Show ruif THE CITY OF GUAYAQUIL Commercial m Metropolis tro n find Only Port ul a Neigh Neighboring boring 2 2 2 U U u uI b I Er f Feb l ou to this South Amerl I td I i to about the theM therB 1 J I M rB m 1 Your steamer jm t night D fall nOI drops her hr K It i 1 out I In tho VI In nfl fl ut lt of you IB the principal r t ii il two miles mie mieto to I I the shore hore backed by ct vf Iii above ter hr F n 1 r lol l Oer ral Is S hun when 1 U II My f r these thel lights l ht atone pon tho thon th thU n 11 tho h to lre doubled I o by byi i In tho Water tho tholine thur II 1 line Irton AH As Guayaquil la Is I ett at emporium of ot the theEr L ln 11 of ot trade tho shops its u and well we stocked i und ere are r t 1 n the Iho river Is Us tl the t e evening promenade ii 11 Its Y I I thu ts I J I Is 11 the Ih government lifting a n ltd a dock clock In It I like Ile n IL ni IU nl t i r ih to 10 tho of ot urn J 1 or long rows IT whoso whose white walls t li m II I i aiM 11 r marble In the un J ver verr f r sis or 0 moon r r m q 11 a balcony hung with wih a i ins ln which are rolled up upi I i s II of nt the any l If over and vi I n ni It 1 outward form orm orma i Ii tt tl f r over ocr the side i In HK a lk 1 iv v like Ikc tho Huc dc do in w Tat Pal i Il 11 fools loots are occupied light and i bY hu population re ro rei tolor 1 i 1 oy hy to escape the theMar Mar turn but lut n I masse In the tho even in MUSIC SI U h tho ho clanging of vesper I IbI round about river t II t r the bI sudden im ny wing Ilo Wd r II out from tron shore I Ih lr toni und un II happy laughter mj K bl the th tinkle ot or I r mm mn M 0 You YoH II lv at nt the lit II mn of this and It ItI i it I un UP of port compare comparo l I u n I to toni toI or Borne Bome other uther I ni nl i t n m ot cC Hi 11 orient l n t rut a n The first peep of oC dawn dawni i v us ils th illusion lon even with n mile Ile I je Jp if ater between m COKas prove proe to b bl bt i ir Ie N P q t J j Ur 1 f r vr mud bamboo dugouts or orr i 11 or incio r ii K i of oC 1 the Kally g r th h Ine Inel Ind gal S i ri niia Iro mostly n r n I un in and ani 11 od pott Th aU aUh h fi 1 of Guayaquil 1 i 1 03 Ft t r us I the have haven 1 n 0 sr fri i in n over Iver the tle recent i ire Irp of or lu on the west wesl n 0 net f All Al vessels V el ot or oti i t must remain remlin at nt a ai aI i n D i I met III from Rholo rj r r Dr of ot the tho health and cu cui i off P i for tor lol tn 10 land landI I r I l rS or camo caro Happily w ody very fY early In tn thene the t tT siestas nt n t tr i T al r i in fl where long r d r th rule Before i t ls cf vt had made iv lr Ir 1 r Und ot or the Sereno n ade d surp tl vt no n en enN l N r was pestilence st nee or o GOODS tour P a ful port rt nc nt fling i t Invited br i j f Ith an In eye ee to bu i bi imp lIe of or the ships Kool nei in 01 tr trl Sophisticated cup C nl m nl i rt ut t best plenty of ot off f i pU because It Itt it t di 0 in the long long run rUI If I the tho thed aj d t I a wn n Us Ii through his hish h it 1 ia 1 also true Irue that High 1 ti tl lib hl conscience may mayi tin i I mud to 10 look like no bo uCh under r the mental stra strau r u d by a bottle of ot wine wineth 1 g th tl figurative blessings I II I t had been b en bestowed I J t H with gracious pur Iler Ilerd I the Se Set Sei d t I I or i t i t by native boatmen I iv WL j J up the sides from their 31 3 I c r dugouts dugout Jabbering II t i rg like lunatics lunatic In II the hope of g holiest by b convey I The he heal rI 41 11 I ashore I al f seem seel quite P MC 1 In HIP water as af out of tj I minH business bu appears I b th t 1 t lucrative of any In In 1 s r duth are concerned J da I society are aro ns n 3 y I tate of nature as any nn Mrs r l saw a Ithe the beat b ft dressed nr tr t arms little Jle more than Ihal I ii i scanty anty of ot bathing I Jb u n trousers ns IK I t h of ti cannibal nt n ni i