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>, 't •• The ChrUtUtD Bndsftv'r. P'r'Api you h&int boara o' th' I'oiety ttioy've hitohttd i' til' ohurcbM aruuud, Vrthuub re<{iiri] to til' oruwd, or th' croud, but a view u' tb' plaoowhere they'r bouud ? Tbey don't tjov«ir i>ort4)od t* beChrUtiuiB^tboy're cnly endoftvnu' lu be ; But tb' way our dumiuie prays for 'eui 'b no matter o' woador to inc. Foratowno' sech (imaUiHh nretorniioDs, &u' a r^cburch tbet was rathur cold, Wb'cort'iily Kot an awakuuiu' whoa tb' ChrUtiau Kadeav'r Uwk hold. First so they wui kiudor shame facod a bit, tbut tb e dcrat-buuld cast a frowu Qs youriK f'>lk8 for givin' a HUjipor that got tb' J douiini 'h wife a ijuwu ; Unt tb' labvlied bux ihuy past arouLd froze tb' dtrakius' blood- cobra an icyclc t *T wai ''drop a doilar in tb' BlL.t au' see tb' domlDloride bis bi-lcklet" Tb' doaklns tbev ttio't it a Backriledge. but tbet tb' youu){ (ulkM couldn't bue, But tbity didn't pertend V be Cbristl&zil, but only tmdoav'red to bo. Onr dominie wai a deal worn out, bo p'r'aps bis sttruions w* rn'l all afire. An' tb' young folks t BeeinB they bed thoir views on getuu' tb' wutho' bis hire. Tb' duakins tbey tbo't thoi was uppish In 'em, an' so they lEl>ured with tbeir views, Ad' talked o'" yu&nt" an' "chanRoo' scene," au' hiutod some o' "diB<]uiet iu lU' pews 1 " JJut. somehow, tb' boxes iboy K^tberedth' dollars 'bout every wburoB tbey ^aat ; So tb' douiinie ridus his buickle, an' says bo's a gruwiu' young fast. TlMy'll fill Ur wf>ok nigbt meetin's full, an' if tb' speekiu's bap'ulu' kinder slow. They dou'c DO singlo uunnlt pass w'thoat tbey up and say a ynrse ur so ; An' it Bpurs lb' ol folks mutUe to see th' young folk-, try T carpet halls, an' paiottb' walls, ao make tb' meetin's spry, An' disclalw tbuir bein' Cbrlstians, an' t' say th<-y otily eucleavr T' prove ibet croud is in tb' deed tbet shall teach (or the life forever. For a town r.' snch smalUsb dimensioas, an' a cburcb tbtit full kinder old. We oert'uly g<it au a«akeuln' when the Christian Kiiduav'r tuok bold ; Forth' "billiard ball" hes vanished quite, an' some I know now gov' tb' cburcb Wbo wouldn't ba' dreamed bow nloasaiit it •eeinad to Uafe th' " saloon " in tn' lurch; Ao' I've a buy o' twenty or so, wbo ba'oted tbo Ujwu. t«ll me Bb didn't dare tbitik he'd hit Cbrintian. but bod allays eudeav'r I' bo. For a town o' such prudish coutautiun t' parry th' sight o' sm, Wti rert'nly got au awaJcHnlu' when tbe Christian Kodeav'r itvppod in. Kl>WA.llI> Lkodukk Bhith. AN AHERIGAN GIRL. Bbe was not tk all what be bad pictured her. biofjalarly eaoagb, no one had (old him that aha was pretty, and be bad thoa|;ht of her as a 1,'taat youog persoo witb • determined and maDly air. Bbe atrack Sim, on the contrary, as beio^; extremely gfrliah and cbarminK to look upon. Bhe wore tbe pale piuk ^own, and ai he entered he aaw her fjive a furtive little dab to lier eyei with a lauebaudkercbief, and harriedly omabed a open letter into her pocket. Then, â- eeming to diamiai her emotion witb faoUity, she ruse to greet him. " If yoa want to see Aont Belioda," ube Mid," perbapa you had better ait down. Bbe wfll be here directly." Be plaoked np spirit to take a seat, and- denly feelir ; hia terror take wing. lie waa smazed at bii own coarage, " Tb-thank yoa," be aaid. " I have the pleaaare ofâ€"â€"" There, it ia troe, he atop- ped, looked at her, blaahed, and flniabed Bomewhat diajointedly. " Miaa Uctavia Baaaett, I believe." " Yea," aheanawered, and att down near him. When Miaa Belinda descended the staira, a short time afterwards, bur ears were rated by tbe aouud of a briak conversation, which tbe Hev. Arthur I'oppleton ap- PBarod to be taking ptrt with beforeuu- heard-of spirit. When ho aroae at her en- trance, there waa in bia manner an air of mild buoyancy whioh astoniabed her bo- vond moaaure. When he reaeated