Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-12
NOAH'S> ARK.
The Discovery Of the Ancient ves-
sci on Mount AFarat.
It Recognized by Turkish Commissioners
On the Spot-hn Alert iAmerican
Negotiating for Its ftmOYaI
10 This Country.

Nrw YoRE, August ll.--A cable dis.
| patch TO the Herald from Constantinople
announces the discovery cf Noah's Ark.
very recognizable end OF II, painted
| brown, and with the edges somewhat worn
down from 1000 years Of wear and tear, has
been seen sticking out Of tho end OF glacier
in Mount Ararat. Mount hraraf lies in 80
orth latitude, is Il, 1873 feet above the sea
level and IL 800 feet above. its base. For
more than 5000 feet below .i,s summit II is
constantly covered with snow and Ice, and
is presumably inhabited by glaciers.
The report Of the Turki.,h commissioners
who made
is not as explicit ss II might on 40 inter.
estIpg an occasion, but he anGlsnt vessel
had evidently got sons way down the
mountain before it was seen. Something
has b, en- written about the rate of speed AT
which glaciers move. Int there VII row
ne 3 rw light thrown ON the matter. This
ore /. y been 400 yeap coming o mile or
two. III undisturbed IN its peaceful des-
Gently the occasional eruptions which
have made things lively around It. IL II
somewhat 10 be rcgretEd thu the felicity
of the discovery should have been reserved
iUT
The FoIEowers OF MsAemet.
Several coed Christians have wandered
up and down the Tsrilous slope severai
times in vain. ParDt, who went mp tr
1922. may have WALKED over the ideDticGl
glacier where il lay suriet without drea H.
ing OF It's proximity
II appears by their report that these
TuTkish commissioners bae been appoint d
10 investigate into the causes Oi ayaianch'-
Of Mount Ararat Either this commission
eis I ecutiarly OonscienCious one or else
Turkish can,missions are iaherently DINER
ent from those oil ooLntriN nearer hons
| for instead OF skulking around In the
| neighboring county and CITING compre'
| heDSiye view Of
The AyaInnsses
| through telescopes they actually went up
| the side of tie mountain 10 make cngsory
| survey Of the premises. And while they
| were dOdying about TO keep out OF the way
OF the avalsnches they san across the ehn
| OF gigsntic structure Of wood protruding
| from a mass OF ice. They go on TO state
| that after they ran acrOss 1t they made In
| QuirieA Of neighbori1g inhAbitapts, who
| .ald that the phenomenon had been present
for half a dozen years but that no one had
dared fo.spprosch It because Of the peeu'
larry tsrrfying appearance OF spectre
| which GcCsklOnalIy appeared NJ the upper
window Of the machine. Then IL seems
that the first running across must have
been more 6gurattge than literal, since the
report goes on to set forth that IL wAs q
work Of enormous difficulty TO reach
TheAnsieBt Sran,
and hat the tsst was accomplished only
aitsr incredible bardships. At any rste
the Turkish eommissioners got there aid
wss; in st the front door. They found the
OLD Loat in sp excellent state Of prsssrya'
tjon. The interior Was divided into psrti.
tions fftssn feet high. Bot there were
only three OF these accessible, the Others
bei1g full Of ice. The next step va. the
recognition" Of the wood OF the srk ss
the ancient gopher wood OF Scripture
Then the recognition" was declared com
plets, and the commissioners went home
and reported the ark.
As toon NJ the matter got sbrosd au
American was On Che spot His name Il
not given, but be 10 probably In the shou
business. Arrangements have st any rat
been entered into silh the pasha for %
transfer OF the ark 10 this country. al
had better bring glacier and all along, 10
the wood must be pretty aged now. ant
the old thing might come TO pieces On hi
hands and refuse 70 go together ssain.