THE TIMES, NEW'liLOOMFiELl);iA.rJANUAitV' H,' 1878.
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IT IS NOW on aeknowledtrod Tact Hint Con
iumptlon can be eurocl. It baa been cured In
a Tory groat number of cases (some of them
apparently desperate ones) by Bchenck'a
Pulmonic Byrup alone, and lu ottion by the
name medicine la connection with Bchonk'a
Boa Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills, one or
both, according to tho requirements of the
case.
The old supposition that Consumption Is
Incurable," for many years deterred Physicians
from attempting to And a remedy for that
disease, and patients aflllcted with It recon
ciled themselves to death without and effort
being made to savo them from a doom which
was considered Inevitable.
Dr. Bchenck himself was supposed at one
time to bo at the very gate of death, his
Physicians having pronounced his case hope
less and abondoned him to his fate i ho was
cured by the aforesaid medicines and afterward
enjoyed unluto rupted good health for more
than forty years. Thousands of people have
used Dr. Scheitck'l preparations with tbe same
remarkable success.
Bcbenck's Almanac, containing a thorough
treatise on Consumption, Liver Cotnplalut,
Dyspepsia Ac, can be had gratis of any
druggist, or of J. II. Bchenck & Bon, I'lilla
delphla. Full dlrccctlons for the use of
Bchonck's medlcluet accompany each package.
Bcbenck's Pulmonic Syrup. Sea Weed Tonic,
and Mandrake Pills are for sale by all
druggists.
Jan. 1 in
RAILROADS.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R,
ARRANGEMENT OF FASSENOER TRAINS.
November 5tli, 1877.
TRAINS LEAVE HARR1SBURG AS FOLLOWS
For New York, at 8.20, 8.10 a. m. 3.57p. m.,
and 7.55 p. m.
For Philadelphia, at 5.20, 8.10, 9.45 a.m.
and 3.67 p. in.
For Heading, at 5,20, 8.10, 9.45 a. m. and 2.00
:i.67 and 7.55.
For Fottsville at 5.20, 8.10 a. m.. and 8.57
B. in., and via Schuylkill and Susquehanna
ranch at 2.40 p. m.
For Auburn via 8. & a. Br. at 5.10 a. rn.
. For Allentown, at 6.20, 8.10 a. in., and at 2.00,
:.57 and 7.55 p. m.
The 5.20, 8.10 a. m., 3.67 and 7.55 p. in., trains
have through cars for New York.
The 6.2(1, 8.10 a. m.. and 2.00 p.m., trains have
through cars for Philadelphia.
SUNDAYS :
For New York, at 6.20 a. m.
For Allentown and Way stations at 5.20 a. in.
For Reading, Philadelphia aud Way Statlonsat
1.45 p. in. ,
TRAINS FOR HARRIHBURG, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWS :
Leave New York, at 8.45 a. m., 1.00, 5.30 and
7.45 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 9.15 a. m. 3.40, and
7.20 p. m.
Leave Reading, at 1 1.40, 7.40, 11.20 a. m. 1.30,
6.15 and 10. 35 p. m.
Leave Pottsvllle, at 6.10, 9.15 a. in. and 4.35
p. m.
And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at
8.15 a. in.
Leave Auburn via 8. ft 8. Br. at 12 noon.
Leave Allentowu, at f2.30 5,50, 9.05 a. m., 12.15,
4.30 and 9.0 p. ni.
SUNDAYS!
Leave New York, at 5.30 p. 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 9.06 p. m.
J. K. WOOTEN, tien. Manager.
C. O. Hancock, General Ticket Agent.
tDoes not run on Mondays.
Via Morris and Essex U. R.
Pennsylvania It. It. Time Table.
NEWPORT STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Fas
enger tralnswill run as follows:
EAST.
Minilntnwn Acc. 7.32 a. m., dally except Sunday.
Johnstown Ex. 12.22 v. M., dally " Sunday
Mail 6.54 P. m., dally exoeptSunday
Atlantic Express, 9.51p.m., ling, dally.
