Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1893, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1893-TWENTY PAGES. NEW BANK CURRENCY The Controller Favors the Safety Pund Plan. The Proposed Scheme Was Tried in New York. HOW THESYSTEM WORKS. —_.———- Written for The Evening Star. HERE IS A MORE thrilling immediate Interest, perhaps, in % the Hawaiian ques- tion than in any other now in the public mind; but there is a more solid and last- ing interest in the currency question. Congress, having stopped the pur- chase of silver, must now consider the question of furnish- ing a substitute for it and for the present system of sational bank notes, which have been decreasing in volume from year to year. Mr. Springer, the chairman of the banking and currency committee, which is to have charge of this question in the House, has given his views and has out- lined the bill which will be reported by that committee. It is substantially a bill to permit the issue of national bank notes on the bonds of states and counties and mu- nicipalities, just as they are now issued on soverpment securities, with such safe- guards as to the acceptance of bonds as may seem necessary. Mr. Springer has laid this pian before Mr. Voorhees, the chair- man of the Senate committee on finance, and he has consulted with the officials of the Treasury Department about it. It is a safe inference to make that the plan does not meet with unqualified approval at the Treasury Department, if the views ef the controller of the currency on another plan to increase the circulation are considered. Mr. Eckels is nearly through the prepara- tion of his annual report to Congress; and sh no part of it has been made public, it is altogether likely that it contains a warm commendation of what is known as the “safety-fund” plan for the issue of na- tional bank notes guaranteed by the gov- ernment. And the approval of this plan is @ negative disapproval of the plan of Mr. Springer, for the two are entirely unlike. he Controller's Report. Mr. Eckels has been at work on his re- pert for about a week. It is about ready for the printer, and it will probably be given out for publication December 1. It will be sent to Congress on the day when Congress meets—December 4. It is com- paratively a brief report—possibly one-half the jengta of ihe reports made by Mr. Eck- els’ preuecessors. It is not at all likely that Mr. feacis will say anything in it in dis- paragement of Mr. Sprmger’s plan. He has refused consistent i that plan with anyone but nger, and the statem not approve it en- Urely i I ode Island avenue a few evenings ago to ask him to tell me how the circulation of the country could be increased with safety. In answer tc ent a question he spoke first of stem of national bank notes, om government bonds. “The diffi- with a cireujation based on bonds,” i Mr. E is that at is not suffl- it does not increase when increased demand for currency and diminish when that demand ceases, The national bank circulation under the present system diminishes as the price of bonds gves up. There has been an enor- se in the amount of national cireulation because of the high price of bonds. “J it is down to nearly $200,000,000. The dieu with any circulation based en bonds that when you make a de- mand up i r the bonds the price of them goes and when the price goes up they are vailable for use as security for cir- on. Would not that good in the exte tem pi ed by same objection hold on_of the present sys- ir. Springer?” ee t discuss Mr. Springer’s propo- sition.” said ‘Kels. “it would be ma tly improper for me to do so. Mr. Springer is at the head of the banking and currency committee of the House. Besides, he has talked with me about his plan and I could not be quoted as saying anything either in favor of or against it. “There Is a very serious problem before the country,” continued Mr. Eckels. “Con- determine whether we shall king © ch shall be un- ntrol ef the government, as the »m of national banks ix wheth- I be a currency issued by these vernment supervision and on what security it shall be based, and whether th ernment shall be responsi- ble for the reden of this currency There is on> proposition which has re- celvel a great deal of consideration at the hands of Horace White and many ent men to which T have been giving mueh serious tely. Tt is known thought la fund evst dn one form it w York for many ecsfully. It was adopt- ard was in use some rv this system the na- rout the country would mitted to issne notes up to a certain * their capital, to be guaranteed nd there would be in a refemption fund deposited banks and elso safety fand made tes en cireutation which would jon of the government in failure of eny of the banks “Itty ta redeem Its circulation. as yon know. can ‘ what the nercentaze what premium they must > it necsiMe for them to pay losses and stilt make a nrofit. In the same vt tell by fienring e the inanenration ub Mankine sw inst what fon wonld - the cnvernment A heen in oner- schevt that norin’, Tt has heen and it f= something He one- ™ cent—a very small per- et." nconecet evatem the banks he under the control of the gov- a ev and roment Amd