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' Fi " 1 SAM S. HA-LL," Buckskin Sam," and Id Rjp Ford were trapping in the Ar­ ansas River regions. They were men Of desperate courage, who had taken ,their fives in their hands too often to ,,V*;teare 'or the danger they were exposed Old Rip was a man who stood five 1 feet eleven in his moccasins--a man •whom you would hardly care to meet ftfee close tug of a desperate , battle, hard brown face was seamed with ' ^cars from bullet, knife and claws of i^jjfwild beasts, and his muscular body * jflshowed the marks of many a desperate '^s&truggle. " Buckskin Sam" was the '?>4|peau ideal of a mountaineer and plains- ^{||nan, the Western hunter that the nov- paints and the schoolboy dreams f and wishes some day to be. Al- hough not so powerful as Old Rip, he |Jwas a man of great personal strength fttppind desperate courage. For many a ',#3"ear these two had roamed the trapping I ayteTounds together, fighting Indians, ' grizzlies ana wolves, chased by night pver the burning prairies, defending '" their camp against the sudden attacks i>f red fiends, or spending recklessly at |iflthe monte board the money they had * learned so hardly oil the trapping ground. : Mr They had been out all winter, and, as spring approached, the last cache was ; covered and the trappers now began to '^Jthink of returning home. The camp " ikas built up near the river, a tributary vi»f the Canadian which flowed through ^liismal canyons in which the light of "day never shows, under the shadow of " Jfigantic cliffs upon which human be- •> rings never yet set foot, and only spread- , ling out at places where the cunning beaver had built his dam. The river was broken by great rapids, and Abounded in rare tish, upon which they had feasted royally for many a day. They had a canoe, and had been dis­ cussing the chance of going down the stream in that in order to save time. "I am ready to take the chances, if you are, &in," said Sam. , " I,don't "like to give myself away,1' said Rip. " What do you know about the river after we get down to the big canvcn, and whoever passed through • - it?" " "That's the ton of the thing, Rip. We do what no ene else dare do," said Sam. "I don't like it," replied Ford, who was byjEar the most prudent of the two, •«'I--ha! what in Jehu is that?" They seized their weapons and ran to the door of the hut just in time to - see a? .dozen Indians running down through the grass, blocking up the only; way of escape. The moment the repeating rifles began to play upon them they went out of sight among the rocks and 'began their gradual approach, which could only end in one way--the white' trappers would be overwhelmed! " There's only one chance, Hip," cried Sam. "And that?" • ' ' •*The canoe." "I am your man," cried the giant trapper. "You push the canoe into ? the water" and throw in the weapons While I keep those fellows at bay. Oh, would you? Take that." 0* An Indian had raised his tufted head to get a better shot at the trappers, but r'fesbetore he could get back the unfailing "«"Mfeyes of the trapper had looked through •"'the double sight and the rifle cracked. The Indian sprung suddenly to his feet, spun sharp around upon his heel and !» ,(|fell dead in his tracks. « The next moment *the canoe shot rtrom the bank and headed down through si the boiling flood, plunging in the canyon, below so rapidly that the Indians had fccarcely time to recover from their amazement at the sudden exodus be­ fore the trappers were out of sight. ^|pne of the Indians bounded to his feet • ^sand uttered a low signal-whoop, and ' * 'two large canoes, containing in all about fifteen men, rounded a point in the river above the canyon and came flying down under the strokes of the pa-idles. The Indians on the shore simply pointed down stream, and the canoes dashed by at a furious speed, the wild yell of the paddle rs announcing to the white men that they were pur­ sued- The first rapid passed, they en- „j gfered a long stretch of water wherethe -r'ff»iMpu^'«»t was only four or five miles an .T,vj,§i©ttr, and there the propelling force in :t #.he otliur canoes began to tell and the .^jui^ndians gained rapidly. On each bide of the canoe the canyon * "was like a wall, 200 feet in height, and Ti.fi'^he ttappers could only put all their . <•! 