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TRACE MEXICAN RACE TO CHINARecent Discoveries Bear Out Tradition'That Chinese Once Peopled Country.MAT SOLVE ANCIENT PUZZlSl- IHieroglyphics Found on Foundation 'Stone* of Pyramids at 8an Juan fTcotiheaian Indicate Prlalt;*tWlt;^ ■ Migration From Orient.Mexico City,—Hieroglyphics recently discovered on the foundation stones of the pyramids of San Juan Teotl* hmtean, 27 miles northeast of Mexico City, may solve the problem which 1ms perplexed historians and nrcheologlsts for centuries as to the true origin of the Mexican nation. These strange v/mings are said by some authorities to he Chinese, thus tending to hear out the old tradition that in the dim past wandering tribes from China crossed to the new continent, settled within the present boundaries of Mexico and became the progenitors of the race which now dominates this republic.So interesting are the recent discoveries that the bureau of anthropology has been instructed to conduct a vigorous research, and in this connection Fong Tslnng Kuang, charge d’affalies of the Chinese legation In Mexico, \ is-ited the pyramids and stated thnt the hieroglyphics were similar in many respects to certain symbols now in use by the Chinese, lie declared the w*nrds “sun,” “city and eye were clenrly depicted. Mexican anthropologists who have interested themselves in the discovery have declined to pass final Judgment until further excavations are made and more evidence obtained.The pyramids of San Juan Teotllum* can as well as those in Cholula, In the state of Puebla, are among the oldest marks of primitive habitation to be found in the republic, They stand as colossal monuments to peoples whtrse history was as obscure to the conquering Spaniards In the sixteenth century as to present-day historians, Recause of their general construction, some authorities believe they are the handiwork of the Egyptians, who in some mysterious manner crossed the seas and denoted their places of permanent ,inhibition with thoso stone and cement situeiures, which are even larger than the most famous pyramids of Egypt.The lit lit* Ullage nf San Juan Teotl-huac.ir, which in the Aztec language ,means City of the Gods, was In the emjy dajs of Aztec history the scene of extraordinary religious ceremonies. The twro pyramids, one dedicated to stm* the other to^the njoon, nrp known to have been the tombs in which hundreds of tribal dignitaries were buried, and excavators lmve exhumed wrought stone containing human bones obsidian knives, terra-cotta heads with broad faces and fiat noses, fragments of rare pottery and groat numbers of arrowheads.One nf the most recent ind most T«*i)uahh dNcoTeries was a jmhdte mask of some past monarch with the bnnv covered with the diadem known to early Mexican history. The pyramid to the sun measures 701 by 721 feet at the base and Is 210 feet high; the one (o the rnoon Is fill by *120 feet nt the base and is 131 foot high. They both contain numerous chambers, and their so\ oral stories are complete temples in themselves, but connected by winding stulrs.The inscriptions having Chinese characteristics were discovered through excavating in the ruins of what has generally been known as La Chiud-adola (The Citadel), but which, according to recent reports of investigators, aic what is left of a pyramid larger and perhaps older than the two pyramids of the sun and the moon,Cordova, Alaska.—Dozens of small islands lying off southern Alaska are being used for fox farms. Twenty-nine I islands In Prince William sound tune, ♦*i usi-i'd !lt;•* tin* In ceiling of 111*1 foxes. Fur buyers \islt the Inlands every spring.AS HE SAW CHRISTPen Picture of Jesus is Discov ered in Rome.Drawn by Proconsul In Palestine In Letter Describing Man of • Strange Virtue,Rome.—From the dust of more than 1000 years a studious modern Homan has rescued a pen portrait of Ji*mis Christ. It was drawn in one of the letters thnt Publius Lentnlus, who was a Roman pro-consul in Palestine and knew the Savior in Nazareth, wrote to a friend in Italy.There has appeared here n man of strange virtue, Publius Leal ulus wrote. Ills disciples call him The Son of God.* He cures the hick and raises the dead to life. He is a very handsome man and worthv of all our attention. His hair Is blond and covers his shoulders In separate curls and is parted In the middle, after the fashion of the people of Nazareth. Ills forehead Is smooth and serene, without marks or wrinkles; his countenance is pink; his nose la well formed *. his heard, ofthe same r*»lnr as his hair, is parted in the middle,' “In his gu/.e Is an expression of and lt;»f openness; hi* eyes are jblue. bn. shine terribly when ho re* proNOs people; but In conversation . tliej ure amiable. Ills observations J an* evpri'^M'il with liveliness, although ho always remains calm. No U»d Inis e\or seen him to laugh; but he often weeps. Of a good height and straight figure he has very beautiful hands and arms. UN manner of speaking is serious, lie speaks hut little, and N modest, In short, ho is1 as handsome as a man may he. They call him Jesus, the Son of Mnry, Irxpert antiquarians and students of history pronounce the letters of l’uhll-us Lentuhis to be entirely genuine. For centuries they were forgotten save by (dudenU of Latin and ancient Rome. The advent of Christmas brought the letter quoted to the mind of an old professor here. lie translated It into modern Italian and sent It to some of his learned friends as a historical curiosity. It seems to verify the belief that the Savior had a fair complexion and light huir, as many old artists de- j pleted him,
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Fri, Apr 02, 1920
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