Pittston Gazette

              v"A"lv^no8""-\ Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. APRIL 17, 1696. A Weekly local and Family Journal. snip", nun no rung oil me engines, waited till tho scream of the escape pipe showed n full bead of steam and then on a flowing tide put her full speed astern and slid clear. ate alive liy tlie jDkti:lcirf an ouht was a Miss Mabel Kiltiare before she was married, and when I was a child I used to know her sister Elsie very well indeed. Ill fact, I believe wo were some sort of cousins, and for half a year'wo had the same governess together and C*oro as intimate as two children could Ih\ Then her sister married Mr. Durornay, who had a colonial appointment, and Elsie went with them abroad, andvve dropjfed completely out of touch vvinhiW another. Strange, isn't it, that I slroubl hear of her again the same day that iVdngs news of poor Mr. Cambel's death?" CHAPTER XV. my pride." gers now and wii! be tiii I've done with MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGRtE beasts of the for rust, and if the exploit who are underneath that white gnfi'tulipwant to eonie aboard here an make trou hie, so far as vou're .xinceriMxl, they'll 1D let." TT1K FLTTME HUNTER'S DINNER PARTY, "That's right," said Nutt. "Picnicking and the schooner's different. But this is a regular hotel dinner, with napkins and a tablecloth, and I guess anything colored 'ud spoil tho tone. Say, s s-sonnies, you you." The ono eyed man, Billy Nutt, and his friend and partner, whoso name was apparently Hunk, without further attachment, made a livelihood by transgressing tho laws of the I'nltod States and supplying a strong demand. Ladies of society wished for egret plumes and other feathers for external adornment, and the Seminole of the Everglades desired corn whisky for his stomach's sake, and white game regulations forbade collection of the first, Indians' protection acts vetoed lawful distribution of the second. And for the transgressor there were distinct and heavy penalties."Whop d'you mean?" ono of the cap tives asked, with a whfne. "You'll have to do what niggers were sent in the world for, and that's work. Your fool of a government gays you aren't slaves now. and so I won't treat you as such—that Is, you'll lie paid. Hut I shall get my money's worth out of you first." Verdict of the Jury in the Shafer Tho skipper In tho stokehold below waxed blasphemous nt tho man who had And with that thedonkoyman staggere i away to his room lionoath the poop, sal over the edge of his hunk and was sriorint, melodiously before his head and his heel-I were on the blanket. '•got the shore on board," but he did not cease from shoveling coals. Neither did the big donkcyman, 6ave at those mo ments when tho clang of tho telegraph boll called him to stand by tho throttle 01 reversing gear in tho engine room. 1111 isey.' Case. "I dono cooked most this yer grub," whined I10 of the razor, "an I'ze gwino t' eat my holly load." DECIDED IN ABOUT FOUR HOURS Meanwhile a mile lower down a small Rentcrlxiard sloop was turning to wind ward up the river, but making little headway against the current. A negro stood in her forescuttlo, with his elbows on thu deck. Two others sprawled 011 either sidd of him. A white man lay spread cagled on the top of the coach roof of the cabin, and another stood In the cockpit steering. "Well, collar what you want to eat till you bu-s-s s"— "I RUuss rhis is n free country cnn't niako us work unless wo choose." Yon "Yes, but whar'll wo go?" "I've liad that said fcefore to me," Kettle rejoined grimly, ''by better men than jou—white men—and they changed their minds when I got to handling them. You'll see later. But for now you'vo go# to stay here, and if you get out, and I find you rambling, you'll be shot like crows. You quite understand?" And Annnnnred In Conrt thin Morning So the Port Edos drew up this narrow unknown sea river through tho shallows which fill that bight of tho southwest Floridlan coast, and the tired man who was governing her steered every hour with stronger confidence and duller conscious ness. Now he held on to what was ap parently an unbroken line of sand, where, If tho steamor stuck, she would be a stove in wreck within the hour, but as sht closed with it a passage opened out which took her through in clear water, although the yeasty surges of the backwash would leap like live things far up her sides  scream and bellow through tho scuppers. Now he dodged, with helm hard starboard one minute, hard to port tho next, among an archipelago of unnamed keys, wher6 the first mangrove trees were getting tc work at building these outlying scraps 01 animal stono into part of the North American oontincnt. "It's a small world this," naid Fairfax sentontiously, "and coincidences are tho commonest things in it. 1 suppose in a novel the pair of them ouirht to have oouio together and forgi veil the past and married and settled down in a villa residence, with ivy- and clematis attachment., and lived happily ever afterward. Unfortunately real life is balder and far less romantic."Nutt looked at Captain Kettle. Tin little man in tho swivel chair gavo his African guests full leave to go to a pi act considerably hotter than tho engine hold, suggesting tho mossroom as an after thought and alternative. Whither they betook themselves, grumbling, and then tho three whites commenced thoir meal. the Prisoner Taking the NDwi Calmly —Oranil .Tory Return* -.Inrors Draws— Other Court News. But, to begin with, States' law does not carry very far In tho Everglades of Florida, which Is the home of outlaws, and In the second place Mr. Nutt and friend were both ' wanted" on several counts already, among which unjustifiable homicide ranked high, so that they wore men entirely reckless and Inclined to look upon poaching and illicit whisky peddling to tho aboriginal as the mildest of mild peccadilloes. Moreover, as In furtherance of their business they wore extremely well armod and apt to shoot first and reflect afterward when annoyed, they were not persons to be argued with by any of the more gentle methods. Wrr.KBSBARRK, April 9 corv»««! m«»s b* 'm€ author Frank Shafer la guilty of murder In the first degree for the part he took In the explosion on the Wllkesbarre Mountain by which sevaial persons were hurled Into eternity at the dead of night while they weie asleep. So says the jury whnh eat at his trial The oase was given into the jury's hands at seven o'clock last evening, and after sapper they began their consideration of the case. Oa the first ballot there were nine for convlotlon of murder in the first degree, on the second ballot eleven and on the third ballot, which was taken at eleven o'clock, all twelve agreed oa the verdict, gullti of murder In the first degree. A hen court convened at ten o'oloik this morning, the verdict was announced. Sha'er took the news of hla fate oalmly, and to one of the keepers who accompanied him back to the prison, said that he was net surprised that such a verdict was found. wliat s ooen nappqping ana eamo to a nil of financial, agreement. Hut I will say that I figured, mynew terms very low when 1 understood it was a thrifle of a eonsplra cy that ye wanted 1110 to stand in at. And their, sor. we went below to the engint room nnd turned steam into the bilg« pumps to heave this nasty slop of watel overboard, after which, as chief, I sei about tnyklng n_thrilling repair to the low pressure engine. Ye see, when that ox plosion took placo a bit of a casting jump ed into the crank pit and. got jammed them hard before they could stop her. 1'vt had a fair do at elbow work cutting it out cold, but it's clear now, and she runs ai swi-rtly -»s she did tho day she left tin shops. But, oh, Mr. Cambel, I wish you could see the old man! The sight of thai little ciiup shoveling coals and swearini and tumbling and burning himself ii enough to make tho ghosts of some doac firemen I know aixiut grin and dances and jigs in their graves." Of all the quintet the man at tho tiller was the only one who showed signs of energy, and liisenergy had sulphurous anger mixed with It. He was a bowed, shambling creature, with one eye rod and the other missing, with long, hairy, ape