THE TIMES, NEAV BLOOMFIELD, PA., JUNE 25, 1877. RAILROADS. PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R. ARRANGEMENT OF PAB9KNOEH TRAINS. nay 21st7, 1877. TRAINS LEAVE HARRIHBURG AS FOLLOWS i For New York, at 5.20, 8.10 a. m. 8.67 and 7.61 p. m. For Philadelphia, at 5.20, 8.10, 9.45 a.m. 3.(0 ami 8.57 p. tn. For Heading, at 5,20, 8.10, 9.45 a. m. a.00 8.57 and 7.66 p. in. ' . For Fottsvlfie at 5.20, 8.10 a.m.. and 8.67 p. in., and via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at 2.4U p. m. Fur Auburn at 5.10 a. m. For Allentown, at 6.20, 8.10 a. m., 2.00, 3.67 and 7. 66p. m. . The 6.2o,8.10a. m. 2.00 p.m. and 7.55 p. m. trains have through cars for New iork. The 5.20, 8.10 a. m.. and 2.00 p. in. trains hate through cars for 1'hlladelphla. HUN 1AYH I For New York, at 6.20 a. in. For Allentown and Way Stations at 5.20 a.m. " For Heading, Philadelphia and Way Stations at 1.45p. in. TBAINS FOU HAUHISlU'ltO, LEAVE A8 FOL LOWS t Leave New York, at 8.45 a. m., 1.00, 6.30 and 7.4"ip. m. Leave Philadelphia, at 9.15 a. m. 3.40, and 7.20 p. m. Leave Heading, at 4.40,7.40, 11.2Ua. m. 1.30,6.15 and 10.3n p. in. . . Loave Fottsvllle, at fi.10, 9.15 a. in. and 4.33 p. m. And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at 8.15 a. in. Leave Auburn nt 12 noon. Leave Allentown, ut 2.au, 5,60,8.65 a. m., 12.15 4.3H and H.l'n p. in. , , The 2.30 a. in. train from Allentown and the 4.40 a. in. train from Heading do not ruu on Mon days HUN PAYS : Leave New York, at o.M l. m. Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. m. Leave Heading, at 4.40, 7.40 a. m. and 10.36 p. m. Leave Allentown, 2.30 a. ni. and 9.06 p. m. Via Morris and Essex Hall Hoad. J. E. WOOTEN, lien. Manager. C.U.Hancock, General Ticket Agent. rounsylvania II. It. Time Table. NEWPORT BTATION. On and after Monday, June 11th, 1877, Pas senger traluswlll run as follows: EAST. Mlflllntown Ace. 8.M a. m., dallv except Sunday. Paeitlo Express 11.05 P. M-, dally " Sunday Mall 6.54 p. m., dally exceptSunday Atlaatlo Express, 10.49p.m., flag, dally. WEST. Way Pass. 9.08 A. M., dally. Mail 2.43 P. m. dally exceptSunday. Mlflllntown Acc. 6.65 P. M. dally except Hunday . Pittsburgh Express, 11.07P. M., (Flag) daily, ex cept Sunday. Pacllio Express, 6.1" a. m.. dally (flag) Trains are now ryn by Philadelphia time, which Is 13 minutes faster than Altoona time, and 4 min utes slower than Now York time. J.J. BARCLAY, Agent. DUNCANNON STATION. On and after Monday, June Hth, 1877, trains will leave Uuucannon. as follows: EASTWARD. Mlflllntown Ace. dally except Sundayat 9.31 A. M. Pacllio Express 11.22 p. Ji., daly except iiuudaj. Mail 7.30 p. M " Atlantic Express 11.10 p. h., dally (flag) WESTWARD. Way Passenger, 8.38 A. M., daily Mail, 2.09 p. M dallyexcept Sunday. Mlflllntown Acc. dally except Sunday at 6.16 p.m. Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (flag) 11.33P. M. WM. O. llNU Agent. D. R QUIGLEY & CO., Would respectfully Inform the publio that they bave opened a new Saddlery Sliop in Bloomfleld. on Carlisle Street, two doors North of the Foundry, whore they will manufacture HARNESS OF ALL KINDS, Saddles, Hrldles, Collars, and every thing usually kept In a lirst-class es tablishment. Give us a call before going else where. 3- FINE HARNESS a speciality, REPAIRING done on short notice and at rea sonable prices. 49 HIDES taken in exdiange for work. D. F. QUIGLEY & CO. . Bloomfleld, January 9, lt77. Flower and Vegetable fjtirdcn Is the most beautiful work In the world. It contains nearly 160 pages, hundreds of line I lustrations, and six Ohromo Plates of Flower beautifully drawn and colored from nature. Price 50 cents In paper covers ;H.MI iu elcgau cloth. Printed in German and English. Vlck' FloralGulde, Quarterly, 23 cents a yea Vlck's Catalogue WK) Illustrations, only 2 cent Address, JAMES V1UK, Rochester, N. Y. Flower and Vegetable Seeds Artfe PLANTED BT A MILLION Ot PEOPLE IN AMthfcA. See Vlck's Catalogue 300 lllustratlons.only 2 cents. Viok's Floral Guide. Quarterly, 2.i cents n year. Viok's Flower and Vegetab'e Garden, 60 cents i with elegant cloth cover HI. 00. All my publications are printed ill English Ami German. Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, K. V. Htftn AGENTS WANTED to WlllvftSi for a UU okani Picture, 22x23 Inches, entitled "Tub Illustrate Loan's Pkaycu." Agents are meeting wlthj;fat success. For particulars, address II. M. CHIDER, Publisher, 49 ly York, Pa. REMOVAL The undersigned has removed his Leather 'and Harness Store from Front to "High Street, near the Penn'a., Freight Pepdt, where he will have on hand, aud will se'il at REDUCED TRICES, Learfrm-tehd Harness of all kinds. Having good worVtuen. and by buvlng at the lowest cash pW!3. 