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'hvsician of thia tvlebr.ited Institution, has
covered the most curtain, roeily, pleasQt ud
-ctual nmHlv in tbc world Tor all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Ycaktiets ot tbe Back or L'mh, Strictures,
ectiona of Kidneys ud Bladder, lnvolun
y Diwharces, Irapqtf ucy, General Dibili
Nervouhue, Dvsprpay, l.ncuor, Low
rits, C'tillon of Ideas, Palpitation of
lieail, Timidity, TrembiinKs, DimneMS
Sictit or lMiueaa, Disease of the Head,
rout, Xe or Skin, Affections of Liver, Lunirs,
inaih or Bowels these terrible Disorders
cine from tbe Solitary Habits of Youth those
ret and solitary practice more fatal to their
tims than the song ot Syrens to tbe Mariners
Ul.vstes, blighting their most brilliant hopes
anticipations, rendering marriage, toc., ira;os-
1OUN0 MEN
kt'.hIIv, who have become the victims of Soli
y Vice, that dreadful aud destructive habit
icb annually sweeps to an untimeiy rrave
inlands of young men of tbe most exalted
enta and brilliant intellect, who might other
e bare entranced listening Senates with the
inders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy tbe
uiK lyre, may call witn rull confidence
MARRIAGE.
IarrieJ Persons or Young Men contemplating
mace, aw una ox Ftijsifal weamicSR, (Lou
Frocreative Power Impoteney), Nervous Ex-
ibiiitv. Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner
is Debility, or any other Disqualification,
edi'.v relieved
le who places himself under the care of Dr. J
y religiously confide in bis honor as a gentle
n, and coniidently rely unon his skill as a Phv-
ian.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
potency, lxf of Power, immediately Cured
1 full z't Kebtorcd
This Distressing A flection which renders Life
crable and marriage impossible is the penalty
d by the victims of improper indulgences,
ung persons are too apt to commit excesses
m not being aware of the dreadful cotiseqences
,t may ensue. Now, who that understands
: subject will pretend to deny that the ower
procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
:roper habits than by the prudent I Besides
ng deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring,
uiOft serious and destructive symptoms to both
ly and mind arise. The system becomes de
t;rcd, tbe Physical and Mental Functions
akened, Loss of frocreative Power, Nervous
liability, Dyspe ia, Palpitation of the Heart,
ligestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
the Frame, Congh, Consumption. Decay and
utli.
V CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Vrsons ruined in health by unlearned preteu-
who keep them trilling mouth after month,
:icg poisonous and injurious compounds,
mid apply immediately.
DR. JOHNSTON,
;ni!er of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lon-
i. Graduated from one of the most eminent
1'egc in the United States, and the greater
i of whose ife has been 6pent in the hospitals
London, Pris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
etlected some of the most 'astonishing cures
it were ever known ; taaay troubled with ring
; in the bead and ears when asleep, great
"vousncss, being alarmed t sndden soHnds,
lifuluesg, with frequent blushing, attended
nelimes with derangement of mind, were cured
mediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Jr. J. addresses all those who have injurrd
mselves by improper indulgence and solitary
bits which ruin both body and mind, unfitting
m for either busiuesn, study, society or mar
ge. These are some of the sad and melancholy
cts produced by early habits of youth, viz:
aknees of tbe Back aud 'Limbs, Pains in the
ckand Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
ar Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy,
rvous Irritability, Derangement of Digestive
notions, General" Debility, Symptoms of Con
niption. Ace.
VtEXTALLt Tbe fearful effects on the mind
: much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con
iion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
rebodings, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
ve of Solitude, Timidity, Sec, are some of the
Is produced
ruot'SASDS of persons of all ages can now
lire what is the cause of their declining health,
ing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
d emaciated, having a singular appearance
out the eyes, cough and symptom of consump
n. YOUNG MEN
ho have injured th mselves by a certain prac
e indulged in wheu alone, a habit frequently
irned from evil companions, or at scheol, the
eets of which are nightly felt, even when
!ep, aud if not cured, renders marriage impos
ile, and destroys both mind and body, should
'ply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, tbe hope of his
untry, the darling of his pareuts, should be
atclu-4 from all prospects and enjoyments oi
e, by the consequence of deviating from the
tli of nature and indulging in a certain secret
.bit. Such ierons must before contemnlatiug
MARRIAGE.
Oect that a sound mind and body are the iiiob1
ccssary requisites to promote connubial happi
ss. Indeed without these, the journey through
fe becomes a weary pilgrimage ; the prospect
urly darkens to the view ; the mind becomes
ladowed with despair and tilled with the inelan
loly reflection, that the happine of another
!comes blighted with our own.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent voiary ot
leasure finds that he has imbibed the seeds ot
lis painful disease, it too often happens that an
1-limed sense of shame, or dread of discovery,
eters him from applying to thoss who, from
ducat ion and respectability, can aloue befriend
im, delaying till tbe constitutional symptoms of
bis horrid disease make their appearance, such
.e ulcerated rs throat, diseased nose, noctural
wins in the hea& nd limbs, dimness of sight,
leat'ness, nodes on ,e (Uin bones and arms,
ilotches on the heaa, an(j extremities, pro
rressingwith frightful niaitJj tiu at iagt lac
Dalate of the mouth or the . of the nogefill
i mii. ...u.r
th victim Ol vum h,.,.m.
