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Society Wife Also Objects
to Husbands Red
Underwear.

CHICAGO. Ap-'l ls.-The story about
the troubles between Mrs. Ootiata Him-
m. rman and her husband IN remarkable"
Stated In tabloid III" chs" stands; cul-
.turc and refinement vs.. red underwear.
Mrs Zimmerman represents the FIRST.
Mr. Zimmerman the Inter. tn" Him-
norman home IS n Grand Boulevard,
IN swell section. The family has lived
there twenty years. Mrs. Zimmerman !s
socially inclined. She ls nI.o "A vocalist.
Sh. is a teacher OF song culture in the
Chicago Conservatory.
Her husband Is conductor on nm
Illinois suburban train. There Is one
child. eighteen years old. daughter
Mrs. Zimmerman came from Rome. y.
=. where her father Is a wealthy manu-
fnciurer.
Six y"nrs ago Mrs. Zimmerman made
her iirH; trip 10 Europe. Her daughter
says there has been irouHc In the fam
lily cv"r since. Th. mother wanted the
daughter educated FOR the stage. The
father didn't. Separation. Mother and
daughter wen; 10 live together else.
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where. TIL" daughter. In speaking o,
the separation. said:
Papa persists in wearing the reddess
Kind OF underwear. and mamma can't
bear that, Then. too. he Will wear
""olcn socks I'm winter, and mamsna
thinks that's awfuly coarse. Another
thing thar rmharra.scs mamma Is that
Instead OF keeping nice suit O!
clothes At the station and looming them
when he gets on duty. he Genes stroll
ing down The street IN full view o. al
our ar!s;orrn,ic n"!ghbor- with hts
hrass-buttonc! uniform an! conductors
cap on. OF course. our swell! social
friends notice and remark sneer!nR!y on
THIS. and II JUS; brushes mamma.
II go to see him once every week and
los. him Just a. much as | dIl before
wc lex, him. which MAS "a great acAi. /
assure you. DO not believe that & IL
anything FOR the neSspapcrr TO lake up
hi, have told You the facts W that ".
VIII not be :Tisicprescnt"n.'
MIR. zimmerman takes the matte.
phi!usophicnlly. and say. thar he w:ll
continue TO work and occupy his hfn"
jnst rs he has always done.
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LOVERS FULFIL
THEIR DEATH vow
Guard at EInira Shot Girl Then Ended His
Own Life Because They Gould Not We'd

note. hut the name Anna was atSnci
as with 4 trembling hand
Fred Fisher was a guard n; the New
York State Refnrmatory and had been
sin?ioyea there sim. last November.
The girl h. k!l!'! IS a sometg S"'do
and they had been swecth"a.tS ever
since Fisher came TO this city.
The murderer and suicide = hne-
looking. muscular man. twcrty.sN years
old The girl Is year younger, a
blond and attractive, Fisher is SAID 20
come from ~e!l-,o.do Rochester fam
!.y. and because his parents objected to
his marriage the lovers decided 20 die.
On the girls finger was a IA; band
ring engraved IF. J F." CF!sher's int
,.a!S. It bore this inscription inside
..Mt-STERED IN JULY q. 1895. It'll
nA1'rEHy LIGHT ARTILLERY. MUS.
TEIlED Dt'T nov - 1895"
Fisher served IN the Spanish American
war IN this battery,
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WANTS BROTHER.
|N.LAW BONDED.
Mrs. Quade ThinksH1m
Unfit to Administer
Estate.

