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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15

were near. Etfigy mounds were rudely
shaped to resemble men or animals
One of these, in Adams county. Ohio
is like serpent, over thousand feet
in length, in the act of swallowing an
egg, one hundred and sixty-four feet
long.
Knives, chisels, and axes of flint and
copper; carved pipes, beads and brace
let's; vases of polished and painted
earthernware have been found in the
mounds, and some of them are of fine
workmanship. Smoothly hammered
plates of copper are stamped with
figures of men and birds, which, though
rude to our notions, show some idea Of
art.
Whence came the early Inhabitants of
America? is question that can not be
positively answered. A company of
Chinese sailors, in the fifth century,
driven off shore by westerly winds,
sailed many weeks until they came to
a great continent
Here they found the aloe and other
plants that were strange to them, but
which we know to be Mexican. The
savages on either side of Ber.lg strait
meet every year TO barter their fish
and furs Many from Asia may have
wandered southwark along the coast.
Even within the last hundred years
fifteen vessels have been driven across
the Pacific 10 our western shores; and
during all the previous ages we may
believe that many like things had
taken place.
Doubtless also, the Greek and Phoe-
nician sailors may have crossed the
narrower Atlantic. The first white
visitors to America, of whom we have
any trustworthy record, came from
Iceland, and its present white inhabit-
ants are of European descent.
Iceland had been occupied about n
hundred years by hardy, seafaring
race from Norway, when, in A. ID. 0s5,
Eric the Red, an Icelandic chief. dis
covered Greenland, and planted col
ony on its southwest shore This be-
came thrifty settlement through its
trade with the Esquimaux, and paid n
yearly tribute to the pope. One of
Eric's comrades, driven out of his way
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15
EEetnrn The BOMBS

From Albany n. Y, comes the
story that in July 1888. the bunco
artist John Price now serving a
nineteen-year sentence at Dannemora,
slipped up behind p. X. Dedrick Just
as he left his carriage in the front of
the Farmers and Mechanics bank and
extracted from the seat package
containing S25. 900 in negotiable
bonds. A few days ago the bonds
were received by ex-District Attorney
Hugh Reilly. The package was
intact and the accumulated interest
makes them worth about $43. 600.
There is no clue from where they
came except that they were sent from
New York city. The mystery lies in
the fact that they were returned at all.
as they are negotiable.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15
HE JUMPED OFF THE THRONE.
The Rajah of SikI<im Encountered "a Snow
storm and Came to Grief

The Rajah Of SikI<im Encountered "a Snow
storm and Came to Grief
The Rajah OF Sikkim owes political
allegiance TO the government of India
but his heart is with the Grand Lama
OF Thibet according to the New York
Sun. and he is finding it exceedingly
difficult to serve two masters His,
little country is Just north OF Bengal
and Everest the Hottest summit in the
world. overlooks the Rajah's domain
on the west A few months ago the
| Ra. all decided that he would have re-
| lations with the Indian governments
no longer and as he could not loosen
its grasp on his little country, he do
cided TO run away. He packed his
treasures. and. with his harem and
children. set out for Thibet intending
TO abandon his country forever. He
haS not gone far on his way before a
terrible snow storm filled the mountain
valleys rendered the passes almost
impossible and covered the lofty
SUBMITS with thick mantle. He
pushed on with his train OF camels for
nearly a fortnight while the poor
women and children of his household
were suffering terribly from cold.
Then the camel drivers declined to 90
any further in the direction @. Ihibet
They said that to attempt the passes
in that direction would be- nearly to
court death. They had lest much OF
the awe with which they regarded the
Rajah formerly. for a self-deposei
ruler did not seem to them to be very
far above ordinary mortals
In spite OF his Highness's pro.esta
they turned TO the west and in few
days they landed the ex potentate in
NepauL That country is very friend
ly to India and the rulers decided
that they would do very good thing
for themselves II they turned the
fugitive Rajah over TO the Indian gov
ernment They set his caravan
marching southw ward with a guard of
soldiers and before long his unhappy
Highness found himself prisoner in
the hands OF the Indian government
He is now in great dilemma As
he has deposed himself, the Indian
government regards him as politically
dead. and now the officials are hunt.
ing around for some Trustworthy mem
Der OF his family to install in his
place. The ex-Ralah. therefore, has
no country to rule and he is also fur
Their from Thibet than he was when
he jumped of the throne. II 1t ha5
not been for that aggravating snow
storm he would probably have reached.
Lhasa in safety. and would then have
been secure among the fanatical
Thibetans who have succeeded In
keeping their capital and its environs.
entirely free from foreign influences.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15
THE GAY OIRAFFE.
Ie Is Open to Anything Green and
Pleasan;-LooIdkhg.

