THE TIMES, NEW- BLOOMFIELD, , rA AUGUST i20, 1378. RAILROADS, PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R ARRANGEMENT OF P AH8ENGEKTRAIK8. JIny 12th, 1878. f KAINS LEAVK ITARRI8BURO A8 FOLLOWS For New York, at 6.20, S.1C a. m. 2.0op. m., nii 7.Mi. m. For I'hlladelphla, at 5.20, 8.10, 9.45 a.m. ZOO and 8.57 p. in. For Heading, at ft.20, B.10, 9.45 a.m. and 2.00 3.67 ami 7.C6. For Fottsvllle at 5.20, 8.10 a. m.i and S.57 B. in., and via Miihuylkill and Husquehauua ranch at 1.40 p. m. For Auburn via 8. 8. Br. at 5.30 a. m. For Allentown,ato.20, 8.10 a. m., and at 2.00, 3.57 and 7.55 p. in. . The ft.20, 8.10 a.m., nnd 7.55 p. in., train! have through cars (or Now York. The 5.20, a. m.. and 2.oo p. in., trains have through curs forl'hihidelplila. SUNDAYS I f For New York, at 6.20 a. in. ForAllentown and Way Stations at o.2na. m. For Heading, Philadelphia and Way titatlonsat 1.45 p. m. TRAINS FOB. HARKISRVRO, LEAVE AS FOL LOWS t Leave New York, at8.45 a. in., 1.00, S. 30 and 7.4ft p. m. Leave I'hlladelphla, at 9.15 a. m. 4.0", nnd 7.20 p. m. Leave Rending, at 1 1-40, 7.40, 11.20 a. ni. 1.30, ti. ir ana l s.i p. in. Leave l'ottsvllle, at 6.10, 9.15 a.m. and LSI p. in. And via Schuylkill and Susqiiehniina Draper al 8.15 a. in. Leave Annum viaS. i 8. Br. at 12 noon. Leave Alleiitiiwu, at ti.30 5.50, 9.06 a.m.. 12.16 1.30 and 9.u p. m. SUNDAYS: Leave New York, at 5.30 p. m. Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 n. m. Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.35 p. m. Leave Allentown, al2 .V) a. in., and 9.06 p. m. J. K. WOOTEN, Hen. Manager. C. O. Hancock, General Ticket Agent. tDoes not run on Mondays. Via Morris and Essex It. It. Pennsylvania 11. It. Time Table. NEWPORT STATION. On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas enger trains will run as follows: EAST. Mlltllntown Aco. 7.32a. m., dally exceptSunday Johnstown Ex. 12.22 P. M.. dailv " Hnn.lnr Mail 6.54 p. m., dally exceptSunday Aiiauuo express, u.oip.h., nag, aany. WE8T. WayPass. 9.08 a. m.. dailv. Mail, 2.43 p. m. dally exceptSunday. luimimown acc. o.oo r. iw. aauyexcepi minaay. Pittsburgh Express, 11.57P. M.,(Fla) daily.ex centSundav. racillc Express. 5.17 a. m.. dailv fflae Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which is 13 niiiiiii.es iaer man Aiioona time, aim 4 nun utes slower than New York time. J.J. BARCLAY, Agent. ' DUNCANNON STATION. On and after Monday, June 2tli, 1877,tralns wuueave uuncannon, as ionows : EASTWARD. JIlfHIntown Acc. daily except Sundayat 8.12a. m. Jolinstowii Ex. 12.5UP. M., dully exceptSunday. Mail 7.30 P. M " " Atlantic Express 10.20 p. M., dally (flag) WESTWARD. Way Passenger, 8.38 A. M., dally Mall, 2.09 p. m dailyexceptSunday. Milllliitown Acc. dally except Sunday at 6.1RP.M. Pittsburg Ex. daily except Sunday (flag) 11.33P. m. WM. C. KINO Agent. KANSAS FARMS AND- FREE HOMES. 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The storm, so fierce and unpleasant to age and infirmity, brought excitement and pleasure to a Jad, perhaps a dozen years old, who just then came up on his way to school. He was accompanied by a large black dog, with n shaggy cont completely covered with snow, and harnessed to a sled. The drifts, big as they were, did not stop this couple. Ever and anon the boy screamed with delight as he witnessed the efibrts of his com panion in pulling the sled along through the piles of snow, while the good-natured animal, seeming as much excited as his young master, barked aloud in return. " Here, Buck," said the lad, as he ar rived where the old man was standing, "Ihere'sajobforyou; you must take this luggage to the railroad station. You are going there are you not, sir?" he continued addressing the stranger, " Yes, my boy, I am ; but" "Nay, sir, no buts; you are too heavily laden. You see, Buck and I run a general express this morning. He's a lazy dog, considering what he has to eat ain't you, Buck ?" The dog gave a shrill bark, as if in clined to dispute the point. " So let me have your valise, sir, and we'll whisk it to the station in a jlily." Either Buck was a little vexed at having been called lazy, or he was too anxious to arrive at the place of his des tination with the luggage, for, giving a sudden Btart, over went the sled in one direction, while