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Phj-sicinn of litis celebrated Institution, lias
discovered the most certaiu, speedy, plcaeatit and
effectual remedy in the world for nil
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness of the Back or Limbs, Strictures,
Affections of Kidneys and bladder, Involun
tary Discharges, Impoteney, General Debill
tr, Nervousness, Dyopepsy, Languor, Low
Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of
the Heart, Timidity, Tremblincs, Dimness
of Sijrht or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
Throat, Nose or Skin, Affections of Liver, Lunsrs,
Stomach or Bowels these terrible Disorders
arising from the Solitary Habits of Youth those
ecrct and solitary practices more fatal to their
victims than the song of Syrens to the Mariners
of Ulyscs, blighting their nioet brilliant hopes
of anticipations, rendering marriage, tc, impos
sible. IOCNG MEN
especially, who have become the victims of Soli
tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely grave
thousands of young men of the most exalted
talents and brilliant Intcllec:, who might other
wise have entranced llstcninz Senates with the
thunders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy the
living lyre, may call with full confidence.
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Young Mm contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Procreative Power Impoteney), Nervous Ex.
citability. Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner
vous Debility, or any other Disqualification,
fnecdilv relieved.
He who places himself under the care of Dr. J.
may religiously confide In his honor as a gentle
man, and cpnudcntiy rely unon uis skin as a rnv
tician. ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Impoteney, Lots of Power, Immediately Cured
and full Vigor Restored.
This Distressing Affection wl.ich renders Lire
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 conseqeuces
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 f 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, Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspe, ia, Palpitation of the Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of the Frame, Cpugb, Consumption. Decay aud
Death.
A CUKE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persons ruined in health by unlearned prctcu-
dri who keep tbem trifline month after month,
taking poisonous and injurious compounds,
should apply immediately.
PR. JOHNSTON,
Member of the Itoyal 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
of London, Pris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
has effected some of the most astonishing cures
tiiat were ever known ; many troubled with ring
ing in the head and ears when asleep, great
nervousness, being alarmed at sndden soands,
bashfuiness, with frequent blushing, attended
nomctimes with derangement of mind, were cured
immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who Ttave injurrd
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
habits, which roin both body and mind, unfitting
them for either business, study, society or mar
riajre. Tdesb are some of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by cajly habits of youth, viz:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Diirestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Con
cumption, &c.
Mestaixt The fearful effects on the mind
are much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con
fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodings, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
Love of Solitude, Timidity, etc., arc some of tne
evils produced.
Thousands of persons of all ages can now
Judirc what is the canseof their declining health,
losing their vicor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated, having a singular appearance
a bout the eyes, cough and symptoms of consump
tion. YOUNG MEN
Who have bTjured th mselves by a certain prac
tice iuwulged in when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or at school, the
effects of which are nightly felt, even when
asleep, aud if not cured, renders marriage impos
sible, and destroys both mind and body, should
apply Immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his
country, the darling of his parents, should be
snatched from ail 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 sound mind and body arc the mos1
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 tilled with the melan
choly reflection, that the happiness xf another
becomes biifhtcd with our own.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary ol
pleasure finds that he has imbibed the seeds ol
this painful disease, it too often happens that an
ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery,
deters him from applying to thoso who, from
education and respectability, can alone befriend
him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms of
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
s 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, 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
!ilm 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 the unhappv sufferer
mouth after month taking their noxious or in
jurious compounds, and instead of being restored
to a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiness, in des
pair leave him with ruined Health to sigh over
his galling disappointment.
To such, therefore, Dr. Johxstcw pledges him
self to preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, and
from his extensive practice and observations iu
the great Hospitals of Europe, and the first ic
this country, vis: England, France, Philadelphia
and 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. 8. FREDERICK STREET.
Baltimore, M. D.
Left hand side going from Baltimore street, few
doors from the corner. Fail not to observe name
nd number.
J3?No letters received unless postpaid and
containing a stamp to be nsed on the reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and send a portion
of advirtisement describing symptoms.
There are so many Paltry, Designing and
Worthless Impnsters advertising themselves as
Physicians, trifling with and ruining the health
of all who unfortunately fall into their power,
that Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es
pecially to those unacquainted with his retmtu
tion that his Credentials or Diploma alwaj
Imnjj in his office.
ENDORSEMENT OF TnE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this Establish
went, year alter year, and the numerous im
portant Surgical Operations performed by Di .
Johnston, witnessed by the representatives of the
press and many other papers, notices of which
liave appeared again and aga:n before the public,
besides bis standing as a gentleman of character
and responsibility, is a sufficient guarantee to the
afflicted. Shiu diseases speedily cured.
April 9, 1875. If
I.I .Will: U AMI ri.AM.K. MILES
Tltiid Street, adjoining Phila. A Eric R. R., two
Squares North of the Central Hotel,
SUNBURY, PA.
