THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELI), PA., JANUARY 10, 1877.
Hchdirk's Pulmonic Syrup, Hen Weed
Tomo AND M ASDKARB Plt.l.. These deeerv
dly celebrated and popular medicines have
effected a revolution In the healing art, and
proved the fallacy of ieveml maxim which
hare for many year obstructed the proprrei of
medical iclonee. The false mppotltlon that
"Consumption l Incurable" deterred phyel
ulana from attempting to find remedlei for that
disease, and patients amictod with It reconcil
ed themselves to death without making an ef
fort to escape from a doom which they sup
posed to be unavoidable. It Is now proved,
however, that Consumption can be Cured, and
that It has been enrod In a very (treat number
of cases (some of them apparently desperate
ones) by Bchenck'i Pulmonlo Byrup alone
and In other cases by the same medicine In
connection with Bchenck's Bea Weed Tonlo
and Mandrake Pills, one or both, according to
the requirements of the case.
Dr. Behenck himself who enjoyed uninter
rupted (rood health tor more than forty years,
was supposed at ono time to be at the very
Kate of death, his physicians havlne pronounc
ed his case hopeless, aud abandoned him to his
fate, lie was cured by the aforesaid medl
clues, and, since his recovery, many thousands
similarly affected have used Dr. Bchenck's
preparations with the same remarkable Rue
cess. Full directions accompany each, making It
not absolutely necessary to personally see Dr.
Bchenck unless patients wish their lungs ex
amined, and for this purjiose he Is profession
ally at bis principal olllce, Corner Sixth and
Arch Btreets, Philadelphia, every Monday,
day, where all letters for advice must be ad
dressed. Bchenck's medicines are sold by all
druggist. 1 4t
RAILRO AD 8 .
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R.
ARRANGEMENT OF FA88ENGEK TKArNB.
November 28th, 1876.
TRAINS LEAVE HAURIBBURG A8 FOLLOWS :
For New York, at 5.20, 8.10 a. m. 2.00 and
7.55 p. m.
For Philadelphia, at 8.20, 110, 0.45 a.m. 2.10
and 3.67 p. in.
For Heading, at 5.20, 8.10, 9 45 a. m. 2.00
3.57 and 7.65 p. m.
For Pottsvifie at 5.20, Mil a.m.. and S.57p.
m.. and via Hcuuylklll and Susquehanna Branch
at 4.40 p. m. .
For Allentown, at 5.20, 8.10 a. 111., 2.00,
3.57 and 7. 56u. m. ,
The 6.20,110 a. m. 2.00 p.m. and 7.55 p. m.
trains have through cars lor New York.
The 5.20, 8.10 a. m.. ana 2.00 p. m. trains have
through cars for Philadelphia.
SUNDAYS t
For New York, at 6.20 a. m.
For Allentown and Way Stations at 6.20 a.m.
For Keadlug, Philadelphia and Way Stations at
l.tSp. m.
TRAINS FOKHAEIUSBURO, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWS :
Leave Mew York, at 8.45 a. m., 1.00, 5.30 and
7.45p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 8.15 a. m. 8.40, aud
7.2U p. m.
Leave Reading, at 4.40,7.40, 11.20 a. m. 1.30,6.16
and 10.85 p. m.
Leave Pottsvllle, at 6.15, 9.15 a. in. and 4.35
.p. m.
And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at
S.C5 a. m.
Leave Allentown, at 2.30, 5,50,8.55 a. m., 12.15
4.30 and 9.00 p. m.
The 2.30 a. m. train from Allentown and the
4.40 a. m. train from Reading do not run on Mou.
'days
SUNDAYS !
Leave New York, at 5.30 p. m.
, Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. in.
Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40 a. m. and 10.35 p. m.
Leave Allentown, 2.30 a. m. and 9.00 p. in.
''Via Morris aud Eiisex Kail Road.
J. K. WOOTTEN,
Ueneral Superintendent.
tPeuusjivnnla R. R. Time Table.
