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v 8 fHERESI^JHfETpUE STORY OF fJOAH g^irj ' r ""** *—iT^^ 7- -:" T| ""* 11^ Jl"* __!_ljL r ,i_^ ill i| —-3 —r-—^Jrrrr-jit=^==J r j i,"^ errJ r 1j" ' ' r^rj ** ""It- - ■ "i r ".hi—— ik*—| m* i^SSjg^^^ *^r'li£ i^»l?IC F-^Of^ EHC>fTuOP/KEO?s SriTT<»»N»CA. »m»O I /oo . ' i ' I*i " .■■___. i. .*' II II II . ■ !l' ~ ""['l «U-L '111 - Ul.-.'. Mill pui l' HI 11 TIT | I ||7l ■ '—■ HIM lIMMII 1111 l 111111 l 111 W^ I III! II I ■■■I^^" ■' ' ' ' . g iumamf , M , IWIM | nr | ii|-fr-M"|T T IWl"! —— |, l|Mßm i,|, „ / Hero is a true story about Noah anl liis ark. Authorities agree that it was the first ship to sail the. mighty deep. Noah's ocean was no little Atlantic mill pond affair, but a ■ vast universal sea, covering: trie highest ; mountains of the .■world. \\']iether it covered the entire ftlobu is what geologists and antiquary experts are still discussing. Some be lieve that the Bible deluge was confined ■to the old world, particularly to the Asi atic continent. . The Bible says it was forty days before Noah sent out hit dove in search of dry land. lonian records say it was Bevcn days before a couple of swallows ■were let out of the ark. followed by a raven. The swallows returned, but the raven has not been heard of to this day. | I^fgends of all nations and races of the TVorld declare there was a deluge, and •lint one family survived. ! The. object of the deluge was to destroy the human race, which bad become de praveO, practicing all kinds of wickednesi now becoming popular in New York, 'i^ondon and other ambitious towns. Noah, being a good man, whs told to put ■his family and a pair of animals of each hind in -the ark and prepare for a heavy lain. Gentelman NEW YORK, .1 i,< 7.—l'erhai s th« most remarkable criminal Ne»v -York has,ever known is Matthew Travers. A gentleman by birth. • .A 'longMbottsmar: by occupation. • A burglar by pjcife&Bk>n, and. . {-A. lawyer by Instinct. ■•^"When. he was placed on trial for <■■■ fhird tiiiw tie bad a lawyer for.his de fense, and lie was convicted. This conviction was for one of three _ burglaries committed the same evening. "W^en Travers was placed on trial for j another crime committed at the samp ■ time he demanded the right to conduct hi:- own defense. He displayed a genius for cross-exam ination that amazed judge, jury and fjyoct.itors. He nade one detective discredit his nun testimony. He tangled a*T>oliceman in a mass of contradictions that made his evidence worthless. He outwitted and outgeneraled a clever district attorney, worsting him at every encounter. , Conviction of burglary for the fourth tin ( would have placed him under the provisions of .the habitual criminal act. He would have been sent to prison for life. He escaped conviction on the charge agains! which hie defended himself. The jury disagreed, standing nine to three in his favor. One of those who voted for acquittal was formerly a policeman. So pronounced is the impression that Travels made upon the people of i.ong Island City that a fund is being raided to secure for the burglar a new trial on the charge on which he was last convict fed. Admits That lie In a ••(rook." This is aside from any question of guilt or Innocence of the accused man. There is no doubt that-Travers is a crook. He lias frankly admitted it. , Tra ■is was born on the family, estate nt Manner set, Loi»g Island His* grand father was in the twine business at 46 Beekmati street for many years and amassed a large fortune. The business is still continued, being owned by his Urandmo'ther. • . - . "The boy went to school until he was itbcut fifteen. He was a brilliant scholar, &nd a troublesome one. I ; When he was about fifteen a position was found for him in New Yo^k. Hi embezzled ?700, which his father mniie KOOd. Afterward he embezzled $500 in another^ Place. • Then he was turned iidrift. • ". •, . , The boy went to live in Brooklyn. Al most immediately he became a profes sion:'. I thief. At least, that is what the police .-ays. Travers doesn't say any thing about it. 