The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-27


daily newspaper offices, are all worth
visit. Nor should the vast Da Misera
cordia hospital be forgotten nor thre
or four other asyluns for the sick, indi
y gent and afflicted Among the latter
the Foundling's Home, with it's swing
ing cradle in the rear wall, in whicl
unwedded mothers may deposit thei
offspring, under the friendly cover O
7 darkness, sure that the poor little Jet
, sam of sin will be received and caret
for by the good sisters inside, and tina
no embarrassing questions as to pater
', nal responsibility will ever be made
When the cradle in the wall swings
around with it's living burden it rings
bell, which summons the nun whose
business it is to be always within hear.
ing, and the little one is at once con
veyed to the nursery. All the tiny
cast-aways of Portugal, having nc
names of their own, are given that OF
the bishop at their christening together
with the name of the saint or saintess
on whose day they were brought to the
asylum; and so the reverend celibate is
the foster father of several thousands
and his august nome has become more
common than Smith or Jones in the
United States. A similar arrangement
prevails in all Latin countries and
whether it is a wicked encouragement
OF vice, or vastly better than the Anglo
Saxon manner of leaving unwelcomed
infants on door-steps and in by-ways, is
yet mooted question which each mind
may solve for itself
Oporto's well-appointed museum con-
| t91nS oil inf OF I'M o.
articles, a more complete collection of
Brazilian curiosities, especially the
wonders of the upper Amazon, than
even the great Museo of Rio de Janeiro;
also q full representation from the
Azore Islands, the Canaries and other
Portuguese possessions. Most valuable
and interesting of ALL because unique in
it's way, is an old gallery of portraits of
the royal family and other personages,
spelled with a big p, who have figured
| in Portuguese history. Their counter
| felt presentiments" are all there. male
and female-the six Kings John, the
| two Doms Pedro, Catherine of Bra
ganza, Ines Castro, down to Pedro Sc
gundos' little granddaughter, who died
in Brazil just before his enforced re-
tirement from the throne. Vasco da
Cana, Albuquerque, and other historic
characters, far more interesting to the
world at large than those who We're
merely born. to the purple, occupy OBJ
scure corners in the badly-lghted room,
and in their quaint black costumes call
to mind those mythical but sometimes
potent gentlemen, the Jack of Clubs and
the Jack of Spades. A number of these
long-dead scions of royalty do not sleep
in Portugal, but their restless spirits
wander--if ghosts do walk at all-about
the scene of their greatest splendor and
subsequent disaster far across the sea
REGISTERING Dom Joao vi. who, when
sober, was all that could be expected of
Latin king, but when drunk allowed
his soldiers to divert themselves by
tossing squealing pigs and Portuguese
babies on their spears was buried in
the Ajuda convent of Rio; as was also
the late emperor's mother and sister,
and the young daughter of Princess Is
abella.
The large English colony of Oporto
has church and cemetery of it's own
the former, of course, Episcopalan /
These exiled sons of Britain, who are
the leading merchants and importers of
the place, manage to make life enjoya-
BILE here, in spite of the plague and the
unpleasant misunderstanding something
very like that of the right little, tight
little island in the nasty fogs that eve
ry day come stealing UP the Douro at
the turn of the tide, shutting off the
as with thick veil, within
an inch or two of ones nose. The few
who have families here
live on the breezy heights above the un-
healthful heart of the city, while the
bachelor contingent inhabits the Fac
-ory"-a singular name, by the way, for
30 magnificent club. There the male
stranger within the gates is entertained
light royalty, while visiting ladies are
aiken care of by the English families i
IN the hilltop. With commendable !
rational pride, the first thing these good
people will show you when setting out s
o do" the town, is great double
licked bridge over the Douro which I
marks the site of the Duke of yelling .
on's famous passage of the river, in ,
he spring Of 1909, when he surprised F.,
nd put to flight Soult's army Of dou- 6
lie his own numerical strength. a
There are two rather handsome rail- e
ray stations in Oporto-one sending a
ne to the foot of the eastern noun v
aims, via the frontier town of Valencia, d
n the Minho the other running up the b
alley of the Douro to PHO da Ragoa, n
here it forms junction with the L
parish road from Madrid to Paris, tt
nus materially shortening the journey fl
'om Lisbon to the French capital. Ct
1t is astonishing how much business j
transacted in Oporto every day in the W
ear. Aside from the manufactures n
hich have given 1t the pseudonym of h
the Manchester of Portugal the roy b
tobacco-works, royal soap factory Sc
nd other crown monopolies. there are e,
of silk and cotton hos te
ry, of silk brocades and cloth-of-gold,
ce, buttons, glassware, pottery, fur ri
ture, gloves and dozen other arti- b,
es, employing several thousand pt
Tiled workmen. Excellent lenen Is al
so made and exported; leather goods, ID
pes, sails and other things pertaining w
the vast shipping interests; and the tn
'ldsmith's work of Oporto is famous hi
e world over. The export of port N
inc alone amounts to many millions a BIT
ar Next comes oranges and oil; pc
en- grapes, lemons, onions, preserves ur