TIIH TIMES, NKW lUiOOMFlKLI), t'A.j ftOVEMHER 20, 1877. J RAILROADS, PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. fl. ARltANGEMENTOK rASHENO Ell T It AINB. ZVwviisiSier 51h, 1N7. V K A I NH L K A V K !1 A H I! I SHU ltd AS FOM.OW B For New York, at 6.20, 8.H a. m. S.57p. m., nni p. in. I'm- Philadelphia, t 6.20, 8.10,0.45 a.m. ml and 3. 67 p. in. For Heading, nt S.20, 8.10,0.45 a.m. and 2.00 3.f7 ninl 7.iV. , . For Pottsvllle nt S.20. 8.10 n. m.. nnd R.S7 R. in., and via Schuylkill nnd Husquehnnnn ni ii oh at 2.40 l. xi. For Auburn via H. : 8. Mr. at fi.lOa. in. For Alleiitown, at 4.20, B.lua. w.,HUdat 2i00, 3.37 and .M p. in. , . , The V2i. h.iii a. m.. 3.7 and i.B5 p. in., trains have through ears for New York. The f.20, 8.10 a. n.. and 2.00 p.m., trains liavo til rough cars fort'hihidelphlu. SUNDAYS : For New York, at 8.20 a. in. Fur Alleiitown and Way Ktatlnrs at 6 20 a.m. For Ke.adlng, Philadelphia and WayStationsat 1.4 . m. TKAINS FOH H ARUIBWMIG, LfcAVE AS HKM. LOWS : Leave New York, at 8.43 a. m., 1.00, CSV nnd 7.4i p M. Leave Philadelphia, at 9.15 .a. m. 3.40, and 7.20 p. in. Leave Reading, at tUO, 7.40, 11.20 a. in. 1.J0, 6.1S and 1. 3 p. in. Leave FottsvKle, at A.10, 93 a.m. and 4.35 p. in. And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Hrunchat 8.1s a. in. ,i';i Auburn iaS. tk S. Br. t 12 noon. Leave Alleiilown, at ti.3'lo,50, U.Oia.. in., 12.16, 4.30 and H.Ui p. 111. SUNDAYS: Leave New York, at 3.30 p. w. Leaf Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. m. l.care Reading, ut 4.40, T.4-J, a. m. and 10 35 p. m. LeaTe Alleiitown. al2 30 a. ik., and 9.0!) p. m. 9. K. WOOTKN, Gen. Manager. C. R. Hancock, General Ticket Agent. tDnes not run en Mondays. Vla Morris and Kssex It. ii. Pennsylvania 'It. II. Time Table. NEWPORT - STATION. Dn and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas longer tralnswll) run as follows: EAST. Mlftllitown A oo. 7.32 a. m., dally except Sunday. Johnstown Kx. 12.22 P. u., dally " Sunday Mall 6.54 P. M., daily exccptSunday Atlantic Express, 9.51p.m., flag, daily. WEST. WayPass. 9.08 A. M., dally. Mail ..Ji.43 p. m. dally excaptSunday. Millllntown Acc. fi.f5 p. M. dully except Sunday. Pittsburgh Express, 11.57P. M.,(Flag daily, ei- cept Sunday. Tacltlc 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 slewer than TJew York time. J.J. BARCLAY, Agent. DUNCANNON STATION. On and after Monday, June 45th, 1877, trains willlea-ve Duncannon, as follows : KASTWAJtD. Miftlintown Acc. dally exeept Sunday at 8.12 a. m. Johnstswii Ex. 12.5 a I'. M., dally except Sunday. Mail 7.80 P. m " " Atlantic ExpresslO.20 p. ., daily (flag) WESTWARD. Way Pmsenger, 8.38 a. u., daily Mull, 2.09 p. m, .dailyexceptSunday. Miltlintown Acc. daily exant Sunday at 6.1SP.M. Pittsburg Ex. dally except tlnnday (flag) 11.33P. M. WM. C. KING A (tent. D. F. QU1GLEY & (?a, Would respectfully Inform the public that.tliey have opened a new Saddlery Shoj In ISloonilield. on Carlisle Street, two doors North of iliu Foundry, where Uiey will manufacture HARNESS OF ALL KINDS, Saddles, liridlcs, Collars, and every thing usually kept a a tlrstclass es tablishment. Give us a cull before going else where. 3- FINE HARNESS a speciality. 1 REPAIRING done on Miort notice and at rea sonable prices. KS- HIDES taken lu exchange (or work. D. F. tiCfGLEY & CO. . Riooni Held, January 0, 1S77. PATENTS. .Fee Reduced. Entire Cost $55. Patent Olllce Fee 15 In advance, balance 820 within 0 months after patent allowed. .Advice .mud examination free. Patents Sold. J.VANCE LKWIS&CO., 19-3m Washington, J). C. Cfin AGENTS WANTED to canvas for a uJ cuaku piotchb. 2i.2S inches, eutltled The Illustrated luhk's Puaybii." Agents are met -.ting with great success. For particulars, addmss 11. M. CiC-DEK, Publisher, ISJy York. Pa. REMOVAL. The undersigned hac removed his Leather nnd Harness Store (Trom Front to High street, jiear the Penn'a., Freight Depot, where he williiave on hand, and will soil at REDUCED PRICKS, Leather and Harness f all kinds. Having good workmen, and by buying ut tiie lowest ctith prima. 