The Sunbury American
I Pi BLIMIIO KVERT FKIBAt, V
EITL WILVEET, Proprietor,
Corner of Third St. , and Market Square,
SUNBUUY, PA.
At One Dollar and Fill' t'onl
If rid efrk-tly in advance; (t.TSif pai'I within the year;
or t'LW iu all cases! when payment is dVlaj til till after
expiration "1 ihe year. 8iirmcri tiim discontinued
U'liil ali arrearage Ht'O paid uuks at tiie ojitiou oi the
luibUeher. Tbk-k itrnln auk uiohilv aihkiu:i to.
All new eiibc-ijtiiia m rrie Amricuii by in-rsous liviu?
oU'Hi'.le of tue Owdii;y of Sirrnuii:lwrl'.tiiU, iuut lo ac
c Aaiiied wita tii i;ahh. Tnia is ma1e ueceHjry by
t ie Ai'Hjuiry j.x;i.-i:-.ic,?4 iu ilix;-iu(( aimid ubserii
ti.m t a distance
RALTIJIOKE LOCK 8IOSPITAL
D
U. JOHVSTOX,
Physician of tl:is celebrated Institution, lias ;
discovered the most certain, speedy, pleaaut and
effectual remedy in the world fur all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE. !
Weakness ot the Back or Limbs, Strictures, j
Affections of Kidneys and madder, involun
tary Discharges, Itiipotenry, (General Debili
ty, Nervousness, Dyspepsy, Lanirnor, Low
Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of
the Heart, Timidity, Treiubliugs, Dimness
of Sight or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
Throat, Nose or Skin, Affjctiong of Liver, Lungs,
Stomach or Bowels these terrible Disorders
rising from the Solitary Habits of Youth those
secret and solitary practice more fatal to their
victims than the song of Syrcus to the Mariners
of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hopes
of anticipations, renderint; marriage, Ate., Impos
sible. lOUNG MEN
especially, who have become the victims of Soli
tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually Bwccps to an untimely grave
thousands of young men of the rooft exalted
talents aud brilliant intellect, who miuht other
wise have entranced listening Senates with the
thunders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy the
living lyre, may eall with full confidence.
MARRIAGE. .
Married Persons or Young Meu contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Procreative Power Impotency), Nervous Ex
citability, FulpiUtion, Orgauie Weakuess, Ner
vous Debility, or any other Disqualification,
speedily relieved.
He who places uimseir under tuc care 01 in. J.
may religiously confide in his houor as a gentle
man, and confidently rely unon his skill as a Phy
sician. OEGANIC WEAKNESS.
Impotency, Loss or 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 improjier indulgences.
Young persons are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful consciences
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that the power
of procreation is lost sooner by those falliug into
improper habits than by the prudent ! 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, Los6 of Procreative Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspe. ,ia, Palpitation of the Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Watting
of the Frame, Cough, Consumption, Decay aud
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DATS.
Persons ruined in health by unlearned preten
ders wuo keep tuera trilling uioniu alter uiontu,
taking poisonous and injurious coinpouuds,
should apply immediately.
DR. JOHNSTON,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lou
don, Graduated from one of the most cmineut
Col'eges in the United States, and the greater
part of whose ife has been spent in the hospitals
of Loudon, Pris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
has effected some of the most astonishing cures
that were ever known ; many troubled with ring
ing in the bead and ears when asleep, great
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds,
bashful ncse, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with derangement of mind, werecured
Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who have iniurrd
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin both body and mind, unfitting
tiietn for either business, study, society or mar
riage. These are some of the sad aud melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth, vir. :
Weakness of the Back aud Limbs, Pains iu the
Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangemeut of Digestive
1'uuctloDs, General Debility, Symptoms of Con
etunption, tc.
Mentally The fearful effects on the mind
are much to be dreaded Los of Memory, Con
fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodings, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
Love of Solitude, Timidity, &c, arc some of the
evils produced.
TuorsANDS of persons of all ages can now
judge what is the cause of their declining health,
losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
aud emaciated, having a singular appearance
about the eyes, cough and symptom of consump
tion. VOUNG MEN
Who have injured th msclves by a certain prac
tice indulged In when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or at school, the
ellects of which are nightly felt, even when
anlcrp, and if not cured, renders marriage impos
sible, and destroys both miud and body, should
apply 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 ol
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 eouud mind and body are the most
necessary requisites to promote conuubial happi
ness. Indeed w ithout 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 blighted with our own.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided aud imprudent votary ot
pleasure finds that he has imbibed the seeds ot
this painful disease, it too often happens that au
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 I
this horrid disease make their appearance, sucit
as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, uoctural
pains in the head and limbs, dimness of sight,
deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms,
blotches on the bead, 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 bis dreadful suffering, by sending
him to " that Undiscovered Country from whence
no traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fact that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
Into the hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
TENDERS, w ho, by the use of that deadly Poi
son, Mercury, &c, destroy the constitution, and
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 disupjointracnt.
