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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-09-12

fleeing party so it was dumped in the
shadows and horses were ridden
through the water to make it 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 $780,
100000 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. 1t 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 a 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 1t 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 Cornwall-on-the-H Hudson, some
thirty-five miles north of New York
City. No search has ever been made.
In the hey-day of Mississippi river
steamboat traffic, 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 Wcksburg
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
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-09-12

blood and when he reached the boat
he stood up, and with harquebus
shot at the tackle till it was cut clean,
too high up the rocks for any one to
reach Devil DuvaP 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 were 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 o.
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 it.
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 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 visit from
stranger, who requested the use Of
boat and, being granted 1t, he rowed
to Carleton Island and returned in a
short time with a heavy iron chest
covered with clinging wet clay. Col
onel Horn, thinking nothing wrong.
helped the man row to the steamboat
landing and he was never heard from
again. In 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 fat-stone-lined hole where the
chest had rested.
There are two extensive areas Of
buried treasure in the thickly 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
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-09-12
floor Plan tor tho General cellar.

with earth, but make your concrete,
thicker at these points
Next comes the mixing of the con-
crete. This work is done on a plat
form about nine by ten feet, built OF
boards driven tightly together 80 that
no cracks are left for the materials
to leak through The concrete used
for this work will consist of one part
Portland cement, two parts clean.
sharp sand and four parts broken
stone or gravel, of a size to pass
through two-inch ring. Spread the
sand out on one side of the platform
In pile about four inches thick, pour
the cement as evenly as possible over
the sand, and then shovel them to the
other side of the platform, turning
the mixture as you throw It and let
ting 1t slide off the end and sides OF
the shovel In order to mix 1t as 1t
falls This operation should be re-
peated. Next spread the stone over
the top of the sand and cement. Wet
the whole with water and repeat the
shoveling operation three or four
times, adding water when necessary
until the whole is thoroughly mixed
and contains as much water as 1t will
hold without running. 1t is then
ready for use. FIJI the footing trench
level to the top with concrete and
lamp It down we'll.
The forms for the walls should b
made of one-inch boards laid hori-
zontally and held together by 2x4 veI-
tical pieces nailed to the side away
from the concrete. They should ex-
tend from the footings to a point just
above the lower side OF the sill and
should be placed twelve inches inside
Of the bank for the cellar wall, and
nine inches for the wall OF the steps.
They should be we'll braced to prevent
bullying from the weight of the con-
crete. The concrete may be poured
in from the outside and should be in
well-tamped layers Of not more than
twelve inches. When the ground level
is reached outside forms will be
necessary, but they will be run up.
one board at time, to facilitate the
placing of the concrete. The top
board must extend above the bottom
of the sill and will be three inches
outside of It. This gives a chance to
pour the last Of the concrete, which
should be very wet and tamped as
much as possible. Holes should be
left round the snoring timbers so that
they may be taken out when the wall
has set. The holes may then be filled
with concrete, The window and door
openings are formed by setting the
frames in place before the concrete
is poured. They should be we'll brac-
ed to prevent sagging or bullying.
Half.inch iron bars, or an old wagon
tire, should be laid In the concrete
and extend eight inches into the wall
on each side. This forms a re-en-
forced beam over the opening. The
walls Of the cellarway should extend
at least three feet six inches below
the ground at all points Above
ground they should slope upward to
the top of the cellar wall, The walls
should be allowed to set for at least
two weeks before the snoring is taken
out Then the concrete floor and
steps can be laid.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-09-12

