Pittston Gazette

              Oldest Newspaper in the Wvomin? Valle* Established I8SO. I VOL. XLIXNo.ll. | PITTSTON LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1898. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. i Sl .oo a VMr la Adt»n»| enlng nervousness 1 felt at being abut up in such a rtg made me dread the attempt to go under water with It, but the captain assured me that, having had the thing on, it wouldn't trouble me as much next time. Then we packed It carefully away in the cheat, together with several dynamite cartridges, two light but powerful steel bar*, a couple of strong hatchets, and some saws and knives. sober earnest our conflicting nopes and fears suggested innumerable complications. Presently 1 noticed that Halstead was looking at me intently. Sunday morning we attended mass In the church, and bad a delightful drive across the hills to Umata. A ceremonious dinner at San Ramon quarters followed; then we all went aboard the steamer for a final visit with our friends before they left. I found an opportunity to steal down into the engine-room, after supper, for a talk with Mac. His men had been busy all night unshipping odd bits of machinery from the wreck of the German tramp, which lay, about a quarter of a mile away, fast upon Luminan reef, and bolting three strap* so obtained, around the Countess' shaft. When we went into the alley to look at the repairs, he asked, with a comical wink, if I thought they would hold until the ship reached Manila. Then, when we ascended to his room for a parting glass, he said: HWeel, Malster Stevvans, Ilaalstead an' Aa hae done ower parrt sae weel as we c'u'd; an Aa trrust ye'll be sicsflsfu' wi* yer sin. Aa dinna ken muekliaboot th'maetter, but Aa'm aye 'et'Afy tae stan* by ye baith whiles there's braith left tae me. We'll be seein* ye soon, Aa hoop. Here's tae ye, mon." "Possibly it is that the senor reels sad because la Senorita Palacios has gone away in el vapor? She is muy gown was so muco more unouimf; iu her than it had been to the original owner that I was lost in admiration. She wasn't one of your unsophisticated girls, either. Her life in Madrid had taught her how to wear even antiquated frocks like a princess, and it needed no stretch of the imagination to fancy ourselves within sight of the Plaza del Oricnte. as we looked at our hostess. ton breeches and shirt, over which gouts of blood from u fearful knife cut in the side were flowing, the supposition being that It represented the donor at a moment when the blessed Santa Catalina interfered in his behalf and enaDbled him to recover from a wound that would have killed an ox, exaggeration of the injury being presumably the essence of compliment to the blessed saint. Another recumbent figure ha l a gangrened sore over it* wish bone that would have made death from blood-poisoning a certainty in a civilized country; yet the blessed San Am'broelo had attended to this little matter for the victim and had got him a barangay to colleet from in the bargain; though, as it usually took the form of a remitted consideration in which Bartolomso was the medium, no embarrassing recognition of the latJter service appeared. Hanging upon the walls were arms with festering sores upon them, legs with siaehes which laid them open to the bone torsos rotting with leprosy, str„ each with Its appropriate saint, ticketed thereon. It didn't occur to me at the time that I should ha*e occasion toremember these things; so when Padre Bartolomeo lifted an iron trap in the floor, and descended a short flight ot steps, I was more than willing to follow him without further examination. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. "Hurry," he said, "it haB been a good many years since we saw each otl&r last. We were scarcely more than boys then; yet, to the best of my recollection, you were always square in everything you did. Fm not worrying for an instant over your taking advantage of Mac and me in this deal. But I am afraid that you may be Inclined to take unnecessary risks in putting it through. Now, whatever happens, don't. We want that money, and we want it badly, but we'd both rather have youi back on the Countess here, safe and sound, even If you came empty-handed, than feel that you were likely to throw your life away In trying to make us rich. You won't do It. will you, old chap?" hermosa." LESSON VI, FOURTH QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, NOV. 6. "Yes, but not more so than Senorita Dorotea. I often compared them from the photograph which you gave - el capitan." text of the Leiton, II ChroB. III, 1-1S. Memory Venea, 10-13—Ooidoa Text, II Chroo. xxx, 8—Commentary Preparad kjr the R«t. D. M. Stearns. "Al, but how can I believe the senor? Come, let us see if you have el apetito; and afterward you shall spend the day with me as you like. Come." From another locker Halstead took a square mahogany box, covered with rubber and having a lens in one side. It looked something like a kodak, but proved to be a powerful reflecting light, the electricity for which was supplied by a chemical cartridge that lasted six hours and produced a brilliant INumination. He said he had u«ed it when mate of an oil tank run* ning to Batoum, the insurance regulations prohibiting anything in the shape of an open lantern on board. A email but reliable compass, 1,000 feet of halfinch braided linen line, a spare sextant, the taffrail log then towing astern, and a chart of the two archipelagoes, completed the equipment. The chart we spread uQpn the table, but the other articles were securely locked in the chest. Then we sat down to figure the exact position of the reef. To be Continued I often look back to those breakfasts at Agana as among the most delightful hours of my life. Kipling has echoed the heartfelt longing of-many a man to get for awhile outside the bounds of civilization—to exist where society is still in a rudimentary state, "where the best is like the worst; where there ain't no ten commandments, and a man can raise a thirst." If you've 'card the east a-callin', you won't [Copyright. 1898, hy D. M. Stearns.] CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. 1. "Come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem to keep the Passover unto the Lord God of Israel." This was the message of Hezekiah, a king who did right in the sight of the Lord (ohapter xxix, 9), to all Israel and Judah, regarding them as one people. Although long divided into two nations, they are one in His right and ihall yet be one in the eyes of alt nations (Ezek. xxxvii, 81, S3). Hezekiah repaired tbe house of the Lord and restored the worship. He wrought good and right and truth before the Lord bis Ood and did every work with all his heart and prospered (chapter xxxi, SO, SI). He would have all Israel remember their deliverance from Egypt and rejoice in the Lord and serve Him. Topic For the Week Beginning Nov. a. Comment by Rev. S. II. IDoyle. Topic.—"The good fight."