Pittston Gazette

              Established 1850. I VOL. XUX No. 13 | Oldest Newsoaper in the Wvomine Vallev PITTSTON LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1898. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. ( #1 oo ft Ynr in Advance- when the galleon was lost), eight-real pieces of Philip V., dollars from the Mexican mint, bearing simply the Spanish arms, and even four-real piece*. I remember wishing that all the treasure had been gold, on account of its bulk; but, after ascending to the upper chamber, I knew pretty well how Edmund Dantes must have felt. to open the postern, when the door suddenly swung wide, revealing a burly form in the moonlight outside. It was Sebastiano; but, fortunately for me his heCad was not as clear as usual. Being an inveterate smoker, his nerves often went back upon him; and no mortal digestion could stand the abuse he had given his that evening without protesting. Altogether, he was in a bad way. Nothing but an object of vital Importance could have forced him to venture upon a nocturnal prowl in such a condition. The moonlight must have given that wax figure an aspect.of blood-curdling horror, for, with a gasp of surprise and mortal terror, th« padre turned and ran acrosa the little square, around the tribunal, through the plaza, then over the bridge to the beach. I hod seen my advantage in an instant, and, holding the figure so that It covered me entirely, glided rapidly after him. When we struck the beach he dodged around a proa which lay hauled up on the sand, and, with a screech of fright, doubled back over the lower bridge. Picking up a goodsized lump of coral, I threw it with all my might and struck him fairly between the shoulders. That settled it; he ran as if the devil were after hiin, not daring to look round. was too great for that. My chief danger lay In the possibility of falling asleep. This I provided against by drinking half a bottle of wine and a pint of cold, strong coffee; besides which, I smoked incessantly; cigars were good company about that time, and stimulated the imagination. My eyelids were pretty heavy toward daybreak, in spite of these precaution*; but, lowering the sail for a few moments, I undressed and jumped overboard, rolling and floating in the cool water until thoroughly refreshed. my own crew and ktiow pretty well who were on board; couldn't do that with one of the compauia's boats, and there might happen to be nothing else in port. There's one thing that might be done, and—I guess—it would work." "What's that?" what are you going to do about that young lady?" HORN BORING INSECTS IS EUROPE THREATENED? "For instance?" Caterpillar* That Perforate Antler* A Question Snftpeitted hy the llulion- "Oh, shucks, llarry! don't beat about the bush. If that girl continues to help you as she has, and keeps her mouth , shut, she's a trump. Are you going to sail away and leave her at the end of the world with merely a conventional promise to call if you ever happen to be in Spain when she's living there?" A curious fact; which for many years has proved a bone of contention among scientific men has just been decided. Sportsmen and naturalists when bunting in India and Africa have from time to time had brought under their notice the hornsof various species of deer and buffalo which have been more or less perforated by insects. On careful examination it was found that the little creatures which tunneled and made their home in the hard fiber of the horn were the caterpillars or larvs of a moth, belonging to the same family as the common and all too familiar clothes moth. la Africa and India. The terror in Vienna which has followed the outbreak of bubonic plague there and the deaths of five persons in addition to that of Herr Barisch, who first contracted the disease from the careless handling of germs under cultivation In Professor Nothnagle's bacteriological laboratory, la not without foundation in the possibilities of the disease, aside from the effectiveness in a highly civilized community of modern methods of isolation and antiseptic treatment. For the bubonic plague, which still devastates India and other oriental countries, is the same disease which for centuries periodically devastated Europe, appearing in England as late as 1666 and only retiring from the continent within the century. The earliest historical record of what is believed to have been the bubonic plague carries it back to 767 B. C. 1c Plogar In Vienna. "Charter the Countess herself from the government, for a month. You know she connects with the Saigon Messageries boat, taking in Yloilo on the return trip, between the island voyages; at least, that is the temporary arrangement. Now, between each trip we usually lay up at Cavite for two weeks; and Ramirez has twice tried to charter her for a quick run to Hong- Kong in that time. The Countess would easily make Guajan and Hong- Kong. out of Manila, in 16 days at the outside, allowing a day and a half to load at the island, if we needed it. Then we could reach Saigon in five days more, and turn her over to the government in time to make the Mesageries connection all right." I had provided myself with a stout bag of cocoa matting, and was raking handfuis of the doubloons Into it, when there came a sharp tug at the line fastened around my waist. This was the danger signal agreed upon with Dorotea; so, dragging the heavy sack, I scrambled out through the hulk and pulled myself up to the proa. It took our united efforts to get my burden over the gunwale; thenDorotea pointed off to the west-ard, where a gigantic sail was moving swiftly along. "No, I'm not, old one. When the Countess of Devon change owners, it is possible that Senorita Dorotea may have an interest in her. My mind has been pretty well occupied with this speculation of ours for the past two weeks, but—well— How's Gracia?" Pretty soou It began to get gray in the east, and when the sun poked ItH rim above the horizon I drew a great breath of relief; for there, 80 miles to the southward, was the peak of Yap, rising over a thousand feet from the sea-levrt. It was impossible to mistake it. With the exception of one or two reefs which scarcely showed above thi'lr surf, there were no other Islands within a hundred miles. Clarepice Herbert Hew. [Copyright, itqr. by J. B. Lipplncott Co.] From their diminutive size the moths belonging to this family have received the name of tlneidae, and it has been observed that they are all more or less given to making their homes in strange places during the larval stage of their existence. The little larvas of our old enemy the clothes moth, for instance, make for themselves protective cylinders out of the cloth they so greedily devour. "You'll see for yourself when we go below for breakfast. She thinks a good deal of Senor Enriquito—tells me all the time that I don't half appreciate his friendship for me; so you're welcome to be as brotherly or cousinly as you please with her, especially as she's likely to sail with us on the Hong-Kong voyage."but, regaining confidence a little more quickly 1 carefully examined the wreck with the electric lantern. I dreaded to use dynamite, lest it might dislodge the stem and send It crashing down to unfathomable depths; but there was no choice in the matter. It would have taken all the afternoon to cut through the coral and timbers. So, fixing one of the cartridges In a hole drilled by the steel bar, I arranged the line so as to detach a heavy sledge hammer, which we had brought, and drop it upon the mercury capsule. CHAPTER XI. To unscrew the helmet clangs and take it off was but the work of a few seconds; then I grabbed the glass and focused It upon the other craft. It wis the padre's big proa, asl hadi suspecte—his corpulent figure near the helmsman was unmistakable—but so far away as to be all but hull down; and, making to the s'uth'ard as she was, it was highly improbable that he had Been our mast. For a good half hour 1 watched the proa, not daring to raise our own sail lest it should be seen; then SebasDtiano put about to the westward and almost disappeared. This was our opportunity, so we were quickly off in the opposite direction. 