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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-03-24

Of q most romantic and thrilling story
of crime. In the year I'LL Charles
Yane, a notorious pirate of the West
Indies, captured about $4,000 IN pieces
of eight that were being taken by div
ers from one of five plateships that had
gone down In a storm just east of Key
West The silver bars, as they were
brought to the surface by divers, were
stored In n little fort on the mainland
to await the Guardacosta, which was
carrying the treasure In installments to
Havana. Vane learned of this and made
a sudden descent upon the fort, cap
tured the treasure, rowed out to the
vessel where the divers were at work,
captured the ship, and sailed away
leaving the destitute crew and divers
marooned on the barren key. The plate
fleet of five galleons, on which these
divers were working, was carrying
S4,O00,000 in bullion when It was
wrecked, and less than one-fourth was
recovered and captured by Vane. The
old records estimate that $3,000,OOO
still remains in the sea at this point.
OOInGMHtIt Il lew illlitn nOullAMtol VI
the Isle Of Pines there is princely for
tune in diamonds and gold awaiting
the hunter who win travel the bottom
of the Caribbean Sea and cast a search
light carefully over the hulls Of sunken
treasure-ships. 1t is the remains of
Spanish ship in the royal service, whose
commander, Don Sebastian Jeminez,
touched at Santiago de Cuba in 1860,
on his way to Spain. He was carrying
the kings fifth" from the silver
mines Of Guanabacoa, amounting to
nearly twelve tons of good silver bars
and unknown but immense quantities
Of personal treasure shipped by home
going merchants. Upon sailing from
Santiago he was caught in a terrific
tempest, which tore the ship from its
anchor and drove it upon the rocks
within sight of the observers on the
bluffs at Santiago. No vestige of the
ship or crew was ever seen again. The
galleon probably lies not far from the
recent naval battle ground between the
Spanish and American fleets, and it
offers a princely lure for the bold sub
mariner who will conduct a patient
search.
Richest of the Treasure Ships.
Another, and probably the richest Of
all treasure-ships lost in the West In
dies, was wrecked in 1879. A notable
company Of officials. ecclesiastics, and
citizens of New Spain were on board
bound for Spain, at the invitation of
the King. They carried the most costly
personal possessions. The record tells
of diamond crosses of enormous value
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Checking Babies.

In some of the New York department
stores babies can be checked like so
many umbrellas, while their mothers
pursue the elusive bargain from coun'
ter to counter. A small boy is detailed
to stand guard over n certain number
of infants. The small boys and the
Infants have not been asked an opin'
ion, but the mothers are enthusiastic
in their approval. In Brooklyn the
checking system as applied to babies
has appeared in a new form. Rev. DR..
Wiley, of the Nostrand Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal Church, is the origina'
tor Of the scheme, and the mothers are
once more gamers. A large room has
been fitted up with hammocks ana
cribs, perambulators and toys. Here
volunteer committee of young women
assemblies every Sunday morning, ana
here the mothers, who would otherwise
be kept home, leave their babies. while
they themselves attend the regular
church service. The plan is a novel
one, but promises, and deserves, to DO
popular-Harper's Bazaar.
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GOLD In CUBAN SEAS.
MILLIONS OF TREASURE LEFT
BY SPAIN.
Wrecks with s0,2OO,OOO in Gold and
Ninety-four Tons of SiIver-ohicial
Records Give Details and Accurate

