Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-03
$50 sets teeth $40. DR.. Wix.
WHERE THE PAVONIA PUT IN.

Boston Herald: In the little harbor of
Ponta Delgada, the capital of St. Mich
aeIs Island, there were t~wenty-eight
disabled vessels when the Pavonia was
towed in there, on February IS, and the
Pavonia's passengers paint a graphic
word picture of the of the scenes which
met their eyes in the harbor and on shore.
incidentally, they express their gratitude
to the Cunard Steamship Company, now
that all danger has passed, for having
been privileged to max this unique eX-
cursion.
To the great bulk of the travelling pub
lie the Azores are known only by a dot
on a map of the Atlantic Ocean; yet they
were discovered fifty years before Column
bus discovered America. Notwithstand-
ing the passage of nearly five centuries,
many of the customs are very primitive.
One seems to be whirled on arriving
there. not merely into another country,
but also, IN some aspects, into another
century.
Mark Twain in his ''Innocents Abroad"
gives a humorous account Of the cost Of
a dinner he gave while there, and of his
astonishment when the bill for the same
as figured in ~'reis." the standard coin of
the country, was rendered. His astonish-
ment was duplicated in some of the Pa
Vonia'S passengers, when they anded at
Ponta Delgada and made their first pur-
chases.
MY first move, On landing" said DR..
Inches, one of the passengers, was to
SEND a message to my friends so that
they would not worry any more for my
safety. On the way to the office l got
some money changed by the consul. I
sent a short m~essage-ten words in all
and asked what the charge would be.
The operator took a pencil and made q
computation. Then he gravely announc-
ed, Eight thousand five hundred reis,
lie staggered me at first. l thought I
was being sWindled. and was about to
protest. when the vice-consul came in.
Look here! | cried. Whats this man
rying to do to me-? He has sent a ten
word message, and now he says I owe
him $500 reis.'
Why, that's all right, replied the con-
All right? Well, how much shall I give
him?"
oh, give him about So he said. And
I felt relieved"
The 'reis" is about a tenth part Of a
cent. With the discount, 81 represents L.
125 refs. Curiously enough, all computa-
tons, no matter how large. are made on
the basis of this, the smallest coin of the
calm, and the bills rendered. when spok-
en-, seems tremendously large.
Later on two or three of the Pavonia's
passengers had two carriage rides and a
luncheon. but by that time they had be-
COME accustomed 10 the local financial
dealings, ard paid the bill of IL, 500 reis
with a feeling that they were getting
good value for their money.
The Payonia lay at Ponta Delgada for
a week, during which period her passen-
gers improved the time by going ashore
and making daily trips on the island.
They explored some of the extinct vol
canoes, admired the beautiful gardens,
and enjoyed the salubrious climate.
The manners and dress of the natives
were a source of surprise to t hem, and
the habi of keeping animals in the lower
story of the dwelling was a cause of much
amusement, until one night, in the house
in which some Of the passengers were
quartered, a jackass kept them awake by
braying all night, "as it," to quote one of
the party, he was greeting some old
friends"