RAILROADS
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R
ARKANGKMENTOF PA88ENGKK TRAINS.
Hi or, 10th, 1878.
THAlNS LEAVE U ARKISBURCl A8 FOLLOWS
For New York, at &.20, 8.10 a.m. 2.oop. m.,
and "7.M p. in.
For Philadelphia, at 6.20, 8.10, 9.46 a.m.
1.00 and 4.00 p. in.
For Reading, at. 8,21), 8.10, 9.45 a. m. and 2.00
4.00 and 7. aft.
For Pottsvllle at R.20. 8.10 a. m.. and 4.00
p. m., and via Bcliuylklll and Husquehanua
Branch at 2.40 p. in.
For Auburn via 8. & H. Br. at 5.30 a. m.
For Allentown, at 6.20, 8.10 a. in., and at 2.00,
4.01' and 7.65 p. m.
The 420, 8.10 a.m., and "7.55 p. m., trains
have through cars lor New York.
The 6.20, a. in., trains have through cars for
Philadelphia.
SUNDAYS :
For New York, nt. 5.2u a. in.
For Allentown and Way stations at S.20a. m.
For Reading, Philadelphia and WayStatlondat
1.45 p. in.
TRAINS FOR II ARRISIU'ltG, LEAVE AS KOL
LOWS :
Leave Now York, Ht 8.45 a. m., 1.00. 6.30 and
7.4i p. in.
Leave Philadelphia, at 0.46 it. m. 4.00, and
7.20 p.m.
Leave Reading, at tl-40, 7.10, 11 60 a. m. 1.30,
6.16 and In. . p. in.
Leave Pottsvllle, at A.10, 9.15 a.m. and 4.40
p. in.
And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at
8.15 a. in.
Leave Auhurn vmS. ft S. Br. nt 12 noon.
Leave Alleuiown, ul t.3'J 6.50, 0.05 a. in., 12.15
4.30 and y.uj i. m.
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York. at3..'!0 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. in.
Loave Reading, ut 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.35
p. m
Leave Allentown. at2 30 a. m., and 9.05 p. m.
J. E. WOOTKN, Hen. Manager.
O. O. Hancock, General Ticket Agent.
fDoes not run on Mondays.
Via Morris and Essex R. R.
Pennsylvania R. II. Time Table.
NEWPORT STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas
enger tratnswill run as follows:
EAST.
Mlfliintown Acc. 7.32 a. m., d.illv except Sunday.
Johnstown Ex. 12 22 p. M.. dally " Rnmiav
Mail, 6.54 P. m., daily exceptSunday
Atlantic Express, 9.51p.m., flag, dally.
WEST.
Way Pass. 9.08 A. m., daily.
Mail 2.43 p. m. dally exceptSunday.
Mitlllntown Acc. 6.56 P. m. dailyexcept Sunday.
Pittsburgh Express, 11.67P. M.,( Flap;) daily, ex
cept Sunday.
Pacitlo Express, 5.17 a. m.. dally (flag)
Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which
Is 13 minutes faster than Altoona time, and 4 min
utes slower iuauiew lorainne.
J.J. BARCLAY, Agent.
DUNCANNON STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877,tralns
willleave Duncannon. as follows :
EASTWARD.
Mlffllntown Acc. daily except Sundayat 8.12a. m.
Johnstown Ex. 12.53P. M., dally exceptSunday.
Mail 7.30 P. M " "
:Iantk Expressl0.20 p. m., dally (flag)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger, 8.J8 a.m., daily
Mall, 2.09 p. m dailyexceptSunday.
Miftiintown Acc. dailyexceptSunday at 6.16p.m.
Pittsburg Ex. daily except Sundav (flag) 11.33P. id.
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I
T was a singular looking paragraph.
Here it Is and see If you don't think
" OzibNcvy m hzgflwzb mrtsg zg,
127 Urivhgivvg."
It was, in italic, about half way down
the " personal column, conspicuous on
ly for its singular and most aggravating
combination of letters and figures, the
sole clue to the whereabouts of the gein
I hod been after for over a week, scarce
ly resting, eating or sleeping in my
anxiety to secure the reward ollered in
a heavy burglary case and something
else.
