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and the Santa Catarina river. which
runs through it. gives it irrigated fields
carry away buildings and drown hun
dreds of people. This river flows right
through the town. Only about three
years ago it swept away hundreds of
houses and destroyed over 5000 people.
Monterey lies on both sides of the river
II is a flat city of perhaps 40, 0Oo. mostly
made up OF one or two story buildings
built close to the streets. the rooms run
ming around courts or patiOs. in which
are all sorts of vegetation. y little
American boy here. I'm writing back home
about MeXicos buildings, said:
In the United States we put a yard
around the house. Here in Monterey the
people build the house around the yard
This we'll expresses the sight we have
from the house top. Every building in
closes a yard. and We can see banana
trees, bushes and other vegetation grow
ing out of the houses. The roofs are all
fiat and the city is more like one of the
orient than of the North American con-
tnent- Al first sight 1t reminds one of
the Spain ,of an hundred years ago, but
this impression fades as you see not far
from the principal plaza a million olla r
hotel of reinforced concrete. and some
big business blocks of the same material,
Nnlle Iurtuer out ara many new villas
OF American style.
Now turn your eyes to the streets They
are narrow. and they cross each other at
right angles, with plazas parks here
and there. The town is paved with brick,
and II has a brick factory, which is turn
ing out tens OF millions OF brick every
year In some sections American build
ings are going UP made of brick and the
age OF brick and concrete seems to be
crowding that of adobe and stucco The
concrete construction is largely the work
of an American architectural engineer
Mr.. ]. +. woodward. who has been in
stalling such buildings all over Mexico
AS We look at the streets we can see the
electric cars flying through them. and this
reminds me of the fat contract which Nc
kenzie & Mann. the Toronto capitalists
have gotten out of this town. They came
here four or ave years ago and obtained
a concession for putting in water works
sewers, electric lights and the street rail.
ways. and In payment made a contrac
with the government for bonds equal tC
the amount invested at 10 per cent inter
est for ninety-nine years. The contrac,
was SO worded that the more money they
spent the better the bargain. and I an
told that the improvements were made re.
CARELESS of cost The money was Dor
rowed in England at low rates OF interest
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and arrival at all points along the hhs
from Washington to Spr1nsheio; IL L.,
the train bearing President Lincoln =
body. Ono OF these. OF the tieEeiano'
Columbus and Cincinnati railroad is per
haps the most unusual schedule ever sot
ten out by a railroad COMPANY IT Is
single sheet of paper. oblong In shape.
Across the entire top Is a picture SNOW
ing draped bier. At the head II
sorrowing figure representing the army
while similar posture at the FOOT rep
rcsents the navy.
C1rief-stricken Columbia kneels by the
bier, on the side of which. within nam
ing circle, is the word Lincoln. under
that appears this: ,pecial time sched-
ule for the train conveying the remains
of Abraham Lincoln. late President OF the
United States. and escort from Washing
ton, r. G.. to Springfield. i'll.
After the ordinary train schedule is the
foot note: This train will have exclu-
sive right of the road against all other
ten minutes in advance Of the above
schedule. Signed, f. S. Flint, superin-
tendent'
Another official order hears the head
ing OF the Department Of state. April -.
1855 1T is hereby ordered that in honor
of the memory Of our late INDUSTRIOUS
chief magistrate. all omcers and others
subject to the orders Of the Secretary OF
State wear crepe upon the left arm for
the period of elk months. Signed. Hunt
er. Acting Secretary" Copies were sent
to all ministers and consuls
And from Brig. Gen. s. Meredith. com
handing the army in the western district
of Kentucky, is an order dated Sunday,
April 16-which by the way was Easter
Sunday. After expressing the sorrow
felt at the receipt Of the news, just ar
rived. he issued three orders. Businesa
military and civil, was suspended until
word was received from Washington that
the funeral was over. All officers wore
crepe on their left arms for ninety days.
while the merchants were requested to
drape their stores in mourning
Lastly. gun was fired at each post
in Gen. Meredith's district every half hour
beginning at sunup on Monday, April II,
and continuing until shutdown. The min
listers of that section were also requested
to read the orders in their churches.
