection.
ifUisalhiricous.
FLOWER THOUGHTS AND FAN
CIES. FROM THE ALDIXE FOR MAY.
. Somebody says that flowers are the 'fug
itive poetry of nature ;" and to wild flow
ers rqogj .eminently belongs the remark.
Our cultivated flowers can not-be called
'fugitive poetry ;' we do not find them scat
tered aloug the roadsides, smiling to the
brooks, nodding ou hills to every breeze.
Not they ! They are collected and placed
in our houses and conservatories, labeled,
and surrounded by the costly accessories
which belong to all volumes of collected
poetry.
But with wild (lowers it is different'
We come upon them, indeed, as upon scraps
of poetry tucked into the corner of some
newspaper of everv-day life, and in the one
case, as in the other, exclaim as iu r. sort
of patronizing surprise : 'Why, how pretty
that is !'
One cannot, however, be very well . ac
quainted with the woodlands, without
quickly losing any feeling of patronage he
may once have had. There are so many
dainty wild blossoms to harmonize with
any mood in which they may be approach
ed, beheld, or gathered.
We Cad all sorts of poetry speaking from
them ; palest of blue hare bells, which sug
gest a dainty poem, full of tenderness with
out strong passion, which, indeed, they,
as well as people, are better without.
Then there are violets, blue and white, and
yellow, like little ballads, tales of uncon
scious heroines ; gill-over-the ground, im
mediately reminding one of scors of verses
he had seen in the neglected corner of some
country paper ; with blue bits of prcttiness
scattered here and there, but so small that
one doesn't care for the trouble of hunting
them out ; and besides, like those scraps of
verse, there is so much of it that it can be
had at any time.
But flowers, also, tell us other things ;
they are vivid reminders of people we have
known, of faces we have seen, hearts we
have learned to love and trust.
Who can ever see a valley-lily, without
a feeling of tender greeting, or (to go from
the pretty to the absurd) who can look at
one of those saucy Jack-in-the-pulpits,
peeping up out of its green sheath, and not
expect it to speak, and in au oration as
long as country minister's! tell of its rela
tionship to the regalia? Poor, relations,
truly ! How indignant the calla wonld be !
Then their are the lovely blossoms of the
spring beauty, at which one feels as much
surprise as at Gndiug a Perdita in a shep
herd's cottage.
The flowers of the mullein are like fami
lies in a tenement house, pretty enough
individually, but collectively well, they'd
bo lather unpleasant guests, to say the
least of it.
Autumn flowers are like stories of the
tropics. Their very names are sugges
tive golden-rod, flaming pinxter, trumpet
flowers.
And water lilies ! what shall we say of
them ? Lovely, tearful Undines, gifted
with souls through unavoidable wretched
ness. And, by the way, what a beautiful
allegory that is, and alas I how true to
life.
But if water lilies have souls, woodland
vines certainly have no conscience. Run
ning along the ground, climbinti up trees,
clinging to fences, making use of anything
and everything, without so much as 'By
your leave,' and to be shunned like parasi
tical friends, which, like them, once given
a footing, can not be easily removed.
It is quite a pretty amusement to trace
in flowers resemblances to ones friends.
We often heard people say that every hu
man being is like some animal. (if so,
some of them are certainly only fossil re
mains, which by the way, has nothing to
do with the subject.)
The resemblance of every one to some
flower is quite as easily traceable. Bright,
insipid verbenas, queenly lilies, royal ja
ponicas. The readers of romance are fami
liar with heroins who are like them all, and
can find among their friends the same
characteristics.
How people's dispositions show forth in
their favorite flowers ! Some care only for
roses, seeing no beauty, smelling no per
fume in anything else. Such people are
apt to be singularly pure in life and actions,
tender in all loves and friendships, but
exclusive in everything. Hoots of people
prefer pansies, and are justly indignant
with the writer who said that they always
remiuded him of monkey faces. Love-in-idleness,
heartsease, thoughts, certainly
there never was a flower with so many pet
names. People of liberal tastes have, ol
course, their favorites, but like nearly all
flowers. There certainly is nothing which
contributes more to the beauty of home
than flowers, and nothing so full of pretty
fancies.
"Spake full well in language quaint and olden.
One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine.
When he called the flowers, so blue aud golden,
Stars that in earth's firmament do shine."
Useful Knowledge. A man walks
three miles in an hour ; a horse trots seven ;
steamboats run eighteen ; sailing vessels,
ten ; slow rivers flow four ; rapid rivers
seven ; moderate wind blows seven ; storm
moves thirty-six ; hurricane, eighty ; a
rifle ball, one thousand ; souud, seven hun
dred and forty-three ; light, one hundred
and ninety thousand ; electricity, two hun
dred and eighty thousand. A barrel of
flour weighs one hundred and ninety-six
pounds, barrel of pork, two hundred ; bar
rel of rice, six hundred ; keg of powder,
twenty-five ; firkin of butter, eighty-four.
