THE TIMES, NE)V BLOOMFIELI), PA SEPTEMBER 17,, 1878.
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RAILROADS
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINB.
May, 12th", 1878.
TRAINS LEAVE IlAKIUSBUKO AS FOLLOWS
For New York, at 6.20, . 8.10 a. m. loop, m.,
and 7.M P. rn.
For Philadelphia, at 5.20, 8.10, 0.43 , a.m.
2.00 and 8.57 p. in. . .
For Heading, at 8.20, 8.10, 9.4S a. m. and 2.00
3.f7 and T.fift. , .
For Fottsvllle at 8.20, 8.10 a. m.. and 8.ST
&. in., and via Schuylkill and ; Susquehanna
ranch at 2.40 p. in.
For Auburn via H. ft 8. Br. at 8.S0 a. m.
For Allentown, at 6.20, 8.10a. jnandat 2.00,
S.B7 and 7.55 p. m. .... ,
The 5.20, 8.10 a. m and T.5 p. m., trains
have through cars lor New York.
The 5.20, a. m.. and 2.00 p.m., trains have
through cars (or Philadelphia.
SUNDAYS i
For New York, at 6.20 a.m.
For Allentown and Way Stations at 5.20 a. in.
Forlieaillug.I'hlladelphlaand WayStatlonsat
1.45 p. in.
TRAIN 8 FOR H ARHISBVRQ, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWS !
Leave New York, at 8.45 a. m 1.00, 8.S0nnd
7.45 p. 111.
Leave Philadelphia, at 9.15 a. in. 4.00, nnd
'"LeaveReadlng. at t10, T.10, 11.20 a. m. 1.30,
6.15 and 1. 3i p. m. ....
Leave Pottsvllle, at 6.10, 9.15 a.m. and 4.35
P And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Brnuelut
8.15 a.m.
Leave Auburn via 9. 8. Br. at 12 noon.
Leave Allentown, at R30 5,f0, tt.uda.iu., 12.15
4.30 and 9.0 p. in.
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York, at 3.30 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. m.
Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.35
P Leave Allentown, nt2 30 n. in., and 9.05 p. m.
J. E. WOOTEN, (Jen. Manager.
C. O. Hancock, General Ticket Agent.
tOoes not run on Mondays.
'Via Morris and Essex It. R.
Pennsylvania R. It. Time Table.
NEWPORT STATION.
On and alter Monday, June 25th, 187", Pas
enger trains will run as follows:
EAST.
Mltlllntown Acc. 7.32 a. m., dilly except Sunday.
iioillisiuwu l.t.& r. n., imuj ouiiuaj
Mall, 6.54 P. m. , dally exceptSunday
Atlautle Express, h.sip.m., nag, aaiiy.
WEST.
WavPass. 9.08 A. M.. dallv.
Mail 2.43 P. M. dally exceptSunday.
Mlffllntown Acc. s.&op. m. aiuiyexcept minnay.
Pittsburgh Express, 11.67P. M.,( Flag) daily, ex
cept Sunday.
Pncitln Kxnras. R.17 a. m.. dallv (flael
Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which
Is 13 minutes taster wan Aitoona time, ana 4 niiu
utes slower than New York time.
J. J. BARCLAY, Agent.
DUNCANNON 8TATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, trains
willleave Uuncannon. as iouows :
EASTWARD.
Mlffllntown Ace. daily except Sundayat 8.12 a. m,
Johnstown Ex. 12.53P. M., dally exceptSunday
Mail 7.30 P. M " " "
Atlantic Express 10.20 p. m., daily (flag)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger, 8.38 a. m., dally
Mall. 2.09 p. m, dallyexceptSunday,
Mlffllntown Acc. dallv excent Sunday at 6.10 p.m.
Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (flag) 11.33P. H.
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HOW I GOT MY FIRST WIFE.
IT was Just five years ago this summer
that I was granted exemption for one
month from my desk and went down
with my chum Horace Hyatt, to his
fathers's In old Monmouth, the garden
of that unjustly abused State, New
Jersey. I should never have forgotten
that visit, even though I had not there
met With an adventure that had Its in
fiueuce on the whole of my future life.
