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SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 187G.
t New Series, Vol. 7, No. 39.
i Old Scries, Vol. 36, No. 39.
t
D" JO
gjoorcrod the in
jfeciaal reined v
DISEASE .
HOSPITAL
Institution, has
hIv, plcasHtit and
r uli
DEXCE.
libs, Strictures,
ulder, Invo'.un
Seuoral DeMli
Laniruor, Low
Palpitation of
n?s, Dimness
f the Head,
Liver, Lunirs,
ifljfCU"US OI rvluneyg
DiscUarsre"., I in pott
JtervouKiicea, DvBpev
loufasion of Ide
j, B--aiL, timiaiiv, l
jSifbt or Giddiness, Dl
y&A, Now or Bkin, Affec
it.imH1' or Bowels thcsti
Disorders
jisiaf fl' the Solitary VLt'o Vh those
tcrH 811(1 solitary practit o, -.tal to their
.jnrt than the song of Sjhfc"lie Mariners
j riJ-ic8J Wisntins tueir roft brilliant hopes
antfcipatioiiB, rendering yiarrlage, &c, impos-
iOUXGJI, EX
ijiecUny, who have becoiti the victims of So'.i
aryVlce lliat dreadful aiij destructive habit
rli'ich annually 6wceps to I an untimely jrrave
bouaail of ounr men f the most' exalted
glents mid brilliant Intellect, who miirlit othcr--ie
have entranced liht'eWin); Senates with the
lnn'r of eloquence or waked o ccstacy the
vine l?ve may call with full coulideuce.
- MAKEI'nE.
Viarrtel rrciis orj , ; Men contemplating
r.-lirc. nwnre of iStTg il Weakness, (Loss
Trocreative l'owcr Im, tency), Nervous Ex
Uibillty, 1'alpitation, Organic Weakness, Ncr
ms Debility, or any ciher Disqualification,
edEy relieved.
He li places himself under the care of Dr. J.
gvit-iplout-'y contide In his honor us a pentle
"n,ud coutidut!y rely non his ekill a a I'liv
ci 1
OKGAXIC WftAKXESS.
apotcticv. Loss or Pottc immediately Cured
id fll Vigor Kestored. j
Xhii Distressing Aireetion which renders Life
iwrsbleand marriage imji-ssible istheenalty
jl hy tntt. victims or njpropcr indulireuces.
oun: persons are too ni to commit excesses
om rot beiiiR aware of tin. dread,! ul consciences
at nay ensue. Xow, who that unden-tunds
t subject will pretend o deny that the power
procreation is lost soone by those failininto
iprojcr habits than by tht prudent! Besides
jiig deprived the pleaureiof healthy oliiprin,
it most serious M.i destriu- ive symptoms to but li
idy and mind arise. Th. system becomes de
red, tlie I'hypical ant Mental Functions
teoeL L-s of Vrocreuive Power, Nervous
rilability, Dyi-pe, in, I'abitation of the Heart,
diction, Constitutional Debility, a usliii;
' tli Frame, Cuurli, C'ou.iiuiptiou. Decay and
CUKE WAKKAXTEI IX TWO DAYS,
pen-on ruined in health by unlearned prelen
irilioketj' them triUiunm.Mith after month,
tine poisonous and injurious compounds,
iouU app'j jtnniediately.
PI'.. JOI'.XiTUN,
iem'ier of the Loyal Co!) re of Surceons, Lon
m, (iraluated from one of the most eminent
jl'etvs in the United btites, and the creater
irtcf whose ife has beetisju-nt in the hoi-pilals
' lor.dou, Pris, PhiladtipLia uud elsewhere,
i:Uctt'4 some of the tn.-t astonishinc cures
at were ever known ; tuaay troubjed withrim;
j hi the bead and ear when usieep, ;ieat
TTsufuess, beiui; nlarniod at suddcu itoauds,
jlifulnes, with fronueit blus-hinir, attended
mewmes with deranemi itc-f mind, were cured
imtdiatciv.
TAKE PAKTICLLAB NuTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all t'.iae who have iujurrd
,emelves by iinprojier indulgence and solitary
itiits, which ruin both boy and mind, untitling
ta for either busiuess, f-;uiir, society or mar-
These are some of the sat and melancholy
lects prodceed by early baiiits of youth, viz:
'takuess of the Buck and Lknbs, Pains in the
sekr.iid Head, Dimness of Split, Loss of Mus
Uar Power, Palpitation of tin Heart, Dyspcpsy,
trrout Irritability, Derartroment of Diirestiv
sdci ions, General Debility, Symptoms of Cou
lnn'tion, Ac
KtSTUXT The fearful t fleets on the mind
rn 111 eli to be dreaded Los of Memory, Con
ifiou of Ideas, Depression, of Spirits, Evil
oreljodings, Aversion to S-iety, Se!f-D:s,trust,
ovt of Solitudu, Timidity, fcc, are some of the
rlli produfed.
Tbocsands if persons i all arcs can now
tdire what is the cause of tk-ir declining health,
isiug their vigor, beeomiug,weak, pale, nervous
id emaciated, having a angular appearance
boiit the eyes, cough and symptoms ol conump
ion. toung m:n
fbo have injured th mselve by a certain prac-
vx .ntlulged In v. hen alone, a liauil irequei
ion irequt-i
at school, t I
cr'ied from evil conijiauios, or at school, t I
Cetis of which are uighly felt, even when
.sleep, aud If not cured, reniers marriage impos-
iLie, and destroys both miii aud body, should I
iff) y immediately.
