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SAID TO A SOKOKITA. *
Alfred Harper Makes Some Bright
Observations on The Far West,
Santa Fe, Nov. 15 —lt is said of
those who live under the shadow
of the mighty Alps that they won
der at the tourists who travel .so far
to admire the great mounts, and c n
not understand the motive that brings
them. TO all beauty, to all ugliness, we
become accustomed, and it is by new
impressions alone that we are made en
thusiastio. When first 1 saw this town
and country, many and varied were the
impressions and easy it was to mention
them. Now it has mostly become mo
no* onous; an adobe house to me now is
no more than a log cabin at home; a
Mexican no more than a neuro is in the
way of a curiosity in Georgia, and even
an Indian in full regalia is but the cause
of passinu notice.
Soft-eyed Senoritas? Ohl yes, lots of
them. Not many are really pretty, but
al) have what my friend John Stone
used to call “a quick eye.” They have
their attractions, and to one of them I
came near falling a victim. She was a
beanty, and with a bright smile she
said to me:
“Buenos dies, Senor!”
“Sic semper tyrannis,” says I.
Then she said a whole lot of musical
stuff that sounded all right, but which
I could not understand.
“Erin go bragh, ” says I.
She gave a lot more Spanish, and
didn’t smile so sweetly.
• “Sprechen Sie Deutsch?” I asked,
Her nose commenced to turn up.
“Polly voo froglegs, perhaps,” I
added.
But I had already thoroughly ruined
my chances and she went on her way
exhibiting all the offended pride of her
Castilian parentage.
One has to talk Spanish to be much
of a beau with these black eyed Mexi
cans, but that isn’t what I’m out here
for so it makes no difference. And yet
some Americana here play a winning
hand on the principle that a senorita in
the hand of somebody else is worth a
half dozen in one’s own hand, or, to be
more explicit, other people’s geese are
swans and his geese are all crows.
One of the qneer things out here is
the prevalence of old women. From my
room to the postoffice I pass through a
picturesque Mexican part of the city
all dobies, great strings of red and
green chili hanging in front, hairless
Mexican dogs and the like. I think in
the space of one or two hundred yards
I see no less than a dozen women who
appear to be anywhere from seventy to
one hundred and fifty years old. And as
much as lam conscious of the opposi
tion to the deadly cigarette, I am com
pelled in candor to state that all of
them smoke cigarettes incessantly and
have all their lives.
This is the season for bear and deer
hunting in the Rockies, and parties go
out from here frequently. There are few
if any grizzlies left, but cinnamon and
black bear are not uncommon. A mag
nificent specimen of the latter was
hanging in front of a butcher shop a day
or two ago. I notice that tenderfeet are
most anxious to run up against a bear,
and that old timers want good backing
when they tackle that animat A man
in the hospital here not long ago with
all of one side clawed off and several
ribs and a collar bone broken was a
barely living example of the fact that
a good gun and good aim don’t always
beat a bear. It’s very hard to reach the
vitals of a good, healthy bear.
People back East would be surprised,
perhaps, at the opinion held by Ameri
cans of prominence here concerning the
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republic of Mexico. To bear some of
them talk one would think that country
the garden spot of the earth, and the
financial system the perfection of mod
ern ingenuity. I was talking this morn
ing with two of the most prominent and
popular men in this section—one was
tne leading physician, the other post
master at this point, and both are en
thusiastic about Mexico.
And as for President Diaz they have
no words too good.
“He is, ” said the doctor, ‘‘the great
est statesman produced by the 19th ceri
tury, bar none. He has for twenty-six
years handled a people and a country
that seemed incapable of being governed,
incapable of improvement almost.
Elected under a constitution that pro
hibited more than one term, the consti
tution was changed before his first
term expired and he has been president
ever since. With every privilege that he
grants he gains something for the repub
lic. He makes the railroads furnish a
third class fare of one cent a mile fcr
the poor classes, and the ordinary fare
is only two cents. When Pullman
wanted to put in his cars the president
demanded a reasonable rate.
“Make it reasonable or stay; out,”
said Diaz, and Pullm in made it reason
able. For instance the Pullman fare
from Kansas City to Santa Fe is ,SB, a
distance of 800 miles. From El Paso to
City of Mexico is 1600 mile and the Pull
man fare is $4.50 in American money.
“ ’ ‘Thus itliTthat Diaz is alwayslook
ing out for his country and people.
Whenever he grants a privilege he gets
some hing for the people, some conces
sion for their benefit.
‘ ‘The country is the richest c.n earth.
Plant cotton there and it bears for six
or eight years without replanting. Same
way with sugar cane. In one district
there $1,200,000,000 (twelve hundred
million dollars) worth of silver has been
taken out and the mines are still worked
at a profit. Fruits of all kinds grow
there, some never heard of in this coun
try. In the district I speak of and many
others, it is perpetual summer. The
thermometer at—never goes lower than
60 nor higher than 85. The is
perfect.”
