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the maples had hung out their golden
banners as if to try the effect of con
trast with the living green of the other
forest trees. The birds still sang
cheerily as they fluttered to and fro in
hedge-rows, and numerous little
jd squirrels skimmed along the
M ~ and dronneiLsuddeniv and
ind was to the shep,
to which we carried our produce as it
accumulated from time to time, and re
ceived in exchange groceries, clothes,
etc. Our load consisted in part of a
basket of eggs'; consequently we were
obliged to drive,rather more slowly
than usual, I left, j» I had often done
before, the voimeer children to the care
of Grace, who. though but eight years
old, bad a mind far in advance of her
years, and who was never more pleased
than when intrusted with some similar
duty or responsibility. I charged her
hot to take.the baby frpm the cradle,
but to rock him gently to sleep if
he awakeitojh or» if he would not sleep,
to.amuse him with bis playthings Until
ourreturn.
Wit!
andthefreshn»«sof
undimmed. It was
for the “sere uud yellow leal
ntic
__ it leap fn
o their rescue
Old Whitey seemed to understand
that life or death depended upon his
efforts, and he exerted himself nobly.
On we flew, down the hill, dashing
through the stony little brook that
crossed tho road, over the tumble-down
bridge, whose rotten boards rattled and
started up from their places, past the
hedgerows, that looked like one contin
uous mass of flying green; past the
little cottages, with the startled chil
dren staring from the doors, thinking
of nothing, caring for nothing, but to
rescue our darlings. I buried my face
in my hands, and rocked to and fro in
my seat almost bereft of reason, as I
thought of the scene which might be
awaitin'; us. Imagination conjured up j
ally he dreadful tales I had heard or
read, to add to my horror. Once only
I raised my head, and saw, or fancied
I saw, -slender tongues of flame cleav
ing the mass of smoke, which had by
tln$ time increased fearfully in volume
and density.
At last, after what seemed an age,
but was in reality only a few minutes,
we reached the bottom of the lane
which, led to our cottage. The angle
— i sharp one/ RUd wearied with
speed as to pend the bind wheels
haeton spinning high into the
bw I got out I never knew. I
am sure I did not wait for the horse to
stop. Rushing to the door, I threw’
myself against it as to break it in.
The room was full of smoke, but as the
opening door dissipated it a little, I
saw that it was empty. Then, suffo
cated by the smoke and overpowered
by the excitement, I fell fainting to the
I floor.
I When consciousness returned 1
A AAAjb^AA aIa W4C, UUU.16 Mi <t ilCigil”
with the children all about me,
tty well frightened, of course, but
irely unhurt. How the fire wrigi-
ted w r as a mystery which ,we could
r unravel. Grace, sitting with
hack to the stove, and with herat-
u)ii entirely absorbed by the pic-
in the family Bible, did not see
til Rover, the Newfoundland dog,
'had been before quietly dozing at
Me, attracted her notice by his
dent uneasiness, after which he
trang through the window, fortunate-
taking the whole sash bodily
ith him, and, running at full speed
> 1 '’' nearest house, soon returned
nine of its inmates. Grace, in
neantime, after letting down the
i’o elder children through the win-
wdiich was only about four feet
rom the ground, took the baby from
the cradle, and was preparing to fol
low when the neighbors arrived. The
house being old, and built, as such
houses generally are, of the most com
bustible materials, notwithstanding all
efforts, soon became a blackened,
smoking ruin.
Rover and old Whitey lived to a
good old age, and were ever afterwards
held in affectionate remembrance for
their services on that occasion.
One evening about a year after
wards, as we sat in our new house,
built on the site of the okl one, but
more commodious and comfortable in
every respect, I remarked “that the
fire, had benefited us in at least one
way, for unless the old house had been
actually consumed, we should never
lia\e had the new one.”
“ I have felt the benefit of it in
another way,” said my husband, grave
st has taught me never to put off
thing which should he done
ntil a ‘more convenient sea-
the harness had given away
day, where I mended it so
ifore we started, though it
nave interfered with the
r e children, it would have
nfold to our anxiety, because
have delaved our reaching
made a vow then that if we
mitted to reach home without
I would use my best en-
to overcome the habit of pro-
ation, and I think you will al
ow that I have been-pretty successful,
so that, in more than 6ne respect, we
have reason to regard that as a ‘mem
orable ride.’ ”
Sugar, Tea and Coffee.—For
some time past the sugar, tea and cof
fee men have all been in hot water.