'Many burglaries were committed in the Brooklyn Heights region, and' for nearly two years the police were p;tzxt*d The burglar worked early in the evening -when people were at elvurch or a- the theater. Travera was finally arrested and th» burglaries ceased. The youth of sev enteen was sentenced to five years for -burglary and five years for grand lar ceny. .When he was released his family tried to care for him. The young man met a younj,' ■ iman, a Belgian, who was at <;iice a companion and a nursery govern ess, living with a fan ily that had a coun try plac: near Manhasset. " ■ They fell in love with each other and the married him without knowing that he iwas an ex-convict. Travers tried to re- Jorm. They came io New York to live fend he secured work as a canvasser But .the old instinct was strong and he fell into thievery again. He was caught and sent to Sing Sing for two years under the name of William Mortimer. This was iij IS9B. _ Mrs. Travers remained faithful to her husband. She believed that he was un .Justly accused. While he was serving his sentence she found asylum with a family of prominence in West Ninth fcircet, New York, with whom she is now Maying. ;:,^;^s < Hl* Wife Returned to Him. When Travels was released from Sing Ring his wife returned to him. A year ego last April they went to live in a little bottage at No. 296 Railroad avenue, Long -sland City. He worked as a 'longshore man on the Old Dominion line pier. On last Christmas eve, about 7 o'clock In the evening. Policeman Bruns, of Ja inaiea, saw at Railroad and Dawson aye- Uues, Richmond Hilf, three men. two of *vhom were carrying bundles. He stopped them. After a parley he told them they- Were under arrest. £ The man who was not carrying a bun- The eloquent picture of the ark which appears in this narrative must be con sidered as more or less authentic, for it appears In the first edition of the Enclyclo pedia Britannica, first, part published In 1768 (before the War of the American Revolution), niplete three volumes quar to, 2-CiC pages, ICO copperplates published in 1771. ; %'oali Oiltcs! "Second Adam.'.' It is, p.n Interesting fact, noted in his- I torical works on the deluge, that the.de j action of life was so absolute that the Maturation following the great flood was [ culled the "Second Creation." The Arabs,* ' a' tempi rate race, with long memories, ; call Noah the second Adam. A tier .the flood, when the ark came to anchor on the little plateau of earth in the lap o." the twin peaksVof. Mount . Ara rat (you can see the place today—Prof. Jiiyce refers to i! in his book of "travels' in that region), there were only the few animals and Ncah's family on the whole earth. V, hen Noah walked out of the big ship with hi* family, the animals follow ing him. hi was indeed the father of the world. Ho was indeed the A.r*am of the new race. ■ "- •-.--. Regarding the voyage, and especially die.. and who wore a long mackintosh coat . r.nri peaked cap. st-jrted to run. Fcur shots we;e find at h,m, but he « caped. ' . -" With the assistance of Detective Hta h, Bruns captured the' other two. Wiiliam Watson and George Deyo. ex-convicts,. anil a dull sort .of bu:K'«'"s. who. have tir.ee been convicted. . One of the policemen claimed that be had recognized Travels as the man whj .ra.ii away. One of the burglars Informed on Traver^. «nd the' police started.; to search for him. : • •• ■■■*<"<££' On New Year's day Detectives Clancy and Butler went to Traverai" htruse.-nnd. arrested him. Travcrs was Indicted for. three. lmrg;af_ ies. Toe houses o' Dr. Pierce, Dr. Gai and Police Sergeant Frank Williams, within a block of each other, had ail been entered on, Christmas eve, and much of the plunder was found- in -the packases which Watson and Devo were carrying.- Three trunks filled with silverware, rugs and other articles were taken from Trav ers' home. Tiavers remeined in the-Qu.-oni county jail until ! eb. 3. Thai night Alfred Lew is, a edored trusty, got drunk and un locked bcth the cells of Trav;.:s mid Wat eon The latter gave hirnieU uij. Trav era went to Manhasset, vhi i-p he secured some clothing from the caretaker of his grandmother's house, and tlien went to Boston. After a time he came to Xew York anl went to live at No. ll't; Cherry street. A crook who had been arrested on the charge of picking pockets informed on |W>" ■ ■ "■■'.