NEWPORT STATION.
On and alter Monday, Nov. 27th, 1876, Pas
senger traluswlll run as follows:
EAST.
Mimintown Ace. 7.19 a. m., daily except Sunday.
Johnstown Express 12.22 P. M., dally ' Sunday
Mail, 6.54 p. M., dully exceptSunda)
Atlantic Express, 10.02 p.m., flag. daily.
WEST.
WayFass. 9.08 A. M., dally.
Mall 2.38 p. m. dally exceptSunday.
Mltlllntown Acc. 6.66 P. M. dally except Sunday.
Pittsburgh Express, 11.6TP. M., (Flagjt-daily, ex
cept Sunday.
Paclho Express, 6.10 a. in., dally (flag)
Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which
Is 13 minutes faster than Altoona time, aud 4 min
utes slower than New York time.
J.J. BARCLAY, Agent.
DUNCANNON STATION.
On and after Monday, Nov. 27th, 1876,tralus
will leave Duncannon, as follows!
EASTWARD.
Mimintown Ace. daily except Sunday at 7.53 a. u.
Johnstown Express 12.63p.M.,dalyexeeptSunday.
Mail 7.30 p. M. .... ' ' M
Atlantic Expressions p." M.7 dally (flag)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger, 8. 38 a. h., dally
Mall, 2.04 p. m, dallyexceptSunday.
Mimintown Acc. daily except Sunday at 6.10p.m.
Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (nag) 11.33P. M.
WM. O. KING Aitent.
REMOVAL,
The undersigned has removed his
Leather and Harness Store
from Front to High street, near the Penn'a..
Freight Depot, where be will have on hand, and
will sell at
REDUCED PRICES,
Leather and Harness of all kinds. Having good
workmen, and by buying at the lowest cunfi
price. I fear no competition.
Market prices paid in cash for Bark. Hides and
Skins. Thankful for past favors, 1 solicit a con
tinuance of the same.
P. a Blankets, Robes, and Shoe findings made
a speciality,
JOS. M. HAWLEY.
Duncannon, Julyl9, 1876. tf
HE MANSION HOUSE,
New Bloomfleid, Penn'a.,
D. M. BINESMITH, - Proprietor.
This well-known hotel has lately been enlarged,
re-painted and re-fltted. Beat accommodations
afforded. - Careful hostlers always in attend
anoe. 933 tf
HE PERRY HOUSE
New lilooiufleld, Perry Co., Pa.,
THOS. SUTCH, Proprietor.
EST STREET HOTEL,
Not. 41, 43, 43 & 44 West St.,
NEW YORK,
TEMPERANCE HOUSE, ON THE EURO
PEAN PLAN.
RfOMS Be and 75 cents per day. Charges very
MODKBA1 K. The best meats and vegtabios In
the market. BEST BEI 'Sin the City.
MlyH B. T. BABBITT, Proprietor.
JOB PRINTING of every description neatly
executed on short notice and at reasonable
'ate at title office. .
Perilous Prairie Adventure.
ON my return from the Upper Missis
sippi, I found myself obliged to cross
one of the wldo pratt les, which, In that
portion of the United States, vary the
appoanuiue of the country. The weath
er was fine, all around tne was as fresh
and blooming as If It had Just Issued
from the bosom of nature; my knap
sack, my gun and dog, were all I had
for baggage and company, Butalthough
well niocenslned, I moved slowly ulong,
attracted by the brilliancy of the flowers,
and the gambols of the fawn around
their dams,to all appearance as thought
less of danger as myself. My march
was of long duration ; I saw the sun
sinking behind the liorlson long before
I could perceive any appearance of wood
land, and nothing in the shape of man
had I met that day. The track that
I had followed, was only an Indian
trail, and. as barrenness overshadowed
the prairie, I felt some desire to reach at
least a copse, In which I might lie down
to rest. The night hawks were swim
ming over and around me attracted by
the buzzing wings of the beetles which
form their food, and the distant bowl
ings of wolves gave me some hope, that
I should soon arrive at the skirt of some
woodland.
