he Sunbury American
Is Prm.isHF.D F.vi:nv Fripat, bt
EM'L WILVERT, Proprietor.
jrner of Third St., and Market S'juo.rt,
PUNiiCRY, PA.
At One Hollar and Filly Out
( paid strictly in advauce; 91.7ft if .uil within tboyear;
r ti.(M in all caae wliou payment is il'l.vfl till after
ffxpiratiun f the year. No eutwerij tutu iliNcotitiiiued
uulil all arrearage are paid unliaa at the optiou ot ttie
puUlmlier. Ibixe Ttm akk kh;iily milKiiti) to.
Al! new sulworiptioiie to the American by ,ie:iuK livi.i
outside of t lie t'-ouuty of Nor mini tx'rl.ii.d. iuutt be ;:
coiopa.aed witii tlie Cash. T'li a tu l it- ik-ochk iry ty
the liiilicuity eirioucoJ in c.lleoti;.g u m h gulatoiit -lione
at a disl and'.
Rates of Advertising.
One inch, (twelve lines or it equiTiknl in Xcropwia
type) one or two iaeerUone.tl.S9 ; ttzbSTneartioiui $2.19
' Space. l. 2. 9. en. lv.
""inch W.30 J3.09 S4.U9 fl9.
two inch, Sjm 7.00 9.00 k.
ittreeinchee S.utf 7.U0 .IW 1100 18,9
ourlnehe 7,00 9.(19 11.U0 17.00 23.99
WMlnCmnu. 10.00 12.09 14.09 . !.(9
rJr " 13.00 18.09 ao.ou 30.00 0.09
Ulm 30.0W 98.99 40.99 90.09 luu.tw
xeariyaaToHiMnirato payabto qnertarlr TranaclM.1
,h .1fnt " bo paid btfoio tnaerttoe, RHfl
bora partlee ht-n acoounta.
M',J2!lcM' twenty eeut , an tm nmte f-r
very enbeeqqent humrtinn.
yeer for ne Brat two Mora, ,Ba i.uu far nab aaowh-ttal
imf.
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PKK K 91 SO IX ADVAXC
r Series, Vol. 7, X. 43
Series, Vol. 36, No. 4-V
r..!
SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 11, 1876.
( Old
TflAI
JL J JLJL
IKSiir Hi
Phvsician of this celebr ite I limitation.
has
discovered the most certain, ee ly, plca-anl and
tlectual remeilv in tlie world lor
DISEASES OF IMl'RUHF.NVK.
Weakness ot the Hack or Limit, Stricture:,
Atll'ctioim of Kidneys and it. add r, involun
tary Discharges, lmpotency, Jeucr.il Debili
ty, Nervousness, Pyspepsy, Languor, Low
Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, I'alpitation of
the Heart, Timidity, Trembling, Dimness
of Sight or CJid liues, !i-e:tM5 of the Head,
Throat, N'useur Skm, AtlW-tlons of Liver, Lim::,
St imaeh or Bowels th'e terrilile disorder)'
arising from the Solitary llabiioof Youth those
secret und solitary practieea more fatal to t licit
victims than the song ot Syrens to the Mariners
K ClvB-es. blighting their most brilliant Hopes
of anticipation, reudcrinK iiiarrUtre, Acp..iiuiM-
sible.
YOU NO MEN
especially, who hare become the victims 01 .Soli
tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely ;ravc
thousands of youuc men of the most exalted
talents and brilliant intellect, who mi-rlit other
wise have entranced listening Senates with the
thunders of eloquence or waked to ecslacy the
living lyre, may call with full conlidence.
MARlilAtJE.
Married Persons or Youni; Mf 11 cotilemplallus
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Procreative Power lmpotency), Nervous Ex
citability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner
vous Debility, or any other Disqualification.
firetli!v relieved.
lie who places tiimseit under tne care i.i it. o.
may reiiiriously contide in his honor as a ircntle
tnan, and conlidenliy rely U'mn his skill as a Pm
fcitian. ORGANIC WEAKNESS,
lmpotency, Lots of Foer, immediately ureil
and full VLr.r Restored.
This Distressing All'ection which renders Lite
tuisernblcnnd niarriatce impossible is I he penalty
Iaid by the victims of improer indulgences.
Yonii!;" persons are too apt to c01111r.it exces-es
from uot bcincawarc of the dreadiul coiisecp nees
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that the ponvi
of procreation is lost sooner by ihose ! itiir ml"
improper habits than by the pr idem f Beide
ein deprived the pleasures of lieaitby olfspriii,
the most serious and d-st. uctive syinplouis to botli
body and mind arise. The system lieeomes de
ranged, the Plivsicai and Mental Functions
Weakened, Loss of I'rocreasive Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspe .a, Palpitation of th- .leart,
Indiesl'ion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
o: the Frame, ('oiirh, Coiisutiiptiou. Decay and
Deiiih.
A CrirE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persons ruined In health by uuliarnel preten
ders who keep them trilliiiL' iu mtli alter month,
taking po'.sonous and injurious eoiupoiin is.
should apply immediately.
PR. JOHNS-TON,
Member of the Royal College of Mi re. cutis, Lou
don, ra iuated from one of the most eminent
Col'c-"'-s in the I' 11 led Slate:-, and the irreatci
part of wbo-e ife has lccn sent iu the hospitals
of IamiJoii, Pris, Phiiadelphia and eloewheie,
has t tlseted sonic of the most astonihim; cures
that wi reerer known ; many troubled wiihrin
5nir in the head and ears when asleep, irreal
nervousness, bcius; alarmed at su.Ueu soands,
baslifulness, with frequent blushing, attended
mnietimes w ith derangement of iiiind, were cured
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. j
Dr. J. addresses all those who have lajurrJ
tliemaelves by improer induliienee and solitary
habits, which ruin both body and mind, uulittin
them for either business, study, society or mar
liae.
