The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-07-10

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which Masssa ny INDUCED in since its
| foundation, three :nturies and half ase. is
the recent yplild.Ag OF "a fine new market-
| house: a1& Tor thatjt is Indebted to an-orxap.
ization ofTlgfisl1s capitalists, who have va
ried intg9e In tho republic, with headauar-
ters insAo.. don. Ike ediHce cost s10600O in
eoldsaI1 Is built of volcanic stone taken from
a nsar-by quarry, and. as the stone is very
black. and the whole structure surrounded
with q pnraret, it looks a good deal more
IKE & 7lnealeval castle than modern market
! noe 50 1T. is built In the form of hollow
! .2hale, one-storicd, with flat roof of corru-
] CARED iron, and covers two acres. A low
archcd corridor, supported by many iron col.
anns, with fancy capitals, runs around the
/ SPACIOUS inner court. The floors are laid in
fortand cement, and at each Of the four en-
frances are stately gates of wrought iron
lamps. - "0"o>
The Volcanic Mountain.
| To visit Masaya Mountain you 20 via MIN
olsa village, across the drsary valley, covered
| with course black lava, which surges up into
| many llttle hills and ridges, as IL the boiling
mass had suddenly cooled. The rough, IN
even sides OF the vois1HTare streaked with
| haroened streams Of lava, yet grass grows
luXurianliy along its base, and up to a con-
SIDERABLE height, and long horned cattle and
nall wild horses Craze upon it., The volcano
was one OF the earliest recorded wonders of
america; and the discoveries, who never
| stopped halfway in matters that touched The
imagination, named 1t "the He'll of Masaya."
An ancient historian said: There are burn
ing mountains in this province, the CHER CT
Which is Masaya, wherein, at different times,
the natives have Offered up maidens, throw
ing them into 1t alive, thinking thus by the
sacrlhce OF their lives to appease the fire that
IT might rot destroy the country, ari thew
went to 1t very cheerful" Whether the VIC
| tins were Cheerful" or those who offered
them up, the historian does not specify; but
| being on the spot, it REQUIRES no great
stretch of imagination to conceive the ter
ror and despair of the maidens who were
forced up the desolate height to fearful DEATH
Another chronicler gravely relates the toll
| lowing story, as matter OF history. trans
scribe In entire, with the authors own pecu-
liar style and prodigality of capitals: "Three
| Leagues from the City of Massaya, is a Small
| Hill, flat and round, called Massaya, being a
Burning Mountain, the Mouth of it being half
| league in Compass. and the depth within
being ESQ Fathoms.
| There are no Trees nor Grass but Birds
build, without any disturbance from the Fire
| There is another Mouth, like that of Well
| about Bow-shOt over, the distance of which
from the Fire is $50 Fathoms, always boil
Ing up; that mass of Fire often rises and
! gives great Light. so that it can be seen
considerable Distance 1t moves from one
| side to the other, and sometimes so roars
loud that it is Dreadful, yet never casts up
anything but smoke and Flame, the Liquor
never ceasing at the Bottom nor its Boiling
Imagining the same to be Gold, Frian Blase
| de Yniesta of the Order of Saints Domenick
with two other Spaniards, were let down into
! the first Mouth in two Baskets, with a
| bucket made of one piece of iron, and long
| Chain to draw up some of the fiery Matter
! and know whether it was metal. The Chain
| ran $50 Fathoms, and as soon as it came tc
| the Fire the Bucket melted, with some Of
| the Links of the Chain, in very Short Time
| and therefore they could not know what was
Below. They lay there that Night without
| any want of Fire or Candles, and came out
again in their Buckets, sufficiently Fright
| ened."
| How You Live.
The Masayans of the better class live very
comfortably, after simple fashion. of their
| own. An Englishwoman who has resided
| here several years gave us her experience in
| housekeeping la Nicaraguanese. AS there
| are no boarding-houses and the hotels are
| few, poor, and very expensive, the better
| plan, If one expects to remain only a few
| weeks, is to set up casa of ones own. It
| Is easy enough to hire an unoccupied house
| but quite another matter to render it habit
| able. Its walls are covered with cobwebs liks
| tapestry of small ropes Qor the spiders here
| are big, busy, and numerous), and the TILED
| or plaStered floors are OVerrun with lizards
| snakes, centipedes. tarantulas, ct al. Hav-
| Ing dispossessed these squatter tenants, you
| turn your attention to the furnishings. II
| you can hire few necessary articles, ever
| for sum which would buy them twice Ovel
| at home, you are in luck, for the native
merchants have as many prices for theil
| goods as there are calls for them, and con-
| duct business on the principle that the more
| thing is needed the higher price it should
| bring.
knives and forks with clumsy horn handles;
xoI>1 Al,4%, 49, H. . n.
dollar for broom, etc. Food, however-such
as can be Obtained-is cheap enough to offset
| these extraordinary prices, If one is willing
while in Rome to do as the Romans, and live
upon what is grown in the country. In the
| 1acals (huts) of the poorer classes, living is
| primitive indeed Whatever else is lacking,
each has long chest of solid mahogany or
tulip wood, made from the trunk Of giant
tree. It looks like coffin, and may be al
| most anything odd or uncanny. BY day it
serves a variety of purposes; dishes. cook
ing utensils and edibles are stored in it, to-
gether with the family wardrobe, the blank
cts, ropes. harness, what not. At night it is
| turned to double account, being closed with
cover and utilized as a bed. These kind
hearted Indians are proverbially hospitable,
and always press the stranger who happens
around at meal time to partake of the "crea-
| ture comforts" provided Curiosity may i'm
pei him to accept the invitation-once; but
seldom second time, unless driven to ex-
trem;Iy by the pangs of starvation. The food
is no: so bad. If one can remain in b!;ssful
| ignorance CT the ingredients Of the meuu-it
| is the difficulty OF getting at it among fork
less and spconless people. Tie universal
cup of the poorer classes is the half Shell of q
coccanut in shape precisely like an eggshell,>
which has no bottom, and therefore cannot
stand upright on the table. Those accus-
toned to their use get on very we'll by twist
| Ing handkerchief, or wisp of grass, into
loose, circular knot, and setting the cup with
in it. One soon learns to use fingers and
hairpins for forks, or to scoop up the food
with the thin cakes called tortillas; and when
it comes to a refractory chunk Of stewed goat
or monkey steak, to borrow his neighbor's
1ack-knife or stiletto.
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.
A Spider Keeps Time TO Music.