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The old •taige driver decides to work close to toWn in order that he may be able to keep fatherly watch over the young woman, She is engaged as a tutor for Viola Bernard, daughter of hotel .land­ lady. Vincent visits society circles of en­ emies of the Central Pkcifle railroad and learn? their secrets. He returns to Stella, each showing slxns of love for the other. Phineas Cadwallader, pushing a railroad opposing Central Pkcinc, reaches mining town. She writes /to Alfred Vincent his boast. Plying his atteriions Cadwallader Insults her and she Is rescued by Gideon, her father's servant. In turn he proposes marriage, is rejected, leaves her declaring lie will return the sort of a man she will tove. Vincent "shows up" 8an Francisco and Washoe road and is praised by gov­ ernor and heads of Central Pacific. Be­ ing known as agent of C. P. he decides to retire to position of a brakeman for a ahort time. Stella hears from her lover, Gideon, and of his phenomenal success. Finds letter of importance involving plans of opposition road. "IJncle Billy" returns In terrible suffering from long mountain trip. Plot to destroy company's ship Flora is unearthed and incriminating evi­ dence against Cadwallader on charge of •wire tapping is also found, the letters found by Stella being deciphered by Brakeman Alfred Vincent, who arrives on scene. Impending disaster to Central Pacific Is averted by protecting the Flora and sending the ship laden with Iron for railroad camp. Phineas Cad­ wallader faces prison on charge of wire tapping and has interview with Gov. Stanford, sponsor for Central Pacific. Phineas signs statement, promising that he will enter the governor's cause knd the latter tells him of a perfect chain of evidence connecting him with plot to blow up "Flora." Support of San Fran- rtaco and Washoe railroad is under­ mined by sale of a link to Central Pacific. CHAPTER XIV.--Continued. On the morning of the day of days Gideon returned from his long ab­ sence. Stella knew nothing of his wanderings save the little told in his infrequent letters; and she was quite unprepared for the Gideon who pre­ sented himself before her. The change she saw in him was mysterious, al­ most uncanny. Something about him, his clothes, his bow, his voice, an at­ mosphere she could neither define nor understand, made her feel an if a char­ acter before unknown had stepped out of a book to meet her. She was glad there was no time for him, that she could plead the pressure of work for the evening. He had hardly gone when Yic Wah poked his yellow face into grand- ma'am's room, where in spite of Au­ gust heat, four women were plying hurrying needles in last preparations tor the evening. "Charley Clocker, he come now pllt- ty soon." "Cut my shoestrings! Extras, Ylc; and hurry! '• Sally B. rolled up her work with one hand, smoothed her hair with the other and was out of the room before the cook's reply was finished. "You callee me Yic Wah! Sabe? All light. Extlas plenty gosh quick. I damn hully," he called after her as he ambled to the kitchen, his words fol­ lowing her flying form to the office door. Standing In the open doorway Sally B. began a voluble welcome to her dis­ tinguished guest while "he was yet a great- way off," her high words carry­ ing like arrows from a taut bowstring. Not to the public wash basin and all-serving roller towl, but to her fas­ tidiously clean best room, kept for such emergencies, Sally B. conducted Mr. Crocker for "a wash-up 'n hair­ brush." Without actual need of the ceremony, he was too tactful to de­ cline it, but used Sally B.'s home- wrought conveniences with an appre­ ciative thoroughness that brought broad smiles to her face as she stood by, serving him, and retailing well- selected railroad gossip the while. The dinner served to the superinten­ dent, seated apart in a corner of the dining room, testified to Yic Wah's fine understanding of the laconic or- der, "extras." The flag-draped, fir- trimmed walls, and a stage at the end of the room, aroused Mr. Crocker's cu­ riosity; and Sally B.'s description of the Bhow to be held there that night "fur the benefit of Jim Sackett's wid- der" was so eloquent that Mr. Crocker put In her hand the first five dollars