W a_y. \aUuuu\. av. u. One summer morning a twelve-car train `containing the members of a Sunday-school was bound for a pic- nic at a point`-about fty miles dis`- etant. Although the. sky was c1oud- `less when the excursion `started, the train` had not_`p'r1oceeded'Amb`re than h:_t1f-way." when .9, thunder storm b`rok,e..~.-The `rain-jf11_ ,torren';ts. t, engineer: w.?3;$:;-.W6'r!idi;f1"'=.ar.. ~me=. 'c.;i:'d97 A .A;'>1-E!` ON THE _ENGINEERfS `RUN. Address by` C_anadian. gienefal Situation. %an`dLhe_ slowed down to about thirty-' [vg xmles aq hour. - A-_-...l _ --_..-.- This 5-Ton Scale; Is Easy` To Buy 111$ J31 Clucuo - l I mean. to, was the answer. God help us all! i `His `last words were drowned by` a terric crash of thunder which came simultaneously with a ash of lightning that seemed to strike the grhound just ahead of the engine. -. e -next thing they knew they were past the station, still riding safely on the main-line rails. ~-- A- A -4-A- ....A 011- need not club` with your neighbors to e" uipP your "'fa.1_'m ' with the scale you need- he CHATHA(hI itless Scale. You can afford to buy You Have comet. Ready it . yourself. It W111 save you No Bother T` F9 U - more than its cost in one season. Up to ve tons it will weigh accurately all you buy or sell. You can erect it ready to use in a mormng. UIL Luc uuuu-uuu. noun:-1. 2 . The train came to 3 stop, and the `engineer and conductor hurried back to-discoverxwhat had happened and how the tr'ain- had passed the open switch. They found that the light- ning had struck squarely between the switch and the rail and had` clos- ed""the switch.` V ,r r<-_1n ....:.I H..- I_t was the engineer. fL_,- tn SJIICCI 0 More often the /stbry of a close` `call js a tale of quick-thinking h_erqism. `We are told of _an. en- gmeer whose presence of mmd sav- ed 'a.score of hves 1n Newark, N.J., Your CHATHAM Pitless Scale will be YOUR Scale that you can take with ou when you move. You can always gets for it W at you paid for it. And you need no skilled.` help to set up the C-HATHAM-it comes to you _complete, with plain_ directions. Built wholly of eavy steel. Nothing to rust; decay or go wrong. Government `guarantees its absolute aecuracy. Tested before it leaves the factory. Warranted fully. "Bear in mind that you have no hard work to do in setting up a ' ground,-- CHATHAM. It is all solid steel, stands on its own feet above no pit to dig, no fussy preparation needed before Comes to you so you can be weighing on it in a. you use it._ _ No skilled mechanic necessary at all. few hours [after you get it. Special" Compound` Beam - No Extra Cost This season we include our new Compound Beam with each CHATHAM Pitless Scale without adding a cent to the price of it. You can nd no bigger bargain; yet the price is way down low. In sections where we have agents we offer special long- ` time credit terms to those who would rather try the Scale before they pay for it. Write us` and ask for full details. TE. 1. 1 Your One- Ton Scale - Handy to move about as a wheelbarrow,_ yet accurately weighs, up to a full 2,000 pounds. - Swivelled pole and front wheels let you turn it short through doorways and around corners. Strong and staunch, too, like all scales we build. _.Main frame is one solid and very heavy casting. Levers are special heavy and strong, _- 41.--- ._....u no.-San unrlnv nvnpceiuo ctrsainm usauugn l4CVCla ans. ayssaun ----_; --- -v----, _ so they won't spring under excessive strains. f"" Bearings align themselves, because pivo} rests IAN on hearing loop-tilt' the scale and it will I still weigh right. And the price is vexy small! swam: Us AND ASK FOR DI-:"I'Au.s i` T I ! RRIE MANSON CAMPBELL co. LTD. ` CHATHAM` - . ONTARIO V pure, nw andqenrely different from ordinary preparations. They accomplish the!r`&:poaovg|bmtdistmbmgwres!dtinsystexm.mduetherefmeuw ideal ve (or tho _ Iiu::tngmother.astheychonotaff:ctthochnd. Cnmpoundedglilta all MA-DRU-CO ptepantions. by expert ~If p w'll ghdlyrcturhyourmopoy. ~~.