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Established 1H50. I VOL. XLIX No. 13. 1 Oldest Newsoaper in the Wvomine Vallev PITTSTON LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER n, 1898. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. C•1.00 a V «*r . in AdftLM, the periods of satisfactory silence when we floated along In delicious idleness under shortened sail, the northeast trade wind gently fanning our cheeks and the cottony clouds reflected in the brcnad Pacific. We two were alone between sky and water, and the Island was a mere bank upon the horizon. Under such circumstances it is exceedingly difficult to keep one's thoughts from showing In the face, and I began to feel that I could trust this girl as I had never trusted a woman before. that at last I had found the Santa Rosa shoal. I was absolutely alone upon the broad expanse of ocean— not even a gull in sight. There was nothing to indicate that the ocean bottom was any nearer to me than the threemile depth over which I had just sailed, and I could have tossed a pebble into that from where I sat. Yet I had actually found and under the impenetrable mask of these long, glassy waves was touching, through the leadline, a mystery of the sea which for nearly a century and a half had baffled all investigation. The fact seemed so wonderful that for some time I sat tihere letting it soak in where my mind could grasp it. was on tne nortneriy 6iae, ana i rapidly scrambled down to where I had first stumbled against the wreck. will sometimes leei ior mauiiuitie objects. I petted that coquina anchor as If It had been a living creature. You see, we had gone down into the valley of the shadow together, and but for a direct interposition of Providence would have been likely to remain there. I must have been altogether upset by the experience, for, after hauling the rock on board, I held It in my lap and almost cried over it. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. AN ATTRACTIVE SPOT. covered with pinon and juniper, with now and then some stretches of fragrant pine, bat after reaching an altitude of 7,000 feet we come upon mile upon mile of red spruce, white and yellow pine, and qoaking asp, for milling purposes. The moantains are rolling and covered with a magnificent body of timber, and the supply is almost inexhaustible. Some of the treM •re five feet in diameter, the average being •boat three. I had brought the smaller steel bar with me from the proa, and this I began driving against the perpendicular incrustation of coral at a spot near the stern. At the second blow, however, 1 LESSON VII, FOURTH QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, NOV. 13. ALAM0G0RD0, NEW MEXICO, AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY. Text of the Lesson, II Kings xkx, 20-32, 28-37—Memory Verses, 82-34—Golden slightly lost my equilibrium, and found that the rock upon which I stood shelved rapidly. A horrot of the unfathomable depth which lay but a few feet beyond made me throw myself flat upon the bottom, digging my nails into the coral lest I should 6lip and sink to I knew not where. Lying there until the beating of my heart slowed down to something like a normal pulsation, I saw a faint reflection of light beneath the keel—enough to show that several feet of the stern hung she ex over the precipice. The Scene ef Industrial Operations Started Text, Ph. xlvl, 1—Commentary Prepared by Wyoming and Lackawanna Capital- by the Rev, D. M. Stearns. The position of the proa, over deep water, was explained by the light puffs of wind, which for an hour or two had shifted to the west'ard, as it will sometimes do shortly before the change of monsoon. But in half an hour it was again blowing svtcadily from the northeast, and I started on my return to Agana. [Copyright, 1898, by D. M. Stearns,] ist* Reviewed In Interesting Style by a 20. "Thus Kaith tho Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, I have heard." In the fourteenth year of Hezeklah the king of Assyria came against Judah and greatly blasphemed the Lord both by word and by letter. Hezeklah, when he had road the letter, spread It before tho Lord and prayed (verses 14-19). Many times have I followed Hezeklah's plan and always found rest. If we ask anything according to His will He heareth us (I John v, 14), and it is His will that we tell Him everything and have careful anxiety about nothing. See in verse 19 that the groat desire of the king in asking for the overthrow of Sennacherib was that all the eifrth might know that the God of Israel was the only true God. Former West Plttston Boy. The mountains on the western slope are very rugged, bat after reaching the summit they gradually slope eastward, and here is really D farmer's paradise. One would hardly believe that such a magnificent farming section conld be foond in the heart of such a rough country. Fruits, vegetables and grains are grown to perfection at an altitude of from 7,000 to 8,000 feet. 1 saw the exhibit from this country which was taken to the Territorial Fair at Albuquerque and Dallas, Texas, but I do not wish to take up maoh space relative thereto; suffice to say, the Sacramento exhibit took the palm at both fairs for the qutftity and size of most of its prod actions. Sho knew that I had some ulterior object In remaining at Agana, and her manner led me to believe that she would further it as far as lay in her power, at least while I showed a preference for her society over that of other women. This wasn't expressed in so many words, but she confessed to the knowledge that I had left the house on some adventure during the night, and to an impression that I wanted the padre out of the way, though her surmising went no further than that. Leaving El Paso, Texas, on the newly constructed railroad, the El Paso and I Northeastern, popularly known as the White Oaks Route, one is not particularly Impressed with an eighty-six mile ride over a semi-grassy mesa dotted with cacti, but on arriving at Alamogordo, which is to be the central point on this route, we find things changed. Alamogordo is situated in the Sacramento valley and abont -H miles from the foot of the Sacramento mountains. After leaving the train and taking a sweeping view of the country, one cannot help but admire the grandeur of the scenery from this point. Directly west some forty miles, the jagged peaks of the San Andreas range extend north and sonth as far as the eye can see; to the south some thirty miles are the Jarllla mountains, Clarehce Herbert new. [Copyright, 1S9T. by J. B. Llpplncott Co.] ' According to Halstead's figures, my my position was then about twelve thirty-three, north by one-forty-four, twenty-two, east. The figures in Fray Ignacio's document had been 12 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds north by 144 degrees 23 minutes no seconds east. . So the approximate position of the wreck was one mile farther east, and two and a half miles to the s'uth'ard, from where 1 was. From the drag of my lead on bottom, I calculated the headway to be about six miles an hour, and steered due south for twenty minutes; then I headed east until it seemed as though the proa had gone an even mile, and was just about to stow away the sail, when the lead-line flashed over the side like lightning, as if a shark were making off with it. But upon grasping the coil I found only the natural resistance of its own weight, and I knew I must have reached It was then two o'clock. Having the breeze well forward, I calculated that it would take me at least six hours to get back; but the witch of a boat made good headway within five points of the wind, and I sighted Tiniquio, bearing a little north of east, at four o'clock. Holding on the same course for half an hour, Agana then lay to the southeast'ard; and I put the proa about for a straight run in. proximately, 12 degrees 30 minutes, 30 seconds X. lat., 144 degrees, 23 minutes 00 seconds E. Ion." This I hastily penciled upon the wristband of my shirt; then, considering the advisability of destroying the document, I had decided that its absence might be discovered at any time, and was about to replace it, wbVr. I thought of Sebastiano. 1 couldn't afford to leave accurateinformation for him to find. In a second or two an idea occurred to me, and, striking a match, I held it over the parchment in such a way that it charred the figures completely out, yet looked as though a cinder had fallen accidentally upon the page. It was, of course, likely that the padre would have his suspicions if he ever saw it; but if I succeeded in getting safely out of the church, I thought, he'd have a sweet time verifying them. CHAPTER IX. It must have been at least ten minutes before I recovered enough to crawl back upon the higher portion of the ledge; then, realizing that my supply of air was nearly exhausted, I braced myself firmly and began driving away with the steel bar again. The coral easily crumbled under the blows, though at that depth It was filled with live animalculae, and in a few moments the bar had penetrated several inches; then it struck something soft and spongy, in which It stuck. Rapidly enlarging the hole until I could put my hand into it without tearing the skin, I felt about for a second or two and succeeded in detaching a splinter of water-logged wood—a piece of the hull itself. I had determined to lose no time !n attempting to see the document In Fray Igneclo's box, and, as It proved, the dinner party helped me materially. Bartolomeo and the other priests dropped in upon us before -the cJo"Ce of the meal, and were pre-vadled'upon 10 ■pend the evening. Whether my liking for the senorita had at that time awakened a reciprocal feeling, I didn't knonv; but she seemed aware of my desire to get the padres in a happy frame of mind, and aided me in every way she eould, ordering Pepe to bring bottles, and more bottles, for the delectation of the company. Palm brandy, or aguardiente, is the only brand known in the Ladrones, and that seldom appears upon a gentleman's table. But light wines, and, for stronger heads, rum and water, are freely indulged in. The result is rarely drunkenness; the stuff doesm't act that way in warm climates. But for early-drooping eyelids and dreamless sleep that works like anaesthetics, give me two bottles of Spanish wine that have made the voyage to Manila or Guajan. The padres were built upon the cistern principle, all of them; but they were practically asleep before 11, at which time they accepted the colonel's hospitality and fell to snoring? peacefully upon the floor or the rattan sofas, wherever they happened to drop. We had a lunch with us, so it was well toward evening when we returned, to find the town in a commotion over the strange and terrible miracle which had been witnessed by lay-brother Felipe. I've often thought that I was an innooent means of giving the Holy Roman church a deeper root in the Ladrones than it ever had before. Even Padre Bartolomeo, who was too wily a bird, and too well educated, fro be fooled by an ordinary erery-day miracle, was a good deal shaken up by the lay brother's yarn. His superior learning had fostered a laxity in his principles, an impression that he could drink and gamble with impunity; but after a thorough examination of the chancel, together with unavailing cross questioning of his entranced associate, he began to wonder if -there were not more things in Heaven and earth than were dreamt of In his philosophy. However, as the offerings which began to pour in exceeded anything in his recollection, he kept his head, and continued to look upon himself as a blessed, though humble, medium. When about ten. miles off shore, however, I discovered that I had company; for bearing down from the north'ard was the biggest catamaran I ever saw. The hull must have been at least a hundred feet long, and the sail looked like a gigantic balloon. The Instant I noticed it, two words flashed through my mind—"Padre Sebastiano"—and I was convinced that my oleaginous shipmate was coming to pay Guajan a visit. 21. "This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him, The virgin, the daughter of Zlon, hath despised thee and laughed thoe to scorn." The people of God In Judah, called the daughter of Zlon, the daughter of Jerusalem (oompare Lam. ii, 18), having God as their defender and avenger, need fear no enemy. In such strongtb Moses and Joshua lived; Gideon also, and David when he went fearlessly against Goliath. When we seek only the honor and glory of God, He will not fail as. Neither the railway nor the lumber company has any particular interest in these lands b«yond the summit and they are still largely open for homestead entry. These lands were closed to settlers several yeua ago as a forest reserve, bat with the oomiug of the Iron horse were opened for entry in the spring of this year. while through a break in the Sacramento moan tains, in a northeasterly direction, the greatWhite Mountain peak looms np, which I believe is one of the highest in all New Mexico. To yon who are only used to onr low Pennsylvania hills, it is difficult to convey even a fair idea of the kaleidoscopic beauty of a New Mexico sunrise and sunset on these mountains. The gradual change from the blue hills of the morning to the tinted shades which sunset produce Is truly marvelous. As a productive country, I know of none equal to it this side of California, and as no irrigation is needed here in the mountain country it doea away with a very expensive feature In western farming. The rainfall 'ncreases as one approaches the summit and I have seen it raining many days in the mountains while Alamogordo wouldn't get a drop. 22. "Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed, the Holy One of Israeli1" As in the next verse, "By thy messengers than bast reproached the Lord." They spake against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the people of the earth, the works of the hands of man, and for this cause Hezeklah, tbe king, and the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and oried to heaven (II Chron. xxxil, 19, 23). God heard their prayer, and now we will see how He answered it. the weather side of the ledge. I paid out the whole thirty fathoms, but the