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The Carlisle independent., 1907-03-28

did not succeed. Her people no doubt mourned her as dead
 After the Tarnavas left the house it was never again occupied and so far as I know has not been entered for 50 years until about year ago. The en- tire premises are in ruins. as you saw, but in it's prime it was as handsome as any residence on this continent. The slate roof is falling in, though the brick walls will probably stand for a century, as they are very thick and solid. The rotting balconies look down into an inner court still full of orange and fig trees laden with fruit-but 1 have seen this garden and the bal comics lighted up at night, filled with the handSomeSt women wearing the finest dresses the world then con- tained. The high ceilings, magnifi- gently proportioned rooms, carved spiral stairways of mahogany, large arched windows, mahogany fioors-all indicate the taste of the occupants. The pigeons of the town now make it a roasting place, entering through the ldlIliS IOOl anu luS DIOhSu WluQOW 5, but in it's day it was a magnificent home, such as few ever enter even in this era of wealth, except the most ex- elusive and aristocraatic. Now to the story of this ring:
 Had Treasure Chart.
 Tn June, 1906, a gentleman from Chicago came to my office soliciting my assistance. He had map or chart and letter, of which he gave the fol lowing history: His mother, a widow, kept boarding house 26 years ago in Chicago. Among her boarders was a man of about 50 years, who was a sail or on the lake. He had evidently cruised on salt water for many years, in fact the other sailors often talked of that. and the fact that he seemed to hold himself aloof from them; that while miSisg freely with them, he would never relate any Of his expert ences in the past, as sailors generally love to do This mans name was Por- firio LaFon. One night he was drowned by the wrecking of his yes sell the Irene, of Sandusky His ef fleets lay about the house for years in an old sea chest, all efforts to discover any relatives being intellectual. In the bottom of the chest was the chart and letter, the latter stating that LaFon had been a pirate under Lafitte previ- ous to coming to the lakes, and had with his companions. buried a very large treasure in Matamoros. There was also some fine jewelry and a beau tifully decorated dagger in the chest and the chart. The latter I at once recognized as partial map of the city 0f Matamoros in the vicinity of the Casa TaTnava or "honse of the pirates" as 1t iA nov called, and the
The Carlisle independent., 1907-03-28
Arab Stoicism.

Arab fatalism, which is at the root of his stoic impassiveness, though much talked of, is but little under stood in it's almost superhuman invin- cibility. This is brought into strong relief by the history attaching to a re- cent addition to the treasures of the Louvre museum. It is human skele- ton-a skeleton with history. It is the disembodied framework of a man, an Arab and an assassin. In the flesh he was Suleiman el Aleby, and his hand it was that murdered Kleber,s the commander of the French revolution ary army in Egypt. For this crime he was condemned by a French court. martial to have his right hand burnedy off, to be impaled and exposed to birds of prey, and to have his body reduced to skeleton. The burning oil of his hand Suleiman bore without a groan or even vince, but toward the end of the dire ordeal the executioner hap pened to touch another part of his arm with the redhot iron. This pun ishment," he shouted with anger, "is not in the sentence" Then he under went the rest of the execution without giving any expression or even sign of fssling.-London Globe.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-03-28
WRITTEN IN HEAVEN
LETTER HELD SACRED BY PENN
 SAVANNA GERMANS.
Belief in the Himmesbrief Is CehfFA tury-Old Superstiton-Wise Ad- Vice for Rules of Life in
 Document.

