HOTEL LIFE Iv] MEXICO:
JOAQUIN MILLER'S OBSERVATIONS IN
THE MEXICAN CAPITAL.
Strange and Contradictory Sights—Trag-
edy and Comedy--Pleturesque Water
Carrlers—Children Going to School—A
Dirty Den—How Butter Was Brought.
The best of good order and good nature
meet us here at the depot. Not even a loud
we entered, which was constantly encoun-
tered in the long ride throughout the length
of the country. The carriages come up in
line, two hansom cabs and carriages, per-
the opera-house and on our way home from
the entertainments, Not a beggar,
“runner.” not a single loud-lunged and red,
horrid descendant of kings across the sea.
All was as orderly as in Paris
Outside of the railway station,
for you, here you find many brown men in
in hand. They wear a tag about ths neck
to which is attached a brass number. These
are “carcodarves,” and will gladly carry to
any part of the city almost any burden youn
please. My traveling companion gave one
of them his trunk, then his tool chest,
then his grip-sack, all of which the patient
Httle Aztec in sandals took at
back. And I think I detect d a sign of dis
oad
UNSEATED
FOR
relating
Tracts of |
of Taxes, notic
there will bee
or outery, the
seated ands it
fo
Bellefonte, on
MONDAY, J
£ One
T also had not a trunk or tool chest to add
STRANGE AND CONTRADIC SIGHTS,
And the sight! tha strange and centradie-
tory sight one encounters in the
the first place the people, that is th
to Mive.entirely on horseback. Color of d
Grace of movement! tion of m
Tt would take a book to tell you w ha it [saw
fn a singe York, And vel right poi un
der the heol: up against
the massive walls of some Spanish castle,
some little o' leather-econlorad
be sitting with a vint of cloreme, a ff full
of dough. like putty, a few n
blefull of
ROG BW OAV?
TORY
sireot
men, se
ross!
Por anvers!
of thesa hor=es, clos»
cooking
Her in go!l and
all tha l=¢* year's rai
his shornili rs loan from his
plunzing «teal take fron th
witch one of her cakes
penpers, toss
gallop avav!
Iam sure thi:
comedy woukl make v
ween at the game
Httle bLits of brown
tickets a= we walked on
lottery ticket: the b
lottery ti-kets: the priest:
lottery tickets to soll for
church,
The picturesine wat r ca:
and silver! They has
They are very of!
too. Thera is notam
dresses as galls anal as
the silver that is on , &%
grim-looking fellows with two leatl
about bis head, a leather pockst
knee-breeches, Ha
Oscar Wilde to despair
dress and graca [am
least 15 cents & day, and may, on rare
sions, aspire even to 20 cents
The policamen, the postmen,
with things to sell from the
things, in fact. seem to b> somneh
down; or go different from what
fn nearly all other countriss that I con
stop and recall n quarter
before I had een other citl
this all hers her 1
world, wettiest
very xlad to seo it all again.
Children are going to school, carrving
Sheir books and slates in great num!
They keep close togeth r, hus the
walls, and walk mosily is
seem very affectionate, an 1
Bands as they trudze away
bait is the soft, sw
makes them Lindlior ¢
Anyhow they are very
AMERICANA HUI
I found the )
arowded—only ons room 1
ome so dark that A could
And yet gn much
outside’ The place wa
eans. Why the American
sist in sticking like wax ¢
travel to sea and to Jena
But here were these rica i
together in a heap, And all roundly abus
ing Moxico and the Mexicans
saw little of gither. | paid &2
but bud to go into the pl
work, my room was so aark.
fairly good, but very dirty: the
vile Yet I am told that this is the
botel Americans can find here
But even this dismal, flat and dirty
story den was not without eoclor ani
dent. 1 asked for soma butter with
bread and coffee one moraine. I was
that I was too early and must wait ¢
butter came in from the country. 1 waite!
half anbour: forthis fs a land vou ca
wait in. At lat a barefoot and almost on
tirely naked Indian came running in,
ing enormons tracks with his mudily
over the dirty floor. Hea thnk from a dirty
bag three rolls of calbace Joanwves find up
tightly with grasses. The propristor of the
hotel, behind bis marble desl, u itinl ane of
the roils, took off the caht age eaves, wiih
be threw on the floor at his fet and then
began to turn and twit and smell of the It
tie ball, al'nodt as big as your two fists
At last. after mach haggling and
bartering, he gave the Indian some
money, Then he cams to with ths
roli in bi« hand, great]; de'ichtad that be
could I8t me have some freah butter
the country, and prowelsd with proat
ceremony fo place it Lefore rae, Hot thors
wers still more strings to cut. He wont
back t6 Lis marble Sunt Fr, took a knil:
eame back, cut some grass sirings, then
taking off the strings ~ 1 throwi ® them
on the floor he began to take of cont aller
ooat of corn-husks, all of which Le raw
the floor. When the last of
corn husks were romoved,
Bis knife, with renewad
cutting off a tough, hard, dry 3 ylece, a sort
of crom betweon “smear ase’ hd lard, he
ladd some “fresh butter” before me
And this in the so-called best hotsl ina
elty which has the auda-ity to sometimes
boast of a population of half a million !—
Joaquin Miller in Chicago Times,
Mp ——————
(Trae gn
bows
and or
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her a copper
yey
rye £
mt ie
wou
century
above nil
because it is j
tora ol
dark
sn,
wok
mang
foot
Fine
from
on
about a dozen
mine host took
flourishes, and
———————————
Bob Ingersoll with Cue and Nall,
Dob Ingersoll has bought a billiard table
for bis private residene. A visitor caught
ng the other night and remarked
bad not hitherto suspected the genial
Jotars of brilliancy In the cus and ball
ll yon aode't suspect mo now,” said
the orator, as ths tion rolled from
his brow. “I've been practicing just about
long enough to prove that I'll have to take
HEQT own up that I'm no good.”—*Hal
a ork Times .
