, 1879-08-06

Whoever las VisHcd thai p0fti0h O1 Tue CITY .
known as Spanlshtown, II close observer, must
,isvo noticed a number Of tic fRie sex somewhat
,nh7rcl In their beauty BY scars on their faces Or
minds. These nrc tl'o "marheteras," 10 called
from maetetc. cutlass-lilo instrument used by
Mcxicans In cutting down brus. In road.makng,
cleaning underbrus1l on ranches, and wor. OF
like nature. a Chronicle reporter, who inter
viewed young and pleasant machetcra for lilo
purpose Of lnting out what CAUSED the scars
nusl s,,cl, other feminine mysteries Us might to
connected herewith, cleaned some facts which
cannot hut uccply tntsrtst our lasiy reAdcra, and
exrie the curious cpEltntlon al the etcrncr sex,
esreetally such as think OF domtciling atheui.
solvas IN tllr lind Of Tho A2teca.
"E1 atnnr cs tim eose dnlSo roro. tanhftn es
unA cosa ntroz, kAt.l the bcW,tchfns b]ack-c7ed
unsonhtsttcated interviewer. When mo,les'ly
thinr.' s!ie poiutcd to The ght scar on her right
check n,ul the mpro marked scar OH her ring
finger, adding, with ecnt.secrct Sigh, "todo
es pnr cl anor {esl tl!is Is for ovo's sako). She
then narrated In Spapssll, III m exceedingly soft
nn1 musical vnrc, ife manner In which Tie
1nacl,etaras. receive their uarlike wounda;. low
C,lplu drives them to madness. anil how VunUs
urges Euntd uu IN the crust work o. B'nnGn.er-
yullni, Mexican woman tails IN love there y no
ioi,sc,,sn about it, no thought of tue consc-
Qtlnnccs, no sncrca1hry nb1cct Ia vtaw. The
N1f1U uGC0H1CS u VEI II FtEHG W. VnEu4utllEAlt
mud The idol nf her affections saraplsc lcing
c,uc,dnlty ercnted for her worship. fi"r
absorption Into Its nxlstenco IA complete.
Sim revc:a IN 'l'e Atmospheric of t1ston!c
in Inc s"pira1 ctl,er, "ml IS Innocent,
,lrra,t, ai'l nns nl!s "dorcd object cx'stln. IN
att .l,at hcautil ''rrntuiaud. Sec IL Evo tn Tho
fiurIien ns Edc'1, sud NO to tho acrpent IN
,youAn} s1o s;arcs 10 tntr,llc within the sncred
,cg'rna nf that gar'len. How snlnined aud saint
ltlsr IL tho expression Of her fAcc; how dovc~
like Tie. cooilH aud tlst woo!ns Of this happy,
W.,0 would think that hcnoath all this the
tiarcss Turks, and is only whiting to spring Upon
snunc hatcd rIsal' let her appear aud u'en The
encllanltnc,. Ii futhessly broken, tin saiulcss
no lnrer rsts:s, All Is claugcd. There is a
mnrvrlous transformation into the n,uchetern,
who. rnatlteuvi with Jealousy. keeks Vengeance
uuan her who l'as sftsecretcl Eden md robbed
It 0f it's glury l>y iuokins ~, The idol with long
Ing sycs. 'rllG rHlt!letrru las III ulurdler In
her heart. ITO tovc If shetdtug tlutnan blood hut
with lte liner wuuiau instinct she KNOWS that
i sflA can only mar tlc hcauty Of her rival sho
las tnnre thorughy murdered her Ian II stc
were ilcal 10 tave her v1etttn carry exposed
scar. through Iifc Is tho penalty tint II ono must
tc paid. Watching her upportun!ty. ,lie n'ashc-
terra sprlnes upon her vletsrs, Al, with ,upftctl
wuapon, s!rikts her upnn the checks Or delicate,
MISUNDERSTANDING ha1,1s will, ihe skill III a
surgeon wl,o knows how far 10 20 without en-.
dnnCering lie llfo Of Gis raticut. This aerom-
HI1hHEiI, ufIliS SHtHtlEu GEF Ter
r,l,lc jealousy, goes quietly home, while the
rounieu woman Ia tho object OF the most
tender ants leyutca caro- oil thu pnrt Of lleE
.frlcn1s. The affair ss not considered disgrace
1,lf, hccallsc llle pure, upsctsE lave whlr
cniscd it sauclilus Tie act II t,p cue aud tl,t
injuries Of the uts.cr. Women In tho higher
circles Of 1tfe nsvcr indulge In such warfare
prccrring to suffer III siltnue, while those In
tho lover stratu l,avu sl'eh surroundings m t,an
isl, both low nl,d jealousy, except III tho vulgar
scnsc. The tnachuteras arc Of lllc middle class.
cs, modest, refined, a,.d Industrious girls, Nu
their worst fault is they love not wisely but Toe
well.
Strange, no matter low cruel these young
women run 10 to each other, tho bono of contct.
ton. tic man IN tllc moon. M he may we'll bs
tzllIeil who cn,lsrs nlI tlu tsu1,ble, loses nopt
nj Ills tdul-llke qualities nfter tic smuko ol lht
l,attlu hag passed. Neither woman who ha,
fought and suffered for him would toucs, hall
OF ILLS lead. liz ia sacred In the sight Qf bUtE,
for both huge loved hin. flo need never fea1
the stI!etto, tho tlngCcr, or tho mnci,etc, Tho
merry rascal only laughs and Thinks how stupid
md foolish women aru to wurk themselves uI
icaIous,y for him. Ho can CARR on hts asnours
but 60 long IA nOnc ot Ills lay-uycs usp loulssl
upon as Il rival, hts bptrottaed will never utter
1cre. 'ie san i'aVe hls "quaraa." Or mistress
i"rf,," ,yi,,, ~, ,rar ~ 'a ~ Il. W. ~
WsS' NatAHa ~ ss.o "