A LOAFERS' PARADISE
Life of the Happy-go-'ucky West
Indian Negroes.
LAZY JOY FOR LITTLE WORK.
Six Months' Labor Enables Them to
Loll tn Indolence For a Year and a
Half—Comomg the Islands For Men
For the Sugar Plantations.
A hapjiy-go-lucky. staml up «ml fall
down, genial. Inconsequential spirit an­
imates the West Indian lieirroes In
their latiorx and In l heir tw«gglng
From the sweating tollers on the do< k
at Maeorls loading sugar Into the
steamers, with their warning cry.
“Bees-low T' to the men In the hold, to
the grinning boys hauling their fishing
boats up on the lieach at l»omlnl««n.
they live from day to day and take no
thought of the morrow A West Italian
negro with $50 will live for a year and
never do a stroke of work.
And why not? Ills living <svsts him
only
cents a day. He has his little
cabin for the oceu|>ancy. A mango
tree grows In his yard, and he can
pick plantains by the road nt will. If
be is ton lazy to bake 5 cents will buy
bread for the family for the day. and
a few cents more will buy a down
small tish and one large one A single
garment does for the women, and $.’>
will clothe the man for a year, while
the pickaninnies run as God made
them.
The West Indies are the paradise of
the happy loafer Every year the Is.
Jamis are comlssl from end to end for
hands to work the great sugar planta
lions in Santo Ilomlngo. and at that
the negroes must often lx« practically
kidnaped to get them on the l>oats.
In November of each year the sugar
boats, little sloops and schooners that
spend the remainder of the year trad­
ing among the islands get into the
Santo Domingo negro trade. Their
captains and supercargoes, when tttev
have them, and the owners go up and
down the Islands telling the negroes
that on a certain day the vessel will
sail for Santo Domingo and take nil
who want to go to work on the sugar
plantations.
Take the little Island of St Martin's
for illtistrati'-n. For a week the island
is combed. and on the appointed day a
dozen sloops and schooners are crowd­
ed into Marigot bay. The night before
the negroes have begun to stream into
the little town that sleeps through the
year, wafting for this one day to bring
it to life. Boards are laid across boxes,
and rum and whisky are set ont to
arouse the negroes to the pitch that
will carry them out to the vessels
bound for the plantations.
All day the men stream into the
town, traveling barefooted'along the
sandy roads, swept in by the sailors,
singing their song of riches to be had
for the asking. Ahead of the men walk
their women, toting heavy boxes on
their beads, while the men arc dressed
in their best, with a cocky straw hat
perched on one ear. swinging a dandy
cane and carrying their slse« in their
hands At the outskirts of the town
they put on their shoes and swing
gavly up to the open air bars on the
beach.
The women lug the big boxes down
to the beach and wail at being left
alone until they. too. become filled
with the excitement of the scene and
urge their men folks on. The men
hang back and laugh and drink and
deny that they are going.
“Is you goin’. Big Tawm?"
“Naw. Ah a in' goin'. Ah jus’ come
tub see.”
"Yas. yo' is goin'. Big Tawm. Git in
dat boat.”
“Come on heah. boy. Ya. ha!”
And all the time the rowboats, load­
ed to the gunwales, are plying back
and forth between the shore and the
sloops. By sundown the beach is swept
clean and six little sloops and a schoon­
er make sail and drift out of the har­
bor on a dying breeze, loaded down
with a thousand black men anti wo­
men. who will wake in the morning
with a raging thirst. Then woe be to
the captain who has not tilled his wa­
ter casks, for there is sure to be at
least one body to be given to the sharks
after the tight around the butts!
When tLe vessels drop anchor off
Macoris the plantation foremen come
off and look over the cargoes and pay
the shipmasters $2.5() each for passage
money for the negroes.
Then the
blacks are herded ashore and are cred­
ited with 30 cents a day for a month
for working from sunrise to sunset in
the cane fields. By that time the $2.50
passage money is paid back. Then
they receive their 30 cents a day in
cash for the next six months until
the cutting and grinding season is
over, when the sloops show up again
and take them to their homes for $2.50
each. j>aid in advance1.