bimaelf, he seemed (|Uite to forget the objuot of bia TfBit for some nainates, and waa thaa placed in tbe embarraaaing position of having to refer to hia note book. Having done ao, and foand that lie bad called to aak aaaiatanoe for tbe family of one of bia pariehonera, he recovered, him- wlf aomewnat. As be explained the ex- igencies of the oaae, Octavia liatened. " Well." Bbe aaid," I aboald think it would make yoa quite uncomfortable, if you aee things like that often." " I regret to say that I do aeesuoh tbiaga only too fro<|Tiently," he ansivered. "Oraoioua I ' aho said \ bat that waa all. Be was oonaoioaa of being slightly dia- appointed at bur apathy, and perhapi it ia to be deplorod that he forgot it afterward, vfaen Miss iielinda haii boatowed her mite, •od tbe oaae waa dismisbed for the time being, lie really did forget it, and waa be- gailedioto making a very long cull, and en joying liiDieulf aa he had never enjoyed Dimaelt before. When, at length, he waa recalled to a flense of duty by a glance at the clock, he Bad already before hia eyea an opening viata of delights, taking the form of futare calla, Ksd gamea of onxjact played npon Miaa Jjeliuda 8 neatly snaven graaa-plot. lie kad bidden the ladies adieu in the parlor, â- nd, having atepped into tbe hall, waa fcmbling rather excitedly in the umbrella- atand for hia own eHpeoially elender clerical â- mbrella, when he waa awakened to new nptare by bearing Miaa Uotavia's tone â- gain. He tarned and saw her Htanding quite near him looking at him witb rather an odd expreaaion and holding something in fter hand. "Oh I' she aaid. "See here! Tboae people." " Iâ€" bog pardon," ho hesitated. " I don't qaite nnderatand. " Oh, yea I' ahe anawered. " Those deaperately poor wretoboa, yoa Itnowâ€" with fever, and leaks in their home, and all aorta of diaagreuable thingi the matter With them, (iive them tbia won't you '/" " ThiH ' waa a prcity ailk purnu, through whose meahod be aaw the gleam of gold ooln. " that V ' be Htid. " You don't mean- Jin t there a good deal â€" 1 beg pnrdonâ€" but XWkUy " *â-  Well, if they are as poor ae yon aay they are, it won't be too mnoh." ahe replied. "I don't anppuiie they'll objeot tu it, do yt)u? " Bne extended it to liiui ai it she rather wished to get i( out uf her hands. " Yoa'd better lake it, " ahe aaid. " I ahall â- pend it on auninttiiiig I don't need, if you don't. I'm always apeiiding money on tbinga I don't ntro for i\fti'r.vikt(l-t " Hi v/as tilled â- .nh r-;ii tr u r.iiiii inburing ibat hii had Ihonuh'. ner mimheiia. •I -1 ru»lly iiio igtit y-i'i Were not in- tersted at all," he burst forth. " Pray for- give me. This is geoerons indeed." Hhe looked down at some particularly btiiaant rings on her hands, instead of looking at htm. "Ob, well," sh aaid, "I think it muat be Biuiply horrid to have to do without things. 1 can't see how people live. Desidea, I haven't denied myself anything It would be worth talking about it I had, I suppose. Oh, by the bye, never mind telling any one, will you ?" Then, without giving him time to reply, ahe raised her eyes to hia faca, and plunged into tbe subject of tbe oroijuet again, pur- suing It until the tinal moment of hia exit and departure, which was when Mrs. Burn, ham and Miss I'lloher had been soandalized at the eaHy freedom of her adieus. OHAPl'Eli XV. BCrEKIUB JOlVANTAOEB. When Mr. Francis Barold called to pay his respects to Lady Theobald, after par- taking of her hospitality, Mr. Burmiatone aooompaniedhim and, upon almost every other occaaion of preaenting himaelf to her ladyahip, Mr. Burmiatone was bia com- panion. It may as well be explained, at theoatset, that the mill owner of Burmistone Mills was a man ot decided determiaation of character, and ihat, upon the evening of Lady Theobald's tea, he had arrived at tbe oonclusioa that he would spare no e£Fart to gain a certain end he