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ROAD TIME TABLE.

Problems Which the Trainmast< fia» to Solwe and Which Call For s Clear Head, Hard Work and a Gen

erous Fund of Patience.

Vers few people have ever seen a rail i ible in course of cons As a matter of fact, comparatively few » seen a tinie table after it has be p'eted. About the only piece of lit a e of this kind that the average cil) gen has need of is the little book handed him by the ticket agent. But tl y far from being a complet: Only a small. percentag that run on the road every da) be found there. The table pre

pared by every railroad division foi use of its enginemen and trainmenu auc her employees in need of knowledge of

the movements of trains is printed on a sheet of paper about four feet long and two feet wide. This contains informatio! about every train, passeuger cr other, that has a regular daily, weekly or b:

weekly run or which Is otherwise entitled to a place on the sheet.

‘The time table is in reality begun in the general passenger agent’s office ‘This officia! is responsible for the through trains and for those passenger trains which will travel over more road than is under the control of a single division. He decides upon the time that these

ins shall begin and finish their runs. Then he divides the proposed running time aceording to the divisions which the rain will traverse and merely notifies each division superintendent that after a vertain date these trains will arrive at his division and tells him what will be expected of him im the way of running time. Then the passenger agent waits to be advised of necessary corrections. Yormerly all the details of time table makine were done in the central office, the division superintendents being called

y a week's conference. Of late years each Civision has come to be more and biore ® separate concern, the general offi- cers exercising only the broadest supervi- sion.

This passenger train schedule from the

genera! office is the basis of the division time table. It is turned over to the train- master, who locks himself in his office for two or three days and swears when

he is disturbed. For the purpose of plotting his time table, as the vernacular of the ra@ilzoad has it. the traimmaster

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Sealed tenders (marked tender for cheese aed butter maker) will be received by the undersigved up to the 15th February, 1900 from any perso wishing to contract for the man» facturing of cheese and butter in the Red House factory for the inceming season; tender to siate wages per month for cheese making aod same for butter making, sleo to etate that the person tend-

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New Books an¢ Magazines.

Call in to night and procure a good book— Two for a quarter—some of the February Magazines are alse in.

Fashion books for February.

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paper. It is about 6 or 7 feet long and 4 fect wide. It is ruled vertically in 288 spaces, each space being made to repre- sent five minutes of the 24 -hours of the day. The hours are printed in large fig- vres at the top and are separated by neavier rulings. On the sides are printed all the stations at which trains stop, and these are arranged upon a scale accord- ing to the distance which separate? them.

The trainmaster proceeds to tack threads upon the board in such a way that the leaving time at each station be comes apparent. Train No. 1, for ex- ample, is scheduled to leave A at 12 and to arrive at B at 4. The thread is tack ed on the board under the figure XII, at the top and opposite the station A on the side: the other end ts tacked opposite the station B and directly under the fig- ure IV. Tacks are also inserted opposite all intermediate stations at which the train will stop, the vertical lines indicat- ing the time. The result is not always a perfectly straight line, for the train- master knows that a train will make slower time on one stretch of track than ov another of equal length. Grades and other physical characteristics of the roadbed are to be taken into considera- tion. This is an important detail tn the case of trains of which the utmost safe speed is required. After his passenger trains are all in place, the traimmaster notes where the east bound and the west bound trains cross. This must not be in the vicinity of a station at which any of them makes a stop, for the obvious rea- son that it would occasion more or less delay and for the further danger of qmussing things up. The leaving time of passenger trains at intermediate sta- tions, when it is finally worked out satis- factorily, is forwarded to the general passenger ageut.

When he has reached this point, the trainmaster is amiable for a brief period. Then he locks his door again and wades into the much more distressing task of arranging cther trains that must have a regniar place on the time table. These are fast freights, milk trains and other listinctively division trains, They are strung ever the board the same as be- fore, but the result is sometimes start- ling. They use much more string than the first kind, and et are continually being interfered with by some line be- longing to a faster train. Now, it is one of the first things taught on the railroad that two trains should not be allowed to eass on the same track. When the ar- rangement of strings indicates that this Is liable to be the result, some switch or éiding must be provided as a refuge for the less important train. Very often the trainmaster must simp!y experiment un- til he brings the slower train up to a point where these facilities exist before jt shall be overtaken by the flier. In mak- Ing a time table for a single track road the difficulties of the situation are in- ereaged in proportion to the number of trossing places. There is no short cut to the comnletion of a time table. It must be worked out exactly as one would en- tangle a bali of yarn. The trainmaster sannot figure it out en paper.

There are still a great many traing enrticularly on a big freight carrying road, that bustle back and forth every day without appearing on the time table. The number of these trains depends up- on the varying amount of business, but these are things that, for the time at least, do not interest the trainmaster. The situation must in each case be stud- ied out by the conductor of the train. There are two ways of running these ex- specials. One is by making them successive sections of a first class train and endowing them with all the rights and privileges of their godfather. For the time being the orders under which they run are a supplement to the time table then in operation. The sec- ond way, and the one in common use, is to let them wiidcat it. The conductor mores at his own discretion, samdwich- ing in as many miles here, there and ev- erywhere as he can without interfering with a train of equal er superier right.— New York Sun.

A man is never fully conquered tetil bis wife bas succeeded in making him say before company that he likes to puak the baby wagon.—New York Press.

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A Specimen of Cockney Humor,

It consists merely in igngring the hor- rible or tragie side of a funny situa- tion. Everybody knows the old story of the cockney taughing after a fire. * ‘Jump, yer silly fool!’ l says. ‘Me au my mite’s got a blanket!’ An 'e did jump, an there warn’t no blanket, an e broke ‘is bloomin neck! Laugh? |! aven’t laughed so much!” — Black wood.

