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CHAPTER VII.

For several minutes Rob stood there
in the dark cavern looking at the thin
streak of light that came in through
a chink by the side of the blockad
ing rock, with terrible sense of ter
ror. He was literally buried alive.
He did not know how often the
smugglers, or pirates, or whatever the
gang might be, came to this place.
II their visits were limited to such
times as the BLACK Cat" brought car
goes OF smuggled goods, then it was
certain that he would be confined there
for weeks, and perhaps months. and
that meant that he would die there.
When the full sense of the disaster
broke upon him, his boyish heart
throbbed with fear AS young and
healthy American, he loved life. He
loved his mother, and he had looked
forward to the day when, having by
skill and attention to his uncle's bust
ness, won wealth and position, he
could make a comfortable home for
that dear mother, for which she would
not be beholden to any one Tor char
fly. To die with this brilliant pros
pect before him would be hard. BIT
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A hoston Man Pleased.

In conversation with some friends, a
prominent Boston man told of his suf-
ferings from rheumatism and nervous
ness, and one of his friends gave him
some advice, which win be mentioned
later, and which has proven to be of in
calculable value
TO successfully act on the advice, it
was necessary to make trip of over
1000 miles, but he understood it, and
now thanks his friend for the advice,
as he finds himself fully relieved of his
old trouble and has returned to his
home feeling able to cope with his bust
ness demands, a new man.
The advice given was TO go to "Hot
Springs, South Dakota, and there take
the baths and enjoy the finest climate
of any health resort in America.
If this man was satisfied after maxi
ing long trip, those residing within a
few hundred miles and similarly af-
ficted can certainly afford TO try it, or
rather can't afford to neglect to try it.
Ask any agent of the Northwestern
Line for full particulars, or write
j. r. BUCHANAN,
General Passenger Agent,
T.. L. &c Nj. V. r. r., Omaha, Neb.
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Grasses as Sand Soil binders.

A government report says: The
large areas of drifting sands along
the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf
coasts and also about the Great Lakes
and along some of our larger rivers,
which. because of their unstable char
acter, are a serious menace to life and
property, could in many cases be re-
claimed and converted into valuable
pasture and meadow lands. The study
of the grasses suitable for binding
these sands has been extended along
the Atlantic coast as far south as
Florida, also to various points on the
Pacific coast and along the Columbia
River in Washington and Oregon.
Several native sand binders of great
promise have been discovered, and
their utilization in practical way has
been undertaken. The seaside blue
grass. a native of the sand dunes along
the Oregon coast, where it grows
abundantly, is said to be a good forage
grass as well as an excellent sand
binder, and has been successfully in
troduced along the sand dunes of Lake
Michigan. The binding OF drifting
sands and entertainments about fortifi-
cations along the coast is a serious
problem which confronts the authori-
ties OF the war department.
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But a smothered torch gives no light,
and Rob could not feel that he was
any better off than before. He had
never learned to smoke, and therefore
carried no matches. If he only had
a match!
Suddenly it occurred to him that he
did not have on his own clothes, but
the fantastic garments given him by
Captain Torreyo, of the BLACK Cat"
Instinctively he felt in the pockets Of
his velvet jacket.
First he brought out package of
Spanish cigarettes, which he threw
away, not having any use for them
In another pocket-oh, joy! he dis
covered box of matches. 1t was
something to wear the jacket of a
smoker, after all.
With feverishly trembling fingers
Rob lighted a match and applied it to
the torch. In an instant it burst into
flame and lit up the gloomy cavern
around him. The smoky flame, while
IL gave light enough for him to see.
made the shadows even more terrible
And with the light held above his head
Rob gazed with strained eyes into the
inky blackness of recesses opening out
on three sides.
But Rob had been through the cav
erns when a dozen such torches had
been blazing, and he knew there was
nothing there that would harm him.
There were no wild beasts. So, bolster
ing up his courage with this one con-
soling thought, he began a thorough
exploration OF the place. From one
cave to another he went, closely ex-
aiming the sides, always on the alert
to catch a glimpse of what might be
another opening. But he saw none
There were the great stores of contra
band goods-enough to make a dozen
men rich If sold at fair prices, but
nothing that Rob wanted.
To all the rest of his discomfort now
came the pangs of hunger. He did not
know how long he had slept; therefore
he could not Judge how long he had
been in the caves. But he knew he
was very hungry.
He now applied himself to searching
for something to eat.
There was plenty OF tobacco, easily
distinguished by the odor.
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pie and cheap as II Is. is equally effec-
tive as the various other treatments by
much more expensive materials.
How to Use It.-My method has been
to saturate the timber which has been
put into bridges, cross ties on rail-
roads, and in mines for posts, in hot
lime in this way: A pit is dug large
enough to hold q convenient lot of
posts set on end, fresh quicklime is
laid in the bottom six inches deep. The
timber is laid or set on end in this pit
for fence posts, this way is most
convenient The spaces between the
posts are filed with the small broken
lime, room being lefs for the lime to
swell as 1t slakes, and when the pit is
filed, water is thrown on to Stake the
lime into a paste, as If for mortar. The
lime, in expanding, fills in tightly be-
tween the posts, and making a great
heat, drives the moisture out OF the
timber, and seasons it. Water is added
as the lime slakes, until 1t is semi
liquid mass. Then as the lime and the
heated timber cool, the vacuum created
in the timber by the previous heating,
is Immediately filled by the lime water,
and the cellulose, with all the acids
which are neutralized in this way, be-
comes mineralized, and decay of the
timber is prevented. There is moth
ing new in this way, any more than
there was in the advice given to the
leper to Ego wash and be clean" But
it is quite as effective q way as any of
the more costly chemical methods of
treating timber to increase its durabil-
ity or prevent its decay. OF course, it
is necessary to immerse the posts in
the pit deep enough to treat them as
far as, or something more than, the
timber will be set in the ground, and
the timber should be stripped of the
bark.
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CHAPTER VI.-(Continued).

