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^ ^ ^ ISSUED SEMI-WEEKL^ i. h. oeist's sous, Publishers. } % ^amiig f ctcspaper^ cforjhe gnmtotion of the folitital, gotial, Agricultural, and (jjantmtntial gnt^ats o( the jjeople ESTABLISHED 1855^ YORKVILLE, 8. C., FRIDAY, JlJ LIT 8, 1904. N~Q. 55. 11 I A SOLE COMME By < Copyright, 1902, t li ? CHAPTER XV. FOUR GENTLEMEW OF WEALTH. THE situation or uarvey irons on the hayboat was critical in the extreme; but, great as JLsijH was his danger, be regarded it as nothing compared to the danger that threatened Alma. He was almost exhausted from hunger, cold and grief. The boat slowly drifted In a southern direction, making toward the eastern side of the Caspian. It drifted out of the ordinary course of navigation, and he watched in vain for a passing vessel. He watched as long as possible the course of the ameer's sloop and reasoned that it was making for the nearest Bokharan port Night came on. with no rescuing vessel in sight. Hour after hour he drifted, hoping almost against hope, ever thinking of Alma and of a way to help her. About midnight il seemed to him that the rocking motion of the boat had ceased; that it had become stationary. "Here is a pretty mess!" he exclaimed. "I wonder if this old bulk has run aground. The Caspian is shallow, but I did not think a boat like this could run aground in the middle of it" An examination in the dark was not easy. Harvey slid down the pile of hay, groping about with one hand while he clung for safety with the other. He fancied be saw a faint light glimmering some distance from him, but it disappeared as suddenly as it Via/I /inmo Wo aaw tha Hcrht ncrnln a quick passing from one point to anotb* er, but showing for a moment only. "Now, that light Is not on a vessel," Harvey reasoned. "It Is a lantern can ried around by a person who Is walking on land. If I drifted aground here, cer tainly there cannot be "water enough al that place to float any kind of vesseL I've probably drifted on the shore ol some island. Is it a hospitable Island, or will 1 be worse off in the clutches of the Inhabitants than where I am? The wind may drive me off again before morning and a vessel pick me up. Bui would the vessel be any safer than thil island? And how can I investigate without attracting attention?" Boon there was another gleam of light such as might come through an open door from a light within. A man was standing between Harvey and the light. He seemed to be looking toward the hayboat, but soon disappeared into the same place from which came the mysterious light "It Is an island," said Harvey. "I am now resting on a shoal, and the water Mnnnf he verv deen between this and the island. I'll swim ashore and risk it." He removed some of his clothing, made a bundle of it and slid off into the water. To his surprise he could stand on bottom. Carefully he felt hia way. For a short distance the water grew more shallow. Then it got deeper, and he was forced to swim. After a short swim he again felt the ground under his feet, and he waded on to dry land. The shore was sandy. He moved slowly and cautiously. It was difficult to locate where the light had been. He groped along, wandering, in many curves. Trees were on the island, but he could see no trace of a building. After groping some time in the darkness he discovered what appeared to be a rock about five feet high. Feeling the surface of this, he found that it was not a solid rock, but a rocky formation with an opening on one side. Lying flat on the ground and peering in, he saw a light far in the earth, apparently from a lantern hung on a peg. He slowly crawled inside the cave. After advancing for several feet he found that he could 6tand up and walk. A voice came from behind a shelter of the rocky wall that projected into the chamber. It pleased Haivey that it was not the voice of a Russian, for Russians were the only people he had any reason to fear. "I have spoken," said a calm, stern voice within the concealed chamber. "I have given the treasure as it should be given." "But. no. my brother." came a voice that seemed to Harvey to tremble with emotion. It was a harsh, cold voice, not like the other. "You have done well for yourself. You have done well for the clans in the mountains. But we have not fared as we should. Was It not our courage that made the accumulation of this booty possible?" "Yes; that is so," answered the first speaker. "But I am Palpak, chief of the Zannucks, and it was I who planned everything. The wealth that came from the ameer's people we were compelled to hide here until the ameer's soldiers had finished their search among our villages, and the wealth that came from the Buddhist temples, which we found the most valuable of all. and the gold that came from the paymasters of the Russian soldiers whom we attacked and robbed. All these are mine?mine! Do you understand, Domitan? It was Palpak, the chief, who in the interest of all his people, downtrodden as they are by the wicked ameer, strove to gain that with which we could buy horses and cattle and make the Zannucks wealthy. I have given you enough. The rest must be divided among the people." "No," said a third voice, thick and guttural. "Domitan is right. Palpak, though you be chief. We were with you in all the ventures. It is not right that you should rob us now." HER OF I RCE JOHN ROE GORDON ty F. R. Toombe i T 11 "Rob* you!" cried Palpak angrily. "Rob you of what? In the name of the white bull, of what can I rob you when you have nothing save what I have given you? I tell you I am working not for wealth for you, my brothers, but for the whole people. The Zannucks have been downtrodden and robbed by the ameer. He demands more tribute than we possess. He taxes us for our wives, for our cattle, and then his soldiers steal the cattle. He taxes us for our families, and the soldiers steal our children. Our boys are compelled to enter the ameer's army, and our girlscurses upon the ameer and upon you if you cannot see the justice of what I am doing. But the ameer has desisted from his search. He has some great affair now In progress. It la time we took the treasure to the mountains and distributed it among the people and then begin again to plan." "It shall not be so! I swear it!" "There are three of us!" growled the surly voice. "And we are determined men!" said one who had not spoken before. "Do you Intend to defy me?" demanded the one who called himself Do Inn & mjjun. Tbe three laughed. "We intend to? you will see what we intend." Harvey began to catch the drift of things. "This." he reasoned, "is what is popularly called honor among thieves. Here'n a band of four who have been successful in gathering treasure by robbing everything and everybody to enrich a people kept down by that miserable wretch of an ameer. And now the only decent one, if there Is such a thing as decency among them. Is to be killed so that the other three can keep the treasure instead of putting it to the "IF/io ure yout" the robbers demanded. use originally intended. Three against one. If I can save the leader, I can no doubt enlist him in my behalf." lie crept to the wall and peered around. A strange sight met his eager gaze. On a wooden peg that had been driven Into a crevice of the rocky wall hung n lantern. On the 6tone floor of the cavern squatted four men in a circle. and between them were many bags of gleaming jewels, bales of choicest fabrics and bags of gold. It was not difficult to pick out Palpa k, for his watchful eyes were roving from one to the other as he remained on his guard against an attack. But the plans of the other three were already 'aid. It was evidently a preconcerted arrangement. The one called Domitan shouted "Now!" and the three hurled themselves upon Palpak. "Hold on there! Let that man atone!" Bnouieu narvey, rusumg iu. His presence disconcerted the robbers, and they stopped fighting. Domitan, with a curse and gasping for breath, rose to his feet and seized his knife. "Who are you?" the robbers demanded in chorus. The four seemed ready to join against Harvey. "My friends," he said, "permit me to say that this conduct upon my own territory, to which you were not invited, is most unseemly. I am the owner of this island, having just purchased it from the Russian government. I'll have no murder committed here." "You! The owner of the island of Ping Shong!" "That's what I said! At this moment I own the island." "It is a lie!" said Domitan. "You die on your island, then." lie made a rush, but I'alpak intercepted him. The other two, recovering from their astonishment, joined with Domitan. Suddenly from the outer cavern came the rush of booted feet and the clank of arms. "Seize them all!" commanded Captain Sergius Orskoff to the force of Russian soldiers, who rushed upon the combatants and executed the order before the American and the robbers were aware of their presence. At the moment Harvey recognized Orskoff the latter exclaimed: "Tbe American r T have found you at last!" CHAPTER XVI. AN ATIOUMEXT AND AN EXPLANATION. V^ ~ ENGEANCE gleamed In Orekoff'B eyes. His sword was | gj at the throat of the American. IfefiSwl "Stealer of women! Scoundrel who has twice stolen the daughter of Biartelkis. Where have you hidden her? The searchlight of the gunboat revealed the hay boa t> but she is not there. Where have you hidden her?" "Now, captain," said Harvey, "don't be too hasty in this matter. I did not steal Koura Biartelkis, but I know where she is." "You know! Of course you know! But vou lie when you say you did not steal her. You came down the Kur In a hayboat belonging to the Astrakhan Charka with a woman disguised as a man? Who else was that but Koura?" "You are getting excited! Kindly take that confounded sword from my throat. I'd like to talk with some comfort." "Comfort! A stealer of girls asks for comfort! That Is the limit of American effrontery. I'll run the sword to the bone." "If you do. I assure you that you will never see your Koura again." "See, he admits he has the girl! He has accomplices who will kill her if he Is harmed!" shouted one of the soldiers. Something in the words and manner