What a pity tb;t a younirnan, the hopeof his
uutry, the darling "of his parents, should be
.imtclici from all prosjieetf and enjoyments ot
iltt, by the consequence ofdeviatiug from the
itttb of nature and iudulgii? in a certain secret
oabit. Such iersons vfsT tefore coutcmulating
MARRIAGE,
relet t that a sound mind anl body are the mos1
ue-esary requisites to pronute connubial happi
acts. Indeed without these the journey tbrouirh
life becomes a weary pilgxinage ; the prospect
botrly darkens to the view; the mind becomes
shadowed with despair and Hied with the inclau
c!ic:y reflection, that the kipplntus of another
become blighted w ith ourown.
A CERTAIN IASE.
When the niissruided and injirtidciil votary ot
pi, usure finds thai be has mbilted the seeds ol
this painful disease, it too tAen bapeiis that an
ii:-iim' sense of shame, a dread of discovery,
FcTei him from applving tliose who, from
e iuoatioiand respeetabiliti n alone befrien.!
him, delsving till the constiutbnal symptoms ol
this horrid disease make thiir ipjearance, such
at ulcerated sore throat, dieastd nose, noetuiai
ptius in the head and limtswimuess of sigiil,
ilfncss, code on the eiia touct aud anus,
blotches on the head, face md jxtremilies, pro
tressiuc with frightful rapditj till at last the
paiate of the mouth or the bona of the nose foil
in, and the victim of this awfnldisease becomes
u horrid object of comraisratia, till death jml
a lriiMl to his dreadful mmnig, by pending
I.11.1 to "thut UndiscoveredCoulrv from whence
no traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fact thattliou sands DIE
victims to thin terrible ditease.througli tailing
I .to the hauds of Ignorant fcrtnskillful PRE
TENDERS, who. b-: th nee of .hat deadly Poi
son, Mercur3 Ac. dl "oj the nbtitutiou, and
t .. .1 I..-
lmutal)le of curiueJ
tke inhappv sullerer
laouth after month
jurious comjioundH, a
to a renewal of Life
) .lie leave him with 1
his galling 'dUappoin'
1 o such; therefore,
'.( to preserve the tn
fivin his extensive i
tlie great Hospitals ol
tt. is country, viz: Eng
tlur noxious or in
tead.f being restored
.nd llppincss, in des
, Bea,u to sigh over
h'i?i pledges hitn
jvlo'le Secrecy, and
4. auobservations in
nroH!, ad the first ii:
ltd!" rate, Philade!hi.i
olh? the most cer
'om r in the world
1 V
ac'i t'isewiicrc, is enab
ti'iu. (edy and ctV-e'
l r a!i diseases of i-1
ni;6T03
1
JK SliEET.
tlMoa, M. D.
cestrn, a few
I obscle name
Frji
NO
r 2DEF
l-'-ft hand side goIi,aUi
nnle 1 postpj and
nse " 'j uv. -fctUe refl lYr
Uute age,! send a irtion
scribing syioms.
ny Paltrjesignin, and
4-s advertisi tbemsclis ag
w'th and ring the ialth
fuately fall their Vper,
leems it usary to si es
acquaiutedth his rdta
fleutials or ilomas aUy
.EMENT OF TI PRESS.
;lsaiid8 cured this Estab'li
f year, and ttnumcrous i
li Operations pormed by L
..c! by the repPjitatives of tl
- ,.ii...- MaTwrs, nices of whic
lire the public
a of churaclef
narautec toth
nrcd.
""""""
MILLS
Irie. R. K., two
tl Hotel,
iption of 1 lim
ine public.
Machinery for
eady to lill or-
11 UTTERS,
iS, VE-
1Work. Turn.
Xecuted. Also,
11.
og!es, Pickets
i by Railroad
CLEMENT.
professional.
TIL U. KASE, Attorney at Law, SUX-
BUKT, PA. Oilice in Market fco,nare,
(adjoinins the office of W. I. Grecnonch, Esq.,)
Professional business in this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Sunbury, March 10, lKTi.-ly.
j okFmi mTaisxoi.m,
ATT)KXEY 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
iu the German and English languages,
april 17, 1S74.-1V.
TJl. A. SORER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND COfJiTT SOLICITOR.
Ofilcc on Front Street below Market, Sunbury,
Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly
attended to.
AMES REARM.
ATTORXEY AT LAW.
Office In Haupt's building, South East Corner
of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
Special Attention Paid to Collections.
.V. RKICE,
il, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Axr. 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, AXD
ACTtVU JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Con veyaucini.t he collections of claims, writings,
and ull kinds of Leiral business will be attended
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English and German language. Otllce
in Haupt's building, Market street, Sunbury, Pa.
April U,;?r.
G.
. HOTIMMSF,
Attornev-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Peiina.
Can be consulted in the English and German
languages. Collections attended to in North
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
rance Company. mhl5
W. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9. 1872. tf.
O K. ROVER. Attorney and Counsellor
KJ at Law. Oilice in Wolverton s Law build-
ing, Second street, SUNBURY, PA. Professional
UMtiess attended to, in the courts 01 .ortuum
nerland and adjoining counties. Also, in the
Circuit and Diririct Courts for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular atteution paid to cac In Lank
mptcj. Consultation can be had in the Ger
man lauguac. April t,'73.
L.
II. KASE, Attorney at Law, SUN
BUR Y, PA., oilice in Wolverton" Law
building, Second street. Collections made in
Northumberland and adjoining counties.