felt it would add to bis happiness t» acoompliab. " I stand rather iu awe ot Lady Theo- bald, as any ordinary man would,' be had said, drily, toBarold, on thoir return to bis bouse. " But my awe of her ia not so great yet that I shall allow it to interfere with any of my plans." "Have you any special plans?" in. (juire.i Barold carelesi'ly, after a pause. " Yes," answered Mr. Burmistone," sev- eral. I should like to go to Oldclougb rather often." "I feel i I tbe civil thing togo toOldclough oftener than 1 like. Go with me." " I should like to be included in all tbt invitations to tea for the next six months." "I ehall be included in all the invitations so long as I remain here, and it is not likely yoa will be left out in the odd. After you have gone tbe rouoda once yoa won't be dropped." " Upon the whole, it appears so," said Mr. ISarmistone. "Thanks" So, at each of tbe tea-parties following Lady Theobald's, tbe two men appeared together. The small end of the wed^a being inserted into the social stratum, the rest was not difHoult. Mrs. Burnham waa at once aurpriaed and overjoyed by her diacoveriea ot the many exoellenciea of tbe man they had ao hastily determined to ignore. Mrs. dbercrombie foand Mr. Bur- mtstone's manner all that could be desired. Miss I'ilcher expressed tbe highebt appre- ciation of his viows upon feminine edu- cation and" our duty to tbe young in our charge." Indeed, after Urs. l^gerton's evening, the tide of public opinion turned suddenly in bis favor. Public opinion did not change, however, as far m Ujtavia was oonoerneid. Having had her anxiety set at real by aeveral en- couraging paternal lettera from Nevada, ahe b<-gan to make up her mind to enjoy herself, and was, it is to bo regretted, be trayed by her youthful high spirit into the committing of numerous iodiaoretiona. Upon f a<3h festal oooaaioii, ahe appeareil in a new and elaboratH coalumo ; she accepted the attentions of Mr. Francia Uarold as it it was the moat natural thing in tbe world that they abould tu ulTered ; she jokedâ€" in what Mrs. Burnham deaignated'-hor Nevada way "â€"with the Ilev. Arthur I'oppleton, wbo appeared more frequently than had been hia habitat the high teas. Bhe played aro<|uet with that gentlemen and Mr. Barold day after day, upon the graaaplut, before all the eyea gazing down upon her from the neighboring wimlows ; ahe man- aged to coerce Mr. Burmiatone into joining these innocent orgies ; and, iu fact, to <]uote Mils Pilcher, there waa" no limit to the sbanielessooss of her unteminine conduct." Several times much oomment had been aroused by tbe faot that Luoia Qaston had been observed to form one of the party of players. She had indeed playad with Barold, against Ootavia and Mr. Poppleton, on the memorable day upon whioh that gentlemen had taken hia lirat leaaoo. Harold had availed himself of the in- vitation extended to him by Ootuvia, upin several oooaaiona, greatly to Uiaa Belindn'a embarraa ment. H>i had dropped in tbe evening after the curate's Urst call. " Is Lady Theobald very fond of you?" Ootavia had auked, in the ooarso of thia visit, " It is very kind of her, it ahe ia," he re- plied, with Unguid irony. " Isn't ahu found enough of you to do anything you ask her ?" Ootavia iucjuired. " Ueally, I think not," he replied. " Im- Bgine the degfee ot affection it requires I I am not fond enough ot any one to do any- thing they auk ma." Ojtavia bestowed a long look upon him. " Well," she remarked after a pause," 1 believe you nre not. I shouldn't think ao." Barold colored very faintly. " I say," he said," is that an imputation, or aomething of that character ? It sounds like it, you know." Ootavia did not reply directly. Bhe laaghod a little. " I want you to aak Lady Theobald to do something," she said. " I am afraid I am not in snoh favor as yoa imagine," he said, looking slightly annoyed. " Well, I think