Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 21, 1893, Page 8

BOSTON STORE LOSS BY FIRE The Great Damage to Our $175,000 Reserve Btock—By Fire, SETTLED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES It's the Diggoest Loss Ever Incurred Through iSmoke by the Insurance Companies in Omaha and They Settled Our Loss Yesterday. TUESDAY—~MORNING— at 8 o'clock we begin the GREATEST SMOKE SALE OF DRY GOODS ever held in the west, When fire was flrst discovered in the Los Angeles liquor store beneath our re- serve stock rooms, the firemen directed all their efforts to fighting the flames below. An explosion of any single one of the barrels of whisky meant the explosion of the lot and the total destruction of the entire block, To avoid this mlnmltiy forts were given to the lig the magnificent 8175,000 RESERVE STOCK of THE BOSTON STORE On the floors above the liquor store ‘Was left to itself. Cloud after cloud of dense smoke forced its way through nook and crevice and cranny o Up through the ceiling of the liquor store and through the floors into our re- serve stock rooms. After the fire ‘When the doors and windows were opened and the smoke cleared away— Then the damage Showed itself. Every piece of goods that was ex- posea showed the stain of the smoke. But there were thousands and thou- sands of dollars worth of goods which were in boxes, which were only affected the least little bit by smoke. Abso- lutely nothing in our stock was touched by fire or water, The only damage to any of it was by smoke, 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 we 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 we car- ried the surplus stock of every depart- ment in the store, and prepare yourself on TUESDAY For greater, more wonderful, more re- markable and smashing bargains than ever Were scen or oftered In any kind of a sale, By any store in the whole wide world. It's BOSTON STORE say so. It's BOSTON STORE that'll give 'em. o G In Search of Gold, Everybody has seen gold coin and gold bars, but very few people have ever seen gold in its natural state as found by the g‘ospectnr. Commencing May 15 the ocky Mountain Prospecting Co. will give free one beautiful and rich speci- men of gold ore and one share of their stock, par value §500.00. Wje will give away twenty-five specimens and shares, but will only give one specimen or one share to each person. This stock will be worth its par value in less than six months, Weare doing this as an adver- tisement. Send stamp for one of these specimens or one share of the stock at once to the ROCKY MOUNTAIN PROSPECTING CO., Espanola, N. M. all their ef- uor store and e The latest thing in sailor hats at Mme. Hickman. Look out for her Tuesday add. Something different in hats on Wednesday. Mme. Hickman, e Bessie Hodson, hairdresser and mani- cure, 1609 Farnam, formerly with Prof, Monheit. —_———— Congressman Bryan will speak at the Coliseum tomorrow evening at the open- ing of the Manufacturers’ exposition, —_— ‘West Side is the cheapest and best located addition to Omaha. Lots $350.00 and $400.00, one-tenth cash, balance al:yuble monthly. Lots the same dis- nce from the postoftice in the north rart of the city are held at $900.00 and 1,000.00 each. B. J. Scannell, agent, 309 S. 13th street. 5 B S — M, O. Daxon, bieycles, 120 N, 15th st., riding school in connection. 3 —— All kinds rubber goods at Sherman & McConnell’s prescription drug store. R Avrctic Ico Co., reservoir and lake ice. All orders promptly filled. Tel. 455, Office 220 So. 12th street. e ‘W. T. Seaman, wagons and carriages. —_——— ‘World's Fair Rates, The fare to Chicago is now reduced via Chicago & Northwestern railway on both round trip and one way tickets. Very superior accommodations, Four eastern trains daily. Get further infor- mation at the city ticket office, 1401 Far- nam street. e Georgiaand Virginia avenue prop er at the price we ask is the safest invest: ment on the market today, and these are times you should seek safe invest- ments. FipeLITy TRUST Co. 1702 Farnam st. ——— For rent. Lavge front room on Farnam street, New York Life building. Also large basement room 1614 Farnam. Also nice room, suitable for lodge purposes, ete. Hicks, 305 N. Y, Life, e L ““The Madison,” (family hotel), 21st and Chicago. Transients $2.00 per day. -~ Drexel Hotel, 16th & Webster, 1 blk from Mo.Pac. & Elk. depot. Nat. Brown, prop. —_— 1t Costs M to stay home, than to take advantage of the Burlington $10 excursion to Sheri- dan, Wyo., Tuesday, May 30. Ask 'jw city ticket agent at 1324 Far- Bam street for further particulars, B $10-Excursion to Sheridan, Wyo.