for "a reserved seat," he said. At six o'clock came a message from Alfred to Stella. "My train is ordered to the Front. You'll have to postpone the programme till I come. Set them to dancing, and get Sally B. to ex­ plain. She's hostess; it will come properly from her. I'll be there as soon as possible. It will be after ten." The dispatch met Stella as she went in to supper, early to-night and contrary to her custom. Teamsters,. trainmen, shopkeepers, saloonmen, gamblers, employes of In­ gram, Finn & Gould's Fast Freight wagon train to leave in a day or so for the desert, the three musicians from Auburn, a traveling minister-- It was an odd companioning of brawn, brain and guile there at supper under the yellow kerosene lights in Sally B.'s hotel. No table-talk served as a sauce to meat; no ceremony graced the daily meal. Men did not eat, they fed--three times a day, if work al­ lowed. A quick transformation from dining room to theater was followed soon by the arrival of the audience from shop aud shack, from saloon, camp, distant ranch--a human mosaic. Sally B. made an effective speech of welcome and explanation; and the ball began. The flare and dip of candles twin­ kling in the greens; the twang of fid­ dle; the scrape of heavy boots in "bow and swing;" the few well-mated couples that whirled in the dizzying, old-fashioned waltz, winning ti&ie from the tired musicians because of their truce and beauty--haw fascinating It' all was! Stella had not before guessed the possibilities of her little world. "Deal yer dances fair, Stella," Sally B. whispered as she sailed by, herself as popular as the light-footed Viola. "Where women's skurce, partiality- breeds fights," she added a moment later, when her partner seated her near Stella. "An' look out fur Gid. He's got up to ldll, hain't he? He'll be jealous, whether ye give him any call or no." Stella but half listened to Sally B.'s wise advice; her heart was out in tits wild with Alfred. She danced auto­ matically, a&d forgot the warning be­ cause Gideon was quickest, at her el­ bow. "You know no one else can give you as good a dance as I, Stella," he pleaded almost before another had seated her. and bore her off in the face of a dozen disappointed ones. Ten o'clock!' Half-past ten! Would Alfred never come? Mr. Crocker came down to look on, and Stella wished desperately, unreasoningly, that he had gone to bed. Was he only waiting for Alfred? Would business chain him? Bat surely Alfred would insist on this one night--what little there was left of it. Ten-forty! A scared-looking boy came in with a note for Sally B. Stella, watching her as she read, saw her face grow white, saw her whisper to the boy and send him away. And she noticed that Sally B. danced and laughed no more. Alfred came at last, panting, a red spot on his cheek, his lips dry, his mediate word with Alfred. He told her of it as they walked slowly down the room. She saw an angry gleam In his eye, saw his set, stern jaw; but he spoke hardly a word. Stella almost felt that his anger was for her. In vain she looked for some tender glance, some whisper that would explain. She could not know that Alfred was fighting one of the few fierce battles of his life; that he was almost ready to strike out with hi? fist for possession of her, to defy Mr. Crocker, business, all the sane and safe and dutiful things of life. But the wild moment passed, and more than once on his way to the door he looked back tender messages to her. The supper hour came; but she would not go with Gideon upstairs, where it was laid in the "corral," fear­ ing that Alfred, in his first search for her, would miss her. NeithJP would she dance afterward, but sat out a schottische, refusing all on a plea of fatigue. Gideon danced with no one but Stel­ la, and hung about her, entranced by her new beauty. When at last a waltz was called love and anger joined hands. "Just a few steps, Stella," he pleaded; "when Vincent comes I'll give way. Why doesn't he come in spite of Charley Crocker and ciaim his dance like a man?" "But he must stay if Mr. Crocker wishes," she said, her lips defending, her heart sore. "Do you suppose 50 Charley Crock- erg or railroad jobs would keep me from a promise to you?" Gideon asked vehemently. Something in Stella's