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continues its :hoestring territory for nearly
naif the length OF South America. Most Of the
country is q desert waste. cold of climate and
contrasting strongly with the richly productive
Gampas or plains Of the southern Argentine.
these pampas are remarkable for the strange
illusions which beset the eye of the traveller
VINO Journeys over them. On any bright day q
distant thistle field is like as not to be trans
formed seemingly into a forest, while . few
ciumps OF grass will take on the appearance Of
q troop OF horsemen. Mirages are constantly
IN view, frequently offering delusive prospect
OF water. by which men are often deceived, but
their horses never.
NEARLY ALL NAKED.
II there is one characteristic which generally
distinguishes these aborigines of the neither
continent IT is their nakedness. In the forests
OF the upper Amazon one finds the tribes both
men and women, habitually wearing no other
costume than that in which they we're born.
Not even the breech-clout or apron is consid-
cred necessary. Even in frigid Terra del
tuego, as has been said, nudity is the fashion.
AS soon as the young are weaned they are per-
mitted to take care OF themselves, and, at once
taking to the chase, which is the sole pursuit of
their elders, they get a living by hunting for
the young OF the vicuna and guanaco and for
ostrich eggs.
However, there is one very notable exception
70 thls rule of nakedness found among the ma
ives OF Venezuela and Guiana, who are beyond
comparison the most beautifully dressed peo-
pie, civilized or otherwise. in the world. They
wear complete robes of gorgeous parrot
feathers. headdresses of other brilliant plumes
and necklaces made of thousands Of lovely
beetles wings strung together, which adorn
very effectively their tawny threats. Not only
DO they obtain the material for such carmen Is
by hunting, but they keep and raise parrots
and many kinds Of wild birds Tor the same pur-
pose, piucklng them regularly once a year.
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A Sea Trip for Health.

From the London Medical Recorder
When exhaustion has gone so far as to pro-
duce condition Of positive breakdown with
out any special organic lesion sea trip is in
most cases to be preferred to any alternative.
The patient has the advantages OF perpetual
carriage exercise without the irksomeness of
restrained posture and without its limitation to
few hours Of sunshine. The chilling effects
OF night air and alterations OF dryness and
dampness Of atmosphere are almost unknown
az sea and recovery may in such cases usually
De predicted as following almost certainly a
Few weeks on shipboard But it is to the middle
aged man more Than ali others that Q holiday
az sea is recommended In the great majority
OF cases man who leads an active
business or professional life selects his form of
nohday as much for what he gets away from az
ior what he gets to. The desire to get out of
harness. and to escape from the weary tread
miii OF the recurring CARES, from which few
active men are free, is never better met than by
voyage. To such men exercise Is q secondary
consideration. Fresh air and the incidents that
vary the monotony Of sea life are sufficient to
give all the benefits that any change can give,
while the gentle exercise OF walking the deck il
sufhcfent to stimulate the appetite and pro-
mote digestion. The impossibility Of doing
anything more energetic than walking the deck
s safeguard TO persons Of this class; for, after
tne nrst Hush Of youth 10 over, the sudden tran
eition from sedentary life TO severe exertion
y more apt to be attended With risk than With
bens0A
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CHICAGO AS A SUMNER RESORT.
Apples Baked on tho Tree.

From the Chicago Tribune. August IL.
1t was hot Sunday. Few people in Chicago
will dispute the statement but that it was suffi-
ciontly hot to bake apples on the tree a few
may reasonably question. ]. H. Hammill. who
resides on a farm at 95th street and Western
avenue, said yesterday:
1--WE reside just west Of the slope of Blue
Island ridge and have all the discomfort of the
warm prairie winds without any OF the COM
forts Of The lake breeze. The hired man. with
others. went to the orchard on DR.. Kellogg s
farm in the afternoon to seek shelter from The
heat They noticed that many apples facing
the sun were baked, and, filling their pockets
brought them to the house. The apples were
baked about one-third through and had pre-
cisely the same flavor of those baked in an
oven"
Mr. Hammill produced several of the apples
for the edit cation Of the reporter. One-third
OF the surface is baked. and when cut the flavor
is like that Of TN apple baked in an oven The
apples were not much more than half matured
some portions OF the interior being quite
green.
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Sermons In One Sentence
From the Atlanta Constitution


