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NIGHTFALL ON THE FARM
Upon the porch at even
We two together stood. .
And listened to the tinkle
Of sheep-bells In the wood.
The locust trees bent o'er us.
White blossoms dropping down.
And, fringed with flowers, before ut
The path lay bare and brown.
We heard the sheep-bells' music
far off and dreamy grow;
We saw the white flowers sprlukle
The lawn like flecks of snow;
The roses drew back shyly
Into the silent dark.
But though their haunts were shaded
Their perfume we could mark.
Up in a locust's branches
A little bird said "cheep"
'Twas all that broke the silence;
The whole world seemed asleep.
" Good night." she said. "I lore you!"
I said. She did not speak.
But swift she leaned toward me
With tears upon tier cheek.
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THREE TELEGRAPH STORIES.
Showing How Much Depends on
the Railroad Operator.
QraTisrassfiBsaHS
proSK,
A uil
One of Tbaaa Made I'p for Blander by
Saving tne Lloaltnd Aa Accident
Where Accidents Were Deemed
aa IntpoMtbltlty.
Said the telegrapher: "Jones was
night operator at a town Dear Altoona,
on the IVuusj lvauia railroad. lie bad
lost a great deal of sleep and was very
tired. The uig'ht wore along and trains
were few. It was bard to keep awake.
Finally the operator in tbe signal tower
next to tbe west reported No. 4, tbe ex
press, passing east. Tbe track was
clear and Jones pulled tbe w bite sigual
and waited for No. 4. lie had almost
fallen asleep when be was aroused by
tbe roar of tbe train as No. 4 swept past
tbe white signal. lie saw tbe red lights
at the rear of the train as she disap
peared around tbe curve and be rv
Krted her to tbe operator at the sig
nal tower next east and west. Then be
waited to bear that she bad passed the
tower east. Three or four minutes was
all it should have taken her to reach that
tower, but be w aited long after that and
no word came to him. He called up
Smith, the opeator there, and asked
hiiu if No. 4 bad passed. Smith said
'No ' They talked over tbe w ire and
concluded that she had broken down or
been wrecked between the two towers.
-At about that time the train dis
patcher called up and asked anxiously
where No. 4 was. Jones said that she
bad Kissed bis tower,and Smith was sure
that she had not passed bis. Everybody
was wide awake now, for tbe train was
certainly lost, and a lost train is a
serious thing on a railroad. Tbe dU
pat her thought that she might bare
slipped past without Smith seeing her,
the towers all along the road beyond de
clared that she bad not passed them.
A freight going west wax stopjied at
Jones tower and the conductor was
asked if he had seen No. 4 between the
two towers. He said that there was no
sirn of her.
"Then the perspiration began to stand
out on tiie operators and dispatchers.
Tbe track between the two towers lies
along the river. A high stone wall sup
ports it. Tbe only jiossible explanation
seemed to be that No. 4 had gone over
tbe wall into the river. She could not
have gone up into the air. Nearly an
hour had passed. The river seemed the
only place where she could be. .The
freight conductor received orders to
uncouple his engine and run back
slowly. He ran back past two towers,
but could see nothing of No. 4 on the
track or in the river. There was not
even a displaced rail where she could
have gone over the wall. Then he was
ordered to run slowly west, to see how
things looked there. About half way
between Jones tower and the one west
or him the express was found, with a
broken cylinder head. She had never
passed Jones at all,. Jones had dreamed
it, although he declares to this day that
he was wide awake all the time.
"Jones was in bad repute for a time,
but he was not discharged, as he was a
good man, and his mistake had not
caused a wreck. He redeemed him
self within a few weeks. By his pres
ence of mind and quick action he saved
the limited. That was an unusual case
also. It was the train dispatcher's mis
take, so far as I know, but he may have
been misled by some one else's blunder.
