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SUPERSTITIOUS RAILROADERS.
Th« Effisot Which Accidents Btn Upon
Entlonn and Firemen.
Of the superstition of sailors, flsh
erfolk and others we have all heard;
but that sueh a distinguishing char*
acteristlc should have attached itself
to railway men does not appear to be
generally known. It savors some*
what of the anomalous that suoh a
pre-eminently practical class of men
should be the victims of credulity re
garding the supernatural; suoh, how
ever is the case.
I recently had occasion to inter
view a prominent railway official, and
in the course of the conversation
that ensued that gentleman incident
ally alluded to two collisions which
had lately occurred in the neighbor
hood, following up his remarks with
the announcement that the looal men
would be in a state of subdued ex
citement and "flurry” till a third
mishap took place. Such is the
superstition of the railway man.
Upon expressing considerable aston
ishment 1 was assured that this kind
of thing was notorious among rail
road men in general, and in this par
ticular instance it was known that
the circumstances of the two pre
vious accidents were the chief topics
among the workingmen in all depart
ments, who were also counting on
the posBiDilities of a third disaster.
Curiously enough, a touch of
realism was lent to the information
just imparted by the explanation
that the second of the two collisions
referred to was due to the driver of
one of the engines, a reliable servant,
noted for his alertness and precision,
with an honorable record of some
forty years’ service, who being, it
was believed, so disturbed over the
"omens” of the first occurrence and
so engrossed with what he felt would
be two other catastrophes, that he
committed the slight error of judg
ment which caused his locomotive to
crash into another coming in an op
posite direction. The statement is
given as the conviction of one who
has spent upward of a quarter
of a century among railway
men of all classes, and who has
known the driver alluded to for a
long period of years. So came about
a second collision. Surely supersti
tion could go no further than this.
But here is a tragic sequel—a se
quel which, unfortunately, will in all
probability do much to strengthen
the reprehensible beliefs of these
men. Two days after the interview
above mentioned, within fifteen min
utes’ drive from the scene of the
second collision, an express mall
failed to take the points, a portion
of the train with the tender of the
engine was violently thrown across
the rails and one poor stoker killed.
This is what the railway men will
term the “third mishap.” “There’s
the third,” they say, and now per
haps they will breathe freely for a
season.
A Queer Electric Clock*
T. F. Hudson, a convict in the
Maryland penitentiary,has construct
ed a real horological oddity in the
shape of an electric clock. The dial
is a semicircle of white marble with
twelve marked at each corner, the
other numerals for the hours being
figured along the arc. It has one
hour hand and two minute hands,
the last two set opposite to each
other, and in such a manner that
one is seen at noon and the other at
midnight, and at no other time. The
seconds are marked on a dial that
turns from right to left, while the
pointer or second hand is stationary.
Hudson is a born genius, and nearly
every room in the prison is adorned
with a specimen of his ingenuity.
What Will the Cook Do?
Specialists on throat diseases are
beginning to take unusual interest
in culinary methods. They advise a
kitchen quarantine on wash days
and boiled dinner days, giving as a
reason that the steam from boiling
clothes and pickled meats that re
quire much heat produces many
illnesses of the respiratory organs
aggravates slight or chronic diseases
of tne nose, throat and lungs.
Patients are advised to vacate apart
ments having dark or ill ventilated
kitchens and to keep all babies and
ailing children out of the kitchen
when cooking is going on.
It Reminded Him.
Before the night session began,
the senate had adjourned, says Kate'
Foote, and several senators were
getting their hats in the cloak-room,
Mr. Stewart among them, when one
of his fellow senators said: “Stewart,
you remind me of a clergyman ” Mr.
Stewart naturally stared, then
laughed and said: “How,pray?” “Yes,
•you are like a certain minister who
was telling a friend that he had
preached two hours and a half. ‘Were
you not tired, ’ said the friend, sym
pathetically. ‘No, no, I was as fresh
as a rose; but you should have seen
the congregation ’ ”
UA|M7VldU ■> 1 Ull
Young Yardlie—I understand that
there is a vacancy in your establish
ment, sir, and I have come to apply
for the position.
Senior Partner, dryly—I have been
expecting you.”
‘•Expecting me?"
“Yea I heard you ask one ol the
clerks if it was true that our Satur
day half-holidays were to be continued
a month longer."
ThU Hoy a Philosopher*
Tommy—Are you going to whip
mo, mamma?
Mamma—Yes, I am. Tommy.
