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THE MORNING POST. iSTOTDAY, TEBKUAKY 21 1904 13 AZTEC EXPLORATION xnembered by was the occupation, what the buried really aid in the world. "Leaving the graves and carrying: the relics, some of which I have , wltn An interesting story .of life among; me now, we came to a part of the oia the Peruvians and the relics of the now fortification which 600 years ago the extinct Aztec race was told yesterday Aztecs built to defend themselves by G. P. Simpson of Regent's Park, against the other tribes of the Andes London, wLr nas travelled ttround the and later against the warriors of "Pi world as a mining capitalist and roa-n- zarro. They were white and bleached, ed over the Americas many times dur- forty feet high, and wonderfully pre- ing the past thirty years. He has just served. Over these they had battled returned from an extensive trip through . with their enemies, at first subduing South America . exploring the vast re- and then subdued. Besides this, we sources " of that continent of the fu- - saw the fine roads made by the Aztecs, ture. which are as good -today as they were Why don't we celebrate Martha Washington's birthday? . Because no woman ever lets us know the date of her birth, - "In my travels in the Americas .1 when they were made, think the most Interesting thing I saw "The race of the Actecs bad passed anywehere was the part of : Peru in affray forever now, but there will come which the Aztecs originally Jived and a time some day, and not so many exerted their influence upon the neigh- generations distant, when there win boring tribes and nations, until Pizarro grow up a new race to take possession finally came In the sixteenth century , of the wohderful resources of that vast ever. Their remains : have been ex-; region not only In Peru, but Central plored and thought of now for more and South America. I mean the United than a hundred years, and the romance. States. The little, mean and pcttifog- of their rise and fall is still fresh to ger nations will quarrel on, commer- the tourist, who ever first seeks relics cial interests becoming greater mean- of the people the Spaniards conquered, while,, until some day it will become Rising-in the twelfth century, so it is necessary for a stronger, hand to keep said, they progressed to a wonderful . the . peace of the iiemisphere. The state of civilization, building some of United States will control the conti the finest roads in their power eon-. nent."- New Orleans Picayune, stantly. by an army that fought with bows and arrows.' Finally 1 came Pi zarro with his mailed soldiers, who Christianized' the Peruvians with fire and sword. , r "Of course, this Is all old that I have been telling you, older -than' the FOUGHT AGAINST CUSTER : The Daily Oklahdmari . claims that there are numerous Indians now living In "Western OTctrthomn who w1tnM(! peopling of America, the story, in brief, thebattle of the Little Big Horn, June of the most advanced primitive people 25. 1S7S. in which General Oeore-e Cua- of the two continents. The application ter h immt. f lies in the fact that when in Peru I Sevetnfch Oavalrv trooners were de- saw many of those relics which "still ti v h. si. MAWt,.m Mr. Centerpede: "I-et me have two dozen pairs of gloves, please." PROTECTION F0:t THE AMERICAN FROG . (New York Evening Post.) The tariff must constantly be brought up to date, ex-secretary Long rises to Chief Tiinw 7Cre TTto fnfnr. wVir. remind us, and, as If to emphasize - - MmMmj, c w rcimiia. me iraveuer pi me ennes and other allied tribes. It is only tale so;long ago. I think that the most after much persuasion that the Okla Interesting and; peculiar things I saw homa'infliflna u-m taiir of rhe tiatt.i i were me ounai relics. Travelers and presence of white persons, explorers have sought them for so long i chief tjw To,e Tit t that It Is very difficult to find them -k . .h.j , . , that truth, aecretarv Shaw had alreadv. - ., iio.a ri. i ii iih i i Eui in i ri ri i-i von np rrr - now, but along a part of the .coast not . nart in the hnftie pw -o trLna. stretched, the Dingle w law till it cov- often frequented the party found many tJon ot Wg story the following facts eri5d native American frog. The evidences of the Aztecs. We started are gathered- The day of the