Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-05-11

aeMM lN 1NzN G90ntRv III owned &V the \
3useum 81 Natural His1orr. New /
York. Ana includes ogsf thxes thons-
aed okiecia II Hint-inrIemanfs III /
every stage 81 craftsmanship. from ths /
ride chip 10 lhs beaMtifnlI1 -p0liahed /
and symmetrical celt or adzs' nearly !:
aII ohfained from the VaIsey 0f tha /
Sesame. A man and seciional draw
inzz show The IecAlify and char .eter /
al eoll---s IMMENSE chalk nls{Ea-~frnr4,
whsaoe these curious relics have been |
taken. The chalk cliffs have furnished
/. the material "a cur knowledge az the
/ nxe- historic man. and is the aravelig
drift that has aucnns,sl ated over thesa.
his sssociafed heaass and implements
h&xs s': <onn1 : raa,.seIztu.. A num-
I. haz IS. d As3x 4s..l s 6sfps s,zs.t is rss,.
resenfatives 81 Ebe hnsos, kes.,<. 81 4
and crescents--all much Is tbe mar
uer az drawinDs tha4 bovs are art a.
make On their slafez
These ancient peonles seem to have
fanoied anv object tf,at reserabled the
human face or form. and ,aanv sneci-
meas IN the eollacfinn had hessn ears-
| fully polished and cus. q prsserve and
he;chfen the snnnoaad 1.ase,nhlanee
Thssssa we've nnd.aahtadlv hnmsahoid
gods: o.. possibly. NAV have bsen used
sa .ts,,,.s,s.,,, ..,a ..,av h.,rrr,w tka
/ terro fresa onr Tnd;ans
Amono fhs eI,o;cest r.l;r. a.. han
t;e,Ilv rol;shsd avss 80 = stav-horn
end q feng 49, ~ a.,,.sss;e [sr = .s;re.is
Tmnle,nenfs ~ tha hardest nature are
| fonnd. polished and formed into hean-
/ tifnl shanes among which are ;ade
nuartx crystal ete
Tn America We f;nd similar works.
A human skull was found II 1887 one
HUNDRED and e;ohtv feat below the
. surface OF Table Mountain. California.
L In company with the bones Of the mas
todon aud elephant.
i Another was discovered in Califor-
. MIA. one hundred aud City feet deep.
The miners had sunk q staff through
Eve beds Of lava and volcanic tufa,
and four beds Of gravel, before find
ing the skull. How old was this p
Perhaps some Of our readers can
guess Archaologists think il older
than the Amienss relics, and to date
: back 10 the Pliocene time Of geology
81 how long ago We hardly dare to say
Il The curious mounds 80 common in
. the Western States are, according te
= Doctor T. L. Davis. the burial mounds
Of q race related TO the Aztecs; bul
, little more about them il known
Many are covered over with dead and
q living trees that show them to b
0ger one Thousand years old. Docto
: Newberry has shown that these peo
{ pie were the ancient copper-miners d
3 Lake Superior, and the lead-miner
h Of Louisville, Kentucky. and tha'
q they knew Of the oil wells in Pennsyl
o vania and Canada. One of the mos
. interesting mounds Is in Adams Coun
{ ty. Ohio. and is called the Great Ser
10 pent. IL is an immense serpent
h shaped mound of earth, seven hun
Ie dred feet long terminating in @ tripl
e coil at the tail. If stretched out
b would measure thousand feet. Th
J. jaws are widely open, and seem to
e | irving To catch An epr that Il cons
4 to that Of q roc. and Is 4 hillock. 16
n feet long and eighty wide. Th
snake i sbouf six fset n width an
q in some places over thirty.
v Monnds of other shanes are FINN
: all over the West and conta;n $
A. rious articles. Thev ara usnaIiv
j stone. ana sornafi.nes ~ shell an
IL bona and aftao conner IN ;ts n..rr,
a atate flint smear ana arrow-haaas !
8. POTTERY 3 also found n them r.
re- uuentlv Of rich design Two notta,
"a vaaas from ! Gaorass ,norna a.
1 rere ;nte-sut go oval snd las !,
q other h;oh with an ovag hotton !,
IA that 4 vii not staed n ths Ists,
q sbs rama;o. ~ .h;la - e.,
i show;ng 4 ). ~ . hr-;sI ,,rn M-ss
g - onsrsx sbssts - ne. :. -. !.
~ rongb cloths ars sls, fo,,rd i h
y monnds but No writ;ncs 81 eli II
he Or what the stran1e bs,ilder. vsrs
IA All wa know Il fRaf fha Me-; =; !,
g VALLEY vas oree s.on,lals1 Is 8,
ns 81 man far more c;v;l;zsd than sl
mi nre.ank Tnd;ans hst frarn sa,as :. ! !,
IS wsr~ e,rer,f awav fha,,sands 80 80
81 before America Wa visited nv lys,a,
IN | bus.
deI The stone ANTIQUES rom Porto RI
.r- are extremely interesting. showing
Is. hieh state of that kind 81 civil;xatiee
de They consisk of celts. smookh;no-ston.
VI -. sr- 1xs11 II u 1.