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BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.

The MODEL FAST,
AN TG TIE HA 9T1 hN 45 fEE PE WEgF.
via Washington.
DOUBLE TRAcKi ,JANNEY CourLERi
Schedule to take effect Sunday, May q, 1882.
A. NJ. LEAVE WASHINGTON:
t2.s6-GnIcAeo,C INcINNATI ANDsT LOUIS FAST
ExrREss, Sleeping cars to Cincinnati ct.
s.oo-Baitimore, ElIicot city and Way Stations.
sas Iny
and Way. via Relay,
'sio-Point of Rocks and Way Stations:
EXPRESS. Parior cars 70 New York.
s.4o-sTAuNToN and VALLEY EXPRESS. Coon
Sscs iSf Misge'own and at Point OF Rocks
te.oo.Balii%ore: aya..syllIs and Laurel E.-
ton. Jesspps and Dorseys. On Sunday
n m stops a. al stations a.s s,on. =, Heat.
tio.4o-.PiTTss1RsH CHIcAeo CINCINNATI and
st. L0UIs EXPRESS Sleeping cars to DIN
cinnah and Chicago.
io-Baltimore, Eliicot City, Annapolis and Way
GatiOnH.
f1.e6--on sunday Only, for Baltimore and wsy.
ts.oo--BALrIMoRE. PHILADELpHIA and NEW
sso-Baitimore and Way Stations winchester,
Frederick. Hagerstown and Way. via Re-
%.so-BALT1MoRE. HyATTsvILLB AND LAUREL
ExPRGss. Frederick, via Relay. Stops NJ
AnUHfOllb JuHCllOu.
Observation-Disclosures. Annapolis and Way Staions.
t4.46-Pont of Rocks, Frederick, Hagerstown.
Winchester and Way Stations. ION Sunday
to Point of Rocks and Way Stations ony)
tb.4b-BALTIMoRE EXPRESS. (AIartinsburg an
Way. via Relay. Stops nt Hyattsville Rn
Laurel.l
o.o6-POint OF Rocks and Way Stations.
T.oo-Baltimore and Way Stations.
t9.iO-PITTsBuReH. CLEVELAND and DETR )If
EXPRESS. sleeping Cars to Pittsburgh.
e.1O-BALTIMoRE EXPRESS. ~
t9.5b-PHILADELPHIA. NEW York and BOSTON
EXPRESS. Sleeping cars to New York.
t1o1o-CHICAeo, CINCINNATI, and st. LOUIS
EXPRESS. Sleeping cars TO Cincinnati, 81.
Louis and Chicago
.So--Daltimore and Way Stations.
rDaily. tSunday only. Other trains daily ex.
Ali trains from washington stop at Relay Sta
ton.
For further Information apply at tho Baltimore
4 Ohio Ticket Offices, Washington Station, and 8la
and 1851 Pennn. avenue, cor OF 18th street, where
received IL any point In the city,.
WM CLEMENTS, Q. *. LORD,
BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE
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Relief from Pain.

2O6 SoUTH STREET,
HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept 81, 1851.
II. IL. WARMER X Co.; SlrS-Your safe KID
ncy and Liver euro gave mo immediate relief
IRON terrible pains In my kidneys.
II. BRENEMAN,
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THE EVENING CRITIC.
EsTA BLIsHED AUGUST, Isos.


The following special temperatures were re.
ported at Z o'clock this morning; EastpOrt
and quebec, go; Montreal, co.; Mt. washing.
ton, fso; Cleveland, Tfo; Alpena, TOo; Duluth
and st. Paul, 06o; Denver, Oh; San Francisco,
5Ge. Tho following maximum temperatures
were reported yesterday afternoon; Baltimore,
90; Philadelphia, 90; Albany, 00i Now YORK,
Boston and Portland, Me-, 03o; Washington,
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STEAMBOATS,.

