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first thing noticeable is WELL defined road
leading straight up hill to a slight bench
overtopped by a higher hill at the end of the
bench. Here is an ancient ruin built of
stone and looking very much like position
OF defense. It may have been a sacrifcial
place. for otherwise I cannot account for
the careful construction of the road leading
to 1t. Had 1t been purely for defense. the
road would not have been needed. especially
mo that when no other reasonable explana-
ton can be found for doing. that supersti-
tious or religious motives can then be read
lily introduced to account for it.
The hill was really an outlying one from a
larger one near by overlooking it, and after
climbing up the latter about half way Sc
ries Of stone buildings. not discernible from
the bottom. are clearly made out. They
encircle the hill. and about hallway be-
tween it again and the top of the hill is
another row Of encircling buildings family
Of the very best character.
On the top OF the hill is fertilization.
probably. with wall about twenty feet
from the top. overtopped and almost hidden
by hanging mesquite bush. At the base Of
both hills Is q series of mounds extending as
far az the eye can reach, and I almost feel
afraid to place an estimate on the number I
saw. More than that, am afraid to say
whether the mounds really represent build
ings at all. In all other mounds there is q
sign OF the house. walls protruding through
the debris. but here there is none: yet they
closely resemble the other mounds In all
other respects. Everything goes to show
that these people were on the defensive, and
that defense was often necessary. These
ruins look very much older than any others
that have visited here, but much of It can
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LAWN TINNn

unknown reason, has not been generally
adopted in the West. They are particu-
larly convenient for boating and walking.
Tennis costumes are gayer than ever, If
that were possible. One shown was of
cardinal French flannel. The skirt had
three rows of woven border in white, gray
and cardinal stripes. The blouse had .
sailor collar, edged with the same stripe.
It also formed the sash, which was fur
nished with large pompons OF soft car
dinal wool. Suits similar to these were
also shown in dark blue. With them are
worn fancy cap and low-cut tan shoes, as
formerly.
Tea gowns for summer wear are Of
challie and India silk; one, Of white chal-
lie with blue flower and brown vine and
leaves, and front of pale-blue surah.
An Empire belt of the challie was fast
ened at the left side with sash, the ends
of which were finished with deep, knotted
white silk fringe. The flowing sleeves
were lined with surah and edged with
fringe.
One of black cashmere had full front
of black and white figured India silk
shirred at the neck; the close standing
collar was of the cashmere. With the
bell-shsped sleeve was a pretty, close
fitting undersleeve of the silk. Where
the front breadths Of the cashmere joined
the silk there was row of briar stitch
ing in white silk extending from the neck
to the hem, making pretty and quite
effective finish. Gowns Of this style,
costing but $1l, come in other colors.
The vacation suits for children are ex-
tremely pretty, cardinal or navy blue and
white flannel being the colors and
which lead. The general
style for small children is the short
gathered-not plaited-skirts. with q
jersey waist trimmed to match. The
flannel is very soft and fine, SO that these
suits are both light and warm. One Of
fine striped blue and white flannel was
dotted with small squares, in which was
tiny scarlet anchor. The blouse was Of
solid dark blue, with pointed yoke of the
stripe, pointed turned over collar of the
blue, embroidered in cardinal, and still
another standing collar Of the stripe. The
little coat sleeves were Of blue without
cuffs. belt of dark blue satin ribbon
had bow tied in front, with loops and
long ends. Another Of flannel had blue
and cardinal stripes in which were small
anchors. The blouse was confined by Q
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not wrinkle or shrink, and may be kept
neat and perfectly clean with the clothes
brush. They are worn also in the city
almost exclusively for business and shop
ping.
The proper materials for travelling
dresses are camelette, . light weight
cancels hair, closer and smoother than
the old fabric; ladies' cloth, also light
weight, manufactured for the spring and
early summer trade, and fine French fan
nels. They are made almost invariably
with box plated skirts, very simple
drapery in the back, and basques with
vests and cuffs to match whatever trim
ming there may be on the skirt. There
has been some demand for accordion
skirts in mohair, with silk blouses for
travelling dresses, but they catch the dust
and are too full and heavy, the light,
close skirts being more popular.