—I Tim. vi, 11-16: H Tim. iv, 7, 8. Clareoce Herbert flew. [Copyright, 1897, by J. B. Llpplncott Co.] The Christian lifo was often likened by Paul to a warfare. It may have been that his long residence at Home, where soldtatfi were constantly being drilled and disciplined, may have suggested the figure. Whatever suggested it it is an apt and telling one. The Christian life is a constant struggle, a ceaseless warfare between right and wrong, between holiness and sin, between thejfingdom of God and the kingdom of satan. It is a good fight, because it is in a good cause, has a good captain and prod noes good results. It is a fight of faith—faith in Ood and Christ, faith in humanity, faith in eternal life. siai uoard ran, witn a 7»-pouna leacrana 300 fathoms of line. Halstead stood by the engine-room telephone, watch in hand, and Diaz was peTched in the fore rigging, where he could the sounding. In about t Air* utes the captain shoved the lever over to the signals, "Stop"—Half speed astern"-* "Stop." And when the foam from the screw was abreast of us.'he sang out: "Let her go." CHAPTER VII. "No, I won't, Dick; and if I make a go of it, you and Mac will find me, as I used to be, 'dead square.'" We gripped hande across the table, and felt better for doing so. never 'eed naught else. No! you won't 'eed nothln' else but them Next morning the result of Padre Sebaatiano's discussion with the two mates was apparent, for Diaz came to the captain and broached the subject of beading for Santa Rcma. Laietead demurred aD little at first—said the change of course would make him late, as it was, etc.—but finally admitted that It would take only a few hours more, and said that be had no objections. This was Thursday. I spent the afternoon amd most of Friday with Senorita Gracia, liking her better the more I saw of her. I was pretty sure that Halstead had a little the advantage of me in her regard, but she never showed it while we were together. In fact, as the time drew near when I was to leave the steamer, she seemed disposed, by unmistakable evidences of liking for me, to produce an impression that neither years nor absence could efface; and she certainly succeeded. When I said good niight at the door of her stateroom, Friday evening, I wondered a little what the result would be should I throw up the enterprise and remain on board. But the captain was poring over the chart again when I reached our quarters, and one glance at his face was sufficient to banish all Indecision. On my part, the affair had been, so far, merely speculative; there had been no opportunity for action. Halstead, on the other hand, was now fully committed. He and. McPberson had taken a definite step which there was no retracing might cost them, their positions whether we were successful or not—and, while he had certainly gone into the affair with the hope of bettering his condition, I knew that but for my persistence he wouldn't have attempted it. He looked up as I came in, and motioned me to close the door. Six bells had just struck, and all the passengers were below, so we were not likely to be disturbed. He asked me where I had seen the padre last. spicy garlic smells. An' the sunshine, an.' the palm trees, an' the tinkly temple bells. In a few moments he got up, looked through one of the forward windows, and called my attention to what seemed like a cloud-bank on the horizon, straight ahead. Until the wet monsoon set in the table was usually placed under a clump of banana trees In the patio, opposite a grilled gateway through which there was a glimpse of the sea. Sometimes we were joined by the two sublieutenants and their ladies, sometimes by Padre Bartolomeo and his brother priests. Often the colonel, Senorita Dorotea and I dined by ourselves, idling deliciously over the coffee and cigarillos as we talked. It was a lazy little town. The natives worked as seldom as possible, and spent most of their time day-dreaming in the shade, fishing from the proas, swimming like so many fish and occasionally going off on catamaran visits to such islands as could be seen while the peak of Tiniquio was still above the horizon. They seldom took the chance of navigating beyond sight of land. What Mac said he meant; he was the kind of a friend a man likes to keep through life. When I rejoined the company in the saloon, they were chaffing Padre Sebastlano upon his coming trip to Salpan in a proa; and the gobernador unconsciously gave Halstead the opening he wa* looking for by commenting upon the incivility of government in not providing for the padre'a passage in a more comfortable manner. He agreed with the colonel, and, nfter a little hesitation, said that it might possibly be arranged without direct instructions from headquarters, fn replying to their questions, he said: 2, S. "The king had taken oounael, and his princes and all the oongregatlon in Jerusalem to keep the Passover In the second month." Although tbe first month was the regular time for the feast, there was provision in tbe law to keep it In tbe seoond month if neoessary (Ex. xii, 18; Nam. ix, 10, 11). Plaoe and time and form are not so Important in God's sight as a heart that Is right with Him. Even feasts and Sabbaths are a shadow of things to oome. Christ is tbe reality of all, and apart from Him nothing la real (Col. 1L 16, 17). 4. "And tbe thing pleased tbe king and all tbe oongregatlon." It is written of David in II Sam. ill, 86, that "whatsoever tbe king did pleased all tbe people." When king and people please eaeb other, and all together please God, that Is sorely a sample of tbe kingdom of God on earth. Thus it shall be when Israel shall have beoome a righteous nation with tbe Christ, the 'Son of David, as their King (Ex. xxxvii, 84, 36). 5. "Make proclamation throughout all Israel to keep the Passover unto tbe Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem." This feast commemorating the great deliversnoe of Isnel out of the bondage of Egypt by the mighty power of God was to be kept every year, bat In the Old Testament we have an account of only five after the first one in Ex. xiL These reoords are found in Num. ix, Josh, v, II Chron. xxxv, Ezra vi and in our lesson. Tbe greatest Passover in the New Testament is reoorded In Luke xxil, 14,16, and in the other gospel* as having been kept by our Lord and His a poet lee on the night befocp He was sacrificed for us as our Passover. He spoke at that time of a future fulfillment in the kingdom of God (Luke xxli, IS), and instituted tbe Lord's supper as a memorial of His death to be kept by His redeemed till He shall come again. 6. "Ye ohlldren of Israel, turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel and He will return to the remnant of you." Letters from a king to his people urging them to turn to the Lord God would be a most unusual occurrence la our time. Even if a church is in need of funds, it is more oostomary to turn to some wealthy people or to some worldly way than to the Great Head of tbe church. 