8 AS A TRAVELER SEES MEXICO. What the Chances Are for War With Guatemala. How American Interests Will Pro- tect the .Republic. a Peenllar end Unt'anny fleene In m Mexican Orsr.yird, Where Mam mies I.le In the Cat %oorabs, With Heapa of Human Bo>wt Around. ' are oroepeoti of a war between Mexico and Guatemala, am), though tho e»uEB °' the rupture which threatena war ma/ aeem trivial to eold-bloorVod people oi tbe nomtb, there is no tel'dng what the ht. t blood of ;the ,swarthy peo ple to tbe eoiuli maty lead tOem to when international Aispnrtea arise. It takea only two man, one with a i usty sword and the other a breach-burnt gun, to •tart a firstolaee revotlution .anywhere aouth of the Tsjmb bordtor, and i n inter national war can be provoked just about aa easily down thai way*. On Friday the lis* ai d published startling rumors frotm San Diego, ex clusively published tlwm, by the way, to the offset that the .Mexican transport Oaxaoa, now in that fort, is w rutin/ there for orders, in cas»Nof war, to take on arms and ammunition for the Mexi can government to be n led at titan Benito, on the Guatemalan frontier. And it waa also hinted ttiat l>.;n Joaqu.Nn Redo of Mazallan is in San L'iego for th c purpose oi purchasing the well known' steamer Manuel Dublan for the use of the Mexican government in case of war. These incidents are but links in the chain of warlike indications. W. P. Temple, a native ol this city, a representative of one of the oldest estab lished and most influential families of Southern California, returned on Friday irom an extended trip through Mexico. This gentleman, a highly educated and intelligent observer, has noted the po litical situation throughout the republic with special reference to the impending wax. It ia tbe opinion of Mr. Temple, ex preaaed yesterday in aa interview with a repreasntative of the Hkbald, that war will not come of tbe trouble be tween the two republics. "It is only a question of tho owner ship oi a strip o( land something like 100 miles in width along the boundaries of the two countries," be said, "and I believe that the excellent judgment of President Diaz will had some way of overcoming tbe difficulty short of blood abed." "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 lives and rules, and in my judgment it will never be. But Diaz is now the rock on which the republic of Mexico rests. He is pre-eminently a peaceful man, clear in his judgment of front national iseueß and unalterably opposed to unnecessary conflict. "It ia not tbe leading men of Mexico who talk war with Guatemala, I iound. That is in the way of favoring such a course, though it is an open secret there that tbe government has recognized tho poseibilitr oi it before tbe present one - understanding is set right. ludeed, in a measure Mexico is tbe aggressor, for that government rnuites the demand for 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 tbe possibility of an overthrow of tbe republic after the death of Diaz." Mr. Temple's trip was an interosting one. and not devoid of incideut. Leav ing tbis city on the Ist of June he went to El Paso and then over the Mexican Central to Aquas Calientes and Kan Luis Potosi. From there he proceeded to Guanajuata, Guadalajara aud the City of Mexico. After a stay of three weeks in the Mexican capital he re turned by wav of the Mexican National through Qaltillo, Monterey and Loredo, Texas, lbua Mr. Temple visted all the principal points in the republic and met many of the principal figures of Mexi can life, with whom he was able to se cure an introduction and by whom he f was cordially received through his high standing and learning. | "Tbe industrial condition of Mexico | is miserable," says be. "The property is held in large areas by few people. In the etate of Han Luia Potosi, for ex ample, are 65,000 people, only 5000 of whom have a stated income. Tbe re- j naaining 60,000 are peons, having no employment, living in idleness and , sqnalor, without pride or hope, as miser- j able and downtrodden a people as exist on the face of the earth. Tbe 00,000 j people are the servant ! and v»Beala of i 6000. "At Guanajuato I wae most deeply ( interested in the pantion or municipal graveyard. Here is a plot of ground j comprising perhapc two acres of ground. ! The whole is enclosed by a wall perhaps 16 feet in heighth and 'JO feet in thick ness. Through cbe inflnence of a friend, Senor M. Rocha of the City of Mexico, I was permitted to see tho inner work ings of the strange burial customs of the place, a privilege