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AHHAN8EMENT0F PA88ENGEKTB AIN8
MAY lOthT 1880.
Trains Leave ltarrlsburg as Follow :
Fnr New York via Allentown, at M5, .06 a. m.
and 1,4ft p. m. . . .
For New York via MilUidelphla and "Bound
Brook Houte," 6.u,(Kast Exp.) B.6 a. m. and
' T?ir"!nh car arrives In New York at 12 noon.
For rhlladelulila, at 4.18, 8.4o (Fast Exp) 8.05,
(through cur), 9.50 a. in.. 1.45 and fwt p. in.
For heading, at 5.15, .4U (Fast hxp.) g.05, 9.50
a. m 1.45,4.00, and 8.0S p. m. . . n
&
. m., and via Hchuvlklll and Busiiuehanna
. ... . .. inhiirn At A a 111.
For Allentown. at 6.15, 8.05, .6oa. in., 1.45 and
'rhe" "is, 8.05 a. m. and 1.45 p. in. trains hava
through curs for New York, via Allentown.
SUNDAYS I
For New York, at 5.20 a. m.
For Allentown and Way Nations, a! 5.20 a. m.
For Heading, l'hlldelauhia, and Way Stullons,
at 1.45 p. in.
Trains Leave for Harrlnburg as Follows I
Leave New York via Allentown, 8 45 a. m , 1.00
and 5.30 p. m.
Leave New York via "Bound Brook Koule."and
Philadelphia at 7.45 a, m., "1.30 ami 4.WJ p. m.. ar
riving at liai rlsourg, 1.50. 8.20 p. in., and aoup.in.
Xlirongli car, New York to Jiiirrlsburg.
Leave Hlillxdelphla, at 9.45 a. in., 4.00 and 6.50
(Fast Exp) and 7.45 p. in.
Leave 1'ottsville, tS.00. 9,10 a. m. and 4.40 p. m.
Leave Heading, at 4.50, 7.25,11.50 a. in., 1.3u,0.16,
7.45 and 10.35 p. m. . .
Leave Pottsvllle vlaSchuylkllland Susquehanna
Branch. 8.25 a. in.
Leave Allencown, at 5.60, 9.05 a. 111., 12.10, 4.S0,
and 9.05 p. in.
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York, at 6 3" p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 7.45 p.m.
Leave Heading, at 7.35 a. m. and 10.35 p. m.
Leave Allentown. at 9.05 p. in.
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except Saturday and Sunday. 6.10 p. m., and ou
Saturday only 5.10,6.30, 9.50 p. in.
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SOLOMON RAY.
A hard, close man was Solomon Ray
Nothing of valtio he gave awa
IIo hoarded and sared,he pinched aud saved,
And the more he had the more he craved.
The bard-earned dollar he tried to gain
Brought him little hut care and pain
For little be spent, and alt be lent
He made It bring him full ten per cent.
Such was the lire of Solomon Ray.
The years went by and hli hair grew gray,
Ills cheeks grew thin, and hie soul within,
Grew hard as the dollars he worked to win.
But he died one day, as all men must
For life Is fleeting, aud man but dust.
The heirs were gay that led him away,
And that was the end of Solomon Ray.
Tet men will toll, porslst and save,
Nor carry their treasure beyond the grave.
Their gold that day will melt away,
Like the selfish savings of " Solomon Ray."
You Have a Father.
Rev. Dr. John King once went to visit
the children in an orphan asylum. The
children were seated in a Behool-room,
and Dr. King stood on a platform before
them.
" So this Is an orphan asylum," said
he. " I suppose that many of you chil
dren would say that you have no father
or mother, were I to ask you V"
" Yes, sir; yes, sir;" said some little
voice.
" How many of you say you have no
father? Hold up your hands."
A forest of hands were put up.
" So you say you have no father ?"
"Yes, sir; yes, sir."
'Now," said Dr. King, "do you ever
say the Lord's prayer ? Let me hear
you."
The children began : " Our Father
who art In heaven"
" Stop, children," said Dr. King ; "did
you begin right?"
The children began again : " Our
Father who art in heaven"
" Stop agatn,chlldren," said Dr. King;
"What did you say? 'Our Father?'
Then you Lave a Father a good, rich
Father. I want to tell you about him.
He owns all the gold In California; he
owns all the world ; he can give you as
much of any thirig as he sees it is best
for you. Now, children, never forget
that you have a Father. Oo to him for
all you want, as if you could see him.
He is able and willing to do all that is
for your good." .
Dip it up.
A ship was sailing in the southern
waters of the Atlantic, when her crew
saw another vessel making signals of
distress. They bore down towards the
distressed ship and hailed them : "What
is the matter ?"
" We are dying for water," was the
response.
" Dip it up then was the answer.
" You are in the mouth of the Amazon
river."
