Show r LODD V OLD MEXICO an americans observations on i J lw HJ A country la competed of from the fomo of tho people if thero is ething on of which mexico is more prolific than revolutions it is peculiarities the peculiarities of that country are many and astonishing noi that I 1 viewed this people from a narrow standpoint says a writer in the chicago times much as the average english bews america joe we americans are too familiar with representatives of every clime and nation to be cuilty of such insular prejudice but the american dweller in mexico will find tho peculiarities of that nation too marked to be overlooked for instance what would any civilized people on earth other than the mexican think if their persons and property were placed under the guardianship of convicts yet such is the case there police duty throughout tho country districts and in large cities like chihuahua is performed by the soldiers of tho regular array said army being recruited from the convicts of each state complaint as to their inefficiency or dishonesty however is rarely heard though it is an open secret in mexico that a small bribe to the officer as sufficient to secure immunity from arrest but this fact so far from doing made a ground for complaint seems rather a source of congratulation than otherwise how far we are in advance jf this system of recruiting the ranks of the police especially in chica go it is difficult to say there may bo some who would extend to us the advice however be everlasting credit of the mexicans that their police are natives of the country in which they wield the from the police one naturally turns case to the criminal in mexico the burg laruis positively unknown the houses constructed as they arc in view of uprisings revolutions etc present to tho would be bur glar but a small chance of success hat with blank walls barricades barricaded barrica ded windows and solid wooden doors the the average adobe is pro pared at nightfall to withstand the biece of a regiment the phase of robbery most popular in is of the dick turpin patter dick however from all accounts usually gives voice to that time honorid commands iyoub money or your life whereas the mexican brigand invariably demands your money and your life and no amount of plunder pleading nor promises will avail to save the tatter should the opportunity be favorable to the robber for taking it the cause of this is simply diat the laws of the country promie that tho highway robber if captured shall suffer death thus fu the incentive for his invariable 31 bloody accompaniment to his ordinal crime that he may forever witness of the deed the only natural born st in the world he has never read up on the object he over hears our long aafred cantere vociferating about the beauties othea astern nevertheless he is the ideal so although he S is ifs acan th you nath nW need it but it yo have any thag you are expected to be fully as you dont he compels y from you sv T ia short if w havo ma if you have he takes mr chatack cha Tact of the mexicans is best exemplified by their proceedings in the event of themar age of one of their daughters to tn american the candea mind of the icY bd tatt inis idea is a source of never 6 sex ts ath tion to the e other when an american Americ Tn marrissa mar riesa mexican girl her wass SISter sl cousans te etc and all their sisters cousins aunts e f miles abouna ahei avis the wedding this includes ever mood 11 to abo otest they y but stay wh ch is worse there they caad and until every ounce of food and evay to cam and should the luckless brite have employment esthe gS the theestus the ests before asch the bridegroom generally succumbs it ft seems impossible to trace tho exact origin of this indian faith an indian from columbua Columb fa eiver named the doctrine of an teri years ago that there nouh b an upheaval of nature which would destroy the whit man and to the indian his domains and that the dust a countes 3 ians i would aind i ale aae who will be swept from the th dearth noorie of the deadly onsba 0 in their uso atvill avail and the blood of eighty millions p whiles will aiono for the wrongs don eab be red jacb a belikin beli ein ui inar rapid ty jiunnes jR unneS traversed of miles to reach th e the hones abe sioux the bahit sash and f taught the faitha an the choat dance the religious ceremony of the creed is bing danced by all these tribes |