passionate heart responded for a moment to Gid­ eon's lawless flame, though deep in her soul she knew that she more hon­ ored Alfred's devotion to duty. "Anyway, I'd think you would be ashamed to let him see so plainly that you love him. Men don't care for girls that fling themselves openly. They despise 'em." Stung as by a lash, Stella rose, and without a word stepped out on the floor with Gideon. In any garb he was a striking figure. To-night his fault­ less dress enhanced his Spanish grace and joy softened his dark, inscrutable on QQ W- W "Where Women's Skures, Partiality Breeds Fights." boots rock-scratched and his trousers red with dust. "No; no supper yet, there isn't time," he said to Stella as she met and questioned him in the hall. "Yes, I walked the nine miles, all that I didn't run." He saw the quick sympathy leap to her eye, but went on quickly. "Make things ready while I change and get my breath. You can begin without me, can't you?" She nodded, flushed at the look he sent to her over his shoulder from the stair and ran in to help Sally B. set the programme in motion. It was better than the usual ex­ perience of amateurs, for Alfred was practised in such work and had drilled his mummers carefully. And the on­ lookers were so ready t<* be pleased that the flimsy house quaked with fre­ quent applause and rained pine needles and candle grease impartially on silk and fustian. All the evening Stella had looked forward to the moment when she might dance with Alfred. During the programme Gideon had knocked at the door of grandma'am's room, then the "green room," to ask for coming waltzes, and had gone away scowling at Stella's refusal. Their brief players' moment had passed, when Alfred's eyes had burned into hers, revealing his own heart in Romeo's words. Yet, now that it was over, it seemed a dream, and Stella began to doubt, to fear. No formal words could more fully disclose them, one to the other; still an intangible veil had dropped between them. Alfred was withheld from her; or did he withhold himself? No matter what It was, this hour she would claim. One dance! Once to feel his arms about her, to fancy him her very own--she would dare fate for this one little bit of time, nor ca#e what usury she must pay. As they neared Mr. Crocker stand­ ing by the office door the jam of onlookers halted them. Some one ad­ dressed Stella and she did not hear Mr. Crocker's low request for an im- face. Since childhood the two had danced together. Even in the grim desert station Stella's father had often yielded to their coaxing and tuned their measures on his old violin. She saw Alfred enter and pause sud­ denly in the doorway as Gideon whirled her on toward him. She caught the frank adoration in Alfred's eye as it rested on her and the gleam of almost savage hostility as his gaze shifted for an instant to Gideon. Her heart leaped with quick relief. Gid­ eon did not know. Alfred did love her, did not despise her, would-- "Take me to my seat! Hurry, Gid­ eon! I--" The music stopped suddenly. Al­ fred was standing by Sally B., wte was speaking. An unusual, solemn gentleness in her vol"* recalled Stella to her surroundings. Mrs. Sackett was dead! What did the people wisb done with the money so generously given for her that night? Sally B paused an instant, then went on a lit­ tle unsteadily: "Will you have this you've paid in here go fur the pore woman's debts, an'--an'--fur the bury- in'?" Assent was quiet but hearty. They did not move at once. Each spoke a few sympathetic words to his neighbor. There was no more jollity. Admlr ing young eyes, regretful in the face ol tragedy for the early close of their rare festival, watched as a sacred rlt< the unstringing and boxing of the in struments. Subdued, the people rose the less bashful to clasp Sally B.'s hand in farewell, others wishing, en vlously for courage to do the same yet passing out without venturing th« conspicuous courtesy. Soon all had stepped into the starrj night; and the house slipped fron merry-making to dreamland. STATE NEWS NOTES ACCOUNTS OF HAPPENINGS IN ILLINOIS FOR A WEEK. DECLARES SPOUSE SLAYER Hunt for an Unnamed Husband Sus­ pected of Jealousy In the Magill Case at East St. Louis Lends Air of Mystery. CHAPTER XV. "*Tis But Thy Name That is