1 calculated that by making 40 miles due east we should have the wind • bout right for a straight reach into Parofofo, andi could probably get there by six o'clock. It was actually a little before that when 1 concealed the gold and other articles in the fissure, so that, catching enough sea bass on the way to account for our long sail, we arrived at Agana by eight. In all my experience with sailing craft, extending over many years and gathered upon every sea of the globe, 1 never found anything to equal the island proas of the western Paclfio in either speed or safety. On account of their strength and lightness they are practically indestructible, and their enormous sail area makes them the fastest things upon salt water. That my statement of having made 26 statute inlle« an hour with one, before the wind, is no exaggeration, anyone who has ever tailed in one will admit. ■ In 446 A. D. it invaded England, hardly leaving enough living to bury the dead, according to old records, and in the fourteenth century the whole world was swept by the worst devastation that has ever afflicted mankind, the black death, which in its main features resembled the modern bubonic plague, .*? •" in ipite of certain differences, is believed to have been the same disease. In Europe 23,000,000 persons died of it between 1347 and 1860, and in Asia 25,000,000. Its last visitation in England, the "great plague" of London, in 1665, carried off 68,600 persona. In the seventeenth century a gradual lessening of the area in which the plague was prevalent began, with lessening frequency, too, in its outbreaks. In the eighteenth century it continued to retire, and In the first third of this century it was confined In Europe to European Turkey, ceasing altogether in 1841, with the exception of an outbreak in Ciscaucasian Russia in 1879, which was regarded as having the chief characteristics of the plague, bnt only affected a limited area. That the combination against me had strong odds in its favor seemed obvious; and I began to speculate upon how far It was safe to trust Senorita Dorotea. Strolling down to the beach with her, before retiring—just to throw Setbastlano off his guard—I learned with intense satisfaction that she both feared and detested the man. She whiskered also that her father had reason to suspect the padTes Julian and Sebastiano «rf using their influence against him in Manila. For a moment or two I had a suspicion that she and the gobernador might be under the padre's influence and trying to work themselves into my confidence with the Intention of betraying me afterward. But the more I thought of this the more improbable It seemed. In the first place, relations between the educated classes and the priesthood in Spain are rapidly approaching those which obtain in Italy—neutrality on the surface, distrust beneath. Then, it seemed as though the senorita must know too much to look upon 6ebastiano in other than his priestly character; and If the friendship between us was warming as rapidly as I thought, it was reasonably safe to stake her woman's heart against her head. But still another stroke of good fortune was in store for me tb»t morn- "What would ltcost to charter her?" "Well, probably a little more than what the companta pays. She'll register over 3,000 tons, gross, and can do 14 knots when she wants to; that's pretty stiff traveling for compound engines of this size. But the government don't care for more'n ten knots; so they pay Ramirez & Co. $5,300 a month. I guess we could have her at $6,000, easy enough." "Really ? Good! The girls ought to be very chummy together. But, I say. suppose anything should happen to me, or, through some unforeseen misfortune, I should lose the stuff? If you'd contracted to buy the ship, and support a wife in the bargain, you'd be in a good deal of a hole. After all, Dick, it's a frightful big gamble. And I don't know that you're justified in taking chances." Sometimes these tubes present a very carious appearance owing to their having been enlaijft.i as the insect has grown and different colored materials used for the new portions of the old case. The larvee of another branch of this family deck themselves out with floral garments, the calyx of the flower of the common marjoram being a very popular dress, while others are of a mining disposition and love to excavate elaborate tunnels in the leaves of the honeysuckle. ing. I had noticed a peculiar haze across the sun when it first came up; and, looking again after heading for Toinll, I could plainly distinguish the smoke from a steamer's funnel; there being no other in that vicinity, I knew it must be the good old Countess. My proa was going through the water nearly two knots to her one; so, holding on until I was directly in her course, I took in sail and let her overhaul me. On she came, nearer and nearer; I could make out her yards, the boats at the davits, one of the mates on the bridge; then. I could see Hal stead come out of his room, climb to the bridge and fix hlB glass on the island. As the steamer came nearer, I waved my helmet and shouted. They recognized this with a salute fronwthe whistle, but paid no further attention, which put me quite out of patience; I w ould show them their old tub wasn't in it with an island proa. Up went my sail, and in a few moments I was alongside, near enough to shout: Since arriving at Agana, I had become acquainted with the islander Miguel, who had presented the church with his effigy iu wax after recovering from his strange and terrible disease, well enough to remember the proa in which he always sailed. This lay not far from my own; and it seemed eminently fitting that the owner's ghost should put to sea in it. Lest anyone should have nerve enough to watch the proceedings, I propped the figure in the stern, where, concealing me, it would show distinctly, then sailed around the island to Tarofofo as fast as the craft would travel. Upon reaching the cove, I secured Br'er Miguel among the rocks on Point Paicpouc in such a way that, while invisible from the outside, no one could enter the bay without seeing him. Considering the possibility of discovery by some one with sufficient education and courage to investigate the thing, it seemed risky to put it on the point where my fissure was. There was considerable doubt in my imind whether the thing would explode; but when I ascended to the proa and, after paddling a hundred feet away, pulled the line, the doubt was removed. Two