Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-22

nately they are not accustomed TO
'd0wny beds OF ease on sumpluouR
livlng, but consider themselves IN clo-
yer If plentlfully supplied with beans,
corn meal and potato soup ana WIN
sleep contently on the stones OF me pa
to or the straw Of the stable. the dan-
ger ls that some " The stranger hahg-
ers-on may not be as honest as ihe
cook herself Is supposed 10 be, ana
cases arc known where thieves ana
even murderers thus gained admission
to the inside Of the casa, with disastrous
results
WET AND DRY SEASONS.
In Ecuador there are only two sea-
sons-the invierno. or wet and the YER
ano. or dry The inveruo or winter
Though Automatically it rs summer
time) begins in December and ENDS IN
May, The heavy rains come ON apoul
Christmas March Is the wctieat moAlh
Of the year, July tho coolest, and IN
May feyers are most prevalent. Dur
ing the dry season the climate Of Quay
aQui is nearly perfect, broken only by
few days rain after The autumnal
equinox. The latter IS called ri COR
dona2o de San Francisco and through
cut all South America the periodical
alterations Of wet and dry are lald 70
the account az some saint whose day
happens TO coincide with TIE epoch OF
change But n the weather be rainy
when II ought TO be fair or If showers
are heavier than ordinary. the fault
therefor Is always ascnbed TO the moon
that 'lnconstant orb which In other
parts NJ the world suffers a good deal
Of undeservod blame for the souring Of
milk the slow teething Of babies and
the backwardness Of gardens Lord
Byron understood Il when he remark
ed: THE devils In the moon for mis-
chief
PEsTILENTTAL RAINY SEASON
II is during the rainy season only
that Guayaquil has earned is reputa-
ton for unhealthfuness Then the air
Is as hot and oppressive as that OF a
Turkish bath rank vegetation lies fes-
tering In the sun, the country roads
and even some OF the city streets are
impossible: fevers and dysenterles do
the work Of death, and the living keep
up perpetual warfare on pestiferous
mosquitoes. cockroaches large as the
palm Of your hand centlpedes. scor-
plons and deadly serpents,
The very finest thing about Guaya-
dull, Of which one never tires Is the in
comparable view TO be obtained from
the balconles-especally in clear days,
when a magnificent stretch Of the An
des may be seen, The stranger IN these
oaris win In after years FORGET many
Incidents NJ his ioUrnevlnp hut tho I'm.
nrerslnn rrodnced hv tho frs' glimpse
~ tfS-o r'nrims rountqin- 70 unfad-
'0~. Clou1s soruetirne ven the Cor
dlliora FOR davs together ord ther thev
o'iddenlv rise MO y curtain md dis |
close . eoe~e NJ inoorcolvahlo pra 7deur |
Tho ioftv homo ~ tho lNnr-doad trnas. |
made iliuesrious hv 40 rword ~ pl2- |
AFRO and the ION NJ Prescott. On me |
hnnd a limitloeg soo ~ hills hillow |
higher END higher I'M thnv eliminate |
~ tho nurrle mountains NJ Aemav' on |
'hn other 100 miles owav. the neerlass
chimh0ra10. lifting ito uo'rod1en ard |
"~onnroachahle summit for above lts
''nows on imnoslno background for
'-~~o~ mountains and stately 'orosts.
Until lately. YOU f0ow Chimhorazo
Voc hcoT considered tho h'eNesf voloa-
80 On the westorn her' isrNora, nnd TO-
ioiv iranoareihip 10 tho fort ~ nan.
u IL % 400 feet hioh-no sl'uch ~ I
mountain ~ 10 cr~o' hut MODERN sur-
oavs show that u has ei~orio~s. In the
Andaan chain are Ave oiNe~e that over
ton r.. apd these aro enrra-oea IN the
old world by sevo~"i ~ ~, rFl~ouavos.
FANNIE b. WARD