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Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1911-03-24
WABASH.

The writer had he pleasure of In
speeding Linwood Grove, e. j. Davis,
proprietor, where the Barnett Expert
mental Farm is located, last week, and
saw as fine patch Of Irish potatoes as
can be found anywhere, There are IL
acres 10 the main patch where there
is about a 50 per cent stand, and they
can't be beat, uuder the present climat
ical conditions. Mr.. Davis has three
varieties, Irish Cobber, Red Bliss and
Rose No. A., on the farm and ii is hard
to tell just which is the better variety.
This patch is on ground cultivated for
che first time this year, and he has a
small patch that is even better than
the large ones, the ground being under
cultivation for the second year. Be-
sides potatoes Mr.. Davis has growing
on the farm some young beans, which
are also very fne The farm is located
on prairie land, just one mile west Of
the Sebastian creek ford and is easily
kept drained.
The Wabasso school closed last Fri
day after very successful term. There
were several prizes offered for good
work and they were won as follows
Miss Irene Smith, first Miss Olive
Smith, second Miss Florence Smith,
thirds Master Herbie Carl first SPELL
ing, and Miss Marion Smith second for
spelling. The school was divided into
Two sides, the Algonquins, with Misses
Irene Smith and Pearl Holt as leaders,
and the lroquois, with Misses Florence
Smith, Florence Haas and Nh. Daniel
Leisher as leaders, and they battled
against each other at odd times 10
arithmetic contests and at las. the Iro-
quois carried off the honors by the mar
row margin of one contest.
! Those receiving promotions we're as
follows: Irene Smith to the high
school, Pearl Holt and Daniel Leisher
to tho eighth grade, Florence Smith,
Hazel Vandeveer and Leroy Stevens
TO the sixth grade, Olive Smith and Bl-
wood Haas to fifth grade, Mary Eby to
fourth grade, and the entire FIRST grade
TO the second grade.
The picnic at the creek, which was
the closing event. was a big success.
The two biggest events we're the dinner
and game of baseball between the
girls and boys, the girls having male
battery The score was - to II in ia
vor Of the girls. Who says girls can't
play ball?
Prof, L. f. Gejger, after the closing
Of the school, made visit to your city
before returning 20 his home at Cocoa.
Mrs. Rhodes Of Espenola, arrived
here Saturday evening, where she win
spend some time with her daughter,
Mrs. Lamoore,
Miss Mildred Smith attended the
Sunday school convention in Fort
Pierce last week, going down Tuesday
and returuing Friday
Mrs. E, A. Holt visited relatives 10
Sebastian Friday and Saturday,
Mr.. Raymond Lamb was Sebastian
visitor Monday.
Mr.. Hillman was visitor iu Palm
Beach Thursday Of last week.
. Miss Elizabeth Michael was badly
scalded last Tuesday morning but is i'm
proving.
The thunp, thump, thump, OF the IL
rigating engine can be heard in almost
every grove now,
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1911-03-24
stockhoIders' Meeting.

The annua meeting Of the stockhold
ers Of the Indian River A Lake Worth
Fish Company viii be held in their
6fBce at For. Pierce, Fla, on April 10,
1o,I 7.a0 o. M. A. M. SAMPLE,
President.
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1911-03-24

