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and found that things were sold in piles
and not by measures. So many little pota-
toes made up pile, and was asked two
cents for four potatoes each of which was as
big as buckeye. A pile of four eggs costs
here three cents, and little pile of toma-
toes and peppers were among the things
sold.
Peppers both green and red were sold
everywhere, and saw that some of the
bigger market men had great bins of them.
They form part Of every Mexican dish and
are eaten In great quantities. The average
Mexican, however eats very little in COM
parison with US. His market bills are not
half2s heavy as those of his American
brother, and a sewing basket would contain
the daily supply for a large family. The
cheapest thing sold seems to be fruit, which
grows In the shape of oranges, bananas and
lemons very abundantIy about here, and I
got splendid oranges for cent apiece.
The Popular Mexican Beverage.
About this market the Mexican peddlers
had collected themselves by the dozens.
Here was woman with two great Jars of
what looked like very thin buttermilk be-
fore her. She was selling it in glasses
which held from half pint to pint to the
passersby at l and 2 cents glass. 1 asked
what 1t was and told it was pulque, the
Mexican beer, which comes from a species
of cactus, and is drunk by the barrel
every day throughout Mexico. AT the cor
ner beside her before a stand which looked
like bookcase, stood a shoe peddler His
stock was made up of sharp-toed CATERS,
and, by actual count, he had only 20 pairs
TO sell
A little further on yellow-faced woman
in her bare feet sat with ten pairs of baby
shoes beside her. This made up her whole
establishment, and around the corner I
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and very loyal to the Viceroy, whom, in-
deed, he held in his secret thoughts as fit to
be King of New Spain, without the leave Of
the sleepy monarch of the Eseurial But
this was hardly plot; it was only possi-
bility, for which his love for the great Vice.
roy prompted him to make ready if an op-
portun1ty presented itself
The Secretary went on board Govern
ment vessel at Acapulco, and the captain,
who was under his orders, took him to the
Revillagigedos. The beauty and safety of the
southeast harbor first attracted his atten-
tiop. Next, inaugurating a thorough ex-
ploration of the group, he discovered in
the lava series of caves or assures, de-
seending almost to the sea level, but so sit
uated that the openings could easily be con
cealed. The Secretary determined to use
them as storehouses of treasure, whose
secret he would reveal to the Vieeroy in
time of need.
Nor was this problem one that was diff
cult in the last decade of last century, if the
country was Mexico, and the Viceroy was a
man of such vast plans and such absolute
confidence in his Secretary. 1t was possible
to gather up millions of dollars from the sea
and the land, without being called to ac-
count for it until the time came for the rev.
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peddlers here carry the water about on their
backs in immense jars of red pottery abou
four feet long and foot in diameter, and
they tilt these over when they want to serve
q customer. In Zacatecas saw soldiers
guarding the only working fountain of the
city, and allowing only so many men and
women to dip up water out of 1t at time,
and back OF these under the blaze of the hot
sun other men and women squatted, with
gourds and crooks or oil cans, waiting their
turn. The water from the fountain was
scooped up by these people as fast as it
flowed out OF the half dozen mouths of the
fountain, and men and women bent them
selves double in reaching over and catching
the drops in their gourds as it came, or in
scooping it up from the edge of the fountain.
OF to the Hot Springs.
Aguas Calientes means shot water" and
the hot springs here are among the finest in
the world. There are number of them, and
the people come here by the thousands to
