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tsports (t to-day was I“ L, whwn sold " hart bin. y, with only 8 aged at " I. y, and " . to uommal at quo- Market. the Church Mes " light " 000 ooo 048 000 ooo 0 0 0 o har - I: -ait ti: - - m 00 00 50 00 50 00 03 14 18 50 00 00 00 48 money " 50 ou It, hat tv In " air u " at " 5 Mr- wre- nd It, tit ae- " the to n " MN ra, “Yes, I think so," he says. "Why iguld I start" _. . _ . .. v minsu tine question to himself, up WEEK PU"?"'", put she answersa , GGUIOII'S Ita . Plantations "iifilriYriaL' kndw. You are tired of Piewton Regis-foe have been here She hesitates. "Four months, about," he says. "Four months-is it so long!” she as”, with innocent wonder; " did not think it was so long." _ " , "It has not accrual long to me," he Days, and he bites his mustache. By this time the volatile Hal has dash. od on in front, and is trotting fully a couple of hundred yards ahead. "And yet it must have been so dull to {on who have seen and done so mueh. Yell, it has been a rest for you, has it not?" "A rest!" he echoes, and there is a touch of self-mockery in the words. "Yes -hhat is what I came for, but, like most people, I have not found exactly what I sought.” Jeanne glances at him with a strained, puzzled look on her sweet face. t. _ -- , U_1,A__-. LA..,‘9” - a "This girl of my pieturo--lived in n. village a. ong way out of the mad world; (he mm a child. so young, so innocent. that she did not even know that she was beautiful. I tried to paint her face as Lanw it first, with the golden gleam in her hit t,he tight of laughter in her dark eyes--", - _ - . """uiiucitic, blue eyes in the pietare," up Jeanne, softly. , ,....-.-- u--- m -___ f'ane you been-unhappy here'." she asks, in a low voice. "It was Jar but I altered could not tell think I can to Jeanne look think I can tomiglit." Jeanne looks up. They are walking now new“ an open glade. and there is enough light for her to son that the dark eyes above her are looking down into Sera with a suppressed (motion which. if Janna knew anything of such things, i fiercely pasktonate, bitterly intense. But Jeanne, faintly troubled and full of III aching unrest, does not understand. 'itte is still asleep. . " think I know my own meaning now. when I painted that picture. Do you are to hear it?" "Tell me." says Jeanne. simply. "It is the portrait of a girl whom I ---whorn I read of---" Jnnne utters a low cry of alarm, and by: one hand flutteringly on his arm. It wad oniy an owl which has flown from the old emu with a shriek; but Jeanne's nerves an highly strung to-night. "u-but failed; no hand copld d9 it, mt the mightiest that ever wielded Rush, for the sweet, innocent purity no one can give on canvas or poem. This “girl a! nine bad lived all her life - III " ALP" IV-\.\r' "Unhappy-and happy," he says; "but never so unhappy as I am to-night, Jeanne." _ _ _ -.. . He speaks her name-ue musical Nor- mandy name--uneoaseioaslr, and his voice grows more genWs. P-Wei' B- -etetFe ___ - r} A faint flush lights Jeanne‘s pale face for a moment. The name has struck her with a strange, sad pleature that she does not understand, but is still a. plea- sure. "Jeanne,'"ht you worn loo Chick I lent meaning of m thinking. with with the line _ choose?" Wth A little gasp she takes her hand ”my. and shrinks from his side again, but her touch, light as it was, has sent the blood to Vernon Vane's face. and his words came more quickly and in- tensely. _ __ - . girl's dc mm: He turns to Ir. with 5mm checks himseh "Are y lorrowfull grow fond ot y( "I did not lam; hope Hal will no forget him." "He will not f: "he seam-Ply thi that is natural have been to bin you. long after 1 ton Regia.” ye to piy. "Hal warm hear grow frrnd sorry." Ah, Halt" he Oo not laugh '. "Hal is on you an ; be on The V"! ”out “than pm "In choke have: which In to “Mill: “new. 