1 fear no competition. Market prices paid In cash for Bark. Hides and ?klns. Thankful for past favors, 1 solicit a con tinuance of the samo. p. 8. Blankets, Holies, and Shoe findings made siwuiaiiiy, JOS. M. IIAWLEY. Duncannon, Julyl9, 1876. tf ISTATK NOTICK. Notice Is herebygiven. J that letter! of n.linlnUli ullnn mi tint rsfule of John kunkle late of Marvsvllle Boroimh.Perry county Penn'a.. deceased, have been granted to the undersigned residing In the same place. All persons Indebted to said estuie nrn nonnested to make Immediate payment and those having nanus io present mem au v authenticated lor set . i - - - ueiiieiiii. June 12, 1877. Administrator. IN THE WRONG HOUSE. TIMOTHY TITMOUSE, tailor, Lav ing been at a convivial party was pnsslng, on lils way homeward, the Academy of Music, just on the night of the grand charity ball. Now" Timothy, who was a man of al most forty, and a family man at that in his sober senses, was the moat bashful and timid man In creation ; but when slightly exhllerated, as In the present Instance, he was as bold as a Hon and as Impudent as a fancy clerk In a first-class hotel. Seeing the long row of carriages stand ing at the curb-stone waiting to carry home the ball-guests, for It was already In the " wee sma' " hours of the morn ing, he thought he would be vastly fine to ride In state to his humble residence, which was situated on the west side of the city. So without any more ado he jumped Into the first carriage he came across, and bawling out " home," to the driver seated on the box, he slammed the door shut, and reclined back in the cushioned seat with a hazy sort of consciousness that he had made himself understood to the coachman, and that in duecourse of time he would be landed on the pave ment before the abode of himself, his wife, children, goose and thread and needles. The driver, Indeed, at once applied the lash to his spanking team, and as the vehicle dashed rapidly away, he mutter ed to himself : "The guv'nor's alone again. He must have had another spat with the missus an' she's refused to ride home with him as usual. However, so long as I receive my wages it's none of my business." Timothy was aroused from a dream in which he thought his wife was belabor ing him rather severely with the yard stick, by the sudden jerk of the carriage as it halted, ami opening his eyes rather sleepily, beheld the driver standing at the open door of the vehicle waiting for him to alight. Drawing his hat closely over his eyes, so that his wife should not discern in his face any trace of his having imbibed too much of the "rosy," he stumbled into the street, up a flight of brown stone steps into the hall of an elegant man sion, up the stairs and into a sitting room all in blissful ignorance that lie was entering any other house than his own. The fact that the servants, taking ad vantage of the absence of their master and mistress, had been holding a little jollification of their own in the kitchen and were sleeping off the effects of sev eral bowls of punch, with the excep tion of the porter, who was just Bober enough to open the front door at hear ing the carriage stop, must account for the reason that our jolly knight of the shears was not at once made aware of his mistake. To this also must be added the delusive appearance created by the full dress costume which had been left for some slight repairs at Timothy's work-shop, and which he, good simple man, had donned to attend the convivial party already alluded to. When, however, he reached the sit ting-room, and gazed ot the velvet car pet on the floor, the rosewood furniture, the piano, and the glowing fire in the burnished gate, the truth flashed even through his top-heavy brain. " By thepatron saint of all the tailors !" exclaimed he, " I'Ve got Into the wrong house. Timothy Titmouse, you're drunk and no mistake. I wonder what Maria would say to see me now ; and by my goose, what will the folks In the house here euy If they catch me Y They will take me for a burglar, and, oh Lord, I'll be sent to jail sure." His terror and dismay were ludicrous to behold, and were decidedly increased by the sound of the violent opening and shutting of the front door and of foot steps rapidly approuching the room in which he was. Seeing a screen standing In one comer of the apartment, he, on the Impulse of the moment, durted behind it and tremblingly awaited further develop ments. " The door opened, and there entered a lady and gentleman, who, by their dress, had evidently attended the ball. They were both in a decided ill-humor and paced silently up and down the room while they removed their outer wraps. "And you want to tell me, Mrs. Winterbottom," exclaimed tile -gentleman, at last, " that