The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-11

presence pSats E; Of women and they prefer their
| 9 nen natives do not believe In nuch far
| Il Is disgrace to be neshy and the men
o orr extra adipose tissue as much as do
| 9uncks could do n thriving business in
| New Guinea
,, As to fed, the people are chiefly ,esc.
sweet potatoes They are not perfi,nIiat
noWever, and when they get mem viii
g gards kanEh brr pigs dogs, snakes AMI liz
ana the women dig these ont of The trees
| and cook them.
New Guinea Club Houses.
! In mpny of the New Guinea tribes the
men and women live apart Tho men nave
| club houses in which they sleep and eat.
/ Ihe women live in hu's of bv themselves,
Z number of wives often being IN one
their huis or on the ground trts'le and
! Icing II to the club acuse. laeng II on
the veranda aud calling TO taelr husbands
4 Il would b, death "a NnIhn TO enter one
{; these club houses aul hat they ere
reserved exclusively for the meI. The
houses are often of great size. rhey Ioak
| Ike immense hay riokS, starting from the
ffonnd ana going inward nntil ther meet
hole at the front. There ura no ,7indows
ana the houses are hui 50 prote,i tel with
mats that they keep out the mosquitoes.
Flat Life in New Guinea.
10 other sections of the country ,lie men
and women live together, on the apart
nen house plan In some places thee are
houses 500 feet long and 90 feet wide, CON
IA ming FiNtN families more oh
house would he divided by 1tt'o Iai.itIOns
Into stalls or pens running nut In GENITAL
hail. SO that going through il wou he
like passing through the stalls ,f t"W
stable In each stall family has its quar-
ters, the women doing their c"'filg IN
side and The smoke nndlng us VIZ ,alt
Gnlnea flats are very dark. for the alls
extend almost 70 the door on account Of the
mosquitoes, and often there Is not more
than two fec Of wall before the rCof be-
gins. The loof, however may rcacn up
as high as thirty feei above tn h,or The
material Of the houses is usually poles
and grass. First a framework OF poles
| is made, and then the thntch of grass or
banana leaves Is tied on
New Guinea Babies.
The New Guinea natives are fond of
their children. They treat them well and
are exceedingly aflectlonate. Mr.. Dauncey
told me that in his ten years' intercourse
strike his child and that mothers never
whip their children.
queer thing is the Papuren cradle. 1t
is made Of the fiber of the banana woven
together In the shape of bag Into this
the baby is dropped aud the bag Is then
to Il tree and swung TO sleep. u the
mother goes out she merely unhooks or
unties the string and sllngs the cradle
the Indian squaw does her plpoose.
Fishermen and Farmers.
1t is rather remarkable that the New
Guinea slvages have developed special
trades. on the south coast there arc come
tribes which do nothing but FISH and others
which devote themselves 70 farming rha
farmers never fish and the iishers do not
faym The Two tribes live close to each
other and exchange their respective prod
acts. The farming Is largely done With
sharp sticks the men standing In 4 row
AZ plunging their sticks into the ground
Simultaneously and thus prylng no the soil
The fishermen make their own canoes.
Scnie OF them gather shells ana peerls.
Pottery and rope making are 0thcr nrinci
pal Industries. Not FAR from Port Morespy
d tribe lives which makes cooking vessels
OF cay. drying them In the sun end tak
| .rg them with re. They then carry these
vessels from pace to rlace aud sell them
A Land Of Birds.
New Guinea has hut few arima's Of note
Tie chief are wild pigs AMI small mar
supials. Including tree kangaroos ~ birds
.iOC different species OF land hirls and
among them many OF most gorgeous pIu
There are parrots and cookatops Of all
colors. and pigeons more splendid than
our peacock. ] have seen New e9in a
/ pigeons as big as hen turkeys, and as
small as the tiniest dove. The soura
pigeon IL the largest. It's body Is OF a
brilliant light blue and lis neck has an
the colofs of the opal, 1t $ u CTS or
egret OF tiny slaty blue fea hers rlpn ny
frt N. the back Of the head out 70 the front
high above H. much Ike the curl the
head Of a baby. When the sun catches his
crest 1t shines as though II were So WI
Jewels.
There are tiny birds here rs small as
4 the smallest humming bird, and more beau
I tlful than any hnmming bid we have.
/ There are also egssowarys which have
] 4. eli ns
which look as though they were clad In
feathers Of frayed clothes lines rather than
ostrich nluf1es The cassowarw Is SOM
times caught by the native when small
I aud famed II Is not a safe pet % have
( about FOR il win swallow anything In 81 light
from stray spoon or 2 pound OF nails
I rain fhat IL NAV not attack the baby an
/ u hen angry Il Kick from IL will break HE
skull OF a 10-yearoid boy.
The Birds OF Paradise.
The king OF all New Guinea birds, how
sAcr, Ia the bird Of paradise These are