The gang he was with had returned
for another load. Rob heard them
muttering among themselves, and he
looked up to see the cause. He was
amazed. and felt thrill of terror rush
over him, for there, standing with Cap
tain Elvln and Torrevo, engaged in
earnest. conversation, was Lemuel
Starne.
Now Rob thought surely he would be
killed He thought he now understood
some of the hatred he had incurred.
Starne, Elvin and the captain of the
BLACK Cat" were all in one gang.
Therefore, If Starne had any reason
to wish his DEATH the others must
have the same reason.
There was no way to escape them
now. He could not turn back.
When they were taking up their
loads Torrevo rushed out and beat Rob
with his ropes end so that poor Rob
kept his face bent down almost to the
ground till he got clear of his tor
mentor, which was not until he was
part way up the ridge.
The boys heart was broken with
grief and terror. What should he do?
To continue in this way was simply to
be killed. Was there no hope OF es-
cape. He went into the caverns again,
and this time the black interior seemed
to the tortured fellow like haven of
rest. And when the gang turned to
leave a sudden inspiration came to
Rob. He knew that the last of the
cargo was not on its way to the cave.
It was possible that he would not be
missed if he did not return. With no
definite purpose, except to escape the
blows and curses of Torrevo he darted
away from the gang and hid in black
recess behind a pile of bales of to-
bacco
The men came in with their bur-
dens, and then went out. Those who
went out now did not return again.
The last of the contraband cargo was
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Winter Tuura.

Should you desire information re-
garding California, Arizona, Texas or
Mexico, and the long limit, low rate.
round-trip tickets, sold to principal
points, the various routes via which
the tickets can be purchased, or re-
garding one way first and second-class
rates, through sleeping car lines,
first-class and tourist, call upon or ad-
dress w. G.. Neimyer, Genl Western
Agent, Southern Pacific Co, 23S
Clark ST., Chicago; w. II. Connor,
Coml Agent, Chamber Commerce
Bldg, Cincinnati, Ohio, or w. J. Berg,
Trav. Pass. Agt., 200 Ellicott So, Buff
falo, n. Y.
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HONEYBEE'S WINGS.
A Microscopic View OF One of Natures
Wonderful Schemes.

