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i HOME AND FARM.
Rcmonibei your horses ran not tT
Ton of their Ills hiiiI pains, 11 is youi
duly to wuU'h for them.
("heap Sponge Cake: Jake one cup
cretin, onti cud sutrar, two cup Hour,
one tcaspootiful soda; no eggs nor but
ter. Any flavoring you liku; I uso nut
meg. Chicago Journal,
It la nn easier matter to keep the
la'tliM clean hiiiI orderly than it is sup-
IHtnod ly those wlio huvo not tried it
f you are onn of ths number begin at
once and see if it is not truo. Troy
Tunc.
A cow hIioiiM never bo allowed to
nkip a milking, oh Him retention of no
largs volume of milk in the udder
will inflame it nnd injure tint (pinlity oi
tint milk, and perhaps tlio udder also.
Wtnlern Hum'.
A Nice Pudding: One. nipful of mo-
laJHCH; one cupful of boiling water; one
Inli iwnnnnful of melted butter; onn lea
spoonful of soda; two tenspoonfuls of
spice; four cupful or nour; some unci
o" fresh fruit. Steiim two hours. Um
with auoo. TVi ifo llladr.
Bread Cake: Two eupfulH of light
dough; oun nnd a half cupful of augur
one half ciitiful of butter; three tuhlo-
stioonfiils of Hour milk; one-half tea-
spoonful of hoi In; onn nutmeg; one tea
suoonful of cinnamon or cloven; oni
cupful of raisins; one-half cupful ol
currant. W ill keep nice a long time,
ltcforo using, slice and put in thu stovt
a few minutes. tlrhnniic.
Boiled Indian Pudding: Tlii i im
proved for Homo people if Hliet is liddei'.
to give it richness. Chop a quarter ol
a K)und of IwM'f suet very fine, add an
nuts! quantity of sugar, ono teaspoon
fill of ginger,' half a tcuspoonful of Halt,
enough sweet m Ik to moisten the meal,
and a tonspooulul of linking powder, or
tihiiut a cup of Hour milk and n ten
spoonful of hoi I; i. Tli in Hhoiild lioil in a
lug for at leaHt three hours, and Imi
served hot with wino Haiico. Boston
Jiudirt.
If you hnvo soiled whito Spanish or
cachemire lace do not throw it aside as
worthies, for it may lio colored with
mini of the dye now to l) found in
small pnekage. Tim luce may Im ued
in a great many way. One way i to
trim tho I'diro of tides made of strips
of ribbon and lace, or of ribbon and
velvet, or of those novelties fur the
liackiof chair made of a strip of plain
s'lk placed on ouch side of a very elo
gnt mrlp of ern.y putchwork. Th
Jlouffhnld.
Corned String Reims : Praia ofT the
Honor, and covering them witli very
colli water, nliglilly Halted, leave them
for an hour. Irain and cook twenty
tnltiiile In liiiilinir witter, surti'd. 1'oiir
oir this and slmke the lii'iui in n colan
der. Then lir ouickly through them a
tuhlcspiHintuI of butter mixed w ilt pep
per, salt, a very little made mustard and
a tnUi'spnonfiil of vinegar ; put back
over tho fire, toss the bean lightly with
a fork until they are hot, and dish them.
lloiton (llobe.
USES OF PAPER.
flows Room Can lie Ornamented at the
Kiprnae of lew I'rnla.
Take a sheet of still" white paper, such
a can bo bought nt any stationer'a foi
three cent. Cut olT enough for n hair
rooolvrrof any ni.e wished. Kohl it in
the proper shnpii and fasten neatly with
niurllnro. Over the joining, place
Ihiw of bright-oolured rilibon, in such t
manner a to entirely conceal It. Satir.
riblkin of tho proper width may be, oh
ta'tioj fur from eight to liftccu cent a
yard. 1'hms half a yard of narrow rili
I on Ihroiigh a Hinall hole at the top of
tho Itair-receiver, and hang it at the
aide of tlie liiuking-gla . In do ug so,
dispose tho rililioti in kucIi a maimer in
to tiiiiko a pretty how and ciub. The
ril'lsm Hhoiild In1 i f n color to harmoni.e
with the tints of the wall-paper. It' on
bate any of tho pivtty and uaturul
liHiking paper llowrr now so much in
toguo.'a liunch of them arrang ! over
tlie joining of the hair-receiver might
take the place of the ril li m how. sheet
f the puper mentioned will make four
hair receivers, an that they can bt ru
liewisl when soiled, and tho same ribbon
Will keep ft'eslt for all four. The liar
r iw riblsm may Imi bought for eight
'lit h a yard. Thus four hair-recetveis
may I si uhtiiined nt nu cxpeusn of from
eleven to liftccu cents. If the wnlls ol
the room U w hite, cover the ha r-rc-tviver
with t'sUll paper of any color
that may ls des'red. This ian b.
