VOL.* xxxvi HOSELTON'S SHOES HSr We're ready with some special lines —the comfort-giving sort that will aftord you the needed protection. Well sell them, too, with a slice of the original prices cut off; a big saving is what you may expect. Every shoe from our regular stock and fully guaranteed. The Best Shoes in Butler. SCHOOL, ) For the Boys HEAVY) For ' hL ' SHOES! Girls. SHOES} People. FINE ) For an >" FELTS 1 / For Me ", SHOES! that theni;or OVERS \ "V-s. showS'ir' Shoe Values That are bound to be the pride of the whole county. A cordial in vitation is extended to all to visit our store. You will be mnde wel come whether you buy or not. Glad to show what we have. Some little shoe venders think all they have to do is to get all the worthless trash they can, no matter what, so they can fix a low price, then blow their little tin horn and the people will hurry to them by the hundreds They will find that a little later it will take a trumpet equal to Gabriel's to make the people hearken unto their lamentations. The people don't want to buy two pairs at once— one to go home with, another pair to come back with. B. C. HUSELTON S, Sutler's Lemiluß Shoe House. Opposite Hotel Lowry. _ ' | SHO6 BARGAINS. Have just returned from the Eastern markets where I bought a large stock of shoes to he mpde for spring trade. Two large shoe manufacturers Whitcomb and Miles, of Worcester, Mass.; and Mudge Shoe Co., of Delivers, Mass.. who are going out of busiuess, had a large stock of goods on haud which they wished to close out at once at a reduction. I could not resist these great offers so bought the goods in addition to uiv regular-spring stock. These two well known lines and also, i.xxi pairs Sample Shoes of new spring styles go on sale at once at al>out 50 cents on the dollar. There'll be lively times in this store for the next few weeks for these goods must be closed out before our regular lines come in, A Few of the /VlanvJ bargains Men's Fine Calf Shoes Royal tip at 90c Boy's " " " " at 80c Boy's solid every day shoes at 50c Wen's fine tan shoes, coin toe tip at ' si-35 Boy's " " " " " " at slls I.adias' fine Dougola, Haudwelt Sole Shoes at $2.00 Ladies' Bright Dongola pat. tip shoes at 90c Children's fine shoes, sizes 5 to ri at 50c Children's fine shoes, 4 to 8 at 35c Ladies' fine Jersey overgaiters at 5c per pair AND MANY OTHER BARGAINS. We have the Exclusive Sale of SOROSIS SHOES for Butler.^*^ JOHN BICKEL. 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET BUTLER, PA. r HE IS A WISE HAN \ # —WHO SECURES HIS CLOTHING PROM— # j J. S. YOUNG, ? £ THE MERCHANT TAILOR, d 2 The goods, style, fit and general make 4 I up of liis suits 4 t TELL their own | B. & B.i sale of plaids Several thousand dollars worth sacrificed. 75 cent silk and wool and velout Plaids 35c yard— the velour Plaids at this price are 46 inches wide. 12gC American Plaids yard—good, useful kind. Double width Plaids 10, 20, 25c to $1.50. Checks also, 25c to 65c. Lot of fine silk and wool neat nobby plaids 65 cent quality 35c —28 inches wide —handsome for waists and children's dresses. Losing money selling Plaids this way —but we've too many—and all who buy will get such values as will pay them well—and make us lots of future business. Have us send samples— you'll be surprised and phased. All who are planning for early spring sewing will find it of advantage to send and see what nice new madras ginghams, 10c, 15c, 20c —fine Madras and Nov elties 25c and 35c. Largest assortment of these —and other new wash goods 81: to $1 25 —you'll find any where to select from—the less prices here a feature. 800-jr.s & Buhl Department X. ALLEGHENY, PA. / ; 0^" Givm a specialized Bread- winning Education. rOR CIRCULARS ADORe SS, f. Ol FF & SONS, 214 Filth Avenue. PITTSBURG, PA. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. A Trade Pulverizer. C. E. MILLER'S GREAT February SHOE SALE. This is a case of force--- We must have room. This will be your month at our store. If you need Shoes or Rubbers, you can have things pretty much your own way. We have too many goods in the house, and just a short month to sell them—we must reduce our stock; there is no other way out of it. Our spring goods will be here March Ist, and this sale is to empty our shelves of winter footwear AT ANY PRICE to make room for new goods. We Want to be Understood We are not in business for our health, and it is not often we sell shoes without profit. This is one of the times we do, and we consider it good policy to close out all our winter goods even if we do so at a loss. We then get the much-needed room and can buy an entire new stock in the fall. Our Prices This /Month Will be Record 13recl«>< wi , Com-! , «, ~ Z I H. 4 t i;s.