WEST.
Way Pass. 9.08 a. m., dally,
Mail 2.43 p. M. dally exoeptSunday.
Miltlintown Ace. fl.65 P. M. dailyexcept Sunday.
Pittsburgli Express, 11.671. M.,( Flag) dully, ex-
cept Sunday.
Pacilto Express, 5.17 a. m., dally (flag)
Trains are now run by Fhtladelphia time, whlcb
is 13 minutes faster than Altoona time, aud 4 min
utes slower than Now York time.
J.J. BARCLAY, Agent.
DUNCANNON STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25Mi, 1877, trains
will leave Duucannon, as follows:
EASTWARD.
Mlfttlntown Acc. daily except Sundayat 8.12 a. m.
Johnstown Ex. 12. 5 ap. H., dally except Suuday.
Mail 7.30 p. M "
Atlantlo Express 10.20 p. sc., daily (Hag)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger, 8.J8 a. m., daily
Mail. 2.09 p. m dallyexoeptSunday.
Mllllintown Aco. dallyexoeptSunday at 6.16p.m.
Pittsburg Ex. dailyexcept Sunday (nag) U.33p. m.
WM. O. KING Agent.
5flfi AGENTS WANTED to canvass for a
wvu okand picture, 22x28 Inches, entitled
"Tn Illustrated Lord's Prater." Agents
are meeting with great success.
For particulars, address
H. M. CRIDER, Publisher,
8 ly York. fa.
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 ef all kinds. Having good
workmen, and by buying at the lowest catli
price. I fear no competition.
Market prices paid In cash for Bark. Hides and
Skins. Thankful for past favors, 1 solicit a con.
ti nuance of the same.
P. S. Blankets, Roues, and Shoe- findings made
a speciality,
JOS. M. HAWLEY.
Duncannon, JulylH. 1876. tf
gURPRISING!
JUST OPENED
A VARIETY STORE,
ur TOWN s
We Invite the Citizens of BLOOMFIELD and
vicinity, (p call and examine our Stock of ,
GROCERIES. QTJEEN8WARE. GLASSWARE.
TIN WARE. A FULL VARIETY OF
NOTIONS, &0., &c, to.,
All of which we are selling at astonishingly
LOW PRICES.
Give us a call and HA VK MONEY, as we
almost GIVING THINUB AWAY.
V Butter and Eggs taken In trade.
VALENTINE BLANK.
38 ly Wert Malu Street.
An Adventure with a Convict.
I ONCE luul Mie fortune to lie elected
to fill the office of District Attorney
an office of little lionor, of little pay
but plenty of hard work. I had ac
cepted the place ' at the earnest sollclta
tlon of the Judges of our Supreme Court
because they feared If I did not, a man
would get It who was in no way quail
lied to perform tho duties thereto apper
taining; and having allowed myself to
be placed in charge of the legal interests
of our section of New Hampshire, I re
solved to perform the duties without fear
or fnvor, trusting that right and justice
would bear me out.
had been in office about six months,
and I had succeeded in convincing a
few, at least, of our good people that
they had a prosecuting officer who could
not be easily corrupted, when a man
named Mario Cropt was arrested for
horse stealing, and one of whose first
moves, after being arrested, was to send
forme. I went and found him in jail,
one of the most sinister-looking fellows
I had ever seen. He was, as I afterward
learned, a half-breed, his mother having
been a Mohawk Indian, and his father' a
Virginia slave driver. Mario was born
in a wigwam somewhere among the
wilds of tbe Alleghenies, and had been
brought up to manhood by men and
women who lived by plunder and beg
ging. At the age of one-and-twenty, or
there-abouts, he left the tribe ; and since
then, now some ten years, he had lived
by his wits, in the exercise of which he
lind stolen horses and sheep and other
four-legged things. In short, he was a
villain of the very deepest dye so born,
so bred and matured. He was rather
short of stature, but compact, broad
shouldered, heavy-limbed and muscular,
presenting a figure of brute strength
such as is not often seen. His fuce bore
very strongly the Mohawk stamp, the
Indian standing out above all else ; but
there was a certain cast of broad, grasp
ing shrewdness which betrayed the ad
mixture of white blood.