1 Htst arc some of the sad and melancholy
t-fleets produced by early habits of youth, viz:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs. Paius 111 tin
Pack and Head, Diiunctfg of feii:bt, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy,
Nervous Irritability, Deran-remeut of Diestiva
Functions, General D. bility, Symptoms of C011--n
tii 1 tioti, &.C.
MrsTALl.T The tearful oirects on the uiiu I
lire much to be drvaded Loss of Memory, Con
fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evii
ForcbodiiiL'S, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
1-ove of JSolitude, Timidity, Vc., are some of the
fT? produced
Tiiol bASns of persons of all a;rc on now
ju'lL'e what is the cause of their decliuiiii,' health,
lcsiii"; thi ir viiror, tM-comini;, weak, paie, nervous
and emaciate, having a singular appearance
about the eyc&jfough and symptomsol consump
tion. VOUNG MEN
Who have injured th tnseives by a certain prac
tice indulged in when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or al schnol, tin
i-rtV-cts of which are nightly felt, even when
asieep, and if uot cured, renders marriage impos
sible, and destroys both min i and body, should
appiy immediately.
What a pity that a younif man, the hol"of his
coui'Uy, liie'darlinc of his parents, should be
matched from all prospects and enjoyments 01
life, by the cout-equeuce of deviating from the
path of natnre and Iudul";iiii; in a certain secret
Itabit. fcuch l-ersons mi st before contem-.'latlni:
MARRIAGE.
leHet l that a sound mind and body arc the mos1
necessary requisites to promote eotiuubial happi
ness. Indeed without these, the journey t.'iroiiL'h
Lie lieeomes a weary pilurimatre ; the prosjKMt
hourly darkens to the view; the mind becomes
sbuJoued with despair and tilled with the uiclan
rholy reflection, that the Uappjues of aiiothei
lccotiii:6 blighted withourown.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the niLtruided an imprudent votary ol
jileaaurc tinds that he has imbibed the seeds ol
this painful disease, it too often happens that an
ill-timed sense of iharae, or dread of discovery,
deters him from applying to those who, from
education and respectability, can alone b. friend
him, delaying till the constitutional symptom ol
this horrid disease make their apjiearance, such
as ulcerated sore throat, disca-ed uose. noctuial
pains in the head and limbs, dimness of -i-;iii,
ibafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms,
bloiches on the head, face and extremities, pro-p-ssii!;
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 become
a horrid object of cotnintswation, til! death p'tti.
it i-eriod to his dreadful sutferiDL', by sendiau'
him !o"that Undiscovered Countr. fro 11 uhene
u traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fact that thousand DIE
r let i ins to this terrible disease, through fallin
into the hands of Iirnorant or unski lful PRE
TENDERS, who, by the use of that dead.) Poi
kou, Mercury, Ac, destroy the constitution, and
incapable, of curing, k"ep the unhappv sM!ler
month after month taking their r ixious or in
jurious compounds, and instead of bein:: restored
to a renew al of Life Vi-ror and Happiness, in des
pair leave hitn with ruined Health to i'ti ove
his trailing disapisdnttuent.
To such, therefore, Dr. Johnston pledge Vmi--''.f
to preserve the most luviolabic tecrccv, and
front his extensive practice and observations 111
the jireat Hospitals of Euroj, and the tir.-t ti
this country, viz: England, France, Philadclphi 1
11 nd Isew here, is enabled to oiler the most cer
tain, speedy and effectual remedy lu the worl I
nr ali diseases of iiniirudence.
DR. JOHNSTON.
' H UK, NO. 7. S. FREDERICK S i REE L
Caltimoee, M. D.
ft baud side going from Baltimore street, a le
1-s from the corner. Fail not to observe ua m.
number.
'"No letters received unless postpaid and
nin a stamp to be used on the reply. Per
'ing should state age, and send a portion
'etiicni describing symptoms,
re eo many Paltry, Designing mi l
inpnstert advertising themselves as
ling with and ruiuing the health
nnately fall into their power,
cents it necessary to say cs
icquaiuted with his renuia
ttials or Diplomat always
OF THE PRESS,
t red at this Establish
! the numerous im
1 performed by I) .
Drescntatives of tin
notices of u hieli
liefore the public,
-UJi ol cliar.u t r
guarantee tot li
cured.
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I lute
R., I --vo
on of llllll-
e public.
lin-ry fur
to nil 01-
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BtLTIMOEti: MX St
JR. JOHNSTON,
1
Profcssicnal.
rP 5. IklSK, Attorney nt Law, SUN-
l o BL FIT, PA. Offlce In Market tqnare,
(adjoininsr the otflce of W. I. Grcenooirh, Esq.,)
Professional biilne In this and adjoining coun-
1 t:t's Prtnt!y attetidi'd to.
Suiibiirv, March In, lS7-j.-y.
I JOSKPH S. AICOM,
I ATTOUNEY and COl'NSELLOK AT LAW,
I Liverpool, Perry county. Pa.
Ail business matter in the counties of North-
nmberland. Snyder. Union. Perry and Juniata
promptly attended to. Consultations can be had
in the ;ertiian and English laniruuires.
april 17. lS74. l v.
Vi
r5I. A. SOItl.lt.
ATTOIIN EY AT LAW
ANI COfNTT SOI.iriToU.
OlHceon Front Stiect be'.ow Market. Sunbury,
Pa. Collections and all lejral business promptly
attended to.
