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from 30 10 60 miles from the coast, aud the as
cent is so steep that you 20 almost straight up
until you Feach the Mexican plateau, nearly
mile above the sea. The Vera Cruz Railroad
or the Mexican National, which runs from the
coast 10 the Capital, was one Of the most ex-
pensive roads ever constructed. IL climbs
rightu up into the clouds under the peak Of ORR
Zaba and its grades are among the stecpest in
the world. Leaving the City Of Vera Cruz,
where Cortez first landed, you ride out in a
plain ofluxuriant tropical vegetation, and pass
ing under palm groves and through iungles Of
cane you suddenly find yourself at the foot Of
the great hills. Then you begin 10 rise. You 90
up a thousand feet in 20 miles, aud soon tho
road becomes so steep that double Farlie en-
CINE has 10 be used. This engine Is rs though
two ordinary engines were sOdered together in
the middle, and it is the most powerful engine
known. IL puls and pants as il carries you
around narrow curves. whirls you through
tunnel after tunnel, aud bears you across great
iron bridges over Tavines thousands OF feet
deep. until at 1000 feet above the sea il lands
you on the Mexican plateau. The towns you
20 through are old aud quaint aud full Of
history. At Cordoba you are in the midst Of
the finest coffee plantations of Mexico, aud
crowds OF halEnakcd Indian women bring
piueappcs aud bananas 10 the car windows and
offer them for sale. At Orzaha you imagine
yourself in Switzerland. and at Espcranza you
have all Of the surroundings Of station in the
desert ia Colorado.
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Work OF the Pension Omce.

During the week 5572 claims wero re-
ceived. Of which llj were original invalid,
252 widows. 8 bounty land, u navy. % old
war, l46 accrued, aud 2,0ii applications for
increase; act Of June -, 1890. 1874 original
invalid, 374 widows, aud 1914 who had made
prior applications under old acts.
Number of claims received 90 date under act
OF June p. lsgO. 7Oslli Claims disposed OF
10 date under said act 257,l72.
Number OF rejected claims reoponed, 300
The names aud po-ioilice addresses Of 2,Ij7
comrades were furnished for the use Of claim
ants There were 5000 pieces og mail matter
received; 90 96J letters and blanks sent out.
Number Of cases detailed 10 Special Examin-
ers, i29; reports and cases from Special Tx
aminers, 359; cases on hand for special ex-
animation, ( O02.
Report OF certificates issued: Original. 41l9;
increase, BOZ; duplicate. @ accrued o.: to-
tai, 7,29S. Total number of claims pending,
sJj.2SG.
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ward at about o'clock in the morning The
name Of this place is I'lamacas. You End the
thermometer at about the freezing point dur
ing the night Leaving here you first strike a
strip Of pine forest. out Of which you 70 into an
inclined plane Of volcanic rock and loose. shift
ing. black sand. This extends to the snow line,
and shortly after you enter this all vegetation
ceases. You are away up in the clouds above
the rost Of tho world of Mexico. IL the day is
clear you have magnificent views Of the great
Mexican Valley lying like a big basin sur
rounded by mountains. You see the White
Woman below you and all around are tho great
hills which form the most striking feature Of
the great Mexican plateau. il the day be
slightly cloudy you will see the clouds above
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Crimes aud Casualties.

Parker, Webb & Co.'S pork packing estab-
lishment at Detroit was destroyed by fire. the
total loss being Sl590OJ. Several persons
were injured by an explosion, and one man
and 1,-JO hogs were consumed in the flames.
1t IS said in st. Louis that an appeal will
be made To the MasOns Of America 10 aid in an
effort to get the English courts 10 grant a re-
hearing in the case Of Mrs. Maybricz, the
American woman now in an English prison,
convicted OF the murder of her hushand.-A
determined effort is heiug made by the police
in ST. Louis 10 suppress the faro and gambling
rooms. The gamblers employed lawyers to run
their tables. but tho police promptly arrested
players and proprietOrs.
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have looked at IT, and am now living IN the
same hotel with the man who owns It, This
mans name is Gen. Sanchez 0choa. lie is one
OF the great mining engineers OF Mexico, and
Is perhaps the best geoogist and mincra0gist
In the Mexican army. lie is working the
mountain for the sulphur there is ia IL, and he
has q force of Indians in the crater gathering
this and sliding N down the steep sides Of the
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Political and In.InsirinI.

The output OF -four in Minneapolis for the
week ending Oct. 10 was 1914 100 barrels the
greatest on Tecor.l. although two mills were jdie.
