' - ' 5'T - - " - ' " " -"T -
HIS QUEST.
scek'st ; thou at this madman's pace ?
"pcak my love's now dwelling place ,
Her house Is dart , her doors are wide ,
There at-and owl and beetle bide ,
Arid there , breast high , the rank weed *
Rrow ,
And drowsy popples nod aud blow ,
So mount I swift to ride ino through
The world to nnd jmy IOTO anew.
I hare no token of the way ;
I haste by night , I press by day ,
Through busy cities I am bourne , .
On lonely heights I watch the moru
Climb up the east , and see the light
Of waning moon gleam thwart my flight
Sometimes a light before mo flees ;
I follow it , till stormy seas
Break wide before , then all is dark.
Sometimes on plains , wide , still , nud stark ,
Ihoar a voice ; I seek the sound ,
And ride into a hush profound.
To flnd her dwelling I will ride
"Worlds through and through , whate'cr bo-
tide. "
To find her dwelling rode ho forth ,
In rain rode south , in vain rode north ;
In rain in mountain , plain , and mart
Ho searched , but never searched his heart.
L. Frank Tooker.
a * *
THE W1SH-BING.
A young farmer who was vary un
lucky sat on his plow a moment to rest ,
and just then an old woman crept past
and cried : "Why do you go on drudg
ing day and night without reward ?
Walk two days till you come to a great
fir-tree that stands alone in the torcst
and overtops all other treos. If you
can. how it down , you will make your
fortune. "
Not waiting lo have the advice re
peated , the farmer shouldered his axe
and started on his journey. Sure
enough , after tramping two days , ho
came to a fir-tree , which be instantly
prepared to cat down. Just : is the tree
swayed , and before it fell with a crash ,
there dropped out of its branches a nest
containing two eggs. The eggs rolled
to the ground and broke , and there
darted out of one a young eagle and
out of the other rolled a gold ring. The
eagle grew largeras if by enchantment ,
aha when it reached the size of a man ,
itspreail its wings as if to try its strength ,
tlien , soaring upward , it cried : "You
haire rescued me ; take as a reward the
ring that lay in the other egg : it is a
wisu-ring. Turn it on your finger twice ,
and whatever your wish is , it shall be
fulfilled. But remember there is but a
single wish"in the ring. No sooner is
that granted than it loses its power and
is omy an ordinary ring . Therefore ,
consider well what you desire , so that
you "may never have reason to repent
your choice. " So speaking , the eagle
soared high in the air , circled over the
farmer's head , a few times , then darted ,
likean arrow toward the east.
The farmer took the ring , placed it
on his finger , and turned on his way
homeward. Toward evening ho reached
a town where a jeweler sat in his shop .
behind a counter , on which lay many
costly rings for sale. The farmer
showed his own , and asked the mer-
cliant its value.
"It isnt worth a straw , " the jeweler
answered.
Upon that , the farmer laughed very
iieartily , and told the man that it was a
\ish-ring , and of greater value than all
the-rings in the shop together.
Tfce Jeweler was a wicked , designing
mac , and so ho invited , the farmer to
remain his . "For "
as guest over night. ,
explained , "only to shelter a man
wfa owns a wish-ring must bringluck. "
So he- treated his guest to wine and
fair words ; and that night , as the far
mer fay sound asleep , the wicked man :
fitolo- the magic ring from his finger and
dipped on , in its place , a common one ;
winch" he had made to resemble the
wish-ring. 9
The- next morning the jeweler was all
impatience to have the farmer begone.
So- awakened him at cook-crow , and
sard : "You had better go , for you
have still a long journey before you. "
As soon as the farmer had departed ,
tfao jeweler closed his shop , put up the
shutters , so that no one could peep in , nh
bolted the door behind him , and , stand- nd
. * ng in the middle of the room , ho d
turned the ring and cried : "I wish in- fi
.sfantly to possess a million gold pieces ! " S (
No sooner said than the great , shin tln
ing gold pieces came pouring down n
upon him in a golden torrent over his lih
( lead , shoulders , and arms. Pitifully h :
/iOr cried for mercy , and tried to reach hal
and unbar the door ; but before he suc alu
ceeded , he stumbled and fell bleeding u
to the ground. As for the golden rain , fiei
it never stopped till the weight of the eiw
metal crushed the floor , and the jeweler eih
and his money sank through to the cel- h :
4 ir. The gold still poured down till the tlai
niiilion was complete , and the jeweler aihi
-aay dead in the cellar beneath his treas hi
ure. tvw
ure.Tho noise , however , alarmed the w
ticighbors , who came rushing over to cca
.sco wliat the matter was ; when they a
.saw thelnau dead under his gold , they se
exclaimed i "Doubly unfortunate he ccm
\viiom blessings kill- " Afterward , the m
heirs came and divided the property. b (
In theLmeantune , the farmer reached
home in high spirits and showed the IK"i
ring to his wife. "i
"Henceforth we shall never more bo re
in. want , dear wife , " he said. "Our
fortune is made. Only we must be
very careful to consider well just what viM
we-ought to wish. " M
The farmer's wile , of course , prof st
fered advice. "Suppose , " said she , tl
"that wo wish for that bit of land that thT.