April a, '75.
J. Merrill Linn. Andrew H. rill. J'rauk. S. Ma it.
MXN, RILE A NARK,
ATTOHXEYS AT LAW,
Next door to the Presbvtr rian church, Market
Square, SUNBURY,
April 9,'75 Northumberland Co., Pa.
JAJIFS II. MeDEVITT,
Attorney at Ij.vw axd
United States Commissioner. Office with S.
B. Boyer, Esq.. in Wolverton's Law Building,
Sunbury, Pa. April V.'75.
s.
P.WLVERTX, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, SUXBURY,PA. Profession
al business in this and adjoining counties prompt -y
attended to.
Hit. MASSER, Attorney at Law, SUX-
URY, PA. Collections attended to in
.ntics of Xorthumberland, Union, Snvder.
iour, Columbia aud Lveoming. apllO-0'J
y -
J(
EO. IV. ZIEUEEK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office opposite depot, Third Street,
Sun-
bury, Pa.
Collections and all professional business
pnmptly attended to iu the Courts of Xorthum
berland and adjoining counties.
October 1875.
D'
Store, Clcmeut House Block, Office hours :
from 11a. 111., to 1 y. iu., and from C to 'J p. in.,
al all other hours, when not Profesionally en
aced can be found at his residence, on Chestnut
Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention
given to surgical cases. Will visit Patients
cither in town or country.
E. '
i;ori..
ATTTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Office 011 east Market street, opposite the City
Hotel, Snnliury, Pa.
Prompt and careful attention paid to convey
ancing. May 14. 1875
GR. CAIMV A LEADER, Market Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drngs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket B-ioks. Dairies, Vc.
REMISTRY.
GEORGE M. ItENX,
In Sunjixon's JJuihliiKj, Market Sytutrc,
Sunbckt, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Drnul
material, from which he will be able to wdeet, ;
ana race me wants or his customers.
All worK warranted to givesatisfaetio!i, or else
the money refunded.
The very best Mouth Wash uud Tooth-Powders
kept on hand.
His references are tho numerous patrons for
whom be has worked for the last twelve years.
Sunbury, April lil, 187.
Ijotcls nub licstanranis.
N
A;LE HOlE, (Formerly "Danville
lintel," re opened July lst,lS7').) Market
Street, Danville, Pa. L. G. MILlvKli, Proprie
tor. Guests conveyed to and from the Depot.
Good sample rooms for ugeuts.
Aug. 1J, o.-ly.
CRA1
Mu!
berry. Business Centre, Williamsport,
Pa.
Wm. CRAWFORD, Proprietor.
Dec. 11, 1S74.
CLEM EXT HOI SI., Third Street below
Market, Suubury, Pa. PETER S. BUR
RELL, Proprietor. Rooms neat aud comfortable.
Tabies supplied with the delicacies of the season
and the waiters attentive and obliging.
Sunqury, Jan. 1S73.
UXITEI NTATES HOTEL, W. F.
KII'CHEX, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot SIIAMOKIX, PA. Every attention given to
traveller", and the best accommodations given.
April 5, tf
XT ATI OX A L
HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
.i WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
County. Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W.
Choice wines aud cigars at the bar.
The table is supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
Q I'M MEL'S REST A I RAXT,
LOUISHUMMEL, Proprietor, .
Commerce St., SIIAMOKIX, PEXN'A.
Having just refitted the above Saloon ff the
romodat ion of the public, is now prepared to
vc jis friends with the best refreshments, and
lib Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
lrs.
business
I'IKF.K HAAS.
nnoAt9.
AS A RHOARS
RETAIL HEALEIIH OF
ANTKACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PEXN'A.
trnci with Haas, Fao'.t A, Co.,
Ord'a left at Scasholtz & Bro's. oflo, Market
StreetKlll Deceive prompt attention. Country
cnstoirespectfully solicited.
COAL! CO A I A COAL! GRANT BUOS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AXD RED ASII COAL, SUNBURY, PA.
(lower WHiir.j
Orders will receive orompt attention.
ANTHRACITE COAL !
7MLEXTIXE DIETZ, Wholesale and
Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PEXN'A.
Al! kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
at S. F. Xevin's Confectionery Store, on Third
treet, will recieve prompt attention, and money
receiptedfor, the same as at the oilice.
COAL, I LOI R.GRALV AMI PIIOS
I'lIATE.
'"I'MIE undersigned having connected the Coal
X business with his extensiveFLOUR& GRAIN
trade, is prepared to supply families with the
VERY REST OF COAL,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken iu 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. CAD WALLA DER.
8unbury, S-pt. 10. 1875. If.
jfflisrtHanimjs.
srXRIRY MA It It EE YARD,
Fourth Street below Market,
SUXBUBY, l'EXX'A.
rrMU7. undersigned has returned from the Ver
J nont Marble Quarries with 56 Tons of
Ma! rile for
.Monument. Grave-Stone,
He has bought at such figures that
will allow him to sell better stone, for
less money, than heretofore. The best
2& Sutherland Falls Marble,
which is better than Italian. Rutland is now
sold as low as the Manchester.
Those who need anything in the Marble line,
for Monuments, Grave-Stones, or other purposes,
will liud it to their interest to call and examine
this large stock, ns better bargains can be secur
ed than buying from parties 'huckstering' round
tnc country.
All lettering will be done In the neatcH and
most Improved style.
W. M. DAUGHERTY.
Sunbury, Jnn. 11, 1873.