a horrid object of commiseration death
a period to his dreadful -..ending
him to "thatUndiseov
no traveller returns
it t. a tnelancho
It is a melancholy fact that thousand,
LSi fYlfiJ terrible disease, through
victim, to this wrnu "uBh, rK8L
into the
hand, oi guo.". r- p -
Poi
, an
TENDERS, wno, vy - . , and
sou, jicrcuij, - ,h nnhappv sntlcrer
iucapable of curing, M VV or
. Wercury.c., ue-r J -
month ftflcr JVa of being restored
jurious wfflfteB in des-
Jir,SSll2r.U Health to sigh ove,
his caning "i VT" t-To oledges hlm-
IttSSSS The io i Inviolable '!d
elf to preserve in- . n,aervaiions In
,r.;..,rvethe most lovioiao.c
from bis extensive Pni- fifel In
Cll -
t"TMi rrincePhilade.
this counirj, -- ff tne most OPr
ranreuarremedytn the world
JOHNSTON.
.t v mi ? ' s FREDERICK STREET.
CIT tE, NO. 7, r BaXTIMOBB, M. I).
i iv k, aide eoing from Baltimore street, a few
etr- ?rom th Sr. Fall uot to observe name
"tter. nJ?S$?
"r,, ..omntobeoBefiontherepiy. r
comainiuf m ' r d -en(i a portiou
ons wr
rrlt ng tnouio , .
.,17," Mcribing symptoms.
There are au theroaelves as
Worthies. Impnster.Bdvertl.mK "em
Jel TXZ ? with and ruining the tealth
rnjaicwu.. ' . f lnto tneir power,
cf all who unfortunately fall
.k.t rr. Jnbnaton aeeuia -r - ,
that Ur.Jonnaiuu ---- -- h w reouta-
pecUll, to those a,wa,
tion that m w1"1""
incnt,year u". "VatTons perform.d by Dr.
port ant Surgical Oli atous F t of Ul(.
Johnston, witncseo "l'';: notices of which
press and .
have apjearea """-7BiUman of character
beside, hi. .landing ft IS" ,lurall.eetothe
,,-naib 1 tv. IS ft iuiircf--,-
affiic-ted- Shin disease. .Kd'lJ curea.
April 9. 1K75- It
PT.MHIi MILLS
J.lj n
Third Street, adjoining Phil a Erie R. R.. iw
Hinare. rorvu oi
SUNBURY, PA.
IV A T. 'clement.
1 9 prepared to fnrnl.hev.r, toerigj
RAN DAS, BRACKETS.
ft LaftOB ftSBOBTKEyt 0
n i T.T. LUllBEIl.
SJl.OCK and PI. Alw, Bhtoglw, Picket.
Lathe, e.
r,t1. led. ft.d .hipv -11
..
3roffssir
L BURY, PA. Office in Market Square,
taujoluiiiK tLc effo- rf V. r. "wnough, Em..)
Professional business in this and adjoining Cun
lies promptly attended to.
Sunbury, March 1C, lS72.-ly.
j o:ifi f7A ii x o Lp,
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Liverpool, Perry count j. 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 Kuglish languages.
april 17, lS74.-ly.
w
n. A. SOBER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND COCXTT 80UCITOK.
OiUce on Front Street below Market, Sunbnry,
Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly
attended to.
JAMES IIEARI.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office In Haupt's building, South EaBt Corner
of Market Square, Suubury, Pa.
Special Attention Paid to Collectioks.
A X. II K ICE.
iV ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and acting JUSTICE or THE PEACE.
Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest
nut Street, Sunbury, Pa.
Collections and all legal matters promptly at'
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER.
ATTORNEY Al LAW, AND
ACTIXU JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Con reyanclng.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. OlQce
in Haupt's building, Market street, Sunbury, Pa.
April U,'75.
G.
A. DOTDOKF,
Attorney-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
North u in berland Co., Peinia.
Can be consulted ia the English and German
languages. Collections attended to in North
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley t ire Insu
rance Company. - mhl5
W. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9, 1872. tf.
O B. BUYER, Attorney and Counsellor
KJ at Law. Office in Wolverton's Law build
ing, Second street, SUNBURY, PA. Professional
business attended to, in the courts of Northum
oerland aud adjoining counties. Also, in the
Circuit and District Courts for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to cams In Bank
rnptey. Consultation can be had in the Ger
man language. April v,-7S.
L.
II. HAKE, Attornev at Law, SUN
BURY, PA., otlice in Wolverton's Law
bwlding. Second street. Collections made in
Northumberland and adjoining counties.
April J,'75.
J. Merrill Liun. Andrew H. Dill. Frank. 6. Marr.
LINX. DILI. A MARK,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Nest door to the Presbyterian church, Market
S-juare, SUNBURY,
April ! '75 Northumberland Co., Pa
T7DMUND DAVIS,
J2J ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SUNBURY, PENN'A
Office In Master's Building, south side of Mar
ket Square. . April V, 75.
JAHF-S II. MeDEVITT,
A T
XTTORNET AT XJAW AND
Usited States Co jmihsionkr. Office with S.
B. Boyer, Esq., in Wolvertou'a Law Building,
Suubury, Pa. April 975.
O P. WOLYERTUX, Attorney at Law.
