Tlllil TIMES, NEW BLOOM FIELD, PA., SEPTEMBER 28, I860.
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PHILADELPHIA AND READING R.R.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS
!' MAT 10tli7 1880.
Trains Leare Harrlsbiirg as Follows :
For New York via Allentown, at 8.15, 8.0S a. m.
alFor Nwlv'ork via rtilladelphli. and "Bound
Brook ltoute," ..-, (Fast Kxp.) 8.68 a. m. aud
Through car arrives In New York at 13 noon.
PorPhlTadelnhla, at 6.15. fl.40 (Fast Exp) 8.08,
''ktwm to I
'arFSltvea..SO a.m.and 4.00
p. m., and via Kcliuyklll and Susquehanna
Branch at 2.40 p. m. For Auburn, at 5.30 a. in.
For Allentown, at 6.16, 8.08, 9.50 a. in., 1.46 and
"The 6.18, 8.05 a. m. and 1.45 p. m. trains have
through cars for New York, via Allentown.
BUNDAY8 t
For New York, at 5.20 a. m.
For Allentown and Way Stations, at 8.20 a. m.
For Reading, I'lilldelapliia, aud Way Stations,
at 1.45 p. m.
Trains Leave for Harrlsbiirg as Follows i
Leave New York via Alleutown, 8 45 a. m . l.OO
"'Leave E'ew York via "Bound Brook Route." and
rtilladelphia at 7.45 a. m. 1.30 and 4.W) p. in., ar
riving at HanlsDuig, 1.50. 8.20 n. m., ana 9.00p.m.
Through car. New York to Harrlsburg.
Leave HilUdelplila, at 9.45 a. in., 4.00 and 6.60
(Fast Exp) anil 7.45 p. in. i
Leave t otlaville.8 01). 9,10a. m. and 4.40 p. n.
Leave Reading, at 4.50, 7.25.11.60 a. in., 1.3'-,d.l5,
7.45 and 10.35 p. in. ,
Leave Pottsvllle vlaSchuylklll and Susquehanna
Branch, 8.2.) a. m.
Leave Allencown at 6.50, 9.03 a. m., 12.10, 4.S0,
and 9.05 p. in.
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York, at 5 30 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 7.46 p. m.
Leave Reading, at 7.35 a. in. aud 10.35 p. m.
Leave Allentown. at 9.05 p. m.
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Sunday, at 1 00, 10.00 a. m., aud 2.20 p.m.! daily,
except Saturday and Sunday. 6.10 p. in., aud on
Saturday only 6.10, 6.30, 9,5up. in.
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Caught in Hi3 Own Trap.
TT'S a plain case," Mr. Qrlmgrln
1 gald. Against whom would there
not have been a plain case, Mr. Qrlm
grln judging V
"No doubt he Is guilty; but what are
the facta ?" inquired Miss Thugge, in
whose theory of Justice striking came
before hearing.
" They are very simple," Mr. Grlm-
grln answered ; " presented an altered
check at the Oxide bank this morning,
In Jail for forgery this evening."
" But there may be some explana
tion," timidly remarked a young lady,
at whose simplicity Mr. Grlmgrln
smiled and Miss Thugge sniffed.
"He should have made it at once,
then." said Mr. arlmerin, "Instead of
standing dumb before his accusers.
After all, explanations don't go for
much in such cases."
"foor Edith !-lt will break her heart;"
the young lady could not help adding.
" Poor I" said Mr. Qrlmgrln ; " as you
will find out some day, heart-breaking
is only a figure of speech."
Leaving the rest of Miss Thugge's
party to laugh and the young lady to
blush at Mr. Qrlmgrln's sententious ob
servation, let us go back a step.
Ernest Jasper, whose arrest for for
gery was just now the subject for con
versation, had hitherto borne an un
blemished character. He and his
brother Qeorge out of moderate salaries,
after supporting their widowed mother
managed to lay up something every
year, and each was looking to a happy
time not far distant, he hoped when
certain tender engagements would no
longer need be deferred.
The course of truthful love never ran
smoother than in the case of Ernest
Jasper and Edith Wade. Too trusting
to allow mischief to be made between
themselves, what could disturb the even
.tenor of two such lives as that ?
Qeorge Jasper was of a different tem
per from his brother. With a heart true
he was more impulsive and passionate.
It is such men that are easily incited to
jealously, and act rashly under it.
When Qeorge and Mildred Heath
plighted their troth, they would have
staked their lives on each other's loy
alty. But evil tongues came between them.
Stories which should have been scorn
edand were so at the first in time be
gan to be listened to. Then came quar
rels and reconciliations, time and again
repeated, and at last it was insinuated to
George that he had a rival in his love.
He demanded an explanation in a
tone so imperious that Mildred's pride
took offence, and she answered it with
silence.
