Lauc'i Family Jledlcin«> ! Moves the bowels each day, In order to be healthy this Is necessary. Aots gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head ache. Price 25 and 50c. (The United States produces more oopper han all the rest of the world. Beaaty la Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by Stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets,—beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. i A Gorman has invented a thimble of felt Or gum for the use of pianists. Try Grain*o ! Try (iraln-OI Ask your grocer to-day to show you a package of GBAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. Children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like It. GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, hut is made from pure grains; the piost delicate stomach receives It without distress. the prioe of coffee. 15c. and 25c. per package. Sold by all grocers. ' The main strength of the army in the Philippine Islands consists ol regulars. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous- Cess after lirst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free 1)R. R. H. KLINE. Ltd., 931 Arch St.,Phila.,Pa. In 1990 there were about 250,000 Indians In the United States. '■ Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tour I.lfe Away. tj To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or tl. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. In all the countries consumption carries off the most people. We think Pi.so's Cure for Consumption is thconlv medicine- for Coughs.— JENNIE PINCK ABD, Springfield, Ills., Oct. 1, 1894. The maximum weight of freight locomo tives is now 218,000 pounds. Mrp. Winsiow'sSoothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, ullays pain, cures wind colic. -sc.a bottle. Campbell's Malarial Sperlllr. Gxiaranteed cure for all Malarial diseases At all druggists, or >ent on l-eceiptof Scents J. B. CAMPBU.L, Suffern. N. Y. There are 1200 milo3 of telegraph wires In Madagascar. To Cure Comtlpatlon For»»»r. Take Cascaiets Candy Cathartic. 10c or£3c. If C. C. C. fail lo cure, drut;g.sts refund money. The workable area of coal beds in Colo rado is IS,IOO square miles. "In . Union There is Strength/' True strength consists in the union, the harmonious together, of every part of the human organism. This strength can never be obtained if the blood is im pure. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the standard prescription for purifying the blood. Ilia Supreme Moment. Novelists are all wrong when they mention "the time he proposed" or "the moment their eyes met" as the supreme moment of some sentimental couple. A charming woman who has been in love with her husband for five years told me how she always remem bered "Tom," who, by the way, is an artist and a romantic figure at most times. "I always think of him," she said, "as he looked once when he came into the studio after having had a longaud heated argument with an obstreperous cook. He came in rubbing his hands, and his face was positively trans figured. 'Lu,' he said, 'l'm success ful. She's discharged us.'"—Home Journal. Honesty is one of the national' Characteristics of the Finn, except among the population inhabiting the frontier districts bordering on Russia, where bad example has had its usual effect. BACKACHE is A symptom. Something makes the backache and that something requires attention or the backache can never be perma nently stopped. •' I suffered for years with a long list of troubles," writes MRS. C. ICLENK, of Wells, Minn. (Box 151), to Mrs. Pinkham, "and I want to . . ' thank you for my complete re covery. LydiaE. Pinkham's Vege- WW am flrfllff tlHr table Compound is a wonderful |>. medicine for women. CrF &?&»-. I had severe female complaints ** mm m on»» causing terrible backache and ner- Iml vftil vfffc • v - vous prostration; was dizzy most of ■—————————— the time, had headache and such a tired feeling. I now have ;• taken seven bottles of your Compound and have also used the Sanative Wash and feel like a new woman. I must say I never had anything help me so much. I have better health than I 3 ever had in my life. I sleep well at night, and can work all day without feeling tired. I give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege »table Compound all the dies o us resolved • frightened and sent for the doctor; and he said that it was for- 1 1 tunate for me that it came away. I got quite well after that | and have your Compound alone to thank for my recovery." t j Multitudes of women suffer constantly with backache. Other grateful multitudes have been relieved of it by Mrs. Pinkham's advice and medicine. Cong It* Lead to Consumption. Kemp's Balaam will atop the oough • once. Goto your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Bold In 35 and 59 cent bottles. Go at onoe; delays are dan gerous. Chicago