The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

case. the divers secured the coins. A
coin sinks slowly in water. and the
divers get under it, and look up. One
of the divers looked exactly like Cor
bett Collier of Atchison. and called
himself johnson; he was always pos
ing as prize fighter, but would in
Estantly quit posing and dive when
coin was thrown. Some of the divers
were boys only IL or IA years old.
Some of them talked fairly good Eng
| lish.
''Give your country a good name,
MASTER one diver said.
When our boats started for shore,
the divers followed us quite a distance,
bantering us to throw coins into the
water. Once 1 counted nineteen of
these boats on one side of the ship.
Each boat contained four or five div
ers, and rover: probably the men
| in each boat pooled their earnings,
and divided. In one boat sat a lazy
| negro who held out his hat and tried
| to induce the passengers to throw
| coins into it. He amused me so much
| and looked Up at the passengers in
| such winning way, that determined
to invest in his scheme. So 1 tried to
drop nickel in his hat, but the negro
who looked like Corbett Collier pushed
the cute scheme into the water, and
caught the nickel himself. After that
I tried to drop other nickelS to the
schemer, who had on coat, but every
| time I did it, the divers would push
him overheard and grab the nickel.
The divers wore nothing but duck
pants.
The boy guide regretted that we
could not remain to hear the band
play in the public square at night:
big band" he said, twenty eight. -
But I didn't worry about missing the
concert. Usually. the larger a negro
band is, the worse it is. The boy
guides name was Orville George. and
he had a plaintive, pleasing way about
him that attracted us all. He could
not tell us much about his school. ex-
cept that it was free, and was con-
Quoted by Moravians. He took us to
a very pretty Catholic church, but said
he wasn't a Catholic.
All the shops in the town accept
American currency without discount.
There is cable office. and the rate to
the United States is SO cents a word.
A celebrated character in the his
tory of Charlotte Amelia was Black
Beard. pirate, whose residence may
still be seen. In the early part of the
eighteenth century. Black Beard was
the terror of the Caribbean sea. His
real name was Edward Teach, and he
is represented as a huge man with
luxurious coal black beard growing to
his very eyes, and SO long that he
twisted it into small tails. tied with
ribbons and turned the ends over his
ears. Teach had SO harried the Amer
| lean main that in Ills the lieutenant
| governor of Virginia offered $500 for
dead or alive. Captain Maynard,
knowing Teach's pride in his fighting
ability dared him to meet him. Teach
jaccepted, simply to enjoy the fight, as
he thought he could whip any man
alive. In terrible hand-to-hand en-
counter. Maynard killed Teach. who
received in this singular duel twenty
five wounds. five of which were from
bullets. Captain Maynard seems tc
have been good deal of bully boy
himself But in reading this story
you are reminded that you need not
believe it unless you want to.
We spent three hours on shore
at 1920 a. m. On the way, we pass
ed the Butcher which was al
anchor, and coaling. Its band was
playing as we passed. and when we
arrived at the "Moltke,' our band
was playing. Lunch was being serv-
ed on board when we arrived; sand.
witches, fruit and bouillon, from ta-
BILE on deck. These lunches are
served three times day: in the
morning, in the afternoon, and a
elaborate meals in the dining room
You can get a meal any time you ask
for it, by applying to your steward
| and he will serve it on deck, if yoI
prefer.
Soon after our arrival at the ship
the two steam launches and the foul
big long boats. were lifted out of the
water, put away on the decks, and il
| half an hour we were off for Porte
Rico. Islands were in sight all af
ternoon; some of them not much larg
| than school houses.
I have never been on a ship which
pays as much attention to passenger:
as this one. Everywhere 1 hear pas
sengers saying, II have the best din
] ing room steward on the Ship or IN,
stateroom steward is particularly po
lite. Yesterday evening, after din
4 | ner, the chief steward held a schoo
of instruction in the dining room, IL
which he gave the servants instruc
tons and advice about pleasing PEG
pie. Politeness is being doomed more
! and more all the time.
The cruise of the Butcher" t,
South America is not very successful
only one hundred and sixty-two pas
sengers. although it made arrange
ments to accoTinmo date four hundred
A few days before the ship sailet
from New York, accommodations fo
the South American trip were offer
ed at half price according to GOSSIP
on board; I know nothing about i
myself) The South American tri]
lasts three months, whereas tn
''Moltke's' trip lasts only twenty
s eight days.
tables. Liquor drinking is doomed
if is a fool habit the peoDIe will ge