THE TIMES, .NEW BLOOMFIELI), PA. JULY, 1, 1879. RAILROADS PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R ARKANSKMENT OF FA88ENQEUTBAIN8. May ll7li", 18?i. CHAINS LEAVE If AIUtlHllUiUl A8 FOLl-OW B For New York, at 8.15, 8.10. in. loop. m. and 1M p. in. For l'lilladelnhla, at MS, 8.10, 9.46 a.m. 1(H) and 4.UO p. in. For Heading, at 6.13, 8.10,9.43a.m. and 2.00 4.01 anil 7.66 p.m. . , For fottsville at 0.15. 8.10 a. m.. and 4.00 &. in., and via Hcliuylklll and Susquehanna ranobata.40 p. in. For Auburn via B. & R. Br. at 6.30 a. m. For Allentowu,at6.15, S.1U. in., and at 2.00, 4. oo and 7.65 p. m. The 6.15. 8.10 a.m., and 7.60 p. m., tralm have through cam for New York. The MS, a. m., trains have through cantor Philadelphia. 8UNDAY8 ! For New York, at 6.15 a. m. For Alleutown and Way Stations at 6.1? a.m. For Beading, Philadelphia aud WayStatlonsat 1.45 p. m. TBAIN8 FOB HABlUSniTRO, LEAVE ABFOI. LOW 8 s Leave New York, at 8.45 a. m., 1.00, 5.30nnd 7.45p. in. Leave I'htladelphia, at 9.45 a. m. 4.00, and . 7.20 p. m. Leave Heading, at f4.40, 7.25, 11.50 a. in. 1.30, 6.15 and 1. Hi p. m. . . Leave I'ottavllle, at 6.50, 9.15 a.m. and 4.40 PAnd via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branchat 8.15 a. in. Leave Auburn viaB. ft B. Br. at 11.50 a.m. Leave Allenlowu, at f2.305.40, 9.06 a. in., 12.10 1.30 and 9.03 p. m. SUNDAYS: Leave New York, at 5.80 n. m. Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. m. Leave Beading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.85 P'LeaveAUentown,nt2 30 a. m.,and9.05p. m. J. K. WOOTKN, uen. Manager. O. G.IIancock, General Ticket Agent. tDoes not run on Mondays. Via Morris and Essex B. B. JEWCOMER HOUSE, CARLISLE BT., New Bloom field, renn'a. J. A. NEWCOMER, - Proprietor. HAVING removed from the American Hotel, Watertord.and having leased ami refurnished the above hotel, putting It In good order to ac commodate guests, I ask a share ot the publlo patronage. 1 assure my patrons that every exer tion will be made to render them comfortable. . My stable is still in care ol the celebrated J Mareh 18. 1879 fJ. A. NEWCOMER. piE MANSION HOUSE, New Bloomfleld, Penn'a., GEO. F. EN8MINGEB, Proprietor. HAVING leased this property and turnlslied 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. -A careful hostler always In attendance. April 9, 1878. tf RATIONAL HOTEL. CORTLANDT BTEET, (Near Broadway,) KTEW YORK. HOCHK1SS ft POND, Proprietors. ON THE EUROPEAN TLAN. The restaurant, cafe and lunch room attached, are unsurpassed for cheapness and excellence ot service. Booms 50 cents, J2 per day. 3 to $10 per week. Convenient to all ferrieBand city railroads. NEW FURNITURE. NEW MANAGEMENT. 4 ly gt JRPIilSING ! JUST OPENED A VARIETY STORE, ' UP TOWN ! We Invite the Citizens of BLOOMFIELD and vlclnitv, to call and examine our Stock of GBOCER1KS. QUEEN8WARE. GLASSWARE. TINWARE, A FULL V ABTETY OS NOTIONS, etc., etc., etc. All ot which are selling at astonishingly X.CTW PEICES. Give us a call and SAVE MONEY, as we are al most GIVING THINGS AWAY. - Butter and Eggs taken in trade. VALENTINE BLANK, WEST MAIN STREET Nov. 19, '78.-U American and Foreign Patents. GILMORE ft CO.. Successors to CHIPMAN HOSMER ft CO., Solicitors. Patents pro cured in all countries. NO FEES IN ADVANCF. No charge unless thepatent iu granted. No fees for making preliminary examinations. No addi tional fees for obtaining and conducting a re hearing. By a recent decision of the Commis sioner, ALL rejected applications may be revived. Special attention given to Interference Cases be fore the Patent ofnee, Extensions before Con gress, Infringement Suits in different States, and all litigation appertaining to Inventions or Pat ents, bend Stamp to Gilmore ft Co., for pamph let of sixty pages. LAND CASES, LAND WARRANTS ft SCRIP. Contested Land Cases prosecuted before the U. 8. 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Cases prosecuted by GILMORE ft CO., before the Supreme Court of the United Slates, the Court ot Claims and the Southern Claims Commission. Each department ot our business Is eondui'ted In aseparate bureau, under charge of the same experienced parties, emblnved by the old firm. Prompt attention to all business entrusted to 41 LMORK ft CO., Is thus secured. We desire to win success by deserving it. Address: GILMORE &CO., 629 F. Street, Washington, D. C. A LITERARY CURIOSITY. The following Is a most remarkable composi tion. It evidences an Ingenuity of arrangement peculiarly Its own. Explanation! The Initial cap itals spell "My boast Is In the glorious Cross of Christ." The words In (u(c, when read from top to bottom and bottom to top, form the Lord'a Prayer complete: Make known thd gospel truths, our Father king, V'leld us thy grace, dear Mtther, from above, pless us with hearts which feellngcan slug, "Our life thou ctrt for erer, God ol Love I" Assuage our grief in love for Christ we pray, Since the bright prince of Heaven and iilory died. Took all our sins and halloxeed tho display, Infant Im iug.flrst a man and then wascrucllled. 