Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1894 — Page 10

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY luOKXING, APRIL 25, 1894-T WELTE PAGES.

WOMAN AND HER HOME.

.rilE nif.HTS OK CHILDREN ABE SELDOM GIVK CONSIDERATION. Kmrrlrnn Mother Thomh Kngllah Eye Turpfnllnf In Ihr Mrk-liooiu The Mother' Clnh Beautiful at ' Klshtr U'omao ami the Political Life. Have they ever been considered, ever classified and arranged? Have conventions ever discussed them and brainy men and women ever fought for them? And what besides a punishment generally over-sovere for some great fault and not In one case out of a hundred properly adapted to the child's temperament is the result of any attempt on the part cf the small sufferer to secure them? Cillren have a right tm the uttermost care, attention and consideration, even when it Involves serious discomfort and Trouble on the part of the parent. The children did not insist upon being born; they had no voice in the matter. To please ourselves we bring a little soul Jid body into this vor Id. endow it with strong feelings and tastes, and then daily hurt the one and ignore the other to suit our own convenience, because "they are only children and will not know any better." Never wtis there euch a fallacy. They may forget quickJy, but while they last their small woes ure as deep as ours, and the little heart which is hurt by thoughtlessness aches ns sorely as it will in the years to come. Jnstend of laughing at the quick consolation, we should thank CM fur it. ChiMren have a. right to justice, and they almost never get it. There was once a little girl who always had to choose between butter and molasses on her griddle cakes, while her rarents had both. A trifle yes, of course, but not to that child. It rankled all her life lng; the injustice of it struck her afresh every day that ea.me, and no love nor attention which her parents lavished on her in other ways ever wiped out that memory. They are expected to show self-control that would honor a mature person. They pit at a table loaded with dainties and must eat uninviting plain food, seldom varied and served in a not very tempting manner. They are called greedy if they leg for what every one around them is riting. and if they do nt finish all oa their plates in many cases the cold, unappetizing mess is served them again . "for discipline and to teach them not to be greedy." Just try that once on e. grown person. They have a right to their own little persons, and are they not constantly taken up. kissed and tsed around by people whom they intensely dislike and whose touch is hateful to them? These wre only a few of the wrongs children uff er every day and all day. and how any child gows up sweet natured is a Question not easily answered. The greater rights, such as the right to a healthy lody, a clear mind and a jproper start in life, are subjects for a deeper discussion than I dare trust myself to enter upon, but certainly a child has a right to the same demand, and certainly no duty a child can owe a parent is -qual to that the parent owes a child which was brought Into this world not of it.s own volition, forced to grow up. flung into the battle of life and handicapped with the results of tht mistakes and misdeeds of two or three generations. Jessi M. Burgoyne in Donahoe's Magizine. Through KitKllnh Y.yen. V.'hen I was in America I was touched by the sacrificial life of a mother. Girls do not always marry early there. They like a good time, and their mothers cannot bear to part from them, say. from tfteen to twenty-five. T.ut when they jnarry they put on heavier chains than any English mother does, whose love expresses itself differently. American devotion to the children is a religion. The husband rover dreams of demurring to wifi and family quitting . him for month- at a time and sending him to live at his club if the babies health or entertainment seems to call for it. The mother nurses them in sickness, gives up her likes and dislikes, her accomplishments, her amusements, her husband, keeps up or drops a circle at the bidding of the irresponsible small things. She is never divided from her young ones, sometimes not nigha or day. till they are well on in their teens. She is nursemaid, governess, sister, all in one, and it wears her out sometimes injures them this long subjection. In Kngland we used tr have a similar subjection, but it was of the child to t,he mother. Knglish mothers do not think they ought to rank second tn their own house, except to their husbands, and husbands are not always aware how much of self-aonegation even that involves. The wife herself hardly knows. She writes for him, intrigues for him, R-ivea up her music, gives up her painting, her reading. She cannot do all, and busband and house must come first. fW'hen she has brought tip all the children she thinks her toil may be lightened. Tlie girls can take some of the fcousekeepin,. the boys can lift the strain on the family purse. Do they see it, these young espiegles? Not much! Harry is in no hurry to shackle