RECREATION. 



XXXlll 



LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE SIGNALS. 



Just one long blast on the whistle, 



this styl*\ 



Is a sign of neafing town, 

 A railway crossing or junction, maybe; 



And this — , the brakes whistled down. 



Two long are the reverse of 



the last ; 



And this the driver's reply. 



When word comes from the conductor to 

 stop, 

 A sort of cheerful Ay ! Ay ! 



These three will show 



when the train comes apart ; 



This ■ — means two different things : 



That the train will back, or asks you to 

 note 

 Some special signal it brings. 



These four belong to 



the flagman alone, 



And these are 



meant for the crew ; 



But this one — — , when 



crossing a road at a grade, 

 More nearly interests you. 



Five short ones say to a 



flagman on guard, 

 "Look out for a rear attack !" 



And a lot like this » 



that a heedless cow 

 Or a deaf man's on the track ! 



Four Track News. 



The B. & O. express was tearing away at 

 the wild and awe-inspiring rate of 6 miles 

 an hour, when suddenly it stopped. Most 

 of the passengers did not notice the differ- 

 ence ; but one of them happened to be anx- 

 ious to reach his destination before old age 

 claimed him for its own. He put his head 

 through the window and found that the 

 cause of the stop was a cow on the track. 

 After a while they continued the journey 

 for half an hour or so, and stopped again. 



"What's wrong now?" asked the impa- 

 tient passenger of the conductor. 



"A cow on the track." 



"I thought you drove it off?" 



"So we did." said the conductor; "but 

 we've caught up with it again." — Exchange. 



An evangelist in a little town was try- 

 ing to give his hearers an idea of the length 

 of time those must suffer, the end of whose 

 journey is the terminus of the broad road. 

 ■ "My brethren," he exhorted, "if a little 

 bird were to dip its beak in the Atlantic 

 ocean, gather up a drop of water and then 

 hop across the continent — not fjy, but hop 

 its way inch by inch — until it reached the 

 broad Pacific, and there deposit its little 

 drop of water, walk back again and dip its 

 beak in the Atlantic, and continue this oper- 

 ation until it had emptied the Atlantic into 

 the Pacific — my brethren, it wouldn't yet be 

 sun-up in hell." 



Some shuddered in their seats at the aw- 

 ful word-picture, while others of the more 

 zealous brethren cried aloud : "Amen !" — 

 Life. 



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