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„«u France *ud CMm. [I/mdon Punch.} ON THE BRIDGE* astonish himself, and I actually, ran.on the narrow plaaks 100 feet above the , rocks. One of the boards was loose, [Jean Pierre.] and I dislodged it in my haste, and I ibere aro few things more dreary , could bear it crashin' down on the rocks ‘'Hi half a minute I had reachod her. skirmtshiug and sparring, at la»t aro actually warring, ^imrs Tainted, Feathers up. ‘ini t ^.; r cocl - a- doodle -dooi ng t#» significant of mischief brewing In commerce and in cup! L,, | Hu a 1 Fall Proceeding. [Somerville Journal. vil0 summer is departing and the r " growing old, when the forests are *' r richer*hues of rod and gold, when 1 r ' ,j 0l >pjr azure tints the cloudless. , ’ s kies, and the sunsots give ns U. f the walls of paradise; when th t ints have departed to a region !e», and their melody, mellifluous, greet.--- . tli> longing ear; when the wild Iviag Miithward of approAiedti : ‘ tt riK<, and the earth’s ripe fruitage. I, safely lie3 in sheltering bi.-in: nh-IPs are growing chilly an i doom-* is the sun—it is then the i.ahuan adds t dollar to the ton. Ineiilm; of the fXnnllitff ftea«» j and tiresome than waiting for a train ; at a railroad station. It is so much ; the worse where tho station is n lonely j country one. 1 am a surveyor, and on : the day 1 mention I liad beou unlucky . enough to miss tho early train, and was | compelled by force of circumstances to . wait at “Elmwood” for a later one. “Elmwood” was composed of the station ami a cluster of small houses. As may be easily imagined. J soon ex hausted tho stock of amusement to In- I found about the place, and by the time ‘ nightfall came I was thoroughly tired, i It was growing chilly in tho station, too, for the fire had died out. Elmwood I lay on the summit of a deep gorge, | across which tho hand of man hail j flung a spider-web trestle-work, and on ; this ran the rails, 'I he station stood j immediately at tho end of tho br.dge. Acresi the tiack was a flagmans j house, and, an darkness came down, f I could h ’ * for she had mado considerable progress toward me. Ju three words I told her of the danger and the only way of avoidin’ it. ■Even in tho terror of the moment I could see she was beautiful. Her form 'vas full and supplo and unbound by any lacing, and her face was a mixture of a child and a woman. Her long black hair blow’ about in the wind just like that of the girl of my dream. Why, sir, I never cared much for girls, but I would have died for this one then and there. “No time was to be lost! “The light of the engine’s eye was on the track and rocks in tho curve, and we could hear tho Ringin' of the rails. Our time must bo measured by seconds. Had there been a few moments more would have found a place where COMPARE THE OLD PRICES WITH THE RE!' ) him through tho window of | there were braces acros- Ur.. l... „ : ..... r... . u... . Ills little box sittiug by a glowing lire. ! He looked so much moro comfortable ! then T was that I crossed over the track and entered his box. I soon, by tho aid of a good cigar, was on easy terms with him, and found him to bo a man of considerable natural intelligence, with a peculiar attraction about his manner of speaking which mado all he said interesting. llis name was Tom Williams; he was about 251 years old. and as manly and handsome a youth as would often be — TURKU i: *Plndl« C||, Myle. Ciitem.] ytr J fashionable girl now wears a ■ ■ ;ll ter on her breast. It is, perhap, m« ; ° r wa V to wear a lolwter, though u . 0 occas '°'ially worn them in our si unore or Km satisfaction lo uni —!v—t; wouldn’t recommend a dear, ••t, lushioiiable girl to follow nut- vulgar •• “ f>t for the world I w »«. hrmrn When Hubby (umei Hoiue. [Philadelphia Chll.) determined to learn at what hour mv comes home nights, yet, do ulmt I '. , nnot keep awake, and he is always ‘ ul not to make a particle of ».>{»?. f- • T. Uru « which produce* wukeful- , So need to buy dni^a '“*** the floor with tacks. Placed Confidence aji<l Wlilnky. [Detroit Free Prevs.] vhi ? av f a Tenneaaio darkey throe pinto ul if/,!