JULY 27, 1680.
RAILROADS.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R.R.
ARRANfJEM feNT OF l'ABBKNOKl TRAINS
MAY l6lli7 1880.
Trains Leare Harriiiburg as Fellows (
For New York via Allentown, at 5.1S, 06 a. m.
aKolr'Nw York Via rhllsddphla and "Bound
Brook Route," 6.43, (lrat Exp.) tM k ni. ana
''Vhrmiiih er srrlvM In New York at M noon.
Kurl'hlfa.lelpliliM at 6.1ft. 6.4(1 .
ftfVSliWteVA. B.TO fcm.and 4.M
p. m.. ami via Bctaiiylklll and Huiiqiielisiiiia
Branch at 4.40 p. m. For Auburn, at b.Wt a. ni.
For Alleutowu,atB.18, 8.05, 11.60 a.m., 145 and
'"Xlie 8.05 a.m. and 1.45 p. tn. trains have
through cars for New York, via Allentown.
BUNDAY8 I
For New York, at 5.20 a. m.
For Allentown iiud Way Htatlon., at 5.20 a. m.
Vnr Kvitdlug, l'lilldelapliia, auil Way Stations,
at 1.45 p. ni.
Trains Lcare for llarrlsburg as Follows I
Leave New York via Allentown, 8 45 a. m . 1.00
"iave fi'ew'York via "Bound Ilrook Route." and
Philadelphia at T.45 a, m., l.W and 4.00 p. in., ar
riving at HarriRDiirH, 1 W, 8.20 nml U,'P.",
Throuuli car, New York to llarrlHUui-R. .
Iave I'lilladelphla, nl l).46a. in., 4.0U and fi.r0
(Fait Kxp) and 7 45 p. in.
Leave I'ottsville.e.oo. 0,1" a. m. and 4.40 p. tn.
Leave Keaillim, at 4.60, 7.'i'), 11.50 a. ih., I.', 0.15.
7.46 audio. p. m. ,
Leave PoUsvlllevlaacliuylklll and Siisquoliaiina
Branch, 8. 2i a. ni. . .,,,.
Leave Allentown, at 5.50, 9 Oj a. m 12.10, 4.S0,
and 9.05 p. in.
HUNDAYBi
Leave New York, at 5 30 p. in.
leave Philadelphia, at 7.45 p.m.
Leave Reading, at 7.35 a. in. and 10. 35 p. m.
Leave Allentown. at 9.05 p. m.
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Lave HARRlBHCROforPaxton, Lochleland
Bteeltondally. except Monday, at 6.40, 9.3o a. in.,
and 2 p. in. i dally, except Baturday and Sunday.
5.45 p. in., and on Baturday ouly, at 4.4o, tUO
ttnKeturnln; leave BTEELTON dally, except
Sunday, at 7.00, 10.00 a. in., and 2.20 p. in. ( dally,
except Baturday and Bumlay. 6.10 p. m., and on
Baturday only 6.10, 6.80, 9,6u p. m.
J. K. WOOTTEN, Gen. Manager.
0. O. Hancock, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent.
HE MANSION HOUSE,
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Courting Under Difficulties.
SAM LEWIS was a boy, He wbb a
rich farmer's boy. He was not a
particularly wicked boy, but lie was
tilled with that natural and pure spirit
of cussedness without which a boy is
never truly a boy. Bam had a sister
a good-looking, Intelligent young lady
of twenty, who bore the aweet name of
Mary. Bam loved her in his way, and
she certainly loved him ; indeed she
was about the only one upon the prem
lses who could do anything with him, or
for whose Wishes he cared. Mary, like
every good-looking daughter of a rich
farmer, had plenty of beaux. Each of
these bad to pass the scrutiny of Barn's
eye, and the judgment of Barn's mind
as to his fltnesB to pay court to his sis
ter. If Bam set his face against the
wooer ; then woe be unto him ; for unre
generate youth would find more ways to
make thlngB generally uncomfortable
for the love lorn visitor than ever Mob
cb discovered for the torment of Pharaoh .
