THE TIMES, NEW BLOOM FIELD, YA APRIL 2, 1878. 3 A timely dona of Snhonck's Mandrake Tills l sure to prevent n attack or blltoumoss when tliort neglect of th warning symp tomt may develop ft serious case of ferer, cither billons, Intermittent or typhoid.' Bchenck's Mandrak Villa remove all eaueea of biliousness, promptly start the aecretloha of the liver, and give ft healthy tone to the entire system . It la do ordinary discovery In medical science to have found ft harmless care for this stubborn complaint, which accomplishes all the results heretofore produced by free use of calomel, ft mineral Justly dreaded by mankind, and acknowledged to be destructive to the ex treme to the human eyetcin. That the proper tics of certain vegetables comprise all the vir tues of calomel without Its injurious qualities, Is now an admitted fact, rendered Indisputable by scientific tests. Those who use the Man drake Fills will be fully satisfied that the best raedlclues are those provided by nature In the common herbs and roots of the fields. These pills open the bowels and correct all bilious derangements without salivation or any of the Injurious effects of calomel or other poi sons. The secretion or bile Is regulated as will be seen by the altered color of the stools, the dlsappearanoe of the sallow complexion and the cleansing of the tongue. Ample directions for use accompany each box of pills. Prepared only by J. H. Bchennk A Bon, at their principal ollice, cor. Blxth and Arch streets, Philadelphia. Price 33 cents per box. For sale by all druggists and dealers. April RAILROADS. PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R ARHANQEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS. November fftli, 1877. TRAINS LEAVE IIARRISBURO AS FOLLOWS For New York, at 6.20, 8.10 a. m. 2.00p. in., and 7.5S p. m. For Philadelphia, at 8.20, 8.10, 9.5 a.m. and 3.67 p. in. For Reading, at 6,20, 8.10, 9.45 a. m. and 2.00 3.67 and 7.66. For Pottsvllle at 6.20. 8.10 a. m., and 3.67 &, in., and via Schuylkill and Bu9queliauna ranch at 2.40 p. m. For Auburn via B. S S. Br. at 5.10 a. m. For AUentown,at6.20, 8.10ft. m., and at 2.00, 3.57 and 7.55 p. m. .... The 5.20, 8.10 a. m. ,3.57 and 7.55 p. m., trnlm have through cars tor New York. The 5.20, 8.10 a.m., and 2.00 p.m., trains have through cars for Philadelphia. SUNDAYS I For New York, at 6.20 a. m. Kor Allentown and Way Stations at 6.20 a.m. For Keading.Philadelphia and Way titationsat 1.45 p. 111. TRAINS FOR HARRI8BURG, LEAVE AS FOL 1 LOWS : Leave New York, at 8.45 ft. m., 1.00, 5.30 and 7.45 p.m. Leave Philadelphia, at 9.15 ft. m. 3.40, and 7.20 p. m. Leave Reading, at t4-40, 7.40, 11.20 a. ra. 1.30, .15 and lo. a5 p. m. Leave Pottsvllle, at 6.10, 9.15 a.m. and 4.35 And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at s.ia a. in. Leave Auburn vlaS. A 8. Br. at 12 noon. Leave Alleutown, at f2.30 5,50, 9.05 a.m., 12.15, 4.30 and 9.05 p. ru. SUNDAYS: Leave New York, at 5.30 i. m. Lfinva Philactaluhia. at 7.20 n. m. Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.35 n. m. Leave Allentown , at2 30 a.m., and 9.05 p. m . J. K. WOOTEN, Uen. Manager. C. G. Hancock, General Ticket Agent. fDoes not run on Mondays. Vla Morris and Essex it. R. Pennsylvania R. It. Time Table. NEWPORT STATION. On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas. enger trainswill run as follows: EAST. Mlffllntown Acc. 7.32 a. m., dally except Sunday, Johnstown Ex. 12.22 p. M., dally " Sunday Mall 6.A4 p. M., dally exceptSuuday Atlantic express, h.oip.m., nag, aauy. WEST. WavPass. 9.08 A. v.. daily. Mail 2.43 p. m. dally exeeptSunday. Mimintown aco. o.oo p. m. aaiiyexcepisunuay. Pittsburgh Express, U.57P. M.,(Flag daily, ex cept Sunday. Pantile Exnress. 6.17 a. m.. dally (flat) Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which is 13 minutes faster man Aitoona time, ana mm 'ites slower thau New York time. J.J. BARCLAY, Agent. DUNCANNON STATION. On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, trains win leave uuncannon, as iouows ; KA8TWARD. Mlffllntown Ace. daily except Sunday at 8.12 a. h, Johnstown Ex. 115 8 P. M., dally except Sunday Mail 7.30 P. M " " " Atlantic Express 10.20 p. v., dally (flag) WESTWARD. Way Passenger. 