Telegram-herald., 1889-05-10

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- peIiea zol WAelly se.ereted fs<ul car
eva .6s Aoqs A1d TIE lnteDs 81 aaAI a.
sbiuss ooatiLue 'fareser. tE4f Is for Ene
tllae eQgsEs1 by oEGs cary Sazs sslDat SEAS ~'ts
3iwSys = eoEainsH: thoaght Nen euils
with taAE view. founded with t-As view,
p2anEs4 systems VITA that vls~
4ASt, fog Instance. the story, sd1if.eis
ted Il tle Iae..l.S a. possd by al obscure =
csaa dyAaSt 10 preserve forever rene
u tke foeadeE 4 BUddhisul. As0ka. II .
believed. some rltesn hundred years sso
distributed tkese relies. msfsS,s 81 ooas.
- a. ktngs wltk w4oIa hs wSs IA ziilsnos.
snd some PfiEce Ia Gussf.t resolved iil@t
his Eeiic shoalG last whle tins endured
lie snclsAsed il "a . bottle - .old. snd that
II a casket u silver, and that Ia a ss'~s~s
0f copper, sad that "a bowl 0f bAked
elay-a substance ss durable a. The ezrth
0i tie w0rid-And that Ia eofsr Of cisy+
stone. and that l. = hollow square Of sand
store, aud thss. again. in pyramid Of
brick more than 50 feet high. aud al the base
ot the same thickness; and finally, rs We
obscure. faaed the euiie structure with
stone blocks. The Prince did Lot spend AL
that thought and labor aud treasure only
70 honor bis relic. be meant 10 preserve it
as long as India or Time itself should iAst.
and 50 we'll did he plan that he succeeded
Ia preserving IL for fifteen hundred years.
His dynasty ceased, aud WAS even forgot
ten; his people changed their creed. and
ceased 10 worship Buddha, his elesrances
were abandoned by human beings. and the
Jungle spread It's obliterating mantle over
roads and plain aud pyramid; and still the
relic remained as safe in It's golden bottle
as il WAS when the Prince placed IL there.
Aud there the British archeo!ogist, Mr..
Campbell, found IL only few weeks since,
the morsel OF bone uncalcined, the gold OF
the bottle as bright az ever, the silver cas-
ket only taruished. the copper covering
only rusted, the bowl Of baked clay un-
changed. as it would lie If left there till
the world cooled, the claystOne Golfer uE-
broken, the sandstone cavity unyiolated.
thepyramid still resisting ciimat and time.
and men-who had in somo pas: age sought
treasure In its interior-and the terrible
wounds given by the insidious, crawling
Jungle.
The idea of cresting a selfrenewing cor.
poration, charged with the duty Of end
lessly preserving the records OF our knowl-
edge, would seem TO most OF Us only silly,
and this though many among us are pas
antiauarians. What is the explanation Of
that great changei Isitthat we all, Cont
lists and Agnostics included. can think OF
,ong duration as an attribute only OF
another world; or has the spirit OF change
so possessed our souls that we have no
longer faith in the possibility OF anything
long continuing OH eartAf Or is 1t, in
truth, that ono kind Of Imagination has
died among us, and that our children grow
short-sighted poring over books, so we, In
our thirss 20 know ell that is Just around
us-we call that form of curiosity "the
scientific spirit" t"-have weakened the men
tai sight which in past ages made the far
future seem TO have such a nearness TO our
heartsf We fear that the latter Is the true
explanation and that the Asiatic. whom
we regard as the school-boy OF the world.
retains at least one faculty which we arc
sufferiug o ceray