Show niti Ur I r M n 5 ODDITIES OF LIFE LII E AND DEATH DEAT t tIN IN A NEIGHBORING REPUBLIC j 2 5 5 2 In Have Havo Uncommon of ot Doing Doln J tho 5 2 2 Commonest Things i j 1 N It n II fi nfl ii t ti l tilt Nfl Fl N ft fl II II n I n ft n 0 ri n t I n fi r fl i n p ri I I 1 I u Special Correspondence Guayaquil Ecuador l Juno June 8 SAI Al Although though thought Indians tho thio world over a On pro 1110 proverbial for their fondness of ot you never meet Ihl t ono one In this coun country country try Iry wearing anything but somber black From head to foot cool there Is 18 not a II trace of any nn other othor color about them It H Is I a n apathetic pathetic and perpetual sign of ot mourning for Cor the lust last of oC their kinKs kings who wui ui treacherously strangled by pf PC course cours the Indians Indiana of ot to today today today day know of ot this thin only by tradition but It has hns become a n sort sorl of a II religion with them Inculcated by b parents In tho the minds s of oC their children anti and even In Infants feats In III arms arnie are wrapped In black These strange people direct descend descendants tInts ants of oC the Incas constitute the tho labor laborIng lag Ing population of ot Ecuador cuador I and ant are about the tue saddest st looking people on the tue fine of or the tile earth Laughter singing or Is never heard them they the have hare no nu no tales no sports no jokes but are ure at all 1111 times silent unsmiling end and sullenly sub to any Injustice that may be put pat upon them theW bet better bettel tot tel than he knew or ruttier rather worse vorse when lie he murdered the brave brne and end be Le beI beloved I loved ed Atahualpa crushing ut lit one tell fell blow blew the proud spirit of his hits people through nit alf future fUtUA generations and what WhAl that unparalleled crime failed to has tins liven been completely carried out by nearly nellI four centuries of or oppression lion doll Today the Incas I Ilire lire arc mere be beasts of oC burden for tot anybody who desires to command their services accepting without protest whatever in inadequate adequate payment may mil be tendered and If Jr no payment lit at all cli is forthcoming there IB is no tio appeal Thaw M sll silent nt under filled poorly nourish people leople do not nol Hem bull to have much In their MinI anus but will carry loads load on 1 A broad breed strap Is I pawed 1 round around the forehead to help sustain the burden and another the shout dm dell Onehundred Is consid considered ered ii a moderate with this on their backs back th they will Ill atari art ort off on n a slow Blow but oven even and keep it up for hours houn without tiring IRO It The Indians and In tact fact nearly rl all this the lower cIeus of oC In In the lb luxury of oC leial leisi marriage probablY because they cannot afford It the fees charged by the priests for per performing performing fl forming that ceremony being very ery cx ex exorbitant compared to their mat lOa mu I wag age iven among Allton g he the t art 11 or orra racy ra it U Is I not nol uncommon for Cor young oung peo people pl pi to co 0 about smear amonI their ao o contribution toward P paying y the tiie marriage fee You can seldom stroll trull through time the streets and markets market of and nd Quito without meeting sn bod with a little rally H ft Ix lo Lothario who Importunes you for love 10 of or the Virgin most Illustrious Senor Benor give me a six Alx vents cents to tou u rd the he payment of or my rn m marriage fee C Pl CUSTOMS In this thu queer i eer country the th dead are burled In the middle of or the night wh Ih why heaven only knows know except bat Ihal It is 1 la is rt and litre rule rull from century to century with fritO ton hand being Its It less than then the tbt U Uc c l l laws of the 1 anu soc ler 11 for the latter did change In III course of a II few hundred years fenn v n WIt mothers mother and nd nearest relatives are not ot permitted to attend their dear tiger l to the tomb but that Is ta the tue th universal custom throughout nearly all nil Unutterably dismal tt It t look hooks to see een n of chanting priests or monks followed by h men mell OAr tying candles and torch winding SloWly the darkness of ot night to ho the Campo Santo Field of or Saints as the fco la Ii called colled those who can cnn afford it the fashion prevails of ot