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One inch fXW $3.00 fi.'O fo.00 S1O.0O Two inc-Lea. 11.U0 .0O 7.00 S.UO 15.00 Three inc&ee c.GO 7j00 t.60 32.00 13.00 Four inches T.Ofl 9.00 11.00 17.00 2S.0O Quarter Conmn. 10M 1X00 14.00 30.00 80.09 Half Column... 14.0a U.U 20.00.30.00 60.00 Oue Column 30.00 SS.00 Vl.uO W.OO 100.00 . Yearly adrettiaeioruU payable quarterly Tnnscient advertisement ranat be paid before insertion, rceept where parties have accounts. . Local notice twenty cent a line, and Um cents for every subsequent iumrtion. fanis in th "Buainra Directory" eel limn 2.uO per ' Tear for tbe nrnt two line, and 11.00 for each aaditioual liue. JC1 P X2atallisHed In 1S40. 1 I'KK'E 1 50 IN ADV AME. SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1875. New Series, Vol. 7, 31 o. 11. Old Series, Vol. 36, No. 11. HOSPITAL Physician of this celebrated JunUutlnn, has discovered the most certain, apnedy, pleasant und effectual rcmedv In the world for nil DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE. Weakness ol the Back or Limits, .Strictures, Affections of Kidneys and JSlad.lcr, Involun tary Discharges, Impolcncy, (iCbei! It.l.ili ty, Nervoiisue?s, Dyspep'y, Languor, Low Splrita, CoufHfiou of Ideas, Palpitation of the Heart, Timidity, TreuibTmir, Iiinnc;s of Sight of Giddiness, Disease of the Head, Throat, Nose or Sl-.in, Atrwlious of Liver, Lunea, Stomach or Bowels thene terrible Disorders arising from the Solitary llubus of Youth those eecret and solitary practl.-e. more fatal to their victims than the song of Syrens to the Manners of Ulysses, blightiug their moat brilliant hopes cf anticipations, renderins; ikarriage, ise.,iinj.a- fihle. IOUNG HEX especially, T ho have become the Mietims of Soil tary V ice, that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweeps to an untimely grave thousands of young men of the most exalted talents and brilliant intellect, who mipht other wise have entranced listening Senates with the thunders or eloquence or waked to ecstacy the liviug lyre, may call with full confidence. MARRIAGE. Married Persons or Young Men contemplating marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss of Procreative Power Impotcuey), Nervous Ex citability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner vous Debility, or any other Disqualification, speedily relieved. He who places himself under the care of Dr. J. may religiously confide in his honor as a gentle man, and confidently rely unon his skill as a Pbv. tician. ORGANIC WEAKNESS. Impoteury, lx? 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. 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 dny 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 body and mind arise. The system becomes de ranged, the Physical and Mental Functions Weakcucd, Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous Irritability, Dyepe, da. Palpitation of the Heart, Indirection, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting of the Frame, Cough, Consumption. Decay and Death. A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS. Persons ruined in health by unlearned preten der who keep tbera trifling mouth after month, taking poisonous and injurious compounds, should apply immediately. DR. JOHNSTON, Member of the Royal College of Surgcous, Lou don, Graduated from one of the most eminent Col'eges in the United States, and the (greater part of whose ife has been speut in the hospitals or London, t rie, Philadelphia and elsewhere, has effected some of the most aetouishing cures tnat were ever known ; many troubled with ring. ing iu the head and ears when asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, hashl tiliices, with frequent blushing, atteuded sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured immediately. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. Dr. J. addresses all those who have iujurrd themselves by improper indulgence and solitary liatuis, which rum bom body and mind, unfitting them for either business, study, society or mar riage. These arc some of the sad and melancholy effects produced by early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains iu the Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy, Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Digestive Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Con sumption, &c. Mextallt The fearful effects on the mind are much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forcbodines, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, &c, are some of the evils produced. Thousands of persons of all ages can now judge what is the canseof 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 scheol, the effect of which are nightly felt, even when alep, 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 of his parents, should be snatched from all prospects and eujoymeuts ot life, by the consequence of deviating from the path of nature and indulging in a certain secret habit. Such persons vrst before coutemolating MARRIAGE, reflect that a sound mind and body are the mm1 necesaary requisites to promote connubial happi ness. I u deed without these, the journey through life becomes a weary pilgrimage ; the prospect hourly darkens to the view ; the mind becomes shadowed with despair and fitted with the melan choly reflection, that the happiness of another becomes blighted with our own. A CERTAIN DISEASE. When the misguided and