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he engine Usefulness w vv “‘1 ‘ the steel rail 3 Eh snapping continued at mg at tnemendous Sp! grade For a while t ascent seemed to incr. diminish the .velocity 3 “on rails, but gral a still. . ENGINE WORKS B Above the d( Wind in his ea] rattling and S. occasional deep iron maniac ab expeCLBj [be h motion was abs men were in te â€"â€"'“c Horseshoe a velocity y declares was close to VA“" 10 from [he locomot could. Four car pressure of the strength with eac away. compelled I strength to cling box cars, which, pitched and [OSStN heavy engine like in a gale. from end Methods of slackening speed. but iso, and l have had 13 years' without success. Every fresh effort ' , , . ' ' . 1' h- seemed to spur the obstinate machine ;thls question. I am not an Eng 18. into greater efforts. 1 . 1101' are my sympa- Thc big locomotive tugged and ,thies in general with England; but: \in long train f , this case I do believe that England _ ous pace. _ Easter ' engine bounded along will do credit to our common“ human- the heavy cars behind swaying and ;it.V by forcing a. small State lashing around the curves. ' ' i itself a re calling B RAKEMEN IN PERIL. public to give equal rights 1 ‘to all i l ’ 1 Thelirakemen who were feverishly . THEY W'AN’PED ENGLAND. : throwmg on brakes could no longerf : stand upright. From end to end of!" “Whatever one may call England’s the cars they crawled on their stom- ‘ .certain that in former years most of} s as they their President at their head, 5; away monster, they dare not StlI‘,’ but fasked England to come to their aid i grippéd1 the footboard W‘th both hands and take over the State. ~ i and .e d on with all their str 1 - » . ' _ , . , ° ; “Th e h nvested thei Dimm- FROM THEIR Posts. ' 08 w 0 l r money in i I i ithe country had no hope ofi sever hav- “bhe's loose.” shouted Mahoney to 9. . . .. . . : his fireman, Who was busily seconding ing a. vaice in the government! oil the . his efforts to stop the wild career of country, and yet the Uitlanders were the locomotive, . - ' the .twice as ! numerous. at least, as the ori- .5 a i . For in my mindI dog' £1.11. 1, u .f' g in “‘2- - . ._ (J b O D [.8119 I O A‘Iv-n . l ‘ \uus case 1 n... u. a meenaous pace. .I‘aster ' engine bounded along, in“ do crefllt the heavy cars behind swaying and AU] by forcmg lashing around the curves. .' fitself a republ BRAKEMEN IN PERIL. {to all. The brake-men who were feverishly; THEY “7 Ihl‘owxng on brakes mum rm 1”. » he ordinary methods of stackening speed. but without success. Every fresh effort seemed to spur the obstinate machine into greater efforts. The big locomotive tugged and hfnn-â€" be [rain had not pa: the mountain 3 quarter Maloney noticed that t was ploughing ahead 3 of speed. He shut off the air brakes- NMM‘M‘ , - . . gwui be over at 12.01. It would 1 crack had been erecned and the gram = . - :closed rom t1 at 12 but ‘10 the ‘ dropped from the top. p p y 11 ‘ iIression. Let us proceed to cons in short, last week afreight locomo- {DOW what the apostle means when tive. No. 433, under charge of Driver “says: “I press-toward the mark.” Maloney, ran away at the top of “~â€" Calcuon Mounmj BRITAIN IS 1?: THE RIGHT. on i‘rh'lt Q ln‘I.‘II‘. II. - n, and wound up at, Dr lh‘: n6Xt 81111.7]..an n ..... 