1 lie foremen collect from the planta­
tion owners (SI cents a day each for
pay for the black bands, but with their
share of the money the negroes can
Jive for a year and a half before they
have to think of doing another day's
work.
And they do it.
Year after
year the trade is plied, and Hie islands
are cotnlwd for men for the planta­
tions. and year after year the negroes
return home to eighteen months of lazy
joy.-N« w York Tribune.
Groundhog.
Tench or was telling her «lass little
stories i a tintiirnl history, rimi «he aak-
ed If tl ny «•(««« could tell her what a
k » s wri«-. t'p went n Utile hand.
"Well . Curl, you may tell ns what a
"Plea«««.
ma'am, it’s saus«ge.”-Ev-
LOVE FOR TITLES.
Th* Way th» Average German Burger
Lengthen* Hie Name.
The average German burgher's love
of titles is a source of never ending
fun to the rest of lh«> German |M>pula-
tion and of cotilitiual ridicule to the
rest of the world. Any one caring to
see how far some |»eople of the father­
land w ill go In tills direction maxi only
have a look at a hotel register nt a
summer resort.
He will see added
to the name of the guest the most
curious combinations of apisdlntions
drawn togetlmr to form a title. He
will, for instnnee. find:
A •‘Technlschen rrovlnxlalfruersoxle-
tats*i's|>ector'’ ia teehnl al provincial
fin1 Insuninee ln«|»eeton.
A “Gvhclmrii E\|xs!lerendeti Seltre-
tar Im M Inlsterlum der Offentllelien Ar-
bellcii” (meaning a s|«s-|al sort of sec­
retary nt the ministry of public worksi.
A to continue In English as well as
possible “cashier president of the
Koval Saxon railway.” n "royal rail
road subsis-n'tary."
The ladles an- not better.
“Frau
Verwltt w etol’or*teuer<'ontrollourln" Is
quite usual ami means "Mrs. Widow««!
8u|»erfax Collector" Then there are
the "Mrs. Secretary and Calculator”
and "Mrs. Widowed General Agent."
The beat of all. however. Is a title
whlej) a lady entered In the register of
a hotel at which 1 recently stayed. It
read. "Mrs. ITison Warder and Chil­
dren.”—Fall Mall Gazette.
TAMING A BIRD.
Teaching
a Feathered Pet to
You Is Not Difficult.
Trust
No creature Is more jealous or sensi­
tive than a bird. It Is easy, however,
to win the heart of almost any bird,
and that without starving film or mak­
ing him think he has mastered you.
Simply talk to him a good deal.
Place his cage near you on your desk
or work table, and retain his choicest
dainty to give to him with your own
fingers. Let him know that he can
never have that particular thing unless
he takes it from you. and he w ill soon
Jearn. if you are patient and do not
disconcert him by fixing your eyes
upon hint.
After this lie will more readily tak^
It from your lips, and then when you
Jet him out of his cage, after the first
excitement isover. he will come to you.
especially if you have a call to which
you have accustomed him. and accept
the dainty from you while free.
As soou as he becomes really con­
vinced that you will not hurt him or
try to catch him or interfere in any
way with bis liberty he will give way
to bis boundless curiosity about you.
He will pull your hair, pick at your
eyes and give you as much of his com­
pany as you desire.—New York Press.
A Lott Opportunity.
The father of the late Benoit Con­
stant Coquelln. the great French actor,
was a baker, aud young Coquelin was
brought up to the trade. At thirteen,
a writer lu Le Figaro says, he mani­
fested an irresistible inclination toward
the stage, an inclination which his fa­
ther steadfastly strove to repress.
"Don't devote so much time to those
dramas.” bis father used to say. "You
have learned a g'xxl trade, the business
is running well, and you shall be my
successor.”
A number of years after Constant
had made bis way into general favor
his father, who took pride in his boy's
success, but could never quite get over
the feeling that Constant should have
been a baker, was congratulated upon
his son's eminence.
"1 remember,” said the old man.
