Show I h hI I LIFE OF THE CANAL BUILDERS I 5 Things Apt to Surprise Now Arrivals ot nt 5 5 plo pIe Very v r nb I U i I Americans who go frO to attracted by b tho use building of tho the thoI I canal will find many 11 n n things t ts to 10 o s I surprise them says tho the Now York Sun Run They will probably meet with a n very cry In Panama society but the etiquette of or that society will bother them nt nl first It has hns been heen said f I social customs In Colombia are largely the th of nil all that obtain with nIth tho the races The green Americas American might settle nettle down downin in Isis his hone homo and wait waft for tor people to callon mil call milon on him Ho lie might wRit wait until doomsday eo so o far ns RS were concerned Ills Hid proper course courso In ii to send around R i Ills his card cards to tho the families he ho wishes to 10 have call upon him Within a fow tow days das they will all call The Tho obligation Is la abl abill ab ob obI I I l ill Jl r t tIt I u binding on them hut hilt they need not n pay n n II second seret l call unless H they tile tho wish wl h to cultivate the Iho mans acquaintance There Them Is hardly any nn Informal culling calling You must mum mu t notify no II t people during daring tho the day clay that you yen II lire going to call on them In Inthe Inthe inthe the evening which whirls Is hi tho the proper time The Tho hostess and her daughters will nill sit alt In rocking chairs and rock lOck themselves to and fro fm violently throughout tho tin call Do Io not Imagine that this U IB Ills dis discourtesy courtesy on their part It In Is lust just n a ha Wt hit They always sit In III rocking chairs except nt at meals m aH and they the can CUll no iso more moto sucking rocking than quicksilver can cnn holp help moving Whon whose you get to them you will find their hospitality delightful and ab nh absolutely unbounded Th The host himself and his house entirely at nt your disposition rind and he menus It If It you choose to stay May a n month he would 16 ha h charmed It If ho happened to live IIvo on a lonely hacienda In tho tine coun coon try But a I young unattached l American ln I mutt insist t be wary If It he hI calls more than twice nt It a 1 house hou e where whore thero there are I daus daughters rs people will begin to 10 talk If It Itha liu ha calls often otten some responsible mem mcm bar lor of the tho family would bo ho fully fUll justl tied Hod by b local etiquette In ht asking his hla In Intentions It would bo be simply outrageous for him to take n a of ot good family amity out for far n walk In 11 the tho evening If It ho he wants to toFee see pee her hor at nt all ho ha must the formal call rail The fhe fair maid will rock shyly sh In n a corner of tho the room between her and n tho t ho ha young oan man Ilko n 11 battalion of ut mother s aunts and elder eMer sisters sl lers III range themselves After Arter greetings have hR 0 been heen exchanged nail everybody linn hlll settled down donn com con comfortably tenably to 10 rock lock there ther will ensue nn an awkward silence ailenee o Then tho the young younK American driven to desperation will venture tho the brilliant remark that It Il Is III hot weather Yes Ye tho the hostess admits It Is Ishol hot hol Another spouse for Fur tho time of year enl she adds with the tho air of ot ono one who hits boos made mado a n groat gront discovery Presently one ona of or the tho maiden mints aunts hopes hOlIes that tho the tenor senor had n a good voyage front from America Lan nn an live reply r sho she recounts with nn an niton luton amount of ot detail her experiences experience ot at on her hor solitary ocean voyage from to Colon ColonA A mulatto brings In cups of at chocolate and dishes of candle and preserved fruits This l to a long lone 1 r I discussion of ot the tho kind of at candles candies eaten colon In the tho United States When that discussion files dies out nt al last I for lark lack at of fuel the rho American finds It In Is I I limo tp to go 0 and he lie has not a n 1 chance chalice to n II single word with the girl he iia Irony I RIlY cans to see tec tecA seeA A volt vUlt becomes moro snore lively lIely and en when hen ono one grows growa with the tho family tR 11 I but lIt as all n a general rule tho the dragoons do not relax their severe vigilance Thoro Thero IB is no Inck of ot amusements for tor forthe the tho are Me fond of ot dancing concerts operas theatrical perform performances ances Cock Cocle lights bull hull lights and lot lotteries lotteries teries terl s are aro also considered by them c es ea to a n sappy happy life lICe Tho The devotees of rod rOIl and Run guns can Mn ob loin plenty of f exciting sport port On the tho Tho fishing in tho the of u is an as f good as ns anywhere else clue In tho the world nid enormous may moo mil bo ho shot on both sides rides ot or the tho Isthmus sh mus mua The Tho bay Is 1180 so no full ull of or hammerhead and ground sharks that none nono of ot tho the natives will over tako a n swim In It Souse for foreigners eigners used lI to do so until one of tho the canal engineers a young Colombian named lI Jules Julen Patterson was w killed some porno eRrs ago ngo a o Whon When his body foody was recovered erect ered It had been heen almost entirely entirety of flesh lesh That Incident led fed to a n war of ot reprisal r on tho time sharks which U is I still kept up by hy tho the Many finny of ot them thom ore content with simply catching and kil ling thorn thom but the tha favorite method Is III called colled crucifying n Tho The shark Is III hooked and drawn on I deck care being taken that tin ion shell not bile bite lie Ho Is laid down rown on hoards boards and his tins fins In Are Oro securely united thereto in such uch n a WIlY ivay that ho ha to cannot use IISe them Tho The tall Is then thell cut oft off nOd and the tho un unfortunate unfortunate fortunate Is In thrown overboard Ho lie cannot swim 1110 and ho steer Ha lie Is III helpless and nud the thou other othir members of or his own family promptly attack and devour him himOn himOn On the tha Isthmus 1 ns as In III nil all tropical countries plenty of or vigorous outdoor exercise Is essential to the tho preservation pl of ot health Biding tennis hunting row rots rowIng roWIng Ing and swimming should ho tin tho liso daily shorts at of Americans lne who whoa go no down dew n shore 1 In that relaxing climate there them U Is I n 1 constant temptation to 10 live the tho sluice far life Ufa like the natives but tho the man mall who does so to feels lire tI heat hent of oho ihu ell mate tar far more moro than his hla neighbor who goes In for vigorous exercise It Is heal best not to work ton too hard nor for tor too many hours A 1 slay day The siesta should not Mt be bo The fhe who ho tries to do much on the will soon oon end by y being unable to do Buy any thing Whisky Is had bad brandy hm cly worse worn and leer worst of ot nil all In III the tho tropics If It n man must least harmful thing thin to take tako Is ii Jamaica rum diluted with wat water waler r and tho the Juice of the tho limo Hmo But lint a mans man health In its the tropics de depends depend pend largely upon loin hid being strictly temperate III In his mode modI of living A Canadian doctor who lived five years In Panama l gave guvo the following advice Oct lOot up at fl G or 71 I 4 the day Any with n bath hath and thon those have coffee cortle oranges and rolls rols have 1110 break bleak fast taRt nt III 11 or 12 mil let It bo be n 11 good roOd hearty meal people In climates would regard as a n midday din dinner ner Iser r nerIn In common with ninny old residents re of or tho the tropics I J used uRell to begin brilin mine millo by taking some Bomo slim fruit and ani following It with a beefsteak yarns yams yn II potatoes and nIl coffee 1 J always made my rnY meals and found that It II paid to 10 do In no so have dinner at 0 G and follow It up with n quiet evening a n cigar on the veranda or nr play a 1 game of o chess choss with A n friend l Go 00 to lobed bed at nt t 9 or 10 JO I |