which few if any for eigners have enjoyed before ma. "There are three distinct olaasea in Mexico —the peonH, tbe middle class end tbe rich. All three classes are buried hero, but in far different ways. The rich buy a plot of ground on the I level inside and hers in richly mounted ] coffins they place their dead. The mid dle classes rent a hole in the massive wail and tbe peorni do likewise if able to for they have peouliar superstitions and notloni regarding the dead. They pay Irom to $f> per year for tbe burial privilege, and the rude coffins are placed in holeß in tne wall and the boles are then pealed np vrith mortar. "In these holes the coffins rest in penc a juel an long as the relatives or friends or deceaseil can pay the yearly rentnl -no longer. I was fortunate in tieiiii; admitted to the strange gaveyard j'ist at tie time an order came from the politico to disinter a body. The rela tives hail failed to pay tho yearly rental. Tho "PXton climbed up the wall. W'itb a crowbar lia jabbed away the mortar from tho face oi grave No. 285 and brought forth tho collin. inside were Die rornaine of a wornau, perfectly mum milled. With rude harms he cut away the clothing from the form, aud then bore it to the top of the wall, where it was to lie, face up to the sun, for three day?. Taken from the wall, when the damp of tho grave ia gone, the body iH pluced in a niche in the catacombs, where t will remaiu thrown endless years. "The catnoombH in the west side of ihu graveyard contain now nearly 40 \ niummioa in perfect preservation, and j fully half the space bete is ulled with human bonus, piled in onu conglomer ated all tbat ia left on earth of hundreds and thousands of .human be ings who have lived' and loved and died in years gone by. "The ground herovposaeß.%j come pe culiar element, so tiiat when the coffins, j mere wooden boxes, are placed in tbose j walla of mud the bodies inside them in ' many casea are m ammified as perfectly '] aa those of ancien.t . gypt. I "The city of Guanajuato is a progres sive viace in many ways, and bas just completed one of'lbe most magnificent theaters in the repuhlic at a cost of nearly half a million dollars. American Consul Furneaa has a large mining in terest near by and conducts a mining agency. "I bad occasion to vfeit, while there, the large reservoir constructed by Ex j President Gonaalea, who wae subse quently governor of the state of Guana- I juata. Near this reservoir are fine min { ing properties controlled by Americans. > Tbe Valenbiana mlue and others are I very valuable. "At Silao 1 bad the good fortune to ; meetlSaiior Ramon Alcazar and Soil or | Ybarb ongaate and through hia kindness was pc rmittsd to enjoy life on a Mezi hacien ta, located some nine miles from Silao and called Chicbemgailla. Tbis bacient a or ranch is in many respects like tb • Santa Anita ranch in the San Gabriel valley. It bas its ranch house, i eurrnun ded by bsantiful flower gardens j and law as sloping down to a mineature : lake wb ere benutifnl swans and rare birds ap art in the clear waters. Tbe . stables are nasi by but the great race : horses a re not there aa at Santa Auita. "Ramon Alcazar, owner of the ranch, Hi one of the in iU ion aires of Guanajuato : and also has several haciendas in the 1 state oi >tcbnacin. * "From Halao I went to Guadalajara, where thei best farming laud of Mexico ia. Then:on to Iraperato and to Guada lajara, trie second oity in commercial I importance in the republic of Mexico. I Auy American with capital and ambi- X tion can *lo well here. The natives do I not look, with oo much favor on Ameri cans as tbey do on the French or Ger- j . liana, even, because tiie foreigners are n aiformlry more polite and have more ti tue to mpend in tiie quiet social life of tb v country, tut tha pushing American Bgi V 9 the chances and makes the money wb ile thnas around him are baßking in the Btinß/nine with wine and cigarettaa, pas: libly; charming senoritas near by. ". The land in the elevatad portions oi Mcx wo is ell held d acres. "L» »d in the Btate of Vera Crnz can be hai tat 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, eugar cane and tobacco. The aye tage elevation is about 25,000 feet, and ' there ere soma seventy-five America n colonies in the state already. The onl r drawback ie the inadequate means ol transportation for the products, the neare fit outlets being to Tuianzingo on the rai troad, 150 miles, and the port of Tuxpat '~ seventy miles away. "Fizsta raa in Mexico two months ago in reference to Salvadoriau bußiueßS of a political nature. General has publicly tenderers bis services to President 1 'La?, in caee of war with Guat emala. T. lis noted warrior waa the hero of Que, it taro aud helped to capture Maxamilian.. "The City of Mexico ia a place of 350,000 inhabitants. 