The Daily Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 80, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 21, 1909 Page: 9 of 56
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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1909.
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Constipation
The first ultfn of tlio bowels going wrong
Is a htn(ladle, Many persons have head-
hcIio alter any Utile exoltemotit or exer-
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tures, entertainments, or ride on trains,
without suffering. Those who suffer In
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little tablets act directly on the liver.
They rue made for the treatment of con-
stipation, bllllousness, dyspepsia, sick
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and reasonable.
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New Phone 2770 Red. Old Phone 925.
RUINS OF MITLA
SOURCE OF WONDER
FOR TOURISTS
Mexican Stale otOaxaca IsTreas*
ore House of Antiquity and
Source of Mystery.
PEOPLE OF ANCIENT TIME
HAVE LEFT SOME MARKS
If you need Blood you need Iron,
and if you need Iron you need
PABULIN
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Manufacturer*, Moore Building.
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Brlght's Disease, Diabetes, Rheuma-
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tion of the Bladder. Bad Blood and
Njrvoua Troubles caused by Sick Kid-
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A. M. Fischer, the well-known Drug-
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by experience that IIINDIPO will cure
all forms of Kidney and Nervous Trou-
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Can't you afford to try It at his risk?
It costs you nothing If It don't do tho
work.
Sent by mall to any address, prepaid,
on receipt of HO cents. Six btixes. J2.60.
tinder a positive guarantee. '
/OR. BROILES, Specialist1
In Nervous and
Chronic Diseases
of men nnrt wom-
en. Cures Varico-
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Ti I o o d Poison,
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On S&!e Daily
Tourist Slespcrs Tuesday
Thru Slatpers to Ft. Worth,
Kansas City, St. Louts, Dallas.
H. Y. WILLIAMS, Passenger Agent
103 W. Commerce Street
(By (jussie Scott Chaney. I
Mexico is the land of mystery, of un-
written history, peopled a.s early ns the
world, If the relics of a period prior to all
tradition may be believed, these Inhab-
itants have passed away leaving no trace
of their existence save those monumental
i ruins which have since their discovery
become the riddle of later generations.
Such recorfls as might have served to
enlighten history as to the more ivn/l
inhabitants of the land and which in turn
may have held the key to that of their
predecessors wero destroyed by I he fan-
atical Spanish. The temples with their
helroglyplilc tablets and picture writings
were obliterated as nearly as possible by
a Jealous bigotry which found evidences
of a civilization almost superior to its
own; destroying In a day, as It were,
chapters of history which ages had build-
ed up and leaving In their place only a
few blOOd-stalned pages, In the wreck
were lost not alone remarkable secrets of
arts nnd sciences, the methods of read-
ing the motions of the sun, and dividing
the solar year; of working in sold and
silver and obsidian, and crystal and stone;
of manufacturing nnd glazing pottery; of
weaving finest fabrics of cotton, mixed
with fur nnd feathers; hut also all the
picture writings and scrolls of filter went
down Into oblivion and there remain alone
to speak of the past the figures of stone
and thos» vust ruins which have with
stood the ravages of time for perhaps a
thousand centuries.
Tells of Other Peoples.
These, In different parts of the republic
seem lo tell the tale of entirely dlffen%it
nations and periods, so dissimilar are
tho plans and architecture of each, but
the ruins of Mltla In the state of Oaxaca,
near the city of the same name in tho
southern part of Mexico, are perhaps in
a better slate of preservation ihan any
of the other prehistoric cities and fortifi-
cations, and being In a mountainous
country have not been lost In the depths
of a tropic Jungle as Is tho case witli
Palenque, In the state of Chiapas on the
Atlantic slope.
At Mltla the government has 'ately un-
dertaken some systematic research which
may lead to tho unraveling of the Btory
of the past.
It Is supposed that at the coming of the
Toltecs to Anahuac, the people of whom
there are th"» first meager traces, and
whose arrival is fixed by historians as
being 648 A. E>. that the' ruins of Mitla
were Just as they are today and as they
wore when Humboldt visited them in 1S0't.
It was his opinion as well us that of later
explorers that the ruins are prooably as
old as Solomon's temple.
An entire absence of arches and curves
differentiates the architecture from that
of the prehistoric city of Palenque and
WANTS KNEE BREECHES
GEN. HENRY C. CORBIN.
