Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-03-17
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: Do you imagine that where the
hobo tramps and the prospector pros,
poets you will miss another Amerl-
can-the colored one? He is omni-
present and in this country has a
pride of caste and nationality which
makes the rest of us seem unpatri-
otic. Looking out of the train win
dow at Escuntia saw an inky face
abava massive shoulders on fitting
background of jungle, and asked:
"How do you Janaaicans get on in
this country?"
His eyes flashed with scorn. The
Jamaicans are an inferior order of
Jet.
did yo' evah heah man dat
talks de way Ah-7do dat's a Jamai-
can? Ahse frum Texarkana, Ah'd
hab yo' know!"
x-snd how do the Jamaicans be.
have?1 asked.
20, dey,s all right in deir place-an
dey keeps der place when Ahse
round"
And what are you doing here%'
pursued.
"Rustlin' logs fo' de sawmill. Dey
CANT enuff o. desc Ill natives get
hor of log to oncet to lift 1t, an
de Jamaicans dey ain got nuff sense
to keep out from in front of de saw
Salesman Return Homesick.
In his way he was as significant
of home as the occasional drummer
who breaks away from the beaten
trails of the United States and sails
southwark with trunk of samples,
great ambition, and no knowledge of
the country. A visit to one leading
city of this terra incognito makes
him homesick for the smoking COM
partment of Pullman, the water
cooler and the click of the metal
room key on the hotel desk
This is the limit" he says. "Ther'
isn't enough business in the whole
nation to keep one town of $4,000 in
hahitants at home going" And he
returns minus orders and plus much
wisdom. The foreign drummer, know.
ing the language, is careful and cal
culating. No order Is too small for
him. His firm Is ready to pack good
to suit the customer, and SO that
they will stand wagon or mule trans
portation.
/ One American drummer did meet
who was quite ION to the job He
spoke Spanish as mothers son
and represented a famous arms firm
AS every Central American who is
u gentleman must carry revolver
the revolver trade thrlves; and oul
salesman. knew his people like {
book. He posted me on, all the ho
tells with the familiarity of one VIII,
has Leen long on the route.
Its all in knowing Spanish h
| complained. "I'm afraid I'm con
demned to it forever. I'm afraid tn
house will never think that cal
do anything else"
Adventures Met at Intervals.
Before the extradition treaties Ger
trail America caught a class Of em
grants who went to Canada twent
years ago. Now the defaulting ban
cashier knows no safe soil in tn
Z world toward which he may turn hi
aching feet. The adventurer and tn
: soldier of fortune whose genius bio
SONS in a land of intrigue, and VIII
: is really wanted at home but nc
: so badly that any one will get out
!, warrant for him-you meet at int
walls. They look on themselves {
romantic persons, and act as if the
are ready to be made the heroes I
novels.
This class includes the foreign
who participates in revolutions. Oh
is now in Jail In Honduras, crying
h high heaven for release. But havir
1t sat in the game of revolution, whe
" one side is as immortal as the othe
e when he had no business with cit
er, it is not quite clear why he sho,
}" expect aid when he was loser al
m fell into the hands Of the WHINE
lie One has more sympathy with t
ut Americana had the story from
ID serious American consul-who start
Id trout breeding in an upland lai
ut His trout had just reached edit
IN size when a volcanic eruption kill
y them all. But he was not disco