Letters purporting to have been written in Heaven and by God Him. self and which are treasured as charms against everything evil are peddled daily in the rural districts of York, Lebanon and Berks counties, where the Pennsylvania Germans are numerous.
 These writings are called the Him. melsbrief, meaning letter from heav- en. Throughout the counties men, toned and in other parts of Pennsyl- vania they are framed and hung on the walls and carefully preserved.
 Similar writings had wide circula- tion in Germany more than a century ago The tradition is that after the letter was written by God 1t was dropped from heaven at three places. One of them fell on top of the Hartz mountains in Germany. Another was dropped on top of the Pyrenees in Spain. Another was said to have fall en into the city of Magdeburg, Ger many It is this letter which is treas ured among the Germans in Pennsyl- vania.
 Here is copy of the letter:
 "The man who works on Sunday is cursed I command that ye do not work on Sunday but go to church. Do not primp your hair nor wear false hair, and you should not be proud from your riches. Give to the poor and fully believe that this was written in my own hand and was sent by Christ and that you will not do like cattle.
 You have six days in the week wherein you shall do your work, but the seventh day (namely Sunday you shall keep holy. If you won't l will send war, hunger and pestilence and lot of trouble and punishment. I com mand that it be your way, young and old rich and poor, that you never work on Sunday.
 You should confess your sins that they may be forgiven you.
 Wish not for silver and gold. Re member that I made you. Do not be happy if your neighbor is poor and needs help.
 Honor your father and mother so that you shall live long on earth.
 Who does not believe this is damned
 T have written this with my own hand The person who speaks evil of men shall not expect help of me. He who has this letter and does not give 1t to his neighbors is cursed from the holy church. If you have many sins and are sorry in your heart your sins shall be forgiven. Who shall not be- lieve shall die and be thrown into purgatory
 ''In the last days I will call for your sins and you must answer.
 Every person who carries this let ter or has it in his house shall not be struck by lightning, and he will surely have abundance of water to drink. He who teaches this letter to his chil- dren will receive his reward.
 Hold this, my letter which I have written, until the end of thy days Amen"
 Immigrants from Germany say that the letter was circulated in Germany as it is here. Those who believe in 1t recount the wonders it has worked in the way of staying off lawsuits, sick ness and death.
 Men involved in lawsuits, many of them farmers from remote country dis tricts of the county, carry this letter over their heart in the belief that they cannot lose their case.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-03-28

''Yes, that gem is one of the finest I have ever seen, and it's strange his tory, to me, adds very materially to its intrinsic value.
 The speaker was MT. Pierce, a prom insnt attorney of Brownsville, Tex, as We sat on the broad veranda at his handsome residence, smoking our cigars. after the most remarkable Jan uary dinner 1 have ever eaten, writes Isaac Kline. On the menu was roast wild goose, which had been shot as it flew over the house on the day before; oysters on the half-shell, fresh from the waters of the Gulf at Point Isa- bel. 15 miles away; green corn on the cob, cucumbers, lettuce, celery from MT. Pierce's own garden; oranges, figs and grapes from trees and vines in the dooryard-in January! The gem un- der discussion was a very fine dia- mond. whose steel-blue brilliance pro- claimed it as having come from the Old Mines, sparkling in an old-fash- toned setting on Mir Pierce's finger.
 If 1 might have it's entire history I should be very much pleased. for it belonged to Jean Lafitte, the pirate. If it could but speak. what tale it might tell of former ownership by some Spanish senoritas, of the bloody sea fight which terminated in the sinking of a ship with its crimson ieck burdened with the corpses of it's defenders; of murder done afterwards disposing of the wounded by the 9iratical custom of walking the plank; sf drunken outrage and orgy at Bar ,ataria following the piratical vic .ory. in which very likely the fair owner of this very ring was one of the prizes. There is certainly a romance connected with this stone, and it at tracts me the more for the reason that 1 know so little of it.
 Lafitte's Real Character.
 "Jean Laftte is referred to in the histories as a pirate, and such he was but from those who knew him, with whom I have talked, gain the impress sion that he was not fully entitled to that reputation, though he was a fear less fighter, with a band of freeboot- CTS to whom his word was law, whose bravery made them scourge of the sea 70 years ago, in these very waters. He was Frenchman and began his career as lieutenant on a French pri- vateer, was captured by an English fish man-of-war and thrown into pris- on at an English port. where he was kept for many years and so barbar- ously treated that his resentment had q large bearing in shaping his subse- quent pursuits.
 Tt is asserted by old residents at Matamoras who knew him that his ac- tion in betraying the English in their attempt to capture New Orleans was in retaliation for the brutalities to
The Carlisle independent., 1907-03-28
Missionaries in India.

There are, altogether, foreign and native, 2s,799 persons that are active ly engaged in bringing the gospel to India, while ten years ago there were only 16,1S9-a gain of nearly 60 per cent.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-03-28
STORY OFrPIRATE THUNDER
 RECALLS DAYS OF LAFTTTE
Splendid Gem Now Owned by Brownsville, Texas, At torney Was Part of Accumulated Booty-Smug glers' Houses at Matamoros, Mexico Still Stand
 in Magnificent Ruin.


