THE TIMES, ;, $f I2)Vj BOMFILI), ,PA., jQGTOBE.Il D, $77.
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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.