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RAILROADS.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R
AUKANQKMKNTOF FABSENOKHTKAINB.
nay 12th, 1878.
TKAINS LEAVE 1IAK1UHBUBU AS FOLLOWS
For New York, at 0.20, 8.14 . m. S.Oup. m.,
and p. m.
For Philadelphia, at 6.20, Kio, 9.41 a.m.
2.(10 and 8.r7 p. in.
For Heading, at P. 20, 8.10, 9.45 a. Di. and 3.00
3.57 ami 7.M.
For 1'ottHVllle at 8.20, 0.10 a. ni., and 8.M
p. m., and via Heliuylklll and Uusquehauua
BrauobatMO p. in.
For Auburn via a & R. Rr. at 8. SO a. m.
For Allentown, at 6.20, 8.10a. in., and at 2.00,
3.57 and 7.65 p. m. ..... .. ,
The 5.2(1, 8.10 a. m., and 7.55 p. m., trains
have through cam lor New York.
The 6.20, a. m.. and ii.nu p.m., trains have
through cars for Philadelphia.
SUNDAYS, t
For Now York, at 6.20 a. in.
For Alle mown and Way Hlatlons at B.20 a.m.
For Heading, I'hiladelphla and Way ritalinnsat
1.45 p. in.
TKAINH FOB HAHKIRBUHU, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWH i
Leave New York, at IMS a. m., 1.00, 6.30and
7.45 p. in.
Leave I'hiladelphla, at 9.16 a. ni. 4.00, and
7.2(1 p. ni.
Leave Heading, at H, T.40, 11.20 a. in. 1.30,
8.15 and 1". 35 p. in.
Leave l'otlsville, at 6.10, 9.1S a.m. and 4.35
p. in.
And via .Schuylkill and Htisquohanna Bianelmt
8.15 a. in.
Leave Auburn viaH. Ill', at 12 noon.
Leave Allentown, at fi.3U 6.50, 9.05 a. in.. 12.16
4.30 and 9.U) p. in.
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York, at 3.80 i. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at. 7.20 p. m.
Leave Heading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. in. and 10.35
p. m.
Leave Allentown, at:! .10 a. in., and 9.05 p. m.
J. H. WOOTKN, Hen. Manager.
C. u. Hancock, uenoral Ticket Agent.
tDoes not run on Mondays.
Via MorrlB and Kssex It. It.
Pcunsylrania 11. It. Timo Table.
NEWPORT STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas
enger trains will run as follows:
EAST.
Mimintown Aco. 7.32 a. m., dally except Runday.
Johnstown Ex. 12.22 P. M., dally " Hunriay
Mall, 6.54 P. h., dally exeeplSunday
Atlantic Express, 9.51p.m., llag, dally.
WEST.
Way Pass. 9.08 A. m., dally,
Mall 2.43 p. M. dally exceptRunday.
Mimintown Acc. 6.66P. M. dallyexcept Sunday.
Pittsbui'Kh Express, 11.671'. M.,(Flag) daily, ex
cept Sunday.
Paelllo Express, 6.17 a. m.. dally (flag)
Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which
Is 13 minutes fatter than Altoona time, and 4 min
utes slower thau New York time.
J.J. 11AKCLAY, Agent.
DUNCANNON STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877,tratns
will leave Uuiicaiinon. as follows:
EASTWARD.
Mimintown Aco. dally except Sundayat 8.12a. m.
Johnstown Ex. 12.5 a p. m., dally except Sunday.
Mall 7.30 p. M., " " '
Atlantio Express 10.20 p. M., dally (flag)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger, 8.38 A. m., dally
Mall, 2.09 p. m dallyexceptStinday.
Mimintown Acc. dallv except Sunday at B.IHp.m.
Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (Hag) 11.. Hp. m.
WM. O. KINO Agent.
JHE MANSION HOUSE,
New liloomfleld, Penn'a.,
GEO. F. ENSMINGEIt. Proprietor.
HAVING leased this property and furnished It
In a comfortable manner. I ask a share of the
public patronage, and assure my friends who stop
with me that every exertion will be made to
render their stay pleasant.
r A careful hostler always 111 attendance.
April 9. 1878. tt
JHE EAGLE HOTEL,
New Bloonvfleld, renn'a.
