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How Steel Engravlngs are Printed.

IN the first place the designer furnishes
Il the subject to be engraved, usually in
the form of an oil painting, and often at
an expense to the publishers of thou
sands of dollars. The design is then
engraved on highly polished plate of
steel about an eighth of an inch thick.
Skillful engravers must be employed in
the process of engraving creditable
plate, often spending many months or
years of constant work in its completion,
and frequently at an expense of many
thousands of dollars.
However perfect the steel plate, the
engravings there from will have but
little or no value to the critical eye
unless well printed by competent
printer, who has spent years in learning
and mastering his art, so as to be able to
perfectly produce the engraver's trans
lation of the painters thought.
The highest portions of the engraved
plate produce the lights, and the deepest
engraved parts the shadows or dark
portions in the picture, which is the
reverse of type printing. The steel plate
is warmed over furnace to facilitate
the management of the ink when spread
thereon. A very fine thick ink is rolled
over and into the engraved portions with
hand-roller, which is passed over the
plate many times. The ink is then
removed from the surface portions of
the plate-first by the use of cloths, after
which the naked hand more perfectly
wipes the ink from the surface-some
time being spent in thus polishing the
plate, that 1t may produce the desired
grades of light, SO that if brilliant they
shall be mellow and harmonic with its
rich and expressive darker portions.
The plate is now removed from the
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-18
Stump Stories.

HXNTHEN was a young man, -
w said Colonel B., " we lived in
Illinois. The farm had been wooded
and the stumps were pretty thick. But
we put the corn among them t.id man.
aged to raise a fair crop. The next
season did my share of the plowing.
We had 'sulky' plow, and sat in the
seat and managed the horses, four as
handsome bays as ever drew rein over
One day L found a stump right in my
way. 1 hated to back out, so / just said
word to the team, and, if you'll believe
it, they walked right through that
stump as though it had been cheese.''
Not soul expressed surprise. But
Major S., who had been quiet listener,
remarked quietly, cts curious, but L
had similar experience myself once.
My mother always made our clothes in
those days, as well as the cloth they
were made of. The old lady was awful
proud of her homes pun-said it was
the strongest cloth in the State. One
day had just plowed through white
oak stump in the way you speak of,
Colonel. But it was little too quick
for me. 1t came together before 1 was
out of the way, and nipped the seat of
my trousers. felt mean, can tell
you, but 1 put the string on the ponies,
and, il you'll believe it, they just snaked
that stump out, roots and all. Some
thing had to give, you know"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-18
No Sabbath In Austria.

A traveller writes: Whatever else
Vienna may have, she certainly has no
Sabbath. Unless the traveller keeps
close watch of the lapse of time, he will
forget the recurrence of Sunday; for
there is nothing here-as in most other
Continental citles-to remind him when
the Lords day has ONE. We have
been in Vienna two Sabbaths, and out
side of our own party and few Ameri-
can and English travellers, we had not
heard any suggestion of such day.
Traffic, work, amusements, and worldly
occupations, have gone on just the same
on the seventh as on the sixth. Indeed,
the theatres and the dance houses do
better business on the Sabbath than on
any other day. The Catholic churches
(for nearly everybody here is a Roman
Catholic) have services on the Sabbath,
and, small audiences gather, but the
noise of business outside browns the
voice of prayer. Continental Europe
has virtually set aside the fourth COM
mandment."
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THE TIMES NEW BLOOMFIELD PA. NOVEMBER 49, 1879

