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Show TIIE SUNDAY EXAMINERi OGDEX, UTAII. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMIIER 0. 190C. irB" . . : 2, --2- 1 i; Jejlh yirw ar 2TCXITZZU21A CASTZE CLifTW2:SJi& t&ZZflT U Arabian m .rjllli'11 GAXCW MM M which prlare, traveling aver a adlM desert, sight a Ixwiiriful dtp- - whuta wins rrta, spires aad glliulug domes furai a aplaadld Mature iu tha rorUddluf desert laadseapet la tixtk basitfp aad alaharatioa af arrhitaa-tuIt suggests a laig aad vigorous puiwlatlua. but ai tha traveler approach aad aatara tha gatsa ha flada aa aaa ta bln. Tha aaca rhalMapa or avra baef maria art assarted; atraala that baar tha trace ad rladlag wheels, steps that are wan dnwa hp eauatk-sfact, hauw tbeai aa aiurc: tha Hip la daaaitad, CnrBK a plan of ahauluta atlllnaa. ' Nothing aa appaaM ta the haaiaa mlad. nothing la aa mpnleriaas aa a altaatloa of I aaca feuad thla kind. vnaal at ara, deserted. Large ahlpa have here all wllh Mila asra, act, drlltluf almlesa-Ip- , without npula a craw. . Oa the rhaaad lalaada of houthan Callfonla I have fnuad acarca af lowaa aad Tillage l tea that ahawad that paan age lhap aupportrd lama aad Tlgoroua papulallaaa; pot tadap eat a penoa llraa wha bp lagaad ar he reap caa tell tha alorp af thaaa paaple, that appeared ta bate hurled tbrlr balotifiBga weapon, Imp leal eata, vessel aorta ra aad aiualral tha tna la tha black earth and ta have baaa awapt eat of aalatauaa. la a la tha caa tar af tha lalaad af hauta t'utallua, aa cue af tha rldgaa that aweapa dowa fraai Meant Oriiwlix, I aaca came npoa a lofip rock fatting fraai the earth. Ua tha lowar aide waa a furaal af rartua. Braaktag threugh thla 1 timud It growing aa a heap af dbalaaa ahflis, which could ealp have baaa braaght ftaa tha era. Be rip two Bile disuat, bp kuuuia haada. tin the rork waa a Maced Balk la rad nine nil paint, and aealierad about wara Implements of atoac, plaeea af Bnrtara and peel I a. whIM.hcnaaih the rock aaa tha knma of a rave dweller, bow partlp ailed with dehrla. aad M trnturlsa, pecelhlp, tha ahHtet ar refuge af tha wUd gnat la tha door af which arlglnallp waa large thla car g enough ta afford pmtaetloa aad ahellar to a famllp of act oral persona, I Maud a auBbrr of curhnia liwplrmcata, and deep In lha debris a ahull waa found that Blight bare paeaed aa that af tha ana if aa completely alieent waa tha bulging forehead, aa pruaouured tha lidgea over tha rpea. Bear tlia rove, bat an another aid of tha rork, waa a amallar plan arhlrh had bent tha kitchen, tha m-aUll ehewlng arldeuraa of eauka. Theaa an latereatlng, but how much Bara aa an tha erldeaeea of laat ncaa la Ariaoua and New Mexico. la lha rbuuuel lelauda eoaiiuuiilllea have dlMppeared, but la thla fiat region, ta what to tha Baal ara epe la rmaparatlrelp a daaert. rarea here paeaed no, leering aulp their hnmea and airauga bind I work la tall tha alary. That a comparattvelp high rivlllaallaa axleted la thla reglna agn aga la We Ini stupendous mine, qusat-- w. artletlc workmanship, houare hnllt with aklH that auggeaia marked indlvldual-Mp- , &JGTPZ2E W33in. 7a- - azrocxajzr V2rj3ias and tha virloua fribntarlra of tha Bio Mia luan, Walnut Canon, htnntniumaa well and castle, not to apeak of the home that top tha mcaaa of tho aouthwcatcra reglna through which I'ahrxa da Vara and Coronado walked, the latter In pursuit of tho fabled citlei of Cllwll. A greater part of tha Mouth weetera countrp waa once tha bottom of aa ancient nee. peopled bp glanta 80 or 100 feet la