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SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 10. 1876.
( New Series, Vol. 7, So. 47.
t Old Merles, Vol. 38, So. 47.
K. S
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MOM' IT 11
DR
JOHNSTON.
Physician of this celebrated Institution, lias
discovered the most cert du, -peedy, pleasant nd
tfectual remedv in the world for aii
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness ot the Back or L'.mhs, Siricturcb,
Affections of Kidneys and bladder, Involun
tary Discharges, Impoteucy, General Debili
tv, Nervousness, Dyopepsy, Laniruor, Low
Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation ot
the Heart, Timidity, Tremblings, Dimness
of 8ight or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
Throat, Nose or Skin, A flection of Liver, Lnnirs,
Stomach or Bowels these terrible Disorders
arising from the Solitary ilabiisof Youth those
secret and solitary practices more fatal to their
victims than the song ol Syrens to the Mariners
of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hoje
f anticipations, rendering uarrUge, &c, impos
sible. IOUNG MEN
specially, who have become the victims of Soli
tar Vice, that dreadful aud destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely trrav
thousands of young men of the most exalted
talents and brilliant intellect, who might other
wise have entranced listening Senates with the
- thunders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy the
living lyre, may call with full confidence.
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Young Men contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Procreative Power Impoteucy), Nervous Ex
citability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner
vous Debility, or any other Disqualification,
speedily relieved.
lie who places himself under the care of Dr. J.
may religiously confide in bis honor as a gentle
man, and confidently rely unon his skill as a Ph
siciau. ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Impotency, Loss or Power, Immediately Cured
and full Vigi.r Restored.
This Distressing Affection which renders Life
miserable and marriage impossible is the penalty
paid by the victims of improper indulgences.
Young persons arc tho apt to commit excesses
from not belug aware of the dreadful consciences
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that the power
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
improper habits than by the prudent T 15eside
Ixtiug deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring,
the most serious and destructive symptoms to Imth
body and mind arise. The system becomes de
ranged, the Physical and Mental Functions
Weakeued, Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspe. ia, Palpitation of the Heart,
(udigestiou, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of the Frame, Cough, Consumption. Decay and
Death.
A CUP.E WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persons ruined in health by unlearned preten
ders who keep them trilling month after month,
taking poisonous and injurious coinpoiin Is.
should apply immediately.
DR. JOHNSTON,
Member of the Koyal College of Surgeons, Lon
don, Graduated from one of the most eminent
Col'cges in the United States, and the greater
part of whose ife has been spent in the hospitals
of London, Pris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
lias enected some ot the most astonishing cures
that were ever known ; many troubled with ring
ing in the head and ears wheu asleep, great
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden somids,
bashfulness, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with derangement of mind, were en red
iiiimediatclv.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who have injurrd
themselves by improper indulgence and. solitary
habits, which ruin both body and mind, unfitting
them for either busiuess, study, society or mar
riage. Thebe are some of the sad aud melancholy'
cnecU produced Dy early nanus o! youtu, viz :
Weakness of the Back and Limbs. Pains iu the
Borkand Head, Dimness of bight, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspcpsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Digestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Cou
eumption, Scc.
M !TiLLT The fearful effects on the mind
are much to be drvaded Loss of Memory, Con
fu' '.u of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil-KupttUK-s,
Aversion to Society, helf-Distrnst,
Lo 9l bolitnde. Timidity, &c, arc some of the
vil produced.
7i9T!Ms of pernor. of '! gcs can ,iow
judge what is the cause of their declining health,
losinc their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated, having a singular apiearancc
bout tfce eyes, cough and symptoms of consump
tion.' YOUNG MEN
Who have injured th mselves by a certain prac
tice indulged in when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or at school, the
etlects of which are nightly felt, even wheu
asleep, aud if not cured, renders marriage impos
sible, and destroys both mind aud body, should
apply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his
country, the darliug of his parents, should be
natchei from all prospects and eujoyuiuiits ol
life, by the consequence of deviating from the
path of nature and lndulgiug in a certain secret
habit. Such persons must before contemplating
MARRIAGE,
reflect that a sound mind and body are the most
necessary requisites to promote connubial happi
ness. Indeed without these, the journey through
life becomes a weary pilgrimage ; the prospect
hourly darkens to the view ; the mind becomes
shadowed with despair and tilled with the melan
choly reflection, that the happiues of unotbei
become blighted with our own.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary ot
pleasure finds that be has imbibed the seeds ot
this painful disease, it too often happens that uu
iil-timed cense of shame, or dread of discovery,
deter him from applying to those who, from
education and respectability, can alone befriend
him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms of
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural
pains in the bead and limbs, dimness of sight,
deafness, nodes on the shin bones aud arms,
blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the
palate of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall
in, and the victim of this awful disease becomes
a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts
a period to his dreadful uttering, by sending
him to 44 that Undiscovered Countrv from a henc
no traveller retui-ns."
It is a melancholy fact that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
into the hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
TENDERS, who, by the nse of that deadly Poi
son, Mercury, 4c., destroy tie constitution, and
incapable of curing, keep the nnhappv sufferer
month after month taking their noxious or in
urions compounds, and instead of being restored
o a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiness, in des
ir leave bim with ruined Health to sigh ovri
is galling disappointment.
