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hfty tons. Aztec Calendar below.
| lie lived like prince He was wined
and dined and had four of the most
beautiful girls III the land as his mis-
tresses, He was the great young man
OF his time. and with music and feast
Ing upon howery beds of ease he rode
gaily to his doom
When the final day came he said
, Soou-bN to his sweethearts. and. dec
Grated With flowers, took his place on
TINS sacriticial stone. Then the priests.
dressed in red drove their knives into
ms breast and pulled out his heart
ihe% held il aloft before the ewes of
the multitude and they fell on their
knees and shouted out thei. alteration.
Later on the body was cut into pieces
ana distributed to the more favored of
the people. who cooked and served IL
ON their dining tables as the tid-bit
of the year.
'"nnihnlism Among the hztccs.
prescott is my authority that this
WAS the only kind of cannibalism TINT
was practiced by the Aztccs. and he
says that the cannibal feasts were
served up In royal style. The cooking
was done by the best of the culinary
artists, and men and women came to-
geiher To discuss the horrible menu.
human sacrifices began IN Mexico
Two or three hundred years before th,.
SHniards landed, and at the time OF
the conquest IL has been estimat ted that
INC annual sacrifices were about 90. 600
In addition to the Teocali in Mexico
city, there were pyramids and mounds
IN different parts OF tho country and
sacrifices increased in number when
| ever drought, plaques or other calami-
ties came.
An Aztec God.
The idol in whose honor much Of tho
sacrificing took place was the god of
war and OF bloodshed. whose chief rep
reseniation is here in the National Mu-
scum. This is block of stone nine
! feet In height covered with carving
II represents suuatty figure with a
great Nat head out OF the top OF which
neeps two cylindrical eyes. above four
little horns which serve as the noses
rhe. mouth is large, and the head rest i
without neck on the shoulders This
statue stood not far from the sacriiicial
stone when Cortc. in company with
King Montc1uma. first saw 1t. IL was
then covered with gold and studded
with jewels. Golden serpents were
wound about its waist. and a necklace
OF human heads and hearts. life-si.e
| made of gold and silver. encircied the
neck Before II pan q: incense was
burning and in this pan the hearts of
three human beings were roasting.
After the Spaniards had conquered
thcy tore off the gold. silver and Jew
els. They threw down the statue. and
II was years later that 1t was brought
forth ms an archaeological relic
Mexico city Excavations.
Til" McXicaus of to-day are thor
oughly alive to the archaeological
possibilities OF their own counti~;
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sun than to eat, drink and to bs
merry"
This is the way the ancient Aatea
puts it:
Danish care. II there are bounas
TO pleasure. tho saddest life must NE,
have an end. Then weave the chanlet
OF flowers. sing thy songs In tho prat..
or the all powerful God. for tho y,or,,
or the world soon fadeth. Reioice
IN the green freshness OF thy sprlnt.
Tor the day VIII come when thou .h.,,
sigh for these joys in vain: when tina
7ceptre snail pass from thy hand and
the sons or thy mobiles drink tho drers
OF distress. Yet. the remembrance q.
the just shall not pass away from ,bo
nations and the good thou has done
shall ever De held in honor The goods
OF this life. it's glorics and riches, ara
but lent to us. Its substance /. HI,
an iiiusory shadow. and the things q,
to-day snail change on the morrow.
Then gather the flowers from INV va,-
dens TO bind round thy brows and seize
the joya Of today
This same man like the Athenia,s
Of the time Of st. Paul. erected tempIc
To The unknown god. He was sor,
OF Mexican David, aud was like Solo
mon IN that he loved beautiful women
with other things he coveted tho vito
OF one OF his officers. and. even "a
David did TO uriah. he put this officer
