Show AN AZTEC A valuable arch se logical find in the of an aztec manuscript has bae been made by A a laboring man of fair field iowa while engaged la in exoa voting for the waterworks water works of that city be discovered what appeared to be an ordinary chunk of wood the surface of which was In crusted with pitch the object was waa found three feet below the surface its if dimensions abeln one toot in length eight inches in width and five or six inches in thickness when it was broken open it was joudy to contain a roll of birch bark covered on one aide with hieroglyphics the characters character are made with red pigment and remain fresh and dist distinct inot and aad the natural color of the baik la 18 also well preserved the piece of wood IB 18 rudely fashioned with a stone ax and the inside of it to la charred the precious relic has been sent to the abot vb se olo gloal museum of the ohio state university all doubt to is met et at rest reit as aa to the character of the relict relic baye BY the columbus 0 dispatch from wh lob the above account la Is taken its ite aztec origin was speedily determined upon examination by professor aBor more head bead a savant familiar with the signs employed by this thie ancient people the next question will be as to the contents of this manuscript it Is but natural to suppose up poe that the extreme care taken in its preservation indicates that t a record originally was considered of more MAE common COMMOD importance unfortunately no key to the interpretation of the aztec hieroglyphics has so BO far been foun dand the meaning of this record Is IB not any more likely to te be revealed than that of the few others ethers hitherto unearthed Is in it to be hoped that the mystery of at the angleat alvill notions ot of this continent will ever be unveiled by the ordinary resources at the service of sciences oie Boek |