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n: 1 I , TO 1. ' It 4 4 - M ' V 1 1 ) i J r ..'ft z ft NOW REST, Now rst, my hsnrt! Canst thou by fretting keep the dy From slfmpfn tn tha arms of night. Or tnnkc one urnb'sm longer stay. Or bring on clnudrri star In si silt? Thnu canst not keep life' pain away From that soul dourer than thine own. But thon canst trut earh sorrow may Urln blossoms where thorns might have Brown; Now rest, my heart! Now rent, my heart! Two angola wait to give thee peace; Remembrance with past blessing bring Assurance that good will not cease; I'"orgetfulnesa hath healing wlnga. These will thv true companions he, And hearts with burdens more than thin May feel the love that shelters thee, And seek the rest that Is divine; Then rest, my heart I L Myra Goodwin Plants. I II " , THE NIGHT RUN OF Bv ILMOflt ELLIOTT PEAKS. IN THRCK PARTS. PART 3. V I "I am going to lot her have her VI head!" she cried out, tn her distress, ' Tk. ..I in.nif nop. haps he did not hear and, setting her teeth, Sylvia assumed the grim burden alone. The ponderous locomo . tlve fell over the brow of the hill, with her throttle agape, and the fire seething In her -vitals with volcanl: fury. It seemed to Sylvia as though they dropped down the grade as an aero lite drops from heaven silent, irre sistible, awful, touched only by the circumambient air. All Sylvia's familiar methods of gauging speed were now at fault, but she believed that for the moment they were running two miles to every minute. Under the strange lassitude born of her deadly peril, she relaxed her tense muscles and drowsily closed ber eyes. She was rudely shaken ont of her lethargy as the train Ft ruck a slight curve half way down the grade. The locomotive shied like a frightened steed, and shook In every Iron mus cle. The flanges shrieked against the rails, the cab swayed and cracked. For a moment the startled girl was sure they were upon the ties. But It was only the terrible momentum lift- I Ing thom momentarily from the track and in a few seconds, the fire-eating ' ' i. behemoth riehted itself. Yet Its oeau- " j tlful equilibrium was gone; and the 3 '. ' engine rolled and pitched, and rose . 4nd fell, like a water-logged vessel jP'Iir a storm. The bell, catching the motion began to toll. The young fireman suddenly sprang Vj , to the floor of the cab with a face .v - - .... . ... torn Dy superstitious tear. "What If she leaves the rails!" he cried. But instantly recovering himself he sprang back to his seat, with the blood of shame upon his cheeks. "Am I runuing too fast?" shouted Sylvia. "Not when we're behind time!" he doggedly shouted back. As the track became smoother the engine grew calmer, but Its barred tongue licked up the flying space for many a mile before the momen tum of that perilous descent was last. V long bridge spanning the Mattunk, Ifc twenty miles from Stockton, died r away, the fireman called out, cheer ily: "On time, madam!" Meanwhile in the superintendent's private car, at the extreme renr of .if the train, a party of men still snt up, "'S smoking their Havanas and sipping Vj their wine. One member of this party '"..') was the "big gun," the president cf ' " 'l the Mississippi Valley, Omaha and .,f Western Railway. Ho was a large i ', man, with luxuriant, snow white ' hair, and though his face was bencvo- iH lent, even paternal, every line of It betrayed the inflexible will which had lifted its owner from the roof of a freight car to the presidential chair of a great road, Mr. Howard, the general superin tendent, was regaling the party with an account of his experience in secur ing a substitute engineer at Valley Junction. For reasons afterward "What If she leaves the rails!" divulged he suppressed though, tbe most startling feature of his story; namely, the sex of the engine runner he had secured. But he compensated his hearers for this omission with a most dramatic account of the hero Ism of the sick man. whom be un hlusUcfly represented as having MY HEART THE OVERLAND Cepyrixht by Mo lure. rlillllp Co. risen from his bed and taken charge of the engine. Mr. Stanlford, the distinguished guest, listened quietly until Howard was done. "Charlie, you are a heart less wretch," he