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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-19
Western Persuasion.

TT WAS in the far, far west. The
L barkeeper had been crossed in some
way during the afternoon, and was in
ill-humor.
Up stepped a thirsty citizen, and rap
ped impatiently at the bar.
"What shall it be, 'Jedge p" said the
mixer of drinks.
"Well," said the " Jedge," make
me gin cocktail with bit of mint in
it,"
''That amt what you want, replied
the barkeeper; "you want whiskey
straight, do you ?"
"No, DON'T" persisted the "Jedge;"
81 tell you want gin cocktail, with
a bit"
mo you don't, 'Jedge, no youdon't.
You're going to have whisky straight !:
and, more'n that" he added, trying the
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-19
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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-19
RAIL Il 0 A D s /.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R
ARRANG EMENT OF PAssENGERTRAINs.
sTay llth. 1879.

TRAINS LEAVE HARRIsBURG AS FOLLOWS
For New York. at 6.l5, $40 a. m. 20Op. m.
For Philadelphia, at 5.l6, $40, 9.4b am.
200 and 400 p. m.
For Reading, at SIS, $40, 9i5 a. m. and 200
For Pottsville at 5l5, $40 a. M, and 400
p. M, and via schuylkill and Susquehanna
Branch at 2.4O y. m.
For Auburn via B, y s. Br. at $50 a. m;
For Allentown, at b.l5, S.lOa. m, ana at z'UO,
400 and 755 p. M -,
The sis, $40 a. M, and #7.55 p. M, trains
have through cars for New York.
The SIS. a. m, trains have through carsfor
Philadelphia.
SUNDAYS.
For New York, at OLD a, m m
For Allentown and Way stations at g. q. M
For Reading, Philadelphia and Way 5tatonsat
Las y. m.
TRAINS FOR HARRISBURG, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWS;
Leave New York, atS.45 a. M, 100, 5.S0and
Leave Philadelphia, at Gas a. IN, 400, and
Leave Reading, at t4.4O, T25, 1850 a. m. l.So,
Leave Pottsyille, at $50, e.15 am. and 44O
p. M. ... n,.,,,,o.
Leave Auburn Was " 4. Br at ll5O am.
Leave Allentown, at t2.3O $40, 9.05 a. m, l2lO
4.30 and 9O5 y. m.
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York at $50 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 720 p. m.
Leave Reading, at 4.40, 740, a. m. ana 1880
Leave Allentown, at2 30 a. M, and eO5p. m.
j. E, WO0TEN, Gen. Manager.
@. G. HANCOCK, General Ticket Agent.
tDoes not run on Mondays.
AVia Morris and Essex II. II.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-19

keen edge of his bowie on his thumb
NALL" you're goin' 70 drink 1t out Of o
tin dipper."
The "Jedge" admitted the force of the
argument and changed his mind.
This recalls another story that Causeur
has heard, Of an Eastern man, accus-
toned to the luxuries to be had at Del
monico's, who dropped into restau-
rant In Nevada mining town for
dinner. The head waiter, who was
also junior proprietor of the establish
ment, accosted him with
Well, Colonel, what'll you have 7"
g Beefsteak and mushrooms" replied
the Colonel,a "peart" as possible.
"Guess not" said the waiter, who
felt that he was being "guyed."
Guess notY Why notS Bring me
n beefsteak and mushrooms, right
away"
Look here, stranger" said the
waiter, 81 don't want to make no
trouble, yer know, but don't allow no
man to quarrel with his vittles in this
ranch"
With that he took six-shooter from
his hip-pocket, cooked 1t, and holding 1t
in a suggestive way, added
&C Hash is what you're gwine to eat.'
The Colonel had hash.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-19
A Deserted Town.

