The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
SUMMARY OF THE DAY S TRANSACTIONS IN THE MARKETS

those in front All the teeth were set
deep in mighty jaws.
The body of this primitive man was
long and the legs were short-a form
directly contrary to the form of the
present adult man. The arms were
longer than those of man today. But
they were not nearly so long as the
arms of the ape.
The queer part Of the deductions
made by these scientists is that they
believe this creature was possessed
OF but slight power of speech. His
vocabulary must have been very linn
tied. He was acquainted with the use
of fire but has left behind no records
showing how he produced it. 1t is
inferred that this early cave man was
not sufficiently advanced to produce
his own fire, the household articles
which were left behind in the cave
showing that he was not capable of
much intelligent productiVeness. The
weapons used by this creature were
In no way an advance upon the club
with which the gorilla defends himself.
The wood mauls and cudgels that he
used showed no sign of attempted
fashioning. Even his arrowheads Of
stone Were nothing more than the un-
trimmed pebbles.
Was Carnivorous.
In the matter of diet the Croatian
man had gone far beyond the ape. He
was no longer a herbivorous animal.
He had become carntvorous. Indeed,
he had become a cannibal, if the signs
have been read Alright.
The find was made in a cave on the
top of the steep banks of Krapinica
Brook, near Krapina, in Croatia. The
cave was seventy-f1ve feet above the
present bed of the, stream. In the
y1api91 npriOd that paUo had hoay1 laval
with the water, and an inconceivable
stretch OF time had been needed till
the slow course of erosin had cut
down the channel to it's present level.
The cave was a cavity in sandstone.
The floor of it was covered with boul-
ders and sediment left there by the
brook in the days. perhaps two hum
dred thousand years ago, when its wa
tiers washed the cave.
After the water had receded and left
the cave dry, dust and debris and
Wondering rocks began to fill the cave,
until at last, after age had piled on
age and epoch on epoch, the rubbish
reached to the very top Of the place.
Used Caves for Shelter.
Yet during all those unknown ages
men used the cave for sheltering. First
of all came this creature that was. so
far as knowledge Of today can tell,
the first man. Sand and dust and the
products of slow decomposition fell on
his remains.
Other creatures followed, further adj
vanced In the slow progress to becom-
Ing human. Upon their bodies and
tracks dust also settled.
When the explorers began to dig,
epoch after epoch was uncovered.
There were ashes, charcoal, burned
sand, roughly hewn flints and count
less bones Of rhinoceroses. cave and
brown bears. wolves, deer, mammoth
stays, horses, aurocks. beavers and
boars.
The classification of these bones was
a very simple proposition. They could
not easily be misinterpreted.
Finally the lower stratum was reach
ed and it was here the great discovery
was made. The excavators came up
on catacomb. 1t was in appear
ance like a great fireplace. or. more
correctly a charnel. Here there were
none but human bones. Nearly all
were broken or splintered. evidently
by violence. Some of them had been
burned. They were, in all, the bones