The Press., 1884-08-21

''It was not until Commodore Wander bilt died,'' said New York veteran en- gineer, as he lolled in the compartment of the Wagner car, ''that the machines on this line began to be painted what is c 'll- ed 'black cro6k' Before that they were all painted in gaudy colors, and bore on the panels of the tenders the names of the directors of the road, and other officials and magnates whose fame they wanted to hand down to railroad posterlty. When the new president, William H., first took hold of inc affairs, he ran up and down the road very frequently, to get the hang of the thing. He always hankered for fast pulls. The engine named after himself was usually assigned to his special trains. She would make the distance from Albany to Syracuse in three hours or a few min utes better. But ouce or twice It so hap pened that some. other locomotive fell to the task, and then 1t was shown that the William H. Vanderbilt was not so much of a runner anyway. Better time was made by No. 11O and by the Major Priest So the first thing the engineers knew was all order to have all the engines repaiut, d. guess l knew of the determination of the president sooner than any one, for he was a pretty mad man one day, when took his special, when we made the dis tance in time that laid his machine ill the shade. So, one by one. the name of Bras trls Corning, Conrad Shoemaker, H. Chit {. tenden, J. Iillinghast, and the rest were obliterated, the locomotives coming out of the shops painted that peculiar brown call ed black crook. At last even the name of William H. Vanderbilt was daubed off by the painters. It was the last to go. At the same time the brass work was also painted over-a god-send to the hremen, who had to SCOUT It, but blow at the pride of the engineers.
 TOMATOES. This is one of the most healthtul, as we'll as the most universally liked of all vegetables its healthfnl qual- ities do not depend on the mode of prep aration for the table ; it may be eaten thrice a day, cold or hot, cooked or raw, alone or with salt or pepper or vinegar, or all together, to- a like advantage, and to the utmost that can be taken with an ap- petite. Its healthful quality arises from its slight acidity, i'll this, making it as val uable, perhaps, as berries, cherries, cur rants and similar articles 1t Is also high ly nutritious, but its chief virtue consists in its tendency to keep the bowels free, owing to the seed 1t contains, they acting as mechanical irritants to the inner coat ing of the bowels, causing them to throw out larger amount of fluid matter than would otherwise have been done, to the effect of keeping mucous surfaces lubr1- cated, and securing greater amount of solubrity of the intestinal contents, pre- cisely on the principle that figs and white mustard seeds are so frequently efficient in removing constipation in certain forms of disease. The tomato season ends with the frost. If the vines are pulled up be- fore the frost comes, and hung up ill a well ventilated cellar with the tomato hanging to them, the Glove apple" will continue ripening until Christmas. The cellars should not be too dry or too warm. The knowledge of this may be improved to great practical advantage for the benefit of many who are invalids, and who are fond of tomatoes. es.-HaU's Jonmat of Health.
 My wife suffered from Rheumatism for months. She tried number of medicines. but received little or no benefit. She eonn-5 menced taking Athlophoros three days ago, and can safely say she has already received f,,o. :l