Wonderful Schemes.
At a meeting of the New York
Microsopical Society the president of
the organization exhibited, besides
other things, the honeybees wing,
showing the booklets by means of
which the lower of the two wings of
the bee is Joined to the upper wing
in flying thus making them prac-
tically a single wing. The upper OF
the two wings is about half an inch
in length, the lower a little shorter.
The wings come together where they
are Joined to the body; they are other
wise separate. When the bee goes into
its hive, 1t folds it's wings together,
one leaf over the other, so that they
will take up less room. When II goes
abroad, it spreads its wings and
couples them together with the hooks.
When looked at under the microscope,
the upper edge of the lower wing is
seen to be REINFORCED as though 1t
had an extra plate or rib stretched
along there, and to this rib, spaced
apart at regular intervals, though they
are ill COuldlutu Wliulu a lOldl space
of little more than a quarter of an
inch, there are attached nineteen or
twenty tiny, bony hooks. There is
a little thickening at the base of each
hook, where nature has strengthened
1t, and one is inclined to regard the
hooks as inset separately and to look
for the rivets wherewith they were
secured to the plate or rib from which
they spring. The lower edge of the
upper wing, as looked at under the
microscope, is seen to be curled up into
a flange or trough. When the bee
comes out of the hive, IL hooks the
hooks on the upper edge of the lower
wing into the flange or trough at the
lower edge of the upper wing and
so makes the two wings practically
one.-New York Sun.
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Flo 4-Carpot grass tPdspaium eompreSslun). 2.
bear more hard trampling and close
grazing than any other species. On
heavy soils it is often crowded out by
Bermuda grass and other species, but
on light soils of even moderate fertil-
ity it will soon cover the ground to
the exclusion Of all others. 1t is a
grass that soon comes in when sandy
soils are pastured closely, and will
choke out the broom sedge and other
less desirable sorts. 1t is easily de-
stroyed by blowing and never becomes
a weed. 1t rarely grows large enough
to be cut for hay, though on the prai-
ries Of southwestern Louisiana, where
1t is known as petit gaZon," it reaches
a height Of two feet or more and
covers a large part OF the native
meadows. The seed is rarely found in
the market, but the plant is easily
propagated by moving when TIE seed
is ripe and scattering the hay over the
field where the grass is wanted. Even
If but few plants should appear the
first year, the seed will soon be spread
by stock so as to cover the entire field.
1t bears heavy frost without injury.
and so affords considerable grazing
during the winter. 1t is often used as
lawn grass on soils too light and
sandy for Bermuda, and is excellent
for that purpose, though its rather
light color makes it less attractive
than a grass having richer green.
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VI ~ =

to die in that dark hole, lingering,
painful death by starvation. Oh! it
was terrible.
But Rob was a true American boy.
After the first few minutes of stupe-
faction his spirits returned, and he
began to think of finding way out.
He CROPPED about the opening, now
so well blocked by the heavy rock, but
the largest aperture he could find
was simply large enough for him to put
his hand through. He could not move
the rock an inch.
While thus engaged in his futile eff
forts the thought came to him that
perhaps this was not an accident. Per-
haps, after all, Lemuel Starne had
recognized him-had told Captain Ell
vim who he was-and he had been
missed, traced to the caverns and lock-
ed in to await terrible death by star
walton, or to be kept until they saw
fit to release him and kill him some
other way. Any way he looked at it,
death seemed certain.
w lLn IL uull uCdl IlOp lNll lllC OpCAl-
ing, now, alas! opening no longer, and
CROPPED his way in the darkness
through the caverns. 1t was dark as
night, and darker. There were no
moon and stars in this damp and
grewsome place to shed a little light
and cheeriness. All was dark and
damp and dismal.
In his aimless wanderings, Rob's feet
struck against something, and he at
once thought of the torches the men
had used when they brought in the
goods. The thing he had kicked
sounded like one of these. He stopped
and picked it up. 1t was just what
he thought it was-a torch made Of
some kind of soft stuff like cotton
waste, wrapped on bar of iron and
soaked in oil. The odor from it show
ed that it had been recently used
probably by the men who had been
with him.
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A Now Star.