THE Ii!; RARRER SHOP
IS THE SHOP OF THE TOWN and long
has been ; ask history and she will tell you
Men have grown old iu onr 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 grny.
And among the honored and lasting impres
sions of time, and the crash of revolutions in
circumstances, we stand a living monumental
memento of the insrenuily and erseverance ap
pertaining to the identity of progression, plying
our vocation with the highest style of art and
perfection, aud aspiring to achieve the highest
reward of merit attainable in our humble capaci
ty, and the sentiment of respect and approbation
which the pretence of superior appliances aud es
tablishment are always wont to inspire.
Always to please
We shave with case
Cut and comb with taste the hair ;
Shampoo the head with soothing care,
And color the whiskers black or brown,
To suit the people about the town.
Then allow me iolitely request you to stop,
Aud not go iast 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 ailed his usefulness nor
ills qualifications. AJair chance is all that wc
demand, to give the proof to all the land.
JAMEd W. WASHINGTON.
Proprietor.
Sunbury, April 5, 1873 ; Xo. 91, Market st.
iflfto bbcrtiscntfuts
A XEW STOCK OF
MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS.
CIIAS. MAIIIL
Has just returned from the Eastern cities,with au
elegant selections of
CLOTHS,
CASSIMEKES,
aud YESTIXUS,
of'the finest French Brands, Trimmings, Ac.
He is now ready to receive orders for
SPRIXG AXD SUMMER SUITS
of any desired style. The latest styles of pat
terns on hand, and
NEAT FITS GUARANTEED.
You will find prices al least as reasonable as
elsewhere. Give me a call.
CIIAS. MAIIIL,
rour.Tii st., Oppotiu city hotel,
SUNBURY, PA.
Sunbury, April J, fT5.-tf.
WATCHES, JEWELRY A SILVER.
WAKE.
John W. Sleveiiron,
Corner Third and Market Sts, Sunbury, Ph.
HAS completely renovated his Store Room,
and opened the largest assortment of
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELR SOLID SIL
VER AXD PLATED WARE,
' ever exhibited iu this part of ihe State. Evcry-
thing in the Jewelry line is kept in store.
! Kilter-Ware,
! ISraeelelH.
j Ring cV Chain,
of every desciiption and of the fiuest quality
Particular uttcntion paid to repairing
Watehes, CIoekK, Jewelry. Ac. -
HAIR JEWELRY made to order.
Sunbury, March fi, 1874.
John H. Sell. John M. Schosocr
SELL A SCIIOXOL'R.
Second Street, Womelsdokf, Pa.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS
WINES, BRANDIES, GINS,
Pure Old Rye Whiskey,
Api-le Whisket, Cordials, Ac.
All Liquors sold gaurranUed as represented.
()rders promptly attended to and pnblic pa
tronage respectfully solicited.
SELL SCHONOUR.
2d St., Womelsdorf, Berks Co., Pa.
Feb. 27. 1S7L ly.
New Tflillinery S ore,
HFRXDOX, Xorth'd Couuly, Pa.
MRS. KATE MECK rcspeetfallj inlorms the
public that she has ocned a
XEW MILLIXF.RY STORE,
on Front street, Herndon. where she has just
opened an entire new stock of Fall and Winter
Millinery Goods of the latest styles and patterns,
consisting of
FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBON'S,
and all Goods found in a first-class Millinery
Store, which are olfered at xtremely low prices.
Ladies are especially invited to call and ex
amine al! the new slylesand ascertain the
prices. , KATE MECK.
Herndon, Oct 15llt 1 8T. DmOs;
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PrintingOfflce
fllE
SUNBURY AMERICAN
Tho Largest and Most Complete Estal
lishmcnt
in Northumberland County.
STEAM TOWER TRESSES,
NEW TYPE,
NEAT WORK,
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ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
WPRIUES MODERATE.-
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTING
EXECUTED IX THE BEST STYLE.
BUSINESS CARDS.
WEDDING CARDS,
VISITING CARDS,
SHOW CARDS,
BALL TICKETS,
BLANKS,
HANDBILLS,
MERCANTILE LETTER HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
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CHECKS AND DRAFTS,
PROGRAMMES,
DODGERS,
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I
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Everything that is naeded in the printing de
partment will be executed with promptness and
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mine our samples. No trouble to give estimates
and show goods. We shall cheerfully do this
I to all, who call for that purpose, without charge.
PSTOrders for Subscription. Advertising or
Job Printing, thankfully received.
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EM'L WILVERT, Proprietor,
SUNBURY, PA.
SUNBURY AMERICAN
13 TIIK
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Paddy's Vei-ttioii or Excelsior.
'Twa growing dark so terrible fash,
When through a town up the mountain there
pasht
A broth of a boy, to his ueek in the shnow :
As he walked his shclalati lie swung to and fro,
Sny'nft ''It's np to the top I'm bound to go,
Be jabcrs !"
lie looked niorti.il sad aud his eyes were as
bright
As a fire of turf on a cowld winthcr night,
And divil a word what he said could ye tell,
As he opened his mouth aud let out a yell,
'It's np to the top of the mountain I'll go,
Oolees covered up with this bothersome shnow.
Be Jabbers!"
Through the windows he saw as he traveled
along,
The light of the candles and fires so warm !
But a big chunk of ice hnng over his head ;
Wid a shnivil and groan, ,-By St. Patrick !" he
said,
"It's up to the very tip-top I will rush,
And then if It falls, it's not me it'll crush,
' ' Be jabcrs !"
