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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
"THIEvES MARKET" or MEXICO.
Many Crimes, According to Tradition,
Were Committed OF the Grounds.


We're Commit ed or tho Grounds.
The Thieves Market" famed in guide
book and tourist romance, is undergoing
at present an encroachment that threatens
to place it shortly in the realms of real
history, says the Mericdn Herald. The
ground is being cleared over nearly half
of the space formerly occupied by the
market and the permanent booths are
being torn down and regretted in the smaller
Tradition has it-and most happily for
romance in this fascinating land tradl-
tions in most cases are still as good com
as fact-that the Thieves Market" stands
on the grounds Of what was once part OF
the spacious gardens Of the new house
of Montezuma. In the long days gone
by, this garden. Of spacious proportions,
was the scene of many dark and dismal
crimes. and many were the robberies and
acts Of violence that occurred there, for
it was on highway much used, and when
night had fallen was very dark and dan
gerous.
The tale goes of the murder by power
full officer of the sweetheart Of one OF his
retainers. crime that ranked in the breast
of the poor Indian until. not long alter
ward he took his revenge and ms master
lay dead killed IN a drunken stupor by the
wronged servant The wronged man
rininp the masters pockets. carried away
with him from the house all the trinkets and
vamables on which he could lay his hands.
Then he HE'D himself TO the protecting
shade Of Montezuma 8 gardens, where he
hid himself under the trees until the coming
day should waken the city and he could
pass beyond the guard without molesta-
ton. But when he had been hidden only
a short while the alarm having spread,
a servant, more Jealous in his own inter-
ests than to revenge his master E murder,
found the guilty man and quickly and thor
oughly despatched him.
A neighboring gully, which had per-
haps served similar purpose before
IN these thrilling days, concealed the body,
and the third murderer made away with
the goods this time TO keep them safe
and secure until the excitement had blown
over.
Then on the very spot which he had
stained with the blood Of his fellow scrv-
ant the wretch set up a tiny stand with
the twice stolen goods as the basis OF
little stock. which he sold to the tourists
Of that day as they passed 10y the stand
in their visits to the famous gardens.
From this rather thrilling beginning
grew classic market, until to-day there
j. the world famed "Nolador whereithinf-
fiy in and out once and for many long
centuries truly thieves market II
i not so many years ago that one counted
this market "a one of the places wherein
t. look for goods that had flown away from
tie house in some mysterious fashion,
bat now one can say only sadly Nrom the
buyers point Of view that that day IS
long past.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
Nen H,mn wanted for " ctdIng,.

From The Lody's I.eioriai
wish some one would write new wedding
HYMN or two. a there is "a greet need FOR more
appropriate ones than are generally used at
present.
In spite Of the dismal tale Of failures set
forth In newspaper correspondence. and the
lamentably ~ matched pairs in double
harness lately introduced to us. one does
like young couple TO be launched into tho
new life with some signs Of rejoicing. and tho
hymns ought certainly 10 have festal tone
rather than that Of a dirge.
-oh. Perfect Love" though most beauti-
ful HYMN. and now very genern lly used at
wedding. is unsuitable because set TO music
Of intense sadness. and the line. Theirs be
the peace that calm- an earthly strife. though
Of course. not Intended 20 be taken IA that
way. Is really too terribly suggestive Of what
NAV ensuo. The voice that hreathed DER
Eden is very much more suitable. and ns II
has now been resting FOR some time. pending
the compo-ition OF new ones. it might weu
be revived
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
Clgnr noncs OF snanlsll Cohar.
FROM tho philadelphia BlHenn.

= TIVI TTG TTTITT-T TTTT UITT'T'T
The best cigar box is made Of Spanish
cedar said tobacconist. ~All our i'm
ported cigars come in Spanish cedar boxes.
Look here.
He opened a box OF beautiful. costly cigars
and the odor difIused through the shop was
indescribably pleasant. an odor half OF to-
bacco, half. as it seemed. Of spices.
That spicy smell--do YOU notice it, said
tho dealer Well. that is the smell Of TIE
Spanish cednr IL communicates itself N
the cigars, and. 50 delicate and subtle - H.
il actually improves their favor
IF We put up our goods ia chestnut az
walnut or pine boxes. the flavor OF the wood.
lmpreEnatiug the tobacco. would ruin the
cigars entirely. Hence. moderately good
cigars are put IN box that ia quite odor-
less and the best cigars arc put up ia tlls
aromatic and costly box. 90
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
ARisTOCR1TIC INDIAN TRIBE
Cheyenncs Trade Female PapoOsos for
Ponies and sen Their Wives.

