The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-19

OF ireland, but cnpnblo OF sustaining
ten times the population OIL account OF
Its wonderful productivenoss. Tho re-
public Of San Domingo, on tho east, has
an area OF 1850 square miles, popula-
ton, a5o,ooo 11ayti, on tho west Is lo,sos
SQUARE lllics, including tho islands OF
Tort,,ga and Jonaivos, with Goo oto popu-
lntion. trhe latter republic ls divided into
six departnetlts,sf on. the French plan,
witch arc 4 sub-divided into arrondise-
t1lents ana conlinunesa w llc afren -
tho language Of Haytt and span EllllI ~
san Domingo, the nvo million negroes r t
I'M the West51tdies all speak what sailors
Gull the ,Hstinkhrd lingo u lnnguago
composed of Congo aid Guinea French,
Spanish and, Dutch, totally, unintelligiblo
toCWhite people. \,
to Colonel MS Office and there met the
revolutionary President OF Haiti. Boyer
Bezelais, nephew iof tho former Presi-
dent Boyer, sad-looking octoroon; no
was accom- panied by q hugo inulhtto,
General Mathurin Logros. closed my
contract with them. learning that = was
Themselves rli'Lizarda." while the black
party call themselves "Caoos" after
black parrot that feeds on lizards. The
balance Of power is nearly always held
By the /" Pedulnts,' or backWoodsmenw VINO
go with tho party which pays the best.
/ was directed to proceed to Kingston,
jamaica, to purchase arms and steam
or and accompanied ny Captain Charles
Wllliarls 3 an old Maine skipper. took
the steamer "Athos" OF tho tlas lines
and the fourth day out we sighted
Watlings Island. q one of the Bahamas.
now snid to be the first land discovered
BY, Columbus. On TINT oventful night Of
October I, 1892, with indications Of land
on every hand. tho great mariner kept
watch from the deck Of the Santa Ma
ria, and With Pedro Gultteres, gentle
man Of the Kings bedehnmber. saw
lights on their left hand, or port tho
ships sailing west; these lights were
on Watlings Island But at a. NJ.
gun from the Pinta gave tho Joyful
signal OF land, the Pinto being In the
lead, ana the fand-whtch was San salyi-5
| dor-lay just ahead and there Columbus
| landed. <
The climate OF the Bahamas ls de-
| lightful, tho trade winds blow constant
| ly from tho northwest, and the clouds
| form the most varied and fantastic fig
ures, changing Constantly, SO that you
can watch then. by tho hour without
| firing. There are occasional rains. schools
OF dolphns race with the ship, and the
| flying fish gscud the water In which floats
great, clumps Of gulf weed. 5.
The Bahamas are fiat and sandy, but
| the Greater and Lesser Antilles are vol
/
connected, the mountain ranges which
form the backbone Of each Island APP
pearing to be con tinuous with the north
eastern mountain range OF the Venezue-
Ian Cordllloras, the peaks rising to a
height Of 5000 to 1000 feet In Cuba, EInyti
and Jamaica. The Bahamas arc a grave
yard for ships, and their coasts are
strewn with wreckage. Tho few inhab-
itants exc sout a living by wrecking,
spongtng and cooking, and are q law.
less set, who look upon q mnrino ca
tastrophe as q blessing sent
| Islands, containing over o. 700 square
miles OF territory, with population Of
over 100000, X Of which 600 are white,
/. mainly In Cuba and Porto Rico. The
latter is the United States possession,
all tho others, except Cuba and Hayti
land; n Spain having lost every possess
! sion In tho New World where once she
was supreme Hurricanes visit these
Islands often and cause great destruo-,
| ton. tearing vessels from their anchor
age and casting them up ashore. The
| taken over q mile inland at St. Thomas.
| Then there are tremblements de tarre,
| but few earthquakes, and the volcanic
eruption at Mount Pelee, which destroy
ed the city Of st. Pierre Martinique q
| few years ago, Is an isolated inst ance.a
By the way, ST.. Pierre and outlying VII
lags had a population of 10000 not 1000
| Of whom were white. The houses were
built of stone and the streets were paved
with Belgian blocks with g. gutter on each
| side through (which water CONSTANTLY
| flowed. Il A huge statue Of the Virgin
Mary stood on tho mountain above the
town, and at Morne Rouge. six miles
away life-slze figure OF the Saviour
on the cross overlooked the harbor from
the mountain. Saloons and shrlnes wore
numerous, and the negroes turned from