8.38 a.m.. dallv Mail. 2.09 p. m, dalfyexceptSunday. Mimintown Ace. dally except Sunday at 6.16p.m. I'lttsDurg kx. aauy except sunaay (nag) u.33p. m. wm. v. mat Agent. T TV I Great Chance to make monev. l-vl II III K you can't get Gold you can KXKJxjU , get Greenbacks. We need a person In EVERY TOWN to take subscriptions lor uie largest, cneapesv anu oest inustraiea family publication in the World. Anv one can become a successful agent. The most elegant works of art given free to subscribers. The price is so low that almost everybody subscribes. One Agent reports making over (160 tu a week. A lady agent reports taking over 400 subscribers lu ten days. All who engage make money fast. You can devote all your time to the business, or only your spare time. You need not be away from home over night. Yon can do It as well others. Full particulars, directions and terms free. Ele gant and expensive Outfit tree. If you want profitable work send us your address at once. It costs nothing to try the business. No one who engages fails to make great pav. Address " The People's Journal," Portland, Maine. 31wly REMOVAL. The undersigned has removed his Leather and Harness Store Irom Front to Rich Rtreet. near tliA Pnnn'n Freight Depot, where he will have on hand, and REDUCED PRICFS. Leather and Harness of all kinds. Hnvitiu mnit workmen, and by buying at the lowest cash prices; I fear no competition. Market prices paid in cash for Bark. Hides and ik ins. inaiiRiui lor past xavors, l solicit a con :l nuance of the same. P. 8. Blankets, Robes, and Shoe- findings made sueuiaiiLj, JOB. M. HAWLEY Dnneannon. JulylB. 1876 tf J7SSTATE NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given 'J that Letters of Administration on the estate )tTttuiel blmtto, late of Carroll township, Per ry county. Pa., deceased, have been granted to the undersigned residing In the same township. All Demons indebted to said estate are renuested to make Immediate payment, ami those having claims will preseut tueiu duly authenticated lor teuiemeni to GEO. W. SMILEY, December 18, 1877. Administrator. Cms. H. Bmii.et, Attorney for Adm'r. tut MorphlM H&btt toliWl7 inA maftly I iri Wakli(tM l. Ckkp, tU. ITT Answer to Enigma- In last week's Times" fay for your paper." Mr, Digby Pops the Question. BY BRITOMAnTE. T'liti do it!" quoth Mr. Dlgby, with X ft flourish of lils red bandanna. Mr. Dlgby folded his arms across ho portly brenst and paced the lilac-border-ed walk with the air of a Napoleon. The truth was, Mr. Dlgby had come to a determination. He had made up his mind. Now, Mr. Hiram Dlgby was ft bach elor, aged forty-one, fat, rosy, good natured and rich. Also, Mr. Dlgby had a pretty good share of man's vanity. He was fully convinced that to obtain the heart and hand of pretty Nan Harrls,he had only ta declare himself. This was the question upen which he had been pondering a full hour by the kitchen clock. Should he marry Nan Harris, or shouldn't he V To be sure, she had blue eyes and hair like Bpun gold, and her checks were rosy as winter apples, and Hhe had the most templing little rose bud of a mouth in the world ; but then, she was so flighty, always up to some mischief or other; and thrifty Mrs. FlBher, Mr. Dlgby'B houso-keeper, had once expressed her belief that " whoever married Nan Harris might as. well mar ry a kitten." But then again, Mr. Dlgby was In love with merry, blue-eyed Nan, and and Just then ho happened to glance over the garden wall, and who should he see but Nan herself, in the prettiest of pink calicos, and a coquettish, blue- ribboned " Bun-down," while the little tin-pall in her hand told that she was going strawberrylng. That glimpse of his divinity decided him. Little darling! what if she was mischievous, and wilful, wasn't she the prettiest little ..witch In SimondBviller1 and wasn't all the young fellows In love with her t and wouldn't some of them marry her if he didn't 1 That last con sideration was a " stunner," and settled the question ; and giving utterance to the energetic exclamation