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A Spanish Ship Treasure.

In 1862 the largest bulk Of treasure
ever taken from ship at sea was
brought into London. II was the whole
Of the cargo OF the Spanish ship Her
mlonc, captured ON May - by II. NJ.
=. Active. The Hermione surrendered
To the Active without an action. and
the treasure was landed at Portsmouth
and conveyed TO London i'm twenty dec
Grated wagons, with British colOrs over
Spanish and M escort party OF sailors.
The strange procession reached Lon
don ON Aug. II, the day on which
George ~. was born. On being sold
the treasure realized f510, 7OJ Is. Cd.
and The share Of the officers and men
Of the Active was as follows: The
captain. l6J,053 13s. Sd. three com.
missioncd officers. each $4,000 14sy
ID; eight warrant officers. each
l4,33G IS. ID; twenty petty officers.
each Il,S0G Is. Sd; 1853 seamen, each
1885 ~. 4d.--Pall Mall Gazette.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-14
FEATHERS AND EcosHELLs.

The number Of poultry failures has
gradually decreased i'm the past five
years simply because people are learn
Ing that brains. Drawn, push and expe-
riencc are necessary TO the business.
Fourteen hundred dollars was
cleared 10y an Indiana woman raising
turkeys last year. Her husband cleared
$4,000 raising White Rocks. Your
turn next 60 report
If you are figuring ON producing duck
eggs breed Indian Runners: If il Is
market ducks. raise Pcldns: If It is a
duck for the dual purpose OF eggs and
flesh breed the Orpington, Peiin or
AylcSbury
The son ~ Cincinnati mliliona re
has elOpcI with an actress. ana he and
his bride have started poultry ranch
near Los Angeles, Cal May both Ven
lures be n success.
4 doctor Of Austin Tex. declares
that he has discovered process
whereby anything may be preserved
with skimmilk. II is said even TO
prevent the patent expiring on an in
vention. We know shimmilk will
often keep hens laying when others
have Knocked off and Is q splendid adj
dition 10 mash Tor finishing fowls i'm
fattcning crates
Perhaps you fui'"l in turkey raising
because like some others. you imagine
turkeys haVc np licc or can get rid OF
them thcusr!ycs This Is bnghousc
theory
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-14

longer TO mature. and the Duchess has
the unpopular feather leg. Good
iIomers raise from seven 10 eight
pairs OF the quality ana size SQUAD In
dclnnnd per annum.
Q. When I'm her lifetime does a hen
reach the point that she does not pay?
y. When she doesn't pay for her
feed. just pays for 1t or when the prof
It from her product Is not good rate
on the Investment. We have had hens
lay as well ms pullcts when in their
hfth year. but the limit Of usefulness
is from two 10 two and n half. SHOW
birds are different Some ROSTERS are
seen at county fairs ten years in sue.
ccssion and II rare breed keep win
ming till the last inning
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-14

DON'T WASTE TEARS ON RUDE.
Kind rriond. II you're squcezln' your tear
bag
Don't think that he's out OF Gods Snowl-
edge.
A-frsezin' in snow ten foot high.
Ruhe rocks 10y a roarin' big IRE.
A-suckin' rich. sweet apple jooce
les COY as that biz rat gray squirrel
That's sroo@in out there in the spruce.
His cellars chuck ian OF big taters
IN apples oE pUalSiTs an beets.
he huh house is stacked fun OF -four
Why. Rule Is list hustin' with eats,
The smokchouse is festooned with sas-
sape
An nangin' with bully good ham.
Yaller corn mush. puddln' an scrapple.
Dried snits. apple butter an jam.
An eggs. cream. slncarcase an butter.
Turkey. goose. chicken an duck
BY golly, a-boarln' with Ruben
Is list splenderif ,rous luck.
Then think Of them big slelghIn' parties
An kissin' them country gals fair!
Hooray fur life I'm the country
It's Ruben. YOU bet. that gifts there!
Go take Your tear bag TO the city;
Squeeze tears fur the poor city man.
Who rides on the street I'm freezer
An eats from "A rusty tin can
Go tell him King Rube has a-pienty:
His acres amt got nary debt
Call him to the farm with it's health.
wealth and charm.
The best place on earth you list bet
G. NJ. BARNITZ.
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Jury Penalties.

