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there diffused the Buddhist faith, They
carried with them sacred books and
images; they introduced the ritual and
inculcated monastic habits Of life. By
these means they changed the man.
ners Of the people" ...
Naturally, the most striking remains
left behind by the ancient people Of
Yucatan and Southern Mexico are
architectural, some of the ruins being
in very fair state Of preservation.
Many of the buildings look like Bud
dhist temples-vast caves Of stones,
dark and windowless. One finds in the
carvings on the ancient buildings Of
Yucatan and Southern Mexico q no.
ticeable likeness to grotesque Chinese
carvings, walls and pillars being
adorned with countless human heads,
more or less caricatured, and with
other fantastic designs. The artists of
that vanished race appear to have had
a great fancy for making masks for
corpses and deaths heads Of incrusted
work. Representations Of snakes and
monkeys are numerous.
Like the Chinese, the Mayas had
wonderfully elaborate calendar sys-
tenn, which embodied so many c'e-
ments of accurate chronology that It
amazes European scholars to-day.
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the only place where it Is found, or

the only place where it Is found, or
ever has been found, so far as is
known. The very fact so we'll known
to all historians that jade was so high
ly priced by the ancient Aztecs-prized
far above gold and silver and all pre-
cious stones-further indicates that II
was not a native product, but rarity
from some foreign country.
Second-The ancient Chinese were
as fearless seamen as the Norsemen.
1t is we'll known fact that the mar
lner's compass is Of Chinese origin.
Time and again Chinese junks have
been found stranded on the shores Of
Alaska, British Columbia and as far
south as Oregon. This proves the sea-
worthiness of their craft.
TT ird-The great oceanic current
which flows northward up the eastern
coast of China passes along the south
ern edge of the Aleutian Islands chain
and then sweeps down to the south
again, past the shores Of Alaska, Brit
iSh Columbia and California. Every
thing set adrift or dropped overheard
on the coast of China comes to Ameri-
ca by this route.
Fourth-Pictures of old thatched
rooted shelters in Oaxaca are striking
ly similar to the thatched roofs of the
Chinese. The peculiar rain coats worn
by the old Mexican porters are almost
precisely like the rain coats of the
Chinese.
Fifth-In Southern Mexico are found
numerous aboriginal people possess
ing the only true monosyllabic Ian
guage-a language in structure s;ngu-
larly like the Chinese-found in that
part of the world. The hieroglyphic
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TO BE CONTINUED
One on Senator Depew.

Nothing is more incomprehensible
to European writer's than the Ameri.
can custom of breaking eggs in glass.
Chauncey NJ. Depew likes to follow
the American custom, and one day the
waiter at the Hotel de Russo, in Paris,
told him he mustn't do it. There was
O dispute, and the head waiter was
called. "The glasses cannot be prop
erly Washed" it was explained. "They
are ruined"
Nonsense" said Mr.. Depew, "my
servants at home do it every day in
the year. Use little more elbow
grease.
Then Mr.. Depew broke his egg into
the glass, as usual, and the waiter
watched him. When the glass was
set aside he came with O dustpan,
cracked the glass on his boot heel and
disappeared with the fragments. The
charge for the glass was on Mr.. De-
pew's bill, and he refused to pay it.
He was too good customer to make
angry, so the hotel people smiled.
They knew that Mrs. Depew was 60
ing to remain week longer. A broken
egg glass was ingeniously worked into
her bill, and she paid for it, but Mr..
Depew didn't know it for many months
afterward, when he was telling The
story as an instance of his success in
counteracting the extortions of Euro
penn hotel keepers.-New England
Home Magazine.
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the first man to make use Of anthra-
cite coal. a, .i ~