To such, therefore, Dr. Jorwroi pledges h jm
sclf to preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, and
from his extensive practice and observations in
the great Hospitals of Europe, and the first in
this country, vix: England, France, Philadelphia
Hnd elsewhere, is enabled to offer the most cer
tain, speedy and effectual remedy in the world
for all diseases of imprudence.
DR. JOHNSTON.
OFFiCE, NO. 7. S. FREDERICK STREET.
Baltimore, M. D.
Left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few
doors from the corner. Fall not to observe name
and number.
JSTNo 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 advirtisemcnt describing symptoms.
There are eo many Paltry, Designing and
Worthiest Impnstera advertising themselves as
Physicians, trifling with aud ruining the health
of all who unfortunately fall into their power,
that Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es
pecially to those unacquaiuted with his retalia
tion that his Credentials or Diplomas always
ban in his office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at tuis Establish
ment, year after year, and the numerous im
portant Surgiau.1 Operations performed by Dr.
Johnston, witnessed by the representatives of the
press and many ot her 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. Shin diseases speedily cured.
April 9. 1S75. It
EI M It Ell AND IEAN1.G MllE
Third Street, adjoining Phila. & Erie R. R.,
Squares North of the Central Hotel,
SUNBURY, PA.
two
IllA 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
manufacturing Lunber, he is now ready to till or
ders mf all kinds of
FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS,
SASH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE
RANDAS, BRACKETS,
and all kinds of Ornamental Serowl Work. Turn
ing of every description promptly executed. Also,
A LAROI ASSORTMENT OF
- BILL LUMBER.
EMLOCK and PINE. Also, Shingles, Pickets,
Lathe, Ac.
Orders promptly filled, and shipped by Railroad
r otherwise. IRA T. CLEM ENT.
ifcl0-3:ly
"If'
12atatllshed In IN to.
I'KK E $1 SO IN ADVANC
E.
professional.
T.
II. IS. KASE. Attorney ut Law, SUN-
BUI1Y, PA. Oiliee in Market tenure,
(adjoining the office of W. I. Greeuough, Esq.,)
Professional business hi this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Sunbury, March 10, lS72.-ly.
Joseph s7aicxom7
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Liverpool, Perry county, Pa.
All business matters in the comities of North
umberland. Snyder, Union. Perry and Juniata
promptly attended to. Consultations can be had
in the German and English language.
april 17, 1S74.-1.V.
Si. A
SO It Kit.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND COVNTT SOl.lCITOU.
Olflce on Front Street below Market, Sunbury,
Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly
attended to.
J AMES REARR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Oflice in Ilaupt's bnilding, South East Corner
of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
Special Attention Paid to Collections.
AX. HUH E,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and acting JUSTICE or tub PEACE.
Next Door to Judgo Jordan's hVsidenee, Chest
nut Street. Suubnrv. Pa.
Collections and all legal matters promptly
tended to.
;it-
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ATTORNEY Al LAW, AND
ACTING JI STICE OF THE PEACE.
Couvcyancing,thc coll ctions of claims, 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. Oltice
in Haupt's building. Market street, Sunbury, Pa.
April 9,'75.
Gr.
A. BOTDORF,
Attornev-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Penna.
Can be cousultcd In the Engl .sh and German
languages. Collections attended to in North
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also a Tent for the Lebanon 'alley Fire Insu
rance Company. rahl5
W. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.,
November 9, 1872. tf.
SB. It OYER, Attorney and Counsellor
at Law. Olllce in Wolvcrtotrs Law build
ing, Second street, SUNBURY, PA. Professional
business attended to, iu the courts of Northutn
oerland and adjoining counties. Also, iu the
Circuit and DMrict Courts for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to etuet In Bank
ruptcy. Consultation can be had in the Ger
man language. April 9,'7."i.
L.
II. KANE, Attornev at Law, SUN
BURY, PA., office in Wolvcrton's Law
building, Secoud street. Collections made in
Northumberland aud adjoining counties.
April i,'75.
J. Merrill tanu. Andrew H. DiU. Frank. S. Mrr.
EIXX. PILE Ai MARK,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Next door to the Presbyterian rhurch, Market
Square, SUNBURY,
April 9,'75 Northumberland Co., Pa.
EDMUND DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Office in Masser's Bnilding, south side of Mar
ket Square. April 9,'75.
JAMES II. McDEYITT,
Attorney at Ijaw and
United. States Comismoser. Office with 8.
B. Boyer, Esq., in Wolvertou's Law Building,
Sunbury, Pa. April 9.'75.
Sr. WOLYERTON, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, 8UNBURY,PA. Profession
al business in this and adjoining counties proinpt
y attended to.
Hit. MASSER, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder.
Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. apUO-G'J
GEO. W. ZIEGLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office in.IIaupt's building, Market St., Sun
bnry. Pa.
Collections and all professional business
promptly attended to In the Courts of Northum
berland aud adjoining counties.
March 19. 1S75.
