It Mtrht Hue BM. Ah, res, the*® word*. "It might hsrs been," Are the saddest of ell—if the fruit of ein. If the pride of life, or worldly night. Here turned on aside from the peth of right. Aid onr steps we leern, in after year* We c tricot retrace, though we seek wi h tear* , Ah, Tr* thoee won!*. "It might here been." Mey be the aardcst of ell word* then , Bat, * the en gel duty hee led. We heve heed eloue, or here loved end tel. Though etorn end cloade mey come t >-dey. And rough end etormy be the wey. If whiepering in the derkeet hour Oome with the etorm from BOOM eweet bower, A tempter * voice now eeeme to eey ' Tou might here reeted here to-day.** Bheli we regret the wey we're oome t The etorm thet bring* ne nearer home That home where en endleee crown is cure. Where the King eheil lea.l to fedeleee lower*. Shall any thought of " Whet might here been " Here power to sadden a moment then ? tt'eWr H. ,/oAwson. Hone Before. OaVr a little bnd. that faded ere it bloomed ; A little muibeam, quenched in cloud* too BOOH ; A bird, whoee morning chirrup cheered Ui heart. A summer day, darkened before the noon I Only a little grave '■ Ah, atnall indeed. But planted with a precious earthly eej - I nee,!* must look beyond this lowly field To where the harvest will requite my need Ob ! lone and sore the aching mother heart I Surely, avert infant tore, thou longest *Utl To rest thee on my breast when v uing f*lW. To turn for guidance to my foeter.ng will. Ah, mo! with thee there i* no nee lof rest; No evening round* the hour* of thy day , Thou needeet uo guidance from my will ka hsst. No earthly longing can thy spirit sway. (Had summer day. 1 blea* thy endlee* light' Oh, bird, whoee chirrup swell* to heavenly •ong! Warm sunbeam, ask to shin* on grief* dark night To bloom, thou flower, my lonely path along So dreary are the fairest days below. That they who early die are highest bice;; No false lore stale the hearts that qaiekiy Fom tu by hood to full ssrect life professed. And yet. I fain must make the heart's wild moan ; How can I live how bear my grief -o sore ? Where we were two; how learn to treed alone? How see the light and see thy face no more Not with thee, but long after may I come ! I am so lonely that I fain would die ! Tart, Utile sweet, wuh thy tones call me home . Ftiir, guiding spirit, lead me safe on high. JANE'S LONG DAY. Above the plain fronting the glen Long the tranquil autumn moon. The sir was tilled with a silver base that tl sited like a curtain at the remoter litu its of the plain. The pines and beeches of the £len stood mute, their voices hashed in heavy moisture. Far down the plain a jagged blur o. light she weal where the city slept, and from either edge of this jagged blur of light the river stretched like a silver belt with the city for a golden clasp. in the glen no sound stirred the si lence, save when a dewdrop fell from a spray or bough and ahnddered through the sleeping leaves to the ground. The shadows of the trees tilled the place with utn xplorable darkness. Half way down the glen a black parapet, reaching from side to side, cut the fleecy air. A furlong further up than the bridge, and high above the shadow it cast, stout! a large white c >ttage fronting the moon From the lower levels of the glen it loeked like a cloud which had wan dens 1 from the skj and floated down the glen until it rested on the ledge. The silence of the place at length was broken, and footsteps approached by tin path along the dry bed of the torrent nan the shadow of the parapet two flg nr.'s emerged slowly. As they drew near the cottage they lupked black ag linst the light; but where the arm ot tho woman bent level with the moon through the arm of the man, the sleevt showed a sparkle of white fringe to tin moon. The bead of the man inclined so as almost to meet her*. Now and thei be raised her hand aud touched it with his lipa. They advanced until they were clow to the garden wall of the cottage. It the pulseless stillness of the hour thei: voices floated wide and seemed t> riot he the glen with mystic life. Th listening spirits of the verdurous arcade? echoed th* tr words in fine, faint tone*. "The tone won't l>e long coming ronnd, daring." He pat his arm about her and brushed the hair back from her face. "Xo, Luke." " And. Jane, when the day does come you won't be soiry, will yon I" He preened her closer and drew hei he id down upon his shoulder. " You won't be Forry, J.me," he re peated, " when the dy comes and 1 rain- the veil and kiss my wife I" , She did not speak, but a long tremn lons sigh floated into thu night He continued to " And when you are my wife I will not only do ail I can to mak- you happy while I am with yon, but work bar i ti> assure your future when I am gone ; for. Jane. I am ten years older than yon. and men are shorter lived than women, and I shall die long before my dar ling"— " Hush ! Stop, Luke ! What do yon meau ? Why do yon talk of dying ?" " There! I will not again." " But, Luke—my Lnke, you an stro g. Why do yon put such Lvonght into my head f It ha< always seemeo to me as if you could never die." She clung to him and held him wildly, look ing with distracted eyes into his face, as if she feared evU approaching from be hind those mute, watchful treca. "Don't be uneasy, Jsne. Never fear I shall live as long as ever I can for you. Why, it seems to me as though I shall live forever if lam to have you. I was a fool to talk as I did. The moonlight made me melancholy; it always does. Sweetheart, do yon not feel my arms round you f What harm could come while we are thus? and as for the future " " But you will go away now." "And in one short month you will come awav with me." " Oh, £,nke!" " What ? ' " I dare not say it, and yet I cannot keep it to myself." " Tell me. Trnft me." " A month seems so long. I know it can't be sooner—but a month. You will come to-morrow evening, won't yon ?" '' Yea; and every evening." " I must go now. Yon will be here to-morrow evening, surely f" "Surely." " Good-night." " Good-night." "T>-morrow evening." " To-morrow evening." With n cry that was half a moaD, she ran swiftly to the cottage, and he strode fiercely down, breasting the moonlight and baring his shallow into a thousand fautistic shapes among the tangled weeds and shrubs. When ah> reached her room ahe knew she coald not sleep. She drew back the curtain of her window and let in the moonlight. The moon was setting. It wanfed about an hour of midnight. The gle l was silent, and, save when the clocks of the city struck, no sound reached her. She could not dismiss hiH wools. They made a tumnlt in her brain. Do what she might, they came trooping in upon her ears, like unbidden gmv-tH. Over and over again sha tried to la nidi them. Slje sought to stimulate her imiginalion pleasantly about the future. She f trove to think of her new home and of the love between her and Lnke daily deepening into a calm, un broken, full-toned peace. All ia vain. Tnrn where she would, the vista ended at a tomb. At length, in 'despair, she clo-ted the curtains on the setting moon, and, with a plea for delivery from her