lmught nt the stationer's for from one
to tiireo cents a sheet. The ribbon, ol
four i, should accord with the color ol
1b tissue paper. Tlie making of one
of tlm lutir-rec Ivor occupies only n
few nnuitc-s nnd when tin 'shed U is
more effective than any ono would
Imagine. It brigiitensup'nroom oth'-r-w
ie destilute of ovnument. chiinninglv,
as we can testify from experience.
An ornameiral but simple Kp'n.hcr
can be matin bv covering a pice of the
while paper with liMic of any ties' ruble
imi. or. If yon are willing to' btiw a
little more limit nnd troulile on It, a
crv pretty eilcct may Ih produced bv
lavmg tlie t S'.ue paper in mii ill iii
ideal 1
id with
and 1alcuiug lightly at either cut
a ti's- uc ami tnusui. .
Little cnithctt jar, like thoi in
wheli extract of mint i tobl, may,
Wiii-it emptied tif their contents, b
ma In nt the same lime twful and urn
m iitidbv covering tin in with gla-e.1
paiH-r of any color desired, and then
i-U t ng very small pictures or separate
nurca out oi uiustrat 'tt nniier an I
iinMing them on. The glazed paper c:m
lot bought for live oeni a sheet. The
j;r wdl bo useful to hoid tacr, burnt
tim i lies, etc. In sutiinit rlhey are Very
ui v lor little botiiiUi'la.
Siiitll tin cases may le ornamented
and uwst in the same manner.
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um giart'ti iuicr is very nice as a
oovcr ng tor helc and the inside of
Ihho. If li out.ulo of a small box
tm uudj;lit'v the paper may be pa-.tetl
i or it s in very K'lOii enit. and lit
prnts stiiimi, .1 dtsiretl, m in ths
ca s ol Uie jars. iVwtius at HWL
" THE ERRATIC MUSE.
Into the mom th lt wood full,
A oiiiihortU-pl to ibA(xtr ii'l calls:
', llen'r-rre come here to me!
Come r glit awar, now, Hon-tr-rur
The Move trowi ooM. the mother watts.
Fur Hear out w tu new oluu ukalos.
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HewincMli'orlnahunk,
II family M Iheslili'!
Anrt while Iher aetwl. h! so swell,
tin fliiKfreil His banker's pile.
Anil now nil house ami lot are soM,
ThefamUyssoneawavi
Hut tit dear, del sliUul tr.p-
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I hKsr h'n step Sinn the stroct,
A rheerr wliliitle In the ra n:
I do nut look throiiirh mrun n'ng pans,
To ken the cause f lelure feet;
The rHon. Hh! I know too well
Ami ho iliould belter know than I
Or IouiIit hlHitin h nielf-fir wh 1
I nt week he borrowed my umbrelll
A wasnn's tonif ue rsn never talk,
fie tired whels can never walk:
lla two hounds can not hara or bound.
Its four skonia never have been wound;
IU felliiet are all ilrr ohl st ck.
The tit-d In S'linetlme tllle I wllh bricks,
I In nir nif may run. but nevr How;
The nif e tree ran never irrow.
Anil tli s prevents 't, dun t you see?
From bloumliiv as a cheat nut tree.
II. W. fUltl. In Uetruil tret Prent.
ELECTION CUSTOMS.
Various Methods of Voting Hore
and Abroad.
flats a Ilallota-Clvlltatlnn's Improve-
ment on the Niuiple lUrthuils Votliif III
;rrat llrltaln, France, Denmark and the
t'nlteil Htatrs.
Notwithstnnding thn praeileal uni
versality of tho rule, that tho v ito du
chies every thing, most citi.un seem
to bo unaware that there I an infinite
variety of mode of voting, each of
which I useful in its way nnd few of
which could be dispensed with. It may
be interesting to glance at a few of
these nt this time.
