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troops Then IL strong men took it on their
shoulders, ostensibly to carry it over the hills
to the new church, out it soon found its way to
the Conservative camp, and shortly after, at
the battle of Garapata, it did terrible exc
cution against the very men through whose
carelessness it had been allowed to pass.
A HISTORIC CONVENT.
A little way from the barracks is one of
the most interesting structures in Bogota-
tie old convent OF San Diego, which is now
used as hospital for the poor. This ancient
pile was the headquarters of the army which
defended the Colomb bian capital in the war
of 1860. 1t was finally captured by General
Mosauera; but being considered the KEY to
the position, was seized only after great
slaughter.
In the convent garden there is an old
stone crucifx which-so says tradition
was used by the cruel Spanish conquerors as
a whipping post for the subjugated Indians.
For any fault, real or imaginary. the victim
was compelled to kneel at the loot of the
cross and to put his arms around it, when
his hands were securely tied on the other
side. Lashes were then administered on his
bare back; and in the intervals of the pun
ishment, when his tormenters stopped to
rest, he was compelled to repeat the creed
and a number of prayers, after which the
whipping was recommended.
A Protestant school now occupies part of
the huge convent; and what was once its
garden-a space $50 yards squares used
for a market place. FANNIE B. WARD.
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Rheumatism In Nebraska.

Ny wife was so badly afflicted with rheu-
matism as to be unable to move in bed with
out assistance. Our druggist, Mr.. Lad
damus. recommended ChamberIain's Pain
Balm, which greatly relieved her. We
have used six bottles at various times, and
would not be without it at hand. Jas. Cole
man, Lowell, Neb.
$50 cent bottles for sale by John c.
Smith, cor. Penn ave. and Main ST.; E.
G. Stucky, Seventeenth and Twenty
fourth sts., Penn ave., and cor. Wylie ave.
and Fulton ST.; Markell Bros, cor. Penn
and Frankstown aves.; Theo. E. Ihrig. 36l0
Fifth ave-; Carl Hartwig, 4016 Butler St. !;
Jas. L. Mcconnell & Co., ass Fifth ave.,
Pittsburg, and il Allegheny by E. E. Heck,
70 and 1874 Federal ST.; Thos. R. Morris,
cor. Hanover and Preble aves.; F. II. Egg
gers, 172 Ohio ST., and f. 81. Eggers & Son,
199 Ohio St., and II Smithteld ST. wThsu
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turbed. He TOOK cold very easily and often
felt pain in his lungs. In fact he continually
grew worse until his lungs became very weak.
1t was while in this condition that he began
treatment with the catarrh specialists at 323
Penn avenue of the result he says: This is to
certify that have been cured of the above con-
ditions. "E. G. SHADE"
Hundreds of similar cases have been
cured within the past year by the ply
sicians of the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute.
Many testimonials have been published in the
papers and hundreds OF others are on file at their
office, and which, with the crowds of people
who daily assemble at the parlors OF this medi-
cal institution, is the best evidence OF success.
Remember these physicians have but one Of
nee in this city and which is permanently
located at 1923 Penn avenue.
Consultation free to all. Patients treated sue
cessfully at home by correspondence. Re-
member the name and place-The Catarrh and
Dyspepsia Institute. 1913 Penn avenue, Pitts
burg. Send two 2cent stamps for question
blank. Office hours, 10 A. NJ to r. NJ, and to
8P.L Sundays. Ia to4P.M. mh7-KwYsu
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was troubled with q
mattery secretion
dropping from his
head into his throat.
and his throat was
o ( t IN dry and
parched. He had
much nasal d i s.
charge, and was ter
ribly annoyed with
sneezing. He had
dizziness and often
felt sick at his stom-
ach. He had a tired
feeling. and as his
liver became torpid
he had a very sallow
complexion. II is
sleep was much dis
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09
From the Everglades of Florida

