THE TIMES, NEW 1UA)0M FIELD, PA., APRIL 23, 1878. RAILROADS. PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R ARRANGEMENT OF PA88ENGEU TRAINS. ovrmlicr 5th, 1877. I KAIN9 LEAVE II ARUlsmjIld A8 FOLLOWS For New York, at S.20, 8.1C a. m. 2.nop. in., and 7.M l. m. Kor l'hlhidcliililu, at 5.20. MO, 0.45 a.m. a n.1 3.S7 r. m. . Kor landing, at ft,20, 8.10,0.43 a.m. and 2.00 :i.S7anil7.r.5. For l'ottsvllle at 5.20. S.10 a. in., mid 8.r7 p. in., and vln Schuylkill and Busiiiieliamia Bvanoh at 2.40 p. m. Kor Auburn via . & 8. Ilr. at 5.10 a. rn. For Allentown, at 5.20, 8.lua. in., and at 2.00, 8.57 and 7.65 p. in. . . , The 5.20, 8 .10 a. m., 3.57 and 7.55 p. in., trains have tlnouitli oars tor New York. The 5.20, 8.10 a. m.. and 2.m p.m., trains huve tin outjli cars for Khiltuli'lplila. SUNDAYS s For New York, at 6.20 a. in. Kor Allentown and Way Stations at 5.2na. in. Kor Heading, l'liiliidelulila and Way dtulluusat 1.45 p. m. TBAINS FOR II.VRIUSm iiR, I.F.AVE AS 101. LOWS : Leave New York, at 8.45 a. in., 1.00, 5.30ninl 7Leav'e"rhlUdelphla. at 9.15 a. m. 8.40, and 7.20 p. in. Leavo ReadlnK, at 1 1.40, 7.10, 11. 20 a. in. 1 :io, 4.15 and 1 '. 5 p. in. Leave Follsvllle, at 10, 0.1.) a.m. and 1.3'. p. in. And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Urn in na: 8.15 a. in. Leave Auburn viaS. . S. Br. at 12 noon. Leave Allentown, al t.30 S.5, O.ona. m.. 12.15 4.30 and 9.o p. in. SUNDAYS: Leave New York, at 5.30 p. in. Leave Philadelphia, at 7.2" p. ni. Leave Heading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. in. and 10.3 l Leave Allentown. at2. 10 a. m., and 9.05 p. m. J. li. WOOTKN, Hen. Manager. C. O, Hancock, General Ticket Agent, tDoes not run on Mondays. Via Morris and Kssex It. It. Pennsylvania 11. II. Time Table. NEWPORT STATION. On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas senger trainswlll run as follows: EAST. Mirlllntown Aec. 7.32 a. m., dally except Sunday. Johnstown Ex. 12.22 P. M., dally " Sunday Mail, 6.54 P. M., daily exceptHtindaj Atlantic Express, 9.51p.m., Hag, dally. WEST. WayPass. 9.08 A. m., dally, Mail 2.43 P. M. daily exceptSunday. Mitllintown Acc. 6.65 P. M. dallyexce.pt Sunday. Pittsburgh Express, 11.57P. M.,(Flag) daily, ex cept Sunday. Pacillo Express, 5.17 a. m.. daily (flag) Trains are now run by Philadelphiiutlme, which Is 13 minutes faster than Altoona time, and 4 min utes slower than New York time. J.J. BAKCLAY, Agent. DUNCANNON STATION. On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, trains will leave Ouucannon. as follows: EASTWARD. Mitllintown Acc. daily except Sundayat 8.12a. m. Johnstown Ex. 12.53P. M., dally except Sunday. Mail 7.30 P. M " " Atlantic Express 10.20 p. M., daily (flag) WESTWARD. Way Passenger, 8.J8 A. M., daily Mail. 2.09 p. m, dailyexceptSunday. Mitllintown Ace. dailyexceptSunday at 6.10 p.m. Pittsburg Ex. daily except Sunday (Hag) 11.33P. M. WM. (J. KING Agent. ZKIA.lKrSA.3 FARMS AND- FREE HOMES. The Kansas Pacific Homestead is published by the Land Department of the Kan sas Pacilio Railway Company, to supply the large and Increasing demand for informal ion respect ing KANSAS, and especlal'y the mannillcent body of lands granted by Congress In aid of the construction of Its road. This grant comprises OVER 3,000.000 Acres OF LAND, consisting of every odd section In each township, tor a distance of twenty miles on both sides of the road, or one-half of 1 tie land in a belt of forty miles w ide, extending to Denver City. Colorado, thus forming a continuation of the belt, of country which, lrom the Atlantic coast westward, is found to he in a climate, soli, auil every production of nature, the most favored. THE KANSAS PACIFIC IS 114 Miles the Shortest Bond from Kaunas Vity to Denver. The favorite route of the tourist and the best line to the SAN JUAN COUNTRY. A copy of the HomcMead will be mailed free to any address, by applying to S. ,1. G1LMOUE, a. E. 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Address "The People's Journal," Portland, Maine. 31wly REMOVAL The undersigned has roinoved his Leather and Harness Store from Front to nigh street, near the Tenn'a., Freight Depot, where he will have on hand, and will sell at REDUCED PRICES, Leather and Harness of all kinds. Having good workmen, and by buying at the lowest casi price, 1 fear no oompetitlon. Market prices paid In cash for Baric. Hides and Skins. Thankful for past favors, I solicit con tinuance of the same. P. 8. Blankets, Robes, and Shoe findings made a speciality, JOS. M. HAWLEY. nuncannon. Julyio. ls7fi tf TTTATTC NOTICK.