Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-08-19

financial and rsal estate '-boomS's In this,
that thsy ofren give way - suddenly -
the latter do and sometimes with fatal re-
suits TO the lcggsrA
Another exhibit which may be called 4
state adjuncs il that of Mr.. +. 6. Logan.
Of Chicago, in the AnshropoloSieal build
ing, which consists Of stone implements
and weapons Of every stage representsd in
America Is might Be called an adjunct
Of three states, for Nj. Horasio \. Rust be
gzn 70 make tbs collection while boy in
New Ham npsAirA continued IL whiiea bgisi-
ness man in Chicago and made immense
Auditors to h while . resident Of Pasa-
deuA, Cal. He finally sold II to Mr.. Logan,
who i o rnssnbar of the board Of trade Of
Chicago, and be has arranged IL here In an
order which illustrates the progress Of the
aborigins from his drss choice Of stones
suitable 70 crack nuts or crush bones TO
get af the marrow, down 70 the polished
aiais At which, apparently. the native
American stopped, unless one counts the
Mound builders, who certainly used cop
Per.
Primsval ran. says the speculative
scientist. came naked and hare into .
world Of toll and terror. On every side be
saw dread phenomena. but had no idea OF
their cause. With him there could be no
distinction between the natural and the
SUPERNATURAL, for he wAs as ignorant Of
the one - Of the other OF the reign OF
law he had no conception, bat be did have
clear ideas OF one subject-the feelings Of
himself and his fellowmen- To him every
motion had q motive. There Was to him
but one possible solution Of what he saw
going on about hint was all the work
OF beings influenced by pleasure and anger
and spurred on by hunger and love, like
himself and his fellows These beings
must be prupitiated Al any cost, and so
along with the rude pestle and mortar
and flint arrowhead We find rude attempts
TO make something 20 please the gods
And a. ths dead chief WAS liable TO turn
into a god, or to need what be had needed
In life, they buried all these things with
him, and sometimes added few dogs and
wives and other slaves to be on the safe
side
Very poor Judgment, indeed, in the saw
ages. but very fortunate for our anthro-
pologists. II was just the same as when q
party Of travellers in the wilderness leave
at every camp part of their worn ont ma
terials and bits Of bone indicating what
they ate and how they cooked 1t. As we
can track the travellers from camp TO
camp, so We can track the journey Of man
as a species from the day when he first Sc
lzcted a slightly followed stone in which
T. crack q cocoauut down to the time
when steel first came into use. Mr.. Lo-
ean's collection indicates that the ''mita-
ta" OF grinding stone Of the Indians was
gradually followed out on top by long
usage, that the savage then got round
pointed stone and pounded his acorns or
grass seeds or bones in the cavity thus
formed and so by happy accident, as it
were, the pestle and mortar WAS invented.
That was brought 10 perfection and then
another step WAS taken
One specimen from southern Califor-
uia shows a bottom less basket fastened on
to the rim Of the mortar by a sort of tough
plaster. This made a very complete affair.
indeed, and doubtless marked great ad-
vance for those days There are some
very nice cooking vessels cut from solid
stone, and the system employed probably
was that of heating small white stones
and dropping them into the mess often
enough 10 keep it at = cooking heat
There are several stove lamps from north
eru California which the aborigines doubt
less used with fish or animal oils and
piece Of fibrous bark for a wick. Tomar
hag, : and arrow heads, Of course, are in
Vulnerable. as the condition was one OF
chronic war. and not only are there stone
axes but stone spades and what seem to
be plow points
Ii NV boyhood stone arrowheads were
SO plentiful on the Wabash hills that
every boy had store Of them. Later they
became valuable, but few years ago
strip was discovered across a asand ridge
near the river. along which the ground
was thick set with them and with stone
hatehets. 1t must have been the battle
line for long time. Mr.. Logan's speci-
,ueIts were in like manner found in groups
or along ancient battle lines There are
over $500 pieces in his exhibit and they
represent every detail Of aboriginal life,
war and worship. Yet large as this col.
lection is it occupies but a small corner OF
the Anthropologioai building and that IN
turn is but an Insignificant section Of the
fair Verify, five months u but scant
time 10 see this show.