length. Todap thla old ocean bottom la often a tppioal desert. Once well watered with slreama, It la bow aa arid waste, like ionic parts of tho Bad Land!, and the great runaways or canons washed out of the hrart of old oreau beds hp the ruins or centuries, became tha homes i aad aaglnaertng pmjeda that alamp tha peopla aa a ran far above tha savage. Tbcaa aaknowa Aaroricana were aklllrd engine ra, aad their their Irrigating eanala, whli-- atlll aland Mad la with aand and graval ara af a remarkable race. a la waaderlng aver New Mexln aad tha Blx-- ruing traveler will And aaarlp ararpwhan tha rtmalne af thla bed people. It will ha a eruuitillng ruin, aa andrat burial plan, aa adobe wall, a Ban af hrnkea paltarp ar a lofip eprla allll la alto, fuet aa It alood whea tha anlanwa awaor aaa drlvaa awap, Tha laadlag boaiea of theaa ellff dwalllng peapla baaa baea looted for peara hp a riudal public, but now tha gararnuiant hae aiapped la and tbep an to ha Mr all time aad will roaatltuta a govern nwot raearva, la rial I lug lhaua arid region af tha f tarrllerba ana la Impraamd with tha that theta auclaata wan a paopla that wan aurraunded hp ardl-ner- p diti-he- e e &ZL- Dlitiii)iiiiiiiiio)iiiDiijj menacing trlhea, and to ear a pa their meagre thrp hid u in ile hnmea In the Inurreealble rlllfa aa a refuge, Imitating Ilia awallow In lie eprletlke and. Me perfarl la tha reaeinhlaun of the rlllf bouee ta lha cliff Ils-I- f, an high up la It errhad, that, without doubt, minp bare been pamed hp dlereraliig people and d peacu-lovin- CdszzEM&Gtirr dlulntegratcd portion af tha ellff and no mud tlielr henire eftru bundreda of fret above Ilia bad of tho canon, In pnalUono Ihnt comma utled mile of countrp. It la often aaid hp forelgnera that tha T'nlted Rtatiw hea no ruins, no caatlra, hut thnao who tap thla do not know tha Rio I'bnuco Canon, tha Hlo da Chclla have entlrelp reenped damnation, which waa the obji-i-- t of lha Inilldera. Iirlvoa fnun lha lowlunda after re pee d ih-- p allai-k- , weat Into the rutuina. altlea and adopted tha rllmlied fli-- ir weathered out Imrtlone au their hnmea, nr rxrtirnli-.- l -- I here, aa the nee might lie. Three built up nr lnckiacd with tha of human beings. just how curly three ellff dwellers were dlacorrred hp white mea Is not known, tint la IblO they were found bp Gen. J. II. Mlmiwnn, who annoourod that ha had discovered the remains of a lost people. He wee riding with hie party dowa tha dry beds of tlw Canon da Chella when something unnaual caught his epe fur up tha fata of the cliff. Tho ea valued! halted, an adventurous climber begta the aacent, and after a long aad dangerous climb reached the pot, the home of a cliff dweller, ' one of tha most famous u a eprle In tbs face of a cliff SUB feet high. This la one af tha most tppleal rains, and aa it la approached the remalna af a dwelling ara seen ta tha foragraoad doubtless hnllt upon tho bank af what waa once a rushing strain Thla partlo-nln- r dwelling atande oa tha north aide af tha canon and has a frontage of III feet, with a depth of 45 feet. Bark af U aad 50 feet a bote it, occupying a vast eravlea In the face of the ellff. Is tha famnaa Cana Rlanra, or White Housm The Hlff forms tlw back and tha outer wall Is tppleal of aunp, being formed of thla blocks of aandulono act la soft mad ar mortar, rising to a bright of II feet. The noma wara email and dark, being about II feet square.' As tha eravlea and house were 50 fart up tha perpendicular Ida of tho ellff fare and then waa na path nor steps, K la aaomad