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The National tribune., 1891-07-23

many rooms but those above ground were
the barracks of soldiers, aud the prisoners
were confined in dungeons which were dug cut
Of the rock and which went down under the
water and were damp aud close and horrible
j went in. two Of these dungeons each con-
tanned Rt least 100 men. The guard opened
the great iron gates with key which weighed
a half pound, and two soldiers went in front of
as with candles. The prisoners blinked their
eyes as the light came in upon them, aud
could see that their faces were pale, sallow and
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

There seems 70 be an immense number of
policemen here i'm proportion 30 the population.
You find them on every street corner, and at
night they put lanterns Ia The center Of the
crossing Of every street, aud the drivers of car
riases dare not disturb these. The policemen
stand or Sit on the sidewalk near their lanterns,
aud they arc there from evening until morn.
lug. There is no chance for a criminal here.
IL be attempts 10 Iun lac Is sure 10 be caught by
The man ON the next block. and If he turns a
corner lac runs into the hands Of q policeman
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

The Mexican army is bigger than ours, and
it has q large reserve force. There arc 81. 500
men 10 tic regular army, aud every Mexican
capable Of carrying arms is liable 10 duty from
has 51th 10 his 50th year The Mcxicahs are
much better soldiers now than they were when
we fought them ia the Mexican war They
have bad under President Diaz a careful train
lnR, and The revolutions which have swept over
abe country IN past years have made every man
a. soldicF Tie President is very popular with
the army, and in Mexico this Is one OF the ele-
menN 81 successful government. Tho army Is
the power behind the throne. Al present ii is
Fnlfa Ivy ilie President, and through ID the
President rules the country. While ] was IN
Mexico the principal military organization Of
tue country gave President Diaz banquet and
san told that the army both admire, love aud
fear him. They admire him because hc il one OF
the bfGvcst men aud best soldiers IN Mexico.
d. was famous ms d General before he became
President, aud hc las suffered all thc hardships
0l camp-lllc sud OF WAR; They love him bo-
cause he was a soldier and because lac treats
them better than any President 81 the past
Ihe other Presidents have been generous In
promises. BHz does not promise but performs
iie secs that iIo troops arc paid regularly, aud
it's his principle that the army must be paid
before thc civil officials arc thought Of. lie has
raised thc wages OF tic soldiers. aud they look
uPou him as their friend. They fear him DC.
cause they know he will not scruplc to remove
such % Those WHO come in his way, and they
know That tie least treason will be punished
viii Imprisonment on perhaps death.
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

sickly. There were no beds Of any kind, and
the only seats were the damp stone floors
The smell was foul aud disgusting. There was
no ventilation except one or two Of these Sits in
each dungeon, and no means by which a draft
could be created Most Of the prisoners were
bareiootcd, some were naked 10 the waist. and
Others had practically no clothes at all. ] am
told that the place swarms with vermin, and
though the light was so dim that i could not
sec the crawling things which are said 70 cover
the walls, ] DO not doubt il.
The National tribune., 1891-07-23
4 Monument for Negro soldiers

A meeting Of the organizers Of the movement,
which was started recently in New York, to
raise money for the erection Of National
monument in memory of the negro soldiers and
sailors who fell in the war Of the rebellion, was
held in Brooklyn, n. Y. on Thursday, July Is.
1t is proposed TO raise 100000 by popular sub
scription. An Executive COMMITTEES of % has
been selected TO carry out the object Of the
association, and n National Convention will be
held under It's direction before the close Of the
year. The committee Is also empowered to
select the place for holding the convention.
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

imprisonment for death or disease would surely
come before IL was over. The food given is
poor and scanty, and there is no hope Of escape
Even could the prisoner get through the walls
and into the water, he would soon die from the
sharks which swarm arOsnd the prison in
shoals, and an attempt TO escape might bring
the order from the Government for the pris-
ouer's transfer 70 another prison, which here in
nine cases out Of ten means death. ] hear il
whispered that when the Government wants
10 rid itself Of a prisoner or military offender,
ii orders the man 10 be taken 10 another prisOa
lie is marched out, and the soldier soon returns
saying that he attempted to escape aud had 10
he shot. These soldiers have their secret in
structions from the Government: they arc
silent as tie grave, and dead men tell no
tales" This seems indeed curious sort Of
justice, but the Mexico Of to-day has TO be ruled
with an iron hand, aud the President has
despotic rather than republican prerogatives
Did lac not exercise his power as he does,
Mexico might s;ill be a land Of revolutions in
stead Of the country Of progress aud peace that
il is.
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

MEXICO CITY, 1871.
lTE first man I saw i'm
Mexico was q soldier.
Hc was ono of the
guards Of the Custom
house at IN PRso Del
Norte, and his gorgeous
hat, numerous pistols
aud sword made quite
an impression upon
me. Mexico uses its
army for police and
governmental pur-
poses, and you hnd
soldiers everywhere.
You can't ride along a
country road without
n company Of cavalry
dashing up to YOU like
SO many brigands, aud
every corner Of every
city seems 20 bo guard
cd by q policeman sol
Gier.
The National tribune., 1891-07-23
THE MEXICAN ARMY.
All About the Soldiers and Soldier
Life Of Our Sister Republic.

