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JOHNSTON, PhoM.ii nf 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 L'.mbs, Strictures, Affections of Kidneys and Bladder, Involun tary Discharges, Impotency, General Deiuli- KorannaiiHt. DvspeDSV. Languor, LOW Tilftas. Palpitation of OIIU a" will s.'va Va 7 - n..rt TimiHitT. Tremblmes, Dimness of Siifht or Giddiness, Disease of the llead, v. r Skin. Affectionsof Liver, Lungs, Stomach or Bowels-tbese terrible Disorders arisln? from the Solitary Habits of Youth those secret and solitary practices more fatal to their victims than the song oi eyrens io vue j..u,... of Ulysses, blighting their roost brilliant hopes of anticipat ions, rendering marriage, ac, ..u siblc. . tnnso MEN n..uw m-hnlinr liAcnme tlie victims of 8oli tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweeps to an untimely prave thousands of young men of the most exalted talents and brilliant Intellect, who might other wise have entranced listening rjenaves wumuc thunders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy the livine lyre, may call wltn tun conuuucc MARRIAGE. Married Persons or Young Men contemplating marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss of Procreative rower impoiencj -eitability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, .Ner rous Debility, or any other Disqualification speedily relieved. , ti. whn niaw liimnflf nndor the care 01 UT. 4, may religiously confide in his houor as a gcntle- -3 J .1- .1- t,-,a.Lill ASaPbV- man, auu iuuuucuuj ivij "iu 6ician. fiBCAVTC WEAKNESS. Impotency, Lots or Power, Immediately Cured and full Vigor Restored. This Distressing Affection which renders Liie miserable and marriage Impossible is the penalty paid by the victims ot improper inauis"i" Young persons are too apt to commit excesses from not being aware of the dreadful conseqcnccs 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 I Besides leing deprived the pleasures of healthy offsprine, the most serious and destructive symptoms to both body and mind arise. The system becomes de ranged, the Physical and Mental uncuuu Weakened, Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous Irritability, Dyspe, Ja, Palpitation of the Heart, liM'urention. Constitutional Debility, a Wasting of the Frame, Cough, Consumption, Decay and Death. o A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS. Pprsnna ruined in health bv unlearned preteu dcrs who keep them trilling mouth after month, taking poisonous and injurious compounds, should apply immediately. DR. JOHNSTON, Member of the Koyal College of Surgeons, Lon don, Graduated from one of the most eminent Col'cges in the United States, and the greater part of whose ife has been spent in the hospitals or London, rris, rnilaaeipuia ana eisewuere, has effected some of the most astonishing cures that were ever known ; many tronblcd with ring ing in the head and ears when asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, baehfulness, with frequent blushing, attended sometimes with derangement of niiud, were cured 'iuiineuiatclv. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. Dr. J. addresses all those who have iujurrd themselves by improper indulgence and solitary habits, which ruin both body and mind, unfitting them for either business, study, society or mar riage. Thesis are some of the sad and melancholy effects produced by early habits of youth, via: Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyepepsy, Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Dieestive Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Con sumption, &c Mentally The fearful effects on the mind arc much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebodines, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, &c, are some of the 'evils prudueed. TnortAKDS of persons of all ages can now judge 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. rOCXG MEN Who have injured th m selves by a certain prac tice indulged in when alowe, a habit frequently learned from evil companions, r at school, the fleets or which are nightly felt, even when asleep, 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 fccpef his country, the darling Of his parents, should be snatchy from all prospects aod enjoyments ol life, by the consequence of deviating from the path of nature and Indulging in a certain secret habit. Such persons mcbt before contemplating "MARRIAGE. . reflect that a soatid mind and body are the mo1 1 necessary requisites to promote connubial happi- ness. Indeed without these, the journey through ' life becomes a weary pilgrimage ; the prospect hourly darkens to the view ; the mind