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IIN A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture Markets &c. Vol. X. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1874. No. 31 4 t.nE,HERALD iS PUBLISRED rvEi%.Y 'IXF.NESIDAY V01ININCT. it sewberry C. ILP BY TH09. F. GRENUKMR Editor andi Proprietor. Ters,$250Per JAMMI1. Ijv&r.ably in Advance. C:-a.The paper is stopped at the expirtion of I *ne for whlich it is paid. p.'The X. mark denotes expiration ofr sub IjEQUj&L To BETSY A NDI ARE oUT. Aud whien I went In the bouse the table was ,set for me A;. good AL supper's I ever saw- Or can want to See, And I crammed the agreement down my pocket as well as I could And fell to eating my viemuals, Which soine how didn't taste good. And Betsy, she pretended to look about the bouse, But she watched my side coat pocket as a cat wouMd watch a mouse; And then she went to foolin' a little withi her * cap". Aud inteadly reading a newspaper,, Wholdin' _tW , W~id up. *60 rdoes mspper I drawed the agreement out, Am4tivei-t. w WIthout a word, for sbe fkb nWt" wabout, 4-j66uw*b~& a little tune, bait now WiW-ak"WW*ii 1that bopwe up Thew SMta 'b gter se froxi off the An a "W'quite softly -to her ~ Radi Rdeandim~,fofr her eyes is get ting especial And lkwyer'* tW W no print,escil ly whMnh'.od Aj w iWd )read a little, she give my arm atouch, An&1 kinffiv-AH she Was afhaQ I VWa'W*in' without making a horrible clank and rattling; it bad no inclination to leave its lawful master." of gigantic proportions in the corridor along which he passed. Add to that a harsh noise wbich the cunning rascal mad. behind him, and you can fancy what a terror' the valets were in. Un fortunately for him, they went and roused the Seigneur of La Pi roche. who cares a straw for no man, either living or dead, who simply, and without any one's as sistance, stopped the thief, and de livered him up, bound hand and foot, to his oin proper justice." "And his own proper justice ?" "Condemned him to be hanged, clad in the armor." "Wherefore that clause in the sentence ?" "Because the Seigneur of La Piroche is not only a brave cap tain, but a man of sense and spirit, who wants to obtain from this just condemnation both an exam ple for others and a benefit for him self. Well, don't you know that whatever has touched a hanged man becomes a talisman for .its possessor? ,The Seigneur of La Piroche, therefore, ordered the Driminal to be clad in his armor, that he might take it back again Ifter he was dead, and so have a talisman in our coming wars." "That's a very clever stroke." "t should think so, indeed !" "Let us push on, then; for I pa@cularly went to see .his poor wretch -hanged." clWe have plenty of time, we had better not over-fatigue our cattle. W e are not going to stop at La Pi roclie; we have a good league to o beyond it, and then we intist retain to La Potarie," "Yes; but our horses will bAi i iveor six hours' rest, since we are ot coming back before the even ing." The father and son continued heir journey, chat,ing as they went, and half an hour afterwards %hey reached La Piroche. As the father had said, they ar rived in time. There was an immense con ,ourseof peoplein the grand square a front of the chateau, for there the scaffold was erected. The two companions got as near as possible to t.he scaffold, in order to lose nothing of the events that were about to take place; and ike everybody else, they awaited Ghe spectacle, with the advantage f being mounted on pony-back, and of seeing better, with less fa igue. Their suspence was not of' ong duration. At a quarter to two the gate of the chateau was opened, and the sondemned man appeared, preced d by the guards of the' Seigneur af La Piroche, and followed by the executioner. The thief was alad in the armor he had stolen, nd was riding backwards on an mas without a saddle. His visor lown, and he hung his head. His bands were tied behind his back; nd if you wish to know our con ~rition respecting him, we declare, without hesitation, that, judging by his manner and attitude, if not by his face which could not be eeb, he was very ill at ease, and was occupied .at that moment by the most melancholy reflections. The hangman had just set his ladder leaning again st the gallows, nd the chaplain of the Seigneur af La Piroche, mounted on a plat form purposely prepared, was read. ing the sentence. The condemned man did not stir. They called out to him to get ff his ass, and give himself up to he hangman. He did not budge an inch. We can understand his hesitation. Then the hangman seized him by the elbows, lifted him off the ass' back, and set him down up right on the ground. During the change of' attitude, the chaplain finished reading the sentence. "Have you any request to make ?" he inquired of the patient. "Yes," replied the wretched man, in a sorrowful and scarcely audible voice. "What is it ?" "I request my pardon !" The Seigneur of La Piroche shrugged his shoulders, and order ed the hangman to do his office.' That official personage prepared to mount the ladder, leaning against the gibbet, which impas sable, with out-stretched