The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 21, 1892 Page: 1 of 4
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From the Cincinnati TimesStar
Tbe Rev Dr John Joseph Non
ri an eminent oriental traveler and
explore now topping temporari
ly in San Francisco claims tu have
actually discovered Noahs ark
resting on the topmost summit of
Mount Ararat and has besn giving
the papers of that city graphic ac
counts of the uimnur in which he
made ili s memorable find
The doctor says that the summit
of the historic and sacred mountain
is 18000 feet or about three and
threefifths miles high It is of
course deeply snow covered The
nrk rests on the very apex where
jl untight on the first protrufjinj
Jnd more than 4000 years ago
Tiie great explorer does not
claim to have actually reached
JJoalrs big ship He admits that he
was able to gef up the mountain
side through and over the snow
I 17000 fee ur to within 1000
feet et the hi j < fic craft J3ur lie
clearly saw t He walked around
the high conelike peak and touk
bservati < nis on tlje ancient vessel
through a strong < Jhh3 from every
KfcaiMe point ot view He report
it ab > tit 900 feet long and
100 feet high Its rcor h a
iVer crnlied iji somewhat by
he aupmuijjted of yeais But
tlieruisK it is in a very iOd ht ite
f IIFaiwitiii pieMMVeil usr
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ii aiid fammtiiigl But ir tsnu
iliSilntely satisfaetorv Iii w cut
r5ui ri be certain iha the struct
ire lie saw is ihe vessel yu which
onh uirtde his plienpmpnal voy
> gi How can he positively assert
hat it is a seagojng craft at all
low cat he be sjire that it is not
hp ice preserved residence of some
ire histqijc race that like the Lap
under and Esquimaux revel in a
fw temperature How does he
now that it was not tlje cold piace
which defeated prehistoric poli
cial were left
ged positively whether it was a
ttsel an ice house or a Btrqotnre
ortte cold storage of meat and
tables He likely would also
been able to ascertain
fotter it was Noahs ark an an
iluvian monarchs war
yessel or
Prchistorjc millionaires pleas
jaciit He might have been
Jeto have identified it as Noahs
tfjty discovering tbat ancient
Oners logbook or ijnding th q
Petitory of his exteusive and var
l menageriCT
Ifjae are also various other
ilDgs wliich the exploring doctor
t have found to showthejden
hi tjle etructurel with Noahs
t
vessel Mrs Noahs cook book
the old gentlemans j > pe novels
with marked passages and margi-
nal notes byjthe Mises < Noah mems
orandnm oiiks kept A > y flam or
Shem the last issues of the daily
papers before the big rain over-
whelmed the offices giving ac-
counts of jhe gathering clpuds aiul
the first precipitations of the storm
and various other equally signifi-
cant things Until some such
identifyiug proofs us these are pre-
sented the world will remain skep-
tical as to whether the Groat Eas
tern of Noahs time and manufac-
ture has actuaUy been found
fjyrtfs JFUld Jledals
The Galveston Xews
New York July 17 Cyrus W
Field gave his collection Qt medals
and paintings relating to the lay-
ing of the Atlantic cable to the
Metiopolitan inuscnm of art sevei
al months before his death N
announcement of the gift wa made
known until today The medals
and other tokens have been locked
in a safe at the Metropolitan muse-
um of art for some time and several
tf the paintings have been placed
in the department of American
antiquities Mr Field called upon
Grin ral Gonola jirectol of thc
Metropolitan museuui lasp jilay
flirt before he vvcnt to Ardsley
where he died Us Tuesday He
said that he had long contemplated
jiving his coj tecs ion of medals and
painting to the museum and in
tjifii and they voted in fuvnr of
Hifeting the gifr There is the
great medal presented to > r JmoM
by juijgress in 1S05 after the com-
pletion of the Atlantic cable It
contains gold worth S7 and is
a real work pt art There is ajso
the certficate containing a vote of
thanks of cougress wliich was
given with tjie medal It is of the
finest parelpnent and is hand-
somely engrossed in colors Thero
js the cross of the order of t
Maiiretius acopfprred by the king
of Itay and the certificate awarding
the grand prbre of the Paris ex-
position of 18qT There are seve-
ral fragments pf the Atlantic cables
arid tjie collection of pictures cptP
sistQ of six large oil paintings and
fortysix watqr colors illustrating
the aying of the Atlantic cable
Thq most impressive painting of
the series is the scene on board the
vessel iu6t after the broken cable
was picked tip and a message re-
ceived through it
A few days hofpre Mr Fielcj
went to Ardsley he stood before
this painting and then turning to
a friendj he 6aid That represents
the crisis of my life
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ATTPRJJEY AT LAW
Office Cornor Levee and Elev-
enth Sireut
B BO W N S VIL fE TEXAS
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tenily oi i J7iis ll O TUu WB rollr t 4 S TUUIftlOS
terermg Indeed jr is eharo of j iIlJ f
jltis unfortunate that the rever
nd and enthusiastic explorer was
otable to actually reach the struct
rewhich he saw and go about its
esting place and perambulate
rough its interior Ho would
ans have been able to have deter
yjf > TOPJA
I U Mokroi
ATTORNEY AT LAW
and General Land Agent
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Wheeler, Jesse O. The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 21, 1892, newspaper, July 21, 1892; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61133/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .