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trayersAd it in every direction. Canoes as
the New World gondolas were the ordinary
Tenoehtitlar vehicles. Great causeways of
lime and stone, broad enough for dozen
horscmen to ride abreast, connected the
city on the south the west, and the north
with tn. mainland. Canals intersected
these causeways and We're crossed by draw
bridges which could be raised in case or
danger thus cutting off all communication
with the island city. Tenochlitlan resem-
bled in location and means of defense the
ancient lake dwellings of Europe. 1t made
a Chinese or Cantonese use of the surface
of the water to sustain human habitations,
rot merely in houses on piles. or in house
boats but in the famous chinampas or
floating islands. which were for the most
part immense RATS of reeds and rushes,
bearing several feet of rich soil from the
bottom of the lake. Some of these artificial
movable isln, dS wore Two or three nun
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RAILROADS.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO KAIIKnAD

schedule in effect December /, 1895.
WASHINGTON a from station corner OF New
TOT chicago and Northwest, VestiDuIed Limited
'ra a II go atn.. s:2u pm.
b For Cincinnati St: Louis and Indianapolis vesti-
Eor t;;.n.t d 40 Pin, tApress l2:el night.
ror flttsburg and Cleveland. Express daily IL 30
For Lexington and staunton. IL :so..m
c For Laray Satura Bridss Rosnoss 'E Sdc1eil.,
For For j. Lgfay. 5:4s pm. daily.
an. 1910 1880 l2is 1900 ~ sss, 14$ So
SiS, 1900 1000 l5 XII 80 pm. and Ii3:Oi
IsSS ' 500 $50 loG s2' ts
p Fo; I AIMS 1o night; IN 49,,
FTessrieE: 900 $50 ii en- am. HIS.
ESr Boyd and Way points, .s: aSa o: sS pm pm.
s5 so '.s s say gs5.' ;Sss SO S.s
10 25 'lI:3o pm. "
s, fps sss Ss go .ssvss
RuYaI f BiiE Ghl S 't E@, s2S
PHII.ADEIPHIA. ,oA AD
For Phadsna NaT With With ppssh light.
East days 100 Dining csf Ps'V 500 1o no;os
AM s!n Dining Dining Carr. 30 I2sS Dining Carr 800
open :, 1000 Oclpc Sundays S,sn 90, st bn
a csr eaTs So GOO , am n;,I Dining Car, d2so Dining
sleeping Car open for passengers 1890 p.mD.
For atlantic iS%F c, Ctr. on o 90 a a6s tp s ,o
Es" unaa san tSo ami ba iEs0 p Sunday, ou,
Baggage called for p and checked from hotel. and
residences by Union Transfer Co. on orders left at
New YORK %ns and sb na az
r. CASiTBE ELI. '' cHAS Sna Q. ~ sc EeYIJ.
40 Cen Manager. Gen Pass. Agt.
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nearly so per centsthe eattractions of Mex
leo as shoppirs place at once become
notably apparent.fo
What lady can resist the oppor-
tunity for foreign Cheap shopping when
she remembers that she may ,u also 1 eo-
pean travellers eraotioiD of smuggling her
purchases across dthe nborder, and of get
ting ahead Of thercustoms officers and OF
Uncle Sam? =
While the 'adies are shopping the men
can. if they please" cliiiib Orizaba or Popo-
catepetl. snow clad volcanoes, 1000 feet
higher than Mt Blanc. lit is not necessary,
however, to rule, rout the ladies In the
mountain climbing trips see that party
Of men and womea nave recently assembled
Popocatepetl, and that, they went from the
City of Mexico, as far as the first stage of
the asoent-wonderfui to relate-on BIZ
cycles AS further evidence that Mexico is
in many respects fully abreast of the times
attention may be called to the recent news
paper announcement of a projected cable
road to the very top of lofty Popocatepetl.
THEODORE w. MOVES.
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SWEPT THROUGH A GORGE.
Terrible Experience of Two Army Ex-
plOrers in the Black Canyon.