the mysterious dis appearance of our coaclr'is only an acci dent too V" " John was probably ihtoxfleuted," re plied she coldly, "und drove home without us." " Nonsense. He's never drunk. I tell you that, taking this 'in conjunction with several little incidents I noticed ot the ball, I've come to' the conclusion that there's more in it thtln appears on the surface." "What do you meanV" asked she, with a look of surprise. Ei" Oh, no matter, retorted he, with a short laugh. "Keep It up. It's none of my business, even if I am your bus band. "Don't ndnd me. I'm not Jealous. Not the least bit." The bitter satire with which these words were spoken would lead one to suppose that the contrary was the true state of affairs. The lady burst Into a merry laugh,and exclaimed : " Why, I declare, Is that the cause of your savage humor. I thought It was because you were obliged to come home in a hired cab. You not jealous I Why, you're ready to bite the heads off the gentlemen with whom I danced to night, if you only had them here." " Oh Lord," thought poor Timothy behind the screen, "If he finds me now, he will bite my head off sure." "No, madam," replied Mr. Winter bottom, assuming an air of Indifference which he was far from feeling. " I wjsh to have you particularly understand that nothing you can do can arouse my jealousy. Kemember, nothing. And now that we have come to a proper un standlng I have the pleasure of wishing you good-night." He strode to the folding doors, which separated the sitting-room from his own apartment, and having entered the lat ter, he rather forcibly closed the doors behind him. Mrs. Winterbottom, who, by the way, was young, pretty, and mischievously inclined, sank into the luxurious sofa, and leaning her head on her hond,began to rack her little brain for a plot to prove her husband's jealousy. " Now is my time," thoughtTimothy. ", The lady appears to be kind, and that fire-eater of a husband of hers is away, I'll throw myself on her protection." Creeping stealthily from behind the screen, he dropped on his knees before the lady, and pleadingly exclaimed: " Lady, you see before you one" So absorbed in her thoughts had Mrs. Winterbottom been, that she had not observed him until he began to speak, and now she interrupted him wildly : " You are a thief, a robber. Oh, heaven have mercy on me I Here are my jewels take them take all but not murder me!" She tore her rings and bracelet from her fingers and wrlst,and extended them to him. But Timothy, who had by this time considerably sobered up, dignifledly waved them away, and in a tone of con scious pride, said : "You insult me, madam. I not a thief. I am Timothy Titmouse, tailor. Here is my card, madam ; and if your husband desires to have a suit of clothes made to order, with neatness and dis patch, and according to the latest style" "Stop, stop I" Interrupted the lady, who had recovered from her fright. " Tell me, how did you come here ?" Timothy explained, and before he was half through withjiis explanations, the wished for plot had recurred to the lady's mind. " Sir," exclaimed she, haughtily, and in a loud tone of voice, when he had concluded, " this intrusion into my room at this unseemly hour of the night is is perfectly scandalous." " Madam I" gasped poor Timothy, en tirely taken my surprise at her wordB, seeking to arise. See, however, pushed him on bis knees again, aud in the same loud strain con tinued : " You seem to forget, sir, that I am married woman." " And so am I," stuttered the tailor. , mat is, not exactly tt woman, but a married man, with four children and 'I " Hush," whispered she; "my hus band is in the next room; if ho discov ers your presence, you're lost." " This effectually silenced the tremb ling tailor. Mrs. Winterbottom knew that her loud tones were distinctly heard In the next room, and by the rustling of the door, was coiivinml that her husband was listening. " For heaven's sake I" cried she, sud denly springing to her feet ;" my hus band Is coming. Behind that screen, quickly. Don't move for your life, un til I return. " Timothy darted once more into his place of concealment, while the lady 'hastily ran out of the room. "Now," muttered she to herself, " we will see If he isn't jealous, and what a face he will make when he finds it only a poor half-drunken tailor. Meanwhile I'll go to my room to change my ball dress for a wrapper. I'll be down In time to see the fun." Hardly had she departed, when the folding doors were flung open, and in stalked Mr. Witerbottom, rage and fury In his eyes,and two swords in his hands. He kicked away the screen, and throw ing one of the weapons before the terri fied tailor, tragically exclaimed : " Ulse, miscreant, and defend