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E. N. RICHARDS, S330 Q STREET. T A I I ! i i 1 E are emphasizing ths fact that you can save considerable money by having the Wall Papering done now. We maintain a permanent force of paperhangers and decorators, and in order to keep the men busy at this season are soliciting work for them at about 20 per cent less than must be asked during the rush season. If you are going away leave the house in our charge and we'll be responsible for it | while our workmen are in it. S E, N. RICHARD: 1330 O STREET. V y I -K- -K -l-l-l-i-l-:- ?! 11 I 11 MM I I-I-l- ?l-H-l-l ++ J uLI US GARFINKLE & CO. FECIAL SALE OF in .50 .50 e inaugurate a sale of Women's Waists tomor row that will prove vastly interesting, not only on account of the unusually great values, but also on account of the merits of the Waists themselves. They're the best examples of the prevailing fashions?in both lingerie and tailor-made effects. In the Waists offered at $1.50 the sizes are only 40, 42, 44 and J 46. All sizes in the other lots, f x 11226 F Street. ?H- M-l -l-i-H-H- ++-H-H ; 11;; m n-n ; i;; ; m-h EDMONSTON'S Home of the Original "F O O T F O R M" Boots and Oxfords for Men, Women and Children. I 1 men Carnival OxfoFd. tiite for ?The most attractive value ever offered in desirable summer foot wear. ?You should profit by this money-saving chance to provide the necessary White Canvas Oxfords to wear with your light summer dresses. High-grade Oxfords, made of the best white canvas on stylish lasts; all sizes; standard $3.50 @ value. Special at EDMONSTON'S, 1334 F St. 'Phone M. 1911. FORTY SACRED BULLS From Land of Hindoos to Rejuvenate Strains of Far Southwest. Browsing, or doing the best substitute tor tt. In the cattle pens of the government ani mal quarantine station, near Carteret. N. J., are forty sacred bulls from India. They arrived last Saturday on the Pre toria of the Hamburg-American line. ?rxi their mission Is to elevate the Ameri can branch of the "gentle Bovls to such a stage that Packlngtown horrors and gov ernment Inquiries will be relegated to the Umbo of the past. liown tn Texas there Is a tradition that twenty-five years ago a sol'tary male spec imen of India's sacred animal was brought to this country and shipped south, hnd that the strain of breeding In cattle In the lame Btsr state has been betvr ever since. The newcomers are destined for breeding pur poses In T?*?s. It took *1* month* to gather the lot to gether, the work being done under tlie su pervision of Dr Tlminpwn of the Agricul tural Department, who accompanied the animals to this country. The bulls are Im mune from the diseafe caused by the fly pest, and are remarkably clean In appear ance. with their short hair and the humps on their backs. They came by sea from Bombay direct to Hamburg, whence they were transshipped. Heavy Penalties Imposed. George Shrewes was in the Police Court today charged with the larceny of an over coat from Dennis Vital, valued at three bicycle tires, valued at JLW), from John Curaci, and one bicycle tire, valued at 93 fro:n Geo. Cooper. Eugene Bell was also a defendant with Shrewes. charged with the larceny of one pair of bicycle tires be longing to Carrie Grlms. Judge Kimball heard the evidence of the police officers who made the arrests as well as witnesses and sent Shrewes to the workhouse for 3tt> days and Bell received a sentence .of 120 days for hU part In the case. Tjiose who lost the gtxxte were deal ers who reside in the northwest section of the city. ROUS OF CHUPIIS Taste and Skill of the Builders Indicated. PROF. HOLMES' IMPRESSION Tells of the Wonders to Be Seen at Palenque. NATIVES ARE INDIFFERENT Interested Only In the Fact That Tourists Come to See the Bemaina of a Great People. BY WILLIAM K. CURTIS. Written for The Star and tbe Chicago Record Herald. When I asked Prof. Holmes, chief of the bureau of ethnology, why he did not send an expedition to the Isthmus of Tehuan tepec to explore the (Treat ruined city which has been recently discovered in the jungles of the state of Chiapas, he replied that he had