THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA., FEBRUARY 11, 1879. 3 RAILROADS. PtmDELPlhlllA AND READING R. R ARHAN0EME5T OF rASSENOBB TRAINS. Nov. lOlh", 1878. t h ainb Leave hakkihiiuiki ab follow t For New Vork. at 8.20, 8.U a. m. 1.00p.m., nil 7 . f" p. ni. Fur t'hiluUuUthla, at 8.20, 8.10, 9.46 a.m. luo md 4 oo p. hi. . Foi lleinllug, at 8.20, 8.10. 9.45 a. m. and 2.00 4.00 and 7.on. . . , For Hottsvllle at 8.20. 8.10 a. m.. aim 4.00 p. m.. iiia via rtohuylklll and Susquehanna Branch at 1.4U P. in. Fr Auburn via tt. S 8. Br. at 6.30 a. m. For Alleiilown.atS.liO, 8.1oa. m.,audat 2.00, 4.0)' and 7.6:) p. in. ..,. ,,i. I"h i.20, 8.10 a.m., and T.B3 p. m., trains hare tliruugh cars lor New Vol. ,.,.. The fi.20, a. m., tralus have through cam for Philadelphia. HUfOAYH ! For New York, at 6.20 a. in. For Allentowrt and Way stations at 8.20 a.m. For Reading, 1'hlladelulila and WayUtatlontat 1.43 p. ni. TKA1N8 FOR HARU1HBURQ, LEAVE AB KOL LOWS I Leave New York, atn.tr a. m., 1.00, 6.30 and T.4i p. m. . . Leave I'lilladolphla. at 9.45 a. m. 4.00, and 7"Leav?Uciidlng, at tl.40, 7.40, 11.60 a. m. 1.30, .16 and 1". 3i p. hi. . . . Leave l'ottsvllle, at B.10, 9.15 a.m. and 4.40 And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branchat Leave" Auburn viaB. ft B. Br. at 12 noon. Leave Alliitowu,atti.306,60, .05a. m., 12.18 4.30 and B.Oio. ni. SUNDAYS: Leave New York, at 3.30 p. m. Leave Phllntlnlptfti. at 7.20 p. m. Loave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.35 Leave Allentown. at2 30 a. m., and 9.05 p. m. J. E. WOOTEN. uen. Manager. O. O. Hancock, General Ticket Agent, tones not run on Mondays. Vla Morris aud Essex It. R. Pennsylvania R. R. Time Table. NEWPORT STATION. On and alter Monday, June 25th, 1877, Fas enger tratnswlll run as follows : EAST. Mimintown Ace. 7.32 a. m., dally exceptBnnday. Johnstown Ex. 12 22 P.M., dally" Bunda Mail 6.54 p. daily exceptSunday Atlantic Express, 9.51p.m., Hag, dally. WEST. Way Pass. 9.08 A. m., daily , Mall 2.43 P. m. dally exeeptSunda j. Mimintown Aoo. 6.65 p. M. datlyexcept Sunday. Pittsburgh Express, U.67P. M.,(Flag) daily, ex cept Sunday. Paofilo Express, 6.17 a.m.. dally '(flag) Trains are uow run by Philadelphia time, which Is 13 minutes farter than Altoona time, and 4 min- .te.slower than ""6lay AgeBt. DUNCANNON STATION. On and After Monday, June th, 1877, trains will leave UuncaBHnx0t,i,0.WB ! Mifillntown Aco dally except Bunday at 8.12. M. Jolnntown Ex. 12.6p. M.,dally except Sunday. Mail 7.30 p. M ..." " !lanticExpresslo.20p. m., dally (flag) WESTWARD. Way Passenger, 8.J8 a. m., dally Mall. 2.09 p. m dallyexoeptSunday. Mimintown Aco. dally except Sunday at 8.1p.m Pittsburg Ex. dally except Bunday (flag) 11.33P. H . VM. O. KINO Agent. QURPR1SING I JUST OPENED A VARIETY STORE, UP TOWN ! We Invite Ihe Citizens of BLOOMFIELD and vicinity, to enll aud examine our Stock of QKOCKKIM. ViUKENSWAHK. GLASSWARE. TIN W AKE. A FULL VARIETY OF NOTIONS, etc., etc., etc. All of which are selling at astonishingly LOW PRICES. Give ns a c ill and SAVE MONEY, as we are al moit GIVING THINGS AWAY. V Butter aud Eggs taken in trade. VALENTINE BLANK, WEST MAIN STREET Kov. 19, '78.-tf The most useful present FOR "SrOCTR, "WIFE, Intended w if e, mother, or sister, is one of our Nickle Plated and Pullshed Fluting or Crimping Iron. 4 Irons n oue handle and at greatly RE DUCED PK10ES. King Reversable Fluting Iron, 13 50. Home Fluting and OrlHipIng lion, 82,75. SENT PRE PAID on receipt of price. Hewitt Mfg. Co. Pittsburgh, Pa. P. O. Box, 868. or 166 Penn Avenue. AN AGENT WANTED IN THIS COUNTY , w47,Gt Ti A HTT VTfPC! obtained for mechanl JL J. 1 Jl( IN L O cal devices, medical or ilieiuuinpouiiUH.onin'iiittl designs, trademarks, and labels. CaveBis.Asnlniinieuis. Interferences, Suits for Infringement, aud ail cases arising un der the PATE T LaWS, promptly attcnaed to. IVetiiostiiat have been REJECTEDthn,apy"tstV.V0,- must ca. Or patented by us. Being opposite the Pateni Olllce. we can make closer starches, and secure Patents mure promptly, and with broader claims, than those who are remote from Wash ington. INVENTORSHIPS your device; we make examinations free of ctuirpe, and advise as to patentability All cor rtpondunce strictly cnundeulial. frlfti low, and NO CHARUE TJNLEbS PATENT IS SE CURED. .We refer to officials In 1 he Patent Office, to our tlieuts in every stale of the Union, and to your Senator and Itepresentat ve incougtess. Special references given wheu desired. Address: . C. A. SNOW & CO.. Opposite Patent Office, Washington. f..BBa"l.'