Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 5 April 1906 — Page 7

|OTCO’S LOST MINES ■ ncien t beds of treasure that ■ A cannot now be located. H Romance Which Hovers Around ■ f 1 ” jnnioisx Hidden Mine of Tniopa. fl Sope r, * 1,,1,n ' llld tu,,ui,lK ” f th< ’ I Indian-. ■ tlie many mines which were workfl t<r the Spaniards and which gave I•“ sUC p fabulous returns for their ■ tabor scarcely one can be located toI ir Many romantic stories as to their fl hereabouts have been followed up, I Lr to be met with defeat. fl / ae of the richest of those mines was I ntobably Tarasca, about which Humfl Lit has written. It was worked long I before the Spaniards arrived in flexfl and the gold and silver were made I mo ornaments by the aborigines. A fl family in Guaymas has a necklace of ■ fving flsh purchased from a I'ima I chief, who said that the metal was dug I from Tarasca. Later the mine was acI «uired by the crown of Spain and was I worked, with the exception of a period | during the Apache war, till the French ■ joterventJen. when the shafts were said | to bare been concealed by the adminfl litrator, Don Juan Moreno, who was fl forced to seek safety in flight. After fl the restoration of peace the location of fl Tarasca was looked for in vain, though I the mine now known as Übarbo is supfl posed to be the same. When rediscovI ered years ago Übarbo was found to I tare been extensively worked and the I shafts concealed under earth and I brush. Rich pillars of ore were found ■ in the drifts, and the mine corresponds I la many respects with the descriptions I ofTarasca found in the archives of I the American consulate at Guaymas. I The fame of Tarasca is eclipsed by I the romance which hovers around the I Jost n ine of Taiopa. A Mexican of I great wealth who was much interested I in the subject made a trip to Madrid I to search for data on the subject. He I found absolutely nothing to prove that I such a mine bad ever been worked by I the crown of Spain, and there is nothI Ing in Mexican archives to establish I the facts. Quite as trustworthy as the I (written documents are tha traditions I among the Pima Indians. They mainI tain that Taiopa exists and a few I claim to know its whereabouts. Sipall quantities of very rich ore are occaaionally sold at the mountain mining camps, but all attempts to follow the Indians to the spot where it is found or to bribe them to reveal it have been unavailing. Their wants are few, and they believe that should they reveal the secret they would drop dead. About six years ago an old Pima chief fell ill la one of the valley pueblos and was cured by a Mexican lady so well known and universally respected that her statement is taken without question. The old Indian returned to bis | tribe and from time to time sent his benefactress rich bits of ore which ! assayed thousands of dollars to the ton. All her efforts to get him to lead her to the mine were fruitless, for the great spirit would strike him dead for the offense. The following summer the aenora went to the mountains and lived among the Indians for three months, doctoring the sick and giving presents of ribbons and gay calico to the women. She became convinced that the spot whence the rich ore came was Taiopa. Finally the old chief admitted that the mine was worked when be was a boy and gave permission to two women of the tribe to lead the senora within a few yards of the mine so that she might discover it for herself and save him from the penalty of sudden death for revealing it. The three women traveled mostly at night, passing through deep canyons and over lofty mountains. The fourth night some hours after dark the Indian women led her into a deep canyon and paused before a large rock. In the dim moonlight an old arrastra was seen and across the eanyon a large ore dump. The woman gathered bits of ore from the dump, but was hurried away by the squaws, who eaid they would be killed if they delayed beyond the time mentioned by their chief. They traveled till the moon went down, rested a few hours and went on before daylight, completely bf>X.ing the Mexican woman as to the route they had taken. They arrived at the pueblo at nightfall, having taken four days to reach the mine *nd but one to return, the obvious contusion being that she had been led In * circle. Despairing of gaining more, Rie woman returned to her home, but *be hopes nt some future time to continue the search. Two other mines which are supposed to have been the property of the crown during the Spanish occupation and of Which there are many romantic tales are the Reina Mercedes and the Casa Blanca. Both have been probably rediscovered and worked under other Sanies. The Reina Mercedes is supposed to be one of the rich Conchena group and the Casa Blanca the Casitas Inine - Near the latter is an ancient toine, now worked by a Mexican company, which has open cuts on the surface for more than a mile and several ®ilcs of underground workings. Near this mine, where once a large church •food, which has long since fallen into tains, two copper bells have been °und. They bear the name of Guadanpe de Taiopa, thus leading many to he belief that the Tajos mine is the ong ' os - Taiopa.—New York Herald. Never Original. Blank Is a bright talker, but he ®‘ aee by reflected light.” "How’s that?” He never tells any but other men’s r °ries.”—Detroit Free Press. To accept good advice Is but t® In* 688(5 one ’® own ability,—Goethe.