DR. C. M. MARTIN, Office in Drug
Store, Clemeut 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
aged can be found at his residence, ou Chestnut
Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention
given to surgical cases. Will visit Patients
either in town or couutrv.
GB. CAD WAIEADEK,Market Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books. Dairies, &c.
DENTISTRY.
GEORGE M. RENN,
In iS'iHij)son'a Building, Market mquare,
Scnbuet, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on baud
a large assortment of Teeth, nnd other Deutal
material, from which he will be able to select,
and nice, me wants of his customers.
All wont warranted to give satisfaction, or else j
the money refunded. J
The very best Mouth Wash and Tooth-Powders j
kept on hand.
His references are the numerous patrons for
whom he has worked for the last twelve years.
Sunbury, April 21, 1872.
ijotcls auto Itcstannints.
CRA
RAW FORD HOl'SE, Cor. Third and
lbcrry. Business Centre, W llliamsport,
Pa.
Win. CRAWFORD, Proprietor.
11, 1S74.
Dec.
C1;
LEMENT IIOCSE, Third Street below
Market, Sunbury, Pa. PETER S. BUR-
RELL. Proprietor. Rooms neut and comfortable.
Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season
and the waiters attentive and obliging.
Suuqury, Jan. 1575.
IT
NITER STATES HOTEL, W. F.
KI fCH EN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, and the best accommodations given.
April 5.1B73. tf
ATIOXAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown NortliM
County, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The tablets supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
HI MM EL'S RESTACRAXT,
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprieto'
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, 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
quors.
justness
Curbs.
W. 8. IinOAPS. i. PACKER HAAS
w.
S. RHOADS A CO.,
RETAIL DEALERS OF
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Orrics wtTH Haas, Faoelt & Co.,
Orders left at 8easholtx & Bro's., office Market
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
ustom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1871. tt".
OA LI COAL! COA LI GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, 8UNBURY, PA.
(LOWER WIIAKr.J
Orders will receive prompt attention.
ANTHRACITE COAL !
VALENTINE DIETZ, Wholesale and
Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
AU 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 recieve prompt attention, and money
reeeiptsxlfor, Ihe same as at the ofllrc.
ir
. rr ir irr
11 II K i
NEW CO All 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.
CUE VI FOR CASH.
Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken iu exchange for Coal.
J. M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbury, Jau. 15. 1870. if.
K FX II CRY MA IS It EE YARD,
Fourth Street below .Market,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
fCin V. undersigned has returned from the Ver
J jiont Marble Quarries with 50 Tous of
Mamie for
Moiiniueiits. Grave-Stone.
m &c, &c.
V ' He has bought ut such figures that
'ufWf will allow htm to sell better stone, for
AiQr'. less money, than heretofore. The best
iQ4 Sutherland Falls Marble,
which is better than Italian. Rutland is now
sold as low as the Manchester.
Those who need anything iu the Marble line,
for Monuments, Grave-Stones, or other purposes,
will find it to their Interest to call and examine
this large stock, as better bargains can be secur
ed than buying from pnrties 'huckstering' round
the country.
All lettering will be done in the neatest and
most improved style.
W. M. DAUGJIERTY.
Sutibnry, Jan. 11, 1873.
THE KING BARBER SHOP
IS THE SHOP OK THE TOWN and long
has been ; ask history and she will tell you
Men have grown old In our patrouage
Babies ou their 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 aud lasting impres
sions of time, and the crash of revolutions iu
circumstances, we stand a living monumental
memento of the lngcuuity and perseverance ap
pertaining to the identity of progression, plying
our vocation with the highest style of 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 bair ;
Shampoo the bead with 6oothing 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, onght not to affect his nsefclness nor
his qualifications. A fair chauce is ull that we
demand, to give the proof to all the land.
JAMES W. WASHINGTON.
Proprietor.
Sunbury, April 5. 1373 ; No. 91, Market St.
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Utto Jrbbcrtisrinfuis
A NEW STOCK OF
MERCHANT TAILORIHG GOODS.
CIIAS. MA1I1L
Has just returned from the Eastern cities,wllh an
elegant selections of
CLOTHS,
CASSIMERES,
and YESTINGS,
of tho finest French Brands, Trimmings, &c.
lie is now ready to receive orders for
SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS
of nny desired style. Thc latest styles of pat
terns on hand, and
NEAT FITS GUARANTEED.
Yon will find prices at least as reasonable as
elsewhere. Give me a call.
CHAS. MAIHL,
FOURTH .ST., OppotUe CITY HOTEL,
SUNBURY, PA.
Sunbury, April 9, lS75.-tf.
1875 MILLINERY. 1815
TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED
HATS and BONNETS.
SI'RIXU STYLES.
CRAPE AND CRAPE VEILS.
TEW Freuch Styles in Infants' Caps. Straw
i Gools, In Shade 'tats. School Hats and all
the latext Fitshiouable Shapes aud olors.
Chip In Drub, Brown, Black and W'hite. Leg
horn, Black Hair, etc.
All the novelties In Silks, GrossGrn Ins, Sashes,
Serges, etc.