--1, .~_ I____' n _.-__.. .I_.....-1.5!... _.o ngaoaaalnnoloknm gm-\rl9Sn. nndsua W _wv II `aw; uuuuu `wins ...y..-,. . 25. Inc. If drn be c stocluadthcm. d25c. d- , no M an an W34 You'll Never Wear It Out This Is The Complete Scale act of God, said the woo`. -vw--.---_- --_,. _ _- . _, _._,_ A freight train was going up a steep grade about half a mile from ithe station when the couplings broke between the third and fourth cars `from. the end, and they began to roll down the hill at a terric _speed. A. |`|. , __ ___.....__..... L_..:.. La.` quot no-I-:11- one December day. `a few years ago: LIIVI `u Het ` A clean cloth dipped in hot water, `then in a Saucer of bran,fwi1I speed- ily clean white paint without injury to it. The_ soft bran acts like soap on the dirt. I personally vouch for every statement this advertisement makes, and I futther guaran- tee that my Chatham Pitless Scale is the biggest scale value you canhuy for money in this or any other country. Write me about it and I will see that this is proved to your complete satis- faction. Write now. MANSON CAMPBE11. D...-2.I-_A The Council of Innisl met at. lchurchn] an Tuesday, July 26th;` A largely. . petitio1_1 was pre- sented; aslcmg the COIIHCII to open up the Pcnct:111g.: road allowance `from the 12th Con. to the bay in a, `northerly t lircction. Mr. Robert A. Carr presented_ the petition and Spoke 1'1] helm}: of the same. 1\/Ir. Wm. Miller .fpt_)kC agamst the pro- jecz_ This l)C'1ll_-;' a matter of the expemlituru: fl :1 `large amount of mm1c`}', lllc Lfnuncll decidedto in- quire into the prpl)able cost and whether the lwncht to the ratepay. 1910, All members present. ~ \ crs w0ul<.l jmtify the expenditure`. 'llCLlH.| .,., \v0x_1l(_1 necessary. I`1C8:':zu_y. _, The Clerk was instructed to not-i-` iv the G.T.I\ . C0. of the -necessity dfl6I1_uIl1CI1i11;4` the culvert at the John Nixon crossing and widening the _m(,1im 01` the same. - . \'inicc \\'(1 .~`cr\'ed on the Clerk of the ;1~'~ignmcnt by Denis Nolan of l1iSright~` in h< telephone system to the Beetun Telephone Co., Ltd. .. --,.....a.... ...n-on r\or`_ Int lJCCl`!ll Lynx . I A a v --\.. vv-, ----.- | The folllm'in_,r accounts` were ord- lCLl In lxc` llllltli Samuel Gilroy, Cll't'fIZll\'lllq ..r' lockup and Innisl s share of expenses of same, $12.95; Nt'rthcl'I1 .-\ account, $8.98; H, C, \\'ilsnn, use of room, $2.00; ` Frank Ru_;erson, work done on] bridge rm 4th line, $14.50; James Pagan, llll\'lllll_Q,' on 12th Con., in 1900.37; _l;1mes Herrell, ditching on 7th line, U})[)OSll lot 8, $15; E. M - Ross, lmnns on 18 rods wire fence, ` $2.70; David Jack, work on bridge .` on .\'o_ 4 .~l between 5th and ` I 1 I 6th line, $17.70; Wm. Robertso-`, - gravel, $14.40; J. W. Parks, grading on south rownline, $16.50, rWest ' Gwillimbury to pay half; Joseph ` Todd. 80 yds. gravel, $8; Frank Ro- bertson, work done -on bridge on 2nd sideroad between Ioth-and nth Cons., $21.75; Albert Taylor, repair- ing road grader, $3.50; James Belfry. bonus on 23 rods wire fence, $3.45; Selbly Carr. bonus on 34 rods "wire fence, $5.10; R. A. Carr, bonus `on 48 rods wire fence, $7.20; Wm. Jack, 98 yards gravel, $9.80; W'm. -I-Ierrell, repazring hill on nth Con., $15; George Kneeshaw, 60 yds. rzravel, $6; Thnnms Jack, bonus on 35 rods wire fence, 35.25; T. Sturgeon, 102 yds. gravel, 810.20: Andrew King, bonus on 70 rods wire fence, $10.50; Thos, Sawyer, bonus on 73 rods wire fence, $10.95; Wm. Meher, bonus on - I20 rods wire fence, $18: Timothy Connell, 8 yds, gravel, 80; James Black, bonus on 76 rods wire fence, $11-40; G. C. Allan, on bridge ac- count, $4.oo; Albert Taylor, account vm-\.L .... .