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OCIOUS. rX [EF h Post at Moreover, he beliered it to be quite impossible that after the fracas Bir Owen could continue his business reâ€" lations with himsel{ and his father ; a man might forgive much, but knocking a person down was a serâ€" lous matter. So, when the sunshine rame peeping into his room, Felix bad quite made up his mind that that would be his last day at the Hall. His fIdeas were confirmed when a eervant, tapping at bhis door, said that Sir Owen would be glad to see Mr. Lonsdale in his own room. That, he believed, was a prelude to his dis« missal. * m "Xever mind," gsaid Felix to himself, "if I were placed in such cirecumâ€" stances again, I should do just the same, and perbhaps more." it# He went immediately to the barâ€" onet‘s room. As he passed from one room to another, he could not help admiring the magnificence and luxâ€" ury of the house, it was simply suâ€" perb, and the morning sun shining through the windows made it more beautiful still. He little guessed what that same sun would see before It Ho entored‘" Sir Owen‘s room qulte‘ anticipating, and indeed, half hopâ€" Ing for, his dismissal ; but his heart was touched when he saw the tremâ€" bling figure before him. Sir Owen, lushed and excited with drink, was bad enough ; Sir Owen in the mornâ€" tog light, trembling, weak and hagâ€" gard, was worse. Felix quietly awaitâ€" wl the beginning of the storm ; but, to his surprise, Sir Qwen held out his bhand. The young lawyer would not see it; he felt that he could never touch a hand that had been raised against a woman. "I am really very sorry, Lonsdale," Sir Owen began. "I am afraid 1 was too much excited over the tenants‘ dinner, and forgot myself. I am vyery soirry. I hope that I was not offenâ€" sive to you." "He has forgotten what happenâ€" a«1," thought Felxi to himsel{. "I must tell him." # "You were not offensive to me, Sir Owen," he said, "but you behaved with the greatest brutality to Lady Chevenix. You struck her with such violence that I was compelled to interfere." - a There was something ruefully comic ubout the baronet‘s face. "I ought to be much obliged to you, [ am sure," he said. "I love my wife _ very much, â€" and _ cannot understand how I could have so forâ€" gotten myself. But I am very unforâ€" tunate when I exceed my usual alâ€" lowance of wine, Lonsdale. You will shake hands and be friends 2. "I am willing to forget my share in the bu:fness, Sir Owen ; but excuse my shaking hands with you." The baronet laugked uneasily. "You are very parilcuiar," he said, and then turned the eonversation. Felix, despite his disgust, felt & great plty for him : it was not lessâ€" ened when he saw his valet come 10 him with a bottle and a gliss. j "Take Iess of that, Rir Owen," he said, ‘"or you will kill yourself." "Well, T hbare to die, and I may just as well die taking what I like as taking â€" medicine. Some men havye more to live for than I have. I am very fond of my wife, but she does not care much about me ; and I have l AhIL® T raally believe, LonsGalc, Â¥very fond of my wile, D4 it TUVCL not care much about me ; and I have no child. I really believe, Lonsdale, that I should be quite a different man if I had a child." "You have plenty to live for, Bir Owen. You have your duty to do on earth ; yet more, you must think of a future life," said Felix. | duty ;and, I have not that yet." "It is high time you Felix, _gravely ; and laughed. fcsyags Ei4 CARIECCR " I have not thought of dying yet, Longdale ; indeed, I dare not die if all that the parsons say is true. Le‘t us talk about something ble. Are you going to toâ€"dary ?" fmer: 1P COFâ€"CRI Y 4 "The work has to bo done and I}|a storm. The suppose I must do it. The leases | and Felix had :1 kave to be signed this morning.