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The National tribune., 1891-07-30

Il is nearly 100 miles from here 10 Vera Cruz.
This town is the Capital Of the State OF Vera
Cruz, and next 20 Puebla il is The biggest city
on the line Of the old National road, which was
a post route IN tho days OF the MOutezumas
aud over which Core2 marched his Spaniards
when lac FIRST penetrated Mexico. Since that
time until the present b. has been q tFado-contcr
and to-day il is the market OF one OF the richest
coffee regions Of Mexico. Coffee plantations
Die all around il, and new coffee estates ARE be-
ing planted daily. The business is profitable
and the people arc rich.
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The Board Of Health.
Puck.
Three square meals a day.

DAD COMPLEXION. WITH PIMPLY,
ID blotcby, oily skin, Red, Rough Hands, with
chaps, painful finger ends and shapcless nails and
simple Baby Humors prevented aud cured by CUTI-
cURA SOAP. A marvellous beautiier Of world-w
celebrity, IL Is simply Incompatible q Skin Puh-
flying soap unequaled for the Toilet aud without
indicated, e1qGsitely perfumed, CUTICURA soar
produces the whitest, clearest skin aud sofest
hands and prevents inflammation and cloggiug OF
the pores. the cause OF pimples, blackheads and
most complexional Designations while IL admits
Of no comparison with the best Of other skin soapa
and rivals IN delicacy the most noted aud e1pen.
sye Of toilet and nursery soaps Sale greater than
the combined sales Of all other skin soaps
Sold throughout the world. Price &c.
Send for How 10 Cure Blood and Skin Diseases -
Address POTTER DRU0 And CHEMICAL CoRPoRI.
TON. PToprietors. Boston, Mass
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Railroad Accident in Ohio.

A terrible accident happened 20 an excursion
train on the Cincinnati Hamilton x DAYTON
Railroad at Middletown. o., on Saturday, July
25, in which three persons were killed, four
critically and IL seriously injured while as
many more were bruised and slightly hurt.
The excursion train had been sidctracked, and
WAS pulling out from the station when large
freight train ran into the rear car, telescoping
three OF the passenger cars full Of human
freight
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DONALD KENNEDY
Of ROIbury, Mass says

Kennedy's Medical Discovery cures
HOrrid Old Sores, Deep Seated
Ulcers Of 10 years standing, In
ward Tumors, and every disease Of
the skin, except Thunder HumOr,
and Cancer that has taken root.
Price $3.50. Sold by every Drug
gist in the U. s. and Canada.
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range az ono end, and In the back OF which
little Mexican baby swung In a cradle hung
from the rEncrs These two rooms made up
the house Of this coffee planter and his furni-
ture, al told, consisted Of half dozen chairs
and q table
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Albert Crawford, young man in the employ
OF the Reading Railroad in Atlantic CITY. has
fallen heir TO fortune Of 52JO.OOO through the
death OF maiden aunt in England. The
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. has caused q
great sensation by taking steps to prohibit the
sale OF liquor in the town Of Lansford, Pa,
containing over 1850 inhabitants The site on
which the town Is built was originally owned
by the company, and the title deed for every lot
sold contained prOyisO that no liquor shall be
Vended on the premiscs.--At the next meet.
ing OF the Catholic Hierarchy OF the United
States letter Of thanks will be sent TO the
Pope IN the name Of the Bishops OF this country
thanking him for having rejected the petition
OF Herr Cahensly aud his associates. The Hier-
arehy looked upon the memorial as uuWarrant-
able interference with the business Of the
Catholic Church ia the United States.-'Fhe
Bureau Of American Republics is informed that
new cable 10 the West Indies is among the
probabilities Of the near future. The line will
be an extension OF the cable between Halifax
and Bermuda. aud Will terminate at Demerara,
touching on its route Fortune Island and the
Island OF Jamaica, and passing through the
Caicos passage.-EdWard Malley, OF New
Haven, father OF Walter Malley, of jennie
CTamer nOtOriety, has been sued by Mrs Marie
Reinhart, until recently a governess In his
family, for breach Of promise Of marriage the
damages being laid az S2500O-B f. Lee
Clerk Of the Supreme Court Of Trenton, n. j.,
has sold tract of land he owned in Cumber-
land County % the promoters of a new Hebrew
colony Tor the prosecuted Jewish refugees from
Russia. The corporation that purchased it have
now 2,1OO acres Of good land 10 miles below
MillvIlle in Maurice River Township. Cumber-
land County. Thirty-fve families viii be To-
Gated By Aug. !, and town built up.-The
general use Of pocket dime-saving banks has
created such demand for 20 cent pieces that the
coins are being turned out by the minis at the
rate OF 100000 per day.-Unless an almost
miraculous influence be brought to bear upon
the Missouri River 20 prevent its inroads made
at point west Of st. Joseph, known as the
Belmont Bend, the town Of Elmwood. opposite
st. Joseph, and a territory Of about six square
miles Of farming country will DO submerged,
the bridge and railroad tracks will be rendered
useless, and great damage would ensue to
property.
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GRIMES AND cAsrALr1rs.