Mario Cropt, when he knew me for
the officer who was to present his case to
the grand jury, and who was also to ap
pear against him in court, assumed a
very confidential manner, and com
menced by Intimating that he could give
me a chance to " make a pretty good
thing." If I would use my influence in
his favor, he was sure he Bhould get
clear. This was the first time he had
ever been arrested in that part of the
country, and he did not exactly under
stand our method ot doing business.
But of one thing he could assure me, if
I would like a thousand dollars, he
could get it for me.
I asked him what he meant.
"Bah!" said he, poking his fingers
Into my breast and the end of that sin
gle forefinger came with a force equal to
a blow of the fist from some men
"don't go for to be buckish wl' me. I
know, and we both know money's
money ; and you may as well have it as
anybody. Let it ofl easy, and I'll say a
thousand dollars. I've got it mister;
and I can fetch it in no time, too. Now,
what d'ye say ? Is it a go ?"
I looked at the rascal, and he must
have discovered from that single glance
that he had approached the wrong man,
for his countenance fell and a fierce
light flashed In his eye.
" You'd better doit 1" he whispered.
But I only sought to make him under
stand that I would sooner sell my life
than my honor; aud without waiting
to listen to his entreaty I left him.
Within a week from that time Cropt
was brought before the Qrand Jury, and
as he came into the jury room he found
an opportunity to speak privately with
me.
" Look here, mister," he whispered ;
" I'll make it two thousand. You'd
better think on't!"
I made a motion to push hiru away,
when he grasped my arm, and pressed
his lips close to my ear.
" Mister Leverett," he hissed and I
could feel his words burn "with me,it's
liberty or prison. With you it's my lib
erty or your death !"
He looked at me with a look that was
more potent than a score of oaths, and
then turned away with the sheriff.
The business before the Qrand Jury
was very quietly done. The prisoner's
foul threat had excited me,and I brought
forward the witnesses against him, and
questioned them promptly and to the
point. The evidence was of a charac
ter that admitted of no doubt or argu
ment, and a bill was found, and Mario
Cropt was duly indicted of the crimes
which had been alleged against him, and
in a few days he would appear for trial.
I had three' cases for the commence
ment on my docket before that of Mario
Cropt ; and as there were several other
matters that engaged the attention of
the court, it was a week before he was
brought up. But he came at length,
and onoe more be approached me. r -
This time be said "three thousand I''
if I would make tbe case break down
against him. i
Villain as he was, with heart as hard
ami wicked ns could be, I hnd never
seen a man who so dreaded Imprison
ment. Never before had he been in
prison. He had been often apprehended
and had been frequently fined ( but never
had been restrained of his liberty for
any great length of time. His Indian
instincts were strong; and he felt, he
told me, be would rather die than to be
shut up in a close prison where there
could be no more roaming in forests and
green vales.
Cropt had secured one of the most
able lawyers In the State, and the gov
ernment witnesses were cross questioned
and brow-beaten unmercifully; and in
addition to this, the prisoner brought
forward witnesses who bad been paid
and prompted for the occasion. But the
man's guilt was too evident. In my
plea I presented the case .as it appeared
to me, and, as I believed, it must appear
to every reasoning man. And I pre
sented to the jury the man they were
to pass Judgment upon, asking them to
look at bim as he sat before them.
The charge of the judge was very
brief, and entirely against tho prisoner,
and the Jury were out JuBt twelve min
utes, when they returned with a ver
dict of "Guilty."