has 81S churches and Phlladel> phia has more than 600. Aik Your Dealer for Allen'* FMI Cane, A powder to shake Into your shops; rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At all drug gists und shoes stores '25 cts. Sample mailed FREE. Adr's Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y. The Mexican army comprises 3507 officers and 24,539 privates. No-To-Bao for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit oure, makes weak men strong, blood pure. 60c, 11. All druggists. Among the exports of Mexloo last year are to be noted two tons of dried flies. A. M. Priest, Druggist, Shelbyville, Ind. says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure gives the best of satisfaction. Cau get plenty of testimonials, as it cures every one who takes It." Druggist* sell It, 75c. Egypt hus now about 1400 miles of rail road." Ednetta lour Bowels With Cmeareti. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, SSc. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money. Cobra and Pigeon. About live miles from Port Eliza beth, Natal, when out shooting, I saw an instance of the complete paralysis of a bird by a suake; and though the word "fascination" commonly used for this kind of effect without contact is perhaps wrongly employed, the case was a good example of what is usually meant by the term. Our at tention was first attracted by some thing moving on the branch of a tree, about ten feet above the ground. We then saw it was a Cape cobra, of the deadly kind, standing erect -with only ' the lowest coils of its tail rouud the , branch, with its hood expanded, and ; swaying from side to side. Ongoing | nearer we saw, what we had not j noticed before, a pigeon, sitting on ! the branch, about a yard from the snake. It was perfectly motionless, | not crouched on the bough, but stand- j ing up, and made not the slightest attempt to fly away. We shot the suake, but neither the fall of the ' creature nor the report seemed to "unfreeze" the pigeon, at first. Then it did not fly, but slowly walked along the bcugh into the centre of the tree, where I suppose it remained until it had recovered from the shock to its } nerves.—The Spectator. No Tampering With tlio PreM. Our Government has been called a government by newspapers, and it is , so in a very important sense. In the main the press has done its work well. It has exposed abuses, denounced cor ruption, iusisted on a redemption of ; party pledges and generally stood for clean politics and honest administia tion. Our history is full of illustra tions of its power and usefulness. ; Doubtless it has* made mistakes and abused its privileges, but on the whole its influence has been good. And it will l:e a sad day when its freedom shall be seriously limited.—Newspaper Maker. The Little Boy's Question. It is told of a certain English Bishop that while dining at the house of one of his fiiends he was pleased to observe that he was the object of marked attention from the son of his host, whose eyes were firmly riveted upon him. After dinner the Bishop approached the boy and asked: "Well, my young friend, you seem j to be interested in me. Do you find ' that I am all right?" "Yes, sir," said the boy, with a glance at the Bishop's knee breeches. | "You're all right; only (hesitatiugly) ; won't your mamma let you wear ! trousers yet?" Of the cargo steamers passed through 1 the Suez Canal last year, 1921 were British, 244 German, 86 Dutch, and 75 French. THE RIGHT SORT OF CIRU He told her she was sweater than tko petals) of the rose, He told her she was fairer than tho lily.; shouted and protended to turn up hor pretty noso, And she answered: "Jack, I pray yoa. don't be silly." Vnother who was richer and who know much more than Jack Came wooing the sweet maiden who had pouted; He looked upon her fondly, but sho only turned hor back— Tho love that ho bestowed on hor sho Routed. The man who had tho riches and the brains forgot to say That she was liko a rose or like a lily; Jaok came agalu and flattered her in his old, foolish way, she took him, still protesting: "Dou't be silly." —Chicago Nows. |IN THE SOUL | | OF A ROSE. J 4 BV OLIVE HARPER. | WW WW WW WW W WW WW W WW WW WWW There wore thoughtful shades iu the soft brown eyes of Alice Dorrenc3 as she walkod slowly aloug the path leading from the river's edge to the lawu. Her white dress aud pale pink ribbons fluttered in the afternoon breeze, and made a sharp contrast with the vivid green around and under her feet. Just now she was trying to solve a problom such as has been presented to most women in their time. Two men loved her, oach for different qualities. Johu Strong had boon her friend and protector ever since she could remem ber, aud she knew his liyalty and gooduess—but he was a plain, unas suming person, caring little for society or appearance. His leisure hours were given to the study