VOI .>• xxxv i HUSELTOIN'S A Grand Clearance Sdle. We ask you to read tbc important announcements below. Thev tell of a larg money saving; they tell of class footgear with extremely low figures. THIS IS A CLEARANCE SALE OF ALL WINTER FOOTWEAR _adies" Flannel Lined Sboes and Slippers. Shoes for Boys anj Girls. Warm Shoes were 75c now ISC Misses' kid patent tip dress shoe-; wc • Warm Shoes were SI.OO now 65c 1.00 and £1.50, now ,y>c and 75c. Miss» Warm Slippers wee 75c now 25c grain shoes, heel and spring, were Velvet Slippers were 75c now 45c £ 1.00 anil 1.25, now 50c. Children' Heavy Shoes were JI.OO now 60c fine shoes, spring lif el, were 50c and 75c, Several broken lines in ladies' fine Shoes now }oc and 50c. were ss, ft, now SI.OO. Oyer gaiters, BOYS' IIHAVV SHOES, sizes 3 to 5'., were 25c am! 50c, now iic and 25c. Tan , were 51.25 and #1.40, now 65c and *I.OO. shoes were f 1.50, now <I.OO. j Hoj-s' dtessshoes were <I.OO, now 65c. Men'' Shoes * Ladies' Rubbers and Arctics. lat 15c and 25c, .Alaskas 50c. Children's Man's Heavy J-ole Winter Tans were : 2, ' buckle artics reduced to 35c. and 42.50, now $1.65 and $2.00. Men's «,.n s Pt.hhcrs Heavy Sole Leather Lined Shoes were | $2.50, now 51.75. Oil men's heavy shoes Men'.; low cut rubbdrs 25c were $1.50 and $2.00, now $ 1.25 and $1.50 Men's high " " 35 c Men's fine embroidered slippers, were Men's storm rub 1 .rs 50c #I.OO, 75c, and 50c, now 35c and 50c. Men's warm Alaskas 50c Ask to the "Jcnn<?ss t Miller" Hygienic Shoes for ladies, which are the embodiment of ease, conifer' and grace not 10 be had else where, as we are sole agents for Butler county. Try a pair and enjoy 'he luxury of comfortable, perfect fitting shoes. ilntlcr's Shoe House. Opposite lli'tel Lowry. 1899 1899 1899 GOOD BUSINESS FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. AH our left o«-vr Holiday go.ids must bs s >ld and in order to do so we have cut prices almost in half. All silver novelties that were At.oo now 60c " " " " 50c now 30c All silver novelties and staples that were 1.25 now Snc Solid silver thimbles that were 25 and 35c now 15c First class 8 day clocks with alarm that were 3.25 now 2.25 I-'irst class s day clocks without alarm that were .V ,v > now 2.(* A good watch. Cent size 2.50 A good silvertne case with American movement 5.(11; All other goods in our stock reduced in prices so that it will pay j»u to l.uy your watches, clrwics, jewelery, si'verware, vS:c., at PA PIC'S, 122 South Main Street, - - Butler, I'a. Repairing of All Kinds. Old Gold and Silver Take Same as Cash. \ HE IS A WISE HAN \ ' P t * f WHO SIiCUIJKS Ills CLOTHING FliOM - # J , t J. S. YOUNG, I ] Till; MHICCIIANT T.VIMMt, * t * ¥ 4 0 The ff«MHls, style, lit and general make 1 111> of his suits * TELL their own STQF^Y rj= -1 FOR EFFECT. f \ I rfi ' A .-9 Men won't buy clothing for the purpose I I \\p* V 1 tf of spending money. They desire to get the a. y J| V ■/. Iksi oossible results for the money expend- Vl J f I _ Not cheap goods but goods as cheap as w k v"-f' —\ j , fithey can be sold and made up propetly. If j \ /you want the correct thing at the correct IJ~ -'1 V ft. y-a»y j 3price call on us, we have reduced our spring i 1I I Vr /s 1 ~ ftand summer goods dow" to make room for \ 111 I\\ "'i '/oiu heavy weight goods. S iv (\vj- « /J \ W r Wl® S'"®'# -rr /T'l X a U; .1 ty < [[pi jj| ' Fits Guaranteed. Gr-p jy | . Merchant Tailor. • r . IVtrC * 142 N. Main St., Butler A Bit Historical. When our grandfathers a hunting went. ! in the loi|g ago, they took down, from its peg on the wall, a gun of no mean dimen sions, long of barrel and strong of stock. Over o.ie shoulder was t brown the polished powder horn, and over the other the buck- ! , skin bullet pouch embroidered In fancy worsted liy the good man's wife. Than the ; Hint was carefully tested against good steel i that it might, without fail, strike tire, w|)cn the hunter took aim and pulled trigger on the bounding buck. < And in those same days came a wonderful . invention of picture taking and with mn> h ! pain and suffering our grandfathers, in still" j ' stocks and with fa-*e chalked. 'Mookvd pleas- j ant" >r full twenty minutes together, that | 1 we. their defendants, might see their featur- • es in little pluslied lined cases, gay with j brass trimmings. AMI TO DAY! We defy the very el ements we use. The crack of the s|»orts man's rllle is no longer abconipanied by a ; puff of smoke. The photographer is no long- J : er obliged to seek the dark room when re- j , loading his camera. The nitrous cartridge has removed the Smoke nuisance"; the Film cartridge lias done away with the dark room. ( Get a Kodak at the only place in town , DOUGLASS' Near P. O. j Peoples Phone 162. C. SELIGMAN & SON, . JAILORS.^ No. 416 W. Jefferson St., Butler.l Pa. All flutist Foreign and 1 domestic Suitings al ways in stock. Fit, Style and Work manship guaranteed : to give satisfaction, j PRICES REASONABLE A' TIVV SOIJ( ITOlis WANTKIi KVF.ltV **where for "Tin- Story of the Philippine-" by Murun ilulstcad, commlssioiMH] by the Government asOtllcial Historian to the \Y:ir Department. Tin- book was written iti ;inny ! camps at Sail Francisco, on the Paclllc wit li General Merr'.tt. in the hospitals at Hono lulu. In Hong Kong.in the American trenches at Manila, in the insursrint camps wit 11 ' Anulnaldo. on the deck of the Olympia wit h I Dcwoy. and In the roar of battle at the fall of Manila. Bonanza for agents. 