himself. Plorry does not want to do housekeeping. She wants to amuse herself all day long. Nineteenth Century. , Turpentine In the Sick-Itnom. There are very few who realize the value of turpentine in the sick-room. Ia cases of inflammation of the bowels, kidneys or bladder and of congestion of the lungs an application of retined turpentine will frequently relieve the mort Intense pain. As an external remedy it is most serviceable. If the application Is to remain on the patient for any length of time, it should be mixed with lard and spread on flannel. Prepared in his way, it may be kept on for several hours. Use a tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine to half a pint of lard. If the pain is very intense, two or three table-spoonfuls rAiy be used. Another method is to wring flannel out f hot water, prlnkle the turpentine on this and apply the flannel to the spot "Where the pain 's most severe. Cover the vet flannel with a dry flannel and upon this lay a soft towel. Use a tablespoonful of turpentine for a surface about a foot square. This application can seldom be endured more than twenty minutes. iWhen it is removed, cover the inflamed part with a pi3?e of soft linen. If the pain comes from ga in the Btomach or bowels, tight or ten drops on a lump of sugar may be taken with impunity. Turpentine is very good to give In this way wherever there is a bloating of the bowels from an accumulation of gas. Philadelphia. Times. The Mother C'lul. ' Eight years ago the Mothers' club of Milwaukee sprang Into being and has existed for no other purpose than to comprehend the child in all his phases, physical, mental and moral. The first department of child life was comparatively exhausted very soon. Uathing. diet, hygienic living, were studied and comprehended, and in about a year the club passed from a discussion of the physical welfare of the child to a cmfederation of his mental being, and the members dived down among educational problems, taking as the basis of their rrork Pain's ".Education" and gpencer's work on education. In this connection the local schools came under Inspection and criticism, and the Woman's school alllanc wns horn to a distinctive work. About this time, too, the Mothera club becam la- j

terested in the Froebellan theories of child culture and engaged Miss Elizabeth Harrison of the Chicago kindergartens to give a course of lectures beforts it and Its friends. From Fruebel to psychology wasn't a very long ptep, and when the club took, up that absorbing study many of the puzzling moral questions that mothers have to settle were discussed at the meetings. The theories of James. Spencer and Sully were studied, and when the club became deeply interested in the many problems of heredity Dr. Birge of the state university came to town and lectured before it. the fathers being asked to come In and listen on that occasion. Child study has been begun and by the most 'competent of persons. fhe mothers.; Milwaukee Journal.

Hcnntlful at Eighty. Pome years ago there was a famous old beauty in one of the southern capitals who not only wore decollette ball dresses at. eighty, but actually possessed the lovely neck and arm3 which they .iequlre. She was most innocently vain. And no wonder, fur stfie was immensely flattered, and her townspeople valued her charms far above those of her younger and more beautiful rivals. She had a curious way of preparing for a ball, which our modern fashionable women, with their multitudinous engagements, would find difficult 10 emulate. The morning before ehe proposed appearing In full regalia she would take a brisk walk and return in time for a midday dinner, after which she remained quiet with her work until about 3 o'clock, when shft -would retire to her bed. 'take a very hot ptisan to induce perspiration and remain in bed. partaking of some light refreshment at the tea hour, until it was time to dress for her ball. Then she would geit up. take a bath and make the most elaborate toilet. All the household regarded these preparations in ihe light of solemn rites and would never have dreamed of laughing at them or interfering with them in any way. Her i'ppearanee Avas a triumph, never failing t excite th: greatest admiration and adulation. N. "V. News. Woman anil the Political Life. "Woman and the Political IJfe" was the subject of one lecture in a course upon '"Ideal Woman," given by the Rev. Ir. C. 11. Eaton, at the church of the divine paternity, New York. Dr. Katon made a warm apieal for the ballot for women on the ground of justice and right. He spoke of the ability of vomen in all ages and the wonderful power they had exercised in the government when it was legally denied them. "They will exercise power illegitimately If they cannot have it In any other way," Dr. Katon said. "They cajole men by their personal influence. Women are preparing themselves to understand the government. In this city they are studying, attending lectures and law classes. The women of the Primrose league in Kngland do not consider it unwomanly to take voters