■■ ■■ ;■ ■"<"»—- ■ -| ROGUES GALLERY PORTRAITS OF WILLIAM MORTIMER. Travers to save himself. The burglar had shaved his mustache, and it made a remarkable change in his appearance. ■•- When Travers was placed on trial in Long- Island. City on May .15." Walter Ba han was assigned to defend him. ■ The evidence was rather weak, but .District Attorney John B. Merrill knew that if he could convict Travers on that indict ment he was reasonably sure of convic- ' tion on the others, and that meant that the prisoner would be adjudged a hab itual criminal and sent to the state pris on for life. During the trial the prosecution called Mrs. Travens as one of its witnesses. Up to that time the accused had remained silent, but when his wife was placed on the stand he arose. - "Your honor," he ' said, -. "I protest against the calling of my wife as a wit ness. It is an outrage to drag a decent woman into this case. It is an outrage to make a woman testify against her husband, no matter what. kind of a man he may be." _ Mr. Bahan, who is a fat man, a3ked some questions, failed to call a single witness, talked with much energy, and ' Travers was convicted. - District Attorney Merrill moved -to proceed with the trial of Travera on the charge of robbing the house of Dr. - Le Gai. . ~7 ; ('t)iiiluru'il Hlh Own Defence. "• Travers said he was ready to go on with the trial, but he demanded the right to conduct his own defense.- This was ■ given him. The trial was set for -the following day. The ; accused immediate ly made out a list of witnesses he want ed to subpoenaed. . ' :,. • It took half a day to get a jury. There were three questions that Trav ers asked all of . the ~talesmen. - "Would you convict a 'man of bur glary on circumstantial evidence?" - "Would you convict if it could! be proven that the •accused- was not at the scene of the burglary, although some of the alleged stolen : articles were found in his house? 1 - -•«f.-?4j»gjt .■».,,; , ;. * '^. "Would you convict if it' were proven that a man picked up stolen articles out side of a. house .that he had p*4, tu^rc^i fffiEStv eaui, gi,ob3, .Sunday, juno^gpiSga the ark, the Encyclopedia Britannica above quoted s^ys: "It must be observed, that, besides the places requisite for the beasts and birds, and their provisions, there was room required for Noah to lock up house hold utensils, the instruments of hus bandry, grair.i and seeds to sow earth with after the deluge. For this purpose. it was thought that he might spare room in the third story for six and thirty cab ins, besides a kitchen, a hall for cham bers and a space about eisht and forty cubits in length to walk in."' Xoah'M Menace >i Problem, It rriust be that EOXQe serioiiK pi&blems perplexed Nuah at every turn. ir is explained by some writers that he d:el not shelter mates of every beaet and fcwl. But he hud Uie seeii, as it v. Tere, tho typical animal of each species, out ol which all t'i<- millions have since de ped. As to just how the animals behave 1 during the- voyage no one knows, as No ah's log was. probably destroyed when the Mohammedans overran Europe and Asia and- burned th« great libraries of ancient manuscript,'?. It has been said that the anin.als were so pleased to be although he had gone there with the in tention i»f committing a burglary?". . Those who answered these questions in the negative were- acceptable to Tray.4:.3. On the long table before the jury and which is used by lawyers conducting a care were piled high a g eat mass of fcikKrrware of all descriptions, and six re volver?. Two of the weapons had been taken from Travers' house, four had. been captured at the same time that Warrrjn and , Deyo were arrested. Detective Heath told of assisting in the arrest, lie described, Travers, whim he eaid he knew, as wearing a mackintosh and a cap. He was turned over to the; prisoner, who was his own lawyer. ■ Hoiv Ke i'n:-:?..e«l a AY ihiffij.. Trarers was perfectly self-possessed. He walked to the rail in front of the witness and looked- him ever. "Was it dark at the tirri'- yog made Lhe arrest?" "It was." . - "Any moon that night? 