 Securely of Victory
The Carlisle independent., 1907-03-28

which he had been subjected. AS
 there was no war between France and
 England at the time of his release. he obtained privateer's commission un- der the Carthaginian government against Spain. l have seen this com mission. which Is still in existence, in Spanish, and held by relatives of his, near Brownsville. These rela- tives claim that his only acts of piracy were against British yessels-and he was beyond question scourSe to these In 1907 he came 10 New Or leans, and in 1S13-1t was at the head
The Carlisle independent., 1907-03-28

smuggled or worse-blood stained fruits of piratical cruisers. Of these followers of Lafitte, the richer, more prominent-captaiLs and lieutqnants settled in the same row of houses
 Among them were Conssantino Tara ava and Ramon LaFon. These people lived in great splendor until about 1850, when they gradually Gsap- peared. leaving the houses they had occupied. about p5 they are today
 They were extremely lavish ia the use Of money. which seemed to flow thu oush thuir hands like wa.c-. | is
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
More Opinions BY GaIen.

HELENA. April 29.-Attorney Cen
eral Galen today replied t o a request
for an opinion from County Attorney
S. V. Stewart of Virginia City upon
the following questions:
In this county some of the mer.
chants have what they are pleased to
call automatic Clerks They are
gum machines in which a nickel il
dropped and the gum comes out. Are
these machines contemplated when the
term "slot machine" is used in the re.
cent gambling law?
Are cane racks where the player
pays some stipulated price for throw.
ing q ring at canes and knives, and
gets whatever he rings. gambling de.
vices?
Are rallies, such as rafting off hair
brides. prohibited by the gambling
law:
Mr.. Galen holds that a slot machine
which autom atically delivers mer-
chandise at the regular price, and
gives no more OF less than would be
delivered over the counter II the sale
was made other than through the slot
machine, is not prohibited by the
gambling law.
In answer to the second question,
Mr.. Galen advises that a cane rack
may be conducted in such a
as to bring it within the phrase "or
any game of chance played with
cards, dice or any device whatever"
In answer to the third question,
County Attorney Stewart is advised
that raffies are specifically provided
for section $50 OF penal code, which
makes it a misdemeanor to engage in
a rattle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
@eFarmer.
BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
From the President. Latest Book. " a Square Deal

~ONDITIONS have changed in the country far less than they
have changed in the cities, and in consequence there has
~ been little breaking away from the methods of life which
have produced the great majority of the leaders of the re-
HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY, and most
of them worked hard on the farms in their youth and got their early
mental training in the healthy democracy of farm life. The forces
which made these farm bred boys leaders of men when they had
come to their full manhood are still at work in our country districts.
SELF HELP AND INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE REMAIN TO A Pc
cULIAR DEGREE TYPICAL OF LIFE IN THE COUNTRY, LIFE ON
A FARM, IN A NUMBERING CAMP, ON A RANCH.
Neither the farmers nor their hired hands can work through COM
binahons S readily as the capitalists or wageworkers of cities can
work. 1t must not be understood from this that there has been no
change in farming and farm life. The contrary is the case. There
has been much change, much progress. The oranges and similar
organizations, the farmers Institutes and all the agencies which pro-
mote intelligent cooperation and give opportunity for social and in
tellectual intercourse among the farmers, have played a large part in
raising the level Of life and work in the country districts.
In the domain of government the department of agriculture has
accomplished results a striking as those obtained under any other
branch of the national administration. By scientific study of all mat
tiers connected with the advancement of farm life, by experimental
stations, by the use of trained agents sent to the uttermost countries
of the globe, by the practical application of anything which in theory
has been demonstrated to be efhcient-in these ways and in many
others great good has been accomplished in raising tho standard of
productveness in farm work throughout the country. Farming has
tended more and more to take its place as an applied science, though,
as with everything else, the theory must be tested in practical work
and can avail only when applied in practical fashion.
The man on the farm more than any other Of our citizens today is
called upon continually to exercise the qualities which we like to think
of as typical of the United States throughout its historv-THE
QUALITIES OF RUGGED INDEPENDENCE MASTERFUL
RESOLUTION AND INDIVIDUAL ENERGY AND RE
SOURCEFULNESS. He works hard fr which no man is to he
pited), and often he lives hard (Which may not be pleasantly, but his
life is passed in healthy surroundings, surroundings which tend to
develop fine type of citizenship.
IN THE COUNTRY, MOREOVER, THE CONDITIONS ARE FoRru.
NATELY SUCH AS TO ALLOW A CLOSER TOUCH BETWEEN MAN
AND MAN THAN TOO OFTEN WE FIND TO BE THE CASE IN
THE CITY. MEN FEEL MORE WILDLY THE UNDERLYING SENSE
OF BROTHERHOOD. OF COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01