To snch, therefore, Dr. Johnston pledges him
If to preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, and
roiu his extensive practice and observations in
he great Hospitals of Europe, and the first ii:
iiis country, viz: England, France, Philadelphia
ml elsewhere, is enabled 10 ouer me most cer
int seedy and effectual remedy in the world
r all diseases of iraurodence.
DR. JOHNSTON.
FFXE, NO. 7, 8. FREDERICK STREET.
Baltimore, M. D.
band side going from Baltimore street, a few
from the corner. Fail not to observe name
umber.
No letter received unless postpaid and
Tig stamp to be used on the reply. Per
!ng should state age, and send a portion
incut describing symptoms.
so many Paltry, Designing and
'pnslers advertising themselves as
'ng with and ruining the tealth
'nnately fall into their power,
us It necessary to say cs
i in ted with bis reouta
's or Diploma always
F THE PRESS,
d at this Establish
se numerous im
rformcd by Dr.
entatives of the
tices of which
'ethe putdic,
'f character
lcctolhr
i.
MILLS
R., two
' limi
ne for
I or-
BALTIMORE LOCK
3rofcs5t3imI.
T.
II. It. K ISI" Attornev t Law. SL'N-
HURY, PA. Olliee in' Market Niuare.
(adjoining the olliee of W. I. Greenoagh, Esq.,)
Professional bnsines in this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Sunbury, March lti, ls7.-ly.
TOSKPII S.
tKOI.t,
rj
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Liverpool, Perry county. Pa.
All business matters in the counties of North
umlieriatid, Snyder, Union. Perry and Juniata
promptly attended to. Consultations can be had
in the German and English Hngnagcs.
april 17. ISTJ.-ty.
pi. a. sohi:u.
A 1 I UK.LI AT LAW
AND COCN'TY SOl.KTTOK.
Office on Front Stieet below Market,Sunbury,
Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly
attended to.
JAMES HEARD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Haupt's building, South Eaft Corner
of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
Special Attention Paid to Collections.
V . ItttU'E,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND ACTING JUSTICE OP THE PEACE.
Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest
nut Street, funburv. Pa.
Collections and ali legal matters promptly at
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER.
ATTORNEY Al LAW, AND
4t"ri. Jl'STH'E OF THE PEACE.
Oouveyancing.the collections of claims,writings,
and all kinds of Legal business will be attended
lo carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English and German language. Office
in Haupt's building, Market street, Sunbury, Pa.
April H.'T.V
G.
A. KOTOOKF,
Attornev-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Pci.nn.
Can be consulted in the English and German
languages. Collections attended to in North
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also jigcut for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
rance Company. mhl.
V. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9. 172. tf.
Q It.
O at I
ItOYEIC. Attorney and Counsellor
Law. Olliee iu Wolverton s Ltw build
ing, Second stteet, M. HL Hi , t'A. rroiessionui
usiness attended to in the courts of Northum
ocrland and adjoining counties. Also, in the
Circuit and JMrict Courts for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular atteut ion paid to cafe hi Hunk
ruptcjf. Consultation can be had in the Ger
man lauguac. April i,"75.
L.
II. KASE, Attornev at Law. SUN
BUR Y, PA., oilier in Wolverton "s Law
building. Second street. Collections made
Northumberland and adjoining counties.
April '.(,'75.
iu
J. Merrill Linn. Andrew H. Dill. Finn. S. Marr.
LIXX. -DILL A .MARK, j
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, i
Next door to the Prcsbvterian church, Market
Square, SUNBURY,
April 9,'75 Northumberland Co., Pa.
JAMES II. McDEVITT,
Attorney at Law and
United States Commissioner. Office with S.
B.
Boyer, Esq., in Wolvertou's Law Building,
Sunbury, Pa.
April SV75.
CJ P. WOLVERTOX, Attomer at Law.
O. Market Square, SUSBLntY.l'ft.Vroresstou
al business in this and adjoining counties proinpt
v attended to.
ll.'ii
.MASSER, Attorney at Law, SUN
BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder.
Montour, Columbia aud Lycoming. apllO-b'.i
G'-
V. ZIEia.ER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office opposite depot. Third Street,
Su
bury. Pa.
Collections and all professional busines
pr raplly attended to iu the Courts of Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
October 2-. 175.
V. M. MARTIX, Office iu Drug
Store, Clemeut House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. in., to 1 p. in., and from 6 to y p. m.,
at all other hours, when not Professionally en
aged can be found at his residence, ou Chestnut
Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention
given to surgical cases. Will visit Patients
either in town or countrv.
E.
C. GORIX,
ATTTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Office on east Market Mreet, opposite the City
Hotel, Sunbury, Pa.
Prompt aud careful attention paid lo convey
ancing. May 14, 1S75
Gil. CA D WALLA DER.Market Street,
U N BURY, PA.