pull was as strong as ever. Then, taking the linen line from the chest, I bent it on to the other and kept paying out for several minutes; but no bottom. Being afraid to lose it, I began hauling in, measuring on the gunwale as I did so, and found that it had gone down over nine hundred feet. Well, when a man is alone in mid-ocean, on nothing but a few sticks, and findshimaelf over an unfathomable abyss, the sensation is something like that of worms crawling around in his gizzard—a aurt oi ticklish feeling through his insidefe. This was. enough for one day. I had found the reef. I had actually found the wreck of a ship which, from its coral deposit, must have lain in the one position for over a hundred years at least—presumably thff galleon Xeustra Senora de Sevilla. And I had found that the coral jacket on the northerly side of her hull was less than six inches in thickness! I wanted to dance from sheer satisifaction, but it occurred to me that it might be safer to do so in the proa above water, so I started back toward her. To replace all of the documents was a work of some moments, so careful was I not to disturb the coatings of dust with which they were covered. Then I locked the box. while the fray sadly wabbled his head at my temerity, and started to return. The floor of the vaults was of pounded clay, and each step I took produced a vibration which filled the air with echoes of other creeping footsteps. My nerves were worn to a thin edge by this time, and had it not been for the brandy I probably should have lost consciousness. Yet. standing there in that foul, subterranean passage, in an island practically unknown to the world and thousands of miles from civilization, I couldn't help grinning to myself—a chattering, nervous grin it was, too— at the incongruity of a prosaic commercial man who had worried through 35 years of humdrum existence, being in such a position. What an unmitigated liar my acquaintances in the club at Hong-Kong would1 think me if I merely detailed the bare facts 1 Now, any companions, native or Spanish, who might accompany the padre were likely to be either in his confidence or under his influence; and it struck me that the sea chest might excite more curiosity than was really safe. So I did considerable hard thinking oDver what had been told me about the sparsely settled portions of the island, in the effort to decide upon a safe place for the concealment of both chest and treasure if it should become necessary. There was but one spot that I felt sure about—Port Tarofofio, on the southeast coast. This was a land-locked bay, surrounded by bold, rocky bluffs, and was uninhabited. In an air line, it was 9% miles south of Agana; but, as the islanders never walked or rode that distance when they could travel in proas, there was but one chance in a thousand of any boat's being seen beating in—especially as the place had the unsavory reputation of being haunted. On the land side there had been an old sugar plantation known as Mount Tar ofofo farm, but the gobernador had mentioned it m being abandoned; and the mountain, or bluff, shut out all view of the sea. This new town which, although not a mushroom town, has sprung up like a mushroom in the night, is laid out on a plot of 960 acres, is subdivided into businees and residence lots and five-acre fruit tracts. Everything abont the place has been a scene of activity ever since I arrived here, and from a little town of about 150, at that time, it has already developed into a prosperous plaoe of 500 people, and every day new comers are arriving, both by train and the western regulation style—overland. The town site is a desirable one, being located directly opposite the Alamo Canon, whence we get an excellent supply of spring water for drinking purposes. At present this supply is oonveyed through a four-inch main, bnt the Alamogordo Improvement Co are now surveying for a twelve-inch main and before the year is ont we will have water enough to supply a town of 7,000 inhabitants. Hunting is fine on mountain and plain. Deer and wild tarkey are plentiful inside the timber line, while quail, prairie doves and jack rabbits can be shot on the outskirts of Alamogordo. Antelope an plentiful some twenty miles north and they are now "bunching" for the winter. I have seon them grazing with the Texas "longhorns" within twenty-five miles of El Paso, Texas. 28. "I will turn thee back by the way which thou earnest." This is a part of the word of tho Lord ooncerning Sennaoherib. See also verse 28, "I know thy abode and thy going out and thy coming In and thy rage against me." He wfeo created all things oan set bounds that none can pass. We can only go hore and there or do this or that if the Lord will (Jas. iv, 15). Man does not stop to consider that ail his words and even his thoughts are known to the Lord (Ps. oxxxix, 1-4), and that it Is impossible to hide anything from Him. Even Adam, blinded by satan, thought be could hide from Qod among the trees (Gen. Ill, 8). Happy are those who live as in the sight of the Lord. Now my mind was so filled with exultation at having accomplished-seeming impossibilities that I tried to put my hands In my pockets and whistle as I strode along. But there were no pockets, ini the confounded rig, and the whistle was a mistake—a big mistake. It not only exhausted my breathing air, but it produced a concussiou In that copper helmet which nearly lifted the roof off of my skull. It sJiook my confidence so much that, wVen the ringing partially subsided in mp ears, I hurried along even faster toward) the proa. After walking considerably farther than what should ■Have been the proper distance I began Jto curse my thoughtlessness in not lowing the thing along after me, instead of leaving it to be hunted up when even seconds were precious. In my nervousness I must have gone too far. Finally I turned back, looking right and left for the line which had been fastened to the lump of coquina. Just when hope had almost left me I stumbled upon the piece of rock and grasped the rope to ascend. But things seemed to be turned around. Instead of slanting to the westward, as It should %ave done, the line hung over toward the precipio*. Thinking that I had surely lost my bearings, I took a step or two. underit CHAPTEB X. Heading out to the west'ardv I crept slowly back over my course, leaving the lead fathoms under water. In three minutes it struck bottom and dragged. Then I lowered away the lump of coquina which served anchor—leaving fifty feet of slack line, which I secured to the mast with run-] ning loops—after which I ate an orange, took a few swallows of wine, and fished out the dlving-srilt. It was such a perfect night that the aeoorita strolled down to the beach with me before retiring, and I have a hazy recollection of kissing her. Something of the sort, anyway, for ahe left her eool fingers in mine for half a minute before she disappeared. By Thursday morning' I was ready to start for the reef, but thought it batft to wait a couple of days longer, in order to avoid routing suspicion by an all-day absence alone. The Inooming of the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad and its extension into the White Oaks country, eighty-five miles north, will no doubt open np mineral and agricultural resources of vast importance, and as El Paso is the natural distributing point for the productions of this seotion, it has already put a new lease of life Into all eastern New Mexico. Nth C Law. Nearly all of my new acquaintances had sailed with me, at odd times, and my reputation as an enthusiastic yachrtsman was pretty well established. 80, early Saturday morning, I had Pepe wheel my cheat down to the beach, telling him that I was taking my tarpaulins and lunch, with the intention of sailing off and on around the island. I also said that I would This and her personal loveliness in the moonlight, came near to interfering with my progress; for upon reaching my room I took an easy chair out uponibe balcony and smoked for over am hour, thinking of her. The windows of her room were diagonally opposite my own, across the patio; and I fancied once or twice that I could detect her figure among the shadows. After awhile, however, it struck me that if I were really going to do anything it was about time to get at it. So I opened the sea chest and took out the electric safety lantern, then silently made my way •long the corridors and down to the room where the padres? were snoring. 29. "And this shall be a sign unto thee." By comparing this verse with Lev. xxv, 21, 22, the sign seems to have been the special blessing of God upon the Sabbath year, or, in other words, the blessing of God on His obedient people. What but the hand of God oould cause land to produoe a three years' crop in one year? In the K. V. margin of Prov. x, 22, we read that the blessing of the Lord maketh rich and toil addeth nothing thereto. Ascending to the image chamber, my hand trembled so that I couldn't hold the light steady; and this erratic illumination gave the figures a ghastly appearance of life. I was hastily crossing toward the narrow entrance which led to the cloisters, when the murmur of a voice in the chancel on the other side of the wall made me shut off the current in my lamp and gasp for breath. In an instant I was in darkness so thick I could feel it, though a very faint reflection from the waning moon made a sort of graypess up where the windows were; but, looking toward the chancel wall, I noticed a faint lumlnousness in one particular spot, and it was from this quarter that the voice seemed to come. I remember once, when a boy of 18, being invited to a very swell ball at which I expecrted to meet a girl who had produced a strong impression upon me, and spending, inconsequence, nearly two hours over my toilet before I was satisfied with it. But that wasn't a circumstance to the care with which I got into thait diving suit, though the thne consumed was appreciably less. The recollection of my sensations when first trying it on gave me a feeling of apprehensivenes* which It was impossible to shake off. I pumped air into the knapsack until it wouldn't artand another inch. I examined every rivet and clamp, every seam and strengthening hoop, before putting H on. But at last I was completely bottled up, witb the sole exception of the lens in front of my face. This I left open to get another bite of orange and at least half the bottle of wine, realizing that no matter hoDw much I might want either, under water, they would be *imply out of the question. Alamogordo, N. Mex., Oct. 22, D98. Alamogordo is already forging to the front as a businees center for this and the surrounding country, and some twenty-five or thirty stores representing almost every line of the mercantile business are doing a thriving business. A new hotel of thirtyfive rooms is now in course of construction The Wealth of Cuba. caonp somewhere If I found ft impossible to get back that evening. The more I thought of it, the more it seemed exactly the place I wanted. It needed but the falling off a few paints to head for the Cocos island instead of Agana, and by six I passed it as close in shore as it was safe to go. By seven o'clock I had reached sufficiently to the east'ard for a straight run into Tarofofo, and, going about, rounded Point Pidfcpouc Just at dusk. As the ffie water and the exact blnffs were accurately shown chart, I had no difficulty in running ashore at the weetsrly head of Pstcpouc cova; which I Judged to be completely sheltered from observation on the 1 land side. After lowering the sail, I noticed that the rocks descended abruptly into the water at the spot I had selected, and Was on the point of running along to where the chart showed a small creek, when a slight opening attracted my attention. The precipice was so close that I could have tossed a pebble against it, and the spot so perfectlysheltered that I felt safe in using my lantern. Outlines were becoming indistinot in the gatheringdarkness, but the moment I turned on the current it revealed a fissure, about four feet wide, which led diagonally Into the face of the rock. There was a good three feet of water right up to the opening, and upon throwing the light Inside I could see that it ended Ln acul de sac with perpendicular walls. If Uncle Sam should, In the interest of humanity, add Cuba to his domains, it would almost double his wealth. With Cuba under a stable government and folly cultivated, Uncle Sam would soon control the world's markets for four great staples—tobacco, sugar, ooffee and rice. It seems a shame to abandon this rich to an alien raee. It is a greater for a man to abandon his stomach to the ravages of disease. To strengthen the stom•»ch take IIo«tetter's Stomach Bitter*. It is just the thing to stimulate the appetite. It will overcome dyspepsia. If there la constipation it will establish regularity of the bowels. It makss the nerves strong and steady, and stives restful slumber. There is no substitute for it Pepe was a pretty decent old chap, as orderlies go, and seemed to have taken a fancy to mCe for reasons of his own—possibly my habit of giving him cigars now and then. He had been in the Islands long enough to be something of a weather prophet, and insisted upon bringing down an extra supply of provisions in case the wind should fall when I was too far out. He also cautioned me against losing sight of the mountain, as otherwise I might steer clear of it and never be able to find my way back. I assured him that I would be careful, and felt easier at this Indication that my knowledge of navigation was unsuspected. The study had always been a fascinating one, and in my voyages between Frisco and Yokohama I had improved the opportunities to know all I could of it. Without the aid of a nautical almanac it might have been difficult for me to fix a ship's position accurately at sea, but Hakstead had coached me on the voyage from Manila until I felt reasonably confident. 