Show srrxrxr urn 1“ tent which arc fitted up to late the tired urveyors '' accnni-ni- when night c ue lie day for an average railroad Mirvevnr begins at 5 130 a m wlien lie arw-and does lim toilet in a neighboring w ater ditch The frost i till on the ground and the cold water make him shiver At six o'clock breakfast is ready and for half an hour the "gang” is liappv proided the meal is good After breakfast everybody sits around the Silbey camp stoves discussing the ubiects of the day and smoking W hen the clock says seven it is time to “hike" to work which means a tramp of from two to five I miles Arriving on the scene of their la-lo- rs which is in a densely wooded countrv every one is supposed to know w hat to do The head chain-ma- n unrolls his chain the rear chainman takes his position : the stake artist busies himself making stakes and when the transitman sets his instrument all is readv and the real work begins Py this time n the have cleared the wav sufficiently to let a man pass uninax-me- terrupted Occasionally the transitman must figure' his curves giving the “gang" a chance to rest It is now that the story-telle- is r “stars" and his “latest" always given a hearty laugh Aeon comes and ’ncath the trees a cold lunch is eaten and then work is resumed until night falls The “rehike" to camp follows and after slipper the mail from home is distributed It is this kind of a life “far from the madding crowd” that makes a fellow appreciate a letter As darkness comes on the fires are made and after some light gossip everybody is ready to “turn in” Ihit before “good-night- ” is said some one in the crowd starts an old college song which has helped his football team to victory on more than one occasion Simultaneouslv the whole gang takes up the air and it is sung with the characteristic it h their eves snap and vigor moist the tired surveyors now' sav a final p'ood night” as tlicv are ready to enter tile land of Xod where there is nothing but serene hapniness 01 say that tlu life must grow monotonous It does but what is Perhaps it is just “a dav in the survey" Aucq regor N ’a tl |