Wheat, beans and clover seed, sixty pounds
to the bushel ; corn, rye and flax seed,
fifty-six; buckwheat, fifty-two; barley,
forty-eight ; oats, thirty-five ; bran twenty ;
timothy seed, forty-five; coarse salt, eighty-
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drachms an ounce, four ounces a gill, six
teen ounces a pint, sixty drops a tcaspoon-
ful, four tcaspooufuls a tablespoonful or j
half an ounce, two tables poonfuls an ounce, j
eight tablespoonfuls a gill, two gills a coffee j
cup or tumbler, six fluid ounces a tea cup
full. Four thousand, eight hundred and
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six hundred and forty acres ; to measure j
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each side, making aquare acre within an i
inch. There are two thousand seven hnn- '
dred and fifty languages. Two persons '
die every second. A generation is fifty
years ; average of life, thirty-one years.
The standing army in Prussia, war times,
one million two bund red thousand ; France,
ono million, three hundred and sixty thou
sand ; Russia, one million ; Austria, eight
hundred and twenty-five thousand ; Italy,
two hundred thousand;. Spain, one hun
dred thousand ; Belgium, -ninety five thou
sand ; . England, seventy-five thousand ;
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dred calves, twenty thousand swine in win-
ter. Hall's Journal of Health.
Barnum on Idleness, Base-Ball,
and Billiards.' Mr. Thineas T. Bar
num on being inaugurated as Mayor of
Bridgeport, Conn., delivered a short ad
dress. Concluding he said :
It is painful to the industrious and moral
portions of our people to see so many
loungers about the streets, and such a mul
titude whose highest aspirations seem to .
be to waste their time in idleness or at '
base-ball, billiards, etc. No person needs
to be unemployed who is not over fastidious
about the kind of occupation. There are
too many soft hands (and heads) waiting
for light work and heavy pay. Better work
for half a loaf than beg or steal a whole
one. Mother earth is always near by, and
respond to reasonable drafts on her never
failing treasury. A patch of potatoes
raised 'on shares' is preferable to a poultic- ,
ed pate earned in a whisky scrimmage.
"Some modern Micawbers stand with folded
hands waiting for the panic to pass, as the
foolish man waited for the river to run dry
and allow him to walk over. The soil 13
the foundation of American prosperity.
When multitudes of our consumers become
producers ; when fashion teaches economy,
instead of expending for a dress gaudy what
would comfortably clothe the family ; when
people learn to walk until they can afford
to ride , when the poor man ceases to ex
pend more for tobacco than for bread ;
when those who complain of panics learn
that "we cannot eat our cake and keep it ;"'
that a sieve will not hold water, that we
must rely on our own exertions, and earn
before we expend, then will panics case and
prosperity return. " While we should by oar
means nnreasonably restrict healthy rec
reation, we should remember that "time
is money," that idleness leads to immoral
habits, and that the peace, prosperity, and
character of a city depends on the intelli
gence, integrity, industry, anil frugality of
its inhabitants.
A Rejiaekaele Pet. A French
journalist met with a strange pet the other
day when paying a visit. While he was
talking he noticed something moving on
the carpet which was neither dog nor cat.
On looking again he saw that it was a fine"""
lobster, dark gray, spotted with red, and
thought it must have escaped from the
kitchen. The lady smiled and said. 'I
must tell you the history of my pet. Some
months ago I bought a lobster, and as it
was not wanted for dinner, my cook left it
in the water in the kitchen. I was going
to a ball that night, and, being ready I sat
in an easy chair ant! fell asleep. Sudden
ly I sprang up from the pain of a sharp
bite in my foot, and saw the lobster biting
it. I started up and ran to the kitchen.
No one was there, and a cloth In front of
the Ore had caught fire. It was soon ex
tinguished, but I have kept the lobster ever
since out of gratitude.' It has its basin of
cold water, aud seems to recognize its mis
tress, and is so fond of music that it is
always drawn towards the piano whenever
she plays.
The latest intelligence with regard to thc
crop prospects, gleaned from different sec
lions of the country, seems to warrant the
conclusion that while much of the winter
wheat has been killed, there will yet be a
fair crop. Throughout the West there will
evidently be a short fruit and berry
crop. It is also generally feared that the
Western peach crop will lie exceptionally
light this season, owing to the terrible cold
of last winter. The Wilmington (Del.) .
Commercial gives an encouraging account
of the prospects in that State, which is al
most wholly given to raising fruit, peaches
especially. The price of the canned article
is largely governed by the Delaware yield.
Georgia mourns the probable destructiou
of the early cotton crop of that State, owing
to the "cold snap" there last month, and
Kentucky and Virginia have gloomy tobac
co prospects.
For twenty years prohibitory legislation
has been tried in Michigan, and, it having
been found a failure practically In checking
the sale aud consumption of liquors, a
stringent system of taxation has uow been
inaugurated and will be tried for the two
years which will elapse before the Legisla
ture again meets. A constitutional amend
ment is also provided for, to be voted upon
by the people in the fall of 1870, giving the
Legislature entire control over the matter
of regulating the liquor traffic. There is
very little doubt that the people will decide
in favor of this proposition.
All hopes of the recovery of little Char
ley Ross have now been almost abandoned.
It is reported that Westesveldt, Mosher's
brother-in-law, is now locked up in Moy
amensing Prison awaiting trial on the
charge of being concerned in and having
a guilty knowledge of the abduction of the
boy. The charge is based on certain re
marks that accidentally fell Irom Wester- f
veldt's lips a short time ago in New York.
An explosion in a coal mine in Stafford
shire, England, has added largely to the
number of widows and orphans in that
country.
A good indication ot the sound condition
of the credit of the general government is
to be found in the fact that the reduction
of the public debt during April amounted
to 82,322,346.