The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-30

can be bought in Truxills. They do not cost much. and they are the worst cigars made If ycu smoke one you vii never forget i,.
 II scox . good deal cf time to res away fTom the cussom-house officers. tAcagA they did not have any bageage so CT have been unloaded while they were in that saloon. Passing On up the hin, the plaza and fon soon came m sight. The Sors occupies one side of he plaza, wkile opposite are the residences of several Spaniards and one CT two AmsEieans. The plaza covers about eighs acres of ground, and from it one gets a spaendid view of the sea The forf is biz a1hir. In tho doorway sands . guard an day long. He is one of twenty soldiers that the goveznmeus has detailed to TSuxillo. No two wear the same hind Of uni6orm and there seem to be nore o66cen tAan men. Their chief employment is guard ing the couvicfs. who are af pgesenf tnrf- ing the plaza. saw five ccavicis q work During the afternoon each eoe put down three pieces ofturf absut ioot square each. Five soldiezs watched thsm and n ovessees did the swearing. The pezspirafion ran o6 them in tsrrenss and ireshned the turf % thu; i, did not ned watering. When 6 o'clock came each soldier put his ceaIct oa the ed ef his bayonef and marched him oG to eee supper. The government does not led is convicts, and alkef tAeir work, tAay must 70 around begging their supper from door to door with . soldier im- mediately in the rear. lt is . question which has the harder time, the soldier or the convict. After the conyictx have got their supper, which is genesAlly a vesy slighf one, they are locked up in an old wreck of a Jail, from which any one oi them with the leas; eHc.t could break away.
 The Honduras soldiers are erazy on the sublec, of music, and all day one hears the bugle calls being gone over and over again and again, while the rattle of the drum is incessant. At sunIise, noon and sunset they march through the town with plenty of music, and the parade ground is generally kept warm with teaching re- ouits or something else. The soldiers do not sleep in the for,s in times of peace, but go down by the sea-shore and slumber in hammocks, which are swung under shed. The Indian of Honduras does not make a good soldier. He is hard 10 teach. and Is so lkzy that it takes him an hour to get his gun down from . right shoulder 10 cary. and while he is getting it up 10 support the spectator goes to sleep. The eommandef, general, or colonel, or whatever he is halls from Spain, and knows how com pany should be disciplined, but he has given up the Honduran soldiers as incor- rigible-
 As there are no hotels, inns or hostel ries of any knnd in Truxillo, |, is rather a difficult matter to ind place to eai and sleep. was taken care of ey an Amer ican miner who had brought his wife with him. They were ensconced in the upper rooms of house facing the plaza and overlooking the sea The miner had a great deal of difficulty in finding a place for his wife. Sometimes they had trouble to gel enough to eat, and on one or two occasions actually had gone hungry. He was a man of considerable means and had money enough, but there was lack of provisions in the place. The natives raise just enough to keep them alive and will not sell what they have. We had chicken for our first dinner, which, fortunately, a carlo had run against some where.
 had the pleasure of attending big dinner st Truxillo. It was big adair rom the style put on rather than from abundance of dishes. There vas seEv- ant for each dish, and that dish was all he WAS supposed to attend to. Indeed, this is the fruxillian servants way. One of them would feel ipsulted if called upon to do anything outside his own peculiar duty. The servant that lays the table cloth will do nothing more till the next meal comes around, and the servant that sweeps takes a vacation till the nexs day. If one eanno: keep . hundred servants in Truxillo he might as well do without ssy. The men especially are very careful what they do. If one is ordered to gather sticks to make ire ke will get wo- man to go aiter them. He would speud his whole salary in hiring i, done rather than do it himself. The women are nos particular and will do anything.
 The old part of Truxillo contains noth- ing bu. huts, and the residents of the new par, rarely visi, the old. These huss are lined with Aeas, and are the dirtissa holes on earth. As ve passed a oanb's house we heard him beating his wife, inside. The carib maintains discipline, and his wife catches it often. Some1imes he will deign to tell her why he baats her, but she is supposed to know, and they gen- exally do. She must do all the work. gros the bananas and yams, keep the little plantaiioa clear, have the meals ready, and ssnd to the children- while he siss in the doorway all day. Her only thanhs will be . tev blows from strap. Day sfie1 day thsy sand this beating without a murmur.
 Truxillo should be large and thriving city. It's harbor s deep, well protected and roomy: but sAers is 10 life in the place. All the business of the interior is done here, and goods are oarted inside on the backs of mules- These roads-or vafhex n>fhs-ro the interior are erfreme1v