1 tritr.fu 1 of I original pictures taken by government pho- ' 1 tographers on tin* spot. Large lunik. Low | • prices, ltlg profits. Freight paid. Credit I given, llrop all Irishy unotllcial war book- Outfit, free. Address, I". T. Bit her. Sec'y 1 . Star Insurancu Itldg , Chicago. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Butler Business College. New Management. New Courses. Many New Features, j In addition to the Practical Book keeper's Course, and the Amanuensis j Shorthand Course, the following courses have been added. Kxpert Accountant's Course, which deals especially with Joint Stock Com pany and Corporation Accounting, and includes a thorough training in the ad justment of difficult partneisliip and business problems. Reporter's Shorthand Course, which prepares the graduate for all kinds of shorthand and reporting work. Books of our own publication will be used as soon as they can be completed. The work is now in course of preparation. Special arrangements for those wishing to take music. School now in session daj- and night. Any one wishing to make arrangements to attend the institu tion will please call on or address A. F. REGAL, Prin., 327 S. Main St., Butler, Pa. Peoples' Phone 271. Bell 174 Pianos, W R NEWTON, Representing The Chickcring-Chase Bros. Co. Manufacturers ot Grand and Upright Pianos litis ;m nfli.-c unci wai-orooin tit N'o. HIT Smtli Malu Strwt. Butli-r. I'a.. for per manent headquarter, for this state, where you can Hud :tt :ill tinier ;i >:uiiple lot of" thetrfine! l'lano> Tin-I'i.inos eoni ing direct front tin; factory and sold to vou by thi; manufacturer, means a lar.'e In the puri'hase of a Piano. eleiirated Chase Bros." l'lanos are endoiM'd l.y all lettditiK artists. They are fully warranted by the Manufacture. These l'lanos lan ! . IK mi-11l on easy terms to suit the purchase; Planus ana Organs taken as pari payment in exchange, t all and see them and test and examine them t horouirhly. \\ «■ can save you money in the purchase of a first-class Piano. ktIA.NTED UTHUL ritCSTWORTHI PERSONS "in t his si ale to manage iair busluesa n 1 their own and nuitrby counties. It is mainly I office work conducted at home. Salary ( straight a year and expanses delinite. ' iKinaflde. no tiior. 1 , no less salary Monthly I s7~>. Keferences. CnciiMu self-uddr< -,-,etl [ stamped en\ eiope Herbert i . Ile>>, l'ru*t., J Dept. M. Cbieago ' Is often n warning that the liver is I trouble may foil; w. For a prompt, H cfticient cure of Headache and ail B liver troubles, take HqO€§*-& PeHB I While thoy rouse the liver, restore K full, resular action of ! . » thev do not srrlie or p.'.i'i. d'> : ' k irrft • 3 but have a positive toni< effect. 1 K at ail druggist? or by mail of H C. I. Hood -.v Co., Lowell, Mass. w ThoiiAandd :tr<» Trying It. In order to prove tlio great merit of Ely's Cr< a:n lialni. the most effective cure for Catarrh and Cold iti Iliad, we have pre pared a generous trial size for 10 cents. Get it of your druggist or send 10 eents to IXY BROS., .">G Warren St., N. Y. City. I I sufTei"d from catarrh of the i: :id [ ever since a boy, and I never lioj . I for : ; cure, but Ely's Cream Halm ico | even that. Many acquaintances ht 1 , it with excellent results.— Oscar Osir na, 45 SVnrren Ave., Chicago, 111. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged curo for catarrh and contains no cocaine, mercury nor nnv injurious drug, l'ri i 60 eents. At druggists or by malL ; Si) fe _ kJM tn\ I i 1 <im J* 1 vjyi v -I- -r -i* He Understood After they hit him. It don't re quire any bricks to make you understand tiiat it is money in your pocket in dea ; intj with us. This comes from the fact that we sell only reliable goods at a low price, buying direct from the manufactures, saving the middle profit to you. Many bargains to ofler now. V *i* -J- -J* Ed- Colbert. n Fomorl^^" Colbert & Dale. 242 S. Main St.. .Butler, Pa. Braun's Pharmacy. Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way. Pittsburg, I'a,, L, D. Telephone 2542. and Retail. 1 1 mporier and Jobberof Drugs, ! Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps, Brushes, Etc. The only house west of New York carrying a full line of Meyers' Grease, Paints and iheatricai goods. Physicians' Prescriptions Compounded Day or Night by "Registered Pharmacists" only. Wholesale and retail dealer in Lubricating and Illumniating Oils, Capital Cylinder, Dynamo, Water White and Standard Gas Engine Oils. Gasolein, Ben zine., Paraffine Wax and Pet J olatum. Address all mail orders to W. F. Braun. F AI.WAYB USE 7 It I 1 In |COCOA i LPURE ! HEALTHFUL ?! i sc?jet Wdar-nKffTir^iaK'^^a YOUR SUIT ~ May seem dear at the start, and prove remarkably cheap before you've worn it out. It's the long tiir.e satisfaction you get from, it that decides the superiority of our make. It does pay to buy good clothes. Our fall display is ol the Kind you would expect to fir.d only in the large, citie.',. MAKER OF MEN'S CLOTHES <! 0. L. CLEELAND. 4 \ Jeweler and Optician, s j 125 S. Main St., / j \ Butler, Pa. / * Claremce Herbert hew. : i&>7. b> J- B Co.] CTTA ptri: rx. I had determined to lose no time in at tempt inp to Me the document in Fray I:r; icio's box. and, as it proved, the dii.: r| . rty h< ! me materially. Bartolo'. eo and the other priest.* dropped in upon us !