davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
snmner Resorts.

A CCOMMODATIONSf for few adults among
n the lIerkslirs iIla City reference. i. BENEDICT,
IA boiu
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
Brooklyn trOperip for Sale ano Go Gst

n OTIS in BROOKLYN-In large and small
il riots Al very low prices for investment.
rutland & WHITING, No Beekmanst
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
Mothers Mothcrs!! uothersl,,

Are you disturbed at night and broken of YOU
rest by sick child suffering and crying with the
ex;rucia,irg pain of cutsiG g teeth2 If so, q at
once and Get bottle OF MRS WINSLO "a
SOEfAlNG SYRUP. II will relieve the poor
little sufferer immed iatcly-depend upon il
mtther on osrth who has ever ussd it who will
rot tell you ct once that it will regulate the
bowels. and give rost to the mother sad relief
anu hes lth 10 the child Operating like msgic.
1t is perfectly safa TO use in all cases. and pleas
ant TO The taste and is the prescription of one Of
the Oldest and beat female physicians and nurses
will accom- psny each bottle None genuine un.
ilessa the fac-simile of CURTIS & PERKINS
is on the outside wrapper. Sold by sl Medicine
dealers. twenty-five cents q bottle. Beware Of
limitations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12

Contrary to expectation and, it is said by
these who ought to know. to the sentiment OF "a
largo mtjority Of tho republicans of the city aud
oounty-the colored peoplc-thc republican
convention held here last Saturday appointed
Blaine delegates to the Stauotoo couvcDiou
Ali other portions Ct The State, however, Gro
seDdirg Grant delegates. aod the delegates
from this section who llny BIO opposed to Gta1t
viii be lost among the overwhelming majority
That Gran; will te the favorite Of q largo ma
i)rity CT tho convention there has beer 90 doubt
from the first, but whether that nsjority will
agree 10 o mixed electoral ticket as proposed By
The RAD listers, remains to be seen.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
A Tough IguntSInan's Warn.

James Pine. C veteran fox hu1ttr, six'y.i
years old, rcsidicg in Elartletowa. has Llle'
this winter fourteen rcd foxes. o1c cicss b
aud one gray fox. lie is probably the bcS Il,
hunter 10 the country, lie has two tocs 90
hunts ovcs lour stretches of couotGY, rsusi,,
oil oyer tho hills of Marblctown, acrys; ii
country to High Fails AID up Shawaa.u:l
Mountain az far al Lsk, Mirocwaski-io lac,
be sbo: tic cross bar fox near Pahz Puiac:
that mouutain. Mr.. Plac has tuoted fer 70;
years, portion OF the timo 10 Greece c,gs:
and fer twenty three scsso1s 10 ties huo'a: !.
this county. The dis. year be came to Ui.::
o)uuty, he killed iYrly.tbres fixes, though =
that time, OF curse. this kind OF au anmsI 81;
mere numarcuj than ct present. las: M
Years day h, killed three foxes. Mi. Fl:
hunts for pleasure scd rect ea!iop. IS b? Cs:i
uico little ta.M in Mafb!etcwa, La: he III:
BIZ fjz skiua aud 10 ,hsa Tay pays Ter lis ~.
der aud shot.
Aptopos t, fcE hGo:iog, there is TX .gGa'
IN this county who ttl'i good story 10 T?.sI.
their lives, they il so having more lives !tH
cat. The gentleman says, aud be aflrus wi
both hands th.t Ii IS true, that Qua Csy VI:
he VAS out huotiog he shot fac fix, AZ! 81
be supposed. the animal dropped teat. Il
wcGt to bin, and tskiue GU. his j:ck kat,
oommorccd to t.ke ttt Ito pelt % no waui:i
have to carry the c,rca-s home with Lilo. L:
sklnrcd i, down aud then pulled i. 57sf al
gave il yak Ia order to free It icCm 'ae 5,di,
when the tkin csmo eff ard TO the i1,xp;es1..
BILE astonishment of the buntcr, tic itx :al /
at full sposd, the hunter bciog uta1!e Ia Ii:
surprise to rsise The guc aYd shoot lin IL;
dogs, however, were after him in aJ, 'si
the remarkable sight of tx without III; 2: I
scootiog along over the crust With three hCula;
yelpipg 90 hid trsck vas then seen. The -
being 10 light ma.clIog order. SION Gis.s1cl
the dogs, and 10 ten minutes vas cut OF sI;h'
A few days after the nan WAS cut h1olng a'sla
for tozss The hounds ian oue pretty shspH
aud he passed through rarinc, aad i! I:fS :
popularity Of the fox tbas when he &c
through ravine he will come blc: to /; aG'''
90 matter how wide the citclit m,y BE- III;
hunter posted himself at This pl.c: aod waited
until be heard tho bay Of the h0ulds toio"Ns
tho track up to noar where be stood tie w.,
90 the qul vlve, ADD co. glimpse Ct 40 oLi1'''
running with great speed, tha. had all toe I,
semblanc' to q iox. only his o)at seemed cFs!
white. Toe hunter ntv;r thoulht 0! ~.
skioned fox that ran away the dty before ta
supposed the white fur would be great fa!i
10 the market. SO he fred, killing the a1'u',
and with gres. expe c.a,iocs buried IN TO Wl:'ii
be lay, aud there, 10 aud behold fount' lOs'e',;
of white iurred fox, tho o0a no had skn ~.
the day before. the white flesh lookl1s I =:
white fur 10 the sunlight. Seemingly the l;S
had not minded the lack OF lis skin very nue. luz,
ADD The fish bad become, by exposure 10 'A'
air, almost Of tha consistency Of es'bsL-
Kcnsangton w. " Freeman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
sTEsGyJEPA yTEEy'G,

