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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-15
THE HOSTESS, REVENGE.

A gentleman who was invited out TO
dine lately observed that the chands-
lier over the dining room table was oil
peculiar construction. so that there ~as
a nRht over the head OF each guest.
The globes were of various colors. some
amber, some red and some blue.
What is the object of having the
globes Of different colorf' the guest
asked of his hostess
why YOU see" said she, when one
gives a dinner or tea one must invite
some people whom one perfectly hates.
Now. last Tuesday l gave a supper, and
I had To invite two women whom / de-
spse. But I had TO invite them, or
some of the young men wanted
wouldn't come | had my revenge on
my fair enemies, however. i placed
each of these two women under one OF
those pale blue lights at the. table.
They are usually considered beautiful
women, but under that light they act
| the most CHASTITY look you ever saw
| They were perfect scarecrows. They
| seemed TO have aged twenty years the
minute they sat down. The men no
ticed il. of course, but they did not di-
vine what caused IL. They we're quite
taken aback and awfully glum at first
But finally one of them turned, with a
sigh. and began talking to real home.
lv little thing that was sitting under q
ruby coiored light. Why she was per
| fectIy charming under IL. So you set
that when I want people TO look pei
fectly hideous / put them under thu
blue lights. 1t kills everything"
The gentleman looked UP. He wal
under blue light.
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c|c.t

cancer. II is a gcrmicide, acting upon
the tissues by liberating oxygen and
forming ozone and increasing the req
corpuscles by stimulation, thus promot-
ing the vitality OF the blood. suffering
humanity viii be chcered by the belief
that at last a possible cure has been
found for cancer, for. 80 far as expert
mentation has progressed, II seems 10
have proved effcctual in several IN
stances. and noted specialists have de-
clared i'm its favor. Great advance,
they say. has been made in this direc-
tion since tho deaths or the Emperor
Frederick and OF General Grant, who
were both victims OF the same terrible
canccrous trouble, one i'm the throat
and the other at the root OF the tongue.
Many now living will recall the long
and heroic siege that General Grant
underwent al Mount McGreSor in 1850.
At first the trouble appeared only as a
soreness of tho ruof OF the mouth,
which developed into the cancer that
caused his death. u was the belief at
that time. as IL isslargcly now. that I'm
canccrous cases where Internal or deli.
cate organs arc attacked httlc besides
merely palliative treatment should he
thought OF. Surgery has often been sp-
pcaled TO, but only more a. . means for
averting immediate dissolution than
with any real hope for n radical cure
n. thon. ihe y ray cure be all its ndVo
Gates claim. the discovery. or. rather
lie application. will be hailed with joy
all over tho world.
ALLAN GERMAlNE
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treasure seekers near~d the place where
the chest lay. Then there was La Fiite.
whose scene OF operations Was the gull
OF Mexico and his nominal headquarters
AZ New Orleans. lie and his crews ala
valiant service for the American army
under General Jackson, but previously.
tradition relates, they had faVaseu
many a biz of coast and hidden away
millions In treasure. Some OF II has
been recovered. according 10 accounts
as well as the ill gotten gains OF such
piver pirates as Murrel, McCabe ana
Mason. whose last feat was the murder
of a paymastcr of the United states
army and his men az The same time
and the carrying off of $4,000.
In an enumeration of the locations
where piratical and other treasure is
concealed " viii bc less difficult TO
mention than 10 find space for them ALL
for traditions point TO scores OF islands
and headlanGs ali the way from the
bay OF Fundy 10 the gulf OF Mexico
There has beer y persistent hunt for
years for Captain Kidd's and other
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pr having concealed millions i'm treas
lre of various SORTS. and IL may be re-
parked in this connection that there
have been more seekers for IT by Tar
han there We're pirates originally one
|f the most prominent of those gentle
|hen OF the sea who found il more con-
snient TO take 10y force what theywant-
III than To earn II honestly was the re-
howned Captain Kidd. Indeed, he is to
hany the typical pirate because the
host frequently held up 20 reprobaticn.
|hough there are some who declare that
| @ died victim TO malice and Was i'm
Iocent Of the crimes imputed TO him.
However that may he, Captain Kidd
|nade the mistake of opers ting too bold
II and too near our coast and WAS cut
| II in the midst OF a most promising ca
Ger After cruising in various seas he
|eturned to the vicinity OF New York
! nd buried a portion Of his hard earned
wealth on Gardeners island, near the
asst end of Long Island. This is known
because after his arrest which soon
ollowed the treasure was dug up and
| |ound 10 consist ~ bags OF gold dust.
old coins. silver buttons and lamps
fold bars, broken silver crystals. car
+clians and precious stones 10 the value
more than so. coo. The chest contain
ug this treasure was found and it's
Ioutents were Confiscated. But this was
iot all Of kidd's wealth, for a portion Of
was probably concealed i'm Santo Do
hinge and stiil another Ia Delaware
5ay 1t Is this unrecovered portion,
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point OF death last January and could
not so 10 heT. though the anxious moth
er was constantly asking in her con-
scious moments, why does not Nieky
Gomez" There seems 20 be an opinion
that tho dowager Empress Frederick
may have contracted the disease during
her long vigil by the side OF her nus
band who died OF cancer of the throat
after having been only three months
emperor OF Germany Now II is report
cd that King Edward u going 20 spend
a portion of the winter a san Reno
on The Riviera. I'm ;he same villa 3irio
W hith was last occupied by the crown
Prince Frederick and from which he de-
parted 90 bc crowned emperor I'm 1883.
The cause OF cancerous affections, de-
clares great authority. has been tho
subject of investigation for many,
many years. but seems 10 be veiled in
as much ob>curity as ever. The older
pathologists believe that certain
'dyscrasia." on constitutional vice, so
alters the humors of the body that can
Ger and other tumors make their APP
pcsrancc This authority also states
vhat hcredity may play part In pro-
ducinC can,oTous affections 40 man
or woman In fact. may bc exempt from
IFS tavagcs. but perhaps the strongest
tendencies toward The disease sprine
from hereditary tant Applying the
deductions from these cancellations
To the royal parsonage montioncd ~
this connection. tho inference would
seem to be natural that he may he sur.
forine from this most dreadful OF all
ments
While 50 has been bold % 10 within a
few years that ihcre is no radical cure
for cancer except tho knifo-and this In
many cases has been proved = failure b.
there is growing belief in the efficacy
49, \ fes q - ~ entil- destroyEl aud
probably palliative. if not cure for
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SsSk,N0 oV TisE HUSS<AR