of mechanics. Ho worked in a machine shop as though proud to wear the overalls and aprou. j It is true that he looked like one of tho sculptured gods as he stood car- I esaing some pait of a great iutricate ■ machine, but Tho other was a rich man's sou, and his long, sleuder hands were never stained with toil. Alice thought of both these men, contrasting them, weighing them aud sometimes almost deciding in favor of 0110 or the other. One was educated, but a workman. The other was poli- j shed, but au idler. As often as she thought she had decided some new question would force her to begin all over again. She had neither father nor mother, and lived with her aunt, who had just married a widowed clergyman with such au array of noisy children that Alice felt that she really could not bear to remain, aud she could think of no better way out of the difficulty than to marry. If sho married John she would go to live in the house near the big works where his father had lived. She would always have enough of everything, but unless Johu invented something valuable he would never be rich. If she married Charles Sturgess she would goto New York to see life as it is in the bast society. Her imagina tion, pictured this as an existence of fairy-like beauty with no seamy side. walked and thought, but came to 110 decision. Sho turue.l to ward che lawu leading to the beautiful Hudson and had gone but a few spaces along the path when she came iu sight of Charles Stur.iess standing beside a rose bush, whose buds were just uu fplding. He stood a moment looking at the busJli then cliose the most per fect and loveliest bud of all and broke it off short without a stem. Alice stepped forward just then,aud as he bowed aud spoke he tore the bud apart and pressed it to his nostrils. He held it thus for a brief space in haling the fragrance, theu cast it upon the gravelel path aud ground it down out of sight with his heel. Alice felt a chill pass over her. He must have noticed, as he smile! aud said: "I love roses so." "I shouldn't think it." "But I do. I love to choose an un opened bud and tear it apart aud iu hale its very soul." "And throw it away after." "Why keep it? But let us return to the river. The sun will soou set and we cau see the glory from " "I must go in. Excuse me." Say ing this Alice fairly flew to the door, | and from there to her room. She had j had a shock, and she needed solitude to measure the hurt. The man smiled gently, sauntered onto the river side aud looked at the sunset aloue. He could afford to wait. He was sure of her. Iu the meantime things were not going well at the machine works. Tho eugiueer had always been reliable,and i with him in charge of the great engine that drove the ponderous machinery all over the immense works no one gave a thought for his personal safety. But this day, no one knew how it hap pened, the engineer lay in a stupor 011 the ground, and the pressure of steam was so great that the whole place trembled as the wheels whirled around. Before the danger was dis covered it was almost too late. Hun dreds of lives were at stake,and there was no oue to save them. John sprung ! to the engine to find that the safety valve was closed aud out of order, i He leaped up and seized the bar with ' his bare bauds and bore his whole weight upon it—though he felt it burn its way to the very bone. He never knew how long he held o 1 to the bar that let off the steam, but when he regained consciousuess, he ! was lying outside ou the grass. One 1 by one the faces he knew dawned dimly out of the mist before his eyes. 1 After awhile they took him home and a doctor dressed the burns. Next morning John was sitting j propped up i» au armchair with both . ha rub bandaged. His face was pale aud cark rings ai'ouud his eyes showed his silfering, but his thaukfulness for the safety of all those men over balatced his pain. And yet there was littleliope that he would ever use thos* hands again—hands that had been so clever to fashion wonders in steel and iron. He closed his eyes. Alee had heard the story that same nigh. She could not goto him. She had jo right. But in the morning she taw clearer, and, rising, she went intothe garden and plucked another bud from the same bush and hastened witl it in her hand toward John's hone. Ou tbe way she met Charles iu lis immaculate morning costume. Souething now and decided iu Alice's | face caught his attention. He ad varned jauntily, saying: "jlay I walk with you? I suppose ; you are going to visit our mechanical I frieid?" 'Thank you,; no. I am going aloDe." "A.li! Well, I will say goodby, as I : leate here tonight." He watched her ! faci and saw it clear, as if relieved. 