The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-11
A YIRGINIAN
IN NICARAGUA.
Some impressions Formed by Son
of the Old Dominion.
BLUEFIELDS is COSMOPOLITAN.
Only One Third Of It's People ITO the
Manner Rorn.n-The Country Is
Tropical Garden, Which tho
Canal VIII Open Up.


Virginia residing in foreign countries, l
continue increasingly 10 cherish the mem
orr OF nay mother State Her glorious
past. her future progress, the stability
and grandeur o. her institutions a! shD-
Ialla OK just, though modest PRIDE 10
an. and more especially IS this true OF
those who on leaving nome go 70 i've
among strange people an distant lani
Here, more imam Two tAoAsa4lN mines
aEav. where the vivid trOplc sun pOurs
down bis vertical rays, thanks 20 INC
courtesy and pr0mp tness OK tne hlcA-
mond Times, I can rcat OK what IS s0ilt
on 40 home and Wltcn the maicn OF
events in dear old Richmond from aiar
lt that famed knight OF OH looking Igf
Eid0ldd0 has only lurnCf Ais course tNIs
way and oives-nF him cir Ot helmet ana
amor (Which 10 this moist climate Wonl4
certainly have rusLcd very quickly any
way) and arrayed himself instead ia SOM
brerO and flannel shirt, oVerlls ana iacei
boots. with tWo-.09r machote keeping
constantly on hand ready for immediate
use. that unlimited STOCK OF patience ana
perseverance WIKI which IRE was cfcllLcd
b doubt not that lu time he would nave
discovered ln tle mountain businesses ana
tangled forests OK NlcafH qua treas ilra
that would Clzzia the eyes OK I'll Hung
Chang and turn the shade OF Jay could
green with envy.
SOUTHWARK TKKES ITS WAY.
The star OF empire is 40 last tending
southwark Tor not only does our o~n
dear southland offer tho most superior
advantages 90 young men Of large energy
and small capital, but SSH llt tler loWn
far down lu tAe country OK Central and
Southern America, where the uopl-
storm sweeps over vast and fertile sac
yannas. yir gin forests, and great ranges
Of mlneral-stored mountains. where ma
Josu1 rivers roll onward to tne blue
'rar4il.' with SIS palm-piumcf ISLANDS
fhlmmefing m tho. sun, are 10 pc IouA-
opportunities Tor the luyss tment OF cap
ttal iu large or small amounts, ana an
open field Tor the exercises OF oVsry form
OF commercial and industrial energy uu-
cluaied hy any other country on ear TO.
Sol is tAis assertion mere IDLE talh, but
just and careful statement or lhctt,
based upon extensive travel, much care
ful observation. and an Intimate acqualn-
tance With lcr8e number OK RESIDENT
my OBJECT however WITHIN we hmiL5 ~
this brief paper % give a. detailed account
OF tna present al4 Au-lfe connie icl4i
advantages OF Nicaragua. des.fe, now
ewes. through the columns of The Times
90 ac9ueint my friends ana tn8 pubic
90 Richmond with a few interesting
facts and OBSERVATIONS regarding eastern
Nicaragua n general emo hlusheids in
dulcsl pen could hardly taA TO 3 in at-
tcutl0u, when We remember The deep Inc
tcrast maullls red by tie culfe civilized
world IN the lttis Republic So soon, lt
or the greatest and most blnglci1l enc
r.lcerlnF feir OF modern times, namely.
tEe cons trretiou OF ON lnfefoceoni2 canal
como cling tle AiIHntie ana racine. n-uD-
ius tne EAST ana West Orb close comm Be-
cl4 ull-v. ancient CHINA, lul .I-- tNAtif
a'l the rich archipelago OF INC f1c.ue
ana tue vast and heretofore almost un-
known countries Of Genital and south
America with Che SLANT enterprise dut
firaIar- energy OF the United states. Blue
u Of B. n. b.
i- sitlile9 we -ul-l--H '"I '-'l.