lie eyacted tribute from the city OF
Charleston. he raVagcd The coast towns
in every direction. numbering and plum
dering and became such terror TO
American commerce that the coloniai
government took hand in his eNtinc-
ton Brave Lieutenant Maynard
sought him out i'm the armed sloop
Pearl one day i'm November. l1lS, found
him at his rendezvous i'm the sound and
engaged him forthwith. The contest
vas one OF the bloodiest on record. The
pirates irst swept the sloop's deck with
a cannon fire that killed more than
twenty men, then boarded IL and en-
gagged the enemy hand TO hand. The
principal contest was between Black
beard and Lieutenant Maynard and
was long and bloody, but terminated
in victory for the gallant officer. who
soon was sailing into port with the pt-
rates head at the end of his bowsprit.
Blackbeard's treasure is supposed to be
buried All along the coast of North car
elina the governor of which state. IL
WAS shown az the trial OF the surviving
piiates. was in collusion with him. The
coast country is full of traditions Of
blackboard. and he has been the buga-
boo of naughty children for these many
years AT the mouth of Symon's creek
near the Pamlico one story goes, "a
great iron bound chest could be seen a
century ago buried i'm the sands. but all
endoavors to recover IL were frustrated
by the elements. the sea rising. thunder
rolling and lightning 1ashing each time
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have more Jhan Sl.o00,0Oo on board at
the time. but an investigation by James
Russell Lowell when minister TO Eng
land. disclosed the fact that according
to the admiralty records she had
brought over 10 New York only G6,OOO,
and even that amount had been landed
before she sank. Yet there have been
numerous attempts 10 recover the
treasure she was supposed 10 contain.
costing IN the aggregate. IL Is estimat'
cd, more than $5G0000.
But il We would find the richest de-
pository OF sunken treasure we must go
60 the West Indies and search the coral
floor of the Caribbean sea. IL was there
that the Spaniards held almost eXclu-
sive sway during the time when the
mines of Mexico. the West Indies aud
South America were in the hcyday Of
their fortunes. Grand old three decker
galleons "a pable of carrying enormous
cargoes were continually traVersing the
Caribbean, sailing from Vera Cruz. the
isthmus Of Panama and Santo Domingo
for Cadiz and Seville, IN Spain. laden
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-15