—810, Tuesday, May 30, the Burlington Route will gell excursion tickets to Sheridan, . Wyo. (good to return until June 5), at e verly low rate of $10.00 for the round ip. Tickets will be accepted for pas- e on train No, 5, leaving Omaha at 10:15 a. m., May 30, and nrrt\'ing at Sher- Adan at 3:20 p. m., May 31, Through sleeping car, Omaha to Sher- Returning, special train leaves Sher- an Friday evening, June 2, reaches Saturday e\'uu{ng, June 3. Tick- ets will be honored on this train and also on regular returning trains. his is an unequalea opportunity of isiting the coming metropolis of the lewer Northwest, and you will do well avail yourself of it. The oll{ ticket t, at 1324 Farnam street, will gladly you full information. BOSTON STORE FINAL EFFORT The Morrow's the Orowning Greatest Effort of a Pushing, Orowding, Oleaning Out OF EVERY BIT OF GOUDS WE CAN MOVE In Order to Make Room for Our Entire Burplus Stock Which Was Dam. aged by Smoke, and Goes on Sale 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 and 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 be brought down for Tuesday morhing, On the front center bargain square we have placed an immense lot of extra China silks, India silks, wash silks, pon- gee silks, changeable surahs, and all silk plaids worth up to $1.00 a yard will be closed out tomorrow at 2ic a yard. All our finest grade shanghaf silks, in every color, changeable glace silk, fancy trimming silks, crystal bengaline silks, 30-inch China silks, in fact all silks that we have been selling up to 81.50 a yard, wiil go at 60¢ 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, and 40-inch imported wool, bed- ford cords, will be closed at 25¢ a yard. . DRESS GOODS AT b0 YARD. All wool ‘irridescent serges. all wool hop sackings, all wool bright saxony plaids, 40-inch German silk finish hen- riettas, in every shade and color known, including ail the new greens, purples and magentas, all.go at 50c a yard. DRESS GOODS AT 75C YARD. This includes some of the finest goods in our stock, 42-inch gloriasilks, 42-inch imported figured poplins, English whip cords, 40-inch l*‘rcucL ombre novelties, silk and wool effects, in all the leading shades, and all the 46-inch French hen- riettas, including the newest evening shades, worth up to $1.50 a yard, go at Toe. BOSTON STORE, Sole agents for Edwin C. Burt's fine shoes, N. W. cor. 16th and Douglas. Put Chicago ln Your 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, Ill., and by Chase & Eddy, 1518 Farnam street, Omaha, Neb. Price 50¢ per copy. Samuel Burns has left from his sale: 25 dinner sets, $7.00 to $25.00. 25 toilet sets, $2.25 to $12.00. ‘Which he wants to dispose of at 10 to 50 per cent discount. e Samuel Burns sells refrigerators, s S Judge O. N. Hilton, attorney for the renowned specialists, Drs. Betts & Betts, is in the city a guest of the Pax- ton. He gives us a very interesting ac- count of & 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- m'ensing. daily and eminently satisfac- tory. S e, The latest thing in sailor hats at Mme. Hickman’s. Look out for her Tuesday ad. Something different in hats on ‘Wednesday, Mme, Hickman. e For sale, the elegant brick and frame cottage No. 3019 Pacific street; 8 rooms, all convenienci Also the new modern 9-room house corner Pacific and Thirty- first streets. Call for prices and terms. Hicks, 305 N. Y. Life Bldg. Young coupie desires a front room and sleeping room, ensuite preferred, with board in private family. Address H 4, Bee. —_—— A snap for somo 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, 300 N. Y. Life Bldg. graphio Studio, Lear, who has had many years ience in photography in Boston and Chicago and who of late has been chief operator for F. A. Rinehart of this city where he has had remarkable suc- cess, has severed his connection with Mvr, Rinehart and will, in company with Mr. J. W. Cotton, Omaha's well known business men, open a first-class studio at 1312 Farnam street, over Wells-Fargo express office, 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 new firm will be successful from the start, Palace sleepers daily between Omaha and Hot Sln'ingfi, South Dakota, the popular health and pleasure resort of the west. Reserved berths at ticket Farnam street, Omaha, Neb, Cheap rate tickets on sale, office, 1401 —— Change of Tlme, 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. Cha 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, e Dr. B. F, Crummer, suite 14 and 15, Continental nlock, Tel. 1,234, ———— Call and see us about that Virginia avenue property. Nothing finer in the city and think how cheap, Fiberiry TRust Co. 1702 Farnam st el Frescoing and