Fairbanks. Morse New 7-H.P engine
Rs,drick Reverse gear, coil, etc., com,
plete, slt5.00. y NJ ! i'AA'
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John Wiborne, leaping to his feet ex-
citedly. You don't mean to tell me
that"
We'll. I've unraveled that old
cipher. and guess you won't have to
look far to locate the spot where the
plunder was buried-that is II the
bearings are o. X. But whether the
stuff's there now is, another question,
Of course"
"How IN the world did you manage
it," queried Wiborne.
sit down. light cigar, and I'll tell
you,' said Valentine. offering his cigar.
case and arranging his papers.
Let me premise by telling you that
I've specialized somewhat in the study
of ciphers. Yes. Now. we can divide
all cryptograms into two broad class.
es, arbitrary and hidden. In the lat
ter class we are not interested-the
supposed Baconian cipher is. an ex.
ample. Arbitrary ciphers are like the
one we are considering-where Ger.
tain set Of symbols are selected to rep.
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failed The next step in this line Of
work Is to look for the signs most fire.
quently used. which correspond to
such letters as A. E. C. 8 and so on.
supposing the thing to have been
based on our English tongue. That
brought me to my first discovery
which was that each letters is repre-.
sented by pair Of digits from one to
six-nothing greater than six. So l
made little table Of the signs and
letters oftenest used, all the time pug,
zling my brain to discover the me-
dium or the basis of e cipher al ha.
bet. These crosses and division
marks"-pointing to. the parchment
slip-"bothered me for bit. but at
last | hit on the trick. Your respected
ancestor simply used set of dom.
inoes Like as not he was a devotee
OF the game. Here, look at this table,
and you'll see what mean at a
glance" At this juncture Valentine
handed John Wiborne the following
orderly diagram:
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choose to call II. has been handed
down from father to son like all the
other heirlooms. As boy | was fas.
cinated with the story and Its posi-.
bllities. as I've no doubt were my
father and his fathers before him.
"One thing is absolutely certain.
however-nothing was ever recov.
cred. the cache was never found be.
cause there was absolutely no clue"
wherein does the present differ
from the past?' queried Finney Val.
cntine drily.
in that | believe / have stumbled
on the key" exclaimed Wlborne.
Meaning"
"The cipher which you hold In your
hand!" declared the other.
IT'S on the cards." mused the In.
spector, scanning the time.worn old
fragment with fresh interest. And
suppose you want me-"
ITO help me decipher the confound.
ed thing" quickly countered young
Wiborne. ~
Valentine nodded again and seemed
not displeased at the prospect.
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what else?" querled Valentine.

'What else!" queried Valentine.
Absolutely nothing, II you mean
documents" answered John Wiborne:
"but there's family story or legend
back OF 1t: also mystery which has
puzzled my family for several genera.
tions. II was reserved for me to
stumble across that bit Of paper, which
believe contains the clue to the
mystery and possibly the treasure"
Better give me the whole yarn"
commented Valentine. MY times
yours" Thus invited John Wiborne
began his remarkable tale.
Nearly three hundred years ago
my ancestor, John Wiborne, settled
on Whitewater lsland-whlch, as you
know. lies at the east end OF Long Is.
land. In 1889 he bought the island
from Wyandauch. chief sachem Of the
Mnnhnnsett Indians. the purchase
price being. according to the records.
one large black dog. q gun, some
powder and shot. two kegs Of rum. and
a bale Of blankets. the whole valued
st about Ave pounds.
"In the following year John WI
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And now. last of all. Just for clear.
ness sake. here's the message which
your ancestor left for posterity," said
Valentine, giving Wiborne a fourth
slip Of paper bearing the following
words neatly typewriter. land you
will note another interesting fact: The
message contains every letter In the
alphabet"
"Kidds Hoard. Mecox Point. Noyack
Island. Zero Wreck Bearing Six Rod
South. Five Jars Bunch Quick Grass
Under Stake. Who Finds Keeps"
"The old rascal exclaimed the
owner of Whitewater Island half
laughing. WHO finds keeps!' eh?
WI. we'll see about that! But here's
the Joke. after all: Kidd never dug
on Whitewater Island, and we were
all wrong! How John Wiborne must
have laughed and chuckled oyE tha
little. .fact,' 1MI ~
The 6kef may be d6dAi =
one, remember" said Valentine gitlfs
ly,9 Perhaps the whole things
blihd-the treasure may hayslS@
planted elsewhere. Or-anS IA IA
even more likely-somet " ynE
have been before you! II records
say that the Earl of Bellon{Sif, Nhen
governor of New York. dug tp Kids
treasured" y2t,ti
Possibly" assented Wbdfne,
though I'm inclined to negative both
suppositions, especially the latter II
those five Jars had ever beeR dug up
and found to contain the loot. Mhe2dis.
coyery would have leaked oAtF you
couldn't keep dark matter ltleSthat
at the east end Of Long Island.a No,
sir! If Captain Kidd really cached
his hoard on Noyack Island six rods
south Of that old Zero wreck. It's
there yeti"
Finley Valentine chuckled quietly
over Wiborne's enthusiasm. Apart
from the fact that he had done
clever bit Of detective work OF an un.
usual kind he was really anxious to
see the finish Of the adventure.
When do We start?" he queried, his
eyes twinkling.
This minute II you're ready!"
snapped John Wiborne. II know the
spot as we'll as do my own garden"
"All right" assented the othef,
slamming down the roll.top to his
desk. Gold or no gold. l want to be
In at the death Besides there's those
ducks, you know"
And although It's not strictly part
Of this story, which Is concerned mere.
ly with the unraveling Of the Domino
Cipher. It may be added that the five
earthern Jars. packed to their covers
with gold and silver coinage from the
mluts Of France and Spain. England
and America-dollars. pieces OF eight,
spade-guineas and Louis d'ors-were
dug up from beneath three or four
feet OF sand under a rank growth Of
quick.grass. and to this day Finney
Valentine wears one Of those spade
guineas as watch charm.
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Marvellous! Wonderful" ejaculat.
ed the listener. II couldn't have done
1t In a thousand years.
Valentine waved aside the compli.
ment and continued:
Now look again at the cipher 1t.
self. The dashes. the crosses and the
division marks represent the dividing
line on domino; the numbers In
brackets are the blanks. such as
Blank 4, Blank 8. and 80 on. And
seeing that there are 2S pieces In o
set Of dominoes. two more than were
needed for the English alphabet. that
clever John Wiborne discarded the
Double.blank and the Double.Ace.
so! Now we're ready for the
cipher and Its translation, one under
the other" handing the following to
bis auditor:
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B@@u-Cwo l+l
c=Rauh-& TIA
D=&4-7k... to
E=@M4laK1= 3-3
F=&uA4,41 NY
c-MA-4A As.e= l+s
H=&rA+- .+L
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J=7wo:Rnu=a:3
K=wo-Am=1:4
l=Mvh|o.-un
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resent the letters Of an alphabet, ar.
ranged In a particular manner. Some.
times another person possesses the
key-in which case 1t is easy to un.
lock. But oftentimes the man who
concocts the cipher has no confidah
or correspondent-he merely desires
to conceal certain information, not
much caring whether he Is found out
or not. That seems to have been the
case here-and corresponds with part
Of your theory.
Now. in studying the Wiborne
cryptogram-for agree with you that
Its author was scholarly man-we
have merely to deal with set Of ar.
bitrary arithmetical signs and sym.
bolA tried algebra; I tested 1t with
various combinations Of figures. cut.
ting out the odd signs used. Both
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Her Financial Instinct.

