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PBj|S$VER AN CE.
One step and then another,
And the longest walk is ended;
OiMVtflah and then another,
And the largest rent Is mended;
One brick upon another,
And the highest wall is made;
One flake upon another,
And the deepest snow Is laid.
.Vo the flttle coral woik*r®i
By their tfiow apd constant motion,
Have built those pretty intends
In the distant dark-blue ocean;
And the noblest undertakings
Jfan’s wisdom hath conceived,
By oft-repeated effort
Jlave ibeejp patiently>ot-ieved.
Then do not look dUhearteasB.
On the work "you have to do,
And say that such a mighty task
You never can get through;
.But just endeavor, day by day,
Another point to gain,
Aral soon the mountain which you feared
mil prove to be a ‘ piaipl
“Rome was not bnlltfo,# d
The ancieqt proverb
And nature, by her trees and flowers,
The same sweet sermon preaebes.
Th ink not of far-off duties,
But of duties which are near,
And having once begun to work
Besoive to persevere.
ONLY A BRAKEMAN.
4i^ CCIDKNTi — a.u extra freight
tra,n ° n the B. & C. R. B. was
wrecked last night by a'broken bridge
i”«>.v»na Curljle. A «. .1 the
Hon. Cariton Ballou was on the train,
but fortunately escaped injury. A
bi»kea»#n by the name of Marshall
was the only person killed."
7t was only a short dispatch, cast
iuto oue corner of the morning paper,
timid a score or two of others, but it
inteTegted mof for I knew tfie whole
-«"•••'» <s<« »•?
teart almost a iiatred for tile writer
who lij*d done such injustice to a no-
ble’iife and s <©$erlo©ked so grand a
deed.
I«« on ty ' m i ^ Htf i t tp‘ «S5Mib..«f*s
rator at Carlyle—not a very exalted
position, perhaps, but one of consider
able r«sponsible and trust. From
seven in the evening until the same
hour in^lhe. m^ morning I held in the
hollow of wind the life of almost
every man passing over our division
of the ro ach • . - ' |
I remember one night, when I was
sating alone in my little, cnnsp^-np
office^ and listening, from mere forge
ofhabit, to the varied rne>sages as
Ihey wt ut cliekiogby to the other sta-
tious on the road, The l^sf truig for
several hours the freight aceomodas
turn from Brighton-had teen in for
some time, and I had nothing to dis-
turb ine but my thoughts.
‘‘Well, Billy, how’s No. 5“ a voice
suadetnj 1 asked, *• the.f||Bi4e door
wa^jwsned Gae hourjate, ,*&r. r ~i (replied, hast-
by, and then, looking up, I saw Tom
Mihail, a brakeman on the last
'CMOnOte n d tav,
my oaestioner
•Onl, torn moment tn-nUbf h.
amnerea me, m he «.t down itibg at my
invitation,'His lantern n between
his teet on the floor T have » call
to make this evening, and must wash
»p a.little first *
* Where away tosnight Tom’ Not
up on the hill again sorely?'
He shook his head In the nffirma-
tive bis eyes fixed upon my table
where the instrument was ticking B
a
‘Of course it‘s none of mv Imsiness goTo
my boy, but it seems to me yoq
the great white house too often ’til of
Igte Ballou might object, end
said they are engaged, you know.'
Ard I looked n P at his stroug Saxon
face frog, where I la, stretched on a
bench by the wall.
•I think they are Mistaken about
that, Billy; but Ballon ha. more op-
pbt< i very sfowly. *1 only ^/knew get in
but I do the test I can.*
‘Theniti*eettonifii
for I liked this bTWrd fair-
nalr . o . *V . «-lln» " ,,ow tbrnsah he
» «t
was. 4 , ( ’ - A ■
'“» id " <* *he
replied, huaernbet^tanbL bis eyes gaping steadfaKly at
the
good night; I must go; vriil 1 jon
ARLINGTON, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 19, i88«.
again as I come in. * And the heavy
door closed behind him.
