, 1884-02-27

scale. While many live by peddling fruits,
native oddities, and curious, or entertaining
by their peculiar singing and burlssque
dancing, the greater number steal, rob. ard
commit even baser crimes They live In the
cheapest possible manner, maruey -four
being tho principal food The warm climats
a them TO go almost without clothing.
They have little modesty and scarcely any
morality. Tn women are more deprayed
than the men The young girls are more
beautiful than the Creoles of Louisiana.
There is but a small modicum OF married
sancity. and i~llegiimats parentage Is too
popular for contemplation.
The Methodist church has a mission here
under the supervision of the Rev. J. W.
Butler. who also publishes a monthly paper,
partly In Spanish, partly In English type,
besides preaching regularly each week, his
church being an ancient cathedral once
gorgeous with golden images and affairs,
frstted aisles aud frescoed walls, but now
only a picture OF a once transcendent beauty.
A peculiarly striking to Americans is that
the dry-goods trade Is carried on almost ex-
cluSively by the French. the hardware trade
by the Germans, and the grocery trade by
Spaniards Store proprietors and their en-
ployes rival each other in stylish dressing,
the latter often wearing more expensive
goods than the former, and frequently COM
ing to their employment In their car
riage.
The theatres arr generally very large, the
combined capacity Of any two American
theatres not equaling that Of the Rationale
Thirty minutes is 4 usual intermission be
tween acts, and when the curtain drops upon
each act the theatre Is, for the timo being,
turned into a reception room, and courtesies
are exchanged by the elite, the vulgar going
out to see somebody.
The American Is more mortified and oft
ener sees his own couhtryman e~nacting the
drunkard's role than tho native actor. and.
outside Of the peon, has as much to fear from
him, for he composss the majority of the
vagabond element
AT TIL BANQUET.
h press is generally favorable to recipro-
cal relations, as evidenced by the following
response to a toast delivered at a banquet
given to the press of Moxico by Mr.. A. C.
Sheldon, representative of Mr.. Perceyal
Lowell, general passenger agent of the Bur-
hngton line. The respondent La Baroness
de Wilson, Is "Directora Fundadora" OF FL
Conunente Americana. a Spanish-American
paper published in the City OF Mexico. Said
the baroness: "A new and intimate lace
of friendship will shortly unite two great
American ~nationalites, and the nine
tenth century will impress another i'm
perishable seal on the annals OF progress
From the opulent east to the fertile valleys
Of Mexico a messenger Of fraternal sympa-
thies-the locomotive-will, while traversing
immense distances, cement a mutual affeo-
ton on the solid basis Of liberty and indie
p~endence. Fraternity will soon be the shib-
boieth of the universe, and to America will
be attributed the glory Of being among the
first apostles The enterprising spirit OF the
great North American republic has been the
principal element of her prosperity-the
motor OF her powerful and rapid progress
associates herself with everything grand,
everything noble. everything regenerat-
ing. Let US then celebrate and glorify
the creation and Inauguration OF a through
line by rail between this ancient city and the
wonderful metropolis Of the western world
Chicago-and the east, as a glorious accom-
plishment, equally beneficial TO this country
and to the United States. And as an humble
atom on this brl liant scene, l enthusiastically
salute the experimenting aurora which will
enable us to eIclaim: There are no more
frontiers, no more limits, than those sig
nailed by reason, justice, and confdence.'"