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Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-01-16
Minrtefpta.

81, Minnefota.
@n norR Same i@t. SAUL, Miis
emma &prlen iamt Mrs. q. 8.
Seamans II al sSurpen b1epen TIL
tienot @rintnins for ben @tabe, be
erbolbt ,.tber ct Sernbaneulptte fio
ite &iuter Mii8 E6orien bleu llemt
forbrenbt berpeb, at 0pnen peltebe
ouer benF. Sun oil bog life bape
parise Ma1 al bet. &un bleu TIL
tienbt $500. Mrs. @eamens blep
tiltienbt 1850.
- 0met al be briitiaite &puerter,
ber noseninbe bot saaet for fig /
Minneoptis meooeles berfra ben 10
Sanuar. gn peltienot @roceribanbz
Ter baobe @aet ino / 8anten efter
nogle @eng. 9a ban Tom uo i9ien,
bleo fan u,rin9et af 4 ubetienote
&erioner. q meoens ban bleo itpbt
omfulo, iualpeoe en- al benz bans
@ensebos, Ym ban bat 2ommen
paa Snoiitn al 5ratten. 9erpaa
forioanbt @urtene foritjellise @et>
nin9er. Site par &l. 1O4 ON @a=
gen, o9 BET var paa ben Eio en- flor
Men9oe SIT paa @aben. &plitiet
blep unoe1ettet, o9 man baaber, at
Epuene ui1 mart bliue 9rebne, ba
bet antases at be tilbprer en- 8anbe.
lom antom famine Mor9en til Bp=
en.
= 6orr5e Onsoa9 attraabte Mc=
Sin fra fl @mbeoe, os Merriam
inbtraabte fin npe @eroi9beo. Sc
opleite be9e oeres relpettipe 8uo>
itaber tor In iamlebe 2e9islatur.
= Gar1r rralliancen / 9eortb Sort,
peoto9 ben lite San. &eiolutioner
imoo &als( af @aibburn eller ga
bin til Sentur o9 / 6appr of enten
Melion elle| |9onnellep.
= Brotn, ber brebte en- &oliti=
manb @orbeao fiote 6pit, er bic,
ben anflasefor Morb / fprite Grab,
os @a9en d fomme for &etten ioa9.
@or 2anbs lamb .. Moisneis er af
g}etten ubnpnt til bans Toriuarer.
&irfeia9a paa &oibtonons. Eil
@bica9o IS mes" itripes fra @ooiz
ion, @is., in soe Sanuor. @n Som
r@irteiaga paa 2ibertp @rairie"
blep ibas apst af 9pieiteret. Man
bapbe an.npet &etteu ON at ta9e en-
1roes1as u,er 9uerpeielie og mesle
mellem to Bartier, iom faar farpt
imob binanln / @ppr9smaalet om
glaaoepalset @trioen optom / 1884
ben noritntberite @enisbeo paa
2ibertp &rrie, / 8Den 9eerfielo /
@ane Count &aitor S. q. Dtteien
bapbe pereMeni9beoens &reit fiben
1858. 9a,befplbtes forat preoite
fal1t 2ere o forluare &beorier, iom
fob @triolso ben 8etienoelie, BET
par pebtasI af @pnooen for ben
norltzlutbert &irte lmerifa. @an
forlan9te, aban ftuloe neblesse fit
@mbeoe; me ban ne9teoe at 9jpre
bet. @n Mioritet af Meni9beoen
peoblep mel fine 8elfplonin9er, o9
ben 17oe Sd i 1885 bleo &irfens
Dpre lutfebdor Mr. Dttelen. Mi~
noriteten ogsreiten anla9oe Gag for
at Qienpin6eBeiibbel1en af &irfeeien<
bommen. S,eiteret erflerer MI, at
Minoriteten om ct &la9er, % Iom
tiutQemeo geiten ubeluffeoes, meb
@etfe blep 3elutfet; at Eruitierne
oQ Meniabens @mbebsmeno, orz
bentlig pal9t efter &on1tttl1t1o11ens
ssorifrifter banolenbe paa beres
&esne, iom 'sipr 5lertaQet at Me<
ni9beoen, ere : rette 8e1tooere al @t=
en6ommen. (@fanbinauen.)
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-01-16

Nrel 8anllen bar Minneapolis
funbet en- Mebbeiler. @n Nmeri=
taner, &uoolpb @oeb, pil aibre bam
&an9en itrioi9. 9isie to bar iroz
saaet Weboemaal ON $3.50. &eo=
oemaalet ita1 eaa for fig enten oenne
eGer nefe l1se, os 2pbet ifal pere
20 Mile 1anst. &aulien ct fpot /
Sri ltiania os er 80 Nar 9amme1. 9a
ban bar 8 g(ar, bapoe ban allereoe
faaet Napnet @tpiteton9en. @ioen
ben Eib bar ban facet mango Sitter
fuloe af Mebalier u9 &remier. 9an
bar operpunbet ale Stpitelpbere /
europa 9ensbelpb, os MI ipser
ban pelaa at ninbe 8riien / Imerifa.
S Ge1p Sort / 1884 lpb 8allfen
Is Mile / 1 Time, 33 Win. og %
get.
Nuoolpb @oeb, lom 1no9aar S9o=
bemaal meo 8aulien, er en peltienbt
@fpitelpber Minneapolis. @an ct
oprinbelis fra Milmautee. 8ans
bebte 2pb paa paa 25 Mile er l 81
me % Min. ps 48 SET.
Dm @aulien pil bliue i1asen oets
te 2en9belpb, ital bet al1iseuel nare
tpipllont, ONT nosen pil sibre bam
efter 1omme af be panfelise &unit=
itptter ban ubfprer paa @tgiter, ifri'
per rMineopolis Gribuue". 9an
hopper meeet bbit % sipr be forunoer=
li9fte 9reininser. San fan lisse
flab paa &pssen, cg bare peb ct
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-01-16

Set blep beGuttet, at 2Bnntn9en
til Betient bcs @lerf Of Court ital
bore en- Gum lite oper $500 for Naz
ret.
9ieelebes, at @ountpsNooofatens
2pn ital pere $500 for 9(aret.
Srembeles, at 2pnninsen til 8ez
tient hos &e9iiter Of 9eebs ltal uare
en- @um al life ooer $500 for Maret.
Da Eiben MI bar omme for Sno>
lepertns af Mnbuo paa Shentli9sib>
rel1e af County, ps@ommis slerernes6orz
banblineer / 1889 iamt Dpeipr ooer
@ountiets &esnitaber for 1883 os
&enanceliiten ouer Slater for 1887,
git mon pper til at aabne Nnbubene.
Set uiite fig, at 5ersus &rintin9 &
&ubliibias Company uar ben eneite
Nnbpber, os &ompasniets 9lnbuo blep
anta9et.
.6ersus SANS @eetlp Sournal"
blep ertleret for Counties offcieqe
8lao, % bets @ootsiqrelie for ben
ueunte Erptnins ct: 75c pr. Golio
forot offentlis9ipre @ountpz@ommisz
lerernes 6orbanolinser, o9 75c pr.
6olio for ben tgrite Snorptnins al
Counties &eanitabsopsjgr os 35c
pr. Solio for buer fplsenoe Snorpt>
ming. 6or 9Hen:lig9ibrelie al 9fe>
itance1iiten af @fatter 15c pr. 8e>
lfriuelie. &ompa9niet ital ba oerbos
opta9e benne Site en- Gang / fit Sasz
blab oa oesuoeu foripne "5ersus
Sails l1seblab", "&erbam 8uletin"
os ~8attle Safe &epiep" meo Suppz
lementer inoebo1oenoe 0psipret %
&eitanceliiten.
9et bleu beTuttet, at 6ersus Sails
&rintins & @ubliibine 60. ital siue
8onbs for $4,000 iom @aranti for
tro ubppelie al tit 9ueru 1om oifici>
eft Blab.
If Sattistonbet bleu beuil9et $50
til &leber, Eransport o9 Brepporto
for @iuiam @epler. en- Snbpaaner af
Mfplet for aanbsIpage / 5aribault,
Minnelota.
Dpennapnte Bonb for $4,000 fra
Counties officieqe Blao blep mobtaz
get, 9obfienbt os forparet bos @oun=
tp=&asfereren.
@nbuer al @ommisiererne frems
la9oe for Iuoitpren fin 2!ite ouer
Mapne, buorfra Surpmenoene funbe
treftes.
Sen ODE Sanuar bar after ale
Meolemmer tilitebe, o9 Der blep ba
bepilset $100 al &euenuefouoet fors
at paafommenbe Eilfeloe at bliue
truttet af @ountp>@ >@ommislererne.
Set blcp be1luttet, at gountp=N6>
pofaten formulerer en- Biq, fom fore>
le9ges &epreientanterne fra 0tter>
tail County meo Nnmobnin9 om, at
2e9iSlaturen toranorer 2ouen iaale=
bes, at @ountp:8 :8oarbet mpoer ben
onben Manbas Suli ifeoetfor ben
fprite Manoas. tom 2ouen MI beitem>
mer.
(@n Torte9nelie ouer be beb Mgs
bet bebanbleoe &e9nin9er ftnbes paa
ct anoet @teb 8labet.)
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1889-01-16


