Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-04

prise that should remain 20 close to Il e
equator through the summer months but the
elevation above the sea and the SHOW upon the
mountains tend to render the climate delight
full. There is freshness and briskness In the
air. however hot the sun may be, that have
never experienced in any other country. Young
ladies, until acclimatized discover that waltz
ing is out Of the question, and gentlemen lodged
au quatrieme do not go up and down stairs Of
tener than they can avoid"
A clear unclOuded atmosphere, at an eleva-
ton of 8, coo feet above the level of the sea- in
the tropics, puts everything couleur de rose.
There is no heat, no cold; the average tempera-
ture is about 60 deg. and the atmosphere is so
clear that, when you see the mountains at the
ends of the streets, they appear close at hand,
instead of being from 90 40 miles distant Ali
the houses in the city have gay appearance:
such as are not white or light yellow are tinted
with various shades of red, and many OF the
churches may be pronounced pink; 800 or 400
yards of street in pink, has pretty effect. es-
pecially if continued in pale green; a house in
gray stone adjoining another faced with blue en-
caustic tiles is. to say the least pleasing to the
eye of any one who for months past has only
gazed upon dwellings of dull red brick.
PUEBLA AND IT'S PECULIARITIES
The City of Puebla strikes you from distance
as all domes end steeples, surrounded by a vast
plain Of wheat on dead level. The city con-
tans $4,000 inhabitants; it slopes to stream
that runs through its center, the drainage is
good. and the streets are wide and beautifully
Clean At the best hotel the meals are served
at little tables in large, open upstairs corridor,
which runs around the court OF the hotel. This
corridor is ornamented with shrubs and flowers
and cages of singing birds. 1t was the best
hotel found in the country. The city. viewed
from one of the cathedral SPIRES presents no
outskirts, the streets ending abruptly on corn
fields or broken ground. Near tho railway sta
ton are two large cathedral-lke churches. partly
in ruins One has been utilized as an iron
foundry. and the other as cotton weaving and
cotton printing establishment. 1t was an I'M
usual sight to look upon tall, red brick factory
chlmneys, pnffs of steam from the ends of tall
iron pipes, and long lines of freshly printed
calico hanging up to dry, all intermingled with
domes and towers and vaulted church roofs.
Many other churches. converts etc, in Pueba
had been turned into hospitals, schools and
libraries. The nunnery of Santa Rosa Is now
an insane asylum. And go it is all oyer the re-
public. the church buildings having, since their
cOnflscatiOn by the government. been devoted
to secular uses. Troops are often quartered in
barracks which once gave shelter to cOWled
monks.
THE COUNTRY AND IT'S RESOURCES.
Mexico has territory equal to the German
empire, France, Spain, Great Britain and Ireland
rolled into one, and yet it's population is only a
little larger than that of the two kingdoms of
Holland and Belgium. The country is at peace
There is far less political disturbance to-day in
Mexico than in Russia, and Mr. Gladstone and
his ministry would have bed of roses to lie
upon if Ireland were but half or quarter as
tranquil. The cities of Mexico are large. The
capital has the population of Baltimore; San
Luis Potosi is the size of Geneva; Leon is
larger than Antwerp; Silao is equal to Metz
GuanajuatO is larger than Verona. and Puebla
and Guadalajara are exactly on par with Ply
mouth and WOlverhampton, England. There is
not known mineral save cryolite, which is not
found in Mexico.
HnmbOldts opinion still holds good that "this
vast empire would under careful cultivation
produce all that commerce collects together from
the rest of the plObe'