« -• ji. i ji tsi:, itwlicntor.N.Y. <, Constipation, Headache, Biliousness, Heartburn, Indigestion, Dizziness, Indicate that your liver is out of order. The best medicine to rouse the liver and cure all these ills, is found in Hood's 25 cents. Sold by all medicine dealers. Pianos. W R NEWTON, Representing The Chickering-Chase Bros. Co. Manufacturers ot Grand and Upright Pianos AND Farrand & Votey Organ Co., Manufactures of Organs. Can save you money in the purchase of a FIRST CLASS Instrument. Call and examine them at the ware room, 317 South Main St., Butler, Pa. TERMS: —Cash or easy payments to suit purchaser. YOUR SUIT N?ay seem dear at the start, and prove remarkably cheap befo.e you've worn it out. It's the long time satisfaction you get from it that decides the superiority of our mske. It does pay to buy good clothes. Our fall display is of the kind yon would expect to find only in the large cities. ALAND, MAKER OK MEN'S . LOTHES & Wff i|A_ Jjl If? He Understood After they hit him. It don't re quire any bricks to make you understand that it is money in your pocket in dealing 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 offer now. Ed. Colbert, Fomerly Colbert & Dale. 242 S. Main St.. Butler, Pa. Braun's Pharmacy, Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way, Pittsburg, I'a,, L, D. Telephone 2542. Wholesale and Retail. Importer andjobberot Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps, Brushes, lite. The only house west of New York carrying a full line ot Meyers' Grease, Paints and theatrical 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 Petrolatum. Address all mail orders to W. F. Braun. COCOA PURE ! HEALTHFUL !! 2 BUTLER PA., THLJRSDAV, P'KBRI'ARY lir?, IS9D Clareoce He.=>s»pt new. •.Copyright, 1897. by J B Lippincott Co.] CHAPTER XIII. The next three days passed very pleas antly. The time had not yet arrived for explanations to either Mel'he" son or Senorita Graeia; but we gave him 30 of the doubloons as an evidence of the progress we were making, and dis- j cussed various plans for the future wuh : both, on the way back to Ouajan. We were all very anxious that the padre—or. rather, his eminence the bishop—should have no opportunity , to come aboard ut Apra. So, as the two passengers had but little luggage, it was arranged that we should be dropped in the proa somewhere off Cocos island, the steamer then head ing for Manila without further loss of time. This arrangement was carried out. and the people at Agana had ..M suspicion of the Countess* visit urti' after we landed. The Pouyuipetites. having been occupied with their own atTairs, wvre not positive as to ju>t when or how I had'come aboard; so the impression got about that, having Lfen blown out to sea, i had been picked up a long distance from laud and conveyed to a safer neighborhood merely because the two strangers were going that way. Inquiring for Sebastiano that even ing, the gobernador told me he was suf fering from a severe attack of gas tric fever, which seemed likely to keep iimt in bed for some time; so i paid him a visit of condolence; it was the least I could do. Then I took ad vantage of his indisposition to get the treasure above water while safe from interrupt'm. First, I spent a couple of nights in. removing the silver, already secured, from Tar fofo and stowing it away in the copra bags at Apra. Then 1 made regular trips every second day to the reef, returning with a long reach to the nortli-northwest which brought me into Apra bay about midnight, and working at the stowage until after three. This, with staying under water at the wreck, was pretty exhausting work, and but for the rest on the odd diays I couldn't have kept It tip. To have slept all day at tie gobernador's house would have aroused comment very shortly, so I spent the time upon the water with t)orotea, napping in the bottom of the proa, while she fished and kept watch, as soon as we were well away from land. Sebastiano's Illness was the thickest streak of all my luck. I was beginning She fished and kept watch. to feel careless because of out inter rupted good fortune, when, returning from the last trip but one, a shadowy proa followed me into the bay. I held off toward the Agat road until two figures landed' from her and walked into the copra shed; then I steered out to sea as fast as the wind would take me. Before rounding Punta Orote I thought of and discarded a dozen dif ferent plans. I had taken great pains to stow the treasure In the very center of the bags, so there was nothing but innocent copra for a thickness of sev eral rows around and above it; aud i knew if the strangers examined each bag as they went along they would scarcely reach the stuff before morn ing. It then occurred to me that Br'er Miguel's ghost wasn't earning its salt as guardian of the empty fissure at Turofofo, and might be employed to advantage nearer home; so I sailed around after him as fast as possible. 