First, we find thnt every question
nowaday is settled by a majority or a
two-thirds vote: so nt least wo fondly
tlrnk. There are trilling exception
in Itussia and perhaps in other coun
tries, but ttiey need nut be noticed, It
may be that, even where tho ruin ap
parently ha iU exception, tho maj ir
Ity rule indirectly. Tho people sub
mit to miiii'trchical mid despotic rule
because it meets with their aplirovul.
In the freer countries, nnd in Franco
since the adoption of the Republican
form of government, tho majority of
tho people or their representatives aro
frequently culled upon to settle ques
tion by vote, ami ultimately every de
tail of government is submitted to this
test of tho popular will. The people
of Knglaud aro steadily becoming inure
fully represented in the House of Com
mons, nnd the llouso is in turn insist
ing upon a larger share of government
al control. In this country, far moro
than in any other, our rulers nro re
quired froiiicntlv to pass tlie ordeal of
the people's jnd :ini;nt. The majority
in a party caucus instruct the enndidat'o
for whom to vole for United State
Senator; a majority nt tho member of
the party in the l.egis'uturo chooses
the candidato; a majority of tho Legis
lature eiccts him; a majority of tho
Senate carries through important laws.
If the Senator, or any other represent
ative of tho people, net contrary to
the desires of a majority of his con
stituents, he has soon tosubmit his con
duct to their judgment, and they re
place him with another more to their
liking.
Not many years ago there was a party
strife of u very virulent character
between two sections of the Penob
scot Indian in Maine. That tribe
was allowed to send a representative
to tlie Stalo Legislature, w'lero Im oe
i upicil a position similar to that of Ter
ritorial deleente in Congress, being
allowed to speak, but not to rote. The
parties were called tho Old nnd tho
New. On the day of tho election the
candidate of either parly repaired to
to the sehoolhoiise on the Oldtowti
Island, and took position In opposite
corneis of the room. Tho free and
independent voters then cut 'red and
cast down their hats, each at tho feet
of h s favorite candidate. When the
polls were clos -tithe hats werocountcd,
nnd he who had tho greater numbct
wss elected. If the Indians had be m
white men, they would probably have
had two hats, and would have repeated,
ami there would have been numberless
lights for these primitive ballot out
s tl the polling place. Being guileless
children of the torest, they resorted 1 1
no such trickery, though many a bloody
contot took place between the parti
sans of the candidates.
Civilization has imnroved vastly upon
the simpler mode of vot ng. having to
deal with all sorts of stratagems to tie
H nt the popular will. Hie rog'strv.
te check lists, was devised to nreveiit
double voting; the ballot to secure th
voter ngaint intimidation and bribery:
the show of hands, the lives nnd navs.
the tl vision of the house tu make cer
tain douhttul votes; nnd these are but
a few of a great many devices to ac
complish other useful ends. Let us
lirst glance at some of the modes of
vot ng in representative bodies, most
of which will doubtless be familiar tu
renders.
Tlie simplest and quickest method is
by the voice "Tnoso in favor of the
moiion will nay aye; those opposed
will say no. The ayes have it: it is a
W'to." I'liis in 'very familiar for
mula, A ipiick-eare I presiding ollieer
can tell almost inlall.bly whether the
ayes or the nas "hnvo' it." In cae
of doubt there are a great many ways
of making certain. Firl, bv'iising:
I he presiding officer or monit.irs count
Iheavc and t'.ie iiiwsaud announce
the result. Secondly, bv tollers: The
teller from each side beuig appointed,
theinembrrs pass between them, both
of them count the ayes and nays sue
yt'ss.velv, and announce (he result.
Thirdly, bv division of the ltoue. This
is the m tUo,l universally adopted iu
the Fni'lisli House of Commons: Four
tellers are appointed, two from ea -h
side, nnd the members pass into two
lobbies, being counted as ther go, nnd
their iinint-s are aUo takendown, which
is nut prncticiMo where tlie vote is
taken by tellers as in I'ongr Fourth
ly, by ih... ayes and uas: The n u.ies
of member are called iu alphabetical
other order, and the answer of yes
r no; the clerk keep tho tally and re
orls tho result to the presiding ollieer,
vho communicates it to the Home. To
heso method thers may bo added
fifth, a European invention: Each
member's dchk is connected by two
w.res with an indicator buhmt the pro
siiling ollieer chnir. By touching
one or the other lie votes ye or no,
mid the result is seen at once and by
all. The adoption of this practice
would be a sad blow to tho American
device known n filibustering, by which
so much valuable legislative tuno has
heen consumed.
