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New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

A company OF French soldiers were scaling
fut ON reaching TIC OF fAc parapet they
received with terrible ilsillaia 1icl Tor thr momet
aroy them brrh Tn. drummer rirhes behind heap
of s.ours 20 conceal himself "Why do you run away y
shouted the captain. Pm not fannlg away, carf Al
bnf dou'l want those Iufiaus IT, break my drum"
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
SHIP NkbS.

rolrr OF SEw.YOHk.....-..--.---..--- stLr26
CLEARED.
steamship Sueyia Gerl Franzen Hamburg &C. kunhardt
steamship Saratoga sundboTg Havana, cuha' j. T. Ward
steamship CITY Of Now York. Zimmerman. Havana Cuba,
r. Alexardre & soma
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

HARTFoRD, Conn, July 2G.--A committee Of
Insurance. experts have been examining the affairs ~ fbe
Charter Oak Life Insurance Co.. and vii report thai the
Leccssy of appointing Receiver can be avoided ulder
cOnTiete rcOI I-,tnLi alton.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
Gliul-oms WanieS--fenales

FIR~T-CLASS DRESSNAKER will work
1c-y cheap dur1ug dul %. by f.y % homo cot
ting an ane chudrsu- suits. ff. uRiS-M AkEE. s3p
2cave.. Dsil y
At ~lMMS'S SELECT AGENCY, No. l277
~ Btoatwsy o. ui 3Lst. M he iOund number n
thr best coprei hrsgcia-- couks iaiudr
eambnrmaos. Va.lIusscs bursa. scuatresres males
for .rerv rauacifv supplied fle shortest notice
at BOOKHAATs. $50 fth-avc.. near 2ith-
a ST. A parties wanting brp, and heip Snuunr siiuu-
f-- aEslV. Eugsh. tItIca. ~Wc sa. German.
help nun,lrs1-e~. chaltcrIads
altr-aes ladies mills. nurs., house eOfKer and taose
lately landed
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

ALBASY. y. Y, July 26.-lt is reported at
the state Insurance Department here thls evening
Jade1 We.tbr,ok has decided that The Atlantic SIu ud
Life Igsgraucc Company of Alh"uy shall 20 into the
hands OF a receiver becaIs5 % Ia pairment.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
OceGu Steamers

rT'HE AMERICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
or PHILADELPHIA
THILADELPHlA Az 10 LIN EElDOL LINK.
FLAG sailing every tn RsDAl fIom Philadelphia ani
"WEDNESDAY ffOm Liverpool
THE RED STAR LINE STEAMSHIPS
Carving UBits Nals sailing
monthly Alternately fr0n Philadelphia and New lork pi
rect and only ., ,..,,.,.,r
To ANTWERP.
FOR rates OF passage and other Information apply 10
PETER WHlG HT q SONS. Genera Agent.
80, Walnut st., Philadelphia % brnsdSay SsW York.
JOHS McDuNALD Agent battery place New-YorA.
WHITE STAR LINZ.
FOk QUEENSTOWN AND LIVERPOOL
CARRYING THE
UNITED STATES MAIL.
Tho Line the Routes
by Maury, L. N going south Of tie Bans
passage to Quoenstown. all the year round.
OEK&ASIc. Aug A. 1890 D.
ADEIATIC. August Is. p n.
BRIrANNIC sArU URDAY. August IS p IA.
PROM THE WHITE STAR DOCh PIER 52. NORTH
RIVER
rhese steamers are uniform unsurpassed in an
psinf fnanla The saloon, hatsrcOms smoking,
ooins PLACED 1mdships noise and Are
favorable steerage t2S
iu plans other information apply the
RI CoRTIs. Aesas
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

MINIATURE ALMANAC.

MtNIATUE EE ALAASAC
t;o- -th S".-,..-- - $780,. ~.
~ Hi..H NAlKU rU-uNr-A 49,,
g.- tf..k So .,ot ls.aud. gi2 Hsl Gato...ll 81
S uI.u WAITE Tp-pAf-f D.
.,y Han, d ,,or T. anu. $50 Aol Oaio--.ll.if
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
EXCITING SCENE IN A COURTROOM.

