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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23

lives
A native Peruvian OF Spanish descent said
20 ne- The Quichuas have but little am
hluon and they live from hand 20 mouth
appear TO be atrophied-'
As TO alcohol. the extent TO which It IS
used among the indians IS beyond concep-
non You may see drunken men and women
by scores at any feast, and at the railroad
stations. and in every part OF the country,
there are indians who go Keeling along with
red faces and bIeared eyes. During my stay
IN tuZco 7 have gone into some OF the GICn-
hol stores. and am astounded at the vast
quantities sold There IS a wholesale and
retail liquor establishments lust opposite my
hotel In the heart Of this city Il consists Of
a pato- me sloreroom facing the street il
walled with tin tanks each twice as high
as a man and as big around the boiler
~ Lyo Ton locomotive counted i Ct
these tanks standing upon platform against
the wall q that room Each was marked
as containing 1000 lIters OF alcohol and
when tapped them with nv Knife / found
OF that terrible brandy in MS one room
alone Every tank had its faucet and the
2ranay vas drawn out by the gallon. the
WOmen Drink Like Men.
] saw other alcohol stores though not 50
large. IN Slcuani. There are s~0-ss ~ tbsr1
m Arequipa and IN almost an the towns Of
me mountainous districts. The alcohol sells
usually buy It by the bottle number get
ing together and treating each other The
ftN---'+ "a. nm quite as freely a men. and
On SAINTS Gays both sexes get together and
nave grand spree. ar which time there IS
MUSIC anu dancing and love making. ire
specuve OF the marriage reIafir- some
times an indian will drink a whole bottfe
IlSht down ana his limit is FeneralIy- rared
10y -le amount ne is able 20 purchase
IN ADDITION 10 alcohol rTa f-r5,, nan
Nu.5.-H anu chlllren drink chicha 4 beer
Lll.lue OF corn This Is TO De found ever
WhrFe IN the mountains OF Perm fror, ~.
emu OF IL 70 the other The ordinary way, %
mahins Chicha is 20 take the rrains ~ rim,
com ana throw them into fa-lg H. -bs
eaIth ] ne grain is then covered v-i+fr sf-sr-
ah- sprlnhled with water Do fs 80 49,
until II swells and sprouts af+.- -, I,
Is taken out and boiled for a er5--, ,5-i,
set aside so the liquor begins 81 s,--,e'-.
ana within short time 70 Is bee- '
Coca Chewing
The use OF the coca lear ,-Lf-t -
tdlhS lne active principal OF ror5i,. a.
universal Il Is chewed every day- sr,i No.
are certain fixed times during me is b,-i7,-
hours when all stop FOR a raras- ,5,,-i--s
Which they chew coca The far-,',- -f,-ss
ms INDIANS a handful Of coca Ia-,-a- -,
morning. and the mine owner has To- srIrr,iv-
llAea amount OF coca. in addition ~ ne
ordinary wages The coca takes ay-a,- b7,,
ger and Il keeps out the cold Tr sreii.z
one TO breathe better in the bI~b ,rtf
tudes Of the Andes and % is claimed IFS ne,
enables the Indians TO work longer ana en-
dure more fatigue It also deadens tbe
brain, destroys the VIII power and tatrss
IVY az Lorina ct Intellectual activity.
The indian not only cheus the coc1 brt
he makes a tea Of it. II Is said 10 r.
sood Tor the stomach and the chewing OF ID
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23