A young woman In Cincinnati who
had started her hsst checking account
and drawn against It rather freely. re.
ceived a notice from the bank one
day which read as follows:
Your account Is overdrawn."
She hustled down to the bank In q
rage and approached the teller.
There surely Is some mistake"
said the denure maiden. Don't you
see that only half the check book II
usedY
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The Meaning.

The Meaning.
What did you mean whom you said.
"A penny for your thoughtsT"
Il guess II was Just q cent. .I.msaut"
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GENTLEMAN to see you.

GENTLEMAN to see you,
inspector" said Nnney
Valentines uniformed at.
tendant, entering the great
detectives private office
In the Flatiron building
one beautiful May morn
Ing and giving him his for
mer official title. Says
he has an appointment"
Valentine took the oh.
long calling card, which
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Ioue calling cara, WHICH
bore the name "Mr. John Wiborne."
. Quite right-show him in." was the
reply. In the few seconds intervening
between the closing and the reopening
II the door. Valentine took from a
pile Of letters one bearing the super.
scription of Fifth avenue club. and
glanced over the formal few lines re.
questing an interview "on profes.
sional matter" The name signed was
historic one. among the Oldest In
the United States. and well.known to
any person versed in the history OF
the Empire state.
Mr.. John Wiborne on entering
proved to be youngish man OF about
thirty-hve. tall. norid. well.set.up; a
casual observer would have pro-
nounced him very English.looking
But he greeted the inspector with
quite un.English warmth. and In their
momentary handshake each took
quick appraisal Of the other and in
that instant recorded the dual mental
verdict. You'll dol"
BE seated. Mr.. Wiborne," said Val
entine. "and let me know how l can
serve you"
The newcomer laid aside stick, hat
and gloves. took dlscolored fragment
Of what appeared to be parchment
from his wallet and placed 1t on the
desk. Valentine glanced at 1t mo-
mentarily, noticing that one side Of
the document was covered with an
apparently confused and meaningless
mass Of figures and hieroglyphics
written with ink much faded and yell
lowish with age.
I'm half ashamed to trouble you"
said John Wiborne, but believe you
are the only man In New York who
can help me. And perhaps you'll laugh
when tell you that it's case Of re-
covering some pirate treasure, and
the redoubtable Captain Kidd's at that
There, told you SOL" he ended, noting
IN amused twist on the usually i'm.
passive lips of Finney Valentine
We'll. to be honest. Mr.. Wiborne, |
couldn't say why | laughed, except
that the highly.respectable gentleman
you mentioned and his rumored hiding
places have been more or less OF a
{tkn TO
thing like a couple Of hundred years.
However, Judge you want me to take
the matter seriously, so let's be seri.
Gus. I'm at your service. as ! said
beiore"N
I'm thoroughly In earnest" said
Wiborne. although know everybody
laughs when Captain Kidd's name is
mentioned"
"As | did Just now" nodded Valen.
tine. Il guess we are disposed to re-
gard some of the tales as myths, but
this seems to be something tangible,
anyway. Is this one of your exhibits
In the caseY" he ended. taking up the
fragment Of parchment.
Yes. and the only one" said Wi.
borne.
Hmm" mused the inspector as he
scanned the queer characters through
a powerful lens glass. Seems to be
come sort OF a cryptogram-I should
say rather intricate piece Of secret
cipher writing" Here is an exact
copy OF the mysterious parchment
which the inspector scanned
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-20
ADAMSON and
SAILOR JACK

