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and distinguished services in August, 1864 and
his division did some Of the best fighting ever
done by any cavalry. He resigned both his
commission in the volunteer and Regular
armies in February, 1855, and began lilo as a
farmer near Milford, Del, but he shortly after
ward removed 10 Reading. Pa, where he has
lived for many years In 1874 he was appointed
Consul at Prague, Bohemia. In 1856 he was
elected Commander OF the Loyal Legion of
Pennsylvania. Although so conspicuous dur
ing tho war, since its close he has led such a
quiet and retired life that he has escaped notice
of many Of the historians.
Capt. John w. Morrison, nominee for State
Treasurer, entered the army as private in Co.
r, Tooth Pa. tROund Heads, in August 1861,
when 20 years cid, and rose to the rank Of
Captain. He saw hard service with his regi-
ment in all their campaigns. Since the war he
has been a member Of the State Legislature,
and served two terms as Chief Clerk Of the
Pennsylvania House Of Representatives and
one term as Journal Clerk. lie is an active
member Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
and Of tho Union Veteran Legion.
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tom Of which Is to heart Of the plapt. This
heart Is ~ least q foot thick. You cat il out
and throw tie cone and lag heart away, and
y1n have Is bowl lrG as big around IS a tin
wash-aasn and deep enough 10 holl gallon
OF 80 OF liquor. Into this hole "A Sap like sugar
water VI honey Cows 80 that IL l.!s the bowl
Wit,sln short time. d now tastes Ike honey
water i0l srl ~ away o. keep IL for half
a day and 70 begins 10 ferweut lt now tastes
liIc bU,tgg-E' ia, aud has The effects Of q light
beer The longer it fernouis the stronger IL
gets. aud q quart GO IL is about as much as you
can carry 90 one timc. il acts we'll on your
/ digestive organs, cleans the Kidneys and docs
not give yCu q bead tAe next day. Drunk in
Z moderation t Is very beautiful, and the City
+ OF Mexico takes about pint q day 10 each man,
woman and child IN ID. j have seen many men
under the influence Of pulquc-l mean drunk,
+ hut have never seen iLcn noisy or bostcr0Gs.
The liquor seems 10 act ms q BOporiilc rather
than an cXcitsuL The best pulque planta-
I tioug Of The country are on the plains Of Apam,
] near Mexico City. There are plantations here
I that bring IN as high a. s20,00 year 10 their
owEors. Each plant viii produce from barrel
10 a hOgshrad Of pugue, and the plants Rrc
worth about s. apiece. Ii takes about 10 years
10 liirg pulquo plantation into bearing but
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A great many American wagons are brought
down into Mexico ] find that some Of our
biggest wagon makers have agencies here. The
worst carts in the world are the native Next
can carts. Their wheels are cut out OF wood,
and ore Of them is about as much rs man can
lift Many OF them arc dragged by oxen; now
and then you see mules harnesscd 10 them.
They are the same carts which have been used
here for generations, and an ordinary one horse
load upou them is as hard for the oxen as
four horse load would be with an American
wagon. in Mexico City you will see rs fine
turuouis rs anywhere la the world, aud many
of the carriages are imported from the United
States Let nae tell you something about the
duty they pay. Two-scated carriages pay S66
81 they have but two wheels. IL they have four
wheels they pay Sl32 and If more than two
seats they pay $40 Laudaus and other four
wheeled coaches having more than two seats pay
SBg6, and hal,y-cauiagcs pay 30 per cent. OF
their appraised value. Cart wheels are taxed
$3.50 pair, and carriage wheels have 10 pay
$40 pair. Even at this rate Of tarih there IS
a profit made of the selling Ell American car
riagcs i'm Mexico, aud g pays our manufacturers
10 shin them here. Furniture imported from
the United States 10 Mexico is taxed, no' in
proportion 20 its value, bat by weight, aud the
queer thing about b is that wicker furniture,
which weighs The least Of nil kind OF furniture,
paws only - cents a pound, while heavy
oakcn and walnut furniture pays p cents a
Mound. Furniture dealers Get rs much for
wicker furniture as they do FOR oak, and make
propouionately great deal more out OF H.
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n 10 per cent task or about onc-tenth Of the
amount 81 the Federal, which goes OBJ the State,
aud which Is called material Improvement tax.
You have % pgy your taxes before the 10Th oil
every month, aud 81 you don't my thcm by
THAI time there S fine ot six per cent OF tho
amount e yCur taxes added ia them. and IL
YOU keep on ro, paving tho officers vii give
y0H q three days notice and sell you out.
