Gilpin observer., 1912-08-08

and Palestine produces corroborative evidence In
carvings, writings and traditions that Ell Hadj
was a great treasure-collector, that the supposed
fabulous boards he is supposed to have found
once existed and that so far there Is nothing to
show that El Hadj despoiled that his
treasures were found and dissipated by his sue
cessors. 4 +f+s u ~fit fssEIrf
, Carroll Neide Brown In 1896 or 1897. discovered
nineteen Greek inscriptions built into the outer
face Of the Acropolis at Athens, in that corner
where there evidences of Turkish Roman
repairs. These inscriptions have been translated.
after great deal Of study of the older languages
and they tellqof the slowing away OF many gold
and silver vessels and in many cases give the
location and the date OF the burial OF them.
There are the troves Of Nineveh Babylon. Tyre
and Sidon; the gold of Ophir, Of Solomon and of
/ the eastern emperors. In eleven cases the dates
of caches. location and the value are given, and
there is inscribed note of treasure which is
Inferred with vase dedicated to Athena. near
the, Erectheum.a Twenty years before the finding
Of this tablet by Carroll Nede Brown the vase
referred to was found but the treasure was not
1t is expected that great discoveries will be made
at 9Hessaelek and Elalea by following out the d.
rections OF the ancient Greeks. siI 4IA .-t i
LIT has been said that the life Of the Dutch SOL
der of today consists of three periods: Anxiety
over and enthusiasm concerning the Life OF In
undaton dreams Of the buried treasure Of Soera
bayan temples; figuring off the days till pension
time" One portion of this is literally true so far
as 1t pertains to the troopers sent out to Sumatra
= Java and the other islands, after they have been
properly drilled and seasoned in Holland Over
one hundred thousand men are maintained in the
Dutch possessions In the East Indies where there
has been constant warfare for over one hundred
years, though the world pays It no attention what
soever, unless a post gets wiped out and then
there few lines In the worlds morning cable
news and that is all --"''''"p''' f5i|2-'' 20
On the way out the soldier will begin to hear
aboard ship of concealed treasures in the strange
Gland to which he goes, and never an hour Of tho
time he serves In the tropics will he be free from
the sense that at any moment he may pick up
the clue to, vast wealth. Many, men have gone
home wealthy as the result of smaller finds and
always. always there is the possibility Just In
front of their noses. 10 sul'AHD 7nl 40.
Strictly speaking the treasure.haunted temples
are not those near Soerabaya alone, for from
Acheen1 In Sumatra to Kupang In Tinor one Ia
never sure when one Is not walking over the site
a of a cache from some temple or shrine mot far
away The mountains are a, continuous ridge In
the center OF the long narrow slands, and In tho
dense growth Of the sides stand old buildings Of
uncertain age. though 1t is now believed that they
were built some twelve hundred years ago at the
time OF the conquest of the islands by people Of
oA oAryan blood and Buddhist belief from India A
great and prosperous empire of1oe existed there
falling at last before disease andninsular1 wars
?, When the final calamity hand and raid.
ing piratieab bands, according to- the MD. sauskrt
records. were devastating the realm, the priests
in each locality were compelled to despoil every
= temple and shrine Of the great wealth Of Jewels.
gold and silver and hide It In the earth IN caves
In the mountains. Then came the Moslem raiders
and that was the end of all hope of ever restor.
ing to the temples the gold and silver overlaid
work, and to- the eyes ears and fingers of the
idols the beautiful Jewels taken from them
Gradually the secret OF each cache has perfshed
saye in one or two localities where Buddhist
priests hdve been able to remain Continuously
and pass the secrets on from generation to gen.
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All through the East Indies are places where
pirates have, hidden, treasure. One, Of these, il
on the island Of CeIebes, on the Macassar strait
side, where' the great Dyak robber Sank -fuian
put in WITH his pfoas nndu pintas and according
to tho British Admiralty records took an eof his
wealth, ashoreband came boldly out to fight Tho
sloop-of7warv Nester. ionyto be6blown out of tha
water by her guns. As nearly as this can be
traced II was at the mouth Of a little river thnt
runs downd WI % the - sea between Maeasanr srd
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