holding a 11 kind of or funeral recep reception reception tion during the entire week rk following the burial Formal ormal l Invitations are Is Issued issued sued suell aa as If It for tor a It ball or at wedding The Tho guests gather at the appointed hour eat ent drink gossip and have a n good timo tinie discuss thin tho vIrtues of the dead his frailties being forgotten fis ie Is 11 happily the cole enSo In lit nil all countries speculate concerning the tho amount of property the deceased has hns left lett and If he lie vero n II married man nian upon the probability probability ability of the tile widow Idoll marrying again Meanwhile tim tho dead deml mans family sit nit nitIn In a room by b themselves ranged In straight ro rows against t tho tim farther wall of ot the room In the order of ot their near nearness ness Mss ot of relationship to the dead and nil all the guests como come In one by one to con Ion dole lole with them t At the conclusion of ot this entertainment every picture In the house Is turned with Its face fare to th the wall the piano plana Is locked harp guitar or mandolin swaddled In black blacic cloth nil jewelry IB Is laid mule aside not even oen nat natural ural lowers flowers are permitted In the tile rooms or on any an of ot the tue family as ns doe dec decorations orations the house hou o Is b shut against nil visitors for six sit or eight weeks and dur duro during ing that time none of ot the tho relatives ate are expected to be he seen len at nt all nil at church or olsin here at nt the end of or this prescribed period mourning la Is supposed to bo ho carried 1 far enough The family emerges at once from Its retire retirement retirement ment inept anti and usually make up 1111 lost loat time lime by bynn byan nn an mm extra amount of oC gaiety their return to society being b celebrated by b n II grand ball given by b and a round of or outside entertainments COFFINS COFFI R Rs As s In other parts paris of ot the lie lower loer classes are carried to their long rest In Irs burrowed borrowed from which they arc are taken out ant and laid di cli directly In the tile dirt In graves grats rented for tor stated stilted periods ranging between three months and three years what hll remains being out and antI burned burnet after the time tinie expires while those who ho can to so much luxury nr are securely housed In narrow niches In the wall smite surrounding the tue cemetery The little squAre squaw door of ot each cecil niche besides l be e Ing log well cemented In Is further pro protected ro by an Iron grating and a pad rad lock lode to prevent thieves thieve from stealing the to sell neil again end and stripping the tbt cadaver of Iti It clothes riot he And alu valuable valuable able That sort sorl of robbery became KO to common awhile ago that now the tho fash fah h ion prevail of r dressing the corpse In tilt nil the Jewelry and amI finery the f fA family mil can rAil command or borrow while shile n I f i p twins on show ho In Iii the tho house houf hut hUI taking oft off every ornament and wrapping n it in garments garment just Juit before burial HOSTS 00 JO WITH If U you were living In Ecuador end and wished whiled to hire A servant Haut you rOU could hardly hurd iret get on otis by ity himself oi ot 0 hers if but would It Le compelled to take isk up uv with witha a drove drol of them probably bly far out outnumbering outnumbering numbering your own awn family For ex cx example ample with sith a rook you rou would have to lec leechs rh her husband and AlIt children and perhaps also than her rather father and mother In Io Into Iota into to ta your our house houw hou to 10 bOO bed antS and board boult nod and each cadi bring along alone nil all hi hj or her oi table property consisting mainly In h domestic pets lets such ns III pigs rabbit dogs do sail anti other live stork The husband may mil inn have ha some come trade irate which he follow tollo during the tb day dRY hut tUI hi Iol mural meal times tinip and when niGht comes h returns return to the Ih bosom of oC hi his family anti and yours your It would be Considered down downright downright right Inhumanity to refuse Ulle them fid and shelter anti ami not n it servant In dor would work for no so mean m Rn a R mast master r or mistress The Th children n of ot your our cook rook may ma be lot utilised for tor light such uch tuch