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Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

Should those grim figures be veri-
fled, the loss OF the Titanic-costliest,
most powerful, greatest, Of all the
ocean fleet-while speeding westward
on her maiden voyage, will take rank
in maritime history as the most terri
BILE of all recorded disasters of the sea.
There is no information as to those
who are among the saved, and the
greater number of the unfortunates
who must be numbered with the lost.
The officers of the White Star Com
pany themselves have been able to
learn no details of the horror that will
carry grief into a thousand American
homes, some of them among the
proudest in the metropolis.
One point is known from which may
be derived sad satisfaction in a des-
perate situation where the salvation of
all was not possible:
The women and children were cared
for first.
These were sent away in the first
of the boats launched from the sinking
ship, the only boats, apparently. which
did not share the fate of the man.
moth vessel.
America and Britain are spared the
horrors that attended the sinking of
the French liner La Bourgoyne in 1895
when the women and children were
trampled under foot and cut down
with knives amid the mad rush of the
panic-stricken crew for first places in
the ships boats.
of hn
dicated that the Titanic had been Ill
collision with an iceberg not long af-
ter 10 o'clock Sunday night.
1t appears, therefore, that this most
splendid of modern steam-power ere
ations, equipped with every device fol
the safeguarding of life at sea, lie
mained afloat only little more thar
four hours after she sustained the
mortal thrust that sent this $4,000,
900 creation to the bottom of the ses
with her precious freight of human
lives, ere ever she had completed he
first transatlantic trip.
OF the conditions which made tn,
disaster possible as little definite III
formation is available as is accurate
knowledge of it's terrible results.
It is a natural assumption that sucl
a collision could not happen except il
a dense fog.
The weather station at Cape Race
N. F., however, reported that tn
weather was fair and that a fres
wind was blowing from the west.
The temperature was slightly aboy
the freezing point, recording 33' i
The barometer at that time registero
1920 inches, indicating an absence
fog.
Should the present estimates of III
fatalities be sustained, no martin
disaster in the history of the deep Sc
voyaging approaches in magnitud
that of the loss of the Titanic.
The Atlantic went down in lsI
with loss of 574 lives.
The day when SIMPSONS ships d'
stroyed the Spanish fleet at Santiag
the Bougoyne met her fate in collisio
with another vessel and her victim
numbered 571.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18
Use Aliens Foot Ease

The antiseptic powder to be shaken into
the shoes for tired, tender, smarting, ach.
ing, swollen feet. 1t makes your feet feel
easy and makes walking a Delight. Sold
everywhere, 25c. For free trial package,
address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

Rather than lose out at the last min
ute, the bride will promise to obey
but she always has her fingers
crossed.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18
his Work.

AN electrician ought to be social
success"
why an electrician especially"
Because he is SO well posted on
current topics"
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

Women lean toward mystery. but
men lean toward mastery.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

It's practically impossible for a man
to form an impartial opinion OF him
self.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18
THE GREAT DISASTER
IN A FEW
WORDS

Name of I.iner-Titnnic. white
star, biggest vessel built.
Number aboard Liner-2,15O.
Number Saved-075. zone late
report says probably S60.)
Number believed Lost-1,304.
Monetary Loss-Approximate
x1O,OOO,OOO.
Majority of saved were Women
and children.
Four Denver persons believed
to have been on Titanic. Two
known TO have been.
Location OF Disaster - 1000
miles east of New York; 600
miles east Of Halifax.
Number of Passengsrs-1,81O.
Largest list of prominent people
which ever sailed ON one vessel
at ono time.
Number of Crew-S60.
Cause Of Disaster - C0l1ision
Distance Made After Collision
Ia miles.
Cunard Liner Carpathia and
Allan Liners Partisan and vlf-
ginian first vessels to reach
scene.
Aid summoned by wireless.
Collision sunday night 10 o.
clock, Titanic sank .. n. Men
day.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18
Cooking as an Art
Frost-What kind Of cook is DaW-
ber's wife?
Snow-Impression

Garfield Tea, by purifying the blood, eradL
ates Rheumatism, Dyspepsia and many
chronic ailments.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

PILES CURED IN TO IL DAYS
Your druggist viii refund money II PAZO ONT
AENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 10 II days. 5Oc.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful. clear
white clothes. All good grocers.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

he is kept too busy at work to spend
1t.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

