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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-01

GY- A great sensation has just been
created at Liberty, Sullivan county, N.
va small town nearPort Jervis, by the
elopement of Mrs. De Witt Beebe, the
wife of a well.to-do and respectable
mechanic, with an impecunious music
teacher named Loomis. Mrs. Beebe
took with her $1,000 in money. her cloth
ing, jewelry and all the valuables she
had. She was the mother of two bright
little girls, one of whom, an infant
scarcely two years of age, she took
with her. The guilty pair were tracked
to Middletown, where they remained all
night and from where they had taken
the cars for the West. Mr.. Beebe, who
is an honest, hard. working and highly
respectable man, is much broken down
by his misfortune, but will take no steps
to catch the guilty party. He will bring
suit at the coming term of court for a
divorce.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-01

B"Dr. Sellers Cough Syrup" will ensure
you good nights rest. 1t Is the best cough
medicine In the market. Price 25 cents. [74t
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-01

Still Alive II am still alive and ready
to cut and fit suits in good style. If
wanting any work in my line, give me
a call. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
SAMUEL BENTZEL,
TAILOR,
April 6, 's0.tf] New Bloomfield, Pa.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-01
Fine Groceries,

IF you WANT
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-01

ST. ELMO HOTEL = Nos. SIT and $40
Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. Rates re-
duced to Two DOLLARS PER DAY.
The travelling public still find at this
Hotel the same liberal provision for their
comfort. 1t is located in the immediate
centres OF business and places of amuse-
ment and the different Rail Road depots,
as well as all parts of the city, are easily
accessible by Street Cars constantly pass
ing the doors. 1t offers special induce
ments to those visiting the city for
business or pleasure.
Your patronage 10 respectfully solicited.
Jos. NJ. FEeER, Proprietor.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-01

and the officers say they have a clear
case.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-01

You will find that we have Sleigh Bells, Skates,
Hatchets, Axes, Augurs, Chisels, Saws, Iron,
Steel, Nails, and general assortment Of such
goods as are kept by frat class hardware
store.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-01
IF YOU WANT
Blankets for Beds or Horses,

Look at our assortment. We can offer you
Colored Bed Blankets for 50 per pair and up.
White Blankets for $2.75 per pair, and up, and
Horse Blankets from SLIGO up.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-01
See Our Assortment Of

Toys, Books, Albums, Fancy Note Paper,
Jewelry, Glass Sets, China Ornaments, Per-
fumery in fancy bottles, Choice Soaps, Looking
Glasses, Desks, Work Boxes, &c.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07
A Story Of Bismarck Youth.

Apropos of Prince Bismarck birthday
anniversary, celebrated recently, plea
SAINT "reminiscences of his youthful days
may not be out of place. Forty-siX years
ago young Swedish nobleman was
studying at the Berlin University. One
day he received a letter from an unclei in
Sweden, whom he happened never to
have met in person. informing him that
his first cousin, daugher of the relative
in question, was about to pass through
Berlin on her way to the waters at Ems,
and requesting that he would take
charge Of her during her brief sojOurn in
the Prussian capital, show her all its
most interesting sights, and finally see
her safely started upon her further
journey. The young lady arrived at
Berlin in due course, and was waited
upon at her hotel by stalWart student
who announced himself as her cousin,
and escorted her, dnring the three fol-
lowing days, 10 museums, picture gal
leries, and SO forth, with indefatigable
courtesy. On she fourth day he atten-
dod her to the Post-Amt, whence she
was to depart 10y diligence for Ems,
and Us she was warmly thanking him
for all the attentions he had shown her,
requesting her permission, before taking
his leave, to make confession of his sins.
nluNt lio ioiSei, my uiii I''t9iit, hS
continued, conceal from you that, as Il
matter of fact, am not your cousin ut all.
A friend ofmine, however, has that
honor. He is undergoing his eXamina-
tiOns at college, and confidcd to me the
duty of carrying out NourparA'S wishes.
! NV name is Won Bismarck This
very lady visited Berlin last year, and
| took occasion to remind the Chancellor of
the above incident, reiterating the cX-
! preston OF her gratitude for his chival-
rous politeness Of nearly half Il century
ago. Interrupting her with a genial
smile, Prince Bismarck observed:
pardon me, madam, ii is who am
under obligations to you iii that matter.
Thanks to you I was at that time ena-
bled to visit the museum. had never
since had time to do so again!'-London
Telegraph.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07
CONDENSED TOPICS.

