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' Best of All. .Cough awx.lirin-', .V-ci'a Cberrr Pco. ti U In twus.t da ai.J iUcxl vcr. j rr.pHru:i u W TLraS aiul Lung XiM'.il'lr. U so frotrp ia ltJ eff-'efs, f ,r :i':o tJ tl.o tuaV, An.! so trU'tl-f k;i. . u tut t'lia. I; U xho faruily modi- cr.c l.i t.iousan.l!" nt l4ro-buUl3. " I ! avo sufTtTf.l f r ynrt from a lrrnchir.l tri'iiHe rlin, irtcnir-t'r I taTco o.'M r am oxj-o-'e.t to inclement tveath- ' ct, hliuwi itwl! liy a rrT annoTii: rM-K!.r.s acn-iutioti i:i tLo tLroat auJ ly iL.Ucul.y ia r.ri jll.uiir. I t4tv trii a pri-..t I. any rt-uimlitm. but nona dues s well rut AyVra 'hrrry lVctoral Lieh n'av.t .'. prou.i t r li-l iu rji.im ol iuyoi I coiii"ia:nt. Krnt A. llrplcr, IiuiM!tor ijf l'u'jlij liuuuj, l'avi.iU Tel. " I conni'Ji r Ayit't Cherry rectoral w icz Ir.j'uttunt romcJy " , For Homo Uco. T VT-t t'-jit! It. cnratiT p-ovrtr, In iry laun'r, iu .r.j- tiru.-s ilnrinif the pcwt tliirty year. nnJ have nvcr kaoavn it t fail. It tkUl xulieva tho mot scrioud a:T tiuti- ct tlia tLruott auU lur?, M lirtljer In chil.lroa or adult.." iirj. -F. O. Kilkjorly, CouacU liluil-i, Iowa. "Twenty yeari oco I u trouLled with a ciu.H if tLt lurikct. I turn . a:torJoi mo no relief and considered my taj lu'Cic.d. I tlieii bt;uu to U3t Aj cr'a Ch rry lVctoral, and, Wtort I luul ritish.l orid buttle, found relief. I continued to fcike this medicine until a ' enre wait iTcted. , I Im-Iiovo ttat Ayar'a Cherry lVctoral aved Kv liic." 8ai!.usl Ori rt, Wuukegrvn, ill, " Sit Tcftr. ?o I contracted a sewia " cold u-titch scaled ott my lon and aoon lve!ot-.l all tha alarming aya. tern, nf Cotiaurrnticn. I had a cons M IX i't SWerlLt, Liudil3S tX tha luu4.-t. rins in cheat and ai l'-., and u ao ITctrtUd a t- b ctnfne1 t rry oed most of tl.a Uumi. A'jt tTyln vario'tj proscriptions, without buetit, my plivK gaw-i fiiiiIy iletermiard to Riva mo AyeiTS Cl.erry IVrtoml. 1 took it,, and t.;o rt . rt not rmical. I a-midC t'j rally from Uie fir doae) of this n.cJ:oin., and, ufti-r tulii ouly tliret ' hjttie, ,irj :ei well and atjiird as ever." Jto-luey Johnon, Si.riiifitdd, 111. - Ayer's Cherry Federal, rsrr.wrn tit Of. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lcvell, Mass. J.Jijviiirfei. l-.-i-r-l ; rti bottle.,25. I l'V K.atll A 10 Si rna New York fJj.J LJ i.l lr.i, , (fV.. r.-i.-r?l ; ill bottle., J5. York "411 J'l B I; n Ct Of jl'.'..MllIMl Al inA.n r New t a pen. 1M I'nac Fauiprtlct toe. CARTER'Sl HEAD AOHE 1 1 BERS THE SECOND. WIFE. ThrotJeh yonder wmivwr rtiaped wltti laca, 1 be w lolry auuboaaaa fail. And f.l'l uocw tits fran.e ttiat boMa Her pnrtra't on liio tviX I ort .tand before tt bera tnd ce.irvel at tur irrace. Hut t be : aeaJ and K-oo to duet. Aad I tin in her place. , She leoat toward me In her robe) Of KOld-cir.Tjroidered blue, tTith eye. that read tny rery aoul Stic looks nie tUrouah and tnronsjb, fche itstHcra all Uie dying dy Cpon her ttllk hlc breast. Her red Irpt part, and ivtm to tay B. lovod at, lorea no be.tr Wl'hln the iTaadowy Tnlrror set AhOTQ tha mantel hlxh , I tnrn and Hoa;il!tl faoe J i No ttlUly dam. am L My chi)Jii r.rm 1 li ght and amall. Ia my demurely gowned, The yellow carta above my brow W UL aimplo riblxitt bourtd. But on tha eaaraa at my tlda , - Her royal artir lanta. Wit a I krU abuul her lUy throat, , And ruM In bar tanJa. Your beauty win. my Jealoa. haarV Fwcet I pi, my 1t. baa preaaed. Aa, rac ! I Oo not woauar, deac. That be should lore yon best. I'pon the locIy hilltop, orowaod With n".cnmf;il pinea .row, Her headstone to the riaio tuooa la K Icam me trom the .now; . And iion the loof -id gaaatly road llctwcea bu tao young bride The living ajft the Joa.t .faco My lorer-htusand rldea. Ills m'.eS It atrarmr on the .tone. Hi hand 1 ttn the door, I hocr ta. tuuaic i t hit leot Alonir th. marbls tloor; I run to a. act LU VU and hulo My fara uioa h:t lreat Tbe qanenry dea4 the love, yon well, liul I ibali Uvo yon beat:" " iliuna Irlcj?, In K. T. Mercury. MY LAST SWIil AT SELY. XIalr-Broadth - Baoape ' from ho Jaws of a Shark. ; I csui IV) t recollect ever lovrntn to awlin. I wiirn naturally, and la boy- ,hood was alnnit A3 mtioh at homo In u-t out of tho wator. . Diving, an art in poneTRl only uc4ulrod by long prao tioo, u ti roo easy from the bugln nlrijf. ily .kill . in aquatic sports poAaod into a provrwh, and now that year have puod aud I hiaro roachad middlo life', "thrj renown of my boy hood's fenXd clinj to mo yet In tay na- tivO I'blOi. - Hut I bra a aw lramor no moro; tho lov thnt waa to Ptronj fau givmi pi uco to such a loaUilnjj hate and horror of tho water that when I Uiink td li cold ihiultlor cornea of or mo tuitll tho tfdo of thought li turned. An ud venturo In tropical watora was Viitj v;iute) ef tliii. . .:r. It h.