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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16

says, by Mansvelt, the famous buccan-
neer, on Anguilla Island. He searched
for years, until in the end disappoint-
ment turned his brain.
SupcrstitiOus Treasure-Seekers.
In the British West Indies, more es-
pecially in Barbados and Grenada,
large holes dug in the earth apparently
for no purpose are frequently seen.
Inquiring the reason of them, the re-
ply is that they have been made by the
blacks digging for buried money.
1t is curious fact that a West In
dian negro rarely, II ever, sets about
looking for treasure of his own ac-
cord.
An ''obeahman" (witch-doctor)
comes to him and says:
"Obi the all-seeing, has told me in
dream there is money buried be-
meath the roots of the old cottonwood
tree, which you are to dig up and keep.
You must go there at midnight to
dig. But hearken to my warningl
When that treasure was buried, the
owner killed the slave who dug the
hole, and buried his body on top of
the gold. Unless you pay me ten
dollars to put good obeah' on the
ground. the 'duppy' (ghosD of that
slave will go on sinking the money
deeper and deeper into the earth, so
that you will never find It,"
It has been said that West Indian
negro will believe anything except
that which is true. At any rate, he
believes the obeahman and parts with
his ten dollars. 1t goes without say
ing that the obeahman is the only per-
son who gets any treasure.
This Is q common incident. 1t hap
pens every day in some of the West
Indian colonies. These illiterate old
A ft-fn xnff hox ~
same idea-tbe skeleton buried with
the gold-which Edgar Allen Poe
worked so finely In THE Gold Bug"
There is another kind of swindler
who sometimes makes a rich haul out
of the cupidity of a higher grade of
society. He is the man who has a
chart showing the location of some
pirate treasure generally Capt.
Kids. He knows just where to lay
his hands on it, but he wants capital
to equip a schooner and fit out a
small expedition. If you will find the
capital, he will divide the treasure
with you when found.
1t seems an obvious swindle. OF
course, il you do part with your
money. you never see 1t again, or the
treasure either. Buying a gold brick
is better speculation. And yet
shrewd merchants In the West Indies
have allowed themselves to be swim
died In this way. so greatly have they
been excited by tales OF treasure trove
and by the desire to 'get rich quick"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16

with his rifle.
After two days hard digging they
found a big sea-chest. so heavy that
the three of them could hardly drag
ii to the boat. They rowed back to
the schooner. and as soon as the chest
had been hoisted aboard, the Amer
lean weighed anchor and sailed away
north.
There is much speculation in West
Caicos and throughout the Bahamas
as to who the American was. what he
found, and how he learned that it was
there. 1t is supposed that he got a
big pirate treasure, and some people
even think that he secured the famous
hoard of Capt. Kidd. But nobody has
ever found out anything about the
matter.
A CRymRn Shippers Lucky Haul.
One of the queerest West Indian
treasure stories was told by the skip
per of Grand Cayman schooner in
Kingston, Jamaica The story is too
wildly improbable for any writer of
fiction, but it's absolute truth can be
attested to by hundreds of people in
Jamaica and Grand Cayman.
A bark had been wrecked on a reef
near the Cayman Islands, and the
skipper had taken his schooner there
to hunt for salvage. While his men
NtIC DuSy Ot the Dtih TIC lOOheu over
the side of his vessel and saw, about
eight foot below the water on a shelly
ing ledge of the reef, curious yellow
CLEAN. He thought 1t was a piece of
copper sheating, and told one of his
men to dive for it. The man came up
with his hands full of gold COIN
Spanish doubloons and pieces-of-eig
dating back to the early days of the
conquistadores. The ledge was sim
| ply covered with loose gold. All day
the crew dived for 1t, and when they
had skinned the place bare they found
| they had over two thousand gold
| pieces, besides a few score of silver
coins, all Spanish. The skipper
showed several OF the coins to prove
his story. They were all in a re-
markably fine state of preservation.
He sold the lot afterward for nearly
$4,000 to q Jamaican Jew.
How the coins came on the reef no
body knows. A hundred explanations
have been suggested, but none of
them quite meets the case.
There is an Englishman now living
In fishing hamlet I'm Kent, England,
who was driven mad by his vain
search for treasure in the West Indies.
He is hopelessly insane. Formerly
he was a colonel in the British army,
and served with distinction in several
wars. Late in life, he caught the
treasure-hunting fever, and sold all
he had in order to fit out yacht and
hunt for a. hoard buried, so legend
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15
s.MARRIED
WEsT-V AN BLARCU,M.