-Notlc is hereby given JJJ that Letters ot Aflminisiraiion on the estate ol Daniel bliatio, late oi Carroll township, Per ry county. Pa., deceased, have been granted to tho undersigned residing In tliesame township. All nersons Indebted to said estat e are reouested to make Immediate payment, and those having claims will present tliem duly autheutlcated for seiiifim nt lo GEO. W. SMILEY. December 18. 1877. Administrator. Ciias. H. Smii.ey, Attorney for Adm'r. OPIUM Mill Morrtttlmi IUblt bwhitly Mi-ItrnMl! rnrit. rnlulm ' no puWkuy . bent! tump urtmrUtMilari. Uh. Uabi-ton, 1 Wuhlofftoa fit, ClucafS, IU. SHARPERS OUTWITTED. MP. JOI3 PECKLEY stoppetl out on the ample porch of the Agricultural Club. He looked forth with (iiHgust up on the dense fog In which London was enveloped, find then gazed with delight upon a ticket for Calais which ho held In hlfl hand. Mr. Joe Peckley lind nn exceedingly rural nir. Large and brawny and griz c.ly, his brown face covered wlthasc rub by benrd, his Joints all clumsily devel oped, he looked like a backwoodsman. Peing a bachelor, also, his toilet lacked that adjustment w hich ft wifely touch or suggestion imparts, and Intensified his ru nil air. Put that Dr. Peckley possessed Intel ligence was proven by his wide-awake eyes, and by the fact that he had brought no baggage to Europe, except the little satchel now depending by a strap from his masculine shoulders. The Hon. Felix lilmpot, M. P., step ped out on the porch with him. " Jion Voyage, Mr. Peckley. When you get back to America, pray forwiml us your articles in the Spayde. A Hoe whenever they appear." "Good-by, Mr. lilmpot. The best time I've had In England 1 had on your demesne, sir ; and when the land ques tion comes up in Parliament again I hope you'll send me a copy of your speech." " With pleasure, sir." The two shook hands heartily, and Mr. Joe lieekley departed. Ere he had gone half ft block, u seedy gentleman in gray approached and slap ped him familiary on the shoulder. " How do ye do, Parry V" When did ye get in from Ploverton ?" " You are mistaken In your man,slr," said Mr. lieekley. " What ! Ain't this Harry Puxter ?" " No, sir. My name is Peckley." " I beg pardon. I mistook you for Paxter. Same build same whiskers. Where are you from, sir," " I am an American." " Possible? I have ft brother in Amer ica. What part are you from ?" "Near Springfield, Mass." "Ah, yes, my brother has been there. Stopping In town with your family, sir?" "With my family V" replied Mr. Joe Peckley, a sly twinkle creeping into his eyes. "Yes. My wife and the twins are stopping at the Merry-Go Inn !" "Ah I Well, sir, If you see my brother when you get back, please give him my love," and the seedy man in gray walk ed away. Mr. Peckley looked after him in some surprise, then turned and went on. Half a square beyond a voice hailed him : "Cab, sir?" "No: I'll walk," replied Mr. Peck ley. The cabman dashed on, and, just as Mr. Peckley turned back his head, some body stumbled out of the fog against him. It was a tall, spare man In cleri cal garb and necktie, with a sanctimo nious air. " Pray excuse me," he exclaimed. "What! Is this Mr. Peckley ! It cer tainly is! How do you do, sir? How do you do ?'' And the spare man shook hands cor dially with him. " Peally, you have the better of me," said Mr. Joe Beckley, perplexed, " I don't recollect your name." "Cowper, sir, Cowper! WTe met in Massachusetts some months ago, you remember." " Oh, did we?" Where was it at the Horticultural meeting?" inquired Mr. Peckloy. He could have sworn he had never met the maw before. "Yes, that was the time. How Is Mrs. Peckley, sir? And how are the twins getting on ? I should like to see them all. Are they in London ?" A light broke over Mr. Peckley "s face. All his uncertainty vanished. " They are with me, Cowper, at the Merry Go Inn," he said. "Ah! Glad to hear it. You are going that way ? I shall be pleased to accom pany you. When did you come over?" " Last month," responded Mr. Joe Peckley. And the two walked on ap parently full of good feeling. " I am proud to welcome you to our country. And what do you think of Hengland, Mr. Peckley." " Well, I think it superior to America in some respects, but 1 wouldn't care to live in England. You are well organ ized here, while America is still crude ; but, after all, you have a great many poor people, while we have almost none. What business are you in, Cowper?" " Stock-raising. I am just testing a theory of my own. I've learned in what temperature cattle will fatten fast est, and have built sheds, so as to keep them lu that temperature all the