One day the limited was going east in
two sections. It is very, very seldom
that the limited runs in more than one
section. A freight was lying in front
of Jones tower waiting for the limited
to pass. The train dispatcher sent out
an order saying: 'No. 4 (the limited)
will run 40 minutes late. That gave
plenty of time for the freight to pet to
the next siding. The-message should
save read: 'Second No. 2 will run 40
miputes late. The first section was on
time. Jones handed the order to the
conductor of the freight, who went
down out of the tower and started hia
train on to the main track.
"Just as the big freight engine began
pulling the telegraph instrument began
ticking, and Jones read a report saying
that the limited had passed the
tower above. It was just around the
curve, not a mile and a half away. It
was a question of seconds. There was
no time to run down the stairs, and
it was no use to drop the red signal.
The engine had already passed. There
was no time to think. Jones grasped
his ink bottle and his red flag. He ran
out on the balcony in front of the
tower and threw the ink bottle at the
engine. Then he waved the red flag
and yelled with all his might, Tbe bottle
struck tbe cab and attracted the engi
neer's attention. He looked up and saw
Jones waving the red flag and yelling
like a madman. Just at the same mo
ment tbey both beard the shrill scream
of tbe limited's whistle aa she ap
proached the curve.
"The engineer did not stop to ques
tion what it was. The engine was clear
out on the main track. . He reversed
the engine and sent her bumping back
against the heavy train. Tbe forward
motion was stopped, but the train was
so neavy that it would not start back.
About half the engine was still on the
uiaiu track. Tbe limited swung around
tbe curve not half a mile away, com
ing at the rate of 40 miles an hour.
The engineer of the freight showed
wonderful coolness." He ran hia engine
forward several feet, so as to separate
the first few cars as far as the draw
heads would allow, and give him a
chance to get some momentum in his
engine going back, and thus start the
train. The plan is known to all engi
neers, but to deliberately start forward
with tbe limited in sight took nerve.
When be had gone a f-w f.et he re
versed again and sent the big eugine
bumping against the train, and she
started back. Jones held his breath and
watched. It was not a question of sec
onds now, but of parts of & second,
whether the freight engine would clear
the switch before the limited or not.
"The two engines seemed almost to
melt together as the limited struck the
switch, but the great train, with its
precious burden, went by unharmed.
The switch was open for the freight,
but it was an automatic spring switch,
and when the limited struck it it was
forced open aloug the main line. As
soon aa the engineer of tbe limited saw-
he was safely past, he put on steam
again, and the great train rolled on
out of ight, without ever stopping to
ask what had been the matter. The
passengers, who were chatting pleasant
ly in the cars, may have wondered why
there had been such a sudden jerk w hen
the brakes went on just before they
passed the tower, but they never
dreamed of tbe danger they had es
caped.
"A more serious case occurred at a
tunnel on the Pan-Handle. It was a
single-track tunnel, and the officers of
the road had iierfected a scheme bv
which they thought it was impossible
for an accident to occur. A tower was
erected at each end of the tunnel and
the two towers were connected by wire.
Every train was comielled to come to
a stop and get orders from the operator
before she. could enter the tunnel.
Neither operator was allowed to let a
train enter tbe tunnel until he had called
up the other operator and got from him
assurance that the track was clear.
Jones worked at one end and Smith at
thf other. Jones could not let a train
go into the tunnel until Smith said so.
and Smith could not let a train go in until
Jones said so. The only way a w reck
could occur was for each man to let
a traiu go in at tbe same time. Even
if both operators were to fall asleep
at the same time the system would
work, for the train conductors going
Into tbe towers for orders would awaken
the operators.
"One night there was a terrible wreck
in the tunnel. The trains had met head
on. Several of the crews were badly
injured, and I think two died. There
was an investigation.
"The president of the road himself
went to the scene of the wreck. The
two operators were called before him.