At the Episcopal church in Madison
Lake, Blue Earth: county, Tuesday af:
ternoon, July I, 1903, Charles e. Vest
of Austin and Miss Minnie " VanBlar:
cum Of Mank kato, Rev. George. II. Davis
rector Of st. Johns p Episcopal church
of Mankato of ciating. Only about
twenty Of the intimate friends of the
bride were present. w %. Comstook,
acousin Of the bride, gave her away.
The bride is spoken Of as a very accom-
plished lady, mostsh highly esteemed in d
large circle of friends. She was for
some time . member Of the Mankato
high school. faculty She is a cousin Of
Mrs. S. s. w ashburn Of this city. Mr..
West is one Of sAustin'g leading mer:
chants, having beer in \ the dry goods
business here for the past thirty years.
He=Was formerly a member Of the leg
islature and is at present q member Of
Gov. an SAINTS staff. He stands high
il church and lodge circles and is. held
in high esteem BY all who know him.
Mr.and Mrs. est are pending a week
at the pleasant cottage Of the bride on
Point Pleasant, N olson Lake, and are
expected ii Austin the last of this this
week. We Join in kindest wishes foT
their prosperity and hap ppiness. 5
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15
NORMAL SCHOOL NEWS

Hannah Edwin is again numbered
among the N formal stud dents. .=s.
Prof. *. G. Davis Of the agricultural
coflege at N Menomine " is, visited the
Southern Minnesota n ormal College
during his Sta ii. Austin. and delivered
al lbrief ddre there.
I DIR. James E. N Manehester Of the ia.
cennes niYersitY, ncennes, Ohio, gave
"a brief talk On Industry al the Normal
recentl
State superinte endent John " 3 Olson
}ofs st Paul attended chapel exercises
Monda July Iath and delivered 4 brief,
ssthongh htful and enc eouraging speech that
was Y highly apprec reciated BY the students.
Prof Forbes Of sChica 60. one Of; our
best seducat ational peakers. ddressed the
Normal students brief logic ia and
searrestly on the subj Duty b lply I3..
Christ Ander last winters
(, l'all nllmlercial studsn s nov ID Norway
enjoying pleasure 81
Adolph R. Rosela land & ehing paro'
chial ehooi at 4 yissld shis s,nnie! n
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15
!. CARE FOR THE TREES..*
Ways In Which u Town Can Be Made
4 +r More Beautiful. sG2:;.

Ways In Which u Town Can Be Made
< ~a More Beautiful.
There are. many societies :: in this
| country with the purely tree planting
motive, and some of them have made
remarkable achievements In differ
ent cases 1000 to 1000 trees have been
set out through the efforts of single
society in one year, says Social Sery-
ffice. These societies instruct as to the
care of trees, their planting, what yari-
ETY. is suitable. where obtained, cost.
etc. &5s=st: H. s. ,..: -s2 s* F..
They. have obtained legislative meas
ures against advertisements on trees.
have enlisted the interest and help Of
children in the nurture Of trees and.
as young crusaders, to destroy their
enemies in the form of the eggs OF the
caterpillar. = =
Attention of drivers and owners of
horses has been drawn by personal ;ap-
peals. to the damage done by the ami
mails in the gnawing Of the bark OF
trees, and some Of the associations adj
vocate strongly the private ownership
Of street trees, urging the establish
ment5 of neighborhood clubs and the
employ ment Of foresters as workers
over small districts, say Of ], 200 lots.
Besides these societies organized
with the direct purpose Of tree inter
rsts, innumerable associations formed
for other purposes have taken up tree
planting as one deDa of their a.
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15
Mcbride, the Grocer's
!. Weekly Letter. !:

Butter. Not so much good dairy
coming. Hot weather last week had
bad effect on quality and quantity, with
cool weather we ought to get better
butter. 16c this week: .= .=.5 S..s.i
Eggs. Quite good, many bad. Don't
Try to hold them but sell to somebody
soon as you can while they are fresh
Our market l2c to l4c per doz. '.S .S:
Potatoes. Plenty of good new ones
nearby. n Don't bring them in unless
ypu have them sold. Every day some
one isaStrying in, middle Of day to gel
rid of some, when every store and hotel
had been supplied in morning by gar.
deners. Price 6Oc to 75c. ... .E34s !. ), I.
Beans. Good hand picked, $20ot to
$3.50 per bu. 95ss.: :. s. s. g.. l.=
j # you have currants, gooseberries OF
raspberries you can sell quickly at good
prices. ~ S sS.i* S*. s. i cs f. !
s's a McBRIDE, THE GROCER. !.
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15
Summer School For i eacIers.

This is the second week OF the sum
ner school low being held in this city
The Tendance Il. about SO. The reg.
4ularS daily program as out tlined last
week Is varied by various addresses
given on educate ional topics. State
.sllperint dent ] ". Olson was present
Monday morning and spoil Nj. Alex
Forbes Of Philad elphia lect tured Non. s1l:
day evening to the achers on hat
the State Demands of the Public
Schools. y The lectu uress III u prac tical
Eagricult ulture by 'rof. G. Davis lasl
week were very inter resting and helpful
They were Fillustr tied 81 simpl expert
|ments which every rural tea cher may
e edsily give e her lpnli lutte 8 large
|propoft ion of those einl lat tend near'
y one third are o1tsfitle the
count u ssl
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15
Special Excursionto Minneapolis and
Minnehafa Falls July 10.
Via the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST
pa R,v &sl, 3sf n f&1u
FREE ENTERTAINMENT.

sssss5ss IN FREE ENTERTAINMENT. .&
Band concert 200 pm, in the paw,
lionsat 'Minnehaha Fails Park. @ 5:.ss 5.s
Base ball game at 2 80 p. M, w ebster
VS.. Glencoe at Minnehaha Falls ball
park. General admission. free to hold
,ers Of excursio on tickets. @..3 b.
Steamboat, excursions on tie. .beauti.
. ful MSississipp ppisriyer between Minneha-
ha Falls and Fort Smelling. =ss.1
Also numerous other. attract ii ions.
ssSpecial. train will leave Austin at
6:35 q. m, on Sunday, July Is, and Ire.
turning, will leave Minneapolis at6:3O
p. M, Minnehaha Falls at $50 p. M,
Sunday July 49, 81 3:.. 555:.s
( sFxcursio ion tickets will be good going
and returning only Oh above train ana
date. 3=iS
Round trip rate from Austin s 1..50. /:
For further partic icuiars apply to the
Ticket Agent of the Chicago MilWau-
kee. .&sSt. Paul r.
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15
TO CURE "A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it fails to. cure.
=. w. Groves signature is on each box. 25c
TAKING STREET SIGNS. I