I did so, and almost at the same In
stant a fire-light attracted my eyes. I'
moved towards It full of confidence that
it proceeded from the camp of some
wandering Indians. I was mistaken ; I
discovered by its glare that it proceeded
from the hearth of a small Log Cabin,
and that a tall figure passed between It
and me, as If busily engaged In house
hold arrangements.
I reached the spot, and presentlngmy
self at the door, asked the tall figure,
which proved to be a woman, If I might
take shelter under her roof for the night.
Her voice was gruff, and her attire neg
ligently thrown around her. She an
swered In the affirmative. I walked in,
took a wooden stool and seated myself
by the fire. The next object that at
tracted my attention was a fine formed
young Indian, resting his elbows on his
knees. A long bow rested against the
wall near him, while a quantity of ar
rows and two or three raccoon skins lay
at ills feet. He moved not; he appar
ently breathed not. Accustomed to the
habits of the Indians, and knowing that
they pay but little attention to the ap
proach of civilized strangers, (a circum
stance which In some countries is con
sidered as evincing their apathy of char
acter ), I addressed him in French, a lan
guage not unfrequently partially known
to the people in that neighborhood. He
raised his head, pointing to one of his
eyes with his finger, and gave me a sig
nificant glance with the other. His
fuce was covered with blood. The fact
was, that an hour before this, us he was
in the act of discharging an arrow at a
raccoon in the top of a tree, tho arrow
had split upon the chord, and sprung
back with such violence into his right
eye as to destroy it forever.
Feeling hungry I enquired what kind
of fare I might expect. Such a thing as
a bed was not to be seen, but many large
and untanned buffalo hides lay in a cor
ner. I drew a fine time piece from my
breast, and told the woman that it was
late, and that I was fatigued. Bhe had
espied my watch, the richness of which
seemed to operate on her feelings with
electricity. She told me that there wbb
plenty of venison and buffalo meat, and
that on removing the ashes I would find
a cake. But my watch had struck her
fancy, and her curiosity had to be' grat
ified by an immediate sight of it. I took
off the gold chain that secured it from
around my neck, and piesenteditto her.
She was all ecstasy ; spoke of Its beauty,
asked me its value, and put the chain
around her brawny neck, saying how
happy the possession of such a watch
would make her. Thoughtless, as I
fancied myself, -In so retired a spot, se
cure, I paid but little attention to her
talk or her movements. I helped my
dog to a supper of venison and was not
long in satisfying the demands of my
own appetite.
The Indian rose from his seat as if in
extreme suffering. He passed and re
passed me several tidies, and pinched me
on the side so violently, that the pain
nearly brought an exclamation of anger.
I looked at him ; his eye met mine, but
his look was so forbidding that it struck
a chill into the more nervous part of my
system. He again seated himself; drew
his butcher knife from its greasy scab
bard; examined its edge ae I would that
of a razor suspected to be dull, replaced
it and again taking his tomahawk from
his back, filled the pipe of it with tobac
co, and sent me expressive glances when
ever our hostess chanced to have her
back towards us.
Never until that moment had my
ten sea been awakened to the danger that
I now suspected to be about me. I re
turned glance for glance to my compan
ion, and rested well assured that, what
ever enemies I might have, he was not
of that number.
I asked the woman for my watch,
wound It up,and under pretence of wish
ing to see how the weather might be on
to-morrow, took my gun and left the
cabin. 1
I slipped a ball Into each barrel, scrap
ed the edges of my flint, renewed the
primings, and returning to the hut gave
a favorable account of my observations.
I took a few benr skins, made a pullet of
them, and calling my faithful dog by my
sldo, lay down with my gun close to my
body, and in a few minutes was to all
apiiearance fast asleep.