In the front or tho battle and nm.
took his widow to wife. is IL no,
strange how tho lines OF great lives
even though they be divided by ages
of time and by thousands Of miles OF
water and land, and even by worlds
which are unknown one 10 the other.
sometimes run side by side?
Death Comes 10 All.
This same man. who came or tho
race which bull, many OF the pyramids
Of Mexico. had equally graphic ideas
OF death. shall lct-one OF his cxprcs-
sions close this letter. 1t reads.
Tho world is nothing bu, sepul-
chrc, and there is nothing that lives
on its surface that shall not be en-
tombcd beneath i. The things OF yes
tcrday are no more to-day, and the
things Of to-day shall cease, perhaps.
on the morrow. The elories that have
been have all passed away like the
fearful smoke that issues from the
throat Of Popocatapctl. with no other
existence OF a record than the page OF
a chronclcr The great, the wiso. the
valiant and the beautiful. Alas. where
arc they now? That which has b.
fallen them shall happen TO US and tn
those that come after MS. The horror.
Of the tomb are but the cradle OF tho
sun. and the dark shadows OF death
are brilliant lights for tha stars"
Copyright. 1913. by Frank G.. Car
pcnterD
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paper and they used cotton clothing
| they had fairs for the encouragement
of trade and agriculture, and they were
expert workers in metal Some Of the
articles cspried to Spain by Cortez were
vessels of gold. silver and copper. and
among them some silver basins so big
! that they could not be encirclcd BY
the arms of "A man. They made dyes
like the Tyran purple and they we've
cloth out Of the fur OF rabbits
They Were High Livcr,.
The records show that the Aztccs
ate at tables. using silver and gold
plates, and that they had chafing dishes
to keep their meats warm They had
napkins and finger bowls. and they
smoked cigarettes after dinner They
had good cooks and ate all kinds Of
vegetables. fruits and meats Monte
yuma had fish brought TO him from
the ocean over the mountains. dis
lance of 200 miles. by fast runners
and the Spaniards say that the mar
kets OF the capital contained domestic
poultry. game from the mountains. fish
from the lakes. fruits Of the temperate
ana tropical zones, and also green veg
ctables. The market stalls were dec
Grated with flowers and the market
thronr was so great that II usually
numbered about 10000 Cortcz saws
the multitude was :hree times as great
az that OF the market ut Salamanca.
and also that the cloths. tapestry. etc
made him think OF the silk markets.
at Granada.
one part OF me market was assigned
to the goldsmiths, another TO toy ped
dlcrs. and others TO pottery and the
sellers of copper and obsidian, of which
tho razors and mirrors were made
| There were also drug shops. paper
shops and places selling blankbooks
and maps.
Toitcc Marcus AurcIius.
As II Is nov. there are perhaps IT,
900, 900 OF the descendants Of fhcse pco-
pie VINO cannot :cad or write Thov.
are mere hcwers or wood and drawers
OF water and their future is one OF tho
big problems OF Mexico. There is no
doubt, however, but that they have
natural ability. for the greatest mon
OF modern Mexico have had more or
less Indian blood in their veins Prcsi-
dent luarez was an Indian. and lscsi-
dent Diaz had Indian ancestors 40
records show that some OF the ancient
Indian cmpcrors wrote poetry and
philosophy, and there is one, NcXa-
hualcoyatl whose utterances make
YOU think OF Marcus ,\u-clius Antoninus
of the Proverbs OF solomon. This man
was = roltcc He belonged to the ma
ton which preceded tho Aztccs and
he rcvolutionized the laws and govern
n crt Of Mexico during his reign. Here
is q quotation from ono OF his poems
which has been translated into Span
ism and then into English. IT reminds
ono OF the verse in Ecclcsiastcs wifi.
IL, which reads:
Then commended mirth: because
man hath no better thing under the
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stone
drnI