Our new Islands In the West Indies
furnish one opportunity for American
speculative genius that has been curl
ously overlooked. On the submerged
rocks and reefs and in the dangerous
passages around Cuba and Porto Rico
is untold wealth-millions Of dollars in
gold coin, silver bars, and jewels. In
the past SPANS rapacious rule has pre-
vented the recovery of much of this
treasure, although several men have
been made millionaires by the findings
of divers in Cuban waters.
During the early years Of Spain's
rule in the new world hundreds Of gal
Icons sailed yearly from Mexico and
the shores Of South America for Spain,
stopping at the ports of Cuba and pass
ing out into the Atlantic through the
Windward passage. For more than a
century there was n close rivalry be-
tween the buccaneers and the hurri-
canes to see which could sink the
greater number of these treasure fleets.
In many cases the location of the
wrecks is now definitely known, while
~ many OAANAo NhN AtkVAho At AhaAnA W
and at Havana show the location only
approximately. West Indian waters
outside of the harbors are exceedingly
clear, so that it is oftentimes possible
to see to the depth Of eighteen or TWEEN
ty feet, making It easy for divers to
make the necessary exploration. In
deed, with some Of the recently invent
ed submarine boats-such a boat, for
instance. as Simon Lakes Argonaut,
which crawls on the bottom of the sea
lit would be a comparatively easy
task to prowl around on the bottom of
the sea and discover these old wrecks
and loot them of their gold.
A little research into the musty rec
ords of Madrid shows that during the
early part of the seventeenth century
over $3O,OOO,OOO worth of silver alone
was shipped for Spain. During the
latter part OF the seventeenth century
one mine, Valenclana OF Guanzuato,
employed 1000 slaves. and the COM
pany owning it lost $1,OOO,OO0 every
year by pirates and accidents at sea
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LoCATION on sUNKEN TREAsURE sHIPs.