‘ , | he had partake "I will sign (them beforo I gO," | glass of sherry said Sir Owen. "I am going out this | jous to get his morning, because I do not feel iik¢ | completely fini myself. I am out of spirits; a cl0o0d | anq on going | is hanging over me. I shall hay® 4| was told that good gallop, and see if I _ C2D0Ot | turned. _ Lady clear away the heaviness." P room. â€" He wo Felix went to his work, which 90| no could have this morning was in the library ; and dia not care t before he had been there very long formal dinner ; Laddy Chevenix entered. ing "I ‘did not know that you were sim he â€" wa nere," she said. "Shall I be in the Lady Cheveni: way ? I havre some letters to returned write," C He placed a chair for her, and to'nhlfs “i;g:nhfi then looked at her face. Across had not retur the soft cheek was the mark of a néeme'd inYion Miolent .DIgSyâ€" little while _ "It is not Â¥ery palnful," she said. drawingâ€"room, Presently Sir Owen came in t9 | gat, dressed sign the papers. He seemed "e”‘perby beautifc much ashamed of h\msel(iw'hen 4e ! blue velvet an saw the bruise on his wife‘s T28 | returned to h He took her to the great oriel "sir Owen | window, and ‘they stood there for said. "I have | some time talking; then 144y | gng ginner ul Chevenix came back to her place, He saw tha and Sir Owen went out of the rOOM: | jous, and did YViolet and Felix went on writing He went to t in &@lence, when there came & tAP | and jasmine j at the door. _ Sir Owen‘s grooln, " Come and wanted to know if tio might sP€AK } ons Lady Che to her ladyship for a few mmutes.[u beautiful 1 Lady Chevenix bade him come in. mine the oth ‘The man stood before her, CaP m‘stood by his nd. y .%'Mv lady," he said, "I beg yOUT he'lg‘e anxious pardon ; 1 must make bold enough | (nq ner eyes rto ask you to interfere. Sir OWeU | ont express â€"he will go out riding this mO"D" | noutd keep he ing. That is all good and fair, MF | q;; sip Owen ady : but he awill ride the new huDt~ | ourq beâ€"hc can pay other men to @0 iJ and, as to a future lifeâ€"well, e not been able to decide about you did so," said and â€" Sir _ Owen ing more sensiâ€" to work again the barâ€" comic Felix. s % 1 ~ " If you could persuade tha master ‘ to stay at home this morning, yOu would do him a service, sir,‘ he said. "Indeed, my lady," he continued, turnâ€" ing to Lady Chevenix,. " Bir Owen could hardly manage Bomnio Bess this morning, his hands are so shaky." "WThank you, Martin,‘ she respondâ€" esd ; "it was very thoughtful of you to come to me. Mr. Lonsdale will follow you." When the groom had retired she went up to Felix and laid her hand upon his arm. s 1 k V O gue ty 112 ts se old N:vl"k;x.éâ€"wflt‘lfit you will do your for me," she said, pleadingly. away. 4(4 BR .. 4 ROR... . Audfiicca ce EoCE dEmT "You may be sure that I will." returned Felix; and then he went Martin He might as well have to a rock. All that he Owen laughed to scorn. ooRs EEPC CCA OR ies oas "Something happen to me ?" he cried. "Yes, I know what it will be. L shall come home c_ured of t.hfi ® BAREC ET GOUITC ETNRITC NOC ‘blues!‘ I am going to gallop dull care away, and Plantagenet shall help me." Felix looked attentively at the horse. "I was never afraid of a horse yet," he said; "but I would not rite that. une.‘... ... on Airatnictes oo ERID â€" CHOC MUTITUTE Lady Chevenix, finding that Felix did not return, came to see how matters were . progressing. She gave a little cry of alarm when she saw the great powerful hunter and her husband _ preparing to mount him. . He felt rather 1 evident anxiety, an face with his lips. Fhe cried al Ix interposed PECWe s PTSEREE ETc s entE C" "Goo«lâ€"bye, Violet. Do not make a scene. I have said that I will ride Plantagenet, w@wnd I mean to do so; nothing on earth shall prevent mer ’ 1 & 0s aâ€" a¢ 04 Tal ®"I should enjoy & gaALOP UM® {}M8 i. morning, Sir Owen," he said. "Shall |â€" I go with you ?" "As my headâ€"nurse, eh, Lonsdale# No, thank you. I can take care of myself very well indeed." For more than hall an hour the threeâ€"the troe fricnd, the anxioust wife, and the faithful servant reas» oned in vaim. They could never re« proach themselves in afterâ€"days that they had not done their best; but their words were as vain as the beatâ€" ing of tiny wavelets against a sturdy rock. Sir Owen would ride Plartagemet, and there was an end of it. _ The only compromise that Lady Chevenix could effect was that he should take the groom with him. "IIf it will please you, Violet," he said, "I wili do so." He thought himâ€" self very goodâ€"natured in giving way so far. She liked to rememb@r‘ afterward that she went up to hhe and said ; | *Owen, I would do anything in