Bill Bykes lived three miles across
the country from Mary 'a house. He
dwelt with his widowed mother upon
the 40 acres that had been set apart to
her as dower out of the estate of her
deceased husband. He had that angu
lar, coflln-shaped countenance which
invariably accompanies self-conceit.
His reddish yellow hair wbb oiled inim
itably, and plastered carefully down
over lils contracted forehead. His
moustache dyed with, acid and stiffened
with beeswax, was twisted in a neat,
scratch-awl style. Now place upon his
vest a huge brass chain and cock a
" plug" hat over his ear, and you will
gain some idea of his appearance when
dressed for a courting expedition.
Bill's ouly possessions were a skeleton
wagon and a nick-tailed nog, which hit
ter, he was always swearing could trot
" all around" any horse in that part of
the state. It is perhaps needless to add
that his own asseverations constituted
the sole evidence of the animal's
speed.
About four o'clock on Sunday after
noou, in the pleasant month of Septem
ber, Bill reined up In front of farmer
Lewis' gate, bent upon a formal visit to
Miss Mary. He was courteously receiv
ed, and shown by the young lady into
pleasant parlors, through whose open
windows the odors of orchards and
meadows came floating. The caller
seeming disposed to protract his visit,
the lady stepped into the the next room
requested Sam to " please put Mr.
Bykes' horse in the barn." Bam started
promptly to obey, for there were few
things he would not do for his sister.
As he came where the pony and skele
ton stood he was Unfavorably impressed.
He thought it looked like an upstart,
tricked out affair, which nobody of sen
sible and solid qualities would be likely
to own. He performed his sister's bid
ding, however, muttering to himself,
" Bykes Bykes who Is this Bykes I
wonder V As he passed back into the
house, he contrived to get a fair view of
the visitor. He was disgusted, and in
wardly resolved to bring Bykes' visits to
an untimely end. Perhaps Sam's dis
pleasure might be justified upon other
grounds than mere personal pique, for
Bykes' acquaintance with the Lewis
family, and especially with Miss Mary,
had been only the most limited and dis
tant character, and certainly could not
warrant the familiar and protracted vis
it he was now making. Bam character
ized the visit In his own emphatio style
as being " d d Impudent," and pro-
posed to treat it accordingly. It was
nine o'olock before Bykes announced his
readiness to depart,and Sam was request
ed to bring his horse. He soon returned
from the barn with the announcement
that the bridle to Mr. Sykes' harness
could not be found. Bykes went out to
assist In the search, lantern In band,but
the most careful examination of the
premises failed to reveal the wherea
bouts of the missing article. Finally
Bam lent him one of his father's bridles
with the understanding that he was to
return it the next morning. Bam found
the brMle before Bykes came back, and
as he exchanged it for the one returned
he was pleased to noticed that Bykes
looked " mad enough to fight," as he
said to Mary. For this reason he had
hoped that Bykes' first and last visit
had been made.
But he was doomed to disappoint
ment. The second Sunday at the same
hour as before, Bykes returned. The
horse was put In the barn by Bam as
before at his sister's request, When he
had completed his task he sat dowa up
on the woodpile to meditate. What
was to be done V Here was this Bill
Sykes, who did not know enough to
take a bint, aud was too obstinately con
ceited to learn anything, It was evi
dent that something more significant
than the hiding of bridles must be re
sorted to. Sam finally rose from his
seat, threw away the stick he was whit
tling, and took a course across the fields
to a neighboring farm-house where lived
, several of his playmates. At dusk that
evening Bam might have been seen in
consultation with three other boys of
nearly his own age, upon . some' subject
which to Judge from their manner,
keenly enlisted the sympathies of every
one of the party.
It was soon fully dark. Bykes was In
Farmer Lewis' parlor, making himself
as disagreeable as possible to Mary, and
Maty was doing her utmost to keep her
temper and trout him decently. But
the boys we have mentioned, led by
Bam, had business of Importance Upon
their hands. They drew SykeB skele
ton around behind the barn and there
with the help of Mr. Lewis' carriage
wrenoh, took It to pieces. They took
o(T the wheels, took off the seat, the
dash-board and the thills. Then they
took each separate piece and section of
the vehicle and placed It in the top of
an apple tree In the adjacent orchard,
eaoh In a separate tree, and as widely
scattered as the size of the orchard
would allow.
