THE TIMES, ;, $f I2)Vj BOMFILI), ,PA., jQGTOBE.Il D, $77. 3 RAILROADS. PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R. ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINB. ' August 1(5111, 1877. TRAINS LEAVE TJARRISTJURO A8 FOLLOWB For New -york. at B.20, 8.10 a. m. S.57p. m., ami 7.rin p. m. , For Philadelphia, at B.tO, 8.10, 9.48 a.m. And and 8.67 D. m. For Heading, at 5,20, 8.10, 9.46 a.m. and 2.00 8.57 and 7.f5. For I'ottsvllle at 6.2ft, 8.10 a. hi., and 8.57 . in., and via Schuylkill and Susquehanna ranch at 2.40 p. m. For Anhnrn via 8. & S. Br. at 6.10 a. m. For Allentown, at 6.20, 8.10 a. m., and at 2.00, 8.57 and 7.65 J), m. The 5.20, 8.10 a.m., 8.67 and 7.65 p. m., trnlni have tlirough cars for New York. , The 6.20, 8.10 a. m., and 2.00 p.m., trains have through cars for Philadelphia. BUNDAYS i For New York, at 6.20 a. m. For Allentown and Way Stations at 6.20 a. m, ' For Reading, Philadelphia and Way Statlousat 1.45 p. in. TRAINS FOR IIARRI8HURG, LEAVE AS FOL LOW8 i Leave New York, at 8.45 a. m., 1.00, 5.30 and 7.45 p.m. Leave Philadelphia, at 9.15 a. m. 8.40, and 7.20 p. m. Leave Reading, at tl-40, T.40, 11.20 a. m. 1.30, 8.15 and in. 85 p. m. Leave I'ottsvllle, at 8.10, 9.15 a.m. and 4.35 p. m. And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at 8.15 a. m. Leave Anlmrn via 8. ft H. Br. at 12 noon. Leave Allentown, atfi.30 5,50, 8.55 a. in., 12.15, 4.30 and 9.05 p. m. SUNDAYS: Leave New York, at 5.30 n. m. Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. m. Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.35 p. m. Leave Allentown. at2.30 a. m., and 9.05 p. m. J. 15. WOOT15N, Gen. Manager. C. G. Hancock, General Ticket Agent tDoes not run on Mondays. Via Morris and Essex It. R. rounsj lvftuia It. II. Time Table. NEWPORT BTATION. On and after Monday, June 25th, 18T7, Pas senger trains will run as follows: EAST. ' Mlffllntown Ace. 7.32 a. m., dally except Sunday. Johnstown Ex. 12.22 p. M., daily " Sunday Mail, 6.64 P. M., daily exceptSunday Atlantic Express, 9.51p.m., Hag, daily. WEST. VTayPass. 9.08 A. m.. daily, Mall 2.43 p. m. dally exeeptSnnday. Millllntown Acc. 6.56 P. M. daily except Huuday. Pittsburgh Express, 11.67P. M.,(Flag) dally.ex- cept Sunday. Pacillo Express, 5.17 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, June 23th, 1877, trains wllUeaveDuncannon. as follows t EASTWARD. Mlffllntown Ace. dally except Sundayat 8.12 i. M. Johnstown Ex. 12. 5 8 p. m., dally except Sunday. Mail 7.30 P. M " " ' Atlantic Express 10.20 p. M., dally (flag) WESTWARD. Way Passenger, 8.38 a. m., dally Mail, 2.09 p. m, dallyexceptSunday. Millllntown Ace. dallyexceptSunday at 6.16p.m. Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (flag) 11.83P. u. WM. O. KING Agent. D, F. QU1GLEY & CO., Would respectfully Inform the public that they have opened a new , Saddlery sfwp In Bloomtleld, on Carlisle Street, two doors North of the Fouudry, where they will manufacture HARNESS OF ALL KINDS, Saddles, Bridles, Collars, and every thing usually kept In a tlrst-class es tablishment. Give us a call before going else where. 9. FINE HARNESS a speciality. REPAIRING done on short notice and at rea sonable prices. 8- HIDES taken in exchange tor work. D. F. QUIGLEY & CO. Bloomtleld, January 9, 177, KINGSFORD'S Osweg-o Starch Is the 'BEST and MOST ECONOMICAL In the World. Is perfectly PURE free from acids and other for eign substances that injure Linen. Is STRONGER than any other requiring much less quantity In using. Is UNIFORM stiffens and finishes work always the same. . Eingsford's Oswego Corn Starch Is the most delicious of all preparation for Pmlilings, lilnuc-Muiige, Cake. Etc. PATENTS. Fee Reduced. Entire Cost $55. Patent Offloe Fee 835 In advance, balance 820 within 6 months alier patent allowed. Advice and examination free. Patents Sold. J.VANCE LEWIS Hi CO., 19-3ra Washington, D. C. Cnfl AGENTS WANTED to canvass for a JUU grand fictukb, 22x28 Inches, entitled Tub Illustrated Lord's Prayer." Agents are meeting with great success. For particulars, address H. M. CR1DEK, Publisher, 48 ly York, Ta. REMOVAL. The undersigned has removed his Leather and Harness Store from Front to nigh Street, near the Penn'a., Freight Depot, where he will have on hand, and will sell at REDUCED PRICES, Leather and Harness f all kinds, Ilavlng good workmen, and by buying at the lowest caufi pricet, I fear no eompet i linn. Market prices paid in cash for Bark. Hides and