observed, smiling, The party dropped off to bed, one by one. The general superintendent himself finally rose and looked at his watch. Three cars ahead he met the conductor, who also seemed a little nervous, and they talked together for some moments. The train, at the time, was snapping around the chop py curves in the Tallahula Hills, and Began to cry In a choked, pitiful way. the two men bad difficulty in keeping their feet. "Fast, but not too fast, Dacklns," observed the superintendent, half In quiringly. "What I call a high safety," an swered the conductor. "But fearful In the cab, eh?" "Nothing equal to It, sir," rejoined Dacklns, dryly. Howard started back toward tho private car about the time tho train struck Beecbtree Hill. When he got back to his car he found Mr. Stanl ford still up, smoking and leaning back hi his luxurious seat, with half closel eyes. Stanlford motioned How ard to sit down close beside bim. "Confound you, Charlie, you've got that sick engineer on my heart, with your Inflammatory descriptions. Con fess, now, that you exaggerated mat ters a little." The superintendent chuckled. "Well, I did In one respect; but In another I foil short." He paused for effect, and then continued exultlngly: "Stanlford, I've got tho best railroad story to give the papers that has been brought out In years." "Let's have it," said Stanlford, smlllrg. "Well, between you and me, that man Fox was a mighty sick man too sick to hold his head up, In fact." Howard paused inquiringly as Stanl ford turned sharply and gave him a glance. "Fox, did yon say?" asked Stanl ford. "What's his first name?" "I don't know; he's a tall, smooth faced man, with dark hair ami eyes. Rather Intelligent looking. He's a comparatively new man with us." The old man's fingers trembled slightly as lie flicked tho ashes from his cigar. "I don't know that I know him," he answered. "Well," continued the superintend ent, with a mildly curious glnneo at his companion, "he was altogether too sick to pull a plug. But It seems that his wife has been in the habit of riding with him, and knows the road and an engine as well as ho does. To come to tho point and this is my story the Overland at this moment Is in the Lauds of a girl, sir Fox's wife!" It seemed a long time before either man spoke again. Howard stared In blank amazement at the pallid face of the president, unable to under stand. Then Stanlford took tho other's band and held it in an iron grip. "Charlie, It's my own Httlo baby girl!" ho raid, huskily. The operator at Valley Junction had flashed the news along the wire and when the Overlnnd steamed up to the Union depot In Stockton, twenty seconds ahead of time, a curi ous and enthusiastic throng of lay over passengers and railroad men pressed around the engine. When Sylvia appeared In tho gangway, her Slorlous sun kissed hair glistening with melted snow, and her pals fact streaked with soot, the generous crowd burst into yells of applause. The husky old veteran runner who was to take the girl s place stepped forward and lifted Sylvia down. For a moment she reeled. Then she saw pushing unceremoniously through the throng the general superintendent she started and looked again her father! When President Stanlford, strug gling to control his emotion, clasped his daughter to his bosom her over strained terves gave way and, laying her head wearily upon his shoulder and with her hands upon his neck, she began to cry in a choked, pitiful little- way, "Oh, papa, call me your dear little redhead once more!" sha soljbed. WHY HER DANCING DRAGGED. Young Lady Had Forgotten to Removl Her Rubbers. A young man who was born on ranch, and who, while getting hi education in the East, has turned westward again every summer, and has thus maintained a fine, strung phy slque, recently danced with a young woman of some two hundred poundt In a village not far west of Rahway Ho noticed that the dancing was uphill work, and, when it was over, sank intc a chair in the incipient stages of ex haustion. The young woman looked thoughtfully across tho shining sur face of tho floor and threw a glanc of investigation at the corner where the punchbowl stood. "Doesn't It strike you that the flooi Is very sticky to-night?" sho inquired. The young man