The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13

Sunday, and a little girl picks oat tn,
balls containing the blanks and taa
prizes. This lottery is a great elii /,
Panama and the drain Of it is mostly
on the poor, who bay tickets and
parts OF tickets. ven when tll-v must
go hungry III
Bull-fightS.
Panama has a building outside IA.
city and bull-tights take place every
Sunday whenever there are any built
fighters here on their WY from
Spain to Lima, Peru, or Mexico Citf.
The bulls. however, are not dane-r-
Gus, and the sport is usually 4 fraa,i
and a fasco. [ have seen some nf
these fights, and at one time watched
a score Of Panama boys rush int,
the ring and have II manufactured
fight with the bull. This was to get
a ten-dollar gold piece which had
been tied to the horns of the htIl.
Each man had Il red blanket. winch
he tried to throw over the bulrs cyrs.
IN order that he might grab 1T TIA.
gold. Several OF the boys Were btti
~ injured. but one Of them finally
got the ten dollars.
Changes in Panama.
In the meantime. Notwithstanding
these blots upon its escutrheon.
Panama City is far better off thaa :
has been in the past. | first visited
1T in 1898, fourteen years ago. when
on my way around South America.
The city was then one Of vile smells.
1t had no sewerage. and the wells
and ~CeSSpOOlS were side by side in
the courts. Business was dead, and
the b~arefoOted cabmen slept in their
shabby old coaches. Today the iowa
is aliHe. It has modern improNe-
mtnts. It has n,odern improvements
it has water works and all sanitary
c~OnVeniences. Outside the lottery
peddlers there are no beggars what
ever. Every one of the better class
es rides about in carriages, and th"fs
are victorias for hire at every street
Iner which will tax you on th,
the town to the other. These Vie
t"rias have dinner gongs underneath
at the front, so that they can be rung
by the foot Of the driver. and there
Is a continual belling going on.
1t was during my second visit h.re
that Uncle Sam took hold OF Panama
ana made 1t sanitary. He dug up
the streets, put in sewers and a water
supply n paved the main streets
WIN Whitfield brick. He did the same
WIN Colon, and you will not find
as good streets as these.
BON places are growing. There
are He" houses on almost every block.
ana the Avenida Central, which ruus
from The plaza to the railroad sta
q IA Gnu Oh ANcOD. lS line I
WIN houses and stores all the way.
Ihey are Panama stores. and some
OF them carry large stocks Of goods.
1ney are nothing like our business
staollshment and some are more
IKE the general store which you and
e a country crossroads or in vii
lagos.
IN the center of Panama are many
ihe nulidlngs. The National Palace
aho theater cost something like three
quarters or a million dollars. and the
Ina rnan will tell you that tho
!neater IS the finest in the world. This
IS oouot1ul. Nevertheless. it has sit
ung and standing room for 1900.
ana q rreproof metal drop curtain
"hlch IS wonderfully made. The
He" city hall, facing the plaza, not
iaT from the cathedral. is another
large building. and a third is the
national institute, devoted TO educa-
'ioh- Inc institute cost d million
pesos or more, and it will. in time.
oeEeiop INTO a university. Al pres
ent II has about 800 Students. rang
ing from those Of the kindergarten
70 those in the college. These build
lngs are only a part Of what tn,
country has to show for The $4,000.
oOO 1t received from Uncle sam 1T
the time OF the settlement as 10 tn,
Panama canal.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.