Mario Cropt trembled not an atom at
this, for he had been prepared for it, but
when tbe judge, In solemn accents, pro
nounced his penalty five years at bard
labor in the State Prison he shook like
an unpen, and for a few seconds I thought
he would break down. But presently he
revived, and looked around until his
eyes rested upon me, and when he saw
me he beckoned me to come to him. I
looked at bis bands, they were ironed
and empty, and went to the dock.
" Thomas Jefferson Leverett," said
he, speaking my whole name as though
he would fix tbe identity beyond dis
pute, " I am going to prison to Btay five
years ; and I shall see you again. When
I come out I shall look for you. If you
are in China, I'll go to China. I will
find you," and his voice sank to a low
whisper, and without tbe least tone of
profanity, but with a reverence for bis
oath, be swore solemnly he would pay
me for this.
Mario Cropt went bis way, and I went
mine. Some one told my wife that the
prisoner had called me to him after the
trial, and that he bad spoken to me in a
very solemn and strange manner, and
she asked me what he said to me. Her
question confused me, and I was not
prepared with an answer, and I told her
that I could hardly remember what he
did say.
" Thomas," said she, " you are afraid
to tell me."
And then she questioned, until I was
forced to admit that Cropt had threaten
ed me, and then I told her the rest of
the story how he bad sought to buy
me over before tbe trial. And to close
the scene, I laughed as though the whole
thing were a rich farce.
One evening, about two weeks after
the trial, my wlfecamein, quite fatigued
having been absent all day.
" Bertha, where have you been ?"
"To the State Prison," was her an
swer. " The State Prison '." I reiterated.
"What have you been doing there ?"
" Looking at a certain prisoner they
have there," she replied. "One whom
I might wish to recognize Bhould I ever
meet him outside of those walls."
" You allude to Mario Cropt," I said.
bne nouuea assent.
And then I told her she was foolish,
and begged of her to forget tbe man en
tirely. ' Thomas," she said, with a degree of
feeling that startled me, " I have seen
that man, and I tell you we both have
occasion to dread and fear him. I shall
not forget him, though I will try hence
forth not to worry myself as I have
during the two weeks that have passed
since he was tried and condemned.
The attractions of my New Hamp
shire home were not strong enough to
bold me after I had found an opening in
the West, where the promise of success
was equal to a bond issued by good for
tune. It was about two years after the
trial of Mario Cropt, that I packed up
my books and family treasures, and
took up my march for a new and thriv
ing town in Minnesota ; and within a
year after my settlement in the new
home, I was richer by hundreds of dol
lars than I had ever been before. Ia
fact, I literally tumbled into a nest of
good luck.
Three years passed away, and, in the
midst of my comforts, a troublesome
thought of the caste's oath came once in
a while to chill me ; for the term of tbe
man's imprisonment bad expired. Aud
I knew that my wife had thought of it,
too ; but she said nothing to me, and I
said nothing to her. Another year passed
and another aud Mario Cropt was
well nigh forgotten. Time passed on,
each returning season brlnulnK new
gains anoj. new honors, until there were
touches'' of silver in my hair, and a,
grandchild crawled upon my knee when
I went home from jny office.
It was a dull, dismal, drizzly afternoon
likOctohfr when the door of my office
was opened, and In walked a stranger,
short, thick-set, gray haired man, with a
mufTer round his chin, and a soft felt
hat pulled down to his eye. I could only
see that his face looked swarthy, and his
features were those of a half caste 1
It wns Mario Cropt come now after a
lapse of almost twenty years, for what?
Was It to fulfil his oath? If so, what
should I do ? The Idea of crying for
help bad been dlsmissad tho moment he
entered, and laid aside as only a last
resort; because to your thoroughly des
perate villain, an outcry is the signal
for the death Btroke. Tbe man looked
at me, then stared carefully around tho
office, and next sat down and threw off
the mufl'er, winding it carefully around
the left fore-arm. Then be raised his
hut without entirely removing it, look
ing straight at me, and said, "Mr.
Thomas Jefferson Leverett, do you
know me ?"
"Of course I do," I replied.
" Speak try name, then."