fears, went to bed. At two o'clock the moon set. A light wind rwae and blew the vapors from the FHKD. KFRTZ, Kditor and Proprietor. VOLUME IX. plain end fauuod tlio stars into trern Ming Renin. Soft mnsic wandered through tin* trees. Still she oonld not sleep. AM she ley \ the etriking of the distent chvks oentn to her on the wind. Tliree o'clock drew neer. The murmuring of the leave* end fettgne Iregan to dull her heertug. She wen growing drowsy et last. " i shall l>e asleep M>th log could save that liuildi. g. All effort were directed to arresting the spread of the element But, aided by the win 1 it soon estendi-d its lines until one whoh side of the street was blizing. Luke had been among the earliest volunteers. The brigade was entirely insufficient to deal with so colossal an enemy. Therefore the rank and file o r the briga le became captains of amatem bands. When ruin had reached the end of the street people thought it would travel no farther. The flames were not long enough to biidge the roa Iway. A barrel of varnish, saved froia the carriage manufactory, had, with other salvage, been thrust into an archway under a boose on side. Suddenly, when lUI had la-gun to hope the worst wa part, came a dull explosion from the archway, and a roaring mass of flam*- broke out of it into the street and up the front of the house, like an inverted cataract. A wild cry of t-rror hurst from the people as they dah-d back in dismav. " My daughter !" shouted an old gray bearded man, breaking from the general mass of the crowd and standing iu front of the doomed boase. "Any one in there >" demanded n fireman, standing by. " Yes; my daughter ! My daughb r Jane! H-lp, for Ib-aven's take! Look ! She i* at the window." All eves were turned upward, and a! a wind >T of a top floor the figure of : young girl enuld be seen through th smoke arid glow. "Break in the door!" shouted the fireman, seizing a pole that lay near by. She mnrt be saved through the door. The esc- p. ■ would be burned before it oonld touch the wall." In an instant the door flew open. But the insidious flaming liquid had found its wav into the hall, and a pool o, fire barred the way. Through the waving ban tiers of flame the staircase could be seen. Already the balustrade had begun to writhe and twfct. "The roof !" roared the fireman. " The roof ia the only hope. To the roof !" He fi sticnlated wildly at the girl, but she stood still a* one frozen. "Will no one save my daughter? My little Jane I" wailed the old man. " It would l>e certain d-ath to try the ball. Here, jioiieeman, let no one go this way." Two polioemen placed themselves in front of the door. Then, crying "The roof! the roof I" the fireman burst in the door of an adjoining house and dis appeared, followed by a dozen volun teers. "Itis no use. There is no trap door. My daughter f My darling Utile Jane, good bye f" The old man waved his hand, lient his head, and broke into sobs. "Room!" shouted a voice from the heart of the crowd. " Room ! Way there!" The people receded from a point as if there had been an npheaval of the earth, and a tell, powerfully built man pushed to the front. He ran past where the old man stood, saying : " I'll save your daughter—or perish." The police at the door drew cloee to gether to bar the eutranoe. " Stand hack!" cried the man. " Back 1" he shouted,ia an excited voice. " Back !" and, withont giving time for farther oombin&tion against him, be Hprung forward, and, clasping his hands before him so as to form his arms into a wedge, rushed with all his weight be tween the two poUoemen, drove them heavily aside, and disappeared in tho flames. A faint wail passed through the crowd, followed by a deep silence, and for a moment the vast gathering seemed not to breathe. Then, aa though a tempest of wind prayed, a great cry went np and THE CENTRE REPORTER. shook the poll of smoke end me.ln the flying urnhere tremble. Behind the girl et the window stood the men. Hut up to this site hed shown bright against e derk background. Now Iter figure end that of Ute men showed derk sgeiust redl For the glare of the Are hed reached the lending end wes flood tug Ute space behind. I'he men did uot remain e second in active. lie commenced knotting long strum of shwitiug end counterpane to getiier. Agent e shout went up from the multitude, end then tou thousand voices were still, as though sj.>oh hed never beeu known. All eyes were watching him and mlculating the issue of the race between htm and the flames. At that time the white figure of a woman came hastily along a distant edge of the crowd and approached the burn ing house. The woman was young, scarcely more than twenty. Her long light hair followed her mistily, half borne by the air, and quickened into vivid gold by the ruddy rays. Ere she reached the burning house the rope was complete. The man had tied it uuder the arms of the girl and was leaning out of the window counting the risk. Already the fury of the flam ing fluid was exhausted. There came but fitful flickers, still enough to destroy his rope. Now and then liis eyes ex plored the risim. Flames had by this time crossed the threshold, l'eople tie low could see them shoot raund the ceiliug. For a moment the man left his post, and was seen drawing some heavy piece of furniture towards the window. With the subhme patterns of capable heroism he waited and waited, counting the chances. Volumes of smoke burst through the sash, and the glass fell with a sharp metallic clatter to the ground beneath. "My daughter ! My Jane !" cried the old man, in an agony of hope and fear. The man above bent over the sill and, making a trumjret of hia hands, cried out: "In a moment von shall have her safe. Courage!" The woman in white looked up. " Luke!" she screamed. He passed his hand across his eyes and thou gazed into the street. Once more he spoke: " Jane, stand back. The flr is hot. Stand back. If the floor falls the walls mar, too." 'flien, cadiug one more glance into the rroai and one uiore at the windows, through wliich the flames shot now but s Uoin, he lowered the form of the girl from the sill and |aid ont sloaly. When all the rope was goue she still hung several feet from the ground. Un tiring into the room he undid the rope, lie advanced gradually to the window. Still the ro|ie was some feet short. Stn ug ineu SUSH! below with out stretched erms to receive the girl. With out warning she fell into their arms. The rope fell with her ! All looked up. In hi* hand* were a few feet of the rope. Despair hail taken posaaasioti of his face. A blade of flame bad shot out of the window Iwlow and cut off his only menus of reaching the ground. Auotherrope! Make another rope ' IJmck !" shouted a man of the brigade. The man al>ove paused a moment ir resolute. Then he moved back into the r >om, and those who stood far off in the crowd saw him tearing up s .mething. All at once he shot downward from their view. A migh'y crash followed; a flight of glittering splin'er-i swept into the air and hung in a pall of dusky rod over the four bare walla. With a cry that was half a groan, half a yell, the (toople swyed hither and thither; and then, as if bv s.jat uuivcr sal impulse, they bowed tJi.