which n charm t Ia ti h 1 In later three I liti u I on the tho tummy I 1 I plaster Amon the I J liati rabble we j 1 I f fw tf t 1 n und Italians 1 lan and n I Ij Ir 1 Ir 1 11 negroes who arc arcH r f n H Us k under the sun Mat hI u tl uM 11 picked up a n few ew M tR 1 M I which they OUn In InH II H 1 H of context I i it tho thoI thoI I of or lons I un t argon largon of oC 1 N I I lv I the lit hI Mo le Americano 11 i 1 1 triumphant with I lungs 1411 I of or advice Is very or ora a in ina t I cU lU contemplate vis ts g tb 1 America Dont wk II II exceedingly 1 ng I y small smal a r rI i these boatmen tender I V 1 f b by I any promises con can conf f und dispatch With Wih means sticking to toI t ru Hi a n bettor ono one cnn 01 I Ju ho h former will bo t r t wi at nt r I in n tho Ih lurch 4 MI MIJ 1 ins off er every Iry duty hs Is J r Ut s tl t 11 11 i fertile Imagination arUe 11 i delay I I I 1 especially If It hn hu t In tn advance Al 1 1 lii Ih n I I announced 1 II only fr f fw w hort row rw shin to tot toh i ih nt h lal f j 11 maybe 1111 v f for r the short ta l which a D discreet md 11 until you uro at ut 01 Ir t I i I 1 t mercy Tho only Mi 1 l r ta tant f th lo I a bargain In for r the r therould round trip 1 I understood that t not nt nt i r tl r bk i M until you OU are safe Ire IreI I I Ir e river looks loks F in the You ou are arc sur I I f I gular water market UK oJ the of or Ih Jf fr 1 bouts laden with all allare Al n th are art drawn up url close r tand on shore shun I of nf their L I 11 11 s provisions t 1 1 and plantations J ar 11 1 he on 01 rr for or sale In ln On ore arc fish n h t I never seen Been l rore 1 normous t a I Ul r In II cane cages Dj i u pis and aud Ol H l ot f all oi d I G 11 tho in Ir tott I ot I t e or sale were tho tle pineapples for tor cuador l Is particularly famous us as pro producing the finest In the po olo ot oC the great globes large as R an un ordinary water bucket White honey hono as ns snow Inside and awed ns A or line lne runs from rom the tho landing to tho th out outskirts outskirts skirts of the Iho town and upon Its It cars CUr nil ni tho th products of the adjacent plan plantation tation that arc not brought In boats for tal the dally use nr conveyed to the docU thence by lighter to ships In the harbor Tho cars of or orthe the square boxlike af at affairs fairs each ench with wih a n queer little winding ln stairway leading 1 from the rear rr plat platform form torm to tho upon which two benches henches placed back to back extend tram from end to end The outside fare IP In price and therefore no n with any Jet to social standing could cull bo b induced to himself of oC It However those ele cle elevated outside seats are preferable erable to tho stuffy Interior both for tal rosh fresh air and observation therefore we clambered to tho top und our do but In the tho dusty lusty streets street of ot Guayaquil amid a n moty collection of or los pobres lly J the way the tho name ot Dr town and gulf Is pronounced ns DS It spelled Ynh lah keel accenting the final syllable and both are ale called In II honor lon or of or th Inca cacique a 1 feudatory of tho great The he region was WUI conquered under one OM of ot lieu lieutenants leu tenants In 11 the year 1533 1535 all the city el received Us Is name and charter from Cation V Y H I has hn a 1 present population of about Tho streets ore com comparatively straight crossing at nt right angles with but Jt mostly very vry narrow lined Inel abounding with wih smells sm ls which beg beggar bel gar hI description There IB 18 not the slightest attempt lit ut sewerage In GUW and enough mth lies les loose about Its Is streets every day to breed a 1 pestilence lence lenc that would depopulate one ut ot our northern cities cites Hut though only two tWI degrees removed from the equator and andon on a 1 level loyel with wih tho sen sa Guayaquil la Is reckoned among the most salubrious of ot South HOlth American cities occa occasional brief epidemics of cholera yellow elow fever feer and n Y confidently ex expected expected Of tin flics fes In Hummer time and al ul almost most DI an little feared That there thorf Is II any nn of healthful healthfulness ness Is I largely due to the tho buzzards that blacken every roof and refuse heap und whop lives are protected by law and to the tho fact that the tho adjacent gult has 11 a n tide of tp 9 feet eel the great low low of at uter Iter In and Ind out every day da 1 Ie Impurities Itel from frum collecting Tho temperature seldom eldom rises above 95 degrees and al always Il ways after 2 p II in 1 It I prows grows cool pleasant pleasnt na ns a I Juno June morning mornInG In New because of or n 1 land which lows blows directly over oer the ice Ico capped Andes bringing health cool coolIng Ing to the burning const n full ul century behind the times ImoR Guayaquil Is the only place pIneo In Ecuador In which any degree ot or mod modern modern ern civilization exists Us Is limited march of at progress Is not at n t nil ni due dua to Ecuadorians For l or example Us street treet streetcar car lino no was projected and built by citi citizens ll zens of ot the United States uni so were Us 18 gas sa works factories and most of ot the tho other othor Improvements An American Am owns and controls control a line Ino of paddlewheel steamers on the Rio which were constructed In Baltimore The Tho ONLY O LY OU t In possession ot or the government Is a merchant ship now covered With Wll corrugated l lion Iton which us u d 1 lo 10 ply between New York and Norfolk Kven the tho custom house hOls tho largest and hand lome t structure In the section was built hul by hr a Now New Yorker with lh pine pin from rom the forests of ot and nd corrugated Iron Irn from rom Pennsylvania Though for tor nearly four our centuries the old town tOWI lias ha been heen the one market for tor more MO 60 miles mies of or sea fea const coast It ls Is today nearly destitute of ot native nale capital most of IU It merchants being foreigners Its Is com commerce merce merre would doubtless be greater Ineater were It not for lor the alarming frequency or 0 earthquakes I Though f the t e lo ID union 1 hat removed from tho great t cen eer center ter of at disturbance has hal suffered tOlver Peru Per und Chill Chi yet et all ni the UI An Andean dean denn r are Iro wry very paradise of ot earthquakes and lias hia been several time destroyed by bythorn thorn You would hardly bellevo It even eon after close examination but It I Is nevertheless true truo that the prince princely ly IY mansions In Guayaquil oven even the Brand cathedral and the governors aro all nl mere mer hollow hoJ jf t Wood and adobe plastered Inside Jt Ut and roofed with wih rod re s while by byr fai r t the number fire CI 1 hatched shelters of or bamboo dried I I 1 nl 1 out doors tho bare earth serving for tor 1 V I i i IW IV I It h II i are He built bui not only wll n 1 view h w i 1 earthquakes but lut to ad nit the Instead ot oC excluding It I ome tle of Ih h bent belt edifice have hl C a 1 of or boards pawed by hand and laced upright them alt al lly ty of ot brown stone Iton fronts Other nrc n by hy hewn square five ret feet deep In Hio h dwey soil lol 11 horizontal framed between them for the th support Ir f the lorl and bamboo on for tC as we put ut on 01 lath Th ho sides aie an then daubed with mUll mud wh it II thoroughly dried the fronts aio al i u ll w 1 AC t r rl updated COal or Of paint add atil tl that one ut It a distance dl Tin 11 hou I of or Guayaquil un like King temple In ln ono one only that In III sound found of ot Hie tho hammer I Il heard for tor not u I nail dp they con COl their bamboo frame rume work tied t d together with withes and the lat o the thatch tr r I grass held hoh down tWI In the same manner matl r FANNIE U 1 W AHl I |