France and Belgium Fighting the
Billboard Evil.
Many town in this country woi,l
present a good appearance were it noe
for the huge and inartistic signboards
that are put Up anywhere and every.
where, disfiga'ring the streets and
buildings. A number of European.
towns and cities have taken up this
matter recently and are fighting it to
finish. 5s !. .5@l ... r,:- ;,
France leads in the matter Of artistic.
street signs, says Leslie's Weekly.
In, Belgium posters and advertising
signboards may he displayed at only
such places in a city as are designated
by the mayor or boaW of alderme-a.-
Signs are subject to stato stamp tai,
which varies according t. ;;Eocat
of surface of the sign. ,T,.c E.::niia,,:n
tax amounts to a cent for a space
2015 inches by 1917 inches in dlnea-
sions, and for every two inches square
of space an additional tax of .one-ifth
of a cent is added. In 1899 Belglutn's
revenue from this source amounted to
$7O,331. ~~'s
1t has been suggested that tax like
this might not be sufficient to check
the signseyil in America. To overcome
this it is proposed that the tax should
be graduated, low rate on small
posters the rate per square foot in-
creasing in such ratio with. the area Of
the space occupied that the great mon
strosities would become too costly: to
be profitable. -
The effect OF. the tax in France and
Belgium has been to arouse Il contest
for beautiful and artistic effects in
signs. thus improving greatly the ap-
pearance of tie towns streets and
buildings. In France the populace
will tear down an ugly sign out oe
pure, hatred for that WHICH IS inartiS-
tic. 1t has been suggested that in tie
United States the artistic sense has not
yet been SO strongly developed. J.
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15
Ellis sanliI = Reunion.

i q Of Ellis vas
|at home at cen farm On SUNDAY
sixteen ip g 4 namb as follows: MrIand
Mrs. Ellis Judge and Mrs. ". 81 J.
Keysor' a and two sonsaof st. Louis, Mr..
| and ll1'1 Mrs. ohm 81 Skinner Of Aust ],
Mr.. and Il /. Mrs. .Il Roy 2. lngmundson and
two children Of St. Paul, Dr.. Sidney AZ
Ellis Eli and wife Of Boston, Miss Matte
6. Ellis Of Peru, q ebraska and Charles
3 Ellis Of Mandan, n. D. Several Of
the party have already gone. Judge
Keysor went to Mankato Monday, Mrs.
Sidney Ellis left for Cleveland yester-
day and Mr. Ingmunds son has returned
to st. Paul a ss Il ssz. $. 81
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15
ABotJ j 81 ! ts !.



Handltnl IN heIl o. 8
get great many tiers from but-
ter makers 1l asking me- questions re-
ygarding starters and the best methods
.3of l ndling them, says Creamery Jour.
nal. These are all welcome,. and all
ways take pleasure in answering them
There are great many butter makers
who do not avail themselves of this
Soppo rtunity and hoping that this will
fall into the hands of some one anxious
to learn and improve the quality sof
butter, I will again give in full the
preparat ton Of starter and how to use
it.
To begin with, ! would advise all
who are not familiar with the starter
to- use commercial starter. IA fter5
You have your commercial culture. Of
az half ounce bottle on hand, select
three quarts of the best milk, pasteur-
ize il, up to $50 degrees by setting the
pail which contains the milk into hot
water, and hold it at that temperature
for twenty minutes ..sa ;sss5 ;.s55s55
Then transfer 1t into vessel that
contains cold water and cool it. When
at 80 degrees pour the culture in the
half ounce bottle into the milk and stir
it,Well. Then cool it to TO- degrees,
cover up and hold at the above tenn
perature until the next morning, when
it will commence to coagulate Skim
off the top and throw it away Just
as soon as the starter gets thick set
it in ice wa ter and keep it there until
you have pasteurized the milk you
wish to use it in, which is:tlone$ as fol
lows Select the amount of milk that
you want o5use for a starter For ex-
ample, I'VE will take thirty gallons of
the best mornings milk. RunIit sep
arately through one of the separators
and catch the skim milk in the starter
can. Pasteurize it by heating to 180
degrees and hold it at that tempera ture
for twenty minutes. Then cool, and
when down to 80 degrees pour into this
amount Of pasteurized milk. a pint and
half of the prepared culture starter,
and then cool it at this. time of the
JNdA " w uCSlScS.S pul COVER Oh anu
let it stand until morning The next
morning after it has coagulated put it
into your cream vat just before com.
mencing to skim. Save out a pint and
a half again. Select about ten gallons
Of clean mornings milk and pour it
into the cream vat with the starter.
for the starter to live on and thereby
not become overripe. Stir it WE'LL Skim
a fairly heavy cream into this starter
and occasionally stir it. Stirring the
cream must not be neglected. Stirsit
often and five minutes at, Il time. "
s** I would advise using about a Is per
cent starter at. this. time CT the year.
& Always he careful not to- let the
starter get overri2e. A starter is at
its best at about 40 degrees of acidity.
=@ By all means use a starter and make
as good a butter as the other fellow.
{ Use the acid test often. s<.+ -
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15
Board Of Equalization.

