The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-06-14

4 -Ase-AeCN ttAAJ wi IL kOtAtOCS. tO4A11lOcS
and, in fact. all garden sass of the
States. can be found in the market, bu
they look though, suffering from the
disease SO common i'm Kansas. genera
debility. This is occasioned by The lacl
! of proper cultivation All tropical vege
tation grows as Iuxurantly as set OF
I Popglist whiskers.
| The tallest trees are the bamboo, the
cocoa nut and the mango The bamboo
is susceptible of more uses than any
other article of timber 1 ever saw. 1t is
used for carpets. roofing, weatller-board
joists- beds, chairs. aud bowls and buck
cts 4 cart can be constructed with it as
we'll as sled. and as it is hollow. water
pipes Of considerable length, made from
bamboo are a common sight Besides
being the mother of Beno asd Hades.
the cocoanut tree furnishes import
ant part of the food for native eonsump-
ton and export. The mango is a large
aud stately tree; from distance greatly
resembling the aged elms of the States,
and producing shade and fruit ia abund-
ance- The frs,it, when green, is as sour
lemon bat fully palatable as an
orange when ripe.
Robbery, the second greatest Industry
of the country, is carried on by all classes.
individually and collectively. A limited
observation proves to me that almost
without exception. the native has no we'll
developed moral ideas. Having for CEN
turtles been the victims of unscrupulous
traders, they have become INSCRIPTIONS.
Small bands of robbers. such as have ex-
listed in the States, exist here and present
the most serious question of future gov
ernnlent These bands, called Ladrones,
ply their trade without favor, and will as
quickly steal from a poor man his last OK,
or hamper of food, as from the luxurious
supply of the richest Grandee III the
country. They are bold in their transact
tions, roaming from province to province
and travelling by oar and sail from island
to island. The mosquito fleet is doing
good work at sea and checking there the
movements of this class of gentry.
Religion seems to have but one object
here; the accumulation of wealth for the
church. Eternal salvation of the immor-
tai soul is secondary consideration.
Great pomp and ceremony is observed,
but when one sees the VIRGIN carried
carried through the streets by four dirty
and sometimes ragged fellows, who look
as though they had never had square
meal, nor decent bed to sleep on, one
loses any respect he may have had for the
Practically. temporal
charity is unknown, and unless your
tate can pay five dollars, when your fun
eral is held you are taken in at the side
door, while # the estate looks like good
picking. you are taken through the main
portal while the band plays fast music
Should there be any doubt about the
tate, the payment must be in advance,
for the church will not take any chances.
So far as L can learn, no charitable insti-
tuition exists on the island and though
poor, crippled, diseased or blind, state
church nor society has made any pro-
vision and such a poor devil is left to
live or die, as best suits his pleasure.
Get all you can and keep all you get,
seems to have been and is now, the motto
of the local religious enthusiast, and
while the chimes from bells, worth a for
tune, swinging in costly towers, give
forth their solemn sound, at ave. and
''Angelus," many poor wretch within
hearing, is suffering for food.
Children! Great God never intended
such dissertation of his image exists
here. Born as the great majority of
them are, in poverty, they are reared in
ignorance and filth, devoid of any of the
of life, and frequently of health,
it is not to be wondered at that many die
young The astonishing part is that any
survive. 1t is "A small family that cannot
muster a dozen at mess call and any hut
you pass could easily be taken for fond
ling institution. Smallpox and consump-
lion which, however, seems to affect only
the natives, are the principal diseases and
hough the efforts to keep up the popula-
lion must be terrific, these hold it down,
SO thar the increase is not great as in
other communities.
The mind can easily revert a few hum
1red years, when the eye can see IL man |
along, with gait like that of a
acing dog, with load the average per- |
son can hardly lift, suspended from each |
end of a bamboo stick four feet long, and |
when he stops at some wayside shrine to |
DO devotion to gilt image, it is almost |
necessary for the American spectator to
rub his eyes to assure himself that he is !
alive and awake. l have seen two men |
carry barrel of water three miles in the |
manner suggested, only changing the |
weight to the center of the pole. The |
people that do this class of work are lit