thotw pate holders wont the Janee ~? Nonnettera and the Salders wont | are. ta the av- ntions to the s the bank. wine to one niler hee tha tha randitian af ents his note The hanks fs now vMawed to mannt tn nates ant national t the gov- assed by the de- t would be emba mond for a larre quantity ¢f coin, if there was such an enormous amount of paper money in ¢trevtation not based on coin in the tr oe ‘Theoreticaliy it is possible,” sald Mr. els, “but it is not at all likely. If peo- ple knew that tes at any tim: y could get coin for their they would not want it. rou have now one thousand millions of | sreenbacks secured by only one hundred miilions sold. Yet no one wants the because he knows that he can get it 3 want it.” ny failed bank would be this safety fund as a he proportion w ed to the fund?” i be pledged to the which any of the vuld not redeem and the pledge ¢f hb ment would be behind it. In New York it was the intention to have put just this plan in operation. But through some mistake in drawing the law the safety fund was made a fund for the pay- ment of depositors, too. Yet even under these conditions the operations uf the law! he notes of emable from n = were successful. The Scotch system is very like this, and it is very successful. ‘The Scotch banks are permitted to issue notes to a certain percentage of their eap- ital and assets, and these notes are with- out the guarantee of the government; but the notes are regarded as perfectly secure. The Canadian system, too, is similar. And during the recent panic the volume of cur- rency of Canada increased or diminished according as there was need for more or less in circulation. You see, there ts a heavy tax on circulation, and the banks will not keep it out unless there is a de- mand for it. But when there is a demand for it they issue it. So it is flexible, suit- ing itself to all demands. That would be the case here.” Speaking of government supervision of national banks I asked Mr. Eckels what Proportion of the failed banks of the re- cent panic were within his jurisdiction. “During the recent trouble,” said Mr. “one hundred and fifty-four na- tional banks suspended and 540 state and private banks. Of the national banks ninety resumed; of the other banks only about seventy. But the wonder was that so many banks were able to keep open in the general paralysis of business and that So many resumed.” I asked Mr. Eckels if he believed that it was the law which was repealed which created the panic, or simply the lack of confidence in that law. He said that he thought it was rather the lack of confi- dence. Returning to the subject of the safety fund plan I asked himif therisk to depositors in national banks would not be increased if the assets were pledged to the redemption of the circulation. “The depositors of national banks have lost very little by failures,” said Mr. Eck- els. “From the foundation of the national ‘banking system 11 banks had failed up to October 31, 1sv2. The dividends paid to de- positors of these banks average 89 per cent; so the average loss to depositors was only 11 per cent.” — 200 A SEASONABLE SUGGESTION. Novel and Dainty Dishes Prepared From Chestnuts. Written for The Evening Star. To discuss the crowning cookery triumph of the feast, and ascertain, if possible, how it was “built,” is the luncheon fad of this season. Therefore, at a recent luncheon party in Washington the conversation wandered—not among pots and pans, ex- actly—but among the perfected contents of pots and pans. A delicious dish, composed mainly of chestnuts, was receiving much enthusiastic admiration, when one dainty little woman remarked in a discouraged tone: “I think it is a bitter trial to know that there are plenty of chestnuts in market, and plenty of toothsome things to be made from them, and yet to have a cook that has no idea of their capabilities beyond stuffing a fowl with them.” “Why don’t you direct your cook's efforts to compote of chestnuts?” asked an irre- pressible sort of person who, at every pos- sible opportunity, rushed to the point with a@ suggestion. “Have you ever eaten compote of chest- nuts?" significantly inquired a guest across the table. “You would be sorely disappointed in it,” said a bright woman who had just re- turned from a “trot” round the world. “I had the novel experience of a ceremonious Chinese mandarin dinner in Shanghai last winter, and compote of chestnuts was of- fered as a bonne bouche. There were three Americans at the dinner besides myself, and after each dish had appeared and been tested, we wrote a translation opposite the Chinese name on the scarlet paper menu. I noticed that one ot us gave a free trans- lation of the chestnut compote, and called it ‘Stewed Insipidity.” "" There was a ripple of musical laughter at this expressive Utle, and chestnuts had, apparently, received a crushing blow. But the subject was resumed by the guest of honor, who said to the hostess: “Fredrika Kremer wrote, with clever dis- cernment, “A woman may do almost any- thing she pleases with a man if she always has something nice to pop into his mouth. I am sure you must do what you please with your husband if you always pop such delicious things into his mouth as these chestnut masterpieces you have given us to- day. I wish you would tell us how that cabbage stuffed with chestnuts was man- “Oh, do, please!’ came from a chorus of eager voices. “I can harly refuse, since you have flat- tered me so thoroughly,” langhed the hostess. “It is very simple, very easily re- membered, and I am delighted that you think it worth praise. Put a cabbage in boiling water for a moment to soften the leaves; let it cool, and open the leaves, one by one, take out the heart and thick stem, and in their place put in blanched chest- nuts. Fold the leaves over carefully, one by one, to resume the original shape, tie it well around, and cook it. A rich white cream sauce must always be served with ‘, if you will only give us the true ss of this chestnut @esert,” said one of the appreciative listeners, shall go home in a happy frame of mind.” “Does that please you too? Thank you. ‘How to cream chestnuts’ is my latest im- portation trom Paris. You must peel the its, remove the inner skin, put them n with sugar, vanilla and a little when a little cooked, have ready the glass bowl in which they are to be served, and press the chestnuts through a colan- der with rather large holes, held over the bowl; the chestnuts should fall through lightly, like vermicelli. Form this into an irreguiar, rock-like shape. Cover all over with drifts of stifMy whipped cream, to which powdered sugar and vanilla have been added.” So when the dames fluttered away from the fruit and fragrance of the dining room, chestuuts had most thoroughly recovered from tneir temporary defeat. — Walking the Best Exercise. From the Philadelphia Times. : A celebrated physician, on being asked “What is the exercise it conducive to physical beauty in women?” repiied very de- cidediy, “Walking.” ‘Yennis he declared to be too violent and too much of it is likely to lengthen the arms and make the height of the shoulders un- even. Cycling renders women awkward in their walk. They gradually come to move with a plunging kind of motion the reverse of gradeful, and frequently cultivate weakness ck, which makes them hold themselves habitually ridden for years usually have one hip higher than the other. Croquet really does not give exercise, and after a survey of all the ways he knew in which women take physica! exercise, he considered none so conducive to health and beauty of form as walking. It ought to be persevered in and done in all but the worst weather, and particularly in winter. It is the cheapest and safest, too. A wo- man may be hurt with a ball at tenn’ injured by horse or bicycle, or receive a blow on the head from a club at golf, which is now being indulged in by women. soe Thoaght Him & Business Firm. From the New York He a. A well known New York club man, speak- ing the other day of the marriage of Miss Flora Davis to Lord Terence Blackwood, son of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, re- calls a story once much told of the latter. When viceroy of Canada, a score of years ago or so, the marquis had occasion to write to an American about some matter. In affixing his signature to the letter he made use of his doubie title. The recipient of the letter misunderstood the marquis, and in reply addressed the en- velope to M s. Dufferin & Ava, and com- menced the letter with “Gents.” A Style T From Puck. coe t Must Be Abandoned. Our young men must stop wearing their scarf-pins in this open and exposed man- ner— ‘ —As we do not like to see half the girls we meet with their faces scratched up in this wise. MULE AND MOUNTAIN. A Body-Racking Journey From San Lorenzo to Tegucigalpa. HONDURIAN ROADS ARE DEFECTIVE. Scenery is Plentiful in the Realm of President Vasquez. AND THERE ARE PRETTY GIRLS HE NIGHT IN SAN Lorenzo was a rest- less one—a mixture of dogs, hard planks, mesquitos, and a high nolsy wind out- side combining to re- duce our sleep to a minimum. Early cof- fee, a preparing of baggage, packing of mules,and at 6 o'clock of a lovely morning “strange countries for to see!” The mount- ed contingent consisted, beside myself, of Capt. De la Cruz of the regular army, Mr. Abel Reyes, master of transportation, and another very vigorous and clear lunged gentleman, whose name I have mislaid, ‘chief accelerator of mules,” while several others on foot kept the pack animals as busy as the pace required. As nearly as possible—at my time of life—I blushed when I met the gaze of the insignificant creature which had been victimized with the cus- tody of my big trunk perched high and conspicuously on his back, but there was no help for it. All was in readiness, and with many a hearty “good bye!” with the Connors and their flaxen headed babies and the natives gathered to see us off, the parrots shrieking with laughter from every tree, we sallied forth to enjoy as best we might Honduras, its people and its far- famed scenery. It has been told that when the Spanish king asked the illustrious Cortez for a de- scription of this mountainous country, he arswered by tightly crumpling a sheet of paper into a ball in his hands, and throw- ing it on the table, said, “there it is!” Though an