That " something else." Ah I my
heart sank within me as I flung aside ,
the enigmatical puzzle before me, and
learning back in uiy chair gave myself
up to the gloomy reveries of the past.
Edna Dayton how I loved her I How
fair and beautiful as a summer's idyl
had been the week in which I had met
her, had loved her and had been told
that my affection was returned I How
well I remember the bitter parting a
liopeless one it seemed to me when I
learned my fate from her father's lips
and passed down the brown stone steps
of the Dayton mansion, wondering if
the inclination of moneyed men towards
etone residences was not caused by the
existence of a similar hard material in
that part of the human anatomy known
as the heart.
I was a poor man he said, and the pro
fession of a detective was a precarious
one. His daughter loved me; he could
not deny that, but she was his only
child and her wealth and position de
mantled a match with some social equal.
He would not break her heart by abso
lutely refusing to sanction our engage
ment, but if within a year I could se
cure a fortune of twenty-five thousand
dollars and a lucrative business and
Edna was still of the same mind well,
he would consider it.
Twenty-five thousand dollars! I grew
sick at the thought of the conditio!) im
posed, upon which I was to purchase
future happiness. In the reception of
a meagre salary and utterly unknown,
where was I to raise this amount ? And
what business capacity had I, the son of
parents who had given me every luxury
and neglected practical education, until
a crash came that left us homeless and
in penury ?
Day and night for over a month I
brooded over my sorrows, and when one
day I was aroused into renewed life by
the reception of a formal but courteous
note from Mr. Dayton, requesting my
immediate attendance at the mansion.
My feet winged as I hastened to the
house of my loved Edna. What did it
mean? Had he relented? Was Edna
sick or did business await me at the
pleasure of my hard-hearted censor? I
was ushered into the library, where I
found the old gentleman in an intense
state of excitement, pacing the floor.the
window broken in, papers and boxes
scattered about the apartment, and a
safe in the corner broken open.
I stared at him in amazement.
" You seem agitated, Mr. Dayton," I
ventured to suggest.
" Agitated I agitated, sir ! I am wild.
Late last night, or early this morning,
burglars entered this apartment by
means of yonder window and broke
open the safe. When I came down this
morning I found affairs as they are now,
and nearly one hundred thousand dollars
in money, bonds and jewelry gone.
I started mutely. The immensity of
the robbery petrified me.
" No," he thundered, coming to a full
stop. " I have no confidencein a police
force which fails to protect a house from
such an audacious burglary and expects
one-half of the booty for its return.
Here is the room and yonder is a list of
the stolen property. I believe you are
honest and I leave the entire affair in
your own hands. Call upon me for
whatever money you require in an at
tempt to recover the property or to d9
tect the thieves. If you succeed within
a month, I will pay you thirty thousand
dollars. If you fail I will pay your ex
penses for a month and place the case in
other hands. Are you satisfied V
I gnsped spasmodically. Thirty thou
sand dollars 1 A fortune more thau the
price of my happiness ! And then the
pride of my profession came to my aid,
and I told him that I should succeed.
I examined the apartment. The
burglary had been effected very simply,
apparently. Edward, the footman a
tall, lank specimen of humanity had
heard a noise in the night in thelibrary,
but had paid no attention to it, as Mr.
Dayton was in the habit of writing
very late, and he thought it was his
employer.
What puzzled me the most was the
means of entrance and egress adopted
by the burglar or burglars. The library
was fully fifteen feet from the ground,
had a bay , window, and, except the
broken pane of glass, there was not the
slightest sign to show how the window
had been gained. A ladder, nor no signs
of footsteps exhibited themselves in the
damp ground, wet from recent rains.
I was sorely puzzled. I examined the
servants one by one, but could find no
clue to Justify the slightest suspicion of
complicity In the affair on their part.