like arms, with a dumb impediment of spooch which threw him into paroxysms of temper every second time ho ojiened hit lips. Once or twico when his malady stuck him voiceless in the middle of a sentence the other white niau lauuhed. and tiien wnen Ins tongue servcu ...... again ho would break off from tho text and rap out a stream of poisonous curs CHAPTER XII. T1IRF.K FOR TWKNTY-SF.VKN. Kettleunvvired achampagno bottle with a fork and ]Doured out three long tumblers of dancing froth. ■ne snut the messroom door and locked It and once more went to the main cabin. Tho tall man lay exactly as he bad fallen, and from underneath his neck five trickots of red spread out across the slopped tablecloth like the lingers of a monstrous hand. The lamplight fell also upon other sinearings of red where Xutt had groped his way round the paneling. Kettle leaned up against the rail of the sideboard and wiped his face with a napkin. Perspiration had loosened tho coal dust, and tho skill cCune out white with only hero and thero a email go of tho old grime. "Now, my lads," said Kettle, "yon've got to hump yourselves, or we'll have the steamer swamping beneath us. It'll lie touch and go anyway. Mr. Cambel, you'll have the dec': all to yourself, after you've dfino your job on the forehold, of course, and you'd lietter jump lively after that at once. Every gill of water tells now, nnd it strikes 1110 If we've very much more of tho Mexican gulf on board the decks will blow up, and she'll go down like kentledge ballast " "You seem out of spirits," said his fiancee, Poking her fingers over his arm. "Wine!" said Hank. "Oh, my Jemima!""I suppose I am. To begin with, this Port Kdes business isn't eal , la fed to on liven one, and then on the top of that I've had another taste of your blessed guardian's business methods which have near, ly sickened 1110 nut of the office altogether. You know about this Brothers Steamship company which I10 is trying to float? Well, we had a preliminary meeting today—$juitc 1,000 people, and -ill, comparatively speaking, poor. Tb» '"*»;n for tho most part the gang he preaches to 011 Sunday, with a sprinkling of skippers out of work and other seafaring folk who had saved a trifle of money. "Geg-geg-gob 'ny ice?" queriod the ont eyed man. "Ice is off," replied the captain. "Things hnve been that hot this trip it gave up and melted." "You seem to get your manners on ice, Mr. Billy Nutt," said his friend. "Now I see a regular hotel meal In front of me, and I'm going to make a pig of myselt and be jolly well thankful. I hain't any use for your higtr toned sort of canoosering. See here, stuff your silly mouth and quit grumbling, right now. Dy'e hear?" Tlio throe men on tho steamer were in no way prepared to receive these dubious visitors—were, in fact, completely oblivious of their anmoach. being still chained in the deadest slumber. The sun bad drooped below the tree tops, and already tho night noises of the forest were beginning rattle of crickets and toads in the trees, the grunting of the bullfrogs in the swamp, the dry rustle of tho jar flies and the warm hum of the never sleeping mosquito. In the darker tree aisles there commenced the brief light snappings of fireflies, and in the black shadowed water of the bayous were other phosphorescent glows, like these, only coming from the oyea of some prowling alligator. Cambel darted through tho doorway. Beyond .was a broad, smooth lagoon shimmering In tho sunlight, dancing with little silver waves, and beyond again was a wall of woodwork growing in one solid mass of trunks from behind the tangle of slimy mangroves which sprawled along tho water's edgo. Bare land was to b& seen nowhere. All was blotted out by the rank luxuriance of tho subtropical flora. ings "Supposing," ho said to himself, "wo were robbed now, and t hero was a trial, who's prove 1 didn't put. tho pork knifo In that man? O Lord, wlD»t a hat it's getting"' "And now, Mr. Sullivan,  that, although 1 still continue to rate as skipper of this craft, for the present I'm going to work as fireman and coal trimmer. rou will be chief engineer, and I'm tho £jj7jrtotal of your crew, and between •S we've! got to do tho work of seven horses and ono mule. Aro tho bilge pumps clear!'" At last he climaxed these by tho only vituperation which no American can listen to unmoved, and the man on tho coach roof dropped his indolence like a flash and was 011 him before I10 could resist. Tht aggressor was lusty, and he shook tho steersman as a big dog shakes a rat, with ponderous wrenches, and liecause the sloop carried a strong weather helm when tht tiller was let go she ran up into tho wind, with her canvas slatting wildly. Ilia guests at*.-, and Kettlo made small talk for them, at tlio game time playing a" good knife and fork himself. The food soomed to straighten his back and knock the limpness out of fiim, but Mr. Nutl and his friend wero lapping their champagne too industriously to see any significance in the change.  '•Slielf commenced the business with prayer, which is right enough at its proper time, hut struck me as iM.ing particularly out CDf place there. The audience, however, groaned approval, and their conii deiuo In the man seemed to bo strengthened. He followed this up with a clever speech about the profits to be mado out of the modern sea C ferrying trade and enlarged upon tiie notorious fact that the losseti of the business largely arose from the lack of interest on the part of shipmasters and other officers. This lust, ho said, would be entirely removed in the Brother) Steamship company, because by the arti eles of Association no ni.iti would hold a responsible jtosition on any one of their vessels who was not ail aetual shareholder of the company. And Mien ho pointed out that there was an 8 per cent dmdouil a R ' TO BE CONTINUED FOR CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR "Yes, sor." The don key man was Inclined to bo gar ruluus anil evidently lusted for a consider njjle chat, hut with returning strength (tambel's anxiety grew on him again, and ho cllmliod out on dock keen to be one* inoro in action. His knees were tottery, and tho donkeyinnn gave him an arn. aft. Hut when he had climbed up tbo lad der and gained the bridge deck he stood Tho steamer held on her course athwart this placid sea lake, aiming straight as a riflo shot for what appeared to be tho donsest part of tho forest. Hut as sh« n en red an overlapping cape gradually distinguished Itself from tho rest of the greenery, nnd directly afterward banks of inilky sand sprang out, with a gut of fiver between them. Programme of the Great Washington "And has she still a good head of uatherlng Announced. steam?" She has. None's been blown off." "You si tike mouthed little skunk, you'd say that to me, would you? I thought 1 learned you once liow far you might go. You've had one eye gouged for this game less'n a month back, and if you lling you! twisted stuttering tonguo at me any more, by gum, I'll pocket the other." Tho meal crept steadily through its courses, and the empty bottles grew on tht cabin floor. No one got drunk. Captain libations wero sparing, and the others had eaoli a high coefficient of absorption. Still all were exhilarated and ripo for mischief or merriment, as might befall. The programme of the fifteenth later national Christian Endeavor Convention, which will be held in Washington, July 8- 13, has been announced It is expected that fally 61,000 people will attend the convention, which will open Wednesday evening, Joly 8, with twenty-two meetings held in tne largest cb arches of the city. GRAND JURY BKTURXS. The Qrand Jury returned the following true bills this morning: ''Then pick up your foet and let's go to your hardware shop anil start in work " The sloop ran down her jibtopsail, and as the Iron hanks screamed along the stay a nogro trotted nimbly out along the flat liofrsprit top to secure the sail In its gaskets. The wind was dropping with the sun, and because the current raced man fully down the bight where the stranded steamer was lying the sloop made but a fathom or so to the good by every board across the river. The one eyed man danced a barefoot tattoo of fury on the floor boards