All goods brought into Sau luis l0tosi have 20
nay q State import duty, and % man makes
saddle hcrc in Monterey and sends ii 10 ine ia
San Luis ] will have 20 pay percentage on u
before ] get it. Mercantile oralls pay about
one per cent TAX On Tie amount Tor which
ihev nre made; and, ID short everything that
] know o. pays a tax EXCEPT land"
"IHs, Of course. increase the price Of every
thing, does ID uot2"
CIT certainly docs" was the reply. I'VE
have 90 pet high prices or we couldn't live
get 40 times rs much for ms work ~ ] do in
tile United States, and ] nave 10 pay three
timos as much Cor everything buy. bought
$40 cooks stove the other day; that is, il
would cost me $40 in the United States, and ]
paid jos, So before ] got IT, BY vale pays -
cents o yard f0r some OF hcr CaliCos, and there
Is nothing know Of THAT is not taxed"
How about laudsf" ] asked.
Lands arc Tree from taxation, unless they
are u cultivation II you OWH 900 acres and
cultivate DO you pay tax or The 30 and the
other 800 go rec. This IS tie great curse Of
Mexico and ID prevents The big estates being
divided up aud sold. There arc many men in
Mexico who ouu owes 100000 acres, aud ]
know OF one or tE0 who own l,0DN 900. Stil
one %, these men docs not Tay as much taxes
Bs Co. lie has 30 keep I'D. acCauu;s and iei
thc Government officials look them over, and
they tax lima on Dos income from the land and
not for tie aud ITSELF few thousand men
oEn 40 Tic land in Mexico lut these few
arc s0 influential that the Government dare.
not imrg-e q general tax upon lands and thu
States ought ID requisite the matter The Coy
cu0r 90 Zacatecas thought Doe would begin 10
3D. tried b. but bu WAS gssass.Uafoa IaZstloI
iu Nrxic0 s altogether iu favor Of the rich IN
stead of tie poor. j know Of great blocks O
bail 4iugs Wl.gA stand Idle aHl pay u0 take
beCause they are not rented. u y mau lives D.
hs house be has 10 pay tax On Il. u he hg
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cattla on the rhsrnkee slrin.

Twenty-Five Of the leading men Of the CherO-
kee Nation, including Chief J. B. Mayes, held a
conference with the cattlemen who are now
herding cattle on the Cherokee Strip. at Cald-
well, Kan, Aug 20. The conference was the re-
suit Of the recent order Of President Harrison,
which permits the Cherokees to mold cattle on
the Strip provided they can show that the cattle
belong to the members Of the Nation. Attic con-
ference il was arranged that all the cattle now
grazing there shall be transferred to individual
CherOkees by bills Of sale, and that when the
time for marketing the cattle arrives the
CherOzces shall transfer them back 10 the cat
temen at an advance sufficient 10 meet the
grazing charges. by this agreement the 100000
head Of cattle on the strip can be kept there,
and as many mora brought in as the Cherokees
care to take.
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7 met on the train yesterday the superin-
teudeat Of tho telegraph line Of the National
Railroad, tie man who has built the most Of the
telegraph system Of the country. lie Il now
living al Murilia, west Of Mexico City, where
be has a ranch Of g0,gJO acres, aud where 10
lives when he is not engaged ia putting Up
lines. ] asked hiIa anumbcr Of questions about
the telegraph here. Said he:
There are about 10000 miles Of telegraph
lines Ia this country. aud the Government
owns about one half Of these 10 has covered
the country with a network OF wires, and you
will fnd !ts Offices ia every important town in
the Republic from tie lilo Grandc 10 fucatan.
The telegraph officers are q part Of tie civil
service and there Is "A General Director 81 Tcie-
graphs in Mexico City, with Inspectors in diff
/ ioreat parts q the country. The railroads all
! have tclcgraphs Of their own, but the GJyern-
meu' runs It's own lines on their poles, and IL
is tho Government that does the chief COM
/ morcial business Of the country. Qgite a num-
! Der o. tie States have their own tcicgmphs,
! but these are either directly or indirectly
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met nm American dentist hero who WAS prac-
ti-iug hi, trade in san Luis Iotosi, ana he told
me something about professional taxes. Snd
he: pay Sd every two months 10 the Gov
emmCnt for The right 10 pull teeth and Ga
them aud every profession has 10 do likewise.
The doctors pay ibo Same as 4 do, aud car
uoutefs and masons are taxed. Carpenters in
San uis l'otUsi give a percentage Of their
wages 10 The Government, and we have our
Federal tax. our State taxes, and our town tax.
