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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-03
Tbe Queer Features Of Life aQd BUSINESS D The Heart Of
Bolfgia--6 Visit to tbe Narkets-Tbe lpdiaD
MorpeD apd Their Bolivian Babies.

young to crawl. and they ars tied up IN
shawls on the backs OF their mothers, who
go on with their business with apparent
disregard OF the precious freight On theie
backs. There is one now peepiug out OF
that red shawl below uS It's face is as
brown as a berry. and its little black eyes
blink at Us from under its yellow knit
cap. the ear laps of which stand out Ike
horns on each side Of its face. There Is
another baby a few months older being
banded on The streets by its Indian father.
and on the other side Of the street We
see two little tots who are taking their
meals at their mothers bare breasts.
Most OF the babies We see are laughing,
one or two are crying Some are quite
pretty. some are homeiy. and nearly all
are dirty and lousy. There Is one whose
head IS now undergoing a search at the
hands of its mother, who first cracks and
then eats the product Of her chase as she
catches them. This business is, however.
rot confined TO the heads of babies. 1t Is
common TO both the Indians and the
lower class Cholos, and men, women and
children unite in the hunt. and the feast.
the rule being that the hunter is entitled
10 all The game that he catches, no mat
ter upon whose hairy game preserves he
is pursuing the chase. In this connection
/ might relate my adventures as I carried
my poor Spanish with me from store 10
store in La Paz in search of fine coinb,
but the subject ~ too recent and painful,
and deNst.
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tional, we.l-to-do New Workers. conception
OF an awful fate. Persons who might live
in a. good part of town. and who. from
pious motives or because they are tired
Of conventional society and manners, go
over and take up with the East side. and
live in tenements there. are looked upon
"a people who have made an enormous sac
rifice. No doubt II Is true that the ma
jority OF East siders don't live on the East
eide absolutely from choice, but because
life there best suits their incomes and oc-
cupations. Most % the people who live
east Of Broadway and south Of Houston
street arc poor. and live where they DO
not so much from any special prejudice
against the Fifth avenue side OF Central
park as to be near their work or because
In the tenement-house streets they get more
for their money. They are not al poor
by any means, Some East siders stick
To the Eass, side because they are used 10 1t
and belong TO N-yes. and because good
deal OF 1t belongs 10 them. az is the case OF
that East side woman whom report which
seems vefacious. credits with owning nast
year, no less than sixty-four double tene-
ment houses. the rents Of which are said
TO run up 10 sso.o1o a year Their owner
manages her own property, collects her
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Queer Things Sold in Markets.