So much for off1cial orders. As for
those unofficial. there are numberless
examples Outside OF the silent grief
which the nation left as whole, there
seemed to be three modes of expression
One was poetry. that most ready express
sion after any event Of Importance. The
other two were the printing of badges
and cards. 1t is safe to say that a large
proportion Of all the printers In the
country got out something. Silk badges
ing likeness OF President Lincoln and
in most cases. All appropriate sentiment
The same holds true with the cards
Many of them are good examples of
the taste. or lack of It. of those times
One card. for instance, is of blue isir1-
glass and bears in gold Lincoln's pic
ture and words expressing the nations
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loss. Another shows the Presidents
picture against checkered background
OF red. white and blue. AS for the silk
badges, many colors were used. but In
most cases the results were far from
1ifel,ke The silk did not form a suit
able background for the Presidents like
ness, and his lean face was even more
gaunt and ugly than usual. But the
flowers which surrounded ii were all of
q lively pink, blue and green
One card in particular is worthy of
special mention 1t is large. black
hordered dance program. Across the top
is inscribed I'VE Mourn Our Loss and
under that Our own Social. following
which Is the order of dancing. This
freak for it is really that--wss bought
by the Library from firm of paper
stock dealers, who claim to have found
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The Banker.

THOMAS W. LAWSON said the other
day of a scandalous financial deal
These people traded on popular ignor-
ance- They were like Calhoun Clay, who
opened a bank in Noa Chucky.
All the colored people around Noa
Chucky deposited their savings in Cal
houn s bank. and Cal soon began 10 W ear
Instead OF cowhide boots and jeans, pat
ent feathers and broadcloth
Then. one day. Wash White called At
the bank and said:
like for 10 draw out my money.
sab
Your money said the banker. light
ing ten-cent cigar
Yes, sab: my $40
Your S10?'
e" Yes. my SO what posted last
summer
Why. man alive. shouted Banker
'aIhoun Clay angrily. don't YOU know
the interest done ct that up three
months ago:
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Another poem is from the pen Of the
Rev. Peter W. Brister II minister OF that
time. This deals with the life and death
of President Lincoln. 10 the extent of
forty-two verses. The opening verse
runs thus:
President Lincoln he is dead.
And gone 10 swell the upper tide
lie on the earth will move more
lies landed Oh the heavenly shore.
Mr.. Bristcr then goes on to mourn
the loss of President Lincoln. and fol-
lows 1t up with the principal event Of his
life. On the event of his first Inaugural
ton he writes as follows:
Before the inaugural day.
They tried to take his life away.
To save his life he went by nigh,
Like Christ, taken In bis tigbt.
The @compa rison with Christ, Mr. Brister
continues to use for several verses. even
going to the extent of mentioning the
cruciflXon.
Interesting because it shows the extent
Of the feeling at the time is a translation
by William B. Jones Of a poem by the
Rev. j. +. Harris, written in Welsh. The
chorus in English runs like this:
'.Stlent lies the friend Of Justice.
Freedoms martyrs in his grave
Rests the spirit of the brave
One other poem deserves mention. This
is one which appeared in the issue of the
London Punch for May Is. 1855. The
chief illustration of that issue showed a
gigantic bier. on which lay shrouded
figure At the head sat Columbia. grief
stricken: at the foot sat mourning ne
gro. his feet manacled. but with the ring
cut BY the side stood Britannia, casting
a wreath of inmortals on the body. Ac-
complaining it was the poem entitled
abraham Lincoln. foully assassinated
April IA. 1865.
The entire poem is too long to reproduce
i'm it's entirety but two verses at least
need be quoted to show the burden of the
theme.
You Law a wreath on murdered 1incoln's bier:
You " no with hooking pencil wont to trace
Broad for the self-complacent British sheer.