To the forests of Maine, malaria stalks on the
mists that rise from morass, bottom land and
fen. Hostetters Stomach Bitters renders the
aerial poison innocuous. and uproots it from
the system. 1t rectifes the liver, whose dis
order is an invita- tion to the disease, strength
ems the nerves. and fortihes the system gen.
orally. 1t remedies, also rheumatism, bilious
ness, kidney complaints and dyspepsia.
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For finely cut, neat-htting suit leave
your order with Walter Anderson, 700
Smithfeld street, whose stock of English
suitings and Scotch tweeds is the finest in
the market; imported exclusively for his
trade Su
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THE CARS 11BERAL-M1spEpNEss

This was the mercy OF Alexander Ill,
the personal friend of Colonel de Arnaund,
of Washington, who claims that the Russian
Gar is liberal-minded.
How can 1 relate with the pen nv feelings
on again seeing my dear parents whom mad
last seen in comfort and happiness, their
hair turned white and all their children
banished or dead. One of my brothers es-
capped to France in 1872 and died in 1885,
without a mothers kiss or a fathers bless
ing. Another brother is banished to Siberia
for 20 years. was sent to my home the
same week after 18 months Imprisonment
and cruelty, only because they thought I
belonged to a Nihilist society. When I
reached home 1 was taken eight or nine
times daily, before the police, until having
accumulated money enough for the necessary
bribes, at last, for large sum, 1 finally
bribed them and made my way to Siberia to
try to help my brother 1 found it impos-
sible to aid him to escape, but having eluded
police surveillance in my escape to Siberia,
/ was in no mood to return to it in Russia;
SO l made my way, under an assumed name
and in disguise, through China, thence to
San Francisco. And at last ! reached the
great metropolis of America, New York
1 bear on my body to-day the marks of
imperial cruelty, inflicted for no crime save
that loved nv liberty too we'll to deny my
birthright; and if to-day am alive and
free, it is only because 1 have reached the
land where tyranny is unknown.
L. LoRIs, B. G. P.
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REAL INDIA SILKs-In this department
will be found the choicest assortment of this
desirable fabrics shown. Designs exclusive,
qualities superb, colorings exquisite.
TTSSu HUGUS & HACKE
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patio, around which the house is built and
with which all its apartments directly COM
municate. The court has its fountains,
shrubs, flowers bird-cages and hammocks.
The family life practically goes on.out of
| doors, but in strictest privacy so tar as the
outer world Of the street is concerned, be-
| cause of the high, window-less walls.
The city is constructed alter no regular
plan, but struggles down gently sloping
hillside, with three considerable streams
running through it. Its streets are named
after the saints, famous public men, or the
dates of decisive battles-such. for example
as the Gale de San Juan Bautista est.
John streeD, Bolivar street, Fifth of May
street. etc. A distinctive feature of Bogota
Is its eucalyptus trees, of the globulus
variety, which. interspersed with a few
sickly willows, shade every avenue. Less
than a quarter OF century ago the first
eucalyptus was introduced here, and now
there are thousands of those scraggy,
melancholy-looking trees.
ALL CARRIED UP THE MOUNTAINS.
There are telegraphs and telephones,
electric lights, street cars and newspapers
away up here; and vet every bit of freight
has to be laboriously lugged over the Sier-
ras on the backs of men or mules, as de-
scribed in previous letter. On this point
let US again quote Mr.. Scruggs. He SAYS,
"None OF the commodious coaches and ON
nibuses and not one of these agricultural
implements were manufactured here nor
elsewhere in Colombia. They have all
been imported from the United States and
England-broughr to Honda bv tine river
steamers, then repacked into small sections
and carried, piece by piece, over the moun.
tains. One peon will carry a wheel,
another an axle, third a coupling
pole or single-tree, while the screws
and bolts, packed in small boxes,
are toted by the cargo mules. The upper
body of the vehicle is likewise taken to
pieces and packed in sections. One man
will sometimes be month in carrying a
wagon wheel from Honda to Bogota, his
method being to tug 1t from 80 to 100 PAGES
making two miles day. When all the dis
membered vehicle finally reaches its desti-
nation the pieces are collected and put to-
gether by some smithy, who may have
learned his art from an American or English
mechanic. One scarcely knows which ought
to be the greatest marvel, the failure to
manufacture all these things in a country