the first man to make use Of anthra-
cite coal. s2
Obadiah Gore and his brother Dam;
lei, says the Express, discovered that
anthracite coal would, burn; eonses
quently they made known, its value.
Obadiah served in the army Of WASH
ington from the beginning Of the Rev.
olutionary War, and lived after the
war in Sheshequin, Bradford County,
Penn, where he was Judge Of the local
court for some years. IS.
Daniel Gore had a farm and dwelIs
Ing three miles north Of Wilkesbarre
On farm adjoining his to the norshs
was a bed Of rock, which came TO the
surface. Aquestion arose as to sWhether
it was d form Of coal. It was tried In
freplaces on wood fires and failed to-,
be of use. Daniel Gore experimental
with it in the blacRsmiths forge and
established the possibility Of its COM
bustibility. So. 3
1t should be remembered that black
smithing was an important Industry
in the early days Of the settlement 0f
this country. Tie local blacksmtth
Of the Wyoming Valley was no excep
ton to rule. Implements Of farming
also fixtures Of houses, such as hinges
door handles and latches, nails, etcse
together with kitchen utensils, and.:'
irons. cranes, hooks and trammels,s'
such as were then in use, were made
In the blacksmith shop.
The Gore family in question, when
the American colonies revoked against
the tyranny Of England, proved them.
selves sturdy. patriots and defenders
of their country's cause. s5
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The Oyster Girls Of Arc.ehon.

There is a quaint little town In
France where women do great share
In the natural industry Of the place..
and though no claim Is made for them
as advanced women. they wear male
attire when pursuing their trade. Ar
cachon is the name Of this little French
village, and 1t lies on an inlet Of the.
Collie de Gascoigne, not far from Bors
deaux. It consists of two towns, and
is said to be unique of Its kind. The
one situated on the shore. with itaa
shops, markets and streets, is the SUM.
mer, or Vile d'Ete, the winter town.
or Vile d'Hiver, nesting costly above,
amidst far extending pine forests on:
sandy hills or dunes. With the excep.
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CHAPTER XIV.
ENos PEEvY's RIFLE-PRAcTIcE.

ENos PEEvY's RIFLE-PRAcTIcE.
At little after daybreak, though
the fog was still heavy and the breeze
too light to remove it, it was observed
that the British were steadily advanc-
Ing.
Jackson had everything ready and
was nervouslY eager for the fray to be-
gin; but no preserved a cool express
sion of face, and gave orders that there
be not a'shot fred until the enemy
were within certain range Of vhe guns.
Mr. Vernon hastened to make his
presence felt among the men, who
looked to him for the encouragement
that such beings always need in the
supreme hour of danger. He found
them chilled and hungry; but they re-
sponded vehemently to his few low
words, and showed that they meant
to be brave.
A fiery rocket whizzed up from the
British front aud curved through the
slowly thinning fog; then another
arose from a different point.
"They are coming" said Jackson to
Lieutenant Ballanche. "Let US so to
&potts's battery"
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VV07 AS the real Columbus a
w Chinaman? This astound-
Y Y ing question is raised by
a statement that has just
come from Pekin, reinforced by re-
cent remarkable discoveries in Mexico,
SAYS. the New York Herald. In the
loot of one Of the palaces in the For
bidden City there was found an au-
thentic historical document telling Of
the discovery of this continent in the
fifth century of our era by five Bud
dhist monks, who voyaged from China
to q distant land now deemed certain
to have been Mexico.
The document is from the pen of
historian named Ii Yen Shan, who
lived in the beginning of the seventh
century, and it tells the story as it was
related by one Of those monks, who,
more fortunate than his companions,
returned from the New World in safe
ty, in the year 400 A. D. He described
the newly discovered country, which,
he called Fu-Sang, as situated some
seven thousand miles to the east of
China. The distance is stated in Ii,
three of which are about equal to one
of our miles.
The wonderful discoveries Of the
capitol Of the ancient Montezumas by
workmen who were making an excava.
ton for a sewer in Escalilleras street,
Immediately back Of the great cathe-
dral in the modern City of Mexico, a
few days ago, corroborate to an amaz-
ing degree the statements in the his
torical document Of Ii Yen Shan.
In the first place, no less than a
thousand genuine jade beads were un-
earthed. Now. these beads were
known as Aztec diamonds" the most
priced of all their possessions. The
possession of these jade objects by tine
Aztecs is regarded by archaeologlsts
as the strongest link in the chain Of
evidence indicating the presence of
Chinese in Mexico hundreds Of years
ago. No jade in it's natural state has
eyer been found in Mexico. China Is
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The unsneakable Turk