Tommy—You said the other day
that whipping never did mo any
good, didn’t you?
Mamma—I believe I did.
Tommy—Then what’s the use ol
whipping me again?—New Orleans
Picayune.
CAT'S cruelty rebuked.
This Tiny Kitten round n Foster Parent
In • Collie Mother#
Kitty. a handsome black collie,and
Smut, a tiny kitten, both the prop
erty of George H. Widemeyor, of
Ne^j York, are at present objects of
interest to the neighborhood. Smut’s
mamma,tor some unexplained reason,
has disowned her offspring. Four
little feline brothers and sisters are
receiving proper maternal care, but
Smut has been expelled from the old
rug which serves a9 the family home.
The poor little thing wandered around
aimlessly and uselessly, plaintively
mewing its appeals for food and
shelter. An attempt to re-enter the
family nest resulted in a castigation,
administered by the heartless mother.
Smut's poor little nose was scratched.
This case of maternal cruelty was
witnessed by Ki tty from her couch
under the table. As Smut was flee
ing precipitately from the harsh
treatment, Kittle rose and inter
cepted the little outcast. There was
what seemed to be a tender of sym
pathy and assistance and an offer of
adoption. When Professor Garner
has solved the mysteries of the lan
guage of Simians he may turn his at
tention to canines and felines. In
the meantime we must assume that
tail-wagging has a vocabulary. Smut
evidently needed no interpreter. The
offer was understood and accepted.
The kitten took possession of a
corner of Kitty’s couch, and stilled
hunger and slaked thirst from Kitty’s
stock of provisions. While this was
going on Kitty stood watch, cast
ing scornful glances at Smut’s
mamma, whose heartless indifference
was absolute.
The affection between Smut and
Kitty is growing daily. They play
and romp together, but Kitty keeps
a watchful eye, for experience has
taught her that the world is wicked.
Smut was stolen and was absent for a
few days. Kitty wandered around
discontentedly night and day, search
ing for her foster-child. She ex
amined every nook and corner, and
her glances at the old cat indicated
plainly that she had her suspicions.
The kitten came back, however, and
her adventures she told her adopted
parent with gladsome mews. Kitty
was overjoyed at Smut’s return.
Museum proprietors have made
big offers to Mr. Widemeyer, but he
will not part with his two pets, who
are proving that a cat-and-dog life
may be one of sweet harmony.
The Milometer.
During the time of the periodical
inundation of the valley of the Nile,
a queer recording instrument known
as the ‘milometer,” is hourly and
daily consulted by a sluggish Egyp
tian officer, who, to judge from his
motions and actions, cares but very
little if the river keeps its bed or
overflows the whole northern half of 1
the African continent. But as it is
the only labor he is forced to per
form, and his bread and cheese usu
ally depend upon proper execution
of the duties assigned, the record is
taken with scrupulous accuraoy.
This queer and ancient “thermome
ter of the Nile” (it dates back to 845
A. D.), is situated at the end of the
island of Rhoda. It is simply an im
mense upright octagonal pillar stand
ing in a well-like chamber, sur
rounded on four sides with strong
walls provided with arched openings
which allow the rising waters free
access to the nilometer. The. re
cording pillar is covered throughout
its length and on all of its eight sides
with cubits and digits nicely divided,
painted with great precision, much
resembling sections of a gigantic
checkerboard. There is a huge
staircase leading from above down
to the bottom of the cistern in which
the nilometer stands, the well-worn
steps attesting to the immense num
ber of times the instrument haB been
consulted.
The Object Partly Attained.
Kiljordan. giving it a vigorous
kick—Boy, this is the third morning
I’ve seen that old rubber boot lying
bn the sidewalk at this oorner. What
is your idea in keeping it there, any
way?
Bootblack—I ain't got nuttin’ to do
with it. The feller that runs this
groc’ry store is keepin’ tab on that
; boot. He says he's goin’ to find out
how many durn fools kicks it in one
week.
Hard Times Softened Birdie.
Birdie McGinnis — Are you still
angry with me, Charlie?
Charlie Bondclipper—Angry about
what. Birdie?
Birdie McGinnis—You know about
a year ago you offered me your hand,
and I cruelly rejected your offer. 1
have — have thought better of it
since.
Charlie Bondclipper — Hump! So
have L—Texas Siftings.
Ouo Thins in Her Favor.
“So she intends to go on the stage?”
“Yes.”
“Do you think she will make a
success as an actress?”
“it is hard to tell; but she has one
thing in her favor.”