Freuch Flowers, Wreaths, Roses, Buds nnd
Sprays. Ribbons in the new shades.
Purchasers will Cud a full and carefully se
lected stock of Millinery at M. L. Gossler's
Millinery Store, Fourth St., below the Shamokin
Div. N. C. R. It., Sunbury, Pa.
April 23, 1875.
gPRING AND SUMMER 8TYLES
OF
MILLINEBY
NEW STYLES, .
NEW FEA I'HERS,
NEW FLOWERS,
ORNAMENTS.
Hats & Bonnets
TRIMMED AT ALL PRICES.
ZRIBBOILSrS
IS THE
Latest and Best Shades.
Good Assortment of Notions
CONSTANTLY ON nAND.
FANCY ZEPnYR GOODS AND
INFANT'S HOODS,
At Misses L. & 8. Welser's Millinery Store,
Market St., Sunbury, Pa.
April S3. 1S7"..
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IN TH 18 SECTION.
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IMPROVED PRESSES,
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!5r"Orders for Subscription. Advertising or
Job Printing, thankfully received.
j Address
EM'L WILVERT, Proprietor,
SUNBURY, PA.
rplIE SUNBURY AMERICAN
IS THE
BES TAD VE RISING MEDIUM
In the Central part of the State,
IT CIRCULATES
In one of the Most Thrifty, Intelligent and
WEALTIIY
SECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Sample copy of paper sent to any address lree
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A
MORNING, MAY 21, 1875.
&2 c&
TIIKRORIX.
r.Y JOHN P. WIIITTIRK.
My old Welsh ueighbor over the way
Crept slowly out iu tho sun of spring,
Pushed from her cars the locks of gray,
And listened to hear the robin sing.
Her grumlsou, playing marbles, stopjo'd, '
And cruel in sport as boy will be,
Tossed a stone at the bird, who hopped
From bough to bough in the apple tree.
"Nay !" said the grandma ; "have yon not heard
My poor, bad boy ! of the fiery pit,
And how, drop by drop, this mcreful bird
Carries the water that quenches it ?
"He brings cool dew In his little bill,
And lets It fall on the souls of sin ;
You can see the mark on his red breast still
Of fires that scorch as he drops it in.
"My poor Kron rhuddyu ! my breast-burned bird,
Siugiug sweetly from limb to limb,
Very dear to the heart of our Lord
Is lis who pities the lost like him."
"Amen !" I said to the beautiful myth ;
Sing, bird of God, in ray heart as well ;
Each good drop is a thought wherewith
To cool and lessen the lire of hcil.
"Prayer of love like rain drops fall,
Tears of pity arc cooiiugdew,
Aud near to the heart of our Lord are all
Who suffer like him in the good they do!''
'alts anfo&foixfcs.
IN AN ELEVATOR. .
'Mrs. James Alson at home on the Thurs
days of December from 2 to 5 P. M. Hotel
Kelleran, West Royalston Street.'
It was the last Thursday of December,
and quite a little throng of fashionable
people had assembled at the Hotel Kelleran
in response to this card. The preceding
Thursday had been wet and stormy ; this
was a model winter's day, crisp with sun
and sparkling with sun. Carriages drew
up before the door in long double ro'.vs ; a
mob waited on the sidewalk to watch the
ladies soing in ; the elevator was ou the
wing continually, bearing gorgeous dames
to the third story. It was a busy after
noon for the porter and the 'elevator boys,'
but as that functionary, a youth of some
forty summers, remarked to his confede
rates, 'Weddings is weddings, and it aiu't
every day we have a bride in the house,
'specially such ' a stunner as this one.
Gorry I ain't she a beauty neither? I'd
like to be a-taken of her up all day 1'
Estella Blodgett had always been called
a beauty. Why, was not so easy to say.
for, as she herself once candidly remarked,
'When you come to look at me, I'm not so
very pretty in fact, no prettier than other
people.' This was quite true. Beauty
often consists in a certain nameless charm ;
brightness, unexpectedness, tact, and
sweetness combined, and these Estella had.
For the rest, there were dark hair and
eyes, a clear, brilliant skin, a dimple, a
white slender hand ; but, as I said, she
was no prettier than American girls are
apt to be, ouly people persisted iu thinking
her so. She wore these unmerited laurels
gracefully enough ; success did not spoil
her ; her list of friends numbered as many
women as men, which is always a test to
the qualities of a beaut'. But never, peo
ple agreed, had Estella Blodsrett been
sweeter, more unaffectedly cordial and
facinating, than was Estella Alsop that af
ternoon as she glided about her pretty new
rooms, welcoming, greeting, making every
one feel at home.
'How happy she looks ! observed Mrs.
Dalryrople.
'Well, who wouldn't be happy, with the
loveliest French trousseau that ever was,
and such a nice husband as hers V asked
Constance Ferris.
Two or three people laughed at the un
conscious warmth of Constance's tone.
