The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-03-09
DUTCH GUIANA.
.pAMAR1BO, ITS CAPITAL.

...VAb}i'), ~ ISi w LAMA i9o
-oo5 Possibly a queerer town
NAV he hidden in some re-
,-l of the globe, but if so |
. ,aaud it. Thoroughly Dutch
...,uIe and general appearance,
8ny the craziest-looking "peo-
,r" to be encountered any
.sdeof lunatic aSylums, domi-
..i.y and politically by Ger
Portuguese Jews, astonishing
.5.s arc met at every turn. The
D.. .et.rsected by broad canals, as
u1 towns, have neither side
.r uayements but are strewn
,meeu shells and white sands
... cean-covered plain upon
... .N is set, and at night are
Aied by paratine lamps.
..... huuses every one white
-.4 stOried and gable-ended
.. ~,lrtt-are surmounted by
4.ties with dormer win
ped by peaked slate-cover-
pep- pitched and slippery
4c to perch upon them.
. mare doors-every one
.... 10 match the green ia
divided with enormous
....- instead of bells, and are
,.f slate rooted vestibuleS.
uotel in the town, nor a
Two OF three private
....-ts take the place of the
. pu seek one of them on
10y your luggage in
. lTter the excessively Sus-
wu> officials have rigorous
..0. very tooth brush and
4rrhief it contains. There
WV 3apidated, vermin-infested
IS, but not much use for
are no sights beyond
---luce, and singing gnats,
.-f nd The yermin aforesaid
we riding for the mere
tIr
. E3maribo's noticeable pc
-.s- -,tlp absence of trees. Ex-
uled and stunted almonds
--.c-a aiong the river bank, a
.z Palms in a meadow east
N aud a row of magnificent
rees i'll front of the gov
...-- there are none outside
..t- 14rjens, The glare of the
III - gpon these bare white
... .terug sands is fearful at
.e. Is ruined many pair of
t..- striking feature is the
.uel of cemeteries and
pes bering that in more
1s than these the town
Jpdlation exceeding 25,-
- Jue most conspicuous
Up are two Jewish syna-
Aardvian churches, two
l,o SauctuarieS, two of
tteh, a so-called mill
and an enormous taber-
foI the poor" Each
own special burying
here are several others
J public. Notwithstand-
aer and size of the GENE
a>sHred that Paramaribo
r. so unhealthful as the
led to believe. Though
..-' rs a Turkish bath, the
to agree wonderfully
.- Europeans. There are
seaseS, and though small
and feyers sometimes
Its, as to all low-lying
-Ne equator, they have
t ere more devastatingly
'rtiOns of our own coun-
zeal diStempers, the most
te. are leprosy and elephant
witch were brought from
a4-S and are confined al
3'.- y to the negroes. Lep-
t. auown as boassi, and it's
discovered, are sent to
'-.. at Wsoezoorg, or to the
I'd. Element of Batavia, up
-+ne river. The last named
rs tween five hundred and
l'.-d Inhabitants, but many of
" -aI to be personally free of
'l..r ilsease, having gone into
."I, gle with their suffering re-
5 SILL. taildren horn in the colony.
vi 2 dong the broad, shell-strewn,
'- ..+i rou come to the handsome
l7'-ei aouse, with its graceful
-'' aud arches topped by the
'.'la7 roat-of-armS carved in
..'. t'fgeously colored; the state
e'i house and other buildings
'- -o.oHal governmental of
"9 storied, white-painted, of
-''' lecture so quaint and crazy
'rsseS the stranger like the
e. " mnce-pie dream. In front
"r oi tamarind trees, a row of
aaelS, strange, weird trees,
Dore's imagination, with
-.o ~J limbs and twisted
might once have been
.1tehmen, now suffering
N.ee in this guise, with