The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21

perk Aosder paaeed ffum rernun TO pefxnn
Ia orcer thai al may clean their tee b
A1ser TIE nsh and steak The ether day
sAw man take . scoehptck cut q the
aofoef- pa: {. hack q his ussio xfss's ear
ior Cmn And thez return II 60 the hold
ef. N order that X nigh, he reads for
seine che else Tie man who did this vas
esfdensly rich. for. although hss SHIRT
showed ssEns 81 much wear. * Was sSrtn-
ktee With Diamond stots and rreesogo
stones CT asserted coiorx. He had q ia
none pin IN hts black string n~-ksse ana
also diamond rings.
what They Eat In Brazil
As 10 the meals themselves. we have
fear day. The 6ryt IS at o'ciccx. II
consists 81 tea or coffee and . cracker
A. s-3a there il breakfast. which -
much like dinner IN sss number *
courses. and at 4.5 comes dinner A.
tea Is served. The ssreakfas. begins with
soup, then fellows fsa OF meat frsf.e-a
then bratseS bee, CT vegetables. T1ere =
always q bowl q fzrin2 or roasted man
dsoca ncur ou the table This ss sp-lnkoa
over the meat by sozne OF the geesss. The
Brsxslians Ike Il. but i. tastes 1 lie saw
dust To me. There is also a mixture a
dried beee and black beams cooked up in
stew and tongue served in dneren.
ways The dessert Is usually guava ely
Eda'r cheese. oranges ana bananas The
dinner bill II just the same. the courses
ostas made aiuso<z entirely u measA
FFoa Rio 70 Pernanhuco.
Our frs, port o. call after leaving RIO
was the town Of Victoria TIE cayital e
the little state OF Eeperito Sanfo. Mex.
we came 20 Bahia, where / stopped for
soEne time and then made my way nor. h
On the same line 20 Maceo and ar last
70 this city Ct Recise or. as 1t Is gener8ly
called, Pernanbuco. Maceo Is pretty.
brizh;-coiorsd town Of Aaont 3 %, people,
the capital 81 the state 81 Aigoas
Algoas is about as big as West virgtcia,
and Il has about as many people TO the
square mile as Maine I. Ia an agricuI.
tural state. raising sugar. cotton and To-
bacco. In the warehouses at the wnarves
i saw sugar piled up like sand on he
noors, and IN the market piacs
quantities OF tobacco twisted uc In roDeo
% all sizes from cables 10 cloth lines To-
bacco Is here sold by weight the customer
directing acw much Of he twist he wan.a
In this trip ! see more and gre the exc
tent 10 which the negroes have inter
mixed with the Braxllians Ire ma tori y
OF the half million people Il Aigoas b W
eolored blood in their veins and of the
town Of Maceo there are many more COZ
orec than white. During my stay I tiid
not see score o. pure whites. alt1ough
there were negroes in great hunters
Little negro babies Of two and four years
spraTlei upon the cobeie stcre st-eetA
Negro boys rode yel ow mules loaded with
kerosene oil cans siuns TO the side. Of
the animals in The original boxes in ich
they we're shipped from Pm iadelpli Ia T Q
cans contained water at about a half cent
a gallon.
There were many IA. negro women on
the streets They walked along with i'm
nsns- bundles ON their heads their bos-
o'ns pushed 20 the front as fun as thai.
- the fat woman in the dime museum,
There were little yellow girls and 10
BY 'hs score going 10 school ans Wit
them other girls and boys Ct How
white
! visited the market. II covers q
square. bat the csief business seems q
be done by women and In many cases nv
ola slaves TIE younger generation Z
The colored raee are. as rule. sh I'll 50,
and the best * the regro popgia gior, IL
that which once served as slaves
The trade Of the market was wha. a
Connecticut Yankee vs. u.f cal. a waittI'ne
business Mes; things we're sold hy he
handful The chief merchandise Was mar
c!oca. rice. ccrn and beans Taese ara
the staple frods % the people TIE Bra
than the Bos;oEians The latter insist On
having leans Saturday and Sunday. while
the kraz;lians take their beans twtce a
Cay year In and year ogs.
In Pernambuco.
Leaving Maeso We next stopped at Per-
nam5uco. or ] should say Reci.e. There
ts no such city In existence Pernam-
baco. That Is the name ~ the state The
real name Of the city is Recife. The word
~rectfe" means reef" and Rectse gets III
name fsoFr a wonderful reef which runs
cut into the sea Tor a distance OF several
miles. Enclosing great natural dock.
which forms .s harbor. This reef Is
stone wali formed by nature. inctosing a
tank less than half mile vide and sew
sral miles icng. The wall rock az iow
ssse is perhaps ten feet above the water.
At high tide II Is alnloss covered but the
Braztlians have built another wall on top
az IL. 30 that the sea dssaes itself against