-tppcucd thua: I was or. my f-jc-ctid voyage. Tht ship lay boialciod r.ruic! tho Molucca Ijlan on tho ..s-mt- for I'tinit. It wa.s nonr mitl-tiny ii the forer.oon watch. Th eun'a hott.-r-t raya woro pourinsr down upon th. dock with Kcorchin viole-nee, and Ttiln'y did I seek for so mo oool spot wiiers mtimentary comfort, at liMwt, e-ould bo found. Tho paiitir.y. htdf mi'le fornia of the crew woro sprttud out lnoj4th tho shade of a canraa drawn ovr tho forecr-stlo capstan, which they tried to perauodo ' thorn aelrea yioldod some shwltrfr from tho heat. Above, not a cloud could bo Been in the broad bluo ezpaiuo of tho aky. which seoraod a honied caldron turntxl nVovo us. Agrdnst it tho sUto ly spars and hoavy whit-j sails swayed with tho roll of the ship in royal Idlo nofrjs and majesty. ... .. . . Too hot to work or to road, uaoivy, pray in ? for a breeze which It aoumod would n;vor come. I loucoJ about tho Jxk vainly reoking relief from my dis comfort. Cfrtzir. over the sido down in JUi the dex;r blue wast-sborioath, my ejo ought some object by whi jh to noto tho vesoel'd progress, however slow It mij-ht be, bnt nothing; could I sco savo wa:- dark and ur.fathomalilo. Tho polishtd copporei aido of tho ahiy phono brightly out upon the surfaco for a lew foet. and I gazed upon iu quivering bvauty. and reraarkoel how vry t till we lav, tho thought struok nu: T.t a chtttico for a awlnir' . .TVHiat tt relief from p.U thlj broi'-lnjr, swclWr injr. ovou-likvLci4L . ; it .- To think waa to act ' I turned to Uho W- . " Hro Johu! Billy! JImmyl Lot'a join twmmin. 'ovor was such a chanceif eried I. spring iiijj down from C:u ra i'd "Le-l's slici th3 ladicr ovr frtint tho foro-eliaina ao wo can evt uj the sMo cv-'ly. urii u'U have aW time; aha Ln't moviuif a bit; coma, bvara hn, and let's who'll bo orerboai d lirat." Tho ship's oClcdra vnnAc no objection, and I wait quickly Jinod by four or livo of my ihiptuau-s. uach aa anxioua ru :nyolf for something to vary tho monotony. The fore-hatoh Uddor waj , ijiiieltTy fljuv iuifl"' laJ44jd to tho aido. ami Stt-rfed t yo-lrt. - Tho resit of tho cn?w Lud athevrexl uKn tlio tc pillatit foreedatlo t watJi our uutieaw Only ono old Xetlow, an Invcbirulo prowl.r kuyvrn us Kriton," cau tioned ua aa he txk hlb esat near the rail: - 1 You yotmp rascals had 1kHUc koep c.:t of tl.o wate-r or tho iliark 'U oM)!o uji'somo of yon." Thoro'a p Uni ty ef 'c:a round for all yoa ' don't aoo W, . , . - . " Ob. yott'ro always "cmlt!n, yon web-footed old barnacle-backl" criod Killy IHpton, mounting the rail and peifsin;' himolf for a pliino. Wo nircr cm do any thin but you mtwt thrrt-r cold wute-ron It." , Oh, go ahoad! go ahoodt' I don't euro what jou do; you'ro not pbliod li take ray advioe, but if you woro a son of mine you'd not go overboard in ;tbe-io tvalora,'" gmwled Uri ton. ; ."Weill, a I'ra not jour son. and a you don't caro wliit 1 do. hero gooa!" iM IMlly, an J prritin' 'the action to tl.o w ord ho sprang HLtly to tho ruil. t''.invMl i i mid-air fur aa insUint and thn coxt was buried frtiioma deep in the lirjaiil bhie. Riiinar quicklj' to the u;-fv"3 vrith a shake of his cnrly h-Jid .o ilcic hi. tifjlit ct tits wntu'r wLiili ilpippe.l frotn his hair, ho gave an on courajrir.jr ihvr to the riot and fciruclc boldiy out .from tho votnd'a sido. ; Knibuldenesd by hi confidence, ft-t-rril more bepan takinirofl their clothed to join tho merry baud who woro soon tumbling about under the bow or plashing1 wator tip at the lookers-on above. I was delayed through havin? to put some guys to the ladder, until gome peven or eight had gone over tho aide. ; Their shouts and laughter and the fear that I was losing half the fun hastened my movements, as throwing my clothing into my bunk I ran out and clambered into tho fore-chains for a dive. Aa I paused a moment to take breath and cool my perspiring body slightly before going in, I lookod down upon the merry aceno of which I had been the chief instigator. ; . . Bolow me, clinging with one hand to some ropea' ends thrown over to them, and actively apaUoring water upon ech other, were two of the leas ex perienced awlmmers. Further on to ward the bow woro three or foar oth ers more expert, who were vying with one another in feats and pranks; div ing uridor each Other, catching hold of foot and pulling noma other down, and due-king one another unawares. Away out, aomo hundred yards or more, 15 illy Dipton was leisurely swim ming about, rolling over and over por-poiae-fiirfhion. floating and enjoying himself hugely. As aoon . aa he saw mo tcaHj to divo ho ceiled to mo to jola him and see how handsome the ahip looked from a diataaoo. 