“that Constant was a good baker. He
would have gone far in the trade.”
Blowing Up the Locks.
Would it be easy to blow up and de­
stroy a lock canal by the malicious use
of dynamite or other high explosive?
The question has been debated much
in connection with the Panama canal.
The Engineering News calls attention
to the fact that an attempt made in
RMX) to wreck the Welland canal in
this way produced surprisingly small
results. After two weeks' examination
the two men concerned selo tgd lock
24. aud each lowered a satchel con­
taining dynamite and a fuss to the
water behind the gate at each end of
the Jock. Both charges were exploded,
but the dynamite failed to carry away
the gates.
Although the explosives
blew a hole about a foot In diameter
through each gate and loosened the
binges, the gates remained In [«ositlon,
bolding back the water.
In the Regular Establishment.
“Yes.” said the fresh young lieuten­
ant, "the army has fallen on evil
days.”
The sophisticated captain merely
gasped.
"Why,” the F. Y. L. went on, "look
at the uanx-s on this roll —Private En­
trance. Corporal Punishment, Major
Doom, General Housework.
Wbat
kind of a” —
But just then tlie S. C. shied a—a—
well, a ginger ale Lot tie at the fleeing
offender.—Lippincott’s.
Explained.
“Yon say the defendant pulled the
plaintiff's hair. Now, bow could the
defendant, who is an untis milly short
man. rea«-h the plaintiff's hair, tlm
plaintiff being fully six feet tall?”
“Why, yon see. your honor, the
plaintiff v.m butting him nt the time.”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evidently a Connolx»ieur.
“Bllggins Is a connol ««enr In cigars.”
“He must be. OiherwlK«' he might
make sn occasional mistak «• and give
sway a gxxxl one.’*-Washin
A Iwld onset Is half the bii tf le—Gari-
baldi
AN EARTHLY INFERNO.
Valcaniiing Factory Wu*ro M»n Stand
212 Dagrtoa.
VAHT IMPROV I MEN IN
PLANNED FOIt OREGON
E.W. GILLETTE & CO.
PORTLAND, Or«« , Dee. 27.
tSpe
dal.)
Much work on the rivers mid
lull hors of tho I'ai lfic Northwest will
be accomplished «luring the coming
yenr provided the reeommendntlotiH
of Major Mclndoe, corps of I'nitiul
States Engine«*. In charge of this dis­
I
trict, are followed.
Major Mclndoe
lias just made Ills annual report to
th«« Secretary of War mid urges th««
.expenditur«« of 13.043,500 In river
mid harbor Improvements In this ills
trlct for th«« fiscal year ending Jun««
30, 1911.
Tlie largest appropriation recom­
mended Is $1,580,000 for continuing
the Impnrvcment at the month of th««
Columbia River. The sum of $1,000,-
000 Is urged for work In the snm««
when you want to
Htream between Th«« Dalles rapid« and
nil >>ther room*-
Celtlo Falls.
Th«« remainder of th**
Gillette ,x ('i« you
It complote In tim
dealr««d appropriation Is divided be­
manner, and make
tween th«« different coast harbors ami
work on the Columbia. Willamette.
Sunk«« and other rivers. Including the
Cowlitz, Grays and Lewis Rivera In
Washington.
Acording to the report, operations
during th«« past year consisted largely
In dredging shoal places between
Portland and Astoria In tho Wllln
im-tte mid Columbia Rivera and lu
HE LOVED HER
«-xtendlng th»« Columbia J'tty bcsld«-.
some work at Coquille and Tilla­
Th» Dspth of Hi» Fe»ling Wai Re-
mook and dredging In tl < l'pi>er Wil­
vealed In Hi» Answer.
lamette
and Upper Columbia, If Mn-
“IXn you love me?" he a«ked
In reply tin* mtxlern young girl look jor Melndoe's recommendat Ions nr««
rd nt th«« modern young man with eyes carried out, they w.ll mean much
|i««rmanent work of great value to th.«
perfervld with emotion
"Do I love you?" she rrp»«nted. "I whole Pacific Northwest.