It was impossible to learn anything
about the wreck. Each operator was
sure the other had reported the track
clear, and could give no explanation of
the cause of the wreck. Then the pres
ident said:
'Now, boys, I w ill tell you w hat I
w ill do. I feel sure you know how- this
happened. If you will tell me I w ill
give you my word that neither of you
will be discharged. I thought I had a
system here that was absolutely safe,
and it is of more importance to me to
learn how- the wreck occurred than to
punish the one who was responsible.
I must find out how it happened so that
I can take care that it does not occur
again. Tell me the truth, and I will
give you my word that you will not
lose your jobs.
"Then the two loys confessed. Dur
ing the long nights they would become
sleepy. Sometimes one would fall
asleep. Then if a train oame the other
could not get an answer from him.
One night Smith was sleeping soundly
and Jones could not pet any answer.
He did not like to hold the train, for fear
Smith would lose his job. So he let
the train go through. He knew it was
perfectly safe, for Smith could not let
a train in without calling him up.
When the train came out of the tunnel
it wakened Smith, and Jones told him
what he had done. Then they arranged
a scheme so they could both sleep. Thjy
always kept the red block down, so that
no train could enter the tunnel while
they slept. If one called and received
no answer he knew the other was asleep,
and, therefore, tbe track must be clear,
and he let the train in.
"One night both were sleeping as
usual. A coal train came to Jones' end
of the tunnel. The whistle of the train
w akened Jones. He called to Smith and
received no answer. So he knew Smith
was sleeping and the tunnel was clear.
He asked the conductor to throw him
off a little coal for his fire, as he was
entirely out. The conductor threw off
twoor three lumps and the train started
into the tunnel. Those few lumps ef
coal cost the road thousands of dollars,
and I believe they cost two men their
lives.
"Jones went outside to pick up the
coal as the train pulled out. Being out
side the tower, the noise of the train
drowned that of his instrument, and he
did not hear Smith's call. A freight
train had come to Smith's end of the
tunnel at the exact moment that Jones
was picking up the coal. As Smith did
not pet any answer he thought, of
course, Jones was asleep and the track
clear. So he let the freight in. Then
the two trains came together in the
tunnel.
"The - president of the road kept his
word with the boys, but he took them
off that tunnel and gave them daylight
jobs, where they were not so likely to
sleep, and could not do so much damage
if they did sleep. Thooe are but three
of the many stories like them that have
come under my personal observation.'
rittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
A KEC0XCILIATI0X.
The fog that had prevailed during tiie
early hours of the morning ilisjijijx arel
before the bright lays of the Kim as it
arose above tbe mountain.-. We had
clear iew'of the Juniiita front the jxiint
a mile above us; w here it surg-d around
a little bluff, crow ned with a clump of
budding trees, until it wa Kt again
in a gup in the dark, green ridges a
mile below. At our feet rushed the
swoilen river, which the heavy nin
that bad deluged the country during
the week previous had transformed
from a peaceful little stream into an
angry ftotd, so that it stretched out
its arms, anil despoiled many a rich
farm and laborer's home-. Now it way
Itearing its liooty on its brood, tuil-ii
lent Ihsiiiu to the valleys below, tin re
to cast it aside. On the day lrfme a
laarn, with frightened fowl peri bed
high Uton its eaked roof, had iloateil
by the spot- where Sa-in Soper ajin I
were standing; several small fiaiue
houses, corn crilis and other rickety
farm buildings had gone liobbing mer
rily along on t lie swift current, great
trees, uprooted by the greedy waters.
Iiarrels. I nixes and household furni
ture bad we seen. To-day tbe flood was
ebbing; its strength was gone; the
rains hail ceased, and for t lie first time
after many days we could see the fun
overhead.
I glanced from the river into the facv
of the man at mv side.
"I guers. Sam. we will not see anv
more houses go by. I sajd; 'nolhiiii.'
but barrels and such uniuteretsi ing ob
jects. I fcupi-ose. though, they will Ik-
of use to the people lx low.