imprudent votary ot pleasure finds that he has imbibed the seeds ol this painful disease, it too often happens that au ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery, deters him from applying to thosa who, from education and respectability, can alone befriend him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms of this horrid disease make their appearance, such as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, uoctural paius in the head and limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms, blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro gressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the palate of the mouth or the boues of the nose fall in, 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 no traveller returns." It is a melancholy fact that thousands DIE victims to this terrible disease, through falling iuto the hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE TENDERS, who, by the use of that deadly Poi son, Mercury, &.C., destroy the constitution, and incapable of curing, keep the unhappy sufferer month after month taking their noxious or in jurious compounds, and instead of being restored to a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiness, iu des iuir leave him with ruined Health to sigh over his galling disappointment. To such, therefore, Dr. Johxstos pledges him self to preserve the most Inviolable Becrecv, aud from his extensive practice and observations in the great Hospitals of Euro, and the first ir. this country, viz : Englaud, France, Philadelphia and elsewhere, is enabled to offer the most cer tain, speedy and effectual remedy in the world !r all diseases of Imprudence. DR. JOHNSTON. OFFICE, NO. 7, S. FREDERICK STREET. Baltimore, M. D. Left hAd side going from Baltimore street, a few doors from the corner. Fail not to observe name and number. tifN'o 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 advirtisement describing symptoms. There are so many Paltry, Designing aud Worthiest Impnsters advertising themselves as Physicians, trilling with and ruining the tealth of all who unfortunately fall into their power, that Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es pecially to those unacquainted with his refuta tion that his Credentials or Diplomas always hang in his office. ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS. The many thousands cured at this Establish ment, year a tier year, and the numerous im portant Surgical Operations performed by Dr. Johnston, witnessed by the representatives of the press and many other papers, notices f which have appeared again 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. 1875. Iv KALTniORE LOCK JR. JOHNSTON, LIMBER AND PLAXIXU MILLS Third Street, adjoining Phila. & Erie R. R., two Squares North of the Central Hotel, SUNBURY, PA. a- ISA T. "CLEMENT, IS prepared to furnish every descript ion of lum ber required by the demands of the public Having all the latest improved machinery for manufacturing Lunber, be is now ready to fill or ders f all kinds of FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS, SASH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE RANDAS, BRACKETS, and all kiuds of Ornamental Scrowl Work. Turn ing of every description promptly executed. Also, A LARGE ASSORTJUHT OP BILL LUMBER. UKMLOCK and FINE. Alto, Shingles, Pickets, Lathe, Ac. Order promptly filled, and shipped by Railroad or otherwise. IRA T. CLEMENT. 4401948:1 Jroffssion:il. rvi if. 11. ham: Attorney at Law, SUN- X. BURY, PA. Oliloe. in Market Sonare, (adjoining the ofuee of . I. (ireenongh, Esq.,) Professional business iu this and adjolniug coun ties promptly attended to. Snnbury, March 1, lS7?.-lv. jos Kifi rs.'Tic I. 1 J. ATTORNEY and Ol' . F.l.LOIJ AT LAW, l.ivoivml, Perry county. Pa. All business untl.-r.'. in the rouiif i-s of North iiiuIm'iIhiii, anydVr, I n'mu, IVny and Juni.it.i ptomptly attended to. Crnnltatiun enn be had In the Gennau and Enirli. b lcnenm-;c.i. npril 17, rv."4.-ly. m. a. sunrn. TT0BNE7 AT J. V, a.j;d cnu:;ir soliciicu. Cilice on Fiont SlnN t below Marlztt, Saul.nry, Pa. Collections and oil ler.1 t.usiiKss promptly attended to. JAMES KEAKD, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in Haupt's buildiug. South East Corner of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa. Special Attention Paid to Collections. A X. II K ICE. J.. ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND ACTISO JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Next Door to Judge Jordau's Residence, Chest nut Street, Sunbury, Pa. Collections and all legal matters promptly at tended to. JEREMIAH SNYDER. ATTORNEY Al LAW, AND ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Convevancine.the collections of clRtms.writings, and all kinds of Legal business will be atteuded to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult ed In the English and Germau language. Office in Haupt's building, Market street, Sunbury, Pa. April 9,'75. G. A. IIOTDORF, Attorney-at-Law, GEORGETOWN, Northumberland Co., Penna. Can be consulted in the English aud German languages. Collections attended to iu North umberland and adjoining counties. Also Agent for the Lebanon valley rire insu rance Company. mh 1 5 W. C. PACKER, Attorney at Law, Sunbury, Pa. November 9, 1872. tf. SB. DOYER. Attorney aud Counsellor at Law. Office in Wolverton's Law build ing, Second street, SUNBURY, PA. Professional busiuess attended to, in