Jios between our two fields ! " T.h .
"That isn't worth while , " her bus- h (
hand replied "If we work hard for a et
year , we'll earn enough money to buy a
it. "
So the two worked very hard , and at
harvest time they had never raised -such
a crop before. They had earned money
enough to buy the coveted strip of. land
and still have a bit to spare. "See , "
said the man./'we have the land and
the wish as well. "
The farmer's wife thun suggested
that they had better viflh for a cow and
ahorse. But the man replied : "Wife ,
why waste our wish on such trilles !
The horse and cow we'll get anyway. "
Sure enough , in a vear's time the
"
money for the horse and" cow had been
earned. Joyfully the man rubbed his
hands. "The wish is saved again this
year , and yet wo have what wo desire.
How lucky wo are ! "
But now his wife seriously adjured
him to wish for something at last.
"Now that you have a wish to be
granted , " she said , "you slave and toil ,
and are content with everything. You
might bo king , emperor , baron , even a
gentleman farmer , with chests over
flowing with gold ; but you don't know
what you want. "
"Wo are young aud lifo is long , " ho
answered.There is only one wish in
the ring , and that is easily said. Who
knows but sometime we may sorely
need this wish ? Arc we in want of
anything ? Have wo not prospered , to
all people's astonishment , since we pos
sessed this ring ! Bo reasonable and
patient for awhile. In the meantime
consider what wo really ought to wish
for. "
And that was the end of the matter.
It really seemed as if the ring had
brought a blessing into the house.
Granaries and barns were lucky to over
flowing , and in the course of a fowyears
the poor farmer became a rich and
portly persons , who worked with his
men afield during the day , as if ho , too ,
had to earn his daily bread ; but after
supper ho liked to sit in his porch , con
tented and comfortable , and return the
kindly greeting ot the folk who passed
and who wished him a respectful good-
evening.
So flic years went by. Sometimes ,
when they were alone , the farmer's wife
would remind her husband of the niagic
ring , and suggest many plans. But as
ho always answered that they had
plenty of time , and that the best
thoughts come last , she more and more
rarely mentioned the ring , and at last
the good woman ccai-ed speaking of it
altogether.
To bo sure , the farmer looked at , the
ring , and twirled it about as many as
twenty times a day ; but he was vcry
careful never to wish.
After thirty or forty years had passed
iway , and the farmer and his wife had
old and white-haired , and their
svish was still unasked , then was God
rory good to them , and on the same
aight they died peacefully and happily. )
Weeping : children and grandchildren :
surrounded the two coffins ; and as one
ivished to remove the ring from the still
hand as a remembrance , the eldest son
said : 'Lot our father take his ring into L
; ho grave. There was always a mystery
iboutit ; perhaps it was some dear re
membrance. Our mother , too , so often
.ooked at the ring she may have given
t lo him when they were young. "
So the old farmer was buried with the
ing , which had beou supposed to be a
fvisn-ring , and was not ; yet it brought
is much good fortune into the house as
leart could desire. [ Anna Eichberg.in )
5t. Nicholas for October.
The Pride of the Begiment.
Although not pertaining to the wri- i
jr's own personal recollections , there
fet may appropriately bo introduced )
icro some brief mention of another
> et , who , from being the "pride of his .
egimuet , " gradually arose to the dig-
lity of national fame. I mean "Old
Ue , " the war eagle of the Eighth Wis-
onsin volunteers.