1 «LL; he run was unsanctioned, in fact unexpected by the railroad company and consequently was not made under the supervision of the proper time- keepers and other authorities. The trip was not made one specially pre- pared track, but at thatamore suit- able course could not have been ob- tained, unless, indeed, a perpendicular E track had been ereCLed and the drain dropped from the top. 5 5" ”19." scrambled train. leaving the ’ ‘0 Pursue its owz UVL “o 1 . ‘ After a delay of several hours an- buch veloaty was obtained last week other locomotive arrived and towed on the Bruce division of the Canadian ' the runaway and its train to :Toronto Pacific Railroad _ at least James ,‘Iunction, where the damaged engine , {is now undergoing repairs. The crew Maloney, 0f ,Toronto Junction, a lame yet wondering how the train freight engineer. says it was â€" and, as gtmvelled over the worst piece of! road 1 result the company is out 3200 for land the most dangerous curves on: the - . , ,. I ' ' ‘ s and e grime and $1,,600 the estimated value , ifingglgifn ti: “1.031: ”$1161, fife; . serVices of one of its best i were alarmed by the whistle, it was‘ engineers for a fcfl‘tmght- And Ma- I too late to jump. so they. were forced loney did not receive the usual! cash Eto stick to the train and’ trust tq luck, bonus for the record-breaking trig! Any veteran engineer will tell you either. that General ' Buller’s job in South Africa is parlor croquet compared with N0 TIMEKEEPERS THERE. an attempt to subdue a locomOLive on The run was unsanminnad in fnnd- la rampage' "V““* Di driving “1189.18 1 their side on S f destruction, 1e 0. (“Op betW’een ; he Speeding mass 18 every car in th 1A speed of 150 miles an hour is a possibility of the future, when aeriel navigation has been perfected. and when submarine craft dart along in ocean depths at double the speed of the Imperial Limited. When sucha speed is obtained'now-aâ€"days, it is day accident, not by design, and usually something else is broken beside re-x cords. ‘ Such velocity was obtained last week on the Bruce division of the: Canadian , Pacific Railroad â€" at least James {I Maloney, of ,Toronto Junction, a 1 freight engineer, says it was â€" and, as ,’ a result the company is out $200 for : repairs and $1,600, the estimated value of the servxces of one of its best, [b with eachp The Crew (lung to the Car Texts-Rapid")? With Which the Busineéfloqu Wreck- ed the Internal fiaehlneryâ€"‘Terrlble Experience of the Engineer and fire- RUNAWAY TRAIN ON THE CANADI- AN PACIFIC RAILWAY. -~ RAN AT LIGHTNING SPEED B locomotive Four car 1. ’-GRADE SAVED a .wnue th e advent o? he jerking .and- SW absent and the mo wlna, increasing in .h each plunge of theprun- riled them to use all] their c_ling to the tops. of! the 11011, despite their l‘oads, tossed in mm .-.__. - _ L3 a wreck as far as concerned. The whole bouiders 1 Joined them back as far 1 the PI‘ostrate the en gine, ._- 2-- . A ona specially pre- : that a more suit- 0t have been ob. 5d. a perpendicular they and brokén a. long [_ he TH EM‘ rous. at least, as the ori- thing in . .usurpers. bor in my mind I do rse. The . noL give to the Boers of! the Transvaal :hem, and f the Litle of nationality. 'far away {killed the Kaffirs fifty years agoJ and 90881ny {they took {hair [11' . ' ’ ' bacl; tile :in this LhaL ' ' nn n- -- Inter- â€"â€"-â€".â€" .- LIBRARY OF TINY nation to come to their aid and take over the State. ' T :set my watch by the regulator at the Ijeweler’s last night. The sermon gwili be over at 113.01. It would have j closed promptly at 12 but tier) the‘ dig- fression. Let us Droceed tn mmmm. 1' Any veteran engineer will tell you I the .WOI'St, prizes being awarded ac- . that General Buller’s job in soquh’cordmg to these respective merits. Africa is parlor croquet compared With Some people " jingle” readily, while an attempt to subdue a locomotive on others seem devoid of all idea of rhyme a rampage. ' NO APOLOGY TO MAKE. and mm than, so the efforts are sure to . . create reat amusement. I have noticed, said the Rev. Dr. ’ g . "Goodman, pausing in his discourse, . . ’ ;th-at