A Primitive Nation

Tlio now M ex i can inter-oceanic rnilwnyacroes the Teb.uante.pec fstbmus is markpd out to pass through tlio State ot' Chiapos, wnich probably contahis tlieonly popalation in tlio worlil wliicli posse8sos no ii-on, Dor aaything in tlio simpe ot' an iron indiistry even of the criidost fonii. For the distituce of 80 miles around Palenque, t lio eapital, not a single blacksmith can be fonnd, and tlie onlv fti'tiole in ahape of irou are axos and machotas imported from the United States. Jíaüsaroiiiiknown, all tlio woodwork beiag held togather by corda or the tendrlls of the vinos. Dr. Eichardson, of England, lias found out that the rate oí mortal i ty among ministers, as compni'ed willi j)ublioau8, ís as 72 agaiust 138.