Nowadays no penalty is enforced
when the twelve men chosen TO form
the jury are unable TO agree upon
verdict Formerly. however. re.
fractOry juryman was committed TO
prison and the verdict Of the eleven
was taken. I'm the reign Of King Ed.
ward III. the Judges decided that n
verdict given by majority was a
nudity and recommended that the
Judges should carry the jury about
with them I'm cart ill they should
agree. The old custom that jurors
should fast until they had agreed in
their verdict prevailed long, but was
mcrcifully relaxed somewhat i'm Tu-
dor times, and during Queen Eliza.
bcth's reign a banquet was usually
given 20 the jury by the successful
party to suit.-St Paul Pioneer
Press
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kURios FROM koaREsPoNpeNrs

q. My. hens are splendid layers, but
they will mott late, and, thus | miss
some of the early winter eggs. How
may l arrange my feeding so | get
less cheap eggs and more high priced
winter eggs?
a. As melting season approaches cut
down the ration. omit from il as much
as possible egg forming ingredients,
feed feather former and keep down
lice. Then when feathers are falling
fast feed good strong ration and
plenty OF It.
q. Which pigeons do you consider
best for market squabs-the Runt.
Dragon, Duchess or Homer?
a. Homer. Runts give pound and
"a half SQUAD. but only two or three
pairs per year, Dragons take n week
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-14
OUR POULTRY BOOK.

We receive many letters asking n
we write poultry boot, and the price
We reply here that we do. Read our
rhyme and take IT I'm time"
Poultry Notes" is our poultry book
The only book we write.
IT'S edited at Riverside
To help you raise fowls right
Your not find hot air i'm this piee
But thoughts from one who strives
To help you make more chicken ca.h
And bring cheer 90 your lives.
What docs II cost7 on. Just tho price
THIS whole sheet comes 20 you.
50 send its editor your chccI:
He'll sa,-<'Bully for youvp
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-14

We have a specially pre-
pared receipt that we will
send to your friend stating
who the person is who
subscribes for The Leader
and is sending it to them.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-14

those ten pretty peppers. our friend
should have started with fewer birds
or should have tested the birds at the
shipping point or his express Office by
some plan, like ours for instance But
our little trick would have made him
wise on sex. for It is simply a matter
OF tail up or tail down as TO which il
female or male In pigeons The pic
lures tell the story
We have gone into lofts ana had
breeders pick cut pigeons that had
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W. 30 ,I5nrcwMk,
-
susk Canal Profit.

England paid Sl9.352U37 for her Sucz
Caual shares ON these in the last III.
teen ycars She las received dividends
aud Interest amounting to GG.GGt rs.
or considerably more than three times
as nuch us thoif total cost The in.
vcstmcut was mIdc overnight without
authority 1y tho ate Earl Of Beacons.
field Up to Jul, !. 1894 the khedlvo
Of Egypt got the profits.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-14

The two eggs 10 not always hatch
male ana female. as some suppose. nos
can the male always he told by his
size and actions. nor do opposite sexes
always mate ana nest. Hens have
been known to initiate the actions OF
the male, mate with other hens. nest
SIT on eggs alternately and In the end.
to the surprise Of their owner hatch
uit
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lovey doves were sold to n squad en-
thuslast for $500. aud each wrinkled
old hen had just llfty-nne husbands,
and when ten little eggs were laid and
ten little squads were Matched those
219 pretty pigeon ROSTERS had a great
squabble rs to who should be papa to
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-14

been mated and been raising squads
for years, and the trick worked every
time. Simply take the bird by the feet
and bcak If tail goes up, female;
down, male.
The male SQUAD Is not always largest,
as some think. The female SQUAD is not
always Matched last. nor does 1t die
FIRST on the nest as some believe.
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Don't make love 10 a pretty woman
unless you mean business, and even
then IL isn't afe."- Detroit Free Press.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-06
NJ n1cuAnn spuLANE.