she won't refuse you this thing," she went on. " If ahe didn't loathe me ao I would aak her myself." Be deigned to smile. " Daea she kiathe you?" he inquired. " Yes," nodding. " Hha woulil not speak to mo if it waau'k for Aunt Belinda, Bhe thinks I am fast and loud. Do you think I am fast and loua?" He was taken abank, and not for the flret tione, either. She had startled aud dis- oomposed him several times in the course of their brief aajuaiutanoe, and he always resented it, priding himself iu private, as he did, npon hia uuolnt-sa and inunobility. He oonld not think cif the ri^ht thing to aay just now, ao he was silent fur ^ eeuoud. " Tell me the trnth," ahe persisted. " I ahall not oare much." " I do not think joa wonld oaro at all." " Well, perhaps I shouldn't. Gj ou. Do yoa think I am fust?" â- â-  I am hitppy to say I do not flod yoa alow." Bhe iiied her oyoa on him, umiling fikintly. " That means I am fast," shesaid. " Well, no matter. Will you ask Lady Theobald what I want yoa to ask her?" " I should not say yon were (ask at all," he said, rather stiffly. " You have not been educated aaâ€" aa Lady Theobald has edu- cated Misd Gaston, for instance." " I should rather think not," she replied. Tboa she added, very deliberately : " She has had what yoa might call very superior advantages, I suppose.' Her expression was totally inoo npre- henaible to him. Bhe spoke with the ut- moat serioasnesB, and looked at tbe table. " That is derisjD, I suppose," be remark- ed, restively. Bhe glanced np again. " At all events," she said," tbors is noth- ing to lau^h at iu Luoia Gaston. Wilt you ask Lady Theobald? I want you to ask her to let Luoia Gaaton come and play croquet with us on Tuesday. She is to play witb yoa against Mr. Poppleton and me." " Who is Mr. Poppleton ?" he asked with some reserve. He did not exactly fancy sharing his entertainment with any ordi- nary outsider. After all, there was no knowing what this little American might do. " He is tbe curate ot tbe church," she replied, undiaturked, " He is very nice, and little, and neat, and blushes all over to tbe toes of his boots. He came to see Aunt Belinda, and I aaked him to come and be taught to play." " Who is to teaoh him ?'" "lam. I have taught at least twenty men in New York and Ban Fraooisoo." " I hope he appreciates your kindness." " I mean to try if I can make him forget to be frightened," she said, with a gay laugh It was certainly nettling to find his air of reserve and displeasure met with such inconsequent lightness. Hhe never seemed to recognize tbe subtle changes of temper- ature expressed in bis manner. Oaly his sense ot what was due to himself prevented his being very chilly indeed, but, aa she went on with her gay chat, in utter ig- norance of bis mood, and indulged in some very pretty airy nonsense, he soon recover- ed himself, and almost forgot his private grievance- Before going away, he promiaed to ask Lady Tbeobald'a indulgence in tbe matter ot Lucia's joining tbem in tbeir game. One speuah of Octavia's connected witb the subject he bad thought very pretty, as well aa kind : "I like Miss Gaaton," she said. " I think we might be friends, if Lady Theo- bald Tould let ua. H«r saperior advan- tagea might do me good. Tbey might im- prove me," she went on, with a little laagb, " and I suppose I need improving very much. All my advantages have been of one kind." When he had left her, she startled Miss Belinda by saying : " I have been asking Mr. Barold if he thought I was taat, and I believe be does â€" in fact, I am sure he does," " Ah, my dear, my dear I" ejaculated MixB Belinda," what a terrible thing to say to a gentleman I What will he think?" Ootavia smiled one of her calmest am ilea. " Isn't it queer how often you say that I" she remarked. " I think I should perish if I had to pull myself up that way as you do. I just go right on, and never