THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFJELI), PA.., MARCH .37, 1877. RAILR OAD3 . PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R. ARKANGEMKNT OF PA8SKNGEK TRAIN H. November 2Sth, IS7. TRAINS LEAVE II A RKIHBUKO AH FOM.OWB 1 For New York, at 8.20, (.10 a. m. 8.00 and 7.54 p. m. Vor Philadelphia, at 0.20. .10, 9.45 a.m. i. CO an.1 8.57 p. in. For Reading, at 6.20, S.10. 9.4ft a, Hi. 100 J.S7 and 7.66 p. m. ..... Kor Fottsvlfle at 6.20. K.10a.m.. and 8.57 p. in., and via bohuylklll and 8usiuehauua Branca at 4.40 p. in. . . . For Allentown, at 5 20, .10 a. in., 2.00, 8.67 and 7. ftfip. m. The 6.20,8.10a. m.2.00 p.m. and T.Mp.m. train have through ears for Mev. Ifork. The 6.20, 8.10 a. m., and 2.00 p. m. train havs through cars for Flilladeliihla. SUNDAYS t For New York, at 6.20 a. m. Kor Allentown and Way Stations at 6.20a.m. Kor Keadlntf, Philadelphia and Way Stations at 1.45p. ni. TRAINS FOR HARRISBt'ltO.l.EAVK AS KOI. LOWS I Leave New York, at M.I a. m., 1.00, 6.30 and 7.4fp. in. Leave Philadelphia, at 9.1V a. in. 3.40, and 7.2 p. m. . Iave Reading, at 4.40,7.40, ll.JOa. ui. 1.30,H.15 and 10.. V p. in. Leave rottsville, at 11.15, 9.16 a. in. and 4..W p. m. And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at 106 a.m. Leave Allentown, at 2.30, 5,60,8.65 u. m., 12.15 4.3 and 9.00 p. m. The 2.30 a. m. train 1mm Allentown aud the 4.40 a. in. train from Reading do not run on Mon days SUNDAYS I Leave New York, at 5.30 p. ru. Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. in. Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40a. in. and 10.35 p. m. Leave Allentown, 2.30 a. in. and 9.00 p. m. Via Harris aud Essex Kali Road. 0. . HANUOCK, Ueneral Ticket Agent Pennsylvania R. It. Time Table. NEWPORT STATION. On and after Monday, Nov. 27th, 1878, Kas seuger trains will run as follows: EAST. Miffllntown A oo. 7.19 a. m., dally except Sunday. Johnstown Express 12.22 p. M., dally " Sunday Mail 6.64 p. M., dally exeeptSunday Atlaatie Express, 10.02 p.m., flag, dally. WEST. Way Faas. 9.08 a. m., dally. Mail 2.38 p. m. dally exeeptSunday. Mtntlntown Aeo. 6.55 p. m. dally exoept Sunday. Pittsburgh Express, 11.57P. 61., (Flag) dally, ex- cept Sunday. Paciho Express, 5.10 a. m., dally (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, Nov. 27th, 1876, trains will leave Duncannon, as follows: EASTWARD. Miffllntown Aee. dally except Sunday at 7.63 a. m. Johnstown Express 12.53P. M.,daly exeeptSunday, Mail 7.30 P. u " AUantlo Express 10.29 P. M., daily (flag) WESTWARD. Way Passenger, 8.38 a. k., dally Mall, 2.04 p. m dailyexceptAunday. Miffllntown Aco. dally except Sunday at t.lrtp.M. Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (flag) 7l.83p. M. WM. O. KING Aaont. D. F. 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I am composed of ton letters t My first Is in haul bnt not In drag, My second Is In fall but not in spring, My third Is In read but not In need, My fourth Is In strand but not In stand, My fifth Is In fly but not In pie, My sixth Is In sand but not In land, My seventh Is In sore but not In hurt, My eighth Is In churn but not In earn, My ninth Is In land but not In sea, My tenth Is In bear but not In sound, My wholo Is the name of a reader of the Timtt. Peter's Hunt for Work. " T T'S no use Maria, I have tried every. X where." " But you are not going to give It up, yet, Peter?" " Give it up ! How can I help It? Iu four days I have been to every book bindery in the city, and not -a bit of work can I get." " Have you tried anything else ?" " What else can I try ?" " Anything that you can do." " Yes, I've tried other things. I've been to more than a dozen of my old friends and offered to help them." -"And what did you mean to do for them ?" " I offered either to post their accounts, make out bills or attend to the counter." Mrs. Btanwood smiled as her husband spoko thus. "What makes you smile?" he asked. " To think that you would have im agined that you would find work in such a place. But how is Mark Leeds ?" "He's worse off than I am." "How so?" " He has nothing In his house to eat." A shudder crept over his wife's frame now. " Why do you tremble wife ?" " Because when we shall have eaten our breakfast to-morrow morning, we hall have nothing." "What!" cried Peter Btanwood, half starting from his chair. " Do you mean that?" ' ' "I do." " But our flour?" " All gone. I baked the last this after noon." " But we have pork !" " You ate the last this noon." "Then we must starve I "groaned tho stricken man, starting across the room. Peter Btanwood was a book binder by trade.and been out of employment about a month. H& was one of those who gen erally calculate to keep about square with the-world, and who consider them selves particularly fortunate if they keep out of debt. He was now thirty years of age, and had three children to pro vide for, beside himself and wife, and this, together with his house rent, was a heavy draught upon his purse even