'Stay where you are, Billy, and see if I uaa't -fetch you' before 1 riae," I cried, raiding my hands above my Lead for tho plunge. - AH right," criod Hill, treading water ' I shaa't move, fonio ahead." Overboard I wont, aeveral of the looktrs-on expruaaod their doubtd as to any one's ability , to swim ao far under, water, and watahing my prog rrwt the while. A olioer greeted my appearance at the aurfaee whore I ro.e beyond him. Crying to iue that he oould beat that, Billy atrueuc ott for the ahip to provo his word. - lie aoon trained the chains and jok ingly calling to me that he believed I had doublod the distance by going farther out, took in hi breath , and shot .overboard like an arrow. Ho cleanly did ho enter tho water that tho alihteat possible rip pie ruffled tho eurfoco of the deep as it olosed over him. I waited with w&tvhful eyes for liia reappearance. I expected to aee him riao btrtwoeoi me aud the ahip, for tho dhstajico was so great that it had taxed my own powers, and I thought J hud him beaten. Even as I was thinking this a cheer from tho forooastlo warned me that ho had como up, and turning my head I beheU "hitn some flvo or elx yards be yond mo, a cheery smile upon Lis fux and his head cookod on cue side as if toniy: "Boat that, my boy T' Without a word I struck out to tho voofcel J?aiu, not a little vexed at be ing outdone, and determined to go so fur outsido him next time as to dolor him if poesibio from trying again to beat mo. .-.-e-- TZ"Jj,., Reaching tho ship I clambered up tho side and took my plaoo In the up per chains ready fcr tho plunge. Tho captain and re a to being doubtlena a Lard pushed for amusement as we poor fallows forward, were leaning ovor tho quarter -rail and watching our Bjort with interest.' - .. "Go It, Gua!" cried John Butler.'afl he climbed out of the water to gvt a be-ttcr view. ''BeAt hlra thLs time so ho won't want to try again. " Then as he surveyevl tho dUtance at which BlUr lay, he added: "My stars, but that's a long divo! eh, Briton?" turning to the old sailor who had warned us against going into the water. , .- -, " Yoa," returned ho. "a deal too long. If John Shark waa to oomo along now, what chance would Billy havotoget on board P The old man inubt m loony to let you youngsters go - into tho water ia such a shark's para dise as this. If 1 bad my way I'd mat hoad the whole bni4' of you.' .... -. " Go It, you oli growl you!" retort ed John. 1 Ptrpioso you nover had apwlra in your life, and now you're too Old? Tou'vo got tho rheumatism youralf. and you don't want to see anybody elmt enjoy theniiielvG. Talk about sharks when you ro where they are. We havon't aeon one since we got araon? tho island. and I'm blet If I think thero are any LoroabouVe. Standing thoro In tho chains, w ith ono ht-jjd upon the sheor-polo already toL.t go and ptung.3, I hetard Brlla-u's rttnark acd John's reply. ; Somothlng la tLe o'el folloa's tiiannor , vtruck mo more than the' forcieir varulng had, and as I listened to John's answer, I oouM not help feeling th.-t tho oldr sailor bad all tho reason tjo hi side. Thoswi mnwrt had begun to come en board and drea. I almost iruide up my mind to atay on board, ami 'yield tho palm of diving to Billy. But they wero all watohlag me, and prido whispcrod: "rahaw! Don't pLow the white feather now! There ore mi sharks abouL It won't uio throe minutes to g-t outsido whore BlUy Iu, and swim baik to the ahip. Then you needn't go in again.- Still I henilated. while my ehlp mrJVca vrn.lVu.1 to Bee what I would do. ' ' "Never mind." thought J; , lot 'em trait. I'll stay on board tho aLIp." I turned to call Billy In. Before I could apeak : ho sang out to me: "I'omo, Gu Tin tired of waiting! II you're going to give It tip, aay ao, and I'll onme oxit ' I'vo boeb' king enough. t . ' -' , lliat aettkd ti. ' "Givo H npf Keverr thought I. the -whole current of my feelings changing at the tone of his banter, and, mltlng the action to the thought, I tnado ready to dive. I drew in my breath, and gathered for tho plunge. In another moment I rhould have been overboard. I was in tho very act of ' springing, when tho b tart ling cry of "A shark! a BharkT" came from tho forryatlo. Come outnf tho wate-r. all! I'umc out. Billy! ilurry, iht ro's no time to loser: e'HeJ half a score .f voices. Mo-t of tho fc .v men j-ti'l in the: water were -!oo besido the v-el. Tb.y erid'd to tio InUdt-r. ,uid cl i.inble-d up in great haMo and e-xeMle:ne-i.t- For me tho cry came jut in time. I grnptd a shroud auJ saved myself from going overhim d, though I had already gained