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The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

known, but of less distinction because
at an earlier period and a less brilliant
example of the painters work. Mrs
c. T. Huntington has recently paid
S40O,OOO for a portrait by Neiasquez.
not TOO certain in its authorship, and a
Frans Halls brought as much year ago.
These prices would have seemed in
credible ten years ago, but they are
sound business today, taking the val
ues of the past fifty years, TO say moth
ing of the nobler claims of great and
magnificent canvas like The Mill
Landscapes by Rembrandt are rare
Not another remotely to be matched
with this exists outside of the national
galleries. No one of them has its full
equal The painting is the best work
in landscape by one of the greatest
painters of all time-in some respects
the greatest.
One of Mr. Widener's noblest chari-
ties was a gift of $2,OOO,OO0 to erect
and endow an Industrial home in Phil
adelphia for cr1ppIes. The patients
after leaving the Institution are edu-
Gated and trained TO become useful.
healthy citizens.
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

My story of finding buried treasure
on Eastern island. in Penobscot bay, in
cludes two other adventures much
more interesting than mine. and both
are essential parts Of the record, be-
cause one of them explains the pres
ence of the gold and the other shows
how l happened to 60 in search of it
Sixty years ago or more, in the forties
and fifties of the last century, snug
Cling was a rather lively industry along
the Maine coast Seizures of $4,000 or
$4,000 in value were occasionally
made. and life aboard a revenue cut
ter was not destitute of romance, spiced
with the smoke of gunpowder.
There was brigantine called Les
Trois Freres. presumably French, IN
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said he, with a smile He would saw
no more. but when next she saw it
she did like it back. 1t was thing of
dull gold. appearing much ike freak.
lily shaped nugget.
DR.. Dederer detailed the processes
by which pale. wicked appendix nav
be transformed into an object of art
and ornament
Il first prepare strong solution OF
pyroxolin, he said. in which | din
and wash the pendix repeatedly. THAT
turns it hard as wood join a small
piece OF copper to the appendix and
place them in solution of silver eva
n1de. while a gaEvanic current is RIM
through them continuously for perhanS
two days. The current causes thp sill.
yer cyanide to permeate eyery narr
and the silver segregates every atom
In the tissue and surrounds it com
pleteiy. The appendix is thus turnan
to silver Minute microscopic exar.
nation only could detect the difference,
between an appendix so treated ana
solid piece of silver. This can no
highly polished and is itself, of courSe
very decorative. | had Miss Corneli.e
appendix gold niatnd"
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APPENDIX WATCH FOB.

New York Girl Wears Late Portion Of
Her Anatomy on the Outside.
Miss Vera Cornell Of New York is
wearing her appendix as a watch
charm. Her appendix first was turned
into silver and then heavily plated
with gold Having first been taken out.
of eoursel and now swings jauntily at
the end of a slender gold chain. its
graceful fshhook form having a de
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moldering skeleton. The other. after
dragging his brothers corpse into
some shelter, haunted" Gil. but Kept
away from him in fear of his gun.
Perhaps the two had been set ashore
upon the island and had no boat with
them; perhaps their boat had gone
adrift. At any rate, they probably
expected to find water on the island
and had begun to suffer from thirst.
So the survivor took risks to steal the
water jug from Gil and then stole the
boat. He had just cast it off and got
into it when be heard Gil coming
Fearing the gun. he lay down in the
bottom of the boat and let her drift
until Gil overlook her. swimming.
when the last brief encounter took
place.
Gifs boat was never seen again.
Perhaps she sank with the last of the
Lenoirs.
As for me. | visited Eastern island
and readily found the white rock and
the stump of the spruce tree l took
line forty fathoms long and fas-
tened an end to the extremity of
the white rock and the other 10 the
stump, There was good deal of
slack. | had put a mark On the line
at thirty fathoms. and | pulled this
over to the west as far as it would
go. At the spot indicated | dug dill
gently and eventually disinterred
sea chest in fair state Of presery&.
tion containing gold coin TO the value
of about $4,000.
l had bought the island for song.
Gil Barker had no heirs. The Leneirs
are lost in the mists of years. / re
gard the money as my own.
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explorers, nurses, physicians, actresses,
shirt waist makers, cooks. painters.
writers, chauffeurs, sculptors. journal
lists, editors, milliners, hairdressers. of
ficeholders, librarians, Iaundresses, dec.
orators, teachers, farmers, artists mod
els and even pilots with a steamboat
ed in perfect step to the music of many
brass bands and band of Scotch
pipers.
From good many points of view it
was the best looking parade New York
ever has seen. Fifth avenue was lined
with onlookers for the entire line OF
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MADRRo's sHARPsHoorERs,