bathe in their health-giving waters There
is a big bathhouse kept up, was told, by
the town which has excellent bathing ar
rangements, and in which there is vat of
hot water about so feet square that is used
as swimming bath. This is near the
depot on the edge of the town, but I pre-
ferred to go to the old baths at the springs
about mile out in the country.
The road to these baths is one of the finest
in Mexico, and the sights along it you will
see nowhere else in the world. Picture to
yourselfa long avenue of great cypress trees
which almost meet far above your head and
shut out the glare of the Mexican sun and
the silver of the clear sky. Let these trees
be very near together, and let them 60 on
and on until they seem to almost come to-
gether in the distance. Along the sides Of
the road let there be the greenest Of grass
and on the right of you as you walk toward
the bath place a stream of steel blue water
from which the stream rises as it flows on
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New York or Ohio, and a western city Of
10000 could show many finer. The coun-
tiers here ran across the W hole front Of the
store, and only the biggest of them had show
windows.
The drygoods stores contained chiefly
French goods, and the merchants were in
most cases French or German, though ]
found some of them Mexicans. 1 stopped
in front of hat store which had most
gorgeous display in its windows and priced
some sombreroes. They ranged from 81
up to SIS apiece, and I am told that
some of these Mexican dudes wear hats that
cost more than 500. Some of the hats were
trimmed with gold and silver cord, and
looked at $50 one which
Weighed About Ten Pounds,
and which measured Is inches from one side
of the brim to the other. 1t had q crown a
foot high, and there was cord of gold rope
as big around as my wrist about it. Many of
the hats had gold and silver letters upon
them, and see many worn which have the
monograms of their owners cut out of silver
and sewed on to the sides. They are of
many colors-a delicate cream, drab and a
black being very common, and they are
beautifully made and are said to be Just tbe
thing for this hot sun and high winds
The same firm sold ladies' hats. Most of
these came from Paris. They were very
high priced and not at all pretty.
Near by I stopped at Mexican clothing
store and looked at some Mexican panta-
looms. here again found that the dude of
our sister Republic has to pay for his style.
Many of the pantaloons were made of buck
skin, and the incest pairs which were lined
with solid silver buttons down the sidea
cost as high as $50 and S75, and coats are
likewise high. 1t is not hard for Mexican
country gentleman to spend from $500 to
S4Oo on his clothes, and when you take into
consideration that he has to sport a saddle,
ter, you see that if one of these big farmers
has crowd of grown-up boys, his clothing
bills amount to something
The Dress of the Poor.
This, however, is the case of only the
rich. The poor here are SO poor that they
don't know how poor they are, and their
these cast-off buckskin pantaloons will last
a long time, and the ordinary cotton suits
worn by the poor, though high considering
their character, cost but little. A blanket
costs from 81 or 50 up, and the leather
sandals which are worn almost universally
by the Indiana are nothing more than two
pieces of sole leather as big as your hand
tied to the top and bottom of the feet with
leather strings. These cost 20 cents apiece
and last long time.
The dress of the poorer women Is even
cheaper than that of the men, and Mexico's
nine millions of peasants will have to make
more money and have greater needs before
the land can become great consumer of the
goods of any nation. Their houses are
novels of mud, and their diet is simpler
than their clothes, consisting of little more
than corn cakes and red peppers. The only
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ELECTRIC STREET CAR SHOCKS.
One Must Touch the Rails and Overhead
Wires at the Same Time.

