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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28

custom, and In this hot climate one would
b tar better OF without them. Few OF
the children here up to the age OF four
wear anything. ana certainly envied them.
II n 20 hot at midday that one wants
TO get out OF his skin and flesh and sit IN
hts bones, but for the sake OF fashion we
wrap ourselves In sheep's wool and layers
OF cotton and steam like tea kettles.
In the Markets.
Among the most interesting places OF
the small Brazilian cities are the mare
kets. That of Forteleza Is as fine as that
OF any American city OF the same size.
There arc two great buildings. covered
with roofs OF corrugated iron and divided
up into stalls by a lattice work OF iron
barn. The floor IL Of tiles. and each OF
the meat stalls has q white marble coun-
ter. Beef Is sold for from to cents
a pound. and other meats are exceedingly
cheap. There are ducks and geese and
queer chickens. The Fortelsxa fowls have
neither hair nor feathers on their necks
and heads. and their skin there Is blood
red The ears Of the chickens are strange
ly like those OF human beings They look
Hike buttons fastening the head together.
The lack OF feathers gives the chickens
a sort Of decollete air. 30 much so. indeed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28

ard 3omssacsted there In the family OF
GRE Of our most ploas society women.
one day the brazilian minister and his
wife happened TO call The parrot was In
the parior and IL entertained them willis
they waited for the paous lady OF the
house.
When the madam came IA she found The
minister lying On the sofa. rolling over
ard over with laughter, while has wife
had her hands ~ her ears. The parrot
whose language had not troubled the good
lady because she ai1 not understand Por-
fngnsse. Was really utfering the most vile
and indecent expressions yec can imagine
lt was 50 VIE that the Brazilian minis
:s~s wife legged the madam TO dispose
OF the parrot at cree. for IL was net AZ
- keep IN the family.
Horaes - L1nhep Wagons.
There are few carts or wagons n this
r@-s os tho world 0ocas are carY4~i
about 81 tie backs of horses and doukeya
Lumber 10 strapped 10 the sides es horse
and thus dragged through the ssre~sa
Fssswooa Is carried into town upon horses
Two wootsa hooks MADE OF forhed ilmbs
AsO fasfsaed On each SIDE os thu horse
- pa0k saddle a1A % thaso hcoas Z
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28

that II s~sgns positively indecent. II
were = Cesrs chicken | should certainly
wear a collar Q, hit os Iace around my
neck.
teaFa Lace.
speakgnx OF iaro, this "a ore az Csara's
spvesaiiies /; r sold in ,he market by
beth ec}orss women ard whites The wc-
men make 81 themselves Some 81 Il "a
very f=s and very cheap. II - sold by
ths yard. IN lace hAnaksrchie!s an. also
IN Jokes fer Chemis-s Every woman
Down here wears chevrlse cut icw at
the neck. ~ish about 81 inches Ok lace
SCI In NJ both the front and back. and
f'1asssng from shoulder 10 shoulder. In
order TIA. ! RAY not be sappnses! 20 he
rrYtss late the forbidden mysteries az the
'fssEst- woas1 say that IRE common w-
man % the markets ard elsewhere often
WEARS rcsniZs bat a ca@raise- which fails
frern TIRE rscs 70 the feet an. that any
"n~ who walks The ssrctis cannot help
ee~sng how suca garments are cut. beth
IA frort ara e~rtn3 He eanrs: hei1 as-
nslrsHx al ere same ;s.ne tae beautiful
esAw~Sey EssSaes - white showing
against TIE vsavety black. mahogany
hroua O. Sssesa yellow aides Of the AAme
oesA.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28