They are anxious to have 1t explored,
and have given concessions to for
cisners 10 DO much OF the work Not
"A few have been given to Americans
connected with the Smithsonian Instl-
tuition aud our societies OF arena coloGy.
and they have made great discoveries.
The McNicans themselves have done n
great deal Their work began with IA
Niceroy who lived more than 100 years
ago. lie ordered that all the relics
dug up in Mexico city should he sent
tn tho university and from there they
came 10 the National Museum. Mani
milan was also interested in such in
vestisations. ana Dlaz encouraged
them
There is no doubt bur that great
many interesting things sin lie UNI
der the Mexican capital Every time
neN sewer Is dug VI u great iounda
tion eNcavated. something new is dis
covered. have before me 4 print
made by Mr.. Waite. the American
PINOT oGrapher. OF "a great stone tiger.
which was unearthed Il year or so
ago. and he tells me that ne fre-
unently makes pictures OF similar OBJ
jecis. which come from the drainage
and sewer excavations. The sacrih
cial stone was found buried near the
southwest corner OF the cathedral
aud tho Aztec calendar stone which
is also in the museum. was originally
found under the earth in the great
plaza. When 1t was taken up the
Archbishop of Mexico feared that It
might he worshipcd by the Indians
and he ordered that il he buried again.
Later on il was again cxcavatcd and
cemcnted onto the base OF ono Of the
cathedra! towers, where IL remained
unti twenty-seVen years ago. at which
time il was removed to the museum.
i;ow They I<ept the Time.
This calendar stone gives some idea
of the advanced civilization possessed
by the Aztccs. II was dsed as sun
dial and calendar. and the hicrogly-
phics upon it are supposed to repre-
sent the years. mouths and DAYS The
archacologists disagree as to the exact
meaning OF some Of the idicSra phs
but certain figures are thought 10 cor
respond with tho year A H. 1879 ana
others show that tho ancient Indians
knew how TO adjust their festivals by
tic movements OF the heavenly bodies
They were able TO FIX The length Of
the tropical year even better than The
philosophers Of antiquity. and they had
means OF settling the hours of the day
with precision and the times of the
solstices and cpuinoxes.
THIS calendar stone originally
weighed about fifty cors, and the
records show that ii came from over
the mountains distance or many
leagues. Tho AZtccs had neither horses
nor oxen and il must have been carried
by men.
Aztec Civilization.
TINS museum shows that the A-tccs
had n higher civilization than is gen
orally supposed. They had their own
] of do
stroNcd ny tho Spaniards. They used
picture writings. and much OF their
science and customs were committed
10 manuscript. many rolls of such
manuscripts having been burnt by the
Spaniards. They knew how TO make
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less. the wooden sword sometimes
prevailed. and the man won his free
dom II he failed or was wounded his
body was carried to the stone of sac
riiicc. and there offered to the war god
OF the Aztecs.
Aztec CrucItics Pnst and Present.
Standing beside this stone and look
ing back into the past. the cruelties
perpetratcd by the rebels of to-day in
some of the mountain districts are not
strange. The stories have not been
published in the American papers but
they come from reliable sources In
Que case. for instance. some brigands.
having captured their enemy, stripped
him to the skin. tied him to a tree and
then shot at him again and again. They
were careful Of their aim so as to
wound but not kill. After the man
WAS cut almost to pieces by the bullets
he was taken down and. his legs being
tied by ropes to two different horses
he was torn apart. That was the work
of the half breed descendants of the
AHtccS.
The fullblOoded .Aztecs of four cen
turtles ago had tortures equally cruel
and their most famous sacrifice was
typical OF them This occurred once
every year. when the most handsome
youth that could he found was the
victim. II was necessary that he should
be physically perfect and the priests
who made the selection insisted on
his being without blemish and in pos
session of all the graccs of youth He
was chosen year prior to the sacri-
flee, and from that time until his death
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That relates TO the Nlayans. The
.Aztccs came later. and we have better
Information as to them. Their rec
ords show that 1900 captives were
KILLED on this sacrifical stone in one
day. That was shortly before Column
bus discovered America. The prison
crs We're selected by lot. and they
formed Il procession about two miles
long. Ia one OF the buildings near the
Teocali, the great altar of the Aztccs,
the Spaniards with Cortez found I3G. :
oo0 skulls, taken from those who had
been thus killed. Among them were
men. women and children
On the SncrinciaI stone.
But let me tell YOU how the stone
looks We know il is authentic, for
the records say that il was thrown
down by Corte4. and thus became a
part Of the ruins OF Montczuma's cap
ital. That was over 500 years ago
The Stone lay buried for more than
three centuries, but about 100 wears
ago IL was dug up. and the authorities
ordered ii to he broken to pieces. that
ii might be used for paving the city
one of the priests objected. however
and il was saved.
There is nothing that brings one
closer 10 the Aztecs The stone is per
fectly round and it's rim is covered
with carvings In the centre of the
TOP is hole AS big as a tin wash ba sin
WITH groove running out To the rim
Ihat hole was used 10 eaten the blood
of the victims which flowed over
through the groove into q great stone
bowl. which also is here to he seen
The Aztecs had ritual concerning
their sacrifices. and the most diytin-
"uishcd of the captives were often Civ
Ell chance to fight for their lives
separate and apart from the stone Of
sacr'hce was gladiatorial stone with
a ring in its top, upon which the cap
tive, stripped to the skin. fought UNI
der the eyes Of the King and other
spectators. He was chained TO the
stone and given wooden sword and
shield Thus equipped he contendcd
with Il soldier, who was armed with =
! sword OF obsidian. glassiilic sub
stance made from a kind OF volcanic
lava. The obsidan weapon had n
raZorlike edge. and the contest consc-
auehtiy was very unequal. Nevcrthe-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
Sage Mixed With Sulphur Re-
stores Natural Color and
Lustre to Hair.

