The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-11
Where Piety Is Strictly Up-to-Date.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Bahia, Brazil, May 17.--Bahia, the
second seaport of resourceful Brazil,
city of an approximate population OF
100000 Latin-Americans, extends to the
observing American from the states
wealth and variety of interesting con-
diions. The amateur tropical traveller
is first attracted by the amount OF
strange foliage and the peculiar struc-
lures that present themselves. In the
newness of the situation he even loses
consciousness of the intense heat,
which persistently averages 81.
On leaving the navy yard dock |
stood beside what seemed an almost
perpendicular mountain of reddish
soil, graced to the very summit with
buildings in bright colors and with CO.
coanut, orange and banana trees that
ached with the burden of superabun-
dant foliage and fruit On reaching the
suburban sections a dazzling scene lay
before me, in the way of magnificent
terra Gotta and stone residences and
consulates, surrounded with lawns and
gardens Incompatible in statuary and
shell ornamentation, and in shade and
floral richness; to me it was the reali-
cation of paradise of imagination
after experiencing leafiess, dreary win
tiers in the North.
It seems that of all the prominent
powers, the United States alone is not
represented with suitable consulate.
Uncle Sam contents himself for an Of
flee in rear room on the third floor of
a rickety office building on the water
front in the old quarters of the city.
Here l met our consul yesterday. He
is Mr.. Furniss, handsome and af-
fable Indianapolis man.
The city proper differs materially
from the wealthy suburban districts,
The buildings are continuous wall
right up to the sidewalk, seldom over
two stories high the lower windows
and doors usually barred like our jails,
and facing narrow, steep, tortuous,
roughly paved streets, with three-foot
sidewalks, entangling narrow-gauge
car tracks, and often foul smelling
from decay or refuse matter These
buildings are invariably of stone and
mortar washed over in white, blue,
pink, yellow or red; many windowed;
chimneyless, and rooted with red or
yellow thing, presenting a gay aspect.
The second-story windows are not
barred and are always crowded with
young and old, greeting pedestrians
and car-riding friends as they pass by.
The Catholics have full sway in re-
ligious matters, But four other de-
nominations have representation with
one church each. Every square seems
to have it's house of worship or mon
astery, the majority of them grand
and imposing edifices, with beautiful in
teriors and surrounded by spacious
yards rich in natural and artificial Or
namentation. In some cases the cenle-
terry is part of the church yard and is
handsomely maintained and shade with
cocoanut and banana trees, often laden
with fruit, which, but for the thought
of the dead at the roots, would be
tempting indeed.
Last Sunday was full Of interest to
me. I was solitary straggler in the
business streets and every shop was
padlocked and heavily barred. Not a
sign of q business transaction. SO COM
mon on other days, was noticeable.
Even the ugly, growing cur was taking
rest. Church bells We're Ginning