Mexican Central

lhe Mexiean Central Kailway ha3 done and Is dofng more, I venture to say, to Introduce Mex:co aud Mexicans to the United States and lier oeople than any or all Institutions, corporat oas or causes of whatsoever kind eohiblned. It Is as easy to-day to go to the City of Mexico from any polnt in our Western States as to San Francisco. I undertake to say that there is no smoother rail, no easier, safer road-bed of the same length in the State-'. than that of the Mexican Central from Paso Del Norte to the City of Mexico, over 1,200 milos due south. l'alatlal Pullmans are run on all passenger trains, and the "grub" at eatlng houses en route isatlp-top. It lsn't American cooking, to bo sure, but In many i respecta it is greatly preferable, and od an average, even to the stranger from the norti., the viands are muchmore palatal)! e than those ecrved up on the run at our railroad eating houses. It Is slmply astoundiiig to BM that our people wiil flock to California by the thousands and tens of thousands during the winter months, wiien the same time and moQeytnd U-a troublo wlll takc them to an Infinitoly bijter climate - a perfect climate- and through by far the most interestlng port'on'of our continent- the land of the Montezunus- the ouly portion around wliich cluster old traditions witlij grand monuments of a pajt civilization. Somethlng to study and Interest there. Fully three-flfths of the people of Mexico to-day are Pcons, (Indians) descendants of the Az tocan tribes. And they have changed as linie, less In fact, than their country. Their feet are sttll shod wlth sandals, as in the year 1, whlle entton trouwers and the Zarapi (blanket) complete a costurae picturesqueas well as comfortable. The towns are well in keeping with these pe:ple. One miglit easily Imagine, in looking down from the railroad car as it circles around the C.ty of Zacatecas, for in 'tune that 'lp -.ra-s in old PO .in. Mcdgrn ideas and methods find slow acceptance there. oHere Is an,instance: While the Mexican Central Railway was building "Paddy wheelb-irrows" vvere Introduc-'d to tate the work of grading. The Peon looked askaiui1. but was equal to the occasion. He knew nothing of the wheelbarrow, and cared less, but, under dircctlon, proceeded to flll irithdirt and then coolly placiug it on nis head marched off to the dumping place. No wheeling for hitn; ue woulda't wheel, and the "Paddys" were liaally discarded. That great revolntlonlst, the railroad, la steadily but surely bringing about a change, however, and if you wish to see Mexico as it ia youmustn't dally, bat start soon. In northern Mexico (Chihuahua) American influence Is already in the ascendaut, and, maik ray word, the tiras is coming, not far away, when there will be a "revolution in Mexico," beside whicli these petty insurrections we hear of will be as nothing. No cannonadia and bluster, but a civil revolution - the peaceful openIng of a grand carecr for Mexico. I say heartily to whomsoever may read this, f you have any time and moni-y to spare and ivish to travel, get a copy of "Prescott" and "The Fair God" and go to Mexico. It will araply repay you. Try it The cllmate is healthjr and delightful, the scenery unsurpasscd, evjn bv our fatnous Eocky M ui)tain región, and there is a breezy novelty about it that renders travel tbere a constant delight. Mr. II. C. Barlow, of Chicago, is the General Trafile Manager f the Mexiean Central Itail(ray, and if you wlsh any fnrtber infonnatiou about Mexico, ask him. W. E. A.