exaggeration, it was certainly a significant statement, as we soon learned in our progress toward its center. Our des- tination the first day was Pespire (pro- nounced Pes-pe-ray), alleged to be some sixteen miles distant, but what it actually was is altogether a different matter. The grandeyr of the mountain ranges before us, fading away higher and farther in the northern skies, occasional glimpses of the mighty Pacific and its neighboring volca- noes as we attained a higher altitude ex- cited our constant admiration, while around us as we passed along in the beauty of a perfect day, “the world forgetting, by the world forgot,” were the exuberant vegeta- tion and brilliant birds and flowers of the tropics, so curious and delightful to us of the colder north. But sentimental dream- ings were rudely scattered an hour after starting by our first struggle with one of the results of the rainy season, a muddy piece of road. Not merely a road with mud on it, such as we might see here in our own country, but a full quarter of a mile of thiek black mortar-like mud with almost no road beneath it, too wide to flank and heaven knows too long to wade through except on direst compulsion. But in we went and from the first plunge it was every man and beast for himself! Jump, stagger, flounder saddle deep—now resting and slow- ly_ sinking deeper, deploying across it for a hundred yards trying for any kind of es- cape until at last, after a ride to which Sheridan's was the tamest trot, we emerged oa the farther side nearly exhausted, cov- ered with mud, well briar-scratched and in a thorough state of demoralization as to disabled mules, dismantled baggage and broken harness. “Ay!” quoth I, as I sat sorrowfully scrap- ing off a portion of the adhesive paste,“*now am I in Honduras; the more fool I. When I was at home I was in a better place!” But repairing damages and resting a while we pushed on again leisurely as best suited the panting animals. The details of this hard day’s work were far more exciting in their occurrence than in their mere recital now, and so, as a general description of what is meant by travel in Honduras in the rainy season, I sum up this one sample day as follows. The sun, of course, was very hot and persistent, the roads mere rough and scraggy winding paths, the country naturally very rich and fertile, though thin- ly inhabited, a silent solitary land away from towns and cities. At casual intervals we passed lowly little groups of tropical huts extravagant only in ventilation, lim- ited patches of cornfields stretching ‘away in every direction, clinging to the mountain sides even to the very tops, looking like counties on a brightly colored map. ‘Too Much Water for the Travelers. The quiet, hospitable natives were usually at their doors with the ever ready calabash of fresh water, while their little brown children, clad simply in round-eyed wonder, blinked solemnly at the marvelous contrast between the big stranger and his mule. From time to time, however, the tranquil scene was varied, and I noticed with sharp concern whenever Capt. la Cruz began to question the few stragglers we met as to the probable condition of the next river or mountain stream. In no case did the answers fairly fit the facts; either heavy rains had suddenly changed a rippling brook into a rushing torrent, a shallow river into a deep and dangerous one, or else our infor- mants were oblivious to the most glaring, self-evident realities. Occasionally we would stumble on some unexpected stream without even the slight comfort of these misleading data, and after a tightening of eirths, a re-tying of baggage more securely high, a shifting of small personal belong- ings into uppermost pockets and a careful tudy of the situation, we started in with “now I lay me,” and a wild uncertainty as to how and where we would come out on the farther side. A common practice is to tie the clothing high and dry on top of the saddle and struggle over “cabled” by the mule’s tail, while others prefer to accen- tuate the picturesque surroundings by rid- ing the plunging, staggering animal through, holding high overhead their pre- cious raiment, a safe but somewhat un- dignified method of procedure. Every such crossing is an ugly experiment, and it is with grateful surprise that one finds him- self safely over. The current is swift and deep, and filled with large and slippery boulders concealed and hazardous, and the knowledge that a number of lives are lost in these rough crossings every rainy sea- son does not augment the pleasure of this rude style of bathing. On these occasions I purposely avoided meeting the eye of the poor wretch with my big trunk on his in- adequate ridge-pole, hoping he didn’t really know whose it was. How he got through every time and with the trunk still on top was one of those things that even Dun- dreary couldn't find out. I am free to confess that for want of suf- ficiently rough exercise this was the hard- est day of my life, though I said nothing, and, perhaps, conveyed the impression that I enjoyed it. Pespire, the vague, indefinite and always more distant, managed to evade us until about 4:30 that afternoon, when