The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08

save one adopted the last plan with
their colonel.
This minority was a man named
Rose. Il am not prepared to die, and
shall not do so i I can avoid it. He
was some kind of logged philoso-
pher. Perhaps he said: What's the
use?' There is a strange inverted
courage in the manner in which ne
! faced his companions with this sudden
and short refused in the midst of
general exhibition of supreme bravery
NO" he said. He babe them adieu
| and climbed the wall. Upon its top he
turned to look down at the upturned
faces of his silent comrades
After the battle there were 521 dead
Mexicans mingled with the corpses of
the Texans.
The Mexicans form a certain large
part of the population of San Antonio
! Modern inventions have driven them
toward the suburbs, but they are still
seen upon the main streets in the satlo
of one to eight and in their distant
quarter, of course. they swarm A
small percentage have reached posi-
tions of business eminence.
the men wear for the most part,
wide brimmed hats with peaked
crowns, and under these shelters
appear their brown faces and the in
! evitable cigarettes. The remainder of
/ their apparel has become rather Amer
icanized, but the hat of romance is still
! supreme Many of the young girls are
| pretty, and all of the old ones are ugly.
These latter squat like clay images. and
/ the lines upon their faces. and especial
~ about the eyes, make it appear as if
! they were always staring into the eye
/ of a binding sun.
FOOD THAT Is HOT.
| Upon one of the plazas, Mexican
| vendors with Open-air stands sell food
| that tastes exactly like pounded fire.
/ brick from Hades-chile cOncarne. to-
/ males, enchiladas, chile verde, frijoles-
In the soft atmosphere of the southern
! night, the cheap glass bottles upon the
stands shine like crystal and the lamps
glow with a tender radiance A hum
/ of conversation ascends from the stroll
/ ing visitors who are at their social
shrine.
The prairie about San Antonio is
wrinkled into long, low hills, like i'm
/ mense waves, and upon them spreads
a wilderness OF the persistent mes
quite, bush that grows in defiance OF
everything. Some forty years ago the
mesquite first assailed the prairies
about the city, and now from various
high points it can be seen TO extend to
! the joining of earth and sky. The in
dividuaI bushes do not grow close to-
gether. and roads and bride paths cut
| through the dwarf forest in all direc-
TONS a certain class of Mexicans
dwell in novels amid the mesquite.
/ In the Mexican quarter of the town
the gambling houses are crowded
nightly, and before the serene dealers
lie little stacks of sllver dollars. A
Mexican may not be able to raise
enough money to buy beef tea for his
| dying grandmother, but he can always
stake himself for a game of monte.
Upon a hillOck OF the prairie in the
outskirts of the city is situated the
/ government military post, Fort sam
| houston. There are four beautiful
yellow and blue squadrOrs of cavalry,
! two beautiful red and blue batteries OF
light artillery, and six beautiful white
and blue companies of infantry. ON
GERS row resembles a collection Of New
port cottages. There are magnificent
lawns and gardens. The presence of so
many officers of the line, beside the
gorgeous members of the staff of the
commanding general. imparts certain
brilliant quality to San Antonio society.
The drills upon the wide parade ground
make a citizen proud.