There is one niodo of voting which
Is cnnnble of bumz employed In una
ciiscs ahd political conventions, hut is
wholly inapplicable cither in popufa
election or in representative assem
blies. This is called the "marking
list," and is probably more popular in
New England, particularly iu Mass
achusetts, than anywhere else. Sup
pose three delegate nro to bo chosen
t a convention to nominate a Con
gressman. The caucus votes to open a
marking list. Nomination nro mime,
nnd the name are written down upon
a sheet of tinner. Each voter then
makes a mark opposite tho name of
three person whom no prefer, aim a
plurality of vote elects. If there fire
person to watch ami see that no voter
puts down more marks than ho ought,
that he docs not mark more than once,
and that no unauthorized person marks
at all. this is a Tory expeditious way of
votinc, and tho counting Is a matter M
very little labor or time.
I merely glunco at ono or two of tho
methods of voting at popular elo -thins.
I ho ordinary American election needs
no description. We all have thu ticket
distributors, tho ballot boxes nnd tho
other surroundings of an election bo
fore our eye. Unfortunately, too, wo
know how" even grunting nil the im
provement suggestei above, the pr'vi
lego of the freeman is abused. Men,
whose real names are not on tho regis
try, vote under assumed names even
vet names which nro not on the list;
"they vote moro than once nt different
precincts; the ballot, Invented to give
them nn opportunity to conceal their
ii' tion, is roeogniable rods away; men
are brought tithe polls like so many cat
tle and vote ns they nrc told todo. This
picture is, let us bo thankful, gcttid ;
rarer every year among us, but unfortu
nately it is correctly drawn for too
iiiaiiv American elections.
The ballot in England, however, is
very dill'erent from tiiat which goes by
the same name among us. It is a
machine of great complication and in
tricacy, nnd totally inapplicable t our
system of covernmcnt. EnL'lishmen
elect onlv members of Parliament and
a f.'W lisea! ollioers. Tho administra
tive and judicial ollieer are all ap
pointed. The p!nn which may possibly
work well in general practice for the
choice of n single monib-'r, or of two
or ihreo niemburs on on-) ticket, could
not be employed in nu election for the
choice of various executive, legislative
and judicial ollieer for nation, State,
country and city at the same time.
It is impossible to describe briefly
thu ballot system adopted in (ireat
llritain iu Ht2, amr-'only nn outline
sketch can be given. The public nom
ination is abolished, but tho nomina
tion day is preserved, the ceremony
taking place in the presence of only a
few designated persons. If only as
manv candidates are nominated as are
to he elected, they aro at onco declared
elected. If there are more candidates,
there must bo a ballot. Tho elec
tion officers procure tho printing
of tho requisite number of ballots,
wliicli are bound in the same way as a
merchant's check book; that is to sav,
there is a coupon which may be do
tached, leaving a part of the leaf still
iu the bo ik. Upon the ballots are
printed the names of all the candidate
in alphabetical order. When tlie elec
tor presents himself nt the polls, he
first satislies the presiding ollieer that
lie is a legal voter. The latter then
tears o:V a ballot, upo t thu back of
which he puts an oilicinl stamp, after
which he enters the registered number
of the elector on the retained part of
the ballot, or counterfoil, and makes a
mark against the name of the voter on
ih" registry.
The voters nnd the ballots both boiii!
numbered, in ease it becomes necessary
o ascertain how any particular person
iias voted, as, for instance, if there is a
contest on the ground of illegal voting,
the identical ballot given by each jcr
son may be found and examine I. The
voter, having received his ballot, re
tires to a room provided for the pur
pose, where, unseen by any person, ho
makes a mark opposite the name of the
person for whom he wishes to vote.