worry. I don't mean to do anything queer, and I don't aee why any one should think I do." CHAPTER XVI. C'UOgUET. Lucia was premitted to form one of the players in the game of cro<]uet, t>eiQg es- corted to and from the scene by Francis Barold. Perhaps it ooaarre<d to Lady Theo- bald that tbe contrast of English reserve and maidenlincHa with the free and easy manners of young women from Nevada might lead to some good results. " I trust your oouduot will be snob as to show that you at least have resided in a civ- ilized land," she said. " The men of the present day may premit themselves to be amused by young persons whose demeanor might bring a bluah to the cheek ot a woman of forty, but it ia not tbeir habit to regard tbem witb aerious intentiona." Lucia reddened. She did not speak, though she wished very maoh for the oour- uge to utter tbe words which rose to her lips. Lately she bad found that now and then, at times when she was roused to anger, speeches of quite a clever and saroastiu nature presented themselves to her mind, Bbe was never equal to utter- ing tbem itloud, but she felt that, in time, she might, beoause of course it was quite an advance in spirit to think them, and face, even in imagination, the probability ot HHtounding »nd striking Lady Theobald dumb witb their audacity. " It ought to make me behave very well," she was saying now to herself," to have be- fore me the altei native of not being re- garded with aerious intentions. I wonder if it is Mr. Poppleton or Francis Barold wbo might not regard me seriously. And I wonder if they are any coarser in America than we can be in England when we try." Kha enjoyed the afternoon very much, particularly the latter part ot it when Mr. Burmistone, who was passing, came in, being invited by Ootavia across the privet hedge Having paid hia respects to Miss Belinda, who sat playing propriety under a laburnum tree, Mr. Burmistone croaked the grass-plot to Lucia herself. Bbe was awaiting her" turn," and laughing at the ardent enthusiasm of Mr. Poppleton, who, under Octavia's directions, was devoting all hia energies to the game ; her eyoj were bright, and she had lost for the time being, her timid air of feeling herself somehow in the wrong. " I am glad to see you here," said Mr, Burmistone. " I am glad te be here," she answered. " It has been such a happy afternoon. Everything has seemed so bright andâ€" and different " '" UifTt;rent' is a very good word," he said, laughing. "it isn't a very bad one," she returned. "And it expresses a good deal." " It dons, indeed," ha commented, " Lo^'k at Mr. Popplitjn aud Ootavia " she began. " Have you got to ' Ootavia ' ?" he inquired, bhe looked down and blaahed. (To be Continuad). Firat lobsterâ€" Well, what are yongoinn to do now ? Kuoond lobsterâ€" Get drebied for dinuei. â€" Live wires make dead linemen. Enoa^h of thn latter havetbeen buried and now publio deiiiancis %ho interment ot former. BaKHVU'S KNGMSR TODR. A Ht«suiHlilp Ladrn Witli Anlmalsand Per- formera Sal's Teaterdaj. Barnum & Bailey's " Greatest Show on Earth" left Bridgeport, Conn., Monday night at its way to Brooklyn, to the Anchor Line wharf, where it will be placed on board the steamer Furneasia for London, Eng. Two hundred aud forty people couuco'ed with the show will also go to London ou thia ehip, while on the steamer City of Kome, sailing on Wednesday, Oct. 16, one hun- dred and sixty o( the attaches will take paaaago. The arrangementa for tran^port- icig the show have been moat carefully made. Six huge boxes, twelve by ten feet, have been built, each to contain an ele- phant. When placed on board ship these boxes will be set twelve feet apart, tbe intervening space forming another box, in which an elephant will also be placed, and thus the six boxes will afford accommoda- tion for the thirteen elephants to be taken. The camels and horses will be placed