battle rofir wo need hardly say, enters Into to digging .one day where we were told a waim Yellow Nose and some the world's commerce, first, by virtue by the natives that we might find some other chiefs were bathing 1n the river f ttn admira;Dly conspicuous aiimen of the bones of their ancestors. Dig- , Suddenly the firing of guns was heard tary' ry. and nervous system ging away, we found, several feet be- endears him to biologists; next 'neath the sand, bones and entire skel- iUt mtA th! throuh tilf possession of a pair of legs tons in a wonderful state of preserve MtoSSJLSS Justly rized b rmets. As a bio- Ition as a result of the peculiarly drvJ J. lh 7 -J?. lo specimen he falls under soil, there being no ralna there. The ' ruz osophical and scientific apparatus, uten- . WlllUOllilJ. X a. A, terrapin, or even classify them ur.j some pronioitive scneauie.llke shell arj shell proaucts. But with the lutiiei uuu veninu nim, ?creti.j onaw can anora 10 stana tlrm. Ar guuiiiicio, vcii, wiiiie may in jj-f hearts doubt the doctrine that a chj irog maKes a cneap man, will surely 60orn the Insinuation that our "dre?5j poultry" market will ver be too v..r. ed to absorb all the strange fowl th-.t s wiiii in v,iicEspcu.ivc ltccks or cfcai among Western lily pads. Martha? Am T the flrsl woman vnt Atrof Intro flAti-erAt George aside: (The fcherry-tree Incident wasn't a marker .to. this)- ir . me. . tov- irtvp snrn a rnni tan niieafinn " Dont But Imported as an edible, the r's com-; pauper-caught irogs of foreign nations THE CIRCUS CHAPLAIN r mi t- - VTT111I - 1 1 t i . me rtev. vviinam cneaK is r.orre again. After a season's cruise abou the country with the John Robinsons circus as lecturer and chaplain, he .:. m. a. m ieii ine giamour oi tne sawaust nr.g and has once more donned the sorrt: vestments of the pulpit, says the IVn Ind., corresponednt of the Chicago In- ter-Ocean. The Rev. Mr. Sheak is knov:n as tv. - "ww .r'r ""fe , acci rJttl Ui pony, was leading his companions, who ! Unluckily, however, the Dingley bill circus minister, iie nas spent an er, crude shape, but neatly carved; with ; the soldiers evidently supposed were 'ignored the frog.. The .proprietors of tire season, with' the show. He hs some emblem of the trade whlcji" they j few In -number , at that pointt as the our frog ponds and exploiters of our been from end to end of the country th h W Ufe 1X1 ' ,way crossing was udifflcult. Their mistake Public shallows got no hearing at Wash- as a lecturer in the animal tent ar.J 1 though many generations had descend-.was soon apparent, as the Indians ihigton. Possibly, they , were unaware preacher to the clowns and conphe ? ed from , those who had been burled ; seemed really to be springing from the 1 that oeap Canadian frogs' legs were and he returns to winter .quarters ,itf there, we found clear inscription -of j ground. The i galloping cavalrymen idy "crssins our northern, border a long list of experiences, and a lot 0! their calling, of what they did in .the l pulled down to a trot. The Indians.111 c1"111511111 competition with the na- praise for circus folk, word. And is . not that . .allJhat ;'We v grew:intensery -excited :and set up their 1 t,ve' Pr4ct.. ' For the" matter, was The minister Joined the circus b?. warwhoops. The Chayennes were not- y mssemllea- Examine the Ca- cause he thought he saw a new fe!d so well armed as the Sioux -whrv fn -year r Dwas ,fLfm . , you wm nna for religious endeavor. He had h ird UUillUMIin. t am a : - Aztecs did not hnrv their a r, r 7 " sus instruments ana preparations in ariv covc-rins hut thre thWL ,ywenau,8: a promontory near the Imported in good faith" for education-, Si! !L5?f !2l -iS.ln this clng. towards them along the crest of try under section 38? of the present , . cv wsye a divide that ran back from the Little tariff. oivcuciauun were me reucs in tne Big Horn. This was Custer rZrl Jl writ V i mana' coming at a gallop. Yellow : are a menace to our r self-respecting j nr" "1C rica;. I ose, i; mounted -on a fleet and wiry ling American frogglng industry. shall ever be remembered by?. ;What's In a name? ., "Wauchos was the name , given ' to this class of relcs. The laro ' nf ft am. 4-Via .' ' .' - . -i i rnpir TraicTq sheets r i mounted when they saw that the hos tlles were not intimidated. The