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A GREAT MONUMENT.
The HierOglyphic Stairway Found
at COpan, Honduras.
Finest Specimen of Aboriginal Amer
lean Architecture in Existence
Its Beauty Is Puzzle to
ArchaeOIOgists.

The remarkable hierOglyphic stair
way at COpan, in Honduras, not far
from the boundary of Guatemala, is in
many ways the I.Ost important and in
teresting monument of aboriginal
American architecture that has ever
been brought to light by the excava-
tiOns of the archaeologist. Ten years
ago it was practically unknown, but
since then ii has been uncovered and
studied as a whole by the various Co
pan expeditions of the Peabody nu-
scum of American archaeology and
ethnOlogy at Harvard, under the di-
rectiOn of George B. Gordon, whose
elaborate report on the discovery and
restoration of the stairway-iust is
sued 10 subscribers by the museum au-
thorities-affords much incidental in
formation concerning a memorable
prehistoric civilization that may prove
70 be older than even the Assyrian or
the Egyptian-tbat of the ancient
Maya people which once dwelt in the
plains and valleys of Central Amer
lea
How many hundreds-Or thousands
of years old the hieroglyphic stair
way really is, even the archaeologist
hardly ventures TO guess. 1t is prin-
cipal feature of the ruined acropolis
of what is known to be one of the most
ancient cities on the American con-
tinent, the annals of which, however,
were no more than a shadowy legend
even when the Spaniards came to
Mexico; and in spite of the fact that
the steps of the stairway carry, craven
in a series of picture characters or
hierOglyphics, what is apparently
some kind of continuous chronology
ical record, these ''glyps" are still, for
the most part, quite undecipherable
and the record which they contain is
as yet little more than an archaeolog-
ical puzzle-thOugh to solve it might
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ABORIGINAL SCULPTURE.

well mean the opening up of chapter
of history as romantic as it is mys-
terious.
At one end of the main structure Of
Copan, as the acropolis of the city is
called, broad pyramid, which at one
time was crowned by some public
buiding-a temple or palace-rises to
a height of about IS feet. On the
western slope of this pyramid is the
hieroglyphic stairway, originally af-
foTding access from a square or plaza
below to the temple above and a sys-
tenn of terTaced courts beyond. At
some time in the past, however, land
slide swept away the symmetry of
two large faces of the pyramid and
brought down the upper steps of the
great staircase in an almost indistin-
guishable mass of debris which com
pletely buried the lower stairs. so that
when Mr.. Gordon first visited Copan
the whole plan of the stairway was en-
tirely Obliterated, and the pyramid it.
self was little more than an Overgrown
mound of earth and broken stones.
-Four entire seasons were required
TO bring something like order out of
this chaos. From so to 100 labOrers
were at one time constantly employed,
and the fragments which were re-
moved covered an acre of ground.
Every important fragment was care
fully nodded. and the mOlds shipped
10 Cambridge in order that some day
a restoration of the whole staircase
may be made and set up in the Peabody
museum. Only IS of the 40 or so up
per steps which went down in the land
slide retained in any degree their iden-
tity or their relative positions, how
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Cost of CORONATION Seats.

In connection with the news from
London that the price Of good win
dows commanding the coronation pro-
cession Of Edward VII has gone up
10 something like s365. it may be noted
that at the coronation Of Edward /.
the price of a seat was half farthing;
in Edward HIS time a whole farthing
was required; TO see Edward III. cost
a halfpenny. A good seat for Edward
Tvs procession cost two pence, and
for Edward VI. the price was four
pence. There is a big jump between
VI. and VII.
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church extension societies in Chicago
TO support evangelistic work. He has
given Sl5O.OOO TO Wesley hospital, IN
Chicago. to-erect a new building and
make it a first-class medical institu-
tiou. The hospital also is Methodist
institution. Northwestern university
has received many times valuable land
from Mr.. Deering, which netted hand
some return. The sums Of money 10
Northwestern university range from
$4,000 TO 100000 all given since the
institution was founded. There are
many other gifts that would make
long list
Mr.. Deering is the oldest and wealth
Test friend of the university and the
announcement that there Will be do
nation Of S1.OOO.OOO for endowment
does not cause much surprise. Ac-
cording to information the gift is to be
presented as soon as President James,
who recently left the University OF
Chicago 10 assume management at
Evanston. is found to meet Mr.. Deer
-
from the viewpoint Of the institutions
welfare. The period Of probation viii
not be long. ds the manner in which
President james grasped the situation
as he found il has gone far to convince
friends of the university that its future
Is safe with him.
Negotiations under way for the af-
fliation Of Hedding college at Abing-
ton. H.. with the Northwestern. are
taken az an indication of the pOl1ey Of
expansion the institution Is TO pursue
under the presidency of DR.. James.
For some time Mr.. Deering has been
in poor health. Recently he trans
ferred TO his sons his interest in the
immense harvesting machine plant,
and the real estate on which it stands,
with the expressed intention Of with
drawing from active business cares.
The Washington bee., 1902-08-02
WOMAN FIGHTS SNAKE.
Kills Reptile I'm Cellar After an Ex-
citing Experience Lasting Near
Iy Whole Hour.