-ir Heads and Stoo l t t .11. Tlie glen is famous for its black her ries, and often in the holidays children go tip there with basket* on their arms. They all know Jane, who wanders up and i*e-vi| by herself. She does not sjeak unless she is addressed, but then she answers very civilly and 111 a sweat low voice that makes the eyes of the children open wile. Once a saucy bov asked her if she did uot feel lonelv all by herself in the glen. But she said: " Yes, d-ar. A little lonely now. But evening will soon come, and Luke will then le here, no promised. If you meet Luke, dear, as you go home, toll him you saw me, and ask him to come early. Say mother died, but lam wait ing still. The reason I want him to come early is because be frightened me last night with his foolih talk. I)o you bear all the holla of the city ringing! But it's not for our marriage, dear. We're nut to lie married for a month. The bells are ringing all day. It's some one's marriage. The bells are so loud I can't hear the birds sing. Iftit in the evening, when Lnke comes, it will be ouiet, and no lie Us will ring, ami it will be dark. Oh ! I wish it was evening ! It's a long day—a long day—a long day." And then she raised the rnddy boy in her arms and kissed him, and went away. As soon a* the boy got home he told his mother. She took him up and kissed him and wept, he knew not why. When he was in bed she came and Bat by his side, and lieut over him until he was asleep. " She looked," the boy said afterwards, "as if she was saying prayers for Jane with her eyes. Does It Pay to be Boss ! A young contractor in one of the large Springfield manufactories, in company with his wife, a sad looking little woman in threadbare clothing, entered one of the town meat markets one recent Saturday evening, and, after gazing around for a moment, the man ordered a soup bone for Sunday. While it was being wrapped up, a >prnce look ing young man, with a rnfuwive gold watch chain, attired in suit cut in the latest fashion and W> overcoat, entered, and pompously ordered four pounds of sirloin steak at twenty-five cents per pound. The little woman looked wist fully at the tender, juicy steak as it was l>eing out off, and then at the hone which was to furnish her dinner the next day, and, turning to her husband, saiif: "George, why can't wo have as good meat a* that man ; he works under yon at the shop t" "I know it, Jenny,' re plied the contractor, drawing himself np to his full height, " but he's only a poor l>euch workman and I'm boas, and it's worth something to Ihjhs, you know." "Y-e-s,"aaid the wife with a sigh, which said plainly that ahe would much rather be a poor workman's wife and eat airlion steak than the wife of n " boas" and live on eoup. The Wicked Slory Teller. There was a wicked story teller who went to a doctor and sail; "I'm a wicked story teller, and though I'm a good and pnro young man in every other rtt|>e>>! by emotions awakened by the lust uttered discourse, aud eyre* bright >. it • 1 >viug ex|>ectatiim. He shiver* .1 on the ourlmtoue, where for au hour he liad waited impatiently with a burning heart fairly |>alpiUtiug in his throat, and frozen finger* in hia j.iokoU. They linked arum ami started for the reaidenoe of her juireut*- After a few momenta' he. it.it tug nileuoe he .aid: " Jane, we have known each oilier long. You must know ju.t how 1 feel. You muat liave neen that dear down at the bottom—Ob, Muat, !" He had slipped down on the ioe with ao much force tliat hie spine was driven up into hta hat, and hia hat waa tip|e*l over hia noeo, but ahe was a tender hearted girl. She did uot laugh, but alio carefully lifted him to hia feet, and said: "Yon were Having, John, when you alipped that the foundation—Oh, good ueaa!" She slipped herself tin. time, and ,iw little atar. oome down to hiu< before her eyea, but he pulled her Up iu hast* au>l went on. "Yea, just as 1 Kind, clean down at the bottom of my heart is a fervent love, on which 1 build my hopes. That love has heli>od me stand face—Thutnler!" lie wan down again, but no ram hied up latfore ahe could stoop to helphhut,i ut, and site said, breathlewalv: "Yea, yea, John. Yon remember, yon juat maid a love which helped you atatid and faoe thunder. And that you fouud ed your hopes on—Thia inuky ioe 1" There ahe sat. John gratqied the loose part of her sack, between the shoulder., with one hand, and nosed her to her feet, as one would lift a kitten from a pail of water by lbs back of the nock. Then he said with increased earn notnmoa: "Of course, darling, and 1 have long ed for au opportunity to tell my love and to hear those sweet lips whisper— Whoop!" Somehow John's feet badalipiwn! from mnler hiui. and he had oorne down like a capital V with his head and feet point ing skyward. She twined her tifver fin gers in his curhng looks and raised htm to the stature of a man, set his hat Htm lj over his eyes with IsHh hands, and cried in breath.ess hade: " I understand, and let mo assure you, Johu, that if it is in my power to lighten your cares and make brighter your journey through life to—Jerusa lem !" John atnod alone, and said, with brasthli'u vehemence: "Oh, my precious! and thu shall it bo my lifeloug pleasure to lift you from the rude assaults of earth and surround ▼on with tho loving atmoepln re of Trias I" And there they both sat together. They had nearly reached the gate, and, hand to hand, and with hearts overflow ing with the bliss of young love's first oonf'ssaion, they crept along on their knees up the front steps, and were soon forgetful of their bumps on the softest cushion of the jsudor sofa. The Quaker's Hat. The first occasion ou which the Quak er's hat came publicly and officially into trouble was at the Lsiunceaton aswxea, in Loudon, in the veer l&ifi, before no less a person than Chi 'f Justio tllyun, " When wa were brought into the court," says Foi, "we stood a pretty while wiih our hats on, aud all was quiet, and 1 was moTi .t to say : • Peace lie amongst you!' "Why do y< u not put your hats off*' said the judge to us. We said nothing. 'Put off your hats,' said the judge, again. Htiil we said nothing. Then said the judge : ' The court command* you to put off your bat-. " George Fox, withamaring sim plicity, asked for some S riptural in stance of any magistrate c* uimauding pi isouers to put off their lists. He ueit asked.U> IM< shown, "either priutod or written, any law of |->g and that did command such a thing." Then the judge grew very angry, and said: "1 d > not carr; my law bocks on my back." "Hut." said Fox, "tell me where it it printed in any statute book, that I may read it." The chief justice cried out: " lhvvarieator!" and ordered the Quakers to 1> taken away. When tliey wen* brought Iwfore hiui sgam the chief justice asked Foi wbetb er hats W'-re mentioned at all in tin' Bible? " Yes." said the Quaker, "in the third of Daniel, whore Hum mayst read that the three children were cast into the fiery furnace by Nebuclin ln-r.