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SA DDLE HORSES A SPECIAL I' r
' Scientific Expeditions
1 CAVES or ‘ YUCATAN.
Were the Abodes of People of a
Prehistoric Race.
:Sent Out from
Pennsylvania to Secure Relics
of a Race Anterior to
the Mayas.
If there is one thing more than an-
other which archaeologists would hail
with delight it would be the discovery
which would unlock the mysteries of
the Maya stone monuments and give to
the world the keys to the history of
the early races of Central America, as
the discovery of the Rosetta stone un-
locked the histOIy of ancient Egypt.
There has been for many years. a dis-
pute as to the degree of antiquity which
is to be accorded to the remains that
are found in Central America. One sa-
vant carries them back to a time al-
most contemporary with ancient
Egypt, while another will not allow
that they are much earlier than the
days of the Montczumas or the time of
the discovery of the continent by Co-
lumbus. If the ,Maya tongue was as
open a book as the records of ancient.
‘Egypt this. question might. be settled.
Who were the builders of Uxmal‘.’
Whence came the ancient race that
carved the strange figures and char-
- actors that are found 011 the altar slabs
at I’alenque? No one can tell. After
years of research wc are but 'a little
closer to the heart of the riddle than
we were half a century ago.
Recently the inquiry has taken an-
other turn and the effort. has been
made to ascertain something about
the prehistoric races that it was sup-
posed might have preceded the Maya
Indians in the occupation of the Yuca-
tan peninsula. There are in the hills
of Yucatan many caves, not large in
cxtent,butwhich it was believed would,
upon investigation, show in the de-
posits which might be found 011 their
floors some traces of prehistoric 11111.11
in that region.- The. earlier races found
shelter in caves, built fires there, and
in the refuse of the ash heap are found
the bones of the animals they consumed
and weapons that tyhe uscd. Relics
of importance might be. found in the.
hill caves of Yucatan, and so an expedi-
tion wasscnt out from the University
of Pennsylvania to examine these caves
and investigate the “kitchen midans,"
or “cultule beds,” as science calls the
soil of which the floors of these 011V cs
is composed. The expedition was in
known as the Corwith expedition. and
Mr. Mercer has written an entertaining
and valuable account 'of their re—
searches. Ten caves were examined,
and the method followed was that usu-
ally employed in such cases. Trenches
are dug across the floor with great
care, the earth removed in layers and
carefully examined for relics and frag-
ments of pottery, bones of animals,
arrowheads and other weapons. It
was hoped that there would be found
traces of a race anterior to the Ma} as.
In this the explorers were doomed to
disappointment. They did not find
any traces of the prehistoric man; but
they found that the people who came
to the caves were generally identical
with the race that had reared the cities
whose ruin-s have excited so muchat—
tention and wonder. They brotight
wvith them whatever degree of cultu ‘
’they were possessed of and had not
developed after their arrival in Yuca-
tan. It was also established that these
people had reached the country in geo-
logically recent times. It will thus-be
seen that not all the results of the ex—
pedition were of a negative character
and that some of them were of impor-
It was ascertained that in all probabil-
ity the ancient Mayas were cannibals.
They were an agricultural people and
not given to hunting to any great ex-
tent.
Nearly all the caverns contained wa-
ter, and itwas that fact which first led
these earlier races to resort to them.
The party'devoted its entire time to
cave explorations and did not study the
ruined cities. The fact was estab-
lished that no prehistoric race preceded
the Mayas 011 the Yucatan peninsular,
but no fresh clews were obtained as to
how far back into the past that occupa-
tion extended. —l.1ook‘lyn Eagle.
Not for Carriage \Vheels.
It is not generally understood as it
seldom or never are subjected to lateral
strains. They need to resist only those
strains which pass through their own
plane and in this plane only have they
any strength worth speaking of. This
is worth remembering when the use
of wheels of this type is being consid-
.ered for three or four wheeled vehi-
, clcs, where the conditions are essen-
tially different and where, in turn-
ing corners rapidly, or in going over
ground that causes the vehicle "’to be
lateral strain may be brought upon the
wheels—a strain which the ordinary
bicycle wheel is, very properly, entire:
ly unfitted for. This is to be consido
cred also in connectionwith devices
for attaching two bicycles side by side
to make a duplex or four-wheeled ma-
chine of them. Neither the frame, the
bearings nor the wheels of a properly
constructed bicycle are adapted to such
use without injury—Chicago News.
