Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1901 — What Mexico Boasts of. [ARTICLE]

What Mexico Boasts of.

In our country we have the following, says El Correo de Sonoro: Th* highest mountain in North America, Popocatapetl; the deepest mine in the world,-Valenciana; the richest vein in the world, and the one which has yielded the most silver, that of the mountain of Guanajuato; the most extensive and wonderful caves, those of Cacahuamllpa and Villa Garcia; the oldest city in the Americas, formerly Tollan, now Tola; the oldest Commercial house in America, the book store of Abadano, founded 21 years ago; the city in which printing was first established in the new world, Mexico, in 1533; the sanctuary most venerated in which only may be compared that of Lourdes in France; the people, (whose tongue, like that of the Basques, cannot be classified among any of the continent, the Seri; the capital, with a higher altitude than the other cities of its country, Mexico; the biggest known tree, the "Santa Maria del Tule” in Oaxaca; the most recently created volcano, Jorullo; finally, the ruler now in power who has done most to preserve peace in all the countries of America freed from Spanish rule. General Porfirio Diaz.