HAVING purchased this property and relUted
and refurnished it In a comfortable manner. I
ask ashare of the public patronage, and assure
my friends who stop with me that every exertion
will bo made to render their stnv pleasant,
II. L. HOCHUNSHILDT.
March 19, 1878. tf
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AN ODD COUPLE.
HOW very dark and stormy it was on
that March evening. The doors
and windows kept up a perpetual rattle ;
violent gusts of wind and dashes of rain
now and then heat against the house, as
if hound to seek shelter therein.
Little Hobby was sound asleep lu his
crib, and the minister and Ills wife were
spending; the evening together in the
cozy sitting-room.
The hour for retiring had come, and
while Mr. Watson was making the llro
safe for the night, and Mrs. W. was
hustling about, picking up and adjust
ing the numberless concerns which no
body hut a careful housewife can ever
see or think of, there came a most vio
lent ring of the bell.
" Mercy I" exclaimed Mrs. Watson,
"somebody must be dying or dead.
What a dreadful night for you to go out
in 1"
Mr. Watson opened the door and
peered into the darkness. Not a human
being could he see or hear. A few
seconds passed when a loud, gruff voice
was heard asking :
" Can you splice us to-night V"
For an instant the minister was con
fused, not being accustomed to the use
of that nautical term in relation to the
duties of his profession. A second
thought, however, made clear to him
the possibility that splicing might be
within the limits of his particular pro
vince ; and so, raising his voice abovo
the storm, lie replied :
" If you mean to ask me, sir, to marry
you, I shall be most huppy to perform
the ceremoney. Is the lady witli you V"
" Ha I ha 1 that's a good one 1 Sary
Ann you mean? Don't suppose I'd
come to get the knot tied without her,
doye'i1 No, sir ; she's right here in the
cart."
Mr. Watson need not have stepped
back to Inform his wife of the great
event which was to take place, for she
had heard all the conversation and was
using her utmost endeavors to expel
the laugh from her countenance before
the happy pair appeared.
It must be confessed that the sight of
the couple was not conducive to gravity.
They had ptiBsed, a good while beyond
the bloom of youth, and had made no
special elForts to conceal the fact. Both
had evidently come directly from their
work, which, indeed, thegcntleman pro
ceeded to intimate.
" Fact is, parson, 'tis rather a bad
night outside ; and so I Bays to Sary,
" What's the use ; let's not fix up a bit,
but go Jest as we are. The knot'U hold
Jest as well as If we had on our best bib
and tucker." And beside, parson, we
want to lake the old folks by surprise,
and they'd bo sure to 'spect something
if we'd gone to work and put on all the
riggin's."
Mrs. Watson was glad for this little
opportunity to smile, and promptly Im
proved it. What would she not have
given for the privilege of a good, hearty
laugh.
The brief ceremoney concluded, Mr.
and Mrs. Watson extended their con
gratulations. " Thar," broke In the newly-married
man, " is the ticket; guess you'll find
itO. K. Now, Sary, let's be goin'.
Plaguey touch ride before us. Oood-by,
parson. Good-by, ma'am. Much obliged
for the job. Hope to do as much for you,
some time."
" The " cart" rattled away, and Mrs.
Watson, into whose hands her husband
had delivered the certificate, made haste
to open it, thinking that, after all, it
wasn't best to Judge people by the out
side, and that the strange man might
have done something handsome by way
of a fee. There it was I A bill! Yes,
and upon it the magnificent figures
of one dollar!
"Well, I declare," shouted Mrs. Wat
son, "isn't this too mean for anything '
Shame on that man ; he don't deserve
to be married."
"Now, my dear," said the minister,
"you should not be too hard, for I am
sure you had at least a dollar's worth of
enjoyment out of the occasion."
'Yes, sir, and I noticed somebody
else who seemed trying to keep from
laughter."
Next day little Robby's shoes were
bought with the wedding fee, the minis
ters pants were brushed and cleaned for
the huudreth time, and the good lady,
by dint of extraordinary management,
made the old dress answer an excellent
purpose.
The spring passed away, and the
summer in all its beautiful bloom and
abundant fruitfulness came on. The
weddlngon the stormy night had almoBt
passed from the minds of the minister
and his wife ; albeit, now and then she
would break out with a laugh, and ask
her husband if he didn't think it was
nearly time to splice another couple.