the valise went into a drift in another, the dog at the same time going head over ears in' the snow. A scream of delight burst from the Ind, in which the old man could not help joining, as Buck scrambled up, whining and shaking his shaggy coat. "My horse is not well broken, you see, sir," said the lad, as soon as he could speak ; " but your valise is unharmed. We must try it once more." The luggage was again secured on the sled, and this time Buck landed it safe at the station, pulling his young master a part of the way along with it. " There you are sir," said the lad to the stranger as he came up, " safe and sound, and there's your check. You must excuse thelibery I took, but really I though you were too heavily laden for such a stormy day. " "But your pay," suggested the old man. "Oh, I'll charge that! Tay once in six months. Come, Buck." The old man was too busy brushing off the snow and undoing his muffler to reply at once. When he turned around both boy and dog had disappeared. Just then the shrill whistle of the approach ing train sounded, leaving no time to inqure who his little friend was. So he took his seat in the cars and was borne on his way to his home. Mr. Martin for that was the old man's name was a well-to-do-trader in the city some dozen miles away. He had come out the previous evening on a matter of business. Having been de tained longer than he expected,the storm came suddenly, and he was Induced to stop over night. After breakfast hardly being aware of the violence of the storm,' or of the depth of the snow which had already fallen, he had attempted to reach the railroad station on foot, carrying his valise in his hand. But although, as has been stated, the distance was not great, the deep snow, made deeper where drifted, soon tired him ; and it was then that the events which we have just spoken of took place. It was not until after be was comfortably seated, and the cars were in motion, that it oc curred to Mr. Martin that he had not thanked his little friend that he had not even asked his name. Everything had been transacted so suddenly, that the whole adventure seemed more like a dream than reality. But then he knew it was not a dream, and he promised himself that be would, ere many days, make another visit to the village, find out the name of the clever express boy, and in some way reward him for his act of politeness. ' But, amid the whirl of business, this good resolution was forgotten, as many others are. Our lives furnish us num berless opportunities for doing good acts, and veiy often we resolve that we will not let them pass away unimproved. But we permit the good Intention to wait our convenience, to grow ,dim, to fade a way and then to lie forgotten, simply because we do not do promptly what our hearts dictate should be done., It was several months before Mr. Mar tin again visited the village to Inquire after his little friend. He was too late. No one knew of any boy who had a large black dog, and no one seemed to have any recollection of the events Just recorded; and so Mr. Martin returned home, earn estly resolved, if he ever had another act of kindness shown him, to ac knowledge and reward it on the Instant. Did he keep this resolution V . More than two years passed by, when, one afternoon in Summer, time, Mr. Martin sat alone in his counting room in the city. Through the window which separated his ofllne from the store he saw a poorly-dressed young man talking with one of his clerks. He rapped upon the glass, and signified his wish to have the young man come Into the counting room after learning from the clerk that he had applied for employment. " You wish employment V" Mr. Mar tin asked, as the young man approached respectfully. " I should Indeed like to find some thing to do, for mother's sake," and the poor fellow had to bite his lips to restrain tears. " Have you no father V" "No, sir; father died over two years ago, and since then mother has found it quite difficult to maintain her family myself and three younger sisters." "Ho you write u good hand!"' In quired Mr. Martin. " Very fair ; what I have learned has been mostly at home. I wrote these;" he said ; and he passed some papers to Mr. Martin, who carefully examined them. " What is your name and age V" " Hunting, sir ; George Hunting I am nearly sixteen." " Ho you not own a large black dog, called ' Buck V " asked Mr. Martin. The young man was greatly surprised at this question, but he managed to re ply " Oh, we did, sir, two years ago. How did you know t But when father died we had to sell him." " Ho you know where he Is now. " Yes indeed we do. We should buy him again If we could aflbnl it. He was a favorite with us all. We should not have sold him to a stranger, but our uncle agreed to take him for S20, and sell htm back again at the same price if we ever wanted him." " Well, George," said Mr. Martin, de liberately taking out his pocket-book and handing him $20, " the first thing you do, after you go hence, buy Buck and take him home again." If the young man was surprised be fore, he waB now nearly struck dumb with astonishment. "Oh, thank you I thank you a thousand times 1" he said, grasping the old gentleman's hand;" but why do you take such an Interest in our dear old Buck?" "Because it pleases me to reward you. But look in my face. Do you know me? I knew you as soon as you came into the store. Do you know me?" George looked long and carefully, but he was forced to admit that he had no recollection of ever before having seen Mr. Martin. "Ah, well," said the old gentleman, " I forgot that I was so bundled up you would not be likely to recognize me. But come ; do you remember overtaking me n a driving snow storm two or three years ago, at X ? You had Buck harnessed to a sled and you took my valise to the railroad station." " Why, yes, sir, it all comes to me now, but I have hardly thought of it since. It was but a little act of polite ness." "A little act! Well, perhaps it was. But remember, " Little drops of water, . ''' Little grains of sand, ' Make the mighty ocean, , And the pleasaut land." " Had you not been possessed of a good and amiable disposition you would not have thought of an old man wallow ing along in the snow. , You dodged out of the way so quickly that I had no chance to thank you. And so I , thank you now. Where do you live?" ; George gave Mr. Martin his mother's address. . , "Now tell your mother tha I shall come and see her this evening, to talk matters over. Perhaps I can.. tjj some think for you." .'"!' Talk of happiness ! George left the Btore as happy as a king. Mr. Martin did " do something" for him, and for his mother, too. And in years which have followed, the young man has learn ed how much of prosperity he owes to one little act of disinterested kindness towards a stranger. ' What Smoking Does for Boys. A certain doctor, struok with the large number of boys under fifteen years of age whom he'observed smoking, was led to Inquire into the effect the habit had on the general health. He took for this purpose thirty-eight boys, aged from' nine to fifteen, and carefully examined them. In twenty-seven of them he dis covered Injurious traces of the habit. In twenty-two there were various disorders of the circulation and digestion, palpi tatlon of the heart, and a marked taste from strong drink. In twelve there were feeble bleeding of the nose, ten had disturbed sleep, and twelve slight ulcer ation of the mucuou membrane of the iriouth, which disappeared In ceasing from the use of tobacco for some days. The doctor treated thetn all tot weak ness, but with little elTect until the smoking was discontinued, when health and strength was soon restored. Now, this Is no "old wife's tale," as these facts are given under the authority of the British Medical Journal. Pine Apples Wjiere and How they Grow. AN erroneous idea has pravalled that the pine apple comes from Nassau. The Bahama Islands furnish nearly the whole supply that reaches the American market ; and that tropical group of coral Islets, Eleuthera, grows about three fourths of the entire crop. The Balti more " News" says: The vessels that bring them across the ocean take the fruit aboard at the island of Eleuthera Itself, getting as near to the pine fields as the nature of the shore will admit, while very few are loaded at the town of Nassau itself. These ves sels are cllpper-bullt schooners, strong and swift sailers, as It Is desirable to get the fruit to market as speedily as possi ble ; and yet, strange to say, sometimes a vessel making