pas, I have seen them toiling along
the trails with enormous loads on
their backs. or going barefootec, dFlN-
ms their uamas and donkeys loaceo
with the crops Of their masters TO the
markets OF the cities l have WaIcneo
them as they sat on the stone Iloors
OF the plazas with their little stores
Of vegetables grain or fruit spread
out before them, and have observed
them in the streets carrying great
barrels OF water and other burdens
from house 10 house as the Servants
Of the ChOlos and whites THESE IN
dams, who were formerly among the
most civilized peoples OF the WoIlo
outside Of Europe, are now ABOUT the
most degraded and miserable OF any
on earth Since the Spanlards came
they have been practically the ser
wants Of the whites and the halI-
breeds Their intelligence mas Deel
ground out of them, and through
generations Of abuses and OF eNpIOlla-
uOu on the part Of their masters, ao-
ded TO the use Of alcohol and coca,
they have become nearer pure animals
than any race now borne as a Dur
den on the shoulders Of white men,
Lack Ordinary intelligence
The Quichuas OF today appear TO lack
ordinary Intelligence. You tell man 20
fetch you broom and he will bring YOU a
shovel You send him for a Ratchet, ana Il--s
as not he will come back with glass o-
water II you knock him over ana InaAe
him 20 back he then may bring what you
working and To is only then that ne under
stands 7 believe that the cause OF the ne-
terioration Of the Quichua is due someWhat
TO the oppression he has had on the par -
the whites, but more to the alcohol anu
coca with which his brain is soaked from
the time he reaches young manhood unl-l
the day or his death. The chewing OF CO.
leaf begins almost at birth. and boys anu
girls. young men and young women. as Wen
as the Old must have so much coca per
day Ihe indians expect TO be supplied v LJLL
q certain amount OF coca in addition 10 lIelI
wages They mix the leaves with the dsli-7
OF certain tree and chew them The asles
furnish the alkau that Ioosens the alhaiolt
~ the coca, giving them the ful eIIecl %
the cocaine These ashes are made W IN
blocks and are sold in the market ENets
indian carries his coca pouch with MN anI
he cheWs an the time. When his Jaws slop
you can see this cud the size OF a walnut.
takes away hunger and enables him 70 en-
dure fatigue but IL also dries up the brain
As TO alcohol. both men and women drink
great quantities Of aEuardlente or sugar
brandy This has an alcohol grade or about
80 percent.
Change Comes Mt Fifteen.
Another American who is a large mine
operator IN Bolivia tells me that the indian
boys are bright until the age OF Is Up Co
Jndt time they have plenty Of coca but
their brains nave not been soddcn with IL
Quor- one reason FOR this is that their
parents want the liquor themselves Il IS
only after Is. when they begin 10 work in
dependentiy OF their parents that they can
lhcr brains materially deteriorate. and they
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23

n UzCO, Peru, May z3.-For the
past month have spent the
greater part Of my time on this
high plateau Of the Andes. a mighty
valley which in places is 100 miles
wide, running north and south from
Ecuador to Bolivia The valley is
walled by snow-capped mountains. It
has many peaks that are three or four
miles about the sea, volcanoes that
have poured out ramparts Of lava that
has CONCEALED, as it were, in its flow.
This great valley winds in and ont.
The most OF it is over 1900 feet
above the sea, but there are great de-
pressions here ant there in which
the land slopes down &c the altitude Of
a thousand feet, giving it all the
crops or the tropics and the temperate
zone.
This plateau IS one Of the most
thickly populated parts Of South Amer
lea and it has some Of the strangest
people Of the new world The majority
Of them are indians, and several mil
lions are the descendants Of the
Quichuas. the subjects or slaves Of The
Incas. The Inca empire extended
from beyond quito TO far down into
Chile and its people were in many re-
spects more civilized than the Span-
iards who conquered and ensIaved
them. When Pizarro came they were
numbered by millions and it is said
there were 100000 of them in Pen
alone. They were civilized and indus
trious. They were excellent farmers
and they irrigated vast tracts which
under the Spaniards soon went to
waste. 1t is Of the descendants ~
these people that / write you TO-DAY
BY terrible expressions their number
has been cut down TO at least one
third Of what il was in the past but
there are still in Peru perhaps tive
millions of them, nearly all of whom
live on this high platteua.
Empire OF the QuichuaS.
7 saw the Quichuas first in the
northern part Of the Andes They
populate the high valleys of Ecuador
and are still to be found all the yyay-
from there south to Bolivia. WHERE
the Aymara indians begin Rirht
here at CuscO I am in the heart OF
their ancient empire, and in the cen
Ter Of the population Of today.
/ have seen the Quichuas by hun
dreds IN every town at which I have
stopped and j have photographed their
Httle nuts scattered over the PAM
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23
LINCOLN ON DAY OF IN
AUGURATION "SEEDY"