when work was plenty; but now there was nothing. " Maria," said he, stopping and gaz ing into his wife's face," we must starve. I have not a single penny in the world." "But do not despair, Peter. Try again to-morrow for work. You may find something to do. Anything that is honest and honorable. Should you make but a shilling a day we should not starve." " But the house rent?" " Trust me for that. The landlady shall hot turn us out. If you will engage something to do, I will see that we have house room." " I will make one more trial," mutter ed Peter despairingly. " But you must go prepared to do any thing." "Anything reasonable, Maria." "What do you call reasonable?" "Why, anything decent." She felt inclined to smile, but the mat ter was too serious for that, and a cloud passed ove her face. She knew her hus band's disposition, and she felt sure that he would And no work. She knew that he would look for some kind of work that would not lowerhim in the social scale, as ho had once or twice expressed it. However she knew It would be of no use to say anything to him now; and she let the matter pass. - On the following morning the last bit of food In he house was put on the table. Btanwood could hardly realize that he was penniless and without food. For years he had been gay,' thoughtless and fortunate, making the most of the pres ent, forgetting the past, and letting the future take care of Itself. Yet the truth was naked and clear, and when he left the house he said, something must be done. No sooner bad her husband gone than Mrs. Btanwood put on her bonnet antl shawl. Her oldest child was a girl eleven years of age. and her youngest four. She asked her next door neighbor if she would take care of the children till noon. The children were well known to be good and quiet, and they were taken cheerfully. Then Mrs Stan wood locked up her house and went away. She returned at noon, bringing her children some dinner, and went away again. She came home at night, bringing a heavy basket with her. " Well, Peter," she asked, after her husband had entered aud sat down, "what luck?" " Nothing, nothing !" ho groaned. " I made out to get a dinner with an old chum', but could not find work." "And whero have you looked to day?" " O, everywhere. I've been to a .hun dred places, but It's the same story in every place. It's nothing but one eter nal no, no, no. I'm sick and tired of It." "And what have you offered to do ?" " Why, I have even gone so far as to otter to tend a liquor store down the street." The wife smiled. " Now whatshall we do ?" uttered Peter. " Now, we will eat our supper, and then talk the matter over." "Supper? Have you any?" "Plenty of it." " But you told me you had none." " Neither had we this morning, but I have been after work to-day and found some." " Been after work and found some!" " Yes." " But how where ?" " Why, first I went to Mrs. Snow's. I knew her girl was sick, and I hoped she might have work to be done. I went to her and told her my story, and she set me at work at once doing her wash ing. She gave me food to bring home to my children, and paid me three shil lings when I got through. " You been washing for our butcher's wife ?" said Peter, looking very much surprised. u Of course I have, and have thereby earned enough to keep us in food through to-morrow at any rate ; so to morrow you may come home to din ner." " But how about the rent. "0,1 have seen Mr. Simpson, told hlni just how we were situated, and of fered him my watch as a pledge for the payment of our rent within two months, with interest on arrearages up to date. I told him I did the business .because you were away hunting for work." " So he got your watch ?" " No, hewouldn't take it. He said if I would beoolne responsible for the rent, he would let It rest. " " There, we've got a roof to cover us, and good food for to morrow, but what next? Oh, what a curse these hard times are!" " Don't despair, Peter, for we shall not starve. I've got euough engaged to keep us alive." "Ah, what is that?" " Mr. Snow has engaged me to carry small packages, bundles and so forth to his rich customers. He has had to give up one of his horses." " Maria, what do you mean ?" " Just what I say. Mr. Snow came to dinner ; I was there, and asked him If he ever had light articles which he wished to send around to his customers. Never mind what he said. lie did happen to Want just such work done, though he had meant to call upon the idlers that lounge about the market. He promised to give me all the work he could, and I am to be there In good season in the morning." ' " This is a pretty go ; my wife turned butcher's boy ! You will not do any such thing." " And why not?" "Because." " Say, because it will lower me in tho social scale." "Well, so it will." . " Then is it more honorable to lie still and starve, too, than to earn honest bread by honest work. I tell you.Peter, if you cannot find work, I must. We should have been wftbout bread