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CITY LIFE 7.000 YEARS AGO. ii[i rnk< iit* i.atf*t t:\ri.on a. tio* i% thk amif.vt nrr of * ip Pin. 4 i-mirr of Irt, l til to rr anil lrnm. laii-ll'r"rdi Ww Found Üblrh, translated, I>ll of Hit* Faeuta of Hltlorr In * hr llt'Riolp.l Paul—Ota. ravprlH f Fla* Pottery and Knnmel Work IMdlpaltln aad IMtacrra el exploration in the Me aovotamlaa Drarrl, Hraralh the Ramil <>! renturlea—The ttrteka That teriee Had Made *>,700 Veara \gn llullt Into n Fart to Proteet Hi oar Who Are Brlalnc the An. '•lent Klnit to the I.l|bl of the Crraenl liny. (Cop' *ht, 19W, by Theodore Watery ) S', w York. Oct 2t>. —'fhc German mall t.teimer which baa Jjst arrived In New York City hrlntio <a m< saa*o from the bay.nn in* of elvtllcaiion through Prof. H V Htlpreohk of the I’nlverelty of | rn vlvaota. whoso remarkable dl.rov .. ' tmWV " &> m 'urin—m m n * cm?. *#339 JL * •'*3 ♦ wa VV ' Agij- '%*• he Wr*W't*idthSfcA'^-^^ > g^nß>jjy■ ' ~wAl Llj'.vTa ga . ■. ! , 1 Enamlcd Coßlns Found in Nippur. *rl*i on the sil** of ancient Nippur hove Iw • *i of wx h Krc.it archaeological value Hf*d in tercet, li la fully expected that bin report of what he has found in old Baby loni.i in hie most r* ent, excavation* will project the hi.-lory of mankird backward Into the past. several thousand year* beyond the beginning** heretofore asslgn e! to it. la ugh Information from the tv<-rk :t Nippur h.* found it* way to Phll.nldphia to a how that ten thousand years ago (centdries prior lo the old tune date of tne creation) (here existed a civil* lxatk>n as roenprfhenatve ns our own; a commercial iy*t< m Inuit on ’‘modern line. " an exalted patronage of art and letlera. n far-aeetng appreciation of the k"od opinion of |x>sicrity, people than **rrt • war on the name pretexts that animat* modern armies: they nod linra rtfv in which were dictionaries, histories? etc., public museums in which were paint Th" Performance of the Atssaonai. ■ ulpuire. nrclMM)lO|lcal specimen*: 1 ueM machinery for mu king earthen •• and platters; they did requisite moling; their architecture Inhslod ■ ■ at leant two stofle* high, rover tn extent of n modern city bio k Jil i having a drainage system In who h eh ‘'an 4‘ in principle to some record ■’i :>iiunt- ran la- tm* **d; thair scientists • I,ej| a-ronomt and speculated on the "to menig c f the flare; the educated " ,r ' in for special rellgloua rults and look* I down upon ihoae pagans who were without the low ; the rich wore Jewelry *f h a modern goldsmith might be hrou,) t„ make, an( | they lived In the ■t'l'e during tne ae.ison. leaving their ' d* In the malarious country dltrl* ta care of ngeiiU But most mirvel ,,u* of u|). wlto rja*- evblance that in!* •* r in t • ivltlaation !fTcp*d but little from r own . ia In* orperated the ballef that £ 1 ' “ and was very old, that In fact. ® Uil •■ready havo been In process af formation aa many yearn an have elapetal between that day and our dnv Naturally, the dlarovery of thla old world holds an nailed |>lac* a mot. a at h aeologtst*. Already he ha- been honored tn Europe, by the Sultan of Turks, who lias conferred a decoration uion him. and hv the German universities, which are "inn with one another m flattering of fers of professorships and doctorate* Now Ptof Hllprecht is a German of the Ger mans and the** Tommie favors which have come from the Emperor down, must be very tempting to him Hut In spite of them he ha* declared his allegiance to his American college, and the gain to the latter can be gauged from the fact that he ha* declared the mounds of Nip pur to he an extensive that m least a dn*en years will be required to < imnlete ■ vo-k of cxcvitlon The train |* Inter.