Show AN ANCIENT FOR SALE Tilt GUKAT CA1IOHIA JOCM OJ IEI LOTOTllUlMTnU STATES I GuclisnlF Thomas T nUUtt of Madison Count Ills has a unique piece of pro 4Tty for sale sal Le wishes the United Stales government to become be-come the purchaser It lithe great artificial lull at Cahokia in St Clair County Ills whlcli is the most ttujienuous memorial left bbY mtf prehistoric pooplo called the mound Sudden The hill has altitudeof 102 feet its liifc covers hlxteen army and it contains at least 3JWiOWJ cubic feet of earth Sajellr Itamey iu his 112 r to Senator Cullom sug ge ting the purchase pt the gigantic pyramid by the government It is a larallelogram with straight tide the longer which are uorth and couth Tie top of the mound Is lint and divided Into two parts the iicitheru cud being four or five feet higher IJiin the Hrtith crn portion the summit containing one an I onehalf acme On the southern end tome thirty feet above the base is a terrace or apron containing con-taining nearly two acres of ground In the middle of this terrace at Uio backof tbcmoirai Is projecting fa r point api > arently he remain of a graded aUiuay to asceml from the plain to the terrace On the Western tide i and about thirty feet sieve the wuthini terrace Is another terrace of sonieu hat less extent The side of the mound below the u extern terrace ter-race is very IrrecuUrand forms pro jren f1 feting knobs To the northeast corner cor-ner of this large structure there teems to be a f mall mouud attached The remaining sides are quite ltl1lli b l straight Cahokia u the largest pyramid py-ramid in the world l turpasiiug the pyramids of Egypt In size |