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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.
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FECIAL SALE OF
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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
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11226 F Street.
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EDMONSTON'S
Home of the Original "F O O T
F O R M" Boots and Oxfords for
Men, Women and Children.
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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
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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 /
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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....
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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..
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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.
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