The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-12-08

meets with the usual rolling
~ stone who has learned every
thing but 10 mind his own business.
He will inr,gm the Traveller Of the
dreadful climates to be endured. the
shameful treatment extended 10 al
f0rpi.nprS, most especially Americans
that will have To be suffered in passing
through custom houses; and Other sim
liar tales. writes +. +. Du"rr in the
Bulletin Of the pan-Amoriran Union.
After a VOYAGE Of II days the city
Of Para. better known as Rclcm. is
rpacbrd and among the many pleas
ant SURPRISES that greet the Traveller is
the excellent and PROMPT manner in
which his baggage is cleared through
the customs BY intelligent officials, who
oc+ with q degree Of promptnoss that
ono would hardly eypoct in such close
nroximitv 70 the equator.
Ero,, tho ,,ior or docr, which con7-
.,o.oc to,.orol,l,, with ,ho hoet of o,r
nor,+rv ,boro oro oloctr;c core or arto-
mohilos thar will tolo ono 70 q FIRST.
o1os. bo+al of which ,boro oro sovara,
~ poro u,haro tho ;,1ond ,rorelor GA,
,r+ -, ,rti, ho ro,,oc bic connoction
,.ith r;,.o. rtoor,or
r,, 1880, - =. o,.;,o.
tho trim I'm tho Amozon the onickast
being by means of an ocean steamer
of either the Brazilian or British
lines, which operate as far as Manaos.
There are occasional British boats
that go as far as Iquitos. Peru. In
this way the trip to Manaos can be
made in from three to four days. To
properly see the Amazon, however, 1t
is better to go by one of the river
boats, which ply lazily up against the
| fast current. On account of the high
cost of taking coal to the Amazon the
river boats are run by wood fuel, and
the larger steamers consume about
10000 sticks of wood, feet long by 4
by inches, per day. On an average
of every other day this fuel is loaded
from the river banks, stick by stick, all
the work being dope by hand and.
needless to say, this operation, after
being witnessed more than once, may
become somewhat tiresome.
Roats Are Comfortable,
n.o oo,;ns an tho boo+ oro 1arce
tauo o,oo,.;o ,,,hts ,nd
sans. tho DIVING room is aft On the
anon doc,, and in the mornings rs
,ru;nr +bo creator mart Of the day il
- n,,ito comfortable on hoard. After
.vnt,o,., hororor tho number Of in.
.1ats 90 oil +vnoc sizas etc makes If
s,oaaon+ ond Tho traveller finds #
nnanss,rv 70 oscane into his screened
statoroom or into his hammock or cot,
carefully inclosed by MOSQUITO netting
of worry fine mesh, There are four
ers+ clocs shower baths on board, also
summing wafer in the cabins. and every
thi,c considered one can make ones
Golf feir,v comfortable. The captain.
or "conlan lante,' as he is called,
rules s,,Dreme. and, on the average, is
highly educated navigator, and he
md his cabinet" of officers are very
agreeable to the passengers. When
me becomes accustomed to the food, it
i very nourjshing, and the service on
the whole is satisfactory.
Resides the frequent stops for fuel
the steamer calls at half-doZen points
between Para and Manaos, the prln'
cipal ones being Santarem, noted foi
its fine batelaos 0arge rowboats ano
lighters; Obidos. the narroWest paf'
of the river, and ltacoatlara, near Inc
: mouth of the Madeira river.
A further surprise to the traveller
, y, -. ;,,e+ cpopt ron dave in this