-ting a hi* work for th. latter Is the direct result of his persona.tty The mounds of Nippur were known to stu dents perhaps before Hllprecht was burn, and e\ <-n after they were opened and some of their contents scrutinized their tm porinner was not fully reallzetl until thl* almost unknown student pieced the frag ment* Into a wonderful mosaic of the etrly history of the world And sin e then It has been hi* astute diplomacy, his unfailing courage and hi* sclentlfls aruman which have brought forth thl* vcritabl* sermon In atone* triumphing over many IfTlcultifs Other seats of learning in other countries have striven mightily to wtn tho Ottoman content to their delving: in Nippur. The dlgg.ng 1* carried on in the midst of warring tribes of Arabs, who gallop suddenly over the desert and attack the explorer*, compet ing them to scurry to their fortified cas tle. built of brick* taken from the tcmi>l<* of Rargcn, who lived Mrt> B. <\, anl from there to boat off the besiegers until help can arrive In the form of the Turkish police. These bilk* are meaningless* to all of the party until Ililprecht can scan one by one and read the utory which the ancient acr.b# has stamped in curious runleform script Bo in hi* three-fold capacity. Prof Hllprecht ha* been the life of the expedition, and henre not only to the world of archaeology, but to the world In general hi* < ommg will be an o\ent of tmfMir ance. since what he ha* learned i* rtie link which connect# uh with the remote past. 80, In anticipation of the tale he will tell, the scholars arc brushing up on hi* part achievement,. ft l a fawimitln* utory, and here are It* outlines: Ancient Nippur, or, a. It w* called during the day* of It* prorperlty. Kengl, Is situated on a mar*hy plain In Mesopotamia about two day*’ ride on horseback from Bagdad. When the explorer* nr*t went there they *w only great mound* of sand, acre* mid .acre* In extent, rWtnic out of the plain. Arab tribes had their camp* among these sand piles, and In places they had burrow - ed Into the p:le short distances In quest of the curious tablets which occasionally cropped out on the surface, and which brought a sniatl sum from dealer* In Con stantinople snd elsewhere. Some of the*e Ar ab* were employed at sum-greater than they had ever earned for like period* In i ietr live* to dig Into ’he mine* nnd car ry the sand away In bosket* and dump It in the marsh far out on lh>- phtlh From an arid waste the place came to take on an air of bustling activity, and soon wall*, rooms, storehouses, pottery, tablet* and THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. OCTOBER2S. 1000. other things that hud been buried for cen turies began to be found in *n abundance that surprised and delighted the explor er . On the surface of the sand pile# wens found pottery and email objects of va rious character, some of which were let tered In a way to let the scientists know that they had been dropped by th* Jews, who lived on the mound In the manner of the present day Arab, as late as *OO A. P But, one. ihc first layer of sand was removed, and old walla made their ap pearance. the objects picked up showed I the ex< uvators that they were amid the I ruins of a city which evidently flourished centuries before Christ. Bricks were P .kd up marked Ashurbanapal. a king who lived prior to st*> H. C. The value of this find was ecllpaatl, however, by the ; llscov.-rey of objects which evidently be longed b>the retgc of one King Karashman Ttirgu. who flourished 14ft) B. C. Meat* tered around in profusion were the re mains of many objects belonging to that time, and when the find u announced with the man. evidence* of the culture and progress of the time, the world In gcn.