'true, touted “a mm In LEAD PACKETS to M". the DELICIOUS FRAGRANCE o! . with I sorry," she says. simply. “I did r,'"he says, after a patme,"when b looking over the portfolio lent Hal. you asked me the of the sketch of the girl sitting with her face in her hands, iine underneath, "which shall I 310 my Hal's whistle. sends a. flood through the night. ie softens the man: it sets the no lips quivering, and fills her newfound tears. must go," he says. presently; ay, I have had my-rest, and it ' thinks oi anyone else, and um], seeing how kind you , him. No, he will not forget ter you have forgotten New. _ r " forget you thinks oi an ny H her sharply, almost fieree. word on his lips, but ONLY ONF BEST TEA. BLUE RIBBON'S IT. P says " forget Harry?" anya Jeanne. ,dulous. "Well, Hal will pilgrimage Emilia, And mven knows I am sorry y a boy. but hi, has you have taught him s of anyoné elae eeing how kind No, he will not f a sari gravely he-I shall not 13's Jeann h. startled Ids a flood says. 5i TEA I] "I know it, darling. because my heart speaks out plainly; I knok it, because although I onlv saw you for a. minute that winter's night. I carried your face, your eyes. the very curve of those dear lips home with me. and hugged them to my heart in my solitude, though Istrove hard to put them from me. I know it, because I used to watch for your passing and knew when you were near without having seen you with my actual eyes; because. Jeanne, though I fought against the feeling. I never heard your voice but it rang down deep in my hurt; because when you were not near me I was wretched, and when ,you were net! me, I wag wretched that "suld Rot tlt) you hm? mn- u l, grim "ite Jeanne; can you say all thatt Ah, no!” "No." she "r' softly; “because I did not know what lore WM. I knew mt "The one, forgetting for a moment his selfishness and self-interest. will come, and with his name, his noble birth, his place in the world, in hand; the other will lay at her feet his past-dark. sin- stained and timorseful--his, poverty and his Iove--whieh wil she choose t" Joanna's head droops for a moment, then she raises her face; it is white and startled. just as that statue of Galatea's might have been, and was. when the sculptor ealed it into life by the sheer might of his passionate love. The veil is dropping from her C.VP'3-- it has not quite gone yet; childhood and girllmd are loosening their grasp, but still hold her. Love-love '. what is it , What does it mean? Love-she has read of it. sun: oi it, a little, thought of it. dreamed of it never. And yet, as his deep, musical tones have sounded in her ears. what was it that made her heart echo to them , why is it that her eyes feel drawn to hiswwhy? As she asks hetsilf--Jeautw---vhild Jeanne, re- calls the touch of his hand, the sound of his voice. us he knelt by her side in the Nancy Bell. and now. as then, she feels her soul slipping from her. "Jeanne." he murmurs, now as he did then: "Jeanne, answer me, for I love in this one village, untninted and un- stained by one worldly thought, until there comes a light-hearted fool-a man of the world. steeped to the neck in self. ishness of his class, and, true to his creed, he pours into her tar a {Ilse and unreal account of the delights of the world beyond her. He casts over her a. lying glamour which fills her mind with unrest and longing, and, caught by the trap which he has set, he, for the moment forgets his selfishness and his creed. and offers her the hollow, worth- less» fancy which he calls his love." The stern, savage tones sink into Jean- ne's heart, and set her trembling. Insert. sibly she shrinks away from him for a moment, and as insensibly draws near "Yes. do 1 not?" she says. "t whether I do. But-wait-Aust E again." f "1 love you. Jeanne!” he says. She lets her head fall with drawn sigh, "And I love you. do I not? how you know that---that you It With half-murmured words, with his hand caressing: her hair, he soothes Mr. "Have I frightened you, my darling-- my own Y' he whispers. "Yes-no," she says at last, raising her facix for a moment, but resting it again upon his breast. “Was I frighten- n.| u vnn u -----, A, "While this is going on, there is one who stands by and watches, unnoticed and silent. This second man knows more of the world than the other one who prates so glibly of it. This second man has come to the village for rest from that same world and its treachery; has come to be rid of his fellow-men and himself. He sees the girl of my picture, and for all his bitterness and his misan- thropy, notwithstanding all his vows, he loves her. But be has no wild jays to offer her, as has the other man: he has but poverty and his love to offer her. Now them which will she choose s." There is a moment's pause; with pale startled face, Jeanne walks, on, her eyes