The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-10

fully cut any human throat for ha'-pen Iny.
 The marine square with its hand ome 1 fountain, in the lower part of the city,
 consists of land formerly recovered
 from the sea, whose retiring waves have
 also allowed new quay to be built for
 the use of small vessels and for the
 landing and dispatch of goods on light
 CTS From this square a broad street. shaded With palm u ees and lined With | business blocks, runs straight through l to the suburbs where are many hand | some villas, blooming gardens, and a | great public park known as the SaVan- nah Out here is a race-course cricket, polo, golf and tennis grounds, for the amusement of eXied Engishmen, The shops, with their arcades, porticos and arched doorWays, recall the days of spanish supremacy. The town was originally built of wood, but being nearly destroyed by fire, early in the present century, was rebuilt in about
 the same architectural style. of stone from the Trinidad hills. For many years past nobody has been allowed to erect any sort of structure except of this stone, and in a prescribed line. As 'i' ptiiSi 7OoNicNCl pOl llbllS OI liIC w CSl Indies the dwellings are set up on pill
 lars, three or four feet from the
 ground Those in the upper part of the
 city are detached, each surrounded by
 it's own beautiful grounds and all the
 walls covered with a running vine,
 having dark green leaves and bright purple flowers. The government build
 ngs, on Brunswick Square, are in two blocks separated by an archway
 Eminently English, conservative and sloW-going is the departmental admin istration, with a ponderous air sugges- tive of the immortal Circumlccution Of flee and how not to do it. The Council chamber, crced with Trinidad woods, contains several statues of British mo- blemen who have figured in West h. dian history, and very beautiful stain | ed-glass window, representing the I landing of Columbus on this island. The town hall on the other side of the arch way, is devoted to municipal interests and embellished with the portraits f Il the colonial governors. Island affairs are administered by a governor. sent 7 over from England, an executive coun- cil of three members and a legislative council of thirteen.
 While in Port-o Spain, you should . not omit a visit to the famous Botanic Gardens, which are perhaps the finest on the western hemisphere. All the rare and wonderful growths of the tropics, on both sides of the world, are represented here, and bring in com with the Royal Gardens at Kew, plants and seeds are often usefulL ly exchanged The governors residence is In these gardens-a large and hand some house, amid particularly beautiful The front of the man. sion is completely overshadowed by an enormous ceiba or sik-cotton'' tree, whose great branches form thick roof of green; while stately palms and odorous spice-trees, orange and coffee groves, and a wilderness of flowers stretch away in every side: and eternal summer reigns famed by sleepy trade winds. Who, If he could, would not be governor of Trinidad, with the salary if not the honors of half dozen state governors in Uncle Sam's domain?
 After all it's charm and curicsities, the strongest impression you carry away rom Port-of-Spain is not a pleasant . ,ne. It is of the ubiquitous Johnny as our sailors call the big black vultures that perch along every 'idge-pole and decorate every steeple md other elevated vantage point, and Il tumble about under foot with the calm confidence of those who realize that i, heir lives are protected by law. Ev- Y 'rybody abhors the unclean carron- birds, whose never satiated peaks and " laws are ready to end and tear friend Y md foe alike; yet they are regarded as a public benfactors, like the vutures ., torged with human corpsss upon the fl Towers of Silence in Persia; and to V nain or kill one entails a heavy pen- lty
 FANNIE B. WARD.