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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-16
FOUR GRAND sTAIRwAYs.

| Each twenty-five feet wide. ascend to an
| esplanade within six feet OF the top. The
esplanade is scarcely six feet wide, and on
each side Is smaller staircase leading to
the summit. All these stairways are now
IN ruinous condition, the steps being al
most entirely gone and to-day one can
climb to the top only by means of fallen
stones and dense chaparral growing out of
the dust of ages. The summit is a plain
stone platform, fifteen feet square, which
bears no evidence of ever having been oc-
cupied by any sort Of structure. Doubtless
this mound was the great sacrifcial pvra-
mid upon which the early priests cut out
the hearts of human victims within sight
of the assembled people.
In this vicinity are several smaller
mounds, and sculptured stones are strewn
throughout the forest for miles around
Most of the latter are square blocks, carved
ON the face, and having at the back long
stone tenon, or stem, and doubtless ence
ornamented the facade of splendid tenn
pies. There are also grotesque representa-
tons OF human figures and strange ami
mails, with hideous features and malignant
Observation-Disclosures once objects of wer-
ship, but now broken and half buried
the mute memorials of ancient paganism.
Remembering J. l.. Stephens excellent
description of a circular mound which he
discovered at this place, we searched for
and readily found it. 1t is perfectly round.
with exterior of plain stone, 50 feet high.
and with walls 5 feet thick. Its door
which faces the west and has over it
Intel of stone-opens into a circular pass
1rra hrl1l foot do al. Z
Is cylindrical mass of solid stone without
plnnng OF any kind. The diameter of
the building is % feet, so that, deducting
the double width Of the wall and passage
6hls central mass must be nine feet thick.
The walls are covered with several
Goats OF stucco, upon which the re-
mains of paint-red, yellow, white and
hine-may still be seen. On terrace on
one side of this remarkable building was
once double row of columns. eight feet
apart, and number of which are vet
standing. They consist of second stories.
about ten inches thick and about two and
9 half feet in diameter. placed one above
another, without capitals.
Some distance from this place are long
ranges of mounds, of which Mr.. Sephens
says: These had once been buildings. the |
tops of which had fallen aud almost buried |
the structures. At the end was Il door !
way, half filed with rubbish, craving
through which we stood upright in apart
nents exactly similar to those at Uxmal.
With the arch of stones overlapping and
lat stone covering the top"
DIR. Augustus lie Plongeon, in his re-
'ort to the American Antiquarian Society
PRESENTS many interesting details Of dis
overy at Mayapan. Among his marveIs,
le mentions stone, inscribed with char
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-16

CooL the blood and regulate the howeL7
by the use OF Tarrsnt's Sel.zer Aperient.
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II afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaac
THoMPSON'S EYE WATER. Druggists sell It
AIS cents. o15-lyS
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F.. Baumle. 723 j street lunches a
speciality. Canned goods, ham, cheese, butter,
ETC myI5-
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John Eitel, Assayer and ChsIui #. corner
Seventeenth and streets. Also bus .olli II
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The best Place in California to yo- printing done.
=. J. Ioh=-sn {, Co.'S. so sf-. sac-su...as. ss1
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-16

Advice to Mothers--Mrs. winsIow's
Soothing SYRUP should always be used when
children cutting teeth. 1t relieves the little
sufferer at once; it produces natural, quiet sleep
by relieving the child from pain. and the little
cherub awakes as bright as button" 1t is
very pleasant to taste. 1t SoOthes the child
softens the gums allays ell pain relieves v-ind,
regulates the bowels, and is the bestknown
remedy for darrhea whether arising from
teething or other causes. twenty-five cents a
bottle. NWFTy
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6. Potter. Manufacturer and Dealer In
Harness and Saddles, iii Second St, K and LIT
$. E. L. southworth, Dentists, sac.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-16
THE RUINS OF MAYAPAN

Are found upon the San joaquin hacienda,
which forms part of the vast estate called
Ncanchakan, once the property of Don
Jose Maria Nemesis, former Provisor of
the Church of Yucatan. This place is
supposed to have been the capital of the
ancient inhabitants, and is spoken of by
the early Spanish historians as Ell Pendon
de los MayaS-the banner city of the abor-
igines. We will not attempt minute de-
scription Of the ruins, for NJ Charney. DR..
lie Plongeon, Squires, ODER, Stephens and
other eminent Psychologists have de-
scribed them fully. Suffice it to say that
the wonderful relics of a bygone age cover
a vast plain, so oyergrown with rank trop-
zeal vegetation as to be extremely difficult
to reach and invisible till close upon them.
The remains of strong wall which once
encompassed the unknown city may be dis
tinctly traced through the woods.
Not far from the modern hacienda
house, but completely hidden by trees and
tangled creepers, rises mound sixty high,
and one hundred feet square at the base
an artificial structure built up solid from
the plain, like the mounds of Palenque
and Uxmal
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SAPOLIO

Beauties both the house and herself Try
cake of it in ynur next honse-cleaninG.
No q copyright March, 1897.
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GENERAL NOTICES.

