The National tribune., 1903-08-06

| ter by Col Lee. This man brought with
| him Chief Clerk, whose name | have
forgotten, and a Store Keeper, Capt. Mere
dith. Both of these gentlemen were
pleasant, good business men, and made
the turning over of the Quartermaster
Commissary of Subsistence property an
easy and comfortable task. Col. Lee
never could like. He may have been a No.
l in every respect in a military point of
view, and as n member of the First Fam
lilies of Virginia: but he had such over
bearing and superciliouS manners that /
did not care to stay in the office. and telf
dered my resignation rs clerk about Feb
10. AT his request | remained till the
month was up.
Before the month Of February. closed
! Mr.. j. w. Hopkins, formerly mentioned
as a Lieutenant of the 1st Z. s. Cav,
who had by that time retired from the
army and was seeking an investment of
his small capital came to see me at the
Quartermaster' office. and stated that he
wished to buy n half interest in the Park
Brewery at Tucson: that he would like to
| make the arrangements as soon as pos
sblc. as he desired to make trip to Nil
waukee, and wished to leave me as his
agent with full power of attorney to rep
resent his interests in the brewery.
ACROSS THE BORDER.
On March I. / entered upon these new
duties. and before Mr.. Hopk went East.
he and | made a trip to HermosillO and
Guaymas, principally with the object of
buying bottles for the brewery. for VIII ch
we had to pay from 60 to 30 cents a dozen
| in Tucson, while we We're informed that
in the abOvenamed places we could OBJ
| tain several thousand dozen at 20 cents
per dozen. We found this information clr-
rect, and purchased about 600 dozen which
/ tl,.,N Il h.
crockery by STEAMER from European ports.
From Tucson to Hermosillo we Travelled
with our own team, reaching the latter
| place on the evening of the fifth day.
after covering distance of 800 miles.
| Here we stayed about one week. and then
took stage for Guaymas in company with
| the surveyors, two Mexicans and two
Americans who had just finished the stalk
| ing off of the railroad now running be-
tween the two places. The distance by
stage road was said to be 100 miles, and
the vehicle used was an old Concord
coach, TO which were hitched six small
mules, the four smallest in the lead in one
| front line, the two largest ones being the
wheelers. There were two drivers on the
box. One held the reins and pretty long
whip; the other was provided with n small
box. replcnished from time to time, which
contained small stones. These he would
throw with very accurate aim at that par
ticular beast which would seem 10 neglect
| its duty. ~.
There were four relays on the road.
about 20 miles apart from each other. The
animals were at no time trOtting; over
heavy road, rocky or sandy stretches they
were allowed to walk, also over Il steep as
cent; at all other times they were kept 20 'ng
at gallop, and quite frequently at run,
especially on a smooth down-grade. The
last 10 miles before reaching Guaymas.
which are over hard. smooth ground on Il
| steady, gradual descent from whose top
| the ocean can be seen and felt, were Gov
cred in a half hour. The stage had start
ed from Hermosillo at 3 a. m. and reached
Guayamas at G p. IN. The stoppages at the
relay stations lasted from 20 to 30 MN
utes.
! l was not a little astonished to see a
rider in the usual dress of vaquero (herd
err who had started with the stage on
| horseback, although not connected in any
manner with it, arrive simultaneously with
US at the hotel, still riding the same horse
| This animal seemed to be common mus
tang. As / did not remember to have no.
ticed this rider at any time along our
route, l was led to the belief that he must
have known and used several short cuts
on the way.
| MEXICAN STATE OF SONORA.
Right here l might enter into descrip-
ton of many things unusual 10 our man
ner of thinking and living that l observed
in the State of Sonora. its institutions,
schools. commerce, and especially the
home life in a family. But as | visited Mex
leo at different times since, l hold it best
to reserve these observations and embody
them in the near future in q separate
chapter, entitled what l saw in Mexico"
We have great plenty of picture books
| giving an abundance of views of MeXico's
finest scenery, public buildings, etc, with
good descriptions thereof. But have yet
to find a true analysis of Mexican home
life among the upper ten, the middle class
and the poor laborers, at that time called
"peOns" and subjected to laws which held
them in q mild degree of slavery. This
"long-felt want" if such it is, I shall
try to supply. 1t can only be done cor
rectly by a person who lived among every
degree Of their population and was admit
ted into the intimacy of the family circle
knowing their language in every phase
and entering into their mode of life with
unbiased opinions of them. We Americans
have at all times treated the MeXcans un-
fairly; we have entered their country bear
ing upon our breasta vast shield bearing
upon it in staringlyi large letters the leg
end, "Civis sum 'Annericanos," very much
in the manner Of the old Greeks and Ro
mans, who considered anyone not Greek
or Roman citizen n barbarian, and hardly
worth while speaking to.
Many, very many, illiterate Americans
have entered Mexico with the maxim that
the Mexicans must speak English. because
they, the Americans, could not speak Span
ish, thus ignoring the golden rule that
"when you are in Rome, you must do as
the Romans do.' Very many have tried
to sell goods in Mexico through the agency
of a drummer who could not speak five
Spanish words correctly, and failing in
their enterprise, abandoned their efforts
and left the country in disgust, styling it
as "land Of greasers." They never en-
joyed the exquisite politeness and liberal
hospitality extended to every foreigner.
rich or poor by the Mexican people Of
every station. simply because they did not
know how to approach the people whose
trade they sought, and, in many cases. be-
haved in such manner and showed so
plainly their superciliousness that they
were naturally given the cold shoulder.
This is the principal reason why we
Americanos are to-day, notwithstanding
the friendly diplomatic relations existing
between the two Governments, the least
loved mot to say the best hated) nation in
Mexico.
Before leaving for Guaymas l had be-
come engaged to marry the youngest Sis