A short time had elapsed when some
voices were heard and from the corners
of my eyes I saw two athletic youths
making their entrance, licaring a (lend
stag upon a pole. They disposed of their
burden aud asking for whiskey, helped
themselves freely to it. Observing me
and the wounded Indian, they asked
who I was, and why that rascal (mean
ing the Indian, whom they knew did
not understand a word of English) was
In the house. The mother, for so she
proved to be, made them sjieak less loud
ly, ntttde mention of my watch and took
them to a corner, where a conversation
took place, the import of which it re
quired but little shrewdness In me to
guess.
The lads hnd eaten and drank them
selves into such a condition that I al
ready looked on them as horn de com
bat ; and the frequent visits of the
whiskey bottle to the ugly mouth of the
dame, I hoped would reduce her to a like
state. Judge of my astonlshment,when
I saw this Incarnate fiend tuke a large
carving-knife, and go to it grind stone
and whet its edge. I saw her pour the
water on the turning' machine and
watched her working away with the
dangerous Instrument until the cold
sweut covered every part of my body in
spite of a determination to defend my
self to the lust.
I turned, cocked my gun-locks silent
ly touched my faithful companion, and
lay ready to start up aud shoot the first
one that might attempt to take my life.
The moment was fast approaching that
might have been my last in this world,
had not Providence made preparation
for the rescue. The infernal hag was
advancing slowly, probably contemplat
ing the best mode of dispatching me,
whilst her sons should be with the In
dian. I was several times on the eve of
rising and shooting her on the spot, but
she was not to be punished thus. The
door was suddenly opened, and there en
tered two stout travelers, each with a
long rifle on his shoulder. I bounded
on my feet, and making them heartily
Welcome, told them how well it was for
me that they should arrive at that mo
ment.
The bile was told in a minute. The
drunken sons were secured and the wo
man in spite of her defence and vocifer
ations allured the same fate. The Indian
fulrly danced with Joy ; and gave us to
understand that as he could not sleep
with pain he would watch over us. You
may suppose we slept much less than we
talked. The two strangers gave an ac
count of their once having been in
similar situation. l)uy camo fair and
rosy, and with it the punishment of our
captives. They were now quite sobered,
their feet were unbound, their arms sc.
curely tied. We marched them into the
woods off the road, and having used
them as the Regulators are wont to use
such delinquents, we set fire to the cab
in, gave all the skins and implements to
the young Indian warrior, and proceed
ed well pleased, towards the settlement.
During upwards of twenty-five years
when my wanderings have extended to
every part of our country, this was the
only time my life was in danger from
my fellow-creatures. Indeed so little
risk do travelers run In the United States
that no one, born here, dreams of any
thing to be encouraged on the road. I
only account for this occurrence by sup
posing that the inhabitants of the cabin
were not Americans.
Will you believe, good natured reader,
that not many miles from the place
where this adventure happened, and
where fifteen years ago no habitation be
longing to civilized men was expected,
and very few seen, large roads are now
laid out, cultivation has now converted
the woods into fertile fields, taverns have
been erected, and much of what we
Americans call comfort, is to be met
with. So fast has improvement pro
ceeded in our happy and abundant
land.
What Editor Were Made For.
And now we discover the object of
Providence iu the creation of editors.
The editor affords a safe receptacle for
all the small spile which it has pleased
Providence to bestow on our race. A
man says, "I don't dare to touch any
of my neighbors. For reasons which I
wlU not specify I do not wish to say
anything to my wife. But I cau write
a letter and blow up the editor. If he
hag said, or allowed to bo said, anything
that in capable of an unfavorable con
struction,! can air my cheap loyalty
and phllathropy and orthodoxy, and
can him all manner of names.
Probably he will be too busy to reply,
but I can hopo and believe that I have
mado him wince, and tho relief to me
will be all the same.' And what a de
lightful a thing It Is to think that any
one above tho grade of well, above A
very low grade, of Intellect can stop
hm paper. JCjumnvfn
Woman's Worst Foe.
