Mapleton Item

              ®he JElopleton
VOL. 9.
MAPLETON DEPOT, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1897.
NO. 14
JENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Schepplh in Eftbot Mat 17, 1897.
Kew York.... 8.00
Philadelphia. 11.90
•Washington ...10.40
Baltimore 11.40
A.M
8.10
P.M.Night. A.M    A.M. A.M. P.M*
12.15
4.30
4.50
7.00
9.00
8.30il2.25
10.50
11.45
2.00
4.8S
Harrisburg.	
Rockville	
Marysville 3.84
Duncannon..... 3.88
Newport -3.59
Millerstown	
Thompsontown....
Port Eoyal 4.31
Mifflin 4.37
P'ly.
A. M.
8.00
8.12
8.17
8.35
9.05
9.15
9.86
9.44
D'ly
A.M
D'ly
A.M,
10.55|11.4!
11.07
11.10
11.84
11.44
11.53:
12.01
18.14
9.50112.18
Lewistown Jo.4.5810.1818.37
McVeytown. ...5.8010.3818.57
N. Hamilton.-.5.3811.00 1.12
Mount Union...5.4211.08  1.17
Mapleton 5.4911.13  1.22
Huntingdon. -6.08,11.32  1.37
Petersburg ......6.2111.47 1.50
Birmingham ...6.4812.13  2.14
Tyrone .'...6.5512.20 8.20
Bellwood 7.1812.41 8.37
Altoona. 7.40  1.00 2.55
Pittsburg 12.10   5.50  7.00!
PM.|p. II.IP. M.
Dly
PM.
5.00
5.13
5.18
5.34
6.08
6.11
6.21
6.38
6.43
7.07
7,30
7.50
7.66
8.02
8.80
 8.83
h 8.56
7.049.08
7.839.80
7.409.35
7.00|ll.30 2.00
P. M.|p. M.|P.M
12.57
1.13
8.06
|D'ly.
P.M.
8.50
4.15
4.35
5,07
5.27
6.08
6.21
8.45
3.15!
Harrisburg 10.20, Bockville 10.31,  Marysville 10,34, Duncannon 10.47, Newport 11.16,
. Millerstown 11.14, Mifflin 11.40, Lewistown
Junction 11.58, p. ni. Huntingdon 18.55, Ty-
rane 1:32,  Altoona 2.00, Pittsburg 5.30 a. m
"h" stops to let off passengers from points
past or south of Harrisburg.
•D'ly! Dly
^^ AM
Pittsburg	
Altoona i
Bellwood '
Tyrone » •	
Birmingham	
Petersburg 	
Huntingdon. ...5.30
Mapleton 5.44.
Mt. Union 5.50
jr. Hamilton ...5.55
MoVeytown....6.18
Lewiston J.0.—6.32
Mifflin ......6.51
Port Eoyal 6.56
Thompsontown7.12
Millerstown. ...7.81
Newport 7.30
Duncannon 7.87-
Marysville 8.14
Bockville 8.18
Harrisburg 8.30
A.M.
D'ly.
A. M.
    8.00
7.1511.40
7.8011.58
7.4812.03
7.53   g
8.17
8.30|l8.35
8.4
1.83
1.60
11.16
11.37
8.53
8.58
9.15
9.35
9.55
9.59
10.14
81110.82
10.32
10.54
11.07
11.12
11.85,
Pittsburg 3.30, Altoona 6.50, _„	
Hnntingdon 7.44, Harrisburg 10.00 A. m. daily.
A.M
3.10
IMy
IPX.
2.10
|2.25
!.43
!.48
|3.13
3.88
I3.4J
3.52
8.58
4.20
4.45
5.10
5.15
16.33
5.43
15.54
16.23
6.41
6.47
7.00
D'ly,
P. M.
1.00
6.0
6.80
6.3
6.48
7.06
7.20
7.35
7.41
7.46
8.04
8.26
8.47
9.07
9.16
9.86
9.60
10.04
10.08
10.80
D'ly.
|P. M.
4.30
9.05
9.19
9.83
[10,18
10.38
1.00
Tyrone 7.18,
P.M.
