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The Warning at the Bridge.
In the year l8GT, T was superinten
dent of Ihe IIo?, ich nnd Rocky River
railroad*
It was ;\ line which did n good run of
biudrtusa; connecting u$ it did a grcut
city with a fl> urishing back country, and
Vre r.ut a pretty g od uuniber of trains
over the i-iils *.u the course of twenty
Fmir hours.
Tho daily trains were every hour, but
?Hol- nine in tho evening there was only
liuc* train until the steamboat accotn
tuodatioti at h-'f-past three in the morn
ing
This intervening train was the ?elport
tantl. It Was made up at Delport, and
tan as far as Clinton, express all the
Deport was the large city of which 1
have spoken, and it was there that my
office was located, for t lie business of the
road was all settled nod arranged at thai
und of the line.
Of course 1 give fictitious names, and
the reader need not expect to find llel
port on any railway map.
12:30 train, or the midnight mail, us
U was more frequently designated, was
run by Karl Rogers, a young man of
Beven or eight and twenty, who had been
employed on the rood for several years.
Ho wub the best engine driver on tho
?corporation, and for that reason he had
been elected for the train, it being deem
ed expedient to place men of the best
judgment on tho train, because there was
? better lookout required by night.
Kurl, token all in all, was one of tho
finest fellows I ever saw.
Frank, handsome, generous to a fault,
and very yell:educated-.
He hud fallen into the vacation of an
engiuccr more from his love Of excite
ment and danger than anything else, per
haps ; and if there wus any particularly
^?orilous business to be done, Earl Rogers
was always our man.
For some time UQ bad been desperate
ly in love Laura Domain, the daughter
of a rieb old fellow just on the other
fcide of Rocky River, a half dozen miles
beyond Bolport.
ITke.love was fully returned, for Laura
Wu.8 a noble-hearted girl, and did not care
for wealth nnd ambition when weighed
iu the balance with love : but old JJc
Juiain und she were two, and there was no
'probability of his ever giving his con
fetti.
He had set his heart on her marrying
IMnce Carlcton, a young blood of the
Vicinity, reputed wealthy, and of an old
family.
Domain's opposition naturally tnado
the love'fst more determined-, and they on
ly waited an increase of Earl's salary to
he married, in spite of Papa Domain.
Karl was a faithtul fellow, atrd I was
^loing^uy best with tho company to get
?n advance for him. with every proba
bility of success.
Somehow, I took a atrong interest in
Earl's low affairs.
1 am an old codger, and love matters
tore rather out of my lino, my fort? beiug
.the calculating of accounts, the reg Na
tion of freight rules, and iho manage
ment of business so as to secure the tat
est dividends to the stockholders.
Perhaps my interest in Earl's love for
JjaUra might be because I most cordially
dotcslcd Priuco Carlcton. He was ah
ways "blowing" our road, finding fault
with the rato of spood, with the grade,
with the carriages, with the ventilation,
with everything in short, for nothing
suited him.
Then upon one occasion lie and I had
had a few words neither very pleasant
nor very choice, and he had called me on
uld scoundrel, and I had returned the
compliment with interest. After that
we wore worse friends than ever.
One dark rainy uight in November,
just after the nine o'clock train had been
got off*, and 1 was sitting in the office try
ing to bulanee an account that would not
balauce, the dour opened and Kurl Hog
ers walked in. Ho had on his water
proof suit, the hood over his head, and
the collar buttoned closely, but I saw
that his face was very pale and his eyes
gleamed with an unnatural fire.
? "What in the world has happened,
Rogors?" said I. "You look as glum
as if you were going to your own fune
ral."
? Mr. Woodbury," said he, earnestly.
?'Do you believe in present incuts ?"
"No," said I. "I certainly do not!
They are all old -voiiicn's whims !"
"Perhaps so. I wish I could thin!:
so," said he, sadly. '"I have been try
ing hard to."
"What is it, Karl '( Anything gone
wrong with Laura V for I did not kuow
hut the little jade had been playing off
with him after the tnanucr of woman.
"No. You will laugh at me, Mr.
Woodbury, but I must tell somebody or
I shall go out of my wits," said he, half
laughing, "mid before leaven, I tell you
it is all truth. Thursday afternoon I
took a hand car and wcut over to Rocky
River Bridge. 1 do not mind confessing
that I went on purpose to get a glimpse
of her home?perhaps of herself. 1
stood at ouo end of the bridge?looking
across at the house?enraptured at sight
of tt scarlet shawl which 1 knew was hers
flitting in and out through the frost bit
ten shrubbery of the garden.
