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tory, which projects into a wonderful canon
or ravine.
Cover Twenty Acres.

In all, the now mosS-covered and black
ened walls inclose fully twenty acres, and
within this inclosure there are many walls
or separate rooms or houses, not the least
In interest being some very massive two
foot walls with no openings TO their in
closures, which seem to have been a series
of dungeons.
Because of the fact that the declivity is
so steep, and we had no place upon Which
to stand, were unable to take views of
the most interesting outer walls, one OF
which. projecting into the canon, is fully
50 feet high, with an incline of % degrees
from the perpendicular, and which no hui
man being could ever scale.
There are the remains of cemented floors,
ovens, subterranean passages, obs.dian ar
rows, etc, in abundance. and no one can
even agine what important archaeological
data is hidden beneath these floors.
At one corner my attention was attracted
to very small tunnel as the guide called
ii, an oval-shaped opening just large enough
for a small-szed man to crawl or squirm
through. My guide, who probably knew as
little about it as /. repeated a legend current
among his people, to the effect that the
Aztec medicine men compelled their untred
warriors to go through this. some 100 feet
long, as a test of their nerves or endurance.
Repays Investigation.
This narrow opening leads to a very large
subterranean cave, apparently artificial,
Into which whatever came through the vent
OF sluice was emptied. In my opinion, the
larger is an important subterranean cave
we'll worthy of full investigation. \ great
many stone slabs from the coping and wall
overhead have fallen into and blocked the
mouth of the cave. The Indians living near
by say that whoever enters the cave never
returns. This is probably true, the ac-
cumulated foul gases would quickly suffo-
cate one.
An old gentleman seventy-one years of
age, whom ! met a train, informed me
that at one time he and five other brave
young men had made an attempt to explore
this cave Three remained at the entrance
while the other three. with lighted wax
matches in hand. cautiously groped their in
ward way. They had gone some sixty feet
when called to the others to come in
and see the wonderful objects which orna-
mented the walls. The sound of this young
mans voice was so startling that as he ex
pressed it: "A sudden gust of wind extn-
guished the light, and then-well they
reached the open air again and lived to tell
the tale to their progeny"
Uncanny Sounds.
times missed sheep from their fioeks. in
lowered voices spoke of a two-headed man
or object who used to be seen emerging
from this cave; but they asserted that since
the entrance had been closed by the falling
stones he had not been seen, but that loud,
ynearthly murmurings bad been heard COM
ing as IT seemed to them, from the very
bowels of the mountain.
AS matter of history, during the French
invasion, Gen. Cristobal Paiacios remodeled
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IN INTERESTING RUINS
Tepeji Viejo in State Of
Puebla.
PERILOUS s EA RC Fl
MoNTEZUMA'S TREASURES DIS
COVERED AT LAST.
A Ruined Fortress Found in the
Wilds of
Mexico.

Written for The Evening Star by Frank G. Pierce.
While recently on a prospecting tour
through Mexico 1 was informed by our
landlord at Rosario that near that place
there were some ruins whose history was
not known by the inhabitants Of that sec
ton of the country. Aware Of the fact
that not one-tenth part Of Mexicos pre-
historic ruins have been brought to light
I did not hesitate to make up my mind
to visit the place. So it was that after
working our way through dense chap
aral (wood), emerging with clothes badly
torn, hats ruined, face and hands scratched
and lacerated, due to the vicious cat-claw
bushes which blocked our way, We came to
the beautiful Ajamilpa river.
Montezuma, or his Aztec predecessor, if
to that tribe may be attributed the con-
struction of the wonderful fort, exercised
an extraordinary judgment in selecting the
site, for from the bed of the Ajamilpa to the
summit of the promontory upon which the
now tottering walls stand, by actual meas
urement, there are 446 meters and 90 cent?
meters, fully 1.400 feet; and though now of
a later-day construction there Is an almost
impossible ascent, every evidence tends to
show that at one time there was no way to
ascend from the river side.
After a most laborious climb of half an
hour we were suddenly confronted with the
massive but silent eastern wall, fully 30
feet in height, constructed of red sandstone
slabs. some of which measured by IL and
some much larger, all well smoothed on
every edge. These slabs formed an outer
wall which covered a two-foot wall Of
gravel and cement, and behind this gravel
Is still another wall one foot thick, so that
the average thickness of the outer wall
must be not less than four feet.
The fort is constructed on a kind of de-
tached hill, or, ~ we would call 1t, promon-
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some or the outer walls, and at one time
between 1S63-6i, more than 1900 Mexican
soldlers We're stationed in the castle. In
fact, roadway was made and cannon
brought into the fort
Ihere Is every reason. considering the
Data obtained, to believe that this fortress
was built not less than 200 years ago by the
nrst inhabitants of Anahuac; but MexIco's
history, prior to the Spanish conquest is
shrouded under that same veil of mystery
as were the lives of the many unfortunates
VINO disappeared during Torquemada's reign
OF lnquisitorial murder and terror
The host remarkable feature connected
with The ruined fortress however is that
al this Late day. when the iron horse of COM
merce makes its mad race over its steel
rails within seven miles on the Huatuapam
ae Leon road and eighteen on the Inter-
oceanlc; when American progress has en-
twined American halls around the base of
snoW-capped Popocateretl near IxtIaclhuatl
the two wonderful volcanoes not forty miles
distant from Mexico City, and not more
than forty from the fortress, there is no
written record for its existence
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Bride Measuring Day.

