&smitkmiiBsmEm& '18 THE PITTSBURG ' DISPATCH, 'SUNDAY. MARCH , 13, 189a A REVIEW OF SFQRTS Teaceful Asiect of the Situation Among the Kational Ama teur -Athletes. FEW "WOBDS. ABOUT LOCAL MEN. The KemarkaMe Activity Among Baseball -Clubs of- the Kew 12-CIub League. the SCLLITAX AKD MITCHELL TALK. Vuj the Chunpion Is MaUne Tery Cnreasonable Demands for i Battle. The week just endeil has been to a Tery great extent an important one to amateur athletes and to those who patronize the sports of amateurs. For a long time pat those who seqjs to rule the destinies of amateurism on this Tost continent of ours have apparently been living regardless of the admonition of Dr. Watts contained in the little verses beginning Birds in tbeir little nests agree. Although amateur athletes are more or less "childien of one family," they have not been getting along well together for a long time, as far as the United States is concerned. Thev have really been aetinsr like children in fact, and the simple though useful advice of the late lamented doctor micht have been profitable to them. Well, what seemed to be a sure breaking up of interests is very likely to be averted. The powers that be in amateurism have held a meeting, and as a result the horizon is much clearer and relationships are on a better looting all round. Mr. Jansien and his proposed new organization have been re moved into the remote background, and the probjbilities are that they will stay there. For that, all of us who desire to gee ama teur sports grow and prosper, will be thank ful, not because of a desire to have a huge centralization, but because it will tend to allav trouble. The Board of Governors of the A. A. U. have, during the week just ended, decided that the Manhattan club shall have repre sentation on the board, and that the quality and cost of prizes shall be broader and less limited than during the pat 12 inqntli. These changes are sure to be adopted gener ally, aud it is well. When the limit was so tightlv drawn on prizes I opposed the i change, because there was nothing to show that it would be an improvement and there was much to show that it would be injuri ous. The trouble in modern amateurism has never been in tho quality of the prizes so much as it has been in the clandestine maintenance of first-class performers by wealthy people or wealthy clubs. Prize rules of narrow limits have never stopped the "unseen" methods of "keeping" good performers. The truth is that these unseen luethods have been the caue of almost all the trouble in amateurism, both in this and in other countries, and even now, to some extent, makes amateurism a farce. Local Features of Amateurism. Of late I have devoted considerable space to the discussing of amateur athletics sim ply because I would like to see them suc ceed here and at other places. This is the reason why we feel pleased at the turn events hate taken during the last few days. The prospects here are more hopeful than ever. There is now a very strong probability of a championship meeting ot the A A. U. being held in this city. The statement made bv -Mr. Wells, and which appeared in i ?:- i. : if i thi iiuucr xrjuay iusi, is ejLcceuiniriv en couraging on this point, and most certainly i repeat tnat tne J- A. u. could not do anvthing better than hold one of their meetings here. There is everything to gain by the holding of such a meeting, that is if it were not held too soon. The contest at the East End Gvmnasium underlined for Thursday evening ought also to keep tne athletic spirit active hereabouts. I am told that the contests are sure to be of a good kind and also exciting. There is another question which is one of the leading themes of discussiou among local athletes at present, viz, the proposed clubhouse for the Allegheny Athletic As sociation. During the last lew days I have been greatly surprised at the diversity of opinion among the members of that organ ization on the subject The idea generally has been prevailing to the effect that it was the unanimous desire of the members to have a five-story clubhouse. This idea is not correct, because a few of the principal members have been telling me that it would be lolly to undertake such a task in Bitts burg at present I confess that argument and business principles are against such an undertaking and if the Three A's would get to work and erect a clubhouse adequate lor tbe needs of their organization and nothing more, they would find plenty to do and they v, ouldn't require anything more. Dodils' Challenge to McLaughlin. One of the most interesting things of tbe week has been the challenge of William M. Dodds, our local billiard player, to Edward McLaughlin, champion billiard player of the State. Some time ago McLaughlin won the title here and the trophy presented by J. C Stroup. The trophy is a handsome one, in lact the handsomest in the country. The time is last approaching for McLaugh lin to have sole possession of the trophy and before that time comes the local veteran means to have another argument with genial Edward. McLaughlin has been so long in the van among State players and Dodds has been so long before the public that we must all ad mire the courage of the local man in throw ing down the gantlet to the champion. Of course it is useless to deny that the general opinion will be to the effect that the Phila delphia player will win, but there is never a certainty until the "number is up," aud Dodds has sufficient faith in himself to tackle the holder of the trophy and back himself for $150. Of course McLaughlin must accept, and it is to be hoped that tbe contest will take place in Pittsburg. McLaughlin would probably be the gainer by playing here, and if he would consent to do so fie would cer tainly be acknowledging tbe courage ot our veteran player. The tournament in which McLaughlin won the trophy here was such a successful one that the champion ought to be encouraged to play again here. General Baseball Allaire. There is really nothing to grumble at re garding the outlook for the opening of the baseball