to the polls or to addr-ss them if need be. Women are permitted to vote in railroad corporations where they have stocks and bonds, but If they put their money into houses they haveno voice in the care of the street upon which they stand. The basis of our government is the consent of the governed, and woman is governed as much as mini, if not a little more." Women nmes. "It would." says a writer for the Worcester Oaze-tte, "be a comfort to newspaper writers if female authors would disclose whether they ought I be styled Miss or Mrs. In writing about a woman's book, after you have said the fir.n time that it Is, for instance, by Sarah Wattles, you cannot go on with the articles and speak of her as 'Sarah' or as 'Battles.' It would not be civil to call her 'that Hat tie woman. You have got to say Mrs. Hat ties and run the ri?k of a serious mistake. The same thing happens in corresiondene: only the rHk is worse. A lady who is a strangerwrites on business which requires an.a.nswer. According to the best form, she signs her maiden given name and her husband's surname, as. for example, 'Viola Maria Agueehcck. How is the unfortunate, man to address the reply? Shall it be to Miss Ague.-hk or to Mrs. Aguecheek? The man is in distress. It ! would seem almost ill-bred to make a mistake, almost an affront, because it would le an intim vtion that the lady was not widely known. Children Teeth. "Watch the way your children shut their teeth." says a New York dentist. "The lower jaw should dose inide. or at least even with the upper. Mary do this naturally, many more must be taught, and the sooner the easier. There is no fact in artistic dentistry more imrtant than this. To obtain the true facial lines is one of the chief efforts of the profession in its present advancement and this shutting under is a great art preservative. A forerunner of advancing age is the heavy lower jaw, which settles more and more hs the muscles of the face weaken and relax with years a tendency which is long deferred if the jaw is trained to be held back beneath the upper. Such will be the case if the teeth close together properly. Watch your children and yourselvcf. and if you have leen shutting your teeth the wrong way for forty years begin today to reform." loom CnlorlnRn. What could be a inure restful color scheme for a sunny room In a country house than gray or sage green for the walls, with a frieze of boughs of deg wood and a rug of soft greens and amber or soft greens and white, with touches of old pink, or for a' room that receives little sun a warm yellowish pink, with a ceiling and frieze of peach tree blossoms and leaves with butterflies among the blossoms? Italian embroidery, which look like shaded silk tapestry, is popular with those needle workers who like to embroider covers for card cases, books and portfolios. The work Is done upon canvas with soft silks and requires so much patience in laying the simple stitches so that they shade and blend perfectly that few ieople have the courage to attempt pieces of any great size. Kxchange. AVorkiTomoii'ii Lunchen. The afternoon Is the longer half of the working day. To eat a heavy meal at noon, without being able to nap an hour, is the mistake that too many womon make. Men don't count. Nature fitted them with strong systems and a quick digestive apparatus. If foods like pastry, meats, fresh bread and pickles, that take from three to live and one-half hours to digest, are eaten, the stomach levies on the vital forces, and the brain and muscles get sleepy and stupid. With a piece of well-done toast and half a pint of cocoa, chocolate or hot milk a woman can keep up her strength and keep her wits sharpened till dinner time. Another excellent lunch Is a lwl of bread and milk. Toasted bread Is half digested; eo is crust; hence their wholesomeness. N. Y. Times. I.ndy Londonderry's Method. Ta y Londonderry had a habit of taking idleness as a recuperating Influence long before the "rest cure" was invented. Once every ten days, after her usual bath in the morning, she returned to bed and staid there until evening. Then she put on a tea gown, had her dinner served In her own apirtmcnt and rested on the jofa, reading a light novel until bedtime. No friend, however intimate, was admitted to see her during the day. London Million. Gloomy Room. , , Th late Sir Andrew Clark, the famous physician, believed heartily In fresh' air, simple diet and A cheerful ndnd as remedial agents. He once visited a patient' whose bedroom walls were covered

with a paper of most depressing color and pattern. "That paper," said Sir Andrew, decisively, "is quite enough to send a healthy man melancholy mad. Its effect upon an invalid, who is compelled to lie still and gaze upon It all day. must be awful. You'll have to move the patient into a more cheerfully papered room." "But, Sir Andrew, this is the best of them all," was the remonstrance. "Then." said the doctor, "you must buy a br!ght cretonne or something and hide these dreadful walls." And cretonne was purchased accordingly. New York Tribune.