Work On the last twenty FIVE sections Of The
Shenandoah Valley railroad, extending to the
Chesanceko aud OHIO railroad, WIS c)mmouo.d
last Wednesday.
The Purcell Hcu5,, 10 NnDk, took f;o at
$3.50 a. ID. yesterday, from defective fac, ard
the bull ilog aud !urulture were damaged to the
extent OF $4,000. The guests sped without
Jury or loss.
The conservatives Of Richnond vi hold
primary election 90 the 3h Ct May to elect
decea tes to tho State convention, and to nomi
nato cs0dIdatcs Tor tho various Eluolcipsl Cffces
to be filled at tic May tlcotop.
1t il announced that should the reject sale
of the Groenbricr Wbi!c Sulphur Spriogs to
MIR. W. y. Stunt be c>rGm,d ID, he will immc
GlsteiY clmmcrc) extensive improvements Cd
tho bulldogs a1d gloCDds.
The Grand Lodge Of the Independent Order
Ct q Id FeIlyw. ol Virginia will meet 10 Ki.b-
1lond 10 MORROW. Representatives SIC expected
to be JraseLt from cvery subordinate lodge 10
the S.a:e. The Grand Encampueut is e1-
pected to coEVcDc 90 the hdj)urnmcu: OF tie
Grand ledge.
A fire was 6ic5verea c1 Saturday mornog
'n~n, lying Ct Fort Nvrf,fk. \ byst from The
U1i,cd States stsnuur Powaatsn cx.iogpished
the fir. and rescued twn ni TIE crew, tbs only
mC 90 board ut The time. TIE fire. bad cim
mei CD IN the ciGiD, whlch Was |. cted up. The
upper works were ba1Iy buroed.
Friday night The h'cl building Of Robert l.
WysGar, NJ Duffieid' 8 depot. o. the Baltimore
aud Oslo railroad. six mI,s from Chs1lestowo,
Wss burned. % Saturday evening high wiud
fanued the snouideriug FIRE iato flame, and
Guuber Ct cl.Iz,ns sss nj led IN cXinguisb the
fire. A brick vas bICwa # the ruios and
struck DR.. Vim. f. Alexander on the head, 10
tlioing il iutiea from which hs Gied ia three
hours. lie leaves a nile and four cki!dreo.
His mother vas OF tic we'll kntwa Wathiogtou
family. being daughter IF the late Busbrod e.
Washington.
The republicans held county convsnticus
throughout the State Saturday, 10 cleo. dele
gates to the StsUu.oo convention. DinHidGie
elected George Matthew'S, lored, and nassed
resolutions In favor Of Grant. Prince George
elected u. d. Bland, eG!oIed. Norfolk and
Wythe c>unties elced Grant delegates l..
H. Lewis, OF Cu!peper, wGs chosen Gs delegate
to represent that county 10 the State convention.
resolution dccsrI0g the preference, of the
republicans OF Cu!psper for GrGnt for the nom
nslloo at Chicago was unanimously and enhu-
siGsticaly adopted. TITO convention held at
llarriso oburg 90 Saturday appointed John f.
Lewis snd James Cochran delegates to Stauu-
ton. and voted down resolution opposing CO.
aIiiou With coy other party.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12

