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8 IS A TRAVELER SEES MEXICO. >* •«>4*l/ I'aa.tj \/U(i,li\jCD mi iUI ?» ill With Guatemala. Bow American Interest* WiU Pro tect the Republic. A Paeollar mod Urn-annr "con* In » MaSicun Grarayard, Where Blnm mle* I.la In the Ctttoombi, With H*ap* of Unman BuuMl Around. '•yThere are prospeots of a •war betwea a MeVico and Guatemala, and! though the cause of tbe rupture which threatens war ma/ seem trivial to eold~bloor\od people ok the notaib, there is no tel'.ing what the ht>t blood of Vthe ,swarthy peo ple to the eouvh mar; lead ft tern to when international disputes arise. It takss only two men, one with a i usty sword and the other a breach-burnt gun, to atart a flrst-olnee revoflution .anywhere south of the Texas border, and am inter national war can be prowoked juat about as easily down that way*. On Friday the Has ai d published aiartling rumors from San Diego, ex clusively published thwni, by the way, to the affect that the .Mexican transport Oaxaca, now in that j'ort, is waiting there for orders, in casesof war, to take •n arms and ammunition* for the M«xi can government to be landed at fttan Benito, on tbe Guatemalan frontier. And it was also hinted that Don JoaquAn Redo of Mazatlan is in Son Diego for tb c purpose of purchasing tbe well known ateamer Manuel Dublan for the use of i the Mexican government in case of war. These incidents are but links in the chain of warlike indications. W. P. Temple, a native of this city, a representative of one of tbe oldest estab lished and most influential families of Southern California, returned on Friday lrom an extended trip through Mexico. This gentleman, a highly educated and intelligent observer, has noted the po litical situation throughout tbe republio with special reference to the impending war. It ia the opinion of Mr. Temple, ex pressed yesterday in an interview with ■ representative of the Heuald, that war will not come of the trouble be tween the two repablics. "It is only a question of the owner ship of a strip of land something like 100 miles in width along the boundaries of the two countries,'' he said, "and I believe that the excellent judgment of President Diaz will rind some way of overcoming the difficulty short of blood shad." "President Diaz is a wonderful man," be continued. "They talk of a revolu tion and the overthrow of the present Republic of Mexico, but it will not be while Diaz Uvea and rales, and in my judgment it will never be. But Diaz is now the rook on which tbe republic of Mexico rests. Ke is pre-eminently a peaceful man, clear in his judgment of great national issues and unalterably opposed to unnecessary conflict. "It ia not the leading men of Mexico who talk war with Guatemala, I found. That is in tbe way of favoring such a course, though it is an open secret there that the government has recognized the possibility of it before tbe present mis understanding is set right. ludeed, in a measure Mexico is the aggressor, for that government makes the demand fc? the territory in dispute, and Guatemala simply disputes Mexico's right to it. "American interests in Mexico are unfavorable to war, and have a weight, especially with the president. It is also the American interests which would preclude the possibility of an overthrow of the republic after the death of Diaz." Mr. Temple's trip was an interesting one, and not devoid of incident. Leav ing this oity on the Ist of June he went to El Paso and then over the Mexican Central to Agues Calientes and San Luiß Potosi. From there he proceeded to Gaanajuata, Guadalajara and tbe City of Mexico, After a stay of three weeks in tbe Mexican capital he re turned by way of tbe Mexican National through Qaltillo, Monterey and Loredo, Texas. Thus Mr. Temple visted all the principal points in tbe republic and met many of tbe principal figures of Mexi can life, with whom he was able to se cure an introduction and by whom he j was cordially received through his ] high standing and learning. j "The indnstrial condition of Mexico is miserable," says he. "The property is held in large areas by few people. In the state of San Luis Potosi, for ex ample, are 65,000 people, only 5000 of ! whom have a stated income. The re maining 60,000 are peons, having no employment, living in idleness and squalor, without pride or hope, as miser able and downtrodden a people as exist on the face of the earth. The 60,000 people are the servant i and vaßsala of 6000. "At Guanajuato I was most deeply interested in the pantion or municipal graveyard. Here is a plot of ground comprising perhapc two acres of ground. The whole is enclosed by a wall perhaps 16 feet in heighth and 20 feet in thick* ness. Through tbe influence of a friend, Senor M. Rocba of the City of Mexico, I was permitted to see tbe inner work ings of tbe Btrange burial customs of tbe place, a privilege which few if any for eigners have enjoyed before me. "There