The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-03-18
Ma, in san Salvador. The Tale
Of Two Cities.

mas Of this land of eternal sum-
,tpli YOU of one days doings.
early in the morning, while yet
los. was upon the face of the
re were awakened by the jangling
,.o,pigg Of church bells-big bells
5...la. aass bells and tenor; and SIM
...o,st with their clatter came Jose,
-,r, bread and chocolate. Disposing
T.. batter while making a hasty toll
49,. Mt. .t,ently sailed forth, and found
dtl Il the streets. Talk about
sHt. the lark no self-respecting
We abroad as such unearthly
.r- before the mountain tops
..n N Jh approaching dawn the
u heir way to matin ser
hIlches, to market-both
Ig The time the Northerner
.Uu, nj breakfast the work of
ugh accomplished. This
.... .Ot means because the Saliva
.. .. - much more industrious
.Y. h.k- They get up in the
ught-tirst, from force of
their fathers and grand
u second, to make time for
81. wMUu occupies the greater
Northern mans working
..... an these tropical coun-
na- between two and ten a.
ru>r beautiful OF the "A, and
which active exercise may
m discomfort. Then, as in
... u,s at home after the long,
..... wien the first sturdy bios
had heads above the ground
birds pipe their greetings
. M willows you drink
.... AL. n deep draughts and feel
uu- simply to be alive on this
ock in Salvador we found
enough for light wraps and
. t.~-y sweet with the breath of
.. sewers; dew drops glittering on
-f and the dust, which later
e burden, for the time quies-
owing The throng, we went into
m cid churches, in each of which
. amy kneeling devotees, mostly
Urreriug their prayers at the
saints. Ii seems to be the same
reJ~ of lie world-that women do
s.. ue praying. Is it because they
..-0 worse than the other sex, and
aost in need Of prayers, or SO
er that they can best obtain
... race tor the rest of the family?
le faith, Oh lack of it, it does
Too passing stranger, when in
eues, to fall upon his knees
natives Though his marrow
ruatcustomed to the attitude
- cannot rise above the crown
Il is at least more courteous
upon whom his presence is
have i'll mind company of
Dogs meu, who made an excursion
- 4sp during my residence there.
testant they had a holy horror
ming pertaining to the Romish
ad considered it a duty to ex-
sentiments on all occasions.
--d into a cathedral in the midst
5 service, and without even
.c,r hats, walked about ex-
affairs and pictures, making
adging comment and expec-
lVe Texan fashion. Perhaps
.ered a church sacred only on
course the natives were lust
-..' Jhg few Protestant mission
u been working that field, re-
back from which it took long
and as for your correspond
ashamed to own her nation
the rest of her stay in the
public buildings, the church
If san Salvador is painfully
i l. IL.
.a-s uerican cities. This is owing
lslHency of earthquakes, which
Ns more respect for churches than
W.r~5ant clergy above mentioned.
- "f lat a building may at any
--ie oe shaken in pieces, forbids lavish
fsAoe IN construction and decora-
- l-- cd cathedral of San Francisco.
't '.varado's time, was almost COM
''s' deSloyed by the great earthquake
-8- 3 century ago. The present I'M
-9N1l 9aihedral, which occupies one
4' Dbl. HE Plaza d 'Armas, has been a
' ''2 ime in building, the money be-
: i.i'ed entirely by private subscrip-
N Au uglier and less artistic struc-
VIZ would be hard to find, even in North
4tI'a. here inartistic churches are not
''p."naL 1t is very large, in the shape
'''rtS cross, with long and extreme
l''i'" arms, The facade, of painted
W" asi in Franee) and the dome and
" IRRIGATED iron, give cheap,
''4 uehouse- look to the whole
as compared with the succeed
'--' 'ad iark-red tiles which prevail in
'Niuern countries. The inside of
'a''"" is less forbidding; it's columns,
' .tIiugS. affairs confessional