Why suffer the handicap of looking
old. Gray hair however handsome.
denotes advancing age. We all know
the advantages of youthful appear
ance.
Your hair is your charm It makes
or mars the face. When II fades. turns
gray and looks dry. wispy and scra ggly
just n few applications OF Sage Tea
and Sulphur enhances its appearance
a hundredfold.
Either prepare the tonic at home or
get from any drug store "A 30 cent hot
tie of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy" ready to use; but listen,
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SHH! LADIES! SECRET TO DARkEN
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avoid preparations put UP ny drug
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and is the best thing known to re-
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BY using Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
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and cvcnly.-you moistcn a sponge or
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ments. DO this at night and by morn
ing the gray hair disappears; after
another application or two it's natural
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and hstrous and you appear years
younger.-Advertisem
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24

Fair Oaks street, DR.. f. de Frees Mil
Ter, rector. Holy communion at 1880.
and special music.
First English Lutheran church.
Geary street, between Cough and Oc-
tavia. Rev. John r. Braeuer, pastor.
Morning service at H.
First Presbyterian church, Van Ness
and Sacramento streets Rev. William
Kirk Guthrie, pastor. Music for
Christmas services will be given next
Sunday morning and evening.
Saint Luke's church, Van Ness ave-
nue. and Clay street. Christmas day
services. Holy eucharist, plain, a.
m; holy eucharist, sung, a m.
Mathis, plain. 10 a m; holy eucharist,
sung. IL a. m.
Masses on Christmas morning will
be sung In st. Francis reconstructed
church, Vallejo and Columbus avenue,
at 8. 6. 7, 8, and 1920 o'clock. Rev.
Terrence Caraher will preach. Rev.
Robert OConner will be celebrant at
high mass. Rev. ]. Lennon, William
Guthrie and Rev ]. Newell and Dio-
nysius Mahoney will also preach and
assist
Christmas caroling on the streets
and before the most important hotels
will be heard early tomorrow by the
vested choir of the Cathedral Mission
Of the Good Samaritan. The hotels to
be visited are: The Granada. 6:45
D. m; Fairmont, 7 p. M; Stewart, 7:15
D. m; Manx, 1880; Union Square. 7:45;
Palace. s; ST Francis, $50, and Argo-
naut. o'clock.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
WHEELER BACK;
RAPS WATER FOES

NEW YORK, Dec 24.-"Have 1 fol-
lowed the Hetch Hetchy controversy"
exclaimed Prof. Benjamin Ide Whee-
Ter of the University of California,
who returned today from an exten-
sive trip abroad; well. 1 should think
so. The persons who are opposing
the plan of making a reservoir out
of the Hetch Hetchy valley are act
ing in a most undemocratic spirit.
The argument that 1t will ruin the
wonderful scenery of the Yosemite
park is absurd
Speaking about the coming San
Francisco fair, the professor said:
Il regret exceedingly that Germany
may not participate at the exposition.
ii is to me another evidence of how
few people in Europe realize what the
opening of the Panama canal really
means, how il is going to change the
great transatlantic ways. how coun-
tries that have been in the back
ground will come to the fore"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
CONVICT IS
SEEN NEAR
KENTF|ELO

John Murray. former lieutenant of
prison guards. reported to Sheriff
Keating shortly before noon today
that his brother had discovered a man
In hiding in his barn near Rentfield
at daybreak this morning, whom the
brother recognized as James Hurley.
one OF the escaped convicts from San
Quentin.
The brother ran to the house and
called John Murray, and both men,
with guns, returned to capture the
man, but were too late, the fugitive
having escaped through a trap door
which opened into a creek. Murray
said the man could easily have made
his way from under the barn through
the creek
Sheriff Keating Immediately sent
posse to scour the hills between Kent
field and Escalle, where both convicts
are believed to be hiding. There are
some 20 summer residences in the
vicinity of this district which have
been vacated by the families, but
where provisions and shelter can be
secured by the fugitives.
Murray told Sheriff Keating he did
not believe the convicts vert armed.
Hurley is "a years old. He has
served terms in the Nevada, Colorado
ana Montana penllentlarleS. lie was
last sent up from San Francisco for IA
years on a robbery charge. Melville
is 21 years old. but had been in the
reform school and at Folsom before,
going to San Quentin in 1911 after
revolver battle with Sacramento po-
lice before his capture.
Both escaped men were leaders in
the bread riots in 1912. Their credits
have been revoked and their records
are chains of black marks.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
$4,000 Pledged to
Bring Tourists Here