chronicled above,Mr. Dlgby entered the house fully resolved to settle the bargain the very next day. He thought of his broad acres and heavy bank account, and did not doubt it would be easy to win the consent of farmer Harris and Aunt Nancy. The next day Mr. Digby spent exactly two hours and thirty minutes getting himself up In killing style for the ordeal which, truth to say, he began to dread a little. It was entirely a new business to him, something he bad never done be. fore, this popping the question. And, though he would never acknowledge It, even to his wife, he did feel very much like running away as ho stood on the farmhouse steps, asking the "help" if " Miss Nancy Harris was in." " O yes, sure, Miss Nancy was in the front room," and the girl ushered the trembling Mr. Digby into the pleasant little sitting-room, which looked so pret ty and inviting, with its red lounge and white table-cover, standing out plainly from the twilight shadows that made everything else look so dim and Indis tinct. He plucked up a sort of desperate courage, however, and the sight of the pink dress and white apron sitting by the window, and approaching the wearer of said pink dress and white apron, he Immediately came to the point, as fol lows: " Miss Nancy, have called to hem to hem to tell you of the ahem hem hem 1" and here the old bachelor (beg his pardon) entirely broke down, and sat looking at his thumbs, hopeless. ly wonaering wnat to say next. a As the lady didn't speak,he conclude? to try again ; and, resolving to be plain, he blurted out bluntly : " Miss Nancy, will you marry me ?" There! It was out. And his heart gave a Jump, as he heard a whispered "yes," and a hand stole softly Into his Leaning impulsively forward, he kissed her cheek or her nose, he couldn't tell which, it was so dark. There issued a little sly giggle, and "O fie now I Hiram, dear ; ain't you ashamed V" In the voice of Aunt Nancy I " Holy Moses ! have I been and gone and proposed to the old maid':"' Mr, LMguy would nave said as well as thought, If he had dared. But he didn't so be grabbed his hat, and muttering something about "an engagement ma'am," he Jerked open , a door, and rushed into the pantry. " La, now, Hiram," said Miss Nauey the elder, as he made a frantic dive at another door, V don't be so upsot ; folks generally 'spects the women to be the flustered ones." By this time, the excited Mr. Digby had succeeded in finding the right door and rushing unceremoniously out, he nearly overturned a young gentleman with a very black mustache, who stood by the gate with bis arm around the waist of Miss Nancy the younger, who didn't seem to object to this familiarity at all. Mr. Dlgby gathered himself up, look ed savagely at the young man, elevated Ills nose, and with a very still', " Ex cuse mo, sir," walked frigidly past Tom Warren, whom he would have called an Impudent puppy, If an Idea hadn't Btruck him Just then. Of course Tom Warren wouldn't have his arm around Nan unless he had a right to, therefore it was pretty safe to conclude he had a right. And here another Idea struck Mr. Dlgby. x " After all," he soliloquized, I have not done such a bad thing. Miss Nancy Is thirty-eight and not pretty, but I'm forty-one and not handsome; and there ain't another suoh a housekeeper In the county as Miss Nancy; and Nannie Harris Is nothing but n little romp, after all ; and, I believe Miss Nancy is Just the wife for me. Why didn't I think so before V" And bo It happened that on the same dny when wild Nan HarrlB became Mrs. Tom Warren, Aunt Nancy also became Mis. Hiram Dlgby. I've never heard that either repented their bargain, but I do know that Mr. Dlgby never told his wife he proposed to her by mistake. A FAMOUS DUEL. OF ALL the fumous duels In this country perhaps none were more remarkable than that fought near Aus tin, Texas, by Deaf Smith and Colonel Morton. . About two years after the Texas revo lution, a difficulty occurred between the new Government and a portion of the people. Briefly, the Constitution made Austin the permanent capital, but em powered the President to order the tem porary removal of the