The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-24


OF the proplnaulty Of the equator says
a writer in the Century. Round about
this hotel and It's environments We
wandered tlll lunch was ready there
we're oranges. bananas and several o'u-
er fruits which do not specify only
because am stlll unable to reoollee'
their names. As for their havor ! can
only say that do not care much LOT u
as yet. there was one that tasted IKE
butter and another that had 'he
consistency OF cream cheese anu
the taste OF strawberry Jam oh
the whole. the favor OF these
southern products strikes the northern
visitor as insipld nnd too sweet ana
makes one understand why English.
men always banker after curries ana
the like sharp condiments In the trop-
les, but no doubt we are sophisticated
and wrong and ought TO ike Wha'
seems to us inslpldlty. Meanwhile the
oranges. bananas and plneapples are
all much better here than they ever are
after enduring export As Tor the
breadfrult and yams. OF which We al
20 had specimens. they are a mixture
OF the potato and the sweet potato ana
are less captivating than either. Inc!
have almost no taste at All ana
should suppose that one finally would
come 20 regard them In much the same
light as bread. something usefully NIT
ing but without character enough 10
insplre either loathing or devotion.
with the AID OF sauces and gravies'
however. they go down very "eiL
The bill OF fare included. likewise the
ash which was good and meat which
vas not very sood; It has to be eaten
too soon after killing to have lost
It's toughness. But one does not eH-
meet 10 eat much meat down here;
yegetarlans are In their element In the
tropics. especially that superior order
Of them who favor that part OF the
vegetable kingdom which grows above
ground The country women. who
walk fifteen or twenty miles a day In
the sun with burdens on their heads
which sometimes weigh not less than
af,y pounds. and who are never In the
least tlred-these ladies'. Il appears
live on fruit and yams only and md
them all-sufiicient diet. After dinner
went into a barber-shop and sub
mltied myself to the mlnistrations OF
an artist there The shop was a. the
rear OF the little structure which bore
the sign: the front part OF q, II re-
member right. was devoted In part to
the sale OF tobacco. On three sides OF
the room we're windows protected BY
wooden gratings painted red and blue
through them saw bits Of intense
blue sky and green ironds Of palm. On
wall Just outside the sash a lizard
ran and hoped and the eternal buzz
Hard alightsd on a corner OF a root
within my range Of vision. Close be-
side me a young darby with a counie'
nance OF lllimitable amlablliiy laborcd
asslduously on an instrument In the
nature OF a hand-organ, but the works
were in full view and In the opinion
OF several bystandors seemed TO Vie
IN interest with the tunes. This music
took the place OF the traditional bar
bor's conversation. though that alse
was abundantly available on demand
and was. indeed. carried On with much
yivaci,y between the various employs
and some visitors who appeared 4
have come IN for that purpose. i
sounded like a mixture OF Italian ans
French and may have been jamaican
popular English. Tor aught know.
could not understand u. | acceple'
an these details a. being typlealll
tropical. but. on the other hand. IN
chair In which | sat was made Il
Rochester, n. Y; on the wall was
large Autograph Of Brooklyn bridg
and a portrait OF President Cleveland
Electricity. too. has got 10 Kingston
and the wires run through the branche
OF the mangoes and palms The hous
In which have taken up my abode /
fitted throughout With electric bells
but I am happy TO add that none O
them works. In one OF the large
shops. I think. there Is an elevator. IN
only one on the island. On this islam
the white people look out OF plac,
That fact. so far as can Judge. IL "a
moral OF the story here. The islam
belongs to the colored folk and N
others are being gradually crowds
out. Tho proportion Is already abou
thirty to one against the latter an
while the colored race goes on mu
tiplying, the whites are packing thcI
trunks and moving cut. Is this NOV,
mont 20 be arrested or not2 doul
whether 4, will be arrested by N
English. workmen imported from N
states do not succeed here; that 10. the
die In two years from rum. The cooli,
do admirably but they cannot be n
nnal solution d the problem. Porhag
the bes, thing we can do Is to bocon
eolorcd people ourselves.