Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-22

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/ phith eatre OF which l have spoken.
was told by a gentleman from Madeira,
( Mr.. Joao Augusta Fernanjes, VINO
boarded the ship at PonTa Delgada, and
who speaks English imperfectly, that the
I town has population Of "One hundred
] and fifty mil" One hundred and fifty
I Million" asked Yes. he said. You
don't mean 10000 600. You mean I5O,-
COO" Yes, yes" But / can hardly
think IL has 10000 population. In
/ 1895. IL is said TO have had $4,000. and in
/ 1906. 20.Ooy. / suspect that wat Mr..
/ Fernandes was trying to say was $4,000.
stu il is evidently a town Of consider
able proportions, probably 25 600 or So
/ COO. now. and embraces practically all o.
the population Of the isiano. EnciUsei
in its amphithestre Of Mills. with re-
markedly smooth sea in front, the
smoothest / have ever seen anywhere.
| looking like an inland lake. with it's
break-water or seawall running nearly
| the length OF the town as a protection
! from high water in time Of storm, IT
PRESENTS quite a snug and picturesque
appearance. the picturesqueness being
| enhanced by the fact that the hills back
of the town are terraced and cultivated
to their submits, while above them rise
serrated mountain peaks some Of them
TO the height OF over 5000 feet above the
level Of the sea. The climate is said TO
be delightful The thermometer ranges
between 20 degrees and so degrees the
year around. The products of the soil
are semi-tropical, such as palms. pepper
trees and so on among trees. camelias,
cannas, oleanders, violets among flow
esr. lemons. oranges and grRpes among
fruits. The public and private gardens
are said TO be beautiful The special
product Of the island. though, is
PINEAPPLES.
These grow to an enormous size. being
raised in hothouses. the glass roofs of
which are plainly visible from the ship.
They are sold in London for a pound.
or nearly S. apiecei Five dollars apiece.
Pineapples IS apiece!' l didn't say they
sold for IS apiece. 1 said nearly s.
apiece'-about A.sT. Does that sound
large? Well this is the way It comes
about. The fruit dealer buys a pineapple
for pound. He does not sell il at first.
He rents IL. When a London lady Is to
give dinner party she rents a pineapple
from the fruit dealer for the night, uses
IL as the centerpiece on her table, and
then sends Il back to the fruit dealer the
next morning. to be rented to some other
lady that night. And this process is kept
up until the pineapple being mortal.
shows too patent signs of old age. and
then IL is sold TO be eaten. In this way
the fruit dealer gets his moneys worth
out of the pineapple. probably several
times over. For this reason the growth OF
pineapples on the Island OF San Miguel
has become quite popular and profitable
industry. being stimulated by English
capital The pinespples may be bought
at the restaurants in Ponta Delgada, and
are said TO be delicious. I am sorry I
did not have the opportunity Of testing
them-I presume the price is not as high
In Ponta Delgada as in London. other
wise I am glad I missed the opportu-
nifty. The principal exports OF the is
lands. besides pineapples. are wine, bran
dy. oranges. lemons. beef. pork. coarse
linens. and manufactures from corn
husks. The value of the imports, how
ever. exceeds the exports.
The customs OF the people are primi-
tive Bullock carts furnish the means
OF transportation az in Funchal, OF
which I shall speak later. Burdens are
carried on the heads of the people. The
streets are narrow. the walls high and
the gates closed. as usual in Eastern
cites.
wIGwAGGING.
Lying in the roadstead-it could hardly
be called a harbor-at Ponta Delgada was
the steamer Canopic of the White Star
line. westbound. The westbound mail
from our steamer was transferred to her.
but IL seems that in some way one mail
bag got misplaced An officer Of our ship
went or the bridge with a small flag in
each hand. black and red. These he would
wave. back and forward. up and down.
sometimes one sometimes the other.
sometimes both at the same time. Each
wave meant letter, and the letters SPELL
ed words. and the words meant some
thing I do not know what, but I was
told Il was something about that mis-
placed mail bag When he got through
talking he would lay down his flags,
take up his field glass and watch the 9TH
er fellow standing on the pilot house OF
the Canopic. and going through the pam
tomime of waving his flags in the same
way back and forth. up and down. first
one and then the other. then both. II was
like two deaf and dumb persons talking
TO each other a mile away. To the specta-
tors was like watching a pantomime.
and an an illustration of one method OF
communication between ships at sea, IL
was quit interesting. II this was what
Simon meant when he said wigwag. he
had more sense than 7 had given him
credit for. After a while the two men
seemed to understand each other, II I
did not understand either one. The man
or the Carmania appeared satisfied. a
small launch put ont from the Canopic
ard came to our ship. and then we lifted
anchor and steamed away.
CASTING THE ANCHOR.
BY the way. the matter Of casting and
lifting the anchor on board one of these
/ ocean liners is not on act but a process.
II does not mean throwing an anchor
overheard when the shin wants to stop
I and pulling It up again when n wants
( to leave The whole work is done by
machinery. which IS run by steam. There
are two anchors attached 10 huge chains.
At a signal the man at the engine starts
the nlschinerv like the engineer of a
] sawmiII the chain unrolls. the anchor de-
sends, strikes the bottom. holds, and the
! ship comes C. standstill, and stands as
I long as the anchor holds. Sometimes IN
storm the anchor drags, and the ship
drifts out 10 the open sea or upon the
! rocks. t
! You remember the beautiful ngure
/ in Hebrews: Which hope we have
I es an anchor OF the soul, hope both
sure and steadfast, and entering into
that which IS witttn the veil. whittier
! as a fcrcrunner Jesus entered Tor us"
/ The idea Is that the Christians hope
! is an rncEor which does not rest In the
shifting sands OF earth. but on the
solid foundations or heaven, where
Christ has gone to prepare the way
| for US, and where, despite all the
/ storms and tempestutous winds anu
waves OF life. IL viii hold secure An:
YES. the anchor of the Christian. even
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