Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-16

churches I Dcins shs road to hs4ysn.
and tks towers d confsRh and monAsterias
edoxn tbs slobes Of 81 the Nils Between
thoss two ssupsnducns vclcAncs. old Popo
and the aWhite Woman, can be distinctly
traced the steep and difficult road By which
Cortez first entered the valley OF Mexico.
Far away, like the Star in the East rises
the snowy peak Of Orizaba, the "Star Noun
tain" Of the Aztecs is white summit con-
trasting forcibly with the eternal summer at
It's feet. Nine Calderon SAYS that this 6ery
mountain possesses what human beings
might envy - Warm heart ana =
clear, cold bead. The western side OF It
towers $4,000 feet above thecentral plateau,
While toward the east it descends rapidly to
the burning plains of Vera Cruz, and Is the
irst point Of land discerned by travellers
who approach Mexico By way OF the Guh
Many prosperous factories are scattered
throug hous the valley OF Pueola. There are
at least score for the manufacture OF cot
ton cloth, besides fsbricas for Woolien
goods. paper, matches, etc. From ell the
foothills forts froWn down upon the peace
full CITY, most of them making that memora'
bic epoch in Mexican history, the Cineo de
MAYO Of 1862. Near by are the haci4ndss
ofPosadas and Zayaleta. One Is celebrated
for a bloody battle, the other for treaty oil
peace. Ruined aqueducts and csuseWays
of the early conqeistadsres intersect the
plain, and mysterious mounds are seen
everywhere which, when opened, are found
10 contain human dust and the erumbhng
idols of forgotten races
r III from the
tensiye uuarries Of Teealh, ak leagues dis
tant al who visited the late exposition
in New Orleans or the Centennial exhibit
of 1876. will remembar the magnificent dis
plsy of this most beautiful material 1t Is
said that the principal of the good Dom
Pedro, Emperor Of Brazil, is adorned
with pillars aad tables taken from this
quarry .of Teealf. So pure and trans
lucent IS it that the little church erecaed
near the spot has windows made Of the ala
bSster, which are polished almost to toe
thinnsss Of glass, AMI sdmit the most ex-
ouisite light the imagination can conceive
The Casa de los DeReHtsS, or lunatc
asylum. is sustained BY public funds, aud Is
located In what was once convent tor the
nuns of Santa Rosa The building was
decorated to suit the taste OF those Plous
women, and shows an odd but most
charming interior. Everything is tiled
entrance, yeslibuls, stairs, central court,
cloistsrs, fountains, benches, bslustrades;
even the tanks. bath tubs, kitchen furnace,
and small garden courts are all enerusted
with the most curious ceramics Bishop de-
scribes it best by saying: The blue and
/ yellow fountain in its court is more Moorish
! than ANYTHING in Morocco. 1t is like walk
| ire about in some magnificent piece OF jew
| elTy."
The san Pedro Hospital, which is also
supported b. the State, and is Well-ordered
/ institution, occupies commodious ex-con-
vent in the midst of extensive gardens full
/ of fruits and flowers. With rare Imparti'
/ slity the Government has provided depart
ueIts side by side for allopath, homeopa!h
and all other paths of materia medica, Civ
ing each an equal showing.
FASNIE B. WARD