The Republican journal., 1902-03-13
--rArRs OF TODAY IN THE DANISH
WEST INDIES.
-..-.. for the Investment of American
Capital


...oITE AMALIA, st. THOMAS
.>.. February 5. 1902. One of your
.-nri~es on landing at this port is
system. The vehicles are not
...Wy order, and the horses might
...4r rs specimens of anatomy:
.r.ce is in keeping with the out
cents a mile is the regular
I nowhere else are miles SO
> IN the e-measurement of
Thomas jehus Up hill and
.l- YOU are ratified, regardless
md bruises, at the utmost
half starved animals can
der the incentive of cruel lash
tneyer We find ourselves com
patroniZe this mode of loco
We ulre the drivers at double
pat by the whip-and then, of
miles are shorter than ever.
r>ts prefer to travel about
IS OH the little island ponies
uper over the mountains
fed as goats. The hot moist
re IS not conducive to pedes-
and the most inveterate walk
have climbed the Alps and
over half the world on foot
lazy as the LATEST and are
Idle III any fashion.
the Islands themselves are
beyond compare, their prin-
a.. CAarIotte Amalia. Las no
us to boast of. The walls and
5 Is insignificant houses are
haphazard tumble OF sheet
, and shingles. In some of
-lWest streets the low ceilinged
tus have overhanging balconies
est touch those on the opposite
illus forming tunnel-lke alley
trough which persplung black
puSh and surge, each individual
rpaTently trying to make the
..t use. Ladies of color sit in these
all day long, gossiping with
across the way, often exchang-
.TuhbOrly couTtesieS by tossing
over or even leaning out of the
Ns to hand their babies across.
. nuudoWs are generally without
eng closed at night with blinds
a wood if closed at all. Both
and windows stand wide open all
attordIng free views of dOmeS-
ratjonS and scantily furnished
Another REGULARITY of West
louses is the absence of chin
1t course no fires are needed for
purposes in this region of eter-
ner The kitchens are detached
better houses. and all out
seTves the purpose among the
whose cooking is done over a
pike Of sticks III the open. OF a
..t containing d handful of char
sights" the round of them is
.atte There is a big. new hos
which looks as clean as if freshly
.ei and sand-papered every day;
aaG5utiue laZcTetto Oh Mihlen-
NulHt around the curve of the
..om whose uospitalIties may tie
gD deliver us There are several
od squares, each a little open
beautifully kept; a theatre.
library reading room. half a
Churches including a Roman
cathedral and a Jewish syna-
"lIlege supported by the Danish
ant, and a fine M0rayian school, !
ao-tAlrQs of the population are
s. and the reSt-English Episco-
Iutherans Reformed Dutch
5vians-have a church Tor each
eavy, cumberous carts, each
VS. a string of from four to eight |
tumble through the crowded
~ and from the WharveS. to the |
ives and limbs The drivers. |
- with all the power of their !
I'D lungs, have reins to the wheel |
d a boy runs alongside on the |
uding the leaders with single !
Ia survival of the poStillion, |
mounted. Cows are rare in the |
the milk of goats being gener-
srd. Early in the morning the !
ruders 60 their rounds, driving
als from house to house. A Gus
selects the most likely looking !
.u has it MIXED in his doorway
antime a group of mischievous |
.ua tease the herd. BY this primi-
l1od one may be sure of un-
rl milk; but there is little danger !
N IN any event, since water is |
man milk III St Thomas. Even |
Tor drinking purposes has often |
w brought from some other island, |
ally near the close of the drv
. and you may be sure that among |
% very little of it is squandered |
ING or the washing of clothes.
"'ng the sights of Charlotte ANA
l4ckoned ''Bluebeards Cave''-a
dark hollow running back under |
IT'S that environ the harbor-in
T. IS said, the notorious bucca- |
tned much of his treasure. II I
H.IuL however, if any of the
NhU frequented these parts in |