two or three of the brethren have ! the writer found that “fortune telling flooked at their watches several times .' by numbers” was received with great {in the last few minutes. For fear ° . ' . .. . . m ' . ~ _ :thelr timepieces may not agree I Will I! n my”? For this, .plepare before l'say that the correct time is 11.45 I an “V0 381:5 0f D'Umbersâ€"runnxno l ‘ _ n ‘ - - Maloney says he firmly believes that when the train reached the bot- tom of the mouncain it was going in l the neighborhood of 150 miles an hour. The best evidence of high rate\ of speed at which the engine must; have travelled is found in the condition of the under machinery, which was simp- ly torn to pieces by the excessive rate at which it was forced to move to keep pace with the tromkling side I “inner motion,” that part ofalocomoâ€" tive’s machinery situated between the driving Wheels and the forward trucks, ;had disappeared. The terrific Speed at- ftained by the driving rods had been itoo much for the strength of the small {steel parts and they had torn them- selves free, flung themselves against the boiler and forward trucks. and were scattered along the runaway’s trail. THE IND UCEMENT nauonauty. They simply affirs fifty years agoJ and air place. There is nothing implies proscriptiun for ,a ENGINE IN THE SHOPS. nptly at 12 but ii'or] thefifiéI Let us proceed to consider the apostle_ means when he war is thq beSU way : and insecurity that lyze the country here shall suffer from it; suffer a are!” I'm“ by 01: small books in t0 a Frenchman, can pack 7m} 00 his a single Portman- country VOLUMES Dou‘ts, receives a : of the President, one can' imagine t the very first cum- uo European na- Church is his :heathens t0 Snakes and has only: 60,005 great deal will gain, be no dis- "3 neces- Let the one the 5 by the hand The Side that; can drag the other across the: room wms ‘ The very sample gam Here new. qu players hold t. aloft, formng an arch under! ,. uren and is so old as to have 9 hair I I EhOSL' 0: I'i: .‘ tions, as " enwardJ” gding the the ‘VI , ....._ um um urination "mg.” The first player says to the second, “Santa Clause is coming.” “How is he coming,” asks the one addressed. “Singing,” rejoins the first. The sec- ond then turns to the third with, "Santa Clause is coming.” “Skating.” And so questions and re- ply go round the circle, through all I_h“ “7nl‘tln L- A ' 0 ja list of those playing writes a has name “Sauciest. ” f It is then number 193 Lurn a question; while the fortune {reads another number, and u :ROldLflg the, (lu‘mxcate I'pnnnnda u gnu advance to the 7___ “HI-3t) u. EUUUIal question, such. as “Who 18 the saucxest person m the room?’ and drawing out a . Perhaps it is 19. The players consult their cards and the one holding 19. ’ his nflnTID ”AQnA‘JJANL )3 â€".vvâ€"~ AMI-.115“! {from 1 to low-plainly written or : ' , r thick paper cut into incl lsquares. Then enclose each set in at envelope, marking one “numbers” anc the other “duplicate numbers.” This is very necessary, or they may become mixed. When ready to play, the num- bers are all dealt out to those who take part in the game. If 50 are play- ing, each person has two numbers, if 25, four; but all the hundred must be distniburted. It is of no consequence it some have one more than the oth- ers. The fortune-teller then opens the packet marked “duplicate num- asks a general question, such: as “Who is the saucxest mrcnn Fhfl laét 'as may express gratitude, admiration or disgust at the selection, as the writer pleases, When all are finish- ed, the hostess collects the cards and reads the effusions aloud, but with- out mentioning the author’s names. The players then decide which is the cleverest, the wittiest, the