the | world for you if you would give up this mad ideaâ€"anything. Do please \ me this once." He kissed ier, and then got into the saddle. "I shall be back to dinner all ‘ right," he told her. "I may be rather late. for I shall ride rouad by Parkâ€" erly Copee." | "Martin,"* said Lady Chovenix to | the @room, "do not leave your masâ€" ot "Martin," said Lady ChOveNM *" the groom, "do not leave your masâ€" ter for one moment. Do what you can." "I will, my lady," he replied ; "but I wisdoubt me it will end badly." With a heavy beart Lady Chevenix reâ€"entered the house, and Felix went back to his writing. Violet retired to ber ows room, to while the time away with & book. The sunny hours of the beautiful day worn on; no cloud came over the smiling heavens; yet there was a faint walil in the summer wind which to the weatherâ€"wise heralded . a storm. _ The shadows lengthened, and Felix had not loft the library ; he had partaken of a biscuit and a glass of sherry there, as he was anxâ€" bous to get his work done. He had completely finished by six o‘clock, and on going in search of sir Owen iwas told that he had not yet reâ€" turned. Lady Chevenix was in Ahex" CAER RECIT® EC m room. â€" He would have been glad if he could have gone home then ; he did not care to remain for the long formal dinner and long formal evenâ€" ing. Still he was unwliling to leave Lady Chevenix until her â€" bhusband returned. The first bell rang, and he went to bis room. Sir Owen, he was told, had not returned, and her ladyship seemed anxious about him. After & little while Felix went into the drawingâ€"room, where Lady Cheven x "sat. dressed for dinner, looking suâ€" perby beautifol in a dinnerâ€"dress of blue velvet and a suite of pearls. Fhe Ireturned to him anxioualy. o 4 OW En . "Martin is with him," said Felix. Tie left her for a few minutes, urder the pretext of linding someâ€" thing that he had missed. In reality | he gave directions for four of the menâ€"servants to mount at once, and ride off in search of their master : t cried aloud in her distress. Felâ€" I ppene ‘il:’"m“l'v; ‘;s‘k;du "Ought I i1appened ? a e to send servants out to look for Sir Owen ?" s Mess 1>‘"~ wA touched his forehead to well have appealed y kok allop this fine he said. "Shall said Sir do do she Beven o‘clock struck anU Ne 200"" past, and . Felix persuaded . Lady Chevenix to take some dinner. _ I anything hbad happened, he thought to himself, she would be better able wC PAPRREPHE T CTCOC L to meet it after dining. She was very unwilling at first, but after a time she consented, and dinner was served. "I ksow what I think myself," said Felix. "Sir Owen has called in someâ€" where, and they have persuaded him to stay. Try to imagine that; iti esems to me not unreasonable." _ | They sat alone at tht stately dinâ€" Ingâ€"table, where the silver plate and the richlyâ€"cut glass looked so bril« liartâ€"the table where Lady Cheves« rix had undergone so many humil= | lations. It was but a farce ; neither of them could eat. Eight o‘clock chimed, and no othâ€" er sound broke the summer silence. "I can not sit here any longer doâ€" log nothing," said Lady Chevenix. "I am quite sure now that something bas happened; I must send out & few of the servants." ta EOW UI REWO PC MATCCCIC "I have done that," Felix told her. «All that is possible has been done; they will return together soon." 2 c CoL Dae cCYs ) Amanse 1204 *A on fiietbudadntalit C008 isAÂ¥ His words wore prophetically true. Even as be spoke they heard a Conâ€" fused nofse at the grand entrance hallâ€"the rush of many feet, the cries ~{ women, and the deep voices of men. 1 Felix never forgot Violet. She rose from her seat, and stood hesitating for one moment, pale as death. Then she turned to the door. But Felix was before her. That which was happenâ€" ing in the hall was most assuredly something which she must not see. "sit down, Lady Chevenix," he said. "Â¥You mugt not go out there. Let me gee what is wrong." l She did not seem to understand him ; but he placed her in a chair, and then opened the door. There was a rush of terrified servants, and woâ€" man‘s volces cried, "Oh, my lady â€" ‘ his side. "What has happened ?" she said. "Tell me the worst." \ #sir Owen has been thrown from his hborse; and Martin says the lhorse fell on him}" cried a dozen! voices. | And then, his eyes dim with tears, & SE NCE EK: 5se * m Emm ann mE oo a rush of terrified servants, and woâ€" men‘s voices cried, "Oh, my lady. â€" oh, my lady !" : He held up his hand with an imperâ€" ative gesture. "You will kill Lady Chevenix," he c_ia wwith this@â€" noise. Let no one â€""You will kill Lady said, "with l_!