80. " The remnant that is escaped of the bouse of Judah shall yet again take root downward and bear frnlt upward." The doctrino that it is ever the few out of the many who are really the Lord's and who glorify Him is found in all Scripture. The stories of Noah, of Lot in Sodom, of Elijah and such statements as "Few there be tbat find it,-* "An afflicted and poor people wtesnTIl trust ln the Lord," indioate that wRialrGod sees to be ever true See Math, vil, 14; Zsph. ill, 12. and will be completed in abont a month, and we have a weekly newspaper. A dozen or more residences are now occupied, but a great many people are living temporarily in tents, awaiting the construction of the new mill which will give them cheaper lumber for building purposes. I have been told by doctors that fat men usually sleep more soundly than their skinny brethren, and my experience that night seemed ts clinch the assertion; for, though I had to feel over several square feeti of Bartolomeo's anatomy in my search ftDr his bunch of keys, he never even wiggled. It would have been possible, of course, to force the locks; but that was too risky an operation when simpler methods were available. 81. "Out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant; tbo zeal of the Lord o£ Hosts shall do this, 'the zeal of tho Lord of Hosts shall also bring the kingdom of peace on earth which shall have no end (Isa. lx, 7). All shall be accomplished in and through the Son of David, our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it is written, "The zeal of thins house hath eaten me up" (Ps. lxix, 0; John il, 17). It is nothing with the Lord to work with many or with few; nothing is too hard for Him (II Chron. xlv, 11; Jer. xxxli, 17). Tha pride of the town, howernr, is its park. This park ia a fall mile in length It took but a moment to figure out that this spot must be approximately In the rear of the crucifix head over the altar. There was a pile of boxes just under it, on my side, so I cautiously climbed to where I could look through. Then my nervousness left me. For on his knees before the altar was lay brother Felipe, pattering out prayers for the repose of the good dead fathers below. It afterward came out that he had been asleep In his cell, and, awaking suddenly, had heard footsteps and echoes in the catacomb which fairly curdled his blood; so, by the light of the onJy candle he could find, he was doing his best to lay the restless spirits. and 400 feet wide and ia set ont with young cotton-wood trees, which were imported from Texaa last fall. They are doing well under irrigation and in another year or two will give ample ahade. Pennsylvania avenue, which, by the way, is the longeat street in the town, extends the full length or the park. The altitude of Alamogordo la 4,300 feet and the land gently alopes to the foot of the Sacramento mountaina. More Than Nine—"Here'a a new life of Washington that I am" "Great mackerel!" interrupted the book agent's victim. "He has more lives than a cat, haan't he?" air was so still that I could hear the Stepping across the little square, the lapping of the ripples on the beach, a quarter of a mile away; and I seemed Then I screwed on the lens, opened the valve from the knapsack, and started to step over the gunwale; but my feet seemed glued fast; I had forgotten that the leaden solea of my shoes weighed 16 pounds each, and that there were weights attached to my shoulders and belt as well. They got themselves over at last, however, and, letting the line slip through my hand, I sank rapidly to the bottom. Shake Into loot Shoes to bo the only living creature awake. I had no difficulty in finding the key wbioh opened the postern) door at the 82. "Therefore thus saith ths Lord ooncerning the king of Assyria." Our Lord doeth according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth (Dan. iv, 35). His thoughts and purposes are as good as aoooinplished (Isa xlv, 24; Jer. li, 29). Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous feet and Instantly takes the sting ont ot corns and bunions. It'a the greatest comfort discovery of the age Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight or new ahoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for aweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try Tt today. Sold by all drrggista and shoe stores. By mail for 26c in stamps. Trial package free. Address, Allen S. Olmsted. Le RC»y, N. Y. rear of the church, and easily stole through the cloisters as far as the passage leading into the chamber of horrors. This was so pitchy dark that I turned on the current in my lamp and was startled at the brilliancy of the light which shot from its lens. When it fell upon the ghastly figure with the diseased wish-bone, a cold chill started the goose-fieeh all over me; the contrast between the senorita's warm, breathing loveliness, of which I had been dreaming, and this semblance of rotting carrion, was something horrible. I had to take a good pull at my flask before I could unlock the iron trap and descend into the vaults. There, also, the foul dampness, and the company of real bodies, made my scalp creep until It felt as though each individual hafr were squirming. It was very hot here in July and August, but even with the thermometer up to 115° to 122°, as it has been, one does not suffer asunder ninety degrees In the Wyoming Valley, nor do they perspire. The eveninga are always cool, and just now it is neces sary to have a fire at night. This is owing It was an idealmorningfor the exper iment. The breeze was just fresh enough to send the proa scudding before it, and the sky was clear blue from horizon to horizon. McPherson had made for me a slot, from two pieces of copper, riveted to a strip of flat iron, to hold the log register; and this 1 secured, by lashing, to the sftermoet outrigger while I was running from Agana to Point Orote, steering with a long, flat-bladed paddle which I held between my knees. When a sufficient distance from the shore, I took out the compass and piaoed H between my feet. Fortunately, the gobernadoi had got It into his head that my luggage contained delicate scientific instruments, so he had given strict orders that it should be handled carefully in transit from the steamer. 83. "By the way that he came, by the Mine shall ho return and shall not oome into this oity, salth the Lord." This was the decision of Him who had all the boats of heaven under His control and all power to carry out His purposes. Heoould say, "Hitherto shalt thou oome, but no farther" (Job. xxxvlii, 11). Even the great adversary must stop when Qod shall say so, and he shall go to tho pit for a thousand years, and to the lake of fire forever. At first the so»s«tion was similar to diving, naked, in deep water. There was the same bubbling numbness in the ears, the impression of light, faintly penetrating through an opaque green substance, and grotesque shadowy objects which caught at the fee* and made it difficult to step. The absence of buoyant feeling was strange and very uncomfortable. Had It not been for Halstead's precaution in making me try the suit on, I miglht easily have lost my head during the first five minutes. There was a rushing of aif from the knapsack which made me gasp for breath, and the continual pop-pop-pop-popping of air-bubbles from the top of the copper helmet filled me with a horrible dread that the water was pressing Iz. ".cn me through some unsuspected leak in the How recklessness got the uppe» hand of me would be hard to say; but. without giving the danger a second thought, I lifted my lantern to the aperture and turned on the current. I would have given a large sum to have seen the effect from the church side; it must have been more than startling. I could tell the exact instant when the lay brother raised his eyes to the top of the crucifix by the way his murmuring stopped short. There was* a gasp of astonishment too great for louder articulation, a shiver of ecstatic fear; and when I squinted through the hole, after shutting off the current, he was groveling, face down, upon the chancel floor. I pulled frantically at th« and. Eddie, aged four, had just returned home after his first morning at the kindergarten. "Well, Eddie," aaked his mother, "how did you like it 1" "Didn't like it at all," he replied. "The woman put me on a chair and told me to ait th«re for the present—" "Well," Interrupted his mother, "waan't that all right!" "Bat," continued Eddie, "ahe never gave me any preaent." to the severe weather which haa recently prevailed in Colorado and otheT northern States. in an attempt to haul the proa directly overhead, but the rock shelved abruptly. In another second I lost my footing. I pulled frantically at the end which was fast to the rock, but only started it rolling after me. Then I clutched at the bare coral, but It was too late. Over I went, and the rock after me, with a jerk which nearly pulled the line from my grasp. Feeling sure that the line would hold at 50 feet, I clung to it desperately. For just the fraction of a second it did hold. Then 1 could feel thoso loops slowly but remorselessly pulling loose, and 1 shot downward* If I had searched the entire archipelago it would have been difficult to find a place more perfectly suited to my requirements; when I came again. In broiad daylight, the fissure was invisible 100 feet away. It was something of a task to unload the contents of the big chest, but in a short time I had them stowed away under a tarpaulin, 60 feet from the opening, and was ready to leave the cove. The moon was not yet up, but the starlight was sufficient to navigate by, and I reached Agana by 11 o'clock. As the big proa I had seen was of too hea/vj- draught to run across the shoal in front of the town, I was not surprised at her absence. The lights about the gobernador's quarters were sufficient indication that visitors had arrived, and 1 managed to sneak up the back s.teps to my room without attracting attention. It was well that T did so, far my The new saw mill now being constructed by the Alamogordo Lumber Co., composed of Scranton, Wilkesbarre and Pittston capitalists, is nearly completed. This mill is situated just west of the town and is a model plant of its kind, being fitted throughout with the lateet and most improved style of milling machinery poasible to produoe. The motive power consists of two 125 horse-power Stirling boilers. The main mill is 165x36 feet and adjoining this are the lath and shingle mills on one side and the planing mill on the other. This modern plant will turn out 100,000 feet of lumber per day a- d will give employment to about 400 men in mill and timber. 84. "For I will defend this alty to save it for mine own sake and for my servant David's sake." See also chapter 11, 6, and comparo Isa. xxxi, 6; Zech. xli, 8. The "I wills" of Jehovah are a study of greatest possible benefit. They often ooour in sevens and in connection with the statomeut"I am Jehovah." See Ex. vi, 6-8; Gen. xvil, 1-8; Ps. xcl, 14-16. Beoause He is what He is He will do what He says, not for Israel's sake, but for His own sake. See Ezek. xxxyl, 22; Ps. ovl, 8. We must not look for worthiness or merit In ourselves, but in Him who alone is worthy (Ps. cxv, 1; Rev. v, 4, 6). Take all the comfort you can find In such passages as Isa. xliii, 25; I John li, 12. Eyes and Nose In Water. When Bartolomeo introduced me to the remains of Fray Lgnacio, that morntog, I felt more or less of a friendly interest in the old chap; we hadn't been near enough to appreciate the ghastliness of the grinning skull, half hidden by its gray cowl. But now, when I C. Q. Archer, of Brewer, Maine, says: "I have had catarrh for several years. Water would run from my eyes and nose for days at a time. About four months ago I was indnoed to try Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder, and since using the wonderful remedy I have not had an attaok. I would not be without it." It relievea In ten minutes. Sold by S. H. Rhoades. As the catamaran approached Orote I took out the log, slipped the registei into Its slot, and coiled up the line so that it could be instantly eased away, then steered within a hundred yard* of the rocks so as toget an exact bearing. When near enough I let the bow fall off a little until the proa was heading exactly 15 degrees and 27 minutes to the westward of south—the odd three minutes being an allowance 1 thought best to make for leeway. My compass being but six inches in diameter, it was practically impossible to keep it exactly on a hair-line between 15 and lfl degrees when the proa was crossing a long swell; but by keeping it somewhere between the south by west quarter west and the south by west half west points I felt sure of holding on a fairly true course. Thi9 was my opportunity. Calculating that he wouldn't dare raise his eyes for several moments, no matter what strange noises echoed through the church, I slipped around through the postern and succeeded in restoring to Padre Bartolomeo's snoring torso his bunch of keys without being seen. Once back in my room, I locked the door and put a chair against it; for I was considerably shaken up, and looked as though I had spent a week in the infernal regions. Then down until the pressure gripped my arms and legs In an Iron vise—until the blood gushed from my nose and ears. The water grew icy cold, und darker—darker. The helmet seemed filled'with rushing noises, with whisperinga and mocking laughter. I tried to tear away the lead weights which hung from my belt and shoulderss but they wouldn't budge. For a moment or two I must have bccome delirious; I was kissing Dorotea's sweet lips, McPherson was talking about Gladstone in his broadest Scotch, Sam Ilung Foo was making bobbery about a pink devil with red stomach and gilded ears, every face I ever knew flashed before my eyes as if the lens were a klnetoscope. Then— there came a jerk at the line! It must have caught on something. I knew I hadn't fastened the other endi. To stay at that depth another second would have meant unconsciousness and death. Fearing with eveTy tug that my weight, added to that of the rock, would pull the line loose, I hauled myself up, hand over hand, though the exertion was so great on account of the pressure that every motion seemed likely to burst a blood vessel. Of course, in doing this the air in the knapsack counted for a good dieal; in all probability I couldn't have sunk much lower unless it had exploded; but the weights would have held meat that depth had it not been for that slender bit of rope. For several fathoms It needed but the slightest tug to send me shooting upward, and as the pressure Increased! 