One Must Touch the Rails and Overhead
Wires at the Same Time.
When electric cars first came out many
people could not understand why they were
not shocked when standing on a track Just
after car had passed. JohA A. Wise on
this point says: 'This suggests the question
of why is it that swallows and little birds light
on the overhead wire, and are unconscious
of the presence OF the electric current rush
ing through their very claws? The answer
to both questions is the same: The man and
the bird are on but one side of the circuit;
the current does not flow through them. One
may swing by his hands upon the overhead
wire unframed, as he may stand with both
feet on the track; but if he were tall enough
to reach, from the'point where his feet rest
on the earth, to the wire above, and seize
it with his hands, instantly he would be-
come the connecting link between the two
legs of the circuit and the current will flow
through him or, as it is called, short cir
cuff through him, shocking him or killing
him according to its strength"
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called q summer re-
sort, in the usual
sense Of the term,
nor was the journey
which I propose to
describe undertaken
for pleasure, al
though it was pleas
ant enough for me.
I travelled in my
heavy m o u n t a in
wagon and on the
back of a little In
dian p ony 2,0o
miles in a single
season. There is an
czl oLory,1
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A COUNTY FULL OF OLD FOLKS,
Every Person in a Hundred Near Saratoga
is an 0ctogenarian.

New York Tribune.l
Out of population of 81, 151 In Saratoga
County there are almost 800 who are so
years old and upward, which includes a
goodly number of nenogenarians besides a
few eentenarians. This remarkable longev-
ity is mainly due to the healthfulness of the
Adirondack climate, which at all times of
the year is both invigorating and exhila-
rating.
Had the compilation embraced people be-
tween 20 and so years of age the list would
have been trebled, for many of the most ac-
tive people in Saratoga County are passed
the allotted three score years and ten. The
beneficial effects of the climate are materi-
ally assisted by the. curative powers of
the many mineral springs found there.
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AM at Aguas Calien-
tes, the famous Hot
Springs of Mexico,
1t is altogether differ
ent from an American
} health or summer re-
sort, and it might be
bodily transplanted
to the soil of Western
India and not seem
out of place. I am
sitting in my long,
high = ceilinged room
in { b e Hotel de |
Plaza. 1t is like all
the rest of the rooms
of the hotel, on the
ground floor, and I
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Summer Complaint.

Hot weather is coming, and the expert
ence of Rev. John Hertzler, of Bethel,
est. 1t is as follows: Last fall 1 was taken
with kind of summer complaint accom-
panied by wonderful -diarrhoea. Soon
after my wife's sister, who lives with us, was
taken in the same way. We used almost
everything without benefit. Then said
let US try Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, which we did, and that
cured US right away. think much of it as
1t did for me what it was recommended to.
WSu
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BENEATH THE TEPEE.
Elaine Goodale Describes a Long Trip!
Among the Redmen.
ROUGHING IT ON THE PRAIRIES.
She Heard the First Mutterings Of the
Recent Indian War.
GOOD POINTS OF THE sQUAW MEN

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPAroH.l
PINE RIDGE INDIAN AGENCY, June II.
The Sioux Reservation can hardly be
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Scenes at the Bathing Spot.

IUur Ieet utep. Here you nave the back-
ground of the picture.
Scenes at the Bathing Spot
Now for the stream itself. This stream
is the waste of the hot springs 1t is also
the bathing place and the washing place of
the common people, of the Aztecs of Aguas
Calientes. They are here by the hundreds
men and women, girls and boys, lovers
and sweethearts-all bathing together in
the warm, refreshing and health-giving
waters. Many of them have washed their
clothes while in the water and these they
have spread out on the green banks to dry.
Under these great trees as far as your eye
can see there are white waists, red skirts
and the other bright bits of color made by
many colored serapes and the gay rebosas
which lie on the green banks while their
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A PRIMITIVE TELEPHONE.
The DualIas Have a Code of Signals That
Serves Well

New York Morning Journal
The drums of the Duallas are made by
cutting narrow groove in the side of q
block of hard redwood, and scooping out
through it the whole inside. The'arum is
beaten on the side instead of the ends, and
the four notes thus obtained have been
worked into complete code of signals, aud
ible two miles of, so that native trader
can telephone instructions to his agents be-
yond the hills or across the river.
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A STEAMING STREAM
Ripping Through a Trough.
of Snow-White Stone
in Fields of Green
UNDER GRACEFUL CYPRESS
Leads to One Of the Popular Bathing
Resorts of Old Mexico.
PRICES THAT RULEATTHE STORES,
SOmbrerOs That Cost $50 and Buckskin
Pants That COmeat $75.
AGLTNIPSE OF THE MARKETS AND FARMS
UNDER GRACEFUL CYPRESS
PRICES THAT RULEATTHE STORES.
SOmbreros That Cost $50 and Buckskin
Pants That Comeat SIS.
AGLnIPSE OF THE MARKETS AND FARMS
TcoRREspoNpENcE OF THE prspArcz,

AGUAs CALIENTEs, June 9.
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Odds and Ends or sports.