"And while I was looking at her 1
heard footstcDS. and glancing up, / ?110
myxtlf cftmvig front the opposite side oj
the bridge! I was dressed in this suit of
water proof?my face was as palo ns
death, and my wide open eyes were blank
and expressionless 1
"Sir, you think I am dazed, but I'm
telling you only the truth ! While 1
stood staring at the vision it disappeared;
and weak and trembling I came back to
town. By the next day?yesterday, I
had reasoned myself out of belief in any
thing of the kind. It was a hallucina
tion, 1 Said, and to prove it so, I would
go out there again and see if it would
appear for the secoud time. I went
again yesterday, and sir, the same thing
was repeated ! It will come once more?
and then I shall go to my death V
"Nonseuse !" said I. "Come, Earl, be
honest, and confess that you had been
taking too much whUkcy."
"I never drink anything as you know,
Mr. Woodbury," returned he, "and this
thing wus fearfully real. And of one re
sult I am satisfied. If I run the mail
train out to-night, 1 shall be killed, and
heaven knows what will be the fate of
the train ! I suppose it could not be tak
en off for to-night 1"
"Taken off! What the <ducc do you
mean V snapped I?this road runs trains
as advertised ! Cowardly engineers to the
contrary notwithstanding."
He looked at me sadly, reproachfully?
and I could have kicked myself for the
way I'had spokcu to him.
"It was not on my own account, sir,''
said ho, "but it is only a few days before
Thanksgiving, and the train will bo a
full one. If there is un accident it tuny
be a bad one."
"Accident!" said I contemptuously,
"fiddlestick. Come in to-morrow and let
us laugh at you."
He bid mo good night gravely, and
went out.
Presently the Clock struck twelve and
1 heard the three sharp successive whis
tles, that told me that the train was
nearly ready.
A strange feeling of npprchousion
seized me. What if anything should
hippen ?
Yielding to an impulse which would
not bo controlled, I threw on my over
coat, turned out the gas, locked the
office and hurried over to the depot just
<ti season to catch the tail of the rear
Car and swing myself on board.
Barl Rogers stood at his post, pale and
silent, yet altered and watchful.
By the head light in the locomotive ho
could sre the track for a half a mile
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drag,
plunged forward into the gulf.
There uus a crash?a succession of
shrill whistles from the escaping steain,
and all was still!
Not one of the carriages wont down ;
the first one halted ou the very m ink of
the abyss sis if the more fearfully to im
press upon the minds of the passengers
the torriblo danger they had escaped.
Before the train came te a stop I had
Ijumped out, and was flying forward,
looking for Earl Hogers.
They p.tinted into the river in answer
to my iuquirics, and Lzising a lantern
from the hands of one of the brakesmen,
I soon climbed down the bank and found
hi in.
lie lay under the wreck of the loco
motive, pale and bloudy, with no breuth
coining from his icy lips.
The two stokers were a little way off,
I stone doad.
I am an old man, but T did not feel
the weight of that poor fellow as I tar
ried him up the bank, and ou to the
house of Domain, which hanncucd to be
the nearest residence.
Of course old Domain, could no* refuse
him admittance*under the circumstances,
and in five minutes Laura was with
trying to restore the lifeless man to con
Bciousness.
She was all courage and hope ; but foi
her we should have given him up foi
lead, and I to this day firmly believ
nit her presence and her care, bvoug
iim back from death.
She never fliuched while the surg
tmputated his leg at the knee, it was
only way to save him Dr. tJrcon *aid
and Laura held the poor head of the pa
tient to her bosom and his hands in
through the whole operation.
The accident, it was found, had
occasioned by a stick of timber pin
across the track, und the railroad
pany offered a reward of a thousand do
lars for the discovery of the rascally
potrator.
No matter bow we found it out, but '
wus ascertained beyond a doubt
'rince Carletou was the guilty party.