Lincoln’s Orderly Mln®. Lincoln's mind was orderly, thong* his methods were not. He ‘neglected details because his thought, which was as direct as flight,” passed instantly to the .vital spot, and all else seemed unimportant. "If I can free this case from technicalities and get it properly swung to the jury I’ll win it,” he used to say; and this was his mental attitude toward all legal questions. He had no training in technicalities as long as the firm of Stuart .& Lincoln lasted, and it is doubtful if any' teaching would have qualified him for attorney work or made him a master of detail. Yet as an office lawyer, such as rules the destinies of our modern corporate interests, he probably would have been invaluable. His mind comprehended large subjects without the slightest effort. Once concentrated on an issue he passed directly to the point, disregarded the thousand and one contingencies, all the academic pros and cons and reduced the problem to its simplest possible form. — Frederick Trevor Hill in Century. Street Crowds In Caracas. One of the features of the city of Caracas, Venezuela, that most strongly impresses a foreigner is the rapidity with which a crowd gathers in the streets. This is best exemplified when some of the many wandering musicians, in whom Caracas abounds, prepare to give an impromptu open air concert. Their first notes no sooner echo through the neighborhood that there gathers to listen a vast throng that almost blocks up the thoroughfare. The cobblers and all the other tenants of the entries, having no doors to open or stairs to.descend, are on the spot almost instanter. They eagerly drink in the music, but at the same time bear a wary eye upon the hats of the musicians, and no sooner do they observe the slightest indication that one is about to be taken off for the purpose of taking up a collection by passing it around among the crowd than they disappear even more quickly than they came. Tact and Polley. A high fence should be built between the words tact and policy for the benefit of those who cannot see the bordering line. “Oh, I have no tact!” they say with a satisfied air. “Tact and policy are things I know nothing about.” And yet the two qualities are as distinct as north and south. Tact comes from the heart, and policy from the head. Policy is inspired by selfish interests and is a treacherous quality that one might well boast the lack of. Tact springs within from an unwillingness to hurt feelings, and it is the mark of innate kindness that has no personal motive. Tact is no enemy to truth. It offers truth on a salver instead of throwing it in the face, that’s all.—PhU adelphia Press. and Borrowing. New York druggists are frequent bor« rowers. Only the most complete pharmacies are constantly supplied with all the drugs required in compounding medicines. When a druggist is asked to fill a short notice prescription calling for some drug that he does not happen to have on hand, he does not take time to telephone to a wholesale house for the missing ingredient, but sends around to the nearest drug store and tries to borrow it. It is a peculiar feature of the situation that druggists seldom buy anything outright from each other. They merely borrow, then, after having replenished their stock from the wholesale houses they pay back the loan.-New York Post.

The Sea Otter. The sea otter combines the habits of a seal with the intelligence and amusing character of the otter. When met in herds far out at sea, which is but seldom now, they are commonly sees swimming on their backs. They even eat their food lying in this position on the water, and nurse their young ones on their chests between their paws, exactly as a south sea island mother swims with her baby hi the water. When swimming in this attitude they even shade their eyes with their paws when the sun dazzles them. Poison In War. The use of poison in war was once considered not only permissible, but commendable, and was defended by no less an authority than Wolff. There are reported instances of wells, springs, ponds ami suwims being poisoned aa a military measure. Even in .at time Instances are numerous of the titentlonal defilement of drinking water supplies by throwing the bodies of animals into the stream or pond. His Last Love. She—l suppose you would have me believe I am the first woman you ever loved? He—Not at all. I’ve loved scores of women, but you are the last one I have fallen in love with. SbeVery well, then. I'll say "Yes.” As long as I am the last one you have loved we’ll get along all right.—Boston Transcript. Dispelled His Fears. Old Gentleman—lt is folly to talk of marriage for years yet. My daughter is a mere child. She knows nothing about the world and could not manage servants. Mr. Slimpurse — Oh. that needn't make the slightest difference! We shan't have any. Our Best. We need not be discouraged becau’e of the great things others accomplish and which are far beyond the range of possibility for us. It W only »« *^ n best that is paired of w, our own .of aaotberts.-M’oman’s Life. The earliest known cookbook was printed in Venice in 1475