M
do
I love you psychologically, socio­
Portland takes fourth place limon,;
logically. economleally. From the per citii's of the t'nited Stat<«s In wheat
chologlc standpoint I feel that our
exports for the eleven months of the
dlfft«r«'nt organisms Hr»« so nicely dlf-
current
year ending with November.
ferentlated na to form a projM«rl.v art lo­
lllated area of combined consciousness This ••« according to the report of th««
S«M-lologl<ally our Individual environ­ Secretary of th«« Treasury on bread-
ment has been enough In contrast to stuffs exported from this country.
form a proper ba«ls for a right union
Puget Sound comes next after Port-
Economically I feet sure that when we land, New York Is first, Philadelphia
com«* to combine we shall Is* able to second and Duliitli third
Last year
Infrtxluce Into the management of our
Portland ranke«l gecond In the coun­
and Ammunition, Cutlery-in
affairs the right tlnmielal balance to
try In wheat shipments. Th«« ngtir**s
pr«xlu«-e the scientific result which
ihing in
Hardware—No
every well ordered and com!i»ct«sl busi Just compiled of wheat eX|Mirts do
shelf-worn goods.
m-ss produces. And. now. how do you not Include large shipments of wheat
love me?”
from Portland to California.
This
Agents
Ellwood
The young man reached forward lie tonnage Is very heavy each year.
claspt'd her swiftly, but surely. In bls
The fine, n««w steamship Bear, for
arms. He hugg«s! tier long mid plenty the run between Portland and San
lie klss««d her a In lui tier cheek and her
Francisco, will start west from New­
rubv lips.
port News. Vo.. January 9 an«! her
"How do I love you?" he replied.
"My dear girl, I love you Ju«t ns much sister ship, th«« Beaver, will com«*
B«>th will go Into com­
as If you really knew what you were soon after.
mission at once upon nrrlval. Thesn
talking about.**—Life.
boats are the now Harriman line«»
Study Under Difficulties.
built for the Coast route and ire the logging camps of tho company have
FOR HALE
A complete thr«-»hlng
It was my love tor my children that finest ever In commlsalon between
shut down for the season mid the outfit, conalatlnk of one 20 h.-p. AR-
gave me the energy, the will power, to here and the South.
town Is overflowing with men. Mo«t munTuylor
engln«« ««quipped
for
reach great heights In my profession.
blooded chickens and rata from va­ of the men. however, will leave for
burning oil; on«« 38-84 Auitmnn-Tay-
1 pra«tl«-ed. I studlwl my great roles
and arias seated at the piano, the baby rious parts of the Pacific Northwest the south In a few days
lor separator with Parson feed««r, sep­
The Weed Company is building arator la rebuilt about naine ax lliif-
at my breast, the others playing around have had their innings during tho
me none too softly. I memorize«! my past week at the show of the Oregon thirty cottag««* for tho use of «in­ falo Pitta wlth Jone* attachment; has
parts while stamling at the oil stove Pet anti Poultry Association. A splen­ ployes and the town Is growing In
been run on« season. Hard oil cut»
cooking our simple meal or while busy did show was hold, many of the prize general. Several roomhut hoi.s.-r, aud
all over.
at the wasbiub. with my little ones fowls having been on exhibition it
small stores arc being started an.I
On«« Daniel B««st cleaner that alcana
always around me. Singing, learning, the recent S»'attle exposition.
The there Is a new laundry and a bottling
th«« grain before It enters th«« sack.
studying. I was supremely happy tie­
exhibit of pure blood poultry shows works being put In.
cause they were with me. I brought
On«« Derrick table, derrick and
The Southern Pacific Company Is wagon In good shape.
up my children, and they were my the advance In this Industry In th««
comfort and my support. They made Northwest within the past few years. I building a new round bous«« there for
On«« aide ««levator, now last year;
Delegates from Oregon. Washlng- the use of the helper engine and the
a brave, courageous "fellow" of me.
also new draper last year.