As I sat there alone io the office
after be bad gone, I thought of all
these things—thought them oyer
again and again. 1 had known Tom
for v two yean, and I liked the boy.
I knew, or thought I knew, Kate
Carr, up the big white house on
the hill. A proud girl enough in her
way—proud of her father's riches, her
own beauty, aDd the dozen suitors
who had knelt at her feet. Ever since
Tom first sought her society I won*
deredai his welcome. It seemed
so strange a thing to me that one so
proud of hey position, so thoroughly
a slave of society £s Bate Carr appear¬
ed to be, should so openly encourage
the attentions of a mere freight-brake*
muu—,a mau of whose.family connec¬
tions we knew nothing, and whose
only wealth was his monthly pay.
Still Tom was ayoungand good-Iook-
fellow enough, and, perhaps, after all,
she was a little vain at having so
handsome a snitor, even though so
poor, to add to her lengthy
string of victims. I never could I e-
lieve that she hud the heart to return
his great, honest love, and be willing,
in exchange to sacrifice ail her hopes
and pride for his suke; and tnen, be¬
sides, rumor had it that George Bal
lou, the son of u rich banker of a
neigboring town, had already gained
her promise, and from many little
things which had fallen under mv
notice, I began to believe that rumor
for once was right. And Tom loved
her, and I ttaought it over all night
when I was not busy, and wondered
in my own heait how it could end.
Tom never came back to the depot
that night, tln ugh I looked for him,
and liis train left eastward while I was
taking my breakfast at the only hotel
the place afforded, and I caught but
a jib nips of him sm they swung round
the curve. I afterwards heayd the*
whole story from his lips, out I can
tell it best fpj; myself. From his car
we jaisseU up rne alfrg hill to wterO
the lights of the Carr mansion were
twinkling among the trees, determin¬
ed to learn his fate from Kate's own
lips that very night. The parlor-
windows were dark when he assended
tile stone steps and rang the bell,
and the servant who answered it, rec-
Ognizing bis face, told him bp would
fintl M iss Kate iu.tbe garden, Iu the
mooD Dreaming the ever-new
ar,Hm of Jove, he passed with quick
rtep ( , OWQ ihe grrtvel piUU by the
we il_t ri mmed flower-beds to where
rbe summer housg, thickly shaded bv
elinj?ing vln , 8 . 9to „ d at the further
en<1 Thi , tier f avor He resting
p , H( * and many B p )^ ant „ ( , U r came
flooding.his mind, passed there with
her—his queen. As he. approached
noW he was surprised to hear, borne
on the still ni^fit air, the tone of
vo j Ce8 j n earne st conversation. In all
<p om < a nature there was nothing cows
8rd i y , nothing base, but his own name
tar £* *2*2 ^ ’Sf kn< “ ” , ““ ,,,g 1
,ie ” d '
‘I n«or.llr «nppo«4 from .111
keard that jonoonfd for Mnr-
' '
l!bwas almost . question, .. and . the „
a
silent listener outside in the moon-
light bent forward to catch the low
tones of the repiy ‘
"Oh. George, how could yon? Why,
be,Snothing but a freight-brakeman.
What would papa say if he heard
It was the soft, tender voice
of Kate. ‘And yon tf»ly only cared
for roe, darling!*
*/ only loved you, George.*
That was all; and the strong man
who listened, turned bank quietly in
.be dartmess-tarned back throngh the
fow hedge and oot in to the moonlit
road, with psle^a* and heavy heart,
He had loved her with all tbe giant
strength if iris e#w»ng,manly naturejhe
never knew how moch before, as he
ing words, *’Ho's only a freight-brake-
mau," ringing in bis ears With every
heavy steo he took He was poor
nothing bet a brakeman, had neb
ther weklth nor lineage of which to
boailwbwWAfter all be was a man,
and like one bp goffered his
lQBt> 1 ik *nff( J fcd through the Iona, still
nigbl, patiently and silently.
