The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-06-28
BY HULDAH.

/ have shown YOU of his character He
had one splendid trait, which was moth
ing less than love of truth. He didn't
want to be made a hero for this, either,
like the little boy named Tummus
Tompkins, who thought he would
make himself a second George Wash
lngton by chopping up a fine young
apple tree, and when his father in
great wrath asked who did it, rushing
out IN haste, ana screaming, 8 | did it
with my little Ratchet L cannot tell a
lie ! !" for which performance he re-
ceived sound thrashing.
Sammy's love of truth showed itself
in more sensible ways For instance,
when he read he preferred to have
something more substantial than fairy
stories and mere nonsense. He would
say to the boys when they were telling
wonderful tales of ghosts and elves:
Il cen tell you something better than
that, and what's best of all, it is all
true
Oh, wouldn't the boys prick up their
ears at this announcement. For after
ali most OF the young folks think
great dea. of true stories.
This was the secret Of Sans liking
for history. That little conversation
the boys and L had together that rainy
afternoon, about the immense riches
OF the ancient Pefugiuls, walked Bob
and Teddy up to the fact that history
contained many interesting facts worth
knowing, and [ was called upon many
times after that to entertain them We
had another chat about ancient Peru
What was the name of the first
Inca Z" asked Ted.
Nance Clpac. my boy, aul his
wife was called HULA Capac [ am
not much versed in the Inca language,
but / remem hey three Cr t9ur words
= will write them down in my
diary, said Sam taking his memOran-
dun from his pocket.
All right, that will help you to re-
member them. The knotted cords by
which these people counted we're called
quippuS the word hu0si meant house;
hU0HcltS, a tomb aud HU0c0s,
mound. The Spaniards, in exploring
the country, found great number of
mounds formed of baked clay, some of
which contained relics of copper, such
rs vases, urns, and Implements of war"
"Oh, what did thcy fight with ;"
exclaimed Bob.
With clubs, axes, macss, arrows,
and battering-rams. | expect you know
what all these are like "
4 dom know what a mace is said
Teddy.
The Peruvian maces were round
like q wheel, with five sharp spokes
like the points of star; they were
made of copper, with wooden handles.
These people were famous at building
In making great walls they would raise
and cement in blocks of stone from
twelve 10 twenty feet and even thirty
feet IN length, and the same In width. :"
More than three times as long as
tall man !" remarked Sam. 'What an
G1CftH weight to lift; but then | sup
pose they had derricks and other en-
gines to help them"
- No discoveries have been made on
this point; 1t is supposed that in many
cases the immense number of men en-
ployed at the work enabled them to ac-
comphsh more than wonders. They
used a fine, beautiful cement III closing
up the seams, SO thin and durable that
1t became III time as hard as the stone
itself. They built grand public
roadway two thousand miles in length. -
There S one thing very plain in all
these big operations, said Bob, with
the air of a philosopher. "Those
people must have had an awful sight
OF potieHcet See how those ancient
ruins have stood to this day, for men
IN our times TO see what grand build
lngS they could put up. | don't be
lleve if we could live till a thousand
years from now there would be left
single wall standing IN all New York
city do YOU. aunty -
That's pretty safe to say, Bob In
those days the rulers seems to look we'll
ahead and to make ample provision for
the future. Every wear the people, by
low, were compelled to lay up portion
of their crops in the public store
houses, to provide for a famine or I'M
plentiful season, and when conquered,
the Spanish found Ill these places pro
visions enough to supply the whole
nation for six years.
1t couldn't have been a very large
nation, said Teddy, with little sneer.
well, at the time of the conquest
the empire was said to contain ten mil
lions of inhabitants. ="
S H ~ cried Bob, Il should say
that was enough and some to spare"
. give IN, L give in - said Ted,
sheepishly.
At regular intervals there were
houses called stations, on the main
royal roadway. Men were trained
as fleet runners on this course,
and when messages were sent
each had his regular distance
from one station to the next to travel
in an appointed time, and IN this
way news was conveyed from one end
OF the kingdom TO the other. The tenn
pies of the Sun were the churches
where the people worshipped. In each
there was a chapel of the Moon. The
chambers devoted to the Sun were fur
nished with gold, those of the Moon
with silver. After being embalmed the
body of an emperor was placed in a
golden chair on the right or left of the
great god. The wife of the emperor
when dead was placed in a silver chair
IN the chapel of the Noon. The in
habitants of this domain used grain
as their chief food Although there
was plenty of game it was only
killed once year, ana then by a royal
proclamation, when numbers of men
join in the hunt in each province, and
enough was then slain 10 furnish all
who lived therein with quantity to
smoke, dry, and otherwise preserve fo1
the year. The beautiful Alpaca goat