These are not all! Let lilies fall Here on this wee small grave in the shade. I can remember the day we laid The Captain’s baby in this green spot. Cap. he was shot. An’ some fool neighbor made haste to tell The Captain’s widder the news, and—well, Down she went in a faint—jest fell! And it killed the baby. She lived on, Health and reason forever gone. Lay lilies here. Was that a tear?— I went to the war myself that year. Put roses here. This grave is dear— She was my sister. The truest heart, Always ready to do her part. Gave up _her_ son When the first gun Thundered at Sumter! She had but one. An’ _she_ died, when (With stronger men) He starved to death in a prison pen. (The boy she had fed, and clothed, and kissed, An’ done for, so that he hardly missed His father—dead when he was a child.) She never smiled. She loved red roses when we was small; Here let them fall. We honor the soldiers; but they ain’t all! MRS. E. M. ADAMS. MOUND CITY, KANSAS. ANTIQUITIES OF THE SOUTHWEST AND THEIR PRESERVATION Those who are studying the history of civilization on the American Continent realize that the subject presents many and intricate problems which can not be solved in this generation. Accordingly, to preserve the material on which this study is based for the use of future generations, is as important as are present investigations. The title of this paper suggests two classes of material to be considered. The historian will be concerned principally with the remains that mark the advance of the Caucasian race. The remains of the indigenous tribes interest the ethno-archæologist. To a country so poor in archives as ours is, the possession of numerous historic monuments, landmarks and remains of structures where history has been made is especially fortunate and their preservation doubly important. For a nation to cherish its own history, live in the heroic and righteous acts of its past, is to conserve its vitality and independence.