THE TIMES, NEW- BLOOMFIELD, , rA AUGUST i20, 1378.
RAILROADS,
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R
ARRANGEMENT OF P AH8ENGEKTRAIK8.
JIny 12th, 1878.
f KAINS LEAVK ITARRI8BURO A8 FOLLOWS
For New York, at 6.20, S.1C a. m. 2.0op. m.,
nii 7.Mi. m.
For I'hlladelphla, at 5.20, 8.10, 9.45 a.m.
ZOO and 8.57 p. in.
For Heading, at ft.20, B.10, 9.45 a.m. and 2.00
3.67 ami 7.C6.
For Fottsvllle at 5.20, 8.10 a. m.i and S.57
B. in., and via Miihuylkill and Husquehauua
ranch at 1.40 p. m.
For Auburn via 8. 8. Br. at 5.30 a. m.
For Allentown,ato.20, 8.10 a. m., and at 2.00,
3.57 and 7.55 p. in. .
The ft.20, 8.10 a.m., nnd 7.55 p. in., train!
have through cars (or Now York.
The 5.20, a. m.. and 2.oo p. in., trains have
through curs forl'hihidelplila.
SUNDAYS I f
For New York, at 6.20 a. in.
ForAllentown and Way Stations at o.2na. m.
For Heading, Philadelphia and Way titatlonsat
1.45 p. m.
TRAINS FOB. HARKISRVRO, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWS t
Leave New York, at8.45 a. in., 1.00, S. 30 and
7.4ft p. m.
Leave I'hlladelphla, at 9.15 a. m. 4.0", nnd
7.20 p. m.
Leave Rending, at 1 1-40, 7.40, 11.20 a. ni. 1.30,
ti. ir ana l s.i p. in.
Leave l'ottsvllle, at 6.10, 9.15 a.m. and LSI
p. in.
And via Schuylkill and Susqiiehniina Draper al
8.15 a. in.
Leave Annum viaS. i 8. Br. at 12 noon.
Leave Alleiitiiwu, at ti.30 5.50, 9.06 a.m.. 12.16
1.30 and 9.u p. m.
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York, at 5.30 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 n. m.
Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.35
p. m.
Leave Allentown, al2 .V) a. in., and 9.06 p. m.
J. K. WOOTEN, Hen. Manager.
C. O. Hancock, General Ticket Agent.
tDoes not run on Mondays.
Via Morris and Essex It. It.
Pennsylvania 11. It. Time Table.
NEWPORT STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas
enger trains will run as follows:
EAST.
Mlltllntown Aco. 7.32a. m., dally exceptSunday
Johnstown Ex. 12.22 P. M.. dailv " Hnn.lnr
Mail 6.54 p. m., dally exceptSunday
Aiiauuo express, u.oip.h., nag, aany.
WE8T.
WayPass. 9.08 a. m.. dailv.
Mail, 2.43 p. m. dally exceptSunday.
luimimown acc. o.oo r. iw. aauyexcepi minaay.
Pittsburgh Express, 11.57P. M.,(Fla) daily.ex
centSundav.
racillc Express. 5.17 a. m.. dailv fflae
Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which
is 13 niiiiiii.es iaer man Aiioona time, aim 4 nun
utes slower than New York time.
J.J. BARCLAY, Agent.
' DUNCANNON STATION.
On and after Monday, June 2tli, 1877,tralns
wuueave uuncannon, as ionows :
EASTWARD.
JIlfHIntown Acc. daily except Sundayat 8.12a. m.
Jolinstowii Ex. 12.5UP. M., dully exceptSunday.
Mail 7.30 P. M " "
Atlantic Express 10.20 p. M., dally (flag)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger, 8.38 A. M., dally
Mall, 2.09 p. m dailyexceptSunday.
Milllliitown Acc. dally except Sunday at 6.1RP.M.
Pittsburg Ex. daily except Sunday (flag) 11.33P. m.
WM. C. KINO Agent.
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GEORGE'S DOG.
A STORY FOR BOYS AND MEN tOO.