! NORTHAMPTON, Mass, July 2G.-in the bank
burglary trial yesterday Scott aud Duuap led in
haudci,cd by two Depuy-shei4fs scott secured pic
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
2lnsitll austrumc'Ils

4 FEW .econd-land WEBER PIANOS at
- .tfr -r.tt HiFf.s arUr af f,ra H.f .Hf ..N sit
hf bees uIH.r.- rUllf fIaHHI
f..I ftlf lIUd "A. .tUlI I.sIfft
Peas, Dfi li ffa
WENti NhEtItpOM- shave a1c fffh..t
ANtRADRDiN AIRY SACRIFICE -~IrcriOr-
II lur.. .alur.,Il li4 IL ant
stHoi -o o.t flIu ast fr4 ai if hl aI last
Jfhat
I IGHgE * ERNST, Old house 90 iirIte \
II hrtfrurY ufci tlar s,aru.a fiA-sIfN hi er
rrce- all % 'iay aual ns"of- a. - flrf lslst 80
amiits a AAlHithh 1HtfA-
- X. BALL n Co.
ADs l. % EAtr If1HH-r.
chs srrIurs -frIsl.s 4f HfIfr rIfuH.
furcts. un ustaI ar .f-. tHs i. rtu.
THE WAGNER PIANOS. Square and rp-
u4d. a.4 ... if. Iplt uUeAh~ .ur thr hrsi 30.
Ir.Ut ID sfrHUlf NHIN n.frt.. T' .N r.. UHnr.
tElctlnr AaeIs N...fo. far .ra .nHfI.H fhf ul.f
U..IH f"f- rf f.H-Irlfa .f.HHI.. ~ IllAl a.
snet l ~ Dal pLNl ins.rur fa a RENE n fi oofni l
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
GErurclOus.

4 SARAIOG A.-Dirpct R0uts. yia Citizens
~. Line nllsce steamers. nrrn per 40 n Fars
through. - co. LrrI.la rcklta su of tnee uails "a.
SANDY HOOK EACLk>lON~.--NCw-J -Jes.ev
- f.rru ll1tI lAt Irf .isa
fr- ~ IRE TATE " ~ ~tf~-t HNhf ff snHFs Soy.
iorh nu4 ilsr @ hoIth ElsE fat IHsis- rf -lldr
IIHftt h.f. N.Hi. ll.' lI.. - =
New Irk $50 A. isLu b. m. -u.f lra. s H ni ue.
turuIu. arrive G..n
i.rs flr ti.e round TrIr f1 r.-Is.
Grand Concerto nf tff A.--.alf- hrlss. reed tnf -rrg
band -pecA rates fr is-r l4r.- to sandy iifa d. rl-
buds aud tong bnncH. Arnlr ta tukt %. hClADnlA,
otAern IinAet Aaes ilas i.ilnsa. A.l
SEAWANEhhA SUNDAY EXCLUSION 10
> ,@iia..,. ~ - it, ~, .9,,,rg
N.Ef NNIN Ah. Ilrtl A.
rffE ~lEf'Eh ~EfMaNIiAkf
aefres Peek sHp tfrI 81 NuAl az u. Urariff on5
a. and t. lt 1t. u fi iie above sf .fuia.l. to
the ciu about Iluurr aur rffts 1rl,. Hl .".Il
VNESr POINT or NEWBURGH daily fex-
~ cot -uudrYal lake 'gutr AlnAAh ldn b. rrfrr1
nl down boat tnlN 50 ilhhtr al hANt N-lDN
l.ATfs. Dar f..r advert
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27

5iiuaticns Uante0-- GflGles
UROOM.-A Young mar wishes % situation as
u tr.t q - er,am aud g. himself uHrf4f city
or cnuuir, EIve ve4rs reference Aiirv-s r. r. Iubane
Uptown Olice 1888 broadway.
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
6sip Wanlea