EVICIt since the nomination of Mr. Taft
for tho Presidency General Corbln
has had In mind a mission abroad. Mrs.
Corbln and her friends contributed $10,-
000 to tho Republican National campaign
fund. General Corbln contributed a lot
of trouble by trying to reconcile Mr. Taft
and Senator Foraker one day ahead of
the Hearst attack on Foraker, which so
pleased President Roosevelt. General
Corbln wants to go to Home.
less, tr/d feet In ages past, swift to do
errands of service whether for their God
or earthly ruler, and hero were gathered
great multitudes whether for safety,
pleasure or 1'or worship, for the h.'lls are
large enough each for a great building
and there uro numbers of them.
The present inhabitants of Mltla tell
nothing of the mystery which surrounds
them, and neither are they of the race of
the Aztecs or the Spanish, speaking a lan-
guage of t'*3ir own, and if they know
auglu of the mystery of Mltla they guard
the secret well. They call it not Mltla,
but "f.yo-baa" (the door of the grave),
and well have they named it, for it Is the
grave of a peop.e and tlfelr history. There
lad been no more discovered of Mltla
since the visit of Fray Martin de Valencia
In 15.13 until 1303, but In that year ex-
cavations were made which revjaled new
mysteries, hidden walls and chambers,
pavements «snd tombs. lti fact there
seems to oe a second Mltla beneath the
surface, nod the worn of excavation nnd
restoration stlii goea on with th*> promise
Hliat at some time may ,'et be found a key
to the mysteries.
The floors of the subterranenn passages
resound hollow to the impact of a blow,
showing that there Is yet a third series of
halls beneath. An opening lias been
found to these in one of the passages re-
cently excavated, but It may not be raised
until tho government archaeologist is
ready to Investigate what lies there.
T'ntii he shall be able to come to tt 111 the
progress of the work It Is closely guard-
ed, visitors being accompanied by an
armed guide who faithfully sees *o It that
no one touches or attempts to raise the
solid massive door.
On a hill near the main ruins Is a Span-
ish church built on the foundation of a
temple of the lost race. Much of the old
walls and foundations were utilized and
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lion and decoration from the high pyra-
midal structures of the Tol'ecs, though
the absence of arches would Indicate a
relative school of architecture, as the Tol-
tecs had no arches in their tern pies and
avoided for tho most part curves and cir-
cular decoration. >
AnJmeologists have not determined
whether the.ie vast ruins are the remains
of k irreat fortress or a templj, though
the* are usually referred to as temtiles.
Neatliy the main buildings, which are a
succession of halls and courts all ree-
tanguVir and all cruciform, are other
ruins \l*i cruciform, some of which are
supposed to be tombs. The main scries
of buildings whether a temple, or 'he
palace ol a king with its banquet halls
and corridors, l ave in the most remark-
able state of preservation walls covered
with mosaics ami carvings that are the
wonder of all beholders.
There are hi each of the north and
south groups of ruins, four-walled courts,
facing atout an open patio, lying at ex-
actly the four points of the compass and
with all walls on lines true to the needle.
The entrance to the north court lias a
heavy cap piece of iiewn stone and under
It leads an underground passage which
may have led to the other courts.
In the north court the walls -ire In the
best state of preservation, the mosaics
nnd decoratio is are most peeulla.' and un-
like anything to be seen elsewhere in the
world. The designs are all square and
all the doorways and gates are of square
upright columns capped with Immense
square cut monoliths twelve to eighteen
feet long, four to six feet In width and
three to five lr. thickness, how cut and
how lifted to their present height Is a
jnystery, as no trace of edged tools have
T>een found other than of soft copper, and
no traces of machinery bv which they
might have been raised. Nor ^ie there
near here anv quarries of stone similar
to that used In the buildings. There are
no windows anywhere, and subterranean
passages correspond to all external en-
trances.
Tha Hall of Monolith*.
One of the most remarkable apartments
Is the hall of the monoliths, a grand cor-
ridor In the north court and extending Its
entire length. There are nix massive col-
umns down the center of the nail seven
feet In circumference and twelve feet
high. The walls are laid In the most In-
tricate mosaic In the most beau-
tiful and unique design, the pieces
fitted and pnt together without mortar or
cement. This room Is surrounded by four
smaller and all lying on the true lines
of the compass. The corridor of rhe mo-
saics Is another beautiful vast ball and
whether or not these great enclosures
were council chambers of kings or sacred
to the worship of goda Is not known.