IRAT. CLEM EXT,
LS prepared to furnish every description of lum
ber required by the demands of the public.
laving all the latest improved machinery for
lanufacturing Lunbcr, he is now ready to till or
ers f all kinds of
LOORING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS,
BASn, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE
RANDAS, BRACKETS,
id all kinds of Ornamental 8crowl Work. Turn,
g of every description promptly executed. Also
A LARGE ASSORTMENT Or
BILL LUMBER.
CMLOdk and PINE. Also, 8hinglcs, Picket ,
Lathe, tc.
Orders promptly filled, and shipped bv Railroad
otherwise. IRA T. CLEMENT.
BALTIMORE EOCK
T"VR. JOHNSTON,
professional.
Til. R. KASE, Attorney nt Law, 8UN-
BURY, PA. Oflice in Market Sqnarc,
(adjoiuing the oflice of W. I. Grccnough, Esq.,)
Professional business in this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Sunbury, March 10, ISTJ.-ly.
JOSEPH S. 4IEOLI),
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 bo had
in the German and English languages.
april 1", 1S74.-1 v.
w
.11. A. SOBER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ASIVCOINTT FOLICITOK.
Office on Front Street below Market, Snnbury,
Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly
attended to.
JAMES HEARD.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office In TIaupt's buildinir, South East Corner
of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
Special Attention Paid to Collections.
AX. KKICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND ACTING JUSTICE OF TUB PEACE.
Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest
nut Street. Sunburv. Pa.
Collections and all leal matters promptly ut-
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER.
ATTORNEY Al LAW, AND
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Convevancing.the collections 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.. Oilice
in llaupt's building, Market street, Sunbury, fa.
April 9,'75.
G.
A. ROTDORF,
Attorney-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Pcnna.
Can be consulted in the English and German
languages. Collections attended to In .North
umberland and adjoiniug counties.
Also Agent for the Lebanon alley rire insu
rance Company. mhli
W. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 0, 1ST3. tf.
Sit. DOVER. Attorney and Counsellor
at Law. Oflice In Wolvcrtou's Law build
ing, Second street, SUNBURY, PA. Professional
busiucss attended to, in the courts of Northum
oerland and adjoining counties. Also, in the
Circuit and Dintrict Courts for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to coxca In Jlank
ruptci. Consultation can be had in the Ger
man language. April V'J-
L.
II. KASE, Attorney at Law, SUN
BURY, PA., office in Wolverton's Law
building, Second 6trcet. Collections made In
Northumberland and adjoining counties.
April 9,'75.
J. Merrill Linn. Andrew n. Pill. Frank. S. Marr.
MXX. DILI. A MARK,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Next door to the Presbyterian church, Market
Square, SUNBURY,
April 0,"75 Northumberland Co., Pa.
EDMUND DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Office in Masser'g Building, south side of Mar
ket Square. April V, '.j.
JAMES II. JSpDEVITT,
Attorney at Law and
UNiTF.n States CodMissioNKK. Oflice with S.
B. Bover, Esq., in Wolverton's Law Bul'rting,
Sunbury, Pa.
April 5V75.
SI. WOLVERTOX, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, SUNBL'RY.PA. Profession
al business in this and adjoining counties prompt
y attended to.
Hit. NASSER, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder,
Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. apllO-C'J
GEO. V. XIKCiLER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Oflice in Haupt's building, Market St., Sun
bury, Pa.
Collections and all professional business
pr raptly attended to In the Courts of Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
March 1U. 1ST5.
DR. C. n. MARTIX, Office in Dru
Store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. m., to 1 p. m., and from 0 to 9 p. m.,
at all other hours, when not Professionally cn
aired can be found at bis residence, on Chestnut
Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention
given to surgical cases. Will visit Patients
either in town or country.
E.
C. GOIII V,
ATTTORNEY-AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Office on cast Market street, opposite the City
noicl, Sunbury, Pa.
Prompt and careful attention paid to convey
ancing. May 14, 1S75
Gil. CAD iY A LEADER, Market Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books. Dairies, Ac.
DEXTISTRY.
GEORGE M. RENX,
In Simpwn'g Building, Market Sqwirc,
Scsbcrt, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on baud
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which he will be able to select,
and mcc toe wants of his customers.
All wont warranted to givesatisfaction, or else
the money refunded.
The very best Mouth Wash and Tooth-Powders
kept on hand.
His references arc the numerous patrons for
whom he has worked for the last twelve years.
Sunbury, April 21, 1S72.
Jjotcls aub jUcstaitrants.
c
RAU FORD HOI Si:, Cor. Third and
Mnlberry, Business Centre, Williamsport,
Pa
Wm
11, 1874.
CRAWFORD, Proprietor.
Dee.
IIOrSE, Third Street
below
Market, Sunbury,
Pa. PETER 8. BUR
RELL. Proprietor. Rooms neat and co-nfortablc.
Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season
and the waiters attentive and obliging.
Suuqnry, Jan. 22, 1S75.
UXITED STATES HOTEL, W. F.
KITCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, and the best accommodations given.
April 5. 1873. tf
NATIOXAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
County, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The tabids supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
HL.n.TIEL'S REST AURA XT,
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, PENN'A.
Having just refitted the above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, Is bow prepared to
serve J is friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
quors.
ustness
W. B. KUOAD8. J. PACKBR HAAS
WS. RIIOADS V CO.,
RETAIL DEALERS OF
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A.
' Oppicb with Haas, Faoelt & Co.,
Orders lea at SeasUoltx & Bro's., office Market
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
ustom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, HI71. tf.
COAL! COAL! COAL! GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AND RED ASn COAL, SUNBURY, PA.
(lower wharf. )
Orders will receive prompt nttention.
AXTIIItACITE COAL !
VAEEXTIXE DIETZ, Wholesale and
Retail dealer In every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPfER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kinds of Grain taken In exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
at S. F. Nevin's Confectionery Store, on Third
trect, will recicve prompt attention, and money
receiptedfor, the same as at the oflice.
VP
SrXSSl'RY MARBLE YARD,
Four fh Street below Market,
SUXBUR Y, l'ENX' A.
TIIF, nndenncd has returned from the Ver
mont Marble Quarries with 56 Tons of
.ile for
pX Monuments, CJrnve-Sfones,
' He has bought at such figures that
nffSV will allow him to sell better stone, for
less money, than heretofore. The best
.Sutherland Falls
Marble,
which is better than Italian. Rutland is now
sold as low as the Manchester.
Those who need anything in the Marble liue,
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 lctteiing will be done in the nentest and
most Improved etvle.
W. M. DAUGHERTY.
Sunbnry, Jan. 11, 1873.
TIIE HIXG RARBEK SHOP
TS THE SHOP OF TnE TOWN and long
JL I
has been ; nsk history and she will tell yon
Men have grown old in our pntronnge
Babies on 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 mid lasting impres
sions of time, and the crash of revolutions in
circumstances, we stand a living monumental
memento of the inirenuity and perseverance ap
pertaining to the identity of progression, piying
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 hair ;
Shampoo the head with soothing caro,
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 gel shaved on the basis of ability nor as
some have done for our use of the ballot for prin
ciple sacred and right nor under the common
secret and invidious guise of enmity to complex
Ion ; for the cut of a man's coat, or the color of
his skin, ought not to affect his usefulness nor
his qualifications. A fair chance is ull that we
demand, to give the proof to all the land.
JAMES W. WASHINGTON.
Proprietor.
Sunbury, April 5, 1S73 ; No. 91, Market fit.
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jlchj Abbfrtiscmculs
A SEW STOCK OF
MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS.
CMS. MAIIIL
Has just returned from the Eastern cities, with an
elegant selections of
CLOTHS,
CASSI.UERES,
ami YESTEXGS,
of the finest French Brands, Trimmings, tc.
Ho is now ready to receive orders for
SPUING sJND SUMMER SUITS
of any desired style. The latest styles of prtt
terns on hand, aud
XEAT FITS GUAKAXTEED.
Yon will find prices at least as reasonable as
elsewhere. Give me a call.
CIIAS. MAIIIL,
FOURTH ST., Oipoltt CITY HOTEL,
SUXbUKT, TA.
Snnbury, April 0, I875.-tf.
1875 MILLINERY. 1875
TKIMMED AND UNTIUMMEO
HATS and BONNETS.
SPRING STYLES.
CRAPE -AND 1RAPE VEILS.
NEW French Styles in Infants' Caps. Straw
Goo1, in Shade Mats, School Hats aud all
the latest Fashionable Shapes and olors.
Chip In Drab, Brown, Black nnd While. Leg
horn, Biack Hair, etc.
All the novelties iu 8ilks, Gross Grains, Sashes,
Screes, etc.
French Flowers, Wreaths, Hoses, Buds nnd
Sprays. Ribbons in the new shades.
Purchasers will find a full nnd carefully se
lected stock of Millinery at M. L. Gossler's
Millinery Store, Fourth St., below the Shamokln
Div. N. C. R. R., Sunbury, Pa.
April 23, 1875.
gPRING AND SUMMER STYLES
or
MILLINERY
SEW STYLES,
SKW EEAI IIEItS,
SEW FLOWERS,
ORXA.flEXTS.
Hats & Bonnets
TRIMMED AT ALL PRICES.
ZFLIZBBOIINrS
IN TIIE
Latest and Best Shades.
Good
Assortment of Notions
CONSTANTLY ON IIANU.
FANCY ZEPnYR GOODS AND
INFANT'S HOODS,
At Misses L. & 8. Weiscr's Millinery Store,
Market St., Sunburv, Pa.