Dealer in Drugs, Mediciues, Paint, Oils,
i.iass, varnisnes, Liquors, lonaeco, cigars, i
Pocket Books, Dairies, Ac. i
i
DENTISTRY. i
GEORG E M. RENN, j
lit &intjiisun',s Liuildimj, Market .'' rr,
Scsbcrt, Pa.,
i
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining j
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand i
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dentai j
material, trom which he will be able to select,
and mee ine wants of his customers. j
All worn warranted to give satisfaction, or cNc ;
the moucy refunded. j
The very best Mouth Wash and Tooth-Pow,iei :
kept on hand.
His references are the numerous patrons for ;
whom he has worked for the last twelve year-. :
Sunbury, April 21, 1S72.
hotels anli ilrstanrants.
VTAGLE 1IOIM", (Formerly
Danville
Market
JJ IItel,"re opeued July lt, 175.)
Street, Danville, Pa. L. G. STICKER, Proprie
tor. Guests conveyed to and from the Depot.
Good sample room lor agents.
Aug. IS, -75.-ly.
nKAWFOKO IIOISE.
Cor. Third and
Mulberry, Business
Centre, Williampport,
Pa.
Wra. CRAWFORD, Proprietor.
Dec. 11, 1S74.
CLEMENT IIOISE, Third Street below
Market, Sunbury, Pa. PETER 8. BUR
RELL, Proprietor. Roomsucat and comfortable.
Tablet supplied with the delicacies of the season
and the wuiters attentive and obliging.
Sundry, Jan. 'J-, 1S75.
IT
XITF.D STATES HOTEL, W. F.
KI fCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, and the best accommodations given.
April 5, 187X tf
NATIONAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
County, Pa., at the Station ofthe N. C. R. W.
Choice wines aud cigars at the bar.
The table is supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and atteutive ostlers.
I M.MEL'S RESTAlRA.Vr, "
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor,
Commerce 8t., SHAMOKIN, PENN'A.
Having just refitted the above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to
Bcrvc liis friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
nuors.
nsincss farbs.
. PACKER HAAS. W. S. UHOAfvS.
HAAS A RIIOADS
RETAIL DEAI.EHS Of
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Office wfTn Haas, Faoelt & Co.,
Orders left at SeasUolti & Bro's. office, Market
Ureet, will receive prompt attention. Country
ustom respectfully solicited.
Oct. SW, 1875. tf.
CWAL! (OIL! CO A I.I GRANT BROS.,
J Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
VIIITE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA.
(lower wiiakf.)
Orders will receive oroinpt attention.
ANTIIltACITE COAL!
V
AI.EXTIXE DIETX. Wholesale
and
Retail dealer in everv varietv of
NTIIRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kinds of Grain taken iu exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and tilled promptly. Orders left
at S. F. Ncvin's Confectionery Sure, on Third
ti cct, will recieve prompt attention, and money
receipted tor, t lie same as at the olliee.
COAE, FI.OI K, GICAIX AX l 1MIOS
PIIATE. rpiIE undersigned having connected the Coal
X business with his exteiwsiveFLOUR& GRAIN
trade, is prepared to supply families with the
VERY It EST OF COAL,
CIIEA1 FOIt CASH.
Egg, Stove aud Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken in exchange I'orCoal.
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, S-jpt. 10, I ts75. tf-
dONUMENTS
AND
Grave Stones
On hand, and made to order.
Scotch Granite .Monuments
Imported to order. Shop on Fourth Street j
near Market, danl'Ui v, Pa.
W. DAUCHERTY, Prp'r. j
Sunbury, Jan. M. ls.ii. j
1875. FALL STYLES 1875.
IN
VLL the latest styles nnd novelties selected r.t
the late importers' and jobbers' openings.
BIRDS. WINfiS, FANCY FEATHERS. OS
TRICH TIPS AND PLUMES. SILK
VELVETS, V ELVETF.E NS,
etc.
HATS
AND BONNETS
In Felt
ind Straw, nnd all New and Stylish, at
MISSL. SIIISSLER-S
Millinery Sure,
15, IST.j. Market St., Sunbury.
Oct.
THE CHOICEST
ANI
DRY GOODS
I
MILLINERY
of Miss KATE BLACK, Market Square, north
I side,
j Suubnry Penu'n.,
I Will be found the most complete, attractive and
cheapest store of
CHOICE DRY GOODS,
consisting of Ladies Dress Goods, Woolen. Gooils
for Ladies' from the largest establishments iu
the cities.
LADIES'. ClilDREXS' WUOLEXSIIA WI.S.
J adies, Misses' and Childiens' Woolen Goods,
Silk Velvets, Ribbons, sash Ritibons, Neck Ties,
Kid Gloven, Fancy and Plain Hosiery, First
Quality Zephyr and Germantown Wool.
ALSO
XU7IOXSAXD THLMMIXUS
" ts onKAT TARirrtr;
Gents' Gloves, Neckties, Hankerchiefs, Ac. A
full assortment of Soap and Perfumery. An
Invitation is extended to all to call and see the
choice selection. MISS KATE BLACK.
&cto Sbturtiscmcuts
f yJ .
A XEH' STOCK OF
MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS.
