; THE TIMES,: NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. SEPTEMBER 21, 1878.
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PHILADELPHIA AND READINGTr
ARKANQRMKNTOF PASSENGER TRAINS.
: nay 1 2 ih, 1878.
t HAIN8 LEAVE H AUIUSBUftO A8 FOLLOWS
For New York, at 5.20. 8.10 a. m. 8.00D. m..
and 7.M p. m. . I
For Philadelphia, at 8.20, 8.10, 9.45 a.m.
too ana s.bt p. in.
For Ketidlna. at 6.20. 8.10. 9.13 a.m. and 2.00
8.67 and T.NS.
For Fotcsvllle at B.20. 8.10 a. m.. and 3.67
B. in., and via Hcliuylkill and Busquehanna
ranch at 1.40 p. m.
For Auburn via H. & 8. Br. at 6.30 a. m.
For Allentown, ato.20, B.loa. in., and at 2.00,
3.57 and 7.55 p. in. . . ,
The 5.20, 8.10 a.m., and 7.55 p. m., traln
have through cars tor New York.
The 6.20, a. in., and 2.00 p. m., trains have
through cars for Philadelphia. s
BUNDAYSt
For New York, at 5.2o a. hi.
For Alletitown and Way Htatloim at 8.20 a.m.
For Heading, Philadelphia and Way dtatlonsat
1.45 p. in.
TRAINS FOR IIARRI8BURG, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWS I
Leave New York, at 3.45 a. m,., 1.00, 5.30 and
7.4i p. in.
Leave Philadelphia, at 9.15 a. m. 4AHI, and
7.20 p. in.
Leave Reading, at t4. 40, 7.40, 11.20 a. m. 1.30,
8.15 and lo. i p. in.
Leave I'oltaville, at 6.10, 9.15 a.m. and 4.35
p. in.
And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branchbt
8.15 a. m.
Leave Auburn via 8. ft 8. Br. at 12 noon.
Leave Alleiitown, at ti306,50, 9.05 a.m.. 12.15
1.30 and 9.0) U. in.
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York, at 3.30 p. m.
Leave l'hlladelpbla, at 7.20 p. m.
Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.35
p. m.
Leave AUentown. at2 30 a. in., and 9.05 p. m.
J. K. WOOTEN, Uen. Manager.
C. O. Hancock, General Ticket Agent.
tUoes not run on Mondays.
Vla Morris and Essex It. R.
Pennsylvania R.R. Time Table.
NEWPORT STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Fas
enger tralnswlll run as follows:
EAST.
Mlllilntown Acc. 7.32 a. m., dally exceptSunday.
Johnstown Ex. 12.23 P. M., dally " Sunday
Mall, 6.54 p. m., daily exceptSuuday
Atlantic Express, 9.54p.m., flag, dally.
WEST.
WayPass. 9.08 A. m., dally,
Mall, 2.43 r. M. dally exceptSunday.
Miillintown Aco. 6.55 p. m. dailyexcept Sunday.
Pittsburgh Express, 11.57P. M., (Flag) daily, ex
cept Sunday.
Pacino Express, 6.17 a.m.. daily (flag)
Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which
is 13 minutes faster than Altoona time, and 4 min
utes slower than New York time.
J.J. BARCLAY, Agent.
DUNCANNON STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877,tralus
willleaveDuncannon. as follows:
EASTWARD.
Mlfiilntown Acc. daily except Sundayat 8.12a. m.
Johnstown Ex. 12.53P. M., daily except Sunday.
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, dallyexceptSunday.
MilHlntown Acc. dallyexceptSunday at 6.10p.m.
Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (flag) 11.33P. m.
WM. C. KING Agent.
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A WOMAN'S DEVOTION.
A MONO the many Instances of female
goodness rtnd devotion to worthy
objects, during the French lie volution
of 1702-5, few are more touohlng, or
more remarkable, than the following : .
A young man of Interesting appear
ance and an agreeable countenance, was
incarcerated In a prison in Bordeaux.
