Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-07-14

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surgeons examining the body the dia-
mond was found in his stomach.
he having swallowed it as the only
means left to him of outwittiDg his assail-
ants. This diamond remained in the pos-
session of the family for several more gau-
eratiOns, but WAS at last sold TO James III.
of England, who presented it to Louis
XIV. 1t remained among the crown lew
els of France for some time, bat was finally
purchased by the Russian banker, Demi-
doroff.
An interesting anecdote is related in the
life Of Lord John Lawrence in regard to
that most famous diamond, the Koh-i-noor.
When the precious gem was committed to
the care of Lord Lawrence he stuffed it into
his waistcoat pocket and went on with bus
mess. Dinner time arriving he changed
his clothes, and threw his waistcoat aside.
Six weeks later a message came that the
| Queen desired the diamond to be sent home
at once. The matter had entirely escaped
the memory of the absent minded lord,
and he first avowed that he had forwarded
il long before When the facts came back
to him he was badly frightened, bnt allow
ed 10 misgivings to appear, and took the
frat opportunity 10 slip away TO his private
room. Once there, with his heart in
mouth, he sent for his native servant
and said to him: "Have you got a small
box which was in my weistcoat pocket
some time sgc?r eyes, saoib." the man
replied. 81 found it and put it in one OF
your boxes" Bring it here,n said the
sahib. Upon this the old servant went to
broken down tin box and produced the
little one from it. Open IT," said Lord
Lawrence, ''and gee Whist is inside" He
watched the man snxiously as fold after
fold OF cloth WAS taken Cff, and great was
his relief when the brilliant gem appeared
The servant seemed perfectly unconscious
of the immense treasure he had had in bis
keeping. There ia nothing here, aahib, "
he said, "but s. bit of glass" Thus,
through the Indifference of native ser
want, what might have been a serious loss
Yves turned into happy recovery.
In an interesting article on the romance
of literary discovery writer in an English
periodical Dames a number of notable
book recoveriss in ancient timee. Among
those is HOmer's Odyssey 300 lines of
which were found graspsd in the hands of
a mummy at Monfalont; one of CicsrO's
most interesting tres;ses, Which was found
amid a heap Of refuse near Milsn, by u
bishop of Lodi, early u the fifteenth cen
| fury, and the w,ll-knoWn Instance of the
recovery of the original manuscript Of
Magma Charta from the hands of tailor
whO was cutting it up for patterns. An
equally singular recovery was thas of u
small portion Of what IVES supposed
20 bs one of the lost books OF
Liyy. The tutor of French noblemsn
in the fifteenth century was playing tennis,
when he chancsd to notice that his racquet
bat was made Of parchment covered with
writing. Az he Was good scholar re sac
ceede1 in deciphering il, and found that it
was piece Of historical Latin prose, in
very much the style OF Livy. He instant
ly hurried to tbs racquet maker, but IL
vain. Ire man could only tell him that
he had fallen in with mass of parchment,
and that it had long since been used up in
the making Ofracquet bats.
More fortunate than the tutor was a
scholar named Musso. who CHANGED one
afternoon 90 enter oOOkbnder's chop in
Paris. Noticing thst a Ilau was about 20
cut up a mass OF manuscript, he begged
leave to examine it. To his surprise he
found that he had hit upen the works OF
Agobard, learned prslate Of the ninth
century. Seeing it's value, Musse pur-
chased the manuscript, and TINS preserved
volume which contained many valuable
details of those early days,
The recovery OF the "Ethiopica" Of
Heliodoris, Chriatian bishop OF the
fourth century, IS citsd as little short Of
miraculous. During tie sack CT Osen,
in 1926, common soldier saw mann
scriot living IN the streets, begrimmed
with dirt ard trampled under loot
by nis comrades, who were intent on
pluadering the houses. Noticing that it
wss richly bound ne picked it mp and
conveyed it 20 Germany, where 1t was
shortly sfterward printed, and became
one Of The Nest popular romances OF the
times.
SILL more remarkable wss the discovery
Of Martin Luther's Table Talk" In me
year 1926 q German gentleman named
OEsOaTuS Won Sp0rr Wdb SbgaSrh III ouu"-
ing new house. In the cOnIse of their
excavations the woTkmeu came upon q
small square package wrapped ii strong
liner cloth, which had been closely plast-
cred all over with bseswax. On opening
and examining the parcel a vol
ume was discovered. This volume
YVES Lnther's work, the only copy IN ex-
;s,ence II hid evidently been buried by
Won Sparr's grandfather TO escape the pen
atty of an edict issued by Rndolph II, al
the instigG,ion of Pope Gregory Nil,
making 1t death for any ore to possess tee
WORK. TIE loss of this book would have
been great misfortune for without it we
never should have understood the charac-
ter of the great refOrmer-never have
known what ne was shen surrounded by
his family and friends