A Luncheon Novelty. I taJv this porterhouse steak, which I have had cut two Inches thick and well trimmed of bone and fat, and I put It on the broiler and broil quickly over a hot fire. I place it on a hot platter and spread both sides of it with this mixture I have in a cup. It is a tablespoonful of melted butter, a half tablespoonful of salt and a half tablespoonful of white pepper. On top of the steak I lay three plantains, which I have just fried in butter. The plantains are. the red bananas. Over this I pour a half pint of bechamel sauce, and over the whole I sprinkle a tablespoonful of grated horse radisluYou will find this a delicious dish for a luncheon party. It has the advantage of novelty. Lecture by Mrs. Icmke. Rubber Cnrpet. Among the fresher novelties for the housekeeper Is the reversible rubber rug or carpet. This fabric consists of a thin sheet of perforated rubber cloth similar to that used in the manufacture of boots. Tho yarn is ;"orced through the little holes. It Is then automatically spread on both sids of the rubber sheeting, and the rug is manufactured. The strong features of the product are Its durability and its reversibility, also its low -ost of m i iufacture. In appearance it looks exactly iike a nioquette or othtr pile fabric, and only an examination would reveal the difference In structure. Jute as a filling being done away with, the only exense is for yarn and rubber. American Carpet and Upholstery Trade. Orehlal Decoration. One of the most effective ways of using orchids is to twine them about r let them trail over hoops of various sizes. Tiie hoops may b2 gilded, silvered or ribbon bound or covered with moss dampened to keep the flowers fresh. They may be used upon the table like wreaths in this wjty, or a large one may le used to bolder a mirror cm which there is a basket or bowl of flowers or ferns. Wreaths of the airy flowers are also effective swung from sconces, chandeliers or a lofty doorway. In lighting a dinner table fairy lamps arc pretty placed at each cover, or taller columnlike sticks holding a single candle shaded like those in the candelabra. N. Y. Advertiser. Fruit for Children. I r. "giving fruits ami jams to young children the skins, stones, pips and lit lseeds nuisi be avoided. Thus rsp!errv jam is unfit for children, but raspberry jelly may be given. As to the quantity, if a young child tats slowly and bites each mouthful thoroughly, limitations need not b: made, but children should on no account be alb-wed to bolt tlv ir food. No condiments should h given, but salt and all highly seasoned dishes should be avoided. Sweets and cakes should he gien sparingly. San Francisco Examiner. .in Icelandic Co nine. The costume of the women students of Poland is a plain, full, black woolen skirt, a dose-lit ting black bodice, showing a narrow, snowy linen vest, collars and cuffs and a broad colored ribbon about the neck tied with a bow under the chin, complete, with a fiat, black woolen cap. with a long silk tassel pinned coquettishly on the head, a costume designed for comfort, comeliness, economy of money. St. Louis Post-Dis-path. DRESSES FOR DAISY BELL. They Look Sweet on the Seat of a Bicycle Built for Two. One want supplied makes half a dozen more. No sooner was a bicycle for women invented than necessity arose for a special hat, gown and shoe for the rider to wear. The bicycle is an immense weight in the conventional dress reform er's side, of the scale, for it is impossi ble to ride a wheel to advantage in long skirts, and a great many persons will BICYCLE SUIT. make sacrifices to pleasure that they will not make for duty's sake. No doubt a large number of women now believe In short skirts who would have scouted the idea of them before the advent of the bicycle. The long skirt is an undeniable hinddrance in all active amusements and particularly in bicycling. The placket opening is always catching on the front of the saddle. in mounting, while the hem gets between the foot and the pedal and prevents the machine from starting. Parisian women soon discarded the long skirt for bicycle wear and have now abandoned the skirt altogether, appearing in short, tight trousers similar to those worn by men. It is doubtful if women on this side of the water will follow fashion as far as that. Indeed it is not at all necessary to go entirely without skirts, as a scant one falling just below the knees is