1 was Detter aoie to use my arms. My strength was going fast, however, and nothing but the inimal instinct to fight for life saved me. Approaching the surface, I became weaker—or it required more strength to haul the extra weight— and when I finally got my arms across the gunwale and outrigger it was impossible to move another inch. The supply of air had given out, and my last conscious motion was to unscrew the helmet lens. armor. placed my light between his toes and Presently, however, it seemed evident that I was neither drowning nor suffocating yet, and I tried to look about me. Everything had the shadowy appearance that objects will take on In a room from which the sunlight has been excluded by window-shades —a sort of cool twilight. But as my eyes became accustomed to it, and as confidence began to return, I could see more distinctly. My body was protected by copper hoops which allowed me to breathe in comparative freedom, but my limbs felt as though the sleeves and breeches were 14 sizes too tight and were likely to split whenever they moved. 85. "And It eame to pass that night that the angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand." The work of this angel is also mentioned in Isa. xxxvii, 86, and in II Chron. xxxii, 21. When the devil is to be bound and oast into the bottomless pit, It is written that one angel will do it (Rev. xx, 1-8). Consider in each of these cases the power of an angel and then think of the millions upon millions of them mighty in strength, doing His commandments, hearkening unto the voice of Ills word (Rev. v, 11; Ps. oiii, 20). Think of the angel's disregard of and power over soldiers and fast barred gates in the etory of Peter's release in Acts xil. Think of the one who carried good tidings to Paul in the storm at sea (Acts xxvli), remember that they are all ministering spirits sent forth to minister unto the hairs of salvation (Heb. i, 14), and let your heart say, "Though an host should oncamp against me, my heart shall not foar" (Ps. xxvli, 8). If God be for me, who can be against rnef I will trust and not bo afraid. attempted gently to case hia stomach of that heavy box, the bony fingers clung to It with gruesome strength; Almost everything in the fruit and vegetable line can be grown here on the level. The soil is wonderfully rich, being as it is, one mass ot the decay of centuries. At La Luz, six miles north, and Tnlarosa, fifteen miles north, are fine orchards of peaches, pears, German prunes, apples, etc., and figs are successfully cultivated. The flavor of these fruits far surp ifrs"8 our Eastern productions and the peaches, pears and apples grow to aonormal dimensions. A ready market ia found for all these productions in El Paso. Very Popular. the old bones cracked and wheezed as Sandy Ban, Pa., Nov. 1, 1898.—The great popularity of Hood's Sarsaparllla is due to the genuine merit of the medicine. Mrs. George E. Klpp, of this town, says: "We have found Hood's Sarsaparllla the best medicine on the market. It is an ex* cellent blood purifier. We take it every spring and fall, Qpd my husband aays be will never be without it." I tugged at it. How I managed to keep from fainting outright, I never knew. My efforts to remove the chest from the old fellow's lap aeemed to threaten a disarrangement Of his skeleton so serious that I gave up the attempt and unlocked it where it lay. To this he made face was a sight. Little rivulets of clotted blood covered the lobes of my ears and myupper lip; my eyes looked Like burnt holes in a blanket; and, altogether, I presented a most dissipated appearance. Breakfast was fortunately late, so I had time to bathe and make myself a little more presentable, but I must have looked seedy even then. This, however, was naturally laid to the dinner party of the previous evening, none of the gentlemen, feeling very positive as to when or just how he had parted from the others. I thought that when the padres got thoroughly waked up and had time to get the lay brother's experience through their heads there was likelv to be more of Padre Sebastlano was cordiality Itself, but I could see that lay brother Felipe's miracle was working in his mind, and that he was trying to figure It out upon natural grounds. I was upon the point of asking him how he happened to find the big proa so conveniently forthcoming when he decided to proceed down the islands, but reflected in time that, if I had been fishing to the east'ard, as I had explained, it would have been obviously Impossible to see his flagship; so I pumped him dry upon Ladrone data Instead. no objections; he even appeared to take a mild interest in the proceedings, wagging and wabbling his old skull, with horrid whisperings and creakings, every time I leaned against him. The papers in the box were covered with a thick layer of dust, and, after another pull at the fiask—in which the fray, by a sorrowful wag of the cowl. Tommy—"Pa, what's a foregone conclusion?" Pa—"Anything that's sure to follow something else. For instance if I were to lock my desk your ma would break it open whenever I went out to see what I had looked it for." When Orote rock vm precisely under the third northerly spur of Mount Tlniqulo, I knew the bearing they formed was exactly at right angles with an air-line to the reef, and, dropping the log »crew overboard, commenced paying out the line, being careful that it shouldn't fall low enough to foul the rocks. Then, with the great &all skimming over the water like an albatross, the proa flew straight) for the open sea. Nearly all oar eastern vegetables, except com, grow successfully here on the plain. I have seen lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, turnips, carrots, radishes, beets, cantelopes and watermelons growing successfully with little Irrigation—all within a radlns of 200 fe»-t. As nearly as one might calculate, the range of sight extended In a radius of about 50 feet—though at that distance objects had merely the appearance of blurred masses—and in a few moments I commenced making my way along the reef to the s'uth'ard, keeping as near the easterly edge as I dared, but being careful to plant each foot firmly before taking a step. It must have been instinct which led me down the reef instead of up, for when I had walked a couple of hundred yards I stumbled against a dark mass which seemed to be an abrupt rise in the shoal. The side toward me was so steep that I was afraid to climb it, so I walked carefully around, wondering at its odd overhanging formation at the westerly end. At the southerly tide It sloped away in a gentle declivity, which I mounted with ease. refused to Join me—I gently lifted the top ones with a pair of pocket plyers ' so M to show the least disturbance. Realizing that every moment was precious, I hastily scanned the other documents until one bearing Kr V* NAT'o7r*^OT of the Globe for [RHEUMATISM! ■ NETOALGHA and Complaints. J m and prepared under the stringent M ■kjERMAN MED'CAL LAWS.^ prescribed by eminent physicians i^|iB Mm dr. richter's aSm M?" ANCHOR "C39 fPAIN EXPELLERl ■ world renowned {Remarkably successful! ■ ■2nI7 Repnlne with Trade Mark " Anchor,"■ ■F- id. Kichter -Oft., S15Peari8t., New Tort. ■ I 31 HI8HEST AWARDS. ■ 13 P.-snoh Bosses. Own Glassworks. ■ H Mni4BlnC«MMt) ■ Haass a PXCE, w UMM DC«», S.C.6UCK, M S«*k M«l» Stmt, i. H. HOCCK, i North Mala St. n. M RICHTCR'S I **ANCHOR" STOMACHAL beat fori & Stomach Comply..D i a sensation than the little town had known in many moons; so, complaining of a severe headache, I Invited the colonel and his daughter to sail with me in the new proa. Having to hear a few cases at the tribunal that morning, he politely declined, but assured me that Dorotea would be pleased to go. 36, 37. "His sons smote him with the sword." Thus he died in his own land according to the word of the Lord (verse 7), and while in the act of worshiping Idols. So shall perish all the enemies of tho Lord. Water for irrigation purposes is supplied through a large flume from the La Luz oanon, and a splendid flow of artesian water can be had by sinking from 150 to 300 feet. The Agana padres regarded his visit as complimentary in the highest degree, respectfully swallowing his yarn about collecting materials for island history; but I couldn't help chuckling to myself when I pictured his examination of Fray Ignacio's mummy and its precious charge. Sebastiano and I were adversaries; there now seemed ■ but little doubt of this fact. And the more I thought of it the more certain I felt thatmy motions were likely to be watched during every hour of the 24. Every time I went sailing alone, there was a strong probability that the big proa would keep me well in sight. Making me the cat'# paw to secure his chestnuts would comfortSebastlano's very liver. Mjmttu were worn ta a thin edge. For over an hour I scarcely lifted my eyes from the compass; and the way that frail catamaran held to her eouAe would have shamed many a deep-keeled steamer. Looking back toward the island, the peak of Tiniquio was the only thing visible above the horizon. Twenty minutes more, and there was nothing in Right but sky and water, the log dial indicating 39 miles; so that in a little while I might expect to be near the reef. For several minutes more I looked at nothing, thought of nothing, but the compass and log. Leaving Alamogordo, we will follow for a few momenta the line of the newly con structed Alamogordo and Sacramento lit Railway, wLich is the branch road running into the timber. This road, leaving Alamo gordo, runs along the b*se of the mountain for six miles to the foot of the La Luz canon and from here to the summit of th Saoramentos, about twenty miles, through rough and winding canons It is s wild Crand view at every turn. Tht-re are thre» complete horseshoe curves on this line, as well as numerous sharp curves from twenty to thirty per cent., and it has wsll beei termed the "Corkscrew Railroad." The grade, which is from six to ten per cent., rises rapidly as yon asoend the canons from 4,400 feet to nearly 9,000 feet at the summit, and it is certainly one of the greatest and most difficult pieces of engineering work in the United States About ten miles up the canon, at an altitude of about 6,300 feet, 1b one of the finest sites for a sanitarium in the whole Southwest. It is at the junction of two canons inside the timber line, and I doubt if any more beautiful view of oanon| arroya, valley or mountain can be obtained from any other point in the Saoramectos. For several miles before reaching th% timber Hue the canons and arroyn irt A Narrow Escape. This was better than I had bargained for. Knowing the strict ideas in regard to chaperonage which regulate Spanish society, it never occurred to me that such a tete-a-tete would be permitted; but I found that tiuajan, like a steamer at sea, was more or less outside of social restrictions, a law unto itself. Thankfnl words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. : "Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my longs, a cough net in and finally terminated in consumption. Four doctors gave me up, saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if 1 could not stay with my friends on earth I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King'* New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. I gave it a trial. Tock In all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God I am saved and now a well and healtht woman." Trial bottles free at the drug stores of G. D. Stroh, West Pittston, and W. C. Price, Pittston. Regular size 50c and $1. Guaranteed or price refunded. The rock uiu«t have been at least 15 feet higher than the surrounding ledge, forfl could see the sun through the water overhead. It was. longest from east to west, and In the middle was a small projection as high as my shoulders, it was this which sent a shivering conviction through me that I bad found the wreck at last, and I eagerly searched for another projection at the westerly end. After taking about 20 steps I found it, or rather I found a s.mall lump of rock where it should have been; and this settled my last doubt. My first impression, that the foremast had broken off shorter than the main, was accountedfor by the fact that the whole westerly end of the mound was two or three feet higher than the middle. Walking east, to the other end, I found It several feet lower yet; so our theory as to the drift of the coral fragments had been •bsohitely correct. It now remained tnrl to ascertain how thlok throttling The senorita seemed to have perfect confidence in my seamanship and was evidently glad of such an opportunity to ask questions. As we skimmed along the blue water I satisfied her curiosity regarding American women and gave radical opinions on men of various nationalities — chief among which was a caution against believing what any man said to her unless she knew him very well, because they were not all truthful andhonorable like myself.. I wonder how many men have solemnly worked this gray-bearded old warning on girls whose society they selfishly wished to monopolize. And I also wonder what curious train of thought must run through a woman's mihd when she hears It from the hundredth man. Forty miles--*5 miles—50 miles, with scarcely a deviation from my 15% degrees. Fifty-one miles; I was trembling a little with excitement now. Fifty-two miles; I held the paddle between my knees while I got/out the sounding line and placed it by my side. Fifty-three miles; the water certainly seemed flatter, just ahead. Fifty-four miles; I hauled in my log line and screw, lest they should catch on the rocks and be lost. Two minutes more; I lowered away the sail uutil there was Just enough pulling to give the proa a gentle headway. Over went the lead: my heart was in my mouth as I watched the line disappear. 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Then I got out of the diying suit, took a strong pull at the branay flask, and hauled In my line. It had run sut so rapidly, after fetching loose from the mast, that a snarl had caught the otheT steel bar and jammed it under the outrigger. Otherwise I, didn't like to think of that. ACTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED EVERY" where for "The Story of the Philippines," by Murat Halstead. commissioned by the Government as Official Historian to the War Department The book was written In army camps at San Franclseq, on the Pacific with Gen. Merritt, in the hospitals at Honolnla, in Hong Kong, in the American trenches at Manila, In tne insure*, nt camps with Agninaldo, on the deck of the Olympia with Dewey, and in the roar of battle at the fall of Manila. Bonanza for agents Brimful of original pictures taken by government photographers on the spot. L*Mtebpok. Low prices. Big profits. Freight paid. Credit given. Drop all trashy Moffl.ial war books. Outfit free. AddreSTV T. 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Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 49 Number 12, November 11, 1898 |