season. Every club of the 12 in the new League is up and doing, aud, what is more pleasing still, every one seems very well pleased with its men. As an illustra tion of thi I quote a remark Manager Pow ers, of the 2few Xork Club, made to me the other day. Somebody was saying that the Baltimore team looked poor on paper, The Xew York manager replied: "Well, the Baltimore oirectors think they have a good team, I assure you." I suppose this is the ieeling among all directors, and it is well that it is so. A feeling ot this kind lends considerable enthusiasm to the entrance of the long battle, and if events come at all lavorable at the beginning that enthusiasm w ill make things much more successlul all round. One remarkable feature of this period of the year is the fact that so many teams arc lar away irom Lome practicing. This means that all are out' to do the very best possible when the season opens in reality. It lurther shows that there isgreat hope amoug the magnates as 'to tbe financial suc cess of the season. The present practice trips means a great outlay aiyl no income and, therefore, good returns must ba ex pected when the income time arrives. r There is still another good general feature at present, viz., that just as everyboy.Ji getting into lice to work all the talk and- discussion about this principle and that principle is ceasing. The time for theory lias gone for a period and the time for good honest work is about here. From now on the talkers wou't be in it; the performers will have the floor and their deeds will count. To be sure there are whisperings about a "Brotherhood" and all that sort of thing, but schemes and projects must now take a back seat for a time at, least until our new and big experiment is tried. Home Players Dolnc Well. It must be gratifying to all interested in the local ball club to learn of the good work all the players are reported to be doing. True this is about the time of year that every player is doing great things and working hard for the opening time, and it often occurs that when that time comes misrepresentations are discovered. But al lowing all this there is nothing to show that all the players of the local team are not work ing hard and working well. Certainly there cannot be any misrepresentation about Beckley because "everybody" savs he is in wonderiul form, and what everybody savs must be true. If Beckley can regain his form of a year or two ago he will almost head the Kational list. As we all know he had somewhat ot an off season last year, and there were reasons for it. But all will be as pleasant as marriage bells if he can just come back to his old-time form. Hanlon. too, I am told, is in extra fine fettle, and if reports dre true Mark Bald win is in better condition than he was last year at this time. Buret has been doing some good work down South, and Galvin is as haitly and lively as ever. Bierbauer is in as good condition as any member on the team, and that means a great deal. In short, as far as I know, every player is in good trim. But still we must await results. We have so otten been deceived in Pittsburg that it is dangerous to hazard an opinion. If Denny comes here in eood playing form and Farrcll goes to the outheld 1 will pre diet that wc will have a good outfield. We are sure to have a good infield, and where I begin to hesitate is in the pitching force, simply because we can never tell What the pitchers are going to do. But there is one thing sure, and as the opening of the season approaches the jruibuurg puuuc miuuiu iiut lorgei iu j.aa& is the efforts of the club directors to give the public a good team. More than once I have drawn attention to this and I do so again. Their efforts are worthy of recogni tion. They have expended time, money aud labor with no lavish hand since last season closed, and if things do not come as anticipated the fault will not be theirs. Thejr deserve good patronage and should get it Local Amateur laoes. Things are not going as pleasantly for the local amateur baseball leagues as was expected. But this ought not to ruffle the serenity of the minds of the leaders of these leagues, but only ought to make them work the more earnestly. It may be that the County League magnates came to con clusions on some things a little too soon. Certainly some of the clubs rushed to the front without counting the cost As a result we have Chartiers dropping out, and. another club has to be looked up to take its place. The inability of the Chartiers club to carry out its promises ought to be a lesson to organizers of these little leagues. Every possible in vestigation as to the stability of a club should be made before it is enrolled as a member. No doubt the Chartiers club or ganizers ielt sure of getting all the neces sary backing, but they were too late in finding out that they couldn't It will be a nitv if the County League is reduced to four clubs, as there are plenty of good local players for six clubs. . And the City League has been disappoint ed, but I am informed that matters will be all right soon. The trouble with this little organization is that there is a difficulty in securing suitably grounds for all the clubs. To get suitable grounds means to have money, and it is not to be expected that the City League .members are men of wealth. This suggests that any help that can be given them will be welcome. Maker's Former Friends. Vic'ory makes many fjiends and defeat tries them. This is just as true in the pugi listic world as in the other affairs of life and Peter Maher knows it very well by this time. It is worthy of note that those who had mot to say in praise of Maher before he met Fitzummons are now his most bit ter assailants. It is gradually becoming the custom among certain people who pre dict this man or that man to win to con demn him as a cheat, a fraud, a cur and no good at all if he does not win. These censors do this I suppose entirely forgetful that it was their own bad judgment that led them astray. Maher has been a much abused man and unfairly abused since his