"Pink Eye" II Epidemic In the Spring.
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Reliable Relis
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

If girl really wants mans love
she returns It.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

Many a married man has a chaperon
in his wife.
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

Surgical Institute and physician Of large experience and
practice the first to make ALrsRATvB EXTRACT q
roots, without q particle Of alcohol or narcotic.
the great benefit received from the Of medicines
fc three
would the
and
and
took the Golden Medical Discovery
troub ! shall always your mcdicn
Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets regulate liver and bowels
Gilpin observer., 1912-04-18

A BLOOD MEDICINE WITHOUT ALCOHOL.
sicidal the body alcohol white
Diseases
Of eand
rubbish which accumulated durina the winter
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30

ippe Egalite after having voted
for the death of Louis XVI. had to
stand for an hour before his own
head was cut off. 1t Is much remem-
bered for Its orgies during the Re-
gency.
But to mans credit, be it noted, that
this old palace is most wildly re-
membered because here Camille Des-
mouths harangued the people and dis
tributed green leaves and rallied
them to take the bastile the next day.
Napoleon /. used the old palace as q
resting place for his heroes after each
campaign.
Almost all the characters of his "Hu-
man Comedy passed through it. 1t
was the home Of the worlds vices,
where men came and went, grumbled,
shouted, jostled, blasphemed: it was
the haunt Of gamblers and libertines,
of officers on half-pay. rascals on full
pay, of millionaires who came to pos
sess everything and Bohemians who
came to see everything.
But all are gone! Now one dimes
there with ghosts. The covers are
still correctly laid in the restaurants
bearing illustrious names. but few
diners darken their doors. Everything
speaks of world that has passed and
Of vanished society.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30

York City. Certain British laws must
be repealed before it can be recovered.
however It is In one OF the out-of-
way places of the world and very lit
tie Is known by the general public
about It. The superstitious French
fishermen, unchanged in hundred
and fifty years, still await the return
of the fierce pilot to claim his own.
The Rock Of Perez, named for the
adjacent fishing village, is one of the
true natural wonders}of our continent.
When some convulsion of nature rent
the coast this rock was split from the
nearby mountain and left standing, a
grim monument to the caprice OF the
gods of sea and land. Several hun
dred feet high, with comparatively
fiat top, its sides are beetling and one
side is about two hundred feet higher
than the other. Once it was pierced
BY three arches through any one OF
which a small ship might sail. but now
one Of these has collapsed, leaving
only the two huge galleries.
Captain Duval was French priva-
teer who returned only small por-
ton of his loot from English and 9TH
er ships to the French authorities.
and after the declaration Of peace he
became an out-and-out pirate. He
protected the French fishermen and
was generous with them. They. in
their turn. protected him as the Eng
lish peasant protected Dick Turpin.
At last he was hard pressed by the
English, and having in his service a
Micmac Indian who knew secret
trail to the supposedly inaccessible
Rock of Perez. he collected all his
caches Of treasure In the maritime
provinces and brought them to Perez.
The Indian carried a line to the top
Of the rock and hauled UP a block and
fall. Then two prisoners were hauled
up, and next Duval himself. Boats
containing the great treasure chests
stood by below.
The tradition is that they were a
day ano a moonlight night getting 1t
all up. Then the Indian was sent
down and Duyal himself was lowered
away. His rapier was dripping with
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
MAST TREEs FoR The CROWN
Mark Of the Broad Arrow Was
Placed on Pines IN the Plymouth
Colony.