\'ls noise go near gu HCQk. A02C+ He took one step forward, and at once gaw the cause of the commotion. A crowd of men stood round a litter, and on the litter lay Sir Owen. Felix pushed them agicao. 2 m lnn _ l._t. sad ths "Is he dead P‘ ne asked; and iMo answer wis "No." "Thank bea on for that !" he cried. Then he uttered a little ery of disâ€" may,. for Lady Chevenix stood by Py 3 6 q oi n 1 20.1190Mes t c Artnifeariper [ his whole frame trembling with exâ€" stomach, stimula! citement, Martin forced his _ WAY | the bowels and ® through the group, and stood beâ€" | system in a heA fore Lady Chevenix and Felix. .(;-nnd blood is t "My Jlady," he said, "I wish 1 had health. That is been dead before this day came round. | piis always brin You sert me to take care of him, 400 | ho 1‘1«* them he is brought home so." from your m(\(.lici "Tell Lady Chevenix how it D&E~ | 5q conts a box. 0 rened," directed Felix, hastily. * .“t.“j,i.h D esir Owen rode nearly all the tim°) Tf l“:’f.“ y tr my lady, and I rode by his side. \\'3 Brockvilie, Un‘ went allt round Lilford, Haberiy an Ripdale. He stopped at Ripdale, and WAR UON took some refreshment. Then he came home by the woods, and the hors0@ | Texas Town | was all right until Sir Owen camP Exterm to the ring fence. The church clock ¢ l at Lilord had chimed halâ€"past reyen. Laredo, Tex., He turned to me and said, ‘Marâ€" | ble to rid a tow! tin, I shall take that fenca | der to do this ¢ in fine style‘: I begged him not ; Th I prayed him not. I told . him sary, . [he P°CJ the fence was too high for any horse, ing on this theo even the bealtdln theikingdom, toktake. of that border t But he would not listenâ€"you now, R my lady, he never would listen. He ?fgn;v:gg“tt;:lr_: put the horse at the fence, and it It is pretty w refused. He whipped it and spurred‘ Efms of yeliow it until my blood ran cold ; and then guitoes Mosqui be put it at the fence again. But ‘\l'ellow .t'evers‘ilsv Plantagenet â€" would not take it. A Thorities in th thira time he used the whip and spur lieve that both | ntil the bkorse was almost mad. A i::c C on sium | third time he wont at the fence. The fi,hce' "‘]“ f1 horse tried his best, bcot his foreâ€" e people 0 | feet caught the top. and h@fell over, | 8 swamp °Tt’; T | master being underneath him, my | the propogAtIO] x underneath »UD» DW | (ne insects are ) feet Caugltk 280C STP* 000 Chtes c aver master being underneathn him, myi lady. When I went to raise him, I was afraid he had been crushed inâ€" to a shapeless maÂ¥S8, but he was not ; nor was he killed, for 1 felt his heart beating. I hbad a flask of brandy in my‘ pocket and 1 put it to his lipsâ€" he could not swallow it. I Lbad to leave him there while L galloped off to the nearest cottage and gave the alarm. Then we made a litter, and carried him home." \ Felix turned to him. [ i "How long will it take you," he sald, "to ride to Lilford, and bring back two doctors 9 "I can do it in two hours and & half," replied Martin. LG CE 7 ut C211A Feliv. "and lose "Go at once, no time .You, station, and 8 William Daly, he begzed of Lady Chevenix to IC them for a time. Shewas very un w ing to do so. "I ought to be with him, Fel she satd ; "I ought, indeed." "sp you shall be when I thin} is right to send for you," he swered ; and she went away. They carried the baronet into : PETNM O 0 hee C Renpantraimentt Ee eAE S o 0 heC Ring spicious, handsomely furnig@ghed room. The curtains were draw1 the lamps lighted. They laid hi the bed of down, and the fa servants wept over him. "I always knew that it wou so," sald Mrs. Wardley. _ "I alwass expected this evil dad m ne asked; and the 1 Y when I think it dsc esnt were drawn and wio s m hey laid him on So, nd‘ the faithful| "Ivan _ him. you sa hat it would be | dying? dlevy. â€" "I bave "Par LA L ERPRCPTCCCT BICP I added, mpeaking to