Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-13

drei years an almost mternccine tlissatls.
faction, sometimes actuatpd by an upris.
ing flrst In one distant community
and then In another. The in-
terest IN outside affairs aud the
desire TO initiate our Institutions, az least
What seems TO them to be good, has had
the effect 10 quell 10 great eXteut this
feeling of revolution that seemed To be
In the past the MeXican's first source OF
redress for any real or fanclcd wrong
The building OF the railroads has had the
effect 20 stimulate the desire TO make, 10
sell, TO ship, TO travel, TO see, II possible,
the country that has shown sufficient con-
hdencc In forsaken Mexico to oXpend her
millions there. Tie conversation Of the
Intelligent Mexican on these subjects Is
sometimes almost pathetic"
"ls industry at such a discount among
the people as is generally supposedS"
"lnaction and laEiness are not, as has
SO often been imagined, the cause Of the
poverty OF the masses, Every Mexican
toiler is so from early youth Boys are
stone-cutters and burden-hcarers from
twelve years of age. The peasants gait
is quick aud all his movements are
active He IL notoriously fast
walker, Slight in figure, he Will often
carry burden of 1850 pounds aud
20 OF with II at jog-trot. 10 be u car.
zador seems 80 be the height of their am.
btion. Long trains OF Gonkoys wind
through the country loaded with sugar,
cotton, wool, hides, wood or stone, and
q single native plods behind the train, He
has come perhaps hundreds Of miles and
eaten for II day what would not furnish
the average American a single meal.
Frugality is not virtue, but q thing Of
lifelong practice and necessity
"You seem 20 question the popular es-
innate OF Mexican character, which has
the men distrustful, vindlcuve aud trcach.
erous; the women, all these aud more"
"Mexicans of all grades are cautious
people. Ask one question and he inva-
riably gives you the best answer at his
command. The girl az the roadside never
bushes or runs away, although the chas.
tily OF the average Mexican woman IL
fully up TO the standard of her American
sisters. AS to the hostility Of the Mexi-
cans you may come AS near tempting fate
In Mexico AS in any country and still be-
safe"
"But you would not rob our nclghbor
OF HIS pleasure-loying and sentimental
characteristics"
"In the matter Of gayety all the cities
OF Mexico present striking contrast to
that OF other tropical countries. They
have flowers lnDumerable all the year, II
climate OF understandable brilliancy, and
yet as class they are sad, The striking
colors OF the sunlit street arise altogether
from the sunshine and the uni
ycrsal serapes. II will surprise
all travellers 10 find that the
average Mexican knows so little OF
his own country and has 80 little local
pride In It's history and interesting an
tiqultles. II is not strange 20 him; II has
always been there
as your educated Mexican n lover, q
reade and q writer Of books, or do his
thoughts Ike his financial enterprises,
perish IN conception"
sit Is strange, but true, that with an ad.
yancemcnt in art that surprises every
visitor, the country has no literature.
The ggllnries 40 the capital are oiled with
specimens OF old aud new schools, many
OF which would be masterpieces In any
country yet, 80 far AZ have
been able 10 discover, there vs.
not publishing house In the
republic, and the three or four book stores
OF the city are filled with such works,
either OF scientific or novel Variety
HIIow has the Introduction OF the loco
motive affected the peopleY"
1.-THE railways are new thing, ex-
cept the Vera Cruz line, which was twenty
years in building, and Is less than 800
miles IN length. AZ yet the average citi-
zen has no adequate conception oi their
fateful results 10 him and hir country.
While entirely interested and very hopeful
be IL yet man who has no dreams"
"What natlonalities thrive best with
commercial enterprlseaf"
"Engllsh, German and Irish are the
most numerous, except az the capital
where the French are more generally rep
resented ~ mercantile pursuits. The
very prompt manner Ia which the con-
suls OF the English government look alter
any indignity offered any one claiming En-
alish protection has tendency 70 create
a feeling Of respect Ia the heart Of the
Mexican, but Americans are rapidly gain
ing ground, and II they will not NEEDLE
with politics or unlawfully with the women
they can always be sure Of the most courte-
ous usage"
as wealth acquired rapidly In Mexico,
and what are the iayoritc methods Of
mOney-maEingf"
"There are but few foreigners
in the country that have been there
any length Of time and observed
correct business habits, but what are
wealthy. Many have become 10 from