The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-25

row Ahetr houses Are Butlt-Whcn the
Evening Comes-Diet and Cooking
Dress of the women-ApparsI OF the
Men.
In the terras oelientes (hot lands the
children often go naked, and the grown
people wear no more clothing than their
partial civilization demands The fat
rooted adobe house, the palm covered
cane hut or cave in the hillside serves all
the purposes Of an earthly habitasfOn for
those whose lives are passed within theIa
But here in the coolest part Of the republic
"a mile and q half above the level Of the
SIGNATURE has 30 elevated the country
and lowered tina temperature THAI cloth
Ing Is "A necessity There IL sufficient rain
TO penetrate tho fiat roofs and drown out
the cave dwellers. hence we find people
living above ground and under inclined
roofs. Thus they have advanced by she
sheer necessity OF their external surround
Iugs; but wheUs nature has not acted with
compulsory force they still remain In
condition that is scarcely above that Of
the lower animals in some respect.
TEX FAMILY CIRCLE.
The houses are k7Ia3t Of mud stone ana
adobe They hAvo dirt floors and shed
roofs which are covered with mud mortar
about six inches deep. They seldom have
windows or any other provision for light
and ventilation except the door. We often
find large family living in one of these
rooms When the evening comes a family
circle is formed around a few ancient
earthen mugs and jars which are set on
the dirt floor; from these they take their
scant and simple meal; after which Il
round of Cigaretts are smoked, the door
is barred, the Pickering talow candle is
blown out, and while the unsavory fumes
ff "a fc inn "a
entire room the last one retires TO rest in
this dungeon home, home then darker
than the blacklist night, as unsavory as
the dungeon Of the doomed, and almost as
sickly and deadly as the black-hole of Cal.
cutta.
We see these creatures on their knees
every day and with outstretched arms
they bemoan their lot and beg of God in
his mercy to grant them more blessings,
after which they employ what little men
tai and physical force they possess in re-
jeCting these which have already been
granted. "What fools these mortals be-"
Their diet consists of the various fruits
of the tropic, with goats meat, cat milk
and tortillas corn cakes) made Il salt ana
water. The meal is ground by hand be-
tween stones similar to those used by the
ancients. In place of stoves and iron
cooking utensils, they use elevated fire
over charcoal fires. The knowledge OF
cooking among all classes Of women is
as meager as the means used, hence the
breakfast biscuit, white loaf bread, pies,
preserves and nT%3G.Galngs of the United
'7Oess are never seen in Mexico.
DRESS OF WOMEN.
The women wear shawls over their heads
in place OF hats and bonnets and the fash
ion never changes. Their feet are small
and they wear tight shoes with very high
heels. Among the lower class plain-cut,
bright-red dresses are often worn, but
among the higher classes u combination of
bright colors is preferred.
The men of every class have passionate
fondness for dressed sheep, goat, or deer
skin suits. These are often fringed,
painted and embroidered with silver. The
pantalOOns are often striped down the
side with rows of buttons and buckles and
the wide brimmed sombrero Is often
adorned with silver stars, tassels and
few rounds of heavy silver cord around
the crown. The poems wear very low
crowned, wide brmmed straw hats, and
in place of coats they wear heavy wooden
blankets winter and summer. Though |
am now in the torrid zone and to-day is
July 18th, yet l see the natives passing or
summing themselves with their blankets
wound around them up to the nose Moth
ers are passing with their babies wrapped
up out of sight and the men use sandals
in place of shoes or boots. A few are
dressed as we find them in the United
States. Thus it is the old and the new,
the high and the low are all seen at one
view.-Zacatecas Cor. Detroit Free Press.
An Afternoon at Cold HarbOr.
Then as the day wore away and the
troops were well in hand again, saw
staff officers ride along the lines, which
were generally under the shelter of crests
of hills, and then 1 saw the regimental
comm anders getting their men into line.
About O'Clock in the afternoon 1 heard
the charging commands given. With
many an oath at the military stupidity
which would again send good troops to
useless slaughter, l sprang to my feet and
watched the doomed infantry. Men whom
/ knew well stood rifle in hand not more
than thirty feet from me, and am happy
to state that they continued to stand. Not
"a man stirred from his place. The army
to man refused 10 obey the order, pre-
sumably from Gen. Grant, to renew the
assault. 1 heard the foolish and wicked
order given and l saw it disobeyed. Many
of the enlisted men had been up TO and
over the Confederate works. They had
seen their strength. Grant, Meade, Han
cock, Warren, Wright, Burnside, none of
them had been near the works. And if
they did not know that they could not
be taken by direct assault the enlisted
men did know it, and they refused to
make a second attempt. That night we
began 10 entrench. BY daylight we had
our earthwOrks finished and were safe
Frank Wilkinson in Chicago Times.
Soldering on Drunken Men.
Passing by a Turkish bathroom at a
late hour the other night l noticed two
half-drunken men going iE 70 take baths.
Returning the same way sometimes later
\ saw these two men coming out appar-
emily sober and fresh looking. Having
my curiosity aroused, I accosted the pro
pr,etOr as to what he had done for them
He said: I'VE gave them baths and rubbed
them down in the regular way. 1t sobers
a man up and puts him in condition &c
go home to his family without giving him
self away as having made night of it.
make a s.. .ialtV of this thing, and keep