Mrs. Caroline oundc alcd a motion be.
fnro Surrogate Ransom. OF Brooklyn, to-
day TO remove or bond heavily. her
Srother-.u-law. Peter Bertsch. as exccu-
tor Ok ,ae estate OF her father. william
Erois,cdt.
Rraisted. died twcn,y.sevcn years ago
leaving ha.f million dollars worth Of
property in tho hands OF the execuDrs
TO be kept intact until tho death Of his
widow. when !; was to be sold and tho
sash proceeds divided among his heirs
.a;-law
Mrs Quadc alleges that her mother
recently died. that this distribution II to
take place and tina, Bertsch Is not q nc
person to act. as he is the only surviving.
executor and Is besides insolvent. De-
c.s,on was reserved.
B.r,scn is President OF the 9wabiscte
Buui ard one OF the mos. prominent
Germans In Brooklyn. His lawyer. while
admitting he had failed in business.
showed that his management OF tic
Brplstcdt estate had been successsul
and that no had increased tho principal
$1,000 IN the past twelve months. Il de.
vclopcd that no accounting had been
asked Of tho executor since 1850
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n,.,,I :, N. r,.,,n. wo,,.,


E1Ai1ItA. y. r.. April ls.-After sign
ing a contract to die together and end
an unhappy existence. Fred Fisher and
Anna Linberk lef: home las; evening
They were found early to-day ,y.ns
at the side OF River road. about three
miles from this city. near the entrance
10 Ror!ck's Glen. Both were dead.
In Fishers hand was stu! tightly
clasped a revolver with two cha nbers
discharged. Bullet holes IN tho head OF
each showed tho manner OF death. The
discovery was made BY Farmer Rorick.
VINO resides near the glen. The bodies
were brought to the City MorEue.
In Fishers vest poke: was found
this note:
April. u. 1901
BROTHERS AND SISTERS. l An
ABOUT TO END ALL WITH MY
SWEETHEART. WHO CONSENTS
YOU Will. FIND My DIAMONDS.
JEwELRi. &c. IN MY TRUNKS.
ALSO CEMETERY PAPERS.
HAVE MONEY DUE MI. FROM
NEW YORK STATE HEFORMA-
TORY. WISH TO RE BURIED II
ROCHESTER. 'S!rneL) FRED.
This was written on n. hack o: a Re-
'"rmatory shipping blank. on IN" op-
posit" SD" was this remarkable note:
WE GO TOGETHER AND DIE
HAPPY. tSigne,D FRED. ANNA"
This was hastily written and the
name Fred was signed with bold hand.
Ind In the same writing as in the other
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READY COOKED FOOD.
A Great Convenience for Hou,steereu

Two young ladies In q certain city
are employed downtown and rent 4
small fiat. where they do light house.
keeping. Frequently they are invited
out evenings. and the subjec, OF.
meals Is 4 puzzler.
OF late they haze solved the prob
lem by keeping some nice rich milk
or cream convenient and n package
OF dry. crisp Grape-Nnts near by.
In thirty seconds the meal Is ready
and II Is most fascinating meal.
too. for the creamy taste blends with
the peculiar delicate sweet OF The
grape sugar In tho Grape-Nuts. pro-
duc.ng u never to- be forgotten flavor.
The sustaining power OF the food is
sufficient to keep one we'll nourished
even when q small amount Is used
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TRIED TO FOLLOW
SUICIDE HUSBAND.
Mrs. Doremus in Violent OeIirium as Result
of MiIona;re's Death.

Ju1Aaes p poronus, . retired million
Nkrs msrchaaS' killed himself at his
home, No. 20 Pearl street. Paterson.
~. J.. shortly before midnight, by swal-
downing casbolio acid.
Wild With Gr!of. his widow. q daughter
'of Judge DeSgers. tried to throw her
room At 40 A. N. to-day. Her lie was
saved by servant. who caught hcr
dress and dragged her back into the
boom.
Mrs. Doremus II now in violent dc!ir-
Gum under a doctors care.
4 few hours before killing himself
Mr.. Dorcmus called on tho undertake,
later summoned to care for his body
and laughed aud joxed with him FOR
d considerable time.
Tho sudden death Of two OF his chill
dren within a few days OF each other
ten years ego affected Mr. Doremus's
mind. He created n kensn ton a, that
time BY insisting that ono OF tho chill.
ldren was alive. and defying tho ply
isko!ans and undertaken to remove her
body.
1t 10 thought that his mind became
again affected and tina; this caused his
suicide.
Mr.. Doremus was ono OF tho mos,
familiar figures In Paterson. He was n
great story teller and always enjoyed
. Joke.
He had always been regarded as &c.
centric. especially since the death OF
his three-year.old son David and his
seven.year-old daughter Edna. when
grief drove him wild.
Tvs fortune. estimated Mt a million
dollars. vas earned by himself and his
father in the shoe manufacturing b,si-
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''MR. DooLEY" COMING BACK.
Author Dame While in Rome
Talked with the J'oue.