no burden, does not interfere with freedom of movement and runs no chance of catching in the gearing when the wheel is in motion -- a fruitful source of accidents. These short skirts are commonly seen now. Full trousers of the same material are worn under them in place of a petticoat and cloth or leather leggings buttoning to the knee. A woman who wears the modern bathing suit has no reason for objecting to such a dress, which Is comfortable and rational if not beautiful. For cold weather it may be made of heavy cloth and trimmed with bands of fur, while for summer wear thin cheviot and mixed goods, trimmed with rows of stitching, will be found serviceable. Drab, gray, brown, navy blue, dark green and black are good colors, and all noticeable kinds of decoration should be strictly avoided. A sketch is given of a bicycle costume in navy blue, the cloth leggings, worn over black shoes, being of the same color. The skirt and Eton jacket are trimmed with black stitching. An outing shirt is worn with a four-in-hand tie. The cap is of white duck. JUDIC CHOLLET.

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INCREASED SECt'RITV THROUGH SEW MECIIAMC.1, APPLIANCES. An Effort to Simplify Rnilrotidlns Help fron Electricity A Protection Fence Proponed Instnnt "Warnings in Cnse of Danger. "When Father Time's train left block No. 1S93 and rolled into block No. 1804 the sighs of relief that were uttered by the railroad presidents and their assistants of the entire country must have developed, at their conjunction, into a prayer of thanksgiving. The years 1S03 will go into railroad history as the most disastrous on record, when the loss of life and destruction of rolling stock is taken into consideration. Fheer luck will be blamed by the managers of the eastern roads for the misfortunes they have suffered, while ' the western roads, through their ofllcials, simply attribute their losses to the immense traffic that swept down upon theni In the later days of the world's fair. It is a pecular coincidence that the month of March, IS93. was the only month of the year that escaped without a black mark in the shape of a fatal accident to its credit. For many decades the month of March has been considered the worst month in the year for fatal railroad accidents, and reliable records will showthat she has well earned this reputation. This state of things was, no doubt, brought about- principally through the season of the year and its effects upon newly built roads. Frost would be leaving the ground about that time of the year aiid roads completed and oporat'-J the fall previously would be called uin by Mother Nature to stand a strain that hastily constructed ioadleds were -not equal to. Hence cave-ins and washouts fell to the record of March. The year !S!:i had hardly begun operations before the great wreck on the F.ig Kuur .Ian. 21 occurred. In that wreck. it will be remembered, thirty-two were killed and thirty-six were injured. With this appalling inauguration of accid.-nts th record of disasters was kept up throughout the entire year with sm h persistency that the )cjc-ers 1 ,,;ol luck cam" to believe the figures IMC wrc 1 1 1 omc-nded. I.nut Vrnr's Terrible Record. The record of the year recalls the worst das of Mississippi stamboating, when lives were recklessly sacrificed to speed, and the time v,h n the wrecks of the frail side-wheel steamers on th"..tlantio ocean brought death to hundreds. Sim Jan. I, 1S'.V', umil Dec. öl f the same year tweniy-cight severe disasf rs have occurred on th' railroads of the country. This is b no means all the collisions and derailments from which death and injury have resulted, but it includes the principal ones. Adling up the totals of deaths ami injur!-s we find that people were killed jnd t7 in jured. This is hi: appalling record, and may well excite a painful interest in the traveling public's mini. In a conversation recent'y with a epknown railroad official, a reporter broached the subject of the - disastrous record of lS'i.i as regards railroad travel. The official sur.l: "The year's record was undoubtedly the worst in my immoiy, but 1 know il will result In great gol. Many things were brought out through the .nisfortunes, ord where thy can be prevented in the 'future preparations looking to that end have already been inaugurated. Many of the disasters occurred to world's fair trains, but the fact that this