archives in case qf danger from a foreign enemy or sud insurrection. Thinking that the ex ceptional emergency had arrived, as the Comanches were committing ravages within sight of the capital, President Houston, who then resided at Washing ton, on the Brazos, dispatched an order commanding his subordinates to send the State records to that town.' It is Impossible to describe the excite ment which the promulgation of this order raised in Austin. The keepers of hotels, boarding-houses, groceries, and faro banks were aghast. The measure would be a death blow to their business, A mass meeting was called, and the farmers of the surrounding county, who were more or less Interested in the question, came In., Alter many nery speeches, it was unanimously resolved to prevent the re moval of the archieves. Four hundred armed men volunteered to guard the State House. The commander of the force was Col. Morton, who had dis tinguished himself in the war for inde pendence, and more recently in two des perate duels, in both of which he had cut his antagonists nearly to pieces with a bowie-knife. One day the committee were surpred by the sudden appearance of a stranger, whose mode of entering the room was as extraordinary as his looks and dress. He did not knock at the closed door, but climbing a small, busby-topped live oak which grew beside the wall, he leaped through a lofty window. He was clothed in buckskin, carried along and heavy rifle in his hand, wore at the bottom of his left suspender a large bowie-knife and had in his leathern belt a couple of pistols half the length of his gun. He was tall, straight as an arrow, active as a panther in his motions. He had dark complexion, luxuriant, jetty hair and piercing black eyes. " Who are you who thus presume to Intrude among gentlemen without invi tlon ?" demanded Col. Morton In his most ferocious manner. The stranger did not seem to compre hend the words, walking to a table in the centre of the hall he seized a pen and traced one line, "I am deaf." Judge Webb took the paper and wrote a question : " Dear Sir : Will -you be so obliging as to inform us what is your business with this meeting r" The stranger at once handed him letter, inscribed : " To the citizens of Austin." He broke the seal and read it aloud. It was from Houston : Fellow Citizens Though lu error ana deceived Dy tne arts or traitors, will srlve vou three -davs mors in denldn whether you will surrender the public aromves. At me end or mat time you win piease let me Know your decision 1 Sam. Houston. After the reading the deaf man waited for a few seconds, as If for a reply, and then he turned and was about to leave the hall when Colonel Morton sternly beckoned him back to the table. The stranger obeyed, and Morton wrote : " You were brave enough to Insult m by your threatening looks ; are you brave enough now to give me satisfac tion V" " The stranger penned the reply ; ; am at your service." Morton wrote : ' ' Name your terms. Tne stranger wrote without a mo ment's hesitation :" Time, sunset this evening ; place, the bank of the Colora do, opposite Austin ; weapons, rifles; and distance, a hundred yards. Do not fall to be on time." He then walked across the floor, and disappeared through the window as suddenly as he had entered. " What," exclaimed Judge Webb, " Is It possible you Intend to fight that man, Colonel 1 He Is a mute, If not a maniac. Such ft meeting, I fenr,wlll sadly tarnish your laurels." ' ' ' ." ' ' ' " You are mistaken," snld Morton, with ft smile; "that mute Is a hero whose name stands In the records of a ozen battles, and at least half as many bloody duels. Besides, he Is it favorite emissary and bosom friend of Houston. If I have the good fortune to kill him, I think it will tempt the President tore tract his vow agnlnst venturing any more upon the field of honor." You know the man, then V Who Is he V" asked twenty voices together. "Deat Hn.Uh." "No, that cannot be. Deaf Smith was killed at Kan Jacinto," said Judge Webb. " There, again, your Honor Is mis taken," said Morton. "The story of Smith's death was a mere fiction, got up by Houston to