CIIAS. MAIIIL
Has just returned from the Eastern cities. with an
elegaut selections of
CLOTHS.
CASSI MERES,
and VESTIXGS,
of the finest French Brands, Trimmings, Ac.
1 le is now ready to receive orders for
SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS
of any desired style. The latest stvle
3 of pat- :
terns on hand, and
NEAT FITS GUARANTEED.
You will find prices at least as reasonable as
elsewhere. Give me a call.
CIIAS. MAIHL,
FOVRTII ST., Opposite CITY HOTEL,
SUNBURY, PA.
Sunbury, April 9, lS75.-tf.
WATCHES, JEWELRY A SILVER
WARE. John W. Slcvciittori,
Corner 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 WARE,
ever exhibited in this part of ihc State. Every
thing iu the Jewelry line is kept in store.
Silver-M are,
Itrat-elets,
KiiigM A Chain,
of every description and ofthe finest quality
Particular attention paid to repairing
W atcliew. Clock, Jewelry, Ae.
HAIR JEWELRY made to order.
Sunbury, March 6, 1!74.
John H. Seu.. John M. Si honour
SELL A SCIIOXOLR.
Second Street, WoMEl.SDOlir, Pa.
FOREIGN AXD DOMESTIC LIQUORS
WINES, BRANDIES, GINS,
Pure Old Rye Yhikej,
Apple Whiskey, Cordials, tc.
All Liquors sold gaurranteed as represented.
Orders promptly attended to and public pa
tronage respectfully solicited.
SELL it SCHONOUR.
2d St., Woinelsdorf, Berks Co., Pa.
Feb. S7, 1S7L ly.
New Millinery S ore,
IIFR.M0, Xorth'tl Connly, I'a.
MRS. KATE MECK respectfjllj informs tha
public that she has opened a
F.H MILLI.M.RY STORE,
ou Front street, Hcrndon, where she has just
opened an entire new stock of Fall and Winter
Millinery Goods of the latest stylos aud pattern,
consisting of
FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS,
and all Goods found in a first clavs Millinery
Store, which are offered at extremely low prices.
Ladies are especially invited to call and ex
amine all the new Mvles, and ascertain the 1
prices. " KATE MECK.
Horndon, Oct. 15th, 1475. 6ms.
pock raft IJcIj printing.
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THE C LOSING SCESE.
BT THOMAS BUCHANAN READ.
I ho following poem is pronounced by the
Westminster Revitvt to be the fiuest ever written
by an American poet :
Within his sober realms of leafless trees
The russet year inhaled the dreamy air ;
Like some tanned reaper in his hoar of ease,
When all the fields are lyiuj brown and bare.
The grey barns, looking from their hazy hills
O' the dim waters widening In the vales,
Sent down the air a greeting to the mills,
On the dull thunder of alternate flails.
All sights were mellowsd and all sounds sub
dued,
.The hills seemed further aud the streams sang
low.
As in a dream the distant woodman hewed
Jlis winter log with many a muffled blow.
The cmbottled forest, crewhile armed with gold,
Their banners bright with every martial hue,
Now stood, like some sad beaten Lost of old,
Withdrawn afar in Time's remotest blue.
Oa alnmbrous wings the vulture held his flight
The dove scarce heard his sighing mate's
complaint,
And like a star slow drowning in the light
The village church-vane seemed to pale and
faint.
The sentinel cook upon the hillside crew
Crew thrice, and all was stiller than before
Silent till some replying warder blew
II is alien horn, and hen was hard no more.
Where erst the jay, within the elm's tall
I
crest,
Made garrulous trouble round her unfledged
young,
And where the oriole hung her swaying nest,
Ry every light wind like a censer swung
Where sang the noUy masons of the eaves,
The busy swallows, circling ever near,
Forboding, as the rustic mind believes,
An eariy harvest aud a plenteous year ;
Where every bird which charmed the verual
j feat
! Shook the sweet slumber from it iuKs at
j morn,
j To warn the reaper of the rosy east
All now was songless, cmyty and forlorn.
Alone from out the stubble piped the quail,
And crouked the crow through all the dreamy
gloom ;
Alone the pheasant, drumming in the va.
Made echo to the distant cottage loom.
' There was no bud, no bloom upon the buwers ;
I The spiders wove their thin shrouds night by
i night ;
The thistle down, the ouly ghost of Cowers,
Sailed Slowly by, passed noiseless out of
L'ht.
Amid all this, In this most cbeer!e;sair,
And where the woodbine shed upon the jiorch
Its crimson leaves, as if the year stood there
Firing the floor with his inverted torch ;
Amid all this, the centre of the scene,
The while haired matron, with monotonous
tread,
Plied the swift wheel, with her joyous mien,
Sat, like Fate, and watched the Hying thread.
She had known sorrow he had walked with
her,
Oft supped and broke the bitter ashen crust ;
And in the dead leaves still she heard the stir
Of his black maut'e trailing in the dust.
While yet her cheek was bright wi'.h summer
bloom,
Her country summoned aud she gave her all ;
And thrice War uowed lo her his sable plnuie
Regave the sword to rust upon her wail.