Let us stop for a moment and make
notes upon some of the queer things sold
all about US. The goods are spread upon
blankets or they lie fiat on the cobble
stone street. The vegetables and grains
are divided up into piles. There are
neither weights nor measures, and almost
all things are sold by the eye. You pay
so much for such a number Of things, or
SO much pile. The piles are exceedingly
small. and things are bought N small
quantities. Marketing Is done here from
day TO day. l doubt IL there is a cellar In
La PaZ and the average cooking stove
would hardly be big enough for dolls
playhouse IN America. Think Of carrying
home a half dozen potatoes from market.
This is the size OF many OF the potato piles
offered for sale here. And such potatoes!
Here is brown-faced Indian girl who is
selling some at cur feet. 1 venture you
never saw such little potatoes before.
They are not bigger than marbles. and she
offers us eight for cents. What queer
potatoes they are: Some are Of a bright
violet color. some are as pink as the toes
of that baby who Is playing among them.
and some are as black as the feet OF the
Indian gil who has them for sale. Pota-
toes do not grow large at the altitude OF
La Paz, and. though there are also large
ones in the markets. these come from the
warmer lands lower down.
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The sights OF La Paz form perpetual
Masquerade Of bright colors and curious
scenes. The very houses look as though
they gere intended for the stage rather
than real life. The roofs of terra Gotta
ties look 50 clean In tho clear air that
you can count every piece of which they
srs made. The walls OF the houses are
painted In the most delicate tiuts of pink,
sky blue. lave nder. yellow. creams and
ETssa. They are OF one and two stories.
y open 10 the street that you can see
nsca that goes on within. The coiors OH
the streets sre even brighter than those
o. the houses There are Ia the city a:
least Eve Indians 20 every white. and
ihess dr&s In the brightest reds. yellows
hns ard green's that auinne dyes COM
Esst sitn the Indian taste for the ga,isly
ean maze. Tho especially bright garmelre
Is me poneho or blanket. with hole IN
he cenisr for the neck. which every In
dian nan and boy wears. These are usu-
ally 1sored IN stripes. and are worn al
ma1 constantly day and night. Every IN
dan has also a bright-colored knit cap
via kni; ear flaps hanging down on each
sae OF his face. and he sometimes has in
f5eisoa black felt hat. He wears pam
ninans which make one think OF the days
sasn our girls padded their hips and pam
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spleudor Of Conkling in private epiiogue.
One evening l was at Conklng's III Wash
tngt0n. and he asked me where We were
going that night. ] said to see McCul-
Tough play 'Richeiieu.' AZ that moment.
without any forethought, Conkl ng started
an analysis Of 'Richeiifi,' the play, under
which we soon perceived that he was
sketchlng Hayes administration. Evarts
was Baradas. The king was Hayes. All
ne said to Indicate the home parallel was
And he was a saFen-by-nine king But
no artist IN words could have exceeded the
felicity Of that inpromptu which went on
for twenty minutes and had the quality
OF literature"
was II not in sustaining Conkling that
You becama dissolved from the Albany
Journal
Partly so. But had not been satisfied
with the financial outcome OF the paper"
DO you regard tho convuisive personal
politics OF New York state as natural or
ony OF ambitious leaders?''
4, is ambition. because the disputes are
seldom upon real policy such as divided
tho Barn burners and 'Hunkers' on slay-
cry. Strong men discover In each other
rivals. The great Offices OF senator. gov
crnor and president are for any body"
"po you recoiect, after Gen. Garfield
nomination. telling me tina. Conkllng was
sorry j: had rot been blaine
Yes. Mr.. ton&ling had Thomas A.
Scott's private car When I entered he
VAS fuE ~ rage. lie used the word angle
worm - dos r.}-s Garfield and said that
Blaine would keep 4 promise and that Gar
field would break Il. I Inferred that
Coakt.ne Thought h,s patronage or ma
chine would te safer under Blaine than
Garfield"
can ths United states obtain tho pre-
cislou ~ England and Germany with rs
Sl,pssoI politics especially IN such admin
sstratfon As foreign colonies would re-
qvl7s? p
There = a S5frat;"r - - reflected upon
L Wou,S aeer0 ;hat rhe ransd movement OF
~ ants might throw responsibilities npan
THIS couRtry which would give 7 discipline
not heretofore required iu me domestic,
civil service. Tne country haS heen raised
- ncW s-ate - thought and q no~
thinking vel Il seems ike new
era II, frc worif The war = working o7t
a wide alteration ifl fnr regime of ERE
earth. Iateea or system - preparation
by mechanics ani science our fpawe-flh
popular e,iGca. Oh the accord be. ween the
r,-,r}e ard the goverurat g y=0l4rv hSva
crested 4 more harnoxy reous Europe, an
erp5-e such as Chsrlen's ga~ dreamed ~.
"a later Spain wi;h1af its cs9kers. The
xreat requisites vote,. IS hex - around the
ea~;A. Is ewn peace vas never - tran
QuE"
HAS tae Newspaper pres become better
o. warSe9'
"Dosh. The changes e. t.r1e are From
material fE5ar~ NecAarics. cAra0 paper.
y2r3 presses. ssVe eVeu the pres a alf-
:erert sort ~ career frotn tAe former sin~
arr Sc an tEst.tsf.3G the rewsg1asze~ has
ac-siaes as EraRth o. holy h.etore = has
found its cUstfTAtfsn. So Mat The eglttlrs
q "a single felFe~g .A.c cs&sa has done -
tno ~cE,5s attention. / ha.3 :aa. Saue
s&ees of tae olser s3e 49, aFT#r te dis
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POSTMASTER GENERAL.
Charles Emory Smitb Talks ReEpipisceptly to
Gatb--Ap Interesting Comparison Be-
tween Blaine and CoQhliRg.