J ami: iii:iici.
ATTOHNEY AT LAW.
Otllce ill tlaupt building. South East Corner
of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
SrtxiAL AtTrTioN Pir to Collixtions.
t
X. KICK r..
i.. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and actinhJUoTU-E o.' the PEACE. -
Next Door to Judge Jordan's Res'uleuce, Chest
nut Street, Sunbury, Pa.
Collections and ali legal matters promptly at
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ATTORNEY A'l LAW, AND
VCTI.. Jl'STIl'L OP Till: PEACK.
iiiveyancing.the collect ions of claims, writings,
and alfkiud of Legal business will be attended
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English and German language. Ollice
in HauptS building, Market street, Sunbury, Pa.
April '..,7."i.
G.
itorixMtr,
AtlorneV-at-Laiv,
GEORGETOWN.
Northumberland Co., Pcnna.
t:an lie coiisit ted in the Engli.-h and Germ 111
language. Collections attended to iu North
uuilicrlaud and adjoining counties.
Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
rance Company. mh!5
W. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
SunTjury, Pa.
November 9. 1872. if.
II. ItOYEK. Attorney and Counsellor
tOe at Law. Ollice in Wolverton's Law build-
inir. Second stiect. SUNBURY. PA. Professional I
usincss alien led to, in the court of Sort hum
oerlaud ami adjoining com: tie. Also, iu the
Circuit and Ir.ttrUl Court for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claim promitly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to ea.- i Blink
ruptcy. Consultation cau be had in the Ger
man language. April 9,'75.
L.
II. KANE, Attorney at Law, SUN
KI'GY. PA., ollice In "Wolvcrtou'e Law
btiildiiiL'. Second street. Collections made in
Northumberland and adjoining counties.
April '.t,'7".
J. Me riii I.iuu. Andrew II. IilL Krauk. S. Mrr.
I.IW. HILL A- MARK,
ATTOIiXEVS AT LAW.
Next door to the Piesbvtrrian church, Market
Square, SUNBLRY,
April 9,'75 Northumberland Co.. Pa.
J1TIFS II. MeOEVITT,
iVTTORNEY AT L.W AND
Umteii Stati: Co issiovkk.
B. Boyer, Eq., in Wolverton'
Sunburv. Pa.
OlHce with S.
; Law Building,
April V.
O I.
O Mar
WOLVEIITOY, Attoruey at Law.
rket Square, SUNBURY, PA. Profession-
! business in this and a ijoining counties prompt
y attended to.
! TT MASSI
.MASST.K, Attorney at Law, SUN-
11. BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder.
I Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. apilO-0'.t
G
l.O. V
7.1 Kt.l.l.K,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ippo-ito d"pot. Third Street,
Ollice ,
buiv. Pa.
Sun-
Collections and all professional business
pr mptly attended to in the Courts of Northutn
lierland and adjoining counties.
October 2S, 17..
It. . M. HA Kl'IX, Olfiee in Drug
Store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. in., to 1 p. 111., and trotu C to 1) p. 111.,
at all other hours, when not Professionally en
aged can be found at his residence, on Chestnut
Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention
given to surgical cases. Will visit Patient
either iu town or counlrv.
E.
C. CiOK IV,
ATTTORNEY ASD COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Ollice on east Market street, opposite the City
Hotel, Sunbury, Pa.
Prompt an I Viretnl attention pail to convey
ancing. Max H. 1S75
G. CAIHY A LL OEK.Markct Street,
. SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer In Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
ilass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books. Dairies, iV.c.
OEXTISTItY.
t; noitii e m. i:exn,
Iii Sihiji.tfin's Uuildiivj, Market S-jicire,
Scsbukt, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
a targe assortment of Teeth, and other Deiita
material, from which he will be able to select,
and races .ne wants of bis customers.
All worn warranted to give satisfaction, or elc
the money refunded.
The very best Mouth Wash audTootli-Powdeis
kept ou hand.
His references arc the numerous patrons for
whom he has worked for the last twelve year.
Sunbury, April 21, 1 S7-!.
iljotcls aufc licstanr.nits.
M.Li: II tE. (Formerly -Danville i
ll-lei," re oeued July lt, 175.) Market j
Street, Danville. Ph. L. G. STICKER, Proprie
tor. Guest conveyed to and from the Depot.
(ood sample rooms lor iigi ul.
Aug. lo, 75 -ly.
C It AAV IO
Mulberry.
RAU'FOICI IIOISE, Cor. Third and
Business Centre, Williamsport,
Wm. CRAWFORD, Proprietor.
Dec. 11, 1.T4.
ClLE.l
J Mar
n EXT IIOI SL, Thir l Street Ih Iow
rket, Sunbury, Pa. PETER S. BUR
RELL. Proprietor. Rooms neat and comfortable.
Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season
and the waiters attentive and obliging.
Sunqury, Jan. "2, W5.
U KITED STATES HOTEL, W. F.
KITCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, and the best accommodations given.
April 5. 1S7J. tf
ATIOXAL HOTEL.
AUGUSTUS
1 WALD, Proprietor. Georgetown Sorth'd
Cotintv. Pa., at the Station of the N. C,
R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The table is supplied with the best the market
alTonls. (rood stabling and atteutive ostlers.
CM MEL'S It EST A I It A X T,
LOUIS 11 U MM EL, Proprieto
Commerce St., SHAMOKIS, PENN'A.
Having just refitted the above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to
serve jis frieuds with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
itiors.
PACKEIt IIAAB.