becomes shadowed with despair and filled with the inclan- choly reflection, that the happiness of another becomes blighted -with our own. A CERTAIN DISEASE. When the misguided and imprudent votary ol pleasure finds that be 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 alone befriend him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms of this horrid disease make their appearance, such as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural pains in the head and limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms, blotches on the head, faca 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 his dreadful suffering, fcy 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, who, by the use of that deadly Poi son, Mercury, &c., destroy the constitution, and incapable of curing, keep tbe 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 hint with ruined Health to sigh over his galling disappointment. To such, therefore, Dr. Johsstow pledges hira scir to preserve tbe most Inviolable Secrecy, and from his extensive practice and observations iu the great Hospitals or Europe, and the first in this country, viz : England, France, Philadelphia and elsewhere, is enabled to offer the most cer tain, speedy and effectual remedy in the jvortd for all diseases of imprudence. DR. JOHNSTON. OFFICE, NO. 7, 8. FREDERICK STREET. Baltimore, M. D. "Left hand side eolng from Baltimore street, a few doors from the corner. Fall not to observe name . and number. J5JNo 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 and " -ilortlfless Impnsters advertising themselves as . Physicians, trifling with and ruining the health or all who unfortunately fall into their power, that Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es--,ecially to those unacquainted with his reonta- tion that his Credentials or vipioroas always linnkT in his office. ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS. The many thousands cured at this Establish ment, year alter year, and the numerous lin Dortant Surgical Operations performed by Dr. .Johnston, witnessed by tbe representatives of the press and many other papers, notices of which have appeared again and again before the public, .besides his standing as a gentleman of character ;and responsibility, is a sumcient guarantee to the -uSlicted. cluu diseases spceany cured. April 9. 1875. It MMIILK AM I'UMVU DULLS Third Street, adjoining Phila. & Erie R. R., two SUNBURY, PA. IRA T. CLEMENT, w 4 t.n-iai-v1 to furnish every description of lum L ber required by the demands of the public u.rinn ii th liatmit imnroved machinery for manufacturing Lunber, he is now ready to fill or ders at all kinds oi FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS, SASH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE RANDAS, BRACKETS, .ml all kinds of Ornamental Scrowl Work. Turn lag of every description promptly executed. Also, a LAKGB ASSORTMENT OF BILL LUMBER. HEMLOCK and PINE. Also, Shingles, Pickets, Lathe, &c. Orders promptly filled, and shipped by Railroad r otherwise. ajva a. . dCl9-CS:U professional. TH. II. KANE, Attorney at Law, SUN- BURY, PA. Office in Market Square, (adjoining the office of W. I. Grcenough, Esq.,) Professional business in this and adjoining coun ties promptly attended to. Sunbury, March 16, 1872.-ly. J ON El 1 1 Ta R X 1ft if, ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Liverpool, Perry county, Pa. All business matters in the counties of North umberland, Snyder, Union. Perry and Juniata promptly attended to. Consultations can be had in the German and Euglish languages. april 17, 1874.-ly. n. A. SOBER. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND COUNTY SOLICITOB. Office on Front Street below Market, Sunbury, Pa. Collections and all legal bnsincss promptly attended to. JAMES REIKI, ..T ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office In nanpt's building, South East Comer of Market Square, Sunbury, ra. Special Attention Paid to Collections. A. " ATTORNEY AT LAW, a' - At bT and actiso JUSTICE or thk PEACE. Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest uut Street, Sunbury, Pa. Collections and all legal matters promptly at tended to. JEREMIAH SNYDER, ATTORNEY Al LAW, AND ACTIXG JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Conveyancing.the collections of claims, writings, .nd all kinds of Lesral business will be attended to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult ed in the English and German language. Office in Haupt's buuuing, .Marset street, euuuu. , April 9,'75. GA. ROTOORF, Attorney-at-Law, (ifciUKli Liu -, Northumberland Co., Penna. Can be consulted in the English and German languages. Collections attended to in rorin- umberland ana aajoinmi; rouuu. Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu rance Company. mul5 W. C. PACKER. Attorney at Law, Sunbury, Pa. November 0, 1872. tf. SB. DOVER. Attorney ana Mninseuor at Law. Office in Wolvertou's Law build ing, Second street, SUNBURY, PA. Professional h..ti..P: attended to. in the courts of Northum oerland and adjoining counties. Also, in the Circtiif and DUtrict Courts for the Western Dis trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect ed. Particular attention paid to cane In jsanK- nqitcy. Consultation can be had in tnc .t- man language. LII. KANE, Attorney at Law, tu a BURY. PA., office in Wolvcrton's Law building, Second 6treet. Collections made in Northumberland and adjoluing counties. April ,'. Morrill Linn. Andrew H. Dill. Frank. 8. Marr. EIXX, DILL A MARR, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Next door to the Presbyterian church, Market Square, 8UNBUKI, April 9,"5 Northumberland Co., ra. EDMUND DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBIKX, rw.v'A. Office in Masssr's Building, south side of Mar ket Square. April V, io. JAMFS II. MeDEVITT, Attorney at Law and United 8tas Commissioner. Office with 8. B. Boyer, Esq., iu Wolverton's Law uuiunng, Suubury, Pa. April .'75. SP. WOLVERTOIV, Attorney at Law. Market 8quare, SUNBUBY.PA. Profession al business in this and adjoining counties prompt- attended to. HB. WASSER, Attorney at Law, su . HT'BV PACnllwtiona attended to in the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia ana Lycoming. upuu-u EO. W. ZIECiEER, UT ATTORNEY AT LAW, OfHee in Haupt's building, Market St., Sun bury, Pa. Collections And all professional business promptly attended to in the Courts oT Northum berland and adjoining counties. illOlLU ACT. IUIIA DR. C. M. 9IARTIX, Office In Drug Store. Clement House Block, Office hours : from ll a. m., to 1 p. m., and from 0 to 9 p. m., at all other hours, when not Professionally en- aged car be found at his residence, on Chestnut Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention given to surgical cases. Will visit Patients either in town or country. E, C. GOBIX, ATTTORN'EY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office on east Market street, opposite the City Hotel, Suubury, Pa. Prompt and careful attention paid to convey ancing. May 14, 1875 GB. C A D W A L L. 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The be9t Sutherland .Falls Marble, which is better than Italian. Rutland is now sold as low as the Manchester. Those who need anythiug in tbe 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 parties 'huckstering' round the country. All lettering will be done in the neatest and most Improved style. W. M. DAUGHERTY. Sunbury, Jan. 11, 1873. THE IilXfi BARBER SHOP TS THE SHOP OF TOE TOWN and long JL has been ; ask history and she will tell you Men have grown old in our patronage , Iiabics on their mothers' breast To bouncing boys at play ; And yonths by maidens fair caressed, To stalwart men with cares oppressed, And old men silver eray. 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Andrew Montour Visit the Great Island A Reward for the Indians Scalps Sha viokin Abandoned and Burned by the In dians Reflections. The consternation and excitement that prevailed throughout tbe country at the time of the massacre on Penn's Creek is better imagined than described. The most exaggerated rumors were put in circula tion, many of which were devoid of all truth. But notwithstanding, tbey had reasons to be alarmed, as the danger was really great. About the latter part of October, 175"), Andrew Montour and an Indian named Monagatootha were sent for by the Dela wares to visit them at Great Island. They started up, accompanied by three other Indians. On arriving there they found six Delawares and four Shawanese, who in formed that overtures had been made them by the French. Large bodies of French and Indians had crossed the Allegheny mountains for the purpose of murdering, scalping and burning. This Montour re ported to the Provincial Government, and also recommended the erection of a foit at Shamokin. It was the intention of the French to overrun this portion of the coun try and erect fortiGcations at different po'iLts, making Shamokin their headquar ters. In the latter part of October, 1755, a few weeks after the big massacre, the In dians again appeared in considerable num bers around the Shamokin region, and dur ing the" following month committed several barbarous murders upon the remaining whites. Xo particulars, however, are pre eervjd, and notwithstanding the most care ful