Volume | 49 |
Issue | 12 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
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Date | 1898-11-11 |
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Full Text | Established 1H50. I VOL. XLIX No. 13. 1 Oldest Newsoaper in the Wvomine Vallev PITTSTON LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER n, 1898. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. C•1.00 a V «*r . in AdftLM, the periods of satisfactory silence when we floated along In delicious idleness under shortened sail, the northeast trade wind gently fanning our cheeks and the cottony clouds reflected in the brcnad Pacific. We two were alone between sky and water, and the Island was a mere bank upon the horizon. Under such circumstances it is exceedingly difficult to keep one's thoughts from showing In the face, and I began to feel that I could trust this girl as I had never trusted a woman before. that at last I had found the Santa Rosa shoal. I was absolutely alone upon the broad expanse of ocean— not even a gull in sight. There was nothing to indicate that the ocean bottom was any nearer to me than the threemile depth over which I had just sailed, and I could have tossed a pebble into that from where I sat. Yet I had actually found and under the impenetrable mask of these long, glassy waves was touching, through the leadline, a mystery of the sea which for nearly a century and a half had baffled all investigation. The fact seemed so wonderful that for some time I sat tihere letting it soak in where my mind could grasp it. was on tne nortneriy 6iae, ana i rapidly scrambled down to where I had first stumbled against the wreck. will sometimes leei ior mauiiuitie objects. I petted that coquina anchor as If It had been a living creature. You see, we had gone down into the valley of the shadow together, and but for a direct interposition of Providence would have been likely to remain there. I must have been altogether upset by the experience, for, after hauling the rock on board, I held It in my lap and almost cried over it. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. AN ATTRACTIVE SPOT. covered with pinon and juniper, with now and then some stretches of fragrant pine, bat after reaching an altitude of 7,000 feet we come upon mile upon mile of red spruce, white and yellow pine, and qoaking asp, for milling purposes. The moantains are rolling and covered with a magnificent body of timber, and the supply is almost inexhaustible. Some of the treM •re five feet in diameter, the average being •boat three. I had brought the smaller steel bar with me from the proa, and this I began driving against the perpendicular incrustation of coral at a spot near the stern. At the second blow, however, 1 LESSON VII, FOURTH QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, NOV. 13. ALAM0G0RD0, NEW MEXICO, AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY. Text of the Lesson, II Kings xkx, 20-32, 28-37—Memory Verses, 82-34—Golden slightly lost my equilibrium, and found that the rock upon which I stood shelved rapidly. A horrot of the unfathomable depth which lay but a few feet beyond made me throw myself flat upon the bottom, digging my nails into the coral lest I should 6lip and sink to I knew not where. Lying there until the beating of my heart slowed down to something like a normal pulsation, I saw a faint reflection of light beneath the keel—enough to show that several feet of the stern hung she ex over the precipice. The Scene ef Industrial Operations Started Text, Ph. xlvl, 1—Commentary Prepared by Wyoming and Lackawanna Capital- by the Rev, D. M. Stearns. The position of the proa, over deep water, was explained by the light puffs of wind, which for an hour or two had shifted to the west'ard, as it will sometimes do shortly before the change of monsoon. But in half an hour it was again blowing svtcadily from the northeast, and I started on my return to Agana. [Copyright, 1898, by D. M. Stearns,] ist* Reviewed In Interesting Style by a 20. "Thus Kaith tho Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, I have heard." In the fourteenth year of Hezeklah the king of Assyria came against Judah and greatly blasphemed the Lord both by word and by letter. Hezeklah, when he had road the letter, spread It before tho Lord and prayed (verses 14-19). Many times have I followed Hezeklah's plan and always found rest. If we ask anything according to His will He heareth us (I John v, 14), and it is His will that we tell Him everything and have careful anxiety about nothing. See in verse 19 that the groat desire of the king in asking for the overthrow of Sennacherib was that all the eifrth might know that the God of Israel was the only true God. Former West Plttston Boy. The mountains on the western slope are very rugged, bat after reaching the summit they gradually slope eastward, and here is really D farmer's paradise. One would hardly believe that such a magnificent farming section conld be foond in the heart of such a rough country. Fruits, vegetables and grains are grown to perfection at an altitude of from 7,000 to 8,000 feet. 1 saw the exhibit from this country which was taken to the Territorial Fair at Albuquerque and Dallas, Texas, but I do not wish to take up maoh space relative thereto; suffice to say, the Sacramento exhibit took the palm at both fairs for the qutftity and size of most of its prod actions. Sho knew that I had some ulterior object In remaining at Agana, and her manner led me to believe that she would further it as far as lay in her power, at least while I showed a preference for her society over that of other women. This wasn't expressed in so many words, but she confessed to the knowledge that I had left the house on some adventure during the night, and to an impression that I wanted the padre out of the way, though her surmising went no further than that. Leaving El Paso, Texas, on the newly constructed railroad, the El Paso and I Northeastern, popularly known as the White Oaks Route, one is not particularly Impressed with an eighty-six mile ride over a semi-grassy mesa dotted with cacti, but on arriving at Alamogordo, which is to be the central point on this route, we find things changed. Alamogordo is situated in the Sacramento valley and abont -H miles from the foot of the Sacramento mountains. After leaving the train and taking a sweeping view of the country, one cannot help but admire the grandeur of the scenery from this point. Directly west some forty miles, the jagged peaks of the San Andreas range extend north and sonth as far as the eye can see; to the south some thirty miles are the Jarllla mountains, Clarehce Herbert new. [Copyright, 1S9T. by J. B. Llpplncott Co.] ' According to Halstead's figures, my my position was then about twelve thirty-three, north by one-forty-four, twenty-two, east. The figures in Fray Ignacio's document had been 12 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds north by 144 degrees 23 minutes no seconds east. . So the approximate position of the wreck was one mile farther east, and two and a half miles to the s'uth'ard, from where 1 was. From the drag of my lead on bottom, I calculated the headway to be about six miles an hour, and steered due south for twenty minutes; then I headed east until it seemed as though the proa had gone an even mile, and was just about to stow away the sail, when the lead-line flashed over the side like lightning, as if a shark were making off with it. But upon grasping the coil I found only the natural resistance of its own weight, and I knew I must have reached It was then two o'clock. Having the breeze well forward, I calculated that it would take me at least six hours to get back; but the witch of a boat made good headway within five points of the wind, and I sighted Tiniquio, bearing a little north of east, at four o'clock. Holding on the same course for half an hour, Agana then lay to the southeast'ard; and I put the proa about for a straight run in. proximately, 12 degrees 30 minutes, 30 seconds X. lat., 144 degrees, 23 minutes 00 seconds E. Ion." This I hastily penciled upon the wristband of my shirt; then, considering the advisability of destroying the document, I had decided that its absence might be discovered at any time, and was about to replace it, wbVr. I thought of Sebastiano. 1 couldn't afford to leave accurateinformation for him to find. In a second or two an idea occurred to me, and, striking a match, I held it over the parchment in such a way that it charred the figures completely out, yet looked as though a cinder had fallen accidentally upon the page. It was, of course, likely that the padre would have his suspicions if he ever saw it; but if I succeeded in getting safely out of the church, I thought, he'd have a sweet time verifying them. CHAPTER IX. It must have been at least ten minutes before I recovered enough to crawl back upon the higher portion of the ledge; then, realizing that my supply of air was nearly exhausted, I braced myself firmly and began driving away with the steel bar again. The coral easily crumbled under the blows, though at that depth It was filled with live animalculae, and in a few moments the bar had penetrated several inches; then it struck something soft and spongy, in which It stuck. Rapidly enlarging the hole until I could put my hand into it without tearing the skin, I felt about for a second or two and succeeded in detaching a splinter of water-logged wood—a piece of the hull itself. I had determined to lose no time !n attempting to see the document In Fray Igneclo's box, and, as It proved, the dinner party helped me materially. Bartolomeo and the other priests dropped in upon us before -the cJo"Ce of the meal, and were pre-vadled'upon 10 ■pend the evening. Whether my liking for the senorita had at that time awakened a reciprocal feeling, I didn't knonv; but she seemed aware of my desire to get the padres in a happy frame of mind, and aided me in every way she eould, ordering Pepe to bring bottles, and more bottles, for the delectation of the company. Palm brandy, or aguardiente, is the only brand known in the Ladrones, and that seldom appears upon a gentleman's table. But light wines, and, for stronger heads, rum and water, are freely indulged in. The result is rarely drunkenness; the stuff doesm't act that way in warm climates. But for early-drooping eyelids and dreamless sleep that works like anaesthetics, give me two bottles of Spanish wine that have made the voyage to Manila or Guajan. The padres were built upon the cistern principle, all of them; but they were practically asleep before 11, at which time they accepted the colonel's hospitality and fell to snoring? peacefully upon the floor or the rattan sofas, wherever they happened to drop. We had a lunch with us, so it was well toward evening when we returned, to find the town in a commotion over the strange and terrible miracle which had been witnessed by lay-brother Felipe. I've often thought that I was an innooent means of giving the Holy Roman church a deeper root in the Ladrones than it ever had before. Even Padre Bartolomeo, who was too wily a bird, and too well educated, fro be fooled by an ordinary erery-day miracle, was a good deal shaken up by the lay brother's yarn. His superior learning had fostered a laxity in his principles, an impression that he could drink and gamble with impunity; but after a thorough examination of the chancel, together with unavailing cross questioning of his entranced associate, he began to wonder if -there were not more things in Heaven and earth than were dreamt of In his philosophy. However, as the offerings which began to pour in exceeded anything in his recollection, he kept his head, and continued to look upon himself as a blessed, though humble, medium. When about ten. miles off shore, however, I discovered that I had company; for bearing down from the north'ard was the biggest catamaran I ever saw. The hull must have been at least a hundred feet long, and the sail looked like a gigantic balloon. The Instant I noticed it, two words flashed through my mind—"Padre Sebastiano"—and I was convinced that my oleaginous shipmate was coming to pay Guajan a visit. 