- zar's command with their fonts, their hose and their hats on !" Here was a proof that even a heathen king allowed men to wear lints in his presence. " This plain instance stopped him," says Fox, "so he cried again : ' Take them sway, gaoler;' aooordingly we were taken away ami thrust in among the thieves, where wo were kept a great while." After nine weeks' imprisonment " for nothing but alxrat their lints," as the chief justice told them, tliey were again brought before him, grimly weariug the offending headgear. ""fake off their hats," said the judge to the gaoler. " Which he did," says Fox, " and gave them unto us; and we put them on again. Then the judge liegiui to make a great speech, how he represented the lord protector's person, and that lie hod made him lord chief jnstice of England." The Quakers were iuoorrigible. They were sent hack to prison, but not really so much for the wearing of their hats as for tho suspicion that they wer roy alist emissaries affecting religious sin gnlarity in order to win their way among the extreme Puritans. An Incendiary Machine. An insurance company lately nnearth ed (he latest inoenuinry device in con nection with an $1,8<)0 bun loss in Hchoharie county, New York. It in to be hoped that the machine will form a part of the underwriters' Centennial exhibit. The apparatna consists of a txmrd covered with sandpa|>cr that fooen another laud filled with matchce, HO that the nnlphur of the matchca can rub against the sand. Thoae were net against a hay mow, and with the match filled board attached to a ten foot lever with it* txatring in the middle. At the end of the lever ia a tin milk pail, and act a' n the ]>ail wan an ordinary fun nel supplying the bottom 'to a bushel box filled with fine sand. Thin Hand wan allowed to run into the pan; and when the preanure wan nnfllcient to move the lever, a string unlooaed the f.inuel, and the balance of the mind, drooping auddenly into tho pan, moved the lever, and HO the board ignited the matchca, thus tiring the barn. A l>elated traveler paaHing discovered the thing in workiug order, ruHhed in, and aaved it, and pre sented it to the innnrance adjuster on an evidence of the ingenuity of man. SENHATIOVAI*. The Han Francisco style of advertising is rather sensational. Here is a late specimen from one of the journals of that city: " Away from tho land of her birth uud loved of her youth she met the relentless conqueror, lamed her lovely head to his stroke. Other hands smoothed the long, brown tresses; other Augers closed tho bine eyee, and folded the gentle hands upon the peace ful, sinless bosom." *' Pure pork sau sages—six pounds for fl, at William A Cook's, under Exchange, THE PRIZE Hl>'(. A llrl.taril l*rle flaklvr Tell* Xemtlklaa Ak.ul It, Just think how cruel and beastlike a thing it 1a to lx< a profossional tighter, says Howell Gardner, once in the buai uess, now out of it. Suppose hero are mywlf and auother mau, both in the busiurss, and ho ia thn liest friend 1 have in the world. Wo lore each other like brother*. Well, aomo night a mail says to another uiaa: "I'll bet SI,OOO llowtdl Gardner can whij> ao and ao," my frioiul, mind yon. " I don't bclim lie can," says the other. " Dollars talks," eaya the first man, and, to make a long atory abort, they make tip a match or ua to tight, we not knowing anything nUmt it, nud having no reasou for fight ing. The next moruing we are tola of it, and put in training, and all the while we are in training we meet every week, like euongh, and hare a talk over it— frieuda atill, mind you—mid we each aeek to get ourselves in the liest jkmuu -I'le condition, for whatf Why, each to l>eat the life out, or nearly out, of the land and ileareat friend he han got. Gardner goon on to say: When men come to enter the ring they liud rulea for everything there, and all the forma of etiquette already provided. Each man oomea forward, we'll aay, in perfect condition, clean aa a whiatle, in the higheat health, with an eye like a hawk, juat aa pretty aa if he waa fresh out of a bandbox. There are two ringa, an in ner ami an outer one, made if ro|iea. Oulaide the latter are the spectators. The referee's and timekeeper's places are between the ropes. One man comee up and tbruwa his cap over into the ring, aa his challenge like, aud follows it himself. Then the other throws in hia cap—an acceptance of the challenge— and follows it, amid the shouts and cheers of the multitude—for by that time, let me tell you, everylaxly arouud ia pretty full of cxeitemeut. Yhe four aeeouda uext euter tin- ring, twoforeuch ' man. Geuerally each man's trainer ia liia head aecoud. When "time" i* called the men abont to light walk for ward to the center of the ring and shake hands. The two head seconds also step forward, and, crossing their bauds over those of their principals, go through the same friendly form. Then all step I back to corners, choice for which has been decided by a toss; each head sec ond ki.et-la on one knee and takes his man on the other, and there he a.ta until "tune" ia called. A timekeeper, a referee, and a doctor are chosen by mu tual consent. Suddenly "time" called, and each tighter, leaving his second'* liuev, advances to the center of the ring and puts hia liauda up. If they only aouldn't hurt each other, the prettiest sigh! a mac ever saw, of any kind of machinery, is to acc two men, well trained and stripped for battle— each with eyes liko a hawk's, looking aa if their keen, concentrated gaze would pierce through his antagonist; each with finely developed muscles and akin like satin—sparring for an opening. Great caution is exercised here, for often there ia a gr at deal of money bet on first blood, as on first knock down and first fall; and the least incautious look or movement, and you are gone. That is why the opening is always ao alow and the men stand ao long, moving their arms with the precision and grace of N auliful machines, but alter first blood, ami tlrt knock down, aud first fail are decided, thru th- battle, the quick, des perate. merciless hard work com meuee*. Then there ia not ao much beauty. Then it ia give and take, swift and cruel, from the moment " time " ia called until one or the other man is fell od ta the earth. As quick aa n man falls hiaaicouds sU-p forward and pick him up, with ont> baud under hia shoulder, the other under hia thigh, aud cairv lum lark to hia comer, lie ia not al lowixl to move a hand to help himself. All his strength must lie reserved for the combat. lie ia luuidled aa if he was a child. In his corner they have brandy, liuca, a sjiouge, and some water. 