fixed on the handsome, passionate face of the speaker. - "No-no, don't touch me! don't come near me, yet." she continues brokenly, al- most inaudibly. and, as she directs, he stands immovable, but quivering. "I, " - _ 7 I ' " --. - V ,7... - ‘vv nv-uuéc to hour you say that. a I felt as if-l cannot tell what it was. Yes. it fright- ened me. for then I saw myselt,and knew that it was true." "That what was true, my Jeanne t" "That I loved you," she answers, look. ing up at him. her eyes shining solemnly through her tears. "You love me, my darling!” he says, trembling in his turn in the presence of the .pureytd spotless soul. again - It is said at last! the magic words wore spoken which breaks the long spell of innocence. "Joanne." he says, pafsuonatel.v, bend- ing down to her and holding out his arms toward her, "I love you." But before his hands can touch her, she shrinks away, and with a cry, cov- m's her face with her haids It is the cry of the newly-born soul. startled and terrified by the sudden light and knowl- edge. "Is it as I fe lost love 2” And he moves aside; but, with a low cry. she holds out one trembling hand, and the next moment is lying nestling, trembling and hiding, upon his breast." then you.' ".reanne-Jeanne !” he says, brokenly and remorsefully: "have I frightened you. my darling t" it was strange - so strange we you, do I not? Tell me aw that-that you love me." l, darling. because my heart plainly; I knok it, because only saw you for a minute 's night, I carried your face, :he very curve of those dear "a r she says. “Ten me -wait--just say that 0h, Jeaiine, my iih a. long- ' "Nothing in all the Worth,” exclaimed "Janna, fervently. - _ - - Aunt' Jme- dual. murmured. “Bless the ehiHt." stain, and bolted off to her dearly-beloved kitchen, and Jeanne wu Jeanne wound her arms around the old lady’s neck. T "Aunt," she murmured, hesitatingly. "Wellt" said Aunt Jane. '/No-thitsg," replied Jeane, exasper- ‘tiesly- A _ _ --. --- “Winn is it on want? Something, m be bound. win is it, child?” I felt,BendIyet I mam: th not eunuch whim-em: ttte; a}??? e . , , II . ' 'lt:;, J'lfd,d',1U,',tthl'fur,'ha,', I elation: in love, nude fluent: on: end you vac; then something '2dl'l'l'd sing I then went dutifully to the pm; but within me; and ortee--ottcq when you sales were not to be thought of this held my hand and called me by name,‘ morning, for every one of them went to in the boat"--. her voice breaks, end her ' the tune of “I love Lt? June!" and be- -eyes fill with 'f1','tfui1ht1tt,h"t,t',tt I fore tive Ilium“: t ddelnpsed, {the td co t u-t at-- at ot an u er an wu on in not: 3:33,: Was that L,',,"'" n . 'i'gt,t. Emu-e was room there to think And what does he a"! What can he‘end realize; besides, ehe could see from any! Not one word, {Or the fulness of i t!” arbot,.the corner of the road which the joy which strikes and keeps inGlvtt1tmt. Vane__wou‘d Russ- . J. And what does he ssv? What can he say! Not one word, fer the fulness of the joy which strikes and keeps him silent. But, bending his head, he takes her face in his hands, lovelier now than it was five miutes past, ad kisses her twice, thrice on the lips. And Jeanne? Jeanne umshrinkhtgty places her soul in his hands, and gives him, with purest, sweet- est trust, kiss for kiss. "Well. ohild," said Aunt Jane, "I thought you were never coming down. Were you so very tired last night! What did you do--dancet" A "th," said Jeanne, hiding her flushed cheeks behind her cup; 'there was no dapSing, 931%! mus-7 . - m. "Eoii' think,' 'echoed Aunt Jane. "Bless the girl! Don't you know? Well, you don't look any the worse for your gay doings. And Mr. Vane was there, after all? He is getting quite sociable. Which of the girls did he fall in love with-oh? Maud or Georgina'." "I-r-done-thint with either, aunt," stygmeljeq poor Jea_nne. -. . . “Hum! tdo soon, I suppose. I've kept your breakfast warm for you, and now I must go. Bless the girl, what a color she's got," she added, and as she passed she bent down and kissed the sweet, up- turned face. Jeanon fell asleep repeating these magic words which she had hoard for the first time, and they ware in her ears when she awoke. The happy sleep long, let poets say what they may to the con- trary, and the sun was streaming through the diamond casement window ere she stole downstairs