Regave the sword but not the band that drew
And struck for liberty its dying blow,
Not hir . who to his sire and country true,
Fell 'mid the runks of the invadiug foe.
Long, but not loud, the droaing wheel weut on,
Like the low murmur of a Live at noon ;
Long, but not loud, the memory of the gone.
iJreatheJ through Ler lips a sad aud tremu
lous tune.
At last the thread has snapped her head wii
bowed ;
Life dropped the distaff through his hands
serene
And loving neighbors smoothed her careful
shroud.
While Death and Winter, clooed t tic Autumn
scene.
A WIFE'S MISTAKE.
Mrs. Hopgood prided herik'.f ou.tjing
one of the best housckcejers. She was one
of those raj. id housewives who pursue an
atom of dust, as a hunter might pursue a
stag. Xo bold-natured tly ever dared to
buzz within her dainty walls. So cat
purred over her hearthstone. Plants were
tabooed because their leaflets would fall.
.Canary birds were ruthlessly excluded lest
they should scatter seed. Sunshine was
regarded a an arch enemy. "It brings
flies, and fades the carpels," said Mrs.
Hopgood.
As for Mr. Hopgood and the children
they lived mostly in the kitchen.
'I can't have the boys' muddy boots
trampling the carpets, and the girls sew
ing in the parlor," said Mrs. Hopgood.
'As for Hopgood. he don't care where he
sits. One place is as good as anothci where
be is concerned.
, The Hupgood family also took their
meals in the kitchen.
'I've got a dining room as nice as any
body's,' said Mrs. Hopgood, with recarv
ed oak side board, with a marble top and
silver, polished till it's better than any
looking glass; but where 'she use of turn
ing things all upside down, just for one's
own family ? Common crockery-ware aud
good bone handled knivcB are just as good
for every -day use. '
'Mamma,' said Ella Hopgood, a cherry
cheeked girl of sixteen, 'I should like to sit
in the panor sometimes. Mrs. Montfort
and their duuuhters sit in theirs every
evening, and it looks so pretty and plea
sant there.'
.Stuff and nonsense !' said Mrs. Hop
good sharply. 'I keep house myself after
my owu fashion, and I give others leave to
do the same.'
'But, mamma,' pleaded Elsie, 'I was
thinking how I should like to iuvite all
the girls here some eveuing and have tea ;
aud afterwards a little dance. I've been
asked out so many times without respond
ing that I'm really ashamed to go.'
'Then you had better slay at home,' said
Mrs. Hopgood, polishing vigorously away
at the stem of her silver card receiver.
I thiuk I see myself, with all the, young
folks ic town, dancing on my Brussels car
pet, and cake crumbs and melted cream
daubed over everything.'
Elsie made no answer, but her counte
nance fell.
I wish ma was like any one else.' sb
said to herself, the tears obscuring her
eyes. '1 wish she was like Kato Pickett's
mother, who lets her have company every
Thursday evening. John Elton wants me
to marry him. If I was married, I could
have a house of my own, and do as I pleas
ed.' 'Mother,' said Mr. Hopgood, a week or
two afterward, with a troubled face, 'is
it true that our Elsie is out walkius with
John Elton, evening after evening ? He
is a worthless, dissipated fellow, and no
fit associate for any girl.'
'Mercy upon us 1 I don't know,' said
Mrs. Hopgood, with a perturbed face. 'I
supposed she was with Kate Pickett or
Clara Moutfort. I'm a creat deal too bu9v
with pickling and housekeeping to run at
a Kiddy girl's heels the whole time. But
I'm going to commence cleaning to-morrow,
and then I'll give her enough to do
to keep her out of mischief.'
'Mother,' said Isaac Hopgood gravely,
'sometimes I think that if we made home
a little more attractive to our children
'0, nonsense I' petulantly interrupted
his wife, 'I suppose you'd like us to have
tableaux, like Mrs. Montfort ; or magic
lantern like the little Mickfords. Our i
children haven't been brought up in that !
way.'
And Mr. Hopgood said no more.
Mrs. Hopgood, was to use her own ex
pression, 'in the thick of the house clean
ing,' the next day, with the carpets rolled
into heaps, the floors spattered with soap
sud?, and her head tied up with a pocket
handkerchief, when the door suddenly
opened.
'Take care of my pail of soap suds and
soda 1' cried she, shrilly, 'O, it's you, is it,
Ally ?'
' i es, mother, it is mc, said Alexander
her eldest son, who had just gone into bu
siness as junior partner to his partner to
his father. 'I say do leave off washing a
minute, and attend to me ! Ryerson's in
town my old chum, you know, only for
one day, and I've asked him to dinner.'
'To dinner I' almost screamed Mrs. Hop
good, dropping her brush ia consternation.
'Alexander Hopgood, are you crazy ? Of
course I can:t have him lo dinner. Just
look at the condition the house is in.'
'O, he won't mind that, mother. Ryer
son is a thoroughly good fellow. Just let
him sit down to pot-lock with the rest of
us, any'
'I shall do nothing of the sort, Alexan
der,' said Mrs. Hopgood, severely com
pressing her lips. 'You know I do not ap
prove of inviting company at any time,
still less at such a period as this. If you
have been fool enough tor.sk him, you may
get out of this scrape the best way you
can.'
