Show AMERICAS POJtPEir INTERESTING DISCOVERIES MADE IVAN IV-AN ALASKAN TRAVELER ITle nr r n It led fly 0 AtillbelesThs Wall of It Billy 11 A I City 111d r Itealf1 prlm of Pottsy Ono of flee mot torettliiR theories iu regard to Ibo nlldelll colonization of America i a that I roilltlllg to its Aslatli origin Them theo es wtro ranmttnl by tribal traditions hl fly among tin highly elTillrul races of Meileo I M tiny veto Ellwovered by the Spaniards firm nn nnnljiN of whlc It As oulel npiviii I that file first retllciiKIlls if tliis routl nent were Asiatic for the time of n high I dCRrmof cnllhntlou tlmouvir run and subjugated more warlllu and powerful lnvadersw bo like th uinhwi cattle from the orth ArclUlOloieal 1I0eovrle in Now Mexico Arizona and C aliferf a V tindod roullnn thMtnjHrnro Itgtntli I nnd now n rorrisj omlciit of lira lllnbi Uiuiocratof St Tennis presents this lot cot claims In tho ovidimoi If a rrrfis = i Alfred KMripi of Montreal aq to menl t discoveries mido by him In Alaska Irofcaicr Eldrigos Ptntements to th lomfixindcut were In brief as follows At tho month tf tho Knwnlik inn on tho shore of Kotrctao Pound Ion nntcml a small Hctlldnc iS Indians vliiMuru much rarprlMil at my dcdn to proeicd np tho Muam The chief did all in his power to I Persuade inn 10 allUlldoll my project ex plaiuiuK nnbuirnblo perils c iloro whirls I would bo ec ain to enconntir Tin inipiles seemed to think tho dlstrltl cursed by the Great fcpirit will nolhliii could limit tilt m to nt foot Oil it I did not fed uiiFiiiy however un till arrived at file wealth of tho Kn wnlik Al entered thc month of tliii fron riier it nerinnl nithouth I cold ixad I Abandon hoHaU > o who intt1 Ire written across Its horizon and the vision of n pwiblo Dintum I fcr no bcycnd amnzcdjno On the border of u little take where I Mopped my attention wai dinwn to a spot half wnj up n Mnp jink > whkh had nideutly rnffcnd some ncint dih I tnrbancc Oil arriving at file Mtnitlrn I Raw that n great body of cattle hid broken away and rolled down the moun title The lIt thins to attract mo was the discovery of n minll PKCO of roktn 1 earthenware light Irown in color Uth an artlhlkally worked tricimiiiR cl Orwk rtnign work d in black plpmiit It was just Peels a piece ni I Iho o I had foinU ill New Jlciico some jcirnhp fore and any one can imagism raj annulment at in dibc very In that quarter I turned quickly to wan file sides cl the earth whcro tho anlnncho had torn it apart and in tho midst of thocrcMCc not 300 yards awuj from where I etoncl I saw the piotruslonif n wall of dull gray masonry crnmbliiifj ruirt broken but howln leyond all doubt evell at thatdlsfuicft that tho builder was I hu allll On uking further investigations I found eideneva of unlllerou offers walls at a distaueu of JiO or room feet 1 apart nnd FOIUO of them mN alodc leirs uf nllumry It noon became evident to me that 1 had discovert an American Pompeii through thowork of tlmavnlanclm The remnlll of Imuel I Saw WU nudoubt eelly those of u prJilstorio city covered 1 with earth and ilcbriii Inch had hidden hid-den It through pome volcauic action possibly during but mct likely long after its desertion centuries on centuries centu-ries ago All rf tho niaiour > wnl of beautiful minetry ueinstrncted of Jicwn mud I tOIlO block lOr unalproximatelycien Ize laid iu strong mortar beds and with tho joints brolin There were m uly pieces of broken lottery and other articles of domestic use lying 1 around tho rebelsBut lint sought higher game and after pitparing n wooden handle to n copper spade which I plckeel up on tho scene I went to digging most industriously Almost immediately < my nntlqmtiel olado unearthed u fow more frgment of potter which sccmce an omirous sign As I reached about six fee 11 Death tho surface i > ots vases cups plates jugs pipes and numerous article of doubtful use nml too heavy to brine away with mo were ullcoeltd I lib al must very thrust of tho spado The last in tides my spado lovealcelwcro mixed hies of arrows spears of odd design Drapers hatchets and drills I dug into a Equaro room which had no windows In tho wells Here I found some of Ibo finest specimens of Pottery I have ever teen They were beautifully beautiful-ly decorated nnd finished In a way that Is a lost art to modem potters There w eio many exqnibltely shape d I jars about J feet tall and as perfectly ire served as tho china just delivered from the hands of our nineteenth century potters if anything more artistically proportioned 4It does not rcqulro much thought or study to neo an undeniable eouncction between file tvideuco of prehistoric inhabitation in-habitation iu SpinishAmtrica mad 1 those which I leave unearthed In north fm Alain n filet which opens nn entirely en-tirely new and exlcueheuold for arehav ological study I Blow the CoM Afrt its hI 111 Tira Slip Is I a watery fluid found in the in terlorof tho cells of plants and tmw and contains olvL or siupendenl in it the materials required for tho lifo and growth of the call The idea that in winter the sap goes down into tho roots and in spring rises again is I quite cr mucous Trees and plants aro nil ol watery sap all the winter Tho phenoni Pass of freezing In the cnso of tross and plants lure but little understocs1l The Pap in leaves IIIId III smaller brunches Is often frozen This is soon especially iu tho case of twigs of hickory which lu Tory cold weather tire as brittle as glass though tho title twigs nt n higher tern peraturo cannot by tiny ixisMbility be broken with the hands Fur various tnusus the water contalneel III the eelll only begins tocrytallizo lit 00 degrees below tho ordinary freezing point This is partly duo to tho chemical composition composi-tion of the tap which contains various salts starch etc in solution Dcsidel this tho bark of trees Is I n Lad conductoi of heat and tho Interior tcmperatnro ol trees and plants is generally higher in vvisiter I null Tom er fit Buturner than tLtt of the 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