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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

fleeing party so it was dumped in the
shadows and horses we're 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 SIG.
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 a forgotten treas
ure Of many hundreds of thousands
This famous treasure was lost when
the British frigate Hesarar, a pay ship
sent in for the British soldiers during
the revolutionary war, went down in
the East river. II 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 KIopper
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 10
the CateRlls and he robbed the
wealthy Dutch I'm an unmerciful man.
ner He had no opportunities for
spending his ill-gotten wealth aud
boarded IL somewhere. At last he was
captured and before his execution al
Newburg conGded to a 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, jus,
north Of Cornwall-on-the-H Hudson, some
thirty-tive miles north Of New York
City. No search has ever been made
In the hey-day OF Mississippi river
steamboat trafflc a great deal of sun
ken treasure accumulated In the Ohio
Cumberland Tennessee. Missouri. Red
and Arkansas rivers. A pay boat or
its way to Grants army at Vlcksbura
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 bull
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 IN,
treasure-wrecks in shallow water ant
recovered several million dollars Al
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

blood and when he reached the beat
he stood up and with a harquebus
shot at the tackle till it 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 were lost
IN attempts to scale the rocks and re-
cover the treasure that law was
passed forbldding 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, I'm the St. Lawrence
river, was an Quitting place for Tory
raidlnp parties and an arsenal was es.
tabhshed there. A pay chest was sent
to the post with n 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 II. he rowed
to Carleton Island and returned in a
short time with a heavy iron chest
covered with clinging wet clay, Col
onel Horr, 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 nat-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 ol
sherman's march 10 the sea. North
and south of II, plantation after plan
tatlon. town after town, have theii
stories OF treasures ranging from &
few hundreds OF dollars to hundreds
Of thousands which were buried FOL
fear the Union army would get them
Many we're never recovered becaus,
Of the failure OF the owners TO locate
the burial places The surest way L
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05
LOST TREASURES
u ~ OF AMERICA
Gold and Jewels Still Waiting to be
Found by Some Modern Adventurer.
BURLINGTON PHILLIPS
BURLINGTON PHILIPS
.copyrisht Iudsway -

YORK city. Certain British laws must
be repealed before II can be recovered
however II is in one Of the out-of-
way places of the world and very 1T.
Tie Is known by the general public
about it, The superstitious French
fishermen, unchanged in a hundred
and fifty years, still await the return
OF the fierce pilot to claim his own.
The Rock of Perce. 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, q
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 VINO returned only a small por
tion 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 tun, protected him as the Eng.
lish peasant protected Dick Turpin
Al 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 Perce, he collected all his
caches Of treasure in the maritime
provinces and brought them to Perce
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 we're a
day ana a moonlight night getting It
all up. Then the Indian was sent
down and Duval himself was lowered
away. His rapier was dripping with
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05
REPORTED By THE CROUCH
Here the Original Hiram J. Tells Ct
Hio Attendance at a Country
"Function."

Having nothing else to dc" re-
a function while was over at Ter.
pidville the other day The affair
was held in a dispirited grove al the
end of a road In which every tine
a horse popped down his foot the dust
shot up in the air like skyrocket
\ band was playing without the
slightest remorse. A Statesman with
a neck as wrinkled as n pickle dron-
cd forth redundant nonenities with.
out end. A sad and rickety merry.
gO-wabble wound round aud round
to the sound OF its own plaintivp pee
dle-deedle. in a tipsy pavilion a
hoarse person was endeavoring to sell,
in brazen defiance Of the pure food
and drug act, what looked alarwiugly
like horned toads fried in axle grease.
A gentleman IN a striped tent near
by hoarsely stated that he preferred
to eat snakes at ten cents per ser.
pent There was the usual balloon
which seemed perfectly willing 20 DO
anything but 20 up. Scattered around
through the festal scene were a few
old soldiers, grumbling; a sma-raring
Of farmers, also grumbling; suady
honest voters, likewise gruuhdag.
and various other folks, nothing about
whom is worth mentioning except
that they, too. were grumblng II
may have been reunion, a fair a
rally, a picnic. or what-not; but what.
ever they chanced to call II, twas an
excellent example Of one Of our mos,
cherished institutions kansas city
Star
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

lose a treasure " 10 bury II. II 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 tho
treasure that was wrcsted from her.
The other area Is in the east. be-
ginnlg at about Camden, ~ 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
II was ever exhumed and the area Is
dotted thickly with localities where a
search would be highly profitable. OF
them I can mention few only.
At Sound Beach. Conn, lives Mrs,
Jane Louden, 1Oi years of age Her
husband, knowing that on the home
farm a wealthy Tory family had buried
gold, hunted until he found several
pots containing several thousand dol
lars each. 4 aeighAor also acquired
sudden wealth which he did not ex-
plain. Every one knew there was n
great Joint family cache somewherS
near.
II was known for many years that
on Lord Edmeston's estate near West
Edmeston. ~ Y. his personal repre-
sentative Perdifer Carr, had buried a
treasure The property known as the
Burdick Farm, having been bought by
Henry F. Burdlck in 1850. was the
site In 1904 tenant named Cheese
borough plowed into 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 In antiques. 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 n
Tory estate In ltt6, 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 a 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 Il 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
Rerkimer county.
The treasure was too heavy for the
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

