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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-02-07

they are made Of and how they were wrought
By actual count there have been found no less
than $50 Of these images, most Of which are cut
out OF gray trachitic lava. OF this number 40 are
standing inside the crater OF one of the vol
canoes and as many more outside, at the foot Of
the slope, where they were placed ready for re-
moval to the different platforms. These statues,
moreover, represent various stages Of formation
some Of them finished, others nearly completed,
and still others barely commenced In size they
range from or feet to nearly so feet In length
The largest image, found in an unfinished state
measures 70 feet in length the smallest is little
short Of 8 feet in length. Although these figures
range in size from the colossus Of 70 feet down
to the pigmy OF feet they clearly are all Of the
same type and general characteristics. The head
is long and the eyes close under the heavy
brows; the nose large, low bridged and very
broad at the nostrils; the upper lip short and
the lips pouting The head is nearly always tilt
ed backward. The lower part of the fact is broad
and heavy. but imperfectly formed, the ears are
long and pendant The forms generally ended at
the shoulders or at the waist, very little work
being done below these points. One OF the lesser
statues has been brought to the National Museum
at Washington, d. c. while another Is on exhibit
ton at the British Museum in London
The striking feature about these figures is the
strange facial expressions described as pro
foundly solemn "disdainful," and with look OF
superciious scorn."
The head was in all cases cut fat on top to
accommodate an immense crown Of red vascular
tuff many Of which we're found at crater eight
miles distant from the cone, where the statues
themselves were formed. Subsequent discoveries
on the island have brought to light headdresses OF
real feathers. made up as crowns, coronets, and
other shapes The finding Of these feather deco
lions which were used for ceremonial purposes
has given strength to the belief that the immense
stone crowns which were superimposed on the
heads Of the statues we're intended to represent
these feathered ornaments
How these immense statues were cut out of
their position inside the crater Of the volcano and
transported several miles to their respective
platforms Is one Of the mysteries left for us TO
puzzle over. AS for tools, rude form Of stone
chisel is the only kind Of ancient implement thus
far found.
It Is also remarkable that of the many hum
dreds Of images scattered throughout the island
there is but one that stands In it's original posi-.
ton upon PLATFORM while the others are heed
lessly strewn about To some this fact seems
conclusive proof that work on these huge pro
auctions ceased suddenly. But what caused the
work to be so suddenly arrested? Did some vol.
canic eruption oVertake the island? Such CON
lecture is. indeed, not unreasonable. for closer
investigation shows that some Of the largest
statues are buried to the neck in ash and scoria.
But who can say with certaintyg
Viewing the relics nSthe island in their en-.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-02-07
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tervehng ocean and finally found their way 70
the American continent over land that has since
disappeared beneath the waters OF the racine
This theory important If true IS, however SUD
ject to objections. In careful study OF the
MalayoPolynesian archaeology and languages,
embracing a period OF nearly 80 years, the noted
botanist and ethnologist, Prof w u SANFORD, OF
the United States department OF agriculture,
makes the unqualified assertion that In all mis-
attempts to trace connection between the an
cient relics of the ncas and Aztecs with those Of
the Polynesians, he has failed to find sufficient
points of similarity to justify even such posi-
BILE relation. So the mystery continues and the
origin and workers Of Easter Island are yet to be
learned
Wooden tablets have also been discovered I'm
cised with hieroglyphIcs. These are of especial
interest because of the remarkable skill with
which they were executed The writings read
from left to right; then it Is necessary to turn
the tablet upside down and continue reading
from left to right, repeating this process until
the inscription is concluded. Figures Of men.
animals, geometric designs. constitute the ALPHA
bet Though these incised tablets have not been
decphered there is general belief that they
contain the ancient myths of the race which 4
habited the land. Some assert that It is not 40
very long ago that there were those on the island
should be recalled that up to 1854 there wers
several thousand inhabitants on Easter Island,
but large numbers Of them were taken from
there and put to work In the guano diggings on
the Chincha Islands. Among those 1t is thought
there were many who knew the written language
as appearing on the tablets. But the present In
habitants less than 200 in number. know nothing
Of them except in q vague way
One particular feature was emphasized By
Professor Stafford In an interview which the writ
er had with him on the subject of the language
of the island. He declared that careful study
Of the language of the modern natives shows It
to be essentially Pelynesan without any vestige
of foreign domination. but the most remarkable
thing Is its very close similarity to the language
Of the Hawaiians Nearly all OF the words by
certain fixed laws or changes. could be converted
from the Easter Island language to that Of
Hawaii with similar meanings; even some Of the
ancient gods OF Easter Island bear the same
names as Hawaiian gods. And yet there has
been no connection between these two islands
at least not In historic times. and what is
stranger still these two groups are separated
from each other by an interval OF 1000 miles.
This unusual constancy in the language of both
is probably due to the fact that they he'd no near
neighbors and no intrusions Of people speaking
a language different from their own He also
expressed the opinion that the carYers OF the
images were the ancestors OF the modern In
habltants and that al the elements Of. the arch.
hieroglyphics are Enthusiastically Polynesiaa.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-02-07
To Pop com.