Sykes stayed even later than upon his
first visit, and it Was hajf-past nine
when be finally rose and said he "guess
ed he must be going." Mary went to
speak to Bam but found that Sam and
her parents had gone to bed. Bykes as
sured her that he was familiar with the
barns, and If she would furnlsn him a
lantern he would get his own horse.
She brought the lantern aud he went
out. He found his horse he found his
harness, even to the bridle, but his skel
eton he did not find. Round and round
the yards and bams like a will-o'-the-wisp
went that lantern around the
house, down to the orchard out luto the
highway still no skeleton could he find.
What was to be done V The case was a
fearful one. He pondered, he wept, he
swore. As he thought of the storm of
ridicule that would burst upon htm from
the whole countryside, he absolutely
raved. Yet there was the awful fact.the
skeleton was gone.1 Mary had retired,
the house was dark, and be was ashamed
to arouse the family. In anguish of
spirit, he bestrode his nick-tailed pony,
harnessed as he was, without saddle or
blanket, and rode slowly home. ,
Sam was away when Sykes returned
next day to see about his skeleton. The
events of hunting up and getting togeth
er the scattered members of the vehicle,
the immeasurable fun that was had,
aud the storms of relentless ridicule
through Which the victim passed, we
leave to the reader's imagination ; only
adding that Mary Lewis was never
troubled with any more visits from Bill
Sykes, nor was Sam's strategy ever
known to be insufficient for any similar
emergency.
THE ST0BY OF THE COQUETTE WELL.
ONE of the most famous of the oil
farms that were developed in the
early days of the petroleum excitement
on Oil Creek was the Hide & Egbert
farm near Petroleum Centre, Pa. Dr.
Egbert of Franklin and his partner had
between them $1,000, which they paid
for the farm. This was considered an
immense price for it, as it had not yield
ed enough under cultivation to pay tax
es. In 1804 they struck oil on It. They
had several good wells, but none that
compared with the great gushers that
had spouted their 2,000 and 8,000 barrels
a day further down the creek.
Hyde & Egbert's superintendent had
a brother who lived in an Eastern town.
He was in love with a young lady of the
place, who was noted in the neighbor
hood as a great coquette. One night in
the early fall of 1804 a troupe of Indians
gave an exhibition in the village. The
young man and the young lady in ques
tion attended it together. After he had
escorted her home, he seized an oppor
tunity that offered and asked her to be
come his wife. She refused him. He
went to bed disappointed and despond
eut. He had long entertained the idea
of seeking his fortune in the oil regions
and before he retired that night he had
determined on carrying out the idea
without further delay. Before morning
he had a dream. He thought that he
stood in a wild, mountainous place,alone
and friendless, i. Suddenly an Indian,
Hideous in war paint, sprang from a
thicket and rushed toward him with his
tomahawk raised. The dreamer was
unarmed. He tried to save himself by
flight, but he could not move. He had
resigned himself to his fate, when an
other person appeared on the scene. It
was the coquette who had rejected his
suit. She had a rifle. She quickly
placed the weapon I if her jilted lover's
hands and disappeared. The lover cov
ered the Indian with the rifle and fired
When the smoke cleared away the In
dian was gone. Where he had stood
there gushed from the ground a stream
of oil of great volume. It flowed down
over the land in a miniature river.
The young man awoke from his
dream. It made a great impression up
on him. He interpreted it as a good
omen for him, not only lq business mat
ters, but in his love affair. He departed
for Oil Creek uext day, and went first to
the farm where his brother wns work
ing. One day the superintendent was
showing his visiting brother over the
Hyde & Egbert farm. Suddenly the
latter stopped and looked about him
with an explanation of surprise.
'This Is the very spot that I saw In
my dream," said he.
He then related his dream to his broth
er. The spot was not considered a fav
orable one for striking oil, but the
dream of the young man so impressed
the superintendent that he determined
to sink a well there. The result was
awaited with Intense Interest by the
two brothers. . The drill, at the depth
of 000 feet, struck a literal river of oil.