Two men. as opposite in appearance
Ind in temperament as any in all the
he old ship Amphitrite in Havre one
December day in 1776. One OF them
Twas young, gay handsome, bright of
aye and sparkling in speech. He was
|;ma1l and slender, dandy and an eN-
|luisite. II ever there was one. The
bther was tall and of sinister counte-
race. He never smiled His dres was
|.areless. He was mass of bone and
|sinew. a man of mighty strength.
|rhe gay little dandy was Francis
Louis Teisseidre. Marquis de Fleury
In aristocrat of aristocrats. The big
|oudray, of common birth and known
10 fame as the greatest duelist in
France.
War and politics make strange com.
Eanions. The heart of these two men
|,ad been fired by the reading of the
I'd they were crossing the Atlantic to
|ffer their services to the infant re-
public in its struggle for freedom.
|rhey were among the first of the
|soldiers of France to answer the call.
Months later Lafayette was to follow
their example. The ship that was to
bring them was one of the three
combination of man of letters. mer.
chant. patriot and miser. was to fit
out with men and arms for the Amer.
lean cause. Strange how fate treats
men. Ducoudray. the man of giant
strength was TO fan from a. flatboat
crossing the Schuylkill and drown.
Fieury, the beau of the drawing rooms.
was to win honors second only to
those of Lafayette and become one OF
the great heroes of the Revolutionary
War
a Contrast.
But for Ducoudray the Amphitrit'
would have sailed promptly. He quar-
relied however. with some men VIII
were TO join the expedition. but VIII
changed their minds. This led to
duel, the thirtieth he had fought, an
II was not until early in January tina
the snip got under way. In Marcel
the old ship arrived at Portsmouth
Va, and the two soldiers lost no tim,
In Joining the American Army as vol.
unteers. Both were captains of en-
gineers. E'leury had served In ont
campaign in Corsica and Ducoudray
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dear to us: however you must not
measure our glory by the dangers we
run TO obtain IT, but by their utility.
Cornwallys, the Southern Lyon, has
been very tame to us; he had neither
teeth nor claws, God Bless him, for
he has done no mischief. We shall l
hope by this last blow get the better
of the british obstnacy to cnslavc
America
FLEURY
Dined yesterday with Lord Corn
wallys e ohara: 1 Was SO hold as to
inquire OF the Lord. why they took
so many negros. by God said he whe
had no other allies left In this Conn-
try. you forget did answer. your
faithful friends the indians
81 October 1881
Camp near York CYorktown)
With the war practically over and
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nap or STONY POM

he had command of regiment OF light
cavalry. and when Washington pro-
posed the attack on Stony Point to
Anthony Wayne and the question OF
men came up, Fleury was one of those
Point has been told in this series.
part in a more hazardous undertake
ing. All We're grave and serious-all
but Fleury. The attack was TO be at
midnight. Fleury had invited the gen
eral to be his guest at supper that
evening. The general delayed. and
Fleury went to see what detained him.
He found him writing. It was a let
ter in which Wayne outlined his plans
for the education of his son and daugh-
ter If death was to be his portion in
the attack.
Fame or Farewell.
As Fleury gayly chided the general
on being lax in keeping his appoint
ment, Wayne said he had q few words
more to write Anu this is what he
wrote in closing his letter:
breakfast? Either within the enemy's
lines In triumph. or in another world
then farewell"
In the dark of that night Of July 10,
1919, Wayne's little army crept out
toward the gloomy: stern, frowning
column, consisting of the forces OF
Febiger, Meigs and Hull. were to scale
the cliffs on the southern side of the
fort. The left column. consisting Of
Buffers regiment. was to climb the
northern wall. The feint in the centre
was to be made by Murfree. Mullen
berg, with a reserve force of 900 men,
was to cover the retreat in case OF
defeat. The vanguard of the right
column was in charge of Fleury: that
n ha 1nfY nrfa Sfn1y wi hny. VIZ ora
to aim to meet in the centre Of the
works.
Across the narrow causeway the men
waded wais, high In the tide. They
had not proceeded far when they were
discovered by the pickets. In an in
slant the alarm was given, and soon
the roar of the British guns awakened
the echoes of the night. But no re-
Spouse came from the Americans.
There was to be nothing that night
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guards tore away the outer atattis and
began the desperate climb up the steep
and broken promontory- Here and
there men fell, for the British were
the darkness was shield for the
climbing men. and the defenders fire
failed of serious effect Wayne fell,
slightly wounded. al the second abat
ped from the cliffs wounded or dying.
But up and up went the vanguard. 1t
was loo feet to the top OF Stony Point.
And at the top was force of 500 men
prepared for battle
Fame.
The right column, led by Flcury.
reached the summit first and rushed
through the sallyport of the flag bas-
ton or over the parapet. F'leury was
the first man in. With such terrible
energy did the invaders plunge in that
the English had no chance to con,
ish commander, had been misled by
the feint in front and had his men
scattered. With bayonet. sword and
spear the American swooped down
defenders time to prepare for Fleury's
force than Stewards column swarm
ed within the works.
The forts our own was the cry
OF the Americans
Mere, 81 puarte,. Mercy" was the
- tiAc Ii iLicii-
Fleury tore down the British flag
and Stony Point was won
"A little later General Wayne, the
wound in his head dressed and ban
daged, sat down to write again. This
time he wrote as follows
Stoney Point, 10th July,1779.
Dear Genl:
The fort and garrison. with Col
Johnston are ours
Our officers and men behaved like
men who are determined to be free.
Yours very sincerely,
ANT'Y WAYNE.
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GEM washington"