There those sailors were thirsting aud
suffering, and tearing and longing for
water, and supposing there was nothing
but the ocean's brine about them, when,
in fact, they had sailed unconsciously
into the broad mouth of the mightiest
river on the globe, aud did not know it.
And though It seemed to them that they
must perish with thirst, yet there was a
hundred miles of fresh water all around
them, and they had nothing to do but
"dip It up."
Jesus Christ ' Bays : " If any man
thirst let him comeunto meand drink."
'And the Spirit and the Bride say,
'Come; and whosoever will, let htm
come and take of the water of life free
ly." Thirsting . soul, the flood Is all
around you; "dip It up, then!" and
drink, and thirst no more.
Comfort In a Cloud.
A friend of mine, says a recent writer,
told me of a visit he had paid to a poor
woman, overwhelmed with trouble In
her little room; but she always seemed
cheerful. She knew The Rock. "Why,"
said he, " Mary, you must have very
dark days, they must overcome you
with clouds sometimes." "Yes," she
said, " but then I often find there's com
fort In a cloud." "Comfort in a cloud,
Mary ?" " Yes." she said, "when I am
very low and dark I go to the wludow,
and if I see a heavy cloud, 1 think of
those precious words, 'A cloud received
Him out of their sight,1 and I look up
and see the cloud sure enough, and then
I think well, that may be the cloud
that hides htm, and so you see there is
comfort In a cloud."
JT A leading elocutionist once said to
a young preacher : " I can do nothing
more for you. All that you need now
to make you a power is some great sor
row." Alieartthat has had no break
ing lacks the divine element of sympa
thy. If the Lord himself was perfected
through suffering, can not we, his
children, thankfully accept the baptism
he was baptized with ?
Thought They Baw the Devil.
CArTAIN Taul Boytou, the renown
ed swimmer, during a recent Inter
view said :
" The Tagus Is perhaps the most re
markable river I ever navigated. I left
Toledo, In Spain, and paddled down
through that country and Portugal to
the Atlantic Ocean, a distance of 850
miles. For over seven hundred miles It
is not navigable for vessels, but winds
in an erratic and to me annoying
manner through the most weird scenery
that Bpaln possesses. Between Toledo
and the ocean Its descent is 8,000 feet.
At its source and for a short distance
down the shores are lined with luxuri
ant trees and grasses, but soou these
utterly disappear, giving way to arid
and stoney banks, which in turn grow
Into precipitous mountain sides., For
the first three days I paddled along sat
iHfactorlly, but as the number of days
since I began my journey increased my
troubles augmented. Then my course
wound through a continued series of
canyons, whose gloomy walls were In
places so high and steep that they al
most met and nearly hid the sunlight
from the yawning chasm beneath. To
wards night It required no great stretch
of fancy for me to imagine that I was
being swiftly carried along through a
mysterious subterranean passage. The
river was studded with boulders, hurled
from the mountain tops by fearful
storms, and often as I was bowled along
under the pressure of the roaring wind
aud rushing current, I was thrown
against one of these obstacles and my
senses nearly shaken from me.
To Increase my peril the river was
full of falls aud rapids of unusual vio
lence. In ' places a shallow current
would dart toward the rocky mountain
side and then turn at a sharp angle and
merge into a deep and peaceful sheet of
water. I blessed those havens, for they
afforded me a chance of taking much
needed rest. Looking into their clear
depths I could see the hideous fish dart
ing about, but the bottom was a fathom
less pit. Words are wanting to picture
the loneliless of my situation. For ten
days 1 saw not a shrub, not a blade of
grass, not a single sign of man's abode.
My diet was nauseating and 'I felt with
alarnl that I was gradually losing my
strength.
One day, it was the twelfth of my
journey, as I was floating on the bosom
of a sort of a lake, suddenly I was
plunged head-first over a fall and struck
with such force against the preclpioUs
wall of the canyon that I lost conscious,
ness. Happily my rubber suit saved me
from what would otherwise have been
a certain death. I recovered my senses
after an interval, I know not how long
and, with a prayer on my lips, was
about to resume my voyage.when to my
horror I found that my tender was lost I
It had been sucked into a whirlpool,
probably, and the current was rapidly
bearing me away from the Bcene. I
was nearly frantic. My, tender was
gone, my hopes were blasted, my life
was not worth a straw 1 The contents
of the little float were at that moment as
precious to me as all the wealth that a
king could bestow.