that Udders were uied bp tha Inhabitants, wha could pull them up after them, thus being abeotutrtp safe from marauders. Interesting dwellings of these lost peoples ara found on tha Bia Grands, tha Rio Gila. Baa Knidacs Bio Ulaaaa, Bio Bn ulto and other streams or stream beds la New Mexico, and la tha ancient province of Hubatoa and Tanoa, which laeluded tha Zandla and Placer Mountain, ara many others, thoaa of Laura Las Tn-qarGera and Man llircoa being of particular Intereet, telling the story of a loaf people. Borne pears ago aa ancient rule wae discovered above tha Tahua towa of Tesuqua barfed tbraa feet below tho river hank. The dad waa made bp accident, it bat a had been completely covered, freshet washed awap a vast deposit of earth, disclosing tha remains of tha ancient dtp, the houses of which were about SO feet la height The dlacpveren entered the rooms, found charcoal la tha old draplaces and secured many places of pottery. Ona of tho Mneat of them old dwellings la to be seen la tba Canon do Chico, knows aa Puebla BobIIol Tha Indosara la about 3 JO feet la length, tho wall being formed of plates of aandatoua and tera feet la tblckaeea. Tba south front la three storied, aad tha Inner aide descends la a aeries iff terraces. The drat story la aevaa. feat high, tha second also sad the upper Ms. la tha outer raw are 10 rooms, each about SO feet long and d fact la width; some dark, and evidently storerooms. AU la all, thla extraordinary home has about 100 rootnt. Thera were no stairs, ladders balng used, as la the Mokl cities of today. Tba Territories of New Mexico and ara literal treasure-housetheaa Iran g dwellings and homes la all stages over a large area, of ruin being found telling tha Inlareatlng story of a lost people who, though they amp hava boon the ancestors of tbo present natives iff theca territories, left no permanent record of their feta. Art-an- rwxriiosr een dnt'TKIB. a aallor rtip returned from a trip up tha Gulf of t'allfurala fmia Ia Pax, Veld a story a Mw dapi aso that opened the eyes iff eome of the t'allfnrnla angler. "I rama from Callao on a brig." pa ald: "got left at Manilla, and dnnllp nhlppcd Baheruian at Ia Pita. wllh a pearl-shel- l Down there they are like a lot miners Whea they bear af a new field they all make a rush ta Incite, aud our skipper waa an inch a trip. Wa struck plenty of pearl ehelli, and It wn while hunting fur them that I kid the time of mp life. We were anchored on a elwal about half a mile off shore one dip, when I saw whit I lock in be a big black while fin sweeping along; then II disappeared and rams up pnrv white, (hen Mark again, and I sew that It wae something swimming In a circle. Tha skipper at wild eyed a Ini aa ever I saw shunted that II win aa deb and Sniuld dmwn n all. But f made tip mp mind tbel I wmiM try It, 0 we f nosed the lmrinn Inin the bnal and started after It. Wbni we got sear tba School I MW that there were four or hunt five mp whirling nmitml n n them.. of fish and evldeutlp feeding p On waa They looked like whiles SO feet arms and qut'e lang. Their long, They were bird ihapcil. pointed wtngllka Una ntnie.l up and down, Mg wlilpllke tnIL and behind ram "It win an eaip matter tn get up on them, and wa gt tba line clear and cnl'ed and the and Mrirned In a email white beg that mold le tsard over. If necessary. All bring tvndp, the men sent the brat ahead, and ns one of the devll-lehe- e swung amnnd. tint 10 fe-- t distent. I teamed tbs harpoon Into It. Tfriw wee nn chi ore of missing It; It wa like the lr-I ruck