'But, mother'
'I don't want any more discussion on the
subject' said Mrs. Hopgood, dabbling away
with the brush. .
And Alexander went out, slamming the
door.
'By George,' quoth Alexander Hopgood
to himself, if I can't ask a friend to my
home, there's at least the alternative of in
viting bim to a hotel. I never did such a
thing before, bur. I don't see how else I can
manage.'
So Alexander Hopgood eutertained Mr.
Ryerson at tho hotel, and gave an unlimit
ed order for iced champagne and dessert.
And the upshot of it all was that Alexan
der Hopgood was brought in at eleven
o'clock at night, by two or three waiters,
hopelessly intoxicated. ,
'Don't bo 'f-f-fraid, mother !' stuttered !
he, brandishing an empty bottle, as be be
came dimly conscious of her white, scared
face bending ovr him. 'Go on with your
washing ! It's a great deal jollier at the
hotel than it is at home. Freedom for-
! ever ! Hoo oo-ray !'
K, what shall I do !' sobbed Mrs. Hop
good, when the waiters were oucs more
out of the house, and the roll of the cab
wheels had died away. "To tbiuk only to
think that one of mine should ver dis
grace himself thus !'
'It's your own fault, mother,' said Ben
ny, the second son. Tou wouldn't let
I Ally bring his friend here.'
'Hold your tongue,' sharply retorted
Mrs. Hopgood, wincing beneath the prick
of Hub home truth. 'Call Elsie. I need
her help.'
'Oh, mother ! ' piped Fannie, the young
est girl, running down stairs in frantic
haste, 'Elsie ain't here.'
'Not here !'
No, mother ; she hasu't been to bed at
all and there's a note on her table direct
ed to you.'
'Open it, mother,' said Mr. Hopgood,
huskily. "This is a doomed night for our
househald. My God ! has our home be
come so distasteful to our children that they
will fly from it like rats from a falling
house ?'
Elsie's nole was short enough. It read :
'Dear Mother. I am tired of living
in the kitchen. I have run away with
John Elton, and before you see me again 1
shall have entered upon a new future.'
Mrs. Hopgood broke out into wild hys
terical sobbings.
Mr. Hopgood read the hurriedly scrawl
ed paper with a face cold and set like steel.
'Run away with John Elton 1' he repeat
ed slowly. 'Poor Elsie I then God help
her , tor he is ai great a villain and scoun
drel as ever lived, aud she has sealed her
own doom. Mother, mother, this comes
from your housekeeping. '
'It wasn't my fault, Isaac,' sobbed Mrs.
Hopgood, rocking herself backwards and
forwards ou a chair into which she had
dropped.
'It was your fault,' retorted her hutbaud
almost savagely. 'You made the name of
home a mockery to your children ; you
shut up your soul inside a scrubbing pail,
and now you are reaping the bitter bar
vest." Of course poor Alexander Hopgood was
unable to lift his throbbing head from the
pillow the next day, and his mother never
left him until afternoon.
When at last she came down stairs, the
parlor blinds were throwu wide open, a
flood of sunshine streaming in, the tablo
neatly set in the pretty dining room, with
flowers on the table, and new games and
puzzles scattered around.
Mrs. Hopgood gazed around with a be
wildered air. She hardly knew her own
home.
This is the way in which we must live
henceforth mother,' said her husband
cheerily. 'Let in the light and sunshine;
teach Ben and Fanny that home is some
thing more than an empty name, and try,
in so far as we can, to retrieve the errors
of our past life.
And Mrs. Hopgood mutely bowed her
head.
'I will try, husband,' she answered.
A DREAM OF LOVE AXD RICHES.
I had a dream, and it was all a dream.
The newspapers are to blame for it yes,
the newspapers with their infernal finan
cial bulletins and moucy talk. I had a
dream, and, with your permission, I will
now proceed to tell you al! about it.
I dreamt that I was
But before proceeilingaity further I must
give you an outline of him who you are to
read about.
Social position, to create ; capital, in
hopes, first mortgage on the the vast do
main of illusion. Shuchs! If I have not
yet actually reached my twenty-srenth
year, neither do I roost ou the very last
floor. There is compensation.
We will return to my dream.
In the first place, I thought that I was
in my room, seated in n5y large green arm
chair the ouly one I have. I was star
tfed by an unknown knock at the donr.
'Come in !'
'Here ia a letter for you, sir ?'
'Thank you. Who can write to me ?'
And in my dream I bursted the seal.
The letter ran thus :
Dear Sir. It becomes my painful duty
to inform you of thcVleath of your lamen
ted cousin. Dr. Pindar Knutt, Esq., whom
you have never seen, he having left New
York for Australia long before your birth.
The said cousin, through happy speculation
and lucky business, has succeeded in ac
cumulating a large fortune, and at his last
hour thought of some who had perhaps,
never thought of him. Consequently, by
his last will and testirueet you are an heir
to the sum of fifty thousand dollars. 1
hold the said amount, subject to your or
der. You can draw on us for the total
amount in cash at sight.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant
Screto, Bustup Co., Bankers.
