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Show STILL SEARCH FOR TREASURE Colored People of the 8outh Victim of Sharpers, Who Sell Them Divining Rods. Tho restaurant orchestra had lust finished playing ;'DlxIo." "Speaking of burled treasure," said a southerner after the noUo had dtod away, "tho search for tho hidden riches of Captain Kldd Isn't tn U with the hunt that Is going on continually con-tinually all over tho south for wealth tha( Is supposod to havo beon se- , creted during the Civil war. Two classes of persons aro engaged in it. It Is the pet avocation of tho negroej. but not more than one In a hundred thousand over finds anything. The class that gets tho real coin Is the slick Yankee who travels through the south selling divining rods and things of that 'sort to tho negroes. These 'witch sticks' are supposed to drw UMir, holders Irresistibly to where the treasure Is buried. They sell for a big price $10 to $50 It de-' pends on how much the purchaser hat bidden away under Ms own hearthstone." hearth-stone." ft |