The Republican journal., 1896-11-05

..ssrA. Honduras. Sept. 18th.
.. uue to visit Honduran
'ee farm, is in February,
-r.,, are in full bloom; but as
.- far away by that time, we
-.ss tle most of our present OPP
.-s ia that end we accepted an
visit The cafetal of former
syracuse, y. Y, who now
|a- L. miles from Tegucigalpa.
- ut on mule back a jolly
ata5 ley our obliging Consul,
.s uu before sunrise to avoid
Ilc way leads first across the
- which encompasses the
e0u with sharp stones and
-a1 dust; then down a chalk
iDh the government has
- r Ire cut for the convenience
rAo-tooted and four, where
.- $ ike that of a lime kiln
dre Of midday absolutely
Zen into the cool and silent
.s,,u rows of giant trees,
ray trunks are regular as
al.4 columns. Many of the
'vered with parasites, knot
-.el together like lace work of
.r.orn. and all are curtained
and blooming creepers.
palms form perfect
... head, with branches 30 and
HI SIX feet wide, each branch
Sc directly from the earth,
. -1nuting from the top of tall
,t palms do. Each branch
-m and the leaf spreads and
,.rl side of it, cut into even
mammoth fern. These
ayes hang like portieres above
Lat il is often necessary for
ralSe his arm and push one
sing, after which it falls into
I.H Ike NerltaOle curtain. Our
-atal is an ideal one, situated
iect above the sea level, an
gu in this land OF sunshine
blends the best of soil and
Lat he can raise the produce
temperate and torrid zones.
Ills are hedged with giant "cen-
u.ts {Agave Americana,) his
cocoa palms and pomegranate
ives and pumpkins, pineapples
eo flourish side by side, and
u apples are cultivated in the
A.. aals, Without dipping often
'ersonal history, we may men
tailed in business in SYRIA
% years ago-and a most for
l.r it seemed to have been.
gether what funds he could
brought his wife and chill
rluras; and when arrived had
y enough to clear the land
usht on credit. During the
utAs the family suffered con-
lot only from inconsistencies,
comforts of life, and, indeed.
og Two it was by no means
sailing But he persevered,
... bis Anglo-SaXon GRIT, energy
nee to bear upon the task;
appy to tell You that he has
eyond lis highest eXpecta-
ny he is the owner Of a beau
4i many broad acres, and is
from debt, but has a hand
we'll invested and sure in
future growing up around
iits do not grow on a bush,
'ple suppose, but on a tree,
wild state shoots up 30 OF 40
cultivated it is carefully
Kept at height of from to
9uvenience in picking and to
mann stalk greater strength.
IRE beautiful in any stage of
.e.r glossy dark green leaves
esembling those of the mag
lie starry white flowers re-
ne of orange blossoms in all
lice. The phenomenon is con
laEed of ripe and green fruit,
blossoms, all on the same stem :;
Lh perpetually Towering and
fruit, the real harvest begins
When fully matured, the ber-
mix red, looking precisely like
10 variety of sea beans. They
aall brown after being picked,
ilied are almost black. The
native originally of the high
Ethiopia, and in other countries
turalized. Tradition tells us
as detection, was first used
a.a.i a cranky old chief of Arabian
u who wished to keep awake
zee ana one half hours out OF
teny- four in order to watch the
mad somehow discovered its vir-
l anti -soporifc. During the 18th
. rev rapidly in favor through
"a. orient, under the belief that it
r-' life by purifying the blood.
he middle Of the 10th century
ice houses were opened in Con
p.e; but they became such dan
oitical centres that the Grand
1pressed them in the year 1896.
.ue earliest suits of Columbus
------ ,..ls tLn abandonment of Ills