Albany body 81 citizens. We were invited
10 Governor FiShs 10 RIane's and 20 Pay
ards for dinner. President Nick niev re-
minds me that he FIRST saw me al Bla.ne's
dinner. | VAS charmed with Mr.. Blaine.
and In 1876 he wrote me asking ne 10 sup
port him tor president. ! replied that |
hopea shat our friendship would never e
broken. bat that represented the organic
par of the party in New York. which
wcsld advance MIR. Conklng-s claims and
that / would az. vita the state and its
convention MIR. blaine replied thst / was
perfectly r.shi Before This. in iS5-. had
.ntrotil 81 RiAlne 20 pubic audiences N
Albany
'whi,b 10 you place the higher. Blaine
Of Coukilue@''
Nj H.a.uc had more tact more
hreaash more ~ tbe character u "a public
policy Ills ideas were large: his views
de-. fcd A4e vas the more aG%ctionate.
ifts absorption - knowledge from books
and r.eu ana hls own philosophy was con-
stant ala he Impaired his glow IL hts
friends lie originated plans Ia trade and
diplomacy = Aicn affssct the present line
Bat Mr.. Coat4inE. though narrower. Rad
4 force tlset WAS Ereaier when exerted-
lie MS extremely Intense. kiis glorious
rfaus..iies and .nVecfiye$ were the de-
Hxht ~ Cankiing friends. lie Bad
tsere-s stoseraa-v fkn ceigtta}rsh.r and
Sc i s'cuk king believed saat you meant
- lee fair and had no sinister i1tent. AMI
seu t:ssted s,ga with the respect C; an
equal Vrn ceuia not caiy diFer with him
bat persuade Afna.
~Rl4t~~ leaves uesqn .rlv sasna a sense az
ser s}suss. ~ cou<4de rattan. ard = a TAI
s.s t5sd. t'r~k:iz ihAt Of a splendid tempest
fyssm tAc th4vtcf 1stasS. Gc.'<iS ard @-s1@-
erv b fhe r8lnbaw. The one Mss Ike m
essence. gAe asatC q personality
e AZ nv. .al1k A. T@;lk.iHg G.3 bis tai
.a-t ..~al~ 4 .sss
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fefhars the younger SAILOR IL one afs,arA
an American bark now lying at this port.
says the New York Sun. Though bsIt !,
Few uo'Ttlts more than six. years oxi N,
mas been twice around the world. cat by
way OF tho Cape OF Good Hope and home
mVlnd the Horn. and hss has made other
long voyage, besides. He is the carsain's
son. lilo began going TO sea when m, was
eighteen months old, and he has lsxn on
noSt OF the voyages OF his fathers ship
sius'c. sailing when his mother slax
He is a good sailor and never scasick.
lie llass suit Of oilslsins and rubb n bn,ts
and a ou'wesster. so that he Ia not confirwti
10 the cabin iii rainy weather He does
not. OF course. come on deck IN heavy
blows or very bad weather. hut he would
IL permitted come out In all sorts OF
weather.
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niers were In vogue His pantaloons ara
cut fun az The hips, and the tops OF the
pockets stick wide out at each side. The
legs Of Ehe trousers are fun. and from
the knee down AZ The back they are slit
Wide apart, showing what at first seem
10 he wide drawers. which flop about the
ankles. Investigate them however. and
you find they are drawers made on the
dickey shirt order. or merely hal. leg OF
whiss cotton sewed fast 20 the inside Of
the legs OF The trousers, in order that he
may the eazier roll Up the latter when N
the wet grass or crossing q stream The
Indian women wear hats, and their dresses
are Us gaudy as the blankets % the men,
ard every where there are other queer cos
TUNES. as We shall see III the markets fur
Their on
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FrozeD Potatoes; Barefoot Sauce.

But the most curious OF all the potatoes
sold In La Paz are those known as chuno
(choon-yo). These are sold in large guam
titles, and you may see piles of them at
every step as you go through the market
There is woman who has a large stock
spread out upon a blanket before her
The potatoes are as white as bleached
bones. They are almost as hard and
when You break them apart you find them
almost as tough. They are ordinary pota-
toes frozen and dried. after which process
II - said that they can be kept for year
without spelling. The method of prepara-
ton is 10 soak them in water and allow
them 10 freeze night after night until they
become soft. Then the skins are rubbed
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SPANISH LOSSES IN CUBA.


