Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-22
DFsERKT EVENING NEWS SATURDAY, APRIL 90,

the same way. a score Of fowls are put
in wicker crate and the huckster
walks with this crate on his head from
house TO house. the chickens squawk-
ing. lighting and Growing a. he moves
through the streets. -.' -
BRAZILIAN STORES.
nut let US look ut the stores The
Ouyldor has good show windows, aud
walking through II " like passing
through the airlcs OF museum. Here
Ia Jeweiry establishment What q lot
Of diamonds and precious stones are
Displayed in the windows. llrazil is ono
OF the best diamond markets Of the
world and the people. II is said. care
more FOR their dress thnn their atoin-
achs.
Won can see this better by looking at
the tailor shops and millinery stores.
The styles come from Paris aud the
goods are marked with such prices that
q cold chill runs down your spine as
YOU look. Think ~ paying i0.000 and
20 600 "A yard for silks. and over there
among the dry goods you may SOC CONF
mon dresses marx cd 1900. 1000 and 1000
Der yard. what can those fiaures
mcan7 II they mean cents they VIII
bankrupt us. Don't be alarmed They
are not cents nor dollars. They are
BRAZILIAN rcis. and II takes 1000 rcls 10
be worth 10 cents of our money. 90 that
YOU get 1000 rcia FOR n dollar.
I changed 200 gold dollars ut the bank
today and received In exchange more
than a million and quarter refs. This
seems to be mn enormous amount. but
at my present rate ~ expenses u VIII
rot last me three weeks.
have spoken ~ marked prices. Tho
fact that the goods are marked u no
index of how they are sold. Everything
goes By decker. and the wise buyer al
- - H.
Trade II n matter Of bargain. and a
large part OF the business II done In the
auction chops. I found this also true In
the Argentine. There " scarcely n
street In Ruenoa Ayrcs or RIO Janelrp
which has not several auction shops.
You can. In fnct. hid on anything. from
r plii TO palace. from plant to a
plantation.
IN THE MARKET or mo.
The markets u RIO are not Ear from
the Ouvidor. They arc right on the bay.
40 that the fsh are brought In boats ana
laId out on the stone wharves and
there sold In lots. Here the huckstcra
come with their baskets and peddlc
them about from hous" 10 house. aud
from here they are also taken To the
nsh stalls In the markets
The most ~ the pcddllnr ~ done by
Italians. who carry nsh ana vegetables
In baskets hung nj the ends ~ poles
which rest ON their shoulders.
Let us go into the market houses,
They are In long buildings back from
the water and We shall md that they
are filled with all kinds of fruits. vegc.
tables and meats. There ATE tons OF
onions. car loads 81 tomatoes ana pep.
perr ~ all kinds. from blk green SORT
We use for pickles To- chilils, little rod
pills ~ liquli hell which take
The skin from your stomach or tongue.
How queer they sell things onions
are put up In strings about two yards
long. the stems Of the onions being
interviewer with straw. What flnc
onions they nrc' Some are NJ big as
your list Those came from Portugal.
and N you ask you Will ma that arcat
quantities Of things are imported. Bra
I'll has M good clims for fruit and
vegetable raising an cat be- found any
where. but the people mi he their money
On coffee and pay his. prices 20 the
farmers Of Europe.
AMERICAN APPLES ~ mo.
Grapes are brought by the ship load
from Portugal They bring frum 30
cents to 81 a pound. according Ia quail
~ and the state Of the market. There
are many fne apples from spain. They
arr shipped wrapped IN papcrnnd bring
frpm 90 10 ~ cents u dozen. There IL
no reason why quantities % apples
should not be- sent here from New Eng
land. for I am told that the captain