The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-23

Sax months, nadvAncas. I. W
Fcarsied out, etJsast one yearly crop
could be counted upon in any portion
aof the low country, and tive, whenever
d sufficiency of water could be obtain
ed. At present there are soniy six
haciendas ip all that section where
American ploughs and threshing ma
chiusse are nsed, and these repay the
outlay a hundred fold. Wheat and,
corn flourish as,nO where lelses E inn
mense crops repaying the husband
inaa; indigo grows every where wild.
and proves teabssef aisuperior quality
when cultivatsdp fax springs to n
lheight Of tive feets sneargthrives with
the least lcare; cotton of an excellent
class can be grown almost without ls-.
Dor; in the, valleys. Of. the Yaqul and
Maye coffee can be, raised exfensively,
and tebaoee isl Obtained on the Sonora
river. not even second in quality to
that of Cuba. One hacienda in Sono-
gra, the Topahpi, plants one vast field
sof wheat six ss. square leagues in extent,
Hapd there gre many other establish
oments that almost equal it. -, -. - !.
InChihuahna, Durango aud Coahuila,
which belsng to fhe plateau, the cif-
mate and the crops are almost iidenti-g
cal with California, excepting ithS fact
that the rainy season il. reversed, &C.
curing there in Simmer. -" s'H7
sfnoI .i1srocK 'BREEpsNG.oib8t saF
No country, except ,Buenos b Ayres,
.c0.npAres with Sonora and Chihushua
in the advantages they offer Gtol stoak
breedefs. bBeforei the Apache raids
had desolated the country, thousands
upon Thousand OF acattlei ranged the
hiAssides and the ptakeud1, specimens
of theie kind, IA perfect a. ever found
outside Of civilized barnyards These
imnnense 'herdS Were 1driven OF or! !!
waiitonly Slaughtered by the Indians,
until they became almost extinct.
During the last i've years, however.
their diminished snumbers, have been
steadily Increasing, and still the snp-
ply issso small that good beef demands
q treble price. Parties buying land at
its present deprecated value. would
csin, fortunes in the cattle trade, should
annexation become . fact !; fol, in that
case, the tide of in,Aigration. to the
new territory would be almost un-
paralleled, as are the attractions offer-t
ed to adventurous 9l spirits, spirGiltts., .ze...qz
+ 10 iiTf1Ei WEALTH. OF TIE MINES. g..y, ,, 2
Insthislregioni is sincalculable. Gold
silver, copper, iron, lead, quicksilver,
antimoiiy, bismuth, nickel and plum
bago are found in prodigous deposits,
that await only the application of
science to be garnered for.the worlds
use.g isis1 ssa! 4fii 1u noitsIlqaia., .
s9Fhe gentleman who is authority for
these statements declared that there is
q fermation as peculiar in it's 'cfiarac-
teristics as the lCoinstock 7ledejr and
rich beyond the limit of belief, which
extends through the Sierra Madre. He
said that in mining experience, no
highly payfng ore has ever been found
below two thousand feet, and that in
consequence the Comstock can last at
most for ten years longer. while these
Mexican mines offer field that can. be
worked for generations, and then be
scarce!ye touched. The great advan-
tage that these mines possess over
most others is that they are located in
the heart of an Immense forest that
extends. .sixahundred miles north and
south and three hundred aniles cast
and West, 50 that afhe timber supply
Nil Dbe~ pnfailing,. While mountain
III every gorge do away with
the bugbear of fmining+-aIlack DIVA
ter,s as nas1 tsihedis H. -jIus As ~
.S ''t1T MEANS isSs; OF. 1TRaNsF eRTar1oS,,dia
The facilities for transporting ma
terial must, of course, be multiplied
ere. this hidden wealth can be made
for the present arrange
mepts are of the most primitiy nstuEe.
Twssrailroads At least must be, built,
thesons from Tucsonl Arizona, to
Guaymas, ond thes other from Quay
mss across d the s,Sierra Madre and
Chihushuao to Texas THE
latter will be the outlet to .grcater
riches than all other roads in the world
No. great engineering
are found an either of these
rentes,, and in the last mentiened
there will be very few yiaducts, tun-
nels Or cuttings needed, as compared
with other mountain roads. Z, 80.
The scenery in the Sierra Madre is
beautiful, comprising
giant. mountains with vast gorges, be-
tween them that sink almost out of
daylight, grand waterfalls and an nn-
broken mass of foliage, except where
some gaunt precipice. stands out in
bold relief against its dark green back
ground.
The narrator Of all these marvels
declares that he has overstated MOTH
ing, and that he is prepared with con-
vlnoing proofs Of the truth of his state
ments. :" -1is@'e'i-t 4 i3td9.F i'iata
81 svsa q ---- -. Ga L-lhaua
HOW no COMPUTE INsEREsr.
sstosiiS.1 srftt % e---; E1U IHgf#z2fsI,
/; Tee following method for computing
interest is going the ronnds, and may
be found a convenient method.
Four per cent.-Multiply the princi-
pal by the number of days, separate
kho ~ ~h h~n.1 &~ur, f.o,,. 81