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    8 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SIMDAY , MAY 21. 1893.-TWENTY PAGES.
BOSTON STORE LOSS BY FIRE
The Great Damage to Oar $175,000 , Eosorro
Stock By Tire ,
SETTLED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES
It'i tlio IlleRentT.oM Kver Incurred Through
iHmobe lij tlio Iniurnnce CompnnUi In
Omnhn anil They Settled
Oar I.OM Ycitordny.
TUESDAY MORNING
at 8 o'clock
wo begin the _ ,
GREATEST SMOKE SALE
OP DUY GOODS
over hold in the west.
When lire \vns first discovered In the
Los Angeles liquor store beneath our re-
ecrvo stock rooms , the llrcmcn directed
nil their efforts to lighting the llaracs
below.
An explosion of nny single ono of the
barrels of whisky mcnnt the explosion
of the lot and the total destruction of
the entire block ,
To avoid this calamity nil tholr ef
forts wcro given to the liquor store and
the mapnlllcent
8175,000
RESERVE STOCK of
THE BOSTON STORE
On the floors above the liquor store
Was loft to itself.
Cloud after cloud of dense umoko
forced its way through nook and crevice
and cranny
Up through the celling of the liquor
store and through the lloors into our ro-
ecrvo stock rooms.
After the 11 ro
When the doors and windows wcro
opened and the smoke cleared away
Then the damage
Showed itself.
Every piece of goods that was ex
posed showed the stain of tho'smoko.
But there wcro thousands and thpu-
Bands of dollars worth of goods which
wcro in boxes , which wcro only affected
the least llttlo bit by smoke. Abso
lutely nothing in our stock was touched
by fire or water.
The only damage to any of it was by
Binoko , which slightly discolored the
edges of the goods and most of this will
disappear in wear or washing. ,
But the insurance companies paid us
our loss.
And Tuesday wo will commence to
slaughter them at
A tenth of their cost.
At any price
In order to clean them out in a hurry.
Remember in this stock room wo car
ried the surplus stock oi every depart
ment in the store , and prepare yourself
on
TUESDAY
For greater , more wonderful , more re
markable and smashing bargains than
over
"Wcro scon or offered
' In any kind of a sale ,
By any store in the whole wide world.
It'H BOSTON STORE say so.
It's BOSTON STORE that'll give 'em.
111 Search of ( iolcl.
Everybody has seen gold coin and gold
bars , but very few people haVe ever seen
gold in its natural state as found by the
prospector. Commencing May1'15 the
Rocky Mountain Prospecting Co. will
give free ono beautiful and ; rich speci
men of gold ore and ono share 'of their
Block , par value $500.00. "Vfyvwill give
away twenty-five specimens and shares ,
but will only give ono specimen or ono
share to oaoh person. This slock will bo
worlh its par value in less than six
months. Wo are doing this as'an adver
tisement. Send stamp for ono of these
specimens or ono share of the stock at
once to the
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PROSPECTING Co. ,
Espanola , N. M.
The latest Ihing in sailor hats at Mmo.
Hickman. Look out for her Tuesday
add. Something different in hats oh
Wednesday. Mine. Hickman.
Bessie Hodson , hairdresser and mani-
nuro. 1009 Farnam , formerly with Prof.
Monhcit.
Congressman Bryan will speak at the
Coliseum tomorrow evening at the open
ing of the Manufacturers' exposition.
WestStdo Is the cheapest and best
located addition to Omaha. Lots $330.00
and $400.00 , one-tenth cash , balance
payable monthly. Lots the saino dls-
tanco from the postolllco in the north
part of the city are held at 8900.00 and
81,000.00 each. B. J. Scannoll. agent ,
309 S. 13th street.
M. O. Duxon , bicycles , 120 N. 15th st. ,
riding school in connection.
All kinds rubber goods at Sherman &
McConnoll's prescription drug store.
Arctic Ice Co. , reservoir and lake ico.
All orders promptly filled. Tel. 455.
Onico 220 So. 12th street.
W. T. Seaman , wacrons and carriages.
Wurlil'M Fair Itutcs ,
The faro to Chicago is now reduced
via Chicago & Northwestern railway on
both round trip and ono way tickets.
Very superior accommodations. Four
eastern trains daily. Got further Information
mation at tho. city ticket otllco , 1401 Far-
nain street.
Georgia and Virginia avcnuo prop ort
at the price wo ask is the safest invest
ment on the market today , and these
are times you should seek gtifo invest
ments.
FIDELITY TIIUST Co. 1702 Farnam st.
