Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-01
The Most Backward Civilized
Country OF Faco Of the
Globe Is Honduras.
NATURE MOST FNlDIGAL
MAN UTTERLY MDOLENT
Only one Vehicle In Capital City
Of the Republic and No
Pu lllC Conveyance.

/ Iorurirnina. HunHufHf. Aug. is.-
We left the bungalow OF the hosplt-
able Enslishman in the early morn
I ing The Scotchman aud Dolores
said a lingering good bye. The air
was crisp aud brnclnH, and We urged
me mules forward on 3 gallop. which
left the village IN The distance be-
/ core the sun showed his warm face
above the rim OF the platcau. The
! Insurance OF the tropics O. gone, and
We have outerod the region OF The
| temperate zone. The trail leads
through magnificent forests Of yellow
pine. atretchIng far beyond the range
0f oas vision. absolutely virgin for-
osts taat would deiieht the heart Of
the lumborman on the Forester. Not
withsianding this inexhaualihle sup
plv OF timber, one OF the hardest
ithlngs TO get 10 this country Is hre-
wood. You actually bus IL by tho
stick. ana arc lucky 10 get enough
from any dealer 10 cook d meal
Tho natiyoa girdle theao great pine
trees, cutting deep cash clear
around the trunk This causes The
sap TO settle IN the lower part of the
tree. The tree Is teiled to the ground
the next year, and about ton feet Of
the trunk u clt oif and carrlnd iQ thl
houso. rhis piece ia lul OF roait
aud burns like an oiled rag. The nn-
rves split it into small pieces, mont
OF thom thicker than the finger, nni
use them for torches and genera
lighting purposca
. AfFalI o. the Dark
The average Honduihn Ia mrNrsil
tlous 10 a degree which taxes our be-
lllof tie hates the dark and avoids
like q prsiilence. On q bright moon
alilght night--nnd the moonlight "
have enjoyed here Is the most won
= lderlul / have ever seen--thu natives
SIif forced to 90 forth after sundoWl
talways carry one Of these pitch pin
torches with them. This county nu
A. no twilight. The sun pops out Of algl
~. behind the mountains, tho day ig oys
D. and night steps In. There u no "a
n. lllghtiul Interim aH wG have 10 IN ~
ed states. ID hChouycs the traveller
~ have hin eyes open or he may in
AZ himself caught on the mountains vii
ar darkness about b-m.
.erI The nativ omen are great gOaain
10 and the arrival OF a m0zO is tfe
~ for each community. They usual
eathof ln the middle of the room n
w. squat in a circle, IN the ceeter
of which IS a little Gre OF pitch pi
apliutors. The IRE does not consist
be more than z half dozen sticks, a
n. urniahes no heat. bat does give q q
'ns lui and uncertain light.
IN The Department 0f Comayauga
,nt the main part is very mOuntaino
- and constitutes the great table la
nf the Eordlilerns, or main mountl
,9 "a Easy Change Of Climate.
~ The central plEteeue, Ike the pl'
~. OF Comaynguo. tho plain OF aequaI
'ie pouue. ana uf Olancho, have a climl
.., of their own. They 80 nearest
~ Pacific coast. they paftako most ui
-. climate OF that coast, with VA
~ their seasons meaaurahiY eQinci
49, ~. The fact ls. you can set almost ai
thing YOU want in the way Oi elm
la this country except ektreme "a
We moppod for the Night with an
,.l,. lFrenchmnu. who had lived here mt
ln yeara. ana ne explained to ug q
~, YOU could step from the rainy seal
N'7 ID The dry in less than two hours 81
a., he pnlnt Whoro he had built
il'N' house lie didn't like rain, 80
mainialned two establishments,
~. when the raluy season began on
-no Atlantic side. ne Just loaded up
wv wv outnt and crossed to the other
- nf tho mountain about ten niles
trail. and settled down 90 enjoy
49,, dry season which prevailed there.
but you cannot hna fault with
lagefnna il-arouud- -the-lear tempe
,,ea turo Ol "A degrees.
~ NOmayngua. where we linKefel
vlne few days, was founded in 1880
sino has q population 0f 1905, it
,efh. formerly the capital. alternating
4 ~ Tornclraipa. from 1894 io 1880, "
Won lhv formal decree the latter WAS %
oree. tha permanent capital. Comayt
in barely survived The blow Her q
tbe declined her best citizens mi
amo away. tho roads were neglected,
plea are now frequently impassanle.
. the melancholy atmosphere 0f a desc
a of Ivniaro hnnea about this place "
.rs0n lha citg Hni remains tao head of
eved 6iaease of Honduras and ig dlti
ubile uiahet aa tho ior9iim of "a natl
Lord school ~ law. the most lnierei
WlIh Gestures are those which relate tu
! the past The rulra oi tho Spanish
Z aly ernorH palace. and King fh
ucIl tower sfill femalu 40 recall ihc 3
nays llah rule Out 90 the broad Fa
NIGER ifavefae1 hy 3 epiendld Vlfcam
mllas and miles 0f ancient ca