subscribcr-Pat Killeu heat bob Ferguson in their
battle for the champonship Of the Northwest ana Kill
len died u few days nfterthe night.
Kreis. The Harlem %Goaee cooisr vii! Sngars in six
round contest before long. There Will probably be
OF OF money bet on this event.
YousGsrowS, Dec. 2a--short,y after midnight Samuel
Miller the professional bridge jumper OF Pittsburgh.
jumped from tho sprung Common bridge into the rivera
and after swimming 3oo yards Miller reached the
shore.
Troy Dec, 2o.-George Dixon. the featherweight
week Will come here By reason Of nis hight with Cal
Mccarthy here last March AN Indictment was found
against them. The bench warrant was Issued THIS
afternoon.
The Harlem A. G. of I4a West 1a5th street che old
Crib Club will have stag tomorrow pight and SEQ
cepton Committee. has prepared u pv 1sramne OF
music recitations &c which he says - sure to give
tho members plenty or fun Mazzeth win furnish tho
supper.
Walter Campbell. tho Philadelphia light weight. who
beat Nike Gushing in fourround go on Monday night
Thsrs u onsnpon I'M IN his family and Water says he
Il go,Gg to take no chances. joe Early and Tom Cal
aghnn who sec ended cushing against agree
let four round exhibtions especially when he Is 50
fat and steainng" AS ho was ON Monday
IA? prize nsh, Ss
sorse sIsnF Of and lame; Quinn ., KING
Rad Strong a. good as w6ipped IN the rst round Not
content with this advantage, he folled Strong several
hs sht af ana tho aetelss ay asodsa
draw,
The Philadelphia Amateur Swimming Club will give
jan a.. All A. a; u men are invited 10 compete for
gold medals, which said 70 be very aand.ons The
and the wrestling ii6 i85 and i6s Entries close with
W. schl!chier IN South seventh At -eet Philadelphia
sn ssa I 70 S.ssss sssshs ana SsI
Kelly ot the Clntou n ", thus city.
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gJouNs1oy CAN TALK BIT; TOO.
Slnvin Wasn't In 1t with IIin-More Delay
In tho Big Match.

In the Big ~ atcn.
Charley Johnston and Arthur Lumley showed
up promptly at noon yesterday to talk business
with Charley Mitchell and Paddy Slavin. but
tho latter pair did not appear until twenty-five
minutes after the hour appointed. When
Mitchell and Slavin did come in. Johnston
began without delay by asking: well. are
you going to cover tho money!" Johnston has
way of talking to the point.
NO" replied Mitchell. mot yet I want to
know more about the terms. Do you mean to
say that slayin must defeat Jackson before he
can m meet Sullivan !, p. ,, ,,suor0, 1o,,
well. them. said Charley. "I'll let Frank
do his own talking" which was really very
sasin said: don't see why WHY'S Sullivan lily re,
were defeated before the time set for our
give ssa AMY on ss eaS
isn't beaten before he meets YOU" and the
%2at You s sRRoald hnSs done sayn John
iS9ist bsiors you left london. You had tho
You know" slsyin RESPONDED, II T g,,st
want q p b tie SPOT q deSsry
sss s OILY want Ss to
You don't think" returned Johpst9n;, and
can make any advertising out Of you. do your"
No not that know sulliyan's great rep
,"Others be blowedW. exclaimed Johnston:
though he didn't use the word blowed. II
the champion; 1t will be worth o pile OF
That's ali right, but couldn't do 1t before
consulted my hacker. Mr.. George Piesse who
Is Mt Monte Carlo. ~ cable him tonight and
| have m answer tomorrow"
:. You can have Q week more II you want IT.
s so %as ss al
hGnds should meet again next Monday.
| In n little side play Mitchell talked very hard
about the way that the papers had talked of
his and Slayin's reception In Brooklyn John
to Mitchell. said: THAT hasnt anything to d1,
| with making this match. has itY" Mitchell
| confessed that 1t had not, but he went on to
say that he and slavIn had been very badly
You've been treated like kings" retorted
| Johnston. lin comparison to the. way that
| Sullivan was treated In Australia" Mitchell
Quit.
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Tho D,.pute Over Rich.rsson.

The apparent unfairnsss of the Committee Players
in OF the New York Club set forth In yeste
days sUs caused considerable talk among local enthu
siasts There general indignation over the action
OF the committee Adding strength to already strong
clubs and weakening team, that OF all others should
be strong Is not regarded strictly impartial Tho
feeling emphatic In favor OF tho local directors TAX
ing looking to the retention of Richardson the
local team To be sure, Bassett be utilized Mt
und base but he would not be so valuable in that post
ton would Richardson Bassetts ideas ON tile sal
nry question are decidedly high and Manager Powers
has not yet succeeded In coming TO terms with him;
had made claim for kichnrdson Ru,ie and Lyons and
waived all rights In the OF Conner Glasscock and
buckley. The Philadelphia people had expressed dc.
sire to hold Common. and New York had given up its
rights TO tho first baseman in return for Philadelphia
agreeing TO keep hands on Richardson. There was not
tile slightest Intmation that Washington would make
an effort to secure Rchnrds9n nor my apparent good
the player. As yet" said Mr. spadinR we have 70.
ceiyed Official notification and therefore can take no
action. Even should We not get Richardson our team
viii be very strong While do not Sensidsr that a,y
like to have what rightfuliy belongs to U.s."
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cbauees in New York Gamo Laws.