The county board Of equalization
will meet nee at the Office Of the county
auditor in the city of Austin at
o'clock p. M, on Monday, the goth day
of July a. ID. 1903. 53=.:. .s:, !.
GEORGE ROBERTSON. II
9ls NJ: County Auditor,
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15
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-: lzl;z ! EZzl2z1kG. 2 ] 4 6; ,

Quite extensive feeding trials at
Danish experiment station lead to the
conclusion that in actual feeding re-
suits one pound of mixed grain (bar-
ley, oats and rye) is equal to one pound
OF Indian corn or one pound of wheat
grain or hree-fourths of a pound Of
cotton seed meal. A Norwegian ex-
pertinent of the same charact with
a herd iof eight cows indicated that
one pound of gluten feed has a some
what higher feeding value than a
mixture of one-half pound Of rye grain.
and one-half pound of cotton seed meal"
The. test Of the values OF these cases
was the. yield Of milk and cream as
affected by the grain ration. @ :5~ / = s
s# silage For Dairy Cows.
A Answering a correspondent, Hoard s
$Dairyman says the amount OF silages
required by forty cows will depend
upon the amount fed per day and the
number ofsdays tits to be fed. In
this atitude wisconsin, the careful
dairy estimates for feeding 200
days at. least and at the. rate Of not
less than an average Of thirty pounds
per day to each animal. More and
more also is he beginning to provide
some extra for use during the summer.
drought and does not consider four
tons per COW any too much for a years
supply M
Feeding and Profit.
a man in northeast Georgia keeps
sixty-four Jersey cows on $50 acres Of
land. He feeds ensilage fodder, wheat.
oats, rye, vetch, alfalfa corn, cotton
seed meal and bran and has Bermuda
pasture. He reports a profit of 25 per-
cent. not her daiI:ym man in the same
section Of the state keeps 125 cows,
Jersey and grades, and feeds corn, en-
!silage sorg hum hay, corn fodder,
wheat straw, bran and cotton seed
meal He estima tes that d COW that
produce ces 800 pounds OF butter per an
nun will pay q profit of sos TO sss5 per
year.
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15
Notice to Pay Up Accounts.

As am an about to open q new ledger,
it as Important that all outstanding
accounts ave due to me De settled without
delay. ! wish every one owing me to
take this as personal notice and come
nv .in within the next few days and square
up acc cunts.
81 DALAGER, 81
s.... Main street grocer.
Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15