The death Of Miller Willis, the Georgia evan
gelist, revives many interesting stories con-
corning his life and methods. He was GER
tainly the queerest character that ever preached
the Gospel at q camp meeting-at which
place he was generally found. His pure and
holy life, however, was q model for all But
about his methods: He frequently stopped
strangers in the streets. and, planting himself
in front Of them, would announce some start
ling text and then disappear, leaving the man
or woman 10 preach the sermon TO his or her
own liking.
For instance, he ON one occasion stopped q
stranger and shouted in his ears: This night
thy soul shall be required Of theeI' Willis
vanished. But Q year afterward be met the
man in another city. Willis had forgotten him,
but the stranger knew his man. Approaching
him, he extended his hand and aid: That
text you shouted out 20 strangely to me on the
streets Of Milledgevils Get me TO thinking. Il
was the means OF my conversion"
On another occasion, dark and rainy niehs
In winter, he passed . crowded hotel in the
city Of Charleston. Non were louneine md
smoking in the lobby. Willis opened the door.
but the little figure IN dripping garments At.
tracted no attention. Suddenly, after rappins
loud on the hoor with his heavy stick, every eve
was turned toward him, when Wilis MA.
There won't be man In this houss alive in
fifty years from tonightr' And he slsmmsd
the door and went out into the night.
Some time sftsrvard he was approached by .
young man on street car, who introduced rim
cell, saying; Il have long desired to meet YOU
ana 70 thank you for saying what you did in
tne MOTEL lobby one winter night Your words
have been ringing in my ears ever ance and I
an now Christian man."
The above are facts within the writsr's knowl-
edge. some people called him 'CraEy Villa "
pat he Vas far removed from that Hs went
aoous dong good and his life ~ blessing 10
many.
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sunk into the side Of 1t and with others meet
ing these let into its top.
MEXICAN KITCHEN.