recent defeat all because he did not fulfill the expectations of those who predicted him a winner regardless of some very important facts. Xow I do not for one moment blame Maher. I blame those who urged him to meet a first-class man before he had even proven himself a good third-rate. This was the cause of the whole trouble. Because the inexperienced Irishman knocked a few men down who did not get out of the way of a blow people very foolishly rushed to the conclusion that he was a great man, and in their gusto even offered to match him against Sullivan. Maher really was per suaded that he was good enough to meet anybody. The talk of his friends and the expressions of newspaper writers had a great effect on his docile and unsophisticated mind. He couldn't be expected to know netter; out sometning Detter snonld nave been expected from those who profess to have been taught by the lessons of experi ence. History repeated itself, and skill and science trinmphed over strength and inexperience. Those who "favored Maher forgot all about this being likely to.happen. They did not know that Maher only boxed two rounds against Jackson, and because they made errors of judgment they continue to abuse a man who, with little or no ex perience, was expected to defeat one of the cleverest ring fighters before, the world to day. Those "Extraordinary Talkers. It is safe to say that never in the history of pugilism, never since the father of the fistic arena, Mr. Figg, downed an opponent, has there been so much talk, blow and muster in one week: among the pugilists and boxers as there has been during the week just ended. Each party must have had scores of typewriters engaged and all kinds of catching "devices" have been resorted to in order to gain favor in the public mind. Amid all the long effusions and harangues one feature has been notable, viz.: That the respective shows of the parties were being advertised. An other feature has been more or less promi nent during the controversey between Sullivan and Mitchelk Whenever Mitchell has had anything to say it has been termed "bluff," aud everything that Sullivan has had to nay has been accepted as if it were gospel. I intend to talk very plainly on this matter and I trust also airly. Just as sure as we live the great object of all the talk made by Messrs. Sullivan and Harrison is to boom their very bad and profitless show. "Jhe leading theme of what they have sent to the public has been the abuse of foreigners. "Foreign blow hards" aud "English bluffers" have been remarks used on every occasion. Emphatically I say this is a degraded method of pandering to the prejudices ot a certain portion of the public so as to boom one's own wares and to bring into disgust the wares of a rival. Ho gentleman would resort to such a low de gree of subterfuge. I have read the "ultimatum" of the great boxers from, end to end, and while I Tiave had on many occasions much to say against Mitchell, I "do maintain that he has in this instance the best of the argument I am not going to discuss the relative fighting merits ol the two men, but only their prop ositions of matchmaking. Mitchell offered vto fight Sullivan for a purse of $25,000j bet mm w.ouu on tne result, aud put up a lor feit of 52,500 as a guarantee tnat he would be on hand to fight Mitchell allowed Sul livan his choice of rules. "Now, I submit that, there never was a fairer offer than that Most'certalnly I have never known of one. But Sullivan, in reply, demands his only particular time to fight, viz., in August or September, aad also insists that the bet be $10,000 instead of $2,900. I here make another statement: There is not on record a demand pf this kind that has been made by either a champion or anybody else of prominence. Good gracious, just think of ltl Here is -a club that offers' $25,000 to the winner, and a bet of $2,500 more will yield the winner $27,500 clear money, and John L Sullivan deems it too small. Why, the thing is prepos terous. The idea of anybody retaining a championship titlfcunder such conditions is absurd, to say the least of it I question very much whether Mitchell can get $10,000, and" even if he could I don't think he would risk it on an almost sure thing. If there is any real method of "blowing' it is that of trying to down an opponent by demanding big stakes. Sure About the Bis People. We should not forget that the proposition made by Mitchell, if acted upon, would rield the winner more money than has ever been obtained in stakes or a purse in the history of the prize ring. Supposing it took the extraordinary sum of $2,500 to train Sullivan three months, he would get $25,000 clear if he won, and why should he or Duncan Harrison have the nerve to sav that $25,000 is too little? In all fairness", there is neither rule, nor custom in favor of the extraordinary demands of Sullivan. And Sullivan's career has not been of so wonderful a kind as to warrant any such demands. I have often said that as a prize ring champion he has one of the worst of records, and I am glad to find that he him self indorses my views on that point. Here is what he said during the week: "I want to get this man Mitchell into a ring, and I want him to fight under rules under which he cannot run away from me. I met him in France in a mud lot, and I would have had him down and out in ten rounds if he had stood up and fought like a man. ijui ne iook advantage oi tne nues, like the coward that he is, and I was unable to get near enough to him to whip him." .This is the most remarkable admission ever made by a champion pugilist, 'and it comes from one who is termed "the greatest pugilist ever born." Oh, tell me, some of you well-informed people of the champion, outside of John L., who would have ever confessed of his utter inability to fight under the recognizedrules of the prize ring? In the long list there cannot be iound one, except Sullivan. We know now, and on the admission of John L. Sullivan himself, that he cannot defeat Mitchell in a 24-foot ring under the time-honored championship