The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-19

later when | describe our visit Ameca
Nuca. AS we enter the city we see on
our right Chapultepec, the white house
of Mexico, where President Diaz resides,
We arrive here at O'Clock Saturday. be-
ing on the road three days and nights.
All Of the party are thoroughly tired out
and most of them spend the evenings
resting. A few OF US, however, take in
the city.
Sunday morning we procure a GUIDE
and go to the cathedral, one of the
grandest sights of the city, being over
400 years old. To describe itS statuary.
fine paintings, carving, rich gliding, ect,
would take TOO much time. we heard
the famous boy CHI 'ir, and 10 say they
make nice music is to put it mildly. This
cathedral is next to the largest and cost
Hest in the world, being excelled only by
ST. Peters of Rome. The bell in the
tower weighs 444, 200 pounds. have
been told that only a few weeks ago
girl jumped from one of the windows of
the tower. She's an angel now.
Leaving the church we went to the
national museum, where we saw a thous-
and and one interesting objects, the prin-
cipal ones being the carriage of Maxi~
MILAN and his silver pate--of which
there is an enormous quantity-aDd the
sun stone and the sacrIficlal stone, an
cent relics which were dug up and pre-
served. Of this class of truck they have
large collection; otherwise the museum
does not compare with the national mu>
scum 10 Washington.
Wo loauo ho t,onsoun cot n nd
rest a while. and at 2 p. III. GO to the
bull fight [ will make no effort to de.
scribe this brutal scene. Suffice it to say
that it was the most exciting scene |
ever witnessed. After the killing of the
first bull every nerve in my body was
tingling with excitement. To have seen
one of the men gOred to death by bull
would almost have been pleasure. Be-
side the sight of seeing the 20 n defense
less horse land him blndfOlde0) gored
to death, we saw seven bulls aud four or
five horses killed and others wounded
more or less On one occasion the horse
fell with his rider under him, the bull
ynring both. j was sure that both would
be killed, buu.oDly the horse was fatally
Injured. The most deafenng applause
| ever listened to was in this ring.
In the evening | had the pleasure of
escorting two young ladies of our party
to the theatre We spent a pleasant
evening there; being All opera, we could
enjoy it, as the singing was excellent and
the Spanish ser o itaS most beautiful. We
had an opportunity OF seeing them to the
best advantage here Of any place we
have been.
Monday we visited Chapultepec, the
white house, only being able, however,
90 through the grounds. The presi-
dent is residing in the palace now and
his wife objects to having anyone &"
throuk b the castle when they are at
home. rhe hC use is situated on rocky
eminence about 100 feet from the ground
below. Nature has dnne much for the
site: otherwise it would not be such
grand sight, as the grounds are not kept
in such condition as at our white house.
Here we saw the famous MonteZuma
Tree uDder which he held his council Of
war. The tree is cypress and measures
az feet around the case. We also later
saw another noted tree, called La
Noche Tliste" (the sad night under
which Cortes wept when many ut ms
army was butchered and Re was forced
to retreat to this spot.
| 10 the evening we took carriages ana
went to Guadeloupe. About this place
there are many legends, some OF when
| are very interesting. AT THIS point, ira
dltion says, the ancient AztecS were
| accustomed to come TO worship the
"God Mother" In December, 1881, Juan
| Diego came here to worship, and as Ne
reared the hill called Tepeyacac ne
beard the music of angels, and beheld
amid the splendor lady who spoke TO
him, directing him to go to the oisnop
and tell him to build temple to her,
which he did; but the Dish p was incred-
ulouS and would not believe Juan Diego,
and told him to bring some token oy
which he might be shown that what he
told was true. He then departed ana
again met the lady, who again COMMAND
ed him to tell Juan ZummoraY, the GiSh>
op, to erect a temple on that site. Juan
Diego then told her that the 6ishop
wou.d not believe him without some TO-
ken. She then directed him To 90 10 d
certain barren mountain side and theEe
he would find some flowers growing
which be would gather and carry
to the bishop as a token. Uoing
to this spot, he found the flowers as
he had been told, gathered them ana
put them in his mantle or tilma and car
lied them to the bishop, and when ne
opened his tilma and the flowers were
shown there was seen the image ct the
virgin beautifully painted on his mantle;
The bishop being convinced ordered
the temple built. and this same temple
now stands. Inside of it there is picture
of the virgin set in gold frame said 10
weigh 4O0 pounds. The rail around
the altar here is of pure silver and COST
s25 600, aud there are many fine paint
ings, statuarF, carvings, etc.. hete'