The market IS quiet. but steady, the orders Of
patent for export being large.--Ihe report Of
the Treasury Department upon the foreign
commerce Of the United States for the II
months under tho new tariff shows a great
Increase Of both imports and exports. great
increase IN free imports. aud large reduction
IN customs duties whereby each person in the
United States was saved the sum Of - cents
The great joint debate B. tween Mai Me-
KinIey aud Gov Campbell took place at Ada.
%. The debate was heard By over 10000. The
questions discussed were tho tariff and the free
coinage Of silver.-FOr sOEie time past the
towns on the Western Slope Of Colorado have
been dissatisfied with the treatment they have
been receiving AZ the hands Of the railroads in
the lafteT's construction of the Interstate COM
meTce law, rs compared with the towns on the
Eastern slope. The Western Colorado Congress.
soon 70 meet will demand change Of eXi5- Ing
rules and rates, and If this be refused an effort
will be made TO divide the State into two on the
line OF the Great Divide.-The Worlds Fair
Convention at Orlando, Fla. voted to raise
100000 for display at Chicago. aud elected a
State Board Of l3dIrectOrs 20 collect money and
take charge OF the exhibits. Unless $4,000 is
collected by April next the money will be re-
| turned 10 the cOutribTtOrs-I 1t was stated
that Secretary Tracy WILL in his annual report,
recommend the building Of several IOO0-ton
guubuats, which he considers would be Of the
greatest service. The unprotected cruisers are
said to be Of little value as fighting ships, aud
in addition are very expensive TO maintain.
THE alarming condition OF the wheat crop
in North Dakota, caused by the failure OF the
farmers 20 promptly thrash the grain, has
caused much uueasiuess in St. Paul grain cir
/ c.es. Tho continued wet weather had bad
effect upon the grain still IN stoyk.-G0v.
/ Pattison, Of Pennsylvania, has convened the
Senate which meets in extra session Tor the
/ purpose OF iuquriug whether reasonable cause
| exists Tor the removal of Auditor-Generul Me-
CaInant and State Treasurer Boyer, aud also
/ TO consider whether there is cause for the re-
mOval of the Magistrates and COustables of
/ Philadelphia. These officials are alleged to
t have been in q conspiracy with ex-City Treas
urer Bardsley 10 defraud the State in connee-
ton with the collection of mercantile taxes.
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One Of the queerest volcanoes in Mexico is
that Of JoTullo, which is near Lake Patzcuaro,
some distance west Of Mexico City. One hun
dred aud thirty years ago the land now form
ing this volcano was as level as a floor. A
sugar aud indigo hacienda covered il, aud FOR
ages II had produced some of the best Of crops.
All az once the ground began TO rise until a
space as big rs JIG 100 acre farms swclIed up in
the form OF great bladder. This burst, aud
threw great rocks aud molten lava intothe air.
Vast sheets Of mud were thrown upward a
thick cloud Of ashes rose for days and all Of
the country surrounding the volcano was COW
cred with rocks aud ashes. Two great rivers
were swallowed mp by the eruption, and some
distance away two new rivers burst forth.
This eruption continued for nearly year, aud
ii made thc level plain rise in such way that
this volcano has ridges around its crater which
are 1900 feet above the level Of the plain.
The crater is about 600 feet deep, ana around
its edges and in some parts Of II the lava still
seems TO be molten. Steam issues here aud
there from creviccs, aud the interior. COM
prsing about 80 acres, is said 10 be covered
with fine soil, which is now producing good
wheat
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ing investment Even with Indians working
IL, IL turns out fair product and with more
pushing il would do much better. The ascent
is not dangerous like that OF the Alps ms there
arc few hidden crcyasses, and the mountain
rises in an almost regular slope. IL can he
made from Mexico City in about three days,
and the trip costs sos. You need good, warm
clothing, strong shoes and several good guides.
You can ride 20 the foot Of the mountain on
the railroad, and by nightfall you are at little
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This crater is about half a mile wide. At
some places IL is 600 feet deep, and from IL
comes volume 81 suphurous smoke The
sides marrow as they 20 downward, and nj the
bottom there is fat space or sort Of a fo0r
At the top the walls slope out and downwards
grad ually, so that you can crawl down fora hum
dred feet on so and peep over. The WOrkmen
gathering the sulphur can be seen, like ants. be-
low yOu, and you feel the ground trcmble under
you as you look. This working in the mine is
by no means safe. One is liable 70 be over
come by the fumes Of sulphur, and an avalanche
OF snow from the western pant of the mount
ain may swoop down and oycFwhelm all
within. There arc many big stones and rocks
in the wall nf the crater which at times be-
come loogcncd by the shaking and rumbling
and roll down, crushing all IN their path. In
addition 10 this the action Of the sulphur on
the clothes aud health Of the workmcn is very
injurious. j rOis the clothes, and the teeth Of
the men finally become lo0seucd aud drop out.