tus, ,6attisfarmens 8eitprer, blep mob
taset os forparet:
Snofommen al &rooutter ira Sar>
men $1S2.86. uobetalt for Irbeioe
oip. $1s2.86.
Spl9enoe &apport for 1883 bleo
mobta9et fra @beriff Branbenburs:
6or Gorfpnbel1e af 9otl1>
menter $3,553.33
Sor Soft til Sanger fra
Ottertail @ountD 725.43
Tor Soft til Sanger fra
Bolf County 430.29
Sor Soft til Sanger fra
@aoena County 87.85
5or Soft til Sanger fra
@loD County 1928
Eil1am. $4,819.18
Summons, Attachsments,
Executions, Warrants
etc. 621
Certificates of foreclosure
of mortgage issued 116
SinbsIb9e ienot til ct. &eter 8
&erioner beniiooenoe 5en9=
iel / bet forlpbne Nar fra
forifielli9e Counter Sc
@. s. 2incoln blep ubneunt 1om
Msent for Suotjpb of 8bser, 8lanz
fetter os Striuemateriale for ale
Counties &ontorer bette Mar.
Set blep Be- iluttet, at gountD.Mu=
bitbren baanbterer Counties @tole<
bigger efter famine Spiem iom forriz
ge Mar.
@ountp~ ~8oaroet besap fig berpaa
til &asiererens &ontor os foretos en-
Dptellins of &ensene / &asiererens
6enber, iaalebes iom 2open be ftem<
mer, % fanot alttn9 tilfreosttuenoe.
@n 9emonitration al Beter @il*
bernasel os anore imob Toranbrins
al @eii @ettion 36, Gotpn Of @ona,
blep reiectet.
Set blep inorgmmet Stills Sobniou
fra Imor at bliue operfpttet fra 9i<
itrift % til 9iit. s..
@ommis1er @aun3ers antom os
to9 Sci Gorbanolin9erne.
@n 8etition fra 6. 8. Smith fra
@oobiibe ON at blipe opertprt fra
9itr. 142 bleu atllaaet, ba ber par
en itert 9emoni nitration berimob.
@n &etition fra @barles Auid fra
Butler ON 5oranorins af @renoier>
ne for 9iitr. 165 blep inbrpmmet.
5oranbrin9en er benne: e. ie9a, Itp4
ie4 os ie4 itu4 @ettion 80, Go>un 1877,
&an9e 81 ifal lagses til 9iitr. 211.
@n &etition fra 6. $. 9alton os
orhre &otpn Of @lmo meb Mnmobz
ming ON at @eftionerne 13 % II,
Eotpn 1872, &anse 81, maa blipe tag
ne fra 9iitr. 1874, os @ettiorerne %
"a famine Eotpn maa blipe tagne fra
9ifr. 80 os omoannet til ct npt 9i>
itritt bleo reiectet. ioet oer nar en-
itert 9emonitration berimob.
@n Iniesnins fra Sobn 6. Zeal
os andre ON Joranbrin9 al @ei /
Totpnene @ona os 6obart blep inb<
rgmmet.
AIRS. Grit Sobnion fra 6ereus
Sails BD blep bepilset $S maoneblis
iom Satti9bjelp fra lite San. at
resne.
2iselaa Marit Senion fra Gorz
benitiolb SIS maaneblis fra lite San.
@onntD=@lerfens gfapport oper
Spurtler for 1883 blep mootaget pg
foruaret.
@ranoiurpens &apport peb s. S.
@riabt, @lert Of Court, blep mobta<
get.
&epii iionstomiteens 9fapport blep
mobtaset og forparet.
Iler San &raass Ini6snin9 ON at
bliue ubneunt iom Counties g(uttip=
nariuS blep inbrgmmet.
Sen 8oe San. alle Meblemmer tit>
febe. g. M. Dlion fra Conn Of
Blufftpn blep inbrpmmet 81 maaneb=
Zig af Tattisfonbet fra lite San. at
re9ne.
s. &. Titus blen ubnepnt til 8e>
iprer af Sattt9farmen. &ans 9pn
lfal pere 5000, os benne beper ban
maaneblis paa be 8etinselier, at ban
o9 bans &uitru ital anpenoe belle fin
Eib 5attisbuiets 3ieneite, os at
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20
PRIMITIVE TELEGRAPHY.
A scandinavian System of Forwarding News
by Means of Arrows.