April ?iV 175.
nriit 'o!) jJdjiiinirj.
SUNBURY AMERICAN
The Largest and Most Complete
lishmeut
Est.il
IN TniS SECTION.
NEW TYPE,
NEAT WORK,
IMPROVED PRESSES,
SKILLED WORKMEN.
ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
O-PRIOES JI01KRATE.'5
BOOK, CARD AND JOB TRINTLXG
EXECUTED IN TnE BEST STYLE. .
BUSINESS CARDS.
WEDDING CARDS,
VISITING CARDS,
SHOW CARDS,
BALL TICKETS,
BLANKS,
HANDBILLS,
MERCANTILE LETTER HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
ENVELOPES,
CARDS,
CHECKS AND DRAFTS,
PROGRAMMES, '
DODGERS,
PAPER BOOKS,
MANIFESTS,
CIRCULARS.
Everything that is needed iu the priuting de
partment will be executed with promptness nnd
at low prices. All are invited to call and exa
mine oar samples. No trouble to give estimates
and show goods. Wc shall cheerfully do this
Jo all, who call for that pnrposc, without charge.
!S7Orders for Subscription. Advertising or
Job Printing, thankfully received.
Address
EM'L WILVEUT, Proprietor,
SUNBURY, PA.
SUXHUIIY AMERICAN
13 THR
BEST AD VERISING MEDIUM
In the Central part of the State,
IT CIRCULATES
In one; of the Most Thrifty, Intelligent and
WEALTIIY
SECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Eraple C0I7 of paper ecnt to any address tree
of clmrffe.
isforiral.
History offte Susptaa,
BY J. K. MAGINXIS.
EMBRACING A FULL ACCOUNT OF ITS SET
TLEMENT TRIALS AND PRIVATIONS
ENDURED BY THE FIRST TIONEER3
FULL ACCOUNT OF TIIE INDIAN WARS,
TREDATORY INCURSIONS, ABDUCTIONS,
MASSACRES, &(X
CHAPTER VIII.
Tlie Me of QucTne French Name In
dian Iielics An Extensive Burrymg
Ground The First Settlers 7 he Weiser's
An Indian's Revenge John Snyder
Anthony Selm, Vic Founder nf Sclins-
wove.
Settlers continued to corne in slowly from
165 up to 1770, and locate along the river,
in what was called the Shamokin region
The post at Fort Augusta was an induce
ment for them to venture into tho wilds of
the wilderness, as it served as a place of
protection, whither they could fly in time
of danger.' For many interesting renrin
iscenes in the early history of Selinsgrove
and the Isle of Que, the public are indebt
ed to G. A. Snyder, Esq., a son of Gov
ernor Snyder, who settled there more than
a hundred and twenty years ago. The
name is evidently misspelled, being in fact
Isle a Queue, (Fail Island), a title which
was undoubtedly given by the French
traders, who used in former times, before
the arrival of the whites, to descend the
Susquehanna from Canada to traffic with
the Indians of this neighborhood. "Why
this name was given it is now impossible
to ascertain. It was probably a transla
tion of the Indian's uame long since for
gotten. The beautiful and fertile island
consists of a sandy alluvial, resting upon a
compact clay, and appears to have been
formed by the wash of the Susquehanna,
after tho occupation of the country by the
Indians, for when the canal was being dug,
on arriving at the clay bed, numerous
hearths of stone with charcoal remaining
in the interstices were found, near which
were found fragments of Indian pots made
of talc, stone hatchets, arrow heads of flint.
Sec, precisely such as were found in use
among the savaces on the arrival of the
whites in America. Had the inquiry been
made by the first settlers, it is not improba
ble that some account of the inundation
by which the islaud was formed might
have been given by the aborigines. A
thousand years, however, would not be too
remote a date to assign to the event The
oaks, buttonwoods and other trees on the
isle have long since attained the largest
size to which they ordinarily reach, and
tho vegetable mould is of a thickness which
proves that vast quantities of trees and
other plants must have perished ; conse
quently many centuries must have elapsed
since the isle was a barren sand bank. At
tho early period of which I speak game
was plenty in the lorest and fish were taken
in abundance in the river. A tradition is
handed down that tho place was very un
healthy at a certain season" of the year,
and the Indians generally left about the be
ginning of August, and retired to the hilly
country, where they remained until the
fall of the leaf. During tho intervening
period the only human being to bo seen
was an occasional hunter, whom the game
had drawn from the hills, and who always
avoided sleeping in the low grounds. The
children were carefully kept in their moun
tain retreat, for the malaria was particu
larly fatal to them.
The general hurrying ground of the In
dians was on the Isle of Que, near its
southern extremity, and contained hun
dreds nay thousands of bodies ; for skele
tons have been found oyer a distance of a
quarter of a mile in length and breadth.