Ills name was Du Dots. Bad diet, bad
alr,operated unfavorably upon his health
and he was removed to a hospital to re
ceive medical treatment. It may well be
imagined that Dubois felt but little
anxiety In relation to his sickness, or
its result, being as well reconciled to die
on his bed of diseaee as to suffer upon
the scaflbld. The only solace of his
melancholy situation was derived from
the visits of a young and beautiful lay
sister named Theresa.
She was an entire stranger to him pre
vious to his removal to the hospital 5
but she was now the only being who
came to soften the bed of sickness. At
first her visits were received without
much emotion ; but at length his in
difference wore off, and the daily coming
of Theresa was the only subject thateni
ployed his thoughts. Although the
purest benevolence had brought her to
to the hospital, yet sister Theresa had
been pleased with the noble features of
Du Bols, and was equally gratified when
she learned that he was not wanting in
the still nobler attributes of the soul.
Charmed with his good sense, and pre
ceding that her presence gave him
pleasure, her visits grew more frequent.
The result was that by looking into
their hearts they discovered something
there worthy the name of friendship.
One morning Theresa left Du Bois in
a state of mind most unenviable. Be
fore her last visit he had resigned him
self to death, and felt a certain kind of
calmness in the consciousness of the
certainty of his fate ; but now a glim
mering of hope, just palpable enough
to incite a desire for life, shone into his
mind and awoke fears which had ceased
to distress him.
As Theresa was leaving the ward
where Du Bois was confined she met
the house physician.
" You are still employed in deed of
charity, Sister Theresa," he said, with a
Btulle.
" I do not refuse my poor services to
the suffering, doctor. Heaven knows
there is room enough for benevolent
works here," Bhe replied.
" Yes, plenty of works for priests and
doctors, to Bay nothing of executioners.
But how fare our patients ?"
" Alas I doctor, why should you ask ?"
" Some empty beds this morning.
My patients get about quick; and what
is more remarkable they never return
Into my hands again." ,
" No, they do not, thanks to the just
and merciful Dispenser of human af
fairs ; they go into more lenient hands."
" How fares Du Bois ? Is he well
enough to go out and take air V" asked
the doctor, significantly.
" Poor fellow I he is almost gone.
There is scarcely a breath left in him."
" Not so bad, Sister Theresa not so
bad, Sister Theresa not so bad as he
might be. He will be able to pay his
respects to the tribunal in a few days.
Let me feel your wrist, young man,
quite a pulse; put out your tongue;
thick coat' t some hope keep up courage
soon be able to ride out."
" Doctor, come with me, for heaven's
sake," said the lay Bister, taking the
man of physio and wit by the arm. " I
must speak to your seriously."
" I beg of you to be quiet, Sister
Theresa, you really make me nervous.
What can you want? Ah I what hand
some eyes, were there are no tears in
them ; I never noticed that before. Now
that we are alone, tell me what you
would say, and be brief, for I have duties
to attend to."
While the doctor was speaking,
Theresa gradually drew him away into
his office. " -
" Shall we he heard if I speak here 5"'
she asked hurriedly, closing the door
and locking it.
" Only by ourselves ; but what means
this? you 'have locked me into the
room with yourself, charming There
sa ?" ' .
It seems that I wish to move your
pity ; to excite your compassion ; to
prompt you to a deed of mercy.
" Well, what is It ?"
" Du Bois must not die," replied the
lay Bister, In accents of grief. ' .''
" Theresa, all the girls of Bordeaux
could not save him, should they all
knell and weep before the tribunal. Du
Bols must sutler with the rest."
"But he must not. You can save
him."
"I can save him You are mad!"
"Iam not mad. Mam sane and ra
tional as yourself. Say that you will
aid me," continued Theresa, in tones of
touching earnestness.
. "But what is Du Bols to you ?"
"Do not ask; be generous, for your
heart tells you all."
