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troll of the Superintendent Of that division
The wrecking train is composed of three
cars and a powerful locomotive, and all tbe
cars are fitted with air brakes. The first
car is what is known as the truek-car Tho
body OF the car Is very low, and upon it are
carried two extra pairs of trucks, rails cross.
ties and spikes, for sometimes the track il
torn up in wreck.
The second Car is the wrecking-car. ia
built OF the heaviest timber, and is mountn-L
on two pairs of small, heavy trucks. Hall
of the car is covered over, and the other h If
is a mere platform. but arising from tba
center is powerful derrick with 2S. fTn,
boom. With this powerful cOntrivanre
trucks, cars and locomotives are SWIM,
about. The covered portion OF the car re-
sembles inside store-roGm of Il shin a.
there are so many cables hanging around.
In one end Of the car are two closets mo
containing the food for the crew. Tbe
locker is always well filled, for there is M
telling when the wrecking-train NAV be
called into service. The other closet ar
locker contains medicines, bandages and a
portable telegraph outfit, with several coils
Of wire. Ii The wreck Is bad one the in
strument is brought into use An operator
is picked up at the first station along the
road, and when the scene of the accident j.
reached the wires are set and a telegram
office is established. The car carries rome
of every size and kind up TO three inches in
diameter, nyuTaullc JACKS LOT raising en-
gines and cars, levers, pulleys and derrick
tackle of all kinds.
EOn the Louisville and Nashville first
division wrecking-cars are carried 800 feet
OF Manila three-nch rope for putting ell
gines on the track, 300 feet of twO-inch fun
line for pulling purposes, 275 feet of neand
three-quarter inch rope for the derrick, two
sixty-foot sections Of three-inch switch
rope for pulling on cars. $40 feet of two and
one-half inch rope for the same purpose.
and 30 feet of three-inch rope for putting
on trucks, and 500 feet for guy lines. TkP
next car is the ''block car, containing short
blocks of wood of every size for blocking up
cars and locomotives.
q AT every wreck cars are generally tumhled
about in confusion. and the wrecking crew
begin on these. The shattered ones are
pushed off the track, and those left in a
little better condition are put on the track
and drawn away After this is done there
is one or more disabled engines. I he heavy
cables on the wrecking car are attached f.
the disabled locomotive. and live one If
the other end OF the rope generally by hard
work pulls the disabled locomotive back ON
the track. When the track is clear tile
wrecking train picks up all the iron aud
trucks ard comes back to town.-Louisyilie
CourIer-J Journal.
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HYACIN THIS IN POTS,
The Season for the Most Beauti.
full of Towering Bulbs.

This is the season for planting the most
beautiful of Towering bulbs, hyacinths, and
the following from "Elliott's Fall Flowers"
is opportune:
For the growth of hyacnths in pots the
most favorable planting season for early
bloom is September, and for succession at
intervals up to January. The size of pots is
regulated by the space or con, enience for
placing them. When limited, ana a rich
massive effect is wished for, those of six or
eight inches in diameter are recommended.
In which three or four bulbs may be placed.
hut where more convenience is had a success
sion of single or double bulbs in smaller
pots may be admitted-two bulbs in each are
very effective and generally preferred; the
colors OF such may be regulated according
to taste. In potting use a good, rich soil.
Eacn DulO should remain one-third above
the surface Of the soil, and the base of each
bulb should rest upon a stratum of clear
river sand. After potting place them
surface of ashes or sharp gravel
in the rotation of their Intended
periods OF bloom, each later potting plunged
beyond the previous ones, and thus arranged
water the whole well to imbed the bulbs
firmly within the soil, allowing them to re-
main until the bulbs and surface are again
dry, for one or two days; then cover the
whole over to the depth of three or four
inches with half-dried tan, sawdust, sand or
soil. for six or eight weeks, in which position
the preparatory root growth is made, neces-
sary to vigorous development of their
HoweIscapes. After the period adverted to.
less or more, the first ported bulbs may be
taken up, the soil and sediment carefully
brushed off, and removed to gentle hotbed
or warm. genial greenhouse or room where
the bloom will progressively expand, care
being taken to screen the leaf growth made
in darkness) for few days. short differ
ence of week or a fortnight between the
periods of potting will produce correspond
ing difference in the periods of bloom They
are very. effective when massed in fern
dishes. window boxes or in pots ten inches
in diameter and six inches deep, either all
OF one color or assorted, according TO fancy.