of Harvey impelled Orskoflf to lower his sword. He turned to the soldiers who were guarding the four robbers and said: "Take them on board the gunboat. It Is evident that they have robbed Russians, for here are bags of rubles. They must be taken at once to Tiflis. Convey all the treasure on board." Turning again to Harvey, his face resuming its expression of hate, he said: "You know that I lc*e Koura, and to recoup her I nm wlllinc to Darley With you. 1 had determined to kill you on sight. Come with me." Harvey followed his captor to the entrance of the cave. Here he found a guard of additional soldiers with lanterns. In the distance a brilliant searchlight sent its gleam upon the island, lighting it as by day. In the great light from the gunboat Harvey could see that the old hayboat bad stuck in the mud near the island. At a little distance was a sailing vessel, evidently the property of Palpak and his robber brothers. On the shore were two boats, which had landed the Russians. The five prisoners were jostled rudely while getting into the boats and at a command from Orskoff were soon on the way to the waiting gunboat They were received on board by a young officer, who saluted Orskoff. "I congratulate you, my captain. I am told by the men that you not only /?nntin-od the American who stole the daughter of Blartelkls, but that you also had the good fortune to seize the four robbers who attacked the paymaster and robbed him at Mogda." "Are you sure these are the men?" "I could not be mistaken. The leader Is Palpak. chief of the tribe of Zannueks. nominally under the rule of the ameer,' but hating him." "Guard them well then." "Shall we get under way at once, my captain?" "No. lieutenant. As you know, we want to find Koura Blartelkls. I have, It Is true, captured the man who stole her, but I have not succeeded In finding the young woman. Remain here while I investigate. I shall go on that island In the daytime and search. I can see little at night e/en with the searchlight." Harvey stood waiting to be questioned. but Orskoff paid little heed to him. "Put the prisoners in irons," he said to a subaltern. "But Irons won't unlock my lips," said Harvey. "I will find a way to unlock your Hps. If I cannot find Koura on that Island In the morning. I will hang you by your thumbs till you tell the truth." "But I am anxious to tell It now. You won't listen." Orskoff waved his hands, and Harvey was dragged away. The gunboat remained, and as soon as It was sufficiently light in the morning Orskoff took a squad and returned to the island. He examined every foot of the place and returned to the gunboat chagrined and angry. "Bring up that American!" he commanded. Harvey was hustled to tfco deck. "Lieutenant Nevisky, attend!" said Orskoff. "Now. stealer of women, 1 will give you one more chance to tell the truth. If you do not. your thumbs will he torn out. Your life depends upon your answers. Tell where you have hidden Ivoura. Y'our punishment will he worse than death if you do not. Koura was to have been my wife"? "You said something like that before, but that she was to be your wife Is news to me. For my part. I am willing to tell you where she is." "I have searched the island. I am convinced that Koura is not there." "I could have told you that and saved you trouble and time. Koura is getting farther away every minute. You will never find her." "You fiend. I will have your life!" howled the captain as he sprang to his feet. "You do seem inclined that way, but before you take it, reflect. Just show a little common sense, if you have any. If you kill me, how do you expect to And KouraV" "But you say you do not know where she is." "I said nothing of the kind. I said I did know where she was. But I did not take her there. Take off these confounded irons, treat me like a man, and I will tell you what I know." "Remove the irons," said the captain. The lieutenant unlocked them. "Come with me alone," said Harvey. Surprised. Orskoff beckoned to Neivisky, who turned and walked away. "Beware," said Orskoff, "how yofl trifle with me." "I am not trifling with you. I am the only man who can help you find your Koura, and it happens that I have as ardent a reason to want to find her as you." "You?you love her!" "I don't even know her, but one 1 love is with her." "Then you did take her away?" "No, I did not I know nothing about Koura?that iB. except where she is this moment. But, Wore I tell, you must first tell me how you traced me to the island." UTbtiUU Uiauc a gcDiiuc uu^u tience. "Koura had been living: with her uncle In Tiflls. I saw her every day, and If I was not on duty I -spent the evening at the house. One night I was on duty and did not go. I stopped to see her the nextjbornlng, and her uncle, who was beside himself with terror, told me she had gone out the night before and bad not returned. I knew she had been stolen, and, as that was the morning you escaped from prison, I knew you had taken her. I searched the river and learned that Charka'fl hayboat had gone down toward the Caspian. It was said that a man and