Oa Market Square, SUNBURY.PA. Profession
al business in this and adjoining counties prompt-
v attended to.
HR. XIASSER, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder.
Montour, Columbia and Lyc lunng. apllO-b'J
O EU. Y. 7.IEaFR,
VT ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office opposite depot. Third Street. Sun
bnry, Pa.
Collections and all professional business
pr-mptly attended to iu lb Courts of Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
October 1S75.
D1
R. 4'. n. n ART IX, Olllr. i Drug
store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11a. m., to 1 p. m., and from C to 9 v. in.,
al all other hours, when not rroressionally cn
aged can be found at his residence, on Chestnut
Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention
given to surgical cases. Will visit Patients
either iu town or country.
E.
V. GORIX,
ATTTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Office on cast Market street, opposite the CHy
Hotel, Sunbury, Pa.
Prompt and careful attention paid to convey
ancing. May 14. 1875
GR. CADWALLADER, Market Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Puints. Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books, Dairies, Ac.
DE.XTISTRY.
GEORGE M. RENN,
In Simpson's Building, Market Square,
Scnbcrt, Pa.,
I Ja. prepared to do all kinds of work ieria!ning
ft lutDentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
tnaterViisortment of Teeth, and other Dental
and met. tiro which he will be able to select,
All work waints of his customers,
the money riundftd to give satisfaction, or else
The very be mouv
kept on hand. vash and Tooth-Powders
Ilis references are W
whom be has worked fojNncrous patrons for
Sunbury, April 21, 1S72. .gt twelve years.
. aa- llfil'MK. (Formerly "a.
Htel.'Te opened July 11W5.) Hltj
v..-, nanville. Pa. L. O. STICKtK, n ;t
v m . frm the
tor. Guests convey w
Good sample room ior
Aug. 13, TS -iy-
1MAoSS. Bta. Centre, Williamsport,
Pa- i'jt itvtroUD. Proprietor.
M IU. Vi -
Dec. 11, 187.
.,i t!iv Tliird Street below
M.rket. Sunbury, Pa. PETER 8. BLK
, Proxrletor. Rooms neat ana c" "'",v" "
.ScTwith the delioacle. of th.
and the waiters ntteniiv-- r,--
Suuqury, Jan. 'J2, 1S75.
-. . t-i-m HOTEL. W. F.
XT KI TciIEN ProprV'tor. Opposite the De
U .'.'.S .v,' . ' pr attention given to
Kueand te beit accommodation given.
April 5, 17.$.
AUGUSTUS
XI ATI OS AJ. -'""'"'.town North'd
- ai bt mm'w at. . r
C. R-
afford.. Good stauimt ;
ftCcomodaUonofthe tmblte. tlJinltJHmian, where she ha, last
serve Jis inenu. and an other
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, ftno
quors.
w. . KH
i. PCKHaaS
w a ft A IhOAI"
H B1TAIL BliLtBl OF
D"L: "
ANTIIRACITE COAL, 8UNBV.i, , " Store . which are offered at .xtremely low price..
OfficwtTHAS,FA0iLT Co.; Ladies .re e.peci.Ily Invited lo call and ex
Ordere left at 8e8holt8 ABro'.. office, M th9 Bew 8tyle ftn(J aiC,rtan th
uwit U1 NcdTC prompl ftttention. prje.s. KATE MECK.
Oet. iW, 1875. If-
L?a
1V. lii 1 V.I ll W.tJl
AXTIIHACITE '!!
TTALE.VriXE IlIETZ, Wholesale
V Retail dealer in cverv variety of
and
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kids of Grain taken in exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
at S. F. Neviu's Confectionery Store, ou Third
treet, will recieve prompt attention, and money
receiptedfor. the same as at the olliee.
COAL, FLO I' It, iRAI. AM IMIOS.
P II ATE.
rr,HE uudersigned having connected the Coal
JL business with his exteiiveFLOURS: GRAIN
trade, is prepared to supply families with the
VERY REST OF COAL,
CIIEAI' FOR CASH.
Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken in exchange for Coal.
I am also prepared to supply to farmers and
others
THE NATIONAL SOLUBLE BONE. !
This Phosphate is of a higher grade than is
usual in this country, and is sold at a reasonable
price.
J. M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbury, 8pi, 10, 1875. If.
'Mi&itlhimsmz.
SIXHIKT MARBLE YARD,
Fourth Street below Market,
SCNBUR Y, P EN N' A.
THF. undersigned has returned from the Ver
non! Marble Quarries with SG Tons of
&).ule for
Moijuroeuts, irave-S(onos,
&.!., S'C.
IT '1 V ' He b homrht at Blleh fiiriiria tint
will allow him to sell better stone, for
less money, than heretofore. Thebct
A'hich is better than Italian. Rutland is now
sold as low as the Manchester.
Those who need anything in the Marble Hue,
for Monuments, Grave-Stones, or other purposes,
will find it to their interest to call and examine
this large stock, as better bargains can bo 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, 1S73.
TIIE KlXCi RARRER SHOP
IS THE SHOP OF THE TOWN and long
has htv.n ; ask history aud 6hc will tell you
Men have grown old in our patronage
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 and lastiog 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, plying
our vocation with the highest style of art and
perfection, and aspiring to achieve the highest
reward of merit attainable in our bumble 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 aud comb with tate tbe hair ;
Shampoo the head with soothing earn,
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 oar 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 oolor of
his skin, ought not to allcct hit usefulness nor
his qualifications. A fair chance is al! that we
demand, to give the proof to all tbe land.