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seeing the two young men cantering slowly
toward me. had just lime to avoid them. BY
the time was back into my own clothes again
tie carriage came around from the stables, and
spiingng upon the box / took the reins out OF
the cOachman's hands, for wanted TO do every
thing myself, and would have been only too
happy 10 drag the carriage. In few moments
had clasped my beloved Zoe, radiant and smil-
lug but u bit agitated, in my arms She broke
down completely the moment the carriage door
was slammed upon US, and lay for a moment or
so weeping and s0bbing in my arms. Suddenly
she burst out III a deliciOusly naive way:
" But, dearrst what shall do Tor Higgins Z?
What do people generally do when other people
save their lives? 1t was really piece of mper-
Thence on his part, Just as If didn't know The
charge him. All at once her gayety left her, her
face clouded up, her eyes opened with strange
io0k of mystliication In them.
justin Justin; look, look - she hall
slrieked. "ihe print OF your ring on the back of
my hand. What does 1t mean? Sreak. tell me I;
when did it happen? Oh, miserable man, / see
IL all; IL was you and not Higgins VINO saved
me. Look, look. wretch that you are; see the
imprint left upon me. / felt 1t as you lifted me
from my horse. Justin, Justin. you have brand
ed me, poor slave thai / am. i shall never draw
another happy breath"
did not know then what this wild talk meant.
i thought II was natural that Zoe should be
somewhat hysterica and paid little attention to
her strange words. In fact, l attempted 10
pooh-pooh tile idea that and not Higgins had
saved her life. But no. the evidence was over.
wheimng There upon the back of her soft
white hand was the perfect impress of a strange
seal ring which wore upon the third finger OF
my left hand-a class rng,a jeweed serpent coied
upon large mOonstOne with his tail in his
mouth encircllng The Greek word "Aei' Qor-
even.
SO as we neared the ball | made full confess
sion, and. as said TO Zoe, ''threw myself upon
the mercy OF the court" " Miserable man." she
exclaimed, 'you shall receive the heaviest pen.
atty the law allows"
Zoe seemed quite herself when her father and
mother met her al the door, both Of them too
much overcome TO do more than rain catesses
upon this wild and Maynard child whom 1 had
snatched from The very jaws OF death for them
and for myself
And oh. what season OF sweet triumph this
was for me- for me who had been for so many
years the butt of Indifference, the object Of
covert ridicue, the target of cOntumey at the
hall, where verify believe Zoes love for me
only saved me from death al the hands OF these
jealous brothers. Now they Rugged me, quar-
relied for the privilege OF handing me cigarette
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BEN BUTLER.
He Mods to Conductor, Takes a Cigar
and Reads n Paper.

He Mods TO Conductor, Takes n Cigar
and Reads n Paper.
A prominent public man, who was one of
the thousands of visitors in Boston during
"Grand Army week" has written the fol-
lowing of General Butler in a letter to
Plainfeld On. j. friend;
81 had just secured my accustomed place
in the smokiGg-car when Ben Butler, the
old veteran, entered the car and lazily threw
himself into the seat just in front of me.
OF course there was no difficulty in reeOg-
nizing his individuality, and l was much
interested in the old mans eccentricity. He
produced from the innermost receSses of his
aspiring Greenback Presidential pocket
cigar. To Judge from its appearance l
should say it was what is technically termed
a .three-for,' and proceeded to do with 1t
lust as small boy would stick
or licorice. Without lighting it, he would
fondle it, inspect 1t, then bite at 1t us
tenderly as only the old war-horse could do.
When the conductor appeared he gave
pleasant nod to Benny and Benny re-
spopded in lieu of a ticket He thea
demanded the Boston Globe, which the ae-
commodating conductor fastened to secure
for bim, | was amused to see the old gentle
man turn over the pages until his eye Qt is
unnecessary to speak in the plural concern
ing Beniamin's optics, as you know, until
his eve rested upon the baseball column,
and he scanned the scores with as much in
terest as the most devoted crank. who
causes the bleacherieS to tremble by his up
roar and excitement when his favorite makes
a home run. IN. Y. Tribune.