Whoever it ma- have been that first >
onceived the idea , it was certainly a t (
lappy thought to make a pet oi an tl
iagle. For the eagle is our national tlDC
drd , aud to cany an eagle- along with tc
ho colors of a regiment , on the march S (
nd in battle , was surely very appro- fi
riate indeed. fiW
"Old Abe's" perch was on a hhiolcl fiT
rhich was caried by a soldier , to whom , T
nd to whom alone , ho looked as to a li
laster. Ho would not allow anyone to 01
andlo or to carry him except this sol- cc
ier , nor would ho over receive his food ccai
' hands. He aiP'
oni any other person's P' '
jemed to have sense enough to know ta
lat he was sometimes a burden to his
taster on the inarch , and , as if to reeve -
eve him , would occasionally' spread
is wings and soar aloft to a great 01
eight , the men of all the regiments Pi
long the line cheering him as no went Pip
. He regularly received his rations p <
rom the commissary , the same as any a
alisted man. Whenever fresh meat m
as scarce and none could be found for m
im by foraging parties , ho would take dist
u'ngs into his own claws , as it were ,
ad go out on a foraging , expedition st
irnself. Sometimes he would be gone ai
70 or three days at a time ; but he Ir
ould invariably return , and seldom
'
ime back witho'ut a young lamb or
chicken in his talons. His long ab- cc
snces occasioned his regiment no con- 01
srn , for the men knew that , though lie til
light fly many miles away , ho would re ;
3 quito'suro to find tlipni again.
At Jackson , Mississippi , during the
attest of the battle oof ore that city , P
Ole Abe" soared up into _ the air and :
iinained there from morning till the
jht closed at night , having greatly cn- be
yed , no doubt , his rare bird's-eye faw
ew of the battle. Ho did the same at w ;
Ission Ridge. Ho was , I believe ,
ruck by the enemy's bullets two or
ireo times , but his feathers wore so sa
ick that his body was not much hurt , on
he shield on whish ho was carried ,
jwovor , showed so niauy marks of the ca
lemy's balls- that it look'ed on top as if do
irroove-plano had been run over it. _ th ;
At the Centennial Exposition , held in so :
Philadelphia in 1876 , "Old Abe1' occu
pied a prominent place , on his perch
on the west side of the navu in the Agri
cultural building. He was still alive
though growing old , and was the ob
served of all observers As was but jus !
and right , the soldier who had carrioi
him during the war continued to have
charge of liim after the war was over ,
until the day of his death , which oc
curred at the capital of Michigan two 01
three years ago. [ From "Recollections
of " M. Kief-
a Drummer-boy , by Harry -
fer , in St. Nicholas for October.
Tame Butterflies.
. A lady living in London writes in the
"Open Letters" of the October Century :
"In the Century for June , 1883 , Mr.
Gesso describes a monument in which
the sculptor has curved a child holding
out her hand for butterflies to perch on.
He goes on to say that this was criti
cised as improbable , even by BO exact
an observer us Mr. Tennyson. It may
therefore be of some interest to your
readers to record the following facts
from my personal experience :
"One summer I watched the larva ) of
the swallow-tailed butterfly through
their different stages , and reserved two
chrysalides to develop into the perfect
insect. In due time one of these fuiry-
likc creatures came out. i placed it in
a small Indian * cage made of line threads
of bambo. A carpet of soft moss and a
vase of flowers in the center made a
pleasant home for iny tiny 'Psvche. ' I
found that she greatly eujoyccf a repast
of honey when some was placed on a
leaf within her reach , she would uncoil
her long proboscis and draw up the
sweet food with great apparent enjoy
ment. She was so tame that it became
my habit , once or twice a day , to take
her ou my finger ; and while ! walked
in the garden she would take short
flights nither and thither , but was al
ways content to mount upon my hand
again. She would come on my finger
oi her own accord , and , if the day was
bright , would remain there us long as I
hud patience to carry her , with her
wings outspread , basking in the sun
beams , which appeared to convey ex
quisite delight to the delicate little'crea-
ture.
ture."I
"I never touched her beautiful wings.
She never fluttered or showed any wish
to escape , but lived three weeks of
tranquil life in her tiny home ; and then
having , as I suppose , reached the limit
af butterfly existence , ehc quietly ceased
to live.
"On the day of her death the other
butterfly emerged , and lived for the
same length of time. Both were equal
ly tame , but the second showed more
intelligence , for she discovered that by
iolding her wings together she could
asily walk between the slender bars of
he cage : and having done , she would :
ly to a window aud remain there , bask-
ng in the sun , folding and unfoldiug
lor wings with evident enjoyment , until
presented my finger , when she would
mmediately step upon it and be earned
jack to her case. "
rhe Mosquito at Close Quarters.
forest and Stream.