'For my part,' put in Alice Ordway: 'I
never could quite see that James Alsop was
so charming. He shuts me right up ; I
don't get on with him at all. Estella used
to feel so too, and I never understood how
she came to like him at the last.
. 'Ah, you never tried him in an elevator,'
said Mrs. Dalrymple, looking funny.
'In an elevator ! What do you mean ?'
'Oh, thereby hangs a tale.'
'Who is that lady iu gray that has just
come in ?' inquired Constance. 'See, Es
tella is speaking to her now.'
'How pleased Mrs. Aslop looks !'
Estella was looking more than pleased.
She had kissed the lady in gray twice as
they met, and now stood holding her hands
and speaking rapidly.
'You brought your bag, Earnest ? Vou
are going to stay ? I've set my heart on
having you christen our spare room.'
'Yes, the bag is outside. Never mind it
now, or me. We shall have time for all
that by-and-by, and you have your other
friends to see to.
'They are beginning to go. It is almost
five. Run into my bedroom, Earnest, the
one next this, and take off your bonnet.'
The elevator I do tell me what you
mean," persisted Alice Ordway, detaining
Mrs. Dalrymple.
'Come round for five o'clock tea to-morrow,
and ycu shall have the full, true, and
particular history,' promised that lady. 'It
is too late for story-telling now. I must
go.'
The last guest departed, and Estella ran
back into the drawing room.
'Now Earnest, dear old Earnest. I have
you to myself at last. Come and get set
tled, and make believe you have lived here
always. Sec, this is your room. Isn't it
cozy ?'
'It is charming' look about the dainty
chamber, with its walls and carpet of pale
gray touched with blue, its fresh chintzes,
and gay little tire. 'I never saw auythiug
prettier or more complete. How do you
like living ou a flat, Stella V
'Oh, very much. I don't, know about
flats, in general ; but this is delightful,
quiet, convenient, and we are so high up
that wc have something like a view. James
and I are very proud of our view. But we
began with pleasant associations.you know.
The Feytons used to live here. Such nice
people ! Aud here it was that it nil be
sun.' It?'
Yes, our it. Dear old stupid, you know
what I mean ; our engagement ? no, not
our engagement that came later but our
finding each other out; the preliminary
emotions, and all that.'
'I want to hear about all that,' said Ern
estine, as they returned to the drawing
room and settled themselves before the fire.
I missed the letter ynu wrote at the time
of your engagement, you remember, and
really I know almost nothing, except here
you are,'
'So you did. Well' looking at the clock
there's a good hour before dinner, and
James will be late to-day, because he has
gone to a faculty meeting. You know of
course, that he is a professor, and exces
sively wise and learned ?'
'Yes : 1 know so much.'
'I used to be dreadfully afraid of him,'
went on Estella, with a little laugh. He
isn't a society man at all, and dosen't know
how to get on with youns ladies. He used
to talk to me sometimes at parties, but I
was always stiff and silent. He made me
feel shy and ignorant and light minded
somehow, the only man that ever did, and
I quite thought that I disliked him. In
fact,' I used to say so. Several of the girls
felt the same.
'The Feytons lived in these rooms last
winter. Dear me I is it only last winter ?
It seems as if it must have been years ago,
so much has happened since. They were
lovely people, gay and kind, always giving
the loveliest little parties. They've gone
to Europe now, or I should want yon to
know them. Well, they were gom to have
a little dinner on Mrs. Peytou's birthday,
the 2d of December just the Dalrymplcs
and Sergeants; and Mrs. Peyton was to
ask a gentleman to watch me ; eight of us
there were to be. Harry Allen was to be
the gentleman. He was a great ally of
mine, and we all agreed that it would prove
quite a perfect little affair.
'The very day before I had a note from
Mrs. Peyton to say that Henry Allen's
step-mother was dead, and she mast get '.
some one else. Who would I Lke ? I
wrote back it wouldn't matter much ;
Leslie Clark would be nice, if he were dis
engaged. But although I said so, I did
care quite a good deal. You know it
makes a difference who takes you in at one
of those little dinners. Your evening is
pleasant or stupid according to whether
the person next you is nice or not ; so I
hoped Leslie Clark would be available ; for
though he dosen't amount to very much,
he is always chatty and pleasant tt homme
du 7ionde.
'Somehow I had a feeling that the even
ing was going to be important 1 Isn't it
strange how euch impressions seize upon
you ? I never took more pains with my
toilette for any party, and my dress was
lovely, though I say it one of those cream
white Chinese stuffs made up over pale
yellow ; and I had a splendid great velvet
red rose, with all the smell of the summer
iu it, for the cormye, and a set cf brown
crystals. I really looked remarkably nice,
and set out in the highest spirits. So you can
imagine my feelings whenjuat as 1 was get
tingoutof my carriage, another drew up, aud
James Alsop stepped out in dress coat and
gloves, evidently bound for the dinner.
Leslie Clark had proved engaged, and Mrs.
Peyton, casting about for a substitute, had
lighted on James. She hadn't the least
idea, of course, that I disliked him.