1 had l-'-ached Apra a little early that night, so had time to return before daybreak; Jind, running ashore near the watering place, about three-quar ters of a mile from the shed, I hurried toward It, holding my apparition be fore me. The intruders had evidently investi gated until they were tired out, and were sound asleep on top of the pile of bags. This was just the opportunity I wanted. Propping the figure up un der the roof, about ten feet from them, I crawled out of sight on the opposite side and turned the ray from my lan tern upon It. Then I dropped a piece of copra upon the stomach of the man nearest me. lie was sleeping so sound ly that I had to try a heavier piece, which startled him with a grunt of sur prise and pain. In about three sec ond's his eye fell upon that faintly il luminated wax figure, and, with a howl of terror that made my own nerves jump, he ran for his boat as If he were trying to break a record. His com panion wasn't more than five seconds after him, and the two fought like mad men in their attempt to shove off and get away. To,make the effect per manent, I grabbed my dummy, and, holding the lantern so that its rays would be reflected back upon it, glided swiftly after them. The horror of the thing had reduced their cries to in articulate gasps, and they worked like demons to get out where the wind would tlxl their sail; so, as it was low tide, I waded after them, holding Br'er Miguel high enough to give him the appearance of walking upon the water. I never knew who the men were, but the story was all over town before noon; and for more than a week the entire native population was afraid to stir after dark. When I finally waded back to shore, it was getting gray behind Tiniquio, so I lost no time in stow ing my friend un der several layers of copra bags, where he was likely to be undisturbed, but where I could get him in short order if his services should be required again. Then, hurrying back to my proa, 1 dumped the cargo of specie overboard in four feet of water, where it could easily be found whenever there should be an opportunity for secreting it. This affair so thoroughly awakened me to the danger of delay that I re moved all the remaining treasure from the wreck in one big load, next trip. | Standing for the last time in the laza- retto of Nt:<-sira Scs "a dt Sew. la. . ' four fathoms uuder the Pacific, i felt | a> though I w*. a ■ '0 to an • | Old friends r . r 1 probably uever ! see her agui: 1 here son" tiling ; I wonderful in. the wry si. had guarded ; j those ! : •: ;r- f< I all the years I ! .i.-.oe tl V • : ;-j «-ar?d under wa- j ! I . i . „• little :i« to ! j'"' '■""" I 4iiir<. n.y .-ai.liing for heirs of the i riginal owners. This didn't trouble me very long, however. Ihe risks Hal- | stead and 1 had undergone, and the way we had worked the problem outto a successful r< Milt, seemed to give us ! a better claim upon the money thai} anvone else—even our fat and schem ing friend Sebastiano. So the days slipped along through April into May, while I rested and 1 learned what it was to have a beautiful woman's personality creep into th 6 deepest corners of my heart. Then ; one morning there came acloud which ! threatened disaster to all our hopes; j and but for Dorotea's position and ! ready wit this nan alive would be j merely one of fruitless adventure. A j schooner came sailing into Apra —one j of the island schooners which trade in ; cocoanuts, beclie-de-mer, and other j products —in search of water, poultry, and any cargo there might happen to be in the place. Noticing the bags of copra under the shed, her captain of fered the harbor master a higher rate than that which obtained at Manila, and was told that, as the gobernador would undoubtedly be glad to sell at such a price, he might send ashore for it wlaenever he pleased. We were jusj,t coming in from a sail, and saw the schooner's men loading some of the bngs into a Jolly-boat as we skirted along outside of Apapa islamd. My face mu£t have been absolutely color less, for Dorot-ea laid her hand upon my arm and exclaimed: "Madre de. Dios, querido, what is it? que tiene V.?" "So tengo nada; but look! They are taking away the copra in that schoon er! The treasure! It is packed away in the bags. I never dreamed they would be disturbed until ITalstead came for them. Oh, good Lord! how on earth can I stop thiem without giv ing the whole tiling away?" "Steer inside Apapa