'r Strength in the paddles and dash on as r last as they could. Two miles further ' *swd the pursuing canoes were scarcely a hundred yards behind, the Indians - ' yelling like demons as they saw the white men almost within their grasp. Kip Ford shook his head as he looked over his shoulder, when suddenly his canoe was seized Dy a mighty force j*r ,#nd hurled downward, like a bullet , f ipom a rifle. They had struck another , ,^-apid more powerful than thgfirqt, and the rocks absolutely seamed to % Ipast wild exultation in the hearts of the white men, for they could see that their enemy would have gladly escaped if they could from the perils that sur­ rounded them Their mad desire for scalps and plunder had led them into a trap, and they no longer thought of the canoe in advance. They knew, as the whites did not, the terrible danger be­ fore them, for they had explored the banks of the stream on foot many times. The river suddenly narrowed, and the trappers rushed into a canyon barely twenty feet wide and nearlyroofedover by the cliff on each side. The current was not quite so rapid here 'and they guided the canoe easily. : "This gets interesting, Rip," said Sank, as they went on through the nar­ row pass. "We are going"--" To our death," interrupted Rip iord, in a sol­ emn voice. "Do yo hear the falls?" Through the splash of water and the dip of the paddles they hearda low, dead, tremulous roar, which was- the sound of falling water. For a moment the bronzed face of Sam blanched, and then he drew his figure up proudly, saying: "Better than thb scalping- knife or stake, old friend. As the Frenchman says, 4 Vive la mart V Long live death!" It was, indeed, before them, lor as they shot out of the narro w pass they saw the falls--how high they could not tell, but the smoke whioh arose showed that it was not a small one. " Keep her head to it," cried Rip, "If we don't get through it's good-Jiye forever, Sam. ^ .*v The swift current caught them, and the canoe, hurled forward with terrible force, went flying toward the verge. A moment more and it shot out into the. midst and went down into the unknown depths. Each man clung to his paddle as he went down, held by an invisible power, whirled to and fro, as in a maelstrom, and then shot lip into the light below the falls. Far below them the canoe floated, and as the current swept them down the two men looked back in time to see the Indians* canoe come over the fall sideways without an occupant. It was hurled" far out and fell lightly on the water, only to be ar­ rested by the strongh hand of Buck­ skin Sam. The Indians, appalled by their dan­ ger, had upset the canbe in their fran­ tic efforts to escape. What became of them the trappers never knew, for when they reached the foot of the rap­ id, far below the falls, and righted the canoe they made no pause, but hurried down the stream and before night were safely floating inthe waters of the Can­ adian River, T#o days later 'they reached. Fort Sill in safety. eisco Qoldm Era. ; , Faithful Dogs. is ^omething like. H," cried iuckskin Sam. them. • "This the daring Buckskin Sain. " How we do move." " I should say we did, old boy," re­ plied Rip. " I an* only afraid we are moving too fast." " Don't you believe it; those fellows 1 seem to be standing still," said Sam. - 44 They will get in the current in a Sa"""1' g*®ped "Look at The headmost canoe of the Indians appeared upon the crest of the rapid and came flying down after the trap­ pers at a furious speed. The Indians no longer used their paddles with the exception of the man who sat at the stem and by a touch on the water, now on one side, now on the other, regu- the course of the canoe. The second canoe followed in a moment, a little further in shore. As they gazed V e \as^ canoe was suddenly jv lifted into the air as it struck a brown || rock in the channel, which the occu- pants tried in vain to avoid. The fierce J current caught the stern, and in an in­ stant there was nothing left of the craft save broken fragments, while the oc cupants, with loud shrieks of terror were borne swiftly on by the resistless tide. "Tfc&t ends them," said Rip Ford. " Be carefnl, Sam, for your life!1* On, on, borne,, by the power which they "could not resist, the two canoes were hurried. There was a sccne of P#kikri*tr is a thrivingtoW'fr,'located about twenty miles from this place, and has been, since last Sunday, greatly exercised regarding the strange disap­ pearance of Samuel- Snyder. Search was made for the missing man on Sun­ day night and Monday, but with no re­ sult. Yesterday the excitement in and about Fremont was Intense. This morning it was allayed by the finding