Very often corn win not pop quick
ly, even over a very hot FIRE. II you
will put the corn to be popped in
sieve and pour cold water over It, not
allowing the water sto stand on the
corn, It win not only pop quickly, but
the open kernels will be larger and
lighter and more fiaky than they 9th
erwise would have been.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-02-07
The Real villain.

Are you the villain Of this troupe?'
asked the baggageman who was ham
ding theatrical trunks. "No," replied
the youth with black, curly hair Il
used to be, but the real villain is the
treasurer of the company, and by this
time he must be about five hundred
miles on his way to somewhere west.
Washington Star,
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-02-07
Friendly Blow.

Louis Brownlow, Washington news.
paper man, paused in drug store in
Greensboro, N. c., not so long ago, to
ask for a match. While he was there
a young colored chap came running
in with a big cash the whole length
Of his skull, and apparently a good
deal put out about some accident that
had befallen him.
Whats happened to your. askes
Browniow, excitedly but sympathetic
ally.
"A friend hit me with a Ratchet.
replied the bleeding stranger
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-02-07

Another speculation OF
fered by a noted traveller
is OF particular interest
because Of the connection
which he endeavors to
point out between these
ruins and those found in
the highlands of Peru and
Bolivia. This archaeolo-
gist develops the theory
that the ancient peoples
Of Easter Island we're the
same race that centuries
afterwards laid the foun-
dations of the empires OF
the Incas and the Aztecs.
These people, he contin-
ues, reached Easter Island
from the Asian coast by
travelling from one island
n another across the In
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-02-07
hlaher Up.

7 suppose you have tried motoring,
judge?" he asked.
mo, have not, replied the Judge.
bat have tried a lot Of people who
have. Pathfinder.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-02-07
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tirety, however one is impressed with the fact
that when they we're carried out large popula-
tion of skilled men must have concentrated upon
the task But where did this large population
come from? Were Easter Island a continental
land with ease Of access, such an ample labor
supply might have been available But its geo
graphic position precudes this possibility There-
fore another explanation must be sought. NOW,
nearly all students agree upon one point, ana
that is that the present territorial limitations OF
the place could not have harbored very large
number of inhabitants. First, there is no ade-
quate water supply; and, secondly, there is not
the area from which to win a sufficient food
supply. This, then, suggests the theory, and one
that is open to reasonable refutation, that Eas-
ter Island is the sole remnant of greater land
which was overwhelmed by the sea after seri-
GUS seismic disturbance
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-02-07
No

Mrs. Plodgitt gets all her gowns
from Paris.
she doesn't get her French accens
from there
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-02-07
Prefers a Blu Ton.

Customer want ton OF coal.
Dealer-Yes, sir, What size?
Customer Well, IL it's not asking
zoo much, I'd like to have a 1000
pound ton.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-02-07

NOE again the luminous rays 81 ing
explorer are conferred in the dlrec-
ton of Easter Island, the unsolved
mystery Of the Pacific. For an
other time the attention Of archae-
ologists and students Of antiquity
is focused on this little spot, the
most easterly Of the Polynesian
group Of islands. Here, in the vast
south Pacific ocean. lies this isle,
volcanic in character, only AZ
souare miles in area, a mere speck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04
Rusty Pipes and Roses.