The charred remains Of five persons Of the
James family were found in their house near
Flora, III. It is supposed that their father first
committed murder and then suicide.--George
Ross. Of Sc. Louis on attempting to drive a
stray horse out Of the yard adjoining his en-
plOyer's residence. was Knocked down and
trampled on. The horse tore a large piece of
hesh from his shoulder. and finally killed him
with blow Of his hOOG--During q drunken
row between lumbermen and Italian railroad
hands near Glen Hazel, Pr, Horace Fisher was
fatally stabbed by PaOlO Passuzzi Great ex-
element eusUed. There are at least 5000
woodsmen in Elk County. aud they are a unit
IN demanding reparution for this horrible
crime. There may be a repetition Of the New
Orleans ahaIr.--At fire in Newport News,
Va, July p, which destroyed a whole block,
two ladies and two children died Of flight
William WEIGH, Of Cumberland. Nd, EN- oyed
as yard brakeman on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, was caught under the wheels of a
shifting engine and instantly killed He was
the 18th member Of the family that has met
with violent death within the last few
months, four OF his brothers being killed in
various ways. His father and sister also re-
Gently died Of erief--The cotton and wooden
mills Of Campbell < Elliott. Philadelphia. were
destroyed By fire. The loss is about $3.50. O0O
The National tribune., 1891-07-30
MEXICAN MOUNTAINS.
A Look at the Old Town Of Jalapa
and It's Beautiful Girls.

Me,rcan Coffee Raising and It's Pronts-A
Ride Through the COuntry-String and
Rope Rs Building MateriRl-The Coffee
Drinkers of the sVorld-The old National
Road, and the battle-ground OF Cerro
GordO as NJ Looks in 1891.
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During my Stay here have taken a ride 10
Cohtcrec d. b seven miles from Jalapa. and
% D. night ln The center OF some Of tie best
collie plantations in the country. gtrect-car
Lhe iuha if0ia JalHPa q H. and some OF the
bt4i ridps DOB Mexico are taken up0n street car.
The country has Hs good a tlHmWHy system ns
YOU viii find iH the world, aud j will ride y
miles in an open mule-trm tomorrow when /
60 from here io Vera Cruz. IN this ride 10
Coaicpec party u Americans chartered a
special car aud Qua four mules went on the gall
lop Tor ihc Whole seven miles. NC made ID .u
huli 900 hour aud Fl Eas picturesque dliycas
you ran haye ln the mountains Of Switzerland.
The cara dash oat Of this quaint old city down
lulo ueauti.ul valley, thc walls Of which arc
covered with tic RfeCucst Of bluegrass Great
trees 81 Bowers like Gala lilies and plants
which you hnd iu tic hot houses nt home crow
on the roadside, and you ride on into and
through tic vegetation Of the tropics. You
lock at the soil where the road has been cut IN
the grade 10 The valley, and YOU see that il is
o. black as ink, aud from six TO eight feet deep
Some Of tho fields arc filled with corn, which
grows here as luXuriantly rs ia the best soil OF
Kansas, in which rs Senator Ingalls, SAYS you
can poke down your hand up 10 your armpits
ano pull out earth IS rich a. manure There
are Mbcnthelds as rich rs the corn, aud now
we come into the great groves OF coffee They
look more like groves Of bananas, FOR banana
plants 10 feet high with great Juuchcs OF green
The National tribune., 1891-07-30
NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON O. THURSDAY JULY go 1891