Baltimore	
Washington..
Phila 12.17
New York 2.43
p. m.Ip. m
18.80
1.25
12.17
2.33
•3.10
•4.10
•3.00
'5.53
IP. M
6.15
9.23
P.M.
►10.40
6.23   11.15
3.53
A.M.
4.30
4.30
7.337.83
Additional trains are ran as under :—
Leave Pittsburg 8.10 p. m. daily, Altoona
16.01 a. M., Huntingdon 18.58 A. m.; arrive
- Harrisburg 8.30 a. m.. Philadelphia 6,52 A. m.
Leave Pittsburg 7.30 A. m. daily, Altoona
11.05 A. M., Tyrone 11.30 a. m., Huntingdon
12.03 p. M.. Lewistown Junction 1.02 p. m.,
Newport 1.53 p. m.; arrive Harrisbnrg 2.40
p. ra.. Philadelphia 6.47 p. m., New York 8,83
' p.m., Baltimore6,00p.m.,Washington 7.15p.m.
Leave Altoona 10.50 p. ra. and arrive Huntingdon 11.55 p. m., stopping at all intermediate stations.
•Week-days only, "g" stops to let off passengers from Pittsburg only.
Connecting trains leave as follows:
At Lewistown Junotion.—-For Sunbury 7.80
A. M. and 3.16 P. M. week days.
For Milroy 6.35,10.20 a. m. and 3.10 p. x.
week days.
At Huntingdon—For Bedford and Cumberland 8.85 a. x. and 6.35 p. x. week days. Bedford only 8.00 A. X. Sundays.
At Tyrone—For Clearfield and Ourwens-
-villo 8.80 A. M., 3,15 and 7.20 P. x. week days.
For Bellefonte and Lock Haven 8.10 A. x.,
18.30 and 7.16 p. x. week days.
For Scotia 7.50 A.X. and 2.55 p.x. week days.
For further information apply to tioket
agents, or Thomas E. Watt, Passenger Agent,
Western Division, Corner. Fifth Avenue, aud
Smithfield Street, Pittsburg.
"3, B. HUTCHINSON, J. E. WOOD,
Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agt.
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!AST BROAD TOP RAILROAD.
Schedule in effect Npv. 16, 1896.
NOBTB.
STATIONS.
SOUTH.
O p>
O M
Mixed,
No. a
Mail,
No. 8.
Mail,
No. 2.
ta Eb
mst-i
. o
P.X.
a,m.|a.m
A.M.
p.m.p.m.
112
838 620
Bobertsdale
1139
6 39 308
184
8 501632
Cook's
1184
887 149
136
902
6 44
Cole's
1109
615 126
804
928
710
Saltillo
1039
5 35[12B7
812
936
717
Three Springs
10 30
628
12 50
984
9 48
789
"Beersville
1015
516
1838
839
1003
743
Rockhill
963
464
1813
255
1018
800
Shirley
938
439
1168
305
1026
808
*Augh. Mills
930
4 31
1150
886
1046
888
Mount Union
815
416
1130
p. m.
a. m.
a.m
a. m.
p. m-
a. m.
No. 9 leaves Bobertsdale 7.22, a. m., Cooks
7.34, Coles 7.46, Saltillo 8.14, Three Springs
-8.22, Beersville 8.34, arrives at Bockhill 9.49.
No. 7 leaves Robertsdale 6.03 p.m.. Cooks
5. 13, Coles 0.85, Saltillo 5.45, Three Spring
5.53, Beersville 6.05, arrives at Bookhill 6.20.
,■ No. 4 leaves Bockhill 6.30 a. m., Beersville
6.42, Three Springs 0.54, Saltillo 7.01, Coles
■7.36, Cooks 7.58. arrives at Kobei tsdale 6.10.
No. 10 leaves Bockhill 6.80 a. m„ Beersville
5.42, Three Springs 6.54, Saltillo 6.01, Coles
'6.44, Cooks 6.51, arrives at Bobertsdale 7.04.
gHAUK GAP BRANCH.
"WEST.
STATIONS.
