The Republican journal., 1888-02-16

sagacity of President Diaz, but more to the in
coming of Americans and their mOney-MeNi-
co has awakened from the sleep of centuries.
and is now making giant strides. Long aban-
doned mines are being re-opened and rendered
productive, railroads constructed, large acres of
new land placed under cultivation, and manu-
factories of various kinds established.
1t is hardly fair to say that the progress is
due entirely to enterprise and capital emanat-
ing from the United States. England. Germa-
ny, and the Scandinavian nations have fur
nished large quota of clnigrants and money,
and an important share of the new growth has
come from the newly awakened MeXicans
themselves
one feature of the new growth-most graft
flying to right-minded Americans, is the rapid
obliteraton of the prejudices which, not long
ago. the McXicans entertained 50 bitterly
against los gringos.' That prejudice was
THE NATURAL RESULT
of the war between Mexico and the t. s., the
loss of Mexican territory which followed the
unhoy struggle, and the apprehension that
some day another attempt would be made by
the stronger ''Si>ter Republic" to extend her
line still further southward. Intelligent Mex
leans are beginning to understand that the pas
sion for annexation was the child of slavery.
and that it peri>hed with the death of its moth
er: that politically it is no less the hope of the
American than the Mexican government. that
the line shall remain forever unchanged. while
commercially it should be practically oblter-
ated.
Regarding the newy-found anthracite coal
beds of Sonora. Gen. Wasson. late surveyor
general of Arizona. writes that large area of
that state is underlaid with coal pronounced
by those who have examined it to be anthra-
cite of good quality. 1t is impossible to eSti-
mate the value of this discovery in country
where coal is comparatively unknown and
wood is so scarce that in many sections it is
purchased per p0uad for fuel. Samples of
these
BLACK DIAMONDS
have been examined in New York, Boston, Lon
don and other commercial centcrS. and in every
case the verdict is the same.
About six years AGO two Mexican gentlemen
endeaN Oretl to secure title to these coal fields,
and obtained it. subject to certain conditions.
some eighteen months ago they succeeded in
interc>lin" New York operators. who recently
put an exploring party. with proper machinery.
on the ground. As Il result large groupings
OF coal appear at many places. over an area of
several hundred square miles. while it stands
ont prominently on the banks Of streams and
III deep washes.
Estimates made upon the spot. with Il full
knoWlrdgc Of the topography of the country
between these coal fields and the port of
Guyana. understanding the cost of labor and
trans purtaion. show that the coal can be mined
and with railway be delivered at tc-watcr for
from Panama to san Francisco. at total cost
OF about 5000 per ton. In a country where
$1,000 per ton is not an uncommon price to
pay for coal imported from long distances, this
lind" is of the utmost importance.
Another recent discovery in Mexico is that
Of Brazilian plant which is said to have me-
,licinal virtues that make ii an infallibe
CURE FOR CANCER.
some time ago samples of the pant were sent
to w I>nIuottO for T. rinpntnl
told that the Investigations were carried on un-
der the personal supervision Of DIR. Townsend
theE--it not now-l!ealth Officer of the Dis
ilict Of Columbia. The Doctor is said to have
been guarded in evprc>>in. a positive opinion
hut in answer to an interviewer said: IL have
10 hesitation in a,lmitin. that in certain eases
II has given me very encouraging results. My
experiments have lot yet gone far enough to
warrant me i'll presenting the matter to the
rrott> >>ion. and my reports from others into
whose bands tie remedy has also been placed.
have not come i'll fully enough to justify me in
making them public at present.
should this Brazilian herb have half the me
dicinal virtue a>crbcI 10 it, its value can
scarcely be computed. FANNIE Is. WARD.