such headway that my body swung clear of the aide before I oould regain my footing ia the chains. Once socure, I looked down for my shipmates, boo anxious for their aafety to think at tha moment of tho peril I had been In myself. The last swim mer. Pave Billy, had gained tho ladder, his feet just clear of the water, aa round the bow, with silent speod. cams tho monster of whoso presence old Briton had given auca timely warning. He swam close to the surface, his sinu ous tail gently waving from sido to side, and the unfailing pilot-fish at their stations on either side of his dorsal fin, and just ahead of his nose. Ilia email, vicious ejas glanced upward at the ladder, and he seemed to say as plainly aa if he spoke: "Aha, It's well for you chaps you made yourselves searce! A little more, and 1 would have had one of you! " . t Had I dived aa I Intended I ahould have struok directly In his path, lie seemed unaware of Billy's being still in tho water, for his attention had been flret called to those nearer to the ship. The mate and all who oould were bard at work lowering one of the quarter boats, aud shouting to Billy to keep off and not come any naror tho vcaauL With muoh presence of mind he obeyed, rolling on his back and floating as lightly as possible upon the surface. Several hands had runhed to tho foreeastle and galley for bits of beef or pork with whloh to try to coax the s hark. to remain alongside until their ahipmato oould bo picked up. The ah ark nosed at the various tid bits thrown out to Lira, but ho seemed miatruatf ul, and to have an idea that wo were trying to hoodwink Lira, lie still, however, remained by tho ehlp. The boat was down, and pull'ng rap Idly toward tho boy, when tho noise of tho oars attracted the shark. He at once set oil toward her and followed In the wake. Then begau our worat aus pouso. If he kept behind tho boat Billy might be reaehed la time; but if he ahould put forth his apood and pass her, thero could bo no hope of saving him. - - - - -1A still, Billyr shouted tho cap tain, aa ho wrunjf Ms hands, deploring b.is carelessness In permitting us to go Into the water at aU. "Lie j oat as still as you can, or you are lost!" - . It was but a short pulL but tha time eeomcd long as the taon gavo way with a wilL Behind the swiftly moving boat, and keeping pace with her motion,- ' a dark-pointed Cn cleaves tho water. 1 A moment more and tho boat Is by the swimmer, her Ijow gradually turning away as sho nivirs him. The fin draws closer In her waket Ad the boat swings within roaoh a man rlaoa in the bow. aud, leaning ovor, grasps the teiirif.od boy by tho hand, while the mate loudly-ahouta: "Hold water, ail!" -. Tho boat's way is stopped, and Billy i being drawn in ovr tho bow. Aa exultant cheer rtsos front the ahip, where, breathless with suspense, ait hands are watching tho terrible race. Tho rejoicing comes too quick! nigh above the cheer is hoard a shriek that none who hear evor forgcL The fin has passed around the boat's stern, and inetai-tly there is a auddoa and fearful commotion 'along-side. As Billy iti being U tod i a to tho boat tho shark ao long deluded aud mialed aoes him. Ho la then cafeely twtuty feet dis tant. With a lightning-like dart ho rushes upon his prey just as ho id al cuoat cloar from the water. Horror! , lie Las his victlroJ 1 Im'o! , .' He has mUsed the body by a hair's breadth, but haa caught tho eAlf of Billy'a leg, from which, not quite trraaping the bone, ho has torn half the flesh and nenrly dragged him from tho hold of his rescuers. With this he sinks beneath the waves, the boat's crw driving at his tough carcass with oars and boat-hooks, but making no impression. :. ..V.-,;. X Tho boat was qniekly alongide tho1 hip, and Billy, limp aa a rag and blooding, paseed on board.' Ho had fainted as soon as ' takon from tha ' water, and just aa tho ehark seized hi m. Currying him Into the oabin. hid wound was dreiibod. and restora tives applied whiuh brought Urn to lie onoe more.- .Not for several woeks did ho fully regain his .senaoa. and it Wfia many month a before hie letr was well onough to admit of his walking. Billy sailed the deep until he went, years ago, to his long aecouEt. It is noAdlesa to say that while ho lived he nover tomptod the sharks by under taking swimming exploits in salt water. For myself. I hav not pv&in sinew that -day when I was on the point of leaping into the jaws of a fchark. Clarenco Pulien, in Youth's Companion. ' ' - I ' "Th Extent of Illiteracy. A census of the Illiterates in the various countries of the world, recent ly publiahed in the Stmiauxehe Mon atisschrifl. places the three Slavic Rtate of Ro'imnnit, Srvla and Ru-t-aia nt tho head of tht list. ' with about W) pe-r cent.