save the life of his favor ite from the sworn vengeance of certain Texans, on whose conduct he had acted as a spy. I found that out twelve months ago." " Then, you are a madman yourself!" exclaimed Webb. " Deaf Smith was never known to miss his mark." The thing Is settled," Bald Morton, ' I have agreed to meet him.' There can be no disgrace in falling before such a shot, and if I kill him it will be the greatest feat of my life." Toward evening a vast crowd assem bled to witness the meeting, and so great was the popular recklessness as to af fairs of this sort, that bets were offered and taken on all sides upon the result. At sunset the two men arrived, with long,heavy rifles ; and took their places, back to back, and at a signal walked slowly and steadily off in opposite direc tions, counting their steps until each had measured fifty. They both com pleted the given number at about the same instant, and wheeled around. At the distance was great both paused for some seconds. The face of Col. Morton was calm and smiling. The face of Deaf Smith was as stern and impassive as ever. The Colonel was In broad cloth, the scout in some-tinted leather, The two rifles exploded at the same instant. Col. Morton sprang into the air and dropped to the earth, dead. Deaf Smith quietly , reloaded his rifle, and walked away into the forest. Three days afterwards Gen. Houston, accompanied by Deaf Smith and ten other men, appeared in Austin, and re moved the State papers. Dear Bmitn was one or the most ex traordinary characters ever known In the West. He made his advent in Texas at an early period, and continued to re side there until bis death, which occur red, I believe, about 1850. But, although be had many warm friends, no one ever learned where he had been born or any particulars of his previous history. When he was questioned on the subject, he laid his finger on his lips. Ills eye was quick and far-seeing as an eagle's, and hia nose as keen as a raven's. He could discern objects miles away on the prarie, when others saw nothing but earth and sky ; and the savages used to declare he could catch the scent of a Mexican or an Indian at as great a distance as a buzzard his dinner. He could never be persuaded to sleep under the roof a house, or even a tent cloth A Temperance Tale. ")PI10M Ohio comes a capital temper- X perauce story. Judge Quary, the temperance lecturer, lu one of his ef forts there, got off the following : " All those who in youth acquire the habit of drinking whiskey, at forty years will be total abstainers or drunk ards. No one can use whiskey for years in moderation. If there is a person in the audience before me whose experi ence disputes this, let him make it known. I will account for,or acknowl edge that I am mistaken." A tall, large man arose, and folding his arms in a' dignified manner across his breast, said : " I ofler myself as one whose own ex perience contradicts your statement. " Are you a moderatedrinker V" asked the judge. "Iam." " How long have you drank In mod eration ?" "Forty years." " And you were never intoxicated P" "Never." "Well," remarked the Judge, scan ning bis subject close from head to foot, "your 's is a singular case, yet I think it is easily accounted for. I am reminded by it of a little story. A negro man with a loaf of bread and a flask of whis key, sat down to dine by the bank of a clear stream. In breaking the bread some of the crumbs dropped Into the water.' These were eagerly seized and eaten by the fish. That clrsumstant e suggested to the darkey the Idea of dip ping the bread Into the whiskey and feeding it to them. He tried It ) It work ed well. Home one of the flsh ate it, be came drunk, and lay helpless upon the water. By this stroke of strategy he caught a great number. But In the stream was a large fish very unlike the rest. He partook freely of the bread and whiskey, but with no perceptible effect : he wag shy of every effort of the darkey to take It. " He resolved to have it at all hazard, that he might learn its name and nature. He procured a net, and after much f- fort caught lt,carrled It to a negro neigh bor, and Bxked