The result rs that high wages have 10 be paid,
and the men contract % 20 up on the mount.
ain and 20 work ln the crater for month at
time, not returning 20 the bottom Of the vol
cano before their month is completed The
transportation Of the sal phur down the mount
ain is an easy matter. A sort Of chute has been
made. aud tho sulphur wrapped up in mats is
placed upon this, and both men aud sulphur
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q YOU want 20 buy
popoca,epctl? This
question was asked me
iu 81 Louis just before
] left for Mexico. The
questiBueT was the
managing editor Of a
ST. Louis paper, aud
he told me he had the
mountain for sale. /
replied that j was not
in the business OF buy
ing volcanoes, but that
as ] was going 10 Mex
leo ] mighttakc a look
at the property and see
what ID was worth. j
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During my trip stopped n day and a night
at Drizaba. j found the town one Of the most
picturesque and beautiful in Mexico The
German hotel keeper met as 40 tho depot. and
VIC rode into the city on a l2-ccnt stguct-cu
IL you could marry tlcd-roo little town
Of Germany 10 one Of the most picturesque
little cities Of Spain, aud drop the welded
couple down among the most beautiful sur
roundings Of the Austrian Tyrol, you would
have the Mexican city of Orizaba. You must
however make the bluest Of blue hills surround
the towns like great green wall, which rises
Ia some places almost precipitously upward
and surrounds the town in the shape Of an un-
even saw. You must back great cathedral Of
blue aud yellow mottled with the mold Of CEN
turtles against the green and rocky sides Of a
steep mountain, aud over the red-tilcd roofs
the green mountains must tower on every side
In the tops Of these hills you must drop clouds
Of hcecy white aud smoky brown aud over the
whole little basin In which the city lies these
clouds must Ct down so that the horizon Is lost
IN the hills and so that the world Is shut out
save that which lies about aud below YOU
Through the middle OF this basin let a noisy
little river Of the clearest mountain water rush
on over many rocks. Let the banks Of this DO
covered with a luxurant growth Of flower
fern and bushes, aud you have a faint idea Of
the city OF Orizaba. The city contains $4,000
people and IL lies about 1000 feet above the
sea. Cortez found il an Aztec village when he
passed through IL on his way 10 fight Monte.
yuma, and he left small force here while he
took the rest of his army up the mountains.
Here il was that Macmillan had his Summer
resort, and here many Mexicans now come for
the Summer months.
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and below you at the same time You can
watch them crawling mp TO your feet chasing
each other from mountain 10 mountain, and
fee them cnyclop you aud then pass onward
and upward until they are lost in the crater.
As you 80 mp the snow. which is wet al the
bottom Of the snow line, becomes harder The
AIR grows colder aud rarcr, and IL your lungs or
heart arc weak You will grow faint and sick.
Near the top there are pillars Of ice, aud your
hands aTe torn with pulling yourself from
point 70 point Your eyes grow sore with the
glare OF the Mexican sun on the white snow.
and you stand 40 last on the edge Of the crater
at one OF the topmost points on the North
American Continent.
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General.

The answer in the famous divorce suit Of
Marie Nevins Blaine vs.. James q. Blaine ir
was served upon Mrs. Blaine at Sioux Falls. s.
ID. Mr.. Blaine denied that he deserted his
wife. claiming that she deserted him. He
pleaded poverty, aud urged that he has an in
como of but $1,000 year. which will cease the
LIST OF December next-Tho question Of read
ing tho Bible in the public schools is causing
much agitation at Flint, Mich. Mrs. Mary
Cummings teacher, continued to read the
Scriptures after being ordered not TO by the
School Board and the latter closed the doors of
the school. Mrs Cummings has sued the
oard.-Miss Elizabeth BisIand, whose trip
around the world against time made her gem
orally known before the public, was married
last week to Mr.. Charles w. WetmOre, q lawyer
in New York City.-A verdict of $1,000 was
recently obtained by the State OF Connecticut
against the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad Company by direction Of Judge Bar
rett of the Supreme Court as penalties under
the act fOrbidding the use of stoves in passen-
ger coaches. The statute provides penalty of
s. 900 for the first ofFense and 800 for each
day the violation of the law continues
The arrangements for the conservation of
DIR. Phillips Brooks as Episcopal Bishop Of
Massachusetts, on Wednesday were carried out.