And it was n<> dittb'iilt task. If I had toe Jdaho, Montana and Ctah will :one used on the Klamath Falls
Two water wagons, oil drums, ro­
to hurry to the theater for rehearsals att« nd the convention of the Western branch.
tary
pump, two low-down water
I would give the children their supi>er Retail Lumber Dealers Association,
The big sash and door factory shut p uni pa.
at S o’clock aud put them to bed. which will meet In Portland, Feb-
down for a few days during th«« holi-
For particulars write
When I returned at 10 or II o’clock I
rnary 14, 15 and 16. Lavish enter day vacation and while It Is bile it
would be greeted by merry birds' twit­
W. II. JONES.
ter from the different little nests, mid tnlnment of the visitors by the manu­ i few Improvements will be made.
St
Nelimn, Butt«« County, Cal.
I would divide my sandwiches with facturers of this district will be a
Nl.M.MoNS
them. Then we would sleep as only f'.itiire of the convention and nlars
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
the happy and healthy may.—Mme. to | give the delegates a good time
Schumanu-Helnk in Delineator.
In
the
Circuit
Court
of
tho
State
of
are already under way.
A commlt-
« >
Oregon for the County of Klamath.
U<, headed by W. B. Mackev, has
I
Collier and a Collier.
Sult in Equity for Decree of Di­
this ' feature In charge. An elaborale
A single misprinted letter may pro-
banquet Is on the program anil trips vorce.
duee nst«>ni«hing results, and even the
Arthur Newby, plaintiff, vs. Minnie
to the sawmill plants near the cltv,
misreading of a capital letter as n
< »
Newby, Defendant.
exfuraions
on
the
harbor
and
prob
­
( «
small one may tie disastrous. When
John Payne (.'oilier died the Loudon ably a jaunt to a logging camji In the To Minnie Newby, the above-named
defendant:
Press correctly gave a paragraph stat­ timber not far from Portland arc
W e have the largest
In the name of the State of Ore­
ing that he had been buried In Bray rrorutsed. The gathering will be at.
churchyard, near Maldenhend. a large impertant one In lumber circles, and gon. you are hereby required to ap­
anti most complete line of
number of friends lielng present at the it I- expected there will be 400 dele­ pear and answer the complaint filed
' 1 high grade Christmas
funeral. But a provincial pa|>er which gates tn attendance.
against you In tho above entitled
presents that has ever
presumably knew nothing of (tie notori­
suit, on or before the 20th day of
ous Shakespearean critic gave the same WI ED EXPERIENCING
been brought to this city,
January, 1910, that being tho day
paragraph concerning "John Paytie. a
Bl ILIIING MTIVIÌA of the last, publication of luminous,
an<!
we are better pre-
collier.” and to complete the thing
pared
to attend to your < i ► >
and
the
iaHt
day
within
which
you
are
beaded it "The Bray Colliery Disaster.”
Tlie new dry «hod of the Weed
— Loudon Chronicle.
required to answer, as fixed by the
holiday
wants than ever
i >
Lumber Company at Weed, which
order of publication of this summons. i > before.
the company began conHtructlng noon
Practical Superstition.
It you fall to appear and answer, the < >
< >
' after the fire of alx weeks ago, !s
DIAMONDS.
"Are you superstitious?”
< >
plaintiff will apply to the court for
< >
o
nearing completion, It Is one of the
"In a practical way.”
WATHCES.
the relief demanded in said com
♦
"How is that?"
I >
very largest dry Hhedx In the North-
plaint. Sahl suit is brought to secure < > CLOCKS,
"Well. I never walk under a ladder weat and the larg<«st In California,
<
>
unless 1 feel sure It won't fall on me, being 1 1 I feet wide and 400 fert dissolution of the bonds of matri­ < > JEWELRY.
mony
existing
between
yourself
and
and I always expect bad luck when
SILVERWARE.
long and la two stories high.
plaintiff.
pursued b.v a mad bull arrows a lot In
STERLING AND PLATE
Thia monster shed will hold $ 50,-
which there are Just thirteen acres.”—
This summons Is published In th«'
i <)<><) worth of stock. A crew of fifty
CUT
GLASS.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Kliimuffi Falls "Republican,'' a week-1
carpenters la at work on tho hiilld-
Hand-Painted
CHINA.
ly newspaper printed and published 1
. ing.
