Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30
THE DIsCovERER OF AMERIcA.

A correspondent. over the signature of
Max, makes some inquiries touching
the discovery of America, and asks what
part the celebrated John Smith took
therein. As this is a question OF some
importance, Roundabout reproduces in
full the biography of
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS,
The man who discovered America two
points Oft the port bow. One dav. in his
garden, he observed an apple falling from
its tree, whereupon a conviction flashed
through his mind the world was round.
BY breaking the bottom OF an egg and
making it stand on end at the dinner
table he demonstrated that he could sail
due west and arrive at another hemis-
phere. He started line of emigrant
packets from Palos, Spain, and landed at
Philadelphia, where he walked up Mar
ket street with loaf of bread under each
arm The simple-hearted natives took
MIN to see their new Park. On his Sec
ond voyage Columbus was barbarously
murdered at the Sandwich Islands, or
rather he would have been but for the in.
vention of Pocahontas, a lovely maiden.
romantlcally fond of distressed travellers,
After this little incident he went west.
where his intrepidity and mastery fnan
cial talent displayed itself in the success
with which he acquired land and tobacco
without paying for them. As the saw
ages had no railroad OF which they conld
make him President, they ostracised him
sent him 10 the Island of st. Helena
But the spirit of discovery refused
to be quenched, and the next wear we
lind him landing at Plymouth Rock in a
binding snow-storm. 1t was here that
he shot an auple from his sons head
10 this universal genius are we indebted
also for the exploration of the sources of
the Nile and an unintelligible but corre-
spondlngly valuable scientific report Of A
visit to the Valley of the Yellowstone.
He took no side in our late unhappy war.
but during the Revolution he penetrated,
with handful of the Garde Mobile, into
the mountain Businesses of Minnesota.
where he won that splendid series of vic
tories which, beginning with Guilford
Courthouse, terminated in the glorious
storming of Chapul'epec. Ferdinand
and Isabella rewarded him with chains
Genoa, his native city, gave him statue,
and Boston has named in his honor one
of her proudest avenues. One day he
rushed naked from the bath, cxcaiuing:
Eureka J" and the presumption is that
he was right He afterwards explained
himself by saying that he cared not who
made the laws of people so long as he
furnished their ballots Columbus was
cruelty put to death by order of Richard
Iii Of England and as he walked to the
scatfold he exclaimed to the throng that
stood around him, "The world moves. !"
The drums struck up to drown his words.
Smiling at this little boy play, he ad-
Justed his crimson mantle about him and
laid his head upon the block. He then
drank off the hemlock with philosophic
eomposure. This great mans life which,
by the wdS, was not insured) teaches
the beautiful lesson that an excess of yir-
tue is apt to be followed by n redun-
dancy OF happiness, and that he who
would secure the felicity Of to-day must
disdain alike the evanescent shadows of
yesterday and the intangible adumbra-
tons of tomorrow