.WWMHlWia.!M in WauK-d tocare'oueCtuH) of D? ti CATARRH F'Siu each neighborhood tolntrodoee our b. a eu:i t:22;t oil catasxb seke;?. J f.One dot ar puckttge free to tln wlll-H ij, "K to pay expreHH charges (-on. if rea-a Siiu-cl hv Ariiimsnr Tnlon Fx. t'o's ) C.V Ailrui, r. S. 0WU CO. 0 1. Ap'l. p; PlttHhurph. r fj j TTT can mk money faster at work for ns than at anything els. Capital not required ( e will start tou ; ti per day at home made by the lu liisirious. Men women, boys and gl l is wanted everywhere to work for us. fow ia the time. Costly uiitnt and terms free. Address TRUE 4t CO., Augusta, Maine. 11 lyr TAOIES KD CHILDREN will find a J splendid assortment nf shoes at tk aasg pries store bf F. Mortimsr. A FAITHFUL MAID. THE blood red ribbons of the Btorm threatening sunset were fluttering lu the west; the huge oak trees and pines of the forest were murmuring ominously, and the one chimney of the suiull farmhouse on the edge of the woods sent up Its bluecolumn of smoke, like cheery a hand beckoning to the way worn traveller over the hill. And how bright and cozy the Interior of the kitch en looked, as Dora Klein stood on the threshold, cold, hungry and Inex pressibly weary. A little girl, blue eyed and blonde haired, scarcely yet Blxteen, with shy aspect and a shrinking mien; she tad walked all the way from the city, seeking vainly for work at the vari ous places she had passed, and now at nightfall she was nearly discouraged. " A girl V" said Mrs. Myers.dubionsly, as Dora Klein proil'ered her meek re quest. " I did talk about hiring a girl, but I don't know anything about you." " Tlease try me," fullered Dura. " I am so tired, and I know no one In all this country, and, Indeed, I will do my best to serve you." Mr. Myers turned to her husband, who sat by the fire, trotting a two-year old on his foot. "What shall I do, James y" " She's a total stranger," said Mr. Myers. " But she looks so weary and worn out," said the wife. "Well, let her come in and stay all night ; a bowl of bread and milk and one night's lodging won't break us." Bo Dora Klein was admitted into the farmer's small family, and so neat and handy was she about the place, so light and agile in her movements, so quick to learn and steadfast to remember, that good natured little Mrs. Myers had en gaged her before she had been in the bouse a week. "You women are so Impulsive," said the honest farmer, shaking his head. " Suppose she should turn out bad V" "Iiowcanshe, James V" said Mrs. Myers, Indignantly. " She has a face as innocent as baby's." "My dear, 1 don't believe in physlog onomy." " Nor I, altogether, but I do believe In Dora Klein." And as the days and weeks went by, Mr. Myers was obliged to confess to himself that so far, at least, his wife's Judgement, or instinct, had been cor reet. y The last November leaves were flut tering down one clear, cold afternoon, when Mrs, Myers stood at the door, ready to join her husband and baby in the wagon, to attend a merry making at the nearest village, some miles beyond, while Dora Klein was to remain at home to " keep house." " Mind you feed the chickens at five o'clock, Dora, and don't forget the little calf in. the pen ; and if you have any extra time, you can just chop the meat and the apples for the Saturday mince, pies, and" "Come wife, cornel" called out her husband, from the wagon. " And if the house should catch fire or anything'" added this prudent little edition of Martha, troubled with many cares, " remember, that the money is in an old stocking under the old board by the south window, and the silver in a japaned box near it." " Yes, m'm," said Dora, kissing her hand to the laughing baby, " I'll re member." " Some people would say, my dear, that that wasn't a very sharp proceed ing of yours," said Mr. Myers, as they drove away. "What do you mean I" ' asked his wife. " To tell that girl just Where our valu ables are kept." "James I What an ideal Why, I can trust Dora just as implicity as I would trust myself." Mr. Myers whistled and drove on, and his wife was vexed with him for even thinking such a doubt of Dora Kein, But as they were jogging slowly home ward in the November starlight, a neighbor hailed them, joyously, from the top of a load of barrels. " I say, it's time you were home," said Nehemiah Hardbroke; " your gal's got company." " What do you meanV" demanded Myers. Why, the doors and windows were all open as I came by the crossroads, jest where ye can see cross the medder to your back door, and there was two or three men in the kitchen. I thought it was some of your folks, till I see your wagon just now." James Myers looked at his wife. Mrs. Myers' white anxious face re turned the gate. " Dora is there," gasped the wife; "she would see that that no tiling happen ed." " Dora Is there," assented Mr. Myers " that's the