Menu for a Children's Party.
Avery good menu for a child’s party
may consist of bouillon, with bread-
sticks and celery, creamed chicken in
little paper cases, served with tiny
homemade biscuits, sandwiches of
tongue and white" bread rolled with
celery, and ice cream, with such ligiht
cakes as macfitoons and lady fingers.
Lemon or o nge’ jelly in orange she-11s
may be so » 3-111 place of ice cream.
Have fo‘i'. f the bonbons that con-
tain préfly'. : ”Elimmr caps and ben-
nets, and a. ea c containing a. ring,
or in its place a little gift for each
child .——-—Philadelphia Times.
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and the fiagments of the tools, utensils '
charge of Henry C. Mercer and was1
tance from a scientific point of view. -
should be,perhaps, that bicycle wheels ~
inclined sideways, a. very considerable -
MISCELLAN EOUS ITEMS.
-—Black walnut is less than half the
weight of a conesponding quantity of
ebony.
—--I here are scores of references in
the Bible to the use of pei‘ fumes by the
Hebrews both in their religious services
and in private life:
——The “Era of Diocletian” began with
his proclamation as emperor A. I). 284.
The “Era of Diocletian” was common 15‘
used by Christians until the general
adoption of the Christian era. The bit-
rness of the persecution under Dio-
cletian gave them good cause to re-
member his ascension. .
——It has been found that the new sec-
ond-class battleship Maine, when fully
equipped for Service, draws three feet
more of water forward than aft. This
is regarded as a se1 ious defect, showing
grave errors in calculation, but it need
not permanently detract from the elli-
ciency. She is said also to have a list
to starboard, which is regarded as a.
radical fault. \
-*—A man with a gun may have sport
in the Hudson bay country. Aside from
the four-footed beasts there are quan- 1
titles of snipe, ptarmigan, crane, .ten
varieties of ducks, three varieties of
geese, pelicans, cormorants, curlews,
falcons and vultures. In the region
about Forts York and Churchill as
many as 16, 000 geese have been killed' in
a season, and in the vicinity of Forts
Moose and Albany 20, 000.
—An excellent cement for cycle tires
is made of bisulphide of carbon, 160
parts; guttapercha, _20 parts; caout—
chouc, 40 parts; isinglass, ten parts.
This cement is dropped into the crev-
ices after they have been properly
cleaned. If the rent is very big, apply
the cement in layers. Bind up the'ruo-
ber tire tightly with thread, let dry for
24 to 36 hours, out off the thread and re-
move the protruding cement with a
sharp knife, which must previously
have been dipped in water.
-——During an unusual spell of swelter-
ing weather in London, England, dur-
ing the late warm season, the manage-
ment of the City do South London r2111-
way (an underground road), in order to
attract passengers, hung out huge pla-
cards announcing the fact that 'ti1e
I electric railway is the coolest place in
I London.” '1 he officials report that the
announcement had the effect of driv-
ing all the stout men who suffered from
heat to the subway, where they spent
' the greate1 part of theii afternoons in
traveling to and fro in “the coolest
I place in London.”
-—-Patents have been taken out for the
manufacture of paper from a very great
variety of substances, among them be—
ing acacia, althaea, aloe, artichoke, as-
paragus, aspen, bamboo, banana skin,
I
bass wood, bean vines, blue grass,
broomcorn, buckwheat straw, bul-
rushes, cane, cattail, cedar, China
grass, clematis, clover, cornhusks, cot-
ton, couch grass, cork, elder, elm, es-
parto grass, ferns, fir, flags, liax, grape-
vine, grasses, hemp, hop, chestnut, i11-
digo, jute, mulberry bark, oak, oakum,
oat "straw, palm, palmetto, ,pampas
grass, papyrus, pea, palm, plantain,
poplar, potato, rags, reeds, rice straw,
rope, sedge grass, rye, silk, sorghum,
spruce, thistles, tobacco, wheat straw,
waste paper, willow and wool. '
HUMBOLDT’S RECEPTION.
a Lesson for Americans In This
Little Story.
The late Prof. Lincoln, of Brown uni-
versity, used to relate a striking inci-
dent for the sake of inspiring young
men with a feeling of reverence for the
masters of the intellectual world. It
was a scene which he witnessed in Ber-
lin when he was attending a session of
the Royal Academy of Sciences.
