TIIK TIMES, NKW HL00MF1KL1), l'A., KKlUtUAItY 5, 1878.
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Thi Biilnrrt remedies for nil diseases
of tho limits nru Bchenck's Pulmonic Syrup,
Bchenck's Bea Weed Totilo and Bchenck's
Mandrake Pills, and If taken before tba lungs
Are destroyed they effect a speedy euro. To
these medicines Dr. J. H. Bchcnck, of Phila
delphia owes his unrivalled success lu the
trentmont of pulmonary diseases. The Pol
monlc Bymp ripens the morbid matter In the
lung, nature throws It on" by nn easy expec
toration, and the patient has relief from the
prostrating cough. Tho Mandrake Pills must
be freely ueed to cleanse and stimulate the
stomach and liver they remove all obstruc
tions, relax the gall bladder and start the bile
f.eely and the llvur Is soon relieved. Bchenck's
8c Weed Tonlo Is a gentle stimulant and
alterative the alkali of which It Is composed
mixes with tho food and prevents souring. It
assists dlgestlsn by toning up the stomach to
a healthy condition, so that the food and the
Pulmonic By nip will mnko good blood then
the lungs heal, and the patient will surely get
well If euro Is taken to avoid fresh cold. Full
directions accompany each preparation. All
who wish to consult Dr. gehenck personally
can do so at his principal olllee, comer of Sixth
and Arch 8ts., Pliil'a. every Monday.
Letters to the above address, asking advice,
answered free of charge.
Bchenck's medlcltios are sold by all drug
gists. l 41
RAILROADS.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R, R
ARRANGEMENT OK PASSENGER TRA1N8.
XovciiiUer filli, 1877.
TRAINS LEAVE IIAKltlHMt'ltf AS FOLLOW B
For New York, at S.20, 8.10 a.m. 2.UO. m.,
and 7.5") p. m.
For Philadelphia, at 8.20, 8.10, 9.f a.m.
and 3.!7 p. m.
For Reading, at 6.20, 8.10, 9.45 a.m. and 2.00
3.57 and 7.55.
For 1'ottsvllle at 6.20. 8.10 a. in., and 3.57
E. in., and via Schuylkill and Susquehanna
ranch at 2.40 I), m.
For Auburn via M. & S. Br. at 5.10 a. 'in.
For Allentown, at 5.20, 8.10 a. in., and at 2.00.
3.57 and 7.55 p. in. ,
The 5.20, 8 10 a. m., 3.57 and 7.5o p. iu., trains
have through cars for New York.
The 5.20, 8 10 a. m.. and 2.ih) p.m., trains have
through cars (or Philadelphia.
SUNDAYS :
For New York, at 5.20 a. in.
For Allentown and Way Stations at 5.20 a.m.
For Reading, Philadelphia and Way Stationsat
1.45 p. m.
TRAINS FOR HAKRIRIUTRG, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWS :
Leave New York, at 8.45 a. in., 1.00, 5.30 and
7.45 p.m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 9.15 a. m. 3.40, and
7.20 p. m.
Leave Heading, at 4.40, 7.40, 11.20 a. m. 1.30,
A.15 and in. : n. in.
Leave Pottsville, at 6.10, 9.15 a.m. and 4.35
p. m.
And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branchat
8.15 a. ni.
Leave Auburn via 8. & S. Br. at 12 noon.
Leave Allentown, at t2.30 5,50, 9.05 a.m., 12.15,
4.30 and 9.0) p. in.
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York, at 5.30 p. m.
l.pavi! PhilndHlnhia. at 7.20 li. m.
Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.4, a. m. and 10.35
a. m.
Leave Allentown. at2 30 a. m., and 9.05 n. m.
I. Ii. WOOTEN, Gen. Manager.
C. G. Hancock, General Ticket Agent.
l)oes not run on Mondays.
Via Morris and lissex It. R.
Pennsylvania K. Ii. Time Table.
NEWPORT STATION.