A gray camelette had a box-plaited skirt
with band Of light Persian embroidery
OF the left side extending the entire
length, from belt to hem; The basque
was Directoire effect, with vest Of the
bands Of gray velvet, the buttons being
covered with the same material.
Another was of lightweight ladies'
cloth, also gray, which seems to be the
favorite color, possibly because it does
not show the dirt The front breadth was
formed Of side pIaits. narrow at the top
and widening to form fan; on either side
was wide panel, deliberately braided in
black. The basque was made with loose
Empire front of black gros grain silk, box
plated, the cuffs and pocket flaps braided
to match the skirt.
A dark green camelette had ora ed
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;smpse tine for the population 70 man tie
S9S s,se9enments before IN attack could pos.
s ssosy % made By the most rapidly moving
This. Of course. assumes thas the able
ooSsed citizen Of that day was equally IN
e<ussn or farmer and . soldier whom an On.
Sny ePpfoached-an assumption which wo
nnOW Is Wen founded with 80 many Of the
anciens races: although arms now Il con-
from Davis Hin. an outlying but prominent
Ioot-niu OF the Escondido (Hidden) Noun
taln: We passed through the old deserted
Ae1ican mining town OF Barranca. 1t plain
~ showed its ancient character In the long
lows OF Stag that had come from the adobe
furnaces. part Of which were still standing.
Inc primitiveness of the work and the rich
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ness ofthe ore they smelted was shown by
our driver, who had had some experience
in mining. and who picked up a small piece
of Stag almost pure lead and silver in prob
ably the same proportion it had existed in
the vein. He made no hesitation in assert
such as that employed in the mining dis.
tricts of the United States. and with q rail-
road running near by. all the immense Stag
piles. the refuse of probably fifty years Of
Mexican mining. could be worked over with
a decided profit to the people handling
fortunes lying dormant in the different
Stag piles Of the old mines Of northwestern
Chihuahua alone. And yet these people
still persist In working in this way with i'm.
proved machinery all around them. While
we were at the little Mexican town Of La
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An Interesting Contest.

The scheme of advertising recently
chosen by Louisville book-house has
proved remarkably successful. A list
of twenty questions concerning liter
airy matters, for the correct answers to
which prizes in books were offered,
was furnished to every applicant. The
plan was new one in Louisville, and
It caught the popular fancy. Every
person who had any pretension to liter
airy requirement entered the compe-
tition, and the 500 lists which had first
been printed proved inadequate to sup
ply the demand. The contest became
town talk, and in the school-room, -
among children Of . larger growth,
the author of the "Centaur" and ~Pen-
sylla' were the subjects of discussion.
The enterprising booksellers, how
ever, are now paying dearly for their
extensive free advertising, for they
have on hand nearly 10000 pages Of
manuscript representing the research
of over 600 persons. All of these but
five must be disappointed, and the
task Of selecting the winners Is no easy
one.-Louisville Commercial.
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Country Folks in New York.

Two New York girls, both school
teachers, walked up Broadway and
talked to one another upon the pres
ence of the country folk. One of them
said last night:
"We had heard so much in school
about the strangers in town that we
wanted to see for ourselves. Well, we
saw them, and, while they are anus
ing, still they are not to be criticised
as much as some New York women.
Yes, many New York women ought to
be criticised. What do I mean?
Well, just this: The country women
who are here are not painted and pow
dered. It's shameful the way so many
fashionable women are beginning to
lead off in this abominable fad. That
was one way we could tell the strangers
from the city people. Another thing
We noticed was that there ever SO many
women on the street in felt hats. Now
felt is for winter, and every New York
woman has her light spring hat by this
time, and we could easily pick out the
country people by this difference.
This point showed us that there were
eAOuSoAoS VI Jul COuutTy COuS1uS mere.
Another indication of their presence
was the style of their clothes. Almost
every New York girl boasts either a
whole Directoire gown or at least wears
a Directoire coat, but there were strings
of women whose dresses were of the
older styles, and these were unmistaka-
bly, strangers. Besides all these
things, the city women-most of them
wear few flowers, but the country
women do not.