A YOUNG GIRL, white or colored, may lind
"A a hsne By addressing b- b. fribuas oalca
New-York tribune., 1877-07-27
5rs eream.

sls Gredm.
ECSSELL- ICE CREAM-lBest in the city. -
lcr qIart o. churches 800. sunday schools nut
town orders promptly shipped. So. ~ buie it"us"
miscellaneous.
LOR SALE.-A sitting of pure Derby Game
/ hens ECG-. Price ~ Address NJ, Box "a ln5une
Oulrt-
fElllE ASTOR LIBRARY viii be- closed from
lul after Saturday Juy p ol clraIlnF thd lca" ",
r1iHcucI AlNudty ~eat Al iic usual h4ii Hiv D. m
ffEFEtIlnF'
BOXERS BiTTERS.
J. FUEKE. d.. soLE AGENT
No Is Johl "a. ~ s.. FOat 0l.ss loA 1919
, 1877-12-12
:" Those, who take an interest in our local

"Those who take an interest in our local
concerns will be. glad to hear that The
elections to the House Of Assembly have
all taken place, and that everything is in
train, awaiting the return of Captain
Srshan to set The machinery in motion.
The 18th November was fixed on as the
nomination day in ell the parishes and
everything passed off quietly as usual.
There was nothing to fear, for the dis
turbiug causes have ben removed, and the
em.ssariss of the late Governor are too
detected aud too thoroughly beaten to
have the spirit 10 attempt to create a
division. 1t will be remembered how in
dustriously Mr.. Hennessy circulated the
report that the next elections would pro.
baby be the scene of sanguinary conflict
between the upper and lower classes, but
Mr.. Henuessy having been removed and
bis mischievous and evil c. unsels having
been removed with him, there was no.
thing to disturb the harmony which his
evil influence alone had Interrupted. The
electors met their Representatives and
exchanged opinions, ana sought aud re-
ceived information as to the policy which
NOulA NC dCCcIGdolO W ~ fOO"tIJ %"
quietly as of yore. II anything was want
ing to convince outsiders how perfectly
the House of Assembly represented the
feelings of the country in its opposition
to the policy Of Ar. Hannessy, it verify
would be furnished by the results Of the
elections. There was not a siFgle contest
in any parish Of the island, but everywhere
here might be sen of the freehoIders,
black, white and coIoured standing side
by side to record by their vote, their
perfect approval of what their l}epresen-
tatives had done With one single excep-
ton, Captain Straban will address precise
ly the same gentlemen as Mr.. Hennessy
addressed in his opeuir g speech"
This exception is Mr. Atwell, elected
to fill the vacancy caused by the retire
m"ut from political life "f Mr.. Philips,
VINO has been ordained a clergyman.
We lean La, "the canes have wonderful
lyinproved from the ate rains, aud ore lock-
ing green and vigorous everywhere.
a proposal is now beirg ventilated
for the getting up of a colonial magazine.
Such a thing has been tried more than
once, but after a few issues the magazines
have ceasrd for lack of subscribers. 1t
is harlIy possible, in TACT, IN these days
when such FIST class magazines can be
got for a shilling or six pence a month, to
get up a periodical in the colonies at a
sufficiently cheap rate 20 attract suoScrl'
bers.
, 1877-12-12

We learn that the Pioneer steamer of
the steamships to ply between New York
and Venezuelan ports. making s.. Thomas
their port Of call, would leave New York
on the 9Th instant.-Ibid.
, 1877-12-12

We understand that Mr.. WILLIAM
MOORE, the President of the new steam
enterprise, between New York and Vene-
zuela.e calling at st. Thomas, will be q
passenger in the first steamer. to inspect
the service, and to determine what APP
pointments are essential for the welfare
of the Company. Nothing will be done
to initiate against Venezuelan interests.
as great support Is expected from that
Republic,-N. Tsm0s liisas
, 1877-12-12

The British Post Office authorities have
concluded a contract whereby the Cunafd,
Imam and White Star Steamships have
the sole carriage of the mails to the United
States from the commencement of the
present month.-St. Thomc Ii&snde.
, 1877-12-12