11 his ere ia badly bruised it ia lanced, and |Mrhapa the clotted blood atinked out by OIK- of his seconds. They s|ionge him off, give him a little water if hi* throat is parched, and if the fight is going hard with him a little brandy. Now the fight is horrible in its brutalities, and I need not pursue the subject further to the last moment, when a sponge tossed in the air is Hi* confession of defeat of one or the other jvxir buttered, disfigured, hideous, bloody wrecks of the two beau tifill machines. I saw iu a paper the other day that two men had fought a battle of eighty-seven round*. Well, that must have been a desperate fight. It is sickening to think of it. I know one of tlieao men. Me'* an unfortunate fellow—never wius; serves liim light,ho has uo business to fight. Premature Burial*. I pity the stranger who dies within the gnt-1 of Mnnieh, fays a writer. F.very one hero is trvate.l with equal in justice, be he high or low, friend or foe. The laxly f the deceased ia taken al mmit immediately to the cemetery, where there is a chamber of death for it* re oeption. A row of window* look in upon the many oonchca, and almost every hour there are anxious faces peering in through these windows at the bodies that are laid in state, side by side, until the hour of burial. Each body is dress ed in its Ixwt; there are those who are liorno to the exhibition hall in bridal robes; some are attired ta>-n>fnlly and some gaudily, for it is thought that their bodies may yet breathe again, and every precaution is taken to make this awak ening as agreeable aa possible. There are wires attached to tho hands or breast, HO that the least motion will communicate with an alarm bell, and at thiH strange summons the watchmen are prepared to rush to the assistance of the poor i-onl that has not yet escaped the trials of this life, but is delivered up to new suffering and a second death. Tra dition says tliat once or twioo this ball has rung, and the watchers arrived in terror to bear away the half ooi scious l>ody, ere it had knowledge of its gloomy surroundings. Care of the Child. A Chippewa Indian, a noble looking man, by-the way, who lectured, aorae time bock, in one of our luge cities, ail vised all mothera who heanl him to tie their bahieH, aa aoon aa they were born, to a board, bind them down tight, and keep (hem there, moat of tho time, till they were ten month* old. " Tut a hoop Mound tho head," he says, " and then, when tho board gota knocked over, it won't break the nhtld'a noao." He anramod up other advantage* aa followa: " You aee, ladies," holding up a apeoi mnn, " the child'a handa are tieil down, an it cau't acrnteh ita mother's breast; it can't wriggle about and get very tire*l; it can't bend over, and must grow straight; when the mother goes out after herbH, she can hang it on a tree, and anakea can't bite it; when it eriea, the mother can awing it across her back and rock it, and carry it a great diHtanoe in thia manner, too; alio can set it up Hide of tho wigwam very handy; and when oanoo turns over, the child swims off on the board and don't drown; and ita back don't break across its mother's urns, be oaune the board supports it; the child can't crawl into the fire and burn up, too; can leave it long, all safe. Ho 1 think this much the Dest way, ladies—much the best." The ladies gave in their as sent by a general laugh. A PITY'S TIUtiFUY a Mad law mi llasasallr I akasslasa* la llaaabl* Ufa, as Twld k? Ik* New tar, " UrspUr." The groat city ia full of tragedies. Looked at with psychologic eyes capa bin of piercing disguises, ever? street would be found draped with shadows. Amid tliia compact den of misery it is difficult to diseiigage the attention and fix it on a single case, however peculiar in its network of happiness aud misery or however steep the oeaor-ut. Hut au instance of suddrni wayward neas and want in the very building in which the draphio ia printed prompts ua briefly to outline its more salient points. On the fifth floor the little family lived, the mother and her two babes, in very bumble apartments, to which they were made to feel they were welcome. The father of the family was formerly known for bin excellent habits, aud he officiated for some time as a sort of iani tor'a assistant, but he booanie dissolute, stayed out late at night, and finally de serted his home altogether, and at the time of which we are siieaking liad not been seen by any of the family for mouths. The mother hail heard thiu he had found a situation in one of the gram elevators, but she knew he was no longer worthy of her respect, and re solved to maintain hera-1. anil her little brood by her own unaided o tortious. Hhe wan a patient, aad eyed creature, uever complaining, but never hoping oue of the last in the world that would naturally be suspected of any desperate deed. Hhe waa always neatly bat cheaply dowsed, and had a grace and dignity of iM-ariug that showed she had formerly been more happily circumstanced. No body ever thought of lnmnnng into her history, and she seemed incapable of speaking of it If a friend sought her confidence, she appeared to say, in gentle deprecation : " No, no ! Let us not talk about that" Hhe made herself quite hi lpful; she brushed all over the huildfug every morning and made her self a general favorite. At last the little ones got so that they could toddle about the building, Tommy leading hia younger aister. They were not much in the way, and they soon be aarne favorites among the workmen, who liked to share their lunches with the in fauta, who opened their wide gray eyes at the novel world, and gazed cautiously at the bussing machinery. Oue day in the last winter month oe eurred a calamity which some of our readers may remember, and that will not be soon forgotten. The industrious mother was out earning the bread for the family and the little one* were iu the press room watching the bright sheets fly from the readv Augers of our peat four-cylinder, wLen honor seised on the foreman. Little Baame waa in the machinery! How sho got caught was always s mystery. Hey pain waa but for a moment," Her funeral waa simple, but Iter loss was sincerely mourned, and the shocking accident left a shadow ou the establishment. Tommy w*s even more to hi* mother after that. Hhe seemed to cling to him with a desperate fear, and went around apprehensive and heavy hearted. One i-veniug of the very next week be was missed. He was sought with passionate anxiety. A policeman had seen him in the company of another small chap on the next corner. Li the morniug hia re mains were found in the dock. Hi* mother never spoke afU-r that. She was calm an 1 tearless wheu the cirjse was brought into uer aii&rtment, and took no notice of it. Hhe wcut about in a mechanical way. eating lan guidly what was pha-ed before her, but saying nothing and never smiling ouoe. She was still beautiful. She drewed as scrupulously as ever and bad a wistful, far away look, as if constantly waiting for somebody who never cams. Ouoe the janitor found her late at night in au open window, as if al*>ut to dash her self upon the pavement below. In a week she was missing. Nobody afc-racd to be much surprised. Had she gone out in the night with the key that wm always within reach 1 Search was cautiously begun. A policeman hail seen her walking on the roof with her hair floating in the wind and scarcely at all protected from the cold. Her body was found neit morning, stark and stiff, at the month of a newer on the North river. Her fate was hard and her lot was pitiful, but she was a most tender, motherly, faithful, and exemplary cat. Fashion Note*. All new suits are composite. Holbein work grows in favor. Smrdu du bal are