The holes at the top are for the fire and the
side holes furnish the draught and form a re-
ceptacle for the ashes. You light your charcoal
at the top and fan away at the front and TIM,
keep the Goals burning. There il not bit of
iron about the stove, and the cooking utensils
are OF clay. In this city of one hundred thou.
sand people don't suppose that there is a sim
gle iron cooking stove. and doubt yhethe,
there Is an iron pot, pan or skillet. Water ID
boiled. soups are made. meats are fried, and in
fact, a frst-class dinner is prepared on
charcoal by means Of pans Of red clay Of the
In size from butter plate to a dish pan and
from an egg cup to an apple-butter kettle.
Many Of the stoves have half dozen openings.
and in these half a dozen charcoal fires
will be burning: 1t is possible to cook
only on the fire and there has to be a fire for
each dish, if the cook wishes to have a mum
Der OF dishes at the same time. The Iturbide
Hotel. which is the biggest hotel in Mexico.
does all Its cooking this way, and such thing
as our big cooking ranges would be curiosity.
Inc Mexican cook usually has great number
OF friends. She keeps her family with her in
the kitchen, and man can rely upon keeping
a sort OF an Aztec boarding house when he
enters into his contract with his cook.
THE OTHER ROOMS
OF the house are quite as queer as tine kitchen.
Inc houses are, you know, all built around a
court, which serves as a stable for the horse
and the place for keeping the carriage or
which may be beautiful garden. There nre
often galleries running around this court. upon
which the second-story rooms open. and in
some houses you will find fountain playing in
It, The rooms are ali frescoed instead of pa
pered and their floors are all of tiles or bricks
instead Of boards. If they are of brick the
brick Is painted and you will find but little
carpet upon them. only strip in front of the bed
perhaps or running along in front OF a sofa.
You would be interested in the dining room,
which has a floor Of the same kind and in the
corner Of which there is a washstand, which
you NAV use in the place of your finger
bowls at the close of your meals. At
your breakfast you will do well il you
have table cloth, and you will find
it consists Of little more than chocolate and
bread Your dinner will be soup and half
dozen boiled dishes. beans and dessert, and you
will be expected to eat the beans whether you
take anything else or not. After dinner you
Will smoke a cigarette with the family, and
after supper. if you follow the example
Of the family. you will 60 to bed
You will find your bed as hard as board and
you will look in vain for spring mattresses
You will go to bed with candle and the chances
are that you will be troubled with feas
With all this you will nevertheless sleep like a
top and you will find SO many pleasant things
mixed up with these little inconvenience that
you will say that Mexican life is after all as
pleasant as any in the world.
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Mexican girls have none Of the freedom of
our American maidens. Until within a year or
30 the daughter Of Mexican gentleman never
thought of going out on the street alone, and
you see few girls riding or walking without
their mothers, their aunts some ugly old
woman in a black shawl who acts as chaperone
or duenna- The foreign residents of Mexico
City have taught more freedom. but the girls
still stick to their duennas and none of them
are allowed to receive gentlemen callers They
are backward in the presence Of men
and they have neither unknown cor
The girls are brought up at home
and fayorite pet name for them is
chickens Young girls are called pollitas or
little chickens and old girls Familiarity called
pollas OF grown chickens tits needless to say
that the Mexican dude as a rule prefers the pol
htas. The men have their nicknames as wei as
the girls. and they are known as gallos or gal
limos. and this strange to say, Is a Mexican ex-
preston meaning young or old ROSTERS. This.
however. is not so much different from our own
custom. for do We not contemptuously apply
the name 'ol1 rooster" to the man we think
but little of. and is not one of our most endear-
ing terms for girls that of the duck
MEXICAN corRTsHIP.
The senorita natures much earlier than her
American sister. She is a. old at thirteen as
our girls s-e at eighteen and the law provides
that she may be married at fourteen. At
twenty-five she begins to verge on old maiden
hood and at thirty she is passe. Mexican
women age very rapidly-vives are old and fat
NJ tLifty-iye-and 1 see but few women with
gray hair. Mexican marriages are often ar
ranged by the parents. and Mexican courtship
5 hollow mockery far the young man is
concerned. H2s love has to be a case of love
at first sight, and when he sees the girl whom
he wishes 20 marry he lets her know his love by
putting on his best go-to-meetingS Sunday lea ther
breeehes. with line OF silver buttons down
their legs. his $50 felt. hat with rim as big as
. butter bowl. and his swell coat and takes his
stand IN front Of the maidens window. Here
for hours he looks and sighs varying his posi-
ton BY now and then strutting up and down tine
sidewalk. never letting his eyes turn away from
the window. He does this day alter day and
night after night until the family take notice
OF his devotion and inquire into his bank ac-
count and his character. II they approve OF
the match the maiden shortly appears ut the
window. and rs love grows hot she comes out
AMI fans herself on the second-story balcony
This, however. 10 never before the Young
man has been tantalized by a week or 80
OF walking up and down before her window
and he has to continue this walking often for
months before he gets inside the house This
walking and posing and signing is known here
by the phrase, Playing the bear" and this
bear act has TO be done BY every beau. The
worst Of the matter is the lost time that a fell
low has to spend before he can know decidedly
az 70 whether be Is going to make any impress
SION whatever. Once begun il has to be kept
np day after day, whether II rains or shines
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JOHN CHAPMAN OF RAMAPO,