Who says that the age of romance and
almost miraculous escapes and advent
ure, is past? Listen to this little scrap of
news: Hodscha-A hmet, who had trans
lated the Bible into Turkish was senten-
ced to Imprisonment for life for having
circulated the book through the domi-
Mons of the Sultan. His prison was at
Scio, where the recent terrible earth
quake broke down the walls so that he
escaped, boarded an English ship that
lay in the harbor and is now in London.
There is IA project on hand now to
unite Spain and Portugal under one
government, and that, a republic. As
the two countries are now, their int1u-
ence and power in Europe is very slight,
while it is claimed that the two united
as republic and adjoining the power
full French democracy. that then they
could again claim a place of honor and
enlinence among European nations.
There is practically no such thing as a
fire proof building. Brick comes nearer
to being fire proof material than any
other substance. Iron is TeacherOus
and almost worthless in may place,
where it is commonly used. A good oak
pillar is far better as support in case OF
fire than iron. None of the building
stone generally in Use is of any value in
case of severe fire, granite is the worst
or the least reliable of all.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07
Leo. XII. at Home.

When one inquiries after the Pope among
the masses in Rome from the men one re-
ceives invariably the answer, Non G sympa-
tico. "He is not sympathetic" To which
the women add, trOpp0 brutto. "He is too
ugly They then draw a comparison be-
tween him and Plus IX. who was an ama-
BILE and well beloved master The present
Pope is certainly by no means prepossessing
in appearance, fact he seems to be well
aware. He makes up, however, for deficiency
of size by lofty and commanding demean-
or.
Should the question be asked in Rome
why Leo XIII. is not more popular, the an
swer will be that he has a tendency towards
over. government and arOitrariness, two pc
cularities which can only be burdensome in
so diminutive state as the Vatican.
OF Plus MIS- manner of living all Rome
was aware; but nothing is known in regard
to Leo's existence. The cause of this lies in
the fact that while the formers life was as
regular as clock work, the latter is guarded by
no rule whateYer and in short, has no partlc-
ular way of living. According t, fancy or
desire, he rises at the most varied hours of the
+ day, and often goes back to bed early in the
evening. At times he sits up and writes far
into the night. He has been known On these
occasions TO fall asleep over his work, SO that
in the morning his servants have found him
up in cramped condition. The Pope eats
alone twice day, his meals consisting Of
only two courses. After meals he takes
drive in the Vatican Garden, with two
guards prancing beside the carriage. He
usually steps from the vehicle when the tour
of the grounds is made and goes little on
foot At this point of the garden he has
caused stable 70 be built for the accommo..
dation of his horse and carriage, although the
stables of the Vatican are within stones
throw.
Leo's apartments are the sam" ~ those oc-
cupied by Plus; that is, two retrl .on rooms
furnished in crimson damask, a study and a
bedroom. In Plus time the study contained
but one stool for His Holiness, work table
and wooden bench upon which sat the Car.
dinals during audience. Leo has made sew
eral changes in this patrarchal arrangement.
First he exchanged the bench for ID number
of high padded stools, and when the Cardi-
nails seemed uncomfortable on them he or
dered arm chairs instead and a reclining chair
for himself, sitting upon which he now re-
ceves visitors. The bedroom, which had va
cant walls when Plus was alive, is now neatly
covered with yellow wsilk.-COl.iSche Zeitanq.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07
SCIENTIFIC.