1 "I don't-remember." . "Were there any lights near there"'' "Yes, there were "three."': - "When did you learn that inert- were three lights there?" "Yesterday. I went out '■here and look ed." . ■ ..- ■ -• - - - "It took you Hv€ months to Jind that out. Will yoii swear (hat thone lights were lit on ChriKtrnjp eve?*' '"I think they were.'"" "Pretty much everything you nave tes tified to is 'think,', isn't.it?. Did you. tes tify in the police court that the man who ran away wore a raglan coat.'" '"No, I said it was a mackintosh.". : "Oh, no you didn't. I ask. that the minutes of the police court stenographer be produced." It -was found that Travers was i : ght. '■■ " .' -': ■.-.■ ' .\. . ■ .-...■ :. . He. was always right when there was a disputed fact of which a record '\as made. The man's memory was marvel ous: - . ■ - :.-,■;,; - ■ "You expect to be made a detective sergeant if -you convict me don't you?" Travers went on. * "J hope to," replied Heath. --"I thought so, and that is why you are anxious about it. Now. as a matter of fact, you don't know me, do you?" ■ "Yes." -. ; : : ■ ■ ■ -.' -... . . ■ ; "That is. you know you want ■to con vict me. You say-four shots were lired?"* "Yes." ; "Did any one elc« hear them except you and Bruns?' "Yes, a citizen named Borwin." "Has he ever appeared in court? I de- mand that this witness be produced." Rase of a Peaked Hat. Heath"- was fighting mad when be left the stand. When Dorwin was produced he testified that he had seen a man in a long coat running:, and that the man looked like Travers. The latter put on the mackintosh coat and the peak hat for the -benefit of the witnesses. The prisoner has a curiously shaped head that bulges on top and the cap perched on it most ridiculously. But he can pull it down so that it fits. - .- Again Mrs. Travers was. called to tes tify against her husband,: and again he protested. J udige Moore rvled that Mrs. Travers should not be reqiXred to speak of any confidential -"relations: 'between Travers and herself. ■"-- - In her direct examination- Mrs. Trav ers said that she' saw her husband at : 3 clock on Christmas morning. - He wore: a new pair of shoes and carried . his old ones. She also detected * the odor of whisky on hi« breath * for the first time since they " ha*! been married. Further more, she identified a revolver dropped by the burglar who had escaped on ChfistfiiasT eve as one . that belonged to her husband. •>• She made the case against Travers look r sufficiently black. He" started in to ; cross-examine her. • ' "You are my wife?" he asked. " "Yes," The young woman had ? part ly covered her face with her hand. -: Hep voice was scarcely audible. — "Did tine district attorney, call upon you ■*-:..'P."i-*U'..r.'';V':.,-' \:-..;,■:..-.. --.f* ■-..;-. '":■:;■■•-•: ..: (-.■--'■ ,~j "in" out_of the flood that they were glad to keep the peace, especially as Noah and his sons had a corner on all the pro visions in the world Thf littie canary birds were overjoyed to gt-t their daily allowance of feeeds and the elephants did not grumble because the hay from the Euphrates valley was how and the.ii a little mildewed. Our present big steamships, the pride of the world , arc wonders indeed,, but they haven't yet sailed over Mount Ara rat, nor had ail the people, in the .world on board at one time- as passer^»3r.s. Skeptical readers have,Jitt!e faith in the ark story,: yet it )s a fact that the mines under, the great plains in the des erts of Montana,. Wyoming end Mexico they are digging out the skeletons of , an imals a hundred feet k>i}g . and pine' knots with chunks of resin r as big m* a man's fist; and up on the Kocky mountains, above timber line, ten or twelve thousand feet above the level of the sea v -there' are beds of saddle rock, oyster shells and the: remains of alligators that once were f1 isky and smiling in the. youth of the world. Meanwhile Noah continues to have his name printed in the dictionaries and encyclopedias a.id holds the. record as !irsi sailor to navigate- unknown seas. at any tims and tell you anything to u.rn you against me?" '■yes, do you : want me to prove it?" broke in Mr. Merrill angrily. ' "Yes" said' Travel's. 1,. and : ii»;re was a. menace, in his tone and in his: eyes (><jat in... Mr Merrill look uncomfortable. '1 a<are you to attempt to prove it."" '. . " - : *nien Travers turned to his wife again. "Did he tell you 1. was living with a woman in Chrystie street, New York?" ' " Yes." . : - .'