"Whist a bit !" said an owld man, with head
as white
As the shnow that fell down on that miserable
night ;
"Shure, ye'll fall in the wathcr, me bit of a lad,
For the night is so dark and the walking so Uad!"
Bedad ! he'd not lisht to a word what was said,
But he'd go to the top if he went On his head,
Bejabers!"
A blight, buxom young girl, such as likes to be
kissed,
Axed him wadn't he shtop, and how could ho
J resist ?
j So shnapping his finger and winking his eye,
J While shmiling upon her he made this reply
"Faith ! I meant to kape on till I got to the top,
mil as your swate sen lias nxej me I may as
well shtop,
Bejabers !"
He shtopped ail uight and he shtopped all day,
And ye musn't be axing when he did go away ;
Fur wouldn't lie be a bastely gossou
To be lavin' his darlint in the shwute honey
moon ?
Whin the ould man lias praties enough and to
spare,
Shure he might as well stay if he's comfortable
there,
Bejabers!"
isctllnncons.
Translated from tlie New York Slants
ZkUuii) for the American.
IXFATUATER WITH DELFSIO.V.
Among tlie sad occurrences that hang
like dark shadow over the week, which
people most cheerfully contemplate as en
livened by the glow of social convivialty, is
the crime committed at Flatbush, well cal
culated, as it is, to set in bold relief one of
the dark points of our boasted civilization.
Murder of a conjugal partner, and suicide,
caused by want of agreement in religious
creed ; delusion, called religious.as parent
of a mo&t heinous crime.
A German by the name of Ritler is a
member of the Reformed Church ; his wife
is a Mathodist ; bhe urges him wiibout any
intermission to become a convert to her
faith ; afld he remains fro.u conviction
just as steadfast in his own. Thereupon
ehc "makes his life a hell." He does not
yield, and she goes so far as to shut him
out of his own dwelling, as a heretic on a
bitter cold night. In tho morning, an out
burst of passion, killing and suicide.
The culprit is known ; he has judged
himself. Hut are all others entirely inno
cent in this family tragedy 'i Have the
pious people who urged on the pair in their
religious quarrel, maintaiueda more angel
ic inucccuce respecting it than all others ?
Something quite exceptional must have
taken place if some very conscientious aud
exceedingly well-meaning persons have not
honestly done their part to bring oa the
catastrophe. Into whose presence would
she not come, this Godfearing lady neigh
bor, who entertains so painful an auxiety
concerning the souls welfare of all the
children of men who live in the same street
or block, where she lets the light of her
piety shine, but especially of tho?e who
are her near neighbors, that she cannot do
otherwise than regard their manner of life
as something which very nearly concerns
herself? With what eagerness would this
good soul have put into the ear of the now
muruereu wile never to rest until sue uau
turned her husband from his' heresy, and
therefore she must convert his house into
a hell, which would only be a service well
pleasing to God, since it would be the
means of rescuing the husband from the
actual damnation of hell. And to how
an extent must the unhappy position of the
wife, who must travel off to church alone,
while her partner went after other Gods,
have rendered him the object of increasing
comment, throughout the whole, church
membership ; with what corupassiou must
the poor woman have been looked upon, as
she passed by the pews of the church with
out her husband, and oh, with such a load
of sympathy from the restless emulation ol
the whole church sisterhood as to make her
feel very deeply the assurance that she was
the victim of the most cruel fate that ever
came upon a mortal who lived in the fear
God, the victim of an intolerable antagon
ism in her own home. And then whenever
she left the church, feeling that the eyes of
all were fixed upon her, some influence
must have been exerted, as she was not by
some other good and true believing soul,
who accosted her with such words as,
"How pale you look to-day, Mrs. Ritter,
but it could not have been otherwise, with
the awful struggle which the waut of reli
gious joy in your own household must
bring upon you, you must accomplish your
purpose; God will help you." Then occa
sionally a strong minded female would ex
claim, "If he will have no union with you
in church membership, then shut him out
from all other union. That will soon have
its effect." The effect has come ; but it is
somewhat diflerent from what the church
sisterhood, in the pursuit of their ver'
worthy purpose, expected. Perhaps he
also was well furnished with advice from
the good friends. Perhaps it was his, on
Sunday morning, to hear such conciliating
words as, "Ritter, you seem to me to-day
to be very thoughtful. You will not sure
ly suffer yourself to be forced into aposta
cy. You must take hold as becomes a marr
The more you yield, the worse it is. At
all events carry this business through, and
make an end of it. You cannot be forever
I tormenting yourself with it. Let there be
an end." The result has been reaohed.
They ootU he now in the coffin, two victims
of highest crime. The soul curers on both
side? solemnly renounce responsibility for
thf 'orrid transaction, and 'conscious of
ill desert, wash their hands in innocency.
To be disposed to prevent their doing so
would be as great a piece of cruelty as it
was to inflame the natural animosity of
husband and wife on account of difference
in religious creed. Rut dare any person
assert that this conflict would have pro
ceeded to so tragical a result if nothing had
been done to increase tho madness on both
sides ? Left to themselves, they would have
acquired by degrees the temper essential to
an adjustment. Only fanatical influences
could operate to render powerless the
effort which was natural to get the belter
of conflicting preferences affecting merely
the form of religious worsbip. Were these
two victims at variance as to any one of
the moral precepts which constitute the
essence of Christianity ? Surely!not. The
man could in virtue of his creed regard
nothing as immoral which the woman's
creed treated as moral; and just as far
was 6he from rejeefmg the views of social
life which he drew from his church. It
was dogma relating to things of secondary
importance, the curse of church scholasti
cism, which here, as in a thousand other
cases, that lead to no catastrophe, under
mining domestic peace. Should not i!ie
men of God, from such terrible examples,
estimate the magnitude of the error of pro
moting, by silly prejudice concerning mat
ters of form, and by artificial variations in
the worship of God, differences which give
rise to worse passions than the "right of
unbelief" could ever engender ? Is it the
business of tho church to dissolve instead
of strengthening the ties of human love?
