| Show one 0 I 1 P f 11 11 P za A J a eat 0 J in the pride of lu its bustling harry hurry tor progress bli this country has been wont to look upon central aberici as a congeries of unimportant loile aca lt latin american stain chiefly devoted to the tb cultivation of wan and revolution revolutions ind and sear ell ely worthy of a great nation nations i consideration with the increasing 11 proba Wy of he great alp ship canal which ig is to connect th the atlantic and pacific one of these the hitherto states becomes of the greatest and anti the eyes of america Arn erlest are turned to one 0 of tb the mod most beautiful and easeful countries count rlee in tho world a region where life Is ao so joy worth living that ita its earlbert earl earll lert edt civilized discoverers finding a barba lam more sott and generous gene roul and ap than their own called the nicaragua of the be P habl babl tanta paradise par adlie nicaragua was i tae tate name of the great city which oc culled tb the 1 ito otte of the present city of hinae Iti vats and I 12 1 jid aid to have contained a million inhabitants the city as such was as wiped out of existence by the method oda of the spaniard spaniards in the new mew world but ut the name was applied to th 3 coun try about aboul and la in retained by it at the P present pent ent day nature in lavishing larli bing her favors on thil this land tc aft tt little for the heart 0 of kaaa m to desire though the country lice iles la in the tropic tropics almost any climate desired may be colad it Is imply simply a matter of climbing lim bing the mountain mountains to the proper altitude above the KM we level to had ind either a perpetual lummer summer spring or autumn there where nature forestalls foree tati every necea alty the primeval Prim eyal curse of libor labor Is a barely perceptible percept lole hurden aralts grow groll in reckless profton prof pro uon catt balte a breed and multiply upon the fertile plains ns furnishing meat and the material for the clothing which become a mere matter of conventionality lather tather than i a necessity what jtb the th oon irr 1 I liko like one me might search far and find no country about which there la in ir lev information than about nica other but mailer smaller lake connected with the former in timea of fool Tit ib the h urb foree Is there Is a remarkable ceniu kable difference in the cha acter of the coti country east and wit west of the laan the mountain sides and the of the eastern lope slope are coveda ed with reen areen w while hile the country wet west of the lake lakes during the ali dry ceason january ta to afar il Is 1 otero ere and anti rellow vellow lot t it to I 1 thie this we t rn part of the country that in the inure thickly populated journeying westward from the at lantic coast the traveler tra reler crosses first the lat flat land lands covered with great reat for it of tropical jungle tails land is characterized by the black alluvial 11 oil boll which cover covers it at a great depth gradually On dually the land rises and rocks and gravel airel crop out 0 of the loam settle ments are rare and human tro t ro far ar between the fertility of I 1 the he I 1 land and li Is to n great when once 0 it A T ilk ui 4 aw v ga TYPICAL ADOBE cleared ei ot of ita its stupendous growth that corn planted with a sharpened harp ened tick stick grow grows luxuriantly and no cultivation with either plow or boe bee Is required this territory extin extending ding from the san juin juan river to cap cape honduras lion duras on the north had haa long been known as a the mosquito country or kingdom if its pine 11 inhabitants constitute a tribe of queer brown indians who paint their faces red to scar scare the devil and in bulge in a number ot of other more mote or less curious custom and lard out but they are harmless people under chiefs who make their own laws aa as evasion requires esth d of Dh pIr Ja itic briten en one of their number bu has trans created a council Is t held around their tribal fire the gravity of the crime dis cued and the penalty which the guilty one must pay decided usually a fine ane Is fixed being notified of the amount the culprit without demur seeks az pu to soine port where finding em m tr he remains til till I 1 be he has h mutated sufficient to ray AT the fine whereupon he returns to so hie his people 10 a of A d 11 5 ir 41 INDIAN 11 LT EAR R NICARAGUA bagua it to I 1 ai as large va new england with a population ices less than that of boston which being ald said complete 3 the um sum of statistical knowledge abe e ire are no reliable statistics no 1 trus worthy census ha has been taken and none of any kind tor for many years A decade afo ago the pop popi i atlon was a es e at koock recently it his been put at halt that number a 4 population of easy going careless human ity regardless regard lesi of today as a of 0 tomor row tow for they know that tomorrow