In digging for the foundation of Christian
Fisher's house seven skeletons were found,
and at the other end of the lane leading
from said house to where Geo. Fisher
used to live, several more were found.
Others were dug up at various places be
tween the above mentioned points. The
country, after it came into the hands of
tho whites, continued to bo sickly, but for
how long I am unable to tell. It became
healthy? however, and so continued until
the year 1800, when ague became very
common, and the proper treatment of
bilious diseases being little understood,
many enses of obstinate and lingering sick
ness occurred.
Tbt first white settler on tho Isle of Que
is believed to have been Christian Fisher.
Christian, in his younger days, was not
what his surname would indicate ; in fact,
he was just the reverse a prime baud at a
fight, a horse race, or a drinking bout. At
length his father finding remonstrance mi
tt voiding, he notified him that he must shift
for himself. At the same time he offered
him the fee simple of a large tract of land
on the Isle of Que, then In the heart of the
wilderness, which Christian accepted.
Having tied himself, for better or for worse,
to the daughter of one of his neighbors.
Christian set out, bis whole worldly wealth
consisting of a horse, a rifle, an axe and a
bed. With those he landed ou the Isle of
Que, far olTand alone truly, though neither
ou a "blue summer ocean" norin any
other respect resembling the isle of Tom
j "Moore's fancy. Christian's bed was spread
for the first night at the foot of a tree.
Xext morning he commenced a hut, in
which for a year or two he found shelter,
and commenced cultivating and populating
the isle. His descendenls iu considerable
numbers continued to flourish in this vi
cinity, and his tract of land, divided into
small farms, in after years made many of
them pass for rich men.
Conrad Weiser, grandson of the cele
brated Indian agent and interpreter of that
name, was an early settler here also. He
was a great bondholder, owning, incounec
tion with his brother Jabez aud his cousin
Benjamin, a tract about twelve miles long
on the river and of several miles in width
from cast to west. Conrad being well ac
quainted with several of the Indian lan
guages, and possessing their confidence
through his honesty and fair dealing, was
much esteemed by them . He died about
the year 1802, leaving his family in good
circumstances as to landed pro)erty, which,
had they properly taken care of, would
have been by this time of great value.
Jabez Weiser, it appears, never resided in
this part of the country, although he owned
a large body of land. Benjamin lived on
the Isle of Que, and must have been fond
of shade, for he suffered the elder bushes
to grow around bis cabin until it was en
tirely concealed from the view of the passer
by. You might, perchance, on walking
along the shore of the river, observe a nar
row path leading from the water's edge in
to the forest. Following this through the
thickly growing elders, and other sbruba,
the traveler would fiud himself suddenly
brought up by Benjamin's door, for the
shrubs grew so closely around the house
that there was not room for a cat to run
around after her tail anywhere nearer than
on the pebbly beach of .the river.
Jacob Fry, formerly of "tfiddletuwn,
Dauphin county, was a trader frequently
associated with Conrad Weiser, Sr., in his
dealings with the savages. John Esb, a
tall and very strong young man, was for
some years in Fry's employ. After the re
moval of the Indians from their last foot
' hold in the north of Pennsylvania, Esh re
moved to Kentucky and settled near Knox
villc, where he was murdered by an Indian.
1 he savage was gi von up bv bis tribe to
the civil authorities, tried aud sentenced to'
death. Before the execution he stated
that he had committed the murder out of
revenge, Esh having flogged him on the
Susquehanna, and that he had traveler!
three hundred miles to effect bis purpose.
John Snyder, brother to the Governor,
was one of the early settlers on the Isle of
Que. He was a man of great strength
and resolution, but addicted to gaming. A
short time before the revolutionary war an
officer of a body of British soldiers, who
were stationed at Lancaster, happened to
make some insulting expression concerning
the Americans in John's presence. He
not only repelled the insult, but attacked
and flogged the officer soundly. The con
sequence may readily be guessed. A num
ber of British soldiers pursued him with
fixed bayonets, determined to wash out the
iusult to their commander in blood. John
was, however, too swift for them, and ef
fected his escape. This occurred in his
nineteenth year. He settled on the Isle of
Que, on which and the main land, he owned
a large tract. Ilg was considered rich,
and might have been richer but for his in
ordinate love of gaming. He was the
original proprietor of Selinsgrove. Soon
after the town was laid out he wagered one
of the lots upon the result of a horse race
at Stcepstown, but was unfortunately
thrown from hi horse and killed. This
lot was for many years known as "the un
fortunate lot."
Anthony Sclin, the founder of the pre
sent town of Selinserove, was a Swiss, and
bore a Captain's commission in the Ameri
can army during the revolution. When
the war was over he came to this part of
the country, then called Shamokin, and be
ing a handsome, active youug man, capti
vated the affections of a young lady, named
Snyder, who was a sister of the Governor,
and married her. This happened near the
time of John Snyder's unfortunate death.