by Means of Arrows.
st. Paul Globe.l
Olaf Searle sat in his Office yesterday dis
cussing many interesting topics in his usual
interesting way. A card was lying on his
desk, on which appeared the word "Bud-
stikken" as the name of Scandinavian
paper. Mr.. Searle was asked what the word
meant; he replied: 'It is a Norwegian
word, 1900 years old at least. In those
days when the coasts of Norway were raw
aged by pirates, the inhabitants had to re-
sort to all sorts Of devices to warn those at a
distance of the approach of these piratical
craft. When one was seen on the horizon a
man went up to the top of mountain,
where he lighted a beacon fire. This
could be seen for long distance, and
was known to be warning. When it was
seen in the distance another fire was lighted
on another hill, until all over the country
fires blazed from every hill top and the
people prepared to defend themselves.
'They also had system of messengers.
The man who first sighted the sail would
take an arrow and send it to his neighbors.
From town to town this arrow was sent un-
I'll all were warned. These were rather
primitive ways of telegraphing, but were so
effectual that in the course OF "a hours all
Norway knew of the approach of pirates.
This system of spreading the news was
called iBudstikken,' and the word is extern
sively used as name for newspapers in the
old country"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20

haps, still more difficult to determine.
Again, when the purchase of butter is con.
templated, the sense of sight, taste and
smell are brought into active play, and even
then the look of hesitancy and indecision on
the part OF the customer, and of impatient
inquiry on that of the dealer is amusing, II
not edifying. On the ground floor are sew
eraI restaurants where farmers and others
may procure edibles in any form, from that
OF 5-cent lunch to full meal.
VALUABLE PUBLIC PROPERTY.
In spite of the fact that the city has grown
far beyond what was expected when the
market houses were erected, and they are no
longer adequate for the purpose for which
they were intended, and consequently trade
has been forced to seek other channels, still
large business is being carried on, and
only want OF room prevents its extension.
The receipts last year from Pittsburg mar
kets, including the Southside, were $685.
OOS 20; the expenses amounted to S9,337 So.
or including the sum of 81, 427 30 lost by
fire during the year, $10.760 0S. Of course,
considering the rapid enhancement of real
estate IN this vicinity, the value of the
ground will soon overtake It's usefulness as q
market place. In the meantime the city is
deriving quite handsome revenue
increase in price will undoubtedly afford
a liberal interest on its present
value. In fact, 1t is from every standpoint
most desirable piece of property, and the
city Will be able at any time, by offering a
long lease of 1t to the highest bidder, to Sc
cure tenant for it at a rent that would be
material assistance in reducing taxation.
Inls can be done at any time with the re-
suit Of covering the square with handsome
buildings, which would eventually become
the property of the city.
USEFUL CITIZENS.
The class Of people who are of value to
the city, and who give to the market its
usefulness-the people who themselves raise
what they offer for sale-are steady, indus
trious and honest; they labor early and late,
1t is true that some housekeepers
will be inclined to gainsav this,
and to advance the opinion that they are
sometimes disagreeable, impertinent and
prone to giving short measure; yet if they
will take the trouble to investigate they
will probably find that they have formed
this opinion through dealing with people
other than market gardeners; people who
have been accustomed to getting their living
how they can, and who have adopted the
business of market hucksters the same as
they would any other temporary expedient,
and are as ready to relinquish it. Taken as
a class, those who make the supplying Of
the city's markets legitimate business are
as reliable and trustworthy people as may
anywhere be found.
WILSON WINDOW.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20