year round. Don't know how 'twill operate. I'm in town now to sell some cattle. Py-the-way, this reminds me where are we? Oh, this Is number 1,111. I have an errand at number 1,123. I took a lottery-ticket on a debt, and they say it's n prize number. I'd like to step In and see If It Is good for anything. lere we are now ; just drop In a moment with me Mr. Peckley." " No, thank you," said Mr. Joe Peck, ley. " Oh yes, Just a moment ; then I'll go on with you." " Very well." " It Is iip-Miiirs, I see. Come on, sir." Mr. Joe Peckley followed him up three flights of stairs to a llttlo front olilec, where a clerk stood busily writing at his desk, behind a long counter. " Good morning. Is this the olllco of the Pio Janerlo Lottery ?" " It Is, sir." " I havo a ticket, number 122'1. Please see if It has drawn anything." The clerk looked into his books. " It has drawn seventy-five pounds, two shillings ;" and he went hack to ward his safe. " Do you hear that, Mr. Peckley ? Do you hear that ? Luck, sir I I only allow ed my customer three shillings for the ticket." The clerk came back with seventy five pounds in dean Pank of England notes, and paid them over the counter. " Where are the two shillings ?" " We never give small change, sir; I will give you two draws instead." "Oh ! All right. Here, make it four draws. Here are two shillings more." "A shilling a draw Is cheaper than we usually allow, except forslx draws at a time," said the clerk blandly. " Try a couple, Mr. Peckley." " No," said Joe, " I guess not." "I'll give you four then, at the six rate, this time." said the clerk, and took the money. A drum-like box wus produced. Mr. Cowper put in his hand and drew out four envelopes, each containing one ticket. He opened them and called off the numbers. Three drew nothing ; the fourth drew 4 Is. Four pound were pold over. "This is splendid luck, Peckley!" whispered Cowper. "Don't yon want to try it?" " I guess not," said Mr. Joe Peckley. "Gentlemen," said the clerk, confi dently " I saw a remarkable sight here this morning. A man came In and gave me .100, and drew a bushel of en velopes. Will you believe me there were only two prizes among 'em I Well gentlemen, after he went away, I found that the Queen sent him here to try for her I was sorry she had such a poor pull, but I couldn't help it ; we must be impartial, and let luck go where it will. All the royal family patronize us, and almost always have good luck. And I never knew such a quantity of blanks drawn out without a heavy run of prizes right afterward." " You're right about that!" exclaimed Mr. XJowper, with enthusiasm, "lieek ley, we can make a fortune here. Sup pose we put in live pounds a piece, on trial?" " No," said Mr. Joe Peckley, " 1 guess not." " I will, anyhow," said Mr. Cowper. He paid the money and drew twenty eight pounds, sixpence. " Luck is against me," said the clerk, mournfully. " There's going to lie a run of prizes now, sure?" " Do you see that?" Do you see that Peckley ? I tell you, we can make a fortune! Try a flve-pounder!" " No," said Mr. Joe Peckley. " I guess not. Put I tell you, Cowper, you try two shillings, for me ; if it wins, I'll pay you back." " Put If it don't?" " Then I won't pay you anything." "Better try for yourself, sir," said' the clerk, affably. " No," said Joe, " I guess not." Mr. Cowper looked at him doubtfully, " Well, I'll try for you on those terms," he said at last. He tried, and drew ten pounds. Mr. Joe Beckley took it and handed out two shillings. " Much obliged," he suid. " You're welcome," replied Cowper. " Now let's try live pounds together." " What did you say your name was?" asked Mr. Joe. Beckley. ' " Cowper." "Cowper! Cowper! I thought you said Cooper. I guess it wasn't me you met at Springfield ?" "Oh, yes, it was." ' It must havo been my son James." " No, it was you." " Or my son Jedediah, or Ephrairu,or Samuel.." " No, it was you." " Well, then If it was me good-by Cowper." The men started. "What, sir! Surely you will try your luck again ?" said the clerk. " This Is not fair !" exclaimed Mr. Cowper. " By no means! You must try, sir '." exclaimed the clerk. Joe Beckley retreated toward the door. They followed fiercely, the clerk with club in hand. Mr. Beckley looked ut them, then out of the adjacent window. Upon the level the London fog Is : dense, but looked through from the i housetops It Is quite penetrable. A po- llceman stood below, on the opposite sine oi tne street. Joe lieekley suddenly threw up the broad window. " Do you see him ?" heasked, pointing toward the officer. " 1 must leave