II mothers notice that the brains Of
their little ones coniure up uucanuy
sights and thoughts from the shadows
of n room more or less dark Iat the
light burn brightly. To force q child
70 become accustomed 10 the darkness
is q grave error, If its nervous system
is so organized that this forcing s
productive Of fright.
The nervous system Of q child Is s
very susceptible organization AVID the
deleterious impressions made upon IL
win often make their iu1ueua. .el,
throughout its whole after life II the
child asks for n light under such cir
cumstances do not refuse H.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Is disease spreading from pubic
laundries? The question has been un
dergoing debate in New York for some
time. A physician suggests that az
possibility OF danger may be aver'e0
by thoroughly moistening the conten"
Of packages with a dlsinfectant SOW
tion as soon as they arrive IN the laHl
dry. This practice. he says, is iol
lowed in England. There is gener"
conviction among men in the laundN
business that thorough disiniection "
suits from the subsection Of the afu.
cles to the process OF steamlng snu
washing
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

A New York husband, sued foT d.
vorce, chafacterizes his wife's no'ne
as like to one OF the knitting woIn'.
Of the French guillotine, says 'D''
scrooge was an angel OF light GOV
pared TO her father. that the memos"
of her family collectively are worslg wor,.
pers OF the golden calf and that D.
wife herself is a reincarnation oI :.
das IscaTiot. One can easily iinAs-
what kind OF a grand. sweet song ~'
rage was In that happy home
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

A man convicted Of deceiying his
vile about money has been sent 10
Jail in Los Angeles This precedent is
enough to send a scare throughout The
whole Of these United States.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

A London inventor has diSeo'" ,
a way 10 apply brakes and s'Op I
train by wireless. Now be may
work 70 seek a way to close th' "
switch By the sane method
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05
Accounted For.

How is It so many people seem able
to get the money to buy AUTOMOBILES
with p"
IF you only notice, they are the cas-
lest things in the world with which 10
raise the dust"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

We fain would rise in our righteous
indignation and smite the feminine
practice Of wearing male hosiery. but
we hesitate for fear Of being called
rubber-neck
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

The Prince Of Wales has Shoes
expectation and precedent by maDs
prolonged stay in Paris as w..
other princes have done, but Wi'ns,
furnishing a scrap OF the interest,"
copy usually accompanying PREV
visits.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

A convention hall in Atlantic City
was picked up and carried away by a
recent cyclone. Usually, a convention
hall is a magnet for all wandering air
currents.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

The man who threatens to let his
whiskers grow II his fayorite candt
date is not elected now has the center
of the stage.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Doctor in Boston tells us that the
American nation is becoming fat.
footed. Probably due to the vast
amount OF gumshoe work in politics.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

II, as fashion expert says, the
skirts Will be tighter next fall, there
will be a great increase in the use of
the shoe horn.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

One OF the obstacles IN the way OF
the anti-kissing crusade is that most
girls would rather be son-kissed than
sun-k!ssed.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Now the warning has gone out
against soap as a carrier OF germs.
This time the crusade makes a clean
sweep.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Attendance at big league baseball
parks Is said to have fallen of since
last year. Even baseball finds II hard
10 compete with a political circus.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Superstitious persons who look upon
thirteen as an unlucky number over
look the fact that there were thlrteep
stars in the original flag.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Many a man who yearns 10 be
boy on the farm again would Kick
like mule II he were asked to do
the chores
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

For every man killed in flying doz.
en- die boating and swimming. 1t is
in the number who survive that avia
tion makes poor showing.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

The millionaire who paid $4,000 for
a pair OF ancient andirons IS plainly
started in way to have a rot old
time.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

According TO Boston doctor the
American nation is becoming fat
footed. And some are being caught
red handed, too
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

One advantage of being a pitcher Tor
the Detroit team is that you don't
have to pitch to Ty Cobb
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

The hay fever season is ushered in
with the dog days, and both are abom.
Unable, each, however, in its own do
spicable way.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

The spiders favorlte maxim is.
learn to labor and to walt.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Fathers pocketbook agrees with
the textile men in tho belief that there
is ruin IN the hobble skirt
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Strange as 1t may seem at first
thought, no grape seed was ever found
In a vermiform appendix
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

1t takes as much time for a water
melon as for O man to become thor
oughly cooled on"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

It's either deluge or a drought to
make the farmer unhappy.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Those misguided people who have
been wishing for an old-fashioned sum.
mer will confer favor on this com
munlty by promptly mwishing IT,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

A hug and kiss were the rewards
given TO the man who rescued a girl
from drowning at New Rochelle Up
20 date.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Confscation Of their automobiles
would deter reckless motorists from
scorching
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