The vapors of nitrous ether are recon-
mended by M. Peyrusson as disntectant
and antisepic. They haYe neither a disa-
greeable nor hurtful smell.
The detective camera is new photograph
ic feat. 1t enables photographs to be taken
in the street, or anywhere else, without the
person or persons Photographed being aware
of the fact, and is calculated to inspire a live
ly terror among that class of celebrities who
object to having their photographs taken.
A Leipsic journal gives method for hard
ening glass lamp chimneys so that they will
not crack. The chimneys are placed in
pot of cold water to which salt has been
added, the water boiling over fire, and then
allowed to cool slowly. The glass will after
ward resist any sudden changes of Uempera-
ture. The same process will make all crock
cry. stoneware, porcelain, etc, more durable.
A new process of tanning extensively
used in Germany. Bark is wholly dispensed
with and inorganic compounds take its place.
The new process requires from four to six
weeks for its completion, and the particular
feature is described to be the action of chron-
ic acid, for the generation of which num-
ber Of substances, soluble in water, are
brought together so as to effect the decom-
position of bichromate ofspotash.
A savant, NJ. Armengaud the younger of
Paris, has collateral invention to the photo
phone, which he proposes to call the ''teles-
troscope," by means of which, he says, we
shall be able to see objects situated upon any
part of the earth's surface at any distance
from the observer. His reasoning is based
upon the laws of reflection of images, and
the scientists to whom he has communicated
his conception are confident of its feasibility.
| NJ. Lefrance has called the attention in the
Journal de Phdr1nacie to wooden mattresses
as possible fertile nidus for disease. In
large citp such mattresses may represent mil
lions of feeces that have been only partly
cleared of grease, and have, moreover, been
effected by long use through successive gen.
erationsr. They are rarely efficiently
purified, and might become an active medium
for the propagation of infection.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07
Beaconsf1eld on Lincoln.

What follows is an extract from a eulosy
delivered by the late Premier in the House
of Commons: There are rare Instances
when the sympathy of a nation approaches
those tenderer feelings that, generally speak
ing, are supposed to be peculiar tt the ind-
vldual, and to form the happy privileges OF
private life, aud this is one. Under all cir
cuIustances we sI.. uid have bewailed the ca
tastrophe at Washington under all circum-
stances we Sh0ul~ have shuohered at the
means by which 1t was accomplished. But
in the character OF the victim, and even in
the accessories of his last moments, there is
something so homey and so innocent, that it
takes as it were the subject out of all the
pomp of history anr the ceremonial Of diplo-
macy, it touches the heart of nations, and ap-
peals to the domestic sentiment. Of mankind.
Sir, whatever the various and varying opin-
ions in this house and the country generally
on the policy Of the late president Of the
United States, on this,I think. all must agree
that in one of the severest trials which ever
tested the moral qualities m' the man. he full
filed his duty with simplicity and strength
Nor is it possible for the people Of England
at such moment 10 forget that be sprang
from the same falhrrland and spoke the same
mother tongue.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07
THE LONG JOURNEY.
Starting together After Short Sep
aration.


Detroit Post and Tribune.
When one of the trains to this city came in
at midnight, few nights ago, an old man
was found sleeping in one of the seats. The
conductor flashed his lantern in his face, the
brakeman stirred him up and one or two pas
sengers looked at him carelessly, but no per-
son seemed to belong to him. He was neat
and clean, but thin and wasted by old age or
privation. All sorts oflroubles were mapped
on his clean, withered face, but the main
thing just then was to get him aW axe and on
his feet aud out of the car.
C say, old man - yelled the conductor,
'gt out of this; do you hear? This is De-
troit. If you've got any friends they'll be
looking for you"
He opened his eyes so wide and suddenly
that the brakeman, the conductor and the Gu
rious passenger fell back on each other in a
heap, but only his lips moved.
Where's Oracle %
I" Who? ?" asked the conIuctor, recovering
his official voice.
"Little Grace-grandpa's little pet. l
brought her with me. Is she there?
"I guess he Is not wide awake yet," said
the curious passenger. Suppose you help
him to his feet"
Conductors are experts in helping people
to their feet, and this one was no exception
to the rule, He took the old man by the
coat collar and stood him up, but he sank
down the next moment limp and motionless.
Just then depot hand came IN.
" The baggage master wants to know what
you're goin to do with that deal box over
there. He don't want any of that kind left
over, and there amt no direction on it but
sGra- -cie'-"
"Thats herv' said the man, and he stood
up feebly. "Take me there. We're going a
long journey-Gracie and me; long, long
journey, but it don't seem as if knew the
way right clear"
They took him into the depot and laid him
on one of the benches and put his carpet-bae
under his head, but still he fretted for his
"leetle Gracie-his pet" and at last they con
soled HIM by telling him she was resting
was asleep, and must not be disturbed
"We've long journey to CO." he KEEP
get tired; it's long way 3; a long way"
The little box, with "Gracle" written upor
1T in lead pencil, was safe enough with the
other ''freighl," and the old man slept peace
fully at last. Some kind soul threw a ru.
over him near morning, and asked him wha
train he was waiting for, but all The answe
he made was feeble "Thankee; call me a
sunrise. We're going long Journey, Graci
and me-"
| He was called at sunrise by voice tha
none may refuse, and when food Of rOs,
| light shone into The dreary room lie was VI
and away--gonc on his long journey. Onl
| the worn-out body was there, and yesterda
| it was laid away with s.little Oracle" in TIL
strangers lot at Mount Elliott, unknown, ye
possibly in as 'sure hope Of gracious resul
rection" as if marked by thirty feet of monl
mental clay.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07
POliteness of the Heart.