He confessed it when we had hi
snug and safe, and .-aid that because
wanted Earl Hogers out of the way,
because he hated tho whole
Goosk Stouv.?Three winters ago,
stormy ami tempestuous- evening in
tum, a friend, then residing in Ar
ias, had his attention attracted by a
aud singular noiso in
lug out he saw a large flockt
rhead, steadily winging tl
[hward.and on the ground
goose, seemingly in the i
ill. On cxamitiution ho I'm
wings broken, and the birdJwuttuded
arious places. From the -nature of
injunos, it was supposcdfcfcfc "have
In hurt in a squabble with hioflinpan
one of
['he Irsutlcnmn broujrht all
skill to boar on the wounfpd iowl,
with such success that it recovered
|dly. It hooamo the genotal pot of
whole family, aud mixed, with the
|o* geese ns if it had never known a
;r circuit than the farm, pond atid
mow. But ut last, when tbo old sea
|of migration rolled round again, in
let became too Btroug fur the newly
tuired civilization. The gdoie disap
red. to the distress of the'household
atiij the chagrin of its master, who
blamed hiuiseli for not haviug secured
it by cutting its wing.
Last fall, aud ngaiu on a stormy night,
tli? family wore awakened by a terrible
quacking and screeching, as if u million
gchse were clamoring for admittance.
When they wont out an iuupenso flock
QplgectlO scented hardly ton yard* from
tht; ground, and in the contr&of Ilio yard
stQod twenty or thirty geese. Quacking
a loud faii-v ell. tlic main flock passed in
leaving the Miigulur guests bonded by th
gT;iy goose the furnier, rei oguized as hi
obl protege. He opened the door of tb
P?n. The goose marched into her oh
qMarters, followed by her hood. No.
ddy the gentleman secured tlie.r stay I.}
ciopping their wings j ami apart from
lb tie r stlcssuess at t-tat oil seas ius, the^
biive remained with him e\or since.
The accuracy of this t ile is not to b
-*Vubtod. but tbo greatest singularity eon
sil
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Tub South Cauuj^n.a^ Central
I'ai!)uoad.? A Corn spo'n'dont ui' the
ChurlcBtou Courier writing from Char
lotte N. C. says:
An enthusiastic meeting was held here
a ? few days since in reference to the
building of this road. Delegates from
Lancaster, Cauideu and adjacent places
in South Carolina were present, among
whom your correspondent had the pleas
ure of recoguieiug several old friends.
Spirited speeches were made by Dr. De
Saussure, of Cumdcu, Messrs. Moore and
Connor, of Lancaster, and Dr. Fox and
Con. Darringer, of Charlotte. The lat
ter gentleman makes the host railroad
speech I have ever heard. Ho uttered
one pleasant Sortiment, to which I felt
like responding?that the sister Suite,
bearing the same name and enjoying the
same historic renown, should be united
in sympathy aud material enterprise,
lie referred gracefully to early personal
reminiscences which bound him in affec
tion to the Palmetto State. It seems to
be a foregone conclusion that the road
will be built.
Batuing in Oil ?It has often been
asked whether it would bo possible for
a man to swim in oil. The q liest ion was
practically Sc!ved, the other day, by a
workman employed in an oil manufactory
at Nice. who fell into a tank of olive
oil nine feet deep.?He was an export
swimmer, bbt he went to the bottom like
n plummet, and was only saved from
drowning by the timely uid of a comrade
Oil is too light to swim hi; it'is'Hot
sufficiently buoyant, and does not oiler
the resistance necessary to keep a man
afloat. Ou the other band, it is worth
knowing that if a bath in oil oilers
dangers to the swimmer, there are oca
siotl on which it may be of valuable use;
for it. is the best of all remedies for
serious burn's. A Gcnnah ballet girl,
whose dress bad caught fire, and who
unld been horribly burned in eousoquence^
is put into a bath full of oil by the
ief physician of tlic Lejpsio Hospital,
ic was suffering atrocious agonies j but
n oil ttHUfejd her pains to cease almost
ituediatciy. She remained in the bath
lie davs and nights, the oil being
newed five times during that period ;
lid 1 er burns wore then so far healed
[at she Could bo taken out without,
lin or danger. Three weeks after she
id completely recovered. This is an
mirubli! form of cure, because it sup
rcsscs the intol-itiblo tortures which do
[ore to kill iho victims by fire than the
.dual gravity of the wounds. U t j for
|nnutcly. like most good^tlungs in life, it
a remedy beyond the reich of small
?Urses.
Only Chiustiaxh;?John Wesley
Ilice w;i> troubled in regard to the dis
losition of the various soots, and tue
liauccs of each in reference to future '
Iiuppiness ur punishment. A dream one
light transported him in its uncertain
ruuderiiigs tu the gates of lu ll.