From the San Francisco Call.
Lieuts Davis and Potter of the United
States army, with their guides, Barney
Weaver and John Colby. arrived at Yuma
recently by boat from Needles. The army
officers had been assigned the duty of in
speeding the river from Black canyon to
Yuma, with view to improving the naviga-
ton They met with nothing of any in
terest from Needles northward but on the
first part of their trip they had excitement
and danger enough to last them the rest Of
their lives.
Their boat, which weighed $50 pounds
was sent by rail to Peach Springs and from
there by wagon twenty-five miles to Dia-
mond Creek. This is 300 miles further up
the river than required for their purpose,
but they wanted to see some of the scenery
of the Grand canyon.
The boat supplies, and men had to be
lowered with ropes down the sides of the
canyon. The discovery was at once made
that the boat was not adapted for the voy-
age, being a keel boat. narrow and heavy.
In short time the craft became utterly I'M
manageable and every moment threatened
them with death.
They We're bumped on rocks, thrown
against the sides of the canyon, drenched
with spray and shot through gorges with
the rapidity of an express train With sal
walton out Of their sight there was apparent
Above rose the perpendicular walls of the
canyon thousands of feet. Still the boat
kept in the water for seventeen terrible
miles, when a rocky rapid was reached.
Quick lightning the boat was tossed bot
tom upward, rolled over and finally crushed
to pieces. The four men struggled to save
their lives. 1t was useless to try to save
any thing else. But, strangely, none of them
was hurt and they reached place of safety.
At once their dangerous situation forced
itself on their minds. There they We're.
without provisions and shut in to meet GER
tain death by starvation. They started
down the canyon, hoping to find a trail by
which they could get out. After many
weary mile the men decided to follow some
of the sheep trails. which were only few
riches wide in places. Success attended
their efforts, although at times they hung
between water and sky on the edges of the
bluff. Occasionally their strength seemed
to fail. but sight of that awful chasm be-
low was sufficient. At last the top was
reached, but they were delivered from the
terrors of the canyon only to find themselves
in a desert. They struck out bravely. know
ing that they had only to keep going to reach
the railroad again. At blackberry station
four haggard, ragged. dirty and almost
shoeless men dropped down to wait for the
next train. They reached Needles again to
rest and refit for the voyage to Yuma.
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suggestive of the business conducted
W thin, and IL appropriate names in staring
different stores. Imagine, for instance,
1.-The Last Days of Pompeii" as a business
sign, or THE Sacred Heart of Jesus"
which is the name of a score of tablish-
ments, ranging from a saloon to a flour
mill. Then one enjoys in the streets the
spectacle of men embracing, each patting
the others back with the hand of the en-
bracing arm, the whole performance con-
stituting the national form of greeting as
handshaking is with us. The delicate pat
ting of this salute has no justification on
utilitarian grounds. If, instead of patting,
the MeXicans were to scratch one anotherS
backs, in the self-inaccessible spot be-
tween the shoulderblades one could under
stand the significance of the performance
and with good reason commend it.
Countless porterS at the railway stations
ready to carry anything from hand
satchel to a Saratoga trunk for the small
est of small fees suggest Europe; also
the vendors who crowd about the win
dows of the cars at every stopping point to
sell their wars. The variety of the ar
tces thus offered IS extraordinary. In
addition to the edibles and drinkables. the
pulque and the strange fruits, nearly every
place has some speciality to offer. Thus at
Salamanca the peddlers have buckskin
gloves, at Aguas Calientes linen drawn
work of a fineness and cheapness to turn
the heads of lady tourists, at Irapuato
strawberries every day in the year. at
Queretaro opals by the peck, at Celaya
famous dulces, CONNECTIONS of milk and
sugar; at Guadalajara pottery, at Puebla
onyx ornaments, and at Apizaco canes of
coffee wood curiously and sometimes ar
tistically carved by the Indians.
Bargain Sales Every Day.
These things can not only he bought at
the places where they are made or grown
or found, but at the metropolis, and there
also can be had cheaply old silver. filigree
work, beautiful straw work, wood cary
ings, feather work keeping alive some of
the ancient Aztec art, figures in wax and
clay. and countless other Mexican pro-
ductt, in addition to direct importations
from Europe which have paid little or no
duty, and American goods, which to meet the
vigorous European competition are in many
lines sold more cheaply than in the United
States. When 1t Is considered that the de-
probation of the Mexican silver causes
every transaction to appear to the Ameri
can as a bargain sale, with a discount Of
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
schedule IN effect November 3, 1895.
All trains arrive and leave At Pennsylvania