IT bits been well said that of the worst
foes that womun has ever had to en
counter, wine stands at the head. The
appetite for strong drink In man has
spoiled the lives of more women ruined
more hopes for thetn, brought them
more sorrow, shame and hardship
than any other evil that lives. Tho
country numbers tens of thousands.nny,
hundreds of thousands of women who
are widows to-day and sit In hopeless
weeds liecnuse their huslmnds have been
slnln by strong drinking. There are
hundreds of thousands of homes scat
tered nil over the land In which women
live lives of torture, undergoing all the
changes of sufTering that lie between the
extremes of fear and despair, because
these whom they love, like wine better
than tho woman they have sworn to
love. There are women by thousands
who drcud to hear at the door the step
that once thrilled them with pleasure, for
that step has learned to reel under the
influence of seductive poison. There
are women groaning with pain, while we
write these words, from bruises and bru
talltles inflicted by husbands made mad
by drink.
There can be no exaggeration in any
statement made In regard to this matter,
because no human Imagination can
create anything worse than tho truth,
and no pen is capable of portraying tho
truth. The sorrows and the horrors of a
wife with a drunken husband, of a
mother with a drunken son, are as near
the realization of hell as can be reached
in this world at least. The shame, the
Indignation, the sorrow, the sense of dis
grace for herself and her children, the
poverty (and not unfrequently the beg.
garly,) the fear of violence, the lingering
life-long struggle and despair of count
less woman with drunken husbands are
enough to make all women curse wine,
and engage unitedly to oppose It every
where as the worst enemy of their sex.
Women, there are some things you
can do, and this is one : You may make
drinking unpopular and disgraceful
among the young. You can utterly dis
countenance all drinking in your own
house, and can hold In suspicion every
young man who touches the cup. You
know that no young man who drinks
can safely be trusted with the happiness
of any woman, and he is unfit as a man
can be for her society. Have it under
stood that every drinking young man Is
socially proscribed. Bring up your chil
dren to regard drinking not only dan
gerous but disgraceful. Place tenptatlon
in no man's way. If men will make
tieasts of themselves, let them do it in
other society than yours. If your mer
cenary husbands treat their customers
from private stores kept in their count
ing rooms shame them Into decency by
your regard for the honor of your home,
Recognize the living, terrible fact that
wine has always been, and is to this day,
the curse of you sex ; that it dries up
your prosperity 1 that it endangers your
safety ; that it can only bring you evil
If social customs propel you to present
wine at your feasts, rebel against it, and
make a social custom in the interest of
virtue and purity. The matter is very
much in your hands. The women of
the country, in what Is called polite, so
ciety, can do more to make the nation
temperate than all the legislatures and
tumultuous reformers that are struggling
and blundering in their efforts to this
end. '
. ...
Brown's Matrimonial Method.
' THROWN, I don't see how it is that
J3 your girls all marry off as soon aa
they get old enough, while none of mine
can marry?"
ilOh! that's simple enough. I marry
my girls off pn the buckwheat straw
principle."
" But what is that principle t I never
heard of it before."
" Well, I used to raise a good deal of
buckwheat, and it puzzled me to know
how to get rid of the st raw. Nothing
would eat It, and it was a great bother to
me. At last I thought of a plan. I stack
ed my buckwheat straw nicely and built
a high rail fence around it. My cattle
of course, concluded that it was some
thing good, aud at once tore down the
fence and began to eat the straw. I dog
ged them away and put up the fence a
few times but the more I drove them
away the more anxious they became to
eat the straw. After this had been re
peated a few times the cattle determined
to cat the straw, and eat It they did,
every bit of it. As I said, I marry my
girls off on the same principle. When
a young man that I don't like begins
calling on my girls I encourage him ki
every way I can. I tell him to come
often and stay as late as he pleases, and
I take pains to hint to the girls that 1
think they'd set their caps for him. It
works fl rat-rate. He don't make many
calls, for the girls treat him as coolly as
they can. But when a young fellow 1
like conies around, a man that I think
would suit me for a son-in-law, I don't
let him make many calls before I give
hi in to understand that he Isn't wanted
around my house. I tell the girls, too,
that they shall not have anything to do
with him, and give them orders never to
speak to them again. The plan always
works first-rate. The young folks begin
to pity each other, and the next thing I
know they are engaged to bo married.