your miserable life!" , ' "Oh, sir," cried Timothy, bursting Into tears, " have pity on myself, my wife and children." This action, so unlike the chivalrous defense he had expected, struck Mr. Winterbottom .fulrly dumb with sur prise, taking abvantage of which the little tailor rapidly detailed the manner of his coming into the house. A light broke over the mind of the Jealous husband. "I've made on ass of myself," mut tered he; "very likely she's behind the door there laughing at me." He approached the door and opened it, but his wife was not in the hall. " Ha ha t" exclaimed he, closing the door and once more returning to Timo thy, who was still kneeling in mortal fear on the floor, " I'll pay her for her trick. You must fight a duel, sir," added he, addressing the tailor. " I cannot," stammered he, " I I only know how to wield the shears." " Now listen to me. Take the swords and go in the next room. Keep clashing them against each other, and continue shouting. Do this and I'll see that you get home safely and be twenty-five dol lars richer besides." Timothy was only to glad too consent, and as soon as he was in the next room set to work obeying his Instructions. Mr. Winterbottom carefully closed the folding doors on him, and having erected the screen concealed himself be hind it. " Now, my fine lady," muttered he, " we're ready for you." Again the door opened, and Mrs. Winterbottom, now clad in a soft silken wrapper, entered the room. " No one here !" exclaimed she. " Ha, what's that V The clashing of sword?. Oh, my Ood! There has been no ex planation and they are fighting a duel." She sank on the sofa utterly overcome with fright. " Cleorge, George," gasped she; "oh, ho'll be killed. Oh,why was I so foolish as to arouse his jealousy. He'll be killed and he will never know how I loved him." At the last word she sank into a swoon. " Didn't I do mj work well ?" inqulr ek Timothy, thrusting his head through the folding doors. " Only too well," replied the husband, emerging from behind the screen ; "you have frightened my wife into a faint. Come, get me a glass of water from the table there, quickly." A few drops sprinkled on the lady's face sufficed to revive her, and opening her eyes she fell around her husband's neck, exclaiming: " Alive, George V you are not dead? you are not hurt V Oh, I am so glad." " I only paid you back in like coin," murmured he, fondly kissing her. "You will never play any more tricks on me, my darling?" " And you will never be jealous again," asked she, demurely. " I swear it." " And I." Thus harmony was restored to the loving couple, and when Timothy Tit mouse finally arrived at hia proper domicile, just as day was breaking, he was able to silence his irate spouse's only too well-founded objugations with five new crisp five-dollar greenbacks. But for all that he attended no more convivial parties. . ... A Narrow Escape in the Croton Aqueduct. ONCE A YEAR or oftener, usually iu November, an exploration is made of the interior of the aqueduct from end to end, by Benjamin S. Church, the resi dent enginecr,who for over twenty years has been in charge of this part of the work. The water is shut off at the Cro ton dam, and the aqueduct is emptied by the wastewiers which I have described. Many strange and exciting adventures befall the men detailed for this service ; and though but one life has ever been lost, large parties have been in im minent danger. The man-holes having been opened previously, the laborers un der charge of Mr. Church, dressed in rough suits, enter the aqueduct at the dam, and travel downward either afoot or in an ingenious car propelled by a crank like the hand-cars used on a rail way. The effect is weird and awe-inspiring. Some of the men carry torches, whose smoke and wavering""blaze curl and flash in the darkness and throw fan tastic shadows and reflections on the moist walls. The voices reverberate like peals of thunder, and seem to awake re sponsive vibrations in the massive stone and brick work itself. In some condi tions of the atmosphere laborers repair ing the nuisonary five miles below can be distinctly heard by those at the en trance, and at all times human voices pitched in an ordinary key can be heard at a distance of two or three miles, in lone. low. rumbles. A broad halo of light frames the men hi, and behind this there is an Impenetrable blackness, so dense that an inexperienced person takes every step with extreme caution. There are few ereater promoters of terror than the power of darkness, and the simple, superstitious Irishmen de scending the ladder at the entrance leaves sunshine, sky and fields above in no cheerful mood. The short clay pipes are allowed to go out aud few words are spoken. It