of Snyder's body at half-past nine o'clock, and under very peculiar cir­ cumstances. Mr. Eichler, a brother- in law of Snyder, searched the sur­ rounding country yesterday With a large party, accompanied by two dogs. The dogs belonged to Sijyder and were fond of him. During the search the dogs disappeared. Last night an effort was made to find them, but to no pur­ pose. This morning Mr. George Hart- ler and others again took the trail at an early hour, and about half-past nine o'clock they found themselves in the vicinity of "an air-hole, located about half a mile from Fremont. It was no­ ticed that the ground in the immediate neighborhood of the air-hole was "great­ ly disturbed, and that the leaves; bad been stripped from several bushes which grew neat the brink. The air­ hole measured three feet in diameter at the opening. The party gathered around the spot and listened intently for' any sounds of distress, in the course of a few minutes distinct groans were heard. "Something is at the bottom,'# exclaimed one of the party. It was at once determined * to explore the opening. A tope was produced, and two of the party having volunteered to descend were fastened to it and lowered. The ippe Was found to be too short to reach the bottom. A larger one was obtained, and at length the volunteers reached the bottom. They were surprised to find at their feet the two dogs that so mysteriously disappeared the day previous. The exploring party were somewhat afraid of the dogs, which had been without food for more than twenty-four hours, but there was nothing to fear, as the animals manifested the utmost joy at the sight of familiar faces. The mo­ ment the dogs recognized the new­ comers they retreated, and when again seen were lying on the, dead body of Snyder, who lay face downward, with the head partly covered with dirt. The dogs looked wistfully at the exploring party and howled mournfully as Sny­ der's body was moved. The animals were very much attached to their dead master, and it is supposed that when with the searching party yesterday they struck the trail and followed it even to the bottom of the air-hole. The latter is 150 feet deep; for about thirty feet it Is perpendicular, and then pitches at an angle of 60 deg. to the bottom. With considerable tronble the body of Snyder was brought to the surface. The two dogs were also hoisted up. A post mortem examination was made this afterdoon by Dr. G. Y. Hehr, who found a deep cut on the back of the left ear, an incision on the fore­ head, and many bruises upon difterent parte.ul! tliu bodv. Snyder's right el­ bow iras also dislocated. J. W. Fie- bMfe&peputy Coroner, held an inquest tUHMternoon. The jury rendered a VflMfet to the effect that deceased had cone to hi# death from accidentally falling down an air-hole in the old Eakftls Tunnel, Fremont Township.-- PottovWeiPa.) iKtpctichlo K t mrald. --A Columbus (Ohio) man says he started thirty years ago to make $1,- 400,000. He got the four,teen., but the oiphei^ bother Tiioa. ° • wf 1I |t< u EVKBYBOUV'S spher^atfikospltert. ' OVER SO per cent, of Chicago's deaths, during one week recently, were of children under five year^cod. . SJCVEKAJL years ago the nao&ar of ci­ gars imported by dealers in New Or­ leans was about 18,000,000. Now It is only 2,500,000 annually. IN 1871 the municipal debts of En­ gland were $840,000,000, and they have Since sprung to $581,000,000, while local taxation has expanded one-third. , 'v At a very tejv estimate there Are at least 3,500 incendiary policy-Holders annually in this country, who burn up $5,500,000 worth .of property every yz&r.^GMcctga Times. : • A siNGL® factory in Redditek, *Bng., turns out between 6,000,000 and 7,000,- 000 needles each week, or about 850,- 000,000 a year, which is equal to one- third of the population of the globe. THERE are 1,807 real estate owners in Newherry County, S. C., Of Whom 171 ate negroes. One of these negroes owns 672 acres, valued at $4,160; an­ other owns 387 acres, valued at $2,140^ IT Is said that in the rivers of Cana­ da are varieties of fish originally from salt water which can swim by zig-zag movements from the bottom to the. top of a sheet of falling water fifty feet high. '"! i' ! ' I" " • It is now estimated by Delaware peach-growers that the season's crop will aggregate 1,000,000 baskets, at an average of one dollar per basket clear, so that the yield will bring $1,000,000 into the peninsula, principally in the lOWer sections. • < THE report of the