, 1875-06-05
LlTERATURE.


o,n Efxr.Doon NE1uHnrn: NsHIEn " ME1tec;
;if ;ts;ne4;: sas; FL 4ise, e. '' NO" '0fN' ''pt'
sone two or thren years ago Q!io author falls
to givo tlntes in hls notes Of travel), tho Tev.
Gilbert 1laren 1lascd Mexico for the purpose Of
cffccting arrangements for tho establishment OF
tito Atosbod!st Church in tho Capital and in somo
Of tho chief cillea OF the RepnDlio. Ills voya9o
out waa By way Of Havana TO Fora Cruz, whence
by stage and railroad tho land journey to
Moxsco was accomplished. Several months
woro occupied in tho work Of hia mission, and,
this concluded, Afr. Haven loft tho country
by tho overland ronts to Matamoras,-a trip Of
twenty days and Of 1,20o mica Of s!aga-coaeh.
His protracted sojourn aud travel in Moxico
gare blr. Haven excellent opportunities for
studying what was most novel and striking in q
land aud people that, actually at our very
doors, nro comparatively, through tic lack Of
facilities for INSTRUMENTATION, rcnloto and
foreign. No search tho tourists records, thero-
fore, with reasonable expectation OF finding In
them ricl. md fruitful results Of Ills extended
observations. but, 10 Our disappointment, tho
search Is, In great ,neas,lre, barren.
Mr.. l1ascn III particularly fond Of talking. hut
rather Nc should say, from il,o lovo OF hesriug
LIS own voice than from tho desire to instruct
his hearers. 1io chats fnnilinrly and profuaoly
along the pAtl,a l,e passes, but hia d,sconrsa Ia
oltcuor OF trvial, personal Incidents common to
tho travellers experience everywhere than 1t ts
OF ruAtters TINT tho stranger to Mexico wishes
first and most to know abouA Ito Beons to
lavo listlo understanding Of tho art, no essential
10 narrator. Of Bnzing tho salient and i'm
portant features In Fceno OF subject and
grouping them offecsiso!y upon reduced can-
vas. Iio Ia tif1nB0 and tllzcursivc to tiro.aue
degros. ami. what Is worse, is rccklcsaly CARELESS
and sloyonly In his Rtylo. ..'
1t is hard to regard with Eeutfe patience
language aboundng iu euci, orrora and solo
ei8ms M: q He oils his hat with both hands;"
"vcry clover roomB," and "tl,o clouds woro
retloant OF t!amn," when tho writer takes every
occnRion TO display lin rhetoric aud with viBt-
bio feeling OF ncf-aaiHfacsinr.
Tllers are not many slsort md striking pass-
ageR III Tho book That cnn bo laiu befoso tho
reader nA examples of ,ts sty1c and matter, but
rorhAps tho following description OF tic fayorita
tovorago OF Moxico viii answer the end "a we'll
aa any:
Oil fnlks and chitren thrust under your noses anil
would faiu into your u,oatls tbs yiilsiiens urink Of
se is ,a e f@t1 sa'esa sHsis.s +
white lila that hut thin They crowd aro,tnt tho
@ s.s q 'i III Il: E :s i f. j! :Atss ssy tt9 III
Tendon ror!er., and Masar!sn s; ssri, sad I
tell which Or fhcFe j. "stInktnErnt nf .hu stnking
Kind" Tha pnl4ui is while N1nor found tn thn
upcle.sy !. drink. Thai year it becon4s yot i,,orS
useless by depoattfna ~ tn centre howl Of tis Juice.
Il IT. un i, innns NJ a. to rws w t. sna.
Ing JUICES IL scocred un mid hute big enough to
.lad rail IL made III tho bottom of tho middle Of the
plant. Into this cavity for three four months tho
juirp o1uc., md is akau ont y tho ailtnt dai1y. II
ihc plant 10 eit aloe this hl shoots in.o st1lk IL
wic IL exhibited In onr States lho century -plant-
asrvcn 70 ten yeara. and not hn,.ted years, bios
tnv1- Then 1t comes to need ahil nauJht.