1 fear no competition. Market prices paid in cash for Kf.rk. Hides and Hkius. Thank ful (or past favors, l solicit a con tinuance of the saive. P. s. Blankets, Robes, and Shoe findings made A speciality, JOS. M. HAWLEY. Duncannon, JulyW. 1870. tf New Pension Law, U NDER an act of Congress approved March 3, 1H73. widows of ntllurrs who were killed, or died of disease contracted lu the service, are now utitledtot2.00per juontlilur each of their chil dren. The guardian of a minor child of a soldier who heretofore only received 88.00 per mouth pension Isnow entitled to10. per moth. Soldiers who receive Invalid pensions can now have their pensions increased to any sum or rate between JH. uud $18. per month. Soldiers who have lost their discharges can now obtain duplicates. Fathers and mothers who lost sons Intheserv lee upou wliom .iiey were depeudent for support, can also oblaln pensions. The undersigned having had overlO vears ex perience lu the Claim agency business will attend promptly to claims under the above act. Call on or address LEWIS POTTER, , Attorney for Claimants, ' '. Ne Bloomneld, IPerry Co., Pa 2otr. TRYING THEIR FORTUNE. J T,nnp, ldiikliig up BinMonly from IttT jilnto of wnhiuis "do you know this Is llnllow KvnV" Two iiitlrs of lirlght pyes tlio one sparkling Iilnck, UieotliiTtlprphoiiglit ful ryes glnnerd tni,v llci'tlng thetjlieery llglit of a wood-firo. " Well V" enlil the hvviut of Hie lilnck eyes, Inquiringly. "Woll," reieted IlntUe, "we cmi lmve our fortunes told, on 'this of k!1 diiys In the yenr.' " "Bo we enn 1" exeliilined JosleengeHy; " if we only knew how It Is done." " Oh, I know all about that !" Ilntttc suid confidently. " It Is simple nnd eitsy enough. You ee,there are several ways, but the two best are for the first to go Into the garden In your night-dress, backward, and pull up a cabbage by the roots " "A cahbrtge!" exclaimed Barbara Locke, opening her dark-gray eyes. " Well, that Is romantic ; but go on." " The first person of the other sex who speaks to you after thecabbnge-pulling," resumed J lattle, solemnly, " ls k?stlned to be your future husband." " Indeed ! How nice 1" said Jesle, sar castically. " Of course it is understood that the gcntlemnn doesn't see his future wife while she Is in her airy ottire and in the net of plucking the interesting vegetable. But what is the second recipe Hattler" "In this you are also to toe in your night-dress," Hattie continued. " Then you are to take a litmp in or.e hand, a comb in the other, and walk 'into an un occupied chamber where there Is a mir ror. You must look neither to the right nor to the left, but set down your lamp nnd stand before the mirror, combing your head and eating an Rf pie. When the clock strikes twelve, you are to raise your eyes to the mirror, atd there you will see reflected the face of your future husband, looking over your shoulder." " UghJ" said Josie with a shudder "how ghostly 1 I shouldn't at all enjoy seeing my future spouse under such pe culiar circumstances. I'll try the cab bage experiment, girls, wid leave the other to yourselves." "Oh, as to that," HntOe said, half archly and half blushingly. " I've no further occasion for such .experiments. My fortune is told, you know. But you, Barbara who knows what brilliant des tiny may be revealed to you to-night V And there Is Aunt Mary's big guest chamber, with the old-fashioned ebony framed mirror the very flace for the comb-and-t'jiple Incantation I" " Indeed," Barbara said, shrugging her graceful shoulders" fcideed I must beg to be excused. I am n believer in the magic power of combs, apples and cabbages for,unveiling the future." "But for the fun of the thing, Bar bie," Josie said, pleadingly, "If I try one plan, you might undertufca the other; and to-morrow, when we meet, we'll compare notes." So, after boijjc discussion, half laugh ing and half earnest, Barbara