in a series of stalls distributed all over the main deck of tbe vessel. The cages con- taining the animals, after first being detached from their running gear, will be placed side by side, with sufficient space between to permit the attendants to feed tbe beasts and attend to their wants. An idea of tbe quantity ot material required to feed the various animala may b« bad from the following list : There will be 80 tons of bay, 2,000 bushels ot oats, 6 tons of straw, C tona of bran, 23 bushels of corn, 20 bales of peat moss, 30 barrels of carrots, 0,000 pounds of freab beef, 1,600 pounds of fresh lish, 15 barrels of potatoes, 150 beada of cabbage, U.OOO pouoda of fresh bread, 10 barrels of sweet apples, 6 barrels of onions, 7 barrels of turnips, 20 barrels of sea bisouits, 400 cans of condensed milk, 4 sacks of salt, 150 pounds of Glauber salts, all exoluaively for the animals and horses. All tbe meat and fish will be frozen and placed between alternate layers of ice in huge refrigerators especially built for the purpose. The condensed milk ia coieily for the monkeys aud Polar bear. The ex- pense of the show going to Europe is said to be the heavieit ever asaumed iu this line. About SI50 a day has been spent in cable deapatohea to and from Europe during a period of nearly four months puat. Tbe udvertiaing material to be distributed free in Loudon has already cost $10t>,UOO. Tbe new costumes, including those made in Paris for Kiralfy's " Nero," in which 800 people will appear, and those fur the circus department have cost 8'J0,0OO. Alto- gether it is estimated that the expenses of the affair, before a aingle performance i3 given, will foot up S3oU,000, exclusive of salaries, and all this for a probable season of one hundred days. The estimated ex- penses for the London season, calculating $6,800 a day for the oircas, will be nearly $12,000 a day, from which tbe risks ot tbe trip can be judgdd. But Mr. Bailey says : " 1 don't care lor tbe expenae even if 1 loan $100,000. I ju9t want to show the people of Europe what a big thing is. We know it in this country, but they do not over there." Mr. and Mrs. Barnum and Mr. Barnum s nephew, C. Barnum Seeley, sailed Satur- day un tbe Etruria. Sam Jonea, " Sam Jones, I see, ia getting $50 a day for preaching," remarked a Methodist, " and the cynical newspapers are making much of the fact. I don't know as I blame them for critioising. It is a natural feel- ing to distruat a minister who goes about preaching for ao maoh per sermon, just like a public lecturer who speaks for so much per lecture. It may be all tight, but it looks bad to the publio aud ia oertaiii to create adverse comment. Of oouruv, a preacher baa to be supported. We support our ministers comfortably, and nobody Unds fault with that. But when a man makes a bnsineaa proposition, that for so much money he will come and get up a religious revival among ns, I can't help feeling euapioiouaand slightly antagonistic. Bam Jones is a smart man, aud his methods are like those ot some other re- vivaliats, but I can't help thinking he lays himaelf liable to serious criticism." â€" Lom$viUe Pott. How I>o Yoa Luce Toar Boots f Not one person in a thousand laces his shoes correctly. About tbe aeareat any- body gets to it is to lace as tightly as pos- sible. The correct way is to put yoar foot when you are about to lace your shoe aa much as possible in the heel ol the shoe, says Vanity Fair. You can do this best by lacing your shoes with the heel ot your shoe resting in a chair standing in front of the one you are seated in. Over the instep the laolug should be drawn as tightly as possible. This will hold your foot back in the uhoe, giving the toes free- doom and preventing their being cramped. Lace about tbe ankle to suit your comfort. o Hiding on a Uear. Near Forester Falls the other day young Mr. Bulmer, of Boss, discovered a bear quietly feeding on a field of oats. He put two charges of shot into Bruin, but he showed ability to escape with alacrity. Mr, Bulmer witb daring ran up to the bear and sprang on its back, determined at all costs to prevent his escape. Tbe bear was a powerful specimen and seemed ({aite equal to the task of carrying off his rider, Mr, Thomas Faught, a noted marksman, appeared ou the scene witb a gun, and with a well directed shot laid the bear low not in the least injuring or even frightening tbe courageous tiAtr.