Show the smoking mountain in 1897 1 I climbed two volcanoes in mexico or the smoking mountain about 17 feet and oriz aba the former the most famous be cause within view from mexico city and thus a source of especial pride and admiration to the inhabitants who have been loath to believe that any other of their mountains could be high er popo has a really splendid crater about halt half a mile across and one thou sand feet deep the walls are gen evilly vertical but in one or two places it Is possible to descend when workers are engaged in collecting sul chur machinery Is used to hoist them up and down from popo a summit there Is a glorious prospect not alone of the immense crater but of the beau ticul white lady re dining clining a thousand feet below of oriz aba on the far horizon and of the charming valley of mexico annie S peck in the christian herald |