Schedule in elect November 3, 1895
All trains arrive and leave at Pennsylvania
500 AM.-Daly-Locl for Danville. Connects az
,aissas Tor strasGurg, daily, except Sunday, and
aId with c. y. daily for Natural Bridge and
is AM.pany-rne UNITED STATES FAST
MAIL carries Pullman Buffet Sleepers New York
and Washington Jacksonville, uniting at Char.
lotte with Pullman Sleeper for Augusta; also Iull.
man Sleeper New York to New Orleaps via Mont
somery connecti g at Atlanta with Pullman
Sleeper for birmingham, Memphis and St. Louis
4:0l P.M.-Local for Strasbury daily, except SUM
i.3s P.M.-DaiIy-"E1position FLYER" Pullman
sleeper New York and Washington TO Atlanta.
' 4.5i P DAY Coaches washington to Atlanta
io4. pMI;-Dally-LSeai for ChaIiottesSiiie
H WESTERN vESTIBULED LIMITED. Solid Train Of
runan sestituled Sieepers. Dining Cars and Day
New York to Asheyille ana Hot Springs, n C. |;
New York to Memphis via Birmingham. New York
70 New Orleans via Atlanta and Montgomery, and
Jacksonville vestibuled Day Coach New York to
Atlanta Dining Car from Greensboro to Mont
TRAINS BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND ROUND
I'LL Leave Washington 1901 AN daily and 4:45
NJ. daily. except Sunday, and 6:25 Pm. Sun
days only; for Refund Hill; 1872 PM, daily except
An. and $500 nj. daily from Round Hnl, 7:0e
An. daily. except Sunday, from Herndon, and s:34
Through traius from the south arrive Washing
ton on, go AM: Has An, 2:2O Pm: and $40
except Sunday. and $40 AL daily from Char
Tickets, Sleeping csr reservation and information
furnished at Offices. 5II and 1900 Pennsylvania
nue.. and at Pennsylvania gailrcad Passenger Sls-
": q: GREEN. General Superintendent
IN GULF. Traffic Manager.
w. A. TURK, General Passenger Agent.
no2l L. s. BROWN. Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Eta tinp oorpar ~ 9Th and IA straa&.
otltlon corner OF oth ana u streets.
In effect Nnyemher IL lQ0H

In cuect November IL, 1898.
1880 AN. fEN.NSl ~ ANA LlAII. r.D.-Pulman
Sleeping. Dining, Smoking and Observation Cars
st. hoas e ceods and Toeao nue.
G2 Fs7ee ans B BnG. f S.s
. h tn T. 81 urg , to cP ,t. n,s
Pullman Buffet Psror Car to Harrisburg Sleep
ing and Dining Cars. Harrisburg to St Louis.
TO Pm WESTERNS ssEs a ESf ssissso Sleep
ing Ca to Chicago and Harrisburg to Cleveland.
TO PM so 81 ffl'Sfs; ExpREss-pul!m..
Sleeping and dining Cars to St Louis, and Sleep
1910 Pm: Pr!AciFic EzfkEss.-Punman Sleep
80 AN. for Kane canandaiSua. Rochester and
mia Nasars Falls lis Gay EXCEPT s Sunday dan,
10 TM wliiamsport Gerherser buffalo and
,ng Car Washington 10 suspension Bridge via
IdtSPM for Erie csnanda,sus Rochester v Bn,:
sss sGt L m e Ea; DALI,
Rsr r =, cas Ss With D RnpE Car from g BsT IS
SIss Pa o. Ssss.; 70; pns o. Is
so9: Leo AN NJ DInlss ~ a. from Wil9ansso2l
week days, Express. l2:l5 week days. 2:ol and
For Boston; wnhout change. $50 AN week days.
AN, and 3;,S Pm d. daily -.,o o.oo mon
aio 90 a 80 n 5 Id as lS 10 s sS
On Sunday; 7o5, 5;2o. 300 s;o5 $50. 100
~ 5:' ddS s go s ' ao $40 1906 600 id 5S's ga
For Pores Creek Line. 7:2o AN. and .:se NJ.
For ANNAPOLIS, TO 300 AN. 1918 and 40
I'm 5o Z except Sunday. Sundays 900 AM
1 ss @ 1s E1ss.s Gr 5 5.S1
Richmcrd ami Atlanta, $40 PM. daily. Rich
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A STRANGE STORY.
Rescued From Her Coffin, n Young
Girl Marries Her Preservcr.

Girl Marries Her Preservcr.
From the Bismarck Tribune.
Good material for a novel may be found
in a tale which comes from Hope STEELE
county, this state Miss Ellen Norman, liv-
ing near there, was engaged to be married
to George Thompson, prosperous young
farmer, but her parents We're strongly OPP
posed to the match. Tdn October, 1894, the
girl was taken III; october "a she died, at
least the doctors pronounced her dead. af-
ter subjecting her to numerous tests. The
funeral was set for October 25. The BODY
was kept over night fh the Norman house
The only watcher was Mr.. Thompson, who
declared that he was not afraid of the dis
ease, whatever it was. 1t was due to his
watching that the young woman is alive
today.
Thompson removed the lid of the coffin
in order to gaze oEce more upon the face of
his Gancee. He was startled to the
chest of the body in the casket rise and fail
in spasmodc way, as though the girl was
gasping for breath He wrapped the rigid
fern in a blanket, carried it 20 his h&use,
returned to the Norman house. made up a
dummy and closed the coffin. This was
buried.
After Miss Norman had been carried to
the Thompson residence and doctor had
worked over her for several hours it became
evident that she was Simply in trance
AS she became stronger all was explained
to her About the middle of December Miss
Norman was spirited away from Hope by
Dr. Mullan and Mr.. Thompson, and since
that time she has been travelling in the
south and west, where she has fully regain
ed her health. The other day she returned
to Hope the bride of Thompson, the old
folks were Iprised OF her being alive and
well, the fatted calf and several other farm
animals were killed. and they will doubtless
live happily ever afterward
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CHESAPEAKE AND ONO RAILWAY.