-Utjiuorth Sun. What He Was. Masked Man (dashing into a parlor- oar on Western lUilroitd) â€" Hold up yer hands. Passenger â€" Don't shoot, please. Take all I've got and welcome. Masked Manâ€" This la a big pileo' money, BO I'll give ye 810 of it back. I may be a train robber, but I ain't no parlor-car porter,â€" New York iVeekly, ♦ -A, â€" Do you know that Jones in going to marry Miss Uuzenbury ? B â€" Yxs, so I hear. What Hurpriaea me u that euoh an intelligent girl would ever have anythini^ t ) i1A with a man who is so stupid as to W>tit tu make her bis wife, Ll c KV FELLOW, Ilu wono'1 her and auuil her and sought her Till ha melted her heart so cold, T '(]'• »<f. ui'irriod iiiu icHmau'fl daughter Aud iiow till U roliinti in gold. â€" PriiJ'ift (iwakened at 2 a in )â€" Well, what ia It? Oustomerâ€" It'sabay. Got up DEATH PA^,SED. Awful Heiueot far a Car Fall of Paatwacara ou a Level i.rtntntnis. The St. Louis express was rushing into Jersey City. A street oar was rolling along to the Grove street crossing of the Pennsylvania lUilroad. William Peartall, tbe gate ttnder, carefully lowered the gatea junt after the street car ^ot past and waa rumbling over tbe weat-bDUnd track. II was near midnight Suodny night. John CouDors, the car-driver, cuddenty saw the headlight uf a locomotive bearing dowB upon bim. It was the engine of the St. Louis express thundering along the east- bound track. Another pull and his team would have the car, with twenty pasaeugert, on tbe rails directly in front of the incom- ing train. Connors might have jumped and saved himaelf. If he had be would have heard an instant later acreams and groaoa of dying men, women and children. The frail street car, with its load of human froitiht, would have been no more than a feather iu the path of tbe giant locomotive travelling at the rate of a milo a minute. John Connors in tbe hour of need proved himself a bero. With his left hand ba jammed the brake hard down. Witb his right hand he fairly dragged the horse* around at a right angle to the street car. Tbey had be-m ia the centre of the east track. Quick as the driver was the engine was quicker, and as it flashed by it struck tbr off horse, and ripped hftn in two from bead to foot. Bo close were train and oar that the train bent and twisted the front dashboard ot tbe street car as it swept by. John Conoors, the bumble car-'triver, turned pale and sank on bis knees, with the line still in hia baud, after the danger wae over. Then there was a panic in tbe oar. The passengers realized their peril after it was over and daabed pell mell out on the tracka. Htury Meyer, the conductor, tried to stop tbem, but be was swept from the back platform like chaff b.ifore the wind. The passengers seemed crazed aud ran bap- hazard acroaa the tracka and fled in all directions. O dy Cjnners and the conductor remained ou the car. Wkcre Araesto Comaa Froaa In a recent insueof Notes uid Gltaning* a writer describes tbe araeuio industry in Devonshire. The best known mine in that county whioh supplies atseuio in quantity is tbe " Devou Great Coosiola," near Tavi- stock. Kefiued white arsenic ia here ob- tained from the rough ore, aud the com- pany ia working over attain in the furnaces, for the sake of tbe arsenic, much refuse thrown aaide in the palmy copper days. In former days the fumes were allowed to pass off into tbe