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Evening star., 1907-08-31
Copyright. 1907. by John Eltreth watslnsl


TROM a one-time populous and long
IL forgotten suzcrainty Of the proud
and powerful Montezuma. ruler of
IL the Az:e2s Dr. Jesse Walter
Fewkes brings to Washington
mcst interesting story of lost American
civilizations, OF hitherto undesCribed pyra-
mlds and idol-strewn temples, of flourish
Ing cities long crumhed and covered with
jungle, Under It special grant from the
Smithsonian Institution this distinguished
Archaeological Of the bureau of American
ethnooRy has made q reconnaissance in
eastern Mexico TO gather material bearing
on the question whether the mound hu Id
ere Of our Miss ssippI valley were the de
scendants of the scattered Totonac and
Euaxtec tribes-peopes as far advanced as
the Aztecs, Of whom they were vassals.
Cempoalan, Land of Pyramids.
Speaking OF his explorations. DR.. Fewkes
said
When Cortes disembarked Ills army In
what Is now Vera Cruz he found II IN
culture. The inhabitants called them
selves Totonac. and their territory
known as TotouaCapan- The conqueror was
not long IN discovering that the TotoraC
were subjects OF MonteZurna a great ruler
In the mountains to whom they un willingly
paid tribute. and that they Chatc1 der
his yoke. Shortly after landing COrtcS
visited their settlements at QuiauistIan and
Cernpoalan. near TIE former OF which he
laid the foundation OF city that ne called
Villa RICa q Ia NeTn Cruz (tGc Rich Town
OF the True Crosse. He was well rec lived
by the inhabitants OF these cities making
friends with those above m antOned and
with thirty other dependent pUchGs WI, Sc
aid greatly facilitated his march to the in
terror Of Mexico. But this friend hip of
the natives OF CempoaaH and their set
Elements for COrtcS was not shared by
all the Indians Of the Mexican gulf coast
In the valleys OF the PauucU and Ttme>i
rivers-that is. IN what is row northern
Vera Cruz and southern Tamauiras
the so-Cal!ed HuaxteS people. They had
pcpU,ous towns, having reached n high
degree OF culture, and they had never been
conquered 10y the AzteNs. AT first they re
sisted the Spaniards, bat sUhIeruanty We're
subdIed by Cortes and their main city and
other settlements were destroyed. TIE sur
yivurs Of these villages who escaped av-
cry or massacre fed TO the mountains
where their Descendants. bereft of anc-s-
trai arts, lost much of Their culture ana
settled In new localities. At The tim OF
the conquest Cempoalan s. striking
a metropolis that it excited the adm'ra-
ton of the Europeans. and from its many
temples CtpWersD and large build ngs was
caI1d SoVI!la. Its streets AID p,aZas arr
said To have sTarmed with people, O.e
author estimating the population at 30 90
souls. Whether this statement was eN-
sSs-rated or not we may never know. but
the size and number of the temples pr1v
that the city had a considerable popuiG-
ticn. After the conquest Cempoaaa rapid
T declined in power and is population SO
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A hRArQD (AILED 1HE L1GnrnlNq