LONDON. April H-Pc,cr r. Dunno.
o: Chicago c'Mr. Doolcy'). salts for
America April q. In an interview no
raid that when he saw the Pope, on
Palm Sunday. tho Pon:!n looked ~.
mcrkably well.
Ills Holiness talked 20 me FOR per-
haps ten 'ninuies." said Mr.. Dunne
Ills conversation was full o. humor
and sympathy. lie expressed his deep
!ovo for America and It's people and
cv!ncGd tho kccncst interest in and
coHnizanc. OF the latest Developments.
IN our country.
when the audience came TO an end
and tho Popo pronounced the bcncdc.
ton. his voice rang out strong and
clear. Tx" that OF a man OF twenty.
After seeing this marvellous bend o: the
Churca on. could easily nrnr! 10 lis.
regard the Frequent rumors % !ls
!ccb!cncss and ili-heaith.
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[X- MAYORS
WIFE FOR $1,000
Mrs. Leroy Says Mrs.
Wanser Called Her
Law Breaker.

Mrs ASb!e Warscr. wife o. Peter F.
Whnstr former Mayor and prrsen;
ios.mhstcr ~ Jersey c!,y. appeared
1s fore justice Mnr.an IN poughkeepsie.
y to-day as defendant in an action
hrpuEh; By Mrs Leroy. OF Milton, u
aier county Tor 500 damages Tor SIAN
der
Mrs L"T,oy owns little .rul, farm
nj Iil'ou. 81" is widow with two
married daughters. Tn. Wans.rs have
4, country place adjoining Mrs. Lee
summers.
one u Mrs. lie Roy's sons-!n-!aw.
fhCcEns Davis. worked FOR the Wan
discharged. HIS ro.her-!u-!aw took
hts part and became involved In M
alteration IN which. II IS alleged. Mrs
Wnn-cr mad" 'ar assertion that sh.
Whnser Sas accompanied In court by
her husband ar! httecn'year-o.d son,
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She Smoked Before
Her Marriage to the
Doctor = Consumed
Over 1000 Every
Month.

pose between the fair smokers lips ard
the tobacso. \ fac-simile u Miss Nc
phcrson's signature had TO b" placed on
each cigarette. When She was married
Mira. Muir not only continued as a Gus
toner, but brought her husband in per
son to IN" firm, 80 81 is charged. and
said that In future he would also buy
ais cigarettes there.
The ..l"' cigarettes. It Is charged. wore
sold TO DR.. and Mrs. Muir In ,hir;y-,hrec
days In 1889 and the following are the
dates on the account
July L. 81. July ). SIS. July =. $40,
Aug. .. -. Aug. ~. 81
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ness and greatly augmented by tho
younger man through real estate specu-
lation and judicious lonns.
He gave no evidence OF any intention
on his life when he took dinner 4, his
home last night. He was IN his usual
merry mood when he walked downtown
after dinner and appeared a, many
places where he was well known.
1t was while on his way home. abou,
o'clock. that he stopped a. the shop o!
Undertaken Mckee. He knew Mckee
very well. and he Tested with him In his
wont"d fashion. Then he snun,cr"d
homowari.
Took Carbolic Acid.
Mr.. Doremus retired shortly after h.
got home. An hour or two later Mrs
Dorcmtis was awakened by agoniz.d
cries. She ran to her husbands room
to ind him dying.
The smell OF carbolic acid fl,lcd the
place. The mouth and face o. the
roaming man We're horribly burned by
the acid.
Doctors were hurr!edly called. bu, all
efforts TO save Mr.. Doremus we're use
less. The family did what they could
to keep the matter secret even from
tho police. hut when Undertaken Nc.
kee was called In he summoned County
Physic!an Mcbride. who found that Mr..
Dorcmus had swallowed carbolc acid
Mrs. DOrInus was Frustrated at first.
Later she became dclirtous and ans
carefully watched all night BY the ser
wants.
While in NJ OF deIrium this morning
she made dash for the window OF het
room and tried TO jump out. The watch
ing servant caught her dress ~ she
reached the w!ndO" sill. and s.tcr a
struggle. gni her back In the room.
Three sisters survive Mr.. DOrcmus
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SHOT WIFE AND HIMSELF.
Kentucky C""pIc PrincipnI. !,
OOuliIC TrrxctlS,