of the cockpit at this slowness, and his loose limbed partner, who still sprawled on the eabin roof, chuckled with easy amusement. But the breeze held long enough for their puriiose. They ran up above the steamer, aud the stream ground their planking against the rust streaked iron. A pair of davit falls bung down, with the blocks weed covered in with water, and overhauling one of these they made it fast round the bitts. Then, swarming up the other fall, the whole flvo of them gained the bridge deck above. •'Wait a bit, sor,"saiil the donkeyman. "There's things here I don't understand. Aren't the lives of us in beastly danger? Didn't them boats go off because the stcamerV. sinking?" Aiding prisoner to escape—John Menolsky, A. H. Brown, pios. Camlwl steered on, sitting npon tho grating now and holding tho wheol one handed by the lower spokes, nnd in tlm fat, hot stew of tho stokehold below Kettle nnd the donkeyman shoveled coal to tho light of reeking slush lamps and the tuno of furnnco roar. Tho blacks on the forodeck chuckled and spluttered, but the big linn hove an iron bucket at them, with the curt command, "'Quit that yehawin!" which they did with a yell ami a sudden Veiling of ivory. Then with an indolent sprawling arms and legs he gained his basking place again on the top of the cabin roof, and once more the steersman got the sloop Arson—Nicholas Bel'zl, Rhone Trescott, pros. "Do you," retorted Kettlo, "consider mo one of those fancy sort of maniac who liave no wish to survive the loss of n ship? 1 toll you I should have been drowned eight tiiites already if that had been my lay. No, Mr. Chief. Fair light s right enough, and I'd stand up to Niok i'j that and value my life at less Uioji a riee mat, but at other times you bet Hra no fool to chuck it away." "Say, cap," said the long man as ht dallied with his last strawberry tartlet, ' isn't it so that you've got this fine steam boat of yours ballasted with sovereigns?" Assault and battery—Frank Oldfiald Mary Oldfield, prox ; Jos. H. Orr, Harry M Walters, pros ; Ferdinand Kench, Chafe. White, pros.; John O'Boyle, Margaret F. Thomas, prox : Jas. Mo3overn, Sarah Mo- Govern, prox. ; Adam Klt-mwi, Julia Klemas, John Pnoenlx, A. J. Lsnahao, pros : John Menoleky, A. H. Brown, pros.; Albert Pascoe, Adam Yastrotshefsky, pros. Tae formal opening of the convention • 111 take place Taursday morning in three Cre*t tents, which will be pitched on the Whit* Lot, jnst south of the Execatlye Mansion. Triese will be called Tent Waahugton, T«nt Eidea/or and Tent Willlston. -D' d will seat abont 10,000 persons each, in "ludlog a chorus oholr of about 1000 voices. "It's so," Raid Kettle, "or something very like that." Tho steamer in the grip of tho river stream swung round tho hightsand twistings, finding deep Hater everywhere, though often she could not make the turn quickly enough nnd bruised with her forefoot tho slimy mangrove stems which marked the bank. Hut the current was strong and each time swept her clear, and those below were scarcely conscious of tha graze. "Oh, Lord, no. Just freight-consigned to New Orleans and brought hero by that blowup I was teliinij you aliout. I suppose that you gentlemen'll have no objection to bearing a hand alioard o' me now you are hore? I'm a bit short manned, iind it'd bo a pity to let freight like thai rust for want of fingering." "Your own?" The next three boards were made in si lence, save for the creaking of the gear when she went about, nnd then the ono eyed man broke out again. under command. "But," said the donkeyman, "what gets me's this: If tho blooming steamer's bottom's shot out, what's the fun in messing with It? Tho Mexican gulf will circulate through that hole longer than our bilge pumps will run." ".You're sure it wasn't a government bo-o-o-nt, Hank?" At the opeuing sessions addressee of wel seme, the annual report of General Secretary John Willis Baer and the annual ad iress of President Francis Ciark will be Bawdy house—Harriet Barnes, Thomas Graham, prosecutor. Knot by knot tho brino of fcha Mexican $oji M ■'Governmoilt bo sugared! She wasn't the right build to start with. Besides, if government knew this channel at nil, you bet it'd be said so in all the papers. And she did know it, or she wouldn't have gone buzzing past at six knots without a leadsman. Seems to me some one's split, and she's some darned Hritlsher come to cut out our game for themselves." Hank grinned at his vis-a-vis and then turned to the littlo skipper in the swivel ihair. "No," he said, "I don't see there's anything wrong with that, but I'm afruid if wo chipped in wo couldn't sign on so far as Noo Orleans." Larceny and breaking—John Blmer, Catherine Lynch, prosecutor; Robert Baylor, James E Borgan, prosecutors; Walter Sheffield, James O'Biien, prosecutor. "You tire me," said the little man. "Who said she'd her bottom blown out? I tell you this steamer was sunk a few plates below her usual trim—for reasons —and now we are going to pull her up again. Hee here, new Mr. Chief, take the clDch from vie and ask nomoreuuestions. and you'll get told no llus. It'll pay you. If you do as you're bid aboard of me, you'll have sovereigns enough given you to work through the biggest spree that wasever spread out in a seaport town." The big donkeyinan appreciatively drew the back of a hand ucross his muzzle. "Ah, captain, dear," he said coaxingly, "I'd just like to hear ye mention a figure." and tins noist Clven. of the woods und odC rs of t he trees and the swamps were closing in on them. Tinswell fanning out from the steamer's wake wet the alligators in their basking places behind the sa.vgrass, and tho reel, from her smokestacks seared the stilt, leg god water fowl aiish in tho shallows. She coasted round a bayou of black watei walled In by stem ranks of cypress trees She cut across another with graceful leaved palmetto scrubbed on either hand and ragged cabbage palms spouting out from above. And then she swung again where the river forked nnd steamed down a straight, unswerving water lane which led to tho very heart of the Everglades. Ou Tuur«day afternoon will be held about hlrty denominational rallies. Saturday *111 tDe " ou'door" day. Ar 9:30 an opentlr praiee service will be held at the Washington Monomsat. The Eudeavorers will 'hen march to the Capitol, where it is hop Ced brief addiesees mty be delivered frtm Ufa steps of the seat of government. Ihe Janior Christian E idea voters will holl au tarly prayei meatlng 8uaday morning. No services will be held Sunday m rnlng In the teDts, every one attending the regular 4'i'vhe in the churches. Oi Monday morning the World's Christian Eidetvor Ualon. 'ormed last year In B Dstoa, will hold its first convention. Instinctively when once their feet were on the warm gray planks each man, black and white, handled his weapon ready to light any one, as might be demanded ol him, but no one appeared to seek explanation of their presence, and from staring about them they took to staring at one another rather foolishly. If one has been expecting a brisk game of murder, uud one meets with empty silence, It rather spoils the sequence of ideas. Breaking windows—Dsnnis Winters, Mary McTijUe, prosecutrix. "New Orleans be sugared!" cried Captain Kettle. "Haven't I spoke plain enough already? Don't you understand all this racket's a blessed'swindle? Tho steamer's going to have tho name plate on her engine altered, and tho label on hot stern changed, and a different pattern painted on her smokestacks, and a coat ol gray clapped on her outside. And thenthen, when she's so bedeviled her own builder wouldn't know her, we'll run hei round to somo South American port where the least number of questions will be asked nd sell her for what sho'U fetch. hi id oniy ine steamer, murtt you. 1 reckoii she's carried tho freight far enough. That'll be struck out of her hero." Concealed weapons—Geo. Mitchell, Ed. Jones, pros cutor. "You tire mo. Plume hunting's Illegal by these bub-bub blessed bird laws, and so's selling whisky to Injuns. As it is, we've trouble enough to sneak in nnd out of tbe_'Oiades in this sus-sus-sus s-s-lip of a sloo'p, so how in hades d'you expect they'd do it in a 1,000 ton"— Here the man's infirmity blocked his speech for a full minute. He snarled out, "Oh, I've no use for a blank putty head like you." Disorderly houv.