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The Huron Expositor, 1929-06-21, Page 311111111111111111 W' Jt)]ala /1�164,0Gt' wt &„,704R ` IlO CA= No gym. 0P11 . =pest that her, •child Wil ormhpA a .the Ws td wide% lsakxphood and childhood are subject, rote she ,,eau dlo much to lessen the cat erlttr of these troubles. The =Alt - or be constantly on her guard ,•trevent childhood ailments; or if they come on suddenly as they usual - Ey -do, to have the means at hand to /relieve them. Thousands of mothers have found Baby's Own Tablets the '.deal remedy for little ones—thou- sands of mothers always keep the Tablets in the house as a safeguard against the sudden illness of their little ones. Baby's Own Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative. They regulate the ~bowels; sweeten the stomach and thus 'banish constipation and indiges- tisn; break up colds and simple fev- er and make the cutting of teeth easy. The Tablets are absolutely guaranteed free from injurious drugs and may be given to the youngest child with perfect safety. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25c a box from The DT. Williams !Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. •OAK ISLAND TREASURE A r.. A 1F 1F L IN O PROBLEM News that a hunt has begun for gold reposing under the waters of Port Nova, Cape Breton, for the past 200 years, coincide happily with some ~knowledge which we have just acquir- ed of one of the strangest treasure trove stories we have ever heard. We may say that information is derived wholly from an article by Charles B. -Driscoll in the North American Re- view. Mr. Driscoll is an author who specializes in pirates, and in the course of his work has found it nec- essary to visit the scene of many a buried hoard. He asserts boldly, "1 know where treasure is buried in a dozen places on this globe—wasting its yellow sheen in the dark homes of -the octopus and the sea anemone.” He says that the most extraordinary bur- ied treasure of which he has any -,knowledge is that deep in the soil of -Oak Island, in Mahone bay, on the eastern coast of Nova Scotia. That the treasure is there he has no doubt, and we think that readers of his fan- tastic tale will have no doubt either. The story properly begins in the 'fall of 1795 when -three young wood- men looking for game and adventure 'beached their canoe on the Oak Island :sands, one of the 300 or more islands in Mahone bay, and supposed up to that time never to have been explor- ed. The first thing that caught their attention was a grove of towering live •oaks, rarely found so far north. They noted that the limb of one of them had been sawed off some 15 feet from the ground, the stump extending some -four feet out from the trunk of the tree. They examined this stump more closely and saw that its upper sgrface had been deeply scored. When they noted also that under the stump the ground was depressed in a large cir- cle they came to the conclusion that something had been lowered from the limb of the live oak and buried. "Thought of treasure at once flashed through their minds, for at that time -real pirates had not perished from the seas. The young men resolved to The next morning they began the .excavation and had not worked long .before they found evidence that they 1r;O e ' orT i1fij " cza ISA dototh of 10 feet ttv 4G' e oeitti pla e a attaa4 id 421 1 t tp etlaer''•i ,„ 1 41 ;mr Alts.' 'here rasa Pot6h 2' the pow but 'go?' coca totnp4 to dig and when they 1424 oup the pit another 10 feet saaother iO4i1fo was discovered, Winters A; mixt that year a there vias no mere digging. Through the witer the men told their story through the neighborhood and sought to get help, for they realized that they had undertaken a formid- able task. But they found it dicult. Old stories were revived that the plaee was haunted, and nobody would ven- ture on the island. So for seven years the partly opened pit remained es Anthony Vaughan, Jack Smith and 17)aniel Melnnies had found it. Then the interest of a doctor was enlisted and the Oak Island Treasure comp- any formed. This company drove a shaft down to the depth of 95 feet, finding at every 10 -foot level an oak platform, and also bringing to light such extraordinary things as a layer of putty, a layer of charcoal and a layer of some kind of tropical fibre resembling cocoanut matting. At 90 feet the searchers came across a stone with a curious inscription which nobody has even been alble to decipher. Then the shaft filled with water and all efforts to bail it out proved futile. Later on another shaft was sunk beside the one that has come to he called the stoney pit, and from it a tunnel was driven almost under the original shaft. At this point the wa- ter rushed in again, and the company retired defeated. Years passed and again a company was formed to tackle the problem. This was in 1859. More drill was used and every fragment that attached to the drill when it was withdrawn was carefully set aside and examined under,a mi- croscope. At the 100 -foot level the inevitable platform five inches thick was bored through. The auger then dropped 12 inches as though it had reached an empty space. Then it slowly bit its way through four inch- es of solid oak. Then came the great excitement. The bit was revolving in a mass of pieces of loose metal. When it was withdrawn three small gold links, evidently part of a chain, were found embedded in the mud. Al- so, it was noticed that the man in charge of the drill slipped something in his pocket. The next day he dis- appeared and later turned up to back another man who had made a claim for the Oak Island property. Other drillings seemed to prove be- yond question that two oak chests pre- sumably containing treasure are bur- ied here. But all efforts to bring them to light have failed, though scores of them have been made. Fred- erick Blair has obtained from the crown and the Canadian government treasure trove rights and he is con- tinuing the search. What has baf- fled others and Mr. Blair to date is the discovery that the water which floods the shafts at a certain level is water from the ocean but admitted by means of most adroitly -construct- ed tunnels, obviously built by the men who buried the treasure. Whenever the tide rises these tunnels are filled, and the space about the treasure flooded. The water is held there as -.by a huge sponge by the fibre mater - ;a1 spoken of earlier. It is the theory of 'Mr. Driscoll that the gold buried was not that of pirates but was put there by an early Norse settlement sometime in the 13th century. Plain- ly it was not meant to be opened or recovered by those who buried it, but was intended to remain where it was sunk for many years. Those inten- tions have bebn thoroughly carried out but the fascinating engineering problem involved in its recapture is not likely to remain forever unsolved. e ther edes SDE &maw WI kais Voiles, Rayons, Brocaded Rayons, Fancy Crepes, and many other clr.ths for t h e Summer Dress. Some are last year's patterns, many the newest. The qualities of these materials would sell regularly 75c to $1.50. An extra purchase enables us to make a price for quick sell- ing. 5gc YARD Printed Dimity in new patterns and colors; 36 inch- es wide. 2gc YAIRIID Fancy Batiste, in beauti- ful printed patterns, 36 inch- es wide. 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