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strokes" he says ''show firmness and GER
tainty. They are thoroughly masculine. a
close analysis reveals these characteristics:
Wild passion, hatred, and opposition against
everything which partakes of the nature OF
heartfelt love, an entire lack Of poetic senti-
ment of the sentimental sort, nobility
of aspirations, enthusiasm for every
thing beautiful and noble, a keen
mind for science and the fine arts. The con-
tents of her manuscript ibetray wide read at-
ing in the classics of all languages. She
quotes freely from the poets, historians and
ethical writers of all countries. Her poet
ical and other literary works are lar above
mediecrity. For several years she has con-
tributed numerous articles of high merit to
four Viennese magazines of wide, clrcula-
tion and considerable prominence"
The Countess Sarolta Way is woman OF
imposing presence. She is of medium height
and has limbs of masculine DEVELOPMENT.
Her shoulders are heavy, her chest is broad.
Her hair is short curly and almost black.
Her nose turns up slightly and her mouth
has the curves of Cupid bow. Although
her years of dissipation have cut deep lines
in her face, she is still handsome and looks
like bow Of q.
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THE WRkCKING TRAIN.

Som ething About the Outfit Carried in
It's Cars and Always In Readiness.
Accidents will happen occasionally on the
best managed railroads. and sometimes bad
wrecks happen. the cause Of which fire.
quently is a mystery, and the tracks are
blocked for hours. For every minute the
track remains blocked money and time are
lost, and passenger and freight traffic is in
terrupted. So the railroads are always pre-
pared, and within thirty minutes after
wreck has happened a wrecking train is
on the way with trained crew of men,
and if tile telegram announcing the wreck
says that passengers or employees are in
jured, the wrecking train comes along with
its physicians, bandages and cots. A
wrecking outfit is about the homeliest thing
owned by a railroad company, but when
they are needed they are needed badly.
The wrecking-cars are kept at the end OF
a division, and are directly under the con-
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CHAPTER III.

Never, If / live TO be thousand years old.
shall forget the thrill Of delight that entered
my body from Sealsktn's as lie sprang forward at
my call: his long beautiful neck stretched out
and his delicate pointed ears laid back. Oh it
WAS glorious sight! He pierced the black air
like the very lightning which was flashing about
Us. l felt that he knew quite as well as | what
needed OF him. In i half minute II would be too
late. Zoes horse would reach the cliffs and
carry that ealthly ange! TO dreadful death on
The rocks below. Although | was ceaying the
storm aShed air at such lightning like speed,
yet 1t seemed an eternity TO me ere the terror
stricken animal which was bearing that fran,
gtllSh form away from ME came In sight. But at
last caught aud my horse caught The rattle OF
his hOOfs. | could feel Sealskiu leugthen out his
stride. He was making a terrific effort TO catch
the Iugltlyes. The sight OF Zoe steadied my
thoughts al once. With gentle tug sent Seal
skin 10 the right OF her. / was just in time. An.
other ten seconds and she would have been over
the cliffs. Throwing my reins over my arm as
Sealsbiu caught the gait of the other house, |
leaned forward and passing my arm around
ZUe'S slender waist, L called out IN calm, com
mapding voice:
Cast yourself loose from your saddle, Miss
Zoe, have hoG of you"
At that Instant there was a simultaneous fash
of lightning ana deafenlng rattle Of thunder
Freed fiom all restraint Zoe's horse dashed for
ward and disappeared over the cliffs. 1t was
hardly necessary for me TO rein in Seaskin. so
alert was he TO DO his whole duty. The lightning
had cut its way through the stOrmcloud, had
caught d glimpse OF ZOe's face Death could not
have made 1t paer. She had swooned COM
pleiely. Her eyes were closed and her long
btdck lasneS beaten against her cDeekS by The
RAIN gave her beautiful face the look of DE- attn
by drowning A keepers lodge stood only few
hundred feet away: thilher | TUNED Seaskln's
head, and lifted that loved burden gently down
ana bore it into the house. AS i was firmly re-
solved. If at all possible, 10 Keep from Zoe the
know ledge Of my having saved her life hastily
coniided her TO the care OF the keepers wife, say
ing that / would ride back TO the hall TO get a
carriage.
