El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-22
The Spectator.

A collouuy like this is familiar in any
market place in Spain and has been at
any and all times since the Moorish ex-
pulsion. A maid of all work approaches
a stall where onions and 'pimentO5 are
exposed for sale, says the N. Y. Tri-
bune.
Good morning, sister. God be with
you"
God be with you, my little sister.
Will you examine these Onions?"
Show much have you the contenance
to ask for these wretched things?"
"By the love of your mother, these
onions are the finest ever had. For
you, little sister, they will be only l8
cuartos q dozen. The arch bishop him
self never ate finer.''
"For the love of God, do you take
me for a French woman? l know an
onion when 1 see 1t. They are not
worth 3 cuartos."
"Jesus. Mary and Joseph! Little sis
ter, fine onions cannot be bought at the
price of thistles. To you 1 will sell
them for Z cuartos. Not one centavo
less.'
"They are the worst onions 1 ever
saw. Look at the brown spot on this
one. 1 will give you cuartos. May
the mother of God forgive me for vast
ing my mistress money"
| Little sister, the truth Is not In
you. These onions are as fair to look
upon as the Plaza Real in holy week.
! Little sister, take them for g cuartOs
! and go with Cod
/ Never in my life shall it be said
that 1 was cheated. 1 will give you 5
! cuartos.'
They are yours, little sister. Go
with GOd.''
go yourself with God, and put clean
paper on the onions"
| Millions of bushels of Gran berries
| will be eaten at Thanksgiving dinners
all over the land next Thursday. The
: Worcester Gazette has the following
concerning cranberries and cranberry
pickers: A New York fashion journal
publishes as timely feature an article
on Cape Cod Gran berry picking.
, Accompanying it is d picture of the
J pickers at work. They stand erect,
gathering the berries from a shrub
three or four feet high aud several feet
in circumference. The description
men tions that in harvest time the dark
green shrubbery, with the patches of
bright red berries, forms pleasing
sight. We should think they might,
and such g sight would be novel to
Cape Cod folks. The fashion artist
must have got tangled up with currant
DuSneS. ne Gran DtFTy grows ClOcc W
the ground on a small running vine
and to gather the berries the pickers
have TO work on their hands and knees,
The work is usually done by women
| and children, except in those sections
where the Portuguese live. 1t is not
, hard work, and is looked upon as rather
of festivity. The field is marke ed
off into narrow strips by strings aud
the pickers work down these lanes
I h<~xv I
is very thorough cleaning, but eyes
and fingers have to be diligently en-
ployed, and the operation is not quite
so easy and graceful as the New York
artist imagines.
The deadly X-ray has again got in its
grewsome work and anotner mangled
victim has lost his life by tampering
with it. The New York Tribune tells
the story as follows: One of the
patients OF the POSTGRADUATE Hospi-
tai, at Twentieth-street and Second
avenue, killed himself late on Friday
night by jumping out of a thiYd-story
window. An examination of the patieu,
was being made by means of the X.
ray, when he suddenly sprang from his
! cot, rushed to the window and jumped
out. His skull was fractur
ed on the sidewalk. The patient
! was Matthew Meggenhoesser. He
had been in the hospital only two days
He was suffering from tumor in the
! breast, which was charging and
threatening his throat An examina
ton of his heart was begun yesterday
by means of the cathode rays. 1t was
going on favorably, when the patient
suddenly threw the surgeon aside and
in q moment had jumped out of thu
window. He could not be stopped by
any of the surgeons present. The bod!
was quickly taken back into the hos
. pital, where the man soon .afterwart