JAMES W. WASHINGTON.
Proprietor.
Sunbury, April 5, 1873 ; No. 91, Market St.
iehi Abbcrliscmcnts
TP
A XEW STOCK OF
MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS.
CHAS. M.UIIL
Has just returned from the Eastern citie,witb an
elcgaut selections of
CLOTns,
CASSI JIERES,
and VESTINGS,
of the finest Frcuch Brands, Trimmings, &.C.
He is now ready to receive orders for
SPRING AND SUMMER 8UITS
of any gired stylo. The latest styles of pat
terns on hand, and
NEAT FITS GUARANTEED.
Yon will find prices at as reasonable s
elsewhere. Give me a call.
CHAS. MAIHL,
FOURTH ST., Opponitt CITY UOTEL,
SUNBURY, PA.
Sunbury, April P, 1875.-tf.
WATCHES, JEWELRY cV SILVER-1
WARE.
John W. Stevenson,
Corner Third and Market Sts, Snnbury, Pa.
HAS completely renovated his Store Room,
aud opened the largest assortment of
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, POLID SIL
VER AND PLATED WARE,
ever exhibited in this part of the State. Every
thing in the Jewelry line is kept in store.
Silver-Ware,
RraceletM,
King A CbaluM,
f ") description and of the finest quality
Particular attention paid to repairing
W atflieM, C lock. Jewelry, de.
HAIR JEWELRY made to order. "
Sunbury, March C, 1874.
hn H. Sell. John M. Schonolh
.SELL A St HOXOllt.
FOcnd Street, WoMELSDORr, Pa.
-V.ND DOMESTIC LIQUORS
PorVANDIES, GINS,
AprLEWa WIilUey,
All L;f-. sold aurraVI, &C.
Order-Ptomptiy attended'.8 represented.
troW '"'sptctrully solicited. pnbllc ra-
SELL 8CIK
d St., Vomelsdorf, BerkUK-
F27, 1S74. i,.
Pa.
A
Pw Millinery S oi
W.
. MKCK
rcspwtfallj Informs
public tht she ha. opened a
m " -""""re new .tock of Fall and Winter
Good8 of fce ,Rtegt aDJ"lr
resisting- of
- f wn, y
I
lass m msim,
FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS,
0xxJ 'nd in a flrst-cla.s Mllllnpr,
mm
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MANIFESTS,
CIRCULARS.
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mine our samples. No trouble to give estimates
and show goods. We shall cheerfully do this
to all, who call for that purpose, without charge.
l5if"Oideri for Subscription. Advertising or
Job Printing, ihnnkfully received.
Addrcs
EM'L WILVERT, Proprietor,
SUNBURY. PA.
JIIE
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IT CIRCULATES
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Y, Intelligent ftnd
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ATTORX EV.
J. ll.lU UllClT.TVerH Ktrur'lf With l.Vi.r.
ty caugtit at tiie feairts of the legal profes
Hion. A sigu with ilt lutttrs, "David
Moss, Attoroey and Solicitor at Law,"
was tacked on my office door on Louisiana
avenue. ithiu a few dusty books, an
empty desk and a dilapidated arm chair,
proclaimed my legal status. I had waited
patiently for criminal and peiplexed deb
tors to rush in and seek my advice, but
they did not rush well ; hope deferred had
almost made my heart sick. On the rnorn-
in or December 21st. 1871, I sat disjon
solately in my office, with my ovorcoat
buttoned up to my chin, said overcoat an
swering in lieu of fire, and took a prosptc
live glance at my affairs. My finances stood
two live, that is a five cent nickel to a two
cent copper.' The five cents would buy a
glass of beer and the two cents a pretzel.
1 smiled at my anticipated happiness, and
took an inventory of my ward robe. Like
their owner, my coat and pants had evi
dently seen better days, for, although ru3
ty and threadbare, they showed traces of
their original color texture. I commenced
to ruminate ou my condition aud achieve
plans lor the future. But all I coukl bring
to aid me were the words of Horace Greely,
"(o West," and 'you are a liar." I knew
I was a liar technically speaking, because
lay sigu proclaimed me to be au attorney
mid solicitor at law, and yet I had not had
n single case to plead before the bar, al
though I was nominally a member. To
g west was to my fancy a literal burial o1
a 1 my "splendid possibilities. I knew I
ossessed (what young man is there that
does not think the same ?) genius that
Tould astonish the world it i. could only
irk. I . . 1 1 . . T . T - , ....
I iuu au uuuui, iiusi.ii i arnvcu at tins
Jpoiut in my reflections, the door of my of
JfJce 8wuu2 softly ou il3 hinges, and a man
closely muffled in winter apparel stood by
my side.
'Are you a lawyer, sir ?' he 6aid. with
i questioning glance iu his steel gray eyes.
'That is my businbss,' I returned, cooly
B.raighteuing myself to the full height of
ay live feet six.
He smiled at my manner, clipped a
fiTe dollar note ia my hand, and said
blindly, 'I have come for advice.'
This was coming lo the point. I thaw
ed instantly ana asked my client to bo
stttcd.