I paddled on for several . hours, trust
ing to find a way out of the river. If I
could only find a shepherd generous
enough to share with me his frugal meal
I was saved. But I hoped in vain. En
cumbered by my rubber armor, with
waning strength and and tremulous
movements I made many futile at
tempts to clamber the ; slippery moun
tain sides, but in every case I tumbled
back Into the river exhausted. For
three days I was urged on, I know not
how, by the impetuous waters. I was
ravenous with hunger, my limbs quiv
ered like aspens, a chill sweat oozed all
over my body, and my brain was deliri
ous. I Bwore like a madman, heaped
maledictions upon the Tagus, and at
times sang wild snatches of songs. To
this day I cannot account for the super
natural strength given me during those
seventy-two hours of agony. The howl
ing of wolves and the hooting of owls
during the nights heightened the som.
bre current of my reflections. On the
morning of the third day, just after
daylight, I entered the canyon of Casa
ras. I swallowed a pint or two of wa
ter and stood upright in my rubber suit.
I listened for the tinkling of a bell, or
some sound that would give token of a
habitation. Nothing broke the silence
but the distant fall of waters. As I
sank back in the river in despair, to my
Joy I thought I saw a thin veil of smoke
coming over the edge of the high plateau
and falling on the- water. My heart
beat rapidly as I paddled on for five
minutes in the direction of the smoke.
At last I saw the bluish haze rising
from behind a gigantic rock. " With ac
celerated steps I left the river aud clam
bered along the rocky bank. Several
times I slipped and fell, receiving nu
merous bruises. " ' '
I was compelled to make many de
tours to reach the plateau, but Anally
reached it, almost dead from fatigue.
peered around the edge of the large rock
that I had observed and saw the fire
Which caused the smoke. A large pot
was suspended from a tripod over a Are
kindled with sticks and matted grass.
The pot contained, what I now believe
to have been a mess haidly fit for dogs
but which I then judged from the greasy
odor to be hardly second to the dish of
the gods. Two men in active conversa
tion, stood near the fire with their backs
towards me, and one of them stirred the
savory mess while he talked. They
were dressed in the garb of mountain
eers, and were most probably shepherds.
Both were clothed in faded garments,
but all the colors of the rainbow were
there, more or less observed by the dirt
of years. My hunger was keen, so I in
troduced myself without the tedious
ceremonials so highly appreciated in
Spanish society. , I , inflated my drese
and, standing forth in full view, let my
paddle full to the ground. Startled by
noise, the men turned about and gaged
at me In superstitious terror. With
ehrieks of fear they swiftly turned about
and scampered off at the top of their
speed. Then I went over to the pot and
ravenously devoured its half-cooked con
tents, scorching my throat and spilling
half of the food. I never saw my im
promptu host after, nor did I care to see
them, in fact. After my repast I dis
robed of my armor,and,stretchlng at full
length on the sward, was soon slumber
lug. When I awoke I hid my rubber
covering and walked for a few miles,
when I came to a farm house and man
aged to buy another lot of greasy bread
and indigestible hard-tack. From this
point to its mouth the river was naviga
ble and I never more was troubled about
food. On the eighteenth day I arrived
at my journey's end. I was met by the
Governor of Casaras,his suite and many
ladles and gentlemen who had anxious
ly been expecting me. The whole party
rode on gayly caparisoned mules to the
castle of the Governor, where I received
a royal welcome and rested for a fort
night. Thus ended ray navigation of
the Tagus, the first and only time that a
man had ever descended that terrible
river from its source to Its mouth. Per
haps, after many days the story will be
told in whispers among the Spanish
peasantry of how, once upon a time,
while two mountaineers of Casaras were
cooking their morning meal, the devil
appeared to them in a .horrible form,
horns hoot and tail, surrounded by fire
and caused them to flee for their lives."
A Laughable Scene.
A ludicrous scene occurred at a depot
recently. The train which goes up the
Creek backs down to the depot, then
uncouples, and the locomotive 'and a
couple of cars go over Centre street to
allow a car from the Valley train to be
switched In. As the piece of train
moved off, a person on the stationary
car yelled. "There goes the train!"
and started in pursuit. His example
was contagious. Everybody believed
that the train was leaving them, and
rushed wildly out of the car. Two men
tumbled over the railings in their haste
and fell in the mud. A fat woman with
a basket of purchases rushed out of the
car door, slipped, and bounced down the
steps on to the platform, like a bag of
lard rolling down stairs. And when
she struck in a pool of water on the
boards, it sounded like slapping a grid
dle cake on to the Iron. Then she yelled
murder and called for the police. A fat
old gentleman got stuck in the doorway,
until the crowd pushing from behind
suddenly loosened him, when he shot
out of the door and off to the end of
the car into the arms of the brakeman,
with a speed which confused the old
man into the belief that he had collided
with the locomotive. A nervous man
followed and attempted to jump over
the fat lady, who had not yet arisen.
His toe caught in her waterfall, and he
plunged head first into the stomach of a
man who was rushing to assist the lady,
doubling him up on the ground, while a
yard of false hair fluttered from the
nervous man's toes for a moment as he
waved them in the air, looking like a
wellworn rag on the end of a black
stick. Two men who had gained the
train just at Sycamore street, said to
the brakeman, " Well, we caught it
" Yes, you caught it, though what in
the thunder did you run like that for
when we're going to back up again is
more than lean tell." The two men
got right off and stood looking into
each other's facet for five minuteB with
out speaking. Then said one, " is there
anything strong enough for us to drink
in this town?" Matters were finally
arranged at the platform. . The fat old
gentleman was assisted into the cars
again and two men helped up the old
lady and her purchases; procured a
portion of her waterfall a dog bad run
off with the other part and by telling
her that nobody bad been hurt by the
collision, persuaded her to take her Beat
in the car once more. The nervous
gentleman was discovered trying to pull
a plug hat off from his head and shoul
ders, while in the face of the man
propped up In one corner of the depot,
with both hands over his stomach,
could be discerned the features of him
who broke the nervous gentleman's
fall. ' '
Why the Needle Points Northerly.
AS AN FRANCISCO gentleman lately
wrote to the Superintendent of the
U. S. Coast Survey, Professor C. T. Pat- .
terson, asking the reason why the mag
netlo needlepoints to the north. In re
ply Trof. Patterson wrote as follows, and
possibly many more than the original
inquirer may be glad to read his simple
statement of the facts of the case.
The reason why the needle points in
the northerly direction is that the earth
In itself is a magnet, attracting the mag-,
netio needle as the ordinary magnets do;
and the earth is a magnet as the result
of certain cosmlcal facts, much affected
by the action of the sun. These laws
have periodicities, all of which have not
as yet been determined.
The inherent and ultimate reason of
the existence of any fact in nature, as
gravity, light, heat, etc., is not known
further than that it is In harmony with
all facts in nature ; even an earthquake
is in perfect harmony with, and the di
rect resultant of, the action of forces act
ing under general laws.
A condensed explanation in regard to ,
the needle pointing to the northward
and southward is as follows : The mag
netic poles of the earth do not coincide
with the geographical poles. The axis
of rotation makes an angle of about 23
with a line Joining the former.
The northern magnetlo pole Is at pres-'
ent near the Arctlo circle on the meridi
an of Omaha. Hence the needle does
not point everywhere to the astronomi
cal north, and is constantly variable
within certain limits. At San Fran
cisco it points about 17 to the east of
north, and at Calais, Maine, as much to
the west.
At the northern magnetic pole a bal
anced needle points with Its north end
downwards In a plumb line; at San
Francisco it dips about 63, and at the
southern magnetio pole the south end
points directly down
The action of the earth upon a mag
netic needle at its surface is of about the
same foroe as that of a hard steel mag-
net, 40 inches long, strongly magnetized
at a distance of one foot.
The foregoing is the accepted explana
tion of the fact that the needle points to
the northward and southward. Of
course no ultimate reason can be given
for this natural fact any more than for
any other observed fact in nature.
Acientijio American.
Did the Same as Others.
When good Governor S-
-, who is
a devout Episcopalian, was the Chief
Magistrate of Kentucky, be was wont to
frequently entertain the members of the
General Assembly at the Governor's
Mansion. To one of these levees came -with
the member of his county, an old
mountaineer wno naa just reacnea -Frankfort
with a raft of logs which he
had brought down the Kentucky River..
The old man who was called familiarly
" Uncle Johnny," soon became the cen
ter of an admiring group, to whom hl9
jean clothes were not at all improper at
tire for the Governor's levee ; and his
tongue being loosed by a glass of sherry
wine, which he then tasted for the first
time in his life, he was entertaining his
admirers with stories from " his coun
try," when the Governor approached.
' " Uncle Johnny, here is the Govern
or," Bald one of the company; and
straightway the old man was silent, for
he was overwhelmed by the first vision
of the majesty of the Commonwealth.
" Go on with your story, Uncle," said
one ; " the Governor will like to hear
it." - ' : -
" Yes, go on, Uncle Johnny," said
the Governor, with a kindly smile of
encouragement ; and the old man, thus
convinced that even ' the Governor
was also a man, concluded his narra
tive. ,
Then becoming bolder,. ha ventured to
address the Governor, saying, " Guvner
I went to your meeting yestidy, and I
seen whar you sets."
He had been to the Episcopal Church,
and bad been shown the Governor's
pew.
'.' Did you, Uncle Johnny ?" respond
ed Governor S . a Ah how did
you like it?"
" Well Guvner, I never knowed much
what they was a-dolng, but I riz and
fell with 'em every time."
. Russian Proverbs.
When sovereignty is divided, It is very
soon destroyed.
His right arm is often a man's worst
enemy. .'
' Beware of a tamed wolf, and a recon
ciled enemy. ;
The robber does not always steal, but
it is as well to be on the lookout for
him. , ) , . , .
The rich man in battle shields his face
but the poor man takes care of his
clothes.
The old man repents of that of which
the young man boasts. , -