and land at the pier. I will stop it very quickly." "But how? What can you say that will not arouse suspicion that there is something more valuable in the bags?" "I cannot tell until I ask of the har bor master why he does permit it; then I will think of something. Does el Capitan Halstead know?" "Of course he does, and expects to take them next trip." "Then he would surely give more than other men for them?" "Yes, yes. So will I. Only keep them where they aire until he comes. I have it! Say that I spoke to you of a new chemical discovery which Halstead told me about —one which Increases the value of copra, and which made him think of buying this lot on specu lation. The treasure will need chem icals to get the corrosion off, any way." "Ai, that will do. But you must not so alarmed appear, Knriquito. Do you light one of your ciga-rros. Smoke as if it did make no difference to you. Leave the rest to n»e. Now—vivo —take the frown from your forehead. Come, there is el official —Senor Legaspe! Sen or Legaspe, why do los hombres remove the copra?" "El capltano gives two dollars more than tine Manila rate, senorita. I knew el gobernador would accept such an offer, so I have given him peiniis sion to load." You have made a mistake, senor; the gobernador will be greatly dis pleased. The price of copra has risen very much, and the. stranger capltano thinks we have not heard of it. Stop them instantly. I should regret to see you in trouble, Senor Legaspe." "A thousand apologies, senorita-; it shall be as you say. I knew nothing of the rise in values, and I but thought el gobernador would be pleased to sell. Hola, hombres! The copra is not for sale. Take tho&e bags out of your boat and bring them back." The sailors looked at one another and then grumblingly began to do as they were told. The schooner's cap tain must have be-en watching through his glass, for inside of five minutes he dropped another boat into the water and came ashore as fast as his men could row. Hailing the harbor-master in bad Spanish when he was within ear sliot.lie asked what the devil was the matter, and why his men were taking the stuff out of the jolly-boat. Le gaspe was smarting a little under the sharp t riek he thought. the captain had played upon him, and was very short in his reply that "the gobernador would not sell, and that was all there about it." "Who says he won't?" shouted the captain. "I've had my glass on the shore for half an hour, and no one has spoken to you but this yellow-fa<*ed chap and the girl yonder. He ain't the gobernador, I'll take my oath; and as for the girl, I don't allow no damned native women to interfere in my busi ness." It took all the self-e®ntrol I had to keep from knocking the man down His cool appropriation of our millions was a serious enough offense, without the gratuitous insult to the girl I in tended to marry. I stepped in front of the fellow and looked him over. Then I said: "Thre lady, sir, is Senorita de Garma, only daughjer of his excellency. Col. De Carina, gobernador of the Ladrones. I supposed from your colors that you were a German, but I'm ashamed to see that you came from my own coun try. Von will doubtless see lit to apol ogize to the lady at once." The man's cold, fishy eyes met mine for a second or two before he spoke; he seemed to be sizing me up. finally he drawled out: "Waal, perhaps I war a leetle hasty. 1 dunno who you mought be, stranger, but yer kin tell thurleddy I didn't mean no offense; wimmin's a good deal alike out here'n thur islands, an' I didn't jedge her right, that's all. But about that tharcoppera; I w ant a cargo of it, an' I'm willin' ter pay er fa*r price. I'll give the gobernador four dollars more'n thur Manila rate, an' he kin pocket thur I difference; but I don't eal'lnte ter leave Apra without it." "I'm afraid you'll have to. I 1 app.-ii to know the .-;t ff is worth a good dial more than the price you name; at-.1, rather than let you have it, I*ll buy it myself on speculation." "Oh, ye will! What's ter purvent my lavin' down my money here on thur sand an' tellin* my men ter put it aboard? I reckon you an' that dago ain't goin' ter stop mc." "That's where you make another mis take. Senor I.egaspe sent for the gob ernador an hour ago, ar.d he 11 bv here with the officers of his staff very short ly. In the meantime, if you or your men lay a finger en those bags, I 1! slioot you without a second s warning.' (I was play ing for millions, and I meant what I said.) "More than that, as you have grossly insulted the senorita. I 11 kill you if you stay another live min utes on shore." I thought the man would liaye a fit of apoplexy; even his vast store of deep sea profanity failed him for