Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-15

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for The hardest labor Is performed by
the so-called weaker sex, You see noisy
companies of Yet black females-ta
ana sturdy as the Amazons would be
had those tabled creatures ever eX-
isted each wears nething but very
short petticoat. whose original color is
entirely concealed under unnumbered
years accumula ton of dirt. and
twist OF hemp around her head, like
halo Her woody hair Is plated IN stiff
horns that stick straight out "all wayn
for sunday and many add style 10
the general get-up by wearing a gourd,
or half coooanut-shel by way of
bonnet They are the coalers, returning
from many hours hard labor on the
quays but still hilarious, singing and
shouting at the tops Of their voices,
There goes tall and stately Haitian
woman, n yerltable Juno In ebony,
dressed In guAzy and trailing white,
with 50 little under It that the human
form divine 1tnds darkly confessed
like yelled smtue. on top Of her
Queenly head is guady urban and
ON top OF the turban, is poised a huge
Eat tray Of cakes Here comes white
horse. ono use looking around here for
the red headed girl supposed 10 go with
it), With scarlet saddle-cloth and other
brilliant caparsoning closely followed
by a sheep with a bell tied 10 It's neck
Does u signify a coming circus? Oh
no. The patriarchal rider, with
mutton chop wriskers and close-cut
hair under a broad Panama hat, Is
only plain Mr.. Somebody formerly Of
Copenhagen, and 1t Is the fashion
here, and in many parts Of the West
indies, for pet sheen to accompany
horses. as Mt home coaCh-dOgs run un-
der carriages. They say II Is healthy
for both horses and sheep TO live NJ
The same stable, and they often become
20 attaehed to one another as 20 be-
come almost inseparable
OF Danish rule the casual visitor sees
lttle evidence He observes that relic
~ darker ages, the cabln-gang on some
of the public works, and women work.
ing side by side with male cOnvcts. The
unfortunate females themselves seem
10 care less about Il than the specta-
tors, shoulderng their spades and pick
axes with a jaunty air singing to the
accompaniment Of ilnglng chains.
Tramps fare badly here, for the police
have an uncomfortable habit OF picking
up harmless oilers and exiting them TO
the tiny island OF st. Jan, there TO tend
'heep ana cattle We met a mother
who was weeping and wailing and, like
Rachel, refusing 10 be Comtorted, be-
cause her son, aged Il, had been sent
20 s. Jan the dag before, merely for
the offense OF preambulating the streets
With nothing on but n "cuttiz sark' Of
less than the regulation length. A year
or two, more or less, appears to make q
world Of difference IN local regulations
for on every doorstep you see children,
fume OF them peril0usly near TO the
cage Of discretion" playing about
naked as the minute they were born,
The laws OF these Islands are as
queer and behind the century as those
OF the District Of Columbia, which have
been mostly preserved intact since King
Georges time Tho president Nof the
group who gets his title from presiding
over the senate, is also judge and
prosecuting attorney. As In some parts
Of our own far west, where TO steal
horse Is held greater crime than TO
XIII a man, theft is punished with more
severity than murder. There Is CO.
lonial council partly appointed By the
King Of Denmark and partly elected by
The islauders-"to assist the governor
Leneral IN his arduous dutles'-so says
the statute book Affairs seem to run
smoothly, as on well-olled wheels. barr
ing, occasional Jars over some quaran-
tined steamer or the killing OF an ami
NAL without permission from the coun-
ell,
on course you must visit the two me-
diRval castles OF the buccaneers. which
are prominent features In the land.
rcape overlooking the harbor. Many
Shuddery tales are told concerning
them. and the froWnlng structures still
serve as bugaboos TO brighten refrac-
tory children. Away back In the seven
teen century when Charlotte Amalm
was celebrated as a pirate stronghold,
where the sca-roVerS came TO sell their
ulunder and replenish their stores, two
OF the most noted scOurges Of the |
Caribbean sea as the old books say.
ramed Hluebeard and Blackboard, had !
their homes here Their respective cas-
Ties are Ct considerable distance apart. |
each seeming 10 command the town ana |
harbor. II Is q pretty stln climb up |
'o their eyries, though you may go IN !
carriage part ~ the way. We did bet |
ter than that in our visit TO Bluchcard |
castle, sailing in yacht close up under |
rs messy towers leaving only short. |
Gut almost perpendicular distance to |
be scaled, hand over hand sailor FASH |
ion. II must have been q remarkable |
structure ~ It's far distant day-this |
5 ironghold of buccanecr Bluebeard- |
Juih uf solid stone round and heavy |
With massive towers and parapet, dark