A woman fought with snake in a
dark cellar for nearly an hour in Phil
adeIphia. The contest ended with the
death of the reptile.
Mrs. George H. Smith, who lives at
went into the cellar of her home to
get some coal. She was just about
TO go upstairs when she heard hiss
ing sound, and, turning in the direc-
ton of the noise, saw two eyes gleam-
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took SO much interest in the farm,
so liked its appearance, location, etc,
that the old farmer scented a petro-
leum man and saw visions of incal-
culable wealth. Being a shrewd man,
LoOmis did not care To take any un-
necessary chances with Providence,
and on the quiet he sent the hired
man out the back way with orders
10 dump the kerosene can into the
well. The visitor liked the entire
place. inspected the barn, the chicken
yard and then, as if by chance, asked
for a drink of water.
''LOomis was waiting for that and
hauled up a brimming bucket before
the mans own eyes and poured him
out a gourdful of liquid with a fine,
opalescent scum upon it. The Wis
itor smelled it, tasted it, made a wry
face ard asked if the water was al
ways like that. oh, yes said
Loomis, but you soon get accustomed
To the taste. and our doctors say this
is the finest water on earth for the
stomach Well, / am ding-danged
if III ever get used to it. was the
unexpected response. 4 am looking
for a farm, not an oil we'll. and if l
have got TO haul my drinking wafer
three miles from Litchfeld l guess
I'd rather buy nearer town
at took Loomis six months to get
the taste of oil out of his well, and
by that time the boom was over,
and nothing was left of the oil craze
but rotting derricks and abandoned
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ing in a dark corner. The next instant
a snake made for her.
Selling a broom handle which lay
bv the stairs, the woman defended her.
self from the attack Of the snake. AT
the same time she tried to strike the
reptile with her club, but the snake
was too quick for her.
Finally, after a struggle Of nearly an
hour, she drove the reptile into cor
ner and killed it with the club.
The reptile proved TO be a water
snake about three feet in length. How
il got into the cellar is not known.
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Marriage in HfndOStan.

In Hindostan the arrangements for
q wedding are made hy the parents of
the bride and bridegroom, who, when
the alliance is agreed upon very like
" behold one another for the first
time. Then there is no appearance of
reluctance about the bride, who play
fully skips toward her future husband
and seats herself beside him. The
priests part is to tie a corner of the
brides veil to the bridegroom's shawl,
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when our ears DO glow ana Jingle
some do talk Of Us in our absence, -
said Pliny, and though over l 300 years
have elapsed since his day the same
superstition still holds good. Shakes
peare refers TO il in much Ado About
Nothing" when he makes Beatrice say
TO Ursula and Hero, who had been
speaking Of her: "What fire is in mine
ears?" The burning of the ears is
supposed 10 be due to the agency OF
guardian angels, who touch the left
ear if the talk be favorable, and the
right If it be otherwise. IN order that
their charges may be encouraged or
warned, as the case may be.
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WELL SALTED IN VAIN.
story of the Failure Of an Illinois
Mans Scheme 10 Sell His Farms
as OIL Land.

Some years ago, says a New Or
leans Iimes-Democrat contributor.
"an oil boom hit Litchfeld, H., and
everybody for miles around was seen
shifting for oil and every STRANGER
suspected Of being an expert look
ing for a good thing. An old farmer
named Loomis had a big place three
miles out of town which would have
Deen fortune for him had he not
been possessed of a mania for swap
ping manifest in perennial attempt
TO trade off his land for twice its
value.
When the boom was at the top
potch LOomis received a visitor who
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Hsdpehor KilIsaViper.

