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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-06-18

Poor Gladys is almost heartbroken
over the breaking of her engagement"
''Then why did she dismiss her
fiance?"
Because Gladys is so harmonious
and artistic, and as blue is her color
she found that his red hair would not
go with the most becoming gown she
had. "-Baltimore American
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-06-18
GARDNERON WARPATH
He Lays Down the Law to the
Members of the LimekiIn Club.
MUST CUT OUT BIG WORDS.
Brudder Jones and Few Others Told
to Be More Careful In the Future
and Not Attempt to Swallow the
Dictionary.


Copyright. 1903. by Associated Literary
Press.l
WA EFORE Brother Gardner arrived
at Paradise hall to open the
~ regular semimonthly meeting
of the Limekiln club It was
rumored around that he was on the
warpath, and various members were
shaking In their shoes while the rou-
tine business was being disposed of.
When that had been cleared away the
president arose with solemn face and
looked around and began:
my frens, dar am one sartin subjick
on which has BEGUN weary of talkin'
to you, but l find it necessary to say a
few words agin. Dat subjick am de
use of big words in your conversation.
l has told you how silly and foolish it
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-06-18
Tn. Errans Chauffeur.

He stole him q tov ride.
The imuudent thief
But sfeered at a iamupost
And got only grief
Philadelphia LedEsr.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-06-18

The sting o. the bee Is behind
Just the way with my repartee-I
never think Of Il tin the next day.
Puck.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-06-18
Heart toHeart
Talks.
BY EDWIN A. NYR.

copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso
citation
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school board in Maine has en-
forced the rule that a female teacher
must quit the schools when she gets
married.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-14

n ANUEL MOURA is now with
V cred and worn with age. But
in the heydey of his youth. so
years ago. no more daring deep-sea
diver went around the world in quest
of profit or the sheer love OF adven-
ture.
The story of an immense treasure
of pirate gold, with daring plans OF
this old Azorean soldier of fortune &c
recover it, comes from New Bedford
Mass. This great treasure consists of
100000 English sovereigns or 80, 900 00C
in glittering coin. 1t exists without a
doubt. but the green sea curls over It,
the fishes swim back and forth above
.that hidden fortune, and to the thun-
der OF the surf dead mems bones
guard the secret we'll
The Ship La Plata.
In the year 1884 the treasure ship
La Plata cleared from Lima, Peru,
bound round the Horn for Cadlz,
Spain. In her hold were nine great
oaken chests and each chest contained
the sum of 100000. This immense
treasure, strange to say, was in Eng
fish sovereigns. Why 1t was in Eng
Dish coin no one at this day Is able to
explain. The natural inference would
have been that the golden treasure
would have been in Spanish doubloons
or pieces-of- eight. Or perhaps, 1t
should have consisted of solid ingots
OF the precious metals for which the
brave adventures of Spain conquered
the continent OF South America and
hrtu
empire Of fabulous richness in the
western hemisphere. From the old
records we even knew the name OF
the captain of this galleon which was
freighted with a treasure f1t for the
ransom OF kings. He was called Jean
Rose, and he was Frenchman The
ship and her precious cargo. however,
belonged to grandees OF Spain, and
the crew was Spanish.
The good ship La Plata rounded the
Horn In safety. and under a fun press
Of canvas started on a long voyage
up the Atlantic homeWard.
In the neighborhood of Cape Verde
islands a pirate ship manned by the
same class Of English bulldogs Of the
sea who had followed Drake and
Hawkins when they harried the Span
ish MAN. was cruising back and forth
on the lookout for the treasure ships
from Peru sailing homeward to Cadiz.
at that time the port of entry for
the navigation which flowed In
steady stream from the western pos
sessions of the Spanish colonies back
to the home country.
Little did Jean Rose the gallant
commander OF the La Plata, dream
that between him and safety of the
home port this black rover OF the sea
was lying in wait.
Records of legends give no clews,
after the lapse of $50 years. as to the
name of this bold sea rover or it's cap
tain or the personnel of its crew,
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will bring into circulation fully half
billion dollars not today placed In
any bank, owing to lack of confidence
or facilities. The article Is the strong
est summing up OF the arguments for
governmental banking yet made ami
contains many new facts for the first
time disclosed.
"As an evidence of the demand for
postal savings banks" says Mr.. Meyer
I'VE have reports from postmasters
that they have been compelled to re-
fuse to accept deposits offered by for
eigners for safe keeping. and also that
our own people have bought postal
money orders during the last year pay
able to themselves to the extent of
$S,104,447, on which amount fees Of
$4,000 were paid. These money or
ders were bought to the greatest ex-
tent In the states OF Arizona, Colorado,
Kansas. Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, Oklahoma, Ohio. Oregon,
Texas and Washington.
"a postoffice inspector has reported
that one family residing near a small
postoffice In the state of Washington
has $1,000 on deposit In the postal
banks OF British Columbia.
Under the bill now before the SEN
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by his doddering old father, then
nearly century old. Then and there
Manuel Moura determined to get pos
session of the treasure. Different
things prevented his search through
all the years that he followed the sea,
but the thought of the piles of yellow
gold awaiting him never left his mind
day or night.
Moura became deep sea diver, and
a long time ago he recovered large
quantities of gold and silver coin from
several sunken ships near the Cape
Verde islands. 1t was 40 years ago
that Moura spent two years diving
for treasure at Cape Verde At that
time he brought up from the NAV OF
the sea between $1,000 and $4,000 in
gold coin, recovered from rotting tim
bers of lost Spanish pirate ship.
That he did this is an unquestioned
fact, as he had long legal contest in
the courts of Rhode Island over his
share of it with merchant of that
state named Moses Green. He had
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-14

business or to compete with existing
savings institutions which pay, In =
great many instances, A per cent per
annum. On the contrarw, 1t Is pro-
posed to redeposit the money which Is
brought to the postoffices in national
banks In the locality where it is first
received, thus making it Immediately
available for the financial and business
transactions Of the community to which
it properly belongs.
Expense of Postal Banking.
THE expense to the government in
connection with the operation of post
al savings banks would not be great.
In Canada, where $465,0Oo,000 have
been received and returned to deposit
ors in the last 80 years, and where at
present $50,000,000 are on deposit, the
total expense to the central establish
ment at Toronto, is given as $4,000
annually. outside of that city the
work incident to the sysem is included
in the duties of regular postal en-
ployes. In the United states the work
could be performed in money order Of
fees by the clerks handling such or
ditional employees would be needed.
The system proposed contemplates
the daily reporting of deposits to the
postmaster general, who would ack-
nowledge receipt directly to the pat
rons. The maximum amount which
would be received from any individual
is placed at $500. Postal savings de-
posits would not be liable to demand,
seizure or retention under legal proc
esses against the depositor.
"As the postoffice department (gov-
ernmenD Is preferred creditor, it
would not demand collateral from
the banks in the way of bonds. There
would be safeguard of the comptrol-
'er of the currency reportong regu-
'arly on the standing of the banks
that are used as repositories, and the
double liability of the stockholders of
the national banks would be an addi-
tional assurance of the security of the
deposits"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-14

but we may be sure that it was
manned by hearty dare-devils.
Cutlass and Pike.
Off the Cape Verde islands the La
Plata fell In with the pirate ship. A
fierce battle ensued and the La Plata
made the best residence that 1t was
capable of. but could not stand be-
fore the headiong valor and desperate
recklessness Of the pirates. The treas
ure ship was captured at last, and
when the English boarders, cutlasses
between their teeth and pistols and
pixies In hand. finally burst like n
storm over her high bulwarks, the
scuppers of the beaten La Plata were
ankle-deep in blood and her decks
strewn with the dead and dying.
Jean Rose, like the gallant gentle.
man OF France he was. died sword In
hand on the deck OF his ship.
What few survived walked the
lank. After the immense treasure,
which had been so CALAMITY but I'M
ayailingly defended by Jean Rose and
his swarthy crew, was removed to the
pirate ship. which Haunted the black
flag and skull and cross bones trium-
phantly at the main. the La Plata
was fired, and as the pirate ship sailed
away with its immense booty the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-14