CHICAGO. April !s.-chari.s II.
Sweeney. loca! agent for Lexington
ny, tobacco company. to-day shot ana
Killed h!s wife ana then took his own
near the Granada lio,c!. The tragedy
occurred IN the apartments q. Mrs. w.
l.: laii!.ps. u sister OF Mrs. Sweeney.
The Swsencys formerly lived In Lex
irgton. They were well connected and
moved In good society. Not long ago
they separated. and his wife followed
him TO Chicago. against his will. he
threatening to kill her II she did so.
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Tobacco Firm Now
Seeks to Recover the
Price in a Suit, but
is Unable to Find
Her.

only rold-.;pped o!earnsess>of'tts.n nes.
brand o. tobacco are 0S TOR Sfrs. Ed!a
Mcpherson Muir. daughter OF the late
senator John Il. Mcpherson. OF New
jersey. who IL contestiu9 the WI Of her
mother because she was left only life
.n,cres: In n 100000 estate. She II
:asi!d!ous and discriminating smoker.
according TO Sotora Bros. OF No. l-ls
broadway.
That Is why tho nrm II to-day trying
to collect 81. tho prseo OF 2,lo0 cigarettes
alleged to have been sold to her and her
husband. DR.. Muir. and why 'hey have
arranged to ask thu City Court for per-
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clutstrr ~ 'Els country
~" officiating clergyman was Row
Father Iiurkra u -, assisted hy Father
Trbtlf. ratplhin NJ the colvrn, II
Mts'tiG,fl' IA Montreal. and Rev. p'"tro
II" nr'd" Is sister or Mother 81.
NJ hhe' the SII-riOr.ss ~ ST Ursula.
ana sh' Hr- fnyor"tt pup!l a; III. in
@lf'i' m She wished hcr teachers -
Win" = her wedding, ana through the
riigrRcs ~ HI. bridcGrnrm VINO is 4.
r"pL@N - the lat" Cardinal Tlsch.rnu.
"i t'01it. III" uropcr permission was
1Htl ned from the ecclesiastical auihpri-
tts ~ the Ncm York AMI Qucbe, do
c,ss,a
y choir " nlack.roboi nuns sang the
bridal chorus
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Jo,,, ruchrc s.n.on c,o.cu.

The Jolly F:uchrc cl,,n. 81 Harlem,
held It's !ns, party ~ the season At tn.
h.us" "t President John a Wilbur. r.
No 40 Eas: one Hundred and SIX
'~"n:h street. last nigh, The prize
winners were Mfs Harry Tuthill, Mrs
James a Francis. Mcssrs. John A. WIZ
bur and HARRY Fond.
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appear to prosecutc her on charge q!
stealing n picture. She was rc-arrrstcd
aud discharged because Mrs. Sarah Red.
ell. OF No. $40 Yves, Thir,ieth street.
could not prove that the sk!r, the pris-
,oner wore belonged to her.
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CATION rf Sotarn Eros As Miss Nc
Phcr.on they declare. sh. wa one nt
the firms hes; customers
She had them made to order Each
had 10 nav" dainty gold tip to inter
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CRAZED MOTHER
CUT HER THROAT
Strain Of Nursing Sick
Baby Affected
Her Mind.