a long voyage will reach here with her entire cargo fresh and good, while another, starting at the same time and making a shorter trip, will get Into port with, perhaps, nearly every fruit aboard of her rotten and only fit to be thrown away. The reason why this Is so lias never been explained. As a rule, the loss by rot Is about from one-third to one-half of the entire quantity brought to the American market. The first shipment of pine apples to the United States was made about the year 1820, by Thomas Cash, of Harbor Island, in an American Bchooner called the Levi Bowe, of Fair haven, Conn. The fruit arrived in good condition, the venture proved successful and from that time forward the ship ment of pine apples from the Bahamas grew Into a regular and profitable busi ness, an impetus was given to the culti vation of the plant, and with growing demand and Increased supply, the traffic has risen to the extent of about $500,000 annually. By far the greatest portion of the crop is supplied by the Island of Eleuthera, and is principally grown by inhabitants of Harbor Island, which lies on the opposite side the finest of the Bahama Islands.' One who has never been on a coral island can form but the faintest notion of the exceeding roughness of the surface and the ungrateful aspect of the ground. The island of Eleuthera, which furnishes such vast numbers of pine apples, is covered in the main by a wild vegetation, while the earth from which it springs is in great part of the roughest conceivable character of rock. Holes of every size, form and descrip tionsome of them partly or wholly filled with dirt, the debris of decayed vegetation, loose fragments, large and small, round and angular, sharp and hard everywhere abound. No plough, no spade, no hoe can there be used. The only thing that , can , be done is to stick a sprout into one of the holes, and let it take care of itself, which it almost Invariably does right well, for it likes that kind of soil and tips its sweet nourishment from the little dirt it may happen to find in the hollow of the rock. The holes are very close to gether, the sprouts are placed scarcely a foot from each other, and aa the plant growB up it spreads its long, hard, sharp leaf blades, with edges armed with little rasping saw-like teeth, up from the ground and abroad in , every direction. The plant has a thick supply of these out-bending leaves, lapped closely one over the other near the ground, and out of the.entire of which comes up the fruit, one pine apple only to each plant, which then perishes, but leaves behind a progeny of young sprouts, and these being stuck into the hollows, Insure a new crop for the succeeding year. , ''This replenishing can be kept up for about six years, and then the whole field, about exhausted, is left to' itself, the plants die out, In the course of time the soil ,1s renewed and fresher fields now demand the care of thepinegrower. The only attention given to the plant is to keep the fields clear of weeds, and that is almost daily work theyear round. One negro can attend to about two acres. The worst weeds to contend with are a species of bldens a plant very well known in the United States as Spanish needles and a kind of crab grass. An acre properly attended to yields the enormous number of ten to twelve thou sand pine apples. ' " f i . There Is another enemy that requires looking after very sharply,' and that is the rat, Which attacks the fruit Just as it is about to ripen. If no measures were taken to prevent the depredations of these troublesome creatures, very few pine apples would escape their destruc tlvejaws. The planter has a remedy: Sweet potatoes are cooked, and whllo they are yet hot the sulphur i ends of common matches are broken oiT and In troduced into them. The phosphorus Is diffused throughout the substance of the potatoes, and these being placed among the pine apple plantB, are eaten by the rats, which almost Immediately fall dead from the effects of the poison, It is about the month of March that the fruit begins to ripen, and the first lot of the season generally reaches here early In April. It sometimes happens that quite a number of vessels loaded with pine apples will arrive on the same day ; a glut Is produced, and ruin ous prices are