are three distinct clasaea in Mexico—the peons, tbe middle claea and tbe rich. All three classes are buried here, but in far dilTorent ways. The rich buy a plot of ground on the level inside and here in richly mounted coffins they place their dead. The mid dle classes rent a bole in tbe massive wall and the peons do likewise if able to for they have peculiar superstitions and notions regarding the dead. They pay from $2 to $5 per year for the burial privilege, and the rude coffins are placed in holes in the wall and the holes are tben sealed np with mortar. "In these holes the coffins rest in penes just as long as tbe relatives or friends or deceased can pay the yearly rental—no longer. I wbb fortunate ia beint; admitted to the strange gaveyard juat at the timo an order came from the politico to disinter a body. The rela tives had failed to pay the yearly rental. The nexton climbed up the wall. With a crowbar lis jabbed away the mortar from tho face of grave No. 285 and brought forth tho coflin. Inside were the remains of a woman, perfectly mum mified. With rude hands he cut away the clothing from the form, and then bore it to tbe top of tbe wall, where it war) to lie, face np to the sun, for three days. Taken from the wall, when the damp of tho grave is gone, the body is placed in a niche in the catacombs, where t will remain through endless years. "The catacombs in the west Bide of iho graveyard contain now nearly 40 j nuimmioj in perfect preservation, and iully half the space here is filled with human bones, piled in one conglomer ated .-.'jase—all that is left on earth of bundrada and thousands of .human be ings who have lived' and loved and died in years gone by. "The ground hero»posiesi%i some pe culiar element, so that when the coffins, mere wooden boxe i, are placed in those walls of mud tbe bodies inside tbem in many cases are m ammified as perfectly as those of ancient Egypt. "The city of Guanajuato is a progres sive place in many ways, and has just completed one of'the most magnificent theaters in tbe republic at a cost of nearly half a million dollars. American Consul Furnesa has a large mining in terest near by and conducts a mining agency. "I had occasion to visit, while there, the large reservoir constructed by Ex- President Gonsales, who was subse quently governor of the state of Guana juat a. Near this reservoir are fine min ing properties controlled by Americans. The Valenbiana mine and others are verr valuable. "At Silao I had'the good fortune to meet: Sen or Rarnoti Alcszar and Sen or Ybarb ongaate and through hit kindness was permitted to enjoy life on a Mezi hacienia, located some nine miles from Silao and called Chicnemguilla. This hacient a or race h ia in many respects like tb » Santa Anita ranch in the San Gabriel valley. It baa its ranch house, surrounded by beautiful flower gardens and law is slopiiig down to a mineatnre lake wl, ere bountiful swans and rare birds sport in tbe clear waters. Tbe etables are near by but the great race horses a re not there as at Santa Anita. "Ramon Alcazar, owner of the ranch, Ms one of the millionaires of Guanajuato and also nan several haciendas in tbe state of >fcchnac«.n t "From Halao I went to Guadalajara, | where tbei best farming land of Mexico | it. Then.'on to Iraperatoand to Guada lajara, tt « second oity in commercial I importance in the republic of Mexico, i Any American with capital and ambi '•tiou can ;io well here. The natives do 'not look with so much favor on Ameri cans as tb ey do on the French or Ger . vans, even, because the foreigners are i. '»ifonui«v more polite and have more ti tot to upend in the quiet social life of th c country, but tbe pushing American se< vs the -chances and makea the money wb lie thlias around him are basking in the -suna/nine with wine and cigarettes, pop libly charming senoritas near by. ". The laud in the elevated portions of Mcx kjo is all held in large quantities and Vifl not be Bold unless the intend ing purchaser will take four or five tboUB and acres. "L> Sid in the state of Vera Cruz can be bat lat moderate figures, say $4 or $5 per ac >», and the land companies ex empt t t'e buyer from taxation for ten years. The land is fitted for tbe culti vation c tf coffee, sugar cane and tobaoco. The aye rage elevation is about 25,000 feet, and I there are some seventy-five America n colonies in tbe state already. The onl r drawback is the inadequate means of transportation for the products, the neare *t outlets being to Tuianzingo on tbe rai Iroad, 150 miles, and the port of Tuxpar. i, seventy miles away. "Ezsta raa m Mexico two months ago in reference to Salvadoriau business of a political nature. General Escobodo haß publicity tendered his services to President 1 *iaz in case of war with Guat emala. T, us noted warrior waa the hero of Que.ie taro and helped to capture Maxamilian.. 'The City of Mexico ia a place of 350,000 inhabitants. 