Not while in martyr pangs Soul and flesh sever, Died he--this Hero new-- Hero for ever. No pomp poetic crown'd, No forms enchained him, No friends applauding watched, No foes arraigned him: Death found him there, without Grandeur or beauty, Only an honest man Doing his duty: Just a God-fearing man, Simple and lowly, Constant at kirk and hearth, Kindly and holy: Death found--and touched him with Finger in flying:-- So he rose up complete-- Hero undying. Now, all mourn for him, Lovingly raise him Up from his life obscure, Chronicle, praise him; Tell his last act, done midst Peril appalling, And the last word of cheer From his lips falling; Follow in multitudes To his grave's portal; Leave him there, buried In honour immortal. So many a Hero walks Daily beside us, Till comes the supreme stroke Sent to divide us. Then the Lord calls His own,-- Like this man, even, Carried, Elijah-like, Fire-winged, to heaven. _Macmillan's Magazine_, Vol. IV., page 294. FIRE PREVENTION INCLUDING FIRE-PROOF STRUCTURES. To prevent fires it is necessary to consider what are the principal causes of such calamities. These may be classed under several heads:-- 1. Inattention in the use of fires and lights. 2. Improper construction of buildings, &c. 3. Furnaces or close fires for heating buildings, or for mechanical purposes. 4. Spontaneous ignition. 5. Incendiarism. As almost all fires arise from inattention in one shape or another, it is of the utmost importance that every master of a house or other establishment should persevere in rigidly enjoining and enforcing on those under him, the necessity of observing the utmost possible care in preventing such calamities, which, in nineteen cases out of twenty, are the result of remissness or inattention. Indeed, if any one will for a moment consider the fearful risk of life and property, which is often incurred from a very slight inattention, the necessity of vigilance and care will at once be apparent. Immense hazard is frequently incurred for the most trifling indulgences, and much property is annually destroyed, and valuable lives often lost, because a few thoughtless individuals cannot deny themselves the gratification of reading in bed with a candle beside them.