For rent. Laigo front room on Farnam
Btrcot , Now York Life building. Also
largo basement room ] ( J14 Farnam. Also
nice room , suitable for lodge purposes ,
etc. Hicks , 305 N. Y. Llfo.
"Tho Madison , " Tfamlly hotel ) , 21st
and Chicago. Transients $2.00 per day.
Drexel Hotel , 10th & Webster , 1 blk from
Mo.l'ao. & Klk. depot. Nut. Brown , prop.
It Cost * Mure
to stay homo , than to lake advantage of
the Burlington $10 excursion to Sheri
dan , Wyo. , Tuesday , May 30.
Ask the city ticket agent at 1324 Far-
Dam street for further particulars ,
SlO-ICicurMon to Hlivrlilan , Wyo. 810.
Tuesday , May 30 , thoBurllngtonRouto
will soil excursion tickets to Sheridan ,
> Wyo. ( good to return until Juno ,5) ) , at
the very low rate of $10.00 for the round
trip. Tickets will bo accepted for pas-
faga on train No. G , leaving Omaha at
10:15 : a. in. , May 30 , and arriving at Sher
idan at 330r ; in. , May 31.
Through ulooping car , Omaha to Sher
idan ,
Returning , special train leaves Sher
idan Friday evening. Juno 2 , reaches
Omaha Saturday evening , Juno 3. Tick
ets will bo honored on this train and
iileo on regular returning trains.
This is an unoqualca opportunity of
visiting the coming metropolis of the
Newer Northwest , and you will do well
to avail yourself of it. The city ticket
agent , at 1324 Faruam street , will gladly
give you full information.
BOSTON STORE FINAL EFFORT
The Morrow's ' the Crowning Greatest Effort
of a Fashing , Crowding , Gleaning Oat
OF EVERY BIT OF GOODS WE CAN MOVE
In Order to Mnko Itoom for Oar Kntlre
Harplni Stock Which W § Dam.
need by Smoke , nnd Uoel
on Snlo Tuesday ,
It is no more a question with us what
the goods cost or what they are worth.
It's only to put a price on them which
will make them go in a hurry.
Every counter nnd tray of goods in
our entire establishment has been
marked down to such a price for tomor
row that will clean them out in time for
the surplus stock which will bo brought
clown for Tuesday morning.
On the front center bargain square
wo have placed nn immense lot of extra
China silks , India silks , wash silks , pongee
gee silks , changeable surahs , and all
silk plaids worth up to $1.00 a yard will
bo closed out tomorrow at 2oc a yard.
All our finest grade shanghai1 silks , in
every color , changeable glace silk , fancy
trimming silks , crystal bcngallno Bilks ,
30-inch China silks , in fact all bilks that
wo have been selling up to 31.50 a yard ,
will go at C9c tomorrow.
DRESS GOODS AT 25C YARD.
An immense lot of strictly all wool
twill cheviots zigzags , two toned serges ,
and all wool shepherds plaids and
checks , nnd10inch imported wool , bedford -
ford cords , will bo closed pt 2oc a yard.
DRESS GOODS AT bOC YARD.
All wool 'irrldesccnt serges , all wool
hop sackings , all wool bright saxony
fluids , 40-inch German silk linish hoti-
riottas , in every shade and color known ,
including all the now greens , purples
and magentas , albgo at 50c a yard.
DRESS GOODS AT 750 YARD.
This includes some of the finest goods
in our stock , 42-inch gloria silks , 42-inch
imported figured poplins , English whip
cords , 40-inch French ombre novelties ,
silk and wool effects , in all the loading
shades , and all the 40-inch French hcn-
riottas , including the newest evening
shades , worth up to $1.50 a yard , go
at 75c.
BOSTON STORE ,
Solo agents for Edwin C. Burt's fine
shoes , N. W. cor. 10th and Douglas.
Fut Chlcnpo lu 1'our Pocket.
You can do so by purchasing a copy of
Moran's Dictionary of Chicago.
This World's fair "Guide" has re
ceived the endorsement of the World's
Columbian exposition. It also contains
a complete "map" of Chicago and is the
only recognized and standard "Guide"
of the World's Fair City. For sale by ,
George E. Moran , publisher , 213 Herald
building. Chicago , 111. , and by Chase &
Eddy , 1518 Farnain street , Omaha , Nob.
Price 50c per copy.
Samuel Burns has left from his sale :
25 dinner sots , $7.00 to 325.00.
25 toilet sats , 92.25 to $12.00.