you. Pray, don't object, or I Bhall have to call htm. Good-day Cowper." They glanced out Into the street, look ed at Joe Pcckley's brawny, muscular form, and kept quiet, although livid with rage, while he stepped out. In the hall Mr. lieekley looked ut the ten pound note. To his surprise it was genuine. He came back and opened the door. The two men stood confronting each other, disputing angrily. "Oh ! Cowper, if you visit America again, come and see me. Weil go coon hunting. You'll enjoy coon hunting, 1 know. The coon Is an innocent-looking animal, Cowper, but he's mighty sly." He went down stairs, hailed a cab,aud was whirled toward the depot, with n shrewd smile on his Yankee face. Gossip about Great Men. An interesting chapter might be writ ten about the weakness ol great men. The anecdotes of Archimedes will be remembered ; he rushed through the streets of Syracuse, all fresco, crying "Eureka!" and at the taking of the city he was killed by a soldier while tracing geometrical lines on the sand. Socrates, when filled with some Idea, would stand for hours, fixed like a stat ue. It is recorded of him that he stood among the soldiers in the camp of Poti dea, In rooted abstraction, listening to his "prophetic" or "supernatural" voice. Demoerltes shut himself up for days together In a little apartment in his garden. Dante was subject to fits of abstrac tion in which he often quite forgot him self. One day he found an interesting book, which he had long sought for, In a druggist's shop at Vienna, and sat reading there till night came on. Scaliger only Blept for a few hours, and passed whole days without think ing of food. Sully, when his mind waB occupied with plans of reform, displayed extraor dinary fits of forgetfulness. One day lu winter, when on his way to church, he observed : " How cold it is to-day!" " Not more cold than usual," said one of his attendants. " Then I must have the ague," said Sully. " Is It not more probable that you are too scantily dressed ?" On lifting his tunio the secret was discovered ; he had forgotten all his un-der-clothes but his breeches. . .. . - . The Shaping of a Ship. IN preparing to bui.ld an iron vessel it must be first decided what she Is to do and how she Is to be moved. The character of the coast a ship is to visit determines her shape and capacity. If she is always to keep in deep water and to follow the great commercial high ways of the world, she must be built to sail in every sea ; must be ready to en counter the dangers of every climate, hot monsoons of Indian Beas or the freezing storms of the North Atlantic. If she is to visit our southern ports and rivers, she must be flut-bottomed and of light draft that she may creep over the shallow bars in safety. If she Is to as cend swift and narrow rivers Bhe must be provided with ample means of venti lation and shaded decks. If her way leads to northern ports she must be ready to ride the tremendous seas and the furious gales of the North Atlantic. If her cargo is to be coal, she will assume one shape; if cotton, quite another. If she lb to have paddles, Bhe takes one form ; if a Bcrew, quite another. Having decided all this, having set tled upon her length, depth, width and capacity, and fixed the cost, the next step Is to make the model. A cabinet maker carefully prepares a number of pieces of choice wood of exactly equal thickness say from four to six Inches wide and from a yard to one and a half yard long. At the same time he selects an equal number of pieces of veneer of Bame size, choosing a veneer of a dark colorora color contrasting with the oth. er wood. These boards are carefully laid one over the other, with the veneer be tween each, and the whole Is then glued together to make a solid block. Out of this block the designer shapes the model of one-half of the hull of the ship. He gives this block the exact shape the fu ture ship Is to assume when seen from side. Only a half model is made, as the two sides of the ship will be simply du plicates of the model. Everything depends upon the skill of the designer. The ship's Bpeed, capacity draught and safety depend upon the shape he gives this wooden modei. Men are not taught to make models ; the Imagination that can see the future ship in the block on wood, the sure eye thut can draw the exquisite lines of bow anil stern, the delicate hand that can realize these lines of beauty come not by obser vation. They are gifts. The architect making plans of houses and temples has comparatively an easy task. The drawing gives a clear Idea of theappearanceof the future bulldlng,and