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The Bomafhic/Frstoryofa Pirate Ifo&Rtcf ~3Y Ji£Zt£& Nobis BURNS CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE. I) The BomafHic/frstoryofa Cement Talk No. 10 t Pirate Ifo&r cf Concrete work ft stands the weath­ er. No rotting, Poet—In winter I write poema ~3y Ji£zT£& Nobis BURNS keep the wolf from the door. shrinking, warping, Coftyr/pAJ; /&/f 6y M O. Cf/APMAJY Admiring Friend—Yes- Poet—And in summer I have to no crumbling nor with Thompson's keep on writing poems so the iceman HE good bark N. F., named Keating, with full di­ will stop at the door. rusting can occur Hesperus will rections how to find the treasure. chart to guide them. "The cave, Keat­ where good sand, gravel spread her Thompson died under mysterious cir­ ALMOST CRAZY WITH ECZEMA white wings at cumstances a little later and the ing said, was 15 feet or crushed stone have Eagle Harbor, suspicion grew that Keating killed long by J.2 feet been mixed properly with Wash., in a few him. However that may. be, Keating .broad, with a ceil­ % "I, the undersigned, cannot give weeks and sail sailed to Cocos island in 1844 with ing high enough to enough praise to the Cuticura Rem­ UNIVERSAL Portland away across the Captain Bogue, a seaman of sufficient permit a man to edies. I had been doctoring for at blue Pacific into means to finance the expedition. They stand upright. It least a year for eczema on my foot. I Cement and cast into the heart of the found the treasure, but Bogue never was full of bars of had tiied doctor after doctor all to sidewalks, floors, steps, most fascinating returned. Keath g said he was gold and sacks of no avail. When a young girl I sprained foundations or other concrete romance of all drowned in the surf while attempting money. Many of the my ankle three different times, paying pirate story. to climb into a boat with his boots sacks bore the stamp little or no attention to it, when five work. Our best customers Capt. Frede­ and pockets stuffed with gold. It is of the Bank of years ago a small spot showed upon are our old customers who rick Hackett, in generally believed that Keating mur­ Lima. There were -A my left ankle. I was worried and sent know by experience that concrete made command of the dered him. many golden cruci­ for a doctor. He said it was eczema. from UNIVERSAL cement is good for fixes, chalices and vessel, claims to be the only man in Keating made a second visit to the He drew a small bone from the ankle years of use. Ask your dealer for all the world who knows the secret of church ornaments. Z about the size of a match and about island four years later and again UNIVERSAL when you have any the buried treasure of Cocos island. found the treasure. In both trips he A statue of the Ma­ an inch long. The small hole grew He plans on this expedition to lift the is supposed to have brought away gold donna of solid gold lay upon the to about the size of an apple, and the concrete work to do. vast wealth plundered by sea rovers and jewels to the value of $150,000. floor. It was so heavy that Keat­ f eczema spread to the knee. The doc­ UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT CO. I in the early part of the last century He was prevented from recovering the ing and Bogue together could not tors never could heal the hole in the SECURITY BANK BUXL. MINNEAPOLIS .r and hidden on the island in a cave, entire treasure by mutinous crews on lift it, but could only push it along. ankUi The whole foot ran water all ANNUAL OUTPUT 10.000.000 BARRELS the exact location of which has been both voyages. Keating and Bogue are The glitter of the piles of gold, the time, lost and for which adventurers have the only men, so far as Is known, who Keating said, fairly made him reel "My husband and my sons were up sought in vain for many years. ever recovered treasure from Cocos and seemed to fill the cave with a night and day wheeling me from one He is equipped with hydraulic min­ island. ghostly radiance that at first room to another in the hope of giving ing machinery and has sufficient pro­ Keating passed his secret on to the struck him with awe. me some relief. I would sit for hours visions to remain for a year if nec­ Hackett brothers, both seamen and his "Bogue and Keating tied a few at a time in front of the fireplacp ShoePolishe Finest In Quality. Largest En Variety* essary on the island, which lies 300 neighbors in St. John's. Keating had coins in a handkerchief and rowed hoping for daybreak. The pain was They meet every requirement for "'"T'lnc miles off the western coast of Central lost or destroyed the chart which he back to their ship. They told the so intense I was almost crazy, in fact, polishing shoes of all kinds and colors. America. That a score of former ex­ had obtained from Thompson. But he sailors they had found a spring of and -towns up and down the western The Peruvian authorities, of coarse, I would lose my reason for hours at peditions have proved failures does drew another chart which he gave to fresh water, but they were so excited coast, pillaging the cathedrals and lay­ did not dream that Captain Thompson, a time. One day a friend of mine not discourage him. The treasure the Hacketts with explicit instructions with what they had seen that they act­ ing tribute upon the citizens. His who so bravely flaunted the English dropped in to see me. No more had -DANDY ; • • gdgu • hunters who have gone before have how to find the cave. Keating died in ed unnaturally and the crew, may be, DRESSING;"--!, - fame as a cruel and rapacious sea rob­ flag, had sailed in earlier days under she glanced at my foot than she ex­ .. LAI* 1 ' ll;V> i depended upon pick and shovel. He 1883 and Capt. Thomas Hackett, the had suspicions of the truth, anyway. ber spread from the Horn to the Span­ the Jolly Roger with Benito Bonito's claimed: 'Mrs. Finnegan, why in the : n.Vf .SHOKS • ;! ' will be the first prepared to use elder brother, sailed in 1885 on an ex­ One word led to another, and Bogul ish settlements in California. In hunt­ cut-throat crew. But with $11,000,000 World don't you try the Cuticura Rem­ " Tw-"MEV' | 0E - j? • hydraulic mining methods. Earth­ pedition bound for Cocos, but the voy­ and Keating told as little as possible, ing for a spot in which to bury his battened down in his hold the old law­ edies!' Being disgusted with the doc­ quakes, he says, have shaken down but it was enough for the crew, who age ended with his death in Havana growing treasure, he chanced upon Co­ less spirit of his buccanneering days tors and their medicines, and not be­ : landslides upon the treasure cave and from yellow fever. made them promise to go shares. cos island. ftaCf^KtST_C'ai-0R* flamed upf anew in Thompson, and he ing able to sleep at all, I decided to : V- j changed the topography of the island. Capt. Frederick Hackett, who is "Right here Keating and Bogue be­ Cocos island is a volcanic speck in could not resist the temptation to turn give the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura He will wash the earth away with about to undertake the latest Cocos gan to play their game more shrewd­ the Pacific ocean and belongs to Costa robber again. In the night watches he Ointment a trial. After using them streams of water powerful enough to island treasure hunt, has himself made ly. They served out unlimited grog, Rica. It is 300 miles off the Costa and his men slit the throats of the three days that night I slept as sound uproot trees and burst rocks asunder. « two former unsuccessful expeditions. as if to celebrate treasure trove. Long Rica coast, 500 miles from Panama, guardians of the treasure, slipped as a silver dollar for eight long hours. •He is confident of success. Captain Hackett was formerly a GILT EDGE the only ladies shoe dreaata# before night the whole outfit was glori­ and 5 degrees north of the equator. their cables and put to sea. I awoke in the morning with but very ibat positively contains OIL. Blacks and Polishes* "When I return to the United whaling skipper. He has been a sea­ ously drunk except Keating and Bogue, On the trip to Cocos island destined The Mary Dear bore up for Cocos little pain, in fact, I thought I was .adles' and children's boots and shoesi. shines States," says Captain Hackett, "I shall man all his life. He formerly sailed without robbing, 25c. "French Gloss," 10c. who took care to remain strictly sober. to be Bonito's last, a number of his island and dropped anchor in Wafer In heaven. After using the Cuticura DANDY combination for cleaning and polishlnf have the entire Cocos island treasure out of St. John's, Newfoundland, where All hands turned in early to sleep off men became dissatisfied. Having row­ aU kinds of russet or tan shoes, 25c. "Star" size, 10o,. bay. Some portion of the spoil was Remedies for three months I was per­ KLlUTE combination for gentlemen who tak* battened down beneath the hatches of he was born and grew to manhood.
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