; THE TIMES,: NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. SEPTEMBER 21, 1878. a , RAlLROADSi PHILADELPHIA AND READINGTr ARKANQRMKNTOF PASSENGER TRAINS. : nay 1 2 ih, 1878. t HAIN8 LEAVE H AUIUSBUftO A8 FOLLOWS For New York, at 5.20. 8.10 a. m. 8.00D. m.. and 7.M p. m. . I For Philadelphia, at 8.20, 8.10, 9.45 a.m. too ana s.bt p. in. For Ketidlna. at 6.20. 8.10. 9.13 a.m. and 2.00 8.67 and T.NS. For Fotcsvllle at B.20. 8.10 a. m.. and 3.67 B. in., and via Hcliuylkill and Busquehanna ranch at 1.40 p. m. For Auburn via H. & 8. Br. at 6.30 a. m. For Allentown, ato.20, B.loa. in., and at 2.00, 3.57 and 7.55 p. in. . . , The 5.20, 8.10 a.m., and 7.55 p. m., traln have through cars tor New York. The 6.20, a. in., and 2.00 p. m., trains have through cars for Philadelphia. s BUNDAYSt For New York, at 5.2o a. hi. For Alletitown and Way Htatloim at 8.20 a.m. For Heading, Philadelphia and Way dtatlonsat 1.45 p. in. TRAINS FOR IIARRI8BURG, LEAVE AS FOL LOWS I Leave New York, at 3.45 a. m,., 1.00, 5.30 and 7.4i p. in. Leave Philadelphia, at 9.15 a. m. 4AHI, and 7.20 p. in. Leave Reading, at t4. 40, 7.40, 11.20 a. m. 1.30, 8.15 and lo. i p. in. Leave I'oltaville, at 6.10, 9.15 a.m. and 4.35 p. in. And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branchbt 8.15 a. m. Leave Auburn via 8. ft 8. Br. at 12 noon. Leave Alleiitown, at ti306,50, 9.05 a.m.. 12.15 1.30 and 9.0) U. in. SUNDAYS: Leave New York, at 3.30 p. m. Leave l'hlladelpbla, at 7.20 p. m. Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.35 p. m. Leave AUentown. at2 30 a. in., and 9.05 p. m. J. K. WOOTEN, Uen. Manager. C. O. Hancock, General Ticket Agent. tUoes not run on Mondays. Vla Morris and Essex It. R. Pennsylvania R.R. Time Table. NEWPORT STATION. On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Fas enger tralnswlll run as follows: EAST. Mlllilntown Acc. 7.32 a. m., dally exceptSunday. Johnstown Ex. 12.23 P. M., dally " Sunday Mall, 6.54 p. m., daily exceptSuuday Atlantic Express, 9.54p.m., flag, dally. WEST. WayPass. 9.08 A. m., dally, Mall, 2.43 r. M. dally exceptSunday. Miillintown Aco. 6.55 p. m. dailyexcept Sunday. Pittsburgh Express, 11.57P. M., (Flag) daily, ex cept Sunday. Pacino Express, 6.17 a.m.. daily (flag) Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which is 13 minutes faster than Altoona time, and 4 min utes slower than New York time. J.J. BARCLAY, Agent. DUNCANNON STATION. On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877,tralus willleaveDuncannon. as follows: EASTWARD. Mlfiilntown Acc. daily except Sundayat 8.12a. m. Johnstown Ex. 12.53P. 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 Mall, 2.09 p. m, dallyexceptSunday. MilHlntown Acc. dallyexceptSunday at 6.10p.m. Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (flag) 11.33P. m. WM. C. KING Agent. " AND- FllEE HOMES. 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It may well be imagined that Dubois felt but little anxiety In relation to his sickness, or its result, being as well reconciled to die on his bed of diseaee as to suffer upon the scaflbld. The only solace of his melancholy situation was derived from the visits of a young and beautiful lay sister named Theresa. She was an entire stranger to him pre vious to his removal to the hospital 5 but she was now the only being who came to soften the bed of sickness. At first her visits were received without much emotion ; but at length his in difference wore off, and the daily coming of Theresa was the only subject thateni ployed his thoughts. Although the purest benevolence had brought her to to the hospital, yet sister Theresa had been pleased with the noble features of Du Bols, and was equally gratified when she learned that he was not wanting in the still nobler attributes of the soul. Charmed with his good sense, and pre ceding that her presence gave him pleasure, her visits grew more frequent. The result was that by looking into their hearts they discovered something there worthy the name of friendship. One morning Theresa left Du Bois in a state of mind most unenviable. Be fore her last visit he had resigned him self to death, and felt a certain kind of calmness in the consciousness of the certainty of his fate ; but now a glim mering of hope, just palpable enough to incite a desire for life, shone into his mind and awoke fears which had ceased to distress him. As Theresa was leaving the ward where Du Bois was confined she met the house physician. " You are still employed in deed of charity, Sister Theresa," he said, with a Btulle. " I do not refuse my poor services to the suffering, doctor. Heaven knows there is room enough for benevolent works here," Bhe replied. " Yes, plenty of works for priests and doctors, to Bay nothing of executioners. But how fare our patients ?" " Alas I doctor, why should you ask ?" " Some empty beds this morning. My patients get about quick; and what is more remarkable they never return Into my hands again." , " No, they do not, thanks to the just and merciful Dispenser of human af fairs ; they go into more lenient hands." " How fares Du Bois ? Is he well enough to go out and take air V" asked the doctor, significantly. " Poor fellow I he is almost gone. There is scarcely a breath left in him." " Not so bad, Sister Theresa not so bad, Sister Theresa not so bad as he might be. He will be able to pay his respects to the tribunal in a few days. Let me feel your wrist, young man, quite a pulse; put out your tongue; thick coat' t some hope keep up courage soon be able to ride out." " Doctor, come with me, for heaven's sake," said the lay Bister, taking the man of physio and wit by the arm. " I must speak to your seriously." " I beg of you to be quiet, Sister Theresa, you really make me nervous. What can you want? Ah I what hand some eyes, were there are no tears in them ; I never noticed that before. Now that we are alone, tell me what you would say, and be brief, for I have duties to attend to." While the doctor was speaking, Theresa gradually drew him away into his office. " - " Shall we he heard if I speak here 5"' she asked hurriedly, closing the door and locking it. " Only by ourselves ; but what means this? you 'have locked me into the room with yourself, charming There sa ?" ' . It seems that I wish to move your pity ; to excite your compassion ; to prompt you to a deed of mercy. " Well, what is It ?" " Du Bois must not die," replied the lay Bister, In accents of grief. ' .'' " Theresa, all the girls of Bordeaux could not save him, should they all knell and weep before the tribunal. Du Bols must sutler with the rest." "But he must not. You can save him." "I can save him You are mad!" "Iam not mad. Mam sane and ra tional as yourself. Say that you will aid me," continued Theresa, in tones of touching earnestness. . "But what is Du Bols to you ?" "Do not ask; be generous, for your heart tells you all." "You love him ; this agitation and 1 t grief witness your love. How do you propose to save Dullols 1"' "You shall report him dead to the agents of the tribunal ; you shall then order his body to your private office for anatomical purpose. In the dress of a surgeon it will be easy to eflect his escape thence. I have already in formed him in the part he is to act. He will feign violent convulsions, which will apparently end in death, how easy it will be then to save him if you enter into my schemes." "It may seem easy to you, but a dls covery would be sure death to me an swered the doctor, pacing the room, much moved by the entreaties, tears and beauty of Theresa. " God bless you for the act, and my poor prayers shall ever ascend lor you to the throne of mercy." The doctor turned his back to the fair pleader, and wiped something from his eye. "I will tell you what I will do," he added, in a more kindly voice. "I will not attempt to thwart your plans; I will even favor them. To morrow, when I visit the ward where Du Bois is sick. I will find you in tears. I will ask "What ails you Sister Theresa?" I will turn from you without looking at my patient. You will pretend that I or dered the body to my office for the benefit of my pupils. Two attendants will assist you in carrying it there. But remember to throw a napkin over his face, and to support the head yourself, for it is difficult to feign death so as to deceive those who are familiar with it. And, moreover, let the body be wrapped In a sheet, lest the warmth should be tray the fact that the soul is still within. If the young man should And a sur geon's dress in the office, he need not ask liberty to appropriate it to his own use. When once in the street let him improve the time, and be seen no more in Bordeaux." Again did Sister Theresa fall upon her knees to cover the hands of the kind hearted doctor with tears and kisses, and his own eyes could not refuse a tri bute of feeling at contemplation of bo much devotion and loviness. With what Intense anxiety did There sa and Du Bois await the coming of another day a day which would make them the happiest of human beings, or the most miserable creatures in exis tence. Neither closed their eyes in sleep. Du Bois, according to his instructions, groaned heavily during the night, and seemed to suffer much pain. Toward morning his moans grew feebler, and less frequent. When Theresa visited him at daylight he appeared to be seized with terrible convulsions. His eyes rolled wildly about in their sockets ; IiIb face was distorted ; blood was seen upon his Hps ; his cheeks were deadiy pale, and his last moment seemed near. The Iny sister stood beside his bed and wept. At length Du Bois ceased his motions ; he was heard to breath hard for a short time, and then all was quiet, Bave the frantic cries of Theresa, who threw herself upon the body, and pit ously bewailed his death. While thus engaged, the house phy sician entered the room. " What alls you, Sister Theresa ? Why are you thus wild with woe ?" he asked calmly, as had been previously agreed. " Alas I my friend Is no more ; Du Bols is dead 1" she replied, with a fresh out burst of grief. " Well, what matters it ? it has saved him from the scaffold. Did you wish him to live to die by the hand of the