Simon Snyder and Miller were appointed
administrators of the estate of Johu Sny
der, and after a few years found that the
estate was encumbered with debt to such a
degree that it became necessary to sell the
whole of it. This was accordingly done,
and Selin became the purchaser at a price
which was then considered high. John
Snyder's widow had, meantime, married a
man named Jacob Kendig, who lived upon
the fine farm lying at the eastern end of
the long bridge across Penns Creek, about
one mile above Selins'rove.
To be Coif "rt!t?."j
f nits xnitr pblrs.
FORTUNE'S CAPRICES.
John Mallory was returning from his
day's work, with his spade over his shoul
der, when he saw a woman silting close to
the wall, weeping bitterly.
John had a kind heart, and was easily
moved at the sight of distress, so he stop
ped and addressed the woman.
'You seem to be in trouble' that was
what he said. The mourner lifted her face,
and he saw that she was a very young wo
man, scarcely more than a girl iu fact.
But this did not lesson his pity at all ; pos
sibly it increased it, for his heart was hu
man as well as kind.
'Trouble ? Ah, yes ; I have come such
a long way, and am so fatigued so much
weary ! I went to the people's doors, but
no one said anything only, 'Go 'way !' We
have no room for strangers. Go to the
hotel, why do you not ?'
'So I went to the hotel, but the landlord
was worse than all the rest. Oh 1 how he
frightened me, he was so fierce, so loud I
He called me a tramp a thief because he
found I had no money. 2fo money, yes,
that was it ; and he bade me go about my
business ; but I have no business, and so I
came out iu the woods to die alone.'
'Cheer up, then, if that is all,' said John
'aud come with me. "My mother won't
drive you from her door, you may be sure.'
And John spoke truly, for his mother's
heart was like his own. She only needed
to know that the gir! was a stranger and
in distress to give her a cordial welcome.
'Take off your things, my dear,' said
she, removing the girl's shawl with her
own hands, 'and sit here by the fire. How
you shiver, poor child I You're chilled to
the bone.'
'You are so kind so very kind 1' said
the visitor, taking the rocking chair offered
her ; and then John saw she was not only
young, but singularly beautiful, though
thin and pale, as if from recent illness.
'You're out of health. You're not fit to
be abroad,' said Mrs. Mallory. 'How your
mother would feel to see you looking so I'
'Alas, I have no mother I' said the girl,
and her tears began flowing afresh. 'I will
tell you my story.'
'There, there, I'm sorry I said it I'm
such a blunderer I "Never mind the story
now, but after supper, when you are warm
and comfortable, you will tell us all about
yourself, that is, all you wish to tell.'
So, when the three had eaten their even
ing meal, aud Mrs. Mallory had cleared
away tho table and had taken out her
knitting work, the young girl told the
story.
She said her name was Estelle LeRoy ;
that her father was a French refugee ; but
she herself was torn in Canada, some years
after he had left his native country, he
having married a Canadian. After the
death of her mother, he had conio to Bos
ton, hoptug to be able to support himself
and her by teaching his own language ;
but just as he had found a situation which
promised to be permanent, he became very
ill ; in fact, the climate of this country had
never agreed with him, and he was always
mourning for la belle France.' He was
sick a long time, and when he died he left
her penniless.
Of her relatives in France she knew noth
ing ; and although since ber father's death
si. e had written more than once to her
mother's friends in Canada, no letters had
ever been received in return. She be
lieved she could get there, and that was
now her aim. What she had suffered since
he left Boston, she could 'never, never
tell.' .
'It's all over now, my de-ar,' said Mrs.
Mallory, 'so try to forget it, and just try to
take yourself contented with us till you arc
better able to travel than you now are.'
! For a whole week Estelle stayed with the
Mallory'p, gaining in health and beauty
every day, and developing a careless light
ness of spirit, greatly in contrast to her
first depression.
That John was not insensible to her at
tentions, may well be imagined, and what
the consequences might have been, I can
not tell, if his heart not already been pre-
occupied. That being the case, there was
no room there for the fair stranger, save in
the way of friendship by bringing Mary,
hii .ctjothed, to sec her.
Curious it was to see the two together-
Mary, the staid "Sew Englaud girl, with
her rosy checks, her calm, blue eyes and
yellow hair, plain dress, and steady "North
ern tongue ; and Estelle, with her olive
skin, her hair and eyes as dark as night,
her fanciful, idiomatic speech, and her airy
figure which gave grace even to the worn
garments which clothed it It was the
brown thrush and the yellow canary bird
sitting side by side on the apple tree bough.
Still they got on well together these two
and kissed each other when they parted.
But when Estelle parted from Mrs. Mal
lory, she bung on her neck as if it had
been her own dear mother she was leav
ing. John saw her safely on her journey, and
when he took her small band to say fare
well, he left in it a sum sufficient for her
necessary expenses.
