The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-08
LIFE IN HONDURAS.

Unpleasant Features of the Place
Where Major E. A. Burke Resides.
A special dispatch to the st. Louis Globe
Democrat from San Antonio, Tex, says
Mr.. Alfred Raphael, who has been absent
for three years, returned to San Antonio
yesterday. A great part of his time has
been spent in Central America, and espe-
cially in Honduras. Concerning the con-
cession to Major E. A. Burke, defaulting
state treasurer of Louisiana. he SAYS:
tit is located three miles from the town
Of Concordia, and I have been over it very
often. 1t is many miles in extent aud is
very valuable, particularly from a mineral
point of view. The iOdes are both gold and
silver bearing, the latter predominating,
and some of them very rich. L did not see
Burke while there"
OF Honduras in general, Mr.. Raphael
says: Like all tropical countries, it has
Its drawbacks. First, the climate. Al
though we were at an elevation OF 5000
feet and 200 miles from the. coast, the
changes during the twenty -four hours were
at times very severe. During our winter
months it will probably average $50 from S
2. M. to II D. m. As the sun lowers a cool
breeze comes from the mountains. followed
by heavy mist, which chills one through.
The Thermometer drops before midnight to
The houses are made of mud mot adobe.
The roofs are made of tiles SO laid as to
Keep out only the sun and rain, but with
doors and windows closed the wind will
sometimes blow out candle placed in the
middle of the room. Underclothes taken
on at night will be saturated in the morn
ing. There is no use making fire, as the
heat all goes out through the basket-work
roof. Besides, it must be built on the floor
IN the middle of the room, and the heat
seems to draw every insect within forty
Yards into the house. There is not D per
cent. of the population free from chllls and
lever, and it shakes one pretty lively down
there.
"A great portion of the people sleep in
hsmmocks, others on raw hides stretched
on frame This style of bed can get
harder and keep colder before morning than
me lining of an ice box. Not even the
poorest will sleep on the ground. The in
sects are various, vicious, and venomous.
Inc scorpion is xery plentiful and builds its
nest In the tiles of the roof. 1t keeps warm
and quiet during the day and at night
prowls around, and getting numbed with
eold loses its grip and quite too often con-
.Tlves to fall onto or into the bed. Then
mere IS music. They are much larger than
ours, more than twice the size but are not
considered dangerous to adults. The chill
ureh go into commissions from the pain of
tne sting, and it is 50 severe sometimes as to
cause death. 1t depends on what portion
~ tne body is stung. The cassampulga is a
small black spider with red spots or stripes,
ana ana 1t is greatly feared by every one. Its
pie Is invariably fatal if not attended to at
once. The negua, or jigger, is the chap
maj lays its eggs under the skin of the
yes, aud In three days its nest, of which it
y IN the center, is as big as buckshot. Its
presence is known by slight itching: then
we SKIN must be carefully raised and laid
oack with needle point, and a little sac
removed without breaking it. It looks like
gram of barley. and leaves a clean-cut
Louna hole to the flesh, which will be
theaied the DAY following. If the sac is
oioAeh and any of the eggs left, as is often