—John Rankin, et al., W. H. Blaine, prosecutor. The girl sat on the coaming of the cockpit for a minute staring, then throw up hi« hands and pitched forward onto the plank ing as though a bullet had smitten the lift Embezzlement—Charles- M. Osmond, Thomas J. Sefton, prosecutor. Fel Wounding—Thomas Bl?gs, Wm. M. Diggs, pros.; Joseph Francisco, Fred Taomas, pros. "Come to think a| it," said Hank In an oppressive whisper, '"if there'd been an anchor watch, they'd have hailed ushefare we got this far. I bet the old man's asleep in the chartliouse. 'Twouldn't be a bad Idea to bottle him." The big donkeyman also was startled. Out of tho morning mists of tho south in his brain "Call it two £10 notes." "Then, be Christopher, I'm ycrmanfoi any piece of devilment in tho calendar. Come along, captain, doar. 'Tis a melodious little man ye arc, fur all they say against yez." there had come up a small conterboard But the pace was slowing now, slowing indeed till tho steamer would hardly steer against the current, which ever and anon gripped her by the head or the tail and carried her with sullen sheerings dead onto mangrove cluster or tree clad bluff, and the reason was that the head of steam was failing. Captain Owen Kettle, llkq more Christian men have dono Iwforc, ignored Ills own previous preachings when the application came in and proved only human soon after Jio Jmd taken up tho rolu nf fireman. Driven half lunatic by tho heat of the work, he kept dipping his lips in tho water bucket and drinking heavy drafts. As a consequence that unpoetical complaint—cramp In tho stomach— overtook liim at last and tied him into those ungainly knots of torture which hi had so frequently observed upon scientific ally in others. But as there was none at hand to administer tho heroic remedy ot chlorodyno cum rhuluirb CIllll laudanum cum pill and givu him something else to think about in the origlnul kind of knots he remained. Hank laughed und put tolutcco into his mouth. "Go it." he said. "Go it, right close to tho end if you like, but bring up short of that, or I'll gouge you, sure's death." Forgery—Thomas Johnson, Jr , Pater Qalnn, pros. schooner of some 15 tons, an oysterman perhaps in tho season and now a sponge gatherer or a mere coaster. She was coming down over tho seas as dry as a gull, driving along under her boom foresail and jib. The donkuyman's eyo hung on hoi "And i» it ecrtafn thfit poor Mr. Cambel Ho pattered across the deck, right hand inside his shirt bosom, pistol gripped In that, and peered in through the open door. The place was tenanted by no living thing larger than flies and cockroaches, Jle drow back half scared by the oednesa of it, and then beckoning,bU mates headed them down tfie companion ladder, treading llko a stage conspirator. At the foot, two doora opened-, one into the aUeyway, which was empty, the other into the main cabin, on the floor of which Kettle had been deposited by thedonkeyman. But in the culminating spasm of his oramp the little captain had rolled away out of sight under the table, and sq tq all appearance this place was deserted also. Fornication and bastardy—Thomas Mc- Hale, Sarah SQarp, pros ; James Dick, Edith Lampman, pros. Meanwhile the steamer was becoming more anil moru water logged with every plunge and roll, and l'atrick C'ambel feared that lit* dangerous strutegem fur driving away the crew had been carrltnl too fur. It whined to him impossible that they could sulvage her now. True, Bhe was brought up to the wir ' ' - the after canvas, and her rollkig* * of such fcickcniug strength, b' loomed high in the wild nigh le bows lunged deep into every «a that rolled up from the 'l taking the green water over ,0 head in masses which so ors and windlass to the naket' in ilromtrdf" "You bet," said Nutt, rubbing his hands. "We'll corral the dollars for you right here till you come back. You shall have our niggers to s-sstoke for you if you can get 'em and can manage 'em. But they're fair toughs. Perhaps you'd w-w-weaken when you came to know 'cm a bit," Tho steersman grinned n spasm of fury. He longed much to use again tlio unpar dnnablo phrase, hut ho forulmre. Ho felt that his friend would ho as good ax his word. So h« ceased from speech altogether, and n negro on the foredeck enlivened the silence with tho Jordan hymn, giving full va)ne to every possible shako and turn. guaranteed on preference stock and n cor tain 15 per cent or 18 per cent on the or dinary and wound up with another dos* of cant. Tho company, he said, would not lie alone content with earning income for its bondholders. It would have as Its equal object the spreading of 'h • gospel and the civilization of England to tho uttermost parts of the globe. DBATH OF JOHN \V. CLARK. Illegal use of bottles—Richard Dougherty et al, M. J. Whalen, pros. Larceny by bailee—Lazarus Moyer, Emmallne E Miller, pros. as she surged past tho rust streaked flank One of the Victims of iHe Sn|tr Notcli of tho steamer some 20 fathoms away— Dpot because the sight of a littlo white painted sqhoohor was now to him, not because ho was Impressed by tho danger to the Port Kdes' enterprise In her being seen by any one, but on account of the tiny vessel being handled, in what to her was Mine Disaster In 18*9. John C.ark, a prominent resident of As'iley, died at one o'clock on Saturday after a ten days'illness of typhoid fever. Mr. Clark was a native of Ashley, having been born there 32 years ago At first he vorked in the mines It » 111 be recalled that In 1879 he, with six others, was im prisoned in N D. 10 mine of the Lehigh and Wiikesbarre Coal Company at Sugar Notch, ft was not uotll seven dayb had passed that the men were rescued. After this fright; fa 1 experience, Mr Clark left the mines and entered into business He was proprietor of the American Hotel at the time of his dea'h. He was quite prominent as » Republican, bsing a leader among the youag Irish element, and was a member of the i shley lodge of Masons. Hs Is survived by his wife. Selling to minora—Anthony Mohuoaky, Philip Durand, proa. (1 !Dy tlio n Ke rij_iiot t  % air und ■successive toriJiy south, fbe Mlorocas' luretlWitel iron. "I'd handle," retorted Kettle, "a crew of old Nick's flreuien raw out of the pit if I wad put to it. Don't you make any error. I've kept my end up with the worst crowds a man ever put to sea with. By James," he went on, with a Mow at tho table, "by James, I'd handle you, Mr. Nutt, if you were signed on board o' me till youoouldn't call yoursoul your own." Pointing pistol—F. S. LeigLton, An thony Bagnovltcb, pros. distinctly ugly weather, by so extraordl A porpoise surged past them making for tho open after a day's fresh nakr fishing, and once or twice an alligator's eyebrows and snout showed like knots of blackwood floating up against tho current, for this was territory where the skin hunter's rill" had not seared them alto gether Into night work. The sloop's paoo up stream was sinull, and It was not till Just before nightfall that she rounded a cape whore high blaek pines stood up llki on parade around the water's edgi the steamer. !Sho was groundrt' on a sand bank uthwurr. the stream a no lay with a two foot list away from tin current. Not until they wire close alsiard of her could those on the sloop see tho gold lettering on her counter. "Then the meeting cheered and nmended and wrote out an application for 10, y00 £5 shares then and tliere in the room on forms which were handed round, and when it dispersed Mr. Theodore Shelf and 1 drove hack to the offices. nary a person as a young and pretty girl. No one else was deck, and the girl sat on the coaming of tho cockpit, tiller' In one hand, tiller rope in tho othor, ns unconcernedly as though kIio had boon on ancient mariner bred and agod in fort and afters. Mardei—John Batutka and John Livlne, I G Eokert, proa. Burglary—Max et. al., J. W. Jones, pros The wash found Its way below through that jagged gap In the lower deck irD crashing waterfalls, and every moment, too, the opened valve tieslde her keel was gushing in fresh gallons to her swamping holds. Any larger sea