or three square rods of water rose in a gigantic bubble, as if from a boiling spring, accompanied by a rumbling which sounded very like "un terremoto," as Dorotea said. "Any expenses besides that?" "Of course there are. Coal bills, at least $9,000 a month, if you keep shoving 14 knots out of her. She'll burn over 36 tons a day at that speed, and you can't get decent, free-burning coal In Manila for less than eight dollars. Then there are port charges, consul's fees, demurrage and numerous incidentals. all of which fall upon the charterer. The owner pays the salaries of officers and crew, repairs and the special expenses of the ship." "Oh, boshl I'd like to know what chances I've taken, or am likely to take, compared with yours. I've got $20,000 in gold, right here on this table, to do with as I see fit; I could get married and skip with even that much, couldn't I? And I'm likely to sit up nights worrying about a partner who went under water for me in mid-ocean,, bottled up in a diving suit, who tumbled off a submarine precipice and managed to get oil top again, who's been prowling about with ghosts and skeletons, and who hit an island, 450 miles away, with a proa, as plumb as if he'd had it fast to a cable; ain't I? Why, man, you've got more lives than a Kilkenny cat! I reckon I can stand the chances if you can." Strange as these habits appear, It ia yet more wonderful that a species of these soft bodied insects should be capable of boring into so hard a substance as the antlers of a deer. During the 45 or 50 years that these horn devouring larva have been un der observation the various stages of their existence have been carefully noted, from the laying of the egg upon the horn by the mother moth to the final appearance of her offspring as perfect male and female insects. I lost no time in descending' again when the commotion subsided, and found a gaping eight-foot hole in the hull. For a moment or two I hesitated about entering. All the stories about divers who had been caught and suffocated in old wrecks flashed through my mind. But, finally, mustering courage enough to crawl inside, I began to investigate. The space evidently had been an afterhold in the galleon, for it was filled with packages done up in hides; they and their contents were now hard as coral rock, but had once been indigo bales, without doubt. A number of them must have been stove through the planking when the galleon struck, for I could almost stand upright without touching the deckbeams overhead. Observation* of the long intervals between previous visitations have, however, led some authorities to believe in the possibility of a recurrence of the disease In epidemic form in Europe. In general it is held that civilized conditions and the modern methods of care for public health prevent such a possibility. The larvae on emerging from the egg bore down into th# horn, and when they have eaten their fill and are ready for their chrysalis sleep they tunnel up to the surface, so that they may have a convenient exit by which to make their escape when the pupal sleep is over and they have be oome perfect moths "So that we'd blow in the whole twenty thousand on the mere use of the steamer for a month?" "H'm.weU, at least eighteen, I should say. A 3,000-ton yacht is a pretty expensive luxury; and she'd be practically nothing more than a yacht for our purpose. There's no cargo at Guajan worth handling." The bubonic plague is a contagions fever, ohiefly characterized by swellings, usually confined to the glands of the groin, armpits and neck, bnt in violent cases occurring all over the body, whioh after death are often of a dark color, thna giving the disease its title of black plague in some of its epidemics. In some cases It begins with swellings, followed by a mild fever, with possible recovery Inside of two weeks. In its most violent form it Is followed by death within a few hours, preceded by a vomit of blood and wlthont the occurrence of-the characteristic swellings. Of its origin, methods of transmission and cure little is known. It is believed to arise In closely crowded communities "What's that matter with you fellows? Can't you be civil enough to stop and pass the time of day with a friend? You needn't be so stuck up, Dick. Til bet a doubloon onza that I can give the Countess five knots and beat her into Tomil from here." But, although 60 much of their life history was known, there still remained one problem unsolved This knotty question was that no one knew for certain whether these larva; attacked the horns and antlers of the buffalo and deer while the animals were alive or only after death After many years of speculation and conflicting opinions it has at last been conclusively proved that these insects do infest the horns of living quadrupeds, for the news has just come to hand that both the larvs and chrysalis have been taken from the horns within an hour of the death of the animal to which they belonged.—London Wall. Finally, deciding to risk it, I &4ked her if she cared to spend Monday upon the water wKh me; and she accepted the invitation with such evident pleasure that I shoved all worry about the padre clear of my mind for the time. "Well, we'll do our level best and hope that everything'll come out all right. I'm not particularly interested in Yap, so I'll start back in an hour or two and get down to business." There was no time to reach the town n train befr»r«i davbrettk: so. mrnCn»it« the east coast to a point where th« island was less than lour miles across, I lashed the steering paddle in such a way that it would carry the proa straight out to sea, and set it adrift. "Seems to me a steamer ought to be a pretty good investment." I could see the color fade out of Halstead's face as he leaned far over the rail and looked at me. As for Diaz, his eyes almost started from his head. "That depends a great deal upon the cargo and the time of year she's in commission. Freights are so low at present that half of them don't pay expenses; still, the tramps that make over 1£ knots are doing most, of the business, and at something of a profit." When Monday morning came, we breakfasted in the patio and made an early srtart before Sebastiano appeared, sailing leisurely around Cocos reef as If weD had the day before us and were disposed to take things easy. When I asked Dorotea if she had ever sailed into the bays on the east side, she said that, as it was usually rough and windy there, few of the islanders oared about It, only remaining in the little villages during the wet monsoon or while they were gathering rice and sugar crops. She was willing to go anywhere I chose to take her, however, and had no suspicion of my object until we headed into Paicpouc cove for the Instruments and diving apparatus. Then, before taking them from the fissure. I told her of my intention to search for something under the sea at Santa Rosa reef, and asked if she would help me. Looking straight into my face for a moment, she said: "Not much you won't. It was pretty good navigating to make the Island as you did, running before the wind; but going back is another matter. You'd have to make a reach of 400 miles nor'- nor'-wes' before you could put about for Guajan, and you couldn't go 48 hours without sleep. Of course, you could get the sun and figure about where you