PHANTOM SHIP -OR Thc Flying Dutchman. -BY CAPTAIN MAMYAT. CHAPTER XII.—(Continued.) "There are twenty men on deck to tell the story,” replied the captain, "and the olu Catholic priest, to boot, for he stood by me the whole time I was on deck. The nn*n said that some accident would happen; and In the morning watrh, on sounding the well, we found four feet of water. We took to the pumps, hut It gained upon us, and we went down, as I have told you. The mate says that the vessel Is well known—It Is called the Flying Dutch man.” Philip made no remarks at the time, but he was much pleased at what he had heard. “If,” thought he, “the Phantom Ship of my poor father ap pears to otheis a* well as to me, and they are sufferers, my being on hoard can makp no difference. I do but take my chance of falling in with her. and do not risk the lives of those who sail In the same vessel with me Now my mind Is relieved, and I can prosecute my search with a quiet conscience." The next day Philip took an oppor tunity of making the acquaintance of the Catholic priest, who spoke Dutch and other languages as well as he did Portuguese, He was a venerable old man, apparently about sixty years of age, with a white (lowing beard, mild in his demeanor, and very pleasant in Ills conversation. When Philip kept his watch that night, the old man walked with him. and it was then, after a long conversa tion, that Philip Confided to him that he was of the Catholic persuasion. "Indeed, my son, that is unusual In n Hollander." "It Is so," replied Philip; "nor is it known on hoard not that I am ashamed of my religion, but I wish to avoid discussion.” "You are prudent, my son. Alas! if ■ the reformed religion produces no bet ter fruit than what I have witnessed in (tie East, It is little better than Idola try." "Tell nie, father." said Philip "they talk of a mysterious vision of a ship not manned by mortal men. Did you see it?" "I saw what others saw,” replied the priest: "and certainly, ag far as my seuses would enable me to Judge, the appearance was most unusual I may say supernatural; but I had heard of this Phantom Ship before, and more over that its appearance was Hit* pre cursor of disaster." The Batavia waited a few days at St. Helena, and then continued her voyage. In six weeks Philip again found himself at anchor in the Zuyder Zee. and having the captain’s permis sion. he immediately set off for his own home, taking with him (he old Portuguese priest Mathias, with whom he had formed a great intimacy, and to whom he had offered his protection for the time he might wish to remain in the bow Countries. Again he was united to his dear Amine. CHAPTER XIII. About three months later Amine and l’hilip were seated upon the mossy bank which we have mentioned, an I which had become lh»*ir favorite re sort. Father Mathias had contracted a great intimacy with Father geysen. and the two priests were almost as Inseparable as were Philip and Amine. Having determined to wait a summons previous to Philip'* again entering upon his strange apd fearful task. and. happy in the possession of each other, the subject was seldom revived. Philip, who had. on his return, ex pressed id* wisli to the directors of the company for immediate employment, bail. Mince that period, taken no further steps, nor hud any communication with Amsterdam. All at otto Philip felt something touch hi* shoulder and a sudden chill tan through hla frame In a moment Ills Megs reverted to the probable cause, he turned round his head, and. , to his amazement, I telle Id the istip posed to be drowned) pilot of the Tel I Si hilling, the iine-e)ed Hi hrlften. who j stood behind him with a letiet in |)|n hand The sudden appeurame of this ' malignant wretch Induced Philip to 1 culuim Mrn iiMi Htiirni i» it po»«|ti|a ' \minn. *hu bail luruad bar br^l found n« lh« ait laataitoh of Philip lovntrd up bar fam ml tiut»l Into irara It *i< not fnpr that tau«-d thw unuattal riiioUou • >« bar p.trl, ion th» ( tbrtl- ■ >u \»,i. drti»w«l «ban the •bln a a* nrvabad Ib Ksl>a liar ll«»« ilM *tm •Kappa?” "I «a» |hr«n» Up li) lb* nataa in piuNi »%i»m •■Bui,'4 iBlnrrupfnd A lrllt»u ' bat lb* nata* pught not lo bam ibntBB »*• t»p,“ • And *b» •«»* wr' 1 J'** •»**« **' ibii" ••Sof bul I proum* po t ni.it It b.i I M*« pit. but *•« **• * outran I aa«B|iad IB Iba MW*’ nap that pu» 4t I I was thrown lip by the waves; he! he! but l can't wait here. I have done my bidding." "Stop," replied I’bllip; "answer me one question. Do you sail In the same vessel with me this time?” "I'd rather be excused," replied Schrlften; "I am not looking for the Phantom Ship, Mynheer