very reason I'm worried. Hold the baby Arm, and I'll see what speed Is left ia old Dobbin." How tbey rattled over the frosty road, Dubbin gal taping as it trying the turf, and the old wood rushing past them like the scenlo splendors of a panaroma, while to the anxious hearts of wife and husband, every moment seemed an age. The house was dark when they reached It. Mr. Myers flung the reins over the dnshboard and sprang out. "Dora I Dora Klein I" he called, but there wbb no answer save the faint echo of his own voice. And when the lamp was lighted, it shone on a scene of dismay and con fusion ; but the first corner at which the farmer glanced revealed to him that the loose boards beneath his south window had been torn away, and the treasure nook which had held the silver spoons and the stocking full of bank notes their little all was empty. "So much for your girl and her friend, Janet" said Mrs. Myers, In the bitter ness of his first anger; and Mrs. Myers burst Into tears, not so much, after all, at the loss of the money, although that was a serious enough matter, as to think that little Dora Klein, of whom she had unconsciously grown so fond, was un worthy of a tender thought. That was one side of the little, every day life story at the cottage ; and now let us take a peep at the other. Her master and mistress had been gone an hour, and Dora was chopping away at the meat, singing some roundelay as she worked, when there was a cracking on the floor, and turning her head, she started to behold two very tall, and gruff looking men in the room. " Who are your"' demanded Dora, with feigned valor, "and what do you want?" " Don't worry yourself, my lass," said the the taller of the twain, gruffly, "and don't make any noise, If you don't want your neck twisted roundlike a chicken's." While the other, busying himself in reconnoltering the cupboards and the shelves, turned suddenly round with a volley of oaths. " Nothing but tin and pewter, he snarled. . "Tell us, where is the silver, girl?" " We have no silver," said Dora, fal terlngly. "What should poor people like us do with silver V" " The money, then V I know there is money, for I saw him come out of the bauk yesterday with a wallet full. Quick, we haven't any time to lose." " It's It's up stairs, sewed in the bottom of the feather bed, In the spare room," hesitated Dora" but you won't hurt me?" " What should we hurt you for V" scornfully demanded the rufllun. " Go up stairs, Jack, and see, while I stay here to keep this girl from raising the neighborhood." " I shall not scream," said Dora, ele vating her head a little contemptuously. " Who 1b there to hear me, if I did t We are far from any house." " That 's true enough," said the man called Jack. " Give us your knife, Casey, and we'll stir up the live goose feathers to Borne purpose. The gal won't trouble ub." But the heavy footsteps of the men had hardly sounded at the head of the stairs when Dora's languid assumption of indifference vanished. Like a winged spirit she flew across the room, and noiselessly prying up the loose boards with a knife, she caught up the japaned box and the stocking, and hiding them in her apron, jumped from the low win dow to avoid the noise of the rusty door hnge, aud struck iD to the woods at the back of the house. No hare ever darted more swiftly through the tangled forest than did Dora Klein, until at last safe in the deepest recesses, where no one who was not nimble as a deer aud slender as herself, could follow. Aud then, crouching down among the undergrowth, she watched and waited. As night approach ed, and a friendly dusk crept over bill and dale, she ventured by degrees to approach the side of the woods, where the north star beamed overhead, reas suring her of her whereabouts. And when at last the hoarse voices of the two men, hurrying down a secluded by road struck momentary terror to her heart, the afterthought followed with blessed relief the certainty that they were gone and she was safe. Mr. Myers and Jane were seated by the fire that they had just rekindled,' neither of them with any heart to set about the preparation of the frugal even ing meal, when the door creaked on Its its hinges, aud something glided in pale and silent. The next moment the japaned box and stocking luy In Mrs. Myers1 lap, and Dora Klein was sobbing on her shoulder. u why, Dora," exclaimed the farmer, " what does this mean V" And Dora told her story Incoherently and full of sobbing pauses, and when it was concluded Mrs. Myers threw her arms around the girl's neck and kissed her again and again. "James, James," she cried almost hysterically, "you will never mistrust Dora Klein again." And James Myers, wiping a stray