the courts of Northuru oerland and adjoining counties. Also, in tho Circuit and Dittrict Courts for the Western Dis trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect ed. Particular attention paid to caet In Bank ruptcy. Consultation can be had iu the Ger man language. Airil U,'75. L. II. KASE, Attomev at Law, SUN BURY, PA., office in Wolverton's Law building, Second street. Collections made In Northumberland and adjoining counties. April ,'75. i. Merrill Lmu. Andrew tt, Dill, Frank. H. 3Ieit. EI XX, DILL. & 9IARR, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Next door lo the Presbyterian church, Market Square, SUNBURY, April 9,'73 Northumberland Co., Pa. EDMUND DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, PENN'A Office in Masser's Building, south side of Mar ket Square. April 9,'75. JAMES II. McDEVITT, Attorney at Law and United States Cohmishioneu. Office with S. B. Boyer, Esq., in Wolverton's Law Building, Snubury, Pa. April 9.'75. O P. WOLVERTON, Attorney at Law. Market Square, 8UNBURY,PA. Profession al business In this and adjoining counties prompt- y attended to. HB. 9IAKSER, Attorney at Law, SUN- BURY. PA. Collections attended to iu the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder, Montour; Columbia and Lycoming. apllU-69 GEO. W. ZIEGLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office iu Hanpt's building, Market St., Sun bury, Pa. Collections aud all professional business pnmptly attended to in the Court of Northum berland ana adjoining counties. March 19. lbu. DR. C n. MARTI X, Office In Drug Store, Clement House Block, Office hours : from 11 a. in., to 1 p. m., aud from 6 to 9 p. tn., at all other hours, when not Professionally en aged can be found at his residence, on Chestnut Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention given to snrgical cases. Will visit Patients either in town or country. GB. CAD WALLA DER.Markcl Street, SUNBURY, PA. Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, I Pocket Books. Dairies, Sce. DENTISTRY. GEORGE M. RENX, In HimiisotCs Building, Market Square, Scnbubt, Pa., 1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand a larce assortment of Teeth, and other Dent il material, from which he will be able to select, ! and meet tbe wants of his customers. All worn warranted to give sat is faction, or else the money refunded. The very best Mouth WaMi and Tooth-Powders kept on hand. His references are the numerous patrons for whom lie has worked for the last twelve years. Snubury, April 21, 1872. rrtcls nuts ?cstanrants. CRAW FO R 1 HOUSE, Cor. Third aud Mulberry, Business Centre, Williarnsport, Pa. Wm. CRAWFORD, Proprietor. Dec. 11, 1874. CLEMENT HO CM:, Third Street below Market, Suubury, Pa. PETER 6. BUR RELL Proprietor. Rooms neat and comfortable. Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season and the waiters attentive and obliging. Suuqury, Jan. 22, 1S73. NITED STATES HOTEL, W. F. KITCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to travellers, and the best accommodations glveu. April 5,1873. tf NATIONAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown Nortli'd County, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W. Choice wines and cigars at tbe bar. The tablets supplied with the best the market affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers. HL'M MEL'S RESTAURANT, LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor, Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, PENN'A. navlug Just refitted the above Saloon for the accomodation of the public, is now prepared to serve jls friends with the best refreshments, and fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt quors. Ijttshuss W. 8. RHOADS. J. PACKER HAAS w. S. RHOADS tfc CO., RETAIL DEALERS OF ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A. Orric with Haas, Faoelt ti Co., Orders left at Seaskolu & Bro's., office Market treet, will receive prompt attention. Country ustom respectfully solicited. Feb. 4, 1871. tf. COALX COAL! COAL! GRANT BROS., Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA. (lower wharf.) Orders will receive nrouipt attention. ANTHRACITE COAL ! VALENTINE DIETZ, Wholesale and Retail dealer in every variety of ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF, SUNBURY, PENN'A. All kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal. Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left at 8. F. Nevln's Confectionery 8tore, on Third treet, will recleve prompt attention, and money reralptedfor, the tame t th office. NEW C OAE YARD. TIM1E undersigned having conuected the Coal -i-bnfiinesa with bis cttcublve FLOUR & GRAIN trade, ia prepared to supply families with the VERY II EST OF COAI HEAP FOR i ASH. Eft;, blove and Nut, couatantly on hand. Grain taken in rxehange for Coal. J.M. CAUWALLADF.R. Suiibuiy, Jan. 15. 1SV0. tf. M Mil Rl MAKItEE YAKIt, Fourth Nlreol lielow Market, SIT 2? BURY, fENN'A. nl7, iinder?i:;ued has returned from the Ver- jiont linrhle (Jaarnes with 56 Ton3 of isiile for H on 11 in mi i n, 1 a vf-!M out-, tic, &c. Ife Ipir ttniirrlit at. annli ftTnr: tlint tJjfT W11 al"w mm to sell better stoue, for less money, than heretofore. The best Sutherland Falls Marble, which is better than Italian. Rutland U now sold as low as the Manchester. Those who need auythiug iu the Marble line, for Mouumeuts, Grave-Stones, or other purposes, will find it to their iuterefct to call and 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 etvle. W. M. DAUGHERTY. Suubnry, Jan. 11. 