State Bofttd of Ag­ riculture puts the population of Kan­ sas at 800,000,, an^ increase of over 270,000 since 1875. The wheat crop of the present year is estimated at 30,000,- 000 bushels, and the coirn drop at 100,000,000 bushels. From the eighth place as a Wheat State in 1876, Kansas advances this year to the second place, if not the first, the yield in California being about the same. LAST year in^ Massachusetts 12,737 couples were joined in the bond of wed­ lock. Of these there W«re 9,915 bach­ elors who chose maidens to be their wives, and 608 who chose widows; while 1,396 widowers parried maidens and 818 married widows. From this it appears th at 788 more widowers than widows were married again, and that 1,396 maidens married widowers, when only 608 bachelors married widows. THE opium product of China is in­ creasing so rapidly that fears are en­ tertained by the English that ihe*lndian article will be supplanted in the Chinese markets. In the opium-producing dis­ tricts of China, smokers are estimated to comppfe five-tenths of the native male poffifation, and in all China three-tenths of it. There have been public edicts against the cultivation of opium, but they .avail little, as the pro­ ducer silences the official with a fee. ALL silver bullion for coinage pur­ poses is now purchased in this coun­ try. Until recently large auantites were bought in London. Now the Government can secure all the bullion it wants from native holders, buying at the London rate. Most of it is pur­ chased in San Francisco and New York. It is a little singular that, though paid for inthe standard silver dollar, very few, indeed of those dollars get into circulation, in this way. The sellers take silver certificates instead. In a recent ..transaction in San Francisco more than 3,000,000 .ounces of silver were bought by the Superintendent of the Mint, who gave in payment there­ for a check on the Assistant Treasury there for the bullion's equivalent in standard pilver dollars. The holder of the check presented it at the Assistant Treasury, and, without moving his dollars, redeposited them and received silver certificates io#> the amoro#.-- (MeagoTimes. Modes of* „. ' Tk the ea?lv ages, "when wild in woods the noble savage ran," compli­ ance with the request, " Will you giv§ me a, light, please?" involved, ./.if the cauip-fires had gone outl a spell of un­ remitting hard work, considerable man­ ual dexterity and an unstinted applica­ tion of •' elbow-grease." The primi­ tive mode of striking fire was by rub­ bing one piece of dry wood upon an­ other until incandescence was induced'. Probably J'abal, the father of .dwellers in tents and herdsmen, and Jubal, the father of musicians, were indebted, when they needed a light, to Tubal- C*in, their half-brother, the first, "arti­ ficer in brass and iron," who doubtless "gathered" his Smithy-fire, so that it might smolder through the night and be ready for blowing-up in the morn­ ing. However this may be, a care of those who lived in the very early stages of th? world's history would appear to have been to keep their lamps or fires constantly burning, rather than to de­ pend xipon means of striking fire when their " lamps had gone out" (Matthew xxv:8).. It may be supposed that when Abraham and Isaac proceeded to Mo- riah for the terrible sacrifice in pros­ pect, it was a lamp, and not aiucifer, that the patriarch had When he " took the fire in his hand." The maintenance of a continuous light was imposed upon the children of Israel as a religious duty: "Bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always" (Exodus, xxvii:20). The ex­ tinguished lamp or candle was evidence of the Divine displeasure--" The lamp of the wicked shall be put out." A tribe of South American savages improved upon the dry wood friction •process. Tney discovered that they Could generate showers of sparks by the sharp abrasive contact of a certain kind of pyrites upon siliceous or flinty stones. The sparks, directed u*}on a quantity of dry, readily-inflammable fibrous material, obtained a flame, with comparatively little tronble be­ yond procuring and preparing mate­ rials. In the matter of 41 striking a ljght," the human family remained in a state of comparative barbarism till a period almost within the recollection of many juniors of " the oldest inhabi­ tant." Our grandmothers kept the kitchen fire alight all night by placing ' a block of coal upon it, and paiittiw it with small coal or ashes, so as to allow it tp smolder only till morning. The first triumph of " applied aoioarn "striking a light" lay in the discovery of tlrt combined capabilities of burned linen, or tinder, Hint and steel, and brimstone-tipped wood matches, or "spunks," as they were sometimes called. The tinder was usually a do­ mestic production, the tinder-boxes and steels, or "frizzles," were made at Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Eng., where a considerable business was done in these articles. The flint was had from where it could be picked up, and the manufacturers and vendors of the matches were chiefly poor old Women, The steel was of the farm of the letter U elongated and reversed, the narrower stalk being the handle; the broader, which had a serrated outer e|ge, was'used for striking t&d piece of flint, and producing the sparks that ig­ nited the tinder, which in turn lighted the brimstone-tipped match. The lighted tinder, when it had served its purpose, was extinguished by a close- fitting inner cover that was pressed down npon it. The flint and steel were also used for lighting mateh-pa- per--thiok • porous paper that had been dipped in a solution of saltpeter and afterward dried. The match- paper Was held close to the piece of flint, with its edge at the point of im­ pact with the steel. It ignited > readily and burned freely, but without flame. Amadou, or German tinder, and " touch-wook," being woody tissue in a certain stage pf decay, Weie some­ times used inthe 'same way as match- paper. » • The methods of initiating fire, as has been seen, were, up to this point, by rude mechanical expedients. It is only during the last half century that sci­ ence may be said to have been applied to the manufacture of matches. One Religious. THREE TIMES THE SAME WORDS. " Too W*A&," I rriod-, " am T, to bear my pain, Life'f troubled, waters so against me beat, With refltt*nt, maddened waves I f«el my feet Lose holerof Faith's firm rock. Uselem again To struggle, crying forth to God, sustain It is a areath-wora cry, and is it meet To mock His patience? Wherefore now en­ treat New strength, as surely to be spent in vain As that last given ?" fiat to my failing heart Bounded a sweet voiee, with inatrength'oins thrill: " Knowest thou not what conflict was the Lord's? He in thine every struggle hath had part. Though oooe thoa fail. He will uphold thee still; For three times prayed He, twins the same V. Starred, in N. T. Infapmdnt'. 1 K(f . Bnnday-School Lesseuu ROCBTH QTTABFZB. Ofat. 6-rifr>rmalisrB .....Luke Wi22-?0 Oct. 13--The Gospel Feast .Luke 14:15-24 Oct. The Prodigal Son Lake 15:11-24 Oct. 27--The Rich Man and Laza­ rus Luke 16:19-31 Nov. 8--The Ten Lepers....... ...Luke 17:11-1 a Nov. 10--Whom the Lord Iteceives.Luke 18: 9-17 NOT. 17--Zaecheas. the Publican. .Lake 19: 1-10 Npv. 24--Judaism Overthrown.... Lake 21: 8-21 Dec. 1--Th© Loci's Supper. Luke 22:10-30 Dec. 8--The Cross Lake 2S: 83-46 Dec. 16--The Walk to Emmaiis... .Lake 24:13-82 Dec. 22--The 3$$viu$'s Last Words.Luke 24:44-63 Dec. &~BeTiew, l%mj>eranoe or Missionary Con- • • , , • l ir,' s John Banyan's Home* f if jvas my plan to go from London to Liverpool by easy stages, tarrying here ana there, at St. Albans, Bedford, Derby, Rowsley and Chester. Not tar­ rying long at St. Albans, whose ancient XJhurch ia the subject just now of an ardent controversy between the advo­ cates and opponents of its restoration, we proceeded, in as much of a meek pilgrim-spirit as vms pos*ible5 to the Bunyan--the Town of Ll ^ shrine Of John Boots-- . t,..3,. Of the earliest novelties was the " in­ stantaneous lighting-box," which con-l' tained a bottle charged with sulphuric ^ ( , ir ,rf f/ acid and fibrous asbestos. The tipped -V'.j'-,- • match was let into the bottle, and caugh tb'fcfel 1 < fire iti contact with the acid. ired to ?jve au who are in want g = a r e , ^ f "tv\ pre, as a large and important indus ^ Gil bouofht stock and DOii^nt as try, may be said tp date from the in in srny market. Clothing is one troduction of phosphorus as an ignitin|,a mntee a gavinj? of from $2 to $<) agent applied in various Ways. Th . .. _ „ii Trmilra curious scientific toys, the" instanta P ® . ' ' neons lighting" and " phosporous box »rtment. es," had a limited sa,le at,a^guineaeaclif " ~ afterward reduced.by degrees to a shil ing. There are now matches in th market that sell at the rate of 600 for half-penny! The Eupyrion, the Promethean, th oxymuriate or chlorate, and otti matches, led up to tlie dry-frictio matches or," lucifers.'1 These mate h" es were fired by being drawn smartly between folded glass-paper; requiring, however, so much pressure as sometimes to drag off the igniting composition.