side of a house, and ihe It fnlrlp tn Ihe hack. The nest min ufe thought the whole bottom of the ocean bad Jnmped ont of wafer. fp ramr the btg fish Info ths air dipping nail beating It Ilka n big bird -- a Slcht in demoralize any man and as It dropped Into tl.s water scale It nearly swamped the boar. Tho men harked off and I did some lively stepping ta get rlear of the line that was Jerked from the pile so fast that It fairly aaioked. and when th end cams the boat started ahead Hit a shot not of a pnn. jerking me clear aff mp Mst. Tha fish tnmed np the gulf and kept along shore for nearly twe ml lea, thro turned onf Into deeper water, and poo might na well hare tried t atop a fhkfnnt whale aa that fish. Ths rope Ws Hke wlra, pew rowId have walkqd aa It, thirty feet. I reckon. Mr nn boar. d The nchoooer got and--- r wap and no, and about eight miles np the coast wa all took hold of the rope aad I bed a regular while began to pall. la arm and I thought If 1 could get alongso we hauled. side 1 coaid hill the Tea know how a hook will hold wa is lha mud sometimes and defy the whole crew? Walt, It was a proposition something Ilk that. At first we couldn't gain a foot, ad It oalp drove (he dvll fish to nuke aff I a gnatar cxeitiua. It Juif v - . . - iZl k'JiCU-- - -- Ths much banted and badly haantad Caar of all tha Bnaslaa has now taken a decided liking to automoblling. Bat alsal tha family council of grand dobes has decided that tha dangers to tha Ilf at HI Imperial Majesty ara already tna great. Tha Cur, howaver, has had hnllt Mr himf ear which I" self aa enormous This ateeL with bomb-procoveted make ths car very heavy aad too uncomfortable to ana along any bat tba beat nf roads, aa tba jolting of a stael-cla- d into would kill tha natrons apitrm of a farm laborer wtthla a vary abort . - 7 vbsjzi2s:r bomb-proo- jjevjz.J' 'ivjr jU ns 1VO Trnr QTJJcutr -- y while. tha more speed and hauled the how down so deep that tf there had been nnp kind nf sea we'd hnve HIM; but we kept well Mtern and the inen balled while I lumg tn the line and kept It In Ihe crotch of Ihe bow. kind of a neck Right ahead of ne was of land that reached out Into the a; wo saw that the fish would hare to make n Mg turn to the right, and we made np our minds that we'd get np to it or break something; aa when tho water lie gan to shallow and the Pali turned we laid en hod gave a beaie. He never started that fish an In h. but we dul ran the host np oa It bp sheer f.ir. of Thro or fnir times the P.i pulling. tried ta Jump, but Ita s'rergih wen giing. Then It andOenlp tuned and swam In a bg circle and kepi our man si the st r Ing ear pumping to keep her on at ew-- n keek firversl time I (Imnsht we were over, but w kepi on pi, .ling an.l alter another mile we garr a shout and t,.nk a tarn hanled alongside. "I don't believe I eier bad buck fever, hut when I stood over t'nt b'g Ida. fc h,v like her st pinrolrg I1 wlegs a"d cd-'like 1 racehorse, li Jus; sl.-'u- i , a'ed the life auf f me, and I n p - s'r-- , t i. ssr so. li fidn't look ilke anv:hlng on t.,p of Ike earth, or nnd- -r It. Mr thu nutter, ad I never fell (nlte so sha.p b, fore', as If Ihe thing bad J ns It d;d pt 5 ret or tniM a si)1.e turn wo -l a. i'la-kMMr hue been ard no r.us-takbut I kept mp nerve In so r wnp j aud up wl'li the lanes It- T!e re it th'-- e I I - v I .as In the , oa I all Iwtuiu vt lue bvgL ,a u.p iu,x. pat , fk, Czar buys Bomb Proof Auto. The fish rose Inin the sir Mr hlr.1. and the l" W of the ho.it wont under wliii It. nearly rolling ua all Into the a. Hp lu-- k tho non held on and we settled down to a short brat, during which I cat'll the lance snd gave the -- h ser-ra- l atalw that hnlslo-- 1 It. It is'-- s lull w a f, luinut.