1873. THE KIXC; BARBER SHOP TS THE SHOP OF THE TOWN and long has beeu : ask history and she will tell you Men have growu old in our patronage Babies 011 their mothers' breast To bouncing boys nt play ; And youths by maidens fair caressed, To stalwart men with cares oppressed, And old nieu silver gray. And among the honored and lasting impres sions of time, and the crash of revolutions in circumstances, we stand a living monuincutal memento of the Ingenuity and perseverance ap pertaining to the identity of progression, piyiug our vocation with the highest style of art and perfection, and aspiring to achieve the highest reward of merit attainable in onr 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 uudertbe common secret and invidious guise of enmity to complex ion ; for the cut of a inau's coat, or the color of his skin, ought not to affect his usefulness nor his qualifications. A fair chance is all that we demand, to give the proof to all the land. JAMES W. WASHINGTON. Proprietor. Snubury, April 5, 1873 ; No. 91, Market et. THE TIMES. A First-Class Newspaper. 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Mailed, for one year, pontage free, at the following rates: OueCopy fl.00 Ten Copies 9.UU Twenty Copies 16.U0 Advertlscmenti twenty-five cent per line, ltemittauce should be made bv Draft or P. O. Ordera. Addreaa, Tile TlmeH, No. 14 South Seventh turret, Philadelphia. flclt) bbcrliscmcuts - ? A NEW STOCK OF MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS. CIIAS. MAIHL ' i Has just returned from the Eastern cities,witb an elegant selections or CLOTHS CAKSIMEREK, antl VESTIXOS, of the finest French Brands, Trimmings, He is now ready to receive orders for SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS Ac. ot any desired style, The latest styles of pat- I lerns on nana, ana ! NEAT FITS GUARANTEED. J You will find prices at least as reasonable as j elsewhere. ;ivc me a call. j CHAS. MAIHL, ; rornrn sr., o1imuc city hotel, j I SUNBURY, PA. i Suubury, April 9, 1875.-tf. 1875 MILLINERY. 1815 TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMEO HATS and BONNETS. SPRIXC. STYLES. CRAPE AND CRAPE VEILS. TEW French Styles in Infauts' Caps. Straw ! 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DOST LET MOTHER DO IT. Daughter, don't let mother do it ! Do not la her slave and toil, While yon cit a useless idler, Failn your soft hand to soil. Don't yon see tbe heavy burden Daily she is wont to beji, Bring the lines upon her forhi-a.1 Sprinkle f IW.-r iu her hair t Daughter, dou't let mother do it ! Do not let her bake and broil ; Throngh the long, bright, summer hours Share with her the heavy toll. See, her eye has lost Us brightness, Faded from her cheek the glow, AnJthe step that once was buoyant, Now is feeble, weal; and slew. Daughter, don't let mother do it ! Sbe has cared for you so long, . Is it right the weak and feeble Should be tolling for tbe strong t Waken from your listless lauguor, Seek her side to cheer and bless ; And your grief will be lest bitter When the tods above her press. . Daughter, don't let mother do it ! You will never, never know What were home without a mother Till that mother llcth low Low beneath tbe budding daisies, Free from earthly care or pain To the home so sad without her Never to return again. pltz sub Ubirjjijs. MA'S OLD BEAU. The recent revelations concerning deed forgeries at a criminal trial at Chicago, re minded me of an incident that occurred a few years ago, in the vicinity of St. Louis, which seemed to me to be worth relating. Clara and Mary Merwin, sisters and orphans, were in the sitting-room ot their pleasant home, on tho edge of a village uear the Missouri. Their mother had been dead several yearn ; their father had lately died, leaving them an estate, as they supposed, of the value of some forty thous and dollars, but they bad learned quite recently that the property was encumbered to such an extent that they were likely to be deprived of it all. This discovery, as may be supposed, filled them with sadness and anxiety, and they were seated in si lence, unable to read, to converse, to work, to do any thing but brood over their great misfortune. While they were thus occupied with som bre thoughts, a buggy drove up in front of the house, and a man alighted, and the buggy drove away. The man must have been a little on the shady side of fifty, lo judge from his gray hairs, although his face was unwrinkled. lie was dressed with remarkable neatness, aud his maners indicated briskness as well as ptrcisiou. in one baud he carried a small valise, aud in the otlier an umbrella, aud he stepped quickly to the door and rang the bell. In a few minutes he was tiahorcut 'Iia lirpBniv if the YOlirtff ladies. I'm obliged to introduce myself,' he said, smiling and bowing in a courtly man ner 'Abner; Pierce. Here is my card professional card. You will perceive that I am a lawyer iu St. Louis, and presum ably a respectable man. Don't be afraid ; I am not here to hurt you, but to help you. I have the honor to call myself a friend of your family that is to say, although it is many years siuco I have seen any member of said family, I always had tbe highest possible regard for your now sainted moth er, and DOthrng would please me better than to be of tome service to her children.' ! Ve are happy to meet you,1 murmured Clara. - 'Thank you. I happened to hear no matter how that you are in trouble, and have come up here in the belief that I can assist you. I hope you will feel that you can trust me. I am actually an honest man, although a lawyer, and 1 mean well, although I may express myself clumsily.' 