The Worthington advance., 1876-07-20
AROUND THE WORLD.
The Magnificent Island Of Java, and 1t
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eSClmaCe ana QrSC upon the list
place the "Mangusteen,' which, for
delicacy and richness of flavor, cannot
be surpassed. It is, in color, and
shape, and size, like a green lemon,
with thick rind, beneath which lies
the creamy substance, whose luscious
qualities have placed it among the
most delicious of all fruits. Two, and
sometimes three, large ebony pits COM
pose the centre of this most palatable
delicacy.
Next in order, my gastric suscepti.
bilities induce me to rank the Pomolo !;
and think the most refined epicurean
jury would endorse my verdict in this
matter. Some of the Java species of
this most delicious fruit are very large.
I have seen those that measured 80
inches in circumference, with the
pulp almost bursting with it's juicy,
cool, and nectarean load.
Oranges, lines, and lemons are in
great abundance here and the eyes
roam around the market-place, enjoy
ing a feast over which the Goddess Po-
mona might have we'll gloried to pre-.
side.
The consignee of my ship, Mr.. AL
fred Reed, of Boston, sent me press
ing invitation to spend week with
his delightful family at Weltevreden,
the Javan Saratoga, and the ''invite"
was most joyfully accepted, for, as the
rice.crop had not been harvested, I
had an abundance of leisure time.
Breakfasting at the Hotel of the
Netherlands, at II o'clock a. m.,
Ispent an hour in a pleasant ramble
through the adjacent groves of nutmeg
and cocoa, beguiling the moments in
interesting converse with Minna Won
Hogezand, the pretty and very accom-
plished daughter of the landlord; af-
ter which, all retired to enjoy the sssi-
esta, one of the greatest, as we'll as
most necessary, luxuries of these Tor
rid climes.
This delicious interlude to days
performance on the busy stage of life,
in Java, has reached it's ultimatum of
human enjoyment, and nowhere else
have experienced such perfect en-
j0yment of this midday rest as here.
The siesta occupies the time from tif-
fin, or lunch hour (about noon.) till 4
p. NJ, when you seek the bathrooms,
and take out a fresh lease of life and
it's enjoyments.
Dressing myself soon after my bath
Zone days routine will suffice for ally,
I called carriage and visited the
shady groves,-the fragrant palm.trees
waving over me, and the sharp leaves
of the cocanut-trees whispering their
their secrets to the evening-breeze.
This quiet scene is indelibly impress
ed upon my memory, and I often recall
it to my mind very pleasantly, amid
realities of our chillier cline. The
rare beauty and great variety of the
foliage, the unequaled splendor of the
flowers and vines through whose long
shady vistas the elegant dwellings
were seen, completely enchanted me,
and I gave myself up to feelings of un.
alloyed delight.
After an hour devoted to this ex-
quisite enjoyment, I drew up on the
green plaza, close by the palace of
Wetteverdea, to listen to the Dutch
military band, which there performed,
each evening, foraIl hour or two. ;:
Many equipages were gathered on
the square, containing beautiful and
elegantly.dressed women; numbers of
|equestrians swelled the throng; while
the richly.uniformed officers added
animation to scene that was in itself
|dolightful.
In the centre of the square is
granite column, 80 feet in height, sur
mounted by lion, excellently sculp-
tured, from whose knotty heada green
bush was growing for, in this prolific
cline, a thin layer of dust soon teens
with vegetable life.
A score of boys-sons of the "upper
ten''- on the ground, mounted
on handsome ponies, and attended by
faithful "coolies," as all servants are
termed in this Orient land.
One Spanish caballero bestrode q
fractions little animal, and it's rider
was evidently anxious to show his
skill in the presence of his inamorata,
seated in one of the carriages; but
there must have been a mulish streak
in the ''critter's' genealogy; for he
insisted upon running around the
track, and, bringing his accomplished
rider into the very center of the gay
assemblage, coolly dumped HIM, heels
over head, at the very feet of his dull
cinea, whose mirth was as loud and
undisguised as that of any uninterest-
ed spectator, at her lovers .mishap.
The music, which was of the high
est order, having ceased, l drove to
the palatial structure of my friends,
the brothers Reed and there l stood
before it, completely !entranced with
its exquisit construction and the mag
Inificence and taste of it's adornments.
The lofty halls and spacious yerandahs;