The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

man Catholics should take the oath of
allegiance to the King OF England, and
should then be preserved from any dis
tuyhance on account Of their religion
This provision was adhered to by W III am
III, but was broken by Queen Anne. since
which time Limerick has received the
soUhriquet of-"rhe City Of the Violated
Treaty.
The Aztec calendar. cut in stone, pre-
served for centuries from destruction, Is
now built into the walls Of the Cathedral
of McxiCo IL was carved in the year
I5l2 a D., and brought to the ancient CNF
Of Tenoch!ittan, now AeNico. When II
had nearly reached It's destination II
broke down the floating bridge ON which
it was loaded, and was precipitated INTO
the lake. The priest experimenting the
moving and many of his assistants we're
drowned but the great stone calendar
WAS raised with difficulty from the water
and brought to the great temple located
by T'iZoc ana Aluitzoth, where it was in
auguratod with human sacrifices.
Not many years later this temple. with
many others. was destroyed. and the huge
calender stone and other objects OF
heather worship were buried i'm the sur
rounding marshes. as the best way to get
rid of them, by order of the Spanish au-
thorities. II lay hidden for two cen
turtles, until the L.. of December. 1870
when the grade of the pavement in font
of the Cathedral was lowered, and it was
brought to light.
The Spanish Niceroy then controlling
Mexican affairs. allowed the commission
CTS Of the cathedral to build it into the
sacred ediliCe on the condition that 1t
should be preserved and exposed always
in a public place. II is now, however
held as the property of the National MI
scum.
The zodiac. or calender, wrought upon
the stone is twelve feet in diameter. made
of piece OF basalt of immense weight
1t gives clear exposition of the DIVISIONS
of timc. as understood by the AzlecS'
into cycles, years, and days. ftty-tWo
o tod n N~glR
565 DAYS. with five very unlucky inter-
GALAXY days wholly devoted TO human sac
rfiice Each year had eighteen months OF
twcnl days each, and these months Tour
weeks of five days each. The days had
peculiar names. such as Sea Animal,
Small Bird 'Moakey, Rain. These
names did not recur every week, but We're
as numerous as the twenty days OF the
month The points Of the compass We're
named Reed, House. FLINT, ''ttab-
bit" instead of our east. west, north, and
going House on Sea Animal, which
would merely mean that he was starting
west on Monday.
The months. it appears, likewise had De
scriptive names; thus the third month,
which corrcSpOnded approximately Win
our March. was called Victims tlaEed
Alive" while the more propitious title Tor
the sixth month. near to our July, was.
'.Garlands of Corn on the NeckS of Idols.
As their writing was pictorial instead OF
by letters selected from an alphabet, thtN
could give q long phrase III a hIlti Sll.St
with q few adroit turns of their writing
instruments.
JOURNEYINGS OF THE AZTECs.
There is a painting in the Museum of
Mexico called the "Wanderings OF the
Aztecs" It is forty-eight feet long and
fifty inches wide. all in black, except that
the line Of travel is marked in red. This
painting gives the routes of the AZtecs
from the time of their departure from
Aztlan atlantis until their arrival in
the Valley of Mexico. On the island, in
the land Of Aztlan, stands a trocalli, like
the temples of worship in Mexico The
chronology year by year is given, and
the various journeys made by the wan
derers. with the principal events that be-
fell them. A short piece at the end is
torn of and missing, which probably de
riCted the founding of the City of Mexico.
In the city Of Rotterdam.H olland, there
peep ont from the windows of two an
tique gabled houses opposite each other
two stones remotely in the likeness of
human heads, about which the following
story is told. During the prevalence OF
the plague in Rotterdam all the people
living on this street were stricken except
out But from near windows they agreed
that at a certain hour every morning
each would look out of his window to-
ward his neighbor $. Day after day each
looked anXiously for the other. When all
danger had passed they met, and shak-
ing hands, agreed to commemorate their
solemn 'good-mornings' byerecting. each
in his window, a stone head. The two old
men have long since passed away, but