His length OF stumbling limb. his furrowed race
This is followed by an outline OF MI
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.N,;other testimonial of the sympathy
fels for this country in her loss came
fro,.l the Montreal Young Mems Christian
Association. An address was prepared by
X Oh black-bordered paper and sent TO
the Young Mems Christian Association
of sae United States. In it II expressed
its deep sympathy for our loss and
paia: tribute to Lincoln's memory. In ad-
ditiaa, several letters from prominent Y.
NJ " A. officials In Montreal were sent.
Ir this motley collection at the Congress
sionAl Library are to be found resolutions
fro~; people banded together merely by
the.T common loss, well from city
couiScils and general assemblies. From
Maine to California these were drawn up
"a common tribute to the memory OF a
MAJ, whose death was a common loss.
SOM. Of these contain but little more tina
a hundred words. while others are long
drawn out and give in detail the sorrow
felt
Tnan. too. are to be found governors
pror,amations setting aside a special day
as rne of sorrow. when from the pulpits
Of rae churches were TO be read sermons
on i,incoln to which all those who nom
ore: their nations dead should listen in
sorl >w and humility.
Taken all in all. this collection is one
whirh has never yet and perhaps never
will be duplicated. No other event in the
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1t among some waste paper which came
from they knew not where. The date OF
the transa ction was November p, 1856
No clue has ever been found, but the
fact that officials of the Library have in
cluded it in the collection OF Lincoln
mementos would indicate that they be.
lieve 1t to have been connected with his
death
1t Is in the poetry, however. that the
best insight is obtained of the true feel
ings Of the country. Many of the verses
We're written around some familiar air
For instance. James n. Gay. who in
cidentally wrote considerable at that
time. composed poem to the air of
The Sword OF Bunker HILL AS an
example Of the sentiment of that time
as we'll as the class of verse, it is worthy
OF reproductions:
Twas on that sad and nourmfu night.
Oh. What fearful shock,
Our country felt when news arrived,
Our President shot.
The stores were closed. our flags were draped
Our hearts felt sick and sore
Such fea rful news ne er received
From Washington before.
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ing from a sympathetic eye which read
and blistered a seal of conservation upon
the simple rhyme.
Again. in the collection. are to be found
rude resolutions drafted by fingers more
used, perhaps. to the rail splitting which
gave the President his start than to the
intricacies of fine writing. But though
the resolutions be couched in language
which is rough. the reverence of those
who affixed their names Is beyond dis
pute.
The collection is a human document.
tbout il hangs an aura of tragedy. In
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sHE hardships endured by sailors
are many. The isolation OF a YES

THE hardships endured by sailors
are many The isolation of a YES
sci at sea and the responsiolliiy VI
the captain for the safety Of all on poafo'
of course. make it necessary that pas
sengers and crew shall be entirely suoJec1
to his commands Despotism is unaFo'"-
able. and where authority is so absolute
it Is natural that abuses should exist.
But she hardships and cruelties TO "hieh
The modern sailor is subjected are as
nothing compared to those which formed
the common lot of his predecessors. either
in the navy OF the merchant service Inc
disappearance of one such cruelty from
the United States Navy was at the COM
mana of Abraham Lincoln.
On one of Lincoln's excursions 10 Fort
Monroe on the steamer Hartford In
1Ss2 his attention was directed TO a mar
row door bound with iron. the use or
which he was anxious to learn.
What is this lie asked
.Oa. that is the 'sweatbox.' the
reply. 1T is used for refractory and in
subordinate seamen. a man in there is
subjected TO steam heat and has very
little ventilation. 1t generally brings
him TO terms very quickly.
Lilculn's curiosity was aroused This.
he said to himself. lis treatment 10
which thousands Of American seamen are
probably subjected every year. Let me
try for myself and see what il really is. =
aaimy off his hat. for he was several
inches over six feet in height. he entered
the Enclosure. which he found to be IA
little more than three feet in length or
width He gave orders that at a signal
from himself the door should be lmmedi-
atel, opened. 1t was then closed and
the steam turned on.
He had been there hardly three minutes
before the signal was given. President
Lincoln had experienced enough of what
ment for American seamen. There was
very little ventilation. and the short eN-
posuTe to the hot and humid air had al
most suffocatcd him.