" When I knew you years ago, you
were called Mario Cropt."
" Well, if your memoiy's as good as
that," pursued my visitor, in a quiet
whispering way, wlthoutbetraylngemo-'
tion of any kind, "p'r'aps something
else you can remember."
As he spoke the last word his whole
manner changed as though he had been
a piece of pyrotechnic contrivance touch
ed by tbe match of the exhibitor. He
leaped to his feet, his whole face ablaze
with fierce vengeance ; and while with
bis right band he drew an enormous
bowie-knife, with his left he grasped me
by the throat, hissing between his teetb,
" You don't forget my oath ! I have
never forgotten it never I I've bunted
for you, and I've found you ! You put
me on I What did you gain by doing soy
Take that!"
He thought to strike me; but with
the quickness of thought, and the
strength of desperation, I caught bis
right wrist with both my bands and
held bim at bay. I held that awful
knife suspended ; but the grip of that
band on my throat was choking me. I
could not cry out, and, as his grip tight
ened, I found it difficult to breathe. Sev
eral times he sought to free bis right
hand, but finding my two bands more
than be could overcome, he turned his
attention to my throat. Thus far bis
grasp had been below the larnyx ; but
now be raised bis great broad thumb
above that strong bony cartilage and
pressed It upon the soft part, pretty soon
changing the position of the fingers, so
that it seemed as though he were liter
ally tearing both gullet and windpipe
from my neck. A moment so, aud
then my breath was stopped entirely. I
thought of using my right hand to re
move the grip from my throat; but, if I
did that, the knife would find my bo
som. I was a child in the bands of a
master; for that man was a perfect Her
cules a literal Samson while I was a
slim framed man.
With one last eflort of strength I reel
ed backward, and we both went to the
floor, overturning the tables and two
chairs as we went down.
My hold had relaxed, and In the fall
bis right hand had been freed, his left
still gripping my throat. I saw the
knife gleaming in the dim, uncertain
light. I thought of that scene in tbe
court room, twenty years before the
jury's verdict the sentence and the
half-caste's oath I thought, too, of the
loved ones at home and then
A blaze a crash a roar, as of the
wreck of worlds a falling of the weight
from my bosom and from my throat .
and all was darkness and chaos ! '
When I came to myself, my office
was full of people. Two physicians
were supporting me, while my wife was
telling a story to the crowd ; and pretty
soon the last part of her story was told
to me :
She bad been at the school-house,witb
an umbrella to escort home the children.
On the way home she met a man whose
peculiar appearance attracted her atten
tion. She took him for one of the old
forest rangers and trappers, who come to
the settlement to obtain jobs as guides
to emigrants over the prairies ; and as
he passed she detected something famil
iar in tbe small portion of the face she
saw. All the way borne she tried to
think where she bad seen those features
before; and Just as she reached the sitting
room and saw the pistol upon the mantle,
the truth flashed upon her. The moment
her mind was turned into that channel,
she had no doubt not a particle. She
felt sure tbe victim had gone to fulfill
his oath ; and with only one Idea In her
mind she caught up the pistol, made
sure It was loaded, and started upon a
run. She reached the office just as we
went over ; tbe crash of the table and
chairs prevented us bearing her. She
saw the knife raised for the fatal blow ;
and heaven itself must have lent nerve
to her hand, for when she had fired and
seen the half-breed roll over, she sank
down fainting and powerless; but she
soon revived, her strength returned her
auxlety for me giving ber energy, and
enabling her to help tbe neighbors, when
they came in.
As for Mario Cropt, bo probably never
knew what hurt him. The bullet bad
entered the left temple, coming out just
over the right ear.
When I had fully recovered my senses1
and would have expressed my fears for
my wife, she smilingly said to me, a
though to turn my thoughts from the
subject, "Thomas, you never but once
accused me of doing a downright foolish
thing, and that was when I went to the
State Prison to look at Murlo Cropt.