-to tell It. lint llut l, lowed us ah iut l uni s. pioatip ai a n'gli rate of spr-- d, ns f.ist as 1 cere to go In an op-- n twst. tVl.rn we diukhml we wor-o- ff a sandsirtt. Slid we hnnlcj the hsh In nut nf the reach of scuka and wa.ml moll the schooner rnmc up, then we the devil fish e wil- l- - Lcr. Iiai. s If up with hliK'k and The iSh Was altout In feet across and bad at i'ic h ad two nnullke fine that It cvuid throw out and scoop Mod Into Its iiioinh tli.,1 was l,,g en.uigh to swallow e nun, N- - wt-lcr the Imgn pcnrl dives it the manta, er cl-- ak fish, as it - s 111- -a il.'rk eload passing over .i, si.d ihc lnrr could well litrg'nc tli.lt It a.--t gou'g to sulf.- - ate him." Tie devil. fish Is a slncnar T,, r.arp wi.ps. r often ewin. ns a tnn.t i. r a- -4 mrr n rolling oior plgn e.nn. rT.i'il-s- , irallp gr.i-efii- !eii ;o that over 30 'nit their stood us I pbot-g-nii- hs Things Not What They Seem . lakr.t. slaud -- hlldr-n sat In Ita was rropped o n Mr (ne . ii i - .he Itahainaa a ilciil-fis- h waa "l pears ago that was haulcl I'nnglit i-. lll 1- 1- t.. : hp IP hors-- s. and eat line led to w,!. ral tons. Ilanllp a liaikor In Ihe v hut ran prmline talcs of the log - that he towel vessels It fecins a great mystery ii's:;,.. "rt-- h mid It U , ' n rohalih'ied etorp," , bill d.ilncd. ns the fish in swlm-'- i . I dl , ri" chain and the Inailnctlvelp l n arms about It and pushes Pl'.'d l - lifts tio sni'bor from the fouls In the K"oi!l'.I, tt1 h . snd the lutter rushes ahc.nl, tnv I.'.., lT;ir-- i! w:" lowing the boat or vex e. A t: " tnattnl s. IuM'y.T has be-- a .f u herlvir In this wap. ta He ,: ; , -- f the erew. who laid It to v.nie s'v; - turul egcnip. wi , , 1 "m! The Arahle figure wrra nut Inrcntcd hp Arab. Tbep were Introdnced Into Kurope from Arabia tn the twelfth but tha spsirnt In Its complete form o'lciunied la Ind.n. The blind worm Is -r neitii-- r blind a wnrin. If la a small F.urop-a- n lliaul ba'rlng a slender, limbless li.tlr and suin', rpcs, which ara quick ui'd lir'il'.lunt. Ilriili'Ernpiu hna nnthlug In do with the It Is from the old English word grociu. Urn-- e the gun'll, nr lean. Rrpilgums, bride man Klre. air, cnrih and water wore taNrp regr,rdcd hp tba ancients aa the rni:i!tuii:i nf which all things ara corepr it. and were rvuaequcullp called elt'ciems, but tbep xra not elements nt nIL Germnn sllrer baa no silver la Its romposillnn. nor was the metallic mixture inrented by a German. It M a white alloy I'oinpnsrd nf Clipper, slue aud ulrkel. ind hna beca In use In China tlma out of ii 1h ceu-tnr- v.- I r; t rained Kish. j i . I"-- ' an"-- m.n'L ' M.i dealer In p- -t stock has of tluieeil oliltlsh. These -h, w ' . mm ho'da a sniull w.m-i f i inch nlHve the surrn-- e -- f ,p oi er the v and In gra-ef- ul IV t ' I, a Silver h-- ll swing lbnve - 1 : Inin In ailk-- n lie w 'i. r. I'hc fish when b ingrr tnk-- a - i .1 ne niuiiili mid ring the twit. il.i'P Will rroni iln uinn'a hn.d. If h ; ads of food J irt cut if t .e ,v wit- 'li wui leap up vi.l in.nrh tbe - fi'lC'.