Pleasan;-LooIctng.
'Any man who can train TO dc
tricks kind of animal which has not
been so trained before seems to be in
a fair way to get rich " said visitor
to Barnum's circus within hearing OF
a New York Tribune reporter. Look
at those cats, for instance How the
crowd enjoys their antics though in
themselves they are not nearly so
wonderful rs those OF the monkeys.
But people are used TO the MONKEYS
tricks, and the cats are novelty. I've
a good mind 10 buy u giraffe and
train him TO run at full speed around
/ the ampltheatre. There's o fortune
/ in it."
That's not very difficult trick to
teach certainly" said the reporter.
"but ! don think the public would
caro- much 10 see that"
We'll that's where | differ with
you replied the other Il think
they would almost split their sides
with laughter, To see giraffe at
full speed is, think one OF the fun
niest sights in the world.
There are possibilities for fun
making in the old cameleopard. or
savage sheep az Pliny called him.
that you wot not of. In the first
place, he has a gait between "a canter
and pacing.
'One fore leg and one hind leg are
shifted at the same time, but he does
not go evenly; he manages to get the
jump OF canter into Il PAGERS stride.
Then. again, the hind legs fy out
from the side like those of a COW. and
at tho same time come very far for
ward in their stride. The long neck
Is stretched far out ahead. and the
head swings from side TO side like q
pendulum with every jump. The tail
Is thrown up upon the back, and there
fops from one side OF the spine to tho
other in opposite time TO the swinging
OF the head. The nostrils and eyes
are wildly dilated and every motion is
exaggerated. awkward and grotesque;
yet the giraffe covers the ground like
Il race horse and altogether presents
picture OF motion which seems like
a caricature OF nature and would fur
nish the snapshot photographer with
an inestimable opportunity.
LAS you look at him here in his
cage he seems like an only slightly
animated hatrack; but no is a lively
beast in the open. Here comes his
keeper with hay and carrots and a
few big onions Watch the giraffes
mouth fairly slabber at sight of the
onions Giraffes seem to be guided
more by sight than smell in the choice
OF their food I've seen them pick
the green leaves from the hat OF a
woman and only spit them out after
chewing them.
''ln winter quarters where they !
have more room than in the cages |
while on the road. | saw peacock |
once strut proudly past the giraffes'
pen. and one OF the long.necked fell
lows reached over and. winding his
wonderfully prehensile tongue about
a dozen gay tail feathers lifted the
astonished bird of his feet and gave
him a shake which took out about
one-ffth of his gaudy appendage.
When the giraffe tasted the feathers
ne gave them back. but the peacock
lad no longer any use for them.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15

rs live to-day in n single city like Bos-
ton or Cincinnati. Far away to the
southwark, where corn grew with
little care and where bananas and
other tropical fruits were native, there
were large villages in Mexico and Yu.
catan, and even on the dry plains of
Arizona and New Mexico; but with
these exceptions America might be
called ian empty continent-a desert
land awaiting its inhabitants"
The central part of America had not
always been so lonely. The country
drained by the Mississippi and the
Great Lakes bears traces of larger
population the white men found there.
These little known people are called
Mound Builders, from the huge piles of
earth which they raised for various
purposes. They are supposed to have
been of the same race rs the Indian
tribes found by Europeans. But
while ten thousand mounds are
found within the single State of
Ohio, the same region was without
settled inhabitants two hundred ago.
Many of these mounds were for pur-
poses of burial We learn something
of the habits of the people from the
ornaments of copper, stone and shell
which they buried with the dead.
Other mounds were bases of watch
towers and signal stations; some were
fortresses, and their angles show much
skill in the art of defense. On some,
houses were built for safety against
attack. They were reached by graded
road-ways or by ladders which could be
drawn up at night or when enemies
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15
NY SHIP.