Which ho wants to dispose of at 10 to
50 per cent discount.
%
Samuel Burns sells refrigerators ,
Judge O. N. Hilton , attorney for the
renowned specialists , Drs. Betts &
Betts , is in the city a guest of the Pax-
ton. Ho gives us a very interesting ac
count of a very important and successful
surgical operation performed by the
doctor in Denver on a prominent and
wealthy citizen that attracted wide at
tention. The judge informs us that the
business of the firm in this city is in
creasing : daily and eminently satisfac
tory. *
The latest thing in sailor hats at Mmo.
Hickman's. Look out for her Tuesday
ad. Something different in hats on
Wednesday. Mmo. Hickman.
For sale , the elegant brick and frame
cottage No. 3019Pacific street ; Brooms ,
all conveniences. Also the now modern
'J-rooni house corner Pacillc and Thirty-
first streets. Call for prices and terms.
Hicks , 305 N. Y. Life Bldg.
Young coupio desires a front room and
sleeping room , ensuito preferred , with
board in private family. Address H 4 ,
Boo.
Boo.A
A snap for some hotel man. See J. W.
Squire's adv. in "Business Chances. "
A splendid bargain near Hanscom
park ; elegant 10-room house , $8,500.00.
Hicks , 305 N. Y. Lifo Bldg.
A Now I'lKitotruplilo Studio.
Mr. E. Lear , who has had many years
of experience in photography in Boston
and Chicago and who of late has been
chief operator for F. A. Rinehartof this
city where ho has had remarkable suc
cess , has severed his connection with
Mr. Rinohart and will , in company with
Mr. J. W. Cotton , Omaha's well known
business men , open a first-class studio
at 1312 Farnum street , over Wolls-Fargo
express otllco , about the 1st of June.
There is plenty of room in Omaha for
another first-class studio , and there is
no question but what this now firm will
bo successful from the start.
Palace sleepers daily between Omaha
and Hot Springs , South Dakota , the
popular health und pleasure resort of
the west.
Reserved berths at ticket ofllco , 1401
Farnain street , Omaha , Nob.
Cheap ruto tickets on Bale.
Gluingo uf Time.
The Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul
fast train for Chicago , formerly leaving
at 7:05 : p. m , , now leaves the union depot
at 5:30 : p. in.
: i *
Ulmiige of Time.
The Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul
fast train for Chicago , formerly leaving
at 7:05 : p. m. , now leaves the union depot
at 5:30 : p. m.
Dr. B. F. Criunmor , suite 14 and 15 ,
Continental oloclc. Tel. 1,231.
Call nnd see us about that Virginia
avenue property. Nothing finer in the
city and think how cheap.
FIDELITY TKUST Co. 1702 Farnam st
Frescoing and Interior doooratincrdo-
signs and estimates furnished. Henry
Lohmann , 1503 Douglas street.
Avondale park Is the handsomest in-
sldo property in the city at marvelous
low figures. As an investment nothing
can bo safer or more profitable.
FIDELITY TKUST Co. , 1702 Farnam st.
Railway stocks , bonds , etc. , have gone
to smash. Interest rates are way down
out of Bight. How shall wo invest our
money whore it will bo safe and profit
able ? In Avondale park , 28th und Web
ster streets , at only $40.00 to $47.50 per
foot , with Btonq walks , paving , paries ,
80\vor , etc. , all paid for , no special taxes
in the future. Also that beautiful resi
dence property on Georgia and Virginia
avenues , between Mason and Pacific , no
finer residence property In Omaha , at
$20.00 to $40.00 less per foot than what
adjoining property ia hold at. Now is
the time to invcbt if you want bargains
Fidelity Trust Co , . 1702 Faruam street
TUB 00 ORNT BTOIIK.
brent SAcrlllea Rnln.
JEWELRY BARGAINS.
Solid gold band rings , lOc.
Solid gold sot rings , 40c.
Rolled plated vest chains , 400.
Braided silk guards , 25o each.
Fine brilliant car drops , 49o a pair.
Nicklo alarm clocks , 55c , warranted
perfect time keepers.
POCKET BOOKS. HAND BAGS AND
BELTS.
H&C each for regular lOo purcs.
t lOo each for regular 20c purses.
lOc for purses worlh 35c.
25c for pocket books worth 50o.
49o for regular $1 pocket books.
Ladles double bed ice belts 25o each ,
worth 50c.
4lo ) for double bodice bolts in all the
now shades.
4lo ) for all leather hand bags , worth
$1.