where wood and iron and coal are so abund-
ant or the obstacles that are overcome in
their successful Transportation from foreign
countries"
Notwithstanding the enormous cost of
constructing street car lines in this isolated
place rail being the load of half
dozen men during several days of difficult
mountain climbing-they have proved
very profitable investment to the company
of New York capitalists who own them.
There are few carriages in Bogota, not only
because the stony streets would soon wreck
the strongest vehicle, but on account of the
great expense of bringing them here.
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LADIES SHOULDER CAPEs-New styles
for spring, plain and trimmed, in both light
and dark colors, just opened.
TTSsu HUGUs & HACKE.
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thelr sacred city, calleO Do
cat-a; and the present capital, which occu-
pies nearly the same site, evidently took its
name from the older one, though the cor
rupted modern word has quite a different
sound, the accent being given on the final
syllable.
IT WAS A CURIOUS RACE.
They were a curious race, those long-dead
Chibchas, given to agriculture and the
peaceful arts and with a form of govern
ment essentially patriarchal. Their most
ancient imperial capital, the residence of
the Emperor, was not Bocata, where the
temples stood and the priests dwelt, but
Manguita on the opposite side of the plain,
near the present village of Fauna. Their
faith seems to have been a strange mixture
of ancient Buddhism, modern theosophya and
Bible Christianity, but included no SAN
culinary sacrifices like those that marked the
rituals of many of the neighboring tribes Of
Central and South America.
In Bohica, their elysium Supposed to be
literally located on this high plateau), they
had divine Mediata, or deity of mercy,
corresponding somewhat to Christ, the Naza-
rene. Like all other races, they, too, had a
tradition of the food, and character closely
resembling the Hebrew Noah, the Greek
Ducalaine and the Mexican Cojcoj: and to
complete the scheme OF salvation, they be-
lieved also in spirit of evil, akin to the
scriptural Satan, who was forever striving
to get the better of the higher powers, with
more or less success. Their god of science,
as typifed bv earthen images, was almost
identical with the Buddhist god of wisdom,
represented in the idols that are to-day
found in many Chinese temples; while their
Chibchacum was facsimile of the Budd-
hist god of agriculture.
The most splendid temple of old Boca:a,
consecrated to the god of agriculture, stood
near the site of the present grand cathedral
in the center of the modern capital. Thither,
twice every year, went the Emperor, his
chief cacques and all the royal retinue, to
offer oblatIons to the deity who was believed
unlike the "moon feasts" that are vet cele.
brated in many of the interior districts of
China.
THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE.
The present inhabitants OF the Bogota
plain seem a totally different people from
any we have previously met in Colombia;
possessing deal more energy and disposi-
tion to keep up within hailing distance of
the times. Here agriculture and the useful
arts are at least a century ahead of their
practice in the torrid valleys and along the
burning coast. The wooden shovel and
clumsy forked stick have given place to the
iron spade and patent plow; and the quintas
Garms) inclosed within substantial walls of
stone or adobe, have spacious houses that
wear an air of palatial elegance compared
with the mud and bamboo huts along the
great rivers. While the --latest race might
work to some advantage SO near the stars as
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HIGHEST prices paid for ladies' or gents
cast-off clothing at De Hams Big 6, Wylie
ave. Call or send by mail. wsu
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NDENCE OF THE DIsPATcH.l
IoTA DE SANTA FE., !
February 8.
OLOMBIA'S capital, yclept
the city ''of Holy Faith"
occupies a detached plateau
ofthe Andes, $3.50 feet above
the level of the sea. Away
up here, half a mile higher
than the very top of Mount
Washington, one can almost
imagine ones self in the
North Temperate zone, 80
thin, pure and cool is the at
mosphere. Though only a
few degrees from the equator,
the temperature averages so
Fahr. and most OF the north
ern products are found,
fiourishing amid a surprising
profusion of tropical fruits
and fl overs.
This mountain valley is
doubly interesting as having
been the traditional heaven
I of the Chibchas, the ancient
people who inhabited this
region in the morning twi-
light of history. Queseda
tells us that at the time of
the conquest Gin 1880 they
numbered about three-quar-
tiers of a million. Here stood
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A Good Watch for 81,

At Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth ave. Established
1858. wFsu
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r. P. Wallace &Co.
III WOOD STREET
AND
1O2 and 1O4 THIRD AVE,
fel6wFsu
More Substantial Evidence.

Mr.. E. G. Shade well-known young man
who lives at No. so Gregory street, Southside,
has been ~rcat sufferer from catarrh. He
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CASH OR CREDIT.

B-A full line Of BABY CARRIAGES inspection
We also agents for the Great Davis
all machines light running durable machine In
the market
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THE CITY OF BOGOTA.
One of the Most Interesting Spots in
Both the Americas.
RELIGION OF THE OLD CHIBCH AS.
Machinery of Every Kind Carried Piece.
meal Over the Mountains.
SOME NOVEL STREET CAB SYSTEMS

CORRESPONDENTS OF THE DIsPATcH.l
BoGoTA DE SANTA FE.,
HnT nnrDT. Eabruorv q
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PERTINENT LINES
M ANY READERS.
THE FOLLOWING EXPLAINS ITSELF:

THE FOLLOWING EXPLAINS ITSELF:
GRAND
,,.a..a MARCH 4,
PITTSBURG,
compelled dispose CASH to
ind solid
antique which handled
the dollar Telegraph
SHAWNEE FURNITURE
OUR ANSWER BY TELEGRAM
PITTSBURG, PA, March 4, 1890
SHAWNEE FURNITURE COMPANY,
RAPIDS
in good condition formerly shipped
Of each number. &
In answer to the above, we received the follow
ing letter:
HOPPER & CO., ~
PITTSBURG, PA:
4th inst accepted accept our
thanks first
carloads conveniently
Hope able
Very thankfully yours,
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OFF TO ODESSA.

Making for the woods. we struggled to
the first little town and there hired 'kibit-
ka" and went straight TO Odessa, as tine
place of all others where we were the least
likely to be looked for. My poor companion
had but S37, an amount barely enough to
passports had been provided for us, 1 was
obliged to await in Odessa till remittances
arrived from some friends. In Russia there
is sort of free masonry among the students,
SO l was at once welcomed among the
friends Of my friend, and of course immedi-
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tHeIl sdcIeu CItY, CtIIIeu DO-
cat-a; and the present capital, which occu-
pies nearly the same site, evidently took its
name from the older one, though the cor
rupted modern word has quite different
sound, the accent being given on the final
syllable.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-07-02