arms, was about to tear a soul out of a living body, and he tried to make the criminal mount before him, but the thing was not easy. The hangman, to make him mount the ladder, had recourse to the same means which he had em ployed to make him get off the ass; he took him by the waist, set him on the third stavd of the lad der,- and then pushed .him up behind. "ravo!" shouted the crowd. There was no help for it, ex cept to mount. Then the executioner adroitly slipped round the patient's neck the running noose which orna mented the end of the rope, and giv ing him a violent kick in the back, sent him swinging into open space. An immense clamor followed this expected denouement, and a shudder ran throughout the crowd. Of whatever crime he may be guilty, a dying man is always, for instant, greater than those who come to see him dic. The banged man swung two or three minutes at the end of his rope, kicked, writhed, and then remained motionless and stiff. They stared a few minutes lon ger at the sufferer, whose gilded armor glittered in the sunshine; the spectators gradually formed into groups, and then went their several ways h')mewards, dis coursing on the late event. * * * * * The next morning, at break of day, a couple of guards walked out of the chateau of La Piroche to take down the body of the criminal, and to strip it of the ar mor belonging to their lord; but they found what they were very far from expecting-namely, that the gallows and the rope still re mained in their places, but that the hanged man was nowhere to be seen. The two guards rubbed their eyes, in doubt whether they were dreaming or not; but such was the fact. No body, and, as a nat ural consequence, no armor. Tbe most extraordinary circum. stance was, that the rope was neithe:- broken noi cut., but emact ]v in the state in which it was be fore receiving the criminal. The guards at once went to announce the news to the Seig neur of La Piroche. What had become of the dead man ? For the condemned thief was certainly dead the day before, as the whole population 444 pp held with their eyes. Had another thief taken advan iage of the night to obtain posses ion of the armor which covered the body -7 Perhaps so ;bmut. wIbile taking the armor, he would evidently have left the body, for which he had no occasion. Had the friends or relatives of the sufferer determined to give him Christian burial? The case was far from impossi ble, except that the sufferer had neither friends nor relations; and people acting under religious mo tives would have ta'ken the body and left the arm~or. That supposition, therefore, was not to be entertained. What, then, were they to suppose. The Seigneur of La Piroche was in despair. He was mad about his suit of armor. He offered a reward of ten golden crowns to whoever would deliver up the criminal, attired as he was at the time of his death. They searched the house; no thing was fo.und. Nobody came to claim the reward. A month was spent in fruitless search. The gallows still remained in its place, bumiliated. downcast, and despised. Never had a gibbetecom mitted so disgraceful a breach of confidence. The Seign eur.of iEa Piroche con tinued to demand the restitution of his armor. Nothing came of it. At last he was doubtless on the the point of making up his mind to this strange event, and the loss resulting from it, when one morn ing, on awaketing, he heard a great noise in the square where the execution had taken place. He was going to inquire what was the matter, when his chaplain entered his chamber. "Monseigneur," he said, "do you know what has happened ?" "No ; but I will inquire direct 13y." "I can tell you. I--" What is it, then ?" "A miracle !" "Really !" "The man who was hanged--" "Well ?" "Is there." "Where ?" "On the gallows." "Hanging ?" "Yes, Monseigneur." "With his armor." "With your armor?" "Exactly so ; because it belongs to me. And he is dead ?" 'Perfectly dead. Only--" "Only what?". "Had he spars-on when he was hanged ?" "o." inur eha pr o"Weow; mnineadr,fhearpnr onnw/n ntedo ern / the helmet on bis head, he care fully laid it at the foot of the gallows, so -as to be found hanging uncovered." "Let us go and see, Messire Chaplain; let us go and see at once." The Seigneur of La Pir oche ran into the- square, which was crowd ed with inquisitive spectators. The neck of the hanged man was replaced in the running noose, the body was really at the end of the rope, and the armor was really on the body. It was prodigious. So they shouted, "A miracle!" 