New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-07

very convenient Many times has she sat low
bench and popped corn over the Goals in the oil
stove. while one or more wondering natives
stood around seeing the operation for the first time
and afterward some of them would try pop their
own corn Charcoal is the fuel used in these stoves
but many OF the poor people are 100 b poor 20 oG
and sticks which be picked up
of the poor people: cooked with a little Goldfish
they are considered a great treat If | want TO
give especial pleasure to my cook furnish the
bananas and Goldfish and she will prepare her
To the housekeeper who is providing FOR the
needs of a large family the daily supply OF milk
we can a.Mays She Walks barefootsd two or
three miles often coming through the mud and
pouring rain II you so to her home you will find
nous and the fragrant coffee itself the only thing
mar the beauty OF the ITopicaI landscape inside
self and in still less so All the time that
the InotheI Is sor,e' Hor sriT@ FOR ons not5r
and the oldest is only six years Of age. Father?
this beautiful island they have no father to own
them Although these Ta,hTIs soetI1eS I'VE wiea
nriest or magistrate. This condition of morals Is
the marriage ceremony not performed except
upon the payment Of sum too large for many
earnings But now. thanks be TO the preaching OF
the gospel and the work of the missionaries the
sacred rite is performed without money and with
out price.
many times what we do and see reminds us OF
some OF + Inc Of tP 1ioneer Sevs orf West Tber
many of the needs of the family were supplied
BY labor within the household Many times have
difficulty In buying cornmeal. which Is a favOrtte
article of food in the family. One day. after
unsuccessful search for the meal Candida helped
me out of my difficulty by Offering TO have the
corn ground for me in her mill. and gladly
accepted the offer. Caudda's mill like those
throughout the interior of the island differs ttls
from the mills used in Bible times II consists Of
two stones, resembling grfndStOneS. each foot o.
in diameter and from three to i've inches II
thickness. the upper and neither mlllStones' OF
Scriptures. The lower stone. which rests on the
floor. has its upper surface slightly followed. and
into this concayity fits the convextty of the upper
stone. Through the center OF the upper stone Is
hole, through which the corn passes down TO ths
grinding surface between the stones. Near the
rim is another hole for the end of the handle
pole, seven eight feet long. with its upper
end slipped into loop fastened to a beam above
Occasionally this pole is replaced by short handle
only six eight inches long IN the mill used
TWO three thousand years ago
The women or children who do the grinding Sit
the floor and slowly pour the corn OF rice into
the central opening they rotate the upper stone.
the hnenesS of the meal being determined by the
amount OF pressure. the rate of rotation or the
number OF times il is passed through the mill This
meal escapes the sides from between the stones.
Travelling along the mountain roads OF the interior
the sound OF the grinding often be heard Ii
Is slow work and tresome. and the workers have 70
change or; but the result IS satisfactory and the
meal Is always fresh They grind the rice In IN,
way. and from both kinds OF -four Candids
make fritters that are very pleasant to the
taste.