CONTINUED from previous page)
stantly quarreling with Lincoln. One
day he said to him: 1T is with you
all story. story. You are the father OF
every military blunder that has been
made during the war You are on the
road TO he'll. sir. and are not more than
a mile from IT this minuter'
With a good humored twinkle IN his
eye. Lincoln replied You think am
a mile from hell. senator. That is just
the distance from here 10 the capitol
is it notg'
Wade seized his hat and cane and
never entered the white house again
Lincoln once wrote TO Ward Lamon:
IF I had done as my Washington
friends. who fight only with their
tongues and a safe distance from ths
enemy. would have me do. Grant wco
has proved himself so great a captain.
would have found his services dis
pensed with long ago"
On one occasion when the neWspa-
perS were attacking him with most
ferociOus criticism. he said 10 a cor
respondent cit reminds me OF a man
who was travelling through Kansas on
horseback There We're few settle
ments and no roads. and he lost his
way. A terrific thunderstorm coming
up. he dismounted and led his horse.
Finally a terrific crash brought him
fairly 10 his knees in terror and he
cried out, % Lord, IL it's all the same
to you, give US more light and less
noise
Lincoln Looked "seedy.-
Ex-senator Dawes. describing Lin
coins appearance on the morning OF
his arrival in Washington. 10 days be-
fore his first Inauguration. wrote: Il
never saw man so unkempt His
were the same he had worn on the
sleeper from Springfield He was
long and angular 1t seemed as though
his body was made up OF component
parts of different bOdies-aS though
his head were not In the right place
Rough and uncouth. he was a tvpic7I
backwoodsmau. But there was some .
thing incOmprehensible in his face.
something unfarhOmablc-"
Joshua r. Speed. an old friend. tells
Of an occasion when Lincoln. Who
thought that he had disposed Of all hfs
callers for the morning. found two
women waiting TO see him. Being ia
tiEued. he turned 20 them rather fret
fully. saying. What do YOU wantq''
IT appeared thar one was the n7o+ba-
and the other the wife Of men who had
been long imprisoned for resisting
draft in Pennsylvania Callino- 90
Dana. Lincoln said These men have
suffered enough; let them go" Then
turning 10 Speed q moment later ne
remarked Il We made tdO people ham
Ply today al all events When / die .
want II said OF me by those who knew
ne best that always plucked a
inside and planted a flower when I
-hOusht the Hover would grow"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23

cooled and cooled Love dropped his
eyes. sighed in deep sweet luxury
and waded in And the grOom's eyes
called and the little brides two blue
ones answered back-and first thing,
what with him a-coaXing and she
slipping pussy-fOOted round the cloth
on her two little satin shOes-first
thing-the two OF EN- were on one side
Of the table.
Her chair yawned empty-the toast
hardened and the coffee grew cold as
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23

place-his hair as smooth as q birds
wing-his face pink with the shock OF
Icy water-the little bride, her curls
knotted high, In a sweet-smelliug lit
tie breakfast gown OF the heaveu-blue
OF her eyes-queening IL across and
around the tall. thin glass with its one
fair. white bride-rOse- The table was
three feet across, I reckOn-thats
long way. but they found that hands
could touch and clasp across it. The
bride poured the thick. clear coffee
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23

TT ERE IS the end OF dream and a
beginning! Past the awning OF
the little breakfast porch the
spring birds sing and sail-bluebirds
-a-mating and a-nesting. too-and
maybe "out for breaswat, too" thinks
Love, as he ncks his sticky fingers.
Ihey started, you see. mos very decor
ously-the groom in his morning
jacket serenely squared at his trim
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23

from her cleaning pot that her best
chum gave her. Love folded his fat
legs under the table. sitting between
and eyed the marmalade. And one OF
the brides monogramed napkins muf-
fled his fat neck and stuck out like
extra wings below his ears
One OF the groom's hands crept out
and edged the tall. thin vase an inch
or two aside with a laugh. Cans
see your golden face. sweetheart
quOth he And the clear. brown coffee
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23

clasp white cape glove should be
worn
Patent leather shoes with suede up
pers, IN gray or tan. are proper with
cloth or serge tailored suits for gen
eral daytime wear Colonial pumps,
with Louis, Cuban heels, continue to be
worn a great deal, and are made es-
pecially smart with vamps of patent
leather and the back and heels of the
shoe IN gray or tan suede. These
should be worn with matching gray or
tan silk stockings matching or in ac-
cord with a color note Of the costume.
II You wish to bring your new suit
or frock up to the pink Of fashion. have
your suede gloves and the suede of
your shoes to match in color In fact.
II has been predicted that we viii de-
part from the white gloves so univers-
ally worn and at present the proper
thing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23

water fathoms down.
But Love-he ATE his breakfast
with his heart at peace-for 7 have
earned a rest quoth he Long. sleep
less moonlight nfghts-1ove songs and
walks. poetry and fasting-and strenu-
Gus days I've had-now I can EATt
wasn't hungry then-but now my birds
are under one roof tree-and-where'
the marmalade2'
NEIL BRINKLEY.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23
EW YORK, May "a year Al