IT'S unwise, youthful friends,
To disregard teeth
That are running to decay.
So with S0ZODONT brush,
Or they won't be worth rush
And speedily decompose away. IT'S
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-18
rus sursxax,s usAlya.

The s7d3en turn IL the eardiaen 81
Emrsrar Fretsssck Gar hAvs raTiss-
sioas srfaeaes urea tee poisis.s q
Earegs. as vel VI upan tao festa14s Of
the royal lovers VT sss aessrmina,.0s IA
be married slunes, shock iran BisuAssA
from bis exalted rosislea.
A foe Says are a Vas said lasi sAe
condition OF The eGsgeres cas- Isore "a.
vcsabis shAs Tie n,oss sangeine os la
veil visesrs ecsla Fave hSpsd. hxas
BEE osly slid that be miees live far
many months. bat n Gas svea alzssa
thai bis erslrs sscovsry vas nos alsa-
ssshsr impessiese. TIE sesaseass 81
the emprees to her asxrres via Bis
snarcA h<xan 10 eeiisvs shss sA<y ~sss
Abess 10 ham iesx tesss q power xed
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-18

In smother esiumn will BE- found . rs-
psrt Of the plans Of ihs Prohibition
passy In King eooaty ~ Furnished BY
~ executive committee. The Pos1-is-
ru.alonoss pabiishss this report -
matter Of mess Alone Believing - II
dsss shss prohibition 10 tborouahly I'm
psassieAbls. IL does not fall 70 sse shss
Ne movements and pusposes Of those
vho bslisvs differently ara Of interest
- The general public. while il reports
The movements Of iis Prohibition
frisnds, however. the Posr -IxrsE1I-
osxcss will nsver fail 70 express iis 90
position 10 ihe theory Of ecvsrnmens
% which their party IA founded. Real
issna their honesty OF pnrpo~e. II be.
lisves the msshods which they vculd
employ 10 Be utterly wrong. Knowing
shs hopes which they cherish. u feels
tkst thsy are doomed 10 disappoiat-
mani.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-18

u b 70 b hopsd that there sili be .
esnssai eiosias Of Stores daring the
0sssd Army pssads this sfserDssu and
~ shs oitissns Of Seattle viii ave
svidssss IN this manner Of thsir rIsas-
sss st having the veterans - guests Of
shsis city. ssstsie IL heartily srssifsd
~ havisa bssn ssssstsd ~ the meeting
plass Of - nobls body Of nsp. and
bee cstissns should ushs the fss>
hwov0
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-18

Enbrosdefies and laces. . GO pseos
purchase last received; 131 per cent.
tsss than vai1s. Gaia bargain week.
Chester Cle2sy.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-18
ATTENTION, G. A. R.
4 WONDERFUL WOMAN,

NJ RI. SAMSON. fBE oSLEaArEB BuI.
M nsss and lass nroium, has rssurasd g.
seattle, D. iPeei@i rsqaess Of many prominent
eitEsns. iier parios Ma a Bsunswiek aa.
re MI. Season ssli b. as Es fog shoFs tune
sAiJ. a. .stsssIns vNsAg sxsrsts cal her siss.
sAsfe, Ass, s.nson has ~ tssisess esafsco.
sisn With any ashss msaiaaa IN he hossl .ad
her reosa & NJ. q api.H.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-18

