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Show RICH FIELD FOR EXPLORERS. Tho Uulnsof TwoOriiat I'reblatorla Cities Found In C'litilral Aaltt. In central' nnd eastern Asia thero lies nn unoxplorcd region full of Inter-eit, Inter-eit, and to the nrcha-ologlst especially, lays tin- PltUburgh Dispatch. A gieat traveler nnd clever writer, tho Itusblun Hen. Pi jevalsky, speaking of thqoaHla of Tchertchcn, situated lu tho great table l.-inilii hemmed lu by the there unbroken un-broken wall of tho Himalayas, suyn that close In it nro tho ruins of two grent cities, tho oldest of which, according ac-cording to local tradition, was do strayed three thousnnd years ago, nnd the other by tbo Mongolians In tho tenth century of our era. Tho emplacement em-placement of the two cities Is novvcov-orod, novvcov-orod, owing to tho shitting sands and desert winds, with strange nnd heterogeneous hetero-geneous relies, broken Plilun, kitchen utonsih and human bones. The natives na-tives often find copper and gold coins, ingots, diamonds and turquoises, and, what Is most remarkable, broken glass. Collins of Komo iindceaylng wood or material ore thero nlso, within which beautifully proaorvod embalmed bodies aro found. The mule mummies are all enormously tall, powerfully built men, with loii)', wavy lutlr. A vault was found witli twelve dead men sitting In it. Another thno lu a sepcrato colllti a young girl was found by us. Iler eyes v.crerhwod Willi golden disks ami tho jaw . hold llrm by u golden circlet running run-ning from under the chin ncrosa tho top of the head. Clad lu n narrow wuoh-n garment, her bosom was covered cov-ered vv ith golden &tnrs. lit feet being loft naked. To this the lecturer adds that all along tho way on tho Uiver Tchcrtt'hen they heard legends about twouty-threc towttn buried years ago by the sands of the dyNvt. Tho came tradition exists on tile Lob-nor and In Iho oath, of Kcrva Mmo. lllnvntsky, who was In the earlier part of her life a great und indefatigable in-defatigable traveler, covering more giouud In a given time than is usuully Uicompllsliod by even those of tho sterner and moro enduring &cx, bears witness ul'.o to those nucieut ruins, which she oponly rvYertpro prehistoric! tho pages of her works. nUo make frequent fre-quent n-feiMic" t other ruins of ancient an-cient I'mr.u-tLi w:altcred throughout Hied.--' rl 1. 'o 1, of Central Asia. She hint', tin nt hurloiV crypts and under-grou.il under-grou.il v-.ulli In Uto desert of tlobl, In p 1 1 11 ulur, in u hlch aro stored many of ti. '! irvdrccords of tho nges. U" -i i'i -my bo, tho ruins do-tori do-tori I. . i'i 1 luinly in place awaiting tho or 11 . I eifurts of science to recover re-cover for ih.- woild n long-forgiitton pn:;o lu tin- hiMory of ihepcoplesof tho ghiljj. (h a, In tho case of Troy, private ii'. rprise may i.tep lu and, oontim.i. ,' the InuUlgatlouH begun by tho Hit ulan trovtder. read HiIb rid-tile rid-tile of a h)ffouo nlvillrotlon aright. I orlisitn lllm to siibiutt. Ono of tho most painful trials of Kn snth's ollo was Ids Inability to be I ii'i i'iil at Iho denthbed of his mother. sin- l.vnl lii poverty In Hrussels, nnd j lie 1 ; ressed a doslro lo seo hor son I .on i iiioie boforo she tled- The Hel-j Hel-j pun r-vrnioiit nf that day would I intri.tit Ida rerptest to vlblt hor un I,' 'li. 11 iiHoniod to bo nccompanled , v Mn vi 1 ho wtin V by nn otllcer of po-1 po-1 In 1 lie in. ght have consented to tills il.'i'i-uilaig condition, buys ono blog-raph' blog-raph' . . fnr Ik r saho, but no sooner did his i' 1 1 in i- liedr of It than she forbade boo in 1 'in.' to her. mid she expired In tlio lut dus of IWi'i, blessing htm with lu r iliiuT hri 'th. c |