'He has repented," said one, "and has come back to re-bang himself." "He has been here all the time," said another, "only we could not see him." "But why has he put on spurs?V inquired a third. "Doubtless because he has come from a distance, and. was anxious to get back quick." "For my part, whether far or near, I shoild have had no occa sion whatever for spurs, because I would have taken good care to remain where I was." And then they laughed, and then they looked at the ugly grimace on the dead man's coun Le nance. As for the Seigneur of La Pir oche, his only thought was to make sure that the thief was real. ly dead, and to take repossession of his suit of armor. They took down the body and stripped it, and then, when strip. ped, they hung it up again, and the crows set to work with such effect that in a couple of days it Was stripped to the bone, in a week it was like a tat'erdemalion, in a fortnight it had the appear. ance of a nothing-at-all. But how had this hanged man employed his time during his month of absence? How was it that having been hung, he con trived to escape, and that having escaped he rebung himself? Our two peasats, returning home by night, and passing close to the gibbet, heard moans, gasp. ings, and something like a prayer; that they devoutly crossed them selves, and asked what it could be; fhat nobody replied, but that the moazns0 cnt.in4<, appearing to come from the body that was hanging overhead. They then took the ladder, which the hang man bad left at the foot of the gi bbet, set it against the side of the gallows, and the sonl mounting as far as where the criminal hung, said to him, "Is it you who are making these complaints, my poor fellow.". The condemned man, collecting #11 his strength, answered, "Yes." "You are still alive, then ?" "Yes." "Do you repent of your crime ?" "Yes." "Then I will set about untying you; and, as the gospel commands us to succor those who suffer, and who even cause us to suffer, I will succor you and restore you to life, that it may lead you unto good. Heaven pref'ers a soul which re pents of its sins to a body which expiates them." The father and son then unfas tened the dying man, and compre hended how itbhappened that he still survived. The rope, instead of compressing the neck of the thief, pressed the bottom of the helmet in.such wise that the pa. tient was suspended, but not strangled, and that, catching with his head at a sort of ledge or rest ing place within the helmet, he had managed to breathe and keep life existin'g up to the moment when our two companions passed by. The latter liberated him, and transported him to their 'own home, where he was handed over to the nursing of the mother and her maiden daughter. But he who has stolen will steal again. In the peasant's house there were only two things to steal: for the money he had brought from La Poterie did not be long to him. These two things were his horse and his daughter, a fair haired girl of sixteen years of age. The ex-hung criminal deter mined to steal both; for he coveted the horse and was smitten with a passion for his daughter. One night, therefore, he saddled the horse, put on spurs in order to travel more quickly, and seized the girl as she was fast asleep, to carry her off behind him. But the girl woke up, and cried for help. The father and son came to her rescue. The thief tried to escape, but it was too late. The daughter toil them of the violant attemnt - that had been made; and her fa ther and her brother seeing clear ly that no real repentance was to be expected from such a man, re. solved to take justice into their own hands, but more effectually than the Seigneur of La Pirohe had done. They fastened the scoundrel to the horse which he bad saddled himself, conducted him to the square of La Piroche, and hung him exactly where be was hung before; but they took care to remove his helmet and lay I it on the ground, to make sure that he should not escape this time, and they quietly returred home. As to the Seigneurof La Piroche, since he was in possession of a sure and certain talisman, he joy fully set out for the wars, where he was the very first to get knock. ed on the head. $$seeURwtt0u. THE BANKRUPT L&W. AN OUTLINE OF THE CHANGES IN THE ORIGINAL ACT. The bill recently passed by Con. gross amending the bankrupt law of 1867, and signed by the presi. dent on the 23d ultimo, provides that the court may in its discre I tion. on sufficient cause shown, and upou notice and hearing, di rect the receiver or assignee to take possession of the property and carry on the business of the debtor, or any part, under the di rection of the court, when the in terest of the estate, as well as of the creditors, will be promoted thereby for a period not exceeding pine iponths. The coqrt raust, however, be satisfied that a major ity in value of the creditors ap prove before making such an or der. Se, Jon 1 of the act is also amended by adding a provision al. lowing the court to direct that any of the legal assets or debts of the l.ankrupt, as contra-distinguished from equitable demands, shall, w ben not ece0eding five hundred 4ollars be goI1epted in tap- S$gte courts haying julrisdiction. -Con current jurisdiction is given the circuit courts with district courts of any distiret of all cases brought by the assignee, and persons claim ing an adverse interest or owing any debt to bankrupt, or vice ver sa. THE SELLING OF PROPERTY AND RE PORTS BY THE ASSIGNEE. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the assignee is to sell the bankrupt's property, real or personal, at public auction, the notices of public sales to be pub libhed once a week for three con secutive weeks in a newspaper QS newspapers designated by the judge. The court, on application of any party in interest, shall have complete supervisory power of the sales, including the power to set them aside and order a 'resale, so as to realize the largest sum. The court may also" order any real estate of the bankrupt, or part of it to be sold for one-fourth cash and the residue within eighteen months, at seven per cent., in such instalments as the court may di rect, to be secured by mortgage or lien upon the property. Every assignee shall keep a regular ac count of all moneys received and expended by him to which every creditor shall have free access. If the assignee fails or neglects to well and faithfully discharge his duties in the sale or disposition of property, it is the duty of the court to remove him, and he shall forfeit all emolaments in connection with the sale. If an assignee unfairly or wrongfully disposes of property in his charge, or agrees to do so, he Shall, upon proof, be removed and forfeit all fe3es and other compensation for all services in connection with the estate, and upon conviction be liable to a fine of not more than $100,000, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. Any p ersao n conspiring with the assignee for a similar purpose shall, upon conviction, be liable to a like punishment. The assignee to report in detail to the court once in three months, and at all other times when ordered by the court, and also to report in detail whenever any settlement of his accounts is made. Upon such settlement he must file in court an affidavit declaring wheth er he has orhasnotreceived,directly or indirectly, any interest, benefit, or advantage from the use or depos it of funds in his keeping and may be examined orally upon the same subject, and if he wilfully swears falsely, in-either case, or in his re-f port, he shall be -deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conaviction bo pnunished by impriaonment not Ian than one year nor more than fiv years. BEGINNING OF PROCEEDINGS IN VOL UNTARY BANKRUPTCY. Section eleven of the origina act, relaLing to the beginning o proceedingsin voluntary bankrupt cy, is so amended as to provid4 that the notices ordered by th court shall be published in noi more than two newspapers, to b( selected by the marshal. B u t whenever the creditors are so nu. merous as to make any notice un der the law, by mail or otherwise, a great and disproportionate ex. pease, the court may order suce notice to be given by publication to all creditors whose sums do not exceed $50. Section twenty iE amended so as to prevent any set. off to be made in debts or creditE in cases of compulsory ban kruptcy after the act of bankruptcy upon or in respect to the adjudication shall be made. A creditor, by prov ing his debt or claim, does not waive his right of action or suit against the bankrupt when a dis charge has been refused or proceed. ings determined without a dis. charge. In all causes or trials un der the act the alleged bankrupt or any party thereto are compe tent witnesses. In cases of compulsory or invol. untary bankruptcy, the provisionE of the law requiring the pay ment of any proportion of the bankrupt's debts, or the assen or any portion of his creditors, a a condition of his discharge from his debts, do not apply ; if. other. wise entitled to it, he may receivc a discharge as if he had paid the per centure. No discharge in cases o voluntary bankruptcy -shall b( rnade if tlhe debaQr's assets 4re pol equal to thirty per cent. of the prov ed claims against his estate, with out the assent of one-fourth of hii creditors in number and one-third in value. The fifty per cent. pro vision in the original act is repeal ed. The two periods of four and six months mentioned in Sectioi 35, tinder the head of "Preferen ces and fraudulent Ppveyances de plgredI void," prescribed as the lim its of certain reclaiming and void, ing processes, are reduced to tw< months and four months respect ively, but this not to take effect for two months after the passage f the act The sam~e section is further amended by the persor procuring any part of the proper Ly, who must know that the at tachmnent, payment, &c., is made in fraud of the bankrupt law be fore the same can be declared void Nothing in the section shall inval idate any loan of actual value, oi the security theretofore, made it in good faith upon a security take in good faith at the time of th~ making of the loan. INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY. Forty days, instead of fourteen are allowed to elapse before a bank, banker, broker, merchant, trader, manufacturer or any other person, who fails to. pay his commercial paper is liable to be thrown inte bankruptcy. The assent of one, fourth in number and one-third in value of the creditors in re guired to throw a debtor, intc bankruptcy. This provision re lates back to December 1, 1873 The periods relating to arrest and imprisonment in the same section (39) are also changed trom seven to twenty days. If it ap pears that the number and amount of creditors have not petitioned that the debtor be adjudged a bankrupt, the court shall