with a tell-tale blush on her face, and the light in her eyes which Vernon Vanda kisses had called there. To Jeanne, there seemed a new light over the earth, that filled it with a new beauty; she was half per- suaded that the birds, flitting from elm to elm, wet? fejoioing in her joy. Surely Jeanne had never lived till now --htu, awakened at 1aat--htus awakened into a glorious world of love and joy'. Hal tramps by their side whistling, qhuite unconscious of the momentous e ange whichhas taken place in the lives of his companions, and so they reach the Gate House. "All safe!” says Hal, looking up at the old red building. "Never come home but I expect to see it reduced to ruins by some one of unele's experiments. You’ll come in and try a. little of unele'g black bottle of old whiskey, Mr. Vane?" “Shall It" whispers Vernon. “Shall I come in and tell them?” _ _ And thus they nnrrowly escape being found by Master Hal, who comes trot- ting down the 1tu1ecthott_tintr., _ Jeanne starts from her Iover's side like a frightened fawn at Hal's voice, with her hand upon the arm which had been around her waist a minute ago; bat the pressure of that hand.' how different it was to the light. feather-touch which it had been wnen they started, and how clo_Be it was pressed to his heart. rm", ..- -_.___ -__.- --- - "Good-night, my darling, my own, good night. Will you-can you give me one kiss?" and as he bends, Jeanne, inno- cent Joanne, puts her arms around his neck and draws his face down to hers and kisses him. than she breaks from him and flies across the courtyard. And as grim, cynic the hard, brizhtfy, the "Oh, let me think of it-how he said it, 'I love you, Jeanne, I love you.' But " it truet" she breathed, with sudden alarm. "Where am It Have I been dreaming? Oh. yes! but Tur-no, he said it, and I can feel his kisse on my face now-now.'" and she touched her lips tremblingly, almost revcrontly. "Yes, he kissed me! no one else has kissed me like that. Yes, it is love; I knew it the moment be whispered: 'I love you!’ And he-he so great and noble. so grand. loves me! Oh. what for --what fort Why should he? I am such a simple, poor, miserable girl; and he! oh. it cannot be true-it cannnt be true; and yet. ‘I love you, Jeanne, I love you'.' He said it, and it must be truer." "ja-Ge-ia/tate,, a moment; then she looks up, her eyes beaming with love, and with a soft little flush on her ttret. He sees her turn on the threshold and wave one white hand, and thou the door closes, and the mgut seems to have sud. denly grown dark. He turns and strides away, but not homo; no four walls will contain his happiness as yet, and he goes down to the t:lifis and stands gazing out to son, with Jeanne sweet. innocent face dancing on the waves, Jeanne's voice in the broom. and such unspeakable joy in his soul as ho bad thought the world could never give him. " a '0eanne--manner. _ Mr, Vanist Are lost, like the babes in the wood!" CHAPTER X. -'%j,'Gifeuisottlr, "not to-night. I want to have it all to myself-to my very self for one night.'? - , n "2hiii""on"iimrai"t'Guoor open, Hal," lays Vernon; then, as the boy disap- pears, he ttthes her Jn his arms. , [Ul|lu “VIVA bur-1 u-._- "Oh. my darling!” he murmurs, "and have I found you at Inst when I had given up in despair; have I found the one thing all my life has been set upon, a true. pure, trusting love-for love’a sake and mine alone? Oh, Jeanne, my child-woman, my own'." soar, face, and had awakened into life, it had Vane. And Jeamur--well, Jeanne was afraid --aotually afraid to iaee the homely wrutiny of Aunt Jane; she felt that her story was written on her half-parted lips. "I am so tired. Hal, tell them," she mid, and slipped by him up to her mm room. Then the now Joanne went to tho glass and looked at 1uxrseH--'sookurd till she grew crimson, and covered her face with her hands. T "He loves me-she loves me!" she cried. =inking on her knees, and laying her head upon her hpud. gE n‘w youu he spoke, Vernon Vane, the al tveluse, seemed to change: stern features softened and 13. the cold eyes gleamed 1e rare gutile lit up the hand- and vmnamed there. If love med Joanne and called her had given new life to Vernon What would Aunt 'gang my to him when he came! Suppose they aid "Not." At this terrible idea Jeanne turned pale, ---for a moment; what would she do if