Show TILE THE MEXICAN f mexico unil unlike lka many mans S spanish ameni amenn ca cah h places that I 1 have seen is he a liv live iivo city T there h ere is much within it its 9 limits to interest t erest the stran stranger er its strange e customs faces brifil brilliant lant equipages equi pages varle tarle varieties ties 0 of f uniform and the moving scenes of dal dai daily dally y life to say nothing of th the 1 3 thrilling h historical orical associations connected ne e ted eed wit hithe h e place all present new now and pleasing phases of life the city has iner increased eased since the french occupation and will probably proportionally iro fall kack lack baek back next year y ear after their departure at present it has about inhabitants and is the largest city in spanish am america riba A great many fa families have removed here herc from Quer etero guanajuato puebla and other distant places for the increased security offered b by the tho capital to life and property many any houses a aro are 1 rd being built bulit es especially in the western vestern dist districts Acts towards and the value of land ha has been largely enhanced within the last few years most of the conveniences of life k known n Q wn to other cities are found iii in mexico the streets are all lighted gith with benzine lenzine manufactured from pinea greying in the dense forests fircks along the slopes of the mexican cordillera ail an english company connected with the vera era cruz crift and mexican railroad rall Kail road have the contract dolight to light the ye city pity wa chigas and A a portion of the pipes for that purpose are tire already laid the great griat cost qt 0 coil coal however must always prove brov I 1 a serious 1 draw back to tile the profits of buell such an e en n ter has asi ash until now prevented lits sits its active prosecution drobai probably v little will allbe bo dane until the railroad vera cruz fuz is completed when coal of rl ome le dahel gas gaseous bebus mafer material lal lai can pant lo 10 chae more cheaply obtained steam and aud horse railroads are arc ein pin in operation city eity aud and ti a alya miles ou out thud and also to GIdde guadeloupe loupe ioupe about the 9 evs tta tance a that portion of tho the great groat N vera era clr cir cru 4 railroad extending to t puebla pue rue bla bia 10 about one third of the whole road will wiil jd c completed anid annd turid arid in running order this fall the streets bf mexico unlike those of havana and ini other othor spanish cities are aro gep generally orally wide wido level levell and anan kept excellent in condition they are app paved aved with small rodha cabble stones and are bordered with convenient flagstone sidewalk sidewalks cm curb b as soonest to ne S whis this and indeed the entire material of which tho the city is built bulit is ii of Q volcanic anc tock tile the streets arel are laid latil onti regul regularly hilr hily run with the cardinal points and crossing each other at right angles like ilke those of af philadelphia la the calles calies streets plateros san augustine Doncel cs Qs francisco espiritu santo and santo domingo ilce are awon among tho the principle thoroughfares where life in I 1 mexico conlay may be seen td t tb tho 0 best advantage although tile the pasco de tho the alem tta d the tho tile plaza upon which the palace and cathedral front ard arp famous gathering C places por fo sigi sightseeing sight seeing t itic tiie ane V visitor will wilf find enough to occupy him a few weeks after which he lie will wiil have dono done mexico pretty thoroughly t li orough ly and mayji with the certainty of having seen all that thata s worth visiting A city so sd isolated aminthe amid the e mountains of the tike far interior aad ao of or access from the tho sea ds 1 thrown upon its own resources for amusement but the mexicans are fop fond of pleas pleat pleasure ure bre and are as gay a as could be b expected from tho the generally general Y sombre character of amen arderi |