THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. SEPTEMBER 10, 1878. 3 RAILROADS. PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R ARRANGEMENT OF P A88BNO E 11 T RAIN 8. May I2lh", 1878. TRAINS LEAVE H AKRI8BCKQ AS FOLLOWS For New York, at 6.20, 8.10 . m. 2.oop. m., and 7.M p. m. For Philadelphia, at 6.20, 8.10, 0.46 a.m. 2.00 and 8.5? p. in. For Read I UK, at 6.20, 8.10, 9.46 a. m. and 2.00 3.57 and 7.fA For PuttHVlllo at 6.20. 8.10 a. m and 8.67 p. m., and via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at 2.40 p. m. For Auburn via H. & 8. Br. at 6.30 a. m. For Allentown, atft.20, 8.10a. m., and at 2.00, 3.67 and 7.66 p. m. Iha 5. a I. 8.10 a. m., and 7.66 p. m., trains have through cars for New York. The 6.20, a. in., and 2.0U p.m., trains have through cars for Philadelphia. SUNDAYS i For New York, at 6.20 a. m. For Allentown and Way Stations at 6.20a.m. For Keadiug, Philadelphia and Way Statlousat 1.45 p. in. TRAINS FOR HARRISBUHG.LEAVK AS FOL LOWS : Leave New York, ut 8.45 a. m., 1.00, S.SOand 7.45 p. m. Leave Philadelphia, at 9.16 a. in. 4.00, and 7.20 p. m. Leave Reading, at 14.4(1, 7.40, 11.20 a. m. 1.30, 6.15 and 1". : i. in. Leave Pottsville, at 6.10, 9.15 a.m. and 4.35 p. in. And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Brum lib t 8.15 a. in. Leave Auburn viaS. ft S. Br. at 12 noon. Leave Allentown, at ti.30ft.50, 0.05 a.m., 12.15 4.30 and 9.0 p. III. SUNDAYS: Leave New York, at 5.30 p. m. Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. m. Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.35 p. m. Leave Allentown, at 2 30 a. m., and 9.05 p. m. J. E. WOOTEN, Uen. Manager. C. O. Hancock, General Ticket Agent, tDoes not run on Mondays. Via Morris and Essex K. It. Pennsylvania R. R. Time Table. NEWPORT STATION. On and after Monday, June25tb, 1877, Pas enger trainswlll run as follows: EAST. Mlftllntown Acc. 7.32 a. m., d illy except Sunday. Johnstown Ex. 12.22 P. M., dally " Sunday Mail, 6.54 p. m., daily exceptSunday Atlantic Express, 9.51p.m., flag, dally. WEST. WayPass.9.08 A. M., dally, Mall, 2.43 p. m. dally exceptSunday. Miniintown Acc. 6.65 P. M . dailyexcept Sunday. Pittsburgh Express, 11.57P. M.,(Flag) dally, ex cept Sunday. Pacillo Express, 5.17 a. m., dally (flag) Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which Is 13 minutes faster than Altoonatlme,and4 min utes slower than New York time. J.J. BARCLAY, Agent. DUNCANNON STATION. On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877,tralns wlllleaveDuncannnn. as follows: EA8TWAKD. Mlffllntown Ace. daily except Sundayat 8.12a. m. Johnstown Ex. 12. 5 3 P. M., daily except Sunday. Mail 7.30 p. M " ' " Atlantic Express 10.20 p. m., dally (flag) WESTWARD. Way Passenger, 8.38 a.m., dally Mail, 2.09 p. m dailyexceptSunday. Mlffllntown Acc. dally except Sunday at 6.16p.m. Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (flag) 11.33P. m. WM. O. KING Anent. AND- FREE HOMES. 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One by one had the clerks who had been his assistants and companions been discharged, and their duties added to his, until, overtaxed, overweighted, and overworked, his brain threatened to succumb to the unceasing strain which was slowly but surely sapping away his very life. Yet no word of complaint or expostulation did he utter, but strug gled on with an unwavering will to complete the new tasks which, together, made up the sum of his every-day life. " We must economize," said Lord fc Co. " Labor is a drug in the market, everybody Is reducing expenses, and we must cut down cut down, down," and as he threw himself composedly Into his luxurious ofllce-chalr, the trade dol lars in his capacious pocket seemed to jingle out an echo "Cut down cut down cut down V" Wages had been cut down until the employees received scarcely enough compensation for their services to pur chase a bare existence, and the working force of Lord & Co., had been reduced until one person was compelled to per form the work of three. Business was brisk, but day after day would an em ployee be summoned to the private office of the firm, and his pale face, de spairing look, and quivering lip, when he emerged therefrom, plainly Indicated that he was another victim to the cut ting down process. A summons from the firm to an employee to visit their office was an inevitable death warrant to the victim. One day John Furlong sat poring over his ledger. His face, if possible, was paler than ever, and his shoulders seem ed rounder than ever. His eyes were deep sunken in his head, and the ex pression of pain that occasionally flashed across his marble features denoted that his iron will was endeavoring to keep in subjection the terrible nervious suf fering under which he was laboring. " Mr. Furlong," said the office boy, " Mr. Lord would be pleased to see you in his office." John Furlong Instinctively turned pale. He dropped his pen mechanically, and after a moment's hesitation, during which the blood that flowed through his veins seemed to rush back to his heart, walked deliberately but sadly to ward the office in which the senior member sat composedly. " Ah, Mr. Furlong! Take a seat, Mr. Furlong take a seat, sir. Glad to see you! Ah, Mr. Furlong, we