Skins. Thankful for past favors, I solicit a con tinuance of the same. P. 8. Blankets, Robes, and Shoe findings made a speciality, JOS. M. HAWLEY. Duncannon, Julyl9, I87C tf ' ISTATK NOTICE. Notice is herebygtven, Jli that letters of administration m the estate of John Kunkle late of Marysville Borough.Perry county Penn'a.. deceased, have been granted to the undersized residing in (he same place. All persons Indebted to said estate are requested to make Immediate pavnient and those having claims to present them duly authenticated lor set tlemeut. JOHN KAI.ER. one 12. K77. Administrator. Proposing Under Difficulties. VOU, Uncle Nicholas y In love 1" X roared my ilephew, Thomas Fielder. " Yes, I," I made reply, not without a little pique. "And why not I? I am not quite a fossil yet." " Why, you are fifty years old, Uncle Nick." ' 1 "Granted. What then y" ' ''' " And your teeth are false and you dye your hair!" persisted Tom. "Iam not the only man In New York In the same predicament, Master Tom." " Well, I never heard such a jolly lark t" exclaimed Tom, with a long breath. " But I wish yoU Joy, I am Bure." " You are premature," said I sol emnly. " I haven't proposed yet." " Oh !" said Tom. " I thought It was all signed, sealed and settled 1 And who Is the radiant object of your adoration, Uncle Nicholas y" " Tom, my boy, don't chaiT. It Is a serious business with me, I can tell you. Do you know Miss Barbara Gar land ?" " Don't I y That fat old girl with the prodigious emerald and the complexion like a red, red rose. And she's to be my aunty-ln-law, eh y" " I regard her as the sweetest and best of her sex." I made answer solemnly. "Well," observed Tom, dubiously, " all's well that ends well. I must say, Uncle Nicholas, that It was rather a Btagger at first, but I am getting rec onciled to it by degrees. Won't Julia be astonished." Julia was my nephew's wife a dimpled young bride of eighteen, who, of course, thought that nobody out of their teens had any right to marry or to lie given in marriage. Besides, if I took a wife, what was to become of the expectations that had been built up on my bachelor head. However, fate was fate, and Julia rec onciled herself to the inevitable, on con dition that I would take a dozen tickets to the private theatrlcles which she and her sister, Miss Genevive Darling, were getting up. "It Is nothing to you, dear Uncle Nicholas, with your wealth," said Julia, fixing her appealing blue eyes upon my face, " and it is so much for the cause of charity. Bay two dozen tickets, Uncle Nicholasy" . , . " Then you'll call on Barbara and welcome her into the family, If if " . " If she'll consent to join us, yes, of course," said Julia, all the dimples play ing around her mischievous mouth. I gave a check for thirty-six dollars for the twenty-four engaged seats, and presented most of the tickets to clerks In my office. I didn't dare to bend one to Barbara Garland, for Mrs. Garland was thrifty, and would not approve of money dealt out in this reckless sort of fashion. And I went myself and sat through the dreary lapses of " London Assurances," done In a very jerky .ama teur style, with a great deal of audible prompting, and no end of awkward pauses and sudden graspings at the end of dismembered sentences. And I split a pair of kid gloves open In applauding Julia as " Lady Gay Spanker," flung a dollar bouquet at Genevive as " Grace Harkaway," and felt that I had done my duty and bought the allegiance of my nephew Tom and his family. All this came to pass between one and four of a sultry afternoon, and from the pretty little private theatre I Jumped into a cab and went straight to the house of Barbara Garland. Barbara didn't' live anywhere, she only boarded ; but she had a handsome parlor all furnished In blue and white cretaine, with Dresden shepherdesses and the windows filled with mosscs,forns and foliage plants. I was silently surveying these floral specimens, and trying to rehearse a fit ting form of speech in which to declare my love, when the door creaked, and Barbara came In, a plump, pretty ,young woman of forty. And Barbara in her black Grenadine, with red cheeks and glossy brown hair, ,was equal to any bread and butter school girl that I ever saw. I whirled around on one heel, precip itately forgetting my lesson. " Go good-morning, Miss Barbara," said I. "I mean good-afternoon. I hope you are not engaged particularly to-day y" Barbara Garland tossed her head and