The rich deposit spouted out of the
earth at the rate of 2,000 barrels a day.
The well became famous at once. It
was given the name of the " Coquette,"
because of the coquettish nets of the
young lady that resulted in its being
drilled. Thousands of persons flocked
to the farm : to see it, and a
fee of ten cents a head was charged for
a sight at it, pouring its wealth Into Dr.
Egbert's tanks. It flowed for fifteen
months. Dr. Egbert made an immense
fortune from it, and then sold a one
twelfth Interest In it for $276,000. He
gave the young roan $20,000 whose dream
led to the discovery of the Coquette well.
With this Bum to start with, the fortu
nate dreamer In a few months made a
handsome fortune. He returned to his
native village. Still loving the young
lady who had refused his hand, and
learning that since his departure she
had ceased entirely to go Into society, he
proposed to her again. This time he
was accepted, and he married the form
er coquette. Bhortly after the well
ceased to yield oil voluntarily, fell to a
small " pumper," and then became en
tirely exhausted. A few rotting timbers
of the derrick that stood above the Once
famous well Is now all that marks the
spot where the river of oil burst forth.
A Rich but Foolish Farmer.
Isaac Steele, a farmer, living near Pe
trolla, Butler county, made $100,000
from the oil production of his farm. He
Is an old man, and lives with his daugh
ter. He keeps not less than $50,000 In
green Docks in nis bouse, ana lie lias no
faith in bank or any Investment for
money. Three years ago he had $1C0,
000 in bank notes locked in boxes and
trunks about his house. The money be
came damp, mildewed and mouldy.
When he discovered the condition of
the money he took the notes from their
hiding places and spread them in the
sun about his orchard to dry. The spec
tacle of a fortune lying loose on the
ground among the trees was witnessed
by hundreds who were attracted to the
farm by the singular proceeding. The
money was thus exposed for two days,
guarded by old Steele, his wife, daughter
and hired man. When considered in
good condition again it was returned
to the trunks and boxes again. Three
nights after the greenbacks were housed
Steele, woke up to find three masked
men In hisbed room. They bound the
old man and bis family, and had discov-
ered and secured $1,000 of the hidden
treasure when ' they were frightened
away by the return home of the hired
man from Petrolia. Even this expert
ence did not move the old farmer to
make a different disposition of his
money. On the night of the 28th of
last April, his house was again broken
into by three men wearing masks. The
old man and his wife fought them until
they were rendered unconscious. In
the struggle the masks were torn from
the faces of two of the men. They were
recognized as Jas. James and Wm. Mc
Donald. The third man was not known.
The men began to search the house, but
before they had secured any booty
Steele's hired man had alarmed the
neighbors, and the robbers fled. In an
oiu cox unaer Bteete's oea mere were
$10,000 in greenbacks. The robbers
were followed, but escaped to the woods.
Three days after the two were captured,
They have Just been sentenced to five
years each in the penitentiary.
' Comfort for Backward Children.
From the fact that the lower animals
arrive at maturity much earlier than
man, and the inferior races of men de
velop more rapidly than the superior,
French biologist Infers that precocity
indicates a low order of development.
0 A young pastor who has recently
had a son born to him notifies a brother
pastor as follows : " Unto us a child is
born, unto us a son Is given. Is. 9 : 6."
It was written on a postal card. The
receiver showed the message to a sister
of his church. . " Ah. yes." said the sis
ter after reading it, it weighed nine
pounds and six ounces." . ,
How She Saved Her Daughter.
" I shall never again feel so awfully
nervous about my babies teething,"
writes a grateful mother. "We almost
lost our little darling by a long attack of
cholera infantum, but happily heard of
Parker's Ginger Tonic in lime. I took
a few spoonfuls myself, which soon
cured my nursing baoy entirely, and an
occasional dose has kept me and I by in
such perfectly good health, and made us
so strong and comfortable that I would
not be without this reliable medicine for
worlds." A Mother of Brooklyn. 29 lm
SUNDAY HEADING.