"It's an ill wind ez blows noll v any
pood, ez Pete Siders sais, be replied,
soleiunlv. "'The foiks up the vaJIev'll
miss them lawn-Is an things, but
they'll come handy to them t-lov ez
keU-Iwes "cm.
I laughed.
"It is easy for you to argtie in this
manner, for you are one of the fortu
nate ones, unless some one claims that
rocking chair that you rescued from
drow ning.
A faint Mnile pajs-d over Soper's face.
It was quickly gone, and his counte
nance resumed its habitual stolid look.
He replied, somew bat gruflly:
"Ef a feller don't seize bis oppor
tunity, it wont seiz- him. He hesi
tated, and then added: "Ez I'ete Sideis
i-ais."
"Tell me. I cried, "who is this oracle
of yours whom you are forever quot-
Mot Needed.
Tourist (looking back upon a difficult
bit of mountain path he had just trav
ersed) Ugh! that's as ugly a bit of
dangerous climbing as I've ever been
over. There must have been a lot of
accidents there. Why don't tbey put
up a notice board to the effect that it's
dangerous?
Guide There waa an accident there
once, sir, and they put a notice at the
entrance of the pass; but as nobody
else came and fell down the cha-sm, they
did away with the board. Titbita.
A Care for Hiceongta.
It is stated that even in rebellious
cases, hiccough may be cured by 8t rong-
. ly pushing the tongue out of tne mouth
end holding it so for a few moments
If this be so, the simple and easy treat-
Tjenl might be indicated in whooping
cough and choking from irrepressible
gases. Atlanta Constitution.
For during my few days acquaint
ance with tiie rough fellow ut inys.de
1 had been struck by the fart, that be
frequently made use of ancient udagvs.
the credit for tbe invention of which
was always given to the mysterious
Siders.
I seated myself upon a stump an-i
awaited his reply. He was a crud'.
rather stupid-looking man. clad in a
rough garb that le tokened his rural
environments a ragged cloth cap. a
heavy, we!l-patched suit, which bail I
ence been of gray material, a collarlcss
shirt and high Ik Kits. His hair had
becu close-crop ied a few days before.
in token of the coming of summer, anu
his unkempt black lieard stood out in
bold contrast to his seeming luldness.
His nose w as narrow, long and hooked.
and his eves were deep-set beneath
shaggy brows.
After a long pause he replied to iny
quustioii in a drawling tone, and witn
the manner of a man perfectly con
vinced of the truth of what he said:
"Ef you mis bed cz much in your head
ez Pete Siders lies in his leetle finger.
vou'd le a smait man.
"Hut w ho is he ." I exclaimed. "I
have visited this valley yearly since I
was a Imv, vet 1 never lief ore heard of
him. He d.es not live herealiouts, does
her
Soper seated himself lieside me and
replied:
"No. he tton't. He lives up the walley
acrost the rncr. I useter live near
hiiu, tell me an hint bed words an fell
out. i ou see, lVle be was wonderful
smart, an I was no match fer him. My
place almost jined his. an" he mawried
me sister. He knowed a heaji. did 1 "etc,
an bed read most of the luniks they is.
You uns ud hev enjoyed talkin to him.
you would, fer he'd traveled a lot in
his younger days, at. bed a pood etlj ur
ea t ion. An at miis'ic. Iledgins! I
kin feci that old fiddle of bis'n a-go:n"
thoo me y it. It jest made you all bine
when he played .n-rerful pieces. He
tho't a heap of thet fiddle, he did. Ah!
but I tell you they is few men like l'tte
Siders!
"How did you ever happen to part with
this paragon. Sam? 1 asked.
"Paragone, he repeated, sadly. "I
never heard him called thet. Mobbe he
v as one, fer he was most every tlycjr.
How did we hev words. Htwgs; jest
a few hawgs done it. Sometimes 1
think it was my fault, an on themdnvs
w ben I "low- I'm to hlanie I alius intend
to go over to his place an make up. ISut
I've never b'en able to git off at them
times; an when I kin git olT I alius
blame Pete an cal'late he kin come 1 1
see me.