What do you say now ? For my part,"
she added solemnly, " I think it was tho
most sensible thing I ever did, for even
then I bad a strong presentiment that it
was my duty to know that man."
I could not dispute ber declaration.
-aV
The Man Who Talked too Much.
HE slipped Into an ice-cream saloon
very softly ,and, when the girl asked
bim what he wanted, be replied :
" Corned beef, fried potatoes, pickle
and mince pie."
"This is not a restaurant; tills Is ait
ice-cream parlor," she said.
" Then why did you ask me what I
wanted? Why don't you bring on
your ice-cream V'
She went after it, and, as she return
ed, he continued :
" You see, my dear girl, you must in
feryou must reason. It isn't likely
that I would come into an ice-cream
parlor to buy a grindstone, is it ? You
didn't think I came in here to ask if
you had any baled hay, did you 1"'
She looked ot him in great surprise,
and be went on :
"If I owned a hardware store, and
you came in, I would infer that you
wanted something in my line. I would
not step out and ask If you wanted to
buy a mule, would I V"
She went away highly indignant.
An old lady was devouring a plate of
cream at the next table, and the stran
ger, after watching ber a few moments,
called out :
" My dear woman, have you found
any hairs or buttons in your dish ?"
" Mercy, no!" she exclaimed, as she
wheeled around, and dropped - ber
spoon.
"Well, I'm glad of it," be continued.
" If you find any, just let me know." ,
She looked at bim for half a minute,
picked up her spoon, laid it down again
and then rose and left the room. She
must have said something to the propri
etor, for he came running in and ex
claimed :
" Did you tell that woman that there
were hairs and buttons in my ice
cream V"
"No, sir."
"You didn't?"
" No,8ir,I did not ; I merely requested
her, in case she found any such ingre
dients, lo inform me."
"Well, sir, that was a mean trick."
"My dear sir," said tbe stranger,
smiling softly, " did you expect me to
ask the woman if she found a crow-bar.
or a sledge hammer in her cream ? It is
impossible, sir, for such articles to hide
in such a small dish."
The proprietor went away growling,
and, as the stranger quietly sipped away
at his cream, two young ladles came in,
sat down near him, and ordered some
cream and cake. He waited till they
had eaten a little, and then remarked :
"Beg pardon, ladies, but do you ob
serve anything peculiar in the taste of
the ice-cream ?"
They tasted, smacked their lips, and
were not exactly certain.
" Does it taste to you as if a plug of
tobacco had fallen Into the freezer ?" be.
asked.
"Ah! Bah!" they exclaimed, and
tried to spit out what they had eaten.
Both rushed out, and it wasn't long be
fore the proprietor rushed in. ,
" See here, what in blazes are you
talking about ?" he demauded. " What
do you mean by plug tobacco in the
freezer!"
" My kind friend, I asked those ladies
if this ice-cream tasted of plug tobacco.
I don't taste any such taste and I don't
believe that you put a bit of plug tobac
co in it."
." Well, you don't wanr to talk that
way around here," continued the pro
prietor. " My ice-cream is pure, and
the man who says it is not, is a bold
liar I"
He went away again, and a woman
with a long neck and a sad face sat
down and said to the girl that she would
take a small dish of lemon ice-cream.
It was brought, and she took about
two moutbfuls, when the stranger In
quired :
"Excuse me, madam, but do you ,
know bow thid cream was made ? have
you any Idea that they grated turnip
and cbalk with the cream Tf"
She didn't reply. She slowly rose up,
wheeled around and made for the door.
The stranger followed after. By great
luck bis coat-tails cleared the door an
instant too soon to be struck by a five
pound box of figs, burled with great
force by tbe indignant proprietor. As .
he reached the curb-stone , he baited,
looked at the door of tbe parlor, and '
soliloquized : '
1 " There are times when people should i
Infer, and then there are times when
they shouldn't. I suppose If I had
asked that woman if she thought they '
bashed up a saw-mill In the cream,
she'd have felt u circular saw going -down
her throat."
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