'I am free to admit,' said Clara, 'that we need assistance and advice, and that wu have not known to whom to look for it.' 'Very well. It is a good thing, no doubt, that I have come. Now, sit down, and tell me all about it.' Clara Merwin, who was tbe elder of the orphans, nnd leader in everything, told how she and her sister had taken out letters of administration upou their father's estate, when a man of whom they had never be fore heard put in au appearauce, and pre heated a. mortgage, with bond included executed by the late Mr. Merwin, upon his real tate, for tbe sum of forty thousand dollars. Not content with prohibiting them from attempting to sell anything, he had tied up their money in bank, leaving them absolutely penniless. They had used their credit, but tradesmen were becoming impatient, and some had refused to supply them any further, without pay. 'That is a bad case,' said Mr. Pierce. 'You need money that is the first thing to be attended - You must let me act as your banker until I got you out of this scrape, and that won't be long I hope. How much do you owe r' 'More than one hundred .dollars,' answered Clara. The old gentleman counted out Lvrv hun dred dollars from a well-filled pocket-book, and handed it to her. 'For your mother'B sake,' be said, when she refused to receive it, and he forced it upon her in such a way that she coUiQ not help taking it. He then accepted the young ladies' invitation to make their house his home during his stay, aud went into dinner with them. 'Is their any place where I can smoke V he asked, when they had returued to the sittiug room. 'You can smoke here,' said the impul sive Mary. 'Pa always smoked here, aod we are used to it.' So he took a meerschaum and some to bacco from his valise, and was soon pufning away with an air of great contentment. 1 can think better wheu I smoke,' he said. 'Did you have any legal advice in the matter of that mortgage, Miss Merwin? 'Yes, sir,' replied Clara. 'Our lawyer aii that that it was a plain case against s, although it was strange that we had never heard of the mortgage before.' 'Very strange. "What is the name of the man who holds it ?' 'Alexander Campbell.' 'Hum. A good name, but a bad man, I am afraid . When and where can I see him?' ?ITe will be here this afternoon,' answered Clara. 'He .proposes if we will make him a deed of the real estate, to give up the bond and mortgage, leaving the money in bank, aud tha rest of the personal proper- ly' .Very liberal. Introduce me lo li'uu wLeo he comes, a au old fri'iil f ilia family, and not as a lawyer.' - Mr. Alexander Campbell called in the course of the afternoon, and was made ae- ijtiaiiile.l with Abner Pierce, at whom lie lool.e.1 suapteioUiily ; but his eyes fell when he met the old cntknieD's intent gaz. Mr. Pierce glanced but slightly at the deed that was offered for consideration of the ladies, being occupied in studying the coun tenance of the man in whoso favor, it was drawn. 'I can't decide npon it just now.'.he eaid, at last. 'As a friend of these youn? ladies standing, as I may say, in loco parentis I must make a few inquiries concerning the value of this property. Suppose you come after supper, Mr. Campbell, and suppose you bring that mortgage with you. 1 have no doubt it is all correct, but I would like losceit.? Mr. Campbell assented to this and with drew. Abner Pierce filled bis pipe with nervous haste, but also with tobacco, and Mary brought him a light. 'I know that you have some- good news for us,' 6he said, 'I can see it in your face.' 'Not bad, my child. I hope and trust that it is very good. A goqd name, but a bad man, I said, and that is true. I think I see my way out of this difficulty, and the money that I lent you is safe. But you mustn't interfere with me, young ladies, or be surprised at anything I may say or do, or object to it. You must trust me, and let me work in my own way.' After supper when Abner Pierce had en joyed another comfortable smoke, and con versed with the girls concerning their mo ther as be had known her in her youth a subject upon which he grew quite eloquent Alexander Campbell came in, bringing the deed' aud mortgage, both of which he banded to Mr. Pierce for examination. 'I have made inquiries concerning the roperty,' said the old gentleman, 'and am satisfied that it is not worth more than the amount of the mortgage and would pro bably bring much less if sold at foreclosure. Your offer is a liberal one ; but I must look at the mortgage. This appears to be cor rect,' he continued, when he bad examined the instrument. 'It is properly acknowl edged, and signature is undoubtedly that of Philip Merwin. I suppose the young ladies will have to go to tbe county seat to execute the deed. The girls' countenance fell at this sud den surrender 00 the part of their champi on. 