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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18
Treasure Troye.

A curious story of treasure trOve
comes from Rome: "The Order of
Benedictine Monks, while digging
the foundation of their new monas-
terry. on the Aventine HILL which is
to be dedicated to ST. Stanislaus,
found what they took to be an earth
en- pot full of common coins, which
the monks hawked about, selling
them for a franc apiece. This fact
would have passed unnoticed but the
brethren quarreled over their booty
and the police interfering captured
over forty of the pieces out of the
original 400 coins, which turned out
to be gold medals of great value. Ev-
erybody connected with the find has
been arrested except one workman,
who managed to escape with sixty
medals of the date of the second
century, and struck by the senate
and people of Rome in honor Of the
conquest of Armenia by Lucius
Verus.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18
DECLINED TO BE DISCHARGED.
The Colored Wood-Carrier of the Senate
Hadn't Time to Talk Nonsense.

The COlored Wood-Carrier of the Senate
Hadn't Time to Talk Nonsense.
One very humble office holder OF
the Senate force will probably be left
in his accustomed place. John
Brown, the wood-carrier, is the most
picturesque as we'll as one Of the
Oldest attaches of the Senate. He
wears tall, shaggy cap, his clothes
are the color of the wood he carries,
and his face has the same mahogany
hue. On his back and shoulders is a
hod, like a large brick hod, always
piled with such load of wood that
his old frame bends under it. The
expression on his face has become
stolid from hard work, and no one
ever catches him smiling. He
trudges in and out of committee
rooms all day, and even on many a
winter night till morning, to pile the
wood that burns next day for the
pleasure of Senators and their
friends. There is an open fireplace
in every committee-room, as without
this the badly ventilated parts of the
Capitol would be dangerous in their
dampness. John Brown tends all
the fires on the Senate side, and
steals in and out of committee-rooms
so quietly that he is hardly thought
of; but Kate Fields Washington says
he is an artist at his trade and can
make a fire burn when no one else
is able to. Lately woodpile fell on
him, breaking his leg, and a few
people who had an idea John Brown
was getting old and useless found it
took two young men to do his work,
and then they growled all the time
because they had too much to do.
John has remained undisturbed
for years in his place, no one having
tried to GUST him except once. Ser
geant-at-arms Bright once found the
pressure upon him for places so great
that in desperation he decided to
discharge John. He sent for him
and the old wOOd-carrier came shut
fling in.
"Yo' want me, Mistah Bright"
asked he.
eyes, John; I want to tell you
I'm going to discharge YOU"
"What's dat, Mistah Bright? Dis
charge me? Oh, go long, Mistah
Bright. / amt got time to talk wild
you. Go long" And John Brown
put on his cap, shouldered his hod
and shuff1ed out, still muttering that
he had no time to talk of "sich
trifiing nonsense"
Mr.. Bright was surprised, but that
was the last attempt ever made to
GUST John, who is now considered in
dispensable.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18

natients were rescued and taken to
the residence of the Catholic bishop
whose house had escaped the general
destrur ton.
The number of ruined houses in
Zante exceeds 5000, and there is not
a house left that is not more or less
damaged. The damage done by the
earthquake in the interior is meal
culable. The shocks seem to have
been greatest in the southeastern
mart of the island. near Cape CHEN.
Five of the most flourishing villages
in this vicinity were wiped out en-
tirely.
Zante has frequently been the
scene of severe earthquakes, notably
those that occurred in February, 1642
and 1746, and in October of lS4o
This years earthquakes have never:
theless been by far the most destruc-
tive. and it is a question whether
Zante will ever recover from the
nffpctS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18
4 Frightfut Catastrophe.


yante. the largest and most beau
.fnl Of the Ionian Islands, recently
,rnorienced the most destructive
,,rthn1lake that has ever visited the
Land, This is saying a great deal
rbpn it is considered that earth
.rakes of serious nature are by NO
Means uncommon in these regions.
The CITY of Zante sustained irrep-
liable damage, as it seemed to be
,be very center of the upheaval. 1t
nav he a curious coincidence or not,
nd it is very singular that Prof.
lib in his prediction should have
.opn 90 fatally correct. This gen
Il nan. who can now be considered
Al indisputable authority On earth
makes, had cautioned the people to
p prepared for a shock, which he
aid would occur during or immedi-
telv following the total eclipse Of
the sun. which took place on the 18th.
The earthquake did arrive on the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18
story of a Lustrous Diamond.