Duluth. Min, Jan. 20.--Ed Adamson,
known over the whole length and
breadth OF the United States as one Of
the greatest wrsstlers the world has
ever produced has agreed TO meet
Sailor Jack in this city, some time next
month. The meeting with Adamson
will determine whether the marine
shall meet Young Miller. as Adamson
has secured a return match with the
little st. Paul demon, and the sailors
showing against Adamson will show
his class.
For over a year, since Adamson was
here with Billy Schroeder. the little
Broad Ripple, Ind, youth, there has
been a clamor for a meeting between
Adamson, recognized as the old mat
master. and the husky sailor. Now
that the prospects for a meeting with
Miller has frightened, for friends OF
Jack are positive that he can make
better showing against the veteran
than Miller, which will entitle him to
meeting with the little st. Paul man.
BY his easy victory over the Jap,
out on the Pacific coast, wrestler
who was generally recognized as the
coast champion, Jack has shown that
he is today one Of the toughest well
tiers i'm the country, and IL will take an
awfully good man to beat him. The
present winter, Jack is wrestling in
the best form of his career.
1t is expected that Jack will be in
Duluth within few days, when final
arrangements will be made for the
match with Adamson.
The athletic shows the present month
will be one of the strongest cards ever
put on here. Henry Ordeman. Ameri-
can champion, and a man who has a
: tremendous following, at the head of the
lakes, as this city was his home for a
brief time, will meet Rar! Lehto in
| finish match.
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new CONTRACT
A Big SUCCESS

Chicago. Jan. 20.--The blank con-
tract idea evolved by Barney Dreyfuss
of the Pittsburg nationals yesterday
came in for the official cognizance Of
President Murphy. OF the, cubs. Not
long ago the Pittsburg chief summoned
Deacon PhiIlipi upon the carpet and
dared him to sign the papers for 1911
No stress was laid upon the financial
end of the deal, but the 'tDeke' was
heavy on courage and took a chance.
Later he was smiles all over, for Drey-
fuss Immediately tackled on solid in
crease In salary.
Harry Mcintyre the talented spit
baller, Of the cubs, yesterday dallied
with the blank and likewise emitted
loud CALCULATIONS denoting satisfaction
when Murphy. accepting the document
fastened 10 Jot down the number OF
dollars and cents to be paid the big
right handler for services to be rendered
this season. Mac had read Of PHIL
Iippi's heroism and positively refused
to back water when asked to scribbEa
bis name at the bottom Of the cub arr
ticles.
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DOES NOT
WORRY Y0ST

Chicago, Jan. so-Fielding Fl. Yost,
Michigan coach, today declared he is
not alarmed over the cry that Michigan
will be cut off by eastern institutions
in seeking athletic games, and that the
wolverines will be compelled to knock
on the doors of the western conference
for readmission.
The Michigan director believes the
reports that Pennsylvania wtl cut out
the annual gridiron contests with
Michigan after tine coming fall is mere
~ babble. The only regret expressed
by Yost was the breaking OF relations
with Minnesota, But Yost said Michi-
gan had many golfers Of good games
so many, in fact, that it would be nee
essary to turn down a dozen.
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Will
RE-ENTER GAME