looked rather ominous. " There are other people that are en gaged besides me," said she. "Oh, yes, of course," said I a little puzzled. " But I don't suppose it Is necessary to proclaim it to all the world," retorted Barbara Garland, snipping the crimson leaves off a rose that she wore at her belt. " No,to be sure not," assented I, more bewildered than ever. , " Did you wish to see meV" frigidly Inquired Barbara. ," Of course I did," said I plucking up my courage. "Miss Garland, 1 have something to say to you something nhem I very special Indeed t" "Perhaps then," said Barbara speak ing very distinctly; " you had better say It and have donrt with It." This was hot encouraging, but I was not in a mood to be discouraged by trifles. I had made' up my mind to propose, and I was not to be deterred. " Miss Gnrland," I said, " I love you." "Indeed !" said Barbara, still pluck ing at the rose-petals. "And I have come here to ask you to become my wife. Sweetest Barbara will you be mine y" "Stop!" said Miss Garland, retreating skillfully behind a Gothic-topped arm chair as I advanced with pleading coun tenance and out-stretched arms. " Mr. Fielder, I am astonished at you I" " How dare you ask me such a ques tion y "My Dear Barbara, why should not I y " I am not your dear Barbara." " Pardon me for contradicting you, Miss Garland, but you are !" I insisted. "Well, then, you've no business to be 1" retorted she. " Barbara," said I, " I don't under stand you!" " And I don't understand you !" said Barbara, with another toss of the head. " Will you oblige me by explaining V" " Well, then," said Barbara, hysteri cally," " what are you coming hero for when you've engaged already y That's what I would like to know !" " But I am not engaged!" roared I, beginning to get desperate.' " You're ticketed so I "said Barbara. " Ticketed f" repeated I. " Yes," said Barbara, ." ENGAGED. It says so In fat black letters so anybody can reud 'em without the aid of eye glasses." " Where y" said I, staring around the room " On your back," said Barbara. " Oh, there's no use in making an electrial eel of yourself,1; as I twisted around in the vain effort to obtain a good square view of my own spine. "Look here." And, in leading me to a pier-glass that hung between the windows, she treated me to a good look at myself. "ENGAGED!" There it was, print ed in jet-black capitals on a strip of pasteboard which had some way work ed on behind two coat-buttons at the small of my back, and stared the be holder in the fuce in a most prominent and aggressive manner. " ENGAGED I " I knew In a second where it had come from,those confound ed red Velvet sofaB nt the "Thespian Theatre." where every reserved seat that was taken was ticketed after this fash Ion. I had sat down on my particular ticket and It had affixed Itself to me with a tenacity which was simply dia bolical. I tore It away and rent it In twain. . . " Barbara," said I, " it's a lie ! I am not engaged 1 I never will be engaged to any one but you." "Are you really in earnest.Nicholas V" said Miss Garland, softening considera bly in her manner. . " Of course I am in earnest," said I. And then I told her all about the private theatricals and the engaged seats, until she laughed as heartily as I did. " And now, queen of my heart," said I, " will you have me y" " Yes," said Barbara, " I will." We are to be married in the fall, and I am the happiest old oh, middle-aged bachelor in the city. How the Boys Fixed Him. NOT FAR from Lafayette Place, in New York Clty,is a livery stable.in which is employed an eccentric Irish man named Peter Hoolan. He is some thing of a blower, and protends that he fought nearly every battle of the recent war. One of his chief delights is to tell about his adventures out West with John C. Fremont, the pathfinder. According to his assertions, Peter has killed more bears, catamounts, and wild animals than a whole brigade of trappers could kill. The boys pretended to " take in" his yarns, but wanted him to cease telling them. Not long Blnce the chance offered. Peter was suffering with boils, and some one told him that cream of tartar was a remedy. He bought a package and took a do8e,and left his package on a window sill. In a few miuuteB a label with the word " arsenic'? on it was transferred to Peter's package. Ills employer coming in, and noticing the medicine, told him it was dangerous to leave poison lying around in that manner. Peter said it was