regi mental band began playing, to the as- tuuisajiiuent oi tne Indians, but the teried quantities of ammunition around 1.?! that circus people were a bad water by his family, so that he might not become thirsty on the Journey: to the other side. Legend tells us of the crude sort of religious ceremony that was said oyer the grave, and as I saw those bones and peculiar relics being brought out of the grave. I thought how, perhaps hundreds of years ago, these bones might have taken part in ; the life of a time that is as crude tn as ours vvill . be centuries hence.1 C But the idea that was of greatest Interest to me was that of these people realiz ing that the greatest thing to be r e- .r,Ca? flnd George arid also his hatchet? lot. Hi j,, iion uua,, iiivvviSb, now says that it is all false, and th-t but nowhere-amphlbians and reptiles," they are as reiious as any other class. nowhere an honest record of frogsMegs fie ddn.t have t CnrlstIanize his as a commodity, , , . . . .-.--4- x elates. They were good enough pr( continued, though the punts rotted on i as they were. the banks of the frog ponds of the T think the tone of people conr musicas soonest "in "the uproar of j middle west, and the loral trade hard-' wItn circusseS generally better tr.v the .battle, and the musicians threw! aside their Instruments for gune. The. , soldiers' soon changed from a stana to ' 133 . ' ' " ' ' i , ... . . most neonle fmaelne it to ho. he f?v ay jusimea tne expenaiture ior rea ' ' ' c---- flannel for cartrldges.lt was time for; 1 .ave 11 Is tru met-uith Secretary Shaw to act. In his decision ' tIle Vorst Ipzle of the show, but an: a retreat, as thev that fmre ! I have met some of the very -best re1- crowded upon by Increasing and over- "dressed poultry" and taxable at b PIe that can be. found any place, whelming numbers. Three.stands were - cents a pound, he was ostensibly guid-j "When I made the anhouncen-.pn made in this retreat. - The Indians ed ty the "similitude clause," section that the first services were to' be :.n:: hoped at the beginning to get in the ' 7, which' declares that an unenumerated tne circus force was all assemble 1 in rear of the troops and gain the cover ' article shall pay the duty of the enu-' the dining tent; The mee tin of - the east slope of the .ridge. The .rnerated article which it most resem- popular at the very start and contlv-fJ soicuers Jield this advantage stubbornly j Dles In this classification, Secretary ,so a through the season. snaw declined to be mis ed by supern-i A year ago the managers or '.r.. clal resemblances. He rejected "fresh- Robinson's circus heard of the I'fev, water flsh not 'especially provided for Sheak. They made him an offer, to f in this act," and also "'flsh, skinned and come a lecturer. He accepted it on th for a time, and in trying to dislodge the soldiers the Indians exposed themsel ves to a galling fire In the open. It was not until the close of the fight that: the soldiers were driven to the ! DOned"i tbese only provided for duties- spot. It was a new idea with the' Mother says ypti are a regular sea- dog!" : Let's hear." you bark! . , . west slope of the ridge, where the last stand was made. Yellow Nose did not know General Custer and says that stories told by the Indians who claimed to recognize him in the. fight were mostly lies. Cus tter's body, was stripped and the plun der oiyiaed among the Cheyennes. Bill Hand, a Northern Cheyenne, who was brought to Oklahoma with Dull Knife, gave to George Bent, a half-breed at Darlington. O. T., a compass which he said he had taken from Custer's pocket. went presented this -compass in 1873 to of one-quarter of a cent and of a cent ciis people. It was new to the preach- a pound a futile barrier to ihe boun- er. The circus men knew that the ty-fed Canadian frog. He went straight old-time Demosthenes of the an'nxl to the highest duty on tbe: list that oi tent was a back number. They v. a: t?i 5 cents a pound on "dressed poultry." a novelty. They got it. to which. In material, quality, texture, ?. The old time lecturer' with his r3 or the use to which they may' be ap-. vest and his- slang and his vi! hr. J plied." frogs! legs are now legally de-, mustache was cast aside. ivin it'- Clwe1 1,? sin?Ilar- " ' Icircus goers saw the Rev. Sh.k M We beUevthal?