The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-03

at all hours OF the day scenes as
strange and foreign as they are inter-
esting and enjoyable. TIE market is
open from early morning until late at
night. and except at noon. when each
and every Mexican tradesman and
country ranchero takes a restful siesta,
the multltudinous wares are Justify
called and eagerly offered for sale by
the cigarette-smoklng owners. who sit
on rush mats beside their potatoes. APP
pies. corn. pumpkins. pinons and deco
rated jars. The Market Place is with
y an Enclosure formed by the four
walls OF large building. and arched
entrances lead 10 It from the outside
streets. On the sidcwalk-or. rather.
with their heads on the walks and their
bodies almost filling the narrow streets
stand long rows Of burros. Their
heads droop and their eyes are closed
az though In sleep. while the crates
they have carried In from the country
are being emptled into large baskets
and carried inside. The animals are
not tied. FOR they seem 90 be imbued
with That Wis lnertiae so Characteristic
Of their masters. aud would not run
away n one Of wigglns' storms were to
strike them.
Passing through one Of the large en-
frances the Market Place proper IL
reached. In every direction piles Of
goods are exposed. consisting OF cigar
ros. pottery. onyx. fruits. vegetables.
corn. fowls. birds. beans. eolored
prints. cheap iewelry. candy and the
thousand and one other articles too
numerous 10 mention and too varied TO
remember The place ls q perfect Bed
Am. Harsh. fhrill voices are heard on
every side: packing and unpacking is
going briskly on. men stAgger In
with heavy burdens. women are sort
Ing and asserting piling up and plac-
Ing In punches Of three and four their
onions. fruits and potatoes. while
tlacos tequal 20 n cent and a halD are
rapidly changed from hand 20 hand.
and their heavy cilnking adds yet
another sound 10 the general pandemo-
mum.
The Cathedral is the most elegant
building In the city. conspicuously rls-
Ing far above all rs surroundings. and
visible when one looks at the city from
the fields and meadows reaching far
away on every side The architecture
IL decidedly Moorish. and the church.
built during the first quarter Of the
eighteenth century. Is a fine old speci-
ment Of adobe. siucco and wood-carv-
Ing. II stands facing the Plaza. and the
facade. bordored on each side BY two
high towers. Is filled with elaborate
carylngB. and inches holding time
Scared images % saints and apostles
over the doorway there Is an illuminat.
cd clock with a dull-sounding bell. on
which the hours and quarters are
struck throughout the entire day and
night In the towers. which taper grad.
ually 90 a diminutlve dome from Just
above the solid masonry % the facade
are hung half a dozen bells. the wild
tones Of which call the worshlpers C
church. or give peals 81 victory on fets
days and national celebrations tn,
other entrances 90 the Cathedral. be-
side that facing the Plaza. are on each
side % the building. and the heavy
oaken doors vie with the stuceo- worl
around them In fantastic but sadly
aolled carvings over the altar. and al
lowing soft rays % light 10 fall through
Il upon the gaudy decorations within
the church. Is fnely-c1nstructe,
dome. almost as light and graceful a
that which Is reflected In the waters o
the Arno. In far-away Italy. Yet tim
has been very busy with the Chihuahui
Cathedral II has nlpped the nose
and plucked the ears on many a statu
standing In the dusty inches. turnet
the stucco-caryinEs dull and yellow
eaten holes Ia the woodwork an
Clipped on the edges OF pillars an