The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-07

tsH- x 70 hAppe0ed that Prof. Marsh
As native u western New York. fAmii-
iar win IT. geological features and had
explored the very region In which the e.
ant vas supposed to have iain undssturbed
Tor % many ceAturiez- Fossils wers
somewnas Ia biz hns. foo. even In those
lily DAYS. and II was perfectly natural
thas hiS interest should have been aroused
y t0eoe utegtea % . fooSlifxed man He
Nas however. eksp4ieAi from the st1rt.
ne oseesmizsd e examine into the foun-
dation for ali the wonderful stories he had
heard. and - one day . small. keen-eyed
mea presented himself and his % cents IT
the tent In Syracuse where the wonder
lay IN state
Tho attendants had no idea who thea.
viMs0f waa and their suspicious were not
e!ouseo even when he requested permits
aon 70 80 inside the ropes and make .
uipre minute examination This permits
sson Was secured after some difAculsy.
ne Vas accompanied by the keeper Who
curing the examination. kept pointing out
nj the nne points OF his charge In ap-
parent FEAR that Prof. Marsh might miss
something. The professor however saw
great many more things than any one
nad any idea OF. The nrse thing he no.
uceo was that the stone OF which the I'm
age vas made was gypsum. /. 30 hap
pens that gypsum ID soluble in 90 parts Of
water. and that the region In which the
image was found was very damp-so how
ancer the sun. the professor asked him
seil. could It have retained that fine polish
ara All the fine pinhoIe marks that the
scientists had explained as pores OF the
skin? The professor further observed that
these pores themselves occurred at regu-
lar intervals and in the same abundance.
~hich at once led him TO the conclusion
thas this had been made with some insrru-
mens. moving regularly over the surface.
IN fact. Prof. Marsh had hardly exam
Ineu the thing FIVE minutes before be saw
tnaf II was gigantic fraud The frs.
step he took after reaching the hotel was
20 write letter to a newspaper friend
exposing the fraud, which that gentleman
at once published. This letter went the
rounds OF the press and was generally re-
earded as convincing proof against the an
tiquity OF the giant
PROF Aarsh's trouble did not end there.
however. He met antagonism near at
home. One Of the most picturesque fig-
ures upon the Yale campus In those days
vas the Row. Alexander Mcwhorter. Nc
Whorter was q Tale graduate. former
professor In the Troy Theological GEN.
mary. man OF much antiquarian knowl-
edge aud scholarship. There was one
thing IN the world of which Mcwhortsr
was very fond, and that was this same
Cardin giant. 1t was a very tender spot
with him. He had pet theory tina, long
before the time OF Columbus or r-eif Erscs-
son. the new world. and especially that re-
gion in New York had been inhabited by
the Phoenicians. OF course the discovery
OF the Cardiff giant was conclusive EVIL
dence that this theory was correct II
was not a fossilized man, after all. but a
Phoeuician god, many centuries old
''McWhorter worshined this god IA de-
voutly as the old Phoenicians themselves
and when he read Prof. Marsh's letter he
was very angry man. AS soon as Prof
Marsh returned to New Maven his theo-
logical friend began 10 upbraid him.
You are wrong. sir-absoluteIy wrong"
he shouted In his pompous way. flourish
ing his cane. You do not know what You
| are talking about. SIR
1.-The whole things q fraudr returned
Prof. Marsh.
F" 7 tell you. sir answered the divine
that In three months It will DO In the Brit
ish museum
Prof McVhorter nearly lost his mind
on the subject. The Cardiff giant ard his
name were synonymous both In New Ha-
ven and elsewhere He preached ahnut H.
ieetured about II. went on a regular mis-
sionary tour. One night he collected the
Yale faculty about him In Prof TEACHERS
room, and. with the aid OF an endless num-
her Of charts. explained bis theory at
length.
The proprietors at once took the ssla
from Prof. McWborter. To tell the truth
business was getting a trifie dun. Prof
MarSh's expose had nearly ruined them
Several rivals had sprung up. each claim
Ing TO oe the original thing and public in
terest was tagging. The news that a pro-
f.ssor In New Hsven-or Yale professor.
- re Nd
imaeN was a Phoenician god revived the
boom The proprietors al once carved a
cahalistie inscription under the left arm,
which might rs likely have been Phoerf-
clan as anything else. Prot Mcwhorta-
not only declared that these marks were
Phernician, but he translated them into
something as mysterious as the lines
thefnselves-ramur god Of gods or
something like that. When the statue
came 20 New Haven Pro-, Mewhorter had
a front seat free at every performance
He was also permitted to take Impressions
OF this inscription and other fine points
'-.you can laugh row he said IN Prof.
Marsh and other skepslcs 'bu. mark me-
my time viii comet,
And sure enough II did Prof Nc
whorter wrote an elaborate magazine ar
ticle upon the subject which was accepted
BY the Galaxy u was published too
ter this article put the whole country on
a broad grin. hut wonderful to relate. II
was taken seriously abroad. well known
German scientist was, n particular. much
impressed He reviewed Prof Mcwhor-
ssr's article In one Of the leading scseu-
sific publications Of Germany. accepted the
Yale mans theory. and declared that re
had hit upon genuine discovery Yale
college was TOO srnall place for the buoy
an. preacher after that. He had his long
promised laugh on Prof Marsh. and said
many unprcfsssioual things Of that scien-
..st. and meanwhile IN. owners ~ the gi-
ant continued "a rake IN the dollars.
"In tine believe that even McWhorter
saw his mistake. but IL was emily after
many wears II was the great eisarpoin.-
men, OF his nse and he DID no, survive il
long He always rour;shed gr1sdge
against Prof Marsh ard other Yale men
who made sport Of The csrdiT giant Fy
the way, where is this Cardiff giant to-
aavr Prof Marsh once told ne that hts
latest rsyaort was tasf Il was stranded ON
the Mexican frontier at ri Paso. where TX
was held for unpaid duties upon import
Ell stasuary,"