promised, and then, as tiws clock struck ton, blio and Hattie rose -to go home. It was no great distance from Mrs. Booker's to Mies Lane's only a few turns of a village street. Tom Booker, Josie's school-boy brother was roused from his nap on tiie sofa, and unwilling ly pressed into service as escort. The girls, wrapped In shawls and nu bias, stood for a moment on the front eteps, admiring the moonlight and the clear, blue sky, with its myriads of bright stars. " The cabbages will look splendid to night," Josie said; "all glistening with dew drops, like so many diamonds. You need not laugh, Barbie; you who live in the-city can have no idea of how much real licnuty there is la a bed of dewy cabbages on a moonlight night. Pity I bhnll be deprived of the sight by having to walk backward. Good-night! Don'jt forgot the mirror and the apple!" In. the big white house, under the aspen trees, only one dim light shone as Hattie vnd hercousin ascended thetiteps. "We won't wake Aunt Mary," said Barbara. " She has become tired of waiting fttr us, and has gone to bed." 6o, quietly extinguishing the kail lamp, they crept on tip-toe, to their own room , and there sat before the fire, softly talking, m girls do on such occasions no matter how late tiie hour may be. But on thia particular night it was ne cessary that they should keep awake; for was not Barbara going to try her for tune? " It wants only ten minutes of twelve, Barbie," said Hattie, at length. "Quite time for you to bo at your post, if you would not miss tryst with your future lord and master. Here Is the comb, and here the apple. I have chosen a small one, you see, knowing that you would have but little appetite at such a crisis. Now let down your hair lovely hair It is and your true love, being behind you, will have full opportunity of admir ing it. There, take the candle and re pair to your tryst." " I declare, Hattie, I am almost afraid," sold Barbara, half laughing. "If I had not promised Josie but she will laugh nt me for hacking out nt the last moment, so I will be brave and win my fortune." LYsplte her forced bravery, she felt something like a shudder creep through her frame, its. In t ho midnight silence, she traversed the long, dim passrtge and opened the door of the unoccupied stale chtunber. One Involuntary glance she gave be fore entering. There was a largo, shnd owy room, with the great mahogany four-post bedstead, looming up, with Its heavy draperies; and she caught the dusky gleam of tin? mirror, which faced her on the opposite side of the room, ex actly nt the foot of the bed. It was a hasty glance, for she remem bered that, according to Hattle's Instruc tions, she was to 1 look neither to the right nor to the left;1 and so she walked steadily, yet noiselessly, across the floor, deposited the lamp on the old-fashioned bureau, took a tiny bite of her apple, and with both hands, that would trem ble, commenced combing the glossy tresses which fell In a golden flood around her slender figure, robed In its pure, white garments. A moment passed. Barbara slowly passing the comb through her hair, lis tened, with a beating heart,for the strik ing of the clock. Bhe fe!t nervous, and wished she had not undertaken this silly experiment. Then sle became conscious of a vague feeling ef superstitious awe. What If, after nil, there should be Hometh&nu hi these old-time supersti tions t What If something should ap pear to her, and But what was that slight, nlmost imperceptible sound 1 hlndker'r' Had some one touched her hairy Was some mysterious, Impalpa ble presence near her? At the thought her heart stood still, and I?r very blood seemed curdling in her veins. She heard the sound of the old clock in the hall below striking, one, two!' and it was not until the last stroke rang out that she dared to raise her eyes to the mirror before which she stood. Gracious heavensl There was a face reflected In that glass a strange face, dark and handsoine,and but indistinctly