21. "This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him, The virgin, the daughter of Zlon, hath despised thee and laughed thoe to scorn." The people of God In Judah, called the daughter of Zlon, the daughter of Jerusalem (oompare Lam. ii, 18), having God as their defender and avenger, need fear no enemy. In such strongtb Moses and Joshua lived; Gideon also, and David when he went fearlessly against Goliath. When we seek only the honor and glory of God, He will not fail as. Neither the railway nor the lumber company has any particular interest in these lands b«yond the summit and they are still largely open for homestead entry. These lands were closed to settlers several yeua ago as a forest reserve, bat with the oomiug of the Iron horse were opened for entry in the spring of this year. while through a break in the Sacramento moan tains, in a northeasterly direction, the greatWhite Mountain peak looms np, which I believe is one of the highest in all New Mexico. To yon who are only used to onr low Pennsylvania hills, it is difficult to convey even a fair idea of the kaleidoscopic beauty of a New Mexico sunrise and sunset on these mountains. The gradual change from the blue hills of the morning to the tinted shades which sunset produce Is truly marvelous. As a productive country, I know of none equal to it this side of California, and as no irrigation is needed here in the mountain country it doea away with a very expensive feature In western farming. The rainfall 'ncreases as one approaches the summit and I have seen it raining many days in the mountains while Alamogordo wouldn't get a drop. 22. "Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed, the Holy One of Israeli1" As in the next verse, "By thy messengers than bast reproached the Lord." They spake against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the people of the earth, the works of the hands of man, and for this cause Hezeklah, tbe king, and the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and oried to heaven (II Chron. xxxil, 19, 23). God heard their prayer, and now we will see how He answered it. the weather side of the ledge. I paid out the whole thirty fathoms, but the pull was as strong as ever. Then, taking the linen line from the chest, I bent it on to the other and kept paying out for several minutes; but no bottom. Being afraid to lose it, I began hauling in, measuring on the gunwale as I did so, and found that it had gone down over nine hundred feet. Well, when a man is alone in mid-ocean, on nothing but a few sticks, and findshimaelf over an unfathomable abyss, the sensation is something like that of worms crawling around in his gizzard—a aurt oi ticklish feeling through his insidefe. This was. enough for one day. I had found the reef. I had actually found the wreck of a ship which, from its coral deposit, must have lain in the one position for over a hundred years at least—presumably thff galleon Xeustra Senora de Sevilla. And I had found that the coral jacket on the northerly side of her hull was less than six inches in thickness! I wanted to dance from sheer satisifaction, but it occurred to me that it might be safer to do so in the proa above water, so I started back toward her. To replace all of the documents was a work of some moments, so careful was I not to disturb the coatings of dust with which they were covered. Then I locked the box. while the fray sadly wabbled his head at my temerity, and started to return. The floor of the vaults was of pounded clay, and each step I took produced a vibration which filled the air with echoes of other creeping footsteps. My nerves were worn to a thin edge by this time, and had it not been for the brandy I probably should have lost consciousness. Yet. standing there in that foul, subterranean passage, in an island practically unknown to the world and thousands of miles from civilization, I couldn't help grinning to myself—a chattering, nervous grin it was, too— at the incongruity of a prosaic commercial man who had worried through 35 years of humdrum existence, being in such a position. What an unmitigated liar my acquaintances in the club at Hong-Kong would1 think me if I merely detailed the bare facts 1 Now, any companions, native or Spanish, who might accompany the padre were likely to be either in his confidence or under his influence; and it struck me that the sea chest might excite more curiosity than was really safe. So I did considerable hard thinking oDver what had been told me about the sparsely settled portions of the island, in the effort to decide upon a safe place for the concealment of both chest and treasure if it should become necessary. There was but one spot that I felt sure about—Port Tarofofio, on the southeast coast. This was a land-locked bay, surrounded by bold, rocky bluffs, and was uninhabited. In an air line, it was 9% miles south of Agana; but, as the islanders never walked or rode that distance when they could travel in proas, there was but one chance in a thousand of any boat's being seen beating in—especially as the place had the unsavory reputation of being haunted. On the land side there had been an old sugar plantation known as Mount Tar ofofo farm, but the gobernador had mentioned it m being abandoned; and the mountain, or bluff, shut out all view of the sea. This new town which, although not a mushroom town, has sprung up like a mushroom in the night, is laid out on a plot of 960 acres, is subdivided into businees and residence lots and five-acre fruit tracts. Everything abont the place has been a scene of activity ever since I arrived here, and from a little town of about 150, at that time, it has already developed into a prosperous plaoe of 500 people, and every day new comers are arriving, both by train and the western regulation style—overland. The town site is a desirable one, being located directly opposite the Alamo Canon, whence we get an excellent supply of spring water for drinking purposes. At present this supply is oonveyed through a four-inch main, bnt the Alamogordo Improvement Co are now surveying for a twelve-inch main and before the year is ont we will have water enough to supply a town of 7,000 inhabitants. Hunting is fine on mountain and plain. Deer and wild tarkey are plentiful inside the timber line, while quail, prairie doves and jack rabbits can be shot on the outskirts of Alamogordo. Antelope an plentiful some twenty miles north and they are now "bunching" for the winter. I have seon them grazing with the Texas "longhorns" within twenty-five miles of El Paso, Texas. 28. "I will turn thee back by the way which thou earnest." This is a part of the word of tho Lord ooncerning Sennaoherib. See also verse 28, "I know thy abode and thy going out and thy coming In and thy rage against me." He wfeo created all things oan set bounds that none can pass. We can only go hore and there or do this or that if the Lord will (Jas. iv, 15). Man does not stop to consider that ail his words and even his thoughts are known to the Lord (Ps. oxxxix, 1-4), and that it Is impossible to hide anything from Him. Even Adam, blinded by satan, thought be could hide from Qod among the trees (Gen. Ill, 8). Happy are those who live as in the sight of the Lord. Now my mind was so filled with exultation at having accomplished-seeming impossibilities that I tried to put my hands In my pockets and whistle as I strode along. But there were no pockets, ini the confounded rig, and the whistle was a mistake—a big mistake. It not only exhausted my breathing air, but it produced a concussiou In that copper helmet which nearly lifted the roof off of my skull. It sJiook my confidence so much that, wVen the ringing partially subsided in mp ears, I hurried along even faster toward) the proa. After walking considerably farther than what should ■Have been the proper distance I began Jto curse my thoughtlessness in not lowing the thing along after me, instead of leaving it to be hunted up when even seconds were precious. In my nervousness I must have gone too far. Finally I turned back, looking right and left for the line which had been fastened to the lump of coquina. Just when hope had almost left me I stumbled upon the piece of rock and grasped the rope to ascend. But things seemed to be turned around. Instead of slanting to the westward, as It should %ave done, the line hung over toward the precipio*. Thinking that I had surely lost my bearings, I took a step or two. underit CHAPTEB X. Heading out to the west'ardv I crept slowly back over my course, leaving the lead fathoms under water. In three minutes it struck bottom and dragged. Then I lowered away the lump of coquina which served anchor—leaving fifty feet of slack line, which I secured to the mast with run-] ning loops—after which I ate an orange, took a few swallows of wine, and fished out the dlving-srilt. It was such a perfect night that the aeoorita strolled down to the beach with me before retiring, and I have a hazy recollection of kissing her. Something of the sort, anyway, for ahe left her eool fingers in mine for half a minute before she disappeared. By Thursday morning' I was ready to start for the reef, but thought it batft to wait a couple of days longer, in order to avoid routing suspicion by an all-day absence alone. The Inooming of the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad and its extension into the White Oaks country, eighty-five miles north, will no doubt open np mineral and agricultural resources of vast importance, and as El Paso is the natural distributing point for the productions of this seotion, it has already put a new lease of life Into all eastern New Mexico. Nth C Law. Nearly all of my new acquaintances had sailed with me, at odd times, and my reputation as an enthusiastic yachrtsman was pretty well established. 80, early Saturday morning, I had Pepe wheel my cheat down to the beach, telling him that I was taking my tarpaulins and lunch, with the intention of sailing off and on around the island. I also said that I would This and her personal loveliness in the moonlight, came near to interfering with my progress; for upon reaching my room I took an easy chair out uponibe balcony and smoked for over am hour, thinking of her. The windows of her room were diagonally opposite my own, across the patio; and I fancied once or twice that I could detect her figure among the shadows. After awhile, however, it struck me that if I were really going to do anything it was about time to get at it. So I opened the sea chest and took out the electric safety lantern, then silently made my way •long the corridors and down to the room where the padres? were snoring. 29. "And this shall be a sign unto thee." By comparing this verse with Lev. xxv, 21, 22, the sign seems to have been the special blessing of God upon the Sabbath year, or, in other words, the blessing of God on His obedient people. What but the hand of God oould cause land to produoe a three years' crop in one year? In the K. V. margin of Prov. x, 22, we read that the blessing of the Lord maketh rich and toil addeth nothing thereto. Ascending to the image chamber, my hand trembled so that I couldn't hold the light steady; and this erratic illumination gave the figures a ghastly appearance of life. I was hastily crossing toward the narrow entrance which led to the cloisters, when the murmur of a voice in the chancel on the other side of the wall made me shut off the current in my lamp and gasp for breath. In an instant I was in darkness so thick I could feel it, though a very faint reflection from the waning moon made a sort of graypess up where the windows were; but, looking toward the chancel wall, I noticed a faint lumlnousness in one particular spot, and it was from this quarter that the voice seemed to come. I remember once, when a boy of 18, being invited to a very swell ball at which I expecrted to meet a girl who had produced a strong impression upon me, and spending, inconsequence, nearly two hours over my toilet before I was satisfied with it. But that wasn't a circumstance to the care with which I got into thait diving suit, though the thne consumed was appreciably less. The recollection of my sensations when first trying it on gave me a feeling of apprehensivenes* which It was impossible to shake off. I pumped air into the knapsack until it wouldn't artand another inch. I examined every rivet and clamp, every seam and strengthening hoop, before putting H on. But at last I was completely bottled up, witb the sole exception of the lens in front of my face. This I left open to get another bite of orange and at least half the bottle of wine, realizing that no matter hoDw much I might want either, under water, they would be *imply out of the question. Alamogordo, N. Mex., Oct. 22, D98. Alamogordo is already forging to the front as a businees center for this and the surrounding country, and some twenty-five or thirty stores representing almost every line of the mercantile business are doing a thriving business. A new hotel of thirtyfive rooms is now in course of construction The Wealth of Cuba. caonp somewhere If I found ft impossible to get back that evening. The more I thought of it, the more it seemed exactly the place I wanted. It needed but the falling off a few paints to head for the Cocos island instead of Agana, and by six I passed it as close in shore as it was safe to go. By seven o'clock I had reached sufficiently to the east'ard for a straight run into Tarofofo, and, going about, rounded Point Pidfcpouc Just at dusk. As the ffie water and the exact blnffs were accurately shown chart, I had no difficulty in running ashore at the weetsrly head of Pstcpouc cova; which I Judged to be completely sheltered from observation on the 1 land side. After lowering the sail, I noticed that the rocks descended abruptly into the water at the spot I had selected, and Was on the point of running along to where the chart showed a small creek, when a slight opening attracted my attention. The precipice was so close that I could have tossed a pebble against it, and the spot so perfectlysheltered that I felt safe in using my lantern. Outlines were becoming indistinot in the gatheringdarkness, but the moment I turned on the current it revealed a fissure, about four feet wide, which led diagonally Into the face of the rock. There was a good three feet of water right up to the opening, and upon throwing the light Inside I could see that it ended Ln acul de sac with perpendicular walls. If Uncle Sam should, In the interest of humanity, add Cuba to his domains, it would almost double his wealth. With Cuba under a stable government and folly cultivated, Uncle Sam would soon control the world's markets for four great staples—tobacco, sugar, ooffee and rice. It seems a shame to abandon this rich to an alien raee. It is a greater for a man to abandon his stomach to the ravages of disease. To strengthen the stom•»ch take IIo«tetter's Stomach Bitter*. It is just the thing to stimulate the appetite. It will overcome dyspepsia. If there la constipation it will establish regularity of the bowels. It makss the nerves strong and steady, and stives restful slumber. There is no substitute for it Pepe was a pretty decent old chap, as orderlies go, and seemed to have taken a fancy to mCe for reasons of his own—possibly my habit of giving him cigars now and then. He had been in the Islands long enough to be something of a weather prophet, and insisted upon bringing down an extra supply of provisions in case the wind should fall when I was too far out. He also cautioned me against losing sight of the mountain, as otherwise I might steer clear of it and never be able to find my way back. I assured him that I would be careful, and felt easier at this Indication that my knowledge of navigation was unsuspected. The study had always been a fascinating one, and in my voyages between Frisco and Yokohama I had improved the opportunities to know all I could of it. Without the aid of a nautical almanac it might have been difficult for me to fix a ship's position accurately at sea, but Hakstead had coached me on the voyage from Manila until I felt reasonably confident. 