Felix, "and 1 nursed him until he was three years old. He never would listenâ€"neverâ€" and 1t has come at last." i The men took off his clothes, and placed him between the fine linen sheets. Felix examined him attenâ€" tively ; he could discover no bruise, no wound. But for the pallor of his face he might have been asleep. "I begin to hope, Horton," he sald to the butler, "that there is not much the matter. I cannot see &A wound. He is stunned with the fall." But Horton shook his white head. _ "I am afraid, sir, that it is more than that. What time is it now?" Felix took out his watch. "It is just a quarter past nine," he replied. "It will take two hours and iA half +~ hrin@ the doctors here; that will "It will take two hours and d Ndl. to bring the doctors here ; that will make it a quarter to twelve. My lady might come in, sir. There is nothing to frighten her." Ther Lady Chevenix did come in. Felix looked hopefully at her. "I begis to have every hope," he said; "there is not much the matâ€" ter, I think. Certairnly there are neither broken limbs nor bruises. I IPORCITEE RMRTECCC PR OOTITC am of opinion that Sir Owen has been stunned by the fall. We will bathe his head, and try to get some brandy between his lips. I do not think there is very much the matâ€" ter." Lady Chevenix went up to her husâ€" band, and knelt down by his side. She had never professed any love for him ; but as he lay there, white, siâ€" lent, hnd kelpless, a keen sense of pity and compassion for him awoke in ‘her heart. She took his hands in her own and rubbed them. ‘ "Owen," she saidâ€""my dear, try to speak to me." They brought brandy ; Felix gave it to him himself with a spoonâ€"and this time they were quite sure he swallowed it. Felix lookecl at Violet. A Severe Sufferer Tells How He co Overcame the Trouble. i "Not only do I not hesitate to deâ€"| rc clare the bencfit I have received from | p Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills, but I feel it my duty to do so." These are the | c words which Mr. Edmund Lavoie, of St.] m Jeromeé, Que., lately addressed to the| t editor of L‘Avenir du Nord, when #¢â€"| u lating the story of his cure. _ Mr. Lo t voie is well known in St. Jerome, and | j what he says carries weight among | a those who know him. . For & considerâ€" | ; able time he was a great sufferer from | q dyspepsia, which caused severe headâ€"| 5 aches, pains in the stomach and someâ€" timas nausea. _ Sometimes he felt as though he would suffocate, he would beâ€" Â¥ come dizzi, and _ experienced ringing | 4 noises in the ears. . His appetite became | , poor, and his general health so bad that he found it almost impossible to work, | and when the headaches attacked him ‘ he had to quit work, Forâ€"six months. he says, he suffered both physically and mentally more than can be imagined. During this time he took medicine from several doetors, but found no help. Then one day he read of the cure of a similar case through the use of Dr. Wiliiam‘s Pink Pills, and decided to try them. He _| used the pills for a couple of months . | and they have made him feel like a new _| person. He is no longer troubled with any of the old symptoms. and says he . {| ean now go about his work as thougn he never had dyspepsia. i The digestive organsâ€"like all the othâ€" ) | er organs of the bodyâ€"get thoir strength i | and nourishment from the blood. _ Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills actually make new » | blood. â€" This new blood strengthens the â€" | stomach, stimulates the liver, regulates Y | the bowels and sets the whole digestive * | system in a healthy, â€"vigorous state. a Good blood is the true secret of good 7 health. That is why DPr. William‘s Pink d‘ Pills always bring good health to those who use them. _ You can get these pilis _ | from your medicine dealer or by mail at " | 50 cents a box. or six boxes for $2.50, by 51 writing The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., * | Rrockville, Ont. his mother‘s nmurge, sir, Texas Town Ehows it Â¥Pcssible to Exterminate the Pests. Laredo, Tex., is proof that it is possiâ€" ble to rid a town of mosquitoes,. _ In orâ€" ‘ der to do this concerted action is necesâ€" sary. _ The people of Laredo are workâ€" ing on this