- ~ ssaA1 Ghsssunhly O1sroiss
- h4nsoss - ~ tsss sAassslSss -
fsss - sssGsnksu Il Wa1lnD u sallsd
hiD aonts fn2s ppves.
Thsss 90 b % eesbs shAs tie gear
m bseUsau ~ sopssus sp1 BasDassk
- ssssous sus o. thas - sssissosBt
- H. shssss1lss fss9 oz1ss - i.as-
oxnI Ths e0pss0 - exestirG al be-
tn1essos vssh IL smpsros fcs ~ ovss-
s2sow Of - shaasstlss. asd ths indiea-
tisss vsss many fAas Germany U.s.
ahcsa - isss the sssvtscs Of Der sFssssss
-.
The eusssSs's upsxpe-sed relsrse vii
dsoksisss change I'll this. II the psss
sspossa ere 10 be credited. the aytne
monarch has ALREADY siened . osper
empowering William 10 81 ID hss s1<a6-
william b devoted sdhesest Of BE-
march STD 10 said 70 b even more CON-
pissely asdes biz inAaenee than vas his
imperial Grasafashsr. His accession 70
power, which BOG appssrs TO be near 81
bsEd. vii fecdss vissosts aud her rasty
povesiess snA vii lssvs Bismarck free
TO shape tie policy Of tie empire = be
chooses.
OF coarse, II William ascends The
throne. the royal lover. Alexander OF
BatsenberR, Vii; be sent about his busi :
ness With 9 celebrity thai win surprise
bin, ana Pdseess vietofis viii Be lsfs
isnentsrR. For the Ake Of thess for
Torn lovers disintersssed pespis vili feel
. panR Of regret that The change in TIE
eppsrss's condition vss not postponed
fev months longer.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-18

GEORGE B. kIrIIMoeQ.
spl5 Opposite Occidental h.,
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EAyyx-H0 IRY- y0RTALR~YNrl
A1o - - - = L.
49, ~ - 70 - - S11ns>n1s Wans.
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te-s kef1e.e0 eoaeess Inlx14. sn'a o9ce.
NOTICE -AYY oaE KHvprVg TpR
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-18
A Fine Stallion for Sale.

4 tins Tsskks-TxAg Oh E1ACEaAxE
y -r@AE@<. ssxss ALL ~esi srszsa. To- sxls
d Sssza , cev.1
Aesvu Il. A sWFFa
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-18

Only Art oissa vork doee at 0axz I'm
4 Co.'s. second street, GA Frames, Wal
Paper. % nytbina IN sheir line.
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II you want bargain 10 lots and 8
block 81, Maynard's addition, call on
.Psmptrey 4 Hartford. Commercia
street. sp5
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We have . vendeffoi vains in ladiss'
and misses hoee a i9s. They cannot
Be Duplicated for doohIs the mooey sny-
where. Toktns, Sineesman A Co.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08
An Editors Hereafter.

An editor died and slowly
wendell his way down to where
he thought a warm reception
awaited him. The devil met
him and said:
"For many years thou hast
borne the blame for the errors
that the printers made in the
paper. The paper ehas gone,
alas for two dollars alasi the
dollars have often failed to
come in. The printers have be-
deviled thee on Saturday night,
when thou had'st not a cent to
thy name. Men have taken the
paper without paying for it, and
cursed thee for not getting up a
better paper. Thou hast been
called a dead-beat and a fraud
by men who were both. All
these things thou hast borne in
silence. Thou canst not come
i'm here" And he fired him. As
lie did so he murmured to him
self: "Heaven's his home, and
besides if we had let him come
i'm here he would be continually
dunning his delinquent sub
scfibers and thus create discord
in my kingdom."-Ex.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08
The south's Great Boom.
Journal of Commerce.

journal OF Commerce.
There is no question but the
tide is at it's food at the south.
Ihe idle wilderness SO rich in
everything of material resource,
is now awakened as one man to
It's full prosecution. With every
thing the oyerful north has, and
he needs of a new world fol-
Re ferprise and expansion, there
is to be such a development to
the south during the next TWEEN
ty-hve years as the world never
before heard of.
The rush and scramble and
overwhelming of industrial
waters may not come this year,
but what California saw a little
OF in 1S49 is to be a mighty tor
rent all down amid the valleys
and plains of the states south of
the Potomac and Ohio.
1t is nearer than the south
west, andaNew York and Boston
and Philadelphia now see how it
has been neglected, and they
will not stand upon the order of
gong, but possess at once.
The southern country will
have multiplied a thousand fold
in wealth in twenty-five years,
and the greatest railway sys-
TENS, iron and steel plants, en-
glneering feats and model mills
and farms will be in these same
states.
sAll the south has to do is to
secure the highest degree of
safety and good order, tie high
est degree of security to capital
and labor, seize upon every aid
to a better, more skillful labor
system, and a more general in
telligence, lead the negro in
ways of industry and thrift, take
them as children and teach them
the arts and industries, that
they may be the ready-labor
foundation of the great work of
building and operating the new
industries, and a greater desti-
ny than New England or the
north or than the world knows
will be theirs.
1t will not come from free
trade, labor jealousies, bicker-
ings nor driving the negro away,
nr By making him a "beast of
burden" but by making it prac-
tical for him to live we'll and
happy, and for ten millions more
white people to come and occu-
py and help develop the land,
the mines and the water power.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08
Cruelty to Animals.