--> Harpefs Weekly. vn I In fact in all classes of i ines in goods and prices. I am I) >ods and low prieeb will do it. I soe you. It will be of mutual I oney out of me. I have Stores ond, gentlemanly clerkt in atten<l K Husband's H(A)by. * 1 *, !,k ' 'i 'i Mr1.- Waite is a model husband--that is to say, in a good many respects. He neither drinks, smokes nor chews, stays home at evenings, never gambles and gives his wife all the money that she wants. It is said that all men have some idiosyncrasy or hobby. Mr. Waite has his. It . is a deep-rooted mania for attending auction sales and buying articles of every 'description, a la Toodles, without regard as to Whether they will ever be of any prac­ tical or imaginary use to him. As long as he gets them at a bargain, he is sat­ isfied. A good joke about this peculi­ arity of his was related to me the other evening by a friend of his. Mr. Waite Went to an auction sale of a dealer in sporting goods. He bought 200 dumb­ bells at twenty cents a pair and carried them home in triumph. He stored them in the cellar, where they remained for six months or so. Mrs. Waite got tired of seeing them occupying so much space, especially as she wanted the cellar lor some purpose of her own. So, imagining that her husband had forgotten all about his novel acquisi­ tion, she sold the dumb-bells for a mere' Song to an auctioneer. That evening Mr. Waite returned home with a hlindcart. His face was Hushed but triumphant. " What have you got in tfrat hand­ cart, my dear?" asked Mrs, .Waite, " " Dumb-bells, darling.", " What?" ' ' " Dumb-bells^ Bought 200 pairs at thirty cents a paifTFaid more for them than for the others ! goti,. but, you know, it will never do to let the orioe of dumb-bells drop." Mrs. Waite took one look at the arti­ cles. Her worst fears were realized. They were the same old dumb-bells that she had sold in the morning. Mr. Waite had chanced to be in attendance at the sale where they had been offered, and had bought them in at one-third advance over the price he hs^ Jhrst paid for them.--AUa California. TJUe Story Told by an Old Manuscript. A CORRESPONDENT of the New York 'Evening Post, writing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, describes an old manuscript written in 1618 by one of the muti­ neers who sent Hendrick Hudson and eight of his crew adrift in an open boat. They were never heard of more, and for more than 200 years there has been much speculation as to their fate. The manuscript, written in a large, firm hand, consisted of ten slips of pa­ per, apparently torn from a book, and tied together for better preservation. It has been forwarded, together with other relics, to the office of the Hud­ son's Bay Company, to London. The writer, Louis Marin, thus tells the story of the mutiny: "One night, when we were in great misery, stars fell from Heaven in count­ less numbers, and we rejoiced to think for a time that the end of the word had come. Our Captain was gloomy all the time, and tht. men often cursed him in hid hearing i'or bringing them to such a pass. Spring was very tardy in com­ ing, but when the ice field broke up we thrust Hudson and the five blind sail­ ors into the pinnace and told them to go ashore. We headed the ship out that nijght, and in the morning the pin­ nace had disappeared. I became afraid of the crew and of the ship, for every night at midnight the ghosts of the Captain and the five blind sailors came aboard and troubled us sorely. While I was at my prayers one night one of the ghosts told me to leave the ship, and when we touched the > coast ia i water 1 xm away from it." ^HICAGO ate; it ar­ rested, tried, condemned and impris­ oned for the crime of preaching the Gospel to his poor heighbors. The old Bedford Jail that stood on the stone bridge, in which he was a captive for i*eariy twelve years, and in which he wrote his immortal allegory, has long since disappeared. In the complete annihilation of that prison, and in the perpetual life of the story written therein by that despised prisoner, We have a single instance of the triumph of those things which are spiritual. I strolled first through the streets, marking the various buildings which doubtless were standing in the days of Bunyan, and with the aspect of which his eyes were familiar. Then I visited