The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-24
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O1f4s <ADAAS Va AO0lsOUt W. mas DSSu ns0lng
out Of Lake Champlsin the timbers Of Benedict
Arnold's flagship Congress, which was sunk in
1916.
IT IA STRANGE how soon one becomes accus-
toned to end adopts the customs of the coun.
try IN which one sojourns, says a writer in the
Portland OTeqonidn. All our party have grad
ually come TO wear native (Alaskan) clothing,
more or less Sealskin boots (hair seal, not the
fur seeh. either with the hair on or off the
uppers and legs, as may be desired, with walrus
SKIN soles, worn With an insole of dry grass
were the first articles Of apparel adopted. They
They are also the most clumsy looking But
one soon for9ets about the appearance. and a
person with a pair of American made leather
boots or shoes looks as much out of place az
an Esquimau would on the streets Of Port
lana with his parka (coat), hood and
boots on. II is too warm for US 70 endure the
fur coats made Of reindeer, SEAL squirrel, mink
skins, ETC., but most of the party are provided
with them. The hoods are usually attached to
the coat, and are thrown back in warm weather,
leaving the head exposed. The winter boots
are made of reindeer and other warm skins,
with the fur on, but are not worn in warm
weather. The hair of the reindeer is as soft as
beaver, and a coat Of its material will keen out
the cold more efectually than ten times its
weight in woolens In fact, as 1 am told by
residents. one cannot wear enough woolens to
Keep warm in winter the weight being too
great Furs are also necessity for bedding.
SCIENCE has not as yet given assent 70 any
theory that there once existed race of giants
on this earth, says the Boston Adyertiser
Even the once desplsed dragon and the scorned
sea serpent have found q warmer niche in the
scientific heart than "Goe and Magog. ="
scientific agnoSticism has no credence for the
stirring stories Of giants, like those of Gaelic
and Teutonic folk lore. Vet II IS quite possible
that science Is wrong and tradition is right. It
can be taken as a fact that tradition often is
accepted as right when new discoveries bring to
light the long-hidden relics OF an obscure past
Priarn, Agamen1non and other figures of tredi-
ton have been accepted as realities by modern
history as the result of the discoveries Of the
century. In the main tradition is proving to
be much more reliable than it once
seemed. Even on the giant question
some modern scientists may be said
to be ''on the fence" as a consequence Of the
discoveries Of late years. To the unscientifc
however. there appears to be good reason for
believing in race of giants as a matter Of
common sense. When the world was first Gov
cred with animals those creatures we're Of great
size. It is generally believed that the esrIy man
was much longer-ltved than his descendants
and in the steady progress of growth it seems
strange. indeed, If he did not attain greater size
IN his many years. More than this, however
me prehlstoric creatures are known to have
been of wondrous proportions. The hypspryrn.
nus was some thirty feet long and the modern
kangaroo would seem dwarf beside him The
mosasaurus was eighty feet long, while
from the alligator 70 the crocodile, rarely
II ever, twenty feet long. The iariaps a
jumping lizard. stood twenty-five feet high
dwerfing the lizards Of the present dav into in
significance. In view of these facts is It IN
reasonable to con lecture that amid that world
OF monster creatures monster men also stelkeds
Science. because it has not yet found as many
skeletons or giant men OF giant lizards givss
no support to the traditions which uphold the
existence OF such race OF human beings: but
as from time immemorisl MANKIND has kept its
dead IN inaccessible places, the failure "a vet
10 discover mammoth men, in view also of tie
TACT that Wild animals were far more plentiful
Chau prehistoric men. and that even of the
prlmeval animals but few remains have been
discovered, 1t Is more than unwise to conclude
that In this matter tradition is wholly at fault.
TIE recovery of the Spanish galleon wrecked
on Hispaniols. of which the bullion was secured
by some English Spectators in 1887, has cost
later generations dearly, says the London
Standard The Duke OF Albemarle, governor
of Jamaica, received $4,000, the royal share
was 10000, gentlemen who had adventured
E1OO took 5000 to $4,000. Innumerable have
been the disastrous enterprises which this sue
cess promoted. Within the last few years we
saw company formed to recover Napoleon's
army chest, sunk, with the vessel that contained
It, at the battle OF Abukir. Perhaps the most
interesting find, saving those wondrous tombs
in South Russia, was the Treasure Of Guarra-
Ear, discovered In 1858. Some peasants travel
ing near Toledo noticed objects of gold and
Jewel work washed partly out of the
to pieces and divided them Happily.
an intelligent man heard the story ii time,
bought up every fragment, pieced them. all to
gether, and fed to Paris, where he sold the lot
to the Musee Cluny. The objects proved to be
eleven crowns - mostly ''votve''-of Gothic
monarchs who ruled Spain during the seventh
century. OF the owner in two cases there Ia no
doubt at all, for they bear his name in letters of
gold hanging by gold chains from the circlet
with jewel pendant from each letter One
bears the simple inscription, ''Suinthila," who
reIgned from 621-6S1 A, D.; the other, "Recces-
vInthug OffAPrpI y His daf ur,r
D. Two, If not more, are queens crowns One
the largest, has thirty big sapphires and thirty
pearls of great size; below it hangs cross set
with largo sapphires and pearls, VII ich AGAIN
has leweled pendants. But we must not des-
cribe infinitely objects which are perhaps bet
ter known, to antiquariaEs at least. than any
piece OF goldsmiths work existing. The Treas
ufe OF Hildesheim" also is priceless It was
found by soldiers digging trench for siege
practice near the town of that name in 1850
We cannot doubt that this glorious trouvaille
very rich traveller, probably a Roman
general-though conjecture has bound
less field for specializing how il could find its
way to Hildeshein, which the Roman armies
never reached. There are stewpans pots
plates, batterie de cuisine complete, all of
silver, exquisite in form and in ornament; the
legs. so TO call them, Of a table. stands for
lamps and other things defnable all silver and
all lovely; complete dinner service. plates.
dishes, cups, goblets OF beautiful Greek work
in silver with gold wreaths and ettachments
One might say in truth that the goldsmith's art
could not go beyond the grace and richness Of
these articles-many Of which are ascribed to
TIE first century, A. D.-had not the Russian
finds surpassed them. The Hildesheim treasure is
at Berlin the Russian at the winter palace. That
In truth is glorious beyond imagining. OF one
piece, M. Theirs declared in rapture, that a
nation would be justified in making war on the
czar for possession OF is This is the ''Nikopel
vase" Volumes have been written, and IL
braries will be written, on these marvels There.
fore we do not dwell upon them. They have
been recovered from tumuli in the neiehbor.