neither the men nor the money. "The entire force of the bureau." he said, "Is occupied within the limits of this coun try, and we are able to do only a small portion of what we would like to do in the line of our work. We cannot spare any men or money to carry on explorations in foreign countries, particularly in countries that will not permit us to bring away any of the archaeological treasures that we may find. Mexico has a law. which is very strictly enforced, prohibiting the export of relics from the ruins in that republic and all other objects of archaeological Interest. Of course, we have no right to complain, because the Mexicans have museums of their own, and they naturally prefer to keep all evidences of their prehistoric arts and industries. We would do that ourselves If we were in their place; but, at the same time, such a law is rather discouraging to foreign explorers." "Tou made an exploration of the ruins at Palenque, in Yucatan?" "Yes. I went down in 1895 on Allison Armour s yacht in the interest of the Field Museum of Chicago and spent three months around Palenque. I would like very much to go again and explore the newly discov ered cities, for there is no field more fasci nating to the archaeologist, but, as I have said, this bureau has all It can attend to at home. The Smithsonian Institution could send a party If it has the funds, or the Carnegie Institution. Doubtless the Mexican government would be very glad to have them do so." Prof. Holmes has never heard of the ruins reported to have recently been dis covered by a party of tlecutters from the Pan-American railway, whleh I wrote about recently In a letter from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. but he says that they are located in a part of Mexico which Is known to contain many ruins similar to those de scribed. but has never been explored. "Who built those cities?" I asked. Builders Have Vanished. "The people who built them have van ished," replied Prof. Holmes. "Although their descendants undoubtedly still occupy the country the particular tribe or tribes cannot be identified. They have lost the arts and the Industries of their progenitors and their traditions go back only a few generations While that section of Mexieo was undoubtedly more densely populated at that time than now, I do not believe the number of Inhabitants was as great as Is popularly supposed. The early estimates were based upon visits to centers of popu lation. without considering that the vast expanse of Chiapas was very thinly settled. There are now about 500,000 inhabitants in what is known among archaeologists as the Maya area?that Is, the state of Yucatan and Chiapas, which were originally occu pied by the Maya race. Of the present In habitants. at least 300.000 are said by Brln , ton to speak the aboriginal language and that only. This proves that very little out side influence has ever been exerted upon I them. They have been very generally con verted to the Catholic religion by mission ary priests, but they still practice their ancient pagan rites and undoubtedly retain something of their ancient beliefs., much more than would be suspected by casual travelers In that region. "Mr. Tozzer of Harvard, under the direc tion of Mr. Charles P. Bowditch. the well known authority on the glyphlc writings of the ancients, has spent several years In the Maya country with a view to learning whether there are left any traces of the ancient customs and beliefs and especially if the present inhabitants have any knowl edge of the system of writing used by their forefathers. Although no report has been published, It Is understood that his re searches have not been rewarded with any great measure of success. Among the liv ing inhabitants of the region the past Is a blank. They can remember their grand fathers, but they know of nothing back of them. Their traditions are exceedingly limited and unsatisfactory. Formerly the records of the nation were kept by the priesthood. They alone had a knowledge of the history of thslr people. They alone were familiar with the past, and, unfortu nately, they