executioner ?" The house physician passed on, without so much as looking toward the bed where Du Bois lay. How Theresa's heart bounded with joy 1 She would gladly have fallen down at the doctor's feet and embraced them. Calming her transports of grief, she turned and beckoned two attendants who were near. They came. The house physician desires you to assist me in removing this body to his office," she said, restraining her emotion as much as possible. As they carried it out they met a sur geon, and Theresa's heart sank within her; but he passed them without notice, and in a few moments Du Bols was stretched upon the dissecting table in the doctor's private office. " Now our work is done and you may go," said Theresa. The attendants left the room, and our heroine locked the door after them. Du Bois leaped from the table and donned the surgeon's dress without loss of time. When he was ready to go he threw himself at Theresa's feet and poured out the eloquent language of his overflowing heart, in words which it would be in vain to attempt to record. God only knows how full of gratitude a generous heart can be, and He alone can tell the emotions of Du Bols at that mo ment. " Delay no longer, In the name of the blessed saints 1" cried the lay sister. "It were base ingratitude to destroy you," replied Du Bols. "I will soon manage to have a letter conveyed to you which will make known the place of my retreat. Promise that you will come to me that you will render for ever happy the life you have , this day saved, by an act of generosity unpar alleled." " I promise," replied the lny sister with a faint blush. 1 "And now I part; for the present, best and dearest of your sex, ' farewell. If we meet not again on earth, we meet in heaven." The ddor was opened, and the ; next moment Du Bols was gone. The letter which Du Bols had prom ised came at length. The fair Theresa did not hesitate, but hastened to join him agreeably to her promise. Qulting his temporary asylum, he retired to Spain, where he was wedded tohls bene factress. Happy indeed was the fortune of Du Bols, iu being united to a woman who had proven the strength of her attach ment in a manner so remarkable, and in an hour when earthly hopes had ceased te shine into his soul. A Sensible Preacher. ONCE upon a time, so runs the most authentic story, one of the Great Frederick's favorite chaplains was taken from him by the hand of death. The peculiar qualities in the deceased eccle siastic had not been more his devout piety and heartfelt reverence than his known courage in danger and presence of mind in seasons of astonishment. Said the great king : " Ah me I where shall I And another man so truly devout and so conscien tiously devoted to his religious duty,who will at the same time possess such won drous presence of mind ? Ah ! Good Father Isaac's wits were never want ing." At length, however, a candidate was recommended to his favorable consider ation, a man known to be pious and and devout, and against whom no breath of scandal had ever been turned. " But what is his courage?" demand ed Frederick. " What would he do In a moment of mortal terror which had burst unexpectedly over his head ?" The proposer shook his head. He could not say. "Hal" cried the king, "we will try him. Look ye. He shall preach In our chapel next Sunday afternoon, and I will be there. He Is to have no sermon prepared. I will myself, when I enter the chapel, place in his hand a sealed packet, within which he will find his text ; and from that text he will preach his sermon." The ecclesiastic was consulted and readily consented to the proposition. The eventful day arrived and the clergy man entered the chapel, and as he passed up the centre aisle an officer in gaudy uniform aide-de-camp of the king put a sealed paper Into his hand, at the same time whispering, "From his majesty." The clergyman ascended to the pulpit, read the Scripture, give out the two hymns, made an appropriate prayer, in which the king was recognized without fulsomeness, and then he arose and broke the seal of the missive he had re ceived and found it blank ! Not a word nor pen mark appeared. With a calm smile the clergyman cast his eyes over the congregation, and then said : " Brethren and slBters Here is noth ing," and he held up the paper to show that it was blank. " Blessed is he whom nothing can annoy, whom nothing can make afraid or swerve from his duty. We read that God made from nothing all things 1 And yet look at the stu pendous majesty of His Infinite cre ation." And thereupon the candidate went on with a powerful and eloquent discourse on the wonders and beauties of cre ation. Suffice it to say that Frederick be stowed upon him the vacant chaplain cy, and that in time he came to be the king's chief confidant and spiritual ad viser. A Lesson for Boys. A FEW years ago, a lad who was left without father or mother went to New York, alone and friendless, to get a situation in a store as an errand boy, until he could command a higher posi tion ; but this boy had been in bad company and had got into the habit of