his work Is perfectly plain and simple. The marine architect must combine science with beauty of form, or, rather, science must be expressed in a beautiful form. The model must be an exact copy of the ship In little. He must beable to point out how deep the ship will sink in the water, how the bows will part the water In front, how the displaced water may sweep past the sides and under the stern. The model must show how deep the screw will be submerged, how far the ship may keel over under the influ ence of her sails or the waves In safety, and how she will be upborne from mo ment to moment on the ever-shifting waves. His art is the careful adjust ment of forces one against the other, the weight against the flotation or buoyancy the resistance of the water against the power of her screw and engines, the force of the waves and wind against her own stability. The finished model Is full of grace and beauty; but It conies not from the mere blending of sweeping etirvesand swelling Hues, but from the balance of these forces. It is beautiful because the repose of forces in equilili rium is always beautiful. Certainly, if the architect Is called an artist the mod el-maker is fully his equal. Harper's. Salt River, Arlzonia. It wus long supposed that the braek- ishness of Suit river,Arizona, was caused by the stream running over a bed of salt somewhere along its course. Its waters are pure and fresh from where it heads in the White mountains to within fifty miles of where it empties into the Gila. Fifty miles from its junction with the Gila there comes Into It a stream of water that is intensely salt. This stream pours out of the side of a large moun tain, and Is from 20 to 30 feet deep. It is very rapid, and pours into Salt river a great volume of watee. Here could be easily manufactured sufficient salt to supply the markets of world. All that would be necessary would be to dig ditches and lead the brine to basins in the nearest deserts. The heat of the sun would make the salt. Were there a rail road near the stream its waters would doubtless soon be turned and led to Im mense evaporating pounds. It is sup posed that the Interior of the mountain, out of which the stream flows, Is largely composed of rock salt. . .... . . The Judgo'8 Cow. The yield of milk from Northern dairy cows is incredible to people In regions where cattle are raised mostly for beef and hides. Judge Grant was In Little Kock,Ark., in attendance at the United States court. One morning he saw a farmer with a slouch hat and a genuine butternut suit, trying to sell a cow In the market there. It was a large, long-haired animal, and the planter was informing a man that, the cow would give four quarts of milk a day, If fed well. Up stepped the judge. " What do you ask for the cow." " About $30. She'll give rive quarts of milk if you feed her well," replied the Iilauter, and he proceeded to describe ler good qualities. Baid the judge : "I have cows on my farm, not much more than half as big as your cow, which give twenty to twenty-five quarts of milk a day." The planter eyed the judge sharply for a moment, as if trying to remember whether he had ever seen him before or not, and then asked : " Stranger,where do you live ?" " My home is in Iowa." . " Yes stranger, I don't dispute it. There was heaps of sogers from Iowa down here during the war, and stranger they was the all-firedest liars in tno whole Yankee army. Mebbe you niout. be an officer in some of them regiments?" The judge slid for the court house. A Modern Proverb. " The wise daughter is tho pride of her father, yea, her mother doth also delight in her, but the foolish maiden bringeth sorrow." She bangeth her hair over her right eye ; she tippeth her hat over the back of her head. When evening cometh she walketh on Main street, and with her left eyesbeglanceth at the patient youth who cougheth on the curbstone and wipcth his nose with a red bandana. Her handkerchief is al seen. Then the youth smileth to him- , self, and followeth in her footsteps. She setteth a snare and Bcoopeth tin wayfarer in. Selah! A Rather Singular Request. Isaac Steele, a wealthy farmer living near Petrolia, Pa., had about $75,000 in bank notes in safes in his bouse, a com mon log structure. A few days ago, ac cording to a local paper, " a gang of pro fessional thieves made overtures to tho Petrolia officers for the privilge to com mit the robbery. The refusal of the policy to aid in this matter is undoubted ly the only reason why the affair ww never consummated."
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