They parted in anger, and George's
visits ceased.
A few days later a cool note from Mil
dred informed him that it was all over
between them. In his bitterest mo
ments he had not counted on this. It
came upon him like a thunder clap. His
first impulse was to fly from the scene of
his misery whither he cared not the
further the better.
A letter received through the poBt-of-fice,
announced to Ernest his brother's
departure.
" Leaving on you," the letter went on
" the burden of your mother's support,
I enclose you my employer's, Mr. Win
ter's check for all my savings over the
necessary expenses of my journey. I
cannot tell you where I am going for I
do not know. To you and our mother
the only ones to whom I have the right
to offer it I leave you my fondest love.
Farewell."
It was the check thus enclosed which
on being presented by Ernest, was as
certained to have been altered to a larger
amount.
On being questioned, Ernest offered
no explanation. Instantly it flashed
upon him that he could not speak with
out compromising his brother, and his
silence was construed as a confession of
his guilt. He wag at once arrested and
committed for trial.
Silas Grlmgrin was a post office clerk,
moral beyond his years, and with a con
science tenderly alive with the sins of
others. We have already seen how lit
tie lenity poor Ernest received at his
hand.
Mr. Grlmgrin had just returned from
Miss Tuugge's party, and in nls bacbe
lor apartment, was regaling himself
with a clear and divers reflections on
the vanity of human wishes- w hen
knock announced a visitor.
" Come in," said Silas, glancing over
his shoulder.
Stooping to clear the door way,
young man entered, a fellow clerk with
Silas, at least six feet two Inches in
height, with a good natured, but not
particularly bright looking counten
ance.
"Good evening, Mr. Grlmgrin."
" Good evening, Bounce," faid Silas.
" Pray, lower yourself on the sofa there,
for your head must be dizzy at that
height."
Mr. Bounce smiled at the joke ; it wus
, an old acquaintance.
" What do you think of Jasper's
case?" he inquired after a pause.
"There can be, but one opinion," Si
las answered.
" I have mine at least," said the oth
er. "And what Is it pray V"
" That he's not guilty."
" Then who Is V" asked Silas sharp
ly. "You I" retorted Bounce, planting
himself before the door, and displaying
a badge, at the sight of which Silas
trembled.
" What proof have you for such an
accusation ?" said Silas recovering his
presence of mind with an effort.
" Ample," replied the other. " Nu
merous peculations in the office here,
induced the authorities to place it under
surveillance; and, for a month past I
have occupied the post of detective un
der the guise of a clerk. Two days ago,
unobserved, as you thought, you ab
stracted a letter directed to Ernest Jasper.
Next day you returned it. An examina
tion which I,as well as you.know how to
make, proved that it contained a check
the same for by a process of my own
I was able to read its contents to-day
presented at the bank by Jasper, and
now in my possession."
' But all that," argued Silas, " does
not prove that I either opened the letter
or altered the check."
" As to the question of a letter's hav
ing been opened," said the detective,
an expert is not easily deceived. As
to the alteration of the check, Mr. Win
ters, the drawer, is made to swear that
Qeorge Jasper inclosed it unaltered in
his presence,and left the letter with him
to mall, and I can swear that when it
came to the hands of Ernest Jasper the
check was in its present state."
Silas Grlmgrin stood mute and sul
len.
" There is another charge against
you," resumed the detective.
Silas started.
" To-day you opened a decoy letter
containing money."
The guilty man made a movement as
if to escape, but the towering form of
the detective blocked his way. In an
instant the snap of the handcuffs on his
wrists was heard, and a brief search
brought to light the identical bill that
was taken from the decoy letter.
The poor wretch's courage failed, and
he confessed all. He had stolen George
Jasper's letter, not as he had others, for
gain's sake, but to subserve another
purpose. He too, loved Mildred Heath,
and bad been mainly instrumental in
breeding difficulties between her and her
betrothed.
To fix upon his rival the stigma of
an infamous crime, seemed a sure way
to secure the field permanently to him
self.
The fraternal devotion which prompt
ed Ernest Jasper to sacrifice his own to
his brother's reputation, was something
a nature like Silas Qrlmgrln's was alike
incapable of understanding or forsee
ing. The widow Jasper, Edith and Mildred
were all weeping tears of joy over Er
nest just release from prison when
George burst in among them.
"What, you here, Ernest V" he ex
claimed. "I saw your arrest announc
ed in the papers, and hurried back at
once."'
A word explained all.
And then Qeorge met Mildred's eyes
looking so tearfully und loving at him
that forgetting all, he was about clasp
ing her in his arms.
" But that letter," he said drawing
back with sudden constraint.
"What letter'!"'
"The one in which you declared all
was over between us."