- of the population unable to read.aud write. Of tho Latin-speaking mci!tn Spain hoa lt the list with 03 par cent., followed, by- Italy with 48 per cent.. Franuo and Bolgium hnvlng about li per cent." 'Tho illiterate in Hungary number 4.1 per cont., in Aus tria 89, and in Ireland 21. In England they are 13 per-ent. In Holland 10 percent.. In the United States (white population) 8 per cent.' and in Scotland 7 per cent. Among the purely Teu tonic Slates there is a marked reduc tion in tho. percentage of illiterates. JUe highest is in Switzerland, 2.5; iu the whole German Kmpire it ia but 1 per cent.; while in S-.vedon, Denmark, Bavaria, Bnden and WurU-mburg thoro is piTtctii'iilly no one who tn not rend and write. . ".:... r 'Red-haded gt: ls don't tan. eu?"' paiJ peornfully. ait ho laid down the ne-spap.-r in which ho bad bev-n r.-aJinj a statement to that effect. Weil, when I whs a boy there was a rcl-heaien-U givl torching our dUtrie-t school, and she tanned ao much that I haven't forgotten it to this day." and ho rubbed his shoulder ruefully with the tLoughL Texas Siltiugo. - THOSE LOVE-LIT EYES. There U a cert a. n pair of eyes. Bat whether black, or blue. Or brown, or gray, I need not tell-. It maUere not to you. But, on, m" heart la full ol Joy, v i-erevcr I may te, tVhon tho&e sweet eyes. i Those lovely cyct. Beam tenderly o me. ' - . . TCot others cold and careless fc8. And treat mo with disdain. And I will smile, and king the while. Nor feel oca moment's pain. '' But. oh, my heart would break in two. And doep my grist would be. If thne sweet eyes, 4 Tfcoae lovely eyes Looked acorn fully on me. I've rated in oUier eyea, 'tis true PLIkn brilliant orbs they shone Bat none potseaaed the magic charm Bapon.:ve to my own. Aad 1 am happy whea In crowd, Or quiet nooks, I aoa Tfco.o eyaj I love, AU eyes tbcTa, . ' Betray their love for me. Ln They soem to follow evorywfcera Jl I ao; by dty and night ' ' rm haunted by tlune witching orbe, bo tull of aoulfnl uht. And if at window or at door T Though poor th. plaou i&a; bo I ae tho.e eyaa. Those lo-l it eyea. ' It aeoma like ITearen to ma. Je'sephma Pollard, In N. T. LedjrM. A RAILWAY WHISTLE. Its Gierniflcaxioe to the Vigilant SigaaJntan. Ilia Ite.poo.lbb. Xmltlon Kale, and Sl4f lu4la In Vogu. oo EolWU U-vllway. similar to Those la ILly yse - lu Tbi. Country. - . w?i -----'- It is pomotlaou said that the world knows nothing of its greatest men ; it Is very certain that the world doos not know much, if ar.y thing, of some of its moat faithful aurvanW, or in tho leant realize what It owes to thorn. How few when they hear a railway whistle regard it as any thing- but a noisy and vmneoeiary interruption. Very few, ladood, are they who know that to the ears of some It speaks in very definite language, on which they must act with the utmost docision and di patch. In oeirtaln part of tho metropolis where there are railway lines there aro rocurront outbreaks of complaint about the railway whistles, and tho tono of most of tho angry 1 ot ter a be-nt to tho r.owspapors when tho fit is on has invariably been such as to encourage tho ldoa that tho railway drivers were a kind of incarnate fiends, who delighted to m&ko night as woll as day hidooua by the uo of their thrill -whistle, and to torture the oars of the wakeful. U.nfortunato tho lip-lrt feitxjpors may have boon, placed in such perilous and trying proximity to a railway; but certainly the railway drivers could not do other than they did, for thoy aro bound by tho very etrictoat rules, and must not touoh who whistle save when duty calls. '' A railway whistle is a dCnltc slg nal which," amongst Other things, brings the driver of tha train directly en rapport with tho signalman in his box. There he stands; you may often catch a glimpse of him wbon travel ing as the train slows Into the ter minus or Junction. Ho is surround ed by rows of bristling Blool haadloa, all of an exact height. Theo aro tho shaft that work the points. Thoy urn all carefully numbered. Besides thoae there aro in tho box clocks of peculiar construction, right in front of the row of shafts; telographle dials and bolls, as well as tolgrphi? dis patching desks; books of rooord. which are most Jealously kopt and studied. If we take our" at art from the rail way whistles, we can work round the main circle of a pignalman's duty. Strictly apeak ing." however, we should say that Uio word "whistle" ia a misnomer in tho eonrio wo have used it in tha beading, but thero in no other word that could bo popularly ustjd for orr purpose. Thoee aro w Ma ties and whistles the long- and