'It makes me laugh to recollect how cross
I felt. And he looked equally dissatisfied.
He confesses now that he was a good deal
put out. My shyness and avoidance had
rebuffed him, and he made up his miud
that I was 'frivolous,' and that he would
let me alone in the future.
'With a vague hope that he might be
bound for the first tory or the second, I
remarked, 'Good evening,' Mr. Aslop. Are
wc both tn route for Mrs. Peyton's ?'
'Mrs. Peyton's, he replied, with a stiff
little bow. Then wc took our place in the
elevator as gloomily as though we were
going to a funeral instead of a dinner
party. Dear me, how funny it was ! The
man below started up, and up we went.
.There wasn't any 'elevator boy then.
That's an improvement put in since our
accident.'
An accident ! Did you have one ?'
'Oh dear, yes the most ridiculous possi
ble. Half-way between the second floor
and the third the elevator stuck. What
was the matter exactly I have never been
able to understand, though James has ex
plained it several times ; but I think the
chain was clogged in some way, and
would'nt work either up or down. When
it first stopped we thought it some mistake,
but after a minute James grew uneasy.
He twitched the ropo, but all to no purpose ;
then he began to call, hoping somebody
below would hear U3.'
We were so near the Feytons' floor that
we could see the light shining through the
glazed dojr on the top. The elevator had
an open work roof criss cross, you know,
with quite large holes between the criss
crossings. It was not dark ; we could see
each other plainly. By-and-by wc heartl
the bells ring in a distracted way, feet run
ning up stairs, and voices ; then the door
at the top shot back, and some one called
out:
'Miss Blodget, are you here ?'
'Yes,' I said ; '1 wish I wasn't.'
'What's the matter with the pulleys?'
called out James.
'Oh, Alsop, you too ? It isn't the pul
leys, they say ; it's something else. But
it's sure to be all right in a few minutes ;
they've sent for a man to come and fix it.'
'Was there ever anything so provoking
since the world began ?' chimed in Mrs.
Peyton. (I could just dimly see her profile
through the open work.) Don't catch cold,
Estella, whatever you do. Keep your
cloak tightly around you. You'll see that
she's wrapped up won't you, Mr. Alsop ?
It's such a comfort that you are thete to
take care of her.'
'Are you warm enough V asked James,
in a formal voice.
'Yes, indeed ;' and I showed him that
my wrap was lined with fur.
'That's well,' he said ; 'there isalwayaa
draught in a shaft like this.'
'Well of course nobody could keep on
being stiff under such circumstances we
got to talking. The dinner party arrived,
the Dalrymples and Sergeants. Oue by
one they came to the glazed door to look
down and pity us. and what between sym
pathy and tho ludicrous nature of our fix,
they liughed and we laughed, till we were
in the merriest of moods. All this time
confused sounds of scraping and sawing
came from below, but we remained un
movable.' 'Do go to dinner,' I called out, for I knew
Mrs. Peyton's cook must be on tenter
hooks. We don't care for soup ; do we,
Mr. Aslop ? We will come in for fish.
'No, neither of us eats soup,' echoed
James. Pray begin without us, Mrs. Pey
ton. We'll make our appearance when
you get to something we like.
t New Series, Vol. 7, X. 0.
f Old Series, Vol. 36, No. 6.
There were all sorts of silent demurs, of
course, but at last they went away and left'
us tatea-tete. "
'This is absurd enough,' said James.
'Yes,' I said ; but after al!. it might be
worse. It is only to forget that we can't
get out. Let's make believe, as the child
ren say, that we are at a party, aud that
this is a cozy little boudoir into which we
have come ou purpose to rest anl entertain
each other, and it will bo quit nice.
'I had no idea you were such a philoso-
j pher,' said James. I could see that he was
smiling behind his mu3tathe. A boudoir
. be it, by all means, and we will entertain
.each other.' '
'We did. What we talked about I
j couldn't pretend to sav everything in
- J r-
neaven and earth, I think poetry, science,
religion, gossip. James says it was the
pleasantest evening he ever spent. He
says I uever looked so pretty in my life
I was only half visible, you know and
that the rose in my dress kept darting out
delicious sudden smells which affected bis
head anil cost hint into a glamotiiv It is
all nonsense, of course ; but do you know,
V I T 1 II I . i .......
xrnesi, uo reaiiy ami iruiy tr.iriK mat
he fell a little in love witlt me tb. ii ami
there, and I with him ?'
. 'Every little while somebody would
leave the tabic to condole with us, and re
port just how far the dinner had progress
ed. Now it was tbe game, now it was the
salad , then thf! Zisatit (lace. I began to
grow hungry, and James became ravenous.'
'I say, he called out to Mrs. Peyton.
'If some sandwiches were cut very long
aud narrow, and judiciously lowered, I
think we could entice thrra in through
this net-work.'