MANY years ago, during olio of the
most severe snow-storms ever
known In New England, an old man,
carrying a huge valise, was trudging
along toward the railroad station in N
Without any incumbrance the task
would have been a hard one ; but, laden
as he was, he could scarcely make his
way against the cutting wind and the
driving snow. Once he stopped, and
for a moment seemed to hesitate as to
whether he would proceed or not. But
the distance was short; and so, gather
ing up lils strength for a final effort, the
traveler again bravely fiiced the ele
ments. The storm, so fierce and unpleasant to
age and infirmity, brought excitement
and pleasure to a Jad, perhaps a dozen
years old, who just then came up on his
way to school. He was accompanied by
a large black dog, with n shaggy cont
completely covered with snow, and
harnessed to a sled. The drifts, big as
they were, did not stop this couple. Ever
and anon the boy screamed with delight
as he witnessed the efibrts of his com
panion in pulling the sled along through
the piles of snow, while the good-natured
animal, seeming as much excited as his
young master, barked aloud in return.
" Here, Buck," said the lad, as he ar
rived where the old man was standing,
"Ihere'sajobforyou; you must take
this luggage to the railroad station. You
are going there are you not, sir?" he
continued addressing the stranger,
" Yes, my boy, I am ; but"
"Nay, sir, no buts; you are too
heavily laden. You see, Buck and I
run a general express this morning.
He's a lazy dog, considering what he
has to eat ain't you, Buck ?"
The dog gave a shrill bark, as if in
clined to dispute the point.
" So let me have your valise, sir, and
we'll whisk it to the station in a jlily."
Either Buck was a little vexed at
having been called lazy, or he was too
anxious to arrive at the place of his des
tination with the luggage, for, giving a
sudden Btart, over went the sled in one
direction, while the valise went into a
drift in another, the dog at the same
time going head over ears in' the snow.
A scream of delight burst from the Ind,
in which the old man could not help
joining, as Buck scrambled up, whining
and shaking his shaggy coat.
"My horse is not well broken, you
see, sir," said the lad, as soon as he could
speak ; " but your valise is unharmed.
We must try it once more."
The luggage was again secured on the
sled, and this time Buck landed it safe
at the station, pulling his young master
a part of the way along with it.
" There you are sir," said the lad to
the stranger as he came up, " safe and
sound, and there's your check. You
must excuse thelibery I took, but really
I though you were too heavily laden for
such a stormy day. "
"But your pay," suggested the old
man.
"Oh, I'll charge that! Tay once in
six months. Come, Buck."
The old man was too busy brushing
off the snow and undoing his muffler
to reply at once. When he turned around
both boy and dog had disappeared. Just
then the shrill whistle of the approach
ing train sounded, leaving no time to
inqure who his little friend was. So he
took his seat in the cars and was borne
on his way to his home.
Mr. Martin for that was the old
man's name was a well-to-do-trader in
the city some dozen miles away. He
had come out the previous evening on a
matter of business. Having been de
tained longer than he expected,the storm
came suddenly, and he was Induced to
stop over night. After breakfast hardly
being aware of the violence of the storm,'
or of the depth of the snow which had
already fallen, he had attempted to reach
the railroad station on foot, carrying
his valise in his hand. But although,
as has been stated, the distance was not
great, the deep snow, made deeper
where drifted, soon tired him ; and it
was then that the events which we have
just spoken of took place. It was not
until after be was comfortably seated,
and the cars were in motion, that it oc
curred to Mr. Martin that he had not
thanked his little friend that he had
not even asked his name. Everything
had been transacted so suddenly, that
the whole adventure seemed more like a
dream than reality. But then he knew
it was not a dream, and he promised
himself that be would, ere many days,
make another visit to the village, find
out the name of the clever express boy,
and in some way reward him for his act
of politeness. '
But, amid the whirl of business, this
good resolution was forgotten, as many
others are. Our lives furnish us num
berless opportunities for doing good acts,
and veiy often we resolve that we will
not let them pass away unimproved.
But we permit the good Intention to
wait our convenience, to grow ,dim, to
fade a way and then to lie forgotten,
simply because we do not do promptly
what our hearts dictate should be done.,
It was several months before Mr. Mar
tin again visited the village to Inquire
after his little friend. He was too late.
No one knew of any boy who had a large
black dog, and no one seemed to have any
recollection of the events Just recorded;
and so Mr. Martin returned home, earn
estly resolved, if he ever had another
act of kindness shown him, to ac
knowledge and reward it on the Instant.
