Show r P IN THE i FAMOUS OAXACA O VALLEY I I 1 Tho TI Utah Ut Passes Through u jh Historic H Lands n 2 in Mexico Scientist Is j Excavations A t Gr crent nt Trao M M n n n n n n M special wela I Dom Dum om near Jilt M Mexico February 7 It Mil timed that wo wv arc aro forced to travel on Sunday lines for tor pet nf ot water other for tor luck IRek of f td H mid once or er tv tU to overtake t s sut ut the thc expedition or to meet nel when t the ti tipa pa t ty haN m been loen Mst Sunday leb Peb I elJ 3 th w WL i no fe fei f tr r our animals In IV vere vre forced to move mOe on sun nun U i ive ive ve ve 18 were we 1 on all rn the roud rOnI The air nir was WIS wn oe co pleasant both Joth nil I ai ur urn Inn n felt tolt the Invigorating Influence or orthe the t he mornings Business Hulne Wi vi resumed In III the tile town own us u v we through If you OU QUill could call It business The two or three thrle little hop vore candles anti and corn a lire for tor stile sale wore open rind the bana that hilt had supplied ti ns us the eyeful afore was wall wa ready for cent sale Bale All wan quiet except barking of ot the tho hungry dogs dog of at which u every Mexican lias hns in more tha than Its share The tramp trump tramp tramp t tour ut C Cour our animals on the dry dr hard road rond th the andoe burro of at some of or o tho the boys nan n a 11 aI I an unlucky lit little tie lie beast of ot burden hurdon woul not move rapid to tu keep ui vu vuot of ot rench ot or a u willow stick caused th the p otherwise quiet people to rush to th tji 1 door and BOO Bee what was sva passing A choice of at two roads wits was given a avo IlS au u vo we loft jolt town Ono One leads by way of or th tho Si river or crook und and crosses crossell the th over sixty times and the other lead leach i over tho tila mountain n WI V had ha 1 had hall ODOUR g I of at the tho mountains In tIll the and ruid ns n wo We had learned a few tew days I ng ag ngo that tho the river road was wan better wo we de IC to take It Hut nt itt the thc Vcr Ver very forks torki wo we met a who 09 to take the upper road as ns n tho the lower lowe a was TIts almost Impassible He lie toW toM us UR u tha that thaIn thal In l places there thre are many rooks and an li III 1 r other places the th water was wa 11 deep 81 80 8 S WI AO changed our course courso and UI wisely tool the mountain road For four tour miles mIle the climb wan steep being a n feet teet to the mile mIte then thell for the rest o otho ot oi I tho the day dllY It was wn moro noro gradual hut but stil until we readied reached rench d an of 01 It seven thousand tIe five hundred feet Tho The change chango In tho the vegetation wax In Ift i At first we had hall ine lulls Jults other trees bearing 1 The paradise tree or holy hely tree as ns a th tho Mexicans coil call It the only prominent tree growing In tho the dry Iry re reo regIon gIon was waR wa also resent with Its scat cat scattering catS S white blossoms shaped lIke morning glories We WI W counted clever varieties of from a small hell boll shaped plant almost unseen as tIM It pushes i Itself out of or the tho ground to tho thy tall 1 giant cactus as ns n straight and a 1111 nn all tallas tell taU tellI as ns a n telegraph h pole lole Not gradually hut but I 1 quite suddenly nil all these dis disappeared dl I appeared and In their place I wf e BOW tho the oak later on fl tho There Them were several or of the oak oakA oakA A One curious feature that ft n r person r cannot help hell but notice Is i tho the nhun abundance dance of ot parasitic plants on tho the onland 00 Ii and ond In fact on almost nil all the trees In tn iu tle higher Wo We counted five varieties on one ono tree I suppose would be bo aH nH many on almost V iMery tree Some Sorno of ot tIb trees t ros were sere utterly covered and weighed down with rl tho th abundance of ot parasite Others Othera hail had if already succumbed to their enemies and 4 PrO ero dead fl Ia 1 and ond dry Tho parasites i however lived on