'I suppose we did look like chickens in a
coop. Never was anything seen so absurd
as Mr. Peyton and Mr. Dalrymple dang
ling morsels of bread and butter and chick
en lied to long strings toward ns, and
James spearing them with the hook ot his
umbrella. They sent down fried oysters
one by one, wrapped in paper. They sent
down macaroons and lady biscuit. A
good many things lodged on top of the ele
vator, but some came in, and we were very
glad of them. They even attempted cham
pagne in a Cologne bottle, but that upset,
and rained down on my dress.'
'What a pity I' cried James, sponging
me with bis han kerchief. 'Your gown is
ruined, I fear. '
'Champagne improves everything.' 1
said and laughed it off. I really didn't
care. What with the singularity of our
adventure, and all the fun we had made, I
was quite enjoying myself, and the gown
seemed of no consequence. Dear old gown.
I have it still James says I am always to
wear it on the anniversary of that evening.
'All this time was lost in wonder that
he should be so agreeable. I can't tell you,
Ernest, how nice he was that nighL AH
his scholarly stiffness melted away ; he was
easy, merry, friendly, and oh, so kind. I
found myself talking to him about all sorts
of trifles, which the day before I should as
boo thought of confiding to the observatory.
I even tr.'.d him what I was going to wear
t- the charity ball. Think of that V
'It was ten o,clock before the elevator
stirred. Then it gave a jerk, and before
we could speak, down, dowu it fell with a
div.niful, smashing rapidity. The stupid
people, iu trying to mend matters; had left
the chaiu slip off the wheel. Oh !' draw
iug a long breath 'it makes me shudder
now to think of it. The sensation was
sickening.'
'Were you butt ?
'No ; never such a miraculous escape.
Do you know, in the middle of our descent
I recollected having read somewhere that
to rise on your tiptoes and come down
again on the soles of your feet at the mo
ment of touching would break such a fall.
And I rose on mine.'
'Wonderful! And were you really not
hurt ?'
'Hardly at all. I was jarred aud bruised
a little, and James a good deal more, for I
hadn't time to tell him about the tiptoes,
aud he was firm. Our friends from above
rushed down, expecting to find us in little
pieces, and were beside themselves with
joy when we were drawn out almost un
harmed. We all vowed that we should ne
ver venture again into an elevator, but
bless you, we have ail broken the vow
since. Such a house as this would be un
inhabitable without one.'
'I really don't think I shall.' said Ernes
tine, looking quite pale. 'It terrifies me
to remember that only to day I came up in
this of yours.'
'Oh, ours is the safest in the city now.
You know the superstition about the can
non balls never entering twice at the same
place. We have had our accident, and it
is over. Besides Mr. Kelleran had the
apparatus entirely changed, and t ieysay
now that such a thing could not Happen.'
'So then and there your romance began V'
remarked her friend.
'Then and there. Of course James came
to see me afterward, and kept coming, and
I had quite got over being afraid of him,
and so and so. Ah, there he is at last,' as
the door opened. 'James, dear, how late
you are. Come here aud be introduced to
my Ernest.'
Miscellaneous.
A Bbute. Don't read the annexed ex
tract to your wife, young man, because it
is likely to make her cry :
The girl is generally educated on novels
and her first disappointment comes iu on
the quiet iudiilercnce of the husband after
the honeymoon. You love me no longer,'
said a bridge of a few mouths to her better
half iu grown and slippers. 'Why do you
say that, puss ?' he asked quietly, remov
ing a cigar froai his lips. 'You do not
caress me nor call me pet names ; you no
longer seek so anxiously for my company,'
was the tearful answer. 'My dear,' con
tinued the aggravating wretch, 'did you
ever notice a man running after a car 1
How he does run over stones, through
mud, regardless of everything till he
reaches the car and be seizes hold and
swings on. The quietly seats himself and
reads the paper.' 'And what docs that
mean ?' 'An illustration, my dear. The
car is as important to tbe man after he gets
in as when he was chasing it, but manifes
tation is no longer called for. I would
have shot any one who put himself in my
way when in pursnitof you as 1 would now
shoot any one who would come between us,
but as a proof of my love you insist upon
running after tbe, car. Learn to smoke,
my dear, and be a phiosopher. The two
combined will clear tbe brain, quiet the
nerves, open tbe pores nnd improve tbe
digestion.'
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Cocoa
Plantations In
Indies.