grant a reasonable time, not more than twenty days in cases heretofore begun, and ten days in those be. gun hereafter, within which othei creditors may join. If the requi. site number does not then appear the case is to be dismissed. If he is abjudged a bankrupt the as signee may recover the money or property fraudulently paid, con reyed, or sold,providing the persor receiving the same knew a fraud of the act was intended; such per son, although a creditor, shall not, in actual cases of fraud, he allowed to prove for more than a moiety of his debt. This limitation is t( apply to volontary bankruptcy also. The petition of ereditore under this section may be suffi. ciently verified by the oaths o. the first five signers, or their at torneys if they do Dot reside it the district. Those whose debti do not exceed $250 are not to be reckoned in computing the num er and amount of creditors; ij there be none whose debts exceed $250, or if such fail to sign the pe tition creditors having debts of a less amount shall be reckoned. When the court hears the allega tion of the petitioner and debtor it may, at the election of the debt or, award a venire facias to thi district marsahl, returnabla within 3 ten days, for the trial of the fact set forth in the petition. Proceed ings may be discontinuedbenev er a debtor pays thosesecure< debts which were the ground o thowing him irto bankruptcy, o whenever, with the consent of tbi court, he and a majority of th4 creditors shall ask fora discontin uance of the proceedings. Th( jurisdiction, &c., vested in th( United States District Court is at so vested in the District Court! instead of the Supreme Courts o the Territories, as formerly, sub ject to the general superintend. ence and jurisdiction conferred upon circuit courts by section D. COMPOSITION WITH CREDITORS. A composition may be effected with creditors without regard tc proceeding in bankruptcy, by s vote of a majority in number and t hree-fourths in value of the credit ors, who shall adopt a resolutiom to that effect at a meeting duly called on due notice, of such cred. itors as may be present or repre. sented by proxy. Such resolution, with the debtor's statement of hii assets and debts, shall be present. ed to the courts and recorded. The creditors may add to or may vary the provisions of the com position in the same manner, and the composition shall be binding on all non-agreeing creditors but shall not predjudice the rights 01 any not named. in the debtor'i statement. If I e g a I difficultiei prevent the composition bcin proceeded with without injustice the court may set it aside, and th< debtor shall be proceeded with ai a bankrupt. The fees and expense. are reduced one-h4lf patil th< judges of the Supreme Court shal establish a permanent reductiot and simplify procedings. No reg istrar or clerk of court, or theii partners, or any one having an3 interest with either in any feei or emoluments in bankruptcy,shal be of counsel, solicitor or attorney either in or out f court, in an' I suit or matter gen4ing bakupte) i4 gy circupit or district court o his district, or in an appeal there from. Nor shall they be executor administrator, guardian, etc., o any estate within the jurisdictior of either court, or in any fees aris frorm such $rqats, Provision is also made for annu al reports by district marshals, an< notaries public are authorized t< take such proof of debts againsl the estate of a bankrupt.' GOOD AND BAD PAPERS.-It is sad sight for one who longs for nation's highest prosperity, to se0 the youth of it flocking to the news stands and to the country post offices, so eager for the illus trated newspapers of the day. The instant one is secured, the lad or young man walks away eagerly devouring the continued story always full of the wildes| sensational reading, if not teaching the most debasing morals. Vil lians of every dye are held up ai heroes, and young minds are fired to imitate their deeds. That i: the way our thieves and murder ers are made. That is the way sc many boys are made perfectly worth less for any practical -pur pose in life. You can know the boy who devours such literature by his slouching gait and absent manners; by his crossness when called away from his enchanting visionary world, and obliged tc take part in the real. Boys, if you ever wish to be successful and honored men in the world, ihun such reading. If at agent urges ypu to subscribe fo] such a trashy paper, tell him once for all, "no." Ask if heshas som< good substantial paper that will give valuable knowledge-th at wil make you better and wiser. I he has, invest your money in it and you will find of all the in vestments of the year, this ii the best paying. What would you think of the farmer who should go out in the morning and soil his meadows with ox-eyed daisy and wild parsley ? They are boti very pretty flowers,and beautifully diversify the monotonous meadow~ land. But 1 have yet to see a far mer pleased with them. Now' their influence is not half so per nicious as that of these sensation al papers on the mind of you children. You may, by greal care, root out these