the mo ment. His crew were Germans, but enough of them understood English to keep the run of what was golr.gon, and I could see they were rather enjoying the situation; evidently the skipper was a thorough brute at sea. He was speechless with rage; but, as I had -be advantage of him, then* wne nothing to do but pull off to his schooner and sail away. She was just standing out past Orote when the carromata jolted tip with the colonel and his two lieu tenants. Dorotea saw that I.egaspe was likely 'oget a wigging for allow ing the visitors to leave before her father saw them, and shrewdly put an entire ly different light upon the affair by say ing—in English, for my benefit: "Padre mio, you the Senor Enrique must thank for protecting me at the risk of his life. In brutp capitano did land from la goleta and did order hl» men to take away the copra, telling the Senor Lepaspe that he would pay but a mere nothing; and when I did say that he could not have it, he in sulted me. Then the Senor Enrique did give him five minutes to go away before he killed him, though the bruto did have seven men from his goleta." Well, that, settled the stranger, and made me the biggest man on the is land. The gobernador's right arm went over my shoulder, and his left under my right, in a twinkling; then, after three pats on the small of my back and a moment or two of ecstatic silence, he reversed the arms, left over my right shoulder, etc., three more pats, more silence,' kisses on both my cheeks, then an endless string of ex travagant protestations concerning his i : fe-long obligation to me. I had seen the thing done many times before among people of the Latin races, but being kissed by a man was, to say the least, a novelty. Even Legaspe ex pressed himself in exaggerated terms concerning the way in which I had called the captain's hand; and, as no mention was made of his supposed mistake, he was our very humble serv ant. Lest other dangers of a similar nature should threaten it, however, Dorotea mentioned to her father Hal stead's assumed intention of buying the copra at a high figure, on specula tion, and suggested the advisability of placing a guard over it at night. The colonel's cupidity was aroused, and the guard was set; but, owing to Br'er Miguel's ghostly influence, the most he could make his men do was to pa trol the shore each night in a proa. As it was likely to be a three-months' job, the soldiers didn't relish this; but they had to obey orders. It was the 6th of May when we came so near losing the copra. On the third morning after Halstead was to appear, if everything had gone right with him; and as the time approached I became strangely apprehensive —so much so that I fotind it difficult to maintain an air of careless et.se. In fact, had it not been for Dorotea, I might have be trayed my real interest in Guajan a dozen times. But with each day that passed it became more evident that I had no rival in her heart. Sometimes she would speak with dread of Hal stead's return, and breathlessly ask me to promise that I would surely visit them in Granada the following spring. Still, July was yet so far away that my departure seemed only a dim pos sibility to her—a something which she must not even think about. I won dered a little what she would say when she knew, and how the colonel was go ing to feel. Sebastiano had fully recovered by this time, and had resumed his investi gations. Bearing the old fellow really no ill will, I one day suggested to him the possibility that Santa liosamight be eight or ten miles to the eastward of the charted position; and on the evening of May 8 he burst into the patio, where we were at- dinner, with his oily countenance fairly shining. He had been out in his big proa all day, and at last had been successful. There were exultation, greed, many things, in the look he cast upon me; but tie man had suffered disappointment and illness, and the Lord fcnows I didn't feel like begrudging him this bit of good luck. I listened to him, con gratulated him heartily upon his great discovery, and prophesied great things for his book, until midnight—a child could have seen that I had no personal interest in the reef—then I said good-night and went upstairs. Stepping quietly along to the door of Dorotea's room, I gave a few faint taps upon it, and in a moment her voice aeked: "Quien llama ?" "Soy yo —Enriqulto. Open the door for a moment." In a second she stood before me in a loose wraipper that made her look wonderfully pretty. "Dorotea. querida, I'm going for a long sail before daylight. Will you come with me, about half-past three?" The request, would have been a severe test of any woman's love, but, with her arms upon my