theory, and it costs a citizen of that border town a fine of from $5 to $20 every time young mosquitoes are found about his premises. _ It is pretty well establisbhed that the J T wl q2 0005 ce rvcul m th on Mc NRET VI TL 0) ceb se wes nA F quitoes. Mosquitoes are bad enough, but yellow fever is worse, and the he‘:fith auâ€" thorities in this little Texas town beâ€" lieve that both can be avoided by enforeâ€" ing certain simple laws of sanitation. The people of Laredo have learned that a swamp or a marsh is not necessary to the propogation of mosquitoes, but that the insects are hatched in a thousand and one places not ordinarily thought of. If your nextâ€"door neighbor throws a | tin can into the back yard, and rain watâ€" ‘ er accumulates in the can and remains |there for even a few hours, the result ‘ is likely to be a small swarm of mosâ€" ‘ quitoes on your premises within a surâ€" | prisingly short time. â€" Cisterns and barâ€" rels of water, pools or rain water standâ€" ing in gutters or in flowerâ€"pots are favorâ€" ite places for mosquitoes to breed. The obvious advice is : Get rid of the watâ€" er or cover it with a screen. The difficulty is, of course, that it is impossible to secure‘ concerted action to figgt mosquitoes according to this methâ€" l\od, except under stress of great public | danger. _ In Laredo there would g»e no ';crusade against mosquoties were it not | for the fact that the health authorities 2 Th in irmgn n ned Eondenandenduit danke‘. BB Em P BC crusade against mosquoties were it not for the fact that the health authorities and the people generally are convinced that the insects transmit the germs of yellow fever. It has been declared by the city counâ€" cil of Loreda that all wells, cisterns, tanks, reservoirs, and other water conâ€" tainers which are not éither coated with oil or protected by screens are public: nuisances, and the person on whose prenmâ€" ises they are found are liable to a trne in the police court. Moreover, the law is being enforced. The result is that mosquitoes are prac» ticully unknown in that town. The same is true in s®weral other Texas towns alâ€" ong the border.â€"Philadelphia Record. DYSPEPSIA CURED. "So," © sobbed TIllma â€" Vaselineovitch, "Ivan Ninespotski died in battle! Do you say he uttered my name as he was wAR ON MosQUITOES *"Part of i:” replied the retWl »â€"r,. "gast it."‘â€"Fort Worth 999 ne PUuJ BUL C112 t iment from the blood. _ Dr. ‘ink Pills actually make new is new blood strengthens the imulates the liver, regulates and sets the whole digestive a healthy, vigorous state. 1 is the true secret of good mat is why Dr. William‘s Pink s bring good health to those em. _ You can get these pilis medicine dealer or by mail at box. or six boxes for $2.50, by Continued.) it,"" replied the returned sol oldb dhi on ediip c * > dnbry l ie jack are carried by mosâ€" u40 mc ooauicea it o ean h waAs TOO SHORT. Locomotives Are Far More Powerfal Than in Early Days. (New York Sun.) "The giant freight locomotive of toâ€" day," said a railroad man, "walks away easily with many times the load hauled by t{xe freight engine of 25 years n?‘), and it has simply revolutionized the fxeigl;t traffic business. "The oldâ€"time freight engines weigbedl from 60,000 to 90,000 pounds, exclusive of the tender, which weighed from 45y (00 to 60,000 pounds. In those days the {; eight cars were from 26 to 28 feet long, their average weight was ten tons, the maximum load carried to a car was ten tons, and the average number of cars to a train was 25 or 30. "Call the number of cars to a train thirty, for the sake of illustration, and say that each car was loaded to its maxiâ€" mum capacity, and you have & train of cors weighing 300 tons, carrying & load of the same weight, making, @8 hauled ‘by the oldâ€"time locomotives, a total load uf 600 tons. i & & s a a be icpbucs dulcFamus GIANTS OF THE RAILROAD® 1: e ce 2 Ne "As to the load now carried, it is |© pretty difficult to strike an average, but | that could probably be set down at twentyâ€"five tons, as against the old â€"time maximum tenâ€"ton load, making the presâ€" 3 ent day average box car and load togeâ€" ther weigh forty tons, against the oldâ€" time total of twenty tons, "And now if you will