which swept up fiow might well settle over her solidly and launch her with hursted decks onto the sponges and the coral growths 100 fathoms below. " "Look here,' I said to him, 'you'vt put me down on tho directorate of thin tiling, with a salary of £1,000 a year. 1 want to resign,' The ujen peered about them and ran lift, poking their noses in pantry and gallery and engine room. Coming back through the alleyway, they searched the two mate's rooms and found them empty, and going out on the iron foredeck found tho forecastle deserted also. Then they gathered round that gaping font where the forehatcL had been in curious wonder, examining the crumpled plates which woro yellow with now rust and pointing out to one another the twisted stanchions and splintered debris below. And a.t this they were engaged when the gun took its final dive beneath the voters of tho Mexican gulf to westward, and tho tropical darkness snapped down upon them liku tho shutting of a box. Larceny—Max Ogholtz, et. al., J. W. Jones, proa ; George Pnltrock, Jjs. SmUh, proa ; John Kiochlnsky, Joe. Smith, proa.; Mary Potaluiia, et. a1., eight cases, Geo. N Hntter, proa ; Wm. Murdock, et. al., Thoa Bellly, proa , Edward Bnrk, Wm. Baddy, proa ; Edward Walker, U J. C jnnora, proa ; Mary Potalunls, et. al., W. B. Kline, proa ; Mike Phillips, et. al, Michael uattey, proa.; Levi Stalnbanjh, Joa. Kasper, pros , Anthony Baaher, Oorroll Snkoaki, proa ; Antinl Mallnoakl, I. Mnsoovitch. proa.: Max 4 cases, J. W. Jonee, proa ; John Walah, et. al., J F Buddy, pros. "You'd ww-which?" snarled Nutt, rising in his chair. Kiti, mo, witn iooks much u ho Irishman's liking, with copper roc mir whose ends blew out from l»ciieath t jreen Italian nightcap, laughing, lmpu lent features, with tho color whipped uj Into warm pinks by the wind; a figure 01 pretty curves, and tho shapeliest llttk brown fists in tho world splayed on tht tiller and gripping the restraining tillei rope. Sim was pretty much up to tho eye* In her steering, but she found time U throw an oeiliad toward tho steamer, which Mr. Sullivan answered with a yell intended to show his compieto admiratioi and n swirl of liis greasy cap. It was thei that Cambel fell, and the donkeymat took his eyes from the schooner and pickVc him up and once more applied the  bottle. ' More drowned than I thought for," he muttered. "It'll bo a pig's most for us if he goes ill." '■Sit, you awlne," said his partner, "and be quiet. You tiro me. What are you riling the gentleman for just when we wero gotting so nice and friendly with himf" " WhHt on earth for?' The donkeyman, with a lu-arty Belfast curse, tried to do double work, hut as he had bMii laboring quite to the top of his strength for many hours previously tho effort did not meet with unqualified success An anyone with less dogged wooden pltfck might have knowu, It is Impossible far one man to flro n litf furnace steamer, wheel himself coal for tho bunker and act As engineer and greaser when required, ,/howover great be the Initial supply ot brute force with which God has endowed him. Every time lie wiped tho wet from his eyes and looked at the steam gauge it 'had climbed down since the tlmo iiefure, and however furiously he might heave new fuel onto the caking clinkers that jumping index would continue its downward crawl. " 'Oh, shall we say I haven't sufficient money loose to take up enough shares?' ""But,' ho said quickly, 'you needn't take up any. You can draw your first quarter's salary and pay that lmck to ths company's bankers on your first call, will qualify you.' "You letnme alone!' "I'll smash your ugly Uttle faco in il you don't keep it shut." Home men, In the faoo of such conditions, would have iieen amazed, helpless, physically incapable in the presence of that solitude to making any necessary effort, for it is one tiling to do a desperate piatter before the eyes of an applauding crowd and another when the devil lielcw is your only appreciative onlooker. It would have been beyond tho capabilities of Captain Kittle, for instance. Coiubel, however, was the one man ui tho million to Whom the adventure was as meat and drink. If he succeeded, then the profit waa his. If he failed, death would be use ful to him, and anyway there was the wild excitement of the moment, which was n ineal to ho enjoyed, and one which 110th ing could snatch away. Tho one eyed man tried to retort, but his infirmity gagged him, and n spasm of wild fury bit into all bis muscles. "H-b-both lifeboats gone. Say, that's rum!" "'No,'I said, 'I'm not going to do that. I'm going tQ be mixed up with this pewp company in no dogree whatever, flatly, I don't believe In the thing ono lilt. It's a notorious fact that freights are so low Just now that thousands of tons of shipping are laid up Ijecause it can't lie run at n profit, and if you put more in commission freights will tumble down still lower.' "Port Edes of London," Hank read ''Port Kdes* I seem to know that name. Hullo, Xutt! What's wrong now? on look as though I'd said your rich uncle had gone dead. '• "There's on image for you, cap. Look at the creature, froz? like a Chinese pot dog. Look at him and don't laugb. And, say, just reach mo another bottle of that wine; it will be so good—thanks, slreo. I wouldn't caro if I died drinking this. Here's oub blessod health. Good old cap! You stick to me, and I'll stick to you, and If Mr. Billy Nutt can't swallow his tan truins and join us two gentlemen like another gentleman, by Jemima, we'll give him what he's got for his sharo and sot ndrlft In an empty bottle. You boar me, Billy Nuttf" His friend waved a derisive finger. After a long battle agalnat diaesae, Philip G. Klllian paesed away April 9ih at the family home on Suequehanna avenue Mr. Ktlllan was one of onr oldest and moat highly reapected residents He *as born in Germany in September, 1841, and was therefore fifty-four years of age. He came tov this country when he w a  of age, and had resided here ev«r since that time. He waa a founder by trade, and fci many yeara had charge of work In the Weat Plttftjn Foundry, now tha Vulcan Worka Ha has been a prominent member of the First Baptist Chrr :h for many yeara. H) s?rved In the Ualou army throughout the war, being cecond lltuter ant of Co. A, Fifty-second Peun B»glmect (Ool Hoyt'a command) and waa a member of Nngent Post, G. A B He was alao a member of Black Diamond L~Cdge, Knights of Honor; Palling Springs Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and Pittston Lodge of Old Fellows. Mr. KUllan's illness dated back to DecmDer last, his oomplalut being aethma aud heart trtnbic. For some time past hla condition ha* b«*n serloua He la survived by his wife a d the following sons and George, Harry, Margaret, wife of George W. S acton, Nellie and Ada. , Death of Philip G. Klllian. "Hank," said the one eyed man, "this gets me. What in hades have they been doing to this blame steamboat, and for why have they gug gug-gone off and toft her?" • i-.uciia sout ot my lino,' saiu Hank oracularly. The one eyed man's face was lit up with an unholy joy. "Don't you know!" he stuttered out. "Tho biz was In nil the papers. That steamlioat was bringing out £500,000 in sovereigns. Her port was New Orleans, and she's got here. By gum, 1 suppose they think they're going to steal it all by themselves. Larceny as bailee—Ohaa. M. Oiman, Thoa J. Sefton, proa. Livery—Lszirus Moyer, E S. Miller, proa. But Patrifc: Cambcl had not faintet through tho effect of his reccnt struggli alone. It was quite anothor matter whiol had doalt him the sufliclng shock. V 'You speak from your Ignorance,' ho said. 