Every farmhouse should have cell
lar. This article is intended as a
guide to the man whose home has
been built without a cellar and who
wishes to remedy the defect, and to
the man who Is about to build The
use of stone or brick as a building
material is so generally understood
that description of wall of either
would hardly be necessary, Concrete,
however, Is comparatively new
form of construction which possesses
certain advantages over both brick
and stone, writes Donald Folsom in
the Country Gentleman 1t does not
require skilled workmen, is vermin-
proof, and If well mixed will be al
most waterproof.
II the cellar is to be placed under
a wing Of house already built, II will
be necessary to brace up the walls
until the new work Is in place and
the concrete has set. AS rule,
frame houses without cellars are sup
ported on isolated brick or stone
PAOAo vi WOOu pObIbs Ill llllb CtbO
there is wood sill or beam extend
Ing from one support to another, on
which. the studding or upright timbers
OF the framework rest. Under these
stills heavy pieces of timber should
be placed horizontally and vertical
pieces should be placed under the
ends Of the timbers. In this way the
horizontal timber forms a bridge sup
ported at each end with the sill rest
ing upon It, The outside vertical
piece should be set at sufficient dis
lance from the building to be safe
from any possible caving-in Of the
bank, and the inside one should be
placed far enough back to allow a
trench of sufficient width to work in
to be dug The snoring or bracing
should be wedged up tightly under
the stills and made secure against any
possible settling Of the building when
the old supports are knocked out, for
It would throw the building out of
plumb and crack the plaster on the
walls and ceilings. In case the old
foundation is continuous wall OF
brick or stone 1t will be necessary
to cut holes through 1t large enough
to receive the horizontal piece
When the snoring is in place the
work Of excavating the cellar may be
begun. The most convenient way OF
getting at the work under the house
will be to begin with the outside cell
lar steps. The first work OF excava-
ton should be in the form Of trench,
that extends entirely round the build.
ing to a depth of five inches below
the desired level Of the cellar floor
and wide enough to work in con.
veniently Care should be taken to
keep the outside bank smooth and
straight, for 1t will serve as one side
OF the form when the concrete Is
poured. In the bottom of this ex-
cavation dig another trench to re-
ceive the "footings" It should be six
inches deep and eighteen inches
wide so that It will project three
inches beyond each side of the twelve
inch wall that will be placed upon 1t.
Be sure that the bottom OF the foot
ing trench is of good solid earth.
Should you by mistake dig too deep
ly in places, do not attempt to fill in
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-09-12

232 feet, while the floor space would
be 1900 square feet.
Although these two buildings will
have the same floor space, yet the man
will have to pay for building u feet
feet more Of sides in the oblong build
ing. There will be similar waste In
the construction OF the roof Of the CO
long barn.
Supposing that 1000 square feet Of
lumber would need be bought, the
lumber alone would cost about $50 at
least When the extra labor used In
the building. the cost OF repairs and
the interest on this sum Is considered,
anyone can understand that It Is an
expense to be avoided.
Probably this matter is of the most
Importance in the construction Of
poultry houses and dairy buildings.
although even in such buildings the
form cannot always be made square.
yet the arrangement can be made In
such way that there win he no need.
less waste.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-09-12

lose treasure is to bury 1t. 1t seems !
The earth in some mysterious 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 fed Comparatively little of
1t was ever exhumed and the area is
dotted thickly with localities where
search would be highly profitable. or
them l can mention few only.
At Sound Beach, Conn, lives Mrs.
Jane Louden, 101 years Of age. Her
husband, knowing that on the home
farm wealthy Tory family had buried
gold, hunted until he found several
pots containing several thousand dol
lars each. A neighbor also acquired
sudden wealth which he did not ex-
plain. Every one knew there was a
great joint family cache somewhere
near.
1t was known for many years that
on Lord Edmeston's estate near West
Edmeston, N. Y, his personal repre-
sentative, Perdifer Carr, had buried a
treasure. The property known as the
Burdick Farm, having been bought by
Henry F. Burdick in 1850, was the
site. In 1904 tenant named Cheese
borough plowed into a case OF china
and glass, breaking half of it before he
realized what the obstruction was. BY
reason OF design and quality the re-
mainder, however, was worth a small
fortune to dealers inSantiques. 1t was
the Edmeston ware. The law suit that
| followed for possession made the case
famous. Where is the remainder Of
the treasure?
Joel Coryell, sexton at Romulus, N.
Y, digging a grave on what was a
Tory estate in 1776, found large
quantity Of money in an old pot. The
grave belonged to Thomas Mann, but
Coryell kept the gold.
Walter Butler, the notorious Mo-
hawk Valley Tory, returned to the val
ley at the end of the war with force
of Tories and Indians to dig up the
treasures he had buried and those that
had been buried by other wealthy
Tories who had told him where to re-
cover it in their behalf. When he had
finished his work and was returning,
the pursuing Colonials under Colonel
Marinus Willet, overlook the treasure
squad beyond Johnson's Hall on the
bank of the West Canada in northern
Herkimer county.
The treasure was too heavy for the
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-09-12
BURLINGTON PHILLIPS
cccpyrish by the Ridsway Co.