-rul com |hi red It easily with the Greek and Roman .Yiroonlogv. and found It no* K> hard to look hack these few mldttlona! year* But further along In the report “it was slated that below- th* temple plat form on which th* relics were found, were diacovared the remains of another t> mple. whl.lt must have been built In th* rign of King I’r-Gur, many centuries be fore Abraham, th*' founder of the Jewish nation wa* born. Then the world won dered There -wa* very lie tie unb*s tt might l>e the tread on Itself, to compare with this Ar.d later, when the pmttorm of I'r- Ciur had l***n broken through, still ' another temple wa* found, this one built j in the reign of Burgoo 1 and Narlm Bln. | :-4iho B. C. Now Bibb- m holam had read of this King Saigon. but the evidence of 1 hi existence wa* not vary strong, and he was thought by many to be a myth Dr Ililprecht found hi* nam*- stamped Into thousands of bricks. Kven this wa* not •he lust, for one day the explorer* broke throulh the platform of Bargon. and there, lying on the ground, were vestige* of what ha* wince proved to be a civili zation that existed over seven thousand years ag< They had gone through to Virgin soil and in the hole they found evidence that it was the *tt- of the an cient city of Oalneh. mentioned In Oen e*t*. A pike of sundrU-d brick ar one side of the hole, when dug out, was found to t on altar, on w hich the ashes of a last sacrifice were still lying several Inchew thick. And there were terracotta vases, and some pottery of such pronounced beauty that I’rof Hllprecht says It would hole hn ra;i, .| Ore ian had It been found under less positive condition* There was n key - .one arch also sit hough It had previously been he-.d that k* \ stone- arches ivi te of Homan Invention, and Anally most Important of all. man) frugrncma of t e|et-. which when p:a.ee| together, were funnel lo he the public record* of tbla most at* lent time The tabieia ceiebratesl fe>r th* most part the victories of King Isignlxagglsl. the world conqueror of hi* time a sort e>f Nanoleean. wtvo O' rran the then known earth, nnd offer Subjecting ill Ihe people, within rea h of hie eermli *ettled and >wn to enjoy the fruits ef victory *ne| to pro mote that civilisation tpeaken e.f in t>i foregoing Thle we at least i.V B C.. and it may suiv, oven earUer { for there •r* piaceg in thx *xcav*rkins rhw* un niwitnutl for vnldffltVßi* mu* hav® pnw r<l Th** miimaif of tlm in un*W mihor fhxn over, anjr limit that <o\iW br put upon It. It In quite rvkletil |hd( lu* ■*U***tnt wa not a native of Kengl About (b<* time Atfnni and B*p In h** M vwkoninf. were xttU frvgft fiwn tho Ggrkui of helm, thla aoklm waa !(•■ kinir the city from tn north He wae the von of IHnith. Km* of Haran. nnd tn the ixuire* of hi* ennquesta he ewept the whole iXMiatrv before him from the iVraian irulf to the Meilltermnean aea He mode Erech th* capital of hie world, and eettleil lf com tort Ably to puretie the aria of pear* In errforrlnx civlluilatlon on all of hla eubjecla. howmer. he w> not the creator of anew arxl xreat ule. He merely mtrn Uk'd that whlrfi he found ready to he han*l in one part of thl* klngtlom Iconic before even me <fynacy of UuKulawcxlft had mail itaolf a |*owrr In the land the HumeriAJ* hal Itvoil In Kernel They were hirhlv ehrlHaed. peweeftil profile to whom the fine arte, trwmtnx. aotfenre and Indue* ry n4 an advanced relt|lou cult were ieoHn* object a fn life They huilt icreat tempiee, they carv iny utul aculpture. fhelr libraries were houeed |n aegMrv:e hufl'ltnjr*. the> etudt-1 the he.i,vena and they were adopfa in aim- Ike manufacturing purpulu luic.tiaamrh T i found them excellent rmdela and follow ed their kleaa In all fhlnxa. n*an to ado|H bif their worahtp of Del. (he xnd of Nippur How far thla civilization had advanced on certain lines may he judeed from the totlowtnx extract t iken fr*>tn a letter recently written by IV Hllprecht while altttnf amid tha very thm** he de •crlbea "Tha Eastern city