the natives has somewhat changed, owing to
the missions and other contact with traders
and travellers, but in small out-of the-wav
villages, notably at Hoonah, where we
dropped anchor one evening to kill time for
an early morning start for Glacier bay. the
pristine rudeness and picturesque huts of
the tribe of Hooniahs, as also their
totems and graves, presesented a weird
seene-a line of substantial log huts
without windows, having a small
square or oval door. which, with the
smoke hole in the roof was the only means
Of ventilation. Totemic carvings orna-
mented the fronts of each, and on the bluff
"bove the beach among the tall alders were
graves built Of logs, surmounted by the
crest or totem of the deceased. These graves
contained only the ashes of the dead and
such trlnkets and charms as the survivors
deemed best to exercise the spirits. The
deceased is always cremated, as in this way
II is supposed the spirit may be better pre-
pared to meet the icy terrors ofthe Tklinket
Hades which is believed to be eternaIlv
frozen and the souls Of the lost shiyer and
shake therein forever.
Ihe household utensils-spoons, wooden
ulsnes. knives and boxes-are marked with
curious carvings, which denote the tribal
9escent OF the owner; by these they are
known when travelling, and they seem to
nave had some ideas of the rules of con-
ssiangulnity in forming unions; persons of
tne same crest or totem will not inter.marrv
ana II the crest though diferentrepresents an
animal or fowl of the same habit-as, for in
stance, the carniverous-the owners, having
regard Tor the Indian rule, will not form a
family alliance. A crow must not marry a
crow or an eagle, but may join with mem
Der OF the whale, salmon or bear families.
0. j. 2.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20
THE RUsso-GREEK CATHEDRAL.

politicians here were betting on Mr.. Cleve-
lands election two weeks after his recent
defeat About the date of our visit the
United States steamer Rush incident was
being chronicled in New York and London
papers, but as yet the news had not come
this way, and the officials here were in bliss
full ignorance of the seal piracy in Behring
Sea.
The traveller is impressed with the venera-
bic aspect of the buildings-made of cedar
logs and moss-covered roofs. First the
storehouse of the Alaska Trading Company,
then the castle and group Of Government
buildings used as customs house and bar
racks. In frontof these green parade
ground, with waelike cannon and stacks of
ball about the flagstaff, tell of Uncle Sans
ownership.
At the head of the main street stands St.
Michael's, the Russo-Greek cathedral.
This edifce and its attendant ceremonies
are legacy of the former Muscovite pro-
prietors, and is one of only three Greek
churches in America. There is resident
Bishop, and the ritual and service are pure
ly orthodox, savoring greatly of Moscow or
St. Petersburg. The structure is of
HEAVY CEDAR LOGS,
with an outside sheeting painted gray, but
now faxed and peeled in many places. The
spires and bulge of the minarets are bright
green, the root spotted here and there with
lichen. The ground plan is in form of q
Greek cross.
Within, under the central dome, the au-
ditorium is guiltless of any seats or pews,
for those of the faith worship with many
genufections and do not sit during service.
At the rear of this on a raised platform is
the altar. from which bronze doors open into
the sactum sanctorum, across the threshold
of which no foot profane is allowed and
never woman. There are several costly
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20
WEST VIRGINIA WAYS,
The People There are Ready to Go Fish
ing ut Any Time.

The People There are Ready to Go Fish,
ing ut Any Time.
Washington Post.I
II like West Virgins" said gentleman
recently. cts physical features remind
me Of New England, and its vegetation is
about the same, save the mountain land and
rhododendron. Up around Aurora you see
rough bearded men Looping by on stout
horses, looking for all the world like some
of Jeb' Stuart's cavalry on forage. In
the valleys are the best farms, and they
centrally belong to the Amish, strange,
quiet sect of Dutch, who wear clothes
fastened with hooks and eyes, entirely desti-
tute of buttons. They are all thrifty and
well-to-do, close at bargain, but scrupu-
lously honest. The records of the Lutheran
Church at Aurora were kept in German
until within generation. That church
was established over 150 years ago. The
people thereabouts dig their coal from the
hillsides, and it is cheaper to dig it than to
cut wood from their own forests.
mo one in the section 1 have travelled
through is wealthy or has much money, vet
no one suffers want. No one is ever so
busy that he can't stop work and 90 afsh-
ing. The storekeeper at little village on
the Potomac used to close his place in the
afternoon apd go with me to fish for bass.
They are all great hands TO have agencies
for the sale of various articles. 1 met sew
eral natives driving around the country.
ostensibly selling fertilizers, but none that 1
asked was ever able to name a single
customer. One old chap had little cob
bler's shop. He was a notary public and
Justice of the Peace; was postmaster, sold
shoes, ran an express business, and had a
dozen agencies for agricultural implements,
organs, pianos, carriages and wagons.
patent medicines, and the inevitable fertil-
izer. The man who wouldn't do business
with him didn't have much business"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20
THE DOG DOES THE HEARING,
That is Why the Deuf iIan Listens for the
Cow Bell.

