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collection. A very large and unique
celt, of Williamstite, is one of the
finest of its kind found in Ohio. A new
type of stone relic, made of
granite, cylindrical, about 4 inches
long and 2 1/2 inches in
diameter,
with a groove near each end, is one of
the novelties of this collection,
four specimens being shown.
An important addition to the Museum
collections is the material
taken from the so-called Hilltop mound,
which stood in the city of
Portsmouth. The material includes a
unique implement made from a
curved deer horn, with a large beaver
incisor set into and thru it, at
right angles to the horn. Another
unusual specimen from this mound
is a fine celt of translucent jade,
highly polished and symmetrical. The
specimen is of good size, and is one of
a very few objects of this material
found in Ohio. Another celt of jade was
recently obtained, having been
found near Dayton. Besides the above
mentioned objects, the Hilltop
mound find includes a very fine platform
pipe of limestone; a cache of
flint blades, several bone implements,
and other objects. The specimens
were secured for the Museum from Mr.
Paul Esselborn, of Portsmouth,
who obtained them at the time of the
opening of the mound.
One of the most valuable of recent
additions to the Museum is the
collection of Mr. Clinton Cockerell of
Ross county. This collection
which was made in the Paint Creek
valley, is large and fine, containing
many specimens unique in character. Among
the numerous fine flint
specimens, is a notched spear point of
pink flint, 10 inches in length, one
of the finest found in Ross county. From
the same locality comes a
tiny notched arrow-point of quartz
crystal, barely a half inch long. Other
interesting specimens are: A rare
birdstone of bird effigy, of the short
squat type, made of granite and with
unusually protruding eyes; several
finely made boat-shape ceremonials,
deeply concaved; a fine example of
the rare spool-shaped objects, incised decoration;
a ceremonial tube of
banded slate, having a supplementary
perforation near each end, at right
angles to the main perforation; a very
large lizard-shaped ceremonial, etc.
ORIGIN OF THE NAME, YANKEE.
Asbury, an author who did not respect
the Americans, being an
officer in General Burgoyne's army, and
among the captives surrendered
at Saratoga, has the following paragraph
upon this word:
"The lower class of these Yankees-apropos,
it may not be amiss
here just to observe to you the
etymology of this term: it is derived
from a Cherokee word, eankke, which
signifies coward and slave. This
epithet of yankee was bestowed upon the
inhabitants of New England
by the Virginians, for not assisting
them in the war with the Cherokees,
and they have always been held in
derision by it. But the name has
been more prevalent since (1775) the
commencement of hostilities; the
soldiery at Boston used it as a term of
reproach; but after the affair
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at Bunker's Hill, the Americans gloried
in it. Yankee-doodle is now
their pean, a favorite of favorites,
played in their army, esteemed as
warlike as the grenadier's march--it is
the lover's spell, the nurse's
lullaby. After our rapid successes, we
held the yankees in great con-
tempt; but it was not a little
mortifying to hear them play this tune,
when their army marched down to our
surrender."
But Mr. Heckewelder thinks that
the Indians, in endeavoring to
pronounce the name, English, could
get that sound no nearer than
these letters give it, yengees. This was
perhaps the true origin of
Yankee. Drake. (American Pioneer.)
MASTERS OF MEN.
A RETROSPECT IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS.
This is a political review treating of
familiar men and events in
our national politics and especially
interesting on account of its rela-
tion to Ohio. The author's gift of
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work, and is sustained throughout. The
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of the eminent dramatis personae in the
presidential politics of the
early eighties are compelling and
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of John Sherman and James G. Blaine
written evidently from a personal
sidelight. Famous Ohioans who figured in
the political campaigns of
1880 and 1884- McKinley, Hanna, Foraker,
Garfield and Judge West-
are all portrayed as only one who knew
them can describe. The In-
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Blaine headed by Carl Schurz
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The author of the work is Daniel J.
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The author discusses his political
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intellectual and political giants and
pigmies of campaigns gone by. There
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Preparing for a Contest; "In
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of the "Plumed Knight"; The
Independent Republican Movement, and
Blaine in Ohio.
"Masters of Men," by Daniel J.
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