Blot out a Day.
t keep on S desk before me a calendar
of the year, with a day of each week by
numerals. When the day is passed, I
draw a pen across a figure or the figures
representing a day. It Is gone and I
blot it out. So far as the column of nu
merals is concerned, I can do so.
flJut I am Startled by the words, " I
blot out a day." A day is a wheel in
the great machinery of life a link in
the chain of my probation. It is as
truly a part of vital and essential being
as a year or a century. The day is giv
en me. Will It vanish at my bidding ?
I did not originate it; I only received it.
I have no more power to blot it out than
to bring it in. ,
It was a gift. How should I treat the
giver if I could and would blot it out t
It came as a proof of the love of the
Giver. To many that day came not. It
was on Its way ; but the chain broke. '
But divine kindness would not allow
me to be a loser. Shall I not honor the
Giver?
A day of sadness perhaps! Blot it out
for that reason 't It my sins made the
sadness of the day, then let the day 1
stand a memento of and reminder of
my folly. That day Is worth saving
that brings such a voice of reproof.
Perhaps the day was sad under divine
discipline. Surely, then it ought to
stand lest, blotting it out', offence be giv
en to Him whoaffllcts "forour profit
that we might be partakers of His holi
ness." A day of gladness, perhaps the sky
bright, the air balmy, Joy in friends and
all worldly comfort above all Joy in
the Lord and gladness in his salvation.
Shall I mar such a beautiful picture '(
Shall I blot out such a day V As I erase
the figure with a pen shall I drop It out
of my mind as If there had never been
such a day ? Is this the kind return 'I
: A day I That day just erased fron
my calendar,, how much could have
been accomplished in it I What a no
ble river of holy emotions might have
rolled through my soul in that one day I
what fervor of lovetrdor in prayer, and
workings of faith, bringing the light
and joy of heaven into the soul I
There hangs my calendar. I cannot,
blot out much longer. The last day of
the year is at hand. The symbols of
what remains may be erased by my
driving pen ; but these links of life
these way-marks Of the path to eternity,
these gifts of God, these opportunities
of usefulness my gratitude shall wel
come them, my love and zeal carry out
their great design. They shall aid in
the grand result, that my name shall
not be blotted out of the Book of Life.
The Thin Partition Between Life and Death.
When we walk near the powerful
machinery we know that one single
misstep, and those mighty engines
would tear us to ribbons in their ponder
ous jaws. Bo, when we are thundering
across the land in a railway car. and
there is nothing but half an inch of Iron
flange to hold ns upon the rail. So
when we are at sea in a ship, and there
is nothing but the thickness of a plank
between us and eternity. We imagine
then that we see how close we are on
the edge of the precipice. But we do
not see it. Whether on the sea or on
the land the partition that divides us
from eternity is something thinner than
the oak plank or half an inch of iron
flange. The machinery of life and
death are within ns. The tissues that
hold these beating powers in their place
are often not thicker than a piece of
paper, and If that thin partition was
pierced or ruptured, it would be Just the
same with as as If a cannon ball bad
struck ns. Death Is inseparably bound
up with life in the very structure of our
bodies. Struggle as he will to widen
the space, no man at any time can go
further from death than the thickness
of a sheet of paper. ' '
tW Wealth is the possession of the
few, but intellectual culture is happily
within the reach of all in . the favored
land of school and books. Wealth has
opportunities to surround itself with
treasures of culture and art, but it will
wish to call to the enjoyment of these
possessions those who ' can appreciate
them. Wealth is at much greater loss
for culture than culture la for wealth.
Wealth without culture is a subject for
laughter and derision. Culture without
wealth ever commands' profound re
spect. Then let young people seek first,
if they were ambitious to belong to good
society, a genuine intellectual culture.
aETTbe religion of to-day needs more
than anything else a strong infusion of
the divine and Biblical element. It has
become weak, flaccid prattling. It says
too many sweet, soft, pretty things to
tickle the ear and catch the crowd.
Men are needed with the power and
Bplrit of Eiiiah to say strong, deep,
powerful words. Then religion would
reach the masse just as electricity
reaches the subterranean streams.