On and alter Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas
seager tramswlll run as follows:
EAST.
MIIHtntnwn Ace. 7.3! a. in., daily except Sunday
Johnstown Ex. 12 22 P. H. . daily " Sundai
Mall 6.54 p. m., daily exceptSunday
Atlantic express, s.oip.m., nag, aaiiy.
WEST.
WayPass. 9.08 A. M., dally,
Mail 2.43 p. m. daily exceptSundaj
Milttintown Acc. 6.55 p.m. dally except Sunday.
Pittsburgh Express, U.67P. M., (Flag) daily, ex
cept, Sunday.
Paemo Kxmess. 5.17 a. m.. dally (flan)
Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which
Is 13 retinites faster than Altoona time, and 4 min
utes slewertlian now hoik tune.
J.J. BARCLAY, Agent.
DUNCANNON STATION.
on and after Monday, June 2it4i, 1877, trains
will leave Duncannon. as iniiows :
EASTWARD.
Mlftlintown Ace. daily except Sunday at 8.12 a. ji,
Johnstown Ex. 12.5 ii p. m., dally except Sunday.
Man 7. p. '
Atlantic Express 10.20 p. M., daily (flag)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger. 8.J8 A. M.. dally
Mall. 2.09 p. m dailyexceptSunday.
Mitnintown acc. natty except Sunday at h.ihp.M.
Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (flag) 11.331. u.
wm. fj. hiM Agent.
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Has made me free to ask yon to be mine T
TUB ANSWRR.
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And wear such pretty curls,
Why don't you come and call on me,
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But still I'm lost at nights.
TFIB ANSWER.
I know exactly how you feel,
For that's the very way with mo ;
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And think It cauuot be.
THE GHOST ROBBER.
ON A FINE evening in tlie spring of
1?30, a stranger, mounted on a noble
looking horse, passed slowly over the
snow-white limestone road leading
through the Black Forest.
Just as the sun was going to rest for
the day, when tlie gloomy shadows were
begiuning to stalk, he drew rein, as he
said :
"This must be near the spot, surely.
I'll stop here, anyhow, for a while, and
see what I can learn."
lie thereupon dismounted and entered
the parlor of tlie inu, where lie sat down
beside a small table.
" How can I serve you, nieinhecri"'
said the landlord.
"Ree to my horse outside," replied the
guest carelessly, but at the same time
eyeing the landlord from head to foot ;
" and let me have some wine Rhine
will do."
The landlord was turning to withdraw
from the stranger's presence, when he
stopped and said :
"Which way, meinheer, do you
travel!"
" To Nanstadt," replied the guest.
" You will rest here to night, I sup
pose," continued the landlord.
" I will stay here for two or three
hours, but I must then he off, bo as to
reach my destination there in the morn
ing. I am going to purchase lumber for
the market."
" And you have considerable money
with you, no doubt V" asked the land
lord innocently.
" Yes.comiderable," replied the guest,
sipping at his wine disinterestedly.
"Then, if you'll take my advice,"
said the landlord, " you'll stay .here till
morning."
W hy r" replied the etranger,looking
up curiously.
" Because," whispered the landlord,
looking around as if ho was disclosing a
great secret, and was afraid of being
beard by somebody else, " every man
that passed over the road between this
and Nanstadt at midnight, for the last
ten years, has been robbed or murdered
under very singular circumstances.
" What were the circumstances " the
stranger asked, putting down his glass
empty, and preparing to fill it again.
Why, you see," the landlord went
on, while he approached his guest's table
and took a seat, " I have spoken with
several who have been robbed ; all I
could learn from them Is that they re
member meeting in the lonesome part of
the wood, something that looked white
and ghastly, and that frightened their
horses so that they either ran away or
threw their riders; they felt a choking
sensntlon and a sort of smothering, and
finally died, a they thought, but awoke
In an hour or so to find themselves lying
by (lie roadside, robbed of everything."
"Indeed," ejaculated the stranger,
looking abstractedly at the rafters in the
celling, ns though he was more intent
upon counting them than he was inter
ested in the lntiIltf(lB story.