they said "Not" Suddenly there cume the clutter of the horses' boots upon the road, and Jeanne was wondering who it could be, when they suddenly ceased, and I man’s footsteps were heard coming around the garden path. Now he was here, so near, Jeanne grew timid and ehy, and drew back within the arbor to gain time; the footsteps grew slower, then ceased, and Jeanne, with a sudden dread lest he should go again, arose and sprang to the opening and almost into the Irma oeC1arenct Fitzjamee. There are no specifications as to what grade of fruit shall be packed in boxes. The market reports, however, would dis- courage the shipment in boxes of any- thing but apples of the very highest grade; the rest of the fruit can be more economically shipped in barrels. Galvani, a natural philosopher of Italy, was dissecting a dead frog one day while I pupil was making experiments in elec- tricity by his side. He observed that the muscles of the frog, being expose}, gave Iigns of motion whenever the nerves came in contace with the scalpel. Gel- Tani diseorere8"ffte existence of t'heir' principle in this phenomenon and origin- ated the fertile branch of physics known br. the lane of gnheniun. Nature Herps Jnventora. B. Walking on the outskirts of B city one autumn evening a’young man be- came interested in watching the seeds falling from a sycamore tree. He ob- served that they acquired a. rotary mo-. tion before reaching the ground, and, inquiring into the cause, he found that the two wings were slightly turned in opposite directions, which caused them to revolve in falling. The idea of melting a. screw propeller on this principle at once occurred to him. As she did so, something in his uppeer- ance struck her with a sense of strange nees. He was dressed as usual, with the serupulous care for which Ilia valet was famous, but it was not his faultless at- tire, but himself, that was different to the usual languidly nonehnlsnt honor- able. As he took off his hat hurriedly, Jeanne saw he wasmarvelloua to behold, flushed and excited, and the hand which grasped hers, and pressed it closely, was hot and feverish. Still stunger, his voice, usually so low. and melodious], indolent, was quick and earnest. / The surprise and disappointment were so keen that she stood speechless for e moment, then she held out her hand and stnmmered a good morning. Fruit growers and box "makers should bear in mind the amendment to the Act regulating the size of fruit packages re- cently passed, legalizing a. minimum standard box. This box has a minimum size of 10 xllx20 inches inside measure- ment. There is no specification as to the thickness of the material other than that it should be strong and seasoned wood. It is recommended, however, that the ends should be at least tive. eighls of an inch thick and the sides at least three-eigttts of an inch thick, and there should be no objectionable odor to the wood. EStandard Applp Box i' '.-----o_- 'My life was absolutely made miss erable by rheumatism," says Mr. Geo. F. Hilpert, of West River, Sheet Har- bor, N. S. "I am employed every spring as a river driver and in consequence am exposed to all sorts of weather and exposure in the cold water. A few years ago while engaged at my work I was seized with the most acute pains in my back and joints, I became almost a crip- ple and could scarcely move about. I hid medical aid, but it did not help me. Then I began taking a remedy alleg- ed to be a cure for rheumatism, and I used ten dollars worth, but derived absolutely no benefits The constamt suffering I was in began to tell on my hitherto strong constitution and I be- came so badly run down that I despaired of ever being in good health again. Then a. friend called my attention to pr. \Vil- liams’ Pink Pills, and although sbme- what skeptical I decided to my them. I had only used a few boxes when I be. gan to feel better, and after I had used something over a dozen boxes I was again in good health. Every tufmge of the trouble had left me, and although Rheumatism was rooted in Mr. Hil- pcrt's blood. The cold, and the wet and the expocure only started the pain going. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cured because they drove the poison- ous uric acid out of the blood and filled the veins with that new rich blood that no disease can resist. These pills actually make new blood.. and that is why they ture common ailments like rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago. anaemia, indigestion, headaches and baelcaehes, kidney and liv- er troubles and nervous troubles sueh as neuralgia. St. Titus dance and paralysis. And it is this. same way that thy cure tho irregularities and secret troubles of women and growing girls. No other med- icine eon do this, and ailing people will save money and speedily get good health by taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills at once. But you must get the genuine with the full name, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peopu,, on the with the full name, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People,Y on the wrapper around each box. Sold by all medicine dealers or sent by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes tor $2.50 by writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Driven Out of the System by Dr. Williams Pink Pills I have been subject to much exposure since, I have not had a twinge of the old pain. I can honestly say that Dr. William's Pink Pills cured me after oth- er expensive treatment had failed.” RHEUMATIC PAINS (To be continued.) erhit'AWtt5" jitieiriiEii TORONTO a Herr 'tapitaine has constructed a launch equipped with a 25-horse-powor ' B engine, which is about 36 feet in Eng“), with T-foot beam, whale a vessel for steam engines for similar power would be' it least " feet in length and of " feet beam. The steamboat come- 't1h'tfd, 'r/ttut"".',',,,'",',',',',),', four times the ’spk'eem a your - One of the tending questions in mech- nnicnl engineering of the present day is the extent to whhh the etenm engine will. be supplanted by the internal com- bustion motor, in which the explosive force of the gases produced by the va- poriution or decomposition of the fuel u used instead of the expansive force of the Itenln produced by the heat of cognbustion ecting on water. In motor or power boat: and automo- bile vehicles, where liquid fuel is avail. nble, the internal combustion engine has obtained recognized supremacy, while the gun engine burning blast furnnee gnu-s or illuminating or fuel gas, or producer gas made in adjacent apparatus, shown under some conditions great economy and in certain favorable instances re- quires only half the amount of fuel de- manded by steam to produce a. given out put of power. Such success has been secured already with gas engines that it is now demon. strated that it is far more economical to use a so-called producer plant to transform coal into gas and then use the gas in a gas motor than to burn the fuel under the boiler of a steam engine. Accordingly, with the experience gained from constructing large gas engines tor power plants on land, it was but natural that engineers should consider whether the some efficiency could not be secured in marine gas engines. The effect of suction in the cylinder " to draw from the producer an even sup- Bly of gas, and the successful use that as been made of the idea has increased largely the efficiency of the gas engine. The consumption of coal in I g” engine amounts to from one to two or more pounds per horse power Ber hour, and when it " realized that the ume amount of power generated by steem require; from three to five and I. half pounds ot god, the superior quality of the gas on- gine is spinning L A ' ' in marine gas engines. It the conditions demanded in this class of machinery could be met the ad- vantages of the gas engine would be even more striking than on land. Thus the absence of smoke would be as valuable for; Laura! vessel as it would be agree- hhle for the passengers on a liner, While the fact that a pound of fuel would car- ry a gas propelled steamer twice as tar as one using steam would increase the radius of action of a war vessel and would result in substantial economies for the merehuntman. Steam from a. small boiler may be in- troduced at the grate, and this on pass. ing through the coal becomes decompos- ed, its 21'yr,ut"if, to enrich the car- bon monoxid, w Le its ovygen combines with the carbon and eventually forms carbon monoxid. The g" in would, cooled and purified, and after being mix- ed with air forms an explosive compound which is used in the cylinder. The action of the producer consists m raising to