The Pulaskian., 1915-09-17

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 countries of Central America will be the opening of the new rail- way connecting Mexico and Guate- mala, writes w D. Hornaday in Grit
 But for the revolution in Mexico this important link in the long-talked of line of railway, that is destined ulti- mately to extend all the way to the Isthmus of Panama, and perhaps to the countries of South America that border upon the Pacific ocean, would have been in regular operation ere this.
 According to reports from Guate- mala the work of extending the Pa eific division of the International Railways of Central America from
 Champerico to Ayutla, situated on the Mexico-Guatemala border, is prac-
 tcally finished. At Ayutla this line
 connects with the Pan-American rail- road, which runs to San Geronimo on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a dis tance of 2S4 miles The Sachiate river forms the boundary line between Mexico and Guatemala. This stream is spanned by a costly bridge. On the Mexican side is the town of Mariscal and just across the river is Ayutla.
 The Guatemala link in the Pan- American keeps close in towards the Pacific coast, and in places the blue waters of the ocean may be seen by travellers on the trains. At the port of San Jose the road connects with the main line that crosses Guatemala from southwest to northeast, forming 8 direct route to the capital and to Port Barrios, the Atlantic terminus.
 The Isthmus of Tehuantepec and that part of far southeastern Mexico that is traversed by the Pan-Ameri- can railroad possesses many features of interest to the world-traveler or to the man who takes delight in pene- trating out-ofthe-way places and who loves the beauties of nature. It also has attracted many American colon ists. When travel to and from Mex ico was interrupted by the internal strife that has so long afflicted the y ists were just beginning to get ac- quainted with the remote region that was made accessible to them by the construction of the Mexico division of the Pan-American railroad.
 Region of Great Interest.
 All the way from Cordoba to Maris- cal there are many wonderful things to be seen, but it is not until the Isthmus of Tehuantepec is reached that the full bloom beauty of riotous nature, with its deep-green hued yer dure, it's picturesque life and customs of the careful natives, greet the eye.
 The encroachment of civilizing in- huepces has left but little impress upon tho town and village of the Tehuana Indians. Their chief popula- tion center is Tehuantepec, witch is located on the National Tehuantepec railroad within few miles of Salina Cruz, the Pacific coast terminus of that trans-isthmian line. In all Mexico there is no place of more absorbing interest and strange attraction to the visitor than Tehuantepec. There is little in common between the Tehuana Indians and the other native tribes or the country in the matter of GUS toms and everyday life.
 The Tehuana men are of very or dinary type, both in point of physique and standard of intelligence, but the women as class are the prettiest and most attractive in all Mexico. They resemble in mobility and beauty of features as well as in physical charm the famous native Polynesian women of some of the groups of South Pacific islands. They are the heads or the households. The Tehuana men are anything but their lords and mas ters- Practically all of the trade in the markets and stores is carried on Oy the women The sloven-looking ana unattractive male members of me tribe lounge around and live of