Harper's Weekly has obtained from an
Official source which 1t Is not n. liberty 10
disclose, the following statistics:
Between March l, 1895. and March l. 1881.
spain sent 10 Cuba ten generals. els field
and s.222 subaltern officers. and isC AS SOL
oiers. To these must be added the f2 600
officers and men forming the regular Gu
ban establishment at the outbreak OF the
insurrection, making a total OF nearly 30
oh. OF these one general, seven field and
hfty-three suhaltern officers and LISA men
were killed N battle one general six field
and f1fty-tive subalsern officers and ia
men died of wounds. while $50 officers and
s.elS men were wounded and presumably
recovered The losses caused by the en-
envy are then small. being but little more
than per cent. OF the total present for
duty. The case is altered. however. In the
matter OF disease: Three hundred and
eighteen officers and 1900 men died OF
yellow fever, while ~ Officers and about
$500 men succumbed TO other malaAies
A writer In the Revue Scienlifique 81 De-
tober l6, 1897. gives the following rates Of
loss per I,oso
Killed or died OF wounds. .......... 107
Died or yellow fever. 81. D
Died Of other diseases. .................. ~ 3
Sent home tsck and wounded). I43. .
As all the SEX and wounded. however.
have been sent back 10 Spain. the number
count In estimating ne total losses OF the
Spanards. While th.s number cannot b.
accurately determined. yet there IL reason
for believing that II cannot fan far shor,
Of 20 Oh. Accepting This estimate. We have
a total rate Of loss OF 81 per ! 0p5 for the
two years considered. OF. OF the -. 90
constituting the reg liar Spanish forces IN
Cuba bat 81 100 in round mum hers. were
left 10 bear arms or March j. fssg.
These numbers have more than academic
interest for 90 just a present. for II wa
may assume The foregoing ratio of loss IN
hold coed from March /, 1885, TO March I.
isss. then. after adding the reinforcement
sen: out during the year eaded March *.
lsss. there cannot be Ia Cuba today more
than zoe ~ regular Spanish troops able 20
bear arms. II IS probable that the number
rs some what lesa than this. bar tne
sumption O. 10 90 gives las small factor
OF safety III estimating the number Of m n
W. SHALL need IN order TO overcome Span
ian resistance on Land IN tbs Island
T. must he reco.lecfsd that the foregoing
figures are Only approximately correct. az
there ~ ground fer The belief mat the
Spanish medical returns have paEpose3y
rn.sstate8. II not understa ted, The i0sses
az the Spanish army ia CabA- Bat for
that very reason we may feel to}era aiy
xare that The results here given are lot
n excess OF the truth
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x~s. 1875. By Frank g. Carpenter.
pAZ. BOLIVIA. June Z. 1863
n Taere ss no city IN tae world
Ill axe La Paz Away back from
Ill tha Pacific ocean. across tae,
III n niSaese range II ul9G stains on
N cur hemisphere. IN The least
eouutry OF South America. IL Les
ist,Ie basin on one os TIRE highest
..-.u. Of the earth. / haze seen the
80 a. pak.ng. Of jerusalem and -
-, The capital % korsa- None OF them
80 fet- feet high. La Paz has walls
,sas,xana feet high, and upon cRe side
J. !, ,ovxrS the famed snow~capped peak
:. rsgrazai. one % the three highest or
=. In6es, which kisses tie morning and
ss.n.nx suns al an attitude Of more than
-, niles above the sea Mar made tAa
-. - o,hsr cities. Coo made me ~ Is
= Ia Paz The great BOWMAN plateau.
go strescheg away To ti1s north and
- Almost as level as the waters Of
80 Titicaca, abruptly drops n La Paz
:. .s 20 form here q basin which By ac-
-, c,essurerneuts - about 100 feet deep.
:. .hss basin The city IS built. and the
.,.sf precip.ious slopes form it, walls ex-
-, on fre SIDE, where the Andes, ragged
- torn, rise In ragged grandeur IN all
p. roicrs OF the Colorado canyon. Com
= a La Paz on the stage from Lake
~.,ezca. you ride for forty-iiye mikes
.e,ss 4 plain, b. villages OF mud huts.
,sro,sxh little farms Of barley. guinea and
se,,,oee. On one side Of you is the noun
an vail Of The great Sorati range, the
ssxheGt Of the Andes, ard you sa!lop On
- an over q seemingly endless plain.
r. team is ono OF eight mules. changed
.vsry three hours II yon sit with the
ssvsr Is did, you grow tired at last and
isk IN vain through the clear air for the
~. II Ia nowhere Ia sight. AT last on
\, blink of a preciplce the mules are
,assa back on their launches, me stage
n i 30 far down that you can make out
an,y the outlines. You see a plan COW
cred with terra cotta-roofed houses.
.,mbsss together along narrow streets
Here and there Is a church. at one end Is
ne biz white building which forms the
,eusxatlary, and just under you the
.suea Enclosure made OF white pigeon
bolex IN which the dead La Pazitas are
rsgea away at so much rent per year
.a,il their descendants forget 10 pay and
ne holes are wanted for the generations
"a come. The stage winds about over a
rad that curves In and out In loops and
sxgre SIS in getting down to the city
You see parallel roads far below you, and
A. last. having left the heights, gallop
over the sobble-stona paveInea-5 OF La
paa The town you now find 10 be one OF
Mis- and valleys. Its streets go up and
asvl and the altitude is silcn that you
saa walk but very few steps without
s.9oyng 10 breathe
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rents pcfNes her tenants and personally
peStfones repairs on her property: and AZ
suits her convenience as we'll as her ,axta
To oe resident landlady. and &c, Iva
WheFe she has her own under her eye and
can DETER appreciate the pleasure o8
means.
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An enlightened Official 81 New York sail
ira other day The happ1@ss people il
town tive OF The Fast side The East
s@dss b. As-ss--4stes4 wssn r4ssr ~. - looked
sE.3ss "a a consequences az the imperfect
asgsa-asng nova in use for Distributing
money To sax layer by layer aogn IA.
s;rata. 81 sos-zety arf finally 20 bring up
IA a East ass ,ensnsen. - The co1ssa-
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The BoIiviaD Baby.

