Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-01

every few weeks the cOcherOs be-
come so peremptory and insulting
In their demands for "more," that
indignant passengers turn many of
them over to the ge,addSmes and ac-
company them to the Government
Bureau of Arbitration. Here both
sides state their case, the judge de-
cides, and the matter is thus finally
settled In a few minutes, with no
cost on either aide--except In aggra-
waited cases, the cost of several
hours of the cab-driver's time. AT
ter a few cocberos have been request
ed to remain overnight in the Jail,
their example has salutary effect
upon the others, and they confine
themselves to their legal prices for
time. A coach showing a white
flag charges so cents per hour;
red flag, IS cents, and a blue flag,
$1.O0. The coaches are all very
comfortable, but the latter class
hold four persons, and are most ele-
CANT in appearance. Every Sun,
day, if the day is fine, there are
ranged hundreds of cabs and private
carriages, side by side, for miles
along the Pdseo, a broad, level
pleasure-drive leading west through
the suburbs of the city. Hundreds
of persons drive out here to sit and
smoke, and watch the gaudily-ca-
parisoned horsemen as they ride by
at headlong speed, and the beautiful
plumage of the birds of fashion who
take their afternoon drives in Ian
daus and yictorias. There are, on
this PdseO, two heroic bronze stat
ues which are worthy of note; one,
an equestrian statue of Charles Nv
of Spain, which is generally spoken
of by the common people as "the
big horse;" the other, little fur
Their out, is the statue of Cristobal
Colon to whom we give the name
OF Christopher Columbus. The
Paseo leads out to Tacubaya, a
beautiful suburban village, and to
Chapultepec, whose castle frOwns
down upon the road from the sum-
NIT of a rough, gigantic rock.
There are several roads leading
into the city, and on each is situated
a kind of garrison, with slight for
tifications. These serve as the gates
of Mexico, through which none can
pass without inspection, and where
the custom-duties upon imports and
exports are collected. The spaces
between these roads are dangerous
marshes and sloughs which it is
next to impossible to traverse.
Standing here at one of these
gates, one sees the herds of natives.
as they pour into the city In the
early morning from the country
round about, with produce of all
kinds laden upon ox-carts, or fiocks
of the diminutive and miserable
looking 64rros, each with three
times his own weight upon his
back and oftner still the Indian
women, clad in their one garment
"a piece of coarse cloth wrapt about
them, extending from shoulder to
knee,) carrying upon their backs a
great load of vegetables or grain.
They also carry their children in
the same manner, and the young
ones possess all the stolidity of the
American Indian papooses. All the
mems heads are covered all the
women's are bare-their thick black
hair, coarse and wiry, is their only
bonnet. ~.
And this article, so necessary to
the complete entity of the fair ones
of our more northern states, is
something rarely seen upon the
heads of the glowing Drunettes of
the Spanish South. Their abundant
tresses form coronet- Towering for
the head, and over this is drawn
one corner of lace mantilla, fasten-
ed by a golden dagger cleaning
with diamonds. These young Mex
lean ladies, however, wear very
little jewelry, and some ornament
for the chevelure is generally the
extent to which the weakness is
carried. I would like to describe
their dress, for the edification of
any women who are unfortunate
enough to read these so-called
sketches ;" but am not yet suff-
GENTLY independent TO be careless of
the ridicule which would TALL to my
lot, were | to do SO. In plain mas
culine language, their dresses fit,
and well they may, for Worth has
a host of patrons in the City of
and moreover, the women
seem to possess more acute artistic
instinct than is'generally met witt.
1t is strange that they do not load
themselves with jewelry, for Tiffa-
ny's windows never held more
beautiful or fanciful designs than
may be seen in every j0yeria along
the Gale. de Plateros. Ordinary
ornaments of plain gold and silver
are but little esteemed instead are
insects, small birds, complete flow
ers, and many others, each with its
parts beautifully wrought
in old gold, dead gold, virgin gold,
frosted silver, and so forth, and
joined together in the perfection of
luxurious art-containing all man.
ner OF precious stones, rubies, dia-
nonds and opals predominating.
The jewellers are generally skilled
from Paris, who have
come to this country so rich in its
mines of precious stones and metals,
and who have greatly increased
their natural capabilities by the
efforts and suggestions of their
but artistic Mexican en-
ployes.
Would that the tailors were alike |