A PUZZLING FEAT. The Wonderful Corn Growing Mairlc of the 7.uni Indians. The medicine num among the Zuni Indians perform a feat at the annual “corn festival” wbicl’i surpasses the famous mango growing trick of the Hindoo. Many scientists have been present to witness this strange ceremony, but have never been able to fathom the mystery of it. In front of the southern opening of the medicine lodge a .large square of clean yellow sand, carefully smoothed and packed, is spread. With a ceremonial arrow figures representing the Great Spirit, the earth, sun, sky and rain are drawn. There are also the symbols of the corn and a bountiful harvest. The indentations made by the arrow are then filled in with pigments, blue for the sky and clouds, black for the earth and chrome yellow for the harvest. The middle of the square is left vacant. This picture in sand paint ing is a most pleasing specimen of barbaric art. The hour for the ceremony arrives, and at the right moment the medicine man comes forth from his lodge and takes a seat in the opening of the lodge, facing the sand square. The warriors and chiefs arrange themselves around the square according to rank. The ceremonial pipe is then filled and lighted, and the medicine man blows one puff in each direction of the compass and two to the heavens. He then makes an address, going over the past history of the tribe and the kindness of the Great Spirit and his care. He concludes with a prayer for the continuance of this favor. The great moment has arrived. With impressive solemnity the medicine man thrusts the sacred arrow into the sand, withdraws it and places a grain of corn into the hole thus made. Carefully smoothing the sand Over it, he resumes his seat, while the assembled chiefs smoke their pipes in stolid silence. If the Great Spirit condescends to answer the prayer of the medicine man—and he generally does—the corn will sprout and send up a shoot. After an interval of fifteen or twenty minutes the sand seems disturbed at the spot where the grain of corn was planted, and soon the slender green blades of the sprouting corn are seeh above the surface. The plant continues to grow rapidly and naturally during the day, and by the next sunrise the silk and tassels appear. By noon the stalk and ear have reached full maturity and the ripening begins. Finally the blades and husks turn yellow and rattle when the wind shakes them. Ail this, we must bear in mind, has been done in thirty-six hours. On the morning of the second day the corn growing is complete. The medicine man now addresses the watchers who in company with him have watched the plant grow, for it is never left alone. With appropriate ceremonies he symbolizes the harvest by stripping the ear from the husks and placing the corn in his bag for future use. The stalk is pulled up by the roots and hung over the door of the lodge.—New York Herald.

No Holiday. People have different ideas as to what constitutes a holiday—or a vacation. Mrs. Pettis had her own firmly fixed opinions on the subject. “I don't count Thanksgiving or Christmas or Washington’s birthday or any of those holidays,” she said frankly to an old friend one day. “What I count a holiday is when Ezra and Jim and Bob and Liphlet go off up to the wood lot with their dinner and I know they won't be back till night. “I'm not one to deny that men folks have their good points, but bow a woman can call it a holiday when they’re in the house calling for food by looks when they aren't by words is beyond me!”—Youth's Companion. Food For Squirrels. Most people who feed the gray squirrels in the big parks fail to realize that it is no kindness to give these pretty little animals such soft shell nuts as almonds, peanuts and chestnuts. Human beings who do not have to actually forage for food naturally enough feci that it is thoughtfulness itself to save the squirrels work. The fact is, however, that a squirrel's teeth grow so rapidly that, deprived of their normal use, they might even through their very uselessness become long enough to put this charming rodent of the trees in danger of starvation. Hickory, pecan and hazel n\ts are the proper food to throw to the squirrels.—Brooklyn Life. Where Was the Joke! Mabel—Such a joke with Mr. Gayboy. We were out on the balcony between the dances, and he got the sleeve of his dress coat all over red paint from one of the posts that were just painted. Maud—And did you go near the post? Mabel—No. Why? MaudOh, nothing; only you have red paint all over the back of your waist. Tearful. The conversation turned on the effect produced on the emotions by pictorial art, when a man remarked, “I remember one pictute that brought tears to my eyes.” “A pathetic subject, I presume." “No. sir: it was a fruit painting. I was sitting close under it when it dropped on my head.” By Installments. Youth—What do I have to pay for a marriage license? Clerk —V, eil. yffu get it on the installment plan. Youth —How’s that? Clerk—One dollar down and your entire s ..’.ary each mouth for the rest of your life.—Cleveland Leader. Work is not a man's punishment; it is bis row-- ’ r d l ' n rtb.-Georgo Sand.