the Bunyan Chapel. This is a modern structure, erected on the site of the former chapel in which Bunyan preach­ ed. In the chapel you see, an excellent likeness of the man, according to which he looked less like a Puritan than like a cavalier, save as to dress. A full- faced, swarthy, handsome man, with long, curly hair and a mustache. While scanning his portrait, I wondered if there could be any truth in the tradi­ tion which his biographers mention, but discredit, that he had gypsy blood in his veins. Did that rare strain of imagination which characterized him cqme from some passionate, southerly spring, and not at all from the clear, calm fountains of English life? The chapel can now boast of a mod­ ern but elegant memorial of Bunyan. A few years since, the Duke of Bedford generously gave to the trustees of this chapel two superb bronze doors, the ten panels of which contain ' designs, wrought in alto-relievo, and illustrative pf scenes in the "Pilgrim's Progress." These are: Christian reproached by his wife and neighbors; Good-Will pulling him through the Wicket Gate; Chris­ tian met by the Shining Ones; Chris­ tian asleep in the arbor; Christian in the armory; Christian passing the lions; Demas trying to turn the Pilgrims away to the silver mine; Christian seeing Simple, Sloth and Presumtion; the death of Faithful; the passage of the dark river. • ; * . I next visited the noble monument wbinh the Diiko of Bedford caused to ,b%prepared and erected, as a gift to the town. It stands at one angle of St. Peter's Green, havingthe green and the quaint Church of St.Peter's for aback- ground. It is a colossal statue of Bun­ yan, placed on a granite pedestal. It was unveiled to the public, in 1874, %j the hand of the late lamented Lady Augusta Stanley, whose distinguished husband, the Deaa of Westminister* delivered an eloquent address on the same occasion. It is a matter of some surprise but not regret that these beautiful and costly memorials of the great Puritan writer should have been devised and contributed by one of the. most loyal members of the Church of England. On the back of the pedestal is cut the following inscription, copied from a scene is the Interpreter's house, and which embodies the idea which the art­ ist has attempted to express in his work: " It had eyes lifted up to Hearen; The bert of books in hie band; . The law of trutti wa* written on his up®; .t stood as if it pleaded with men. These words give the bost possible description of the noble statue. The figure is invested with the costume worn by the Puritans of Bunyan's time. At his feet lie chains and fetters, the symbols of his captivity. On the base of the bronze is cut a copy of the author's bold autograph. On the front, and on either side of the pedestal, is a bronze medallion, illustrating some scene of the great story. One is the victorious fight with Apollyon; another is Evangelist directingthe pilgrim to yonder Wicket Gate. The other rep wayside cross, where Christian feels his burden loosing and failing, aud with tears of joy exclaims: ? f " He has given me rest by His sorrolr and life by His death,"---Chester Cor. Hartford Courant. -- . HE Christian gentleman studies and practices such rules of the Bible, the best hand-book in the world on the art of conversation, as the following: " Let your speech be always with grace, sea­ soned with- salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." "Let no Corrupt communication pro- "ceejJ out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use bf edlfjang;"^ « flHKak ' evil of rio man." "Patting aw^ly- ing, speak every man truth to his neighbor." " A Word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.'" . He despises gossip and hates slander. He would no sooner talk about ypur private affairs with others' than he would steal your purse or peep through« your keyhole; and he considers slander the most heinous of crimes. ' * >: ; His conversation is marked by-its purity. He tells no story and niterrs iword that he would blush to have un­ derstood by the most chaste and refined woman. *rfle deems ft ungentlemanfy, as well as wicked, to emphasize his conversa­ tion with profane oaths. # He respects the feelings of others too much to' speak lightly of Him whom the Chris­ tian loves better than the dearest earthly friend. ^ . , , . ; t He speaks his native language in its purity. He avoids slang. It matters little how well a man may be dressed, how ele^arttrhis manners ""br IRW&c- complished