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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-01-21
How He Won Her.

HlSSY THORNE was sitting at her toll
~ ct table, skipping over novel, while
her maid Emma brushed her long, thick
silky hair
" Well, Emma, did you go to the fairp
asked the brushee, laying down her book.
Voc mice I d;1
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Twice Married.
fortune

A singular and romantic
marriage, illustrating the te-
nacity of human affections
which cannot be sundered by
the corroding tooth of time, or
mildewed by the damps of age
and the gathering years, trans
pired in st. Joe on the Oath
inst. Hendrix Leonard Papen
and Mrs. Elizabeth Papen.-
This is the second time this
couple have been married, the
first time being July 7th, 1916.
In 1850 Mr.. P. went to Cali
fornia, and communication was
so interrupted as to lead each
to fear the others death. Mrs.
Papen after a long interval OBJ
tanned a divorce in order to
pre-empt in her own name some
Kansas lands. Recently learn
ing of his wife being alive Mr..
P. renewed his courtship and
they were remarked. Hand in
hand may the reunited couple
pass down the declevity of age,
ending their days in calm and
unclouded serenity. There is
one fountain deep down in ev-
cry heart that time cannot touch
or chill
----"'Tls tho holy fount Of love
Whose well-spring Is from on high"
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PUT agreements in writin!

PUT agreements in writing.
How many Misunderstanding
arise from the loose way in
which business matters are talk
ed over, and when each puts
his own construction on the
conversation, the matter is dis
missed by each with the words
"All right; all right" Ere
quently, it turns out all wrong
and becomes a question for law
yers and the courts. More
than three-fourths of the litiga-
tion of the country would be
saved if people would put down
their agreements in writing and
sign their names to them. Each
word in our language has its
peculiar meaning, and memory
may, by the change of its posi-
sition in a sentence, convey a
very different idea from that in.
tended. When once reduced
to writing, ideas are fixed, and
expensive lawsuits are avoided
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"You will have to put it off
then, for I must go to work."
TO BE CONTINUED.

THEY run fast trains on the
B. 4 o. r. R., according to this.
A lady on the Cincinnati train
bound eastward, thinking there
was an unusual delay at Par
kersburg, Va, asked the con-
ductor what was the matter
"We are waiting for time,
madame" said he. "You know
there is twenty-five minutes
difference between this place
and Cincinnati, and we have to
wait to catch up." The motion
of the earth seems to be revers-
ed in those parts.-N y World
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Preventive Wash for Sunburn.

Take two drachms of borax,
one drachm of Roman alum,
one drachm of camphor, half
an ounce of sugar candy, one
pound of OK gall. Mix these
all together, and stir them well
for ten minutes; repeat the
stirring four times a day for a
fortnight, at the end of which
time the lotion will appear clear
and transparent. Strain through
blotting paper, and bottle for
use. {.
Wash your face with this ev-
cry time you go into the sun
shine.
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IT seems from the statistics

IT seems from the statistics
of the Registrar General in
England, that, Notwithstanding
the wear and tear of living in
these present times, the aver
age duration Of life is generally
increased. Not many years
ago it barely exceeded an aver
age Of thirty years; now it is
in a very small fraction OF for
ty-one. The doctors may tell
us that it is accounted for by
the advances made by medical
science, but that is not the on
ly one. Sanitary science has
more to do with it. If men live
longer, they live better than
they used to do. Drainage
cleanliness, ventilation, exer
else, attention to all that con
tributes to health and longevity
are more attended to than form
erly. If we want to live We
must conform to the require.
ments of life, and that seems
to be the secret of the above re.
turn.
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Working Horses.

Horses that have been at rest
a long while should be worked
only moderately at first. See
that the collars fit, and that
the parts that come in contact
with the shoulders are clean and
soft. Wash the shoulders with
salt and water. If the skin be-
comes inaamed or sore, bathe
with petroleum, not kerosene,
or wash with water and carbol-
ic soap. Keep the feet and
legs clean. Wash them if nec-
essary, and rub them dry. AT
noon remove the harness and
clean the horses. Feed cut hay
moistened with water and
sprinkled over with meal or
bran. This can be eaten quick
er than long hay, and the hor-
ses have more time to digest it
before going back to work. AT
night always clean horses
thoroughly and make them
comfortable. This is more i'm
portant than cleaning in the
morning. Let them have all the
J salt they will eat.
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"I WISH you wouldn't give
me such short weight for my
money!" said a customer to a
grocer who had an account Of
long standing. "And I wish
you would not give me such
long wait for mine," replied the
grocer.
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A DUTcHMAN and an Irishma