Vander decken;" and with this reply, the lit tle man turned round and went away at a rapid pace. "Is not this a summons. Amine?” said Philip, after a pause, still holding the letter In his Land, with the seal unbroken. "I will not deny It, dearest Philip. It Is moat surely so; the hateful mes senger appears to have risen from the grave that he might deliver It. For give me, Philip; hut I was taken by surprise. I will not again annoy you with a woman's weakness." ‘‘My poor Amine,” replied Philip, mournfully. “Alas! why did I not per form my pilgrimage alone? It was selfish of me to link you with so much wretchedness, and Join you with me in hearing the fardel of never-ending anxiety and suspense." “And who should bear It with you, my dearest Philip, if it Is not the wife of your bosom? You little know my heart if you think I shrink from the duty. No, Philip, It |s a pleasure, even In its most acute pangs; for I consider that I am, by partaking with, relieving you of a portion of your sorrow, and I f**el proud that I am the wife of one who has been selected to be so pe culiarly tried. Hut. dearest, no more of this. You must read the letter,” Philip did not answer. He brokp the seal, and found that the letter In* tlmated to him that he was appointed as first ma'e to the Vrow Katerina, a vessel which sailed with the next fleet; and requesting he would Join as quick ly as possible, as she would soon be ready to receive hpr cargo. The let ter. which was from the secretary, further informed him that, after this voyage, lie might he certain of having the command of a vessel as captain, upon conditions which would he ex plained when he called upon the hoard. “I thought, Philip, that you had re quested the command of a vessel for this voyage," observed Amine, mourn fully. “I did," teplled Philip, "but not hav ing followed up my application. It ap pears not to have been attended to. It has been my own fault." “And now It is too late." "Yes. dearest, most assuredly so; but It matters not; I would as willingly, perhaps rather, sail this voyage as first mate." "Philip. I may as well speak now. That I am disappointed, I must con fess; I fully expected that you would have tiad the command of a vessel, and you may remember that I exacted a promise from you on this very bank upon which we now sit. That promise I shall still exuit, and I now tell you what 1 hud intended to ask. It was. my dear Philip, permission to sail with you. With yon i care for nothing. I can he happy under every privation or danger; but to he left alone for so long, brooding over my painful thoughts, de voured by suspense, impatient, restless and Iniapable of applying to any one thing that, dear Philip, Is the height of misery, and that is what I feel when you are absent. Recollect, I have your promise, Philip. As captain you have the means of receiving your wife on board. I am bitterly disappointed in being left this time; do, therefore, to a certain degree console me by promis ing that I shall sail with you next voy age, if Heaven permit your return." "1 promise it. Amine, since you are so earnest. I can refuse you nothing; lint I have a foreboding that yours and my happiness will lie wrecked for ever. I am not a visionary, hut it does appear to tne that strangely mixed up us I am. at once with this world and the next, sou e little portion of futurity is opened to me. I have given my promise, \mine, hut from It i would fain be released," tiiu if ill nil come ritiil|i It u our destiny Who can avert fate'*" \ til I tie «r ate free agents, mi. I to a certain elteut are |iermttted to direct our own >ttslinles/* A* mi shuiWt Kather dev sen fain have made m* believe hut what he said In eupport of his assertion was tu in.- Incomprehensible And yet he uttd that It wa* part uf the taiholt. falih It may he mi I am unable to under •land many other point* I wish vttui faith weir made more simple .t, yet • he good man for flood he really Is has only led me into do'iht ' ' Ihisslng through douhi you mil gt | rtve at co« Viet ion Amine ’ ivrhap **> replied Amins. hut 1 It appear* to me that I am a* yet Urn i on the u'ticet of tu ptoiao M j come. Philip. ley «« return Vtsi must go »o Am*tvrdarn and I wltl go with | you A»ter tout labor* of the da» a' !