THE TIMES, NEW ULOOMEIELD, PA. JUNE 17, 1870. 0 RAILROADS PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R ARRANGEMENT OF PA8BKNOKKTRAIN8. JIny llTh, 187. TKAINB LEAVE IIARRISBUROASFOLLOWB For New York, at 0.15, 8.10 a. m. toop.m. and 7.M p. in. Knr IMilladellihl Illl at 6.1R, 8.10, M5 a.m. .00ail.1 4.00 p. III. For Reading, at 5,15, 8.10, 9.45 a.m. and 2.00 4.00 and 7.M p.m. For Fottsvllle at 8.15. 8.10 a. m.. and 4.00 &. in., and via Schuylkill and Husquehauua ranch at 1.40 p. m. For Auburn via S. (k B. Br. at 5.30 a. m. For AUentown.at&.lB, 8.10 a. in., and at 1.00, 4.WI and 7.65 p. m. . .. . . The 6.15. 8.10 a.m., and 7.55 p. m., trains have through ears tor New York. The 5.15, a. in., trains have throtmh carsfor Philadelphia. SUNDAYS i For New York, at 5.15 a. in. For AllHiitown and Way Station at 5.15a.m. For Rending, Philadelphia and Way Station !at 1.45 p. in. TRAINS FOR HARRIPBURU, LEAVE AS FOL LOWS I Leave New York, at 8.45 a. m., 1.00, S.SOaud 7.45 p. in. Leave Philadelphia, at 0.49 a..m. 4. Ml, and 7.20 p. m. Leave Reading, at t-4.40, 7.25, 11.50 a. m. 1.30, 6.15 and in. 35 i. m. Loave I'ottsvllle, at 5.50, 9.1S a.m. and 4.40 p. m. ' And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branchat 8.15 a.m. . Leave Auburn vlaS. H. Br. at 11.50 a.m. Leave Allentuwti, atf!30 5.40, 0.06 a. in., 12.10 4.80 and .03p.m. SUNDAYS Leave New York. at5.R0 p.m. Lei Loi p. m i.utu, PltllnilHinl, nt 7. 'in n. in. Loave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. in. and 10.S5 i.nivfl Allentnwn.nt2 30 a. m.. and 9.05 n. m. J, K. WOOTEN, Uen. ManaRer. 0. 0. Hancock, General Ticket Agent. times not run on Mondays. Via Morris and Essex It. R. jEWCOMER HOUSE, CARLISLE BTM New llloomfleltl, rcnn'a. J.' A. NEWCOMER, Proprietor. IIAVINO removed from the American Hotel, Waterlnrd.and having leased and retuinlst.ed the above hotel, putting it In good order to bo. commodate guests, 1 ask a share of the public patronage. I assure my patrons that every exer tion will be made to render them comfortable. . My stable Is still In care of the celebrated J March 18. 1870 J. A. NEWCOMER. JHE MANSION HOUSE, New Bloomfleld, rcnn'a., GEO. F. EN8MINGER, 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. BW A eareTul hostler always In attendance. April 9, 1878. tt RATIONAL HOTEL. COBTLANDT STEET, . . (Near Broadway,) NEW TOBK. HOCHKISS&POND, Proprietors. ON THE EUROPEAN TLAN. The restaurant, cafe and lunch room attached, are unsurpassed for cheapness and excellence of service. Rooms 50 cents. J2 per day. 83 to 810 per week. Convenient to allferriesaiid city railroads, NEW FURNITURE. NEW MANAGEMENT. 4 ly gUItriUSING I JUST OPENED A VARIETY STORE, UP TOWN ! We Invite the Citizens of BLOOMFIELD and vicinity, to call and examine our Stock of liKUUfcllltS. (JUEENSWARE. GLASSWARE. 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Cases prosecuted by GILMORE & CO., before the Supreme Court of the Untied States.the Court if Claims and the Southern (Jialms Commission. Each department o( our business is conducted n aseparute bureau, under charge of the same xperlenced parties, einbloved by the old firm. I'roinnt attention to all business entrusted to 41 LMOKK& CO.. Is thus secured. Wo desire to Iwiti success by de-serving it. lAddress: GILMORE SCO.. 629 F. Street. Washington, D.C.. AN UNEXPECTED WITNESS. I HAD never seen my little client. He wa olT to boarding school when Ills mother died, and they burled her the next day without sending for little Charley, who was too young, perhaps they thought, to appreciate his loss. This was the way little Charley came to be my client : After his mother's death, a will was produced, leaving all her handsome fortune to Mr. Bryson, her second "beloved husband," little Charley's stepfather. When the will was ofTered for probate, It became necessary to appoint some one to protect the rights of little Charley ; and to this post that of guardian mU litem, the lawyers call It too often re garded as one of mere form, I was duly assigned. It would have afforded me great pleasure to break that will, for I had much less confidence iu the austere Mr. Bryson thnn his confiding little wife had, who had trusted him with any thing, her little boy's future included. For myself, I thought there was far too much goodness In his face to leave any for his heart. But what could