On the Mexican highlands, with a passing glimpse of Cuba . lley, forty or fifty miles inlength, and ten to twenty broad, while ten milesto the southwest towers the snow-capped Volcanode Toluca, lifting its gleaming cone fifteen thou-sand feet into the heavens, its melting snows givingan abundant supply of pure water to the town. The religious differentiation between Toluca andMorelia is marked. Morelia is one of the sixcathedral cities of Mexico, and is the seat of oneof the six Archbishops. Morelia is also the centerof Jesuit activity in Mexico. In Morelia, the Span-ish-Mexican takes off his
On the Mexican highlands, with a passing glimpse of Cuba . lley, forty or fifty miles inlength, and ten to twenty broad, while ten milesto the southwest towers the snow-capped Volcanode Toluca, lifting its gleaming cone fifteen thou-sand feet into the heavens, its melting snows givingan abundant supply of pure water to the town. The religious differentiation between Toluca andMorelia is marked. Morelia is one of the sixcathedral cities of Mexico, and is the seat of oneof the six Archbishops. Morelia is also the centerof Jesuit activity in Mexico. In Morelia, the Span-ish-Mexican takes off his sombrero v/hen he passesthe cathedral; the Indian kneels down in the streetand crosses himself. The several hundred churchesare kept in excellent repair. Ecclesiasticism dom-inates, the layman Is subordinate. In Toluca, onthe contrary. Church rule Is pushed aside; whilethere are a number of churches, they are old andmost of them dilapidated. The foundations of agreat cathedral, laid many years ago, are nowovergrown with grass and bushes. No money has 182. Morelia and Toluca been forthcoming from Tolucan pockets to buildit up. The governor of Toluca is among the mostprogressive and liberal men of the republic. Hisadministration maintains large schools and acad-emies for the instruction of young men and women,where the sciences are taught, where enlightenedthought rules, and where particular attention is paidto the English language and literature. Several ofthe instructors are from Chicago. There are many fine residences in Toluca, withhandsome private grounds. The public buildingsare new and imposing; the Alameda Park, with itsgroves and gardens and multitudes of birds, is asbeautiful as Chapultepec. There is also great business activity in Tolucaand a number of successful manufactures. The morning of my visit, I noticed an unusualcrowd upon the streets. It surged toward me. Itwas respectful and quiet. The swarthy companywere pressing to look wonderingly upon two littleSwedish g
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