««•• until you *«i| vour Am ur ■ | smites must »UII enliven yon I* it not : '*»*" * Y**. deaivsi. I a mid hate |t il^i a»i| it. I wonder muh how dthriltea i ould rotUe h*' • I ‘I »>'l ' # >K*ly it I* teriain lei* hi* »*«ap» t* u me m>ra>ulo«|v AA u* dll ha nut ap pear when saved? where could he have been? What think you. Amine?” “What I have long thought, Philip. He Is a ghoul with an evil eye. permit ted for some cause to walk the earth i In human form, and is certainly, in some way, connected with your strange destiny. If it requires anything to eonvincc me of the truth of all that has passed, it Is his appearance—tiv wretched Afrit! Oh, that 1 had my mother's powers but 1 forget, it dis pleases you, Philip, that 1 ever talk of such things, and I am silent.” Philip replied not: and. absorbed in their own meditations, they walked back in silence to the cottage. Al though Philip tiad made up Ills own mind, he immediately sent the Portu guese priest to summon Father Bey sen, that he might communicate with them and take their opinion as to the summons he had received. Having entered Into a fresh detail of the sup posed death of Sehriften, and his re apprararne ns a messenger, he then left the two priests to consult together, and went upstairs to Amine. It was more than two hours before Philip was called down, and Father Seysen ap peared to be in a state of great per plexity. CHAPTER XIV. "My son," said he, "we are much perplexed. We had hoped that our Ideas upon this strange communlca tlon were correct, and (hat, allowing all that you have obtained from your mother and have seen yourself to have been no deception, still that It was the work of the KvII One, and, if so, our prayers and masses would have de stroyed this power. We advised you to wall another summons, and you have received it. The Iciier Itself Is of course nothing, but the reappear arn-c of the bearer of the letter Is the question to be ronsidered. Tell me, Philip, what is your opinion on this point? it is possible he m'ght have been saved why not as well as your self?" "I acknowledged the possibility, father.” replied Philip; “he may have been < ast on :-liore and have wandered In another direction. H is possible, al though anything but probable; but since you ask me my opinion, 1 must say candidly that I consider lie is no earthly messenger; nay, i am sure of it. That he is mysteriously connected with my destiny Is certain. But who he is and what he Is, of rouse I can not tell." "Then, my son, we have come to the determination. In this instance, not to advise. You must act now upon your own responsibility and your own Judg- I ment. In what way soever you may decide, wc shall not blame you. Our prayers shall he that Heaven may still have you In Its holy keeping," "My decision, holy father, Is to obey the summons.” "Be it so, my son; something may occur which may assist to work out the mystery—a mystery which I ac knowledge to be beyond my compre hension, and of too painful a nature for me to dwell upon.” Philip said no more, for he per ceived that the priest was not at all in clined to converse. Father Mathias took this opportunity of thanking Philip for his hospitality and kindness, and stated his intention of returning to Lisbon by the first opportunity that might offer. (To be continued.) Strange I'udergrouad {Impel. Prayer meetings are often held in tha underground galleries of Great Brit ain's colliery districts, but there Is probably ouly one mine where an apartment has been excavated and set aside exclusively as a place of worship. This strange sanctuary is to be found in the Myndd Newydd Colliery, about three miles out of the town of Swan sea. The underground chapel dates ( back for more than half a century, and every morning since its inauguration the workers in the colliery have as sembled together in this remarkable and novel edifice to worship God. The chapel is situated close to the tiottoni of the shaft so that the miners, on de scending the pit. can go to worship before they proceed to tiieir various station*. The apartment is strangely lacking in ornamentation and adorn ment. The pillars and the beams which support the roof are of rough wood, and a disused i >al trolley turned on end, itoes duty as a pulpit. Thn only light In the sanctuary Is given by a I 1mv > safety lump hung tiy a rope from the ceiling The miners sit ii (Mitt rough wooden form* placed across the chattel from side to side, and the tildes! wot kilt a It at the colliery tier forms the duties of pastor li* read* a chapter from the Bible, and thru offers up a prayer, asking Gtnl to tie with the ineu tu their dally labor*. The service generally cutteludoa with •tune gland old Welsh h>uin, sung heartily by all the worshiper*, with i out in ,ir« r* Hour the JlHetl man aad hta ay wiputbtaef* evpfe ia«w| i i heir •*«** of her ear ear* at by too stir roof ut w» stains It rotoettmes happen* wh*n a pre'ty g|t| poaew h*M* the mtlfof that *bo elier*. .Iw < alt t»c i i ■ - * »‘ *IIJlh*f TAL MAGE’S SERMON. - "A STOUT GRASP" LAST SUN DAY'S SUBJECT. from Second Hook of Kmnuvl, ear. 1 say now that a Book which is divinely inspired and divinely kept and divinely scat tered Is a weapon worth holding a tight grip of. Bishop Colenso will come along and try to wrench out of your hand the live books of Moses, and Strauss will come along and try to wrench out of your hand the miracle*, und Kenan will come along and try to wrench out of your hand the entire life of the Lord Je*us Christ, and your as sociates In ihe office or the factory or the banking house will try to wrench out of your hand the entire Bible; but In the strength of the land God of Israsl, und with Kleazar's grip hold on to K. You give up the Bible, you give up any part or it. ana you give up pur don an not b* aahatned, young man, to have th* world know that you ur* a friend of lh« Hibl* Thin Book la th* friend of all that la good, and It U th* worn enemy of all that I* bad An eloquent writer recently gtv*« an In cident of a very bad man who etond in a cell of a Wealeru prlaon. Thla . rim Inal had gone through all »ty|«e of crime, and he waa there waiting for th* gallon « The convict atandlng there at the window of th* cell thla witter aaya, ' looked out and declared T am an Infidel.' lie aatd that to all the men and women and > htldr*n who happened to tie gathered there T am an Iwttdel and the eloquent Witter • aye Kvety min and woman ther* believed him '* Ur I the writer go** i tin to *4> “If he had •too*) ther* *a> , log I am a f'ht la't m*.' every man oi l > woman would have aatd lie ta a liar*' " t hio H ide la the oworn enemy of all that U wrong, and It la the friend of all that la g*«wl Oh hold on U* Ui Wot | take part of tt and throw Ike real j away Hold on te nit wf ft Tkere at* i ••• many people now who do ma know i Vug aak th«m if Ike •oil .a Imm r'al and they **v ' I gn»*a it t* | don i kn>‘ • Perhapa it la. perhapa ti un t I* the Ht**le true’ Melt pet bap' It >a and perhapa It Un‘» Petkv.a u >nay he hgurnttvety anl pethap* It May he partly, an l perkapa It wav not be at all." They despise what they call the apostolic creed; blit If their own creed were written out. It would read like this: ,“F believe in nothing the maker of heaven and earth, and In nothing which it hath sent, which nothing was born of nothing, and which nothing was dead and buried and descended into nothing, and arose from nothing, and now silteth at the right hand of nothing, from which it will come to Judge nothing. I be lieve In the holy agnostic church and In the communion of nothingarians, and In the forgiveness of nothing, and the resurrection of nothing, and In the life that never shall be. Amen!" That Is the creed of tens of thousands of people In this day. If yon have a mind to adopt such a theory, t will not. "I believe In God the Father Almighty. Maker of heaven and earth, and in •leans Christ, and In the holy Catholic church, and in the communion of saints, and in the life everlasting Amen." Oh, when 1 sec Hlcazar taking such a stout grip of the sword In the battle against sin and for righteous ness I come to the conclusion that we ought to take a stouter grip of God's eternal truth the sword of righteous ness. As I look at Kleazar’s hand I also notice Ills spirit of self-forgetfulness He did not notice that the hilt of the sword was eating through the palm of his hand. He did not kuow It hurt him. Ah he went out Into the conflict he was so anxious for the victory he forgot himself, and that hilt might go ever so deeply into the palm of his hand, It could not disturb him. "His hand clave unto the sword." O, my brothers and sisters, let us go into the Christian conflict with the spirit of self-abnegation. Who cares whether the world praises us or denounces us? What do we care for misrepresentation, or abuse, or persecution In a conflict like this? Let us forget ourselves. That man who Is afraid of getting bis baud hurt will never kill a Philistine. Who cares whether you get hurt or not if you get the victory? Oh, how many Christians there are who are all the time worrying about the way the world treats them. They are so tired, and they are so abused, and they are so tempted, when Kleazar did not think whether be had a hand, or an arm, or a foot. All be wanted was victory. We gee how men forget themselves in worldly achievement. We have often seen men who, In order to achieve worldly success, will forget all physical fatigue and all annoyance and all obstacle. Jimt after the batte of Yorktown, in the American Revolu tion a musician, wounded, was told