oiutlonlsts have an army whose lead
ers are chiefly able. educated men,
ianatlcally brave Their hearts are in
tne cause They will fight to the last
gasp. So the fight is to the finish.
What Revolution Stands For.
1here are twenty-seven states and
three territories in Mexico. The gov.
ernors are supposed to be elected by
Tue people, but all have been named by
Did% On election day paper is
ulousht 10 the voter with the names Of
the Diaz candidates. No other names
are Oh the ballot If man scratches
the ballot his vote is thrown out And
only 16 per cent of the people can read
or write.
he people of Mexico are capable OF
sreat heroisms and vast revolutions.
ne great haciendas or estates must be
uiNided. the children must have univer-
s"i education. the people must have an
apsoiuiely free ballot These are the
three things the revolution stands for,
anu who shall say but that from il
all there shan rise a new and ntrrer
MexicoY
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boat. Thirst now that he knew there
was no water to be had was tenf0td
more intense.
When he came to the beach and saw
the mast of his boat with the sail
braiIed upon it he felt sense Of safe
ty. followed instantly by the most
dreadful terror. The boat was some
distance from the shore and was float
ing slowly away i'll the light air under
the lee of the land. This. indeed, was
death visibly confronting him. With
out a moments hesitation ne Gung
down his gun and plunged into the
water.
The boat was moving slowly. He
overlook it without great eXertiOn. He
was an exceptionally expert swimmer
and Of such vitality that the cold Of
those waters did not affect him ex-
cessively. 1t was with vast relief that
he raised up his hand and grasped the
rail of his boat. But instantly black
bearded face appeared above him,
hand seized his wrist, and he was
thrust back into the sea.
This is the extent of Gils recollec-
ton. A gap of several years succeeds.
| know from other sources that he
swan to Gunner's island and was
found there unconscious the next day
When revived he was out of his wits
and raving about Lenoir's ghost 1t
was supposed that he had gone to
Gunner's island to search for the treas
ure, had capsized his boat and swum
ashore and had encountered supernat-
ural adventures which had overthrown
his reason. Nobody guessed that be
had really been to Eastern island The
scrap of paper with the French writ
ing remained hidden in the lining Of
his hat.
GiI's madness subsidized into a mild
and harmless form, accompanied by
loss of memory. For fifty years he
was q local character; Iatterly sort
Of gypsy and fortune teller,
I made his acquaintance two years
ago and treated him in an illness By
consent of the local practitioner and
won his good will. His partial resto-
ration to reason was not due to my
mfnisrations alone. but to a combina-
tion of causes too obscure to be very
relevant even to the professional mind
Suffice it to say that he experienced
a considerable restoration Of memory
regarding the events of his youth. al
though the middle portion of his life
remained q blank to him.
Perhaps his liking for me had some
effect in removing the subconscious
impulse toward reticence. At any rate,
he told me, piece by piece, the adven.
ture which have here described, and
on the day before his death he gave
me Lenoir's paper, which had lain hid
Gen and forgotten knew not how
long. Gil himself could not remember
when he had discovered and concealed
it.
AS TO what happened on Eastern
