Car Brakes Operated By Electricity

Tiie Fr-euof) pnpera give au account of a new brakc tried at the Kaatej-n Railway by the Minister of Public Works, wbioh is operated by electiicity. These braken are eo consiructed tiiat they oan be instuntly applied to all thí "whoels of n train, by touching a suiull lever, which lias the efleet to break an electrie circuit, and thoroby release tle bnikes which aro thoü iorced aííainst'the wheels by spring. If the locomotivo bruktn frorn tile (rain, or nny couplinfr brnke, t.he eleetrio wire will uSso break, aod Üie dotad ed car will ba Btopped. The conductor, engioeer, or any otter artendflnt, can instant iy release the brakes iu cuso of danger, and stop Ihe cars. S3L" Retitloinan was once dio ing with a friend, whea a most droaüíul síorm aróse. íp opss of abateraent, the oüteiluinmeut wus proiarged to the latest hour; but at lengLh it was over, end the storm shovved no sigiw of ceasing, but, on the contrary, grew worce and worsi. The host nsisted upoo the guest's seooptance of the mposgibility of reachitig liis home. The guest complied, but in a few minuten wapf misscd from the parlor. In half an hour he re-appearod drenchod with rain, " Where in heaveu's name inve you been?" asked the host, viewing tha singular looking object, which lookcd likea dog about tho puws, and a Wapbg wi' low about tlie head. " I," said he, quietly -siiakin off the water, "1 lüive bjeen home to "tefl niy wife that, as it was sucíi a night, I should not return." SrS' Thero lives a man in the tovvn of Marión, who ia sixty }-ears old and who never went to a bar of iny kind and drank a drink of afdent sjiirits, never attended a ttieatre or show of ány descriptio, never took a chew of tobáceo or smokod 8 pipe or cignr, nevor weut to a buil or danced a step, never played n game of cards, biliiaidu, dominóes, dioe, or cbeckers, or any game wliatcver tiiat is played fo rnoney, oever courted but ooe girl who tn he niairieii and lives with yet, liever joincd any order or organization esoept the ehristian chnrch, of which he is still a mmnber, and never had his nniüe in a nwspaper but once; that was when be was hiarried, so he refuses to gire his name for publioatioo nov.-Rctïbdl ( Wn ) Brood Axe.