___-.!..._ Du;-us ` >iiH{, s4IooV;' }x'1't3Z'r' Tiylbi; account` work on grader, $100. T . Council adjourned to meet at Craigvale Friday, nAuTg11:1t'25Tth.r`9 ::' Canned fruit is greatly. improved by standing at East an hour in the aithus restoring the oxygen and makmg it much richer. Feather beds and. 9`wS 5:326; times have an unpleasant %. them being put away for a tune. d air On a clothes line in the sun 81? we for two or three days ,and thgneg 3 them a thorough _dfYmg be-Ogsfm clear re. If this 15 not Succc ' . he ticks"! empty the pxllows, have t ` . washed and the feathers th0r01|1',lZh`Y_ pued. in tea ma Y me- 7 You % fl `Vor to i strength or ? `richness R:;raxu B Y a '2:kage. NAPSHDTS '5' Om $1.00 to f:"fVee. - ' - Kodak snapshot; of hi1dren are always intrestin ` "`h111d call and see our VK9daks and Brownie '_ ,w. ` INNISFIL COUNCIL. __.j- Your Grocer Will Recommend It _ 31 - NEVER SOLD IN HULK 9 H11 u3l JULII, syovu R f HILL. Clerk. | 1sm urroaAIm\ Thos. Will Almqer Charge 9f%Murler- . inz l-a?tte_r sjlnfant % gm mums 1=AuAss1zIas| Mother su-mica 11.: A And {Threw It Into. The River, Th_0ma_8 MC-N1!'lty.and~Mary Dolan` 1 iwere eomriiitted for "trial at'~3,0rillia .` on Thursday. last `on a charge of `- murder by Police Magistrate Clark. j The two arejjoi-ntly -`charged with f4 the death of a child, whose lfddy was Iound oating in-the_Narrow*s, about two weeks ago." '-The charge - against -McNulty-was'rst taken up. The principal ,'witness- against him was the _girlvhers_elf, who made a , clean breast of the whole affair; 1She said that the dead child was hers and McN\h1ltyv.was-`itsl -`father; It was born in Toronto on the 10th of j March, and she took it up t,o`Hawke- _s_ton.e on the 26th. There she strangled it, placed the body. in a suit case, took it to Orillia and drop- ped it into the Narrows, with a stone attached, on the evening of the 28th. She` charged McNulty with having refused. to` enable her to place the .child in a home . He had written her, she swore, telling- her to do ' away with it7and suggesting the me; thod. He had met her in Or-illia , while she had thedead child in the i suit case and had told her to drop [it into the Narrows.. She further `alleged that after thediscovery of the body _h_e had begged her to shield him if any trouble- shou1_d arise. - ~ ` ' [The girl was put through a severe cross-examination by Mr, J, T, M;u1- cahy, counsel for McNulty. `She was overcome a couple-of times and had to leave the court room, but with this exception gave her `evidence `clearly and stuck to her story de- tenninedly.` Evidence was- given by .Mrs. Lavoie, of Toronto, at whose house `the child was born, by Mr. and Mrs. Dolan, father and mother of the girl, who -charged McNulty with ruining their -home, and claim- ed he had a greater inuence than they over their daughter, and by [others as to details. ` __1L-J `ll-\Y..`l I ULHCIB fab LU uutaua. The magistrate commited aMcN ul- ty to stand his trial at the assizes m Barrie on the_26th of September. ' --- --4-:_-. u..-.. n-_l Dal rvlc U1] LlI\-_av|.|s vn -av ---__ T `When the case against i\;Iary'l)o.. flan was ca'lled her counsel, Mr. M. 1B. Tudhope, declined "to plad and County Crown Attornev Cotter ask- ed, however, that the evidence should be taken. The principal wit- nesses were Chief of Police Re`d and Constable Wlright, to whom the girl had made a confession implicat- - ing both herself and McNulty. Other witnesses gave testimony as to her presence and strange actions in the vicinity of_ Hawkestone the! day before Easter. The eross-exam- inationwmade it plain that the de- fence will be a plea that the girl is mentally irresponsible. The magis- x waived preliminary examination. \ trate_ committed her to stand her The case, which is the first mur- der trial in Orillia, has aroused great public interest. and the court room was so crowded that the police may:-A istrate ordered the exits; cleared _and the doors closed. He declined, how- : ever, to accede to the request of the "counsel for the accused that the ' hearing "should be conducted in camera. | D `trial at the same time as McNulty. V 4 . " {sums to Lose mansions; And% >Strilse-Breakers Stay-St:te- ment to that Effect Made by - Grand Trunlt U|l|.