furnace and placed upon the press made
expressly for this kind of printing. A
thick sheet of paper that has been wet
for many hours Is laid over the poll shed
plate, and is passed through the press,
receiving a powerful pressure. The wet
sheet with its pictured impression ia
carefully lifted from the plate, dried
between mill boards, dry pressed, and
prepared for market-the whole process
requiring number of days of skillful
management. The warming, linking,
wiping, polishing of plate, etc., must be
repeated in printing each picture. No
steam power or mechanical invention
lifts the sheet from the press-all must
be done by hand work.
1t Is 3 fair days work for two men to
prepare for market from ten to twenty
five copies ofthe largest size engravings.
THUS 1t will be seen that after spending
large sum Of money for paintings and
engraved plates, and waiting months or
years for their completion, the multiple
cation of creditable engravings is slow
and expensive, and that their beauty
and finish depends very much upon the
skill of the printer.
When all fully understand the slow
and costly processes by which engrav-
ings of real merit are produced, and
other facts IN art, the more clearly 1t
will be realized that the quality of the
work should regulate the price. Then
the demand for pictures by the square
yard, with which to cover walls, will
entirely cease. and the quality, and the
soul of the work, and not quantity, will
be the thing desired, and then many
"palatial' as well as "cottage homes''
will be more beautifully adorned.
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Is mine. ] would know Il among
thousand. You must not take It,"
But the traveller persisted and the lady
insisted, and they came very near quar-
reling Presently one of the passengers
pointed to valse in the omnibus, and
asked:
"Whose Is that Y"
at isn't mine" said the traveller; at
is just like 1t; but this is mine"
g And 1t isn't mine,' said the lady;
ne has mine, and I'll have 1t or I'll
have the law on him. It's pity IL a
lady can't travel alone In this country
without being robbed of her property in
broad day light"
Finally the traveller said he would
open the valise to prove his property.
The lady objected at first, saying she
did not want her valise opened in the
presence of strangers. But as there was
no other means of settling the dispute
she at length consented. The traveller
sprung the lock, opened the valise, and
the curious crowd bent forward to
see.
On the very top of everything lay
big flat flask half full of whisky, a
deck of cards and one or two other
things that nobody knows the name
of.
The traveller was the first to recover
his self-possession and speech.
Madam" he said, ''you are right.
The valise is yours. i owe you thou
sand apolo'-
But the lady had tainted, and the
traveller relocked his valise with quiet
smile. Early in the afternoon sign
painter down town received a note in
feminine hand, asking him to come
to the Barrett house to mark red
leather valise in black letters a foot and
a half long.
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Was it Her valIss ?

THE other day an omnibus full of
L passengers drove up town from the
Union depot. Side by side sat COM
mercial traveller, named VIM. Mackaby,
and Mrs. Winnie @. Dumbleton, the
eminent lady temperance lecturer.
When the omnibus reached the Barret
house the commercial missionary seized
his valise and started out. The lady
made grab after him, and he halted.
81 beg your PARDON" she said, "but
you have my valise."
"You are certainly mistaken, mad
am, T" the traveller said, courteously, but
grimly, "this is mine"
No, sir" the lady replied firmly, "it
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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-18
A Hundred Ladies' victimizsd.

A BOSTON letter gives the particu-
IA lars of sensation that has recently
transpired in that city by which nearly
hundred of the most fashionable ladies
became the victims of a blackmailing
operation. A year ago fashionable
dressmaker of the Hub employed an
attractive young woman whose speciality
was to call at the residences of her GUS
toners and cut and fit their dresses.
Miss Annie, as she was called, became
great favorite, and no dress was con-
sidered complete unless it had the touch
of her artistic fingers in "taking in"
here and 'letting out" there. 1t was
noted that she had. note book which
she handled as deftly as Julian Hardy,
the Reporter in " Fatinitza," and was
constantly making memorandums of
batting and whalebone required to fill
out the ideal curves and irregularities of
surface constituting the highest type of
full-dressed beauty. These memoran-
dums, he explained, were necessary to
prevent his losing the Recollection of
any sudden inspiration as to the delicate
insertion of a gusset, or the bold cutting
of shoulder piece on the bias. The
business of the employing dressmaker
who had the good fortune of employing
Miss Annie increased rapidly. 1t became
test of true culture among Boston
ladies to have their dresses made exclu-
sively at her establishment, and the
result was an apparent increase of Bos-
tonian beauty, both in breadth and
thickness, without much increase in
weight. One dark and dreadful day
that will long be remembered by the
patronesses of Miss Annie, each of the
ladies received at home one of her cards,
and was told that a young gentlemen
wished to see them In the parlor. Each
lady had an interview with young
man who was instantly recognized as
the hitherto Miss Annie, and was, of
course, terribly surprised. The wicked
young man who had so successfully
masqueraded as dressmaker's assistant
explained with much apparent penitence
that he had been detected and discharg-
ed, and that his sole desire was to hide
himself in California. To do this money
was required, and he presented small
bill for materials which he had fur
nished at his own expense. Cotton was
charged for at the rate of three dollars a
pound, and whalebone at five dollars.
On nqvnant Of fha hill ha xuorId In
stantly send from his notebook the
memoranda relating to her dresses and
depart on the first train for the Pacific
slope. The story goes that he made
complete round of his former customers,
and that his collections exceeded one
thousand dollars from the terrified fair
ones
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-18
One Experience from Many.

II had been sick and miserable so long
and had caused my husband so much
trouble and expense, no one seemed to
know what allied me, that was COM
pletely disheartened and discouraged. d.
In this frame of mind 1 got bottle of
Hop Bitters and used them unknown to
my family. soon began to improve
and gained so fast that my husband and
family thought it strange and unnatu-
raj, but when / told them what had
helped me, they said, 'Hurrah for Hop
Bittersl Long may they prosper, for
they have made mother well and us
happy. "-The Mother.
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BLOOMFIELD ACADEMY.
An English Classical School for Ladies
and Gentlemen.

The regular Academic year begins on MON.
DAY, September | st. 1879.
., Students are carefully prepared for College -
The preparation is thorough and accurate and
An English course. the Academic course nroner
embraces the essentials OF good English edIca
tion and students whose progress justifes it will
De anoWeo TO select one or more OF the higher
branches in addition to the studies of this course
Muslc. Drawing and Painting.
fatrons VIII notice our reduction OF expenses:
hoard ana furnished room, IL paid In advance
" oO; Tuition for common English branches in
advance. SS % per quarter OF ten weeks
During coming year the number of studenta
VIII be limited In order 10 do thorough work
Address;
j. II. FLICKINGER. A. NJ. PrIncIpal.
or WM. GRIER. Proprietor.
July 20, 1879. "'iu' ra'
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RAIL 40 Ap 5 .
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R.
ARRANGEMENT OF PAssENeERrRArNs.
OCTOBER 9th, 1870.
Trains LenYe Harrlsbnrg as FolIowr

Trains Leave Harrisburg as Follows
For New York via Allentown, at $40, s.05 a. M
For New York via Bound Brook Route" 500
For Philadelphia, at $40, sO5, s.b5 a. M. Las and
For Reading, at b.2OsOS, o.s5 a. M, La, ,4OOand
Fol. Pottsyille at $40. sos a. m. and 400 p. M,
and via Schuylklll and susquehanna Branch at
2.40 p. m. For Auburn, $50 a. M.
For Lancaster and Columbia, $40, sos a. m. and
For r Allentown, at $40, sos, 9.bS a. M, Las and
The S.SO, s95 a; m; and LAS p. M trains have
The $40 train has through cars for Philadel
The $40 sos a. m, and Las p. m. make close
having through cars for New YORK, via Bound
Brook Route"
SUNDAYS.
For For Allentown and m Way y Stations at $40 a. m.
For Reading Philadelphia, and Way stations,
atlas p. m.
Trains Leave for Harrisburg as Follows
Leave New York VIA Allentown, s.45 a. M, LOO
Leave New York via Bound Brook Route" 7.45
a, M, 1.30 and Atop. m., arriving at Harrisburg,
l.5O, S2O,p. m, u 80 midnight.
Leave Lancaster, sos a IN. and $50 p. M
Leave Columbia, 7.55 a. m. and $40 y. IN.
Leave Philadelphia at 9.45 a. M, 400 and 7.45
Leave Pottsvllle. 500, e,lOa. m. and 4.4Op m.
Leave Reading, at 45O 1885, l15O a. M, l3O, 6.15,
and 1875 p. m.
Leave Pottsvllle vlaSchuylkIll and Susquehanna
Branch, 8.25 a. m. Leave Auburn via Schuylkill
and Susquehanna Branch 11.50 a, m.
Leave Allentown at 300, 9.o5 a. M, 12.10, 4.9O,
and 9.05 p. m.
SUNDAYS;
Leave New York, at $50 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia at T.45 pm.
Leave Reading, at .95 a. m. and 1875 p. m.
Leave Allentown. at 9.05 p. m.
J.E. WOOTTEN, Gen. Manager.
G. G. HANCOCK, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent
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a. Happy homes and smiling faces
are invariably the result of wise parents
constantly keeping SELLERS Cough
Syrup on hand. Price 25 cents.
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THE MANSION HOUSE,
New Bloomfield, Penn'a.,