Finer goods up to $2.05 each.
PERFUMERY AND TOILET SOAPS.
21c an ounce for finest triple extracts.
These are equal to the beat sold al 60o
an ounce.
3lc ) a bottle for 2 ounce boltlos triple
extract , including all the finest odors ; a
sample bottle free with every purchase.
5c , 10 and 25c for chamois skins.
5c a cake for line toilet soap. These
include all the soaps usually sold at lOc
and 15o a cake.
Best horn and rubber combs 5o each.
Metal back horn combs lOc , worth 2 , " > c.
HAMMOCKS , CROQUET AND LAWN
TENNIS.
GOc for best colored Mexican ham
mocks ; 09o for woven hammocks with
pillow.
76c , 85o nnd 09o for best quality
croquet sets.
Tennis racquets at 85o , better ones up
to $4.95. A case given free with every
$1.98 racquet , nets , balls , otc.
BARGAINS IN HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Wo are slaughtering all goods in tin
ware , woodcnwaro , crockery , glassware ,
elc , otc.
See our .boys' wagons , velocipedes , tri
cycles , saftlcs , etc. , etc.
Boys' safeties , $15.00 up to 800.00.
Tricycles , $4.45 und upward.
Boys' velocipedes , best made , 81.95
each.
Wagons in wood and iron , lOo to
32.95 each.
Don't forgot our World's fair trunk
department. Wo can save you big
money.
See our magnificent display. The
largest and only complete slock in the
city. /
THE 99 CENT STORE ,
H. Hardy &Co. , 1319 Farnam St.
In Search of Gold.
Everybody has seen gold com and gold
bars , but very Jew people have over seen
gold in its natural stale as found by Iho
prospector. Commencing May 15 the
Rocky Mountain Prospecling Co. will
give free one beautiful and rich speci
men of gold ere and ono share of their
stock , par value $500.00. Wo will give
away twenty-five specimens and shares ,
but will only give ono specimen or ono
share to each person. This stock will
bo worth its par value in less than six
months. We are doing this as an advor-
tisomont. Send stamp for ono of thcso
specimens or ono share of Iho stock at
once to the
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PROSPECTING Co. ,
Espanola , N. M.
The machinery will all bo running to
morrow evening , the opening night of
the Manufacturers oxposilion.
o-
Io You Know-
That you can have your teeth filled nnd
extracted without pain , and the most dlfil-
cult mouth perfectly fitted with artificial
teeth , at Dr. Wortz' office , 1007 Douglas
strcotJ
No business man or banker can afford
to bo absent at the opening of the Mnn-
ufaclurors' exposition tomorrow evening.
Jewelry , Frenzor , opp. posloffico.
Clmnc" of Timo.
The Chicago , Milwaukee fc St. Paul
fast train for Chicago , formerly leaving
at 7:05 : p. m , , now leaves the union depot
at 0:30 : p. m.
Big bargain : Cosy 8-room house , No ,
3210 Poppleton avenue , $0,500. Hicks.
305 NY. Llfo Bldg.
World's fair souvenir coins of 1893 for
sale at First National bank.
Abslracls The Midland Guarantee
and Trust company , abalractors , convoy-
oncers , titles perfected and guaranteed.
Own the only complete abstract books in
Douglas county. Removed to Room 310 ,
New York Lifo building.
Special Low Unto Kxcnrslou to lloiuton ,
Texas.
A special low rate excursion for land
investors to Houston , Texas , will bo
made Thursday , May 25 , leaving Omaha
at 9:50 : a. in. Time , forty-six hours. For
tickets apply to R. (5. Patterson , 425
Rarago block , Omaha , Neb.
For Sale Ono of the fi nest 10-room
houses in Omaha. Splendid location.
Price , $12,000.00. , Can take good vacant
lot as part payment. Also have now
8-room house near Hanscom park. Can
take small piece of properly as part pur
chase price. Hicks , 305 N. Y. Lifo Bldg.
She Never Korcot.
Detroit Free Press : Ho lifted his hat
as gracefully as a born cavalier and ho
smiled as blandly as a Juno sunrise , but
the lady stared at him in a cold and
cruel way nnd passed on. Fourteen years
ago this last winter she was turning in
Grand River from Woodward avenue.
There was ice on the llagstono. She sud
denly slipped , shrieked and wont down.
This man was oloso at hand. Before ho
could control himself ho snickered. Ho
attempted to cover it up by assuming a
death-bed countenance and offering his
assistance , but it was no good.