"The chief way we discovered the
presence of so many Jays was by
their staring. The children particu-
larry are regular gawpers, and they
walk along with their fathers hand in
hand. Every once in a while on our
walk up Broadway there would be a
blockade. Why? Well, because a
pair of strangers would suddenly halt
and stand stock still and lift their
heads as they stared at some big hotel
or other sight. They would get in the
way of the New and the New
Workers would watch them curiously
for moment, and then smile at each
other and circle around. "-Ne,u York
sam.
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be accounted for. I think. by the sand
ohoroofor ~ ;e<r

be accounted for. I think, by the sandy
character Of the district.
These valleys along the foothills of tho
Sierra Madre Mountains may have held a
dense population when these ancient people
sojourned here. If the physical characteris-
tics were the same as at the present time it
is easy to account for. To the westward it
is too mountainous for many people to find
homes and cultivate the SOIL while to the
eastward the country is too barren after
one passes the line of the lakes or where
the mountain rivers sink.
:, The strip along the foothills. between
the main ridge Of mountains and the plain,
Is about the only place where an agricul-
tural people could live in large numbers
and thrive: and now that the dreaded
Apache Indian has been finally subdued I
think the day is not very far distant when
it will be again well peopled by a commune
lty engaged in peaceful pursuits. Those
ancients probably raised everything they
needed. SO that there was very little COM
MERGE between them. and not much need
are occasionally made out with great deal
Of distinctness. have already spoken of
the plainly marked road leading up the
steep sides OF Davis Hill. This, one can
make out fully mile away. although, not
knowing what 1t was at that distance. the
observer might be inclined to think it
strip OF light grass in depression until
closer inspection revealed its true chsrac-
ter as the work of man and not of nature.
A view OF this road as we saw It from the
plain In the nat valley OF the Casas 0randes
Is given In figure l, and the first small ruin
on the hrst hill is shown in figure 2 The
circular ruins higher up on the second hill
and the fertilization on the top are not
shown. As they are really not visible from
the low point where the sketch was taken
Dy M. Landau. our artist. From the
fortifcstton's summit. the view. from MILL
tary standpoint. was one OF the most COM
piete that could be desired. From both
sides the hills retreated. giving fun scope
to the eye up and down the broad valley,
every square yard Of which was probably
Irrigated and cultivated. while just back Of
the fortncatiOn. or to the eastward. the
Escondido Mountains opened out into .
valley that made any surprise BY an enemy
from that side impossible. In short. the
fortthcation could be left defenseless by
the people In clear weather. or during such
weather Is they would be likely to work ON
their farms. and with few keen-siehted
senttnels posted there they could eive the
saaEm OF . coming hostile incurston IN
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and preached. He was an insurance
agent, and kept general store. A
cold day he would frequently, while
drawing gallon of molasses, shoe a
broncho mule, write q sermon on hui
mility, and whip q wife. He would
then put up the molasses, wipe his fin
gers on his whiskers, and write an edi-
torial entitled I'VE Have Come to
Stay" He remained in Omaha and
Council Bluffs until one day he saw a
man enter the store wearing new high
silk hat. The next morning Mr.. John
son sold out his varied interests and
went to Salt Lake City, where he be-
came the head of several more families.
His wonderful versatility in matters
of business was obtained by driving q
bobtail car on Forty-second street,
New York, while quite young, during
which time he had to drive a skittish
horse, make change with his teeth,
whip the newsboys off the rear plat
form, and shovel snow off the track at
the same time. Mr.. Bryon Reed has
the Arro,o complete with the excep-
ton of No. 6.
Mr.. Anderson was the editor. He
was also a successful obstetrician and
undertaken, which frequently gave him
q scoop over his rivals in Chicago.
