The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-14

size of a doorstept, wrapped in brown paper. Imagine carrying around ton of money. You have to spend it to get rid of the weight.
 "The leading rumorium of Papeete is owned and chaperoned by a daughter of France whose husband refuses to twear shoes. She was comedy dame that is, she was always coming for the money when a round was ordered.
 ''In room back of the dispensatory she had placed an old, siv-legged billiard table and provided two billiard balls and a whit doorknob to play with, saying that she preferred to use the other ball to darn stockings on.
 'gThe mixerist in this frosted-door bazar was the original human match. His hair was so red that it scorched his. hat and he had shoulders like fish. It. was in Hull, England, that he first be- gan to illuminated his surroundings I'll gamble that when on. his native heath he was the entire thing.
 "On several mornings when George and were laying liquid foundations. | 4pI OoI pLES@NlcASG We llOllCCu eb 4clSIl-t lionably dressed associate member of the Ostracized Club asleep in a chair at the rear of the room, and wearing a green patch over his eye Curiosity prompted me to inquire of this auburn tipped liquid distributor who the som, nolent stranger might be.
 "'Well, sir, he's one of the incest. fellows you ever saw, 5sair he, but he, comes in here, gets bloody well full. and stays up night after night. He; don't get enough sleep. He's only got one eye, and that makes it worse
 But to resume my pipe a .@.
 "In a few days we began to chafe at the senni-civilization of Papeete, and after holding mass-meeting between ourselves, George, Teddy and I de- cided to go over to the Island of Moorea, IS miles distant, where we might dip right into the real, aborigi- nal home life 6 fthe native. Y
 'We sailed across in a 20-foot boat, lodging through coral reefs, and our Iskipper had to look straight in order to keep his glass eye in. We made flor four-hut village, and as soon as I've were padded ashore a viIlager went up tall cocoanut tree monkey Ifashion and brought down a nut for each of us to drink, that being their I form of greeting. .~a d.. .~.
 By dark we had tramped to a larger village, where we remained for a week. Every man in this settlement had elephantiasis, and of all the human piano legs and arms you never saw the like, some of the afflicted leaned to port or starboard, 1t depending upon (which was affected. One victims legs were so swollen that he couldn't run
 if his hut was on fire. They were a lot of swell guys, and no mistake.
 I I've lived on green cocoanuts, bread lfruit, rum and other tropical stuff, and as the mosquitoes were heartiless we I slept on the beach most of the time. Occasionally Teddy took a camera picture of the chief, which so tickled
 the vanity of his royal swollen leglets that he would immediately flee to the mountains, spear a wild pig and a feast would follow. Teddys camera a sure meal-getter on more than one hungry occasion"
 How are the natives down there?"
 Quite well when I left, thank you. But if you mean to inquire as to their characteristics. I want to convey to
 you that they are all the cheese and
 most of the crackers when it comes to Ia comparison with the foreigners. The Edusky aborigine is harmless and hospi-
 table He is also 8 great swimmer,
 being as much used to water as the bo , tom of a pond. .s%"r5
 "Christmas Day we separated from the society of our friends with the fat underpinnings, and meandered to an- bother village serveral miles along the coast. Our arrival there in the after
 noon created a genuine sensation, as white men, or ''howlis," are seldom seen on that island. . But the burgo-
 master and his retinue were certainly
 there with the hospitality, and that night about two dozen men and women did a hoolash in our honor, under a
 pale, tropical moon, and the effect
 would have made a poundmaster senti-
 mental. The leader, who was French, sprinl1led with native, made a hit with
 his frenzied gyrations. Positively he
 couldn't stand still long enough to borrow money, and the way he tapped |, with his fingers on big tin pan would . make a xylophone player hunt for a Ijob driving railroad spikes. Unlike the
 Hawaiians the South Sea Islanders go . through their hoolahs in a sitting posi- !, ltion, and throw themselves about until exhausted and almost hysterical They , ising a lot Of ratchety airs which have
 the real ragtime rhythm, and it's my opinion that synopated music was un- 7, consciously originated south of the l equator instead of in America.
 "A few hours tramp the next day . landed us in village that was a tropi- r ical dream and where we were royalty > entertained on cocoanuts and rum by q } lbandy-legged old sport of the purest f ray serene. A few spaces back in his S life he had had plowed the raging 5 main, and told us of his visits to var Iious American ports. Teddy became - so" enthusiastic over our surroundings that in fanatical moment he declared The would take q fashlight rint,1ra of