\ Gra V positiv V} |IIl\J -_ - .._-_, > First, the men undoubtedly go back as new men, which means that they lose their pensions. Secondly, .the strike-breakers re- main in the service of the company.- In `the orders issued to`agents all over the system, the ,:statement was ely made that `inc men are to be dismissed for the purpose .of creating a vacancy. .... 1,3-.. '....'|&u:-I1 -went _out from V559 0 lows j: Creating a vu\fu...-,,- The brder, which went Vice-President Fitzhugh, IVVD _ creatcd ..l1d, ,=9.? ".`;`;:..." In the settlement of the-_ V strike of e the men invthe train T and yard se_r_vice itwis` provided that the men, except those-guilty` 9 violence an ' ct; should be p s soon as possi are authorized to cies now existing with these con them to the _ ing such positions. Oicials and other -`employees " temporarily ll- `_ ' n `the train?` A "be retievg; ` V ed'.._and . _r_eturned . to -..fthei'r. .foiEi'11e'i:`f}; ' .vacancisvttthui"eTe " the h s4a"-`nine 1 ing such".`posi_ti onsf` .i and yard service may places," and the acncie9:t_ ble. You` .- lle the vacan-_- in accordance ditions, offering. men formerly hold-;_., out zugh, is as fol- M}. _ police court case which is cer- `sarn. to 'grovoke_ widespread interest gs_ to come up for hearing before "Police MagitraTe Clark at Orilha next Monday, when Mr. Manley ,Chew is`to answer to ten charges of supplying liquor to `Indians at Beau- soliel Island, says the Packet. The oence is alleged to `have occurred f\II `LE o1:ov`uL A` Tango` GAO-L -tuna ` `````|V`' 13"` C5195?`-I I-NJ IIGVU Ubuunzwu on the njght of June 30th, w en Mr. ..Chev_v `visited the` Island, and, so` (it ,1s sand, was very good to his Indian ifriends. The 'case was reportqd to {-1.4 'I'...I.._ `I\.a......a........4. I... II. f"L...- `unuuua. a_.uc paac wan ncpuatqu Lu %the Indian Department by Mr. Chas. -McGibbon, `late Indian Agent at Pe,netanguishene,..-about the time of his dismissal, but ' the Department declined` to take any action. Pres- ent nroceedings are taken by De- `tective R. J.- Msarkle, acting on his own` responsibility. The nape:-s ?n the case were. served on. Tuesday. `ONTARIO HONEYCROPI Beekeepers Suggest Price: For The % ' _Yeer-.- Large Increase Report- ed in Number ofives. ` .'I_`h_a.t there is rnoney to: be made by keeping bees was proven at the meeting of` the Honey Exchange *Corn.rnitt'ee of.the Ontario Beekeep- ers Association at the Parliament Buildings recently, when it was re- ported that there had been an in- crease of 60 per cent. in the number of hives in the province. `Reports were received from 450 _ points, throughout the province. represent- ing 23,582 hives of bees. Reports A- Ac-An nnnr`:f:t'|rIC chnwed I lug` 23,502 IIIVCD Ul. UCLD. J.\\a!.I-J: .... on. crop conditions showed that lthere w_as practically no old honey left on the market, and all reports indicated that the 1909 prices sug- gested by the committee were re- alized. The average production per colony of light honey is 58.3 pounds, `as compared with 59.1` last year. While the crop in the western and centre" part of the. province, where the bulk of the marketable honey is produced. is loweryconsiderably than `last -year s, there is a" much laiiger -crop. in the eastern `counties, which has kept ` up the. average. .._=:..:..._ .1, nnnrfc nirrp- IIGD hwy; up u... _,.., ____ After-considering the reports care- fully the committee _would recom- mend the following rices for the year: - ' I No. I light extracted (wholesale), 10 to He per lb. No. I light extracted (retail), 12% lJ"" - light to 15 per lb.` . V No.-I comb (wholesale), $1.80 to $2.25 -per dozen. ' ~-_L /_.1...1-.'...1.\ ~Qt :n -n Q1-Z5 PC] uunynna - No, 2 comb (who1esa1e).%$I.so ;o [$1.75 per dozgn. I1I-- --.....g.l-Ann. :O'I(` - `sf! -78 opt./3 pus u uuuu .. The commitee nds that` lame quantities of extracted honey have already been sold by` Peel County beekeepers at I0 5-8c, car lots, f.o.b. shipping" pqint for the Western mar- kets. In view of the decrease in the -A -._.l L|....