Xo doubt Ritter's Pastor, as well as his
wife's, can freely look towards Heaven
and exclaim "Lord, thou knowest that I
have had no part in the instigation which
brought about this fagitious act." But
cau all those who put forth sectarian acti
vity, can they, from one end of the line
to the other, say with equally tranquil
conscience, " Wc are doing what is in our
power to render divisions which grow out
of our sectarianism, harmless to dsmestic
peace, to soften the members of our com
munion, in the vagaries of proselyting
zeal ?" Happy are they who can. We
fear that many cannot. And to many a
one the overflow of sectarian passion is the
ouly welcome flood on which to launch his
bark. The spirit of religious intolerance
rises up in a thousand corners, with a
stubbornness against which as well the
tendencies of our age as the cherished in
stitutions of this land put forth a still loud
er and louder protest. Religion and poli
tics have like experience with their profes
sional managers. Party leaders become
demagogues, and religious teachers become
priests, from a like motive. It is because
they are more intent on their own indis
pcnsablcncss than upon the honorable
discbarge of those duties to the people
Which the existence of party and the exer
cise of religion require. Instead of keep
ing in view, and deeming of paramount im
portance the great ends which their acti
vity should subserve, instead of laboring
with united energy to promote the civil
and moral welfare of mankind, they are
ettiu up a- hundred platforms, and a
thousand different little heavens, to pro
vide additional place for infallible prophets
and patriots that lead the fashion of the
hour. Parly and sect become abject in
stead of being means. The interests of the
organization aud of the church associa
tion eat out the substance of that for which
alone they exist. Elective franchise and
church organization would appear to exist
ouly for the benefit of party leader? aud
clergy : and as the political priest labors at
nothing more earnestly than at the split
ting up jf the people into hostilo political
camps, and that through artificial means,
when natural causes fail, so the church de
magogue, in face of the long recognized
aud harmonizing moral law of Christianity
ciiugs to crafty dogmatic interpretation, or
if need be, eveu to ritualistic trUles, if by
such, means he can only hold possession of
his special kingdom of God's glory. The
farther from being essential is the dividing
line, which is to serve as the bouudary of
his province, so much the more must the
sectarian spirit be pricked on, lest the mul
titude should some day fly apart, from get
ting a view of the artificial barriers with
in which vhey have been imprisoned.
Occasionally there is to be fouud a simple
hearted woman or an overserious man,
who believes that limits once set are insur
mountable, aud who would rather suffer
his head to be broken than make the at
tempt to pass them. There exists now a
terrible caricature of the saying which pre
scribes the exerci&e of a "childlike disposi
tiou," in simplicity," a thing which no
"wisdom of the wise" cau understand ;aud
we may well contemplate with astonish
ment any such warrant for tho magnitude
of that hallucination which inflames man
kind with fauatisia against one another, in
those departments where fraternity, and
the care of common interests, should cele
brate their most salutary triumphs. Po
litical priestcraft aud priestly demago
g ueisiu are already mischievous enough.
May the ituluetice of the good star of the
Republic so far protect it as to prevent
their appearing arm iu arm, as has been do
signed, in the arena of public agitation.
A'. V. Stuo.ts Zeitcnj of January 1st
lS7t'.
Do not laugh at that drunkeu man reel
ing through the street. However ludicrous
the sight may be, just pause and think,
lid is going home to some tender heart
that will throb with intense agony ; some
doting mother perhaps, who will grievo
oyer the downfall of her once sinless boy ;
or it may be a fond wife whose heart will
almost burst with ritf as the views the
destruction of her idol ; or may be a loving
sister who will shed bitter tears over the
degradation of her brother, shorn off his
manliness aud self respect Rather drop a
a tear in silent sympathy with those hearts
so keenly sensible and tender, yet to proud
aud loyal that they cannot accert sym
pathy teudc red them either in wtr-J, look,
or act, although it might fall urJu their
crushed and wounded hearts as refreshing
ly as the suninief dew upon the withering
plant.
Fredrick Laucr, the Reading brewer, has
this year sold t7,2U71 barrels of malt liquor
which at the brewer's prices would amount
to about 300,000.
It appears that out West there is steady
falling off both in the number ot grangers
of Patrons of Husbandry and of their
membership. In Iowa alone seventy sub
ordinate granges have become defunct dur
ing the present year The principal officers
of the various State granges receive quit
liberal salaTIc"-
OUR KEtY YORK LETTER.
BEECHER AGAIK TWEED MURDER AXD
SUICIDE THE REVIVAL SEASON BUSI
NESS THE NEW YEAR.
New York, Dec. 31, 1S7;".
BEEC nER AGAIN.