"It must have lieen a very serious
trouble?" said I.
"naw gs, he replied. "Nawthin but
a few mean pigs. You pee I was Iivin up
there three summers ago. I made
'rangements with Hiram Pender, who
bed a farm close be my place, fer him to
let me hev three young hawgs in Sep
tember. I 'tended to fatten eni up an"
butcher em when it come cold. One
day, in corn htiskin'time, 1 goes over tu
Hiram's to git em. When I ast him fer
'em. he looks at me surprised like, an'
sais. sais he: 'Why, Sam, I'ete Siders
got them pigs. He tol me you sayd he
was to git em an you'd pay me fer cm.
ez you owed him fer his hevin" helped
you three days in the woods last winter.
I was jest knocked. I knowed Pete was
hard up. fer he'd kinder lie'n layin olT
all summer, but I never tho't thet of
him. I never let on to Hiram, but jest
went right over to Pete's place. I found
thet he'd gone an" killed them lieasts.
mi turned em into lmtch,rir". When
I tol' him w hat I'd come fer. he d rawed
himself up ez fer ez he could, fer he"s a
leetle man. an' sais: loos you mean to
. call me a thief? Then I sais: 'I never
owed you no money. I'ete Siders." "Sani
Soper sais he, 'hain't you satisfied of
callin your brother-in-law a thief! An
then he turns an walks into the house,
an shets the door in my face. 1 hain't
seen him sence. fer I couldn't stau livin'
near Pete an" not belli on peaceful
groun's with him. I pive up me place,
an got a job here, "tendin" tbe canal
lock."
"And sometimes vou think vou were
to blame r I asked."
"Sometimes," he replied. "Pete he lied
ciir'ous ways, an I don't b'lieve he
meant no harm. I o'tn't hev called him
a thief."
Sojier suddenly started to his feet,
and. shading bis eves with his bands.
ga.itl up the river.
"A li.idle'." be cried. "Out on the
river. I beard it plain. There it is
ag'in!"
I sprang to his side, and looked up
the stream at a black obj. ct to which he
was point inp. It was a ImkiI; and we
could sec a man sittinc in its teru.
rocl.ir.fr to and fro. Then I heard a
(piiek succession of harsh, grating notes,
low. but distiix-t. and I saw that the
man was fiddling.
"It's Pete!" cri.-d mv coniianion.
"Tbet's his play in an' that's him. lxok
at the boat! Why. it won't stay up an
hour!
The craft was sunk low in the water,
and was sweeping rapidly toward us
on the turbuiirt stream: but the fid
dler deemed u:-coiiscious of his daiiirer,
for he swung to and fro in a maudlin
manner, runn'mir bis Ikw madly over
the strings of Lis instrument.
"It's Pete's way." Sojier exclaimed.
"He don't know w hat he'sdoiu", fer h."s
b'en at the liipior ag'in."
As be spoke be stripped off his coat"
lid Itoots.
"What are you doing!" I crid. seiz
ing bis arm. "You are not going out i-.i
such a flood!"
The lioat whs Waring rapidly toward
us; every motion of its maudlin ocru-
ant was now plainly discernible; eerv
l-ote of his aimless music was distitictlv
audible.
"Naw thin lse to do." came tbetpjiet
n ply. "They's rocks an rapids Ik-Iow,
an thet boat ud never live through
Yni."
With that Soper ran out into tiie rive-.
In a moment he was over bis depth;
ficn he struck out into the stream.
His was not a master's stroke. He
lieat the swiftly flowing water com ui
sicly with hi hands. :.nd seemed to lie
making almost suiierlnnr.m efforts t i
reach a point that he lielicvcd the lioat
vituld jklss. His prtign ss was sl--iw,
r.nd the urn-nt Imre him down the
river. His efforts would have liecri
vain had not the runaway craft taken a
sudden swerve toward him. It wasaT
inost on him. Tlu-n I saw him laisehis
l-ng arm liih :i1k:w biin anil grasp the
liow. 1 iist.-iiit ly t Ik- 1 oat t u r ned its nose
t ard the sli lie. and I breathed more
fie.lv.