the short whuslle, for' example, care fully rlistlngiiithe-d, and thero Is tho cock-crow. By tho combination of those, or tho repetition of thorn, you have a coniplote cxle of tu-rials for all stations for up and down trains, eawh Laving its own proper dintinetiro whistle, utimibtakahle to tho signal man, wore it poWi'olei that he could for tho moment be nbont or obliv ious.' - ' Thoro are, of course, emergencies when engine-driver may be fo. cod to use the whistle aueh as a person ou the line. Or other risk of "danger," and then a margin must be allowed to the discretion of she driver: but tho rules aro imperative that- the driver is not to whistle moro than is abso lutely necessary, and for a very good reoson, the moro ho whistles tho more ho may eonfuao. This is a common form of direction In workiug time tables: The plgnalman at eo-and-so, guided by the time-table, by indicators on engins, and verbally by tho station officials, being in possession of infor mation as to tho trains for which points frro to bo first in position and signals cleared, "drivers arc not to pouud tho onxiao-whLstlo more than absolutely necessary, such as a f-hort whittle licfore putlrg on steam when tho starting signal is given, a whistlo to warn any ono who may bo on tho line or when instructed by any of tho Mat ion officials to give any particular whistlo as a pignal to the pignalmua or otherwise; and it must be distinctly understod that no such thing as long and repcatod whittling for eignals to be taken off", or iroin any other motive, exev.pt in sotno cxtrt-rno emergvuey, can be allowed at sn-smd-so. In tho dnyKpht. therefore. the jr.iiw.iy -..hi.it'ie h-.- its own signilicau-3 wh ".ovor h ird, and U neve-r a sound at random; but, in t-io darkness of night Or in the fog, whe.i oth r Mgnjtl-i can not bo seen, it soon become t-vident of what uso and irn IHjrtance it is. It is then uuu of the meist available lii.ks be.-twe.-oii drivers and eignaLruem. In fat-t, railway traf fic, as no a; coiidut-U d, AOuid i.ol iu at all jiofctiHo without it, and the todco on which it rests. A signalman then Is a man on whom a val deal of re sponsibility lies. He must havo a clear head and a good memory, a cool nerve and a te;idy hand. This is his ordinary duty: ho raui?t look to open signals tho moment any train is telegraphed to him and enter the eamo with exact time In the proper column of a book. Then ho must set Lid points, when this la necessary, and when tho train has pasnod, he must telegraph on to next station, enter the time and fact in another column of his book, and then relieve his points again to be ready for tho next train. Every one knows the semaphore formula, "up arm for danger; down arm for clear line." And it ahould bo boruo In mind that this is not only tho pro cedure for passenger trains; but for all trains whatever, nay, ovon for light emrinos, or for pilot engines, and bal last engines, and engines passing for purposed of relief or for a hundred other reasons; all aro telegraphed, sig naled and entered without "respect of porsond," because to tho signalman the returning coal or ballnst ongino li just of as much Importanco as an ex press train it may wreck an express train if by aoy oversight it were get ting wrong or run on tho wrong met als. The signalman's book is thero foro a complete record of every thing that goes on by tho metals past bis box, and his primary duty is to keep his section clear, or, if blocked, to let all concerned clearly know it. In somo casos, as iu that of tho big towns and e-ntonslvo junctions, tho work goos on as ooasolessly by night as by day. Then tho good trains roll along, then the empty trucks coma back, then tho extra engines eomo in. All havo to bo doalt with in the way wo have dtweribod and entered In our signalman's book, which Is an ex tended index of all tho trade of the company at tho point with which It doals. Thoro la no end of oxtra or ppecial things to which tho signalman mubt attend and have always iu revull ness. Ouo of them Is tho fog signal, which la most important. In the depth of winter or in thick fogs tho signalman then haa to trunt almost wholly to his ours. Immediately that he haa cleared ono train and got his points etraight, out ho goes a littlo distance up or down the lino, aa tho case may bo, for the next up- or down train, and thoro ho attaches by a sort of wire fixture to the metals a kind of slightly raised band containing na cx ploaivo matorial1. This 1 tho fog sig nal, which stands to him ia tho plce of ail eng-ino-indicator ia the daylight. When tho Cret wheels of the engino pass over It it explodes and givoe tho signal - . i - -. . V. r - Every