The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-07-20
A Trip to Nicaragua.


extols that country even more eloquent
! ly than be has been accustomed TO do
the great American Territory
He SAYS the pineapp'es we took on
board at Blue6elds. Escopdido River,
measured, some OF them, twelve, sixteen
and eighteen inches in length and Weigh
ed eight and ten pounds, and they are
sold at about forty-lhree cents dozen,
about the same as the EMAIL West India
fruit, one being equal TO from two to
tour. The charm TO the visitor from
this region is the wonderful iorcst foliage
and the flowers. Nearly every tree bears
flowers or fruit. The largest forest trees
the ceiba tree for instance-grows to
tbe height of ninety or 100 feet, straight
"a an a,ros sDf without limb. Al
that heightfrom the ground it widens out
TO vas, parssol-shaped affair. literally
covered with punches OF crimson, bell.
Shaped flowers Out OF one OF these
trees can be made boat which will car.
ry forty or fifty men. All their boats
are made there Of one piece. saw q
great many mahogany boats from thirty
TO fihy feet in length, iurty.si, feet beam
The hread fruit tree eIows verywhere.
1t ia an immense tree. rs large as the
largest living oak in Florida, with green
foliage The bread fruit looks like small
watc, melons 1t forms the principal
portion Of The food OF the inhabitants,
who usually split it open. put piece of
salt pork rr other salt meat in it, and
bake it, ard then eat il. One tree will
supl ~ whole neighhoi hood with fruit.
The tree that is pronounced the most
beautiful is the margo tree. |, grows to
an immense size, from twenty 10 fi!ty
feet in circumference, and from sevcpty.
five to 100 feet in hight. l, is an i'm
mense umbrella-sbaped tire, with feaih
erly.like foliage. Ore tree vii. bear g..
600 margoes The fruit is heart or kid.
ney-'hsped, aud grows to the weight OF
one or two pounds each Its flavor is
plum and grape and something, OF The
pear. The cassars is a substitute for
bread The yam grows everywhere
II grows solid and is very different from
that Of this country 1t is more like
root. The root is fifteen or twenty fee,
long. They b,rak il up in pieces and
sell it in sections. The cocoaru, palm
ahounds everywhere. One tree drops
nu, every day 10 the year. 1t drops 365
year The banana produces a bunch
N i,, f}.n II 10
perpetual in i,s growth. All they have
got 10 do to cultivate it is 10 chop the
brush and stick in the plant, and i, needs
no cultivation 1t is the same With sll
their irui's. The sugar cane grows from
twenty % lwenty-fve feet high. | wss
told that hv the officials. and it produces
s 600 to 10000 pounds 10 the acre. 1t
never needs replacing, but gross jus,
like clover. Cotton grows in the same
way, reproducing itself. II becomes q
perfect tree aud besrs a great amount OF
very fine fiber Corn produces FIVE crops
year Coffee grows ahundantlv, and
Nicarsgua coffee is among the hest in
the world. No finer coffee is provided
any where. That country is pre- eml,
ntn,ly country of lpzy people. One
can live there as nearly without work as
anywh here else The people ore very in.
dependent 10 spirit end work onlr when
they feel like il. O:e strange thing is
that the English Language seems 10 he
The coming language OF all America
Spanish and English are spoken. but the
whole business of the place is principal
lily done in English. The people are all
honest and truthful. was told by Capt
j. C. Sargent, OF Maine, who is the
United States Consul there, Of an In.
dian who found purse conlsining 5000,
and spent the whole day looking through
,he streets for the man who lost it. Un.
for,una,ely. thev are becoming little
contaminated BY the people hom the
United States They are being little
bis contaminated by our high civili-
ton. The American politicians who
have got to going down there are dam.
aging the character OF the people very
much. They are the most universally
polite people ever saw. EVERYBODY
salutes you, even the little negro boys,
and if they have not got hat they will
pull at their hair. 1t is very amusing to
hear them say good morning They
have whining manner OF drawing it
out--Good mo r-n-i-n-g, s-a-h All
their costumes are OF the very thinnest
and lighlest material Even the ladies
are accustomed TO array themselves in
na,lve simplicity The waists are below
the Rose Cleveland line somewhat, and
they wear short skirts. Physically they
sre very fine race-indeed. the finest
race being the Indians Some Of the
women are superb in figure and hand
some in features In the town the pop.
ulation consists OF negroes, Indians and
every cross between these two and Span.
sh and English lhst they hsve got in
from the United States. They are all
making money. There Is not one there
who is net making money. The fruit
trade, which is just beginning, is destin-
ed to become OF immense Importance
The climate is Of course warm. They
! udfo uO Ycet tVu bS'S' 'S"hJ
suffer from the heat May and Septem.
ber are their worst mnn'hs was down
there in May. and all The time Wore the
same clothes have on now, except that
I did not wear flannel underclo!hea i
wore linen nndelcl clothes, but with that
exception made no difference between
there and here in nv clothing. The day
from 10 o'clock until is usually ho,
and not much work is done during lhose
hours, but people do it who bave to-
Up to 10 o'clock the temperature is de-
Ilightful, ard at 4 O'Clock breeze rises
every dav. At nights You always sleep
under blankets. You never think Of
sleeping without a blanket While /
was there only saw two mosquitoes,
and gna,s are unknown. They have no
ublesome insects, but sometimes they
have an invasion OF feas, brought iu
from other regions OF this country.
HAPPINESS depends very much on the
condition OF the liver anil kidneys. The
| ills OF life make but little impression on
those whose digestion is good. You car