| Show nn f in inTHE F I THE TIME DANISH WEST INDIES I Tho rho Islands Which Aro Arc L to o Como C orno Into tha th stun son ol of tho the Cover About Square 3 Miles anti Havo I u a Population of 01 About 2 Something About 5 V II t i UWIn UL w Danish Wo t havo como canto tutu Into on Oil no au I Tin Tim pf count ut tho ho II I I acutely carried on nn ha lra tween tho t 1 n o Hitter and tho mho 1 government byI by I which tho Ihu throe fit St John and 81 St likely 1111 to bo boo her como tho lieu i of tho iho United at nt n a lovvor 1001 than this coun country countrY try was willing to lu pay 1111 for thorn them ninny many ado nto Tho Thu cover about miles and om tho population Is la estimated ut at about Denmark has boon bocu tho the of ot tho tiro Islands I 1071 but hut they havo never Leon been n 1 Croat gront of lUul tor for many years onrY It has hns cost llo Denmark m much money In 0 of ot thu tho to maintain them theft A former torm r of or Charlotte Charlotto tho the larg out ont spice on tho thu Island of at St Rt Thomas Thomasin Thomasit in it of ot tho of ot tho the j 00 o people as An Ii to annexation mho Tho white population and nearly all nil tho Clio sugar producers are arc In favor of or an all annexation but hut tho ho blacks 8 are Oro Od to the tho ho scheme There aro comparatively tow low on tho Islands nut not moro than 15 16 1 per par cent of ot the tho population The Tho ho uro tiro of ot a u mu class clans Und and hav liiK lima tho name Hamo It and us 1114 the tho whiten they thoy naturally fear time hot would Buffer If It they bo be bol I tamo Caine l A citizens Them Thera la In tl no Ill such timing thins UK nH It a n color line lino there F dUca Education E tion Uon IH Is II compulsory CO 10 and all tho children white mind find black u Io go to between the tho ngos of ut 7 j and 13 J In n tho time theme la Is else an rut of at nil as to color and nn there theme Is III certainly no fo mine linn in business The mho Dano Iano a n man emu for tOl or hit Ii 1 woith and 1 ever neve VOI of or excluding his neighbor from social l or religious religion tunc functions dons t of or his rotor color In 11 the tho cut col colonial onial council lit itt it St SL Croix there thero are two black mon men and they nil fill the tho places with credit to mid to the w faction of ot their n Ho II los between and whites whiles Is I nothing unusual anti clergymen of ot the various arlous denominations never refuse to tho the l bo be bot 6 t white hill black men mso I Limit women There see lit to tn be a n Ing Ink In the tho United States an Oil to the th Inn 1110 Rua e used by y tho the people In to tho the Danish West Vest Indies Tho rho tact fact Is li that everybody mid tho the rial cial language Is h J Is used In 11 tho the schools an aH well as CH In III the tha court of at fU St Thomas las has no agricultural Im hn Importance A few fow onions on lOlls and othI r vego are raised there but not enough nough to supply the tho Inhabitants and 1101 neatly nearly everything that IH is used nand at tit tho the Is 18 sent from tho the United The place ban a It finn fino largo coal wharves nod and a dry dork dock and among Its larger buildings bUll aro 1110 the government house find and n hotel On the tho Island of ot St Croix I mid III HI 1111 the tho chief towns lowns Those places placeR have hay haven havea n a population of lit about 1100 pooh each One Ono Of ot the lie of ot the tha houses In the Danish Danian West Indies Is la that they the I brave no chimneys rho The kitchens ore nrc nil detached and ns as time fire Is used use for tor u u U cooking only houses require no lire 1110 or 01 chimneys chimney i Im hll bus a It cab cau system y Uin which I U Is hones usually tunny a surprise to LO the till 11 1101 The Thu Ih horw cubs cub are not of or Urn limo lIow kind but hut the twice snore IB Is in keeping with II I tho milOt ID In 11 a ti 1 onus mill b being limo ihu regular faro fare fl rc People who Soho In III th the I country rill rids on nn little POUCH whirl are safo ato of ot toot foot and camper III over OVI the tho mountains illo 1110 goats gnat I Denmark D an army on tn Islands blonds of ot about men are from th the veteran corps corpa In lu the tho home homo country timid an sent to tho the Wanda tor for n a term terns of ot six nix years They have guard nod and barrack duties to perform but tho o who havo trades may w when whon they thoy are oro nut not on duty amid when S s hon hen their term of ot service li is I r over liver vet they free tree transportation home home or If It they thay desire to 10 remain positions vo l dons Ilona on Oil o D the Ilce force The Tho clearness of ot the pie air at ut St Thorn Thom Thornas as IU said a n former resident of oC the ale e emay may many mn bo lo 10 Judged by my lilY 1 I lived on the time highest of at the hills hillson on oa which the tho city olty Is 19 built anti from my In houM I could see sec Porto Torto lien fifty filly miles to the west and with tho Ito naked cy eve iye could cold see neo tho the palms H calm and mills at ot St Rt Croix forty south The lime thermo thermometer meter motor registered between 00 o 95 05 do Kroca groeLl In III tho shade shallo nine months month In III the lime year hut but one feels comfortable and nomo of my III friends who were In lu Now New NewYork York during the hot Harmon last year flar went homo hunt to 10 Bt tit Thomas to escape e the th Now New York heat hent 1 The Ihl low price of ot wine wino does docs the pen peo the plo Inure mort ii than the waun weather or er For ii i i runts cents ono one can rOil buy bU a n bottle of native wino whoa halt half of ot that will w III ett et It he the I man rime Tho people PI are alo to n a atilt and strangers urn are ate ays mule made welcome In hI this his part of ot lima tho world lira aro surprised to hear henr this hut but It II IH Is Ju just juat t an ilK true truo no as that the thu hurricane troll from Bt St s nod and St HI Croix ore lira nearly nil for Cor urn aro no min moro more hui there hero than lion here are aro In till the Southern of ot this country There pre aie III HU II U nr estate on nu time tho Island of o Bt St Croix mho tho product of which goes to one olle concern In New NewYork Nl NewYork York Hut Hilt In III order to protect growers who mire are not 1101 In this combination time the Danish Daniell h government has hns established hell tl j sugar stations where wh re growers brinK bring thol amino onno for solo sale It Is 19 ground hi III mills belonging to the lh lie government and tho the producer receives receive pay based on min tho the New Now York prices Time Tho water sinter bout about those these Islands In 14 II so sn clear that the bottom may mn bo ho seen lIeen at any POh tl and un It abounds a in fish ash Very Vory little flailing fishing nit Is done clone but hut ninny many people predict that It will not ho bo long ahem the United States l has haM the Islands large canning establishments will bo be started there thereA A salt rail of ot half an hour from tho tiro MIlt cast end of ot St Bt Thomas lakes Ono olio to St StJohn StJohn John which linn has a n population of ot about 00 There Is much grazing land on mat this Island I ili II 1111 nut and with a n small Investment le stock fauns arms might ht bo ho shed there The rho Inhabitants of ot this Island me nt 0 nearly all ail blacks The rho duet chief judge of the tho Island Ills several other important Ho He Is la the 1110 chief ot of police tho time postmaster the heart head of the lie school s hool which Is situated on nn the tho Island 1111 1 till the wharf master and custom customhouse house The Jhc olleo department I over which ho he presides has haH two mom mem members momberg berg bers Sew Ie York Tribune |