is a business to be done with as soon as possible. Thousands of tons of water are pressing against the gates at the entrance, and should a bar give way, or an order he misunderstood, the flood would rush down upon the unfortunates and engulf them with irresistible force. Once, in fact, on order was misunder stood, and twenty men narrowly escaped with their lives. Mr. Church, with this number of laborers, entered the aque duct to moke some repairs, and in structed the keeper at the dam to let the water flow in again at 11 p. m. The party was making some repairs at a point some distance below the entrance at 11 a. m., when Mr. Church noticed a gradual rise in the water. Afraid of causing a panic, he did not say anything to his men, but urged them on in the hope that the work might be completed that morning. The water continued to rise, however, first submerging their feet, and then creeping up towards their knees with terrible stealth and certainty. The situation was that of a shipwrecked crew cast upon a rock which is being slowly covered by an incoming tide. The engineer now realized the fact that his order had been misunderstood, and that the water had been turned on at the wrong time, and would soon be within a few inches of the roof of the aqueduct. By this time the men were In a highly nervous condition, and Mr. Church had to use his authority in pre venting them from making a confused retreat for the nearest exit, which was some distance away. Meanwhile the water had made its way above their knees and was rushing through the aqueduct with a velocity of two miles aud a quarter per mile. It was no easy walking against such a current as this, and the progress made towards the man hole was unavoidably slow. The torches were successively put out by the splash until only one remained, and that threw a dim, yellow, uncertain flicker on the dark surroundings. There was one danger which Mr. ' Church foresaw and was particularly anxious to avert. If the men were not , kept under control each would make a disorderly struggle to reach the ladder at the man-hole, and delay would result that might prove fatal. As the water increased iu depth the greater, of course, became their terror, and when the gray light of the opening came into view their bodies were submerged to their waists, while the current almost lifted them off their feet. By reasoning with them and encouraging them, however, Mr. Church allayed their fears and they gained the ladder and ascended it, one by one, in safety. Wm. If. Hidcing, in Scribner for June. A Queen's Fortune. What Queen Victoria leaves behind her will never be known, because the wills of sovereigns are not proved, but those who have carefully considered the subject are of the opinion that she must, since mepnnce consort s ueam, nave saved at the verv least 100.000 a vear. Not only has she lived so quietly that a j large portion of her 385,000 a year pub- J lie income must be saved, but it is to be remembered that Mr. Nield left her 500, 000 which at four per cent, would give her 20,000 a year,and she receives 43', 000 a year form her duchy of Lancaster. The crown lands, given up to the coun try in lieu of a parliamentary annual grant, have of late years been so ably and economically managed that their revenue covers the royal allowance, and these crown lands wer6 as much the property of the sovereign as the lands of the Duke of Devonshire, or any other landholder, are his. If the country choose to make the most of these lands by cutting up, say, the new forest, and selling It in lots, and adopting a similar plan with other out laying possessions of the crown,it would make money out of the royal family. The revenue of the duchy of Cornwall has risen from 22,000 in 1824 to 72,000 and increases annually about 3,000, so that the next Trlnce of Wales will probably be Independent of a parlia mentary grant. Queen Victoria is proba bly saving with the view of rendering her family independent as the wealth of the Duke de I'enthievre rendered the house of Orleans, and made Louis Iiiilippe in consequence the cheapest of French kings. t3 During the past year the number of original advertisements for "missing friends or next of kin," in the London Time was TOO, and the number of person nixied therein about 3,000. The Treasury SjII citor advertised for the next of kin of twenty-six persons. The amount of money reverting to the Crown by roasou of these intestacies is seldom stated ; but in one case Mrs. Helon Blake's ic amounted to (700,000. From one of thene advertUemeuu it appears that the heirs of a peraoo who emigrated to America iu 10S3 are wanted to claim a fortuue of $2, 000, 000.
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