hulled in this way the beans are winnowed
and dried for tho market In some parts OF
Mexico there are machines for curing the
coffee, and the methods i saw were the rudest
Of the rude Still some Of the best cohee
known is produced in Mexico, and il ranks
high above the Brazilian coffee among experts
Some people like il letter than tue Arabian
coffee. aud coffee dealers hero tell me that the
demand for coffee increases every year. UP
until 1890 the only coffee known was that
from Arabia. and il was about this time that
the Java coffee was first planted. About hall
a century later the plant was introduced into
the West India Islands, and from thence lt
spread % Brazil and Mexico. At present Brazil
exports more coffee than any other country IN
tho world, aud we buy moro than 2OCOOOO
pounds Of her every year. We take the bulk
of the Mexican coffee, and u brings higher
prices than the Brazilian, and il will bring
more as il becomes better known. Mexico
already raises over 100000 worth every
year. and the prospects are that we will
buy the most of her output for years
10 come. We drink more coffee than any
other people in the world, except the Bel
gians, the Norwegians, the Danes, and the
Dutch, and our average Is over seven pounds
head every year. The French drink about two
pounds head, and their chief drink is wine.
The British drink tea, and they only average
ANNN" ~ f0hlA VI NbAANG liNl tftaA NtAis A@NNAg
Dntchmau drinks seven times as much as the
average American. or p times rs much rs the
Enslishman, aud the Danes drink on the aver
agc IL pounds year apiece. Such coffee rs is
drunk in Mexico itself is as \ rule very poorly
made. The people have q way OF boiling down
their coffee into am essence aud keeping the
essenCe on hand aud using a spoonful OF two to
a cup OF hot water and calling IL coffee. This,
however, is the fault II the makers. and not or
the coffee. The oniy good coffee have had
IN Mexico has been az private houses. and the
hotel coffee tastes as though it had been cooked
han a dozen times, or saved over from last
week The coffee served here at the Testau-
raihs makes me think OF the Brazilian proverb
gr regard TO coffee. This states that good coffee
should he las black as ink. IS bitter as death,
and as hot as hell" As far as these attributes
are concerned, the Mexican hotel coffee GER
taiuly cNcels, save that il is often brought to
he table cool. The Mexicans usually drink
their coffee with milk. aud they have hot milk
aud pour the hot milk and the hot coffee into
the cup at the same time. The chief drink,
however, is cocoa or chocolate, and you arc al
ways sure OF getting good cup Of chocolate in
Mexico.
The National tribune., 1891-07-30

fitcs OF tho houses md these run down almost
even with thc pavement. in many Of them
The glass doors bcllind the bars have been taken
oUt, and you look into big rooms ilOorcd with
tiies ~ Vanished red and generally furnished
with siuight-hack chairs, stifly set against the
wal and tables The Mexican house O. a tier
OF rooms around a court yard. in Mexico
tiiy tins court yard soften used Tor the horses
Hnd carriages lut here in Jaiapa il is always a
garden, and perhaps q fountain plays among
the flowers aud trees and you see tie spark
lluR 81 the failing water amid the green ss you
look Through these iron bars across the Ied
floor Of the parlor. The houses Of Jslaua,
built after tltit old Spanish style are very COM
Portable, aud the people arc well dressed.
TIE Jalapa girls ere De preitieet IN Mexico.
They are tall, straight. and have wonderfully
beautiful eyes. They arc plump ar par,r.dgus
in harvcst-timc, and thcir dark checks lival
tie moss roso. They have an international rep
utati0u for beauty. and even the Mezicaus call
them darliugs. j caHglt picture OF ono or two
VIII my c.mera. aud though modest ] found
them by nomeans prudent and they evidently
considered The piciure-taking more Of ioke
The National tribune., 1891-07-30
A Case Or stage Fright.

Boston COurier
SOck-Did you ever have the sensation Of
stage fright?
Bu5kin-Yes once.
SOck-When was that2
Buskin-OBes when was on the Deadwood
coach and it was held up.
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bat pay dollar a quart for the milk-like.
shiny solution prepared from edible BIRDS
nests.
Ito Be e1aliaued)
The National tribune., 1891-07-30