S7EHMBUHTS.
ENOR RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND
THE SOUTH,
10 POTOMAC STEAMBOAT CoMPANYs
STEAMER KEYPORT,
from Seventh.street wharf at 0 a. m. and 3 p. M,
connecting at Quantico with fast trains south via
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad. Two hours and a.half by water
ALL THE POINTS OF INTEREST ON THE
RIVER SEEN BY DAYLIGHT.
Mount Vernon, Forts Foote and Washington,
United States Arsenal Alexandria and other
noted places.
this very attractive route, and u relief from the
monotony of an all-rnil ride.
ALL RAIL TICKETS GOOD VIA BOAT AND
VICE VERSA.
Information as to tickets, rates, etc. can be had
Mt Company's Offico, 7th.street wharf.
GEORGE MATTINGLY, Gen. Supt.
VIM p WEIGH, Agent. jyitf
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hastily climbed the stair, marked the
position of the landing and the door
Of the bridal chamber. l would have
died before I would have disrobed in
that holy chamber, where awaited me
trembling and beautiful girl, a
blushing maiden, "clothed about"
with her own beauty and modesty,
and her snowy robe de mutt. / would
make the usual preparations without,
blow out the light, and friendly night
would shield my shrinking modesty
and bashfulness and grateful darkness
at least mitigate the horror of the
situation. 1t was soon done. PREP
arations for retiring were few and
simple in their character in Hickman,
altogether consisting of disrobing,
and owing TO the scarcity of cloth in
those days were somewhere near the
Adamic state when he was prepared
to WOO sweet sleep. The dreadful
hour had come; l was ready. I blew
out the light, grasped the door mob
with deathly grippe and nervous
clutch; one moment aud it would be
over. One moment and it wasn't
over by d-n sight. / leaped
within, and there around glowing
hickory fire, with candles brightly
burning on the mantel and bureau,
was the blushing bride surrounded by
the six lovely bridesmaids.
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more pathetic as increased ligh! is
thrown upon the dark chapters which
record their wanderings and final
exhaustion and death. A letter dated
Yakutsk, June s, has just been pub
lished, which relates with painful mi
nuteness the many chances 70, life
which they narrowly missed 1t now
appears that had they landed thirty
miles further west they would have
fallen on village of Natives who re-
side north of Bullun all winter. He
passed within less than fourteen miles
of hut where twenty reindeer car
casses we're hanging for winter food,
but found no inhabitant in all the
vast, dreary expanse Of ice and snow
who could tell him of it
The simple chance of choosing a
shot gun instead of rifle when the
party disembarked and commenced
their long journey would, in all
probability, have saved the lives Of
the party, as De Longs journal says
ptarmigau were plenty, though deer
were scarce, but the rife was unfit for
bird-shooting. 1t also appears that a
party of Tongese natives saw their
tracks when only two days old, but
finding revolver left by De Long,
judged they either were smugglers or
robbers and we're afraid to follow
them. 1t was also apparent that De
Longs anxiety to preserve his pri-
vate records and scientific instruments
had very much impeded his progress,
as these things added at least the load
of one entire dog-sled to the burden
which the little party were required
to carry. De Long built bonfres
every nigh while wandering in the
Lena Delta, in the vain hope of ut
tracing any chances parties which
might be searching for them, but al
though these fires could have been
seen twenty-five Or thirty miles 10
that clear air they failed to attract any
attention.
These additional details will only
serve to intensity the universal sorrow
for the fate of such band of heroes
as these hardy explorers proved them
selves. And the reader will uncon-
sciously be reminded by this narrative
of narrow chances of Whittier's pathe-
tic coupIet:
Of all sad words of tongue or pen
The saddest ofthese, ut might have BEEN"
PHILADELPHIA Times.
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GALA TIMES AT CAPE MAY.

Beginning with the 18th inst. Cape
May put on holiday attire, and until
the close Of the season sojourners
there will be at no loss for amusement.
The famous Baltimore Regiment, the
"5th Maryland" with three hundred
men and band Of forty, encamped
on the 18th and will remain until the
18th, during which time there will be
balls in their honor, exhibition drills,
lawn concerts, parades, target exercis-
es, and all the features incidental to
camp life On the 29th and 3Oth the
Grand Musical Festival will take
place and it is promised by those in
charge that it will be the greatest event
of the kind ever held at a watering
place. M. Arbuckle, the famous cor
net virtuoso, and other distinguished
soloists, have already been engaged.
Simon Hassler, Carl Sentz, and j. F..
Zimmerman will lead an orchestra of
one hundred and twenty-five and a
chorus of three hundred voices. The
program will embrace numbers from
the most prominent composers of the
German, Italian, and French schools,
among those already decided on are
selections from "Stabat Mater" "The
Creation" "Faust," "Moses in
Egypt" "The Messiah" &c. There
will be ascensions in captive balloon,
one Of the largest ever constructed in
this country, for manufacturing and
conducting which the famous aero
nauts Prof. Charles E. and John
Wise have been engaged. By the
attachment Of strong cables and suit
able machinery, the balloon will be
held captive and permitted to rise to
the height Of one thousand feet, at
which altitude view of fifty miles in
every direction around Cape May is
obtained. These ascensions will of
course be for the public, Cape May
was never more popular than at pres
eat, and with its beach, which is the
finest in the world, Illuminated by
electric lights; its improved ocean
drives; beach railroads; excellent surf,
etc, stands number one among the
watering places of this country. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company have
arragned to give excursions covering
the Musical Festival from all stations
on its lines at less than half the usual
rate, the particulars of which may
now be had Of the ticket agents.
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AN uNLuckY CONGREGATION.