bolt Lawrence Lowell to succeed
President Eliot.
Before the proceeding Of election of
a president is complete the overseers
must ratify the nomination under the
bylaws and a final vote cannot be
taken until seven days have elapsed
after the name is officially presented,
which will bring the action one week
from today. AS the sentiment of
Harvard officials has been strongly
in favor of Professor Lowell from the
time of the announcement OF Presi-
dent Eliot's resignation, it is be-
lieved that the overseers will ratify
the corporations selection.
Professor Lowell, who is So years
old, is the son of Augustus Lowell,
founder of the Lowell institute Of this
city, and brother of United States
Circuit Judge Francis Lowell and Per-
cival Lowell, the astronomer. He is
a lawyer by profession, but has de-
voted much time to literature, his
books on government and the politics
of continental Europe having earned
him an International reputation.
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ate with a favorable report from the
committee on postoffices and post
roads, the money would be widely dis
national banks in the districts where
the deposits were first brought to the
postoffices. The government would
not go into the banking business. The
national banks are to pay not less
than 2 IL per cent for the deposits.
the government in turn to pay the de-
positors 2 per cent, retaining one
fourth of l per cent in order that the
system may be self supporting. No
interest would be paid by the govern
ment on deposits over $500.
THE deposits would be guaranteed
by the government, as 1t would make
itself responsible by receiving them.
I'm some parts of the United States
the need of postal savings banks is
not as urgently felt as in others. In
New England the average distance of
the savings bank from the postoffice
Is about Is miles; in the middle and
western states 1t Is about rs miles; In
the southern states 33 miles,and in the
Pacific slope states SIS miles. The
postal savings bank would reach every
community.
$5oO, 100000 in Hiding Now.
while the money in savings banks
amounts to s3,660,553,945, only 1.6 per
cent, or $70,30S,5 43, is in 80 states.
The IA other states are fortunate in
possessing savings bank deposits to
the amount of $3,590,245.402. or 1874
per cent. This is of great advantage
to the latter states, as 1t increases
their financial resources and thus aids
in their development.
in the 80 states referred to there
are many localities where there are no
savings banks and in some cases no
banks OF any kind. 1t Is there that
considerable money Is held In hiding,
which is neither absolutely safe nor in
circulation for the benefit of the COM
munity. 1t has been intimated that al
together fully half a billion dollars
not today placed in any bank, due to
want of opportunity or lack Of conf
dence, might be brought back into cir
culation through the agency Of postal
savings banks.
THE additional opportunities for
saving that can be afforded the people
by postal savings banks in this coun-
try are made apparent by the fact that
there are so 624 postoffices, 10000 Of
which are money order postoffices.
The foreigner should be encour-
aged to deposit his earnings, because
after he has accumulated few hun
dred dollars he will not be content to
receive merely 2 per cent interest, |
but will seek to purchase a home; and
the moment he acquires real property |
in this country he becomes a better |
citizen, is more actively interested in
the affairs Of the nation, and at the
same time places himself and his de- |
pendents beyond a likelihood Of be-
coming public charges.
"The rate OF interest which the de- |
partment has recommended, per cent |
per annum, is evidence that 1t is not |
the intention to go into the banking
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-14
COURT DENIES BAIL
TO CAMERON
PITTSBURG MAN CONVICTED OF
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY Is
REFUSED FREEDOM.