signalman rmyH bo a fair teleg raphist; for, though la many cases telegraph boys aro kopt, ho must su pervise and watch thom. "It is im perative that every signalman bo able to work the needle Instrument ex peditiously," and "signalmen are hold responsible for the telegraph boy's at tention to duty." In cases whero there Is no tolograph boy, which, of cnurso, happens at what are doomed tho loss important Ptntions, tho sig nalman is also tho telegraphist; and ho is thus dlroctod: ' Missagcs to signal-boxes whoi o thoro are no boys must bo telegraphed vory slowly and distinctly to enable the signalmen to road thom." But tho signalman's judgment has of necessity a good deal left to it, and that in circumstances that may be most trying. Now and then wo oomo on directions " not to use tho wiro sovo when necessary." And to givo some idea ol the work that in special ciuies, and in casoe of dang-or, may rioo the following may bo cited: .. "Ia tbo svor.tof a Una beiaK blooked near a toletiraph but. Information must bo s'-nt r.lcng tho olrrnlt nt onoo, sta-.in the time tbe lln'i is likely to bo bbicVM, r-:.d the stations on tho ri-cnit muet bo advised when the line Is u cloar. There may bo some differences In detnil in tho working of dlilevrent lini-s. but in the broad the same prin ciple's hold for all. Tho signalman In all e-ascs havo not only to receive the signal, clonr and tolograph, but to kep exact nnd faithful ree-ord. The lent slip on hi3 part might at ary moment bo fataL In some cases thoro aro, in a 6inglo box, as many a forty or fifty shafts, which have to lie constantly in use. The putting of tho hand on ono instead of on another, separated only by a fow iaehes, miht bo tha cause of a col lision, with death, and Injury, and rnisornhl" torture to hundreds of men, women nnd children. Notwithstanding all tho enro that can bit taken, unexpected things will occur, which, even In the case of tlio Quot-n's train, throw the whole onus on the drh'or and signalman. On ono of the Queen's journeys from Balmoral to Windsor In tho eummor of last year, for instance, a stranger end per haps unexampled thing happened. We take tho nccount of it from tho West moreland Gazotto: "Tho sisnr.lm.in lit Hincaster Junction, about five railM south of Kend.il, had tus lami I t, ami ull nppenr..-d riitht until a few rain'iu-s oefore the ajuirxach of the royal train. As tho tnin (Tjt ne-ar tho junction tho down tlist:Tit sirnal. which iru to piiido tr.o dr'.vcr ol the- royal train, was in darkiicaa, jind lor ts.f j u. po40 of tci'jrinp sutety the train was brotiirht to a atai.dt lL On waking an in bpectt'in of the atonal lamp it was found to contain a irrond swarm of beoi. th" cret num ber tavlnrr had the effort of putting out me lamp, wUicli tLo bijruul.nn was nunt.ao t li?bt atrain. The hoes had evidently b"ee-rf"at- tractt-d by the liRht. Dewhum ttho sn-n.il-man) re.Tots thit t'mo would ut allow of the wjrui limiiK secured In a box aiul ivut.lorv ward wuh the royal train.' Aloa-acder H. JupiH U-.U., in Good Word. New York Society Note. Aduie Woll, Com, do you tli'.pk ni.n ri.itje is a filuix-? Cora Of rai'--.; 1 do. li.ivr-l.'t J !vvl! ! lal-f'ed .1 ) i-ar? '"-' Aii.lio--lh.u- your husband love you? 'ra (lauhin-jl What, after a v l.tej year? . -., Au.iie --But at h-.tst he ro3poets you? Cora Oli, yef In f:i t h-; has so iiii..-U ro.pe-ct for mo that wlu-n ho kis.-N.-d mo tho oilier ii,.',itt Ly :iai4. Lo apoifgi -d lor I.la ubaent-miuciud-i.ejss. Tywi. Topics. IN A FOREST FIREi TTow a Itailrnatt Train Ore it liiroucb, Solid Curdt uf Koariug Woott. jjf The train, ledseiilng its i:peod, waar soon obliged to creep cautiously bo-) twoen banks of rose-rcd ciubera Oir, solid cords of roaring wood th-j woo which had been cut aad pild f.- ccm meroe. The pine branches on the flat car ignited, driving li3.sJyani, . into an inclosed cavnaro for soclioITI Men with buckets dropped to ditche beside tho track rtii-1 dipped ujt wrteiT to tlirow ou tho train, creeping on. thfJi platform a,raiii wii.li seorcl.eu clothca and hands :ir.d fac-a LllalerecL S One whet ha never boon in a forest fire can scarcely imngino Iu latcn.-Jei heat, tho acrid Vlinciing s.noitc, th-a suddenness with which trocs llasb.fro-.a-root to cro-.vn, ar.d gra-s b).iz--9 fr. from anj- Pjark, as if the earth itself, were burning-, tho iuiaace glow oC piled logs, tho houtcd air from bakc-1 ground. . t apwf Incrodiblo eights showed thrci'.clt that nightiiaro of Are. Moss-iiiJoseel etumpB spurt.-d flame mariy times th(-ir own height. Young ferns, scarce un rolled, sprang green and fresh frcru1 one sido of a log, while tho oiher sidc quivered In living coui-J. :--- The train stopped. It could creep in rotroat no farther, for in track was' burned, tho rails varpod into f:L.