Every Sunday clergyman OF some
denomination goes to the Safe Prison
at Carson and treats the prisoners to
a sermon. Yesterday the reverend
gentleman who had been taking bis
turn at the theological wheel accost-
ed an intelligent looking convict
In the yard with: ~ never see you
at divine service ?"
"No," answered the prisoner Tin
for an unsuccessful stock transaction).
"No, my work out here in the yard
makes it impossible for nae to attend"
"Ah, sorry to hear it. We've just
had very pleasant time-services
and choir singing and everything pre-
cisely the same as in our church.
The only difference (this quizicalIy),
was in the congregation"
eyes," returned the convict calmly
"this congregation has been caught
His reverence gazes far afeld and
admires the beauties Of nature
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THE BLUE-BOTTLE FLY.

THE BLUE-BOTTLE FLY.
Buzzing and gay in the early dawn,
Fresh from nap on the parlor wall,
Out for flight over garden and lawn,
Fearing no trouble and dreading no fall,
Came fly
A lively, frolicksome, blue-bottle fly
And his feet
Were as neat
And his style
AS complete,
As his brain
Was replete
With the mischief that laughed in his eye
"What glorious fun I'll have to-day,
When the baby's asleep and the nurse
away;
When Rover lies by the kitchensdoor
Pll wake them both and make them
roar
Oh, what larks !"
Cried the rolicking, reckless, blue-botlle
awhat cry"
Said the fly,
"There will be
After me,
When I've done
With my fun ?"
And he wickedly winked his wee eyel
'Then Pll go and dance on grandpa's
head,
While he struggles to brush me away
And tickle his ear till he'll wish I was
dead
And over the table at dinner Pll play
Back and forth,
And feast on crumbs from freshly-baked
piel
And Ill sip
From the lip
Of each glass
That may pass
All sweet things p
Dinner brings p
Quoth this riotous blue-bottle fly,
But alas for the plans he had laid
And alas for the day Just begun
For this fly soon lit in the graceful shade
To escape the hot rays of the sun,
And to dream
Of the sights that should soon greet his
eyes,
When unseen,
From the green
OF limb
Above him,
On his head,
By thread
Fell spider,
Who coolly devoured that hlue-bottle fly.
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A RELIGIOUS PACK OF CARDS.

