Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-13
CHASE TRADING COMPANY, 3O2 AND aO4 houston street

garden and every product OF the 0eld
grow almost side by side with cotton
cane, berries, bananas and hundred
different fruits whose names are unknown
TO the majority of mankind. Yet
there are no tropical diseases
and none other than those com
mon to humanity everywhere.
Mexico is pre-eminentiy the land Of
mountains. Near and frowning, or blue
and ethereal with'the haze OF distance,
they are every where before the eye until
the senses become accustomed to grand
eur and tired OF inaccessible majesty.
Ragged sierras, towers, castles, cones,
scanned and SCARED veterans OF the age
OF fire, fence the horizon on all sides.
Among them lie valleys where the
sun shines scarcely half the day;
where villages nestle and mysterious wa
tcrs flow, aud where the only aspiring
thing Is the tower OF the inevitable
church, stately and beautiful even In the
midst of the most Squalid village, The
changes are almost infinite. You may 90
from the capital by rail TO Cuantllla or
Yanteepi or TO Amecameca, at the foot OF
his serene and smoky majesty, Popooata-
petl. II you are adventurous you may
even climb that elevation of some 10 600
feet, aud for once in all your life, stand
ing In the midst OF eternal SHOWS, you
may look down into the feryid heart of
our common mother. Everywhere YOU
win encounter quaint, primitive, slow and
picturesque people, The Mexican az home
stands as the sixth race, unlike all others
In appearance, gait, language, aud probe
ably blood ITSELF Street and Village
scenes afford the stranger n panoramic
amusement which does not fail him In
weeks OF association Customs, Indus
tries, habits, mechanical operations with
industrial contriyanccs, unknown TO all
the world besides, are everywhere. You
may surprise your inner man with strange
beverages and accustom your palate to
dishes hitherto not included among the
necessaries Of life You uiay witness the
decaying exploits OF the bull-ring or the
excitements OF the cockpit, or hear the
strains of Italian opera, but everywhere
and always you are wrapped In climatic
brilliancy that never fades, save when 1t
gives place TO the flashes OF stars that
seem brighter and nearer than ours II
is the perpetual glow OF land where
winter never comes, and whose people
from time immemorial worshiped the
sun"
"what are the race divisions OF the
people2"
"Four-Aiths OF the people Of Mexico are
Indians, that Is TO say, pure Aztccs, totally
unlike the noble red man OF our lati'
tndes. The remainder are OF mixed
descent, and few are Christians.
| The common and natural idea Is that be-
| ing Spanish conquest, Mexico, Ike
Cuba, should have few or none Of her
original blood left, but this is mistake. y
/ ado caste prejudlces exist against the
Indiansf"
"Indun blood Is not considered cause
! for any kind OF social distinctions, save
that IL Is held, II anything, somewhat
better than the Spanish. Bepitn Itarez,
the most lamentcd Of the presidents, was
! a pure Aztec. Porllrio Dlaz, the strong
est Mexican of his time, and, In many
respects, the Gen. Grant OF his country,
IL Of mixed blood. Everywhere the Aztec
| face, unmistakable in its pathetic fea-
lures, goes with the best and often with
the worst types OF Mexican character"
"What Of the Influence 81 Spnnish Gus
toms aud traditions on the character OIL
the peopieF'
"spain with her glory, tyranny and do
miniun has seemingly left but faint marks
on Mexican personal characteristics, but
the Inhabitants of Mexico present 10 The
world a strange ana unparalleled picture
that OF having forgotten the Language ana
religion OF their fathers, speaking nation
ally. Not one Of the many that cues.
toned could tell anything OF the Deity Of
the aboriglnes or speak single word Of
their language. The idiom, miscmleu by
the people Spanish, the Catholic religion
| and the prison-llke style OF architecture
are the requests 10 Mexico that are left 70
marx the brilliant conquests Of Cortez"
allow about the distribution Of wealth !
are not the people, as a rule, very POOR
HOf the whole number larger proper
ton of tue population than OF any country
except Italy are poor, and | estimate that
the average income Of the male adult OF
BE- entire country Will not exceed ~
cents per day. This poverty ~ largely
the result of personal habit, but y some
what due TO the stress Of circumstances
In a country so isolated that she has llYed
over and over again within herself,
producing what she could consume and
no more. There are other causes des-
tined 70 be discussed In all their fullness
very soon, one OF which undoubtedly Is a
system Of laws which permits the holding
II vast bodies Of land by one man or
family exempt from taxation"
SIS the Revolutionary feeling as strong
as ever, or IL II dying ontf'
"There has been for nearly one hun