!Ie was a middle aged man, tall and
sinswy with black hair, sparsely mixed
wib gray. Ilis drees and manner pro
chuued hiai a man of wealth. I noticed
this as he slowly seated himself.
'hippose,' said he, 'you had an only j
daughter, and she was obstinately deter-
minid ou marryini; a man that joa de
spised, n man wlumi you knew to bo a vil
lain, tut had no means of proving it.'
'b your daughter of age ?' I asked.
'I did not say she was ray daughter,
young man ; you jump at couclusbu3 ; no
able lawyer accepts anything without
proof.-
I felt that I had suddenly changed places
with hm that he was the attorney and I
was th client, but taking uo notice of his
word8,I repealed the question.
'Is sie of age ?'
'Ye' was the reply, 46he is of age and
as ohsiuate as a mule.'
'Disnherit her,' I suggested.
'Oi.' said he, with a shrug of his shoul
der, 'ihave tried everything; I have told
her sb shouldn't luve a penny of my mo
ney ; I have kept her on bread and water ;
hired i governess to watch her, in fact, I
have ;ft no stone unturned.'
'TJsre remain only two methods ; inear
ccratiher in an insane asylum, or put de
tectivs on his track aud convict him of
some gnoble action, 1 said.
'Ymr last uWirestion is the best. But
even f I 6hould convtevhim of murder she
wouli imagine that it was a couirat-y on
my jart. and marry him at the gallows.'
II remained in deep thought for several
ruioites and then said : 'Young man I
don I think your business is very lucrative
how would you like to change it for souih
thirg more proGtable ?'
' Giange or starvation was evidontly a
j necessity for me. so of course I had no
I objections to offer. Iu fact any escape
, from my present condition was like a god
j send to me. I imparted my willinguess to
' make anv reasonable change. We soon
agreed upon terms which seemed to me
more than liberal and together concocted
some plan to bring the young lady to sub
mission. I had some compunction of conscience,
for two against one, and that one of the
weaker sex, seemed hardly fair ; but the
novelty and the romance and the solid cash
connected with it, reconciled me to the sit
uation. CHAPTER II.
Just a9 the sun from the west was gliding
the Capitol dome with the last gleams of
departicg day, the train from Baltimore
came puffing in. It was Christmas eve,
and Hie OUSy CroWUa we, feurrying totlifir
homes.
Two days before, David Mos8, attorney
and solicitor, seedy and threadbare, had
left for Baltimore. This evening the train
brought back David Moss an elegantly
attired gentleman. It is astonishing how
one's dress increases their self respect. X"
"loubt- Polonius thought of thi cU
said to Ma son. 'Costly - nabit a9 tby
purse can buj , for the apparel oft proclaims
the man.'
What a change it had made in my feel
ings ! A few days ago so despondent, now
buoyed up by hope and ray good looks, 1
felt as happy as a king. My mirror had
toid r3 th same flattering tale which it
tells nany a bell. My ambrosial locks
were curled in style, my blonde moustache
whs waxsd to perfection, my bluo eyes
spaikled, and my mannerly form was im
roeBsed in an elegant suit of broadcloth.
Besides all this, I had cultivated a becom
pallor, for I was to enact the role of invalid.
A carriuge was waiting, I was assisted into
it by the obsequious footmen, and sank
languidly on the cushions. 1 was driven
to an elegant mansi. net by the host and
almost i-j.rrifi1 luxurious chamber. I
was too fatigued to go down sta.rs that
evening, but the amount of supper I con
trived to swallow, and the wine it Uwk to
wash it down, would have astonished a
restaurateur.
In the morning my head was 80 bad
I took ray coffee to bed. At dinner time I
managed with my assistance, to get to the
dining-room, and for the first time met
Kat Marston, the young lady whose dear-
i
jr. i ...
r- oi uopes t nad come lo nvprthrnw r
the Grst glance I bej.in to think that per
haps old Mr.-Marston had made a grave
mistake in briuging me there. I never
had au ideal; lav busy life in college and
my mocev to live t nil nffru-n
. ,
lowed no margin for dreams. But I
sure Kale Marslou fcoibodit-d all the
"nts which have composed my ideal
Mie was small, a perfect brunette wit
LIlli; f'Ves wlu,.l. i.i . ,
j--, 'uifjui eparKie wun love
or hate, red lips aud cheeks, lustrous black
hair, white, shapely teeth, aud, in fact,
everything which is charming in woman.
She treated me very kindly, very gently,
because I, her father's friend was an inva
lid. If 1 bad been apparently strong and
heartv she nM I,., v..
" w w "'JV. L.V IITJ4, lain
er's motives, and met every advance with
a rebuff, lie had brought Re vi-ml pliitif.la
j young men to his house but Kate had
sent
them about their business in anything but
a complimentary Btyle. All the ladies who
had been hired as companions she won
over to her disobedience, and were dis
charged iu disgrace. It was planned that
while drawing on her sympathy, and seek
iug kindly affices from her. I should
watch over her, keep with her as much as
I could, and excite if possible, the jealousy
of her lover, aud tempt him to some des
perate action.
I felt immediately that it would be a
pleasant task, although had I been as I
appeared, a young man of landed estate,
I would have entered into it with greater
zeal. For a few days everything progressed
smoothly. Kate was assiduous in her at
tentions to my comfort. I would lie on
the sola and she would read to me iu her
dulcet tones. I enjoyed this heartily, for
she was really a good reader, and Tcuuy
son or Byron from her lips was the sweet
est music to me.