Act No. 10 of the Session Acts
of 1888, provides that any num-
Der of persons not less than sew
en-, shall have the right to form
themselves into a corporation
for the prevention of cruelty to
animals.
Whenever a society of this
kind shall be organized in any
town or parish, it shall be the
duty of the municipal or paro-
chial authorities to appoint and
commission as police officers
such persons as may be nominal
ed by such society, and said spe-
cial police shall have the same
powers and authority as regular
police and peace officers, provid-
ed that the town or parish au-
thorities shall be at ne expense
on account of the appointment
of this special police.
It is made the duty of the reg
ular police force of cities and
towns to aid the society in sup
pressing cruelty to animals, and
the duty is imposed on munich
pal corporations in this State to
provide by ordinance for the
punishment of cruelty to ami
mails when committed in any
street, park or other public
place in the limits of such cor.
poration, by fine Or imprison.
ment or both, as a police offense
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08
Hard Sense.

GE&E &#E4r5
A Western neWspapaper
makes the following timely re-
marks
Tse publisher Of d newspaper
has one thing to sell and one
thing to rent. He has the
newspaper Go sell, and the space
in the columns to rent. Can
any one inform usYhy he should
be expected to give away either
one or the other? He can do
it if he chooses, and he does, as
a matter of practical fact, fur
nish a great deal Of space rent
free. But it does not follow
that he-onght to be expected to
do 1t. II ought to be recognized
as a contribution, exactly as
would the giving away Of sugar
or coffee blythe groceryman.
Bns, strange to say, it is not
looked npon in that light at all,
vet every one knows that the
existence of a newspaper de-
ponds as much on the rent Of its
space and the sale of fhe paper
al the merchants success de-
ponds OH selling his goods in
stead Of giving them away.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08
Louisiana
Lake Charles American.

Lake Charles American,
In reply to many letters ask
ing about the prospect for immi-
grafton this fall we can speak
in the most positive terms of the
future. More people will come to
settle than ever before, because
the resources of this section are
better known and the plans OF
those who are developing the
country better understood. The
railroads are giving more atten-
ton to settlement. The people
of nearly all the parishes are or
ganizing for settlement. Loui-
siana and not Georgia is des-
tined to be the Empire State OF
the South.
Capital, quick to discover the
march of destiny, is seeking in
vestment in our lands and
has already entefise>saaaupon their
development. Our wonderful
agricultural, timber and mineral
resources are the astonishment
of even the men to the manor
born.
Ten years of our present pro-
gress will give Louisiana two
millions Of people will advance
New Orleans to the five hundred
thousandline; will round Shreve-
port, Lake Charles and other
prominent points into comfort
able cities of twenty-five thous-
and will transfer all the public
domain into private hands, and
more than double the available
products of the state.
The color line, which is troub-
ling a few of the parishes, will
be settled by this tide of immi-
grafton. Harmony every where
prevails and untiring energy has
taken possession of the whole
body polite in the matter of set
Ting this country.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08
Proclamation
In Relation to the State Fair to be Held at
Baton Rouge in October, 1888.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
SA a

