| Show Market Places I of San Salvador Brigham Young Academy Expedition In Sal Capital and Entertained i by Friends US Minister tr Jenkins nn Old Time Resident A of n tho City Morl for lor Smokers rATho Tho American I Colony Rainy Season Begun h n 11 n n n nn nm i rut n n n n n i At A SALVADOR the tho capital of ot HI Salvador Salador Is a 0 city of ot some eighty thousand Inhabitants Its location Its suburbs and especially especially the volcano cones on Its feast tast and west sides make It one cne of at the prettiest cities we e seen In building and as well as ns In rile tue u It It Is behind both Guatemala and uk and ard et many of at the buildings I ar r cf t good size and architecture The building In which Is l the tho post with Us Its Inner court covers cOers a n It It and is two stories high On the If I ar ur m ra as 38 well ell as ns on the th west tide Eldo late ale p rt which with the soldiers mn IDS i rather rother n tort fort The Tho Thoin fa in Ih n that It has hns done service In of ot till tho recent revolutions Th i iI I mal Hegi lI gt ond tho Commercial I He e bi th national Institutions arc In I tt bu two stories high and p HI apportioned ap Ort for tor the uses they the ate art put b foJ The government building Is pi nu MI by 11 th tM legislature the palace nd the hotel Nuevo Nu o un e another building of ot note The Tho are well paved ond as a general rule clean cleon which cannot be said of all the streets of at the tho city of ot Mexico There are sidewalks respectable width In places but as al a n rule the cities of at the tM southern republics do not believe much In wide sidewalks The streets cro s Inch each other at right angles and are suf sur sufficiently wide willo for tor commercial purposes And nil there li hI a 0 tree It Is worthy of mention not because of ot Its size or its beauty but because of ot the tragedies committed In the tho shade of ot Its Ita branches It Is la nothing less than the tree under which the execution of ot criminals takes place The execution took place about six alx months ago under circum circumstances stances which according to nn an Ameri Amerl American can Sir Mr Calve Cale was to ay the least shocking Six soldiers stood twenty paces from the tho prisoner r aimed and fired but missed tho man entirely That the next shot might be bo sure and quick the tha condemned man begged be geed the to come cornu up closer rest their rifles rilles between his lingers fingers This they th y did Ins Ing the th second time The Tho man was found to be he badly hadl wounded though not killed and the tho In charge through sheer drew his re revolver reo volver and him In a couple of at Minister Jenkins was In his hi when we 0 called and 1 was as ready rend for tor bus hus iness especially such business b ns nB would aid uld his fellow tellow countryman H I Is a man manof of oC perhaps sixty years with groy grey eyes eres white ha and an Iron Iroll grey mus mustache mustache tache and goatee He Hc served In the Re net Rebellion bellion reached the rank of or colonel and ond fought In the th battle of ot Gettysburg For years he lived In Utah and was then engineer for tor one of at the principal smelters In Salt Lake county He has traded extensively In the cent cen central American republics speaks the language well arid from what I can hear has enough grit and determination to get along well with the people p ople among whom he lives No sooner Hooner wore were we Introduced than we felt at home and after the details of ot our trip Were disposed oft Qt details that seemed to Interest st the consul very cry much the tho conversation turned to Utah Utah affairs Here Mr Jenkins showed a 0 broad that we r ory or much His religious Ideas are not lIot orthodox perhaps ho follows no particular creed but he a perfectly l willing to let people worship what they please and as they the ploos something that many man orthodox people are not willing to do doThe doThe The next day da according to appoint appointment ment he resented presented us to the minister of or Hacienda with the request that ve vebe e ebe be furnished with a letter of at Introduction tion to the military and civil ties tics of ot tho republic would enable ble bleus us to 10 obtain their aid In case of oC ty t They The minister Is a n young oung man of ot I forty fort years lors below the medium In stat stature stature ure but rather robust MIe He Is Intelli Intelligent gent cent and In his own language well educated but cannot talk English To Mr Jenkins Junkins request he replied that It would give glo him pleasure to do all he could for us that tho government looked with favor on such lIuch expeditions and desired that we should not only be Le protected protect d but well received by the people He Ill was much surprised when informed that wo had hod come all the way 10 overland erland and hal had already betm over oler a year on the tho road rond The Tho next day we a I letter even con beyond our ex expectations In expression has hIlS since been the tho means lI ans of ot obtaining ac ne accommodations for tor us Ua many man COLONY Besides D tho consul we met In t three other one on Malcolm Calve representing rel the y Defense company of ot New York city elt and apparently very Cf much Interested in anything that tends to promote a 0 revolution He tells of ot his experience with the army Drill of ot Colombia of ot his assist ing In the recruiting of ot soldiers etc of ot marching with the tho army arn to the tho battle of ot Panama His JUs belief bollot li II that tho revolutionists will still win Mr Albert I P and Frank rank the others we e met are both of ot San Francisco l and are here In the employ of ot the government to adjust telegraph and telephone lines On Sunday with Mr fr Calve Calo ns us guide and Interpreter we nil all took In the mar of at which the city ell has hIlS three We chose Sunday Bunda not only because we were going to leave Icae the tho next day but bo bow cause It Is the tho best day of ot the week People from the country countr for miles mil os around come In bringing fruit vege ege table l etc to sell and purchasers ex a n better bet r assortment a on this than on any other day da are on hand to buy bu There Th rc on aro three principal mar nn eating place a fruit Vege Velie table and n general market Wo W visit ed