Six or seven years ago, when Califor-
MIA was all excitement over the quick
silver discoveries, Pine Flat was lively
little town of four or five thousand in
habitants. Six or seven hundred men
were always to be seen in the streets
the hotels could not accommodate the
guests that came to them, and business
of all kinds was /" booming" Every
one seemed to be growing rich for short
time, but a change came over the spirit
of their dreams. The prices OF quick
silver declined, the wave of prosperity
broke up into foam and subsided to
calm, and the thousands OF. people who
had made city of Pine Flat went out
with the turning tide of fortune. To
day. by actual count, there are two and
a-6alf houses for every inhabitant, and
there are fifteen houses. In short, Pine
Flat is as good an example of deserted
mining town as could be found any
where.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-19
Old Hickory's Bluff Way.

Long years after the capture of Stony
Point, when Andrew Jackson was Pres
ident, visitor at the White House re-
marked that the postmaster in his
town (who "held over'O was an ene-
my to the President-had been heard to
call him a scoundrel-and urged the re-
moval of the ill-mannered officer,
"What sort of person is hep" in
quired the President.
The visitor admitted that the post
master was an aged and honorable man,
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-19

and incldently remarked that he was
one of the survivors of the hattie Of
Stony Point.
Whatl" said the President, rising
from his chair, twas he really with
Anthony Wayne at Stony Point ?"
He certainly was" replied the
visitor.
f" Well, then" said Old Hickory, by
the Eternal he has n perfect right to
call me a scoundrel every day in the
week and to be postmaster during his
natural lifel'
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-19
BLOOMFIELD AGA my.
An English Classical School for Ladies
and Gentlemen.

The regular Academic year begins on MON
DAY, September 1st. 1879.
Students are carefully prepared for College -
The preparation is thorough and accurate, and
up TO the requirement of any leading Colleges
An English course. the Academic course proper
embraces the essentials of a good English educa.
tion, and students whose progress justlhes It will
be allowed 10 select one or more OF the higher
branches In addition to the studies of this course
Music, Drawing and Painting.
Patrons will notice our reduction Of expenses:
Board and furnished room, III paid in advance,
50 so; Tuition for common English branches, in
advance. SS 90 per quarter OF ten weeks
During coming year the number of students
will be limited In order to do thorough work.
Address:
j. X. FLICKINGER. A. NJ, Principal,
or VIM. GRIER. Proprietor.
, New bloomfield, Pa.
July 20, 1879
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-19
A Mean eIrI.

Mr.. Worth of New Harrison, Wis,
was remarkably handsome young
man. He was engaged to Miss Dakin,
wealthy girl She pointed what she
thought was an empty pistol at him,
and shot him in the face, disfiguring
him terribly. She now refuses to keep
the engagement, saying that such an
ugly husband would make her con-
stantly nervous.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-19
How Cash was Sold.