For is weeks, ending Saturday night
last, lst current, there have been made in
the ST. Thomas Savings Bank 1869 depo.
sits -121 of which were new-9iving a
total of S7,s33.57 The withdrawals
have numbered 6G2 with S12, l97.42,-
thus showing that $4,363.s5 have been
withdrawn over and above the amount
deposited.-lbid.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-09-25
THE TIMES. NEW BLOOMFIELD. PA, SEPTEMBER 25 1877.

front door, and go sliding off to the
cellar to sleep in the securing sand.
saw that clam once fight dog for two
hours and half, and although the dog
swallered 1t three times, railways crawl
ed out and tackled him as plucky as
ever"
Yes, that was little the strangest
case ever knew. But DIR. Potter, of
Smyrna, he had poll-parrot that used
to play Hamlet all the way through as
good as Forrest ever played it; and he
owned cat that could dab its tail in the
ink pot and snake out about half of
Paradise Lost on board; wrote
beautiful hand you could read IL as
clear as print. The Doctor had turn
of training animals. / know he owned
lobster that used to stand on its tail
and clap its claws, as much as to say
ongcorel ongcore y when the poll-par-
rot did the ghost scene, and that used to
hobble after the cat, punctuating the
sentences with the blacking brush. But,
funniest of all, he had cotswold ram
that used to stand with its forelegs on
drum and beat the long roll while he
played an ACCORDION with his teeth. I've
seen that ram"
"Oh, dry up!" exclaimed Miles, the
store-keeper.
"What d'you sayY
81 say dry upl You know mighty
well you're manufacturing all these
yarns !"
"Well, s'pos'n' am, what's mans
imagination given to him for but to usep
You have no sense. Blame me if I'll
drink anything at your expense if you
talk that way to me. But, if you don't
mind, I'll help myself to cracker.'
The professor reached for one, got it,
bit into it, and sauntered out in search
of man for whom he had sufficient
respect to accept a gratuitious drink
from him.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-09-25
Hard Stories.

DETER LAMB was telling the crowd
i at the grocery store about the learn
ed pig which he had seen playing euchre
down in the city. When he had finish
ed his story, the professor said:
That's nothing. I've seen animals
do queerer things than that. 1 know
man out in Ohio who had COW that
understood grammer. She could point
you out an adverb with one of her
horns, and pick out pronoun or verb
and parse sentence as well as anybody.
Didn't make any difference what Ian
guage it was in either Greek or Hebrew
or Sanscrit, or any of those tongues.
That cow'd hop round and parse in
manner that'd take your breath away"
" Bill Slocum, out in Indianapolis, he
had rooster that'd beat that, though.
1t had gift for music, and Bill he gave
it lessons until it got so that it used to
go down to the Baptist churchyon Sun
day sing tenor in the choir. Not the
words, you know, but kinder hummed
the tune SOS it sounded first-rate. And
Bill said it used to take an interest in
the sermon, and whenever the minis
ter'd let out any facts that were strick-
ing, Bills rooster'd jump on the edge of
the gallery and flop his wings and crow,
as much as to say By George, them's
my sentiments And he was useful,
too, for when the boys in the back pews
behaved bad, it'd fly down and bang 'em
over the head few times with its wings
until they'd shut up. They had to shut
him out at last, though. He contracted
a habit of singing long metre tunes to
short metre hymns, and the people didn't
like it.n
" But old Captain Binns, down at
Squanbeach, had the most singular
animal ever came across He had a
pet clam that'd set up on edge and roll
over the floor towards him whenever
he whistled to it. And that clam--now
| know you'll think Pm blowing, but
I'lltell you the solemn truth-that clam,
when it was bedtime, ID roll up stairs,
climb on the bed, grab the covers with
its shells, turn 'em down, turn up the
gas, and then roll down stairs, bolt the
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-09-25
Old Post Office Mysteries.