Crnzed BY the exhaustion and anxiety
OF nursing her sick babe, Mrs. Mary
Carroll. OF No. 'oS Eleventh avenue. who
became mother only three weeks ago.
cut her throat with razor early to-day.
When her husband awoke to 20 to
work he found her UNCONSCIOUS on
sofa. Her baby was crying In q cradle
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DR.. Linden. q Roosevelt Hospital. said
the woman had MISSED her luEu.ar vein,
but she VAS 40 weak prcviou. t. he al :
tempt on nee lie that she may de.
carro!l said that his wife had been
constantly with the haby since It's b.rtH
ana that she wit' ~ worn out from oss
o. sleep and worry over the little ON.
that her mind was affected. She ar1su
during the night AMI took her huyband's
razor from bureau drawer After
razor ard lay Gown on the sOfa To die.
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mission to nail n summons on the front |
door of tho Muir residence. No. II West
Th.r:v- sixth street.
That Mrs. Muir is a cigarette smoker
and has been 10 for years 10 the allie
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she Wen. Free 10th Times.

May Wallace was twice discharged In
the Jefferson Market Police Court by
Magistrate Crane yesterday. She was
ii'st aryaisnei on complaint Of Miss
Helen Hastings. an artist. who did not
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of that which is now but wilderness
of sand and desolation, and to again
set flowing the tide of life and COM
merce which once profited by the nat
ural resources of this old-world land
In it's conception the project is as
1laring as If an attempt We're made
to restore the life Of ancient Egypt and
people again the palaces of the Phar-
aohs.
The country upon which this re-
markable experiment will be made
lies at the southeastern extremity of
Mexico. 1t has been characterized by
travellers as the hottest place on earth
death Valley only eXcepteG-but SCI
entiSts, who trust to thermometers
rather than to the perspiratory repieln-
brances of explorers, say that the eli
mate of Yucatan has been DETAINED.
They say that the average highest
temperature is only ninety eight de-
grees. while very often the mercury
registers as little as seventy-five de-
grees. Yucatan lies twenty degrees
from the equator-the twentieth de-
gree of longitude intersecting the
country.
Yucatan. like Egypt, Is country of
magnificent tradition. That it was
once country of great wealth and of
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q high degree of civilization is thor
oughly established, yet although it was
once region rich in agricultural pro-
ducts, 1t Is to-day almost q forgotten
corner of the earth. badly watered. lit
tie cultivated and maintaining place
In the affairs of mankind only because
its forest are rich in mahogany, rose
wood, logwood and other valuable tim
Der. Having an area of 2S,17S square
miles and a population Of 215,500--
mostly Maya Indians - the country
possesses only twenty-five miles of
railroad line. This railroad connects
the capital, Merida, with It's port of
Progreso, on the northwest coast.
According to the official returns
there are altogether in Yucatan seven
cities, thirteen towns, siXty-two ruined
cities, 143 villages, fifteen abandoned
settlements and 333 haciendas. Scarce
ly any of these places have as many
as 10000 Inhabitants, the population
of the great majority falling below
1000.
This is The sort of country which New
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A Erewer's Object Lesion.

A remarkable lesson is taught by the
Lord Iveagh. Eleven years ago he placed
81 ,25o,0 900 in the hands of trustees to
build model tenements for the poor in
London and Dublin. In the seven large
buildings completed for London there
are club rooms, reading rooms, music
.ooms and minor theatres are supplied.
and various shelters for children whose
mothers are out at service. But the strang.
est thing OF all is that in these beautiful
homes (for such they are, artistic. COM
Portable and inspiring self-respect in the
5000 or 5000 population they shelter) not
A drop of the brewers own beer can be
sold. Mineral water is on draught. but
every form of intoxicants is banned.
There are plenty of baths, but no bars.
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Beefeater with a Sense of Humor.