'Then we will say goodby," and she walked on, as if in haste. | Something like a mist came into his | eye) and a choke in his throat as he , muimured: i"I am sorry, for she is as good as she is beautiful, and she deserves a ! bet'.er fate than stagnation here." .Alice was soon standing by John's J sidf. He opened his eyes to se9 her | hauding him a rosebud, while tears I railed down her cheeks. ' What is it Alice? What troubles you?" he asked. "Oh, John, John! I am so sorry ! for your hands." 'Don't cry,Allie,don'tory They'll ! be well in a few days." But Alice sunk on her knees and went on crying and kissing the band aged hands until John put those maimed members around her and lifted hor face to his. She laid the rosebud oil his lips and he reverently kissed it, and as he did so it unfolded of itself to perfect beauty.—Chicago Record. HIS PERTiNENT QUESTIONS. The Olii Coiner SnrcaHticullv Cateßorlral With Hi* Nephew. "H'm —yes!" ejaculated the Old C dger, sarcastically, surveying his callow nephew, who had recently grad uated from the village academy. "i r ou have come forth from school with a real stylish-lookin' diplomer clinched iti your hand, aud several long and impressive words stickin' out of your mouth. You have graduated, all right enough, but have you learned any thing? You are educated considera ble, but have you got any sense? "You know a smatteriu' of Latin and a smear of Greek, but do you know where you are at? You kuo'w a little triggeruometry aud a few log arithms and a little about theologies and so on and so 0:1 and so forth, but do you know auythiug at all about things? You are acquainted with words, but do you know men? Can you write a letter that the other feller cau road every word of and thoroughly understand what you are trvin' to get at? Can you fill out a bank check properly; and, incidentally, have you got the most re'.note idea how to tiil up a bank account so's the aforesaid check will gaiu you anything better than the horse-laugh when you pre sent it to the hawk-eyed man behind the counter? "Have you got it impressed upon you that it never hurts a man to wilt his collar by gittin' a little honest sweat on it aud that the loug-green in your pocketbook is a heap sight better than long hair on ycur head? Have you fouud out how to write an ordi nary promissory note so that it won't reach out in a day or hour that yon wot not aud skin your financial {:elt off over your head? Can you accu rately measure lumber anil your feller lueu? In short, briefly and to the point, have j'ou really learned auy thiug but empty forms, words aud phrases? I kuow you have a bulgln' brow on you, but so has a common, everyday suappin' turtle, only his is on his back, and I have more than once known a graduate who had less geuuiue wisdom behind his bulgin' brow than a suappin' turtle has nuder his'n. In this day aud ago there are too many promisin' and too few payiu' young men. There are too many com iu' men—what we suffer aud yearn for is the got-here-already kind of men. You are educated, but have you got —aw, well,never mind! I guess you'll git along all right, anyhow; people say you take after me."—Tom P. Morgan, in Puck. How Fauro I'asserl the Daj, The late President Faure, unlike M. Casimir-Perier, who rose between 9 aud 10 a. m., was a very early riser, says the Westminster Gazette. He was ready for his cold tub every mo; n ing at 5 o'clock, aud having dress 3d quickly aud without assistance, he went at once to his study aud worked for two hours before his secretaries ar rived. After breakfast he went for a walk in the Elysee park, accompanied by his wife and daughter. During this walk he smoked half a cigar and often talked to the gardeners, as he was greatly interested in their pro fession. Unless he was obliged to be present at an official dinner or recep tion, President Faure spent the even ing at home, listening to the perform ances of his daughter Lucie, who is au excellent pianist. He retired for the night at 11. With the Younffftters. A little girl sat ou the floor crying. After a while she stopped and seemed buried iu thought. Looking up sud denly she said, "Mamma, what was I crying about?" "Because I wouldn't let you go down town." "Oh, yes," and she set up another howl.—Tit-Bits SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. A relation has been discovered l»y Professor Dolbear and Carl A. aud Edward A. Bessey between the chirp ing of crickets aud the temperature, the chirps iucreasing as frequently as the temperature rises. The Besseys relate, iu the American Naturalist, that when, one cool evening, a cricket was zaught and brought iuto a warm room, it begau iu a few minutes to chirp nearly twice as rapidly as the out-of door crickets, aud that its rate very nearly conformed to the observed rate maintained other evenings out of doors under the same temperature condi tions. The tempering of steel with uni form results is a feat hardly to be achieved by the most expert artisan. A German inventor has a pro cess for accurately obtaining a de gree of hardness, the variations