half dolmans. ToUr d'Abaoe ia a new dress fabric. The cuirass is still tho popular cor sage. Spanish blond is the lace of the soa aon. Lace capes and fichus are still in vogue. Linen parasols lined with brown are shown. The reign of the basqne and tnnic is not over. Black promises to remain the favorite street dross. Gentlemen's boot* are square toed; ladies' round. The hair ia worn low on the forehead in large waves. Gam brio suits are to be worn on the street this summer. Narrow cravats of figured pique are, shown for gnntlemou. Jean d'Aro belts, made of tortoise shell, are very elegant. Sashes are made of soft silk, with heavily fringed ends. Black corsets are worn by some lies when in mourning. Checked foulards make very p tty and inexpensive suits. Many imported polonaises are con. ug in witli the new goods. Oticaos gone to seed are very asbion able for list trimmings. Tho " Queen Elisabeth " is the name of the new leather belt. Smoked pearl buttons arc shown in dark blue, brown and green. Broad black velvet bands aronn e nook have leen revived. Button hols* on ladles' dresses this season are worked, not bound. Mixed gray ehoviota are sought after for gentlemen's oversncks. Centennial masquerades will be in vogue as soon as Lent ia over. Palo blue and pale rose are favorite colors for strijied batiste suits. The most fashionable spring wraps liavo long, square mantilla fronts. Bustles are made to throw all the full ness at the bottom of the Bkirt. Bouffants, poufs and sash loot* are worn still, but low down on the skirt. White Lisle thread stockings are em- I broidered with white or colored silk. Very flue diagonals arc fashionable for frock coats and cut-aways. Cream oolored cashmere lace shoulder shawls will be worn in the summer. Evening slippers or shoes for ladies arc made of the same silk us the dress. Dog skin gloves with ombroiderod bocks are shown in all tho spring shades. lilack silk oontiunos to bo the material for sacks, dolmans and mantillas. The favorite dress of the Princess Beatrice is pale lilac, with seringee bou quets. Linoleum is the floor covering for bslls and kitchens; it is letter than oil cloth. TERMS: a Year, in Advance. Till: ■F.KPHANT PUINPE. U'kal aa Old Ttaaa ilrrrkaai War* af Iks • I .ale A. T. Mswari. Henry G. Itoweii, befo, he became publisher of the /arfqimiM, was an extensive dealer in silks and fancy goods, sin! held business relations with the late A. T. tew art that continued for nearly a quarter of a century. " 1 was a clerk for Arthur Tappan k Company, at 122 Pearl street," said Mr. Itowen, "when 1 first made Mr. Htewart's acquaintance. That was forty year* ago. Mr. Htewart was doing business opposite the park, somewhere near where the fntirptmdenl offices are situated. I used to wait on him and sell him mania. Arthur Taopan A Oompauy at that time controlled a line of French prints which were known as yru* ixitrrt. They hail all of them that were in the market at tliat time. 1 j remember that it was in these goods that 1 negotiated my first large tale to Mr. Htewart. Even at that time Mr. Htewart was an extensive purchaser from the importers. I remember that the late John ltankm, who was a large importer, declared then that Mr. Htewart was the shrewdest merchant in New Turk. When Mr. llankiu had an arrival of goods, at that time, it was his custom to invite the leading buyers to his place and inspect them. The cases were opened, the prion of each line and quality of goods were determined upon, and then Mr. Kaukin received the merchants. Many buyers always came, and among them A. T. Htewart, and while the others went about the store feeling the fabrics, as to how thick this waa or thin that was, and while they hemmed and hawed and do bated with each other the desirability of •nit) line over another, Mr. Htewart would take Mr. Rankin with him through the store, selecting the best of the stock and purchasing it at ouoe." Mr. Rankin, who became Mr. Bo wen's special partner, often referred to Mr. Htewart aa being, in hia opinion, the shrewdest, quickest and must intelligent merchant in the city. Mr. Bowen was then the head of the well known house of Bowen, McNamee A Company. " I recollect," continued Mr. Bowen, after a pause, " that Henry Hbeldou, an extensive importer of l-rench goods, had at one time sold Mr. Htewart goods to the amount of $25,000 or $30,000, and felt a little timid about increasing his credit with him. He informed the great merchant that he desired to know more about hia capital and business than he then knew. In reply, Mr. Htewart said : 'I regard Mr. Lewis Tappan, of the firm of Arthur Tappan A Go., as one of the most intelligent merchants in New York, and as you sell that firm largely, and have confidence in them, if yon will be satisfied I will ask Mr. Tap pan to come here and examine my books. He will then be able to tell you *ll I know myself.' Mr. Sheldon con sented to this, aud Mr. Lewis Tappan *pent several evenings tn Mr. Stewart's counting room studying hia books. He reported, when his task waa ended, that Mr. Stewart was abundantly good and worthy, and waa worth about $70,000. Mr. Htewart did nut ask the usual long time of 'it or eight mouths in which to make in* payments. When be asked credit it was for a abort time, but even then hi* nggregatc credits ware consid erable, and it was necessary for him to stand well among merchant*. He was never questioned after Mr. Tappan'* re port went abroad. Mr. Stewart's great atore down town was not erected all at once. A land owner in Cnamber* street asked too high a pnos for his lot there, and Mr. Htewart built arouud it, erect ing rax atory structure*, so that the prop of the stubborn landlord was injured and rendered insignificant, and at last, a few years ago, he wsi* obliged to sell it at Mr. Stewart's price. " During the late war Mr. Htewart' contract* with the government, directly sad inJiuvtly, formed au enormous business. " Besides hia own contract*, he filled large orders for other houses who wore obliged to go to him to carry out their promise*. Wherever Mr. Stewart reposed enofidenoe he sold unlimited amount*, and ha* thereby assisted ener getic merchants in different sections of the country into prosperity aad promi nence. Totter Palmer, of Chicago, and John Shiletto, the neli Cincinnati re tailer, benefited largely by Mr. Htewart'* confidence in them." Mr. Rowen regarded Stewart as the "king of bnyera in an auction room." If he succeeded in obtaining a good bar gain, the quantity of the goods on hand never frightened him. No other man had the in< an* to buy as be did. Early in his business prosperity Mr. Stewart frequently managed to control certain style* of goods, as, for instance, the Alexandre glove, ooiujwlling all to purchase of him and at his own price. In the olden time, before the days of the telegraph, he was frequently known to have sent agents through the market quietly with orders to learn just how much "of certain styles of goods could be found iu New Tork, Boston and Phils dolphin. He purchased all that oouki be bought, and controlling the market, advanced the price of