The Innkeeper looked nt him in aston
Ishnient. Bueh perfect coolness he had
not witnessed for a long time.
" You will remain then V" suggested
the landlord, after waiting some time
for his guest to speak.
" I V" cried the stranger,startlng from
his lit of abstract Ion, as though h was
not sure that he was the person address
ed. "Oh, most certainly not; I'm
going straight abend, ghost or no ghost,
to-night."
Half an hour later, the stranger and a
guide, called Willielir,, were out on the
road, going nt a pretty round pace
toward Nanstadt.
During a flash of lightning the st ran
ger observed that his guide looked very
uneasy about something and wits slack
ening his hoise'B puce as though he in
tended to drop behind.
"Lead on," cried the stranger, " don't
be afraid."
"I'm afraid I cannot," replied the
person addressed, continuing to hold his
horse in until he was now at least a
length behind his companion, " My
horse is cowardly and unmanageable in
a thunder storm. If you will go on,
though, I think I can make him follow
close enough to point out the road."
" The stranger pulled up instantly. A
strange light gleamed in his eyes, while
his hand sought his breast pocket, from
which he drew something. The guide
saw the movement and stopped also.
"(tuidea should lead, not follow,"
said the stranger, quietly, but with a
firmness which seemed to bo exceedlng
Ingly unpleasant to the person nd
d reused.
" But," faltered the guide, " my horse
won't go,"
" Won't he ?" queried the stranger,
with mock simplicity.
The guide heard the sharp click, and
saw something gleam in his compan
ion's right hand. He seemed to under
stand perfectly ,for he immediately droye
his spurs into his horse's flanks, and
shot attend of his companion without
another word.
He no sooner reached his old position,
however, than the stranger saw him
give n sharp turn to the right nnd then
disappear, as though he had vanished
through the foliage of the trees that
skirled tlie road.
He heard the clutter of his horse as ho
galloped ofl". Without waiting another
instant, he touched his horse lightly
with the reins, gave him a quick prick
with the rowels, and off the noble ani
mal started like tlie wind in tlie wake of
the flying guide.
The stranger'8 horse being much su
perior to the other's tlie race was a
short one, and terminated by the guide
being thrown nearly from his saddle by
a heavy hand which was laid upon his
bridle, stopping him.
He turned In his seat, beheld the
stranger's face, dark and frowing, and
trembled violently as he felt thesmooth,
cold barrel of a pistol pressed against
his cheek.
" This cursed beast almost ran away
with me," cried the guide, composing
himself as well as he conld under the
circumstances.
" Yes, I know," said his companion
diyly, " but mark my word, young
man, if your horse plays such a trick
again, he'll le the means of seriously
injuring his master's health."
They both turned and cantered back
to the road. When they reached it
again, and turned the heads of their
animals In the light directlon.the stran
ger said to his guide, in a tone which
must have convinced his heartr as to
his earnestness :
" Now, friend Wilhelm, I hope we
understand each other for the rest of
the Journey. You are to continue on
ahead of me, in the right road, without
swerving either to the right or left. If
I see you do anything suspicious, I will
drive a brace of bullets through you
without a word of notice. Now push
on."
The guide had started as directed, but
it was evident from his mutterings that
he was alarmed at something besides
the action of his follower.
In the meantime the thunder had in
creased its violence, and the flashes of
lightning had become frequent aiid
more blinding.
For a while the two horsemen rode on
in silence, the guide keeping up his di
rections to the latter, while his follower
watched his every movement as a cat
would watch a mouse.
Suddenly the guide stopped and looked
behind him. Again he heard the click
of the stranger's pistol and saw his up
lifted arm.
" Have mercy .melnhcer," be groaned,
" I dare not go on."
" I give you three seconds to go on,'
replied (lie stranger sternly. "One!"
'In Heaven's name, spare," Im
plored the guide, almost overpowered
with fear, " look before me in the road,
and you will not bin me tne."