al weeks with her III atiyes
Mrs. j. Opie went toS Janesville,.
Wis, Thursday to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Buell.. Miss Ada accompanied
her.
Miss Ruth NN ilder vii. return this
week from Madison, is. where she
has been visiting her aunts, for several
weeks.
Mrs. Frank a. Ticknor Is expected
home today from the. Mayo hospital.
Rochester where she has been receiving.
treatment.
Miss Hattie Solether Of Jerry City,
Ohio, arrived Thursday to visit Miss
Ruby Tic knor. They were college
chums at Oberlin.
The principal poles for the new
teleph hone company will all be set il
this city this week and the main cable
will be strung next week.
Fred Hall is home from his explor-
ling expedition in the north part of the
state. He may locate at X chiching
near the Canad dian border.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Z. Mitchell and
daughter Margaret returned yesterday
from a visitof three weeks with G. III.
David sons family at Darlington, n. D.
Invitations are issued for the
wedding today Of John Fitzthum OF
| this city and Miss Minnie Dorow Of
Dexter. "a reception will be given in
Harmonic hall this evening. 5
Special council meeting tonight to
EcOnsider the construction Of the new
sewer from High street to Kenwood on
Oakland avenue and thence south to
connect at Winona street with the
Allegany street system
Patronize the new telephone com
pany, built and owned by local capital.
Only about three cents q day for its
use and you will save more than that
in sole leather to say nothing Of valu-
able time and Of convenience. 3z
The annual meeting Of the grand
lodge, Knights of Pythias, will be held
in St. Paul Sept. %. w. w. Hommel
and @. ] Simmons are elected dele
gates and G. +. Cook and w. D. Ros-
bach alternates from Austin lodge.
The complaint against Albert Groh
for not conforming to the rules Of the
board of health in regard to filling up
his lots in the west part Of the city
eliminated in. his being fined 1925 by
Justice Robinson Monday for maintain
ing public nuisance.
e. e. At the Baptist church tonight
You will hear something funny,
For the young folks will. tell 5ss@
How they earned their money.
1T will cost but Al dime 81. :ss.:.
And you'll aid a good cause ..ss
E While an All tom obile ride i.:ss
Will give pleasure outside.
Marie Orpha Morse, aged nine
years, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. T.. w.
Morse Of Red Rock, died Saturday
night Of lung trouble following measles
after an extended illness. She has al
ways been frail, delicate. child and
suffered considerably. Funeral services,
conducted by Rev. G. D. Belden Of. Aus
tin were held at the residence on Mon
day afternoon, many friends being
present to extend sympathy in their
sore bereavement. II Interment in Oak.
wood. 2s5:a U, j B h. j: |
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-14

For Wang Chih still fingered at the mouth Of
the cave.
II want pair of wings to fly with, and bottle to
catch the water in he replied boldly.
So they gave him little bottle, and before he had
time to thank you,'' white sailing
past, and lighted the ground close to the cave.
.'The will take wherever you like, said
the old men, Go now, and leave in peace
80 So Wang Chih sat the white cranes back, and
taken up and thru the sky to the cloud
cave where the sky dragon lived And the dragon had
the head Of camel the horns of deer the eyes OF
rabbit, the ola and the claws of a hawk.
Besides this, he had W4liskers and beard and in
his beard bright pearl
All these things show that he a real, genuine
dragon and if you meet dragon who is not
actlyslike this you Will know he is only make believe
Wang Chi felt frightened when perceived
the distance and il it had not been for the
thought seeing his wife again his little boy and
girl, would have been: glad to turn back.
While he far the cloud cave looked like
the midst Of a.soft, white. Wooly
in the sky April. day.: but as ne
he found the cloud as hard as rock
covered with kind of dry white grass.
When got there, he sat down tuft of grass
and considered what he should do next
thing of course, to bring the dragon
out and next to make him breathe water instead
Of fire. 49,
have it," cried Wang Chn at last: and he nodded
his many times that the white expected
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-14
A Fairy Tale From China
THE, FEAST OF LANTERNS.
Chapter III.

A T last he found woman very old woman.
"A who told him that when she tiny girl she
remembered her grandmother saying how, when she
tiny girl poor young had been spirited
by the genii of the mountains the day of the
Feast Lanterns, leaving his wife and little children
with only few handsfui Of rice in the house. IA
Moreover, if you wait while the procession
will two children dressed to represent Han
Chung and Ho-Seen-O and their mother, carrying the
empty rice bowl between them; for this is done
to remind people to take OF the widow and
fatherless,' . she said SO Wang Chin waited in the
street and little while the procession to
end: and the last three figures in it boy and