.,: ■tC '-•'■.- ' 1 Jjid he tell you J gave her your jew - elry to wear?" "Yes. 1 ••l_>id 1 ever lie to voa?" "No. " '"U:d you ever know me to be bur glar?" "i\o. 1 know tlMtt yuu went to the ;en ltent asy, bu4. X aid nut think yuu were a burglar." "Was 1 a hnrd-working man?" "Ye», you worked as a "longshore man." "l'ou have seen me.working in the hoid of a vessel, handling pig iron?,'' • -.. •■ "Yes,". . . . - -. .-.'- ■■-, ■v" '-.'■--.. - "You have known me to, leave home' without food because we had no' money to buy it?" : v;? :^il-: ? •-" ■■ ".Yes."- : ■ -I--: -r- r, ; .•*:•-': ■■:■■' "Now, I want you to tell the truth. I don t.want you to say one word to. help me if it is not the truth.'" .*.-, ,• . "J am under oath. I will tell only the truth aid all the truth." ■ , "Do you 'remember the earrings vith the stones that were taken ' from a ring and reset; do you. ruiuamiber what be came oi'- them".'' • • •■ • . ■: "You said you-pawned them.":.-.■. •- -» "What was don:- with the m::«->?' "You gave it U. r. M and said that I should buy a new' rag for '■ Christmas." •'And this was— — l " '" '■;'. ! "in; da.y be tore Christrn'as. 1 told-»you ! thai you ouglit to lake a part of the I money and- buy a- ]air oi $hoe 3." ■ "And ,1 came ho ma Christmas morn l ing with a new pair of, shoes—these shoes J herr '.'".-■- •■-■• "Lid you evcr-kn^w m« to h'avc a large sum of money at one. tlmje—as much as $100 or even *50?" ■ - /„. '.. ; - : "No. ' . '■..- --■.■'/::' ,•' ■: ' ' > ~'Where did w< set L the'things in our house?" ••:'•; ■"You bought them?" '■ -! : "All at once?" / •; --"No, you got tnem one piece at a time." ' Ulatle Ever}-. Point Tell. So it-ran along, this e:oss-examinatlon, and Tjavers maao evar.\ point tell in his own behalf. When Dr. [»c Gai. for rob. bing whose house Travers. W as being tried, was turned over to the prisoner the. doctor was sneeiingiy scornful: He seemed to think it a sort of joke that a convict should cross-examine him. "Doctor, you say tnese forks belone to you?" -.-.. -"• ;. ** ■ "Yes. th: y belong to me; at least, they were taken from mv house." . lit made the doctor admit that there was no private mark on the forks and that they could be purchased in tiftv stores in Brooklyn and New York. "Are you wi3iag to swear that these forks were taken from your house?" In lhe Fame way Travels took up the different articles that he had previously Identified. Dr. Le Gai couldn't even be sure that a purse- he had bought in Ger many was the one before him. • "Doctor, can you swear that burglars .enters your house?" "Weil, the things were missing " V "Can you swear that burglars entered jour house—yes or. no?":" 1 And the doctor answered in the nega tive. The skillful Travers weakened Dr 1-p aiS testimony when he didn't shat! ter it. > The burglar willed witnesses in his own bahaif. There was Airs. Dugan,' with wnem he boarded In New York and who testified that he-was an honest man 'who had abundant, opportunities to steal She testified also that he was a canvasser for the "Light of Asia." as the electric liTnt set on a long tub* - with a "i« at the end is called. Then "John Dee", was called, and Mor ris Cohen, who keeps a sneond-hand shoe store at Second avenue ond First street came forward. "When Travers asked him if he owned the shop in December last Cohen said he did not.. -.- -; '•Where Is the man who owned it?" . I don't know; in 0 an insane asvlu-m Bom»wh««.'' ■ ..