AS B running of ot errands JOt H In lag the th garden antI ami tending Lending the th bab tb but the th numerous brood hi Is apt in to I Ite he light lingered fingered sail awl certain to 10 V be 11 lousy dirty thirty and anti dl eaR d There l I Is no help for It however he tie n cause lUt el ci 0 1 has decreed that for tor every ellry servant you yost hire hiI you OU mint expert expect at lead a 1 dozen extra mouths to teed feed Nor lIr Is III this the worst wort of It flora k nally rooks cooks relatives from Crom village come on to tu pay 1 tm 11 her a n visit I It of n a 1 fortnight or as its long ns as you 01 will tolerate women anti and chill chil dren bringing more mote dogs do pigs plIS chick chickens chickens ens etc ete to be housed and fed Ii thoy they are ir r not to downy dolny of or a o m or living lIming but hut Coil ibm S In lii clo clover cl ci ciet ver et If it I plentifully ti fimi iy sut s I 1 V ith It Ii beans II corn L meal maul anti potato w ind will wheel sleep nn nil the lie n ii II C oi of 0 tile Ihl pa Ill or Oi fun Iho straw of tin tbt nH The hut dan HIr cr lt is that come of or thi Ih n mpr hang hatic er f rHOn on nifty not he be I 1 h hi M PS II lit th took cook herself la Is I I II 1 f tin case nrc 10 known wh whir i 1 ten ell thu i f I u It 1111 d it ii to tho the Inside Of at the ens tt II Mt I II 1 it if 1 b results SIT WI T AND ND Ki nHO A AIn In there mf III it u MI ii v two 10 s1 S A invierno rno or i t ill tm the MI ti 1 ano or dry tit It Th rh h Ii r I I 1 though it il i h summer summertime time begins in 1 ec r id tn tnt ns in lt tiny May Ia Tho heavy henvy lillis ln i t nn II Is th t Ii 0 I jt month muon th Ill of the year July th tb tilt lent anti In Itt Mn Cem most mORt ir nt Pur nu lug the dry canon tho tue th of if Quay bay la is perfect Pili only by b I ii it few Cew days raIn ethel Hi Ihl hi autumnal equinox The latter It ir I Bl Il for or de tie San mil through cut all alt South the periodical of wet Wl foil thy Iry me ale laid III hi to the account of lit seme SOIe nan I nl whose uie who day till happens to lo ti III ittu h tilt tho epoch of DC change If It the maUter be ite rainy rain when It ought to lo be JI rail fili III 0 It If are re heavier than or the tue suit fault Is II always to 10 the moon that Inconstant orb orl which In other othor parts of 1 the world suffers n a 1 good deal or of undeserved blame for the souring of ot milk mill the slow 1110 teething t of oC babies and fbi th backwardness of ot gardens Lord Loot understood It when ho lie remark remarked ed Id The devils In the tile moon for Cor mis mischief mischief chief 11 A INT S ASON It tt l Is IA tile Hie rainy season only that Guayaquil linn lies coned Its III reputation lion tion for fOI Then Thuon II the tho air IB ill It as All hot and oppressive nt OR that flint of lit a Turkish bath bolh rank milk lies lie f fee In the sun sIlo tin th country roudi and oven Ien some of at the city y streets ah aPe able fevers anti and do thu dothe the work woric of death and 1111 the tim living keep up Ut perpetual warfare on pestiferous mosquitoes Cockroaches large as nil Iho tue of your our hand centipedes ploll pinne utah Thin The very finest thing thin about A null uIl of ot which one ani never nover tires Is it I the thin In view Io to tn lie x obtained from train the balconies Especially In cleam days when a magnificent stretch of iho time An Andes ti It ItIra Ira des may Inn bo be seen The Tue stranger In those will In I nf r yeses rn 1 mans Ini lii of nl his hi n hilt bUt Ihn t to im nelo plon bv to I It Irn Iret n 0 C lh t I l I td h 1011 fim veil Ill il the or n ni 01 dave nIH d rI 1 th till his t v III lv rica I n a lIe 1111 II a aa of rt 11 tha t Ih m f tha I TInnA tido tl I I nf r f irn and fie tho Ih 1 en n rf or rot On I In orta h i l a f pM ro 09 hll hili nl till nil culminate 10 I Ih mountains f r A lIn nn Ott onu u tt other p loft III w Ie v tt n ii O n it II t II nr r nh Ka itA Kann ht nn no for far 0 am o 1 ete n i lM h T tJi tb CI n nn on lie Ihn th w 1011 ii he ti to 11 c 1101 In A tile Ih frt 1 P i tt It Is 2 42 font feet ct j rf cf r 1 I 4 b I io o lii I ncr a 5 elm ho mt nt It t 1 Iss ii 1 e t to 0 In Ib h in In nn 0 flip fita r p 1 Im over overt OVI t I In II nl 1 fife n I nr I p 11 i In hi fits hI IP nut ohl world WOth by pave I 1 n in n T FANNin FANNIC FN m H It WAnI |