The National tribune., 1891-09-17

pulpit is Of the purcst Mexican ONYX, carved
aytisiically and trimmed with gold, aud
great gold tiara or cap or canopy hangs over IL.
Aud then the paintings and the carvings!
They are equal 10 those Of any Of the great
cathodAls OF Europe and fully as costly.
Frames Of gold, carved like the exquisite
frames You find in Florence surround them,
aud there are acres Of saints and cherubs done
mp 10 the POpe's taste iu oil and colors. Angels
OF marble rest on the roof Of the high altar,
and the beautiful choir is walled with mosaic
of carvings. The organ, with its thousands Of
pipes. rests on a gold gallery. which is fenced
with a halUstmde o! gold, and there Is CROUCH
gold here 10 gild the great golden mountain
which the Burmese worship as containing the
hairs OF Budaha 81 lsauEoon ia Farther India.
Now take a look at the worshipcTs aud you
viii see who have made this great Cathedral
with Its millions 81 treasure. There on the
floor before that gold-ienced chapel is ono Of
them. H's clothes are OF cotton, and a shirt
aud a Uair Of cotton UantalO0us constitute his
only suit lie lucels with his feet uptumcd,
and you sec that his shoes are sole-leathcr san
Gas, and above them, upon hs back, hangs the
great load Of pots which he Is carrying from
one place To another for perhaps p cents day.
He has never received more than this, but ia
the past and row 0ueiifth or more Of il goes
10 tho Church. IL Is the poor Indians Of Mex
leo who keep the churches alive aud it is they
" llO dIt AIit AtNoul pfbIhc ~ Lll5 NhuAAIN- IL
is said that their offerings amount 20 millions
Of dollars yearly, aud il IS believed that though
the Church has been robbed again and again, il
Is DOW fast TcgaiHiUg its wealth through these
poor creatures.
This region about Puebla has however,
always been noted Tor iis piciy. Within eight
miles OF here are the Iu ns OF one Of the greatest
pyramids of the Wori D The Pyramid Of
Chcops which } visited aud climbed in Egypt
covers about I3 acres, aud its top is not as bg
as croquct ground. This pyramid covered
fi acres, aud had top which measured more
than au acre in size Ch0iula was a city Of
10000 In the days a. I0TtcZ aud 70 held some
thing the same place among the Aztccs Of that
day a. Fucbla among the Mexcans Of this. IL
WIS u sort oi Mecca, and this pyramid
WAS the oldest and greatest IN the land. il
was liz feet high and ils base was J, 400 feet
square. il was bu.il OF layers Of clay and sun
dried bricks, and wss undoubtedly the biggest
/ thing Of the kind ever made by man. 10 is
supposed 10 have been built by the Ioliocs,
who were here before the Aztecs and il formed
the chief of a number OF noted temples OF
places 81 worship. There were 400 diiicTcat
temples here when turicZ came and he built a
church, which !. said 10 bg still standing. The
fame Of the place has long since departed.
/ The mighty pyramid has been torn down piece
1 by piece, and the grass 81 ages grows over its
ruins. There Is little town AZ lis base, hlt in
stead Of this having 10000 it has barely 1900.
/ il is q plain little Mex. town fall Cf beg
4 gars, and noted for nothing but living on The
4 site q the great religion city OF tho past. no
effort has been mado 70 preserve this greatest
4 Of the pyramids FROM decay. The horse railroad