New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-22


his battery Some Of these eels are eight or zen
feet long and it is not unheard of that parties who
have gone out to find them have remained in their
COMPANY The theory is that they were stunned
and drowned. theory easily believabe since
several Of the captive eels, tanked in the museum
operating under conditions not wholly favorable 10
their best results have been known to KNOCK
down the over-curious sight-seer. whose Only
offence WIS that he stuck his fingers I'D uelr
bath Some Of the coolies think that an eel
shock is sure cure for fever. and it is an every
dav occurrence in the museum TO see o doiorou'
and pallid Hindoo crawl up to the tank ana 'ii'n
shoot down on the floor paralyzed by Teseh'i"i
eel Other creatures, less dsagTecable than el'Ner
GELS or alligators, are abundant in ana ABOUT ''"
waters of Trinidad. White aud scarlet hamiheoeS'
pclicans and a score Of different watcf-pIfoS can
he captured almost anywhere in the "ull vi
porja while hundreds of different fish, eAq'lsl'e
in flavor and astonishing in shape ana coio''
are promptly responsive to a tempting pau
With a capital city of about 10000 lnhapl'ah'S'
the largest of British West Indian 'o"ils' ""-
mirably laid ont in wide. well-paved s'tee'S' an"
containing many fascinating homes 'heTe i I"
society in Trinidad distinguished for It's rehhell'v
and intelligence The petty huhou3 " YIN
form pcrvades it, of course. as must always
the case where people allow HreSPo"'i'
sdcrs to come i'll and govern tIem' Wv '0",S
tbc only possible theory Of such system l. ,""
,t roonlo arc incompctent 70 govern themselves
opd renuire the superior strength ana sagaoi'S VI
an ;onorted element. That Of course, JuSuies
,bo nnorted element is arrogating to ltsell piNr
,ooos necnlior 10 its station. and i'll cohpeHinH
,lo roonle 70 observe a humble and decofouS uo-
n,oanor in lis noble presence. Thus Sl'-V'
oIor, can't ont from England because MS uhcie
contributed handsomely to the Tory election iuhu'
,o count figures in the Custom House hoi'' "
lofty beinp preferred at all official functions I"
the creole planter and his family, III ""o0
veins flow generations OF inc
blood The Governor of Trinidad. arOuha WYNN
socictv reyolves and flutters. Is palu F~''oO" '
year for administering the AFFAIRS Oh o"eS'
''nlo They nav it, OF course. but the curious re-
suit is that they are under opiiSat'ohs - mn"
lao 70 them He stays here Sin years, hvlhg III
,,o,,nidccnt bonse provided by them, lords II the
while with pomp enough TO tit out the A'Noo"U
NJ Swat laws by at least 100000, and goes away
.ooIirc that the people should be eternaly CRAZE
ful tn him for condescending to live 50 long among
,bem This of course does not describe all inc
british Governors by any means There are aoic
mon and good fellows among them whose Haiu
headed sense and native refinement ale pr
AGAINST the temptations lncldcnt 10 uicH ,in,,'
ment But it truly describes the AVERAGE "a mn,
and il charaeterizes the class Of which they are
the head. no;I 1; roturall,.
waning and in proportion as the ls'nrtS is so
heartily bolstered by political power ana propped
by the vanity and ambition OF colonial courIcIs
that it still dominates Inc ora Sreo oed eXree5
inrlv high spirited endure H. with less patience
daily. They constantly ignore ana violate lcs
rules and traditions, TO the horror ana uisgusI oI
all the officials from His ENcellency ana Ter
Ladyship down To the twelve hundred dollar
aristocrat in the Custom House whose uncle IS
brewer The creole homes are often models "l
beauty large and furnished splenddIN Int
wealth that creates them being drawn from the
nth and expressed In American dollars is sehSl-
tive 30 foreign markets. The crcoles consequently
studv foreign mAnnerS and methods, aud ann 70
keen themselves in touch with the outside world
Their knowledge is broader their perceptions
clearer and their synpathies much WldeI thah Is
the case with nsulai people generally. lhls ac.
counts for the comparatively good condition "f
Trinidad trade ! have pointed out that tn 600.
900 people who live here enjoy an annual com
mcrce OF sol 900 600, which is two millions more
than the commerce created by 275,ooo Britlsn
Guianans who have vast gold mines 20 draw
from. This is because in Guiana there are FEWER
than 5000 Anglo-Saxons while In Trinidad there
are 10000.
tariff schedules bear. as everywhere else against
American food-stufs The exports in 1890
amounted to f?.24s,893. or these, we supplied
ci2s. 500, or 10 per cont England supple
eS92270' or 3G per cent. It's exports reached
c2170.432, and Of these England took c9j7 O?4
or 80 per cent and we f725.0o0. or 30 per cent
siderable part Of Enrand's purchases is Vene7uc
Ian goods shipped via Port Of Spain. or rather
through Trinidad merchants. OF the produce 81
the colony itself, We are by far the larger con
sumner TIE following table includes the islands
principal products. and shows their distribution
in 1890: