Show A ARCTIC LEGEND bobal gay ry about the aw bogg tribe of the anta constitution pu publishes bUshes aroble refe referring lUg to the ing bell and orth north pole dole by iaan the e hebrew abrew says that a people I 1 s speaking i deaki ng suD supposed ropp oBed Posed to language be live there and are abes members of the lost 8 of israel rael in this connection a writer says tri in the atlanta jewish sentiment ment it ma may Y not lot be inappropriate to recall an all old legend orthodox extant among amone the jews of russia regarding this subject and of the explorer which confirms confirm the report years and years ago so the story i of 02 runs rons an exiled jew on the bleak wilds northern siberia in an effort to reach an placed aug 6 ug oranan of 01 a tree hi bis 8 toot foot the uvon upon a log floating in water no sooner had his bis toot foot touched the 1 log 19 9 when it seemed inspired with life and moved rapidly off bearing the exile away toward the vast ice fields which were plainly visible and plentiful toward the north rapidly the current swept the log northward bearing with it the unfortunate jew who was so go benumbed with tear fear and cold that he be waz was unable to formulate a plan of escape from his perilous position for three consecutive days and nights the prisoner clung to the log pass passing n 9 through towering fields of icebergs and dashing under arches cut by the current through the skyscraping sky scraping fields of ice out into beautiful sunshine our traveler eventually emerged the grass I 1 was green and the trees were garbed in ill the splendor of nature and birds made merry music on every branch people great in numbers were congregated gre gated on either bank of the stream all dressed in holiday raiment of the finest texture but similar in character to the clothing worn by our ancestors 2000 years ago the current of the stream ceased to flow the log drifted to the bank and the almost famished and thoroughly frightened traveler repeated for the time the hebrew words shana shama israel and in uncertain manner dismounted from the log the inhabitants crowded about and speaking in hebrew f faith ith which language he was thoroughly conversant learned of his need of food and rest and supplied those wants after which they inquired whence he came and whither he was going Nuva nu erous inquiries were aade ade regarding the people who lived beyond their circumscribed world and the ity informed him of themselves and their mode of living which had in nowise changed since the advent of the christian era they worked and worshiped even as did the jew in ancient times when palestine was a garden and jerusalem the center of civilization the traveler learned that these people were the lost tribes of israel who had migrated to this goodly country le ies 1 hy the descendant of aaron named joseph who had pawed passed away atway without leaving any descendants ants |