A resident at Versailles. NJ. Guignet.
sends TO Nature a vivid account of a
duel he saw between a hedgehog and
viper. The two enemies knew very well
at first sight who was who, and eyed
each other as if they knew a moments
inattention would he fatal. The viper
was the first TO get tired of gazing and
it began to glide away. Just then the
hedgehog rushed for the viper's tail,
and having nailed it fast with his teeth,
it rolled itself up. The hedgehog was
very careful, however. not to cut the
tail of. The viper curled back, and
delivered furious assaults on its ag-
gressor. wrestling and rolling with the
curled-up hedgehog all over the place
At length the snake, wounded in hun
dred places, died. The hedgehog be
gan its repast on the tail of its victim,
and was careful not TO eat the head.
The Washington bee., 1902-08-02
Wants Women 10 Wear Hats.

In an address before the diocesan
convention of the New Jersey Episco-
pal church, Bishop Scarborough called
attention 70 the growing practice oE
women appearing hatless in public
places 1t had been extended TO at
tendance at divine worship, which hs
thought, was not a consistent practice.
and he hoped il would be discontinued
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a Nine W.nInussfea.

Il was an Odessa. Pa, youth, accord
ing 20 one of the Lafayette county pa
pers. upon whom this advertisement
made a deep impression: Young
man-Some woman dearly loves you.
Would you know who she iEf She
would like to be your only sweetheart.
Send ten cents fl stamps 10 Occult
Diviner. address as above, and learn
her name" he sent the stamps and
got his answer. What was it7
Neither"
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Never Heard Lords Prayer.

IF Hetty Williams, of Fort Scott,
Kan, could have repeated the Lords
prayer she might have had one year
less to serve in prison-but she
couldn't. She confessed she never
had even heard che prayer. She is a
dashing and rather pretty young
woman Of the frontier who has been
convicted of horse stealing. The evi-
dence showed she was a professional.
The court, moved by her youth, after
having sentenced her to FIVE years in
the penitentiary, offered to reduce
the term of four years if she would
repeat the Lords prayer as an indi-
cation that there was good ground
in her heart in which to start a crop
of reform. Hetty owned up frankly
she didn't know a word Of it. She
will serve five years.
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day. She and her husband were in the
pasture on their farm in the Redmond
Vile neighborhOOd. \ short distance
from them was a wire fence, and they
proposed TO each other to run race
and see which could cross the fence
first.
When they reached the fence Mrs.
Arnold attempted 10 crawl under it.
lust as she was in the act of getting
down on the ground a moccasin
crawIed into her dress at her throat.
She saw the snake when il entered her
dress. and instantly she grabbed il in
the folds of her garments and
screamed. Her husband ran to her and
attempted to pull the snake out by its
tail Mrs. Arnold held il so firmly
that Mr.. Arnold pulled il in two.
'In getting the upper portion Of the
reptile's body from his wife's dress,
one of the snakes fangs stuck into
one of Mr.. ArnOld's thumbs, but for
tunately there was no poison on it, and
Mr. Arnold felt no bad effects from II.
They were both terribly frightened,
and well they might be, for 1t was
narrow escape from deadly bite.
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Bntrachfau.

''You say" said the city editor,
pointing out the word in the manu-
script, 'she sung with a 'warty' Foiee-
What do you mean by that?"
THAT ought to be plain enough for
anybody" replied the sporting editor,
who had been detailed, in the absence
Of the musical editor, to write up q
concert. "She had a frog in heE
GhrOat."-Cbicago Tribune.
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Attentive Bible Reader.

From early youth Ambrose s. Ottey,
Of Cecil county, Nd, has been an at
tentive reader of the Bible. He has
read it from beginning TO end 1T times,
and informs US that il contains l.I89
chapters, 31,19s verses, TIA, ,eg7 words,
and s,5e5, $50 letters.
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HAD NARROW ESCAPE.
Deadly MOccasin Lodged in Southern
WOmun's Bosom and Resisted
Its Removal.

The Yazoo City Herald is authority
for the statement that Mrs. Clay Ar
mold had a narrow escape from being
bitten by deadly moecasion the other
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..-.-.- .hnnld some people