were the first objects of the wrath of the Spaniards. Their heathenish rites immediately exoited the indignation of the monks and priests who accompanied the Conquistadores, and they were not only massacred, but every vestige of their re ligion was wiped out, and the records were destroyed. Their temples and altars were the first points of attack. Tho Invasion of America by the Spaniards had many of the features of a religious crusade. "This is the chief reason why we know so little about the prehlstorlo people of Spanish-America and their customs, their industries, their religion and other features of their civilization. The only evidence Is found in the reports made by the priests who accompanied the Conquistadores to their superiors at home, but they are ex ceedingly unsatisfactory and were naturally tainted with prejudice. Wonderful Skill and Taste Shown. "Ruins are numerous all over that region between the Isthmus of. Tehuantepeo and the boundaries of Guatemala, and every one who goes down there Is kept In a state of continual astonishment at the sise and num ber of the stone buildings and the high de gree of architectural merit represented by them. I went about amased at the skill, the taste, the labor and the Ingenuity of the architects who designed and erected the temples and palaces and other build ings unnumbered cetnuries ago. We do not know when these buildings were erected, anv more than we know who de signed them. It Is Impossible to fix the pe riod. Nor do we know when or why tbe builders disappeared and how the arts In which thev were so proficient came to be lost. At the time of the conquest they had already vanished and their desoendants were in a state of decadence. It Is the popular supposition that their disappearance was the result of wars and dissensions among them selves. Possible epidemics may have had something to do with reducing the popula tion. But we have no record, no evidence to sustain any theory. The rise and fall of nations since the beginning of time is often difficult to explain, except on the general principle that progress is the law of nature, that if people do not advance they go back ward, and that periods of growth alternate with periods of decadence. The rule applies to the prehistoric civilisations of Mexico and other countries of America, as well as to those of the old world. "I saw so much in Chiapas and Yuoatan that I ceased to be astonished, and no re cent discoveries would surprise me. I am willing to believe almost any report that may be brought out of the mountains of the isthmus and Chiapas concerning the gran deur and magnitude of abandoned cities, temples and palaces. I am prepared to ac cept the reports of the tie cutters to whom you have referred, and I do not see any rea son to relect their stories as untrue or even exaggerated. Tbe woods are full of ruins all through that part of Mexico, and the re gion in which the new discovsrlee were made is practically unknown. There be more than one city In that locality as grand as Palenoue. The forests are impenetrable Nobody ever ?*??ot seerrh lng them, and tbe wonderful thing* that are Ooncealed by these are unknown to the p*o ?I! Ml I Ml M <HI 1 I 1 II I ? 11 1 WW UH 1 ill I 1 I t I ? 1 1 i II1 1 1 ? I I I I I I I I 11 I Itti I I I I I I I II I ms&b vEMaeam mss ll l * ? McCall's Patterns, 6c. and 9c. v jb-j WS/^kuscrav&^ss 1111 l-l I 1 1' I' I' I 'I' < I I I 1 > ? "t Mil I'T1 McCall's Patterns, 6c. and 9c. Combination Rebuilding: and Green Ticket Sale HINK of the bargain significance of that headingv Here we are?selling new spring and summer merchandise below cost tn order to make room for the builders?and holding our usual Green Ticket Sale (in every sense that name implies). No matter how lowly we price goods?on Green Ticket Days the figures are cut still further. Such is the case today?and the result is the best news yet to come from the rebuilding movement. We're spreading out! - Outergarments. Wash. Fine Quality White Linen Shirt Waist Suits; made with neat embroidery down front of walat; finished wKh large tucks back and front; long