'This reminds me,' said the old lawyer, picking up the mortgage agaiu, 'of an oc currence that fell under toy observation in Tennessee. Not that tbe two cases are alike, as the Tennessee case was undoubt edly a fraudulent affair ; but there was a similarity iu the circumstances. Don't look so disheartened, young ladies. What will be must be, and it is useless locrv about to say, a man died in Tenuessce, leaving a widow and one daughter. The 1 widow was about to administer upon his estate, when a man who was unknown came foreward, aud presented a mortgage similar to this, and for exactly the same amount. It was examined by lawyers who were familiar with the signature of tbe de ceased, and pronounced correct. Although there was something strange about the af fair, they could find no flaw in the instru ment. It was particularly puzzling to one of them, who thought that he had transact ed all the law business of the deceased. He got hold of the mortgage and brought it to me when I was in Nashville. I hap pened to have in my possession a very powerful maguifying-glass that had been presented to me the most powerful single lens I have ever seen. With this I 'exa mined the mortgage, and soon discovered that 'forty' had been raised from 'four. There was no mistake about it. I could easily see marks of chemical erasure, and the difference in pen and ink, between the 'raised' and the rest of the instrument. How the rascal got into the Register's of fice, I don't know ; but the record there had been altered in the same manner. He ran away and it was not considered worth while to follow him. Strange circumstance, was it not, Mr. Campbell.' Mr. Campbell was fidgeting uucasily in his chair, and made no reply. 'Here is the glass,' continued tbe old gentleman, taking it from his pocket, 'and you cau see for yourself how well it magni fies. Now, as I look at this 'forty' why, bless me, the same signs are visible that I saw in my Tennessee mortgage ! I think you will be obliged to drop this, Mr. Camp bell. ' My Tennessee man's name was Alexander Bell, and be has added a Camp to it since he came to Missouri.' Campbell, his face red as flame reached out his hand for the document. 'I believe 1 will keep this, Mr. Campbell, for fear of accidents. What, do you think you could take it by force ? Here is some thing that shoots five times. Going, are you ? Very well, I don't think you will be molested, if you will leave this part of. the country and never return to it. It is barely possible that the estate of Philip Merwin may really owe you four thousand dollars. If so, I advise you not to try to collect the debt, as such an attempt would land you in the penitentiary. Good-ntgbt, Mr. Campbell, and farewell.' 'What is it? What does this mean?' asked Clara, as Mr. Pierce, rubbing his hands and smiling, bustled about to fill his pi lie. Are you so dull, my child ? Why, the fellow is a swindler, and has been found out. I guessed as much when 1 first heard of the affair, and was sure of it when you told me his name. You will soon be able lo pay me my $200, apd then we will straighten up matters. Thank you, Mary, you are very kind to give me a light.' 'Don't you mean to punish him ?' asked Mary. 'It would hardly pay. We could put him in the penitentiary, but you might lose four thousand dollars by the job. By try ing for forty thousand he-has lost the four that may have been justly bis due. He will be far from here by morning, I have no doubt, and good riddance to hi .n. Ah I this is comfortable. I know that I feel better, and I hope that you do.' The girls were sure that a great weight had been lifted from their minds and hearts. Alexander Campbell, alias Bell, decamped, and Abner Pierce stayed a week with the orphans, during which time be arranged- all their affairs satisfactorily, and won their lasting gratitude and love. 'How can we ever thank you for all you have doue for us ?' said Clan, when hp was about to leave. 'ft was for your mother's sake, my child. And for her sake, if I taui-ver help you, all I have is at your service.' Ahik-r Pieree has made visits to Hie orphans frequently since the event above narrated, aud they have always had a cor dial welcome lor 'nia's old beau.' iuwcli;.-irouDie is tue tec er a man's peace of mind.- But half of onr troubles are imaginary, the creation "of our brains Things that trouble us are not as bad as they seem, and most .of them are onlymists or passing clouds. We should treat our troubles as we would intruders into our houses put them out and lock the doors against them.. When men are worn out by over-work, or are sick, then trouble has the advantage. . At such times, a man's friends should contrive means of diversion to find out ways of rest. There is no better relief for trouble tban travel and new scenes. When men begin to feel that busines and care are robbing them of sleep, and each day increases the burden, they should put the will in exercise and throw them off or put themselves in the hands of their physician and obey his di rections. It is suicide for them to go on after they begin to feel the grinding action of work on the body and brain. But pre caution is in using means of prevention. Give a certain number of hours each day to active employment, and never allow your work to break over the bounds. Take a portion of your time for recreation. Make real, solid enjoyment your mediciue. Above All, interdict everything that will tax, excite, or exhaust tbe nervous system. Sleep, "tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep." When trouble drives sleep from the eyelids and gloomy, depressed feelings possess the mind, it is high time for a man to pause and seek relief, for there is no tell ing what such a condition will lead to un less