W. S. ItUOADI.
H
A AM V RIIOA IS
KITAIL DEALERS OF
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Ofhcb with Haas, Fauf.lt Co.,
Orders left at Seaskoltz ic Iro's. otUoo, Market
Street, will receive prompt attention. Country
osstoui respectfully solicited,
H. S. 1ST. tf.
COAL! COAL! COAL! GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AND RED ASn COAL, SUNBURY, PA.
(LOWER WHARr.J
Orders will receive orompi attention.
ANTHRACITE COAL !
V
AI.EXTIVE DIETZ, Wholesale
and
Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENS A.
All kinds of Grajn taken in exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and tiller1 promptly. Orders left
at S. F. Nevin'8 Confectionery Sure, on Third
licet, will rccieve prompt attention, and money
recciptedfor. the same as at the ollice.
( UAL, FLOCK, (.IIAIX AM IIIOM.
I'll ATE.
'IHE undersigned having connected the Coal
Jl business with his exteivtFLOURit GRAIN
trade, is prepared to supply families with the
VEKY KENT OF COAL,
CHEAP 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 al a reasonable
VUU" J. M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbury, Siyt. 10. 1S75. tf.
ABsrtIIa:ittimB.
ifiOMENTS
ASD
Grrave Stones
On hand, and made to order.
Scotch Granite Monuments
Imported to order. Shop ou Fourth Street
near Market, Suiiburv, Pa.
W. M. DAUGnERTY, Trp'r.
Sunhurv. Jan. i4, 1S7G.
1875T FALL STYLES W.
is
MILL.HSTERY.
ALL the latest styles and novelties selected at
the late importers' and jobbers' openings.
BIRDS. WINGS, FANCY FEATHERS, OS
TRICH TIPS AND PLUMES, SILK
VF.LVETS, VELVETEENS.
etc.
HATS AND BONNETS
In Felt and Straw, and al! New and Stylish, at
MISS L. SHISSLER'S
Millinery Sture,
Oct. 15, 1S75. Market St., Sunbury.
THE CHOICI.KT
AND
DRY OOI
ii I L L 1 N E II Y
or Alls KAIL liLALIt
Market Square, north
side,
Muitbury I'enu'i,,
Will be found the most complete, attractive and
cheapest store of
CHOICE DRY GOODS,
consisting of Ladies Dres Goods, Woolen Goods
for Ladies' I nun the largest establishmeuU iu
the cities.
LADIES & CUIDREXS? W00LE.V SIAWLS.
I udio, Misses' and Children.' Woolen Goods,
Slik Velvets, Ribbons, ash Ribbons, Neck Ties,
Kid Glove,, Fancy and Plain Hosiery, First
Quality Zephyr and Germautown Wool.
ALSO
yuTIOXSAXD THMMISGS
It GREAT VARIETY.
i Gents' (J loves, Neckties. Hatikerchiefs, Ac
j full assortment of Soaps and Perfumery.
invitation i extended to all to call and see
A
An
the
choice selection.
MISS KATE BLACK.
ifictD bbcrtisemtnts.
A XEAV STOCK OF
MERCHANT TAILOBIHG GOODS.
C1IAS. MAII1L
Has jusl leturned from the Eastern citie,with an
elegaul selections of
CLOTHS.
CASSIMEKES,
and YESTIXGS,
of the finest French Brands, Trimmings, &c.
He i now ready to receive orders for
SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS
of any desired style. The latest styles of pat
' terns on baud, and
XEAT FITS GUARANTEED.
You will find prices al least as reasonable as
elsewhere. (Jive me a call.
CHAS. MAIHL,
FOURTH .ST., Oppwiti CITY HOTEL,
SUNBURY, PA.
Siii.biiry, Apiil 9, XS75.-tf.
WATCHES, JEWELRY A SILVER
WAKE. John W. Steveiistou,
Comer Third and Market Sts, Sunbury, Pa.
HAS completely renovated his Store Room,
and opened the largest assortment of
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELR SOLID SIL
VER AND PLATED AVARE,
ever exhibited in this part of ihe State. Every
thing in the Jewelry line is kept iu store.
Kilvr-AHrP,
Ilru-eIot,
Ring A Chaiu,
of every description and of the finest quality
Particular attention paid to repairing
Watrbeii, Clocks, Jewelry, Ac.
HAIR JEWELRY made to order.
Sunbury, March 6. 1374.
John II. Sell. John M. Sohohock
SELL A SCHOXOCK.
Second Street, Womelsdorf, Pa.
FOREIGN AND DOM ESTIC LIQUORS
WISES, BRANDIES, GINS,
Pure Old ICje WliiMley,
ArrxE Whipket, Cordials, Ac.
All Liquors sold gaurranteed as represented.
Orders promptly attended to and public pa
tronage respectfully solicited.
SELL A 8CIIONOUR.
2d St., Womelsdurf, Berks Co., Pa.
Feb. 27. 1874. ly.
New Millinery S ore,
IIEK.MMIX, XorlhM County, Pa.
MRS. KATE MECK respectfully inlorras the
public thai she has opened a
XEAV "IILLI.XERY 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 patt'",
consisting of
FEATHERS. FLOWERS, RIBBONS,
and ail Goods fonnd in a first-class Millinery
Store, which are offered at extremely low prices.
Ladies are especially Invite to call and ex.
amine all tie now stylet, and ascertain the
prices. KATE MECK.
ltoTDdoot Oc. 191b, 18T morr
sah nnb tb prinling.
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PrintingOfflce
IIE SUNBURY AMERICAN
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li8bmeut
in Northumberland County.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
AVEDDING CARDS,
VISITING CARDS,
snow CARDS,
BALL TICKETS,
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HANDBILLS, ,
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Everything that Is needed In the printing de
partment will be executed with promptness and
at low prices. AH are invited to call and exa
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.