n ~ ShiONS NuJ W. IL 0dbhg thC
" great railroad monopolIst of New
Lisbon, was in the city. He had just
made few hundred thousand dollars on
a railroad contract, and he decided TO
expend large sums of money in buying
dry goods.
He went into one of our stores and
was passing along up the floor, when a
black-eyed girl, with dimple in her
chin, pearly teeth, red pouting lips, who
was behind the counter, shouted "Cash
here i"
Mr.. Cash turned to her, smile ilu-
minating his face as big as horse col
lar. He Is one of the most modest men
in the world, and as he extended his
great big horny hand to the girl, blush
covered his face, and the perspiration
stood in great beads on his forehead.
How do yew dew ?" said Cash, as
she seemed to shrink back in frighten-
ed manner. They gazed at each other
moment, in establishment, when anoth-
er girl, perhaps little better looking,
further on, said:
'' Here, Cash, quick ~
He at once made up his mind that she
was the one that had spoken to him the
first time, so he said:
Beg your pardon, miss" to the
black-eyed girl, and went on to where
the older one was wrapping up corset
in base ball undershirt. AS he ap-
preached her she smiled, supposing he
wanted to buy something. He thought
she knew him, and he sat down on
stool and put out his hand and said:
How have you been 7"
She didn't seem to shake hands very
much, but asked If there was anything
she could show him. He thought may
be it was against the rules for the clerks
to talk to anybody unless they were
buying something SO he said:
Yes, of course. Show me corsets,
stockings, anything, gaul dumbed If /
care what"
She was just beginning to look upon
him as though she thought he had es-
capped, when a little blonde on the other
side of the store, as sweet as honey,
shouted:
"Cash, Cash come running"
To say that Cash was astonished, is
drawing it mild He knew that they
all wanted him, but he couldn't make
out how they knew his name.
He looked at the little blonde min
ute, trying to think where he had met
her, when he decided to go over and
ask her.
On the way over he thought she re-
sembled girl that used to live in Por-
tage. He went up to her, and with a
smile that was childlike and bland, he
said:
"Why, how are you, Samanth ?''-
The little blonde looked daggars at him.
"Didn't you used to wait on table there
at the Fox House, at Por tage?"
The girl picked up a roll of paper
cambric, and was about to brain him,
when the floor-walker came along and
asked what was the matter Cash ex-
plained that since he came into the
store, three or four girls had yelled to
him, and he couldn't please them.
"There," says he, as another girl
yelled Cash. - "there's another of 'em
that wants me- and he was going to
where she was, when the floor-walker
asked him if his name was Cash. "You
bet your liver it is" said Cash. IT was
then explained to him that the girls
were calling cash boys. He thought it
over a minute and said, "Sold by the
great baldheaded Elijah. Won't you go
down and take something? I'll be gaul
blasted if ever had such rig played
ON me-"
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-02
TVsO INDIAN LOVE AFFAIRS.

Mentioning the school for Indians and others, which existed in Cornwall, Conn, some fifty years ago, writer in the Sunday Afternoon says: Among others who at tended the mission school were two intelh- gent young men of the Cherokee tribe of Indians. One of them, known among his people as Weite, received the name of Bou- dinot, from Elias Boudinot, once Governor of New Jersey, and for long time Presi- dent of the American Bible Society. The young Indian, naturally gifted with pleas ing address and manner was welcomed into the best families of the village. His fre- quent calls at the home of prominent resi- dent in time gave rise to some neighborly gossip. but the social life of the parish, usually. so quiet and placid was stirred to 6 fever heat when the news spread far and near that he was about to marry one of the fairest and most cultured daughters ifiithe place. Against the wishes of her parents and friends she persisted in her choice and the words were spoken that linked their fortunes for life. The companion of Bou- dinot, the son of Cherokee chief, was also enamored with the beauty of maiden hv- ing near the village, and was equally suc- cessful in his suit. These love affairs SC. riously disturbed the feeling of the com- munity and hindered the progress of the school The Indians, with their brides, returned to their nation, then occupying portion of Georgia. Boudinot became con- spicuous among his people as a scholar, edited newspaper, and during the admin istration of Andrew Jackson took a leading part in the arrangements by which the tribe were removed to Kansas. Ridge, then one of the chiefs of the Cherokees, was in sym pathy with this movement, but a strong party was opposed to leaving the burial places of their fathers. The disaffected por- ton of the tribe, after the settlement in Arkansas, denounced Ridge and Boudinot as traitors and untrue to the traditions of the people, and in their bitterness they clandestinely murdered them
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-02
~-~ ~--~s--- - JAPsN-HN TbglG Ng.AND SEA,