- King edward OF England suffer
ing from that dread disease can
cerg This Is question that has
been asitating all Europe ana
Great Britain for several weeks
IN fact. the whole world is interested
In n. There have been numerous de-
iiais from apparently authoritative
sources. but when II is recalled that
smlar denials were Forthcoming
.ust prior TO The deaths OF Gen
srsl Grant. queen Victoria, Emperor
Frederick OF Germany and others they
hre received with somewhat OF suspi-
ION Indeed. many well informed peo-
,le abroad seem to think that they
niust have some foundation an fact and
,nt The kiug Dee either suffering from
ancer h its lueipicnt stages or has n
CIV alarming condition or tho throat.
IS prominent figure in the world OF
Eotauv King Edward VII. is subject 90
~ ucnaity of greatness although not
L. ri,nsclf. tho great alienist l.ombroso
as. ANYTHING 81 all remarkably aud
,rn,t rrevent his private adaifs from
e,n. discussed by the people at large.
/, bers,sr anything. hc 80 ever go triV-
AL barrcne go royalty ail thc world is
), op,o interested Therefore such "a
.ro,l 49, This. roing forth from nigh
la.ee o. tho erect that king Edward
4 : EIIIfofIng from an affection Of The
kRroht That may be cancerous IN char-
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King Edward and the New
X Ray Cure For Cancer.

world recognizes. was a model or Nir-
tuous domesticity. as was her husband.
the prince consoTt Ia fact. vice and
the tendency 10 II seem TO have skip
ned every other generation I'm the Brit
ish royal line FOR the past 200 years and
10 have appeared only intermlttentiy
As 10 The life led by the present king
when Prince Of Wales rumor has fully
outlined ITS character. and the deduc-
tion may be fairly made as TO whether
its general trend was contributory to
health or TO disease
While there may hc no taint In his
ancestry traccablc TO tho disease per 80
and ouly q basis Tor hypothesis it Is
different when his immediate relatives
are taken as subjects OF investigation.
N was only n little more than a year
ago. tor instance. or in July. 1900. that
his brother. Prince Alfred. duke OF Ed.
iuburgh and of SAKE Coburg Goths.
diod or henIt failure, supcrinduccd by
cancer NJ The tongue. 4 year later, in
August 1901. his sister. tho empress
dowager of Germany. passed away. the
victim Of dropsy accompanying The
Same diSease--canccr The malady
which caused her death had its begin
ming ten wears previously and brought
her intense sunering bat did not
threaten 20 be fatal until November OF
last .~-r-she was uHatie-to leave hef
couch when Queen Victoria was at the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-15
EN- TREASURE SHIPS AND WHERE

II Is said he buried The bulk OF his
treasure, after which he murdered all
on nearly all OF The men who knew oil us
location and sailed FOR Jamaica. he
VAS called 20 account by the British
government tor his many crimes, but
with his vast wealth not only purchas-
ed exemption, but a title. from that dis
reputable monarch. Charles IL, and
now lives in history as sir Henry Nor
gan AZ one time governor OF Jamaica.
II was not Ike Sir Henry Morgan TO
leave any portion OF his ill gotten mil
lions on the island where he buried L..
hut during the past twenty years or so
the stories OF its continued existence
there have been revived. and several
expeditions have been made with "a
view TO recover IL. So far as known. all
have been fiuitless. but a cave. reached
only by submarine passage, has been
found I'M which were discovered traces
of occupancy and OF concealed plunder
Of some sort
That Santa Catalina and Tortuga
contain buried treasure in vast
amounts is undoubtedly true, and as
neither island is very large II would
seem an easy thing 10 discover IT, But
the former is subject TO violent hurri-
canes, and the currents surrounding IL
are treacherous. while Tortuga is own
ed by the semi barhsrous Haitians, who
ieaiously resent any intrusion ~ for
eigners especially of white people. and
will neither explore for treasure them
selves nor permit any one else TO do so.
Pirates and buccaneers concealed
| their plunder all along the coasts OF ,th'
| Caribbean. not only on the spanish
| main. but in many islands, aud indica
| tions of buried gold arc constantly com
/ ing 10 light especially in the Danish rs
lands OF ST Thomas and ST. John, in tn
! Pearl islands Off Nenezuela In Port
| Rico. cuba and Santo Domingo.
SO far as sunken galieons filled wit
| gold and silver are concerned. the is
! land of Cuoa is almost girdied wit
them. In the year 1875 great treasur
salleon was sunk northwesterly fror
Key West. IN l7i5 Ave Spanish galieon'
with $4,000 900 in bullion aboard, wer
sunk in the channel between Florid
and Cuba; in 1850 more than tiftee
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actcr renders 81 perfectly legitimate to
inquire as 30 the possible contrihutory
causes of such malady either IN ms
own life OF the lives OF his ancestors.
Though tho facts collected by inshr-
ancc companies 20 to show that inc
danger from inhoriting cancer is not SO
great as commonly supposed, Yet ihc
Psychologists hold to the theory that ~
may hc and often Is a transmitted dis
ease Going back. then, as far in King
Edwards ancestral line as the rclgn oi
the first ol the Georges. widening the
scope ~ cnusation aud taking cogni-
zancp of the legacy of hate bequeathcd
hy that monarch TO his descendants
one cannot avoid the conclusion that
the corrodirg vices OF ihc FIRST George
anl the unrestrained passions OF
George III. have cxcrted baleful irfsi-
enre upon those that followed after
them Though George III was highly
u,otal. as Contrssted with his father
and rrandfa Their Yet during the latter
portion of his long life or cighiy-tWo
wears he Was hupelessly insane. while
his erratic temper. ~ times passing be-
yond all restraint. is matter oi his
tory. George ~ WAS both immoral
and dissirated William j. vho sue.
cecdcd MIN. was equally vice ridden
and lcft 10 his country a burden OF
shame IN his numerous iiiegiiinate chil'
drcn. HIS niece Victoria. As all The
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-15

