,TH? SAWJttg 1 WMVrtuprkoOhr. ? With woidin to couuad. AW? all elae I loved moet well ? . , Wkt mm couM ttodenUnd; WU de ir vm thing* far off, far off, but nothing Mar at hand. Oh, now it waa the eonaet iato Beyond the weather-vane: And now it waa the chime I heard *rom belfry-tower* of Spain; wrt never yet the little leaf tnat tapped my window-pane. Heigh-ho, the wiatful thing* That reach, a* I did then, f?j? i>M *w the heart rf yoath With eager why and whea! 'Ami never eye take* (teed of them, in all the world of men. mjoaenhine Preston Peabody, in Harper's Magazine. J THE RED LIGHT By H. I. CLEVELAND N the days when the Union Pacific Railroad was fight ing for traffic and exis tence the division between Evanston, Wyo., and Og I ?en, L tah, wan considered to be about M dangerous* for an engine run as any between Omnha and Bait Lake. Trav elers knew tbe dash out of Evanston ?nd then the rush into canyons, gorges, tbe tortuous ways of Weber's. Weav Wa. E<-ho and Pulpit Rock. to say nothing of the Devil's Slide and the Bridal Veil Falls. The track was rough, the curves almost right angles. Hides numerous, and enemies of the Poad everywhere. Miners, stockmen, pioneers and Indians did not meet ear ly railroad building with that cordial ity that their successors have. They liiought little of drawing a rail, burn ing a culvert or starting a loose mass of rock from its perch for a slide down lo the track and In the way of on coming trains. In consequence wrecks were frequent and disastrous. ? ? ? One of the early engineers was n man by the name of "Short" Trendy. ? youngster of twenty-two. full of gin ger and nerve and a capable em ploye. His fireman was younger tlinn be ? eighteen? and by name "Fat" Briawold. They were mutual admir era of each other. "Fat" regarded ?"Short" as the bravest man that ever touched a throttle, and he could give reasons for Ids belief. "Short" ad mired "Fat" because he never failed Yk performing his duty. "Short" was Jnmarried. but engaged *to a settler's Daughter who lived with her father in Pne of the mountain clefts near the Devil's Slide. "Sliort" and "Fat" had fflven this cleft the name of "Alice No. I," the first part of the title being the pame of the sweetheart and the last art tbe -estimate placed upon her both y lover and friend. Just west of the Heft was a great bend in the track, ftbove which hung tons and tons of mountain shale and roek. liable under proper pressure to descend and bury pot only the track, but any train whicii plunged into it. ? ? ? M8hort ' and "Fat" hauled coal west Srom Evanston to Ogden and fruit Mat from Ogden to Evanston. They fan on no particular time card in those flays. They were supposed to get over the track Just as fast as their old Cash loned mogul could and to keep Ptit of the way of anything that bad a faster schedule tlion they. They never ?wung by "Alice No. 1." day or night, but what there was the figure of a roung girl standing at the bend waving ft band and throwing kisses? the band was for "Fat" and the kissea for *Sliort." If it was night when they Circled through the mountains they knew the girl was there because she llways carried a red lamp. She had ?aid to "Short" early In their engage ment: "That red lamp won't mean dnnger. M It generally docs elsewhere. Hed's my color, and when you see that lamp before .vou hit tne bend, you'll know that the track Is clear, that I'm well. ? nd that I love you." So week after week the special freight swept through the canyon, whistling shrilly, and never a miss of tbe Alice of "Alice No. 1." It was something to see "Short" hang way out of his cab when he caught sight ?f her and skilfully drop at her feet lome little package of trinkets which he had bought for her In the town. It was something also to see "Fat" man fully salute his partner's future bride, ?nd giving a few extra tugs at the whistle cord for her honor. ? ? ? Everybody on the line knew of "Short's* girl and the bend she tfatched Other engineers would look for her, but she was never visible un til an engine's scream way down the ?anyon told her that "Short's" mogul was coming. Then she took her place ?nd then she saw the man of her love. This had been going on for about six months, and "Short" was beginning to think of his wedding day, when one lay the mountain rains set In and tre mendous slides descended on the tracks. "Short" escaped all harm for Ihe