■ fore the close of tin* lut .1 atd were prevailed upon to spend the evening. Whether my liking for the -»nori' i had .it that time awak ened a reciprocal feeling, I didn't know; but she - fined aware of my de | sire to pet the jxidresin a happy frame of mind, nnd aided me in everyway she couid. or lering to bring bottles, and more bottlis. for the delectation of the co-mpany. Palm brandy, or aguardiente, is -lie only brand known in the Ladrones. and that seldom ap pears upon a gentleman's table. Birt light wines, and, for stronger heads, rum and water, are freely indulged in The result is rarely drunkenness; the stuff doe n't act that way in warm cli mates. Put for early-drooping eyelids and dreamless sleep that works like anaesthetics, give me two bottles of Spani-li wii . that have made the voy age to Manila or fluajan. The padres were built upon the cistern principle, all of ill n: liut they were practically as',, ep 11. at which time they acce;.-ed ihe colonel's hospitality and fell to . ' :•> peacefully upon the floor or th. rattan sofas, wherever they happened to drop. It*was- .-I i perfect night that the senorita s;ro' ed down to the beach with me I t fore retiring, and I have a ha7\ rt . l.ction of kissing .her. Something fit* the sort, anyway, for she left her cool fingers in mine for half a minute befcire .-lie disappeared. This and her personal loveliness in the moonlight, came near to interfer ing with my progre.s's; for upon reach ing my room 1 took an easy chair out upon the balcony and smoked for over an hour, thinking of her. The windows of lier 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 atit. So T opened the sea chest and took out the electric safe ty lantern, then silently made my way along the corridors and down to the room where the padres were snoring. I have been told by doctors, that fat men usually sleep more soundly than their skinny brethren, and my experi ence that night seemed to clinch the as sertion; for, though I had to feel over several square feet of Bartolomeo's an atomy in> my search for liis 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. Stepping across the little square, the air was sA still that I could hear the lapping of the ripples on the beach, a quarter of a mile away; and I seemed to ba the »nly living creature awake. 1 had no difficulty in finding the key which opened the. posterni door at the rear of the church, and easily stole through the cloisters as far as the pas>- sage leading into the chamber of hor rors. This was so pitchy dark that I ' turned on the current in my lamp and j was startled at the brilliancy of the ; light which shot from its lens. When it j fell upon the ghastly figure with the diseased wish-bone, a cold chill started the goose-flesh all over me; tlia con trast between the senorita's warm, breathing loveliness, of which I had been dreaming, and this semblance of rotting carrion, was something horri ble. 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 f. ml dam pi < >:s. and the com pa ii; of real bodies, made my scalp creep until it felt as though each lit dividual hair were squirming. When Bartolomeo introduced me to the remains of Fray Ignacio, that morn ing, I felt more or less of a friendly in terest in the old chap; we hadn't been near enough to appreciate the ghastli ness of the grinning skull, half hidden by its gray cowl. But now, when I placed my light between his toes and attempted gently to ease hia stomach of that heavy box, the bony fingers clung to it with gruesome strength; the old bones cracked and wheezed as I tugged at it. How I managed to keep from fainting outright, I never knew. My efforts to remove thechest from the old fellow's lap seemed to threaten a (liaai raiigement of his skeleton so seri ous 1 that I gave up the attempt and un locked it where it lay. To this he made no objections; he even appeared to take a mild interest in the proceedings, wag ging and wabbling his old skull, with horrid whisperings and creakiugs, every time I leaned against him. The papers in the box were covered with a thick of dust, and l , after another pull at the llask —in which the fray, by a sorrowful wag of the cowl, refused to join me —I gently lifted the top ones with a pair of pocket plyers | so as to show the least possible* dis turbance Bealizing that every mo ment) was precious, I hastily scanned the" pther documents until one bearing m i i V "IT 'J My nerves were ..orn to a thin ed(fe. the fray's signature appeared, which proved to be the shipwrecked officer's statement. 1 wanted to read every ' word; but it was in old Spanish, the t' parchment was so brittle that it rat- J tied like fire crackers, and there was !j really but one sentence that I needed. I So, glancing rapidly from line to line, j I finally came upon one which, trans • iated, rea'J: "Position of ledge, ap- BUTLEW, PA., THERSDAV, FEBRUARY li, lH^iO proximately. I■,s> » 30 minuter, 30 secoudr N. ;.it.. 1 i i.t grces, 2:t minutes 00 se<*om'..s K. Ion." T! i- 1 hastily i>en -1 cilef; up . t;: «■' " - ti<i of my shirt; then, <Ol .-iderii'L't - adx isabiiity of de ctroylng the document, I had decided tl.at it.-absei ee i. . lit be discovered at any time, aiu! was ..bout to replace it, when 1 thought of Sebastiano. 