He then folds the paper sons to con
ceal the print ng and mark within, but
to show the tdli -ial stamp on the back,
retii' us t- the polling rii.nn, and throws
the b ill it into the box. To use th.i
words of Mr. Webster iu quite another
connection: "The deed is done. No
eye has seen him; no car has Irani
him. His secret is his own, and it is
safe." He is obliged to keep it a
set rd, too, Tiicio is a serious pon.Vty
attached to the exhibition of a ballot
after it is marked. The man may tell
anv one how he voted and he may t'dl
a be -but no one can know whether he
has told the t ."lit Ii or a falsehood. When
the ballots are counted no one but the
pres.d.ng o;l'uei- can p'ssiniy know
one paper from the other, and it is
cred ting him wall extraordinary
memory to sup "e that he could keep
in min I tho l.v.i numb rs that must bo
ivineinh-'ivd in order to ilentifv anv
ballot as that of a certain man. There
is an iutini:e variety of dotal in the
regulations res ecting the acts o be
d.me. and there are quite us manv
luvhilnii ns of tilings tint must not be
done beliMV. tiering an I after the poll
ing, but iiiM none of these can we
enter. The law has had fourteen years'
tri d. There aro s nne interesting and
curious f.n-ts regarding other branches
of th s subject, which can be referred
to but bretly. In some of the States
of the Union a maj ri;y of all the votes
is required t.) elect; in others a plurality
control. In Franco in elections to the
Assembly, as under the Empire in elec
tions to the Corps Legislatif, an abso
lute nivonty must Iw obtained. If no
one j;ots such a majority there is a
second election, where a plurality
elects. In France tlie voting is bv bal
lot, practically on the same plan a
ournnu. Uuiverjal suflrago prevails,
J ns'l well knwn. and the very freedom
. . . . - I tn ihu tonncltr
of tlio irancnise. jiim " .
with which Frenchmen cling to their
op nions for the time being, render the
KngliHli ma -hinery for securing secrecy
wholly usbles. In Denmark there is
open voting, accompanied by public
nomination, but the job i a 11 done up
at once. Immediately aftertlie nomina
tion, if n poll is demanded, the voting
takes place, nn I the result is dec awl
its soon as tne voies nro
M in Brooklyn t'ay'e.
CHICAGO FASHIONS.
raOuniM In Velveteens and
I'rettv AralxMqiie and Houh Woolen
Velveteen suits will be much used by
this winter, as they are
less costly than cloth costumes, and are
almost a effective as velvet, isrown
and plum color are perhaps tho safest
choice in these velvets, and should be
chosen with thick, closo, short pile
The design for making is the plainest
tailor style, that is, with plain lower
skirt not plaited apron overskirt,
and nostilion basque, with a single
hreastu-l iacket warmly wadded for
street wear. As for trimming, a bor
tier of fur is liked nt the foot of the
lower skirt, and on the jacket cither as
a collar and culls or with vest and bor
der, or it may be us id only as a lichu
crossed on the chest to the left side. A
French fancy is to use leopard skin or
the in ittled tiger skin for a vest for tho
street jacket of brown velveteen suits,
nnd also as a pnno! down the front of
one side of the skirt, but, us this is ex
pensive, llu lower-priced furs will bo
used ni 'relv as a border. Black m ir-
lin and As'rakhan borders aro especi
ally liked for brown velveteen dresses,
anil there are also more showy trim
mings of tlio light raccoon s'dns. A
soft crowned turban of the velvetoatl,
trimmed with a fur band and a miniature-
head of the fur-b taring animal.
completes this su't, to which may bi
added a Hat hortosh m-shapd inuirof
the material with a curved baud of the
fur laid on its outer side.
The a-sortm int of woolens is so
varied and admits of si many selec
tions that it is extrjni dy dulioult to
place the most fashionable color and
design among them, each pat'ern hav
ing its adinir.-rs, and one ficding equal
favor with tho other. I lower t, tho
pretty arabesque patterns in camaien
shades over a darker ground are much
admired.
A charming costume of this material
had the skirt made in small plaits,
alternating with In r re singlo ones, ex
cept at tho back w dth, which slightly
draped inti) a puff. Tho plaits were
caught up on tho left side of tho puff
with long loops and ends of ribbons,
and the underskirt, which was of
of cashmere, had several rows of velvet
round the bottom. A narrow row of
fluting beyond the edge made a
pleasant linish. The fronts are plaited
and crossed over, coming down into a
point a little below tiie waist-line. The
back is notched out, forming a small
basque, while the coat-sleeves, witli
plaited cull's, gives it attractiveness.