fortification* have bean receiving my attention, and tha whole northern half of the blx city wall has teen iraccd I*he jrreat eAjtern *ate has been ldenttfl#d It w* called Abu)* lu-Hahn (Or-Ht Gate) It was an im mense solid atiucture <kf the earliest pro tie rtf onto period **The mo*t important discovery tnade la the flndlnx at>i fracing of a huire pre f%*rxo!c palace having a fto-toot front It was hurled far below the de*. rt under e ponderous ma>s of ruins The whoia southern facade of the hulldlnjre has now been excevatei I have been able to prove conclusively that It had at least two stoHea One window, tha only one pre served on thla aide of the structure, was found We excavated a few rooms The floors were carefully laid with baked brick "In the rooms ware found a number of pre-j&arxonlr tablets, a aeal. a very ancient ami itjipreMQf* In clay, abowlrtf an eagle with outspread wtu#rs rerojrnlseri from similar fl*ures on the monuments of Tel lo. and a few other objects of peculiar character At the weal win* was a well. hu|lt of characteristic pr* S.irxonlc bricks A large vase and cap were found nearby standing 01. a little plaiform M.nv traces of the |>re*Bjriron!c period have been dlaiovervd. amon* them are seven large frejpnef.ts of a limestone relief rep resents* a battle m ene. We have found so many pre-Bar*onlc structures at so many different places m Nippur that we begin xradually to understand what im porutnre the city must have had tn pos aeaaln* the chief and moat revered shrine tn all Babylonia " In another letter Dr Hllprecht states that he discovered the temple library It w**a In a sefurate l.hr.*r> butldin*. snl It contained tablets lnscrlhei with a history of th time and of times then lon* tfono by When they are all translated It ia probable they will extend our knowledge of man far beyond the conquests of Lugalsatfgl'd. Bo what Eugilza*tfli found and what Dr. Hflprecht uncovered was an extensive waIJM city, with great gates carved with a definite klea of art; a king’.- iwtlace which, for six** and beauty, would com* pare with tnorlern structures of thH% kind, a government library. In which the his tory of the nation was Indelibly cut into tobleis and the latter stored away on ledges around the wo in*, an appreciation f good living .is evln vd in the t#-n.ins of private dwelling**. In one of which n kitchen waa found In an ex> • llent atnte of preservation; In short, a city laid out and operated on a modern basis in th davs when m*n heretofore was auptmaeil to be not murh more advanced than the beam of the held. Furthermore, these people had In them the vital spark of patriotism, the most ronvin- ing evidence of their civilisation. f**r hardly had the heel of the *>pprtesor been removed from their ne< k by the iWath of the world con queror than they arose and forcibly re- Inscrtbej Bit tk Found in Nippur. claimed their ancient rights from his suck cewaor*. Now. this outline of the discoveries of Pr Hllprecht haw led the reader so rap idly back through the mlllenlums as to sugrgest the possibility of gaps In the suc ceeston. but Nippur Is an Ins* rlhed monu ment of the history of tha- world, and he diggings are revealing theeviden at the auca-esslve centuries with the regularity of .a carefully numbered folio Only it la tn* early page* In which the world Is most Irrteresia-d, the r-'-wd of that clvilliatton whldh existed long previous to .V B r. It Is of this wonderful period that Dr. Hllprecht Is coming home to speak, anal tt I* because It W‘H bring us many mll lenlums nearer to our origin that hi* word will be regarded as are there of an oracle Theodore Water*. A Poor Parrot far a Itula-her. From the London Telegraph. In Farrlngdon meat market ran be ] bought second-hand boot*, umbrella*, and all sort* of things During the