7. "Be not ye like your fathers and like your brethren which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers." Their sin Is briefly stated In Jer. ii, 18, "My people have oommltted two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken oiaterns, that ean hold no water." Thus they changed their glory for that which could not profit. Tbe Lord was their judge and lawgiver and king, but they tnrned their baoks upon Him and preferred their owa way. Is there any analogy now? There was a big splash, and the lead disappeared, whipping coil after coil of the line after it from the reel on the taffrail. Fifty fathoms, 100, 200, 300, and no bottom. Slowly the two men at the reel hauled in the line, and the captain signaled: "Half speed ahead." About a mile further he stopped and tried it again, but with the same result. Then he steered, successively, due south for three miles, and north, six, taking soundings at each limit. At eight bells Padre Sebastlano came on deck and became so absorbed in the proceedings that he actually forgot his breakfast. Each time the lead was hauled up he would examine the tallow at the lower end to make sure that no saud or coral fragments were embedded in it, and as sounding after sounding proved unsuccessful at the full 300-fathom depth, he couldn't keep the disappointment from showing in his face Finally the captain told him that further search was useless, and when the steamer was headed for Guajan he went below. "To begin with," said the captain, "we took that finst sounding as squarely upon that charted position as it would be possible for a ship to strike it. I got the sun at six bells in the forenoon watch and calculated backwards, so I'm dead sure of it. Then, under half speed, we made just about a mile further eas'—those two sounding's I've marked with crosses, as you see. After that, three miles due sou', to this other cross, and six males due no'th, to this one. No bottom anywhere at 300 fathom. While you were telling me about those clouds, we made about half a mile before we turned; then, as closely as I can figure it, just about six milee to where I took that first cast. Well, you know how much water she's drawing, don't you?" "There's old Guajan," he said. "The white patch you see in the middle is the surf on Cocos, and that furthest point to the left is Orote; Apra lies just behind it, and Agana beyond. There's nothing but an open roadstead, with no holding ground, in front of the town; so we generally lie inside the reefs at«Apra, about two miles from a little wharf at the end of the Agana road. We'll be abreast of Cocob in something over an hour. Wait until you can just see the surf through the starboard port, down aft, andthen haul in your log. It's an even 12 miles from Cocos to Orote." The enemies in this fight are Biblically called "the world, the flesh and the devil." This world is not a friend to grace. Its influence is to draw us away from God and to weaken us in the great struggle for eternal lifo. The flesh is wicked, sinful self, the natural human heart, which is enmity against God. The principal adversary of the human bouI in its struggle for life, however, is the devil, a personal, powerful, fallen being, whose knowledge of our weakness and power to tempt us make him a formidable enemy indeed and over whom we can gain the victory through the Lord Jeeus Christ alone. The steps led to a series of vault? which seemed to be directly under the chancel, some of them being stored with various church appurtenances and others having the appearance of secret tribunals. I afterward learned that in former days a faint reflection of the inquisition had given the island a nameless horror to sundry travelers between Acapulco and. the Philippine* —gobernadors who had grown too suddenly rich, and the like. The vaults were connected by narrow and) foul passages, after going through several of which we came to a chamber that apparently served as the ohurch catacomb. There were a number of niches around the walls, and in each was the mummified figure of a padre in a semireclining position, similar to those in the Capuchin cemetery at Rome; the cowl* and gray robes indicated their connection with the Franciscan order, so I was not surprised at this; though, from Halstead's story, I had expected to find the bodies inclosed in sarcophagi."If both the gobernador and Padre Sebastiano will agree to hold me harmless in the matter, I think we might drop him at Salpan to-morrow morning. We completed our repairs several My feeling of anxiety may be imagined as I stood waiting, below deck*, for that tip of coast line to come in sight. The loss of a taffrall log screw, from various causes, is a frequent occurrence; and I was greatly relieved to find the line still whirling every time the screw twisted it taut. To haul it in an in«tant too soon would be to throw me more or less out of my reckoning, and each time the recording swivel buzzed1 I feared the end of Cocos might appear before it could register again; but luck was on my side. The patch ot white surf and the registering twist came together, and after hauling In the l!n« the dial marked exactly 43 miles. 80 that, adding the distance to Point Orote, I now knew tbe northerly limit of the reef lay just 65 geographical miles from the outer head of Port Apra. I, stowed my log carefully away in its box, knowing that if others had happened to see the record they were sure to be IS miles out of their reckoning. The senorita seemed to consider me her personal charge, and the gobernador placed the entire menage at my disposal with a courtesy as charming as it was rare. If I chose to atroll by myself I might have owned the island, so entirely was I left to my own free will. If I wished for company I had but to clap my hands and the colonel'* orderly, Pepe, would appear somewhere in the near distance, with the information that I would find the colonel or the senorita In such a place. It seems, as I look back upon it, that I must have idled away a great deal of precious time; but this was really not the case. When they asked me what I would like to do, that first Monday morning, I mentioned being very fond of sailing, and in a few moments we were In one of the proas, with a native who sailed the thing like an arrow across the smooth water and. along the coast to Orote. The weapons for this fight Paul describes in Eph. vi. 10-17. They are the girdle of truth—tbe truth as it is in Jesus; the breastplate of righteousness, not our own personal righteousness, but the righteousness of Christ; the sandals of the gospel of peace which has been prepared, and as a result of being at peace with God we can stand firm and secure, as one with sandals on his feet; the shield of faith, strong, real, abiding faith in God; the helmet of salvation, for being assured of our salvation we can hold our heads erect as one who wears a helmet; the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, by which we are to .overcome all the arguments of the evil one. hours sooner than I expected, and I should be glad to accommodate our friend If he doesn't mind writing to Manila a brief account of the accident." "Fifteen feet?" "Sixteen and a half aft; and the lead struck rock at an even three fathom, first heavel I saw the line jerk as the leather strips went under, and every hair of my head felt as though it were standing on end. It scared me so that I dropped the whole coil from my arm luckily—and I had a mighty hollow feeling in the pit of my stomach. During tha next 60 aeconda I did more thinking than I ever did in an hour of my life. I knew you were watching me, and I was afraid others might be, too. By every low of prudence' and seamanship I should have signaled you: 'Stop her! Hard astern!'