One of the finest diamonds in the
world was found not long since in
the Brazilian sands. 1t came il a
novel form. A small quartz rock
was found, about the size and shape
of an egg, lying in the sand along the
bank of the Amazon in Brazil. This
was carried home by a Brazilian
peasant, who was attracted by its odd
shape and light weight. For some
time it lay in his home with a
number of other geological speci-
mems, mere curiosity Happening
one day in handling it to drop it on a
stone block, it burst open and lay in
halves on the block. The hollow in
terror that gave the light weight to
the stone was filled with blood red
sand. In this sand lay the diamond,
sparkling stone of the rarest
quality. The stone was later sold to
diamond merchant and left the
the finder exceedingly wealthy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18
Too Much Curiosity.

The new servant girl came to the
lady crying and holding on to her
aWhat,s the matter?" asked the
lady
and if it's this plated stuff I'll get
lockjaw.
Genuine. / don't keep any plated
ware in the house.
Next morning the servant girl and
.1l the silver were missing, and the
tahla ware was all plated for some
time after, until the times were
better.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18

wherever he has been. His life has
been a stirring one, his associations
have been almost entirely with men
of affairs, and gray-haired professors
at that, and at 16 he is older than a
man of twice his years. 1t is gener-
ally believed that his bold stroke of
defying the Regents, subsequently
placing them under arrest and pro-
claiming himself King, was inspired
by Natalie, who has never forgiven
the Regents for expelling her from
the country
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18

from the wrecked houses. Hundreds
Of lives were lost. The night follow
ing the principal shock was marked
by trcmblings of the earth and ter
rite noises, which almost frightened
the life out of the people that re-
NAMED in the city. Nobody dared to
sleep, and there was the greatest
amentation and expression Of grief
on all sides. All open spaces were
crowded with tcrror-stricken people.
Invoking Aid from Saint.
The day after the church digni-
larleS held solemn, imposing serv-
ice, beSeeChing the Intervention OF
NJ Denis, patron saint Of the island.
lhe relics of the saint were placed
in gold case on a pedestal in view
o. the immense crowd kneeling on the
0aFe ground. The greatest devotion
Was evinced, and the people seemed
greatly pacified.
The island Of Zante or, as the
Weeks call it, Iakynthos is by Tar
me most beautiful of the lonlan
islands. Nothing can surpass the
0YellneSs Of its scenery or the de-
,ghtS of its cxhilarating climate
We're it not for the periodically oc-
,qIrng earthquakes it could be con-
aeFed an ideal earthly paradise.
InlS charming little spot seems to
unite all the requisite conditions Tor
al al existence of unalloyed pleasure.
oo'eS, oranges, the most delicious
sIapeS and other tropical or SEMI
topical fruits grow here in rlotous
luxury. The only blemish in TINS
FNhing picture is the fact that
ANTE is the very seat of volcanic
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18

uuptlons which, from time lmme-
uorial, have persisted in upsettihe
u4e equilibrium as well as causing
.aQeSlrable movements in real es-
s The island, encompassed py an
a ~ rocky coast, comprises an area
" about 1873 square kilometers ana
~aS some $4,000 inhabitants. Inc
ss;p'tal bearing the same name Is
''ated like an amphitheater at the
of hill on the eastern coast a
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18
ALEXANDER 1. OF SERVIA.

