Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01

IN every shop are aguardiente tobac-
co and candles, the last for worship
in the churches Nine-tenths Of the |
houses In THIS town are stores or shops
IN the poorer parts "a few shelves and
q counter are placed at the door en-
trance ON which the goods are exposed
for sale, a child or the mother at.
tends To the selling, and when no Gus.
toners are In their time Us employed
III making cigars. Besides the three |
staples mentioned above few yards
OF calico few small biscuits or loaves
or bread, some sugar. Il few bars OF
soap and some plantans win consu.
tute the stock IN trade. Many
shops are more pretentiOus ana have
goods TO the amount Of several hun.
dred dollars. These usually include
salt potatoes -four beans and other
articles Of food There are also stores
stocked with thousands Of dollars OF |
imported as well as home made goods.
MARKET DAY
Monday is the great market day in
Honda In Mexico and other republlcs
south Sunday Is the principal day. The
usual amount Of trade goes on here ON
Sunday, but the great market day is
Monday On this day people from the
country for miles around bring I'm their
goods ana wares and exhibit them for
sale, Since the war began, however, the
day has lost It's importance to a GER
tain extent as the dangers Of travel in
crease but last Monday there was a
good representation The leading arti-
Gle for sale was cigars, Of which thou.
sands were brought from the tobacco
country above Next was cheese or
what they called cheese which came
from the grass country of La Mesa.
Plantains, chocolate beans prints. can
dies, and bread We're also represented.
number of drinking stands did
GOOD business but the tobacco sales eX-
ceeded all others.
There were crowds Of people mostly
women, all anxious To make their pur-
ohases as soon and as cheaply as pos
slble, but there was no noise above
the tone Of common conversation. The
vendors patiently waited for the custo- |
mers to come, knowing that II they did !
not sell today they would have goods |
to oller tomorrow In fact they seldom |
spoke of the virtues of thelr wares, bur |
answered questions when asked. The |
first few hours were spent by the Gus.
toners IN looking around and making |
themselves acquainted with the goods |
exhibited, after which the purchasing |
began, the vender always asking more |
than she expected to get. and the cuslo- |
ner ofering less than she expected to |
ray But all was done good nature lly.
OXEN AS BEASTS OF BURDEN.
II would look little strange in our |
country TO see family moving with |
the mother two or three of the smaller |
children ana most OF the household ef- |
fects packed on big OK, but such |
sight Is not strange here. for oxen are |
among the chief beasts Of burden. and |
trains of them are often seen coming |
In with coffee from the Canca country |
Yesterday one could count a hundred |
aud fifty Of them lying I'm the shade of |
the trees ON the square. and I'm the |
shade Of the houses near by Large
piles OF sacks of coffee, a hundred and |
twenty-five pounds in sack. were
along the sidewalk by the warehouse.
and the faithful animals were resting
IRON the tolls Of their long journey
from Antioqua.
The mule Ia not forgotten either as
q pack animal and hundreds of them
loaded with coffee, hides, or other prod
ucts of the country come into Honda
every week, Honda being the center for
expectation by way of the river.
RESURRECTION MAKES TRAVEL
ING DANGEROUS.
How long we shall remain in this
town do not know, but for a few DAYS
at least we shall await the arrival OF
Marin, the rebel guerrilla leader, who
controls the TOllma country. lie is ex-
pected to attack the town every night
now The government has strengthened
lts forces. but II Is expected that Marin
VIII easily subdue them. Several times
IN the past he has taken the town. cap
turing arms and ammunition. II Is not
his policy to hold the place, but Just
now ne desires arms and ammunition. |
III We obtain passports and guides
from MIN, we feel certain that we can
continue our labors up river with com |
parative safety. II would be worse
than folly to attempt the trip without
them.
Men here, among them some Amerl.
cans of long residence urge ia not to
10 along our contemplated route, Lut TO |
20 TO Bogota, and thence to Mera and |
Popayan. We have good reasons, how
ever, for desiring To continue up the |
river, for without doubt between
Honda and Neiya was the great cap
ital and many OF the principal cities |
OF the Nephite nation. Here was the |
stage on which some OF the leading |
characters acted their parts II ~ q
beautiful country, and Is said to be- the |
richest In Colombia, The mountains to |
the west abound I'm gold mines. and The |
sands OF every river are rich with the |
precious metal. Many Of these mines |
were worked with great profit before |
the war began, but for lack of laborers. |
and because the region is unsafe, are
now closed.
RICH AND FERTILE COUNTRY.
The natives wash much of the dust |
from the river during the dry season. !
which they sell to traders at low |
price. In fact, the purchase of gold |
along with other products such as |
hides had grown 10 be good business |
before the war II is carried on now |
to some extent, but at great risk
The valley from the foot hills to the |
river IL most fertile, Stock, sugar cane |
corn, coffee and tobacco being the chief |
products. Fruits, such as oranges,
lines pineapple, plantains and banan-
as grow everywhere. but nowhere bet |
ter than on the banks Of the Magdalena |
In the Tolima valley
II Ia no wonder. therefore that the |
Nephites We're q wealthy people. when |
both gold and the products of the soil |
were so easily obtained Perhaps II |
they had settled IN less favored coun- |
try a country, for instance, In which |
they would consume during the winter |
all they could produce In the summer. |
instead OF raising a better crop than |
the summer crop, they would have been |
less proud and naughty, and would be
today In possession OF the lands given |