The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-29

fuses 10 pay out It's pnpcr except in very
pingerly why. The Capt. had New York
drafts, divided up into so apiece, and
these he got cashed ut this bank ~ he
needed money, getting II cents premium,
and being obliged to carry his load to his
hotel and dump It into his trunk. There
are no banks Of deposit, This too In II
city Of 100000 inhabitants.
Tho party stopped ut tho San Carlos
hotel. In this building they Ind rooms
ut ono dollar per dny for room, and
took their meals Mt n rcstauran. IN the
hotel. The cooking Is far from sntisiac.
tory. Everything Is underlone. Fru, is
u feature Of the meals. There Is Il great
abundance OF oranges and bananAs. Along
TIN ronic you can buy oranges, IS In II bus.
ket (busket included for q cents. Thcmeals
wcre good enough excep, for tho cooking.
Tho butter WAS not such as We would call
butter. Restaurant expenses amounted to
about Sl.95 per day (two meals per head.
breakfast ut 10 md dinner ut O.. No fires
are III IN Mexico except for cooking.
You never sec fire for heating purposes.
The Captain saw only two concerns where
steam was employed. Hence there is no
SCOT or dirt, ind tho city, the houses and
tho people are clean. White clothes on
men and women can be worn for days, and
they are white indeed rs compared with
Iapyiljng ever seen In this country. There
arc great many poor people tit the CAPT.
tall These people sit Oh the curbstoncs ut
night and sleep by folding their hands
across their knees. You can look ont OF
your hotel windows and see them like
chickens ut roos.. They are, Tor the mos,
part, only hali.clad and the inodesty OF
tnvcllcrsis frequently shocked in passing
along the streets. The streets and side
walks are narrow-the former averaging
aboHt twenty feet and tho latter six. Both
are kept very clean. All sorts Of garbage
| Is swept up and carried away In baskcts at
night, The honses are built out Of concrete
ii mixture of porus stone and lime. There
Is no frost TO crack the lime and the houses
stand for hundreds OF years.
I The religion OF the country is almost
universally Catholic, and churches 0re nu.
,nerous. There Is one Spanish and one
English Episcopal church ut the Capital,
besides some little mission chapels. There
is also Methodist church. Mass is at
tended in the morning after which Sunday
Is over. Bull batting and cock fighting are
great features OF Sunday amusement. You
see hundreds Of men with 4 game chicken
under their arm or on their shoulders. The
Captain did not admire the appearance OF
! the so-caiicd upper classes OF society. lie
hardly saw what would be called III this
country fine looking man or woman.
The ladies' hayo black hair, black eyes aud
pallid compilations, but are not noticeable
. for evidences OF high breeding or fine ply
siques. The same is true OF the men.
Electric lights nave been introduced in the
streets, and they are well Illuminated ut
night. The people go much into the air ut
: nil h,s, especially to the public square Al the
Presidents palace, where there Is musicand
where the scene is quite gayand attractive.
On the whole, the Captain was pleased
with his sojourn OF about 4 month III
: Mexico II is a country Of undeve!0ped
CAPABILITIES for \ much higher civilization.
II is country that has & future when the
Americans shall have occupied the land
with the railroads now projected. But for
the present he prefers the United States.
A genial climate and generous soil do not
make desirable country, any more than
. high raised battlcmcnts and mootcd walls
constitute State. Anglo.Saxon civi}izt.
ton is somelhin:vcry different from that OF
This branch o!the Latin race. What though,
"eyery prospect pleascs" il "man is vile"
The Kentuckiaus in the party could not
help but sing:
The sun shines bright in our cid Nca,ucs,
| home.
) IN our old Kentucky home lar away:
Who're the cust.totsarc rips and the meadows ere
IN bloom
And the birds make musicnll the day."
And so felt all the party. Hence they were
. not aycrse to turning their footsteps home.
ward from wandering OH foreign strind.