woman, the woman disguised as a man, had gone with Charka. I reached the coast as soon as possible, but I could not overtake you. The launch had gone before I made the discovery, or all this would not have happened. Ou the gunboat I cruised everywhere, using the searchlight at night Last night we discovered the hayboat and at once went to the island." "I was on Charka's boat" said Harvey. "and if you had uBed any reason ing powers you would have knows that it could not have been Koura who was with me. You say you were told that the woman with me was disguised as a man. Now. how could I get Koura in such a disguise? When a woman disguises herself, it is for a purpose Koura was stolen; she did not go cf her own accord, as did Alma." "You speak of Alma Jurnleff, niece ' of the colonel." "Yes. She assisted me to escape, and, as our attempt was discovered before she could return to her apartments, it was necessary for her to fly with me. On the Caspian the bayboat met with disaster, and Alma and I were left on 1 it alone. We drifted all night, shiver* 1 ing with cold and hunger. In the morning we found ourselves under the bows of a long, black boat belonging to the 1 ameer of Bokhara." "1 know the boat It is used to carry goods to Persia." "Not this time. It is being used'to carry Alma Jurnleff and Koura Biartelkis to Bokhara. They permitted Al ma to go on board, and I, like a fool, in my excitement allowed them to know < she was not what her clothing would et.nnr Thow wmiiri not take me. and i the captain, whose name, I believe. If Karakal, or something like that, shouted out to me that they had the daughter of Blartelkis and that soon both girls would be the brides of princes.'* "Is this true? Do you swear you are , telling me the truth? How did they get ; Koura ?" "Haflz Effendi passed us In a cayik. He was intercepted at the mouth of the river by the launch, and something ] was said about sacks. They were permitted to depart. Undoubtedly the Turk had Koura concealed." ' Orskoff spent several minutes In < thought. Suddenly turning to Harvey he held out his hand, saying: "I believe you. I ask your pardon , for the insults I have heaped on you. , This is terrible! Koura gone! A Blave to the heathen ameer, and I helpless to aid or rescue her! It makes one mad! I could drive this sword blade into my heart!" "Sit down and be calm," said Har- i vey. "We can rescue Alma Jurnleff ?nd Koura or kill the men who marry or harm them. Let us work the game , together. I am starving. Qive me soms j food." The food was ordered. TO BB CONTINUED. 1 A Legend. There is an old legend of a man , who sold his soul to Satan. The con- 1 ditions were: For a certain number of years this man was to have all his de- ( sires gratified, at the expiration of . which his soul was forfeited. j When the time agreed upon had ex- ( pired, this man was unwilling to fulfill ] his part of the contract, and asked Sa- . tan upon what terms be could be re- , leased. The reply was: "If you will curse God I will release you." , "No," said the man, "I cannot curse i the Being whose nature is love. Give j me something less fearfully wicked." ^ "Then kill your father," replied Sa- | tan, "and you go free." , "No," answered the man, "that is too , horrible to think of. I will not com mit so great a crime. Are there no , other conditions?" "One more," replied the tempter. "You must get drunk." ( "mu"f ? fliotf *V?lr?or tn dn " 111(11 IO CI ?fcl/ v?a/ the man answered, "and I accept your proposition. I cannot kill my father, , I will not curse my God. but I can get drunk, and when I become sober all , will be well." Accordingly he got drunk, and when in this condition he happened to meet his father, who upbraided him, which so excited the ire of the drunken and ( half-crazed man, that he slew his father, cursed his God, then fell down dead, and Satan had him without fail. Only a legend, this particular case, , but how true to the facts regarding the licjuor curse.?National Advocate. utt' It is generally the sure thing on which a man goes broke. W In the race for happiness, marriage \ naturally results in a tie. A little change will vary the monotony of even an empty pocket. itiV The undertaker will tell you that 1 some men die hard, and others are 1 dead easy. FROM nil " TO GLASGOW, Dr. Neville Tells of His Trip Across the Ocean. INCIDENTS BY THE WAY. In Wreck at Salisbury?Passage on the Astoria?Conveniences of a Modern Steamship?Icebergs in Sight ?Seasickness?First Glimpse of Land?Notes and Observations. Correspondence of the Torkrllle Enquirer. T..nA Ol Tf la VjliAOVJW, OCUUanu, tlUilC ??? *w .W difficult to realize that I am in Scotland, nearly four thousand miles away from dear old South Carolina; but such is the case. Our vessel sailed into this great city this morning at about 7 o'clock, after a very satisfactory voyage. In this letter, the writer will give a description of his trip to this place. On June the 8th, I left Yorkville In my buggy for Rock Hill at 4.30 in the afternoon, accompanied by two members of my family. After a pleasant ride