class of travel was seriously affected is U'j adequate reason why !t should Vie so. On most, of the railroads where extra service was necessary by t Ii-" travel t" Chicago trains were no so freuuent i t the doubling or trebling of them 11 ! have resulted in crowdinc. The cause, in my mind, for the great list of accidents 'an be traced tu tl.c parsimony of a majority of the west. !!; roads. Tho overworking of employes from the tack of train s-i vice is one result of economy, but a more weighty result was th" in competence of those iiiployed. The desire to cut down expenses led to tht employment of men lacking in the training necessary to rightly understand and execute orders, and who were hired simply because they could lo hired cheaply, ft is an undeniable fact that two of the most prominent roads in the 'Fast, roads that have always had the least trouble with their employes on account of wag-s. were- the least sufferers in the way of wrecks laLU year. The linttle t'reeU Horror. "Let me cite the horrible r.attle Creek (Mich.) accident as the natural result of hiiing incompetent employes. The engineer and conductor did not seem to understand the orders given thorn and were unlit to carry them out. Fancy any of our old engineers pulling away from a .station wnen thev didn't understand an order. They would have stayed there a ' week under th-- same circumstances. The lack of system oq. many roads is also accountable for some of the year's horrors. Past immunity, from criminal prosecution has made several companies careless. They know they can be mulcted in damages to a certain amount for every person they kill or injure, but beyond that they are safe from danger. Investigations generally end in nothing, or, if a verdict Is brought in, a prosecution in the courts of the employes or of the officials of the companies rarely or never takes place. The trust of too great a majority of the railroads is that public Indignation will soon blow over, and generally they calculate correctly. This Is a result brought about by the general belief that accidents will and must happen, but the extreme to which this idea may be carried is not taken into consideration. "You very well know that the railroad passenger business of the country Is rapidly picking up. The enlargement of a tremenduous dejot that is, it was so considered five years ago in a neighboring city, substantiates this assertion, and the railroads that have an entrance into the city of New York or reach nearby water fronts are simply swamped by their passenger traffic. The year 1S93 will show that there were 750,000,000 passengers transported, and of these one in each 1.000,000 was killed, and one in each 100,000 was Injured. This is a comparatively small number, it is true, but the fact remains that it. is an increase over 18S2, and that it should not have been so large. There are thousands of competent, hard-working men employed by the railroads who are conscientiously trying to do their duty. It is a pity that the effort they are making to elevate their calling and win the confidence of the public should be defeated by the parsimony of some of the companies and by the lack of system with which many roads are run. To rrrrrnt Hinunter. "The reeent meeting in New York of the officials connected with the Ameri can railway association to discuss the best method of preventing disasters that result In the loss of life and limb on the rail is proof that the warning given by the great number of casualties occurring in 1SD3 did not pass unheeded, and that the public have at least satisfaction in knowing that their interests were dis cussed jointly with tho companies' repre sented. I attended that meeting, and although I -can not tell tales out of school, I can at least say that there were' several very warm speeches made and reflections cast that caused several of the western representatives to squirm In their seats. There were 1S1 roads, opratlng 131,000 mile 'of track, represented at the meeting-, and it was selfevident that the action- we took therein