In the provincial charter Of 1891,
under which the Plymouth colony and,
the province of Maine were united.
with Massachusetts, 1t was provided
that all trees of the diameter of "a
inches and upward Of IL inches from
the ground, growing upon land not
heretofore granted to any private per-
son, should be reserved to the crown
fer the furnishing of masts for the.
royal navy. Harper's Weekly OBJ
serves.
A surveyor general Of woods was APP
pointed to see that this provision Of
the charter was carried into effect.
Near the coast all white pines OF suit
able dimensions were marked with the
broad arrow"-three cuts through the
bark with an ak, like the track Of q
crow. This was the kings mark.
Long after the revolution had oblit-
Grated the royal authority men who
had been taught in boyhood to re-
spect the kings mark hesitated to cut
such trees
In telling tree it was necessary
to bed it, to prevent its breaking.
This was done by cutting the small
growth and placing small trees across
the hollow, so that there should be
no strain upon one section more than
upon another VIXEN the monster pine
struck ground.
The mast was hauled out Of the
woods on one strong sled, whether In
winter or summer. and SO many oxen
were required that the hind pair were
often choked in crossing hollow, be-
ing hung up in their yoke by the pull
Ing Of those ahead OF them.
A mast hauling was great event.
and everybody within walking dis
lance came to see it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
ENDS PALA|s ROYAL
Famous Estate in France to Be
Transformed by Wreckers.


Paris.-At last it is settled that the
old Palais Royal Is to disappear The
bourse, or Paris board Of trade, or
Wall street, or Fourth avenue, OF
Paris. Is about to take the place of
the old palace, which was the adorn-
ment of the Paris Of our great-grand-
fathers. This center Of frivolous and
corrupted Paris Of the distant past is
doomed to disappear beyond redemp-
ton. The Society of the Friends of
Old Paris are powerless to save it.
Indeed, 1t has been dead this many
a day. It has become cemetery
without mourning, a metropolis with
out poetry. There is hardly a dream
OF its past that has not been de-
stroyed.
The great square is given over to
children and their nurses. No gid
ed successors Of the bedizened beau
ties of the past now promenade the
Galerie de Montpensier. A few be-
draggled creatures. nurtured by pow
erty. rather than by vice, occasionally
traverse this ruined Palace of Pleas
ure. Even the jewelry shops have
long since moved away.
In the beginning Of the eighteenth
century the Palais Royal was a sort
Of open-air club where people dis
cussed the happenings of Europe and
of Paris from world politics to pri-
vate intrigues, big things and little;
the Versailles and the opera; the side
lights Of history and the history OF
sidelights.
When the Duke d'Orleans of that
daycrushed with debts suppressed
part of the famous garden to estab-
fish shops, the shopkeepers made a
fortune. The Orleans family opened
the garden to the bourgeoisie, and
the latter opened access for the Or
leans family to the throne from which
Louis Philippe fell for having trusted
the bourgeoisie too much.
The Palais Royal Is remembered as
the place where Richelieu died, where
Anne of Austria saw the throne of
young Louis XIV. threatened, where
the bogus financier, the Scotchman
Law, sought an asylum, where Phil
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30

blood and when he reached the boat
he stood up, and with a harquebus
shot at the tackle till 1t was cut clean,
too high up the rocks for any one to
reach. Devil Duval" sailed away and
never returned.
For years the winds battered and
the sun and rains rotted the ropes on
the walls of the rock till at last they
disappeared. So many lives we're lost
in attempts to scale the rocks and re-
cover the treasure that law was
passed forbidding any one to make
the attempt without the necessary le-
galized concession from the governor OF
the province of Quebec. Only the wild
sea-birds, making their nests In the
top OF the rock, know the story of the
two prisoners and the chests Of treas
ure on the bleak heights. But an air
ship could learn 1t.
Carleton Island. in the st. Lawrence
river. was an Quitting place for Tory
raiding parties and an arsenal was es-
tablished there. A pay chest was sent
to the post with a large sum Of money.
The chest disappeared and its loss was
reported to General Haldimand at
Montreal. In 1879. Colonel Horr of
Cape St. Vincent. received a visit from
stranger. who requested the use Of
a boat and. being granted 1t. he rowed
to Carleton Island and returned in a
short time with heavy iron chest
covered with clinging wet clay. Col
oneI Horr. thinking nothing wrong.
hAlped the man row to the steamboat
landing and he was never heard from
again. In a few days William Majo.
one of the owners of the island. sent
boy into the pine thicket for stray
ing horses and there the lad found
the fiat-stone-lined hole where the
chest had rested.
There are two extensive areas of
buried treasure In the thtckly popu-
lated parts of the United States. One,
the lesser, is on the general lines of
Sherman's march to the sea. North
and south of it. plantation after plan
tation, town after town. have their
stories of treasures ranging from a
few hundreds of dollars to hundreds
OF thousands which were, buried for
fear the Union army would get them
Many were never recovered because
of the failure of the owners to locate
| the burial places. The surest way to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30