1 should remember It for the real true hos-
pltalltyofthellyattsorthesoltdold time
comfort of the farm, and the quiet way
In which within a couple of days after
my arrlVnl I was put Into posesslon of
It, and made to feel that It all belonged
to me, to do Just what I pleased with.
There were plenty of horses, and we
rode; plenty of fish, and we fished;
plenty of woodcock, and we shot. All
this shall be spoken of with a proviso.
I say we, by which let it be understood
that I do not mean Horace's two sisters,
Carrie and Nettie, as having participat
ed In all these sports.
For some days after my arrival at the
farm curiosity had been much excited
by the occasional panegyric lavished by
the young ladies upon a once school
fellow of their own, May Stevens by
name, who was, according to their high
ly colored account, the most perfect
thing in the shape of a woman then
living.
" And so she is coming at last 1 I'm
so glad I"
Whether It was that the train of my
thought was upon that point at the
moment or what I cannot say, but I
knew directly the whole matter. I saw
Carrie with an open letter In her hand,
and coupling it with Nettie's words I
knew that the heretofore only heard of
May Stevens was about to become a
reality. I had no need to ask questions;
all the incomparable May, was to spend
a month at Hyatt's and they were to
expect her at any moment, though as
the letter read, she might not be down
for a week to come. My whole mind
was now absorbed in making the best
figure possible before the new queen.
My choicest morsels of wardrobe should
be offered on the shrine of May Stevens.
I absented myself to go to town on
the plea of sudden memory of business
neglected, and bad faithfully promised
Nettie and Carrie that the next day
should see me down again at Hyatt's to
stay out the month that May Stevens,
the wonderful, was about to pass with
them.
I arrived at my city rooms, and for
six hours I dressed and redressed, com
pared, rejected and selected, and at the
end of that time I had laid out those
portions of my wearable goods, In which
I had decided to make my first appear
ance before May Stevens. It wanted
still several hours to sunset, and having
got safely through the great object of my
visit, I thought it would not be a bad
idea for me to take thelast train, and re
turn the same night to Hyatt's, instead
of waiting over until morning. No
sooner said than done. I packed my
habiliments, and away I went. Whiz
zing and puffing over an uninteresting
road is provocative of sleep, b6 I found
it when the shades of evening fell, for,
to the best of my recollection, I was in
the very midst of a dream, in which
May Stevens, attired in book-muslin and
pale blue satin, sat on a purple cloud,
and admiringly inquired who my tailor
was. Just as I was about to inform her
there came a crash, and, for a moment,
I was not entirely certain whether it
was the cloud that had exploded or my
self had torn some portion of my ap
parel that was overstrained. It required
out a moment to awaken me to the fact
that both presumptions were wrong. It
was our train, the 6:20, that had run off
the track, smashing things generally, and
spilling the contents of several cars
along the road, to say nothing of fright
ening half a hundred passengers into a
condition bordering on lunacy. But
most terrible of all mishaps, it spilled
me, clothes and all,' into a pool of mud
and water, from which I escaped with
life but utterly wrecked in the matter of
good clothes. , This was a pretty state of
things ; and to make it still worse, I
was exactly five miles from my destina
tion. I was disposed to make myself
agreeable and would have willingly
rendered all the assistance in my power
to the unprotected females of the wreck
ed train, if I had been in condition to
be seen, but, heartily ashamed of my
appearance, I rushed from the scene and
started for Hyatt's, the determination
strong in my breast to reach that haven
before daylight and get a decent if not
a stunning suit of clothes. It was a
beautiful moonlight night, and verging
close on toward eleven o'clock. That
did not deter me. I was determined to
walk over to Hyatt's. No sooner said
than done. I Bet forth. Five miles is
a trifle, particularly to a man In my
condition, and Just as my watch marked
the quarter after midnight I marched
up the lane that led to the house. There
was a single light to be seen In the house,
and that in my room ; but as I approach
ed near the house it disappeared, and
the whole house was in dnrkness. My
roommate, Horace, had evidently Just
gone to bed. Bo much the better. I
didn't want even him to see me in that
plight. My bedroom windows looked
out upon the roof of the piazza. I would
not disturb the house by knocking oh,
no, not a bit of It a climb would settle
the business. The thing was executed
as soon as thought, and In a few seconds
I stood on the piazza. What if Horace
saw me In the plight, and I should be
compelled to explain that my vanity
had led me to walk five miles in the
night and to scale a piazza to escaped
being seen ? He would never get done
joking ine. No he should not see me
thus. In a sew seconds, standing on
the piazza, I divested myself of coat,'
vest, pants, boots, hat ay ! even of my
shirt, and stood confessed a blushing
Hyperion in undershirt and drawers I
Leaving the muddy clothes on the piaz
za, I put my band to the window,
which, yielded, and sprang into my own
room. By the moonlight which stream-'
t'd In I saw a figure in white standing
by the bedside, with the covers of the
bed drawn In front of it; and I laughed
at the idea of Horace being frightened
by my appearance. Immediately after
ward I reflected that scaling the piazza
of a farmhouse at midnight, and forcing
an entrance by a window en dishabille
had rather an alarming, not say burg
larious, aspect, and I therefore spoke
with the intention of reassuring him,
when a trembling and unmistakably
feminine voice half Bcreamed, half fal
tered.