81 upendousUod: tiygraceandpoiwr make known In Jesus' nnme lei all the world rejoice. Now labor In thy heavenly kingdom own That blessed kingdom tor thy saints the choice. How vile to come to thee it all our cry, Enemies to thy self and all that's thine. Graceless our trill, we willor vanity. Loatlilngthe very tie lug, eril In design, O God, thy will be donejruni earth to heaven : Reclining on the gospel let live, In earth from sin de(it!r.f d and forgiven. Oh I at thyself but teach us to forgive. Useless it's power temptation doth destroy, Sure is our tall into the depths of woe. Carnal, in mind, we've not a glimpse of Joy Raised against heaven; in us hope we can How, O gtre us grace and lead us on the way. Shine on us with thy love and give us peaoe, Self and this sin that rise against us slay, ( Hi ! grant each day our tre.;is es may cease, Forgive our evil deeds that oit we do, Couvlnce us daily of them to our shame, Help us with heavenly bread, .forgive us, too, Recurrent lusts, and tee II adore thy name, 111 thy forgive uess we as saints can die, Since for us and our trespasnet so high, Thy Sou, our Saviour, bled on Calvary. A Recent Indian Adventure. THE hardships and perils of life upon the borders were riot all endured by our forefathers. Even now upon the re mote frontier there are people living through hours of privation and terror, which we, in our safe and convenient homes, know nothing of. The adventure related in this simple sketch occurred only a few months since, upon the Kansas frontier, during the late troubles with the Cheyenne In dians. Mr. Hobson, a former resident of In diana, had met with business reverses, in consequence he determined to begin life anew in the far West. He gathered what little household property was left to him, and in a wagon drawn by two horses journeyed to his new home. He selected land far from any railroad or settlement, because such land was cheaper, and having built himself a log cabin, he managed in much privation to live through the first year. The Indian troubles began during the second year, and caused the family a good deal of anxiety. They . were not molested, however, and had begun to feel almost hungry again. One day Mr. Hobson had gone to his nearest neighbor's, a distance of several miles, with his horses and wagon. Mrs. Hobson was in the house boiling hom iny in a kettle in a great fire-place. She needed a bucket of water, and started to get it, when, as she reached the door of the cabin, she saw a dozen Indians com ing directly to the house. They did not see her. Without wait ing to fasten the door, she caught her baby, an infant of eight months, from its low box-cradle,and in her fright rush ed up a ladder which stood in one cor ner of the house to a low loft above. Laying the baby ou a pile of quilts, wTth desperate strength she pulled the ladder up after her, and shut down the trap-door. Then she crouched with her babe in her arms. The savages entered the lower room, a,nd commenced searching and plunder ing in great glee. They snatched the clean blue woolen coverlets and blankets from the beds and wrapped themselves in them, threw the pillows on the floor and sat upon them, and appeared particularly de lighted with the feather-bed, which was the pride of Mrs. Hobson's heart. Through a crack in the floor, which wag also the celling in the lower room, Mrs. Hobson watched them. Every Jn- stalH she feared their noisy shouts would wake the baby; but fortunately the child was undisturbed by the revel go ing on below. In a lew minutes the savages discov ered the kettle of hominy, and in great glee it was set upon the hearth, dipped out into pans, pots, crocks, gourds, any thing they could lay their hands on, and devoured. Even in her terror, Mrs. Hobson wondered what their throats were made of that they could swallow it so scalding hot. It appeared to sharpen their appetites, for they began to search for more food. Presently one of them found a sack of potatoes under a cupboard. " Paddys 1 paddys 1" he shouted, glee fully ; "Injun roast paddys ; make big fire, get big roast. Big heap paddys!" Mrs. Hobson knew that many of the Indians called Irish potatoes "paddys," so, though she could not see the sack,she knew what they had found. They