Did he keep this resolution V
. More than two years passed by, when,
one afternoon in Summer, time, Mr.
Martin sat alone in his counting room
in the city. Through the window which
separated his ofllne from the store he
saw a poorly-dressed young man talking
with one of his clerks. He rapped upon
the glass, and signified his wish to have
the young man come Into the counting
room after learning from the clerk that
he had applied for employment.
" You wish employment V" Mr. Mar
tin asked, as the young man approached
respectfully.
" I should Indeed like to find some
thing to do, for mother's sake," and the
poor fellow had to bite his lips to restrain
tears.
" Have you no father V"
"No, sir; father died over two years
ago, and since then mother has found it
quite difficult to maintain her family
myself and three younger sisters."
"Ho you write u good hand!"' In
quired Mr. Martin.
" Very fair ; what I have learned has
been mostly at home. I wrote these;"
he said ; and he passed some papers to
Mr. Martin, who carefully examined
them.
" What is your name and age V"
" Hunting, sir ; George Hunting I am
nearly sixteen."
" Ho you not own a large black dog,
called ' Buck V " asked Mr. Martin.
The young man was greatly surprised
at this question, but he managed to re
ply " Oh, we did, sir, two years ago.
How did you know t But when father
died we had to sell him."
" Ho you know where he Is now.
" Yes indeed we do. We should buy
him again If we could aflbnl it. He
was a favorite with us all. We should
not have sold him to a stranger, but our
uncle agreed to take him for S20, and
sell htm back again at the same price if
we ever wanted him."
" Well, George," said Mr. Martin, de
liberately taking out his pocket-book
and handing him $20, " the first thing
you do, after you go hence, buy Buck
and take him home again."
If the young man was surprised be
fore, he waB now nearly struck dumb
with astonishment. "Oh, thank you I
thank you a thousand times 1" he said,
grasping the old gentleman's hand;"
but why do you take such an Interest in
our dear old Buck?"
"Because it pleases me to reward you.
But look in my face. Do you know me?
I knew you as soon as you came into the
store. Do you know me?"
George looked long and carefully, but
he was forced to admit that he had no
recollection of ever before having seen
Mr. Martin.
"Ah, well," said the old gentleman,
" I forgot that I was so bundled up you
would not be likely to recognize me.
But come ; do you remember overtaking
me n a driving snow storm two or three
years ago, at X ? You had Buck
harnessed to a sled and you took my
valise to the railroad station."
" Why, yes, sir, it all comes to me
now, but I have hardly thought of it
since. It was but a little act of polite
ness." "A little act! Well, perhaps it was.
But remember,
" Little drops of water, . '''
Little grains of sand, '
Make the mighty ocean, ,
And the pleasaut land."
" Had you not been possessed of a
good and amiable disposition you would
not have thought of an old man wallow
ing along in the snow. , You dodged out
of the way so quickly that I had no
chance to thank you. And so I , thank
you now. Where do you live?" ;
George gave Mr. Martin his mother's
address. . ,
"Now tell your mother tha I shall
come and see her this evening, to talk
matters over. Perhaps I can.. tjj some
think for you." .'"!'
Talk of happiness ! George left the
Btore as happy as a king. Mr. Martin
did " do something" for him, and for
his mother, too. And in years which
have followed, the young man has learn
ed how much of prosperity he owes to
one little act of disinterested kindness
towards a stranger. '
What Smoking Does for Boys.
A certain doctor, struok with the large
number of boys under fifteen years of
age whom he'observed smoking, was led
to Inquire into the effect the habit had
on the general health. He took for this
purpose thirty-eight boys, aged from'
nine to fifteen, and carefully examined
them. In twenty-seven of them he dis
covered Injurious traces of the habit. In
twenty-two there were various disorders
of the circulation and digestion, palpi
tatlon of the heart, and a marked
taste from strong drink. In twelve there
were feeble bleeding of the nose, ten had
disturbed sleep, and twelve slight ulcer
ation of the mucuou membrane of the
iriouth, which disappeared In ceasing
from the use of tobacco for some days.
The doctor treated thetn all tot weak
ness, but with little elTect until the
smoking was discontinued, when health
and strength was soon restored. Now,
this Is no "old wife's tale," as these
facts are given under the authority of
the British Medical Journal.