Turning to Secretary Welles OF the
Navy Department, the President ordered
that no such Enclosure as the "sweatbox'
should ever after that be allowed on any
vessel flying the American flag
1t was not hour after this order had
been given before every sailor on every
shin in Hampton roads had heard of it.
The effect mos remarkable on the
older sailors. many Of whom had thcm-
scIve. experienced the punishment of the
sweatboX Some of them wept from joy
Bu. the good results of this act of
President Lincoln were not confined TO
the American navy. Great Britain,
Frame. Germany and other European
countries heard that the sReatbox had
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and remittance men and other second
sons of the lenders We're sent over and
given fat jobs. Not few of these hired
men lived in state, having their own sad
die horses. and among the crowd prOmen-
aiding the plaza at night could be seen
these men striding about in their riding
clothes and puttees.
Mckenzie & Mann also planned the
building of big hote! at the Topo Chico
Springs. near here. and they have also a
farm of over thousand acres which they
are fertilizing with the city sewage. I
understand that they are experimenting
with Egyptian cotton. and that the estate
promises to be a valuable one.
AS to the debt incurred for these public
works. Monterey will be loaded with this
interest for long time to come and
whether II will be able TO pay the prin-
cpal remains to be seen.
There are several thousand Americans
here In Monterey. They are interested
in the stores. In plantations and in other
businesses. There is a newspaper pub
lished in English and Spanish, and ii
number of our citizens have bought lands
along the road from here to Tampico.
had talk with Consul General
Philip c. Hanna. who has had charge OF
our foreign business i'll northern Mexico
for the past thirteen years. lie has his
office in this city and has twelve consulS
under him. stationed In different parts Of
the northern half of the republic, from
whom he receives frequent reports. He
tells Inc that Mexico was on the edge OF
boom at the time the revolution broke
out. and that the republic had then at
least 5000 Americans who We're engaged
In business of one kind or another. There
were 10000 or 10000 in northern Mexico
and little colonies in every city of size.
Since the revolution some of these people
have left but the exodus was composed
chiefly of the wives and children of
those Americans who lived i'm out-of- the
way districts and Of Americans who have
gone away on account of the depressed
business state which the unsettled
conditions have caused. There are still
many American business men scattered
all over Mexico. Gen. Hanna thinks
the number Is perhaps So per cent of
that before the revolution began. He
tells me that the opportunities here are
great for the investment of American
capital, and predicts that there will be
an American invasion soon as the
country is stable.
He also estimates that there are some
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A Cruel World.

MRS GROVER CLEVELAND. at a
AVA tea in Washington, gave neat
definition of repartec.
This il a cruel world, she said, with
q smile. land repartee is merely insult la
evening dress"
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Million Indians

TWELVE Million Indians
L and Their Curious Fea-
tures-Pictures of the Plateau
"A Land of Railroads and
Electric Plants-A Look at
.onterey, the Pittsburgh of
re Republic-A Fat Invest
nent for Canadians-Thou-
lands of Americans in Mexico
and What They Are Doing.
Copyright 1918. by Frank G. Carpenter
Special Correspondence of The Star
MONTEREY. Mexico.
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States. and that there are perhaps 10000
in Texas There are many in Arizona
and New Mexico. The sons and dauSh-
tiers of the better Mexican families of
the republic are now being sent to our
country for their education. and there is
scarcely an American college which has
not its Mexican students. Many Of the
boys are taking engineering and aSricul-
tural courses. and at the same time many
agricultural experts are being brought
here from the United States to give ad
vice to the farmers and to show how to
make the big estates pay. Some OF these
are eX-clerks of our Agricultural Depart
ment, who are paid double the salaries
they have been getting at home, and
others have come from our state agr-
cultural colleges.
