The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-22
+ ~COCOANUTS.

GREEN COCOANUTS.
Will to Dunmoro town, n little hamlet
on Harbor island, and were met by all
the inhabitants, who asked me to lee.
ture.
As we approached tho island we could
see the tall cocoanut trees waving in
tho soft February breeze. u temperature
like June at the north. Mr.. Jacques got
u piazza full Of c%ocoanuts when wo
landed, and all for % cents. We had u
big native cut the ends off these green
nuts, and we drank the juice. There is
rs much difference between q cocoarut
just off the tree and one that has been
plucked several months as there is be-
tween tho now laid country egg and the
dramatic or stage egg.
do not like tho grocery store cocoa
nut nor the dcsiccatcd truck which is
sometimes sprinkled over u frosted cake,
but u juicy green nut just off tho tree is
soothing and refreshing to the weary
stomach of one who has been wrecked.
All night the soft wind sighed among
the tall palms and rustlod the long
leaves Of tho banana, while ever and
anon one could hear the gentle bloat of
tho kid.
We were scattered about among the
cottages of Dunmore, and l slept with
Mr.. Coffin Of Boston. Wo were both
grateful to find ourselves alive, even
though tho people where wa stopped took
our bedding and put it on the other folks
in the still watches of the night.
Those who were capsized in crossing
the reef We're fitted out as well rs posi-
bic with dry clothing and gladly tool,
what came along. A prominent Phila-
delphian appeared in q sponge fishers
overalls, and u New York lady cheerful
ly rolled up tho bottoms of u pair Of fan
mel trousers and paced tho deck with q
glad smile.
The officers said we were the best be.
haved party they ever saw at q wreck.
This is a high compliment considering
that we had Eve attended anything Of
tho kind before.
Tho disaster occurred on Monday
morning at 4:30, and at SHUTDOWN we
were all landed OH Harbor island. On
Tuesday morning we went aboard the
schooner and started for Nassau, so
miles distant, but the wind died down
by 10 o'clock, and wo were becalmed. !
told Captain Sweeting repeatedly to
huff. but no seemed to think he knew
his own business better than I did, and
so persistently refused to huff.
However, the Santiago, bound for
New York, and a sister ship of the Glen.
fuegos, hove in sight just of the wreck
and took us in tow, SO that before sun
set on Tuesday the Hog island light, off
Nassau, could DO seen, and the white
breakers shooting up 80 or 40 feet into
tho air, with a background Of palms and
the white walls Of the fort.
The people of Nassau are divided in
to two classes-viz, those who do abso.
lutely nothing and those who solicit
pence.
Living in Nassau does not cost any
thing to speak of unless you stop at the
Royal Victoria hotel, and even there
you may live we'll at 80. so to 81 per
day, including ''sour sop" Sour sop
is q cool beverage made from the juice
Of the sour sop and favored with alb
sinthe.
The colored brother here is a shade
more worthless than anywhere else Oh
earth. He is also impudent and mean.
The police are black, and DIR. Parkhurst
Is needed every hour. The uniform of
the police is rather picturesque-made of
dark blue, trimmed with red, and sur
mounted by q scarlet turban the shape
Of a jelly roll.
Two Of our party lost their overcoats,
and several valises disappeared. Those
who hustled for their property personal
ly recovered it, but those who relied OH
the police did not.
Nassau now has a cable line via
Jupiter, SO that one is not wholly out OF
the world while here. The local Office is
under the management Of Mr.. Burns, an
accommodating gentleman Of the eau.
casian race.
This is a great sponge depot. and those