I do? The will was In legal form. Dr. Dolus, who had at tended the lady on her deathbed, had drawn It up and witnessed It, and was ready to swear to everything necessary to make It valid. The other witness, Bandy McBrlde, an old Scotch domes tic, staunchly loyal to his mistress, died and was burled the very day before the case was to come on. The weather was warm, and Dr. Dolus advised a speedy interment. With Bandy died all my hopes. He was a truthful, honest fellow, and what ever facts he knew I was certain he would tell. But now his voice was si lenced, and all the other side had to do was to prove his death and handwrit ing. The night before the proofs were taken I sat up late and went to bed trou bled. I fell asleep at last and was dream ing of Mr. Murdstone and David Cop perfleld, when a loud rapping woke me. It was Dick Beton, an old chum of mine, now a medical student, who had a habit of calling at all sorts of hours. "Beg pardon," said Dick, "but I've something strange to tell you." I thought it might have kept till 'morning, but bade him proceed. " My friend, Nol Pellett, and I," he went on, " have long wanted a subject to dissect. Bo we hired Paddy Burke for ten dollars and a jug of whisky, with another jug contingent, to dig up and bring us to-night the body of Bandy McBrlde, who was buried to-day." " You'll all get into a scrape," said I. " That's a point on which I promised Pat to consult you," Dick replied : '.' but my story first : " Nol and I were sitting, by turns 'whetting our scalpels and looking over the pictures In Gray's Anatomy, when 'we heard Patp signal. " Nol let him in. His face was death ly pale. Quickly dumping a heavy sack from his shoulder "BedadOi've got him 1" he exclaim ed; " but I wudn't do the job again for twoice the pay 1" "What's the matter V" Nol asked. " After I tuck him up, ye's see," Pat said, " he was civil enough for a whoile: butOi'm blissed if the spal peen hasn't been kicken' me in the back for the last half molle I" " Nonsense 1 a mere fancy a preju dice of race," said I, as we turned the body out of the sack, laid It on the table and took up our instruments. " Great heaven ! what's this V ex claimed Nol, tartlng back. "The man's alive!" " And sure enough. Poor Sandy, af ter a few convulsive movements, rose to a sitting posture, and rubbing his eyes looked confusedly about. " Oh, murdher! murdher !" screamed Pat. '.'Sure the rogue '11 turn States lvidence on us an' play the mischief wld us all for dlsturbln'hlsetarnal rest." And by the way, that's the point ' on which I promised to consult you. N "In short, and to be serious," Dick contlpued, "Sandy McBrlde, the want of whom as a witness I . heard you so greatly regretting to-day, is now alive and at your service. He tells a queer story about old Dolus giving him some thing to cure the headache, and his knowing nothing afterwards. I more than half suspect the old quack of foul play. To poison outright would be dan gerous ; but there are plenty of drugs which will produce the semblance of death ami leave no suspicious traces af terwards. Through such means a man might be effectually disposed of by burying him alive." I hurried on my clothes and set out with Dick. In a back room we found Sandy sitting in his shroud, regaling himself on cold ham and a mug of ale, Pat Burke looking on with eyes agape and hair still on end. I had a conference with Sandy, the result of which will be disclosed present ly. Suflice It to say, it was deemed ad visable that his return should be kept ft secret for the present. Two more respectable-looking gentle men than Mr. Bryson and Dr. , Dolus never appeared in court to tell a lie or rob an orphan. When the doctor took the stand and kissed the book, he seemed the lmper sonatlon of truth. He gave his testi mony clearly and methodically. He deemed it part of a physi cian's duty to qualify himself to draft such Instruments. The provisions had been dictated by the testatrix herself, who was of sound mind and memory. He and the other witness had seen her sign the instrument. She had declared it to be her will, and they had subscrib ed as witnesses at her request, in her presence, and the presence of each other. His co-witness was dead ; but he had seen him affix his signature, and recognized the handwriting. In short, he covered every requirement of the law, and