THE COMET’S TAIL. It May Be Described ns a Current of Gaaeoua Particles. What is a comet? Up to the time of the Renaissance a comet was universally supposed to be a vapor in the atmosphere, presaging pestilence, wars and the death of kings. The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was the firsat to show that comets lay in the celestial spaces beyond our atmosphere, and Newton proved that the heads of comets obeyed the law of gravitation, like other celestial bodies. We can now say with considerable assurance that a comet’s head consists of a swarm of meteors surrounded and interspersed with a gaseous atmosphere which renders it luminous and therefore visible by continuous internal discharges. When the atmosphere disappears and the discharges cease the head becomes invisible, and the comet becomes a simple meteor swarm. The most puzzling thing about a comet has always been its tail, and it is only within recent years that we have begun to know enough about matter in a finely divided state to be able to offer any satisfactory explanation for it. Its most obvious peculiarity is that it does not obey the law of gravitation. That the tail is gaseous is clearly proved by the spectroscope, the banded spectrum having been traced to a distance of 3.000,000 miles from the head of Swift's comet (1892, 1). According to the modern theory of electricity, the sun is a negatively charged body, from whose surface vast numbers of minute bodies called corpuscles are being constantly repelled at velocities not far from 100.000 miles per second. These corpuscles, electrons, or ions, as they are sometimes named, are rather crudely called negative electricity. Those corpuscles that strike the comet immediately attach themselves to the gaseous molecules surrounding the head, charging them negatively and causing them to be repelled at high speed not only from the outer molecules farming the head, but particularly from the direction of the negatively charged sun. The successive envelopes sometimes seen surrounding the nucleus of a comet may indicate either some special activity going on within the comet itself or they may indicate the effect of successive waves of corpuscles shot out from the sun. A comet’s tail may therefore be described as a current of gaseous particles receding from the head, each particle or molecule carrying a negative electric charge. A certain amount of impalpable dust of a particular grade of fineness probably accompanies the gaseous stream. In at least one case this dust was present in sufficient quantities to produce an appreciable effect, but it did not extend to the extreme end of the tail.—Professor W. H. Pickering in Harper's Magazine. Dust on the Ocean. "To talk of a ’dusty’ ocean highway sounds absurd, but the expression is perfectly accurate,” states a writer. “Every one who is familiar with ships knows that, no matter how carefully the decks may be washed in the morning, a great quantity of dust will collect by nightfall. You say, ‘But the modern steamship, burning hundreds of tons of coal a day, easily accounts for such a deposit.’ True, but the records of sailing vessels show that the latter collect more dust than a steamer. On a recent voyage of a sailing vessel—a journey which lasted ninetyseven days—twenty-four barrels of dust were swept from the decks! The captain was a man of scientific tastes and made careful observations, but could not solve the mystery. Some, no doubt, comes from the wear and tear on the sails and rigging, but that accounts for only a small portion. ■■ To add to the mystery, bits of cork, wood and vegetable fiber are frequently found in this sea dust. Where does it come from?” —Korea News.

Eating; by Law. “While in Berlin one hot day,” said a traveler. “I stepped into a combination beer garden and restaurant and ordered a glass of beer and some fruit. The waiter shook his head. " ‘You won’t get fruit and beer together in Berlin, herr,’ be said. “ ‘Why not?' said I. “ ‘lt is against the law,’ the waiter replied. ‘There is a law here in Germany that no one is to be served beer and fruit together. If a restaurateur breaks this law he loses his license. It is a good law,' the waiter added. ‘lt is based on good sound sense. Beer and fruit don't mix. They are bad for the stomach. Sometimes they cause death.’ “Since that time,” the tourist ended, “I have never mixed beer and fruit. It is a strange idea, isn't it, to have food laws like that? Suppose congress should pass a law forbidding the eating at the same meal of ice cream and lobster or mince pie and plum pudding. What a howl would go up, eh?”—New York Press. Sponge Fishing’. The Greeks are considered the principal sponge fishers, and it takes much experience, skill and hardihood to qualify a man for a first class place among sponge divers. Many of the most valuable specimens are found st a depth varying from ten to thirty-five fathoms. To aid in the descent the divers make use of a triangular stone with a hole in one corner, through which a rope is spliced. On reaching the deep sea gardens, where the rock ledges are clothed with marine growths, the diver retaining a hold on his rope, dexterously breaks away the holdfast of the sponges and places them under his arm until a sufficient load has been gleaned, when a pull on tiie rope signals his companions above that he is ready to ascend, and he is then hauled? to the > arp-gocean treasures.