gallantly denied thinking so. "It seems so to me," the young wom an observed. Then she looked down at her foot, protruding from a silken flounce, and exclaimed: "Why! I've got my rubbers on!" New York Evening Post. ALL DOUBTS CLEARED UP. Applicant's Command of Epithets Pro claimed Him a Sailor. As is generally known, "seamen's return" tickets are issued by most railways at seaport towns to sailors at reduced rates; but when, the other day, a somewhat stylishly-dressed young man demanded one to Birming ham, the booking-clerk at the South ern seaport town demurred. "Seamen's returns are only Issued to sailors," he snapped. Well, I'm a sailor," was the reply. nave omy your woru ,or said the clerk. now am i uj kuuw h Is correct?" "How are you to know It?" came the.answer "Why, you leather-necked, swivel-eyed son of a sea-cook, If you feel my starboard boom running foul of your headlights, you'll know I've been doing more than sit on a stool and bleating all my life, and you'll haul in on your Jaw-tacklo a bit." The statlonmastcr bad been stand ing near by. "Give him a ticket," ho said; "he's a sailor." London Answers. Swinburne and the Baby. Algernon Charles Swinburne, accord ing to tho statement of one of his American friends, made a sy sternal Ic study of babies before ho wrote his ad mirable rondels upon babyhood. Mr. Swinburne, who Is a bachelor, one day went on tiptoe Into tho nur sery of a friend's house and bent in reverie over the Infant that slept there. As he regarded It the slumber ing infant smiled, ami In contempla tion of this seraphic sniilo the poet's heart was filled with Joy and awe. But a voice the voice of tho nurse In terrupted his esctacy. "It's tho wind, bless its heart," tho nurso whispered, "Whenever they Bitillo in their sloep, Kir, you may al ways know they'ro troubled with the wind." Mr Swlnburno scowled and with- ill m i uinii Kti imini! n i .i.,. ..... mnrk ho never wroto a poem on tl(. subject of a baby's dreums. Kansas City Journal. Cured Without the Bear. Old Henry was a stickler for anti quated customs and luck-lore. He was Mrs. Newilch's gardener, and rhe bade bim transplant some parsley. It was not parsley planting suuson, however. so thero was war betweeu ber will and his superstition. His superstition prevailed and with a little cureless laugh, lifting her pretty silk skins high, she tripped back to tho cottage. Later In the afternoon sho explained to sonio callers old Henry's eccentrici ties. "And Just think," sho continued, "be said to me onco, with a noto of interrogation In his voice, that be had 'heard Fay' tho whooping cough was never taken by a chUd who had ridden upon a bear! "Of course," she added, "Mr. New rich wanted to move heaven and earth to get tho bear, but I wouldn't hear to It, and baby got well of the wboopU cough without It." The Dangerous Drama. Charles Frohman Is laughing ovet the naivete of a woman friend whose young daughter wanted to Bee "a beautiful play, with lots of ginger In it." "I'd rather you didn't attend tho the ater Just yet, dear," said the mother. "I'm afraid tho influeuce of some of tho present plays Is demoralizing. What Is this particular one?" "It's very exciting, tho boy next door told me; It's a sort of Buffalo Bill play, full of fights, and gambling am murders, and things." "Oh, that's all right, then," was the reply. In a measured tone, "I'll send one of the maids with you. I feared it might be a society drama!" New York Times Things Quaint and (Burious Gathered Here and There A BIOGRAPHY OF ADAM. Some Facts In the Life of Our Uni versal Father. Celebrated as the original father of his country. Also noted as the dis coverer of sin. In hi i day the gen uine "only thing that ever happened." Only man that ever told the truth when he told his best girl she was the "only girl ho ever even thought of." Owing to Irrpgularlt'cfl, which he was mean enough to blame on his wife, Adam was relieved of his Job as head gardner in'Kden. He married well, his wife being the "first lady of the land." At one tlmo he hHd tho record for old ago being 900. This record was afterward smashed by Methuselah and Noah. Is rt yudl- ated as an ancestor by most of our first families, as that would entail the acknowledgement of