seen, as, out of the shadowy depths be hind her, it looked over hershoulder full Into the startled eyes reflected In the mirror. Bivtbara gave one look one shriek, aud in her nervous terror, fcllaintlug to the floor. Meantime, how fared it with Josie Booker ? Josie conscious Uiat her mother would disapprove of her proposed moonlight expedition, waited till Tom returned from his knight-errant service, and took hiuiiiuto her confidence. In consideration of her writing his week's school exercises, Imj undertook to stand sentry at the back door, while she, repeating certain incantations and invo cations, as solemnly enjoined by Hattie, slowly paced backward down the garden walk. Though in her night-dress an indis pensable requisite to the success of the spell she had taken the precaution to envelop herself in a water-proof cloak, both to escape observation and to guard against a possible cold. There was nothing white visible about her except a cluster of curl-papers pro jecting from under Uie cloak hood. Tom, kicking his frosty feet on the stone steps, whistled in n low key, ns he watched his sister's dark figure gradually recede in the moonlight, thinking to himself how troublesome and silly girls were. From this mood he was aroused by a cheery voice behind him, as somebody entered the yard gate. "Why, Tom, old fellow; studying astronomy for to-morrow's class?" Itwasl'hilip Lane, Hattle's lawyer brother, who had been for weeks prom ising to his aunt and sister a visit. " Lor'J' said Tom, however did you come here, unless you dropped from the moon ?" " I arrived, an hour ago, by a tcrres tial conveyance. Where are the girls, Tom ? It's time they should be at home. And how is Miss Josie ?" Now, Tom Booker was a precocious youth, and at this momenta brilliant idea flashed upon his bruin. "Hush !" he said, in a whisper. "The girls are gone to bed long ago, and I'm set here to watch forcabbage thleves." "Ah, indeed!" "You see," continued Tom, with a moral delinquency appalliug in one of his years" you see, every night for a week past our cabbages have been stolen and we've never been able to find out the Hush! Ain't there somebody down there now ?" " Yes, I think there is," answered Hill Lane, looking attentively over the gar den paling. " I'm afraid to go down there by my self," Tom whined, pathetically. "They might kill me, you know. But if you don't mind " ! "Oh, I'll help you. Stand here, by the gate, to cut off the enemy's retreat In this direction, while I take lilin In the flank and rear, lie won't escape this time, I'll warrant." Josie,. progressing slowly backward, paused nt tho II rst cabbiigcngalnst which she chanced to stumble. Kneeling and putting her hands behind her, sho seiz ed the stalk of the nntgie vegetable, and essayed to. pull it up by the roots. It proved a task of greater difficulty than she had expected, and found It necessary to apply her whole strength to the un dertaking, " My goodness!" she thought, " what a tough pull for a husband I And If I don't succeed, I shall bo an old maid so Hattie said. Myt how ridiculous I must look ! I wouldn't have any of the men see tne, especially l'hll Lane, for" Here the obstinate root yielded, and Josie fell forward among the wet weeds. She sprang up In an instant triumphant ly grasping her prize. " I wonder who will be the first to speak tome now ?" she thought. " Ugh! Suppose some ghostly voice should call to me out of" "Hello! not so fast!" cried a voice behind her, and she felt a hand laid up on her shoulder. With a wild shriek, she darted away in her fright taking the opposite direc tion from the house. She heard swift footsteps pursuing, and the two flying figures rapidly made the circuit of the garden, while Tom, looking on nt the chase, fairly yelled with delight. At length, a treacherous vine caught about Josle's feet, and she stopped short and desperately faced her pursuer. "Philip Lane I" "Josie!" Her faco, pale before, now became crimson witli