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Show j TO SEARCH FOR TREASURE ' If the sea were drained says the Family Herald, what treasures could find Ujsin the Id ocean limn galleons londcn with geld h-yond Undream Un-dream of avinice! le.oer water-Hum water-Hum the sen, however, hold treasure which can bo found. Alinoit i mill tutieoioiy come lepi lis of two tcien-tllle tcien-tllle iiuists for wealth hP.dcil lltlde tho fc.ee of the waieis. Tho 'Iihor of old Itom Is to h i searched, and a lake In the Hepublie of Cole inhln Is to be drained for tho gold and Jewels, votive oflerlngs, that were thiowii Into It by the natives long ago. For a century there hnvo been plans to turn the Tiber aside temporarily tem-porarily to search Its dirty botti.m. Now the authoiltles huve given Prof. Nltpllsndl permission to make a ays tumatlc hunt. The ancients used to throw treaeures to Father lihur as oflerlngs to tho gudJ. and the current of the river has kw -pi awav the arms and urnior of iheti ai dj of wnniors who fought on II" b'i'is, Mu.il of I this woaltll has 1:0 doebt been de- j iroyed by n.".es of rust and rot, but ueru u 11. t be a great deal not yet , ouiid by occasional seekers. ' Tho gue.,t for gold and Jewels at h In in in of the Lake of Uuatavlta ' :i Cob.inhlu la at ouct moro rornanlla ind surer to ho prolliahlo. The lake ' ic-t ten i!i'i!c and feet abovo tho sea, ; nut wa.) h. :,1 hai red hy the trlhea of a lvci taut lived m-ar It when the liuniimla iiiine. Kveiy yrar tho sar l-t'f, headed by their king, visited' iie laUe. t;io king', covered with gold duit, iilunn d Into tho wutera, and his iiilijects threw n'.u r blin gold aud ' silver and emeinldn. When Quetutda and his Hri:;t lards made their way up the Andes to the lake, the natives threw t!:elr treasures to the god of tbe lnko for vale keeping. F-ciouHh rl' he." bavu been fiuind In Iho lako to wnrrnut reveal attempts to cut a doi:K-'-.'ou In i::e it. of It. All such aiempts I tivo lowered the water only a few I el. Now an Knglloh compute Is to dr.nu th- lal o hy iiieana of a tuiitiul, aud 1 al e the liL.tluui. ' -' i : " ' ' r |
