I)c imc0 New Bloomftclir,
2STEW ""STOIEtK:
CONTINENTAL
Si
Life Insurance Company,
OP NEW YORK,
STRICTLY M UT UAL t
J'BSUEHall thennw forms of Policies, and pre
. sent as favorable terms as any company In the
nltd States. .
The Company will mnko temporary loans on Its
Policies.
Thirty days' (jrace allowed on each payment, and
the policy held good during that time.
Policies Issued by this Company are non-forfeiture.
No extra charges are made for traveling permits.
Policy-holders share in the annual profits of the
Company, and have a voice in the elections and
management of the Company.
No policy or medical fee charged.
Justus I.awkenck, Pres't.
M. 1). Wynkoop, Vice Pres't.
J. P.Koqeiu), Bec'y.
J. F. EATON.
(ieneral Agent,
No. S North Third Street,
4.2y'lJ College lilock, Harrlsburg, Pa.
Incorporated by the Omrt of Common 1'leas, tn
im; by the J(Wu(wre, ii 1171.
The l'eiinsj Ivnnla
Central Insurance Company,
OF POTTSVILLE, PA.
Capital and Assets, $156,000.
Premium Notes, ? 100,000 00
Promissory Notes 50,000 00
Cash premiums duo or col
lected for the year 1871. ?2,028 00
Cash premiums due or col
lected for the first three
months of 1872 1,800 00
Cash from other sources
and agents 1,200 00
Judgment Bonds In Com
pany's office, 1,100 00
Total Cash, J0.128 00
Total cash and note assets,
April 1st, 1872 $156,128 00
JAMES II. GRIER, JOHN D. HADE8TY,
Secretary. President.
DIRECTORS :
John D. Iladcsty, A. P. Helms, Benjamin
Teter, A. Sutermeiatcr, James II. Orler, E. F.
Jungkurt, Ellas Miller.
AGENTS:
II. H. mil, Edward Fox, John A. Kable, Ed
ward Wesley, Charles F. Pelbert, Wm.R,
Griffith. E. F. Jungkurt, General Agent.
Arrangements have been mads with other
first-class companies to re-Insure risks taken
n the cash plan in such amounts as desired.
Liberal commission allowed agents, and ex
clusive territory, If desired. This Company
.confine Itself to fire Insurance exclusively.
OFFICEi
No. ;i01 CENTRE ST., POTTSVILLE. FA.
NOTICE.
The Homo Reserve force of The Penn
sylvania Central Insurance Company of
Pottavillo, Pa., will be in Perry county in
.considerable force, and act as the Com
pany's Agents until a full line of Local
Agents can be appointed when the reserve
force will, be recalled.
JAMES II. GRIER, i
Bec'y of Pa. Central Ins. Co.
, Intjuruuee Not loo.
On and after the tenth day of A pril,
1672, The Home Reserve force of Insur
ance Agents belonging to "The Pennsylva
nia Central Insurance Company" will leave
Pottsville in heavy force, and occupy ten
.different counties of the State, where they
will continue to act as the Company's
Agents until a full lino of Local Agents
can be appointed, when they will be recalled.
As a body of men, I beliove they are supe
rior Insurance Agents, and most of them
peak the English, French, Welsh and Ger
man Languages. The City Insurance
Journals, with all their sneers at Mutual
(Companies, and continual cry of Fraud I
Fraud t 1 tc, cannot muster any better In
'Surance material 1 Why don't the City In
surance papers tell the publlo that no Mu
tual Company broke or failed during the
last te.i years? Why don't they tell the
.public that more than half the Stock Com
panies started within the last ten years
lave? It is well-known fact that Mutual
Companies cannot fail.
. . JAMES II. GRIER,
Secretary of Pennsylvania Central Insur
ance Company. 0 16
Sew Carriage Hanufuetory,
On Hiou Bthibt, East o Cabumj St.,
Mew BloomfJcld, Penn'a.
THE subscriber has built a larps and commodi
ous Whop on Hih KhiI of Carlisle Htreet,
Hew Hloointleld, Pa., where lis is prepared to man
ufacture to order
On rriagos
i .
Of every description, out of ths best material
Sleighs of eyery Style,
.tmllt to order, and flnlshsd In ths most arttstl and
'durable manner.
iiuvinu minorlnr workmen, he Is prepared
to furulHh work that will compare favorably with
the best City Work, and much mors durable, aud
at much more reasonable rales.
MHKFA 1K1MU of all kinds noaUv sad prompt
tyon. AsaUbtollslUd.-
8AMUEL SMITH.
Jitf
Tho Banker's Choice.