and nm am 1 to flour flourish flourS S ish Jab on the richness of ot the tho hIJ corpse Other OIlier trees tee still on grew crew 4 II nod and lul even elen flourished In III of the thc ther r bleeding process to which they were vore c subjected It H was 1111 a n noble lc a n 11 giant against but the tho end ond any anyone Li ono one could tort fort ell Some amo of ot these para pnra parasite parasite site plants the pine apple opple ii It plant only thoy they were not quite KO fiO o large larte Others were long lone mosses manes that haag down nearly to tho the ground antI swung and l with every little breeze while hll the hardest wind would not IlOt blow III ow them tiff Still others were sere like n II cactus In nature about ns os large lare c around ns nl n ones oneo finger and elx to ten tenI Inches I long lon formed a n knot on the tho tree and wined to be ho the most vicious of ot nil all Then there was wn a I buli bearing a n roil reel that grafted Itself on the smaller killed the 1111 top topi I and nad continued Itself tho the roth growth of ot tile the ii tree These save gave the th tree treo tho thu appear appearance Race Knee of oC two of ot leaves We Wesa sa further back bock a tree PO tw completely covered with these th e plants that the true leaf lent of nf o the tree could ho bo hoPeel Peel Keen only on tho the lower branches At AtI I first t we mistook It for rOl a n now new kind kin of ot tree and discover fl our mistake ml take only on fl close Inspection I On Sunday night we wr camped In III tho the I little mile Indian village of Salome away up III upla III la In the mountains out of lh tho way of at ati i everybody The rho people 1 are nrc know k lw how ItO to drle a II bargain No 0 S had lini our tents appeared than women Caine around to sell iou tome Some had tortillas others ep e eggs IM H and oth nIh r boiled bollt In tn syrup Thin IM IMI I i 11 fL I kind of a n cake to them thrill atul 18 is s not by br us UI We Wo had some ome dU culty tit In getting geWn fodder and a n corral to feed It In The man that owned the tho ie corral wanted two to prices NieMI for hU his another man would let us have fodder cheap heap but hut had no corral corrol for tar w u nut Hut vc we c patched things thin up lh by h buying r Fmc pm pmS mi S leans unil meat from the man owning own In the tho COIl nd then hen t the fodder from the theether I lie 4 other ether A ROMANTIC TIC TOWN TOW What n a romantic little town ton this thil t I There are a n dozen houses all thatched with grass or corn anti nil all ff VI The gardens are In th the lack back yard 1111 tho only on fruit tree growing In In them lINn the peach which iu iuIs nOI Is III In full bloom Around tin settle nettle meat ment on the hill bill sides alden Is II I the Held nail and higher up among the lie oaks ank and onel pInes pine l Is III pasturage for tor the hundred of and liep owned onell by b I the villagers Across Arros a n deep ep ravine Is lii another r villa S or 1 better ott T a n prolongation of this thin with R a church n a plaza and 1111 In th even evening ing In as ilK the noon moon shone brightly strains traInA of music came over the as a the band was practicing for traIt teat day dai d And nd what a ft 1 quiet happy life lite thesa people live antI and their toys fore forefathers fathers for tor generations have hao to o before b fo them I In tn the tho th morning the whole whets holl village turned tame out to see 11 us oft off alIo was wa heard on in every sery hand 5 The Tilt night was wn n cold eold blankets blanket were Ir In 4 demand and even Ien then we 0 were Ire nut lio comfortable nut Hut In the tI Ih af at after arter attee ter tee till th sun Iun was ca I up UI the temperature 4 was wn I Ju just t right and happily happl unit and pally F some Iome bits Ht of ot songs of ir with an 1 Home S mM 4 t home thrown its Iti II we lintel lined out OUI find prO le l on nn our way A From the s v n th u and five 00 bun irod foot altitude an m nan of mun wn