THE WEST SHORE.
of IeraeL This was
... ....... t ll " ,t,.t.l .11 r.fM
the c-M rated "roM of Ophir," brought Ly the Phoe
nimn and Jcs from ihnt far and unknown land,
!, rritioa was a puzzle to historians until so
, j ily aolvnl by Kider Ilflggard a year ago. From
!), cv.ftht (if Aia Minor, a voyage thither and return
in the puny rebels of thoae ancient times consumed
three yeara. It hna leen generally supposed to bo
on iuc east cowt or Africa, or in the hast Indies; but
that three mines were located in the heart of the
ii r 1: ti . 1 . ... 1 1 1 1
I'm v.miij'M, and were reacneu oy sucn a
11 .. . 1 . . 1 . 1 1 1 11 !
mjai mm m (jescniK'u in iiaggarus romance,
it had never More "entered into the mind of man
to (vmoive," In the Ural mountains, that still
i M th-ir yellow trcaHure, gold was mined in the
time of (-uA(An nml
...... ...iv.-u muivijin nuu uuia
1 1. 1 ii . : i -i . .. .
n.iM. u uj.-ir ot&inouuons 10 tne precious store. The
fir..,. I. - I ('.,, . 1 :i . '! 1 . 1 .1 . . .
.Mimiiii U 11 iu iufiiHaiy ami tne island of Tha
, and the KouiHna procured it in the Pyrenesand
In tlio rrovinreii of IfJv )inrArin,. t. . i
"IUfiinthe form of plunder and tribute from all
the civilized rmtiona of the known world. The an
Spaniard waited it from the golden sands of
K,mk1 the nations of Eastern Asia found it
J" many pl,r, i that land once considered fabulous
ly rich by t u jw.pl, of Europe. Some of this form
1 the plunder and tribute gathered by Alexander on
bN farnou,ra,d,nto India, and it was always an in.
-t.ve to con;i?t by the Komans, as well as the
thither the fleets of Spain, For
tUndEngUndin later years. ittlDA-
M the time of the di-covery of America and th
"I-wnR to Euro, of t!, rJ .... ' RD(1 th0
nimuUtolbyth Artoc; J 01 ac
M.lr of r.,! ! i V ern' tho p8tim
rhennh.H,, n ' h,r the al.
ntobimii;,jt;:frl-1
MM ,,,:,:,.; jr'rant.credu.
mingo and the conquest of Mexico by CortezTi
$270,000.00 annually; but from the time the
Spanish conqueror carried the cross with fire and
sword into the peaceful and happy land of the Az-tecs-with
one hand forcing upon them the religion
of Christ and with the other robbing them of the ac
cumulated treasure of ap-gold poured into Spain '
in a steady stream, rendering that nation the richest
. llu lVf vuoiico uiiu rnnip maintained
their armies of conquest, and with it was also fitted
out that wonderful Spanish armada, which the latter
sent to overwhelm England, and from which the poo.
pie of the " tight little isle " were saved by the valor
of their seamen and the mighty winds that "blow
upon the face of the deep." An idea of the vast
quantity of gold possessed by those highly civilized
nations of America, and used by them chiefly for or
naments, can be had from the statement that the not.
ed and cruel Pizarro received, as ransom for the
ireacneroosiy imprisoned Inca, a roomful, which is
T. " uccu 01 1116 value of $15,480,710.00.
lne discoverv. a few vPftra Mo nc A..
., . j m v vio ), ui me creat
e.lver mmea of PotoSi, added to the vast U
III A t TAT o Ottawa 1 i ' . .
--.-. ranlneS poured into Spain from
Mexico Peru and the far Philippines of the East
J hA throa mm.l - .1 ...
6 ra "uurees 01 world's supply of
gold at the present time are the United States, L
n n A,6f E1Msia' raBkiDg the order named,
in tne llmfoH Hfn u . .
, wtaiCB' K0ia is round m quantity n
nn 7V tclluur)r "yg on either slope of the
Tn f. . 1 , ' u Detween mm we Pacific.
In fact alorgthe entire length of this great "back.
one of the AmriVio a,- i . ,
fhili u ai 1 r uuueuiB, extending from
Z tt l U8and9u f meD' wh0 lasted mil
On ,T u IDf- 'h! bMiMW 00 "tensive seal"
runiit . lT1 the APPlchian mountains,
running thrnnfrli xr: m 1
South k,y n K""a' ""MMee, North and
Si ; GTeis Md AIab. i"ve annually
l ,rPP V' E0M 8bce the fi' discoveries
oltir h n Prti0DS of (he b"
JSH. , adl Md Nova Scoti; add their
"uy every land, and is pro
quantities in Italy, Austria,
China, Japan, India acd
tlj group a3 :r Tneo 8Dd other i8laDds of
toworld
IS4' - ! 'J! Africa is nS.
U 1 Spain, Swit2er:la5 lD8'. Wd
ci many and ivussia.