Big resourceful Texas is famed for
it's great undertakings. The newest
and brightest star which has shot
athwart its horizon is the wonderfully
town of La Porte, located on Calves
ton Bay midway between Houston and
Galveston in the celebrated Coast
Country of Texas. A happy trinity or
pluck, brains and capital is here found
at work building up great deepwater
seaport city. Extensive public work IS
under way including wharfs. docks and
water front shipping facilities. The
u. S. Government is soon to deepen
the channel. thus enabling the largest
ocean vessels to receive and discharge
cargoes at La Porte.
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500 REWARD &IOO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is ut least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all it's
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
tional disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Hall 5 Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood ana mucous sur
faces OF the system, thereby destroying tho
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strength by building up the constitution and
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powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails TO cure. Send for list or
Testimonials.
Address +. j. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, O
Sold by druggists 75c
Halls Family Pills are tho best
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Garnet Grass.

We herewith illustrate paspalum
compressum, better known as Carpet
grass. A government report says of it:
This is apparently Indigenous along
the coast, and is slowly spreading
northward, being now somewhat COM
mon in Mississippi and Alabama. 1t
is undoubtedly one of the best pasture
grasses for sandy soils. and it will
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Has not God always been good TO usp Then
why not believe he always will2
The 23d psalm is filled with food for both tho
lamb and the warrior.
"They that honor me, 1 will honor" Honor Is
q good thing when IL comes from God.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ORICULTURISTS.
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures Viticulture and
Horticulture.
horticultural Observations.


The question of whether bees pune
ture grapes has been discussed from
various standpoints for a good many
years, and the conclusions reached by
most thinkers and investigators on the
subject are that bees do not puncture
grapes, but suck the juice of grapes
only after they have burst open or
been bitten by birds. Prof. r. l.. Tay-
Tor Of the Michigan Experiment Sta
ton has conducted some experiments
that would seem to put the question
at rest. His observations were that
the bees worked only on the Delaware
and Lady grapes, varieties that burst
open badly in wet seasons. Prof. Tay-
Tor placed 1000 sacks on clusters of
thirteen different varieties Of grapes
so that the bees could not get at them.
Toward the close of the experiment it
was found that the grapes inclosed in
sacks were suffering more than those
that were left uncovered, and many of
the grapes had burst open. The ex-
perimenter concluded that the sucking
away of the juice of the grapes by the
bees is a direct benefit rather than an
injury, in that these juices are pre-
vented from flowing upon sound
grapes, and thus increasing the amount
OF the injury by the cracking of the
skin.
The question Of reforesting burned
over areas is of importance to all in
terested in forestry and incidentally
in horticulture. When large areas are
burned over it takes many years to
cover them with anything, even with
grasses. When small space only is
covered, the heat is not so intense as
to destroy all plant germs in the soil,
but in the case of great fires even the
fertility, with all seeds in the soil, is
destroyed. Some recent Investigations
in Colorado showed that regions that
had been burned over in 1881 had not
begun to show any kind Of tree growth
till six years afterward, and that thir-
teen years afterward small pines only
were found, and though these trees
were found on investigation to be
seven years old, they had attained a
height of only twenty inches To fully
comprehend what this means one
should measure off twenty inches in
height from any object-the floor or
ground-and remember that this
height represents seven years of
growth. At such a rate, how long will
it take to cover that region with a
fair-sized forest? Another region was
burned over in $780, and four years
afterward not a sign of vegetation had
appeared except here and there a
struggling blade of grass or sedge.
Forest fires not only destroy immense
supplies of timber, but destroy the
humus in the soil to such an extent
that it is rendered nearly sterile for
generations. Fires "a the greatest
foes to forests, and their prevention
should engage the best efforts of the
government.
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first day of DR. kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
send for FREE S2.OO trial bottle and treatise.
DR. K H. KLINE. Ltd. 93l Arch St., Philadelphia. Pa.
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shall recommend Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton far and wide.-Mrs Mulligan, Plumstead,
Kent, England, Nov. 3, 1895.
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II you would keep the wrinkles out OF your
face keep sunshine in your heart
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A cheerful gift is always a large gift, because
nothing small can be given to God.
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For Cuts, Burns ana Bruises.