researches, I have been unable to gath er tl.cm. During the month of November, at a council held al Philadelphia, the old Indian Chief Scarroyady was present aud gave some interesting information. It was to tbe effect that two messengers had re cently come from Ohio to the Indian town at B.g Island, where they fouud a white man, who accidentally happened to be there. These Indians were very much en rage! on seeing him, and insisted upon having him killed. The other Indians would not permit him to be injured, stating that they would not kill him nor allow them to do it, as they had lived ou good terms with the Euglish, and did not wish to shed blood. These messengers were sent by the French to cBtrange these friendly Indians, if possible. ' In 1750, the Governor ofthe Province of Pennsylvania, on account of the hostility of the Indians, issued a proclamation, which is too long and laborious to give, and a shame and disgrace to an enlightened people. If any wish to read it, refer to the 7th volume of the Colonial Records, page 83. From this document it will be per ceived that the whites were encouraged to scalp the Indians by a reward offered by the Governor. It is thought to have been very barbarous for tho Indians to scalp the killed, but at the same time it is not gen erally kuown that the English were hired to do the same. Such being the fact, then, are the Indians to be blamed for their con duct? !I say emphatically,- no. But it will be argued, probably, by our friends G. W. E. and L. J. E. that they firsfcom-' menccd the barbarous prictrce. Granting such to be the fact, was that any reason that people claiming to be civilized and en lightened should adopt the custom of sav ages ? About this time the Indians abaudoucd the town of Sharaohin, probably on account of fear of the English, who' were expected ihere in considerable force, to erect a fort and make preparations for the defence of the frontier. On the third of June, 175G, scout, consisting of Geo. Allen, Abe Loverhill, James Crapton, John Gallaher, John Murrab, and Robert Eyer, were sent up the river to reconnoiler the enemy at Shamokin. They reported that they ar rived there on Saturday night, and not ob serving any enemy, went to the place where the town had been, but found all the houses consumed, and no trace of it, left. They remained there till (en o'clock the next day, but observed no signs of Indians. Shortly, after the massacre on Penn's Creek the Moravian mission at Shamokin was broken up, and the settlers lied, to Bethlehem. This they were compelled to do in order to save their lives, as the In diana were very rude, and probably would have murdered them if they had remained much longer. Thus was the ancient town of Shamokin destroy.edJjy its own inhabitants. It seem ed that they were anxious to obliterate all trace of their settlement at this point, when they found that the whites were encroach ing so rapidly upon their lands. Like the Russians, they were determined to leave nothing behind that could be of any benefit to the enemy. Shamokin in 'having been such an important point among them from time immemorial, no doubt they left it with regret, and the dusky warrior, as he turn ed into the forest, could not retrain irom looking back at the spot he loved so well, that was to be abandoned forever. The flames of the burning wigwams lighted up the gloorp of the surrounding wilderness the little papooses cluug closer to their mothers, nnd looked wistfully around. This closes the Grst act in the drama. To be Continued. A Little Ahead of Noah. A dis pute once arose between two Scotchmen, named Campbell aud M'Lean, upon the an tiquity of their families. The latter would not allow that the Campbells had any ri ght to rank with the M'Leans in antiquity ho, he insisted, were in existence as a w clan since the beginniug of the world. Campbells had a little more Biblical knowl edge than his antagonist, and asked him if the clan of the M'Leans was before the flood. "Flood! what flood?' asked M Lean. 'The flood, you know, that drown ed all the world but Noah and his flock,' said Campbell. 'Pooh! you and your flood !' 6aid M'Lean ; 'my clan was afore the flood." 'I have not read in my Bible said Campbell, 'of any one of the name of M'Lean going into Noah's ark.' Noah's ark !' retorted M'Leaa in contempt ; 'who ever heard of a M'Lean that hadn't a boat of his ain?' lisccllancons. 