••What is that?”
“She has never taken lessons in
elocution.”
Propagation Sponges.
Sponges are being propagated in a
cheap way just now. About three
years ago a cute German divided a
few healthy specimens of live
sponges into a goodly number of
parts and placed them in deep water,
with the result that be now has a
crop of 4,000 at an initial expenditure
of *20. _
The stone Age.
Every nation on the globe has had
Its • ‘stone age” at some period of its
[ history. Even as late as the time of
Moses and Aaron the rite of circum
cision was performed with a stone
WASTE ABOARD BIO SHIPS.
Pork*. KbItm, DlihM, Tablawars rad
Itlaan Brat Onrbourd.
A man came over on the big Cun*
ardor Campania’s last trip, who, be
ing of an inquiring turn of mind,
UBed his eyes and ears to good ad
vantage all the way,and ho expressed
to a reporter the most unqualified
amazement at the constant wholesale
waste of valuable material.
"I don’t think so muoh of the
stewards’ selling saloon fare to the
steerage,’’ he said, "because the food
would be thrown overboard, anyway,
and the stewards or ‘flunkies,’ as the
seamen call them, may well make
something off It if they oan. Their
pay Is small, so the transaction re
sults in substantial benefit for them.
A great many persons come over In
the steerage because they don’t care
what their accommodations are so
long as they get good food, and they
are pretty sure of being able to buy
that from the stewards. Of course it
isn’t the square thing to do, but
what I wondered the most at was the
utter disregard for the ship’s outfit.
"For instance, a steward would
take down the steerage a dozen
dishes and plates of oholce food, in
a large bucket, carefully covered, so
the contents would not be seen. Of
course the bucket contained silver
forks, spoons, knives, and very often
silver vegetable and desert dishes
and individual chocolate and ooffco
pots. When tfie food was eaten the
china and silver wont back to the
bucket and the whole business was
quietly dropped into the refuse chute
and down into the sea! I’ve seen os
many as ten buckets taken down by
the same number of stewards three
or four times a day throughout a trip,
and in every case the crockery, sil
verware and bucket went overboard.
You may take my word for it, that
anything a steward carries below
never gets book to its proper quar
ters again—not only because of the
risk of detection, but because of the
trouble.
"I doubt, though, if the risk is
very great, for some of the officers
are themselves exceedingly careless
and destructive. I have seen large,
brand-new, handsome blankets taken
into an officers room for him to use
as a rug while taking a bath. When
he finished the blankets were rolled
up and quietly dropped down the
chute, and that happened a number
of times during the voyage, too. No,
I can’t suggest a remedy, and the
company wouldn't extend me a vote
of thanks if I could; but it seems to
me it would pay to have those things
looked into a little, and a responsible
man placed in direct charge of
affairs.
"A steward’s pay is very small,
ranging from $5 to $80 a month, but
never exceeding the latter sum. In
many cases they get no pay at all,
but, instead, not only work without
a stipend, but pay the company for
the privilege of serving it.”
A Cara for Rattlesnake Bite.
A cure of rattlesnake bite by the
chicken remedy is reported from
Madison county, Georgia, and the in
cident has recalled other like cures in
that region in times past The rem
edy is to kill a chicken and apply the
flesh as quickly as possible to the
wound; the poison, it is assumed, is
absorbed by the chicken flesh. The
patient in this instance was badly
bitten, but suffered little inconven
ience and was soon quite well.
There is a belief in Georgia that if
the snake inflicting the wound is
caught and killed and its flesh sim
ilarly applied a cure will surely re
sult
A Roman Catholic Procession*
The Roman Catholics of England
hold an annual religious procession
in London when a statue of the
Madonna is borne through the streets
in a sedan chair carried by girls
veiled and dressed in white, with a
band of white-robed children leading
and a guard of men with staves fol
lowing. * The different religious or
ders with banners and bands of
music make up the imposing proces
sion. Hymns are sung by the priests
and altar boys, the subject cf them
being the prayer that England may
be reclaimed to the Roman ehurch.
Hard Times.
“Madam, I—I must apologize. My
—my seven children, and—it’s hard
times, you know—and—’’
“Poor fellow! Here's a trifle for
you. And now tell me how old are
the poor little dears.’’
“Thank ye, mum! Well. Bill he’s
82, ’n Mary’s 27 and married. The
other five's dead, mum. ’N Bill ’n
Mary says I'm too lazy to live, mum;
they’re very ungrateful. Thank ye,
again, mum.’’
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