his opinion of the mat ter. The other surveyed the wondu for a moment and then said, ' Snmbo, I understand dls case. Dat fish is a mul let head, It hain't got any brains.' ' In other words," added the Judge, " alcohol affects only the brain, and of course those having none may drink without Injury 1" The storm of laughter that followed drove the moderate drinker suddenly from the house. . . - Who Loses the Eight Cents. Seventy or eighty persons have come- to hand this week, Inquiring in a pathetic voice who it Is that loses the eight cents when a laboring man takes a ninety-two cent silver piece for a dol lar. Now, this Is the thing that has puz zled us. If a carpenter receives from th? government a 02 cent silver piece for a dollar and passes it on his butcht r for a dollar, and the butcher passes it on the shoemaker for a dollar, and the shoe maker passes it on his landlord for a dol lar, and the landlord passes It for a dol lar on the State for taxes, and the State passes It for a dollar on a mason for work on the new State House, and the mason passes it for a dollar to a merchant for a silk dress for his wife, and the mer chant passes it for a dollar to the custom house officer for import duties, and. the United States Treasurer passes It as a dol lar to a soldier, and the soldier passes it as a dollar to the same carpenter herein before previously mentioned, we are un able to see who has lost the eight cent?. iriappy tnougnt i perhaps the loss fell on some man who did not get It I ' Seri ously the same man lost the eight cent" who loses sixteen cents every time tie takes four silver quarters that have only eighty-four cents' worth of silver 5n them. Jiut, even then, the nve cent nlckles puzzle us. In a dollare' worth of these there Is only nineteen cents' worth of metal. Now, will some of the editors who lie a awake at nights to figure such things out, please to inform us who it is that loses the eighty-one cents ever time a dollar's worth of nickels Is passed ? Who loses four cents every time a five- cent piece is paid for a glass of lager or a car ride ? The little copper cents are even greater robbery. We have not the heart to go into a calculation as to how many million dollars are wrung from the horny-handed bondholder every day in the passage of this debased cent, but it is inconceivable how an opponent of the iiiand oil! can pass one or these fraudu lent tokens even at distance without blushing for the perfidy of bis race. uraphi' Dutch Proverbs. Vind vill prove vlch vay der shtr&vr grows. Sharidy for all, und I dond got some malices. Dot hat he fits you, no matter vnt your name vas. We vas all stockholders in der rays of der sun. Trlnk mucillages, and got shduck up in der world. Efil vas der whole tree of money i n der hands of some peoples. , Dhere vas yoost so goot flsh in der vasser as dond got pulled out. Before dot I got married I made aa idol of mine frow; now she vas idle all dervhile. Vhen you saw a pigs init a shtraw in his mouth, dot besser you got your um brellas mendet. Efery vooman's tongue vas called a shpeech organ ; dot's yoost vat I dink. but it dondt got some sbtops, too. Kow Mexican Girls Dance. A feature of society in Presidio is the fandango, or evening dancing party, which is a characteristic of the popula tion of all the rural districts of Mexico. A favorite way of holding these soiree is for the young of both sexes, and, in deed, not a few of the old folks, gay attired, to collect at a house in the su burbs, and there, beneath the soft shad ows of cedar groves and the light of the stars, danco in the open air, with the green sward for a ball room floor. The Mexican girls of Presidio appear at these parties looking quite handsome, and dressed in ml and white, their robes terminating a little below the knee, be neath which their well-rounded limt-e swell in stockings of a color opposite to the skirt above. These toilets, as well as their wearers, are very pretty by torchlight under the cedars. Progress is stamped upou the earth, and the stars respond with a twinkle cl delight.
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