That snicker hud pierced her soul. Even
before she rose to her feet she had
vowed never to forglvo nor forgot
never ! She never has and never will.
Ho meets her almost daily as they go
through lifo , and every tinio ho lifts his
hat and smiles , hoping to molt her heart
and win her forgiveness. But ho never ,
never can. If she had fallen gracefully ,
like a swallow settling to carlh after a1
long flight , It would have been different ,
you know ; but she did not , She came
down "kor-plunk , " rolled over twlco ,
and ho had no business to bo within a
mile of the spot. And that 'snicker !
Ho may bow and smile ho may look
pleadingly , imploringly , at her , , but
novorl never ! never ! will she forpot or
forglvo , or let a ray of mercy enter her
flinty heart.
General Alcer Out of 1'olltlcf.
General R. 0 , Alger was at Cheyenne
recently onrouto to Seattle , whore his
daughter was dangerously ill , The general -
oral intimated most directly to a num
ber of reporters and old friends that his
days of active political lifo wore ended.
Ho will devote himself entirely to his
family and to business.
DIED.
ft'ottttf olfivf lints or leti under tMthuiil. fiftu
etntt ; each additional line ( en ctnti.
JU1II Alexander , aged 74 years , May 201
1803. Funeral Monday afternoon , May B'J ,
at 9 o'clock from famfly residence , liifo N.
10th st. Interment forest Lawn cemetery.
'
1'rlcuds Invited.
"The ( layy Slnve , " nt the llljou.
Hartley Camjilwll In the early days of his
career as a playwright had creat difficulty
in ImprosslnfMhq public that ho could write
n piny , ns ouch production of his pieces
povcd failures , but , nothing daunted , ho
kept on writing npd nt last produced "Tho
GMloy Slave.'Vlt proved a grand nnd immo-
dlato success , ) Commencing tomorrow the
Hi Jon stock company at Wonderland wilt
present this ibCMitUul melodrama for a
week's run. Itwill bo splendidly cast , the
loading roles In the hands of Miss Lisle
Leigh nnd Mr. Halph E. Cummlngs. The
staging and costuming will likewise bo very
handsome misappropriate.
I'tcccding Iho drnma the following spe
cialty program will bo Introduced : The
liomnlo brothers , n team of daring athletes :
Miss Nclllo Shook , in plonslng songs ami
dances , and Charles W. Goodyear , the min
strel comedian.
FINDING THE TREASURE ,
It must bo nearly fifty-five years ago
now since the ovcnls happened. I was
about 20 or 21 years of ago and had made
one voyage In Iho Golden Gem out nnd
homo to Iho West Indies nnd Honduras.
The Golden Gem was schooner rigged
and was a little thing of about 250 tons
burden. She was owned by the captain ,
a Welshman mimed Thomas Thomas ,
and had made many voyages in the West
Indian trade.
On our second voyage wo took out a
general cargo from London to Santos ,
on Iho Soulh American coast ; wo had a
fair average passage out , and it was the
captain's intention , after ho had dis
charged our cargo there , to run up to
Honduras and load up a cargo of rnahog-
anv for homo , as usual.
However , when wo were discharging
at Santos ho changed his mind ; and in
stead of going for mahogany , wo sailed
for Rio Janeiro and there loaded a lot
war material guns , cannon , 'gunpowder
and other stuff for Valparaiso , for the
government of Chill.
This was a longish voyage for the lit
tle Gem , but the Chili government were
anxious to got their ammunition round
quickly , and offered such a tempting
freight thai our captain could nol resist
Iho chance of making a big haul.
All wont well and in duo course wo
arrived at our dcstinalion and dis
charged our cargo successfully. Wo
learned at Valparaiso that Iroublo was
brewing between Chill and Peru nnd
that hostililios might break out at any
timo. This , of course , accounted for the
anxiety displayed for the war material
wo had brought round.
Captain Thomas had intended going
to Callao , in Peru , for a cargo of guano
for some port on our way homo , but
with such a close prospect of war be
tween the two counlrics ho concluded lo
give the idea up.
Wo had been discharged some few
days and our captain was on the point of
sailing in ballast when a messenger
from his agents came down to Iho
schooner and asked him lo go up to the
offtco.
Night passed and wo saw nothing of
our skipper till late next day , when ho
came ou board with a stranger.
Of course wo wcro all agog to know
what was going on. Every man of us
felt a keen personal inlcrest in Iho lilllo
craft , and when the mate was sent for to
join the captain and the stranger wo
guessed something special was on.
After a while the mate came forward ,
and wo all clustered round him to hear
the news.