The State taxes are about % per cent Of the
amount Of the Federal taxes, and then there is
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TO San Luis p0tosi tho lowest postage viii be
10 cents while ] can send the same letter TO
New Y0rl, for five cents and FROM New York
10 Mexico Tor two rents. The Mexican Govern
meut gets 100000 year from lotteries, and
she has about a milli0n and a half from excise
duties. These SUMS relate only 10 tie National
taxes; the sum total ~ n ego shows that, no the
rate of five 10 tho family, every family in
Mexico pays about ( 10 year "a tie Federal
Government Mexico bas ore of the biggest
National debts Of the world in proportion 20 its
population. Us delft amounts 10 over sll0-
100000 and q good part Of this is at six per
cent With such n dcb', and with the Govern
mont depending entirely upon revenue aud
Cnsiom-hOrse taxes 20 meet its expenses IL is
hard 90 sec how The country can mako a rcci-
procity treaty OF advantage 20 tho United
States. The Government must have a rev.
euuc. They dare not tax the land, or ID
could not possibly 10 So, and ii il should cut
Of their revenue taxes IL would not have
enough 10 pay iis officials The probability i-
that land tax Will be gradually Instituted
and that this tax VIII cause a division Of the
big HaciguGas iAto small farms which will bl
well cultivated. Such division would make
Mexico q rich and prosperous country. il
would wipe out tho possibility Of revolution
and il will be the making and the salvation 3.
Mexico
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A SOLDIER ticket.
The Pennsylvania Republicans Declare for tn
McKinIey Bill aud for Pensions.

Mckinley Bill aud Tor Pensions.
The Republican State Convention met at
Harrisburg on Wednesday, Aug. 10. adopted q
strong platform. and nominated Glen. ID. Mem
Gregg, Of Reading for hndiiog-General, and
Capt John w. Morrison, Of Bellevue, for Treas
uTCr.
The platform favors bi-metalism, so regulated
as to allow free coinage of all gold and silver
produced from American mines, and so guarded
by tariff duties as to protect our country and
its currency from debascment, which will
surely follow if this Nation is made the dump
ing ground for the silver of the world that
the Mckinley bill is a bcnefccnt measure, and
has, in spite Of misrepresentation and abuse,
already brought about, and will in the future
continue to briug about. broader and more
settled pro- perity TO all classes, particularly 20
the operative, the mechanic, the miner, and
the farmer; praises the Administration Of
President Harrison; reahirm5 the party's de-
vOtiOn to the welfare Of those who sacrificed
property, home, health and life for the Ma
tons honor during tho late war, and corr
daily approves the action OF successive Repub-
liean Congresses, particularly the Fifty-frst, in
spite Of malicious and uurelentiHg Democratic
opposition, IN providing proper and adequate
financial aid 90 all deserving veterans still sur
viving, and TO the widows aud orphans OF
those who have entered the biyOuac Of the
dead.
A resolution indorsing James q. Blaine and
asking that the National Convention place him
in nomination for the Presidency was intro
duced, but was finally withdrawn and an ac-
Acknowledgement Of his wise course IN adVanc-
ing reciprocity was passed.
Gen. David McNIurtrie Gregg. nominee for
Auditor General, is graduate Of West Point
and was a Captain Of the Regular Army at the
/ breaking out Of the war. lie was appointed
Colonel Of the Sth Pa. CaT. in January, 1862
and promoted Brigad !erG General in November
/ 1862. During the battle OF Gettysburg, while
| in command Of a division OF cavalry, he was
/ charged with guarding the right flank OF the
/ Union army, duty he performed with a mas
\ ter hand. After Sheridan was sent to the
/ Shenandoah Valley Gen. Gregg had command
| Of the cavalry Of tho Army Of the Potomac
/ He was brcyetted Major-Genera for gallant
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after being tapped the plants produce liquor
for months.

The sap is collected in a curious way. A
gourd about as big around as your arm and as
long as your arm is used as a syphon, and a
peon sucks the water out Of the plant into this,
and turns il in a great bag made Of hogskin.
The hogskins are taken fresh from the pigs,
and used for carrying Of pulque, and you see
mules carrying bags Of this liquid about Mexico
City. You find men going about with hog
skins on their backs, and the freight cars bring
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loads OF these hogskins filed with liquor into
town. I'm the pnque shops the liquor is kept in
barrels, aud il is dipped out in glasses or clay
pots for the customers. There are zoo Pulquo
saloons in Mexico City, and all these saloons
are shnt at night, and the poor man cannot get
n drink after dark. The result is that you see
little drinking or drunkenness in Mexico City
AZ night. With no saloons for tho peasants, aud
with $500 policemen, the city keeps IN as good
order as any place OF its size in the world.