J-if"Orders for Subscription. Advertising or
Job Printing, thankfully received.
Address
EM'L WILVERT, Proprietor,
SUNBURY, PA.
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THE OLD MAX AND THE FAST
MAIL.
You of man, I am tired and weary, end I'll bor
row your chair for awhile.
To sit by your offlce window, where the golden
BunbeaniB smile,
For I've traveled some miles since morning, al
though I'm old and gray,
To see Uncle Sam's hobby, the fast white mall,
to-day.
How Time keeps ringing his change ; It ain't
many years ago,
Since I've traveled this same read, youngster, in
a stage-coach, old and slow.
There wasn't a sign of a railroad, nor a tele
graph pole in sight,
And the earth lay asleep in a mantle of snow
flakes, pure and white.
A little log cabin yonder, peeped out at the edge
of the woods,
Like the nut-brown face of a maiden from uuder
a snow-white hood,
And there we unhitched our horses, In twilight
cold and gray.
To rest In the brown log cabin 'till the dawn of
another day.
Then I came again the next summer, when the
meadows with grass were green,
When the birds iu the oaks were singln' and the
fish were at play in the stream,
Ant. I built, in a little clearing, way yonder over
the bill,
A cabin of logs and brushwood, and, stranger, I
live there still.
But the cabin o' logs has vanished, and there
stands in its place to-day
A mansion of brick and granite, while over
across the way.
My lad has built him a cottage, a cottage ho
calls his own,
That discounts the big brick mansion where the
old man isn't at home.
For old dogs don't learn uew habits, and an old
man's hard to please.
It niu't easy 10 rest from labor when one isn't
used to ease ;
Yet I don't know as I'd be willing' to toll in the
field again,
A workin' for paper dollars, and killio' both
heart and brain.
Once a week we got our malls, then, folks wasn't
In a hurry to go,
Tbey didn't think that the stage-coach was
lumberin' old, and slow,
And you couldn't have made us beliee it, if
you'd argued an hour or more,
They'd be carrying malls by steam power, and
throwiu' them offat the door.
Now cars run over their railways with the speed
of a gust of wind.
They've left the lumberin' stage-coach and the
old-fashioned way behind,
And tbey tell me to lands far westward, where
the eagle has left bis trail,
Uncle Sam is sendln' 'em letters, by way of a
fast white mail.
80 I've driven from home since moruiug, al
though I am old and gray,
To see Undo Sam's pet bobby, the fast while
mail, to-day ;
For in twenty-six hours, I've beard it, and it
beats an old man like roe.
They've the ocean mail a readiu' by "the queen
o' the iuleud sea."
Well, times Is chaogiu' surely, one is never too
old to learn,
Though there may be flaws in the marble that
my old eyes can't discern,
Tct I'm tired of the Deacon's croakln, and I
wish he'd "give us a rest ;"
God's ruDtiin' the world. I reckon, aud Hedjeth
what seems the best.
Now I'll move my chair here, youngster, and sit
where the bright sun smi'ee,
'Til! I hear on the curve down yonder, the whis
tle o' John Miles,
For they tell me he's ruunin' an engine on the
fast while mail to-day,
And be runs like a wild young fellow' if bis hair
is turnin' gray.
The old man sat by the window till he saw o'er
the curve below. ,
The smoke from the engine rising like the wings
of a great black crow,
Then be crept with a gait unsteady across the
office floor,
And stood like a statue watching the train from
the open door.
It came like a great white arrow tipped with a
barb o' steel,
Spurning the rnad beneath It with the touch of
its lroc-shod heel.
Catching the mail while passing with a demon's
outstie'.cbed hand,
To be scattereJ in showers i f blessings afar
o'er the peaceful land.
Miles, with bis band on the lever, looked out as
be passed the door,
Looked out at the sunbeams stealings down to- j
ward the lake's green shore,
Then pulled the throttle wlJe open, and beeuied
with bis air to say,
"Uncle Sam, I've run like lightning with your
fast white mail to-day."
Then old man looked in wonder, as they cangUt
the mail below,
"Aye ! time is fast," be muttered, "for that idea
ain't slow,"
Aud then, as away they vanished with a flash
like a comet's tail,
He said : "Old time, you're euchered hy steam
and the white mail." j
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THE REC.GAR GIRL OF PARIS.
During the "Reigu of Terror"' in France,
there were many deeds of daring performed
even by women. The very streets in Paris
were deluged with blood. But near the
guillotine it ran in rushing torrents. One
dark rooming an unusual number of the
aristocracy had been marched forthless ;
countless heads rolled from the block. A
gaping multitude stood by, and with shouts
rent the air as the aristocracy were thus
butchered .
Among the assembled multitude that
dreary moruing were two females. Oue of
them was plainly clad, while a cloak was
thrown around her, with which she kept
her features nearly concealed. But a close
observation would betray the fact that the
woman had been weeping. Her eyes were
iuflamed and red, and she gazed eagerly
upon the platform, while a shock of the
glittering knife severed the head from some
one who had been unfortunate enough to
fall under the ban of the leaders. The
face of the woman was very beautiful,
and she was young certainly not more
than sixteen years of age.
The other female was quite different in
character. Her face was fair, but there
was a brazen sxpressiau about it. She was
clad in rags, and as each head fell she
would dance, aud in various ways express
her delight, and then exclaim :
'There goes another aristocrat who re
fused me charity when I humbly sued him!'
Each expression of this kind would
create a laugh from those who heard her,
though any thoughtful person must won
der how one so young could have been so
depraved.