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viil huve ;in important !ff.rins iip'Oi thr feurity fn-ni iinnuer "t tiif öh.ih'mj p,issfTiers carried annually by the railrads of this country. "Tlu block and yifrn-il systems, which. .vht n they work irrn-lly, prevent a tr.-tin finin ojitriipf; a -ctinn of the ro:t. until th" tr.i'k for thnt section is clear, uro jri-f-Ht advantages upon th" oil !! lliod of tei-'graphie orders between stations, as that was an advance uno. ihe haphazard methods of forty years HE'i. i'.ut experience has shown that these systems are far from perfect, and l.iy road, for ot,e, is tryinc v-ry hard to better that hit or system. The bloc!; svstem depends upon the giving of co--rcct signals t" the engineer and his s "" injr and obeying these signals. If any part of tlie apparatus pets out nf order and fails t Rive the right signal, or any sicnal. or if the engineer th c i: erli some inadvertence fails to catch the meaning if the signal, disaster is only avoided by In ky chance and the public beln; startled by a 1-ng list cf kill- d and injured. "Automatic ileviees 1o supplement human skill and foresight are being Introduced on our best road?, and soon will be as common a:id recognizi i as net es-s-iry on all roads ?s 1he air brakes. It is probable that the extension of electrical appiiamvs to railroads will, in thine;:;future. m:ije traveling on the riil safer than it is t stay at home. That is ;:n oM and broad assertion, but notwithstanding the record of lH'.i::. 1 think we .vball soon see those conditions fui-ti'l.-d. Some inventions looking; to this end are being test, d now. It appears fanciful to Haim that :n electrical apparatus can be arranged :hU h will stop a train at points of dansrer indeendent of th.' engineer; that will warn the engineer of an accident Imploring to th" device itself and its failure to work correctly, and which will enable e ery moving train, switch and diawbrldgo- to operate its own signals. Help from ilerl riel t y. "Pait that is what we now propose to do. and those with me who have wit-n-'ssed the marvelous things done by electricity wiil back up my assertion. Thcs? devices will warn an engineer in aini!e time to stop his train when a train ir approaching him on the same track, tell him when a drawbridge is ojen ahead of hi, whether an accident lias happened to any wnol on his train of earn, and whether a trestle bridge has fagt-cd or fallen clown or burned up. These devices will eliminate as far as human genius can apparently go, every lenient of uncertainty and leave nothing to human fallibility or negligence. They will do everything but talk, and for that they will substitute the sharp and continuous ringing of gongs that will speak as plain as words. "Next to the electrical appliances are the mechanical designs, which are almost, if not equally, as effective in preventing accidents. One of these is the derailment stop, which consists of a lever Inside the driving wheels of the locomotive and within the trucks of the cars, whose lower end depends within a few inches of the top surface of the rail. It is pivoted so as to permit of a movement longitudinally of the train, and its upper five end, which extends beyond- the pivot, is connected with the handle of a cock situated in the main train pipe of the train's airbrake system. When derailment takes place the lower end is brought in contact with the ground either by the wheels cutting Into the earth or by a sufficiency of the periphery of the wheel descending- between two crossties. Tiy the forward motion of the train the lower end of the lever is vibrated rearwardly, the upper end moving forward from the pivot and by this forward motion exerting a pull upon the link connecting with the handle of the main train air-brake lever, owning the same and causing the air to escape, thus applying the brakes. "Co-operating with this ingenious device is the drawbridge mechanism, which consists of a sliding rod lying at and across the land end of the bridge terminal, and projecting out sufficiently to be engaged by a bracket or arm fastened to the bridge and moving with it. This sdiding-rod has coiled upon it a spring, so arranged that when relieved from the pressure of the arm or plate it springs out, and upon the return of the bridge it is pushed back and the spring compressed. Pivoted to the crossties is a bell crank whose ends are engaged respectively by the sliding: transverse rod and a line of gas-pipe lever running parallel with the track. This Is carried back a sufficient distance and there connected with a crank arm, which in turn is connected to a rock shaft lying transversely of the tracks, and to which are connected at suitable places sctorfhaped trip rl?ces which are raifed and lowered by the rotation of the transverse rock shaft as the bridge is opened and closed through the means of the mechanism I have ppoken of before. These trips, whe 1 in operation or raised in position, which- is the position thy occupy when the bridge is opened, en-, gage the levers of the air brake system, and by turning thm back apply the brakes and btop the train. Upon the