M) j Enemy." Alfred did not leave the dining , room, but seated himself in th< screened niche that had hidden th< water cooler from the general gaze He was glad to be out of the light even the mild light of sputtering can dies. He wished to think, to live ovei again some of the moments of th< night. But the bustle of belated dan. cers and Sally B.'s hasty orders for hi! supper annoyed him, till Stella's voic< was added to the hubbub, and h< found himself straining to catch hei every word. "It's most ready, Stella," he heart Sally B. say as a soft step cami nearer. "Everybody's gone, and-- look out fur yer silk trail! I've set t table in among them greens where yot an' him play-acted; but the screen'.* in front so's nobody can see in th< winder." "How dear you are!" he heard Stel , la reply. j "Huh! It's Yic that's dear. You be A1 Vincent's the only feller Yic't make a kitchen fire for at three in th» mornin'. Yic's stuck on Al; says be'! 'all samee red button Chinaman.' " Stella made a light movement be fore she spoke again. "Oh, what nic« things to eat, and linen napkins, hem stitched! And china! Where did yoi find it all?" "Oh, them's some bits of high lif< I've kep' hid fur a spell. You kit make the tea soon's the water biles; an' take in the tray. I'm dead tired Good-night." "Oh, Mrs. Sally, you're going t( stay, too, aren't you?" "Lawsy! You don t want me. An I want 40 winks 'fore sunup." Alfred blessed her understandint heart. "You're so good to me." Stella said, and the swish of her silken skirt at she crossed to Sally B. reached Al­ fred's ear. "Shucks! Good for nnthin'! I bes young myself oncet." An instance of silence followed, ao audible kiss and Stally B. tramped out of the room by a side door, while Stella descended to the kitchen. Alfred was grateful for the still ness, glad that, for the moment, even Stella was unaware of his nearness He would not speak till there was ne danger of interruption. Yic Wah came in and put out all th« lights save the one in the screened corner of the stage. Alfred heard him leave the room and pass through th< kitchen, giving Stella an elaborate good-night before he shut and locked the outer door. With the grating of the key and tha assurance of no further intruding, Al­ fred slipped from the actual, the sor­ did. into the love-land his Romeo't dress recalled. The darkness was wel­ come. Not even yet would he call Stella. For a moment he would dream. No need of lamp or candle; the re­ splendence of his visions illumined him. The song in his heart throbbed melodiously on, it seemed for hours; yet it was only minutes, and but a few, when the rustle of skirts and a Second light appearing behind thd screen aroused him. The rustling went and came again, and a faint tinkle of china struck his ear. Then he heard his name! "Mr. Vincent!" softly; and after a breath, hesitatingly, "Romeo." Alfred sprang out of his nook, but did not speak. There she stood, above him on the high stsfee, the light from behind the screen flaring sidewise upon her; next him the cheek he had longed to kiss in the play, but did not. A little pale she was now, yet so fair and sweet! Her lips were apart, her hand lifted as if to catch the sound of his coming. How beautiful she was! How sweet and womanly! And in the lonely darkness how near and intimate--his own! his own! (TO BE CONTINUED.) East St. Louis.--A 50-year-old hus­ band's jealousy, blazing into murder after smoldering five years, was be­ lieved by the police to account for the death of Andrew J. Magill, a Rough Rider, who was with RoOsevelt at San Juan Hill. The former soldier was shot in the right arm, clubbed Into insensibility with the butt end of a re­ volver, and shot through the top of the head in his photographic studio in the Victor building. The man believed to have attacked him has deformity of shoulders so rounded as to make him resemble a hunchback. Had not the soldier been disabled &t the begin­ ning of the struggle by a shot which shattered his right upper arm, and by his lameness, he would easily have disarmed his assailant. The studio bore the marks of a terrible conflict Blood spots on the walls showed where the wounded man dragged the murderer about the room in a battle for possession of the revolver before sinking to the floor under the blows. Policemen hunted for a man who is said to have had a quarrel with bis wife. Horse Thief Is Caught. Chesterfield.