The first female watched this poor crea
ture a few minutes, and then, pressing one
band to her side, she laid the other upon
the shoulder of the wretch and whispered :
AVould you like to become rich at once?'
The femalt turned about with a look of
surprise, burst into a loud laugh, and then
replied :
'Of course I would I'
'Follow me and you shall be.'
Enough. Lead on.'
It was with considerable difficulty that the
two extricated themselves from the crowd.
but they did so at length,and then the Grst
female asked the other :
'What shall I call you ?'
0h, I am called the Beggar Girl,
Maria.
'You live by begging ?'
Yes ; but what's your name, and what
do you want?'
'My name is Maria, the same as your,
own.
'Are you an aristocrat V
'It does not matter. If you know where
we can Cnd a room, lead me to it and you
shall have gold. '
The pauper led the way into a narrow,
filthy street aud then into a dark, filthy
room.
The other female could not but feel a
sickening sensation creep oyer her, but she
recovered herself. After contemplation
for a time the apartment and what it cou
taincd, she asked :
'Are you well known in Paris ?'
'Yes, everybody knows Maria, the beg
gar girl.'
'Are you known to Robespierre ? I so.
I want to make a bargain with you.
'I am. What do you wish V
'You see that my clothes are better than
your own, and I wish to exchange with
you. I want you to not show yourself at
all for a short time, or until I come to you
again. As a recompense for aiding ma I
will give you a thousand francs. As secur
ity for my return, take this ring.
The lady drew a diamoud ring from her
finger and gave it to the beggar girl, then
handed her a purse-containing gold. The
girl appeared a little puzzled, and asked :
'Well, what are you going to d with
my dress ?'
'I want to put it on and go where I
first met you.'
'Ob, I understaad now. You want to
see the chopping going on, and yoy are
afraid you will be taken for an aristocrat if
you wear that dress ; you want to repre
sent me.' .
'Yes. I want to look like you as near as
possible.'
'Well, that won't be difficult. Your hair
and eyes, and even your mouth are like
mine. Your face is too white, though.
But you can alter that with a little dirt.'
They exchanged dresses, and soon the
young, rich and Noble Maria de Nantes
was clad in the rags of Maria, the Beggar
Girl of Paris.
The history of Maria de Nantes was a
sad one. Her father and two brothers had
fallen victims of the remorseless fiend of
the revolution, and a third and last brother
had been saved, but of his fate she was
ignorant, although she expected that it
would be similar to that of her other re'a
tives. He had been torn from her but a
few hours before. After the exchange, the
pauper, looking on the stockingless and
shoeless little feet and ankles of the
lady, said :
'That will never do. Your feet are too
white and delicate. Let rue arrange mat
ters.' Iu a few minutes Maria was prepared,
and in filth and rags she emerged into the
street. She now took the course back to
wards the guillotine, and at length reached
square where the bloody work was still go
ing on. Gradually she forced her way
through the crowd, and nearer and nearer
sho came to the scaffold. She eveu forced
a laugh al several remarks she beard
arouud her, but those laughs sounded
stiangely. She now stood within the plat
form, swept it with her eyes, but her bro
ther was not there. The cry was raised,
'The aristocrats are coming !'
Her heait fluttered violently, aud she
felt a faiutness come over her as she heard
the tramp of the doomed men approaching.
Her brother walked proudly and fearlessly
forward and ascended the steps that led to
the block. Up to this moment the strength
of poor Maria had failed her and she was
unable to put her plan into execution. But
now a sister's love sprung up iu her heart
and she recovered her strength. She sprang
forward, bursting through the line guards
aud ran up the steps, grasping her brother
by the hand, she said :
'AY hat does all this mean ? It is only
aristocrats who are to die.'
'Away, woman 1' exclaimed one ol the
executioners.
'No ; 1 will uot go away until you tell
me why my brother is thus bound.'
'Your brother V was the echo. 'Well,
who are you ?'
I am Maria ; don't you know me V
The Beggar Girl ?'
Aye.'
'But this is not your brother.'
'It is. Ask him aek him.'
Young Antonio de Nantes then turned a
scornful glance upon
light crossed his face
the maiden, but a
and he murmured,
Oh, wy sister ?
'Is this your brother ?' asked Robes
pierre of the supposed beggar, advanciug
near her.
'It is.'
'Does Mariit apeak the truth ?' naked
Robespierre.
'She does,' was the brother's reply.
'And you are not de Nantes ?'
I tell you I am her brother.'
'Why did you not tell us this before V
'I attempted to speak, but was silenced.'
'But you might have declared yourself.'
'You would not have believed me.'
But your dress ?'
'It belongs to an aristocrat perhaps to
him fur whom I was taken.'
Robespierre advanced close to young
Nantes, gazed earnestly in his face: then
he approached Maria aud looked steadily
into her eyes for a short time. It was a
moment of trial for the poot girl. She
trembled in spite of all bur efforts to be
calm. She almost felt that she was lost,
when the human fiend, whose word was
law, turned and said :
'Release the man.'
The chains were instantly removed, and
Antonio de Nantes walked down from the
scaffold, followed by his Bister, while shouts
rent the air, for they 'supposed he was a
communer who had thus been saved.
The young man worked his way through
the crowd as rapidly as possible, leading
Maria. They scarcely escaped it before
the poor girl fainted from the intensity of
feelings. The brother scarcely knew
what to do, but a hand was laid on his
arm and a voice said :
'Bring her to my room again, she will
bo safe there.'
The brother conveyed her to the apart
ment of the pauper, and asked her :
'Have you seen this female before ?'