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closing of the bridge they are. of course, turned down and out of their working position. "An engineer approaching an open drawbridge first passes a signal warning him to stop, and .failing to obey it for any reason, his levers are struck and turned back by the stops and he comes to a standstill upon the rails whether he wants to or not. A I'roleotlon Fence. "The other device I have hinted at in the first part of our conversation is a protection fence to be placed on trestles. It Is a marvel of simplicity and ingenuity. Lying across the trestle is a series of jointed levers, whose joints arc connected by fusible plugs. Just outside of the structure is a spring coiled upon a rod, exerting a continual pressure away from the structure, yet coiled so that it can be compressed. A line of pas pipe lever connects with the jointed levers and runs back a proper distance, where it is connected to a crank arm, which is attached to a rock shaft, at right angles, and this rock shaft runs transversely of the tracks and terminates in a box having fastened to it a crescentshaped lifter, upon which rests a trip having its lower surface formed like a cam. "With the apparatus in ojteratlon, should a bridge burn, one or more of the fusible plugs would be melted, and the gas-pipe lever, under the influence of the spring, would move down and back, throwing down the crank arm, rotating the rock shaft and raising the trip up out of the 1kx by the pressure of the crescent-shaped lifter against its under or camside. "iShould- the bridge be washed away by a flood or fall through weakness, the connections would be. snapped, and the Fame thing would occur, but If ths bridge, sinks through weakness insufti-: riently to part any of the couplings, the reverse movement is imparted, as the connections, having to cover- the form of an inverted arc. would be drawn toward the bridge direction, and cause the trip to rise by the pressure of the. other lifter against its under surface.

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thus providing for two distinctly different increments in a way that in at once simple, practical and cheap of construction. "Thes devices form the principal Improvements In railroad safeguards contemplated for the coming year. Like all devices, they have defects, but these defects are reduced to a very small percentage. In the matter of electrical signals, snow and sleet are the most f rmidable foes to overcome, while in tns case of the two mechanical safeguards villainous tampering, such as .likely to come from tramps, 1? the only drawback. It takes a case-hardened scoundrel to wreck a train, and while there are many tramps that, will commit petty crimes, the class of murderers is comparatively Fmall. Considering this circumstance the mechanical appliances will surely prove a substantial benefit. "To size up the outlook of lsni. my opinion, as a railroad man. is that the percentage of wrec ks will show a decided decrease under the record of 1M:1. and that the traveling public's Interests are being looked after wi'h greater persistency than ever before." "Washington Star. To Henioe Ink. Mln. Ink stains can be. removed if treated promptly while wet. 1 nt touch the spots, but gut a cup. a spoon and some water. Hold the pots over the cup r drop the water on Mule by little, if this is patiently continhed all marks will disappear. To reniuve a. dry ink stain din the wrt into hot milk and rub it gently until the spot i gvnc Household Keel PCS. . "Mr. AVInmloir'n Soothing Jijrap lias been used over Fifty Years by ni'llions of mothers for their children while Teething with perfect success. It sooth the.tihild, softens the Gums, allays Pain, cures Wind -Colic, regulates the bowels, and Is, the best remedy for Diarrhoea. wheUar arising from tecthlnjc or othr causes. fcFor-.iale by Druggists in every part, of the world. Bs sure and ask for Mrs..' Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup, 2Gc a bottle.