world, and about JalGpa and on all Of the
Mexican highlands you fad one Of the best
climates in the world. The people do not ap-
peciatc how valuable their lands are and in
the present growth aud development Of the
country there cannot but be n great increase IN
the value Of land. Railroads arc being built
everywhere, and lands can be bought along
these which are sure 20 increase In value
Many o. these coli lands are owned hv IN
dians. and the Indians ~ this part 81 Vera
Cruz seem 10 be more thrifty shan those Ia
Mexico City o. along tho seaeOasi. am told
that some OF these poor farmers are very rich.
They save tic profits 81 their coffee from year
10 year aud bury thcm under their cabins.
They toll no one Oi the place Of hiding. and a
prominent Mexican told re flat he supposed
that There were &C least ten million dollars
buried about the cabins Of The small Mexican
planters. An Old Indian died tile other day.
and as he Jay 0n his dcath-bcd Dc told his wife
where She would lud his hoard Of 100000 Ia
silver. She did not suppose that be had cent
and the Indians, ana told. are very suspicious
OF their friends and rarely trust their wives In
fuch matters. j. may be that some az The In
dams VIC saw working ia the fields during this
ride were rich men. and lack OF clothing In
Mexico Is by no means sign Of lack Of money.
Returning 10 orr ride we galloped on
through fields upon which Eat cattle grazed,
and ] was surprised % see that the fences along
tie road were made Of American wire, fastened
% cactus l.auts. They were tied on rather
thau nailed aud ] noted that fences made of
poles were also tied together with wiihes Of
vine. We passed many huts made Of cane aud
thatch, aud the cane walls Of the huts were
formed q The poles tied together and the thatch
was tied 10 the poles forming the roof. The
people a this part 81 Mexico outside Of the
towns live very chcaply, aud shall not forget
cali which made upon a small coffee planter.
lie had grove Of many acres, but his hut was
Of suu-burHt bricks about 20 feet square, and
ID bad q roof Of red tile The ground formed
tic floor, and the whole family slept In one
room. There were three beds In this room,
aud upon two Of them children were sleeping.
A. catered IL a chicken spTRug out from I'M
der q saddle lying in the middle Of tho nOor,
and few through the back door between it's
masters legs. The man couueously asked me
10 be seated, and he seemed not averse TO show
ing me bis house aud plantation. lie took me
out Of this parlor and bedroom combined into
the kitchen, where there was a sort Of a clay
The National tribune., 1891-07-30
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.
tcorYRIaHr, isslA

Special Correspondence THE NATIONAL TnIRUNE,
JALAPA, MEXICO, July, 1891.
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JhLRrA UFtrTrFg.

than anything else Jaapa has public square
or PLAN which j. filed with beautiful trees.
ard H which are seats % marble and a great
stand for music. Here one OF the best bands
De- hcrico plays every night, aud the pretty
girls como out aud sit on these marble seats
Winie tie men promenade around 8ud cast
sberps eyes a. thcm. This procedure coutln-
pes Tor about three hours every evening, aud
d b. nov carried on under The electric light.
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II gou rant 70 Re sure azd get into Zen thoHs-
and dollar q gear business tchcr0 dollars roik
right into uO1tr pockets Without hardly any gfoyt
Gi0Ht Ocie Co., AiIgUstG, Dc 8Ie for particulars
and free samples % stdrt 5ott tls GR h0nOra5lS
SKINNER, FGll and Winter business. Remember
eFi1as and Tide 5Ccit for no man." and q pOstdt
Eg time sCUcs Botb much disappointment 80 doH'i
allot1 Gay0as &c get a ahead q you. Write tod0g'
The National tribune., 1891-07-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Ito Be eonlinusd.)
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25
CLIPPINGS.

Petroleum has been discovered at Co
Eno, Fresno county, Cal. The oil is
|id 10 be of better quality than any yet
|und in the State.
|The lowest temperature ever recorded
Iywhere was noted by GorOchow, De
|mber 30, 1871, at Werchoansk, Siberia
Isl degrees f., or ll3 degrees below
eezing.
/ An English physician, DR.. LennOX
|ainwright, affirms thar mixture OF
|enthOl and carbonate of ammonia has
oven to be the best remedy for hay
|ver. 1t is used as smelling salts.
A vast ''banyan' tree, covering be-
cen six and seven acres, has been dis
vered on the tiny Lord Howe island,
0 miles from Port Macquaire, in Aus
Rlia. 1t is surpassed in size only by
e greatest of those in India.
The farmers in the Palouse country
ashington, have straw roads, which
e pronounced excellent. They take
e straw after it is threshed and scatter
over the roads, and, after a while
ben it is settled down, it makes roat
ke papier mache, smooth and dustless
fThe canal which is to connect Manches
England, with the sea is one of thu
eatest undertakings of modern times
total length will be 331 miles. 1t vii
26 feet deep, l20 feet wide at the bot
m and 23O feet at the top. 1t is abou
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25
THE VERGENNEs RACES.

The Champlan Driving Club meeting
on Wednesday and Thursday, the 10th
and 18th, was success. The weather
was fine and the track in good condition.
\ large number of people attended, and
fast time was made in the free-for-all and
2 :45 classes.
Bessie c. of Burlington carried off first
money in the free-for-all, Getty Grant,
ch. m, entered by a. Tappan of Panton,
second Gen. Grant, bl. e., j. McLaugh-
lin, Burlington, third; Young Columbus
fourth and Stranger fifth; time, 2 :35,
, 1864, 2 30.
In the 2 40 class, Cyclone, b. e., f. W.
Train of Vergennes, was the winner of
first money, Headlight second, Willis
ton third, Clay Franklin fourth; time,
, :35, 2:40, 2 :3S3, 2:39. In this race,
Headlight, ch. M, owned by III. b.
Wright of Waltham, made the best time
in the first heat, and equal to the best
time of Bessie c. in the fIee-for-all, 2 :35.
Headlight was not in condition to go into
the race, but against Mr.. Wright's judg,
ment he allowed her to trot,
In the running race, half mile, Burt
Bristol took first, Charles McCuen and
c. Hlndes dividing second money; time
:03, :03i
F. ID. Barton's Roy, two years old
sire Wilkes McGregor, trotted mile in
2 ;lG, making fine exhibition heat. Ken
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25
COUNTY AND VlClNlTY NOTES.