he may be in the classics and foreign languages; if he does not speak his mother tongue in its purity, he Cannot be received as a perfect gen­ tleman. False syntax, mixed idioms, the prostitution of sublune words to mean uses, slang phrases, betray want of culture and vulgarity in spite of all disguises. They frequently indicate a want of moral character. He who pre­ fers a Smattering of French to the mas­ tery of his own language must care more for show than for true worth. He who corrupts in the using the magnifi­ cent language which has been entrust­ ed to him as a rich legacy for posterity, is not fit, it would seem, for places of high trust. The vocabulary ana phrases of a man afford a fair estimate of his culture and character. Words are the balances by which we are weighed. "By thy words," says Jesus Christ, "shaltthou be justified, and by thy words shalt thou be condemned. '* The conversation of the Christian gentleman is truthful. He never ut­ ters a falsehood for any purpose.. He would not lie to escape from any diffi­ culty or to secure any reward. More­ over, he avoids exaggeration and care­ less errors. Speaking always with au­ thority, his declaration may ever be re­ lied upon with safety. He never descends to angry disputa­ tion. He is not one of those who are. forever arguing. He is not an egotist who disputes on politics or religion to show that "e'en though vanquished he could argue still." He has opinions, and is able at a fitting time to give his reasons; but he never descends into the arena to make a show of his contro­ versial powers. He is free also from dogmatism, which mars the characters of so many men of talent, never at­ tempting to force his opinions upon any who will not gladly accept them. Neither is he a pedant who talks inces­ santly that he may overpower you with a sense of his musty learning. Nor has he a hobby which he is forever try­ ing to make you ride behind him to death. Nor does he insult your self- respect by descending to commonplace bandying of words and compliments, chattering nonsense, as if such food only were suited to your effeminate soul. His talk is at once entertaining and instructive. With no assumption of airs, he teaches you as though he taught you not. He interests himself in those things Which interest you. He dis­ covers your best thoughts and gives to them a beautiful expression. He gives you the facts for which you have been in search. He tells you the news you delight to hear. He excites those emo­ tions of your heart that please you, and then shares your enjoyment. If,'per­ chance,. he strikes a tender chord that reminds'you of your grief he heals the wound with his genuine sympathy. He strengthens your good resolutions with new motives that you had not discov­ ered. Avoiding base ridicule and biting sarcasm, he cheers you with his spark­ ling wit. Master of the art of conversation, he does not suffer the time to run to waste in awkward silence or vain words. He chooses the themes and talks with a purpose. He is as good a listener as he is a talker. He listens with such attentive interest that be makes the most reticent speak. In being a good listener, in knowing when to keep silent and how to draw out from others their best thoughts, consists half or more than half the art of successful conversation. Such a Christian gentleman is wel­ come wherever he goes; for, at the head of the table or in the center of the drawing-room, he is the life of the company and the joy of the social cir­ cle.--Sunday Afternoon. --An ingenious tailor of this city got a lot of empty pop bottles, put one of his business cards in each, then wrapped up every bottle separately in a poisoned tenderloin steak and threw them into the bay from the ferryboats, one by one. He naturally supposed that the meat would be swallowed by sharks; that the poison would kill the latter; that the tish would float ashore, be cut open, the bottles discovered, the fact be reported by the newspapers, and an original and effective advertise­ ment secured. That was precisely what happened. Day before yesterday a yachting party picked up an immense shark not far from Alcatraz. In its stomach was fonnd one of the bottles alluded to, and the card it contained handed to a reporter of this paper. The#name of the clever merchant it contained -- will be published at our regular advertising rates, if so di­ rected by him. See terms on inside rqaftftfci UuU most pathetic scene at tfie 1 pii^.--San Francisco Foot. •a