'I should remind you that I am by far an older man and havo a much deeper gxperienco. The business of Mannaduko fivers & Shelf is a lasting monument ot What my humble talents can accomplish «nd JQU will somo day see for yourself tho newer company on an equal footing. Did you not notico what cnthusiustio confidence In its prosperity those humble friends of mine showed this nfternoon?' "Oh, you blank putty head!" retorted his friend, "thth-ink." Common Pleas—Nellie Flannery V8 Martin J Flannery: Dacree lndlvorcsawarded. The oiled rumbling of the engines slowed and grew more sluggish, and then the ponderous cranks took to stopping 011 a turn as though to gain strength for the next round. Hut this did not go 011 for long. Tho don key mat) felt a gentle heave of the footplates beneatlf hitq pnd then a heel which was not recovered. "Re gor," said he, '"the bloody old tramp's tuk the ground at last, Thanks bo," "You tire me. If they aren't here, they aren't. P'raps they've gone off and toted tho boodle to a cache. P'raps it1* left here aboard, and if it is I guy as we shall find It when we want it. What I'm on for now's grub. | hain't had a Christian meal for throe months, thanks to this new sheriff bustling after us, and I'm about sick of mullet and sweet potatooa. But, please our buck, we'll raid (heir storerooms here and fix up « hotel supper lor to night. That's me. Now come along, tellers."In tho steorer of that little schooner h» had seen the sister of the woman to when ho had once boon aflianced; who had dls cardod him for another man; who had driven him from a sedate Knglish life U bo a wanderer and a vagabond upon th* face of the earth. His roamlngs had be gun and continued only becauso tho lm ago of this ono woman had refused tti leave his thought*, and the half saronstii nickname of the great traveler had been gained wlthoutany seeking on his part. Five long desperate years had pasBod since the blow fell upon him, and timC was doing its work, llo had begun to for "feet her, to promiso himself that, thlspres ent enterprise acoompllshcd, ho woulc eliminate the past and load a newor ami different life, and yet thc/ftum the most unlikely porner pf God's l \Jier sistet passed like a stage figure HsjgpMiis eyes, the sister from whom sho n. nevet parted. "Who's they?" Inquired, the other. "I guess we »hull knn\y. that soon," re turned the one pyod ,nnn grimly. "Hi, you Diggers there forward' I s'pose you got razors hid somewhere in yer pants?" Sarapta M. Heplar vs Samuel J. Heplar: On filing of ex imlner's report, court grant rule to ehow cause why decree in divorce shall not be maie a vlncolo matrimonii* as prayed for. It was in this mood of mind that thcD man on whose actions the very outer ait existence of the Port Kdes depended left his fellows in the chartroum and raced forward to where the jagged lip of tht forehold hatch yawned to the splashing lirlne. Without lantern, without so much •s a look liefore him, ho lowered himself 011 to the twisted battens below, with tht clean watCu" raining on to him from aliovt and muddy wavelets squirting up from ltelow; and then when tho steamer gave a heavy scend and the more solid wash from below smote him heavily upon the thiglu he loosed his grip and dived like a stoni. through the brimming sbaftway of the hatch. "You spup-luttering fool! You boosey drunken putty head!" "I'm not drunk," retortod Hank, "but I'm merry. Have u sup yourself, and then perhaps you'll be better company," with which advice a liberal heel tap of champagne splashed in Nutt's faco. "Say," drawled his friend, "you'd meblDe better go slow, Hilly Xutt That steamer does look asleep, but If you start making yourself ugly too soon somebody may wake up and pull off guns at us." " 'A fat lot they know uliout tho ship ping business,' said 1. 'In the mood you worked them \ip to they'd have believed an advertising stockbroker's clrculai if only there wore a test at tho head ot tho page.' Wm Sorber vs Mary Sorbet: As above. Mary E Newhart vs. E A Newhart: As above. He pitched his shovel through a dull glowing furnace door and turned to where the little captain was lying on tho polished footplates, holding a yellow daring slush lamp before him to see through the stifling dusty gloom. "Gum!" ho commented. "The old man looks pretty sick I'll crano him up In tho ashllft." The man sprang to his feet, glowing like a fiend. What followed was completed I Mifore a watch oould tick twice. For onco the gift of speeeh did not desert him. The fatal words bounced glibly off his tongue, and Hank's vengeful hands shot out. In an instant tho pair were grappling to gether, and a scooping thumb did its horrid work. Then tearing himself away, eyeless, the lesser man ran screaming blindlv into the sideboard at the other sido of tho cabin. His friend pitched stifflj forward and fell face downward among tho dishes lying thero without so much as a quiver. He was stone dead. With the black handled knife that carved their baking of pork Nutt had stabbed him from the shoulder down through his heart. Mary Tjmpleton vs. James Templeton: As a ove, Sarah 0. Sinkey va. Wilson Sankey: A above. "Shoot or no shoot," retorted the man at tho tiller, "I'm golnDj tq touve some ot their plunder, before 4 do«en hours are over, or else he deader. I've never had a chance like this in all my llfo before, and I'll never geg-geg-get another.'1 "Shelf pulled the check string, and hi* brougham stopped against the curb. 'Mr. Fairfax,' paid he, 'your a'ttitude pains iue. Let lis. part hero fur the time, and let us both pray that when next we meet you lnnybe in a more Christian mind,' where upon out 1 stepped and came along hero to Park lane. Amy, dear, I don't liko tho look of things at all." Tho other business —the Oceanic Steam Transport company, as it is calls*} officially—is by no means in a healthy condition, and remembering that it seems to mo that starting this new company is something very nearly approaching a swindle 1 believe that Theodore Shelf, knowing that he in in low wa- The negroes chuckled »nd crowed, capering like children, and went off with the tall man toward the galley, and Nutt, after ftn lnefltectual attempt to speak, whlcb throw him into a paroxysm of fury, presently followed them. Matthias Yablomki va. Jno. Markle estate: Stenographer's not=a of testimony and charge of court filed. This he did and took his commanding officer into tho main cabin, where the air was bright and baking, ami the mosquitoes were biting like dogs. Then, throwing back the lid of the medicine chest, which stood beside tiie door Into the companionway, ho gazed appreciatively at the rows of bottles, unstopped one or two and sniffed at. their contents and then "You bet not," agreed the other. "Xor'U I. That's why I'll stand in with you ovei this deal down to tho last chip. rockon," ho added in a lower voicp, "we pan count well on the niggers tiwv They're pvDt exactly u camp meeting ernwd. They're toughs chat a racket like thia'll suit ae nat'ral as chicken stealing." The feast was sui generis. They found grease, baking powder and flour and made doughnuts, they hotted three tins of Julienne soup, they baked a great mass of salt pork on bedding of white beans, they made ft stew of preserved potatoes, Australian mutton and pate de foie gras, and as a chef d'oeuvreoneof tho negroes turned out some crisp three cornered tartlets stuffed with strawberry jam. Then Honk, with a lamp in one hand. ft cylinder of plates in the other and ft whole armory of knives and forks bristling from his pockets, pattered off to the main cabiu to lay the table. Seconds passed, n minute, two minutes, and still ho did not reappear. Throe minutes. Then thfD rounded outlines of somo thing black rolled to tho surface a ml surg od about limply with tho swill of tin water. E'lzibeth 0»*ns vs. Bibert Owens: Court grant rule to showcause why divorce shall not be d jcreed. The shook cam# upon him as a thtfv- [ bolt from a blue sky. Ho had fancledWM to lie in Kngland, Europe  anywhere but here—-and In his weak staU tho surprise was too groat. Again tht gush of the waters thundered in his ear, again tho light his eyes, and this time ho dived into blank unconsciousness.Appointment of assessors in WHkeebarre township: 8. B Sturdsvant appointed asseasor, and Annlng Dllley and John B. Qa'ck assistant assessors. For awhile It staid so; then, swung by a heavier pitch of the steamer, was washed to tho back of a stanchion, where it hung The slopping water beneath ebbed steadily. Tho valve In tho steamer's bottoi 1 had been closed. flammed down the lid again as a thought fVuck him. 