`Co-an nv-`RISE (`If fruit. the kets. In or me (lccrcaac ... ...- crop and therm prices of'fruit. the commitee `believes that the above prices should be realized andwould sugtgest that beekeepers hold part of their honey for later delivery. un- less present prices are satisfactorv. Thelocal demand, which is increas- ing, should `be especially looked |-after. - e A; __111 kg :ecuAr1 l'n {cover buckwheat honey. A later reuort will be issued DEAFNESS CANNOT` BE CURED by local applications, as_they cannot mach the diseased portson of the car. There IS only"one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu- tional remedies. Deafness is caused l-- --- 3-D---4-A nr\uI|(`;f;f\l1 nf Hug mu. tionai l l'I'lOlcS- lJcaA'ucaa ID cu.-- by an inamed condition of the mu- cous lining of the Eustachian .Tube. When this -tube is inamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear- ing, and when it iscntirely closed,_ deafness is the result, and `unless the inammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed `forever; nine cases out of ten are caused "by Catarrh, which is nothing i...+ `an inamed condition , of the caused Catarrh, wm_c1_1 1s nommg but an inamed cond1t1on,of mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dol- ed_by catax-rh)' that_ cannot be cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.. - -- F J. CHENEY- 82 CO., Toldeo, 0. `Sold .b Druggists, 75. Take all s Family Pills for con-$ .!_ -41`; 1 BBC 1.; stipation. The Detroit Free Press says: C. S. Nesbitt, of Durand, an em- ploye of-~the,Grand Trunk, who sac- riced his expectation of a pension of "$50 .per month from the company :by joining .t_'he strikers three weeks `before the pension-was due, is not to be=con ratu_1ated for_his heroism. '7- L-- an nan-rn`\r' . nn thev Would 3.1 be "con fatlllatcu xurius _..e.u.s.... H-e has a armily`,-l and they would al- most have been justied in initiating a judicial inquiry `as to his sanity, for he was hardly t to exercise his own discretion in inging awav an income that would have stood be- tween thern and want as. long as he lived. The -labor organization which exacted` `such suicidal loyalty from him `wasnot entirely blameless eith- er,- for his continued` service to the comoany fO'_l' so brief an interval could mno w_ay_gentiaMgq1ger the suc- ' cess of- the strike. .... , . -.11:..-. .-n.?- d-9'1-\o-Irrrllan `nil-mse T M; P. BEFORE THE BEAR. Mpniey cm; 1.1.9.; chaxged With. Liquor to '.uv_ _n`_,_ ,, CCSS OI uu: Dtnusy. . ff any inte11ige_nt_ workman whose union frequently. *drags' him into strikes could keep a` debtor and creditor: account of his `losses bv obeying .t,l,1;e_j.1_1nion and. his prots out of,-strikes.` even %w11`en thev' suc- ceed, 31 1 .:_ivogiId be aastonished -how the _,ba1;ance.s_ would shownon the wf In`s N esbitt s case. the " fccountmaymble -on` Athe'w`1-om: e,_. is`;too~.'old,. for any pt-her ;_e,;;jt;;.-;.th`a;ns1f:switghiij'g. 1 %a`g1c1' it 7i/s '_'m_o1-4': than 9 1; % ?1;*1,37r:s9",?'i9f >3; %ru4a`Nomnm ADVANCEV C Jlbl nu u Nesbi?t;" _._L4 to `fine sing 'ght- IAPPLES on m:cuNEl Orchard Industry` of Provibncee Was _ At Its Best Fifteen` Years A-go," ` V Declares Ptjof. Crow. ` ` mun IS %M0ma narcnvnl Insect Pests And Sneverev Winters > Given A: Main `Causes. ` ' Apple shippers from all parts of.- the world {Vere assembled at Niag- ara. Falls, N.Y,, last- week, attending the sixteenth annual convention of, the International . Apple Shippers Association. ~ ~ Mlany matters of interest to the trade were under consideration, more particularly an effort on the part"-of the association to `obtain a standardization of package--bo'x and barrel. 