were; but it might take a week, standing off and qji; and we can't afford either the risk or the time. As it happens, there are two Pouynipete Spaniards aboard who want to reach Agana this voyage; but under the circumstances I'd run you up there regardless of consequences. I reckon, that letters from Sebastiano and De Qarma will smooth over the irregularities of this trip, and when we own the Countess I can do as 1 please with her." Sebastiano returned about nine o'clock, having left the big proa at Apra, and, while satisfying his vorucious appetite, told us quite frankly that he had spent the day looking for the Santa Rosa shoal. Recalling, for Col. de Qarma's benefit, the con\ creations which had induced Capt. Halstead to sound for the shoal, the padre asked if I could remember the position given upon the Imray chart. When I repeated it he said that an older Spanish chart which he had seen in Manila located the reef at least 20 miles farther west; that he had supposed at the time, and, in fact, until HalsteacL explained its nature, it was really a small islet which showed above water, and the most southerly one of the archipelago. This statement didn't exactly tally with the questions he had asked on the steamer when looking at Halstead's chart, but 1 could hardly repress a grin of satisfaction, nevertheless. If my fat friend pinned his faith upon this last' theory It would keep him at least 30 miles away from me whenever he pursued his investigations. Cautiously making my way aft, I came to a bulkhead separating the hold from a lazaretto directly beneath the captain's cabin. This I feared would be solid, in order to prevent communication from the forward part of the ship; and so it proved. As it presumably fenced in the strong room, or treasure;chamber, there waa nothing to do but foros an opening through it without delay. (It must be understood that evsn a diver who haa spent years at the business, and has an attendant pumping fresh air down to him, cannot afford to waste an instant of time or undertake anything requiring violent exertion while he la inside of a wreck, under water. The slightest miscalculation, the displacement of some heavy object, may cause him either to lose his bead or to become entangled beyond the possibility of ear cape.) I hated to use another cartridge; the chances were even that itmight blow the treasure Into Father Neptune's subcellar. But the effect* of the first explosion appeared to be merely local, there being no indication of radial splits in the coral incrustation; and that decided the question. "Harry, old man. it isn't really you, is it? For God's sake grab a line and come aboard. No, I'm not fool enough to race your proa. Here, Diaz, swing your starboard tackle over that catamaran and make fast to her, then lay her up on the to'gall'nt fo'c'sle. Stavens'll tell us all about it after he's had something to eat." A valley which lay along the easterly base of Tinlqulo opened out in the neighborhood of Agana, and by six o'clock I pushed through a banana patch directly in the rear of the gobernador's house. As it happened, there wa* no one in the patio, and, mounting to my room unobserved, I came down again directly with a couple of towels. Having had no sleep, and considerable hard work, I felt ju»t rocky enough for a good 6wim; it, also seemed an excellent excuse for early rising in case anyone should have noticed my move- living in a moist, heated atmosphere In a condition of filth. In sporadic case* It is not believed to be transmissible. In ita epidemic form It follows close association with the already infected, breathing the air affected by their effluvia, and handling their clothing The disease la known to have been carried by rats, an epldemlu among them having been followed by the plague among men. This is said to have been the case in the recent epidemic of the bubonic plague in India.—New YorkSnn. "Dlck, we've got to buy the Countess; that's what we've got to do. How much would Ramirez take for her?" Indiana's "What Is It." Prlnoeton, Ind., has a little animal unlike any other animal known It belongs to T. C. Braselton and was captured in the northern portion of Mexico. 600 miles from the American line. He is called Pedro, and this is as near classifying him as any one has been able to oome. "H'm! she cost £45,000 to build on the Clyde, and she's as good a compound' tramp as there is on salt water. But the triple expansion/ boat« that they're turning out carry more cargo with less coal, and he couldn't begin to get that for her now. If we were to offer $100,000—$10,000 down and the balance within six months—■ and he were satisfied as to our responsibility, 1 think he'd let us have her." The compass, log, sextant and bag of doubloons I hastily stowed in a canvas sack which Halstead lowered to me at the end of a stout line; then, mounting to our old quarters, we hugged each other like two grizzlies before saying a word. In oonsequence of the presenoe of this little fellow Princeton has become a Mecca for hundreds of persons inspired with ourloslty to see Pedro. In size he approaches the minimum growth of the mountain lynx. The color is like the cinnamon bear, dark brown. He has dark brown eyee, and his head, ears and feet are in formation exactly like those of a bear His tail is very long and large, and he uses itaa no other animal has ever been known to utilize a tall. Anything that be cannot reaoh with hia hind feet ia gained by means of hia tail.. What American Simplicity Stands ments. Baron Pierre de Coubertln writes an article for The Century on "Building Up a World'a Fair In France." Baron Conbertia says: For. CHAPTER XII. With the bag of doubloons upon the table between us, I told him what I had accomplished. It was all too good to be true. He couldn't sit still, but kept getting up and waLking about, excitedly throwing away his cigars half smoked and lighting fresh ones. When I hud brought the yarn dovfia to my coming aboard half an hour before, he spread a handful of the doubloons upon the table and scraped one with a file to make sure of its genuineness. Taking his pencil out, he asked: Sebastiano looked like a wreck when he appeared that morning. He accounted for this upon the ground of Illness to which he was occasionally "Then we'll take her. If you don't care about the investment I'll buy her myself. Now, how aoon can you get back to Agana?" Here the conversation was drowned by the whistle, as we signaled for a pilot off Tomil bay; and by six bells we were anchored opposite Rul. inside the reefs. The cura Juan was almost patalyzed when I shook hands with him. How my presence on the steamer was possible, when he had last seen me rowing ashore at Apra, he simply could not understand; and when Diaz told him of my being picked up at sea, he crossed himself several times. That the natives sailed from one island to another, in the Carolines, he knew, but the trips were seldom long ones, and very rarely beyond sight of land. Not long sinoe I read In a French newspaper that the Emperor William, while studying in detail the oonduot of the Spanish-American war, had been particularly impressed by the excellence of the oltlmn soldiery of the United States and by the efficient aid which they rendered the regular troops. This, however, was no surprise to me, for I have long been of the opinion that- even In the art of war the thousand and one complications with which the old world is saddled are In no wise indispensable, and that, although It may not be possible to Improvise Midlers, there should be little difficulty In making good soldiers out of free citizens. In short, we see that though Europe, through all phases of national existenoe, has remained complicated, Amerioa has retained ita original simplicity, whioh indeed la the chief characteristic of transatlantic civilization and gives it just that plasticity, that possibility of progress, that rapidity of reaJization, which make it a civilization superior in many points to ours. "Does not fienor Enrique know of a reason why I would do anything in the •world for him?" subject, and said that he would be obliged to rest for several day1!