morning, a man rntereal trying to sell s parrn t and there was an Inimedut’e cry fr an the stall* Of "Throw him out’" quite In explicable to Ihe untnltlulrd Thlu I* the story Home years ago a parrot > Orfler had a grievance ngalnst a butcher He Holed Ms tlm# 'me day he came with a fine gray bird, which said. '”4avo>ly meat! Ix>vely mo-wt!” The but'her tn question at on. r became the purchaser, at a big price Rut he soon i*;>emed. for the treacherous seller had *a,vht the bird to say. "Don't tell Ihe I |/,y what the meat wielghs. tell her who . |t come* to.” —Useful—"hay. that huntlrop dog Is no good. I aouldn t have l*im around.'* “Yaa. you would. —• keep 14m to land C 6 lea go Hetofd. CONFIDE IN A WOMAN B evident that women rneed competent t their health. Is it not well for them to to secure it 7 Tell yc/ur story without to Mrs. Pinkho.m; she never breaks snd her advice is the best in the world. Vs two letters show how helpful It is. [PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL PEHMIHSION [ . Print*am : I have rrraul an nx mh about your irmat kindness to icn tbst l thought I would wrt w and tell you of my troubles. In 1 have s blood dtw4Mss which t* doctors nil dry nwn t hare leal of medicine hut received tjo jmruianent beiicflt. ao thought I ir tnadtatnr Menus are irregular, and lam troubled with tea sel* ere constipated ; eometl* is* have aharp pains ; cannot alocp ■ auch shaking snail* I noun, ft bo *UU buffer with pain In lower In tur akU< under left breast, *u,| thrungh my ahaet; also troubled >of ore*tii and dlulam Ilaaw give mr yunr advice I** PTCRAM: When I'vrmtr to you some time ago I wsa feeltng tbls I followed tho tu*4re you g-nre me. and must ear that I rvoodlee arc the jrreateKt iremed ice on earth. 1 took both Lydia E. 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I was completely rn and my condition was very aerlou# After reading of the gmd dielne had done for others I eoneluded to write to you for advlee. Upon reivArving your reply I took a course of your medicine and am now well. The Lydte t. Bilik ham Vegetable Compound also cured me of the awful headaches I woa subject to. I shall never be without your medial or l cheerfully reeomiuend it to all and tirnUy believe it capable of curing any female sickness. . t MISS DELLA M HITTLE. ten you go to your druggist for Mrs. Pink .m’s remedies do not let him persun.de you something “fust as good.” He is merely try ing to make a larger profit. The medicine that surely cures women is LYDIA E. PINKHAMS VEGETABLE COMPOUND. O' MR* DFirA nrv Owl** to Ik. Oo th.l iraorU hw bom tu#* to uom a# L I al 111 ft KP-Vya\ mV I M tkn.l tk *r mitn.il w. ol Ih. Uotlnmani font. *r .rr . ..n.tsnllr (*>Mkb- HT Ki a HI ■■ ■ T ’ las. at Haw d.peMlet afik A. N.r-.nal Ckr Bali *4 Lrea. Hut . w W XX XX X 4duch will b* paid In nr per—jd who will .bow Ural lb. abov* IM4>uo>ml. , not scaumr. nr .... v iMw k iwa belorv oNsiotaa lb. *&sn' spectal permlwoo I VDtA t PINKHAM MKDICINR CO. O A I’iH.l I h %l. NItTAKB. The Wav l'.#rn tint Ahead of the Fel low t-'roni the f It y. *T’ve Jest larn down ter tho corners ter hear that fellow from the city tell us how we ought ter run the govroent," *nid ihe deacon, dropping In the kitchen, where Hannnh was doing tip the season * pre serve*. “He w.is a putty slfc k talker.** he con tinued. halving a peach, and gulping both down minus th* xt*fie. with one ’wrist of his !hn*ot muscles. “Putty slick, I should say Barter tn aiie ye l—lieve that white mis b.in k an' • Burkslirer hog wrarn't a hug hi nil ur fc** he Ptild 10 I h'johe h* b’llevf | aii he mild hlmxelf. but he thought we dd." 11 m iwfi * wcHiped a bud > o fnewly | re **r\erl f from the bnuu kettle to a ftlaaß )*r, • Wtred It tlfhi, u and then rej4*l “I thou [fpt you wax glue a long time, Kxt a an* 1 might t.n uweal It w,i* politics.” As 1 -wax s*vh , tt., :low wax put ty slick with his tong 1 w* deacon con tin ileal not noil Ing Interruption. \Vh a he said the c, • wax goln' ter the <*/.gs an h- we , 1 awake nights thlr. in' o' It. I sorter pitied him. Ha dldt ,’x Inaik ’* If he and I(*i-1 much sle*-p over ft. hit I thought mayb, I was mistaken Hv t s**id that we wax goln' ter becum an r " apdre. at,' that King William wax gian' t *r ru> us Lke ih-m kings In tory hooks. 