Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-02

40 they cat Some have % few chick
ems and now aud then you pee "a black
rlzor-backod hog or two tied 90 the
slide " hut n Dr. always tied. Moth
ing Il allowed 90 run 40 large ln Porto
RIO. and hogs are tythDred by driving
stakes in the ground and fastening
them 10 these ropes nh1ut their nccks
iu some places chickens are tied and in
others you zee horses and cattle out In
fields ull fastened Go stakes.
\ PORTO RfcAN VILLAGE.
Now the government mules have
been stopped in order that We may take
a look M one VI the small towns NJ our
new Island. We are Zoo the village ~
Juuuan-I l1E. or ~ John ~ God 10
consists of "a piazza or public square
with "a bis succeed church facing 10
and " about twenty houses of poo built
NJ Hturco and wood. together with
Dot NJ sh1cks mado VI palm leaves and
boards The homes uf The poor.
The little town with nll outdoors
90 build In lH made In solid blocks.
Each house huH q door and 70 fcw have
holes Tor windows, but mo- rlnns
We can look into some Of the rude
homes 40 we go by. Tor tho doors are
open, There De but little furniture,
some have hnmmocita and iu one or two
we aec beds Many contain cots made
M the fashion ~ saw bucks with can
vas stretched over them. 20 that thuy
CON be- folded up ana set aside In tho
daytime.
mo people come to tho doors and
look at uH They an dress IN cpttuuH,
tho poorer women wearing little more
than cotton skirts and Jackets. Not u
foW Of them are hnrHhUudrd and ull
are blrrfootpd Some have naked babies
in their arms md naked children run
about tho streets They are bright.
eyed little things OF ull collrH. from
NNf INMHM NHrHHH Many
them look lean except ut the waist.
whore their HtumuChl urUtrulo 60 an
enormous extent This comes from
tholr dot OF vegetables ana fruits, 'H-
pcclaily bananas
ORANGES At 4 CENTS a DOZEN.
A. We walt a man goes by with
load N oranges. 10 ls leading re- mule.
which has two baskets HlunE over ltf
back. Each holds about thrns bushels.
and he b. pcddllug the fruit from
house a. house. We stop him and ask
the price Hr tells ua tho fruit ia exc
crptlounliy nuc and that he cannot pos
slbly soil them Tor less than 4 cents "a
dozen. We take u hundred aud store
them into one NJ the boxers NJ the bat
terry wagon, 10 eat ON The way They
are fun NJ Juice ana dnllCluuHly sweet
Their skin. however. ~ thicker than
that ~ our oranges az home, and We
shall eat them la Porto Rico ana this
ls By pairing on the outer nr yellow
cover % the skin and leaving only the
white Now we slice m the top ana
clapplng the orange 90 our mouths suck
out the Juice, l tell you It Is a dish
for king,
ON THE ROOF or PORTO RICO.
Leaving Junn.a-Dlnz we go on our
winding way up the mountains, We
climb higher and hiiihcr. hanging 10 the
slides of tho hills until nt last We reach
Aibuultu. the pass over the range which
divides tho island. We nro now O. half
milo above whore We started and are
ON tho roof of Porto Rico.
We arr lu one of the most beautiful
parts 81 Uncle SANS now switzerland
iu one ofihc most picturesque regions
NJ tho world As far uH we can see ON
nll Sides rise green hills. spotted here
ana there by the dark shadows NJ the
clouds. lilllpwy mountains roll one over
the other ON lll sides until thoy lose
thcmaolyoa 10 the sky. Below uH We can
see the military road. Just above are
the Spanish onrihWorlNs which COM
mnnded the road when we invaded the
island, uud We can climb mp aul stand
un the ynrp spots where tholr cannon
Numbered "a warning o. tho troops
Further Ou our journey We go down %
branch ~ the military road 90 visit
Guvumu Heights, whrrv our troops
were attacked when they made their
way mp from tho coast Here you can
see the military road for miles Wind
Ing lt way Ike O. white snake mp the
hills ~ was perfectly commanded by
tho Qualifications Indeed. some 81 the
hest nf our officers think that had the
SpnnlnrdH tried 20 hold Porto Rico the
country ~ such that we could not have
conquered them.
THE BEAUTIES or THE TROPICS
have spoken NJ Porto Rico as Swift
cortland. 10 o. like switzerland without
the lee and snow, and sun IL has beau
Ties which switzerland has not. The
trees are those ~ semi. trnpclR. Long
lines Of green hang down from their
branches orchids uH hig az peck
measure wrap themselves around their
limbs. ana not q few ~ them have "a
veil NJ Spanish moss, Others are great
masses " bright red, yellow or purple
flowers. I saw ono tree twenty feut
high covered with groIt balls ~ white
wool II was % cotton tree ana the cote
ton bursting from the balls was Just
like the option produced la our south
uru states.
ON the Atlantic side II the island I
reached rrgiun nj forms IN which
There were fern trees from twenty go
thirty feet high I had myself photo
guphcd standing beside those trees and
ut the same time guthorod some
maldgn-hulr ferns which had branches
us fine as the most delicate lace.
PALM TREES AND BANANAS.
Let uH notice the vegetation ua We
travel down the north slope of the
mountains. See those fields uf bananas
which cover the sides uf the hills The
plants are twenty feet hlgh. They have
leaves of SOFT ErccA o. foot wide and
us tall us "a man. Their blossoms arc
uf rich maroon ana those which have
opened nrc ~ % blood rcd.
what "a lot of palm trees there are
and hoy many varieties. We saw Cu-
uUunutH down ON the coast Up here
lu the mountains tho most conspicuous
trees are the royal realms They spot
the landscape, standing out like tall
spires against the hills Now and then
We see "a bread fruit tree, whose fHn-
like leaves tup about in the breeze
Now We pass o. coffee plantation, ana
after leaving the town OF Cayey We
ride for miles through mountains Cow
cred with tobacco. This section ig one
of the best tobacco raising rHgluus M
Porto Rico tn" hills are covered with
dark green plants and long tobacco
sheds In which the lrlyel are dried and
cured run up and down tho mountain
sides,
THE SOIL rs RICH
"A We ride over the island we get a
good idea OF It's soil II ig wonderfully
fertllc, hut 80 ruggrd and ragged that
YOU would not think II could be Cultl-
waited, II ~ were arid 10 would be a8
rough ns the Rocky Mountains. 10 Is
only the climate and the moisture which