The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-06-27
AXLE GREASE TooTHsomE.
MaIabar Coast Natives Eat 1t Like
We Do Ice Cream.

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We DO Ice Cream.
II was a weird story that was told
today on the deck OF the British
freight steamer Swanley by n Jake
Brauns. the bos'un Of the freighter, as
TO the origin Of the tons Of curios that
were being taken OF the steamer at
the Bush Stores in South Brooklyn.
Besides the curios there were SO many
queer things on the Swanley that
she had the appearance Of an ancient
treasure ship instead Of a modern
freighter plying between Brooklyn and
the Far East.
Jake Braun told the story OF now
many of these curios came to be on
board and who secured them. They
were all traded for and the trade that
was made was almost beyond compre-
hension. Local ice cream dealers
and manufacturers of d~elicacies may
as we'll go out of business If they de-
pend upon the shipments of their
wares to the Far East for the native
OF the Malabar coast and other u
landish places has openly declared
himself against sweets and carameis
and solely in favor of-axle grease! .
"Yessir," began Jake Braun today
as he spinned the yarn of the curio
swapping in the Far East. "YesSr, We
needn't take no fancy things to China
or to Singapore with you If you want
a good trade. On a previous voyage
me an the other fellows aboard the
ship took with us all the pretty things
that we could think of. These were
such things as pin cushions, roller
skates, safety pins, hair ornaments,
buckles, Photographs and such an we
hoped for a lively exchange with the
natives an to get enough in trade to
sell here an retire on. b SIX o
US went to the coast one day with u
things and tried to swap with those
fellows all day long without getting
so much as a cocoanut. We even Of
fered them money but they only
grinned and held on to what they
had. In the stock that we had taken
ashore was a can of axle grease that
had come ashore with us against our
permission. One of the natives stuck
his fingers in the can and eats the
aaxle grease an the next minute we
were offered every sort of inducement
to leave the axle grease with them.
They even offered US the inducement
of a massacre an were only restrain
ed by the sight of our pistols, for
which the natives Of the Malabar
coast, the most bloodthirsty chaps
that ever were, have a wholesome re-
gard. Finally we lowed the axle
grease to stay with the natives, but
we took all the curios and ornaments
they had and Melted a pretty penny
on them at Colombo. So, when we
comes here again. l thought I'd put
In my spare money in axle grease. l
got some of the others on board to
do the same an when we again struck
the coast and went ashore each OF
us had nothing except axle grease to
trade. There was a cellybration
among the cannibals an they took all
we had an we took all they had which
was no small matter. Much Of what
they had came on the steamer wild us
here an we hope to realize a good
profit on the same. Those natives like
that axle grease better than we do
ice cream. They eats it an then,
when they can't get any more down
their stomach, they paints their
faces and necks with it. They look
upon an axle grease party on the NAL
abar coast with a great deal of pride
Just now and I won't be surprised If
they're waitin' for the Swanley to get
back in theeir neighborhood again
with another assortment of grease,
for the native supply must now be ex-
hausted Brooklyn Eagle.