A DUTcHMAN and an Irishman
once met on a lonely highway.
As they met each smiled think.
ing he knew the other. ''Pat,
on seeing his mistake, remark
ed: "Faith, an I thought il
was me, an it's nayther Of
lis"
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A Sioux City lady went to a
gallery to have her picture ta-
ken. After putting her in posi-
tion, the artist put the plate in
the camera, and told her to
look at q certain place on the
wall. She wasn't certain Of
seeing it well from where she
sat, AMI so got up and walked
over to it, but failed to discover
anything curious aboutit.
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The Great Through Mail and Express Pas.
senger Line to st. Louis, Kansas City, st. Jo'
seph, Denver, San Francisco, und all points IL
Missouri, Kansas and Colorado.
The shortest and only direct route to In.
dianapolis, Lafayette, Terre Haute, Cam.
bridge City. Springfield, Peoria, Burlington
Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul, and all points
in the Northwest.
The indianapolis. Cincinnati & Lafayette
Railroad, with its connections, now 0fferi
passengers more facilities in Through Coach
and Sleeping Car Service than any other lint
from Cincinnati, having the advantage o.
Through Daily Cars from Cincinnati to st
Louis, Kansas City, ST. Joseph, Peoria, Bur.
lington, Chicago, Omaha, and all intermediate
points, presenting to Colonists and Families
such comforts and accommodations as are
afforded by no other route.
Through Tickets and Baggage Checks TO oil
points.
Trains leave Cincinnati at 80 a. M, 800 p
M, and 900 m.
Tickets can be obtained at No. Burnet
House, corner Third and Vine, Public Land
ing, corner Main and River; also, at Depot
corner Plum and Pearl streets, Cincinnati
Be sure to purchase tickets via Indianap
oils, Cincinnati q Lafayette Railroad
G. T.. BARRINGER,
Master Transportation, Cincinnati.
OK. LORD,
Chief Ticket Clerk. Cincinnati.
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Children's Story.
The Little Girl that Made a Ia.
bic.
BY NJ. L. BOLLEs BRANCH.

"Who comes here?" asked
Uncle Edward, looking up from
his carpenters bench and
plane, as he heard somebody
pushing at the door and when,
an instant after, a little head
with short brown hair showed
itself, he said, ooh, it's my lit
tie boy, Man,
81 amt a boy!" said Mamie,
coming quite in then, and mov-
ing her feet restlessly in the
sawdust. ...4...
20 no ]" said Uncle Edward.
"Then what makes you slide
down hill, and beg for skates,
and fly kites, and have a bag
of marbles, and ride the old
horse bareback, and borrow my
tools?"
''I don't care; | amt a boy.
I'd despire to be !" replied Miss
Mamie, hanging a long curly
shaving over each ear as che
spoke. "Say, Uncle Edward, 1
want to make a little table.
May l have that little square
piece of board?'
eyes, yes" said the uncle,
and he handed it to her.
''Now may I take your big
gimlet? I want to bore some
holes for the legs"
Uncle Edward passed down
the gimlet, and Mamie bored a
hole in each end of the four
corners of the square board.
Then she borrowed a knife to
whittle out some legs with, and
when they were done she ham
mered then stoutly in. Now
The table was done, and it stood
as level and firm as anybody's
table.
'I'm going now," said Nan
ME, taking it up. "I'm going
to give a tea party, and I had
my little set of dishes all ready =;
and Aunt Lizzie let me make
some tiny pies and cookies when
she was baking this morning,
but | didn't have any table to
set the things out on, so l
thought I would come in and
make one. You may come to
my party, if you want to, Uncle
Edward"
And off went the little girl,
with great satisfaction, to set
her table.
"That's a smart onep said
Uncle Edward, looking after
her as the door shut. "I'd like
to see the thing she can't do !!
I'll warrant her pies and cook
les are done to a turn. It's a
thrifty little house wife that can
cook a meal, and make a table
to put it on! p
Then he went back to his
planning, while Mamie set her
table out ON the flat rock under
the apple.tree, where the birds
sang, and no one in all the
world, whether boy or girl, was
happier than she.
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Original Story.
Written for THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS.
MIDNIGHT AND MONDAY.
BY ECCE FRATER.
CHAPTER ~.