TN the flower fields that blossom inside
! the tall fence of the Botanic Garden
hundreds of rare rosebushes are staked
not with the usual green-painted pine
sticks which one sees in florists shops
and in greenhouses. but with long pieces
of iron pipe. 1t is curious to note SO
many gentle, pleasure-giving roses-hlos-
SONS that carry so many messages of love
and good wiIi-lashed to cold, hard, prosy
and rusty iron pipes
This pipe section is most luXuriant in
side the east fence, but good many
pipes are to be seen I'm the flower beds
fence. In the rose beds at the east end
of the garden these pipes are planted
about three feet apart; there are three
rows also about three feet apart and
the pipes project upward for about four
feet. The piping is one inch in diameter
and the exposed ends are threaded.
The Rambler did not see anybody to
ask for information concerning these Sc
rose stakes, out one can feel almost
sure that their use dates back TO the
superint endencN OF the late William II
Smith, the sterling old gardener and tree
lover whom nearly all Washing tonia MS
knew. He was a very Scotchy Scotch
man. This pipe MAY have been gas or
steam pipe. For some reason il was sup
planted and sentenced the junk heap
1t might have been sold for old iron. but
the price was not attractive. Ii could he
put To flower stakes The pipe
sections would he hardly ami durab bile
They would rust oat in time. bat they
would long outlast wooden stakes Hence
they were used as rose stakes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04

real horse. but one Of iron. and II IS not
an iron horse in the sense that tuar teru
is often applied - locomotives ana Tie
like.
From the roof If the garage pvojeciin-
upward. * a weather vane II right
angles to the shank Of the Nane j. 4
horizontal bar. and on this stands 4
horse III the attitude Of troitins. II. Is
a good-lookins. stylish horse. wifi con
formation and action lie must ma 4
been keeping ~ that gail for i long time.
first south. then north. tnen northeast.
and then perhaps nortil-noltheast, some
times going south as Muster called. some
times 10 the west when Zephyr beckoned
east when Eolus whis;led. etc. Going all
this time. il is a safe bet that he Is 10
Sunday horse. and that ~ has stamina
and constitution.
On the artificial stone WAY leading from
the light-colored brick garage 10 Golum-
bia road there are wheel MAJ his which
make you understand that the place Is
the home of an automobile. No doubt ii
once was a carriage house Or stable.
though the building is not an old one
When that old horse on The roof began
TO scurry toward all the points Of the
compass he had live mates near him. Now
only machine dwells there lie does nor
seem TO know what changes have taken
place below him. else his ears would
surely flop and his tail droop with sad
ness.
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Birds Around Washington.

T OCAL ORNITHOLOGISTS or simple
- bird students, or mere bird observers
have been meeting their feathered friends
in three places which this spring seem
TO be favored by an unusual number and
variety of birds. One of these places is
the Difficult Run neighborhood. near
Great Falls Another is the lowland,
marsh, meadow, wooded swamp and up
land thickets around what in the long
ago was FoXs Ferry, south of Oxon run
and opposite Alexandria. The other ia
vored place is the region around Dyke,
Va
Dyke is a little houseboat settlement
on the closely wooded edge of a marshy
stretch between Alexandria and Mount
Vernon. Going over the route in the
cars. you will pass this place just about
the beginning of the ascent to the high
the home of Tobias Lear. 1t is a neigh
borhOod frequented by many birds OF
many kinds. There is still another bird
neighborhood which has yielded fair re
suits this season TO bird men and bird
women. This Is the stretch Of woodland
along the Virginia side of the Potomac
between the Aqueduct and Little Falls.
However. the dyke neighborhood seems
to hold the record this spring for birds
On a bright Sunday in mid-April bird
kinds of birds. Marsh wrens. of the
short and long bill varieties. were met
and close upon them were yellow-throat
ed warblers and several other members
of the warbler family, which everybody
interested in birds knows to be a large
family. The Rambler has been Informed
that there are over forty kinds Of war
blers In this locality. ranging from the
Backman. bay-breasted and black and
white. through the blue-winged, golden
checked golden-winged hooded, mag
nolia orange-crowned, parula, prothono-
tary and sycamore, to the yellow and the
yellow throated warbler.
\ number of the parulas have been
seen and the prothonotary warbler has
been encountered. The parulas seem
plentiful this spring in the swamp woods
and his little lsping trill is a distinctive
note i'll the bird chorus. Black and white
phoehes gold fnches, purple finches.
bach-an nd white and brown "A nd-w lite
creepers. cedar WaXWings. red starts car
dinalS red-eyed verios and oven birds
have been numerous. The Louisiana
water thrush has been seen a SoodiN
number of song and white -throated spar
rows and Carolina wrens have favored
Washington with a sprins-time call.
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Wistaria in Washington.