over the splendid road between Yorkville and Rock Hill, we reached the latter place about fifteen minutes before the train was due. The train was on time, and when I got on I was gratified to find my dear friend, Dr. Thornwell, on board, with whom I had delightful intercourse as far as Fort Mill. In Charlotte, I met some dear friends while I waited for the train which was to carry me to Washington. This train was an hour late. It arrived at 11 o'clock, and was soon on Its way towards Washington. There were friends on this train whom I had known for some time. It is almost impossible for a person to go anywhere in these times without meeting people whom he has known before. The railway and other modern conveniences have brought the race close together. Just after the conductor had announced Salisbury, there was a considerable Jar felt by the passengers, and the train stopped. No one dreamed that anything serious had occurred. But in a few minutes, it was found that the train had run into an open switch and had struck some freight cars which were standing on the track. The engineer and fireman were killed. It was a sad sight to see them lying lifeless under the debris. It was dark and with the small lights on hand we could not see very well; but, as rar as we couia aiscern, me engineer had his hand on the throttle. Faithful fellow! This accident caused a delay of two and a half hours. The train reached Washington at 1 p. m. June 9th, instead of 9 a. m., the schedule time. After about a half hour's stay In Washington, I was on my way to New York, reaching this gigantic and interesting city at 9 p. m. June the 10th was spent In purchasing some articles for the trip and in attending to other matters touching the journey. That night, I was Joined by six persons, led by Dr. Rice of Atlanta, who were to go to Europe with me, or rather with whom I was to go. The next morning two others appeared. This completed our party. Saturday morning, June 11th, was a very busy time with Dr. Rice and myself, as we saw It was necessary to make some changes in our Itinerary. By way of parenthesis, I would say to the reader, if you ever decide to go to Europe, give yourself plenty of time In which to get ready. We hastened from our hotel at the last moment to go to the steamer, which was scheduled to leave New York at 3 p. m., June 11th. To my surprise, I found there Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Graham of Greenville. S. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Martin of New York, but formerly of Atlanta, to bid some of us good-bye. We soon boarded the Astoria of the Anchor Line for Glasgow, Scotland. A large number of friends of the passengers were on the steamer to bid friends farewell, etc. After a while, the gong was sounded, a signal for all except the passengers to get off. The vessel pulled out at 3.15 p. m., apparently, and as was afterwards demonstrated, In splendid condition. We had on board 92 first-class passengers, 220 second-class passengers, 140 steerage passengers and 134 In the crew? total 586. We also had about two thousand tons of freight. This ship is 480 feet long and has a capacity of 5,086 tons. It Is well fitted up and furnished with many conveniences? bath rooms, barber shops, electric lights all over her, etc. All of the stewards seemed to be Scotchmen and they were very polite and competent. The Scotch patronize this line of steamers very much and I never get tired of hearing a genuine Scotchman talk. In fact, I always feel like taking off my hat to a Scotchman. The Astoria is not one of the largest vessels; but there are some decided advantages In traveling In a smaller vessel. The people are more social and are not burdened with so many Inconveniences in dressing properly, etc. The people who were on the Astoria this time were very congenlaJ. There were a large number of southerners on board. There were twenty passengers at my table in the dining room and eighteen of them were from the south. This made it very pleasant. Seats at the table were selected for the passengers about an hour after we left New York. Each person gets a certain seat at the table and he keeps this seat through all the voyage. We had with us some right distinguished men, among them were Admiral J. C. Watson, U. S. N., and Gen. Jos. Breckenridge, U. S. A. Both of these men are elders in the Presbyterian church and were on their way to the PanPresbyterian council in Liverpool. A pilot went out with us from New York about ten miles, to keep us in the right way as we were going out into the deep sea. There are quite a number of these men whose business it is to bring vessels In as they come into New York from other countries and to guide them out as they leave. Each pilot has a small steamer of his own and he gets a certain fee for bringing a ship In and for taking-her out. The pilot that sights a vessel first is entitled to the Job of bringing her in. I suppose from this that these pilots spend most of their time in their vessels ten or twelve miles out from New Vnrlr Tt nraa on Intorpot