As long summer days faded in -
to Uie.#4ortft| onea.ftf early fall, nnd
his tram paftpd back and forth by the
station on its daily trips, / watched
Tom, and knowing so much as I did,
I could ready's sufferings, though he
tried so bruToly to hide it ull a up ap-
pear outwardly as cteerfnl aud light
hearted as ever. JPoor Tom! the blow
wtisa hard one struck by her little
band, and the strong man bent be-
neath it, whether he would at no.
it was pearly winter when the end
fiually curoe, nnd that ending was in-
deed terrible.
For several weeks heavy storms had
beeu rajjiugaloiig the entire line of
the road, and many fears were expre»-
sed by railway offioiais about the safe-
an<f ty of tbe rpadsbed between Carlyle
Farmeiaville, the next station
east. AH aking these few miles there
were heavy grades and numerous
SDUtll loosened bridges .by previous nnd culverts already That
storms.
night wbeq,, bard—a I weDt on duty it wifs
raining cold, bjtter raifi, hirtf
sleet, blown here and thert In gusts
of heavy wind. The night itself was
intensely black from swiftly scudding
clouds, broken now nnd then- by vivid
glares of f-oHfeff lightning that seemed
almost to fear them in twain. Jify
instruments were almost nnmanagea-
ble, owing to the electricity In the air
but about UJidoight a message came
through in jerks from the dtoisjou
superintendent at Boston : ’ *
‘Opr., (hrtyle.
‘Send Bobd with extra east, tore-
port track at Furmersgiite .for j^o. 2
Move cautiously. : W. B. (J.“
Bond was Tom's *>ndoctor, and I
•handed-tb^rdar An engilte was teaily to ^ at immediately. hand, and
they soon had the short train of
££2 %,ge
•ml enW <T, 0
Ballon, muffled up to his chin, nnfl
holding a small leather valise in' his
hand, came hurriedly around the edge
of the depot building r%°xSm
Jte
who ftood iheie.with his lantern ruis-
ed forgive the sjgnj^ for starting. I
want to go down frith; |pu. I must
be hoQte to night.'
Bond looked «#>uud r#thrr surpri#-,
ed at ftfie request.
‘We’re more Uiauiikely td be wreck¬
ed bqforn ever pre get there. Mr.
jP#ll)»U,’ lie" said quickly. ‘But if
you must go, take^6ur* own risk and
get on. I dollt care.*
•Bi.llou, aUm‘t go!'—it was Tom's
voice, sptiiliing very low. ‘Take my
advice, fur therein not one chance iu
ten of ouj Jh'hfi through to-night
without jtrynhle. 1
‘But 1 most go. Came the answer
•My mother lias teen taken ill—a tele¬
gram just received/
Wait for No. 2 then—that will be
nearer daylight.’
‘Yes and it might be top late. No,
I must g* itoffiigbt, danger or uot.
Surely I may risk it if you cunl‘
no on. to think .1 hot
«»•' ‘Th, «.n
‘he wind, Too have Kate, a» l it is
a*, top. A„J , to
i.rakoman mgretfoliy turned aw.;.
Only a moment aid Ballou gaze after
()Ig i a „tt-ru, as it went flickering
down tb* wet platform, and tnen as
lbe train started te stepped tuto the
caboose, and I leaped from my seat to
watch Tom swing up on the little
iron ladder and mount to the top.
Just exactly how ft fill happened
today I do not know, lattat the b»t-
tom of the second grade the earth had
teen washed away from beneath the
rails and they hung almost nnsuppor-
ted just below the surface of the ^
ter. Thundering down the grade in
tbe rain and night, every brakeman at
his post on the top, the gfeat height
engine plunged into the water and
went crushing down. Car after
was piled up there and buried to one
side down into the ravine wringing to a
wre nched clear by the shock, Tom
was hurled outward into the air,
The crash stunned him, but. the
cold water into which be fell
revived him again, and ho crawled
oot fromtbedebris onto the bank am}
worker! bis way back toward*
should be the rear end of the train-
When the first terrible crash W»e,
the caboose had been pitched TjoUutjy
forward and then Hung down,and uow
hung trembling suspended upon a sin-
gta limber of tha culvert, which trem
bled and threatened, each moment to
part and let the buttered car full onto
the ragged rocks below,
Ta there any one hurt, Cal ?‘Tom
asked, auxiously, as he finally found
the conductor standing alone in the
raiu beside the track,
‘No; all out safe. I think—clo-ie
call,though, Tom; awful wreck. I nev*
er saw a worse in thirty years!’