returned to the fire-place, and poured the potatoes down in a heap on the floor. Then they drew the coals and abbes upon one side, and soon had near ly a half bubhel of the potatoes roasting in the ashes. They eat down for their expected feast and as Mrs. Hobson peeped through the crack in the floor at them, so dirty, ug ly aud repulsive, a way of escape occur red to her. AVhat could she do ?" As bhe glanced despairingly round the low, dark loft, die saw In a corner a lit tle red chest. Now came an answer to her question. " Henry's powder Is in that chest. If I could only throw some of it dowrt Into the fire and frighten them, or burn them a little!" " I can ! I ran !" she thought the next instant. "If I can get my hand into the hole in the chimney, I can." Creeping softly to the chltnuey, she put up her hand and felt for the hole. The chimney was built of mud and sticks, and up in the loft the mud had dried, cracked and broken away in one place. Mr. Hobson had often declared 1 must mend that hole, but he was al ways so busy it was not yet done, and how glad Mrs. Hobson was that it was there still. Bhe found that the hole was large enough to admit her hand, and then she was sure her plan would work, for she knew these Cheyennes were the veriest cowards, easily scared at what they did not understand. Very slowly she crept to the closet, opened it with the greatest care, and took out the can of powder. In doing so she saw a small tin mustard-box, which contained some sulphur. " The very thing !" she thought. "I don't know what they'll do together,but the sulphur will nearly choke them to death, I'm sure, and I'll try it." She poured part of the sulphur from the box; then she poured in the box some powder, and shook the contents till they were well mixed. With a si lent prayer she slipped softly back to the chimney, thrust the little box as far' as she could into the hole, and turned it. In a second there was a q uick, smother ed report, a hissing noise, and the next Instant, yelling, coughing, choking, screaming and tumbling over one an other, theBavages were all rushing out of doors. Mrs. Hobson was almost stifled her self by the horrible smell aud smoke, which came up through the cracks of the floor, but she dared not venture down until stillness below had convinc ed her that her visitors were not likely to return. She lifted the trap, pushed down the ladder, and went down. What a scene of confusion met her eyes ! Bed-clothes, pillows, pans, dishes, and household be longings were scattered over the floor, and the explosion had thrown ashes, blackened coals and half-roasted potatoes all over the room. But the Indians had fled. Mr. Hob son came home half an hour later, and found his wife restoring order among the household goods. The superstitious Indians did not venture to return. An Astonished Editor. An exchange says : " We find upon our table one of the newest pictures. It is beautiful in design, small, but show ing great artistic skill in its make-up. The ' prevailing colors are green and black, the two blending so harmonious ly that the effect is pleasing in the high est degree. We shall not, of course, pre sume to give an exact description of tbU picture, but some of the characters look so noble, so striking, that we cannot re frain from describing, them. The head centre, or rather the hero of this plo ture, holds in his left hand a banner, in his right a sword; his hat is thrown on the ground ; his head is thrown back, his left foot extended, and taken alto gether, his appearance is that of one challenging another to mortal combat, waiting for the other fellow to knock off the chip. His eyes are cast upward, resting on the word fl . Hello, what's this? Great snakes I if it isn't a five dollar bill! We took it for some new kind of a Christmas chromo that had come in the mail. But we see how it is either our devil has been robbing a bank, or some delinquent subscriber has been conscience stricken." . A Scotchman's St rate gem. THE Abbe Renyal was the first to give' publlolty to the following re markable instance of Highland ingenu ity and courage. The hero of it was a sergeant of Montgomery's highland regiment, and his name Allen Macpher son. Being taken prisoner by the In dians, he was doomed to witnees the miserable spectacle of several of his comrades tortured to death. Seeing them preparing to commence the same operations upon himself, he made signs that he had some thing to communicate. An interpreter was brought. Macpher son told them that provided his life was spared for a few minutes, he would communicate the secret of an extraordi nary medicine, which, if applied