Some years ago l followed q party Of
tourists around the tower, and heard
one Of the "beefeaters" who garrison
that venerable fortress narrate the
history of the various trophies. He
was a man of humor and INDUCED in
frequent jokes. and as he came to a
long row of dismounted cannon he
winked at me and remarked:
''These ERE cannon was hall cap
tured from the Yankees"
"When?" l asked.
"In various wars" he responded
boldly.
Then why do you label them as
having been captured from the Turks,
the Russians and other nations?"
''To spare yer honor's feelings, SIR"
he responded politely.
But no cannon or flag or any trophy
among the thousands that may be seen
in the Tower of London ever belonged
to the army or navy of the United
States. If there were ever one even
of the most Insignificant character it
would be shown with pride to every
American tourist-W. e. Curtis, in
Chicago Record Herald.
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A New Point of View.

Listen to the appeal of the late DR..
John Hall: Fathers do without it for the
sake of your young sons if for no other
reason. How can you tell but that their
swift feet may trip to that destruction on
this side of which your slower feet have
been able to haiti" The Christian prin-
ciple should persuade you to leave off
drinking for the sake of the weakest and
lowliest, and certainly for the sake of
those in your own household. Let the
young men of your families do as you may
think it right for you to do. and what
fearful probabilities loom up before you!
Dr.. Mott used to remark how those young
men who at college persisted in the use
of Intoxicating drinks soon sank into OBJ
security and often into drunkards' graves.
It is hazardous, then, to form habits
which are so frequently fatal. and it IS
becoming in all Christian and well dis
posed people to exercise by their example
a commendable, salutary and restraining
influence over men generally. These are
the principles which make the early tenn
perance reformation so mighty. These
are the principles which have swept the
use of Intoxicating drinks out of three
fourths of the prosperous, respectable and
intelligent families of America. - Rev.
John H. Barrows, d. D., in Christian
Work.
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gether unrivaled for the magnitude Of
it's buildings, the richness Of its sculp-
tured facades and the almost classic
beauty of it's statuary. It's most Cvn-
spiculous edifice bears the name Of
the Nunnery, though there is slight
evidence thar. nuns ever inhabited the
building. There is also a beautiful
building known as the Governors
Palace, which possesses a wonderful
frieze, 325 feet long. decorated with
n row of colossal heads in high relief,
divided into panels. and filled alter
nately with panels of heads and pam
els of designs resembling arabesques.
One of the strangest and most signiti-
cant monuments in Yucatan is found
at AXE, ten miles east of Merida,
where there is huge pyramid, with
an immense flight Of steps, presenting
features different from anything else
where discovered in Yucatan. This
strange monument Is surmOunted by
thirty-siX pillars, each four feet square
and from fourteen to sixteen feet high.
At Izamal, few miles east Of AXE,
there is another great pyramid, with
base $50 feet square. Near it are
three other pyramids and a colossal
head. thirteen feet high, which bears
a strong resemblance to the Sphinx.
as far as style is concerned. Unlike
that great monolith, however, the La
NAL Sphinx is built up of rough stones
which have been covered with NOR
tar.
The interesting feature of all these
ruins, from the modern and utilitarian
point of view, is the proof they afford
that at some time, not very remote,
the country of Yucatan was almost as
crowded with people as modern China.
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WING Of PALACE RESTORED

Wonder has been expressed that such
a bleak, arid and almost streamlesS
land should have ever become the seat
of empire and the home of flourish
ing civilization, but from geographic
cal standpoint the absence of rivers
on the Yucatan plateau appears to be
due not so much to a deficient rainfall
as to the extremely porous nature Of
the ground, which absorbs water like
a sponge, and thereby prevents the de-
velopment of surface streams.
1t Is to this problem that modern
methods will be applied, although, in
their very application, they will have
been copied from those of the ancients.
Yucatan is not dry and waterless
land at all, only. like many another
country, it will only yield it's treasures
to those who will work for them. Be-
meath the surface of Yucatan the
waters accumulate in such abundance
that sufficient supply may always be
had by any one who will take the
trouble to sink a well. The water is
so thoroughly distributed. indeed, that
any part of the tableland may be sue
cessfully tapped for water.
In that fact lies the secret of the old
time prosperity of Yucatan and its
present day desolation.-Brooklyn
Eagle.