"Who are you ?"
There are su-ih surprises as, without a
terror, absolutely deprive us of the pow
er of speech until the brain has time to
act and reason. Such surprises do not
generate screams and faints. They are
expressed by open moutli and silent
wonder. This was the case with my
self and my roommate. Bight by my
side, with her face within three feet of
my own stood a young woman, not
more than seventeen, with great dark
hazel eyes, and such great masses of
brown hair tucked away under the
neatest little nightcap that ever was.
She had gathered the bedclothes, with a
spasmodic Jerk, up about her throat, and
with the most rigid, astonished look, as
though doubting whether she was Bleep-
Jng or waking, gazed steadily in my
eyes, and repeated her question.
"Who are you?" l
I blurted out with
" How came you here ?"
The figure stared still in speechless
astonishment', but in a moment, ns
though awaking from its stupefaction,
spoke
" Are you Charles Morgan ?"
" Yes," was my rather subdued an
swer. " Well, then, Mr. Morgan," said the
figure, by this time speaking calmly
and quite as dignified as though in the
drawing-room, "I am May Stevens,
and I was put in this room last evening
after an unexpected arrival. Horace
hud gone over to a neighbor's a few
miles off before I got here, and was not
to return until morning. That is how
I was put in this room."
So here was I, vis-a-vis to Miss May
Stevens, that mythical lady, for the first
meeting with whom I lntendod to have
got up such superlutive toilet, and Bhe
in her nightcap, and I in my drawers a
nice style of introduction, and a nice
style of toilet 1 And she by this time
was as cool as the Slet of December, and
stood looking me right in the eyes as I
made ! some rambling explanation of
my being found in that most extraordi
nary situation and costume I It was a
lame explanation, wonderfully mixed
up with irrelevant matter, and stammer
ed and stuttered through in a way that
should have disgusted any sensible per
son. She seemed to be seriously pond
ering and thinking during the recital,
and at its end, looking at me us though
asking the most simple question in the
world, said:
"What's to be done?"
" Let me jump out of the window, as
I came in,'? I said, in a sickish tone, of
voice ; and then reflecting that it would
never do to put on these clothes again,
nor to stroll about the farm as I was, I
as hastily exclaimed :
" No 1 no! I won't go. I must have a
decent suit of clothes. I won't go with
out 'em,' and I began looking around
for my trunk.
While I was doing so I heard a noise
behind me and turning quickly round
saw she bad sprang into bed and was
dragging the clothes about her up to her
neck. ' '
"You must dress yourself and go
away," she said. " I will lie BtiU with
my head covered until you are gone."
And so she did, burying her heard in
the bedclothes to suppress her laughter.
I hastily opened my trunk and got out
another suit, and as hastily arrayed my
self in it. Then I as hastily departed,
and I venture to say without the slight
est fear of dispute that no man ever
sneaked out of bis own room more
stealthily or more Ignomlnlously than
I did.
