Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-01-23
RELICS AND RARlTIEs.

AAh- w. w. w Ahh1n naS presented Ln0
printing press worked by Benjamin Frank
lin, at Boston, to the Bostonian Society.
AT Westport, Mass, James NJ Eddy dug
up big iron kettle containing 800
Spanish doubloons. He thinks he has
struck a part Of Captain Kldd's buried
wealth, and that at least 800, 900 in Spanish
gold is concealed on his farm.
THAT must be a very old rosebush which
Is growing against church wall in Helder-
sheim, Germany, if tradition does not ex-
sggerate its antiquity. Eight hundred years
ago, 1t is related, Bishop Hepilo caused q
trellis to be erected to support it.
TRAcrNes Of the curious hieroglypaics
found upon certain slate rocks Of Nova
Scotia have been obtained by the Smith
sonlan Institution at Washington The
characters are cut TO the depth Of sixteenth
OF an inch, and seem TO be very old.
An old ledger has recently been brought
- light In Edinburgh, Scotland. 1t be-
ionged to . merchant OF the sixteenth
oentury. At the top Of the inside board the
6ook-keeper inscribed the words: "God
bhs this bulk and keip me and it honest.n
A CITIZEN Of Lafayette, N. p, has an old
fashioned clock made in Germany more
thaa two hundred years aeo which still
heeps good time. It was made entirely by
hand, and the mahogany case, reaching
from moor to ceiiing, rs held together by
wooden pins.
HORACE SMITH, Of Philadelphia, is said 10
possess the largest collection Of newspaper
clippings in the world. He began when q
boy Of ten, and has been at it fifty years 1t
would take furniture van to hold what he
has now, although he has sold thousands
and thousands Of slips.
YE EverOroan CAuata,-v pavr-, ~ 49,.
h curiosity in the shape Of two trees of
different species growing from the same
roota. The roots Of q red oak and a water
eak arc - solidly together - IL there was
only ene source, and there is bat one BODY
TO the height Of two feet from the ground.
TON SAY1Rs' belt, which was Rivcn him
after hs light with Heenan in 1880 hy
0eorgs Wilkes, was recently offered for
sale. At Sayers' death the belt was uur-
chased by Glen, his trainer. It is of
massive silver, inscribed, and would form q
nttlng ornament for some modern bar
room.
THE Presidents writing desk, a Washing
ton letter says, is made Of oak from the
British ship Resolute, which was rescued in
the Arctic Ocean, thoroughly rebuilt by the
United States Government and sent to En-
gland This is not last card. The British
Governnent took out some Of the oak in the
original framework Of the ship and had
superb desk made, which all the Presidents
o1 the Unfted States have used since.
THE Astor library contains among its his
torlc relics copy Of q letter from Columbus.
OF which only six are known 70 be In exist
ence. One Of these copies sold for 500 at
an suction sale in London IN 1871 This let
ter was written by Columbus at Lisbon, and
is addressed to Raphael Sanchis, treasurer
70 the King Of Spain. A Latin version Of
the letter was printed N Rome. The letter
n descriptive Of his travels and discoveries.
1t was presented to the library by Mr.. w.
W. Astor.
q CURIOUS COIN was recently dug up near
A-yshore, l. L No one seems to know its
value or what the designs mean. The coin
Is Of copper, about the size Of the oid-fash-
ioned copper cent On one side it has the
legend, sUnited States Of America On the
outside edge Of the coin Inside Of this is
the typical laurel wreath, and in this circle
the words 81 sIiberty, 1885" The other side
of the coin Is entirely strange. The kneel-
ing figure Of q woman, with upiifted hands,
from which fall the links of chain. Around
the figure are the words, "Am ! not .
Woman and Sister. 19sS,'