the result. Of late years, however, four or five pine apples pre serving companies have been established in the Bahamas. The new enterprlso has proved eminently successful, and the Bahama export of the fruit has been benefited as well, for the reason that the preserving companies draw off a large part of the crop from the market, the natural tendency being to prevent an undue accumulation of the fresh article In the spring and early summer. - . - Mr. Sarsaper's Refrigerator. A COUPLE of weeks ago, Mr. Sarau per told his wife one morning that he had got about tired of buttering his bread with a spoon, and so that day he Bent home a refrigerator. It was a beauty and he felt proud of it, so much bo that he had a good deal to Bay about it at the storej " I suppose you have to put ice in it, don't you ?" Bald one one of the clerks. " Certainly," said Mr. S., " but then it takes very little. It's an Improve ments on all the others ever made, full of little boxes and places for all sorts of things. Keeps everything separate meat, vegetables, milk, and so on, with out any mixing up. It makes hot weath er so much more comfortable,' Bob, to pull up to the table and find everything nice,cool and crisp, Instead of limp, sour and slushy. We wouldn't be without It again for anything. I wish you would run in and look at it, Bob, the first time you're going by. It's a curiosity and I know you'll get. one as soon as yqu see It. Don't bother about ceremony run In any time." Bob Bald he would. ' J,'t . About two o'clock, one morning . Jati week, Mr. Sarsaper was wakened out of the slumber that always keeps company with an easy conscience, by his wife Eoking him in the ribs, and calling on im to hustle out and see what the mat ter was. The door bell was jingling like all possessed. Mr. Sarsaper crawled out of bed, and after banging his nose on the door-post till the blood started, giving himself a black eye against the corner of the man tel, and falling down over pretty much everything in the room, he finally made his way to the front part of the house, threw up a window and peered out into the wet and murky gloom. " Who's there ?" he demanded, look ing down at the top of an umbrella. " Me !" came up In a thick voice from the under side of it. " Who's me ?" "Bob." "Oh, it's you, is it? What's the matter, Bob? Anybody sick ?" "Oh, no. You Bee I've been out to Sedamsville with some of the boys to institute a lodge, and I'm lust getting back. I happened to think about the refrigerator of yours as I was going by, and so I thought I'd stop in and see it, without ceremony, as you said. Come down and let me in. I'm in a hurry to get home and can't stop but a minute." Mr. Sarsaper said something that would bend the types double If we should undertake to print it, and slammed down the window. He remarked to Bob the next , day that for downright freezing coolness his refrigerator was a bake oven compared to the prank practiced on him. . . ; . Singular Wagers. When Mr. Penn matched himself against Hon. Danvers Butler, to walk from Hyde Park Comer to Hammer smith for a wager of 100 guineas, some body remarked to the Duchess of Gor don that it was a pity a young fellow like Penn ' should always be playing some absurd prank. " Yes," the old lady retorted, " it's a pity, but why don't yon advise him bet ter ? Penn seems to be a pen that every body cuts and nobody mends." What would the free-spoken dame have said to a couple of clergymen run ning a race on Sunday for a crown a side? Such a thing has been done. Soon after Swift received his deanery, he dined one Sunday with Dr. Raymond, of Trim, whose house was about 200 yards from his church. The bell had nearly done ringing for evening service, when Swift exclaimed : " Raymond, I'll lay you a crown I be gin prayers before you." " Done!" said the Doctor.and off they ran. Raymond reached the door first, entering the church, made for the read ing desk, at as quick a walking pace as his sense of propriety permitted. Swift did not slacken speed in the least, but ran up the aisle, vBsed his opponent, and without stopping to put on a sur plice, or open a prayer-book, began the Liturgy and went on with the service sufficiently long to win the wager.
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