interior decoratingde- signs and estimates furnished. Henry Lehmann, 1508 Douglas street. S — Avondale park is the handsomest in- side property in the city at marvelous low figures. ~ As an investment nothing can be safer or re profitable. FipeLiry Trust CO., 1702 Farnam st. B Railway stocks, bonds, ete., have gone to smash. Interest rates are way down out of sight. How shall we invest our money where it will be safe and profit- able? In Avondale park, 28th and Web- ster streets, at only $40.00 to #47.50 per foot, with stone walks, paving, f’“ 8, sewer, ete., all paid for, no special taxes in the future. Also that beautiful resi- dence property on Georgla and Virginia avenues, between Mason and Pacific, no finer residence property in Owaha, at $20.00 to $40.00 less per foot than what adjoining pl‘uporl{ is held at. Now is the time to investif you want bargains Fidelity Trust Co,, 1702 Farnam street THE_OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MAY 21, THE 09 OENT STORE, Great Sacrifice Sale, JEWELRY BARGAINS, Solid gold band rings, 10c, Solldgnld set rings, 40c. Rolled plated vest chains, 400, Braided silk guards, 25¢ each. Fine brilliant ear drops, 49¢ a pair. Nickle alarm clocks, 656c, warranted erfect time keepers, ’OCKET BOOIH, HAND BAGS AND BELTS. [5¢ each for regular 10c pures. & 10¢ each for regular 20c purses., 19¢ for purses worth 35c. 25¢ for pocket books worth 50e. 49¢ for regular $1 pocket books. Ladies double bodice belts 250 worth 50c, 40c for double bodice belts in all the new shades, 49¢ for all leather hand bags, worth each, Finer goods up to $2.95 each. PERFUMERY AND TOILET SOAPS. 21c an ounce for finest triple extracts. These are equal to the best sold at 50¢ an ounce. 30c a bottle for 2 ounce bottles triple extract, including all the finest odors; a sample bottle free with every purchase. e, 10 and 25¢ for chamois s anu. be acaka for fine toilet soap. These include all the soaps usually sold at 10¢ and 15 a cake. Best horn and rubber combs 5c_each. Metal back horn combs 10¢, worth 25¢. HAMMOCKS, CROQUET AND LAWN TENNIS. 60¢c for best colored Mexican ham- mocks; 99¢ for woven hammocks with pillow. 75¢, 85¢ and 99¢ for croquet sets, Tennis racquets at 85¢, better ones up to 84.95. A case given free with every $1.98 racquet, nets, balls, ete. BARGAINS IN HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Weare slaughtering all goods in tin- ware, woodenware, crockery, glassware, ete, ete. See our boys' wagons, velocipedes, tri- cycles, safties, etc., etc. Boys' safeties, $15.00 up to 860,00, Tricycles, $4.45 and upward. Boys' velocipedes, ‘best made, $1.05 each. Wagons in wood and iron, 10c to $2.95 each. Don’t forget our World's fair trunk departments. We can save you big money, See our magnificent display. The largest and only complete stock in the city. THE 99 CENT STORE, H. Hardy & Co., 1319 Farnam St, ity best quality In Search of Gold. 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 May 15 the Rocky Mountain Prospecting “Co. will give free one beautiful and rich speci- men of gold ore and one share of their stock, par value $500.00. We will give away twenty-five specimens and shares, but will only give one specimen or ono share to each person. This stock will be worth its par value in less than six months. We are doing this as an adver- tisement. Send stamp for one of these specimens or one share of the stock at once to the ROCKY MOUNTAIN PROSPECTING Co., Espanola, N. 11, s The machinery will all be running to- morrow evening, the opening night of the Manufacturers exposition. [ e Do You Know? ~ That you can have your teoth filled and oxtracted without pain, and the most diffi- cult mouth perfectly fitted with artificial tcelh.‘ul Dr. Weriz' office, 1607 Douglas street ——— No business man or banker can afford to be absent at the opening of the Man- ufacturers’ exposition tomorrow evening. e Jewelry, Frenzer, opp. postoffice. s e Change of Time. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul fast train for Chicago, formerly leaving at p. m.,, now leaves theunion depot at p. m. ——re Big bargain: Cosy 8-room house, No, 3216 Poppleton avenue, $6,500. Hicks. 