Fifty thousand dollars! My cousin
whom I had never seen A letter
from bankers to me! I must admit that,
even in a dream, the first impression is as
violent as if some one had to inform mo of
Pooley's debut in a grand opera. But I
braced up and regained my cquil i brium.
'Fifty thousand dollars !' cried I. 'Fif
ty thousand dollars ! Poor Mary ! How
glad she will be to hear it ! I will buy her
half a dozen new dresses in all kind ot
colors boots, bonnets, etc. And Henry,
William and George 'true chums,' the
companions of harder days they will all
behappy, and enjoy my wealth with me.
Fifty thousand dollars ! Now let me hur
ry to the bankers.'
And I left always in my dream to ap
pear before Sureto, Rustup & Co., but hal
ted on the way.
With fifty thousand dollars at my com
mand I should be able to bring some kind
of change. I must not throw this money
to the wind. Certainly. Mary is a good
girl, full ofthe very best qualities, but then
one little present would be enough. As to
my frieuds, I will invite to dinner now and
then. Certainly I cannot do otherwise ;
but I must have buttons sewed on al! my
pockets ; they must not flap open too wide
for friends will be friends, and might drain
fromaU leaks. And I must put something
aside fur rainy days, With beating heart
I walked into the bauk.
Beg your pardon, gentleman ; I came to
see you about the legacy of fifty thousand
dollars.'
All light, young man, the money is
ready.'
'At this point in my dream a 'transfor
mation scene' took place, and I was tra ns
ported into a charming boudoir simply
but really charming. A servant entered,
bringing me a note.
A letter from your-bankers.'
'Thank you.' . ' :
Dear Sir. Our speculation has suc
ceeded, and yuur money has doubled.
Your capital in our hands to-day amounts
to something over One hundred thousand
dollars.
'One hundred thousand dollars !'
Beg your pardon, sir.'
What is it now. Susan ?
Two other letters for you, sir.
All right thank you.'
Ah one from Mary, and one from Wil
liam.' Poor Mary, she is indeed a true hearted
girl ; but in my new position it becomes in
dispensible for me to make her understand
that I cannot receive her here at home. I
will pay her visits now and then angers
visits. I have a serious aim in view. I
must settle down, and with my present for
tune. I can aim at some rich man's dan
ter. Yes, why not ?
Poor William, a good boy, very good
fellow, but his Bohemian life might com
promise me. I will tell him that I am to
leave the city for some months, and upon
my return
One hundred thousand dollars ! what a
future !
Times flies quickly wheu we dream,
years seemed to have passed awy. I was
lying in a brown stone front. Brussels
carpets, in which ray feet sank up to the
ankle, mirrors, gold, servants, etc. Yes,
I have said it ; I was worth a million. But
I had grown odd'.
'Will you drive out this evening to the
park, sir?'
'No, 1 cannot an attact of the goui.'
'Will you attend the grand ball at the
'No : I will be in bed by nine. I
am
suffering severely from the asthma.'
Dinner is ready, sir.'
I cannot eat to day my stomach it out
of order. I will take nothing but a cup of
flaxseed tee and a foot-bath before going to
bed.'
Aye I the gout. Aye ! my stomach.
Here I hold the, idol of my dreams. I
have the millions Vhich I su much envied
I uwcll in this 'brown stone front,' upon
which, in days cone by, I looked with
jealous respect. A Rich 1 I am rich, very
rich. Doctors pre asses, that they cannot
cure a millionair. That infernal servant
seemed to mo& me when saying, 'Dinner
is ready, sir.' He knows that I cannot eat
or walk or even breathe at ease. When I
think of the time when I could eat a whole
turkey, and was as frolicsome as Oh!
my heart palpitations. I am ill indeed.
Here comes my wife a woman I mar
ried tor money. A stupid, cohl, spiteful
and distant person. When an affectionate
word comes to my lips, she chills it there
by an icy look. '
'My dear, I am quite ill to-day.'
Ah I you will soon feel better.'
Will you not spend a portion of tbe day
with me ?
Impossible. I have charitable duties to
perform, and I mast attend church ; also a
meeting of our society for the relief of sick
Old men.'
I am old and sick, but, as I do not be
long L her charitable associat'tou, she
leaves mc alone. Not a friend n-t one af
fection all parasites interest, calculation
mathematics. Mary would not have left
me thusaloue. Poor, dear Mary I Where
are you now ? And the friends of other
days where are they ? Ah ! now here
is my ough hah, hah, hah 1
z ' '
And t awoke t life.
I was coughing, indeed, for I had forgot
ten to close the window of my room. But
the morning sun had taken advantage of
the opening, and wa? shining in my face.
Mary who had found the key in the door,
was standing over me and smiling sweetly.
And as I rubbed my eyes
'What is the matter with you Vr she
asked.
'Nothing only a dream.'
'What did you dreau ?'
'Horrid things. Thank God, they are
not true !' aud I plunged my hands into my
pockets. They were empty. No shadow
ofthe millions there.
