The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-22
A NEW TIMETABLE,
A Bit Of Talk for Boys and Girls. bv .
Late III. H. Helen Jackson ing

A Bit OF Talk for Boys and Girl. ,v,
Late III. H. Helen Jackson inc
Every body knows the time.tah,o,
that tell at what hours trains come ,ns
60. Travellers consult them to ls,rn
how to reach their destination: wbon
to start; how long they are to be ON
their way; where they will make stons.
and many other things to be found ont
before a journey is undertaken.
But there are other timetables, n,
all railroads, Of which the passenger,
know nothing. These schedules ara
made out for the conductors and en-.
g%ineers, and show the exact second At
which each train is due at each station.
along the whole line Of the road. You
see there are so many trains running
both ways every day that the most ex,
act arrangements must be made for
their passing one another at the light
places. If a single train is behind, it
throws all the rest out Of order. So
every conductor is instructed by his
timetable, where to wait, if another
train is late, how many minutes to
hold back his own train, how far he
may then push, and how long he is
again to wait. Meanwhile the belated
conductor is instructed by his time-ta.
bic how to avoid danger. II he can
not reach a station at slch a tiue, he
must stand still, at Whatever safety
point he may have reached, till the ap-
preaching train has passed him. Let
but one man on the line disregard o.
misinterpret his instructions and a
frightful collision may follow. Indeed.
some Of the most dreadful casualties
eyer known have been caused by the
pushing on of a train that should have
been kept back. That is why l have
selected for the motto of our private
timetable: "WaitH!' 1t might well be-
written three times over: "Wait!
wait! waltz If we are angry-wait!
If we are tired-wait! II we are per-
plexed-wait!
After all, managing ourselves is not
so very unlike managing a train. As
the train must be in good order-en-
CINE, brakes, wheels, couplings-to
make time, so we must keep organs
and senses up to the mark, or drop be-
hind. Other people who have better
health, greater strength, 0 indus
try, will ahead of us, do NOR
good, enjoy life better, improve faster.
Again, the greatest dangers that
threaten trains are collisions, and IN
ming off the track. Well, don't we
stand in the same peril? / 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 could
be reached without hard work, and
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 better? Whether it
is a question of possible collision, as in
a rudeness to some one of the home
a quarrel with a friend, an I'M
kind word to a servant; or of running
off the track through headlong blum
or bad preparation. or igno-
rance, or wIllfulness, we might, half
the time at least, a v ourselves from
misadventures if we took time
to think, if we remembered to "wait."
a jingle which | have written
may help you to recall this good ad-
vice (for we are apt to forget good ad-
vice when we most require it, at the
moment when you find yourselves in
ANEW TIME-TARLE-"wAITi"
When you are puzzled aud ~perplexe6,
Leave on the worrying debate,
And think of other things awhile;
You'll see it clearer, IL you ''wait-"
When temper rises, hot and quick,
And you are vexed at friend or mate;
Watch your timetable! stop just thersi
Save the collision! Simply 'waitl"
Each thing In nature keeps this law,
The smallest plant abides its date
And summers heat, and winters flaw,
And storm, n calm, their season 'wait-'
This Is 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