shoulders, she whis pered : "I will go anywhere at any time, with you, ICnriquito mio." So, while the stillness was unbroken save for the rustling banana leaves, we stole away to the beach and put to sea in the proa ; it was to be for the last time. I wanted to remove my friend Br'er Miguel in time to prevent com plications next day; so, gliding along in tiie wake of the guard-boat until it almost reached the head of the bay, I landed and hastily dug the figure from its concealment among the bags. Wrapping a piece of matting about the tiling, so as not to frighten Doro tea, I lugged it along to where she sat waiting for me. She had heard all about Br'er Miguel as we came along, and, though frightened at my temeri ty—t.o call it by no stronger naime — her sense of humor afterward got the better of her fears. Having decided that our waxen companion could find no better final resting-place than the big proa—the padre certainly owed it a "requieseat" —we floated cautiously along to where it lay, near the landing pier, and left our friend with the tiller under his arm. Then we headed out to sea. The first streaks of red were silhouet ting the peal; of Tiniquio against the eastern sky w hen we left Orote behind us, and in a few moments it was light enough to see the horizon. Moment j/t« r moment I strained my eyes to the westward until, finally. I saw a tiny black mass that grew more dis tinct as: I looked. The relief was so great that I felt chilly. Dick was real ly corning. at last —coming precisely when he said he would —and the sus pense was almost over. How I blessed MePhcrson and his faithful old engine! How I wanted to get Dick's honest hand between my own lingers! Then a sudden thought occurred to me, and I looked at Dorotea. She had seen the smoke; and if oer a woman's face ex pressed the grit f of approaching sep aration, tormenting fears and doubts concerning the future, hers did at that moment. Her dark, melting eyes were swimming in tears; and with her arms tight about me she hid her face in my breast, sobbing out: "Is it true, querido mio, that—you— arc to —leave me? Ai, santisima Maria! I shall die!" "No, you won't, Dorotea—Dorotita. j Listen. Halstead is on that steamer; I | he and I own her now; we are going to ship the copra to-day, and leave Guajan i this evening. But when we go away la I Senora Stevens—la Dorotea Catalinade finrma Stevens—will be with us." Friends, have you ever seen the sun- I shine break over a beautiful woman's face'.' Have you ever seen ilie love liL-ht in her eyes struggle for mastery with speculations about her trousseau : at the end of fiftetn minutes? Have | you ever been half strangled by warm, bare arms, as red lips whispered shy, }, tremulous questions, which your imag * {nation must supply? Because, if yen , haven't, it will be impossible for you to appreciate what occurred that May i morning, twenty miles from shore, while the sun reddened every stick of the proa, and the good old Countess steamed nearer and nearer, until her anchors towered over us and IlalsTead's own hands dropped the ladder by i which we climbed on deck. Another beautiful girl stood with i outstretched arms in the doorway of j Dick's cabin when we mounted to it— I a girl whom Dick introduced as La Capitana. la Senora Halstead —and who embraced both Dorotea and myself with delightful impartiality. So we sailed into Port San Luis d'Apra under English colors, and with a most original house-flag at the fore peak. It bore, upon s white field, the perfect representation of a Span ish galleon, such as sailed the Pa cific a hundred years ago, and was the joint handiwork of Mrs. nalstead and MePherson. Repeated blasts of the Countess' whistle brought the gobernador hur- He had been successful. rying over from Agana without his breakfast —though his daughter and prospective son-in-law were careful to see that he suffered nothing on that account —and, by his orders, the load ing commenced before we rose from the table. He was a most delightful man, as simpK and easy-going as a child. He couldn't account for the steamer's sudden reappearance; the fact that his daughter was going to be married and leave him that evening was inexplicable; so he gave up trying to puzzle it all out, and smoked and drank wine with us in the best of good fellowship. The only question he asked me—and it was askedin a gentle, apologetic way—was whether my po sition and prospects were such that I could undertake to support a wife. I answered cautiously that I didn't quite know how far a million would go in that line, so much depended upon the girl and her requirements, but that I thought of risking it if he were satisfied. The million he regarded