1 couldn't afford to leu ve accurate inform ation 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 completi 1;. out, yet locked as though a cinder had fallen accidentally upon the page. It was. of course, likely t-hat 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 verify ; ing them. To replace all of the documents was a work of some moments, so careful was I not to disturb the coatings of dus-t with which they were covered. Then I locked the box. while the fray sadly wabbled his head at my temer ity, and started to return. The floor of the vaults was of pounded clay, and each step I took produced a vibra tion which tilled the air with echoes of other creeping footsteps. My nervus were worn to a thin edge by this time, and had it not been for the brandy I probably should hart, lost conscious ness. Yet, standing there in that foul, subterranean passage, in an island practically unknown to the world and thousands of miles from civilization, 1 couldn't help grinning to myself—a chattering, nervous grin it was, too— at the incongruity of a prosaic com mercial man who had worried through 35 years of humdrum existence, be ing in such a position. What an Un \ mitigated liar my acquaintances in the club at Hong-Kong would think me if I merely detailed the bare facts! Ascending to the image chamber, my hand trembled so that I couldn't hold the light steady; and this er ratic 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 in stant I was in darkness so thick I could feel it, though a very faint re flection from the waning moon made a sort of grayness up where the win dows were; but, looking toward the chancel w;»ll, I noticed a faint lumi nousness in one particular spot, and it was from this quarter that the voice seemed to come. It took but a moment to figure out that this spot must be approximately in the rear of the crucifijc head over the altar. There was a pile of boxes just under it, 011 my side, so I cautious ly 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 only candle he could find, he was doing his best to lay the restless spirits. llow recklessness got the upper hand of me would be hard to say; but, without giving the danger a second thought, I lifted my lanteru to the aperture and turned on the current. I would have given a large stim 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 mur muring stopped short. There* xvas a gasp of astonishment too great for louder articulution, a shiver of ecstat ic fear; and when I squinted through the hole, after shutting off the cur rent, he was groveling, face down, upon the chancel floor. This was my opportunity. Calculate ing that he wouldn't dare raise his eyes for several moments, 110 matter what strange noises echoed through the church, I slipped around through the postern and succeeded in restor ing to Pad re linrtolomeo'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 wa* considerably shaken up, and looked as though I bad spent a week in the infernal regions. 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 likely to be more of a sensation than the little town had known in many moons; so, complain ing of a sever, headache, I invited the colonel and his daughter to sail with me in the new proa. Having to hear a few cases at tlie tribunal that morn ing, he politely declined, but assured me that Dorotea would be pleased to go. This was better than I had bargained for. Knowing the strict ideas in re gard to chaperonage which regulate Spanish society, it never occurred to me that such a tete-a-tete would be permitted; but I found that Guajan, like a steamer at sea, was more or less outside of social restrictions, a law URto itself. 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 and'honorable like my self. I wonder how many men have solemnly worked this graj--bearded old warning on girls whose society j they selfishly wished to monopolize. ■ And I also wonder what curious train j of thought must run through a worn ! an's mind when she hears it from the hundredth man. It is unnecessary to detail the pro gressive steps by which our talk be- I came more confidential, or to describe i the period-- of fa *'-fact orj s Vr.ce when we floated a'tn -in i l .- ■ :ous idle ness under shortened s:n\ the north e<ast trade wind gently fanning our cheek* and the cottony clouds r» fleet ed in the broad Pacific. We two were alone between sky and water, and the island was a mere bank upon the hori zon. Fnder such circumstances it is exceedingly difficult to keep one's thoughts from showing in the face, and 1 began to feel that 1 could trust this girl as 1 had never trusted a wom an before. She knew that I had some ultt rior object in remaining at Agana. and her j manner led me to believe that she would further it as far as lay in her power, at least while 1 showed a pref j erence for her society over that of ■ other women. This wasn't expressed | in so many words, but she confessed to j the knowledge that I had left the | house on some adventure during the i night, and to an impression that I ; wanted the padre out of the way, 1 though her surmising went no fur i ther than that. We had taken a lunch with us, so it I was well toward evening when we re j turned, to find the town in a commo j tion over the strange and terrible miracle which had been witnessed by lay-brother Felipe. I've often thought that I was an innocent means of giv ing the Holy Roman church u deeper root in the I.adrones than it ever had j before. Even Padre Bartolomeo, who was too wily a bird, and too well edu cated, t<o be fooled by an ordinary every-day miracle, was a good deal shaken up by the lay brother's yarn. Ilis superior learning had fostered a laxity in his principles, an impression that, he could drink and gamble with impunity; but after a thorough exam ination of the chancel, together with unavailing cross questioning of his entranced associate, he began to won der 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 ex reeded anything in his recollection, he kept his head, and continued to look Upon himself as a blessed, though hum ble, medium. CHAPTER X. By Thursday morning I was ready to start for the reef, but thought it best to wait a couple of