Much Needed 10 Fill a Long Felt Want Which
the Fat Man Refused to Recognize.
From the New York Sun.
1t was late boat crossing the Erie ferry, and
there were only three or four passengers in the
mems cabin. One of them was thin man with
long linen duster and tall white hat. Al
though there were many vacant seats, this pas
senSer, after deliberate inspection of the in
terror. went to the far corner of the cabin and
sat down in a seat next to fat man with big
valise
John Chapman of Ramapo" exclaimed the
spare man. How are you tonight?' The ia.
man stared a moment at the speaker and then
said:
Il am not John Chapman of Ramapo, but l
am quito well tonight
mot John Chapman of Ramapo?' said the
thin man, apparently much surprised. "Why,
are you sure?'
well. guess ought to know who am -
exclaimed the fat man.
-, Certainly. sir, certainly; to be surer replied
the thin man. But. mercy how could be
SO much mistaken? Why if had gone on with
what had on my mind 1 would have been
mortified beyond measure. was 30 sure you
were John Chapman of Ramapo."
, Mistakes like that frequently happen" said
the fat man.
Yes. know" said the thin man. at is not
the mistake deplore SO much. The thought
OF the modification would have suffered if 1
had gone on and done what had on my mind
and then found that you were not John Chap
man OF Ramapo is what annoys me. Mercy!'
The fat man bowed.
Yes, indeed" continued the thin man. Il
don't know what made me pause on this occa-
sion, for / always go right up to John and
without ceremony say: Loan me a dollar till
tomorrow Now. if l had done that tonight,
and. after You had loaned me the dollar. | had
discovered that you were not John Chapman of
Ramapo. just see how deadly my modification
wonit have been. Mercy! 1t makes me cold
to think of itr'
The fat man assured him. with a SMILE that
there would have been no occasion whatever
for modification on that score.
Thanks thanks" exclaimed the thin man.
"You are very kind. But 1 don't know AS
ought to accept it even until tomorrow Ifyou
were only John Chapman of Ramapo. now
You are exceedingly like him in looks and man.
ner! The fat man bowed, but the smile was
missing. The boat was row nearing her slip
III, as you say, my fears of being mortified
beyond measure if l had gone at you as John
Chapman of Ramapo are groundless," said the
thin man, blandly, Il will put the thought aside
and accept the loan-but only till tomorrow
Only till tomorrow
on deck, looking back once or twice to see il
the thin man was in pursuit. He wasn't.
He sat still and watched the fat man as he dis
appeared across the gangplank. Then he
arose. hopping his forehead with q red hand.
kerchief.
Its singular, nowadays, how tight the
money market ia" said he
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young man is very much in love he
may leave his bride carte blanche. but IL he
Is at all q practical man he will fix a
limit beyond which the bills must not 60. The
groom is expected to furnish the home il the
young couple 60 into an establishment Of their
own. and il not he is expected to 60 into his
wife's family and live with them.
HOW rHEY MARRY.
After . man has gone through the bear bust
ness, has wasted his substance in taking his
future wife's relatives to parties and has gone
through the inane custom of visiting her in
the presence Of her family he finds that he still
has something to do before he can get married.
Divorce is less common in Mexico than
with US and there is little chance for q
fraudulent wedding. Two months before
the wedding an announcement Of 1t must
be registered at the. cathedral and the
priest must register it in the civil court Out
side the court door the names Of the couple
must be put upon bulletin and kept there for
twenty days preceding the wedding, and there
has to be a wedding before the priest and then
one before the Judge.
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NAKrNo BREAD.


sight all the same The Mexican woman 4.
fond Of dress, but she does not waste much
time on her morning toilet. After Q breakfast
Of a cup Of chocolate and . roll she puts on
Mother Hubbard and . pair Of slippers and
loafs about until dinner or the second break
fast. which comes at noon. don't think. "a a
rule. that she 10 the best housekee in the
world, and she 10 by no means averse to
paint and powder. zee dark faces covered
with Hour In every crowd / enter and
there are many red cheeks made so by other
means than those Of nature. Il used to be
that only the mantilla was used as q headdress.
This Ia q scarf Of white or black lace. and il is
used as Q headdress and . shawl combined
You see Thousands Of them in Mexico City and
they are stin the common headdress here,
but ct the capital Paris fashions are
coming in and Paris bonnets and hats are
taking its place. These Mexican girls wear
their hair low on the forehead and am told
that the bang" came from Mexico. They
dress it up In sort Of o Greek knot on the
back Of tho head and sometimes let IL hang in
long braids down their backs They are very
proud OF their hair, but they are especially
beautiful hands. soft. plump and finely formed,
but they ruin their feet by putting them into
tight little shoes with heels In the middle of the
sole. after the most approved Paris fashion
These shoes make the Mexican walk Q mincing
one. and the result 10 you find but . few good
walkers among them
/ HousExrzPno m MEXICO.
Housekeeping 10 carried ON here in much
different style than with ~. 1t 10 necessary to
have about three times a. many servants, and
the servants are a. particular about the work
which thoy do as II they belonged to the castles
Of India Your cook will never make the bed.
nor will the chambermaid 60 into the kitchen.
II you can get her to wait upon the table
You will do well. and your cook would
leave you IL you would ak her to do the wash
ing. The cooking 10 all done with charcoal
and the kitchen has little ledge Of bricks
built into the wall With numbSr q holeo
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She Could and She CouIdn't.