One day, as the happy little family
were eating their dinner, and just as the
parents were feelinguncommonly proud
of somesmart thing little Robby had
said, there came Just such another ring
ing of the bell as that heard on the
stormy night.
"Well, there," said Mrs. Watson,
"one would think for all the world that
that splice-man had oome again.
Ilcfore the minister could reach the
door it was opened, and, astonishing to
relate, there stood the identical hero of
the wedding occasion,
"Arternoon, parson, and ma'am,
hain't forgot me, have yer" "Member
that Job you did for me last springy
Never did anything better in that line,
bet your life. Didn't know then how
'twould turn out. Uettln' married Is
kinder risky, anyhow. But you won't
find an appter pair this side o' Canaan,
that's sure. And so I thought 'twas
'bout time I brought along the rest of
the fee, Whcre'll you have these things,
parson r1"
The minister went to the door, and
there was the 'cart' literally loaded with
fruit and vegetables of every description.
Such a store was never before brought
into the house!
"Oh, don't trouble yourself 'bout
thanking for this," said the man.
"Nothing but a fair trade, you know.
But If you must thank somebody, thank
Saty Ann. This garden sass Is from
her. She kinder thought 'twould relish
this hot weather. Master hot and dry,
pastor, this season. Been 'spectlng the
crops wouldn't 'mount to nothln," but
they is gettln' on fust rate. The Lord
generly brings things round 'bout right,
I notice. Don't go much on the church
es, and plaguery little on some of the
members, but you don't catch me going
back on the Lord. Was tellln' Sary
only last week wo must go over and
hear you preach some pleasant Sunday.
S'pose you give 'em tho re'al Bible
religion, don't ye? That's what all say
they do, anyhow."
The minister and his wife had but
little opportunity to utter a word, their
friends was so talkative; but they would
Insist upon expressing their warmest
thanks to him and " Sary Ann" for the
truly generous donation.
After the rich store had been deposited
in the house, the man took the minister
by tho hand, and leaving in it a bill, he
said :
" That's my part of the fee; thank
Sary Ann for the sass. And then Jump
ing into his wagon and drove away.
The minister unfolded the hill, and
lo! its worth was twenty dollars ! Mrs.
Watson clapped her hands, and fairly
shouted for Joy. The needed dress and
pants were bought, and to this day
there is no story which the minister
and his wife love bo well to tell as that
of the odd couple.
THE WOMAN RESURRECTIONIST.
THE strange case we last week gave
an account of, as now being In
vestigated at Bridgeport, continues to
show new phases of the woman's de
pravity. A dispatch dated Bridgeport,
October 12th, says:
The indictments against Mrs. Alex
ander and Frank Bassett for the mur
der of Stuttering Jack will bo presented
to the Grand Jury on Wednesday next.
It has been expected all along that the
accused persons would at the same time
be called upon to answer to other crimes
equally heinous, but the missing per
sons who were regarded as possible vic
tims have all turned up, with the ex
ception of Dick Coves, a member of
Howe's Band, who disappeared about
the time of the Weinbecker murder,
without any apparent reason, and has
never been heard from. A few days be
fore his disappearance he told an ac
quaintance that he was going to the old
carriage factory, which was but a few
doors from his boarding house, to see a
woman. Whether he carried out that
intention, and what came of the visit,
are questions that perhaps Mrs. Alex
ander can answer. The police have
ransacked the old factory thoroughly,
and dug up the ground beneath the floor
without finding much more than a mass
of Mrs. Alexander's correspondence
fully 1,000 letters in all. The letters
that have been examined show that
Mrs. Alexander made at least one at
tempt at blackmail ; that she tried to
palm off Lizzie Cavenaugh's child on
her fugitive husband as his and hers,
and that she habitually made use ot
vile language. The finding of two old
coffin plates among her trumpery star
tled the officers at first, as they thought
they indicated the resurrection business,
but the plates prove to have been taken
from the coffins of some of Mrs. Alex
ander's relatives many years ago, ac
cording to an economical custom some
time practiced in thoso days, and to
have come into her possession in a per
fectly legitimate way.
