Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-06

| serve for extensive granaries. The chiefs
house was TO be distinguished from the
! plebeian town by its open front, resem.
bling the conventional lemonade stand.
| During our visit royalty was abroad, en-
gagged in the igpoble occupation of sell
| ing wood at 25cents a burro- back-load.
After thoroughly investigating and can
wasting the town, finding it hopelessly
| Democratic, and catering to the aesthetic
| 10y purchasing numerous ugly pottery
| souvenirs, the visitors started on the re-
| turn trip.
The Driver Of Our Stage
was bronzed and sturdy Texan, whose
staying qualities might be Judged from
| the fact of his open defiance in fair
| fight of twenty Mexicans OH the even
ing previous With all his pugilistic
! prOclivities he was agreeable, and quite
u gentle Ingomar to Miss NJ, the
| belle Of The party, who sat beside him,
to whom he transferred his handful OF
| lines at leye! stretches of the road. AT
| the highest point OF our route we dis,
mounted, and enjoyed the grand view
|. of the country as II lay below and about
us for miles around, Mount Badly, some
sixty miles away Colorado distance
being its prominent point. The party
! put in some pistol practice. The for
| tune-favOred correspondent hit the
mark the first shot, and then discreetly
! retired To watch the others miss. This
bit of luck put him up to par III favor
| Ofthe Texan, and the fOur-in-hand was
| AT his disposal.
our attention was next fixed on the
/ ancient and present capital of New
Mexico. The city extends up and down
! the lso-Called river Santa Fe to the
base of the Rocky Mountains. The city
seems to have no particular plan, the
streets being narrow and crooked. At
| the center is the customary spanish
| plaza, or square, occupying about three
acres Ii has been beautitied with walks
and shade trees MAINLY cottonwood
and has quite an imposing military
monument concentrating La GlOri-
| alta and a number of other battles that
| have been fought near the historic old
| city.
About the plaza are the principal
| bus inCSS houses of the city, and one side
faces the historical palace, now used
| tor the legislative and executive Orcu-
pancy.
The Houses OTthe city
| are built almost entirely of adobe sum
! dried brick, and in number of iu-
| stances American taste has made the
| adOhes pretty and attractive, both with
| in and without. The Mexican resident,
I however, prefers his dirty two-rOOm
| pebble dashed adobe with gOOd shady
| corner on the outside for u standing
! sleep, to any exterior OrnamcntatiOn, or
| interior comfort. The objects of inter-
| est and curiosity TO the tourist, are the
! antique and curious old churches and
| chapels whose foundations go back al
most to a time when the memory OF
] man runneth not.
The san Miguel Church, the Oldest
| intact i'm American, is of everlasting
! adobe, and il is claimed was erected in
| lG4O. In the Indian Instruction in
| $50 il was partially destroyed, and re-
| built in lTlO. The latter fact may b.
| cleaned from the rudely carved main
! beam supporting the choir lot over the
| entrance door. The interior i lDN by
| ~ feet, and 40 feet high, the ceiling
! having the appearance OF smoking
! b2"Iimed COurdurNy road. The white
! washed walls are in 4 rCmar6a-
be state of preoery alton. The floor j.
! OF rough, time-wArpel boar Is, and the
| interior, has damp and lish-like
! smell. Oruamenting the walls on eth
! or side of the ancient altar arc two pic
! lures, coarse, sha,iowy relies of artists
whose names have long since faded 10
oblivion. Back OF this church is
Arctic of the old Indian Pueblo.
| found here when the Spaniards
| first visited the country in I5i1. 1t is a
rough, quadrangular adobe, and is still
| in good state of preservation. Anoth-
! or relic Ofbygone days is the old Santa
| Guadalupe Cathedral. 1t is on the plan
| of the cross, the rear portion having
| two wings, each having an altar. TINS
| cathedral was built many years after
the san Mignel and is more Interesting.
| II is dedicated to the Virgin Of Qua
| dllOuPe, the patron saint, whose men,
CRY is annually dedicated with great
pUmp aud street parades. n beautiful
legend is related in connection with the
establishment of this church, telling
how the patron saint transformed
spray of eidelweis into beautiful pie
ture Ia order to melt the heart of the
stern old bishop to erect n house in her
honor. The said picture still hangs in
lis altar. The rough board floor covers
a host Of graves in holy ground. The
stations of the cross are old and faded,
and the auditorium is unfinished; but
its floor is constantly swept by kneeling
wOrshippers. Through the SMALL
square holes high up in the walls
streams the sunshine, throwing dim
religious light about it's time-hOnored
trappiugs The main altar, while i'll
good state of preservation, presents
tokens of a day of gaudy, SNOWY display
In the wings on either side are affairs
surrounded with statutes of martyrs,
and the walls are diugy with the blaze
of ancient decoration. This old structure
is now being surrounded by tine, suo-
Stautial walls Ufred sandstone, that nave
thus far enlisted eight years of labor;
and, thus the wand of progress touches
these monuments and like a modern
miracle shadows them with new form
of grace and beauty.
Another interesting ana enjoyable
visiting spot Is
The Bishops Palace.
with its extensive garden surrounded
bv walls topped off with cactus and
broken bottles that battle the midnight
meanderings ofthe feline serenader. the
Bishop is sn agreeable gentleman, anu
sOutrOIs his diocese IN excellent man
ner. Enclosed within the area of his
garden walls Is the Jewish College, and
on the opposite side Of, the plaza Is the
Academy of Our Lady of Light, an in-
stitution for young ladies. These build
iugs are well managed and arranged,
and kept scrupulously neat and clean.
As for other ancient buildings, too sim
ply mention that you are stranger in
search of information will bring author-
itative guides without number.
The clImate Of this country Is de-
lightful, cool at morning and evening,
with good wsrming-up at nooa-dsy'
Sunta Fe having an altitude of nearly
a mile snda half above the level vt
the sea, the air Is rare and dry. quite
trying to weak lungs, but wonderfully
celebrating and strengthening to
healthv ONES. The military and gov