The nsoxt - ise houses are % 0ne story.
culs the better classes can aSa-9 two.
Zach hnus~ has ore or s~o windows and
= door facing the street Beth windows
ana door are covered With green shut
isF~ which raise 40 instead u swinging
bach. TIE shutters ~ the doors are 81
vssiesi IN halves al tne height of your
wakss The unp~r Asif cf eacA ,ssror -
USUALLY raised ssast snoagh fer Il woman
sr Siri 20 peep oua In many 90 the wiz
aows there are tao girls. but al every
window ssS every dear there - sns.
Tsss ~ sh. eessss,szss - sAs sguuy ssaa
St :s~ street. On the xssty ssefe the ~sr-
sSwr are op1n. sAs shutters raised pr Anj
tFe ~-esTen hang 0ssE ard starr They are
nss- resss. pretty women. ard raasy
have :hesr eA4r hanging dcwa their BACKS
TIE most arr untsssy ani not sew wear
f~nssstasr sszsaarsss Sore have babies trs
their arms ranging IN asss srena Hahn
Roger. ss,srg~ss. who you ssew was al
tie sFsssf. 80 as ols as sasr years
AL 80 tAess taaaos arw Gz&ea Their
rsatksrx squat theta hsssr& ssern on tie
window sal8s sad sa4saaay them shAzga
a&AY s4aity tbs Ezs.ss natural shsnx
"a she weird saaeea. there - no trimmed,
sssy - L. Cassase Are enay = mates q
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28

half load OF cord wood Is 30 balanced
that It viii not fall Of. Often the man
rides the horse, sitting on his back be-
tween the piles OF sticks, and sometimes
hanging his feet down about the neck.
All sorts Of burdens arc carried on tho
head You see women walking along bal
ancing pumpkins upon their heads. This
morning I noticed q boy thus carrying y
two.bushel bag Of flour. As he passed by
me he suddenly stopped at a fence AID
without lowering or touching his burden
lifted up his right leg to board about
two fest from the ground, and thus stand
ing. searched industricasly, Judge. for a
fiea or something else that was biting
him. II was probably something else. for
deas don't count here.
wonaerfuI Palms.
Among the most interesting things IN
this region are the palms. Just before
coming to Ceara our boat stopped at a
little town at the mouth Of the Parahyba
river. Parahyba 10 . state just south OF
this. the most Of which In low and trop-
icai. This town. Cabadello, In .is port
being connected with the capital city.
Parahysoa. which Is ten miles inland. by
railroad. The Parahyba river is lined
with cccoanut trees. There are thousands
OF them. some filled with nuts az big
your head In my ride 20 the capital Of
the state I passed through about ten
miles Of such palms all loaded with nuts.
The town Of cabadeiio 10 built OF palm
wood II 10 a collection Of huts matched
with palm leaves The huts have no win
dows and no doors In our sense Of the
word There are merely holes In the
walls. and those which take the place Of
windows have shutters Of woven palm
leaves tied or by strings. The doors are
made Of palm leaves. They are merely
screens OF woven leaves which are moved
away during the day.
This region Is the home OF tire
carnauba palm. one Of the most r~rnask-
able trees 30 be found anywhere. Nearly
every bit Of II il valuable It's roots when
made into tea Will clear your blood IKE
sarsaparslia. lite stem can DC used for
toists raf,ers and building material. or
IL can be ground up for making paper
or cloth.
The palmetto Of the earrauha 10 eaten
q. vegetable From II wire and vinegar
are made, and there II taken out % II =
sarchassne substance A. well AZ a szgo
famine this tree forms q large part NJ
the food Of the people. The fruit OF the
earnauha 10 used for feeding cattle and
the nut, which IL rather oily. makes q
good substitute for coffee. Ths stem OF
the tree has . pitch which can be used
for cork ana 81 the wood Of shs stem
musical Instruments. pumps and tubes are
made.
out Of sae stem also comes q white
fqu1d or sap. much like the milk Of thu
cocoAnut. and from u 10 also made .
oo0s eo0sWhA4 lko 0AasaA Of thA etsANl
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28