'Yes, I know all about ber' returned the
pauper. 'She has done it, and I am glad.'
Before the noble lady had returned to
consciousness the brother had learned all.
Wheu she did so, they both sought more
secure quarters, and after rewarding the
beggar girl, as promised.
'Do you think Robespierre was really de
ceived ?' asked Maria de Nantes.
I think not,' returned the brother.'
'Then why did he order your release ?'
'He saw your plan he admired your
courage. Could a fiend have done less V
'Perhaps this was the case ; but, if so, it
was a deed of mercy, and the only one that
man ever did.'
'You are right.'
Antonio de Nantea was not again arrested
and lived happily with" that sister who had
so nobly periled her own life to save him
by personating the Beggar Girl of Taris.
'o Time Tor Anything.
The greatest difficulty in this country is
that we have no time for anything. The
very walk of an American suggest that he
is in a hurry. An Englishman buttons
his coat and gloves, and goes to business as
deliberately as he goes to church. An
American business man flies after the car,
struggling with his coat sleeves as he runs,
plunges in headforemost, and plunges out
at the end without regard to his neck.
Chief among our accidents stand those
which occur because people will jump upon
flying trains and departing boats. To
wait ten minutes is something net to be
thought of.
Dinner is not eaten, it ia swallowed
whole ; and wheu one comes to the dessert
be finds that the fruit was picked before it
was ripe. Everything is hurried through,
from the building of a house to the curing
of a ham. The women who work on sew
ing" machines stop before they come to the
end of the seam. The dressmaker sends
home your dress with the bastinghreads
it, and no loops to bang it up by. There
is none of the slow, sure completeness of
the old world about anything, and even
fortunes are made in a hurry and lost .in
the same way. If any man we know is
getting rich by the slow and patient pro
cess of raving, be sure that he was not
born upon this continent. Yet people live
as long here as they do an v where else, and
the days are the same length. Why is it
that we have no time foe anything ?
Explaining the Finances.
Jake and Pete were met by Dan, a sort
of negro sharper, at the capitol building
yesterday, when a general conversation
took place about the hard times. -
"Dar now,' said Pete, holding up a half
dollor note, "dar is fifty cents, and dat fifty
cents didn't get near 'naff lur me to reach
him oulil I'd put in half o a good squ.tr
day's work I'
'Dat's de feet ob de dismanidzcinent of
the Cnatishil condition ob de country,' said
Dan, wisely.
'How's dat?' asked Jaxe; 'what's de
financikal condition got to do wid a nigger's
work ? Tell me dat !'
'It's de cou-trackshun ob de money ques
tion, ye see ! 'Sposen we jes redooses de
matter down to de argyment I' nrged Dan.
'Leiume beer yer argey dat pint,' said
Jake, earnestly attentive. .
'Well, now, dar is fifty cents iu Pete's
hands, yer see !'
'Yas !' said both the listeners.
'Den Pete lends dat to me dis way, yer
see ?' taking the note.
'Yas !' they answered.
'Now I puts dat down in my Hank dat
way, yer see ?' pocketing the money.
'Yas !' said Jake. Pete is silent.
'Next, Pete wants his money back ic his
own hand, yer see, an' I doesn't gib it to
him.'
'Wbar's de reason yer don't ?' demand
ed Pete.
'Kase do finances am con-trackted by de
proceedin' operashun. yer see !' exclaimed
Dan.
'Well, den, how does I get my money
back agin V persisted Pete.
'Dar's wbar de argyment come in !' re
plied Dan, as he began to 'circulate' around
the corner n a suspiciously way. A few
minutes after be told the police it was only
a joke, but Pete now had the hec! of the
'argymeut,'
The Boy for the Times.
We like an active boy, one who has the
impulse of the age the steam engine iu
him. A lazy plodding, snail paced chap
might have got alonz iu the world fifty
years ago, but he won't do for these times
AVe live in an age of quick ideas; men
I think quickly, speak quickly, and slow
! coat lies are not tolerated. 'Go ahaad if
! you burst your boiler,' is the motla of the
age ; and he succeeds the best in business
who has the most of th do or die about
him.
I "To nil the prize is open,
"To all the prize is open,
But only he can take it
Who says with Roman courage '
I'll find a way or make iv' i
Strive boys, to catch tlte spirit of the j
times ; be up and dressed always, uot gap-
iug your eyes as "if you wcte fast asleep,
but wide awake may turn up, and you may
be something before you die.
Thidk, plan, reflect, as much as you
please before you act, but think quickly
and closely, and when you have fixed your
eyes upon an object, pull olf your coat
cheerfully, roll up your sleeves in earnest,
and with a merry song spring at the mark
at oucc.
"A cheerful spirit gets on quick
A grumbler in the mud will stick.
But above all this be honest. If you in
tend to be an artist, carve it in the wood,
chisel it in the marble ; if a merchant,
write U in your day book aud spread it in
capitals in your ledger. Let honesty of
purpose be your guidiug star.
As a Scottish officer was handing a sum
mons to a collier, ho said : 'It's a curious
thing ye hand me coming ty ye so often ;
can ye not get out o' debt ? Get out o'
debt, Mr. Turn bull,' said the knight of the
black ciamond ; 'deed, it takes a' time and
wit the gettin' into'L I'm astonished bow
anybody can bae leisure to warstlo out o'
it.
Feminine Matters.
Large side pleats are to be fasqionable
for spring costume.
The favorite diamond earling are o!-
taire knobs Trn as close to the ear as io
siblc. Ear-rings, neckchaiu and locket are the
only jewelry allowable for dwylight wear.
Low neck dresses are not iu vogue, but,
short sleeves, or rather demi sleeves, are
popular.