Schedule in effect November IL, 1885
Trains leave daily from Union Station tB. and
P.l, 9Th and sts.
Through the grandest scenery in America, with
tne handsomest and most complete solid train serv-
25 Pm. DAILY Cincinnati and st. Louis
Speciar'-Soid Vestibuled. Newly EIuippei Elec-
tric-lightrd, Stean-neated Train. Pullman's finest
sleeping ,srs Washington to Cincinnati. Indianapolis
END ST Louis daily. Diving Car from Washington
Arrive Cincinnati. 500 am: Indisnapelis, 80
Cincinna I'd.
IL 10 Pm. DAILY.-rhe famous IF. F. V. Linn
tied A solid VesiibuIed train. with Diuing Car
and Pullman Seepers for Gin, innati Lexington and
Louisville without change. Pullman deeper WASH
1ngton TO Virginia Hot Springs, without change.
Wednesdays and saturdays. Arrive Cincinnati $3.50
m; Lexington, 600 pm; Louisville, 9:t0 I'm. )
Indianapolis. -O5 PM: Chicago. 1880 IN; st.
Louis. 7:3o m. and Hot SPRINGS 9:l5 am; con-
meets In Union Depot for all points.
1857 An. EXCEPT SUNDAY For Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk. Only rail line.
2:25 PM DAILY.-EIpress for Gordonsville.
Charlottesville. Waynesboro'. Stauuton and prin-
eipai virginia points. daily; for Richmond daily.
Pullman locations and tickets at conpany's Of.
fees, Sis and li2l Pennsylvania avenue.
II. ". FILLER.
po1s CnnnraI Passenger Agent
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was about to quit Spain in despair and
turned him back to give Ito CASTLE and
Leon d new world" The American also
develops spontaneous Columbian enthu-
siasm In Palos, with it's convent of La
Rabfda so intimately associated with the
turning points in the career of Columbus,
and its port whence the great discoverer
sailed; and in Barcelona, from which the
most imposing of the many monuments
erected in his honor looks out upon the
Mediterranean, where he was royalty well
coined by Ferdinand and Isabella on the
return from his first voyage
a similar interest attaches to Mexican
reminders of Cortes the first old world
conqueror Of the new, and this interest is
not diminished by the fact that the asso-
Citations connected with Cortes. who took
possession for Spain of what Columbus
found. are in the land where his fame was
wen, and not in the mother-country whore
both discoverer and conqueror died neglect
ed and Inundated.
In the Footsteps of COrtes.
We can trace every stage of the wonder
full march of Cores and his handful of fol-
lowers from the coast near Vera Cruz to
the City OF Mexico. Here, at Tlaxcala,
mountain town. not far from the present
city of Puebla, the Spaniards fought with
a fierce and warlIke mountain tribe which
soon became the faithful ally of Cortes,
saving Lin more than once in times of i'm
minent danger, and sharing the military
honors OF the conquest. In this city, which
at the time of the conquest was compared
favoraby by Cortes with Granada, but
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vegetables and flowers, which form part
of the lading of the Niga fiat boats that sup
ply the Mexican markets
Returning to the canal we embark in a
Mexican gondola for a trip down the Viga
to Mexico. Our gondoia is not even an
Aztec canoe but rnequivocally and flag
full lines of the mud scow. We sit under
low awning, which protects US from the
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Spain naturally takes
a deep interest in
the reminders of Co.
lumbuS. He finds not
even the Aliiambra
more thought-inspir-
ing than the bridge
of Pinos near Gran
ada, where Queen
Isabella's cou rier,
sent by her from the
recently co nquered
Moorish city, over
took Columbus. who
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bred feet long. sustaining the residence hut
of a gardener who grew flowers and vege-
tables in the greatest profIsion.
Modern Mexico is no longer Venice.
The waters of Lake TeZcuco have with
drawn until the center of the present city
is several miles from its shore. Only a
few feeble reminders remain to suggest Its
Venetian days, its cauSeWayS, Its canals
and its floating islands.
Vesiiges of the Aztec Venice.
One of the most interesting of Mexico's
suburban excursions is to the south to TX
tapalapa and along the Viga canal, includ-
ing Santa Anita and it's alleged chnampas.
The great causeway to Ixtapalapa was
that by which Cortes twice entered the city
across the waters of Tezcuco, The first
time hailed with demonstrations of welcome
by myriads of Aztecs, the second the oc-
cason of Terochtitlan's final conquest,
greeted by the fiercest and most desperate
resistance.
The modern trip to IXtapalapa begins pro-
saically in little street pulled by 4
single ule. We enter this car at MeXicos
great PIAZZA in full view of the vast cathe
dral, which takes the place of the pyramid
ard surmounting temple of the Aztec var
god. We leave the Plaza Major and go
southwark down the main street of Tenoch-
titan, which, when Cortes first entered it,
was lined on both sides with beautiful pal
aces of red stone, belonging to the Aztec
nobility, and exciting by their magnificence
In the Spanards. But in the second en-
trance-that of the conquest-every one of
these fortified palaces was leveled to the
ground. Near the city's limits our street
car turns to the left and we are soon par
alleling the Visa canal the last rotable
vestige of Tenochtitlan's waterways At
ter a long but interesting ride along its
banks, over a fine well shaded road, pass
ing through the Indian villages of Santa
Anita and Ixtacalco we turn sharply to
the left at MeXicalcingo. and are soon in
IXtapaiapa. Here were the famous gardens
of Cuitlahua, MonteZuma's brother where
he Toasted the visiting Spaniards. Here
also was the home of Guatemozin, the last
great Aztec emperor. Now gardens and
palaces have disappeared, and only miser-
able, dusty, scantily populated village re-
mains.
FIOntinS Islands and the Visa.
On the return trip to Mexico we left our
street car at Santa Anita and took a scow
ride in among the chinampas-all that re-
mains of the floating islands. If any of
these islands ever did feat it is evident that
they are now fastened immovably. Work
men We're engaged in raising rich soil by
dredging the bottoms of the intersecting
carals and in spreading it over the floating
islands,. which thus assumed an artificial
appearance and might easily be supposed,
On superficial examination, to rest upon
RATS. The soil of these artificial gardens
is very fertile and grows immense crops of
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(~>~s >~><>(.
Lafferty's
"Complete Flour"

