The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27
SECRETS NOT REVEALED.
Important Knowledge That It's own
ers Carried Into Their Graves.
earson's Weekly.

ers Carried Into Their Graves.
Pearsons Weekly
Cefu is one of the most rugged spots in
North Wales, and there until recently lived
an old man named Isaac Marks. This ven
cradle old man was reputed to possess the
power of discovering hidden wealth in
nature. He used to roam the wild coun-
try in search of COAL clay, lead, sand and
various minerals.
1t is true enough that a coal mine. lead
mine, sand bank and several clay holes
were opened up through his discoveries,
but the old man boosted of more than this.
He stated. and those who knew him be-
lieved him, that he knew of rich vein of
gold In a mountain not five miles from
Cefu.
One day he came home tired and weary,
dragging with him a piece of rock which
was certainly rich with gold. But Isaac
Marks guarded his precious secret we'll.
and he died a short time ago, taking that
secret with him.
Not long ago an aged, broken man stag
gered into the mining camp near Mount
Lyell. He had a marvellous tale to tell of
copper mines of extreme richness which he
had discovered in Tasmania
He had proofs, too, for this statement.
ton OF the new mines He boosted of the
wealth which would be his before long,
but his luck turned his brain. Within two
days of reaching camp be became a raving
lunatic, and within week he ended his
life.
Remarkable is the story which comes
from Bardello, near Varese. A native of
this place fought at Adowah seven years
ago and he was severely wounded. The
man managed 10 conceal himself and
eventually escaped, but he found 1t impos-
Cihla rpiOin
With nothing but his rifle he wandered
! for years In the depths of the Abyssinian
forests. AMONGST the numerous wild ami
mails. He lived on wild roots. until his
| clothes dropped off in rags, and eventual
| ly ne became deaf and dumb from the
| long strain.
Finally a native woman took pity upon
| him, clothed him and led him to the
| coast. From there he went his way to
| Italy.
When he arrived at his native village
he was hardly recognizable, but to small
extent he recovered his speech and was
able to give marvellous tale of the great
ruby boards existing in the heart of the
| forest in which he had so long wandered.
In his possession he had two or three
beautiful rubies. These he said he had
found by the side of a ruined temple,
which he had come across in his travels.
There were quantities of rubies taken from
| the mines and other vast treasures, but
before he could divulge any positive infor-
nation he was carried off by fever
There died In England not long ago Mr..
Theodore Dean, an American inventor. A
commercial syndicate had offered this gen.
| tleman 81,0O00o for his process OF con-
verting steel billets into armor-plate. 1t
was at the request of capitalists in New
York that Mr.. Dean was demonstrating
his process in England when he died of
heart disease.
The Dean process is a marvellous one,
and is far cheaper than the present process,
lutionzed the steel industry. Mr.. Dean died
| without divulging the secret to anybody
but his wife, and she died within a few
days OF the decease of her husband.
| At Spandau Castle near Berlin, there re-
mains buried an enormous treasure in gold
The Tower of Julius In the castle forms
the storehouse of the war fund Of the Ger
man empire
In 1871 France paid to the victorious
Prussians the sum of 81 ,OO0, 900. 000 of which
$4,000 600 in gold was put aside in the
fortress vaults to be kept in readiness fol
the expenses of the next German war
Every year there IS an inspection, wher
the coin Is weighed. 1t is estimated that
If this sum had been put out at 311 pei
cent interest Il would have grown thai
1t would amount nearly TO SS5,OW,0oO at th'
present day.
1t is stated that secret passage-way
was built into the tower of Julius. Thi:
was built by gang of expert thieves, bu
dissensions between them brought dowr
the number to two. One of these murdered
his fellow-cOnspiratOr and fled The mar
who had the knowledge of this great secre
died in Rose street, Glasgow, a few month:
ago.
At the head OF the exclusively beautiful
Gulf of Quarnero stands the great Hun
garian port of Fiume Here ii was tina
an Engishman named William Fothering
ham was drowned during the unloading o
q cargo of chemicals.
Had he lived he would have become on
of the most wealthy men in the world. IL
had discovered the secret of propagatinl
those very minute organisms which hav
the power of rendering the soil fertile an'
prolific.
1t has long been known that the sol
is capable of taking nitrogen from the air
and that soils are valuable in proportion
TO the amount of nitrogen thus turned int
plant food, as IL were. To a great extent tn
) use of manures is only poor imitation o
the process followed by these valuable or
ganisms
: Fotheringham had made study of tn
subject. and after many experiments, ha
5 found out a method of cultivating the or
ganisms in the same manner as othe
: organisms are cultivated in bacteriologica
) and other laboratories. A small portion o
soil as prepared by him would have bee
! sufficient to fertilize a vast quantity o
l barren soil, but the Gulf of Quarnero ha
Z swallowed I'D the secret.