GEO. f. ENShIINGER, Proprietor.
HAVING leased this property and furnished 1t
In comfortable manner, I ask a share OF the
public patronage, and assure my friends who stop
with me that every exertion will be made to
render their stay pleasant.
AS- A careful hostler always in attendance.
April 8, 1873. tt
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-07-11

little empty chair; the dog stretched
himself ut his feet. II seemed so pleas
ant. so warm, and comfortable! He
was not so much afraid Of those men
outside AS he had been; the children's
faces looked at him In the white light
out OF the roses on the gilded trellis as
II they wished him TO stay; the little
head nodded and fell forward on his
breast
But all this seemed exceedingly out
OF the way to Tribune; and after while
II apparently occurred to him that II he
could not make Sam 60 To bed, he could
90 and speak to his mistress about 1t {;
and II was his cold nose in her hand that
woke Mrs. Dean from her uneasy slum-
Der. In moment she was out Of bed.
"There Is something wrong"
she said to her husband. "What Is
the matter with TribP' And before
her husband was fairly awake, she
had followed the dog TO q play.room,
and there, with the moonlight falling
round him, sound asleep, his head upon
his breast, in the little chair before the
empty hearth, she saw the child.
For one throb of her heart, one great
plunge, she thought the worst had come,
and that now she was really crazed.
But with another she had seized the
child, and was tearing off the 0ags that
hid the difference between his little
white body and his little brown face,
while the child opened his eyes
dreamily, and put up q sleepy mouth to
kiss her.
at is he! it is he! 1t is he!" she
cried. They have cut off his curls, they
have stained his face, but they could not
hide my little Cyrus!"
And although Mr.. Dean woke the
servants, and reused the neighbors, and
secured the place and the region unsuc-
cessfully, and never ceased regretting
that those house, breakers had not crack
ed their last crib that night, yet Mrs.
Dean, in her heart Of hearts, rs she de-
voted herself, every day with fresh frui
ton, to the task of awakening his dor
mast intelligence. could never fe quite
grateful enough to them for bringing
back her boy. -Harper's Basar.
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Mr.. Cichia Lensburg, lie Sueur Coun-
ty, got on spree last week (Monday),
at Montgomery, and offered to wager
that he could swallow the glass con-
tanned in whisky flask. The wager
was taken up by one Of the party pres
ent, whereupon the drunken man pro-
ceeded to swallow the pulverized glass,
and also tallow candle. Strange TO
relate, that night he felt no i'll effects
caused by the rash deed, but next day
the glass began to cut and grind his
bowels, compelling the man TO writhe
and scream in agony. This continued
until Thursday morning, when the poor
wretch was brought 10 New Prague, in
the delusive hope that q physician could
save him from his inevitable and fast
approaching death. OF course no ply
sician's skill could now save or even
prolong the life that had been 50 delib-
erately, though unknowingly taken. 1t
was pitiful and heartrending to hear the
poor mortal moan and scream In agony
As the death-de dealing glass slowly but
constantly cut its way into the vitals.
This could not long continue, however,
and death kindly relieved the suffering
man Thursday afternoon. A post-mor-
tenn examination was held, and the
mans stomach and intcstines were
found to be literally ground to pieces,
A wife and nine children are left de-
pendent by the foolhardiness Of Q man
crazed by drink. This may prove .
timely warning TO those addicted to the
excessive use Of substance Sd deadly
in its final effects as that swallowed BY
the man who came to so untimely an
end. - Shakopee flMinn.) Argus.
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stay. sweet day, for thou art fair,
Fair. AVID IA l. and ca m,
cro~ ned through All thy grlden hours.
Win luvs's TIRE hest, puress fowers,
strong IN fni, MS unsNaken powers,
Rich IN Hopes bright balm.
stay. what chance and change may Wall
AZ YOU glide away,
Now Is Il 4 % 1lad and bright
Nnw We breathe W sure deixht'
NV we smile I'm Fate despite.
stay with US. sweet day. ~
AM she can not. may not step;
All Things must decay,
50 aifh head. and b art. and VIII.
Take the ios that fingers still.
Take the pan-e- IN strife and i'll.
Prize the passing day.
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MY LITTLE WOMAN.