A dark heliotrope costume of rough
wool was striped with white, and made
over a velvet petticoat of the same
shade. The style of drapery was de
lightful. The basque had a vest of
velvet, with straps of the same, orna
mented witli silver buttons. A dark
green ami heliotrope rough mixed
cloth, combined with heliotrope, had
largo Hat buttons covered with p!''i
placed each side of the panel. The
bas pie bad a V shape of plush back
and front, and at the wrist of thesleevo
also. A costiiin i of blue camid's hair
was combined with silk and velvet
brocades, tho panel headed with orna
ments and tassels to match the silk. A
magnificent black silk wis made of
striped plush, jetted with lino beads;
the panel hung full on on.) sid , cov
ered with handsome jet drops, the
draping on the otliei1 s'do pro -Lie. tig a
very novel effect. Clucajo Time
JENKINS' SPEECH.
.. NtiUlile OraturltMl K Tort an I It Nut
Very (irut Irving Itcsiilts.
When Mr. Jenkins went to his bed
room at half-past one, it was with the
determination of going t ) sleep, and
with another determination that he
would not be interviewed by Mrs. Jen
k its. So, as soon as he bad entere I
the door and d 'posited li s lamp upon
tlio dres.siiig-ta'jie, ho commenced li.s
soeeeh:
"l locked tho front-door. I put the
cha.n on. I pulled tne key out a 1 ttk
bit. Tlio dog is inside. I put the kit
ten out. 1 emptied the drip-pan of tit.
r.'frig T.itor. The coo' took the silver
to bed with her. 1 i u: a ca ie under
the knob of the back-hall door. 1 put
the fastenings over tlie uutn-room
w ndows. The parlor-lire has coal on.
1 put the cako-bo back in ihe closet.
1 d d not drink all the milk. It is not
going lo rain. Nobody gave me any
message for von. 1 mailed your letters
as soon as 1 got tlowu-t own. Your
mother tlid not call at the oilie;. No
body died that we are hit rested in.
li I not hear of a marriage or engage
ment. 1 was very busy at tho otllee
making out bills. 1 have hung my
clothes overehair-backs. 1 want anew
egg for breakfast. 1 thing that is all,
and 1 will now put out the light."
Mr. Jenkins felt that ha b id hedged
against a!l inquiry, and a triumphant
snide was upon his face as he took
hold of the gis-eh-'ck, and sighted a
line f ir the be I, vh n ho was earth
quaked by a ringinr laugh, ami the
qU'Tv from Mrs. Jenk'ns:
Why tlidn t you takj off your hat?"
'( !jc, in I'urk.
A young (icrman employed as a
section hand on a railroad near U uue,
X. Y.. was recently notiiied that he
had alien heir to an estate of $s;,0M
iu the old c nintry. Accompanying the
information was a check for Var) to
pay h s expenses to tiermany. UitrWo
m
People's idea of musical excellence
vary. We wot of a hand organ who
never visits a certain street because
every house therein has an active oiano.
To qu ite his own words: "Eet shocks
my nerva." ISotton Transcript.
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At Calcutta a warm-hearted nvll
ioaa re has endowed s hospital for sick
auiuiai.
STUPENDOUS RUINS.
Magnificent Htona Temples Hullt Ii the As
ter S Thounuild Year Abo.
The most Interesting spot in this
State in fact, one of the most curious
iu nil Mexico lies about thirty miles
southwest of the city of Zneiitecas, near
the Indian village called La Queinada.
It is an immense collection of ruins
whose origin has puzzled tlie scientists
of the world, ami to this day it remains
nn open question by what people they
were built. Not a trace of the ancient
name of the ruined city nor that of the
natives who inhabited it centuries ago
is anywhere to be found. Tlio rocky
eminence upon which it stands, called
"El Ccrro do los Edificios," rises ab
ruptly from tlie plaiu like another
Acnqxilis. The summit is reached by
tin ancient causeway on the noi l hern
side, which ascends with easy slope,
guarded by bastions and n double wall,
while on the other side the precipitous
rocks form natural defenses.
The entire mountain is covered
thickly with ruins, but chicily on the
.southern side may lie traced tho re
mains of magnificent temples, pyra
mids, altars ami cdilices of sacrifice, all
cut from solid basalt ami rising in the
highest part more than four hundred
feet above (lie surrounding country.
The rock-built walls were formerly
joined by mortar, but the stones many
of which are twenty feet thick and of
corresponding height are held in place
mainly by their own massiveness.
