Show IIUNTINO 11119 lolfl 11 Th search for gold IB by nn mewing connnel to that for the metal In Its I natural recesmin but draw upon n good deal of the time nnd Inlnr of mnnklnl In other fields The per centnge lewards and losses In either cast no probably about equal but the I chances for success woUld seem to be greatly In favor of the method first spoken of albeit there Is I nil the lime a number engaged In the other Industry Indus-try The one certain adage that Bm to he rmmhlOd by tile gennllly I of mankind more than any other Is tint gold Is I wherever you find II1 anti whether reposIng among the pebbles peb-bles ot a mountain trenm timid tile sands or the seashore hidden nuily In I the adamantine breast ot towerIng cliffs or ivher6 It has been lout or burled by human agency Its potency remains the Same Its Attractiveness undiminished Ioople ulao live near the landing places of the once famous I Captain KldJ continue to make occasional oc-casional If not periodical searches for I tho golden treasure vhlch that romantic roman-tic < plraU Is I supposed to have concealed con-cealed somewhere along the beach nn I filed before hating time to take out again The same Is I true regarding the cases ot other freebooters that Is I the stories of search for the mystical treasure trove are true those or the cause of such search my also be Iu In part but undoubtedly succeeding generations have nol failed tn make the most of their opportunities and disposition dis-position to contribute some little additional ad-ditional embellishment still In such manner the legends become n plot 01 melllng Inheritance to those who me horn and jeared within the sound ur the breakers or the raging inailn Unt nil uh renrchen oe not confined con-fined to the seashore by ans means The city ot Bt Jrseph Missouri hon ho-n case In point nil to Itself A man namNI John 1 ralnbculal mail and reasonably IItolo box been nl various times fir quite n while engage en-gage j In the task of searching for some but lea eM nt a point Known ns Belmont Vend mar that city The cause therefor Is I thus stated In the autumn of 1S16 KO the story runs the old overland stage conch frown the Went was held up anti robbed near llelmont Dead by a gang ot bandits I tt go 1 A largo amount of gold estimated at from ill ClO to 10000 wits tarried on I the tilp anti It was all captured by the robbers The men made their escape but n posso set out after them Three nf thorn were captured while u fourth was Phdt dead while fleeing from his pursuers The rotiheifi had ho ocr secreted the money but nut one ul them would tell where It wan hidden It was generally hclcMd that the plunder had been burled nut far from the Ben of the robber The men were held for ten dais with the hope that they would divulge the secret being ptomied their liberty I If the would 10 1 vo but they refused anti the three of them were strung up to a tree If nil the time And energy expended upon 110 latest 01 theme unror Ions Visionary tuasures were applied to mean and miantates nnI1Y sure of returning TI reward there might thus be u llltU more gld obtained than there Is I certainly there could not be ranch less |