The Columbus journal., 1888-10-03

SKIRT falling 20 below tho Knees ma Q
shoulder covering not unlike Q shawl
both Of pure white and adorned with
pretty native lace. They are gracefully
worn. and bewitehingly serve to half
reveal and half conceal tho form beneath.
In tho midday siesta they are fond Of
lying languidly in their hammocks. sip
ping their mate and singing In their low.
sweet voices, yet sad and with . touch Of
melancholy, the ''n~arsncaros," or songs
Of the orange ~gatherers. On those other
strange. weird songs Of theirs whose
words are Ill Of love. Indeed, what need
TO do ought else in o. land SO blessed'as
theirss
Living entirely upon fruits and vege-
tables that arc secured With but little
effort, unmoved by the ambitious schemes
Of the money making Europeans. npon
|. whom they look with questioning wonder.
and possessed Of languid, voluptuous
natures that arc fostered by the climate.
what else should they do save love. and
dance. and sing! Dancing Is their only
pastime. and into that they throw the
whole spirit Of their joyous nature. The
slightest excuse is all that Is necessary
for getting up . ball. At which the whole
neighborhood ut once assemblies.
The girls and women are dressed only
in the robes described. The men wear
white linen trousers and red ponchos.
The dances are In quaint. original figures.
but nearly always very graceful. Some
times the festivities will be kept up
through the entire night. after which the
participants will gayly return to their
occupations, Of whatsoever nature. always
contented. always happy. Sometimes
there will be . grand contribution picnic
1t some distant point, where the dancing
will be kept up the round Of . whole
twenty-four hours. For truly these
people live but to be happy through the
t~ivelong day:
After reading this n is not surprised
to hear that many visiting Europeans.
Englishmen among the rest, have settled
rather become q lotus eater among the
lotus eaters, and settle down upon the
sunny hillside or shady river banks, amid
fragrant and fruitful orange groves. to
forget . regretted past and live only in
the happy present, waited upon by the
ample, white robed Indian woman-de-
voted. afBectionate and surprisingly fairf'
Boston Transcript.
A B~alIoouist's BIG Jump.
Il have made" said Professor E. d.
Hogan, '.l63 a~scensions and three jumps.
One Jump. made ont in Jackson. is the
biggest on. record-9.SO0 feet. Ishot down
400 feet before my parachute opened. The
popular impression is that the parachute
opens with . snap. but this Is not 90.
First one section opens. then another,
and SO on by easy degrees. and % I've
watched it opening when it was just
above me and was thousands Of feet up
in the air it reminded me of Q rose open
ing in the morning.
"How did l feel when I made my first
Jump! Oh, well, rather afraid. looked
down and saw the hills and fields away
below me. and the people looked barely .
foot high. and the buildings looked like
toy houses. looked down and shivered
when I saw the space between me and the
earth. and then looked at the barometer
and found the distance to be almost: one
and . half miles: but all the same I
jumped. I lcaped into space hanging to
the parachute, and down I went like .
shot for 200 feet. The parachute then
began to open. gradually lessening my
velocity. heard the peoples applause
very family. It rose mp to me like the
,merest suspicion Of a sound. Iafterward
learned they clapped and cheered for all
they were worth. The parachute wa
oscillating somewhat. and / came near
being banged against several chimney
tops. The buildings are OUT greatest ter.
ror. Many an aeronaut has been dashed
against . building and killed-more. in
fact. than being dragged over rugged
ground. Imet with one accident. See
here" pointing to . big bulb on his right
ankle. Il got that in Nebraska in Au-
gust of 1883 by being dragged over q
heap Of rocks. never could bend that
ankle since-can't even stand on that foot
alone.
You see a great panorama from q bal
loon in mid air" continued the professor.
''but, Of course. the landscape is all in
miniature and through . slight haze
| New York Evening Sun.