Thus do they talk, only more so, and
it gives one an idea that in spite of dif
ference of language and ell that Mexico
would be a pretty good haven of rest for
the winter. These gentlemen claim that
a Mexican dollar buys as m.uch or more
in Mexico than an American dollar does
here. They add that the laboring class,
while working for small wages, is con
tented and in most cases money is saved.
In the cities alone are to be found the
evidences of poverty such as is often
described,
Another interesting talk I had the
other day was with a very charming
lady from Colorado. In that state, you
know, women vote in all elections. This
lady informed me that she was a repub
lican and her husband a democrat.
There was an election a short time
since, and she delayed her trip here that
she might vote. Both she and her hus
band voted mixed tickets, and each was
satisfied with the other’s vote.”
“I don’t know that suffrage for
women does much good.” she said,
“even in the liberal and broad minded
West. In Colorado about as many bad
votes were brought in as good ones, and
he general result is about a stand off. I
think women have done much good on
the school boards and snob places, but
I fear more harm than good in
the legislature. However, taken all in
all I guess it has been a good thing fur
Colorado.
I am nothing of a woman suffragist,
but I must confess that the lady who
voiced this sentiment is one of the dain
tiest, most lady-like little women I’ve
met in this country. She looks like one
of those old time portraits of gentle
.olk, and there’s nothing of the new
woman about her in appearance or
manner. The Rambler.
Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, wenken or gripe.
10c.
ENGLAND WANTED WAR.
Held Back From Fighting France In 1803
by the Ge/man Emperor.
The Gaulois, in Paris, recently re
lated in considerable detail that during
the Siamese imbroglio of 1893 England
was on the verge of declaring war
against France The power that opposed
the war most vigorously was Germany
Ln fact, said the Gaulois, the war was
prevented by the German emperor.
“At that time,” said the Gaulois,
“Emperor William was at Cowes with
his yacht He had won a regatta priz<
from Lord Dunraven's Valkyrie and the
Prince of Wales’ Britannia He appear
ed, literally as well as figuratively, to
swim in English waters. Lt was as he.
sat at dinner in the house of the Royal
Yacht squadron that he received from
Count Hatzfeldt the news that the Eng ,
liahjroverniusnt intemied to declare w
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riiß home tcibvhe. Sunday November 21. 189?
against France rue emperor rose iroui
the table, laid aside his napkin and sent
a dispatch empowering bis embassador
in London to protest against Lord Rose
bery's programme. Moreover, he be
took himself at once to Osborne House
to announce to his grandmother that be
never could approve such a course as re
gards Siam. ’
Sometimes Paris newspapers publish
articles on European politics that lack
all foundation in fact, and the amazing
story told by the Gaulois might have
been dismissed as one of them had it
.pot been confirmed at once by the Koel
nische Zeituug, probably the most trust
worthy journal on the European conti
nent The Koelnische Zeitung’s Paris
correspondent was at Cowes with the
emperor in 1893 As soon as the Gau
lois had made its statement he corrobo
rated it Among the influential English
men at Ccwes. he said, it was then
common talk that the German emperor
was England’s ally against Siam and
France Lord Dufferiu, then English
embassador in Paris, had come to Cowes
to conclude the negotiations for an alii
ance, but had been met with the emper
or’s blunt refusal to take the active part
that England wished to assign him. The
Kqelnische Zeitung’s correspondent as
serts that the correctness of this state
ment is absolute and beyond question
among the initiated who were at Cowes
during the German emperor’s sojourn
there.
Uses of the Lemon.
From the Boston Traveler.
Juiee of the lemon is one of the bes
and safest drinks for any person, wheth
er in health or not. It is suitable for
all s omaoh diseases, liver complaints
infiamation of the bowels and fevers.
Lemon is used intermittent fevers,
It will alleviate and finally cure coughs
and colds, and heal diseased longs, if
taken hot. Its uses are manifold and
the more we employ it internally, the
better we shall find ourselves. Leifion
juice is,anti-febrile, a doctor in Rome is
trying it experimentally in malarial
fever with great success, and thinks it
will in time supersede quinine.
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the heart, and ail other diseases caused
by disordered liver, stomach and kid
neys, the firsa great cause of all fatal
diseases 50c and $1 per bottle, sold by
druggists. H. Mozlky, M. D. Atlanta,
Ga.
A Banker Writes.
From experience in my family. Dr.
H. Moseley’s Lemon Elixir has few if
any equals, and no sueeriors in medi
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stomach and bowels.
W, H. Magness, Pres. Nat. Bank.
McMinville, Tenn.
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Twenty five cents at all druggists.
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or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
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Hand Painted C'lfts.
Picture or easel draperies make ac
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one of pale shrimp pink with Safrano
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silk with a flight of swallows, or of
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