Up 10 this moment ! had not given thought
to Algernon and Lindsay. Should l not ride to
their assistance? Aud yet | hailed to beTay my
sell. As the storm had spent It's fury aud nature
was once more serene and smiling could get a
view OF long stretch of roadway My mind
was relieved OF a terrible weight OF anxiety upon
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SealSkiD answered my call, and stretched his
splendid body TIL lie seemed almost borne along
on the wings OF The Storm. In few seconds
time was there. A mad fright had seized upon
the three horses. AlgernOn'S had reared and
fallen uuou him. Lindsay was making unskiful
efforts 10 cOntioI his long enough TO dismOunt
and hasten TO Algenon's assistance. A flash
more intensely white and binding than any vel
showed me LindsaY's terror-sirIcken face, his
parted LIS and Deryele>s grasp, Tor, athlete
though lie was. lie lacked entl ely my courage
and presence OF MUD.
Sealskin answered the reinS as readily as IL the
soft, still all OF June dav were over our heads.
i had diSengaged my right foot from The stirrup
when 10 my horror saw that Zoe was not there.
Her horse had broken away with her. Frail
child at The best, she had In her terror AT sight
oil her falling brother, lost all control over him
and was now only heaven knew where-dead,
perhaps, rampled beneath he pitiless hoUfs of
the maddened beast or dragged al his heels, her
fair lOrm beating against the roadbed; or. worse
even than al, keeping her seat only to be dashed
TO death when the pauic-stricken animal should
come to make his last wild leap over the cliffs
| know mol what kept me from breathing out my
lite then and there. / think 1t was Sealskin, who
stood so like thinking, reasoning creature, only
waiting for me to come 10 myself and give him
tile word to go. AT last my bewllderment van.
i>hcd. ! drew The Ttins tightly over The arched
velyetv neck and cried like madman-shriek ed
is a better word" Go. go. Seals IN for her life
20, you beautiful beast, gOi For ZOe's sake. go!
You alone eau save her-my Zoe, my life and my
lUYe!"
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Tho Oneen.s Presents.

Ii has teen the practice and pleasure of
the Queen to send hampers of household
linen to various charity hospitals about
London. Although designated "old linen,"
many of the contributions were better than
brand new, because of their association and
the royal crest embroidered on every towel,
napkin, sheet and FELLOWSHIP. 1t seems that
wi VINO received the royai donatiops carefully
assorted the linen and disposed of it at a
profit to private concerns. the beautifully
embroidered monogram and heraldic device
enhancing its value and allowing sufficient
margin for the purchase of new linen to ap-
pease conscience as well as supply the de-
ficiency in the contribution. By some
strangely unfortunate accident this in
nocent form of speculation reached Wind.
sor Castle, the hapless matron was dis
missed in disgrace and now the High Cham
berlain OF the linen closet has orders to cut
the royal trademark out of the linen before
sending 1t to the hospitaL-N. Y. World.
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His methods toward this end were various
Sometimes he found mares nests OF scandal.
which be paraded as things proved and positive
like so many sums In arithmetic. Some lines be
made mischief by repeating what l had said in
another intention, or carrying as true reports
what had never said at all Sometimes he tried
despair and sometimes entreaIy-now he ca
Tessed and now he suked; but all came TO the
same THUG In the enG-he wanted Zoe to break
on her engagement And she held firm, If indeed
we can apply such a term to the light way she
lad OF holding on 10 anythngl AT last lie hit on
another method al ogether. On The principle OF
one nail knocking out anoth r. he brought I'M TO
the hOus all The best and most eligible men he
knew; and a. Zoe was one TO turn the head of
an anchOrlie, she was now closely surrounded
with "aspitants" of more or less pronounced de-
voted devotion. For men are not very honorable
when the passion of love sets fire 10 the char
acler; and ElValry is a game which recognizes
10 blow as foul. no straiagem as unfair
Naturally / had nothing TO say. The house
was not mine, and II Algernon, or any other,
close TO ask his friends II was not for me TO OBJ
3ect. / might see tile motive, but seeing was no
valid argument. Had l objected should have
put myself so much In the wrong as to be unable
10 ever get right again. had nothing for 1t
then but o possess my soul In patience for the
one part. and TO tighten so far as / could my
10 d on Zoe for the other. But that was jast the
difficulty. The closer sought to hold her the
more certain she was to escape. Like dancing
foam, touch destroyed her-iike golden cloud
she drifled. changed. then vanished altogether;
and the more strenuous the efforts TO retain her
the more certain was II all 10 END In discontinue
aud loss. Ii l showed Jealousy she re-
treated into the fastness of indifefence-f in
sisted, she hedged herself round with i'm
penetfable obsiinaey. II | IN my turn assumed
indifference, then she broke ont into Tie widest
friyollty: and when that did nothing she adopted
a manner OF such firtatious audacity as CON-
PEELED me to drop my poor mask of POGO
cuTaDIism and take some kind of action. But
whatever The kind took size always, as 1t were,
headed me and turned me back into The craven
path OF submission. And them when she bad Ii
all her own way she made herself so infinitely
lovely, so maddeDing sweet and seductive a. 10
rivet her chains yet more securely. From right
eOus indignation she reduced me 10 blissful but
essentially gnominious content. For all my love
knew the full extent OF my TALL.