- j ■■ - " . . Trovers looked like ea man completely Knocked out. He explained to the 1 court that he had expected to 1 prove by the. shopkeeper that he had bought the shoes m the place. If Travers was acting- he is a marvel. -He i convinced , the ! spectators that.he really expected to prove the pur chase of the shoes. It was really more ef fective than .if: Cohen had been able -to testify to that' fact.- r •'•" -: ■:•;-.:■.•--" Travers also called Peter Madison as sistant foreman at the Old Dominion pier. He said that Travers came to him with a " letter from a son of r ex-Mayor Grace and he had given the. young man a Job. "Was I a hard worker?" asked Trav ers. .:'■.. ■■ •■" . -■ ,- . "I considered you the best man en the pier?" ..; ■ "Would a thief work as hard as l worked?" .: -- » • - , "No, I guess not. Any man who could steal would not work as hard as we worked."— r'-—*•'■ - :"- - : Madison declared that he thought Trav ers an absolutely honest man.. He would trust him with any amount of money. He «ad frequently ' given Travers money rto eposlt in the bank for him. -•--■■•... -/. The jury was out thirteen and a •alf hours and failed to agree. SEEKSMUGGLEDItti Extremely Romantic Story of a British Estate Now in Litigation BASIS OF BIG FORTUNE Work of a Notorious Outlaw — Estranged From Father Left ; I "Without Inheritance — Later • Will Restores Millions. Writers of romance have in the past found m dry court . records the material for sprightly • tales, but seldom has a legal case presented such a wealth of material as the .. action over the estate of the late George Johnson, laird of Lath risk, in Fifeshtre, which has been 'in the Scottish courts for some time. The records of the case, involving an eccen tric old bachelor/supposed to have died intestate within the last year; an excit ing family history, extending back to the days, when smuggling flourished on the -coast of Scotland; strange flights to foreign lands, which resulted in the fugi tives acquiring remarkable wealth,, read like a w?ll planned novel. Every factor of the successful story ws»a there except the elimix, which now has been furnish ed by the discovery of a will sewed up In an old dress, and still more, of a cli max—the will is to be proven false by the watermark on the paper on which it is sail to have been forged. . § All of the details .. except, perhaps, a little ,of the ancient history, came, out in a court presided over by a. dignified judge, and in a ; land where, perjury is a crime that is punished. The first of the Johnsons worthy of attention is: David who was born of humble parents in Falk land in 1731. At the age of twenty he was employed as a postal messenger on small wags. To eke out ..a living he engaged in smuggling, at that time re garde.l in Fife as a dangerous but not disgraceful occupation. The coast from J^lie Ness 10 Kinghorn was dotted with hidden coves and shallow bays, which furntehed convenient landing, places for Slea^Fifr 6"'" £ SmUgSle— Gpe» Kloh h, Sn,.|i,is. David Johnson was particularly, fortu nate .„ his smuggling ventures, and- soon ceased to ,arrv th, post. .As time pass ed he mew rich from =I he sale of contra '«"<! goods, One unfortunate nihi he encountered the English officers, and in the. fight which followed j struck one of •n'^°r, the bead r.ith a club BeHev iifiifill was ■i Scottish" wafhi fe lM S k -of ; a tion and their m-iir-eri ftf °f edlloa happy. married life was most Quarreled With HI« Soil efefe^^"L*??™ «tremel y with frequent ? rh d tra"? ed them shire • ,kduJlieSt ,'an»Jown«r in Fife quarrels ■ -Thwv fifTn they had muiu- IttSIJII father b^^V'u^T 1;* fr,' ireS °f th; him. He fl-.Ti i, P a pii' eJl. ad murdered until hhfaShSrSrJ^'-: 11*?" he liv * say it was because or ,ni / ,he.!