Mildred's surprise was sufficient an
swer. '
"Then that was another of Silas
Grimgrin'g forgeries!" cried George
guessing the truth.
Two happy weddings speedily follow
ed. We are pleased to be able to add, that
as a husband George Jasper Isn't a bit
jealous.
THEY ARE FOUND WHEN NEEDED.
" DOMING eventB cast their shadows
j before." That depends on the
way the sun shines. The shadows of
the present events may sometimes be
found in the paat. As long ago as the
reign of Charles V . a man by the name
of Blasco De Guerere, in the presence of
the royal household, propelled a vessel
of two hundred tons by steam, near Bar
celona. It was a wonderful success, the
steamer made admirable time, and after
the experiment was over she was hauled
upon the Bhore to decay.
Our readers may have heard of the
wild enthusiast who rushed about Eu
rope more than two hundred years ago,
proclaiming that he had invented a
steam engine that would be the making
of any nation that would adopt it; and
who, by the order of Curdinal Kichelieu,
was committed to a mad house In France,
where he died.
As long ago as 1 CI 7 the theory of the
magnetic telegraph was projected, and
in a rude way it was actually tested in
1705; and there the matter slumbered
until the present generation.
There was a workman in one of the
mining districts of England, during the
last century, who discovered a hole in
the ground from which streams of In
flammable gas Issued. Being a shrewd
and thoughtful man, he fitted a pipe to
a bladder, filled it with gas, and on dark
nights used it as a lantern to light him
self home those who happened to meet
him looked on him with affright, as a
wizard.
The old Arabs found their way
about the desert by means of a magnetio
needle, which they fastened to a bit of
cork and floated on the water, ages be
fore the mariner's compass was thought
of.
The ancient Egyptians had wooden
railways, on which they transported the
huge blocks of stone used in building
a few thousand men being harnessed to
the train in place of a locomotive.
Why did all these things come to
nothing and die out V Simply because
the world was not ready for them.
There Is a time and a season for every
thing under heaven. Of what use would
the printing press have been where
there were but few persons who could
read, and fewer still could write any
thing worth reading V What need was
there for locomotives and steamboats,
and Pullman cars, when men and
women preferred to stay at home and
slseep in their own beds V What call
was there for revolvers and breech-loaders,
when the surplus population was
swept of the world in other ways so
much more convenient and economical?
But when the time comes that any
thing is actually needed and here we
see the clear token of an overruling
Providence then it is sure to appear.
The period had arrived when it began
to be a serious question how much long
er the American forests would be able to
supply the increasing demand for fuel,
consequent upon the new industries
and modes of travel coming into use.
On a winter's day a man is traveling on
horseback through Lehigh county in
Pennsylvania. A tornado had recently
uprooted some of the large trees in the
vicinity of his path, and near the base
of one of the prostrate trunks he sees the
fragments of a black, shiny substance,
made conspicuous by the surrounding
enow. He puts a few of these in his
pocket, takes them home, and finds
them inflammable. The time had come
when anthracite coal was needed, and
this was the way in which it was found.
Again, the whales were giving out,
lard oil was getting to be expensive,
patent fluids were blowing people up t30
rapidly, and the residents in the rural
districts were beginning to fear that they
might be obliged to give up work and
play, and go to bed at "early candle
light." But as it has been discovered
tne inexhaustible stores or carbon were
hidden away in the bosom of the earth,
waiting tne necessity or man, it was
thought probable from certain symptoms
which appeared upon the surface, that
there might be great tanks of oil con
cealed in the same dark cellar. A gim
let is Inserted in the crust of the earth,
ana petroleum rusiies forth almoBt . as
abundant as water.
Catching Snakes for a Livelihood.
HPHERE resides at Basket Station, Pa
X a celebrated hunter, trapper, and
snaketamer, by the name of John Geer,
He Is married, aud has a family of chil
dren. During the winter months Geer
earns a living for his family by hunting
birds and trapping foxes, bears and oth
er animals, for which this region is
noted. His summers are spent in catch
ing rattle-snakes, which are very numer
ous in the mountains around Basket.
Geer knows where there are several rat
tlesnake dens, and he frequently visits
them with as much unconcern as
though he were going on a whortleberry
expedition. He has a dog that usually
accompanies him to the mountains
when on a rattlesnake hunt, which, by
long practice, has acquired as great
skill in dispatching the reptiles as the
hunter and trapper himself. While
hunting and trapping pays, Geer says
he can make far more money by killing
rattlesnakes and selling the oil. He al
ways carries a crotched stick. When he
comes upon a snake, he carefully places
the crotch over the reptile's neck, just
back of the head. Then, if he desires to
keep the snake alive, he removes the
poison by the aid of instruments made
for the purpose. But he seldom keeps
the snakes alive, but kills them, and
haB a regular process for extracting the
oil from their bodies. This oil is very
valuable, and sells readily for one dol
lar per ounce. 'It is said to have great
curative powers. Geer says the present
has been an exceedingly good year for
snakes, ana that he haa killed nearly a
hundred during the past three months.
