The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-29

middle OF the roof. The large pillars are OF
red granite, aud are covered by sheeting OF
galvanized iron. The interior OF the heavy
arohing In the slcoves is OF adobe bricks, thus
saving the cost and insuripg durabil.
lily. There will be no such thing
as falling ceilings in that church
for the next several centuriea
The congregation IL not large. hence the
church Is never more than ne'half filed.
The lazy Mexicans lounge about the back
part OF the church. sitting on the door aud
the tquafe corners at the bass oil each pillar.
The Mexican women are the very reality OF
feminine mcdesiy, and could give points TO
our finely educated ladies They sppear In
solid black, wearing sun bon et'sheped head
gear. shading their faces. They are neatand
clean, and how in the name OF all that IL
holy they can stand the hlthiness and lGzi-
ptes OF the men | can rot comprehend, At
church the women kneel, and when they sit
down they simply continue the kneel at
lesser angle. In other words, they sit on
their feet, which they can tuck under them
IN such q comfortable fashion that the only
effect Is that they grow pigeon toed. Leav.
ing the church, many old Mexicans kneel
before q large crons IN front OF the church,
and kissing the cross rise and 20 their way.
/ wac amuzed ut the old fellow. / was
directly behind him in church; he turned,
looked at me Tor O moment, and then looked
away, but proceeded 10 feel and see II his re-
volver was secure. l saw the impression or
expression on his coat In the neighbornood
OF his pistol pocket, and imagined he had
a rife tied in a knot under his coattatl.
The beggars come 10 town early Saturday
and stay all day. They walk about aud
frunt and wheeze their petitions for aims
and they stick like dies In August You
tell them TO 'vamoose" and they shuiiis
away about three feet and turn to c)me
back. Some OF them have saved money oh
tanned by begging, but continue their call.
ing as though starving. You seldom ses a
beautiful woman or handsome man on the
beg.
The Mexican beggars face can hold more
wrinkles than eny face in the world. Pour
q gla,s of water on his head and let Il trace
the wrinkles of his face and you would
think he had sprinkler on his chin. He
smokes cigarettes. chews tobacco, beg,,
creeps about and proceeds in the most ad mi.
rable manner to get rs ugly as possible. This
feature Of ugliness has SO impressed me that
/ fain would linger In it's consideration,
but IL 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 uglintss, III comparative distance be
allowed to save the daisy.
Everything and body is so full o. an
tiquity that don't feel very young myself.
The legends of Pueblo villages and tribes are
Et
can't resist the temptation 10 psei the bark
of some OF the lies and expose them TO the
light OF day. The Oldest editices are churches
and they are automatically proven to
have stood for over three hundred years
MIR. Columbus acted very square in discov-
eIiDg America. for he only discovered II to
the old world Tnen Americas Nespucus
jumped the claim and established a fact.
Along came the cowboy, Cortez, and pro.
cee6ed to raise merry hades oil along the
west bank of the Mississippi, aud he disc "
cred that for many years. dubtless centuries,
the great West had been peopled by dis
tinct race from any known nationality. The
lnoss, OF Peru, evaporated northward until
lost in descent. Then the Aztecs. beyond
question, peopled this entire southwestern
territory, and the sciences must bite the dust
or recognise centuries Of habitation.
The question arises. what did Chris Co.
lumbus discover? IL the theory of discov.
cry be based upon the absence of habitation,
the good Queen Isabella was right IN getting
mae at being play led for moss back, aod en-.
forcing her right to send Chris to the rock
pile.
am but a humble student and have the
right to ask plain questions, hence all ego
tism l disclaim. II the Aztec Pueblo or
Inca or Mr.. 10 inhabited this continent to
the extent of millions as confirmed by his.
tory, what right has any buil-staboing Span
lard 10 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 get
drunk and stab bulls in ring just for fun.
But be did find people who on their knees
and with uplifted hands begged of an un-
knewn power protection from harm and the
benefits of the esrth's bounty. Just here my
Jesuitical teaching prompts me to say that
the fact of kneelipg for petition or to honor
was common to both the aboriglnes OF North
| and South America, aud especially the AZ
tecs. Now, whence this knowledge of the
method of expressing subsection aud sub
serviency? And here again another pin
the civilized tendency of the old races was
acknowledged in their industries, which pro-
duced articles which now attract our atten
ton for the artistic skill OF their manu!ac
| ture.
Verify, our land comes in for share Of the
divide at the Tower OF Babel.