305 N.'Y. Life Bldg. P ‘World’s fair souvenir coins of 1893 for sale at First National bank, A Abstracts—The Midland Guarantee and Trust company, abstractors, convey- ancers, titles perfected and guaranteed. Own the only complete abstract books in Douglas county. Removed to Room 810, New York Life building. ——————— Special Low Rate Excursion to fouston, Toxas, A special low rate excursion for land investors to Houstwon, Texas, will be o Thursday, May 25, leaving Omaha at 9:50 a. m. Time, forty-six hours. For tickets apply to R. C. Patterson, 425 Ramge block, Omaha, Neb. —————— For Sale—One of the finest 10-room houses in Omaha. Splendid location. Price, 812,000.00. Can take good vacant lot as part payment. Also have new 8-room house near Hanscom park. Can take small piece of prnport‘\"[us part pur- chase price. Hicks, 305 N. Y, Life Bldg. e — She Never Forgot, Detroit Free Press: He lifted his hat as gracefully as a born cavalier and he smiled as blandly as a June sunrise, but the lady stared at him ina cold and cruel way and passed on. Fourteen years ago this last winter she was turning in Grand River from Woodward avenue. There was ice on the flagstone. She sud- denly slipped, shrieked and went down. This man was close at hand. Before he could control himself he snickered. He attempted to cover it up by assuming a death-bed countenance and offering his assistance, but it was no good. That snicker had pierced her soul. Even before she rose to her feetshe had vowed never to forgive nor forget— never! She never has and never will, He meets her almost daily as they go through life, and every time he lifts his hat and smiles, hoping to melt her heart and win her forgiveness. But he never, never can. 1f she had fallen gracefully, like a swallow settling to earth after "a long flight, it would have been different, you know; but she did not. She came down ‘‘ker-plunk,” rolled over twice, and he had nobusiness to be within a mile of the spot. And that snicker! He may bow and smile—he may look pleadingly, imploringly, at her, but ver! never! never! w{ll she forget or forgive, or let a ray of mercy enter her flinty heart. s — General Alger Out of Polities, General R. C. Alger was at Cheyenne recently enroute to Seattle, where his daughter was dangerously ill, The gen- eral intimated most directly to a num- ber of reporters and old friends that his days of active political life were ended. He will devote himsell entirely to his family and to business. DIED, Noticen of five lines or less under this head, conte, 2ach A tontas . tam aents” My MUIR—Alexander, sged 74 years, May 20} 1893, ‘Funeral Monday aftérnoon, May 22, st dolock trom Tunly “reglieics, 1216 N, st. lotermen ores! W J 'y Frieuds tavited: ik “The Gajey Slave,” at the Bijou. Bartley Campbell in the early days of his career as a wright had t difficulty in impressin, @ public that he could write a play, as each production of his pieces c'ovod failuses, but, nothing daunted, he opt on writimg and ' at last produced ‘‘The Galley Slave.™ Tt proved a grand and imme- diate successy Commencing tomorrow the Bijou stock eompany at Wonderiand will present this :beautiful melodrama for o week's run. ¥t will be splendidly cast, the leading roles in the hands of Miss Lisle Leigh and Mr. Ralph B, Cummings. The staging and cestuming will likewise be very handsome andiappropriate. Preceding the drama the following spe- clalty program will be introduced: he Romalo brothees, a team of daring athletes; Miss Nellie Shook, in pleasing songs and dances, and Charles W, Goodyear, the min- strel comedian., . S — FINDING THE TREASURE. It must bo nearly fifty-five years ago now since the events happened. I was about 20 or 21 years of age and had made one voyage in the Golden Gem out and home to the West Indies and 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 named Thomas Thomas, and had made many voyages in the West Indiun trade. On our second voyage we took out a general cargo from London to Santos, on the South American coast; we had a fair average passage out, and it was the captain’s intention, after he had dis- charged our cargo there, to run up to Honduras and load up a cargo of mahog- any for home, as usual. Towever, when we were discharging at Santos he changed his mind, and in- stead of going for mnhonnn¥, we sailed for Rio Janeiro and there loaded a lot war material—guns, cannon, 'gunpowder and other stuff—for Valparaiso, for the government of Chili. This was a longish voyage for the lit- tle Gem, but the Chili government were anxious to get their ammunition round quickly, and offered such a tempting freight that our captain could not resist the chance of making a big haul. All went well and in due course we arrived at our destination and dis- charged our cargo successfully. We learned at Valparaiso that trouble was brewing between Chili and Peru and that hostilities might break out at any time. This, of course, accounted for the anxiety displayed for the war material we had brought round. Captain Thomas had intended going to Callao, in Peru, for a cargo of guano for some port on our way home, but with such a