time, but he was very fearful of the mass of drift above the bend at "Alice Xo. 1."' "Don't worry about that." -said wFat." Alice will watch that, and ?re'll get tin signal sure If there's trouble there." So on a September night tliey came plunging down to "Alice No. t" through the mist and howl of the wind tnd there wns the welcome red light. ? nd back of It the shadow of the girl. Bhe was probably noo feet from the bend and the upheld shale. Ju*t as the engine was abreast of her and Short," leaning out so that he could ?ee her face, a scream came from her lips. There was n rumble up the mountain aide*, a crashing of things, pM awful roir and tit* bond at "Alice No. 1" was wMmr MM li u m? Itnrhr of nek tad ill? staff. "Short" had Mlj 800 fast to work In tad bad bracks so Us train. Hs rrrmsd, "Fat" vorklBf with him; hs dropped tbs ssnd sad whistled for ths rssr hsad brakes, bat what could hs da? Jump? Hs was not built that .waj. Hs aad "Fat" west with their engine and trajn Into the maas and stajsd there. ? ? ? After s long time the ann came out of the clonda around the peaka. the lacks In th* damp valleys piped cheeri ly. and ths Isnf "halloo** of ths cow men rang o*er the groea ranges. At **Allce No. 1** the wreckera had taken ont a ruiaed mogul the battered forma of two men and laid them In the sun light. The cold face of one was turned up to the burning eyes of a young girl, who could not weep or speak. By her aide waa an old red light.? Chicago Record-Herald. A PROSE POEM. Tomcfclug L?tt*r of llMlgutira Wrlttu by mm Ag?4 Woaua Clark. An aged woman clerk of the Pension Office resigned recently and did so In a letter to Commissioner Ware, of which the following is about one fourth: "It is with peculiar sadness that I place my hand In the horny old palm which has so long extended bread and shelter to me and mine, saying. 'Good by. Uncle Sam.' As one who sails from a port where years of deepest meaning and solemn earnestness have been spent? where the surges call with voices of friends and comrades whose tender sympathy and helpful hands have sweetened with hydromel the cup of rue God's children all must drink so turn I from the old building where some of my tenderest memories are garnered, and where I and my two helpless children were shepherded out of the storm Into the fold of a great and good Government. Iu *ookiug backward upon a long experience it seems to me that only 'the true, the beautiful and the good' arise to greet us, for they are the real things? the immortal part of our life on earth. The rest has dropped froiu us as the worn garments of our upward struggle; of ten tear stained, perhaps blood dyed In some dark Gethscmane known only to <>od and the soul." "(Seer* said Ware. "You could set that to music and sing It."? New York World. foitil asQneeti. A silver haired American woman is still living who posed for many a day as Queen of England. And she still recalls with a shudder the burdeu of forty pounds of royal clothes which she wore for so many weary hours. Shortly after the coronation of Queen Victoria the society of St. George and St. Aodrew, of Philadelphia, commis sioned Mr. Thomas Sully to paint a portrait of the Queen in her coronation robes. The artist went to England, ac companied by his daughter. Blanche, a young lady of eighteen. The Queen received him graciously and sat for him until the etaion nu n ununu him till the head was finished. She then relinquished the task to the art* ist's daughter, who sat dressed in the Queen's robes for many n long day. Mr. Sully received $40,000 for the por trait, and Miss Blanche was made happy by an autograph letter from the Queen and the present of a dia mond ring.? New York Herald. Oil Your Umbrella. A former peddler, now a rich insur ance man. stood in a sheltered corner during a big storm and watched the umbrellas go to pieces as the wind hit them full force. "Probably all those umbrellas are wrecks because of the lack of a little oil/.' he said. "That's a trick I learned as a peddler. An um brella is primarily a thing of Joints, and to keep it in good condition the Joints should be oiled. I found that nearly all umbrellas break in the Joints first, and why shouldn't they? The Joints are never oiled, and yet are ex pected to respond easily to sudden open lug. To get the best use out of nu uiv.brelln the Joints should be oiled first with coal oil or kerosene, to clean