too many poor relations. Was the first father who ever had trouble with his sons but not the last. Boston Globe. Machine to Sew Up Wounds. A wound-stitching machine Is the In ventlon of a doctor named Michel. It works very much more rapidly than the old method of stitching Uy hand, Is rainless and effective. li consists of a case., or sheath, holJ!ng a number of nickel hooks, or bands, like those used for tho corners of curd-board boxes, They are put in , ,on w,tf) a pnlr of f()r(.,ips . - , , , ,. ... or, a ran be adjusted at the rato of 25 a minute. Their rourded points do not pene- trato the lower layer of tho skin, but only the epidermis and therefore the pain caused by them Is very slight. They have the additional advantago of being very easily disinfected. Stray Stories. Coiffures a Century Age. These wero the styles In JS03. Joke That Caused Death. A young man, riding on a street ear in the Boulevard I lanssmiinn, Paris, noticed a friend pnsslrg along In a cab a few feet beneath bim. Am the cab came alongside the car bis i m , . , .... e .. irieilll yawin-il, lll.ll i:ie j.tini;; I'M a JoKe, lessen now ti a goon sizeu i. m- nut, whl'-h fell squarely into his friends throat. Immediately the bit ter's body writhed In pain, bis face grew purple and bl-s hands wildly clutched the air. He was choking I" death, the nut having Imlg-d fur down his throat. Cub and car were stopped, and tho nearest doctor summm ed. But it was too late, and t ie vlitlm ; died In a few minuter. The perpe trator of the grim "Joke' has boon asked to lio'.il himself at tho ilispoi al of Justice. Deer Pastures With Cows. Lorenzo a. Manning I as a lame pas ture In Tenipleton, Mass., In which be has a number of cattle. A few days sgo be sent John A. Braltbwalto up to get one of tho cows, tell'ng him bow many were In the pasture. Mr. Mtallh wnlte began to count trp cows, but rount as often as be might, there was one more than tbe specified number. Ho went up nearer and discovered that the extra cow wns a lnrge deer, which stood around wllh the cattle while be taught the cow, without the slightest symptoms of fear. Drinks No Water. John I Hosso, of New Brunswick, XT. J., li.ts not hml a drink of water since isi;2, For the past forty years he has drank nothing but whiskey, wine and beer, always In moderation. Mr. Itosso Is now 78 years old, Is strong and robust, and says that he has never been 111 a day In bis life. Ho has forgotten the luste of water. Relic of Pioneer Days. There is on exhibition In a Haver Mil, Mass., window a hatchet which It Is said was used by the Indians in tbe famous niBssscre at Dover, N. H., dur ing tho early days, when twelve white Mople wero uiurt'Tud LIE IN OLD-TIME CEMETERY. j All in Montana Graveyard Died "With Their Boots On." Near Bil'lnirs, Mont., Is nn old-time cemetery whlc'.i contains but fifty-two bodies, yet the cemetery Is a remark able one, In that every person burled there died with "his bouts on." The graveyard Is an old one. and the memory of It almost paused from tho memory of the rising generation. It. Is one of the ploreer InstilWons of tho state, and to the miiida of the old tlmci'S brings many recollections. There Is not a headstone In the cem etery; If there were nry they were wood and have pone the way of all the world. It Is doubtful een wheth er ary of the bodies burled there wero enensed In collhis Montana was a territory when this cemetery was started; the orlglnslor of the place was a gambler known thrcughrut the West ns "tine-Arm Bill," who conducted several panics in the little town that nt. the time oc cupied the site near here. "One-Ann 1)111" Is believed to have been tho originator of the expression "private graveyard," ami It Is certain that be did IiIh bci-t to lei rease the population of bis. Of the fifty-two men burled there old timers claim that more than half were nl:ilti by Bill, who was noted as a dead shot. Tho rest of the occupants of the lit tle city of the dead were men who were killed In brawls aim by accidents men who died literally with their boots on. The existence of this old burial ground bad almost been forgotten until yesterday, when human bones Going There With His Boots On. wero unearthed by a man who, was putting In the