Survival of Fittest.
KARNAK
lilt
ASS
nt Klamath Falls, Oregon, by order .if
Mi s Helen Mathers llilnts that the
The company
Honorable George Noland, Judge of
EDISON Phonographs,
decline of the nov« ’ I ’lue to a large ii< w warehouse
aid Court, and dated December Otli,
extent to m<.tor«-.ir". ’I tier«« |s no doubt 'the box factory.
«and Records,
that it largo clasx of re.-itlers have tw«en Im «qnlpiied with a cement floor ami 1909; the first publication to be made
MUSICAL
Instruments,
on the Sth day of December, 1909,
almost entirely ««lltnlmtte<l by these
tlx- < ntir«« structure will be fireproof
POST
CARDS
AND
vehicles.
W«» refer to those persons
and the last jmbllialien thereof on
w Ito iist'tl to rent! a« thev wnl'.od nlocg Tills building will lx« 74 feet wide x
tile 20th day of January, 1910.
POSTCARD ALBUMS
; 200 f« < t in length xml on«« ami on
the ronJway.—London Punch.
12-9 1 20
BENSON & STONE,
SOUVENIR GOODS.! -I ♦ V
¡half alorb't high.
Next spring th«
Attorneys for Plaintiff
other articles too num­ ♦
i compimy will put up a stock room
Mwlj««
•»> Íhn t 200 feet square.
roil
A FEW BARG IINM.
erous to mention.
(
11 i nd mie
with?
'mother hie; im nrovenient t O Jf*
«nd l><« convinced:
—
1 <
1
I ■
iff , who • nijK lo early In the >prlng will b o tho
Five lota, sigia Jy location, $1500 i<
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1
t
’
d>|c
io show you
n
■ ♦
h ’»»e inal ailing of a t'OlIfTet«! res«'I Vol r, 50 Can loan $750 c n the deal.
»
B loaton ».
with
hath,
largeH
A nice cottage
Î50 {‘'«‘t, oi1 the> hill north <>d th »
A goo d buy.
<
it. Thia r<- wrvf >ir will suppl y tho lot, $17U0.
!
A large reside »ncff . fli n lot, $3500 «
<r for ihn onlJ r«> tow li ui» 1 fliui
♦
to work
Three cottages i on three lots. Room ! ]
n will he colinoci < <1 wi h !
'he n the ',)ro ♦
Store
bril 70 ‘ p ft I'M 1 u l>h >e lines.
»nciign for anol her cottftgo; 122 50.
<
fl red.
4
Opposite the American Hotel
11
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The hottest place in New York I« In
Deabnautes sirv««t lu a » Illi illllxllig flic­
lory, when« telephone wires an« Insù
In teil by being couitsl »Illi a prepara-
Hon of rubls«r.
In the room wher»«
this pnH*,«Hs takoH place the tvm|ieru
tur«* rises to 212 d<'gr««ea, l«M> degrees
hotter than the h<>ti<«Ht it may la» out­
Mun can endure no
side in the sun
more
Actually there are acme who
can stand this, however only a few.
mind you. but still some.
1'bey are
only the airvngeM and liardiest of
workm««n. anti they ran In- in the room
but a few brief mitiuies nt a lime.
Several times dally It Is their duty to
enter the mom to see that all goes
well.
To keep from losing their skin mid
to pnmx't flictnseltes from the terrible
heat these men wear heavy woolen
shirts buttoned high nlstve their m«cka
mid woolen masks and gloves.
Four
or five minutes at th«« most lu the vul
eanlzlng room Is all they ean stiind
without collupsitig. nt id some can’t
Outside these
even May that long.
men noluxly I* ever allowed to ««ndure
such a frightful tiviit. In fact. It Is
ha rd to convey the idea of 212 «legrees
You can get the same degree of tern
perature by thrusting vour finger Into
Istlllng water
Water Istlls at 212 de
greeo F.—New York World
Sixth St
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