to view lew on Wave b yond wave WAO as IU lar larthe ii u the thi eye ee ey reach was wa u In On the Ide III of ot of at these thes mountains could be lit wen cen ly I with the field paths path and roads zoad leading up ant and down and nn there ther wOre were many patch s of oC cleared land where there corn had bad once been beon planted Many Ian of these patches looked old and Inet deserted now and on Inquiry we from our guide that moot moat of ot the people wp the thC younger ones onN h hiI d gone Bone to the larger town arnt village i At noon we camped both to tn r tAt et t our mir honos HOllo and yet git d s to eat ent gu VU our lVe 1 it II little lit tIe ranch ranah lion hoti eIo by hy tu Lu hldi WP we 1 for tor to tOI un Th Tb flit lady Indy her III anti and to oa oW c tit rj IUd to our tiey would yet get corn and won ready for tor us Ui V ti WI 1110 lid laYe Jua h If it you oU will Mid ihA liA laity lally To 10 our further phi Shu he replied that thai they out copt t two cen each and shu shi would SI III Shu all cod to have hav ready In lit thre Iu of ut 0 an hour hur We for fur t ten n and LUI sure Mure enough III In tin they w te befu UK UM aft fl wat sq 0 it t t dinner all 1111 During the day lIa we WI Io 1 IJ I Ift a ft 1 battlefield Whole the French rench l ai au anit came Clun to t r to It I of ot the tanner former marks the tito place now tiow except n a rout rani clasp by hy THIS OAXACA VALLEY Our hiring the vt We an as rapid us tie OUt our tho tin dllY buforo and In lii the thi th evening we WI i on Oil III the tho diu of or if tho valley of ot 01 X The Tue was Willi windy anti dl In III tact fact thu the hail had been disagreeably hard hurd nil all 1 1 protect ourselves therefore we wo Well wei down In a IL creek boil bell now flow dry on till camped behind a u heavy growth of wll ill lows The rho valley with Its ith and anI towns ton is any no of ot the thu mont Interest wo We have yet YIt painted through It Is nn no not noso I BO so rich as Topic 1 a or Il on Jilt hut JH III h hotter bottor known and ha has haK dune done for tor tho thy Hood gout of ot Mexico than limn nil all the oth othera others era ers put hut together Inthe In the at sl or south cast elL t end of at the tho t IO valley salley Is 10 l MItla heri are nrc located the tile In which Pro I of ot Now York I Inow Ii now lOW laboring and and excavating In th tho of ot the valley Is II the city o or the mother of ot presidents From hero ulria cume Juarez mx mu 11 nil Diaz both not only president of ot the tho republic but both heroes In tin thu liberation and auni development of ot their country Hoth arc aro great grat men bu but differ In their greatness Juarez Is con the tho greater rater statesman lInz tin thi greater politician Juarez Jun rl Z IB is minded Diaz mn far pr more practical Hot Both are nr pure blooded Aztecs lied die his hl some name yearn ago aHO Diaz Is U tilling eighth torm term n nil na president sl of Mexico Our ride through the valley wa wn n CI pleasant one though the tho weather cne hot anU the roads dusty In wr Wf found nearly nearl everybody drunk ns n the but oni hIll a IL legal holiday no seemed day lIay was to 16 be bt In a II t me mood and oud wo we passed quietly along Feed I l lvery U III and tot for tota fora rora very ery scarce and an very expensive would while It looked as ns R though we wo a get none but at nt last hut we found n a meadow where or swamp near a LI little village wo o 0 were permitted to 10 camp It was sva as a ft ahad teor IL hall had and on account of oC place dangerous place especially 1 as us a we se e all nil went to bed LI with wet set fool feet but It next the best vc YO could do ito I morning without breakfast l we ve rolled out anti passing Ila through camped Just j t outside of ot If town whore where IV vl s i fed our animals hall hail breakfast and jend with great the mull mall wo wn re VO received much In one particular wo e were Welt News Nes eR did I hI not lilt reach rench us We Ve 0 have