The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-16

70 a. reservoir ten feet long and i've fes.
broad. This is the town supply. One pays
cent for as much as he can carry away,
and 1t Is an interesting sight to watch the
ST. Vincent women dressed in garish col
ors, parade to the tank with a large tub,
fill Il at the sDigot and, with the aid OF
a neighbor, lift IL TO the head and march
away
MADEIRA always has a number Of iron
tanks filed so that they can be towed
out TO a steamer and the water pumped
In through canvas hose. Less than fifty
tons he sells at S1.50 per ton Above that
up to 100 he makes a reduction of % cents.
Any amount over 100 tons he sells at the
rate of 81. Some vessels take on 300 tons
of water and the skpppers always pay i'm
good English gold. Mr.. Madeira has made
a large fortune out of this enterprise
alone.
Maderia as "A Navy.
This man has ali the characteristics Il
a Portuguese and the shrewdness of q
Yankee. He was born Jan. Is, 1885. on the
Island of MADEIRA, and at the age Of 3
started out to make his fortune. When
the United States frigate Susquehanna
stopped at MADEIRA on her way to Japan.
the lad ran away from home and shipped
as galley boy He served on the Balm
bridge, Congress and Mississippi, finally
becoming chief steward on the latter ves.
orable discharge from the navy.
His last voyage was made memorable
by contest with one Lieut. Kelly on tho
Mississippi. who undertook 20 criticise Ma
deira's cooking as the vessel was return
ing from the orient. The future nabob
of the Cape de Verde islands was . great
trickster then, and IL still in q modified
way
II made up my mind to get even with
this fashy young Lieutenant" tells the
old man, "for he was always complains
ing. So on a Sunday / forgot to cook
desert for the officers mess. Another day
i would put no yeast in the bread, and
again surprise them by putting curry in
rice pudding.
when Kelly found out that he was the
butt of the whole ship he ordered me to
apologize. / refused and was put in the
sweat box. On the old frigate this was
an upright coffin below the orIop deck
amidships. / was kept In there twenty
four hours and taken out almost dead. I
could not stand up until the vessel reached
port at New York But never apologized,
and when this same Kelly tried TO smooth
things over by handing me $3.50 locked
pay, / threw Il in his face, and left the
navy yard"
A Sturdy American.
Notwithstanding this unpleasant expert
ence, Madeira left America with fondest
more sturdy supporter abroad than this
Portuguese Croesus. All the time that the
Spanish fleet lay In the harbor this spring
Cervera had TO face an American flag
Haunting from the old mans window.
Another reminder of America in that
island Is a remarkable profile of George
Washington. made by the fluctuations OF
the mountain which encloses the bay.
He has little sympathy for his own coun-
trymen, whose Incidence and dishonesty
he openly condemns. There's only one
thing ia rather be than Portuguese Gus
toms officer" he told Serpa Pinta. the
governor of the Cape de Verde Islands.
land that is a professional thief"
lie played a rather amusing trick on
this governor few months ago when the
latter was hunting on st. Vincent In the
course OF the day Perpa Plnta accidentally
shot his favorite bullock, which he called
Cook. Madeira cablcd TO the Lisbon pa
pers: ''Serpa Pinta shot and killed his
cook to-day" adding a few more words
1t was the news sensation of the day and
1t required much cabling to straighten the
matter. When the governor. did shoot his
cook by accident some weeks later not a
paper would use the dispatch.
The regret of this mans life IL that ne
never learned the A h C's, and TO this dav
he cannot spell the simplest word. This
ignorance has kept him from taking
knighthood honors. which have been Of
fered him by the Portuguese court, and has