The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-30

These vessels are so constructed that the
dining salon aud all the state-rooms open
upon the second deck; while the upper one
is mainly kept clear for promenading and
dancing. There are two or three large
openings in the middle deck, securely
fenced around by iron ratings, through
which the ''winches" work when freight
and baggage is received or unloaded. 1t
happens that the frequent cow killings go
on directly below one of these openings, in
full view of whoever cares to witness the
bloody performance. 1t is significant of
the,difference in character between
THE LATIN AND ANGLo-sA1oN RACES,
that while every one of the thick-shod un-.
sentimental-lookfng American girls fees
from all sight and sound of the butchery
and thinks of it only with horror, the
whole bevy of fair Ecuadoreans, in their
angelic white robes and blue ribbons, hang
over the railing from first to last, evincing
the greatest enjoyment Of every de-
tail, from the time the poor beast
is knocked down and Its throat cut,
till its skinned and disembowelled carcass
hangs up in the shape of meat. Since the
charming senoritas cannot possibly feel
the scientific or surgical interest in the
matter that may actuate their attending
cavaliers, the doctor and the picGd0reS, their
taste for blood shedding must have been IN
herited from their bull-tighting forefathers
Of Old Castle, who inter married with the
savages of the New World.
AT every port an army of local officials
comes on board, to improve the opportunity
of square meal and drink or two at the
expense of the steamship company. They
wear gorgeous red breeches, bright swords
and plenty of "brief authority and there
is usually one of them to about every half
dozen packages Of merchandise. There is
the captain of the port and all his retinue;
the governor of the district with his entire
staff; the comandGntG Of the military gar
rlson and several of his subordinates; and
last and by no means least either in num-
bers or Importance, the collector of Gus
toms and battalion Of inspectors, till the
decks are fairly swarming with them. AS
the arrival of a steamer is the one event
that breaks
TIE MoNoToNY OF THEIR LIVES,
They never fail to celebrate it for all it is
worth.
Most of the ports are mere collections of
mud huts, inhabited by the officials afore-
said employees OF the various steamship
companies, and a few fishermen. We stop
at every one of them, to take on the pro
duce of the neighboring valleys, mainly
sugar. cotton, cocoa, wine and coffee, for
shipment to Liverpool and Germany, or to
points lower down the coast. Nearly every
port has its railway line running to rich
plantations interior; and as there are nc
harbors on this coast, but only open road
steads, expensive iron piers have been
built out over the surf in most places, from
| which the merchandise is transferred tc
barges or lighters and taken by them tC
the ships, which anchor a mile or more
from shore. Where there is no pier
lighters are run through the surf when the
&c h icyhnc 1nd OF Low,
tide and then fioated off to buoys to avail,
the arrival of vessels. There are always
plenty Of row boats to take passengers
ashore, at reasonable prices when bar
gained for before starting; and the tours
misses good deal who does not avail him
self of every opportunity to put his fee
upon terra firma.
In several places the women have beau
tiful straw baskets, cigar cases, and ''Pan
ama' hats of their own manufacture tt
sell. besides a variety of fruit, cheese, dull
!, cies, poor pottery and other truck. The.
have not the remotest idea of
, THE VALUE OF MONEY
} and are habitually imposed upon by loca
tanders who take their wares at merel,
t nominal rate in exchange for the neces
saries of life, and sell them again at a
enormous advance on the original price.
is difficult for stranger to buy anyth!n
i of these people, because they are Undue
with the idea that all foreigners are walH
ing gold mines, who may as well pay on
Y price as another. l asked an old woma
9 the price of little straw basket. "Fiftee
4 dollars" she replied Finding that woul
not do, she gracefully dropped to fit
cents, about double the sum that locs
!, dealer would have given her.
4 The northernmost town of Peru is Tun
e bez, interesting only from the fact ths
j. here Pizarro was met by the Inca messer