That morning we met, May Stevens
and I at the breakfast table. I in the
character of the newlv arrived, and
were formally Introduced, during the
ceremony of which we astounded every
one present, and planted a thorn of
wonder in the sides of Nettle and Carrie,
by bursting simultaneously Into a hearty
laugh, which we have never failed to re
peat whenever the momory of our first
meeting comes up. And now you have
the whole story of how t first met my
wife. , .
CURIOUS CASES. '
AN article in the Journal dc Dcbats
says : Here Is a singular Case, and
for all that, it is a cane not absolutely
rare. It Is known that there are some
epicures who have a decided taste for
needles. ' They shallow them by the
dozen like oysters, some with an appa
rent passion, for cases are cited of per-'
sons who haVe swallowed hundreds of
needles. There are others who prefer
pins, little white pins with round heads.
Bins and needles travel all through the
tissues. They work their way almost
with ease through the body, much more
surely than living creatures. Their mi
gration through the different organs Is
more or less long. At the end of several
months, and often after several years,
the needles reach the skin, and they are
taken out sometimes in the manner that
a pin is plucked from a pin-cushion.
No doubt the thing seems Improbable,
but It is absolutely true.
We find . lovers of needles not only
among lunatics, but even among people
sound in body and mind. At La Sal
petreire especially there have been pa
tients who have swallowed hundreds of
needles. Silvy makes special mention
of a woman in the full enjoyment of all
her faculties, who had a passion for de
vouring pins and needles. At the au
topsy of her body 1,500 of, them were
found in various organs. Fabrlce de
Hilden tells of a lady, full of health,
who, in her moments of ennui, swallow
ed pins, which came out through the
skin bIx years after their introduction
Villars reports the case of a young wo
man, of twenty-six years, who, In nine
months, turned out more than 200 nee
dles and pins swallowed two years be.
fore. These little strangers came out
through the hands, the arms, the arm
pits, the abdomen, and even the knees.
and all upon the left side. The pins ad
vanced more rapidly than the needles
the latter being oxidized.
Dr. Otto of Copenhagen, cites another
case and less curious. The observation
that he was enabled to make was In the
cose of a young girl who, in a fit, had
probably swallowed a large quantity of
needles. Dr. Otto saw 395 of them come
out from different parts of her body,
Little pimples formed themselves on
the surface of the Bkin In bunches-
perfect nests of needles from one of
which 100 needles were extracted.
Dr. Gillette, a hospital surgeon, who
has just published a very interesting
note on this subject, states that in Jan
uary, 1878, Dr. Bigger cited an analogous
case' before the Irish Society of Sur
gery. Over 300 needles were found in
the body of a nurse in Whltworth
Hospital. One of the needleB penetrated
the elbow, and the nurse died at th
Itlchmond Hospital. It could not ex.
actly be ascertained how they had been
taken into the body, but everything
tends to the belief, says Dr. Bigger,
that they had been swallowed. We
have ourselves recently mentioned
according to Dr. Camara Cabral, the
case of a young girl sixteen years old
an epileptic, from different parts of
whose body over ninety needles were
taken.
Dr. Gillete has just refered to a case
of a similar nature in Paris with
young girl of twenty, who gave ou
from different parts of her body several
needles, which appeared under the skin
perforating it, could easily be taken ou
with the fingers, or with a little pincers,
Their coming out was not accompanied
by any flow of . blood. On being ques
tioned on this subject the young girl
remained silent as to the origin of the
presence of the needles in her bodr.
Suspecting that the thing was a mere
trick, M. Lepulmier watched the
patient closely and was himself able
to witness the coming out of the needles,
In eighteen months more than 820
appeared. Tbey were all put into a
little flannel needle case. For the most
part they were oxidized and black. The
greater portion were complete; others
were broken,, and were taken out In
fragments more or less long. These
needles came out from different parts
of the body, at irregular intervals, an
taking a parallel course invariably the
Bame. Thus, from the 4th to the 6th
of September, 42 appeared, and from the
0th to the 10th of November, 109. It
often happened that a great number ap
peared in a single day. It October, 1874
there came out 21, 81, 01. and 20 a day
The greatest quantity appeared just
above the right breast; but they were
found in the legs, arms, the temple, and
the right cheek. -1 J
A strange phenomenon proceeded the
issue forth of these foreign bodies. The
patient experienced several haul's In ad
vance, stinging pains, which produced a
fever well marked. Then she felt a
sensation as of a sudden projection or
shock within the tissues, followed by a
prickling sensation. The young girl
then examined the part of the body
which had been the seat Of this momen
tary sensation, and she saw the head of
a needle outside the skin to a sufficient
length to be caught hold of and pulled
out. All the needles cahie out head fore
most. M. Lenaulmler took out 818. Six
were extracted by the patient herself.