TWO fine specimens of the wistaria
are adding their gentle purple JOY
to the town. Following hard the pub
lie park and the private garden display
of tulip. hyacinth. rhododendron, violet.
pansy and lilac. these great vines with
pendent floral clusters take their turn
in the procession of the flowers.
Perhaps the best example of this flow
ering vine is that which embraces the
iron picket fence and its stonelike brick
panel posts of the Louise Home. The
flowers extend along the Massachusetts
avenue front and the east line of the
fence along 18th street. The red brick
and slate mansard building. the verdant
pie bloom make an enchanting picture.
A fine wiStaria is that which nearly
oVergrows the white house with colonial
pillars at the northeast corner of Massa-
ehusetts avenue and 18th street 1t is a
very old vine. as such things go in a
changing city like Washington. 1t is re-
marka bly, thick and rough and has climb
ed to the top of the house. MANY of the
men and women of Washington begged
when they We're children for blossoms
from this vine
There is IA promising display Of Wis
tara on the green stone houses Al New
HAMPSHIRE avenue and Iowa circle. those
houses that were long famous for
their covering of pelopsis beitchli. 81
Boston ivy. or southside ivy.
Wistaria tgures in the flower scheme
Of the street garden of house at The
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Game in Rock Creek Park.

D OCk Creek Park will be in time a
~ game preserve which will gladden.
many naturalist and make the mouth
OF many sportsman water. The park has
already become well stocked with wild
life, but it is doubtful if many of the
thousands of patrons of that great pleas
IRE ground know this. The reasons are
that a large majority of the park trav-
elers go through in machines, and, of
course. stick to the main ways These
heavily Travelled roads are avoided by
the game. Then, most of the travel
Is in the afternoon between lunch and
dinner. whereas the proper time for
meeting the wild inhabitants of the park
is in the morning about sunrise and in
the evening about sunset.
The Ross road "A soft dirt road that is
closed to automobiles. penetrates one of
the very picturesque and wooded regions
of the park and for the reason that autos
are under the official ban in that part
it is a most Sequestered section. Also the
bride paths which lead up the hill at
the junction of Broad branch and Rock
creek and generally follow the line of
the crest or the Broad branch side pene-
trate a very quiet and woody part of
the park. IL is in these sections at daWn
and dusk that one sees game
The number OF gray squirrels Is large
They scamper here and there at feeding
time. They are of the same breed. but
of different habit from the almost
domesticated squirrels in the city squares
and urban parks They seem much hap
pier and much more natural. These
frisky little fellows would disdan 10 APP
proach you to beg for food
Then there are great many rabbitS
The woods seem to be Fun of them They
breed without molestation and this means
many la bbits You are always jumping
them along the gloomy. shadowy paths
through the woods Also there is a
plentiful supply of quail. one can start
convey OF quail, OF. if YOU prefer, a
flock OF cartridges. several times in an
hour tramp. And in the early morning
IN the northerly end of the park especi-
ally il there happens to he no wind the
ornithologist Will find much To interest
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04