island fifty odd years ago the reader
has doubtless already formed the cor
rect opinion The smugger's vesse.
was not called the Three Prothers
idly. but because there were three
black bearded seamen who owned her.
After Captain Lenoir was drowned
the other two went in search of the
treasure. and Gil Barker encountered
them. One was shot ! found his
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less she was an out and out pirate
which gave the authorities much trou-
BILE, but was never captured. Her
masters name, undoubtedly assumed.
was Jacques Lenoir. a burly sea dog,
almost as dark as a negro, with con-
spicuously white teeth and a crisply
curling black beard.
In May of 1853 the Trois Freres was
observed at anchor under the lee of
Gunner's island in a hard easterly
blow, and the news was brought to
Castine. where the revenue cutter was
snugly harbored in the storm. La the
early morning hours a heavy fog
shrouded all things. In the midst of
it the cutter got under way. but was
soon totally becalmed boat with
muff1ed oars towed the vessel some
distance, and she was supposed to be
nearing the smugglers' anchorage when
a voice hailed cautiously in French.
and there was Captain Lenoir and two
of his men in dory close aboard.
No doubt Lenoir had mistaken the
cutter Ia topsai schooner) for his
own brigantine, but he perceived his
error instantly and tried to get away
He was fred upon and wounded along
with one of his sailors. and the dory
was captured by the boats crew that
had been towing the revenue vessel.
The point that chiefly interests me
is that Lenoir dropped a crumpled
piece of paper into the bottom of the
dory. probably supposing that he was
throwing it overheard, for he was not
fully conscious. and that a sailor of
the boats crew picked it up and put
it into his pocket. unperceived by any
body. Upon that paper. scrawled in
rude French. is a sentence which may
be translated thus:
South point white ledge to tall
spruce line forty mark thirty west"
After capturing Lenoir the cutter
sent out two boats in search of the
brigantine. but did not find her. doubt
less because the shots had been heard.
and the Trois Freres had slipped her
cable and drifted or been towed away
in the fog. Lenoir and his two men
were detained for some weeks. during
which time the captain recovered from
his wounds. and then all three were
released and took passage for some
port In New Brunswick in a small
vessel that was never heard of after
ward
While the three prisoners were in
custody story was circulated that the
Trois Freres. when seen at anchor.
had already landed her cargo and that
Captain Lenoir had been paid for it in
gold; that. finding himself becalmed
and knowing that the cutter was after
him. Lenoir had put the gold into
sea chest and had buried it on Gun
ners island In consequence of this
tale there are pits in the sandy soil Of
Gunner's island even to this day.
One man who heard the story did
not waste time digging on Gunner's is
land-the sailor who had found the pa
per. He was shrewd youth named
Gilbert Barker. commonly called Gil.
then about eighteen. and not without
education His requirements included
few words of French. enough TO en-
able him to get an idea of the value of
the document which he had found aud
to assure him that it did not refer to
Gunner's island. upon which there was
no white ledge" and no especially
tall spruce tree.
Gil knew that 7 n1oir's anchorage
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04
Revolution
In Mexico
Near an End