oel them In the order named The first waa all crowded to Its utmost capacity There must have hao been nt least two thousand persons present Many Inny were venders enders They The were seated everywhere Irregularly over oer the floor gome with little charcoal I stoves them on which they th had cooking or warm articles al ready read cooked oak ell such as liS tort 1st etc Hundreds were taking their meal A plateful costs Cc lie and aad for tor Ka 10 one gets a good breakfast Tile The place was dirty dirt and of ot bad odor The fruit and vegetable mar lUar ket was more n t 1 us but Just m 11 crowded Tb r wore were melons i apil lemon lomon t corn I rb beans new lie new nf I 0 an In ann Ina n a score or two of fruit Vegetables unknown In the North 1 u Mh eh III lit tie stall stood a II In rut In all the market In most all 1111 tin stores store the Ui 18 drw by II t h t 0 men They The can eRn c monr 1180 an they the know the and bad td coin bet brt tr than the meb In the tho markets both bU r and ancl Ml I r are women While there th lf are UP mn linIn And elt In the th maora market markel it l I With Roods and ond Kroc r e The building Or a II blOCk with little stores liter on the outside out ld fac tac Ing the street and ond stalls fating en on th the Inside A very nf good b nv was made of ot sugar and rice both raised abundantly In the republic Some Borne coffee wag as ed hut but this product Is mostly exported Sugar In 11 large cakes weighing pounds or orIn orIn In smaller lump or granulated just Juat justas as os the purchaser er liked was ns spread out outon outon on both sides of ot a n lonk walk We saw sa none nono of at the clarified article Illco In all grades except the th best beat was to l In the cultivation tion and manufacture nr f rice the peo roo people 11 use ue the moat primitive methods They The Are arc nr behind the Chinese Tho i tickle Ickle is used In rutting tho nail In and In The pound Ing to all done one by b i n In fact there U II nn I machinery at nil 1111 UM uNdo 1 and nn yet et rk rte Mil f r per por pound There was gome flour for sale IRle but It Iti i I vr wr rt ir and ry scare roe The Ther Th r go 10 ds dl were In Moot of ot th prim while the are mostly made here Ot at notion the nere a great groot plenty and In th hew the tte pur haters seemed s emed to b bf as Interested as u In any an O 0 product of ot the tit ItS ten In all tile markets market It la Is d for tor In all the tore store the shops shop the th rc n und uRd In tact fact everywhere both In places suitable bl and not ble hie U Ill Is the puro or cigar Prom From the lime we reached Zacapa until we 0 came to the large valley alle of ot the Lampa rh er we were ere In o a tobacco country clean eIan of v veil eU for tor CO to cents n hundred In silver I Tho poorer qualities sell for tor less lei In the capital the Is higher one dollars n hundred As there are plenty of ot cigars there ore are too plenty of ot smokers ers Men women and children use lie weed ted and It Is not nn an uncommon to see sec a father and ancl mother find sev several lie eral little children going along the th road ooch with a cigar el ar In the It U II n constant CAUM aUH of ot astonishment among the people where hel we travel that wo do not and the Increases Increase when they tho find w 8 art are Amer mer ns S our countrymen stem Hm to be known as RI great gnat smokers The w me with mon money y mat tors occurred at lit the post office that we had hod In The tRa ore are Issued l suld In decimal denomination while the tho money still to the t IMI I It takes cent to ml nil a letter to 10 California thirteen r nt to Utah or to states Interior When aa to the reason for tor this the po r ex explained that the Unite Stal one cent tOnt to earn the t letter Inland We Wo Westill still question the Ule statement OX O TIlE THE ROAD AGAIN On Monday morning May 18 It II we b C our friends good bye b and worn wore nonn n on en tile the road rond to San th tM third In sir lize In the republic distant dl tant from th the capital somewhat our oer a hundred The streets were ere thronged with pepI mostly women to market with of fruit and vegetables on betA bead hI ie u la made mad N oN oNto to carry carr the burdens not the should shoulders ers If It a n person goes goeR for a bucket of ot water not only the bucket with water Is en ir led on the th head but the empty bucket as aR well though It may not weigh two pounds FIr Fin wood Is III not carried In the arms but on the heRd head The mother never neY r says to the tho child In an armful of ot wood but Bring Dring In n a head load of oC wood oHI We Wt I have hwe seen women going along the tho I with a 0 stick of wood on their heads Mothers carry their children on their backs hut but when two one lne Is II In the arms Not a woman may mal be seen Cen with a II basket load on her hor head a child on liar back and another child In her arms This carrying on the head hend has haB the ef effect eft feet of making the people walk erect No stooped or round rund should shoulders I ers are seen among them They lI expert too In balancing whatever they the theare are earning and the hands hand are free One little however how ver HS liS we WP passed pl out was having hallIg a time She was w carrying a 0 basket load of ot chickens and aud their constant flutter Hutter constantly constant changed the center of gravity but she shedid shedid did not dror them I The rite roads were good our animals I worn rested and we were able to in ko good time Urne At 1 three today we 6 readied reached San Miguel and af ar after artor ter tor some Borne difficulty obtained good r pasturage for tor our animals and a com place for ourselves r It HAIlY AIM Y SEASON And now no the t 10 rainy has hallet get In I While In San Salvador we wot foro e caught t In two pod good storms and J ee U It I i ihas has canted once a n day In the tit t r night or day The day before r rII a II little III lie cloud light and apparently harmless came over the south moun f We Wl were not alarm J l ly I however a tl tw drop of truck p d dus us The fall M U tWIt U tt I we hardly hud hAd time to get mil our rub MIb I I Iber her ber cloak until It w s i down and this pour continued d Mr tor near neary I y two hour hourI t tSan n NJ CLUFF Jr Ii f Sin San Miguel Kl Pol Salvador Salador May Mil 18 1901 l |