If the democrats 10 Congress c,uld only be
induced to believe what everybody elsa knows,
that the besitarcy they manifest 10 depriviugM:.
Washourre of the s,at he couples in the
House, AID Mr.. kellogg CT the ono he holds 10
the Senate is ps,ribad By tho republicans 10
DO higher motive than the low fear of resulting
party losses 10 the North, they might probably
b led to vote 10 accordance, with their
IDEAS Of right ADD iastic, derived from tho
evidence beioro then. Right is always sound
pole, in the end Truth crushed to earth will
rise again." But leaving out of view the ic-
variable experience CT The remote past We
should suppose that the lesson taught the
democracy By the reduction of its cvcrwhcm
log majority in tho House of Representatives to =
bare corpora!s guard within less than four
years. would he sufficient to deter it from max
log policy irrespective 0! right it's governing
motive any longer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY By
BDL5 q. * SNOW DHNa
MONDAY EVENING. APRIL r. 1880
Uruuesiouably the rsgu ar or auti Tsmman,

Ucuuesionaby the rtgu'ar or auti Tsmman}
wiog of the NeH York dem; c.acy was right il
refusing 10 euieit.in auy propositions from the
boiling CT reumany wing looking TO sttle
maLt OF the differences between them until the
latter shall agree to support the uonioee OF the
Cincinnati convention. whoever BIO may be. To
have done otherwise would have been to reuove
the very corner ssooe upon which democracy IS
roarcd-;he will Of TIE msi Gritty, aud have
allowed a mlccriiy TO direct the course aid
shape the end Of the party, which, Of course,
would hav, utterly ruined it as an etftc i've
political o!gaLiz4li3n. The regular Wig, bow.
ever. while right 10 maintaining this position,
must not fail to observe that the feelings that
acuate the minority 10 New York inspire the
majority in many Of the other States, and that
the action that will operate as 40 eff:ctual bar
,,r to uo,y Of dtm: cratic ef,rt in New York
the nomination of Mr.. Tlllen-Hi nave precisely
tho Same effect 10 ell the Other sections Of tbe
Uoion. We have heretofore published letter:
from gentlemen rtsI3ioe 10 all paris Of Virginia
well Informed concerning the political sentimeut
OF their respective neigtborhocd', showing
conclusiVe'y that such will be the effect 10 thi
State, and in looking ovar tho letters on The
sane sntjc,t that We have received from Other
prominent Vi'gioiaos we se!cc. few additional
ones and publish them 10 day 10 order that ou
New \ ork subscribers aud exchanges mby no
forget what We have previously said when re.
fsrriug to this matter,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
SlrSInIaMs and TiIden,