off the rust, and then with a lubricat ing oil to make them work easily. Thus treated au umbrella's framework will Inst indefinitely." ? Wilkesbarro Leader. Forcing Flower* With Chloroform. Lilies of the valley, azaleas, deutzlaa and lilacs liuve shown themselves sus ceptible to ether or chloroform, and M. Leblanc lias reported to the Societe Centrale d'Hortlcultnre de Nancy his success In experiments with the latter drug. On February 19 tnst he chloro formed some plants of azalea mollis, giving them about half the quantity ho would have used had It been ether, and exposing them to the action of the va por for about forty-eight hours. They were at once removed to a greenhouse at a temperature of sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit. From March 5 the flow ers began to expand a little and at tained about their full dimensions on the 8th. whereas plants grown for com. parlson were not expanded until March 21.? London Lancet. The Water Hat. The Berlin tire brigade is experiment ing with a device called a water hat. It consists of the addition to the or dinary helmit of a circular hose which sprays water at an angle of forty-five degrees In a downward direction. The pipe which leads to this hose Is to be attached to the nozzle of an ordinary fire hose. When in use the fireman Is protected as far as his head and face are con cerned, by a curtain of water, which besides Its coolness, gives him pure air to breathe, even In the midst of a dense siaoke, as it acts as a condensing medium and also as a filtcrer.? New York Tribune. lT?e of Synonym*, A teacher In one of the Brooklyn schools, wishing to enlarge the vocab ulary of her class iu English composi tion. asked cnch member of It to write a sentence containing synonyms of the wqrd "ran" and "tale." One Utile fol low having laboriously looked up the definition* la his small dictionary, sub. mltted the following highly descrip tive result: "A dog trickled down the street with a tin can tied to his narrative."? Brooklyn Eagle. ? ? New York City.? Eton jacket* utv , imoug the most fashionable coats of the season and are given the broad shoulder line of fashion bj means of various capes, cope collars and the like. This one, designed by May Mantou, is peculiarly jaunty and smart, and in cludes both the narrow vest and cape collar, tlie latter being optional, bow ever. As shown It is made of earth brown broadcloth with vest and trim ming of fancy braid and is stitched with corticelll silk, but all the suiting materials of the season arc equally appropriate and plain sleeves ran be substituted for the full ones whenever desired. The blouse Is mnde with fronts and back, the former being fitted by means of single darts, and Is arranged over the narrow vest. The cape collar Is separate and Is finished with a turn over collar, the two being arranged over the Kton and outlining the vest. The full sleeves are mnde In one piece each and finished with flare cufTs. but the tight sleeves are in regulation coat style, stitched to simulate cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is four and five-eighth yards twenty-one inches wide, four yards twenty-seven Inches wide, or XTON JACKET. A Bnm iilllml. Oue of the moat vwful device# for the careful housewife Is what Is called "a broom petticoat." It is Died to brush down the wall, nud ia a pre ventive asalnat cobwebs. It la made of cream canton iannel. and looka much like a petticoat with lta double frill and nCw atrlnga of tape. It opens at the aide, and haa tapes to secure 1L Including the frill. It Is twenty -three inches long. Wmhw'i Saaklac Jacket. The lateat innovation in the world of dress is the ladies' smoking Jacket. From a modlstic point of view this is the most delightful garment lu the world, following strictly on the lines of a man's smoking coat, with pale pink, blue or bu? facings and Jeweled buttons. Floral Ctwlu la PUr? of Btadi. Floral chains are taking the place of the bead ones, which have been so popular until recently. These floral fancies are made of ribbon or silk, and are worn chain fashion. Violets, bou ton roses and forget-me-nots are tho favorites. Attract!