250,000 being peons or people of rjie loweßt class. The city has some be a utiful buildings, princi pally the Caaid eof Cbepultepec at the iind of the Pbm ode la Reiorma, which is the west po« t, and the White House I of Mexico, all i n one. The oathedral, perhaps tbe fin« it in North America, was recently cloi ed on account of an i earthquake whicl i occurred on Novem ber 2 mi. The JMational museum and the San Caoios acitdemy are interesting places, Che latter lieing a school of tbe tine arts. The Villa o; Guadelupe, three milea northeast of V<he city, is considered the holiest shrine ill tbe Mexican repub lic. "Monterey is the moat Americanized city in the republic. It .is noted for its fine bees, among other tthags, and is the ter minus of the Mouter sy and Gulf railway to Tampieo, running uhrough a fine agri cultural ccwxntry. "In the Oity of Mexico I met Judge Ygnacio Septalveda, wtoll known in Los Angeles. Heva living in one of the finest houses in the <*ily." Chamber or Coromarce. Several oases of hnaticaltural renorts for 1893 and 1894 fro.m the state board of horticulture have just been received by the chamber for distribution; also several cases of pamphlets on olive and citrus industries. Capt. W. ll..Chittenden makes a valu. able donation to the natural history room of a Papago Indian carrying Kee Ho covered with' India-n curios 'collected by that gentleman.on his trip from ocean to ocean. Daring the past we oik donations of flowers have been received from Santa Monies, Redondo, Arcadia and East Side park ; apples, pears and olives from John W. Wildman, Long Beach ; Wash ington navel oranges from Hon. J. W. Cook, Glendora, and A. F. Judson, Col ton; Ben Davis arpples from Mrs. R. A. Wyatt of Kernville, Kern county. Tbe fruit from the tree bearing these apples was awarded tbe gold medal at the World's fair. Stone's Enreka apples from ('orient .v Johnson's ranch. Compton. Sweet po tatoes weighing 12 pounds, G. W. Coats, Westminster. Nevadillo olives, C. W. Marsh, Long Beach. Rome Beauty apples, Newton Pippins and Nickajack apples from Placer county by G. I. Kin ney, city. Fears weighing one and a quarter pounds each, L. Herzos, city. The exhibit ball will be open Monday night in consequence of the artists' re ception. Wednesday evening, the 10th, the or ganization of civil engineers of this city will bold their first meeting in the chamber's assembly room. Secretary Willard has bean on the sick list for the past few days. X Fllm-Flam Operator. Dstectiva Bosqui yesterday arrested J. W. Ellis on a charge of vagrancy. The officers call Ellis a flim-flam ope rator of the worst type, and are endeav, oring to drive him out of the city or send him to jail, lie has been operat ing ao cleverly since he cams to Los Angeleß that no evidence can be se cured against him. He will be tried on the 18th inst. Mr. John P, Wetmore, a prominent real estate agent of San Angelo, Texas, has used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera nnd Diarrbcel Remedy in bis family for several years as occasion required, and always with perfect hiiccbss. He says: ■'1 rind it a Derfect cure for our baby when troubled with colic or dysentery. ] now (eel that my outfit ie not complete without a bottle of tliia remedy at home or on a trip away from horiie." For Bole by Off A Vaughn, corner Fourth and Spring streets, and C. F. Heinzeman, 222 North Main street, druggist. LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 16. 1894, NOVELTIES IN BOOK BINDING. UnliiloTT Vrltrinno Tlmt SZnat'ftr JUUIUUUO tlKlti Ulilllll the Connoisseur. Illustrations by Edwards, Kerable, and Hopkinson Smith. A Contract Drawn Batwaan tha Old Tree Calf K*d-l.lno Edition* and Late Triumph* or Artlatle Kxoellenoe. Time was when tbe only gift books to be found were red-lined editions of the standard works bound in "tree calf," the smooth edges of the leaves carefully cut and gilded and the book illustrated with wood outs—not wood engravings, but the old outs made from wooden blooks with a breadth and heaviness of line that was funereal in its blackness and inadequate to express other than a limited numbar of subjects: tbsrefore sparse and generally unsatisfactory. What a contrast, then, are the num berleis exquisitely conceived and artis tically executed editions of tbe present day, when tbe art of binding and illus trating has advanced until it has reacbed something so nearly perfection that tbe brain of ordinary mortals can conceiv.e nothing finer nor better. And it is not to recently written books that this refinement of get-up is coulined, but new editions of older books are as elaborately and beautifully dressed; in deed, the number and variety of them is legion, and any taste, either for add ing to one's own library or what may be considered to be that of the friend for whom the gift is intended, cau in grati fied from the assortment to be found in any store that pretends to carry tho newest and beet grade of hooka