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Show I . MEXICO VJ. XT ACHZOLOOICAL UXEASCB. r ;!-' By Frederic J. Haskin : v J- prints beld bis liaiba,- wails tba aixtB, elad ia a scarlat nulla, aot opaa tha . brsast of tba rwrtim, tor oat thia paJpi-tatiD paJpi-tatiD keart, bald it ta tba ana, and tbaa aaat it at tba frrt of tha daily to wboai tha tampla was devotad. Wbaa tba body of a captiva was aacnfiead it waa dalirsrsd. to tha warrior who bad takaa bin ia battla, sad waa aarred up as a reliirioas fwat for hia friaada. It is said that aawners alak ia tba butorr af tha ratirs world bars fanaiaa aaen-area aaen-area boas practiced oa a aeals eoav parablo with tboaa ia Mexico. Aaothar stoas of absorbing; iatcrest ia kaawB as tba ealoadar stuao. It ia twanty-two foot ia diamatar, threa foat thkk, aad weigba twaatr-foar tons. Oa ita faeo tbara sppaar haadrada of carr-iffs, carr-iffs, aacb of wiars aenra aa important purpoas ia tha csiralatina pf time. With that atoaa tba Ast priaaU wara abla to eaiculata axaetly tha- aatroaoaucal raar. Praarott daclaraa that ba saoaor eoatamplata tba aatroaomieaJ aaienna of tha Maxiraas witbont aatoaiahmrat. That thay aboold bava boaa abla ae-eu ae-eu ratal y to adjnat tbair faatirala bv tha OTOmasta of tba bearanlr bodiss, to lx tbs trua Imctb of tba tropiral roar with a vraciaioa oakaowa to tba groat pbiloaophora of aatiqaitv, ia Boat anr-pnsins. anr-pnsins. From whaara canaa tbair carious craditioat ' Tb principal raiai of Mexico aro to ba found at Pslaaqua, Mitla aad ia yncalaa. The splaadad sUtua, Tiga Kins;, now ia tba Maxicaa auuDm, was I ana&rthad ia tho danao wooda Bear Chicbaa-Itsa, a raised eltr, baliovcd by soma to antedate tha hntiaa era. f ha ruins of limal are 1 bought tv msnv to be -the oideat in tha aaw world, vet tbs donga aad proportions of tho pal-area pal-area ia theaa ruina would do credit to ba bet work of the preaent generation.. genera-tion.. Them is a boose of tba dwarf, oa of tb pigeon, one of tb turtles, sad on of the governor. For tb moat part tb raina of Mexieo are in inacees-aibl inacees-aibl plneea, and 'very few Americana art to aar of them except tbaa at Mitla, which are sot far from the birthplace of Porfiri Diss, president of th repobbe. In thia modern era of enlightened industrialism on frequently aeea chart bowing tba plan of organization of aa industrial corporation. At th bead of tha page la a large circle repreeenting th preaident. Tbea there ar circle representing tboaa who ar under him and who diroctlr communicate with him. Another series of -circles shows ths relation f tboaa who report to aom oaa elae, who ia turn report to tba president. Br such a system th sxset relstionahip of every official to every ether ofScial in such a gigantic organisation organi-sation ua tb Panama canal ammiuioa may b ahowa. Meaco mad aaa of this method of illustrating the plea ef government gov-ernment of an Indian tribe centuries before Cortes landed at Vera Cms. There la on exhibition in tha palace of President Dins a chart showing the or- nidation of th government of tbs ontesumaa before Cortea lusted for their gold.- Tb inter-relation existing between ovary official aad ths other of-fteisle of-fteisle of tba government is shown as aenorntely as it can be shows at th nreeent time. MEXICO CITY. la - the" aatioaal maneum la thu city there i marble tablet ' sculptured - ia, slight relief, which telle a atory that open up aa great a field for ape-ulatioa ape-ulatioa a may he found ia tb entire history ef arrbeologiral erieare. It was takes from ta mien ef Pulenque, . . ia Chiapas. city f ' twenty mile ia ex tent, thought to bav bees- deserted at least three f uU reaturia before C-lumbuo C-lumbuo discovered America deserted t an completely that tb builder af the greab city, aad the name they gava it, are aot even subjects sub-jects of remote tradition- This tablet shows a cross, before be-fore -which stands I two Indiana ia rev- WT" ersatial attitude, " " with uplifted hands. The features of th worshipers bear a distinctly Ethiopia east. ' Ia the eroea ia thia sculptor representative repre-sentative of tb cross of Christ Ar the worshipers : descendant' of tb same rue thst inhabited th Nil valley! val-ley! From whence eould th story of tha cross havs com to thee people! This and hundred of like questions might be asked and remain unanswered unan-swered today. But if present activities activi-ties ar as productive ef real information informa-tion concerning ancieat Mexico a it is hoped they will he, tb mysteries of prehistnris cirUlsntion ia tb Americas Amer-icas msy yet be penetrated and a aew world of sjrbeological endeavor opened up. Tb Interactions! Hcbool of Archeology Archeol-ogy nnd Kntentolngy ha just been established es-tablished in th City af Mexieo. Thia erbool i to be supported by Harvard university, Columbia university and tb Kveramenta of Mexico ami -Prussia, eh of tha foar contracting parties ia t appropriate fli0 a year for tha expenses ef the institution. Not only ia It . th iatentioa of tb promoters to entmge in arrbeologiral research and to muke archeologieai inquiries, but also to teach young men nnd women wom-en to da this character of work. The purpose of the aebnoi ia to go into aew territory and opea up bow fields af