Telegram-herald., 1886-05-02
PERPETUAL SUMMER
The LaDd og the LCsus and
fhe Passion FlCWSr
Ggsll sGIA8 Il sagIalsI aEItl.
: Cr4. se ca Axe Patzcaaso agc .
ssif - 80 Eea40fsl islaDe
xiaag -Cssz .1ois an1
zc4fall4nsd oteaes.


ft-zcesso sie1ieo 3 gri sA-fnaatsng +
ca f4.s piat4Fssqae alEa- zAlta AS 30
eagalesgafs Is fAe ssrld unless g a4ay pe
sp.nisa Catalonia is lns village af Jan.eho
balit an aeaaafal .slaad il -As ulass 0l
Tie .aAe Nang roa..sItie laiss are told ol
tas latter tesa pronounced Haa-ss-co
4Aien &. os.splsd entirely - indians @h0
mingls Auls 9iiA jewellers ga tau main
laaa and have preserved lhsir originality
intact These we're those who NaFaed IS
tL4t Il sas unsafe 20 gelture upon The
sne1aa1e.l lsis where intradefs have been
saii a. alsappear. aeFeF % retaru, xhiie
diners sliira.ssi tnat Tie tinaid ISLANDERS are
Soai - lee a. ne apPrqseh u strangers.
an1 l1ssei3re IA outside barbarian cAn
sslriom estch a glimpse of them. Deter
ualaesl ~ lns. 9aE al about Il t8f ourselves
se ensaaFke,i 4pon a voyage Of discovery
Nilh ambition similar b thai which acta-
atss Colomb0-as here they cal the great
explorer our craft waz a loas canoe. formed
froaa tae Taak sf a hoij0N gre-. propelled
~ e.rcalar paddles and -Iaanlsd by tEo
Tartar. looking INDIAN. = h0 wore the uzliest
faces ever aenelf Bat here. as elses here.
beauty Is only SKIN teep. and the ancient
sas tneAt tas --.sssl e.af better tlaa ne
looks sac again exeaDli.isd. Despite
tnviE gLElIauus countsnauc~~. oar gUld9-
lieTs proved la le tae ntlsl 18lI-ing fellows.
sAo IoEe.l - .rQm polur O. poinl around
tbe peacefu. slares. aartluz .nto every iitJe
cave ~ .niel rnat pieas sed oar hncv even
.eea.rtiEius fleir precious neeas ln vain
Nalea as'sY sharp eyes espiea among the
Fuslra chanting 'sl.d songs meanwhile la
soff Harmonious t4ff4scan.
50 s9eas can du Justice Co. the l1geliness
of laae falzCnas0-cieaF ald Dlacia as
rarror covered via thousands Of Mild
lueAs. iali cranes blue heruns anu white
snowy elfts Whle occasionally a PINK
breasted spo0n-bill sss seeu fillng across
fha shadows 6r scarei Eamiug0 fishing
alung enc marshes. Toe axe j. about
tllgty ml.es ions oF froH ten % lfieen
elte. and oi great depth in SOME portions
Along tae southern -Gorr strasgies quaint
falzeHasg-~our temporary home. directly
0pposlte-abunr fourteen mi.es IS the crow
nies-ls tee ancient village of izlnzunzan.
zaiie here andthrre near che circling sweep
ei water rsr inr gray walls of several In
dian panuius The lDuGmerable green
isiands which Dot the lake ike emeralds
set in silver are each covered with cane
stalk iackai aatsi adobe viiiazes-ali over
saadosed ~ llme trees. hzs pOmegranites.
AMI olives. aud surrounded hy scant fields
of corn, Tobacco and chits, which three sta
pies comprise the ~nseessaries II life for
che simple Inhabitants
Janlc1o. which occupies the largest
stand s hpkien from view bv a natural
screen Of ash AMI weeping willows. whose
dropping branches trngng the shores and
sweeping she water afford a thousand shell
al. 81. -. a..
seem tG wnten their piumage by perpetual
dippiag IN poa.s and marshes. The village
cousis.s OF few scattered cottages. sur
rounding the AicalCis cas1. which is of more
agistocrxtic pretensiOns. anil an ancient
church Of surprising belaiy f'r such an
apparently poverty stricken community
Bat though the Janichoftns live In way
thar 90 Us seems the depths of discomfort
they are an well to-do. and many Of them
Ira really aiiueut circumstance. Ii is be-
fevsd shat they bury their money m
scauesfercd spots on The island OF IN th-
calls of their aouses yet such thing a'
3oherv, or search tsr anothers hsldsr
-tssure. has never been heard of
olankefc,i citizen has pointed ont ~ q.
~ the Kofaschiil oi she vic,nse- who has
donated thousands 81 dollars toward neaur
lvtng the church For that sCse,i i@e,t De uf.s
has N1u areaxe.l Oh BIS nauie s1t y hei1 "a
grear resuect oY his uei-4Dors--vef dresses
use .hs rest Ntfh sandals ora bis bare iee'
and coarse blanket thrown over hi
shoulders. HappV people How We enviec
them. Money ls ot smail value except o.
the happiness b. can raa-e--thar inranri
1Ie commodity depends chiefly upon mss
ilsa ol che same The U-alt1ie>t man cai
ger Nt'ie olf az the mUiiFas thlfare satiled
upon biu beyond his board aud clothes
and world gf care and anxiety These
Ianichoans. wise in their simpie content
~ .H..
nature has supplied every need lpon thsl
own sunuT 's.and no dis.racting ambition
mar ,ae quief oi their iFe-. AMI the Vid
w'da world. CD them lies within she limit
of vision.
The principal 6,oi ~ ,beee happy island
ers besides tbe fruits gngfis. efc.. ,ha
grow sponfBue )fsiv. eked 0ut nv tortillas q
crushed corn, and sgch condiusnts a
olives sa-io sud chif is she iueompsrahi
whifehsh for vhich fhe place IS celebrated
Being invited to braakfisr With lhe Aicahh
We ssw tbe Iuoians TART e1t i1 their canoe
and ctt-a rhe fsh. which. haif IN hour late
hrWued t1 farn ant ft sor a king
we're srlckiny 1eon ths table. Then. ac
cumuanieel ag the Eutocraf whose nospftalif
We hsi enjoyed. We sualt ,iei Ehffai after
coon sSuiurthE fhs isaSn-t The Alcalh ;
tooEea uo totts the best dressed mar In th
viIaze sni etiferfiv ur les ainiself muc
uaen hs stvie. uosing u fact. O.
howiing swell He s the onlv man 8
Ianicila s1e does nor wear "a > .ankef Pa
sports n.feal much ner1Hiss int ger
ir'v shirt ~ pink calico worm with th
sisof f outside BIS blue meriun hrsecfc.
First of course the Church masf he e.,
te1 fnf sa- ~ Difference t1 fts native.
Nhe as 1wel ia respectful procession Bats
fH3 { es-riei ear has on our asu'is-It b
tng considered extremely ssrre'l.,i 1us g
rear fnV s.ft af bead savefnE tn ehurci
n d 80. "a