Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-13

which each train Is due at each stat v.
a1ono tho whole line of the ROAD. LOU
CO. tRare are so many trains running
both ways every day that the mos' * e.
act arranpements must be mace ~.
their passing one another at the tlP :.
places. If q single train Is behlho' ~
tthro1ys oil the rest out of order 90
every conductor is instructed py nis
timetable. where to wait, II ano'hei
train is late. how many minutes ~
hold hack his own train. now ial nc
NAV then push, and how long ne -
AGAIN to wait. Meanwhile the beiateo
conductor is instructed by MS tllne-."
BILE how to avoid danger. Ii ne on
not reach station at such TIME, no
must stand still, at whatever safety
noint he NAV have reached, till the aP.
preaching train has passed MN. NC.
but one man on the line disregard VI
misinterpret his instructions anu
friohtful collision may follow. lhoeeo,
some of the most dreadful casuaitles
ever known have been caused oy tIe
pushing on of train that should nav
been kept back. That is why nave
selected for the motto of our Pflva'e
timetable: ..Wait!'' 1t might wei ne
written three times over; an;
wait. waltz If we are angry-"ail'
If we are tired-wait! IT we are per"
plexed-wait!
After all, managing ourselves Is not
so very unlike managing a tram AS
the train must be i'll good order-en-
CINE. brakes, wheels, coupllngs-to
make time. so we must keep organs
and senses up to- the mark, or drop pc
hind. Other people who have better
health, greater strength, more INDUS
try, will run ahead of us, do more
good, enjoy life better, improve faster.
Again, the greatest dangers that
threaten trains are collisions, and run
ming off the track. Well, don't we
stand in the same peril? l am sure
that we are too apt to have COLLISIONS
with other people, collisions with cir
cumstances, collisions with our own
weaknesses and perversities, even.'
And when we spend our time trying to-
do something that we don't know how
to do; when we are idle, and hinder
busy people; when we act as If we be-
lieved that any sort of good end couid
be reached without hard work, and
steady work, and cheerful work, we
are certainly off the track,
Well, then, when we know that such
is our plight, don't you think that the
sooner we stop. the betters Whether it
is a question of possible collision, as In
a rudeness to some one of the home
circle, quarrel with a friend, an I'M
kind.word to servant; or of running
off the track through headlong blum
dering, or bad preparation, or lgno-
rance, or wlllfulness, we might, half
the time at least, save ourselves from
these misadventures if we took time
to think, if we remembered to ''wait. "
Perhaps jingle which l have written
may help you to recall this good adj
vice for we are apt to forget good ad-
vice when we most require it, at the
moment when you find yourselves in
danger.
NEW TIME-TABLE-"wAIT!"
When you are puzzled and perplexed-
Leave OFF the worrying debate,
And think of other things awhile:
Youth see it clearer, il you swat
When temper rises, hot and quick,
And you are veXed at friend or mate;
Watch your time-table! stop just there
Save the collislon! Simply watt!
Each thing in nature keeps this law,
The smallest plant abides its date
And summers heat, and winters flaw,
And storm, and calm, their season "wait"
This Ii the law that rules our lot
And holds the whole of human fate:
He cOnQuers who has force to strive,
And equal patience has-to wait"
st Nicholas