An Incident In The Cars

In a car 011 a railroad w liich runs into New York, a few montbs ago a scenc occurred wliicli will not goon be forgottcn by the witnesses of it. A persou drcsacd as a gentleman, spealung to a fi iend acrops tlic car, said : " Woll, I hope tlie war may last six inonths longer. If it does, I shall have made cnough to retire from business. In tlio last six inonths IVe mude a hundred thousand dollars - six inonlhs more and I shall have enough." A lady sat hehind the speaker, and necessarily heard his remark ; but whcn he was done she tapped him on the shonlder, and said to him : ' Sir, I had two sons -one of them was killed at the batlle of Fredericksburg, the othur was killed at the battleof Murt'reesboro." She was silent a moment, and so were all aroutid who heard her. Then overeóme by her indignation, she suddenly slapped the speculatur, first on one cheek, then on tbe other, and bcfore the fellow oould say a word, the papseogeri sitting near, who had witnessed the wholu affair, seizcd him and pushed him hurriedly out of the car, as one not fit to ride with deceut peopld. - TVi Y Evening Post.