OF all the young and handsome elgbes whom
Algernon brought home as marshlights where
With TO misead and seduce lis sister from her
the one 1 most feared was Lindsay
Kersbaw He was everything that | was not,
and nothing that was. Not above the middle
height. fair-baired, blue-eyed. a little inclined
TO put on fesb," as are SO often the men OF the
fair races, good tempered, full OF fun, super.
hclsl without teech OF Tie darker passions
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Two or three days ago an elderly gentle
man, who was apparently waiting for a
train at the Wabash Depot, began singing
Home, Sweet Home" in high-pitched
voice, and in two or three minutes every one
in the waiting-room was laughing at him.
says the Detroit Free Press. The depot
officer finally approached him and said:
:" My friend, that is against orders"
"What-to sing?"
eyes"
"To sing Home, Sweet Homer"
"Yes."
81 don't believe it! don't believe there's
town in this United States where Teller
who is clean busted and forty miles from
home can't sing Home, Sweet Home ali he
wants to without breaking the law. You
go away and
Be 1t ever so humble
There's no place like home"
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CHAPTER /.

IN HE was young, consequently
!. E. !. e: !"
} thouGhtless; and she was willfuh
I ~ as was but natural. Four brothers
\ who were her devoted slaves
J y father who idOlzed her-a moihe
! j ! who was like her elder sister, and
~ as much playfellow as guide
how should she not be somewhat hard TO man
age ana bad 10 BIT aud bride when the humor
for restraint took her? II was Il mistake TO tIy.
She ought 10 have been given her head; aud what
came after was due 10 myself, ana myself only
] should have understood her better. | should
have been less eXacting - less sensitive toi
nv own part more conSidelate OF her weak
ness-caIl them even faults if You will. But Ii Is
SO easy to be wise after the event! When pas
sion is strong and the heart binds the eyes, we
see all things as through veil; and we know
the truth of what We have seen ana the evil OF
Of what we have done, only when too late.
We re engaged. II mad been hard fight TO
win her from the triple rank OF guardians sur
rounding Father, mother aHd brothers had all
alike protested, the grandmother alone had
taken my part. Zoe herself, while tins opuoSl-
tion actively went on, had stood by NE loyalty
and had refused 10 give me mp She had agreed
TO wait. ana as she was but IS, had not much
10 say against tie three years probation Insisted
on by The family. Perhaps 1t was only FAIR as
they all said TO give her the chance OF changing
her mind. She has seen nothing yet oil lie aud
did not know what she wanted out OF it. Let her
then have her three years OF quasEireedom'
when was not forbidden bur she was not bound
II I could retain my position ID Ter heart ana
make GOOD my holding. well Tor me-. II could
not I had no cause, no claim, no charge
against her. So things stood. aud II must be &C
Sharp County record., 1890-01-09
HOLD ON BOYS.
4th. Query box.

Hold on to your tongue when you
are just ready to swear, lie or speak
harShIy, or use an improper word.
Hold on to your hand when you
are about to pinch, strike, scratch,
steal or do any improper act.
Hold on to your feet when you are
on the point of kicking, running away
from study, Or persuing the path OF
error or crime.
Hold your temper when yon are
angry, excited or imposed upon, or
others are angry with you, ..
Hold on to your heart when evil as
Sociates seek your company, and In
vite you to join their mirth, games
and revelry.
Hold on to your good name at all
times, for it is of more value than
gold, high prices or Fashionable att
tire.
Hold on to your truth, for it will
save you well and do you through
out eternity. ~
Hold on to vitue, it is above all
price to you IN all times and places,
Hold on to your good character,
for it is and will ever be your best
wealth.
Hold on to your money when you
make it as you may need it for more
useful things than now.
Hold on to everything you have or
May have, you will find use fort in
time.