EAST
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3
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M
MS
*-         to
CO
h. m.
a. m.
1 a. m.
p. m.
B00
956
L Bockhill A   9 00
5 05
it 63
9 48
*Blacklog      9 07
518
S45
9 40
"■Cedar Bock    915
690
5 41
9 36 *Locke Vall'y   919
684
535
9 30   *Shade Gap     9 25
j      Stair
630
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An trains ran dally except Sunday.
• Flag stations.     A. W. GEEEN WOOD,
\ Superinteudeut.
Sweetening the Home.
and not wealth, that
the sweetest piaoe on
It it love,
makes home
earth.
As no people have it so much in
their power to be disagreeable to eaoh
other as husband and wife, brother
and sister, and those generally who
live together in one house, they
shonld be on their guard against being to by forming the habit of continually doing small acts of kindness.
How muoh more we might make
of onr family life if every secret
thought of love blossomed into a
deed! It is a mistake to suppose that
relations necessarily love eaoh other.
No, love must be cultivated, and can
be inoreased by judicious culture, as
wild fruits may double their bearing
under the hand of a gardener; and
love oan dwindle and die out by neglect, as choioe flower seeds planted in
poor soil dwindle and grow single.
Cheerfulness, kindliness of manner,
and willingness to oblige—there are
details of oonduct whiob, "like the
small change in the intercourse of
life, are always in request."
Many a ohild goes astray, not because there is want'of prayer or virtue
at home, but simply because it lacks
sunshine. A ehild needs smiles as
much as flowers need sunbeams." If
home is the place where faces are sour
and words harsh, and fault-finding
is ever in the ascendant, ohildren
will spend as many hours as possible
elsewhere.
The best test of character lies in
the answer to the question, What are
we in onr homes ?   Some of us, alas!
are cold and indifferent there where
we should be all tenderness; we take
pains with our courtesy and geniality
abroad, but at home glide into the
habit Of letting geniality be taken
for granted instead of being granted.
By and by,  when the ohildren are
growiug up and growing away from
us, and we are growing old and would
like kind words and looks, we shall
wish for onr own sake and for theirs
that we had done differently.—E. I,
Hardy.
■ i «i» ii
How Snails Make Love.
A scientist has been patiently
watching the snails in one of the
large London gardens, and has discovered the reason by whioh they
show their affection for each other.
"The snail," says this scientist,
"curries its eyes in telescopio watch-
towers. Tbey are in the extreme tips
of its horns, and as soon as another
snail approaches these horns are
drawn in, and the little animal
awaits for his lady-love to get olose
by before surprising her.
"The emotional natures of snails, as
far as love and affection are concerned,
seem to be highly developed, and
they show plainly by their actions
when courting the tenderness they
feel for one another. If another
snail comes along they immeadiately
retire to the shelter of a dead leaf; or
hide behind a paling. I have noticed, too, a love-sick snail fetohing
dainty bits of green for his sweetheart
from different parts of the garden."
This scientist also deolares that
snails have a manner of putting their
heads together that is not unlike the
genreal mode of kissing.
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been without Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house,"
says A. H. Patter, with E. C. Atkins &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind., "and my wife
would as soon think of being without
flour as a bottle of this Remedy in the
summer season. We have used it with
all three of our children and it has never
failed to cure—not simply stop pain, but
cure absolutely. It is all right, and anyone who tries tt, will find it so." For
sale by J> G. Gillam.
The Down Grade.
Straight on at full speed, over the
level track out through a wide stretch
of moorland, rushes the mail-train
with its long chain of scintilating
lights flashing by in the darkness,
with a whispering roar of sound like
far-away thunder.
At his post ereot and watchful,
stands the engine-driver, eye and
hand steadily doing their dnty, a duty
on the fulfillment of whioh hangs the
safety of every passenger in the train.
On, on through the silent gloom,
flashes the fairy line of light at a rash
of highest speed.
But soon the engine-driver with
skilled, unfaltering hand, shuts off
the steam and lowers the brakes.