1. is more favorable to _the apple ship- per thah the United Stages tar`ff schedule, arid an; effort is now being made to have this `matter adjusted. " ' The R committee on \ inteational Mtaris `said that the Canadian tarxff ischedule with France and Germany Addresses were made by three prominent men in the United States and `Canada at the oiiening S,ession. These included Prof. S. A. Beach, of Iowa State" College,` Ames, Iowa; Prof. U. P. Hzedrick, of New York Agricultural Experimental Station, Geneva, N.Y., and Prof. J. W. Crow, Ontario Agricultural Co1lege,_Guelph, l Ont. 1 `In his address, Prof. Crow said ,that the apple-growing industry in Canada was at itsvbest` fteen years` ago, since which time for various causes there has been a general de- _cline of interest inapple orchardinq, a general increase in the percentage of `defective apples, and a `general fallingoff of the quantity of good annles nding their way to the mar- ket. At the -present time, he said, the industry is beingvrejuvenated in a few localities, put over the Pro- vince generally orcharding is still on the decline. ` . As to the causes, he .s_aid, the fun- gous and insect pests had something to do with the decline. `Severe win- `ters were given as another reason. while a third cause, and probably the mostimportant was an oversup- ply of buyers ofthe wrong kind- the men who purchased through sharp business methods, with small capital, and the result was too often the_ grower was mulcted out of his entire crop. ' {on ail CUUIIUCS lying auuug Luc nu; Lu anus of Lake Ontario between Toronto ,and Belleville contain the heaviest apple-producing section of the Pro- vince at the present time. The 01-- chards lie mainly within ten or f- teen milesof Lake Ontario, and the apple district is consequently a str`p of country ten or fifteen miles in Iwidth, embracing parts of York, On- tario, Durham, Northumberland and ` `Hastings Counties. The "County of_ Northumberland is said to produce * more apples than any other county T in the Province. There is already a ~ large acreage of orchard through ' the whole Lake Ontario district and ~ planting is still going on at a `rapid 1 rate`. " 1 " ----- A - ' 1-\-, J3_L._I_L rr1.:.. The situation in the various ap- cle-producing districts of the Pro- vince at the present time is substan- tially as follows, the speaker con- tinued : T The Lake Ontario dist'rict-The `counties lying along the north shore ..t `I ..1-.. (\...4-no-in 1-snlwnnno-p Tnrnnfn JGlVo The Georgian Bay. district--Thisl section lies. to the south and south- west of Georgian Bay. The winter elimate is not so severe as to entire- , __--I--.I` -`-AL nvr\sQv:O`(r Climate IS IIOI SO SCVCTC as LU quLuc- 1y preclude peach growing. The apples of the district have an excel- leent 'reputatio-n for keeping qualitv. and they are not infrequently held in ordinary storage until March for shipment to the British market. Estimate of Crop. \ vProf.s Crow then gave an estinite % of the crop for this year; as follows: -- --- . AAA `ma--a`aI U1 lac UIUP IUI BIIID Jvun, uv sv--v Chatham'. 1,000 to 3,o00,b_arre'1s; HA1vinst0n, 3 cars; `Wyoming, 19 cars; Watford, 1,500 barrels; Grims-- by, 6 cars; Ingersoll.`4,`500 barrels; "Trenton, 7,000 barrels; Thornbury, 12,000 barrels; New `Durham, 2,000 barrels; Jordan, 20 cars; Oshawa, '8,000 barrels; Wicklow, 3,500 bar- rels; Sparta, 3,000 to 5,000 boxes; St. t~-4.1_'....:..... `Ann knvnc and {nrn rl; Sparta, 3,000 to 5 Catharmes, 6,000 boxes and 5,0 \ - No man eludes death oftener or more narrowly -thanethe locomotive engineer, says Mr, Thaddeus 5. Day- .ton, writing in Harper s Weekly. On a fast train the danger" threatens and is gone in _a fraction of a second. The writer" goes on to 1 tell` of- some of those" close calls which every engineer must reckon on as part of the day. s work. There are a few cases when Providence `steps in and azerts a disaster which seem,.S..inev3t-` n , - . ., A` \ agil 1 HUI. A . . The mdst remarkable instance of. this sort Khappenedwnany years ago. on a railway in eastern. Missour`; ,The story was given recently in the oicial organ of the -Order of "Rail- way. Conductbrs. ' 7- -.-......;... `nan-un:o|tv n l';1I1'DI\YP-l`5I1'