'Are there any Roman Catholics here?'
iskcd thoughtfully Wesley.
'Yes was the reply.
'Aliy Presbyterians?'
'Yes,' again was the ilUSWor.
'Any Cbngrcgntioualists ?'
?Yes.'
'Any Methodists,'by way of a clincher
hsked the pious Wesley.
'Ycsr' to bis great indignation, was
Inns? crcd.
In the mystic ways of dreams, a sud
|den transaction and he stood before the
at. - of heaven. Improving his oppor
tunity he again inquired :
'Arc there any Roman Catholics here?'
?y >,' was replied.
'Any IV sbyterians ?'
?No.*'
'Any CongrcgationalistsV
?No.'
'Any Methodists V
?No.'
'Well, then,' bo ask. .1. lost in wonder,
Who uro they inside?'
'Christians !' was the jubilant answer.
A DRUNKARDS' Wii.i..?I lcavo to
sociuty a ruined character, wretched
example, aud a memory that will soon
rot. I leave to my parents during their
lives, as much sorrow as humanity in
a feeble aud declining state can sustain.
I leave to my brothers as much mortifica
tion and injury as I could bring upon
them.
.losh Billingsiayt; Life is like a moun
tain?-alter i limbing up one side aud sli
ding down the other side, you put up tin
sled.
New York Fashions.
Nkw York, October, T8G9.
Ladies are anxiously asking for
indications of Winter stylos: asking if
flounces will bo still worn, if street suits
will bu .longer or shorter, bonucts smaljpr
arg"r, heels higher or lower, waists
'rounded or peaked, slc-vcs coat shaped
mopftj/ante.
To these and similar weighty (jueries
we have now got definite ariswers.
Flounces will be still worn but will not
he so narrow or so numerous.. Many of
the most elegant models just received
from Paris have but one flounce on the
suit, and that is deep and a la Ilussc?'
that is pleated with the pleats all fulling
one way. This is heavy but appropriate.
The tunics may cither be trimmed with
a narrow flounce a la llusse or with a
heavy ornamented fringe. When plaid
is worn?as it will be very extensively,
the trimming should be shawl fringe ol
the colors of the plaid. Street suits
should be made to clear the ground
freely. Nothing looks worse than to see
the bottom of a suit, evidently designed
for short, dragging on the pavement.
A skirt must be either a round or train,
there is no half way admissible. Ladies
who would combine the merits of both
must wear trains attached and loop them
or let them flow at their option.
These trains, which can be slipped on
or off as easily as aprons, impart a very,
stylish air to the wearer. It is essential
that the shape be good?that is that the
sides be so sloped us to bring it iu har
mony with the bottom of the round
skirt?when flowing it must look of a
jit'icr with the round skirt, and to lavor
this impression the trimming of the
round skirt aud train must always be
the same only narrower on the train.
Tbo pompadour or square waist is going
out, the heart shaped neck is more
affected, many of our model dresses are
quite high iu the neck as the}' ought to
be for winter, A new style of collar
ealled the '"East Indian" accompanies
the high-necked dinner dresses; it is
simply a deep yoke of net or inusliu
foundation completely covered with
insertion and laic, and edged with a
deep fall ol lace ; it opens in the back,
and is fastened with a couple of small
buttons. Yclvjt or sntiu ribbon of a
suitablo color may be introduced into
these stylish collars. They are designed
to be so thick that the dress will not
show through them. Muslin or white
silk therefore forms a better foundation
?ban net. A shell shaped bow or rather
tub is added nod may be worn or not,
but v.e cannot think it uu improvement.
Crescent shaped ornaments go well with
this style of collar if they otherwise
become the wearer. In ball and party
drosses there is a revival of the old style
of peeked waists laeed behind with silk ;
waists perfectly plain with, the exeop
tiuu uf lace laid on flat, '.he whole design
being to show the shape as much 08
possible. Dresses, were never before so
simple, so severe iu their outline as they
are tills Fall?and for that reason never
SO trying when badly lilted or clumsily
made, nor so satisfactory to wonrer or
beholder as when fitted perfectly and
Btnoothly and beautifully made. Many
ladies are soparticular about the* smooth
sot" of their dresses when on that they
will oi.lv have lliem lined with silk, and
sti tolled on the GroverJt Raker Machine
the so itn of wbiih is at once str u
enough and clastic enough to meet the
requirements of the fastidious belles who
will have tight dresses, and yet who
insist on even the tightest having a sence
of '-give" to it. 1 hey know from cx
poiienoo that the exercise of tbo ball
room makes the heart beat fast, and the
chest expand, so they go prepared against
.cciduuts. The Maria Theresa sleeve
?vill still be worn on paity dresses, but
Ion w liking suits the coat sleeve, only
lighter than before. Epaulolts are no
Ipngcr worn, but bretteles reaching from
the waist behind over the shoulders down
lo the waist in front are to be quite in
style for every day dresses. The sieeves
for Casaquos will be largo and Hewing.