He claims that he cau make a good liv
ing at tho snake business. He is not
afraid of the reptiles, and asserts that he
can cure tbeir bites without fail.
SUNDAY READING,
What Has It Done for You.
After a noted skeptic had concluded
one of his infidel lectures lu a village In
the nortli of England, he challenged
those present to discussion. Who should
accept the challenge but an old, bent
woman, in most antiquated attire, who
went up to him and said: v
"Sir, I have a question to put to
you."
" Well, my good woman, at-tt what Is
it?"
" Ten years ago," she said : " I was
left a widow, with eight children utterly
unprovided for, nothing to call my own
but this Bible. By its direction, and
looking to God for strength,! have been
been enabled to feed myself and family.
I am tottering to my grave ; but I am
perfectly happy, because I look forward
to a life of Immortality with Jesus lo
Heaven. That's what my religion has
done for me. What has your way of
thinking done for you ?"
" Well, my good lady," rejoined the
lecturer, "I don't want to disturb your
comfort; but "
" Oh 1 that's not the question," inter
posed the woman ; " keep to the point,
sir. What has your way of thinking
done for you V"
The infidel endeavored to shirk the
matter again ; the feeling of the meeting
gave vent to uproarious applause, and
the Bkeptlo bad to go away discomfited
by an old woman.
Let us change the picture. The moth
er of Hume, the infidel philosopher, was
once a professor of Christianity. Daz
zled by the genius of her son, she apos
tatized from her early raith, and follow
ed him into the mazes of skepticism.
Years passed and she drew near the-
gatea of death, and from her dying bed
wrote to him the following pathetic let
ter :
My Dear Sox: My health has
failed me. I am in a deep decline. I
can not long survive.
"My philosophy affords me no com
fort in my distress. Iam left without
the hopes and consolations of religioir,
and my mind is sinking into a state of
despair.
" You can afford me some substitute
for the loss of the hopes of religion. I
pray you hasten home to consol me, or,
at least write to me the consolations that
philosophy affords at the dying hour."
Such are the straits into which infidel
ity leads its votaries. To them death is
at best but a leUp into the dark, and
they shrink with fear lest it be a leap in
to " the blackness of darkness forever
and ever."
Character.
r!hflrartpr la rim paHmntlfin nr wnrt?)
in which one is held ; or simply the
sum of our actions, words and deeds.
Therefore, forming our character should
be the first and most essential art that
we study. Although perfection has
never been attained, it may like other
arts be so thoroughly studied that the
eye of man cannot rightly detect but
few imperfections.
In tne choice or our menus we in
some measure, form our charaoter, for
we are likely to be influenced by the
character of those whom we choose for
our friends. The person who possesses-
a true and noble character has won
many victories; has manypleasures aud
advantages that one of a bad and un
friendly character never realizes or en-
J??- .
ay strangers our cnaracier can oe reaa
in our countenances, especially by those
who study that art, because there la not
a thought, word or deed that does not
leave its autograph on the human coun
tenance.
It has been truly said that " what we
do not do is more often a better index of
character than what we do." Who of
us will acknowledge that we could not
possibly have formed a better charac
ter.
Sin and Sorrow.
God has linked sin with sorrow. Men
join sin with pleasure, but the pleasure
passes and the woe remains. Men strive
to make a life of sin a life of joy, but
they never succeed. Eventually there
comes the day of grief. The cup- which
fills the brain with intoxication and de
lirious gladness, at the last biteth like a
serpent and stingeth like and adder.
The wild delights of unholy passion give
place to that mourning which corner at
last when wasting and disease have tak
en the place or health and merriment.
Always this prospect of pain, regret,
and misery lies before the sinner in hist
downward path. Sooner or later he will .
lament bis course, esooner or latter nia
pleasures will turn to pains, and he will
curse the day in which he yielded to
their charms. How much better la
tum while it is to-day, and escape the
grief which clouds the sinner's journey
and the perditiocw that awaits him at the
end. Wisdom's ways are pleasantness.
Even if the road seem thorny, yet it
leads us home, and we can bear to tread
a weary road if it only brings us to the
goodly land.
CT Let rlirht doing, for the sake of
right, be your daily work. Scatter your
kindness like seeds in the furrows of the
earth to fructify and to blossom, to ex
hale their sweet perfume for all. spread
your holy influence for good, far and
Wide, llae orenu wit. upun ine n.uc in
the water, aud tie assured, If not now
aud here, your recompense will be meted
out to you in the hereafter. God Bees.
God knows. The blessing will be yours ;
after many days wilt thou find it.