From the Chicago News.
Measuring brides for legacies is the re-
markable ceremony which annually takes
place in st. Cyrus. a quaint little village
In Kincardineshire. Scotland.
More than fifty years ago a native CT tho
village who had been paymaster general
or the Indian army bequeathed a sum Of
money the interest of which was to be
disbursed in five equal parts every wear.
one part was for the purchase of meal for
the poor, while the remainder was set
aside to be divided among each years four
conspicuous brides-t.Ie oldest. the youngest.
the tallest and the shortest-who were mar
ried in ST Cyrus Parish Church.
Inc administration of the fund is In the
hands of the parish minister. and unhapnv
at times is his task such are the jealousies
which arise among the competitors. for
there Is keen rivalry for these legacies,
which amount TO hardly more than $50 each
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The strength of the Camera Club lies,
however. especially in its outdoor work, and
this is we'll In comparison to the work OF
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Japanese Novelties.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
The literature of Japan has excited
some jealousy in Paris. Nowhere, says a
sprightly critic, Is fiction SO much writ
ten and read as in the land Of the mi
kado. Japanese romances are enormously
long and dull. One of them. entitled The
Story of Eight Dogs" runs to 116 vol
umes, and at the end of all the charac-
ters, numbering fifty. without coui.e ling
the dogs, are dead, and the readers con-
dition is not much better. Happily, adds
the critic, this tale has not yet been trans
lated into Russian. Evidently he is
feuilletonist, who wishes he could keep a
story going as long and heap up as many
corpses. But in Justice to Japan 1t should
be said that the romance In question is in
100 volumes only, and that the dogs are
Japanese gentlemen, whose canine char
acter IL alleEorical
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the ideal requirements in this line. One
Is portrait of ''B. A, ESQ.," the other of
II. S. Bisbing, and both are simple, direct
and unaffected. They are artlstically rem
dered so far as tone qualities and lost out
lines go. but they are not lost in the haze
of indefiniteness which has enyeloped SO
many of the otherwise excellent modern
portrait photographs. Mr. Chapman also
sends portrait of his mother and two or
three charming genre studies which have
the finish of steel engravings and are de-
serving of high commendation
Miss Helen f. Williams shows marked i'm
proyement in her work this year, and con-
tributes several very notable figure studies
Her portrait of Miss c." is extremely
charming and effective, and her portrait OF
Miss P.' is no less conspicuous for its
merit. Mrs. Thompson's "Ophelia'' has
come good points, but is rather inclined
to be simply weak and pretty, to lack char
acter and definition, and Mr.. Frank NJ
Boteler's portrait of Mr.. Alexander Graham
Bell, while strong and clear is too entirely
lost on the shadowed side to be pleasant
or generally acceptable. John H. Tarbell
contributes strong. good likeness of the
well-renderel likeness of an old lady. be-
sides other interesting work, and Mr.. +. A.
Mullet sends a sketch In brown of Col
