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nineteenth century, named Bryant,
wrote that
All tina, tread
The Globe are but "a handful TO the tribes
That slu,ni,cr IN it, bosom.
We can form but little idea, even from
the estimates at hand, o. the numbers
AMI characteristics of the human race
in past ares. IL is no more easy task
to conjecture the number and import
ancc of the buried cities which exist in
every part of the earth. IL we could
Int trace the history of the cities of
u country back to the date of
their founding. and recall the names of
the now unknown heroes. whose eX-
alike famous. VIC would undoubtedly
feel the same pride i'm the ruins Of
America which the intelligent Greek
was won TO feel in the ruined great
ness of his own. We are told, marvellous
country. The Americans. however,
have not been remarkable for their
records, and W. have but little To guide
lis in our study of the annals of
the ages which have preceded our
own. But this year Of our Lord i,SSj
has been very fruitful in scientific
discoveries; old Mother Earth has been
forced 10 yield some of her secrets. and
il would seem rs though it had been re-
served for the generation that is dying
out to penetrate. and not i'm vain. the
depths of cnigmatical ruins: 70 olsen
snp.t, FROM, fhnn, Oh, n..t anil 70 a.,
store TO it the real aspect that once it
wore, along with a part of its lost chrO-
biology. Thanks TO the acquisitions of
modern science. for whose progress the
genius and the blood of America have
helped to clear the way: thanks to the
successful cXcavating by our savant
above the ruins of our buried cities. and
TO their unhopcd for d~eciphcring of the
records. rich i'm detail. that have been
uncarthcd. through which the Amcri-
cans of twenty centuries ago seem TO
converse with the men Of our own time;
thanks TO this. the historian can at
length present ID us testimony certain
and reliable regarding them. and. al
though the idea of again securing the
thread. a hundred times broken. of
American tradition. must bc once for
all abandoned. we have it in our power
at last To reconstruct the most brilliant
part of it almost TO perfection. The
period that II covers iiouriS:,cd in times
which nations the most Jealous of their
antiquity do no.. in their authentic rec
orlS. pretend To have attained.
Thc work of subtcrranean cxplora-
ton which has been steadily going on
in the buried ruins o. Chicago for over
a century has not vet enabled us to
form any accura." notion OF the nature
and extent OF the catastrophe. hut il is
clearly evident that the city Wa swal-
lowed mp in a few brief omcnt by a
most phenomenal CONFUSION of nat
,Irc. OF the discovery of the tomb of
Chicago. there are various accounts.
That which is the most credited relates
to the sinking of n well. the bottom of
which fell out. and upon examination
revealed the inside of the massive
white marble structure which has been
uuearthed aud restored, and which
bears the inscription: BOARD OF
Trade" Prof. Henry Schli mann.
whose ~eNcavating efforts in Chicago
have been SO successful. is 4 lineal de-
scendant of the famous Schliemann OF
the nineteenth century. who. two thou
sand years ago. did such a grand and
noble work in Greece. But it is to the
records If America that the intense ex-
citement Of the day is directed, and
the news which has reached us Of Prof.
Schlienann's rich find in the ruins
of Chicago would seem to indi-
cate that the grandest and most
valuable discovery Of all had just
been made. Chicago is undoubtedly
the most wonderful of American an
tiquities, and nc traveller can be ,lisap-
pointed who has any acquaintance with
ancient history. The impression which
it gives of the actual presence of an
American city two thousand wears ago
is so vivid and intense that il requires
but a small effort of the Imagination To
place yourself among the muiitudes
which ono thronged the ST. and
thesterS. and occupied its now voiceless
chafabers. The streets before YOU are
g~ensrslly paved; some are well worn.
and Others, one broad avenue in par
ticO'ar. in as good preservation As
though in use the day before. The
houses. many of them. extend in un-
broken lines. and in nearly every in
stance the doors are firmly close. One
curious class of discoveries in Chicago
consists of tn. advertisements upon the
dead walls. which relate to city politics
an | theatrical affairs Candidates had
the blu>hing impudence to bcspcak sup
port for themselves from their friends.
and the play-kouses announced in bright
colors on huge posters the coming at
fractions proving that up to the year
1885 the show-pripters had the bulge on
the press for c&eatrica! advertising. All
the observations which have been made
from time to time. however. on the discov-
cries made among the ruins OF Chicago
are as naught when We consider the
opportunity which is now given us for
speculation and study By the great
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