Malta Enterprise: Elijah Smith re.
turned Thursday to face the charges
against him in connection with al
legged shortages il the bank at this
place occurring during the time he
was cashier of the institution. The ex.
animation was held on Saturday and
he was recognized to the district court
in the sum of $4,000, for which bond
was given. There seems to be q diff
ference between the parties as to the
amount, If any due the bank, as Mr..
Smith stands ready to make good the
amount.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
Ge
Duties OfLife.
By ROOSEVELT.
From the Presidents Latest Book. " Square Deal"
, THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

~ACH of u.s., unless he is contented to be a cumberer Of the
earths surface, must strive to do his life work with his
whole heart. Each must remember that, while he will be
noxious to every one unless he first do his duty by himself,
he must also strive ever to do his duty by his fellow.
A MAN TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN MUST FIRST BE A GOOD
eREAow,NNER. A GOOD HUSBAND. A GOOD FATHER- HOPE THE
FATHER OF MANY cHiLDREN-JUsT As A woMANs FIRST DUTY
Is TO &c A GOOD HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER.
The business duties, the home duties, the duties to ones family,
come first. The couple who bring up plenty Of healthy children, who
leave behind them many sons and daughters fitted in their turn to be
good citizens, e%mphatcally deserve we'll Of the state.
But duty to oneself and ones family does not exclude duty to
ones %neighbor. Each of us, rich or poor, can help his neighbor at
times, and to do this he must be brought up in touch with him, into
sympathy with him. Probably the good done is almost equally great
on both sides, no matter which one may seem to be helping the other.
But it must be kept in mind that no good will be accomplished at all
by any phHanthropic o r charitable work unless it is done along GER
tain definite lines. In the first place, if the work is done in a spirit
of condescension it would be better never to attempt it. 1T is AL
MOST AS IRRITATING TO BE PATRONIZED AS TO BE
WRONGED The only safe way Of working is to try to find out
some scheme by which it is possible to make a common effort for the
common good. Each Of us needs at times to have a helping hand
stretched out to him or her. Every one Of us slips on some occasion;
shame to his fellow who then refuses to stretch out the hand that
should always be ready to help the man who stumbes. 1t is our duty
to lift him up, but it is also our duty to remember that there is no
earthly use in trying to carry him.
II 4 MAN WILL SUBMIT TO BEING CARRIED, THAT IS suF-
F'c'ENr TO SHOW THAT He IS NOT WORTH CARRYING.
In the long run the only kind Of help that really avails is the
help which teaches a man to help himself. Such help every man who
has been blessed in life should try to give to those who IRE less fortu-
nate, and such help can be accepted with entire self respect.
To give such aid it is necessary not only to possess the right kind
of heart, but also the right kind of head. HARDNESS OF HEART
is A DREADFUL QUALITY, BUT 1T is DOUBTFUL
WHETHER, IN THE long RUN, IT WORKS MORE DAM
sirable. The prerequisite to doing good work in the field of philan-
thropy-in the field of social effort, undertaken with ones fellows
for the common goods that it shall be undertaken in a spirit of
broad sanity no less than of broad and loving charity.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01

to come down town. There are now
four cases of diphtheria. The physi-
clans feel little alarm but every pre-.
caution is being taken.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
The Chicago
Store
Sale of Mems and Boys
SPRING SUITS.