Ascending 'the grand causeway
(whose rough pavement is still unin
jured, with here ami there a heap of
stones, as if the remains of some altar,
each paved around with a border of Hat
stones arranged like a six-rayed star),
we entered the deserted city, where our
horses found rich pasturage in spacious
courts where monarch may once hnvo
feasted. Passing over several wide
parapets and raised terraces covered
with gigantic pillars, many of which
are slill standing, through various
quadrangular spaces, past pyramids
large ami small, nnd ruined temples
and palaces of large proportions, we
scrambled on to the upper works over a
woll-biiVrcssed but crumbling wall.
This wall, on its steepest side, is
twenty-one feet high, ami the width of
its summit, which is level, witli nn ex
tensive plat fiii-in, is exactly the same.
It is a double wall, the first one, (ten
feet thick), being covered with smooth
cement, and tlie second wall built close
against it. Its platform, which faces
toward the south, is nearly one hun
dred feet square, nnd on its center
stands the remains of a circular build
ing, w hile tlie middle of the quadrangle
is occupied by a mound of stones,
doubtless an altar.
Not far beyond, by a broad opening
between two massive and perfect walls.
we entered upon an enormous square or
court. Tins space is surrounded on
three sides by an elevated terrace hav
ing steps cut in the center of each side
by which to descend to tlie square.
Eatdi terrace is backed by a wall
twenty by nine feet. From the east
an entrance thirty feet whle communi
cates with this court, ami on the south
are two openings, scarcely smaller,
while on the west is only one very nar
row door-way leading to an artificial
cave or dungeon.
On the north this square is cut off by
the steep mountain, ami iu tlie center
of that side stands a pyramid, with
seven distinct ledges. Immediately be
hind this pyramid, and all in that por
tion facing the square, arc numerous
tiu's of scats, either scooped out of the
rocks or built up of rough stones. In
the middle of the square, due south of
the pyramid, is a small, quadrangular
pile of stones live feet high and seven
feet wide at the summit. I'liqiiestion
ablv this was an altar, and from the
whole character of the place iu which
it stands, tlie peculiar form of the pyra
mid, the surrounding terrace and the
scats on the mountain side, there can
be no doubt that it was once a grand
hall of assembly and of sacriliee.
Xot one of our guides or servants
could be induced to enter the cave,
about which many superstitious stories
are believed. Having no torches witli
which to explore it we could merely
sec that it had a narrow, well-built en
trance, showing iu many place the re
mains of smooth plastering. It is said
to be very deep, ami doubtless was
the place of confinement of victims of
the sacriliee. I 'lose by is a sheer cliff,
one hundred and fifty feet high, down
which, probably, the bodies were
thrown of those whose living hearts
had been torn out, according to the
horrible sacrificial customs of the earlv
Aztecs. A carefully-built causeway
terminates directly beneath this cave
and its overhanging cliff, and conjec
ture can form no other idea of its util
ity than as being in some manner con
nected with the purposes of the dun
geon. Well, we ate our picnic supper upon
the summit of El Ccrro, using for a ta
ble the rocky pile that had once served
for hunSan sacrifices. Even the stones
upon which we sat had been carved by
forgotten hands perhaps a thousand
years ago. t'niiuic It. W'anl. in I'ltHa
iU !jihia AVcon.
Not long ago a man in Columbia,
l'a.. gave as a wedding present to a
York couple an eight-dollar clock,
w hich he had bought on Ihe installment
plan, lie oaid six dollars ami i
slow about paying the other two dol-
lats. N tlie agent, who knew where
the clock was, went to York, scared tho
bride into giving it up, and then dis
appeared, me groom brought suit
against the agent, but he could not tut
found nnd the young man had to pay
costs. Ho says when he marries his
second wife he wants no DrescnL nn
the installment pbn. I'liiluiUlplii
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LOST MINE FOUND. "'
Ths Rich and I'neiperted Dlaeoverj of
California 1'roapector.