Ihe vile sat IN a contempla-
tive mood for some time after
listening to the guessing"
strain of her husband, and
seemed disposed to refuse di-
vulging her secret; partly on
the account of her husbands
obstinacy, and partly from the
fear of appearing too officious.
as Mr.. L. had already intimated
"Wife, why don't you tell me
your Strange something now
that l have given up guessing
what it is."
''I was revolving in my mind
the propriety of telling you
what l intended, for I fear it will
not meet with your approval, I
don't want to offend my hus-
band, but"
"I wish, wife, that you woul d
hand me a drink of water, |
have smoked until I am a liUtl e
sick"
eyes, husband, I will cheer
fully"
Mr.. Lorenzo took the. cup of
water, and looking up into the
face OF his wife, remarked that,
"He hardly believed that so
much smoking was healthy,
but he could not we'll quit"
"Did you ever try to qait the
habit, Mr.. Lorenzo. You have
such a strong will that if you
decided to break of the use Of
tobacco l think you could do so
very easily"
''I am getting tired waiting
for your strange revelation, Mrs
Lorenzo, and then I don't care
about a lecture on the use OF
tobacco just yet a while. | feel
ali right since I took a drink,
and by-the-way, just hand me
that box Of smoking tobacco
over before you set down"
The good wife obeyed and
once more took her seat.
"I will now inform you OF
my strange and oft-repeated
feelings, if you will promise to
give them consideration"
"Well, yes, of course, replied
the husband, as he sent forth
one whit of smoke after anoth-
er.
"Last winter, when I was
sick, and you all expected me to
die, I had very strange impress
sions about the way we were u.s.
ing that orphan boy we are rails
ing and those feelings we're made
acute by overhearing the child
pray for my recovery"
"Just as I expected, some.
thing about our servant boy,
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A MAN in England, on his
way to the scaflold for truth 8
sake, saw his wife looking at
him from the tower window, he
standing up in the cart, waved
his hat, and cried: "To Heav-
en-, my love, to Heaven, / leave
you in the storm awhile"
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A GIRL in Macoupin county,
ILL.,, told her lover she was his
if she could milk three COWS
while she MIXED two. He
failed, and at last accounts was
practieing on all the cows he
could catch with with the hope
Of getting another trial.
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"PUT down your umbrellas
You'll scare this engine off the
track p screamed the engineer
of the Western North Carolina
road to a crowd Of country peo-
pie who had gathered to see
the first train of cars come in.
They were lowered at once.
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Two youths of Raleigh, N.
c., on q wager, wrote respec-
lively, sos and 804 words on a
postal card, and telegraph op-
orator Of the same place 2,016,
but an Augusta, Ga, man has
surprised them all by writing
sole.
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Hack Line.
M GARTH UR HACK LINE.
CHARLES W. BARNETT, Proprietor

WILL run regularly to M'Arthur Station
wv to meet all trains.
Hack leaves Macarthur Post Office ut 10
O'Clock, A. M, to meet Fast Line West; at IL
NJ. TO meet the Cincinnati Express going east;
at O'Clock p. NJ, TO meet the 81. Louis Express
going west, at 8 P. NJ for Fast Line east.
VIM meet the Parkersburg, Marietta and
zaleski Accommodation on application In per-
son or by letter.
Orders left at the Post Office, Macarthur, OF
Dundas, promptly attended TO.
une 4-1873. CHARLES w. BARNETT.
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Happy End Of a Boys Struggle.

The following story, related
by a San Francisco paper, is
full of romantic interest:
"Two years ago a widow of
London apprenticed her only
son TO the captain of an Eng
lish steamer plying between
London and IndiaR' During
several trips made by the ves-
sci the boy was very badly
treated by the captain. Not
long since the steamer came to
this port, and while on the voy-
Iage the lad barely escaped be-
ing killed by the captain. On
more than one occasion similar
trsatment was extended to men
Of the crew, and during the
stay of the vessel here several
of the crew deserted, and in
duced the boy to leave Also
One of the sailors, whose SYM
pathy had been engaged in the
boys welfare, procured a home
for him with a kind lady in the
southern part Of the city. This
lady has since provided for him
and has been a mother to him.
One week ago she saw a card
in a newspaper asking for an
errand boy at the drug store of
Messrs. Painter & Calvert, cor
ner of Clay and Kearny streets.
She brought the boy &C the
store herself, and stated his
circumstances and her relation
to him, and she was instructed
to call at the store the next
day: He has been working
there for the past week, and
has attended to his duties so
intelligently and faithfully and
the proprietors have been high
ly pleased with him. The other
morning he received two letters
from London-one from his
mother, and the other from a
lawyer employed by the execu-
tors of his grandfather's estate.
These letters inform him that
through the decease of that
relative he has been made the
sole heir of ;95O,OOO, or $780,
600. They also inform him
that in a few days money will
be sent to pay his passage to
London. He says he will re-
tain his place in the drug store
till that money comes, and he
was as dilligent as usual during
the day. He is fourteen years
of age, and apparently deserv-
ing in every way of his good
fortune"
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A MAN who strives earnestly
and perseveringly to convince
others, at least convinces us
that he is convinced himself
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AGENTS WANTED,

