The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-06-03
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gear, shading their faces They are nest and
clean, and how in the name OF all that is
holy they can stand the hlthiuess aus iaz'-
meas OF the men | car not comprehend, Az
church the women kneel, and when they sit
down they simply continue the kneel at q
Lesser angle. In other WORDS they cit on
their feet, which they can tuck under them
IN such a comfortable fashion that the only
thect Is that they grow pigeon -teed. Leav.
ing the church, many old heXlcans knesl
before large cross In front of the church.
end kissing the cross rise en- d go their way.
l was amuzed at the old fellow. was
directly behind him in church; be turned,
looked at ne for moment, and then looked
away, but pTcceeded 10 feel and see If his re-
volver was secure. saw the impression Or
expression on bis ceas in the neighbornood
ci his pistol pocket, AID imagined he had
q rife tied in knot under his coattail.
The beggars come 10 .own early Saturday
erd stay all day. They walk about aud
gIunt and wheeze their petitions for aims
and they stick like flies in August You
tell them TO "vamoose" and they shuihs
away about three feet and turn to come
back. Some OF them have saved money OBJ.
tanned by begging, bet continue their call
ing IS though Starving Eou seldom see a
beautiful woman or handsome man on the
beg.
The Mexican begesr's face can hold more
win klss than any face in the world. Pour
glsIs Of water on his head and let it trace
TIE wrinkles OF his face and you would
think he had sprinkler on his chin. He
smokes cigarettes, chews tobacco, begs,
cIeeps about and proceeds in the most adml'
1able manner to get as ugly as possible. This
feature of ugliness has so impressed me that
l fain would l1nger IN its consideration,
but it would be painful. Suffice 1t
to say that they can give odds and beat the
elite OF New York City in ugliness and that
entities them to the palm. They are daisies
of ugliness, if comparative distance be
allowed 10 save the daisy.
Every thing and body IS 50 fun of an
tiouity that don't feel very young myself.
g6e legends of Pueblo villages aud tribes are
very interesting and entertaining, but you
can't resist the temptation TO psel the bark
OF some OF the liee and expose them to the
light of day. The oldest edi6ces are churches
snd they are automatically proven to
have stood for over three hundred years
MI Columbus acted very square in discov-
eIing America. for be only discovered il to
the Old world. Then Americas Vespucius
! Jumped the claim and established a fact.
| Along came the cowboy, CorteZ, and pro-
/ CO e6ed TO raise merry hades all along the
Weet bank Of the Mississippi, aud he dlscov'
cred that for many years, dubtless centuries,
| the great West had been peopled by dis
/ tinot race from any known nationality. The
/ Incss of Peru, evapoIated northward until
/ lost in descent. ThsD the Aztecs, beyond
/ question, peopled this entire southwestern
territory, snd the sciences must bite the dust
/ or recognize centuries of hsbitation.
The question arises, what did Chris Co
lumbus discover? IL the theory of discov
cry be based upon the absence OF habitati0n
the good Queen Isabella was right in getting
mad st beng played for q moss back, and Gu
forcing her right to send Chris to tho rock
pile.
am but q humble student and have the
! right to ask plain questions, hence all ego
tism disclaim. II the Aztec or Pueblo Of
| Inca or Mr.. Lo inhabited this continent Il
| the extent OF millions az confirmed by his
tory, what right has sny bull-staboing Span
isrd TO claim the discovery of America
True, he discovered the home of the silver
peeled ten-cent onion, Bermuda, and found
people who didn't wear fine clothes, gel
drunk and stab bulls in ring just for fun
But lie did find people who on their knee
and with uplifted hands begged of an un
knewn power protection from harm and tb'
benefits of the esrths bounty. Just here ny
Jesuitical teaching prompts me TO say tina
the fact of kneeliDg for petition or to homo
was common to both the aborigines OF Nortl
and South America, aud especially the Az
tees. Now, whence this knowledge of tn
method of expressing subsection and sub
se5viency? AID here again another pin
tbs civilized tendency of the old racss wa
acknowledged in their industries, which pro
duced articles which now attract our atten
ton for the artistic skill of their manulaC
ture.
Verify, our land comes in for a share OF tn
divide at the Tower OF Babel.
WILL RYAN,