to-night, had not I found Work to-day. You know that all kinds of light.agreeable business are seized upon by those who have par ticular friends, and engage iu them. At such a time as this it is not for us to consider what kind of work we will do, so long as It is honest. Oh, give mo the liberty of 'living upon my own deserts and the Independence to be governed by my own convictions of right I " "But'niy wife,only think,you carrying about butcher's stuir. Why, I would sooner do It myself." " If you will go," said his wife, with a smile, " I will stay at homo with the children." ' It was hard for Peter Btanwood, but 'the more he thought upon the matter, the more he saw the justice and right of the path Into which his wife had thus Jed him. Before he went to bed ho prom tsed that he would go to the butcher's in morning. ; And Peter Btanwood went to his new business. Mr. Snow greeted him wiirmly, praised his faithful wife, and then sent him off with two baskets, one to a Mr. Smith's and another to Mr. Dlxall's. The new carrier worked all day and when It came night he had earned ninety-seven cents. It had been a day of trials, but no one sneered at him, aud all of his acquaintances whom lie met greeted him the same as usual. He was fsr hnppler now than he was . when ho went home the night before, for now he was independent. On the next day he earned over a dollar ; and thus he continued to work for a week, at the end of which he had five dollars and seventy-five cents In his pocket, besides having paid for all the food for his family, save soino few pieces of meat that Snow bad glveti them. Saturday evening he met Mark Leeds, another binder, who had been discharged with himself. Leeds looked careworn and rusty. "How goes it ?" asked Peter. " Don't ask me," groaned Mark, "my family are half starved." "But can't you find anything to do?" " Nothing." "Have you tried?" " Everywhere ; but it's no use. 1 have pawned all my clothes save those I have on. I've been to the bindery to-day, and what do you suppose he ottered me?" "What was it?" " Why, he offered to let me do his hand carting 1 He has just turned off his man for drunkenness, and offered me the place. The old curmudgeon. I had a great mind to pitch him into the hand cart and run him into the" " If I had been in your place I should have taken up with the offer." Mark mentioned the name of the same Individual again. ' " Why," resumed Peter, " I have been doing the work of a butcher's boy for a whole week." Mark was Incredulous but his com panion convinced him, and they sep arated, one going home happy and contented, and the other going away from home to find some sort of excite ment In which to drown his misery. One day Peter had a basket of pro visions to carry to his former employer. He took the load upon bis arm, and just as he was entering the yard of his customer, he met htm coming out. "Ah, Btanwood, is this you ?" asked his old employer, kindly. "Yes sir." " And what are you up to now ?" " I'm a butcher's boy, sir." "A what?" " You see I've brought provisions for you, sir. , I am a regular butcher's boy, sir." " And how long have you bceu at work thus?" " This is the tenth day." "But don't It come hard?" " Nothing comes hard so long as it is honest and will furnish my family with bread." " And how much do you make a day at this?" " Sometimes over a dollar, and some times not more than fifty cents." "Well now look here, Stan wood .there have been no less than a dozen of my old hands hanging around my counting room whining for work. They are stout, able men, aud .yet they lie still because I have no work for them. Last Saturday I took pity on Leeds, aud of fered him a job of doing my hand carting. I told him that I would give him a dollar and a quarter a day, but he turned up his nose and asked me not to insult him ; and yet he owned that his family were suffering. But do you come to my place to-morrow morning antl you shall have something to do if it is only to hold your bench. I honor you for your manly independence." Peter grasped the old man's hand with a joyous, grateful grip, and blessed him fervently. That night he gave Mr. Snow notice ho must quit, and on the following morning went to tho bindery. For two days he had little to do, but on the third day a heavy Job came in, and Peter Btanwood had steady work. He was happy, more happy than ever.forhe had learned two things: flrst,what energy he hud ; and second, how much resources for good he held within his own ener gies. Our simple picture has two points to its moral. One is, no man can be low ered by honest labor. The second, while you are enjoying the fruits of the present forget not to provide for tho future, for uo man is secure but that the day may coruo when ho will want thofl squanderings of the past. T Just before President Lincoln's assassination ho received many letters threatening such an event. One day while Mr. Matthew Wilson was paint ing his portrait and Mr. Seward stood lhlnd his chair, Mr. Lincoln opened a note aud said, " here is another of these letters," which ho read to both his audi, tors, after doing which lie pointed to a pigeou hole and said : '! Iu that place I have MM SO Just such things as these. 