workshops and into the air, causing fatal results among the workmen and destroying tbe surround- ing vegetation for somo distance. Bat now that arsenic (and not copper) ia the most valuable product, precautions are taken to prevent any escape. Three kinds of oal- oiners are in use at the " Great Consola." Firat there is the ordinary band oaluinei. Next the w<^ll known Oxland'a caiuiuer, which ia so coiiatructed as to require no attention from the workmen. Tbe tbird furnace appears to be tbe most effi.cient ot the three. In it a circular table, sloping oonaiderably from the centre to the sides, revolves at a somewhat slow rate. Tbe era falls OB thia table, which is thoroughly belted by the furnace beneath, from an opening near tbo centre ; thence by tbe â- lope and the circular movement it ia gradually diutribnted down towards the circumference, where, almost completely deprived ot its araeiiio, it falls luto a trough, while tbe fumes ptas op into the flues through an opening above the highest point. The operation is an extremely protty one to watch, as tbe sulphur in tbie ores cauaes continual play of blue flamei over the surface of tbe incandescent mass, while tbe air above seems misty with the floe white smoke ot arsenic trioxide Pre- pared in this way tbe crude produei has a dirty grey color, and is purified by further roasting in a reverbatory furnace, heated only with coke or anthracite, when it sub- limes in the flues in the form of a beaati- tully glistening white powder, which feels to tbe touch uj soft as flour. Sometimes fine oolorleasa crystals are found, especially near the doora ot the flues. Visitors feel unwell for the rest ot the day after an inspection ol the fnrnaoes. The workers have their months and noses wrapped up in cloth respirators with cottonwool inaide, lest by chance any particles ot what tbe Germans call giftmehlot poiaon flour might get into the air passages ; all the workmen employed in sorting or packing the flue powder of white arsenic are eimilarly pro- tected. All employed looked powerful men enjoying excellent health. The work has not been going ou sutficieutly long (aboat 15 years) to compare the length of life of those engaged in it with that ot those employed in furnace work with non- poisonoua, or at least, nonvolatile poisouooi bodies. He Went. Hera is a new way tor a girl to get rid of a lata beau. She gives bim a paper and pencil with cue of her sweetest smiles, and says : Now ni»ke a row ot eleven ciphers ; now mtko a purpoudioular mark downward on the right of the flrst cipher ; upward on the right ot the fourth ; downward on the right of the fifth ; upward on the right of the seventh ar.d eighth ; downward on the tenth. The marks should be half an inch long. Ask him to read what he has written. The effect is electrical.â€" ii'oc/iofer Herald. A person returned from J»pau, Said, "At unco 1 will try it I can Kpeak pure .Japanese, With correctness and ease. Like a cultured and travuJIed young man," â€"A Biddaford, Me , man thought thatto aocoat a friend by touching the back of hia UBck with the lighted end of a ci^ar w..ald be a good joke, a few days ago. But the frie..a wurt! a celluloid oollnr, whioh blazed up iiiB'.antlv, made a blieter encircling bia neck, anil nearly cremated him. â€" The following is to be sung to the tune of " The Death March in 8«ul." Are you all ready ? Oae, two, three, The aatumn leaves are falling, and the year ia growing old, and the snow drifts will be soon against the dour. But onr woodahed still IB empty and ciur coti bin full of air, and our winter clothing's hmi^iug in the store. Yet the marble faced delinquent reads our paper by the st>VH, whili hebnrna awity thn ooal for whioh Im owt e, and we shiver in the stnctum till tbe tua: s bHiiim our pyoD, and th« hlo!i<"'im r Aii'-jara upon our JXQae.â€"BriKktide Rccatdnt. ! t u ' I ' • 1 , i U\ 'X