—but if I did, I knew we'd have the deck full of people in a few seconds. Diaz and Moreno would have been up in two jumpa, and what we knew about the reef everyone would know. Sebastiano would have sufficient data to chase you down there the first time you started. But I remembered that Dampier and the other old navigators who found the place gave an average depth of four fathoms. The galleon that struck in avoiding Dampler'a ships was undoubtedly loaded down to her channel plates, and probably hit an isolated spot. So there seemed to me an even chance of steaming across the ledge In safety and without giving the snap away. On the other hand, if we struck, there would be an end of my business prospects for a good many years to come. It was a tighter spot than I ever care to be in again, but Inside of two minutes I decided to risk it. At the seoond cast I got 'quarter less four.' Five minutes after, I struck bottom at 'half three;' then 'deep four;' and at the last heave the calico waa just above the water when she touched." "Senor Capitano, you are un generoso! 1 will the letter write to-night You shall have no fear of un cxamincion at Manila. Santisima! have not I the casualidad myself seen?" Halstead treated the matter a* if it possessed- but little interest for him, yet when he glanced at me I could see that he was thoroughly discouraged. The engines had just started at full speed ahead, and we were preparing to go below for breakfast, when I noticed a little bunch of cumulus cloud a few miles to the southeastward, and called his attention to them. "Muy bueno,. padre; I will land you safely at Tanapag in the morning, and, gobernador, 1 hope to see Guajan again before the compania's regular boat resumes the service. I feel as though you people were old friends now, and when the Countess is withdrawn I may never happen to return; so I'd like to keep on running here until your term expires, anyhow." While we were looking about the place, Padre Bartolomeo gave me a general introduction to the figures in the niches, as brother* who had held bis position in.former years. Ifbwasan easy matter to appear interested—1 was really afraid of seeming too much ao—and I atDked the name ot a venerable mummy with an ironr-bound cbest, rusted and blistered with age, resting upon hisattenuatedstomach. "Well, what about them?" he said. "They're just ordinary clouds, aren't thevf' The result of thiB fight will be victory or defeat, as we enter upon it and continue it—victory if trusting in God we use the knowledge He has given us with His power to overcome; defeat if, lightly esteeming the enemy, we put our trust in our own knowledge and powers. Paul won a glorious victory. Face to face with the end of life, as the warfare is about to close, he writes to Timothy: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of rejoicing, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me in that day, and. not to me only, but uuto all them also that love His appearing." What Paul accomplished every Christian can aocomplish. May bis example inspire us all to the required effort 1 "That's all, but I was thinking of what Maury says about atmospheric condensation in the neighborhood- of all these coral islands, even the lowest atoll having a tendency to collect vapor over it at times. Now, whether a few fathoms of water over a reef would absolutely prevent such condensation or not, I don't know. I should say the chances were that it would; butr— well, the atmosphere does queer things sometimes. What do you think V "You do us la gran honra, capitano mio. We are made rich by your friendship; and it shall be that a word is spoken in l'administracion de la compania. Vlllabos will cable Barcelona, perhaps—" and so on, with many assurances of regard and influence, until Halstead seeded in a fair way toward arranging matters as he chose. It was exceedingly well-handled, the whole affair."In the saloon, drinking rum and water. Why?" "That is the blessed Fray Ignacio, senor," he said, "the most worthy of all the brothers who have lived in the Islands. Because of his great goodness and his labors among the natives, It was ordered by the lord bishop at Manila that he should forever be the guardian of our sacerdotal records. We do not make history very rapidly here; so that box which he holds is sufficient to contain them all. Possibly, a hundred years from now, we shall construct for him a larger chest upon which he may recline." It wa» rather a primitive affair, as far as construction went, but strong enough to stand pretty heavy weather. The hull had been hollowed out of a tree trunk and was pointed at each end. On the lee side it was rounded like any other boat, but to windward it was perpendicularly flat. Lashed across the gunwales about four feet from each end were two straight limbs of a tree that looked like teak, eight feet long; and these at the outer ex-D tremlty were lashed to a rounded and sharpened boom of the same wood. The sail, of cocoa matting, was a triangular one, which seemed out of all proportion to the narrow hall beneath it. There was a stout bamboo mast in the middle, and from this hung a smaller and a longer pole which formed the upper side of the sail's triangle, meeting the lower one In a point at the bow, where they were secured like a Jib. The immense spread of sail pulled us through the water at such a rate that I feared we might upset, but the colonel laughed at me. . Then T hunted up the senorita for a farewell chat, pointing out Umats bay and the different points alongshore as we passed. It was midafterooon when we rounded the point and began to whistle for a pilot. Either the captain or mywelf could have taken the steamer in with reasonable safety, from our knowledge of the soundings; but we were running no risks whatever. "You haven'tnoticed him around the after deck this evening, have you?" "No, not once." "IVe had a patent log towing astern aince eight bells, and'I'm in hopes that do one has seen it. Here's where we were at noon" (pointing to a penciled croaa on the chart), "and we've been running twelve knots ever since. Now, Find lay fixes the Santa Rosa at about twelve-thirty no'th, by a hundred and forty-four, fifteen eas'. And It ia laid down here a mile or two each aide of that. The wind has been so light that we won't have to figure much oik leeway, and we've held her right on the point of eas', quarter no'th, all day; ao that she ought to make the ahoal some time in the morning watch, ■ay, six bells, or before. Diaz figured, thi* afternoon, that his watch would be on deck before we struck the position, and told the padre it would be around breakfast time. If no one sees that Isn't likely to change his mind. any lncky chance we do find bottom there, I'll want your assistance; and'you'll have to keep your wits •bout you. Watch my actions closely. Finally the whistle sounded, and we stepped Into the boat alongside. Halstead said merely: "So long, old man, be good to yourself;" but there was a good deal in our parting handshake. Much was to happen before we saw each other again. The pilot was so cautious in getting clear of the port that we were driving to Agana before he rounded Calalan bank; but aB we approached the town the good old Countess, her lights reflected In the water, caught up with us and blew three long whistles by way of good-by. Halstead watched the bunch of cloud for a second or two, noticed that there was nothing else of the kind In that direction, and then ordered' the man at the wheel to bead southeast. 