Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23

bordered by pansies and forget. me-nots, a
passion vine clambering overhead and an
occasional orchid sho wing among the pur-
pie flowers; until second wooden gate is
reached, through which you pass into the
last resting place of numbers of our coun-
trymen. Among scores of unmarked graves
of the forgotten dead are several handsome
tombs and monuments, conspicuous among
the latter being that erected to DIR. Cheyne,
whose name is well known in the United
States.
CEMETERY FOR LOWER CLASSES.
Not far from this cemetery is another and
much larger one, sacred to Catholic Colom-
bians. While the lower classes are carried
thereto in borrowed coffins, from which they
are taken out and laid directly in the dirt
in graves rented for stated periods of from
one to three years, what remains being shov-
eled out and burned after the time expires,
those whose friends can afford so much
luxury for their dear departed" are more
securely housed IN narrow inches within the
walls. The little square door of every niche,
beside being we'll cemented in, is further
protected by an iron grating and
paddock to prevent thieves from
stealing the coffin to sell again and
stripping the cadaver of its clothes and
valuables. That sort of robbery became so
common a while ago that now the fashion
prevails of dressing the corpse in all the
fnery and jewels the family can command
while 1t remains on show in the house, but
taking off every ornament and wrapping it
in plainest garments just before burial,
Both cemeteries are partially shaded by
ragged eucalyptus and willow trees. through
which the winds that come sweeping down
from the bleak hills beyond make mourntul
sighing.
In the vicinity of Bogota are several
quintas small farms) which are devoted en-
tirely to the raising of orchids. These
lovely parasites grow wild all over Colom-
bia, in infinite variety of form and color.
The growers send natives out into the woods
and hills to collect them, paying from 1 cent
to 30 cents ior each plant and selling the
same in Europe at prices ranging ali the
way between $50 and $500. I visited an or.
child ranch where young Englishman is
doing a profitable business. He has a
thousand small wooden boxes and into each
box is nailed stick, the latter wrapped
with sphagmum moss, among which the
plant is tied.
OTHER CURIOUS INDUSTRIES.
Another curious industry practiced here
abouts is the gathering of Cinch Tancifolia
or chincona bark A few years ago such
quantities were exported from Colombia as
seriously to affect the European market:
but now the supply is practically exhausted
except in the remote interior districts.
The collection of tagua, or vegetable
ivory is also carried on to some extent
though no longer a profitable article of ex.
port, since the markets have become over
stocked. This peculiar species of palm
fourisbes at its best along the river Magda-
lena. It grows about II feet high. bearing
nuts in cluster at the base. Each tree
averages dozen nuts, enclosed in rough
brown she'll. The natives value them most
in the form OF sweetmeats, after boiling
them in sugar.
1t is near the close of the rainy season and
ones perambulations must be clrcumscribed.
for torrents are sure to fall every afternoon.
beginning generally between and O'Clock
and keeping it up through most of the
night. Though there is no weather
bureau in South America, one has little dif-
fculty in calculating what is coming First
white mists begin to creep slowly up the |
stupendous gorge between Gusdalupe and
Serrate, the twin mountains behind the |
town, making their bold, dark cliffs appear |
yet more rugged by contrast with patches of
sunlight here and there and the pale ad- |
vapors. Slowly the mists creep |
higher and higher, until both peaks are |
shrouded; and then suddenly |
the floods descend, as il the very windows Of |
heaven were opened. deluging everything in
a moment and turning the cutters into
brawlIng rivers. FANNIE B. WARD.
A Kansns Mans Statement.
T houoht a 5O-eent bottle of Chamberlain's