The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-31

entire roof was made OF tiles, and when the plaza
itself was reached the houses and stores there
and comiortabie. Most Of the walls had been
mddSy san would sn have have Secn n Sease he
eye, but for the fact that on New ears OF
lee and had gone about with biz, brushes and
| black paint painting viva lSl2I every.
where T9s Tni,e val, tb ,ne toe oesf foTs
While I stood gazing. at the curious specta-
bearing and dress looked much like n wel-to-
do En- elishman. cam, along and spoke to me
an American, and wanted to know e he could
be OF any service to me: So told him why
toned incidentally that at the capital of the
State Santiago, | honed to meet citizen OF
eSnsm ssnor Pen JGs P }En g wm2
tendent Mansfield OF the Panama Electric
Ab. am glad to hear that" said tho man.
for am the man. 1camo down hore to see
a friend 90 away on the steamer this morn,
ing; ! expect to return soon and We VIII
80 We went 70 the house on the main corner
being whoever. he kent bachelors hall, 80 to
speak. though we took our meals In the house
I Gta nelghb9r Here for two days | lived in
cot at night, explored the town and country
around in the cool Of the morning and evening
Seranda during the heat Of the day. Moan.
time the townspeople made me welcome. No
ent to see and write about heir country and its
E,ssources. and they believed that what Wild
vantage to the town. About the flrst man that
l met alter Senor Dias was pr Is =, r. fabTeg9,
and Of the College Of fhysicians and Surgeons.
The Doctor was about as much OF New York.
eras he was a Colombian. and he was good
daily copy OF THE SUN. With such guides as
finding the interesting features of the town
and its life, and Of the country behind 1t. What
about the resources OF the interior Of tho
isthmus will be told at another time. but there
were certain things learned about tho town
Among these, was the bell tower beside tho
church. II is the fashion, to, which there are a
to put the bells in some sort Of n tower built |
separately, but near tn. church. This one Of
could stand when at work. The platform was
direct contact OF the hand They do not swing |
the bells to ring them in that country. nor do
the Ba, th wa Gfsn
II showed. as the citizens said. that the peo-
Pie there we're odopting the appliances OF
the bells new. and from Troy. ~. but tho
Tost OF the tower vas q GALVANIZED sheet iron
The effect Of Introducing this bald patch Of
American mi Inc camp roof int the foreground
church and its dark messy tile roof was shock
ing to every artistic feeling.
tower was eertnniy pIeas t It's r sns had
y a ct the approval of the community. Il was
and t5 mpre efficient than tiles
zalNanized iron will be used to roof it And
very likely now house will be built there
he state OF leraguas. There is sure to be
demand for more American galvanized sheet
ny trail nifty Years from now. he viii want to
weep and laugh at once at the sight OF the
'ny SSnsS GS to S he n nS Sss S4 The The
women on their way % the springs for water. as
vii be told at another, time. show one still
more shocking to artistic nerves.
while walking along one side OF the plaza
n the evening saw, Iust around n corner. tho
,ody was hanging to tho roof OF the voranda.
n front OF corner store ono of the largest In
moving the skin: The sand OF the street had
6sorbed most Of the blood. and the tropical
ID Of o T6s noxt or
sas saughtered In main street, a block from
he plaza. and the hide staked out in the street
ut into strings and hung up under the veran-
as. How many cattle were killed. thus in a
hat an enterprising Englishman will como
long some day and buy a monopoly OF the
here, and 50 secure avery gratifying return
n l the CAPITAL ;a he viii invest In A. sle4der
ees are not after such Concessions. 10 an
1t was natural to ask DR.. Fabrega about the
ealth OF the community. after seeing such
and well worth the attention OF
eople elsewhere. He said:
nywhere in spite OF the ignorance and care
ssness Of the majority Of its people in sani- ,
orning and blows for hours; that Ia one rea-
'n. Then the town lies high and is on {
h yafd dsnn o Wssr eS f ties
ID the water 10 unpolluted.
but what viii astonish the stranger here Is =
may people suffer from anTmia, which is =
-actically another word Tor starvation. Their :
ABLY yield to the attack Of any "d di.e snss
hey eat rice, beans. and bananas exclusively. =
may be said. although oranges and other
10y fruits are a. common as either staple T
entioned. Aegetarians talk OF tho desirable !.
'ss OF the diet that excludes meat and tho !,
'ets toll Of long life on 1ruit diet. Here in \
Q isthmus tho vegetarian can lind his ideal i
e. but the scalpel will show the result of IL. y
,ople die for the want OF the strength that
mes from eating meat. i
The most common disense In the Isthmus is n
st OF the dry season. whom the sun is evap- y
attng the water from the ground. Nearly S
rarely severe ana fatal only among the poor poor
people. who are not well nourished. Nine il
lis out Of ten that physician receives are d
malaria At rare intervals lie finds typhoid ri
mptoms. and typhus has been known. Dyson d
Y is not common. and never fatal. Pleurisy
|
people are exposed to the alternate rains A,
ID hot suns OF the rainy season. They are o,
ated and chilled and catch cold when one or M
Q other OF these diseases may come on. and | q
d fatally very soon. There is no diph-
aria and no scarlet fever in the coun- q,
T.. Once In few years man going "a
Panama or Colon brings hack yellow lover. n
outbreak OF smallpox has been known m
ce In twenty-five years. but phys ician Is
pt travelling about continually by the In
to vaccinats people and he does a,
work thoroughly. People drink tho milk io
cows indiscriminately. but tuherruar con- hi
mption 10 rarely known, and the same may "
said OF venercal diseases. In short, save e,
the agus OF the spring season, the COM
unity is remarkably FREQ from disease. Al q,
DuGh no statistics are Kent the per centage 90
deaths is very low. Surgical eases are rare, dI
I many women die in childbirth. even il
long the poems. Tho commonly accepted cI
ion that squaWs and hhlf-brcrd women are
o from that danger did not originate among w
Indians OF tho lsthmus. as
The old women rem ediesn are the iavoritss Il,
long tho poor people. They have many
WIS and decoctiOns OF herbs. tue most of sh
ich are harmless and some ilctclous. The sa
ack. or practitioner who has noe been edu- ne
ed to the profession, exists, AMI has many
lowers. one who sent prescription to DIR. ! q
brega's drug store calling for sixty different sh
| worthless kinds OF stun. was arrested and
i to prison under the statute applying to