dwindled that IN 1880, according to Patino.
II had shrunk TO thirty Inhabited houses;
IT is stated that in the year 1GOo only one
or two CemrOalanos lived on the old site,
the most OF them having been distributed
In new congregations by the then viceroy
OF Mexico. the Count of Monterey. The
adjacent forests and an eXuberaut tropical
vegetation rapidly grew over the deserted
buildings Of the once populoIS city. so
that in few generations its site was prac
tiCally forgotten by students. But although
lost and forgotten by the outside world,
the name of the TotOnac metropolis Clung
TO a locality near the left bank of the Ac
topan river, where certain mounds and
ruined pyramids are still known to the peo
pie of the neiGhbOrhOOd as the remains
of ancient Ccmpoalan. In 1891 the Mexi-
can government made a survey of Ccm2oa-
Ian and neghhorng ruins. The almost i'm
panetra Dle Jungle covering the mounds was
thoroughly ceared and tie walls of seV-
eral large buildings We're laid open to view.
But the ruins OF Cempoalan passed the
next decade without being disturbed or
even visited, and a new jungle spread It
self over the stately pyramids.
II made two excursions to Cempoalan. re-
naming there e week on my second visit,
My work was attended with dlficulty, since
the Clea rings made In 1881 had dlSappe AIRED.
the trees and undcrbrush having obscurcd
the buildings. Although much of this veSe-
table growth was Ch away by the owner.
the Jungle Is stil dense over the greater
part Of the ruins. CempOalan lies short
distance from the coast and two hours ride
on horseback from a station on the railroad
between JaIapa and Vera Cruz, called San
Francisco. The roads from this station to
the ruins pass through A comparatively
level country. lined in part with groves of
tropisal trees to which cling beautiful air
plants and In the branches of which live
many parrots and other brilliantly coiored
birds. Evidences OF tho older population
crop out everywhere and well-dehncd rows
of ruhblestunes mark the foundation walls
of old temples that have been appropriated
for the same purpose in modern cabins.
The ruins Of CeInpoalan cover a large eX-
+er. OF territory Mounds belonging TO this
metropolis were found extending over
territnry a milo sQuare. but the main build
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larger Of these. with the smaller on my left,
l probably stood in the great court of Gem
poalan, where perhaps Cortes marched his
soldiers on his memorable visit to this city
almost four centuries ago. The larger OF
these two massive pyram mids is locally
known as the Temple fthe Fountain or
Chimneys;' the other is nameless. Peerns
into the jungle that surrounds these build
ings, l got glimpses cf other mounds hid
den for the greater part in the dense for
est"
"Temple of the Fountain"
The front of the larger pyramid, on
which stood what is locally known al the
Temple of the Fountain" is, Or. Fewkes
said. indicated by 81 stairway before which
stand the ruined columns of a second build
ing, possibly used a waiting room for
those who took part In the ceremonies on
the temple which once crowned the pyra-
mid. At the foot Of the stairway he
broken remains of hollow. chimney-like
columns formerly decorated on their fiat
sides with stucco figures. The pyrarnd
originally had six terraces, gradually dmin-
ishing from base to apex, and is still
traversed by a broad stairway from the
ground level to the top The stairway has
a massive balustrade on each side and at
the top ends in cubical block made of
plaster and laid over stones and concrete.
Climbing these stairs he found the ruins
Of the templc-walls once forming three
sides of a chamber in which two idols
had apparently occupied pedestalS. Some
of the stones lining the platform on which
the temple stood We're perforated to allow
the escape Of rain. The other large pyra-
mid had a larger number of terraces and
bore ruins Of a temple which had evil
IDENTITY contained many chambers. In the
walls Of a temple one of the smaller
pyramids We're found sunken panels form
ing frieze to which rows of clay heads
or human skulls had probably been at
tached. Below this We're the remains of
frescoes In red and yellow colors In
front of the lower steps of the pyramid
was the ruin of an altar with Il basin like
structure in front
\ few miles from this ruined metropolis
lie the ruins of a little church surrounded
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of the scum of the earth. 1 think the fact
of being a Princeton man was a pillar Of
cloud by day and fire by night in keeping
ME from sinking to their level, and the
knowledge that old mother Princeton
wishes to believe of her sons as Isabella of
CroiX did of Quentin Durward, If 1 hear
not of you soon. and that by the trump of
fame, III conclude you dead but not un-
worthy l suspect some Of the 'e5 men
have feared that 1 have taken as awkward
way of gratifying this wish as did the
recruit when he loaded his rifle by showing
the cartridge down the muzZe, and when
reproved by his sergeant, replied: There is
more than one way OF loading a rifle.
Il was on ranch in 1902 and 1903. with
Dutch Hager and Hugh Hodge. Dutch had
a disagreement once with bad man about
the ownership of cow Dutch said it was
his, and he intended to take 1t, and If the
man didn't like it he could help himself.
Dutch and he were both armed, but If the
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1S99--Cowpunching in New Mexico
1S99-l901-With the 2Sd United States
Regular Infantry in the Philippines
l902-Surveying around Baltimore.
1902-1GO3-Back again cowpunching in
New Mexico.
1904, January and February-In Marine
Corps at Panama, and then in coal busi-
ness at Charleston, w. Va.
In Mining Camp.
At some unstated time he was also q
mlitiaman in the feud district of Kentucky
He is next heard from in a mining camp
In the Nevada desert From that untram-
nl3led corner of the globe he thus writes TO
the secretary OF the class Of '95:
Dear Andy: l sometimes feel as if Kip
lings poem, The Lost Legion, might apply
to me:
Though living side by side with wife de-
serters crooks, child murderer and some
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Raising Foreign Leeon On His Way Frisco
cta1 of His Advntures-Scme Experiences of This
Princeton Gidiron Hero the "Wande1ust."

