Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-30
PoRrERs OF BAHIA.

There are enough Chinese here TO add touch
Of saffron 10 the prevailing ebony, for when the
slaves were first emancipated they would not
work for love or money, and 50 the planters i'm
ported few ship loads of coolies. But the ex-
pertinent did not prove a brilliant success and
poverty soon reduced the negroes TO reason
One meets numbers Of creole nina negresses
proud az peaeocks in their gorgeous turbans
white gowns and multiplicity Of gold orna-
meats because rejoicing under the name par
excellence of bahamas. With bare feet thrust
into high-heeled clippers they swing along with
majestic gait-a carriage that comes only from
perfect bodily proportions and cannot be &C.
CURED through any amount Of cultiya alton by
the wasp WASTED. narrow-hipped, lesn-limbed
women Of colder climates.
MUSCULAR NEGRO LABoRERs.
The negroes who labor about the wharves dis
play remarkable muscular development of the
arms and shoulders, and must have skulls of
astonishing thickness. IL one may Judge by the
burdens they continually bearing upon
them There is q school Of scientists, YOU
know. who calm that the greater thickness of
the negros skull, as compared with that Of the
white man. Is simply the result of an effort on
the part Of nature To protect his brain from the
intense rays OF the tropical sun, to which, like
the Moor, he IL "a neighbor Of near breed I"
They assert that the biack man 3 mental in
feriority IL dine entirely to the fact that the
suturcs Of his skull close at an earlior age than
those OF other races, the growth Of the brain be-
ing arrested by the Uranium thus becoming
solid: that up TO certain age the negro child il
as bright and capable Of receiving instruction
a. any white one, aud tina. he suddenly grows
stupid and indifferent. They also claim that
were Africans TO continue dwelling In temperate
climates rs many centuries as have the salons
their skulls would lose this then unnecessary
density and the brain keep on expanding
with the demands made upon ii. I
fancy IL viii not be easy to convince the
sli-eonquerirg white race that its superiority il
due only to the fact that our ancestors han
pcned TO live where the suns RAYS were feeble
and therefore their osseous plxies grew thin
However that theory NAV be the negroes hefe-
about, seem 10 have ersnians Of iron instead
OF brittle bone, FOR they carry everything con-
ceisabe On top of the head, except such
enormous barrels of sugar and bales Of cotton
q horse could not stagyer under. These latter
burdens are slung upon poles by means Of
ropes and thus toted on the shoulders OF SOW
eral togethex. We see scores Of tall, athletic
caIkies moving abou. in gangs OF four or nx
with their burdens suspended between them
Lake the coffee carriers Of Rio each gang has .
leader and they sing and shout ~ they 60; but
instsnd OF the doubls-quiek jog trot Of their
brellren farther south the gsit OF those 10 nee
sssariiy A. slow and measured - Q Dad march.
Others. temporarily out Of . lob, ~ upon their
empty poles bsreheAdsd in The boiling sun or
he about the street corners sound sslesp, curisd
up Ike huge black snakes.
SEDAN caAu cAAnrxAs.
Another class ind employment IN carrying
people up and down the hills in sedan chair.
which are here called cadeir~s A vhite man