the t
Ntithiug ia more surprising to those who
know tbe West Indies than that so few
should visit those lieaiitilul islands f.r
pleasure. Their varied loveliness would
well repay a tourist for a little inconver.i
entt: from heat and mosquitoes, and a short
voyage, which, under ordinary circumstau-cf-s,
is even enjoyable. The wild, 'richly
wooded mountain scenery in magnificent,
the soft gr n of the corn fields lovely ; but
surpassing both is the beauty of a cocoa
plantation. During a visit to the West
Indies I passed some time on one ; it was
in the mountains, several hundred feet
above the level of the sea. The climate
was quite European, the thermometer sel
dom rising above seventy-six, and often
steady at seventy. I had heard much of
the beauty of this estate, but it quite sur
passed my expectations. The view from
the house was charming.- In the distance
the deep blue sea, in the valley blow the
groves of cocoa-trees in interspersed with
cocoa-nut trees and stately palmistcs ; here
there a patch 0f gugar-canes, then a
1 r B '
, npr0 hul Deenin2 from the trees : nothing
a c d
could be more charming. The immense
variety of trees planted to shelter the cocoa
renders the coca estate unusually interest-
ing and beautiful, and so shady that it is
seldom too hot to walk at any hour of the
day. The cocoa-nut tree, is about equal
to a good sized apple tree ; tire pod that
encases the bean, which chocolate is made,
i3 something the shape of a lemon, but
three limes as large, and is of a deep
orange color the kind called 'Caraccas'
cocoa is so deep as to be almost red. The
pods grow on the branches and on the
quite down to the ground. The branches
do not grow low, so that in looking down
a cocoa piece of ground the vista is like a
miniature forest hung with thousands of
golden lamps. Anytbiug more lovely can
not be imagined ; it is perfectly unique.
After the pods are picked they are cut open
with a cutlass ; the beans, which are tight
ly packed to together and from forty to
eighty in number, are dried in draws in the
sun, after have gone through a process
called 'sweating,' which is being packed
close iu a barrel and cover over. When
the cocoa is thoroughly died it is put into
bags, each containing 130 pounds, and
shipped.
Of the trees planted to shelter the cocoa
I will describe but a few. The 'curacoli,'
as large as an elm, is planted in rows ; it is
a splendid evergreen, bearing a sweet white
blossom. Among the other very large
trees are the bread fruit, the shaddock, and
the glorious mango which is the size of a
large horse chestnut, and is thickly covered
with leaves. The fruit is not unlike an egg
plum in shape, but three times as large,
and of beautiful golden color, streaked
tsttfi
red. A tree iu full bearing is, indeed, a
sight worth seeing. Of the smaller treea
the orange rank first in beauty and useful
ness. It grows to a considerable size and
and bears at the same time the delicious
blossom, the ripe fruit, and the unripe
green. Next comes the nutmeg which is"
also of considerable size. It is thickly
covered with dark green leaves. The out
er covering of the nutmeg looks exactly
like a large apricot. When ripe it bursts
open disclosing the brown nutmeg cover
ed with a network of mace of a bright
scarlet. It is extremely pretty, unlike any"
thing else. The clove tree also flourishes
here ; it is a large and pretty tree, covered
with clusters of cloves, which are of a deli
cate pink aud white, looking like wax.
Another lovely tree is the Malacca apple.
It is much larger and more thickly covered
with leaves than an English apple tree, the
leaves shinning and of a very dark green,
the fruit about the size of a middle sized
apple, of a bright rose color, and when the
tree is covered with these the effect is su
perb ; the blossom is also of a beautiful
rose color. The fruit is slightly astringent
and very refreshing. Uelgrarin.
Ax Esgagixo Maxxer. Politeness
is to a man what beauty is to a woman.
It creates an instantaneous impression in
his behalf, while the opposite quality exer
cises as quick a prejudice against him.
The 'politician who has this advantage"
easily distances all the rival candidates,
for every voter he speaks with becomes in
stantly his friend. The very tones in which
he askes for a pinch of snuff are often
more potent than the logic of a Webster
or a Clay. Polished manners have often
made hundreds successful, while the best
of men, by the hardness and coolness, have
done themselves incalculable injury the
shell being so rough that the world could
not believe there was a precious kernal
within it. Had Raleigh never flung down
his cloak in the mud for the proud Elizabeth
to walk on, his career in life would scarce
ly have been worth recording. Scores of
men have been successful in life by pleas
ing manners alone. It is a trait of char
acter well worth cultivating, lads. NeTer
forget the value of true civility.
TheMoox's Ixfluexce ox Raxx.
From the comparison of a series of obser
vations, continued for twenty eight years
at Munich, Stutlgard, and Augsburg, it
appears that the maximum number ot
rainy days takes place between the first
quarter and the new moon. The number
of rainy days in the last of these intervals
is to that in the first as G9G to 846, or in
round numbers as 4 to G. And this por
portion is not only true of the twenty years
taken together, but also of the separate
groups of four years, which give analagous
numbers ; we therefore conclude that it
rains more frequently during the wane of
the moon. The results maintained receive
support from a series of observation made
at Vienna.
The precious metals with which we are
generally acquainted are gold and Bilver,
but there are eight more precious than
they. It ia sufficiently hard for most peo
ple toet gold and silver, but indium, va
nadium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, -uranium,
osmium and iridium are only ob
tainable iu microscopic quantities, and
hence are extremely precious. Indium is
worth $2,500 per pound, or at that rate,
while gold is worth only S302, or there
abouts. The eight metals mentioned above
are all mora valuable than gold. Then fol
low plantinum, thalium, chormium, mag
nesium and potassium, which are more
valuable than silver but not so valuable as
gold. Silver is worth about $19 per pound,
and iron the most useful of all metals
two cents !