The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-10

Of the Soa IL yours II you're inclined that
way,
And when you are tired with 6shing take
your gun and 60 RoroSs the bay and up the
stretches Of Agoons, and you will find
marlin, OurleW, y~OlloWlegS and graybaokH
and ducks In ~proflsion. They almost walt
for you TO come and shoot, and at times you
have 10 brighten them 10 take wing 20 Inst
you can exercise true Sportsnsnship and
give your quarry 4 chance for To life. Yes,
with fish and birds In plenty one need not
starve hOre n he has hooks and line and a
boat and a gun and ammunition for II. It's
a hunting and hshinR paradise. You can
enter into the enthusiasm Of a young mid
shipman who came on board one morning
recently with about fifty FISH he and his
party caught In less than two hours, when
he said 10 his mates;
Why. TIA a clnch, ] tell you when 1t
comes to fishing I'm a regular Sir Isaac
Newton"
What did you say the other fsherman's
name was'' asks a commissioned ofacer
standing near, and forthwith the boastful
midshipman Is burdened with the sobnQuet
Of Sir Isaac for the rest Of the cruise at
least. You don't wonder at that, for you
remember that when he was q guest at the
waTdroom table at luncheon over In Rio
one day and there was a party Of people
from shore out 10 luncheon with you this
same midshipman undertook to exploit
his facility az a linguist. One charming
woman was present who spoke only Portu-
glese and French. Now, few naval off,
GERS are expert In Portuguese. But French
that's different.
The conversation 'driftod to famous
American preachers. The fair visitor, who
knew No English, was out of il, and those
near her. being somewhat rusty in French,
undertook with indifferent success to en-
lightea her as to the subject Of the conver-
sation. Headway was slow, and the new
Sir Isaac Newton obtained attention and
signifed that he would make all plain.
Silence was observed az the coast was
cleared for him. They all wanted the
charming Mrs, Blank to know all about
American pulpit orators and, az some Of
them said, famous "divines.' Sir Isaac
had a clear course.
Madame he said, with a great show
Of confidence, "pardonnez moi! All. eh,
vou-vou-vous savez Iaside-'that's It'll
vous savez, all, an, vous savez what the
dickens is it? Oh. yesO-vous save5 sky
pilot?'
That m%idshipman wan banished into
outer darkness at once and made to bone
up on French. Not until he came on board
with his big string Of fish did he dare re-
assert himself again, And the way he did
II shows that the malaprop tendency is
inborn and will always be with us TO tho
end to cheer and comfort our weary years,
MAGDALENA M IT'S INDt srRY.
Thus far this article has taken you simply
on the beach and sent you out in a boat
to fish or TO hunt. What Of the little town
that huddles here on the brown hillside.
with nothing but sand and stones and
stumpy, prickly cactus bushes 10 look out
upon7 What is II doing herep Well, in
the fut place, this ia a Mexican port and
there are customs officials here. And while
the feet is here didn't health officer come
WIN lIlt NNDNbTUOl lTOIn NI0 seat
Of government in Lower California, La Paz.
100 miles away, where there used 10 be
famous pearl fisheries? Then again il is
The shipping port of the Chartered Com
many Of Lower California, an American
company incorporated in Maine. that owns
in fee simple more than 100 miles 81 coast
line from high water eighteen miles inward,
NLaN -. q -. A.. A ~
900 acres. Its lower limits begin down at
the foot Of the bay and stretch northward
up the coast, All the people here subsist
their employment by that company.
The manager. William J. Heney. nephew
Of the well known San Francisco prose-
is the only American man here,
and HE aunt and her daughter are the only
American women.
Want to 60 ashore and look around7
The town is composed Of exactly twenty
buildings and a dozen shaoks, Most Of
the buildings are painted white and are Of
two stories. On a little hill Is Mr.. Heney's !
home, made Of concrete, a spacious, COM
dwelling. with a porch and shells
9ll about 1t, aiordlng a superb view OF the
bay. Right below are the warehouses Of
the company, Of which he Ia manager.
There's a good landing pier and a light near
by, the maintenance OF which Is provided
Tor by the Government.
Step on the pier and stroll through the
own. The houses all sit back about hundred
'eet from the waterfront, You find a sign
over the Custom House. In three or four
places there are desks and a suggestion
two Of a store. Little fences enclose a
bit Of dirt In front Of some Of the one story
dwellings,, and going nearer you find that
hey shelter a bright red flower In bloom.
Is the only cheerful outdoor sign Of nature
All the outbuildings and some Of
he roofs Of dwellings are covered with
with black lines and black centres
IN them. You stop 20 make II out. and
hen you laugh az you realize that the
.hrifty residents have used the abandoned
arget Of the warships for roof coverings.
perhaps with babies in arms, will
,ome TO the doors Of these shacks and gaze
It you as perhaps a half tame deer stops TO
oOk at you when you interrupt its grazing.
-nder rafters and tucked UP out Of the
each OF disturbers you ace pieces OF meat,
beef hung up in the pure air to dry.
Half a dozen boys and girls racing with
logs or hunting along the beach attract
our eye, and you can tell from their shouts
md laughter that childhood is the same
he world over. Two or three oows amble
and slowly head for the barren hills.
they can browse on certain kinds Of
acti which give them nourishment. Going
urther one comes against some white
ROSES and he sees that here home tragedies