The Coconino sun., January 12, 1901, Page 5, Image 5

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Hero is I tie first photograph published of the military parade before the Capitol ut Washington, reviewed by
President MeKinley, In honor of the hundredth anniversary of the transferor the seat of federal government from the
banks of the Delaware to those of the Potomac. The procession was followed by a reception and banquet.
BY UNKNOWN HANDS.
Mississippi's Great Stone Wall a
Puzzle to Archaeologist.
'Wonderful and Maaalve Structure
That Ha Withstood the Harases
of Many Thonaanda of Year
la Clalhoarae County.
One of the scientific puzzles of the
state of Missouri is the "Urandywine
Stone Wall." It has long been a prob
lem that is yet unsolved. Some time
ago. Kays the New Orleans Picayune,
Thomas Watson, of Uazelhurst, sent
(iov. Longino a pencil drawing- of an
immense pile of stone in the south
eastern portion of Caiborne countj
suggesting that the stone might hi
utilized In building the new capitol.
In a letter which accompanied the
drawing Mr. Watson stated that these
stones, piled high on each other, cover
an nreVfour miles square. Kach stone
is six feet long, three fe"et wide and
'two feet thick, and they are joined to
gether with an excelent quality of ce
ment. No man knows how they came
there. They may have been there fw
thousands of years. The builders, the
Jackson News thinks, were some pre
historic race it could not be other
wise. This structure is supposed to be
a continuation of the gTeat "Chinese
wall," which seems to begin below Ray
mond, In the southern part of HJnds
county, and which is traceable through
Copiah. It Is broad enough to accom
modate two or three wagons abreast,
and is one of the wonders of the world.
"Mention of this remarkable exhib
it." savs the Hazelton Courier, "has
elicited no little comment in fact, has
brought a letter to Mr. Watson from
the warden of the United States pt nit en
tiary at Leavenworth, Kan., and also a
letter to Dr. T. B. Blrdsong from an
other distinguished source, it be'ng
known that the latter some years ago
investigated the matter. Mr. Watson,
however," says the Courier, "has given
the subject more patient thought than
anyone else, and to him the Courier Is
Indebted for the following interesting
facts:
''He calls it the 'Brandywine Stone
Wall,' and says this wonderful and
massive structure or parts of structure
of masonry done in stone, which has
withstood the ravages of time for per
hin many thousands of years, still
stands an enduring relic of a pre
historic civilization and a know'edjre
of the art of building not inferior in
manyresnectstothepresent day. These
stone buildings lie. for the most part,
bur.'ed in the earth in the southeast
ern part of Claiborne county, and
lying against the Copiah county line,
on the slopes overlooking the valley of
the Brandywine c.reek from the west
side.
"These walls run from northeast o
southwest. Thry are built of white
or grayish white stone of immense size,
wciirh'na- from two to three tons,
measuring from1 six -to eight feet in
Irmrth and three feet wide by two feet
thick. These blocks, or slabs, are laid
in a very fine quality of cement, and as
perfectly as brick work. The joints
are perfect and very close.
"At one place the top of the wall Is
exposed by the earth being washed
away to a width of 60 feet and a length
of 90 feet; this exposure has the ap
pearance of a brick hearth. At an
other place the stone has been quarried
for domestic use to a depth of three
lavfrs of slabs, which is six feet, a
width of 24, or eight blocks, and a
length of 25 blocks, or 150 feet. The
length of this wall as indicated by the
croipings Is about 1,000 feet. At an
other place about 500 yards away from
the place just mentioned is a wall jut
tine from under a slone for a distance
of nearly 2.CO0 feet. This stone work
is exposed in a great many places over
an irea of four square miles.
'The sides and angles of the blocks
of stones are so perfect that they re
semble pressed brick. The tops of these
walls are perfectly horizontal and with
out regard to the uneveness of the.
earth's surface. The seams across the
tiers are perfectlv horizontal ir. v!.
Hon, and these blocks are sirontl-'y
dressed on the edges and ends, while the
broad surfaces are brought down to n
level plane, but not dressed. They are
held so firmly together by the cement
that it is with great difficulty that they
are broken up.
"A personal inspection of these great
structures as thev lie nrtlr buried in
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King Century XX. Infant sovereign
mounts ins throne and all give greet
ing. The Nineteenth Century is dead.
The Twentieth Century reigns. It is
young, vigorous, full of promising life.
The nations look forward to its sway
with eager expectation, with hopeful
anticipation. Man believes it will
bring him fuller control of nature.
Woman believes it will give hereon
i ml of heoelf. Philanthropists hope
't. will bring universal peace.
the earth would relieve the minds of
the most skeptical of all doubt of it
not being the work of the hands of
man.
"fn all that is above mentioned in
connection with numerous cavlngs-in
of the earth's surface, which repre
sent the existence of underground cav
erns, abundant evidence Is foord to
bear out the theory of the existence
of a great burled city In that locality.
"The information above given is
vouched for by other parties who have
visited the scene in recent years, and
bears out the theory advanced by Mr.
Watson. Trulv, there is work for the
scientist here."
Photographing- Distant Objects.
Hecent Improvements in telephoto
cameras are said to have obviated the
old difficulty which required long ex
posures, and have rendered it possible
to take pictures with such cameras rs
quielily as with those of ordinary con
struction. The improvement has been
effected by placing a tube, containing
a positive lens at one end and a nega
tive at the other, in front of the ordi
nary lens of the camera. Youth's Com
panion.
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Accident In Iron Mines.
During" 1S9S there were 22G accidents
in 19 mines on the iron range in Minne
sota. result'nc''in deaths aveinging 1
to every 1JKI i:ijploy""d. Ruling 1M0
there were 421 accidents, with the same
average rate of futalities. Mining
Journal. ""
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CHIUSTIAN DEWET, THE BOER GENERAL,
THE ROOZ INQUIRY. TDE ARMY BOARD OF INVESTIGATION.
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