silliest and If at the Christmas party it _be in- tended to present the guests with small gifts, nothing will be found more novel and interesting than “the poeti- cal eXeress.” ;When the company is assembled, a. ring sounds at the bell and a box addressed to the hostess ar- rives most opportumely. Into this1 each person is invited to thrust a hand, through an opening in the top of the express package, and draw forth a wrapped parcel, at the same time being furnished with a card and pencil. On opening, these bundles are found to contain various pretty minesâ€"ornamental, practical and hu- morousâ€"and everyone is required to write an original four-line verse in re- ference to his or her gift. The stanz- H 50“ pay me ? sa the Old Bailey, y the FHA" fUN fUR THE HOHMY PIER”. abers” was received with great t. For this, prepare before- two sets of numbersâ€"running to low-plainly written on and the it.” quxestlon on iEDuBt pay a f fterward. the spur orfeit, to V me '9 say the bells "Bailey, ’ say the bells at the court are Dd Wear black Second Player. 2: They then “ Places, While IIIII _J you“ the formâ€"nev-Eeller , anu the one abers.” This is ' may become 1913. 111120 Ems Reasons Given by a Doctor “1., We h ed to thrust a Not Live Longer. aning in the top , these bundles emtely, . various pretty ractical and hu- : is required to -line verse in re- ift. The stanz- ude, admiration lection, as the 1 all are finish- 3 the cards and .oud, but with- than you expected, and you come near going through the seat. It's the same when one encounters any unanticipat! ed dbstzacle. The other day one of my! patients attempted to light a cigar," and in carrying the match to the weed 3 he struck his 'knuckies ngiinst who had miscalculated the height. of the silliest and the bottom- step in descending :1 flight ; of steps. .She thought it was similar‘ t . . kd almO‘J’t; . 56115911883 by bumping my held : gainst! mg last year. a rafter in the basement of this hum-5 fortune telling ! in-g. l thought I was moving along yed with great .5 very caution-sq, because it was quite '1 repare before- I dark, guy I nearly Iractured my skull. l 1 . ' ' f , n '0 total u t 'i ' -Â¥ ubersfx'unnlng 3:12? yiuuiose in tlhishgufilzlxl‘nctufin‘glta ‘ b written on ! year you begin to see why gpeoyieft r cut into inch ; only live. to fifty instead of one hun- i t. ach set in an ' du'ed.“ id numbers” and l H' "Irv“ n-- -.__ S and end- skipping, ’ho cannot 809d Sport ? “H6 to ask the boy, Te viction THE LARGEST HEAD. '. James Menut, of New YOJ is 33 years of a -' In \Varbury, day lasts from M out interruption m. :eLersourg and in Tobolsk, Siberia, the longest day is 1.9 hours and the shortest 5 hours. In Tomea, Finland, June 21 brings a day nearly 2'2. hours long, and Christmas one less than 3 hours in length. 1n Spitzbergen the long" '1-2 months. ‘ In London and in Breme est day has 16' 1-2 hours. in Hamburg and in E longest day has 17 hours. In St. Petersburg and i Siberia, the longest day i and the shortest 5 hours. 1â€". n‘ It Is ‘4th um Al“ 6, ‘0 per cent of sugar, therefore the bees; must make, in round numbers, 1510;; 000 visits f0! one pound of honey. v ' 6"" ia day, allowing for intervals of This would make it visit 7,2260 flov ‘day, or 648,000 in a period. of ’months. Mr. A. S. Wilson, in a 1‘ paper, showed the enormous umou labor gone through by bees in me even a small quantity of honey found that approximately 125 hea red clover yield 15 grains of s: or 125,000 heads about two pound: eash head contains some 60 flare: follows that 7,500,000 distinct {lo tubes IDUSL be sucked in order u tain two pounds of “mm" ‘ . , after close observation, ffound that a bee would often visit as i 3many as 