II hope NJ. Legnuve writes, Il am as
much a ninetsenth century man as any =; but
/ don't repudiate all in the past. There were
both good and charming things in it, and /
would fain steal some of its graces to adorn
our modern life. France will not be quite
herself until she shall have allied the manner
of the old with the principles of the new."
And the outcome of true poIiteness ne notes
in the behavior of litCle boy: 'One day
when Ne was only five, his mother gave him
penny to carry to an old iniirm beggar
whom they met on the road. The child took
the coin, and as he dropped it into the out
stretched hand lie raised his cap.
Thanks to him, We can complete the thought
of Nauven, who argues and says, 'Po!itenesS
is like great thoughts it comes from the
heart.-St. James Gazette.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07
The Cost Of a Boy.

1t would be good idea for all boys, and
girls, too, to get some idea-in real figures
of what their parents do for them, The Rev.
p. B. Fisk gives lecture on the cost of a
boy. He computes that at the age of Is a
good boy, receiving the advantages of city
life, will cost, counting compound interest on
the amount invested, not less than 5000.
At 2l he will not cost any more unless he
goes to college, when he will cost nearly
twice as much. A bad boy costs about
$4,000 at 2l, providing he does not Cgo to
college. If he does go, he costs as much
more. Mr.. Fisk thinks that girls are nearly
as expensive AS boys. The computation,
however, comprises only the pecuniary cost
of raising boy. The value of the mothers
tears and The fathers gray hairs are beyond
the reach of figures to express. The money
side is by far the lesser of the two.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07
The Horse-POwer Of the World

It has been estimated that in 1879, on the
2O7, 900 miles of railroad, there were at work
l05, 900 locomotives, of an aggregate 10000
600 horse power, while the total number OF
engines amounted to 6,OOO,O0O horsepower.
Taking the nominal horsepower at an effect
I've force equal to that Of three horses, and
the work of horse as equal to that of seven
men, it will be seen that the steam engines
represent the force of nearly 1000 100000
men, which is more than double the amount
of workers on the face of the globe. The
steam engine which is fed by coal, has, there
ole. tripled the productive power of man.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07
Galveston Water System.

\ stranger from the East was having his
boots blackened a. the Pestotlice yesterday,
when an alarm of fire was turned in. As he
saw the Larned street steamer rush out he
inquired of the ''shiner'' at his feet:
"Bub, what sort of water system have you
got in this city?"
The boy spit on his brush, looked up aud
down the street, and finally observed:
"Well, as far as | know anything about it.,
they all take water after their gin!''
The reply seemed to be thoroughly satitac-
tory to the stranger'-Gdtreston Ne.cs.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07

Fashion remains stationary with regard TO
lace. 1t is n.ed in the greatest profusion for
dresses, outer garments, and lingerie. In
spite of the great popularity Of this article,
there is very little valuable new lace to be
seen, as working women find it more profita-
bile to devote their time to mending old lace
than to making the article new
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07

