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CESNOLh'S TRIALS.



nr fine consulate were not burdchsoin'' I
One day he saw in ba1ar at lAnarka, "
town On the southern coast Wheie nv
Ii"oI same tcrra.cotta heads finely SOUP
tured; and, having asked the statesman .ha',
where they came from, learned Il'aV my
had been found on a spot apouI my
"T TLis very trining circumstance led
m a,e beginning Of His lab0rs az an cX'
pIorer; for he immediatcI y went to the
place, hired two or three men to dig Tor
him, and in two years obtained nearly
ak hundred heads, statuetto and statue+,
Mt depths varying from six inches TO Two
feet. So much for beginning. By the
death Of Il near relative, he soon came
into possession Of ten thousand dollars
lie spent every dollar Of it, and more
than sixty thousand dollars besides, dur
ing his ten years o, exploration
The difficulties that he encountered
make the story Of his triumph romantic
Fir,t and foremost in his way was the
coyctous, ignorant, trcachcrous ianalIca'
Turk, who rules in Cyprus, me sultan,
indeed, allowed him to dig, but the gov,
crnor.gcneral Of the island and the local
authorities were suspicious and iault'
finding They bothered him. with their
interference, and often ret the mop on
his men. Little knew they OF the real
value OF his treasures, except, OF course,
what they learned from the Europeans
But their cupidity was great ana 80 was
the cnpidNy Of the popuIace. On one
occasion, General CcsnOa, asleep at md
uiyht in his house, was awakened by tle
having Of horses in his courtyard, and
nv the loud takingot the riders, Dress
inc himself in haste he ran down stairs,
and found that his visitors were courlen
come ~ tell him that mob had taken
possession Of his digging some distance
off, and we're preventing the remoVal OF
some sculptures which he had eXcaVated'
While they were telling their story, Il
third courier arrived with the intelligence
that two policemen had appeared on the
scene, and had claimed possession OF the
sculptures in the name OF the sultan
The general did not wait for any more
arrivals, but, mounting a mule, gallopcd
to the spot.
1t was about hali.past one O'Clock IN
the morning when he reached 1t, and the
sight that confronted him he has not tor
gotten. The people had lighted fires on
, the desert plain, and were bvouacHcd
there, They made the night hidcou+
with their shOutsand contentious Each
walking figure cast its shadow in the
r freight around the cncampmcnI wlr
bIackness OF darkness; above 1t timex
and starIess sky. What should b" done
with this noisy, fighting crowd !? me
tactics OF United States general ana
the sense of a Solomon would not have
been out OF place Gen. CesnoIa had at
least one of these qualifications he was
Federal general Comprchendlng the
situation ut once, he rode up to one OF
the Turkish policemen present ANA
asked him to take charge of the mule,
reeking with foam, and TO walk the am
nal around slowly for It's health. The
officer consented. His companion wa'
/ then called, and requested to dloperse the
|. crowd, He proceeded to Ito so; and
p before the throng seemed to kno" wha'
| the American consul, whom they ha'
; recognized was about, the general ha'
+ his sculptures carefully placed upoi
| carts, had given them and his mule t.
the care of one Of his servants, and ha'
seen them safely started some distance
+ ON the way to his house. lite then pu
! himself under the care ol the I'VE
: policemen and, followed by the nos,
, but almost unaccountably harmless rab
! Bile, proceeded to the nearest village, an'
II found shelter and wooden shuttle
u Wrapping himself in n quilt, he 7oo'
fell fast asleep.
+ The town of pa'ic, paphos il especial
II attractive to the explorer, 1t gave it
r name to the. paphian queen who wa
y born of the foam. General Ce4nol
:, though that the ruins Of II castle ther
Il might cover the site oi one OF the an
g cient royal palaces. The ruins wcr
used by their owner ASA stable Tor III
=. camels and donkeys; but, when Tn
diggngs began, this man looked for gol'
/ beneath them tie watched the dieger~
and logged the footsteps OF their chief
a and, when his interference had be
a come almost uncomfortable, the gen
/ eral promised to give him al
, the gold that was found
!, As the work proceeded, and no goI'
made its appearance, the old man-hl
name was Osman Aga threatened ON
! day that, il before shutdown he got non
of the precious metal, he would put Al
, end TO the operations. The men wcr
4 then lorty.onc feet below the surface
I and had struck the foundation of villa
/, seemed to be the very palace that the,
| were in search Of. Something must b
p, done to appeasc the cupidity of the Turk
! General Cesnola happened to have IN hi
pocket two gold coins of the Empcro
, lIeraclius, which, by the way, were yer,
q common in Cyprus and he remembered
, how the King of Naples used to do Il
pompci when taking royal visitors on
q to see the excavations. Reckoning to hi
t foreman, he slyly slipped these coins int
. the mans hand, giving him to understand
9 that they were to be buried, and thcI
/ dug up for the benefit OF Osman Aga
q After that the aged owner of the placJ
was eager to have the work. 90 on ~ tas
# as possible, and his eyes twinkled at tn,
:. thought OF the possessions that might b'
a in store Tor him. The next day, at thu
depth of ftty-two feet, the workmal
reached virgin soil, and soon aiterwal'
Il the excavations were abandoned, TIN
n results not having been encouraging.
The peasants OF Cyprus PERSISTENT.
Il refused to work with iron spades an,
e wi h whtelbarrows, and their refusa
+ was one OF the principal obstacles en-
r countcred. Although those useful i'm
:, plements had been imported from Europ
G ior the purpose, they left them on tn
:, ground The native basket slung owe
u the shoulder by rope, was, in their est
J. nation, better than a patented wheel
X barrow. Their hands and their knive
= were preferable to spades. 1t sometime
p took these men one month to dig out
single statue, after the statue had beer