sleeves with deep tucked cuffs: skirts are full 7-gore kilt ed effect; all sixes up to 44; * B A <3 sold at IS. O. T. P Peter Paji Suits In white lfnen and white wRh black rings and dots; several styles to select from; one plain with large pleats; another style large pleated embroidered front finished with pocket, short sleeves and lay-down collar; full pleat skirts; all slaes; worth >L(Th 15. Rebuilding G. T. P v White Linen-finished Cannon Cloth Suits?four styles. One new pony jacket effect with strap seam, notch collar and long sleeve?another loose back, collar less coat with tucked sleeves, finished with tucks, others Eton styles with short sleeves, trimmed stylishly in blue linen and finished with white braid, the fourth effect Is neatly trimmed tight fitting Jacket with white braid and pearl buttons. Skirts new'circular with tucks Back and front, finished with folds around bottom; worth $6 and Q(T* $7. Rebuilding O. T. P Three styles of White Cannon Cloth Skirts; one circular effect, pleated down front and back; three folds around bot tom, another style has seven gores and others inverted kilt bottom; all <[>?/. lengths. Rebuilding G. V. P White Wash Skirts In linen, pique, linene and cannon cloth; full kilt and full pleat; circular, box and side pleat styles; some embroidered, some insert ing of embroidery, also tailor made and strap seams; worth $2.50 to ff t| As $5. Rebuilding G. T. P Cloth. Brilliantine and Gray Novelty Cloth Skirts; brlllianttnes are in black and blue, with box pleats and inverted kilt bottom; the grays are made with strap seams, button trimmed; full CTt -J* flare; worth H-G. T. P Seven Brilliantine Skirts, in green and plum; box pleat front and side; knee folds, and Inverted kilt bottom; well made and finished; worth $4. c rt ysfj) Rebuilding G. T. P 11 0 Black and White Check 8unburst Skirts, with deep hem and full circular sunburst; worth $5. Rebuild- ? 11 7% ing G. T. P $ ll./S 8 Fine Quality Black Taffeta Silk Skirts; full box pleated and side pleated to knee, forming full kilt bot tom; worth $10. Rebuilding G. $7.40 All-wool Cloth Eton and Box Coat Suits; long and short sleeves. In cheviot, Sicilian and novelty; medium and light grays, blues, greens, browns and reds; plain and trimmed; worth $10 ^(TD and $15. Rebuilding G. T. P. Panama, Voile, Cheviot and Novelty Cloth, also Silk Suits; pony and coat styles, with long and short sleeves; black, green, violet, old rose, gray, red, blue and plum, trimmed ef- ertft fects; worth up to $23. G. T. p.?P' 7 Fine Quality Taffeta Silk 8uits; in black, blue, green and red; made with fine tucks; also box pleats and fine tucks combined; full tucked skirts; ?(H) | worth $17. Rebuilding G. T. P Silk wa!r?" Black and Whlie Waists; " white# are made wiu. largu i 'ks back | and front deep tucked cuff Blacks . are self-embroidery trimme finished ,. with large cuffs; worth $3. Efl G. T. P ^ fr Fine Quality Jap. Silk Waists; three 1. styles; one hand embroidered, others ? lace trimmed; all sizes; C-J <n>J) ' ? worth $6. G. T. P " Parasols and Umbrellas. Odds and ends of White Linen Para sols; some hemstitched, others embroid ered; also some plain; gold-finished ribs, large tassel' beautiful natural wood han dles; worth $1.50 to $1.75. Re- Htyr building G. T. P . Tt Small lot of odds and ends In um brellas; worth up to $1; every "no made of good rainproof cloth on good steel frame: neat handles of natural wood, silver trimmed, horn or bone. Rebuilding G. T. P VV v.' V, ^ America 811k Taffeta Umbrellas; for ladies and gentlemen; long 9-lnch silver and pearl handles; horn, gun metal, bone. Ivory, sterling sliver, etc.; worth $2. G. T. Belts. Fritii Scheff Belts; made of soft, fine ouallty leather: black and white; plenty of blacks, with dark fasteners. 