find we must cut down we must reduce. Our expenses are altogether disproportionate to our receipts. Economy is our only safeguard, Blr I might say our only salvation. Boy, order me a carriage at four sure. We have concluded to dis pense with your services, Mr. Furlong, and we will not need you after to. night." "But, Mr. Lord, after ten years' service in your house, you will not dis miss me in so summary a manner." " Can't be helped, Mr. Furlong, we must cut down. Everybody is cutting, and we must cut. Can get men to work for less, sir!" " But I am willing to work for less, Mr. Lord.' " Too late sir too late. Got a man engaged." "But, Mr. Lord" " Don't detain me, Mr. furlong, carriage is waiting, and the club have a champagne suppet at five. The will We must cut down, sir." The senior membter of Lord & Co., carefully adjusting his high hat on his bald head, entered the carriage iu wait ing, fend was driven rapidly away. " Poor Emily ! what will she do now," said John Furlong, as he stood like ono paralyzed in the private office of Ldrd & Co. He heard the office door 'closed, beard the rattle of wheels made 'by the departing carriage, and yet tie stood alone in the centre of the office, an im personation of the statue of despair. " Toor Emily!" it was all he said, the tears coursed down his pallid cheeks, and fell upon the richly carpeted floor. With an effort he aroused himself, walk ed to his desk, closed his books, care fully placed them in the safe, and slow ly but sadly walked Into the street. His fellow-clerks saw him depart. He w ag a favorite with them all, and with a saddened feeling they watched him un til be was lost to sight Instinctively he turned towards his home. The people passing through the crowdtd thoroughfare jostled him -as they pasted, butPae felt them not; the "vehicles rattled ttirough the badly paved 'ftreete,'lut be'heerd not a tound. Like wheat before the cradle of the mower, he had been cut down. His thoughts were not of himself, and when from be tween his quivering Hps asound escaped, only two words could be heard "Poor Emily!" Stopping in front of a four-story building in the central portion of the city, he walked into the marble-tiled vestibule, put his night key Into the lock, opened the door, and commenced his weary ascent up four fi Ights of stairs. When he reached the upper landing he was exhausted, and almost breathless, yet with the aid of the ban nisters he reached the door of his apart ments, opened It by an effort, and staggered into the room. "John !" "Emily!" . He had fainted. Exhausted nature could no longer stand the terrible strain. Emily Washburn bent over him. With a woman's Instinct she at once preceiv ed the neceslty of Immediate action, and proceeded to take measures to resusclate him. Bhe bathed his temples and chaf ed his bund, and her diligence and per severence were soon rewarded by signs of returning eonscousness. "My poor brother," said Emily. "I feared this. You have sadly overworked ; your brain has been tasked beyond endurance. You need rest sadly, and you must have It." VI shall have all the rest I need now, my dear sister." "Oh ! how kind of Lord & Co." said Emily. "Yes, very kind," said John sarcastically. "Why, John, what do you meau ? have they cut you down again V" " Cut me down again ? Oh ! if that was all I would .not complain. But worse, far worse than that." " You do not mean to say that you are " " Discharged ! Yes, Emily, discharg ed. Turned out by those whom I have faithfully served for years. I do not care for myself, Emily ; I can bear the whips and scorns of life without a mur mur, but you, my dear sister what will become of you and your little children " "Never mind us, John. Cheer up! I can battle with the world. I blame myself for being a charge and care upon you, for what would we have done when my husband died but for your kindness. You have given us a h ome ; you have not only been a brother but a benefac tor and savlou r to us ; you gave up your little home and came to us ; your hard earnings have been bestowed on us ; you denied us nothing, and now when the dark day of adversity comes, you are without means yourself. Oh! why did I ever permit you to share your bard earned bounty with us If" John Furlong was now reclining up on the sofa. When he thought of his almost penniless condition and his brok en health, his courage seemed to forsake him. He looked around him. The children were playing around In happy Ignorance of the fate that seemed hover ing over their little heads. Were they to be "cut down," too, In their Infancy t The end of the month was approaching, and the rent had not been entirely accumulated yet. He knew his land lord well. He was Inexonerable, and unfeeling,and exacting; and if payment was not promptly made he would be dispossessed and turned into the streets. The very thought seemed to drive him almost to distraction, Emily Washburn stood by the win dow, gazing abstractly, but almost dis tracted, Into the street below. Her eyes were suffused with tears, and her heav ing bosom denoted the terrible struggle that was raging within, and which she Was endeavoring with almost superhu man exertions to suppress. It was not the discharge