rules. The Foot-Kacine Excuse Doesn't Go. "Because of foot racing" I think I hear somebody say. But like all other good men why does the "greatest fighter on earth" not ston the racing? Fitzsimmons stopped the racing of that very clever man Dempsey. And we must not forget that prize ring rnles demand tbe contestants to toe the scratch at the beginning of every round. But even under Queen sberrv rules Sullivan did not stop Dominick McCaffrey from "racing," and a slow man like Kil rain "raced" in front of John for more than two hours. Hut tbe loot-racing excuse is too flimsy to discuss. There have been too many good men aud true beaten in the ring for the excuse to have any force. For the time being the friends of Sullivan are in. favor of brutality, not scientific pugil ism. If Sullivan and his opponent could be gotten into a four-foot ring it might suit the big man's friends best But that style of fighting has gone generations ago, and a more scientific style has been evolved by men like Randall, Jem Ward and Jem Mace. This style aids a little man to cope with brute strength, and at the same time can combine' strength, activity and skill. Champions like O'Baldwin have all three qualities, and if Sullivan has them why does he refuse to do what neither O'Bald win nor any other champion who has pre ceded Sullivan would have declined to do? If a match is made between Sullivan and Mitchell under Queensberry rules of course the chances would be very mnch in favor ot Sullivan. But Mitchell is willing to fight him under these rules for the largest amount of money ever fought for. The question is a very plain one, indeed. Sullivan and Corbetr. Sullivan's reply to Slavin is such that the latter cannot possibly accept John L's challenge. The latter cannot fight later than the second week in September and not before August And what is more, he de clines to meet Slavin until the latter defeats Jackson. All this is trickery, deoend upon it But although our champion declines to fight a colored roan, he is willing to meet a man who could not defeat a colored man. Sullivan is willing to fight Corbett and the latter is willing to fight the big man. Each of these boxers are in charge of show man agers, bear in mind, and at best the pfttposed contest looks very fishy to me. If they should meet and everything be all right I wouldn't be surprised if Corbett cave Sullivan the chase of his life. I use the word chase because when it conies down to foot racing in the ring Corbett is a champion, as we saw in his contest with Jackson. If Corbett conld move about in front of Sullivan as he did in front of Jack son, why Sullivan would be beaten, and that's ail there's about it He would beat himselX He has never been a suc cess in "chasing" a man in a ring and , only been a terror when men were foolish enough to stand up against him to "be knocked down. His record bears me out in this. Corbett, who is not a fighter, may by his active style of boxing be able to weary the very life out of Sullivan. But if there is no contest result ing from the vast amount of talk that has been going on, one thing is certain, and that is Mitchell, Sullivan, Corbett and Slavin will all be benefited by it, as they are all in the show business. Probably that is all that any of them wants. An Old-Time Battle. A correspondent from Venetia asks for a short account of the battle between Tom Savers and Aaron Jones to "decide abet" In this instance the request will be granted, but we cannot make a practice of retelling the stories of old fights. Some day we may, when it is more opportune, discuss one a weeK ot tne lamous old-time contests. Sayers and' Jones met in January, 1857. Jones was 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighed 172 pounds and was 26 years old. Sayers was 5 feet 8y$ inches tall, weighed 148 pounds and was 31 years old. They fonght 62 rounds, lasting about 3 hours, when dark ness stopped the fight Jones injured his hand badly early in the battle, and in con sequence tbe fight was n6t resumed until about five weeks later, when Sayers won in 85 rounds, lasting about two hours. In the first fight Jones looked like a sure winner in the first hour, but he was noted for lack of staying qualities. That was Jones' last fight in England and he came to this country hi 1858 to train Heenan to fight Morrissey. In 1867, when Jones was nearly blind, he lought Mike McCoole and was beaten. Pjjingle. TOTAL ABSLNENCE NEWS. Three months until the Seottdale conven tion. The Labor Bureau will meet next Sunday at St Mary's, Forty-sixth street Ikstead of bavin - a rally.Father Lamblnsr of Seottdale. will send a total abstinence circular to his parishioners. Tas Father Siathew Association will send in a protest to the court against increasing the number of saloons in the First ward. The pledges for Catholic schoolchildren are now ready. Et. Key. Bishop Fhelan is In hearty accord with the work aimed at through ihein. , Miss Coreiqah, Secretary of 8t. John's, Seottdale, reports an enthusiastic meeting last Sunday, lit which several new members were received. The March bulletin speaks of a general In crease in total abstinence sentiment It calls for n census of the membership of the union. Each secretary should respond promptly. The Board of Government of the .union met lost Sunday. It was decided to abandon the field day proposed. As a substitute for raising funds, each society will be asked for a donation. We pack, haul, ship, alter, repair, re finish and reupholster furniture. Hauqh & Keeitan, 33 Water st-v wsu A CROSS OF COPPER That Binds the Mound Builders to the Races of Old Mexico. VALUE OF CHILLICOTHE FINDS. One Article Settles a Point Archaeologist Long Differed On. EVIDENCE OP AN INDIAN LEGEND tWBITTEW FOE THE DISPATCH.! HE recent'discov eries among the works of the Ohio ' Mound Builders will lead to consid erable enlighten ment in regard to that' most interest ing race. The finds will also help to complete the ex hibit now being prepared by Prof. Harvard, for the Typical Square Mound. F. W. Putnam, of World's