 We were. saiins alrc'hg the three thou sand islands of the 4:lnnd Sea. The, islands were often little more than n single rock with probably s one tree. peering, over the summit. but there We're numbers of them big enough to allow the brown-roofed vil-s lages to nestle among the rice fields or to lie at the foot of the steep hill-sides terraced up to the very top; and sometimes there were glorious mountains range behind range, till the highest had delicate crown of cloud, superb mountain amphitheatres, and masses of tumbled! hills, and the soft light of the grass upon them all, like Kill larney on a Summer day, blended with the mighty sweep from Null to Ben Cruachan. It was the most shifting view ever saw, and sky and sea and land all shared the in- ' constaricy. Now a calm Strait that reached for miles between two islands on our right speckled with boats and frihged with woods and little bays of pure white sand fit for the feet of ifairies, and the heaven above clear pearl grny; then blne~ sky and merry breeze, scattering foam over the sea and sweeping on the ungainly junks with their white, full beIlied sails, the hills gray and blue and purple. and dim and mighty islands, like clouds in the far distance; here so close to the shore that we were ere under the shadow $'of the cliff the rocks and wooded points narrowing in on both sides till we could believe we were sailing on some Eastern Rhine; then, in a moment, out into an open sea, with space and light and far-of land And this procession passed us unceasingly from sunrise until sunset It might have been I4och Lime or Ross Island, Arrochar or Windermere, until we rubbed our F eyes and saw the junks at anchor, the spectral fringes of trees along the hilltop, the brown roofs and the curves of country temples. Then. in the late af- ternoon, we ran below g lighthouse rock, . and the light-keeper ran UP his flag and, looking back, we saw long stretches of the loveliest green fl; water. changing, as we / looked, under every play of light and color; then line of telegraph poles, 8 green point jutting out on the left to meet the hills upon then right, SO that the steamer has little more than room to pass in the clear still water, and we were in a land-locked + bay anchored oil the pretty town of simo-2 nasaki, and the setting sun lit up the woods , and sea and sky with crimson and gold : We supposed we must steam out again by the strait that we had entered, but when the anchor was lifted the steamer held on her course, apparently against the opposite shore, then turned asudden corner, and we were plugging in the rough waves of troubled sea. When the evening falls and the sea is calm, the fishing boats cr.wd it with the sparkle of their lights; but away from shore there are, many junks that carry no ig' ts, and are slow to answer their helm, and cause of much explosive speech among sea captains. Good Words. ''s f.''@
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-02
SCIENTIFIC.

THE use of white lead, in paint intended for interior surfaces, has long been known to involve injurious effects in dwellings,
 The only substituts1 for this material, until lately, has been 7zinc oxide. Among the recent inventions in England is an article for which freedom is claimed from all the objections which have been urged against oxide of zinc paint The natural sulphide lucent, and varies in color from 8 dingy white to a stone color, shading off to red dish brown, sometimes appearing opaque, with yellow, green or black tinges. The excellence of the chemically pure white sulphide, however, induced heightened series of experiments to accomplish artif- cially. the chemical process of making zinc sulphide of the purest white, and with tho most satisfactory results. Investigations of i, this zinc sulphide-or rather oxy-sulphide --show, that it has highly preservative &C., tion in protecting wood, &c., from decay, and 1t unites with the flores with which it comes in. contact forming permanent bodies with them. The peculiarly small affinity which zinc has for combining with carbonic acid prevents, to great extent, the forma- ton of carbonates, and also arrests the saponifcation of the oil long before any such reactions with carbonate of lead can take place.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-02

a- l.
 ON many of the German and English railways, the trains run in the evening are now lighted by gas, instead of by candles or the other methods hitherto in use. A very rich gas is extracted from oil and placed in light but strong receptacle be- meath each car, and this is consumed in burners especially adapted to the purpose. The gas is so rich that burner consumes. less than three-ffths of a cubic foot per hour, and giving light equal to that of four-foot burner using ordinary coal gas. Moreover the statement is made that this gas can be and is compressed to density of six atmospheres which is not practica ble with the common Illuminating gas By this means it is possible for a car to carry without an appreciable addition to it's weight. a stock of gas sufficient for a very ". ..E 20
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-02