‘Help me! help! 1
The cry raug out shrill and agoniz-
iug from the suspended caboose below
‘Helpl I’m wedged in! Quick! 1
It was Balou's voice, beyond a doubt.
‘Give me the ax!* and, seizing the
weapon^T ooa sprung out into the
tottering car and dropped
down through a shattered win-
dow. He knew the slender, trembling
timber could not sustain that weight
to»ff. Ho knew lie was going to al-
most certain death, He knew a mo-
moot 1 # delay might rid * him of one
who bad won from him the woman be
loved. It was a moment for vengeance
but be forgot it all. lie knew n
morao't delay and all of George Ballou
Would be a dead, mangled body. But
he never hesitated, never doubted
what to do. He was only a brakemun,
hut be was willing to sacrifice Iris own
Ipe, xjruek his qwu happiness, to save
the man Kate Carr Ioverl. A martyr,
y<msuy—a hero. No;boff could he bp?
you iorgrt he was bst a flight-
brgkenMHI<
. H ^ liclll . bo crlecli ns wUb a
^ he cut aside Am hfifci n
8eat wb i' cb pinu ed hi* rival totlte fibpr
■
o{ W t , )0 ^ I »
* “ «•
M-»w
^Ing way •«
gasped by .strong hands, Ballou was
,lm " n * U P " ,rou e h lhtJ brt)keu
window to the groped ubojtre,
and then, with a lurch a"d
'-Hum Of bwwdrt«g timbers, th* heavy
car plunged downward on to the rocks
splintered on their sharp points and
dashed to piaees. j 4
Just ns the morning came,they found
Tom lying there, crushed out of all
shape, between two groat timbers.
‘She loved him—she loved him!‘
was all he said, and as the jsun
c»tne up over the high bank, he
breathed his last sobbing breath in
Cal Bond's arms.
They brought him up to the depot
and laid him reverently in tho great
ladies* wailing room, and as the rail¬
road men bore 1 im by fojr wiudow,
one in th' crowd said:
‘How lucky that only a brakeman
wm killed,*
Some way it. se»ms to me that great
hearted Tom Marshall has gone home
to a Father who never looks to the
greasy clothes and the weather-beaten
faces of his children, but rewards them
necordiog to their deeds. If so, his
must ba an exceedingly great reward.
n.«rtWMfU»
A pntlemnn from eandekrl. io-
f orrus that the smallest baby m the
world was born in that camp at noon
on the 3d instant 2T)e father is a
miner in the employ of the jVbrth-
i-rn Belle mine and weighs 190 pounds
The mother is a stout, healthy
wvitoan. Weighing lierhap* 160 pounds,
The child is a male a* perfectly formed
es any human baing can be, but upon
its birth it only weighed eight ounc
«. Its face is ateut the the siz i of
a horse ehesnnt. and the flee of limbs
caA be imagined when we say that
a ring wota on tbe UJte finger
of its mother waa easily slipped over
its foot nearly up to the knee Oar
informant tate. that >*w*h tbeopm-
of thaaffindfog^hytctan U.at
child wnold live and prosper in good
health. notwithsUndig its dimlmit.ve
seek ia segar bo*. This is believod
to be. tbe smallest ever born.-Ex.
-j—•-»--
Frienfl of the family (to the boy
twins.) *I‘m afraid y-1> little fellows
don't always agyee. You fight each
other sometimes, don't you?' Twins
‘Yeth thlr, tbomthimth.' Friend o!
the family ‘Ah, I tbottgM so. Well,
who whips? 1 Twins-'Mamma whips.