--Ray Morris, who, a few weeks ago stole a horse from the stable of Davis & Followed, has been captured at his home in Louisiana. Mo. Sheriff Jones went to Louisiana to return the man, but the latter re­ fused to accompany the sheriff. Mr. Jones returned to get the necessary requisition papers. Candidates File at Havana. Havana.--Candidates for county of­ fices have filed their petitions with the county clerk as follows: Democrats --Circuit clerk, C. E. Walsh; coroner, O. F. Pfetzing, Henry Kellersman and E. N. Neiderer; state's attorney, E. P. Nlschwit*. Republican--Surveyor, J. E, Barnes. New Home for Bank. Taylorville.--Taylorville Is to have another new hank building. This was definitely announced when J. B. Cole- grove closed a deal with the Van- deveers for the purchase of the 25 feet on the south side of the square where he formerly had his abstract office. Bite of Snake Fatal. Virden.--Word has been received in this city to the effect that Earl, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed­ ward Whitler of Frederick. Okla., who was bitten by a rattlesnake died from blood poison. The Whttler family re­ sided in this city until recently. Fourth of July Accident Fatal. Jacksonville.--Another was added to the list of victims of Fourth of July celebrations when the 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foster of Alexander died of lockjaw resulting from injuries received at Berlin on Independence day. Veteran Editor Expires. Bloomington.--W. C. Arnold, 67 years old, and a veteran of the civil ! war, died of paralysis after a year's ! illness. Decedent was editor of the McLean County Lens for 30 years. Former Senator's Wife Dies. La Salle.--Word has been received here to the effect that Mrs. Ellen Dun­ can, relict of late ex-Senator James W. Duncan, who has been touring Europe, died suddenly in Ix>ndon. 8nake Bites Modesto Man. Modesto.--Edward Keplinger, resid­ ing three miles wes^of here, was bit­ ten on the right wrist by a large adder snake. Blood poison was feared. Youth's Foot Is Lacerated. Palmer.--Orvllle Holmes suffered se­ ll vere lacerations to his right foot when a separator which he was repairing passed over the member. Peoria Woman Dies of Heat. Peoria--Mrs. Sophia Rogers Cooper, aged 90, a resident of Peoria county since 1837, died, death being superin­ duced by excessive heat. Harold Knott's Body Recovered. Fairfield.--The body of Harold Knott, 19 years old, who was drowned in the Little Wabash river near Golden Gate, was recovered. Took Moselle as Stimulant Prince Bismarck Kept Waiters Busy During His Speeches. Speaking of the different liquids fa­ vored by great orators for refresh­ ment during tteir speeches, Griffith Boscawen, in his book, "Fourteen Years in Parliament," credits Bis­ marck with having carried an army bill with the aid of eight lemon squashes. Never was a man and his drink so incongruous. All history protests against the idea of Bismarck even knowing what lemon squash Is, for it was Bismarck who boasted to Sir William Richmond that in his young days six bottles of strong wine this; would borrow from the future^had no effect on him. And it was Bis­ marck who lamented: "Ah! English politics has suffered since statesmen have no longer strong heads for wine. They are too cautious, never make a bold stroke." It was a mixture of Moselle and seltzer that Bismarck used in the reichstag to keep his hoarseness down and his spirits up The supply used to be maintained by a relay of waiters running between the chancellor's bench and the kitch­ en. At the zenith of his fame, minis ters, secretaries of state and privy councilors were alone worthy to con­ coct the mixture, and when Bismat£k was making his last great speeches io the reichstag they were kept busy behind him with wine bottle and selt­ zer siphon in composing his drink, for Bismarck required eighteen or two dozen glasses of Moselle and water during a speech. Willows from Napoleon's Grave. It Is interesting to learn that prac­ tically all thfe weeping willows in New Zealand are products of the auppiy which John Tinline carried away with him from Napoleon's grave nearly 60 years ago. Mr. Tinline, who was on# of the early pioneers of New Zealand, kept them alive on the voyage by sticking theminto potatoes. Mistakes Turpentine; Girl Dies. Streator.