** Little Tie*. Now that the i880 effects prevail, it Is necessary to wear something extra round the throat, and the most attrac tive little tlea are being composed of ermine nud sable, with cravats of cream pleated chiffon. Til* Popalar Parasol. The parasol of plain silk with ap pliques of lace, velvet or embroidery will vie with those of fancy silk for Kiipremacy. as the chiffon trimmed sun shade is quite passe. A Mew Belt. Dark colored leather bolt*, stnmped with heavy gold designs, are Intended t > be worn with costumes which In clude some gold embroidery or passe menterie. Krceptlon Frock*. Afternoon roception frocks appear to A Late Design by May Manton. two yards forty-four Inches wide, with three yards of braid and three yards of lace to trim as illustrated. A l'oetlcal Troimiiemi. Where Is the American heiress who can boast a trousseau of thirty cos tumes, lu which every stitch lias a po etic and symbolic significance? A wardrobe of this kind is in the posses sion of Mine. Wong, the wife of the Vice-Couimlssioner from China to the St. Louis World's Fair. These won derful dresses were unpacked the oth er day at the Wong residence in St. Louis. No two of the gowns were alike und many of them are woven in an en. tire piece. The exquisite workman ship in the robes is beyond the power of description. All are embroidered in so delicate a fashion that an artist's brush could not have delineated them more perfectly. Kaeli flower and em blem worked 011 the gown of a Chinese woman of rank signifies some beauti ful sentiment. A robe embroidered with plum blossoms speaks the poetry of life. The phoenix, with Its out stretched wings, denotes wedded hap piness. To the uninitiated eye this wealth of embroidery is the perfection of the artist's skill, but to the Chinese husband each sprig and blossom, bird and butterfly, carries Its own message of love.? Chicago News. . nfromliif Hut* of lltibbcr. The gossamer rubber silk lined au tomobile hoods are not unbecoming, especially to the piquant faced woman. These hoods are gnthered full In front over the hat and fall long and stratixht around the face under the chin to the back. A hat Is also made of this rub ber which lias n bright silk lining. It looks like any other chapenu, and is trimmed with rosettes and frills of J the same, sometimes reversed to give 1 the needed touch of color, I !*1rI<1 Mercerised ('ittivn*. Mercerized canvas, taking the place of old-time Scotch ginghnm. Is shown lu plaids of all si7.es. While costing seventy-five cents a yard, narrow width, it will fur outwear cheaper ma terial. It is particularly suitable for summer traveling or seaside wear, as It needs 110 Marching nnd does not crush easily. An ecru ground, plaided with various colors. Is exceptionally pretty in this material. be made in all tbe lighter and softly clinging fubrlcs, with tiny little ga lift ings, pleating* and ruchings and entire deux or medallions of lace. Th? Now Stlk*. The new summer silks ure shown In scroll and other designs, but in these also the small dot and narrow stripe take precedence. Oirl'ft Continue. The combination of box pleats with tucks is an exceedingly effective one that Is much In vugue. This very charming little frock, designed by May Mnntou. shows them used most satis factorily and is adapted to the entire range of seasonable fabrics, simple childish wools as well as washable stuffs, but is shown in white batlsle ligured with blue. The frock consists of waist and skirt. The waist is ihade over a body lining which is smoothly fitted and the two close separately at the centre back. The sleews are tucked to be snng above the elbows and full below and are gathered Into straight cuffs. The skirt Is cut In seven gores, nil the seams being concealed by the pleats. The quantity of material required for the medium size (twelve years) is ten oilll/s ? OHTWMH. I yards twe:i?y-onc inchet wide, tight 1 and oi:e-fourlh yr.rd? twenty-seven I inches wide, or flro and ouofouitfe ! yards forty-four inches tvide. IN WOMAN'S REALM THE "SUCCESSFUL" WOMAN. IteltotiM OUim4 From "ITho'i Who," Ak*? H?? "SucfMifali." Tbere are so many and such various standards of success that It would be unfair to apply one to tbe exclusion of others; but tbe writer in the Popular Science Monthly for January, who groups as tbe successful women of America the women who lave found admission into the biographical en cyclopaedia which calls itself "Who's Who in America." applies at least a convenient and obvious standard. Not all tbe successful women of America, by any means, are to be found in tbat excellent complication, but all tbe wo men who are there must have