The Peecher case reopens in a different
spirit from that in which it has been met
before. There is less disposition to search
for sensations, and Mrs. Mou'.tou presses
her right to a fair hearing in the Church
with a firmness and dignity that promise
her part at least will be worthily perform
ed. There is not one sincere friend of
purity and order who does not long to we
this ghastly scandal at rest, nor left to be
the mystery of modern times, worse than
the story of the Iron Mask. Whether
Beecher is innocent or not, the course of
Plymouth Church has prejudiced it in the
eyes of the world which is not Uiied to see
innocence defending itself by the tactics of
guilt. The Church finds itself at a disad
vantage for the first time. Mrs. Moulton
demands her right, as a church member to
a hearing before being summarily expelled.
and her husband is determined not to die
without a fight for life. As Beecher re
fuses to prosecute him, he will prosecute
Beecher, so that a jury shall decide which
of tho two is purjured. So you see the
old scandal is still alive, and will probably
tlrag through another year.
TWEED
is not in Havana, that any oue knows of.
The man supposed to be great thief is
another man who is so unfortunate as to
resemble him. The theory now is that he
is in biding iu 2s ew lork, waiting till
O'Connor gets well, that his troubles may
be arranged. Wherever he may be, one
thing is certain, the plundered city will
never get a cent of what has been stolen
from it. XoNew York politician ever re
funded a dollar that he had stolen, and
Tweed is not tho man to begin.
TIIE OLD, OLD STORY.
Last night a man, a woman and two
children were found dead ia a room on
Fourth Avenue, with bullet holes through
them. It was a ghastly sight, and a ghast
ly story is behind it. Edward Minster.the
son of a wealthy man, fell in love with a
womau whose character was so bad that
he would not marry her, but he did live
with her. The old story was repeated.
She drained him of his money, enstranged
him from his lriends, and -finally, when he
had nothing left; was gettlug ready to leave
him. Mad with jealousy, he shot her. then
the children, and then himself. There are
twenty thousand men in this city living in
this way, and every week more or less of
them make a tragical ending.
THE REVIVAL SEASON
I3 passing away, but there arc no revivals.
Moody and Sankey did not succeed m crea
ting any enthusiasm in Brooklyn, and their
failure chilled the shurches to a degree that
precludes the possibility of a successful
movement against Satan this winter. Il
was intended to make a decisive charge
along the whole line, and extensive pre
parations were made to that eud, but it
has all been atiaudoiied, anil the churches
are colder than ever. The temperance or
ganizations are making a little headway,
but they ar& evidently discouraged and are
working with no heart. Depression in bu
siness the struggle for life that every bu
siness man has to make, leaves little oppor
tunity for purely benevolent or unselfish
operations. The man up to his eyes in
debt and a bad business has but little heart
for work of this kind. There will be no
revivals worth speaking of this winter iu
Xe w York.
11USINESS
Continues horribly dull iu fact there isn't
any business. The hotels are empty, the
wholesale trade is nothing, and the retail
trade is not half what it ought to be. The
longest faced man in the world just now is
the Xew Yorker who has a store on his
hands for which he is paying $10,000 rent
per annum. His expenses go on mercilessly
and his business out of which he is to pay
is nothing. It is the worst season ever
known, and no one feels certain of im
provement. Happy is the man who is
well out.
NEW YEAR TOPICS.
Xew-Year calls will be paid with less
ceremony this year than for many years
before. In fact the fashionables mourn the
small aud quiet ways in which everything
is done. Tfcey are afraid that the world in
its exaggerated reverence for cverythiug
old-fashioned in the centennial year may
go back to the custom of doing without
wedding tours, and that the brides of next
season will be unceremoniously marched
to their new homes and begin married life
without so much as a trip to Xiagara, and
take their Paris tour out in around of tea
parties through the honeymoon, their
as grandfathers and grandmothers did a
hundred yea ago. Truth compells me to
say that thf Paris trip would be the cheap
er in the end, for their used to be deep
complaints of old that these festivities
preyed heavily on . the pockets of all con
cerned, and more than one good trades
man was ruined by haviug too much com
pany. But spile of the money pressure
aud the fancy for simple ways, we hear of
ladies receiving in blue and maroon velvet
gowns, that the fashionable gowus for re
ceiving calls on Xew Year day will be of
blue aud maroon velvet, with trimmings
of the new Genoa poiut which b a sort of
Cue honiton lace with a net ground, which
my laJy readers will recognize ns a uew
departure iu lace. Yellow and blue dia
monds, and cameos which require th most
exquisite creations of art in their subjects,
will be the approved jewels to wear with
thtte elegant toilets. The line world is
pretty well divided on the questiou of sup- i
plyiug wines aud spirituous beverages to
callers. Xotafewof the best families in
the fashionable world discountenance it en
tirely, while others are abandoning the cau
tious grouud they have always held oul
subject. Apropos of this I see that llir-
jtfi-s' L'tf.:a- in a late editorial on Cnrist-
mas, proposes the use of Punch, Lgguogg
and kindred drinks, awl speaks of them
with tone of allowance which is in decided
contrast with its position some tini3 since.
Two or three years ago the Bazar publish
ed a number of recipes for fancy drinks,
like prince regent's punch, claret-cup and
the like, which raised a perfect storm of
expostulation from its readers, especially
the good Methodist brothers who make it
their business to keep a strict watch over
the morals of Harper publications. So
much was said that the editor of the Bazar
incontinently refused to publish any farth
er articles on "the same subject. Either
th - miction on the part of its cen-
gauges the tono of socie-
ty differently indeed, since it apparently
gives editorial sanction to the use of wine
and its compounds in the family. It will
however find few to quarrel with the stand
it has last taken.
FlBTlto.
FEAIN WOMEX.