In every county Of each State, for new
National Book. (THE LIVES AND PoRTR AITs
OF THE PREsIDEHTs) with fac simile copy of
the Declaration Of Independence, the Consti-
tuition Of United States, and Washin gton's
Fa.ewell Address, with 10 fine steel plates
FOR circulars and TERMS address johnson
Wilson a Co., ~ Beekman st. MY
n27e&w-6m.
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of waiting on us, and now,. |
expect you want me to will him
all | have, and what more, the
Lord only knows" sailed forth
from the smoke enveloped hus-
band.
"Please, dear husband, do let
me proceed"
(" Go on then, for there is no
use. of trying to stop a woman's
tongue"
Gas | was about to remark,
resumed the wife, 81 noticed
Willie every day, go into his
room, and remain there for a
long time, and then he would
come out and come to me and
kiss my hand and say, that he
loved me so much, end did not
want me to die, for l was the
only real friend he had, and
great tears would fill his eyes,
and then he would leave me-"
"You humor him so much, is
the cause of all that baby work, "
said Mr.. L.
"Strange as it appeared, ,afer
Willie began going into his
little room every day, I began
to get better, and soon was able
to sit up, and the Doctor said I
would get we'll"
"Oh ! I suppose Wills going
into his his bedroom to get rid
of being about his work, cured
you, did it?"
"Not exactly"
81 should say not, the skill
of the physician did the work. :"
'No, husband, | don't think
it did, for he had ceased to give
me anything, only little wine
and an occasional DOver's pow
der. But l will proceed. As
soon as 1 was able to get up I
went to Willie's door and listen
ed, and | never heard such a
prayer fall from the lips of any
one. He told the Lord how
good [ was to the poor little
friendless boy; and how that
little boy could not give me up
to die; and that he was so
thankful that the good Master
was making me we'll again, and
prayed that his faith might not
fail until | was clear well, and
many more childlike, yet effect
ual utterances, until I could
bear it no longer, and staggered
back to my bed. Then, when
he came out, l told him that |
heard him pray, and that I be-
6eped that the Lord had heard
him and I would get well again,
and such proved to be the
case."
$50 you think Wills prayers
saved you instead of my hard
earned money paid to the Doc
tor and nurse"
''I think the Lord raised me
up in answer to that boys pray
er, and shall always think SO.
I believe that '@e prayer of
faith mU heal the sick,' and
there is nothing stronger than
the faith of an innocent child
but | have not yet divulged to
you the strange impressions |
desire"
"You will have to put it off
then, for I must 60 to work."
TO BE CONTINUED.
THEY run fast trains on the
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Selected Poetry.

The Printers Devil.
BYTYP. 0. QUAD.
Ink-bespattcred,
Clothing tattered,
With his broom In hand,
Leaning, cleaning,
Rubbing, scrubbing,
Under every stand.
Meath the cases,
Type and spaces
Trampled where they fell
BY this Pluto
Doomed to go to
Printers' leather She'll"
Running hither
Darling thither,
Tail Of all the stan,
Out and In doors,
Doing all chores,
Bringing telegraph.
Runs for copy,
Nor dare stop he
For his paper hat;
All the jour'men,
Save the foreman,
Yelling for some "phat."
Proves the galleys;
Then he sallies,
On Satanic opinion,
From the news-room
To the sanctum;
Part OF his dominion.
And the bosses
Often cross as
Bears within their holes
Make the devil
Find his level
Stirring up the Goals.
Washing roller.
Bringing coal or
Lugging water pail;
Time he waste not
At the paste-pot
Wrapping up the mail.
When the weeks done,
Then he seeks one
Where the greenbracks lay.
There to settle
For the little
Devil Is tn pay.
In this spirit
There is merit,
Far from taint Of shame;
Often gaining
BY his training
Good and honored name:
Legislators,
Great debators,
Scientific men,
Have arisen
From the prison
OF the DEVILS den.
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PUMPS.
A mericau Submerged Pump.
"THE BEST PUMP IN THE WORLD.