mortification, which rap Idly changed to anger. " Mr. Lane," she said, hotly, " I am yet to learn the meaning of this thia most extraordinary conduct !" "Why, Josie! I had no idea it was you! I took you for a cabbage-thief!" "Indeed! And who gave you the right to Intrude upon private premises, and frighten people half to death and" Her assumed dignity was fast fulling, and tears began to start Into her eyes. " Come, Josie, don't be angry with me. It was all a mistake. And how was I to recognize you In such a posi tion?" She drew her water-proof close around her, and involuntarily pulled the hood over the clustering curl-papers. " You will forgive me, Josie, and shake hands, won't you ? It is so long since I have seen you three whole months." "No, sir, I will not shake hands with you at least not to-night," she conclud ed, rather lamely, as she met the plead ing eyes fixed upon her own in the moonlight. " Oh, well, to-morrow then. But, Jo sie, what on earth could you be wanting with a with vegetables, nt this time of night?" ' " Oh, you sec, it's Hallow-Eve," said Tom, coming up, with a broad grin on his interesting physiognomy. " She was trying her fortune, you know. Tho first man who spoke to her after she had pulled up the cabbage was to be her fu ture husband, you know. Isn't that It, Josie?" But Josie was rapidly retreating to ward tho house, where, upon reaching her own room, she burst into hysterical weeping, and made a solemn vow to box Tom's ears the first thing in tho morn ing, and also not to speak to Philip Lane while he remained In G . How she kept the latter vow was ap parent next evening, when she formed one of a group of girls who were gather ed in Hattio Lane's room, listening with intent interest to Aunt Mary's account of Barbara's extraordinary adventure of the proceeding night. " It was just like Philip," said she "to arrive at bed-time, and bring his friend with him, without giving me a word of notice ; and tho consequence was that there wasn't so much us a fire in the spare chamber. Jane had gone to bed, and all I could do was to put on plenty of blankets, and make them take some hot coffee they hud had supper ut Cooke's, it seems. And then, whilo Mr. Stanard retired, Phil went over to Mrs. Booker's for the girls, taking tho back way for shortness and so they missed each other. I heurd Hattie and Barbara stealing up stairs, to escape a scolding, I suppose, for staying out so lute, and I thought It might be just as well to let them retire without telling them of the arrival, thinking what a surprise it would be In the morning. But if I had suspected that the child was going to do so silly a thing, and scare herself out of her wits, aud astonish Mr. Stanard with the belief that she was a somnambulist-" Here Barbara hid her face on Aunt Barbara's shoulder, and the girls broke Into merry laughter. " Oh, Auntie, it was so awful !" mur mured Barbara. " Awful !" said one of the girls. " Why, Barbie, I think it was the nicest thing that could have happened. I'll bet you a bridal present flint your Hallow-Eve spell ' conies fruo,' us the chil dren say." " And ns for Josle's experience," said Aunt Mary, "why I could have pre dicted her fortune a year ago, without the aid of a cabbage. But Come now, girls, let us go to the parlnr.or the young men will become impatient for their dance, and you know, Barbie, you are engaged for the first set to the handsome apparition that appeared to you through the bed-curtains on Hallow-Eve." To this day, the young folks of G . put great faith In the efllcacy of Hallow Eve charms and spells, and In proof thereof point to two of the happiest matches that have ever taken place In the little town. A Short Temperance Story. AT a certain town meeting In Penn sylvania, the question came in whether any persons should be licensed! to sell rum. The clergyman, the deacon,, the physician, strange as It may now appear, all favored It. One man only spoke against it, because of the