Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-19

tAs regions where the coffee grows, through
nyriadE of trees loaded with orchids, oui
into groves Of palms and on into the rank
tropical vegetation of the Mexican hot
lnndl A ride with strange drivers who re.
mind you of italian brigsndsl A rids
through a strange people who live in
strange houses and who look as queer as
though they came from the other side of the
worldi
Such is a may idea of the trip took
yesterday morning in coming from Jalapa
30 the little village from whence you take
the railroad for Vera Cruz 1t was a ride
over the longest street car line in the
world. It was q ride through some of the
most picturesque country Of the American
continent, and it is ride which within 8
month Will have passed from the possibii-
ties of travel
Ancient Jalapa, the Beautiful
Away up in the mountains, within sight
Of the snow-Jopped volcano, Orizaba, sur
rounded by the richest Of lands, lies one of
she wealthiest and most beautiful cities of
Mexico. This is the old, old town of Jalapa.
There is no place in Switzerland more beau
tifully located, and you will find no town
On the continent more picturesque. 1t lies
!
Emong the hills about 1t, and every street
climbs up and down, giving a series of
beautiful views and vistas.
The houses are all of one or two stories
They are Of stucco, and they look as though
they h3j all been finished but year OF SO
ago. They have long, low, overhanging
roofs Of red rile, and these roofs iut out
about q ward and half over the street, and
the rafters and the inside of the roofs are
painted q delicate light blue. Below
tins blue comes the brown, drab or yellow
OF the wall of the house, which
goes down to a dado of dark red which bor-
GERS tie street. Ths houses have great
windows covered with iron bars, and out Of
these look the beautiful girls for which
Jalapa is famous They have blue eyes,
Ozark hair and eyebrows, and their COM
plexions are of the richest of creme. Not
lew Of them have rosy cheeks, al q caught
Many Beautiful Picture
with my camera as L passed through the
streets. The ground floors of the houses are
level with the sidewalk, and you can look
through these windows right into the houses
and see the red tiled floors, the walls fres-
coed in gay colors, and the garden of tropi-
cal plants which forms the court vard about
which the house is built. The people did
not seem to resent inspection, and the fair
senOrItas laughed when ! pointed the camera
al them, and 1 found them kinder and bet
ter looking than the people of any other
part Of the Mexican Republic The Mexi-
cans themselves have a proverb concerning
them. They say that Jalapa is a part of
heaven let down to earth, and the proverb
Is Las Jalapenas son haluguenas-bewitch
ing and alluring are the women of Jalapa
Ius town is in the center of the richest of
the coffee regions Of Mexico. 1t has about
i 600 people and it is the most old-fash-
Toned CITY OF this old-fashioned country, Its
trade is very great, however, and for II
years the only connection it had with the
seaport has been the street car line, which
runs from it to Vera Cruz Now the Inter-
Oceanic Railroad Of Mexico runs from the
capital to it. Il was opened within few
weeks and witnIn q few weeks more the line
from Jalapa 10 ERA Cruz Will be completed
and
The Tramway VIII Be Given Up.
It was thought that the grades were too
steep to be mounted by steam, but modern
invention and engineering have proved the
mistake. The iron horse Within a month
g. least, viii superceje the mules aud the
crack Of the whip Of the Mexican Jehu will
be lost in the shrek Of the narrow guage
locomotive. The cars leave Jalapa early in
the morning. They are first and second
class, and the only difference between them