'Every Man the Architect ol III Own Fortune X" BY MRS. S. L. B. MCFARLAND. The history of many of our greatest statesmen and heroes, whose names stand proudly preeminent, written upon a na- tion's gilded scroll of fame, enforces the truth of this maxim. There are men whose names are burden ed with noble actions and grand deeds men who have graven upon the pages of history in imperishable characters, a record that shall be handed dowu to succeeding generations, casting a halo of beauty round the stormy scenes that characterized tbe past era of our national existence. To sketch the life of any of these would aptly illustrate so fruitful a theme as the one before us ; none more so, however, than he whose career we will biieflv at- tempt to outline, tnougn conscious ot now inadequate to the task will prove our feeble powers. The history of Simon Camerou, begin ning with his babyhood and tracing it up ward and onward, through his first early efforts, through his brilliant course that waited him years after, when seated upon one of the highest pinnacles of the temple of Fame, he proudly reverts to the fact that he has reached his present position unaided save by the strength of his own native genius, forcibly reminds us that in this instance at least we find, 'The child is father of the man.' Of Scotch parentage, he was born in the beautiful valley of the Susquehanna, in the county of Northumberland. Ilis parents were poor, and his infant eyes opened upon not the most flattering prospect for his fu ture advancement. But even at this early stage of his existence he is said to have shown more than infantile sagacity. For when his fond mother, according to a be lief in some old nursery legend arranged before the babe some fruit and a piece of money, in the expectation that its choice would prove indicative of the disposition of the child, or the direction that its mind would take in succeeding years ; be was found to eager, ly grasp for the glittering silver dollar, ('greenbacks' in the days of Simon's infancy not being so much in vogue as now,) and this without once cast ing a look of regret upon the beautiful, rosy cheeked apple which lay beside it, and would have proven an irresistable tempta tion to the generality of baby gormands. Nor has he in all his long and toilsome race after honor and fame belied his baby instincts, or repented his childish predilec tions. But Simon loved gold, not for its own in tinsic value, only as it proved the stepping stone to his purposes. Well did he learn in after life to know that genius without gold bright, glittering gold to support its pretensions, was powerless to shine. . - And when years after a frail, boyish form was seen to enter the streets of the then embryo city of Ilarrisburg, like the immortal Franklin, with all his earthly possessions in his hand ; a change of linen tied up In a 'kerchief ; none recognized the future statesman, fitted by his sagacity and wisdom to help iu coming years guide the ship of Stale when the noble craft threaten ed to founder mid the breakers of anarchy and disunion, in the lone, friendless boy, thus early forced to embark upon life's stormy ocean, a competitor for capricious fortune's favors. . - t With the energy that has characterized all bU actions, he turned his attention to the noble art of printing, but amid the multiplicity of duties he was called upon to perform, opportunity was ever found to promote- the improvement of his intellec tual faculties, so that when time had an other cycle run ho stood upon the verge of manhood, ricli in undeveloped resources, about to take that position upon the world's stage of action for which "nature and na ture's God" had formed him ; emineully fitted to maintain the part he was about to assume, and successfully to carve his way, unheeding the toilsome way upward and onward to the summit of tbe hill of fame. 'Tis a sight replete with moral grandeur aud sublimity to behold youth, in the brightness and beauty of life's morning, girding on the armor for tho conflict, and throwing dowu the gauutlet of defiance to a world of whose dread power it possesses too little knowledge to be susceptible of such an emotion as fear. Embosomed among Penn's hills that so proudly rear their heads skyward, upon tbe banks of the beautiful Susquehanna river, some few miles above where it co mingles its limpid waters with those of the "Blue Juniata," is situated the town of Halifax. A few fleecy clouds flecked the expanse of Heaven's blue vault, every one with a "silver lining." Thb balmy air, ladoned with the fragrant breath of flowers, borne upon zephyr wings, incense-likc, heaven ward, soothed the spirit to a delightful calm, befitting the beauty of the landscape on which the eye might revel. Such was the day of which we write. It found the usually quiet place all astir; while the inhabitants, judging from ap pearances, found something of unusual in terest going on. To