1 saw that he considered the search hopeless, but be was determiued to leave no chance untried. Diaz had gone down Into the fore-hold with some of his men, to overhaul the last case* for Agana and Moreno tvas below at breakfast; so that no one but the helmsman noticed our again heading about, and he was dreaming of Visaya girls in Manila too deeply to do more than obey orders in a purely mechanical way. CHAPTER VIIL The port of San Luisd'Apra was depopulated during the smallpox epidemic of 1830, not a hut being left to show where the town stood; and bad not one of the native pilots been fishing, two miles off shore, we might have wasted-considerable steam before we could have summoned one from Agana, four und a half miles away. The islanders were not expecting our arrival for another two weeks at lesst. "But have you no fear that your documents may some day be stolen, under the impression that the chest contains valuables? These islands were named, as you know, with some reason." Bible Readings.—Ex. xiv, 10-14; Dent, i, 80; Pa. xxvii, 1; Math, iv, 1-11; xxvi, 36-45; I Cor. ix, 25-27; xv, 58; Eph. vi, 10-18; Heb. x, 81-33; Jan. iv, 7; I Pet. v, 8; Rev. ii, 10. 8. " Yield yourselves unto the Lord, and aerve the Lord your Ood." The margin ■ays, "Give tbe hand unto the Lord." In Rom. vt, 18, It la "Yield yourselves unto Ood aa those that are alive from tbe dead." As unsaved sinners all we are asked to do is to reoelve Christ. 0. "Tbe Lord your God la gracious and merciful and will not tarn away His face from you if ye return onto Him." Hla name in Ex. xxxlv, 6, la "Tbe Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long suffering and abundant in goodness and truth." Bead also verse 7. He says in Mai. ill, 6: "I am the Lord. I change not." In Heb. xlil, 8, He is " Jeeus Christ, tbe same yesterday, today and forever." H« Is not willing that any should perish, baa provided eternal redemption for all and la ever saying, "Him that cometb to me I will in nowise oast oat" (John vl, D7). 10. "So the posts passed from city to city, but they laughed them to soarn and mocked them"—that Is, many of Kphralm, Manaseeb and Zebulan did. Tbe final testimony concerning Judah la, "Tbey mocked tbe messengers of God and despised His words, and misused His prophets until the wrath of tbe Lord arose against Hie people, till there waa no remedy" (II Ohran. xxxvl, 16). This la tbe carnal mind which la enmity agalnat God and Is ever the same, but these were not tbe heathen who never beard of God. Tbey were tbe people of God for whom He had done more than for any nation on earth. See II Tim. Ill, 1-6. "Very true, senior; but- he would be a rash man who would brave the-vengeance of Holy Mother church by such a sacrilege. There are none in the archipelago who would attempt such a thing; besides, the records would be of no value to un heretico; they are but our secret history." That night. In my quarters at the gobemador's bouse, I tried to arrange a plan of action, going over and over the various points until my brain wu in a whirl. I had little doubt of being able to find the reef, but it was a matter of considerable Importance that 1 should do so as near the wreck as possible. For this reason it seemed obvious that an examination of the document In Fray Ignaoio's coffin was necessary. The church was in charge of Padre Bartolomeo and three brother priests; good-natured, easy-going churchmen they were, who could sing, drink rum, or wager their peso* upon a cock fight with the next man; and. us some one had mentioned a mass which was to be held at sunrise, I determined to hear it. Anxious to be on time, I rose half au hour too eariy, but was aDmp!y repaid by the freshness and quiet beauty of the little town. Go Slow, We anchored safely, however. In 11 fathoms of watcf, and presently saw a boat putting off from the lauding pier. The senorita and I were leaning over the rail near the accommodation ladder when the party pulled alongside, and we noticed with considerable interest that there were two ladles among them. The first gentleman to come aboard we Judged, by his goldlaced uniform, to be the gobemador. Col. de Gartna; and in this we were not mistaken. The ladies, with two of his staff, followed; and Cn one of them we recognized the original of Halstead's picture—which, by the way. failed to do her justice. Then the party went below for wine and cigars while they chatted over port regulations, the cargo and the latest Manila gossip. After the formalities had been concluded, one of the steward* wns sent on deck for the Palaclos, Padre 8ebastlano and myself; and our cordial greeting by the colonel's party left nothing to be desired. There is no more ominous word than "fast," which means a great deal more than do many slang words. It means that it is possible to get through life in anch a hurry as to cnrtail that which one wonld suppose it wonld be to oar interest to lengthen. When the end is reached, there is oollapse—all is lost. Do we not do well to ask if this is tbe best thing that life can do for as? Is thqre nothing higher than this feverish haste, nothing better and more manly than this perennial round of frivolous excitement? Remember that he who tbhs throws his life away throws away a chance wholly unique. Only onoe there is given to us the possibility of living oat this brief life as God intended that His creature man should live.—Churchman.It took less than half an hour to reach the position. Then Ilnlstead himself climbed out upon the sounding perch with a hand lead and 30 fathoms of line, lie had stationed me at the telephones on the bridge, hastily arranging • series of signals, and, after watching the water's surface closelj for awhile, waved his hand for "half speed." "But, how the devil! I'll swear 1 ■aw you pulling up the whole length of line each time." "And that, I presume, your orders would forbid your showing to even so profound a student and churchman as the Padre Sebastiano, unless you were so directed by the bishop?" "Well, one would scarcely say ao much as that. To a layman, or un heretico, no—under no circumstances. But el Padre Se-baMlaao—that, you see, is different. It Is la gran hoara that he doea visit us." "Eet ees impossible to upset him, Senor Btefans," he said. "I haf seen tbe wind lift bim clear out of the water, even the outrigger also, but he does ctmt down every time upon his feet. The hull so light Is that the outrigger booms cannot tear of themselves loose." "Well, rather! Yon didn't suppose I was fool enough to give away what I was getting, did you? When a man's been chucking lead for 15 odd years it don't take more'n a fraction of a second to tellwhen he strikes bottom. No, I let the slack fall when the lead was under me, and we had way enough to carry It well astern. If anyone had been watching closely, of course, I couldn't hare done it; but, as it was, It worked to • charm, and I don't believe another socl on board suspects there's a bit of rock within 2,000 feet of the