The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-18

i prfSed me, because her people are SO Hou-
ern in everything else. But 1t must be
said that her street car system is thorough.
They reach everywhere. Unlike ours, they
/ do not return they go out. They make
circuits. Every other street you find cars
going in different directions. And there
are so many lines one takes long time
/ TO learn them. And the unwary traveller
| will find himself going in the very opposite
| direction from which he wants TO So
But il he will just hold on he will be
brought back to where lac started anu can
branch out afresh.
The drivers are not allowed to overload.
/ When the seats are filled no more are al
| lowed on. You see no hanging on the
| sides. The fare is about 2ai cents in gold,
or equivalent To that in their paper money.
which is all the currency.
This paper money i'm this country recalls
| our DAYS of confederate money. There are
masses OF It and of every denomination,
| from ) cents up. with Ia Genus IN gold.
You get :. IN rolls and tatters. And it
nuctuates in value daily. 1t has changed
! - points since / have been here. The gold
dollar was at one time worth 500 in paper.
1t ran To $50 and back To sol. me laSt
quotation WAS 500. ] went INTO store
10 buy a bottle OF mineral water and the
druggist calculated the price by the state
OF gold and said he changed ms price 20
chime with gold. All do not 90 that,
however but many do. The cholera scare
carried up gold The rumor OF war win
Chile did the same thing, but when the
morning papers contained telegram from
Chile that the minister of foreign relations
there had been interviewed and SAID that
his country had no war feeling TO Argentina
the price popped back.
Lotteries.
There are lotteries by the wholesale, and
they do an immense business. There are
seven great incorporated lotteries IN TINS
city and every one has multitudes or
offices on every street with the windows
blari1g with sheets of tickets ana under
meath great piles of gold coin TO tempt
cupiGity and the streets swarm WIN boys
and men selling the tickets. All OF theh
are said TO be immensely prohlaole anu
they absorb thousands of dollars. saw
IN the paper the other day that a Mr.
T7ulebrown. a Boston photographer. who
has been very successful here ana mas
good Argentine wife and children had
won two-afths of a prize OF SSo'Vuo III pa
per. equivalent to about $3.50 Ia solu' d
very good haul from chance, when VIII,
OF course, have a dcmoralizinS erect anu
make many an unfortunate yaihee "1St7
money that he is not able to do.
srbis Is as free a country as there Is IN
the world. There is less restriction in
law There is no Sunday law al an. ms
is one of the large ana vital u.ltereHOSS
between this ami our own coIIltis' ~, .n
x,-hirb Sabbath observance IS perhaps INC
leading feature Of our Noflh Al'yl l'"i
civilization. The senate 81 congress iiau :
session last Sunday. stores are 49, -,
an in fun blast sunday - tiiS ~
dav for races. lh'Ie % -. -
80 Nor aaN And strangely Cnou@u
tri ma. American and EhEliSh tealu .i -
drifting into tie same ,ul . i'',e 80, "a = ,,crigan
". have a little Methodist ahu -Nii.,l - -,
.n1 Snauish church here that Is sluIuly
battling for the sabbath. Both idS'u,s ~
s,nesi,.ln NIethodists. the pastor OF the
NrsaH -.
Mel aughlin. and of the spanish chuIHh ne
Rev ~ H. Thompson. who have nun CON
eregations and conduct the services tWiee
q DAY. an he"F td'h' -li "a, -, ~, 80,
preaching iu American and his cohTrcSatloh
being dismissed, ana the Spihlards thch
Immediately coming in and Sir. thompson
preaching in Spanish. II makes very IN
tarestfug combination. and is "A typical cN-
amt.la III Methodist Christian spirit and
missionary enterprise. These pastors are
paid by the North American Methodist
church. and this little church IS doing
Gorgeous Funerals.
have never seen anything TO equal the
funerals here in tho display Of magnidcence
and elaboration. The hcarses are immense
analrs. ana most cunuingly contrivCd with
great black ard white masses OF plumes
on each corner and ornamental ebony COW
erin- Special carriages are built for the
mourncrs In glossy black with stands for
outsiders. and liveried men in knee pants
and solemn black suits and mourning
chapeaus stand on the rear platforms OF the
carriages. The urdcrtakers vie with each
other IN these elaborate funeral mcchanisns
and advertise funerals from $1,000 down,
specifying the ornamentatien, number Of
carriage stvle OF dress OF outsiders, and
they characterize the different kinds OF
funerals something like the styles OF arChi-
lecture. one of The Erindest funerals Is a
Louis XIV" which is indcscribably mag
n'hceHt ana has all the imperial mechanism
Of sorrow.
i had n chance to see a typical funeral Of
the most costly and reeal kind when tho
italian minister was buried. that in addition
to an The cLvil eleEaucies, had large mili-
tary feature. / had carriage % look on,
and 20 nay horror my eEterpriSing driver
boldly jOiu4d the procession. becoming a
m,urner. bat giving fine opportunity 10
ste the pageant
The private eguipaSes here are very ele-
giant, complete IN appointments and
keeping as cam be found anywhere, car
riaSes the very models ~ finish, harness
SuIerbly mounted. and horses OF faultless
beauty and perfect grooming.
The fashionable business street here is
Gale Florida" where the fine stores are
with a smooth pavement, ana where every
body fashionable rides and drives in the
afternoons. Carriages are not allowed on II
al night, and II IS brilliantly lighted with
arches ana the stores blazing. ana II IS
thr.r-cd with pedestrians. Another beauti-
ful street g. "Aycuida AlVe1r" where the
diplomats live. and whore the houses and
yards are very. very fine. Minister Buch-
ai,au lives on this street. and on general
reception day of tine diplomats the spectacle
j. very tine.
The hacks here are innumerable and do
a thriving business. The hack charges as
much for a. fun load as one. To 80 to a
single short point is 50 cents paper or
about - cents gold; for the first hour. $l.25
Paper. FOR the second hour and after 81,
or 1t that rae Tor fractions Of the hour.
The Police.
Bueuos Ayres has "a good large police
force OF couple If thousand men. and a
most orderly city. The policemen are
Young men mostly. who dress in dark uni
forms and wear swords, and are the very
pink of peatness in their dress. They al
ways look as If they came out of band
boxes. They are stationed in the center Of
street corners. where the street railroads
cross. as they do at every corner in the
business part OF the city. The streets are
always thr0uged with vehicles. people and
street ears. ami these policemen keep order
ami prevent any calamity. They get 5000
IN paper year. worth IN gold about $3.50. or
less than Sl4 a month.
J. ". AVERY.
In every well ordered house a welcome
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