-s-. f,"! r it U.'w Lie. J s scar iu Ua.ii them. A nn -. l In a fish and a -' !' : iiiost ( thla shape. In performing this griiiuav.i uf fe: tha Mg rap Is ci u.y iriougnt In a curie, will' h n.alo-- s more grain.' fill :md lutriesilog D're;i'-l.iactle low large a my pi i. or dm., ki:-mfish, grows Is n. lu't or ycnre ngu nt was r;!ii't-- d ta weigh i -- ar'p -- r 1,' mules , we- -. i ':,s. n id M haul It aut af tim wan-;- , ka :'! was so Its Inn k In amt till ha im ronnertloB with the color map. While the derivation of tho first pan of the word So uncertain. It la from grey or gray, tha badger a l'i 'i tens hunte-- i hp tha hound. Gothic le n- -t tho archltectiira of the G.'iiis, hut the eeelewlistlcal style iu ling, and aad Prance before th rci.ms-anr- e. The term was applied by . I the lialiaus as t.nt of reproach. Irish s;w t a eisu that la little known In Klc paper la not alwapa mad ri. i l:crr iuuiI ul ttoa Icou , I that Is prn-- i Chios, Japan and clsw-- na kind where, but the term Is more commnalp applied ta a delicate white Mm which la nut rice paper at all, but Is prepared la China from the pttrh of a shrub, Balt baa long hern wholly excluded from th clnm of I indies denominated salts. Table salt Is rhlnrlde of sodium, dealing wax la not wax, nor dues It cooftla a single particle of wnx. It la mad of shellac and rosin melted with se, Th t1 tmwe la no hut a bird. Turkish haili ara n- -t of Turkish origin. la in no se Whnlelion but aa elaatlr. horny suhatan-- e iftn-hc- d to tha upper Jaw nf the whole. Wormwood has nothing tu du with worm or wood. Wbllo th furmition nf the word is uncertain It la apparently from the Angto-fiaxo- wermos. prov-rr- er of mind, from tba poied belief In It medl-in- al Tlrtuea. np Oldest KngrllaN A lehowao, Ths oldest licensed Tillage alehous la England la claimed to he the Genrga In, In No-t-h Street, Philips. Tha llcnsa date from l.Uff. Each story of the old strueture nverbanga tha an heneath. The frort Is broken bp blip windoso. a porch and a flight of strata H-leading tn a doorway iq th wait At the are tnoro quaint doors and and a turr- -t I, alii against tha wail enclose an whllf ta the yard still reumic, of tb,old g:i.!e-- y found In - many hostelrlev of pa -u- r-idc s- iKWMiiU wLU A Tba Csar's new ear was hnllt la Pari and coat la th neighborhood of f HHMW. making tt tbo most expensive motor ear oval turned out. Of course, nobody but tha unfortunate Cxar Is compelled ta taka pleaanre jaunts la aa auto which li covered with heavy ateel plates. The ants is cnormoos and contains a private apartment for tba Imperial party, a bathroom wRh hot aad cold water and i nar compartment far servants and A special commlaatoa of expert engineers was appointed by tbo Caar to run tha maebln for- several weak and make all possible teats. It baa bees reported aa all that ecu Id ta desired. Three expert engineers will haro entire charge of tbo car and a trip to Siberia la what they may expect whenever aa accident to th vehicle can b la any way traced to nay one of them. The roads near Pctcriiof art magnificent. and It la thonght that the Cur will protab'y review tho guard leglmcati hla new autoi Tba fact tbit one nttemrt has been mad by troops an review to kill the Caar, and another oven more recent to aMBMlnate tbo Grand Dnkv of bla Michael make the Inspection troops by Ills Imperial Majesty tn a Th f goto very significant Czarina, who I Mid not lo be market out for aaaaavlnation hp the revolutionist. ia aa enthusiastic aotomoblllat and learned to lore the sport while In Lin The chauffeur to tha land and Denmark. Cxar tv a member of one of the oldest lMpard families (the ae plus ultra of Ku aiaa nobility), and will become a member nf the Russian Imperial menage which ccrru'S valual'le privilege la lbs laud of bag-gag- bomb-proo- IX Ural .Waits Emperor. |