Pocahontas times

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overboard from the ship. Sometimes

four or live will dive for the same

coin and there is a lively scramble

under water. On coming to the sur

face the successful diver invariably

looks to see the nature of his coin,

puts it in ids moutli and then swims

for his boat. The coin is captured

before it sinks to the bottom, except

in rare instances. Others come out

in boats selling oranges at 10c a

dozen, pineapples two for 15c, coral,

shells, baskets, etc., and usually do a

good business with the ship’s pas

sengers.

As we sailed out of Port au Prince

late in the aftermoon a cloud had

settled on the adjacent mountain

probably 300 feet up. Shortly after

six o’clock the sun sank below the

waves. There is no long twilight in

the tropics like we have in the north

ern latitudes. The sable curtain of

night was soon diademed with bril

liant stars and far to the south 1 saw

for the tirst time, that constellation

of which I had often heard—the

Southern Cross. In ttie far South,

when our polar star is Delow the hor

izon, the Southern Cross is the guide

of mariners who are not equipped

with modern compasses.

It is 745 miles across the Carribean

sea from Port au Prince to Colon,

Panama.

This year marks the Centenary of

the detachable collar. A hundred

years ago every shirt had a collar at

tached to it. With these collared

shirts the men of tiiat generation

had to struggle along; and worse still,

the women had to wasli them quite

frequently. Then a certain Hannah

Lord Montagu, ths wife of a black

smith in Troy. N. Y., made a dis

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Pocahontas times. (1925). Huntersville, W. Va., 1925-04-30. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83004262/1925-04-30/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Pocahontas times, 1925-04-30.