VICIOUS SEA SNAKES THERE ARE FIFTY VARIETIES, ALL OF THEM VENOMOUS. With the Exception of the Cobra and Bashinaster of Africa. Ao Serpent on l and Kills So Quickly and Terribly as Do Those of I lie Ocean. Fearlessness is one of the most striking characteristics of sea snakes, and it adds greatly to the danger that is to be apprehended from them, for it often leads them to attack fishermen and swimmers, and even to climb up the anchor chains and through the hawse holes and attack the crew, and as the bite of every one of the fifty known varieties is fatal there is great fear felt of them in the ocean spaces which they inhabit. These fifty varieties are all classified under the general title of thanatopliidia. None of them Is able to live anywhere except in ocean water. Every variety and subvariety is as poisonous as the cobra or the busbmaster of Africa. Indeed, with the exception of these two land varieties, there is no snake on land that kills so swiftly and so terribly as do the sea snakes. Owing to their fatal weapons and their ease and celerity in swimming there are practically no enemies which destroy enough of them to diminish their numbers. Almost all the thanatopbidia are beautifully colored, even more gorgeous than any of the land snakes, with the possible exception of the coral, crass and carpet snakes. They are banded, striped, speckled and blotched with green, olive, yellow, blue and black and present a most brilliant spectacle as they are seen swimming below the surface of the transparent blue of the Indian ocean. When they are swimming at the ordinary rate of speed they seem to undulate all over. They do not wind through the water as the eel does, but their locomotion resembles that of the caterpillar except that it is far more graceful, and as they move and twist the colors play along their sides and backs as they do on the dolphin. When they dash at their prey at full speed they move like an arrow, with their heads and necks thrust straight before them if they are swimming under the surface, or, if they are darting along the top of the water, with their heads elevated just enough to clear the waves. When they are racing along thus their sole means of locomotion is their broad, paddle shaped tail, which is peculiar to all the sea snakes and forms the omy striking difference between them and the ordinary land serpent. This paddle is used like a steamer’s screw and has immense power. Bent sideways it will stop the snake immediately as if the creature had anchored suddenly. When dozing or resting over reefs, which are common in the coral banks, snakes hold fast to the rocks or bottom with their broad tails and will often sway in this way for hours in calm weather. Men may have recovered from the bites of these serpents, but there are certainly none on record. Most of their victims are Malay and other native fishermen, and shore dwellers and physicians rarely get to see them. Statistics are not kept in that part of the world, so it is impossible to ascertain how many are killed in this way each year. Travelers say that there Is hardly a fishing village which has not its tale of death to tell. Scientists once held to the opinion that the deadliness of the bite was due not to the venom, like that of the land snakes, but to some property that caused blood poison, as does the bite of many fishes which are not poisonous in themselves. But this opinion was changed after the medical men on board the British warship Algerine had made careful observations of a sailor who had been bitten. They proved that the snakes were directly poisonous and that they carry fangs charged ■with venom exactly like the cobra. The open ocean is the home of the sea snakes. They do not even ascend the rivers. Their favorite haunts are the arms of the sea, which separate the islands of China. India and the south Pacific seas. They don't stay near the shores, but remain at some distance from the laud. They are incapable of much movement on land, and after wriggling about and biting savagely they will stay still till they die. They are found in many parts of the world —in the Indian and Pacific oceans, from Cape of Good Hope and Madagascar to the western shores of Panama and from New Zealand to Japan, in the bay of Bengal and the sea around Nieobars, Molucca, Timor and New Guinea—New York Herald.

DoubJe Flowers. Nearly all the double flowers of gar dens were first found wild. Double buttercups, double primroses, double daisies, double roses and many other things were first discovered among their wild fellows and introduced into the gardens. The florist, however, can produce double flowers. He watches this tendency in nature. If a flower usually has five petals, and he discovers that some of the stamens have somewhat of a petal-like character, the pollen is taken from these flowers and others in a normal condition fertilized with this, pollen, "he tendency, once started, is then given to the progeny. Almost any species of plant will in this way be capable of producing double flowers. It is surprising that, with this knowledge, more attempts at this line of improvement in ordinary garden flowers are not made. There is as much difference between genuine patience and sullen endurance as between the smile of love and the malicious gnashing of the teeth.—W ; E. Plumer.