The work had evidently been done by
scientific burglars, and they had worked
at their leisure.
I inquired Into the antecedents of
Edward, the footman; but Mr. Dayton
averred that he wouldallow no suspicion
to rest on so faithful a servant to the
family. I resolved to Inquire more
about him, however; but I fouud noth
ing against the man, and temporarily
dismissed him from my mind as having
no connection with the case.
" You heard no noise on the night
of the robbery? I inquired of Mr.
Dayton.
' None, I slept unusually sound last
night."
I went away thoughtfully, for I had
found in the library an empty bottle
which, from the scent, I knew to have
contained chloroform, and I had noticed
the marks of muddy boots leading from
the apartment, while around the win
dow none were to be seen. The glass,
too, had been broken by a quick blow,
not cut out. Altogether, it was a most
mysterious piece of business.
I watched all dens frequented by the
cracksmen of the city, and worked like
a beaver. I could not obtain a clue to
the perpetrators of the daring burglary,
and, after three days of unremitting
tollv I was considering if it would not
be as well to call in professional assis
tance, when the advertisement in the
Herald, at the heud of this story, at
tracted my attention. Instinctively I
divined some connection with the
"crooked" business, and whether It re
ferred to my case or not, I resolved to
ascertain its meaning.
I went down to the Herald office that
morning, and, introducing myself, at
tempted to obtain some description of
the person who had handed in the ad
vertisement. The clerk stated that it
had been received by mail, in a letter
enclosing the amount requisite for its
insertion in the paper. " Could I see
the original copy ?" He would see ; and
a message was sent to the composing
room. Luckily, the copy had been pre
served. It was written in a disguised
hand on a little scrap of paper. I asked
leave to retain it, and, permission being
granted to me, I returned to my room
at once.
I pored over the cipher for a long
time, and, discouraged at my inability
to make out one word of it, was finally
about to abandon, when, I chanced to
look at the reverse side of the paper.
There were figures and I read, " United
States bonds, 10,000," and other memo
randa, indicating that it had been a loose
wrapper for the valuable papers.
Then I knew that the advertisement
bore an important relation to the rob
bery. And so until the day upon which the
story opens I was unable to niuke head
or tail of the secret enigma.
So wearied was I that I fell asleep
with my head upon my desk, and I did
not awaken until noon time. It is won
derful how a brief repose will clear the
mind. I took up the paper with re
newed energy, and a bright idea Hushed
over me.
Simple as it was, ! had not thought
of it before. The entire message was
written on the substitution of letters,
based on the reversal of the alphabet.
Instead of a, z, the lust letter, was sub
stituted ; instead of b, y was used ; the
alphabet reversed was the key to the
solution of the puzzle.
I gave utterance to a shout of joy,
for following out the theory, it read ;
" Larry, meet me Suturday night at
127 Fire street. Ned."
And "Ned," or Edward, was the
name of Dayton's footman. I began to
see a very lurge mice. Hut Fire street
there was no such thoroughfare in the
city, and I was " floored" again.
Gradually, the thought occurred to
me on the basis of reversal and op
posites adopted by the sender of the
message, why should not " fire" mean
" water," its direct reverse ?
I dashed down the stairs, and, hailing
a cab, (for I did not forget that it was
Saturday, and that evening was the ap
pointed time for meeting of the two
burglars, if such they were,) I soon had
reached Water street.
Vacant! Number 127 wus an empty
lot!
I paused disappointed, and dismissed
the vehicle again having recourse to the
puzzling enigma ! So near the solution
and yet doomed to be balked at the last,
and
A sudden inspiration of renewed
energy and I had forged the last link In
the chain of evidence ? There hud
been reversal in the order of numbers
from one to ten, ns in the letters of the
alphabet, and 127 meant 1804. .
I looked nt my watch three o'clock,
I went to the nearest local telegraph
office and sent the following dispatch to
the Chief of Police:
" Send to this office three efficient men
in citizen's clothes."