dew drop or so from his eyes,' confessed that little Dora Klein had been a true a heroine as Joan of Arc herself. An Unpleasant Bedfellow. JACK FEATIIEHLEY lived In a log cabin at the base of one of the mountain ranges of the Adirondack, lie had been biought up In the woods from Infancy, and the rocks, trees and flowing watpr were his lesson books, for In that desolate region schools were out of the question. He was the son of a guide who conducted hunters and pleasure parties over the lake and through the woods of the Shattngee region, and by the time ho was seven teen years of age the boy was able to act as a guide himself. His eyes were so keen that he could tell at a glance, by the traces upon the dry leaves, whether a bear, deer, or panther had passed by. The forest was his home, and he could He down miles from home and sleep as sweetly upon his couch of moss or leaves as the best housed youngster on his more civilized bed. In the summer of 1873, he guided a party a distance of forty miles to the first of the chain of mountain lakes, where his father walled for them with canoes. From that point tbey had no further need of him, and the same afternoon he started on his return home. He had passed over ten miles of the way when night came on, and taking his hatchet from his belt he quickly put up a " lean-to." It did not take Jack long to build his shelter, and when It was completed he sat down under It, and ate some cold meat and corn bread, which he hud In his haversack. Wheu he had finished his supper he pulled a quantity of moss for a bed, spread It upon the floor of his rude tent, wrapped his blanket around him and luy down. The croaking of the frogs, the lay of the whlppoorwill, and the lapping of the river close at hand were familiar sounds and quickly lulled him to sleep. His rifle, loaded and ready for use, was at his side, and his knife in his sheath hung upon a short, broken limb above his head. Though he was but 17 years old, Jack Feutherly was as stroug as most men, and quite able to take care of himself; for his courage was certaiuly equal to his strength. He slept for hours. The night grew chilly, and It was well he had wrapped his blauket around him to keep out the damp air. It might have been 3 o'clock in the morning, just before the light came, when he was awakened by a strange feeling of uneasiness, and gradu ally became aware of the presence of of some large, soft body lying close to his own. He could hear the heavy res pirations of an animal's breath, and even felt them on his neck. Whether the creature was ferocious or otherwise be could not tell, but certainly some wild visitor was lying close to him and enjoying the friendly warmth of his body. Was Jack frightened? Put yourself in bis position and tell me what you think about it. My opinion is, that as brave as he was, he would have been better pleased with a different bedfellow. Not that Jack knew there was anything to fear from this strange neighbor, but the suspense was something even more un comfortable than fear. . Painfully still he lay, without moving hand or foot, for he could not tell what deadly assault the slightest alarm might provoke. But this Inaction became too horrible. Human nerves could not bear it. Cautiously he reached out for his rifle; his fingers closed upon It, inch by inch he dragged it toward him till the barrel lay across his breast and he could touch the lock. His thumb passed the ham mer, but even now he dared not cock it, for the click might startle his bedfellow and force a battle before he was prepar ed. Sooner or later, however, it must come, aud necessity compelled him to venture. Stiffening his muscles, and drawing in bis breath, he thrust back the hammer of the lock, and the sharp click, click, sounded fearfully distinct in the dead silence. The wild animal made a quick movement, but Jack lay like a stone, and in a moment his un known enemy seemed asleep again. Would the morning never come 1 Jack dared not fire in the darkness, for if he missed bis aim, and the creature proved indeed a beast of prey, there was no chance for him. With his fiuger upon the trigger and his hand upon the lock, he waited in aching anxiety for the first light to show him the outlines of his dreaded companion. Minutes seemed like hours. Never before in his life had the boy passed such an hour. His mind terribly active, with vivid memories of all that he had ever done, and regrets for every misdemeanor, with wild thoughts of what the end of this adventure might be, peopled hla vigil of danger till it became a night mare. Slowly, very slowly, the darkness broke away, aud Jack, sickened with his long suspenses, cautiously turned his