NJcH w
Mr.. Wayne, as the British persisted
in calling him. had breakfast within
the eneniy's lines and in triumph
Congress awarded medals to Wayne,
Fleury and Stewart In respect to
F'leury Congress decided that the rib
attached should be made from the flag
he had captured at stony Point.
HOnOrs
When tho campaign of 10 ended
Fleury applied to General Washington
for leave of absence for nine months
to visit France. He had given three
Years of service to America. and he
longed to see his native land. The
leave was granted, and such marke of
respect We're shown to the gay young
Frenchman as must have warmed his
heart. The President of Congress
wrote to him: Congress hopes that
your own country will show its ap-
probation of your merit" George
WASHINGTON. on his first meeting with
Count de la Luzerne, the French Min
lister, gave an account Of Fleury's
gallant col duct In the war; and asked
the Minister 20 bring 1t to the atten-
tion Of the King of France. The Count
said he would be most happy to do
washington that he had written to
the Minister of War, Isaid, II flatter
myself that the court will give. In the
person Of M de Fleury, a proof to
America or Cne SdLlSidCliol Will WHICH
It has seen that a French officer has
been so useful In her service.
The Frnech King was delighted
with Fleury and made him chey-
alier Of the Order of st, Louis.
Throughout France the young Off
Ger was received with high honors.
Back to America he came as soon
as his leave expired and once more he
was in service. In the siege and cap
ture Of YORKTOWN he played part
50 gocd thnt "a rens.o ,nf 100 -nvres
was awarded to him by the King.
CORVALLIS.
At Yorktown he was the same CAV
spirit he always had been, every
one. liked him. Every one was De-
lighted to be in his company, Even
the British officers were his friends
after the surrneder. With Lord Corn
wallis he was as chummy as II they
had known each other for years. Here
lis part of letter Fleury wrote to
James Duane, member OF the Cont
mental Congress from New York, sub
sequent to the capitulation:
"Dear Sir
~ have wrott to You twice during
the siege. hope my letters are arrive
safe into your hans. but could not
forhear congratulating you on this
Lucky and glorious event. Our Sue
cesses have not indeed costcd very
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but the bayonet. From the causeway
one column. swung to the right and
another to the left. Then the advance
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hSOAl GWEN TO FLEURY BY CONGRESS
The LtGEAD IsC' WIRTu7ls EJ
AUDAcIE HoNUh ET PREMIUM.
3D. htURr EoUTI GALLO PRIMO
nUD5 RESP AnERIc. D.Ds
IA HEnORlAL AND REWARD or
'KALoR AND DARING. The AMERICAN
REPUBLIC Has BESTOWED (7Al5 hEoAL)
ON COLONEL D De flEuRI, A NATIVE
OF FRANCE. THE FIRST OVER The
MALLS (OF THE ENEnI)
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went TO South America TO make some
tn,pnn u, In venezuela he was
men They went far into the anterior
and were engaged nearly year in
r Their work n When they returned 70
the regiment of Pondichery. and a few
years later was promoted to be mere.
chal dc camp
The GullIotine.
Dark days were dawning now in
France devs SO dirk that even tho
blithc spirit of Francois Tleury must
was entering upon that 'errib'A per
iod Of blood and terror that makes Zip
one of the most awful chapters OF
the worlds history. As soldier
As nobleman his sympathy probably
would have been with the old regime
had it not been for his republican
training In America.
In the days when France. after
guillotining the King. was assailed
by nearly NIL the powers OF Eurone,
Tleury fought in the Army OF the
North. He WAS the same good sold
the Republic OF the United States.
But he was noble. and as such.
in the Reign of Terror, was under
suspicion NO one was safe Robes.
pierre ruled. and he was athirst for
biod. France was a slaughter house,
and men and women were turned to
vsaages. ON the 27th of June. l7si.
Francois Flenry. as CHEEKY soul and
as brave heart as in all that onco
smiling land. assembled the scaffold.
In the tumbril just behind him was
the Prince de Brogiie, another noble
man who sought fame on Americas
batt1cfields. What terrors had death
for a man who had faced 1t on III.
chffs Of Stony Point? The axe fell;
some Nine. Defarge, PERHAPS. knitted
another red thread. and the spirit OF
F'leurv had gone to its Maker.
There IS n story that when he went
to the guiIlotine he wore on his breas,
the medal OF Stony Point with the
ribbon made out OF a bit OF the British
flag that he tore down Maybe tho
story is true. II II Is. the medal had
some strange wanderings from that
June day in 1894.
In a garden in Princeton, N j.. TO.
ward the close OF April 1850. boy
doigging in tho soil turned up a piece
OF metal 1t was the medal OF Fran
co.'s Fleury How 1t got there will
remain a mystery forever, perhaps.
1t now is In the Vattemare collection
of the Bfbliobeaue Rationale of Paris.
1910. by Richard spillane>
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COMET EXCITES
GREAT INTEREST
WANDEI{S FROM PREDICTED OR
BIT-POISON IN ITS TAIL AGAIN.
SURPRISES MAY FOLLOW.

