New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-01


court. The corridor is lined with stands Tor tne
sale Of fruit vegetables, tobacco and cheap trnkets
So much for the building; but the scene witnhn
ndescrlbable il Is not much one picture as hun
dred, all melting into one another, ana chaneins
and rechanging like the colors of kaleldoscope
Not like street scene with Its rapid moyen atiI
nobody is in hurry but hardly anybody u sun SUIT
as if the whole world we're IN aoH crU wh S' the
rest, watching the animated groups around US .,t
Standing here we can get the background Oh thaV
frut-stand, with its heaped-np purple ana goid
The coatless and barefooted fruitselleIs glance al
us curously as they wait on their custOHlers-ser-
want girls for the most part, who have been sent to
fill their baskets with oranges and bananas. mere
comes the dark-skinncd Diana-a stately mulatto
woman with her crimson skirt gathered III plctur-
esque folds at the waist, and her white chem use
falling away negIgenily from one shoulders her
fine face is set TO expression OF minnie scorn Oh
whitening contempt too deep LOT WORDS. 10 DC SURE
all this acting is occasioned by difference OF or
4 cents IN the price of q string OF beads, ana the
Misunderstanding Portuguese VINO Is
the object of her wrath only laughs diabohcally,
and makes himself look a degree uglier than De-
fore; soon she catches sight of an acquaintance,
and her scOrn melts INTO IA broad grin. 30 tne wv"
stroll away together, chatterlng as only these
That dark, handsome fellow dainty slipping his
paper cigar is mamcucO so Brazllans can
cross between the Indian and white races. some
thing of the flashing Lusitanian fire he has siliil-
ing through the INDECENT grace OF ms geS,ures;
ancestors but the mixture is tempered neither Dy
the intelligence of the white nor the docltX OF tne
brown races; the mameuc0S pear ueserNeuly halu
name on the Amazons. :,
Sguatled on the stone pavement is toothless old
crone half Indian. half mulatto with pot OF vel,
low ningau soup--a preparation of taploca and
bananas Her customers-mOstly Portuguese cart
men and salOis-recelve their portions In black
caabashes, and swallow the mixture with evident
ciIstO gossipping meanwhile with one another, or
exchanging not overdelicate remarks with the
negro and mulattO servant girls who pass them.
These latter bring pals and earthen pans on .er
heads and little further on we see score OF them
grouped about a butchers stall the newcomers
set Their pans on the counter aud produce niue
bundles of copper money; the butcher cuts thc
meat into shapeess chunks and, by some feat OF
calculation filings to each share apportoned 10 the
money she brought; and tho purchaser marches s
away with the pan of meat balanced on her mead,
her tongue running the while ike Chinese rattle
All the marketing is done i'll this way. through The
medium OF servants.
Some valuable details are given with regard to
the commercial industries of the Amazons, the
most important of which at present are the lnda
rubber, cacao. and hides. Twenty million pounds
of rubber. valued at six million dollars, are an
nually exported from Para, although the business
is a ruinous one for the province. The workman,
who gains two or three dollars for a single days
gathering has enough to keep him IN idleness for
week. and when the money is spent he has only to
repeat the process. This is the case with all the
forest industries They entice workmen from acri-
cultural employments, and thus encourage ldleneSs
In reply to the question whether Brazil oilers an
eligible field for the American mechanic, farmer or
merchant Mr. Smith gives description OF the
settlement of some American farmers in the vicinity
of SaDtarem Since Is IS this place has been caSsed
rs CITY, and forms the head of large district be-
tween Alenque and Monte Allegro northward to the
Guiana mountains. The greater part of the region
is still unbroken wilderness. The situation OF the
place is commanding, and if the Amazous valley Is
ever peoped, it must become one of the most im-
pOrant cities.
The only near neghbor of the family is Platts
mariner who lives close by. His house is built of
hewn logs and has good wooden hoor. The roof
IL of plan thach the tables, chairs and benches OF
| hevn boards all prepared with Immense labor bv
one man. From the houses a steep road leads mp
the face of the bluff to the canefeld above. The
road is beautiful arched all with forest trees
! and draped at the sides with profuse variety OF
vines. There Is not sign of cultivation. except III
the clearing below. The few Indian houses are
buried in the woods. and their plantations are out
of sight The other American houses are at least
two or three miles away. The Indian huts are built
| in cleared spaces at a distance from the path,
neverin the shade After prolonged sojourn with
the Platt family, the author extends his excur-
sions to the more remote parts of the settlement,
| where he again finds temporary home:-
In course of time we leave our pleasant quarters
at Patt's and go to live with other American fam
lies at Panema. five miles away. mothcrly host
ess we find in kind Mrs. Nav, and good trend N
her SON who interests himself in our ZoOlogiZlng,
| ard proves to he capital collector. FOR sleepDE
| quarters have house OF our own deserted one
| m the woods a quarter of q mile away from me
others Ii Is nervous work, sometimes. walking Out
| TO this place, OF dark nlght.
There is great gap in the roof the season being
pleasant and we careless naturasts Il remains nm
| meuded until one night driving storm comes up
! then the rain sweeps on MS like cataract, ana we
are soaked through in trice; second bast Drlng'
hall
| tumbling about our heads we try III VAIN 10 nghi
a candle, and at length resign ourselves to shiVci
in th Sa faf be Ts s0 great s but the
lesson is good one.
Mr. Mays establishment is small; but there :
another near by. which Is by far the most aI
vanced in the colony. The proprietor was Metlt
odist clergyman in Mississippi; like many OF hl'
class. he had ready capability for all xmas o.
work was IN fact the very best man ha ,at i It
| money TO start with, and two stout boys 10 assiS
him III his work he WAS sensible enough 10 choOS'
most desira bic location where the land was rlcl
| and there was abundant water power. With thes'
advantages he has advanced steadily. AT hrs, ne wa
content to live IN log house. ana work wltli suci
machinery a. he could get in the country when IN
, miami alton was well advanced ana ne Thoroughly
Understood his needs. he made trip TO the United
0 States expressly for the purpose oil bringing on
machinery and tools. One of these imporiailons wa
a sawmili: with this ne sawed out boards aud beam
for a good frame house, and great deal Tor sal
besides he has built mills for grinding corn, peat
. Inprice cutting cane-tops for his cattlc black
slnith-shop, very well equipped fine cane-nll
, and evaporarors for sugar. He has reason to l0o
forward with hope TO the future.
This man and Mr.. Ray,at Damanina, are the onl.
ones in the colony who have achieved anything INK
success But these two were not part OF llastihe
company: they came alone, chose their gIoun
carefully and worked carefully, with fixed end Il
view and having capital IN the outset, thcy wcI
nrcd for their produce. They would have succeeded
anywhere better, probably, in the United staic
than here. Both mourn the want OF Protestan
churches and schools for their children they hav
learned that Brazilian cuGtOm houses and Govern
ment officials are sad drawbacks on their enter
, prise
The Americans nj Diamantina and Panema ar
generally discontinued with their lot and no woi
harnn womb canil al. with Yer