An Adventure with Cavalry 0nicer-A
Look at the Military Prisons-Tlle ITorri-
bile Dungeons of Vera Cruz-IIOw Object
foRRble OfhGers are Taken On-The Best
Rnd the Poorest Dressed Soldiers ga the
WOrld-A Look Rt the IHrRles, and Their
Gorgeous Apparel--A Visit 20 the West
Point of Mexico.
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

The prisoners In such place have no means
OF defending themselves from their jailors, aud
the petty tyranny Of those over them must be
terrible. III were sentenced 10 TWO years in
such hole rs the prison at Vera Cruz / would
consider death preferable TO undergoing the
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

inchos wide aud a foot long and thcy extend
down almost into the water. huu land upon
the rock, aud 81 you have, as ] bad, permit
from the Governor OF Vera Cruz, you may be
admitted 10 the prison. j was received By two
Villain0us looking soldiers, who led me over a
narrow causeWay aud into great court about
which the walls Of this fortress prison arose.
These walls were many feet thick, and tic
ouly windows were the narrow slils which
opened towards the sea. They contained
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

The military prisons Of Mexico are one Of tho
disgraccs 81 the country. ] visited one nd Vera
Cruz, aHd more horrible sight ] have never
sect. Kissing cut Of the water, about three
mile away from tic town, there Is au immense
rock. upon which stands an old fortress known
As San .lnnu DE L0a This fortress looks like a
medieval castle. ID has narrow 81 It's in is sides
Tor windows, and these blits are about two
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

The average Mexican soldier does not wear
purple and fine linen. His ordinary dress is a
white cap, blue or white coat. a pair Of cotton
pautaloons and two strips OF solc-loathcr one
OF which il fastened 10 the bottom OF his bare
feet aud the other 90 the top. Boots arc worn
only by the best regiments, aud the common
soldier trots about in sandals. Tho officers
look very swell, and, like their kind all the
world over, they are better paid aud better fed.
They receive fairly good salaries, and they
have a chance 10 make something now and
then in contracts, as they arc 20 a large extent
the QuartermasteTs and Suffers for the soldiers
under them The average barracks Of the
Mexican soldiers are by no means as well fur
nishcd rs ours. The men often sleep on the floor,
aud their rations would be an unpleasant sur
prise Go one Of Uncle Sans boys. While on the
march or IN camp, nearly every Mexican soldier
has q woman who goes along with him, and
these cook the t0rtilas, coffee and frcjOles for
the soldiers each Que attending 10 her special
fayorite These women 90 along with the army
when they move, trndging after IL on foot, aud
often carrying provisions along with them.
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

The better class Of the soldiers. however, arc
differently treated, and the President has pet
division known as tie Rurales," or Rural
Guards, which arc among the finest soldiers OF
the world They ore more gorgeously arrayed
The National tribune., 1891-07-23
Ready for the Next.

Two Yankee sailors stroIIed into show in
Guatemala, where prestidigitateur was enter
tanning the audience. A parrot perched on the
back Of the bench where they sat. After every
surprising feat one sailor would turn to the
other with the remark: THAT was pretty
good | wonder what will come next?" This
was repeated till il made the parrot tired.
Presently one Of them threw down a burning
match with which he bad lighted his pipe. It
fell through crack on the floor and into a
powder magazine. Bif! went the whole build
ing. people and all, and nothing was left but a
hole in the ground and the parrot, which was
uninjured though badly shaken up. The bird
pulled itself together. straightened out its
feathers, tapped its way to a heap Of ruins and
eroaked: That was pretty good wonder
what will come next?"
The National tribune., 1891-07-23
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The National tribune., 1891-07-23

President Diaz devotes a great deal Of his
attention TO the improvement Of his army, aud
there is a military school here al Mexico which
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

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speclal Correspondence The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the ouly
champion The soldiers hare among the great pa
pers Of the country. The best Way 10 help all
reteraHs is By getting 10 more subscribers.
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