Vol. III. mo. 33
A Menagerie.
The most foolish predicament a
man cun get into is to get drunk. Ip
drunkenness a man shows his strongs
cst side and most ardent passions.
There are six,winds of drunkards, and
if yon go into a city drlnkingshous*,
where a good number of men are uns
der the influence of liquor, yon will
be sure to find these six different char¬
acters representing six different ani ¬
mals.
The fiirst ia the ape drunk; ha leaps
and rings and yells and dances, mak¬
ing all sorts of grimances, and cuttiug
u Pj aJl sort8 of ‘‘monkey shines,“ to
win tho applause of the hoys; but a
drunken clown is^ry silly.
Next we have tho tiger drunk. He
breaks the bottles, chairs etc., and is
full of blood and thunder. His eye.
are red as fire, and his heart is full of
veugeknee. After breaking every thing
in reach, he oftentimes winds tip with
a broken neck. Of this sort are those
who abuse their families.
The third is the hog drunk. Ha
roils in the dirt, on the floor, and w»1-
lows in the mud, in the gutters. Ho is
heavy lumpish and soggy, and grunts
his acquiesoeut reply wiieo asked to
taken driuk. He never misses a
or pays one cent.
Fourthly, we have the puppy drunk.
He will weep for kindness and w(li)ine
his love; hug you iu his arms, (and
pick yijnr pocket if he has half a
chance) and proclaim how much hu
loves you. He Swears ‘’you’re the
best fellow in the world,** ‘‘Don’t
you forget it. “
The fifth is owl drunk, He is wise
in his own dfcceipt, No man must
differ from him, for he "will get a
head put on him. •* Generally spenk-
iug, when fined by the recorder, an
oily toting pleads in a begging off
stylo, and lie sneaks off then just like
a whipped spaniel.
The sixth and last of the show is
the fox druuk. He is a crafty sort of
a cuss; ready for any sort of a trade
in which be i* certain to come out
best IE* is sly as a fox, sneaking as
a wolf and, in fact, the meanest
druuknrd of them all.
The mm who travels on the rails
Diud sits down by the side of lode for
males, and tolls tliom that he recog¬
nizes a likeness in their faces to his
wife's sister, met his deserts on one
of the roads in this viointy lutely.
He sat down in the half of* seat,
the other half of which was occupied
by a pleasaut faced young laday. He
looked at her, as such fellows will,
and then said:.
"Pardon me, M\*p, but is your
name James? I have a cousin of that
name, whom you greatly resemble.’
‘No sir,* was the reply, ‘thy name
is not James. But, I tbluk I Is muss
ask you to pardon me if I ask your
name Zinc or Copper?*
‘Zinc or Copper? No, ma’am, * said
the man. ‘What led you to suppose l
had snch names?*
‘Pray excuse me,* was the quiet reply
‘but I thought you must be first cou¬
sin to a brass foundry.*
The man knocked over a bird-cage
in his haste to get into the atnokiugs
car, while the young lady quietly
smiled behind her handkerchief.
The Narrowest N urrew Gauge in
the WorW. ,
One of the most curious rail-toads in
the world is a ten-inch guage road
running from North Billerica, Mhhb.,
to Bedford. It was first hooted at by
the people, but was completed, making
a tong*, o* aboot eight md ono-h.lf
miles. 1 here are eleven bridges^ The
yard ** ^ One grade .a one hundred £ and
twenty five feet. The cars udNrogros
are^constructed sog.ito be w’»«
the ground, giving 1 bera
safety The^B have ana.de with
vrnmi on each , «□ he same
h.*
» half tons, ordinary oars wet^hing, on
an
run at tlie rate ot twea ^7 m, * e * * a
hour
is piaced bqbin^I the **
greater adhebion to the traek. They
weigh eight tons, a “d , ' aw ™ P“~
mu get and two freight cars. Tb*
cost of the road wgs about H. 500
per mile-