Baltimorel on the 25th Of April. and stayed
there until the 10Th of May. being mustered
into the service Of the United States on
May IL We left for Chickamaugua on the
10th of May. reaching that place on the
2lst OF May. Our regiment was ordered to
June 3. with seven other regiments, in a
provisional division under the command of
Cen Snyder, we thoroughly eSpected to
90 with shsttsr's toIDs but have since
been told that there were not enough
transports to take the division. l met
Ed Mum, '95. and Gordon Johnston. '96,
and Bernis Brien, 90, in Tampa The two
former were in the Rough Riders and the
latter in the 9th Ohio. We stayed In
TAMPA ten weeks. leaving there August 10
for Huntsville. Ala. where We stayed about
three weeks reaching home September
and being mustered out October 22"
This is the chronological history Of the
next five years Of his life:
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pantla, the modern pueblo nearby, stands
in the midst of the vanilla zone of Vera
Cruz, and Is occupied by the descendants of
the Totonacs, who built these pyramids.
Although these people have lost the cul-
ttlre OF their ancestors, they retain some of
their peculiar customs.
Aboriginal Man-Flight Fever.
That the man-fiight fever had a foothold
In America before the coming of the white
man is proven by one of their ancestral
games still repeated by these people. This
is the game Of 1.-The Flyers"
I'm this play men disguised as birds
mount to the tops of upright poles and
attaching themselves to ropes, jump into
space seeming to fly through the air. ex-
planned DR.. Fewkes. AN old woman. the
so-calied witch makes offerings of copal,
aguadiente and j fowl. which are placed in
the hole where the pole is placed in the
ground.
An Aztec pyramid known locally as the
castle of Teayo," and which is crowned
with a modern building erected upon the
ruins of it's former temple, was visited by
the archaeologist at Teayo, pueblo also
of Vera Cruz province. An image or idol
that once stood on the summit is now in
a Mexican museum. Nearby have been
found stone images which indicate that
this was an Aztec garrison town. Dr.
Fewkes examined numerous specimens
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ings are crowded into limited area.
Wherever one turns IN this neighSorhood.
if vegetation permits, he encounters evil
denccs of former human occupation. Not
only mounds and pyramids rise on all sides
but also plastered walls. and fragments of
concreted road beds lined with rows of
stones set in cement (nOt unlike curbS) are
seen on all sides. Cempoalan was cen
structed almost entirely of plaster and rub
blcstoues: none of its walls We're made of
adobe or OF cut stones.
Massive Balustraded Stairways.
THE four buildings now standing are pyr-
q rniGs, the bases of former temples. They
are constructed of a concrete core made of
water-worn stones laid in lines ona above
another and faced with concrete. The sur
faces OF these buildings We're originally so
highly polished that it was supposed by
one Of the soldiers of Cortes that the walls
were covered with plates of silver. These
walls were decorated with yellow and red
paintings. traces of which ara stil visible,
especially in places not exposed to the
weather. Two typical forms of buildings
are represented, one circular. the other
rectangular. Both types have stairways
with massive balustrades one side
The largest pyramid found here belongs
to the round type and lies in a field. Ven
turing into this field, which is full Of trou-
blesome insects, l discovered that near these
two mounds are others forming a group.
One Of the largest was called by a Spaniard
Temple OF the Air, and. like all round
temples is supposed to have been dedicated
to the god OF the air The many smaller
mounds crowded together. indicating
houses once possibly inhabited by priests.
Nearby are fragments of walls, some of
which. extending into the adjacent forests
are lost in the jungle. Slabs of plastering
or rows of rubblestones extending in all
directions indicate the crowded arrange
ment of houses in this immediate locality.
which must have been not far from the cen
ter of the city. mile north of the Temple
of the Air ! suddenly saw rising before me
in fact. booking the way-a pair of mas
sNe pyramids that evidently formed parts of
two sides Of an incosed court. Facing the
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again with the class OF '96. He only sue
ceeC,.d in making his collegiate history
q tw!ce-told tale: once more he was a bril-
liant success on the gridiron, but a failure
in the classroom. That ended his college
career.
During the season of 1881 he coached
the foot ball team of tn" University OF
Virginia. The next year drifted into the
steamboat business in Baltimore, and the
following year tried real estate. His eX-
perience In these ventures he thus sums up
in letter to friend:
This scramble for the almighty dollar
does not appeal to me. as l am SO utterly
rotten in the scramble"
His year in the real estate business was
more or less of q touch-and-go affair He
found or took, the time to coach the
Princeton foot ball team In the chronolog-
ical history of his occupations there is
only one entry for the year 1S97-h6AA ~
Princeton University foot ball team
Hard Luck In 1898.
The following year the Spanish war broke
out, and Johnny Poe did his best to tackle
the fooe. but luck was against him Here
follows his own chronicle of his soldering:
u had been IN the 9th Maryland Reg!-
ment for ovsf three years when war was
declarsd end had reached the high position
OF corporal. We went to Pimiieo (near
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Soldering In Central America.

But Tonopah and her bad men, soon
stalled for Johnny Poe. He sought diver
sion in Central America. the premier hot
he'd of revolution and warfare.
Last June he wrote to another classmate,
this time from Bulfrog. New:
Dear Bos I received your letter some time ago
asking for an account of my Honduras trip.
must beg off from writing that. Some day hope
to have the pleasure of telling the salient points
at the Princeton Club, In New York
must confess that my ambition is to see
in new countries. and my regret is that haven't I
the money TO crafty this wish III only had
enough money now should start out to Turkey
and get with the Turkish troops who fighting
the tribesmen IN Arabia. Money would enable me
to hire Interpreters, buy pack horses and riding
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other fellow had started anything III bet
Dutch would have sent him wingnS his
way over the great divide soon that he
would have still had a surprised look on his
face when he grabbed harp and caused
an all-around discord in the heavenly choir.
Well Andy, when take the trail
where there are not any outfits coming
back may we all exclainl, as did the Ro-
man gladiators to Caesar: About TO de, Oh
30 and Princeton, We salute thee!'
Very sincerely. JOHN Z. POE, Jr.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-14

within the PIttsburr coal d,str,c,
natural gas will be used for tos,ino
purposes.
The cylinder Is 10 he moae mr. beovy
boiler plate. Safety yarves vii, II,
placed all along the Inn and vii, he
left unfastened In spcb n mon,or mo,
whenever there Is mn exn,oclon ,he
valves will fly omen nm their b,r,o,
a series Of uorthoIes nm tho side cor
cred with one.balf.jnch p,ass vii, ON
able those conducting tbe pyner,msn,s
TO witness the eyplosions from the oh
seryation house "a foe, ,woy ri,
steel mortar which nil, ,,nr, ,ha ov
plosives into tho cv,,ndor y,l, ho sroL
BY electricity from the ohsery,t,or
house. which Is IN no noro,,el with ,hl
cylinder itself.
While those ,os,s oro ho,,r oon,,,,,
ed generators and miners viii no IN
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-14


bowels absorb the uudigested food and
then the blood becomes muddy and
sluggish. From one to three bottles
Of Cooper's New Discovery will get the
stomach back in shape. The tired
feeling will surely disappear if this 10
done.
This letter tells what a woman thinkn
who tried It:
~ suffered from loss of appetite,
poor digestion and general breaking
down. was so weak could scarcely
get about. felt tired and worn out
nearly all the time. Upon hearing of
the great things Cooper's New Discov-
cry was doing for others afflicted as I
was. ! began to use 1t. BY the time
the first bottle was gone my condition
was immensely improved. now feel
strong again and do my own work with
case. Please accept my sincere
thanks" Mrs. NJ. Wise, I2I7 Norwood
ST., indianapolis, Ind.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-14
s,4sThe Girl Of the Golden West.s

As the date draws near for the en-
gagementS of the big Belasco produc,
stion, sThe Girl Of the Golden West
the Interest manifested over lis CON.
ing grows more pronounced, and M.
aless,; allsssigns fail this attraction prom.
Uses to be greeted by the largest house
that has ever been attracted to the 10,
zeal itheater.
"a That Sthe production Is owned and
under the direction Of David Belasco
IS all that the public need know to be
assured that II Is worthy Of Its pat.
5Tonage. Mr.. Belasco as a producer Ia
ins Q class BY himself, and has well
earned the position Of Americas fore.
yimost5proiucer The advance sale OF
seats will open at Christie's drug store
next Monday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-14
PER!sONAEI
]. .. 3 &. 3. 3 8 ]. 3 !. j.