'fi we tlldn't up an' vote agin him I ask ed him whb h William he meant, aayln’ that there wnx two Williams that wanted Iter be king We sorter looked sadat 'that, an' said: • ” My friend, did ye teke this as a Joke? ! If ye did I feel sorry fur yer Intelligence. \ I ain’t out here tar Instruct slmple-mlnd ] ed children * ”1 *ald I wax glad ter hear It. fur I ! thought from his talk he atldn' think we knewed much Then because some of 'em I laughed at this he aorler riled up an' ; said ” If the gentleman that It so fond of Interruptin' will step up where I ran set* | him I'll answer his questions. Thai’s I what i'm here for Htep right up this way! Right here. tr’” "Then 1 walked tip, an'——'* ''l'xta. ye didn't!" IMerJe ted Hannah "Yea, I did I warn'! afraid of 'em, ! nor of him If the country was a-gotn' Iter the dg* I want'd ter know. I might do some of the lyin' aake o' nights, too. ibcio. There alt) t uo ofit tiui flunk* narg !o‘ his country than me an* if It’s all wrongg, I'm goln* ter know It. Ye didn’t know ye wax livin' under king. Ilan- I hah. did ye, an* that we ain't got no morn liberty now than we had before we : llcksgy the Britishers, an' that we lr only a ccmny of Kng'and agin?" ! “K en and o’ goodness, btra. what be ye ItaU-.ln* ’bout!*' “Jest what that fellow s#kf. an' then hr ears that we couldn’t make a livin' ajiy more Jest fur supportin' an army uu’ a rotlnoo for King William's cour* ittbrs Ye can t sell what, ye raise cm y* r /farms, he nays. n’ there ain’t no money 4 'gi the l*nd. not' rough ter go round an* give every man S3) That kinder stump'd soma of cm In the audience, an' t could see tm s. rat chin their heads I began ter feel that we had moron our share of the money, ilannan. an' faelln' aorry fur tha speaker. 1 said, says I: " 'Do ye know the price of hogs round here?" ‘No, sir.' he gild, ‘I do not, an' what'a that got ter do with the money question. I might ask ye If ye h*ive any hogs?" " 'Yes, - rays I, ‘one or two putty black an' white ones, ah' I though I'd tag > some off your hands If he didn't nave twenty dollars ter ysr name I mighty* tape up a lettle more'n that.' '• ‘Ah. more levity. 1 see!' he aaid. 'Our friend here must have his leetle Joke. Then let hltn have |i. We ll have a lesson In hogs here, a little sum In arithmetic. Ye any ye'd tak* some hogs off my hsnd If I had 'em ter sell?' •• 'Yen,' l say*, sseln' you need the money an' then ain't no market fur what ye raise on the farms. I'll buy 'em ' " This Is a bargain, gentlemen, ter Illus trate my point. an' ye're all witnesses ter lt,‘ he said, turnin' ter the audience an' wavin' his hand. 'How many hogs will ye take?" '• ' Bout twenty if ye can bring 'em ter morrow.' " 'An' what price will ye give for 'em?' he asks again. " Jest whai they're quoted In hw papers ter tw> wurih an' maybe a leetle mote, seem' |t’i ye.' •• Twenty hog* ter-morrow at the high est market rates,' he says quietly, an’ ter make the bargain good we'll each de posit twenty dollars with the chairman of till* meeting ter he forfeited If el her one falls ter keep ter the terms o' th>* agr.o mint. Is the' right?' " 'lt Is.' I said, an' we both put up our money." "Ye dtdn'l, Kirs'" "Tee I did, Hannah, an Sham hog* won't cuta ur-mofxor, at* imj *-d£ fsdtt s twenty dollars will be mine. There ain't no hogs in twenty nub s o' her* that doesn't U ng n r nv . an* If be < urns ter buy 'ecu from me he’ll have ter pay a lee tie more n the market prices. I gue*a he‘|| |*t me claim the twenty dollars. 