York City. Certain British laws must
be repealed before 1t can be recovered,
however. 1t is in one of the out-of-
way places Of the world and very lit
tie Is known by the general public
about 1t. The superstitious French
fishermen, unchanged in a hundred
and nifty 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 CONFUSION 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 a comparatively
nat 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 a 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
fish peasant protected Dick Turpin.
At last he was hard pressed by the
English, and having in his service a
Micmac Indian who knew a secret
trail to the supposedly inaccessible
Rock of Perez, he collected all his
caches Of treasure in the maritime
provinces and brought them to Perce
The Indian carried line to the top
of the rock and hauled up 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 q
day an0 moonlight night getting it
all up. Then the Indian was sent
down and Duval himself was lowered
away. His rapier was dripping with
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-09-12
MUCH SAVING IN
FARM BUILDINGS
Not Every Farmer Recognizes
Fact That Square Strue-
turO Costs Less Than
an Ob1on4.
CBy L. EDIE, New York;

Does every farmer realize that a
Iquare building can be built cheaper
than one in the shape Of an oblong,
although the floor space IL the same?
To understand this, observe particu-
lar example.
In a square building that measures
4014O feet, there will be 1900 square
feet of floor space; the distance around
the building will be 100 feet or there
win be sides to the equivalent of 100
feet wide.
But II, as is often the case. the
buildings were made 1OOx16 feet, this
distance around the building or the
total width Of the four sides would be
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-09-12

A good time to market stock M
needed = right nov.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-24
ALL YOU NEED IS A
CASCARET TONIGHT
No Sick Headache, Bilious Stomach,
Coated Tongue or constipated
Bowels by Morning.

Turn the rascals out-the headache,
the biliousness, the indigestion, ....e
sick, sour stomach and foul gases
turn them out tonight and keep them
out with CascaIets.
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset
stomach.
Don't put IN another day OF distress
Let Cascarets cleanse and regulate
your stomach; remove the sour, undi-
gested and fermenting TO-. and that
misery making gas; take the excess
bile from your liver and carry out OF
the system all the decomposed waste
matter and poison in the intestines
and bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep. A 10-cent box
from any drug store means a clear
head and cheerfulless for months.
Children love to take Cascarets be-
cause they taste good-never grippe OF
sicken.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-24

one year when he asked for a parole.
He presented perfect record. But
they turned him down. He was old
man Fritts' son.
At the end OF the second year. old
man Fritts' son again asked for free
dom. He had been good for two
years. but they turned him down.
There was no use being good, when
IL didn't bring one anything. He
rebellod and was punished. They
placed him In a little cage. high
enough to stand In. but too narrow
TO sit In, and made him stand up In
1t for eight hours at a stretch.
Each punishment made him more
defiant, and each defiance OF author
ityN brought more punishment. He
saw boys paroled who had been sent
there for crimes more serious than
his. He saw the friends OF inmates
appear in their behalf. He was
frieEdless. He was old man Fritts'
son.
They turned me down twice" he
said in his death cell.
And SO he picked up an ak and
killed a guard.
A death warrant was the diploma
OF his criminal education received
under the auspices OF the state of In
diana.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-24
AEROPLANE MUST FLY OR
BUILDER GETS NO PAY