fleeing party so it was. dumped in the
shadows and horses were ridden
through the water to make 1t muddy.
Butler was killed. the raiders driven
away and the spoils await present-day
seekers.
While there Is some doubt as to au-
thenticity. there is said to be q $751;
000, 900 cache of Spanish doublons,
buried by Captain Kidd. on Esopus
Island In the Hudson river. not far
from New York city, while at the very
gate OF New York Is forgotten treas
ure Of many hundreds of thousands.
This famous treasure was lost when
the British frigate Hesarar. pay ship
sent in for the British soldiers during
the revolutionary war. went down in
the East river. It will be easy to look
up the old Admiralty records and get
the full information that may lead to
the finding Of the treasure.
The facts pertaining to Hopper
Smiths horde are as follows: der
Hopper" was very brutal and much
feared knight of the road on the west
shores OF the Hudson from Nyack to
the Catskills and he robbed the
wealthy Dutch In an unmerciful man
ner. He had no opportunities for
spending his ill-gotten wealth and
boarded it somewhere. At last he was
captured and before his execution at
Newburg confided to keeper who had
been kind to him that he had sacks Of
gold and silver and Jewels buried In a
spot on Storm King Mountain. just
north OF Cornwail-on-the- Hudson, some
i thirty-fiye miles north of New York
City. No search has ever been made.
In the hey-day of Mississippi river
steamboat trafao. a great deal Of sun
ken treasure accumulated In the Ohio,
Cumberland. Tennessee, Missouri, Red
and Arkansas rivers. A pay boat on
its way to Grants army at Vicksburg
with more than two million dollars
aboard was fired by some Of her crew
who meant to rob her. The paymas-
ter's men defended the money till the
boat sank. James B. Eads, who built
the Eads bridge at st. Louis and the
Eads jetties at the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi, invented an apparatus by use
of which he could reach some Of the
! treasure-wrecks In shallow water and
recovered several million dollars. All
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
THE WAY OUT
Change Of Food Brought Success and
Happiness.

An ambitious but delicate girl, after
failing to go through school on ac-
count of nervousness and hysteria.
found in Grape-Nuts the only thing
that seemed to build her up and fur
nish her the peace Of health.
From infancy" she says, II have
not been strong. Being ambitious to
learn at any cost finally got to the
High School, but soon had to abandon
my studies on account Of nervous pros
tration and hysteria.
My food did not agree with me,
grew thin and respondent. could not
enjoy the simplest social affair for
suffered constantly from nervousness
in spite of all sorts of medicines.
"This wretched condition continued
until was twenty-five, when became
interested in the letters of those who
had cases like mine and who were get
ting well by eating Grape-Nuts.
II had little faith but procured
box and after the first dish expe-
rienced a peculiar satisfied feeling
that had never gained from any ordi-
nary food. slept and rested better
that night and in few days began to
grow stronger.
II had new feeling and peace and
restfulness- In few weeks. to my
great Joy. the headaches and nervous
ness left me and life became bright
and hopeful. resumed my studies
and later taught ten months with ease
-of course using Grape-Nuts every
day. It is now four years since l be-
gan to use Grape-Nuts, ana the mis-
tress of happy home, and the old
weakness has never returned" Name
given by the Postum Co, Battle Creek.
Mich.
There's reason" Read the little
book. THE Road to Wellville." in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
Que appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
tltercsf.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30