She could sing and she could play,
SHe could dance from night till DAY,
sne could while the hours away,
So lis said:
enc could SKATE and she could paint,
She could play the patron saint,
But she couidn AM she wouldn't
Make a bed.
She could walk eight miles day
ana Play tennis ciarmingiy,
FLIRTING in saucy way,
Lttlr scamp!
She could drive and piay base ball.
She could make a stylish call,
But she couldn't aid she wouldn't
Clean lamp.
she could swim and she could row,
Size could always have a beau,
And I'm sure that we al know
She was shy.
She could laugh and she could prance.
She could play a game Cf chance,
But she couldn't and she wouldn't
Make apie.
She could etch and write book
She could yanguish with Look,
She could win by hook or crook,
l confess;
She could scold and she could flout,
she could cry and she could pout
But she couldn't and she wouldn't
Make dress.
She could talk Of church affairs,
But knew Taught of household cares;
Still I'm sure that none com pares
Nth sweet Nan;
Even if she couldn't bake
Bread and pies and angel cake,
She enraptured and she captured
A rich mani
Bar Hdrbor Bazo
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From tho New York Advertiser.

From tho New York Advertiser.
The truth Of this story cannot be vouched
for, as it 10 told by young insurance agent
whose reputation for veracity is not the best in
tho world.
He says that friend Of his from the rural
districts was In town recently and in the course
Of his rambles about New York wandered into
one OF those Bowery restaurants that are in
stinctively summed by all intelligent men. Tho
stranger disposed Of coffee and cakes or some
other mild refreshments and to his surprise
was presented with check for g.
Probably"
ut is more than Delmonico would charge"
Certainly" agreed the citizen behind the
counter.
Then what b your excuss?"
well" said the cashier frankly, 81 admit
that the charge 10 pretty high, but then, my
Il 4 not knovn hov ~ ms4s:c -. Am,
settled
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sad Q beau who would be scared out by a,
thunder storm would be sure to lose his sweet
heart As the acquaintance goes on the beau
may bring his guitar, or il he 10
not musician he may hire q band The
giri II she falls in love may drop him
arose or SO or she may smile upon him or iinally
when ne has worn his heels into his ankles be
may be invited TO call This indicated that the
family like him They like him 40 well that
they stay In the room during all his calls and
nc invites the girl 20 go any place with him
ne has 70 take her sisters, her cousins and her
sunss with him. II he still perseveres he 10
given chance 70 see the girl alone for an hour
or so and be knows that this means that il il
1me LOT nim to propose II he does propose
the girl tells him that he m ast ask mamma or
papa. and upoa doing this he finds tina. their
conditions are decidedly practical ones. The
question OF dollars and cents enters into IL
and the young fellow has to pay all the bi,la
lie buys her wedding outfit and WARDROBE
gives her dresses and jewels She does the
sslsefina and ssIds the bill 10 him. II The
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HIS CITY IS THE ATHENS
Of Mexico. 1t is the art
center Of the republic, and
though it is little known in
the United States the city
contains 100. 900 inhabitants
and has one of the finest
theaters on the American
continent 1t is one Of the
oldest cities Of Mexico, and
ND until a wear or two ago
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Arabella-"Why 10 Miss Passee % proudY'
lsAbella-s'Well, there are 200, 0O0, 900 eueaee.
mont rings in the world, and che he's onc q
thsm.-yNeelN's Circular.
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SEN0RAS Y SEN0RITAS
All About Love and Marriage in the
Land of the Mexioans.
HOME LIFE IN MEXICO.

Mexican Courtship and the Bear Act-House-
keeping Among the People-Queer Rules of
Etiquette-The Athens of Mexico and Its
Pretty Giris-How the Aztecs Make Love.
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his horse's bad 10 rest on ~ thithsr - =
the tailboard Of The vshicls in frons vhsa 49,
ing . cross-valk; but unfortunatsly this tsa0-.
stsr died young and before ~ beoaa - AEiSs .
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You and Charlie guarded, Ihsas."
'sWhat abouta"
He eaid b only wanted one vsry Htfls kiss
when bad had dossa large eass ~ sssAy
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Special Correspondents Of The Evening Star.
GUADALAJARA. Mexico, August Is, 1891.