250,000 being psona or people of i'lie lowest class. The city has come beautiful buildings, princi pally the Casul eof Chepultepec at the ,md of the Pas« ode ia Reiorma, which is the west poia t, and tho White House of Mexico, all i n one. The cathedral, perhaps the lina at in North America, waa recently clot ed on account of an ! earthquake whicl i occurred on Novem ber 2uxi. The Brational museum and the Sau Caarloe acndeuiy are interesting placee, the latter lieing a school of tbe tine arts. The Villa o. Guadelupe, three inileß northeast of tfbe city, ia considered the holiest shrme a. the Mexican repub lic. "Monterey is the most Americanized city in the republic. It .is noted for its hue bees, among other tl.t.ngs, and is tbe ter minus ol tbe Monter sy and Guif railway to Tinnpico, running lllirough a hne agri cultural country. "In tbe Odty of Mexico I met Judge Ygnacio Sepdilveda, wtoll known in Los Angeles. Hetiß living vi one of tbe finest houses in tbe city." Chamber or Coiurasrce. Several caaea of horticultural renorta for 1893 and 1894 froan the etate board of horticulture have jast been received by the chamber for distribution; also several cases of pamphlet > on olive and citrus industries. Cant. W. H.tChittondan maksa a valu. able donation to the natural history room of a Papatfo Indie.n carrying Kee 110 covered with 1 Indian curios'collected by that gentleman on h.is trip from ocean to ocean. During tbe past weeik donations of (lowers have been received from Santa Monies. Redondo, Arcadia and I aat Side park; applea, pears and olives from John W. Wildman, Ijong Beacb ; Wash ington navel oranges irom Hon. J. W. Cook, Glendora, and A. F. Judson, Col ton; Ben Davis arpples from Mrs. R. A. Wyatt of Kernville, Kern county. The fruit from the tree bearing these apples was awarded the gold medal at the World's fair. Stone's Koreka appiea from « jnaut . Johnson's ranch. Compton. Sweet po tatoes weighing 12 pounds, G. W. Coats, Westminster. Nevadillo olivea, O. W. Marsh, Long Beacb. Rome Beauty applea, Newton Pippina and Nickajack upplea from Plaoer county by G. I. Kin ney, city. Pears weighing one and a quarter pounds each, L. iierzoj, city. The exhibit ball will be open Monday night iv conaaquence of the artiata' re ception. Wedneaday evening, the 10th, the or ganization of civil engineers of thia city will hold their brat meeting in the chamber's assembly room. Secretary Willard has been on the sick list for the past few days. x Fiiiii-Fiam Operator. Detective Bosqui yesterday arreated J. W. El Ha on a charge oi 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 tc jail. He has been operat ing bo cleverly since he came to Los Ani;eles that no evidence can be se cured against him, He will be tried on the ISth iuat. Mr. John P. Wetmore, a proiniaeut real estate agent of San Angelo, Texas, baa used ULamberlsin'a Colic, Cholera nod Diarrh . i Remedy in bia family for neveral yeara as occaaion required, and i always with perfect t ucussß. He saya : "1 tind it a uerfect cure for our baby when troubled with colic or dyeentery. 1 now feel that my outfit i;. not complete without a bottle of this remedy at home or on v trip away irom houie." For Bnle by Off .\t Vaughn, corner Fourth und Spring streeta, and C. F. Hslnzeman, 1 222 North Main street, drnggiat. LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16. 1894, NOVELTIES IN BOOK BINDING. Holiday Editions That Gratify the Connoisseur. Illustrations by Edwards, Kerable, aud llopkiuson Smith. A Contrast Drawn Between the Old Tree Oalf Ited-I Ine F.dltluns and Late Triumphs of Artistic Kxoellenoo. Time was when tbe only gift books to be found were red-lined editions of the standard works bound in "tree calf," 1 the smooth edges of the leaves carefully ; cut and gilded and the book illustrated I with wood cuts —not wood engravings, j but the old cuts made from wooden ; blocks with a breadth and heaviness ol : line that was funereal in its blaokneas ! and inadequate to expreea other than a I limited numbar of subjects: thsrefore sparse and generally unsatisfactory. What a contrast, then, are the nutn bsrleis exquisitely conceived and artis • tioally executed editions of the present ; day, when tbe art of binding and illna j trating has advanced until