THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday, August 27, 190
THAT UNIVERSAL
THIRST FOR GOLD
Has Possessed the Human
Race in All Ages.
"Auri Harm Fuiiiuh." TIiIm oftiiiotul
UMMigo in from VItkII'm KiiuII, ImhiIc III.
I'olyiloriM, hum of I'rlarn mill Hcculm,
wan Hc'iit by Mm fatliiT with 11 lariMiiun
tlty of gold, tliu ifruutur part ofthutrwiH
i ro of Troy, to tliu court of I'olyiiinuHtor,
kiiiK of Th rate, for protection. When
tliu di-atli of I'riain Im'Ciiiih! known in
Tliracu, tint king m.'izwl tint unlit, killed
l'olyiioniH and threw IiIh Itody into the
nen, where it wan found on the Hhore by
lleeulta.
I(y Virxil'M account, thu laxly wan Imp
led and on the urave nrt!W a myrtle.
itluciiH on IiIh voyage from Troy to Italy,
at the reoncHtof IMdo.oueuuof Carthutiu.
rolaltMl to her the (IcUIIh of the war. the
fall of Troy and IiIh MihHeueut adveu
turcM; he told her that while HUcrilldiiK
to VeiitiN and tlie khIh, he miw a myrtle
KrowitiK near. While breaking off Home
liranclicH with which to decorate the al
tar he found (hem iliHtilliiiK dropx of
blood ; at the mime time he heard groiuiH
and a voice which mild: "vKiiinih, why
loHt thou tear an unhappy wretch?
Kpare me now that I am in my grave.
for I'olydore I am ; here an iron
crop of darla hath overwhelmed me,
traiiHllicd, and over me Hhot up (minted
JavoliiiH." "Then, indeed," continue
iHneaa, "deprcNned in heart with per
plexing fear I wax Htuuued; my hair
Htood on end and my volte clung to my
Jiiwh.
"TIiIh Polydore unhappy I'riain had
formerly neiit in necrvcy with u great
weight of gold, to he brought up by the
king of Thrace; when he now began to
dintruHt the arum of Troy and caw the
city in clone nicuc bound up, he, iih hood
an the power of the TrojiuiH wiiHcriiHliiMl
iiinl their fortuiu1 gone, cHpoiihiug Again-
iintmiionV IntercHt mid victorioiiH arm",
brcakn every hiicrcl bond, iiHiiHiiiiiiti'
I'olyilole and by viiileuce hi.mhch bin
gold. CurM'il lliiii-t for gold In what
dont thou not drixe tin- heartH of men?"
The uiitsiTf.il loe of gold by men can
not be explained by phil phy or m'1-
eni'o; it hcciuh to he one of thoe iucrut
able uiyHteriex by which we are Mir
rounded that defy Holuliou.
When and why man 11 rM began to de
hire gold c.iuuot be told, but the iimt
ancient of ancient writiugH hImiw that
tliiftMintiiueiit Mini Mmuitly imiulfcHt at ' practice of lending money at intercut,
the daw 11 of tiMory, from whicli we may' while the owner puns-ex a life of idlcncHH,
infer that it in inherent, and coeval with land il wan with iiomuiiII advauccH that,
primitive uiiin, and in pint of the plan 'not mere avarice only, but a perfect
of nature. When we concldeihowHinall ' hunger for gold, became iullamed with a
in the nuiintitv we hae been able to ! ""rt of nine for acipiiring; to hiu-Ii a ile-
have gathere.1 together iim ii:milHitli ?r,a,'.'llili O'V1' V"1 fj,i;i"I-'"' ';
., . , , , . 1 familiar friend of Caiiiri (iraccliux, not
other iiietnlrt and nilueraN, far eue- v ,., - hH KU,( ,,,, iicha price
fill and ciwntlal, it In not ntraugu that lunl been net of Iih weight in gold, but
ue hIioiiM be imtdIcxciI be the iiiiuii. ' lirluitiiii: it to OiitimiiH. poured melted
hmitviI oueHtlon. Mauv millmra ami i l,M"' ti mouth and m. not only wan
liiHtoriiuirt have U-en .pially piixrUnl ,,it4 tn Mh t-rlmiiiulitv liv t-livutln'is tliu
Htate." (inaptc r ;i:i-w.)
Ieicribiug gold mining, I'liuy refern
they wornliip. Gold bh it in taken from
thu mine Ih by no meaiiH an object to
Innpiro admiration, and even newlycoin
ed gold Ih not more beautiful than silver
frt'Hli from the mint.