Judge Tourgee is reported by the Cleveland
Ledder as saying that his 'Fool's Errand" has
reached sale of 260, 900 or 270,0OO volumes.
Il came to write the Fools Errand' in this
way" he added: "One Sunday morning in
the summer of 1877 | arose early, saying to my
wife, Il am going to write book by the name
Of A Fools Errand' by one of the FOOLS |
went into my library and went to work, and
during that day | wrote three chapters Of the
book. laid it away and did not take it up
again until June, 1870, when the printing
began. One chapter wrote twenty times,
and tore it down out of type three times. Each
time threw my manuscript into the fire and
entirely re-wrote the chapter. | never could
patch up.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07

There was little tea-party in New
York last week that differed from the
little gatherings usually held underthat
name, in that, instead of discussing
their neighbors they discussed their tea.
The occasion was the trial of some tea
raised by Commissioner lie Due in
South Carolina, and the quality was Ino-
nounced so good that eighteen Thousand
plants are to be started in the south this
year.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07

The first robin is here. but he wishes he
were anywhere else in the wide world.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-07


Lord Lorne has $4,000 year and a fur
nished house as Governor General of Canada.
His wife has 10000 year from parliament,
and also had a dot of $l5000O, which may
be presumed to add $4,000 a year more to
their income, so that if the Duke of Argyll
adds $4,000 they have 100000, which for a
childless couple is comfortable. The econ
omy practiced at Rideau '.al is very strict
The Duke of Argyll began life poor for his
position, but economical habits, and the rise
in value of lands for many years, have made
him afluent. He has also received large
sum of public money as salary.
A suggestion to employ artificial lights for
the capture aud destruction of noxious inse cts
has found considerable favor. A medal was
awarded at the last exhibition of agriculture
and insectoogy in Paris for a lamp especially
adapted for catching insects. The electric
light has been found to be very effective in
sect-trap, and its eventual coming into use for
this purpose in hug-intected gardens and or
chards may be regarded as among the things
that areepossible.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-12

egT New Jersey produced last year
406, $50 bushels of cranberries, and got
good prices for them. The demand for
cranberries is increasing both at home
and abroad.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-12
$&5ssr ,e'IoonarID Sin'rs.
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.
Coal Ashes

Coal ashes are not as valuable for fer
tilzers as they are for other purposes
We know of no better absorbents than
coal ashes, and we are always surprised
to see large, unsightly piles of such ash
es lying around dwellings, when they
might be profltably used in the privy
vaults and for absorbing the sewage
from the house. There Is very little, If
any, free alkali in them, so that they
never liberate ammonia, but rather alb
sorb it, also absorbing other offensive
smells. Coal ashes could also be used to
advantage in the hog pen, but much of
their value depends upon the tempera-
ture at which they are burned. Ashes
from furnaces are frequently vitrihed
that Is, they are burned at such high
temperature that they are dissolved to
certain extent. When this is the case,
they make excellent garden walks
Their mechanical effects upon the soil
are excellent; they render-stiff, clayey
soils more porous, and, strange as 1t
may appear, they render sandy soils
more compact. We have frequently
spread them upon grass lands, and have
been satisfied of their beneficial effects
there; but have not yet determined
whether the benefits arose from their
mechanical effects in breaking the con-
tinuty of the sod, or from the small
amount of alllali they contained.-B
ton CultiUdtOr.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-12
Wonders of Broom Corn.

Broom corn is likely at no distant day
to revolutionize the breadstuf supply of
the world. A process has been discov-
cred by which the finest and most de-
licious flour can be made from the seed
to the extent of one half its weight, and
leave the other halfa valuable food for
making beef and milk. The average
yield per acre is three hundred bushels,
and in many instances five hundred
bushels, or thirty thousand pounds,
have been secured. Nor does it exhaust
the soil as Indian corn, from the fact
that it feeds from the deeper soil, and
assimilates its food from cruder state
1t belongs to the same genus as the
sweet cane, commonly known as sorg-
hum, which as an article of food is grow
ing rapidly in public esteem, and from
the seed of which a most nutritious
flour can be made.