and presents that were to win the favor
of the great King of Spain, besides
many tons of silver bullion, which was
actually used as ballast. But many
times richer than all these We're the
bars of gold which most of the officials
were carrying with them back to
Spain, in the hopes of living the rest
of their days In distinguished opulence.
One of the ladies', DOna Inez EscObedo.
was taking with her an Indian slave
as a present to her brother, who was
Governor of one of the Canary Islands.
The few negro slaves on board We're
servile enough, but the Indian, whose
name the records do not give, was I'M
manageable and grew more obstinate
at every punishment.
One morning, when the ship was n
few leagues southeast of the Isle of
Pines, the captain was Mortified to find
that water was pouring into the hold.
He was about to descend through the
hatchway to discover the cause, when
the warning voice of the Indian de-
clared that the first man to appear
through the opening would be shot I'm
mediately those who gathered about
heard the blows of Ratchet upon the
bottom of the vessel. The horrible truth
dawned upon them that the untamable
Indian Intended to escape slavery by
wrecking the ship with all on board.
They threw down negro slave. belev-
ing that his body would receive the fire
of the Indian, but everything above the
matches was plainly visible from the
darkness below and the negro lay
where he fell, stupefed with fear.
while the blows of the Ratchet rained
faster than ever, and the roar of the
water constantly Increased in volume
At last an old officer, Jose Nunez,
sprang suddenly through the opening
into the hold, waist-deep in water. and
charged upon the Indian. sword in
hand. He was followed by half a dozen
others. They splashed around and
finally found the Indian under n beam.
/ beneath the water. where he had
crawled and drowned himself. The
most frantic efforts were made to stop
the leak. but the ship sank, and it was
/ with difficulty that even one boatload
of the passengers was able to escape.
4 Numerous attempts were made by the
! Spaniards to recover the treasure from
! this ship, but divers never could find it.
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,ttle feet. and then Involuntary drew
their own back out Of sight.
presently l espied a sign, 'Funerals
FOR this week only, at half price,
seized Julia's hand. stop, oh, stop tho
coach and let's get a funeral We
NAV never have an opportunity to get
bargain in funerals again. And the
sale lasts only one week. Everybody
rold me before l came away to get
what wanted at the moment / saw II.
not to wait, thinking would come
hack. SO unless we order one now We
may have to pay the full price. And
q funeral would be such a good invesr.
ment: it would keep forever. You'd
never feel like using it before you aetu
allv needed it. DO let me get one nowp
"Of course, Julia, my sister, and
Julia's husband were in gales Of laugh.
ter; but what finished me off was to
see three serious creatures opposite rise
as If pulled by one string, look in an
anxious way at me and then at the
sign, while the teeth began to say to
each other What did she say? What
does she mean? What does she want
a funeral forY"
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without in the least lmpairing its cred
It in European markets. Most of these
enormous losses strew the ocean bot
tom around the West Indian islands. A
careful search of old Spanish records
would reveal the approximate location
of scores of the treasure wrecks, so
that they could be visited with very
little difficulty.
East of the Isle of Pines are the Gar
dinillos, or famous Jardine rocks,
where lies a whole fleet of good ships.
1t was here that the daring buccaneer
captain, Barthelome Portuguese, lost
the richest prize he ever took in his ad-
venturous career, and 1t lies there to-
day, awaiting the lucky submarine ex-
plorer The account of the wreck in
the old books is circumstantial.
Bartelome Portuguese had fitted out
a small three FOUNDER vessel at GOlpho
Triste, on the Gulf of Campeachy, and
with a crew of thirty men he had cap
tured n treasure galleOn bound from
Carthagenia to Havana. 1t was a lucky
adventure. The inventory of the ships
goods showed over 100000 worth Of
gold and silver bullion, with as much
more In coin. Portuguese set his sails
for Tortuga, but of the Isle Of Pines n
hurricane brought down vengeance
upon him and carried him irresstibly
on the Jardine rocks. and the galleon
with all its treasure went down. Some
of the hardy buccaneers escaped in a
small boat to tell the story, but the gold
ana silver bullion for which they risk
ed so much is still heaped in some hol-
low of that rock bound bed OF the sea.
This treasure would pay richly for the
recovery.
Another account OF sunken treasure
is told as a musty joke In a musty
tome. In 1850 three canoes, manned by
fifteen buccaneers, each crept around
the western end of Cuba and came sud
denly upon one of his majesty's treas
IRE ships, bound from Caracas to Ha-
vana. They swarmed over the side OF
the great vessel like so many rats, and
threw every Spaniard overheard. The
uncouth yictors ransacked the vessel
for booty, but to their disgust found
only small quantity of wine in the
officers quarters, and in the hold LOT
of grayish metal, which some wiseaorC
on board decided TO be tin ore, aud not
wishing their newly acquired vessel tC
be laden with such trash. the leader or
dered it TO be thrown overheard; and
there II lies to this day, not far from tn,
Colorado banks, not less than ffteeI
tons of fine silver bars.
Another treasure wreck is the centel
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is interesting from the fact that it IS
linked with the illustrOus names Of
Lincoln and Douglas When it was de
cided in 1882 to locate the capitol at
central point in the State many towns
fought for the location.
A village called IlliopOlis, on the out