should some people i'm
C. ". ,rafr beauty is all that is
pc .-' y. afauty is only skin deep
as9g.. soon fade.
' a- r.se as we'll as discreet.
- H7,-r a.l soon develop itself as
Villas discretion. q.
- is the industrious girl
RI d. .f-sf6 of work. The only
t1i.. :. .,.I network is the lazy one.
gg.--.r g.. ..r slrIs wlll work always
,,-, we've informed last week
D. j.. ms best to read during sum
Of 1.@. 1.-1,,,-s Good literature will I'M
pra.s D you, mind.
n...r Itisthewoman with stable
-s.ts- wins animation ana re-
sgs--. =.
True nobility in woman is
,r-r W. r.sen for false Pnde.
r-.-. we'll and act wisely and
.,~ g.l, never go astray.
n ,.4r NAV not act always to
h. .,,,4 people but honesty IS
tS.o4 20 v,u admirauon.
rs r-., not wise to talk too free
.."- ON. .r- You should be discreet
hall thlnEs.
IT E. satisfied with what YOU
.'- .-.. foose all some day.
~. r-'-, -sr stand some things some
..-a. -gr not every thing all the time.
c.. o4a0fe never see their mistake
until +, IS 200 late.
r..1ana. Never impose upon your
tssr4s harause you will loose IN the
.,I -ua friends will not impose up
on each other
D-r.-ts.s about your companions
because others do.
Never saaa anxiety for an escort.
n-r.-yo where YOU are not wanted,
neither should sou associate with your
8 -.-uass.
Think we'll and act accordingly.
rs.meta your friends and never de-
I-gr ans one.
rssa girls are soon divorced.
wrv should YOU displease your
Ess--or
ns.aa noble girl who will not de-
osas.
N-e True friendship is stronger
than false ...-.
T. So. should nev put your mo-
nsrar friends ahead of your true and
ts.--. friends.
f H-a--.a and watch those who
FGa.wa.sa.p.
0.- W- kiss those whom we love
u.sr..e hands with our friends.
Sr.a DON'T allow sudden eleva-
ton change Your disposition, neither
autEou allow false smiles influence
yo-a the least,
Noa1 Its the true hearted girl
gao,rrass veil of you and hides your
faults.
False friends will hatter you and ex-
tend to you false wishes,
Nellie. Don't immagine that you
at pretty because Others tell you so.
Iia. Red hose denotes vulgarity
and DO lady Of refneed taste will wear
them.
la F.a-ay dressing will be seen
On -as6y girls. Dress with taste and
ngoot- raa, -Ee becoming.
D. N There are birds that fly
han. there is a time that they
l.s,umr-J 10 The ground tor succor.
OL Company is good sometimes
", a1-. his all over count your loses
nl profits.
Dsa. DON'T go in anything unless
l'-a-e benefited.
Ut. lgour condition is to be bene-
.s- Eoa had better marry. Don't
a.y ,o- The name, the results are
VI. Divorces are numerous and
-''1agas are frequent.
Nile. Your tuend, if what you say
~-7. can be trusted.
~ K. Your mother is your best
.-- aid you should never desert
15,.e. BE truthful always and never
r'.'-4dgd, by false friends.
h. j. his always best to do what
.-..1a is bestan never allow your
'- De- influenced bv others.
4. D. !. you have an opinio
,g.. gN- 2e sure TO exercise it. II Of
~ '-a, you think yourself.
.l-a Read good books while YOU
Vi your vacation.
Ass Makes Brittle Bones.
~. ooaes Of eyed people have
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Ags 1lake. RrittI. nnn..

b. .'.@ lt eyed people have
''.'e 10 fhen than those of the
!. n ~ -4a therefore are more brit
b. '> 'ar reason why a fall is
l,,., .5 more hurtful to an elderly
'Aaa To- young person.
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htl,er linn Insecti.la..

L.-,- .-a's. with basins of pc.
s,,. ''''" them, are now used in
|s-s ,.-. .1>.Foy night-tiying in
F. &c. -'. .--e vineyards. In ons
e,,s, Insects were recently
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nAa chiIdren Of prunkards.

A noted physician of Paris aAserta
that it is impossible for an haoltua'
drunkard 10 have sound children
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Trains Must BE on Time.
In France when a railroad train Is
more than ten minutes late the com
pany is fined.
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ATTENTION La 5
Hair RestOrer.-

All VINO are dersirous of having
a beautiful suit of hair, or if your
hair is falling out. you should get
a bottle of Hairoline. better known
as the Renowned Hair Restorer
Oriental Complexion Gre m 40
cures all skin diseases and makes
the skin like velvet. Price, Roc to
75c per bottle,
Treatment of the Skin and
Scalp,
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STRENGTHENING 4 SPECIALITY.

All kinds of implements and
toilet articles for sale.
1904 4th Street Northwest.
Agency at THE BEE Office.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-07-02
TownyiIIe Notes.