~ 7 Il " INN may COS -eA a Q
~ a couple OF noted French dress
makers showed two capes, one
transparent, which hung from the
shoulders TO the waistline in the back
and disappeared mysteriously in the
front, the other a cape Of black satin,
with jacket-like fronts belted at the
waist. These capes were forerunners
of a vogue for capes. This season we
from the back Of the coat we have the
cane with surpliCe fronts. we have the
Breton capes, and also the more severe
STYLES almost military.
Taffeta evening wraps, which during
the early part Of the season were con-
tent with cape-like ruffles and rounded
frills. have now evolved themselves
into out and out capes- These fall 10
the knees with a second ripply cape
which falls just over the shoulder
AntOher cape-Wrap Of taffeta for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23
YOUR MONEYS WORTH,

You can have it, and then some ~.
patroniZing the Live Wires" in S7+rr--
days Classified Business Director
Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23

tContinued from previous page.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-16
Editorial Snapshots

indianapolis News: And when the dele
gates from the warning powers attend
the biennial congress OF the American
Peace society. they viii. of course. have
the courtesy to leave off their spurs.
New York World: Ths gentleman I'm
Chicago who claims 70 have invented in
destructible steel ought not to waste any
time on the wheat and corn ,speculat0rs
and beef and pork packers OF that town.
He can make himself. the most popular
man IN Europe II he has any desire to
travel
Philadelphia Bulletin: England is. re-
ported to have been buying machinery
AMI setting up plants for the manufae-
ture OF her own war supplies. and when
the war is over these plants will be turned
into the production OF the Commodities OF
peace. The United States should take
the hint and preRare to be self-depsndent
and self-supporting.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Japan explains that
II was all a mistake about handing Kiao-
Chow back 20 China That was, only
Il Germany gave 1t up when demanded.
but since Japan had to fight for 1t, that
alters the situation. II Il had not been
this II would have been something else.
Uncle Sam remains the only power that
gives up anything he gets.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: The anthracite
coal tax gives an interesting example OF
the way taxes on corporations can be
collected from the people. This tax of
2h cents a ton was levied nearly two
years ago. The companies. TO keep them
selves whole, promptly collected 10 cents
from the consumers. Then they paid
nothing TO the state. but started a suit.
claiming the tax 20 be unconstitutional.
| II they lose their suit they will get 800
per cent on the. tax. If'they win st. they
will set Il all.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-16
The snenrerfest and Omaha.

The success attending the Northwestern
saengerfest when II was last held in Omaha
makes certain an equal measure Of success for
the Saengerfest when held here next year.
Neither war nor business depression can drown
out music or the love OF music. and with the
enthusiastic support OF the local German so
cities and the cooperation OF other elements in
the community, the meeting will be certain to
attract a large attendance and score big hit,
and there can be no question whatever about
Omaha doing its part.
Regardless of the location OF the Saengerfest
The Bee has a suggestion TO make right here, to
be acted upon only in case favorable contin-
sency arises. II will be remembered that the
saving factor OF our Trans-Mississppl exposition,
after a period OF hard shedding in the face Of
the distractions OF the war with Spain, was
found in the great celebration of the conclusion
OF he conflict participated in by President
Mckinley and galaxy of public and military
man. II is at least possible II not probable that
the saengerfest may have a chance to convert
the occasion OF its next meeting into grand
musical peace jubilee, for few people believe
this war can be ended without glory enough in
IL for all sides-and should such opportunity
be utilized, it would make Il an event larger and
moro memorable than the most hopeful anti
cipation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-16
Printing for the State or by IN. Stat.