80. " The remnant that is escaped of the bouse of Judah shall yet again take root downward and bear frnlt upward." The doctrino that it is ever the few out of the many who are really the Lord's and who glorify Him is found in all Scripture. The stories of Noah, of Lot in Sodom, of Elijah and such statements as "Few there be tbat find it,-* "An afflicted and poor people wtesnTIl trust ln the Lord," indioate that wRialrGod sees to be ever true See Math, vil, 14; Zsph. ill, 12. and will be completed in abont a month, and we have a weekly newspaper. A dozen or more residences are now occupied, but a great many people are living temporarily in tents, awaiting the construction of the new mill which will give them cheaper lumber for building purposes. I have been told by doctors that fat men usually sleep more soundly than their skinny brethren, and my experience that night seemed ts clinch the assertion; for, though I had to feel over several square feeti of Bartolomeo's anatomy in my search ftDr his bunch of keys, he never even wiggled. It would have been possible, of course, to force the locks; but that was too risky an operation when simpler methods were available. 81. "Out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant; tbo zeal of the Lord o£ Hosts shall do this, 'the zeal of tho Lord of Hosts shall also bring the kingdom of peace on earth which shall have no end (Isa. lx, 7). All shall be accomplished in and through the Son of David, our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it is written, "The zeal of thins house hath eaten me up" (Ps. lxix, 0; John il, 17). It is nothing with the Lord to work with many or with few; nothing is too hard for Him (II Chron. xlv, 11; Jer. xxxli, 17). Tha pride of the town, howernr, is its park. This park ia a fall mile in length It took but a moment to figure out that this spot must be approximately In the rear of the crucifix head over the altar. There was a pile of boxes just under it, on my side, so I cautiously climbed to where I could look through. Then my nervousness left me. For on his knees before the altar was lay brother Felipe, pattering out prayers for the repose of the good dead fathers below. It afterward came out that he had been asleep In his cell, and, awaking suddenly, had heard footsteps and echoes in the catacomb which fairly curdled his blood; so, by the light of the onJy candle he could find, he was doing his best to lay the restless spirits. and 400 feet wide and ia set ont with young cotton-wood trees, which were imported from Texaa last fall. They are doing well under irrigation and in another year or two will give ample ahade. Pennsylvania avenue, which, by the way, is the longeat street in the town, extends the full length or the park. The altitude of Alamogordo la 4,300 feet and the land gently alopes to the foot of the Sacramento mountaina. More Than Nine—"Here'a a new life of Washington that I am" "Great mackerel!" interrupted the book agent's victim. "He has more lives than a cat, haan't he?" air was so still that I could hear the Stepping across the little square, the lapping of the ripples on the beach, a quarter of a mile away; and I seemed Then I screwed on the lens, opened the valve from the knapsack, and started to step over the gunwale; but my feet seemed glued fast; I had forgotten that the leaden solea of my shoes weighed 16 pounds each, and that there were weights attached to my shoulders and belt as well. They got themselves over at last, however, and, letting the line slip through my hand, I sank rapidly to the bottom. Shake Into loot Shoes to bo the only living creature awake. I had no difficulty in finding the key wbioh opened the postern) door at the 82. "Therefore thus saith ths Lord ooncerning the king of Assyria." Our Lord doeth according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth (Dan. iv, 35). His thoughts and purposes are as good as aoooinplished (Isa xlv, 24; Jer. li, 29). 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I had to take a good pull at my flask before I could unlock the iron trap and descend into the vaults. There, also, the foul dampness, and the company of real bodies, made my scalp creep until It felt as though each individual hafr were squirming. It was very hot here in July and August, but even with the thermometer up to 115° to 122°, as it has been, one does not suffer asunder ninety degrees In the Wyoming Valley, nor do they perspire. The eveninga are always cool, and just now it is neces sary to have a fire at night. This is owing It was an idealmorningfor the exper iment. The breeze was just fresh enough to send the proa scudding before it, and the sky was clear blue from horizon to horizon. McPherson had made for me a slot, from two pieces of copper, riveted to a strip of flat iron, to hold the log register; and this 1 secured, by lashing, to the sftermoet outrigger while I was running from Agana to Point Orote, steering with a long, flat-bladed paddle which I held between my knees. When a sufficient distance from the shore, I took out the compass and piaoed H between my feet. Fortunately, the gobernadoi had got It into his head that my luggage contained delicate scientific instruments, so he had given strict orders that it should be handled carefully in transit from the steamer. 83. "By the way that he came, by the Mine shall ho return and shall not oome into this oity, salth the Lord." This was the decision of Him who had all the boats of heaven under His control and all power to carry out His purposes. Heoould say, "Hitherto shalt thou oome, but no farther" (Job. xxxvlii, 11). Even the great adversary must stop when Qod shall say so, and he shall go to tho pit for a thousand years, and to the lake of fire forever. At first the so»s«tion was similar to diving, naked, in deep water. There was the same bubbling numbness in the ears, the impression of light, faintly penetrating through an opaque green substance, and grotesque shadowy objects which caught at the fee* and made it difficult to step. The absence of buoyant feeling was strange and very uncomfortable. Had It not been for Halstead's precaution in making me try the suit on, I miglht easily have lost my head during the first five minutes. There was a rushing of aif from the knapsack which made me gasp for breath, and the continual pop-pop-pop-popping of air-bubbles from the top of the copper helmet filled me with a horrible dread that the water was pressing Iz. ".cn me through some unsuspected leak in the How recklessness got the uppe» hand of me would be hard to say; but. without giving the danger a second thought, I lifted my lantern to the aperture and turned on the current. I would have given a large sum to have seen the effect from the church side; it must have been more than startling. I could tell the exact instant when the lay brother raised his eyes to the top of the crucifix by the way his murmuring stopped short. There was* a gasp of astonishment too great for louder articulation, a shiver of ecstatic fear; and when I squinted through the hole, after shutting off the current, he was groveling, face down, upon the chancel floor. I pulled frantically at th« and. Eddie, aged four, had just returned home after his first morning at the kindergarten. "Well, Eddie," aaked his mother, "how did you like it 1" "Didn't like it at all," he replied. "The woman put me on a chair and told me to ait th«re for the present—" "Well," Interrupted his mother, "waan't that all right!" "Bat," continued Eddie, "ahe never gave me any preaent." to the severe weather which haa recently prevailed in Colorado and otheT northern States. in an attempt to haul the proa directly overhead, but the rock shelved abruptly. In another second I lost my footing. I pulled frantically at the end which was fast to the rock, but only started it rolling after me. Then I clutched at the bare coral, but It was too late. Over I went, and the rock after me, with a jerk which nearly pulled the line from my grasp. Feeling sure that the line would hold at 50 feet, I clung to it desperately. For just the fraction of a second it did hold. Then 1 could feel thoso loops slowly but remorselessly pulling loose, and 1 shot downward* If I had searched the entire archipelago it would have been difficult to find a place more perfectly suited to my requirements; when I came again. In broiad daylight, the fissure was invisible 100 feet away. It was something of a task to unload the contents of the big chest, but in a short time I had them stowed away under a tarpaulin, 60 feet from the opening, and was ready to leave the cove. The moon was not yet up, but the starlight was sufficient to navigate by, and I reached Agana by 11 o'clock. As the big proa I had seen was of too hea/vj- draught to run across the shoal in front of the town, I was not surprised at her absence. The lights about the gobernador's quarters were sufficient indication that visitors had arrived, and 1 managed to sneak up the back s.teps to my room without attracting attention. It was well that T did so, far my The new saw mill now being constructed by the Alamogordo Lumber Co., composed of Scranton, Wilkesbarre and Pittston capitalists, is nearly completed. This mill is situated just west of the town and is a model plant of its kind, being fitted throughout with the lateet and most improved style of milling machinery poasible to produoe. The motive power consists of two 125 horse-power Stirling boilers. The main mill is 165x36 feet and adjoining this are the lath and shingle mills on one side and the planing mill on the other. This modern plant will turn out 100,000 feet of lumber per day a- d will give employment to about 400 men in mill and timber. 84. "For I will defend this alty to save it for mine own sake and for my servant David's sake." See also chapter 11, 6, and comparo Isa. xxxi, 6; Zech. xli, 8. The "I wills" of Jehovah are a study of greatest possible benefit. They often ooour in sevens and in connection with the statomeut"I am Jehovah." See Ex. vi, 6-8; Gen. xvil, 1-8; Ps. xcl, 14-16. Beoause He is what He is He will do what He says, not for Israel's sake, but for His own sake. See Ezek. xxxyl, 22; Ps. ovl, 8. We must not look for worthiness or merit In ourselves, but in Him who alone is worthy (Ps. cxv, 1; Rev. v, 4, 6). Take all the comfort you can find In such passages as Isa. xliii, 25; I John li, 12. Eyes and Nose In Water. When Bartolomeo introduced me to the remains of Fray Lgnacio, that morntog, I felt more or less of a friendly interest in the old chap; we hadn't been near enough to appreciate the ghastliness of the grinning skull, half hidden by its gray cowl. But now, when I C. Q. Archer, of Brewer, Maine, says: "I have had catarrh for several years. Water would run from my eyes and nose for days at a time. About four months ago I was indnoed to try Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder, and since using the wonderful remedy I have not had an attaok. I would not be without it." It relievea In ten minutes. Sold by S. H. Rhoades. As the catamaran approached Orote I took out the log, slipped the registei into Its slot, and coiled up the line so that it could be instantly eased away, then steered within a hundred yard* of the rocks so as toget an exact bearing. When near enough I let the bow fall off a little until the proa was heading exactly 15 degrees and 27 minutes to the westward of south—the odd three minutes being an allowance 1 thought best to make for leeway. My compass being but six inches in diameter, it was practically impossible to keep it exactly on a hair-line between 15 and lfl degrees when the proa was crossing a long swell; but by keeping it somewhere between the south by west quarter west and the south by west half west points I felt sure of holding on a fairly true course. Thi9 was my opportunity. Calculating that he wouldn't dare raise his eyes for several moments, no matter what strange noises echoed through the church, I slipped around through the postern and succeeded in restoring to Padre Bartolomeo's snoring torso his bunch of keys without being seen. Once back in my room, I locked the door and put a chair against it; for I was considerably shaken up, and looked as though I had spent a week in the infernal regions. Then down until the pressure gripped my arms and legs In an Iron vise—until the blood gushed from my nose and ears. The water grew icy cold, und darker—darker. The helmet seemed filled'with rushing noises, with whisperinga and mocking laughter. I tried to tear away the lead weights which hung from my belt and shoulderss but they wouldn't budge. For a moment or two I must have bccome delirious; I was kissing Dorotea's sweet lips, McPherson was talking about Gladstone in his broadest Scotch, Sam Ilung Foo was making bobbery about a pink devil with red stomach and gilded ears, every face I ever knew flashed before my eyes as if the lens were a klnetoscope. Then— there came a jerk at the line! It must have caught on something. I knew I hadn't fastened the other endi. To stay at that depth another second would have meant unconsciousness and death. Fearing with eveTy tug that my weight, added to that of the rock, would pull the line loose, I hauled myself up, hand over hand, though the exertion was so great on account of the pressure that every motion seemed likely to burst a blood vessel. Of course, in doing this the air in the knapsack counted for a good dieal; in all probability I couldn't have sunk much lower unless it had exploded; but the weights would have held meat that depth had it not been for that slender bit of rope. For several fathoms It needed but the slightest tug to send me shooting upward, and as the pressure Increased! 