the article, never exorbitantly, but simply to a controlling figure. The New Tariff Bill. The committee of way* and mean* of the United Blate* House have added to the free lint of the Morrison Tariff bill the following named articles : Window glass, painted or stained, im puted by and for the use of educational, • literary, benevolent and religious asso ciations, and not for sale; book* in other language* than English, Greek or Latin ; balsam, copper ore, castor oil. The following named articles have been stricken from the free list; Drugs, medicines and other crude chemicals not otherwise provided for, paving tile, coal, including alack and bituminous. The following changes have been made : Collodion of ether of all 'ki , fifty cents a pound ; the present o in gi a pound. Opium prepared ior smoking, and all other preparations of opium not otherwise provided for, $D a pound ; it is, under tno present Law, ?f> a ponnd. Licorice in paste or rolls, five cents a pound. The committee have added the follow ing : Champagne and all other aparkling wines, in bottle*, each containing not more than oue quart and more than one pint, 8b a dosen bottle* ; containing uot mi re than one pint each and more than one half pint, $4.50 a dozen bottles; containing one-half pint each, or less, 82.25 a dozen bottles. This is an in crease of one-third over the present rate*. Emery grains, one cent a pound; emery ore, $3 a ton; emery, mauu i factored, ground or pulverized, one-half cent a pound. Thi* a reduction of ono lialf of the present rate*. TI'KBOT A I.A CRUZ. Take five pound* of halibut orood; loil thorough ly iu salt and water; when done, drain it, and, when 000 l enough, flake it, tak ing out all the bones. One quart of cream set in a saucepan of hot water, half of an onion, some sprigs of parsley, two tablespoonfnls of corn starch; cook it until it is flavored, then strain out the parsley, add a half pound of butter to the cream; take the dish you serve it in, and pnt first a layer of fish, then a layer of cream, a sprinkle of cayenne pepper, then a layer of cracker crumbs, and so on until the dish is full; put the last lay er of orooker crumbs; bake it one hour at least; garnish with parslty, NUMBER 18. THE FINANCIAL I'ROHPFAT. Tha gallaraa ikaafar ta l-A har la rraaaa far lha Mrl Quarter. Th ntaUatioa of failures throughout the United Btatea, for the tbrge month* ending with Mnreli, are furnished by Mussr*. It. G. Dunn A On.'a agency, and indicate a. very disheartening result The figures a bow an iuerea*< in meroon- Ul Casualties, which, though expected, in larger than waa anticipated. The number of fail area ore set down art 2,80(1, with liahilitiea of #54,000,000. Compar ed with the noa "juarter in 1875, in which the number wna L 738, with lia bilities of #38,000,000, the increase ia very marked - amounting to 1,078 in number, and #26,000,000 in lisbtlittes. Bat a* oom|ioml with the statistic* for the previous , detriment of Usone who are endeavoring U> discharge their obligation* to fail to this now it is ft nation*] calamity tiiftt the bftnkropt Iftw to in ito present ocmdiUoa The wtso >ud liberal pr.uctpi* which tin* iw to intended 10 maintain. I* abused by thft mistake* to It* enactment, and th facility wbiclt it afford* to the do*, tor. by jadtcioaejmanipalabaa. to dc iftto ten*n to the creditor, wbo"thereby;ioeea oontnl ot too own property. and ■ disposition to tot an frequently mads of it. autirely foreign to bi* wiftbfto *ud vpjioead to bio ooutricuous. The in OUT c luftidorftuooo wloeb nuw creditor* to yield la the eohciuiion* of debtor* for • oomproanoe of their iodebwdno* ftre eufti c.cully strong to keep the rank* foil of those who haro failed to encored; hat *omrag*- meot to fraudulent failures, and well defined attempts to make money by tiue aUm of mi fortu&ie, were certainly newer contemplated by the law. Saab, ho we roe. la the reeuli, and. added to all the limitation* and difficulties of bonineae of the present lime, ia tht* raiofar tiiue. that while failnrce are numarooe, the ox ceaatva u amber ragt(d ia a reelriotoJ trade lessen slowly, fraud to encouraged, and tlie chances of eaoose* for upright and capable merchants are dimim*. J' * the failure and subsequent aettlemer t at a Holing dividend of the weak to ettwm and the poor to capita! With regard to the general condition of trade and the prospect for the future, the circular before us does not shed much light beyond the photograph fur nished by the valuable figures above pre sented. It ia to be presumed the agency people have got tired predicting a reviv al oi trade with each coming season, and wisely refrain from dsaling in vain de lusion*. As to what is needed to pro duce s better condition of business, the mrcnlar says : " Notwithstanding that all lb* ability of Una great natiou of inventors ha* far the past three yean been talent apoo the fiieoovary of some plan whereby trade eaa be restored to a normal ooudllKio.no theory baa yet beeo footid that exactly fit* th* ease or accomplish!-* the result. The program toward a proaperoue condition, which at drat waa thought might be rapid. 1* n° w genera'!* oonaidered must ha exceedingly gradual. St. 11 further it ia a grow ing conviction that a better and aafer con dition of trad* can only be brought about by a redaction of valnea to their lowest poeeibi* points, and bene* there are those who hail aa a good aign every quotation of lower price* in choating * possibility of economy in living, and a return to rate* for all staph* each aa pre vail to other quarter* of tb globe. How far a rnetnofed currency, and an approach to apecia payments, will ooucribnta to this result, it ia ueedlea* to aay; but even to antieipaUou of that moat deairabie consummation the tcn tcucy to lower prior* for everything is to many the moat hopeful eign of the times. To Rhow to what extent prices have been reduced, an interest table is given, with quotations in April of 1873, s* com pared with those iu April, 1876, of sever al loading articles, for which we havs not space. Notwithstanding a reduction iu the price of numerous staple* enter ing into the every-day wants of the peo pie, the agency pertinently asks : "Yet. in the face of all thie decline, what is the real percentage of decree** in living ex penses in 187fi a* compared with 1873 ? It cer tainly ought to be much more than it ia. Th* profile of retailers continue to bear th* same relative high percentage that they did ui better times; and, indeed, it looks as if a restricted trade wae atoned for by higher profit#, as it ie certain that goods are bought at wholesale ranch cheaper, and sold at retail almost *e high as in 1*73. All this must, however, right itself in tune. Competition and the lesseurd expanse of retailers themselves will aooorapliah the result of adjusting the oost of living to a proportionate oost of production. When this is teaohed, an important stsp to ward a healthier condition of things will have been attained." Respecting the future there does not appear much in the present outlook to euoourage the hope of immediate revival of business. The circular from which we have quoted (and which is prepared wi'h tho usual care and ability), con cludes as follows ; "The spring trade generally haa been very disappointing both in extent and profit, and the backwardness of the season retards a de mand for goods which it wae thought might follow the regular season a purchase*. Thete ui, however, a steady realization from pro duct-1* for their staples, indebtedness is gradu ally being reduced, and eoouomy ia everywhere the ieaturo of the hour. There is a general conviction that bottom has been touched, and that with the permanent opening of navi gation and the nooeeemry activities of the Cen tennial year, a new start will be made which, though not accomplishing great results within a short tune, will yet be hopeful in trull eat tenia for the future," My frtmd. 