mischief it did. The question was about to be put, when there arose from one corner of the room a miserable woman. She was thinly clad, and her appearance in dicated the uttermost wretchedness, and that her mortal career was almost clos ed. After a moment's silence, and all eyes being fixed upon her, she stretched her attenuated body to its utmost height and then her long arms to their greatest length, and raising her voice to a shrill pitch, she called to all to look upon her. . "Yes 1" she said, " look upon me, and then hear me. All that the last speaker has said relative to temperate drinking, as being the father of drunkenness, is truth. All drinking of nlcholio poison, ns a beverage In health, is excess ! Look upon me! You all know I was once the mistress of the best furm In town ; you all know, too, that I had one of the best the most devoted of husbands You all know I had fine, noble-heartedi industrious boys ! Where are they now t Doctor where are they now ? You alt know. You all know they lie in a row, side by side, in yonder church-yard ; all everyone of them filling a drunkard's grave ! They were all taught to believe that temperate drinking was safe that excess alone ought to be avoided ; and they never acknowledged excess. They quoted you, and you, and you, pointing with a shred of a finger toward the min ister, deacon aud doctor, as authority. They thought themselves safe under such teachers. But I saw the gradual change coming over my family and its prospects with dismay and horror. I felt we were all to be overwhelmed in one common ruin. I tried to wardofi" the blow, I tried to break the spell, the delusive spell, in which the Idea of the benefits of temperate drinking had In volved my husband and sons. I begged, I prayed; but the odds were against me. "The minister said the poison that was destroying my husband and boys, was a good creature of God ; the deacon who sits under the pulpit there, and took our furm to puy his rum bills, sold them the poison ; the doctor said a little was good, and excess only ought to bo avoided. My poor husband, and my dear boys fell into the snare and they could not escape ; nnd one nfter another they were conveyed to the sorrowful gravo of the drunkard. Now look nt me again. You probably see me for the last time. My sands are almost run out. I have drugged my exhausted frame from my present home your poor house to warn you deacon ! to warn you, false teacher of God's word !" And with her arms flung high, and her voice rais ed to an unearthly pitch, she excluimed, " I shall soon stand before the judgment seat of God. I shall meet you there, you false guides, and be a witness against you all!" The miserable woman vanished. A dead silence pervaded the assembly; the minister, the deacon and the physician hung their heads ; and when the presi dent of the meeting put the question, " Shall any license be granted for the sale of spiritous liquors?" the unani mous answer was ' No." r&F The Sun Francisco Chronicle says: Oh the last trip of the schooner Lola from Valiejo to this port, the wind hav ing fallen off and the vessel being in four uuuouis oi water, the anchor was let go, pursuant to tho order of the master, Hughes, who had gone forward to give it. As the anchor was let slip, a 2 inch line by which a buoy was made fast to its chain accidentally took a turn round the master's leg and whipped him over the side and down into the sea. As he went rushing feet first to the bottom he drew and opened a ocket knife, and with one desjierate eil'ort of strength against the pressure of the water he stooped down and severed the line, having to cut deep into the flesh of his leg to do so. As he shot up almost as swiftly as he had gone down he re turned the knife to his pocket, and when he reached the surface was picked up with only a lanced ankle as the result of what would have been a dive to death but for his coolness aud nerve.
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