A BTOIIV FOR MOTHERS AKO iUUClIITKHB
"11
EALLY, KATE, you havo suc
ceeded vcryf woll. , Where my
daughters are bo truly accomplished I dare
not draw a comparison ; but I any to you
that I consider your education " perfect."
And thus speaking, Mrs. Lonark, a woman
f llvo and forty, and tho mother of threo
grown up daughters, lay back in her easy
chair, and gently waved her fan.
Kate, tho youngest of tho thrco daugh
ters, had just arisen from tho pianoforte,
where sho had improved upon her last
course She was nineteen years of ago, her
form was of tho pure femalo type not
robust, nor yet fairy-like, but after tho fash
ion of those models which tho old Greeks
used to adopt when they wished to sculpt
ure an Ariadne or a Euphtosyno Touch
ing her face it was certainly a good-looking
face. To call such a face pretty would
sound tame and Hat. Mrs. Lanark thought
Isabel and Bertha both prettier that Kate,
whilo Mr. Lanark was of a different opin
ion. However, upon ono point thero was
no dispute. Tho judge would often say
" Well, my little Kate looks very good,
anyhow." And nobody had ever disputed
him.
Isabel ond Bertha were the other two,
both older than Kate, being aged respect
fully twenty-one and twenty-three. They
had graduated at a very fasbionablo school,
and wero deemed very highly accomplish
ed ; and moreover, they were called beau
tiful.
Judge Lanark was tho father of these
girls. Ho was a man of means, though not
of largo wealth. Ho had bceu a successful
lawyer, and was now on tho bench, and his
: 1 : 4 : r . l . .. ... i l .
Governors had been among his clients, and
Senators looksd to him for counsel aud as
sistance. Tho Judge had reared two sons
and sent them forth into active and useful
life, but his daughters ho had left to his
wife.
"Of course," Mrs. Lanark continued,
after she had taken her seat near to her
father, " you do not play as well as your
sister, but it will come to you by practice.
I think I may safely say that your list of
necessary accomplishments is full."
"Not quite," said Kate, with a nod and
a smile.. "There is one more accom
plishment to add to my list. I longod for
it many a time when I was at school and I
am led to long for it at many places I am
forced to visit. I must learn to cook."
" To what ?" cried Mrs. Lanark.
" To cook ?" queried Isabel and Bertha
in concert.
Aye," added Kate, "I will cot con
sider my woman's accomplishments com
plete, until I can, with my own hands,
make a loaf of wheaten bread fit to set
before my father."
The Judge caught his Kate by tho hand
and cried :
" Good, good for Kate 1" , .
Isabel and Bertha smiled derisively.
Their looks plainly showed that they con
sidered the thing ridiculous.
Mrs. Lanark looked up in surprise and
deprecation. It seemed a reflection upon
her educational care of her daughters.
Kate saw the look, and sho answered :
" I don't mean a loaf of such soggy stuff
as some of our friends make with cream of
tartar and saloratus, nor yet a loaf of the
puffy stuff that comes to us from the bak
ers, but I mean a loaf of such bread as my
own mother used to bake when I was
wee child."
Mrs. Lanark was mollified, but not con
verted. Ah, Kate, times have changed slnoe I
was young."
" For the worse !" muttered the Judge.
But his wife did not notice him. She went
on :
" You bad better leave the making of
bread to tho help in the kitchen. If ever
you have a borne of your own I trust you
will have enough else to occupy your time
without doing the work of your servants."
If ever I have a home of my own," said
Kate with mild decision, "I am determin
ed that I shall be able to superintend every
part of it. My servants shall not be my
mistresses. No servants employed in my
household shall be able to look down upon
me. I will not be the slave nor the victim
of my cook."
" Good," again cried the Judge. " Go
it Kate, and I will furnish the material.
Waste dozen barrels of flour, if necessary
only bring me a grand good loaf of bread
of your own making and baking in the
end!" . . "
. Mrs. Lanark thought it foolish, and Isa
bel and Bertha characterized it as very
childish and whimsical. They fancied
that it smacked of the nursery and play
room. But Kate was in earnest ; and as her fa
ther backed her up, she carried the day.and
gained the freedom of the kitchen, where
the servants loon came to love her.
The following winter Isabel and Bertha
spent in the city. Kate remained at home,
because her mother could not spore them
all. During their visit to tho metropolis,
tlie eldor sisters made their friends find
formed a few pleasant associations. Among
others, they met with Roland Archworth,
a young banker, who had been Judge
Lanark's class-mate and chum nt college
Iu their letters homo they had informed
their father of this fact, and tho Judgo,
remembering the elder Archworth with
treasured love and esteem, ,' and knowing
the son to be the occupant of nn exalted
position in society invited tho young
man to visit him at his country house.
