The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-09-14
"A most wondsfrni Chart-T'rhe History
or MAN. Q 1ti

a One OF the most curious ofJthe recent ar
rivals in the Agricultural, Building was re.
cei*oa and placed in position. IN the Ore
: gon department, yesterday. u is a chart,
Z about twenty-five feet long and two and
one-haf feet wide, presenting, in unbroken
lines, the completes history of man, includ-
ing the record of every nation, from the
Garden of Eden to the present. Upon the
scale adopted the nations, empires, king
doms, republics and States; the manners,
customs and dress; the progress, civiliza-
ZION and discoveries; the invention of
steam, electricity, mechanics; the introduce
tloR OF letters, the progress of language,
the spread Of literature; the names, nation
alities, and distinguishing characteristics OF
eminent men; the names and dates of all
important battles, discoveries and inven-
.,tions the rise and fall OF ancient empires,
dynasties, and peoples; the names of all the
sovereigns,a emperors, kings, rulers of the
earth and the duration of their authority I;
the area, population, and number to the
square mile TO each country, with an epit-
: ONE Of ancient and modern history, to-
gether with fac siMiis Of ancient coins,
medals, stones, monuments, obelisks, and
pyramids Of Egypt, Syria, Nineveh; and
Babylon; of implements Of warfare and
husbandry; alphabetical letters and HERO
giyphics; ofmYthology-the gods, temples,
and priests; Of geology-the stone age, the
iron age. the brass or bronze; OF navigation
-tne Compass, the galley, and the clipper
ship, OF astronomy-the size, the distance,
and number of heavenly bodies are all given
In their proper systematic relation to the
worlds history. As the atlas shows the
place where, so the chart shows the time
when, and the relative position Of one event
TO another. In this work the author evil
IDENTIFY does not assume to be responsible
for the facts Of history, but gives them
s simply as they are found on record in the
several histories OF the various nations Of
the earth. Every student OF history has
experienced the difficulty attending the
effort 20 eliminate the salient facts VI
general history from the yoluminous net
work Of subordinate facts and details with
which they seem inevitably entangled =
fWlthout something Of this kind to assist In
hpaAting the important facts Of history
from ,he confused ideas and tumble Of I'M
csnnected facts, can we hope 10 make &C
cnraie progress in UNDERSTANDING the full
record OF our raoei This chart shows what
= going on ~ the same time, the world
over. in all nations One OF the chief fea-
tnrea Of this work is termed .synchronism,
for here we hnd, wiz bout the loss Of several
foors a. = general library, that the found
rs Of Troy snd Athens were cousempo-
neous with the Egyptian bondage and the
nnding OF Thebes by Cadnus. There
. occurred At the time OF the first intro.
ctlon OF letters, with the IsrAelites IN the
lderness, the building of the larges. pvra-
d b. Cheops aud the reign OF Saul, the
King Of the Jews; Zoroaster, the Per-
n philosopher. aud Hesiod, the Greek
p1Dszafr learn AZ a glance that when Solo
was writing his Proverbs, Homer
writing his piece Of ancient frsy; that
curgus, she Spartan law -giver, who made
bh legal tender, and had public tables
which all were invited, aud abolished ali
asatrcs AID Injuries. lived ~ the same
inc - Queen Dido. the founder OF Car
hage, and the Prophet ElijAh !. thar when
Isaiah Nas prophezying Romalus Nas found.
4 ing Rome; that PythagoTaA who invented
the Eorty-nine problems and multiplication
table, lived conlemporaneous with Scion,
who refused the bloody laws Of Dseeo, ana
Ksnp. kwho wrote those wise and witt,
faolss, And NsbnchadnsKrf. who took the
jews ckptive. and The Prophets Efskiel and