On the next day but one, in fact, the
family drove into town, in their ram
shackle conveyance, with two mozos, or
Outriders, both as servants and guards,
behind them. 1t was ramshackle not for
want of better, since they had the most
modish of everything in their stables at
Mexico, but on account Of the condition
of the roads and because most of the
travelling of the country was done on
horseback.
The del Prados sat in it beaming with
an air of benevolent contentment. There
were various commissions to be accom-
plished. The market arcades, gay as
scene at the opera, the bizarre figures,
the great ruddy water jars, drew forth
the admiration of Amy. For her the
most ordinary details of common life
were full of interest-the theatre, the
hotel, the municipal building, a few sol
diers practicing on their bugles before
it, and particularly some prisoners work
ing on the pavements, under guard who
frightened her.
The Madre mOther) as they called
the Sonora del PradO-often varying it
with the affectionate dilninutives of Ma
drecita and Manacita- assisted by her
daughter, explained everything. She
was an old lady, with bright eyes, a
large mouth, iron gray hair, and, at
first glance, rather stern look on her
dark face: but this was misleading, for
there was really no unpleasant sternness
about her. She was of more conserva-
tive cast than the general, coming from
one of the old, aristOcratic ''MochO"
families, and having her sympathies still
strongly bound up with them, while hcI
husband-though he too, to be sure, was
Of just as ancient ineage-was an en-
ightened member of the party of prog
ress and liberal ideas. Such intermar
riages are not infrequent in the country,
and, needless to say, the feminine con-
servatism has to give way, though max
ing itself much felt under the surface.
They stopped at the drug store, with
its colored bottles, the grocer's, with his
long rows Of white tapers suspended be-
fore his door, and then turned down a
side street to find little shop where
dried rose leaves and all kinds of dried
herbs, medicinal and culinary, were ex-
posed for sale. Just coming out of this
shop as they reached it were two women
in garb resembling that of nuns and
yet retaining about it something secular.
One Of them had a perfectly charming
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-07-02

his repast, followed in more leisurely
way. By that time a little crowd had
gathered round. Gen. del Prado was
passing again, and Antonio Gassol ran
into the street, challenged the attention
of the carriage, and brought it to his
door almost by main force.
"Will you do me the great favor, my
general" he cried, ''to give us your hon
ored opinion on this point? Some of the
boys object to my new sign. There it is
up there, and neat bit Of work, too, if ]
dare say so myself"
$50 it is neat" said the general, with
sort of fatherly interest in the fortunes
of his late servant that was pleasant to
observe.
''There, you see, boys! l couldn't
what was right and fair all round, but
you can understand that for yourselves. {"
'What is the question at issue, friend
Antonio? we shall never get on at this
rate"
''Some of them objected that La Alma
de Mexico was too old, and that many
fondas have that name already"
$50 they have" spoke up voice from
the crowd in disguised way; "thereare
more than million Alma de Mexicos in
the country now"
"Ah! that is you, Perfecto Ponce; you
are there, are you? You were the prin-
cipal one. What do you think he want
ed? Why, that should take a tradition
of the district he and l come from, and
Gale the place The Famous Yellow
Snake He argues that this would be
something especially appropriate, as be-
longing to our own part of the country.
| say it would bring bring us bad
luck
"There was little fonda of that name
up there at Huetongo that did very well,
and you know it. Many's the drink of
pulque we've had there together. Be-
sides if there's any evil influence af1oat
you want to conciliate it, don't youi
Politeness is not thrown away. | sup
pose, even on bad traditions"
II don't see where the novelty comes
in, then; and in d city something more
civilized is needed. But one of you
chooses one thing, and another another;
even if 1 agreed with you, the rest would
still have their own IDEAS"
"Iprefer Ell Demonio,' or lei Delirio,'"
spoke up a new voice. Il have known
those titles to succeed finely. They have
bold sound and give place an air OF
excitement like"
s'There, you see
But at this moment the Jefe Politico,
an officer somewhat corresponding to our
mayor, but with a wider jurisdiction,
came up. He was pompous, self suffi-
Gent, stupid person, and the subject of
controversy had to be restated for his
ears. He had in truth, an interest of
his own in the Bella Union opposite and
looked with no favor whatever upon the
new enterprise. Nevertheless. feeling
the eyes of his fellow citizens upon him,
he assumed a weighty, judicial air, as if
considering case of important bear
ings.
1.-The point is right here. Here is the
issue" he began, placing forefnger in
in the palm of his hand. II can tell you
absolutely everything in these matters.
For instance, names were invented in
early times-names come down to us
from historic ages.
If the point were in the palm of his fat
hand, it stayed there: for he made little
further progress with his argument.
The crowd began to murmur with i'm
patience.
Il had many other Names" said Gas