being affected by changes iu the liquid used, and depending on the fact that graded results may be produced by the use of milk in varying forms and dilutions— that is, by fresh aud skimmed milk, sweet and sour whey, fresh and eld buttermilk, and different -mixtures with water. The various stages c 112 acidification of milk are also said to give all the effects of hardening in oil and other fat mixtures. In Japan grows the mangosteer/, most delicious of all fruits, if travel ers' tastes be true. Stay-at-homjs can never test it, for it will never bear transportation. It is, outwardly, a hard, round fruit, the size of a peath, aud the rind the same color and thick ness of a green walnut, and iu this brown husk lie six or eight segments of creamy white pulp. The little seg ments are easily separated, aud trans ferred to the mouth, melt away, the pulp being as soft and fine as a cus tard. The maugosteen's delicate pulp tastes, as all eulogists say, like straw berries, peaches, bananas and oranges all at once; a slight tartness is veiled iu these delicious flavors, audit is ■lever cloyingly sweet. An iugenious Frenchman has in vented a fishing gun with which he expects to revolutionize this ancient sport. The device combines at the same time the pleasure aud excitement of shooting aud angling, so the inven tor says. The weapon is made iu the foini of a gun with a long iron barrel. The projectile is sent 011 its way by means of a powerful steel spring. It is not a bullet, but a three-pronged spear with cruel barbs and a handle twenty-eight iuches long. The theory of the new weapon is that the fisher aian will be able to harpoon the fish by hitting it with his spear. Mhe "ammunition" is connected to the gun by a stout string and the fish can be lowed ashore after each discharge. Texas journals describe what is de clared to be one of the most perfect of autidotes extant for the various forms of the opium habit. The plant is known by the name of htisa, and is of a dull, whitish-green color, aud about two or three inches long; it lias at its summit a ball-like white forma tion, and where the flower should be this is hard, slightly lobuluted, its :eseniblunce to a small cauliflower being quite marked. It grows in slumps in moist, shady places, particu larly 011 the hummocks at the roots of cabbage palms, and is of a low order of plants, above the mosses. Its use is asserted to be not only au antidote for narcotic poison", but likewise for all snake bites, stiiißS of insects, etc. Dr. McGregor describes it as the most diffusible of stimulants, acting imme diately, and, having subjected the plant to various tests, pronounces it an infallible cure for the opium habit taking the plf.ee of opium or morphine, tt is sedative, not narcotic. Ti ee* That firoiv ttrenri. The bread-fruit tree of Ceylon is very remarkable. Its fruit is baked and eaten as we eat bread, and is equally good aud nutritious. In Bar butu, Houtli America, is a tree which by piercing the trunk produces milk with which the inhabitants feed their childreu. Iu the iuterior of Africa is a tree which produces excellent butter. It resembles the American oak, and its fruit, from which the butter is pre pared, is not unlike the olive. Park, the great traveler, declared that the butter surpassed any made in England from cow's milk. At Sierra Leone is the cream-fruit tree,the fruit of which is quite agreeable in taste. At Table Bay, near the Cape of Good Hope, is a small tree the berries of which make excellent caudles. It is also found iu the Azores. The vegetable tallow tree also grows in Sumatra, in Algeria and in China. In the island of Cliusau large quantities of oil and tallow are extracted from its fruit, which ie gathered iu November or Decernbpr, when the tree has lost all its leaves. The bark of a tree in China produce* a beautiful soap. Trees of thesapiudua or soap-berry order also grow iu the north of Africa. They aie amazingly prolific, and their fruit contains about thirty-eight per cent, of saponin,— Ladies' Home Journal. Why Wood Crackle#. Wood crackles when it is ignited because the air expanded by heat forces its way through the pores oi the wood with a cracking noise. Green wood makes less snapping than dr, because the pores contain less air, being filled with sap aud moisture, which extinguish the flame, whereas the pores of dry wood are filled with air, which supports combustion. Her First. Adalbert—And so lam the first man that you have ever kissed? Guinevere Yes, Adalbert: tt others all teok the initiative. Chicagi News- MARTHA. Martha was a model woman Wife of Moses Jacob Brown, Finest nook iu all the country, Best housekeeper in town; But she died ana went to heaven, 'lhere to wear a martyr's crown. Moses B. had kine and cattle, Sheep and horses fair to gee, But a woman's help was needed, Hiring much too dear would be; So he came