1 know I am in danger; but I am not go ing to worry over threats like these;" and then he resumed bin usual anima tion and the quiet, Interested artJst went on with his work. In two weeks from that dato the President wasassnVlnated. ... - -- . - a dog by Telegraph. THTC almost miraculous invention of the telephone lias naturally given rise to numerous telegraph stories. The latest and most Interesting of these is told by the Operator .concerning the sending of a yellow dog oy telegraph. Norwalk, Colin., is credited with lielng the lo cality One day Inst week a gaunt, slub-slded chap, with particles of hnyseed on his coat and in his tow-colored hair, step ped up to the telegraph office at tho depot and asked If tho boss was In. The operator assured him that he was, and his rural friend went on to relate that he lived up in Danbury, hnd come down from there that morning and in tended bringing his brother's dog, which a man in Norwich wanted to buy, but had forgotten it, and wanted to know If the dog could be sent down from there by telegraph. The man of lightning seeing a good chance for a lit tle fun, at once answered : "Certainly, sir ; that is a matter of dally occurrence. All that is necessary for you to do is to give me a description of the dog, so that no mistake can be made ; call again in about half an hour. and the dog will be here." " It is a yellow dog, with small ears-,, and is about so high," said the granger, . placing his hand 18 Inches from the floor. He then took his departure with i the remark that he would call again, soon. The operator then sent his mes senger boy to look for a dog as near the description as possible, which he soon succeeded in finding. It was at once brought to the office, and secured to the operator's desk by means of a piece I telegraph wire. , After a little coaxing; the dog was made to He quietly down, . and everything was in readiness for u rural friend. Punctually to tho timeapw pointed he made his appearance, and asked if the dog had come. " I will sec," said tho operator, and stepping up to the instrument he tapped a few times on the key, at the same time Inserting bis leg under the desk, he managed to step on the dog's toes.whicb caused the canine to yelp. " Ah I he' coming," said the operator, and them tapping more furiously on the key, he at the same time kicked the dog clean from under tho table, who, not relishing: this kind of treatment, barked furiously and ran around the office with the wito attached to his neck. " Fifty cents, sir," said the operator, turning round to the countryman. " Uncommon nice dog ; must be worth $50 ; but he is the hardest dog I ever received over the wires ; he is so muscular, you see, that be broke the wire, In fuct a piece of it Is now attached to his neck, which he broke off." During the whole of this operation tho countryman gazed on the operator with eyes wide open and full of sur prise ; but when the dog came from un der the tabje and was seen by the coun try man, that was the culminating point, and he was struck with amazement. After looking at the dog aT moment or so, he said: " Say, mister, he ain't so. big as he was, and he is darker; how i thati"' " Oh ! that is easily explained," said the operator; , "you see the chemicals employed in making electricity of course darkens his original color, and tho ve locity with which he passed over the wire caused him to contract In size ; bnt after you expose him to the air for a. short time he will soon assume his orig inal size and color." "Du tell I" said the courntrynian.anil after placing fifty cents on the counter, picked up the dog.and walked out of tho office, remarking that " the man who In vented them telegraph must be a very knowledgable man." The Hard Winter In Europe. The N. Y, Tribune says this country has not been alone in experiencing a hard winter. Our foreign dispatches represent the cold as having been singu larly severe in Russia and Hungary has just had an enormous snowfall. Curope has experienced several stornw of great severity in the past season ; the one of Jan. 31 will long be remembered. The cities of Belgium and Holland were among the chief sufferers by that storm, which inundated large portions of Os lend, floated all Antwerp's streets with three feet of water, aud did great dam age at Mechlin, Termonde, aud Rotter dam Meanwhile the antipodes have been having tho reverse extreme of weather. At the Melbourne observatory the ther mometer reached in December over 113 degrees in tho shade, and at other locali ties in Austria a heat of 110 degreee was reported. y Wo can hardly learn humility and tenderness enough exoept by suffering.
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