Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-18
ApUBLIc LAUNDRY.

Towns we nave nNNlt II thNlNlln NnANl
1000 inhabitants, is well built, With
well paved streets and a good sized
plaza. I'm The center OF the plaza Us d
water fountain and public wash house,
Or rather shed We have noticed in
several towns the public wash place,
where The women of the town wash
their clothes Custom o. not law for
bids washing az home a very wise SAM
TORY provision ANA the town erecls
wash booths surrounding The water
fountain, where ihC suds ANA waste
water run into q sewer The water Is
$50 soft that boiling clothes IS unneces'
sary The Alcaldo was having his
siesta, g. g., after dinner sleep, when
We called so we did not SEE him. but
we had no difficulty In getting our
supplies Of provisions and corn.
Passing through Chimaltenango
Thursday April 10, we campcd Cor noon
league beyond whore The roads fork,
one going straight to the capital ~
leagues away the other gOng TO ANTI
qua three leagues distant Here we
decided to separate, permitting some
To go to Antigua, while others drove
the packs by the easier and more de
rect route
RICH AND BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
Chimaltenango is the capital Of the
district through which we had been
travelling for two days past. Ii ia To-
Gated IN a beautiful valley, about 1--WE
miles In diameter nearly round ana
nearly level The roads are good and
we wished again for our Stu1eOoker
wagons LEFT In the upper part of Next
CO., Rich corn fields are seen every
where, though now they are drr as
neither the spring blowing nor planting
has begun 10 oar right are two sharp
volcano peaks. one called Fuego, the
other Aqua, and both nearly e'cyCn
thousand feet high. Fuego is said 20 be
active. and the only active volcano in
Guatemala But we saw no smoke eN-
cept the smoke Of the forest liles which
settles like a fog over the whole coun-
try,
a league from our noon camp down
canyon that gradually wldencj into a
valley. brought US to the coffee planta-
lions through which We travelled until
noon the next day, The soil is rich,
and Judging from the thrifty ana
healthy appearance Of the inkas and
haciendas coffee raising Is very
profitable industry At three leagues we
came to the city and short distance
brought us to the ruins
TERRIFIC WORK OF VOLCANO.
After proclainilng the sovereignty Of
Spain. Avarado built his capital ut
Almoonga Qong spring. at the foot OF
the volcano Aqua II grew rapidly but
I'm fcw years was destroyed by a Hood
of water bursting forth from the top
of the volcano and rushing down the
side with tremendous force, seven
hundred Spaniards and a thousand ma
tives were killed. and the town laid IN
ruins or covered with debris.
A SECOND POMPEIG,
The next capital was moved a league
to the eastward. and was called An
tigua, the former being named The
city of ST. James the Gentleman The
new capital lourlshed ana became one
of the healthiest and most populous
cities of Central America, containing
over 10000 inhabitants. But IT, too,
mot with disaster. on the night Of
Sunday. July %, l173. without premo-
milton a severe earthquake occurred
which in a few moments laid the city
I'm ruins, The dead were never count
cd, perhaps many were never eXtricated
from the ruins that killed them And
here before us, are the massive walls
now broken and scanned but Stll grand
and massive. The ruins Of forty-llye
churches. almost all OF which had a
convent attached can be counted be-
sides the walls OF those Of the govern
ment house and many houses OF the
rich And as we walk these silent
streets, and enter the rooms and CoTi-
doris Of these silent houses. we think OF
that people Who over q hundred years
ago. walked these same streets and
occupied these same buildings, The
day was the Sabbath and they had
worshipped. II was evening ana many
had retired while others with life and
health and gayety were spending their
time as best suited them Suddenly
the earth shook and In an instant thou
sands were taken from life to the world
beyond, and one of the prOudest Cities
Of the new world was laid In broken
l ruins
without stopping long at Antigua We
proceeded 10 the first capital, at the
/ foot Of the volcano Aqua, on the west
/ side. Here the ruins are not SO vel
/ seen for the earth covered It's work Of
/ destruction But the ruins Of the
/ church are seen, and also those Of the
| chapel OF the palace The present gov
/ eminent house IS built on the founda-
/ ton of the palace. IL Is nearly five
/ hundred years since the food came,
and yet the ruins still seen seem as
fresh as ever An officer pointed out
the place where Beatrice wife Of Al
vorado was killed, and We could not
help but think how soon the ambition
of that amblt ms woman was crushed
! Alyarado had not been long dead. The
/ news OF his death, which occurred In
! ,sf. ftr Itl
| widow I'm spite OF her sorrow had not
uuenched her ambitions but had an
nounced herself guhernadora and had
| assumed power Proper ceremonies
had been instituted In honor Of her
dead husband and the state was set
thing to tranquility. when suddenly @
slight shock Of earthquake was felt
and soon a river Of water was helched
forth from the volcano and came rush
ing i'm terrible food down the side uf
the mountain carrying devastation In
its path. II struck the city with terri-
BILE force. destroying nearly every house
and burylng many inhabitants and all
in the debris The gubarnadora rushed
To the chapel and while CIIugiug to the
cruclAx was crushed by the falling
walls Here lies the walls, here is the
chapel. there are the foundations Of the
IfNAu lluiNNff ana HAN'N' A1f''AlIl llltAl IA
by the deep rayine, is the path Of the
flood.
Alyarado had chosen beautiful site
for his capital. II was just at the end
Of a lovely valley and as rich as lovely.
Now coffee plantations, sugar planta-
lions and rich country villas dot the
. | land everywhere. Alm0longa and
. other springs furnish water and the
: valley smiles in wealth and beauty.
But uuhaprly not the mos, beautiful
. nor the richest In this world is the SAT-
| est At least this valley which con-
. tains the ruins Ut TWO capitals has not
: proven the safest place in the world.
. PECULIAR HOTEL CUSTOMS.
We stopped that night In meson
. / conducted by % very intelligent Span
f. lard who had travelled In South Ameri-
. ca and could give MS much useful in