mischief-.ak ing weeds, but the injury bad lit Serature leaves is life-long. It is like a miracle if the reader is noi utterly wrecked by it. Choose wa rily your children's reading, an~ when you have found a really goot paper-stick to it,as a, ast friend [Country Ge~Itleman. b:Epitaph for a cannibal-One t who loved his fellow-meri. [From Taylor's Modern Highways.] "GOING HER PRETTIEST. TOM POTTS, THE ENGLISH ENGINEER TELLS HOW HIS LOCOMOTIVE JUMP ED A GAP. Tom Potts, a well known loco motive engineer in England and tA States, is the self-accredited hero of the following wonderful story of successful daring. I will narrate it as nearly as I can in hii own words. I have heard him tell it often: "Well, gentlemen, I say you'll think it's a lie, but I can't help that; you have asked me to tell it, and all I can say is, if you'd been in my place you'd have seen it. "I had been driving the Witdh for about seven months, and a sweet thing she was. I never was never half so fond of an engine as I was of her. She was the kind of machine a man ouly gets once in a lifetime. "She made her steam quick, was easy on fuel, started off lively, and went like a deer. Her cylinders were 16-inch, her stroke 22, and her drivers 7 feet 6, and she was as kind to handle as a baby. "To see her run off with a heavy load, light and gay, was enough to shame the Juno, Venus and Helen, and other 18-inch machines. "She never wanled fixing up. Venus was always going in and out of the shop to be titivated, and if there's anything I don't like it's an engine that all the time wants to be titivated. She wae always ready and willing for work. Why, bless you ! she was onlj washed out for the sake of clean liness-she didn't need it a bit. "She was the tidiest thing I evei seen-seemed as t h o u g h dirl wouldn't stick to her. "Well, what I am going to tell came- off years ago, before I lefl the old country, and it was one of the best railroads-single track then, though it's got three now, and four in some spots. "Well, the Witch and I were r put on the mail, one of the fastest trains, and they went like sixtj in themn days. '"The engiueer was fined a shil eling for every minute he lost. He dared not go slow for fog, unless he wanted to lose his day's pay. He had to keep going right along and see things before he got ii sight of 'em. "We were running north .one Sdark wintry day, and were making our best streaks. I should reckor we were going about fifty miles ai Shour. "I was saying to myself, 'she'i going her prettiest,' when we sud denly shot ahead, as if we had been fired out of a cannon. "I kne w what that meant. We -had broke loose, we hadn't a car be. hind us. The coupling had broken between the tender and the first coach. "How we flew; to be sure! I whistled the guard to break up the train. How we bounded along! "I could make out no objecti alongside; we seemed to go faster and faster, we must have got as fast as one hundred miles an hour. "It was a straight piece of track for some miles. I did not shut ofl steam directly we broke, for I didn't want the train to run intc us which might happen it they did not hear me whistie for breaks "It was lucky I kept her going, for just as I had had about enougi such flying, a man started ou1 about six hundred yards before us, holding a red flag. "There was nothing in the way so I knew something must he wrong with the track. "You might as well have tried tc stop a whirlwind as the Witeh. .i that distance. Her speeds was Ifrightful. "There wasn't much time tc think, and as we could not stop, -the faster we went the better; so I gave what steam more there was. She seemed to have some 'go' in reserve, for we shot past the red flag like a flash. "I saw men standing horror struck. "'Bill,' I said, 'quick!i Get on the coke and see what's ahead. -"He looked and went deadly pale, tottered, and fell back in a haint. "By this time I could see plaic enough what was wroieg. "There was a gap in the track where a bridge had gone down. -"You can't imagine my feelinge just then. Going to death-death swift and terrible, at about twc miles a minute-getting nearer Inearer!I I thought of my wife anle Ichild-nearer I An instant more thega! " 6 Gd,have. mercy,' Is; shrieked, "Well,, would y'ou 'believe~ is I thtegn utcerdta ai Itwat nien eet ars handap ab"It s-tee fot eep.cos,.n nobs sixt's feet deep. ADVIRTISINQ RATE.ff*I-* 75c. for each =Wuewtno~c column adetsmnstenweemms2ow Notime Of mMftPnsolnrgadtDue Of respecmme rates rqgmeaohz adyertnkeentL . Done ith Hebmnjtsb "She ninpodtatg* 7 Btag and vilat's-MOM the railsa rit bi ;Z -W side and kep right ilt~ ~ - if she- had- zot ocete "1 stirred"Bill' &pid-*' t~ of as- at th-e brake,w au t~ to stop the -Witch "She was on,AIpi.1 but I never d&eAU161 that ga-w!; ALmosT, Suxi6DWI college a y3ung.td~& sequently became deerued hiMselfill.retd low-student, an& in got very angry To 1&.y and griif ofhi somewhat NO.zp~uia feelings No 0110 buke1him* rt him, while hew* W' ve,ry litl edificatioit of theu,ur Tow&*steco. judiciousfrt.-i room. Paps.,zQ door,, he said. Ma "it is almost, -A.n proof, so kiudb,*an brother. Th'0~