surface. Now. I was heaving upwards of 20 minutes from first to last. At half speed that would be about two miles, wouldn't it? Well, this little star shows just where 1 ■truck it, and the other two would be a mile apart; so that we have the reef stretching from nor'-norwes' to sou'- sou'eas'. Then, from the glassy look of the water, I'm positive that it takes a curve to the sou'wes' for a good four miles further. The actual position of that three-fathom sounding is twelve thirty-three no'th by hundred and forty-four, twenty-two eaR*—a good eight knots eas' of the Fludlay and Imray approximates. And the true bearing from Point Orote, Harry, is the exact opposite of our present course; in other words, sou* by wes'. quarter wes'. or exactly 14 degrees wes' of scu'. The magnetic variation this year is one degree and 30 minutes eas'; so in shaping your course from Orote It should be 15 degrees 30 minutes to the west'- ard of sou'. As for leeway, running down, the no'theas' trades'U be within a few points of dead astern, so you won't have to make much allowance; and, once at the reef, it «1 be easy enough beating back, because you can see the island 20 miles away- at least When we get abreast of Cocoi you can pull up your log, which will give you the exact number of miles on this course to a fraction; from Cocos to Orote the chart distances are near enough, because you've got land bear- In about two minutes I saw him swing the lead forward, paying out the line rapidly as It tautened under his feet. Five times more he cast it, hauling in the entire length after each one, then1 signaled: "Full apeed, ahead." After which, mounting the bridge, he Ordered the heLnusman to put her about and steer north by east, quarter east. I noticed great beads of perspiration upon his. forehead, and was wondering If heaving a lead were really violent exercise, when, beckoning me to the end of the bridge as if to point out the position of Guajan, he whispered: "But Isn't It very difficult to sail In anything like a straight line? I should think she'd make an awful lot of leeway." "I see, I see. I had forgotten for the momeot how near he stood to the bishop." This was a chance- shot, but I could see by the padre's deferential manner that it had gone home. "Not so, cenor; eet ees not/so. Turn you youiself around and watch the top of Santa Rosa mountain. You will see a pieoe of yellow rock on Punta de Jos Aman/tes, just below. Pedro will sail him ten miles into the sea, yet the peak and that rock shall be exactly in line all of tfhe time. Do you but watch him verra clcwe." We presently retraced our steps to the upper world, and when we saun- Pain and Peaoa. Looklng north, a spur of hills cut off the view of the bay; and at their base flowed a 1H tie creek which bounded the town on the east and uorth sides, crossed by two stone bridges, near the lower of which stood Fort San Rafael. Beyond the fort and alongshore to Port Apra, the view was open to the sea. On account of the shoal water for halt a mile out, there was no surf, only ripples which showed the direction of the breeze. Between the church and the infantry quarters there was a small open square; and west of the barracks, bet/ween them and the artillery magazine, was a broad plaza which separated the bamboo nartlve huts from the more pretentious buildings of coquina, or ooral limestone, inhabited by the Spanish element. Outside of the town, the valley and hills were covered with tropical vegetation indescribably beautiful in its wealth of color and delicate tracery against the sky line. The atreets, laid out In regular pattern, were wide aud clean. At the right of the gobernador's house, looking eaet, stood the church, a small chapel, and the college of San Juan de La I run; at the left, between it and the plaza, were San liamon quarters, the administrator's office, the pharmacy and the tribunal; on the southerly side of the plaza, the military hospital and prison. A few miles back of the town and its foothills rose the peak of Mount Tinlqulo; and at the southwest the peninsula of Orote poked its nose Into the ocean. I looked at Orote, Its rocks and palm trees glowing red In the early sunrise, for several moments. It was to be the base and starting point of all my calculations. It is often surprising to see how mnoh pain there may be in the sensibility, and yet peace, in the depths of the mind. In crossing the Atlantic some years ago we were overtaken by a gale of wind. Upon the deck the roar and confueiou were terrific. The spray from the waves blew upon the face with almost force enough to blister it. The noise of the waves howling and roaring and foaming was almost deafening. Bat when I stepped into the engine room everything was quiet. The mighty engine was moviug with a quietness and stillness in striking contrast with the war without. It reminded me of the peace that can reign in the soul while storms and tempests are howling without—C. J. Finney. For half an hour I did watch, and I am bound to «ay the two points d1dn'Ct budge an Inch to the right or left of the vertical line. This settled the leeway question in my mind, and I took such a liking to the craft that I determined to own one. I asked the colonel what they were worth. "Get below, quick, and pay out that patent log; I took the box down myself at four bells. Then eat your breakfast as if nothing had happened, and chat with the senorita for awhile, but be back here by six bells at the latest; we've got a heap to talk about." Halsteod must have been telling Senorita Garma something about me, for she seemed to be making a shy but friendly examination of my face when we were Introduced, and when her father heard that I was to remain In Agana the hospitable manner In which he placed his belongings at my disposal was too sincere to be misunderstood. Visitors from the outside world were at a premium. I noticed that Senorita Palaclos seemed rather preoccupied during the conversation, and when she presently carried the- colo nel's daughter off to her stateroom— for a mutual exchange of gossip and confidences. I suppose—she must have dropped a few hints which opened her visitor's eyes to certain things later. 