Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-04-13

they really had it. They hung loop
of the coarse string over their fingers
and wended their way home. If we
have any doubt as to our happiness,
and comforts, we have but to glance
at this class, who live in free trade
country, on a silver basis. and we
will be perfectly satisfied with our lot.
The average day laborer receives
abut 80 cents a day in our money.
Their silver dollar being worth AZ
cents in our money. The appearance
of the store fronts are inferior to any
| ever saw. They seem to be moth
ing more than folding doors, taken
off in the day time and put back at
night. The stores like all residences
are mostly of one story, built of ma
tive soft stone, covered with plaster
and then painted to initiate brick or
stone. Sometimes in very bright
colors. There is a very old building,
400 years old, called the Bishops Pal
ace, on the outskirts of the city, half
way up the mountain. 1t was at
this point where Taylor kept his
troops when United States army i'm
vaded Mexico. Every building worth
mentioning has its own private court.
Many of these must be beautiful, but
we only saw few, with stolen
glances. There are number Of beau
tiful plazas in the city. Well kept,
with fountains, deer and blooming
flowers the year round. The place
abounds in machine shops. The
merchants carry some high class
goods and many of the clerks could
understand our language.
The cathedrals and club house are
richly decorated, each one i'm its turn
telling the story of poverty and
wealth. Many of the streets are mar
row with wooden pavements, al
though several of the more modern
streets are paved with brick. The
great cactus covered mountains, ris-
ing one above and behing the other,
some Of them partly hidden by the
clouds, were indeed a novel sight,
and added to the oriental phaseo ofthe
place. Looking from one of the ole
narrow streets at this deep blue greer
for a back ground, and the gaudy
house fronts with their barred win
dows projecting into the sidewalks
and the donkeys and the picturesque
people would almost take us back tC
the days of Palestine.
The picture seemed but reflection
of those bygone days, when Chris
was on earth, among his people il
person. 1t was realistic to us thai
several times we could almost SCI
Him on His mission ofcharity, among
those poor people he so dearly loved
Much more might be told i'm detail
of our sister country but will return
to the old Texan city of San Antonio
Its chief beauty to me is its bridges
nineteen in number. They span tn,
san Antonio river at every turn, anC
appear when you least expect them
and all i'm the heart of this cosmOpol
itan city. There are in the city anC
vicinity, within the radius of tel
miles, six old missions. Some o
them were built by the Franciscan
monks for the purpose of civilizin,
the Indians, with view to the per
manent occupancy of the State
Among them is the church of tn,
AlmO, made famous by the Drawer,
of the Texans, in 1886. This was 9Th,
battle of the AlamO' and to those VIII,
know of the Mexican war with Tex
as, consider it one of the bravest bat
ties in the worlds history. Less thai
two hundred Texans with Travi
and Crockett for leaders resolved t
face death within its walls rathe
than surrender to Santa Anna, VIII
, approached with 1000 troops. Tn
battle began at day light, March 9
1886, and lasted until 8 a. m. Tn
loss Of the MeXicans were from l go
to 1000 and it is probable that al
the Texans were slain. This battl
was well nigh the ruin of Mexico.
Mrs. f. p. SAWYER.