Another proposition that is TO be put up TO
our lawmakers. according to its advance agents.
is the establishment OF a state printery, from
which all official publications are to be turned
out Other states do their own printing We are
told, 30. why not Nebraska, and pencils are
sharpened to figure out the possible profit or
saving
Not being In the job printing business, The
Bee may suggest without any self-interest that
this is purely business proposition, a. question
OF dollars and cents. other states do a lot of
things that we do not do, and Nebraska does
some things which other states do not do Some
states have even elected their public printer by
popular vote and paid him by fees. making the
office the grandest grating job on the list,
while others have conducted a state printing de-
partment under competent direction on a
strictly business basis with satisfactory results
It all gets back to the volume OF work to be
done, and the experience and efficiency Of those
dsputed TO do 1t. and experience and efficiency
are not to be had without complete divorce
ment from politics. Our notion is that the first
thing in order Is TO try out STATE civil service
plan in existing departments OF state activity.
and see how Il pans before taking on something
else as complicated as a print shop. especially
when II can be readily taken on any time that
conditions warrant.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-16
Sample Ballots and Long Ballots.

Any reform In the election laws should include
provision that sample ballots other limitations
of the official ballot should be allowed to printed
used found in the possession OF any person ex-
cept the ballot in the hands OF the regular election of
fieals Such provision would be tho greatest puri-
last primary In Kansas City precinct votes
ing from $50 to go In q precinct cast for list
Of twenty-five names out of 12s candidates Such
unanimty does not exist anywhere else In the world
From n speech by Congressman Borand on the floor
of the house.
The cure for any abuse arising from the sam
pie ballot, Il seems to us. Is the short ballot.
That goes straight 10 the root OF the evil,
whereas destroying the sample ballot while con-
tinuing the occasion OF 1.-THE excessively long
official balict--to remain would simply make a
bad matter worse. The real abuse is committed
when II is made possible for 1913 names TO APP
pear on an official ballot, or more than zoo. as
was the case at our last Omaha election, where,
with all the cutlery against the outrageously long
ballot no complaint whatever was directed
against the sample ballot
II We retain the six, seven or ten-foot Of
ficial ballot, how is the average voter to de-
termine, after entering the booth. for whom he
wishes TO vote except by first reviewing a SAM
pie ballotG 1t is this long ballot that makes
the sample ballot necessary. II the latter has
figured In any abuse at the polIs---which is
easily possible-there ought to be a dozen ways
OF handling that without abolishlng the sample
ballot. Adopt the short ballot and all the sample
ballot troubles will take care of themselves.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-16
People and Events

Luck. the tickle goddess, oft plays some cruel
capers. H. c. McCrpskey OF Yale. okl, laid down
died the other day just oil well his farm
began spoutng oil at the clouds.
"A 81 Louis undertaken prevented a funeral at the
hour set because the mourners could produce
the cash to pay $50 coffin bill The deceased had
ss5 In his pockets DEATH but the administrator beat
the undertaken TO H. r
The mayor OF New York urges policemen to freely
use their night sticks gunner and gangsters
whose activities neediessly stimulate the cemetery
business. "A ventiatlng measure the remedy carr
res the endorsement OF police doctors.
At the rate decorations are being passed around
among army commanders at the front some method
OF chest expansion will be required for
the trophies Perhaps the Roman custom OF hanging
a few the back win be popularized.
Again. out OF San Francisco the solemn as
that fleeing tourists viii not be tolerated
during the big show. Hotel keepers have formed a
vililance committee to protect tenderfeet against
position That settles H. Grab your grip and 50.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-16
Americas DefinitiYe Mission.

While one excited German newspaper de-
cIares the United States disqualified by partisan
ship TO act as mediator between the warning
nations, Il is gratifying that other representa-
tive European papers take the opposite view,
commencing our nation as the one prominently
fitted for this great task should the time for It
come. The United States must, OF course, main
tain fits none too simple position OF strict neutral
ity having done which II will stand then as now
before the world the one great power to whom
the issues may be referred for adjustment IL
direct settlement proves impossible.
That such an impression as this fills the
minds of combatants on both sides, shows that
we, as well as Cfey. have been true to our colors
And when II comes down TO the test, perhaps
the duty Of America to refrain from taking part
is far more difficult than II would be did our
population have single ancestry instead of all
ancestries in admixture. The United States
must not, will not permit anything now TO
swerve It from the course marked out. Our part
in this transforming tragedy Is clear and plain
II is to be defnitive part, that Of the unbiased
observer and possible peaceInaker ~