Another thing CeAra II noted Tor q Ito
parrots. The CeAra parrots are said to
be among the best takers OF the world.
Some Of them can swear In three lam
guages. and nearly all can whistle and
sing. They are smaller than the Ae4itAn
and African parrots. but arr Of Z beaut-
full green and blue. With = dash Of red on
their wings and necks. I bought two Of
them the other day. I paid IS 800 for
them Don't be frightened at the figures.
That is the way you write 1t In Brasil.
1t is only $4,000 refs. and 1880 reis Is Is
cents Of our money. 20 that my parrots
cost me little more than IS In gold.
doubt not will be glad to pay more than
that TO get rid OF them before have car.
ried them the six or eight thousand miles
have ret to travel before get home.
The man who sold me the parrots said
they would farie. Earle means talk, but
II they can talk at all they speak Portu-
guese. and they will not teach my chiL
dren to uss vulgar language a. % many
American parrots do. They will only be
dangerous when I have Portuguese calls
ery.
A Wicked Washington Bird.
And this reminds me Of a parrot which
was brought from here to Washington
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Ing saw him again. He We nel1le
our party. acting very susp1cic4
he said 70 me-:
can't do what promised r ~
pray you to hurry out Of ~ 49,
IT was shortly after this thai ~
We had mounted our horses. -
VI were riding through the -
when one OF the poetohnce nDon
me with q cudgel. I lodged Ho.0
q knife and stabbed one Of o.
the meantime I had driven mp
my horse and was riding away
man Of the party going with NJ.
cav that our brother hAd bern O..
came back. caught him - - u
the horse. and I found that ~ -
stabbed through the right 49,
held him there In my arms - -
course, there was q crowd AeO4
the murderer was arrested. He
IN Jail only few days and thea = s1
go fres. This ARRAY was ina(ee9 -
priests. for only an hour aftas -
them met man on the road 60
town and remarked tn him: II
three billy goats In town today, -
them has been killed, and tn = l.
had better watch out They ell -
goats. you know. / find this
nearly everywhere I 90. The Dse1o
lower classes are ignorant and ~ 4.
icaf. The priests ars also ignde
they do their best 90 drive a. - IL
country" FRANK q. CARP zs 4
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28

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navs ehildrsa, relatives, friends -
that 90 20. or know people that -
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AASENTIY CURE them. and oil - \.
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E9kppg Pssmassntly Cured 49,
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on the stem hats baskets, brooms and
mats are made. Much OF II In shipped to
Europe and some comes back to Brasil
In the form OF hats.
In addition to these things tho carnauba
tree aids largely In lighting THE part OF
Brasil. wax 10 obtained from its leaves
and from this wax candles are made A
great deal OF carnauba wax II sold in tho
markets OF Forteieza and quantities are
shipped abroad. Some years ago the Ell.
port OF carnauba wax from this state ana
nuaIiy amounted to more than 3.0oo,o 90
pounds. while the home consumption was
estimated at almost 2.000 900 pounds. These
figures I take from the reports Of one OF
our consuis.
CathoIiciam I'm DraniI.
Forteleza has several fine Catholic
Churches. and 30 has every city In this
country. The Braziiians are Catholics. In
tho state OF Rio de Janefro tho ratio OF
Catholics and non-Catholics Ia one thou
SAND TO ten. 70 that practically all Of the
people are under the church
Catholicism was tho established religion
under the empire. but when the republic
came In the union Of church and stats
was nomtnaIiy abolished and absolute
equality declared for all forms Of religion
Inc government. however, ssill continues
20 provide the salaries Of the chief officers
Oh the. church. There are In the conn, 90,
an archbishop. eleven bishops ana mors
IMAM x"o priests. In the cities there ara
Grated. s"'
IL IL different out In the COUNTY, II
some districts the people are fanat,ea1 am,
mans life In not safe IL h. tries :, yr.La
cohFrfia The women are tn. most radical
OF the anti -Irotestants. and they inci,s
taeir husbands and brothers to persscu,e
the missionaries
Chat With . Missionary.
There are quite number Of aners~.r
missionaries In Brazil They ar. rhs.ss,
Mefhodisss. Fresbys~rians ana Fntxrnn..
Hans. The Msthod.sts have xorna ys.v
sooh schools. especially IN Rio de- Iansiro
ana southern Brazil met in tn. state OF
faranyba An American medical rnissssnarv
% our Presbyterian church south. He has
oesn ~ work here for many years ana ba.
Travelled exsers;veiy over Northern nray,J
he tells me- that the Protes,anss hsy. /.
graf deaf Of trouble outside tse cfsts, sns
that missionary life In by no means srgs,
snap. Ss. he
TIE priests fnet'e the people axasr.,
Us have been close 10 death sevsrat
times within the last three month"; ana
never Know when l am safe from assault
o"iy rev weeks oxo. while z was p.each-
ZEE On town not far from here the noss-
na<7~F came to me and wanted nn~ 10
'eaFs ths.xht 10 wzs drunk ara =. "A
no attention 70 bis warning. Later in n.
aAy 10 came again. and told ne TIA. ~.
Village did not want ~. ana TIA, : "a
- ou1 91a& sS1ni1g 81 - -.
y -.
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further up and you have 10 depend upon
men. / have made the trip several tilnes
and have always thanked my stars THAI
! was not dropped into the water, - VAS
the case with another passenger, Bra
ailian dandy dressed In white duck. His
white duck suit got a ducking and when
he reached the shore he made me think
OF q drowned cat-a white cat.
Forteiexa lies on a hill just above this
beach. We climbed up the hill over a
cobbiestone road, went by a beautiful
park In which were palm trees and trop.
ical plants and then went TO low sky
blue building known as the French hotel.
From this point made my tours over the
city.
Streets Of Mashed Rainbow.
Fortelexa In remarkably clean. Its
streets are well paved with clean cobhles
and its houses hook as though they had
Just received fresh coat OF kaisomine.
The streets cross one another At night
angles. They all have narrow sidewalks
walled with these clean brightscolored
houses. As you look down one side OF the
street you have the effect OF a solid wall
splashed with mashed rainbows. Every
house IL Of q different color and all eoiors
are used.
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CRESCENT bicycles, high yre1e 1s
price. sels the story for 1853.
Huribu,. iz15-f 2i1 Second.
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PRIZE dancing. Ranks hall. 81 -
day evening
WA0NER'S Band. Madison -
afternoon.
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Three hundred yards Of -
NJ most sensational price 16
the very least sc. 40 IonGE
a. the lot lasts. this weel
An immense stock to che
Other sorts, up to 1.n yard. q
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hss handsl An this time the ladders aHo
held pointing straight up into the air..
One oE the Dembess oe the trouDo
standing between tho ladders then sgd.
ports three q the others On HI should-
ders. He then forms q bgfdge with his
boil ON top az the ladders and has one
Of his colleagues stand on his chest.
In the last feat one Of tho men, his
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-14
The llIogicaI EngIishman,