achieved some sort of success, or their names would not bave been entered. Tbe writer in question. Amanda Carolyn Kortbrop. has taken the trou ble to pick out and to classify certain leading facts in the women's biograph les in Who's Who. Iier statistics as to age lack completeness, for tbe tra ditional reluctance of women to be communicative on that ooint has led seven out of every teu women in the list to Ignore the request for informa tion on tbat subject. But as to other matters, some interesting facts are disclosed. For example, the occupa tion which seems most to lead to suc cess Is that of "author" under which comprehensive term are grouped nov elists. essa3*lsts. historians, poets and "writers" but not journalists, who form a class by themselves. Of tbe !?70 women Included, 4N7 are authors, 103 artists, ninety-one educators, six ty-tive journalists, fifty-nine actresses, forty-three musicians, twenty-seven social reformers, twenty-one physic ians. thirteen ministers, etc. The tendency of successful women to marriage does not seem great, the percentage of married women being only flfty-four. Twelve of the thir teen miulstcrs and eight out of the nine lawyers are married, but outside of these two classes there Is no group In the list which shows more than six ty per cent, married. Among educa tors the percentage Is tbe lowest of all. only 27.3. Perhaps this Is due to the fact that so many school boards make the marriage of a woman teach er a ground for her dismissal. As to education, the statistics are Incomplete, but so far as they go they show that 11.7 per cent, of the women were educated in public schools, thlr ty-four per cent. In private schools and 15.5 per cent. In colleges. This is a somewhat disappointing exhibit for the higher education, but as a partial explanation. It must be borne in miml that a considerable number of these women nre at an age which Implies a youth In a period when women's col leges were not so numerous or of so high a grade ns they now are. The largest percentage of college bred wo men is found among scientists, minis ters and educators, but. even the num ber of educators who have had a col lege training is less than one-half, while In all tie other professions less than one-fourth are college women. Perhaps the most surprising tiling in this comparison is that It seems to show that three times as many of these successful women gained their education In private as in pulpit* schools.? Boston Transcript. Health Note*. Many families that number dyspep tics among their members are now tak ing what might be termed the toast cure, toast being substituted for bread at every meal. In many cases the good results have been rapid. However, the toast made in the ordinary way? that Is, soggv within and scorched outside ?will not benefit. The bread must be thoroughly dried out in the oven be fore to., sting, then brought to a gold en brown. Perhaps more than one dyspeptic sufferer could trace his mis ery to soggv bread. Even "second day" bread is not dry enough for a delicate stomach, and. contrary to nil erroneous Idea held by many, toast properly made does not cause a slug i glsh state of the system or work any I other evil. A specialist Is thn treatment of ear troubles explains that cotton used to protect the ear in sea bathing should first be immersed in hot olive oil. A tcaspoonful of the oil held over the Inmp is sufficient and the cotton Is dipped and soaked in it and then squeezed as dry as possible. Only a small piece is needed, the speelalist pointing out that wads much too large, are. as a rule, forced into the ear pas sage. Persons with chronic or fre quently recurring ear trouble should take this same precaution for the daily bath. Emphasis must be added, how ever, against the habitual use of cot ton In the ear, which is a practice that speedily makes the organ sensitive, and must be permanently continued or inflammation follows a single omis sion. Whelt i fllrl MlintiM Ilj??e a l,otfr, It is rather a difficult matter to soy exactly at what :iro a jrirl should have a lover. Circumstances alter cases, and an age which might b^ applicable to one girl, would be (inadvisable in the case of another. One Is fairly safe In saying, however, that in the great majority of 1?