The Washington herald., 1913-10-05

pig at her side and you pipe no lay, but
| hasten on.
North Mexico is unclean. water is
| precious. The train to Mexico City will
| stop at little mud village for fuel or
| orders. Then out of the huts come
| women with large clay pots to catch
the water that drips from the engines
pipes and the tank inside the tender. They
| come running and laughing, each striving
| to be first.
Filing their jars. they bear them home
| on their heads. The American engineer
| is a kindly man, and his pipes flow free
and do not trickle. The water is warm
and yellow, but it is sweet. The little
the women can get in the village is Bit
/ ter and not healthful. Such are the
mothers and wives of the fighting men
who are to battle with the invaders.
I To the west the Indians are often min
ers They dig copper, gold. and silver
| Now and then there is a frost in the
! high valleys. The Yaqui is a fierce man
| for Mexico. He eats goat meat OCCASION
ally. and that puts an edge to his pug
| nacity. And he is the oniy Indian who
will stay where there is frost. So his
pay is largeIfor Mexico.
Instnctively, the Yaqui is revolution
| list He sneered at Dia8-wanting a gov
eminent of his own-and Diaz captured
him and sent him to Yucatan, where as
Diaz intended. he soon persisted from
| heat and humidity.
The main roads out of Mexico City are
, level and wide. In the early morning,
under a sky cloudless and beautifully
blue hundreds of donKeys in droves Of
| g. 10. or u. drivers by Indians on foot
will be seen struggling along under their
| loads
Indian and Burro Work Together.
There were no beasts of burden among
| the Aztecs. The calendar stone, BY
which they told the hour of the day, as
well as the seasons. weighed fifty tons.
With crude machinery and their own
| strength they transported it over rivers
and mountains to Mexico City. Spain
gave them the donkey, and ever since,
in humility and utility, Indian and burro
| have worked together.
A burg can easily carry $50 pounds.
Long caravans Of burros. heads down
and attended by swift-fOoted Indians,
muffied TO the ears in bright-colOred
! zarapes against the chill OF the dawn.
| enter all large cities every morning.
| They bear poultry and vegetables in
crates. green barley in sheaves, straw in
| huge, hard bundles. frewOod, eggs, and
milk
The barley is sold for horse fodder and
| is piled high and wide that only the
! feet OF the donkey can he seen. The
Indian, slim. upright. short of stature.
with straight legs and soft, tunefuI
voices. drive the donkeys by prodding
them in the sides with blunt sticks and
by kissing AT them through their teeth.
BY : O'Clock the streets are filled with
ourrOs and Indians on the way to mar
kets and stores. to houses with wood,
eggs. and milk, and TO stables with bar
ley aud straw. They make no noise. for
| the burros are unshOd and the Indians
are barefootcd. one hears a quick, shrill
| ''P-s-s-s-s.' and that is all.
| The dOnkeyS also bear flowers in i'm
! mense baskets. roses Of all cOlors. and
purple panSieS having stems a foot and
half lonE. Indians at the street cor
ners make bouquets of the flowers. Two
dozen yellow roses and three dozen pam
sizes. or pansies and pink roses, wound
with much hidden Irvine, freshened with
water, made green with Iace-like vines.
! can he had for ~ cents in silver if one
knows how to bargain.
Thus tine country i brought to the
! city. by noon the liChtened donkeys
go home They will be seen among the