Heels on walking jbuol are worn lower,
the uppers are higher than in the Sum
mer. The Fulish thape will be the
fashion this winter again, only laced at
tbo sides instead of buttoned. The
Faurhuu bonnet is dead at last. The now
hat, a modified sugar-loaf shape, takes
ita place. The material is of fine felt
of various colors, the liius arc b uind
with velvet, the trimming is one, two or
more fcathcra. Altogether it is a stylish
nffair?it is decidedly aristocratic, and
and is called Valois.
Jai-onica
The Measureless Love.?I can
measure pavohtal lovo?how broad, hwfr "
long, und- hoW strong and deep it iaf a
deep sea which mothers can only fatbjo?. i
But the !oye displayed on yondej Jail!, \\
and bloody cross, where God's own fikp? fr
is perishing fur us, nor man nor angc) '
has a line to measure. The eircuriiferel im
of the earth, the latitude df the *W, th**,:fl
distance of the planet ,?these'ha?4 felMB^h
determined; hat the height, depth,
breadth and length pf tb.e of J^Oj^
passcth knowledge! Such is the Father
against whom all of us have sinned a
thousand time! Walk the shore whcW?
the ocean sleeps in the aunrmeT" calm^-Wr.'-"!'
lashed into fury by the winter**; tof mpjurn
is thundering on her sands, and when ,
you have numbered the drops of the.
waves, the sand on her sounding beacr...
you hayc numbcied God's mercies and .
your sins. Well, therefore, may we gvj ?'?
to IT tin with the contrition of the prodigal '
in our hearts, and his confession on our ?
lips?"Father, I have sinned against
Heaven and in thy sight." The Spirit
of God helping us to go to God, be
assured that the father, who, seeing
son afar' off. ran to meet him fell on 'Ilia* *
neck and kissed him, was but an imago!
of Him who, not sparing His own Son.
but giving him up to death that we
might live, invites aud now awaits your
?Dr. Guthrie
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IlEAUT-RENDlNli SCENE AT TI{fT
A voni>a lIFti n Eaal.?Whea the coffi.1 ^
was about beiug lowered., iuto one of the
long and regular row of excavations .1
woman rushed forward and with de. -
potato energy threw liersclf upon" Ak*0"
coffin, crying, "You shan't bury ?-??ay 1
William ! you shan't! you shan't! Give j
him back fo me ! Or if you won't, bury
me
with him!" Finally thejxx>r crtjatuny.^
betraying in her distracted face all t?o
strongest emotions of a passionate sorrow,
was prevailed upon to let the coffin b*
lowered to its place. But as the men
began to buuvel the earth on top of i..
she threw her eyes up toward heaven,
clasped her tremulous hands, and, with
an oxp.ouiou of the wildest despairing
anguish in her face, which those wfc-i
saw wili never be likely to forget, #*,?{,,*.
claimed, "Oh, Almighty God I uko;,??
tike me to where my William is!" And
with frequent repentinus of thiastrong''
tmpioration she passed with weary step* '
out of the cemetary gutes.
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pcrty conveyed or the" amounts secured;
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Mr. A very said he had a case in court
the other day in Memphis. A little, fel
low was introduced as a witueas. The
counsel on the other side desired that
the witness should bo interrogated touol -
ing bis knowledge of the responsibility
of an oath. The Judge (Badic.il) pn>
pouuded the usual questions :
"My little man, what are you about
to do?"
"Be sworn as a witncAtf in the case.'*
"Are you acquainted with the aataarv,
obligations and responsibilities of an
o*th?"In .It: ml . mo* - m.bi at *M
' Yes sir, 1 think I am."
"Well then, what do you think would
be done with you if you were to swear
to a lie?"
"I don't kuow, sir, without the Bad
cals would uoaiioate me for Congress."