When I see that they are determined f
marry, I always give In and pretend to
make the best of It. That s the way I
manage it."
. ...
Tho Looomotlve vs. Superstition.
W1IKN the Nicholas railway was
constructed, In 1848, from St.
Petersburg to Moscow, the work was
done under contracts with American
engineers and the cars and engines were
supplied from Baltimore by the famous
establishment of the Wluans Brothers.
The Russian priests oppose every mod
ern innovation and, of course, they
were "down" on the railway. When
the road was opened they determined to
stop it, and so they went in force to a
point on the road and set tip a holy 4
picture to stop the work of the devil.
The train came slowly along and the
engineer, seeing the picture standing or
the track, thought there must be a man
behind it, and so catne to a halt. Tho
assembled multitude raised a shout and
the priests called out that the saint was
all-powerful and would prevail against
wickedness. The officer in charge of
the train came out and took a survey of
the situation. Then he told the engineer
to run back a quarter of a mll and
bring the train to a halt. The shouting
was redoubled and the priests were in the
most rapturous delight. But their ex
ultation was soon changed to grief as the
master of the ceremonies told the engU
neer, "Put on all steam and goahead;
without regard to the consequences. '
The engine went ahead and down fell
the holy Tlcture, torn and crushed by
the wheels of an A merlcan locomotive.
Modern civilization was triumphant
and the priests and their followers no
longer shouted In triumph.
Lightning in Steam.
It would startle many people who hap
pen to see a locomotive blowing off etcara
in a railway station, if tbey were told
that there is electricity enough generated
in the discbarge of steam to blow the
whole train of carriages to atoms, If, in
stead of being discharged it were col
lected. The fact was first accldently no
ticed by an engineer at Newcastle, who
perceived sparks, which proved to be
electrical, among the escaping steam.
The discovery was confirmed by the
construction of a hydro-electric machine
in the shae of a boiler set on glass legs.
The steam as it rushes out of the escape
valve is received on a series of metallic
polnt.s by which it is gathered and ac
cumulated in tho conductor, as in an
ordinary electric machine, in which the
electricity is generated by the friction of
a glass plate or cylinder. Will engineers
ever come to appreciate the fact that
every locomotive carries the means of
lighting itself far better and more cheap
ly than any lamp.
An Old Letter.
Somebody has discovered an old man
uscript letter written by a young gen
tleman in Albany, New York, in No
vember, 1807, to his grandmother.
Among other things which he tells his
aged relative, is the latest river news of
the day. He says that a boat has just
been put upon the river to carry passen
gers to and from New York city, hav
ing sidewheels driven by steam, able to
make the passage in about ten hours,
and capable of. carrying 50 or 60 passen
gers at a time, the price of passage be
ing twelve dollars. He adds, that in
competition with the fast and dear boat,
a very nice sloop with fine accomoda
tions has been put on the river, to carry
passengers for seven dollars.
kgrla a certain part of Ireland the
peasantry are said to allay the pangs o;
toothache by repairing to the church
yard, taking a tooth from a skull, and
laying it upon the throbbing tooth in
their own heads. A hundred years ago,
natural magnet were applied to aching
teeth with the utmost success. During
the operation the patient must have bin
face turned to the earth. These reme
dies are probably quite as efficacious as
the thousand and one infallible nostrums
to be found in our shops.
C?" Several weeks ago a young man in
Oakland, Cal., came very near putting
out hia eye while taking off his shirt,
the spiral portion of the stud catching
under the lid. He has been confined to
the house for three weeks, under the
treatment of an oculist, and his eye ban
been saved, though the escape was
narrow one.