as my little joke, one of my American figures of speech. He had read of millions, of course, but that he should ever be related to one was a de lirious bit of humor which he often related to his friends over coffee and cigars until we took him back to Spain in our own ship, the following year; then he began smoking cigars at S2O the bundle, a3 became a man of his dignity and connections, ne also developed a fondness for Cham bcrtin and grandchildren which I hope to humor as long as he lives. Dorotea and I were married, in the saloon after dinner. His grace, the bishop of Mindanao—otherwise Se bastiano—and Padre Bartolomeo offi ciating, as was eminently proper (one isn't married every day by a real bishop at the end of the world), and just as they were going ashore I hand ed them their fee. It was heavy, though not very handsome at first glance. There were 150 rusty old coins in the lot, and I had to rub one with brickdust before I could persuade them that it wasn't a joke. I explained that their acquaintance, and the service they had just rendered me, were worth all of the twenty-three odd hundred which the blackened old curlua rcpit sented, but that if there were any change coming to me they might invest it in services for the final repose of Br'er Miguel, who would undoubtedly appear to them before long. Bartolomeo didn't understand it at all. Sebastiano did, and, like the astute churchman he was, gave me his benediction before he walked down the accommodation ladder. But if ever he gets me In a corner! Ah, well, let us hope that he never will. I should hate to have anything unpleasant oc cur to mar our friendship. That night, as the Countess steamed away from old Guajan, her nose point ed straight for Hong-Kong, a happy family party gathered in the captain & room. An enormous bag of copi'a, taken haphazard from the cargo, lay broached upon the table; and nestling among the bits of dried cocoanut ker nel were doublopns, globe dollars, bars of pure silver. The treasure was safe on board, and we were rich —rich be yond the dreams of avarice. POSTSCIIIPT BY THE AUTHOR. In arranging Mr. Stevens' narrative for publication, I find he has neglected to state the amount he uud Capt. nalstead actually realized from the galleon's treasure; so, thinking that this may be of interest to many of his readers, I venture to add a few details supplied from our conversation at vari ous times. The steamer made a quick passage to Hong-Kong, where the llong-Kongand ; Shanghai banking corporation readily j undertook to handle all the silver, I both in coin and ingots, giving Mr. i Stevens drafts on London to the | I amount of £450,000. The two gentle- » men, with tlieir wives, Mr. McPherson and Don Silve*tre Palacios, then made a most delightful voyage, by way of Sing: pore and Suez, to England, where they were successful in disposing of the gold, at an average price of three pounds -i\ shillings to the doubloon, realizing 1 upwards of C 300,000 more. After ghing McPherson £40,000, and paying Ramirez man. "Throw up your hands!" he cried. Those addressed did so without % murmur. Then slowly and proudly the fellow took their money. k Yes, four aces are hard to beat. N, \. No. » A RKOHU>ER OF PAIN? Interesting- Particulars of an In-, genious Invention. 4 fly It» Aid It lltts Beeu Ascertained That Women Suffer More Thai Men-—'The Difference In Clashes. I'rof. Arthur Mac Donald, specialist, in the United States bureau of educa tion, is carrying on a series of investigar Hons for the purpose of finding out how sensitive the ordinary person is to pain. Under the direction of Prof. Mac- IV>nald, school-teachers all over the country have been testing school chil dren and adults, and the result, aver aged up to date, contains some very curious and unlooked-for information j concerning pain. Prof. Mac Donald first made tests on 1,412 persons, and from them drew the following conclu sions: Women are more sensitive to pain than men. | American professional men are more sensitive to pain than American busi ! ui— ...v.., ~..a .