we “met up” with it suddenly at a time when half an hour longer would inevitably have stranded me. It was a very pretty little ancient Spanish town nestled in a sheltered nook in the mountains, though its beauties were more matters of later re- membrance than present delight, and, as Satan would have it, the very farthest house of the very remotest end of the very longest street I ever saw was our destination, and I fear I “dratted! ry intervening’ resi- dence, person and thing until we reached it. But an hour's rest in the ever-blessed hammock d a good supper restored the desire to live again, the Honduranian world bathed in a glorious mountain sunset re- sumed its romantic aspect as charmingly as when, distance loaned it every possible en- chantment. Nor was it possible to end the day, full of pains and penalites as it had been, without noticing how very pretty were the two daughters of the house. May they be happy in their peaceful, uneventful peasant live: Later I took a short stroll through the quaint littie village of a few hundred souls, visiting the little plaza and the old curio of a Spanish church, chatted with the folks of the house, counted again my poor ach- ing bones, and found every one responsive, and at 8 o'clock took to a hard plank-like bed, and slept instantly and for hours the sleep of the dead. A terrific dog and mule fight in the room by my very bedside only roused me enough to enjoy the delicious sensation of drifting away again to the . realms of turous repose, n- fused visions, of fathomiees Saat reins rivers, towering mountains and staggering mules, all sweetly sanctified by two aston- ishingly pretty faces, I soundly till early mule-bray next morning. Sore, but Persistent. We rose at 4,and I was wobbled stiffly about I could not help reflecting that every hour and every mile of this ride would have to be faced again later when the roads were worse, unless, indeed, I determined to re- main permanently in the country! A good strong cup of native coffee, a bite of break- fast, “adios!” to the pretty sisters and away we gaily started at 5 o'clock in the morn- ing. Our conversational privileges had so far been limited, Capt. la Cruz speaking no English, Mr. Reyes sporting a grotesque mixture of “Anglo-Spanish Volapuk” picked up on a California steamer, while I skir- mished about loosely, trumping in or fol- lowing suit as the chance occurred. The roads were, as usual, a succession of abrupt ups and downs, with ever a strong ascend- ing bias, always rocky and muddy. At noon we reached a little place called La Venta, some eighteen miles, and laid off for rest, repairs and lunch. Some little excite- ment was noticeable on our arrival, ex- plained by the desire of the people to see the special “Ministro Americano,” caused doubtless by a telegram of renewed wel- come from the president, awaiting us here. My response expressing delight with the journey so far is but another evidence that the universal language of mendacity fits all tongues, zones and conditions. Two jolly American miners and a Dr. Castagne from San Francisco had joined us, and we quickly started for Savana Grande, some twenty miles away, over what would in the favorable season be a beautiful mountain road with glorious scenic environments. As we wound around the craggy cliffs high- er and higher, the indescribably magnificent spectacle compelled many a halt to enjoy it in breathless amazement! Surely it can- not be surpassed on earth! Mountain upon mountain stretched away beyond the vision on every side in all of nature’s wondrous colors; on the one side a precipice, down which we dizzily looked from the back of the reckless animal which stubbornly per- sisted in walking on its very edge, while on the other, almost within touch, the ever- lasting rocks appeared to aspire to the summit of all earthly things, and yet when a few hours later we managed to surmount them, other and far loftier peaks opened to our ast: ished gaze! With all its fatigue and exposure this noble experience is worth crossing a world to enfoy, and if this be so out of season what must it be at its very best? A few miles from town the district com- mander, Gen. Delgado, and a mounted staff of friends met our party and escorted it to our quarters. The young general was a bright, intelligent officer, and, under the influence of advices from headquarters, as well as his own good heart, was determined I should be able to make,a good report of his bailiwick. In his graceful little speech of welcome he asked what we chiefly de- sired to make us happy, to which I labor- iously replied in my fairest Spanish that shorter and better roads were panted for as the water brooks by the hart of Holy Writ, but the sparkling little remark fell upon stony soil and was not. It required no force bill to dismount me. I was heart- ily tired, my legs misfits and a general corporeal dissolution seemed imminent. Even Capt. la Cruz broke down today, and we had to send back from town for him. Savana Grande is a far more considerable place than Pespire, and, like it, most beau- tifully situated in a fruitful little valley, created, one would think, for the very pur- pose. A