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Job ¥ Parl
1884 AND 1885
hirist
TAXES HO
: Wot! fo
! SUSE IOTOO
sale of Unseats
for the non-payment
¢ is hereby given, that
xposed at public sale! 7
following tracts of un"
1 the County of Centre 'Y
ih
19 Christi an smith
} Robert Bmith....,
John Potter
Bhaw « Lingle.....
MARION TWP,
66 John Corman.
Addn Decker
Thos lLowls
Thos Lucas .
Wm Tilght , Ow'r
Isao Frain, owner
a le 3 do
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0 eho
.D., 1886
CK To m.
RLES SMITH,
Treasurer.
Inn 2
Y Arger
Wm PF Brady
Win P Brady
B
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Gen Ni
Joseph
Henry
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HARRIS
JCF
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aay. WI
John
DD Carske
} Bharp D
S08 ev
Ins Dey
Saiue
Jog [we
tien Eddy
Thos Fitsimmons
Bobi Gray
58 Thos Hawthorn
Jas Hawthorn
las T Hale,
Jas T Hale
Award - ei 1 Linn
Snyder 3 153 Wm lewis
Thomas grit Is Wim Lewis
ribner
uyder
3 Th ompo n
Spiker and C
Hamue
AS
WR TWP.
d JolilY........
Lamburn
John Ligge i.
ohn 8 Mason
wier, own'r
Fd Mayston
Hale MeClagahan
Meade ¥
TWP,
ox. Sh - fa ha 153
yrbvos 4 120 Luke Misper
53 Robt Morris
Alex Mario
Irwin...
Jagies
22 Kean
1M Samuel
Barah
ey
Jas D
Jou
White
HUSTON
I Wa «
Adam
Geo I
118 J P Norris
34 of 34 of
> 163 J P Norris
Reed, -
ey W Warton
i Brown........ Jere Parker... coo ioe
BOA cs vee j 21 d40 ..
a 3? Geo Parker...
Robt Rainey.
Jab Reily,
153 Thos 1. : Shippen..
153 Ed 8
158 MarEares Hpoar,,
Jos Tompking.......
158 Benj H Tallman
152 A 8 Valentine. ..........
158 Rebecen Waln....
163 Moore Wharton...
Harris...
& Nostietode..
Twp,
hancedlor,
Kuh... 10 3 59 of
9 19 453 168 Mary M Wharton.
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103 Mary M Wharton......
158 much Vest. wr
154 Benj W, oe
Franch Wert a
Richard Waln..........
183 Kearnet Wharton......
David Willams...
Hem... ( * do
Fenseninn
RUSH TWP,
DB sbrvurmessores nu FA
71
John Lilly
10 And Armstrong...
10 Jas Allison
16 Ann Arthur
117 Thos Arthur...
153 Isaac Britches
168 David Beverage...
108 Daniel Drickley. co...
Peter Prutzaman ........ 307 FE
Johu Burg... v
153 John Boreland.........
Samuel Chestnut
Geo Clymer
tieo Campbell ‘ i
Thos Cuth burt, 150
J I Corkendon, aw'r 1
Samuel Chestnut +H
i Bharp Delaney 1
Wm Dentler .
Philip Eberman..
53 Thos Edwards,......
Thos Erskine
} John Funk '
Thos Fitzsimmons...
Ed French, owner...
Thos Grant
y do
153
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do
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Elizabeth
Robt Giray
(iroe &4 McKeon
1 Christian Hair
164 Christian Hair
58 David Hair...
Thos Hamilton
and
3 Jag (31
srih
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l'elepl oye {
rlore
rom us,
the
ments nl
wal gods,
cert
you will
jopportunity,
WAST CEL
THE KIDNEYS.
They are the most important
secretory organs. Into and
through the Kidneys flow the
waste fluids of the body,
McEwen
1 Manse!
oh Mercer
David Mercer
» Wa Miller
08 Met almont
Her nry MoEwen
hard * arker
(¥ % Parker
Jas Packer, Jr
Richard Pardon
Bend Piles 4 Co...
Jere Parker
David Reed .......
Eachael Robison
Bam'l Robison
Jolin Purdon...
8 Jar “utler
do
an
% Daniel Sotler..
Henry MeEwen, ow'y
Atos Wickersham.
Rott Wilson
WORTH TWP
JB Gray.
PRD Gay
Widow Morris...
Jno Swansw ick...
Geo Kelly, owner,
Jon Laird owner...
Laid Abednigo, ow'o
WH Hlale, owner
CHARLES SMITH,
Treasurer,
i ——— EET RRR
Joseph Schmidt, a window
clerk in the Pitimborg Ciry
has disap-
in
41
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His bovdemen will
ay ti
|detaleation. bay te
Ex-Predident Arthor is im.
{proving in health and is able
ito ba about the house,
Cholera is sproniog rapidly
jit ly. .
taken out of the system. If
the Kidneys do not act prop-
erly this matter is retained,
the whole system becomes
disordered and the following
symptoms will follow: Head-
ache, weakness, pain in the
small of back and loins, flushes
stomach and bowels. You ean
thoroughly protect the Kid-
neys by BURDOCK BLOOD BIT-
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symptoms 1anifest theme
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vourseil of them by this best
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