"Havo any of you any experience of
diving ? " said ho. "I mean , " ho conlin-
ued , "going down' below in diver's
dross. "
"Yes-sir ; " answered two of the men
Bob Green and Tom Swift. They had
been employed in sorao harbor works in
England , and knew all about the busi
ness.
"That's first rate , " replied the mato.
"The captain is thinking of gojng on a
little expedition where you will bo of
service , and if the job turns out a success
there will bo a nice litllo bonus all round
for us. "
It appeared that the stranger had
chartered Iho schooner to sail for Am
brose island , which was a little bit of an
island about 000 miles uorthwesl of Val
paraiso.
The stranger was a Spanish grandee
named Don Carlo do Astigara , and from
what had Iranspired in Iho cabin it
seemed that a Spanish merchantman
had many years before been wrecked on
the island and become a total loss nnd
none of her crow had over been heard of.
Two suits of diving dress were sent on
board , with the accompanying pumps
and other arrangements , and another
experienced diver was engaged to super
intend mailers.
After wo had got our supplies of Iresh
provisions on board the anchor was
weighed and wo stood out to sea.
The run up was soon accomplished ,
and by noon of the third day wo were
at anchor off the western side of the
island. Afler making all snug alofl wo
got a boat out and Don Astigara , the
captain , Harris , Ihe diver whom wo had
shipped at Valparaiso and four men , of
whom I was ono , started off for the
shore.
The island was surrounded by a bolt
of coral reefs , which in ordinary fine
weather did not make their where
abouts visible , as they lay quiet and
treacherous under about a falhom erse
so of water.
But when the sea ran at all high , and
the long rolling swell of the Pacific
ocean broke from Its gentle mood , Ihon
the vicious , wicked looking snags showed
their ugly teeth.
When wo got ashore wo pulled the
boat up , and then , under the captain's
Instructions , wo separated and spread
ourselves over the shore to hunt for any
remains or signs of the lost Spaniard.
After a short time wo heard a hall
from the northern end of the island , and
hurrying up wo found the captain and
the others grouped around a muss of
black and rotting timbers , which wo Im
mediately recognized as the debris of a
wrecked vessel. This was evident proof
that at some time or another a vessel of
considerable slice had been cast up at
this spot.
Don Astigara was satisfied that his
quest was bore , so after wo had cast
about for awhile , hunting for further
evidence , wo returned to our boat and
went aboard.
It was then arranged that a camp
should bo set nn on the island , -and the
don , with thot three divers and three
other men , should prosecute their opera
tions from land. This would Icavo the
schooner free-to put to sea in cuso of bad
weather , and also allow diving opera
tions to bo commenced at once , by the
aid of a boat on the inner sldo of the
coral reef.
Next day we were busy getting the
things ashore , and it took us till well on
to noon before this was completed ; then ,
while some of the men commenced rig
ging up n coupio of tents , the boat was
made ready , nnd Harris , the head diver ,
with hla suit and necessaries , went off ,
with Captain Thomas and the don , to
make his first descent on the margin of
the roof , opposite the remains of the
wreck on shore.
I went in the bout with thorn , and can
assure you I did not envy Harris ; when
ho got rigged up In his awkward suit of
clothes , with his unwlcldv looking metal
helmet ' , with its great big staring glass
eyes'ho , appeared llko some uncanny ,
antediluvian monster.
For some while wo had no intimation
from him. beyond his various calls for
moroor less air. 'After he hod been
down ten minutes , or perhaps n quarter
of an hour , wo received the call to pull
up the rope , nnd when wo got It to the
surface wo found the end made fast to a
small , iron-clamped chest.
The iron was all rusted and rotten , but
the box itself was fairly preserved. Wo
soon hail it open and had its contents out.
They consisted chiefly of papers and
books , but from tholr long immersion In
the sea wo could make nothing of them ;
they foil to pieces as wo handled thorn
the ink had disappeared into lines of
undecipherable stains.
The books were litllo bettor , sodden as
they were , but wo hoped , when they
were dried , something might DO learned
from thorn.
While wo were examining thcso wo
received the call from Harris that ho
was coming up , so wo started hauling in
the slack of the air line , and in a few
minutes his monstrous headgear rose up
alongside as ho climbed up the rope lad
der.
der.Wo
Wo had chosen our spot so foriunatoly
that wo had anchored right over Ihe
sunken ship. Tlio wreck had selllcd
almost upright , but was much soltlcd
with sand and broken coral ; she had evi
dently lain there for years.