incandescent-e b means ot an air blast the fuel at the hottom of the producer so that by combustion urban dioxid results. This passes through the heated coal and becomes carbon monoxid. which is a combustible gas. "A: they-fugue: tn-nt“pmett dtc signed and constructed it in thought that 1,000 ham-gown:- il the limit tor tho for cleaning and repairs. The gas from the producer consists of carbon monoxid (24 per eont,.), carbon dioxid (5 per cent.), hydrogen (17 per cum), and nitrogen (54 per cent.). It can be made from anthracite coal or coke in the smaller sizes, or from lump coal. and it is interesting to note that certain ot the leaner coals that are deficient In steam producing properties can be env ployed most advantageously in the gas producer. . - . _ Furthermore, there would be no need of a. force of stokers for the furnaces on the gas propelled ship, as the little hand- ling of fuel could be done largely with machinery. Even more important would be the great saving in weight, since while the gas engine may be. slightly heavier than a reciprocating steam engine, the producer weighs less than the boilers and there is a great gain the the weight of water saved. He has prepared designs for several vessels of consuierable size, and has actu- ally constructed launches and barges in which his engines have been tested. His method is to use a number of single act- ing cylinders. as in gas engines a number of small units are more economical than a single cylinder and piston of large size. The principal advantage. asserted for a gas engine built on this principle is that it can be operated at a compara- tively high rate of speed, while at, the same time the reciprocating parts and the flywheels are of smaller mass. Far. thermore, such engines are more suscep- tible of regulation, and involve a smaller initial outlay. The individual parts ot the motor are small, and are accessible for cleaning and repairs. There is also a saving in space, and this saving as well as that in weight and in fuel acts in two ways; either more space is released for cargo transportation, with a consequent in crease in earning capacity, or more fuel, bought at cheap- er markets, can be carried. With the gas engine there is no great- er amount of auxiliary machinery re - quired than with steam, .and '.such.Jts there is is far less complicated. The pumps are driven by electricity, and this same form of energy is utilized for power and for illumination, in the ease of the pumps being much more economical than steam. That such considerations should prove attractive to engineers is apparent at first glance, and ttceordingly it is not difficult to understand why in England and Germany considerable attention re- cently has been paid to the designing of marine engines in which a producer tplant and a gas motor take the place of oilers and recipropating engines or t.ur- bines. In Germany the most important work in this field, perhaps, has been done by E. Capitaine. who has spent many years in t e study of the gas engine and producer and has carried on a large num- ber of experiments of great practical value. oth “BM MttiF. satisfactory working of a marine tit" motor. British engine buildem have un- dertaken the contraction of tour-cylinu der marine engines of 000 hone-power and six-cylinder urine engines of 900 home-power, so that within n short time s pruticnl demonstration of the em- ciency 1nd merits of the gun propelled \tsael_mny be had. __ -, _ _ _ The engine preeentn a number of com- plex feature: which have been worked out nyetematieally, and it in alerted that in a steamer equipped with gal en- ginea of 20.000 home-power, which in approximately the tre,', of the engines of the St. Paul, t economy over the beat turbine or reciprocating engines would be 60 per cent. or an annual saving in the cost of fuel if under steam for 2,500 hours of a year. of 350,- ooo, not to mention the expenaea and delayy incidental to more frequent coal- ing, cost of operation, etc. In the meantime Herr While he bunched out along s new line and hes prepared pleas for s marine engine of from 2,000 to 2,500 horse- wer. Instead of using the pressure of "tC' stmosphere for the return stroke of the piston, he employs sir compressed to three utmos- pheres, end this u used also to compress the explosive mixture of tr" and air be- fore