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
State of Louisiana.
Whereas, The Louisiana State Agricultural
Society has provided for the holding of a
State Fair on the grounds of the Louisiana
State University and Agricultural and Me-
chanical College, at Baton Rouge, during the
first week of October, 1883, and has appointed
an Executive Committee composed of repre-
sentative, energetic and capable citizens to di-
rect and manage the same; and whereas, said
Fair w. undoubtedly be of great utility to
this Sn6e in making known her resources and
att and in affording her citizens excel
len unity for observing the merits of the
difThe steatp products and the improved
'Tc~eparand Up *hods employed in the mechan-
ical and agricute oral industries;
Therefore, I, FsH,acis L. Nichols, Governor
IT the State ofLoulA Ja,a, have thought proper
to issue this my procl.d, aion, soliciting on be-
half of this commemorative perprise the favor
and the liberal patronage of'n ATTENDS of pros
perity, development and progress;,sand partic-
State, and urging them to contribute in SSssry
and especially do urge upon them to procure
for it such articles as will illustrate the physi-
cal geography of this State, her resources, her
minerals, her products, her climate and her
soil and also such other articles as will exhi-
bit her progress in the various arts and SCI
ences.
I furthermore request producers and manu-
facturers of other States to send their produce
and wares for exhibition at this fair, promising
them an inviting field for advertisement and
patronage.
Furthermore, I earnestly invite the citizens
of other States to visit the Fair and inspect our
resources, assuring them ola cordial welcome
on the part of our citizens, and urge upon all
lines Of Railroads and Steamboats, to afford to
the people of this and other States every posi-.
BILE encouragement and facility.
In testimony whereof / have hereunto sign.
ed this proclamation and caused the seal of
the State to be hereunto affixed at the city of
Baton Rouge this seventh day of June, A. D.,
1883. FRANCIS T. NICHOLAS,
Governor of Louisiana.
BY the Governor:
L. F. MASON,
Secretary of State.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08
Marrying % Reform Him.

Christian Register
Rev. Sam Jones tells a story
of some young girls down IN @
Georgia village who married
all the dissipated young men,
.iust to reform them.n The
girls are now, says Mr.. Jones,
whippoorwill widows, and their
husbands fill drunkanl's graves.
aMarrying mento reform Them
saws the Sun, .has never been q
successful enterprise on the part
OF women. Girls are worth too
much unmarried to sacrifice their
lives to beat sense into the head
Of any man on Gods footstool-
Such i man DOGS not Wean as
easily as d calf. He will go
home only to sober up, and
then not tin the other places are
closed. As girl will marry such
4 man, hoping that the next
year lie will be better; but the
next year he will be worse.
There are sober boys enough for
ali the girls and there Is no
need for marrying q drnnkard,
and the girl who does 50 will
deserve all the nnhappiness she
marries.n
The Opelousas courier., 1888-09-08
Mulch Your Trees.
Western Tree Planter.

/ Western Tree Planter.
MuIching is natures great
plan of growing trees and all
other plants, and would it not
be we'll for us to learn a lesson
from her grand teaching? What
better plan can man devise than
this?
In the first place h4ulching
holds nearly ali the moisture in
the ground, and not only keeps
the soil mellow but will make
it mellow. Every one who has
lifted up a board that has been
lying fiat upon the ground has
noticed that although the soil
all around it may be perfectly
dry to a depth Of several inches,
directly under the board it will
be damp. The reason for this is
that there is q constant rising
of moisture from the ground,
and the board has prevented its
escape. Leaf mould will accom-
plish this end ; so also will loose
straw and refuse from the wood
pile. Every nurseryman in the
world would tell you to mulch
your trees /; but oh, how sad it
is to think of how few ever fol-
low this, the best Of alf tree
planting advice. No better ad-
vice could possibly be given,
and is it had only been followed,
millions of live, thrifty trees
would be standing where a few
scrubby stufnps and vacant spa
ces remain to tell the story of
neglected duty. Cannot this
oft repeated advice be used in
our tree claims to good adyan-
tage :? Yes, most decidedly yes.
The writer's attention, while
in Dakota last fall, was most
forcibly called to this subject,
and his opinion thoroughly yeri-
fed, bs a gentleman whose name
has unfortunately been forgot
ten. His experience so forcibly
proved the truth in the method
that we give it in detail.
He had carefully tried the fol-
lowing plan, Experimenting he
called it) and was most highly
gratified with the results OBJ
tanned. He had planted five
acres of small trees on his claim
in the usual manner, and upon
a portion of this he distributed
eight inches to a foot of straw.
He then went along the rows
and arranged the straw so that
it lay up nicely around each tree
and thoroughly covered the
ground. The balance of the FIVE
acres, which was planted in the.
same mannSr, but instead of be-
ing mulchdd was fairly cultiya-
ted so thats the weeds were kept
down andothe soil made mellow.
The result on the latter was @
fair growth and with but a mod
crate loss of trees. Upon the
portion which received the
mulching of straw he obtained
a much larger, ranker and health
Ter growth of wood, and the loss
of the trees was too small to
mention. Nothing in the way
of advice would ever make him
change his opinion that he had
solved the problem of successful
tree planting, and so decidedly
successful had his plan proved
with him that he was recon-
mending it to all who were in
terested in the subject. The
principle according to natures
methods was most decidedly
correct, as the soil was kept
moist and mell0W-the two
things that all other methods
aim to accomplish.