- Somfc sorry of the neglect h/ h \ mert and probably the true one *m u'^ ls",'« December, last year, and a careful search revealed no . vein. . His entailed estat°? valued at some £325,000. fell to Lieut c J. M. Magkill Criohton. . The Derson^ifv" •J^SaS*® -£S*>-<W. went to Ihe noxt of kin. The case was settled up a few months ago and -the-new" laird took no* session of his estates. -". Th. 6«i«i»» Will FoDiitl. Imagine the consternation in Fffeshira when, early in December, th^re wag filed tor record a will alleged 0 be the last testament of George Johnson. The attor neys said, that the will had been founi sewed in the skirt of an old dress the °*D« ■ °f which d;«d some tme 'ago Whether or not the owner of th« o>^ waa -Privy to the scheme and consented to its being used as a hiding Place for the. will the solicitors did not know The document was dated in 18«9. the year af ter his father's death, and was a most remarkable document. The bulk of the estate was left to "Miss Ann Preston whom I dearly love." and provided that In case of her death the property was to be divided among her heirs. She died some years ago. The will cannot affect the entailed; property, but if accepted by the court will j mean a redistribution of th« £850.000 personal property. • At .first there was little doubt as to the validity of. the will ami It was filed at Edinburgh by reputable solicitors. Then the signature of one of the witnesses was called into, question. This led to an ex amination of the paper on which the will was written and experts were summoned to determine Its age. • Messrs. Annandale & Son. of Polton Paper mills, declared that the paper on which the will was written was first produced by them in December, 1899, and took the first prize at the Paris exposition. It was imitation hand-made . paper of a superior quality and has coma to be extensively used in law and commercial affairs. If the age of the paper can be established as under two years It is obvious that the will could not have been executed in 1869. 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Out own Motley spent years and years rummaging about the oiij man uscripts ■ and ■ correspondence before- he felt equipped to write ! his great history of ?lie -United Netherlands.- For many years our American historians knew or ' but one discoverer of America—the greati Geiiuese who bore the flag of Spain to the now world. Then . our ... "I-earned. Blccksniith"' read in the Norse sagas of the son of Erik the Re.! and the Icelandic Millennial of 1874 brought those sagas -prominently before. the public. Now our school histories commonly tell 'of both. But these are not all. Dr. Emerson, of Harvard university, who made a study of old records relating to the discovery of America by. independent navigators, made up a list of no less than nine discoveries, :m! supported by documentary evidence. If we add, to these the achievements of the Irish saint, which rests on' legend alone, so far as bur present knowledge gWs, we' have 'tin ' discoveries- i' ding !Mat of Columbus in }i".'2 A. D. And-this lea\'ts out of account, the' ancient story of Atlantis, which Is connected by some with America. .' ; ■ 'America was first discovered by the Chinese,' in 499 'A.D., but as nobody had then discovered. China, the fact did not count for much.. It was the time of the Han dynasty. China had become Bud dhist in: religion, and was overrun with priests. I One of these, whose name was Hwei Shin, and who lived and wrote In that era,, relates that he, in company with a party \of followers, sattrrd east- Ward over, the, Pacific until he came to a great continent beyond. This he call eo by the euphonious name of Fu- Sang. It seems strange that! the first trans oceanic voyage should be across an ocean three times. as broad as the Atlantic. and should be made by representatives of so. unprogressive. a people. We say iii Chicago that the first white man who settled ■ among the Indians here was a negro. — ■- And so it seems that the first white mrtn to visit America was a yellow roan. Most critics accept of Hwfci Shin's sfrv; but it is not known whether the i ti;,l priest came to Mexico or to : His acconn:s of ilio country v. ;■ to ap;>!> i" either i;f these. The neict discoverer was an lii- St. Brendan, or Brandan, an abbot Erne: aid Isle, who lived in the sixth cen tury. There arc- no doi-umentg as vet dis covered to support the st"ry of his voy ajre. but the traditional evidence In his la very strong. St. Bren-Jar.'K Isl and appeared on maps of the ocean as late aa 150 years ago. The story of Ma*-! dune's voyage is connected with that of the saint. Next in order comes the world-re nowned voyage of Leif the Lucky, the son of Erik, with the accounts of Mark land, Helluland, and Wineland the Good. Beautiful statues of Erikson stand in a number of American cities today. His discovery was the first one that led to Important results. 