—that he had been working too hard upon his book. But in some mysterious way the story of his night experience leaked out. The disappearance of Miguel's proa started the inquiries; then another islander, who had himself received a bad scare, testified to having been wakened by a blood-curdling scream In time to see Padre Bebastlano running before Miguel's ghost, which subsequently embarked in his own boat and put to sea. This yarn was ridiculed by Bartolomeo until he investigated his figure-chamber and found the gruesome company one apparition short; then he told Seb&stlano about it and partook of his uncomfortable feelings. Their common tense told them that a wax fig ure couldn't transport itself without help; malicious human help; but their conviction that every door had been locked, and Bebastiano's positive assertion that the thing had certainly chased him of its own accord and absolutely without assistance or visible mechanism, simply couldn't be explained away. At first the churchmen were at a loss whether to feel complimented or alarmed by the various and peculiar manifestations with which they had been favored; but the more they failed to account for them on natural or scientific grounds the more they became impressed with u sense of unworthlness. As for Miguel the native who had been at such expense to import a suitable efligv o1 himself, he thought his time had come. But after reflecting upon his ghost's departure from the island, which could be Interpreted in no other light than as a solemn warning, he moved his entire family to Saipan, where, having no barangay to live upon, they were occasionally forced to work. "I'd want at least six days in Manila to discharge, coal up and settle matters with Ramirez. The government may kick a little if they want the steamer for another trip, but I guess the old man can fix that; we'll pay them a few thousand rather than have any hitch about It. Say 18 days from now; how would that do? Will you be able to manage it, and beat the padre for that le-ngth of time?" "Nothing more than the evidence of your friendliness, »enoritamla." Pedro's fur is short and thick and is now beoomlng quite soft, although when first captured it was very rough. In his waya Pedro is much like a monkey He likes to be petted and minds his owner very well. When Mr. Braselton holds him, Pedro will grasp his owner's finger in his paw and indicate just where he wishes to be scratched. When he yawns and stretches after sleeping, he runs his tongue out of hia mouth fully five inches.—Exchange. "So! But you do have the baCJmemory. It may seem nothing that you try to give great pleasure to lasenorlta whom you never have seen. I suppose men do think It matters little to a woman whether she does appear like other women or like una barbara? Yet you must have known, Enriqulto, or you would not have tried to do me la gran benevolencin on el vapor, when mias primes deapreciables did me defra«dar ignominiosamente—" The fact, however, that heD Intended makfne a frwtematlc search for the shoal complicated matter* a good deal. He was likely to overhaul me sooner or later and find that I was actually removing the treasure-. He might have spies all over the island; for all I knew, and some day my visit* to Port Tarofofo might be reported to him. Then, again, if I succeeded in getting all the money as far as my rocky fissure, it was sure to be spirited away fcy Sebastlano or the natives if they were successful in tracking me; and, cudgel my wita as I might, there seemed no way in which I could secret* it until the steamer returned without exciting suspicion—suspicion which might cause it to disappear at any moment. It seemed imperative that I should con&ult Iialstead before getting any more of the stuff above water; yet in case there were no passengers for Quajan, aa we had talked, there wasn't a chance of seeing him for nearly four months, and there was some doubt of his returning even then. There was a possibility of my reaching Yap in the proa before, he left that island, but it was a pretty formidable undertaking. After spending considerable thought over the situation, however, it seemed unsafe to attempt any other move, and I determined to risk It. The sledge had disappeared, so the shorter steel boc had to take its place aa an explosive agent. Calculating that the force would be mostly inside, I descended a* soon aa the rumbling had ceased; but the water in, the hull was still violently agitated, and the current forced me back when I attempted to enter. After this had subsided, I crawled into a place so changed' In appearance that it made me feel queer. The great lumps which had once been indigo were hurled in all directions, mostly forward. - In some places they were piled even with, the deck timbers; toward the after bulkhead they were scooped away to a depth of six feet, and the planking beyond was completely crushed through, leaving a large bole into the lazaretto "How many have you in this bag?" "A little under 1,300. I figured the weight at something like 80 pounds troy." "And they're worth more than $15.50 each. Why, man, ther* must be nearly $20,000 right here on this ta-blel" "Y-e-s, that's fairly safe. No matter what he may discover, it will be impossible for him to headi you off in Manila this trip; and when we own the ■hip the passenger list will be as limited as the mail contract. Then, again, youH have an entirely new crew, regularly shipped for our own voyage. By the way, why didi you speak of making Hong-Kong first?" To ba Continued- Chinese Ethics. How Gold Nnneta Grow. A Chinese flflrase, for which we shall hardly flad an'exact equivalent in the English language, will help us to separate truth from error—or at least the probable from the unlikely—when we read such dispatches as those recently published in regard to the flight, assassination or suicide of the Chinese emperor. The phrase may be literally translated, "to save his face.'' Any high offiolal of the empire may apply it to himself in certain contin genoies, and may think that he defends his personal credit and that of his office by committing suicide when threatened with removal. In the case of the emperor his sense of propriety and the rule of etiquette would leave him no choice If his successor has lx?en chosen, or it becomes quite certain that a successor is to be appointed immediately, he must "save his Imperial faoe.' It will not be necessary to murder him.