good rest, an excellent dinner and congenial company made for us an enjoy- able evening until at 8 o'clock we retired, seven of us in one room. And the Pedestrian Won Every Time. Leaving this hospitable place early next morning we were accompanied several miles on our way by the commandante and his friends, as is the common custom of the country, and then, left to our own devices, onward we went. Some time after leaving San Lorenzo we ran across an old gray-haired, scantily dressed native with a big bundle on his back, weighing, as we learned later, full eighty pounds. He was probably over sev- enty years of age, tall, dark, wiry, and mer- ry as a lark, and the best walker I ever saw. Leaving him behind us resting by the wayside, we would find him miles ahead waiting for us at some spring or brook to offer us a drink of water, and again leaving him here we would find him, blithe and sprightly, at the next town, helping us in various ways. Helping to start us off and always leaving him behind, we invariably found him miles ahead, placidly resting, if, indeed, he was ever tired, and kindly delay- ing for us slower mounted men. And so it continued without intermission until we reached the capital, where we parted from him, fresh and chipper as a Kentucky two- year-old and offering to repeat the trip at the drop of a hat. The stout old fellow was delighted with our admiration of his won- derful performance, not unappreciative of certain little donations with which we had enthused his vigorous old heart from time to time. The path this day wound incessantly around precipices, through bridgeless tor- rents, until just before noon we arrived up- on the very summit of the famous Ule mountains, from which a never-to-be-for- gotten view of seemingly half a hemisphere disclosed itself. Any description, however eloquent, of this amazing scene of apparent- ly infinite space, the precipitous paths and remote silvery waterways afar beneath us, the tropical verdure, romantic surroundings and the silence as of a petrified world would necessarily be monotonous, but the facts themselves are never so. With all the fa- tigue, exposure and discomfort we had en- dured the absorbing interest never fi a moment; upon the contrary, it steadily increased until all else but the encircling magnificence was forgotten. We had traveled some twenty miles so far, and, with as many more before us, we started at midday, seeing afar and faintly the beautiful capital of Honduras as we left the plateau. Down nearly on a level with the big-named city we struck a new distress, surely the invention of the enemy of man, in the shape of a few miles of deepest’ mud, covered with a dangerous veneering of large, flat, leg-breaking stones, traps and stumbling blocks for our weary animals. Here we met a silver train on its way to Amapala, under guard of a body of troops, commanded @y a stalwart, fine-looking, Buffalo-Bill style of American from our own wild and woolly west. It con- sisted of some twenty mules, each one car- rying on each side a large exposed bar of silver, weighing 125 pounds, from the fa- mous Rosario mines, near Tegucigalpa. Received With All the Honors, ‘As we neared the end, a few miles from town, and fearing the arrival of an escort, we called a halt, dismounted and took a final account of stock. So far as El Min- istro’s appearance went he certainly had nothing to boast of—a freak of a broad na- tive straw hat, mud from head to foot, soaked with frequent rains, face scorched a brilliant red, nose and suburbs shedding their skin, lame and sore in every fiber, and in serious doubt of his ability to re- mount the little caricature of a mule which stood beside him, vainly trying to look re- spectful. And just then came dashing arouAd a bend in the road an escort of some fifteen or twenty gentlemen in gal- lagt array, headed by Gen. Imboden of Vir- gitia, Mr. Louis Beer of New Orleans, Prof. Fritzgartner and other residents, who cor- dially welcomed the strangers and pro- ceeded to guide them to their resting places in the city. I was a Uttle disturbed to learn that even yet there was “one more river to cross,” and the worst one to me in the entire country. Broad, deep, suffi- ciently rapid, and full of the customary slippery boulders—nevertheless we crossed it, and forward we went through the main street, over the famous old stone bridge of many arches, to the palace of the presi- dent. Here were the troops, salutes, fra- ternal greetings and a brief reception up- stairs in the parlors. Tables were there, nor were they empty ones, and it required no violent stretch of the imagination to fancy the Amapala “Committee on Exhila- ration” present and exceedingly industrious! We found ourselves in the generous hands of the commander of the federal district, Gen. Domingo Vasquez, now president of the republic, whom I had met very pleas- antly a few years before in Nicaragua, but we also found, to our dismay, that Presi- dent Leiva and the seat of’ government had been temporarily transferred to the ancient capital, Comayagua, several days’ further ride to the west. Great Scott! 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