'No," he said. ' Red Kot Shouldn't give me physic last time 1 I'd liko a dose, an now I'll see how hvNuncles getting round on nothing. Fair plaD\ a Jool. I'll just report to the pilot an thdn turn in." CHAPTEU XIV ItESL'LTK IX LONDON "That saves my cartridges," said Cap tain Kettle and took his cocked revolver from where it lodged between his knee and the under side of tho table. JUR0H8 DRAWN TODAY. "How awfully ghastly!" sakl Amy Rivers. "Yes," said Fairfax. pn archlst peoplo ought to tin sh°.t down like dangerous wild beasts whenever they open their mouths. Think of It! Not only a lino Hlitp but £500. oOO In specie blotted out of existence by this murderous bomb. It will cojne fearfully heavy on Home of the underwriters. There will be a black pay day at Lloyds' when they settle up ovei this. You never saw such excitement an there is in tho city. Papers \\*irv selling at half a crown apiece-'' *' Vr, Is getting desperate Salt for Conl I.and The following Jurymen wete drawn today for Common Pleas 0 Durt to be held May 11, 18 6: H. 0. Barlew, carpenter, West Pitta ton ; Anthony H Dggerty, laborer, West Pittston; L'all Brown, miner, Yatesvllle; John H Ifnllin, merchant, P.ttston; Henry Jwobs, hotel keeper, Exeter Borough; El ward Kiating, laborer, P.ttston Xwp.; Patrlok Jordan, miner, Pittston T*p. "1 dou't know about tho last," replied tho girl thoughtfully; ''hut, us for being i)i low water, there 1 think you aro wrong. Every week hern they seem to spend more money than they did tlie week before. ("cranton Truth.) During a whole hour Patrick Camlx I lodged lDehliid that iron pillar, a met boneless mass of flush and clothes, an then tho pains of life came into him agaiiwith shivers and Rhuddcrings. The thli gray light of tho dawn was filtering dowi through the jugged opening above win i first the trembling lids slid from his eye nails, but for still another !!0 minute* lis was a thing of no wit, breathing, truh but earing naught for all tho world cot*, tained. He passed swiftly out through tho pantry door and was just in titue for what he expected. The negroes, alarmed by Nutt's shrieks, were rushing from tho mcssroom to see what had gono wrong. Ho charged and drove thein furiously back. They turned and ran before him, tumbling over one another in their scared baste, and then he took up his place in the doorway, threatening them with steady weapon and crisp, decisive tongue. Attorney S. J. St-au3s, of Wllkesb»rre, representing Erneet V Jackson, has brought an »-j -ctment suit the Lsblgh V illey Ooal Co , William C innell, Mary Everhcrt, George W. Everhart, John F. Everhar*, Clara Llewjllyn, Eiz*betb Hay GUI, Matthew GUI, Jr., May E Hoi den and Charles P. Holden Thi suU was Instituted In the offi ;e of Prcthonotary Pryor for twenty and onc-'hlrd acres of Und in Old Forge Township. The "pilot," however, when the donkey man liad wearily hauled onto tlu upper bridgo and stood by hi* side, proved to be so dead asleep that no amount oD shouting or shaking would wako him Even tho flies did not make him wince. At ino aoorway ne stoppca, gaping, ana because the instinct of tho much hunted made his right hand sMp round to a certain back pocket ih» plates went to tho ground with a crash. In the swive) chair at tho head of the table was huddled a Mian—a small man with ft coM cigar bitten tight between hi* teeth, a man so grimy with coal oust that Hank couldn't have sworn whether the short peaked heard which rested on his chest was black ur red or prussiun blue. CHAPTER, XIII. A PIUATfc'8 HAUliOIt. Windless swell and a burning sky. Ahead broken palings of mop headed tree trunks growing straight across tho sea. On one lioaiu scattered patches of white whero tho'surf crumbled over hidden coral reef, on tho other tho bright blue water of the Mexican gulf, with its yellow float ing tangles of weed. A steamer lunging through the rollers at a small six knots. *lrs. Shelf was (\t a picture salo yesterday and bought two old masters at 4,o00 guineas apiece, and it isn't likely she'd throw away llKtt sum on what is absolutely and entirely a luxury unless money were pretty plentiful with her." "Sor, wake, or ye'U lie sunstrook, ii ye'ro not that already. House, sor. 1 can't lug ye below, an I can't rig an awning. "Ami is it certain that poor Mr. Cam bel Is drowned!1" ''It can't go on at this pace," said Fairfax. "I know what the limilsof tho business are, and 1 am certain It can't stand the drain which all tliisgorgeouanessmust entail. Last year the profits wero almost nil, and yet did Mrn tihelf retrench ut alii1 Not n bit. Hhe goes in for more and more display every week she lives. This pace must bring about a wreck, and if the Oceanic Steam Transport company goes down it is an absolute certainty that this new Brothers oompaiiy Willi be swamped with It." Tae following jarjmm ware drawa for C mm Dn Plias Oourk, May 18: William R. Thomas, miner, Pittston; Joseph Hilem»n, agent, West Pittston; John McQilllan, miner, West Pittston; Henry Myers, olty engineer, Plttatoi; William Drury, merchant, Putjton; W. H Law, clerk, Marcy; P. F Ford, miner, Pit ston; Thos Filziimmins, butcher, Avoca; Jjhn B. Law, ooal operator, West Pittston. I'm too tired to speak again, but if .ve . ■Say hero ye'11 fry like a raster an foe ati by flies, fere's a whopping skoetor ir -nub of ycr eyftholes this minute, an a kind oi locust browsing on the end of yer snout. Listen. I'm knockln wid a lDoot toe on yer ribs. Well, man, if ye won't listen tC reason, Jt's just leavln yez I aiu to stow in yer awn juice. ' Then a sucking, sobbing noise from tie depths of tho hold far beneath forok' upon his ear, and the languid brain Ix gat, to work. With an effort he sat up, diz7.it;. holding to the pillar, trying to thin', wbure he was and how ran recent history and by degrees the details strolled back t him. Before, however, he hail gather* all his senses or a working quantum C,l strength he had a visitor in the shape ol the donkey man, who clat tered up over tiiCi decks with plate shod Itoots and crouched at the top of tho gap above oil knees an i hands. "I'm afraid practically so. The two lifeboats wore* picked up next morning and their crew9 taken Into Mobllo. When they came to count heads, U was found that the captain, (Jambcl and one of tht engine room hands wcro missing. In the hurry of the escape they teem, (q have got into neither lifeboat. 'I he telegram say» that no other boat would have lived a minute in the sea that was running at the time, even If one had been lowered, and tho mate, who writes, does not think that this was even attempted, because the Fori Edes sank before they had driven out of s|glit. We had a private cablegram at the office before 1 left, and that told ho— pther steamers crossing that part of the gulf had been on the lookout, but up to then not even so much as tt scrap of wreckage had Ixen sighted. t"H) I fear it is past a doubt that she sank like u stone in deep water and took those poor fellows duwn with her." "Quick," he cried, '"quick, you scum, unload yourselves. Pitch overboard your knives and razors and whatever you've got, or, by James, if a man of you stops to think, I'll blow his brains through the porthole." On her decks was visible one man, aud one alone, and ho was on the upper bridge, with his fists on tho spokes of the steam Steering wheel. Ho was swaying with weariness; his eyes were dull and leaden; his cheeks'were of an unwholesome yellow I localise •flie tan would not let them turn palo white. Yet his task was one which put to strain every piece of his alertness. He was taking a steamer drawing 10 feet through a channel whoso very existence |io man pn earth besides himself had evet guessed, and already ho was deep in sen territory which the charts of 1H9U still mark as unsurveyed. He had vaguely found tho channel some months lieforo in en open boat and written cross compass boartrrJJs on tho back of a crumpled envel ope. These he carried In his head now and used as the sea marks closcd, but they were a frail re«*l for much dependence. "Oh, don't you trouble to lie polite," said tho man in the chair. "I'm mighty glad to see any one who can talk or use a pair of hands." Here he lifted ills nose and snufTed Hie air like a hound. "Is that supper you're cooking)" "I reckon," New Water Co. in Carbondale. If repcrts be true, Carbondale will, before loDg, have the best witer supply of any olty in the