- epicures will con- kriew a change had come ever t!.!vo Jnf"nWontt When he began lecturing h- dl l r.ot delicacy, and that they wUl deplore He told the reonle nlalnlv a'! - v v"w ucviaics any strange and George Reynolds, once an Indian trader j taty t Z deaL Althou he desc ribe at camp Supply.- The Sioux took the battered - band instruments. Kansas City Journal. The Tallest Cathedral , The most remarkable and striking feature of the new Liverpool Cathre dral will "be the height of the vaulting of the nave and choir measured In the a certain ministerial flavor to hi. ?v of the snakes, the rhinoceros, a crocodile, he was nevertheless in-- Ajld .Ia.U .i. 111- . . , . I r J -sret It Is essv tn v cl1IclllL wm unaerstanamg, ar.x "w-v vr bli ocwciaij may have .been lured nto this . gas tronomic fallacy. There Is Shakes neiian warrant' fn Iteness In the conception of fowlwhlch - e that was enough to -a might readily extend to "dressed nni. . the circus people. , try." , When the first Sunday on ""What Is the opinion' of- Pythazoras c around the Rev. Sheak, concerning, wild .fowl'" - . he had no pulpit to fill on t!.": th' bar7el vaul askefl on one .occasion. Intimating 'jested to the circus owner, E 1 f m J an Immediate "connection between oe aowed to hold divine eervi tC Poultry and mysticism. : And aeain te the dining tent. They told hfrr, u 4 9 ZZ-T?; ?"lZ Z. - frog is very deflnitelv, hinted f ahead. . inneu rai mme countrv an- it. :. t , ; "-" . j . . . . - 1111c. pruuenes ns . neigut. une nearest is He did go ahead, and every r.t" wZC "ef 13 i "r a to without a fin thtre's a wi the owners too. - attended t! ::;r rJ.7jcn M8 thoiii a feathers vices. The: roustabouts were far romt height ;n mfi t xr-, . "Ktluul learner.". lw:s- , - ivi "" Almost hPH.it .1- , Skulkine- awnv fn n. "whirf,, yn n 0 : l"e nsa 01. Canada -by, declaring them oiowns, as sober as the Sphinx-. - - U.1 III . .Ill i S I ' . Til U A .. . - . . . , . - . ' w AuuAo. v ipn rnat as. .i . , . mvi 1SA, UJW1S .IL t: tliedral is 100 feet from the floor. St. j try") : Referiing ito 3drs-: Lease, who won some - prominence . In Kansas a few years ago as an agitator, the Nebras- e., "dressed pduI- intively In the amen comer. And this view finds further bareback rideers, the gymnast? confirmation". in i the line; - .aerialists, and the animal tame.- "You know, strange fowl light upon used to this sort of thing. Var neighboring ponds.'1 , eyed and open-mouthed, listen- For frogs alive' or klnnea are unmis-, the sermon of the man who ha 1 takably. "strange fowL" and the nnnrt telling the countrv neonle who: a. apuepenoent (jpop.) notes: "She are neighbors If not friends elephant got his proboscis, and predicts that William Randoinh Wea-rt the frog ponds of the United fitato the rrnpvni fiiT-i i wfnn- ! and .Senator Clark will be the remn-I Thus by a little exercise of th Anri those Hm... -. M cratic nominees this yefarr-and that ' ff criticlam we arrive at the conclusion song the Rev. Sheak asked the: wicy Wi win. ere is a pointer for secretary.. Shaw. in spite of his sing. They bowed tbeir beads d-.-ter-pie-counter Democrats in this state." j ePlo.f ably loose: application of -the entlally;-' when he prayed. Ti er m- : -.. , I Similitude clause -is the true friend teneri rtvfiw v,- r-nm ths 1 M . . : - - --- MV.il . v sr -t to 1 want n plain coolt.- .-- . " "is that one over In the-corner plain enough." Clght years ago," says the Omaha ' QVvL;ATr - n- ""ogvapd a good Bible or when he preached.-Ohio State jRome-hi t . .v.maj,H1u, as well. ie has Shown Jnurrml ujuevvaiii arrogantiv. . :T - - r was plastered'all over wth w ,w 7 Tu " tann, as n Holy Writ, land;mongagc,.VNow L , . uoo jci ueen aoie to extract. In- of r writing mournfully an "Ode Expiring Frog" -he hunted up the Theatrical- Manager I don't what I am gIng to do; I can't the permanent school ,.7 "Z-.- "lt een aoie to exi vested- in Massachusetts lu S" 'T 7 L "Ode press agent for you. state tonds and th- fi T - - mavu(iV rog::-ne hunted up the j Star How aboi mAwS and sayea tb6 country afain. ! isn't wX "v-i. "--ii ucnucraieiy Ictceu. It IS Star How about my husband. banks,' Ktif . T'uroJild V- Someone who rtoeon'f t-nTt- vmi J conceivable-that Minister Fielding may Cleveland Leader, , t
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