Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-05-08

A Tinely-Ionsl PoopI. il. Ho,... :
FOOD Language and Habits.
lti' = common impression saws a
Fesie' letter to ths M rr.a<...a
chr'a''s that the south N, Islander.
are ~ a,l., saani6als and tba. thc Islands
are llliea with wild beasts. such M
the case. There are 10 qualrupe.s
tnsfs except pigs ami cannibaI.sm
has ceased to exist except in tie masl
remote a. and unapproaohabIe Of the Il
lanaS las natives are indoIcnt and
far iron being savage and il their IL
latlons with the whites are easy going
and simple. There Is little romance
and eS' adventure in exploring these
southern arehipelagoas. THE Islands
are az Of volcanic origin. and in the
lowest strata show no evidence Of ores
Or minerals. The vegetation is tropl-
cal ana luzuriaat and the forests a.
boluu III every variety of birds.
y : q common suppositIon that the
ISLANDERS are physically lwarts sndthe
woHea 8hriyeled and hag.lIkc in an
pearance resemblngthe Indian sqlaw.
The 18TH is however, that no finer
race eVists in the world as regards phy-
sical slF0cture<The men are tail and
well fSr.g2 The women have mag
!; m =. s..@..5.. .s.s and :.?..... '. :. y. :.
tual measurement they approach the
Venus Of Milo nearer thm tile Euro
pean.
lheif houses are built Of q frame
work Of saplings, put together without
any nails fastened by s5nnit made
from the cocoanut fiber, and thatched
with long grass to the thickness Of
several feet The sides and ends are
filed with lattice-work Of reeds that
admit the air, The floors are covered
with soft grasses to the depth of sever
al teet, over which are spread mats.
One end of the floor is raised about on,
foot above the rest, AMI is used as
BED upon which is laid from fifty t,
on hundred Of the softest mats. On,
corner is reserved as a small fireplace
coz sisting Of bare ground and a few
! stf Is, where are always kept smolder
LIZ /. eew c0c0anut hu5l5, used for tn
Il nnrs- : IN
p"ip@el OF making the u7ttha, {
FyrTx
1--WE cigarette. The tobacco which
'"oAe Is simply the raw leaf dri
,Ho sun They hold the leaf owe
n'o untll it is crisp and then roll
ono al'a 40 banana leaf to sharp poin
OH0 end and broad at the other
:
50 usually does for several per,
:. 9'e" taxing a few whiffs and pas
it to the next. ''''' p's
,.l Inc food staple of the native
i[ui,' but they have more summit,
euioies prepared by their own inge
" Inc chief of these is the 0,4,,
maue from any fruit, yams, taro,
0"n@nas' pounded into a thick y;
'H9 Durled on the shore between II
anu low water mark. There it il
ueoonpose for a year, when it is Z
" "na steamed in a large pot. vi
- o4,ou from the dried banana len,
~ c. is that of bad sourkrout ~,
wy WpSSSmburger cheese. The natj,
lst his condiment as a master nj.
Of their art and eat it without ey
holding the nose. 1t is sweet to +
taste and easily digestible. Anotb
Polynesian delicacy is a raw fish abo
the size Of sardine, which the Datiy
scoop out of the water and bolt VIII
the fish is still wriggling. They tas
Ike sardines.
The natives are very polite in the
Intercourse with each other. WI,
one sneezes his companion says. sab
IA your health; the person sneezin
f'pFlng, "Moli," thank you. Tho
never meet in the morning witbo,
2ylang, "Sa yandra," it is awake an
in dfparting say, "Sa la'ki moce." o
70 sleep. The common term in the
anguage for white men is "4ai para
hsi the first word meaning "of tn
@e9 81 and the last, beyond the h,
fIloh' The Polynesians have word
% express even metaphysical idea.
'l' 'oe language is flexible enough t
coaYey new notions when first present
e. p them. They call a steamer. eIsc
IIaki' or sail Of fire. instead Of jncor
~ s'lng the English word into tbet
'7sson. The language aboands in poet
Z without rhyme, and manly Of n,
'' metre, as the accents Of III.
..1a, WIZ usually fall on the penuIt. The,
love. martial deeds. feats .
Y .tgngth, 3og and drinking feats in y4rs..s.
toa tn,'H are handed down by oral tran.
~. A Generous Man.
- .pld you see anything Of a pocta,.
'o3A mat | dropped somewhere Is M
iealoom l occupied Ia ofobt -