The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-19
BY MAJOR WI. E. DOY

reyelJy to devotion In nti Instant. but
day Hwept I'LL away. II i'll IA
n There are soma tarantulas and cent?
pedes In a few Of the islands, but hard
~ any snakes, vet III Martinique, was q
most dreaded snake. the Zero de lance
This reptile would attack man anywhere
and there was said to be no antidote for
Its bite. as It was we'll that It's principal
habitat, tho Jardln DIES plants OF st. Pierre
was baked by tho burning ashes and
scorn. t&l
The 'sAthios" steamed on past Turks
Island u great salt mnnufnctory, and
then to great Inaquu, which rises from
tho n sea like / q range Of hills on the
plains. While freight and mats were l,e-
Ing transferred, one Of the sailors har-
pooned a shark. Then they got ropes and
hauled him on board, to dance a war
dance on him according to snilots cu3-f
TOM aftor which they decapitnted him
and flung him into the sea- We next
reached Pearl Point, and steanling up
Gonavls Bay arc soon at the wliarves
Of Port All Prince, Hayti. This ely OF
10000 abltants, Is located IN n slope
rislng back from Che bay, or, In fact.
arc nearly all Spanish built cities in the
new world. Tho object Of this is to allow
the fifth and garbage to be washed from.
rainy season, for such q thing as sewer
age was unknown to them. Fort Ma
tionnl, the citadel, overlooked tho city,
tho Finleries was to the right, with largo
stores on the waterfront and the Gu.
thodrai doomed; up over them. Several
foreign men or-war were In tho hsrbor,
the ''Dldo''f3and Canada" British; the
"Froya," German; tho Unltod IL States
steamship "Alliance,' With the French
ships Minerva and "ReEnault dc
5Gononllly," close up to the city, as the.
French admiral was to receive a state
call from President Solomon and staff
that afternoon. You must remember t mat
Franco did not acknowledge the indepen-
denco of EIayti at first, and In 1926, when
fnctionrtroubles were bit ter prepared q.
rotnke its former possession, agreeing,
however, to .acknowledg sc Hay rs 3lndepe m
dence n and forego all claims upon the
payment OF 90, 900, 900 francs, the republic
Ia issue bonds to France for that amount,
ana this agreement$Was perfected. 81
III the new republic had maintained Its
producing capacity It could soon have
| paid OF Its debts for while ~ lisl us
exports amounted to SIS, Qoo 900 tundeer
French rile), = N! 3 s5a hey We're reduced
to "a, 500 0oo, Of late years they nave IN,
theyy are stlll paying the French debt
(sThs keeps them In close toucll WIN
France oil tho time. SIS sEs \,
| Il As tho 'Athos'' had on n quantity Of
government freight the authorities We're
notified. and as the adrninistrati ongneyer
pays for any work done by Its people
| iwo soon saw a skirmjsk q line Of the
provost guard advancing b down every
street leading to tho harbor, and before
! them squads OF negroes. running for dear
| - 1orr
darkeys sitting and standing along the
twharves watching US and tho Il French
ships but as soon as they heard the
cry Of Provost guard. '3 you ought 70
sec them "git.." But they ran right into
the arms of a huge negro captain who
| tho wharves, and they were brought
!, back, sweating and grinning, and set TO
/ work. It Ia q popularity OF Port-au-
| Prince that upon tho lenst unusual sound
everybody runs. If a pistol shot is heard
/ or q drunken sailor gives q yell you
| will see the men running to cover from
1 eyery direction, and there Ia always some
/ excitement Of this kind.
| The heavy wooden shutters or blinds
! had been taken down from the stores
and business had commenced, put inc
/ MERCHANTS were exctedly discussing the
4 proposcd loan OF 4o,0oN,0oO francs BY
France, which would pay off the claims
i of 5Hayticn5 usurers. which Wero running
| at 10 per cent, 4 while France would only
ask s percent, But 1.-THE merchants
feared that the loan would not mate
r1allae ana that under the. financial pres !
sure a revolution would break out and
the outlook was a black one. Tho mar
$ket presented q lively scene, ana Bthe
market women were busy. The hundreds
Of burros which had brought them into
town wore huddled In the shade, for BY
! $50 the sun is hot In this island Of per-
petunl summer. odd Glory waved over
tho palm7htd den United states consulate a.,