11. "Nevertheless divers of Asher, Manasaeh and of Zebulan humbled themselves and came to Jerusalsm." When Paul preached In Rome, some believed the things which wen spoken and some believed not (Acts xxvlll, 84). So It trrer has been and will be till the end of this age. The parables of the sower, the tares, tbe mustard seed and the leaven at Math. "What, one like this? But a few pesos, senor. Bui I never have heard of one being sold. Bach man builds his own." IW wivH his haad far half speed. The change in feeling from despondency to well grounded hope almost made me lose my head, especially as 1 saw that we now had the game largely In our own hands. I watched my opportunity, and was paying out the log line astern, through the bitt port, In about ten minutes. Then I spent a good half hour over my meal, discussing with the padre, who remained to keep me company, the probability of Santa Rosa reef having sunk to the bottom, but advising him not to state this as a fact in his forthcoming book until he had persuaded the government to make a more exhaustive search with one of the cruisers. Then, after a delightful tete-a-tete with the senorita, 1 returned to Halstead, whom 1 found removing the fastenings from a large bundle which one of the men had just brought up from the lazmreet. fti'" woe slan a a*a rtieat marked with my name, upon one of the transom*. Be nodded toward thla tod said: When I order the quartermaster to •teer for Guajan, go below as quickly as you can and make your way aft, on the lower deck, to cable lockers at the stern. Take the new log, In this box here, and pay it out through the bitt port, say about 30 fathom, beiug mighty careful you don't foul the screw with it. You'll find a crossbrace of angle Iron, down there, that Mac fixed athwart the port to fasten the reglater on. It's a taffrall log—not like theone got astern now; you've got to haul that one in to read it. T*4n't likely that anyonell notice the line, but you'll have to haul it in when ws get abreast of Cocos reef, so's the men won't notice ft when they go below to elekr »way the cable at Apra." Before turning in. he took the log from Ita box antf showed me exactly how It worked, making me repeat the instructions until he felt sure 1 wouldn't botch the experiment. In fact. mj mind was, so full of it all that 1 slept badly, and dressed before sunris*. Halstead was as anxious as myself, but he bad his nerves tinder perf«t control and reserved his energies utrtll they were needed. Diaz, though confident we would not reach the reef xlil, all teach this, as also the plain Instruction to both prophets and apostles la Isa. vi, 0; Jar. 1, 10; Eaek. Ill, 7-0; Math, x, 16. The meeaenger of God may always be sure that some will reoelve tbe message and that tbe word of tbe Lord will never return to Him void. 12. "Also in Judah the hand at God waa to give them one heart to do tbe oom- "Hmpf. Did you ever build one, colonel?" "I—el gobernadorl Por Dios,you do but laugh atme! Ped-ro, how many of the proas have I at Agana?" "All are the gobernador's, excelencla." Ska Blast hsvs D»»■ anbtmiMl. The power of Satan to trouble the I mandment of the king and of the prtnoee. saints is nev*r done. It may be that the *or?T of the Lord." It to God who child of God has been such consciously j ald(M wimng pjfc, for long years, he may have been en- wr,th of uTp«d.e Him. a bled to grasp the fullness of salvation is. "And there .-em bled. I Jerusalem which belongs to him who is clothed much people to keep the fea«t of unfeavwith the righteousness of Christ since ened bread." It «u a very great congrehe Wits first converted, but let him gatlon, so tboae who would not oouie hurt never think that he is safe from the as- none but themselves When God to worksaults of the evil one.—Episcopal Re- J®®' thce wbo Will not fall In with Hlm corder. I benefll * *«■«*'«■. b»* ■ work goee oa. There was great gladaeaa and great joy in Jeruaaleui, and their Satanic Assault*. tered out into the sunlight I hadi plenty of food for thought. A document, for Instance, which would be utterly beyond my reach for consultation, seemed to be at Sebastiano's disposal whenever b« chose to call for it. That there had beeni no time for him to do so while the steamer was in port, I felt sure; but that he might return from Saipau at any moment was something more than a possibility. "An4 hew many has el Senor Stefani while he remains at AgDan®?" Padre Sebastiano was more surprised than he cared to admit when he found (hat i hud accepted an invitation to remain with the gobernador, on the island, and Diaz also wondered why an active Americano should wish to bury himself In such a place for three mouths; but it afterward came out that I was credited with being more of a savant than n business man, my interest in navigation having strengthened this belief. What conclusion the padre arrived at, I neither knew or cared; If we were to be adversaries, muy bueno; we were at our destination, and would soon know where we stood. "Ail of the gobernador'a, ewsHen- cla." "Por Dlos, It is true, Benor.** "Well, that i» exceeding kind, I must say. But, you see, coltonel, I am very fond of sailing, and I should like to have one always ready—one that I was used to—in case I wanted to go off fishing with you, or in which I could take the ladies for a day upon the water. Sometimes I have un melaneolla and 1 like to go away by my*elf, lest I prove bad company. So I'd like to have one of these boat* that I could use whenever I pleased. And I donH think it's quite fair to take It without paying something." To Thoao Who Trail The sight of that box lying- across the dead fray's lap would keep running through my mind, and I thought of innumerable excuses which might induce Padre Bartolomeo to gtve me a peep at tt» content*, especially if a sufficient quantity of goodiwine were under his akin. But one and all seemed too risky to attempt. The finding and recovering of the treasure were but minor difficulties; the secreting of and the getting away with it, afterward, constituted the mo«t serious details of the undertaking. Sauntering along toward the plaza, I became more and more convinced that I mu&t eearcb that hox without either the knowledge or the permission of my fat eccltslastlcal friend; and the danger*involved in such an attempt so filled iry mind that I scarcely heard the senorlta calling me from the portico. She must have been embarrassed by the effort to make me hear, for her faoe was scarlet when I approached the house. Let none doubt, however weak and hoa*d ,'.n ., , . ., ... . 26,27). Their jot in the Lord led to the deerring they may be, the security of their Blr'uetron o( ud „ WB8 at«,». ttni. souls and the comfort of their hearts that tl)e braaen aerpent that Mneea had amid *11 trial and temptation and sor- made waa broken in pieoee, for they had row, who have a living Redeemer, sym- Ings." "I suppose you don't remember bringing that on board, do you?" "Then, If It should be Impossible to get at old Fray Ignaclo's document, we can practically do without It?" been burning tnoenae to It (chapter xxxl, 11, and 11 Kings xvlii, 4). When the Lord Is honored, idol* cannot be tolerated ' WSf HOlOMfK  [RHEUMATISM,] ■ hisu bATiOTK and riaflar Oflalrt% I and prepared under the *trin*rnt M MEDICAL LkH.A preeorlbed by eminent phvsioiansi^M |a| DR. RICHTCR'S JB ANCHOR "Nfl i [PAIN expellerT I World renowned! Remarkably rocceMfait ■ ■Only genuine withTrade Mark" Anchor, ! ■?. id. Btchtec "•Co., fiJiPeariSt., Hew Yssfc. I ispUSSEi1 ff&Sh* B UatMik. B»twn« —* ii nMD» M B raui a m i, w u*s# »■ »»—. eDc.eucs, w »«i a a«^mint, I. H. BOCCfc. 