The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-07-07
NORRIS DISCOVERIES.
Strange Story of the Greek Mission
AIRY and Tourist.
Noah's Ancient Ark and Solomon's
Gold Mine In the Desert-Fic-
ton ENDORSED.

A representative of the REcoRD-U mon
recently met John Nori in San Francisco
and obtained from him considerable OF
what that gentleman is pleased to desig-
nate as information.
Mr.. Nori is the man who lately came
| across from Yokohama in the steamer
China, and halls almost directly from
Mount Ararat, at the exact spot where
Mr.. Noah finally moored his ark. Nori
not only found the mountain, but also
found the ark, or the remnants of that re-
nowned vessel, and he is prepared to
stick to his statements concerning it with
great vigor.
Mr.. Nori is a Greek and was born in
classical Athens, as he claims, twenty-six
years ago, but he is apparently much
older, although this may due to life OF
exposure and vast experience. He was
the only son Of wealthy. parents, at
whose death he inherited vast fortune,
which he has spent in travel and mission
airy work.
The field of his missionary labors has
been all over India, Africa, China and
Japan. lie speaks about dozen lam
guages, and has acquired fund of ex-
perlence and peculiar information that
has never fallen to the share of any other
man.
During Mr.. Norris missionary pilgrim
ages he has visited hundreds of strange
tribes and, peoples, explored vast scopes
IN unknown regions, and has, he claims,
made many wonderful discoveries
Hence, when Mr.. Nori takes occasion
to drop into anecdote and Renaissance
he does not allow anything to discompose
linn. He makes some of the most as
founding statements, and never tlinches.
In an ordinary, matter-of- fact wav, Mr..
Nori related the particulars of his discov-
cry OF Noah's Ark, and his explorations
OF the summit OF the real, genuine Mount
Arafat, which he has discovered. and he
doesn't seem 10 think il anything parti-
cuIarly extraordinary.
La TACT, be does not seem to take into
consideration that he has made discov-
cry that viii forever establish the anthem
| ticity Of one or the most wonderful stories
OF the Bible and with which he can ami
hllate Robert q. lngersoifs derogatory
conclusions in the first round. Mr.. Nori
simply heralds to the world that he stum-
| bled across NOah's ARK incidentally i'll
one of his strolls abroad. and he doesn't
consider it anything of material conse-
Quence. OF course, if he had found
nothing but the ark he would make more
OF specially of it: but the ark is only an
item. In his repertoire he has collection
OF other things, and he seems to have
come To America for the purpose of form
ing STOCK company for the DEVELOPMENT
OF his wholesale ind
IN this collection he enumerates. among
other things, the finding of the site OF
Solomon's emplo, ana he asserts that he
| has found some Of the gold with which
the wise man adorned his magnificent
e5iiiCe. lie claims the digoings are in
The midst of what is now the great desert
OF Sahara, and says he has found mug
gets OF gold there as large as he could lift.
AS most OF the temple is buried under
the accumulatlonS OF the sands OF time in
! the scorchlng wastes OF Africa, il requires
considerable hardihood and expense to
get the gold out, but Mr.. Nori is prepared
10 undertake the enterprise, provided he
can sell stock enough TO pay expenses.
Aside from Noah's Ark, Solomon's
Temple, the Golden Calf and the Tower
of Babel, Mr.. \ orr is supposed to have
located the true cross on the authentic
Calvary, the graves of Adam and Moses,
and is prepared to unravel the tangled
ske.n of all the ages.
On his arrival at San Francisco he took
rooms at q leading hotel, but as soon as
his achievements were noised abroad he
was taken TO the homes OF credulous and
| enthusiastic residents, and will doubtless
have little difficulty in fitting out an ex-
! petition to repair and float the Ark. re-
! build Solomon's Temple, re-orect the
original Golden Calf, and dig Moses up
and take him to the Worlds Fair at
Chicago.
| 1t was learned that the great Greek will
visit Sacramento shortly, when further
particulars may be obtained