in stock. Tbe outside dress of vellum, parch* 3ien\ ooze-leather, cloth, silk or pon gee-, all more or leaa elaborately decorated in gold, silver, or contrasting color, with numberless designi artistic and appropriate to tho subject matter dealt with in the letter press; printed on heavy, handsome pa per, either while or a delicate cream, with wide mar gins and either rough edges or uncut leaves, the cutting of which is such a joy to the heart of the true book lover, and illustrated with all the wonderful uevicea of modern repro ductive processes, in color ut well aB black and white. Photogravure from paintings and sketches, photo-engraving, the photo graph process of reproducing the dainti est pen and ink or pencil drawings or lithographing in color, Msny and mul tifarious are the means whereby the dainty, beautiful and, in most cases masterly work of our modern illustra tions is reproduced, and since the beat artists in ail countries are now giving part of their time and thought to illus trating, it naturally follows that the pictures in a book are by no means the least attractive part of it. Oliver Wendell Holmes' Laat Leaf is a fine example of what it being done in tbe line of illustrating, whereby the subtle essence and spirit oi the author's thought and conception have beeu caught and presented to tne eve by George Wharton Edwards and T. Hopkinsou Smith in their dainty yet spirited draw ings. Every line of importance, every sentiment suggested, have received care ful yet exquisite treatment from these two clever men, and the little hook as a whole is admirably dressed. The bind ing is of Quaker gray cloth witb white back : a branch of bay leaves across the upper corner and au hour glass, all in contrasting colors, are pressed in upon the surface, and a single leaf and a Rickle in gold complete the design. It is printed only on one side of heavy cream paper, and an author's note explaining tbe history of the poem and tbe circum stances under which it was written is bound with it. Another wonderful example in which the spirit of the poem is caught and re produced are Elibu Vadder'a illustra tions of the Rubaiyat by Omar Kay yam; a very expensive edition of tbia work was published some years ago with an Edition de Luxe, and is well known by all cultivated people; a cheaper edi tion was gotten out later, in which the illustrations were photographed from other cuts, and consequently were in ferior; but this season is juat published a $5 edition, in which tbe reproductions are taken from the original drawings, and they are superb, and yet financially the book within the reach of many peo ple. Putnam Sons have issued tbia fall, Washington Irving's Sketch Book, uni form with the Alhambra of last year and the Conquest of Granada of ths year before; it is published in two vol umes, bound in white glazed cloth with dull blue arabesques on the cover out lined in gold; printed on heavy white paper with unout leaves; each page haa border decorations in color, of leaves of holly with the red berries, or ivy and other small leaves; there are head pieces to tbe chapters in wash drawings and both volumes are plentifully illus trated with photographs, and photo gravure reproductions of drawings by F. O. C. Darley, Allan Barraud, Arthur Rackban, and sketches by Julian Rix and F. S. Church. Longfellow's King Robert of Sicily comes from the press of Raphael Tuck & Sons, in a most elaborate get-up of light brown cloth with heraldic design in gold on the upper cover; it is printed on heavy glazed paper and illustrated by reproductions of Jane Willis Grey's sketches and drawings in color and brown ink; the pictures are rich with kingly attire, chorister boys and swing ing censers; and nuns' and monks' face thrones and court jestor. Another of Raphael Tuck's publica tions are three little volumes in a case, bound uniformly in white cloth with light green and gold tracery ; the titles are Friendship, Love and Kisses, and Selections from the Posts, oompiled by Volney Streamer and illustrated in color with dainty sprays of flowers, and bits of landscape by Corbyn Price and oth ers; they are printed on one side only of heavy fine paper. From tbe Frederick A. Stokes com pany come two rather strong little vol nmes, Rings and Love Knots, by Sam uel Minturn Peck, and Point Lace and Diamonda by George A. Baker, jr., both uniform and elaborately bound in lav ender and pink brocaded moire, with a gold griffin rampant in each corner, gilt edges, and the latter illustrated with wash drawings by Francis Day and oth ers. 01 iter Wendell Holmes' Dorothy Q, a Ballad of the Boston Tea-Party, and Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle, bound together in gray cloth with cover appropriately decorated in silver, aud profusely illustrated with decorative borders to the text, and head and tail pieces by Howard Pyle, 1b just out from Houghton-Mitllin.and another from the same firm of publishers