dismissing all thoughts of himself, he
resolved to try and save the passengers committed to his care. So he
reversed the engine and set the air-brakes, and then put on full steam,
started the locomotive ahead, broke the coupling attached to the train,
and dashed on to receive the shock of the collision. The passengers
escaped all injury, while the brave engineer was so badly hurt that he
died in a few hours. Such heroism as this should not go unnoticed." The
_Cincinnati Inquirer_ says: "He remained in the car until the engine
leaped into the air and was dashed into the ditch, when he attempted to
spring to the ground, but had his foot caught between the frames of the
engine and tender, striking his head on the ground and causing the fatal
injuries. Railroad men say that the act of detaching the engine as he
did, not even derailing the baggage car with his engine at the high rate
of speed, and all in 150 feet, is without parallel in railroading. A
purse of 500 dollars was raised by the grateful passengers. The body has
been shipped to Galion for burial."

AN INDUSTRIOUS BISHOP.

In noticing the "Life of the Rt. Rev. Samuel Wilberforce, D.D., Lord
Bishop of Oxford, and afterwards of Winchester," a writer in the
_Athenaeum_ remarks:--"Busy he was, both in Oxford and in London, and his
correspondence with all kinds of people was unusually large. A large
proportion of his letters were written in the railway train, and dated
from 'near' this town, or 'between' this and that. We remember to have
heard from one who was his companion in a railway carriage that before
the journey was half-finished the adjoining seat was littered with
envelopes of letters which he had read, and with the answers he had
written since he started. All this undeniably shows energy and
determination, and power to work."

COOL IMPUDENCE AND DISHONESTY.

Some days since, the trains of the North London Railway were all late,
and consequently every platform was crowded. At one of the stations an
unfortunate passenger attempted to enter an already over-crowded
first-class compartment, but one of the occupants stoutly resisted the
intrusion. Thereupon, the unfortunate one said, "I will soon settle
this," and called the guard to the carriage door. He then requested the
official to ask two of the occupants to produce their tickets, which
proved to be third-class ones. In spite of the delinquents protesting
there was no room in