49^ ver1 and?Gilt Beits; lvTlnches wide; only a few doxen left. Rebuilding G. T. II 9C. 25c. Corset Cover Embroidery - - - A large lot of the finest grade of Corset-cover Embroidery; with headings; Swiss, cambric and nainsook: never before sold fj (H)/-* for less than 25c. a yard. Rebuilding G. T. P 11 3^(Cc Dry Goods. All the remnants of Wash Dress Goods must go tomorrow! No matter whether they sold for 12J^jc., 15c. or 20c. a yard?you are given unrestricted choice in this vast lot. Included are drew ginghams, lawns, fine French fig ured organdies, batistes, dimities, percales, English madras, cam bric, silk mousse'ine, cotton voiles, seersuckers, chambrays, silk ging hams?in fact, all our wash goods ?in lengths from 3 to 15 yards. Choice, per yard All our remnants of Wool Dress Goods must be sold before rebuilding. All our remnants of Serges, Panamas, Voiles, Alba tross, Batistes, Cashmeres, Flan nels and lots of others worth from 29c. to 75c. a yard; lengths from two to eight yards, /rv^ g. t. p yca A11 our remnants of Table Linen, in lengths from 1V4 to 3 yards. Worth from 30c. to 69c. a yard. Re- 11 0 ? building Green Ticket Price " All our remnants of White Ind'a L'nen and Mercerized Madras; worth from 15c. to 25c. a yard: lengths from 2 to 10 yards. Rebuilding Green /:t[/? Ticket Price OoMC. Simpson's Beat Prints, In black, b ue, gray and white grounds, with neat white figures, stripes or dots. These calicoes always sold for 8c. a yard. Re- a building Green Ticket Price nrojHflA*. 80 dozen Ail-linen Dinner Napkins; that sold for 75c. a dozen; small lot. ljjir Rebuilding Green Ticket Price.. ?5 5' White Wash Silk: with neat, small fig ures in blue, red and black. This silk has never been sold for less than 59c. a yard. Rebuilding Green Ticket 11 <ni/' Price aye. Natural Wrhlte'HabutaI Silk; 22 inches wide; extra firm and closely woven: ?oid generally at 30c. a yard; about 200^ yards left. Rebuilding jj Imported Yarn Mercerized White Fig ured English Madras: that has always been sold at 35c. and 39c. a yard. II Qr Rebuilding Green Ticket Price.. " French Figured Organdies; sold gen erally at 19c.; all the newest large floral designs. Rebuilding Green Ticket Price * 30 short lengths of our best grade of Standard Table Oilcloth; sold from the piece at 19c. a yard. Rebuild- Q %Ac ing Green Ticket Price Tr Brass Extension Rods, that extend to 45 Inches, with fixtures complete. T>/-? Worth 8c. Rebuilding price Lithographed Cushion Tops; an odd lot of about 35. Worth 25c. each. Re building Green Ticket Price J v. Htt-inch-wide Mercerized Lingerie Ba tiste; this fabric is yarn mercer.zed and will not lose Its luster. Worth 50c. a yard. Rebuilding Green Ticket J White St. Gall Swisses, in all the pretty figured designs. Always sold at 19c. Rebuilding Green Ticket 3i^C English Corded Madras; white grounds with colored figures, dots and str'pes; 38 Inches wide. Worth 15c. Re- "JXAr building price J v/S^m Garter Elastic, 7c. Remnants of Garter Elastic?all qual ities and colors. Special, per ?jf. length?% of a yard " $11.25 Hand Bags, 69c. Walrus and Seal Leather Hand Bags; black and brown: all the bags that sold for a dollar and $1.25. Rebuild- A<Q)f? ing G. T. P ? 115c. Laces, l?6c. All the odd pieces of Lace in our entire stock that sold up to 15c. a yard in one lot. Rebuildingprice View Books, 8c. View Book of San Francisco, very In teresting and instructive. Rebuild Ing G. T. P oc* Muslin Underwear. Lot of High-neck Corset Cov ers; fitted seams; ready to trim; worth isc. Rebuild- /L fT / ingG.T. P.... ..Oy^C. Odds and ends of Short Skirts, Drawers, Corset Covers?slightly soiled from window display. Short skirts made with ruffles, trimmed with lace and fine tucks. Corset Covers made of nainsook, some with lace yokes and ribbon bead ing ; others embroidery trimmed around neck and sleeves. S9C garments. Rebuilding Odds and ends of soiled Gowns, Corset Covers, Drawers. Short 8. rts and Chemises. Garments tnat sold for^75c. and $1. Rebuilding U. Lot of slightly soiled Lawn and Nain sook Long Sklit C.emises; yokes of Point de Paris lace, lace ruffles around yoke; finished with colored riboon. trim med around bottom with lace and em broidery; these are $1.50 gar men.s. Rebuilding G. T. P Lot of Long Cambric Skirts; wide embroidery flounces on bottom: headed with hemstitched tucks; all have dust ruffles; worth $1. Rebuilding G. Lot of Low Neck Nainsook Gowns In three