Viewed through the microscope tie
nosquito presents a picture of mechan-
cal ingenuity as marvelous in execu- c
ion as it is devilish in design. lu the I
ill alone , which seorns so fragile to the c
maided sight , there is a combination of f
ivo distinct eurgical instruments. s
L'heso are , a lance , two meat saws , and i
suction pump. The fifth instrument I s
lave forgotten , but labor under the iin- s
ression that it is a portable Corliss en- d
fine to run the rest of the factory with. iiI
know that the hum of the mosquitoes iis
n the cottomvood thickets along the s
ewer Mississippi reminded me con- t.fi
tantly of the hum of a manufacturing fiV
illage , and several times I walked fif
ack several miles looking for a f (
awn , before I could conviucu myself nb
liat the buzzing I hoard was made by b
loaquitoes , with their engines running ti
) sharpen their saws. When the in- tiS
jcts operate on a man , the lance is
rst pushed into the flesh , then the two tiC
iws , placed back to back , begin to C (
ork up and clown to enlarge the hole , hd
'hen the pump is inserted , and the vic- d :
m's blood is syphouod up into the res- sih
rvpir. carried behind , and finally , to h :
Dinplolo the cruelty of the pcrform- tial
nco , the wretch drops a quantity of alw
oison into the wound to keep it irri- w
ited.
How Jay Gould Reciprocates.
When Jay Gould was in the tanning "
nsiness up about Stroudsburg , at a Ir
Lace called Gouldsboro , he was not rio inw
ell off as ho is now. One day , hap- w
enuing to bo in Stroudsburg , ho bought ll 01
suit of clothes , which ho needed very
find ho did have in
inch , only to that not
loney enough to pay for it. In his ti
ilcmnui the wife of the local innkeeper thw
-a woman , by the way , far above her w
.ation came to the rescue and guar- 01w
nteed the payment of the tailor's bill , w
i time Gould paid it. And now every is
jar the innkeeper's wife , whoso grown- isI !
p children have scattered to the four
srners of the country , receives passes thT'
rer all the Gould railroads in order T'
ml she may visit them. I have every vi
believe , this . fact. Let sii
ason to a xutji. uuk. us
vc the devil his due.
cc
ccl
roof Against Water and Insects.
to
It is said that the oil of white birch su
irk dissolved in alcohol will render pi
.brica water-proof and insect-proof ca
ithottt injury to the material. . caw
in
"I always call her my dear wife , " otW
id Mr. Jenkins , "and I mean it. You W !
ioht to see the bills come in. " W ]
When a young man kisses a girl and se
.11s il heaven , it shows plainly that he vvlw
icsn't know any more about heaven w <
an a gosling knows about Beethoven's
natas. mi
The'Cilley-Qraves Duel.
Waab. Letter In Philadelphia Record.
WASHINGTON , September 21. Now
for the true story of the causes leading
to the Cilley-Graves duel of 1838. That
was a good while ago , but the truth has
been locked up ever since in a musty
old corner of the postoftico department ,
and the truth is ever new. In 1838
Ruggles was a New England senator
and chairman of the senate committee
on postoffices and post roads. Cilley
and Graves were members of the house.
James Watson Webb was publishing
the Courier and Enquirer in New York.
Matthew L. Davis was writing loiters to
it from the capital as its "Spy in Wash
ington. " I guess his instructions were
to make them "spicy. " All these people
plo , with the exception of Ruggles , were
young ant ! hotheaded. One day a New
England Jonathan came to Washington
with an improved mail bag. Ho wen
to see old Amos Kendall Green , thei
postmaster-general , whose name is kcp' '
fresh in the Washington mind by Ken
dall Green , the pleasant little park whore
stands the Columbian institution for the
deaf and dumb. Kendall thought the
now mail bug wouldn't work , and he
told Brother Jonathan so. . Very mucl
discouraged , Jonathan was about lo
leave for home in disgust , when a friend
suggested that ho call on Chairman
Ruggles , of the senate committee on
postofiices and post roads , and see if ho
could not get him to carry through
congress a bill directing the postmaster-
general to use the mail bag ho had con
demned. Ruggles listened to 'his elo
quence , looked at his mail bag and re
fused lo take charge of his bill. Ho
agreed with the postmaster general.