I signed my name, lit a cigar, and
awaited the arrival of evening and my
companion officers.
It was dark when we reached the
place for meeting appointed by the two
men. It was a vile groggery, kept by a
woman, and ft resort for the very lowest
class of ruffians. I had put on a felt
hat and a pair of fulse whiskers, and I
entered the bar-room, having first placed
my men In advantageous positions on
the outside.
Within half an hour there entered nn
old woman, veiled, bearing some bulky
object under her cloak. She made a
sign to the woman behind the bar and
went into the next room. I caught sight
of her feet as she passed through the
door; they were encased not In shoes,
but In men's boots. I went quickly to
the bar and made a sign to the woman.
"Is Larry In there?" I inquired in a
loud voice, pointing to the other apart
ment. She looked at me sharply, and then
replied in the affirmative.
" Keep everybody that comes out,"
I said, significantly. " We are going to
divide the swag."
And I opened the door.
There was no one In the first room,
but In the second, by a table, on which
lay a large tin box, was my game
Larry, the burglar, and a tall, spare
form in female attire, with veil thrown
back and terrified face, and the footman,
Edward.
"You can drop on that little dodge,
gentlemen," I said, quietly whipping
out a brace of revolvers. " The house
Is surrounded, and any resistance will
only make It worse for you. Larry,
open the door.
He unbolted the rear door under the
silent, persuasive eloquence of my
revolver, and the three officers entered.
Need I tell the rest ? Edward, the
footman, hud admitted his accomplice
into the house, and had chloroformed
his employer. He had kept the booty
hidden in his room, not daring to go
out to communicate with his pal, except
as has been seen, for fear he was watch
ed. The property had not been disturbed,
but justice wus cheated, for both the
men escaped before conviction, and
were never heard of again. As for me,
I quietly handed $5,000 to the depart
ment, resigned, engaged in business and
married Eduu.
A Boy's Pluck.
SAM was the eldest son of a Welsh
funiily who owned and worked a
small hill farm in central Ohio ; then a
new country, almost, and spoken of by
Eastern people ns the West, though it
is a long way from the West of to-day,
whatever it may have been in 1835 or
thereabout.
Sam, like many another boy in that
country and in those days, longed for
an education, and the progress he had
made, surrounded as he was with diffi
culties, gave evidence of this prominent
desire as one of the characteristics of
his life, which the incident I am about
to relate fully proves.
A great drawback troubled him, and
this was the want of suitable shoes ; for
as yet he had never been the owner of a
pair of shoes that really protected his
feet from frost and snow, having only
fallen heir to his father's old ones, well
worn at that. Now, however, as he
saw the years go slipping by and the
period drawing near when boyhood and
youth would be passed and he would be
expected to take up the responsibilities
of manhood, he made up his mind that
the coming winter's school should find
him on hand early and late with a deter
mination to make such progress as he
had never made before ; and to this end
he managed to carry to market by extra
work sufficient tan bark to buy for him
self leather for a pair of shoes, and the
neighborhood shoemaker had been
promising their completion now for
weeks. Either from a press of work or
for fear Sum might not prove as prompt
a paymaster as some others of his cus
tomers, the time for the commencement
of the usual three months term came on
and the shoemakers 'e promise was yet
unfilled, and Sum did not put in his
appearance at the school-house. Two
weeks of weary waiting had passed and
for want of his shoes Sum had not
commenced his attendance at school.
The morning of the third Monday Sam
came to his breakfast with a piece of
board about twelve by eighteen inches
and a couple of inches thick, ' and put
ting it down as close to the fire as he
could and not burn it, he answered the
inquiring look of his mother with the
declaration.
" I am going to school."
" Without your shoes ?"
" Yes, shoes or no shoes, I am going
to school, mother ;" and he explained
the proposed use of the board. Having
eaten his breakfast and gathered up his
scanty supply of books, he took.hls hot
board under his jacket and started for
the school-house, a mile or more distant.