° ? lro ft h,,ak ) bit *, nn 1 then out that he had been stun ' by a hot-. [«n the man who tarnish*! tho wbU JJf get J 1 ’ Pay by booth** the darkey [“‘yin* a fine of *5. ™ “Ever had a cyclone a l r an - sag man w, *o was visiting J?, Ji Unt n tUe eaat - “ A cyclone! Oh, r„ / auut ” Deacon Brown’s son ■t S r ?. ri L Bo " ton u "I^ 11 ago, but, it- TumWo ‘ l ° ,r * yer y ‘There i.s always a good deal of dau- ’ ger about any kind of railroad life,” I said, at lust; “have you ever had any interesting adventures in that lne?” He thought for u moment before he answered, and then ho told mo in his modest unassuming way a tale which made him a hero. j “You see that trestle work out there, sir? Well, that was where I like to • have met my death one night. I never ! liked trestle-works, anyhow. When a : few shaky timbers aro stuck together with pegs and then put olid up in a | gorge where tho floods have a chance i to undermine ’em, it alius seems dan- j gerous to mo, and a riskin’ life to run trains over ’em. “Well, sir, I’d been watchman and flagman here for about a month, when ono dark night followin’ a rainy day I fell asleep hero at my lire. I don’t think, sir, I ever did that afore or since. I dreamt that I woke up, and as t did so l heard the scream of a | whistlo up tho tiack —over tho trestle. “Yon’vo noticed, probably, that there : is a sharp curve right at the other end. Well, sir, out on tho trestle work, ; about the middle, was a human liguro, ■ walkin’ slowly toward me. It was a woman with black hair and a long j llo win’ white robe. I could see the : gleam of tho headlight on the rocks and track in the curve at tho other end of tho bridgo, and a moment after the . engine came in view, lookin’ into the I night with its big eye. “Well, sir, that figure stood out in the midst of it all w ith a fearful elcur- i ness, aud in the bright light it looked I ko an angel, llut it koptmoviu’ right i on toward this end with a soft glidin’ ! motion us if half flyin’. “The train, too,soemed unnatural and ; there was uo noise or rubble. It was j tryin’ to quietly steal up to her and run 1 her down and grind her to pieces. ‘T tried to scream out a warnin’, but ; my tongue stuck to my mouth and my i lips wouldn't open. 1 started to run, | but my feet refused to move. “In one second more the train would ; tear her in fragments, j “I closed my eyes, nml as I did so I heard a wild shriek from the engine, j and I woko up and found myself shiv- ! erin’ uUny liro here. “The whistlo l had heard was that of ! a cornin’ train, and I left my box and 1 was at my post when she toro by. “Hut my droain worried me. I | thought somehow some terrible aeci* ; dent wus goin’ to happen. I never j w ont out of my box, but I’d glance out ; on the bridge there as though fearin’ to see that white liguro and hear the | , cornin’train. • ' i “ Well, sir, threo nights after that I • was siUin*hereby my fire, foelifc’some- . i how more weary in my mind than over. | | It had been rainin’ all day, but toward evenin’ tho wind shifted to tho wot ! ! and blew oft' tho clouds somewhat. | There was a full moon, and every now | and then, when tho clouds drifted, oil’ ! her face, slio east a glow of silver light ! over everything. j “I looked at my watch—it w as nearin’ the hour of my dream, and the express ; would soon be due. i ”1 took my lantern mid went on the j track. j “A hctt\y cloud blotted oat the moon, and as 1 glanced out on tho treat lo I 1 could not nee half w ay across, j “I walked slowly up tho path toward | the bridge. The clouds on the moon ! drifted oft'almost in an iustant and tho I who!**bridge was bathed in moonlight. “By heavens, sir, as I looked thoro ! was a human figure about a quarter | way across tho bridgo cornin’ toward me - and it was a woman! i “That bridge, yon’vo noticed, sir, only has a single track, aud there are I OPty t; might brace our feet. Hut it was too late. “Helow us was nothing but air- -and, I 100 feet down, rocks. “‘Trust me,” I said as I throw one arm about her yieldi i’ form, and in an instant I was lowering her through tho timbers. ‘Clasp the plank tight, with both lmnds,* t said, ‘and hold on for your life.’ “*Sho was a brave little womau, and said nothing, but did as I told her. Another instant and I was bangin' by her side, as it were, between heaven and earth. T hung by one arm, while I threw the other about her waist aud sup ported her there in tho air. “ You may not believe it, sir, but at that moment 1 was happy, Tho joy of boldin’ her. even in such danger, was bliss. ‘ ‘ l lie train was now on the bridge, and wo could hear the croakin’ and groanin’ of tho timbers and feel tho swayin’ of it ail. Then, with a noise that was deafenin’, tho whole train passed over. “A hot coal from tho engino fall on my hand which hold mo up (you can see tho burn there now>, but I never moved. “Tho excitement had been too much for my brave girl, and I saw her faeo grow white and her form hung heavier on my arm, though she did not entirely lose her hold on tho timbers. “ Ilie strain was terrible. I feared I could not save her, but that we would both drop on the rocks below. "Had sho been able to support her self until I could have raised myself up, I could easily have lifted her out of her terrible position. But how could I raise myself with one arm while I sup ported her in the other? “ I must have support for my feet, or in one minute more all would bo over. “I turned my eyes below mo. ltight by mo was ono of tho upright timbers, and 1 scanned it for some foot-rest. ’’Thank God! There was a protrud ing bolt of iron wido enough to hold my feet, and with a lmrr on tho end which would keep them from slipping. ’I placed botli foot on this, and wiSi au almost superhuman effort swung the girl over on my form, and then lifted myself up between the trucks until I found a support for my back. "I rested for a moment and then clasped tho girl in my freo arm and threw ono of my legs ovor the plunk. In another instant 1. was sitting on tho cross tie with the girl clasped in both my urms and hor head on my shoulder. “Tlio station-master soon saw us aud pushed out a hand-car and helped us on. Tlio girl soon rovived under tho care of his wife, and in half an hour she was talking to mo ns calmly as though tlio whole affair hail never hap pened. Sho said her name wus Mollie Wilson, and sho was tho daughter of old Jim Wilson, tho wood-cutter across the gorge. The old man was taken very ill suddenly, and she was cornin’ over to tho village for tho doctor. Sho was so used to climbin’ about the woods that she novor thought of tho danger of tho walk-and sho did not know there were any trains at that i time. 'Her voice, sir, was like the ohirpin’ of some bird of the forest, aud I know 1 i hen that I loved her. YVo got tho doc- I tor and l took thorn both across on tho ! I ut nd*car. “She didn’t even thank me for helpin’ j her save her life; but when I left hor I sho let her chubby little hand lio in I mine, and looked into my eyes, sir, in a way that was worth a wholo book full j of thanks. "Somehow I found mv way aeioutho ! gulch quite often alee that. First it i was to ask after her father, and then, | when he got well, to walk with her in tho woods. [ “Sometimes, in my basic to see her, I walked on tho flimsy planks of tho I trestle-work, but I always took good | core that no train was coinin’, i “Yes! that’s your train, sir; and just j in time, for my story is ended. Ovor I there in that little house my liouso, I sir—lives the girl that T saved, and the I pnrtiest, pinkest little baby that was ever born. •AT- THEE ONL.V I3XT AMEHICTJ8. We promised in issue of the RedoRder of January 2d, to give you some prices so soon as we arranged and marked down our goods. We are now prepared and ready to give you more goods lor less money than any house that sell goods on thirty days time. Con.emplate a lew quotations and note the difference in SPOT CASH prices and thirty dnys credit: Flour. Flour. In this article we stand head and shoulders above everybody, having ransacked the big markets of the West and Northwest in search of the best, and paid the CASH DOWN. We will sell you First Patent, (entire Roller system) ,, . For 50 pounds, .$1.75. Old price, $2.16. 