The herald., 1895-08-19

line. and its uppermost rims are 3o0o
feet beneath the observer. whose measur-
ing capacity is entirely inadequate TO the
demand made by such magnitudes. one
car not bolieve the distance to be more
Tran mile as the crow flies, before de-
sce7ding the wall or attempting some
other form uf inchworm measurement.
Me'e brain knowledge counts for little
aEai : the illusion under which the Or
"a vision is doomed here to labor.
But we are whilring rapidly eastward
and are so in the land OF tue Pueblo.
the only &c on OF the United states
whore III. inhabitants are Impervious
to the glib tongue of the sewing machine
agent and where man has no more con-
ception of the meaning of the word boom
than has the clam. Here are the com.
mun,l homes OF the Puehlos. who still
maintain three original VILLAGES. iselta,
Laguna and Acoma. Isleta and La2una
are within a stones throw of the railroad,
ten miles and sixty-six miles. respective
ly, beyond Albuquerque, and Acoma IS
reached from either Laguna or Cubefo
by drive OF Il dozen miles. The abor-
iginal inhab bitants of the:pueblos, an intel
ligent complex Industrious and lnce-
pendent race. are anomalous among h
American natives. Tney are housed to-
day in the self-same structures in which
their forebears were discovered, ahd In
three and a half centuries of contact with
Europeans their manner or lie has not
materially changed. The Indian trloes
that roamed over mountain and pialn
havehbecome wards of the government.
debased and denuded of whatever OF Gig
nifty they once possessed, ascribe what
cause you will for their present condition.
Buisthe Pueblo Indian has absolutely
maintainedsthe integrity of his individu-
alitv, .sslf-respecting and self-sutfclent.
He accepted the form of religion pro-
fessed by his Spanish conquerors. but
without abandoning his own, and that is
practically the only concession his per-
sistent conservatism has ever made to eX-
ternal influence.
Further on we come to Albuquerque
where the National Irrigation congress
will meet in September Here is city
of upward of 10000 people, who have
built up typical western city. The At
lantic and Pac hc division of the Santa
Fe system is built from Albuquerous
across the continental divide toi Califor-
MIA, while the Atchison Topeka and
Santa Fe main line reaches south to Ell
Paso and Deming and north to Kansas
City, Denver and Chicago. The trade
area is computed at 10000 square miles,
covering the richest sections OF New Mex
leo and Northern Arizona.
Further on we come to Santa Fe. said
to be the oldest city in the United States.
Here day after day might be spent and
then many things would be left unin-
vestigated. Here is the old palace where
seventeen American and seventy-siX
Mexican rulers have successfully held
codrt.
The Old House, where Coronado is
said to have lodged IN 1910. and the
Church of S"n Miguel erected soon after,
sacked in so, and rehabilitated IN 10,
are.not distnguishable from their sur
foundings by any air of superior age.
All is Id. a petrltication of medieval hui
man life done in adobe.
But we cannot tarry here and would
like to stop at Las Vegas. Here or the
banks OF little river at point just
above where it debouches upon the vegas
or meadows, numerous springs. both cold
and hot. rise to the surface in close juX
opposition. their waters charged with a
variety of chemical ingredients. The
medicinal virtues of these springs, sup
plemented pv the attractveness of their
location upon shoulder of the mount
aims, and the mildness and purity always
characteristic of New Meycian air. led to
the erection of the spacious and beautl.
full Hotel Montezuma and the establish
ment there of a health and pleasuresre
sort. 1t has, moreover, become a sort
of halfway resting place for transconti-
mental travellers.
1t is one of the s,w places in the mid
die west whe'e stranger can hnd con-
tentment day after day in comparative
idleness. Tie immediate scenery has not
the prodigiously heroic qualities of the
more famous Colorado resorts. but it Is
endlessly attractive to the lover OF nature
in her less titanic moods.
\ day and night passes and We have
crossed the fertile state of Kansas, known
the world over as the corn state. Thriv
ing CT have been passed and miles
upon =. les of waving corn fields speed by
and little later we are in Chicago.
Thirty, hours more and the Knights
Templar are in Boston. Three thousand
miles have been travelled and not Sir
Knight has missed meal nor SO much
as a shave-such Is travel by the Santa
Fe.
Sir Knights and others wishing infor-
N alton either about travel or Southern
California, should make the acquaintance
of S. W. Manning. general passenger
agent. 332 Washington street, Boston,
Mass. Mr.. Manning is known as one of
the most "accom I'm odating" passenger
agents in the country. His courtesy to
travellers has made him famous. An
abundant supply of literature concerning
Southern California is always on hand.
Sir Knights who visit Boston will fail to
get all the good there is to be had out OF
their trip if they neglect TO orm the per-
sonal acq uaintance of S. W. Manning or
his able assistant, Mr.. Young.