Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-12

mentors aud yelling Justify in the
meantime. Another fishing party
heard the cries and came to the rescue
just in time.
Both Perkins and Hardness were
severely scratched and lacerated, but
were able to work the next day. They
say it is the first time they ever knew
Cedar Lake was inhabited by man eat.
ing fish.
Swan River to Save the Train,
Henry Honey, watchman Of the
Canadian Transcontinental Railway,
on the Cherry Creek section, in Brit
ish Columbia, prevented a serious dis
aster on q recent Sunday morning.
About midnight the Cherry Creek
bridge caught fire and was destroyed.
Honey and his wife were the only ones
within fifty miles of the place. Com
ing west toward Cherry Greek was the
limited express, and approaching east
ward was the excursion train carrying
400 American journalists ON their re.
turn trip.
The stream was swollen by heavy
rains and the current was swift, but
Honey knew that the only way to save
the excursion train was to swim across
and reach the signal station on the
other side. He started out. and after
hard struggle succeeded in making
landing OH the opposite ba9k.
He reached the flag station, 900
yards distant, and signalled the train
which was rapidly approaching. When
the women. journalists on the train
heard of Honey's heroism they crowd
ed around to shake hands with him,
and some of the men pl essed him to
take money, but Honey refused. He
wanted to return quickly to flag the
train on the other side, but tainted
from exhaustion before he could reach
tho burned bridge. Meanwhile his
wife had tagged the limited.
A Brave Deed.
BY no means all tho heroic actions
performed in these days are done by
soldiers. The policeman may be as
promp. to risk his life as if he wore
military uniform. Early on the
morning OF March 10, 1890, fire broke
ont in a tenement house in Philadel-
phia. The occupants of the third
floor were cut off from escape by way
of the stairs. and some of them sought
to get out of the window. One of
them, William Marlin by name, was
overcome by smoke while hanging
from the third-story window, and fell
toward the stone pavement.
Below stood Policeman Thomas
Murphy. As Marlin dropped, Muir
ply saw that if his fall was not broken
he would probably be killed. Muir
ply had nothing whatever with which
to break the mans fall-nothing, that
is, save his own body, and that lie
rushed forward without thought that
the fall, as Marlin was descending
through the air heavily, might kill
him or disable him for life. He SIM
ply extended his arms, and received
the full force of the man 8 weight.
Both fell, and Marlin rolled over to
the pavement with an injury, not
serious, to his nose and head. Muir
ply was not at all badly hurt; his
comrades sought to take him to the
hospital, but he refused to go, saying
that he was call right" His escape
from serious injury was almost mir
aculous.
Soon after, reporters, who had been
told of his deed, began to flock around
him.
"Pooh! pooh!" was all he would
say; "anybody would do that if he
got the chance"
One of Our Heroes.
The brightest page in the history OF
any war is, perhaps, that which re.
cords the thoughtfulness ofthe officers
and the faithfulness OF their men
qualities which, when conjoined,
make regiment an almost irresistible
force. In "The Story of the Rough
Riders" Edward Marshall tells how,
when Captain McClintock was
wounded. one Of his troopers came
and lay down beside him.
"You'd better get out Of this" said
McClintock. "It's too hot"
"Don't worry, captain" the man
replied. "Tm between you and the
firing-line."
McClintock, touched as he was by
this exhibition of the mans devotion,
still wanted him to get away. He
urged him to leave him. The man re.
fused. Finally McClintock said:
'I'm your captain, and order you
to go. You are doing no good to any
one but me. This is no place for
we'll man. Iorder you"
Then the man had to tell.
II amt no we'll man," he slowly
admitted. "I'm shot"
"Where?" asked McClintock.
ooh, it's only scratch!"
They lay there in silence for long
time. The firing began to come from
tho left. The soldier worked his
painful way around until he was again
between McClintock and the line of
fire. McClintock was too weak from
loss of blood even to speak. Then q
hospital man came and lifted McClin-
took to carry him back.
"Take him, too" McClintock man
aged to articrlate.
"No use." said the hospital man.
"He's dead"
Dewey's Twenty one Drawers.
One trait that always attracted the