ii iookior over the iatteIa vs. received about
| Two weeks ago, AID which wo did uot publish
| a. that timc, with rcieroace TO the probable
vJte OF FlrGioia should Mr.. rIldeu be tho
| uouioee Ct tho Citc.naa:i con7cutioD, the en-
phe'ic tone Ct the fo!lowiag, ard tic Pre- miaeucs
and reliably Of the writer's. eul the impcr
lance Of the SUI cot, io6u:c to s,ltc: thtm from
among many others for publication, aid to aCd
lorcs 10 similar O! inJns expressed 10 those thai
have heretofore appeared 10 tho Gaz:tte:
do 20. thick 1t would b prudent for the
democratic Convention to nomiuato Mr.. liideo.
1t will, 10 my opinion, resu! 10 the l>ss IT the
State OF Virginia TO the democratic party.
he la rot cotsdtr,d popular candidate iu
this portion of the State. knew Of no reason
for this except that he seems TO have no DOB.
ular element about him. There il DO eles.r-
city about hlI; none or that popular euthus-
lasm that takes held Of, aud moves the feelings
aud actions of people. 10 taikiug with Judge
Shelley, in Stauoton, be said that Mr. Tllden
was not the proper man ter his locality. We
both agreed thst it wtull be bad policy 10
nominate him. J. Y. MENEFEE.
Washington, Rap. Co, Va.
Ills my OPTION that Mr.. Tlden can rot
carry the State. lie is c,rtsllly the most IN,
popular democrat, 10 my opinion, 10 this Sc
tlon Of the Sta G. who could possibly b. poni
nsted, AID vii poll tho smallest vote. Why
this ls, it is unnecessary now to crq1ir., bu. |
think it is certaiuly true. Let us have some
ether mao than Tl!deo, if wo are txptc.ed 10
uske COY 6Ght. JOHN Il, THURMAN
Liberty, Va,
l DO 70. tLiok Mr. Ti'deu o.n c,rry the
Stste. My reason iot thu king so 8 that |
have never seen the first person 10 this oouaty
or section who favored his noniuarion.
Il. +. BLAND.
Pinoa George g. II.
lildens conduct after he was elected (oot
only by the electoral, bu: by very large popu
lar Vote) disguised almost every honest man ty
bis llmdity and coTardico 10 net c1miaz for
ward aid demanding the plecI to which be had
been elec:ed by al overwhelming vote Oue
word from bin would have changed the whole
taco OF things. The democrats would have
a.ood firm to lin, aod when il was known that
10 ;nteLdsd to have the ofi,e to woch be had
been elected -, -,"'ition Soa'd at once have
vanished snd be would DOW be tee r,,s., but
IoVlng hls money better than bis couot11 a, -
pstly' ne deserted us when the priz, was in RI,
sras'' and knowing be did it once, | beeuo MS us
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
Probable Murder

CHICAao. tpril IA special dispatch from
Anna, Ill.,, TO the Times says that James ~
Mclntire, on old and respected ci!iz.n Of The
southwestern portion Of Union county, was
t found dead in fold three quarters Of mile
hunting knife thrust through his throat. Tho
body was go arranged as to give the impression
that he had committed suicide, but on eIsmina.
ton it was found that he had been shot through
the back of the head. An old enemy McIntire
was known to have was an uncle with whom he
had qusrreled concerning the unc!e's seduction
Of the murdered mans daughter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12

"Only Wait" is the title of d very pretty
story of real life. told in en- easy but attractive
style, by Mrs. T. a. Brsendle, "Pips" The
heroine of the tso is deciple of Thespis. and
tho moral OF tho story that an honest ambition
in any walk of life is laudsble. The volume,
which is handsomely printed and beautifully
bound, can be had a. the book store of Mr.. Geo
Z. French, 95 King street, ard will we'll rspuy
@ payueo1
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12

WirteT, if Lot IingeIug in the lap Of
May, certoil'y seems 10Th to leave that of spriuc,
and the ice 10 the cutters this morning aud the
coOl blasts hist csn9 from The northwest, sho @ed
experience Of the past winter aud srriog proves
tina: tho Ucath,r, ike moftais, ia fond of Va
rinfv
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
Day OfExecutiOn Fixed.

NEW YORK. April l2-Chsstine Cox who
murdered Mrs. Eul, and Pedro Balbo, who
killed his wife, Maria, whose sentences of exc
cution were approved by the Court of Appeals
we're arraigned to-day before Chief Suatice
Davis and Judges Bennett ard Brady in tho
Supreme Court General term, and the day of
execution was fixed by Chief justice Davis for
Msy 18th, prox.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
Weston.

