Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-04-18

Azores the islands have had B.cur
esque and varied history. Once they
were given away by Portuguese
king, Alfonso ". called THE African
to his aunt. the duchess Of Burgundy
This happened in 1866 when the duke
of Burgundy was Philip the Bold. IA.
vorite son OF John II. of France In
due time Philip became ruler o.
Flanders and many of his Flemish
subjects INVENT to help colouize bis
duchess new island possession For
time the group even bore the name
OF the Flemish islands. and they still
have traces of the Flemish occupation
and colonization. Later Portugal re-
covered the Azores and they fell
with her under Spanish rule from 1850
to 1910. AS possessions Of Spain they
we're fair game for the English navy
and many a battle occurred in those
waters between English and Spanish
ships. while the islands suffered from
the ravages of the British viC'ors
When Cabral reached the Azores 10
1892 he was astonished at the nun
Der of hawks on the islands Their
presence was explained by the thols
ands OF small birds which made the
group their permanent home or their
resting place in migration. When be
| islands became settled 1t was found
necessary to offer a bounty for the
destruction OF birds, they were 50
ravenous In their attack upon crops
For years thousands of birds Of many
varieties were killed annually by far.
mers and gardeners. In some wears
as many as 100000 are said to have
been destroyed. 1t is hard for the
newly arrived Azorean to understand
our protective policy toward birds To
the native Azorean bird is a noyious
animal.
Climate and People Of the Azores,
There was "a time when q good
many Americans made long visits TO
| the Azores for the sake of their mid
and even climate, and J. Pierponi
Morgan, as a youth of seventeen.
passed many months there An Eng
lishman, in urging his countrymen 10
make use of the group as a health
resort, instanced our example but
Florida now serves our purpose even
better when we Geek a mild winter
climate, and the Adirondack and oin'
er high, dry, cold climates have been
found excellent for some who would
once have been advised TO winter in
the Azores or the south As a matter
of fact, the climate OF the Azores
extremely damp. 1t is hard 20 Keep
paper on the walls. and veneered ana
Vanished furniture suffers great dam
age. Pico is the coolest O: the ISL
ands, for the mountain that Gives II
name and forms most of the island
rises 1000 feet above the sea
Azoreans, with their deeply en-
Drowned outdoor complexion and rS
Their low stature. seem all OF one race
to the casual American observer ou'
many OF them must be of complex F%
cial origin. Portuguese constitute
large majority of the quarter oil Y
million inhabitants. but there are des
cendants of the Flemish coonisls'
| Spanish colonists who went 10 lne
islands when Spain ruled the group
negroes, Moors and a few English
Scotch and Irish. Emigration mas
been constant for many years past De,
cause land is extremely scarce ana
wages are consequently low Mean
while there are few cheaper places 10
1.-Two than the Azores. and no more
courteous people than the Azor'an'
In this country they are apt TO DC Co"'
fused with the Cape Verde s.aA'eIs
who do all kinds Of hard work on Wv
Massachusetts coast and whose .oNu'
ton and mode of life have been SO u,
tie understood by their ncir.. W.,
Cape Cod that q cruel loc1. '.'..''.,
against them exists. The "|' '...
are a more mixed race i.A' Nv
Bravans, as the Cape Verde '.'"''
are usually called in this caaA"s . ~.
have less negro blood than 'a' .'',,,
whose home lies in the tori. 1'".
only a few miles OF the to-..' '''"'
| Soudan.