The different States in the Union were repre-
scented as widely as possible by the assistant
Bishops. The presiding Bishop was DIR, Will
liams, of Conneeticut.-The Register and Re-
ceiver of the Land Office at GIenwOod Springs,
Colo, has been ordered 10 reserve for forestry
purposes nearly 1000, 900 acres Of land in Colo
RADIO, situated at the headwaters of the White
Riyer-OttO Wirthner, German Of YOungs-
town, o., II years ago was stricken with an
illness which left him mute. After treatment
by electricity recently he suddenly recovered
his speech, aud now converses huently.
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YIsIIing IarAs.

IL il said that we owe the invention Of visit.
ing cards TO the Chinese, aud that even 80 long
ago as the Tong dynasty (Gls 9O7J visiting
cards were used in China. No nation observes
so strictly the ceremonies in regard 70 the pay
ing Of visits as tho Chinese do, but the cards
they use for this purpose are very different
from our dainty bits OF white paper, being
large enough TO fold twice and Of a bright red
color.
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the finest have seen IN Mexico. IL is as big
as the great market Of Washington City. Ii
covers four acres. aud is q low Spanish building
with open sides aud a vast roof upheld by many
round pillars. The place Is packed 10 bursting
with the motley crowd of men and women aud
the masses Of vegetables meals. erockcry aud
other articles which make up Mexican luXuries
aud Mexican necessities. There are Indian
women by the hundreds who wear hats a big
| as those OF the clowns ia the circus. and there
are Indian men with them who. with their gay
| blankets and their equally high hats. make YOU
think OF bTigandage, the Malta. aud the Italian
mountains The women have babies with them,
and these are strapped to their backs or tied mp
IN their shawls. Some Of the Indians have
brought their whole families. and little shock
healed girls and boys i'm bare feet and bare lcgs
trot beside their fathers whose feet are clad in
sOieeather sandals Some Of the women have
loads OF vegetables as big as themselves on their
backs, and there are other women who
loaded down with bags Of charcoal, which rise
| four feet above their frowsy heads. Dark faced
men stand behind little counters covered with
sugar wrapped In palm and banana leaves. and
other dark faced women squat on tho ground
with lot of cheap crockery bowls and pots
about them.
There are dOnkeys hy the hundreds on the
outside Of the market. and there are dozens If
the big Mexican carts drawn by oxen, who are
bringing in corn aud beans 20 hc sold. Thcs"
carts are of the same make "a thUse used ia tho
days OF the Middle Ages. They have wheels
Of wood, roughly hewn out iuiO a semi round
shape and fastened together in three pieces.
These wheels are hung on aElcs six inches
thick, and the great numbering cart weighs
more than the load it carries. IL creaks as it
moves, and its oxen are haruessed 10 IL by
yoke tied 10 their horns and fastened 10 tho
heavy pole or tongue OF the cart. Besides these
vehicles were other carts hauled By donkeys,
which are the Tudest carts have ever seen.
They consist Of two little wooden wheels. with
a long fat log tied TO them. This log is abOIt
II feet LONG; it constitutes the bed, tongue, and
body OF the cart. Sometime men arc harness, d
mp with tho dOnkeysro the cart. took pie
ture Of a donkey. man and woman who
were harnrs-ed together. and who were pulling
a load OF wood which the ordinary American
could have carried in his arms. IL was a type
Of the Mexico Of tho past As ! watched il
heard the screech of the great double engine IS
II dragged II thousands OF tons OI freight and
its hundreds Of passengers up the mountains,
and its steam whistle seemed TO utter a trium-
phant scream rs IL rushed on.
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The volcano was FIRST assembled in 1922 by
francisco Montana, and be was let down into
the crater by means OF ropes The scientist
Humboldt went mp IL when he Travelled in
MeXlc0, and then reported that the sulphur in
u was 81 the best quality. IL was through a
tutor ct Gen. Och0a at the Mexican Military
College that he learned Df the value OF the
mountain and this tutor got his information
from Baron Humboldt himself Al present ]
understand the mountain eau he made q pay.
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P0P0CATEPETL
The Greatest Mountain on The North
American Continent for Sale.

who Owns Tt-Its Treasures of sulphur
Dang, r. of the Ascent-A Look Into the
birthstone Crsiter-Iiomance of the Mount
ain-Nolcano Of IorulIO-fhe Snow-clad
Peak of Orizaba The Ride up the Mount
aims from Vera Cruz-In the Switzerland
of MeNico-Tarlzct Scenes, Indians, and
Mexican Carts.
