. Christian herald and signs of our times . it, is wholly ab-sent. There are no independent peasanthouses, and the rooms occupied by thefamily are usually on the ground floor,badly lighted and ventilated. The coun-try peasantry own the mud or adobe cab-ins in which they dwell, and their domes-tic life is a strange one. All its details areseen by the passer-by. and the commonlaborer has no use for chairs, tables, orbed. A roll of rush matting is used forthe latter. The women employ the morn-ing hours grinding corn on a flat stone for making the tortillas,which are eaten with -frijoles
. Christian herald and signs of our times . it, is wholly ab-sent. There are no independent peasanthouses, and the rooms occupied by thefamily are usually on the ground floor,badly lighted and ventilated. The coun-try peasantry own the mud or adobe cab-ins in which they dwell, and their domes-tic life is a strange one. All its details areseen by the passer-by. and the commonlaborer has no use for chairs, tables, orbed. A roll of rush matting is used forthe latter. The women employ the morn-ing hours grinding corn on a flat stone for making the tortillas,which are eaten with -frijoles. or boiledbrown beans. The native dress of thepeasantry is quite picturesque. The menwear straw hats, white cotton shirts andtrousers, and carry the brilliant huedzerape or blanket for the chill of earlymorning and evening. The costume ofthe women is equally simple, consistinggenerally of a white bodice and skirt, witha shawl or reboso of gay colors, woundgracefully about the head and petticoats are also gay in color, and. HALF-CASTE MARKET WOMEN. much cheap jewelry is worn. Sandals ofrawhide are worn by both sexes. The most lovable side of Mexicancharacter centres in domestic virtues andqualities: tenderness towards the young,and veneration and care for the agedbeing fixed rules of conduct with allclasses. Manual labor is seldom per-formed by the upper classes, and whileingenuity and skill are not lacking, thereis everywhere need of good technicaltraining. The hold of Protestantism on the Mexi-can people has doubled in the last tenyears, and while the Mexicans are not areading population, nearly pagesof religious literature is annually pub-lished. True bravery and a spirit ofcourage has been needed for effectualmissionary effort in Mexico, but all thatcan be done for the protection of mission-aries and religious liberty to-day is doneby the Liberal Government. Protestant-ism is represented by the following mis-sions : Methodist Episcopal Church(South
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