will be as today and today ie IS but bu I 1 a copy co p y of yesterday yeat erday the general configuration of the country has ha been beem compared to one a right land opened with the palm up vird ward and the thumb close to the aide side 0 on the aide side of the thumb you will III hare have the atlantic on the other the pacific ocean while in the hollow of the hand you arill hold bold att U great lka the irregular lines at the junction of the wrist called by the palmist the lifeline will represent the san sai juin juan river 1 carrying on off the water of the lake to the ocean the area of the country ts Is ci 58 SOO 00 square miles sufficient to main tain ulu a population of a millon people the ireat great blakj Is a mark ablo sheet of water milea miles lone long aej from forty alles to seventy are milea miles wide prom from the Us middle of the lake me shore lino line OB op either aide side 14 I 1 invisible there aro are I 1 number of lands islands in the lake in chiding eluding the two rol canos oto ev t ec arill aa mederia moderia which rise arts to an ait altitude t U of a S ja and I 1 too feet fiorta of this arat great lake thre JA AM a 1 va iab joy and thus rehabilitates him elf self ac As the chief means of convey conveyance atice among these people ti Is by their narrow dugouts which they paddle up md and docu alo num rous ou streams intersect IBS ing their interminable to forests rests they I 1 nak n ak admirable cano emen and are eig j erly employed as sue uch b at belize brit leh lab Ilon honduras duras by the mahogany cut ten whose trade ti Is up the rapidly flowing belize river A few clumsy looking bungo crosa cross the lake and one on american built i leaner steamer the victoria Victor ln which carries to and from granada it la is I 1 here bore that the aspect of the ands cipe chackes and the great chain of mount aina aint formslag the backbone of the two Ame american continent continents find flad its it lowet lowest preiton ion ettson the great forets of the astern c chait to ast have disappeared and nd fertile table land lands luxuriant groves and grass col cohered ered prairie prairies or savannahs rising mountain peak deep ravines and roaring torrents chr char act frite erite the scenery cener jr as the Joir meys onward and an it Is t he that no parse population of the country if is concentrated they are broad ly IY separated irpa rated into two distinct the I ladino adano and the indian ladino li is a gereral term the upper or b ater clae class and Is I 1 applied alike to all white nure n ure cheoles creoles 1 and ani 2002 er their origin the alre blood indian indians form taft th mot most despi d C claar I 1 asa the dark skinned ladino wl wll I 1 readily account far his dark complex ion ton by netro origin while he wm will sturdily tur dlly deny that indian blood flow cows to 1 M I vein to 0 o deep set et Is I 1 the which waa wu cut upon the abor agines ly by the early conquerors the tb coed coast ledla 46 the latt lans of the interior and writ west coast differ from the of or the eastern lope slope in their attribute attributes an a greatly ai as dd do the varying ing aspects of the country while the mosquito ind and other tribe tribes all more or leiv less related are a dark brown bron bunny busby hair mple who hart hays made no progress in the arta arts of civil Ix atlon those of the tableland tablelands ani the th western slope are a yellow race alo at the time of the conquest possessed a civilization closely allied to that of the axten aztecs they are at the present day an amiable polite industrious and interesting te people olve ire their industry li is of the most painstaking and lo 10 many instances uc thinking character they do thine things bu alir lid oliata ata consequently waite waste their time la in alow slow and antiquated methodi the construction of the canal will draw thousands of fore linen liners to nicaragua aul the effect effects of 0 this new and heterogeneous oua element upon ita pree ent population la Is hard to anticipate there are vast fields awaiting owner owners to develop them and indication indications of gold st ar A liver minee mines to be discovered and exploited the immense forests of the mosquito country with all their valuable timber and rubber are aa an yet unexplored and there are prairies capable ot of sustaining millions of cattle while on the higher elen tlona the coffee tree TOWI grows in reckless profusion in such a country with ita its thousands of quart square milea miles ot of undeveloped under eloped uninhabited territory it it Is not bard hard to imagine when the difficulties of travel a are re once removed reni ored the influx of a busy striving tri Ting population from the already crowded centera centers of the old world which hall make of that region ao so richly favor 4 fy by latue a land und of blessing to ita its civilized inhabitants thoma thomas R dawley jr |