it has ; reached something so nearly parfectiou [ tbat the brain of ordinary mortals can I conceive nothing finer nor better. And |it is not to recently written books tbat ; this refinement of get-up is coniiued, I hut new editions of older hooku are as ! elaborately aud beautifully dreaeed; in ' deed, the number and variety of them !is legion, and any taste, either for add ing to one's own library or whst may ba ! considered to be tbat of the friend for whom the gift is intended, can be grati fied from the assortment to Da found in , any store that pretends to cirry the ; newest and beet grade oi books in stock. The outside dress of vellum, parch ! men*, ocze-leathgr, cloth, silk or pou l gee, all more or lnaa elaboratsly j decorated iv gold, silver, or | contrasting color, with numberless i design i artistic und appropriate to tbe I Bubject matter dealt with in the lattsr ; press; printed on heavy, handsome pa- ! | per, either white or a delicate cteam, '. with wide margins and either rough) edges or uncut leaves, the cutting of whlob ia audi a joy to the heart of the true book lover, und illustrated with all i tbe wonderful devices of modern repro ductive procssses, in oolor as well as j black and white. Photogravure from paintings and ! sketches, photo-engraving, the photo- I graph process of reproducing the daintl j eet pen and ink or pencil drawings or ■ lithographing in color. Many and mul tifarious are the means wherehy the dainty, beautiful and, in most cased masterly work of our modern iiluatra i tions is reproduced, and since the best | 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' Last Leaf is a tine example of what is bain;,; dove in the line of illustrating, whereby the subtle essence and spirit oi the author's thought and conception have been cau.TU and presented to tne eve by George Wharton Edwards and T. Hopkioaon Smith in their dainty yet spirited draw ings. Every lice of importance, every sentiment suggested, have received care ful yet exquisite treatmont from theso two clever men, and the little hook as a whole ia admirably drosstd. The bind iug 18 of gray cloth with white back : a branch of bay leaves across tbe upper corner and au hour glass, all in contrasting colors, are preaaed in upon the eurface, and a single leaf and a sickle in gold complete the design. It is 1 printed only on one side of heavy cream paper, and an author's note explaining the history of the poem and the circum stances under which it was written ia bound with it. Another wonderful example in which the spirit of the poem ia caught and re produced are Elihu Vedder'a illustra tions of the Hubaiyat by Omar Kay yam; a very expensive edition of thia work waa published some years ago with an Edition de Luxe, and is weli known by all cultivated people; a cheaper edi tion wae gotten out later, in which the i.lustrations were photographed from other cuta, and consequently were in ferior; but this season is just published a $5 edition, in which the reproductions j | are taken from the original drawings, j and they are superb, and yet financially I tbe book within the reach of many peo ; pis. Putnam Sons have issued thia fall, Washington Irving's Sketch Book, uni form with the Alhambra of last year and the Conquest of Granada ol tha year before ;it is published in two vol-; umes, bound in white glazed cloth with j dull blue arabesques on the cover out- j lined in gold; printed on heavy white 1 paper with uncut leaves; each page has j border decorations in color, of leaves of : holly with the red berries, or ivy and other small leaves; there are head , pieces to the chapters in wasli drawings and botb volumes are plentifully illus trated with photographs, and photo gravure reproductions of drawings by F. O. C. Darley, Allan Barraud, Arthur Rackbau, and sketchea by Julian Rix and F, 8. Church. Longfellow's King Robert of Sicily comes from the press of Raphael Tuck & Sonß, in a most elaborate get-up of light brown cloth with heraldic design j 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 boya and swing ing cenaera; and nuns' and monka' face thronea and court jestor. Another of Raphael Tuck's publica tion are three little volumea in a case, bound uniformly in white cloth with light green and gold tracery ; the titles are Friendship, Love and KisßSs, and Selections from the Posts, compiled 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 aide only of heavy fane paper. From the Frederick A. Stokes com pany come two rather strong little vol umea, Rings and Love Knots, by Sam uel Minturn Peck, and Point Lace and Diamonds 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 waaii drawings by Francis Day and oth ers. Oliver Wendell Holmes' Dorothy <>. 