The herald., 1894-12-16

hundreds and thous ands OF .human be-
| ings who have lived and loved and died
in years gone by.
THE ground herasposses.As some PEI
| culier element, 80 that when the coffins,
mere wooden boxe !, are placed in those
| walls of mud the bodies inside them in
many casea are m admitted as perfectly
! as those of ancienJ& Egypt.
1.-THE city of Gtlanajuato 10 q progress
/ sive place in many ways, and has just
completed one oFths most magnificent
| theaters in the republic at q cost OF
nearly half million dollars. American
! Consul Furness has large mining in
| terest near by and conducts q mining
| agency.
~ had occasion to visit, while there.
the large reservoir constructed by Ex-
President Gonzales, who was subse-
queutly governor Of the state OF Guiana.
iuata. Near this reservoir are fine min-
Tho Valenbiana mine and others are
verv ysluable.
"At Silao had the good fortune to
meet sSefior Ramon Alcazar and Senior
Ybarb ongaate and through his kindness
was pc Fmitted to enjoy life on q Mezi.
hacien, .a. located some nine miles from
Silao and called Chichemguilla. This
hacienta or ranch ia in many respects
like thu Santa Anita ranch in the San
Gabriel valley. 1t has its ranch house,
surroun ded by beautiful flower gardens
and lawn slopirg down to a mineature
lake wh ere beautiful swans and rare
birds CD prt in the clear waters. The
stables are neax by but the great race
horses re not there as at Santa Anita.
"Ramo n Alcazar. owher OF the ranch,
sis one OF the miElionaires of Guiana juato
and also mas several hsciendas in the
state OF NEchnacsn.
From Aiao l went to Guadalajara.
mhere the best farming land OF Mexico
10. Then on to Iraperato and to Guada-
lajara, tie second city in commercial
importance in the republic Of Mexico.
Any Am ericsn with capital and ambi.
ton can do we'll here. The natives do
mot look. with go much favor on Ameri-
cans as they do on the French or Ger.
pans, even, because the foreigners are
u saiformly more polite and have more
ii tns to upend in the quiet social life of
th "a counisry, but the pushing American
se, hs the chances and makes the money
wh vle ths,ss around him are basking in
the sunshine with wine and cigarettes,
pos ,ibly charming senoritss near by.
&c. rheAland in the elevated portions OF
Mex loo is ell held in large quantities
and win not be sold unless the intend
ing purchaser will take four or five
thous ind acres.
"Ls nd in the state of Vera Cruz can
be hat Vat moderate figures, say 81 or IS
per &C ,s, and the land companies ex-
empt he buyer from taxation for ten
years. The land is fitted for the culti-
vation # coffee, sugar cane and tobacco.
The ave rage elevation is about 25, 600
feet. and there are some seventy-five
America n oolorfies in the state already.
The onl Y drawback is the inadequate
means of transportation for the products,
the neare ct outlets being to Tuianzingo
On the raj froad, l50 miles, and the port
of Tuxpa1 L seventy miles away.
sEzeta uas in Mexico two months ago
in referenc to Salvadorian business OF
a political nature. General Escobodo
has publicly rendered his services to
President l Eaz in case of war with Guat-
emala. II his noted warrior was the
hero of Que M taro and helped to capture
"rhe City. of Mexico is a place of
$50, 900 inhal itsnts. 250, 900 being poems
or people of tine lowest class. The city
has some bea utiful buildings, princi-
pally the Casti of Chepultspec at the
and Of the Pasa de la Reiorms, which
is the west poia t, and the White House
of Mexico. all IA one. The cathedral,
perhaps the fina OF in North America,
was recently clol ed on account of an
which occurred on Novem>
ber End. The National museum and
the San Carlos academy are interesting
places, the latter Deing a school of the
ine arts. The Villa o. Guadalupe, three
miles northeast OF the city, is considered
the holiest shrins hl the Mexican repub.
lie.
Monterey is the m<,stAmerioanizsd city
in the republic. 1t ds noted for its fine
bees, among other thu Gngs, and is the ter.
minus OF the Monterrey and Gulf railway
to Tampiee, running Through fine agri-
cultural country.
"In the City OF Me ekico I met Judge
Ygnscio Sspulveda, we'll known in Los
Angeles. HeIs living in one of the finest
houses in the city"