Gradually the rushing foroe of speed
slackens, and the train slows into a
steadier pace. The passengers think,
perhaps, that they are about to draw
up at some unexpeoted station, but
not so; it is that a down-grade has
been reached.
The engine-driver knew well that
if he did not slacken speed before he
found himself on its dangerous incline that he, and all these helpless
lives in his oharge, would be hurled
with awfully-increased force to almost certain destruction. The pace
safely kept on the level track would
be deadly danger on the down-grade.
Along the level lines of right, with
earnest, steady speed let ue go; but
when we come-as come we must so
often- to the "down-grrde" of temptation to wrong-doing, are we as wise,
as careful as the engine-driver t Do
we slacken speed, move slowly f Do
we reflect on the dangers of the
"down-grade" on which eternal life
hangs in the balance?
Once we leave the level line of truth
and honor and find ourselves on the
"down-grade," let us be quick to lower the brakes of shame, self-control,
self-denial-even to the cutting off onr
right hand-lest the train of our life
be hurled from the traok of right into
almost inevitable destruction.—The
Bouquet.
Beaten at His Own Game.
A touching story is going the
rounds to the effect that a country
merchant bought a table castor from
a dollar store in a city, took it home
with him, and after putting a tag on
it marked fourteen dollars, made a
present of it to a Methodist preacher,
whose ohuroh his family attended.
The reverend gentleman took the
package home, opened it and examined its oontents. The next day he
took the castor with the tag attached
back to the groceryman and said to
him: "1 am too poor in this world's
goods to afford to display so valuable
a castor on my table, and if you haye
no objections I would like to return,
it and take fourteen dollars worth of
groceries instead." The merchant
could do nothing but acquiesce.
—Mr. Isaac Horner, proprietor of the
Burton House, Barton, W. Va., and one
of the most widely known men in the
state was cured of rheumatism after
three years of suffering. He says: "I
have not sufficient command of language
to convey any idea of what I suffered,
my physicians told me that nothing
conld be done for me and my friends
were fully convinced that nothing bnt
death would relieve me of my suffering.
In June, 1894, Mr. Evans, then salesman for the Wheeling Drug Co., recommended Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
At thia time my foot and limb were
swollen more than twice there normal
alee and it seemed to me my leg would
burst, but soon after I began using the
Pain Balm the swelling began to decrease, the pain to leave, and now I consider that I am entirely oured. For sale
by }. G. Gillam.
When the Call Is Heard.
It is an important moment when
the oall to duty rings out, and it is a
grand thing to be able to answer
"Keady," when the oall is heard.
Tbe summons to new work is in
itself inspiring, and there is great
zest in entering an untried way, and
using a fresh opportunity. Although
the work be hard, one thinks of its
value and reward, and feels a certain
eagerness to go forward, under the
impulse of the clarion call.
But there is something tbat goes
before all this. It is the preparation
time. This is unusually an indefinite
season. It may be prolonged until
one grows impatient and half-doubtful if the chance will ever oome to
use the powers he longs to try.
But the soldier who has never
handled fire-arms until the signal of
alarm is sounded and the order given
to advance to the fight, will aim unsteadily, and may be himself his only
victim in the battle. The drill before hand is indispensable to the good
soldier.
So, while there is something impressive in the moment of the oall to
serve, there ia no less importance in
the preparation for service, and the
most ardent young hearts must be
consent to be cadets and take the
drill. It is a vital thing to learn how
to use the whole armor of God, to
wield the sword of the Spirit, and to
"endure hardness."
There may seem to be little glory
in the tiresome round and the waiting-time, but without the preparation, there can be neither gain nor
glory when the call is heard.— Julia
H. Johnston, w Young People's Week-
Jy- --
What Pat Thought He Heard.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Policemen Fat Geeting of Brighton
Park says he will never again try to
out down the body of a suioide who
has hanged himself.
The circumstances which caused
the officer to make this resolution
happened Monday, when he was
sent to investigate a suicide in the
Brighton Park district. The man
was still hanging from a rafter when
the officer arrived at the scene, and it
became his duty to cut him down.