onial Girl and carefully finished portrait
of Captain X, with some pleasing figure
and landscape compositions.
Outdoor Work.
The strength of the Camera Club lies.
however. especially in its outdoor work, and
this is well. In comparison to the work Of
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few very notable and important pictures,
many on plane of merit trife above the
average, and some of little worth or sig
nificance. The standard throughout how
ever, is high; all tie work shown is appar-
emily consci. ntious, and it is for the most
part exceedingly sane.
A Notable Group
Taken collectively the group which is
by all odds the most notable is that
contributed by Mrs. Jeanne E. Bennett
of Baltimore. Five of the pictures in this
group are genre studies which are as charm
ing in composition. tone and feeling, as any
painting by modern Dutch master Three
are Dutch interiors, one pictures little
lass in garden or foWery field, and ore
shows a girl and a boy sailing toy boat.
Besides these there is by the same artist
a delightful, quaint study of colonial ladies
a piazza. family group in sunny bay
window, a portrait study of a little Dutch
Madeline and two landscapes. 1t is in
the genre work however that Mrs. Bennett
accomplishes her greatest success and III
the praise of it too much cannot be said.
In the fed of landscape Mr.. Edward
]. Daw of this city undoubtedly leads. He
exhibits ten excellent outdoor studies.
among which is a picture of "MaIshlands,
which is very notable. Never, indeed, is one
likely to run across a more charming bit
of Photographic Interpretation than is here
shown. The composition is simple. stretch
of sky and a broad bit or land through
which a salt creek is twisted but the effect
is admirable and the feeling of the whole
extremely artistic. THE Mackerel Boat
by Mr.. Daw shows, also, clever work, his
Ocean Breezes' is good in action and his
rendering of TIE Plowman" Is forceful
and vigorous There is in all Mr.. DAVIS
work a simple strength, an easy. straight
forwardness of expression which is very
pleasing and satisfactory, and which at the
same time demonstrates unusual artistic
perception.
Portrait and Figure Studies.
Miss Virginia NJ. Pralle sends a large
group of portrait and figure studies which
is specially noteworthy. Her work mani
tests a lightness of touch and delicacy
of feeling that is peculiarly alluring.
Number 100. "A Study is one of the most
notable prints in the exhibition and her
three ecclesiastical studies are decorative
and poetic OF her portraits she makes
pictures so that at first sight the stter's
personality is lost in the charm of the gen.
eral composition. as for instance, in her
likeness of Miss Juliet Thompson the we'll
known pasteliist and in her beautiful
Study of Mrs. Thorp' seated by an open,
latticed window. Whether or not the pic
torial element is desirable to so great an
extent in portraiture is open to argument,
but that its appreciation is needed by the
modern painters, generally, the larger cur
rent artists exhibitions amply testify.
In the way of pure portraiture two prints
by c. Durand Chapman are of special in
terests. inasmuch as they seem to set forth
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The Brave Little Man.