Tlie stranger looked. At first he saw
something white standing motionless in
the centre of tlie road, but presently a
flash of lightning lit up the scene, hikI
he saw thtit the white figure was indeed
ghastly and frightful enough looking to
chill the blood in tlie veins of even the
bravest, num. If his blood chilled for a
moment, therefore, It was not through
fear that he felt for his ghostly inter
preter, for tlie next instant lie set his
teeth hard, while lie whispered between
them Just Ion lid enough to be heard by
his terror stricken guide :
" Be it man fir devil I ride it down
I'll follow. Two!"
Willi a cry of despair upon his lips
tlie guide urged his horse forward at tlie
top of his speed, quickly followed by tlie
stranger, who held liis pistol ready In
his hand.
In another instant tlie guide would
have swept past the dreadful spot, but at
that instant the report of a pistol rang
through the dark forest, and the stran
ger heard a horse gallop oil' through the
woods riderless.
Finding himself alone the stranger
raised his pistol, took deliberate aim at
the ghostly murderer and pressed his
linger upon the trigger.
The apparition approached quickly,
but in no hostile altitude. The stranger
stayed his hand. At length the ghost
addressed him in a voice that was any
thing but sepulchral :
" Here, Wilhelm, ye move out of your
perch this minute and give me a help
lug hand. I've hit the game while on
the w.ing, haven't I V"
The stranger was nonplussed for a
moment, but recovered himself, he
grumbled something unintelligible nni
leaned to the ground. One word to his
horse and the brave animal stood per
fectly still. By the snow white trap.
pings on tlie would-be ghost he was next
enabled to grope his way In the dark
toward that individual, whom he found
bending over a black mass, about the
size of a man, on the road.
As the tiger pounces upon his prey
tlie stranger leaped upon the stooping
Hume before him and bore it to the
ground.
" I arrest you In tlie King's name,'
cried the stranger, grasping his prisoner
by the throat and holding him tight.
"Stir hand or foot until I have you
properly secured, and I'll send your soul
to eternity."
This was such an unexpected turu o
a (la Irs that tlie would-be ghost could
hardly believe his own senses, and was
handcuH'cd aud stripped of his dagger
and pistol before he found time to
speak.
" Are you not my Wilhelm V he
gasped.
" No, landlord, replied the individual
addressed, " I am not. But I am an of
ficer of the King, at your service, on
special duty, to do what I have to-night
accomplished. Your precious son Wil
helm, whom you thought was leading
an innocent sheep to the slaughter, lies
in the roiul, killed by his father's
hand."
Two weeks later, at Bruchsal Prison,
in Baden, the landlord of the sign of
tlie Deer and the Ghost of tho ltobber
of the Black Forest, who was the same
Identical person, having been proven
guilty of numerous fiendish murders
and artfully contrived robberies, com
mitted at different times in the Black
Forest, paid the penalty of his crimes
by letting full his bead from the execu
tioner's ax, since when, traveling through
Bchwartzwald has not been so perilous
to life and purse, nor has there been seen
any Ghostly Knight of the road in that
section of the world.
Reading a Love Letter.
THREESCORE and ten is not a very
green old age if, as astronomers
assert, the period of time In which the
earth wilt be inhabited is as a minute of
its actual existence. And yet some peo
ple will really forget that they were ever
young.
There she stood, the apple of their
eyes, trembling with suppressed weeps.
Their frowns deepened as the mother
wiped her glasses preparatory to reading
a letter found in the girl's pocket. It
began " Angel of existence."
" What 1 howled the male parent.
"You don't mean to say it begins like
this r Oh 1 that a child of mine should
correspond with but pray proceed, my
dear."
" Hem I existence spelled with 'a,'
too," proceeded the mother.
" Why, the lunatic can't spell V" chip
ped in the old man."
" It is Impossible for me to describe
the Joy with which your presence has
filled me."
" Then why does he attempt It, ass.