Siders sprai g f roni his plae. and w ii h
unsteady step - lM-eran to nake his way
toward the man who was riskiii-r bis
own life to sae him. Tin craft gave a
i:ick lurch over on one side so that the
vater rushed in and almost filled it.
"flet down." I screamed.
"Let go there!"' veiled Sideis. fran
tically. "You'll upset me. you fool!"
He raised his fiddle and struck wildly
at Soper. but his I low fell short of it-;
mark: he lost his balance and toppled
into the. liottom of the Imat. which
righted itself, but none too soon. Siders
quickly recovered and cautiously
crawlcd forward.
"Git off then !" he yelled.
Soper made no answer, lor he was al
most exhausted. He dung more des
perately to the craft, which was now
within a hundred f-et of th shore.
Tiie fiddle whirled through the air and
trashed down on his head. Still b.
luDgon. With a cry of disappointment
Siders fell into the liottom of the lniat.
I ran out into the water, seized the
sinking craft, and dragged it ashore.
When he heard the keel grate on the
gravel. Sam Soper released his hold and
fell into my arms unconscious. I lifted
him out on the Ivank. Acioss his fore-
l. ail t here w as a great gash f roni w hicn
the hliMid flowed freely.
Some men came to my aid from a
neighlmring field, and helped ine to
carry thi injure.! man to his home,
which stood a few hundred vards bact
from the river. The woiu'erful Siders.
who had partially reeovetcd his senses
l y reason of his immersion, followed u
lie explained that he had siicnt the
n:ght. fiddling at a iarty ami had at
dayhreax started for his home. The
last thing that he rcmemWred clearly
w as getting into a lioat to cross the
river.
When Sum Sojier recovered conscious
ness a half an hour later he asked for
his brother-in-law. and as Siders sank
i-ito a chair at his liedside be held out
his hand and said:
"Pete, I think I'll go over the river
to live agin, fer I "low I xins to blame."
"I "low you was. too, Sam." mumbled
the other, taking the proffered hand.
"Hut I don't liearyou no spite." N. V.
I'vening Sun.
An Irnthman's l"at i-n-v.
In a neat little white painted house
tip in Maine a liaby's gold ring bangs
upon tin wall, li.-d with a bit of ribUm.
The owner, an Irishman, a humorous
scion of his race, when interrogated
aU.utit told the following story: While
fishing one day in an adjacent lake be
accidentally dropicd the ring out of
his pocket, and. slipping off the edge of
the bout, it sank down through the
clear water. As he watch.-d it disap
caring a large fish dart.il through the
w titer. and. opening his mout b. gullied
it down. The Irishman sadly lameiileo
the loss of the ring, as it In-longed to his
little baby. He resolved to iish that
lake until he found the rascally thief,
and day after day lie hauled in tiie
shiny, struggling memlvrs of the finny
tribe ami cut them ojn-n in search of
his ring. Weeks went by, and grvw
into months, until the cold weal her ar
rived, but with a fisherman's patience
he continued in his task, even to cut
ting holes in the ice to fish through.
One day after a severe and long-protracted
struggle he hauled in a line
fish, and some intuitive instinct told
him lie had at last caught the thif.
which, on cutting him 0ien. proved to
be the case. Ilarj'er's Kound Table.
Cnlneae Invitation.
The Chinese send three invitations
to the guests that they d.ire to see at
their great f-s1s. The first is dis
latched two days liefore the feast, the
second on the day itself, in order to re
mind those they have invit.il of their
engagement, and the third just liefore
the hour has arrived, so as to show
how inijvatient they are to see their
friends arrive. N. Y. Sun.
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