cream of tartar. His employercon tradlcted him, and said Peter could not read. Peter took up the package and there Btarlng him In the face, was the death-suggesting word " arsenic." He turned pale and said : " I am poisoned ; the druggist made a mistake" ', The boys how dropped In ' and were quickly informed of the fatal mistake. They tested the medicine, and with omi nous shakes of their head.informed him It Was arsenic. They told him to lie down, as he was a "goner,' and sug gested If he had any word to leave, now was his time. ' He cohimenced to pray,, and Riley asked him if he desired to send any word out West. , '',,, ' " No, he never was West, never had been out of New York ; it was all a lie 1 Would some one go for a doctor ?" " Accordingly, a doctor who lives near by, and whose horses are left In the Btable, was sent for and came around. He made him eat a number of raw eggs, and walk around the stable till he was almost ready to drop with fatigue and fright. The doctor then asked him to show him the arsenic. Peter brought it out, and the doctor pronounced it cream of tartar, and showed him one label pasted over the other. To say that Peter was mad poorly ex presses his demoniac frenzy. He stamped and raved, and swore he would not work another day in the same place with such a lot of scamps. The boys kept shady for a while, fearing a fresh out break of Teter's rage. No one dare fool with the old man since then, and he tells no more yarns. Wedding Anecdotes. A YOUNG clergyman at the first wedding he ever had, thought it was a very good time to impress upon the couple before him the solemnity of the act. "I hope, Dennis," he said to the coachman, with his license in his hand, "you have well considered this solemn Btep in life y" " I hope so, your rlverence," answer ed Dennis. " It's a very Important step you are taking, Mary," said the minister. ... " Yes, sir I know it is," replied Mary, whimpering. " Perhaps we had better wait awhile." "Perhaps we had, your riverence," chimed In Dennis. ; , ... , The minister, hardly expecting such a personal application of hla exhorta tion, and seeing the fees vanishing be fore his eyes, betook himself to a more cheerful aspect of the situation, and said : , " Yes, of course, it's solemn and im portant, you know ; but it's a very hap py time,after all, when people love each other. Shall we go on with the ser vlcey" , . " Yis your riverence," they both re plied. And they were soon made one In the bonds of matrimony, and that young minister is now very careful how he brings on the solemn view of matrimony to timid couples. A clergyman was called on upon one occasion to officiate at a colored wed ding. . . , " We assure you, sah,"said the gentle manly darkey, " that tnls yere wedding is to be very apropos quite a V mode, Bah." t' Very weli," replied the clergyman, "I will try to do everything in my power to gratify the wishes of the parties." , , So, after the dinner and dancing and supping were over the groom's best man called again on the minister, and left him the usual fee. , "I hope everything was as your friends desired it," Bald the urbane cler gyman. "Well, sah, to tell the truth, Mr. Johnson was a little disappointed," answered the groomsman. " Why, I took my robes," said the minister. "Yes, sah it wasn't that." "I adhered to the rubrics of the church." " Yes, sir that was all right." "I was punctual and shook hands with the couple. What more could I do'i"' " Well, sah, Mr. Johnson he kind o' felt hurt, you see, because you didn't salute the bride." The European Plan. Yesterday evening a stranger, clad in a duster and carrying a carpet-sack, en tered a hotel on Delaware avenue. He marched straight up to the counter, where the amiable landlord stood pick ing hia teeth, and the moment he set his bag down the amiable landlord whisked it off and set it down with the pile of other baggage in the rear of the bar. "Please register your name," said the landlord, passing him a pen. " How much is it, mister ?" " That depends on what you get. We keep hotel here on the European plan." " I say mister," said the countryman, all in a tremblo, " please give me that bag, and I will get right out and not say a word." The landlord gazed at him, but made no movement toward the bag. . "please mister, give me my bng. ? 