Show prehistoric idols two years ago professor baird ol of tb ahe a smithsonian institution conceived tho the idea ot of procuring one ot of the prehistoric his torio easter island idols to be added to the collection at the nation al museum after a great deal of la in bor bar find and pati patience once his bis efforts aided belf by the 0 government have bare been suc 1 H d this afternoon the united states galena captain chester arrived at the navy yard with the idol and a 0 number ot of other able antiquities on board they will be at once unloaded and turned over to the edwim the curiosities have been brought over oter without injury and entirely without expense naval vessels coave conveying i 1 them the entire ocean voyage and 1 ly t the he panama rail road shipping them across tho the irth terns mils free of charge there are hun deeds of these images on of tho the island concerning which there is is no knowl edge whatever one of them was taken from the island a short time ngo ago by the german steamer GA gazelle zolle and is now in we the national museum at derlin berlin The islanders were chris tiani zed in 1865 and the tradition is that tuse these images are tho the result of su supernatural agency the galena also brought a number of curiously carved stone tablets ot of immense size th thi i idol weighs fifteen tons and was brought to aspinwall by the united states steamer mohican and from there thereon on the galena the easter is land ind is in the eastorn eastern part ot of the pacific ocean 2300 miles from youth south america it is about 11 miles long fand dg C miles wido wide there era about 1000 inhabitants of the polynesian race who are seldom visited by navi gaitors gt gi torB tors Ba baltimore limore american |