All alike have suffered from a glutted
market. The sugar refiners have had
a particularly hard time. We have in
New York and vicinity 27 sugar refin
eries, some of them immense estab
lishments, capable of turning out up
ward of 1 000 barrels per day, while
others of less pretension range from
100 to 300 barrels per day. The pre
sent local production is not nearly as
large as it was one year ago, and re
finers sell as they make, and stock
don’t accumulate. The prospect is
much better for a demand from the
west, which, of late, has been supplied
by the new crop from Louisiana,
sent up the Mississippi, which now is
supposed to be about two-thirds sold.
Streaking of the present low prices, it
is remarked that some qualities are
quoted from lower than a month
ago, leaving such small margins that
there is not much inducement to start
up works which have remained idle or
put on sjjort time.—New York Grouser- J that timv si
rial AdHiitfer. - It
PARAGRAPHS OP THE
Mr. Moody says: “If we
be a light-house let us be a tallow
die.” That is wicked.
Five of the United States ha
abolished the gallows, and others hav
made their entertainments private.
The Hawaiian alphabet doesn’t tor
ment the little Kanakas as the infant
Americans are tortured by theirs. It
contains only twelve letters.
Elk River, Minnesota, has a mu
sical prodigy in the person of a baby
twenty-two months old, who sings with
all the accuracy of a choir leader.
When, a woman speaks of her “late
husband,” you must not conclude that
she is a widow. Her husbaud is living,
hut he never comes home until mid
night.
The Maine senate did better than
was expected in passing, by a handsome
majority, the bill already passed by
the house for the abolition of capital
punishment.
The London Rothschild is dead,
and every poor devil of an editor re
marks with satisfied complacency that
“money cannot save him.” Poverty
don’t save a man either.
A fash ton journal states that a girl
with downward eyebrows is generally
wilful, hut neglects to state wlmt the
girl with upward eyebrows is. These
fashion journals are never comprehen
sive enough.
His majesty, King Utesay of Africa,
is a very dignified monarch, hut his
clothing don’t cost five cents a ypaiy
This gives him more money to spend
for billiards, cigars, and other neces
saries of life.
Phil. Sheridan is getting fat. Lin
coln once said to Welles that Sheridan
was “a brown, chunky little chap,
with a long body, short legs, not enough
neck to hang him, and such long arms
that if his ankles itch he can scratch
them without stooping.”
A Georgian on the ocean says:
“ Altogether, a trip on the ocean is a
very great bore. It does not compare
to the cozy and bustling comforts of an
inland trip. The ocean is meant to
be looked at and enjoyed—from the
shore or through hooks.”
Who but the New York Commer
cial Advertiser man, thrice divorced
and fiercely cynical, could have writ
ten this ? “ It is the wife who has the
making of a man’s home, says an ex
change. True, and now and then she
makes his wig warn, too.”
Syracuse university lias turned
out a colored female doctor this winter
—the first on record—and she is going
to settle in Washington, where she
will soon begin to scatter lampblack
and charcoal pills among the agonized
bowels of the community.
George Washington’s colored
body servant, aged 116 years, is passing
the cold nights in the station-houses of
St. Louis, a tottering monument to the
ingratitude of this North American
republic. In spite of his sufferings his
appetite remains unimpaired.
The Mussulmans have permitted the
Christians to put up bells in the Holy
Sepulcher at Jerusalem. As the Mo
hammedans are opposed to bells, the- ; f ,
sound of one has not been heard ism
the building since Sultan Saladin en-S
tered the city in the 12th century.
The habit of opium smoking in the
Chinese dens at Virginia City is be
coming so common among the white r
people that many of the older pupils
in the public schools are beginning
to frequent these places, and a loud
call is made to have them closed by law.
Anna Dickinson says she has had
sensations in her head. There was a *
girl in Indiana once who said the same
thing, and her motb*/ went
head with a fine tfcjth co:
for about a week, and
d she
one monS