Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-14

scarcely hoped for in this couhtry, and
seemingly fearless Of the maRnified
and unreal dangers Of polit-
ical alliance, and abandoning
all the ancient antagonisms OF
race and customs, asking no pass ports
and making no inquiries. She invites
every conner from the land Of her
ideals and hopes TO her pyramids, to
her capital, older than Thebes, as
quaint as Tanglers, as foreign as old
Spair and ts new ~ the newest Amer
lean territory TO all modern things.
la people, climate, scenery and
strangeuess that Is astonishing AZ per.
tanning to the North American do
main, this country undoubtedly re-
pays visit. Winter and summer the
climate remains nearly the same. A
region OF tropical latitude but Of im-
mense elevations, there are scenes In
which Florida, tAe West India, or the
Bermudas offer no comparisons. Say
Ing nothing Of the capital, there are
cities In Mexico whose very names are
unknown TO Americans. This Is prom
inently the land OF mountains.
Near and frownlng or blue
and ethereal w.t1 the heavens
OF distance, they are everywhere be-
fore the eye until the senses become
accustomed to grandeur and tired OF
inacceasible majesty. Ragged sierras,
towers, castles, cones, scanned and
scared veterans OF the age OF fire,
fence in the horizon. Among the val.
leys where the vertical sun shines
scarcely half the day, where Villages
nestle and mysterious water llJws,
and where the only aspiring thing IL
the tower OF the inevitable church,
shapely and beautiful even In the
most squalid v lIages, everywhere
you will encounter quaint and
primitive, slow and picturesque peo-
pie. The Mexican at home stands as
the sixth race, unlike all others In ap-
probably blood Itself Customs,
industries, habits, mechanical op-
eratlons with industrial con-
trlvances unknown to all the world
beside are everywhere. You may sur
prise your inner man with strange
beverages and accustom your palate to
dishes hitherto not included among
your necessaries Of life You may wit.
ness the decaying exploits OF the bull
ring, the excitement of the cockpit,
or hear the strains OF Italian operas,
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 nearer
and brighter than ours. II Is the per.
petual glow of land where winter
never comes and where people from
time immemOrial worshipped the sun.
In addition to all that Is ancient
moss grown and rare, Mexico offers
to the miner the immense treasures
that In the oppulent days
Of the Aztecs made her 30
famous and attracted the Rtten-
ton OF the world on account OF her inn
mense bullion product Of precious |
metals, and II any experienced on
ginfer will take even a glare, at |
the country he Will see, that so far |
az prospecting has been carried on,
not little OF the country has been |
examined and the amount worked Is |
ns nothing. so that after nearly |
lifetime spent ia the practice OF my
profession, that has included the en-
tire world with not only minerals
alone but In geology and kindred |
sciences that bear directly on metal
lurgy, | am prepared to say that
',N''" "'iuia o0PtNially W AuuoilOhus
Inducements for Investment that are
rarely ever met with anywhere else,
with the assurance OF perfect safety |
for life and property, M the City OF
Mexico Will take especial care of any |
who come there to develop the re
sources OF the country. II anyone |
deslres anything farther rs TO this
subject he can be Accommodated by |
Prof HerbgrL BArtlett
MINING ENdlNEER,