A-Sixteen Year-Old King with Mans
Head.
Alexander, the "boy King" of Servia,
whose recent coup d'etat has created
quite a furry in European politics, is
a son of ex-King Milan and ex-Queen
Natalie, and was born Aug. IA, 1876.
He does not appear to have inherited
the vices and weaknesses of his
father, but is manly young fellow,
and has made favorable impression
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18

the prominent and historically inter-
esting structures are nothing but
heaps of stones and a chaos of broken
timber and twisted iron. Among
the most noted buildings thus swept
away was the Church of st. Mark.
This was a fine specimen of Venetian
architecture of the tenth century.
The ancient Venetian castle, splen-
didly situated far above the city, and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18

day designated, and the loss of life
and property ia consequence was
appalling. The city is but little bet
ter than a huge ruin. The streets
we're made impossible and in most
eases totally obliterated by the enor-
nous masses of stone and timber
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18
,ANTE'S AWFUL FATE.
ISLAND RUINED BY
AN EARTHQUAKE.

.od;se of tFe Ioniaa Group the Center of
-" rruntion-Hundreds of Lives Lost and
w. chief City Rendered Desolate-The
co,,mitv EoretOld.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-18

large citadel crowns the top Of the
hill and the cityis or, perhaps rather
was the best and most substantially
built city of all the Ionian Islands.
Churches in Ruins.
lt has nearly seventeen Thousand
inhabitants and is the see Of Greek
archbishop and a Catholic bishop.
1t had number of very handsome
churches and other buildings, but
most Of these are now in ruins All
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16
An Incident Connected With the
Life of the Late John M.
Robinson.

The following incident in the life of the
late John NJ. Robinson will illustrate his
remarkable power to grasp the gravity
OF a situation and put promptly into ex-
ecutiOn its requirements. 1t may Justly
be termed "StonewalI Jackson move"
During the first year OF the war, Mr.. Rob-
inson being at the time superintendent
OF the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad,
a report reached the authorities that a
heavy fleet of naval vessels was off Will
mington, and that an attack would be
made on the forts at daybreak next
morning. This was in the afternoon. A
detachment of Confederate naval officers,
under command of Capt Arthur Sinclair,
father of Lieutenant Sinclair, of Balti-
more, was ordered to proceed immedi-
ately from Portsmouth, Va, to Whining
ton and assist in the defense of the forts.
Mr.. Robinson, upon being approached
as to whether he could furnish a train
and when and how soon he could land
the party, replied: II can give you the
train now and put you through as soon
as steam can accomplish it, Every
thing ahead was telegraphed out of the
way and Off they went that night. 1t
was ride to death or get there in time.
Mr.. Robinson, who was a practical
engineer, was on the engine with the
engineman, dressed in his hickory shirt.
Upon arrival, begrimed with SCOT and
coal smoke, but with his face lit up with
a smile of satisfaction, eve are here on
time" 1t turned out, however, that the
alarm was a false one. Mr.. Robinson
had volunteered to help man the gnns in
case of need. This incident marked the
coming man outlined the future guide OF
vast Observation-Disclosures Sun.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16
Cleveland's Cabinet Appointments.

People who are now engaged in the
gracious task of crticising the selec-
tons for his cabinet made by Mr..
Cleveland probably remember the case
of Daniel Manning. The appoint
ment of Mr.. Manning as Secretary of
the Treasury was bitterly denounced
from one end of the land to the other.
1t WAS declared to be breach of trust
by Mr.. Cleveland, violation Of the
implied promise of his candidacy.
Daniel Manning was spoken of as a
mere politician, with no higher order
of intellect than shrewdness in political
manipulation and wire-pulling and
that in this work he was not too
scrupulous.
When Mr.. Manning died there was
scarcely respectable journal in the
United States which failed to deplore
his death. He had shown himself to
be financier and a statesman with
out superior among those who had
occupied the place in recent years.
Mr.. Cleveland knew what he was
about in making that appointment
and we may as we'll conclude that he
knows what he is about now.-Balti-
more Sun.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16
The Kind we Need.

There is fellow up at Green Bay,
who, every time he gets on a spree,
insists on paying a years subscription
to his town paper. He has already
paid for his paper to Jan. lst, 1927.
An effort will be made at the next
press convention, to ascertain what
brand of whiskey that fellow is in the
habit Of drinking, in order that it may
be more generally placed on the
market.-Chenoa tIll.) Gazette.
The Green Bay liquor is the first
On record to make man pay his debts
more than one time. We have som e
down this way that make men feel
rich, but they generally gladden. the
hearts of their creditors bypromises.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16
What Your Great Grandmother
Did.