take a train of toâ€"day of sixty loaded cars, which is far below the average for level roads, you will find a big engine hauling a train of twice as many cars as were hauled in an oldâ€"time train, and these loaded cars weighing twice as much, or sixty cars of a total load of forty tons each, as aguainst thirty cars of twenty tons each, making the total load hauled now four times the old load, or 2,400 tons against 600. "«And don‘t forget that while in the 600â€"ton load more than 50 per cent. was dead weight, in the 2400â€"ton load the dead weight is only about 38 per cent. and the revenue weight about 92 per cent.. And, as we have seen, in the most | modern cars the proportion of the 1MRA "EOL+E newlal to the dead 004 4id c e c dinas ind P ds freight weight carried to the dead weight is larger still. ‘ "We have used as a basis for figuring a train of sixty average cars. But, as I have said, that would be far below the average of the number of cars hauled by great trunk lines running through level regions. On such lines they have trains of 100 loaded cars, making the weight hauled, say, 4,000 tons; _ and trains of ninetyâ€"five loaded cars are not uncommon, and the average number of cars to a train on such roads might be **." " u* aiwhtvxâ€"five to ninety. by great trunk lines runni! level regions. On such lines trains of 100 loaded cars, ] weight hauled, say, 4,000 t trains of ninetyâ€"five loaded ¢© uncommon, and the average cars to a train on such roa( set down at eighty-five‘ to n & us LC fl'fil\‘ "These figures mate, but they freight hauling with the aid of 1 motive. 2 OO LLTCC® "The great locomotives have the efficiency of the railroads ways. _ If, for instance, it | sought to haul with engines 0 llar nower the enormously time power tht CHU/""° amount of freight that have now to handle, the mnng traings on the ro couldn‘t move, and the 1 practically blocked. 121 *___ s hiw Incil practically DMMMNT L* "Of course the big locomotive is vastly more economical. It costs twice as much as the oldâ€"time locomotive did to begin with, but that is reallya,ninconsiderable item as compared with the increase in the amount of work it does. 1 L * T205 san hy the "And these ¢ gt HORV m CV _ e figures are largely approX®‘ ut they show the revolution in hauling that has been wrought e aid of the modern freight locoâ€" ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO otives have increased he railroads in many istance, it should be th engines of the oldâ€" mormously increased t that the railroads le, there would be so the roads that they A the roads would be 4 so they lay nowaday" than formerly, where ; down rails of fifty or the yard they now la.: 8 y o is wouldn‘t eount for much wi modern freight locomotive, the gine that walks away across try easily hauling a hundr freight cars." The Farm Wellâ€"The Cheese Factory and Creamery . Bome rather startlieg {facts in reâ€" gard to the water supply of our farms, cheese {actories and cream« eries, were brought out at the cons« ference of dairy instructors and experts held in Ottamwia last fall, the _offficial frepoirt of wwhich is now beâ€" _ing distributed by, Mr. J. ‘A« Rudâ€" dick, chiel of ithe dairy division, Otâ€" tawa. In discussing the sanitation of theese factories and creamerios, Dr. Connell, bacteriologist at the Kingston Dairy School, pointed out that one great sanitary requisite is good water. Most of our faetorâ€" ies obtain their tvater from! ~hallow wells, only a few using water from deep fvells, springs, treeks and rivâ€" ers. Gooal water can be secured from whallow or surface wells, yat such Wwater is always classified as suspicious (by sanitarians when it | is used for drinking purposes. The ] reason for this simply is that euch \| water is ground water, derived by | geepage through soil of ‘the rain Of ‘| snow: water. Bhallow wells are u8â€" ] wually placed quite close to the houses or factories which they are to sup« :| ply, and thus the goil in their neighâ€" e| borhood is apt to become contamâ€" ,| inated, and this contamination is s| sooner br later tarried by seepage into ‘the well. Fortunately, the soll r| is an excellent filtering and cleans« c| ing agent, but it is hardly able to e| dispose of a certain amount of con« r| taminating material. uc disposal {| takes time, sof that if there is a gâ€" particularly heavy rain, the conâ€" c taminating matter may, be carried n far into the earth beloyw the purify» 1| iD€ layer, and thus soak unchanged n into the wells. If a large amount of this contaminating material finds its 1 way into the woil, the earth becomes 4) ssgured," and can no longer disâ€" at poso of or quri{y the wiaste, which ut| tends to soaak into and mix with the ht] ground water. A THE WATER SUPPLY. Some Tests.