The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21
Queer feature, Of Life on a BraziIiap
Steamer.
ing tk lnusDt-st Cabin Passengers And Their Queer
5ak GApDers- The Town Of fnaceo-Ip the Sugar And
= Coteu Lands brAzis Cotton Factories. Which Pay 50
Pe Cent Diysends- Perpanbuco And II, Wonderful Reef
-'Arnius ia snil-Sbeep as Riding Animals
Steamer.

Copyrigted. 1879. by Rsnk G. Carpenter.
Frnarnbuee, Raxil Apri, H. islA-
- ~ travelling along sne coast u
Brazil. Ny strip Is a Brazilian
~ steamer. weseA goes regularly
from Rio soshe noush OF the Am
sxsn- The Instance Is anessr = -,
miles. md the voy1e sakes fourteen days
It Is saost az far rom Rio 10 the Amazon
- ssst from the mouth 81 the Amazon
10 Hw York. 8Thas steamer is fas.
euouS1. hct we sop NJ every port TO take
on q discharge freight. ana We arr. all
the tme erowd.d with passengers. by
the Brazilian kws al coas, sresxAsinx
mufsee done an national vessels This
shs' belongs 10 tie Lloyd Brazilian line
With has the fnonoposy Of the eoas; trade
Of he county. IL has ships along TIA
cot. sseames- on the Amaxon ant mat
sseners wnta go frcm RIO Janesro up
~ Psrana and Paraguay rivers 10 Matte
Ccsse. Ny ship II the Aanoas II In a
sAm@r OK aboai -.9s tons. and Is frs.
exs ship n every respect II was built
England and Il has all modern i'm
rovenenss- Ny cabin is Hzatea hy in
Ans!e<cens electric lxhfE ard ths sssrsrs@.
con, Is finished In marble and gold The
kash room OF the steamer seems 70 be
ufei By no one but myself and the ~arru
a
cry morning are delightful.
TRAVELLING = In RsassI.
MS Is the rosy side OF tire picture. OH
efuise there Is comfort wits a difference
The ship Is crowded with passengers. ard
such passengers. Those who travel on
the regular steamers have no idea OF the
people xho swarm the eoas, vessels Ny
campanions are % all coicrs and eorii.
dcns Of nsen. Lei ms begin :. the sop
deck. This il filed with enaigranss, who
are on their WAY 20 work in tfle rasser
forests ~ tie Amazon There are az least
thousand Of them nearly all more or
less coioreG. Most az the rner have their
families with them. and there ara a. least
ffty babies and many email children TIE
babies in mast cases are stark nake3 as
r. the ca<e with all the children under
fOur yes % axr. These nude little on .
sprasl over the deck in all sorts 81 att
Tides. They play games now ana then
wresslszg together. ! Saw one foar-ycsr-
old hoy who was playing horse riding a
knctiy stick between bis naked legs AZ
he .rotsed over the deck another naked
boy ssw the horsa and coveted 1t II.
grabbed IL. and there was xtrsightway a
hxhi. which snds-i IN beth children besng
captured by their parents and carrie
saualling Z. opresi;e sides o. te* g
Some Of she babies ar. quite pretty. I
should like 20 play with them. but 10
BOT consider 1, safe. To-Day. Tor instance.
saw a woman sssckling che Of these
nude little ones and a ths sarsa time CO.
kg througa sfs head ard picking "a
tain insects which ar. NOE 10 he men,
ucned In polite society II WAS a csse r
cnAns two things a. The same time. ard
~ far as I could jrdge doing both II
saem well
On the lower ganrway. where every
ere rad TO pass. another woman has sinnx
her hammock. She lies most az the time
stretched ont In 1, with little ore atosle
a week ola Ia her arms YESTERDAY AZ
noon. l went by sha was giving me
baby bath. She had placed large gourts
en- the deck and had stoo-! the little enc
In Il. she Was pouring the water over
the baby and scrubs4ng II vigorously Tia
infant cried Justify looking. In its naked
ness. the personifcation Of grief.
sleep tn Na n mock..
Speaking Of hammeeks. they are slung
everywher. on the decks % the ship