She hetcheled the fax and carded the
wool, and wove the linen. and spun the
tow, and made the clothes for her husband
and ten children. She made butter and
cheese, she dipped tallow candles to
light the house at night, md she cooked
all the food for her household by an open
fireplace and brick oven. Yes; and
when she was forty years of age, she was
already an old lady whose best days were
oyer. Her shoulders were bent and her
Joints enlarged By hard work. and she
wore, spectacles and cap. Her great
granddaughter, with all the mDdern con
yeniences for comfort, refinement and
laxury, may be as charming and attractive
at forty-tive as at twenty, Especially is
this true if she preserves her health and
beauty by the use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, which wards off all female
ailments and Irregularities, cures them if
they already exist, keeps the life current t
healthful and vigorous, and enables the
woman of middle age to retain the fresh
ness OF girlhood upon brow and cheek, the
light of youth in her eyes, and its elasticity
in her step. Sold by all druggists.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16
Story Of a Lustrous Diamond

One Of the finest diamonds in the
world was found not long since in the
Brazilian sands. 1t came in novel
form. A small quartz rock was found,
about the size and shape Of an egg,
lying in the sands along the bank of
the Amazon in Brazil. This was
carried home by Brazilian peasant,
who was attracted by its odd shape
and light weight. For some time it
lay in his home with a number of other
geological specimens, a mere. curiosity.
Happening one day in handling it to
drop it on stone block, it burst open
and lay in halves on the block. The
hollow interior that gave the light
weight to the stone was filled with
blood-red sand. In this sand lay the
diamond, a sparkling stone of the
rarest quality. The stone was later
sold to diamond merchant and left
the finder exceedingly wealthy.-St.
Louis Globe emGcrat.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16
Southern Newspapers.
ISpringfeld, Mass. Republican.

!Springfeld, Mass, RepQblican.l
Each new force of modem life as it
comes into play all through the South
find its ally and welcoming friend in
the newspapers, and perhaps nowhere
else in the United States are the
results of the alliance more direct or
SO powerfully felt. There is a serious.
earnestness in the journalism of the
South that differentiates it from the
same profession i'll the West and gives
to her newspapers the power that
belongs to honest helpers in public
affairs. When to this is added a
humor and courtesy of language that
often sound over warm to the colder
Northern ear, the effect is distinctly
helpful and cheerily humanizing.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16

Journalism has reached high plane
of usefulness and far reaching influence
when it can lay aside partisan hatred
and bias and do equal justice to all.
This spirit has been manifested in a
marked degree by hundreds of Ameri-
can journals in dealing with promi-
nent NEIL who have recently passed
from earth to the "eternal camping
crCuSd"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16
THE GOLD LEAF.
HENDERSON,, n. G..
MARCH IS, 1893.
HARRAH FOR THE ONE THAT
STAYS

STAYS.
When hoops We're worn by woman fair
\ nuisance they were found;
One ran against them everywhere,
The hoops we're always round.
And they retarded, it was clear,
The rise Of wOmankind
For by the fashion to her sphere
Each woman was confined.
When hoops went out, by some cracked
brain
The hustle was designed,
And woman's fashion, it was plain,
Was getting quite behind.
The hustle also saw its dav,
Though they to ii adhered
For years and when il passed away
The clingng dress appeared.
And as it suited old and young,
Twas worn without demur:
To fashion women long had chung,
Now fashion chung to her.
In time the train became the style
And every woman wore it;
In fact the fashion for 2 while
Swept everything before it.
And thus the years new fashions bring
Which flourish and decay;
The cOrest is the only thing
That came to stay.
-InrlnOlitA Re0tstpr
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16
Forced Spelling.
[Cincinuati ENQUIRER. |

An editor OF a newspaper in one of
the Western States, called the Rocky
Moantain CycIoar, opened the first
article of its issue as follows:
Owe begin the publication of the
Rocky Mountain CyfIone with some
phew diphiculties in the way. The
type phounder phrom whom we bought
the output phor this printing ophis
phaled to supply any ephs or Gays,
and it will be phour or phive week
before we can get any"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16
A woman whose husband has fallen

