The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-16

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t%snana, pine, ylanialh anil cnena attain
4 high degruo N Perfection IN = soil hnl
rlimaia In eyefy WY suited ~ thrlr
greatest doyel0pments Tho fat ls Tho
bananas ~ W%nonelda rank IN American
markets with tho o prglucei on th0
ithmna. aud ARE possibly superior 10
those QfUwn on the fuuio " The Costa
R,ca Hallrond, ~ on tho fertile plains
np1 hillsldos n jamaica
When the New Orleans steamer, tho
Lucy y Miller, made regular trips ~
tbi. port, sIo atcendcl Tho Blugioldg
River for n distance of more Than twenty
mile, from ~ mouth Al present tho
little lIerediL which has sue, coded tho
Miller on this route, ms up the deep
river 10 tho banana plantations along
II, banks, aud loads with the goldod
fruit through the simple medium VI u
gang plank thrown from tho vessel 70
til shore.
This steamer IL owned by Minor G
Keith, Of Port Limon, Costa Rica, and
Is consigned 10 G. A. Fish a. Co, Of
New Orleans. She makes regular
monthly trips TO Bluclields and Port
Liinon, aud when fruit is scarce ut the
former port completes her cargoos Mt
Corn Island. Mr.. BrOwnell. keith's
business manag r nc Port Limon, in
formed tho writer that the usiness on
TIL, route was increasing 50 rapidly
that Mr.. Keith was looking for II larger
steamer 10 tako the llercdiu's place.
Bluciields, although destined in the
near futur 10 become n port OF great
Importance, a not be said 10 be much
of u businc - center yet, II contains
| probably twelve hundred inhabitants,
although IL boasts of but three business
houses that carry on II traffic with the
outside world. When banana planting
assumes greater Importance, and VIXEN
the exclusive policy forced on the nom.
inai king by the English Moravian
IN s>ionaries Is overcome by outside IN
%'ucncc, or BY the assumption by Mica.
ragua OF the territorial sovereignty il
holds ovcr thi. virtual British posses
sion, the port OF Rluciio,dI will s0ot
take It's natural rank rs the distributing
aud rcce wing center Of the products oI
one Of the mot fertile stretches Of trop.
zeal country on TINS pllnets
Tx lusiyc of its foreign residents, aud
a few Nicaraguan settlers. but It'll,
can be sad in favor OF tho inhabilnnt'
Of Blneficlds. The Mos quito ncIron,
and fambos are, ~ u general case, +
brutal, drunken race; nor can the 50
called royal family In considered as M
exception 10 the general rule. unlsss
indeed, by consequence Of lis greater
licent business and bcslillity. Thl'
race was originally III misccgena.e,
progeny Of the European pirates AN,
their woman captives. ltpo-sesSes nj
the attributes Of the ncgri, without an,
of his better qualities. and, in fact, i
fast dying out. From among 4 populn
ton Of 10000 souls the Morayian ms
sionarics have managed 10 pluck SOM
few hundred brands from the burn II .
but unfortunately thc'G ign ted I ny
mcnts ut times burst forth in full lame
and are then only d stinguished frol
their heather countrymen by their 81
perior grade Of dis.olutencss.
The same ubiquitous CONNER ial pol
Icy which forced tho unfortunate Chi
ueSo, at the point OF tho bayonet. ann
scenes Of blood. Of llamc aud of royolu
ton, TO purchase opium from Br,t'sI
merchants. has permitted these savage
the Unrestricted use Of ardent spi II.
II under the ban of this policy million
OF Chinese have been ruined, body an.
slul. thousands ~ unfortunate Iambo
and Mos quito negroes have file !. an
are filling. drunkards grave. and 10 tn
annual saloof n few hundred hogshcal
moro OF ,rum-whilc II has served {
swell tho Golfers OF a few white mel
chants-mus, bo attributed The disc
lut habits Of the Mosquito negroes.
Tho Protestant m ssionarieS II III
Mosqu'to kingdom. with but very fe'
exceptions, appear TO think morc ,
British commercial prosperity than The
do Of tho welfare Of tho souls con
mit'cd 10 their charge, and EMO
tho reputation Of being far scein
shrcwd and prosperous business mel
As the regeneration OF this people,
such regeneration Is possible u the dee
degree Of degradation into which the
have been permitted 10 descend. mu
DO intrustcd To other aud more disinteI
cstcd hands, SO must tho future poll
, ical regeneration Of this locality pr
. coed from another source. some higl
, or prime pie than mere commercial pro
perity and activity must be- brought
, bear; thus. until the Monroe doctrii
Il inforccd and America Ia ruled
! Americans alone. whether Of Latin
: OF Anglo-Saxon descent. and swayrd i
A.. u policy exclusively American. no p
p litical regeneration or moral fctierir
Of 10 thousands II Mosquitoes Car
aud Iambos of thu caribbean 90 1t %
b. hoped for or anticipated Tor l
, y. Tunes m0cPdL.