"You love him ; this agitation and
1 t
grief witness your love. How do you
propose to save Dullols 1"'
"You shall report him dead to the
agents of the tribunal ; you shall then
order his body to your private office
for anatomical purpose. In the dress
of a surgeon it will be easy to eflect
his escape thence. I have already in
formed him in the part he is to act.
He will feign violent convulsions, which
will apparently end in death, how easy
it will be then to save him if you enter
into my schemes."
"It may seem easy to you, but a dls
covery would be sure death to me an
swered the doctor, pacing the room,
much moved by the entreaties, tears
and beauty of Theresa.
" God bless you for the act, and my
poor prayers shall ever ascend lor you to
the throne of mercy."
The doctor turned his back to the
fair pleader, and wiped something from
his eye.
"I will tell you what I will do," he
added, in a more kindly voice. "I will
not attempt to thwart your plans; I will
even favor them. To morrow, when I
visit the ward where Du Bois is sick. I
will find you in tears. I will ask
"What ails you Sister Theresa?" I
will turn from you without looking at
my patient. You will pretend that I or
dered the body to my office for the
benefit of my pupils. Two attendants
will assist you in carrying it there. But
remember to throw a napkin over his
face, and to support the head yourself,
for it is difficult to feign death so as to
deceive those who are familiar with it.
And, moreover, let the body be wrapped
In a sheet, lest the warmth should be
tray the fact that the soul is still within.
If the young man should And a sur
geon's dress in the office, he need not
ask liberty to appropriate it to his own
use. When once in the street let him
improve the time, and be seen no more
in Bordeaux."
Again did Sister Theresa fall upon her
knees to cover the hands of the kind
hearted doctor with tears and kisses,
and his own eyes could not refuse a tri
bute of feeling at contemplation of bo
much devotion and loviness.
With what Intense anxiety did There
sa and Du Bois await the coming of
another day a day which would make
them the happiest of human beings, or
the most miserable creatures in exis
tence. Neither closed their eyes in
sleep.
Du Bois, according to his instructions,
groaned heavily during the night, and
seemed to suffer much pain. Toward
morning his moans grew feebler, and
less frequent. When Theresa visited
him at daylight he appeared to be seized
with terrible convulsions. His eyes
rolled wildly about in their sockets ; IiIb
face was distorted ; blood was seen upon
his Hps ; his cheeks were deadiy pale,
and his last moment seemed near.
The Iny sister stood beside his bed and
wept. At length Du Bois ceased his
motions ; he was heard to breath hard
for a short time, and then all was quiet,
Bave the frantic cries of Theresa, who
threw herself upon the body, and pit
ously bewailed his death.
While thus engaged, the house phy
sician entered the room.
" What alls you, Sister Theresa ?
Why are you thus wild with woe ?" he
asked calmly, as had been previously
agreed.
" Alas I my friend Is no more ; Du Bols
is dead 1" she replied, with a fresh out
burst of grief.
" Well, what matters it ? it has saved
him from the scaffold. Did you wish
him to live to die by the hand of the
executioner ?" The house physician
passed on, without so much as looking
toward the bed where Du Bois lay.
How Theresa's heart bounded with
joy 1 She would gladly have fallen
down at the doctor's feet and embraced
them.
Calming her transports of grief, she
turned and beckoned two attendants
who were near. They came.
The house physician desires you to
assist me in removing this body to his
office," she said, restraining her emotion
as much as possible.
As they carried it out they met a sur
geon, and Theresa's heart sank within
her; but he passed them without notice,
and in a few moments Du Bols was
stretched upon the dissecting table in
the doctor's private office.
" Now our work is done and you may
go," said Theresa.
The attendants left the room, and our
heroine locked the door after them.
Du Bois leaped from the table and
donned the surgeon's dress without loss
of time. When he was ready to go he
threw himself at Theresa's feet and
poured out the eloquent language of his
overflowing heart, in words which it
would be in vain to attempt to record.
God only knows how full of gratitude a
generous heart can be, and He alone can
tell the emotions of Du Bols at that mo
ment. " Delay no longer, In the name of the
blessed saints 1" cried the lay sister.