—Harper's Weekly. "About that. It was rather bulky luggage, but I thought we'd have to use money in getting the stuff away from Gusjan, so brought it along. Now, how in blazes are we going to manage it? I've thought of a dozen schemes, but there's a hitch In erery one of them. If I wait three months for you, we stand a chance of losing every dollar before the steamer shows up—always pro\iding she is sent out here again. Bebastlano can't get the money where it is now, in the wjeck; It is generally supposed that the nuggets which are found in the river gravels of Klondike and other auriferous regions have been brought down by the rivers direct from the reefs In which the gold originally lay. "Why, how the dickens did you find ontt Who told you?" "Yourself, senor." "I? How? Impossible!** "You did just tell me, by your exclamaclon. I but guessed before. True, Senorita Palaclos did say that you were un generoso—that you did like my picture all of the time—also that if I did find anything which I could not understand; you all about it would know. Then, mias prima* in Manila did write the letter about the trimming they did have put upon las vestidaa. Y contemlar! they were as described. But there were others, not of the style antiguo. And of them there is no explanaclon in the letter." Many practical miners and scientific men, however, have long been of opinion that this cannot be the case, for no masses of gold of so large n size were ever found in the reefs themselves. They believe, on the other hand, that the nuggeiA have grown where they are now fouud, just as a crystal of salt will grow in a strong brine, but with so insoluble a substanoe as gold It was diffioult to understand bow such growth could take place. Experiments carried out In Australia have shown that decaying vegetable matter will cause the deposition of gold from solutions of gold salts, but these salts are not known to oocur in reefs. Royal Economy. "Because the Hong-Kong & Shanghai Banking corporation will undoubtedly be able to handle the silver for us. They have a capital of ten million*, a reserve fund of four and a half, and Mexican dollars, coined even as far back as 1700, are the current medium Cof exchange in China to-day. Anywhere else the discount on silver—especially old silver—would) be so heavy that we'd have to sell the stuff by weight; so we would get more for them on the Chinese coast than in any other locality." Do you not feel a sort of personal loss, in the death of the dear old queen of Denmark? Think how as the dowerless wife of a poor young offioer she made and mended for her six children, and then after years accomplished perhaps the hardest task of all in making them happy and homely at "mother's" as kings and wives of kings! I was exceedingly careful where 1 stepped, but lost no time in crawling in. The moment had come at last when our hopes were destined to be realized or finally destroyed. I cast the light slowly about the place. Along the after side there were several tiers of small boxes, piled one above the other, and there seemed to have been an even larger number against the bulkhead; kbut the explosion had thrown them all about the place. Wondering why none of them had smashed open, I presetvblv An Englishman once told me this story: As he was watching the magnificent pageant of the entrance of the Prince of Wales into London with his bride some one standing near said, "Just think, the decorations of the city alone cost £12,0001" It so happened that the remark was made to the uncle of the new princess. " That must seem odd to Alexandra," said ha. 'The most she has ever had for her dress allowance has been £75."—Katharine de Forest in Harper's Bazar. "Oh, well, don't say any more about it. You caught me nicely, I must say. It was the senorlta's generosity, not mdne. She was very kind, and it was all her doing. Now make yourself comfortable, and we'll try to find Santa Itosa." The mystery is now solved. A Slavonio chemist named Zzigmody has just shown that gold itself can exist In a soluble form. By acting on a slightly alkaline solution of a gold salt with formaldehyde and submitting the product to dialysis he has succeeded in obtaining gold In a colloidal condition, in whloh state it Is soluble In water and may be precipitated by the addition of common salt. Oar CoiniulHsinner*' Wives. "Guess you're right. I didn't think of that. Now, how about getting it on board without showing what the cargo really is?" * It Is interesting to note that the Amerl oan peace commissioners, now In Paris, are accompanied in every case by their wives All the ladles are said to be delighted at the prospect before them and quite aware of the importance of the peace commissioners. Mrs. Day, wife of the ex secretary of state, is a very striking brunette, but the most noticeable woman In the group is the wife of Senator Davis, who is young and famed for her good looks and crossed from Alaska to catch her husband's steamer. Mrs Gray, the wife of the senator from Delaware, is an extremely dignified woman. Mrs Whitelaw Reld is, of course, no stranger to Paris. Mrs. Frye expects a pleasant time in Paris, but she is not going to buy a cent's worth of clothing there. "No shop ping for me; I have got everything with me. I believe in my own country."— London Chronicle. "Well, let's see. Have you noticed whether any of the fishermen stayover night around .Apra bay?" The dress business was dangeWus ground, and I didn't want to discuss It; there was the possibility of her resenting an implication that her appearance in the picture wasn't perfect. Then, again, I couldn't tell how the other girl's having made such a present, merely from the desire to please Halstead and myself, would strike her. There was practically little danger that Sebastiano would succeed in accomplishing anything; not being a navigator, his investigations were pure guesswork and dead reckoning from tiuajan. Even if he did locate the reef, I was positive that he had no diving apparatus, and hft couldn't do much without—that I knew from my own experience. The principal thing that worried me was the chance of his running across my equipment in the fissure, and, taking it with me was out of the question. While thinking the matter over I wondered if the padre had investigated Fray Ignacio'B box. A scrap of conversation with Bartolomeo which I had overheard implied that he had; It indicated considerable displeasure with the resident padre for some reason or other. If such were really the case it might be months before anyone connected with the church would have occasion to visit either the crypt or the room containing the votive offerings again, and this gave me an idea. A Remarkable Rnawar, noticed that several had gone to piece* a little beyond where I was standing, scattering their contents In drifts over the floor. A very remarkable runaway happened In Chattooga county a few days ago. Captain C. C. Ham, & traveling salesman, went to Lafayette and hired a double team to make a country trip, taking a companion along with hlin. When five miles out the horses became frightened and ran away, driving the pole of the buggy entirely through an oak tree 16 lnohes in diameter. No damage was done to the buggy, horses or men The only thing hurt was the tree. The story was told by tha drummer, but later on a reliable farmer vouched for its verity, as he had -seen the runaway and cut the pole out of the tree. —Savannah News "Don't believe there's one. Even the Kanakas that Sebastiano brought down on the big proa walk over to town as soon as they've made fast for the night, and those who belong in Agat sail away up to the neck of the peninsula, so they'll only have a mile to tramp." It is probable that some of the gold In quartz reefs exists in this condition. It is washed out by the rain, carried away in solution by the rivers and deposited in the river gravels wherever there is anything containing salt to cause its precipitation. In the course of ages a large nugget may in this way be formed.