The Boy Travellers in Mexico Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Northern and Central Mexico, Campeachey, and Yucatan, With a Description of the Republics of Central America and of the Nicaragua Canal

CHAPTER VIII.

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AQUEDUCT AT QUERETARO.--THE RESULT OF A BANTER.--THE HILL OF THE BELLS.--PLACE WHERE MAXIMILIAN WAS SHOT.--REVOLUTIONS IN MEXICO.--FOREIGN INTERVENTION.--MAXIMILIAN BECOMES EMPEROR.--THE "BLACK DECREE."--WITHDRAWAL OF FRENCH TROOPS FROM MEXICO.--MAXIMILIAN'S DEFEAT, CAPTURE, AND DEATH.--HOW A FRENCH NEWSPAPER CIRCUMVENTED THE LAWS.--PRONUNCIAMENTOS.-- JUAREZ AS PRESIDENT.--THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN OF MEXICO.--A WONDERFUL PROPHECY.--PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF JUAREZ.--RELIGION IN MEXICO.--FORMER POWER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.--THE LAWS OF THE REFORM.--PROTESTANT CHURCHES AND PROTESTANT WORK.--MISSIONARY MARTYRS.--MURDER OF REV. J. L. STEPHENS.--RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS AT PRESENT. 116