The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13
Ancient Cathedral at Juarez, \ Mexico,
built before the arrival OF the Ma Wer.s

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bright scrapcs oyer the shoulder. but never
by any chnncc being In Il hurry The train
PULLS out FOR tic west, h and then comes
the true Joy In the absence Of smoke
and cndcrs ana dust. for your oil burner
causes none Of these dlsco,n forts. and the
track Is oiled wherever It Is needed to
do away with Il ust. The aspect OF the
country changes every hour.
RI All the world has heard of THO Rio
sC;rnndc--ln our tongue, the Great River.
Never was there TO disappointing a
and 50 very muddy IT Is near I'll Rio
that wez first nee this boundary between
the two great republics, tho United
Statcs and Mexico. Suddenly the train
rushes out upon its banks. OnsthB Mex
lean side loom the desert hills. and
standing in the strcnm# are two long
horns. one on the Mexican the othergo
the American side. They face each! 9TH
md drink IN peace. It Is n symbol! or
the peace and good Will between the
two republics, once ut war With each
other. but now frientf,. ii 5}S
The route lies alongside tho RIO
Grandc for several miles. This singular
stream, is Overt 800 miles In length. and
yet 4 is nnvigablc for only about forty
imles8hboveSiit mouth. For n distance
3of 100 miles 1t separates the United
States and Mexico. Not boat is to be
seen, and the reason for this IL very
plain when the traveller Is told that last
year the river was entirely dry for clev-f
en- months. Now 1t Is full, this spring
having been notably rainy, and the water
Z has the appearance Of having run oft m
brick yard. so light Ecolored and so full
of soil In solution Of Silt is It. Presently
the Devils River is crossed, n stream
or great beauty It's water being as
green as that OF theFs Niagara River
though II, too. is often dry for long pc
RODS. The cliffs OF limestone begin to
take OH all sorts of co!ors, brown and
gray and yellow and blue and purple
with masses n stone standing out like.
detached forts. the bottoms Of the water
less streams shining with limestone
rocks. looking like polished bones. yet
there are steel bridges across every
stream bed in order to provide against
any emergency. Thee lands belong 20
the state. and 1t is said they sell for
fifty cents an acre. SUCH y their pov-o
crty that 1t requires twenty acres to
give grazing for one COW. There Is n
,arrcnncss beyond anything even In
dreams sense Of utter desoation.-
This Is what tho Mcxcans call the
chaparral country, where everything Is
thorny and stony and cuts, and hoo'ts.
and tears, where everything fights Tor
existence, ana where man nluSt DC clau
In leather to protect himself as he walks
or rides.
The Wisdom of Beam.
At the station known as Laregthy there;
Is very great attraction. There are
only two houses at the place tside OF
the station. On one of these buildings q
long sign is painted. bearing these words;
"Ice cold beer. The Jersey Lily. Justice
or the reace Law west OF the Pecos.
on another building somewhat TO the
rear of this is another Inscription In these
words: '.Roy Beam Opera House. Town
Hall. Seat of Justice" The "tenderfeet'
on board are very pressing in their search
for Information as to what all this may
mean, and to be sure they get plenty OF
stories for the asking. 1T turns out that
the distinguished gentleman, Mr.. Beam,
was for many years n justice Of the peace
there, holding his commission from the
great state Of Texas, and that he really
represented about everything In the way
OF law between the Pecos River and El
Paso. a stretch Of some hundreds OF miles.
THE station is named after Mrs Langtry,
who once was known the world over q 3