--Zelma Walthers, aged 18 years, is dead as the result of swal­ lowing turpentine mistaken for pepper­ mint. Morrisonville to Hold Carnival. Morrisonville.--Arrangements are making for the appearance of a car­ nival company here in the near future. Mystery in His Death. Peoria.--Mystery surrounded the death of Harry Perrill, a traveling salesman of Bloomington. in the Mayor hotel. There was nothing about the body or in its appearance that would lead to the belief that the man committed suicide. MADE PROBLEM FOR ENGINEERS. ! SAUL REJECTED BY THE LORD SsaJay Scheel Usseafsc Jely M.19M Specially Prepared for This Paper Puzzling Situation in Construction of the Hudson River Tunnel. It Is nejdom that a great engineering work irvclving untried problems of a complicated and serious character has been c^riled through so quietly as was the f>nal successful construction of the Hudson river tunnel, says the Scientific American. One of the en­ gineers has recently described some very puzzling situations which arose in connection with the various "blow­ outs that occurred from time to time. One of the most troublesome of these occurred while the tunnel was being driven across the reef of rock which was encountered near the Manhattan shore. As the tunnel reached the easterly end of the reef the roof ap­ proached so near to the head of the river that the clay became practically fluid, and caused a great deal of trouble by entering the pockets of the shield and preventing the men from passing underneath the projecting apron la front of the shield to drill out the rock. In the endeavor to stiffen the overlying bed of clay scowload af- . . . . tor scowload ot material was dumped [Se Into the river. .» ,plte of the ^ "< tb. Pbll.atlae* cial bed thus formed the clay was still so fluid that it could not be held back I.FSSON TEXT. - I g&muel Hemorjr Verse. 22. GOLDEN TEXT --"The Lord our Optf Will we nerve, and his voice will we obey." --Joshua 34:24. TIME.--About 1079 B. C. (Ua»her), about 85 years after Saul began to reisn. The Revised Chronologies place It later. PL»ACE.--Gilgal In the Jordan valley. Both rejections were at this place. Saul's capital was Gibeah of Benjamin, five or six miles north of Jerusalem. The re­ ligious center was at Shiloh. IS mites north or" Jerusalem. PERSONS.--Samuel at Ramah, over tt years of age. Saul holding court at Gi­ beah. about 50 years old. Jonathan, Saul's son, a young prince, able to go to war. . Comment and Suggestive Thought. In our last lesson we left Saul well established on his throne, with a wise counsellor in Samuel. Several years were stfent in organizing the army, ar- by the air pressure. It was at this crials that the re­ sourcefulness which is a distinguish­ ing characteristic of every successful engineer was brought into play. R was decided to stiffen the clay by di­ recting sufficient heat against the ex­ posed material in front of the shield to actually turn it into brick, and so give it sufficient rigidity to stand up in place. To this end a series of blow­ out flames, fed by two tanks of kero sene, were directed against the ex­ posed material, until it had been so thoroughly baked that it was able to hold its position until the men had drilled out the reef ready for blast­ ing. The turning of the clay into brick took about eight hours, and during this time streams of water were directed on the shield to prevent It from be­ ing injured by the fierce heat of the blbwpipes. BEAUTY SPOTS ALONG LINE8. Phlox and Hydrangeas for Stations- Blue Grate for Right of Way. One of the good things for which people have to thank the railroads is the progress they are making in beau­ tifying their right of way. It is the practice of the Pennsyl­ vania, as Moody's Magazine points out, to surround its passenger stations with little parks with terraces and grace­ fully curving paths and roadways. To care for these station parks is part of the duty of the maintenance of way department, just as it is to keep the rails and ties in good order. Flowers and shrubbery are planted in artistic plots and gardeners keep