The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-03-02
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t. THE ISLAND or JAVA.
An IsrEREsTIsG PIcrrRs Of BATAVIA Asp
MS HOTELS. 4, u

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AN IsrEREsrIsG ProTrRr OF BATAVIA ANp
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a. CORRESPONDENT Of the New. York
Herald, writing from Batavia, the capital
of the island Of Java, about which We
know comparatively little, draws the fol-
lowing graphic picture Of the place, which
wilt be found quite interestiBgs
Now about Batavia and the hotel at
which / am stopping. How many In
New York believe that on the opposite
side Of the globe, ten thousand miles
nearer the sun, hotels TO compare with the
oriental nlagnifcence Of the New York
hotels can be founds But such Is the
fact. A hi. l 81 Il III .,5 3*
Everything we see here Is So entirely
different from what l have seen or ever
imagined before, il Is hard to tell where,
or how tobcgin. In all the imaginary
Ewilds Of speculative fancy Ind never
dreamed Of anything to come IN TO or.
compare with Batavia. The place APP
preaching nearest to ft5in the East Indies,
or, in fact, in any part Of the world, Is
Calcutta, and that by many is not consid-
cred equal to BATAVIA. s=,@s ....z
The Hotel at which am stopping Is
| the Hotel DIES hides situated IN the new,
/ or upper town, some half dozen miles
from tho water. This is a fair specimen
| Of i've or six Others within half q mileof
each other Ny hotel.aad grounds cover
ten acres The whole groGtd, like the
restos the city, is one ifls,eilse forest Of
trces and Eauais- The trees remind 56ne
livery much OF tic Gins Of New Haven.
Houses arc PLACED Two, or tAfee btEndretl
feet back from the street; III ffotit TIE
yard is filed with trees. literally alive
j with birds, and every variety of plants
ig,lA dow srs. Every housc has u ste1I
Tor biazzd iil If9ite, % winch. in6fniugs md
Evenings, sit Beautifully dressed ladies
and children. The houses nfe white al
the driven snow. Ea front arc bird cages
teIegant lamps, beautiful pictures stTid
fsteel erigravings, handsome RIarh!e-toI
tables, rocking chairs, lounges, &c. Tbest
PARTICLES are uIJstiy Of French unanafac
tt0re, OF the incest description. ,...@ Il.
ODe can ride here for miles on roads d
i smooth us a. aopr, and see nothing differ.
Eent from what j have described AT uight
| the city IS one dlQz9of Hight From ldtnp,
I--nO gas is allowed, The streets swarm
with Malays, JagaIicaei aud CIaanien
lbnt no negroes. They are very eisilalil
| attentive Ms walters, and generally honest
Rooms are left open, ard articles Of ID
kinds lett exposed without being statet,
There arc no heggars to be met with j
the streets. ~ !. II
The hotel at which | am st0ppiag,-.th
llnain building two stories high, With q
immense piazza in front is connected Q
J each side by buildings Ike railroad d,
ripofs, three or four hundred feet long
j Each saite Of rooms contains room efOhg
to make two, three, and even hall doze
I Ordinary rooms, such as We gel at hote
: in tie United States. In trout and bat
> are lighthouses, fountains, flower garden
5 aud utshoases for cooking and servant
: Marble floors, tiled roofs, ceilings fro
5 twenty TO thirty-liye feet high, no carpe1
D aud but few curtains. @ .t.....s....
Meals are served up in aboat the san
. style us At the first class hotels in Ne
York. ..-...... .:...- =.
! The habits Of living are quite diffcren
8 At daylight coffee and tea are taken
b your room; at eight the same, with ligl
+ refreshments; ut twelve, breakfast, an
q at seven. dinner. Coffee aud tea are a
9 ways ready, day or night, same as bath
q No extra charge; take them or not as "
{plcase. No business is done in the sire
}, in the middle of the day on account Of Il
i heat. Nights and mornings are cool III
OF delightful; birds are singing oil night. :
q ! Tue thermometer stands at about SD
lgrees throughout the year; il does d
= vary from this two degrees.
~ The American consul, and one otht
q are the only Americans in town. 4
9, island Of Java contains population
.. lie, 900 600; the city of Java 1885, 0
There are three distinct races here, I
he Malays, .JaYaneSe aud SundaRese, 4
Of speak different languages, and nelther c
q understand the other This classiiicati
I'd does not include the Chinese OF Viii
IS, there aFe several thousand. ~ ~
ar Java Is larger and more PopulOuS th
or SuniatFa, BorneO, or aHy OF tue Reia
lis boring Islands. 1t is one Of the rich,
aud most productive islands in The lndl
Of Ocean. 1t abountis vita tigers, Ie0PaF'
be anaeendas and poisonous insects OF
nd kinds, bnt not go bad as Ceylon, vie
Of the average number Of persons killed a
of carried oil by tigers from Singapore
one person u day throughout the ye
r. There houses are built on piles fifteen
"a twenty feet from the ground, Into VIII
a the people retire ut night 10 sleep,
iel avoid being killed by tigers, These lii
r- huts are entered by ladders, which I
:. pulled up'afier entering.
Il The Java coffee grown on this islanC
equal, II not superior, some Of il, 70
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