The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-08

and Palestine produces corroborative evidence in
carvings, writings and traditions that FL Hadj
was great treasure-collector, that the supposed
fabulous boards he is supposed to have found
once existed and that far there is nothing to
show that Ell Hadj was despoiled or that his
treasures were found and dissipated by his sue
cessors
Carroll Nede Brown, in 1896 or 1897 discovered
nineteen Greek inscriptions built into the outer
face Of the Acropolis at Athens, in that corner
where there are evidences of Turkish or Roman
repairs. These inscriptions have been translated,
after great deal of study of the older languages,
and they tell of 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 the troves of Nineveh, Babylon, Tyre
and Sidon; the gold of Ophir, of Solomon and of
the eastern emperors In eleven the dates
of caches, location and the value are given. and
there is inscribed a note of treasure which is
Inferred with dedicated to Athena, near
the Erectheum. Twenty years before the finding
of this tablet by Carroll Neide Blown the vase
referred to was found, but the treasure was not.
1t is expected that great discoveries will be made
at Hessaelek and Ealea by following out the d.
recttons OF the ancient Greeks.
1t 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
undation; 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 attention what
soever unless post gets wiped out and then
there are few lines In the worlds morning cable
news and that Is all.
On the way out the soldier will begin to hear
aboard ship Of concealed treasures in the strange
land to which he goes, and never an hour Of the
time he 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 the result of smaller finds and
always, always there Is the possibility Just in
front of their noses.
Strictly speaking, the treasure haunted temples
are not those near Soerabaya alone for from
Acheen In Sumatra to Kupang in Timor one is
never sure when one Is not walking over the site
of cache from some temple or shrine not far
away The mountains are continuous ridge in
the center Of the long narrow islands and In the
dense growth Of the sides stand old buildings of
uncertain age, though it is now believed that they
were built some twelve hundred years ago at the
time of the conquest Of the islands by people of
Aryan blood and Buddhist belief from India A
great and prosperous empire once existed there
falling at last before disease and insular wars
When the final calamity at hand and raid
ing piratica bands, according to the old Sanskrit
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 1t in the earth In caves
in the mountains Then came the MosIem raiders
and that was the end Of all hope Of ever restor.
ing to the temples the gold and silver overIaid
work. and to the eyes, and fingers of the
idols the beautiful jewels taken from them.
Gradually the secret of each cache has perished.
save In one two localities where Buddhist
priests have been able to remain continuously
and pass the secrets on from generation to gen.
Grafton.
All through the East Indies are places where
pirates have hidden treasure. One of these Is
on the island of Celebes. on the Macassar Strait
side, where the great Dyak robber Sauk-Bulan
put in with his proas and pintas and according
to the British Admiralty records, took all of his
wealth ashore end came boldly out to fight the
sloop-ofwar Nestor, only to be blown out of the
water by her guns AS nearly as this can be
traced 1t was at the mouth of a little river that
runs down to the sea between Macassar and
Paloa-