A story that reads like medieval ro-
nance comes from New York. In re-
fitting the old post office buildings, the
carpenters have discovered that the up
per floors are double, ,and are so arranged
that detectives can watch the operations
of those in the different rooms, who
suppose themselves to be alone. The
whole building was furnished with Sc
cret passages, sliding panels, hidden
trap-doors and mysterious chambers, of
whose existence the post office officials
had no knowledge, with the exception of
the post master and assistant. When
the workmen had removed the flooring
it was seen that the concealed space was
from four to four and one-half feet deep,
affording ample room for men to move
about. Passages led entirely around the
building. AT very short intervals were
found small circular holes in which
were inverted lenses. Through these q
view of the room below was Obtained
Back of and above these lenses were re-
Electors which brought before the eye Of
InC OOSCINCA OAAC 0bihOob ANNNo0NS "a VIZ
post office. If detective saw any
stealing or any improper action commit
ted by clerk or by person not en-
ployed in the office, the speaking tube
by his side conveyed a warning at once
to the attic room, and the guilty person
was met at the door, or tapped on the
shoulder in the interior of the office by
another detective. Theapertures through
which the detective overlooks the rooms
in most cases are so small as hardly
to be visible from the apartments below.
Some of them, however, look boldly
down from the easement, but the planks
in which they are seen were obtained
from very old timber the holes would
readily be taken for knotholes. The
maxim of the post master was, THE
detectives and assistants watch the en-
ployees and people, the post master
keeps an eye on the detectives and as
sistants, and the Lord will watch the
post master"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-09-25
LOST CHILDREN.

THERE are many mysterious disap-
i pearances both of children and
adults. The number OF lost children,
however, is very large, indeed. But
few comparatively, are taken away bod
lily. The greater number stray away
morally, and are as hopelessly lost as
little Charley Ross seems TO be. They
do not disappear from the household on
given day. They steal away little by
little, so gradually that their fight is
not remarked. They edge away in
widening circles, and every day leaves
them little farther away from the re-
straints of home life. Little by little
the child changes for the worse, until at
last the moral lineaments of the child
that we knew fade completely away, and
the child disappears forever from the
household. No rewards are offered for
the restoration of such waits and strays.
We know that money cannot bring
them back. Physical presence brings
no comfort to the sorrowing fathers and
mothers because 1t scarcely reminds
them of the children they have lost
Their voices are heard night and morn
ing, and we listen to the sound of their
feet on the stair and in the passages, but
it all sounds far away and unreal. We
recognize them as lost children, but
never so much as when we endeavor to
gather them in and they elude us.
And SO thousands of hearts are bereft
and hundreds of household made desc
late, and parents go sorrowing through
the world. The world is full of lost
children. They stray away, take on
evil courses, and the law, which spreads
its meshes everywhere, gathers them
into reformatories and houses of refuge
and of correction. Not few strike
boldly out and are brought to bay in the
prisons and penitentiaries. When we
think of the parents of such lost chill.
dren we almost forget Mr.. and Mrs.
Ross. Their affilction is heavy and the
uncertainty which wraps the fate of
their lost boy no doubt gives sharp
edge to their grief. But he went out
from their home circle in the innocence
of childhood, leaving the sweetest of
recollections and associations clustering
about his vacant chair. His moral like
ness is unmarried. Just as he passed
out of that home on summer day, fresh
and innocent, they will remember and
cherish him. No child-stealer can rob
them of that. 1t is not as if they had
marked his gradual departure and the
fading out of his moral presence. In.
deed, there are sharper bereavements
and more mortal griefs than theirs
They are on every side. They are
parents whose children are terror to.
them, a sort of chronic nightmare that;
takes away all the sweetness of father
hood and motherhood. When we re-
fleet that sorrows like these abound in
every neighborhood it is impossible to
regard the parents of q lost child-"lost"
in the ordinary sense of the term-as the
most miserable of all.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-09-25

PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
August 18th, 1877.