'Twould be 'hoaf*er for him An the end, I somehow some prop** talk too much. •'These preserves are homtl. Hannah an* yc got a lot of ’em But If anybody cuma mui trvln’ ter buy tg* doen't sell *m any. Tell 'cm they must see ne " M rge K . Waiah. (Arsges. How to Preserve Them Fresh for Win ter !*•#.—Orapr* may be kept for vnontha past their regular time by very simple means Helect perfect bunches and thus# -olid on the stems, wrap each one in tissue paper, blue |tt s good ns any. twist the enl* of the p.i|>er closely snd pack the gripes away pi a box nr basket, put in a mol, dark place, that |s also dry. liy this menns graiew may be kept for the holidays *•! even until Bt. Valen tine's day. One may tr* at friends to thit luscious fruit In winter tyne when grapes are worth nearly their weight In gold. Simplest Way to Can Grape* Nk?l the graj** not too ripe, pl k from sterna carefully and pack In cans a* closely as may be without breaking the skins, msko a syrup of half a cup of sugar and a cup of water, and pour over the fruit; If this MiiKHint of ayrup dnea not hush the can add more water until It dots, then put the top on can without screwing down, set the cans In a boiler, uioii folded tow el*. pieces of lath, shlngba. anything to keep the cans from touching the bottom of holler, pour in water quite hor to cami up on the can* some two or three knche<, place the rovir on the boiler and place holler over the fire, bring water to a boll ami let it boll for un hour, removs ths cans, put on the rubbers, screwr the top# down and put away Grape* put up thta way retain their fresh, delirious taste, and sr* wo easy to preserve that the veri est novice cannot fall. A CITY 111 ILY OF ah o. Kano, la Africa, Is the Height of hatlve Civilisation. From the Philadelphia Times. Tha hlght of the native civilisation 1a Africa seem* to have been reached b tha Hauaas of Nlgera, whore chief town, Kano. Is described by an Knglinh mission ary. It Is a square city of some 100.000 In habitants. twelve or fourteen mdes In cir cumference, A wall forty feet high snd • moat eight feet broad surround H. tha wall being thk k at the base, but tapering to a foot at the top. The thirteen g de* are closed at sunlit with massive wooden doors, covered with strips of Iron. ga:nit which are propped huge beams. Within the walls was visible at first nothing but cultivated land, upon which •he people rely for food In a protracted -‘lege Through these the traveler pissed for two miles, when he came to broad thoroughfare* lined with houses "splen didly made, although mud Is the only ma terial as timber Is scarce.*’ The streets consist of two wide, level pathways with a vast hollow stretching between them from which mud for build ing tvs been dug Three hollows are gen erally cultivate*!, snd it* the houses stand In court yards full of shad* trees, tha town has the appearance of a beautiful garden, the red mud standing out against the green fol ge. A!rm~t anything can b* bought In the great maiket—"sugar, cotton clo’h. leath er. needles, crockery, tinware, dyes, lime, charcoal, meat, slaves, camels, horaea. food of every variety. Including toma toes. wheat, tamed gaselle*. hyenas, wild cat*. birds—anything and everything." The money I* still the cowry shell, but the Marla Theresa dollar Is taken, while gold *nd silver coins are bought to ha worked up Into ornaments. The King's paU e was a “splendid specimen of mud architecture,** the audience chamber a room thirty feet square The King was seated on a rich red dais, surrounded by Ms courtier* |n compact rows, attired |* k vMJUmea ted and outer a a**, 19