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The Arabs have never had much to do with ships, units:-- you call-the.camel .the "ship or the desert.' Imagine an Arab family taking to the sea— to the- open ocean—and crossing It: Then Imagine an Arab family by the name of-Magjtirnuin! D.j.-h it not sound like a name for old Erin? Hut the Arab family of Maaghroums, b ancient Arabic records state, did sail through the strait of Gibraltar and teach a. distant land to the West. Perhaps, after all. It was only an island in the Atlantic, as Home critics think. But it seems to mi that a man who can believe in an Arab fami ly—toy th* name of Magrouin— taking: to seafaring and going beyond Gibraltar could Just as easily believe the whole Story, "It reads to me like an account of ran Irishman named Abdallah ben Hassan 'leading a caravan of camels through Lapland. The Maghrouins, eight in number, came in the year 112T>. Next came Prince Madoc, of Wales. of whom l recently wrote. Ills voyage was in 117©, if the old Welsh chronicles are "to be accepted. It was the Welsh it is claimed, who gave the coracle, ulti mately, to the Indians of North Dakota The Venetians come next in order. Two men of the Zeno family, Nlcojo and An tonio by name, sailed to America In T.Ri, and named the country Kstotiland. Six ty-six years after the discovery by Co lumbus, the d'esc-endantfi of these men published what purported to be genuine manuscripts of Antoni and Nicolo, de scribing their voyage. American critics have expressed doubts as to the genuine ness of i!' •:- documents, though various European investigators report favorably upon them. We come now to the century of Colum bus himself. It is evident.that an tin questioned., discovery was soon to bo made; for the local traditions'of th*» pre ceding discoveries Was preparing the minds of the people to believe in a West ern continent. • Corteral, the Portuguese explorer, it is claimed, found [Labrador in 14<;:i. The claim is not generally conceded. > Next comes another surprise, Poland-had no seaeoast. nor any ships. ■ A Pole on the water was like a fish out of water. Yet It is recorded that.a Pole named Johan Scolvus, or Scolnus. or Kulnus (not Scol-i vuski or Kolnusko. mind you), sailed to Labrador In 1476. This the critics gener aly accepted as truth. Tt would not do for thi Germans t.. i■■ I' !'i out So Sohedel. in his i of the I'atherland. tells us of tru covery of South America by juartii helm, of Nuremberg. In 1488: Th< mans aIBO pr.«j ice Befoeim's g I an American coast on it. Hut Hi is in a handwriting differeul fron rest, and it has an appearance t>l ii lation and fraud. France is the last to put in an appear ance, in the person of Cousin, of Dieppe, who-said, he-discovered South America in the same year, 1488, and named the Ama zon river the Rl&ragnon. There Is a di versity of opinion as to this. It will be seen that the Italian, Portuguese. Ger man and Kr.sich claims are the only ones upon which much doubt is .express ed, rind <■. yen those have .strong advocates!; T.et us give the benefit of the uoubr to the brave sailors, of o!<l and honor them each and all.' Tlow would it do to have at the St. Louts exposition a symposium of the discoverers in bronze or marble around Columbus as the central figure' the greatest, most successful, most In spiring of all? Such a group would be characteristic of this cosmopolite nation, which recognizes the old world, and not on nation or a few nation?, as the mother country." Public l-i bra ri<«. Librarians of Public Libraries may be 1 Interested in the fact that the General ; Passenger Department of the Lehigh Val , ley Railroad. New York, offers to send | free of expense to Libraries, copies of 1 their summer excursion book, time tables and other booklets descriptive of the ter ritory through which the road pass-« on * request. ■«* . '