is Dr. Holmss' One Hoss Shay, How the Old Horse Won tbe Bat, and the Broomstick Train, bound in one volume with cover of tan ooze-leather, decorated from de signs by Mrs. Henry Whitman, and a preface by the author; the illustrations in this volume are also by Howard Pyle, which means they are appropriate and artistic A new edition of Lamb's Essays of Elia is bound in brown cloth with red lettering; and Robert Louis Stevenson's Virginibus Puerisque, published in two volumes in the dainty medallion edition, uniform with Donald G. Mitchell's Reveries of a Bachelor, etc., would make a most attractive and readable present. Nathaniel Hawthorne's Our Old Home, in two volumes, bound delight fully in dull green Chinese silk with gold medallions and a delicate gold border on the upper cover, illustrated with photogravures; George William Curtis' Prue and I, also in doll green silk binding with gold lettering and a medallion and knot of ribbon in gold, illustrated charmingly by Albert E. Sterner; and William Dean Howell's Wedding Journey, bound in deep blue oloth with gold lettering and border of tine gold lines, and also in white with tbe same decoration of lines and ara besques in gilt at the four corners, with a gold crown resting in an oval that is almost a hoart, illustrated by Clifford Carleton, are each and all most artistic and beautiful in design and cot-an, Another group of fascinating books are In the Levant, by Charles Dudley Waruer, two volumes, bound in green and red, illustrated profusely with photogravures; Uncle Tom's Cabin, also two volume, in old rose silk, a da sign ia gilt on the upper cover, and il lustrated profusely by E. W. Vremble, than whom tbeie is no cleverer deline ator of darkey characteristics and types ; The Burial of the Guns, by Thomas Nelson Page, bound in light brown cloth, with dull green arabesque de signs and gold lettering, printed 00 heavy paper, with luxuriously wide margins: and Edwina Booth Gross man's life of the father of Edwin Booth, in dark red cloth binding, with gold corner pieces, and the coat of arms in gold, illustrated with photographs from drawings, painting and daguereotypea. In Sunshine Land, by Edith M.Tbom is in light, (awn colored cloth, orna ; mauled with silver and dark green j birds, and roses, ana a wreath of for | gstmenota in silver, tied with green 1 bows and enda; illustrated by Kather iae Pyle. My Lady, by Marguerite Bouvier, is in a dresj of gray cloth, decorated with a wreath of St. Joseph lilies in silvsr and with full page illustrations and head and tail pieOSl by Heien Mair laud Armstrong. Ebb Tida. by Ribert Lin is Steven sou and Lloyd Uabourns, cornea from the University Press in a striking bind ing of bright green colli) with a V'eddei like design of low tide on the upper cover and spikes of palms striking 111 from tbe edges. Charles Kingsley'a Hypatia is pre sented Dy Harper Brothers in a capti vating dress of dull green Chinese silk, with an arch framsd by conventional ized lotos bloßßoms in silver, with the title inserted inside, printed in two vol umes on heavy papßr with wide mar gins, and full page and marginal illus trations after the drawings of William Martin Johnson. Thomas Nelson Page's Polly comas from Scribner Sons in white with doll green conventionalized leaves, printed on heavy glazed paper and illustrated by A. (Jastaiguu; and from the same house ie Eugene Field's last book of veroe, Love Songs of Childhood daintily bound in dull blue cloth, witb a rococco design in white and a winged cupid, also in white, on the upper oover, printed on heavy paper with wide margins and rough edges. All the above-mentioned books may be found in one of the Spring street shops with any quantity of smaller books gotten np with artistic oare. which are equally dainty and attractive, with juvenile literature in abundance, and novelties, booklets, calendars, etc.; handsomely bound classics, and S6ts of Btandard works in uniform binding, thst range in price from 25 cents to $25. A visit just to look at this artistic collec tion is a lihenil education. E. Vf. C. EXTRA XMAS! 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There is nothing bet ter offered in Southern California today. Will sell in large tracts for |65 to (75 an acre ; small traots of 10 to 20 acres. $100 an acre. If you are seeking a home or an investment in Southern California do not fail to investigate this opportunity to secure tbe very best offered. Compare prices, educational, social and commercial advantages, and be convinced we have just what you want. For full particulars call on or address C. f. MAIM 138; SoutH Uu Street Los Angeles, Cal. ...... . - Ai) ARE AGENTS i P**lfl f For Jill LUCA QIURAS. H. M. fcIGJB M. M. SIGLIE & Co., 221 WIST FOURTH ST. Dealers in Choice TKLKPHONR 1218. Wines, Liquors and. Cigars t'<!r FAMILY TRADE A SPECIALTY, Shipments to all outside points. Free city deltr cry, SAMPLB ROOM IN CJONNKI'TION. ,