SAN FRANCISCO April 1l.-Weston com
pleted bis walk last night at II o'clock with q
score of 565 miles. He has been much troubled
with vertigo during the wax which accounts
Tor bis low SCORE,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
REREFGE VIEWS.

King Alfonso, of Spain, has sgued The dee.L
sentence oil O;ero. the ass,ssin, who will b9 *
eCutld Wednesday.
report, coming by the way cf Paris, repre-
sents Prlroe GOr;schakoff's conditions as ciiti.
cI. His death is hourly expected.
King Theebsw, Of Burmsh, has bu.oed 700
psrsous Of both SKIS, the astrologers represent.
ing that lhs sacll6c, was necessary 10 order to
remove certain evil iLfllcnce'.
The Armenian luToal publishes telegram
from the Russian consul OF Vau. Armeri4, 3D..
pealng tor old to save the ohsbitauts of that
district irom utter destitusiop. The famine is
locreasing, and $50 patsors have difd of starva
tiou 10 AGbak. ia the villages Girls arc dyin2;
100 have died at Vau. Tbs Russian authori-
ties at Rlstopf have forwericd SO 600 poucds OF
Flour Ter Vau.
According to the lates! returns from tho
British clecious, the Liberals have secured 345
the conservatives 22S and tho Home Rulers 81
MIR. Go5cheu is talked Of es Lord Lytton's sue.
c:s1or. 1t is suggested that Gladstone should
be called to the House of LORDS and assume TIE
n.em iersbip as First Lord Of the Treasury, Lord
Harrington to lead the House as Mioister of
War, aud Lord Granville take the Foreign Of
6ca. The Marquis of Salisbury is 10 bs made a
duke.
CoLoRED REPUBLICANS MEETING IN FAU-
GUERRA mas; convention was held at the
eoored Baptist Church, at Bealston Station,
Va, % Saturday night. the 10Th instant, 10
response to e,ll OF the republican committee
on Monday night last. aud was largely attended
By colored bat by very few whites. The meet
iug was called 10 order ty H. II. Warning. jr.,
and }. James Was elected as president pro tenn.
and II. II. Warriog secretary. The president
then ordered the call of the State Central cou>
nittee to be read after which tho following
we're elected as delegates 10 tho STATE oonven-
ton: II. q. Warning, jr., and A. R. Holmes.
A resolution ipstrucliop the eudorsation of the
nomination of General U. 8. Grant was uuani-
mousy adopted. A resolution was adopted. co.
dcrs;3g John A. Seaton, of Alexandria, Va,
"as the peoples standard bearer, to represent
them in the Forty seventh Congress 10 his con.
gressionsi DISTRICT"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12

IS- viii open 90 tho first day Of April o
JOB LOT OF GOoDs from ono of the largest
retailers Of New York city, comprising BURr's
AID o,hcr we'll kpowa manufacturers. These
good hre OF SUPERIOR QUALITY, ard will be
sold FIR ONE HALF OF THEIR COST.
Lloias', Men's. Chi;dreu's aud Boys Shoes.
Er3l WADDEY. 10 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12

it is often asserted that the Gospel hss been
preached osll rations. and some think the world
to be on the evo of its miilenEal glory, when the
knowledge of the Lord shsll cover the earth as
the waters cover the sea; but one would infer
from reading the raceut account Of the burying
alive of seven hundred human beings ss 9 sscri.
fee in order that q Burmese King might be re.
stored to health, that there are many yet 70 be
tIrnod from NATURES darkness unto the msrvel-
Gus light of tho Gospel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12

REMARKABLE PRoTEsrANTs.-It is believed
that the smallest Protestant community in Eu.
rope is that Of Ab.sndchenen, in Swi,zsrland-s
remote mountain valley 1000 feet above the ees
level. a more primitive one could not exist,
They do not possess single public house; they
have not one physicisn in the entire village, and
hsve not had a death for many years; mails are
delivered only once week; neither shop.
dwels among them nor do they possess no.a-
~, lawyer, or policeman. Once fortnight
pedler goes about the commune, and supplies
the housewives with the articles they need food
is furnished by the focks the people keep; there
being very little need of ready money no bank
exists. The church is tiny one, and has sin.
gle bell When girl baby ia born the bell is
rung loud and long; when the baby is boy it
10 sounded only once,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
Fatal accident 10 q Horse.

