Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-03

a mixture you never saw the like, as
we have on this ship.
April 2, 1910.
Well, l have been to Madeira and
such sight l cannot describe. Our
ship anchored about a. m. ard l
was up at 6 a, m. The sight was
even grander than at Azores for the
Island is larger and higher. The
natives here are mostly Portuguese
although there are lots of English
and Americans here at this time of
year. They raise mostly grapes and
sugar cane and make embroidery
which is very fine.
After landing we walked up
through the city of Funchal where
we were met by all kinds of beggars,
l suppose such as we will see in Sun
ny Italy After walking a few
blocks we got in a Caro- de bois,
picture of which am sending
Priscilla. guess we rode more than
mile in this funny conveyance.
The streets are made of small round
stones like we get around the creek.
A boy walks ahead of the bullocks
and man behind runs along with
a creased rag in his hand which he
puts under the runner and makes it
run easier. We were taken through
these funny narrow streets on each
side of which are funny looking
work shops where boys not more
than eight or nine years old were
making shoes, until at least we ar
rived at the railway station where
we took a steam train up the noun
tain for 3k miles, 1000 feet above
sea level Such a ride. We were
taken up and along a road, on each
side of which there were sugar cane
plantations and vineyards and then
lovely homes with beautiful grdens
and all kinds of vines and flowers
growing At the top was very old
church, we went into it and then
around through the gardens which
surround it, here we were surround
ed by children with little bunches of
flowers for which they begged you
for a penny. We walked around
these beautiful gardens for more
than an hour and then we had an
other ride down that mountain the
like of which l never expect to have
again; this was a sort of basket af-
fair on runners which held three
people, rope was fastened on the
sides of it with a man hold of each
one, the narrow street down which
we were to go was covered with
small stones, laid in such way
that they made shallow round
step. The runners were creased
and they started on the run, when
they got good start the men jumped
on a board attached and away we
went for three and one half miles.
OF course they knew just how to
guide it and make it go fast or SLOW
That was trip 1 shall never forget.
After this trip we visited about all
the shops. We did not go back with
our party for we wanted to stay as
long as we could. The houses here
are all made the same as in Azores
and colored in the same light-colors,
only white and light yellow are most
| ly used, the roofs are red tile. We
got lovely basket of strawberries
and they tasted fine. This ID the
first place I have ever visited where
fragrant violets and Gala lilies
grow wild, we could see the Callas
all over the side of one of the
mountains.
Tomorrow will be Sunday but they
say people in these foreign ports do
not keep Sunday, so we will have a
chance to see the shops in Gibralter.
When we left Madeira yesterday
1t was as calm as could be and we
had not gone two miles before the
wind came up and we have been
riding against a strong wind ever
since. / think we are having the
toughest weather of the trip this
morning, 1 have not been sick only
with a severe headache, which they
say is really form OF sea-sickness.
am able to eat my three meals a
day albright.
We have several artists aboard and
one young man came back with a
fine picture in water colors of the
old church we visited.
April 5th, 1910.
Sunday morning we were up by 6
a. m. so we could see the scenery as
we entered the Straights. The
mountains on each side are called
the Pillars Of Hercules, and at the
point where we enter they say the
Straits are only nine miles wide. AS
soon as the clouds cleared Gibralter
was in sight, and as I always had a
desire to see this place ] was not dis
appointed for the rock is about
twice as large as Proposal Rock at
Clab Creek We went in on one