The now invention wouldn't work. That
nighl the inventor told his story to a
sympathizing crowd of loungers iu the
lobby of his hotel. The cynic of the
crowd remarked , when the inventor
liacl finished : "You went at Ruggles
the wrong way. He didn't want to hear
your eloquence ; ho wanted to see your
money. Why didn't you show "him
S500 ? That's the sort of a bill ho
wanted to see. " The inventor murmur
ed his regret that he hud not known his
man , and then sorrowfully took himself
ionic. In a day or two a small portion
of the story of his visit to Washington ,
lighly spiced with many reflections on
iuggles in the style of the hotel lobby
cyiiic , appeared in the Washington let
ter of the New York Courier ami En
quirer. Cilley , who was not otherwise
concerned than as a personal friend of
Ltiiggles , denounced the statements in
the Courier aud Enquirer on the floor
af the house as absolutely false. There
upon , James Watson Webb sent Graves ,
; he Kentucky congressman with a chal
lenge to Cilley. The latter declined to
receive a challenge from the man who
iad printed such a story anout his friend.
'Then you must light me , " aid Graves.
3o ho did. Henry A. Wis v > f Virginia ,
jeing second for Graven , iml George
IV. Jones , of Iowa , second for Cilley.
Uilley was killed , and congress passed
: hc stringent anti-dueling law which
jver after restrained the "hot bloods of
he capital.
Contest "With a Deer.
Unsworth News.
Last Friday Edward Euderly was i
> vcr on Plum creek hunting plums , t
le was standing OH the bank of the 1 :
ireek on a little eminence about ten
eet above the water when his hounds
uddenly started a deer , which run by
nto the creek and began to mount a
teep bluff on the opposite side of the
tream. In its fright and haste the
leer missed its footing and fell buck
nto the creek just below where Mr.
Jnderly was standing. Mr. Enderly
prang down about ten feet and lit on
he doer's back uncl commenced a bare
steel contest for some venison. There
ras quite a light and it was uncertain j b
ar sometime whether the deer or the ; e
lau would be victorious. It was a o
uckWith heavy antlers. Part of the P
me the deer was on top and then the Ji
osition would be reversed. After a tl
augerou3 and terrific struggle , with 1)
1)h
help of liLs dogs , Mr. Enderly suc- 1)S 1)b
3eded in downing his buckship und b
olding his nose under the watei S (
rowned him. Mr. Enderly was con- P
dorubly bruised und pounded up und vv
ad a. good < -uit of clothes pretty
loroughly veatiluted und it is remark"-
jle he escaped being killed. The buck
: us a largo one and dressed 90 pounds.
Improve the Kitchens. IIn
The question is , what shall be done to n
le kitchen to make it bright und at- w
active , and the suggestions giten are ai
itended partially for country kitchens , si
hieh seem to be very often the thor- S (
jghfare , if not the resting-place for
10 family. Vines , of course , would be irT
L the way in the Hummer , and at that T
me they arc not needed so much , as
10 kitchen doors are frequently draped h ;
ith honey-suckles or morning-glories h <
i the outside , us well as the kitchen 01
indows. But in the winter , when it 01
cold and cheerless outside , and the dihi
raceful vines have turned into brown , hi
jad-looking stalks , try to have some- lo
ling green and fresh in the kitchen. fo
rain a vine , if only a sweet-potato tli
no , on one of the windows , and be- la
des eaved all the of
, having empty cans
om canned fruit or vegetables , paint a S'
mple of them red ; have two holes bor- lii
L in each near the top , through which dcm
rim the strings , by which they are to m
ispended over the window. In one thW
" Jew " Trades- W (
ant , "Wandering , or a -
mtia , so easy to grow from slips , and he
Inch will soon run on the sides , niak- st <
g it a thing of beauty ; and in the fe <
her , which must bo necessarily full of ha
liter , lay an old sponge or piece of Vfi
liite cotton , over which sprinkle flax
eds thickly , keeping the cotton moist CO
licre they arc M > wn. 1 n two or three fir
jeks these will sprout , and the cotton CO
11 be covered with a beautiful green rei
ossy looking growth. i co :
J
Save the old kitchen chairs ; cutoff
the broken backs close to the seats , also
the lower part of the le s , to make
a convenient or comfortable height.
Then make a bug the siz of the seat , of
some old ticking or other material , and
stuff it with fine shavings or slivered
husks , and after nailing it securely on
the seats , cover with bright cretonne
or chintz. The former can bo bought
for twenty or twenty-live cents a yard ,
and would bo forwarded from a citv
store on sending the order , and giving
an idea of the ground color wante < f !
Two or three plain leuf-fans painted a
bright rod would decorate the wall very
prettily. If the edges are worn , they
can bo bound with some material of the
same color. The lower part of the
dresser would look well , if , instead of
being covered with the usual pieces of
scalloped newspapers , it wore covered
with a strip of crash towelling , the ends
fringed out , and hanging down about a
quarter of a yard or so , and the center
ornamented with a largo letter in red
cotton or worsted embroidery. [ S. M. ,
in American Agriculturist for October.