( The color is a brilliant
Y white. Nutty fiavor--appe- {
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! 1t has NO woody fiber {
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tiful bread. 1t is very rich
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Y TIVE FLUIDS, the
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y od1c a analysis and by use.
v We have heaps on Leaps Of letters GER !
( .ifying It's merits rr,, The THEORY is sus:
i Complete Flour knowledge mailed on
request. Complete Flour is sold 10
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trial bag, 81.
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The story of the conquest of Mexico is
the most exciting roman ce ever written.
1t has not been neglected either by the his
torian or the novelist. AS the average tour
ist in Egypt finds an entertaining guide in
"Uarda'' ard THE Egg ptian Princess"
and the visitor to Italy's resurrected city
delights more in the descriptions found in
'"The Last Days of Pcmpeii' than in those
of Baedeker, so in Mexico 1.-The Fair Cod
and "Montezuma's Daughter" give to many
buildings ard historic spots still visible,
ard to many views which may still be en-
joyed, a vivid interest which they would
otherwise lack. 1t is d fascinating occupa-
ton to visit the scenes described in fiction
and history, and to trace reminders of an
ancient city in the modern successor upon
ita cit
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STIMULATING AND NUTRITIOUS.
HorsfOrd's Acid Phosphate.

1t supplies just the right clement THE phos-
phatesl to repair waste of body and brIin-a food
itself, and also helps digest other food.
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.


THE WEEAlS STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
FALL SCHEDULE
Steamer Fott mac Will leave Stephenson's wharf,
foot 7th t., every Sunday at 4 pm, and steamer
Sue every Monday and Thursday at p.m for
Baltimore md river landings. Accommodations
strictly first class. Freight for river landings
ceived Mondays. Thursdays and Saturdays, and
must be prepaid. Rates given Baltimore freight.
STEPHENSON & BRO. Agents
Office. $40 Pa. ave. tn26-tn Telephone 7l5
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The Old Capital and the New.

The Aztec city of Observation-Disclosures
was more extensive and populous than the
present great capital. 1t was the Venice of
the New World. 1t was built originally on
some islands in the western part of Lake
Tezcuco. 1t stretched its hahitations
piles out into the shallow lake. Canals