poet wrote more literally
and accurately than he
knew when he declared
iuli many a grn oi pucs' lay serene
Tho llsfk unialhomd ta,es "a ocean
bear.
There are millions in it'.-the ocean
the only dincult thing about the prop
bsition is 10 locate those millions ana
hose gems. Tjleo are there, haFe been
Iherc FOR generations, some al them. ioi
hundred, OF years no bgiUe ~thenA 10
| he light OF day is a problem that mnny
minds in the pa l. and in modern times
have tried hard so solve. u was only
| he other day, in fact that there was
I.eparted the locating in Long islaha
bound of a wreck that had remained
Indis -overed for more than sixty years
|bn the night OF the 18th OF January,
$40. 10 be uynct. the steamer Lexington
Was burned and sank. with loss OF loo
ives. carIying down Win her more
| han $500 Oo0 in United states currency
bank notes and specie For nearly Two
Generations she lay there. hut when on
Inc sixty-nrst anniversary OF her SINK
ns an account MAS published OF the DIS
sto, the attention Of u Wrcckins COM
.pany Was drawn TO the fact and
&earch instituted. with the result thal
here is now probability that the ora
lexington may be raised and az least
portion of her sunken treasure IecoV-
bred.
The treasure that the Lexington car
led down to enrich old Davy Jones
ecker is no isolated instance. " may
sem needless to remark, for whcn ihe
ecords Of dis9stcrs by sea. Of piracy
Ind huccaneermg are ransat Aed a. 1.
discovered that the list of sunkon Ships
containing valuable cargoes IS re-
hiarkablv Ions one. Enough treasure
Xrove. in point ol fact lies around
oose' ON land and buried in the sea tc
nrich nearly all the inha bitants Of the
'nited states. II should not be over.
ooked ir passing that i'm the vaults
N the British treasury there Us hidder
way. some say. more than 81. o00, o00, 900
all events. hy Official records $3.50,
200 600 awaiting owners. not claimants
|nlN for their name is lesion. Aeain
he plrates and buccaneers who az or'
imc infested ouv ooaSts fuye the nairc
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that soap as l could furnish-he, of
course never dreaming | would supply
them--I returned 20 the saleroonn.
box of this soap was about 20 be knock
ed down 10 the highest bidder. when
called out from my corner another bid.
The box was declared sold 10 me and
my name demanded Charles i.
Yerkes, Jr.," ! piped out In a shrih
voice--I was only eleven years old
The bystanders were amused, but
their laughter gave place TO amaze
ment when | bid IN the entire lot OF
Twenty-Five boxes. promptly deliver
cd them 10 the corner grocery and re-
ceived the price agreed upon. MI
Hawes, the astonished grocer. upon
learning how the purchase had been ao-
complished. remarked. Well, guess
could have done that myself. And
replied that | guessed he could too
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almost to the sunwaIes with gold ard
silver ores and sometimes with rich
stores of gems The Philippine heet
also, by landing it's cargoes at Acapul-
co. on the Pacific coast of Mexico, and
transshipping them at Vera Cruz, fol-
lowed tEiS route TO Spain after the
way was opened by the Spanards. For
years and years these richly freighted
galleons sailed 10 the mother country"
with their millions in silver and gold.
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treasures al oak island. on the coast Of
Nova Scotia, pit having been sunk
more than 100 feet in depth by one indt-
vidual and It is we'll known that Sable
island is "A Veritable treasure house Of
ships
One Of the false leads 10 conjeCtural
treasure was that OF the sunken British
frigate tho Hussar, which went down i'm
He'll Gate In 1777. IL was supposed to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-15

