Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-04

girls. ! did not md this always nm
easy task. for the seats were 30 close
that the knees Of the women ON the
opposite seats almost touched. and I
had TO 40 very carefully 10 avoid step
ping ON their bare toes. Many " them
aided me by drawing m their Trilbya."
smihns at my care ne 7 went by
WOMEN PEDDLERs.
At most " The stations the coming ~
the train was the great event 81 the
day Half the town would rush 20 the
depot as the whistle blew. and a crowd
Of women peddlcra were to be seen
squatting on the platform. Some had
bushels u oranges before them. Others
sold vegetables ana others meat Think
Of selling raw meat at "a railroad sta.
toni Nearly every depot ON this road
has ita butcher women who sit ON the
stones with great baskets ~ raw beef
about them and pcddlc chunks out 10
the passengers. All ~ these butcher
women had cigars IN their mouths. ana
they smoked ns they chatted with one
another between sales Other women
were selling lacuH and others had baby
clothes. I saw one OF two shoe ped
oilers and some were selling cakes, eat
ablcs and sweets.
TEN ORANGES FOR \ CENT.
The oranges were delicious. There
ARE none better 10 be found anywhere
than In Paraguay and none elsewhere
20 cheap.
have bought a dozen oranges every
day rincc came into Paraguay. ana it
u surprising how many one can eat.
/ The poorer people live on them during
/ the season. and 10 u not uncommon Tor
] n man TO eat twenty-five In a day. You
/ can set them almost for the asking. I
/ have had ten FOR n cent. At one ~ the
\ a
worth thrcc.quartcra " an American
I cent 10 an orange GIRL saying In my
| gihberish spanish.
"QuantoH oranges por un medic.
HenoritnG"
"ocho" tclghO. replied tho damsoi. az
/ Hhe grlppcd her cigar between her ivory
/ tooth and held out both hands full ~
| oranges. They were na nne as any
raised on tho Indian river. They were
| fresh from the trees. and had | been
able 20 go 10 the orchards might have
| probably had them for the picking.
l Hero orange trees are seldom cultiVat-
/ cd. but they produce fruit OF such
/ sweetness and color that you might
think the sap was mixed with sugar
ana gold.
The skins Of the oranges are full Of
oil. They have ~ much that n We
squeeze an orange peel bubbles ~ oil
/ viii stand out upon H. and " you touch
| match 10 them these bubbles VIII
l gu on In flash as though they were
/ powder. | should think that factories
/ for making mnrmaladc and other
things from oranges might be chtab-
lishcd here ut profit.
QUEER THINGS IN PARAGUAY.
am surprised at the beauties OF In.
tcrior Paraguay. The country n roll-
| Ing, and there IN something new 20 be
seen at almost every turn 90 the car
| wheel. There are orange trees In the
thickcts and nearly every village ~
matched huta has orange trees about ",
I There are palm trees on the plains.
/ They grow In groves or In clumps rnth-
or than In forests. Some varieties nro
loaded with nuts. treat punches OF little
balls. no larger around than a walnut.
but % the same shape as the large
cocoanuts sold In our markets.. These
little cocoanuts are very valuable. and
the raising OF them IL one ~ the most
| profitable OF the smaller industries %
| Paraguay. They are ground up and
used Tor making soap.
Large parts ~ Paraguay are natural
pastures, with here ana there clumpa
| OF woods ar forests scattered through
them. II Is only tho hills that are cov-
erred with trees, The most OF the other
lands have rich growth OF grass.
| Nearly all ~ the land along the railroad
IN taken up. II n held In large tracts.
many ~ the farms being fenced with
barhcd wire. II II queer to notice the
different kinds Of pasture. Some are
covered with grass. which II coarse.
gray and dead, and right next to these
you will ride through meadows a. green
as Kansas In juno, The green fields
nrc whore the land has been burned
over 10 Improve the pasture. A. soon
~ the dead grcsH IL burned m the
green sprouts como up, This burning
IL done by many farmers once every
year. I have found the grass better as
have come 10 thu south. About pirapo
there N grass an high AZ your waist.
and the cattle are standing In II up TO
their bellies.
The cattle are OF a mongrel breed.
They are much like the long-horned
stock which we had In Texas a genera
tlon ago. and which. until within few
years, was common IN the Argentine.
Now the ArgcntincH have very fine
stock. and this VIII eventually be the
ease among the ParaguayanH. The
most Of the stock here feed out In the
open without visible care, ! have seen
no herding. although ON some of the
farms ! have watched the cowboys
rounding up the cattle and branding
them. The cattle are thrown Ia the
ground ana the brands put ON with
redhot irons. Upon rising they are wild
and rcvcngcful. and frequently attack
the cowboys at such times II they can
catch thcm ON loot.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ANT
HILLS.
one OF tho queercst things TO me In
this country n the ant, II IL the only
thing that turns Paraguay upside down.
II IN the only busy thing In the country.
and you sec evidences OF It's work
everywhere, There are fields here COW
cred with thousands OF ant hills. Some
hills are 49, big as n hayeock aud a
yard In diameter. Others are not as
large as o sugar loaf, They are rod
or brown. according 10 the soil OF which
they are made, These hills spot this
landscape AZ the burial mounds do that
OF China. They ARE found In the Guilt
waited landa and In the pasture fields
where you see LONG horned cattle eating
the grass among them. Sometimes
they are only a few feet apart and
sometimes fifteen and twenty ana more.
Each Of these hills II an ant village. II
N an ant catacomb populated by thou
sands OF ants, There are aa many ant
works below the surface az above IL,
and when Held IL 10 be- cultivated tho
first work Ia 10 get rid OF the ants The
only way TO do this Is to dig out the