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More than half ortho Mexican revenue comes
from the Custom-housgs. These paid Last year
more than s2GU}0O10. and more than 5000
Cl0 was collected from the sale Of revenue
stamps Fourteen hundred thousand dollars
was paid i'm direct taxes, and the post and tele-
graphs paid more than million. Mexico is
i'm The postal union, and it Is a curious thing
that il costs You more to send letter from one
part Of Mes leo City 20 another than II does 10
Washington. III send letter from Monterey
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Mexico has about as good a beer as you viii
get IN the world and though it is heavily taxed
"a is sold fQr from one 10 two cents glass.
Tie sale Of this isaa.a 30 pay Mexico City about
$1,000 a year aud the railroads from the
pu.que plantations get $1,000 year Tor carry
ing il into tic city. Most Americans DO not
like pulqHc. ] lud il not bad. although !
dislike the Lmburger cheese smell that il has
when d. is stale. ID tastes like buttCrMl4k,
and looks ike SSH. 10 is made from the sap
Of the century plant The variety Of this
plant which furnishes il is known ns the
magucy. I'd is green cactus. with Frcat leaves
from SIX 10 eight inches U!do - The bottom and
often several iuca, thick One ~ these p.aais
when ready o. produce the beer is 50 largo that
10 wsu!d i.l the biggest elevator you have ever
seen. Its leaves branch outward, aad some q!
/ them arc DO feet long. ID the center oi tie
paut there is q big cone Of green, at the bot
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now being built from here 10 Tampico. Two big
smcl;crs are in operation. j visited ono of
these to-day, and its American manager told
nc that they had more ore shipped to them
than they could handle. ] was rather amused
by tie woes Of another American, who has a
knitting factory here. He employed a lot OF
Mexican giils 20 run his machines. His factory
was some distance out Of the city, and be
started On by giving tAC girls strcct-car tickets
IN addition "a their wages. About two months
ago be tried 10 cot of the tickets bat the girls
struck aud after keeping his factory shut foI
a month he concluded that it was cheaper to
give in.
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every man who received a salary OF over $50 a
year paid a shilling month TO the town; pub
lie officials had 10 pay one and half per cent.
Of their salaries to the town. All kinds OF i'm
ports were taxed proportionately high, and
every man over Is had to pay poll tax OF IL
cents q month.
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FEEL that / have by
no means reached tho
bottom Of the Mexican
taxing system. i stood
beside a Custom house
officer 40 the entrance
of a Mexican city two
or three days ago, aud
saw him collecting dg-
ties on everything that
came into the town fui
sale. A donkcy-i0ad OF
grass paid a penny, and
a neon with two dozen
eggs had 10 stop and
settle with the officer
..F..sa ~. wrgUf in
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All cattle killed in Mexico City pays tax Of
$3.50 apiece; every sheep killed pays % cents,
aud each hog is assessed NJ 50; dressed meat
pounds Of beef, s. on every 200 pounds OF
pork, and a pToporiiOnato rate on mutton.
Carrisrcs here pay 8 a month when they arc
private vehicles. Show windows pay from %
cents 10 g. apiece month, and hotels pay from
SEQ TO $40 PEI month, according TO their size.
Ii you have a saddle horse you pay 81 a month
to the city for II. Restaurants pay from s. Ia
So a month, and pulquc shops from SO 10 $50
a month, according TO their sales. building
materials are taxed so that IL costs about five
times rs much to build here as IL docs in the
United States, aud every thing under the sun
las 10 pay LcIe for being alive.
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There ARC some very curious taxes in Mexico.
% u1l know THAT men rrc taxed for he win
GUws u their houses as WAS ] think. common
once .H this country but cycry carriage pays
iaZ aUd every tHeateI ticket and railroad laact
mH5i have q stamp uPCu e. All mon iu brsi-
ness have 10 keep account, and each page 81
the day book and The ledger must have g stamp.
IauuDries pty 50 cauis q month soap factories
in some parts OF the country pay ST. aud every
billiard table pays "A certain amount monthly.
Tic pulquc shops 0i Tire City Of Mexico az pay
faxes The gambling houses bring iu biz in
come aud lhcrc are other houses more wicked
which are also licensed ln some parts OF the
country you have 20 pay Tor the privilege Of
shipping thiuEs out o. the country ne wei la
l0 The bringing Of them in. Tho Hon. David
A. Wells secured a copy Of The tariff guerrero
in Yves, IeN.co, aud published 10 not long ago.