The Philadelphia Inquirer calls the
theft Of an umbrella white steal"
That feller has a guilty conscience.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Almost any small boys ambition at
this season is to be pearl diver.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Uneasy lies the head that has no
hair. especially when there are dies
in the immediate vicinity.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Tho summer season is trying to
make good the deficit OF heat piled up
last winter.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

The summer girl is putting on her
coat OF tan and freckles.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

This Is good weather for a revival
of the Greek costume Of toga and san
dals
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Yale has given up basket ball. thus
heading of a challenge from the
Wellesley girls,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

vacationers regret that the game Of
coming back was ever invented.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

In hot weather. put off all the things
you don't have TO do to another day.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Why not sell II "aeroplaneT It
would be easier 20 pronounce.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1912-09-05

Lots OF people are more anxious to
pay their social obligations than their
debts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11
ROCKVILLE.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE Md. February TO- l"l2.
Mrs Howard Iarcombe entertained the
Rockville Inquiry Club Monday alter
noon, about dozen of the members pc
ing present. The program included re-
sponses from current events OF interest
a talk on Salads by Miss Verde King
don. and vocal and instrumental music
\ salad feast, each member contributing
a salad of some description, proved an
ENJOYABLE feature. Mrs. Philemon Smith
Lansdale of Chilicothe, Ohio. is visitor
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur ,.
Day here Miss Lillian Cashell was the
hostess at an enjoyable dance few even
ings ago at the home of her mother.
Mrs George c. Cashell, near Olney After
spending several weeks in Rockville as
guests of their sister, Mrs. Leonard l..
Nicholson sr. Mrs. Katherine Smith OF
Washington, Mrs. Joseph p. Hamilton of
Winona Canada, and Mrs. William r.
Shields of Chicago have returned To their
homes. MIR. and Mrs Harry II. Buck OF
this place are spending the winter in An
napolis. Miss Mabel Haney has returned
to her home here after spending two
weeks visiting friends in Washington
Mr. and Mrs Joseph T. Moore of SANDY
Springs are in New York city for a. lew
weeks, and Mrs. Emile +. Massey o. the
ter Mrs. Nathan Winsiow, in Baltimore:
Mr. and Mrs William ". Moore and
Miss Kate Janney of the Sandy Spring
neighborhood left during the week for
Bermuda. where they expect to spend sev-
eral weeks. Mr. and Mrs Edward +.
Thomas of Olney district are in Washing
ton for few weeks. After spending sew
eral weeks with friends neaar Damascus
this county, Mrs. John +. Bates has re-
turned to her home in Newark, \. j.
Miss Ellen Thomas of Washington has
been visiting friends near Sandy Spring
as have Mrs. Knox Taylor of New Jer-
sey and Mrs. Garnet Jordan of Norfolk
Va. Mrs Frank p. Thomas and dausi-
ter of Roanoke. Va, are visiting rela-
tives in Rockville. The Weekly Caru
Club was entertained Tuesday AFTERNOON
by Mrs Alice Bouic her guests lnclud-
ing Mrs Leonard l.. Nicholson, sr., Mrs
Howard Larcombe Mrs Edward y paw
son, Mrs. John l.. Brunett. Mrs. Annie
MCGUIRE Miss Annie Maddox, Miss Mar
garet Dawson. Miss Sue Cotton, Miss Eng
land and others Miss Sue Cotton OF
Prince Georges county is visiting the
Misses Dawson here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11
LAUREL.
.ial Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF Inc STAR
LAUREL. Md. February 10. 1872.
The Women's Civic Club held one of its
teas Tuesday evening at its rooms over
the post office. which was we'll attended.
Mrs John Williams had as her guests
for the week end Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Williams and son of Baltimore. Mrs.
Royston and daughters are spending some
time in Charleston, S. c. The Misses
Berry of Walbrook. Md, are visiting
Mrs. John P. Berry on Prince Georges
street Mrs. Boyd. who has been visiting
her mother, Mrs. Mary Brehme, has re-
turned to her home in Philadelphia. The
Five Hundred Club was entertained We'd
nesday afternoon by Mrs. William e. Gill
bert at her home. Wheatlands. Miss
Margaret Knowlton. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Knowlton, and Mr.. Howard
G.. I,anahan, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
I,anahan of Howard county, were mar
ried at noon Tuesday at the home OF the
brides parents Rev. Walter Edge, pas
tor of Laurel Presbyterian Church, per-
formed the ceremony, only relatives and
intimate friends being present. The bride
and groom left Immediately after for
Portland, Ore, where the groom has been
employed for several years as civil en-
gineer Miss Helena Innerartty enter
tanned a few friends with two tables OF
bridge Friday evening last at her home
ON LAFAYETTE avenue. Mrs. Foster and
Mrs. Phelps of Baltimore spent Sunday
with their sister, Mrs. Thomas GARRISON,
on Washington avenue.