close prospect of war be- tween the two countries he concluded to give the idea up. ‘We 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 the schooner and asked him to go up to the office. Night passed and we saw nothing of our skipper till Jate next day, when he came on board with a stranger. ) Of course we were all agog to know what was going on. Every man of us felt a keen personal interest in the little craft, and when the mate was sent for to join the captain and the stranger we guessed something special was on. After a while the mate came forward, and we all clustered round him to hear the news. ‘‘Have any of you any experience of diving?” said he. ‘I mean,” he contin- ued, ‘‘going down below in diver's dress.” “Yes, sir,” answered two of the men— Bob Green and Tom Swift. They had been employed in some harbor works in England, and knew all about the busi- ness. “That's first rate,” replied the mate. “The captain is thinking of going on a little expedition where you will be of service, and if the job turns out a success there will be a nicelittle bonusall round for us.” It appeared that the stranger had chartered the schooner to sail for Am- brose island, which was a little bit of an island about 600 miles northwest of Val- paraiso. The stranger was a Spanish grandee named Don Carlo de Astigara, and from what had transpired in the cabin it seomed that a Spanish merchantman had many years before been wrecked on the island and become a total loss and none of her crew had ever 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 matters. Alter we had got our supplies of tresh provisions on hoard the anchor was weighed and we stood out to sea. The run up was soon accomplished, and by noon of the third day we were at anchor off the western side of the island. After making all snug aloft we got a boat out and Don Astigara, the captain, Harris, the diver whom we had shipped at Valparaiso and four men, of whom I was one, started off for the shore. The island was surrounded by a belt of coral reefs, which in ordinary fine weather did not make their where- abouts visible, as they lay quiet and treacherous under about a fathom or 80 of water, But when the sea ran at all high, and the long rolling swell of the Pacific ocean broke from its gentle mood, then the vicious, wicked looking snags showed their ugly teeth. ‘When we gov ashore we pulled the boat up, and then, under the captain’s instructions, we separated and spread ourselves over the shore to hunt for any remains or signs of the lost Spaniard. After a short time we heard a hail from the northern end of the island, and hurrying up we found the captain and the others grouped around a mass of black and rotting timbers, which we im- mediately recognized as the debris of a wrecked vessel. This was evident proof that at some time or another a vessel of considerable size had been cast up at this spot. Don Astigara was satisfied that his quest was here, so after we had cast about for awhile, hunting for further evidence, we returned to our boat and went aboard, It was then arranged that a camp should be set up on the island, and the don, with the' three divers and three other men, should prosecute their opera- tions from land. This would leave the schooner free toput to sea in case of bad weather, and also allow diving opera- tions to be commenced at once, by the aid of a boat on the inner side of the coral reef, Next day we were busy getting the 1893 ~TWENTY PAGES. things ashore, and it took us till well on to noon before this was completed; then, while somo of the men commenced rig- gl:g up a couple of tents, the boat was made ready, and Harris, tho head diver, with hie sult and necessaries, went off, with Captain Thomas and the don, to make his first descent on the margin of the reef, opposite the remains of the wreck on shore. I went in the boat with them, and can assure you I did not envy Harrie; when he got rigged up in his awkward suit of clothes, with his unwieldy looking metal helmet, with its great big staring glass eyes, ho npncnrcs like some uncanny, antediluvian monster. For some while we had no intimation from him, beyond his various calls for more or less air. 