head. There, close to him, stretched out ir. an attitude of repose, lay a full grown, panther! Carefully and silently the boy drew his rifle forward a little more. What If the cap should not explode? What If the rifle was not properly load ed? He raised right arm gradually un til the muzzle was . within an Inch of the panther's ear. He pressed the trig ger, and at (he Instant of discharge h was on his feet with his hunting knife In bis hand ready to fight for his life. But there was no need of the knife now. The bullet had crashed through the brain of the prostrate beast, killing him on the spot. Jack's danger was over; but even now, whenever lie tells the sto ry, he says he can feel the cold sweet gather on his flesh as It did that terrible morning In the Adirondack woods,, when he lay in bed with the panther- A Hog Story. ONE of the dealers In pork of our city, is the butt of the joke of the season. The other day he visited his hog lot, on the other side of Timber Creek, ami found that his " porkers" had mode a' trail across the Ice and were calling on1, their neighbors (J. B. Lynn's hogs), on this side of the creek. M. W. drove his property back across the ice, and as he -drove he pondered'; and a brilliant Idea crept into his ingenious head. He'd stop that nonsense, he would 1 Procur ing an ax he cut a hole some six or eigtrH feet square right In the trail aud then retired to see what Mr. Hog would do when he reached the supposed barrier. A large fat " squealer," one of his best, took the lead. The dealer smiled bland, ly until he saw the unsuspecting hog disappear " a la mode" Baptist, through'' the hole. The smile suddenly changed to a look of despair, and, snatching his hat from his head, rushed down the ' bank aud across the ice shooting " Hold on there I Hold on, you d d fwU l hold on I To cap the climax, he w&f afraid to leave, fearing that the entire stock would go down, and felt that it was his christian duty to stand there and wait until the hole should freeze over; all of which he nobly did, and now he says " a hog ain't got no sense anyhow." Winjleld Telegram. S3T One of the most cowardly acts a man can do Is to commit suicide. Id about two-thirds of the cases loss of money or employment, or unrequited affection, suggest, the rash act. . Forth with the poor deluded victim proceeds to fill himself with whiskey to give him nerve, and makes the fatal leap into eternity. If men who are to-day labor ing under discouragement for losses have seen the hard earnings of years swept away will interview any twenty of their prosperous neighbors, they will find that such has been the history of men through all the generations. The darkest days will brighten, the heaviest ' gloom will be lifted from the most de pressed soul if like a man he will make the contest. Nay, even more ; often the trials arid disappointments of life, so grievous to bear at that time, are the best perfecters of character, and do more to develop the true man that any amount of pros perity. It Is pitiful that, In a land of plenty, there shonld be found so many who are unwilling to live their allotted days, aud pay the debt as best they can. Ex. Pointed Remarks by a Colored Brudder. "Breddern.my 'sperience is dat it ain't de perfession of 'ligion, but do 'caslonal practice of it dat makes a man 'ceptable up yonder. When yer gits fa de golden gate an' Peter looks yer right in de eye and yer shows him yer long creed an says, pom pus like, dat yer 'longed ter de big 'Piscopalian ehurch, de 'Postle '11 shake his band an' say,. 'Dat ain't nuff ter get yer through.' But if yer takes all yer bills, wider yer arm.yer grocer billstn' yer printerabilis, an he looks 'em over an' finds 'em all receipted, h'll say ' Yer title's clear,' an' unlock the gate an' let yer pitch yerr voice for de angels' song. But 'tain't no use ter trabWealong dat nar rer path 'less yer can kerry, folded up In. yer creed, a good rec'mendatlon from yer creditors. Ilebben ain't no place fur a man who has to dodge roun' a corner fur fear ob meetin' some one wh'll ask fur dat little bill dat nebber. was paid." Poverty and Suffering.. " I was dragged down wltft-debt; pov erty and suffering for years, caused by a sick family and large bills for doctoring, which did them no good. I was com pletely discouraged, until one year ago, by the advice of my pastor I procured Hop Bitters and commenced their use, and in one month we were all well, and none of us have seen a sick day since, and I want to say to ail poor men, you can keep your families well a year with Hop Bitters for less than one doctor's visit will cost I know it. A Workwoman." 6 2t
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