Pittsburg, Jan. 13.-Judges Brown,
Ford and Swearingen, sitting today in
quarter sessions, unanimously refused
to permit Charles S. Cameron, presi-
dent of the Tube City railroad, con-
victed yesterday of offering bribe
to Councilman William A. Martin, to
give bail Following his conviction,
Cameron's bail was increased from
$4,000 to $4,000, and counsel for the
prosecution pointed out today that
Cameron had once before forfeited
$4,000 bail by going to Canada, and
argued he would not hesitate to for
felt a larger sum to escape going to
the penitcntiary. Ihe maximum pen
atty in this case is five years i'm
prisonment and a fine of $4,000.
Counsel for Cameron today filed a
motion for a new trial ana arrest Of
Judgment.
The case is the result of the Tube
City railroad scandal of three years
ago.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-14
TREES TO Be SCARCE
As DIAMONDS SOON

Washington, Jan. 13.-'The time is
coming in this country when trees
VIII he as scarce as diamonds unless
limited steps are taken to preserve
our forests
This was the dark picture in an ad-
dress by Secretary OF Agriculture Will
son at the 18th annual meeting of
the American Forestry association here
today. The secretary declared that
our forest growth is getting scarcer
and scarcer every day and that we
are using three times as much wood
as we are growing
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-14

doomed galleon blew up and soon sank
beneath the surface with it's load OF
slaughtered sailors.
The victors, however, were not des-
tined to escape with their ill-gotter
treasure, and that night, when the
fierce buccaneers were celebrating
their recent victory with wine and
rum and wassail, a tornado blew up
from the west and soon the corsair
was fleeing like some frightened thing
through a howting storm.
On and on through the black wrack
of wind and wave, while the lightning
flashed and the heavens seemed to
split asunder the wicked ship flew.
She ran to destruction, for at mid
night. at terrific speed, she was dashed
with frightful violence on the rock
bound coast of one of the Cape Verde
islands. In an hour the doomed ves-
sci had been beaten to pieces on the
Jagged rocks and every soul on board.
with one or two exceptions had mis-
erably persisted.
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PENSION ALLOWANCE
CONSIDERABLY LESS

Washington, Jan. 13.-An appropria-
ton of $1e1, 01S000 for pensions was
agreed to today by the committee on
appropriations in their drafting of the
annual pensions appropriation bill,
This amount is over 50, 600, 900 less than
the appropriation last year, which
was $163, 053 900. In the report to the
house it was shown that the republic
has e. pended since it's beginning 49,,
751, los. 500 in pensions. The committee
inserted In the bill provision that
the is pension agencies throughout the
country be reduced to one, to be To-
Gated in Washington. Congress has
twice failed to agree to such a pro-
posal
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-14
q 6 6 DRIVES OUT
RHEUMATISM

Rheumatism
blood cells which nouhmen
bodies Uric acid irritating nfammator accumulation gets
the circulation because of physical instead
noushng and ingoratng the body
different tissues muscles
condition The pains and aches other
toms OF Rheumatism never cured until particle
the driven from the blood s. does this because perfect
blood purifier 1t down the bottom purfes and
ceanses the circulation
maisn from the Plase iniments soothing lotions
be used for the temporary relief bring
be effected until
makes health sustaining fluid bring
relief comfort those who suffer with
tism and medical advice free to all who
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co., ATLANTA, GA.
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NATION NEEDS POSTAL
BANKS
POSTMASTER GENERAL GIVES
GOOD REASONS FOR iMME.
date ACTION.

Chicago, Jan. 13.--Postmaster Gem
eral Meyer has added new factor
to the postal savings debate in the
senate by making public at last ev-
tensive facts and figures gathered by
the postoffice department showing the
results of the postal savings bank sys-
tenn abroad and probable results In
this country. In an article written for
the "Woman's World" of Chicago, he
makes clear the attitude of the ad-
ministration toward the bills now be-
fore congress and makes vigorous
defense Of system which he claims
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-14
Caught in the Rain.