Here, though, orer the paved floors, be-
tween decorated walls now roof-
much material from the ruln.s was taken
to complete the church. The same carv-
ings and Inlaid work are in this church
I hat dceoraied the temples of ancient Mlt-
la, and some of the colored decorations
In red paint are slill fresli and bright.
Rack of tho church is a great chamber,
now used as a stable, but which was evi-
dently once a hall of slate, while a <*iant
cruciform tomb near by is used for a
granary.
This is but a meager story of Mltla.
No one may see It in a day nor write of
it in a small space. There is food for
entertainment nnd speculation and re-
search indefinite, and yet it is always
the same. We wander, questioning,
through the»i empty hails whose builders
left not an echo of their voices, these
vast council chambers and temi leR and
throne rooms, rich with work w.'ieh lias
defied -lie erosion of the ages, rivaling
the arts of modern times and jo away
silent and unanswered.
These People Ha*e Gone.
It Is agieed by historians that these
ancient nations "left" their country, for
what cause none may know. Hut that
they were not overrun and destroyed by
hostile forces seems certain, for their
temples and cities hnve not been de-
stroyed by vandalism and only the hand
of time has defaced.
They are still above ground after all
the agea and a city ruined and torn down
by the hand flf man is burled beneath the
debris. It is estimated that ancient Rome
was thirty feet under the site of the mod-
ern city and that each ruined house, pal-
ace or temple razed by the oouquerera
added Its full measure of material for the
Interment.
Tiie only explanation of a people leav-
ing in a body such a fair land end sueh
structures seems to be that soma great
disaster caused them to fear fur.her lin-
gering In the land of their home. Or
that most of theni were destroyed with
their cities In some such disaster, pre-
sumably seismic, and that those few left
wandered southward In search of a safer
residence than the land which had sud-
denly devoured them after ages of nour-
ishing them.
Wherever there Is upheaval of volcano
and mountain there must bo a correspond-
ing depression of tho earths surface
somewhere, as when a handkerchief is
lifted from a flat surface by the middle
the Sides must drop down.
From the great height of the land in
Mexico, the vast volcanic peaks and tho
sudden narrowing of the continent It
would appear probable that such a dis-
turbance had taken place here, uplifting
tlfe mighty mountain range with the con.
sequence that all the country round abou*.
was submerged.
In the year. 373 B. C. a great earth-
quake took place which caused (Jlsaatc
and ruin In Greece. The whole of tho
Pelopooesua waa shakes and mush of Um
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sea coast submerged. The ^reat city of
Tlelike was sunk a hundred feet or moie
beneath the salt sea, with (inly 'he top3
of the tallest trees left visible.
"Spacious Hellke," as Homer called It.
was a most Important pity and t«ie com-
plete loss of sueh a plaee nnd all her peo-
ple was considered a world-wide iMsaster,
but it may have been only the outer edge
of a wave of destru< tlon whleh changed
the face of the world and submerged na-
tions.
Should this have been tho caso nnd a
continent as wide as from Alaska to 1 Lab-
rador sunk in the ocean with its people,
leaving only the tapering high table land
of Mexico narrowed to the Isthmus of
Panama, the oceans which were else-
where, rushed in and left exposed other
lands elevated In their place, presum-
ably the northern part of our continent,
whose mixture of aqueous and volcanic
formation would bear out that theory,
leaving a newer continent to tlv* north of
the old. whose pe >pl#» dismayed and dazed
by their overwhelming disaster, wandered
southward in search of a kinder land and
fleeing from the awful encroaci.!ng and
destroying sea.
Tliis is only surmise, but all is surmise
and mystery where the history of prehis-
toric Mexico is concerned and • ach may
have his guess.
SHE IS THE "ANVIL QUEEN."
This New Jersey Woman Is Most
Wonderful in America.
Mrs. Clark Fisher of Trenton. N. J.,
whom Wu Tins Fans calls tlie most
wonderful woman In America, la the
woman who, from Panama to Maine, and
from Trenton to Alaska Is famous as tho
"Anvil Queen."
She directs the destinies of n great
manufacturing plant at Trenton and jules
the fortunes of a sreat force of workmen.