he must have his limbs amputated, and they were about to fasten him to the surgeon's table for It was long be fore the merciful discovery of anaes thetics. He said, "No. don’t fasten me to that table; get me a violin ” A violin was brought to him, and he said: "Now go to work as I begin to play," and for forty minutes, during ] the awful pang- of amputation, he ! moved not a muscle nor dropped a note, while he played some sweet tune. Oh, Is It not strange that with the music of the Cospel of Jesus Christ, and with this grand march of the church militant on the way to become the church triumphant, we cannot for get ourselves and forget all pang and all sorrow and all persecution and all perturbation. We know what men accomplish under worldly opposition. Men do not shrink back for antagonism, or for hardship. You have admired Pres cott's ‘‘Conquest of Mexico.” as bril liant and beautiful a history as was ever written; but some of you may not know under what disadvantages It was written that "Conquest of Mexico"— for Prescott was totally blind, and he hail two pieces of wood parallel to each other fastened, and totally blind, with his pen between those pieces of wood he wrote, the stroke against one piece of wood telling how far the pen must go in one way. the stroke against the other piece of wood telling how far the pen must go the other way. Oh, how much men will endure for worldly knowledge and for worldly success, and yet how little we endure for Jesus Christ. How inauy Christians there are that go around saying. "O my haud. O my haud. my hurt hand; don’t you see there Is blood on the hand and there Is blood on the sword?" while Kleazar, with the hilt imbedded In the flesh of his right haud, does not know it. Moat I b* tarried to the aide* On flowery beds of ea»e. While othet s fought to win tha prlaa. Or sailed through blood) seas? What hava *n suffered In eoinparl •on with thu»e who axptrad with suf fowg Jesus, lovar of toy MIU), lari m> to thy Isuun My V\ hit* th* tdihaws near m« toil Will* ih* i*mp**i still U high 1 h*n lhay w*t* dashed down lu I• sx|y uk, ho* mu. h <«h*rs hat* *n d-.. I fu*' nils' and h»w llttl* w* *n lo* *w r hi let kke sent to rtd« to h*gt an tn a Nllnrx steeping . ar too tr«M uk soft pin th Ih* had mad* up •grly mi •« tan *t**p all th* way. ih* Mark pui>*r of iNM'h lu wgk* u* up only In time to enter the golden city We want all the surgeon* to tlx our hand up. Let them bring on all the lint and all the bandage* and all the salve, for our hand 1» hurt, while Eleazar does not know hi* hand Is hurt. "His hand clave unto the sword.” As I look at Eleazar’s hand, I come to the conclusion that he has done a gieat deal of hard hitting. I am not surprised when I see that these four men—Eleazar and his three compan ions—drove back the army of Philis tines. that Eleazar's sword clave to hi* hand, for every time he struck an en emy with one end of the sword, the other end of the sword wounded hint When he took hold of the sword, the sword took hold of him. ANCIENT CITY IN KENTUCKY Kvldnoce Found Near Carlisle of a I’r* historic Town. In the course of excavations 111 search of water In the vicinity of Blue Lick Springs, near Carlisle, Ky„ Inter esting discoveries have Just been re ported which Indicate that a large town was once located ou the site in some prehistoric period long before the mas todon became extinct, thousands of years ago. The finds were burled quite deep, owing to the fact that Blue Lick Springs and Big Bono Springs are sit uated in quite low ground, and are subject to overflow from the Ohio every spring. Each overflow has caused the alluvial soil to cover the deposits deeper and deeper. Last summer, from some unaccountable reason, Blue Lick Springs almost ceased to flow, and the owners had to take recourse to a vein emanating from the opposite side ot the river. Disconcerted at their loss, they began to cudgel their wits In the hope of restoring their lost fountain. Pumps from various places were put to work, and where formerly a vast, strong stream that would defy any known pump flowed forth, these hand pumps took the water away. In the course of the excavations they began to find at the depth of about eight feet skeletons of deer, elk and buffalo, in some the bones and horns being in a splendid state of preservation. I.d in the ho (he death of thu« |\ five hoots before It iiMth plat «• MsswaA Mrs. Irt'ree, of 1'hbago |. he her busnuad* Mis V |* Canie ul-oi of that placet Well rather her has b**a I should any Philadelphia North two t> an Th* ft»sh of glligaiur* Iasi** very tihe veal, and ta regarded *• t d*lMa