PARIS Special.-Asctronom in
France are making observations on
Halleys comet that are attracting the
greatest interest. Maurice Hamy, of
the Paris observatory, reports that
the length of the tail has increased
from five to ten degrees in three days.
Poisonous Gas Reappears.
Professor Deslandres, Of the Uni
verSity of Dion. finds a temperance
IN the spectroscOpe of cyanogen. the
poisonous gas which was observed in
January and February. but which dis
appeared in March. In his report he
says that the hypothesis that the gas
is liable to affect the terrestrial at
mosphere would not be at all absurd
on the other hand. Camille Flam-
marion thinks that the tail of the
comet is simply an optical phenome-
non produced by the fight through
ether. similar to the wake of a ship
at sea-
M. Marchand maintains that the
comet shows important variations
from it's predicted orbit, which pres
ege unexpected surprises.
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POLICEMAN ARRESTS HIS
WIFE AND DAUGHTER

NEW YORK Special.-PolicemaH
Philip Oppenhefn ended a quarrel be
tween his wife and daughter Tuesday
DF arreSting both on a charge of uts
orderly conduct and taking them to
his own station in the patrol wagon.
Mrs. Oppenheim. a handsome wo-
man Of forty-five is Oppenheim's sec
ond wife. Annie. who is now Mrs
Johnson. lives on Staten Island. and is
about twenty-five, is a daughter by
the first Mrs. Oppenheim. Mrs. John
son called in the afternoon To see her
rather at his home, ~ Benjamin St
Corona.
Just what the quarrel started about
Oppenheim did not say. Apparently
he paid little heed to IL while the
TWO women were content to carry il
on indoors. But he could not stand
II any longer when they carried the
shindy into the street. Without more
'do Oppenheim rang for the patrol
wagon, arrested wife and daughter.
ana drove away with them to b,.
station at Newtown, Queens
After the two had been put in the
cell and were cOnsoling one another
WIN tears. Oppenneim went for q
friend. Cornelius j. Burke, a hotel
proprietor. Grand Avenue. Newtown
who gave bail for the daughter.
Later the friends of Mrs. Oppenhein
enlisted the services of Michael =
Quinn of 5O7 Ninth Avenue. Man
haitian President of the Huron Cigar
company. who gave bail for the no
liCeman's wife.
The story is 10 he continued this
morning at the Flushing Police Court.
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paid a bin OF 81. Just as reached
the depot he continued. Il ran my
hand into my pocket and pulled out
penny. vita which 1 purchased a
copy OF The Richmond Evening Jour
nal. j remember having il in my pock-
et at that time also. This was short
ly before boarded the train he
added.
Justice Crutchfield could see no rea-
son why the case should not be gone
into today. but" ne added. 1.-The
counsel for the accused has a perfect
right TO ask for a continuance. which.
under the circumstances. / have no
right TO refuse"
Mr.. Pollock wanted the case set for
the early part OF next week. Justice
Crutshfieid would not agree to IL.
ri hear IL either on the 2eth or
21st, but no sooner" he said.
Z AS the Goth suited Mr.. Baker. as
well as all others concerned. that date
was determined upon.