A few days ago Mrs. Alexander wrote
to State Attorney Olmstead along letter,
begging him to allow her to see Bassett,
as she knew he could not look her in
the face and say that she had any share
in Weinbecker's murder. Mr. Olmstead
decided to grant the interview, and it
took place yesterday at the jail, Mrs,
Alexander being led around from her
own cell to the one occupied by Bassett.
The meeting is described as having been
highly dramatic. The woman went
down on her knees and plteously Im
plored her partner In crime to declare
her innocence. If they had been alone
she might have persuaded him into do
ing as she wished she appears to have
him completely under her Influence
while they were living together but
BasRett only replied that he should say
nothing at all until he was brought In
to court. Apparently much dishearten
ed, and highly enraged as well, Mrs.
Alexander went back to her cell.
Although Bassett will not talk to his
accomplice, he Is willing to Improve
every opportunity! to talk with every
one else. He told the State's Attorney
recently of an attempt made by Mrs.
Alexander last July to poison ltosa Mo
Mahon, an aged woman who came to
the house to wash. Mr. Olmstead saw
the woman yesterday, and her state
ment, as far asit went, verified Bassett 's.
A few days after the Fourth of July,
which would make It Just previous to
the dute of Stuttering Jack's murder,
Mrs. Alexander sent for ltosa to come
and wash for her, Rosa did not go, be
cause she did not know the way, but
the next day Bassett went for her again
and accompanied her to the house. Mrs.
Alexander was very attentive to her,
giving her tea, and treating her with
special kindness. One of the cups of
tea was bo bitter that Rosa drank only a
swallow. Bassett Raid Mrs. Alexander
dosed this cup with laudanum, and
when he asked her what she was doing,
told him she wanted to put the woman
to sleep. When Rosa was about start
ing for home, Mrs. Alexander pressed
her to Btay all night, and, failing to per
suade her, engaged her to come the next
day and do more washing. Being ill,
Rosa did not go,, and thereby probably
saved her life. Like Stuttering Jack,
the old woman had no relatives or
friends, and if she had disappeared
would hardly have been missed.
About two weeks before the Wein
becker murder cameout, Mrs. Alexander
made minute inquiries at one of the
drug stores here about different prepara
tions of arsenic, and the next day
bought a quantity of tho poison. What
she did with it or wanted It for has not
been disclosed. The police learn from
her mother, who is a respectable widow
living in Fast Haddam, that Mrs. Alex
ander is 43 years old, and was first mar
ried at 22, to George Phelps, in Fast
Haddam. They went to New York and
lived at 009 Water street, where two
daughters were born to them. Phelps
died, and his widow married an En
glishman named William Clague, who
went to the war and never came back.
Then she married William II. Alexan
der, who deserted her to run away with
another woman, three years ago, and is
now in Chicago.
Coffee How it Is Raised.
Coffee culture is very Interesting, and
the growiug crop is very beautiful. The
trees at maturity are from five to eight
feet high. They are well shaped and
bushy, with dark green foliage, and
planted eight or nine feet apart. The
flowers are in clusters at the roots of
the leaves, and are small, but pure
white and very fragrant. The fruit has
a rich color, and resembles a small
cherry or a large cranberry ; it grows in
clusters, close to the branches, and when
it becomes a deep red, is ripe and ready
to be gathered. The trees are raised
from seed, and do not begin to yield
until the third year. In Central Amer
lea they bear well for twelve or fifteen
years, although .in exceptional cases,
trees twenty years old will yield an
abundance of fruit. The trees are par
ticularly beautiful when in full bloom,
or when laden with ripe fruit. The
process for preparing cofiee for mar
ket is as follows : The ripe berries when
picked, are at first put through a
machine called the "desplador," which
removes the pulp; the coffee grains, of
which there are two in each berry, are
still covered with a sort of glutinous
substance which adheres to the bean.
They are now spread out on large
"patios," made especially for the pur
pose, and left there, being occasionally
tossed about and turned over with
wooden bhovels until they are perfectly
dry. They are then gathered up and
put into the "retrilla" a circular
trough in which a heavy wooden wheel
shod with steel, is made to revolve, so
as to thoroughly break the husk with
out crushing the bean. The chaff is
separated from the grain by means of
a fanning mill, and the coffee is now
thoroughly dry and clean. After this
it Is the custom of some planters to
have it spread out on long tables and
carefully picked over by the Indian
woman and children, all the bad beans
being picked out. It only remains to
have them put in bags, weighed and
marked, before it is ready for shipment
to the port. On some of the larger
plantations this process is greatly
simplified with considerable saving of
time and labor, by the use of improved
machinery for drying and cleaning the
coffee.