RELIGIOUS PACK OF CARDS.
A soldier by the name Of Richard
Lee was taken before the magistrates
Of Glasgow, for playing cards during
divine service. The account is thus
given
Sergeant commanded the soldiers
at the church, and when the parson
had read the prayers, he took the text.
Those who had Bible or Prayer
book took it out; but this soldier had
neither, but pulling out a pack of
cards, he spread them out before him.
He looked first at one and then at
another. The Sergeant saw him, and
said:
Orchard, put up the cards; this is
no place for them"
"Neser mind that" said Richard.
When the service was over the con-
stable took Richard prisoner and
brought him before the Mayor.
swell, what have you brought the
soldier here for?" said the MAJOR.
"For playing cards in church.
"Well, soldier, what have you to
say for yourself 2"
"Much, your honor, l hope"
every good; if not, I will punish
you more than ever man was pun
ished."
81 have been," replied the soldier,
"about six weeks ON the march. I
have no Bible or Prayer-book; l have
nothing but a pack of cards, and 1
hope to satisfy your worship of the
purity of my intentions"
Then spreading the cards before the
Mayor, he began with the ace.
"When I see this, it reminds me
that there is but one God.
"When | see the deuce, it reminds
me of the Father and Son.
"When / see the three it reminds
me of Father, Son and holy Ghost.
"When l see the four it reminds
me ofthe four evangelists that preached
Matthew, Marx, Luke and John.
"When l see the FIVE, it reminds
me Of the five wise virgins that trim
med their lamps There we're ten, but
five were foolish and were shut out.
"The six reminds me that 10 six
days the Lord made heaven and earth
"When | see the seven it reminds
me that on the seventh day God rested
from the great work he had made and
hallowed it.
"The eight spot, reminds me of the
eight righteous persons who were
saved when God destroyed the world,
viz: Noah and his wife, three sons
and their wives.
"The nine reminds me Of the nine
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lepers who were cleansed by our Saw
Jour. There was nine out of the ten
who never returned thanks.
"When l see the ten, / am remin-
ded of the Ten Commandments which
God handed down to Moses on tho
tables Of stone
"When I see the king, it reminds
me ofthe great King of heaven, which
is God Almighty.
"The queen reminds me Of the
Queen Of Sheba, who visited Solomon,
for she was as wise woman as he was
a man. She brought with her fifty
boys and fifty girls, all dressed in boys
apparel, for King Solomon to tell
which were boys and which were girls.
King Solomon sent for water and babe
them wash; the girls washed to the
elbows, and the boys to the wrists, and
he told by that"
"Well said the Mayor, "you have
given description of all the cards in
the pack except one."
"What is that 7"
"The knave," said the Mayor.
~ will give your honor descrip-
ton of that, too, if you will not be
angry"
~ will not" said the Mayor, elf
you do not call me knave."
"Well," said the soldier" "the
greatest knave l know Of is the con-
stable who brought me here"
The soldier continued, "when /
count the spots in pack of cards, !
find 365-as many as there are days
in the year.
"When / count the number of cards
in pack | find there are ffty-two-
the number of weeks in month
There are twelve picture cards in q
pack, representing the number Of
months in year; and when I count
the number of tricks l find thirteen,
the number of weeks in quarter.
$50 you see, your honor, pack Of
cards serves for Bible, Prayer-book
and an almanac"
1t is needless to add that the pris-
oner was discharged.
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A BASHFUL MAN.


The Sensation He produced in Bridal
Chamber.
Senator Sebastian of Arkansas was
native OF Hickman county, Tenn.
On one occasion member of Congress
was lamenting his bashfulness and
awkwardness. "Why," said the SEN
ator from Rackensac, ayou don't
know what bashfulness is. Let me
tell you a story, and when I get
through I viii stand the bob, if you
don't agree that you never knew any
thing about bashfulness and its bane-
full effects. | was the most bashful
boy west of the Alleghauies. /
would not look at a girl much less
speak to a nader; but for all that
fell desperately 10 love with sweet,
beautiful neighbor girl. 1t was 3
desirable match on both sides, and
the old folks saw the drift and fixed
it up. thought l should die just
thinking about it. l was a gawky,
akward country lout about nineteen
years old. She was an intelligent,
refined and fairly we'll educated girl
10 country and at time when the
girls had superior advantages, and
therefore, superior in culture to the
boys. l fixed the day as far as 1
could have put it off. l lay awake
in cold perspiration as the time drew
near, and shivered with agony as I
thought of the terrible ordeal.
The dreadful day came. 1 went
through with the program somehow
in dazed, confused, mechanical sort
of a way, like an automatop BOBBY
through supper where l could eat
nothing, and through such games as
"possum pie" "sister Phebe," and
all that sort of thing. The guests
one by one departed and my hair
began to stand on end. Beyond the
awful curtain of Isis lay the terrible
unknown. My blood grew cold and
boiled by turns. | felt like fleeing
to the woods, spending the night in
the barn, leaving for the West never
to return. I was deeply devoted
to Sallie. l loved her harder than a
mule can kick; but that dreadful
ordeal could not, dared not stand
it. Finally the last guest was gone,
the bride retired, the family gone to
bed, and | was left alone-horror of
horrors, alone with the old man.
"John," said he, "you can take that
candle, you will find your room just
over this. Good night John, and
may the Lord have mercy on your
soul" and with a mischeivous twinkle
in his fine gray eye, the old man left
the room. mentally said amen to
his "Heayen help you" and when l
heard him close distant door, / stag
gered to my feet and seizsd the farth-
ing dip with a nervous grip stood
for some minutes contemplating my
terrible fate, and the inevitable doom
about to overwhelm me. knew that
it could not be avoided, but yet !
hesitated to meet my fate like man
l stood SO long that three love-letters
had grown on the wick of the tallov
dip and winding sheet was decorat
ing the side Of the brass candlestick.
A happy thought struck me, ]
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THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.