1t is always profitable to "see our
selves as others see us" and yet it is
impossible to understand how the Eng
lish clergymen who made use of our
two recent multi-millioniare marriages
as a text for his last Sundays sermon
arrived at the conclusion that "the
Americans are almost worse than our
selves (the English) in marrying for
money"
When Weary William remarks to
Dusty Rhoades in the comic paper that
''it's wonderful what some people will
do for money" and Dusty Rhoades re-
plies, 'Yes; why some people will even
work for it" the reply suggests the ad-
dition that some people will even
marry for it," but this does not touch
the American as much as it does the
European.
On the contrary, our just complaint
Is that in the matter of marrying for
money the European fortune-hunters
is enjoying practical monopoly.
1t might be profitable Tor that Euro
pean society which furnishes impecun-
ious husbands for our American heir
esses to "see itself as others see it,
New York World.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-14
Everything Free For Everybody.

congressman johnson, of Cleve-
land, Is one of the owners of a Detroit
street railroad and wishes the city to
buy 1t. He is a firm believer in the
municipal ownership of public utili-
ties" He says that "the time is COM
ing when the people will ride free up
on the street cars run and operated by
a municipality, the same as they now
get their letters delivered to them" p"
This frank statement of the Intentions
Of some of the advocates of municipal
control will interest taxpayers, who
do only the smaller part of the riding
on street cars. The operating of a
street railroad costs money. If the ex-
penses are not paid by the passengers
in the shape OF fares they must be
paid by the city operating out OF the
proceeds of taxes levied on property
Those who have taxable property will
have to pay the car fares of those who
have none. Undoubtedly II any large
American city were to get control of
its street railroads the first demand
made by the demagogues hunting for
the poor mans vote" would be for an
unreasonably low fare, so low that the
receipts would not cover the expenses.
The next demand would be for free
rides for the people, thus throwing on
the taxpayers the total expense of run
ming the roads. Such a demand
would be favorably received in a city
like Chicago, where there are many
voters who pay no taxes. They would
be pleased If it were proposed to fur
nish them with free water and free
gas at the expense of the taxpayers.
"If municipal ownership" is to end in
free public utilities" for the multitude
it will be well to let municipal owner
ship" alone.-Chlcago Tribune.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-14
COMPLETED
Is the Work Of the Grand Jurv for
the April Term.

