The Elbert County tribune., 1906-11-01
The INV NIQlY

thousand warriors. as though they
had just been commanded to halt
What in the name of hell are
these?" I cried, clutching at the arm
of my companion.
They are a small fragment of an
ancient race of people. as | have told
you in & former conversation"
And are these the catacombs OF
which you spoke?"
THE same" said valdermere "but
there is question, whether or not.
these gigantic warriors are the lost
race of Mound Builders, or a portion
of tribe of Indians, who were driven
out OF this land by another hostile
race from the West, who in their turn.
were dispossessed by the whites. now
occupying the country. The Indians
Of whom | speak," continued Valdez
mere. were called the Moon-eyed In
dians, because they could see only by
night. and they were driven out of the
country by the Cherokees, the last
race that lived here previous to the
whites, and who were finally left
homeless by their continual conces-
sions to the former, combined with the
IL.
Ibid Coroni discover by what means
their bodies have been so wonderfully
preserved?"
Yes, the corpses we're covered with
transparent cement, which caused
them to petrify. and by this means
they became a part of the rock upon
which they stand You will perceive
that the only irregularity that is yis-
ible is the shape of their feet, which
seem to have melted into the rocks.
This is supposed to have been accom-
plished by pouring the cement upon
the rocks previous to placing the
bodies in position"
What is this cement composed Off"
"Of the rocks themselves, which are
powdered and afterwards reduced to
fluid by some process which even
Coroni and Gershon could not dis
cover OF course, there must be
other ingredients than the powdered
rock possessing great powers of abb
.sorption and transparency"
ut seems from these specimens that
there were no small men among
them"
mo. they were evidently a race of
giants"
Are there no women among them? 20
mo, and for that reason we are led
to believe that there were other cata-
combs than these, which have perhaps
been destroyed, or closed up by some
internal disturbance of the earth"
And history knows comparatively
nothing of this race, so long searched
for in vain. Science has only the
jaw bones of an ass, which 1t fsadly
believes to be portions of the skeleton
of this very people-how disgusting!"
Yes my friend, you speak well, for
the science of the world is, as yet. an
infant-an infant that presumes to
wear spectacles. But the time will
come when the sum of the worlds
knowledge at this day will be sneered
at with contempt by even the medioc-
rity of future age"
But. do you commune with nature,
find her secrets among the vast realms
of her different Kingdoms, and learn
her mystical plans, merely to use the
knowledge she gives you. as means
of creating republic in Russian
mo. we do not confine ourselves to
Russia. We will also invade all the
menarchies of the earth, and promul-
gate our knowledge among all peoples
of the world Our object is to destroy
the superstition and ignorance of man
kind. Our specific plans are the ex-
tinction of Russian heirs, for all time,
to a throne which they have never
failed to abuse-to make Russia a
country of good fellowship, and create
in her boundless regions an energy
which will make her bloom forth in
Edenic beauty and people her fertile
lands with a race which can live in
peace and prosperity. This is our
starting point. If we succeed, then
the end of all monarchies is near, and
the oppressed and deluded races who
now feed the NAV of tyrants will rear
their own sons and daughters to be
blessing to the world and an ornament
to posterity. Think of the millions of
people who have dragged out their
lives for monarchy, to be exiled or
hanged in old age because they no
longer could serve their voracious
masters
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