iguitson. In the one of on engine of 10,000 horse-power it in: computed that, With the saving in the initial cont, which in not ineomriderabie, the suing incidental to the operation of n gt: engine would amount in the first year to more (hm $100,000, or 10 per cent. of the cost of tht yessol; , While the gas engine for marine puro poses is still in the experimental stage, yet from theoretical discussions and pre- liminary trials it seems to promise great results, and it is hardly unreasonablo to expert that the development of ma- rine engines of the internal combustion type of large size will be as rapid and satisfactory when once it is begun as the development of the gasoline launch and motor boat. Foreign Countries-The report of the apple crop in the United States would indicate a medium to good crop. “I. English plum cro is medium, with s prospect of being Fess than avenge. In every part of Canada you will fill mothers who speak in the highest praise of Baby’s Own lelets. Among the“ is Mrs. James Konkle, Betunsville, Ont. who says: "I [me med Baby's Own Tab- lets for over three years, and 1 would not be withtut them. They hnve done mom for my children than any medicine I have ever used.. My little girl ,now four years old, wss always troubled with irtdigestiots and constipation, and u. though other medicines helped her tern. porarily, Baby's Own Tablets were the thing needed to cure her. I also gave the “Nets to my baby from time to tin. since she wss two days old, and they al- ways worked like a charm. She is not two years old. and a more healthy child would be hard to find. The Tablets on certainly a life-saver." These tablets cull all rumor ailments of infants and youq children. They contain no poisoning soothing stuff, and there is no do!" of giving an overdose " there is with liquid medicine. Sold by I“ druggim a seat by mil " 25 cents a box by writ. ing The Dr. Willzsms Medicine Comps-y, Brockville, Ont. Other Fruit-Cherries and bush fruit: are all in good condition. Strawberrie- are reported in fair condition but with some winter-killing. The spring from to date have not seriously hurt the crop except in very limited areas. Raspberries promise well, but no over-production. Bprttring--irhe spraying (it-monstro- tions of the De "ttttents of Agriculture, Dominion and r/J,.','.',,",,:', together with the teachings of the fruit growers' ano- ciationa, are making an impression. Spraying is more general than ever tre. fore. Power sprayers operated by pri- vate parties for hire are reported in sev- eral sections. Rescuing to Desperate Remedy. ' (Cleveland Lender.) Agel-t ct OI (en's your boot . "How to PURE” Mann " ' , ' _ _ ladr-B_ut I more quiet my such bod. Dominion of (Dannie, Department ot Ag- - riculture, Fruit Division, The general conditions for fruit of an kinds are excellent. Th winter, though cold, has not resulted in exceptional dam- age to trees and vines. The only seriou- losses are from tree-girdling by mice. and the. mutilation of trees by the heavy snow-fell in the 3iaktitue Provinces. Minor losses by winter-killing in eastern Condo. are reported in cues of trees in- jured but not killed outright by the win- ter of 1903-4, as well as in cases of trees that were overloaded in 1904. - ' iiiii ' Chili new; Penehes-The new plantings In" scarcely balanced the winter-killing d 1899 and 1903, so that even with a favor- able outlook for this season on heathy trees the aggregate crop will not bo urge. 2atlitt2,e,rtrotr" are almost unanimous tha the show for bloom is excellent. It must not be forgotten that the critical period of "setting" is not yet reported over any Wge area. The weather hu been very unfavorable, " MIME-3223!; the past two weeks in western Ontario.' It is also too early to report on fungus Ind the most destructive insects. Pears-Pear bloom is most abundant. Plurmy--The commercial plum section: all report the outlook favorable. The light crop last year, as well Is the good. wenther conditions for growth, have placed the plum tree: in excellent oondV tion for a. large cro this year if insects, front: or fungttt 2 not intervene. " {I not too early to make preparations for. an exception] crop and prevent a repeti- tion of the disastrous lessee of 1903. ,,rt ngxt 't,tt"f,4t,rar,1U tue ', Wye!» lt it tir ttfre. A MOTHER'S PRAISE mom-mu ' LO V