One Way to Get Married.
Judge Richardson doesn't pretend to
be a parson and therefore Isn't as well
up in the marriage ceremony as the
preachers are. The young couple stood
up before him, the other evening, and
the Judgeinquired in across-questioning
tone of the groom :
"Are you a citizen of the United
States ?"
The groom took hold of the waist
band of his trousers and tugged, say
ing: " I voted for Tllden, Judge."
"Why, James!" faintly exclaimed
the blushing creature by his side.
" It's a fact, Kramer," protested
James, rather Indignantly, and glaring
at the Judge.
His Honor coughed and demanded
severely:
" Do you, sir, as a citizen of Nevada
and a lawful voter ot Reno, solemnly
declare that you will forsake all other
evils and cleave to this one?"
" I've money to bet on it 1" responded
the groom, growing pale, but placing
ills arm around the waist of the skrink-
ing bride.
"Then," cried the Judge, bringing
his fist down on his desk, "God has
joined you together and d the man that
puts you asunder. The feels just what
you like to give, young fellow."
It was pretty liberal and the Court
set them up and kissed the new wife
several times besides. llcno Gazvllo.
A Curious Doctor.
A miracle-worker has risen in Spain
to restore sight to the blind, to make
the deaf hear, to give speech to the
dumb, to call the dead tolife and to cure
vines that are attacked by the phylloxe
ra. Fl Baldaet, of Alicante, receives
patients and visitors twice a day in a
large room, which will hold more than
a hundred people, all of whom must
be provided with cards of invitation.
When the room is full, he takes his
seat in the center, with the visitors
grouped around him. After having
made several Invocations to the beni
llcent spirits, he calls upon all the per
sons who are afllicted with any disease
to come and consult him. Instead of
writing a prescription, or advising them
to try the waters of some foreign spa,
his eyes begin to roll, his body is shaken
by epileptic movements, and he lays his
bead upon the patient's hand and
utters certain mysterious words. The
patient is then supplied with several
bottles of magnetized water, which he
is advised to drink until he feels quite
well.
Don't You Think So?
There is excellent good sense in the
following paragraph : "The great end
of education is not information, but
personal vigor and character. What
makes the practical man is not the well
informed man, but the alert disciplined,
self commanded man. There have been
highly trained and accomplished men
in days when a knowledge of geography
hardly went beyond the islands and
mainland of the Levant. There were
powerful English writers long before
Lindley Murray wrote his Latanlzed
English grammar. What should be
understood thoroughly is that cramming
is not education. It is a mistake to
cover too much ground, and to seek to
make youth conversant simply with
the largest number of studies. Let
the personal influence of the teacher be
relied upon rather than books and
elaborated methods."
A Curious Case.
Ten years ago there settled near El
Paso, Woodford county, 111., one P. C.
Ransom, a man of wealth. His wife
was a gentle lady. He had a dark, wild
mannered boy, named Paul. Ransom
prospered. Everybody liked him. He
was elected mayor of El Taso, was re
elected and is mayor now. Last week a
darked-faced woman, resembling Paul,
appeared. She went from door to door
in El Paso, declaring that Ransom was
her husband, that be left her, taking
$30,000 twenty-five years ago, and that
since then she had been hunting him
the wide world over. Ransom denies
all. The woman appeals to the law.
God's Pay-Day.
The following anecdote is commend
ed to those who, " because sentence
against an evil word is not executed
speedily," persevere in wickedness :
" Look at my grain," said a scofliing
farmer to a clerical neighbor. "I
ploughed on Sunday ; I planted on Sun
day; I harrowed on Sunday ; I harvest
ed on Sunday ; and I never had a better
crop. What do you say to that V"
"I only say," said his companion,
" that God doesn't settle all his accounts
on the first day of October."
S3" Keep your promise to the letter,
be prompt and exact, and it will save
you much trouble and care through life.