foundation for a house lie Intended building. A pioneer was In tne office when the coroner made an examination of the relics, ntid be explained how all the bodies came to bo muled there. KILLING ANTS WITH CANNON. Artillery Used to Crush Minute Ene mies of Mankind. Artillery charged with gnipeshot has been employed to destroy grout fortresirs which the termites, or war rior nuts, have made in many tropical count t ies. In South Afiira the termllen work enormous hauie. They live in a ttf I in 1 I ic of (heir own, iiml some of thcui luno wii"-,s. The workmen, the sol diers ami the queen, however, hnn non t. The workmen construct their build ings, the soldiers dofetld tile rnlull.V ami keep ordi r. and the females, or queens, nie cared for by all tho others. These become III point of fail, nuro egg laying machines whlih l ave to re main lied to lie spot. Their nesting homes ate nflen twenty feet bird and pyinmldlal In shape. Cattle t Imb upon Hu m with out crushing thelll. A di.rU lllell can find shelter In some nf Ho Ir chambers and tritiw hutiteis olleii lie in Willi iio-lde n them when out alter wild animals. The nuts construct galleries which are as Willi' as the bore of a hit go cannon and which runs (luce or four feet llllilolTI olind. The noils are said 10 bo live hundred times ns high as the ant's body, and It lias I n esiiinaied Hint. if we liuill our liotj; es on the sumo scale .they would be four tunes ai high iis the pyiamlds of Kgypt. LORD'S PRAYER nay. AV, W UPv.'iJ..MuruiViV VHJii.)iM.-AW7: r J S t4W IIIWWyWy,W'W'.ll'iw'limvwiiriMyy' Charles F.dcar Trowt, of this city, has In bis possession a number of curious documents connected with (lie Christianizing of Java, in which work his great grandfather, the Rev. Mr. Tbowt, a missionary of the Baptist So- MAKES SCRUBBING A PLEASURE. Practical Device of Great Value to Hard Workers, With the great number of rmco buildings which are going up con stantly there arises a demand for some means of scrubbing their enor mous floor arens snperU r to the old time scrubbing brush. Willi this in vbnv thee has be-n recently devised tho scrubbing brush shown In the cut, which has not only the advantage; of covering a great deal of tVior apace us It moves along, but the action of Its bristles on tho floor In Increased as a rotary motion Is Imparled to it as well ns the back ami birth motion. This feature Is said to decrease the labor of Hctubblng by half. Another advantage is that -It does Its work without the necessity of bring tho oncrutor onto bin or her bauds und J knees. The scrtiblbng brush tins two long handles, one of which is held In euch of tho operator's hands. The bundles are pivoted to a post on top of tho brush head, and by means of a rack and pinion arrangement carried on the upper part of the brush bead tho brush is given a rotary motion as the handles aro moved toward ami away from each other. At the same time tho brush Is given the usual forward and backward motion. This device bus been Invented by a resident ol I ho Far Northwest, and has been tried on some of tho olllcn buildings of Taconia and Vancouver, and, It It Mild, performs Its functions with easts Cable. This shows a rort inn of tks re Anglo Belgian (aide. Frenchman In H.ird Position. A l'reui-hman named l.lllirr Is In as nwltwnrd position. The I'arls aniline Hies luue fin hidden liltn to live III TT.i! city, wliil the inllitrty author lies haw ordeied him remain Ml I'arls. lie wi: arrested, the other day. on a ( hnrce t f theft and sou tetlied to one month's i 111 i I isuluilel t. If Dial send nee Is s u ved mil in n i l'm'l- t'-'ol the elvll court may further impri -nii hint lor icsiding In the city. If ho is n ul to a country prison tho military w ill piosecuio bim. Cnod Stock to Own. A Balli (.Me. I s:uiu;:s Institution, wiii.-h has J-isi ilc-hued a i i ini ai l ual dividend of L' pi r lit. has new r shipped a dUldiid s ! M e Its el '-uinlm-lion I'd niie j.a's n;-n, ami lias paid n t liir.h ss !i pi r cent. IN JAVANESE. --) ujltl-J V". !. 0J'. l M0O) W..im e'ety, was most prominent. One of the most Interesting of llie curios Is a translation of II. e Lord's 1'rayer Into Javanese, made by the missionary, a reproduction of which U litre sLue. New York Herald