Fair, in the Ethnology, of which Department of he is super- inteudent The exhibit is in good hands, A for since the time of Squier and Davis Prof. Putnam has done more than anyone else in the exploration of earthworks. Through his influence Harvard purchased the colos sal serpent effigy in Adams county, Ohio, and he has written a masterly description of it . The recent Ohio discoveries were made through the efforts of Prof. Putnam anL Mr. Warren It. Moorhead. The expense or the excavation was borne by the World's Columbian Exposition Survey and Mr. Moorhead and Dr. H. G. Cresson super intended it The peculiarities of the arti cles found indicate mo re clearly and defi nitely than any before laid bare the iden tity of the Mound Builders with one of the ancient Mexican races, probably the "Nahuas. This theory of identity was gen erally entertained by the earlier investiga tors, but of late years scientists have leaned to the belief that the Mound Build ers were tho fore-fathers of the American Indians. The King r the ilonnd Builder.. The former theory is supported by the un earthings at the great effigy mound near Chillicothe, O. There the skeletons of a man and woman were found, the skeleton of the former so covered with copper plates as to be practically enclosed in armor. There were vestiges of woven garments in which had been enmeshed great quantities of 1earls while all about the crumbling bones ay a great prolusion of copper, agate, pearl and stone ornaments, pipes, axes and gorgets, exceeding in quantity and variety and in fineness of workmanship all previous finds. The head was surmount ed and enclosed by a copper helmet, irom which arose widespreading deer antlers, not of the natural material, but formed of wood, very true in shape to nature, and covered with closely fitting hammered copper sheathing. So tar did the pomp of sepulture ex ceed that revealed by all former exhuma tions that, when archaeologists were satis fied of the authenticity of the wonderful re ports that came from Chillicothe, they said: "The Mound Builder King is found- at last" Great, from an archaeological stand- Eoint, as was this buried treasure, it was, owever, only the preliminary of a far more important discovery in the same mound. A few weeks later only a month or two ago the same explorers, delving deeper in the mound, came upon three more skeletons buried at its base, thus in dicating that they were the personages in whose honor the tumulus was originally built personages greater in prestige and power, if the honor paid them in mortuary rites are any evidence, than the supposed "King" himself. Here was greater geld of art objects than in the first grave, pearls by thousands, copper -galore, in a hundred forms. The Cross In Ohio and-Mexico. But the most important article of all was the form of the cross, what is known as the Swatiska crpss, very similar to the early Greek cross, and like that which is found in the ancient works of Mexico and 'Yucatan, Great Mound at Marietta. and which occurs on the Palenque tablet. It was this which has caused the Ohio earth work to be called "The Copper Cross Mound, " and which makes the discovery significant and unique among all the exhumations of ancient remains in the Northern States. It is this which forms the most positive piece of evidence yet secured that the Mound Builders were identical with some one of the early Mexican races. This is, so far, the climax in the line of corroborating evidence to that conclusion; and it will be accepted by a majority of archaeologists and Ameri canists as satisfactory. The cross has been nowhere else found, in unequivocal form, among the art objects of tliA Afrti,ir? TltiiTiln' .annl.l.... At...!. .. mound of that form appears in Pickaway county, Ohio, and here it occurs in an in contestibly "original burial" (as distin guished from an "intrusive" burial, such as the Indians sometimes made in the mounds). The cross of the Swatiska type occurs several times cut from hammered sheet copper, the design being most clearly defined and worked with delicacy and precision of a higher artistic order than those heretofore revealed outside of the Mexican and Central Amer ican antiquities. The other copper objects, considerably more than 100 in number, ex hibit a greater variety of forms and better execution than any "of .former "finds," though few of them are unique, and, of course, none compare in scientific value with the crosses. The Other Finds In the Mound. They include discs, breast plates or gorgets, totems, forms of fishes and leaves, bracelets and anklets, pipes and objects which are conjectured to be combs for the hair. Large discs of copper as big as dinner plates were found having inner decorations in the form of leaves and the conventional heart shape, the metals between the designs and tbe outer rim, supporting or framing them, being cut away, as in stencil plates. A flooring of sheet copper covered the skel etons, and about the latter were traces of woven fabrics such as enveloped the crumbling bones of the "King." Pearls were here too in profusion the fresh water pearls probably such as are found to this day in the clam shells of the Miami and various other streams in Ohio aud the West "The Copper Cross Mound" is one of a group of more than two score mounds lying within a space of a few acres. More prop erly, it is, or was originally probably, a collection of three mounds merged in one (and with possible significance as in dicating a relationship) or equality of rank of the personages en tombed there). Considering it as a unit, it measured about '500 feet in length,. 200 in breadth and was 28 feet high. Work is still progressing upon its excavation, but it is probable that its greatest treasures have now been laid bare. En passant it may be said that mound ex- ploration is costly work. In this case (300 was expended before there was found any thing justifying the expenditure of a single dollar, and the totaTexpense to the finish will, in this case, probably amount to a round $1,000. i Nearly all of the mounds,' except those which cover altars or those obviously built as "signal" mounds, or, as is evident occa sionally, as the foundations of strnctures which have long perished contain human skeletons, accompanied by a few simple ob jects, but so many of the latter have been exhumed that they are now practically without value. The Problems of Arcbteolocy. Contemplation of such vast work as this, the complicated system at Newark, O., and the profusion of varied remains in the re gion like the Scioto.Valley, provokes ir resistibly the queries, who were this great serai-civilizedpeople? Whence came they? Whither did they vanish? Unanswerable, all I The last less so than the others. Evidence accumulates that they emigrated from the country in which their multitudinous remains are found, into Mexico. But before referring to that can we obtain even a fleeting glimpse of the Mound Builders, while inhabiting the North? A little is re vealed by a lezeud of the Indians, and a little more, perhaps, by the traditions of the "Nahuas. The only Indian tradition touching the Mound Builder race in a gen eral way, gives indeed a scant, and of course, not perfectly trustworthy, account of the ancient race, but it is the earliest informa tion we have and is very plausible. It is notable that this tradition does not claim The Great Serpent, Adams County, O. ihe Mound Builders to have been the In dians' projenitors, but on the contrary pro nounces them a distinct people. The tradition is handed down by the Lenni Lenape, or Delawares, who at the begin ning of the historic period occupied a region about coextensive with the present Statu of Pennsylvania and some contiguous terri tory in New Jersey and Delaware. They claimed that they were not aborigines of thjs region, but that ages before they had been created and dwelt upon the shores of that great sea in which the sun sank at night the Pacific That many centuries before the whits man came they had jour neyed eastward in search of a favored land of which their wise men told them, and at or near tne Jjatner oi Waters they had come in contact with the Iroquois, destined to be for ages their chief enemy. The Iroquois, like themselves, were journeying eastward. A Battle nt the Mississippi. Upon the eastern side of the Mississippi they came upon a powerful race, who con tested their crossing that stream. But by joining forces with their future enemies, the Lenni Lenape battled successfully with the strange people and passed through their country to the promised land of the Lenape, the shores of the Delawere. The ancient tradition of the Delaware j says that their enemy were a great nation and had many lorts aud temples, and they called them selves Allegewi. So the Lenape gave to the stream which marked the easternmost boundary 'of the strange race the name Allegewi sipu (stream) or Allegewi hanne (h.iuue also meauing stream and being gen erally applied to the lesser ones while sipu was reserved for the greater, as the Missis sippi, of which name it indeed forms a part. And iUlegewi haune becoming by easy linguistic evolution Allegheny, we have to day, perpetuated in the name of one ol our most romantic rivers, the name of the mys terious race and perhaps the oldest of American words. The destiny of the Mound Builder race-its-ultimate outcome with the other nations into the clear daylight ot history perhaps we may never know with absolute certainty, and still there are many Americanists who believe that we already do know. That the Mound Builders journeyed southward and finally into Mexico, gaining power and civilization as they went, is indi cated by many details, among others by a marked and constant increase in the size and conformation ot the crania iound by the explorers as they pass southward. Then the character of the earth and art works which remaining alike in kind, steadily im prove in quality going to the south, indicate development. JuSt as the simple tumuli of the North became the teocalli oi the South, and finally appear temple crowned in Mexico, the race reached the zenith of its civilization there. , Conclusion of Close Student. To such evidence as this (and there is a vast deal of it which cannot be here ad duced) is added much in the way of con firmation by the books of lifelong students of Mexican antiquities, like Lord Kingsborough. His work, of which the present writer has seen a cdfr in a Phila delphia private library, and which, by the way, cost its wealthy author his life, and was otherwise one of the costliest books ever issued, the expense of its publication being not lar from 1300,000 throws a vast deal of light on the general subject. It perpetuates copies of mysteri ous Mexican hieroglyphics, which may yet be deciphered, and throws immeasurably greater illumination upon the ' early history of the people who he thinks were ,tbe descendants of the Ohio Mound Builders. Among those who regard as already demonstrated the identity of the Mound Builders with one of the Mexican races, are the learned Dr. PtTster (in his "Prehistoric Baces of the United States."), and the late Key. John T. Short, of the Ohio State University, of Columbus. O. Both point to the Nahuas as being the particular race into which the ancient Mound Builders-developed, and they ad duce evidence from Mexican history to show that this people who became incorporated with the more ancient Mayas, lived long in a land to the north ward which tkey called "Hue-hue-Tlap-alan." Prof. Short going further than some other writers says, that he found ground lor believing that this region in which they had traditionally dwelt was the country of the Mound Builders aud even sets down on the authority ol Nahua his tory and a comparison of their calendars, the year of the Mound Builder exodus from "Hue-hiie-Tlapalan," as A D. 241 or six teen and a halt centuries ago. .aai ui mis is arfivcu at uot oy any wild plunge in the dark, but by careful, labori ous comparative studies and computation upon the basis of ancient Mexican data and dates. If this be fact, as there seems the best and most substantial reason to believe it elevates the Mound Builder race to a high plane of civilization for the Nahuas, as they came to be called in their Southern home, were so well advanced in astronomical science as to approximate the true length of the year within two minutes and nine seconds at the time Cortez came among them, thus closely rivaling the astroiiomers of Europe. Alfsed Mathews, i Household goods packed for shipment. Hatoh & Khenan, 33 Water st --wsu A CENTURY BEHIND. Bessie Bramble Discovers a Preacher Who Just Suits Ber. HI GIVES HER A CHANCE TO ARGUE. Woman's Progress (straw Threshed ' igain With a Yengeance. Orer SIDE LIGHTS ON MATRIMONIAL WOE rwHrrTEjr fob the dispatcr.1 The illusions concerning love and mar riage that are so strong in young people are doubtless due in large measure to the influ ence of poetry, plays and novels. These deal in romance to such an extent that they convey false ideas of life and too exalted views of happiness. "Experience is a dear school, but fools will learn in no other," is true with regard to most of the world, and especially as to .women. A woman usually gives more play to her imagination than a man. She pictures pleasure as something that is surely to be grasped when the demi god set apart by high heaven for her soul's mate comes along and with her enters the bonds of matrimony. In the novels, that is the end of trouble and the beginning of bliss. All through the exciting scenes are crosses, vicissitudes, threatening tragedies, misunderstandings, and troubles of all sorts and sizes. If cruel parents do not frown and threaten, and make the course of love as rough as possi ble, false friends, mean rivals, heavy vil lains can always be counted upon to inter fere and cnt up rough, and make things look dark for awhile. Bat in the end the obstacles have all been surmounted, the op posing circumstances have all been smoothed out, tbe cruel father gives way, the treacherous rival is removed, the ma neuvering mother is beaten at her own game, and the lovers enter upon marriage as a haven of bliss to be happy forevermore. Tbe Ideal Is Set Too High. Bnt then comes the dissolution of the ideal. After the pleasure of the courtship, the excitement of the wedding has passed and the lovers have settled down to the re alities of life, they will likely agree with Pliny when he says: "No mortal is happy, for even if there is no other cause for dis content there is at least the fear of possible misfortune." There would be less disappointment and less of the bitterness of shattered hopes perhaps if men and women knew a little more of philosophy and were able to Itarn something from the experience of others. The troubles of life come to each and to all in some shape or other, and they cannot, be dodged. Those blessed with fortune, love and friends have their trials as. well as those less fortunate. A little of the doctrine of Epicnrus would not be a bad thing to teach and preach to the people of to-day. He was a pagan philosopher, who held that pleasure was the chief good in life, but that was to be obtained only by simplicity in living, morality, temperance and the exer cise of the virtues.' He taugbt his scholars that to enjoy all there was in life required a cultivation of calm repose, cheerfulness or mind, and health of body. His diet and, that of his followers was bread and water, with an occasional bit of cheese and glass of wine to celebrate and emphasize high holidays aud fast days. What a load of car and worry would be taken out of the world by the adoption pf such simple living, to say nothing of the banishment of the pains of indigestion caused by rich food add over eating! Prudence was his prime virtue, temperance in all things his rule of life, a quiet mind and peace with all men a ruling desire. Hot Shot for Poor Preacher. In one of his sermons for Lent, a clergy man makes bold to say that, for 'all the reckless extravagance, the rage for wealth,' the lack of serious views, the degradation of marriage made so plainly manifest in this age,' women are to be held responsible. He declares they are lowering themselves to the baser level of men. They are "ab dicating their thrones and going down into the ring, acting unseemly parts, and laying their honor in the dust." The chief sin of women at present married women, of course is the habit of gadding neglecting the home. The mothers in fashionable life are full of a desire to be conspicuous. They train their daughters to be debutantes and to achieve success in society bv marriage. They hold markets for them and teach them the art of leading a vain and empty life. The reverend brottfcr says he doesn't want to throw stones at women that men are bad enough, heaven knows their sins are rank, - their follies without nnmber. But after this admission, he proceeds to throw stones with a vengeance. After piling reproache upon the fashionable mothers and their heartless daughters, he goes for those he calls the "humbler classes." These he says are full of a fatal, ambition.' and are straining every nerve and power of mind to help their children to a higher social rank than that they were born to. Poor fond mothers whose hopes are bound up in their daughters how roundly they are abused for the endeavor to make happiness tangible for those they love I "My dauehter shall never drudge and slave as I have done if I can help it," is their thought, never dreaming that, according to the reverend brother, they are thus inspir ing hopes that can only end in bitterness. The Old Fasbloned Sort of Wonun. The dear brother has the old-fashioned patient Griselda sort of wife stuck in his mind. He holds by the old ideals and despises the march ol progress. He hankers after the old style that has gone out. He is of the sort of men who hung on to wigs and shoe buckles and ruffled shirts when fashion had given them the go by. But he should know that eighteenth century girls and wives have given place to their successors of the nineteenth. His great regret is that the women of to-dayare not like their grandmothers.