Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-11-18
OUR NEAR NEiCnB0R.
Guatemala, the Ancient King.
dom of kicha.

can h" found within four days journey hy
steamer frum New Orleans or OalN-ston,
f,d thr land which cuutrihui"s millions to-
the fruit aud coffee trade ~ the Iui'od
Sttt"r and the world "a, larg,, is only at
rtuur'r throw frm ~
The population ut the republic of ,iua,.
rmala ls abuut / 500. .OuO. aud II thus over
four hfihs IN male uI uf Indians Sever.
81 rItirr have about 2u.uOu inhabitants,
hut ia" principal town ani the capital II
uuAi"mAla city, Winch numbers over 49,.
nr SOULS This n th" iuurt imIprtant
city u Central America II n pretty
well hult ur With typical one story Span.
lSh huu-"-, which Arr romy and more 90
lrSs comfortable The city ~ lighted hy
electricity Nud has th" mo-lrru cuuvru.
irnc"r, IL" telephone aud Telegraph
Although II ls situated ~ IL" interior.
It l- not 49, isula'"i as one NIGH, imagine
Two lines oC railroad run from the Pacific
,.'rRu--uu- FROM san Jusr tn Guatemala
ahuu, 80 miles long, and the other from
Chamr"rirn To- Rrtalhu"u aud now hu,ld.
.ue toward IA" city uf Qur1alteuaugu.
From ia" Atlantic to 'hr city II II about
tive days distance aud may hr reached
only on mule back New Ot -AuH II ~
direct COMMUNICATION with thH country,
through sryrral steamship lines whlrh
carry the mails and rrnuspor, fruit or
general merchandise. The i"srr, ir very
strong tn cuun"rt the two oceans ~ rail;
II thls ir accomplished, New Orraus will
l." brought within four dayr of GuAtr.
malA city. and two or three from the Al
lAu,l, port, Livlngston Th" pr'arnt gov
rrumrut, under President R"ynA Bsrrnr.
IN dong everything tu push ia" work On
the Northern rAlli,aii, which will finally
tai Cun,rHcts Lave been let for u mum.
brr uf miles And active work ~ hring don"
uu aInr 10y American contractors
The whit" population IL ia" country
consists chi"fy uf cultivated, -iuca,'Ti
and rich descendants uf IA" old Spanish
cuulu-rurs A. rule. ia" upper clas-rS
have travelled IN Europe and the United
States. Most uf them can speak two ur
,hr"" foreign languages hu"ntly and with
them music II n passion. They dr'ss,
! both men and women. nf Tia" better class,
| IN the latest PARIS fashions, and IN bear.
! ,ng they arr courtly, having IA" p"llrh'-i
manners II the SpaniarlS. The fNrr'gn
element is very suall, consisting prinri-
| pnlly uf Germans aud II few Americans.
Frrnchmrn, Sraniariz, Italians and Eng
! llShmru
Most Il the "hnIu"r"s" hHv" mai"
,mrnrusr fortunes from their coffee plan.
R,Inns, and they sp"ud their mnn"! M
easily M II was made. tn" Ordinary lil
u"rs used arr cnguAc and whisky. and
poker the fAv"ri," game, They play for
very high stakes know 81 "n" css''
wh"r,, man lns, S9o,oo IN tw" hours.
Varied arr ia. typ"r ni feminine beauty
in ia" upper clasr-r. many l~ing blondes
Among ia" "ladinn1" the women are hru-
n-ttes az the inhabitants, the great ina
jority arr Indians. They are divided into
fifteen tribrs, and are Rllird H. ia" Az,'cS,
Az IA rule they are fri"ndly Ia Foreigners.
And 10y u" m"ans n fighting race. They
arr naturally lazy, and work on the plan
tatiour ouly because they arr compelled
Ia 4" r" 10y II system II government ru'
l"rvisou Of lat" years they hay" great
ly given themselves up Ia drink, 'h'
principal ini"Nirant hring All alcohol made
iIvpm the sugar can" II Is very strong
very imrurr, and from the fact II ltr b--
ing made ia copper rtillH, very injurious
The country affords every variety Z"
climate, from the nv"rI-rwrring heat A."
ia" coast rrg,our tn the comparatively
c,-,lrr aud rarihrd air "f the plH,"auS
IL the higher Al,,ud"s, such AH tha, 4"
Guatemala city, Foreigners Ar" Hhl" II
liv" quite comfortably The chief difh
Guilty for our l""pl" IN the lack "f "S"u"
W. are naturally ~ energetic that for .
year 90 =" "" de- net feel the change, hu
within three or four years n feeling /"
lrthArgy gradually uvrrpoWrrs ia" nat
ural northern artlyIty, aud ambition he
comes thing Il the pas,
The prslurtu of the country arr prin
, cuAllS coffee. the chornlAt" bean, callr'
cariup. rubber. aud precious wo-.lS, sucl
r ~ mahogany, liRuum vitae, and h"rt "
others no, known ia the United States
but very valuable, The chief wealth -
/, ia. country. and IT II very r,ch, lies in IL
cofi,." plantations II $j0,O0 IL invrst''