"It were base ingratitude to destroy
you," replied Du Bols. "I will soon
manage to have a letter conveyed to
you which will make known the place
of my retreat. Promise that you will
come to me that you will render for
ever happy the life you have , this day
saved, by an act of generosity unpar
alleled." " I promise," replied the lny sister
with a faint blush. 1
"And now I part; for the present,
best and dearest of your sex, ' farewell.
If we meet not again on earth, we meet
in heaven."
The ddor was opened, and the ; next
moment Du Bols was gone.
The letter which Du Bols had prom
ised came at length. The fair Theresa
did not hesitate, but hastened to join
him agreeably to her promise. Qulting
his temporary asylum, he retired to
Spain, where he was wedded tohls bene
factress. Happy indeed was the fortune of Du
Bols, iu being united to a woman who
had proven the strength of her attach
ment in a manner so remarkable, and
in an hour when earthly hopes had
ceased te shine into his soul.
A Sensible Preacher.
ONCE upon a time, so runs the most
authentic story, one of the Great
Frederick's favorite chaplains was taken
from him by the hand of death. The
peculiar qualities in the deceased eccle
siastic had not been more his devout piety
and heartfelt reverence than his known
courage in danger and presence of mind
in seasons of astonishment. Said the
great king :
" Ah me I where shall I And another
man so truly devout and so conscien
tiously devoted to his religious duty,who
will at the same time possess such won
drous presence of mind ? Ah ! Good
Father Isaac's wits were never want
ing." At length, however, a candidate was
recommended to his favorable consider
ation, a man known to be pious and
and devout, and against whom no
breath of scandal had ever been turned.
" But what is his courage?" demand
ed Frederick. " What would he do In
a moment of mortal terror which had
burst unexpectedly over his head ?"
The proposer shook his head. He
could not say.
"Hal" cried the king, "we will try
him. Look ye. He shall preach In our
chapel next Sunday afternoon, and I
will be there. He Is to have no sermon
prepared. I will myself, when I enter
the chapel, place in his hand a sealed
packet, within which he will find his
text ; and from that text he will preach
his sermon."
The ecclesiastic was consulted and
readily consented to the proposition.
The eventful day arrived and the clergy
man entered the chapel, and as he passed
up the centre aisle an officer in gaudy
uniform aide-de-camp of the king put
a sealed paper Into his hand, at the same
time whispering, "From his majesty."
The clergyman ascended to the pulpit,
read the Scripture, give out the two
hymns, made an appropriate prayer, in
which the king was recognized without
fulsomeness, and then he arose and
broke the seal of the missive he had re
ceived and found it blank ! Not a
word nor pen mark appeared. With a
calm smile the clergyman cast his eyes
over the congregation, and then said :
" Brethren and slBters Here is noth
ing," and he held up the paper to show
that it was blank. " Blessed is he whom
nothing can annoy, whom nothing can
make afraid or swerve from his duty.
We read that God made from nothing
all things 1 And yet look at the stu
pendous majesty of His Infinite cre
ation." And thereupon the candidate went on
with a powerful and eloquent discourse
on the wonders and beauties of cre
ation. Suffice it to say that Frederick be
stowed upon him the vacant chaplain
cy, and that in time he came to be the
king's chief confidant and spiritual ad
viser. A Lesson for Boys.
A FEW years ago, a lad who was left
without father or mother went to
New York, alone and friendless, to get
a situation in a store as an errand boy,
until he could command a higher posi
tion ; but this boy had been in bad
company and had got into the habit of
calling for "bitters" and cheap cigar8-
, I
On looking over the paper he noticed
that a merchant on Pearl street wanted
a lad of his age, and he called there and
made his business known.
" Walk Into my office, my lad,"
said the merchant, "I'll attend to you
soon."
When he had waited upon his custo.
mer he took a seat near the lad, and es
pied a cigar In ' his ' hat This was
enough.
