The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-16

.. a few miles out of town. where. during the
u dry season, the nabobs affect the delights
of country life.
1t is the fashion among all classes to
promenade upon the ramparts near the
sunset hour, especially upon that part
called the esplanade, where the old wall
, has been widened into boulevard. Be
u SIDES the unrivaled ocean view on one
SIDE, IL overlooks, on the other, a level
space containing the arsenal, barracks, and
/ city prisons. And right here on the esplan-
ade is the best place to study Panamaan
HE both high and low. Imagine the beau
tlful bay. dotted with yachts, bongons and
canoes, backed by ships and steamers at
anchor, floating the flags of all nations: :
; ana beyond, the islands, each mountain
green 10 tne summit. some covered with
cottages and sanltariums, one vast Gene
: tery, and others used for coaling and
i freight stations by the Pacific Mail com
6 pany, and other large corporations.
a On the ne land side, all is life, color and gal
ety.. There are officers in uniforms of
scarlet and gold, and soldiers in blue Jack
cts and white trousers; priests in flowing
robes and shovel hats and bare footed
gray-cowled friars of the stern order of
San francisco. There are ladies of high
uegree, thelf faces partially concealed by
mantlllas OF rich lace, and graceful senori-
tas, OF whom one notices nothing but their
Deaut1ul eyes, lncomparably large, black
= women
eacn with a mahogany hued baby slung on
ner back, as tourist carries his satchel
mere are easy going Englishmen. and
frenchmen gesticulating like lunatics:
aggressive, quick-footed Americans. stoIid
Germans placidly smoking their pipes. and
plenty OF the always well-dressed and
courtly descendants of the conouerors.
THE HOSPITALS OF PANAMA
deserve
Colon, there are splendid hospitals for tho
employees OF the canal and railway COM
panles, but no refuge for the aiIinp
stranger, except by an arran cement in eff
Iect between the government and the
Canal company, whereby the latter has set
a aslue zen peos Tor public use. In Panama, |
however, one OF the finest hospitals is that |
Tor foreigners, open to both sexes and ali
natlonalltles, supported mainly by volun-
tary contributions. There are several
others, sustained by the government and
various companies, the most elegant of |
which was built by the canal people in
their flush times, at cost of over five mil
lion dollars. 1t stands on an emInence in
the mldstof extensive grounds, surrounded
by beautiful garden with shaded wake
and arbors. ''-A'
And If ever hospitals were needed in anv
quarter of the globe it is in Panama. where
Ine popular saying goes that there are no
.
sufficiently robust to withstand the dis
eases epidemic and endemic indigenous tn
the climate and brought here by the float
ing population, till the sere and Yellow
stage Of life. have listened to two or
tnree stories to day which may help illus
trate the point The gentleman who now fills ;
tue position OF Italian consul is a native of
Colombia, because the four who preceded
MN, ali from Italy, followed one another {
to the grave in quick succession. I
A recent minister to Bolivia. from the {
United States, passed mis- four years safely
III the small poX haunted capital of that {
country, put on his homeward journey,
being compelled to wait three days in Pan,
anna Tor north bound steamer his two .
bright, little sons both sickened, died and o
were buried here anu
An Englishman told me that his esnecial T
chum died In Panama from sun stroke dur
Ing the early days of November. The
l preak1asfea together in good Z
Meath, and before evening one was s
corpse
Inc same gentleman called nv attention (
TO a white speck on distant hillside. which
ne SAID was the tomb of another friend.
Whom he described as ''the jolliest fellow j
IN the world" who Landed here one dav
full of life and vigor, and in an incradih1y
short time was in his coffin. HAVING heenn
given bed in which man had died of vel
low FEVER only few days before. IT. is a
needless to multiply incidents. for every. O
body knows that Panama is no sanitarirm .
Following a street that leads out of the y
plaza, and past the cathedral, one NAV find
an an interesting rellc OF the past, known as
~ PostfgG dc los Monjas, 1.-The Gate of the s
Monks" an antique archway, quantity y
carved and crowned by a Watch-tower
Whlcn leads through the moss grown ram a
parts to the beach. Following the nath of k
me MONKS OF old, we find ourselves ON s.
VIDE eXpanse of coral reef, which l.
l the tide be out, is alive with :,
'nrlmps, cutie -fsh, hermit crabs and u
'ther forms OF deep-sea life, and strewn 81
With kelp, marine ferns aud mosses ana te
shells OF curious forms and colors. a,
anothef antiquity that should by no
means be neglected is the ruined
CHURCH OF SAN DOMINGO. 81
t was built soon after the founding of tie 81
lty, and in its day was ooe of the finest N
anctuaries in the New World, POSSESSING y
n e&traordlnary. store of jeweled vest
nentS, altar service, lamps and images of
old and silver; but more than a century Sc
go 1t was nearly destroyed in one of the oil
numerous confagrations. There is an in
erestlng tradition concerning it's bells. II.
Which runs as follows: CT
The church itself was built by the Oueen n
t Spain and the ladies of her court each oo
he could afford. When the time came for I'll
asting bells for it, there was nothing left st
} pay Tor the metal they should contain IN
o the jealous Queen invited, not only her
ourt, but people of all classes. to come and
illness the casting, and to contribute II
hereto. On the appointed day they came til
crowds, high and low, rich and poor
men all was ready, the Queen threw ~,
andfuls of gold into the great crucible wv
40 the ladies and gentlemen of her court Vo
d the same. and then the poor followed he
lth donations OF silver and copper. greater re:
quantity but less in value Thus the -.
mount OF metal rapidly increased, but ~, rl
I'LL there was not enough Then the IL
ueen threw in the golden ornaments She til,
ore; her ladies did the same: the gallant ve
'urtiers cut the silver buttons from their -
cketS and the buckles from their shoes aii
Id the officers wrenched the ieWelled BOZ
andles from their swords The excite ine
ent grew intense. Rings, bracelets and
lluables of all sorts, some of them preci- =,
IS relics and family heirlooms. all went al
to the crucible, together with buttons off me
ass ana IRON. and the meaner trinkets of hol
g poor. -
And thus the bells of San Domingo were o''
ade. 1t is said that their tone was of the SEQ
rest, that they were held in great reyer- Mo
ce, both by the priests and by the people.
q whenever they were rung everybody
ossed himself ard said a prayer After Is
great conhagration, those not broken
their fall from the lofty tower were re- RI
wed to some other church, but certainly SOW
to the cathedral, if the story of their Sow
eet tones be true, for those that clang noe
clatter ABOVE that sanctuary are about com
n 49, IL