—London Mail. With a sense of unreality numbing my brain, I stooped and took some of the objects in my hand. They were round and flat, smaller than a silver dollar. They were covered with a thin tlm of corrosion, through which I had lio difficulty in making out the castles and rampant lions of the Spanish royal arms. I scratched with my knife at the corrosive film; the bright yellow beneath proved conclusively that the coin was an old double doubloon, or doubloon onza, worth $15.50, troy weight, and probably something more on account of its antiquity, for It was iated 1761 ( reign of Charles IIL) and bore the mint mark of MexicoCity—M. Judging that It would now be safe to leave Uuajau for a few days, I told IDorotea of my intention. At first the attempt to reach Yap in an open boat seemed little short of madness to her, but after explaining that I was able to find my position from the sun, as she had seen officers do aboard ship, she reluctantly admitted that It might be done. We were beginning to understand eacb other pretty well by this time. Making me.look straight into her beautiful eyes, she let me see why the thought of my possible danger tormented her. A return to Point Orote, to get my bearings, would have cost a good hour and a half; so i determined to trust the "That's what I thought. You've noticed the stone building and sheds belonging to the harbormaster, haven't you?—about 500 yards from the landing pier at Punta Piti?" Bensn Acting Mollere. Making me look straight lata bar beautiful eyu. A good story comes from Paris about a descent made by the police on a crowd of vagabonds who had taken refuge in one of the quarries oonneoted with the works of the new Alexander III Bridge over the Seine. They came upon a curious sight. By the light of two candles stuck Into empty bottles, which represented the footlights of a very roughly Improvised stage, the company of vagabonds were playing the "Misanthrope" of Mollere to an appreciative audienoe of the usual type of vagabonds to be found in such quarters. The leader of the troupe had once been a director of a theater in the provinces, but he had become bankrupt and fallen so low in the social scale that he had become a vagabond himself. The dramatic instinct-, however, was so strong that he had formed a troupe among his companions. The leading lady had onoe been a star in a minor theater in Paris, and that was some 50 years ago. The part of the ingenue was taken by a young scoundrel who flourishes under the name of the Ttirco. The play was in full swing when the police descended and swept off the major portion of the company and audienoe to the police station. The mam regret of the director seemed to be that he had not been able to ring down the curtain on his most effective scene. chart, which was laid out on a scale of three sixty-fourths of an inch to the mile, and make a straight run from Tarofofo. Knowing as 1 now did the exact position of the reef, it was a sim pie matter to figure the distance exactly—49 miles, south-southwest quarter west—and steer accordingly. that's practically certain. But he's "On the road to Agana? Yes, frequently."more than likely to keep on with his Not What He Meant. Tlie (lueen'a I'atcoda. fool souudlngs in the big proa until he "Well, have you also seen the big lot of copra, In bags, under another shed about half way between them and the pier?" The London Times says "A good story of the 'things one would have expressed differently' type is being whispered About Gloucester. Some crank has been writing to the local papers complaining that dur log the fostival he is not admitted to the cathedral free, that being a place of wor ship. The crank turned up at the cathedral the other day and was told he coald not be admitted without a ticket ' Do you mean to tell me, he excitedly argued, 'that I shall require a ticket to enter the kingdom of heaven)'' 'Well, no,' explain ed the polite steward, 'but you won't hear Mme. Albnnl in heaven. And then, when the enormity of his remark dawned upon him, that steward tnrned and tied ' It is not generally known that at Osiiorno there is a garden cottage in the shape of a pagoda where none may enter jxcept the queen This cottage holds lothing but mementos'of the late prince jonsort and relics of the queen's youth, as well as the toys and games of all her children, many of which the prinoe consort made himself finally strikes the reef, If he does, I get anything up; he'll watch the place may not have another opportunity to My calculation* proved correct, the lead touching bottom at about half-past eleven. With my former dangerous experience in mind, I determined to locate the wreck,if possible,before going down, and steered directly along the precipitous face of the shoal with a firm grip on the sounding-line, which told the instant that we edged off over deep water. Proceeding in this waj, the lead was pretty sure to strike the wreck and drag when we came to it; but, as an extra precaution, I lowered away the rock anchor and let it bang •ix feet under water. This experiment was an entire success, for in a few momenta it caught to sharply against the perpendicular side of the hulk as almost to snap its line; had there been more than a rag of the sail up, It would have done so. night and day. Just at present he's "I remember the bags, but I didn't know what was in them; copra's dried cocoanut meat, Isn't it, ready to have the oil tried out when It gets to clvllir.atlon?"It was impossible to estimate the number of these doubloons in sight-; there were tiers upon tiers of the boxes, and they were all full. badly scared, and isn't likely to do Miguel'* ghost had sailed away on Tuesday morning, the 14th, and, according to our previous calculations, Hal.tead would arrive In Tomil bay about daybreak of the following Sunday. Figuring that, before the wind, my proa would cover the 452 miles between Guajan and Yap in 23 hours at the outside, and not wishing to hang about Tomil among strangers who might ask dangerous questions concerning my strange appearance, I postponed the start until Saturday morning. There was, of course, an element of risk in this—a possibility that I might fail to reach the island on time; but I had a good deal of confidence both in my ability as a navigator and In the proa itself. much for a week or two, especially if he sees no necessity for immediate ac- Stepping toward the side wall, tosee how deep they were piled against It, I stumbled over the combing of a hatchway in the floor. The cover was unfastened, and, after raising It, the light revealed a short ladder, which I stuff in Tarofofo before he tackles the , .. , . ■ rj.. , * i. That's right. There wasn't a full shoal again. The chances are that it' . , . ... , _ , . . . . .. . A , , shipment of the stuff when we arrived, would be safe In that Assure, unJeas I *, ... T . u o .u . ... , .. ' .. on the 4th, so I told De Qarma that were spotted going there too often. ... . , .. . ,, . . .. D . tb ° 14 take all he could get together next But suppose I managed to keep 11 all , . , .. 