And thus it happened that when summer
canio Roland Archworth came up to Liu
nark's pleasant homo. Ho was a young man
of llvo and twonty years, and to use tho
expression of ono who knew him woll,
"every inch a mnn."
Ho had inherited a fortune from his
father, and was now a partner iu the house
which his father had founded. Thero was
no speculation in the business which he fol
lowed. With a banking capital fully equal
to tho greatest possiblo emergency, tho
house pursued a legitimate course and its
wealth was constantly and surely increas
ing. Is it a wonder that Mrs. Lanark's heart
fluttered when the prospect dawned upon
her that tho young banker might possibly
seek ono of her daughters for a wife ? Sho
cared not whether ho chooso Isabel or
Bertha. They wero both accomplished,
and either would make a worthy mate for
him.
And we do not do tho Judgo injustice
when we say that even ho allowed himself
to liopo that tho son of his classmate might
find it in his heart to love one of the girls.
Ho had studied tho young man's character
well, and ho believed it to bo one of the
purest and best.
And Isabel and Burtha. Of course there
was rivalry between them, but they agreed
they would abide tho issue. If Isabel were
selected to presido over tho homo of tho
millionaire, Bertha would not complain,
and should Bertha prove the fortunate one,
Isabel was prepared to yiokl.
Ono thing happened very unfortunately.
Ou tho very day of Arcbworth's arrival,
tho cook had been taken sick. What was
to bo done 1
"Never mind," said Kate with a smilo,
" I will take the reius until the cook gets
well."
" But for mercy's sake," implored Isa
bel, "don't lot Mr. Archworth know it.
Ho belongs to a sphere which would bo
shocked by such a gross impropriety. Ho
would look upon us as belonging to the
canaille."
But there was no piesant help for it,
and Kate went into tho kitchen and took
command of the forces iu that quarter.
" Will you have some of the cake, Mr.
Archworth," asked Mrs. Lanark, lifting
the silver basket of frosted niceties.
"No," replied the visitor with a smilo,
if you will lot mo exercise my own whim
you will please me. This plain bread is a
luxury which I do not often meet. It takes
me back to my boyhood's days. I have
not eaten such Bince I eat the bread my
own mother made. If ever I keep house
for myself I think I shall auk you to send
me your cook."
For the lifo of them they could not help
the betrayal of emotion. Poor Kate who
sat exactly opposite the speaker, blushed
until it seemed as though all the blood in
her body was running into her face, while
Isabel and Bertha trembled as they would
tremble hod they found themselves unex
pectedly upon the verge of a frightful prec
ipice. The Judge laughed outright.
" You get our cook into your house and
you'd find you'd caught a tartar, my boy,"
said the Judge. And then to change the
subject he added quickly :
" 1 remember your mother very ' well,
Roland, and I have eaten her bread."
And thus the conversation softened down
to the memory of other days.
Touching Roland's association with Lan
ark's daughters, he seemed to enjoy the
society of them all. If he seemed , more
eager to talk with one than the other,
it was with Kate not, perhaps, because he
had found her more attractive, but because
she kept herself bidden away from him so
much. During the brief interviews which
bad been permitted him, he bad found her
not only accomplished, but he thought be
had detected an under-current of plain,
common s ense which had not appeared In
the others. And, again, when he had been
speaking of his mother, he had seen Kate's
eyes grow most with sympathetic light,
while her sisters had only smiled in tbelr
sweet pleasant way. ' : He fanoied ' that
through the gathering moisture of those
deep blue eyes he had looked down into a
warm and tender heart a heart that was
true and reliable.
One bright morning Roland Archworth
rose with the sun and walked out into the
garden.
By and by be came around by the porch,
and entered the kitcbei; to ask for a drink
of milk for be had just seen thegardener
bringing in a brimming pail from the sta
ble, i .
He went in, and saw Kate Lanark at the
moulding board, her white arms bare to
shoulders, kneading a snowy pile of dough.
She did not see him at first and he had a
moment for thought and in that momeut
the truth flashed upon him. Here was
the cook whom be had praised the cook
whom be declared be would have in his
own 'house if be oould get her I And be
could now understand the blushing of the
maiden and the laughing rejoinder of the
Judge. And he remembered now of bar-
V
ing overboard Mrs. Lanark spo aking to a
member of the family of tho sickness of tho
cook, and how unfortunate- and so - on.
With a clear and quick comprehension,
aided by keen powers of analysis and
reason, Roland road tho whole story. He
had gone too far to retreat, and so he push
ed boldly into the kitchen.!