OF the old Mosquito reservation Jus 90
Ihe point where l1e great Eau- tINeft
O noble stream. nav'aahie tor s'Ny miles,
lls waters intO the Atlantic through the
wide bay. or lagoon. a5 ~ ls calel. formed
pr its mouth. Those lt- loNs. ol latfe
shali0w bays. made BY tAo mouths et
into fhe sea. seem 10 le ois-ihelfa
feature OF This coast and owing 90 the
immense deposit carried down by them
during Che rainy season form one or tie
good doeu-Watcr hlrl0r5. o-I ] have
been tod by competent men-sso cap-
tg'ns. CiVl engineers and 0llefs-intl
with a comparatively moderate eNpensl-
turs both Biusielia and 9ravtoWn la-
roons wouls afford ample aecommodati0n
for YES ai5 OF ordinary draufhL
A BEAUTIFUL PROSPECT.
As it i1 now vessels land acrOss the
BAY directly opposite the town. az the
blum, freight d lighted in, while peas-n-
gers. baggage and mail one transferred
in the bamerner0 handsome itl.' Ibt-
bottom steamboat used exclusively ipr
thar purpose. Nothing c9ul0 De more
I beautiful than tho scene Nnen appfoa--l~
irs tha town in this manner, ono lagoon,
irs wide cNpause or p.dci4 Watef eAti-
e.nCd wits snowy beach and finsed WIN
the rich green foliage OF Che. tropics The
little city looking strangely white I'm the
intense glitter and hrlli4ncy OF che sun
I Iiuht, feaLs upon gently rising NUS NmtHi
becoming b9ider a8 they recede from ihe
Shore form "a wall of sharp d-cuYtie5 Gov
cred with waving palms aa hach ground.
HIlnicIla d. "a little town doing uf-
business; 10 i5 the polnl or oisTioutl1h
FOR tine entire eastern COAST d. mas tHo
| lines Of steamers 20 New Orleans an
occasional ship from Boston and Liver
pool and O number Ot smaller vessels for
the cOastWIse trade connecting DC various
points with steamboats, todins up the
great rivers which penetrate far iuto the
Interior carrying up carsoes Of erchan-
disc and provisions ana returning Win
/ fruit rubber. turuo shells sold t4at enc
Like al ths towns in thl1 part W MIC
aragua. BIuehclfs d. DuAr eIlfey or
two stories high painted l.el WIN green
blinds literally supplied with windows
ana balconies, ruL no cAimneysi 10 Llt
certain knowledge there IS not q chimney
out. out narrow and perfectly innocent
Of sidcwaisg. Many ~ the gardens, how
eYar are very baautfll, hanging down
with great wealth az GORGEOUS plants
and flowers while over al the tali and
stately palms wave their majestic haafs
F. i'm the hu. mess portion VI tle t1Wn there
are q number % large Wholesale houses
controlled exclusively BIZ Americans and
Enghshmeu, each with its warehouses
and Wharve5 extending far out in INC
lagoon The Waterfront always presents
am animated and picturesque appearance
with It's feet Of small sailing Fas al3 Zee
ceiving and discharging ps sseneers aud
the only highways Of the eastern coast
The country road is unknown. and the
whistle n the locomotive has never eeA-
oed through her primeval forests.
COs,TOPOLITAN CITY.
or the three thousand people who find
"a local hahitatiOn and a name In Blue
fields about one-third are 90 tho imam
ner BORN and who speak Spanish. the
rest are Americans, Lrsl n, Chinese
Germans. SWedes. French CARDS, Turks,
and Jamaica negroes, a varied ana cos
m0p0ltan assortment speaking their own
language, ana trying % speak DOT me rest
when the occasion demands 10. which Ocf
casi0na arising. as they do quite often,
sometimes result in e. "Pabei Of tongues
that would have caused even the build
ers of thar first and most ancient Of sky
scrapers CD smile with satisfaction. King
street rs the Main. Cary and Broad Of
Elueields cOmbncd-a sort % Central
American Midway" upon which IS 10
be found al the large wholesale and re-
ten stores. the artery through which ON
pleasant afternoons the quaint little city
pours az Us yariegated tide OF cOsmo-
pOiiian life
The handsome spaniara IN faultless