The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-23

rasions Of buried cities than exists Just
81 present. Journals whose business is
il to give people "the news" afford . re-
msrkable amount Of space 70 that kind
of Intelligence which ve might call the
''oIds"
Hence the deep curiosity which in.
vest the sts.uary. pottery and giass ex-
hnmsd in Cyprus by General Cesnola:
the great libraries Of baked sarthsn
tsblsts brought Ia light and deciphersd
by George smith. from the noopds Of
Assyria; the foundations Of the great
temple of the Ephesian Diana explored
by Xr Wood, sLd the efforts OF the
Ge, man sntiqusrisns 70 unesrth the
temples and rsce-coursas Of Oiympio.
But Aykenr and DR.. Schlismann
probably find jast nov more freqssns
nswspaper mention than any Of them.
There il somsthing more than wonder
ful-ro0sDtic- his lind" Of Gu
rious graves. and golden cups and Or
naments.
This explorer has had astonishing
good fortune. In old tiues people used
70 believe 10 the power Of witeh-hsxel.
in the hands Of certain mystsriously-
qualified persons, 70 indicate the right
sposs for digging for water
II would slmost seem - II Schlie-
msnu mus. have some occult art. 70 &C.
count for the accuracy. with which hs
strikes the sxsct location OF . deposit
Of spcisnt gold and silver.
He is . sslf-msde scholar. aud an en-
thusiast upon Homer. Some ysars ago
be went to the vicinity OF old Troy
storied liium. The true site had been
in dispute for sgss--from the earlier
days Of Greek history Great scholars
held Homer to be myth and dlsbs-
lisved that Troy ever existed.
Achlisu.snn looked over the ground
aud hsRsn to excavsts. 10 full faith
hs dug on for several yesrs. striking. -
he went dows. successivs the crowded
rsmains ot thrss or four distinct sgss Of
civilization, oil differing from eaeh 9th
er in . marked degrse-Roman. Sstyr
Greek. earlier Greek. primitive barba-
rian. ,o the depth Of thirty TO FIFTY feet.
At /. u he struck Whist he believed
was the veritabls "Houss Of Priam."
the Tower" and the 'Scesn Gates
described by Homer. in his glowing &C.
counts OF the world-fsmous sisgs.
lie 6nds the very bolts Of bronze
with which the gates were tastensd.
and even the Treasure chest Of the DsF.
dauisn king. with ,ts load Of gold aud
silve vases and jswsls. and the key be.
longing to il. where it fell. when those
that carried il were overtaksn by the
dsmss
Whether the chest ever belonged to
PriAm or not. the value Of the gold and
silver, with the iDmenss variety Of
objects in pottery. spears. swords. etc.
ere sAid 10 10 worth some twenty thou
asnd dollsrs in money. and numbering.
- they do. over . hundred thousand.
Of oil periods. posssss degree Of in
ter-st 40 relics, of ancient life that can
scsresiy be over estimsted. And il 10
agreed by oil tha, they establish the
truthfulness Of Hooer's story in its
substance. aud fix tho cite of the famous
city bsyond question.
Troy was conquered. after nine
years si~gs, under Agsnsmnon. King
Of Ayksna. in Argos, long before the
beginning Of regular history. The var
grew out Of the abductios Of Helen,
wife OF the King Of Sparta. by Psris,
son of the frozen King Pris,n. In the
war. oil Greece for the first tiiss snitsd.
and It took ten years 70 gather the
forcss. ssid to b over thousand ships
and lO0,O men.
The vast effort to revenge the ;oss Of
one man's wife cost Agamemnou same-
thing more then the les Of his own.
She wss Clytemnsstra. Hslsna's sister.
snd during her lord's absence che be-
came unfsithfui. aud joined her for.
tunes with one Egesshus
Among the csptivss st the ssigs of
Trey vs. CsssAndra. sister . Peris,
aud wemsn sof greet beauty. who
fell 20 the iot Of Agamsmnon - slave.
Apollo, 10 obtain her in marriage,
had bestowed on her the gift of pro-
phecy but when shs HftsrvArd Tilted
him. ~ the EEK will sometimes. unable
TO withdraw his gift. the god resolved
to hx her Cd BY ironically ordsining
that no one should ever believe her.
He had ouce. to his cost. and he deter
mined there should b no more trouble.
Well. prophet rather finds his vecs-
tion gone when No enc will believe him;
aud more WAS the pity in this csss for
had this woman voice needed been the
world would not have seeu heap Of
trouble ell the mighty svils of that
war would have bsen svo,dsd: Homer
vould net have sung nins~if bl,nd
about il and 10 end OF school-boys
would have blessed their stars shst they
he'd no more Homer to bother them
She warned Prism sha, IL he ssele
Helen che would prove his ruin. Lat
tie wuosisr. however, that hs you'd not
believe that for what man IN love ever
doss believes that he is going so burn
his dngsn.
The Trojsus. however. might have
bad ssnss enough 20 believe her whsn
che told them not 60 lot the big wooasa
horss In. which the Willy Greeks had
Oiled with acld,~rs but "sich 10 fs,e."
They let II III. and the city ~as taken.
she nov esatioasd Agamsmnon
against returning 10 Ayken@. II
really wss . pity hs did not take this
advice. for though 10 Ssusral'y far
the best for men TO 60 hack home. 10
,hss case there ~As . wsrm reception
sssi.ing him.
Reck be vent. issi,ng the fair Tro-
ian with h,m. Arrived there. the fAlss
Clytemnessrs cen,rsved . sarpriss. and
the gr,a, shsag Of men. sna the beau
n.al E,An prophecies we're ru'hiessiy
uasssaerei
poe'oT >chl,smsnn. having un~srsAed
Trov. naturally turned his attention to