Ihat IL Why the Deuf iIan Listens for the
Cow Bell.
washington Post.i
The Talking Machine came across some
thing out Of the ordinary run up in New
Hampshire last week, and it might as we'll
come In here. There is deaf mute named
Barker, who lives in Northwood. He is a
remarkably bright, quick-witted, well-read
man, but so deaf that Gabriel will never
wake him. He has lot of cows on his
farm: One of them wears a bell. They
wander and Craze in a huge pasture Of over
oVV acres full of swamp thickets and COW
hiding places.
What good does that bell do?" Barker's
mother was asked. 'He is so deaf he can't
hear ii"
why" she replied, che goes out in the
pasture with the dog and gets up on knoll.
Then he cocks up his ears as if he were lis
tenlng. The dog sees him standing that
way, and cocks his ear until he hears that
COW bell. AS soon as the dog hears the bell
he will show it, and Isaac says 's-s-s-s,'
which is about all he can say; the dog runs
on after the cows and drives them home"
And speaking about dogs reminds me nat
the two finest cats in Washington are the
big tortoise-shell beauties at the Metropoli.
tan Hotel, and that lady in Mount Pleas
ant.has cat which disappears every spring
about the 18th of May and comes home
about the 18th of October. He has done
this for four years This fail he came home
the first week in October, probably on ac-
count of the cool weather.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20

should not be surprised If the whispering
serpent supplies his defcIency, and his wife
debases herself and her blood enough to
hlch money from his pocket. IF his chill
dren are born thieves, the fault is in the
first instance his. If to any the statement
seems shameful, and women recoil at the lie
and the theft, or at the bare idea, the virtue
is theirs. But it is owing to the great tyran-
mics of old days, the small tyrannies Of
modern days, that deception. and arts and
wiles have become the familiar demons of
50 many women who have no other faults
than these and those to which they lead.
As the woman stands up more and more
on equal ground with the man, as the hus-
band acknowledges the rights Of the wife,
as the community comes to expect and exact
it Of him, there will be less aad less to call
this artifce into use, its capacity will be-
come dormant and atrophied, honesty will
rise uppermost, the fearlessness Of the de-
scendant will have conquered the pusillan-
unity Of the grandam, unfaltering truth will
shine out on her forehead, and woman will
have annihilated possibly the only sin that
was ever hers.
HARRIET PRESCOTT SPoFFoRD.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20
AMONG THE AZTEC RUINS.
Evidence That the Early Americans Were
PeopiS Well skilled in Art.

New York Times.I
In the extensive ruins of the Central
American States there are convincing evil
dences OF the existence of q dense popula-
tion-denser and more puissant apparently
than its successors in possession in this
latter part Of the nineteenth century. That
population has left in its architectural re-
mains evidences Of knowledge Of physics,
mathematics, mechanics and sign language,
of which there was no remaining vestige
when Fernandez de Cordovs planted the
Spanish standard on the shores of the Bay
of Campeachy. In the gorgeous costumes
in which their seulptured heroes and deities
are set forth Is also proof that the mechani-
cal art had reached high state Of develop
ment, only the most rudimentsry prInci-
piles Of which remained in the denizens OF
the early part Of the sixteenth, century.
In the royal nagnifcence Of their sur
roundings, their jewelry, their sculptured
thrones, and implements OF war, as shown in
the statues and bas-reliefs, are evidences Of
q system of fine arts and knowledge of the
use Of metals. Yet of tools, implements Of
war, or ancient fabrics no signs have been
found. But some Of the statuary still re-
tains the colors in which 1t was originally
decorated and while in some few respects
the buildings and their decorations, the
monoliths or idols Of stone, and the hero
glyphics resemble similar creations found
among the ruins of the Old World, there
are principles of construction absent from
the Yucatan and Guaremalan structures
which prove them to have been Of an order
Of architecture altogether independent Of
the ancient schools.