S$s.ss++%%ss+"S'|E+ ="
~u-m M con+ure OF the city OF JuareS
nv the insurgents is generaly
accepted as marking the Oe
Ginning of the end of the Me1l-
o, ro-o,ution 1t was indeed giorl-
ous victory for the followers oi N1@
dero After long and desperate nSut-
inc the stronghold of the federals was
taken, and a large number OF Dia1
men became prisoners. including ens
celebrated General Navarro Many OF
the prisoners joined Maderos ar"S''
and Navarro himself was pafolea-
This last act on Madero's part aroused
the anger of some of his band inciuo-
ing one of his chief aids. Generas
Orozco. who demanded that Navarro
he turned over to them to be put 10
death, as be has mercilessly condemned
q number of their comrades captured
earlier in the struggle.
Or0zco sought for time to create
dissension in the insurgent ranks he
was Jealous. He felt that he had NOT
been given proper credit for his part
in the successes and also because he
had not been given a place in the Ma
dero cabinet. Madero was bold ana
brave. At one time when Orozco
threatened his life Madero barred his
breast and dared him strike, Finally
the fnsurgent leader reasoned with his
disgruntled subordinate and won MIN
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

MRS HARRIoT STANTON BLATcH.
was the Liberty bell float, floral bell
hanging high and beneath it a group OF
Quaker girls from philadelphia in cos
tunes representing historic women.
Mrs. Belmont Didn't March,
Mrs. Belmont die not march. but her
organization. the Political Equality as
sociation. was in line Mrs. Wolston
Brown. daughter of the late Robert
Ingersoll carried the peace banner
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Batch headed
her own organization, the Nonens
Political union In this division also
was Mrs. Rlatch's daughter. Mrs Nora
de Forret. the engineer. Mrs kinkaid
and Airs Frances Maule Bjorkman
led baud of women from Colorado
and Wyoming who actually have voted
aud who got much apniause
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04
5000 Marched
In Parade
For Suffrage

- OMEN to the num-
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s500,oo0 FOR "THE MILL" "
p. A. 3. Widener Paid Highest Price
Ever Given For a Single Canvas. I.

p. A. 3. Widener Paid Highest Price
Ever Given For Single Canvas.
Peter A. B. WidPner. the Philadel-
pha traction magnate. recently PAID
S5OC&OnO for RembraDdt's celebrated
painting ''Hbe Mill" This is the lar
gest price ever given for single can
vas.
A score of years ago. when the Brit
ish treasury agreed TO buy the Raph-
ael now in the National gallery for
$250,UOU. the price was attacked IN
English newspapers as an absurd sum
to squander on a few square feet Of
paint and canvas. More has been PAID
for a HOlbein since Not long ago j.
Pierpont Morgan paid S3S5,OOO for
Raphael OF more interest than that IN
the National gallery because less
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BANNERS IN THE PARADE.
march, and there were frequent out.
bursts of handcIapping and cheers OF
approval.
From Other States.
The success of the parade. at least
the organization of six of the eight di
visions, was due to the Woman's Pc
htical union. of which Mrs. Harriet
Stanton BIatch is president The Wo-
man Suffrage party. headed by a brass
band. had a division to itself The
equal franchise group. the suffrage
clubs of the state and the mems league
formed still another division. with a
band to lead it. and there was final
division of suffragists coming from
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts. New Jer-
sey and Connecticut
The Pennsylvania group had one of
the two floats in the procession. This
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clde0ly art nou
veau decora tive
effect. Just where
the 'pendix is
lin k e d 10 the
chain there is en-
gra1ed Y era Cor
nell in Roman
letters. 1t is d ia
nous little joke
of the doctor aft
er he has shipped
your appendix out
of your system TO
display it in a
bottle and say.
"Ah, there's the
little wretch or
There's the en-
emy"' In this case
DR.. Carleton De
derer said to Miss
Cornell, w ouId
you like to have
your appendix
backY
II should say
notp" she retort-
ed.
When next you
see it you will,
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

@N4 41AN W lLzN' ~ - 49,
Der of 5000 par
ticipated in Amer,
ica's first pig
equal suffrage pa
rade. held in New
York recently. In
cidentally there
were eighty-nine
men in line, mem
berS of the Men s
League For Wo-
m a n Suffrage.
T he ON e n
narcherS CO NJ
priSed architects,
tYDiSts. aViatorS.
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04
The Battle of Juarez.