them fresh and flourishing. At a station on the Long Island rail­ road, which Is a subsidiary of thf Pennsylvania, 600 trees and shrubs be sides beds of phlox and hydrangeas were set out this year. For anothei station on the Long Island 425 shrubs and 12 trees have been ordered of the so-called perennials and evergreens. In the open country, too, faf from towns, the Pennsylvania has adopted the policy of making Its right of way pleasant to look at. Slopes of un­ sightly rock or dirt are transformed into green terraces. Henceforth the standard roadbed, when the tracks are in a cut, will in­ clude the sodded slopes. Blue grasc used for sodding will prevent the erosion which has given engineers sc much trouble in times past. In help­ ing to solve the drainage problem the grass is even more useful than it l« ornamental. Automobile Kills Man. bloomington.--Run down by an auto­ mobile Thomas W. Ogan, 71 years old, died of the injuries he suffered. The coroner's jury exonerated William Courev, driver of the auto. Gives $700 to Charity. Taylorville.--Mrs. Anna M. Foy has presented the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood, who havo charge of St. Vincent hospttal fn Taylorville. with two lots in Wilkinson & John­ son's addition. They are valued at about $<00. ^Decatur Boy Drowns. Decatur. -- Notwithstanding the heroic efforts of a one-legged and- armetf tramp tp rescue him. Ralph Plat!Tl2 years old, was drowned hi the Sangamon river. Capturing an Engine. One of the finest stories in the his tory of the railroad centers round a runaway engine on the Stockton and Darlington line. The engine was observed by the driver of another and more powerful one. Seeing the fugitive speeding in the direction of Darlington, he un­ coupled his own engine, crossed the points and set out in pursuit on the same line. It was a long chase, but the pursuer, driven at top speed, grad­ ually overhauled the runaway. At last it came near enough for the driver to crawl to the front of bis engine and drop a stout chain over the tender hook of the other He re­ turned to his foot-plate, shut off the steam and screwed down bis brake This steadied the one in front and so retarded its pace that the driver was able now to creep from his own en­ gine on to the runaway, put on the brake and bring it to a standstill al­ most in the crowded Darlington sta­ tion.--London Standard. Engineer Who Makes Time. "They do not run trains so fast in England, because the engineers know too much about their engines. ' ' said an engineer who has run an engine iD that country. In Englaud a man has to be a competent machinist before he is allowed to run. » "Thev *ay that the man who knows all about how an engine is put togeth­ er. knows how delicate some of its parts are. knows how many doten and one things there are liable to break at any minute, hasn't the nerve to run one of them X0 or 90 miles an hour • The best engineers are the ones who don't know too much about their engine--just know enough to locate a pounding in a cylinder box or how to unhook her on one side if she breaks a driving rod or something that way. That's a theory at any rate, and 1 believe it 's pretty nearly right." Advice to Employes. A railroad has requested its em­ ployes to be guided by the following rules, which might be written deep lu the minds of all wagr earners: ' Courtesy is not only something the public has a right to expect of you. but it pays; it pays in .the friends it makes you personally and as a representative of the company; It pays in minimizing the friction of your life, as well as that between the company and Its patrons; it pays in raising your stand­ ing with the company; it pays in the personal satisfaction resulting from having done the right and kiadly thing by your neighbor." various victorious campaigns in •elf-defense against the surrounding nations. Saul showed himself to be a skillful general, and proved that he had in him the possibilities of a great king. Only the warlike Philistines were able to resist him and his peo^ pie, and these were very troublesome and oppressive. There are hints of a royal court, and those kingly exactions of which Samuel had forewarned the people (compare 1 Sam. 8:11 with 1 Sam. 14:52). The Long Waiting.