The Republican journal., 1897-04-15
Getting into Guatemala.



.,,m-h America are apt to agree with the
l.-. MIS- Stowe in the opinion that 1.-THE
.-.4.Ie in travelling is to have travelled"
HI called harbors are mere open road
.-.il>. and the mighty ocean-in full
.9,tp from Alaska to Cape Horn and
r5ss to the other side of the globe
b4sts upon the shore with tremendous
o'wer Especially is this true at San
lose the Pacific port of Guatemala. AT
a0ac VI our Northern beaches is there
u,bng at all comparable with the rag
7.- multuous, terrible surf-the noun
,.,-ugh pillows, white and foaming,
o break upon the beach with deafen-
al and ceaseless fury. We Jared
..Ys than the average corners in this
.t Gus place, having to wait only so
.l- for the right time in which to make
il ing. Perhaps you can imagine the
i'll humor of lot of passengers of
Is nationalities, penned in circum-
cd. quarters on an anchored ship, III
ht of shore where wives and chill
wait them, or letters from far away
~ important business spelling by
. Ill the time tormented by the pitch
W tossing and trembling of the yes
blistering heat, and binding glare
. tropical sun upon the surround
:ers, Hardly a thousand feet away
it red painted iron pier OF the San
se ike bloody scatfold above the
We bordered coast; and on account
optical illusion produced by the
Of the waves, the hideous structure
ed to be dancing in tiendish glee,
hooking our impotent rage. The
Mail Steamship officials did all
odd IN the way of atfording conso-
the wretched passengers, by as
them that the situation was neither
nor extraordinary; that on the
.. y it was the most natural thing in
-. ~orld-or rather in the harbor of San
where the water is always agitated
a degree that nine times out of
is necessary to wait from one to
aIyS. and often longer, for chance
with comparative safety. If one
MS lis sea legs on, as the sailors say,
The language of Pinafore is ''never,
. EEK at sea, and if timeis not pres
rolav apin avon This aynariaoGa
~ake of splendid views ashore and
Phi. rortunity afforded for the study of
tl nature in novel guise. Directly
towers the smoking volcano, Fue-
Fire with its twin peaks, the
-.- one active. Twenty miles away
light, rises the smooth, verdurous
Aqua, 'Water;' but the ma
theirs look much nearer together
lear atmosphere. Close behind
stands Acatenango, the highest
olcau0 in Central America, lift
bald head IS. 612 feet above the
the east is the smaller, but sharp
H Pucaya; to the west, Atitian,
smooth, sharp, perfectly rounded
i the day is fine, he may verify
Lis own eyes the tales that are told
alcos remarkable habit Of belching
volume of smoke aud steam regu
very ten minutes, sometimes fol-
at quantities of molten lava. Militia
i
-Le boundary line between Guate-
H3 salvador; and Mount Orosi, in
a its three grassy peaks gent
ned toward one another. At
atoryals. when the clouds are
al mists rolled away like
he may even catch glorious
gIimpses of Ilopango, in Sal
sanding slender and graceful,
beautiful crown of flame in the
the placid lake from which it
name; and Monotombo in Near
.. in its broad streams of fire de-
a all sides to the emerald plain
nj Conseguina, the dreaded de-
and the whole ragged line of Los
.> And at night, if favored by
lHou, this greatest aggregation of
on the face of the earth affords
fleets as surprising as beautiful.
'H 81 This magnifcence of nature could
went considerable mislaying of
.rI...l am Hhe mart of imnatiant nassau
sad Violent casting up of accounts at
me bidding. There were no women
al board outside our own small party
~ -r@ of the men spoke English. We
'r.e realty interested in slim, hand
"Wa tripping from Costa RIGA, who was
e9ng with his tutor-a fat old padre,
oIy to ''see the world'' and com
his education. The two evidently
"sht they had done it and were re-
Nnag to their native heath, we'll satisf-
sd witt the knowledge gained. Dear,
SIMPLE soulS-Acadia never let loose
4'f" sophisticated pair. Yet the padre
a' armed a little of the ways of this
Nesaa world in the course of his 70 years,
e resolutely turned his back upon
-' "fler of the deck pre- emptied by pet
aS and said half a dozen Ave Marias
me he caught a glimpse of them.
-sd his prayer book all day long and
ri he boy at it as much as possible.