0, Captains, IL you sight my ship
My ship that went TO sea,
l pray you, watt a message
Ger the salt waves home TO me.
For she may be where breakers roll
And roar on rocks above
The ship fashioned from my soul
And freighted with my love.
But the captains--they are silent,
And the sailors do not see;
And not in light aud not in night
Comes my lost ship home TO me.
But ever in the darkness
OF shores where breakers sound.
One voice TO me: The moaning sea
That murmurs of the drowned
Frank l.. Stanton in Atlanta Constitute,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15
SOME HUMAN BONES.

by storm, saw the mainland of North
America stretching FAR away TO the
southwest.
In A. ID. 1000, Eric's son, Left the For
tunate, undertook, with thirty-five
brave companions, to examine this
more fertile and attractive shore. They
saw the fat rocks OF New forndland.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15

Henry Ward Beecher once said tina 4,
Sturgeon owed his popularity no,
moro TO his Calvinism than camel
owed its excellence TO its hump IL
replied. f" said Sturgeon. that tho,
hump was a store Of fat on which tho
camel lived on a long journey. and
that its value depended on its hump
--Argonaut
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15
OLDEST SETTLERS.
THE PREHISTORIC INHABIT-
ANTS OF AMERICA.
1t Is Believed That They Crossed the
Pacific In the Fifth Century--Some
Relies of Their Existencs--aerpent
Mound of Ohio.

Four hundred years ago the country
we live in was unknown to the rest of
the world. There were no cities, no
railroads and bridges, no horses and
wagons, no broad smooth roads. The
people were of dark, reddish brown
color, and lived in wigwams covered
with bark In the whole space be-
tween the Mississippi and the Atlantic
there were probably not SO many people
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15
NOT To- The Pninr

Where were you last nightP"
asked Jolliooy, addressing Chappie.
who was looking very much out of
sorts.
MY mind is blank said Chappie.
That's not what / am talking
about p" said Jol:iboy. Il was asking
whore you were last night" IN. Y.
preSa
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15
To AIlnx Seasic4.ne..-

BY a combination of nova BILE ballast
in the form of pendulums controlled
by water cylinders fitted with load cd
valves it is proposed to control the
rolling OF vessels in seaway that the
disagreeable features attending their
want OF steadiness will entirely dis.
appear.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15
Approximate.

Cumso What are you going to d,
with that mouse Johnny
8 Johnny Cumso-Use il for bait.
Cumso (astonished) For bait?
Johnny-Yes; I'm going to try K
catch some catfish. jester.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15

Waterproof cellulosc paper, of one
and two colors, is being introduced by
q German firm for tablecloths, book
back, temporary covers for roof, etc.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15

A German has invented an incandes
cent lamp apparatus for showing the
interior OF boilers while under steam.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15

widely repeated; but I wish TO ask
you which was the bravest the one
who went or the one who stayed?-
Rye Johnson in The Home
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15

Mt length. voicing the thoughts OF her
brother.
Still, l must 60. and he rose with
u resolute air. Sarah grew very white
but got his overcoat mailer and nit.
tens without word. md the brave
lad was soon on his way to Delonpeh.
mounted on the best no % his father
owned Sarah babe him a CHEEKY
Godspeed and he never guessed the
agony OF fear she endured at being left
alone in the great house with two
such dreadful companions. IL was
only l o'clock and long hours must
pass ere he returned with help
The boy will never forget that night
ride. His horse could only get along
in slow walk the snow was so deep
and in places had to founder through
great drifts The bowling of the hun
CRY mountain wolves made his blood
run cold. but none molested him. and
about ten o'clock he rode into the viii
lage and told his story. BY the timo
he had breakfasted his father and n
posse OF men. with the sheriff at their
head were ready for the return; but
1t was four o'clock ere they rode up
TO the door OF the Blue tavern.
Sarah opened the door her worn.
haggard face proving what terrible
waiting IL had been to her. Sully was
found whore they had left him. half
dead from cold and hunger. but lived
TO be hung for the crime he had CON-
mitted. The children were highly |
for the course they pur-
sued. and the story OF their bravery
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-25
TERRITORIAL TIPS,