'Ah, good morning, Miss Lanark. Par
den my intrusion, but I saw the milk pail
come in, and I could not resist the tempt
ation. O 1 the old, old days 1 1 shall nover
forgot them, and trust I may never out
live them. It was my boyhood's delight
to take from my mother's hand tho cup
warm from tho milking. This is the first
opportunity that has preseuted itself for
many long years, and I could not resist the
temptation. You will pardon mo, I know."
At first sho had been startled terribly ;
but sho mot the suppliant's warm and ra
diant look, and tho music of the old home
love fell upon her ear, and when sho saw,
as by instinct, that the whole scono was
pleasant to him, sho felt her heart bound
with gleeful assurance ; brushing tho flakes
of dough from her arms, sho went and
filled a bowl with tho new milk and brought
it to him.
" I trust sho said, with a beaming smile,
"that tho dust of toil upon my hands will
not render the offering less acceptable."
No matter what Roland said, ho said
somothing, and then drank the milk. Ho
evidently longed to linger in tho kitchen,
but propriety forbado, and, with more of
his real feeling in his looks thau in his
speed), ho retired.
A few days thereafter tho young banker
sought tho Judgo in his study, and said as
he took a scat, that ho had something im
portant to say.
" I conio," ho said, " to ask of you that
I may sook tho hand of your daughter."
Tho Judgo was agroeably surprised. Ho
had fancied that of late the youth had been
growing cold toward his daughters.
"My dear boy," B.iid ho, " between you
and mo there need be no bcuting around
tho bush. I should bo both proud and
happy to welcome you as my son. Which
of the two is it?"
" Of the t wo ?" repeated Rolan d.
" Ah j is it Isabel or Bertha ?"
" Noathor, sir, it is Kato I want. '
" Kale 1" cried the old mau in blank as
tonishment. But quickly a glad light
danced before bis eyes.
" Yes, Judgo, your Kato is the woman
I want if I can win her."
" But my dear boy, how in tho world did
you manage to find my pearl, my ruby,
among the household jewels? Where and
when havo you discovered the priceless
worth of that sweet eh ild ?"
" I discovered it first in the kitchen,
Judge ; I first fell irrevocably and truly in
love with her when I found hor with her
white arms bare, making bread. I have
known her better since. It is your Kate
I want."
" God bless you my boy. Go aud win
her if you can. And, be sure you gain a
treasure."
Roland went away, and half an hour
afterward, tho supernal light that donced
in his eyes told his story of success.
And Kate, when closely questioned, con
fessed that the first flame of real love
which burned in her bosom for Roland
Archworth, was kindled by the deep and
true element of manhood whioh he bad
displayed on that early morning in the
kitchen.
Of course Mrs. Lanark was willing,
though she was surprised at the young
man's ohoice. '
Isabel and Bertha, were disappointed ;
but since at best, only one of them could
have won the prize, they oonoluded on the
whole, that it was well aa it was. They
loved their sister, and were really glad that
they were thus enabled to claim the wealthy
banker for a brother-in-law.
. As for Roland and Kate, their happiness
was oomplete. Of all the accomplishments
which bis wife possesses, the husband is
chiefly proud of that which enables her
to be indeed, as well as in came, "the mis
tress of her home."
U?A landsman onoe said to a sailor,
" Where did your father die?" The sailor
replied, "On the sea?" " Where did your
grandfather die?" "On the sea." " Well
are you not afraid to follow the sea as a
business, toeing that it has proved so fatal
to your ancestors?" "Well," said the
sailor, 41 and where did your father die?"
"In his bed." "And where did your
grandfather die?", "In his bed." "As
tonlahing I and are you not afraid to go to
bed, seeing it has proved so fatal to your
fathers?"
The wisdom of this world may see force
in these questions.
tSTMr. S. N. Pike, some time ago, sold
an amphibious Jersey building lot to a
Dutchman. The Dutchman, iu turn sold
it to a brother flat speculating Dutchman
as "nice arable land." Dutchman No. 2
went to look at it, and , found it covered
with salt water, eels and leaping frogs. He
came back la a great fury, and sued Dutch
man No. 1 for swindling him. " Did you
sell this land for dry land?" asked the
Judgo of the sharp Dutchman. " Yah I it
yascb goot land," replied the Dutchman.
" But was it dry landsir?" " Yah yah 1
It vaseh goot try laud. ' Yen I sold it to
mine friend it vasch low tide 1"
ESIUMA DKPAltTMK NT.
Cross-Word Enigma.
My first Is In whistle but not In sing.
My second is In rattle but not In ring.
