The Republican journal., 1896-08-20
The Republican Journal Thursday Morning. August TO- 1896

JUICE winch may be carefully express
eo' mahogany board is provided,
ihto which broken crystals of quartz are
inserted, and this serves to crate the
foots into coarse meal. 1t is then washed
carefully and placed in a long sack Of
oasket-work, which is appropriately called
sefplente'-serpent. This ingenious
press is fastened at one end to a house-
beam, while on lever, placed throngb
Tie loop at the other end, the children of
the family sit in turn, or together if thew
are small. Afterwards the squeezed mass
is made into fiat loaves, about three feet
III oiameter but not more than quarter
Oh an inch thick, dried, and then baked
Inc result is wholesome and very nu-
serlclous bread-an excellent diet for dvs-
| peptIcs, which can be eaten in seasickness
when all other food is rejected, and is
warranted to fill out the hollows of the
most emaciated human frame, Its white
clean looking loaves tempt the dullest an
petite and they can be easily exported as
lney keep indefinitely.
The Journey up the river Dulce is the
same route taken by Cortez on his first
expedition to this country. There is an
excellent line of steamers, owned by citi-
zens of the United States, on the rivers
Dulce, Polochic and Cochon, into the in
terror OF Central America. They had
great difficulties IN ovoroo,,o -, ,,,r:<.4
ing the shallow, swift running streams
which were formerly travelled only by
Indian canoes. The first steamer launch
ed on the Dulce was wrecked on it's sec
ond voyage.
The largest one in present use. the
'Tilly NJ" was built in Chicago and
brought down by the way of the Illinois
canal and river, and thence bv the Mis-
sissippi and the Gulf of Mexico. Another
one, made to draw only about 6 feet of
water, was built on the Pearl river La
and another bears the mark of the Dos
ton Tropical Fruit Company" Early one
morning we steamed from the wharf, ap
parently straight for the spur of the San
Gil mountain which extends northward
right across the river. AS we approached,
an opening in the wall was disclosed and
we entered wonderful gorge, between
precipitous cliffs of white limestone.
covered with tangle of tropical trees,
shrubs and creepers, making two emerald
walls of indescribable loneliness. The
Canadian river, Saguenay, famed for its
cliffs, is not to be compared with this for
beauty of scenery, and many travellers in
sist that Switzerland can show nothing
finer. The water is like crystal, very
swift, and averaging Is fathoms deep,
with the rankest vegetation not only
crowding close to its edge, but far over
hanging, making landing impossible ex-
cept in certain places. So exceedingly
crooked is the river that every few yards
it seems to end in the solid bluff, directly
ahead, and every turn presents new Won
ders and bits of enchanting scenery. Be-
You'd the canon, the water suddenly
broadens out into the "Golfete,' perhaps
| 10 miles long Dy . or VIDE, dotted with
innumerable islands.
Only one of them is inhabited and there
are no signs of human life along The shore.
On either side is a range of mountains,
branches of the distant Andes, their ma
jestic sides covered with verdure, Then
the river narrows again, between the
| 'Golfete'' and the Largo de Izabal: and
here, on picturesque point, are a few
Indian huts and the remains of the old
Spanish fort, san Felipe. \ few rusty
cannon are scattered about, and there is
farce of a custom house, which sends
out canoe with two or three half naked
natives in it, who could not read a word
to save their lives, to examine every ship 5
''papers.' Here we find an opportunity
to send our budget of mail to the United
States by passing steamer; which ac-
counts for this abrupt ddios.
FANNIE RRIGIJAN w Apn