A. B. Fall will remove from Las Cruces
to Eddy and 90 into the law business with
W. r. Hawkins.
Chas. w. Greene, will, it is so stated
let contract for $50 900 residence at the
head of Greene street, as soon as be ar
rives.-EGdy Citizen.
County remark from Currents CLAYTON
Enterprise: "The people of eastern New
Mexico have to go up through the state
of Colorado and travel 1856 miles by rail
to get to their county seat. We don't
need any politics to show to the average
honest man that this is an injustice to the
people of eastern New Mexico"
In a recently published interview of
Mr.. NJ. P. Pels, manager of the Maxwell
Land Grant company, with the Denver
Sun, that gentleman is reported as saying
that the main canals on that grant now
embrace total length of 100 miles, and
that 1000 acres of land under ditch are
now in the market at 500 to $25 an acre.
Eddy notes: A delightful rain fell here
last Friday night, thoroughly saturating
the ground, and doing great deal OF
good to young fruit trees and growing
crops. y The well boring outfit
which has been held by the P. V. road
for sometime, on account of non-payment
of freight, will be sold on the 49, at public
auction.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-25
official Bits.

An original pension has been granted
Walter &. Marmon, OF Laguna
The following have been appointed by
the governor to the national mining con-
gress to meet at Helena, Mont, on Tues
day, the 18th day Of July: John A..
Miller, William Frazer, II. i. Ferguson,
Theo. W. Heman, Lehman Spiegelberg,
Martin w. I.Sdier, L, Mann, Theo. B.
Mills, r. Y. Anderson, M. Cooney.
a letter from resident Of Rio Arriba
county was received by the governor last
night wherein the writer, prominent
native citizen, says he regrets to learn of
the burning of the capitol, and, while
he is poor man, be nevertheless desires
to contribute s. toward the restoration OF
the noble structure. This is the same
kindly sentiment that prevails generally
among the native people of New Mexico,
and Santa Feans sincerely appreciate it,
The governor refuses to order Trevino.
the circus man, turned over to the sheriff
OF Trinidad on requisition of the gov
ernor OF Colorado. Trevino is charged by
a Trinidad man named John Lay with
taking two horses, on which he had
given Lay mortgage, from Trinidad and
bringing them out of the state OF Colorado
into New Mexico and selling them. The
evidence, however, shows that Lay was
at the depot with Trevino when the lat
ter left Trinidad and assisted him in get
ting away into New Mexico Trevno
therefore, was not fugitive from Justice.
Coy. Prince has written to Gov. Routt.
touching his action in the premises.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-25

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 25.-The Demo-
cratic state convention which assembled
here at noon promises to be one of the
most interesting held in this state in
recent years. Henry Watterson is de
termined that the delegation to Chicago
shall be in line for Senator Hill, while ex-
Gov. Proctor Knott and ex Attorney Gen
eral Harding and other leaders are Just
as determined that the blue grass state
shall loom up soidIy for ex President
Cleveland, The latter, it IS claimed, as
a large majority of the delegates in the
convention, although the indications are
that there are enough OF the opposition to
make music. Watterson will be one of
the delegates. The delegates from about
thirty-tive counties favor an uninetructed
delegation free to declare its choice by the
conditions existing at the time of the
Chicago convention, while the balance
are about equally divided between Ceve-
land and Carlisle.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-25
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, May 25.-In the senate
the calendar was taken up, and bills
were acted upon as follows:
Senate bill granting to the Duluth &
Winnipeg railroad company right OF way
across the ton-du-Lac Indian reservation.
Passed.
Senate bill donating twenty acres of
land from the Fort Sidney military reser-
vation to the city of Sidney, Neb., for
cemetery purposes. Passed.
Senate bill to submit to the court of
private land claims the title of William
McGarahan to the Rancho Panoche
Grande, Cal. Passed The claim arises
out of grant made by Manuel Michael
Fora, governor of Upper California, to Vi
cente ?. Gomez, in 1874, and purchased
by McGarahan. 1t has been before con-
gress in one shape or another for many
years.
The calendar was laid aside at 2 p. M,
and the bill to provide for the punishment
of violations OF treaty rights of aliens was
taken up, Senator Morgan continuing his
argument in advocacy OF the bill.
At the close of his argument, Mr.. Nor
gan moved, with the assent of the com.
nlttee OH IO1elgn felaIlOns, CnaC tne Dill
should go over till next December. The
matter went over without action and the
senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the house, Mr.. Stewart, of Texas,
from the committee on rivers and harbor
reported back the river and harbor appro-
priatlon bill with the senate amendments
thereto with the recommendation that
the senate amendments be non-concurred
in. He asked unanimous consent that
this course he followed, and that a con-
ference be ordered, but Messrs. Holman
and Bynum, of Indiana objected, and the
bill was referred to the committee of the
whole.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-25
Paying their Debts,