Pine Apples Wjiere and How they
Grow.
AN erroneous idea has pravalled that
the pine apple comes from Nassau.
The Bahama Islands furnish nearly the
whole supply that reaches the American
market ; and that tropical group of coral
Islets, Eleuthera, grows about three
fourths of the entire crop. The Balti
more " News" says:
The vessels that bring them across the
ocean take the fruit aboard at the island
of Eleuthera Itself, getting as near to
the pine fields as the nature of the shore
will admit, while very few are loaded at
the town of Nassau itself. These ves
sels are cllpper-bullt schooners, strong
and swift sailers, as It Is desirable to get
the fruit to market as speedily as possi
ble ; and yet, strange to say, sometimes
a vessel making a long voyage will reach
here with her entire cargo fresh and
good, while another, starting at the
same time and making a shorter trip,
will get Into port with, perhaps, nearly
every fruit aboard of her rotten and only
fit to be thrown away.
The reason why this Is so lias never
been explained. As a rule, the loss by
rot Is about from one-third to one-half
of the entire quantity brought to the
American market. The first shipment
of pine apples to the United States was
made about the year 1820, by Thomas
Cash, of Harbor Island, in an American
Bchooner called the Levi Bowe, of Fair
haven, Conn. The fruit arrived in good
condition, the venture proved successful
and from that time forward the ship
ment of pine apples from the Bahamas
grew Into a regular and profitable busi
ness, an impetus was given to the culti
vation of the plant, and with growing
demand and Increased supply, the traffic
has risen to the extent of about $500,000
annually.
By far the greatest portion of the crop
is supplied by the Island of Eleuthera,
and is principally grown by inhabitants
of Harbor Island, which lies on the
opposite side the finest of the Bahama
Islands.' One who has never been on a
coral island can form but the faintest
notion of the exceeding roughness of
the surface and the ungrateful aspect of
the ground. The island of Eleuthera,
which furnishes such vast numbers of
pine apples, is covered in the main by a
wild vegetation, while the earth from
which it springs is in great part of the
roughest conceivable character of rock.
Holes of every size, form and descrip
tionsome of them partly or wholly
filled with dirt, the debris of decayed
vegetation, loose fragments, large and
small, round and angular, sharp and
hard everywhere abound.
No plough, no spade, no hoe can there
be used. The only thing that , can , be
done is to stick a sprout into one of the
holes, and let it take care of itself, which
it almost Invariably does right well, for
it likes that kind of soil and tips its
sweet nourishment from the little dirt
it may happen to find in the hollow of
the rock. The holes are very close to
gether, the sprouts are placed scarcely a
foot from each other, and aa the plant
growB up it spreads its long, hard, sharp
leaf blades, with edges armed with little
rasping saw-like teeth, up from the
ground and abroad in , every direction.
The plant has a thick supply of these
out-bending leaves, lapped closely one
over the other near the ground, and out
of the.entire of which comes up the
fruit, one pine apple only to each plant,
which then perishes, but leaves behind
a progeny of young sprouts, and these
being stuck into the hollows, Insure a
new crop for the succeeding year. ,
''This replenishing can be kept up for
about six years, and then the whole
field, about exhausted, is left to' itself,
the plants die out, In the course of time
the soil ,1s renewed and fresher fields
now demand the care of thepinegrower.
The only attention given to the plant is
to keep the fields clear of weeds, and
that is almost daily work theyear round.
One negro can attend to about two acres.
The worst weeds to contend with are a
species of bldens a plant very well
known in the United States as Spanish
needles and a kind of crab grass. An
acre properly attended to yields the
enormous number of ten to twelve thou
sand pine apples. ' " f i
. There Is another enemy that requires
looking after very sharply,' and that is
the rat, Which attacks the fruit Just as it
is about to ripen. If no measures were
taken to prevent the depredations of
these troublesome creatures, very few
pine apples would escape their destruc
tlvejaws. The planter has a remedy:
Sweet potatoes are cooked, and whllo
they are yet hot the sulphur i ends of
common matches are broken oiT and In
troduced into them. The phosphorus Is
diffused throughout the substance of
the potatoes, and these being placed
among the pine apple plantB, are eaten
by the rats, which almost Immediately
fall dead from the effects of the poison,
It is about the month of March that
the fruit begins to ripen, and the first
lot of the season generally reaches here
early In April. It sometimes happens
that quite a number of vessels loaded
with pine apples will arrive on the
same day ; a glut Is produced, and ruin
ous prices are the result. Of late years,
however, four or five pine apples pre
serving companies have been established
in the Bahamas. The new enterprlso
has proved eminently successful, and
the Bahama export of the fruit has been
benefited as well, for the reason that the
preserving companies draw off a large
part of the crop from the market, the
natural tendency being to prevent an
undue accumulation of the fresh article
In the spring and early summer.