days longer, in or der to avoid rousing suspicion by an all-dav absence alone. Nearly all of my new acquaintances had sailed with me, a.t odd times, and my reputation as an enthusiastic yachltstnan was pretty well estab lished. So, early Saturday morning, I had Pepe wheel my chest down to the bea<>h, telling him that T was taking my tarpaulins and lunoh, with the in tention of sailing off and on around the island. I also said tl it I would KaJnp somewhere if I found it impos sible to get back that evening. Pepe was a pretty descent old chap, as orderlies go, and 6eemed to have :aken a fanqy to me for reasons of his own—possibly my habit of giving him cigars now and then. Hchad-beenin the islands long enough to be some thing of a weather prophet, and in sisted upon bringing down an extra supply of provisions in case the wind should fail 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 tha.t my knowledge of naviga.tion was unsuspected. The study had always been a fascinating one, and In my voyages between Frisco and Yokohama I had improved the op portunities 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 Halstead had coached me on the voyage from Manila until I felt rea sonably confident. It was an idealmorningfortheexper iment. The breeze was just fresh enough to send the proa scudding be fore 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 fiat iron, to hold the log register; and this I secured, by lashing, to the aftermost 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 placed it between my feet. Fortunately, the gobernador had got it into his head that, my lug gage contained delicate scientific in struments, so he had given strict or ders that it should be handled care fully in transit from the steamer. As the catamaran approached Orote I took out the log, slipped the register into its slot, and coiled up the line so that it could be instantly eased away, then steered within a hundred yards of the rocks so as toget an exactbear ing. When near enough I let the bow fall off a little until the proa was head ing exactly 15 degrees and 27 minutes to the westward of south —the odd three minutes being an allowance I thought best to make for leeway. My compass being but six inches in diam eter, it was practically impossible to keep it exactly on a hair-line between 15 and 16 degrees when the proa was eros6ing 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. When Orote rock was precisely un der the third northerly spur of Mount Tiniiquio, I knew the bearing they formed was exactly at right angles with an air-line to the reef, and, drop ping the log screw overboard, com menced paying out the line, being care ful that it shouldn't fall low enough t£ foul the rocks. Then, with the gretat sail skimming over tie water like an albatross, the proa flew straight' for the open sea. For over an hour I scarcely lifted my eyes from the compass; and t"he way that frail catamaran held to her course would have shamed many a deep-keeled steamer. Looking back totvard the island, the peak of Tiniguio vyas the only thing visible above the horizon. Twenty minutes more, and there was nothing in sight but sky and water, the log dial indicating 39 miles; so that iu a little while I might expect to b£ near the reef. For several min utes more I looked'at nothing, thought of nothing, but the compass and log. scarcely a deviation from my 15% de grees. Fifty-one miles; I wastrembling 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 until there was Just enough pulling to give the proa a gen tle headway. Over went, the lead: my heart was in my mouth as I watched the line disappear. At 12 feet, the two leather >trips went under, then the three strips; then there was a jerk, a series of gentle taps as the lead i dragged along thv rock, and I kMt>v r that at last I bad found the SaHta Kosu shoal. I Wiio absolutely alone upon the broad e*puuaeof ocian —iu>t r ever, a gull in signt. Thvre was uutii ing to indicate that the oecau bottom e was any nearer to me than the three e mile depth over which I had just sailed and I could have tossed a pebble s into that from where I i-at. \it I had s actually found and under the impene trable mask of these long, glassy 1 watts was touching, through the lead line. a mystery of the sea which for ! nearly a century and a liaif had baf r fled all investigation. The fact r seemed so wonderful that for some 3 time I sat. there letting it soak in r where my mind could grafp it. According to llalsntead's figures, my ' my position was then about twelve * thirty-three, north by one-forty-four, 5 :wt nty-two. east. The figures in Fray 1 I Ignacio's document had been 12 de crees 30 minutes 30 seconds north bv ' 144 degrees 23 minutes 110 seconds • j east. So the approximate position of the wreck was one mile farther east, and two and a half miles to the 1 -'uth'ard, from where I w as. From the drag of my lead on bottom, 1 calculated ; the headway to be about six miles an ' hour, and steered due sout-h for twenty 1 ; minutes; then I headed east until it ' j seemed as though the proa had gone j an even mile, and was just about to stow :|way the sail, when the lead-line ' flashed over the siiie like lightning, as ' if a shark were making off with it. P.:it npot: "raspir.g the coil I found only tbc natural resistance of its own ' w eight, and I knew I must have reached the weather side of the ledge. I paid 1 out the whole thirty fathoms, but the ' pull was as strong as ever. Then, tak -1 ing the linen line from the chest, I beat it on to the other and