Tombstone epitaph., 1892-03-13
CITY OF MEXICO.
What a Cochise County Gringo Sees in the Fam
 ous old City.
CiTY OF MEXICO, March l.

the arrival of the passengers We immediately procure A carriage for the hotel, and as the driver starts off at full speed, our team is all of sud- den grasped by two uniformed police man with the injunction Light your coach," which is immediately done. and after taking the number of our coach and the name of the hotel We are going to they let us pass on. The coach rolls heavily over the macsdsm- ized streets. A drizzling rain is falling and the night grows deep as we pro- ceed along the quiet suburban streets where lonely foot police stand like posts with lantern in hand, then sud- denly we are upon smooth, paved streets formed of brick, cement, or blocks set in the ground endwise, all making excellent pavements. The electric lights, of by no means good quality, are upon us, and the mounted police, with his gay uniform, sword
  till we reach our hotel.
 Mexico is in every respect a cosmo- politan city. It has many fine hotels with all the modern improvements and good, stiff prices, and if you do not tip" the waiter you are poorly served.
 At the club, at the ball, at the hotel, the restaurant, the picnic, the gardens, and all places where waters are em- ployed you must "tip" if you expect to get served.
 Hundreds of fine carriages every day, and thousands on Sundays may be seen of an evening on the "Paseo' O. public drive. Many elegant and hashy turnouts are to be seen, as can be seen in any great city. The horses are generally American, with docked tails ia ksyiiis. It." coachman sits erect with his pruadcioth, plug hat and kid gloves, accompanied by his masters footmen.
 The drive is an immense avenue of eucalyptus, cedar and pine extending five miles from the city to Chapulte- pee, a castle of quaint architecture built upon craggy and shrub covered cliff and fenced in with great walls inclosing q geological garden, and space for aquatic fowl. Walks are formed through the grounds shaded by immense cedars, one son.e fourteen feet in diameter. Winding pathways paved with cobble stone or brick lead up to the old castle and to the observ- atory from which you command fine view of the capital.
 Here also can be seen a fine monu- ment erected to the memory of the college boys who on the approach of Gen. Scott's troops on the 18th of September, lS4I, made such a noble defense of this old citadel.
 This old castle was at one time Montezuma's palace, but has been remodelled, and now it is the presi- dents summer residence, and it is a place that kings or the gods would envy him.
 In the above described Paseo can be seen many fine statues, notably among which is Charles W of Spain mounted upon bronze horse, also a great bronze statue of Columbus. may say the only one in America? If so, am as an American citizen loath to ac- knowledge it.
 On this drive is located the city club, where all the modern games and sports are rife, enticing the unwary visitor with tinsel and show into the lions den. Fortunes are often made and oftener spent here in a single night, yet the enticing goddess with delicate hand and seductive smile still lures them on. About every tenth door here is filled with the cursed weekly lottery tickets. Old men and women, blind and lame, boys and "Tom boys" meet you at each corner and offer you tickets for the lottery or poster you with begging for pennies i'll life is a burden
 The city is built on a subterranean lake, and when foundations are built as I observed in several places, water is encountered at from to 3 feet from the surface and pumps have to be used until the foundations are iaid, ou ac- count Of the water.
 All the filth naturally belonging te any city is emptied into ditch sewers some covered and some not, and those that are covered are open at intervals to receive slush, and these draini being on level with the neighberinl lake they stand stagnant, and tho