2d Pnt., for 50 pounds, 1.65. “ 1.90. Fanny, for 50 pounds, 1.50. “ 1..80. Choice Family 50 pounds, 1.35. •* t.. . l. J 65. Wc guarantee nil these Flours ns represented, and if not satisfactory you can return them and we will cheerfully refund the money. In future we will keep on hand the best grades of GRAHAM FLOUR - cheap. Sugars. Will sell you 10 pounds Granulated Sugar for. . .$1.00. “ “ 11 pounds New Orleans Clarified for .’. 1.00. “ “ 11| pounds New Orleans (Bellcwood) Clarified, for 1.00. “ “ 13 pounds New York Sugar, lor. 1.00. In this line wc ave fully up and advise everybody to seize the golden opportunity and pur chase at once a sufficiency for the year’s comsumption. In this article alone (by buying from us) we can save you, money enough in one year to buy all the “Santa Claus” you want for the little ones. Wc deal 6| pounds Choice Pio Coffee for $1 Thurber’s No. 41, (Roasted) a combination of Java, Rio, and Mocha, for 23c per pound. Liverpool, full weight, for $1.20 per sack. Fine Salt, seamless bags, 150 poundsj$1.05 per sack Wc arc slaughtering nt the very low price of $1.00 per cwt. to make room for a car load oi SEED POTATOES. “Thank von, lir, for vour cigars. I’ll tell Moll of yon, »ir. And this is . .. i .i i for baby? Well, I’ll take it for him— inly a few plunks laul singly across the ; [jjyug^ £ would not for my*elf. Good- ies, which make a very risky foot-way, | ^ In this line wc arc full to overflowing, and to unload we liave reduced the price on all gadei from 25c to $1.00 per gallon. Think of it! Cox, Hill & Thompson’s genuine Stone Mountain Com Whisky for $2.20 per gallon, usually sold at $2.50, Tobacco and Cigars. We cau undersell anybody—we offer “Lucy Hinton” nt 67c per pound, and all other gride* proportionately. houses in that out-of-the-way place there was as much happiness as is often found in this life. U Locomotive fSMWi? bj*** »*l*Ue _ 1,! f#w J?*** 3 tl,tlr winter •sSTSf* ** -v •* muck «“*r «»»u<uu I and tlio."o no room to .tcp iwido it tlie ! train catches yon there. “Bnt there was a woman coming over, i her dresses swaying in tlic wind. That J ulonc was enough to shock n man’s 1 nerves. ! “ Bnt at the instant I saw her I heard ! the shriek of a whistlo up on the other j side of tho gorge-at Ash Lane—not a j mile away. It wai t*ho through ex- j press. "I knew this figt re was no ghost, and I determined to nave her from the death ' which threatened. It «ns too lato for ! her to go back, uni sho had no time to ; reach this cud. you satiaflod with it? It’s a perfect like. 1 “Since my dream 1 had often thought “£ know ik Isn’t he awfally j of tho best means of savin’ any ono mean ?■’ De*Dite the en.ut under such chances, and my mind w as — reader* to defer fixed in an instant. The Irish population of the earth in “She must let herself down and hang as follows: At borne, 7,500,000; in by hor hands to one of tho planks until England, 2,600,000; in Scotland, 2,000,- the train pawed over, 000; in Canada, 2,000,000; in Australia, “I rushed out on tho bridgo. I would \ 1,000,000; in America, 12,600,000; else- isvo her at any cost. ! whore, 5,000,000. A total in round “A man who rnnhea up hit mind can aombtrt o! W,600,000* \Ye regret that we have not space sufficient to give full and complete quotations on pU .of A moment after 1 was seated in the you will hear from us occasionally. Remember that by baying your goods from us find pn; car, rapidly leaving “Elm wood” behind, j you do not pay from 26 to 50 per cent, for had debts, as usual in credit store. But I knuw tlmt in one of tho littlo CASH A Word as Regards the Penny ! Too Truthrill n l.lkmeM. “Oniv thtok^STit '**<KcUim<d Mrs r ” a11 those who 8C0Ut at lhe i(leaof introducing the Penny in Americus, we say that we stand ready Bullion, "that creature MahUtkk 10 le ' ,ecm *" goodo or the cash any amount from 6c npwards. Bring them along and get their frill raise at actually threatens to sue me!” “Docs j , he? Why, haven’t you paid him for your portrait?” “2*u, I haven’t, and { what’s more, I won’t.” What, aren’t; THE«ENT MSI STORE II AIMS. FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF J. W. WHEATLEYI& CO.'S BANK. Very truly, SCHUMPERT & RONEY. . Afflericus, G#., January 11, 1884.