—... mas j either English or German professional men. The laboring classes are mucH less sensitive to pain than the non laboring classes. The women of the poorer classes are much less sensitive to pain than those in mofe comfortable conditions. Young men of the wealthy classes are much more sensitive to pain than men of the working classes. Young Women of the wealthy classes ere much more sensitive to pain than young men of the wealthy classes. As to pain, it is true, in general, thatwom i en are more sensitive than men, but It does not necessarily follow that women, cannot endure more pain than men. These quite general results were ob tained in a preliminary series of in vestigations, but they promised so much that P*rof. Mac Donald determined to extend Fiis operations so as to gain information of a much more special character. Prof. Mac Donald, therefore, invented a little instrument which was designed) }to used as a recorder of pain. He calls it the algometer. It looks like an immense hypodermic syringe, but the principle of its operation is that of tie ordinary spring scale reversed. In short, it is a simple barrel and affair. Inside the barrel is a colled spring. When the piston is pushed into the barrel it necessarily compresses the spring, which collapses according to the pressure put upon it. A scale in the side of the barrel cords the amount of pressure. No'fo this affair was held against of each person examined. Afi It -wqa pushed against the temple, of the piston receded into the barrel. When the pressure of the spring piaae the nffair''uncomfortable, the sybje<}t> under examination would describe hi® or her sensations. That is, whether the instrumeut hurt, or not. Of coui'fe the moment it grew uncomfortable tLe instrument was removed, as it was tho greatest amount of sensitiveness to pain that was to be tested. The instruments were used in test# all over the country. They were tried on the pupils of public and private schools. They were tried on business men, business women, laborers, wash women, professional men and universi ty women. They w ere tried on various parts of the bodies of these persons, and differences of ages were note<\,- Out of the mass of statistics received the following facts were obtained. Generally speaking, sensibility to pain decreases as a person advances in age. The left temple is more sensitive than the right temple. The left hand is more sensitive than the right hand. Children between ten and eleven years old exhibit quite an obiustness to "pain," which, however, dimipisjies between the ages of 11 and 12. That ip, the? can stand'less general pain when years old than tney coula just prior to 11 years. But they become more obtuse again when between 12 and 13 years. ** Between the ages of 13 and 17 the right temple increases in obtuseness, while the left temple increases in acutfe-, ness. Of course there are variations, but the above was culled from the ma jority of examples. Girls In private schools, the children in which generally come of wealthy parents, are found to be more sensitive to pain than girls of publio schools. Thus, in the language of Prof. Mac Donald, "it would appear that re finements and luxuries tend to Increase sensitiveness to pain. The hardihood which the great majority must experi ence seems.advantageous." This also accords with the result of previous measurements to the effect that the non-laboring classes are more sensitive to pain than laboring classes.' By "laboring classes" is meant artisans and unskilled laborers; by non-labor hig" classes Is meant professional and mercantile men. It is found, as far as differences be tween sexes are concerned, that girls in public schools are more sensitive at nil ages than boys. This, of course, corresponds to the previous measure ments, which showed that wome£ are more sensitive to pain than men. Eight hundred and ninety-nine women and children were tested in getting at th® above facts.—Boston Globe. Plenty of Rubber Trees. According to lrrfm mailon Tccelted ttl the British foreign office, the feips re cently expressed that the supply of rubber from the Amazonian forests may be exhausted in the near future, are not very well founded. Para rubber is produced over an nrea amounting to at least 1,000,000 square miles, and while overproduction exhausts the sup ply in particular localities, nature quickly reproduces the trees when an opportunity is given her. —Youth's Companion. Done. "Hello, Brown! How's Cleaver do ing?" "He's all right. Just borrowed five dollars of me not ten minutes ago." "Ah, I see; he's still doing."—Detroit Free Press. Had Lot, Tlio«. "Shockingly unprincipled lot, those waiters. One of them passed a bad half dollar on me the other day, confound him! And I haven't been able to get rid of it yet."—Hlustrated American. Probably. "I'd like to find some business that isn't overcrowded." "If you do, you'll probably find that there isn't anything in, the business to attract a crowd." —Puck. lle»t l n*eeu. Quizzcr —So he shuts his eyes to his wife's temper fits, docs he? Guyer —Yes, she's deaf and dumb and talks on her hands, you know. —N. Y. Journal. More to the I'nrjioK. "Have you no fears for the future?" "None," answered the new* theatrical star, her eyes flaming. "1 have a past!" V And it was ever present with. her. — ' Cliicairo Tribuu*.