"For what reanon the lilglieHt value is
Het iiHiu gold," in Hiuh utated by Pliny,
(Ixxik XI, chapter 111).
"It in becaune gold Ih thu only 8iib
Htance in nature which miffum no Iohh by
thu action of fire, and imhwuh miHcathed
through couflagratioiiH and the (lumen of
thu funeral pile. Nay, even more than
tli Ih. the oftener gold Ih nubjected to thu
action of flru the mora refined in itiality
It hccomcH; Indeed, fire Ih the tent of Ifti
giMMlncHH, an when Mibmitted to intciiMO
heat gold ought to nmutme a Hitnilar
color and turn red and igneous in ii
IM'iirauce." The eiibject of gold and its influence
on the actions of men Ih frequently re
ferred to by hiHtoriaiiH and clanical
writerH, from wIiohu worlcn I havu select
ed a few examples.
"Ilul greedy mnrUli rummaging her tlnrr.
I)IeeJ from her enlmlts firm the rreclout nrt
Which nent la hill, Ihr pruJent ioJ hJ UIJ:
AnJ Hut alluring III to tight dliplayel;
Tliu accurteJ lel, an J more accurtcJ eolJ,
(ive mlichlet Mrth anj maja thai mltchfel hoi J
And JnuMe Jialh JIJ wretched man InvaJ.
Ilv teel attaultrd, anj by golj betrayed."
(The Iron Age. OvU'a Meumorpliotei DryJen'
trantlallon )
"When gold wa lounj, the powerful ore
Saw light anJ man gap'eJ alter glittering tore,
Then w't anJ beauty were eiteemeJ no more,"
(Lucrellui, BookV.)
(ioU governs all, get that anJ thou maytt have
What e'er thy moil unhounJeJ withe crave;
In khorl. whoever It of that poeeJ.
Hat Jove hlmielf IncloteJ within hit chut.
Cuius (iracclius, in thu year 121 11. 0.,
was killed at his own reipiest by his fav
orite slave, Hpicrates; a reward equal to
its weight in gold was offered ami paid
for his head. There are several versions
of this transaction.
Diislorus Siciilus says, "After Cains
(iracclius was killed by the hand of his
own servant, Lucius Vitellius, who had
la-en one of his particular friends, was
the llret that got IiIh ImmIv, and was so
far from IsJug troubled at his death
that he cut off his head and carried it
to his own house, thereby giving a re
markable instance of his cruelty and
covctoiifiicHH, for when Lucius Optimus,
the consul, by proclamation proinict'il to
reward lilin that should bring him thu
head of (iracchus, with the weight of it
in gold, Vilelliiiri 1 lured a hole in the
neck anil drawing out the brains, xiur
ed melted lead in the room. Then he
brought the head to Optimus and re
turned witli the promised reward."
(Fragment of book III.)
Ily I'liny's account, "The invention of
money opened a new Held to human
avarice by giving rice to usury and the
to "an earth, a kind of letter's clav
mixed with gravel, 'giingalla' by name,
wiiicu it is almost liuMissinii) to over
ami some have in their writings ad
vauced theories more or Ics worthy of
consideration.
One writer, oiciug the opinion of
others, savs: "The uo den llllirjet ulit- come. This earth lias to lie attacked
tcriug iiuiongM the Hiblesof thcHtream ' w't'' '"" wedges and hammers; it is
caught the eve of the primitive ,, lK'''-lly c....sideriil that there is notl.
, ,i..ii ,.. ing more stublsirn in existence except,
Mho saw in It thelmiigeof the sun, tlm. indeed, tlie grwil for gold which Is the
oldest object of worship, and of which ' most stuhlsiru of all tilings."
gold has ever since continued the sym
bol."
We must not omit tisi to observe that
uold, for which there is such a mania
with all mankind, hardly holds the
This is very M.ctieal, hut every gold tenth rung us un object of vulue, nml nil
miner knows that gold nuggets never ; ver, with which we purchase gold, hard
"glitter;" they in no way resemble .the
sun nor would they convey such an idea
to the tluder. I'.ven individual crystals
sometimes met with in mines, are never
brilliant unless burnished by art.
Aunthci writer says that the Persians
believe the human love for gold Is be
cause of its resemblance to tire, which
ly the twentieth," (Itook 117, chap. 7?.)
"vv nuiu mat gold count nave neeu
banished forever from the earth, ac
cursed by universal rcHrt, as some of
the most celebrated writers have ex
pressed themselves, reviled by the re-i
protcues ot tlie best ot men, ami looked
uisiu as discovered oulv for the ruin of
mankind." 0W-:i.)--i"l. (i. Hanks, in
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