State.. The reports have been started by the presence of several Scranton capitalists, who, with several prt mlnent men of Carbondale, will shoitly form a new water oompaoy. The supply will be gotten from a large dam, which will be erecttd over the hill east of Carbondale township, whioh will be supplied bv a small creek. Water wou'.d also be taken from Brownell swamp Tho negroes obeyed him in sullen, frightened silence and stood with elbows up tucing film as tie covered them. Kettle watcheu tlio tlireo with steady eye, but his ear was cocked down tho passage drinking in every rustle which came from tho place he had left. The donkoyman ellmlied heavily back down the ladder and went with wearj steps aft along the bridge D»eck toward hh own place. Hut at the UC?ak of the deck he paused, spread his grimy, shiny eltM)wD on the rail and Indulged In a thin, small whistle, "Pound anything to wash It down TVitllf" And then?" "There were a dozen bottles of beer, but wo wanted those between whiles, aud 1 guess they're drunk." Grand jarors, May 25 —Gso. Rntfedge, engineer, Jenkins township; 0 H. Cutler, undertaker, West P.ttst in; R M Highee, brewer, West Plttatoa. "More than 5,000 poor people, for the most part old, will that tho savings of a lifetime, havo vanished into nothingness before their eyes. It is an awful thing even to think such a suspicion against a man, hut the idea is growing uiDon me, and Theodore -'licit saw what I thought when showed me out of his brougham this afternoon." Thoshriekings of the eyeless man In the cabin had given way to groans, and then thero came tho sound of bumps and scratohings, as though he wero blundering madly aliout to find something, and then tho pattering of naked feet as he groped his way up tho lead covered steps of the companiouway. So'Intently did they follow this one man's movements that it seemed to them as though ail other sounds wert hushed, even to the never ceasing hum ot tho insects. \ Have ye lieen getting hurt now?" in quired tho newcomer. ' "Thore should have been more, but I suppose my lousy steward has necked them. However, this is * big night, and this is tne llrst time J ve seen you ana your mates, and so I guess champagne')) bo good enough for us. There's a case in that end room ready a-purpoee for this sort of celebration day. Perhaps you'll fetch it out. I'm weak still." ' Now, hero we have come, as the skip per remarked, up an unlieknown druln tt which man's Improvements have not beer introjuoed, on there's callers turnln up already. That was the nose of a gaff taups'l squintin lietween those tree topD down stream a minute ago, of I'm u ()ag*D. I)'ye know, Mr. SAUIvtW, chief of tht Port Edes, pni beginnln to think ye'd have got hotter value If ye'd gone cruisln off by an large wld tho othor boys in the lifeboats. Thruo, there's tho 30 £1 note* todhraw, an a daisy of a spree to havt if yez can get anywhere to have It, but ye'vo worked that wage out already, an it rather seems as though there's moro la tioriousncss to follow." Ho yawned env crnously. " 'Tlsn't often I'd say no to a bit of a scrimmage, but theatricals art not to my taste just now at all. Toe much overtime ruins the sense of humor." He yawned again and blinked his eyt* dre-arlly. "Ye must turn in now, Mr. Sullivan, or je'll fall down here an U "About nine-tenths drowned, I fancy, if that counts. Hut I'm alxjut all right again now." The best salve in the world for Outs, Bru sea, 8ores, Ulcers, Sault Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Prloe 35 cents per box. For sale by Wm. C. Price, Pittston, and Geo. 0. 8trob, West Pittston. Snellen's Arnica Salve. "Ye don't look it," replied the donkey man candidly. ' Barring the tan ye'd lie blue and lard color aliout the face this minute. But I feared there was something gone wrong through not seeing ye on tht bridge, so I nipped into the cbartroom and 'pocketed a whisky bottle that wit* lying convenient in ease— Pull at tho small end, sor." Eisteddfod In Sugar Notch "Then what," asked the girl in a hor rifled whisper, "will you do'r" Sugar Notch is to have an eisteddfod on April 2», in which choirs from various surrouudiog towns are to compete. The first session will be held in the afternoon and of which H. W Martin will be ohalrman; conductor, Morgan R. Morgans. Herbert V Rees will preside at the evening session. G M. Williams will be adjudicator of music and George Ooronway of recitations and poems. For such work a leadsman Is an absolute necessity, and on board thy  Edes a loatlsmat) wos pn absolute impossibility. The remaining two of her manning were working as ten men to keep up any head uf steam for her engines. And so Patrick Camliel took his soundings with syo and nostrils, as do some of the Hank obeyed, wondering, and laid tha table and brought on the viands, in which ho was assisted by Nutt and tho blacks. "It is horribly sad, especially when one remembers what 1 heard this morning. Hamilton, the girl Mr. Cambel went wild about six years ago, is out in Florida this minute and free. Duveruay, tho man situ married, died six ago of malarial fever. You know, Mr. Camfool was outfaced to her lust nft««r h« left f'««nDforM»# and went as an attache and was desperrtely fond of her, as 1 Imagined he could be, ond when her people forced her Into marrying tho other fellow he threw up his post and wandered into all the most out of the way corners of the earth to try to forget things. What mukes me so inter astad |8 tiiis: I've Just found out that she "Nothing. What, ran I do? To hivatJio a word oi it. aloud would ImD a libel, and if I did not get sent to jail they would pack me off to Hanwell as a malicious madman. Shelf's name is as good as a banknote in tho city this day, and for everybody's sake I trust I have wronged him foully, and that it may always con tlnuc so. But, Amy, dear, I have a heavy foreboding on mo that In less than half a year's time there will be a mob of wretched pooplif shooting themselves or going to the workhouse because he has ruined them, and they haven't the pluck or tho thuws loft to commence'life afresh." Then Captain Kettlo spoke again With awe the listeners held their breath for what might come next. But they had not long to wait. Then* burst out a wild tirade of hate and blasphemy, which ended In a shrieking cry of despair and a heavy plunging splash, and once more tho distant noises of tho nigiit closed down upon "Oh, look here, friends, I'm nojb going to sit at table with niggers. I take it tills isn't n bios sod missionary meeting." The bottle was handed down, and Cambel lifted it, his teeth chattering against the nozzle liko castanets, but tho spirit drove up color into his face and set th* sluggish blood once more on Its appointed Journey through his hands anil trunk. It seemed as though there would bo n row. One of the blacks statod his intention of "takln no sass from that po' whit* trash," and another openly drew, a razoi and made suggestive motions with it through tho air. moro ancient of tho coaster folk, and In stinct did not, upon tho servo him badly. Twice ho scoured the steamer's bottom plates over branching coral plants, which broko away with clattering jars and lot her through to deeper water beyond, and onoe ho rau upon a tail of white sand, which pinned her just forward of mM. them There are many common liniments sold, but there is only oue great pain cure for all forms of sprains, outs, bruises and all great bodily pain. Its name is Rid Flag Oil. Costs 25 cents. Sold at the drug stores of J. H. Houok and G D. Stroh. "Xutt," said Captain Kettlo, "Is dead, and I'm almost sorry. 1 bellevo I could have liked that man. He'd grit in him, had Nutt, and he wouldn't take cheek from a living soul. Your other boss also is dead—killed bv Nutt. So you're my nig- "What has occurred since I left youf" he askod. Shlloh's Care is sold on a guarantee. It tmes incipient consumption. It is the beet c ngh cure. Only one cert a dose, "Of course," said Kettlo, "if you twi gentlemen havo chucked your color and euro to feed with those ornaments, you can do It. Onlv I'm t white man and hav« "Well, first, sor, the captain and my- Mlf had a little friendly discussion about 25 eta., 50 ots., and $1 00.