The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-02-02
WENT 70 SEE BULL FIGHT
DESCRIPTION OF HOW NATIVES
FIGHT THE eRUTEs.
1T is AN INTENSE EXCITEMENT
News Editor Had the Pleasure Last
Week Of Seeing One Of the Famcus
Mexican Bull Fights in All its Glory,
Goldfields and Trip Home,

Goldfieds and Trip Home.
on Board the Kansas city, Mexico
and Orient Special. North of CMhua-
hua, Mexico. Jan. 22.-From a staff cor
respondent: The Stillwcll excursion
has made its last stop in Mexico and
is now headed north toward the United
States which will he entered some
time this evening when we cross the
Rio Grandc river at El Paso.
Leaving the city OF Mexico Thurs.
day evening, the excursion started
north on the Mexican Central railway,
which travels northwcstcrly through
the central part of the republic. Here
better stretch of country is found
than when we went down on the Mex
ican National Here is less maguey
and more wheat and corn, and the peo-
pie are better looking and better
dressed, showing that more attention
is paid to the making of flour than to
the production of pulQue. a high
state of cultivation is maintained
through a splendid system of irriga
ton water being brought for miles
from the mountains to the thirsty
fields The irrigation in Mexico is a
revelation along that line, showing
what can be done by hard work and
determination, and amid such Difficult
ties as are not encountered in the Unit
ed States except in the most barren OF
the western plains.
The same Moorish style of architec.
turc prevails throughout the whole OF
Mexico as was seen shortly after we
crossed the border the day we came
into the republic. The box like houses
never cease to be a source of interest
and amazemeut to a Yankee that there
is on this continent people whose
habtatiCns and customs are so vastly
different from ours. We thought when
we saw the Mexican villages, the
streets Of Cairo and the Moorish pal
aces at the eXpositions in the United
States, that the pictures were over
drawn for spectacular effect, but i'm
fact they were true to life, even to
the hooded or bareheaded women and
the blanketed men. Nothing but just
such life as were portrayed at those
exhibitions can be found among the
natives in Mexico.
Vast, Treeless Plain.
All of the republic Of Mexico, except
on the coast slopes, which vary from
so to $50 miles in width, is a great
table land, vast eXpanse of treeless
plains, varying in height from $500
O Ia,
frequent ranges of mountains, called
Sierra Madres, those on the east being
the Sierra Madre Oriental and those
on the west the Sierra Madre Occident
el, while the other mountains that are
scattered about over the country are
just plain Sierra Madres. On account
of the elevation of the interior the eli
mate is chilly except in the sun, when
it is uncomfortably warm at the City
of Mexico, and only comfortable al
Chihuahua
1t is just 1000 miles from the City
of Mexico to Chihuahua, and we passed
several good towns on the way. AT
Aguas CalienteS, a town of 10000 peo
pie, is one of the largest silver and
copper smeters in the world, deriving
its support from the immensely rich
mines in the mountains near by. Here
is made the finest drawn work" in
Mexico, the making of which is the
sole occupation of large per cent. OF
the population.
The highest point reached on the
journey is at ZaCatecas, over 5000 feet
above the level of the sea. The train
climbs the tortuous windings of the
track to reach the summit of the noun
tain, when suddenly there is spread
out before the view a scene of dream
like strangeness. From the car win
dow the passenger looks down upon
the fiat top houses, domes and taverns
crowded together in the gulch below
extending up the hillsides and down
through the valley to the plain below
where is the town of Guadaloupe, anC
beyond this may be seen a lake Of
sparkling water. In the distance or
the opposite side of the town on the
crest of another mountain spur may be
seen the little church of Los Remedies
founded nj 1928, reached by a rocky
path, up which the faithful climb once
year to do penance, for but one ser
vice year is held in this little chapel
A view of this enchanted city brings
back the Bible lessons of younger
days. The long narrow lanes between
flat-topped houses, the women will
walls closely drawn about their heads
the men muffled to the eyes in theil
zerapas, the little donkeys heavily lad
en- going toward the city or returning
over the road that seems as hard az
that which leads to Jordan.
Among Silver Mines.
Zacatecas is a town of $4,000 peopl,
and is capital of the state of Zacatecas
and is celebrated for the enormou
output of silver from its mines. Silve
was discovered in the mountains her
as early as 1916, and it is estimate,