Bargain No. 1.-Just 25 Mems suits
no two alike. The regular prices on
them we're from $3.50 to 500 For
quick selling we are Offering them at
just one-half, or 1915 and $500. No
more at these prices after this lot is
sold.
Bargain No. "A splendid assort-
ment of fancy worsted suits in latest
cuts and handsome dressy patterns
that We are Offering at 50. 90 and 1895.
For the same kind you will be asked
80 per cent. more elsewhere.
Bargain No. 3.-Very fine all wool
black thibet suits. A regular $500
suit for $l2.15.
Bargain No. 4.-Boys' knee pants
suits. ages 1 to Il. From .5c to s2.9o.
Bargain No. 5.-Boys' long pants
suits. ages l. to Is. From 1875 up
to IS. 95.
All we ask is that YOU come and look
them over in order to convince you
that You can save many a dollar by
buying your clothing at
The Chicago Store.
Fine Book and Job Printing a spe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01

Fine Book and Job Printing a spe.
at the RIVER PRESS Office
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-01-10
Judge Beer BY
Its True Worth
Progressive Men and Women Consider
1t a Means to National Temperance.

y We have recently published a num-
Der OF articles on the food value OF
beer, and we believe that sooner or
later beer will be recognized at Its true
worth, as a food beverage OF splendid
tonic effect and high nourishing value.
Noted men and women Of this country
are already alive to the situation and
besides Miss Phoebe Cousins and DIR.
Joseph Feisler OF Northwestern uni
versity, many others OF note give their
endorsement to beer as means to ma
tional temperance.
Miss Cousins, for n quarter OF CEN
fury the most eminent woman sur
frage advocate in the West, said In a
recent interview: There never will BIO
q law that will compel prohibition, and
the sensible thing for the Women's
Christian Temperance Union to do Is
to aid In the substitution OF milds
nourishing drinks like beer, which sell
dom produces drunkenness. A promi-
nent army officer who served In the
Southwest, operated canteens at three
different posts. He made the canteens
so acceptable TO the soldiers, who
found beer satisfying their demands,
that he actually ran all the low dives
Of the. surrounding neighborhood out
OF business"
Pabst Beer meets all the demands
for a mild, healthful, refreshing bever-
age such as Miss Cousins suggests. 1t
Is made of the exclusive Pabst eight
day malt, choicest hops and pure
water. Eight-day malt. which is tho
only perfect malt, gives Pabst Beer
It's superior food value and richness.
Strong in nourishment the body re-
qulres, II is refreshing and satisfying.
Perfect in age, purity and strength,
absolutely clean and containing only
three and ono-half per cent OF alcohol,
Pabst Beer is tho ideal temperance
beverage, No other is so healthful.
Amarillo Ice and Cold Storage Co.
PHONE Ioa.
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
Order case for your home today
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-01-10
Steele From Iowa.

Garner. Iowa. Jan. 5.-Robert
Steele formerly resident Of Garner
left here six years ago for the east
and is supposed to have been liy-
ing in Philadelphia or Boston. While
here he peddled medicines. He was
95 years of age.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-01-10
BANK is
EMBARRASSED
|. N. Sullivan Trust Co. Of Gold.
field SusiaInS Temporary
Embarrassment.
associated Press.

associated Press.
San Francisco. Jan. 5.-The ex.
aminer says the L. M. Sullivan
Trust company OF Goldfleld is II.
nancially embarrassed and thai
drafts on the company by San Fran.
cisco brokers have been protested
Peter Grant treasurer of tho com
Dany is in the city and says the en-
barrassment is only temporary. Sui
Ivan Trust company did a big bus
mess in southern Nevada mining
stock.
Through extensive advertising
throughout the country various
mining enterprises were promoted
and stock sold, 1t is stated that in
order to stimulate the market the
bought and sold its own
securities and it failed to honor a
draft made by San Francisco brok-
err who purchased stock for the COM
pany.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-01-10
is BURIED
BY EARTH

Gingen Hesse, Jan. 4.-Forty
workmen were buried yesterday in
cut on the new railroad line be-
tween Lamescheid and Lelningenun.
Dead bodies of thirteen men and
fifteen injured workmen have been
recovered. The embankment had
collapsed, purying two men. To
rescue them large parties of other
laborers employed along the line
were Immediately set to work
Where the ground cave in occurred
the work of rescue is dangerous ow-
ing to the possibility of fresh mass
es Of earth falling. It is probable
that still fifteen bodies are beneath
the fallen earth.