TRAINS SLEAvEHARRIsBURG AS FOLLOWS
For New York. at $40, $40 q. m. a57p. m,
For Phliadeipha, at $40, $40, si5 am. and
For Heading, at $40, sio' casa m. and 400
For Pottsvllle at $40, $40 a. M. and 36I
p. m, and via scbuylklll and susquehanna
For Auburn Via s. q s. Br. at biOa a. m.
For Allentown, at $40, S.lOa. m' and at 2oO'
Tbe $40, <. 10 a. M, a.57 and s7.55 D. m, trains
have through cars for New York.
The $40, BIO a. n, and KY p M trains nave
through cars for Philadelphia
For New York, at $40 q. m.
For Allentown and Way stations at 8. 20 q. m.
For Reading, Philadelphia and Way stations at
LAS p. m.
TRAINS FOR HARRISBURG, LEAVE AS F0 L
LOWS
Leave New York, at e45 a. M, 100, $50 and
h7.45 D. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at s.l5 a. m. $40, and
Leave Reading, at $40, z4O, 1i.2O a. m. isO,
Leave Pottsvilie, at elO, 9.15 am. and 4.S5
And via schuylkill and susquehanna Branch at
Leave Auburn via s. & s. Br. at IL noon.
Leave Allentown, at 1880 $50, 800 a. M, l2lt,
4.30 and 9.05 y. m.
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York. at $50 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 40 p. m.
Leave Reading, at 4.40, 740 a. m. and lO.35
Leave Allentown, at2, 80 a. M, and 9.05 p. m.
j. Ii. WOOTEN, Gen. Manager.
@. G. HANCOCK, General Ticket Agent.
tDoes not run on Mondays.
+Via Morris and Essex II. r.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-09-25
uIt's the Emperor himself-I have

It's the Emperor himself-I have
seen the Emperor ~
Wandering in the neighborhoor of
Rome once, the Emperor stopped to re-
fresh himself at an inn, and asked the
landlord whether there was any traveller
staying there at that time who would
give him the pleasure of his company.
There was a reverend bishop there, the
landlord said, but he was fatigued with
his journey, and had retired to rest.
The secretary Of the bishop was, how
ever, awake. Would his company be
acceptable to the strangerp Certainly 1t
would and so the secretary was intro
duced-a clever, witty fellow, who par
took of bottle of wine with the lonely
stranger, and entertained him greatly
with his talk. The Emperor, still pre-
serving his incognito, sounded the good
priest with regard to the object of the
bishops visit to the holy see.
He went there," said the secretary,
to apply for vacant benetlce, although
very aged man, and already in possess
sion of numerous church preferments."
This gift he hoped to obtain through
the good offices of the Austrian ambas-
sador, to whom he had letters of recon-
mendation. The Emperor was so much
pleased with the manners and converse
ton of the secretary that he gave him a
letter of introduction to the same am
bassador, who, he said, might be able to
serve him one way or another.
Shortly after his arrival at Rome, the
secretary bethought him of the letter,
and presented it, without imagining,
however, that it would be of immediate
service to him. Great was his surprise,
then, when informed by the ambassador
that the letter was an autograph one of
Joseph III, desiring him to obtain for
the secretary the benefice sought for by
the avaricious bishop.
A rebuff, at which the emperor was
much amused, was once experienced by
him in Holland. Having heard much
of the extreme cleanliness of the vii
lagos in that country, he wished to see
buc lnbellOI VI Ollc VI JllclI hOuStS, dU
the doors of several of which he knock
ed, without seeming to arouse any of
the inmates. AT last window was
opened to him and he requested permis-
sion of the master of the house to enter
and inspect it..
hear the Emperor Joseph is ex-
pected in town to-day" said the Dutch
man, " but were you the Emperor him
self, could not let you inside this house
without first obtaining leave of my
wife,"
g 1 am the Emperor, then," said the
stranger, displaying the diamond star on
the breast of his inner coat.
Thereupon the Dutchman went in
great haste to his wife, and begged of
her to admit the royal stranger to q
view of the premises, but she only said !:
" Being an Emperor as he is,we could
not expect him to take off his shoes at
the door, and into this house he doesn't
come one step with them on, Emperor
or not" and the door was shut in his
face"