> vo affairs, the happiest are those which are never thought about until a uirl has passed h ?t twon tl.Mh birthday, Ily that time a airl may be snld to have reached 1'io ns?t? of discretion. Sli cmbruidu'ed a gr4c* j Cul *yra y of dufoie*. Potato Ft*. reel and slice half a dozen potatoes ind chop iliree small oulous. Butter l deep bilking dish and lay In a layer >f potatoes, then oue of onious. and a iprinkllng of chopped cold meat. Sea* ton with salt and pepper; then repeat the layers aud rover the whole with a ?rust made as for pies and rolled :wlce as thick as for the ordinary pie. Hake slowly until tbc vegetables are lone. tntrnnnon , Equal quantities of mashed potatoes ind lioiled greens. salt, pepper, butter, me egg. Mix the potatoes and greens wgetber. season with salt and pepi>er. nld a little butter and the egg welt >eaten. Butter a basin and shake in tome browned bread erumbs: put in he potatoes and greens, and bake in i hot oven for three-quarters of au lour. Turn out of the basin and u a vegetable dish. Whole Wheat 0*m?. Mix two cupfuls of whole wheat lour with oue teaspoonful ol* salt and :wo teaspoonfuls of sugar; beat the rolks of two eggs and add one cupful if milk to them; add the milk and ?ggs to the flour, beat until smooth and idd one cupful of lukewarm water; rhen well beaten add the whites of he eggs beaten stiff and two level 4?a spoon fuls of baking powder; till lot greased gem pans ami bake in a lot oven twenty-five minutes. Flalt a la lUlno. Free one pound of cold cooked cod isli or haddock from all skin aud bone; >ick it into small pieces; put two level tablespoon fuls of butter in ? frying )au; when it has melted add two level iiblcspoonfuls of flour: stir until smooth: then add one cupful of cold liilk a little at a time, one level tea spoonful of salt and a little pepper; mt this over hot water: beat t.se yolk ?f one egg: add it to the tish and cook me minute: add a little chopped parl ey: serve on toast or till paper cases ?r shells; spread over some buttered ?ruuibs and brown in quick oven. IClhbon Cake. One cup of sugar, one-half cup of ?utter. two-thirds of a cup of sweet nilk. two cjjgs, one teaspoonful of Team of tartar, oue-half teaspoonful ?f soda and two cups of flour. Flavor vith lemon or almond. Put two-thirst ?f the mixture in two oblong pans, iml to the remaining third add one arge tablespoon fill of molasses, two birds cup of chopped raisins, a littla diced citron, a little grated nut uieg ind one tablespoonful of flour. Bake n one sheet. Put the sheet together vhile warm, with cranberry or any, art Jelly. To restore t In* color of cashmere that ins been splashed with mud. sponge he discolored parts with water, with i small piece of soda dissolved in it. Toilet soaps may he bought in luantity as advantageously as latin Iry soaps. Fine toilet soaps need dry* ng and ripening, just as much as the ?oarser varieties of the laundry. Mix fresh Philadelphia cream eli-vse villi cayenne pepper and paprika. Wold in a ball and scud to the table 0 be eaten with apples or pears ut lessert. It Is good with saltines or >lher crackers with the salad. A growing plant should be kept In iie room with a piano, ways a piano .uiM?r. As iong as the plant thrives lie plaim will. The reason that a pl iiio is injured by a dry. overheated ?ooiii is (hat all the moisture is taken ml of liie sounding hoard. The board s forced into tin* case so tightly that t bulges lip in tln< centre, anil though lie wood is supposed to be as dry as )ossihlc when this is done, it contain* ionie moisture, and gather* more on lamp days. When this moisture U Iried out the board flattens and finally ?racks, A bedroom set for a young ylrl ir> vliite enameled wood with pink roses vns admired. The bed was of wood, vitli a rather high headboard of a graceful shape. and the roses wore ills* >oseut were tucked III along the sides. The effect was of a full puff. All tln? cushions, etc.. of the room were in this ?retonne, and the curtains were barred liinity, with a f temperature which somewhat" e.v ?eeds 400 degree*. In addition they ndicate at what temperature different Heats ? should be cooked. Mutton leeds the lowest temperature, :toi? de crees: beef requires J'.lo demei's. and y?rk and veal each degrees. I'.ivad 1 ml pastry need I'M degrees, but bis Miits inttst have t.'Hi degrees. I'lain ?ake bgkes well at .".'Jo degrees, while tpongc cake needs only !M)0 degrees. I'lie thermometers, which cosv fro:n f:; to can b?? used in boiling wu* of jv lal u* well as in the oven.