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One Of Tho best posted men in Mexican mat
teIs here ~ the Capital is Mr.. T. c. Butler, the
Secretary OF our Legation. lie knows all
about this volcano Of PopOcatopotl, aud / had
an Interesting talk with him concerning the
crater yesterday. Said he: "Thc crater Of Po-
pocatcpen is fully 600 feet wide. In going
down into u you pass through clouds Of sui
phur aud hnd a great floor, out Of which squirt
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Tie mountain region along the eastern coast
Of Mexico contains many fine peaks, and !
could easily imagine myself in Switzerland
while was ia the State of Vera Cruz The
lands along the Gulf Of Mexico arc fat aud
tropical. They begin to rise az a distance OF
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The streets Of Orizaba arc as clean as the
floors OF "A home in Holland. The low Spanish
houses are built up close 10 them, and their
roofs oyerhang them, so that you can keep dry
during rain by getting on the right side Of
the street and hngging the walls. They are
very narrow, and they wind in and out as
though built on cow-paths, like the Puritan
village Of Boston. These streets all seem 10
terminate IN the plaza, aud here is the institu.
ton 10 which the citizens Of Orizaba point with
pride. 1t is the City Market, and ii Ia one of
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suitor-I have come. sir, to ask you to give
me your daughters hand.
Feteriamiiias-Wh sir, whom last saw it
it was ia your possession.
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Agents wanted. Comrades preferred. See page 3.
Mayor a. Well as Editor.
IRclIi1Irn LGal Hnnlcl

As Mayor OF the town, we granted an absolute
divorce 10 the Widow Jones last week As she
was worth 81 900 we Immediately married her
TO our brother-in-laW aud borrowed 500 from
her on the spot. Public Office Is a great profit.
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Brave youth (swimming TO the rescued
Courage. miss Try and sn.
Struggling young woman from Boston, re-
bukiugly You should (gurgIc Say try to -
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slide down by the action Of gravity. Gen Ochoa
believes that tunnel could be put through
the side Of the mountain so that the crater
could be tapped at the level Of It's bottom. lie
says li this is done the mountain will yiGld
10000 tons Of sulphur year
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Jets Of sulphur and blue flames, aud in the CEN
ter Of which is tiny lake Of opalescent water.
Ii is risky 10 work in the crater, and should
not care TO visit it at certain seasons of the
year. Even the Indians who work constantly
in il are afraid of il. They have 10 watch The
ground, as il often sinks aud breaks through
into the liquid fire beneath. The landsiidcs
that often occur on the sides of the walls of
the crater are very dangerous, and you have 10
jump under some overhanging rock 10 keep out
Of tho way OF them. The whole place is the
nearest approach 10 the old idea Of hell / have
ever seen, and would not advise any tourist
20 more than look down into the hole"
Popocatepetl, however. is only the topmost
point Of a land Of mountains. Four flths and
more of the country is made mp Of the vast
Mexican plateau, which might be called = big
mountain with the top sliced of. This plateau
is higher than Mt. Washington, aud above 1t
rise other mountains in chains and alone.
The great volcano of Orizaba / saw during my
trip TO Vera Cruz. 1t jumps up right out of
the tropics and you stand surrounded by
oranges, lemons aud pincapplos, and look up
at its snow-clad summit. | was beside a
thatchod hut I'm front OF which naked baby
spraWled, aud through the canes OF which /
could sec young pcOn girl making her toilet,
when ! caught my first glimpse Of H. and
beyond them ] could see the great lunches Of
bananas growing in a grove of couee-trceS.
The Thermometer was about 900 in tho shade.
and the hot. humid air Of the terra cIIieHfe, or
hot lands Of Mexico wrapped itself around me
like sweat robe rs j Gazcd up at that mantle
Of perpetual snow. This peak Of Orizaha is
about 500 feet below the crater of POpocatapet.
but is much harder 10 ascend. The first men
who ever went TO the top Of it were a party
Of American officers during the Mexican war.
The second ascent was made by a Frenchman,
who climbed 10 the top, in 1851. Here he
found taitcred American flag luating aud i'm
the staff OF this was cut the date. lsiS. 4 few
years later this Frcnchman attempted 4 second
ascent and nearly lost his life ia making IL.
Near Toluca ] saw another volcano. which was
$1,000 feet high; aud Mexico has Il mountains
each Of which measures 10000 feet above the
sea. Some Of the towns here are more than
5000 feet high. The City Mexico Is 1900
feet above the sen, aud Zacatgcas. Guauaju
aud Ioluca arc more than 5000 above the level
Of New York OF Washington.