Ino- nlfirht to see the pilot leave our vessel. A rope ladder was lowered from the deck. A small skiff driven by two men came close to our vessel and the pilot went down the ladder and stepped into the little skiff which took" him to his own vessel. He carried with him a package of letters which the passengers had written back to their friends. We felt then like the last link in the chain which bound us to America was broken. And so it was. We were moving out into the big, apparently boundless sea. We spent two Sundays on the vessel. Divine services were held on both of these days, and a sermon was preached on each day by one of the ministers on board. We had about a dozen ministers with us; so we were not short on preaching material. Most of them were going to the council in Liverpool. The delegates to this council held several very pleasant meetings of prayer and sweet fellowship. There is solemnity connected with these services which does not appertain to similar services on land. And yet you will find some out at sea who care not for these thinars. In fact, the sail or"8 life is not one that is very conducive to piety. We had not gone very far till the thermometer commenced to drop. It continued to fall till it came into the neighborhood of the freezing point. It was very cold all through the voyage. On June 15th, we sighted a very large iceberg in the distance. It was in sight-, for one hour or more. At the nearest point, we were, according to the best testimony, about four or Ave miles from the berg. It seemed to be about three or four hundred feet long and about seventy-five feet above the water. It was a grand sight even though it was so far away. I wished very much that we could have gotten nearer, but not too near; for these icebergs constitute one of the perils that confront the seamen, and they do not like to- get close to them as they cannot see what they are beneath the^frater. It is supposed that about oneeight of a berg is above water. It is a gracious provision on the part of nature that ice is lighter than water. Cold contracts iron, but it expands water. j Doubtless you have heard of the good things they hav^-to eat on these large steamers. The reports are true. They serve four meals a day?breakfast at 8, lunch at 12.30, dinner at 6, and lunch again at 9. In addition to this the deck steward brings tea and crackers on the deck between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and dinner. Probably It will be Interesting for you to see one of the menus for dinner. So I will give you the one for June 19th, which I am taking home as a souvenir of the trin Here it. is: menu: Soup?Green Turtle, Vermicelli. Fish?Boiled Salmon, Sauce Tartar and Cucumbers. Entrees?Mutton Cutlets a la Tomato, Salmi of Pigeon. Joints?Roast Lamb and Mint Sauce, Spiced Beef and Vegetables. Vegetables?Green Peas, Asparagus, Plain Boiled and Mashed Potatoes. Releve?Roast Goose and Apple Sauce. Sweets?Plum Pudding and Brown Sauce, Vermicelli Pudding, Swiss Rolls, Calf Foot Jelly, Fruit, Cheese, Coffee. The above is a fair sample of the dinner served each day. The other meals were elaborate too. There was not as much sickness on the voyage as there usually Is. I suppose about one-half?probably not more than a third?of the passengers were sick. I was sick for one day and I believe it has helped me materially. I did not. see anybody who was deathly sick, at least not as sick as the man I heard of who had given in a visible way unmistakable proofs of his sickness. His wife, who did not seem to be altogether absorbed with his sickness, asked him in the night if the moon was up. He replied by saying: "If I swallowed it, it is." The weather on the voyage was n" Thoro \xrctq nn rain of Uliusuailjr 1U1W. A*ivtv .. any consequence?just a few drops fell on two occasions, I believe. We had no fogs. Usually the vessels have to encounter these as they pass the banks of Newfoundland. Our longest run for one day was 347 miles. The sea was calm most of the time, or about as calm as It ever gets to be. On Monday, June 20th, we sighted land about 1 o'clock, ft was refreshing to see terra firma once more. The land was the Emerald Isle We sailed along the coast of Ireland all the afternoon, viewing the picturesque scenery?mountains and hills and rugged rocks. We passed a mountain not far from the shore, over 2,000 feet above the sea. It was a revelation to me to see such large mountains in Ireland, so close to the sea. We touched at Movllle (near Londonderry) about 6 p. m., and this was the first stop the vessel made since we left New York. Here quite a number of passengers landed. I think they must have put off In the neighborhood of 300 trunks, valises, etc., at this place. The Astoria could not go right to Movllle, which Is on a body of water that Juts In from the sea, but had to transfer passengers and baggage to a small vessel which came out to meet us. Here we got in touch again with the rest of our fellowmen from whom we had been separated for nine days. We heard here of the sad calamity on the Hudson in which so many