6 . . , , . ... . . ;. . trip. It 11 come diribbling along, two right until your return, he would have •. . strong suspicions *bout the package. ?T th™ .b,^at *cc°rf when thev were *ing shipped. Of the .slanders happen to feel about course, if we got the treasure as far as working; and there Isn t a man in the Manila, he couldn't do much-" j we#*ern vPacj?c who woul? *e , . . . ' ftuff, or handle any more of it than he "That* where you re very much mis- « ,, . . Tt s tj m • . • was actually obliged to—that iat taken. I m more afraid of what he .. ' .. %1 4- wti.  among- the native population. Where could do In Manila than here in the .. ® « „ . . , , „ those bags are d-umped, under that S"\V1 v r I *ked, there they stay until the steam••n 80 / * i- * tD j a er comes,to ship them. I don't believe Because o*r fat friend Padre Sebas- could induce a natano happen, to be the bishop of them; and the whites Mindanao. The cura let that out the here donDt bfl|eve in manllal labor other night when he had taken too jj „ much rum and water. It would be an T, , . . , ,, „ , . .._ . , "Oh I begin to catch the idea. Tack easy matter for him to have me ar- ' . . ' . .. ... . . . . ~..,~a , . _ a v the treasure inside of them at night rested upon some trumped-up charge , . . r . _ * . * and let It He In those innocent-looking a. soon us the steamer reached port, , ... . , .% and have all her cargo stored a.Lre ba*' UDt" . pending my examination. So, even if B£ J°7e' ° V T they failed to hold me. there would be ft™ 'ha,™\ *"!!? T " time and opportunity for him to spirit We l1 cal1 ™ " awav anything he wanted." covered everything like y to come up j in ht ii . . before you get back. Now, what dav "The devil! \\ ell. any wav rou look . n » \ i . o.. . ,4 ru , . . ; • J r" shall I look for vou? at It, Dick, we ve got to remove that „ ,* .. T„, . t on A Tt I. ..1 This Is Sunday, the 19th. I ll get stuff inside of 30 days. If It can't be • . r ~ . f • .. , _ . awav from here bv Tuesday morning done one way It must another. There's . ;. , , . ■ . * . • , ~ *k » » w m * * at Che latest—the 21st. Two weeks money on that reef to buy a fleet of . ... ,, . , . . , »i_j .. . from that would be Mav 8—and four steamers, or to settle anv indebtedness . „ ,r , , ' we may incur. Can't you charter a dayamore? i ou can look for the steamvessel in Manila?" I er off Orote Saturday morning. 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In view of this fact, my friend with the diseased wishbone seemed particularly fitted for the purpose, If I could only spirit him away. Sebastiano had partaken heartily of his late supper that evening, and, between them, the padres had punished a vast quantity of wine. Aside from thia, they were thoroughly tired out by their day upon the water, and in all probability would sleep like logs. So, an hour or so after they had retired, I cautiously slipped into the church through the little postern, as I had done before. War Trophlea Not Private Property. The war and navy departments are much perplexed in the enforcement of the laws in regard to captured property So many of the officers seem to regard it as something which they are at liberty to give away \ 7 Baltimore has dedicated with appropri ate exercises a 6 inch Nordenfoldt gun placed in front of the city hall. This gun wastuk«nfrom the ilagsblpof the Spanish admiral at Manila and was presented to the city by Captain Dyer of the Haiti more, but it Is maintained here that the captain had no right to give the gun away The department will, however avoid taking official notice of the transac tlon, If possible, and will assume that the presentation was mode before the captain received a copy of the circular issued some time ago calling particular attention to the matter. His nerves being completely upset, the padre was resting In good earnest; so, with Dorotea, I made two more trips to the wreck, bringing back heavy loads of silver ingots, which we stowed in the fissure. Then, early Saturday morning, after telling the gobemador of my intention to sail among the islands for a day or two and being most hospitably provisioned for the cruise, I headed the proa out to sea. A Philadelphia Fish Story. As we needed all the time there was, I told Dorotea to turn around r.nd gaze upon the wonders of the vasty deep while I got Into that diving suit. It wm just as well, however, that curiosity got the better of her before I put on the helmet, or my appearance might have scared her into a fit. The rig certainly made an uncouth monster of me, but It didn't frighten her half so much •m did the idea of my remaining under water In It. She clung to me for several moment*, letting me kiss her as much aa I pleased, before I could bottle myself up. Her nervousness was contagious; but I impressed upon her mind the necessity of keeping a sharp lookout for other proas, and showed her how to signal with the line if it ■honld be necessary. While fishing in the Schuylkill river the other day Harry Davis, a Bridgeport lad, caught a huge but singularly deformed eel. It was long enough to he knotted about the fisherman's waist and as thick in places as a man's wrist, but in the middle, where It should have been thickest, the eel was no bigger than a baby's finger. On examination Davis found at the plaoe of deformity something hard and metallic. He scraped off the slime and brought to light a broad gold bund—a wedding ring —the inscription: "Paul to May, 1S#0. Mizpah." Evidently the eel in its very infancy had either been caught, encircled with the rlngaud then returned to its element, or else tho ring had been lost In the river and the eel had contrived sonitihow to stet it on ■ -Philadelphia RecordNot a soul appeared t-o be vtirrlng The fact of the door being unlocked was suspicious—I bad expected to pick it -with a piece of wire—but, as there waa uo time for investigation, I stole into the cloisters and through the passage which led to the chamber containing the horrible images. The figure I was after had been well put together, and waa heavier than It ahould have been, besrfdes; but, though the ghastly thing gave me cold ahivera, I pulled it from the fastening* with little ceremony.But the department has had many other oases to deal with. One returning lieutenant whlsperod to his friends that he had a beautiful parlor ornament In the shape of an enormous flag oaptured from one of the Spanish ships. This the department got wind of and promptly ordered its delivery to the government. The law has been entirely explicit jjn this question but people naturally jump to the conclusion that trophies of this sort are the property of whoever oomes first.—St. Iiouis Globe-Democrat  The moment had come at last. All day long the boat sailed like a witch, holding beautifully to her course, and it was not until after dark that a realization of my position impressed me. 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