The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-01
AhMOST A WILDERNESS Nav
aae island Of Hayti Gone -
Being Incapable Of Sa,r-c logs

Re,na III Hayti Gone to the Dogs
Incapable Of selr-Governrnt
tha noG. tne least. interesting feature %
Unesplace is the barracks whor aeol
quatCered a portion of HinnoI,,+o,S
Tdl1dnG- army, says a writar ~ 49,
tLovldence- Journal. The onlv VIC W.
tempt zen AT uniform is q snit nt a.
/ ovefalls, generally ia the Last S+o lug
ai tdIpluatlcn A, and cap ornamented
o mlsn reo, yellow, or blue braid az
So q, VIII In me fancy of the wearer
some ;-fews have shoes or straw sitn
~ ReIs,, Out the majority are barefootnd
Icy aEerarmed, however. with foirIr
suou Muskets, and manv or thor,
f Halry ugly looking knives. saw
tatke numbers Of the SOLDIERS" IN
Cne plaza or public square, some n,an
Ing az dlce. or cards, some ta1k p'a
fQtners sleeping, and all law dirtS
'dnq ragged: This plaza, which W. s
orlglnally:well. laid out and wbich
actually boasted an ancient fonntain
- Che center was Uttered with re-.
luse, rooted Up by hogs and althv
WIN house .offal and dung. The an.
clelG paved walks which originally
u r. were badly broken and
Ulle s40pse stones were widely scattered
ny us nOgs.. Outside of the town
ana ras far as the eye can reach ev
tends a. hilly country covered with
lprest. la long tramp through this
we saw no cultivated land
ana yet this land is said to he ax.
Iremely fertile and to Weld laroelx
dny Tropical product that is nlantnd
Upon IT, From an examination of an
'utcropping ledge Of rock I decided
y I me SOIL was underlaid with lime.
zone and such a soil is nearly al
1dYs TlcH~ But-the richness of this
slanQ .lsGSwasted. For even the old
} la 81 which were we'll set with
Pnee' oranges. and cocOanuts are
Town up TO tropical forest and WELD
eNC 70 nothing. Right in the midst
\ Jungle OF wild trees and bushes =
IollRd -tEScee Of an old orange and
lansaQi grove indicated by the re- OF
lalns QqtstEaightrows il which these
Fees were originally planted. And ar
,,1th u9ey. DECLINE ana ruin of the
laslntatlons has declined everything ha
J connection with them. Even the oe
~ carriage roads which originally
'aversed the island and formed a f.
lannel for conveying the produce to hi
le ports are now only bride paths,
ing completely overgrown with -
rest and bushes.Y VI
Aud this IS Hayti, the Hispaniola 'Ot
Column bus the pride and glory Of i
e great ADMIRAL For it will he Sd
membered- that, after examining ne
2 other large islands Of the West
DIES. columbus decided that this T
e was the richest and best. And viii
5er when under French rule. IT pet1
Is one Of the falrest and wealth. dras
Spots hi the civilized world ach
e whole Republic, in fact, is syst
'antic. farce. " NO nation has ever DER del:
)Wn. Itself more utterly incapable tic al>
.self-government than the black arat
public In some, eighty years of mist
ytlanz Independence there have near near
~ 1nore4than4 ninety revolutions. is n
e Observation-Disclosures exceptions the
" up ia absolute ignorance, and and
a a. deep Unborn hatred of the s this
tie man. The rulers are blood. full il
rsty tyrahts d bid the country has Mala
enerateds Into a tropical wilder conf