lives were lost. After we left Moville, a notice was posted in the ship that breakfast would be served next morning at 6. This meant that we would get to Glasgow about 7. And so we did. Some of the passengers arose early to see the scenery along the river Clyde, which opens up the way from the sea to Glasgow. All along this river are evidences of man's skill and industry? great shipbuilding industries and other enterprises. We passed by a magnificent building owned by the Singer Sewing Machine company and in which their machines are made. As we rolled Into this great city, my heart was filled with Joy, and when I i. s a lti#A pui my icci uii ovuutuiu ovii a icu uxo I was standing on sacred soil. This little country has done so much for the world in a commercial, civic, educational and religious way, that mankind will never pay her all the debt which it owes to her. This ended my Journey, ever to be remembered, from Yorkville to Glasgow. I heartily appreciate all the wishes extended to me by'my friends through letter and word. If good wishes could carry one across the water, I think I would have gone to bed in Yorkville and gotten up next morning in Glasgow. If you want to find out how much people think of you and are Interested in you, Just take a trip to Europe. With best wishes to all the readers of The Enquirer, I am, Your sincere friend, W. G. Nbvtujt. DOE8 EDUCATION PAY? Very Pertinent Questions On Important 8ubject, Does it pay an acorn to become an oak? Does it pay to escape being a rich Ignoramus? Does it pay to fit oneself for a superior position? Does it pay to get a glimpse of the Joy of living? Does it pay the chrysalis to unfold into the butterfly? Does it pay to learn to make life a glory Instead of a grind? Does it pay to open a little wider the door of a narrow life? Does it pay to add power to the lens of the microscope or telescope? Does it pay to know how to take the dry dreary drudgery out of life? Does it pay to taste the exhilaration of feeling one's powers unfold? Does it pay a rosebud to open Its petals and fling out its beauty to the world? Does It pay to push one's horizon farther out, in order to get a wider outlook, a clearer vision? Does it pay to learn how to centre thought with power, how to marshal one's mental force effectively? Does it pay to acquire power to get out of life high and noble pleasures which wealth cannot purchase? Does it pay to acquire character weaitn, a soui-property, wmcu uu u?aster or misfortune can wreck or ruin? Does it pay to have expert advice and training:, to have hlgrh ideals held up to one in the most critical years of life? Does it pay to make life-long friendships with bright, ambitious young people, many of whom will occupy high places later on? Does it pay to become familiar with all the lessons that history and science can teach as to how to make life healthy and successful? Does it pay to become an enlightened citizen, able to see through the sophistries of political claptrap and vote intelligently on public matters? Does it pay to change a bar of rough pig iron into hair springs for watches, thus increasing its worth to more than fifty times the value of its weight in gold? Does it pay to experience the Joy of self-discovery, to open up whole continents of possibilities in one's nature which might otherwise remain undiscovered? Does it pay the sculptor to call out from the rough block the statue that sleeps in the marble, and which shall tell the story of heroism and greatness tn nnhnm e-enerations? Does it pay to have one's mentality stirred by the passion of expansion, to feel the tonic of growth, the indescribable satisfaction which comes from the consciousness of perpetual enlargement? Does It pay to have four years filled with the most delightful associations with cultured people, at an age when ambitions and high ideals have not been dulled or shattered by disappointment, or the unbounded faith in human nature shocked by violated pledges??June Success. Bomb Proof Room at Gibraltar.? The storing of coal at Gibraltar Is accomplished by means of a very curious plant, which has Just been completed for the pumping station at Landport. In the huge rock-fortress the coal store, boiler house and the engine room adoinlng, are worked under compressed air, and are necessarily airtight. The store to which the coal * ?- ' has to he conveyea is newn uui ui uie solid rock, and Is absolutely bombproof. A special feature Is the arrangement of the coal plant In such a way that It does not Interfere with the air pressure. The coal la lifted from the coal tip fifty-seven feet below the horizontal traveler. The skip by which the coal Ir'conveyed Is raised by means of a steel wire rope working over pulleys and round a driving drum. The time occupied by the skip In traveling from coal tip to coal store is two minutes. At this end, afid on a level with the motors, a sentry box is hewn out of the rock, where the man who controls the gearing for hoisting the skip Is housed and has practically a full view of all three operations.?Philadelphia Record.