Failure Is impossible when God helps and God
always helps when we take his way.
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To the man who seeks God first, seeking .
fortune will become means OF grace.
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The size OF a mans bank account has nothing
to do with his fitness for heaven.
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Before Jesus told any man to love S neigh.
Dor Us himself, he showed him how.
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Jefferson county. Wis. made and
sold over 100000 pounds of butter
last year.
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Prove that Moses made no mistakes,
and you prove that he was not a man.
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We are sure to wrong others if we
ourselves are wrong with God
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinne Tablets. All
druggists refund the money IL IL fails to cure.
25c. +. w. Groves signature on each box.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces IA.
ammatlon allays pain, wind collie. 2jc bottle
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Browns Teefhing Cordial makes good
babies out of cross babies
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Attractive Booklet Sent Free.
Choice Recipes for making Cocoa and Chocolate.
Address Walter Baker & Co. Ltd, Dorchester. Mao
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Lightning Hot Drops; apply at once; why sufrerS
25c. All druggists. Herb Med. Co., Springfield, o.
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From the standpoint of the bulldog,
this is a very quarrelsomc world.
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Follow Jesus closely, and it will be
we'll with the man who follows you.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-05-12

ned to the Spanish Consul -,iraerAi
AT Havana, bur again rAS tut .rineu
- WUIld have 10 ienh,.u a Z u 'ait. lie
placed the matter eeiure tstner@I
Wood, but his mlsles vOuid lv. ~
acceded To.
Tue Marquis proceeded to WASH
layton to tile au appe.li. Inc ." :
come Uf his case /, uf greet InIpv.
.auce 10 him ,clf aud oLnrlS pl,c,L
IN "a Slnnlat p1@llIon, "a AT the pres.
euI tl...e la Cle evraG III an dtsru,
Uauce ou the ISlAut no mas 40 one 10
,urn to Tor tue protecll0I vi his VAIL
rs ale.
This property, the Constancia
'entral Sugar Factory, is the largtst
,n tue island, an Is nov contr Iisu
ny All Amrrlrau cnnlpauy. Mo-
than S250,b bdO vas SpeuL Or them 10
maiAtain 700 a, me men to prrvent
the d stiustIon Ut the properly hy
the insurgents. To tAIs tact is due
in part tue bitter hatred "t The Gu
bans for The Marq lls aud MS asso-
GATES, and many attempts Were
made during The war to take him
prisoner.
The Marquis is sixty-thrre wears
old. IL married an A,nrrlcan,
Mrs. Ellen Vincent, of NJ, Is Eaxr
Ninety seconJ sE,eet, who var not d
f,r her charitable W. rks among thu
poor Of this couury aud Cuoa. 80
fore her dearh. tmo years ago, ths
WAS decorated BY Ine @ leen Kesenl
OF Spain.
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Prosperi-
ty Of the United
States.
8a.ancc Of Trade ii its favor.

To comprehend the huge figures
IN ~hlch the trade OF tne CniI.d
>satss i"r tle past nlnr mJatIS is
stated Comparisons @re n.-crssAry
Ihe lUtal imports ior tina: periO
..trased $1lOOO,0OO PR m~lltl.
ynich Indicates yearly vo'nmr -
mpot's Of the value Of 3 ~ ,1OI, ,t'tb1
rwicA OuIy, iG 1891 ana 1928, has
- iargs total of imports been re-
..ulded.
Ia tue SAFE nine months mercl,
ansi'se has been .xro t-d at the "a !.
OF $ll1.Ots,'''w per mouth, or over
S4tiu, ,OthlV0I pr, y-ar. his excee,ls
al rsposl records IN tue history u
the country.
Assuming the conditions of the
last nInr luonths !" cunrIuue for thr
next ;hree moatli., the fiscal va,
Will shps ~ its close al eAcess ci
expoIts over imp 'rts amounting tu
8 b5,I, ,OaU.OtID.
IL Viii he n-arly if not quite tie
hest Irade bAian,~-sheet tnat I'll.
Unurd Sale, uas ever had IL in
aica IS condition Of cnumerci.l
healui aud peosp-iit. on wuicn tls
\ aerlcau people may fairy con ers
tuls.se tlslasel,ea.