4 Ml BataM. NTT8TO», FA. Jj I ** ANCHOR STOMACHAL W for I pathiziug with them in heaven, inter- "Well, to tell the truth, I don't. And I think I was pretty sober, too. Where did I get It? What's inside?" "You can certainly find the reef In anything like fair weather, but you ceding for them with the Father and My luggage, including the wooden chest, went ashore before dark, and, as the steamer could scarcely get away before the next evening, we made up a party to accept De Garroa's hospitality overnight. The drive to Agana, from the pier, we made in-a bullock-cart resembling a c&rramnta, but much larger and thatched with palm leaves, and upon our arrival found a most appetizing supper awaiting us. There is a tradition that Magellan and his felloenavigators left pigs and fowls upon every island in the Pacific, and the plentiful supply of this day rather confirms it. When the time came for retiring, I was shown to comfortable quarters op the upper floor of the gob•rnador's bouse, between Ban Hainan barracks and the church of San Juan Letran, Senorlta Porotea accompanying me as far as the door to assure herself that all my wants were provided for. "None but un Americano would think of it, senor. Give Pedro a bundle of cigars, it you like, and he wlN find you the beat one on the island." ready to impart all power, even His "Nothing at present. Tbis diving suit is going in if 1 can make it. Now draw the curtains and strip to your shirt and drawers." those who trust His grace.—Presby-, own almighty and divine Spirit, to A few of the natives were lazily sauntering into the church as I stepped across the square, and mass was just beginning. There was a girlish form knteling by the pillar nearest me, and 1 recognised Senorita Dorotea, who greeted me demurely as she rose from her devotions, expressing surprise and pleasure that I should have wakened early to attend mass. My appearance that morning wa* a fortunate one in several ways. Padre Bartolomeo was complimented, for one thing, and exhibited his satisfaction at my supposed Catholic tendencies by showing roe what there wa*» to be seen ■ bout -the place as soon as the service was over. teriau. before breakfast, had tiurned out at That settled the boat question, 1 had a perfect little beauty before night, and in a few days I was able to handle it almost a« expertly as the natives. Being practically unslnkable, and drawing but tero inches of water, it was only necessary to look out for the sail in sudden squalls; otherwise a child could have bandied it. bells and wai searching tbe horizon with his glass, on tfte brldr* pUmo taking an occasional squint y4l*o. At abput half-past six tbe cap/ tain sang out to him: "Gucsa you'd better let one of tbe QUftrtprmMters get tbe lead ready, Moreno." Duty. "To try the thing on, of course. Hustle, now; we'll be in by two o'clock. I've read tbe direction* over until 1 know them by heart, but I want you to be boxed up 1n it once while I'm by to help you. It's pretty rliky business, no matter how often a man does it, and I don't want your death on my hands. You It wlH be simply out of the question to depend upon a pumper above water—you can't trust anyone—and it's going to take all the nerve you've got to go down without." "What for?" v Never to tire, never to grow cold, to be patient, eympathetio, tender; to look for the budding flower and the opening heart; to hope always, liko God; to love always—this is duty. — Amiel'a Journal. A Startling Horseback Feat. "Si, sen op. Do you think we are near the posicion?" "Very close to it, now. Mr. MePherboq says we've been making 13 knots through the night. Just figure it up. w|U you, Diaz, and see what you w&ke it." That evening saw a marvelous transformation in the senorltas She had reached the bottom of her Manila, box at last, and one»of the prettieat of the three gowns had gone on in a twinkling. The memory of Senorita Palacios' appearance was fresh enough in her mind to show Instantly the difference in atyle between the new and the old ones. Her unaccountable possession of the extra finery was something she put off for later and more deliberate consideration, being satisfled. for the time being, to dispatch hasty dinner invitations to the other ladle* and shyly wateh the impression produced when she descended among wa, 1 was horribly conscious of my previous meddling In her affairs, and ttartd I might betray but the Berlin is wild over the marvelous feat of Fedora Vona, a woman circus rider, who has performed repeatedly perhaps the most startling equestrian act ever seen. "Is It because el padre would not ab- Mfre the senor," she wtd, "thuthehas no appetite, and would walk »way when the breakfast does wait? Ai, hut he must be the sinftU man! Perhaps he not present el padre with una eontrlbuciyn for the good of the chureh? 14 ts the custom." Her feat is to compel her spirited horse to leap ovei a carriage containing four persons besides tho driver. As none of these people had warning of her reckless Intention it is needless to say that they were badly shocked—not to say somewhat frightened—by the lady's sudden approach, the swift swish of her whip, the gleaming «yes of her wildly excited steed and finally t*e rustle of her long riding habit over their heads. KB 1CV I put the suit on, piece by piece, obeying the printed instruction# to the letter and fastening every olamp myself; for I knew aseUtance would be unobtainable when I came to aotually use it. The screws at tjie back of the helmet collar were the most difficult to tighten, but I finally adjusted tbem to even Halstead'e satisfaction. Fortunately, I had not screwed on the front lens of the helmet until the last, else I think I should have been suffocated before the aompreesed air in D there—w ait began fa work. IMrfeW "81, •epor." Diaz disappeared in the Wbeelbouse, but came out again presently, exclaiming: "Por Dios, capitano. We ere within three miles at this moment!" f . After inspecting the college buildings and cloisters, we went through a narrow door into a room back of the chanoel, where there were a number of votive images ip wax, representing either miraculous escapes from violent death, recoveries from mortal illtiesses, or the cures of fppl diseases. Although it was as thoroughly pnpleasnnt a collection as one could lppk upon, some horrid fascination Induced me to examine many of the figures. o»t, tat iMtaat* wuldL«n$ la eat- 7^ Bat leek was »h my «C4«, Bhe was a charming creature, that girl, in spite of her ridiculpusly oldfashioned costume; and I was impatient to see her in more becoming clothes, as I knew I should when she had time to examine the contents of her box. Wo had left the original gowns where they were, fearing that her M*ni!* letter* jnighV cpnt:tf» a d«- •c{ijDt*o& 9f tfeejH,  HThnt'» what I thought. Get your Ie#daman out there right away, Moreno. Yow'd better try a 'dipscy' line at first, end see if you can strike anything et a hundred fathom. Be nil reedy when 1 give the word." is lean then Ave minutes the leede- JE» *§» g*tmg. ooteidj thj / won't want to travel any further under water looking for the wreck than you are obliged to. I wouldn't, anyhow."''Well, Pro Hfruid XClid overlook that, But I'll make it ftU right With him'lpter. Joking aside, though, the padre treated me very nicely— showed me $1| pver the He seems tp be a very learned roan. No; I was thinking pf p.th«t matters when J'SSJ c«Hftl- ?»«:u After tho performance was over, however, and they tound themselves none the worse for their exiwrience they were rather Inclined to brag about it, and so the story got out  MINERS' SAVINOS BANK, of Pmiim, Interest paid on Deposits twice a year. General hanking business dona. o m -r ttit. BBYPCy' ***** In this and our previous discussions we seemed to have covered every contingency, but now tbftt we were upop noint q! making begin in Ash is always the leader io furnace*. Let w bid oa a ftUMoe. 31o^U