A large company of learned men had
gathered in a handsome academic hall.
The members were seated at a long 121-
ble, at the head of which was the plat-
form occupied by the officers. Prof.
Lincoln took a seat near the door and
listened to a paper which one of the
learned men was reading.
The door was quietly opened while
nearly all the members were sitting
with their backs to it. A venerable
man, with stooping figure and an in-
firm step, softly crossed the threshold
and seemed anxious to avoid observa-
tion. One of the members at the table
happened to turn his head and caught
sight of the visitor. Instantly he rose
in his place...
The president of the academy, glanc-
ing across the room, also sprang to his
feet. Then one member after another
recognized the impressive face and lig—
ure of the old man who was qu1eIIy
making his way toward the seat re-
served for him, and before he had
reached it the whole company were on
their feet. The learned man who was
reading the paper was silentand oiiicers,
members and spectators remained
standing until the aged visitor had tak-
en his seat.
The guest was Alexander Humboldt,
then in his 88th year, infirm in body
but vigorous in mind. The academy
paid him a unique tribute of silent rev-
erence as the hoary leader of modern
science. There was no applause when ,
he entered the hall and neither clapping
of hands nor shufliing of feet when he
took his seat. They stood in their places
as though a king had come in among
them, and then silently resumed their
seats and listened to the reading of the
scientific paper.
The veteran was deeply touched by
this spontaneous demonstration of re-
spect and veneration from so famous a
body of thinkers—the wisest men of
is country. Even the American pro-
fessor, who had never seen him before,
knew from the brightness of his eyes
and from the fine glow of enthusiasm
upon his face that it was one of the hap-
piest moments of his life.
There was something almost classical
inthis reception of Humboldt by the
academy. In the best days of Roman
history distinguished men in their old
age were honored with similar mani-
l'cstations of silent 1'everence.-Youth’s
Companion.
[11 Russia a y oung man does not at-
tain his majority until he is 26.
There Is
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THE EVENING GAZEITE I .4 ' §
° MUTU Lt. LIE
INSURANCE CO. ‘ "
Oi": NEW YORK.
‘s
5)
RICHARD A. MCCURDY President;
. omon forhoYoaI # inglloodl. 1895.
Assets.
Liabilities
Surplus
Total Income
. $221,213,721 33
194,347,157 58
$26,866,563 75
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l.
I g a
$48,597,430 51
Total Paid Policy-holders in 1895,
Insurance and Annuities in force.
Net gain in 1895* ,
NOTE—Insurance merely mr 1mm, Is dlscarded from this Statement as wholly mlsleadlng, and only insurance
actually issued and paid for in cash Is Included.
.. $23,126, 728. 45
$899, 074, 453 78
$6], 647,- 645 36
I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct.
I, At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18th day of"
CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.
From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual.
Report of the Examining Committee.
‘ Office of the MquaI Life Insurance Company of New Yorx,
February 11,1896.
December last, the undersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual
Statement for the year ending December 3lst, 1895, and to verify the same by com-
parison with the assets of the Company.
The Committee have carefully performed ti: o duty assigned to them, and hereby
certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified
therein are in possession of the Company.
In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of
the investments of the Company and express their approval of the system, order and
accuracy With which .theacoounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in
general tranéacted.
H. 0. Von Post,
Charles R. Henderson,
James C. Holden,
Robert Clyphant,
Wm. P. Dixon,
J. H. Herrick.
Committee
ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President.
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President,
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary,
FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer.
IOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS,Cashier
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EMORY MoCLINTOCK LL.D., r. 1. A.,Actuary.
JOHN TATLOCK, .13., Asst. Actuary.
CHARLES A; PRELLER, Auditor,
GusiAvus s. Wiusrox, M. D.
EDEN w. Nicholas.
New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. 1..
EANEERv
HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr., 001'. Secy
ALBERT KLAMROTH, A88? 8605'.
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JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Trees ’3 ..
EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cushion?
WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. ' ‘
HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp.
JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of'Domestic Agencies,
EDWARD LYMAN 81101113111111. Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIBEcrons
ELIAS ‘J. MARSH, M. D.
Local Agent.
GRANVILLE M. WHITE, M. D.
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