William Page Carter. in Lesle's Magazine
All torn, but sweet. is the old straw hat
As II hangs on the rack in the hall
There's mud from home on two little shoes
Where he played Gu the hills last fall:
There's dust on the kite and the little stick bors.
Stands still be can,
Listening, perhaps, III the corner there
For the voice of fhe brave little man
There's aver song Of bird. bloom
OF rose that blows in the spring,
Nor shout OF boy, nor CLEAN of
But where some tears will cling.
There's never dash of the evening star
On the hearthstone's lreside
OF winter night but VIII bring some tears
For the brave little man that died.
Kind friends they were; we kiss them for hin,
And lay them out of sight
The two little shoes, the torn old hat.
The little stick horse and kite:
And down Ia bis pocket rusty nall,
A hit OF chalk and string,
A broken knife, an alley or two.
Oh. the birds, the bloom and the splingi
And star OF God at mornings song
Noontine and twilight tide,
One sweet little face some tears will come
For the brave little man that died.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-13
A "RoyaIty" OF Our Own.

The Cleveland Press. an indcpend-
ent newspaper has the following sen
sible discussion of subject Of popu-
lar interest:
The fuss made over the Roosevelt;
boys at st. Louis is disgusting to the
American spirit. No doubt these are
very nice boys-just like other whole
some-hearted. well trained boys-but
there can be no question that the at
tention paid them is due entirely to
the fact that they are sons of the
president.
We laugh at European royalty and
boast our freedom from the degrading
supeTstitions and conventions that
cause the common people TO kOw-tow
before il and TO regard it as little lower
than the angels. Were young princes
received in Il foreign city as the
Roosevelt boys have been received in
St Louis the performance would seem
natural. We would have the sheer
ready for the poor. deluded dUpes OF
royalty" But We are not much bet
ter than they in our conduct toward
royalty" We can kow-tow. cut
strange CaperS and make fools OF our
selves with the worst of them.
IF there is any good reason why the
privileges of the fair grounds On Sun
day should be extended 10 the Roose-
welt boys, while denied TO the common
people. il has not been announced. If
there is any baleful immoral influence
on the fair grounds on Sunday. il
seems a peculiar proceeding on the
part of the management to take extra
ordinary measures 10 expose these
nice boys to il. On the other hand
if there is nothing in the Sunday fair
that can harm even young boys. then
ii is strange that the hardy public
should be excluded.
According TO established American
tradition. the sons of the president
are not different from the sons of 9th
er good citizens. Perhaps they have
too much good sense to regard them
selves as any better. or as especially
worthy of distinction. II is a pity the
fair management should not have
shown the same good sense
"A ST. Louis landlord turned over
the management of his hosiery TO the
presidents oldest son for ~ hours
The hoy had no special qualification
He was merely the presidents son. Ii |
was good advertising trick The
boy was used TO the landlords i'm |
mense advantage. The wise landlord |
knew the weakness of the public.
Our practices come far from har-l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-13
Bound to Trusts Chariot Wheel.

The Republicans OF Minnesota have
sold out bag and baggage to the mcr-
ger and steel trust interests, ana Bob
Dunn, the IIill aud Rockefeller candi-
date, WAS nominated for governor. The
Governor Van SAINT faction. who inSti-
tuted the merger suit I'm the state
courts. which forced President RoOSc-
Welt to follow suit in the federal
courts, is defeated, and the octopus
will rule the rOOst. As Il sop IL the
Van SAINT faction the platform COM
mends the governors action In "cspous
ing the cause of the people against the
railroad merger and trusts" How the
trust maGnates must grin when they
read about the man they defeated
espousins the cause Of the people. 1t
would be interesting to know how
much the victory cost the trusts and
still more interesting TO see what the
voters will think OF the combination.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-13
This Change Means Something.

George T. Boutwell,. of GrOtOn, Mass,
one of the founders Of the republican
party. secretary of the treasury under
President Grant; governor, United
States senator and representative in
congress. from his state. is for Judge
Parker for president. He gives these
reasons for his preference:
Il am with the democratic party be
cause / have made a distinct decision
in regard to the Philippine policy, and
whatever may happen in regard to do
nestle affairs. nothing can be so I'M
fortunate as this transformation from
a republic to an empire.
therefore l do not concern myself
about what the democratic party may
do. but | am satisfied that they will
not sacrifice the honor of the nation
by leaving a great opportunity
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-13
Your Uncle Henry.

The democratic candidate for vice
president puts in no defense against
Mr.. Roots charge. He is 50 years old.
and it can't be helped. II is a fault
not corrigible through repentance and
good works. But did not Mr.. Root
blunder in the political sense in max
ing the accusation of old age against
ex-senator Davis?
We are afraid Mr.. Root must be
held responsible for the projection into
space Of the first campaign boomer
ang. The discussion. so far, says the
New York Times, is gOod-natured. But
it tends to the sound logical cOnclu-
sion that many men do not really find
out what good stuff is in them until
they are past SO. As this conviction
spreads. resentments will appear. The
Octogenarian class will begin to view
Mr. Roots reflections upon them as an
affront, and votes Will be lost TO Mr..
Roosevelt which perhaps he can i'll
spare. We shall hear of Old Mems
Parker clubs-why not? The chaps
who were born, say i'll 1924, would
have cast their first presidential vote
in 1S4S for Gen. Taylor, Lewis Cass
or the free sOiler Van Buren,. If they
have kept at it ever since they have
voted for II presidential candidates.
Why shouldn't the First Voters club
be marched by the Fifteeners? If the
old mems movement really gets under
Roadway Mr.. Root will be sorry he
smoke
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-13