would the diamond seem such peerless gem
II II measured one foof roundY
Would Il rose-lcai yield such sweet per
tune
rfit covered yards cf ground2
Would the dew drops = EN- ~ clear ana pure
N dew like rain should tall?
or the little woman he half 80 great
II she were six feet talls
IT'S the hand as srft as the nesting bird
That x ips with a grip OF steel,
sIfs fhr voice as sweet a. the summer wind
Thft rules without appeal
Ant f'lA warrior. scholar, tire saint ana sage
NAV neht ard plan and pray;
The world WI wax ~ the end Of time
In the little wonnan's way.
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The "Goldcn Jubilee" Of the ~.
Louis University (Catholic), being me
fiftieth anniversary Of the foundation q
that institution, was celebrated on the
Path ult. with great ceremony.
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On June 20 q monument to Boccac
clio was unveiled at his birthplace, Ger
taldo, Italy.
The Jewish advance. (Chicago, Ill.) 1878-1881, 1879-03-07
{ To be Continued.)
Roumania and the Powers
(FrOnl the JeaUiSh VOrld.)

The present moment may, with truth
be described as a critical period in the
history of our race The good sense and
liberal feelings of Western Europe have
recognized the gross tyranny and perse
cutions under which our brethren in Rou-
mania are laboring, and in the memora
BILE treaty Of Berlin have marked their
sense of such treatment and provided for
better state of things. TO prevent,
however, the realization of the provisions
of the Berlin treaty referring to the
Jews, it is no eXaggeration to say that
the whole energies of Roumania have
been exerted to their utmost tension.
MN. Cogalniceano, Bratiano and Rosetti
have all successively visited Western
Europe with the object of obtaining
some modification Of the Jewish clauses
in the Berlin treaty and, in addition to
this, means have been employed in Rou-
mania to stir up the people so that indi-
cations should not be wanting to show
that it would be impossible to carry
these clauses out. In addition to this,
an eminent Roumanian statesman has
even stopped to attempt to hood-wink
the British public with the falsest asser
U1OnS anu Cuo mOSG oOplloGlCd1 dI uuoA 10
on the subject. The result of all this is
that we are rapidly approaching crisis
to which we must look forward with
great anxiety. There can be no doubt
that in principle the Great Powers are
determined that their civil and religious
liberty clauses shall be properly realized:
but who knows how the Powers may yet
be bamboozled by Roumania-take ken In
with her promises, or deluded with her
questionable and evanescent schemes?
Prince Bismarck cannot be relied upon
for perfect good faith and impartiality
in the matter, for it must be remembered
that he is in no sense the friend OF reli-
gious liberty, and he is too much under
despotic and Hohenzollern influences to
allow of his standing alone as the cham
pion of a race which has produced his
most powerful political opponent, and
which it is the sovereign will of a Ger
man Prince to keep in a state of degra-
dation and subjection. 10 hope either
that Prince Gortchakof would move in
favor of the Roumanian Jews is, of