Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-06-24
DR.. Schicmann' Discoveries n
HlSSariik.


Two years ra.re were CONSUME n
preliminary investigations. and II VS.
not until 1c7l:h De-. Schlieiaann D.
gin thu Work Of uclual exc .yn'l n.
Mana lille lie had married a G'e :!
woinau, ike himself warm adu,iftf -
Homer, WHO FAs All eGtDu-l .stla Ia iI'cf
in I'll his sui s.luent work. 1T Lad
long BEEN the oiIclOn among scholars
that the Novum Hum If historic TIMES
WAS not ih.it.c.i with tie Hos oi
Ii jmer, but that the site OF the latter
city WIS To be sought elsewhere. Bus
Do. S.Aliemauu believed that The -"
were lieurica!, and ,hat by txcLvaiing
at lI.ss,riit which occapics nos the
site OF NJvHm linn be wouii IN
the citr Of Priam aud Hector. Ghe -
: rs uf iiy' ieara researches a't' tm
be, ie In Us0s, a sumptupus v"iU!1r
ia! III tie spoil of a vide aud ace '!a-t
leaning, as we'll as the results o; HI
Own u.wcsried Investigations. l. the
course of IN, lnyestlg ations d.. ScAlir'
mann discovered tie romans al no 'e--
than seven cities which have suecss>i:e
Nv uccuuIel the site OF HISS .rlk. Thts'
cities are Sharply distinguished IRON
each other hy architecture, dom
utensils, ornaments. aui many liner
marks Of their different degrees q
civiiIz ton.
TIE first city, that ia to say the Oldest,
is marked by some six or seven let OF
| dJcis. No city walls are lett staining.
| TIE houses were small and rude. TEN
| built OF uncut stone. remains of pat
tery are found il very large quantities;
nearly all household utensils seem 4"
have been made OF it. The shapes 81
the vessels are varied aud SD are thr
sizes, but certain conventional form
prevail. They are extremely rude IN
| torm--for the poiter's wheel, though
known, was not commonly usei-an"
rnder still in enumeration, which =
almost wholly linear. They are i'll made,
also, having been bakei OF an open Ire.
aud so only half baked. \ few dumts
tic utensils were made of stone; Il b. at
mortar and limestone pestle. rough
stone hammer. Jlde axes (both green
aud white) and lint saws, ara among
tho implements found. Pins, avis and
needles of bone should be added 10 thi-
list. OF the metals, gold. silver, lead
u d copper were known to the lnha5it
au;s Of this city, but Were so scarce a.
to be little used. Iron aad br' nzr
we're probably uukno~n, rs NJ traces
Of either have been found. These fact
give us pretty accurate idea Oh the
| civilization represented by this city; /,
vas n state but one remove from say
asery. The presence of the tde axes
Is specially significant, because 70 lar
as Is known deposits of ] ide bre found
Only il China and IN the central hlsh
| lands OF Asia. THIS furnishes hint,
but only Int of the origin Of this
people, and as no human remains were
found in their ruins all guessing AS to
their race and appearance Is "ust O1
Ingenuity. A few rude stone Idols aye
among the d.6ris of this city. but they
throw little or 10 light on tho religion
of the people, except almost TO warrant
the CONCLUSION that 1t was little better
than fetichism. The history OF the
city cannot even be coDjectured. The
causes of its decadence are not 10 be
found in the ruins, but 1t was not dc
stroyed by fire; II seems rather To have
| been deserted.
The second city was inhabi'cd by a
very diff rent people. The remains Ut
their architecture and pottery, not to
speak of other things, bear testimony
TO far higher civiliz alton Tie houses
are larger, built usually OF dressed
stone, sometimes of CLAY, but never OF
brick. phere are remains Of the city
wall ten feet high aud GT feet thick,
butt OF W, ought blocks OF limestone.
Tue streets were paved with white Ene-
| stone slabs, which ire 30 worn as II
prove long use. The pottery is more
tasteful IN form ami more artistic III
o. namentatiou. Characteristic of this
city are gigantic terra-cotta j,ts, five
and six feet high, and three to five feet
in diameter. Cnrlously enough, the
jars are perfectly baked through.
though the smaller vessels found III The
remains Of this city are generally Ill
baked. 1t is conf -ctured that they
| we're made upon wicker forms, eun
dried, and then baked by piiing iuel
around and within them and tetIug il;
On fire. Many vases are found, oal
faced, which are held to have been "ed.-
Gated to Atheue (MInerva), whom
HOMER frequently Calls gloukopiS, owl
faced. Many gold brooches and rings
show that the wealth OF this people
was considerable. y skull was fIuAd
in these ruins, surrounded by somo
feminine ornaments, and probably Is
the relic of young girl. The lore
head is iull, the face somewhat broad,
! the chin retractsd-alt"gether ih,lcAt'
ing considerable intelligence. The his
tory of this city is also blank.
Curious if True.
A well-knoen Paris scientist, DIR.
Delaunay. has made the curious dis
covery that, to ascertain the qualities
Of an applicant cook, it is sufficient 10
give her IL plate to clean, or SAUCE to
| make, and watch how she moves her
hand III either act. II she moves il
from left to right, or in the direction OF
the hands of the watch YOU may trust
her; if the other way, she is certain to
be stupid and incapable. Similarly
the intelligence of people MAJ be
gagged by asking them to make Il circle
on paper with u pencil, and netting III
wi len direction the hand IS moved.
Tae good students in mathematical
class draw circles from lett TO right.
The in:eriority of tho softer sex (as we'll
IS the male dunces) is shown by their
drawing from right TO left; asylum pa
tiepts q, 4 children do the same. Ia a
word, centrifugal movements ara u
characteristic of Intelligence ana high
er Development; ceutripetat, are mark
of incomplete evolution. 4 person,
as his faculties are deleloped, mnycome
to draw circles in different way to