sat down with the air of a man conscious of having performed his whole duty. It was no use to cross-examine him. I think he would have liked It. "Have you any "witnesses, Mr. Galnesr"' the judge asked. " One, your honor." " Call him." " I have sent for him ; he will be here in a moment," I replied. The judge looked surprised, the case seemed so clear. Mr. Bryson and the doctor looked both surprised and anx ious. Surprise turned to amazement when Sandy McBrlde was conducted to the witness-stand. The spectators, he passed, gave him a wide berth. They seemed little Inclined to come in close contact with a man buried but yester day. Mr. Bryson and the doctor were the most 'disturbed of all. They turned pale, exchanged frightened glances, and, before Bandy, on whom every eye was fixed, had half told his story, the stole out and were seen no more. Bandy's story was this : On the his mistress died, he had signed two day the paper produced at her husband's re quest, but not in her presence, and without knowing what it was, being told that his signature was a merely formal matter. He had not seen the mistress that day till he saw her in her colli ti. As to what happened to him self, he could only say that, hearing him complain of a slight headache, to which he was subject, Dr. Dolus had given him a potion, after which he was conscious of nothing till he found him selflylngona table, and two young gentlemen standing over him with knives. The will was rejected of course, and little Charley got his mother's fortune. There was a strong belief that she, too, had been the victim of foul play ; but the culprits had gone beyond the reach of punishment. 'The Little Shoes did It." A MAN who had been reclaimed from the vice of intemperance waB called upon to tell how he was led to give up drinking. He arose but for a moment looked very confused. All he could say was: "The little shoes did it!" With a thick voice, as if his heart was in his throat, he kept repeating this. There was a stare of perplexity on every face, and some thoughtless young people be gan to titter. The man in all his em barrassment, heard this sound and ral lied at once. The light came Into his eyes with a flash he drew himself up and addressed the audience, the choak ing went from his throat. 4 Yes,frlends,' he said, in a voice that cut its way, clear as a deep-toned bell, " whatever you may think of it, I've told you the truth the little shoes did it I I was a brute and a fool; Btrong drink had made me both, and starved me into the bargain. I suffered ; I deserved to suffer. But I didn't suffer alone no man does who has a wife and child, for the woman gets the worst abuse. But I am no speaker to enlarge on that, I'll stick to the little shoes. It wa4 one night, when I was all but done for, the saloon-keeper's child came into the saloon holding out her feet for her father to see her fine new shoes. It was a simple thing ; but, friends, no fist struck me such a blow as those little shoes. They kicked reason iuto me. What reason have I to clothe others with fineries, and provide not even coarse clothing for my own, but let them go bare? says I, and there out side was my shivering wife and blue chilled child, on a bitter cold night. I took hold of the little one with a grip, and saw her chilled feet. Men 1 fathers if the little shoes smote me what must little feet do 1 I put them, cold as Ice, to my breast ; they pierced me through. Yes, the little feet walked right Into my heart and away walked my selfishness. I had a trifle of money left, I bought a a large loaf of bread and then a pair of little shoes. I never tasted anything but bread all that sabbath 'day and went to work like mud on Monday, and from that day I have spent no more money at the public house. That 'a all I've got to say it was the little shoes that did It." A Female Roblson Crusoe. SAN FltANCISCtT papers contain a very interesting account of an In dian woman, who was abandoned on Bail Nicolas Island off from Southern California, and spent eighteen years alone there before she was rescued. The woman went to the Island with a party of natives and left them to go iuto the interior and gather wood. Returning she found the party in canoes and about to sail. Not finding her three children in the boats she swam ashore. She did not find her children, but supposed they