--In their des­ perate circumstances neither king nor people dared make a move without the sanction of Qod. Samuel had agreed to come within seven days and offer sacrifices and make known the will of God. Six days had gone, and the sev­ enth day was passing, yet no Samuel appeared. To a commander like Saul, who saw his army melting away like snow in spring, and knew that the enemy might swoop down upon then at any hour, like the eagle from his eyrie, or the wolf upon the fold: that every moment's delay weakened his own forces and strengthened the en< emy--such a delay was almost intoler* able. The temptation ifcas very strong to be his own priest, to offer the offer­ ings, contrary to God's law and his agreement with Samuel, and press in­ to action. He yielded to the temptatioiv at the last moment, and offered the burnt offerings. The Sudden Appearance of Samuel. --The prophet had delayed his com­ ing probably on purpose to test Saul, or he may have been unavoidably de­ tained. Suddenly he appeared on the scene.. Saul bad failed in the hour of trial. He did not trust God. He openly bs>; fore all the people disobeyed a clear commandment of God. Samuel aft* nounced the consequences to the kl: The kingdom could not continue In family, nor reach its highest success under him. A portion of his possi­ bilities was lost; only "the seeoad best" remained to him. But he was not deposed: other opportunities weifs open to him. Possibly he ,might re­ trieve what was lost if he would. A powerful nomadic tribe roaming over southern Palestine and the desert beyond, even as far as Sinai and the Egyptian frontier--the Amalekites-- were a continual danger to Israel an# to all that Israel stood for in ths progress of the world. Descended from Esau's grandson. Amalek, a fierce, un­ tamable race of wanderers, Israel's most harassing and unconquerable enemies, these fierce marauders "con­ stantly hovered on the borier% swelled the Philistine armies, or fol­ lowed in the rear, like Tartar hordes, pillaging and massacring, and as the Israelites had no cavalry, retreated without loss to the security of their deserts." The Command --Under Saul, for the first time, the nation was strong enough to assume the ag^tessive. Samuel brought a commandment of the Lord to Saul that he should utter­ ly destroy them and all their posses­ sions. as one would destroy wild beasts and poisonous serpents, or any rob­ bers that were ruining homes, ravish­ ing wives and daughters, corrupting morals and religion. Why was this right? For the same reason that it is ri^tt to punish criminals. In all wars, in all punishments of criminals, their wives and their children suffer great­ ly. It is not the fault of the executors of the law, but the fault of those who break the law, and bring all these sor­ rows upon their families. An Ancient Testimony.--"Such of the wicked as escape immediate pun­ ishment receive, not after a long time, but during a long time, not a slower, but a longer punishment. Such an one is kept in life as in a prison that has no outlet or mode of escape; yet he may enjoy frequent feasts, may tran­ sact business, may receive presents and kindnesses, like the men who piajr with dice, or at draughts in prison, with the rope hanging over their heads "--Plutarch, in "The Delay of Divine Justice." Practical Points. Personal Thought.--"The battle of life is the battle between self-will and God's will, and that man is placetl under serious, and oftentimes hopeless, disability who fails to win the great victory over the self-will in the tiflM( of his youth."--Robert Tuck. The warning from Saul's yielding U»i. two great temptations which assai with tremendous force the men of day. (1) Greed, gains obtained b; breaking God's law. (2) Because ! feared the people and obeyed their voice. As with Saul, so with Bin 0* to-day. Criticism. Amateur Actor (who has just con­ ducted a performance of the part of Hamlet, to a frieni who has been one of the audience)--Well, old fellow, don't you feel inclined to coograiniale some one? Friend--Indeed I do. Amateur (with vainglorious mien)-- May I so far infringe on modesty as to ask his name? Friend--Certainly. His name is Shakespeare, and I heartily congratu­ late him on bis unavoidable abs-euos. --Cleveland Leader. :Kr • -V ,