Tho cfcf traffic Of tho ros IL IN carrying sh!a etuiT
In Pueblo nnh Mexico. II iea ut tho Ftatton in pig
sttns an, ha;res tie ldSs laokag more hoggsh than
snd al tc nose. ttuIr1 full bf this foolish stuf IL
fermente aerceiy, and tho barrels 1ef. uuco.ktd
Yon viii 10 ti.o natisrs sticking sher nosss snlo tho
hogs ncsc a1 drinking The milk Of this twin*h
e sysa II IL nF 9s .,s III sa
In rucl union Ut In1A a, MN. Thousands Of acres
aro net ont with tho rant, few feet apart in every
whc1 sees It's corruption and ts people begin thars
The City Of Mexico ia nituatotl on low, marbEy
lanlk, Oh tue aiiorc OF tho nlost southern OF u
Chain Of throo !aAes. IaGo Zumpango, so niea
llorth Of Mexico. ea Oh aiovel 2U feet uboyo tho
city. dika, wall, 10 fcct high, Ii built ntoug
tic southern border Of tilis lake to retain its
watera within their basin. At tho Bccond lake,
San Clristoyal, 1nothcr and stronger dko hna
tho potil OF mn humiliation. Millions Of dollar.
hayo boen axpoudod upon these dkos, md still
they 1umain untluiB1odl Mexico, city Of
above lAo QUO inhabitants, is regularly hid ont.
with broad, clean, and 1l-payed streets, ami
Las mauy handsome odtcca. OF tho residences
uf the better class, Mr. Haven aaya:
Mexican house " all beautiful Within, II anywhere.
Il ts not "a, ccrtalnly, without. You enter through
into patio, or o1rn paved coust. Around this ato
rnonIs foE ecrvants aud l!oFses. on thu Eret floor
cnnen around tl.su, sud ruoina oron Into them
They s1o not allowed to olen on neigbbosing estates
houses hasa thEre-foastds Of their Light from i,c
court. These soonas arc ~ cool mud airy a. these
one Inlet for sit and sht. They ara much hsher IL
ceiling than ors, hd afs taetetly set OF tn froscoen
= more finished look, even IN eomtnpn houses, thnn
tho lcst III the Htatca exhibit On tho street afdo arc
anal. O4lsenes fos sIaht.seeiug. There are 1note
dhaEref"bls dwellings by far than hEstcfass aIsxi-
eau house.
MIR, Haven pronounccs the schools Of Moxioo
superior in sumo respccta to those OF America.
Many OF 1he.n sfo maintained BY tho Free
over 1000 pupils arc studyiog English. Tho
gtls are all instructed in bookkeeping and Ia
noodievork. The city haa t1ourlaEing school
% m,;sf 81, academy Of no asss with allotiss
~. ilaFeu, "aro longer and flilur than any
otilers On tl,iB CONTINENT"
suco tho conquest Of Mexico by tin spaniasls,
in tho si1teenth century, no religion but TINT Of
country Until worry recently. Tho first ceremony
of tho Protestant Church ever observed In tilo
State MAS tue hntinl servlco read in 1894 by blr,
Black. young foreigner. over tho grave
u an American shoemaker who was
assaaHlnntol In Mexico because ho refused
TO kncel III Tho street At sight OF tie
Aost a short time prior 10 our lato civil
war . new sect. calling themselves Constitu-
ttonaltats, introduced their form at worship III
two coniiAcatoa caurchca In Mexico, BY pormis7
sion OF President Juarex, IN 1911, tho tfey H.
G. Nley left Ills Eplaeopal congregation iu New
Aoek Clsy aud cosalneaced tho work OF mis-
ssoharx III the MoSlcan CAPITAL. Dy hiA inBtr,l-
mentality popular preacher aud Dominican
fI'nr, Manuel Agncs, wnH converted 10 tho
Protestant filth aud laborod zca!osly for lts ex-
tension: 11in valuable life was cut on, it IL ru.
'norod BY poison, III tho spring OF 1874, but the
reformation that he powerfully silad wAa des.
~ 1879 tito l'rcshyto,ianK sent n mItsionsrr
to Filln do Cos. and M. thoy have, il ai.,ion
70 this, statiotH at slr1u;u. 1ul.n'a, and Yera
Cruz. Tho Dapsihta hayo 4 ,ulesson 1T Mou-
II In a4,