4 Turk thinks i! the most natural
thing in the world to lose province,
and, having lost Il, to quit and live
elsewhere. He talks quite compiacent-
ly of leaving Constantinople some day ,
he will go over to Asia and found an
other capital. He originates nothing:
he takes what he finds without assim-
ilating it, and remains profoundly
Turkish. He leaves no trace Of his oc-
cupation except ruins. Practically
there is nothing ut Belgrade. Sofia and
Athens to show that for centuries they
were Turkish cities.
All occupations. except agriculture
and military service, are distaSteful tc
him. Yet there are two other charac-
teristics even more important than
these. The first Is his sense OF disci.
pline. 1t is this which keeps together
the apparently tottering fabric Of the
Turkish empire. 1t makes the half
fed. half-clothed soldier ready TO en-.
dure every privation. and prevents the
corruption and incapacity of the off
GERS from producing the anarchy
which would be inevitable in any
other country. Sedition is unknown;
even complaints are rare, and were a
holy war proclaimed there is not G
man who would not be prepared to die
in defense of the system Of extortion
which grinds him down.
His second characteristic is his laz:
ness. in spite Of the laborious industry
of the Turkish peasant. The fast is
that the Turk is too proud to do many
things, too stupid to do others. His re-
ligion inculcates 4 fatal;sm which
tends to conviction that effor; IS use-
less.-London Telegraph.
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his sin is visited upon his descendants

his sin is visited upon his descendants
to the seventh generation.
"Deer are raised just as cattle are
in China, and cheese is made from the
milk of the females. A kind of red
pear is found there which Is good at
ali seasons Of the year. Grape vines
also are plentiful. There is no iron,
but copper is met with. Commerce
is free, and the people are not given to
haggling about prices.
This is the manner Of their mar.
riages: When a man wishes to wed
girl he erects his cabin just before
the door Of hers. Every morning and
evening he waters and weeds the
ground, and this he continues to do for
a whole year. If by the end of that
time the girl has not given her consent
to the union his suit is lost and he
moves away, but If she is willing he
mdrries her. The marriage ceremony
is almost the same as that observed in
China.
Images of the spirits of the deaG
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) CHINESE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
Pekns Startling Revelation of Oriental Exploration Unexpect
edy Coroborated by Evidence Found in Mexico.

ly Oriental, was found carved in a
block Of stone, which seemed to have
been part Of an ancient. altar. Profes-
sor E. T. Hamy, Of the Trocadero Mu.
scum, discovered this long before the
recent discovery in Pekin Of the Ii
Yen Shan document. Other Mexican
images, with figures having Chinese
turbans and Oriental features, have
been found in Southern Mexico, ac-
cording to Professor Saville,. Of the
American Museum of Natural History.
He does not think the Chinese ever
lived on this continent, but admits that
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The Double Letter.

Ic doubled letter is scarcely O. usc
Il arv language Sometimes we ar
,urely Inconsistent. Letter must have
::ao It's" literal one The double let.
Ter very seldom affects the pronuncia-,
ton. Would 1t not be vel: to drop tho
double letter altogether? 1t would
ciinplify spelling and save time, too,-
'..otds ard Qprries.
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characters used in writing by the May
as Of ancient Yucatan and Mexico
somewhat resemble those employed by
the Chinese. The Chinese characters
of to-day are merely notifications of
hieroglyphics Which are more or less
Photographic.
Sixth-The ancient Chinese symbol
representing the male and female prin-
ciples Of generation, which is distinct
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ton of two hotels, the Vile d'Hiver is
composed Of about 300 independent