Chicago, Jan. 2o.-Frank Gotch,
worlds heavyweight champion wrest-
Ter, today unsealed his lips with def
mite statement that he would re-enter
the mat game after his voluntary re-
tirement. Colncident with this state
ment, the champion confirmed report
from Kansas City that he would meet
Henry Ordeman in finish match there
Feb. 8.
Eyes, that's right" said the Hum
boldt giant, referring to the proposed
match, land / intend to go right out
and clean up a few more of them" The
champion suggests that Hacken-
schmidt, Zbyszko and Mahmout meet
i'm elimination matches before he takes
on a championship meeting.
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club greet each good play. The master
Of ceremonies at one of these great
games is usually the head settlement
worker and he approves of the game.
College Men Play.
In a recent talk Charles Warner,
the head worker Of the Clark house,
a Princeton man, said that his house
had turned out on an average ten col
lege and varsity stars and any num-
Der of high school basketball players
every year. University settlement and
other houses are the same way.
Basketball is a major sport in some
colleges, notably Columbia, City col
lege, Rochester, New York university.
The intercollegiate league has been re-
vived this year, with membership in
Guiding Yale, Columbia, Princeton,
Pennsylvania and Cornell. Harvard is
the only big college where the sport
has been abolished, but this was not
on account OF lack of enthusiasm on
the part of the student body. 1t was
the fault of the governing athletic
body, who would not stand for a losing
team.
Yale, Columbia and Pennsylvania
have shared the hofors as champions
in the intercollegiate league, Penn
sylvania had a practically unbeatable
team a few years ago in Flint, Ke-
math, Lawrence, Klefaber and Nc
Nichol. Yale always turns out team
which is of near championship cali
Der, il not good enough to win the title.
The sport Is well supported at the
New Haven institution and is a money
maker, while baseball is a loser.
OF the famous players which Yale
has turned out one Of them named
Hyatt is still interested In the sport
and was recently elected president of
the intercollegiate Basketball league.
He was great player in his day.
Church and Noys are other good men
who have won their varsity "Y'' play
ing the game, having played with
championship teams
Columbia went through last season
without a single defeat and was gem
erallv accredited with the title, al
though several teams disputed the
claim.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-20
Tborouohbreds Disappearing.

New York, Jan. 2O.-That the horse
breeding industry in the United States
mas been nearly wiped out as the result
of the passage OF the anti-racing laws
by the several states is proved by the
stud book, just out.
At the offices of the jockey club it
was announced today that the list of
thoroughbred foals registered to date
this season was but 24O0, as compared
with 4200 a year ago. This is due to
the fact that nearly all the big stud
farms in Kentucky have weeded out
the best Of their mares and sent them
either to Argentina or Europe, where
their progeny will command better
prices.
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The SPORTS IN
FARGO TONIGHT
BIG EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED
FOR TONIGHT IN LOCAL SPORT
ING sPHERE-THREE WREsT-
LING BOUTS AND FOUR BASKET
BALL GAMES.

Tonight is rather a big one in the
local sporting world. Basketball which
has been holding sway in the winter
sports thus far, will be compelled to
share her field tonight with the mat
world.
At the Fargo college gymnasium the
fast basketball team of the Dakota
Business college will meet the Hamil-
ton five of the Two Rivers, Wis This
game is expected to be a warm con-
test, as the locals have not yet lost a
game, having defeated the national
A. A. u. champions of Portage, Wis,
while the visitors also defeated this
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IN THE SPORT
ING WORLD TODAY
Earao.

Fargo.
Basketball in commercial league
at Y. M. C. A. gymnasium; Interior
VS.. Globe
The Forum VS.. Key City, Aakers
VS.. Mutual.
Basketball at Fargo college gym
between Dakota Business college
and Hamilton team of Two Rivers,
Wis.
Wrestling match at Stones hall
between Olaf Refs and A. North
Two preliminary bouts.
Middle states outdoor skating
championship, at Detroit.
Wrestling match at Baltimore be-
tween Haclxenschmidt and Amer
icus."
Annual bench show of the Fox
River Kennel club, at Oshkosh, wis.