His @Salutatery," as Mr.. n. G. Bar
row, the able associate editor of the
Boomerang, used to say, starts out IS
follows:
well, strangers, friends, patrons,
and the good people generally, where
ever in the wide world your lot may be
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Council Bluffs to the further extrem-
ity of Omaha. Where once was heard
the hiss of the arrow as it sped on its
way into the middle of white man
who was looking the other way, now
all is changed. Where there were once
no residences, to say nothing of hotels,
1 visited town in interior Nebraska
last week where they had good hotel,
with matches in the office. what do
you want it for?" asked the landlord
when said I wanted match. I said
1 had just chopped some wood and I
wanted to start fire in my room if he
would let me have q match that he
was not using. Then he took key
out of his pocket, blew grain of wheat
out of it, and, looking at me with a
keen, searching glance, opened a
drawer in his desk, and got me blue.
headed match.
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Chicago Inter Ocean. When ruined honso
IS dug into, all the skeletons Of its occn.
pants are found in what might be termed
he combined kitchen and dining room-for
Nese two rooms were in one-and alvars
near Fireplace. The pastures of these
skeletons are as various as it is possible for
the human body to assume. They are found
kneeling. stretched out. sometimes with
their locked hands over their heads. on
their sides. and again with their children i'm
their arms. no two being alike. at least in
the same house. or series Of houses where
they were united into apueblo. Now. in the
whole study OF sepulture it has been uni
7ersally found. even among the lowest
savages, as well as the most civil
lied. whatever form of burial they
adopt. no matter what may be
the absurdity Of 1t from our point of view,
tn at it is always uniform in the main points,
allowing, OF course, some slight deviations
Tor caste or rank. The positions of these
skeletons in their own houses controvert
this theory. and have let some to believe
that they were destroyed there by great
earthquake or other violent action OF nature.
The evening meal is the only one when they
are all gathered together at about the same
hour. The earthquake must have been q
terrible one and have shaken down the big
buildings on the occupants before they
could have escaped.
Near Barranca visited set of ruins. and
what found was about the following: The
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scribed in the Bible. Ihey wanted &c
inaug1rate somewhere a church which
should be self-supporting, and encour
age the social instinct TO remarhabie
degree. Their chief ambition was 10
organize a paying church, wherein the
elders would not have to rely upon
donations, and wherein also the Old
Testament idea of home might be car,
ried out. So they hitched up their
cattle and steered their caravan toward
the West, over sage and salaratus,
across unbridged rivers and through
mountain defiles, which became still
more SO as the troupe approached
them.
Discovering the Great Salt Lake
Basin, they returned across the baking
powder desert, and the 23d of Deem
Der, at Council Bluffs, issued their
epistle, recounting the disagreeable
repulsion from Nauvoo, the fortunate
discovery of the Valley of the Jordan
and the Great Salt Lake, and recon-
mending reorganization of the church
by selecting President, Vice Presi-
dent, Umpire and Corresponding Sec
rotary. Mr.. Brigham Young, rising
young administered man who COM
bined the philanthropical instincts of
jay Gould with the keen social in
stincts of an English duke, was chosen
President
The gang then went into winter
quarters on the banks of the soiled
Missouri
The winter quarters were situated
upon tee lands belonging to the Oma-
ha Indians, who felt sorry for the Nor
mons. Some of the holes in the ground,
where the saints lived, are still visible,
although they were dug forty-three
years ago.
In the early history of Omaha the
first successful club organized for
mutual benefit was called the Claim
Club. The object of this club was,
according to its preamble, to better
protect those who had good and prior
claims to lots and lands.
The Claim Club met upon call of the
Pre- sident, and was addressed at times
by men who were selected by the club
as thoroughly worthy. These after
dinner orators stood on barrel while
addressing the club, and at the close
of the speech the barrel was generally
kicked out from under them, leaving
them supporting their weight entirely
by means of the neck. But all lawless
acts of claim clubs were afterward at
tributed to special clubs, who ran an
impromptu business, something as the
White Caps do now, when they want to
whip a woman, and are afraid to do SO
single-handed.
The ArroW was the first Omaha
newspaper. It started out July %,
1854. It was devoted to the arts, sci
ences, letters, climate, resources, agri-
culture, mean temperature, and poll
tics. Mr.. j. E. johnson was the
business manager, and had four wives
besides. It is needless to say that he
was q man of great ability. All day
he would manage the paper, and then,
weary and exhausted, take up the task
of successfully managing his four
souls idols. He also practiced law.