A woman whose husband has fallen
INTO the habit Of coming home tipsy
at night, decided to try to brighten
him for a cure. She dressed up by
moonlight. Come with me am the
Devil she said in sepulchral tones.
"Zat so? Shake old boy, Pm your
brother-i n-law. l married your sister''
responded the inebriated husband.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16
Gatarrh in the Head

Is undoubtedly disease of the blood
and as such only reliable blood purifier
can effect a perfect cure. Hoods Sarsa.
parilla is the best blood purifier, and il
has cured many very severe cases Of
catarrh. Try it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16

/ prescribe Simmons Liver Regulator,
and it deserves all the praise it receives
DIR. d. W. Atkinson, Sloan, Ark.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16

Painting the town red means headache
in the morning. Simmons Liver Regulator
prevents it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16

Give your pet dogs anl !eats Simmons
Liver Regulator, when Siek-it Will cure
them.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16

True
a1h Best Attention. Treatment
EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALl-SPECIAL PRIV IIEGES TO NONE"
the platform 1t
R tact t tor the past ys G0PR 0D MORE FARMERS
Hard Work. Prompt Service Honest Dealing
allow omKlea
bring the MOST
COOPERS pace
n
the
Tobacco
ITO the
Fogheads furnished olacConc
Thanking Hterpa
o esane '
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16

Take Simmons Liver Regulator in youth
and you will enjoy green old age.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16

Dent sicken people with that bad breath.
Take Simmons Liver Regulator to sweeten
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16

~ KATHRINE :. IIANDKK.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-10-11

Mrs. Bingo-That's right. I'll take my
ta-ra-ra boom-de-ay.
MI. Bingo-What the deuce do you
mean?
Mrs. Bingo-My cloak, of course. 1
call it that because it is SO threadbare.-
Truth.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-10-11

Lieutenant Peary by this time should
be at his northern camp and have his win
ter quarters well on the road toward COM
pletion. If all goes well, he will accom-
plish more on this trip than any one re-
cent arctic explorer has been able to do.
Two objects Peary had definitely in his
mind. One was to explore the detached
masses of land to the north of Greenland
and toward the north pole. This has
never yet been done. 1t is not known
how much is continent and how much is
ice and island in that faroff frozen re-
gion. Another object of the explorer is
to survey the north Greenland coast
where the gap is between Independence
bay and Cape Bismarck. If he succeeds
in his intentions. then we shall have here
after a definite map, where we have now
only an indistinct blur or guesswork out
lines. Peary has a hope in his heart that
by passing from one to another of what
he calls detached masses of land" to the
north Of Greenland he will be able
to reach the north pole itself. He did
not say much about this, but the hope
and aim were there. It would be a fit
ting crown for the close of the nine
teenth century il an American should
after all these hundreds of years reach
the north pole.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-10-11
Beatty's Pianos and Organs,

Hon. Daniel F. Beatty, the great Or
gan and Piano man of Washington, Nj,
is buster than ever. In 1870 Mr.. Beatty
left home a penniless pillow boy, and by
his indomitable will he has worked his
way up SO as to sell so far, nearly 100 900
of Beatty's Pianos and Organs since 1870.
Nothing seems to dishearten him obsta-
Giles lay in his way that would have
wrecked an ordinary man forever; he
turns to an advertisement and comes out
of it brighter than ever. His instru-
ments are in use everywhere. We are
informed that during the next ten years
he intends to sell 200, 900 more Of his
make. That means a business of $2O,-
600, 900, if we average them at 800 each.
1t is already the largest business of the
kind in existence. Read his ADVERTISE
ments.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-10-11

The trade of England with Siam
amounts annually to $12, 500, GOO; that of
France to only $40, 900. From the blus-
ter made by France one might have sup
posed the figures were the other way.
Yet England quietly allowed France to
do with Siam as she chose until it came
to interfering, by means of the blockade.
with British commerce. Then the lion
very quietly put out his paw and warned
France back. and France backed.