OUR AGENTS report over 100000 worth Of
property saved from Fire this year by these
pumps, being the most powerful force.pumpt
In the world, rs well as N0N-FREEzIN0.
See October NUMBER page $780, also the Pre-
turist. This paper never deceives the farmers
Sec notice In February number, page 4b. Try
one. IL II don't do the work claimed, send u
back and get your money, as WE WARRANT
our pumps to do all we claim for them on oul
circulars.
Send for circulars or orders 10 the Bridge
port Mfg Co., No, rs Chambers st., New York
An order for nine Mol Pumps secures on
exclusive town agency. '7-tf
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"AAAVy Va AVAUJ VhShN'
If q man has two wives it is
bigamy. Suppose he has
more? Then it becomes Brigh-
amy.
We are told that nothing is
made in vain. How about o
pretty girl? Isn't she a amaiden
vain?
A LITTLE girl has described
"happy" as feeling as if you
wanted to give all your things
to your little sister.
A cRuEE joker, now divorced,
has been giving advice to a
blind man. "Get married." he
said, "that will open youreyes."
To the toast "Women--she
is a link between heaven and
earthp p Prentice once replied:
$50 is a sausage thrown up in
the air !"
A SICK man was told that his
wife would probably marry
again. GAIL right" said he,
"for there will be one man to
lament my DEATH"
A LITTLE boy returning from
Sabbath School, said to his
mother: "This catechism is
zoo hard. Amt there any Kilt
ty-chisms for little boys ?"
A BosToN firm sends 5000
boxes Of chewing gum, equiva-
lent to 100000 guilds, to Ohio,
Indiana, Wisconsin and Mis-
souri,. The jaws which work
on this stuff are mostly femi-
nine.
A GENTLEMAN in Indiana,
when asked why he didn't mar
ry and settle down, feelingly
replied that he thought more
seriously of being divorced and
setting up.
"MAMMA," said a little girl,
"what's the meaning of a book
being printed in limo ?"---
"Why, my DEAR" replied the
mother, "it means that the book
will be published in twelve
months"
A sCHooLBoY in Hartford,
wrote his first Composition
only one time-to-wit: Ha-
beas corpus-To have plenty
Of pennies. The boy stands a
fair chance of becoming Presi-
dent.
A NEGRO witness on a horse
trial in New Jersey was asked
to explain the difference be-
tween a box and a common
stall. Strengthening himself
up, he pointed to the square in
closure in which the Judge was
seated and said: ''Dats what I
calls a box stall, whar dat ole
boss am sittin' !" 1t took the
sheriff some time to restore Or
der in the court.
A GENTLEMAN in Atchison,
Kansas, being called upon to
act as a juror in a divorce case,
gave the following reasons why
he should be excused: "I am
against the married
state. I am timid, my wife is
not. I am bald headed. It
wasn't a fever that caused my
hair to come out. It came out
evidently one night after an ar
gument with my wife," Think
ing he might have undue preju-
dices, under the circumstances,
the court avcusad him ,8ah4
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AMAN about fifty years Of
age, accompanied by a wife who
looked still older, applied for
tickets to j. When told the
price, he demurred and after
withdrawing for a consultation,
he returned to the window and
asked, "Well, won't you knock
off a dollar if the old woman
will ride on the PLATFORM
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Legal Advertisements 90 per square for M
first Insertion: and 80 cents per square ior
each additional insertion. ,, on
Business Cards, not exceeding lines, 70
per year. ..,.-.,..
ments. -,
Bills with regular advertisers to be PAID
quarterly. ,,.io 80
Notices-ac to the liberality OF the
parties.
Yearly advertisers entitled to quarterly
chan ges. 1T,
advertisements not otherwise ordered, VIII
be continued until ordered discontinued, and
charged accordingly.
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This 4. the Short Line via Indianapolis
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WooIen Mills.
NEW INDUCEMENTS.
Railroads.
T nd, Gin. & Lafayette Railroad

Great Through Passenger Railway
to all Points West, Northwest and
Southwest.