Brandon has a Chinese laundryman,
Lee Sing ID, by name.
Brandon has IA rifle club which holds
regular weekly shoots.
The construction of a telephone line from
Bristol to Lincoln was begun on Monday
1t is said that there are 1000 persons in
Bristol who cannot repeat the Lord S
prayer correctly.
The new hotel at Brandon is going up
rapidly. 1t will be a substantial and very
handsome structure.
The hotel at Lake Dunmore, where
there are now about 30 guests, will close
for the season tomorrow
Nearly POO men are employed on the
Bristol railroad. The laying of the rails
was expected to begin this week.
Rev. II. G. Pillsbury of Vergennes was
one of the speakers at the autumn meet
ing of the Congregational club of Western
Vermont. which was held in Burlington
on Tuesday.
Mr.. w. F. Walker has resigned tine
position of treasurer of the Proctor
Trust Co. of Proctor and has become
cashier of the First national bank of
Fair Haven.
During the thunder storm last Friday
night lightning struck the horse shed
back of the Bristol Advent church, tear
ing the boards off in four places at the
north end.
The Shropshire sheep sold by Wilcox
Bros. of Bridport at the State fair were
bought by Hon. Levi X. Fuller of Brat
tleboro, who has placed them on the
farm connected with Vermont academy
at SaXton's River.
At the Orwell fair on Wednesday OF
last week n horse owned by Joseph Wis.
sell of Shoreham was killed in collision
with George Felton's PAGER. The thill of
the PAGERS sulky entered the breast of
WIssell's horse, causing its death in few
moments.
James +. Hanley hired horse al
Hurlburt's livery stable in Castleton on
Wednesday of last week, was arrested il
Brandon on Thursday and in the Rutland
county court Tuesday pleaded guilty tC
stealing the rig. He was sentenced tc
three years in State prison.
Surviving members of companies Il
and + of the 9TH Vermont had a reunion
at Bristol last week. About 80 wer,
present. These officers were chosen
IcSltlcul, y. '. LUX VI DTduuOn. vice
president, l.. @. Hack of Ticonderoga, y
Y; secretary, C. +. Ioutt of Middlebury
The Fall Mountain Paper Co. of Bel
lows Falls is said to have acquired titlt
to nearly $4,000 acres of forest land il
Hancock, Granville, Rochester, Chitten
den and Pittsfield. The company ha
had a force of men at work all summe
on the White river and its Tributaries
clearing them of Instructions so tina
logs for pulp can be floated down.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25
THE TAX LAW,

The st. Johnsbury Republican is op-
,osed to the present system Of taxation
n this State on the ground that it drives
'ut capital and prevents men of means
rom coming here to reside. Its argu-
nents are at least plausible, and perhaps
he tax law does have the effect stated.
But, admitting that the Republican is
hight, it is hard to discover how the law
Ian be amended. As it stands, the law
|hvOrs the farming class, whose property
for the most part of such character
hnds and live stock-that it cannot escape
be listers; and so long as the farmer
bterest is as strong as it is in the legls-
bture the law will remain what it is.
| he farmers might possibly be convin-
ed that the Republicans position is cor
|ect, but even then they would be slow
, act. They believe that the law is good
pr them, and they will not consent to a
hange in it for the sake of probable di-
ect benefits to the State and indirect
enefits to themselves. People generally
pt from selfish motives in these matters
hd it requires a vast deal of argument to
ersuade them to act otherwise.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25

Here is a significant admission from
Harper's Weekly, whose editor never was
charged with partality for the Mckinley
bill:
The last presidential election is said to
have turned on the question of free wool.
But, notwithstanding all enormous tariff,
both upon the raw material and the man
|ufactured article, the entire wool busi-
ness was in declining condition up to the
| close of 1889. Since then idle machinery
has resumed activity, and new mills are
Inow in process of construction. 1t seems
Ito be probable that the design of the tar
'iff' to transfer the manufacture of wool
lens needed in America to this country
'Mill be accomplished.