The Etruscan jewelry is still fashionable
but uew shapes and designs are daily com
ing in.
A new trimming for plain velvet bonnets
is the white saten rolean in favor several
years ago.
Hankerchiefs, with colored boarders, are
used almost exclusively a plain boarder
being seldom seen.
Col ville lace, a combination of silk and
! wool, is used for barbs for the neck and to
trim bonnets and coiffures.
Nowadays, women of society, do
want a dress made like that of some
else, but different from every one else.
When black toilettes are worn ia
not
one
the
evening; hey are relieved by facing and
pipings of cardinal red, rose pink, or eky
blue.
A pretty tloial trimming for party cos
tumes consist of vines a yard and a half
losg, which cross the front from right to
left.
Enameled jewelry in antique designs,
with the pale gray figures on dark back
grounds of deep bine, black red, are very
odd and stylish.
A fashionable full-dress coiffure is a clus
ter of finger puffs on the top of the bead,
out of which flow five long thick curls,
reaching to the waist.
Gloves for street wear may be seal brown
for the first dress and wood collar for the
second ; but for visiting, ivory, cream, or
very pale cameo tints.
In rings, next to the solitaire diamond
may be mentioned amethyst, topaz, and
the pink or black background with white
delicately cut medallions.
A Jewish tunic, formed of lace insertion,
and bordered by white lace, is a handsom j
overdress to be worn with such a dress for
dinner or evening parties.
" For deep mourning there should be no
other trimming but crepe, and the most
acceptable style for putting it on is in wide
folds, the wider the handsomer.
The 'guard' chain is now the correct
thing in that line. It is famous for its ex
quisite slides, in precious materials, and in
every conceivable design and shape.
Gilt rings are made of gold wire twined
aruund like a suake into four or five strands
the head raised and flattencn, so that a
diamond or opal may be set in, and form
its one glittering eye.
Lace sleeves, through which the arm is
visible from the shoulders down, are as
fashionable as last year, and usually ter
minate below the elbow in lace ruffles, very
scant, and ornajnented with ribben bow.
The gold and scariet mania is at its
height. It ia not uncommon to see com
plclecostume of navy blue, or invisable
green, with had adorued by bows of scarlet
ribbon and a scarlet rose, or a scarlet feath
er. lime. Yoohidee, the wife of the Japanese
Minister at Washington, is one of the
best dressed women at the Capital. At a
recent reception she wore a heavy cream
tinted silk, long train, laced corsage, deep
ly pointed, overskirt of genuine Japenese
crepe, trimmed with wide point applsque.
A diamond cross fastened the dress at the
throat.
An Arkansas Father's Ad viee to His
Son.
Bob, you are about leaving home for
strange parts. You are going to throw
me out of the game and ge it alone. The
odds are agin you, Bob. Remember that
industry and persevcrantre ara the winning
cards, as tbey are the 'bowers. Book-larn-ing
and all that sort of thing will do to fill
up with ; like small trumps yon must have
the bowers to back them, or they aint
worth shucks. If luck is agin yon pretty
strong don't cave and look like a sick chick
en on a rainy day. but hold up your head
and make believe you are a flush of trump
they don't play so hard agin yon. I've
lived and traveled around some, and I've
found out that as soon as folks thought you
held a weak band they'd all buck agin you
strong. So, when you're a sortor weak,
keep ou a bold front, but play cautious
bn satisfied with a p'ict. Man j 's the hand
I've seen euchred because they played for
too much. Keep your eye well skinned.
Bob, don't let 'em nig you; recollect, the
game lies as much with head as wlih hands
Be temperate ; never get drunk, for then,
no matter how you play it, both bowers
and the ace won't save you for there's cer
tain to be a misdeal or something wrong.
And another thing. Bob (this was spoken
in a low tone), don't go loo much on wom
en ; queens is kinder poor cards ; the more
you have of them the worse for you ; you
1 miht
have three and narry trump. I
dou't :ay discard 'era. all; you gt;t h?'nl of
one that is a trump ; it's all your good,
and tin-re's strtin i bo out of four.
And above all, Bob, be honest ; never take
a man's trick wot don't belong to jou,
; nor slip 'Vards or cig,' for then you caa't
j look your mar. in the face ;and when that's
i the cae there" no fun in the earue ; its a
regular 'cut throat. S now. Bob, fare
well. Romembcr what I tell you, and you
will be sure to win ; and if you don't, it
sarves you right to be 'skunked.'
After giving Sandy certain directions
about kirk matters, the minister sniffed
once or twice, and remarked, 'Saunders, I
fear you have been 'tasting' this morning.'
'Deed, sir,' replied Sandy, with the coolest
effrontery, set off with a droll glance of
his brown eyes 'deed, sir, I was justga'ia
to observe I thought there was a smell
o'speerits amang us this morning.'
It was ix Omaha. A lawyer was ad
dressing the Judge, and the Judge was eat
ing peanuts and reading a novel. The
lawyer bore it for some time, and then
angrily remarked : 'I suppose I'm entitled
to claim the attention of this court.' 'Well
sir,' retorted the Judge, the court has long"
suspected you and will do it duty the first
chance it gets.'
Americal Girl, recently dead, came into
possesion of William Lowell in 1S07, then
five years old. She won for ber owner, ia
1868, S4.000 ; In 1S67, 13,500 ; in 1570, $10
350 ; in 1S71. S15.4O0 ; in 1372, 313,430; in
1873, $14,000 ; ia 1S74, 19,650; in 1873,
87,400. Total ia eight years, J 102,300, or
an average of f 12,S50 per year. - r
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