Ho had found the box jammed in Iho
cabin gangway ; ho gave it as his
opinion lhat , with llmo , wo would pot at
everything in the wreck. The difficulty
would bo tlie clearing out the sand nnd
rubbish , which had drifted into the cab
ins nnd below the decks in every direc
tion.
tion.Don
Don Astigara was much elated with
this report , and it certainly looked as if
the information ho had obtained had
more lhan a problematical basis of truth
in it. Wo look Iho cxacl bearings of our
anchorage and Ihcn wenl ashore lo make
preparations for commencing hard work
on the morrow.
Next morning wo started at daylight
to got our boats loaded for our ilrsl day's
operations , and afler a good brcakfusl
wo put off with the three divers. The
boals were anchored , one on cither beam
o the wreck , so that two divers could
work at once.
Everything being in readiness , down
they went , and we all waited anxiously
for Iho first Intimation of their search.
Wo could get some idea of their move
ments from the working of the lines ,
and prose ntly we got Iho call to haul up
which wo did , and found another iron ,
bound box.
On breaking this open out rolled a
mass of golden doubloons and silver del
lars. Then wo sent up a shout of tri
umph , which the men on shore and on
the schooner took up and repeated again
and again.
Wo wcro still in Iho midst of our ex
citement when wo noliccd Ihe other boat
hauling in , and up came another similar
chest ; this was. as far as wo could see ,
exactly idenlical with our own , and wo
waited in breathless suspense while it
was being pried open.
Then another hurrah from them be
tokened the contenls , and Caplain
Thomas.who , was in the boat , held up
his hat , from which ho showered a
stream of gold and silver.
The don could wait no longer for Iho
divers below without hearing where the
treasure was found ; so wo gave them the
signal to come up , and as soon as they
were released from llieir helmets ho
commenced lo ply them wilh quesllons.
They had got into the main cabin , in
which they found nothing of importance ;
then , carefully examining the sides of
the cabin , they had come on a door dif
fering from the other doors opening out
of the cabin. By the aid of their crow
bars they soon broke open the half rot-
len door , and found the place contained
some dozen or more cases , largo and
small. Owing to the smallness of tlio
entrance they had made , and the weight
of Iho cases , Ihey had much difficulty in
getting out the two they had sent up.
After a short spell of idleness , during
which wo refreshed the inner man , Bob
Green and Harris again went down to
work , and wo sat anxious and expectant ,
waiting for tholr signal to haul in.
The minutes seemed hours as the time
passed slowly by , and when nearly half
an hour had crawled its tedious length
and still no summons wo scarcely know
how to sit still.
While wo were discussing and guess
ing the reasons of Iho delay bolh air
lines gave a sudden jerk , which was
followed iminedialoly by Iho signal , "An
accidcnl. "
Then all was quiet for a few minutes ,
when Iho air-lino from our man Bob
began to move and ho signaled lhal ho
was coming up.
When ho gel lo Iho surface ho could
scarcely gel aboard and wo had lo pull
him in ; Ihen , hastily removing his face-
piece , wo waited full of anxiety for him
to speak.
„ Ho made no sign , however , but lay
motionless in the boltom of the boat ;
quickly wo unscrewed his helmet and
poured fcomo brandy down his throat ;
this pulled htm round , and after a bit
ho told us his tale.
Ho and Harris had finished breaking
open the door , and were lifting down
ono of tlio cases when ono of the lower
boxes bursl abundor , and Iho lop boxes
had fallen on them ; ho was thrown
backward and full through the doorway ,
while ono of the chests had HO jammed
his legs against another that it was
some minutes before ho could get free.
Ho found Harris prostrate in the corner
nor near the door , with a coupio of
chests crushing his legs and thighs ; ho
lifted ono of Iho boxes off him , and Ihcn
finding hlmsolf growing faint ho
hastened up as fast us ho could.
Tom Swift , the other seaman , hastily
donned his diving suit und wont down to
help poor Harris , If it were not too lato.
How eagerly wo watched for a call
from Tom. Presently it came , "All
right. "
Surely some mistake. How could ho
mean all right ? Before wo had time to
think came the signal , "Coming up. "
Then wo noticed the air line which
supplied Harris from the other boat
slowly move and tauten in our direc
tion , while the ladder up which Tom
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was climbing rocked and swayed ,
"ilo's bringing him up , " phoutcd Cap
tain Thomas , as this thought flashed
upon us all at the RUIIIO instant.