NORWICH n. Y. Dec. 20 The Chenango County Board
OF Supervisors which closed Its annual session
here made some important anges in county the game
laws Of which sportsmen she uid take note The general
already In forco for the projection ana preserva
ton of game in the county amended as follows:
"srcrioS /. The lawful On for killing partridge
(runed grousel squirrels and woodcook within tho
county Chennngo shall be .o Wy from sunrise on the
frat day of October until sunset on the th.ttynrst OF
December year hereafter Whoever shall kill or
hunt any partridge ued grouse Or aquirrss Or wood
aforesaid shall forfeit pen ally Of s26 for each
Shall have u MS o,.es.ion Of any ,uch game out Of
Hoard of Supervisors Of the a. Joining county OF
OsegO had passed act Mt tho scAnon for 1910 pro-
hbitng the taking of brook trout from any q the
June July md august in each year A. the recent sss
permit the taking q front dgr'ng 81" month OF
Maryland. and Worcester Another act prohibits TIE
tw cen Jan. and April !. .
Another law rpeciaIly applicable. to ths town o,
Cnada prohibits the killing In that town Tor period
three years Of any rnrtfss rI 1n ggr1 % c Or
birds out OF the town under the maxi mum Ienay for
each offence CT two months' imprisonment In the
county Jail. or a fne of 500. or both.
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H.rd.punchlne Amateur Boxers.

Ono of the biggest crowds that consregated in
the ne club house of the Heard Athletic Club filed tho
gymnasium Of the club. corner OF Fifth avenue and
seventh street. Brooklyn last Monday night to witness
tho athletic OF the club The programme
was unusually lengthy. not being concluded until es'
terday morning. The sport was OF very high cass
the men doing some very brilliant work. snapper"
Garrison the popular jockey was the reteree. wnie
John r. Dunn held the watch.
Mike and Jean Tarrtter Of the Union A. C. opened
the fun with sparrins exhibition. in which the Eng
lshman had shade tho best Of a tapping match.
S. Walker Pastime A. A., tall. lanky youth. some.
thing six feet. went on next with MiEe Leonard
Heard A. c. The only Nike did the best WORK but the
famous rusher vnrunss skip around the ring I'M.
iii winded The third and last round was extremely
ash, next cnnTey Rnya Heard FinSsy
f Gnion AG Srinday was clearly
v Rsrey v ooXS oa anS Of hres es
ton 4 g. and Ike Kemp. wandere: A c. Kept up the
Nolan and Mich Of the Acorn A. gave nm exhibition
there was lot Of othor exhibitions. all Of which
served to- whet the appetite CT the crowd for the
fs,rieE Lee Heard g; and Michael Rooney N ,H
sn4 eonies!a both weighing in pounds
nsree on h End ,psa as iss
Jim Cunningham. Acorn A. A., next faced each other.
PADDY nren of the Palmetto 4 4, the a amateur 5.
shsmpon %ssh II Long then as Leo
broke his hand in the first round but plncLiy kept on
Of It; to oBden. who didn't have to extend himself
to win. -. ,.- ,-,.
Tasn "f Fred f ps skiam"re
ito pounds. he men were very evenly matched and
each counterns and punching skilifully. Then came
the hottest part tho fight the third round being al
most ind escrmina lu slugying Garcia plucky
and kept his right up to the call OF time The
Judges lisa greed a I'd extra round or two minutes
was ordered Garcia revived the and made fast
fight punching Skid fast and furious In this round
The Greenwood boy SoH ,.- A..
catchascatci:ca wrestling contest between An
g. followed Muloney turned his man over In min
utes and Sc seconds ettng the first fall by an arm
and leg hold Then in minutes ana ~ seconus ne
gained tho second fall by har Nelson. winning the
match and medal.