Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-15

x1<1nnt a1zRnc1o1 : grone dnn& - neeen-
aon and made success # the entertain
nAnk u was heartily enjoFcd ~ ens
- "a. WITH ths sxcspsioa ct The by.
no VII hare 70 get Another par Of
xo1nprs. n y tAOaghs
Eswaxk hxs eas wonderful feature.
q ooasists Of ~ ancient foEtiacafion and
1uzneross Adi2n Eounds ef uncertain
- Tia fosti1cAsion must be many
,sntuyies cid. As thsrs are ts~ss growing
q ths oneznkrrsnt and IN tho noSAs
shieh ara several hundred pears old, no
iouhk. Inside the fortrsw there Is now
: snes szack. and ths whoee b nsed - an
3eluurs Cor fair grc1nd or Agricui-
1rsl EXHIBIT each pear.
same think that this fort b the work
x The Astecs OF oonrss no one can tell
sccuyassly. though . great many scien-
afc men GENE here. look wiss and so
away to write the whole thing up and
ettls it fer al time. ! presume have
iuss a. good right 10 my theory a. any
NE elsa I am the author Of the Aztec
hsory. I have made . study Of the
Aztec people. and the Montcxuma family
- familiar to me as my own
Ny theory n that tho Axtecs once
swnsd and opesnfsd the entire country
now known q the United States. bat
Ea1ding - the false and wicked Bland
sllmsnts Of ffee silver they at last were
driven to poverty and shame. and gave
Up one after another the different states
called doubtful till at last they were
1rivsn 70 Nexico and were sncceeded BY
Pocah0ntas and Columbia
Tho Aztscs obtained = good many
good idsas from lie Toltees, some cay.
before they went 10 Mexico. and othu,
after. At any rte. they were wen I'd.
v2nced in some Of the arts and sciences,
though they were Aolstrous and often
sacri6oed humsn bsines to their gods.
Hsre thsy also esd vszy poor Judgment
U instead OF oEering up their most 81
rsctive young people. girls especially
they had used the politicians as far a
they would 60. the Asfecs would have
been on deck today no doubt and the
Montezu1nas would have bean giving
pink teas on Pennsylvania avenue.
II u estimated that tho Axtecs sacri
decd over twenty thousand people annu
ally 70 their gods. Notwithstanding the
tact that those sods had repeatedly
shown their total inability to attend Il
things. History tails nowhere of more
inadequate set Of gods than those en-
pl0yed and paid by the AxtecA Th<
Aztec god was also . complete artistic
failure. bsing excessively plain. He wa
Also Wy unsuccsssful socially. All tia,
be could do succenfully was to accept
The bleeding sacrifice At innocent school
children. look pleasant and scare ths
fA{m horses.
Tho fortress near Newark Is only OK
u ssvesaa pscuiiw caFthworh regard
ing WHICH No hsve - euthntic history
Thay nay Aeve bssn erected BY tn
Astecs. IT, Toltees q tho Wosdtecs
No man can toll. onlya tow have txied
10 do %. su4 NY dkd not know.
NeWark has tho most desirable jail h
he sEaAs oe Ohio, and possibly In tn
Um1sd 0tat0. r = built Of cut Stone
Ia . modsun and Artistic manner, with q
beautful porch, handsome lawns around
e. and IN every way resembles the dwen
ngof wealthy merchant instead Of tn
ealAhoose At . city.
Criminals cope hese for hundreds oi
miles to b incarcezsted. Men cou1em
plating oEine ~ to arrange Il 90 tina,
he Cdeuso may be committed IN Newark