'Don't be foolish. What did you dream?
'Horrors ! I dreamt that I belonged to a
very laige fortune, which made of m
very silly use.'
Sposln A Cme.
A SUPPOSITIOUS STATE OF FACTS KEGAU
DIXO AN EXCURSION.
'Midas, I want to 'sposen a caso to you,
and I want you to gimme the gospel truth
on your 'pinion 'bout de matter.'
That's the manner in which one of
Waskington's dusky damsels put it to her
adorer last evening.
'Now Midas, you knows, you'sc tole mc
more times aifyou'sc got fingers an' toes,
asyoulubbed me harder an a marble-top
washstand, f that Ise sweeter to you an5
buckwheat cakes an' lasses foreber. Midas
disam only a 'sposen case, but I wants
you to 'sposen jes as hard as if 'n twas a
shonuffone.'
Sposen me nn' you was goirr' on a Vcur
tion down the ribber.'
'Yaa,' broke in Midas, 'down to Mount
Wcrnou.'
"Any wha's tall down tie ribber. Midas
kin you swim ?'
'No, Luce, I'sc sorry to 'form you dat
de only dreckshun what I kin circumstan
shiate fru dc water, am de bottom.'
'Well den, as I was 'latin. Sposen we
was on de boat, gliding Iubbingly and har
munly down de bussum ob de ribber's
stream, dc moon waslookin'sbiainly down
pon Je soraestack, and you was settin'
rite up to me jas, (slide up here closer, an
let me show you how,) dais de way.'
'Yah ! yah, but wouldn't dal be scump
trtoiiB,' interrupted Midas.
'Sposen,' continued Lucy, yoa had jes
put your arm roun my wais" (dat's iijdej
wasn't nobody 'bout, yeu wa3 a squeezin
mc up, an' was gwine to gimme de lubbtfn
est kind ob a kiss, an' an' tie biler would
bust?'
'Oh. do ilcbbil,' said the disappointed
( 'Now, Midas, 1 1 a TT jn'
1 wauls you to mind de words wliaiam
a epeakin'. 'Sposen wheu dat biler Lusted
we bof weut op in de air, come dowf
de ribber, and 'when wo arriv in deSi, .
we found de only thing lif ob de boaD
one piece ob board which wa v' W
to hole us bof, but we bof grWtt f uow
Midas, would you let go dat board, or wud
you put me off an'took it all y'sclf ? Dafs
de question what I'm a 'sposen.'
'Luce, kin you swim ?" he asked, after
hesitating a few moments.
'No, Midas, ob scnurse not. You know
I can't swim.r
Well, den Luce, my conshenshus 'pin
ion ob de whole matter am, dat we wou't
go on no rscursions.'
He Wan't There.
! The baby who wasn't at the Union Fair
1 was at the postoffice in his little buggy yes
terday. He was a baby vwit! snagtecth,
yellow hair, white eyes and ugly kice t
bis heels. A pedestrian tried to pat him
on his nose, and the young generation
struck at him and howled discoasolatejy. A
bootblack pincked his foot, and the baby
kicked right and left and made the covers
fly.
'He wasn't at the fair, was hjinqulr
ed one of the boys as Ute mother camo
out.
'I guess he wasn't not much. she ans
wered, He was home, minding his busi
ness.' 'Then he didn't get a golden eagle ?'
He didn't get nothing !' she snapped.
'1 don't put my flesh and blood on exhibi
tion for no golden .geese, or golden any
thing else.' . -
. 'But he'd have taken the A. I. O. K.,
XXX premium if you'd havejjm there'
persisted the boy. ,v'
'He's Just as good as ho is handsome,
she replied as she tucked the clothes down.
'I've been told over and overagain that he
is the handsomest baby in De's .
'Would you ?l-1I hira ?' serio r nqnired
the boy.
'Sell him ? Why, what could you do
with a babv, ?'
'I'd nt,his uose, dyo his hair, whittle
out some good teeth for him, trim his ears
down, and then s;!l bim for a tobacco rign
whispered the boy.
This is why a woman was recently seen
chasing a boy around the postoffice square,
always just near enough to get a kick, but
always just an instant too late to hit the
spot. When a policeman stopped her she
had both hands clinched, her eyes flashing
fire, her teeth were hard shut, and she
gasped :
Take my house and lot, but let me get
hold of thkt boy !' Dit roil Free Prt9.
Rapidity of Filtration. Dr. Fleif
mann has call attention to the fact not gen
erally known that, contrary to what at
first eight might be expected, filtration is
much more rapid tbrought thick paper
than through thin, and that it is almost
twice as rapid through a double filter as
through a single one, and still mora rapid -through
a triple one. Ho says that he has
taken advantage of this fact for a number
of years by emt liying in quantitative analy
ses a Alter of heavy paper beneath the thin
one of Swedish paper.
'WnAT can you say of the second law
of thought ?' Student 'It cannot both be
and not be. For an example, the door over
there must be either shut or open. It
can't be both shut or open. Tutor
'Give another illustration.' Student 'Well,
take the case of another door.'