'After he had been down ten minutes, or perhaps a quarter of an hour, we received the call to pull up the rope, and when we got it to the surface we found the end made fast toa small, iron-clamped chest. The iron was all rusted and rotten, but the box itself was fairly preserved. We soon had it open and had its contents out, They consisted chiefly of papers and books, but from their long immersion in the sea we could make nothing of them; they fell to pieces as we handled them— the ink had disappeared into lines of undvci{\hcmblu stains. The books were little better, sodden as they were, but we hul'md, when they were dried, something might ve tearned from them. ‘While we were examining these we received the call from Harris that he was coming up, so we started hauling in the slack of the air line, and in a few minutes his monstrous headgear rose up slnngsmo as he climbed up the rope lad- er. ‘We had chosen our spot so fortunately that we had anchored right over the sunken ship. The wreck had settled almost upright, but was much settled with sand and broken coral; she had evi- dently lain there for years. He had found the box jammed in the cabin gangway; he gave it as his opinion that, with time, we would get at everything in the wreck. The difficulty would be the clearing out the sand and rubbish, which had drifted into the cab- ins and below the decks in every direc- tion. Don Astigara was much elated with this report, and it certainly looked as if the information he had obtained had more than a problematical basis of truth in it. We took the exact bearings of our anchorage and then went ashore to make preparations for commencing hard work on the morrow. Next morning we started at daylight to get our boats loaded for our first day’s operations, and after a good breakfast we put off with the three divers. The boats were anchored, onc on either 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 the first intimation of their search. ‘We could get some idea of their move- ments from the working of the lines, and prese ntly we got the call to haul up which we did, and found another iron, bound box. On breaking this open out rolled a mass of golden doubloons and silver dol- lars, Then we sent upa shout of tri- umph, which the men on shore and on the schooner took up and repeated again and again, We were still in the midst of our ex- citement when we noticed the other boat hauling in, and up came another similar chest; this was, as far as we could see, exactly identical with our own, and we waited in breathless suspense while it was being pried open. Then another hurrah from them be- tokened the contents, and Captain Thomas,.who was in the boat, held up his hat, from which he showered a stream of gold and silver. The don could wait no longer for the divers below without hearing where the treasure was found; so we gave them the signal to come up, and as soon as they were released from their helmets he commenced to ply them with questions, 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- ten door, and found the place contained some dozen or more cases, large and small. Owing to the smallness of the entrance they had made, and the weight of the cases, they had much difliculty in getting out tho two they had sent up. After a short spell of idleness, during which we refreshed the inner man, Bob Green and Harris again went down to work, and we sat anxious and expectant, waiting for their signal to haul in. The minutes seemed hours as the time passed slowly by, and when nuul'l{ half an hour had crawled its tedious length and still no summons we scarcely knew how to sit still. ‘While we were discussing and guess- ing the reasons of the delay both air- lines gave a sudden jerk, which was followed immediately by the signal, “*An accident.” Then all was quiet for a few minutes, when the air-line from our man Bob began to move and he signaled that he was coming up. ‘When he got to the surface he could scarcely get aboard and we had to pull him inj then, hastily removing his face- piece, we waited full of anxiety for him to speak. » He made no sign, however, but lay motionless in the bottom of the boat; quickly we unscrewed his helmet and poured some brandy down his throat; this pulled him round, and after a bit he told us his tale, He and Harris had finished breaking open the door, and were lifting down one of the cases when one of the lower boxes burst asunder, and the top boxes had falien on them; he was thrown backward and fell through the doorway, while one of the chests had so jammed his legs against another that it was some minutes before he could get free, He found Harris prostrate in the cor ner near the door, with a couple of chests crushing his legs and thighs; he lifted one of the boxes off him, and then finding himself growing faint he hastened up as fast as he could. Tom ift, the other scaman, hastily donned his diving suit and went down to help poor Har: if it were not too late, l}uw eagerly we watched for a call from Tom, i’ru:cnlly it came, ‘All right.” Surely some mistake. How could he mean all right? Before we had time to think came the signal, “Coming up.” Then we 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 DRPRICE’S (Gol aking owder. The only P.un: Cream of Tartar Powder,—No Ammopia; No Alum, Used in Millions of Homes—40 Years the Standard, was climbing rocked and swayed. ‘‘He's bringing him up,” shouted Cap- tain Thomas, as this rhought flashed upon us all at the same instant, The climbing man's progress was 1a- bored and slow, as we could feel from the sway on the boat, and when his form npronmd with his burden in his arms {rl I'lng hands pulled them both into the hoat. Harris was, after all, not seriously hurt; his legs wero badly bruised,but 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. 