" My boy," said he, " I want a smart,
honest, faithful lad ; but you, I see,
imoke cigars, and in my experience of
many years, I have found cigar smok
ing lads to be connected With - various
other evil habits, and if 1 am hot nils
taken, you are not an exception. You
can leave; you will not suit me." 1
John held down his head and left the
store; and as he walked along the street,
a stranger and friendless, the counsel of
his poor mother came forcibly to his
mind, who, upon her death-bed, called
him to her side, and placing her emacia
ted hand rfpon his head, said t '
" Johnny, my dear boy, I am going to
leave you. You well know what dis
grace and misery your father brought
upon us before his death, I want you to
promise me, before I die, that you will
never taste one drop of the accursed
poison that killed your father, nor tobac
co. Promise this, and be a gbod boy,
Johnny, and I shall die in peace."
Tears trickled down Johnny's cheek.
He went to his lodgings, and throwing
himself upon ills bed, gave vent to his
feelings In sobs. But John had moral
courage. He had energy and deter
mination, and ere an hour had passed
he made up his mind never to taste an
other drop of liquor nor to smoke
another cigar.
He went straight back to the mer
chant. Said he :
" Sir, you very properly sent me away
this morning for habits that I have been
guilty of; but, sir, I have neither father
nor mother, and though I have occa
sionally done what I ought not to do,
and have not followed the advice of my
poor mother on her death-bed, yet I
have now made a vow never to drink
another drop of liquor nor smoke an
other cigar, and if you will only try
nie, It is all I ask."
The merchant was struck with the
decision and energy of the boy, aiid at
once employed him. He was steady
and faithful to his vow, and at the ex
piration of five years this lad was a
partner in the business, and is now
worth ten thousand dollars.
His Own Medicine.
One of the delegates to the "National"
convention, on his return from Syracuse,
went to see his heart's delight, to whom
he had been engaged for six ecstatic
months. She met him at the hinge
weakened gate with the remark :
" James, I have learned to love an
other. To-night we part."
" Learned to love another! Part!
Why, Fanny, what do you mean ?"
" I mean precisely what I say," she
answered, with an icy smile.
" O, no ; it cannot be, it cannot be.
Say you are joking. You cannot mean
It. Have I not your absolute promise to
be my wife ?"
" You have," she replied in the same
unlmpassloned tone. " And it is be
cause you have my absolute promise
that I feel I have right to be fickle."
He reached around to his hip pocket
and whipped out his pistol, exclaim
ing: " If you would not have me fall dead
at your feet, explain."
" I will," she said. " My ' absolute'
promise is like the absolute paper mon
ey you dote on there is no provision
made for redeeming it."
He slowly returned his pistol to his
pocket and departed from her presence
without a word.
A Knowing Office Holder.
The Register ot New York City has
had complaints made regarding the fees
charged in his office. Being Interviewed
on the subject, he showed his ignorance
by the following remarks :
" I am really unable to conceive what
motives or what grounds any. one can
have for making any such charges
against me. I do not myself know the
method of collecting fees in my office,
but if what my deputy tells me is true,
there certainly can be no foundation for
any charge of excessive fees. When I
entered upon the duties of my office, I
told the deputy to charge the same fees
that had formerly been charged. He
told me recently that where any change
had been made from the old rates it had
been a decrease, so that if there were not
any grounds for complaint against my
predecessor, I do not see how there are
against me. I do not know whether
the rates are fixed by statute or not
that is a matter I have left entirely with
my deputy, and I have never had occa
sion to look the question up. Still, I
suppose there must be statute regulations
on the subject. If so, I suppose, of
course, they have been followed."
Stealing a Child.
Saturday last a tramp called upon the
Rev. L. O. Manchester lu Muiiica Hill,
N. J., and begged for money. Shortly
after his departure Mr. Manchester's lit
tle son, aged about seven years, was mis
sed aud the tramp was suspected of steal
ing him. A search was made and the man
was tracked to a corn-field. Seeing tbat he
was pursued he took tbe little boy in his
arms and started to ruu with him, but be
was overtaken and captured. He gave his
name as William Vivian.' - He was com
mitted on a charge of attemped abduction.