research. , Another Instance af what the arehe-logieal arehe-logieal stodies of th future may develop de-velop is dineloaed by aa experience of Professor Frederick Starr of tb University Uni-versity of Chicago, lie baa been in Mexico several years engaged ia studies stu-dies relative to archeology and ethnology. eth-nology. A few weeks ago he bad a conference with the Chinese charge 1 d'affaires with reference to aom in- ' scriptions on tha pottery in the pvra- 1 mirts of tbs sua and moon, inscriptions ' which are known to bava antedated ! the discovery of America by centuries. , Tb diploma' found on them a Chi. aes inscription which is one of th ' moot frequently need ia tha Chines I ian (ruses the equivalent for tho Kng- i lish word longevity. He ehowed Pro- I feasor Htarr ths Inscription and th I Utter replied that he eould put I hsnd upon dosens of identical one In i different parte of Mexico. Were some I ' Is tb pursuit of arebsolofiesl and ethnological res wares, ia Mexico ' ths . teamed men we go tear for that ?urpos bar vary amusing and some-imea some-imea vary excitins experiences. In studying th racial characteristic 'of ths van oaa. Indian tribe of Mexico, professor Starr has had ocensioa t make annate measurements nnd plaster casts of about 100 men and some twenr ty-nve women. - Tb women asuaHy object ob-ject seriously to the process, snd it is necessary for th jef politico to arrest them aad bring them to tb city jail for tb parpeee. They must nrst be greased, and tbea plaster of pari put over their belies and allowed to dry. OfteaMmes the victims f the operation opera-tion will not hold still nnd ths aaat is broken bfor A become thoroughly hardened. In several inula aces the Indians In-dians whom Professor (Harr was using to. obtain tb east, bsvs jumped out of a window and ma away with a half dried east en the upper part of their bodies, ii usually succeeds, however, ia gniaing. tb (food will of the people. On f tbs most important unnertsit-isgs unnertsit-isgs of today ia attempting to solve tha archeologieai aad ethnologies! mysteries sf Mexico is th preparation of a lan-' gnag map of tb republic It ia aaid that there nr nearly seventy Indian re-elects in tb republic, sad thst thee dialects are apokaa by practically tbe asm paopl who spoke tbsa in tbs days of th conquest. It ia believed I that with sue. map M will be possible for th student ef anthropology to get a picture of Mexico which will be of great assistance ia determining th time at wbrrh th various tides of immigration im-migration swept inte-Mexico and th sources from which these vsrious tides rigisatedv' There ar sbsndsat evidences evi-dences f 'African nnd Chin influences influ-ences ia early Mexican history, and it ia tbe bop of the snthropologists, tbe thnoloiBists nnd the archsoluirists that tha next quarter of a eeaturv may make elear many of tb mysteries of th past. . Tomorrow MEXICO. , XVL Indian Knees. ui me ancient aicxicaaa oeeeeuojtnts of tb Chinese, and If so, bow did they get- to Mexico Bach investigations as thee open broad fields of speeulntioa and make men wonder how far back into antiquity th eivtlisatioa of pre-bisrorie pre-bisrorie America exteads. - Ths- Mrxieaa government is taking a deep interest In th archeology of tha country, haa passed a law prohibiting pro-hibiting ,the exportation of arebsologi-cal arebsologi-cal specimens. Tbe baggage ef every person leaving tb repuT.lie is searched to make sure that thia law is complied with. . In the national museum nrs many interesting relic of . ths past. Perhsp the most interesting of all t th sacrificial atos. prepared .under Tixoe, ths seventh king of Mexico. It is a hug stone nearly nine feet in diameter and almost three feet thick, which wss used ia th death rites of th humsn beings offered jip as sacrifice sacri-fice to ths Aite gods. Around its face and rim nr sculptured figures in low relief repreeenting th victories oi Tixoe. A warrior holds a prisoner by a tuft of his hair; the victim for ths sserifine holds a bunch of inverted arrows ar-rows as a sign of-defeat. There ia a ideograph which shows th trih to which b belong. , 'oarleea ef tha warriors ar clad la tbe garb of the god To tee. It is related, thst in 14A nt the dedication dedi-cation of the Mexican temple, 70,000 captives perished oa this on stone. Tb prisoners wet drawn from all quarters of the capital and were arranged ar-ranged in filea forming a procession nearly twa mile ' long. Tn ordinary years th number of victims slaughtered slaugh-tered amounted to 0,000. It wss cue toenary to preserve th skulls of those earn f iced in building provided for that purpose, and in a single on of these ediicea, compatriots of Jorts counted so lees than 130.000 human skulls. Men, womea and children were sacrificed, psrtirnlsrly in see so si of drouth, at the festival of ths insatiable insatia-ble god of rsin. As the children were heme along in open Jitters, dressed ia festal robes, they moved th hardest heart to pity, though their erics were drowned in tbs wild chsnt of the priests. Parents would sell their own hildreu for the sacrifice, thinhiag thus to avpeasr- th wnsth f th gods of 'AMOAOd i Is making s sacrifice the prieseer waa bound haad aad foot and stretched n tbe upper surface ef tbe atone. Five |