Caught in the Rain.
then cold and a cough-let It run
on-get pneumonia or consumption,
that's all. No matter how you get
your cough, don't neglect it-take
Billiards. Horehound Syrup and you'll
be over 1t in no time. The sure cure
for coughs, colds, bronchitis and all
pulmonary diseases in young and old.
Sold by Geo. Freisheimer.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-14

To Remove Ink From Brown Boote-
Rub we'll, first with a solution of OK
allie acid, and then with solution of
chloride of lime. Repeat the operation
If necessary, and finally polish with
any good brown boot polish
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A few survivors we're thrown up on
the beach. and there were rescued by
kind-hearted natives.
Here appears the most marvellous
part of this true story. The survi-
vors or at least one Of them, remained
on the island, and through him and
his descendants came down by word
of mouth for more than two centuries
the tale OF the fate that black night
years ago which overlook the sea
wolves and the immense treasure
which lay fathoms deep amid the ribs
of their shattered ship off that IRON
bound coast.
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.B<T@0HEy

Fifteen men on the dead mans
chest
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil has done for the
rest
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle OF RUM
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IS CHOSEN
TO SUCCEED ELIOT

Boston, Jan. 13.,-The Harvard cor
poration today elected Professor Alb
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-14
Manuel Moura.

Manuel Moura is direct descendant
of one of the survivors of the wild
crew that persisted that awful night
off the coast of the island. Down to
him came, over 40 years ago, the ac-
count OF the great booty at the bot
tom of the sea-. a tale strange but
true, poured into his Fascinating ears
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-14

turned the treasure over to Green
for safe-keeping as it was taken from
the sea- He eventually recovered MS
share of it from Green. The court rec
ords Of this celebrated case are open
to all who care to read.
The expedition which was so sue
cessful in recovering part OF that
treasure sailed from Providence In
1868. After repeated failures IT To-
Gated several wrecks on the Bona
Vista reef There three iron boxes or
gold were found. These were located
close to where the great treasure OF
the sunken pirate, with $9,OOo,Ooo In
gold, lay.
A Life of Adventure.
Moura made many other expeditions
in search of valuables and treasures
lost in other ships, but never did ne
fail to remember that on that hidden
reef, unknown to others, there was
still waiting for him treasure large
enough to buy a principality.
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/
Moses Green expedition, Moura and
an assistant remained in the Cape
| Verde islands to hunt for an English
vessel cast away in 184S His assls-
| tant was John Nelson, another daring
| deep-sea diver and ocean rover. The
English ship was brig, and she was
loaded with railroad iron and money.
The money and cargo were to be used
in building a railroad, the first ever
projected in Africa. Moura had heard
of the fate of the brig from woman
who kept hotel in the islands. Her
son, who was on the lost ship, had
spent several years in an unsuccess-
full attempt to recover the money and
part of the cargo.
This man had saved the manifest of
the brig. Moura saw 1t, and he COM
menced work to recover the treasure.
He located the brig and eventually
found the chest, partially covered with
sand. The lighter with which he
worked was poorly equipped, and the
chest was too heavy to be removed
from it's bed Of clinging sand with the
weak rigging with which he had to
delve. While he was at work he was
seized with yellow faver and was
forced to return home.
These adventures in search of buried
treasure are only a few Of the stir
ring episodes in the adventurous life
of the brave old diver.
Still After the Gold.
Moura is now too old for diving, but
he is anxious to get younger men in
terested with him, that he may make
q successful effort to recover the
other and far greater treasure that
still lies fathoms deep off the Cape
Verde, and above which the skeleton
eyes of those old English pirates keep
a ghostly watch and ward. 1t is there
and only awaits determined effort
on the part of some few venturesome
souls to lift it from its centuries old
resting place amid the shattered hulk
of the sunken freebooter of the Span
ish main.
Moura has a chart showing the exact
location on the hidden reef where the
lost pirate ship rests with its immense
golden treasure. w. JONES.