TOPEKA, Kas., May 25.-The Topeka
Capitals 18th monthly mortgage report
from county registers of deeds for Kansas
has appeared. For the month of April
the Capital received reports from forty
three of the 100 couLties of the state.
These counties show a net reduction of
the farm mortgage debt of $500, 14S. A
summary of all reports, including April,
gives record for an average period of ten
months for flfty-nine counties of reduc-
ton OF "a, ,273, ,357 in farm mortgages. The
gross reduction for this period was $l9,
O29,52O, but many new mortgages record
ed as part purchase for land, together with
renewals after partial payment, make the
net reduction seem COmparatiYelY smnll
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-25
Made a SaeaI.

II. W. W}man has returned itom an
extended business trip through New Mex
leo, and is once more back at his post Of
business. Mr.. Wyman surcee led in
purchasing yhile in New Mexico an in
terest in ths celebrated Turquoise mine
in Santa Fe county, and brought . mum
Der OF fine specimens with him which are
now on exhibition at his store. The
Santa Fe county Turquoise mine is the
only one Of any importance in America
and the best in the world outside Ci Persia,
Trinidad Advertiser.
The Lincoln Republican says: "Aiter
years neglect, fashion has dccoyered that
the besutiful turquois shall be universally
worn in jeNelry. Operations have been
resumed in the famous old producer in
Santa Fe county. What is the matter
with the old "Turquols" mine on the
Nogal Divide. We saw in the hands of
the original owners, clever years ago, as
fine specimens of the beautiful gem, as
any one ceGId wieh for. There il for
tune in the old mine for some enterpris-
ing fellow"
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-25
JOSEPH is CONFIDENT.
The Capitol Restoration Matter Be
. fore the Committee on Territories.

DENVER, May A Washington spec
ial says: Delegate Joseph, Of New Mex,
leo, will Tomorrow appear before the com
mittee on territories and make au argu-
ment in behalf OF his bill introduced a
few days ago giving the territory authority
ing, which was destroyed Ivy fire. When
he appeared before the committee on
public buildings and grounds, to which
his first bill was referred, that committee
refused to take action, on the ground that
there was no law or precedent for appro-
priating public funds to rebnid the build
ings in which the United States govern
ment had not title. Delegate Joseph is
confident that he will receive a favorable
report for his bill imposes no additional
expense to the general government,
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-25
Attracting Attention.

Under the heading "IIoId your
Ranches" the Pueblo Chieitain has an
editorial speaking Of the reyolu ion that
the construction of irrigation can Ais and
reservoirs is working in western agricul-
turc and says:
"Tho interesting letter from the Pecos
valley Of New Mexico published In the
Chieftain Of yesterday morning is enough
to make the true-born farmers eyes
water. The picture of hundreds Of new
farms, With strings of teams in motion
turning up the rich soil hundreds OF
fruit trees being set in place. and the first
alfalfa crop being cut, is cheering and
peasant"
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-25

WASHINGTON, May 24.-The president
has appointed Admiral Stephen B. Luce,
United States navy (retired), to be COM
missioner general, and Prof. G. Brown
Goode, assistant OF the Smithsonian
institution, and Prof. James G. Yelling
ton, president of the Columbian uni
versity, to be assistant commissioners to
represent the United States at the Column
bian Historical exposition, to be held in
Madrid in 1892 in commemoratlon of the
4OOth anniversary of the discovery of
America.