The grand jury for the April term OF
Common Pleas Court completed their
work Thursday afternoon, made
their report of ii to Judge Jones and
were discharged.
They reported that they had examin-
ed seventy-fve witnesses on matters
pertaining to twenty-five cases and
that they found oisiNteen indictments
and ignored six cases.
They report on their visit to the
county Jail as follows: I'VE find 1t is
kept scrupulously neat and clean and
is in as good condition as the arrange
ment of the building will permit"
They found no ferries operating
without license except one operated by
D. T.. Riggs, whose license expired
Feb. 1st, 1899.
The grand jury was in session three
days.
Following is some of the indictments
found Ly them:
Bird Willis, assault.
George Lucas, Jr, furnishing intoxi-
eating I.quor to minor.
George Taylor, pocket-picking.
Isaac Cain, manning.
George and John Erb, disturbing
public meeting.
William p. Reed, carrying concealed
weapons.
George Swaney, assault and battery.
Hort Bramhall, assault and battery.
Augustus Ferguson, non-support of
minor child
In Common Pleas Court the entire
time of the Court was taken up Thurs
day by the case for divorce, entitled
Theis vs. Theis. NO decision was
reached.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-14
Blotting Out Dakota'S DISGRACE.

The divorce laws of North Dakota
which have been a standing disgrace
to that state for many years, will be
wiped off the statutes on July l.
Under these laws any one having
resided in the state for 80 days could
file a petition for divorce, and their
laxity made the proceedings to secure
legal separation easy. Under this
regime Dakota became the Mecca for
persons who sought release from mat
rimonial obligations, and would-be di-
vorcees fiocked there from all parts of
the country. Divorce colonies were
formed at Fargo, Grand Forke, Man
dan, Bismark, jamestown and o.ner
places, and the litigants kept the di-
vorce courts busy.
While the laxity of the divorce laws
brought many people to North Dakota,
few of them remained longer than was
necessary to secure the coveted decree
from the courts. Naturally, this state
of affairs evoked the criticism of all
decent people, and the reputation of
its divorce courts became a standing
disgrace to the commonwealth. For a
time the people of the state submitted
to the disgrace because of the pecuni-
ary profit which it brought, but the
agitation for the repeal of the laws
grew steadily, and the last legislature
was induced to blot them out.
The passage of the act repeating the
divorce laws of North Dakota has dur
ing the last few months caused a rush
of divorce-seekers thither, all anxious
to take advantage of the measured
days of the old regime. Those who
reached Dakota after April 1 are bar
red, however, since the 80 days limit
expires on July l, and all divorces filed
after that date must be under the new
law. The divorce courts are crowded
with litigants, however, and the clos
ing days of the old regime will be
characterized by the issuance of an ex-
traordinary number of DEGREES.
The new divorce laws of North Da-
kota are very similar to those of other
states where the marital relation has
been held in higher respect, and the
people of North Dakota can rejoice
that their state will no longer be held
up to scorn and ridicule as a plague
spot to decent society. The divorce
evil has been growing menace to So
ciety, and the tendency of late years
to make the divorce laws more rigid
has become quite general. Agitation
along this line has been started in
many states, and the demand for a
higher regard for the marital relations
is. sure to be followed by beneficial re-
sults.-Ohio State Journal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-14
Less Horses, But Not HorseIess.

The municipal council of Stuttgart,
Bavaria, has passed a law forbidding
the use of horses for trucks or heavy
freight wagons within the city limits.
The city, though only three of the
streets are of smooth, level pavement,
Is far ahead of other continental
towns in automobile vehicles, for both
passengers and freight. 1t really has
no need of horses, and, as the horses
are in the way Of the rapid locomotion
of the automobiles, the city has taken
the matter in hand and decided that
tie time has come for the horse to 60
Despite the numerous hills and un-
paved roads the automobile freight
wagons and carts have proven a great
success. Even the Bavarian farmers
are taking deep interest in the mat
ter, and the newspapers predict that
the time is not far OFF when the horses
will be principally of use for pleasure
drives.-L. A. w, Bulletin.