The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-23

Of liberty was at stake, his has been a
hand of iron in a glove of velvet "
At his touch order appeared out Of
chaos, and hard upon her footsteps l n
this fertile land came prosperity aud
| contentment. When the people be-
come better educated, by experience in
the art of self government, q less gov
erning president may accord better
with the requirements of the presi
dency. but for the needs of the hour
Mexico could have found no mar bet
ter fitted to establish that order and
peace which is the foundation Of q
nations prosperity than the soldier
and Statesman, President POrfirO DiaZ
He had come down to the next station
| IN gales TO bring an invalid relative
tor the benefits OF this delightful cline,
| and so, having missed him in the cap
ltRl, | met him at OrizaOa. From there
he went on to Vera Cruz, where he
was received with great rel )iCings and
display, and thence by sea to the north.
! ern terminus of the T~ehuantepec Rail
road, which railroad he wishes to in
sp9cf. Nothing escapes him, and he
is the best posted mar in Mexico 50 to
everything which concerns in any way
the welfare of the republic.
Passing over q bridge one hundred
and forty feet high, with a sheer preci.
pIce above and below, with the noun
tain stream rolling in a cascade down
the ravine, we passed through the
frightful looking. non known as Inter
Milo, j. g, little he'll" from Nogales
10 Ocizaoa. From Oriz aba the railroad
runs through cane and coffee fields.
Six or seven miles further on the line
enters the B~arranca de Metlac and a !
thousand feet below in the bottom Of
the caaem almost under our car win
dOws PUSHES along the Rio Metlac
until at last an immense horse shoe |
curve takes the track over a curved
bridge Of nike spans TO the other side. |
at Cordoba, where pineapples sell for
q cent apiece and oranges SIX for an
American Gems, we are in the tropics at |
last, the temperate zone being left well
OehiLd; ana amid profusiOn of flow,
ers and blossoms and blooms the train
rolls eastward to Vera Cruz Here in
January we found the scOrching heats
OF August. Passengers in the cars
appeared IN their shirt sleeves, and
the rolling Of the blue waves Of the
Gulf was the only reminded of cool
ness. San JlGn Q'Cia lay out in the
harOOr, q suilen reminder Of more
wa-Ike times. and steamers ana yes
seis crowded the rO3dsteGd which is to
be projected by q ~breakwater now I'm
der construction. But the port has
always been poor and can never be
made satisfactory, and owes lis i'm
p~Jrtsnce solely 80 the fact thai it Is the
port Of the city Of Mexjco, but TIM
plc0, sIGce its harCor has been deep
ened by the Eades titles. Is far supe-
riOT, and when the railroad thence TO
the CICy 81 Mexico shall have been
con- pIeUed the glory Of Vera Cruz viii
De eciIpsed. a listle north Of the city
C0Ttez landed Aprtl2t, 1919. 0 1han
2 century and q year before the May
flower sighted Plymouth Rock, and a
II!tle south Of the city General Scott
ard the American army landed in 1917,
and from this ciCy both generals
marched on tho capital by practically
the same route rid Jalapa. Vera Cruz
has many churches aud some hand
some public buildings, hut the intense
heat and the frequent visits Of yellow
fever render it undesirable for O resi-
denc8 CT g lengtleG vIait. It mas. how
ever, a really efficient eet Of street com
missi2neIs, who are SO dijIigen5 in
cleansing the Streets that a penalty Of
five dollars is Incurred by killing one
Of them They are styled zOpi!0tes
here, but in Charleston, S c., where
they are equally dilligant and eff 4ctive, |
trey are called simply turkey buzz lrds.
In these hot lands the railroads use
iron cross ties. They are Of sheet iron
aud mere shells. The hollow side be
ing put downward takes q firm hold
ana thus makes e solid roadway. Iron
telegraph poles are alec used, as yer
min are very destructive 70 wooden
ones.
having Vera C-uz over the Inter
oceanic railroad, the road runs through
tropical country, beneath the palm
trees, passing near the National Bridge
and the field OF Cerro Gordo. The
track along here is a wonderful piece
o. wnrk Tnnra ere . rnnAred hnrsa.