1t was quite a little job, after wo had repaired the damaged cases, to get 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 Fnhl and the rest silver, and we calcu- ated there were over £50,000 altogether. We spent several more days scarche ing the wreck for further treasure, but without success; evidently the strong room was the sole place in which it had been stowed. Our camp was now broken up, and the Golden Gem was put on her homeward course. As wo had plenty of provisions on board, our captain agreed with the don to double Cape Horn and sail direct for London, and they were now all anxiety to get home quickly. Our captain’s share of the treasure was to be 10 per cent, besides the freight already paid, so he stood to make some- where about £5,000; the two mates were to receive £500 apiece and the men, of whom there were twelve, £100 each. In due time we made the English channel and arrived in London safe and sound. The don was good as his word, and we all had our promised share of the Spaniard’s lost treasure. Some of us married and lived happy ever after. e SOME ANIMALS PLAY TRICKS. Sense of the Ridiculons Manifested by Birds and Bensts, Among the incidents of jokes played by animals upon one another cited by a writer on the animal sense of humor, in the London Spectator, is that of a jack- daw, which, whe it found its sett dog companions asleep, would steal them and pull at the flufly 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 stableyard with two kestrels, The kestrels were in the habit of sitting on the sides of the water pails that stood outside of the stable doors. At one time the magpie approached a kestrel from behind, sei its long tail in its beak, jerked it violently and * pushed it over into the pail; but the kestrel afterward caught the magpie and punished it well. A cat oxpressed its dislike of a peacock by jumping through its spread out tail when the bird was d playing its beauty and exhibiting its own vanit; iscomfiture of the fowl. ter's dog, which was accustomed to hunting rabbits, showed its displeasure when the 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 the wild ones, was much disgusted when its master shot a teal, beli ng he had made a mistake, and would have nothing to do with the game. ‘‘He behaved in exactly the same way when we shot a black rabbit; nothing would persuade him that it was not a cat, and he would do no serious work for the of the day.” The writer tells also of dogs that thought it beneath their dignity to chase rate, excopt when their mastors we engaged in the sport, and he speaks the obvious disiike of dogs to laughed at. —an Trleked by the Jolly Tars. A pretty good story is told of the w] in which the officers of a certain slod) of-war of the North Atlantic squadr succeeded in getting their ship's sl and nn||qunh‘§ steam launch replac by one of a later and more fashionab type. It happened that the vess hauled into a navy yard for its perio ical repairs. While there the laune was loudly complained of as too heay] and unwieldly for a sloop-of-war carry, and a careful weighing by tl yard authorities verified the complain I'hereupon a new and swift little cra) which cost Unclo Sam ever so mar hundred dollars was substituted, and ti sloop-of-war steamed exultantly awag But when the old launch was sent to th boat shop for overhauling the workmg found suugly stowed away out of sigh along the keelson nearly a thousal pounds of superfluous ballast iron. T apparently unaccountable weightof 1 rojected boat was readily explained, ——iid A Good Poliey. The appointment of Licutenant Fred erick Von Schrader, Twelfth infantr, as assistant quartermaster would ind cate that tho pro + will adhere ¢ his former poli selecting ar officers who show special qualificatior for appointments in tho staff in prefe, ence to civilians, Lieteunant Vi Schrader entered the army in 1873 & second lieutenant. 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