There was no trace of Inflamatlon at the
parts from which they came out.
The girl never having displayed any
over-nervousexcltement.Messrs. Lepaul
mlerand Gillette came to the conclusion
that the needles had been voluntarily
swallowed by the young girl with a view
of committing suicide. She never gave
any explanation further than to say that
while she was at school one of her com
rades, who several times had tried to
play ugly tricks upon her, must have
put the needles into sweets, which she
was particularly fond of. This explana
tion seems difficult to admit. Even up
to the present day needles from time to
time make their appearance through the
body of the young lady.
Similar cases might be multiplied. It
is sufficient for us us to have shown that
the exit of needles and pins through the
skin Is a positive fact. The preceding
details go to show bevond a doubt that
pins can often be swallowed without any
serious consequences, and that there is
no need for serious alarm when one has
accidentally been swallowed. At the
some time the above case have also
show that it Is prudent to abstain from
pins and needles as articles of food.
A Model Confession.
. Several years ago, in a Western town,
a young lawyer, a member of a large
church, got drunk. The brethren said
he must confess. He demurred. He
knew the members to be a good people,
but that they had their little faults, such
as driving sharp bargains, screwing the
laborer down to low wages.loaning mon
ey at illegal rates, misrepresenting arti
cles they had for sale, &c. But the
good people pressed the lawyer to
come before the church meeting and
own to his sin of taking a glass too
much, for they were a temperance peo
ple, and abhorred intemperance. '
The sinner finally went to the confes
sion, found a large gatheringof brethren
and sisters, whose bowed heads rose, and
whose eyes glistened with pure delight
as the lawyer began his confession.
" I confess," he said, "that I never
took ten per cent, for money." On that
confession down went a brother's head
with a groan. " I never turned a poor
man from my door who needed food or
Bhelter." Down went another head.
"I confess I never sold a skim milk
cheese for a new milk one," whereupon
a sister shrieked for mercy. " But,"
concluded the sinner, "I have been
drunk and am very sorry for it."
Whereupon the meeting very peace
ably dispersed. . , .
tW kt Booneville last week a large
crowd bad assembled on. the fair grounds
to witness a match between the nine of
rival towns. ' In the absence of the regular
catcher of 6ne club, James Barry,of Utica,
was substituted. Tbe first man was called
to tbe bat, and tbe umpire duly called two
balls and two strikes. ' Tbe next ball must
have made either' three balls or three
strikes. Tbe pitcher delivered it with
great force, and tbe man at tbe bat struck
a foul tip, tbe ball passing beneath, just
grazing tbe bat nnd striking Barry in tbe
pit of the stomach. Barry picked up tbe
ball, threw It to the pitcher nnd fell to tbe
ground. Tbe umpire and striker spoke to
him, but be could not articulate. A physi
cian was among tbe spectators, but before
be could get to tbe injured man, Barry
was dead.
A man saw a ghost while walking
along a lonely highway at midnight.
Tbe ghost stood exactly in the middle
of the road, and the wayfarer, deciding
to investigate poked at it with his um
brella. The next instant he wad knocked
twenty feet into a mud-hole. Moral
Never poke a large white mule when its
back is turned.
C3" A Chinaman never swears when
he gets mad because there are no " cuss
words" in his dictionary. He simply
upsets his wasbtubs, butts the bottom
out, kicks a dog, and feels better.
C3T There is nothing so easy as to be
wise for others ; a species of prodigality,
by the way for such wisdom is wholly
wasted.
1ST "Whatever Is, is right," except
when you get the right boot on the left
foot.
3If you act with a view to praUe
only, you deserve none. '