Albert Il. BOardman, a leading law
yer of New York and law partner of
Senator Platt's son, has declared him
self in favor of the election of Judge
Parker to the presidency. 1t has made
a stir in political circles. Mr.. Board
man is reported to have expressed
himself strongly to the effect that
no lawyer who holds the constitution
in respect and desires to see eXecu-
tive officers keep within the letter of
the law could indorse President RoOse-
welt. On this idea he has expressed
a strong preference for Judge Parker
as a man trained to the respect and
observance of the law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-13

1t is certainly pertinent and timely
to look into the record of Speaker
Cannon to see what has been his po-
sitiOn on the silver question. which
the republicans insist must remain an
issue. In 1878 Speaker Cannon voted
to override the veto of Mr.. Hayes,
president of his own party, of the
Bland-AllisOn Silver bill In 1890 he
voted for the Sherman silver purchase
law, and in 1898. after it had precipi-
tated a panic. he voted against the re
peal of it. In 1895 he voted to reject
the proposition to make United States
bonds payable i'll gold. These things
are not now in issue, but if the re-
publicaps insist on raising the unquiet
ghost of silver. by all means let us
have the whole story.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-13
smoLiDnIn ncrItn streets

Before May 23. 1892, no smoking was
allowed in the streets or parks of Der
lin. and offenders were punished by Il
fine for the first infractbon of the rule
and by Imprisonment afterward. The
king of Prussia in those days detested
smoking and the police and the mill
tary men We're under strict orders to
arrest any one who dared to smoke in
public. II Is recorded that when Ma
poleon occupied Berlin n hundred years
ago the Berliners eagerly took advan-
tage of the opportunity to smoke, and
took a special delight in putting smoke
in the faces of the police, who had then
no power to arrest them. In 1892. how
ever, the restriction was withdrawn.
and since then the people have cele-
brated the anniversary with great JOY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-13
Violent Attack of Diarrhoea Cured by
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and Per-

hans a Life Saved

"A short time ago | was taken with
violent attack of diarrhOea and be
lieve l would have died if I had not
gotten relief" says John J. Patton. a
leading citizen of Patton, Ala. "A
friend recommended Chamberlain
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
bought twenty-five cent bottle and
after taking three doses of it was en-
tirely cured. I consider it the best
remedy in the world for bowel COM
plants. For sale by all leading drug
gistS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-13
Can't Understand Honesty.

Some of the Republican newspapers
are making unconscious show of small
caliber by pretending to believe that
the action of Judge Parker in sending
his famous telegram to the st. Louis
convention was part of Il fixed plan.
This sort of talk IS open confession
that those who indulge il have become
30 given To- political Chicanery that they
cannot understand manly. honest act,
when they are brought face to face
with -Poughkeepsie News Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-13
A Perfect Painless Pill

is the one that will cleanse the system.
set the liver to action, remove the bile.
clear the complexion, cure headache
and leave a good taste in the mouth.
The famous little pills for doing so
much work pleasantly and effectually
are DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Bob
Moore. OF Lafayette. Ind. says: All
other pills l have used grippe and sick
en-. while DeWitt's Little Early Risers
are simply perfect" Sold by all drug
giSts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-13
DAILY SHORT STORY
FIFTY YEARS CHANGE.

TOriginal.l

tOrlS1nal.I
I In 1S4S Professor Carl Gottlieb of the
University of Bonn was engaged upon
different methods for an indefinite pro-
longation Of life in a comatOSe state.
There was at the time 4 student in the
university, an American, Madison Cur
tice, who assisted the professor in these
experiments. Curtice never returned
TO America; indeed he disappeared COM
pletely from the world.
After Professor GOftlieb's death his
descendants continued to occupy his
chair and the paternal mansion as well.
In the cellar of the mansion was a
door marked, open in 1895" When
that date came round Professor Her
man Gottlieb, a grandson of Carl Gott-
Iieb, was in possession of both the chair
and the house. He opened the door,
found an ObiOng box took out Il num-
my and proceeded, under written in
structions long kept in the family, to
resuscitate 1t. This is all that ever
leaked out about the matter, and the
Gottliebs never would acknowledge
any truth in it at all.
One summer evening in 1898 4 young
man arrived at an American city and
made his way to his former home. He
found it a beer saloon. With n sigh
he sank into 4 chair at one of the
tables and called for u mug of ale.
When the proprietor handed 1t to him
the young man begged him to bring one
for himself This he did and the
stranger questioned him.
Did you ever hear Of the Curtice
family, once leaders in this placer"