2'? flowers in the course of a -Iminute, though with other plants i ‘zwhich the honey was difficult to ex- itract, the average would be as low,’ as seven. Striking a mean between 5 these two figures, one may say that an ordinary working bee visits 15 flow- ers a minute, or 900 an hour. Consid- ering the late hours to which a bee ‘5 works, it is probably no exaggeration fto say that it is busy. [or eight. hours ia day, allowing for intervals of rest. This would make it visit 7,260 flowers a "day, or 648,091) in a period. of six ‘ months. Mr. A. S. Wilson, in a recent f D. ALWAYS THE OTHER BOY Works Very Much Longer Some ll [6 ”mum [if they be quickwitted, (diversify it bv giving the poor emperor a differen‘t complaint and different style of mourning, even more absurd. The game. goes on until all have had a turn, while a forfeit is demanded from an actor or spectator who indulges in the least- suspicion of a giggle, or the ghost of a amide. uuxall quantity or honey. lie that approximately 125 heads of wet yield 15 grains of sugar, 000 heads about two pounds. As eud contains some 60 florets, it s that 7,500,000 distinct flower- nuSL be sucked in order we pounds of sugar. Now contains, roughiy speaking, 75 it “F Q’l‘lnn“ ‘ > THE LONGEST DAY. Her Eight Hours a Bay and lnnnmvmble Journeys DON’T BLAME THE CHAIR. n May 21 $311362; In“ always the THE BUSY BEE he thought it was similar? ; . ., . , . s, but it was only half as fl“??? qnaxdnunc he result was that she; ne '1 V‘mmge Of a he pavement with a jur’thal the maximum be k 0 aidjtion for the micro‘ . mp 01 Wee s. n one, ‘ __ , 'as myself knocked almost,l :1 afb ,1 ‘XTJM' 0‘: passed below bumping my herxd rguinst! “L6" “5“!" teat-had he basement of this build-f HISâ€"{01” 01“ ugh; I was moving along; The question ' - l f t ed (11:11:18.1), settled as to the weary racur mysu.;-.. ‘ Dtfil up the mount of vi _;£1r-st outbreak of the p here. 2- in to see why peoyielthe bubonic p‘: fifty instead of one hun- i - ‘ ' descrxbed the disease as havin *- . T- .~ . In horthern Axum duri' [E BUSY BEE fourth century BC. -.-.-n outbreaks rvlute' :11: Hours a [my and Makes ' der Rem, memblc Journeys l to the » -- l' ' â€" “at '4” - ter close observatlon, ”pféu? ‘*{_ 9931.3 an I . . . 10‘), zln'J 0f (J({llu5’ In U. . bee would often VISJt as .x. ‘ ‘Q.‘}gno to o r. mother, with con- Bremen the the largest head 1n Dantzig the 18 Was recently HOSDital. “The man measures Circumference, longest day in York, who Pléu‘A‘S Than 8 amount; of s in making IZ, w i t: h- inches long- “““ELV'U- Lu no nu--\.,, There is no absolute sp-ecifi" for the plague. though goo} 3 have been obtained from P“ Haffhine’s preventive serum. Th era] means so far adopted 09 ii} the plague are szlnii.r.5' Pr?“ Skilled nursing, suizabie {eefimi the proper use of antipyretlcs. dynes and stimulanu. Light and air are in a high d unfavorable 1.0 the dewlopment 0 plague“ In the open air it drieg .UP and Withiers, it loses its power 01 111‘ fie-Otion in six (ii-13's and, general]! Speaking, the eximi'iments tend. W Show that: it is :1 shortiived orgamsm except under conditions SpeClfluy adapted to its wants. ‘ .:v:.. [:13an Gradually {base I'mefings of 09905” iion to sanitary restrictions ha‘ve 1955’ {ened in Bombay and throughout 3 great Portion of india, for Lisa P9091" have had a’ frightful object 165st land have. (‘Ulnc m a partial understang‘ ing that the authoriLies are reil' 1y trying to help them, and; they have seen the good results of that help-1 ' -HOW THE PLAGUE 15 EOL’GHTL recent. ravages India and China, -â€"â€"v~. .u UA'GLUIJi During the great plague in London 'in 1665 nearly seventy thousand per. fsons were carried off, The seven- : ' _ . lastnppear. fanoe In many European countries, :such as Dvnmurk, dweden and Eng. :land. In France its IaSt appcaranco ngas frozn 1721: to 1722, when it made eighty thoustznd Vietims in Marseiliea and Province. 