1 was Detter aoie to use my arms. My strength was going fast, however, and nothing but the inimal instinct to fight for life saved me. Approaching the surface, I became weaker—or it required more strength to haul the extra weight— and when I finally got my arms across the gunwale and outrigger it was impossible to move another inch. The supply of air had given out, and my last conscious motion was to unscrew the helmet lens. armor. placed my light between his toes and Presently, however, it seemed evident that I was neither drowning nor suffocating yet, and I tried to look about me. Everything had the shadowy appearance that objects will take on In a room from which the sunlight has been excluded by window-shades —a sort of cool twilight. But as my eyes became accustomed to it, and as confidence began to return, I could see more distinctly. My body was protected by copper hoops which allowed me to breathe in comparative freedom, but my limbs felt as though the sleeves and breeches were 14 sizes too tight and were likely to split whenever they moved. 85. "And It eame to pass that night that the angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand." The work of this angel is also mentioned in Isa. xxxvii, 86, and in II Chron. xxxii, 21. When the devil is to be bound and oast into the bottomless pit, It is written that one angel will do it (Rev. xx, 1-8). Consider in each of these cases the power of an angel and then think of the millions upon millions of them mighty in strength, doing His commandments, hearkening unto the voice of Ills word (Rev. v, 11; Ps. oiii, 20). Think of the angel's disregard of and power over soldiers and fast barred gates in the etory of Peter's release in Acts xil. Think of the one who carried good tidings to Paul in the storm at sea (Acts xxvli), remember that they are all ministering spirits sent forth to minister unto the hairs of salvation (Heb. i, 14), and let your heart say, "Though an host should oncamp against me, my heart shall not foar" (Ps. xxvli, 8). If God be for me, who can be against rnef I will trust and not bo afraid. attempted gently to case hia stomach of that heavy box, the bony fingers clung to It with gruesome strength; Almost everything in the fruit and vegetable line can be grown here on the level. The soil is wonderfully rich, being as it is, one mass ot the decay of centuries. At La Luz, six miles north, and Tnlarosa, fifteen miles north, are fine orchards of peaches, pears, German prunes, apples, etc., and figs are successfully cultivated. The flavor of these fruits far surp ifrs"8 our Eastern productions and the peaches, pears and apples grow to aonormal dimensions. A ready market ia found for all these productions in El Paso. Very Popular. the old bones cracked and wheezed as Sandy Ban, Pa., Nov. 1, 1898.—The great popularity of Hood's Sarsaparllla is due to the genuine merit of the medicine. Mrs. George E. Klpp, of this town, says: "We have found Hood's Sarsaparllla the best medicine on the market. It is an ex* cellent blood purifier. We take it every spring and fall, Qpd my husband aays be will never be without it." I tugged at it. How I managed to keep from fainting outright, I never knew. My efforts to remove the chest from the old fellow's lap aeemed to threaten a disarrangement Of his skeleton so serious that I gave up the attempt and unlocked it where it lay. To this he made face was a sight. Little rivulets of clotted blood covered the lobes of my ears and myupper lip; my eyes looked Like burnt holes in a blanket; and, altogether, I presented a most dissipated appearance. Breakfast was fortunately late, so I had time to bathe and make myself a little more presentable, but I must have looked seedy even then. This, however, was naturally laid to the dinner party of the previous evening, none of the gentlemen, feeling very positive as to when or just how he had parted from the others. I thought that when the padres got thoroughly waked up and had time to get the lay brother's experience through their heads there was likelv to be more of Padre Sebastlano was cordiality Itself, but I could see that lay brother Felipe's miracle was working in his mind, and that he was trying to figure It out upon natural grounds. I was upon the point of asking him how he happened to find the big proa so conveniently forthcoming when he decided to proceed down the islands, but reflected in time that, if I had been fishing to the east'ard, as I had explained, it would have been obviously Impossible to see his flagship; so I pumped him dry upon Ladrone data Instead. no objections; he even appeared to take a mild interest in the proceedings, wagging and wabbling his old skull, with horrid whisperings and creakings, every time I leaned against him. The papers in the box were covered with a thick layer of dust, and, after another pull at the fiask—in which the fray, by a sorrowful wag of the cowl. Tommy—"Pa, what's a foregone conclusion?" Pa—"Anything that's sure to follow something else. For instance if I were to lock my desk your ma would break it open whenever I went out to see what I had looked it for." When Orote rock vm precisely under the third northerly spur of Mount Tlniqulo, I knew the bearing they formed was exactly at right angles with an air-line to the reef, and, dropping the log »crew overboard, commenced paying out the line, being careful that it shouldn't fall low enough to foul the rocks. Then, with the great &all skimming over the water like an albatross, the proa flew straight) for the open sea. Nearly all oar eastern vegetables, except com, grow successfully here on the plain. I have seen lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, turnips, carrots, radishes, beets, cantelopes and watermelons growing successfully with little Irrigation—all within a radlns of 200 fe»-t. As nearly as one might calculate, the range of sight extended In a radius of about 50 feet—though at that distance objects had merely the appearance of blurred masses—and in a few moments I commenced making my way along the reef to the s'uth'ard, keeping as near the easterly edge as I dared, but being careful to plant each foot firmly before taking a step. It must have been instinct which led me down the reef instead of up, for when I had walked a couple of hundred yards I stumbled against a dark mass which seemed to be an abrupt rise in the shoal. The side toward me was so steep that I was afraid to climb it, so I walked carefully around, wondering at its odd overhanging formation at the westerly end. At the southerly tide It sloped away in a gentle declivity, which I mounted with ease. refused to Join me—I gently lifted the top ones with a pair of pocket plyers ' so M to show the least disturbance. Realizing that every moment was precious, I hastily scanned the other documents until one bearing Kr V* NAT'o7r*^OT of the Globe for [RHEUMATISM! ■ NETOALGHA and Complaints. J m and prepared under the stringent M ■kjERMAN MED'CAL LAWS.^ prescribed by eminent physicians i^|iB Mm dr. richter's aSm M?" ANCHOR "C39 fPAIN EXPELLERl ■ world renowned {Remarkably successful! ■ ■2nI7 Repnlne with Trade Mark " Anchor,"■ ■F- id. Kichter -Oft., S15Peari8t., New Tort. ■ I 31 HI8HEST AWARDS. ■ 13 P.-snoh Bosses. Own Glassworks. ■ H Mni4BlnC«MMt) ■ Haass a PXCE, w UMM DC«», S.C.6UCK, M S«*k M«l» Stmt, i. H. HOCCK, i North Mala St. n. M RICHTCR'S I **ANCHOR" STOMACHAL beat fori & Stomach Comply..D i a sensation than the little town had known in many moons; so, complaining of a severe headache, I Invited the colonel and his daughter to sail with me in the new proa. Having to hear a few cases at the tribunal that morning, he politely declined, but assured me that Dorotea would be pleased to go. 36, 37. "His sons smote him with the sword." Thus he died in his own land according to the word of the Lord (verse 7), and while in the act of worshiping Idols. So shall perish all the enemies of tho Lord. Water for irrigation purposes is supplied through a large flume from the La Luz oanon, and a splendid flow of artesian water can be had by sinking from 150 to 300 feet. The Agana padres regarded his visit as complimentary in the highest degree, respectfully swallowing his yarn about collecting materials for island history; but I couldn't help chuckling to myself when I pictured his examination of Fray Ignacio's mummy and its precious charge. Sebastiano and I were adversaries; there now seemed ■ but little doubt of this fact. And the more I thought of it the more certain I felt thatmy motions were likely to be watched during every hour of the 24. Every time I went sailing alone, there was a strong probability that the big proa would keep me well in sight. Making me the cat'# paw to secure his chestnuts would comfortSebastlano's very liver. Mjmttu were worn ta a thin edge. For over an hour I scarcely lifted my eyes from the compass; and the way that frail catamaran held to her eouAe would have shamed many a deep-keeled steamer. Looking back toward the island, the peak of Tiniquio was the only thing visible above the horizon. Twenty minutes more, and there was nothing in Right but sky and water, the log dial indicating 39 miles; so that in a little while I might expect to be near the reef. For several minutes more I looked at nothing, thought of nothing, but the compass and log. Leaving Alamogordo, we will follow for a few momenta the line of the newly con structed Alamogordo and Sacramento lit Railway, wLich is the branch road running into the timber. This road, leaving Alamo gordo, runs along the b*se of the mountain for six miles to the foot of the La Luz canon and from here to the summit of th Saoramentos, about twenty miles, through rough and winding canons It is s wild Crand view at every turn. Tht-re are thre» complete horseshoe curves on this line, as well as numerous sharp curves from twenty to thirty per cent., and it has wsll beei termed the "Corkscrew Railroad." The grade, which is from six to ten per cent., rises rapidly as yon asoend the canons from 4,400 feet to nearly 9,000 feet at the summit, and it is certainly one of the greatest and most difficult pieces of engineering work in the United States About ten miles up the canon, at an altitude of about 6,300 feet, 1b one of the finest sites for a sanitarium in the whole Southwest. It is at the junction of two canons inside the timber line, and I doubt if any more beautiful view of oanon| arroya, valley or mountain can be obtained from any other point in the Saoramectos. For several miles before reaching th% timber Hue the canons and arroyn irt A Narrow Escape. This was better than I had bargained for. Knowing the strict ideas in regard to chaperonage which regulate Spanish society, it never occurred to me that such a tete-a-tete would be permitted; but I found that tiuajan, like a steamer at sea, was more or less outside of social restrictions, a law unto itself. Thankfnl words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. : "Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my longs, a cough net in and finally terminated in consumption. Four doctors gave me up, saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if 1 could not stay with my friends on earth I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King'* New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. I gave it a trial. Tock In all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God I am saved and now a well and healtht woman." Trial bottles free at the drug stores of G. D. Stroh, West Pittston, and W. C. Price, Pittston. Regular size 50c and $1. Guaranteed or price refunded. The rock uiu«t have been at least 15 feet higher than the surrounding ledge, forfl could see the sun through the water overhead. It was. longest from east to west, and In the middle was a small projection as high as my shoulders, it was this which sent a shivering conviction through me that I bad found the wreck at last, and I eagerly searched for another projection at the westerly end. After taking about 20 steps I found it, or rather I found a s.mall lump of rock where it should have been; and this settled my last doubt. My first impression, that the foremast had broken off shorter than the main, was accountedfor by the fact that the whole westerly end of the mound was two or three feet higher than the middle. Walking east, to the other end, I found It several feet lower yet; so our theory as to the drift of the coral fragments had been •bsohitely correct. It now remained tnrl to ascertain how thlok throttling The senorita seemed to have perfect confidence in my seamanship and was evidently glad of such an opportunity to ask questions. As we skimmed along the blue water I satisfied her curiosity regarding American women and gave radical opinions on men of various nationalities — chief among which was a caution against believing what any man said to her unless she knew him very well, because they were not all truthful andhonorable like myself.. I wonder how many men have solemnly worked this gray-bearded old warning on girls whose society they selfishly wished to monopolize. And I also wonder what curious train of thought must run through a woman's mihd when she hears It from the hundredth man. Forty miles--*5 miles—50 miles, with scarcely a deviation from my 15% degrees. Fifty-one miles; I was trembling a little with excitement now. Fifty-two miles; I held the paddle between my knees while I got/out the sounding line and placed it by my side. Fifty-three miles; the water certainly seemed flatter, just ahead. Fifty-four miles; I hauled in my log line and screw, lest they should catch on the rocks and be lost. Two minutes more; I lowered away the sail uutil there was Just enough pulling to give the proa a gentle headway. Over went the lead: my heart was in my mouth as I watched the line disappear. 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