| Show IIDNTEKM UMOVUl I1UUEV CAUV1NO3 IN BROWASTONB WHICH BEAU A CLOSE 11FSKM13L4KOE 1O WOUK ON ItDINS IN UX IOu Notable Hnd In metal I and pottery weapons und u enslls havebetn made 10 the Lake Superior district at limes and the prehistoric openings on copper odes made In Ontonanon county havo been ol special Interest lo antiquarians and ethnologists but a discovery made a few ilaye ago near Now orry Mica promises to rank In Importance beside anything ever beloru found In the dlmrlot says a special to Ihe Chicago Beooru1 Jacob Brown and George Row both reildents of Newberry were looking for deer last week They started up a mink which made or a BWamu and took refuge In a hollow slump In aitumpllng to dig under on side of the stump In order to overturn It and get the mink tley struck something bard wblou proved to be of Hone and was apparently eu gred Boomlng Inlorolld Ibey curd picks snd apadee and aa the result ot their labors tbree stone magei were uncovered and aUo a arge stone tablet All four articles were cut from browu sandstone the rock probably coming from the northeastward north-eastward where the pictured rocks lor many miles frown up m the blue depths uf Lake Superior brow atone being plentllul along that coast Ot Ibe three Images Ihe tarest Is that ol a man In sitting posture nearly lite sue This Imago Is upon a pedestal which Is a portion of tbe block from which tne imige was carved carv-ed The second Image la point ol sizu is thai of a woman and Is I a IriUe under three feet In height while t e third la I that ol a child In a silting posture and Is about two feet high All three of the lmageswere lotind placed with tbelr laces to Hie east whlcn may have been accidental but which was probably prob-ably Inteutiona and polnm stiongly toward sua wonhlp on thepatt 01 the unknowu peuplo redandjliceu the statues there Ntarilusnlurt Imac w Iuod a slab LI browollon BYo gin 0 III cue 1111101011 abd 18 b 51cb on olh Ioc ODe Id Woo mJolId bo oou uuur a 10 uu 11w whll ulon Inu oilier ace were 140 Inscriptions each set In a square of approximately one and a alt Inches Those wbo hare examined tbe manes and inscribed tablets are uu ble to uslgn tbesu to any particular ace or perlo but as many of thoie wbo have seen them are familiar wllb the work ot the Indians It 1 Is I ertaln that the work wan not done by tho aborigines One man wbo saw tbe aluts pays they looked to him like Egyptian Idols tbou jb Ibo bad were Iho e of human beings and not those 01 any of the sacred animal From what can be lean oj of these nda from those who have Been them III la more than probable that tbey bear clo > relationship to the work ul the TolIo and Azte Dwbo ruin arb cattered so plentifully through Mex Ico aud Central America Ibo trlnk ur lengthening tbe eyes which was racllceJ by the Egyptians In Ihelr 10111111111 and 1luary Wa 1 on Imlllr 10 tbe oclont raceo tb1 bave 111 bblDd tbw lb 1I11Inllo ulna of Uxmal and other Central American localities The Inscriptions wllbln iquares are a Id not will I ut arallel In theiscriflolal altars ol tbe Alta Tb Moxlon Idol an 10cllOo wr uully upoo obeldl an or olher tDoe 01 nrI que bard D wblcb lIy bold 1111 1100 while tbe bruwnstone Is ot mcti na ure that flue lines are dlOlcull to pre orve Tue Imajesond tablet have oot been emoved aud a > tbey were found In a wamu som difficulty may be expert uceu In fietllui Ibm nut until Ibe round Is I thoroughly Irctiu lor water IIUlhe trenches as soon si they are ut I urther excavations will be made Jntll these Interesting articles have etn viewed bv those skilled lu read log the lore of tbe past tbelr pribable rlgln I must remain mystery but the t nil la csrtalnly rich lu poBslbilltiet I II I I |