A girl should never throw away her old slippers. They will come in handy at her wedding—and much handier in after years.—Chicago News.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comea.

Habit.

Habit hath so vast a prevalence over the buman mind that there is scarcely anything too strange or too strong te be asserted of It. The story of the miser who, from being long accustom- ed to cheat others, came at last to cheat himself and with great delight and triumpb picked his own pocket of a guinea to convey to his hoard is not impossible or improbable,

Russian families, when moving to a uew home, kindle the fire on the hearth witb coal brought from the ald residence.

It is strange, but true, that today will be yesterday tomorrow.—Chicugo News.

A Hoarried Exit. “Well, the hired girl bas finally gone.”

“Good. How and why did she go?”

“Through the roof. MKerosene.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Widespread Ignorance. Yeast—This man Russell Sage says he’s a poor man. Crimsonbeak—Well, some _ fellows don’t know when they’re well off.— Yonkers Statesman.

A Stadent of Technique. “Clarence, why do you waste time on such trashy love stories?” “I’m making a specialty of learning how not to propose.” —Chicago Kecord.

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CURTAIN RAISERS.

Du Soucket has a new farce comedy called “An Easy Mark.”

Blanche Walsh is on a tour with the late Fanny Davenport’s Sardou reperto- ry.

Rose Coghlan has retaken her place in “The White Heather” with a traveling company. a

Mrs. Patrick Campbell is to appear in a new play by Turgenieff, the Russian dramatist.

John Drew has been so successful with his new play that he will not attempt an- other until October, 1900.

Ethel Barrymore is to have the role in “His Excellency the Governor,” which Miss Millward has played.

“Hearts Are Trumps” is the latest mel- odrama at Drury Lane theater, London. It is beautifully spectacular, but dyamat- leally dull.

Sir Arthur Sullivan and Basil Hood have decided not to lay the scene of their new comic opera in the south sea islands, but In Persia.

Nat Goodwia wanted to stay in Eng- land, but Charles Frohman has been using pressure to get him te come back and fulfill his American engagements.

Marguerite Cornille is the latest French ere in “The Man In the Moon’”’

New York. She is a chanteuse of the erdinary type, with a rather pleasing manner and an adequate voice.

Mrs. Langtry will make her reappear- ance in New York Jan. 15, for five weeks enly, after which she will make a tour of the principal cities. Her play will be Sydney Grundy’s “The Degenerates,” which she is now acting at the Haymap ket theater. London.

HOW THEY FEEL.

Out of sight, out of print.—Hobson.

We are but creatures of a moment.— Prince Cantacuzene.

How soon are we forgotten whes we're out of trouble!—Dreyfus.

As often as the sun doth rise some body’s reputation dies.—Nansen.—Chice- go Post.

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CIVIG ELECTION

In pursuance of an Act of the General Assem- biy of this Island, made and passed in the fifty-first year of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, Chap. 12. intituled: “Tne City of Charlottetown Incorporation Act,” aniof the Act amending the same, 53 ¥ie., Cap. 10, intitule@ “* An Act to amend the City of Charlottetown Incorporation Act.” _Edo hereby give Public Notiee that an elec- tion of a Mayor for the said City, and for one person to serve as @ Common Councilman in the City Council for each of Wards Number 1, 2 and 3 of said City. and of two persons to serve as Common Councilmen in the said Couucil for Ward No. 4 of said City, and of three persons to serve as Common Councilmen in the said Council for Ward No. 3 in said City, being in alla Mayor and Hight Common Councilmen representing the City as follows :—

For Ward Number One.... One Couneillor,

3 - Two... One Councillor, Turee. One Councillor, Four ..Two Councillors, Five...Taree Councillors,

WILL BE HELD ON

Wednesday, the 14th day of February, A. D. 1990,

At the several places, that is to say:

In Ward 1, at or near the ofice of Mrs John 8S. Morris, Queen Sireet.

In Ward 2, at or near the house of Mrs Thom- as Connoliy, opposite Mr. R. Heartz’s Ware- house Sydney Street, between Great George and Prince Streets.

In Waid 3,at or near the Market House.

In Ward 4,at or near the City Hall, corner of Kent and Queen Streets.

in Ward 5, at or near the carriage shop of Philip Large & Son,on Great George Street

And tthe said Eleciion the Poll will be opened at nine o‘clock in the forenoon, aad con tinue open until five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day.

DESCRIPTION OF WARDS.

_Number One shall comprise all that part of Charlottetown which lies south of Dorchester Street, and the parcel of land formeriy known as the Military Barrack Ground.

Number Two shall comprise all that part of Charlottetown Which lies south of Richmond Street and north of Dorchester Street.

Number Three shall comprise all that part of Charlottetown which lies south of Grafton Street and north of Richmond Street.

Number Four shall comprise all that part of Charlottetown which lies south of Fitzroy Street and north of Grafton Street.

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Number Five shall comprise all that part of

Charlottetown which lies north of FitzroyStreet ncluding the Common of the said Town.

NOMINATION DAY.

WEDNESDAY, February th, A. D. 1900 from the hour of Twelve at noon until the hour of Four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day.

__for qualification of Electors. see above Act 51 Victoria, Cap. 12, sections 24 to 29,

H, M. DAVISON,

City C JAMES WARBURTON, om Mayor of the City of Charlottetown.

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We have better qualities at price that should make them move ata lively rate. A few pounds of ulster is worth 3 ton of cough drops.

All wool beaver overcoats reduced from $12.00 to $9,090.

Blue beaver cloth overcoats, our own: make, $7,50. Far caps 25 per cent discount,

Boys all wool sweaters 52 cents, Sizae 26, 28, 30, 32, a4 Buy one and keep the little fellows warm going to school,

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