Half way between his house and the
school-house was the house of a neigh
bor where Sam knew he would be
welcome to halt and warm his bare
ftet and reheat his board.
So, at a good round double-quick,
he was eff, and when half way to this
neighbor's he halted, and, putting his
board on the ground, Blood on It until
his benumbed feet were warm and
limbered up for another run, when he
took up his board and made the second
stage, to neighbor Jones'. Here he
warmed his feet and board and repeated
the Mine feat to reach the school-house.
When the boys saw him come up with
his board under his arm and understood
its use they greeted him with a little
ood-natured chaff on his unimproved
mode of travel and saving of shoe-leather;
but there was too much genuine
admiration for his pluck to allow any
show of undue mirth at his expense,
while the master was filled with pleasure
at his appearance and the spirit with
which he came to school.
Whether the shoemaker saw in this
the promise of pay for his work, or was
moved by admiration of the plan for
doing without shoes, I can't say; but
Sam soon got his shoes, and was able to
bid defiance to the weather for the rest
of the winter.
The boy was but the blossom of the
man, and he grew up to take his place
as one of the leading men of bis country
and State.
How Lincoln Made a Match.
IT was about a year before the fall of
Richmond, when both North and
South seemed tottering to ruin, that a
young lady, who had known Mr. and
Mrs. Lincoln for years, visited Wash
ington. She was an exceptionally sensi
ble, warm-hearted, refined woman, gift
ed with a marvelous voice and a grace
ful figure, but she was very homely.
She called at the White House, and
when she had gone with his wife into
a private room, Mr. Lincoln expressed
his surprise to a friend that " some good
man had not been lucky enough to
marry her." Adding :
" L herself would be much
happier if she were a wife and mother."
A few moments later Major C , ft
volunteer officer, thoroughly respected
by the President, and a bachelor, came
into the study. Mr. Lincoln' looked at
him thoughtfully.
" What are you going to do when
the war is over, C ?" he asked sud
denly. "Seek my fortune, I suppose," was
the startled reply.
" There it is iu that room." A frank
girlish laugh was heard at that moment.
" No, you can't go to seek it now ; busi
ness first. But there it is."
That evening there was a reception at
the White House. The President beck
oned to Major C ; ;
" Listen 1" he said. !
A ludy, whom they could not see be
cause of the crowd, was singing, in a
voice of great beauty and sweetness, a
gay song. The Major would have moved
forward, but Mr. Lincoln detained him,
his eyes twinkling with shrewd fun.
" Wait a bit," he said. " Don't look
at her face yet."
Presently she sang a ballad with such
pathos that the Major's eyes grew dim.
" Now go. She's as good and tru e as
her song." ' 1
The good word of Mr. Lincoln pro
bably influenced both parties. In a few
months they ' were married, and ' the
union has proved a most happy one.
" I did one wise thing in 18G4," Mr.
Lincoln said, rubbing his chin, as was
his wont when pleased. " I made that
match." .
Almost a Mistake.
John Parry, incomparably the most
humorous comic singer England ever
had, used to sing a song about a short
sighted man who, when the marriage
ceremony was concluded, found to his
horror that he married his intended
wife's waiting maid.
A few weeks ago a similar sort of
blunder really nearly happened. A
couple residing in Devon, England, went
to the parish church to be married. The
bridegroom, iustead of taking his in
tended bride at the church door and ac
companying her to the altar, walked
thither with the bride's sister, who was
one of the bridesmaids. The bride ap
peared to have thought that her intend
ed husband had changed his mind at the
last moment, and she retired into a pew
in a very dejected state of mind. The
ceremony proceeded, and it wag not un
til the clergyman came to the important
question :
"Wilt thou have t lis woman to be
thy wedded wife?" that the bridegroom
was conscious of his mistake. He then
looked round the church with astonish
ment, and exclulmed :
" This is the wror g maid, sir? "
The right maid was soon found, and
the right maid was married to the right
man.
We are always anxious to know
why we are loved ; women only care to
know how much we love them.