Aims and Obi Gets of the Organization.
The alarming development and ag-
gression of aggregated wealth, which,
unless checked, will inevitably lead to
the pauperization and hopeless degra-
dation of the toiling masses, renders it
imperative, if we desire to enjoy the
blessings of life and liberty, that a
check should be placed upon its pow
er and unjust accumulation, and q
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hnn q week in your own town. Terms
Xhh and IS outfit free. Address Fl. HAL
puu LETT & Co., Portland, Maine.
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IN THE BLACK FOREST.

At Albruck l took train for Neu-
hansen Before that station Yves
reached the capricious weather had
changed All was once more blue
skies and sunshine, and at the
Schweizerhof one found rest, quiet
and civilization for the Sunday.
1t was no longer the Black Forest,
but a new country, new scenes. Be-
low the Schweizefhof at Neuhauscn
flowed the green waters Of the Rhine;
before it we're the grand falls of
Schtffhausen, wide mass Of seeth-
ing foam and rushing, tumbliug water.
Across the Rhine stretched the chain
of snowy Alps, and the canopy of
blue sky beyond was a fitting back
ground to this earthly paradise. Later
on, when night had fallen, the moon
threw silvery CLEAN upon the river,
lighting up the falls to the point of
enchantment Nothing could be
more lovely, more romantic than the
scene. Save for the rushing water
the whole surrounding neighborhood
was stepped in silence.
Sunday rose clear and brilliant,
one of the hottest days of that sum-
mer. From the windows of the hotel
one gazed upon fair Sabbath scene
of beauty and romance The slopes
leading from the hotel to the river
were half cultivated, half wild. The
hotel itself was excellent, one of its
chief points being the pretty girls
that waited in the dining-room in the
picturesque costumes Of the country.
They went through their duties with
quietress, certain grace not easily
accounted for. Later on the landlord
explained the mystery.
1t was an experiment he had now
tried for two seasons, with success
one could very well imagine. These
young women we're not ordinary SER
wants, and were not SO treated by
him. None of them were obliged to
go out to service; some Of them were
the daughters of physicians and men
in that rank Of life; father of one
Of them was a chief member of the
Senate.
They came for two or three months
in the year; came to see a little Of
life and to be initiated into the mys-
teries OF housekeeping. Thus when
they married they would not be quite
ignorant of these important matters.
They had their own sittlng-room, and
their sole duty was to wait in the
dining room. With their rich velvet
bodices, gay petticoats and silver
ornaments they looked wonderfully
picturesque. For their services they
received, at the end of the season, a
sum which served them as pocket
money. Not few were reluctant to
leave the gay scene for their quiet
country homes when the time came.
No doubt to many the comparison was
in favor of the hotel.
The landlord, on his side, could
have found no better plan for adorn-
ing his diniDg-room. Itwas the pic
ture that remained longest in the
mind after leaving Neuhausen. The
large, cool room, decorated with trop-
ical plants, its great open windows
looking on to the green, sparkling
waters of the Rhine; the rushing
wonderful Falls of SchafFhausen; the
picturesque Schloos Laufen above
them; the maidens who moved about
SO quietly in their costumes, waiting
upon you with SO gentle a manner
that they took all hearts captive.
THE STRUGGLE OF DE LONG.
The story Of the heroic De Long
! and his illfated fellow-explorers grow
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THE STRUGGLE OF DE LONG.
The story Of the heroic De Long
and his illfated fellow-explOrers grows
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Over 500, 900. 90

OVer-- SlUU,UUU.UU
Paid in Burlidgton County-not dis.
puted loss or claim
Devoting my entire time to the
study and practice of insurance, to-
gether with the experience and OBJ
servatiOn of the past fifteen years, and
the earnest purpose to do ONLY
SAFE BUSINESS, warrants me in invft-
ing public attention to this Office.
call or postal will receive prompt at
tention anywhere in the county with.
out extra expense.
Calendars and Blotters at your service.
Very Respectfully,
CHARLES M. SLOAN,
MANAGER.
Principal Office in Arcade Building, Mount
Holly, NJ
Office in Burlington with II. Moffett, Esq.
MOUNT HOLLY.
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lucas RBkDY-MIXED PAINT |

After % years experience in the business,
pronounce Lucas Paint superior to any have
ever used 1t is scientifically combined, so
that 1t will not chalk, crack or peal off. This
paint is acknowledged to be unequalled. I
guarantee all work done with it to give salts
faction. r. L. NIXON.
May 81. 1880.