LONDON. April 12.-The Sportsman on
nouucSs that 7. Lorildard's three years old bay
FLY Geraldine, by Ss1,n-eu! of Girl of the
Period-broke her task while exercising I'd
Saturday last and WAS Immediately put out of
her misery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
CANDIDATES..

All advertisements of political meetings, or
cards OF Candidates for cfHcs, must be paid for in
advance. This rule i. imperative and will not
bs devSted from.
RESPECTFULLY announce myself can.
Il cldate for Commissioner OF the Revanua, and
earnestly solicit esup port of my fellow citizens.
splZ-t." GEO. WASHINGTON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12

Miss Lucy F. Cole was burned TO death in
Baltimore on Saturday night by the exclusion
of coal oil lamp.
Three persons were killed and six Injured by
a recent railway collision near Moscow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12

THE MATERIAL for boys and chidrcn's suits
arc selccstd with particular referelc, to hard
usage. No house 10 Washington make and sell
more durable and tasteful boys and children 8
oolhing, or moro CT them than B. Robinson &
Co.. the hoys co!hiers, 901 Pennsylvania
Avenue, Railroad fare deducted from each
purchase. a,9lg
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
seven Iundred People BurIed Aux,

LONDON, April 1.-THE seven hundred men,
boys. women. girls, priests and foreigners
&C iiced at Mandalsy for the restoration of tho
klag'S health were buried alive-not burned as
previously s.oted-under the towers of the city
walls
LONDON, April II "A dispatch from Ran COON
to the Daily News says: THE following is an
explanation of the msssscres at Mandalay {:
When city is built in Burmsh human sacrifices
are offered up. A new monarch usually has a
new capital. The evil spirits are irritsted that
there has been no change of capital, and the
virtue OF the old sacrifices being gone, to sp.
pease ihem the s.troogers declared it was neces /.
sary to offer up. 100 lives. The sacrifices were
made By the order of King Theebsw."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12
q perusal.

One OF the best weekly papers in the country il
the Richmond Standard, snd its success is emf
nently merted
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12

Bismarck hes written letter in which kc
speaks of general disarmament as yictau.lly
az inpossioiity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12

90 rot ttiok Mr. Ti!den o,n c.rry tho
Stste. My REASON iot thu king so 8 that
have never seen the first person 10 this county
or section who favored his nonioaron
Il. +. BLAND.
PIMA Qo,rpo ~ ~
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-12-18
The Locomoiire Engineer.

The London Telegraph, in a recent editorial, pays splendid and deserved tribute 10 the men who hold the lives of hundreds in their hands-the To- cOmotiye engineers. It says: Most passengers are ignorant, happily, of the pItfall under their feet as one is of the intricate process of digestion, or of the human frame. They take their journeys as they dc their food, trusting bliDdly that, somehow or other it will be all right, and that the narrow corners will be shaved, and it seldom occurs 10 them to express their thankfulness for the manly devotion which contributes to their safety. While faith IS the guiding rule of the traveller, duty is the absorbing prin- ciple of the railway servant. But does it never occur to the wakeiul traveller as the lamps flash past him as the train rushes over bridges and through a network of of signals as the tunnel seems duller road and the lighted station a suppressed scream, when the pulse of the motion never stops and the impetus al time becomes almost terrible, what a sense of grat- iication there ought 10 be toward those lonely men who faithful 10 the end turn this point and that, shift the lamps, keep watch and ward and clear the way for the swift express? Those who have trusted themselves to this splendid power are utterly powerless. Their lives are in the hands of the men who drive the train, and of the signal men who watch. Yet there is no sleep in the signal box or at the tunnel mouth; .here is no conversa- ton, no distraction, nothing but dull monotony of duty. A score nf things may have happened; the staff may be shorthanded, some one is unexpected ly on the sick list, some good natured fellow Hay have done double duty out of pure cOmradeship; but thIs makes no difference in the safety of the line. There need be no fear when such men know their duty and do il.