I<y A slab Of Tennessee marble set IN
the wall beats this inscription. 'Jefer-
son Davis OF Mississippi was born June
q lSOS. on the site of this church. lie
made 2 gift of the lot March 10. isss. 10
Bethel Baptist church as thank Of
fering 10 God" ss, -as
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facie evidence" ~" he said TO a
Jury YOU cav a man coming out ot =
public house wiping his mouth, mat
would NC pIima facle evidence that he
had been having a drink
\ Rome newspaper claims tho auto
mobile feeord In the matter Of elevation
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-15
HOW CHARLES T. TERkES
-. BEGAN HIS CAREER.

Charles 7. Yerkes the Chicago street
railway magnate who is now building
electric lines In London, showed an car
ly appreciation OF the theory OF buying
and selling 10 advantage lie tells how
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-15
rur woaLp,s OLDEST STATUE.

There is ? statue In a village In EGypt
which is said 20 bc the oldest In the
world. having boon in existence more
than S Geo years 70 Is the representa-
lion OF onn OF tho LLiefs of the domain
wherein u was erected.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-15

FOR Signor CROSSE. Camraena. burgo
master of Rossasco. who reached the
Cole 'Centiplsgnc, 2.si9 meters above
sea level. without sny mlshap.
memorial church has lstely been
erected and dedicated on the site 81 JEFF.
ferscn Davis birlhplace in Fairview,
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fortune passcs go his grcat-nephews
and gtcat-nlcces. among whom are The
Duo ~ Iuynes the Duo de chauinca
and the Duchesso q Jzes.
The sold medal presented by Emperor
William 10 Professor Nirchow on iho
occasion of his cighucth birthday is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-15

possessed hv no other member ~ the
medical and law faculties of The Uni
versitv az Berlin and BY only three
members W the philosophical s-cuity,
Including Dr Nommsen. the historian
Tho latc Lord Mdrus save a famous
luustfsilon Of the meaning Of Prima
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-15

as a boy he fire.
quented a sale
room near his
home.
20 n . day.
said Mr.. Yerkes.
Il noticed sew
eral boxes OF
soap OF a GER
tain brand which
! had often been
sent 10 buy at
the corner gro
eery. Il thought
10 myself. That
viii go cheap
so i stralghtway
ran TO the cor
ner grocery. and,
after dra wing
| from the grocer
a promise 10
pay a certain
price for as
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rAr.s READY EXCUSE.

During a severe engagement an l'sn
private was espied by his captain In the
act OF beating a hasty retreat. lhe
man had been a favorite with his SUI
perior officer. and when the latter APP
preached him on the subject ths foi-
lowing day II was in spirit more OF
sorrow than OF anger.
Il must confess, Pat he SAID, that
your action in the engagement yester-
day surprised me.
An what's the rayson OF that. sor?'
Reason enough Pat. Didn't you
promise me you'd be In the thickest OF
the fight and didn't catch you actual
ly running away. YOU rascal?'
Running away, is il? Dade, cap
tain. but We desave yourself II was In
remembrance of my promise, sor, that
Oi was runnin' around troyin' 10 foind
out list where the foight was thickes'.
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MEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

Of tho Duc Dc Narbonnc- Lara al The
aae of cishty-nve. Ile was one OF the
greatest Landed propriotors of France.
aud he left fortune or $1,000. 900 francs.
The late due had no children, and his
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Counters,

the world over only IN Japan u Is =. ~
who have qhnhe time 10 waste and ya CURIOSITY TO ana
obsequouns pu after 81 mis- has spent pau s @
and with the promise 80 call again week later INC E
Feelings before the l,des ana a ~ M sn,n ~
be ndueng swear words
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-15

Nir Narconi ~ wireless telcgraphy
rsp.e is resident I'm London and is 90 b.
seen piloting bike through l's fioNa'
td streets
The death oeemIed recently 10 Iai's
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WOMEN OF ENDURANCE.

WOMEN or ENDURANCE.
In the bakeries of La Rochefoucauld,
in France. il Is said that women enter
the ovens when they are at a tempera.
ture OF Sel degrees.