skirts of Springfield. occupied the ex-
act geographical center of the State
and made a gallant fight for the capt.
tol. But when the question came up
for action in the Legislature, Sanga-
mon County was represented by a re-
markable delegation, which favored
Springfield. The two Senators were
Archie G. Herndon and Job Fletcher,
and the seven Representatives were
Abraham Lincoln, Ninian w. Edwards,
John Dawson. Andrew Mccormick,
Dan Stone, William f. Elkin, and Rob
ert'L. Wilson.
The combined height of these nine
men was exactly "a feet, and they be-
came famous as "The Long Nine" BY
trading" and shrewd diplomacy they
succeeded in having Springfield chosen
as the State capital. Illiopolis died,
and there is now a good farm on the
site of the village. The locating act
donated $4,000 toward the erection of
the State House, and the citizens of
Springfield were required to subscribe
a like sum. 1t was a big contract for
the village Of LOO inhabitants, and in
the next Legislature Stephen A. Doug
las offered bill releasing the town
from its obligation. But Abraham Lin
coin opposed the bill and insisted, for
the honor of Sangamon County, that
the sum be paid in three equal Install
ments. One hundred and one citizens
signed a note for the payment of the
final installment, and the obligation
was wiped out. Every stone used in the
building was quarrled in Sangamon
County, and, curiously, this excellent
stone has never been used in an impor-
tant structure since that time.
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1t needs the occasional reminder of
debt statement, Presidential mes
sage, Congressional appropriation bill,
or Government balance sheet to i'm
press fully on public attention the
unique, enviable, and wholly unrivaled
financial position which the United
States bears among the nations of the
world. On Dec. 1, 1898, the total debt
Of the United States was S1036, 0OO,O 900.
This Is a large debt when measured by
ordinary standards, but of relatively
small account when considered in con-
nectlon with the fact that thirty-two
years ago the debt of the country was
nearly three times as large and the in
terest four times greater than It Is mt
present. The United States is not the
only country which has a large debt,
but It Is the only country which is
steadily decreasing its debt, while at
the same time enormously increasing
its resources. In this respect the fnan-
clal position of the United States is ab-
solutely impregnable, and its credit Is
steadily ON the increase. Great Brit
aims debt is now about SS7 per capita,
that Of France S115. Of Holland 500,
and Of Italy SO. The per capita debt
Of the United States is less than SIS,
and the security for its payment is in
creasing all the time. Again. from an
other point of view, the financial posi-
ton Of the United States is the envy
and marvel OF the financiers of all
countries. To supply the sums requi-
site for ordinary governmental ex.
penses. to meet the interest on the ex-
\ listing debt, to provide resources for
new expenditures, buildings, arma-
ment. subsidies and various public
works, European nations generally,
and some South American nations, too,
have had recourse to various methods
OF taxation, which may be said to have
attained their extreme I'm two coun-
tries-Italy and Portugal. England has
an income tax and many stamp taxes,
n house tax, and collects about 20 per
cent. OF It's revenue from direct taxa
ton. France has a tobacco monopoly,
| registration taxes. stamp taxes, tax on
windows, and almost countless local
taxes, OF which the oXtroi on goods en-
tering cities, Is one. Austria has an in
come tax, and, besides many stamp
taxes, lotteries are a source Of public
revenue. Italy has a tobacco monopoly,
house tax. a salt tax. octroi duties
stamp taxes. and a large legacy and
registration taxes. Greece has cattle
tax, a house tax, salt tax, govern,
ment monopoly Of petroleum sales and
tobacco dealing, and almost countless
local taxes. In the United States the
public revenues have been provided FOL
and all public expenses met and tn,
national debt reduced In addition
without recourse to any direct taxa
ton. There are no government mon
opolles. and the treasury has been KEEP
: usually In a plethoric condition from
! the receipts Of customs and interna
p revenue payments
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The Express Gazette Of Cincinnati,
which has kept the record Of train rob
berries, reports twenty eight holdups
and seven stage robberles during 1898,
with the result that five passengers
and trainmen were killed and four
hurt, and five robbers were killed and
six hurt. During the last nine years
there have been DAG robberies Of this
kind, lightweight persons have been
killed, and seyenty-seven hurt. 1t win
be observed that the number for 1893
is fully up to the average, showing that
legislation thus far has done nothing
TO check the evil. The reason is that
legislation is not severe enough. In
Mexico last year there was not even
an attempt at train robbery. Reason,
the crime is punishable In that country
with instant death.
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per constitutions and clouds Of high
sounding verbiage. In nearly every
case they are ruled by political adyen-
turers, who govern really by force, and
will rather plunge the country into the
horrors OF a revolution than forego the
spolls Of Office. The result Of this de-
plorable state of things is to be found,
first, IN almost constant turmolls,
which are merely faction fights on
huge scale; and secondly, In the back
ward condition the countries, in spite
OF their very great natural advantages;
and In the further fact that where
these advantages are developed, it Is
usually by foreign brains and foreign
capital.
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FouR.HANDED CHECKER BOARD
Chicago Mans Invention Enables Four
Contestants to Play.