- ~ y Y y ~ 8, 4,
Drs GeeSge tllss and Dr. Thomas
Miller of Fairyisws and DR.. i, N,
ycst Of this city; went TO wheeling
-day Ito attend the State Electlc
Medical ociatlon, which Is In ses.
lion slnt that eli
VI and Mrs.. Waller Bowman and
daughter, of tlniontown, Pa who
were here forg Tie sMccroryii funeral,
returned yesterday It'd their home. 4
z III. w. q. a Boydston went 70
claflssburg this morning.
III. and Mrs! +. N Hage have re.
turned from q visit at Pittsburg. 8,
Mrs. Charles orrsand Miss Minnie
orr went TO Wheeling this mornins
lSfora short visit
Nh Fred Lott of PHILADELPHIA; Pa,
is N visitor In The clty. 81 II b
Mrs. i. 4 r. Fitch and Miss Louise
s Fitch returned yesterday from Pitts
Sbufg, where they had been since Fri.
day Of lastt week. u y.
Nh Charles H Sample, Of Pittsburg,
who was here for, THE: funeral aof Mr.,
Harry cCrory, returned yesterday to
$hisihome: i,
Mrs. Mary Sample and SON. Of Home
stead Pa; who were called here by
The death 9t saIr. Harry McCrory have
returned home, Y
Frank Hutchinson, son Of Mr.. G.. E.
Hutchinson, has gone TO Erie, W. Va,
4 TO spend sthel summer months.
Mrs, W. w. Conway and little
daughter have returned from a
/ lengthy visit withrelattyes at Weston.
Fred the son q DR.. Jesse Jamison,
isfill8withs pneumonia at his home on
Pierpont avenue.
June Clark and iVint buchanan are
home from a Fisltia at Wheeling.
Miss Virginia Fleming returned the
latter part Of the. week from Balti
more, where she had been for several
\ weeks. N K i, If.
n Miss Mamie Lowe, Of clarksburg
sis3 10 the city the guest Of Miss Mol
lie Virginia Smith at the Woman's
Hall *. ,f;%
Mrs. g; 7. Holland will accompany
Dr.. Holland 10 Huntington where they
viii attend the State Medical Asso
citation. On their return Mrs. Holland
will stop on at Harrisyille and will be
I the guest of Miss Annie Leggett for q
Isfews days. II
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Geo. /. J0||Itfe & Go.

Fayette county, Stuart Mine, Janu.
airy 20, 1907, 50 killed.
Fayette county, WhiPpie> Mine, May
I, 1907, 81 killed.
Clarence Hall, explosive. expert for
the government, who has charge OF
the plans for the proposed experiment.
al station, recently returned from
England and Belgium, where he exam.
med the stations there. In these and
other European countries the mine.
owners, the miners, the government
and the manufacturers Of explosives
all cooperate In the effort to prevent
the dreadful explosions. The results
Of these experiments go 10 show that
n large number Of the explosions In
coal mines are due 10 coal dust rather
than gas. The worst explosion that
hes occurred In Germany In the last
lew years was uue 10 coal dust. Near.
tfy 200 lives were lost in the Reden
mines. Perhaps the greatest accident
In many years occurred at the COURT.
eres mine at Pas de Calais. France, on
March 10, 1906, when 1900 lives were
due 10 coal dust.
How Tests WIN Be Made.
That part Of the experimental sta.
lions In which the explosives are to be
tested will be in the form Of a cylinder,
100 feet long and G feet in diameter,
lying on the ground. An explosive
mixture OF fire damp and air in one
case or coal dust and air in another
Will be pumped into the cylinder, and
the explosive 10 be tested will be shot
into 1t from one end by q big steel
mortar, so that the fame and products
Of combustion will go right into the
! fire damp, II the station Is erected
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-14

"What can we do to improve the
present method Of aancing?" thunder.
ed the parson; "darciug Is mere hug.
sing set to music"
I'VE might cut out the music" se.!.
ly suggested the had young man IN the
rear OF the auditorium Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-14
NOTICE OF LICENSE APPllcA
TioN,

Notice is hereby given that an ap'
plicatien has been fled with City Clerk
Of the City OF Fairmont, West Wiz
'gtnia, by r. c. and C. ". Fleming, re.
siding in Fairmont, West Virginia, for
a license 10 carry on the business Of
selling, offering for sale, at retail
spurious liquors, wine, porter, ale and
beer, and drinks Of like nature, al
Manley Building, Porter alley, in the
city Of Fairmont, West Virginia.
Given under my hand In my Office
in said city, tbs 10th day Of May, 1907.
". S. BLACK.
May 10.2t. City Clerk.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-14
SHORT TALKS BY
L. T. COOPER.
THAT TIRED FEELING.
"That tired feeling is a sure .igu
that the sys en- needs regulating. A

dull, dfoopy man
or woman needs
something to get
the blood jump
ing once more.
The whole body
Is clogged with
impurities, but
the seat OF the
trouble Is the
stomach. II has
been gradually
letting down, only
half doing Its
work, and the Re.
suit is that the
Ls4~n.x 1s~s..r1
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-14

Lloyd's Book Shop los Fair.
mont Avenue, Youst Building.
Carefully selected books, pictures,
wall paper and all the things that so
to make book shop complete. IT,.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-14

The children will enjoy the song Of
1.-TWO Little Sailor Boys" at Theatori.
um Wednesday and Thursday-oppo.
site Court House. In the Teddy Bears.