I A WRITER in From the leading European authority in such matters advocates ample area in the construction of chimneys, the fact being that excess of draught is easily checked, while shortness of the same is @ serious trouble-for good furnace work, in- deed, a rapid draught is absolutely essen tial, and is also far more economical than 8 sluggish one. Very large chimneys, how ever, communicating with an elaborate net work of fues, he regards as undesirable, the best results being gained in those of an internal width at the summit of from six to ten feet, and of a height equal to from six ; teen. to twenty internal diameters. It makes, too, an immense difference in the draught efficiency when, instead of being allowed to rush right ahead to the main fue, the products of combustion are made ro return over the furnace arch or under the bed then. in the case of boiler fires especially, much depends upon the charac- ter of the coal-that is, some coal will cake and burn in a superior manner, with pre- cisely the same amount of damper with which others will burn only to loose cin- der, and this, consequently, is considera- ton to be taken into account
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-02
t.tEta rnLt -tg.! s,,.Ir BEHOLD THE KING.

He loved her, as his own soul, and he called on her Hast Sunday at her residence on South B street to put 8, $25O engage. ment ring upon her finger. T .....s. ,. ej. i,..
 "Can we sail down the stream of Time . pet, in the same boat?n -a- .. l.r.n9.y "Yes, George, down to the shereless sea of eternity, and beyond in, the mystic spirit land our souls shall still entwine, and Oh, my, there he goes, now!" and the young girl. tearing herself from Georges arms rushesa so,tl4e wndowand looked out longingly forseveral minutesg ~ ...
 "Whats the attraction ?" asked the young man, somewhat annoyed. -a y.
 "He's just too sweet for anything" mur- mured the maiden, too much absorbed to hear Georgs's voice. Then he got up and looked out, and the . end-man <" of the minstrel troupe passing along on the other side of the. street, and fully understanding the situation calmly sat down and waited for the show to pass = Vsgimia Chronicle.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-02
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THE proposed system of injecting super heated steam above the incandescent fuel in boiler furnaces has been experimented , with abroad, and with satisfactory results. According to this system, the superheated steam, on coming in contact with the in- candescent fuel, decomposes into oxygen and hydrogen, thus furnishing the furnace with large contingent of pure combusti- ble gas, having maximum of calorifc power, whence results an extremely rapid and perfect combustion of all the combus- tible elements, with a total absence of smoke. The trials made with the apparatus designed for carrying out this plan show, it appears, that an extraordinary activity is thus produced in the furnace that the flame, instead of being long, undulating, and more or less smoky, becomes, when the steam is injected, short, dazzling and dart ing, like the jets from blow-pipe; that the draught of the boiler is considerably increased; and that, finally, the furnace shows no trace of smoke-the gases of con- bustion escaping from the chimney being, in fact, colorless and only visible with difi- culty at the moment fresh charge of coal is thrown in. '-
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-02
SALT IN WELL WATER,

serious epidemic of typhoid fever in Rochester has led to an examination of well water by Professor Lattimore and in his report he lays special stress on the signif- canoe of common salt in well water in gen. eral. No single indication, he holds, is of so great sanitary importance in judging of the purity or impurity, and, consequently, of the safety or danger of any water. He proceeds then to show that, though from the universal diffusion of the substance in the air and in the soil we should expect to find it in all waters, whether from rain, springs or wells because of it's extreme so- lubility, nevertheless, he argues, the quan- tity of salt that should be found normally, from the causes named, in we'll water is ex- tremely small; and, therefore, whenever Git rises above a ry few grains per gal lon it becomes certain that it comes from some other source than the soil" and he concludes with the logical inference that, as nearly all the salt used for domestic pur- poses escapes by the way of two channels, the water closet and tho houso drain, we snoulo alWays eXpecC what Is always found on examination to be true that what ever sewage may or may not contain, it al- ways contains salt" It may be interesting to know that the addition of little nitrate of silver to water is an easy method of roughly ascertaining both the amount of salt and of organic matter. The water to be tested should be placed in a clean glass and set in the sun, with the addition of about ten grains of nitrate of silver to each pint of water. If the water is perfectly pure (which is never the case) no change will occur. while if the water contain either salt or organic matter, it will blacken after standing little, and the amount of sedi- ment which settles to the bottom of the glass is a fair measure of the impurity