a twelvemonth later, Courted, won and married me. Now at breakfast time he tells me How she used the cakes to bake, Dinner comes and still he praises Soups and stews she used to make, While'for tea I hear laudations Of h«r quince preserve and cake. Now a woman's only human, And a pretty girl when wed, For her golden curls and dimples, For her laughing lips so red, Sometimes tires of endless lectures, Each extolling one that's dead. So I fancy somo flue morn'ng 'Ere my temper's quite subdued, I staull tell him, what a pity- He of course may think it rude— That he isn't up iu heaven Eating Martha's "angel food." —Lalia Mitchell, in What to Eat. HUMOROUS. "Father, conld yon please tell me what you consider flue wood?" "Why, sawdust, my sou." Sweet Sixteen—And do you have to expel students often? College ..es— Oh, no! Once is usually suliicient. "Haven't you any faith iu men Dor othy?" "Yes, I have faith in them, but I never believe a word they sav." Wayworn Watsou—Mister, I am slowly starving. Hargreaves —Of course. No one would expect you to do anything iu a hurry. "Henry, we'd get along better if you had more will-power." "No, Martha; we'd get along better if you didu't liave quite so much." Staylate—Just one more kiss, (Jar ling; just one, and then I'll go! \ oice from the Stair—Then for heav en's save, Nan, give him one ! If ever there comes a time, we note, When the winds get up nn:i squeal. Its when the man with the long-tuiled coat Goes out to ride his wheel. Pendipp—l don't suppose you have auy confidence in faith cure, doctor? Dr. Douua—Well, to an extent, all doctors take patients on faith, you know. He—Be mine, darling. You are the lamp that alone can light my ex istence. fSiie—Yes, dear; but papa doesn't think you are a good match for me. "Pa, what's a rebuff?" "You watch •iia the next time I come home late for dinner and try to say something that will tickle her; then you'll see what a rebuff is." "\Y hy does he make all those mo tions with his arm before he pitches the ball?" "Those are signals to the catcher. The two men always work in concert." "Dear me! Is that the 'conceit pitch' I've heard about so often?" Mrs. Darlington—John, I spoke to papa about having hi in take you into business, but he couldn't do it, be cause you have too many vague ideas. Mr. Darlington Hurrah ! That's clever of the old boy. My first wife's father used to say 1 ha.l n:> ideas at all. It Coat* Something. "People don't think, when they are riding iu our comfortable cars," says an official, "that it costs the company' good money every time the traiu is stopped and started; this cost is a part of the regular expense of operation, though nobody se?ms to be able to tell exactly what it amounts to. "Au amusing variety of guessps have been made of the exact cost of stop ping trains. A sensation was created a few years ago by the statement by an expert that a stop without lettiug off a passenger or taking on one involved au expense of from 51.28 to SI-70. This proved to be a ridiculously ex travagant estimate. One manager be lieves that it costs 18 cents to stop a train. Another makes the expense 48 cents for passenger trains and 70 or 80 cents for freight trains. ''Aside from the actual cost from wear and tear and extra fuel consump tion, one should take account of the danger of breakage to couplers, draw bars and their fastenings which re sults from stopping long and heavy freights. But wheu a road is crowded the saving of time is important iu freight as well as passenger traffic. "On a division of a Western road 123 miles long, some tests were made last year with freight traius weighing 1080 tons, exclusive of eugiue, tender and caboose. The average time con sumed wheu fourteen stops were made was eight hours and thirty-tive min utes. Without stops the time was seveu hours and twelve minutes. To haul oue car a mile, on au average, 3.2 pounds of coal were burned iu the former case, and only threa iu the latter." —Baugor (Maine) Commercial (treat Little Engine. The smallest locomotive ever built, which actually runs by its own steam, has been constructed by George W. Titconib, station agent for the Boston & Maine at the eastern division in Saco, Me. It is as perfect as any en gine ever turned out by auy locomo tive works in the country. Au Ohio man lays claim to the most dimin utive engine ever built, but he will have to take a back seat for Mr. Tit comb. His machine is sixty iuchea long, while the one built by the Saco railroad man is but twenty-six inches in length. The tender has a water tank that holds about two quarts of water. The tool boxes are on the tank, and everything is made exactly the same as if the eugioe weighed many tons instead of loss than thirty pounds. Mr. Tkcomb has been about a year in constructing the pigmy locomotive.— Chicago Inter-Ocean.
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