But pray don't let me Interrupt
you. (Jo on, go on; let Joy be un
con fined."
I have spent the whole night In
thinking of you" that's picturesque.
any way "and In bitterly deriding the
obstinate, besotted old whelp who will
not consent to our union."
"Oh, let me gpt at him. Whelp. Is
thy servant a fond, that he should be
thus spoken of?"
" But, Theodorus, my dear," Inter
rupted his other half.
"Yes, one moment; I was nbnut to
observe that the hand that would pen
such words would not hesitate to scalp
his most cherished relative."
"Theodorus, I didn't see this over the
leaf."
" Kb I let me see, hum : ' Yours, with
all tlie love of my heart Theodorus,
Mny 10,11-aV "Why bless my eyes, it's
ne of my letters !" (Sensation.)
" Yes, papa," chimed In the ' Oil vo
Branch, " I found if In the closet
yesterday, only you wouldn't let me
speak 1"
" You may go to the park, my child.
Hem I we've made u nice mess of it."
" Yes, love. Next time we will look,
at the date first."
Calculating Interest.
There are several rules for calculating
Interest, which are used by many with
out understanding the principles on
which they are founded, these principles
being to them a mystery. We consider
it very wrong ever to apply any rules
for making calculations without being
possessed 'of tlie key on which these .
rules are bused, and therefore, will ex
plain the fundamental principle of sev
eral of tlie rules fur culculuting in
terest. A rate of interest at 5 per cent, is Vli)
of the capital, therefore divide the capi
tal by lit) and you have the Interest per
year ; divide this ngaln by 305, tlie num
ber of days in a year. You may com
bine these two operations, and divide
tlie capital at once by 3(io multiplied by
20, that is, 7,300, to have the Interest
per duy In dollars, and If you divide the
capital by 73, you have the Interest ot 6
per cent, per day In cents. This you
have only to multiply with the number
of days to find interest for a given time;
but this multiplication may be done first
it will avoid fractions hence the rule:
Multiply the capital by the number of
days, then divide the product by the
constant number 73, and you have the
Interest at live per cent. For 0 per cent,
udd 1-6, for 7 per cent. 2-5, for 8 percent.
3-6, for 0 per ceut. 4-5, for 10 per cent.
double it.
A Good One.
A Covington (Ky.) correspondent tells
this : " A country merchant visited the
city a few duys ago, and, going to Cin
cinnati, purchased from a dollar store a
table-castor, which he took borne with
him,and after putting a tag on it marked
$14, mude it a present to a Methodist
preacher, whose church his family at
tended. The reverend gentlemen took
the package home, opened it, and ex
amined the contents. The next day he
brought the castor (with tag attached)
back to the grocery man, and said to
him:
' I am too poor in this world's goods
to afford to display so valuable a castor
on my table, and If you have no objec
tion, I Bhould like to return It and take
$14 worth of groceries for my family in
its stead.'
" The merchant could do nothing but
acquiesce, but fancy his feelings."
Compliments to Women.
Lessing exclaims, "Woman is the
masterpiece of the universe." Bourdon
says, " The pearl is the Image of purity,
but woman Is purer than . the pear!.'"
Trackery writes, " A good woman is th
lovliest flower that blooms under
heaven." Balzac says, "Even the
errors of woman spring from her faith
in the good." Voltaire declares, " All
the reasoning of men are not worth one
sentiment of woman." Lamartine as
serts that " women have more heart and
more imagination than men." Otway
exclaims, "Oh, woman ! lovely woman I
Nature made thee to temper men. We
had been brutes without you."
Crazed by Slander.
In Mention township, Clayton coun
ty, Iowa, a young Norwegian girl be
came insane from the effects of evil re
ports circulated about her character by
one who aspired for her hand in mar
riage aud had 'been rejected, and was
taken to the Insane asylum at Inde
pendence for treatment. She has about
recovered from her malady, but strange
ly enough Is minus the ability to under
stand or converse in her native lan
guage, but she can talk English quite
fluently.