! am surprised how little the average
citizen of the United states knows about
Mexico. We send 10000 Americans to
average Of a thousand dollars apiece.
or total of $lN.Oo0.hn. They tramp
themselves tired in the galleries. and
scratch Holland, France. Germany and
strange customs and costumes. They do
not find them. The truth is the Europe
OF today Is all one 1t is practically the
same as the United States, and If one
would see the big things Of travel he had
better go to the lower part OF our own
continent.
This Mexico is world in itself, and it
is a world OF strange sights and strange
fifteen million. and of these at least
twelve millions are Indians, the descend
ants of the Aztecs. They cannot read or
write. and i'm many respects are about
the same the Aztecs of the Montezu-
mas The other three million Mexicans
are the descendants of the Spaniards or
of those with a large admiXture Of In
dian blood They also have their queer
costumes, and as one rides through the
country he sees a new picture at every
turn Of the eye.
Coming here from the Rio Grande, /
saw lusty. brigandlike men wearing
great son1breros, the crowns Of which
rose a foot above their heads and whose
brms were foot wide all the way
around. Some of these hats had hoops of
silver about them as thick as your wrist
and gorgeous in trimmings Of silver and
gold Not few wore coats or short
Jackets ornamented with bright silver
buttons. The trousers of some of the
men were striped with silver braid.
while not d few had silvcr-mounted re-
volvers huns to their hips. At some of
the stations men so dressed galloped up
on horses. also Sayly appsreled. and. look
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TAND with me on
one of Monterey'S
three story sky
scrapers and take
d look at the Pitts
burgh of the Next
can republic. That
mighty stack off at
the right belongs to
the biggest steel
plant south of
the United States
boundary. 1t has Il
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He lay upon his dy inc bed.
His eyes were growing dim.
When with falteriug step they brought
His weeping son Ia him.
Weep not. my boy his friends did cTr,
But put ycur trust in Him
VINO takes your father from your side.
And from this world Of sin.
The glorious news arrived from Grant.
Made his heart swell with joy.
And caused the loral north To shout
From Maine Ia Illinois
But mark the change throughout the land.
All. Curse the traitors hand;
i hat moved from earth oar brightest hope,
Aud crushed our Abraham.
On Springfield Ids calm and happy shore.
His sacred form shall lie.
And rest in peace from war aDJ strife.
His name shall never die.
There Willie. too. may rest with him.
Their spirits met on high.
And choicest flowers deck their giaves.
And tears I'LL every eye
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It'll the recurrence

It'll the recurrence
of Lincoln : birth
day. February IL.
there comes to
mind that other
date. but two
months later. April
10, the day of his
ASA ssination. Abra-
ham Lincoln the
man, Saunt and
unlovely. st 90 d
head and shout
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Lincoln and the sSSw@at Box

been abolished in America as inhuman.
One and all of these nations in turn fen
into line. and today the sweatboX is not
to be found on any vessel flying the flag
of a civilized nation throughout the
world.
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it arc printed the sorrows of a nation,
mourning for it's dead.
The one dominant characteristic of the
collection as a. whole is the underlying
note of sorrow which is to be found,
whether ii he official notice from the De-
pdrtment of State, railroad schedules,
governors proclamations. or the rhymes
of individuals.
Three schedules are contained in the
collection, giving the time of departure
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which now shine n opalescent hues I'M
der the rays OF the semi-tropical sun.
one Of the peaks looks just like the
hump of a gigantic camel and another
has Il head like bishops inter The
Sierra Madre, or Mother range. in this
clear air. seems to be a great etching
cut by the stencils Of the gods.
The slopes Of these mountains are
thirsty and dry, but the valley Is green
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capital OF $lO,WO,UOO and is now turning
out steel rails for the new roads which
are building. In another direction are
the huge smelters. controlled by the Gug-
genheims. which represent capital of
millions, and still farther over is great
brewery which looks as though it might
have been lifted bodily up from Mil
waukee or St Louis and dropped down
here on this Mexican plateau.
Monterey lies in Il rich mineral coun
Ivy. The mountains about it yield silver
and gold and its railroad facilities are
such that II has coal and iror. The most
Of its industries are highly protected, and
the steel il makes costs almost double
what the price would be if no duty were
paid