calling for "bitters" and cheap cigar8- , I On looking over the paper he noticed that a merchant on Pearl street wanted a lad of his age, and he called there and made his business known. " Walk Into my office, my lad," said the merchant, "I'll attend to you soon." When he had waited upon his custo. mer he took a seat near the lad, and es pied a cigar In ' his ' hat This was enough. " My boy," said he, " I want a smart, honest, faithful lad ; but you, I see, imoke cigars, and in my experience of many years, I have found cigar smok ing lads to be connected With - various other evil habits, and if 1 am hot nils taken, you are not an exception. You can leave; you will not suit me." 1 John held down his head and left the store; and as he walked along the street, a stranger and friendless, the counsel of his poor mother came forcibly to his mind, who, upon her death-bed, called him to her side, and placing her emacia ted hand rfpon his head, said t ' " Johnny, my dear boy, I am going to leave you. You well know what dis grace and misery your father brought upon us before his death, I want you to promise me, before I die, that you will never taste one drop of the accursed poison that killed your father, nor tobac co. Promise this, and be a gbod boy, Johnny, and I shall die in peace." Tears trickled down Johnny's cheek. He went to his lodgings, and throwing himself upon ills bed, gave vent to his feelings In sobs. But John had moral courage. He had energy and deter mination, and ere an hour had passed he made up his mind never to taste an other drop of liquor nor to smoke another cigar. He went straight back to the mer chant. Said he : " Sir, you very properly sent me away this morning for habits that I have been guilty of; but, sir, I have neither father nor mother, and though I have occa sionally done what I ought not to do, and have not followed the advice of my poor mother on her death-bed, yet I have now made a vow never to drink another drop of liquor nor smoke an other cigar, and if you will only try nie, It is all I ask." The merchant was struck with the decision and energy of the boy, aiid at once employed him. He was steady and faithful to his vow, and at the ex piration of five years this lad was a partner in the business, and is now worth ten thousand dollars. His Own Medicine. One of the delegates to the "National" convention, on his return from Syracuse, went to see his heart's delight, to whom he had been engaged for six ecstatic months. She met him at the hinge weakened gate with the remark : " James, I have learned to love an other. To-night we part." " Learned to love another! Part! Why, Fanny, what do you mean ?" " I mean precisely what I say," she answered, with an icy smile. " O, no ; it cannot be, it cannot be. Say you are joking. You cannot mean It. Have I not your absolute promise to be my wife ?" " You have," she replied in the same unlmpassloned tone. " And it is be cause you have my absolute promise that I feel I have right to be fickle." He reached around to his hip pocket and whipped out his pistol, exclaim ing: " If you would not have me fall dead at your feet, explain." " I will," she said. " My ' absolute' promise is like the absolute paper mon ey you dote on there is no provision made for redeeming it." He slowly returned his pistol to his pocket and departed from her presence without a word. A Knowing Office Holder. The Register ot New York City has had complaints made regarding the fees charged in his office. Being Interviewed on the subject, he showed his ignorance by the following remarks : " I am really unable to conceive what motives or what grounds any. one can have for making any such charges against me. I do not myself know the method of collecting fees in my office, but if what my deputy tells me is true, there certainly can be no foundation for any charge of excessive fees. When I entered upon the duties of my office, I told the deputy to charge the same fees that had formerly been charged. He told me recently that where any change had been made from the old rates it had been a decrease, so that if there were not any grounds for complaint against my predecessor, I do not see how there are against me. I do not know whether the rates are fixed by statute or not that is a matter I have left entirely with my deputy, and I have never had occa sion to look the question up. Still, I suppose there must be statute regulations on the subject. If so, I suppose, of course, they have been followed." Stealing a Child. Saturday last a tramp called upon the Rev. L. O. Manchester lu Muiiica Hill, N. J., and begged for money. Shortly after his departure Mr. Manchester's lit tle son, aged about seven years, was mis sed aud the tramp was suspected of steal ing him. A search was made and the man was tracked to a corn-field. Seeing tbat he was pursued he took tbe little boy in his arms and started to ruu with him, but be was overtaken and captured. He gave his name as William Vivian.' - He was com mitted on a charge of attemped abduction.
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