The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-30
A TRIP TO HONDURAS.
4 Pen Picture Of the Country and
IFS Possibilities.

A Good Place for Poor Men-The Trop-
;.sl Fruits Grow Luxuriantly.
sugarcane and Bananas Produced in
Abundance-W Where The New Monte
carlo is to be Situated-A Word
About The Revolutions They Are
Interesting Rather Than Dangerous.
other Matters That Attract Stran-
Ger in the Country of Sunshine.
Port Tampa, Fla, July 26,-The Scotch
have a saving that informs the student of
men and manners that it is "a far cry to
racbaber" Scotland and I are strangers,
hut am in position to say that it is also
+arcry from Port Tampa to that little
rown in Honduras which reioices in the
distinguished name of Puerto Cortez.
In other words, I have been there. I
have tried the temper of the tropics;
have seen the land where the United
States language is spoken sin behind me
in the dim horizon, leaving
only sparkling sunlit sea
on whose utmost verge presently arose
the low shores, the green-clad hills and
peaks OF f1OuuuIdS.
The month of July is not perhaps gen
orally accepted as that in which the per
turbed states of Central America may
most safely be visited; other revolutions
than those of the earth upon its axis have
been heard of in that vicinity and | con
fess that my views of the climate were
ANYTHING but promising But too much
had been said of the intention of the
I ( IN fsrran 70
upon those shores second Monte
Carlo l took my grip in one hand,
my life in the other l embarked
at Port Tampa upon the Mascotte, with
Key West as the one fixed point in the
troubled sea of doubt as to ways and
means that arose upon my mind.
PORT TAMPA.
We left Port Tampa late one fine day,
our ocean greyhound having cooled her
heels upon the fast mail until midnight
We reached Key West at 5 o'clock in the
afternoon of the day following.
The trip was pleasant one and the
unfailing good nature of Capt. Decker
and Purser Echemendia (Which is only
exceeded by their good loOks) helped
Father Time along in his journey amaz-
ingly.
Key West covers heaps Of ground-and
row lanes, palms, queer looking cemeter-
les, sands that glitter, waves that
sparkle-this, with fine, faint decaying
odor of fish and SPONGE is Key, West
To walk abroad in Key West is to dis
cover the spot in which was first elabor-
ated "that tired feeling" Not the land
but the island of the lotus eaters it is a
sea GRIT shrine sacred TO prolonged medi-
tatiOn where prOcrastinations prevails,
yvb no no " n IN INV d in rgfo
day and where tomorrow never comes.
Proud of his isolation, con-
tent with conditions upon which
aliens frown, the typical Key
Wester looks with very little favor upon
the proposition to bridge the gulf between
his lonely isle and civilization. l do not
believe the great railroad trestle between
the island and the mainland will ever be
built, and l am convinced that its compile
tion would prove anything but agreeable
to the average native with sallow cheeks
and languid manners, who drinks rum in
hot weather and nibbles "conchs" be-
tween drinks.
PICTURES OF KEY WEST.
To take walk in Key West is to take
a step into new and msung Arcadia
One morning l met a man-man with
broad hat and narrow Jaws Had a
pitcher, likewise bundle wrapped up in
a newspaper, of which the island boasts
two, both highly priced for mer-
camille purposes. Approaching, we
straightway fell into conversation-that
is, l discoursed, the native reclined at
convenient angle and listened languidly.
Suddenly he uncoiled himself; a small
drove of small cows approached, between
whose driver and my native ensued a
languid conversation. 1t was here that
the mysterious pitcher came into play;
the native squatted, the drover MIXED
the pitcher overlooked and 1 marveled
Such is Key West, and in this manner do
you bring milk and coffee together of a
morning
But all pictures have two sides and this.
framed in a noble setting of sea and
sky, is no exception. Many people of re-
tinement have drifted thither Nothing
can exceed the grace and charm of many
OF the ladies who waste their beauty on
this island air, and | can never forget the
hospitality lavished upon the stranger by
such citizens as the Hon. JEFF. B. Browne
and the Hon. Phil ThompsOn-the former
OF whom count among the coming men
Of the state
| sailed forth from the island into the
dark circle of the sea one clear night at
TO o'clock upon a schooner rejoicing in the
poetlcal name of the Hollyhock. She
was commanded by Captain Eneas; she
was bound for Honduras for cargo
OF bananas and other tropical tri-
umphs, and after rolling about
the gulf for six long days, was appraised
OF the vicinity of land 1t was early
morning when we anchored OFF Puerto
Cortez, and the low shores and green
slopes OF Honduras first rose before me.
Inc next week was spent in a hurried
examination of the character and re-
sources Of country of which so much is
SAID and so little known.
HONDURAS.
Puerto Cortez and Pruxillo are
the principal parts of the country
yne former being the spot said to have
oeen selected by the lottery company for
yne creation of their new Monte Carlo.
nave no wish to appear critical, but pre-
!er IruXlllo, a point farther down
lhe coast, and one that lies upon
an elevated plateau and is sheltered
w picturesque mountain range
NHlch here approaches the sea in a man
nef TO invite the artistic touch of
ar, ,1e modern landscape gardener.
Monte Carlo has been described
as an earthly paradise, a super
.olLFe not yet lavished upon Puerto Cor
ts1 Man has done more for it than ma
1ute and If it is to rise from the waves
I'm me beauty of the famuOs resort of
ny THe mediterranean, he must do more.
due town contains about 4, 600 inhabitants
II.u Is the terminus of the only railway IN
@vudOrdS. This road is thirty-Spypn