. Christian herald and signs of our times. ol of the business, willgive him one half the treasure, if he suc-ceeds, and will insure his life for twentv-five thousand dollars, so that his familymay be provided for if he dies. The Pe-wabic is said to have had on board, whenshe was sunk in the collision with theMeteor, $3co,cco in gold coin and fivehundred tons of the finest copper in theworld. The treasure, therefore, has ex-cited the eager desires of many adven-turous men. But it lies in twenty-five fath-oms of water and there is great risk inthe quest. Already four lives have beensacrificed in
. Christian herald and signs of our times. ol of the business, willgive him one half the treasure, if he suc-ceeds, and will insure his life for twentv-five thousand dollars, so that his familymay be provided for if he dies. The Pe-wabic is said to have had on board, whenshe was sunk in the collision with theMeteor, $3co,cco in gold coin and fivehundred tons of the finest copper in theworld. The treasure, therefore, has ex-cited the eager desires of many adven-turous men. But it lies in twenty-five fath-oms of water and there is great risk inthe quest. Already four lives have beensacrificed in trying to secure it. Five yearsago a diver from Toledo, O., went down,and was drawn up dead. Two years af-terward another diver, tempted by the re-ward offered, went down on two occasions,but on the second, he too lost his life. Hisarmor was stove in, as if by some greatforce. Since then two other divers havegone down, neither of whom survived theeffort. Now, it appears that a fifth proposesto put his life in peril. The fact of his stip-. THE JAPANESE RED CROSS CORPS ATTENDING TO CHINESE WOUNDED PRISONERS. attacked by some miscreant who killedthem both, and then searched the house forplunder. The weapon used was an axe, butthat could not be found after the was no clue of any kind, save a fewfoot-marks in the mud at the back of thehouse. A local scientist suggested that theeyes of the murdered women should be ex-amined through a microscope to ascertain ifthe retina still bore the image on which thewomen last looked in life. The suggestionwas adopted, and on Dec. 20 the Coronerand a number of witnesses were presentwhile an examination was made. The eyesof the daughter revealed nothing, but in theeves of the mother the image of a man wasdistinctly outlined. The microscope, whichmagnified four hundred times, showed theman in a stooping attitude with one footiifted as if stealthily advancing toward hisvictim. The face was hidden, but the low-er part of the figure was q
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