overcome. There is danger in going on after tbe strain begins to tell on the health, for every turu of the machinery brings the final crash nearer. There are events that come, and are liable to come in every man's life, which he cannot foresee, and over which he has no control. But men should be like mariuers, who do not know whether the winds will be fair or foul, but they go prepared for whatever may come, be it calm or storm. Nor do tbey give up the ship nntil she goes down. Men should treat trouble in this way, and never give up until death enters and tells them tbe voyage is ended. About Aldeeneys. The Alderneys is a well known breed of cows which is yearly becoming mre popular in this and surrounding counties. The cattle are so called probably because the first ones ex- cows, are directly from there. Those of that breed actually exported from these islands are generally from Jersey, where the cattle are much the same as those of Alderney small, with tapering heads, and of a delicate fawn color. The Guernsey cow is esteemed by some even more highly than the Alderney ; it is rather larger, and more of a red, brindled in color. The cows are milked three times daily, and the milk is churned without skimming ; one pound of butler per day is by no means an uncommon yield for a good cow. The cow cabbage is made to reach a size so large that the leayes are used to wrap the butter in for market, while stalks are varnished and armed with ferrules, and extensively u&ed'at St, Helier's for canes. The cows are very carefully coddled. The grass they feed on is highly enriched by the vraic, a species of seaweed gathered from the reefs at low tide. There are two vraic harvests appointed by the government one in the spring, the other in August although it is gathered at other times in small quantities. All hands turn out in the season with boats and carts, frequently at night, and it is a very lively, picturesque occupation, though often attended with risk and loss of life from the overloading of boats or sud den rising of the tide. The cows are always tethered when feeding ; they eat less in this way, really giving mote milk tban if glutted with food, and while they are cropping the grass on one side of a field it has time to spring up on the other side. When they have done eating, they are at once removed from the sun into the shade. The breed is preserved from inter mixture with other breeds by strong and arbitrary laws very carefully enforced. No cattle are allowed to enter the island ex cept for slaughter within a certain number of days, with the exception of oxen for draught. The 'Hoppers. The devastating plague known at the west as grasshoppers, but what are really a variety of the locust, seem to be the resulting punishment of a people who have slaughtered by countless thousands the prairie fowl which lived on these insects. Twenty thousand prairie- chickens killed and sent to market in a single season, would, if left abne, have cleared away the grasshoppers and grown fat on them. We see here fairly illustrated the heedlessness and recklessness of the western pioneers. They hare lushed into cattle-raising and the production of wheat and corn and the fattening of pork, and have regarded the prairie fowl as nuisances to be exterminated to protect their grain crops. They have raised few domestic fowls, and consequently the opportunity thus provided for the grasshoppers to obey the injunction to "increase and multiply" was enough to make the mouth of the great original old grasshopper fairly water for joy. This grasshopper plague afflicted the Mormons in Utah more than twenty years ago, and probably from the same cause, the Indians and the Mormons having be tween them exterminated tbe wild fowl of our edible kind. But in Utah the mul titude of gulls swarming about Salt Lake descended upon the grasshoppers and feasted to their heart's content, so that they made as clean a sweep of the 'hoppers as the 'hoppers had made of tbe growing grain-crops. The sovereign cure for the 'hoppers in Kausas, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska is to punish out-right every man or boy caught shooting prairie fowl, and for the railway companies to levy a pro hibitory freight tariff on their transporta tion east. Gernmntwn TeUrjwph. Why Should any Max Swear ? I can conceive no reason why any man should swear, but many reasons why he should not : First. It is mean. A wan of high mor al character would almost as lief steal a sheep u w-ar. - Second. it i too vulgar ; although uw low fur a ilrt'eul ma it. Third. It i cnwar.Uv ; implying a fc-jr ! nl' mil Ileitis believed or ntwrt. rotntb. It is uoeiitleiuari'.y. A im-iv-ll.Miifin, according to webeter, is well bred, refined. Such a oi.e will no more svreur than throw mud with a clod-hopper. Fifth. It is indecent, offensive to delica cy, and extremely unfit for any human ear. Sixth. It is foolish ; a want of decency is a want of sense. Seventh. It is abusive ; to tbe mind which conceives the oath, to the tongue which utters it, and the person at whom it. is aimed-.. , , . m ' ' Eighth. It is venomous i showing man's heart to be a nest of vipers, and every lime he swears one of Ibem stick out his head. , Ninth. It is contemptible : forfeiting the respect of all the wise and good Tenth. It is wicked : violating the di vine law and provoking the displeasure of Him who will not hold him guiltless who taketh His name in vain. After Mabbiage. A philosopher writes : 'The girl is generally educated on novels, and her first disappointment comes in on the quiet indifference of the husband after the bouey-mooo. 