Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-19
The Mill1man of Cuba's Capital.

The NIilkman of Cuba's Capital.
Among other interesting street folk of the
Cuban capital are the lechero or milkman,
the dulcero or vender of sweets, the cochero
or cabman, the mercanchiste or notion ped
der the aQuador or water-seller, the rega-
tonear or buckster, the Zapatero or shoe
maker, and the latonero or tinker. The
lechero and his system hero are worthy of
magazine illustration. Milk for the mar
kets and hotels is brought into the city by
immense ox-carts in cans having the ap
pearance of diminutive cylindrical pagodas,
but large proportion of the inhabitants
cling with obstinate conservatism to the
ncient method Of supply. AT all hours of
the morning have met on the highways
away out in the suburbs sober droves of
half-dozen cows accompanied by a half
dozen muzzled calves as they were being
leisurely driven into the city by brown
faced countryman and two or three of his
barefooted boys.
Arrived in Havana, these rustic groups
became the travelling milk supply. Almost
without guidance the animals seek the be-
ginning OF the milk route" and, on reach
ing the door Of the first customer, come to a
halt, the COWS and calves taking position
with military precision, in single file, along
street Our guajiro or countryman is now
the city lecheTo or milkman The urchins
run into the customers house, secure the
order, and the lechero mill1s the required
quantity there and then before the very eye
of the housemaid the portero, or ell senior
himself. In this way from house to house
the queer cavalcade passes, until COW after
cow is MIXED clean, when the muzzle is in
turn removed from each mothers calf, and
the little ternerillas are free TO take undis-
puted possession of the "strippsags." The
system has obvious advantages. The milk
is assuredly fresh. 1t would lie difficult for
the lechero to secrete water-butt about his
perscn.--Edgar J.. Nakeman's Cuba Letter.
IN the Eaxars of Persia.
The bazars are constructed by rich men,
as are also the caravansaries. The stalls
are rented. Some sections Of the baza-
belong to mosques, to which they have been
bequeathed. The baEar proper consists CT q
row of rooms or stalls on either side of
road or passage, which is covered by
brick arch resting on the partition
walls Of the stall \ stall is rarely more
than ten 10y thirty feet in size. The end
next the passage is provided with movable
doors. On passing along the narrow alley
separating the stalls, one may observe
workmen sitting in the shops and busy max
ing hats, shoes or other articles of trade.
The different kinds of goods are usually
kept separate.
Some sections of the bazar are given up
wholly to the manufacture or to the sale of
one kind OF goods. The section called cheet
, frush is devoted to the sale of sugar, tea
and coffee. There is quite a number OF
shops in which Persian carpenters manufac-
ture chairs, tables, lounges and bedsteads.
In the summer season and autumn the
bazars are well stocked with fruits and
vegetables, and there are certain markets to
which caravans resort with wood, hay,
straw and grain. a multitude of human
beings pass to and fro through the arched
way, and long trains of camels, horses and
donkeys force a passage through the crowd,
their burdens of wood, hay or boxes quite
filling up the road. and compelling all
pedestrians to halt or to find refuge in the
shops-Land of the ImamS