What lot OF babies there are all about
us. We have to pick our way about care
fully 10 keep from treading upon them.
Some lie on the cold streets and paw II
the cobbles or play with the merchandise
their mothers are selling. Some are too
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'There thousands Of like
physical giants complain vitality
Of failing memory self-conidence Does
you you respect
enjoying explain my book,
Three Glasses Men YOU in this by
method of applying the electric
energies your mental
force up o a your muscular strength"
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FOR more tEaE 4 quarter % Il century
sas e nous cd Jesse Moore whiSksy has
- sAs .avog.ss WITH ccanc.sseGED :
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What is there in the wide ITUU
world more charming than DH

the plain truth? Some i A0O III
times it jars you to hear it. but you are the
better off afterward. You are foolish If you
try to lie to yourself. Are you weak today?
Are you weakling today? Are you afraid
of your own shadow today? Think for the
space OF ii moment. That one moment may
save you years of anguish. 1t may save you
years of torture both mental and ply steal.
Are you weak, and are you a weakling? You
we're foolish years ago. Own that truth.
And you are suffering now iii consequence.
Own that truth. You really do want TO get
cured. Own that truth. Now, "Hudyan" will
cure you. Do you doubt it? II you do, just
ask for some of the testimony that has been
given by the thousands upon thousands that
it has made we'll in this land alone. Its fame
is great iii the East in the West. Its
fame is as great North South. Come now!
You want to be cured. and "Hudyan" will
cure you.
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not In Drua Stores

Dr. Sand en'S Elec-
trio Belt is never
sold in ,irug stores
nor by travelling
agents.
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cha Is. you know. the beer OF the Be-
iiyians
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Facts Speak for Themselves.

Facts Speak for Themselves
put on md a your re-
1 will write honestly
ID, m tO
not do 20
fore June
Sanders Electric during
past year This book with full information. upon appca~
ton. A personal solicited. Call or address
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the iittie ulcers that moush ana
n a. dsse~r
b.eod tain 10 shoaS b. It's and
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