'here's nothing in it but a few shirts, ntleCd there isn't. Here's the key. I'll let you search it," continued the stran ger, trembling still mora violently. . The landlord passed him the bag, and as the stranger Instantly shot for the door the former exclaimed. "Well, blame me if I ain't puzzled to know what kind of a fool you are.'' But the stranger paused to hear no compliments, and he was a good half mile away before he took the courage to lean against an awning-post and mut ter: " Gracious 1 What an escape! Keeps a house on the rope In plan, does he t I suppose he wanted to rope me in and perhaps kill me. Lord, what wicked places these cities are. I'll go home Im mediately." , , And he kept his word. 63T Never was a better answer made than a poor Irishman made to a catholic priest while defending himself for read ing the Bible. " But," Bald the priest, " the Bible is for the priests, and not for the likes o' you." " Ah 1 but, sir," he answered, " I was reading in my Bible, ' You shall rend it to your ohildren,' an' sure the priests have got no children." " But, Michael," says the priest, "you cannot understand the Bible. It's not o' you to understand it, my man." " Ah 1 very well, your riverence, If I cannot understand it, It will do me no harm, and what I can understand does me a heap o' good." ," Very well, Mike," said the priest, "you must go to ehurch,and the church will give you the milk of the word." " And where does the church get it from but out of the Bible y Ah ! your riverence, I would rather keep the cow myself." ' , A Curious Use for the Magnet. A curious lnstauce of the utility of the magnet is mentioned in the Adelaide Jiegister of June 14th. A young lady sat down on a settee on which a needle had been carelessly left. It pierced her thigh and totally disappeared in the flesh. Medical men said it could only be reached by a large incision, and con cluded t leave it for a timo in the hope that it might work itself out. The pain, however, .became so severe that the young lady was confined to her bed. So a magnet was suggested,and a power ful one being procured and applied, in " four hours the needle reached the sur face, raised and protruded itself through the skin, and was instancy extracted. It had been in the 11 eitj for three weeks rg?" Lovers of new mackerel have noticed that the flesh of-some of the fish is white and of peculiarly fine flavor, -.1,11.. M, i . 1 1 ' . 1, . . vvuuu iuai vi uiueiB iiiia a yenowisu tinge, and is decidedly inferior to the white in point of quality. An old dealer in salt fish in this city explains this .1 1 iv , ! . uuieieuue m appearance ana taste in ' this way : ...... There are two methods of catching mackerel the hook and .the seine. When the fish are taken with the hook they are Immediately cleaned and pre pared for salting away, but When the seine is used and large catches are made, this cleaning is necessarily delayed with a portion of them . Theflsh caught in the seine are thrown into large piles, where they frequently remain for more than a day before it Is possible to cleaj them for packing, and it is this delay after they are taken from the water that causes the yellowish tinge in the flesh and ini- ' pairs its quality. Philadelphia Evening Star. 3 As a train was passing a certain place under full headway a man appear ed on the track ahead waving an im promptu flag, and the engineer, think ing there must be clangor, brought the cars to a stop. The man on the track then asked for the conductor, where upon the following brief dialogue en sued : "Are you the conductoron this train?" "Yes, sir. What will you have ?" " If you see any of the Cheneys I wish you would tell them to keep "their bull out of my lot." History or tradition does not Inform us whether the victimized conductor freed his mind by quoting selections from the classics of from modern blank verse. , 3J" An Ohio young man sat down the other day and wrote on the backs of a couple of postal cards. Then he turned them over and directed them, but by some mischance placed the address on the wrong cards. The result was that a shirt-manufacturer got a very polite in vitation to go carriage riding somewhere out in Ohio, while the young man's girl was made frantic by receiving the follow ing : " Please send me samples of the stuff your shirts an made of." . . C3" Plenty and indigence depend upon the opinion every one has of them ; and riches, no more than glory or health, have no more beauty or pleasure than their poteesoor is pleased to lend them.
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