Wrjen my head ached, and I oftea had
severe spells with ray head, how tenderly
she bathed it with those deft Cnger9 of
hers. I would have been -content to live
and bask in the eunshine of her presence
forever, but observation showed me that
there was a necessity for action. Some
times Kate would shut herself up in her
room for nn hour or two, Meanwhile, I
on whom time always hung heavily when
She was absent, placed my chair by ths
window to view passers by. Invariably I
saw a man pacing up and down in front
of the house. He was of medium size,
light complexion, blue gray eyes, long side
whiskers, a mixture between flaxen and
brown. Most people would have called
him rather good looking, but a close obser
of character would have noted the strange
shaped forehead and the gradual sinking
iu of the features at the bridge of the nose
I was not Ion g in finding out that this was
Kate's lever, and I took a strange delight
in watching him. I caught him looking
at me with a malignant scowl. With
Kate's re-appearauce he always disappear
ed. I was certain that they were keeping
up a correspondence, but I never saw her
receive any letters. I beiran to concoct
plans to prevent this. I begged her as a
great favor to help me in writiug some let
ters which was a necessity for me to write.
but which, on account of my weakness, I!
was uuable to do. 1 kept her for long
hours writing letters about all sorts of things
to imaginary people, which, of course,
were never mailed. I have some of them
yet carefully put away in my writing desk.
Then we took long rides, and she, believ
ing me to be a stranger in the city, pointed
out objects of interest, and answered the
numerous questious which I chose to ask.
I think at those times she must have
thought me very stupid, and possessed of
very little information, but she aiwaya (
answered me with the same unwearying j
kindness. j
With the fiiuiu.ss aud, as her father
termed it, obstinacy, there was always in
her that gentleness and sweetness which
characterizes the true lady. I onlv siiml
that she had not bestowed her love on some
worthy object myself, for iustance. Luck
ily 1 uit'i.,, ouu lnat jjncw me as David
Moss, atloruty amj guiicitor ; but we near
ly always passed nowhere in our rides
her lover, whom her ;:-.a,r.r toj j me wa8
Walter Keveaux.
At such times Kate would b-v an(j
smile, while he returned a haughty iio
which brought frightened, grieved looks
into Kale's fair face. Then an insane de
sire would seize me to jump out of the car
riage and give him the thrashing he de
served, but discretion being the better part
of valor. 1 would on rejection remain seat
ed, and by playful badinage endeavor to
coax back Kate's smiles.
1 had been at Marston 's house nearly a
mouth, and bceu treated as au honored
gue.st by both master aud mistress. The
change in my life seemed almost as won
derful as the miracles wrought by Alladiu's
lamp. I came slowly down stairs on this
morning, a little earlier than usual, and
entered the dining room. I had expected
to tiud uo one there, and was surprised to
see Kate kneeling before her pet canary,
weeping bitterly, and between her sobs
sayiug, 'good-bye, sweetheart,' for so she
called the bird. I euteied unobserved, so
I slipped out again aud closed the door
softly after me, determined to closel"
watch affairs
.rpn'.fnttt find
I came
. . !ilru(lv Ri'.itpii. 1 hfr
fouud h"- ' - .... . . t- , .
.c no traces of agitation about Kate ;
there seemed to be an added sweetuess and
geutleness in her manner to her father. I
complained of having passed a bad night
and of feeling badly. I kept my room
most of the day, but within its precincts 1
raged furously. To let her escape with
that scoundrel, seemed to me would be to
let the last of my life depart. No, I was
determined to prevent it even at the cost of
my life.
The day wore away iu slow, intermina
ble length. I did uot tell her father what
I suspected, but prepared to keep my vigil
alone. By ten o'clock the house was si
lent. I knew that Kate had gone to her
room, for 1 had beard light steps on the
stairs some time before ; I lowered the gas,
opened my door silently, and prepared lo
listen to every sound.
The town clock struck eleven, twelve,
and one, before my patience was rewarded,
then the creaking of the stairs drew my at
tention. Looking out 1 saw in tbe dim
ngtita dark robed figure stealing down,
then the clicking of the locks in a moment.
I followed through the gale, dowu to the
end of the square, where a closely covered
carriage was awaiting. I arrived just in
time to hear Walter Keveaux's voice say
ing: 'Kate darling, I knew you would come,'
when I took her by the arm and said :
'Kate Miss Marston; you should not
do this mad thing. Return with me to
your father.'
Then Kveaux's voice iu a passion cried
udic tuu luierlert I nili tem h
-1 juii uglier manovrs
an, U,fre I couW avoil, it l0
tie- to! and fired
if I j I felt a dull paiu in my sid
raised a pU-
: then carce
CIIAITERIII.
When I returned t consciousnrss I
heard voices faintly whispering : 'He can
not last much longer, poor fellow.'
I had a dim idea that the mora was full
of people, but I recognized no one; then
came another blank.
J wouuuca m the side.
I ft I
most fatal, but careful nursing and a eood
constitution triumphed. After returning
to consciousness this second time I mended
rapidly. I think what helped rae most was
Kate's sweet face bending over me with
such a world of teudemess in it. I con
valenced rapidly, and Kate aud I soon re
sumed our rides. One morning Mr. Mars
ton summoned me in his library and told
me that I must appear as a witness against
Reveaux. Thia I did not wish to do. for
tear that it might complicate Kate : but Mr.
