Show SAVED ltV ONE 3UTC1I A AWFCI E1ERIEXCE THAT rorii > NOT sooX rB ron OOTTKf The most trivial circumstance sometimes changes the entire current cur-rent of a mans life and oneu the lIves of men are saved bythemerest chance Two geutlemcu in this city know how true tills If as one of them a saved from a horrible death by l a match The circumstaoce as related lated liy themselves liajpeneu In lte hY thersdvt 111 llo the following manner alowIng mller Ole siimmer they concluded to ilc vote the whole of their attention to pnfcpectlng and darted with jack jlptng In inimals for a section of country Garfield that Was at the time crest inc coniidcrable comment among lg c cll 1onl mining men Tliey leirinc ciy ai the iHginuIng of Mimuwr well e < iuit > r I with all the necesaries required re-quired by prospec tor The scene of action was reached without inc dent worth r of any fjnob mention except perhaps tile loss of one 01 their part animals which was Irowncd on the Grand river while fording o uuI5l good ptcnvcM wcrcstnick ind the work done on them I mlddicof Octorir and Aas now tte mddle Otohr Ind they o concluded that it ia time to return home The jacks were iiacked and they started across country coun-try for home The route that they laid out took them over the Wit tape aaituastho nvatgit road t Lcad I l lie third day cut they saw that a storm was brewing and not wishing wish-ing to be brewing the lat top tory rushed their animals through but night role before Hwy reached a valley and they were obliged to camp on the high I ground Every tang was madu snug for the night j and hldtr the itorm would blow over they wrapped themselves iu their blankets and laid down to rest About midnight they were wakened toni their sleep by the howling of the wind which whbtled through the trees under un-der which they camped The heavens were black and the two men knew the storm would oon descend They had not long to wait bore the first Hake of snow fell end the storm broke with terrific urce Xo onu who has never spent i night on that flat tops during a slow storm can form any idea of J the velocity with which tins wind ravels and how dreary and lone s > me the surrounding country be 1c The two men were l > y this Jine thoroughly aroucd to the hanger of their position and longed for daylight to appear Jly this time tlie snow was falling thickly and was whirled hither and thither by the everchanging Morning Morn-ing at last dawned and they started > ut 10 search of their animals 10 the face of the moct awful bl = lelernilued to leave the country at 1 hazards Their progress was < low as the snow had drifted heavily heav-ily and when they came t where they had tutncd their horses loose the previous evening Hits nrilmab had left When the storm started the stock tailed before I and by the time the pro3K tors readied where they should have been the animals were tome miles away The men kept In trailing the > nand when evening was apnroachlnir tiiev were nearly puycdout and made up their minds to camp I was a long and weary ramp and when half the distance was traveled they had to give I up and made camp for thenlght under a sheltering pine tree One of the men was completely Clayed out and could not go a up farther and although it was jittcrly cold when the spot to camp ras selected he stretched himself out on tie ground thoroughly exhausted ex-hausted and cared not whither lie Jied or lived Hit companion being stronger started to get some mO together and encouraged his nmpauion with cheering words lie knew that if lie did not get wons tr started l pretty MOU ills partner I would freeze to death 1 did not take long t collect the firewood cut aomebhaviogs and have every tiling in readiness to start the fire lie put Ills hand in Ms pocket when to his horror his matchsafe was gone Every pocket was searched hut not a match could he find lie nlled the pockets of his friend with the same result The realization of the awful position he was placed iu struck him and lie knew that with outafire certain death stared his companion In the face I not himself him-self Once more lie searched and to his joy found one solitary match in his vest pocket Tim wind wa still blowing and snow drifting Would lie succeed In kindling the lr Ws tm iall 111111 i I 11 himself Uudcra fallen log he found some dry withered grass and twigs which he carefully jut In his hat he whittled some more sha ilg procured more small hrig and with a prayer on his lips knelt down lit the match applied it to j Jelb the grass saw it suddenly blare up ldl suddeuly out Lit before I did one of thesliaving had ignited the lame extended l to the rest and to the J twigs When tRey blazed up he knew that they were saved Iogs were piled 1 on and the hardy prospector ilfnt turned hiPs attention to lila friend whom he lifted upand carried to the fire The warmth fr wnrth soon revived o him and all that dreary night the two sat before his fire every now and again throwing fresh log on afraid to sleep for fear of being fr Oi zn When morning came the stormjiad passed and they started out after their stock which fortunately fortu-nately for them they found not far rom their improvised cabin On returning to their first camp they enjoyed a substantial meal and after bucking uow a whole afternoon they tops succeeded in getting off tlie fiat lopeThoeirztwful Their aw ful experience they never I J will furget and they aro firmly con Ilh vlncvj LcatMlle that a match Jfrraldltanocrat saved their |