â€"Prof. Shutt‘s chemiâ€" cal analyses of farm well waâ€"«r have shown the majority of the wells to be little better than cesspools. From 100 to 200 samples a year are anâ€" alyzed at the chemical laboratory Of the Central Experimental Farm, and not oneâ€"fifth of these can be passfed as safe and wholesome. RBy far the greater number are utterly _ conâ€" demned, while others are reported as suepicious, putting them in the category of those that are unsafe to use. The bacteriological examina tions of Dr. Connell and Prof. Harriâ€" son, of the Ontario Agricultural Colâ€" lege, show similar resuits. Dr, Conâ€" nell mentioned that out of a dozen factory waters sent Lim last sumâ€" mer not one was found fit for use. All were badly contaminated, and for drinking purposes would be immeâ€" diately condemned. Improvement Necesgiry.â€"A factory well eannot be kept uncontamina ted so long as the drainage and whey dls{)osal syystem of the factory is not carefully looked after, so that the first essential for a pure water supply from the ordinary well is good drainage. Next is the proper ‘conâ€" struction of the well, including its covering, so as not 10 permit surâ€" face washings Nowing in. As Prof. Shutt pointed out, this â€" drainage 1 matter, apart from its actually polâ€" 1 sonous character, is the very maâ€" terial upon which micropes and germse | live, and water polluted from the | barnyard, privy, etc.. is always load» 1 ed wit); countless millions of bacâ€" 1| teria. It is impossible to turn out | firstâ€"class dairy products where such > | water is usod, so even from the dolâ€" » | larsâ€"andâ€"cents standpoint, improve= 1| ment in this regpect is imperative. t It is not the smell or appearance g] of water that denotes its condition. ,| Many samples of water, which to the sense of smell or sight or taste . | are perfect, yet simply reek with R filth. The bacteria which we canâ€" not detect by our senses are far *t| more dangerous thian those which )â€"| &ae can detect, Yours very truly, Â¥, Soothing medicines, opiates and strong drugs should never be given to little children. Any doctor will tell you this. Baby‘s Own Tablets should be used, beâ€" cause they cannot harm the smallest, weakest infant. These tablets instantl relieve and promptly cure all .wnuc{ and bowel troubles, break up colds, deâ€" stroy worms, and allay the irritation acâ€" comjmnying ‘the cutting of teeth, Thou: sands of mothers ux’ they are the best medicine in the world; one of these, Mrs R. Sculland, Calabogie, Ont., writes: J lhnve tried many remedies for childrerm EER CS in 1%.1, is the hauk 1 naveever CS 0 % Ip occarionally to my ehild since he was «1X months old. They have always kept him well, and he is a big, healthy baby." All medicine dealers sell these ubfets, or you can get them post',l{dd at 25 cents A box by writing to |h@ PDr. Williams Medicine Co, Brockville, Ont. PROSPECTING FOR A K. Although Japan is buildi and shrines and sustaining monials, they are more an € estheticism than religion. to altars, instead of assumin of funeral fanaticism, take â€" riment of boliday affairs. J festival which bears all the lights of a successful picnic. Religious intolerance is nc demerits of Japan. A Budd is peyfectly content to x devotions to a Shinto tianity is rejected, the Japa esd NPPWHRCY CCCE P Clemons, Publication Clerk. Eerore s ETEA [ 0% they will be justified in their eway in Asia.â€"Haro the June Booklovers‘ Maga NATLRE‘S CHILDREN. Japan is building temples and sustaining ancient cereâ€" y are more an expression of than religion. Pilgrimages stead of assuming the gloom unaticism, take on the merâ€" oliday affairs. It is a pious wh hears all the visible deâ€" nta W FOR A RELIGION. establishing was six