trees which were presented by Japan to
the United States. have had fair fortune
On the riverside drive of Potomac Park.
near the site chosen for the Lincoln
memorial. is a circle. In the middle Is a
red electric light globe, and at night
this ruby light may be seen from all
parts of the big reservation. Around the
light post is circular bed of red and
yellow tulips and the outer band of rich
turf. Then a green post and loop-chaln
fence of the kind once familiar in the
downtown public parks, but now very
generally discarded and in many places
superseded by the cement coping Around
this circle the oiled driveway winds. and
to the eastward of it the west bride path
of the park describes half circle.
At this circle the double row of cherry
trees begins and continues to point
near the Red Cross station, not far from
the upper end of the polo field There
are more than a hundred of these trees.
If the Rambler did not make a m!scount
there are 112. Laden in most cases with
pink bloom and young bronze-green foil
age the trees attact large measure or
attention and give an idea of the beauty
they will add to the park drive when
they shall have reached maturity.
These cherry blossoms differ in color
and kind from those familiar in this lati-
tude. Instead of being white they are
pink and pinkish. They have a greater
wealth of petals and one might call them
double. cherry blossoms. They are pen
dent in large clusters.
The cherry tree has not heretofore
been employ ed in Washington for decora-
tive effect. This tree is one of the
features Of the Arnold Arboretum. sus-
tained by Harvard University. The seeds
of the plants came to the arboretum
from Picking in 1882.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04

sidew alk-that is. they appear 10 be walk
ing because each lion has his right fore
leg lifted They also keeping step
The patlor or the Nhiteness of these
beasts indicate that they are young lions
and have not long been exposed to the
wear and tear and dust incidental 10
guarding a doorway on much Travelled
street.
They appear 10 be twins. Each i the
same size and the attitude Of eacn Is
the same; each has his head turned T.
the southeast as though looking down the
Avenue of the Presidents. They may
have heard some one approaching from
that direction. They are walking Win
a stealthy tread and il they We're not
cold marble lions one might thlnh tnat
thoughts Of evil were in their MINDS
The path they follow leads across q
green lawn al the street edge OF which
is a row of tulip trees, sometimes called
yellow peplars. 4 row of hard NAPLES
is in the parking between the sidewalk
and the curb 1t is green and SHADY
there, but, as every one knows. much
freuuented part of the city, and those
lions if so inclined could count thousands
of automobiles passing in the course OF a
DAY and about as many in the course OF
an evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04

CorteZ found 136.Gal0 skulls. taken from
those who had been thus killed. Among
them were men, women and children.
But let me tell YOU how the stone looks.
We know 1t is authentic, for the records
say that it was thrown down by Cortez.
and thus became part of the ruins OF
Montezumas capital. That was over 400
years ago. The stone lay buried for more
than three centuries. but about 100 years
ago it was dug up. and the authorities
ordered it to be broken TO pieces, that it
might be used for paving the city. One
of the priests objected. however, and it
was saved.
There is nothing that brings one closer
to the AZtecs. The stone is perfectly
round, and its rim is covered with cary
ings- In the center of the top is a hole
as big as tin wash basin. with a groove
running out to the rim. That hole was
used TO catch the blood of the victims
which flowed over through the groove
into a great stone bowl which also is
here TO be seen.
The Aztecs had ritual concerning
their sacrifices, and the most distinguish
ed of the captves were often given a
chance to fight for their lives. Separate
and apart from the stone of sacrifice was
gladatorial stone with a ring in its
top. upon which the captive, stripped to
the skin, fought under the eyes OF the
king and other spectators. He was chain
ed to the stone and given a wooden sword
and shield. Thus equipped he commended
with a soldier, who was armed With
sword of obsidian, glasslike substance
made from a kind of volcanic lava. The
obsidian weapon had a raZOrlike edge,
and the contest consequently was very
unequal. Nevertheless, the wooden sword
sometimes prevailed. and the man won
his freedom. If he failed or was wound
ed his body was carried to the stone of
sacrifice and there offered to the war god
of the AZtecs.