SAVED THE LANDS. \ How De Coamna’ Great Speech Happened to Be Delivered. The longest speech on record is believed to have been that made by Mr. de Cosmus in the legislature of British Columbia when a measure was pending the passage .of which would have taken from a great many settlers their lands. De Cosmus was in a minority. The measure had been held back till the eve c’ die close of the season or session. Unless action was taken before noon of a given day the act would fail. De Cosmus got the floor at 10 a. m. and began a speech against the bill. Its friends supposed he would be done by 1 o’clock. At 2 o'clock he was saying, “in the second place.” At 3 he produced a fearful bundle of evidence and insisted on reading it. Then the truth dawned. He was going to speak till noon the next day and kill the bill. Then they made merry over it and tried to shout him down, but that gave him time and breathing space. They finally settled down to watch the combat between the strength of will and weakness of body. They gave no mercy, no time for dinner or wetting lips with water and no sitting down. Members went to dine and sleep in squads, but De Cosmus went on. Day dawned. The speaker was alternately dozing and trying to look wide awake. At last noon came, and a single man waa triumphant. Although his voice had sunk to a husky whisper, his eyes were bleared and bloodshot, bis legs tottered under him, his baked lips were cracked and smeared with blood, De Cosmus Slid spoken for twenty-six hours and saved the lands.

THE BANANA PLANT. Each Tree Produces Only One Bunch of the Fruit. The banana plant is not properly a tree at all. It has no woody fiber. It is a large, green, fleshy plant, with big leaves six or eight feet long and sometimes two feet broad. It grows to a height of ten to fourteen feet or even more, according to the variety of plant and the soil and climate. Each tree produces one bunch of fruit only, which Is really the terminal bud of the plant, just like an ear of wheat or barley. It has no branches, and when the fruit is ready, which is twelve or fifteen months from the date of planting, the tree is cut down and done with. But while it is growing up and maturing its fruit it is at the same time sending up from its roots other young plants or suckers — perhaps eight or nit e of them. Each of these will produce its own bunch in turn, some of them in a couple of months after the parent plant, and there will thus be a regular succession of fruit. Many of these suckers have to be dug up and planted elsewhere, or they would be too thick on the ground. And there is this peculiarity about the banana; You can plant it at any season, and the fruit ripens all the year round. When once a banana field has been planted out. all that is necessary to be done is to keep it clear of weeds and keep thinning out the multiplying suckers. A Curious Wooden Watch. The most curious timekeeper perhaps that has ever been made in this counjry was the work of one Victor Doriot, who lived at Bristol. T?3n., in the last century. This horoiogical oddity was nothing more or less than a wooden watch. The case was made of brier root, and the inside works—all except three of the main wheels and the springs, which were of metal — were made from a piece of an old boxwood rule. The face, which was polished until it looked like a slab of finest ivory, was made from the shoulder blade of an old cow that had been killed by the cars. “Doriot's queer watch,” as it was called, was an open faced affair, with a glass crystal, and was pronounced an elegant piece of workmanship by all the watchmakers in east Tennessee A Wonderful Memory. Hortensius, the great Roman lawyer" and orator, had a memory of extraordinary scope and tenacity. After composing a speech or oration be could repeat it word for word exactly as he had prepared it. On one occasion he went to an auction, where the business was carried on during an entire day, and at evening, for a wager, he wrote down a list of the articles that had been sold and the prices, together with the names of the purchasers, in the order in which the purchases had been made.

Book Collecting Madnesfl® The insensate craving of book collectors is illustrated in the case of Rawlinson, an English bibliomaniac who would buy a bock though he bad twenty copies of it. He lived and died among bundles and piles of books covered with dust and cobwebs. The Spectator mentions two collectors whose covetousness increased with their collection. Mr. Heber, the brother of the bishop, bought all that came in his way, by cartloads and shiploads and in whole libraries, on which in some cases he never east his eyes. Os a similar disposition was the famous Antonio Magliabeechi, who is said to have lived on titles and indexes and whose very pillow was a folio. The old bibliomaniac lived in a kind of cave made of piles and masses of books, with hardly any room for his cooking or for the wooden cradle lined with pamphlets which he slung between his shelves for a bed. lie died in 1714. in his eighty-sec >•.' y dirty, ragged and as happy as a king.— London Standard.