Chicago Mans Invention Enables Four
Contestants to Play.
Many a man has sat near a checker
board watching two contestants al
work on a game, whose fingers have
ltched to make a move the players
would not see. In fact, few games are
played where outside advice is not too
plentiful for comfort. One man recent.
ly patented device by means of which
three players could play at the same
board. Now a Chicago man comes to
the front with a board which admits
Of four contestants. This board admits
of two men playing partners against
the other two or all "going it alone"
This four-handed checker board diff.
fers radically from the old style, or the
three-handed board. The later has sets
Of squares outside the old beard so ar
ranged that the players can invade
each others territory at will. The new
board has double row Of squares out
side the old with a central square or
goal. These rectangular spaces or
wings are designated A A A A by the
designer, as is shown by the accom-
panying cut. The squares are arranged
in parallel rows in alternate colors, as
in the old board. The black squares
are indicated by d and the white by E.
Looking at the squares obliquely it will
be seen that black and white runs in
continuous rows. Inside the wings is
a similar arrangement of black and
white squares, which the inventor,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-03-24

In Cincinnati recently, an observer
noticed Il group Of young girls from
fashionable school, notebooks in hand,
as led by n teacher they consulted
butchers and fshmongers and vege-
table dealers. studying the best cuts
and the seasonable produce. Il will
tell you" said one butcher, frankly,
"what the poorer classes Will not hear
that meat at 30 cents a pound Is no
more nutritious than some at 10 cents
and properly cooked. the cheaper is
just as palatable. 1t is the poor people
OF Cincinnati who buy the highest
priced meats and vegetables" Another
marketman says that he once asked a
seamstress who habitually bought
tenderloin steak why she did not take
the round, which was much cheaper.
She replied Indignantly, 'DO you sup
pose that because I do not come here
In my carriage that / do not want just
as good meat as rich folks haveY and
she could not be convinced that the
cheaper parts were just as wholesome.
Marketology. rs the Cincinnati board
ing-school girls call their new course
OF instruction, is an essential part Of
womans education. She should know
grains and -four by size and color; the
opening and waning of the season for
the many varieties of meat. fish, game,
vegetables and fruits; what articles
must never be bought in cans; and
what colors and mixtures suggest adul-
teratlon. She should also know how
to supply her family with food which
shall most perfectly noursh the body;
to regulate, as one enthusiastic mother
insists she can, Jacks temper, make
VIII a football half-back, and prepare
| Margaret for her final examinations"
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New South Wales, for this wonderful
land. Capt. Cook discovered the conf
nent in 1I12, since which time very lit
tie has been learned about it.
Both the land and the sea hold treas
ures Of scientific character that mon
can now only guess at. From the ocean
volcanoes rear their mighty heads into
the clouds, some of them 10000 or -.
600 feet high. Girding this unknown
continent is the great ice barrier ter.
minatng seaward in a sheer wall Of loo
100 to 800 feet high. Strange currents
alternating warm and cold. underlie
this ocean and curious forms of animal
life nfest these measureless denths
sixty years ago Sir James Ross naid
out 1000 fathoms of line in the Ant.
arctic ocean without reaching horton,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-03-24

Frank f. Clifford, calls the infeld. Its
squares run in right, left and oblique
lines with the wings. King rows f and
II are inside this, and in the center is a
goal which may be circular or decorat-
ed fancifully.
The king rows are colored in tints
differing from the ordinary checker
squares, but serves much the same pur-
pose. The game runs up to ten points
in the goal, the player who makes this
number first winning. The rules of the
game are those of ordinary checkers.
the object being to cut down the enemy
while advancing ones men by the usu'
al moves and jumps.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-03-24
A BARGAIN IN FUNERALS
How Lillian Bells Frivolitv Shoot.
Her Serious English Cousirs

%N.a I'll Alan AOuafrta
I'VE were going on a coach to Riob
mond with Julia and her husband -
writes Lillian Bell in the Woman,z
Home Companion, describing IN bos
inimitable way many amusing Incl.
dents Of her stay and adventures in
London. Al
1T was lovely day. The traas v.o.o
a mass of bloom, and everybody oTcbt
to have enjoyed himself. We -
having very good time Of Il anoa'-
ourselves reading the absurd signs nn
I'll we noticed the three girls ~ IN
opposite to US. They had serions 80 Sa.'
and long consumptiye teeth which tbe,
never succeeded in completely bia 10y
knew just how they would lcol- .y-,a.,
they We're dead; l knew thai tho-a
two long front teeth would. s+, IIO9e
They listened to all we said wttbor+ .
flicker Of the eyelashes. Occasiona1,s a
they looked down at the size of I ,I'
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ITS WONDERS LITTLE KNOWN.

Ice-Sentine1ed South Pole Will Be
Hunted by Explorers.
The north pole is to have a rest while
the south pole is being hunted. The
vast Antarctic contt'ent. about which
very little is known except that it is
wrapped in eternal ice and snow and
washed by fathomless ocean, is to be
explored. Lieut.. Borchgrevink. a Nor
wegian, backed by the Royal Society
and the Royal Geographical Society of
London, sailed recektly from Sydney.
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The boys of the present day are mol
being treated right. Thirty years ago
mink skins were worth five dollars
Now they are worth only 90 cents. Inc
writer Of this. as u boy, set a THOUSAND
traps for mink. but never caught one
We still hate the Linthecum boys, VINO
lived in the same neighborhood' De
cause we always believed that while
we caught mink every night worth nve
dollars each, the Linthecum boys stole
them out Of our traps.
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Plague Of spiders in Japan.

Spiders are a serious plague in Japan
They spin their webs on the telegraph
wires, and are so numerous as to cause
serious loss of insulation. Sweeping
the wires does little good, as the spl'
ders begin all over again.