of her brother from the house of Lord & Co., or any fear for her future welfare, or that of her children, that affecOd her with a woman's true heroism she had already determined to wort for them but the condition of her brother, his emaciated frame,and the knowledge that his heroic struggles for her and her little family had caBed it all. The wheels of an approaching carriage ftere heard. As it n eared the house the horses' heads were turned in toward the curb, and it stopped in front of John Furlong's house. "John! John!" cried Emily, "a car riage has stopped In front of our door." "Perhaps Mr. Lord has relented and "sent for me," said John, a faint ray of hope illuminating his pale face. " There is a lady descending from It !" exclaimed Emily. . " A lady !" echoed John, in a tone of disappointment. "She is approaching the door, and there, John, she has rung our door-bell," as the tingle of the bell was heard in their hall "What shall we do y"sald John, vain ly endeavoring to sit bpright upon tho sofa, but sadly failing In the effort. "What shall we do? . replied Emily. "Why, there's only one thing to do I shall go down and admit her." ' "But surely, she must have made a mistake. Our acquaintances are not in tle habit of catling upon us in their car riages," said John, smiling sadly. "Well, John," said Emily, "if Bhe has made a mistake It will be very easy to correct It," saying which she descend ed to the door to meet the caller whose advent had caused such a stir. In a few minutes she returned. " There Is no mistake about It, John, the lady has called at the right place," said Emily. "And who does she wish to BeeV" asked John. "Mr. John Furlong." "Me ! me! Why my sister who can It bel"' "Here is her card, brother. She Is waiting below." "Miss Florence Parkard." 'Miss Florence Parkard I I cannot see her, Emily I cannot see her. Tell her I am Indisposed. Offer any excuse you think proper, for I cannot dare not see her to-day." . " 1 explained your feeble condition to her John, but Instead of withdrawing, she seemed to be more anxious to see you than before," said Emily. "Tell her I will be better to-morrow, and will call upon her. Tell her" The door opened gently, and a light footstep glided noiselessly across the car peted floor teward the sofa on which John Furlong lay. He saw her, and tried to raise himself to a sitting posture. "Florence !" "John!" The effort had exausted what little strength remained, and he fell back un conscious. When he revived Florence Parkard sat by his side. Her lace shawl was thrown over the back of a chair, and her dainty little hat occupied another. She kept herlittlen fan busily employed upon his face, and the life-blood was fast returning into its channels. In a spirit of gratitude he extended his hand. She grasped it, and held it In hers. For a few minutes not a word was spoken on either side. "John Furlong," said Florence, "I am not a stranger to the nature of your affection for me. I have known it for years. You love me. You have strug gled on and on In the hope of prosper ing in business and bettering your con dition before you made your affections known to me. I have watched you, John Furlong. I am rich, and you are poor. Day after day, with a salary that an unprincipled firm was cutting down, you saw your hopes crushed. Still you labored on with an unfaltering zeal. To day you were discharged I heard It all. Mr. Lord went to the club, and there boasted of his conduct toward you. In the midst of his hilarity he was seen to reel in his chair and fall. A doctor was summoned, but life had fled. He who had "cut down" others was in turn " cut down" by the hand of God. When I heard of your misfortune I hastened here. Surrounded as I am by a host of giddy admirers, I saw at once, and read their hearts. They loved me for my money. There is one brave man who loves me for myself alone, and that man is John Furlong." " Florence ! Florence I you have read my heart aright." " I know it, John. I know also that your love Is returned. I have endeavor ed to disguise the fact from myself; but It is useless. You would not, from a sense of honor, ask me to become your wife John Furlong, I ask you to be come my husband. You are ill 1 can not leave you. Give me the right to re main and care for you make me your wife." "Oh, what Joy It would be to me!" said John, in the ecstasy of the moment. " Florence Packard the wife of poor John Furlong! Never I never!" : " Not never, John, but forever," said Florence. " I do not care for what the world says. You are all to me the world is nothing. You will consent If" She pressed her claims eloquently and fervently, but Btill he resisted. He plead, ed for delay. " I will not leave this house save as the wife of John Furlong," said Flor ence. He could resist no longer. When he breathed the happy consent Florence wotrnd her delicate arms around him, aflfl kissed the tears from his cheeks. A Clergyman was sent for, and before an "hour had passed Miss Florence Packard had become Mrs. John Furlong. When his health permitted they removed from the apartments on the fourth floor to a brown-stone house on Fifth avenue. The Difference. ' One young lady rises early, rolls up her sleeves, goes