Some of our readers aro familiar
with a tradition that the Jesuit fathers
who onco conducted the San Buenven
turn, SanU Uarbara, Snn Ynez, La
Purissima and San Fernando mission
once successfully worked a miue lo
cated probably in what is now Ventura,
County. Tradition has it that the mine
was worked near the beginning of tie
present century, nftcr which it was cov
ered with earth nnd all traco of itg
existence destroyed as far as possible,
from which time its location has beta
a mystery to all but the few who
worked it and wcro familiar with it
history. i
An old Indian whom the writer
knew, nnd who died a few years ago in
Santa liarbnra County, aged, accord
ing to the baptismal record of Santa
Barbara Mission, one hundred and five
years, claimed to. know where tho rich
mine was located, but he fully ladieved
that he would be struck dead should
he reveal it. He said that ho and
other friendly Indians who knew of it
when tlie mouth was covered up and
the mine abandoned, if we mistake not
on account of hostile tribes, had taken
a solemn oath not to let any one know
tlie place where it was located, and
that they had been assured that treach
ery on their part would result in sure
and sudden death. He, and we be
lieve nil others who professed to know
atty thing about ifs existence, were
unanimous in saying it was on tlie side
of a mountain, and that it was a tunnel.
But those who professed to know any
thing concerning its location have
passed away, and by many it hud be
come to be regarded as mere tradition;
and ns much time, money and labor
had been expended in searching for it
many had come to believe its existence
was mythical.
But a short time ago a professional
prospector, a gentleman thoroughly
conversant witli the mines of Arizona,
New Mexico and Colorado, tracing the
Calico ledge into this county, acci
dentally came upon an old tunnel pene
trating thu side of the mountain, which
he believes to be the lost Jesuit mine.
Ho roughly estimates the length to be
three hundred or four hundred feet,,
with tho sides "coviicd" in various
directions. Tly? gentleman and his
partner were attracted to the spot by
seeing cottonwood trees growing on the
side of a mountain, ami alter reach
ing tlio spot they found them growj
ing in the mouth of a tunnel.
Their appearance indicated that cot
tonwood limbs had been placed on end
at tlie mouth of the tunnel nnd covered,
with earth, the dampness from within
having caused them to grow. But tho
earth caved in, and washed by the rains
of probably sixty or seventy winters,.
ex;K)scd (lie tunnel which hud been so
effectually concealed.
Near by were found the rcmnins- of
oltl smelting works, and a silver brick,
weighing about one pound, which the
prospectors exhibited to us, was picked,
up. This prospector, who is an unusu
ally intelligent man, first traced the
Calico ledge into Arizona, then return
ing lie traced it into Ventura County,
and believes that lie lias found a ledge
of mineral far more valuable than the
Waterman or any other mine yet discov
ered in San Bernardino County. The
specimens exhibited to us indicated
rich ore, some of them carrying five
gold, and if onco developed may be a
source of immense revenue to this
county. The ledge is an extensive one
and can lie easily worked Ventura
(Cat.) Free Press.
''Please, mamma, can I go out to
play now?" "No, dear, not yet; it's
not suitable weather." "On't I go if
I'll wrap up very wnrm'n put on my
rubbers, '.n ' "Mamma has said,
'no,' dear; and you mustn't tease." A
pause; then in soft, wheedling tones:
"Please, mamma, mavn't I tease you
iust on.ee?" A'. y.J.cilucr.
.-
"Ephlum. what makes so manv cat
tails grow in (lis henh pon'P" "Well, I
would say! doan you know? Why, dey
grows up from kittens dat people hez
drowned in de pon of course. Penh's
like von wimnien folks doan' know nuf
fin' bout agriculishaw.." Life.
DYSPEPSIA
Vp to a few weeks ntro I considered
myself the champion Dyspeptic of
America. Durln the years that I
have been afflicted I have tried
almost i-verythlntr claimed to be a
ppectrle for Dyspepsia in the hope of
fliuliutf somethinn that would att'ord
permanent relief. I had uliout made
up my mind to abandon all niedi
ctnes when I noticed an endorsement
of Simmons I.iver Iltxnlnlor by a
prominent Geoiylun, a jurist whom
I knew, nnd conyludisl to try Its
effects In my ease. I have used but
two bottles, nnd nm satisfied that I
have struck the riht ttitntf nt last.
1 felt its beneficial effects almost lru
metltately. Vnlike all other prepara
tions of a similar kind, no special
instructions are required a to what
one shall or shall not eat. This fact
alone ought to commend H to all
troubled with Dyspepsia.
J. N. HOLMES,
Vlncland, X. J.
COFJSTIPATION
To Srsars m Regular Habit of rioilT
without changing ths Diet or DU
organlcing the By item, take
SCIMONSUVERREGUUTOR
oli CtNUINC aiirrtcTvats n
J. H. ZilUH A CO.. Philadobhia.