were devoured by the wild dogs on the Island. She became very sick and lay a long time without water or food, but finally recovered and forgot her grief in wondering about the Island. She lived on a plant resembling the cabbage, roots, seal or sea-lion blubber. Hliejluul abalone shell fish hooks and lines made of the sinews of the seal, it is probable she supplied herself with fish from the ocean. Eighteen years after this a party visited the Island on an otter and seal hunt. The Indian woman was found in one of the pens she had built as a wind break. She was clothed In a gar ment made of the skins of the shag, without slepves, low neck, and, when standing up, extending almost to tin Junkie. She was sitting crossed leg ged, skinning seal blubber with a rude knife, made of a piece of hoop-Iron driv en into a piece of wood. There was no covering on her head excepting a thick mass of matted hair of a yellowish brown color, due to the exposure to the sun and air. There were several wild dogs about the en closure, which growled savagely at the visitors, but were driven oil' by their mistress. The woman appeared to be very happy In her Island home, but it took very little to induce her to leave. She landed at Santa Barbara and was a great curiosity. Change of food and habits so affected her constitution that she lived but four or five weeks after her arrival at her new house. Guard Your Conversation. If you say anything about a neighbor or friend, or even a stranger, beware of speaking ill. It Is brotherly charity to suppress knowledge of evil of one an other unless our higher public duty com pels us to bear accusing witness ; and If it be true charity to keep our knowledge of such evils to our selves, much more should we refuse to spread the evil re port of another. Discreditable as the fact Is, it is the common tendency to suppress the good we know of ournelgh- bors and friends. We act in the matter as though we felt that by pushing our fellows forward we should injure our selves. We are jealous of commendation unless we get the largest share. Social conversation, as known to every obser ver, is largely made up of what is best understood by the term, scandal. It would be difficult to find a talkative group of either sex who could spend an hour together without evil speech of somebody. " Blessed are the peace makers," Is not the maxim by which we are chiefly governed in our treatment of personalities. Better a thousand times stand or sit dumb" than to open our lips ever so eloquently in the dis paragement of others. What we should do hi this, as in all other human rule. If we do unto others as we would that others should do unto us, we shall be exceedingly careful not to volunteer ill words about them. Where other than a good word is to be spoken, speak to the person concerned, that he may have a chance to defend himself. Curious Case of Alleged Kidnapping. A very curious story Is going the round of the papers to-day. Four years ago a tailor married the daughter of an artil lery Colonel, and lived happily with her for a twelvemonth, at the end of which period he went forafew days to Belgium on business. On his return the wife was nowhere to be found, but a month later the tailor and his friends recogniz ed her, as they imagined, in the corpse of a young woman who had been picked up at Anteuil. ' Unable any longer to continue in Paris, the tailor went to New York, where, two years afterward he married again. In the month of a January, the new couple came to Paris find rented an apartment in the Avenue Friedland. i.nst Weunesuay, as tue tailor was walking in the Champs Elysees, he saw a lady, who looked marvelously like his first wife, driving in a handsome equip age, and, hiring a cub, he followed her to a hotel in the Avenue D'Eylan There an explanation took place. It was Indeed his first wife, who declared that she had been kidnapped and kept in Ignoble seclusion for three months by a man whose name she had never been able to ascertain. When free, she had learned to her sorrow that her husband had gone to Amprlca, and, not daring to return to her relatives, she had entered a dress-maker's establishment, and bo on. inquiries are now being on foot In order to discover, if possible, who the kidnapper was. Our Modern Girl. We talk of the fragility of the mod ern girl sometimes: we question