The 1900 Cheyennes and Arapahoes ex-
istng in southwestern Okalohoma are
mostly primitive pagans. The Cheyennes
are the thoroughbred arlstocrats, says Matt
Duhr in the Kansas City Journal while the
Aruphahoes are looked upon as the scum Of
mankind. Consumption and several other
generally fatal diseases are thinning out
the once very populous tribes. Intempe-
rate eating and drinking cause much dis
ease and general physical and mental
ruin,
Gay Lotharioism or libertinism Is not
encouraged. but often punished by banish-
ing the guilty person from tho community
and from the presence of members OF thf
opposite sex. An ancient tradition relates
that a certain nice talking and good looking:
Amerind who was too sweet around lots o..
ladies was securely fastened onto a drunken
horse. which jumped from a high rock.
killing Itself and It's unwilling human
burden.
The Cheyenne4 and Arapahoes have been
and still are to some extent polygamous.
Their excuse for plurality OF wives is the
same a. IS held by the Mormons. IN
faithful spou-es are forever discarded and
are not permitted to enter a decent wig
wan. Murderer- and other heinous crimi-
mails are not killed. but must live alone in
the wilderness the rest of their lives.
Wife buying used 20 bc-and still is-a
brisk business among these redskins. Female
papoo-es are bought or bid for with one or
more ponies before they are weaned; some
extra pretty female infants are in great de-
mand. The parents take the horses and use
or sell them long before their daughters are
old enough 20 be taken away by the highest
bidder The Cheyennes consider themselves
high above the Arap9hoa- Cheyennes very
seldom purchase m Aupnhoe female.
They torture themselves for the sins OF
their deceased relatives 10y continued fast
ing and 10y cutting severe gashes in their
arms legs and breasts it is their inherent
nature 10 take more interest in the welfare
Of their dead friends than in their own.
They dig and consume large quantities OF
n turniDike tuber that grows very abund-
antiy on the South Canadian River. They
abhor opos,urn-. but relish deer and coons.
though they never eat any OF the bird
kind They are NOR ally afraid Of boot
owls. believing that these birds are reinoar-
mated bad "Injuusr The older ones never
tire of relating the very ancient traditions OF
the tribos TO tho juveniles, and they also
admoni.h them 20 be good and true TO the
tribal religion and customs. Lots Of tho
youngster-. after having attended Carlisle
or other institutions of learning, soon after
their return 10 the parental abode throw
away their civilized clothes and promenade
around in gaudy red blankets.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26

From ms Charlotte ob,srrer.
BE true said the rose TO June.
"Ay. ay.~ June sworc,
And sailed away with her sun and moon
To another shore
BE true said the bee 10 the foweT.
"Ay. ay." she said.
And waited for him long hour by hour
TIL she was dead.
Re true said the hee 10 the sun.
said the sun. Il will
hut the sands in his glass ceased not TO run.
Nor stood be still
Nor ts Il false nor strange.
The web fave spun
Tor the brc and the flower, In world where chang
And life arc one.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
POEMS worm READING.



Pirate OF the upper seas.
Tacklng down the bitter breeze,
Fllnging out that raucous hall
Whlchsoeycr way you sail.
Bio; upon ihc winiry blue.
Naught doth prejudice avail.
must cry good cheer" 10 you'll
] must cry II bllthely though
Well your evil ways know
How the raven nag you ny
IA-no dark anomaly.
Is OF klndl!ness no cloak:
How no friendly heart reply ~
Hides beneath your Surly cloak i
Pirnte' Aye. and prophet. tool
Hence my frank good cheer to you.
When along tho northern wind
You foroghther with your kind.
One whose lips With lyrics ring
VIII not lingor far behind.
Heralded by you-the Spring.
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
A Daiiade OF Modern winter.