The Mexican army is to a certain extent TO
cruited from the prisons. and il is no wonder
that cases Of bribery are not uncommon. The
policemen are often eX-convicts, and the army
does all sorts Of work, using cOnvicts rs labor
ers. / have seen bands of convicts carrying
great paving-st0nes on their backs. ! have
seen them working on the road under the
charge Of officers, and they are, as have said
before the street-sweepers of the various cities.
Mexico has good mounted police, aud along
the Pasoo, the fashionable drive of the Capital.
ready TO queil the slightest disturbance and
keeping perfect order. Detectives on horse
back, in citizens clothes, patrol the suburbs Of
Mexico. aud suspicious characters are arrested
on the slightest provocation.
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

stationed on the other side. The Mexican po-
lice are good shots. They all carry revolvcrs
and they have q way of shooting first aud ask
ing questions afterward. The safest thing for
the man arrested is to 90 along without trouble
and the criminal who objects is sure TO get the
worst OF il. have found the police very polite
and kind and / am told that they have orders
TO be very careful Of foreigners They will not
however, permit foreigners 10 treat them with
impunity, and n drunken American. named
Currothers, who was n sort Of n bully, was
killed by them not long ago. He had been ar
rested several times, and had fought the police
each time, injuring several OF them severely.
A number of the policemen had a quiet talk
about the matter, and they concluded that the
next time Senior Currothers got drunk aud at
tempted TO fight them they would mash him to
a jelly. il was not long before he gave them a
chance and he was taken 10 the hospital and
there died. As far as caR learn it was good
r,ldance. Americans who behave themselves
in Mexico need have no fear Of the police. IL
is only those who meddle with the Govern
ment or who break the laws that arc in danger
aud then. If arrested, il they have no in1ucn-
tial friends they are sure to be punished fully
as much rs they deserve. Mexican Courts are
quick to prove r man guilty, and in fact the
man has 10 prove himself innocent, and the
burden Of proof must come from him.
The National tribune., 1891-07-23
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

young daughter of John Dc Ryter, of Pa
terson, N j.. after an illness from scarlet fever,
apparently died. While placing tho body in
the coffin "a hours later, the undertaken dis
covered that the child was alive, aud had been
only In trance. She will reeOver.-On July
IL a case of dynamite, while being unloaded
from steamer az a Brooklyn wharf, exploded,
killing two men and iniuring the vessel 20 the
extent of $50 O0.-Mrs. Christiana Cramer,
Of New Haven. the mother Of ill-fated Jenny
Cramer the victim Of the Sayin Rock mystery,
The National tribune., 1891-07-23

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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-06
A Singular Fig.

On State Entomologist Lintner's desk
in the capitol. says an Albany letter tc
n. Y. Times, is a jelly glass which con-
tains several hundreds of exceedingly
lively small flies. When asked about
them Prof. Lintner said they were sent
to him by lady from Au Sable
Forks. who thought they were very
curious insects, since frost can not kill
them. The doctor said:
"They have been living by thousands
all the winter on the windows of .
room without fire. She first saw them
eight years ago and each year since
then they have made their appearance,
first ON the brick wall outside in the
month of August. and later in the
house. and always in this one room.
No other house in the place has them.
This is the third instance in which have
heard of this fly infesting dwelling
houses. The first was at Franklin, n.
H., where it enters n certain house each
year in August, literally by millions. to
the great annoyance of the family, who
resort to every known means to reduce
its numbers, but without success, APP
parently, and the flies regularly leave
during the latter part of April.
"A house in Alfred Center, n. Y. IL
the other place where it is known that
the flies appear. The fly belongs to .
family many of which are known to
feed in the stems and roots of grains.
Where this breeds has not yet been
found out. The strongest thing about
it is that it shows an instinct even more
wonderful than the carrier pigeon.
which leads the young flies as soon as
they are Matched in the field to make
their way to the house and the identi-
cal room that their parents had Oc-
cupied during the autumn and winter
before.
"Some specimens of the New Hamp-
shire flies were sent by me to Baron
Ostcn Sacken of Heidelberg, Germany,
to see if they had the same species in
Europe About half a dozen instances
of regular assemblages of similar
species are recorded in European
scientific publications, but as they
seemed to be different from ours, at
my request, Baron Osten Sacken de-
seribed our species and named it chloro-
sopisca prolifica. 1t certainly is won.
derfully prolific
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-06

Choose your sweetheart carefully,
wisely and tenderly. my dear girls,
saws Il writer in the Lattics' Home Jour-
nal. Remember he is to be more than
even this TO You some day-he is to be
your husband. for surely You arc not
one of the girls who have sweetheart
here, and one there. and gives little
love to this one and little to that one,
until when the real one appears the
perfect bloom is gone from the peach
and she cannot give him what he Of
fers her. You girls know very quick
ly when Il man means more than the
ordinary friendship for you. You have
an instinct that tells you that this big,
good-looking fellow has come sweet
hcarting. and that that is the time for
You to study him little bit. Think
out if his temper and yours are GER
tain TO agree well together; think out
if his tastes and yours are alike. or if
they can grow to be So. for you know,
little woman. if you want 10 be happy
in your married life, you must learn
the great and wonderful virtue of
adaptability. You must choose your
sweetheart as You do 4 new gown, SO
that he will wear we'll: but you want
him for longer than !. winter; he must
last through the long summer days
and through the winter ones. and be-
fore you put your hand in his and tell
him that you are willing TO fight out
the battle of life together think it all
over well and remember that you are
choosing your sweetheart not for day
or a year. but for all through life and,
please God, ii you love each other
enough, after death.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-06
Camden and Rat.