the cause of which we will for a mo ment devote our attention. In this lovely dell the noble order of Masons had attained to a flourishing condition, and at the pe riod to which we revert they were about to erect a substantial edifice, purposed for the use of the members of the masonic frater nity. The corner stone of the building was about being laid, and with fitting ceremo nials celebrated on this St. John's day the 27th of June the beautiful "month of roses," in the year 1828. It was then and there that Simon Cam eron first mounted the rostrum. All na ture seemed to smile as if in approval upon his maiden effort, upon this his first deci sive step in his entree into the great world, whose sterner realities he had already tasted and whose brightness and beauty, he had so longed to see, of whose gilded cup of emolument, honor, and fame, he was now sipping the first nectared drop, while he grasped unsbrinkly the brimming chalice ho was fated to drain to the dregs. Many doubting looks were cast upon biro, when it was fully understood that the light graceful form and youthful features of Si mon Cameron personated the orator of the day, upon so momentous an occasion. But he had not struggled and perserved through .-:r the difficulties that had hitherto beset his pathway, to know the meaning of such a word as fail now. He felt and knew that "There is a tide In tbe affiursofinen wliich ta ken at its flow leads on to fortune." This consciousness upheld him, and as he warmed with his subject all timidity was lorgotten, and he plunged into it with earnestuess of manner, displaying a. pro fundity of thought that charmed, while his graceful motions added to his eloquence, and hclU spell bound his audience. TiVftMl lkn I t . ui wiue uo was ma need as a young man of decided promise, and his advancement in public life was rapid and sure. His barque was soon launched upon the torbid sea of political strife, and as it rose and fell with the heaving, swelling motion, now seemingly about to be over whelmed in the trough of old oceau, again mounting buoyantly upon the foam-crested tip of some monster wave, swiftly borne onward, while all undismayed at thoughts of the phoaja an4 breakers, upon which so many-' "fecturcsorae navigator had seen his bonnie craft stranded, with all its nre- cious freight of ambitious hopes and fears, ne, with nerves steeled by a belief of future success, grasped the helm, and proved, by toe result, nis capability of piloting it in safety. I - ... Ia 1838 occurred his appointment as "Indian Agent" to the Winnebagoes, for the purpose of disbursing the fund due them, the (red men,) from the government. Alany rather ungenerous animadversions upon his conduct have arisen in relation to this affair. Whether these aspersions were merely the result of malice in those who envied his prosperity, the result of his intense application and display of superior tacit and talents, we will- not assume to judge, leaving it those better qualified to decide. With "heart within and God o'er head" his upward progress was now with a rapi dity that astonished whilst it awed the inferior herd of worldlings, whose grovel ing nature would not allow them to soar to that height of eminence to which, born upon the eagle wings of his ambition, Simon Cameron, with soul expanded by high and noble thoughts, aspired too. Upward and onward, higher, higher, he paused not in his serial flight to contem plate, much less to be dismayed, at the difficulties that obstructed his nathwav. J - From thence forth the people seemed to find in him one whom they delighted to honor with every gift in the power of a grateful constituency to bestow, until Simon Cameron to day stands unrivaled in his fame as one of the most eminent men who adorn the galexy of American states men. Long and faithfully has he served his country ! May his laurel "wreath of fame be has won never wither, nor the star of his glory grow dim." Many and happy be the declining years of his life spent neath the shades of his own loved "LochieL" Then while ."Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime . And departing, leaves behind us. Foot piints on the sands of time." Let us take for our motto, engraving upon our hearts iu indelliblc characters the fact, that, "j&eri Jiiau is the architect of his men Jortune." Lebanon I alley isandara. Love-Making in Portugal. Mr. John Latouche, in his "Travels in Portugal," gives a somewhat striking pic ture of the habita of the middle class Por tuguese, and their method of love-making : "There is nothing that would strike a traveler fresh from Euglaod, Germany or France more than the great rarity of real country houses in Portugal. , It is entirely against the genius of the people to live a country life. The Portuguese are too so ciable to endure to be surrounded only by woods and Gelds and Mountains. He has many of our .Northern, tastes ; he likes field sports in moderation ; he rides, in his OwjKStyle, better than any nation in Eu rope, except ourselves ; lie has a sincere delight in country life and country scenery, but ho cannot long support the utter soli tude of the country. "A Portuguese nobleman, if he be rich enough, lives in Lisbon or Oporto, and if he has a country house will visit it for a month or two in the autumn ; even then he will often rather endure the misery of a sea-side lodging among a crowd than go inland. The larger of the country towns have streets full of gentlemen's houses ; and here vegetate, from year to year, fami lies who are just rich enough to live upon their incomes without working. To live, iudeed, as the Portuguese do in such towns, need cost but little. A large house with a plot of cabbages (a kale yard) behind it ; with witewashed walls, floors uncarpeted a dozen wooden chairs, one or two deal tables ; no fireplace, not even a stove.either in sitting room or bed room ; no curtains to the windows, no covers to the tables; no pictures on the walls, no mirrors ; no table pleasantly strewed with books, magazines, newspapers, and ladies' work ; no such thing visible as a pot of cut flowers ; no rare china, no clocks, no bronzes none of 1 1 . -,, 3 ... .lit. the hundred trifles and curiosities wiln which, in our houses, we show our taste, or our want of it, but which either way give such an individual character and charm to our English homes. All these negatives describe the utterly dreary habi tations of the middle-class Portuguese. "For occupations the women do needle work, gossip, go to mass daily, and look out of the window by the hour. Except the one short walk to church at eight o'clock in the morning, a Portuguese lady hardly ever appears in the streets. As for the men, they lounge about among the shops, they smoke innumerable paper ci garettes, they take a siesta in tho heat of the day. If there is sunshine, they stand in groups at the street corners with um brellas over their heads ; in winter they wear a shawl over their shoulders, folded and put on three-cornerwise, as a French or English woman's shawl is worn ; for this is a fashion in Portugal, and the Spaniards laugh a good deal at their neigh bors on the score of their being a nation who invert the due order of things, and whose women wear cloaks and men shawls. In these towns there is never nuy news, and if two men are Been in eager discussion of some matter of apparently immense im portance, and if one happens to pass near enough to overhear the subject of conver sation, be sure that one of them is plunged in despair or kindling with enthusiasm at a fall or rise of a half penny in the price of a pound ot tobacco. An American gentle man of my acquaintance told me that he had never passed two Portuguese in con versation without hearing one of two words spoken, testno or raparirja finance or love. "There are not even fashions for them to think about ; young men and old men dress alike, but the young?r ones wear ex ceeding tfcht boots, and when they take their walks abroad, it ia obvious that they do so in considerable discomfort. The young men, however, have one occupation more important even than wearing tight boots, and which almost, in fact, goes with it that of making the very mildest form of love known among men. The process, indeed, is carried on in so Platonic a man ner, and with so much proper feeling, that I doubt if even the strictest English gov erness would find anything in it to object to. The young gentlemen pay their ad dresses by simply standiug in front of the house occupied by the object of their affec tions, while the young person in question looks down approvingly from an upper window, and there the matter ends. They are.'not within speaking distance, and have to content themselves with expressive glances and show ; for it would be highly unbecoming for the young lady to allow a billet-doux to flutter down into the street while the laws of gravitation stand in the way of the upward flight of such a docu ment unweighty, at least, with a stone, and this, of course, might risk giving tbe young lady a black eye, or breaking her father's window-panes. So the lovers there remain, often for hours, feeling, no doubt, very happy, but looking unutterably foolish. These silent courtships sometimes continue for very long periods before the lover can ask the fatal question, or the lady return the final answer. I