Evening journal., 1891-12-02
AFFAIRS IN BRAZIL.
AN OBSERVING wILMiNGToNlAk'S
ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVELS.

AArrg ONehauihtS heptosentink eho A@N-
lam and HolIinEsworth COMPANY, Visits
the Tropics = The Brutal Manner In
which Women Are treated.
Harry Oveushine, who left this city for |
Brazil on business for the harlan and |
HollingswOrth Company about the first |
Of last January, returned home last week. |
He was seen by reporter last night aod |
when asked to give some information |
concerning the condition Of affairs there |
gladly consented to do 30.
Mr. Ovenshine was sent ont from this
city by the Harlan and Hollingsworth
Company to superintend the erection OF
cars for the Palista railroad Of Brazil.
They work Nine Hours.
1.-THE hours Of labor in Brazil are diff
ferent from the hours here. he said
''When you get up In the morning you
do not get your breakfast as you do here
you merely get a small cup Of coffee ano
4 piece OF bread You 20 TO work at 30
and stop At 10. 30 and get your breakfast
At IL 80 you 20 TO work again and work
on until o'clock, tnus working nine
hours a day.
Feast days coma very often there and
are general holidays. Long prooessiens
are formed, with both men and women
In line carving images, and as they pass
every one ID supposed to bow TO them
After the parade the women come around
begging sor money, and not TO give them
anything ia considered breach Of eou
tssy.
Americans introduced the Piow.
"At Santa Barbara there is q colony OF
Americans from tho Southern States
who. after their slaves we're taken from
them, settled there. Il is believed they
we're the first ones to introduce the plow
In Brazil.
Awful Treatment of women
"At the coaling station on the island Of
st. Thomas the coal Is all carried from
the wharves to the boats In
baskets by women They march along in
single file, sometimes as many as one
hundred and City at time, keeping step
to a kind Of chant which they sing
often a fight takes place between the
women and then Rli work stops. An
negro is usually In charge Of them and
when he thinks the hght has gone far
enough he takes long stick, which he
always carries, and beats them ever the
head. ali the time shouting: Take your
baskets. ladies', take your baskets.
"The boys are expert divers and II a
coin Is thrown In the water they will
catch it before IL reaches bottom.
Both Companions Died Of Fever.
There is a sad incident connected with
Mr. Ovsnshine's trip. The yellow fever
was raging in tie city he was staying in
Two men, John Graft Of Philadslphis
and 4. J. Peters Of Lebanon, representing
the Baldwin Locomotive Works were
with him On JUNE 1S they left Mr
0venshine to attend TO some business
and on June 30 they died Of the fever,
The Dead ouiskIy.7 hrust Iato Graves.
when a fever sufferer dies there,
said the tourist, they are buried In i've
hours after death, aud sometimes the
same coffius are used two or three times
II proper care were taken Of the sufferers
OF that disease there would not b.
40 many deaths. AS soon as any ons
takes the fever he is taken to the
outskirts OF the town and left there
with scarcely any care
'The PresbyteriAns have quite a
number Of churches ana colleges 10
Brazil There is an American paper
printed In Rio Janeiro called the Rio
News. published and edited by A J.
Lamoureux.
speaking Of the downfall Of the
Emperor Dom Pedro, Mr. 0Venshine says
he never heard word against him the
while he was in Brazil.
The Brazilian Revolution.
"There was not sign Of trouble ii
Brazil wh@ left. but / had only beer
! away two days before the revolution
broke out. The people, as general thing
do not care for improvements. and IL is
not an unusual thing to see the old
fashioned OK carts with the revolving
axle"
Mr. ovenshine has many fine picture
Of the interesting places in Brazil On'
: Of the most interesting Is the monument
{ of do Ypunsngo, where Dom Pedro, th'
I First, declared the independence Of Brszi
r from Portugal.
lt Defaulters McFariane and Marsh.
The reporter asked Mr. Overshine II hi
had heard or seen anything Of Marsh. th'
defaulting president of he Keystone
Bank Of Philadelphia, and he said he ha'
~ not and did not believe he was there, bu
!. II he was, he was keeping himself verl
Y quiet McFarlane, the defaulter o
- the Bank Of America, WAS for tim
~ living with Mr. Lawrence. In Rio, an
was very intimate with the American
consul, but they soon found out who
N. was. and he had to leave In a hurry, an
y nothing has been heard from him since
ID In speaking Of the mineral resources
ar Of the country, Mr. Ovenshine said III
~ my opinion do not believe that the pc,
pie there know what they have in til
line Of minerals, any way, they do ne
work the mines as II they did. /"
IN Bishop CoIeman's Coins Taken.
u While staying at hotel the Whining
q ton man had yalise containing valuab
papers stolen, and among other thinI
was full collection Of the coins Of BraR
for Bishop Coleman. he has received
a, letter since he returned TO this cit,
= which said that they we're still lookin
N for the thief. but had not found him We
bat have hopes Of catching him soon.
MRS. elLPlN GETS A VERDICT.