V- ft . .
marston insisted, and the trial
ted in Mr. Ileveaux hir.cr nrfi
resul
to the
o w
penitentiary for three years. '
Kate manifested no feeliug : her lover
eeemed to have yield to the circumstauces.
With Mr. Reveaux'a sentence my work
was done. I had gained the end for which
I was employed. I told Mr. Marston this
and thanked him for his kindness.
'Do you really wish to leave us, my boy?'
'No,' I replied ; 'but I have completed
my mission, and now there is nothing left
for me to do. In leaving vou
r ml " ' - J
thing aud go forth into the world more
desolate than I came.'
'But why riot stay ? I have property
which needs care. I can find plenty for
you to do.
Can't you sea that it is madness for rae
to stay ? I have only relieved you from one
trouble to drag you into another. I came
here heart whole ; I shall go away leaving
my heart behind me. I would have been
persumptuous enough to have told you
' this had
you not forced me to explain ; as
you see it is, the only course open to me is
to go. You have only escaped one danger
to encounter another.'
What a kind, benignant expression came
into the old gentlemen's eyes as he replied:
'If Kate loves you, you can marry her.
I only ask my son-in-law sterling worth,
and 1 believe that you possess that. I care
not for money, landed estates, or whether
blue blood or plebian flows in your veins,'
It is woith makes the man
The want of it the fellow."
I lost no time in finding Kate, and tell-
ing her the old, old story ; when I had fin-
ished she looked up and said : 'Can you
trust me now. I have been so very, very j
wicked.' i
Trust her! No augel from heaven
would have seemed purer, aud so I told
her.
My sign, VD.ivid M.m. Attorney and
Solicitor nt Itw.' hangs out once more in
view of the capitol. It is uot now merely
an empty sign, but a reality, and my prac
tice is not only large but lucrative. I have
a special penchant for unfledged attorneys,
and do all that I can to throw practice in
their way that they may show of what
stuff they are made.
iHiscfllancous.
1 AMKI. WEBSTER! FRIEXD.
He wasn't such an old man, but his f
was very sad, his hair was long, p'
was bent over. He entered t",ore n
Jefferson avenue Saturday, a" a,ter warm
ing his hands at the sto- he inluirc1 of
'Will you give a little advice ?'
'I guess so,- what is it ?' wa9 the cheer
ful reply.
The stranger backed up to the stove,
wiped his nose on his hand, and after a
moment continued :
'If you wanted to die would you jump
into the river or take pizeo ?'
'Well, 1 don't know about that. I guess
x rather live on than do either one.
Why, 0 you feei like dying ?
'I do, nrr j 8ajj the man in a deep
toned voice. Ye, I've staid around
long enough.'
'What's the matter why do you want
to die ?' questioned the niefttaant.
'What's there to live for r demanded
the sad man. 'There hain't no suet, times
as there used to be no such men as thre
once was.'
. Well, the times are a little hard, but
there's lots of good men left, I guess.'
'Purdy good, maybe,' said the old man
as he felt of the stovepipe, 'but 1 can't
'sociate with 'em ! After a mnu has
knocked around with Daniel Webster aud
Henry Clay he can't come down on a level
with these every day plugs and feel
'Did you associate with "
. i , , , nar.Js with Clay,
'Did I I ve
' I'atrick Henry more times
'in you've got hairs on your head !'
'You have, eh V
'And I knew Giuerai Lafayette and all
those fellers, aud now to have to come
down on a par with these no-accounts is
killing me by inches. I don't tare if I die
to night I'
'I guess you could get along if you tried
hard,' said the sarcastic image 1' exclaimed
the old mau, spitting on the stove with
great vigor. 'I am as far above such sun
flower men as you are, as the eagle is above
the chipmunk !'
'You get out of here !' said the merchant
'You are au ignorant old drunkard !'
'I am, eh ?' shouted the old man, and he
backed the merchant over a box of palm
leaf fans. The clerks hauled him off and
threw him out doors, aud as the police
took him the old man said :
'I'm ready to die! Daniel Webster is
up there with the angels, and I hear him
calling me to get out o' this one-horse
crowd.' Detroit Free Press.
The North Cornwall furnace, six miles
south of Lebanon, Pa., have blown in.
The nasi escaping from defective pipes
is killing ail the shade trees in Dan lle.
Mr. Albert W. Porter, of Tsa county
raised this year. onJp-creB of nd. 240
bunhels -aTB7weighLog thirty eight
pounds to the fctishel.
The Two Bill.
Two bills were awaitin in :e bank for
their tuin to get out into the woriJ. Oue
r;zz :.:ti; ti", -.z i ':'. -.i -
While lying there sida by side, they fell
a t Iking about their ufu.'nes. Th dol
lar bill murmured out :
'Ah ! if I were k big as y.,j. what good
I would do ! I o-uU tlVo in such bura.
a-?.. a "... "
Face3, ai,u people -.uouid be , careful or
me, wh-.rever I.aijouid go! Everybody
would admire me, and want to take me
home with them ; but. small I am. what
good can I do? Nobody cares math for
me. I am too little to be of any use.'
