The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-09

tropica! abode where snakes and other
creeping things arc not to DO feared.
were four Samoans singing something
sweet and low. As We entered We
were surprised to be greeted with real
music. The surprise was greater when
We thought VIC could catch Il word now
and then. There was a very fair BARI
tone and voice OF pretty good tenor
quality, but all carrying the air. As the
visitors moved away we wero able to
get nearer. and then came the revein-
ton. They were chanting the Latin
liiany OF tho Roman Catholic church.
This ] had heard many times before,
but never with such impressiyeness. II
is more than half 4 century since
Christianity was introduced in tho Nay
know where these mon got their litany
and their Latin, and got some satlsinc.
ton from bright young fellow who
knew few words OF English, very few
but very useful to u.s. He managed to
give us to understand that he was ono
OF twenty lads taken TO an island about
five hundred miles from his homo 10 be
instructed in school by priests. He was
particular to impress on our minds that
lie had priest OF his own, by which he
may have meant his confessor. He
took great pleasure in giving this in
formation and was proud OF his accom-
plishment in English. Just then n
young German priest entered the hut.
Tho Samoan looked ut him, pointed to
his clerical neckcloth aud said "pricst."
He smiled with great satisfaction over
the recognition.
Samoan girls are not tho slowest girls
in the world. We were in a hut in
which two Of them were seated cur
ious crowd looking at them, passing
comments and asking questions to
which they did not reply. Meanwhile
the girls kept up an inCessant chatter.
ing They wero waiting to be called
into the adjoining theatre, so.called, in
which an unattractivo performance Is
given. They gave every evidence OF
having fun with tho visitors. As often
as they were asked il they spoke Eng
lisn they shook their heads in the mega
tive Then one OF them would say some
thing in her own tongue which set both
to laughing immoderately. The impo-
likeness OF commenting on their visitors
did not seem to impress itself on these
Samoan maidens. Presently woman
in the crowd broke out with, "What DO
YOU eat?' As quick as flash came tho
stunning reply, "Stones! What you
eat?" Then tho girls ran away, and the
too-inQusitive and amazed woman dis
appeared from the convuIsed crowd.
This 10 another evidence that the Eng
lish language has belted the globo and
is spreading out in all directions on its
couqueriug march, Universally Of
use is not too much to expec: OF the
language Of commercial and religious
enterprise.
There is q curious water.wheel con-
trivance in the Javanese village. Prob.
ably it is designed by tho JavanesG
mind for musical instrument. A rude
wheel Of bamboo is played on by water
and made to strike half sections OF
bamboo against bamboo rod, result.
ing in a peculiar unceasng humping
An ugly looking little figure stands
guard over the water.whee. This may
be god, Tor, in spite of the fact that all
Javanese arc classed as Mahommedans.
and so call themselves. they have god
for almost everything good and bad in
air and earth and water. So tho ugly
little figure Mt the water-whGel may be
god. 1t is interesting to know that
there are three distinct tongues spoken
ttNT nttn thn nnNtuna and II tun
count the two almost entirely unlike
kinds OF Javauese, there are four Tho
high class Javanese speaks to the low
class man in one kind OF JavanesO.
which is tho low class mans kind. The
low class man returns the compliment
by speaking 10 the high class gentle
man in that gentldman's kind; which
keeps honors easy. Every Javanese has
therefore at least two tongues. To the
uninitiated these interesting little peo-
plo seem to have at least two hundred
tongues and are able to use them all at
once,
In the tea and coffee kiosk two Java
nose girls were eating ice out of tum-
bier, We desired to know whether
they have ice in Java, that is TO say,
whether the ice machine has installed
itself among them. The girls enjoyed
the ice, but could not be made to under
stand the question. Then we tried one
OF their men. 1t was long time before
we could bring him to an understand
ing. Then he said, "Ycs. ice," and roll
ed his hands over rapidly before his
stomach. This was his way OF saying
in the sign language that in Java they
make ice by machinery. 1t took at
least fifteen minutes to extract this in
formation. The Javanese was much
pleased to be able to give it. and the
girls laughed when they learned what
we had been driving at. One OF them
looked up shyly and was pleased to re-
mark, "Yes-ice-good." What bless.
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