1t has been announced that the usual
protracted services will commence Sat
urday before the second Sunday in
August.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Whitworth, of
Layonla, Ca. visited the latter's
father, +. W. Holcombe, quite recent
ly.
Miss Luta Mahaffey. who has been
attending Greenville Female Collge,
has returned home, much to the de-
light of her many friends.
Hampton HOlcombe is very Ill at this
time.
We are glad to say that Mrs. M. E.
Compton, who has been ill for several
days, is improving.
Miss Alice Harris, who visited rela-
tIves Mt Anderson recently, is at home
again.
Miss Kate Sharp, who visited rela-
tIves ut Newberry and Anderson, has
returned home.
Dana Harris, of Fair Play section,
was among the visitors at TOwnyille
the fourth Sunday.
Prof. X. P. Clinkscnles, of Good
Hope, was in thiS section recently.
The Prot. has many friends at Town
vile who were glad to welcome him in
their midst again
Mrs. f. f. Ledbetter visited her son,
-. A. Ledbelter, not very long since.
The crops in this community are
looking fine. The wheat crop is not
good, but the threshers are busy; some
of the farmers say :hey won't make
seed Myrtle
June 30.
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Death Of q Good Citizen,

Mr.. W. Barr Bailey died at his home
IN this city last Sunday night. and the
announcement of his death was a
shock to many of his friends, as very
few of them knew that he was serious
ly i'll. He had been in feeble health
for year or more. but was not con-
fined to his bed until few days pre-
ccdlng hiA death, " zen he was stricken
t0wn with severe attack of cholera
morbus, which. was the cause of his
death. The deceased was the only
surviving brother of our fellow citizen.
r. 5. Bailey, was born. reared and had
always resided in Anderson County.
and was in the 18th year of his age.
Ne possessed n very modest, quiet dis
position, attended. strictly to his own
business. and had the cnniidenco and
good will OF Il wide circle of friends.
Mr.. Bailey served his State faithfully
through the Civil War in Blacks Cav
airy under the late Capt. w. ID. Evans.
A devoted wife. three sons and one
daughter are left to cherish his mem
Ory. He was n member of Midway
Presbyterian Church, where the funer-
al services were conducted by his pas
tor, Rev. j. l.. McLin. Monday after
noon at o'clock. The remains were
escorted to the grave and laid to rest
by the members of Hiram Lodge. No.
g., A. T.. NJ, of which he had long been
devoted member.
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Dedication Of Orryille Methodist
Church.

The new Methodist Church at Orr
vile was dedicated last Sunday. The
uedlcatory sermon was preached by
KEY. Charles B. Smith, now in charge
Ot the Bennettsville Station of the
Methodist Church, but formerly pastor
of the St. Johns Methodist Church,
this city.
The Church is beautiful frame edi-
nee with a seating capacity of about
and finished in natural color. The
seats are benches of native pine, sub
stantial and comfortable. The win
d0ws are OF stained glass. Thera are
two vcstibule entrances from the front
with cdrpeted aisles leading to the ros-
trum which extends into the main
room from an alcOve or recess at the
.car of the building. The rOstrum
pack of the pulpit is raised. tastefully
designed and exactly suited for the
ch0lr. On this occasion the rostrum
presented the appearance Of q bcaut-
1ui Il1wer garden bower. Lovely ferns
anu flowers of many kinds were taste
Iuliy arranged around the altar, and
anu when the choir. composed princi-
pally or ladies. arose, forming Il back
ground, the scene was beautiful and
pleasing.
With characteristic style and force.
L.
preached a capital sermon, hls theme
being the relations man sustains to
man both temporal and spiritual.
After the sermon $40 was raised to
aid in completing payment for the
building. X. S. Hill. X. l.. Ligon, Il.
>. EigOn. Rev. Mr.. Kelly, were among
the liberal givcrs. The trustees and
stewards were then requested to come
forward and the Church was formally
dedicated. W. +. McGiIl, j. Is. Loiin.
r. NJ. Smith. X. 5. Prcsslv, Il. G..
Ellis. j. a. Glenn. These gentlemen
are also stewards.
In erecting this beautiful ediiicc II
work has been accomplished that re-
fleets great credit upon the staunch
Methodists Of Orrville. The building
would be IN ornament in any city.
For four years Rev. &. Is. Smith fill
ed the pulpit of the ST. Johns Metho-
dist Church of this city, and his genial
nature. coupled with the highest order
OF piety, greatly endeared him to his
own flock and made him very many
friends i'll all other denominations in
this city. Sunday night he preached
at st. John Methodist Church and not
witlistanding the oppressive heat the
Church was crowded, indeed, there
was union meeting. the other dcnUmi-
nations closing their doors TO give the
people an opportunity to greet their
much loved friend.
In the dedication Of the Orrville
Church Rev. e.. B. Smith was assisted
by Revs. NJ. B. Kelly and -. X. Keller,
OF this city. and Rev. j. w. Bailey, of
the Mcclure Circuit. Rev. Is. NJ. Rob
prtSOD is the DastOr