'You love me no longer,' said a bride ot a few months to ber better half in his gown and slippers. 'Why do you say that. Puss ? be asked quietly, removing a cigar from bi i lips. 'You do not caress me nor call me pet names ; you do not longer seek so anxiously for my company, was the tearful answer. 'My -dear,' continued the aggravating wretch, 'did you ever notice a man running after a car? How he does run over stones, through mud, regardless of everything till he reaches the car and seizes hold and swings on. Then he quietly seats himself ami reads his paper.' 'And what does that mean ?' 'An illustration, my dear : the car is as important to the man after he gets in as when he is chasing it, but tbe manifestion is uo longer culled for. I would have shot any one who put himself in my way when in pursuit of yon, as I would now shoot any one who would come between us, but as proof of my love you insist upon my running after the car. Learn to smoke, my dear, and be a phil osopher. The two combined clear the brain, quiet the nerves, open the pores, and improve the digestion." Growing Old. How strangely our ideas of growing old change as we get on in life. To the girl in her teens tbe riuez maiden of twenty-five seems quite AjarSsed. Twenty-two thinks thirty-five "an old thing." - Thirty-five dreads forty, but con gratulates herself that there may still re main some ground to be possessed in the means give up the battle of life. It feels middle-aged and vigorous, and thinks old age a long way in tue miure. sixty re members those who have done great things at three score ; and one doubts if Parr when he was married at one hundred and twenty, had at all begun to feel himself an old man. It is the principle of imniortalls ty iu us which makes us feel young so long. We wear out our bodies as we do our gar ments ; hut by the time their fashion has grown quite obsolete will not the celestial robe which shall clothe our souls for tbe new life be ready ? A Wife's D-EVOTiOJf.-The Washington f Star says 'Cha-pink-pa-lu- ta, or 'Bed Bud,' '. the only woman accompanying the Sioux . delegation, is rather comely in appearance, ; and is about twenty-five years of age. She is the wife of Bad Wound, to whom she is much attached, as tbe following incident will show. . The Indian agents were re- ; stricted in tbe number of chiefs they were to bring to Washington., and were forbid den by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to bring any women. The latter, however, were as anxious to come as the braves, and when told of the order of the Commission er there was weeping and wailling aniou the dusky maidens of tbe forest. Cha-pink-pa-lu-ta quietly made up ber mind that she would go at all hazards, and sev eral hours after the departure of the wagon containing her husband for the railroad, she mounted a swift horse, and with her raven treses streaming in the wind, went flying across the country in pursuit of the . party. She came up to them wheu near the station, and leaping from her steed, which she turned adrift, mounted the wa gon, and clinging to her husband, with tears and entreaties besought bim to allow her to accompany him. He endeavored to persuade her to return, and some of the braves were iu'clined to use violence to . compel her to do so. She firmly declined, however, to trust her husband lo the se ductions of Washington society unattend ed, and even the efforts of Agent Saville to induce her to return were wholly unavail ing. She seems to greatly enjoy her visit to the pale faces, and keeps an eye on 'the old man' at all times, invariably accompa nying his walks about town. This inci dent serves to illustrate the truth of Bry ant's couplet, slightly modified 'Skin may differ, bat affection Dwells in white and red tbe same.' ' 'Is He Ilich ?' This is the question that floats around the circle of matrimon ial ladies. Poor giddy fools, who seek happiness where there is neither brains nor morality good sense or high honor. Yes he is rich he has strong arms, a pure heart, a clear head, a brave soul I 'Aye, but has be cash and bonds, real estate and stocks, for new bonnets, fine clothing, cost ly houses and elegant equipages are need ed.' Go to, you generation of vipers, you curses of humanity, who cannot make an honest man's lite ana late your own, ana with him toil and live, that happiness and virtue may dwell under your roof, be it ever so lowly, that the next generation may, if they will, be better tban the pres ent, and the world lifted and moved for-' ward heavenward. At a ball lately in Paris, a very stout gentlemen, with a catarrh and a very charming wife, insisted, very inconvenient ly, at the close of a waltz, that madame ; should return to the bosom of her family. : "Never mind," she said to her partner ; "ask me to dance in tbe next quadrille all the same ; I will find a way to stay for it." Slipping out while the sets were forming, she went into the gentlemen's dressing room, found her husband's bat, and threw it out of the window ; then returning, and requesting her spouse first to find his hat and call a carriage, she accepted partners for the next six dances, quit sure of two hours before the hat could be fonnd.
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