lWO uOlSlS, luS lAiC " lava a.
composed Of about 300 independent
villas. standing amidst their own gar.
dens, the pines being all around. The
avenues are laid out serpentine fash.
ion, to avoid air currents; nothing but
low hedges or light fences separate
the different gardens. Neither ter
races of houses are tolerated, nor
shops, the result being quite park-like,
and the eye, even in full winter, is re-
freshed by living masses Of green.
From the heights one gets fine view
Of the Vile d'Ete, the fishing boats
and Oyster Park"
Here the oyster girls follow their
trade When the boats come In they
work on the floats near the shore, and
present a picturesque appearance In
their knickerbockers, big hats and sa.
bots. The accompanying picture
shows them as recently photographed.
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north, the other in the south. Those
who have committed trifing faults
are sent to the latter, those guilty of
graver crimes to the former. The male
and female prisoners are allowed to
marry each other, and their children
are sold as slaves. When a man OF
superior rank commits crime the
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are placed on kind of pedestal, and
prayers are addressed to them morn
ing and evening. The King does not
meddle with affairs Of government un.
til he mas been three years on the
throne. ......'
"In former times the religion of Bud.
dha was unknown in this country, but
in the fourth of the years ia ming, In
the reign of Hiao-wou-ti, of the Soung
dynasty, five missionaries from the
country Ki-pin went to Fu-sang and
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people assemble in great numbers. seat
themselves opposite the offender, par
take of a banquet, and take leave Of
the condemned person as of one who
is about to die. Cinders are then
heaped about the doomed man. Fo.
slight faults the criminal alone is pun
ished, but for q serious crime his chill
dren and grandchildren suffer with
him, and in some extraordinary cases
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there is striking evidence of The knowl.
edge Of things Chinese in old Mexico.
Gara 10 tho nl,ininal dnnument.

Here Is the original document:
"Fu-Sang is situated about 10000 II
to the east of the country Of Tahan
and an equal distance to the east Of
China. 1t has many trees, whose first
sprouts resemble those Of tic bamboo,
and which serve the natives as food.
The fruit is red and shaped like a
pear. The bark Of the tree is prepared
in the same manner as hemp, to be
manufactured into cloth and Powered
stufss, and the wood serves for the
construction of houses. The inhabi-
tants have a system of writing, and
make paper from tree bark. They pos
sess neither arms nor troops, and they
never wage war.
According to the laws of the king
dom, there are two prisons, one in the
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REVEALED THE GOALS VIRTUES.

obahiah Gore Said TO Be the First te:i
Use the Black Diamonds.
There are a number Of stories as to-
the way in which the value Of coal
was first discovered, and the Buffalo
Express adds to the number by, print
ing in a recent number the picture or
Obadiah Gore, who, 1t Is claimed. war
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Printers Language Growing.

Composing machines are RESPONSE
BILE for the forming of ten new words
from the Greek, as additions to the
language of the printer. Thoy are:
Autotype, graphotome, graphotype,
linotype, monoline, monotype, plec-
trotype, tachytype, typobar and typo
graph. The rest of the machines have
been satisfied with plain Anglo-Saxo2
nomenclature,
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American excelsior is exported t"
Central America, to the West Indies.
20 England. and other foreign coun.
tries, several thousand tons OF the
fibre being shipped yearly.
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RiR D0maa.

st. Paul's London, has a dome 112
feet in diameter; st. Peters, Rome, is
139 feet across.
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YAS the real Columbus a
Chinaman? This astound-
ing question is raised by
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>TTRR
er MAuRlcE THOMPSON.
CHAPTER XIII.

cop,,isht. 1882 and 1888 hy Robert Bonner, Sons.
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ed and found wanting, and the idea of
bringing forth such a resolution as this
is like person stealing something
valuable and raising the cry of thief
thief, In order to divert attention from
us. l move to reject the resolution
Senator kanuha was next TO occupy
the hoor, and he attempted to justify
the action of the majority, but did not
make hit" as his arguments We're
painfully weak
AT the next election" said Cecil
Brown, the people will decide who are
fairs, and IT Will not be the Republican
party that will have to bear the
odium.''
In reference to the loan bill, Sena-
tor Brown said 1t was held over the
Governors head as weapon TO force
him to grant an extension; not for the
benefit of the people, but for their own
personal interests. 1t makes no differ
ence whether we appropriate one
single cent or not. The Organic Act
provides for cases of emergency, and
the government would; be run under
the old appropriation BILL
Paris thought that if want of con-
idence resolution was to be present.
ed, it should come from the people. He
attacked the Independent party in gem
eral, and their method of transacting
business.
FOR three solid hours the discussion
had continued, until the members
themselves began to tire Frequent
calls of 'ninau" We're heard, and final
~ the president put the motion to in
definitely postpone the resolution, be-
fore the House.
He called for the show of hands,
which resulted in tie.vote, to 6, Sem
ator Russell not voting. The president
was then called on to decide the mat
ter, and he declared the motion car
'ried, much to the surprise of States
man Emmeluth, who was sitting in the
back part of the chamber. listening
with great attention to the remarks
made upon the resolution
Emmeluth walked out of the Senate
chamber, giancing angrfly at Kaiue,
who dared decide against the plumb
err"
The Senate adjourned at p. M, with
three items in the appropriation bill,
and three hours senseiess discussion
on a nondescript resolution to their
credit
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KENNEDY RETURNS
TO LOS ANGELES
He Makes a Good Report OIL
the Honolulu Elk
Herd.