This showed that horses, mules aud cattle slip
ped COT of Mexico paid s. q head. III they wer,
taken cut OF the town into the country they
had te ny shilling a bead. Every time d
li0rsc Oh a Mgie WIS taken out Of The town 2.
cruts h9l 90 be paid, and for every hcei-Eids
taken out Of the town three cents. Ia that city
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i noted that this telegraph man carried an
immense revolver. There was nothing re-
markabe about this, for nne-tenths Of the
travellers you see here outside OF the cities
have revolvers fastened 10 a belt. The law
gives them the right TO carry them, provided
they do not conceal them. and thousands OF
McEcans would as soon think of leaving OF
their shirts as their reyolycrs. This mans re-
volver was very fine. Upon my admiring it
he handed it to me, and 1 found il 10 weigh
about 10 pounds.
at was made for me" said he, "by Colt.
and il is IL caliber. j seldom have occasion
to use it, but find that when \ man wants a
thing like this he wants it BANKED bad"
Upon this l began to question, and when
i found that he had lived in Mexico for 20
years, ] got him TO tell me OF some Of his expo
Ticnces. Among other things, / asked him
whether he had ever killed n man. He drew
back and turned OF tie question. but on being
pressed finally said that he had, but did not
like 20 talk about IT,.
- had to DO it," said he, to save my life
and the money Of my company, aud j suppose
that would doitagaln under the same circum-
! stances. But don't like to think about IT,"
"How was it?" asked l.
at was number Of years ago. ] was build
ing line through the Mexican mountains and
j had rs sneaking and villainous = set OF Next
cans working for me ~ you will find in the
NtNhAAN. VIC itA bi.L alOER INC Atlit VI Nt
railroad, and had AZ times large sums OF
money with me. ! suspected some Of my men
\ aud kept a close guard over them. Once just
before had 10 pay outa large sum they plotted
10 rob me. had $4,000 in Mexican silver,
and by sncaking around my quarters they got
/ 10 know IT, l learned that they intended 10
shoot ne and steal the money, aud q spy in
formed me Of their plan. The only thing
/ could do was 20 wait for them. There were
seven in tho gang and they attacked me.
/ killed the seven with my pistols. The killing
caused big sensation ia Mexico at the time
/ bat was able 10 prove that / did il in self
defense, and the laws Of Mexico set me free
| The friends OF the robbers were so influential
however, thatthey secured ny Punishment from
| Mexico for three years. and since nv return
/ ] have never been without a revolver. The
vindictiye memory Of the Mexican is as Ions
as his life. and / know there are men in thi
country who would be glad TO shoot me If they
could get an excuse for doing so aud be sur,
they had the drop. / used to be very nervous
about 1t, but now keep my eyes open, my re
yOlyeT handy, and trust to Providence"
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against the Rules.

lPuckI
First Hod carrier What did the Walkin'
Diligate fne ye for, Mike?
Second IiOd earrieT-Fur comm down tn
ladder two rounds at a time.
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American travellers through Mexico are not
subjected % tho customs examinations rs much
asthe natives but have had 10 open my trunk
az half dozen towns TO show that had moth
ing dutiable in IT, When / stopped at Monte
rey had 10 90 through a customs cxamiua-
ton rs though ! were entering a foreign
country, and had not already been two months
in Mexico. Il was tho same az AEuas Cali
entcs and Iacatccas. aud no Qgcrctaro. Still,
Monterey is one Of the liveliest business towns
Of Mexico, and il las a lot Of American resi-
dents who are trying 10 boom II. Ii lies right
in tic mountains and its Surroundings arc
those Of Switzerland rather than of Mexico.
The town contains 5000 people. II has eiec-
trio lights, and lis people come Out every night
and walk under these. under the magnolia
trees iu the plaza. il has a fashionable drive,
and lis hotel Is ana sorry 10 say, the poorest in
the country. There Is q furniture factory here
run by Americans which is turning out excel
lent work. and making profit by not having n
pay the heavy import duties assessed on all
furniture shipped here from the United States.
u has a sash, door aud blind factory, aud =
rolleT.patcni -four mill with a capacity Of l2I
barrels per day. II promises 20 be a great rail-
read center. aud the Monterey q Gulf Road IS
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MEXICAN TAXES.
The Queer Assessments and Duties
Which are Levied South Of the
Rio GrandC.

Tho Mexican Custom honses-IlOW lands Escape
TaNntion-TaNrs on Railroad aud Ihenier Tick
ctF- Monthly Tax for Horses aud Carriages
Something About Mex can Bccr-A LOOK at
INTERPRETATION Telegraphs.