PARIS, May 2L-Birdman Count
Jacques de Lesseps, son of the
famous engineer and the aviator,
who Won Miss Mackenzie, OF Mon
treal. by his daring air flights, has
Just demonstrated that a purchaser
can recover the money paid for de-
fective aercplane.
Count Jacques placed an order for
an aeroDlane with a French company.
He deposited $1,000 and agreed with
the sellers that his brother, the
Count Robert, should make the neces-
sary trials before he accepted deliv-
cry or the aeroplane.
In the course OF the trials the ma
chine made prodigious bound In the
air and fell. II was smashed into a
useless wreck.
Count Jacques blamed the machine
and the company blamed Count Rob.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-24

breathlessly, Nancy" and STOPPING.
gathered her up In my arms. All un
afraid her lips met mine at last.
When We had been sitting for long
time under the tree together, and
when we had planned our lives "a
very eternity itself. and l had been
scolded and berated and forgiven foT
my blindness and stupidity, and the
bird had flown away and come back
TO us again, sudden and practical
question occurred 10 me.
WHAT" said Nancy, taking her
hand abruptly from my shoulder and
pushing herself off at arms length.
But | was not to be twice chided
with cowardice. But | can't see any
gain" | said, lin waiting. II you are
to marry me at all, why shouldn't you
marry me right away?"
Well" said Nancy, "well!"
We'll what?" | asked. IF you have
any good reason, you'd better tell me. .
A little smile stirred at the corners
OF Nancy's mouth.
mo girl living" she said, would
consent to being married out OF hand
like that. II you want to marry me-
Mason. you must wait for me"
Waltz" | repeated blankly.
Yes" said Nancy, until tomorrow,
and settled back again into the place
she had left
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-24
FATHER AND SON MEET
EACH OTHER IN DEATH HOUSE
my Boy" Cries Parent To
Youth Who Is Brought In
To Be Hanged
RY ALFRED GEGAL.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, May "a
When Johnny Fritts was only nine
years old he kissed his papa goodby
and Johnny Fritts' father then went
away forever
No. Nelson Fritts did not cross the
Dark River, although you and | would
have chosen death rather than the
journey Johnny's papa took.
Anyhow, he went away.
Johnny was nine and he had no
father There was no provider ex-
Icept the mother. She had to work
all day for bare living and so the
time went on.
Wonderful things happen In this
world and wonderful to say, Johnny
-'ritts only the other day met the
father who went away forever IL
years ago, when Johnny was nine.
Aud where do you think they met
They met and embraced and wept
in the death house of the penitentiary
in Michigan City, Ind. A prisoner
for life, the father left his cell to
meet his Johnny. who Is waiting to
be hanged by the neck on June IA.
Us this my SOM" asked convict
No. 30b5, turning, bewildered, to
Warden Fogarty
my son. Johnny" he looked into
the eyes OF convict No 5O19.
why, this is Johnny-it Is John
NY Them's his mothers eyes!"
Nobody seemed to care a rap about
Nelson Fritts' family after he was
sent to the penitentiary His wife
went out to work. Johnny Fritts grew
mp wild like a weed around the quar-
ries. Nobody cared. He was old man
Fritts' son.
The neighbors wouldn't let their
children play with him. The teachers
at school scolded him when he was
bad. He was old man Fritts' son.
Johnny smoked and chewed and
drank Nobody cared. He was old
man Fritts' son.
He robbed jewelry store at Bed
ford, Ind, for IS, to get whisky and
tobacco. At once the state took
notice. All! He was old man Fritts'
son-like father like son. And he
was sent to the reformatory.
Johnny had been in the reformatory
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-24
HAS WIFE PLACED
IN REFORM SCHOOL

SAN JOSE. May 24.-For the first
time In the history of the local juve-
nile court, perhaps for the first time
since the juvenile court was estnb-
lished In California, a married wo-
man has been committed to a state
school for reformation. The unusual
proceeding was had when Judge Cos
hey made an order committing Mrs.
Fannie Besser Fiehman to the Whit
tier school.
Mrs. Fiehman, as Fannie Besser,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-24

ert. The case was taken to court,
where II was decided that the trial
of an aeroplane is at the cost and
peril OF the manufacturers, and the
purchaser Is responsible only after
he had taken delivery. The company
vas ordered TO refund TO Count de
Lesseps his $1,000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-24
Funny Ghost.

Comedian-Did the ghost WALK
Soubrette-No; II was an aviation
comedy, and the ghost Jew after the
first week.-Judge