LOS ANGELES. May s.-Dr. w. f.
Kennedy, district deputy grand exalted
ruler for Southern California of the B..
P. O. Elks. has arrived home from Ho-
nolulu. While there he assisted Grand
Exalted Ruler Jerome B. Fisher to in
stall Honolulu lodge. DIR. Kennedy says
the personnel of the lodge is one of the
finest he ever saw. They are now ar
ranging for lodge and club rooms of
their own and are very enthusiastic ov-
er the order.
We had delightful trip going over"
said DIR. Kennedy. There was no sea
to speak of. and everything was pleas
ant. The morning We were sighted
delegation came out to meet Us on a
launch, and from that time on it was
one round of pleasure. The new lodge
gave one stag social and one ladies'
night while We were there. They GER
tainly are entertainers and do things
right. The return trip was without Incl
dent, with the exception of two rough
days, but our party were seasoned sail
ors by that time and were not sick
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SAN FRANCISCO PLAGUE.
Actual Falsehoods Demanded by the
Press of That CITY.

Some of the San Francisco papers
are expressing sort of malignant sat
isfaction over the prospects of a trans
fer of DR.. Kinyoun from that station
to some other in the United States Ma
rine Hospital service. They apparent
ly look upon 1t as a sort of punishment
to be inflicted on him for not acting in
accordance with their wishes, and as
a result of their efforts. Since DR..
Kinyoun's offense was that he simply
told the truth and did not actively go
to work to suppress it at their demand.
it would be a. disgrace to the service
were this the motive of the order for
the transfer, and we trust, therefore,
that their assumption is a false one.
AS far as DR.. Kinyoun, himself, is con-
cerned, 1t can hardly be altogether dis
agreeable for him to get away from
those who have persistently and ma
iiciously slandered him for simply do
ing his duty, and we trust the change,
If it occurs, involves no serious incon-
venience to him, and Is not contrary
to his wishes. The misfortune is that
it gives to the newspapers which have
opposed him., the opportunity to pre-
tend. however falsely, that their infiu-
ence has effected the removal, and 1t
puts the head of the United States
Marine Hospital service on his honor.
as it were, to show the falsity eff such
Misrepresentation. DIR. Kinyoun can
hardly ask for better vfndica ton of
his course before the medical public,
than has been given by the facts in
the report of the government commits
sion. If he is transferred it should be
with the assurance to the public that
his course, as regards the facts of the
plague. is fully endorsed by his SUI
oil
fidence is to be given to the quaran-
tine service, there must be no suppress
sion of facts, whatever may be the
loca, wishes. Actual falsehoods seem
to be demanded by a portion of the
San Francisco press, and until the sit
uation is cleared up beyond any posi-
BILE doubt there is especial need of an
honest and fearless representative OF
the government at that post--Journal
of the American Medical Association.
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Makekau then moved that House bill
l. appropriating $4,000 for the expenses
of the extra session, pass its third read
ing.
Dickey expressed his opinion that the
House was becoming too extrayagant
The people were asking for over 81, coo 600
for improvements, while the Legislature
was spending $1,000 day. only $1,000 of
the appropriation fund being needed for
salaries.
Emmeluth asked for a statement of
items. which was not youchsafed. and
the measure passed its third reading by
a, vote of 25-3, Monsarrat, Emmeluth and
Keiki voting in the negative.
The salaries appropriation measure was
laid over until today, none of the inves-
tigating committees being ready to re-
port on account of delayed information
from the various departments. There
was in consequence no afternoon session
in order to give the committees the fur
Their time required to thoroughly look
into the matter