styles; one with lace yokes finish ed with narrow ribbon; long lengths; i?old ai 75c. Rebuilding G. V. ^ Odds and ends of Corset Covers, Skirts, Che nises. Drawers, Short Sk r.s?.ill ?lightly soiled. Elaborately trimmed In fine lace and embroidery; worth not less than $1 and nuny $1.50. Re building G. T. P ??V, Children's Wear. Odds and ends of slightly soiled Blouse Dresses, made of fine madras, trimmed with pique and embroidery; only broken sizes; sold for $2. aq Rebuilding G. T. P V0C< Slightly soiled White Lawn Dresses, trimmed with fine laces and embroidery; sixes 6 to 14; worth $1.50. Re- BO,, building G. T. P OOC. 39c. Kimonas, 25c. Lot of Light Lawn Kimonas: large floral designs of roses; In ail colors; scalloped borders; ri-bbon strings; worth 80c. Rebuilding -T)e? G. T. P 25c. Pocketbooks, 9c. Patent Leather Pocketbooks: five or six dozen in stock; worth 25c. Re building G. T. P >C. Toilet Goods. Perfume In bulk; all the most popular odors; as good as most 25c. ex tracts?per ounce ?*V. Talcum Powder, in sprinkler-top cans; good quality. Rebuilding G. T. Emery Boards; the usual 10-cent J* kinds?a dozen?Rebuilding price.. Buttermilk. Turkish Bath, Oatmeal and other good quality soaps; al ways 5c. a cake. Rebuilding G. T. 25c. Supporters, 9c. ' Hose Supporters; the kinds that pin on the s de; f tncy and plain elas tic. Rebuilding price >C. Supporters, 7c. Lisle Hose Supporters, for women and children; in black or white; 10 cent kinds. Rebuilding G. T. P.... l,f. ? ? t ? ? I. ? ? ?????? ????? am oMmK... fl ?c, Millinery. Ladies', Misses' and Children's Milan, Chip and Rough Straw Hats, in all colors; new sailor, high and low crown, medium ancl large shapes r also flats for ladies, misses and children. $i and $i 50 effects.' Rebuilding G. T. P. ., . III5fl.crnwn Tilley and Don Car los Sailors: two-piece Beabright. Breesa m.'nt, Ormond and Tanquay Sailor Shapes; in plain and rough straw, Ml lans. chips, Plquots and Bril liant Japs; blacks, whites and Ano colors. Rebuilding G. T. P OyC. Chiffon and Braid Hats on wire frames, all colors and all shapes; Ready t?rJVta'r.J1,l,s. *all,>r shapes, made of silk braid on wire frames, machine made Hats, velvet, silk and quill trimmed; worth $150 to $2 30 Rebuilding Q. T. P ^ ?1>9C. Children's Rolling Brim Trimmed Sail ors, in solid colors and combination ef fects: trimmed with ribbon bands and streamers; worth . 75c. Rebuilding G. T. P *5C. Trimmed Hats Reduced! $2.50 to $3.50 Trimmed Hats 9Ko. $3.00 to $5 Trimmed Hats $l !? $5.00 to $-S Trimmed Hats $2.!*5 Ri!bbons Reduced. AH-sIlk Baby Ribbon in an assortment of colors Rebuilding G. T P.?ton yards for /C. No 5 and No. 7 Taffeta 8llk Ribbon* in red. cardinal. light blue and pink. Per yard. G. T. P ?JC. No. 0 and No. 12 Taffeta Silk Ribbon, in red, cardinal, light blue and pink. Per yard, G. T. P OC. Odds and ends of Satin and 8at:n Taf feta Ribbon; from 3 to ? Inches wide In all colors; cut from full pieces; worth from 25c. to 35c. a yard. Re- ? _? building G. T. P 15C. Hosiery and Ribbed Underwear. 75 dozen lot of Swiss Ribbed ? est* for ladies; tape In neck * and armholes worth 12Hc. Rebuilding G. T. s> ** %>c? Ladies' Pure l.lale Thread Vests; silk tape in neck and armholos; seconds of 25c. kinds. Rebuilding G. T. J2S/ Lot of Swiss Ribbed Vests; lace trim ming in neck and armholes; worth 15c. Reou ld.ng G. T P.. Lot of High Neck and Short Sleeve Vests; pearl button, the kind that sells for 2!tc. Rebuilding G r 1 t. p E7c. Ladles' Fast Black Hose; full seam less; always sold for 15c a it/ pair. Rebuilding G. T. P ' Corsets. IjOt of Tape Girdles; slses up to 2B" ?old generally for 50c. Rebuild- U, Ing G T. P X.JC. All rbe odds and ends In Medium and Short Corsets; straight front effects, gir dle effects and some medium lelngth gyles; worth 75c. Rebuilding 2Qq Lot of odds and ends of W B., R. * G. and American Lady Corsets; ail the late models; sold up to $150. jn. Rebuilding G. T. P JfC. Waists and Wrappers. Slightly Mussed White Lingerie I-awn Waists, also some of India linen; trim med with Swiss embroidery and fine laces; worth $1.50. Rebuilding