My third Is In son but not In daughter.
My fourth Is In whisky but not lu water.
My fiflli is In time but not In clock.
My sixth Is In stone but not in rock.
My seventh is In young bnt not In old.
My eighth Is In gilt but not In gold.
My ninth Is In cold but not In bent. ,
My tenth Is In corn but not In wheat.
My whole is a town In tho United States.
t-?y Answer to "Curious Pusric"' In last
week's Timbs t .
A has 5 loaves; B has 3 loaves. The stranger
eats 4 of the 8 loaves, which equals 2 loaves.
There would now remain b loaves. TheCadl
supposed, most reasonably, that A and B
would share alike In eating the remaining 5 1-8
which would give an amount of exactly 2Jt
loaves to each person. But B only had 8 loaves
of bis own, hence the stranger could only con
sume ' loaf belonging to B. The remainder
of the stranger's portion (8 1-8) must have
been part of A's loaves. Now 2 1-8 or 7-3 was
supplied by A, and only 1-8 was supplied by
B. But 7-3 is sevcA times as great as 1-8; that
is, the portion belonging to A which the strang
er ate was seven times as great as that portion
belonging to B consumed by the stranger.
Wherefore the Cadi's decision was Just, vis :
7 pieces of silver to A and 1 to B.
Novel Scene In A Conrt-Koom.
Tho Providence Journal says : An un
usual scone took place during the trial of
tho case of Burges vs. Anderson. Tho
case is brought to recover moneys won at
various times from tho plaintiff at faro by
fraudulent practices. The plaintiff used,
ns an illustration of tho technicalities of
the game, a complete faro table, with its
marking apparatus and silver cue-keeper's
box. An export, Mr. Daniel II. Helmo,
took his seat at tho table and played the
gamo, the counsol and other spectators won
their bets, although luck was largely in
favor of the bank. Ho then took a set of
"strippers," that is, a pack in which cer
tain of the cards were trimmed at the sides
to au edge, unobsorvablo to the eye but
easily perceived by tho touch of the dealer.
By this device tho dealer know the position
of any card, and by dealing two at a time
when necessary, was able to make the op
posite players lose at will. This falso dock
of cards being inserted into the box, the
spectators, betting at choice against the
bank, found that tho doalor distributed the
favors of fortune all to himself, and wero
at once convinced how immoral a thing
gambling is. The expert testified that he
had been in the service of the defondant
and had used the "strippera" to defraud
the innocent customers. The defondant
denies tho uso of the "skin gamo" at his
place, and says the story of the expert is a
fabrication resulting from a personal en
mity. However that may be, that such
a sinful game is possible seomed to be
pretty clearly demonstrated in open court.
Shopping In Japan.
Iu blaudnoss of manner, the Japanese
merchant cannot be surpassed. Seated on
a neat mat-covered floor, elevated say two
feet above tho level of the street, his heels
for a chair, and attired in a calioo gown
with flowing sleeves, he salutes his cus
tomers with a persuasive voice, " O-hi-a t"
which might be considered synonymous
with, "How are you?" To learn the prico
of an article, you say, "Jko-rtht" "how
much ?" Invariably an exorbitant figure is
named, which, if you have been initiated
by a friend, will be replied to with well
feigned astonishment. Tho merchant at
onoe responds; " How much will you give?"
One half the price asked will be a reasonable
offor, by way of compromise. A profound
consultation then takes place among the
traders interested, all of whom, by this
time, will have emptied their pipes aud
risen, some of their number meanwhile,
shuffling the little balls of a calculating
machine. If your offer is accepted, several
nods of the head aud a simultaneous clap
ping of hands signify consent. If rejected
make no more thau a trifling concession,
for if by any chance you are permitted to
leave the store without a bargain, a mes
senger will probably be despatched in hot
pursuit, saying, " Can dot" A porter js
at onoe instructed to deliver the goods.
Fixing Up.
If young gentlemeu who fancy their lady
loves so many angels because they see them
look to charming in the evening under paint
powder and rogue ad libitum, with false
hair, false busts and huge corn plications of
silk, could see them in the'morniug at the
breakfast table before they have ' fixed up'
it is probable a material change would conie
over their minds and they would not be so
eager to jump into the matrimonial nooee
with them. A few days ago one of these
young gentlemen in Cincinnati ' happened'
in about the breakfast hour. Meeting his
lady-love In the hall, divested of her ar
tiflclul charms, and taking her for a servant
be passed hor by without recognition.
When informed by the irate maiden that
she was not the servant the young man
suddenly concluded she should not be bis
wife, insomuch as he did not beliove her
half to charming as her 'fixins' were.