- We may pause here and tell him they never will be. But oh, how he does go for the women of society. He throws stones at them with what would seem to be the courage of desperation. They marry for an estab lishment, for freedom, to do as they please, for anything but the prope? motive. If their venture in matrimony turns out to be unfortunate they simply get a divorce and go on as before. This he deems one of the darkest evils ot the times, and his great horror is, that disregarding it, reoDle desire to trad in the sunshine, to for get the dark side of life, and to enjoy all there is going. He evidently takes no stock in the philosophy of Epicurus. It is somewhat hard to know what the dear brother wants to get at in the way of a remedy for this shocking state of affairs. He seems to want to iam women back into the old grooves at all hazards. To them he imputes the march of socialism and com munism, the growth of nihilism and the or ganization of dynamite fiends. If such talks were not the fashion it would seem as If he were terribly alarmed at the idea of woman's advancement. It is a comfort to assure him that nothing dreadful is going to happen. ' The home is not in jeopardy. ITomen Have Better Chances Than Men. It seems to be a grievance to the reverend brother that "women with much more time to read and -study are actually gaining on men." Thrown together, he tells us, that it is often found that the sisters know more than the men, they are more cultivated, bet ter read, better informed. Men are behind them because they are grinding everlasting ly in the mill of business, read nothint- but the newspapers, and know hardly anything beyond tne range oi monotonous mechanical existence. "Much might be said," he con tinues, "in proof ot the rapid advance, the actually achieved intellectual superiority of the womsu ot to-day." Whether this is the reason he throws stones at them is left to inference. What 1 he asks in mournful numbers is: Why do they sin as they do? Why do they desire to live in pleasure, and enjoy the world? Why do they aspire to freedom? Why do they kick against the restraints which were humbly accepted by their grandmothers. Why do they want to go to colleges set apart for men and mix and meddle with his affairs? Why should they assnme to write books, or edit papers, or serye as doctors or lawyers when men can do such work better? Such things are shocking for the dear brother to contemplate. He sees no end for such doings save "destruction and un happiness." He, moreover, announces that the Church and the Bible are, and always will be, dead set against free thought and equal rights for women. The Minister's Gloomy Picture. It will be sad for many to know that by the testimony of thereverend brother the devil has a double propaganda at work in America to-day. Owing to his handiwork the condition of the country is alarmingly depressing. Mark yon, this is what he see's in America: "The public journals pandering to an un wholesome appetite by feeding tbe public mind with the filthy details of criminal and licentious ..deeds. We see a popular school of fiction, the plots ot whose books are mostly adultery, murder, seduction and suicide; whose heroes and heroines lead immoral lives and make a jest of purity. We. see a poetry which seductively stim ulates animal passion; dramas which whet a sensual appetite and glorify murder and shame; -salacious, and licentious figures used on every hand as advertisements, and pictures imported from a foreign school and produced by a growing native school. I am ashamed to say, of a shockingly lascivious character. That is a picture of the state of affairs, as the reverend brother sees them, in this country. The papers and books and poetry he reads gives a startling view of his .taste in literature. The dramas and pictures and posters he sees exhibit a mea&ire of his mind that rather suggests the old story of the garter at the bottom of the proverb, "Evil to him who evil thinks." He talks like a regular old Blue Law bogie man. What concerns all of us is that the woman is to blame for all of the miseries and hor rors of this life in his oninion. Mark the consistency: The chief sin of the woman of to-day is to, gad about instead of staying at home. Then he tells us that she reads and studies so much that she is actually gaining upon man. What he seems to want her to do is to stay at home continually and let books and papers alone. To Him All Things Are Bine. His mind is evidentry a survival of the dark ages. He does not like women ho are inspired bv the spirit of the age. He says he sees all about him th "wrecks of homes," the "shadows and ghosts of homes," the "parodiesof homes." Slowly are dying out the home life, the home influence, the home training, the home religion." Melan choly indeed if it were true. But to a Blue Law man all things are blue. He wants to make the whole people conform to his narrow notions, and announces blur fire, the fagot and stake, death and destruction if they don't. The reverend brother wants women to be trained to his pattern. He wants them hammered down into eighteenth century holes. He wonts them to remain in silence and subjection, as of old. But bless his innocent soul he does not know that he is too late in the dav with his talk. He does not realize that the sisters propose to settle these matters for them selves. They know all about the serious ness of the bonds of matrimony. Marriage to them is as desirable and as sacred an in stitution as ever, but they propose to have something to say in the matter hereafter themselves. What women need is to grow in wisdom, and they are "getting there," as the boys say, with nineteenth century smartness. Bessie Bramble. We are carrying things with a high hand, and we don't deny it Reason for it is very simple. Carls bad Sprudel Salts are not a manu factured article, compounded by quacks and imitators, but are Na ture's product brought over from Carlsbad. 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