The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-10-24
COST o. LIVING IN MEXICO.
its Very HIGH, Bu, Mo neY Is Made Easi.
y. .-RIoh Amor loans there.


From Carpenters special letter
TO the New York Word / asked n
Young Americ Al dentist III S,n
Luis Potosi, city of 100. 900 l,en-
Pile in the north celtral part oi
Mexco--a rich ia rming country
W hat il costs to live la Mrxito.
The Young dentist lives very
nicely. Like Ill of his kind ia
Mexico, hc il making money and
he is saving enough 10 make him
rich within the next ten or fifteen
years. Sal he;
~ keep a close account Of my
expenses, and as figure il it costs
me just about &ll7 month. MI
living cists me for table expenses
81 day, or $60 a month. | pay
so month for my house and
have three servants, who average
81 mo iii apiece. Here every
respectable, iell iw has to have
cook, 4 uian aud chamberma'd.
In addition to the wages of the
s.rvahts | have To give them 20
mnch d,y for food. Ea h Of them
ex .mcts 8 cents every morning
Tor tortilLas or corn cakes, which
constitut-. the bread OF the c0n-
non people. Then every we K |
h We 10 give Q cents extra 10 taem
for soap. Th.s is the custom and
they want the mon y and not the
soar. once bought twenty live
pounds of -uap, amt ri Il 10 do Q
il out to them, hut they wouldn't
AXE II. Washing aud ironing are
never dOne in the hons- in Mexico.
T,er. are public W., her wom n,
who pound AMI rub hi, clothes 10
y eces after Neti ing them with
cbld VIII ~, which they get fr III
publir tanks or ditch 4. They wear
ont te clothes ia one hir tn.
timn that they won Il bc dtstr ".
by Cinnamon, mi | ray them 50
il IN NTH Tor aolns It. My hutier
costs m 75 cents per pnund, my
milk ~ cents - ,lay. AMI | pay
about 6 cents i day On the average
iOr clar.Otl.
can ordinary hand.me.dpwn snit
costs from go to $50. Uudrr,l ,th-
ing is very expensive. Calico costs
~ cents yard. A very ordinary
silk necktie sells for 81. Linen
cuffs ars 90 ceuts i pair and col.
lars three for 81. My wift'- dresses
count up, can tell sou, and 4 man
has got 20 make god lot Of
money in Mexico in oricr to live
lis we'll az he does at home"
- suppose yon make II" id j.
"Yes, / do. was the reply, ''aHd
any American dentist who will
cnne here and stay can do like.
wise. made $4,000 the frat year,
and have done considerably bet
ter right along since that time. /
can charge bigger prices. get
from 800 $3.50 for full set of
teeth on ruhber. Whenever ! adj
minister gas charg. siO for pnli-
ing a ieOtii, aud when nnmbe
are pulled charge so Tor the
first tooth aud $S f'r all succeed
ing ones. For jerking out t,Oth
without gas charge 81. Filings
range from S5 upwards and gold
filings Cost from els up into the
hundreds, according TO the size Of
The cavity and the size Of the bank
account If the man who has his
teeth filled. always got $500 for
making set Of teeth on gold, and
all other business il done at pro.
: l,OrtlOnaie rates.
There are about 700 Americans
+ living in Mexico City. Some Of
i hese are very wealthy. A few
: own houses, aud quite number
' have rem ell establishment =
+ Thomas Brauuiff, WIN WAS born
Dn Staten itlan is s,id 20 have
an inc me 0f over 800, 900 a year.
/ H is president OF the Mexican
e R,ilway, which runs 10 Vefa
r Cruz, AID he has a big planta ion,
! cotton factories, and is one of the
/ Ie Mling owners OF the bank OF Lon
e d IN and Mexico, which is tue t,ig
! gest bank in the country. lie il
y ',uilding house winch will 60 I
& SlOa,OiJO on the pasTo, a fashion
d ,blr d i've of Mexic ~ Y. IL is
= The r., hest American ia Mex c i,
K Gener ! Jo ~ B. Fr;sbie is another
II rich Amtr c II. He okns r,m'
!, gold mihes near Toiuei. AID h,
= pas one of the most enmiott ,bl'
! homes IN tn cop tai. II IL l. IN
Il lha hsihg i, big', in Mexico an'
? that hiS KIP mes there are abOni
4 as big as hey woIll be in Wash
q gton.