Show CONDITION OF THE AZTECS survivors of ancient race chiefly la borers in the fields the aztecs of old were not only great soldiers but also au dall diligent vent culta of tho soil and had hall acquired considerable proficiency in agriculture sas sans the southern workman although they had no horses oxen or other animals of draft to this day the men earn their ahing chiefly as day laborers in the now oni owned nod by the mexicans Alexi cans tho the staple product now as of yoro yore Is the maize and next to it the ning maguey lICY or agave the sweet sap of which Is ifo the principal material for tho the famous mexican some species arc cultivated ac vegetables others for fol the sake of their leaves which yield a strong fiber that can bo be woven noven into fabrics hence tho the saving that the ngao supplies tho the people with drink food and ard clothing tho the men man have little ambition to ex col eel in handicraft farriery and carpentry arc are about the only trades them the care to take up in tho the cities they work as porters carriers or peddlers lerg in a small way nay like all southern indiana their complexion la Is of a ruddy choc brown and they aro are not particularly good loo looking kirg most of the women nomen now have largo large hands and find feet probably the inheritance of generations ot of hard Nor workers kers and they are strong in the warehouse of a wino wine merchant an aztec porter was seen to take a cask of claret on his back and carry it quite a distance the load certainly weighed not less than pounds and io 40 white man would have thought of lifting it the law ie quires the people in the tile cities to forsake the indian breechcloth and poncho and assume the regulation garb of tho the poor working Nor king class of mexico tho wide loose trousers ot of cotton cloth or manta with jacket to match but the breechcloth Is worn norn outside of tho the trousers and thereby replaces the civilized suspenders |