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Mr. Sarsaper's Refrigerator.
A COUPLE of weeks ago, Mr. Sarau
per told his wife one morning that
he had got about tired of buttering his
bread with a spoon, and so that day he
Bent home a refrigerator. It was a
beauty and he felt proud of it, so much
bo that he had a good deal to Bay about
it at the storej
" I suppose you have to put ice in it,
don't you ?" Bald one one of the clerks.
" Certainly," said Mr. S., " but then
it takes very little. It's an Improve
ments on all the others ever made, full
of little boxes and places for all sorts of
things. Keeps everything separate
meat, vegetables, milk, and so on, with
out any mixing up. It makes hot weath
er so much more comfortable,' Bob, to
pull up to the table and find everything
nice,cool and crisp, Instead of limp, sour
and slushy. We wouldn't be without It
again for anything. I wish you would
run in and look at it, Bob, the first time
you're going by. It's a curiosity and I
know you'll get. one as soon as yqu see
It. Don't bother about ceremony run
In any time." Bob Bald he would. ' J,'t
. About two o'clock, one morning . Jati
week, Mr. Sarsaper was wakened out of
the slumber that always keeps company
with an easy conscience, by his wife
Eoking him in the ribs, and calling on
im to hustle out and see what the mat
ter was. The door bell was jingling like
all possessed.
Mr. Sarsaper crawled out of bed, and
after banging his nose on the door-post
till the blood started, giving himself a
black eye against the corner of the man
tel, and falling down over pretty much
everything in the room, he finally made
his way to the front part of the house,
threw up a window and peered out into
the wet and murky gloom.
" Who's there ?" he demanded, look
ing down at the top of an umbrella.
" Me !" came up In a thick voice from
the under side of it.
" Who's me ?"
"Bob."
"Oh, it's you, is it? What's the
matter, Bob? Anybody sick ?"
"Oh, no. You Bee I've been out to
Sedamsville with some of the boys to
institute a lodge, and I'm lust getting
back. I happened to think about the
refrigerator of yours as I was going by,
and so I thought I'd stop in and see it,
without ceremony, as you said. Come
down and let me in. I'm in a hurry to
get home and can't stop but a minute."
Mr. Sarsaper said something that
would bend the types double If we should
undertake to print it, and slammed
down the window.
He remarked to Bob the next , day
that for downright freezing coolness his
refrigerator was a bake oven compared
to the prank practiced on him. . . ;
. Singular Wagers.
When Mr. Penn matched himself
against Hon. Danvers Butler, to walk
from Hyde Park Comer to Hammer
smith for a wager of 100 guineas, some
body remarked to the Duchess of Gor
don that it was a pity a young fellow
like Penn ' should always be playing
some absurd prank.
" Yes," the old lady retorted, " it's a
pity, but why don't yon advise him bet
ter ? Penn seems to be a pen that every
body cuts and nobody mends."
What would the free-spoken dame
have said to a couple of clergymen run
ning a race on Sunday for a crown a
side? Such a thing has been done.
Soon after Swift received his deanery, he
dined one Sunday with Dr. Raymond, of
Trim, whose house was about 200 yards
from his church. The bell had nearly
done ringing for evening service, when
Swift exclaimed :
" Raymond, I'll lay you a crown I be
gin prayers before you."
" Done!" said the Doctor.and off they
ran. Raymond reached the door first,
entering the church, made for the read
ing desk, at as quick a walking pace as
his sense of propriety permitted. Swift
did not slacken speed in the least, but
ran up the aisle, vBsed his opponent,
and without stopping to put on a sur
plice, or open a prayer-book, began the
Liturgy and went on with the service
sufficiently long to win the wager.