New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-11

ot ~ LARGO eceptacles that look at rstsghtlike great
pieces Of pottery in reality they are heWn out Oh sou
stone From all points OF the Pacific coast ana especially
from California and the Columbia River, innumerape
stone implements and antiquities testify to Prof MARSH
energy rs collector From Mexico there Is variety OF
stone Idols Perhaps the most extraordinary OF heheh
geological collections is the one which froi MATS" Wv
tanned by purchase from NJ dc zeltner who was Tor
many years the French Consul at Panama during INC
FrancoGorman war the consul returned N farlr'
bringing his cuiositie5 with him. and there oereu 'oi
for sale There was at once sharp competition among
tho Furopean purchasers, but % cable dispatch from
Prof Marsh slipped in between their offers,
he having previously journeyed through central
America and thus become apprsed OF INC
worth Of this collection. SO the cuosites crossed INC
Atlantic again. and came back to America, where they
properly belong. They the remnants OF the Chrqu
civilization obtained from the ombs OF that iorsouen
race Tho workmanship shown In these antiquities Is OF
a high order. Among them there IS large number OF
gold images representing human and animal hgures'
Nearly every one Of them is unique IN design the forns
are strange in posture To they seem quite unlike
ANYTHING that other civilizations have produced. AS
mere bullion the value Of these specimens Is great rs
Antiquities they beyond price. The dc Zeltner col
lection ia lso rich in stone implements, finely wrought
Prof March, while ia Central America in 1871, himself
obtained several objects OF interest from the ancient
omhs among the rest. statue carved out OF column
Of basal-a female figure about thrcefect g-cerlany
the Oldest II not the most beautiful piece OF sculpture In
America It's attitude very quaint in the Museum IL
s popularly known ~ The Panama Venus The col
Iecons from Central America sufficiently fun TO be
representative Hence important class Of cOinpari-
sons can be made for instance, between the Chrqus
and the MoundBulders, there good collection ofthe
implements and tools of EACH with the ancient PERUVIAN
civilization, chat is also represented here by pottery
and other antiquities And If is desired to push COM
Parsons still further there viii be the means here sup
Milo in I,fc
nents from Europe; another, representative oi
the bronze age and s another, from the
Lake Dwellings OF Switzerland. Etmoogy VIII ne
fully represented this floor. The harvest OF skulls
hero gathered viii tell OF every wel-marked Norm
American Iaan tribe will show tine success OF nj least
700 FlatnCads in squeezing their crahius; VIII l"c""
what manner OF Inhabited distant Pacific ISLANDS
before the missionaries inieriered with ther manners
and customs. Aud here, along with the aDundHA' nc
ougnas that Illustrate the life Of existing trlD'" fT"I
Marsh viii no doubt deposit Ms Large collection OF P's
kccpsakes souvenirs from HIS Indian friends chei' OIL
ali degrees Of emnence, from Red Cloud ana Oia aAh-
AfraidOiHf Horses down 70 " the Pute Chei % III
dian Ring fame Many OF ne innumerailc atone pipes
which must Gud place this Aoor % doubtless 20 INTO
the archaeological cases, but IL Is not clear I" me where
ina line 20 Ia drawn in some instances between arena
olegy end cthnology Perhaps sucn questions can bc
readily decided 10y Nj Charles H. Fanam, the enihis-
asc assistant IN charge Of arc!a0oey Bat abundant
facilities for smoking tobacco Iay he citcd rs evidence
OF Inch civilization the Peabody Muscum cen show lat
most Of the Indian tribes far advanced rs Is
Young America
IMPROVEMENTS IL THIS MUfEVH
Mention has been made OF a few contrvauccs by which
the specimens throughout the museum ale shown To lte
highest advantage; but should be sid on this
point az it remarkable feature Tie case. now ia ne
binding cost about $50 900, and well worth that sum
They are all 81 fle native woods. without paint orNaf-
nish. Heavy plate glars Gsed III them The fittings az
dustlcht The shelves adjustable. and constructed
according 70 the method devIsod 10y Prof I. :. Morse ot
Salon The backs are oi zine which keo Ps out damn ,ss
and does not crack The upriIh cases oT the third noor
which ar, ~ he viewed both sides, have central
divisions Of ground glass TINS transmits lght. While 1t
saves the visitor the of finding himself rts
els with spectators the other side Of the ca-e Every
wher. the light is abundant. Each case is fastened with
two locks one Of which i- "NBe lock" Much skill h1'
beca applied ia mounting thc specimens; appropriate
neutral uut is us,d for hc blocks that support them;
the labels are plainly visible, bat do moi Interfere small
objects are ineciouslf Held mp wrcs; IA "a least one
instance where is desirable 20 show the under sdc OF
a specimen CHE teeth OF q croc0dic), that object is
attained by sIsp,ndiug the fossil over MIRROR. This
happy thought surm3uuts diGcJlty which has puzzled
wiser heads than chat of Eva, who could not coniriye
now to frame Uncle Toms letter because sic wanted to
SHOW boti sides OF it et once.
TIC hulId.n i, flreproof and in Isolated position.
No iire is used within t. Even the Doue-boiins appar-
atus for cleansing skel, the furnace and bJIr for
supplying heat to tha DajiI<, and the jaitoI's
re- Icuec are each provided for in detached structures,
which far removed TO communicate ham,s To tie
museum in cas-. they are burned So far human ~
ingenuity can provide against loss or Injury the treas
ures OF science here deposited are secure w.c.w.