had hInd no papers since I we left Dublan last Septem September bar ber about hns lina a n population of at It Is le not so wealthy as still Bull has hns some somo beautiful hilt but In the tile ut The streets are arc well paved but iut middle of at tho tIm street I Is 11 p ii gutter futter Into Ino which the waste nate water stores making a t bail hall ln hoU houses 1 nUll giving the tA In a 1 bail bad Tho Tue city Is iii located In a n nar narrow narroW narrow almost neck neele of ot the valley and reaches row from lull hill to lull hill It Is pie pic picturesque In ln the tue extreme The rhe old church with steps lending to It suggests tile the of or or Pit Most rot of or the tho Inhabitants ITO are Indians I 11 In In Intact nil all through this valley yet par iier parsons fact tact of Spanish blood are seen peon mot nil are ire sons sona puro pure Aztec anti and speak tho the Aztec language though many man speak peak both bothA A THEE On Wednesday night wo We camped In Inthe the flue little mile town of or Santa Sunta Maria del Tale full In III Mex where grows g rou the tho largest tree treo leo Ico co and by some oune thought to be the larg largest est cat In tho the world The town Itself Is In tn cresting especially to those tho o Interested In ri the Many Ian of the tho houses though poor have havo a neat nelll appearance are Well built The Flie streets cross crosH ellch cucil other at nt right angles The Tile stores ire nil fill kept by b Indians mostly most women with IId would compare favorably tome some of oC our little country shops with hundred dollar stock of If goods on n i It hand Hut nul the greater Interest Is In In Inho ho tho church yard ort oft the main road a 1 matter where stands tho the great tree that All Ml the tM Inhabitants url are noxIous anxious especially foreigners should see iee thc lie tree owl we e were soro lIe linked asked u led several times It If wo We vora not going to the lie churCh Th tree tr measures one ons hun bun Ired and antI eleven feet tour four our Inches In but hut It If a 1 strip of ot baric buk be bo cut troll from around It tho the strip be he nt It least one hundred and six sixty sixty t ty f teet ct long lOllI It Is a n monster Not kery eTY high but hut spreading over a vide willI irca irea and ono ouo diameter Is at lit least ast for tor forty fort torU ty U t feet foet Ono One naturally asks ask himself How Hol old con cnn this huge pile be Tho The Noche Irle tree near tho the city of ot Mexico under which Is sail said to nave wept Is Ii over EDO roo OO years old per lj r laps Imps by several hundred 1 years enn and anil yet yot yott ot It t would not 1101 make one of ot tho the limbs of ot this tree Perhaps we would not bo be out outI Tar nor by II saying sn that when our nur Salor Savior was I n bo boy thin tree treo hall had already started to lOrn It hns continued to grow crow grol over ever eV r since ince i c i l looks healthy to keep It 11 growing grollI for another thousand years at nt least e t Could it lout but talk and tell us III u of at the events that have havo trans around It of at the that have lived In this valley of or the tit growth and decay of nations what a 1 precious pr lous vol volume volume 01 ume bo ho given RIen to the world worM The Th tree Is a specie of cypres nn Is i known Rs RII s but bul Is called the th Great Tree Tte of If Tule We Wf broke camp early Arl this morning traveled six Ix ItaJu pawing ln through th the Hi 11 little tie tt town of ot anti and ob oh obtained tamed nur tur ur present ramp II mil within a n hurus tC cH th ruins of Tomorrow wo o hlll visIt It these f ruins ruin and If It we cnn cain make our stay etoy sin profitable will p pr per r haps hll remain two or three days We that Im who Is III making melting the tilt excavations Uon of ot the ruins under the of the American of ot Natural History of ot Nsw New York Is III at present at 1 V Vera ra rilL nix but hUI his hl hi t 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