The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-17

metal JUdb COutA0Soc Nv l
thing which changes its beauty or q.
minishes its weight. 1t is q tning -
admiration. That of all substances
,o,d preserves itself best and entire'
without rust or dirt, in water tne
earth and sepulchres, and throughout
all ages. There are medals OF 1t IN De'
ing, lin Plinys time 1900 years ago.
which have been struch aDouo wv
thousand years, which, seem just come
from the workmans hands IL Is oo-
carved that gold resists the impression
and corrosicn of salt and vinegar
which meets and subdues all otner
matter" An ounce of gold VIII lot"
75o leaves. each about four inches
SQUARE. and is susceptible OF oeing
woven with wool or silk or alone into
wearing fabrics. The first Tarquin
wore a vest of gold, and Aggripp'na
the mother of Nero, wore a rome mace
of pure gold wire, without any admix.
ture. at representation OF naval
battle given the people by her husband
Claudius, We mention all the above
in order to show the basic value OF
cold above all other metals, then ana
now, although all other metals existed
and were in use then and ever since 10
the present day. Now we will give
some instances of the mine owners OF
those times and their stupendous
wealth. which almost staggers credu'
Gty. Xenophen mentions dipponius
who owned six hundred slaves ana
Nicias q thousand, all the result OF
revenues from mines, Vano mentions
one Ptolemy private person who IN
the time of Pompey, commanded IN
Syra and maintained 5000 horses az
his own expense, and entertained l'oot
guests at his table, who each had
gold cup which was changed at every
course. Pythius Toasted the whole
army Of Xerxes amounting to l,7Oo, Oo'
men one day in royal and sp'endit
style and offered him five months pay
with necessary provisions for thu
prodigeous host. The western ire
silver mine owners could soon be II
nosition to own slaves, (white ones)
& not only feast the army of the U. :
but corrupt it and the government
p,utarch tells us OF the immense sum
of money carried into Rome, by Pauiu
Emilius Lucullus, and other trium
uhant plunderers, all of which howese
dwindle into insignificance when con
pared with the untold and endies
millions amassed by David and Soil
man in building and ornamenting IN
temple at Jeruselam, In one voyae
Soloman's feet brought home $50 ia
ents of gold.-2. Chronicles. Wills.
y. we interpret money equivalents RICH
" this is about Sill, 42l 900 OF OF
money. Small aas Judea was was
. the time of Soloman its annual reven'
was 666 talents of gold or SIG, ,oS
The mines of Mexico and Peru we
'e not discovered then, hence maj
'u' mines must have been worked to we
nc such sincredible quantities OF goi
re- The ratio of gold and silver in Bit
lse money was as follows: A talent
'ut silver was s1.7e5 and a talent OF go
ao was Se5. $50. We would like for sol
YER of the free selverites to make a nc
mo of this, especially as the reign OF Da'
not and Soloman were characterized
oi' splendor, material prosperity ana
IN tellectual greatness--which will
ivii press the worlds history as long at
gu exists. Where are all these immel
or treasures of gold? These old 90
ity' bugs certainly never carried it OH "
them.