The Importance of Fewer Acres.
PuclHc Hural sulrlt.
If ten acres of land cost ? 100 , and if
} - produce § 10 worth of crops they
are paying ton per cunt , on the invest
ment , just us much as if § 100 had been \
loaned at the rule of 10 per cent , inter
est. Now , there is no man \V-ho would \
think of living on the interest of 8100
loaned at even this high rate , ut in
stances are not rare of men making a
good living for thcmsovelves and their
tumilies from the careful cultivation often
ton acres of land. Wo .mention this
fact to prove that the two frequent ex
pression that "farming does uot pay"
is not in accordance with fuct. There
is no other business in which a man
would attempt with $100 to support a
family. Y'ct still there is truth in the
remark , so fur as it is applicable to
farming as it is carried on iu eouio sec
tions of the country. If a man invests
§ 1,000 in 100 acres of land and makes
only ten of them , or § 100 worth , avail
able , ho cannot expect to derive a profit
from the other ninety acres , aay more
than he could expect an interest upon
§ 1,000 when he had only § ii < 0 of it in
vested. Our position is that land actu
ally cultivated pays u better interest on
the money invested limn any other ven
ture The farmer cannot expect idle
icros lo yield him : i revenue any mort-
.han ho can idle dollars. Unfortuuatc-
y , the farmer of the northwest has , us
i jronornl tiling , nine acres of idle land
when' h i lists one productvu ! one , und
the om : producti\tr acre is exported to
jay the inlci.t on llw priuu of lh '
vlToloten. Extraordinary mamigemt'iit
would bu nwu-i-nry to m kt : lids kind
5f farming pay.
Insanity Among Sheep-Herders.
II. II. , who writes in the October
Sentuiy of the "Outdoor Industries in
Southern California , " says : "Sheep
anehes are usually desolate places ; u
jreut stiotch of seemingly bare lands ,
vith u f w fcncocl corrals , blackened
uul foul-smelling ; the homo and out-
Jiiildiugs clustered together in a hollow
> r on u hillside where there is water :
he less humun the ueighlwrhood the
jotter.
"Th loneliness of the life is of
i silent objection to the industry. Of
his the great owners need know com-
laratively nothing : they CHI live
v'here they likr. Hut for the Ptmill
heep-men , the shepherds , and , above
.11 , the herders , it is a terrible life
low t ° rriblo is shown by the frequency
f insanity among herders. Sometimes ,
ftcr only a few months of the life , a
icrder suddenly goes mad. After
naming this fact , it is no longer nossi-
le to see the pccturesquo side of the
ffectivo group one so often comes up-
n suddenly in the wilderness sheep
eucefully grazing , and the shepherd
ring on the ground watching thornier
10 whole flock racing in a solid , fleecy ,
illowy scamper up or down a steep
illside , with the dogs leaping und
arking on all sides at once. One
jans the shepherd's face alone , with
itying fear lest be may bo Joeing his
ith. "
Rescued Lads.
Five days after the disastrous eurth-
nake at Cusamicciola two youths aged
7 and 18 , were taken out alive from the
lins of a demolished house. They
ere in a room on the ground floor" ,
nd the floor of the room above being
istuined by a chest of drawers and a.
swing machine one of the lads was : t
lilor had confined them , as it were ,
L narrow cavities of a few square feet ,
he day before their rescue a photo-
ruph of this particular heap of ruins
; ul b'jen taken , and the men below
eard the noises above Ihoni , and called
at in vain. The next day a brother of
le of them , who had escaped , bc'gan
igging in the search for the body of
is father. lie heard a voice from be-
w , undlho engineers , after working
r six hours , brought out the first ot
ie survivors. Fortunately , the two
ds hud withiu their reach a quantity
fruits , tomatoes and a bottle of vine -
ir , and with these they had sustained r
'e , though exposed to the stench of a
[ composing body in the same apajt-
enl. The first boy rescued told that
ere was another person alive , anJ the
jrk was resumed. In a couple of
turs his head was uncovered and re-
jrulives administered. One of his
jt was fast "under a beam , and
d lo be cul in two before his re1
is effected. The youth firat rescued
led iu the search and ruscue of his
mpanion in mh-fortune , having en-
ely recovered from the effects cf his
nh'nement , but the other hud to bo
moved to the hospital in an exhausted
udition.