Young lamb and peas arc on tho stalls,
Asparagus and shsd are nigh.
While DER our senses fragrance falls
or ripe strawberries VIC may buy
II we have dollars, you and
May feast in sphngtlme's gladdest way.
Old Winter wears languorous eye
Gone are the SHOWS o. yesterday
Danodus bloom meath norists' walls
And bushlng roses Chamber high:
Alszy purple orchid sprawls
With daisies sweet and violes shy.
To yon gay meadows let US hlc.
Gather our cut flowers while VIC may:
Youth fades love goes and roses do
Gone are the SHOWS OF yesterday
There In the shop a hat enthralls
wreaihcd for soflcst summer sky.
HArk how that little birdie, calls,
And more 80 poor to say we lie
or hem or hnw or wonder why
or hint that VIC are getting gay
when for the Ice cream founi we cry
Gone are the SHOWS OF yesterday
L'KSvof.
Prnce-vhen 10 these fair rolis youdfy
Charter an auto-not . sleigh:
Through early primrose paihs we'll PR
Conc arc the snows OF yesterday
EArs hlsrHnsor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
A nendicant Mu,inr.

From The Washington Star.
I shall not wall.
Though friends be few.
III tell no tale
or gTici anew.
where Congress schemes
With patient glce.
The silence seems
Worse broke than mo.
Wants petty st.ngs
Seem light as ais.
when greater things
SO badly fare.
I'm broke. IT'S sad
And vet hurrah--
Not broke as bad
As many a law.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
The Ignorance of New Workers,

What use arc lhelr art museums,
Their lectures and their sohoolsi
Where IS their boosted knowledge'
They're O set OF ignorant fools.
stand on the bridge at rush hour
Thousands pass me by
Yet no light Of recognition
1uumines a single eye.
why. home at Mner's Corners,
They'd hang thelr heads In shame
II they didnt krow me to nod 10
or couldn't recall my name.
r. r. W.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
Tho Crazy Quilt.

For oldcn fashions
4 lance we tut.
And peusc TO honor
The crazy quilt
This patch with roses
SO primly sprigged
Shows Grandpa courtcd
Tho trinity rigged.
That piece OF bingham
VIII witness keep
OF when Hoses
Began 10 creep.
An. sweet the slumbcp
Beneath It's fold.
And sweet the drcsuings
Frum days OF old.
So here IS proising
The bygone reign.
When quilts were crazy
And lives were sane.
McLAspBURoH WILSON.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26

A maintains that tho proper functions OF this
covernment are TO give equal rights and liberties
10 ali citizens. b says tina, the functions OF this
Covrrnmrut are legislative. judicial and executive.
Which OF these Is the better, ana is either
nccuratc7 II. V. BRADT.
An authority. with all due respect higher than
A or n or any letter OF the alphabet down TO and
Including Ampersand recites the purpose OF this
Government In these words In order 10 form
. more perfect union, establish justice. insure do
nestle tranquility provide for tho common de-
fence promote the general welfare and secure the
blessings OF liberty 10 ourselves and our posienty-
This authority is the people OF the United States
In tho preamble TO that Constitution which i and
n And all the rest OF Va are born sworn 10 tup-
port.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26

Where can buy a book or magazine on pheasant
or part ridge or quail breeding or ralsng7 II. ".
The standard authority is Tcgc,meler: -Pheasants:
Their Natural History and Practical Manage
mcn,.- which has passed into second edition
london. 1851. Before engaging upon the breed
ing OF phehsants or quail for commercial purposes
II would be well 10 examine into the restrictions on
the sale OF tho product Imposed by the New York
law chapter 1914. LAWS OF 1902. and the act of Con
grcss of May 25 1900. known as the Lacey act. Under
these laws and the Interpretation placed upon them
nv judicial dctc rmnauon the Forest Fish and Game
Commission OF this State holds that these birds
cannot he sold possessed legally during the close
season. and that there is no open for the
taking OF pheasans except In the county OF Suffolk
II is not lawful to possess or sell said birds.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-07
Outings of Wild Animals

The fable of the country mouse and
the town mouse has foundation in
fact, says London Answers. Mice oc-
casionally migrate in large numbers
when food grows scarce, and travel
considerable distances to fresh houses.
Farmers in part of Perthshire had
good reason to become aware of this
fact, when couple Of years ago, vast
swarms of mice invaded their corn
fields at harvest time.
But the mouse only travels when it
has to. The rat, on the contrary,
seems to take yearly outing, in very
much the same fashion as do human
beings. Rats are the most migratory
creatures in the world. Whole troops
of rats leave the towns at the end of
summer and spend a month or two
in the country, apparently in order
to enjoy the change of food which the
country affords at that time of the
year in the way of fresh fruit and
grain. Before the cold weather sets
in they are all back in their old quar-
tiers.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-07
ChiId's Iona Journey Alone.

After being separated by thousands:
of miles from her family, 8-year-old
Maria Majunsz met her mother for the
first time in four years at Union sta.
ton yesterday. A tag labeled with the
tots name and the Pittsburg address
of her family, 802 Shelby avenue, was
her only identification on her long
journey by sea and land from the in
terror of Hungary to the arms of her
mother in Pittsburg.
Passengers and employees were eff.
fected at the scene between mother
and daughter, and, although none
could understand their Hungarian ex-
carnations of joy, all knew the Eng
lish equivalents. Seven years ago the
father came to America, and after
three years of hard work sent for his
WIFE Both worked hard to bring the
child across the water, and about
three months ago the money for her
passage was sent her. Officialdom
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-07
"Balling'' of Young Birds

In certain districts where the soil
is exactly right Cor rather exactly
wrong) the cartridges so carefully
preserved in England are likely to be
attacked by a peculiar misfortune
known as "balling," The word means
simply that a partridge Matched out on
clay soil in wet weather may find
mud adhering to it's feet as it strug-
giles along after the mother bird.
This is a small beginning; but the
chances are that the earth accumu-
lates. Sometimes, indeed, the soil at
tached to the foot Of little partridge
will increase from a mere speck to
weight of several ounces. A writer
in Badminton says that the heaviest
ball he ever knew weighed four
ounces, and the bird which carried it
was only half its proper size, although
the rest of the covey were full grown.
The little creature could only move
along in a kind of flying scramble,
dragging the ball on the ground.
The clay was baked as hard as a
brick, so that it was no easy matter
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-07

TO remove it. Finally it was soaked
off. and then it became apparent that
the bird, without it's accustomed bal
last, did not know how to fly. With
every effort it tumbled head over
heels, and learned the natural mode
only after long trying.
The fate Of a ''balled" partridge
which is not rescued by some kindly
hand is cruel one. Day by day the
burden grows heavier, and the more
the chick scrambles after its compan-
ions the larger it's burden becomes
Finally it is no longer possible to move
at all, and then the little thing can but
give up and die.
Naturalists say that this balling of
birds is one of natures provisions for
scattering seeds. 1t is easy to demon
strate this, and the answer comes
true" One experimenter scattered
the earth from a three ounce ball over
the top Of pan of ordinary dirt,
which had been baked to destroy the
seeds in it. Ten plants sprang up in
due time, and developed into seven
varieties.-Youth's Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-07
Less Food, Better Health

AS the result of his exhaustive ex-
periments with a squad of United
States soldiers doing heavy gymna'
SUM work under restricted diet, Prof
Chittenden of Yale believes that most
persons eat too much, says the New
York World
The men were worked hard in gym
nasium and gained steadily and great
ly in strength while they were being
fed far less than the average diet.
They were called the starvation
squad" but their photographs taken at
the close of the experiment do not
look like those of starving men, rather
like those of competent gymnasts,
says Prof. Chittenden in his recently
published physiological Economy in
Nutrition"
"Our. results justify the
conviction that the minimum proteid
requirements of the healthy man I'M
der ordinary conditions of life are far
below the generally accepted dietary
standards and far below the amounts
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-07

Reindeer migrate with the same
regularity as swallows. They move
south when winter sets in, but as soon
as ever the snow begins to melt they
travel steadily north, sometimes for
as much as thousand miles.
To end holiday by deliberate sui
eide is so strange a phenomenon that
for long time naturalists looked upon
the stories of the migration of the
jennings as an improbable fiction
Yet the facts are beyond dispute. At
irregular intervals these ratlike crea-
lures start out from their homes in
the Businesses of northern Scandina-
via in huge droves, numbering tens of
thousands, and travel steadily south
wards. Death pursues them in hun
dred forms. Hawks and other birds
Of prey hover above them. Thousands
are drowned in rivers. Yet the rest
struggle on until they reach the sea.
They do not stop. They plunge in,
swim out and struggle on, until at
last their strength fails and they
drown. Not one ever returns from this
journey of death.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-07

Story of Robins That Went Fishing.
An extraordinary incident was wit
messed recently by sportsman at BIZ
cester.
Noting a Iarty Of five robins for
aging about among the pebbles in the
bed of a sma stream, from which
they constantly few on to a neigh
boring wall c'rrying some live object
In their beak', he followed a bird to
its perch. Kicking about on the top
Of the wall h. found a small sickle.
back.
Retiring a rev yards he then kept
watch, and found that the birds cap
tured their prey and held it crosswise
after the fash on of a kingfsher. But
they made no attempt to kill their VIC
tins before eating them, as the king
fisher does.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-07

called for by the acquired tastes of
the generality of mankind. The
amount of proteid or albuminous food
needed daily for the actual physiolog-
ical wants of the body is not more
than one-half of the proteid food ordi-
narily consumed by the average man.
Body weight (when once adjusted to
the new leveD, health, strength, men
tai and physical vigor and endurance
can be maintained with at least one
half of the proteid food ordinarily
consumed"
Proteids are the chemical elements
that most people get by a meat diet,
though beans, peas and some other
vegetables are also strong in pro-
teids. Eat less meat is the practical
equivalent of Prof Chittenden's ad-
vice.
1t has often been noticed by anna
teur mountaineers that Adirondack
guides and Swiss mountain men eat
less solid food than the average Wall
street broker, who does little physical
labor.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-07

The most remarkable existence of a
human being-one whose surviving
parent died at her birth, who lived Ill
years, and who has just died in Shar-
on, Mimi, leaving not a single de-
scendant-is that of Mrs. Pureheart
Wakeley. By her death the oldest
woman of Minnesota has been re-
moved from the scene of her remark
able life.
Mrs. Wakeley was III years of age.
Despite the fact that she was married
three times and became the mother
of fourteen children, who all lived to
the age of 20 years or more, and many
OF whom married and became fathers
and mothers, yet all of Mrs. Wakeley's
husbands relatives died before she
did, and at her death she left not rel
ative to survive her.
Three months before her birth. on
July g. 1898, her father, one of the
imperial guards of the person of the
Dauphin of France, was killed by the
revolutionists. Her mother, who was
English by birth, died in giving birth
to her only child, and a distant Eng
lish relative named her Pureheart.
Her fathers name was Isadore Du-
moureiz.
At the age of 16 Pureheart Dumour-
eiz was married to a captain in the
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-07
Survived All Her Kin

English army, who, two years later,
was killed at the battle of Waterloo.
The young widow, shortly after her be-
reavement, came to the United States
with a party of emigrants, and four
years later married a man named Ed
ward Gray, who enlisted in the army
and was the first American soldier
killed by the Mexicans, Aug. 10, 1847,
in the first attack on the City of Mex
leo.
She then went to California with a
party of gold seekers in 1850, and
there, in 1860, married Oscar Wakeley,
a successful miner. Two years later
the Wakeleys removed from California
to Johnstown, Pa, where their numer-
Gus descendants lived, and where for
ty-three members of the family, all of
them except Mrs. Wakeley and one
son, were drowned in the food of May,
1889.
With this son Mrs. Wakeley went to
Minnesota and bought large farm
near Luverne. Six years later she and
her son rented the farm and moved to
Galveston, Tex, where the son lost his
life in the tidal wave that over
whelmed that city. Mrs. Wakeley es-
capped and went back to the Minnesota
farm, where she resided until her
DEATH
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-07
CARRY MARMosET IN MUFF.
Latest Fad INDUCED In by Women OF
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia.
A new fad among women which Will
appeal to the class who went in for
net chameleons several years ago is
the carving of pet marmosets in the
big muffs that are still the correct
thing in furs. The marmoset is a
small, squirrel-like monkey hailing
from South America.
A woman who appeared on Chest-
nut street with one of the little ami
mails in her possession created some
thing of a sensation. She was equip
ped with a huge muff, trimmed with
animal heads, and several pedestrians
who took a peep at the muf saw two
heads on one side and only one on the
other A second later there was only
one animal head on each end OF the
muff.
A couple of men remarked that per-
haps the muff bearer had dropped one
of the heads, but when the third head
again popped into view the expression
or their faces indicated that they
were wondering if they required SAM
tarium treatment. They kept the muff
in view until the extra head disap-
peared again and reappeared on the
opposite side of the fur. This time
they got better view and saw that
the active head belonged to marmo~
Philadelphia Record.