| Show THE 6 oki dack stoby stony tue THE principal topic of discussion in the eastern papers for the past few has baa been what la Is called the onondaga glant giant which been discovered dis dia covered at the village of york the first statements which appeared in the papers were to the effect that it was a giant who had been petrified it itis is the figure of a nude man ten tea feet two inches long and is well and strongly proportioned it was discovered by the owner of the land in digging a welland weiland well weil and was but a short distance rom tue the surface of the ground the ig ur e W hen found was waa lying upon its back baek the ibe head cast east slightly the right one arm outspread with the hand lland press ing ng upon the abdomen tile the other under the back the legs lega and feet are turned as ag if the figure rested partly on the right tight side I 1 and aud an d convey an impression that they bave have ave een drawn up the Impre impression sion slon of many malfy who have looked booked upon it la that the gi giant glant ant died in pain yain lain aa as no sculptor would ever attempt to 0 cut a figure iu in stone in the position which this thia la is in the following are some of the reasons which we we find adduced for thinking it a petrifaction i the naturalness of the whole thing the tha entire harmony of ob i the parts the drawn up tip leg the slightly contorted left foot the sharply distended toe toes s the twisted left hip 1 the left hand un derand against the hip af pf palm paim down 0 and the convulsively pressed do down n hight right ri ht h hand upon the lower pa parr part of the a abdomen benj with it a force which bent up the fingers rs at t the 0 ends depressing ohp them in the cen centre r all ail s speak ea in a language notto he mis misunderstood derst d of anguish gu ish that the head is turned slightly over towards the right from the true line of the body and the neck correspondingly twisted in the same direction is proven not only by laying a straight edge along the body up to the adams apple but more conclusively by the fact that the right eye ballin setting settine settin against the lower side of its socket has lafr left the deep depression between itself lina and the ridge of the nose while the left eyeball eye ball settin setting in the same direction has pushed pushed up against the lower wall of its socket leaving but a very slight depression at the inner comer corner of the eye the sole of the left foot under side of the left calf thigh and elbow and a portion of the fingers of the left hand lying under him are somewhat eaten apayor away or honeycombed while the remaining portions of the same parts are untouched by the corroding agency proof conclusive tp my mind that this was done prior to the commencement men cement of the petrify petrifying pet ing process lies i in the fact that the right external eari earflap ear earr lap flap and large i portions of the neck in the immediate region of the ear the under jaw and lower edge of the chee chec cheek check knear near icare it are hanging in unmistakable clota of rotting and dropping flesh be smeared as it were with the oozing pus of incipient putrescence and at that very tery point fortunately we may ay for the interest of the face arrested from further decay by the process of petrifaction Is this all ail com coma tible tibie let lot me ask right here with the Ea hypothesis v put forth by sundry newspaper writers that the figure is the work of a crazy canadian sculptor the man who could have done the left ear alone nearly gone ne as it is not to mention what I 1 have K just roune at given ven V L as to the other ear and its surroundings roun dings gs would have earned an eternal fame ana and and ana justly I 1 might give scores of additional reasons in support of the petrifaction theory but it would swell uthe ithe the I 1 article beyond the bounds of newspaper i propriety we have seen it stated that thal the skeie bhele tons tona of five aie eie antie antic human beings beines s were found fo in grading a railroad about twenty miles from the spot in which this was found one of them measured eleven feet in length A human body removed from axe a iCe metry som some years eyears ago in that vicinity was said to be turned to stone several instances of this kind are adduced in some papers to sustain the hypothesis that these remains are those of a human being who has been petrified i there seems to be great diversity of opinion among scientific men in relation to it the state geologist says the there relano is no authentic instance of petrified flesh nor can there be in the nature of things but he acknowledges that this new wonder fonder is the most stupendous marvel ever found on this or any other continent iii ril A etory story has been in circulation in some of the papers that a crazy french canadian who felt himself to be a michael A angelo angeio a gelo had ad chiseled a statue which b by go bome some ae trick was conveyed from his Is I 1 huv hut to the place where this fossil giant was waa found no credence however is attached to this story as those who have examined it say that if cut it could not have been cut by him as this Is wonderfully wrought and exhibits a skill far beyond that which be possessed besides the character of the manon man on whose land the statue was waa found forbids for bida it is faid paid the supposition that he is party to a fraud an exam nation of the figure by those who do not accept the petrifaction theory enables them confidently to express the bellef belier that it has been cut by the hand of man from gypsum it must be the a wonderful production to cause such a division of sentiment among the scientific men who have so carefully examined it if it be stone there is a look of nature about it that belongs to flesh if it is the work of man for what purpose was it cut the man mart on whose land the statue has hag been found has sold three thred fourths of his hig interest at the rate of vor for the wh ole oie As soon boon as the exhibition hof bof of the giant ceases to pay at home it is il the intention to ta take keiton kelton atwi a tour throughout the country THE hon charles francis adams recently read a paper before the social science convention in new now york in favor ot 0 amending our present moye mode of electing the president and vie vice president of the united states he says that the existing g system of electing a college from each state as a general ticket and by popular vote is an irresistible temptation to fraud A few thousand maii mail manufactured votes in new york city by COX controlling trolling through ugh a ba bare re popular majority the thirty three votes of the state exactly oft off set popular majority r ity in illinois massachusetts and ve vermont which together throw the same number of votes as us new york the present system therefore in his opinion nop no only renders fraudulent voting most moat unnaturally effective but exactly points out the localities where it is a needed to produce results rt aults suits and almost how liow many votes are required fraud thus becomes a political lecessi essi ty to counteract fraud AS the whole electoral yote vole of a state ia is cast casl solid one coneway way or the other according as the popular majority may run a few districts where votes are nearly all of ona ono party can override over ride a great number of districts wherein the majorities of the other parties are small it has been suggested that the president d ent and vic vice e president should be elected by a direct popular vote of the community but itis asserted that the plan would be cumbrous liable to fraud and would lead to great dangers in case of a close vote mr adamas plan is to have the electors tors chosen by the separate congressional districts and it seems that this change can be effected without requiring an amendment of the constitution or action of congress provided the states themselves favor it by the present system all the electors of a state equalling its number of senators and congressmen are chosen on the general state ticket but it seems that the legislature of each state has the power to change this and to have every elector elect elected edby by a separate congressional district and in that case it would be necessary that it should provide that its two electors at bonding to its two senators should be chosen by byi the state at large or by its legislature luu iff mr r adams claims that politicians caucuses and conventions cannot be relied on in this matter but he thinks that the social science convention can make itself useful by putting its lits shoulder to the wheel to forward forwand tiis this hiis measure |