In the kitchen to get breakfast, or insists upon doing so, and afterwards with cheerful and sunny smiles, puts the house in order without the assistance of " Mother." She will make a good wife and render home a paradise. Young man, " get her." Another young lady Is a parlor beauty, pallid from dissipation and want of ex ercise, reads novels and almost dies of laziness, while the poor old mother does her washing. She Is a useless piece of furniture, an annoyance to the husband she may chance "rope In," and will go unpwept to her grave. Young man, Let her alone !" Turkish Wives. FIRST among Turkish social topics is that of the harem. The Koran al. lows a Mussulman to have four wives ; and many persons have consequently imagined that polygamy is the rule In Turkey, whereas it is the exception. A Mussulman may have as many wives as he can keep In comfort; and it Is only the very rich who can afford to keep four. The middle-class Turks have only one wife apiece ; the men of the lowest class are often obliged to remain single from not having the means to support a consort In the style which the Moslem law enjoins. Nothing can be more un Turklsu than the Mormon idea of ac cumulating a number of women to live under one roof, quarreling In the kitchen and parlor, and acting as household drudges for their husband. The Turk ish wife Is not a slave ; the chief fault to find with her is that she has too lofty u sense of her own dignity. An advocate of female rights would have some diffi culty In persuading her that her lot was pitiable ; she has never envied the eman cipation of Christian women, whose free ways shock her ; while she has noticed that they get much less respect from the men of her faith than that which is in variably vouchsafed to herself. She veils her face with no more regret than a Western lady unveils her shoulders. Turkish women are not Bhut up. They go out when they please, attended by' their odaliks if rich, or holding their children by the hand ; and their mag pie voices fill the bazars, for they are noisy talkers. Wherever they pass'men of all creeds stand aside deferentially. If a husband meets his wife in the street, he makes no sign of recognition ; if he perceives her halting before a draper's stall and gazing significantly at silks dearer than he can afford, he must possess his soul in resignation, mutter ing "Mashallah." This respect for women prevails also in the home circle, and it comes naturally to the Mussul man,who has been taught from his boy hood to behave courteously to the softer sex. The Western conjugal expression about " wearing the breeches" has its Turkish counterport in the phrase to " live under the slipper;" and it is to be feared thot not a few Turks know the taste of this implement of uxoriul persuasion. A hamal (street porter) once came before a cadi to complain that his wife trounced him too frequently. " See what mine does," answered the magistrate, opening his gown and show ing some welts on his neck and shoul ders. " Go thy way, my son,and thank Allah thou art luckier than I." Cruclflixon in China. THE following account of a crucifix ion in China, interesting because of its resemblance to those mentioned in scripture, is by Mr. James of Amoy, who witnessed it on the 28th of Octo ber, 18G3 : The victim was a well-known thief, whose principal offense was that of steal ing young girls and selling them for prostitutes. The cross was of the Latin form, the foot being inserted in a stout plank, had nails driven through his feet, his hands stretched and nailed to the cross beam. His legs were fastened to the cross with an iron chain, his arms bound with a cord, and In the cord around his waist was inserted a piece of wood on which was written bis name and offense. A similar piece on his right arm contained his sentence, name lyto remain, day and night, on the cross until he died. Another on his left arm had the name of the judge, with his title and offices. The criminal was nailed to the cros inside the Yamun, in the presence of the magistrate, and then carried by four coolies to one of the principal thorough fares leading from the city, where he was left during the day, but removed at night inside the prison, for fear of his friends attempting to rescue him, and again carried forth at daylight in charge of two soldiers. He was crucified at noon on Wednes day, and Mr. Jones conversed with him at five in the evening. He complained of pain in his chest and thirst. On Thursday he slept for some hours, when the cross was laid down in the Jail com pound. No one was allowed to supply him with food or drink; and during the day there was quite a fair in front of the cross, people being attracted from a dis tance, and the sweetmeat venders driv ing a large trade. On Saturday he was still alive, when the Tota was appealed to by a foreigner to put an end to the wretch's suffering; and he immediately gave orders that vinegar should be administered, which he expected would produce immediate death. But the result was otherwise, and at sunset, when the cross was taken within the jail, two soldiers with stout bamboos, broke both his logs and then strangled him.
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