lose treasure As to bury IT Il seems
The earth In some niysterious way
spreads mantle Of oblivion which
can not be pierced by the memory Of
man and takes back to her bosom the
treasure that was wrested from her.
The other area is in the east, be.
ginnig at about Camden, N. j., and ex-
tending north to Albany and thence
to Portland, Maine. In that field lived
the rich Royalist and Tory families.
The sudden turning Of the tide found
the Tories IN possession OF great
quantity OF gold coin. gold and silver
plate and Jewels; and fearing they
would lose these. they buried them
and then fied. Comparatively little OF
ST was ever exhumed and the area is
dotted thickly with localities whore q
search would be highly profitable. OF
them can mention q few only.
AZ Sound Peach. Conn lives MRS
Jana Tondan 1O1 wears of ase. Her
husband knnwing that IN tbe home
farn, ! voaltbv t,orv famiIv had hurled
cold hunted until he found several
nofs rnntaintn0 several Thousand dol.
lars aacb a ne,ghbor also acouired
sudden wealth which IL aid NOT az.
nIa,r Evavv ona l-naw tbara was :
great ioint family cache somewhere
near
n was lsrown for MANY wears that
On lord Edmeston.s estate near West
lmeston n y. his personal repre.
sentative Perdifer Carr. had buried a
treasure The nronertv known al the
Rurd;ck Farm having been bougbt by
Henri Rnrd,ck In 1880 was the
ste IN 9O4 j tenant named cheese.
horopgh nlowad into q case Of china
and glass hraaking half If Il before he
rea1i7ad what the ohstrpction. was Nv
reason ~ daaipn and malitv the re.
maindar however was worth ! small
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
Barber shops In China.

Since the Chinese revolution great
many Chinese have had their cues cut
OF, and this has led to the opening Of
q large number Of barber shops
throughout the far east wherever Chi
nese are located, says an exchange.
Several progressive business men or
Singapore, anticipating this, imported
large number Of American barber
chairs, and they are now unable to
get supplies quickly enough. It has
also been learned that the Chinese In
sist on having American hair clippers,
and refuse all other makes offered
them.
It would seem that. American manu-
facturers Of BARRIERS supplies should
experience large increase in their
Oriental trade.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
Polar Exploration.

Polar Exploration.
North polar exploration had attract
ed the attention of adventurous and
ambitious men for nearly 400 years
before Peary reached the top Of the
world. Search for the south pole has
always proved less attractive, and only
during the last 140 years have explor-
ers turned their attention toward the
goal recently reached by Amundsen. ,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
CHINESE WEEDS U. S. WOMAN
Fan shih Chen, Son Of Mandarin, and
a College Man, Makes Helen N.
Court He Bride.

Boston, Mass.-The marriage Of
Fan Shin Chen. Harvard 1910. son Of
q mandarin Of Tientsin, and Miss Hell
en- May Court Of Peabody, Mass. July
10, has Just become known through
q return filed at Cambridge. The
Bridegroom took his degree from the
Harvard school Of business admins
tration and the pair left for China.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
saw nIc School Of Whales.

New York.. Captain Collins of the
Wilson liner Galilee, which arrived
here, says he passed through school
of fifteen big whales of Rockaway.
He threw coal at them to scare them
away from the propeller.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
Couldn't Happen to Them.

Mike got job moving some kegs
of powder, and, to the alarm Of his
foreman. was discovered smoking at
his work.
"Je-ru-sa-lem!y exclaimed the fore
man. do you know what happened
when man smoked at this job some
years ago? There was an explosion
that blew up dozen men"
''That couldn't happen here" re-
turned Mike calmly.
'sWhy not?"
Cause there's only you and me,
was the replyl- Everybody's Maya
zine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
Laundered BINS Are Out.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sans first
batch Of Numbered bills. amounting to
100000. was put In circulation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30

Ideals in America are almost as high
as the cost of living.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
Comparative Possession.

Il have an abstract theory"
That's nothing. I've got concrete
cellar"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30


great perturbation and when some
English ships. probably privateers. APP
peared off the coast, the public treas
ure, the church treasure and the valu-
ables Of the wealthy citizens were as
sembled, removed inland and hidden.
For months the state OF suspense con-
tinued until the Spanish Admiral Quin-
tana appeared with his feet. Then
the St. Augustinians thought they
could safely bring back their wealth.
To their horror the three prominent
mepf entrusted with the secreting Of
1t. either could net ind it or pretend
ed they could not. One fed to Spain
before the anger OF his fellow-citizens
and his flight cost the lives Of the 9TH
er two. They were assassinated 30
soon as the flight became known.
The archives Of the Spanish admir-
atty have full record of the affair and
the true key to the treasure troye can
best be found by searching the family
papers Of thk man who fed. He never
returned, but without doubt he left
the valuable information to his heirs.
Where millions await the finder in
wilder and more uncertain spots IL
far more interesting ground than the
localities where thousands lie under
the very noses OF the townspeople, or
where the plow passes every year over
the buried trove. All through the
west are rich mines which have been
found and lost