Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-25

only true of Mexico City. but of the
ontire ronnhlic

only true OF MEXICO Olty. puC oI tne
entire republic.
The Paseo de Ia Reforma is the
name of the finest street of the city.
This is magnificent driveway, ex-
tending from the main part of the
city to the White House of Mexico,
known as the Castle of Chapultepec.
From four o'clock in the afternoon
till dark the scene Oh this street is a
brilliant one-the Paseo being
crowded with carriages and horses
from the nobby English rig, tiger and
all, to an American buggy, not omit
ting the Mexican equestrian in all
his glory of sombrero and silver orna-
men tation. In the squares on this
street are some fine pieces of statuary
mong tn EN- being the first statue of
Colu mbus built on this continent,
and the great bronze statue of
Charles Nv of Spain. The Paseo is
lined with beautiful trees, and under
them are great stone benches for use
of the people. There are no car lines
on this driveway and people must
drive or-walk.
The Castle of Chapultepec, which
we had the pleasure of visiting, is
situated on a high rocky hill over
looking g the valley and commanding
a fine view of the city. In the dis
tance looms up the mighty snow-clad
peaks of Popocatepetl, and Ixtacci-
huatl, the former with an altitude of
1882 feet and the latter, 5000 feet.
It is bea utiful panorama to look
over the city at your feet. The pre-
sent palace is not used by President
Diaz, he preferring to live in demo
cratic style in down town residence.
The magnificent rooms of state,
salons, boudoirs and banquet halls,
with their regal decorations, are be-
yond description, so pretty and dazz-
ling in all their appointments. We
ne yer set our eyes on such magnif-
cent splendor before. 1t beats our
front room all hollow. The National
Military Academy occupies part of
the building, while other rooms are
given up to an industrial school.
The palace has underground caves
and causeways and on the rocky
sides of the hill are carved many
figures and hieroglyphics, the work
TO the Aztecs and Toltecs. To gain
admission to this famous place one
must have a pass from their consul
general, and only ten persons will be
admitted to the palace at one time.
The street cars run out to the
sanity old spot of Guadalupe,
the shrine of the patron saint
of Mexico, the scene of the tradition
of 1881, apparition of the virgin*of
Guadalupe to the Indian Juan Diego.
On our visit here we we're accom-
panied by young Mexican, Juan j.
Calderone, whe was so eager to grasp
the English language that he was
willing to stand considerable expense
to accompany the party. He escorted
us thru this large church while mass
was being said, but it did not seem to
disturb the devout congregation in
the least. In it is the picture OF
Tilma, the virgin, and the silver rail
ing weighing twenty-six tons. We
drank of the water of the we'll, that
is said. to have gushed forth from
beneath the virgins feet-a sulphury
taste it has-and then assembled the
back way to the top of the church,
which is a roof garden, with large
trees and flowers growing in abun-
dance. This is reached by flights OF
stone steps running from the street
It was in the barracks at Guadalupe
that the treaty of peace with the
United States was signed in 1848.
There were many other interesting
things which we saw and heard in
City of Mexico, but we will let them
"bide q wee" till we get back from
j, Cuernavaca.
On the way to this primitive old
place. we ascend the high range of
} mountains, till we reach the lip of
: the cup-like plateau in which lays
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