Geeting's knife was sharper than
he thought, and before he expected it
the body fell. Geeting caught it and'
embraced it. At the same time the
arms of the corpse fell about his neck,
and it seemed as if tbe dead man
was trying to hug the officer. Pat
got such a fright as he had never
before had, and when he appeared in
the presence of hia wife he was ill
and said something terrible had happened.
"Sure and Oi tell ye it was something horrible," explained Pat yesterday morning. "Yez wouldn't believe it, but as sure as Oi'm a policeman of thia great oity the dead man
hugged me, and, throwing hia arms
about me neck, whispered in me ear
that I must go wid him."
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To Roll Aoross the Ocean.
There ia being built at the dock of
the Poison Iron Works Company
ateamboat builders,Toronto, a strange
looking craft, and the huge skeleton,
aa it stands high in the air, wonld
puzzle the most expert shipbuilder as
to what it was intended for. It ia
the invention ol F. A. Knapp, bar-.
rtster of Prescott, Ont., and if it
turns out to be successful, thia strange
looking craft will revolutionize lake
and ocean travel. It is said by the
inventor that it will make the trip
from New York to Liverpool in forty-
eight hours, without pitohing and
tumbling in a choppy sea, and without danger of seasickness and little
of shipwreck by striking hidden rocks
—a boat that can skim over shoals
that would wreok the smallest ocean
vessel, a boat without paddle wheels
and one in whioh, while a portion ia
constantly revolving with prodigious
rapidity, the passenger is quietly reclining on a level plane, never disturbed by the sudden lurch and never
irritated as on board ship by hia dinner or his wine falling suddenly into
his lap.
The craft ia made of quarter-inch
steel, stoutly ribbed, is 110 feet long
and 20 feet in diameter. There is
an outer and an inner oylinder, and
on the latter is a series of small stationary paddles. In the middle are
a number of diamond shaped ventilators for the escape of smoke, and on
eaoh end ia a rudder for steering pur*
poses. The craft looks exactly like
a great gas pipe many times magnified. It will be propelled by a 150 ■
horse power engine, and instead of
cutting through the water will roll
along the surface side wise. The inner oylinder will be fixed securely in
the axle and will either work by
means of ball bearings or will hang
pendant. This oylinder will remain
stationary, but the outer akin or cylinder will revolve with great speed.
Between the inner and outer oylinder
will be carried the cargo, and this
will whiz round as the vessel moves,
but the passengers will hardly feel
the strain as the great cy li ndrical mans
of steel moves round. Each end of
the boat will be open and as she draws
but a few feet of water the entrance
will be above the chance of shipping
waves.
in ■»♦«• 11   ■ "
Personally-Conducted Tours via Pennsylvania Railroad.
That the public have come to recognize tbe
fact that the best and most convenient method
of pleasure travel Is that presented by the
Pennsylvania Bailroad Company's personally-
conducted tours, is evidenced by the increasing popularity of these tours. Under this system the lowest rates are obtained, for both
transportation and hotel accommodation. An
experienced tourist agent and chaperon accompany each tour to look after the comfort
ofthe passenger.
The following tours have been arranged for
the season of 1897:—•
To the north (including Watkins Glen, Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, Montreal, Quebeo, Au Sable Chasm, Lakes Champlain and
George, Saratoga, and a daylight ride down
through tho Highlands of the Hudson), July
87 and August 17. Bate, $100 for the ronnd
trip from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington, covering all expenses of a
two weeks' trip.
To Yellowstone Park on a special train of
Pullman sleeping, compartment aud observation cars and dining car, allowing eight days
in ''Wonderland;-'' September 2. Bate, $336
from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington; $230 from Pittsburg.
To Niagara Falls, excursion tickets good to
return within ten days will be sold on July
22, August 5 and 19, September 4 and 18, at a
rate of $10 from Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington. Theso tickets include transportation only, and will permit of stop over,
within limit at Buffalo, Boehester and Watkins on the return trip.
Two ten-day tours to Gettysburg, Luray
Caverns, Natural Bridge,Virginia HotSpringa.
Bichmond and Washington, September 2S and
October 12. Bate, $U5 from New York, $03
from Philadelphia. '   ti-23-2t, '
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