The Battle of Juarez.
The battle which resulted In the
fall of Juarez came Unexpectedly.
There had been several peace parieys.
Diaz had offered to resign if peace
were esta blished The insurgents weEy
suspicious of his motives and demand
ed that he resign first and let peace
follow. While. the negotiations were
pending Maderos men attacked the
city. He was forced TO accept the sit
nation. The city was taken. and he
made it his capital and forthwith ap-
pointed a cabinet to act with him as
provisional president.
There may be further battles and
bloodshed or peace may SOON be es-
tablished. but the insurrectiOn move
ment will not stop until the whole
Diaz fabric has crumbled into dust
The age calls for new men and a new
regime And this must be the uiti-
mate outcome. The army of Diaz is
only a skeleton of what it should be.
There should be 10000 soldiers in time
of peace. whereas there were less than
1900 when the war began. The rev
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-05
GARIBALDI'S SON
 ALSO AN AGITATOR

Rome, March 4.-(Special. )-Signor Ricciotti Garibaldi, the only surviving son of the Italian hero, recently ad- dressed letter 10 his friends exhorting them to rush to She aid of the Alban- fans who are struggling for their in- dependence. The letter was publish ed in the newspapers. and provoked an of hcial denial, which stated that no ex- petition of Garibaldians was contem- plated, nor would one be allowed by the government.
 Signor Garibaldi. however. has been interviewed by the "Giornale Itallia,' end states that for the past five years he has presided over a committee pur- posely formed to aid the Alhanians. He hopes that a new era would dawn in Albania under the Young Turks has disappointed. The Albanians are now in open revolt, and he was determined to help them as he helped the Greeks against the Turks.
 He added, that naturally, he would not ask permission of the Italian gov ernment to organize an expedition, but he was convinced that one could not be prohibited
 Garibaldi concluded that revolution is bound to break out next spring and when necessary he will lead his follow CTS to the help of Albania. He will not organize an expedition nor collect re- cruits. but will start when the time is ripe, if 1t is only with a handful of men, and thus continue the traditions of his father and his red-shirted fol- lowers
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forestall the readers delight in It's unrav-

forestall the readers delight in It's unrav- cling by an accomplished writer.
 Suffice to say Dorcas not only refuses herself to cover before fate. but she rouses in the man the belief that he IS the master of his fate. that he is stronger than all the foes that encompass him.
 Anna Chapin Ray in this work brings cut admirably the fact that marriage is not the all of woman's life,' that though married a woman has duties to her fellow man which not to fulfill is to fail. There may be failures even for one learned deep in all life's lessons, but always there is the call of redemption for our own failures and for those of others.
 If there Is a sugar-coated sermon in this book 1t >is that there is high and helpful human association above and apart from mere sex attraction.
 It has been said that the American novel is a womans toy written for women by women. be that as it may, this book is one that may be read by men and women with much pleasure-and some profit.
 "Plantation Poems," written and illus
 trated by Eloise Lee Sherman. (Pub- lished by Frederick Fairchild Sherman,
 New Yorl), s1.25 net.
 A pleasant volume. after the manner that the late Miss Howard Weeden made so well known and so dear.
 Vignettes of old and young plantation people, people still so loved by the bred and born Southerner, little sketches of plantation creeks, worm-fences and springs and roads. These Illustrating verses which are woven about more or less Of the quaint humor that character izes your real plantation darkey, hu- nor that seems to be the very first thing Of which education and city life rob him.
 A quaint bit is the quatrain: Yes, maam. he calls me Nanny,
 But he ain't my chie at leas' He wasn't till I 'dopted him,
 Fo dat he des my niece.
 The verses that tell of jolly plantation love are good, De Gal on de Huntsville Road" and Making Sure" Indications and Signs
 "Education'' is a bit that will bear reading many times
 "The Old OK Cart goes a long way to showing us how good are the old, old ways
 Who Dat Knock is fine
 "Precaution' is full of wit and wis., dom.
 Below is entire the verse that will stay longest in memory:
 UNCLE NELSE'S DOG. Is you-all seen a dawg roun' here
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