kept paying out for several minutes; but 110 bottom. Being afraid to lose it, I began hauling In. measuring 011 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-ocenn, on nothing but a few sticks, and finds hiins«elf over an unfathomable abyss, the sensation is something like that of wormscrawl ing around in his gizzard-—a sjrt of ticklish feeling through his insides. Heading out to the west'ard; I crept slowly back over my course, leaving 1 the lead fathoms under water. In three minutes it struck bottom and dragged. Then I lowered away the lump of eoquina which served as an anchor—leaving fifty feet of slack line, which I secured to the mast with run ning loops—after which 1 ate an orange, took a few swallows of wine, and fished out the diving-suit. I remember once, when a boy of 18, being invited to a verv swell ball at which I expected to meet a girl who had produced a strong impression upon me, and spending, in consequence nearly two hours over my toilet before I was satisfied with it. But thai wasn't a circumstance to the care witli which I got into that diving suit, though the time consumed was ap preciably less. The recollection of mi sensations when first trying it on gavj me a feeling of apprehensivenes* which it was impossible to shake off. I pumped air into the knapsack until it srtand another inch. I ex amined every rivet and clamp, every seam and strengthening hoop, before putting it on. But at last I was com pletely bottled up, with the sole ex ception 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 how much I might want either, under wa ter, they would be simply out of the question. Then I screwed on the lens, opened the valve from the knaipsack, and start ed to step over the gunnvale; but my feet seemed glued fast; I had for gotten that the soles of my shoes weighed 16 pounds each, and that there were weights attached to my shoulders and belt as well. They rot themselves over at last, however, nd, letting the line slip through my hand, I sank rapidly to the bottom. At first the sensation was similar to diving, naked, in d«ep water. There was the same bubbling numbness in the ears, the impression of light, faint ly penetrating through an opaque green substance, and grotesque shad owy objects which caught at the feet and made it difll-cult to step. The ab sence of buoyant feeling was strange and very uncomfortable. Had It not been for Halstead's precaution in mak ing me try the suit on, I might easily have lost my head during the first five minutes. There was u rushing of air from the knapsack which made me gasp for breath, and the continual f>op-pop-pop-3>opping of air-bubbles from the top of the copper helmet filled me with a horrible dread that the water was pressing in v.pcr. me through some unsuspected leak in the armor. Presently, however, it seemed evi dent that i waß neither drowning nor suffocating yet, and I tried to look about me. Everything had the shad owy appearance that olije-cts will take on In a room from which the sunjlght 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 wa*» pro tected by copper hoops which allowed me to breathe in comparative free dom, but my limbs felt as though the sleeves and breeches were 14 sizes too tight and were likely to Bplit when ever they moved. As nearly as one might calculate, the range of sight extended itna radluj of about 50 feet—though at that distance objects had merely the appearance at blurred massee —and in a tew momenta 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 firm ly 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 wq& 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 side it sloped away in a gentle decliv ity, which I mounted with ease. The rock must have been at least 15 feet higher than the surrounding ledge, for 1 could see the sun through the water overhead. It wijs longest from east to xvest, and in the middle was a small projection as high as toy shoulders. It wa t> this which sent \ shivering conviction through me that I had found the wreck at last, and I eagerly searched for another projec tion at the westerly end. After fat ing about 80 steps I foune or rwtn er I found a small lump of 1 wtjfe It should have been; and this settled my lost doubt. My ' st impression, that the foremast hail . oken off short er than the muin, was accountedfor by the fact that the whole westerly end of the mound xvas 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 ulwoluteiv correct It now remained 1 but to u**.ertain how thick ihe coating k vcas on ttie northerly ewlc, uatl L rap . idly si-rambled down to wKtrt I hud [ first cuinWeJ uguinst the wreck. I ha<! brought thr smaller steel bar ! with • from the prua. and this I b*- . ir«u d- !i j against the prrprrtdiniltr incrustation ofrornlKt as]>ot near the • -.tern. At the k. >-on<l blow, however. I ' slightly lo;-t my equihbriuui. un.: four.d that the rock upon which I stood shelved rapidly. A horrur of the un fathomable depth which lay but a few feet beyond made me throw myself flat upon the bottom, dipping- my nails into the coral lest I should slip and tlnk to I knew not where. Lying there until the beating of my heart sJowed down to something like a normal pul sation, I saw a faint reflection of light beneath the keel —enough to show that severul feet of the- stern hung sheer over the precipice. It must have been at least ten min utes before I recovered strength enough to crawl back upon the higher portion of the ledge; then, realizing i that my supply of air was nearly ex j hausted, I braced myself firmly