It id often affirmed with some appear
ancc of truth, that many of the women
who have m.ire the greatest mark in the
("world have been plain women. There ia.
however, such a'diversity of opinion with
regard to beauty, no two people apparent
ly thinking alike, that it is not an easy
matter to decide who really bave been
plain women. Biographers are naturally
chary of so describing a living women, and
history abounds in conflicting opinions on
these points ; for example, by some Joan of
rc was pat down as plain, yet Tennyson
mentions her in his 'Dream of Fair Wom
en' as '.Joan of Arc, & light of ancient
France.' Mary Powell in one of her
charming works speaks of Margaret Ro
per as a 'plain giil, with changeful spirits,
but possible as she grew older she grw in
beauty, or her charms may have consisted
of expression and grace of movement, for
Erasmus considered her beautiful.
As a rule, literary women have not been
noted for their charms, and -among the
greateat triumph of plain women are those
of the mind. Mrs. Fry, good as she was,
had no personal beauty to adorn her suc
cessful, honest life ; nor had Hannah More
Miss Edgeworlb, Miss Mitford, Mrs. He
mans or Madame Guyon. Of Mrs. Chap
one we read from the pen of a contempor
ary that 'She was full of good sense and
uncommon ugliness.' Charlotte Bronte's
pale, plain face is often alluded to by her
biographers ; and Sappho was short of
stature, swartey and ungraceful
The least attractive girls in every circle
are often first to marry, probable because
they are less difficult to please than their
mere favored sisters ; but for all that, the
richest fruits of life not seldom come to
their share rather than to the fair ones.
That men, mostly swayed by beauty, have
now and then adored ungainly women is a
hisloricle and social fact. Voltaire's fav
orite niece was as ugly as she way agreea
ble. Madame D'Houdelot, the only wom
an Rousseau ever loved, squinted and was
marked by small-pox, and yet her friends
dubbed her 'La Parfaite Julie.' Ayesha,
Mohammed's favorite wife, was no beauty,
nor was Swift's Vanessa.
Among women of exalted rank who
bave been wanting in beauty are Margaret
of Sweden, Matilda Empress of Germany,
and Christiana of Sweden. Fulvia, wife
of Antony, had few personal charms;
neither had Tcrentia, wife of Cicero, if one
may trust to the majority of historians ;
but most of these have found some admir
ers among biographers. Xeither Anne of
Cleves nor Catherine of Arragon was good
looking, still for a while they swayed the
fickle heart of their BiuebearJ husbaud.
Queen Anne was a dowdy, graceless wom
an in her best days. Cromwe!i"3 wife was
plain. When Queen Anne of Bohemia
came to Englaud ai a bride there was a
pageant at Cheapside of a castle with two
towers, from both sides of which ran foun
tains of wine ; and we are told that the
beautiful girls who blew gold-leaf in the
faecs of the king anJ queen caused the
plain bride to look f laiuer ; yet she made
her way in the good graces of king and
people.
In France, the gay and pleasure-loving
women have gained many laurels, Madame
DeStael is a memorable instance, though
no one was more conscious of her personal
defects. Even her name was a power in
itself. The great Xapoleon condescended
to be so jealousJ?f her influence that no
persuasion would induce him to allow her
to return to Europe. Mademoiselle De
Depiuaiss, one of the most fascinating
women of her day, who exercised a mar
velous influence on those around her was
marked with smallpox. Madame Geoffrin"
was a plain woman, Madame D'Epiaa was
neither beautiful nor clever, but most at
tractive. Madame Do Mailly was the
plainest woman of the court. Maria
Leezinska, daughter of Stanislaus, King of
Poland, wife of Louis XV, Was good, but
uninteresting.
'Jolly Wiikm They're Half Tight.'
'O the fellows are just jolly when they
are half tight ?'
That is what a young lady (?) said re
cently, when the tipping custom of young
men was under remark.
Heaven pity a head so shallow, a heart
so wicked.
Does not every thoughtful woman know
that the young men thus held up as an
ideal is corrupt to the very core that his
presence is a pestilence and his friendship
death ?
Jolly I' Beastly, the rather. The high,
the moral, the intelletual iu the young men
is laid low, and the base, tho vile the treach
erous, the icmorseleas in his uature is let
loose by the way exhileration that while it
stupefies conscience, excites the low cun
ning that is mistaken for and gaiety.
Young woman, cau that very young man
whom you thus falsly admire respect you
for the silly and vicious compliment ?
Were you to change places with him he
sober, you druuk would your admiration
be reciprocated '( D- sober youug men
risk their seli'-respec I aud character with
tippling young women ? Xot they I If our
youug women could insist on as high stan
dard of friendship from the opposite sex as
our youug meu do, there would be few, in
deed left, so vulgar as to say, the 'fellows
are jolly when they are drunk.'
'Young woman, God will be your judge:
You may, by your, influence, be a holy
angel, or a queen of devils. . You may lead
or bo led to heaven or hell I'
We warn every youug woman and girl
whose eyes may rest oa these words soil
not your name and character by even com
mon friendship .with the "jolly fellows'
whose guilty atteution will be your shame,
long after their quick repartee has ceftsed
to kindle your delight.
The Board of Commissioners of Law
rence county is called the "Woodpecker
Court," all its members being red-headed.
There were seventy small-pox deaths in
Cincinnati last week. The plague is on the
increase. .
The Washington hotel landlords com
plain that their baggage rooms are getting
crowded with trunks left by enthusiastic
Democrats who come with "great expecta
tions" of an office, have bad to 30 away
without one, leaving their trunks to
forwarded when thcyend remittanc
pay their bills.