G. T. P ?yc. White India Linen and Lingerie Waists; eight styles; one with Val. lace Insertion cut across yoke, forming bow knots: others with Val lace In sertion; worth $1.50, Rebuilding Percale Wrappers: light and dark col ons; fitted waist lining; made of good quality Sea Island percales; deep flounce on bottom; waists bretelle trim med; worth $1.50. Rebuilding G. T. P ' D 9c. Back Combs, 7c. Back Combs, with fancy mountings; about seven dozen in all; usually 10c. Rebuilding G. T. P 50c. Skirts, 28c. Lot of Fine Seersucker Skirts; deep ruffles on bottom; with stitched folds; worth 50c. Rebuilding 28c. O. T. P.. ? t ?> Jt. t__* pie who reside In the Immediate neighbor hood. Remarkable Discoveries Predicted. "Brassuer. a French archaeologist, who was down there not long ago, tells us that the country around the town of San Crlsto baJ is filled with ruins, and he predicts that remarkable things will be brought to light some day. San Cristobal was mentioned by the tie hunters who discovered the alleged city as being the nearest town of import ance. Brassuer refers to several ruins of which he obtalped knowledge. He mentions ths aboriginal town of Tonala, which you describe in vour letter from the Isthmus, and he savs that It was destroyed by Al varado on his mar oh to Guatemala after I he conquest of Mexlca.. Brassuer says: 'The shapeless ruins are still visible on a hill near the Pacific.' which I presume are the earibe that you said were visited by Mr. Cox, manager of the Pan-American railroad. "Few explorer? have ever been In the val ley of the river 'Chiapas." where the newly discovered ruins are said to have been found. Stevens, and other explorers passed etther to the right or to the left of It In fol lowing ths trails, and hence they over looked everything that is conoealed in the mighty Junsrles and forests that cover the valleys and mountain sides. We have no knowledge of anything that exists In those Jungles exceDt what has come to us by such rumors as you have reported. "Palenque is a type of those ruined cities? perhaps the best known and the most thor 1 oughly explored. It is situated in the state of Chiapas, on ths northern slope toward the Gulf of Mexico, and at one time un doubtedly was the capital of a large and prosperous nation, muoh farther advanced In civilization than ths people who occupy the same territory at the present day. Its period of greatest prosperity and advance ment was many centuries before the coming of the Spaniards. Palenque was already in ruins when Cortes passed near by, without even bearing a rumor of it. whioh would have been lmposstbls if It had been a live oity at that time. The ruins were doubtlscs mors or lsss familiar to the Inhabitants, but bad become oOmmonplace to them, and they no longer talked about them or oared for them. There la no logical Interest In the ruins of Palenque.now except so far as ths visits of strangers excite curiosity and furnish employment to the people. They have no traditions concerning Palenque. When we talked about the ruins to ths most intelli gent of ths inhabitants of the neighborhood thsy showed ths utmost indifference, sxsspt so far as our own personal movements were concerned. Palenque was an object of ln tsrest for ths time being Amply because a party of Americans had corns down there to explore, and wanted to employ men and horse# and purchase supplies. The unwrit ten record* of the past did not appeal to at ill I In Mid* of Tropical Forort. "Palenque is ta the midst of a typical, tropical for sat of ths most wondsrfol kind. I Ike growth of vsgsUUoa to go dense and ao rapid that In eight or ten years the ruins are completely concealed by it. It has been cut away a number of times. We were there ten years ago, but if you were to go there now you would have to cut your way through the trees and under brush just as we did. "Nobody knows how big Palenque was at the height of its grandeur and Importance. The city covers a large area. The main buildings only are now standing?the tem ples. palaces, fortifications, which were most substantially built, and have been