The climbing man's progress was In-
bored and slow , as wo could feel from
the sway on the boat , and when his form
appeared with his burden In his arms
willing hands pulled them both Into the
boat.
boat.Harris
Harris was , after all , not seriously
hurt ; his legs were badly brulscdbut no
bones were broken.
Next day Tom and Bob got up the
rest of the chests , which all contained
bars and ingots of gold and silver and
specie. It was qulto a llttlo job , after
wo had repaired the damaged cases , to
gel them on board the schooner. There
were eleven chests all told , and they
weighed about 200 pounds apiece.
About one-third of their contents was
gold and the rosl silver , and wo calcu
lated there were over 50,000 , altogether.
Wo spent several more days search [
ing the wreck for further treasure , but I
without success ; evidently the strong
room was the solo place In which it had
been stowed. Our camp was now broken
up , nnd the Golden Gem was put on her
homeward course.
As wo had plenty of provisions on
board , our captain agreed with the dente
to double Capo Horn and sail direct for
London , nnd they wcro uow all anxiety i
to got homo quickly.
Our captain's share of the treasure
was to bo 10 per cent , besides the freight
already paid , so ho stood to make some
where about 5,000 ; the two mates were
to receive 500 apiece nnd the men , of
whom there were twelve , 100 each.
In duo time wo made the English
channel and arrived in London safe and
sound. The dou was good ns his word ,
and wo all had o'ur promised share of
the Spaniard's lost treasure. Some of
us married and lived happy ever after.
SOME ANIMALS PLAY THICKS.
Senna of tlio lllillotilcinn Manifested by
Hints anil Ilcnxls.
Among the incidents of jokes played
by animals upon ono another cited by a
writer on the animal scnso of humor , in
the London Spectator , is that of a jack
daw , which , whenever it found its seller
dog companions asleep , would steal to
them anil pull at the Huffy tassels of
hair between their toes where the
animal was more sensitive than
in other hairy parts of its body
unpleasantly waking them up. At a
certain house a tame magpie was kept
in the stabloyard.wilh two kestrels. The
kestrels wcro in the habit of silling on
the sides of the water pails that stood
outside of the stable doors. At ono time
the magpie approached a kestrel from
behind , seized its long tail in its beak ,
jerked it violently nnd 'pushed it over
into the pail ; but the kestrel afterward
caught the magpie und punished It
woll. A cat expressed its dislike of
a peacock by jumping through its
spread out tail w.ncn the bird was dis
playing its beauty and exhibiting its
own vanity , to the great discomfiture of
the fowl. The writer's dog , which was
accustomed to hunting rabbits , fallowed
its displeasure when Iho master shot a
bullfinch by going into the hedge , find
ing a rabbit and bringing it to him.
Another dog , which knew tame
ducks and that they were not
hunted , but had no acquaintance with
tlio wild ones , was much disgusted when
its master shot a teal , believing ho had
made a mistake , and would have .nothing
lo do with the game. "Ho behaved" in
exactly the same way when wo shot a
black rabbit ; nothing would persuade
him that it was not a cat , and ho would
do no serious work for the rest of Iho
day. " Tlio writer tells also of dogs that
thought it beneath their dignity
, except when tholr maulers we
engaged In the sport , nnd ho sjioaki
the obvious dislike of dogs to ,
laughed at. \ \
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A pretty good story Is told of the wtl
In which the ofllcors of a certain BOO |
of-war of the North Atlantlo sqi
succeeded in getting tholr shlp'a sir.
and antiquated steam launch repine1
by ono of a later and moro fashlonalj
type. It happened that the VCBS
hauled into a navy yard for its pcrio
leal repairs. While there the laun ;
was loudly complained of as too he
nnd unwloldly for a sloop-of-wnr
carry , and a careful weighing by tl
vard authorities verified the complain
Thereupon a now and swift llttlo era
which cost Uncle Sam ever BO man
hundred dollars was substituted , andtlf
sloop-of-war steamed exultantly awn
But when the old launch was sent to tbj
boat shop for overhauling Iho workmcj
found snugly stowed away out of slgl
along the keelson nearly a thousan
pounds of superfluous ballast Iron. T )
apparently unaccountable wolghtof U , ]
rejected boat wns readily explained. > <
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as assistant quartermaster would ind
cato that the pr ' i-H will adhere ] ,
his former poll selecting arm
officers who sno\y Biccinl qualillcatloiJ
for appointmenta in the stalT In profefI
once to civilians. Liotounant V
Schroder entered the army lu 1873
second lieutenant. Ho has been a llrij
lieutenant since 1878
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