-l tia curves. Blackened ar.d bliatcreJ paLit ran down tho car sides. Tho door and windowe had all beeri closed to keep out smoke and sicken ing heat. Every pns-song-er in tho carriage gasped for breath. TLo floor was so hot it burmd their foot. Tho window glasu could not bo touched-1 Thoy could all eoo tho wooden sides oi tho inclosure wfii p."?2j When the doomed train hud iii".g a minute in tho midst of ihLs far p. ace.' eomo ono opened a door and sliout.l that It was on flro. Into tlio blister ing, smoke-darkened air, aud out upon a forest floor epreid with orebc-s an I quivering with heat, tho people all rushod. Womoii fulutod a:-d wcri draorged up and carried by thoin fathers or brothers. Tho escape-valval of tho locomotive was left opou by lt cnginoor, but it uttorod its st'am wail! briefly, being relieved by exple.iou. When days had cooled t ho forest 0 blackness, a distorted t.-ollor r.nd 'soma rows of iron wheels were found whora the train earao to a rtety M -v H rt well Cathorwood, In St. Nicholas. . F" 1 J TROUBLES Oi1 GROOMS. ! Two Goud iDMxluti l-loui .n:l!y Ti.iu by a Jesuit. Vnilnr. I havo had somo very a-nii-if g Inci dent como under my cb-ei-r :i.iv. in tho pursuaneo of the i-t-.Uglous 'lutiea connoctod with bridals. Nl-l lvr.f! since, whilo in Chicago, 1 wps it i.ri:'. ato at a very brllliun't weniilinj.'. T,ii church was filled, tins mint!-. 1 pnrty. grouped about tho hajtpy to'-pv m-l tho ceremony proexxliiig. Wi.;r h- time for tho placing of the rln.Tj v.r rivod thero was a pause. T;f pooi" groom dive-d in ono pocket, ia ca other, still In anothor, but, eon-,i-;rr.a-tion! no ring could he find. Tho brijj" was on the vorgo of faln'iing or i'"-o.,n-1 ing hystjrioal, when ho whispered th i cause to mo. 1 bade him foli-tw r:-i l.i' the sacristry, tho room just without tho sanctuary, and calmed Lira as best I could. I endoavored to have Lira think whero ho had put tho i-ii:-r, butJ in vain, ho could not. no t.'-.'-'n sug gested borrowing a circlet from soma ono in tho church for tho oeeRi'-iH .; I knew tho brido would never feed fuily sntis.lod, bo 1 told him to sliji out, tha roar way to a jeweler's rn.:ir ny tau! purchase ono. Then tho dili.'iilty arose that he was in full dr.H ami could not well pass through tho i, treat, without an overcoat. Ho was of slight build and I am very tall and broad, bt. it wus nil wo could do, so he ci-ont lata my big overcoat, my largo hat oru-ho l on his head, and presenting as comical' a eight as I had over beheld, but ho went forth and returned as soe-.ii pos sible with tho ring. All the time the poor brido was standing, and tho im mense crowd filling tho church v.-oi.-' doring what was tho cause of tho d- lay. Some, I suppose, thought tlu groom had decamped at tho "elev.itii hour." However, tho delay was aioy-' wnrd explained satisfactorily. Not long since, in this city, a young lady lr tho suburbs was to marry a Lieutenant, in tho army. Ho arrived that any bnrely in time to procuro the licniseJ Hastening down ho found, being d strantrer, no one to identify him, :rr tho recorder insisting on tho presence) of some relative, ho hail to borrov tirr. from time, as it were, and go all tha way to the suburban home to bring tho bride-elect with him for tho license. JitV. Father I'ronjcist, 8. J., in 6'fJ Louis Ulobc-Lh-rnorraU HUMOROUS. Lawyer "I havo my opinion or you." Citizen "Well, you can koT it. Tho last opinion I got f .-ora youl cost inc $150." Yonkors Statesman. Photographer (who has hoc n sum moned to photograp h a dying man) -Now. then, all ready! " Wink all yon want to, aud look pleasant." Judge, j Through tlio efforts of a public spirited Mr. liones, aa Adirondaok. lake is to bo stocked with trout. Tha eternal litnot-s oi tilings would have been bolter exemplified if Mr. Jlouc- itad devoted hi msolf to shad. . ' ;- First CoiU Merchant "Say, I saw a myu in very moderate circumstances walk i'lto a coal oico to-day, f.rder lvo tons and p'.anl: down tho t ;i:h.' -ii-eond Co:vt Mijpjrf'te- "My gracious! Wo must false- t:ic pri,-o at oueK!."4 New E.i.;lai.d v. eathei. 'it.v lu:ui i "What o'Vi-ct hav.;th.-eh-av i i::is on your farm, Mr. iljyM td?" Mr. Ilay .Ved V, , I've kia.h-r cone.;. 1 .1 1M try i-i.i.jili' lish for tho inafk:t i::-.u :t l of ai-de-ii truck." Lowe:! C'lli.'.on , Act.ir (to frioiid) 'T;ant i. .-trik Jeiu. (.h l'-h-y, t'.l it -i, h-.,--.',- li r of the audi, nco woro c-.,n.ri.I -rat5y taovcl ovor my suiiiejoy i.i tiio so, .nd act. Friend -O, y,.: I uouooj f.'.ho iu. lii-ai'ior fjoi uj u-u iuv eii y-"'-j-r '"col t... !""'