71M MM4 who botes * mirror to MT fa**, An 4 hiding MM, la not afraid to tnoo My fanlM. my mmUmA bloeUabee. within j Who fmodtr WM, rwfWtrrM mo if 1 tin Although it MM not so ha la my frioad. Bat ho who, or or tnlfrtng. gtvs mo pntm, Who no'or fohakoo, nor ososwsa, nor (Maya To oama with oogarnaoa and grasp ay hand. And pardon ma. Mw pardon I damand - Ha la my anamy. althoogh ha aaam my frlsed. -MPAmt. Item* of laterMt. Thirty-four government* will be rep resented at Pbtledelphla. The Texan cattle drive will thia year bo io excess of 800,000 head. When a man ia oo busy that he cannot mind his own boaineoa he should bava aaaiatanoe. Thirty five thoooaod seven hundred and fourteen dollar* in nilver ore aaid to weigh a ton. The man who popped the question by otarlight got bis sweetheart's oonsont in a twinkling. Tbera are 60,000Hanh * a young mau in New York State wrote to every bank in De troit offering to "ba your kaahec-r for #2O per month and board f and no bank could give him a place. When a man detects a missing button after getting an a dean shirt, no one in the honaa ia a ware of the (at He takes off the shirt and pate ao another, quiet ly ""iiiig all the while. He never, never speaks of it to a soul. " In Volcano, CaL. the other day, a la borer found a piece of quarts rock among tbe rubbish he was wheeling in a barrow. On the rock being broken up it was found to contain phot* of gold, the aggregate value of which was about #I,OOO. The steamer City of Peking, arrired si Man Fmnoaoo, brought 1,017 Chineas passengers. It la stated thai the whole steerage aceommodation cf all the steamers re''"*g from China for the xt six has been contract* .1 for by importer* of oooliea. iL L. Robinson, of ETanirrille, InL, Ifcl 1 an office as entoat' appra;- *r, tbs expenses of which were $4,000 mors than its receipt*. Be wrote to the sew*- t*ry of the treasury thai his < ffios was a sinecure and should be abolished, thus giving sp s $3,000 position. An organised band of fifteen robbcia has just been broken up in Berlin by the arrest of nine of its member*. Ons of the moat active was a your.g gir! of iwrteea. , Their moat resent exploit was the carrying off a large quantity of valuable optical instruments.. The new fans are very airy. They have an edge of leather and lace and a foundation of pari or coral. They are moderately large, ad there iaa I rasa tip where ladies will plea** nibble when limy want. bo appear diffident or in a Brown or any other man's study. They are absurdly cheap—only fifty-fire dol lars a fan. An old fanner saw of his boys: •• Prom sixteen to twenty, they knew mor* than I did: a* twenty flee tber knew w much; at thirty they wore will ing to hear what I had to aay; at thirty five Iboy aak my advice, and I think when they gd 10 **> tofX 7 ***7 wiU " s knuwtodge that the old man knows aom&tluag." A man popped into the poat-offi* and wanted to know bow much Burchandiae be ocmld rend it OMI pwoeL ''Four pootKta,"* wma the reply. Then he bland ly -*'■ he Ihougbl he woold fend to Ariaona four putts* Is of those red toy balloons, inflated; jut be bad difficulty in getting out of the door in time to dodge a mail bag. Thev were talking about amrgiei se, and somebody aaheda mild looking Gran ger what he would do if suddenly placed in great peril. He said be hardly knew thought b<* should follow hw u*oml practice and crawl under the tied. The ladies in the party thought be must be afraid of tlrander storms, but the men knew he vnw married. An exchange say* : Because we lisp pen to take our shotgun and start out for a Sunday afternoon's gunning, it is nn reason why s half dosen impudent persons should inquire if we were on a tour for collecting subscription money. The times are hard, and ammunition costs too much money to be wasted on delinquent subscribers just now. k This ia bow a sufferer tries to define chronic rheumatism: Swallow two quarts of carpet tacks, take a running jump bare legged into a barrel of broken beer bottles, let a swarm of enraged hornets roost on your head, and then roll into a tied of fishhooks, sad you'll get a famt idea of the nature and sensation of a first-class rheumatism when it gets hold of you mid means business. The other day a Lee (Mass.) man, while arranging his combination safe lock, missed one or two small pieces that be had taken out and laid on the floor, and for a while he sought vainly for them everywhere. He finally con cluded to administer dose of ipecac to his dog who was standing intfouently by, and, sure enough, the misrirtg property came to light Devices for chesting in games of chance are externa rely advertised. The circulars sent out describe the goods. Marked card* are made in great. variety, the backs showing to the initiated what is on the faces; also cards out iu slight ly varying length*, *o that advantage may be token in catting. Faro lxixes for unfair dealing, loaded dice, sod ap plicant** for holding extra cards, are offered. The president of a paper fompany o Connecticut, arrested lor a $50,000 for gery, hasn't had a very good time sine* he cleared out, last June. He pays he had just two dollars when he left, and has since been very destitute and has spent much of the time iu tramping. He traveled about New York and Dela ware, part of the time picking peachee at seventy-live cents a day, aud part of the time doing odd jobs as a aarpouter. An engineer's presence of mind paved a train on the Southern California rail road the other day from a fearful dis aster. The train waß crossing jhe bridge over the Ban Gabriel river, when the engineer felt that it was giving way, and at onoe crowded on a fnll head of steam and slipped across just before the water came on the tail* The shook of start ing the train shook the passengers np considerably, and a brakemau was thrown tho whole length of the car. In the town of Hartland, some twelve or fifteen years ago, lived an old fellow who was not noted for his fondness for good books; he liked good liquor better. An agent called one day and asked if the house was supplied with the Bible. "Ohhyes," he said, " they always had it." The agent was a little iwjp id us, and decided to see it. >Hv "! 3 ir.au searched the house through, aed at last produoed a few stray }. ! vts, tayinf, " he had no idee they were so n.-ar out of Bible "