to the skin, would cause it to resist the strong est blow of a tomahawk or sword, and if they would allow him to go to the woods with a guard to collect the plants proper for his medicine, he would prepare it and allowathe experiment to be tried on his own neck by the strongest and most expert warrior among them. This story easily gained upon the super- stitious credulity of the Indians, and the request of the Highlander was immediately complied with. Being sent into the woods he soon returned with such herbs as he chose to pick up. Having boiled these herbs he rubbed his neck with their Juice, and, laying his head on a log of wood, desired the strongest man among them to strike at his neckiwith his tomahawk, when he would And that he could not make the smallest Impression. An Indian level ing a blow with all his might, but with such force that the head flew off to the distance of several yards. The Indians were fixed with amazement at their own credulity, and the address with which the prisoner had escaped the lingering death prepared for him ; but instead of being enraged at this escRpe of their victim they were so pleased with his ingenuity that they refrained from inflicting further cruel ties on the remainder of the prisoners. A Laughable Mistake. DURING his first visit to Paris M'.Las salle, a distinguished German, pre sented himself at the house of a well known lady, to whom he had sent let ters of introduction in advance. When the servant opened the door and receiv ed his card she conducted him to the boudoir and told him to be seated, say ing : " Madame will come in immediately.," Presently the lady entered. Bhe was in dishabille and her feet were bare, cov ered only only with loose slippers. Bhe bowed to him carelessly and said : " Ah, there you are; good morn ing." Bhe threw herself on a sofa, let fall a slipper aud reached out to Lassalle her very pretty foot. Lassalle was naturally completely as tounded, but he remembered that at home in Germany it was the custom sometimes to kiss a lady's hand and he supposed it was the Paris mode to kiss her foot. Therefore he did not hesitate to imprint a kiss upon the fascinating foot so near him, but he could not avoid saying: , " I thank you, madame, for this new method of making a lady's acquaint ance. It is much better and certainly more generous than kissing the hand." The lady jumped up highly indignant. " Who are you, sir, and what do you mean?" He gave his name. "You are not, then, a corn doc tor?" " I am charmed to say, madame, that I am not." " But you sent me the corn doctor's card." It was true. Lassalle in going out that morning had picked up the card of a corn doctor from his bureau and put it in his pocket. This, without glancing at, he had given to the servant, who had taken it to her mistress. There was nothing to do but laugh at the joke. Too Much for the Conductor. RECENTLY a man with red mud on his boots, and weariness all over him, entered a car of an incoming train a dozen miles from New York. When the conductor came along the weary man drew from his pocket the last half of an excursion ticket between New York and a station some half dozen miles beyond where be entered the train, and on another branch of the road over which the train had not passed. The conductor quietly returned the ticket and remarked, " not good," at the same time pointing to a stipulation on the ticket for " one continuous Journey." The weary man looked inquiringly Into the glare of the conductor's lantern and said : . Waal ?" " You stopped over at the last station," exclaimed the conductor, "and so you are not making one continuous jour ney." " How do you know I ain't ?" wearily asked the passenger. " Because the other train hasn't been on the other branch at all," said the conductor, showing signs of impatience. " What has this train to do with my continuous journey?" questioned the man, also getting impatient. As though propounding a question that would put a stop to further talk, the conductor asked : " Well, how would you make a con tinuous journey on this train from a place this train doesn't go at all ?" Adding that the rules of the company were peremptory. "I ain't said nothing about this train," replied the weary man, evidently much disgusted. " I footed it all the way to this junction, after I found the last train had gone, and had got here Justin time to hang on to this train as it was start ing, and if that ain't a continuous journey I'd like to know what Is." The hilarity of the other persons in the car seemed to annoy their weary fellow-traveler, and he explained as the conductor passed on, that he would like to know " if the rules of the company prevented a man from walking over their road on an excursion ticket." OJJlclrd llnilwnj HuUcUn. Eccentricities of a Shopkeeper. WE have recently heard, says the Boston Herald, of a character ir a New Hampshire town whose person allty smacks of Individuality and inde pendence so strongly that we wonder of what original spring lie has had a monopoly to the exclusion of his more ordinary neighbors. The man keeps a "general store." He has kept this same store for twenty years, and one would almost say the same stock, judg ing from its thoroughly mixed-up con dition and the literal accumulation of dust. He hires no attendant, but doe all the work of buying and selling him self. Of course he cannot always be in the store ; he must sometimes eat, like other people. When he has occasion to go away, he goes and locks up the store. He locks up the store when he is ill ; he locks it up when he comes to Boston to buy goods. In spite of this irregular proceeding he has acquired money, and not a little of it, too. But the really queer thing about the man and his store remains to be told. In one corner, more dusty than anything else in the place,, stand two demijohns. There they have- stood since the first year this man began, buslnes. They were brought by an. oldi countryman to be filled with molasses . and vinegar, Ashe took one in each., hand to carry them to his cart at the door, he said he would settle for them ., the next week when he came down. , But the storekeeper had a better plan, and suggested mildly that the jugs . better be left, too, till the next week, when their contents could be paid for. "All right," responded the countryman, . and he set the jugs down and went . away. And there these vessels have stood ever since, and have never been, emptied. Remarkable Escape.-. The escape from death of M. de Chat eaubrun, during the Beign of Terror, was truly remarkable. He was not only condemned but actually waited his turn at the guillotine, standing sixteenth in a line of twenty. The fifteenth head had fallen, when the machine got out of order and the five had to wait until it was repaired. The crowd pressed for ward to see what was going on ; and as it) grew dark, M. de Chateaubrun found himself gradually thrust into the rear of the spectators; so he wisely slipped away, and meeting a man simple enough or charitable enough to take his word that a wag had tied his hands and run off with his hat, his bands were set free, and he managed to reach a safe hiding place. A few days later he put himself beyond the reach of the executioner. Another remarkable escape was that of two women, mother and daughter, who traveling over a lonely road In ' a hired conveyance, were attacked by their driver who, pulling up fn a lonely spot, demanded their jewelry ; and upon their demurring, tied the pair to the vehicle and seized their trinkets. Then bethink ing himself that dead women tell no tales, the ruffian drew out his knife 'r but slipping from his grasp, it fell into a ditch. He plunged his hand in the water to recover the knife, and as he clutched it a black snake fixed its fangs in the would-be murderer's hand. He succumbed to the poison, and in ten minutes was past hurting anybody. The women were discovered by some villagers and released, but the corpse of the driver was -left alone until the police arrived on, the scene and did official duty. A Joker's Joke. When Governor Gerry managed Mas sachusetts, a country deacon happened' to catch a fine salmon, and knowing that the Governor had a peculiar liking for that sort of fish, he determined to present it to him. So the salmon was carefully packed, and the deacon, in the absence of railroads, started in bis- wag on for Boston. On the journey he stopped to dine, and, telling at the table his errand in re gard to the fish, a practical joker pres ent could not resist the temptation of slipping out to the wagon and changing, the salmon for a poor codfish. The unconscious deacon went on .o the Governor's house,and after announc ing his gift, the two worthies opened the box and discovered the flavorous codfish. Mortified the poor deacon- started for' home with his codfish, and stopping for" lunch at his dining place, the wag se cretly removed the codfish and replaoedf the salmon. v When he reached hoowy the deacon mournfully told the Btory to an incredulous wife, who had herself packed the salmon; they opened tbe box together. The deacon started. " Well, you are a pretty good salmon when you are in the country, but when you arein Boston you are a miserable codfish." ' v
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