and j began driving away with the steel bar again. The coral easily crumbled un- ■ ; der the blows, though at that depth it was filled with live animalculae, and in a few momentsthe bar had penetrated several Inches; then it struck some thing soft and spongy, in which it stuck. Rapidly enlarging the hole un- 1 til I could put my hand into it with- , cut tearing the skin, I felt about for a second Or two and succeeded in de taching a splinter of water-logged > wood—a piece of the hull itself. Thin was enough for one day. I had , found the reef. I had actually found the wreck of a ship which, from it* coral deposit, must have lain in thi ! one position for over a hundred years at least presumably the galleon J Xeustra Senora de Sevilla. And I had | found that the coral jacket on the northerly side of her hull w as less than six inches in thickneas! I wanted to dance from sheer satisfaction, but it occurred to me that it might be safer to do so in the proa above waver, so I started back toward her. Now my mind was so filled with ex ultation at having accomplished seem ing impossibilities that I tried to put my hands in my pockets-and whistle ' as I strode along. But there were no pockets in the confounded rig, and the whistle was a mistake—a Dig mis take. It not only exhausted my breath ing air, but It produced a concussion in that copper helmet which nearly lifted the roof off of my skull. It shook my confidence so much that, when the ringing partially subsided in my ears, I hurried along even faster toward-the proa. After walking con siderably farther than what should have been the proper distance I began to curse my thoughtlessness in not towing the thing along after me, in stead 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 westwardv as It should have done, the line hung over toward the precipice. Thinking that I had' surelyi lost my bearings, I took a step or two under it I pulled frantically at the cad. F* in an attempt to haul the proa direct ly overhead, but the rock shelved ab ruptly. 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 bulled the line from my grasp. Feel ing sure that the line would hold at M) feet, I clung to it desperately. For just the fraction of a second it did hold. Then I could feel those loop 6 slowly but remorselessly pulling loose, and I shot downward. 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, and darker —darker. The helmet seemed filled with rushing noises, with whisperings and mocking laughter. I tried to tear away the lead weights which hung from my belt and shoul ders, but they wouldn't budge. For a moment or two I must have become delirious; I was kissing Dorotea'6 sweet lips, McPhersOn was talking about Gladstone in his broadest Scotch, Sam Hung 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 kinetoacope. Then— there came a jerk at the line! It must have caught on something. I kneHv I hadn't fastened the other endi To stay at that depth another second would have meant unconsciousness and death. Fearing tUg that my weight, added to that of rock, would pull the line loose, I hauled mysalf up, hand over hand, though the exertion was so great on account Of the pressure that every- motion seelhW likely t<j burst a blood vessel. Of course, in doing this the air in the knapsack counted for a goodd»eal| In all probability I couldn't have sunk much lower unlesa it had exploded) but the weight* would have hedd me at that depth had it not been for t&at sfen(ier t>it of rope. For several fa'tt ome It needed but the slightest tug 50 send me shooting upward, ana a*lie freatture Increased! I was bstt£r able o use mv arm*. My strength yas g*o ing however, aba but uis animal instinct to fight {or fire 9£? Ed me. Approaching tne surface, I be came weaker —of it required strength to haul th? e?tj-Q. MKb when I finally got mv arms acrpes the gunwale and outrigger it yvas im possible to move anotler ipe.b- pupply of air had given otjl, find tny conscious motion was to the helmet lens. In a few moments th* fresh air re vived me, and I succeeded in crawling into the proa. Then I got OUI of t&* diving svjlt, took a strong pull at the brandy fla*k. and hailed In my llitf • t It had run sut so rapidly, after fetch- | lug loos* from the mast, that a snarl ( had caught the other steel bar a»nd , Jammed It under the outrigger. Other wise—well, I didn't like to think of that. _ _ -- --- J! No. 5 it is curious what an affection will humetimes fee! for inanimate oH jects. T petted that coquina anchoc us if it had been a living creature. You see, we had gone dowu into the valltsj of the shadow together, and but for B direct interposition of ProvidencS would have been likely to renm'lV there. I must have l>ceu altogether uj» ►el by the experience, for, after hatlL ing the rock on board, I held it in mjj lap aiid ;»lnwx-l cried over it. The position of tW> proa, over deep water, was explained by the light) puffs of wind, which for aft hour or tw& had shifted to the west'ard, as it wllj sometimes do shortly before the change of monroon. Hut in half an hour it was again blowing steadily from the northeast* and 1 started oh mv return to Agana. F*o BE COSTNRRSD.] REFUSING A BARONETCY. A First Sergeant In the Isnlte<l States Marines Who Wanted to He rn win Incognito. All sorts and conditions of men go to make tip the enlisted personnel of a man-of-war, and, as a rule, nothing is known of the ante-naval history- of most of the inen-o'-warsmen, who come from every walk of life. It is not sur prising, therefore, that now and then a bit