A goose on the Lingle farm Matched
out fine family of goslings last week.
says letter in the n. Y. SIN. She
and her mate an imported gander,
have been assiduous i'm their attentions
to tae downy, little yellow things but
in spite of that big Norway rat.
hordes of whose kind infest the out
buildings ON the farm, and smart
enough to elude the watchful eyes of
the old goose and gander. and Il day or
SO ago captured one of the goslings
and dragged 1t to his lair under the
barn. A few feet from the barn is a
low horse-trough, which is kept con-
stantly full of water. There is hole
three inches in circumference under
the foundation of the barn which is a
that the rat dragged the gosling.
The two old geese INDUCED in noisy
lamentations for some time over the
loss of their little one, and then an idea
seemed to strike the gander. He and
his mite held II sort of confab in sub
dued tones and then they both be-
came quiet. The gander waddied up
to the rat-hole under the foundation of
the barn and took Il position at one
side of il. He stood there moiionlcsS
and patient, with his eye fixed on the
hole. He had stood ten minutes or
more when the head OF II rat was
poked out as far Us the shoulders.
Quick as Il flash the "andcr hurled his
head against Ike rat ; and his strong
bill closed over its meek. The rat
squeale,i ar,i s;r:,."lc(i, but lie cou!dn't
get away. Tie mother goose set up 4
vociferous :,ni triumphant siuawing.
and the :caHdoI' T.,,iiied as fast Is he
could Ia the i.oi'>c-frouyh. He showed
the rat under TIE water aud held him
there until lac was drowned.
Then the :cantiel threw the carcass
on the ground ans. the two oil geese
picked and tore il until j, was scat
tered in bit. about the baru-vard.
Whether Tie rat was IT, one that kid
mapped the costing is of course not
known. but the geese we're satisfied
with their vengeance. and after tear
ing the dead rat 10 pieces joyfully con-
Quoted their family OF goslings to the
duck pond and gave them their first
exercise in swimming.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-06
THE QUEENS LATEST OFFER.

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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-06
Chess IN Japan.

Chess never enjoyed in any other
it had in Japan until about a quarter Of
a century ago, and is now entering up
on a revival there. During the rule Of
the Shoguns once every year the
masters of the game met in Yeddo for
a tourney within the precincts of the
palace. Judges. umpires. strict rules,
and all things necessary to the combat
were provided. and after the fight was
over the ranks of the various COM
batants were officially tixel. The num-
Der of ranks was seven in all. the
seventh being the highest. Scarcely
any one ever reached the seventh rank.
but there were generally one or two in
the sixth. Certain families took the
lead for several generations. The
revolution of 1867 put stop to all this.
but now the game promises to resume
its Importance. In October last a
grand meeting of all the principal
ehess-players in Japan was organized
in Toxic. Over 200 players assembled,
rating from the first up to the sixth
rank. Count Todo, the former daimio
ing to the sixth rank. is among the
chief promoters of the revival. Another
meeting took place Jan. Is. when a
ceremonial in honor of the revival of
chess was performed. There is con-
siderable chess literature in Japan; one
work contains problems, the solution
Of which are said to make the player
worthy to be placed in the sixth rank.
L. e.. A.. 0lc-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-06

To make money one must be in the
neighborhood Of moneyed men. You
can't make money out Of pauper. A
hundred poor men may pre-empt farms
in Dakota town or a Montana village
but they can't get rich out of each
other. It is mistake to get too far
away from money ceuters or established
neighborhoods. It is a pity to raise
corn for fuel or to waste a large per-
centage of your crops in heavy trans
portation charges. One element of
value in your farms is their proximity
to cash markets for what they may
prod uce.-Ex.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-03-06

A forgotten relic of the great Chi.
cago FIRE has just been unearthed in
that city. In excavating for . new
Masonic temple an obstacle was encoun.
tered which on investigation proved to
be an immense mass of iron. It's pres
ence could not be accounted for until
it was remembered that at the time of
the fire the site was occupied by big
iron warehouse, and the immense stock
Of bar iron which it contained melted
into great lump which sank and i'm
beded itself deep in the earth. Ii is
estimated to weigh twenty tons, and the
contractors are puzzled how to remove
tx.