'I shall not forget you, ever no, not till
my dying day comes.' said Estelle, with
tears in her eyes. 'The good God blesa
f ou for your kindness to tho poor stranger
you and the dear mother and the pretty
Marie.'
In a few weeks the Mallory 's received a
letter from Estelle saying that she had
reached her journey's end in safety, and
was among friends. It was the only letter
they ever received from her.
In course of time John and Mary were
married and settled down on the Mallory
farm, and there, for the present, we will
leave them.
One day a handsome traveling carriage
drew up betore the door of a hotel in a
quiet New England village.. It was an
event in the history of that hotel, for never
had such an establishment been seen there
before. Out came the two hostlers, ont
came the stable boys, out came the bar
keeper, and lastly, out came the landlord
himself.
A gentleman alighted from the carriage,
and was followed by a beautiful, richly
dressed lady. Bobbing hs bare head, and
waving aside his subordinates, the obse
quious landlord led the way to the parlor,
took the orders of his distinguished guests,
and communicated them to his servants.
Then there was an opening and shutting
of doors, a ringing of bells, a rushing to
aud fro in short, a tumult as if the Queen
had come.
When the travelers were left to themselves
the lady broke into a merry laugh.
'Oh, it is too droll, Sir Edward ; it is the
same landlord, who fifteen years ago, bade
me begoue for a thief and a tramp.'
'The villian ! I should like to lay my
cane over his back' said sir Edward.
'It isn't worth while such, an insignifi
cant back,' said the lady ; 'only don't take
on airs, thinking all this attention is for us.
It is only for our carriage and horses, and
our clothes.'
By and by, the landlord, having made
some further errand to the parlor, the lady
who was sitting by the window remarked :
'You have a pleasant little village here.'
'As pleasant and thriving a village as
any in the country,' auswered the landlord.
'Do you know if there is a family by the i
name of Mallory living here ?' asked she.
'There's a farmer by that name, ma'am,
Mr. John Mallory if it's him you mean.'
'The same no doubt. He's living then
and his mother ?'
'She died some six years ago, ma'am, and
it's welh perhaps, considering the micfor
tune that's come to the family.'
'Misfortune ?'
'Then you don't know,' said the land
lord, delighted to have some intelligence to
communicate, but marveling much that
this great lady could feel au interest in the
Mallory family. 'Well, it's a great misfor
tune, and the worst of it is, it was all bis
own fault. If people will be so foolish,
they must take the consequences. There
wasn't a more prosperous man in town
than John Mallory, and his property being
mostly in real estate, there was no reason
why he shouldn't keep it always, and his
children afler him, for real estate doesn't
take to itself wings and flyaway, as other
riches does. But what does John do but
sign a note for a friend, and now he's lost
everything.'
'Everything V
'Everything; just turned himself and
family out of house and home. That is to
say they'll have to go ; there's no help for
it.'
'He's at tho old place now, is he V
'He is, ma'am, but he won't bo long ; the
sale takes place to-day.'
'Thanks,' said the lady ; and then, as if
to herself. 'Poor John ! so like him.'
'You know him ?' queried the landlord.
'He showed me great kindness once, fif
teen years ago. 1 was here also at that
time. Do you remember it ?'
'It is very strange, but really, ma'am, it
has escaped my recollection.'
'Quite likely. It was before my mar
riage.' And with this the landlord was
forced to be satisfied.
The sale was over and John Mallory was
wandering from room to room, taking a
mute farewell of the house which he could
no longer call his own, when his little
daughter came to say that a lady was in
the parlor who had asked to sec him.
'Very well, said he, supposing it to be
some neighbor wishing to see him en atrifl
ing matter of business ; but when he opened
the door a stranger stood before him.
She greeted him courteously, and then
said, without any circumlocution :
'I am the purchaser of your farm, and
I have brought the deed, that you may see
if it is all right.'
He took it listlessly enough, but as he
glanced over it his countenanced changed.
'I don't understand,' said he, and no
wonder, for the deed was made out in his
own name.
'So you, to, have forgotten me, as well
as the big landlord up there ; but may be
you remember that,' and she held ont a
queer little purse of netted silk.
John Mallory fix;d his st a riled gaze
upou her face, and something in the lus
trous eye, the smiling mouth, touching a
long silent chord of memory. Site saw it,
and answering his look, said :
'Ves, I am Estelle LeRoy, and the same
Providence which sent you to me in my
despair has sent me to you in your time of
sorrow. Xo thanks, John Mallory. I do
no more titan requite your kindness to me.
and hardly that ; so keep the deed, I pray
you. But, the purse, with that I will nev
er part'
She then told him that within two or
three-years after returning to Canada, she
had married an Englishman of rank, and
had been in Europo most of her time since;
but thatTEcTug uow on a tour through 'the
States,' they had come out of their way to
visit those who had befriended her in her
need.
