The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-16
NoATs ARK
Uncovered by Travelling Crock Mlsson-
O.. Amid snow nnd Ice ON Mt. Arnrnt.

Discovered by prhNchhE Nrcck mlSSIon-
ary Amid snow and fee ON Mt. Arnrnt.
SAN Francisco, July lit is as
serted by Rev. John Joseph Nouri, d.
d.. LII. ID. the Chaldean archdcacon of
Babvlon and Jerusalem, who arrived
tho other day on the steamer China,
that he has seen Noah's Ark.
History, theology and geography arc
the studies that have received his spo
cinl attention, and In the seven years of
his preaching and explorations in many
remote portions of the earth he has
gained information and made discover
les which are little short of miraculous
TO him.
The nrehdeacon declares that, with
an exploring party composed of six
Abyssinians of the Greek faith, he PEN
etrnted into the mountains of the Moon
while trying to discover the source Of
the Nile lie discovered. he says, the
source of the Tigris and Euphrates riv-
crs. The party also came across gold
bearing mountains, the quartz of which
contained eighty per cent of that pre-
cious metal The sources of the Tigris
and Euphrates are in Mt. Ararat, in
Armenia, which sacred mountain he
ascendcd. His story runs:
"Up toward tho two domcs of Mt. Ararat is
II Hat valley, large in area, which may be dcsig-
mated plain. IT is nearly 1000 feet above the
SEQ. About 90O feet above the plain found the
sources of these two great rivers. They are
very close together, The water was extremely
| cold and clear
"Thcn we proceeded to ascend to the top Of
Mount Ararat We first chose the smaller
| horn. This is about 1900 feet high while tho
| other is, as nearly as it is now nscortained
about $4,000 feet in altitude. We succeeded ii
| getting up about i,0jJ feet
"There was perpctuel snow there, and it lay
| very deep. violent wind was blowing and the
| mountain was so precpitous that we could no
| go farther. Accordingly we rctraced our steps
and when we got down to point from whicl
| we could cross over to the other mountain W,
went over TO IL and began climbing, WCreachet
the altitude of 1900 or $1,000 feet. The snoy
! here was also very deep. We walked on till /
was impossible TO go any farther We walked
| for hours and hours on the snow, and tlnall
came down 1000 or 3,00J feet.
at was in the month Of March, and we mad
up Our minds that IT would be impossible Il
reach the top in such weather. We must wal
| till the snow, or n good deal of II, Mt least
melted. We accordingly went still further be
low and remained till April. Then we wer
abundan:ly paid for all our labor, for we discOv
| cred what feel sure was the ark, the aCtua
| work of Noah. 1 discovered 1t myself, beini
The first to see it. I saw it through Il field glas
81 first, though we got 80 close to it that it wa
,isible to the eye alone We had reached
| light over the green grass, and at length in tn
| ,eep snow and over glaciers of probably l60.
II 16,50O feet and within 800 or 1000 feet of tn
op. Presently q great object came into yie'
through the glass.
"The bow and stern were clearly in view
but the center OF it buried in snow an
one side of it had fallen down and was decayeC
1t stood more than 100 feet high and was NOR
than 800 yards long. The wood seemed yer
peculiar. 1t was dark reddish, almost iroI
colored, and seemed very thick. saw it pc
feCtly, especially the rear part. 1t Is bctwce
5000 and 6,OOO years old. Would the wood las
for that timo? On, yes. 1t would not were
not for tho snow but that has preserved /
Were 1t not for that, constructed oven OF har
wood as it is, it would have been impossible
last over 1900 or 5000 years. AS it is, it wi
be preserved for ages and ages perhaps 2O,OI
or 10000 years.
'It was on April g. at about c'clock in tn
afternoon, that l finally saw the ark upon tn
mountain was almost overcome The sigh
OF the ark, thus verifying the truth of tn
scriptures in which had before had no doub
but which for the sake of those who did II,
believe, / was glad, filledm with gratitude,
''The top of the ark that still remained wG
covered with cap OF from five to ten feet
snow, but in other places, where the top hi
fallen in, Judge the snow is from thirty to iift
feet deep. 1 went clear around and came baC
again, and looked at the rear or stern criti
ally, at length and with great care"