The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-31
A sAvANNAHIAN AT THE FAIR
Who was Strongly Impressed by the
Cliff Dwellers' Exhibit.


have been to the Columbian fair and
feel a strange inclination to tell some of
the unfortunate ones who have not yet
been there, but who purpose going.
thing or two, of which they might not
otherwise take notice.
The main show they will all see, name
ly; the manufacturers building, the
grand sparkling palace of electricity, hor-
ticultural hall, where they can walk the
perfumed paths of the wooded island and
breath natuers extract from a million
flowers, the temple of art, machinery
hall, Midway Plaisance, and in fact, all
the big buildings and their contents in a
general sort Of way; but l would call at
tentiOn TO the smaller and less advertised
anneXeS.
One thing which a great many fail to
notice. and which TO the close observer
and lover of nature, is exceedingly inter
esting, is the cliff-dwellers' exhibit. This
is at once weird, wild and truly wonder
full. A sort of rocky mountain fastness,
gotten up, believe, to represent the Rio
DE Los Mancos canyon of Colorado, where
evidences of these prehistoric cliff
jewellers are found in abundance. Who
they were, how many thousands of years
ago they lived, and under what climatic
NOuNllIlplS LIltN Dtddult tHllntJ, are tlueS-
tiOns which will probably never be
known. They certainly ante-date any of
the present races of men Still, they
must have been well developed, intellect
ual and even beautiful, as some of the
mummies show. One in particular, a
supposed princess, who is almost per-
fectly preserved, was found in
tomb carved out in the
solid rock, wrapped in her
Of
material. Who can doubt but that this
once beautiful girl loved and was loved,
lSOme ten thousand ago. even as the rO-
mantle maiden of to-day.
While there is no evidence that the
clif-dwellers knew anything of the out
side world, there are unmistakable signs
that they possessed intelligence and civ
ii1atiOn No metals of any kind are
found in their dwellings. Their tall. mar
row houses were fastened together with
some sort of vegetable ropes, and also
thongs made of animal skins. As | said
before, any student of nature could spend
days examining the thousands of relics,
untensls of all kinds, and articles of
dress, etc, etc When one is brought
face to face, as you might say, with such
facts and such people, it is quite enough
to set them thinking. Were they of Ad-
ANS race, or did they live before Adam?
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make us want to know more
of such people, but like many other spe-
cies of the animal kingdom they are ex-
tinct, and our speculations in respect to
them only leave us in the dark
Among the numerous relics of these
oldest Inhabitants are beautiful speci-
mems of pottery, the decorations, mate
rial and design of which show skill and
taste, but there are some things to which
these ancient and peculiar people seem
to have been strangers, because there are
not in all the collection, either pipes
wine jugs or implements of war. In
these particulars we are vastly ahead of
the cliff dwelers.
Speaking of war material, one must not
fail to take look at the great Krupp
guns. Here, in bristling pile, with
turrets and signal towers. is the German
war exhibit, which includes the largest
gun ever made, 100 tons. This
exhibit alone cost $500, 900 We
might say great deal
about this bie gun, and rise into regions
OF poetry regarding our grand civilization
an destructive perfection in this meek
and beautiful Christian age. But it's of
no use. The desire for blood will not lie
SIZED Until these engines of war" be-
come so terrible that man will stop to
think. Then, and not till then, will the
nations know how awfully cruel war is.
Another interesting little show is the
Eskimo village, situated at the Fifty
seventh street entrance TO the fair. This
show is not what we expected of this peo-
pie. You witness true Eskimo life, it is
true, but they arc not handsome, and
they are not clean. They live in huts and
beg like a suburban block beggar, es-
pecially the women. They will ask you
for a nickel with a smile that is child
like and bland hut it's true To life and
a good object lesson. xxx.