Incidentally he ran blacksmith shop
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shoulder down the ftost and aeross e.
bottom Of tAe panels, which we're lined
with fawn-colorsd fAills. The vest vas
Of the sill. plated, with wide belt Of
folds Of the same. The plain coat-slsevee
we're finished with cuiEs Of the appliqus.
The price OF this dress vas $40, and Il
could hardly 30 made Tor that by any COM
petent dress-maker.
The dresses for woods and mountains
are flannel, as heretofore, short skirts,
blouses made with the sailor collar, and
wide belts Of leather. In the East, for .
good many seasons, trousers reaching to
the knee have been worn with these
dresses, thus doing away with underskirts.
But 1t Is an innovation which, for some
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Shameless Exhibition.

Great journalist Gin dime museum)
What is that man remarkable for !?
Manageable is the editor who never
claimed that the circulation of his
paper was constantly increasing.
Great Journalist-Poor fellow! Il
would be mercy to confine him in an
asylum at once, instead of standing
him up there to be stared at.-Ne,0
York Weekly.
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Tangled Up.

DO You like America, Pat?"
Il do, although the first bit of meat
l ase since I arrived was q roasted pc.
tato."
~Indeedi"
Yes, and that was boiled yester-
day."
That don't sound right"
You don't believe me? I've got it in
my pocket now."-Chicago LEDGER.
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\ the spring Of 1877
President Brigham
Young started from
Omaha by bull team
for Utah, writes Bill
Nye, in the ST. Louis
Dispatch. He
had 143 picked men
of manageable age
and great versatility,
also eight of the
twelve apostl e s.
These apostles were
plain men with thick
set whiskers and a
great yearning to re-
semble some of the
tough element de-
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HE minds Of most
just now
|are fixed upon the
summer outfit to
be worn during the
impending vaca-
ton at the mount
aims, the sea-shore
or in camping out.
Thos Q who 60
abroad have learn
ed the wisdom Of
taking as little
luggage IS posi-
BILE, thus avoiding
the endless worry
of looking after
trunks in countries
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skirt, with band of fawn-colored appl-
que four inches above the hem. and plain
Basque with applique cuffs and vest.
One that would especially commend
itse8 to brunette, but which NO blonde
shdUld undertake to wear, Was Of fne
fsvn-colored broadcloth, with . plain,
box-plaited skirt. The overdress WAS .
panel Directoire coat, with wide band Of
lark brown applique. sxtanding from the
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IN NORTHERN MEXICO
sCHWATKA'S JOURNEY IN THE ra-
OF THE AZTECS.

H.ny Curious Ruins Discoversd-C,a.
and Anticipated Methods OF Mininx-Fo,.
tunes Lying Dormant, Awaiting the A.
vent Of AnglO-SaxOn Blood, Muscl. a..
MachinarY.
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NE OF the interest,"
Ing peculiarities of
the numerous ruins
In Northwestern
Cnihuahua. that
indicates a once
tense population
living of the soil.
is in the way that
most OF them seem
ed to have met their
fate. writes Lieut..
SchWatEA in IT,
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A NAN never thinks of the good
things he might say until the opportun.
ing for saying theh4 is gone
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NYE'S MORMON HISTORY.
RISE AID FALL OF THE EMPIRE BY
THE GREAT SALT LAKE.

Vigorous Description OF tho Humble Be-
giItlings of MOrmondOm and the Obstacles
That Were Overcome by the Saints
Some Omaha History.
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Why wouldn't ''electrothud" do for
the word to express execution by cleo
triclty? A thud with lightning in it
would be an improvement on the old
kind.
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In the way of epigrammatic couplets
the following is unquestionably highly
pathetic:
Du0todl
And can't ct tEastsdl
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JULES SIMEON, an American negro.
Is one OF Boulanger's closest adherents
and acts q his valet.
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thick WOODEN cord Of dark blue, termln-
ating in wooden pompons.
Briar stitching is much used on chill
dren's dresses, finishing collars, cuffs and
v0kaa