'The dear mother is gone, I hear, but the
pretty Marie, is she well ?'
'My wife is well, and will come herself
and thank you for your great kindness.'
'Xot to-night, not to-night ; but to-morrow
Sir Edward will come with me, and
we will talk it over the past and the
present. He know3 it all, and he will say
the thanks are due from ourselves, not
from you.'
And in this she proved a true prophet.
SiisfcIianHnxs.
Tiie Public Libraries of Eckope.
There are ninety-four public libraries in
Europe, which contain more than 100,000
printed volumes each, and whose collec
tions number in the aggregate more than
21.000,000 volumes. Many of them have,
in addition, thousands of valuable manu
scripts. Of these great storehouses of
learning, the Xationalal Library of Pari
is the largest, it containg 2,000,000 printed
volumes and 130,000 manuscripts. The
second position is disputed by the library
of the British of the Biilisb Museum and
the Imperial Library of St. Petersburg,
each of which claims to possess 1,100,000
.volumes. The next position among the
great collections of the world belongs to
the Royal Library of Munich, with its
9,00,000 volumes. The Royal Library of
Berlin has 700,000 volumes ; the Imperial
of Vienna, 600,000.; the Royal of Copen
hagen, 530,000; the Royal of Dresden,
500,000 ; and the Royal of Stuttgart, 430,
000. Xext in importance are the great
University Libraris of Cambridge and Got
tingcu, each of which possesses 400,000
volumes. The University of Breslau has
350,000 ; the Bodleian of Oxprd, 310,000 ;
and the Advocates' of Edinburgh, the
Grand-Ducal of Darmstadt, and tho City
of Slrasburg, 300,000 each. The following
contain 200,000 volumes or more : the Ar
senal and St.-Genevieve of Paris, the Uni
versity of Bonn, the City of Hamburg, the
University of Heidelberg, Jena, Konigs
berg, Loipsic, Munich, and Tubingen, re?
spectively ; the Ducal of Wolfenbuttel, the
National of Pesth, the University of Bolo
gna, the Xational of Florence, Naples, and
Madrid, respectively ; the royal of Brus
sels, the University of Copenhagen, and
the University of Christiania. Appleton's
American Cychiwdia, reriml edition flrti-
cle "Xi'&ran."
The Chinese at nosis. The donies
tic and social life of the Chinese has, per
haps, more features in common with Wes
tern nations than that of other Oriental
peoples. Although polygamy exists among
the wealthier classes, and their women gen
erally live in seclusion, family life is much
esteemd aud cultivated among them. The
first wife has the full control of the house
bold, while the concubines are a little more
than servants and house maids. The Chi
nese illustrate the illustrate the relation by
comparing the wife to the moon- and the
concubines to the .urs, both of which, in
their appropriate spheres, revolve around
the sun. The utmost respect and obedi
ence to the behests of their parents are en
joined to children. The betrothmeot of ,
tho children is entirely in tho hands Of the
parents, and the obligation of the former to
fulfill the contract made by the latter is
enforced by law, even to the annulling of
an agreement made by a son himself in
ignorance of the arrangments of his parents.
Cleanliness is not among the virtues of the
Chinese, either in regard to their habita
tions or their persons. The poorest peo
ple do not change their garments until they
are worn out. Their dress is neither so
uniform or unchanging as is generally sup
posed. Fashions alter there a well as
elsewhere, but not so rapidly as among
European nations. If it were not for tha
shaven cron n and braided tail of the men,
and the crippled feet of the women, little
fault could be found with their costume,
combining as it does warmth and ease.
The garments of the sexes differ more by
their colors than by their shape and cut.
The diet of the Chinese is sufficient iu va
riety, wholesome, and well cooked, though
many of their dishes would appear insipid
to the taste of Europeans and Americans.
The proportion of animal food is probably
smaller among them than among any other
race in tlte same latitudes. Cooking is al
teemcd as a science in Chiua. The China
man considers the Englishman's mode of
feeding the nearest approach to that of the
savages of Formosa ; "for," says he, "tho
Englishman does the chief work of the
slaughter-house upon his dinner-table, and
he remits the principal work of the kitchen
to his stomach." Appletons1 American
Cyclopaedia, revised edition, article 'CAtiin.'
The captain of a steamer, seeing an
Irishman smoking away abaft the wheel
house, stepped up to him and said :
'Don't you see that notice stuck up
there ?'
'Dy'e mane that bit o' painted tin ?'
To be sure I do. Why don't you follow
that ?'
'1 haven't seen it move. It's nailed fast
I consider.'-
. 'I mean have you read that notice ?'
'Divil a bit, shure I don't know how to
rade.'
Well, it says, 'Xo- smoking allowed
bcre."
'Be the powers, it doesn't consarn me a
mite, thin, for I niver smoked 'aloud' in
my life.'