The Tourist association has an
nounced that of the $4,000 to be
spent by the association in the 1914
campaign to promote tourist travel to
central California. more than 100000
has already been pledged OF this
amount San Francisco will contrib
ute $4,000. Alameda county has
already raised her $4,000 apportion-
ment
Other counties have raised or
pledged sums as follows: Sacra-
mento, $3.400; Santa Clara. $4,000.
San Joaquin. $2,500 San Mateo, 81 200.
Marin. $500; Napa. $4,000
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
ONLY A HANDF Ill
LEFT Of CALL
YULE TREES
Last Squad of Shoppers De-
plete Cedars at Prayers
Store

Only a handful left-and tomorrow
is the big day
The 5000 Christmas trees purchased
by The Call and Post and distributed
through Prayers at so cents each have
gone in whirlwind fashion, and when
the store opened for business today
only few remained unsold.
These were ranged in row which.
within a short time, was sadly de-
pleted by holiday shoppers.
The trees bought today were car
ried away by the purchasers. for so
great was the task of delivery of dis
tributing this small forest all over
the city that no orders taken after
last night could be delivered.
Even with the trees being carried
away as bought, they went with won
derful rapidity.
This sale has, first and last, proven
phenomenally successful. San Fran
cisco has never before seen anything
like 1t. Five thousand homes have
been assured of Christmas trees
through these being placed within the
reach of everybody. and how many
children have been made happy it's
hard to say.
Many a child, and grown UP, too
has proven his holiday spirit by buy
ing a tree for some family that other
wise might not have had one.
All in all, 5000 reasons for being
happy on Christmas have been
broght home to a good many thou
sands OF San Franciscans.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
Give Me a
War Dog,
Pleads
Young Boy

By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec 24-Secretary
Garrison's New Jersey boyhood days
were recalled to him today when,
with sigh of regret, he had to turn
down the request of Pennsylvania
youngster who wrote asking for a
war dog as a Christmas present.
The lads letter. mailed at Fordyce,
Pa, was as follows:
MIR. Secretary of War, Washing
ton, ID. C.-Dear Sir; Me and my
little brother would like to have
dog for Christmas present.
Papa says you have plenty of war
dogs. VIII you send us a little
pups A scotch collie would be
the best. 1 am 8 years old and my
little brother is years old.
Goodby. Mr. -.
Not emitting the prefix Mr." which
the youngster carefully included in
his signature, Secretary Garrison sent
his correspondent this personal and
sympathetic reply:
Mr. , FOrdyce, Pa-My
Dear Sir; 1 received your letter
of December 22, 1913. Your papa
told you the truth when he said
had war dogs, but he made a mis-
take when he said 1 had plenty.
have some, but none to spare,
and am very sorry that can not
send you what You ask for. Be-
sides, there is not Scotch collie
attached to the army. If see
one running loose anywhere 1 will
try TO catch him for you. do
hope you will get a dog some
where for Christmas. sincerely
yours,
LINDLEY NJ. GARRISON,
Secretary OF War.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
Santa Parcel Post
Good To Peninsula

Santa Claus through the medium
of the parcel post is proving
good friend to the social set of the
peninsula towns. Every train that
stops at Hillsborough, Burlingame or
San Mateo carries its quota of pack
ages.
Packages from all over the nation,
England. South Africa, Europe and
even India are streaming in to San
Mateo's wealthy citizens.
While neither the San Mateo nor
Buriingame country clubs intend to
celebrate Christmas with the usual
tree festivities, numerous parties have
been planned for Christmas night
at the many fashionable homes.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
Gifts by Carnegie

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a. - Sec
retaries Daniels aTfd Garrison
found on their desks this morn
ing Christmas gifts from Andrew
Carnegie. A recently published
cartoon, satirizing war, with a
plea for international peace, was
the ironmaster's remembrance to
the heads of the two departments
of national defense.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
Tree and Show for
County Prisoners

Sheriff Eggers has arranged a Christ
mas eve celebration for the prisoners
In the county jail. AT his own expense
he has provided so foot tree, and
each of the 46S male and 33 female
prisoners will be given a present, con
ssting of an old fashioned cheese
cloth bag filled with candy, nuts and
fruit. A vaudeville performance will
be given by talent from the Empress
and Wigwam theaters and from
cafes.