able to make the greatest resistance against decay. All these are within perhaps a half a mile square and are types of all the official and religious edifices found in other cities. At the same time each building has striking individualities which appear in the architectural design and decorations. Both would have been entirely worthy of the ancient European civilizations, but they posses-s evidences of primitive conditions that make comparisons Impossible. Tou cannot compare the ruins of Peru and Mexico wltfi those of Baalbec or l^uxor. Each h-as a vigorous individuality and ar chltectual merit, and while the architecture of prehistoric America may not be so re fined. perhaps, as that of Home and Greece; tt is surprising that those unknown people In the forests of southern "Mexico should have had such exquisite taste and such architectural genius. It is. inexplicable that they should have bad so fine an ap preciation of art; that their knowledge of anatomy as Indicated by thejr statuary and carvings, should be so accurate; that their poses should be so graceful and their proportions so harmonious anu symmetri cal. Their decorative feature* were equal to any that the world has ever seen. Every line Is good. No one can explain who taught the artists and architects or how. their ar tistic genius was developed. We do not lack theories on the subjest, however. They are almost as numerous as the explorers, but they are all speculations. "Each ruin bears striking testimony to the character of Its environment and the taste and skill of the people who inhabited It. They got their materials on the ground and their methods of construction were governed by local conditions and limita tions. In some places the limestone Is so hard that it could nat toe carved except In low reliefs?so the architects covered their buildings with stucco moulded Into exquisite patterns. At other places the stone is so soft that it could be carved, and with unknown tools they chiseled out beautiful designs." Too Popular. Mem the Philadelphia Prssi Kiss Grouch?"My Judgment Mama to te unerring. I never car* to read any but the moat popular novels of the day. Librarian?"Tear* Was Grouch?"Tea, tt wmmm that way. At mit rata, whenever I ask Car ? hook at WtTtrnmrr-Wm motT death battle high in aik. Workmen Stabbed In Desperate En counter on Flimsy Scaffolding. A special dispatch to the New York Her ald from Cincinnati, Ohio, cays: On a nar row scaffold at the height of the seventh story of the new Slnton Hotel building be ing erected at 4th and Vlns strtois ;t bricklayer and a hodcarrier engaged in a desperate fight for life this morning. The bricklayer, Joseph Connelly, repri manded the hodcarrier, Hugh Williams, for carelessness In dumping h's load of Drlcka, fearing the Jar would precipitate the slender scaffold Into the street. A wordy alterca tion led to blows and then a '?JtfcU, the two men struggling back and forth T.-ltb might and main. Fellow-workmen were unable to get to them to fltop the conflict. Williams succeed ed in getting one hand free long enough to secure his knife from his pocket and open it with his teeth. He then disabled his ad versary with a six-Inch gash s cross the arm. The wounded man yielded ;:nd the tight ended. Held for Action of Grand Jury. John Turtey, colored, appeared before Judge Kimball this morning in the Police Court charged with house-breaking., and after the evidence bad been heard Turiey was held to await the action of the grand Jury, under $S00 bond. Bafus Jackson. Janitor of the Darlington apartment house at 1008 34tto street, testi fied that he met Turiey oomlng from the house carrying plumbing fixture* valued at m. Jsctoen took the fixtures Cross him and later Peliesaasn Sdward C. imlln placed Turiey under arrest. Whan arraigned Tur iey entered * ptaa of tot guilty. Dulin & Martin Co. Fyroaslhi aigs ForSominnier Homes. ?Inexpensive China, ?G?ass, Siiver and ?Kitchen Wares. HF. furnishings best adapted for use in the country home or seaside cottage are shown here at notably low prices. 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