3 ' At the cluse of the last) centugytho plague reached Egypt, Southeastern Europe, the region of the Danube. Low-:r Austria an: Southern Russia. At the beginning of the present (:er tury it twice. visited Constantinotrle, nn.‘ n-‘_. -_ ”AuLUU {166, and of Galius, in 2% seventh to [he toux‘teent. ger epidemics occurred, 1 ’them coulu be compared break that raged 111 E the middle 0; the {cunt It is said to have currie< persons in Europe, an throughout the whole wc mama aL 400005.100, Whit Lionably Lhe greatest ha life ever mentioned in bi pearances in P01 civilized nations c ship coming from shadow of the ‘ subjected to the tion. during 6 lourteenth (emury; 3 (1111}le 0192.5,COOM \ ‘ anl us 5“’01 Li Y inch m ‘ VL. Luc yarn)" tne hlstorians “We“ to answer 0f th bubonioi I “Inn... A wan countries, eden and Eng- laSL apparanco . when it made IS in Marseiliea lavoc in Human history: Lgut: in London thousand per- . The seven. its last appear. Its 3110' unquesw .‘hey are JDBt as 5qu as human performers and in e 0 be carefully watched A \\ e11 rained ring horse is easily “0! th :‘1 â€" 00. and riders who are qtaxb Usuullv ,wn their horses. The mos‘ clre u Ltwntion is given the“) 1n ma‘m 130 [are each act their banks are 111} ~d 4m rosin. Which has to be. wash:»d 01‘1 . \Vlthin 'hd‘ R nth 0f All. Hamilton, Des 11.-â€"â€"George Barkley. ° is satisfied he ; moulder of this (my, will cure others. ° is well known to be a " g from disordered kidneys. That is nowadays an ac- fact. Uric acid, whiv} 'ltered out ofihe blood 3); the system “ “V‘l. 'â€" lodges in the join , ' Tile reasonable argum actly what Mr. Barkely uld. . Dodd’s Kidney Pillsâ€"Lhe best medicine in the worldâ€"wand is entirely free from his old (:0 He writes as follows: Dodda Medicine Co., been f0 Gentlemen,â€"â€"I have (ears troubled with Rheumm have tried several remedies b use. I could not get :my heard of Dodd’s Kidney Pills they had I decided to try them. I {.101 ll of 1m cured. I By .Vlonarcus llcaclv‘. y "tam.” .1 Rus‘sinn in; ’KIL immense Slims Spelt After-Dunner IM- Probably' the most cost. the world is that at the perial Court, Where fabulous sunb Diten expended on after-dinnvz‘ tit». :acies. Wines costing 810;: bar: ““1 cigars of equal value find the my 8"er day. to the tabie oi Czar, Whose order is that a hate Wine, no matter how costly, :h 11 m 51' be put on the royal table qture i~ 1. Extravaganee of this nc '. “ I ‘ '2. 1 Emperor of Austria’s cm en. the COSt 0f desserts for the rmal . L at over $100,000 per annum. and ‘ total table expenditure at over 5‘2 mg. The remnants of wines and e bles are sold to leading Vienna muratenrs, and the proceeds go lugment the salaries of the kite Personnel, whose incomes by means are often trebled and duu‘: At the Spanish and Italian court ~ Expenses for desserts are now D: ad t0 3 minimum, but probably \K'Ould the the maximum. memULDU Uvo' lemen,â€"â€"I have been for three troubled with Rheumatism. I tied several remedies but ‘ao no could not get any relief, I of Dodd’s Kidney Pills and 1116 rful ,cures they had made and d to try them. I got one box Eter I used one ' ' .nd I was ge used six boxes and now I can without my cane. I consider I fired. I remain. yours. etc, 4‘ “‘ht’f I“? hing better. winter argument re- 5 Rheumatism This is 8’“ did- He used [8 best kidney -and i5 t0-day old complaint Rial Evcrylmcl! “on are ‘15 NOT The fret graded in tinctions ; ithooe 10111 ‘British 1‘} ‘ 1 was serw one, bro with an examine! serzousm but three red af “P 80 wit at h«