heard a story of one such protracted courtship which an ingenious novelist might easily work into a pretty romance. "About forty or fifty years ago, before the suppression of convents in Portugal, a young lady was engaged to be married For some reason or other, the marriage did not come off, and the girl was placed in a Benedictine nunnery at Oporto. Soon after came the abolition of convents ; but while the inonastries were absolutely dis solved, and the monks scattered, tbe nuna who were already inmates of religious houses were suffered there to remain. The young lady, accordingly, on the suppres sion occurring, did not leave the Benedic tine convent. It is to be presumed, how ever, tnat tne particular estaDiisnmenc were somewhat relaxed, for the young gen tleman who had been engaged to this nun was observad to take his constant stand be fore the barred window of his former mis tress' cell, while she would become visible behind the grating. Here the romance I have imagined would perhaps rather lack incident, and, except in a master's hand. might grow monotonous, for this hopeless courlsbip lasted no fewer than four-and-thirty years, till a bowed and middle-aged man paced the pavement, and looked up to a gray-liaired mistress. It only ended with the death ofthe lady, a few years ago. Many persons have assured me that they have, often been eye witnesses of what I have described, and I found that the fact was quite notorious in Oporto. It will, of course, be understood that the stagnating life I have described, with its narrow cir cle of interests and its little meanness of household detail, is confined to the half educated, middle class inhabitants of small country towns. The higher native society of Lisbon, with its courtly influences, and that of Oporto which holds the same relative position to Lisbon that Edinburgh did to London before the days of steam can compare with any capitol of Europe. The men are high-bred, courteous and intelligent, and the ladies have a charm of manner and talents for society which all foreigners admit." Don't, Girls. Don't think that yards and yards of ribbons, ruffles and lace will add one particle to your value. Don't make a walking milliner's shop or a jewel er's store of yourselves, covering all that is of true merit within you with that which will only attract the shallow brained. Don't think sensible people are to be de ceived with vain show ; they look for beau ty of heart and mind. Don't flatter your selves it is smart to affect ignorance of manuel labor, or tobetguorantof it. Don't give the subject of matrimony a thought while you are in your teys, except to qualify yourself for the responsible position it places yon in ; you need all of that lime of your life to fit yourselves for it. You need to study books, tlie laws of life and health ; to be well experienced in the cul inary art, as perhaps the happiness and health of hundreds are depending on your knowledge of this. Don't give your time and talents to the world, or to sceeking the things of time and sense that perish with their using. God has created you for a nobler purpose, and made you accountable for what He has given you. Don't sell your birthright for a mess of pottage. Chance for Economy. When you go to a mechanic to get a job of repairing done, and are waiting for the roaster work men to do it, don't go off to the store or whisky shop and loiter away your time, if nothing more stay by the mechanic and watch him. When the job is completed ask yourself if you could not have done it at home, if you had provided yourself with a few tools, such as no farmer should be without, and save your time, (which U money), and your money, too. The young farmer will soon fiud by a little persever ence that there is pleasure in this branch of economy. He will find himself happily engaged all the rainy, bad weather in keep iug not only his shoes in repair, bat his harness and farming implements. This branch of industrious economy will stimu late him to take better care of his tools by housing them and keeping them painted. The Peruvian authorities have quite an effective way of dealing with libellous editors, by first making them swallow a copy of their own newspaper, and then shooting them. The latter part of the ceremony would be unnecessary ia this country. A Pittsburg preacher has been request ed to repeat his sermon and "say it slow." In one of his sentences he remarks : "The marvellous multitudmousness of the mioutits of the corroborating circumstan ces are the insurmountable difficulties which unmistakably prevent the skeptic from discovering truth."
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