'Ah, yes I that is so,' sard the thousand
dollar bill ; and ii gathered up its well
trimmed edge that was lying next the Kttie
-nii, in corn scio-j superiority. 'That U
so.' it rivaled. 'If ynU were as great as I
am. a thousand times big-er than you,
tlinyou rui-ht hope to do'some good in
the world.' And its face smiled a wrinkle
of contempt for the little dollar bilL
Just then tha cashier conies, takes the
little murmuring bill, and kindly gives it to
a poor widow.
vrou ojs you n ,he . &
smiling face she received it. 'My dear -hungry
children can now have some bread.'
A thrill of joy ran through the little bill
as it was folded up in the widow's hand
and it whispered : 'I may do some good, if
I am small.' And when it saw the bright
faces of her fatherless children, it was very
glad that it could do a little good.
Then the little dollar bill began iu jour
ney of usefulnes. It went first to the
baker's for bread, then to the miller's, then
to the farmer's, then to the laborer's then
lo the doctor's, then to the minister's, and
wherever it went it gave pleasure, adding
something to their joy.
At last afusr a long, long pilgrimage of
usefulness among every sort of people, it
came back to the bank acaiu. crumnled.
ue.aceu, ragged, softened by its daily use.
Seeiug the thousand dollar bill lying there,
with scarcely a wrinkle or fingermark up n
it, it exclaims :
'Pray sir, aud what has been your mis
sion of usefulness ?'
The big bill replies : 'I have been from
safe to safe among the rich, where few
could set, and :hey were afraid to let me
go out far lest I should bo lost. Few
indeed are they whom I have made happier
by my mission.'
Then the little dollar bill said : -1. is
better to be small and go among tbc multi
tudes doing good, than to be so great as to
be imprisoned in the safes cf the few.-
And it rested satisfied with its lot.
Ir r ,
AxcrEXT Wall rx Mississippi.
About eighteen miles from Port Gibson,
and ono mile from Brandywinjiags, on
th place of M. QiajJTxlence oTa
Jfr Tf blocks of cut stone has
Jt. s:tl f,.r an indefinite time. aDd the
iuni)l. ; i?.. r.i.;..i,K.-,ii i,o., .,,i ti,.
. i 1 - - - .Hinu .niTnt UUIC UQCU UltUI
for props for their houses. Mr. Jam Gage,
Jr., went one there a few days ago to
explore, aud had a specimen 8tone brought
into town. It is about three feet long, by
about twenty inches square, resembling in
shape a bar of soap. It is probably a na
tive sandstone. Mr. Gago took this block
himslf from beneath the roots of a largo
pine tree. It formed the portion of a wail
about twenty feet broad on the top,
Mr. Gage traced Tor a 1 ; 3 1 an fJre
hundred and fifty yards.' f.onj this
that one would natural b3Vebeen
superficial view is(p plonitlou m5gbt
a city. w&IJt action 0fa jorlt tmp!e or
show it fj;n Anyway, its antiquity is
"otably immense, antedating the history
! of tho red man.
People from the country, aud pot a few
who live in the city, have a vaU9dea of
low-browed, brutal fellows, clad in" coars
varments and unkempt of hair and beard.
I when they read in the newspapers of thj
dreadful doings of burglars and robbers.
Often the misguided stranger, timorous aa
to ruffian and brigands, puts his trust in
the gentlemanly young man who knows all
about the town, and will see him safely to
a hotel. The disguise is common enough,
and it deceive a great many astute people.
Thetheivea who get into houses stratagem
are all gentlemanly, pleant-speaking men.
It is quite likely that among their acquain
tances these very fellows still pass for what
they assume to be. It is very clear, and it
ought to be made more apparent to many
people, thtt the dangerous classes are not
altogether those who dress roughly and an
ill look. Suspicious looking persons are
easily repulsed cr avoided. But all who
prey upon society do not go about in wolf
skins.
Bears are numerous ia Forest county.
Fruit tree swindlers are operating in
Eastern Crawforc.
A Bernville bn- u ate 200 oysters
at on ": "
Wild turkeys are plentiful about Fishing
creek, Columbia county.
A Pottsville drover is missing, and his
friends are anxious about him.
If your horses have the epizoot, dissolve
I a teaspoonful of crystal chlorate of potash
in a bucket of water, this amount making
a morning dose for four horses. It will
work a cure. .
Pardoning seventy eonvits in sven
months, is pretty good for a reform Gov
ernor. This is the number reported re
leased by Governor Tilten. This will add
seventy to tho Democratic vote in Novem
ber. A party thirteen persona. Including
several children, went out in a wagon from
Reading, on Monday, to gather autumn
leaves.. On their return the horse ran
away, throwing occupants out of the wagon
aud injuring several of them.
There are sixty stores on Broad wa
Boston, that have given up gas and taken
to kerosene. That's one way of dealing
with a monopoly.
The Germans, who are great on cente
naries, will celebrate on th 7th of Novem
ber, 1S75, the one hundredth nniversary
of Goethe's eutry into Weimar.
The Missouri Sheriffs now allow the
condemned prisoners to lie down " their
coffins ?nd see if they will fit. ed permit
them other privilege, cucb as seeing the
scaffold built, feelin the raPt
A Disease, suppo- to baT8 - lo
the lungs. !s c7iD oSlr9 numbers of
hoe in the 8f of MisseorU