If she s as fragile as she appears. She must have wonderful endurance, else she could not follow the fashion bo closely. It Is eleven o'clock In the morning. . Could Jennie take a long walk this min ute If called upon to go? You know she could not. She must step out of her dainty Bllppers.and spend how many minutes we don't know in buttoning those boots, on which she must balance herself like a flyuranle before she can step at all. She must take off that fresh morning gown Watteau, do you call it V with Its rose colored, ribbons and its graceful trail ; she must Imbue herself with a skirt that weighs pounds, In spite of its scantiness, fluted like a column- kilted, thank you I and over that an other swathlngof drapery, of no mortal use one can see save to hide the decora tion of the under one. Then, when she tins knotted a silk kerchief round her throat, put on a Jaunty Jacket and given her hat the proper Inclination, and pinned on two veils, she will be ready to start. And she will look very charming, too, and her walk will be very graceful. But how she wonld stare if any one proposed a country walk, or a ramble In the woods I She cannot climb, or run, or Jump, or do anything really girlish. She is simply an anima ted fashion plate, as useless as a mum my set on wheels. About Marrying. Marriage, or engagements to marry, should not be entered Into Inconsiderate ly. If the old axiom that haste makes waste Is true as applied to the ordinary affairs of life, it may be said that undue haste often results in unspeakable mis ery In matrimonial alliances. Love la proverbially blind ; he is more he is wil fully blind and should be made to open his eyes. A little common-sense min gles advantageously with everything; so far from being out of place, it is an absolute essential to safety in affairs of the heart. Many a girl has had her whole happiness for life destroyed be cause she obstinately chose to form her estimate of the character of a suitor ex clusively by his behavior towards her, and his professions of love, rather than by his conduct towards others. It is a pretty safe rule that a man whose whole life is but an exampllcation of selfish ness will not long continue generous in relation to his wife. Character is sel dom revolutionized by marriage. There may be a slight reform temporarily; it rarely lasts long. And men suffer as well as women from ill-assorted mar riages. Many a towering ambition has been crushed, many a cupful of happi ness has been converted into the dregs of bitterness, from the neglect of a young man to become thoroughly ac acquainted with a girl before engaging himself to her. Bananas. The " Scientific American" says that " few persons who see bananas hang ing in the shops of fruit dealers think of them as more than a tropical luxury. The fact is, they are a staple article of food in some parts of the world, and, ac cording to Humboldt,an acre of bananas will produce as much food for a man as twenty-five acres of wheat. It is the ease with which bananas are grown that is the great obstacle to civilization in some tropical countries. It is so easy to obtain a living without work that no ef fort will ever be made and the men be come lazy and shiftless. All that is needed Is to stick a sucker into the ground, it will at once sprout and grow, and give its fruit in twelve or thirteen months without further care, each plant having from 75 to 125 ban anas; and, when that dies down, af ter fruiting, new suckers spring up to take its place. In regions where no foot ever reaches, bananas are found in all stages of growth, lipenlng their fruit every day and every month in the year." Deaths from Cider. A curious case has just come to light at Northbrldge, Mass., of the death of two persons and the expected death of two others, all in one family, from the effects of cider drinking. As near as can be made out, the father, aged sixty, mother fifty-six,andtwo sons thirty-five' and thirty one, have drank since last fall between forty and fifty barrels of cider. The mother was taken with fits about six weeks ago, and died the next Thurs day. The youngest son was taken with fits about three weeks ago and died on Tuesday, and last Thursday the oldest son was taken with fits like the others, and Friday bis physicians gave him VP-
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