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, and profusely iiin.itrated with decorative borders to the text, and head and tail pieces by Howard Pyle, ib just out from Houghtou-MillLn, and another from tbe same firm of publiahera ia Dr. Holmes' One Uoss Shay, How the Old Horse Won the Bet, 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 iv this volume are also by Howard Pyle, which means they are appropriate and artistic. Anew edition of Lamb's Essays of Ella is bound in brown cloth with red lettering; and Robert Louis Stevenson's Virginibua l'uerieque, published in two volumes in the dainty medallion edition, uniform with Donald Q. Mitcbell's Reveries of a Bachelor, etc., would make a most attractive and readable present. Nathaniel Hawthorne's Oar Old Home, in two volumes, bound delight fully in dull green Chinese eilk with gold medalliona and a delicate gold border on the upper cover, illustrated with photogravures; Oeorge William I Curtis' l'rue and 1, also in dull green I silk binding with gold lettering and a I , medallion and knot of ribbon in gold, ! illustrated charmingly by Albert E. Sterner; and William Dean Howell's I Wedding Journey, bound in deep blue ! cloth with gold lettering and border of ' tine gold line?, and also in white with the same decoration of lines and ara ! beaquea in gilt at the four corners, with : a gold crown resting in an oval that is aimost a hoart, illustrate.! by Clifford Carleton, are each and all most artistic ; and beautiful in design and eet-ap, Auother group of fascinating books are In the Levant, by Charles Dudley ; Wartier, two volumes, bound in green i aud red, illustrated profusely with ! photogravured; Uncle Tom's Cabin. ' also two voluma, in old rose silk, a da- Bign in irilt on the upper cover, and 11 -| luetrated profusely by E. W. Vremble, j than whom theie is no cleverer deline ■ ator of darkey characteristics and types; The Burial of the Guns, by Thomas j .Nelson Page, bound in light brown cloth, with dull green arabesque de signs and gold lettering, printed on heavy paper, with luxuriously wide : margins; and Llama Booth liroas | man'a iile of the father of Edwin Booth, iv dark red cloth bindiug, with gold ; corner pieces, and the coat of arms in , gold, illustrated with photographs from [ drawings, painting ana daguereotypes. In Sunshine Land, by Edith ll,Thom as, ia iv light, fawn colored cloth, orna ; moated with silver and dark green linos, and roses, and v wreath of for ■ : getiuenots in silver, tied with green > Down and euda ; i!la?tratad by Kathar ine I'vle. My Lady, by Marguerite Bouvier, is in a dres3 o.' gray cloth, decorated with a wreath ol St. Joseph lilies in silvsr and with fuli pigs illustration*: and head and tail piecji by Helen Alair laud Armstrong. Ebb Tids, by Ji ibert Louis Steven sou an.i Lloyd tlsbourne, comes from the I'uivursity I'ress in a striking bind ing of bright green collu with a Vedue; like design of low tide on the upper cover and spikes of palms striking in from the eclires. Ohorlee fviiigslev'a Hypatia ia pre sented oy Haroer Brothers in a capti vating dress of dull green Chinese silk, w th an urcli framed by conventional ized lotos blossoms in silver, with the title inserted Inside, printed in two vol umes 011 heavy paper with wide m»r trios, and full page and marginal illus trations after the drawings of William Martin Johnson. Thomas Nelson Page's Polly comas from Sonbaer Son? in white with dnll green conventionalized leaves, printed on heavy glazed paper and illustrated by A. Oattaigne; and from the sama house is i-'.ucene Field's last book of veroe, Love Songs of Childhood daintily bound i:i dull blue cloth, with a rocooco design in white and a winged cupid, also in white, on (he upper cover, printed on heavy paper with wide margins and rough edges. All the above-mentioned books may be found in one of the Spring Btreet shops with ony quantity of smaller books gotten up witn artistic care, which are equally dainty aud attractive, with , juvenile literature iv abundance, and novelties, booklets, calendars, etc.; handsomely bound classics, and s6ts ot standard works in uniiorm binding, that range in price from 25 cents to $25. A viait juat to look at this artistic eollec- I tion is a liberal arlnoation. E. '!. C. EXTRA XMAS! 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