The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-19

foreign peoples living in America. AS
cards were originally used for divination,
being separated at random, and their
omens thus interpreted so chess is the
elimination of a series of games in which
tossed arrows were used, four being
thrown into the air together and allowed
to alight as they would This collection
traces chess from its elementary stage in
America, and shows II as II was found IN
Corea and in kindred forms throughout the
world The final feature of the collection
ia an exhibit of the game assit exists now
in all the countries OF the earth where 1t
is played.
In the same alcove will be shown GER
annie collection, illustrating the develop
ment of the pottery and porcelain arts
of Japan. 1t has been arranged by Mr..
Shurgiro, the Japanese consul general in
New York. chronologically, and also so as
to show the great variety of form and ma
terial employed.
In the next alcove will be found an ex-
hibit which, for want of better name,
may be called a collection illustrative OF
Biblical archaeology. 1t is divided into
two parts, one section being devoted to
Biblical archaeology proper, and the other
to a collection from Palestine and its
neighborhood making clear many other
wise obscure references in the Bible. This
collection was arranged by DIR. Cyrus Adj
known interest of the Georgia people I'm
matters of Bible history. In the first
group will be % a reproduction of the
temple tower of Babylon, with which the
idea of the tower of Babel is probably con-
nected. This model has been constructed
on the basis of a description by Herodotus
and the ruins of the tower of Nimrod dis
covered by Sir Henry Rawlinson; C2) the
only collection of Httite objects ever ex-
hibited; 90 a collection of Egyptian an
Equities; 90 a group of all the gems mem
toned in the Bible and another of all the
musical Instruments; 90 case of figures
illustrative of Jewish religious ceremon-
ials, and a model of the high priests
breastplate set with its emblematic jew
els. Facing the visitor as he enters this
aisle is a cast of one of the huge reliefs,
representing a winged lion, which used
to stand at the doors of the Babylonian
temples; this cast is eleven feet high
and eleven feet long. For Bible students
it has an especial interest in showing
whence Ezekiel derived the visions he de-
scribed.
In the second section will be found "a
a collection representing the natural his
tory of the Bible, each of the animals be-
ing labeled with its ancient and its sci
entific names, accompanied by a verse
from the Bible in which 1t is mentioned;
(2) a collection of the coins mentioned in
the Bible and others struck during the
period covered by the Bible histories; 60
various objects which were in use in
Bible times and are still in use among the
people of Bible countries; and a collection
illustrative of what may be called the
external history of the Bible
The Hebrew Bible will be represented by
parts of a rare manuscript of the four
tenth century, by the first Rabbinical
Bible printed at Venice in 1915, by tho
first edition printed in America in 1910,
and by early Antwerp and Hamburg inn
prints.
The Targum or Aramean translation,
and septuagint facsimiles of the famous
Alexandrine and vatican Goddess will be
shown else the Samaritan version, by a
printed copy and photographs of the an
cient codex at Nablous.
other features win be: The Peshito of
Syriac version in print; the Nulgate-first
edition Of Jerome's translation, which, to-
gether with the New Testament, was ed
tied by Erasmus and published by Froben
in Basic in 15i6; reprints of Gothic and
Anglo-Saxon Bibles manuscript Coptlc and
Ethiopic Bibles; the Arabic Bible, trans
lation of Saadia; an early edition of Luz
TIERS Bible. In New Testaments, fac sim
lies of the Siniatic and vatican codices
and the first and second American edi-
lions of the Greek Testament. Reprint
of the Wycliff, Tyndale, Coverdale, Ge-
neva and Bishops English Bibles the Au-
tnOrlZeQ version anu the ItENlSen YER
sion. Cromwell's Soldiers Bible.
The gem of the collection, to many minds
will be Thomas Jefferson's Bible, a compo-
site book prepared by the great Virgin
ian by clipping from four versions of the
New Testament-Greek, Latin, French,
and English-and arranging the clippings
so as to make a consecutive history OF
Jesus Christ, and also systematic presen-
tation of the Christian philosophy as de-
veloped in the canonical books. The vol
ume contains a concordance of the texts,
and notes of all sorts in JeffersOn's band
writing. Among the annotations Mr.. Jeffer-
son included a copy of that section of the
Roman law under which Jesus was tried
He also wrote a title-page for his vol
ume, and note to young men assuring
them that the most perfect code of morals
in the world could be found in the New
Testament. 1t appears that Mr.. Jefferson
prepared his book with special reference
to its use by missionaries among the In
dams in converting them to Christianity.
In the next alcove TO the right the bu-
reau of ethnology will display the results
of its recent explorations among the Pap
agos and Seris on the wesern Mexican
boundary under the direction Of Prof w
j. MCGEE, a very striking collection which
has never before been shown and is the
only one in existence. Besides illustra-
tions OF the arts and industries of the In
uldnH, tnttS arr bioHP" u iie"ieS nhOH-
ing the Papagos at work at pottery and
basket-weaving. and woman carrying a
burden with a head-basket peculiar 10
this tribe. There is also figure OF one OF
the Seris running; these people are famous
for speed getting their food by running
down rabbits and lizards and other swift
moving animals.
Opposite 10 the left Is an alcoye Of the
department Of transportation arranged by
Mr. J e. Watkins Here are some ezhib-
rs which wiil be- a revelation Ia history
20 many well read Americans. IT. Is not
generally known, for example, that the
hrsf hundred miles o. railroad ia the