of romance Is revealed when the history of some of these lads of the sea is made known by accident. But perhaps the most romantic inci dent of them all was that of the first i sergeant of marines upon one of our ships in eastern waters, who, under re- I uiarkable circumstances, came to be of i fexed an unusual Christmas gift, which i he would not accept. This first ser : geant was the ideal soldier, a German I by birth evidently, neat, trim, an 01- i cellent disciplinarian, and a favorite with the men, who, however, were never familiar with him. There was something about the sergeant that made it imjAjssible for his comrades to treat him flippantly, as seafaring men usually do each other. The cruise was drawing to a close and the ship was lying in a tropical port on Christmas day, with a broiling sun overhead and a sea of glass about her. Christmas trees rose above the I mastheads, and bunting decked the vessels fore and aft, while the men be neath the awnings on the cold-white deck were enjoying their Christmas sports ol athletic games, with the first sergeant as referee. A Christmas din ner laid on tables on the forward deck awaited the ending of the sports, and 300 Jolly faces watched the fun and made bets upon the results. "The German consul is coming along side. sir," reported the quartermaster on watch to the officer of the deck. "Four side, boys," sang out the latter, and the boatswain's mate piped the side as the German consul came over the gangway. He was escorted to thte cabin, and the interrupted sports went on. The prizes were awarded and the Christmas spread duly enjoyed at the various tables, and nowhere more than, at t£e table of the master at arms' mess, of which the first sergeant was a member. Permission to smoke was granted, and the first sergeant-had just lighted his pipe when the messenger of the watch came to him and said: "The officer of the deck wants to see you, sergeant." Propping his pipe he went aft to the mainmast, where he was surprised to find awaiting him not only; the. officer of the deck, but the captain and a civilian, who proved to bo tte Gergian consul. "Sergeant," said the captain, "this gentleman ba9 something to say to you," and while the well-drilled marine stood at attention the consul said: "Baron von Schrader, I bring you a Christmas gift." The first sergeant did not forget he was a soldier, and, al though his face expressed the utmost surprise, he saluted and Bald, inter rogatively: "Yes, sir?" "Your father, the old baron, and your elder brother," continued the consul, "have both been dead for six months, and we have been all this time trying to find you—a diffi cult task, since, as it proves, you en listed under on assumed name. How ever, we have accomplished our task, and it gives me much pleasure to hand you these papers, which prove your right to the title and the estate of your late father." Xhe first sergeant took the papers mechanically, but stood at attention, a soldier still. "Now, sergeant," said the captain, "of course you will want your dis charge. Hdw much longer have you to serve?" "Four months, sir," answered Baron von Schrader, the first sergeant. "Well, I think it can be arranged," said the captain, "and, now that you are so great a gentleman," he added, smilingly, "of course you will not care to take your place among the crew." The first sergeant hesitated, then sar luted and said: "Sir, I do not think I am a greater gentleman now than I have been, and, if this matter can be kept from the crew, sir, I would rather serve oul my enlistment." The captain thought- a moment, and then said: "Very well, sergeant, you may go forward." And serv? out his enlistment he did, refusing this strangely offered Ohrist maa gift, and no one forward was a whit the wiser, nor did they learn that their sergeant was a baron until he had put aside with honor the uniform of Uncle Sam and entere<J into his new es-. tate in his Rhenish home. —Cincinnati Enquirer. The Profoalonnl Burglar. The professional burglars belong to a special class, stereotyped and exclu sive, forming a community of their own. These men take a peculiar pride in their "profession," and a certain amount of union exists between its members. If a burglar is in trouble, his friends will pay for the defense, though they are not above betrsrying each other occasionally if circum stances require it. The receiver of stolen goods works hand in hand with .hese men, and without them the profits of the robberies would be small. It is difficult to state as to how far the love of excitement and adventure in stigates the burglar to crime; but that it plays an important part, of this there can be no doubt. To creep along house tops in the dark, to mount ladders and lay wire traps for the upsetting of in mates, should they run out to give an alarm, to screw up the doors of dress ing-rooms and tamper with domestics, all these pursuits doubtless have their fascination to the criminal mind. Gentleman's Magazine. tmwer wltli a. Sltiitj. Mr. Spooner (seriously) —Do you think your fatter would object to my marrying yo*.? Miss Sharp*—l ion't know; if he's anything ltfce &ie be would. —Tit-Bits Caallloner Mbbsgc, Cut the cabbage fine as for slaw, put into a stewpan, cover with water and keep closely covered. When tender drain off the water, put in a small piece of butter, with salt, pepper and either one-half cupful of cream or one cupful of milk. Let simmer a few mo menta and serve. If preferred add vin place of £oilk or crea®.—
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