*0 RUSH Y. M. C. A. BUILDING.
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It la Expected to Be Ready for Occu-
pancy January 1, 1910.
Dally Express Austin Bureai^
AUSTIN, Tex., March 2"VOn March 15
the contract for construction of the Y. M.
O. A. Hulldlns was irlvcn lo Fischer &
1 .amble, general contractors, Austin.
Thursday afternoon the contract was
drawn up and signed, work to begin as
soon as possible. Tho contract price for
crude material In place is $ 17.Wo In ad-
dition to this the plumbing, wiring, heal-
ing system, lockers, cement work and all
inside furnishings are yet to be provided
for. The total cost of the building will
be $75,000 and It is expected to he ready
for occupancy by .lanuarj' 1, 1910.
Fischer tb I,amble put up the engineer-
ing building and expressed the-desire to
push the present work to completion
without any delay, and the board of di-
rectors hope this can lie done. With the
payment of pledges the work can tie
kept up to time limit and, with the se-
curing of new gifis, the building can be
furnished and equipped for a work that
will Justify the need at the University of
Texas. The corner stone will be laid
about April 15 with appropriate ceremony.
Walter H. Pope, a graduate of both the
academic and law departments of the
university, and ex-pesident of the V, M.
C. A., Is now In the field In the Interest
of the building fund. He has been very
successful heretofore In soliciting funds
for the building, and on this trip will
he most cordially welcomed wherever he
goes.
University News 'Nates.
Dally Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., March 20.—The Uni-
versity Cotillion Club gave Its first dance
tonight. The University fierman Club
will give a dance on Monday night.
W. D. Garnett of Gainesville, an ex-
university student, was u visitor at tho
university during the past week.
Misses Glover anil Wilkes are spendlnff
ft few days at their homo in Waco fol-
lowing the examinations.
Bruce Toagarden of San Antonio visited
the university this week.
May Organize Humane Society.
Spccial Telegram to The Express.
TEMPLE, Tex., March 20.—A movement
has been started in Temple for the or-
ganization of a branch of tho National
Humane Society, the originator of the
plan being Rev. Father P. A. Ileekman
of St. Mary's Catholic Church, aided by
a number of prominent citizens. Corre-
spondence Is being carried on with the
National officers of the society for the
pupose of obtaining the necessary In-
formation Incidental to organization.
MRS. CLARK FISHER.
Mra. Fisher spends part of her time
abroad where business affairs are tem-
porarily put aside. She owns and runs
one of the fastest yachts on Lake Como,
Italv. She won the yachting trophy
there last summer. She formerly lived
In Flushing, I,. I\, where she was vlee
president and treasurer of the Flushing
Hospital, for which Institution she built
and equipped a baby ward.
She married Clark Fisher In July. ISM,
■nd moved to Trenton. Since her advent
Into the business world Mrs. Fisher has
become a student of economics and Is
a conversant with the tariff question from
all points of view. She does not believe
In woman suffrage. She holds that If
women were accorded the right of fran-
chise they would proceed to vote aa ad-
vised by their husbands or brothers.
Temple Wants Experiment Station.
Special Telegram to Tho Express.
TEMPLE, Tex., March 20.—In the
event that the Legislature enacts the
Mayfield bill providing for the establish-
ment of six agricultural experiment sta-
tions In the Stale, one of which Is to be
located in the Twenty-eighth Senatorial
District, thl% city will become a strong
and aotlve competitor for the honor. The
district is composed of Bell, Bosnue,
Coryell and Hamilton Counties, the first
named, In whlah this city Is situated, be-
ing by far the largest in population and
possessing tho greater wealth and farm-
ing lands.
H* Was No Hayaeed.
Many years igo, when Londoners had
not the excursion facilities for getting
into the country that they enjoy now
Charley, a cockney friend, was •st-iying at
a farmhouse and soon mado nl,itself ot
home Charley, with his pipe, was wan-
dering around, closely examining the to»i,
ends and sides of a certain trim, well-
made object fenced around In a ;wddock.
He stared at It for a little while, then
shook his head dubiously.
"What are you looking for now. Char-
Icy?"
"Where's the doors and windows;
uncle?"
"Doorr. nnd windows? Why, that's a
haystack."
"No fear, uncle: you don't humbur me.
Hay doesn't grow In lumps like that."—
Tit-Bits.
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