The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-08

growing plants, sometimes bouquets placed
there fresh for the day. and at Others artl-
fetal flowers and smmor;elisss made TO las.
for years. The doors OF the houses are
often plate glass. ALI have locks and not
few padlocks- Many have lace curtains.
and the most ara covered with gratings Of
Iron curiously wrought.
But where ara the inhabitants Of these
houses? God knows i can only show you
where their decayed bodies are. Come
with me 10 the cemetery. Through the
grating IN the floor of that vault which has
been opened 10 admit corpse you can see
steps which lead below. Here the pro-
prietor and his family sleep In the base
merit. Their beds are those collins resting
on the shelves. which have been fastened
one above another In that brick wall. keep
ing them in DEATH as In life, together,
while their friends stii living make their
offerings and their prayers above. / don't
know but that this Is better fhan our way.
These people lie here and dry up within
their vaults. We are planted in the earth
to give the WORMS a feast
What BuenOs Ayres Eats.
Speaking about feasting reminds ne that
the ATgentines eat more meat TO the per-
son than any other people Of the world
Outside the cities the people live on NUT
ton and beef. and there are tens OF thou
sands OF square miles UPON which the
people would be glad 10 trade a pound OF
meat for pound OF bread any day. In
Buenos Ayres the annual consumption Is
"a pounds OF meat per inhabitant, or al
five 10 the family. 1.s1o pounds per year for
each family In the city. This L. the high
est average In the world. Dublin has sixty
pounds per person, Berlin ninety nine
pounds Paris 16l pounds, and London l2S
pounds ! don't know what the amount is
for New York, but IL must be far below
the consumption OF the Argentine. / have
before ma the report OF the Buenos Ayres
markets for the last month. few quota
tions viii show you upon what the Argen-
tines feed. They ate within those thirty
days more than 5T.00c beeves. 75 900 sheep
and over 1900 pigs. They consumed 30 90
hens. 71.90o roosters and l2.0oo turkeys
geese ana ducks. They ate more than CO.
600 braces or partridgess, l.eupa0 pounds OF
fish and 100000 pounds of vegetables.
Among the other items are some dishes
which would create a sensation If served
at our dinners. How would you like 10
eat a dozen fresh. juicy sSfiaiis at a meal?
The people of Buenos Ayres, consumed
eleven tons of them las. month. They ate
liz tons of tripe and about 1000 youug
armadslos. Ar4nadlios are among the
delicacies OF the Argentine. They are
about as large as No derby hat. and
they look not unlike Turtles. save that
their backs are more rounded. The arrna-
GilIo has feet with claws. but It's head is
mitch Ike that OF q pig. It's meat tastes
ike young chicken. and IL is SO much in
demand that arrnadiiios always oring a
good price in The markets.
The Markets Of Bmenos Ayre..
Buenos Ayres has excellent markets
There are twenty in the city. but il IS in
the Merca1o Central that the most business
s done. This market has an area about
eQua! 70 one Of our city blocks The food
offered for sale Is as good as tina: sold az
home. There are all sorts Of meats. fish
and vegetables. There are huge pears from
the Argentine and oranges and pneapples
from Paraguay. There are grapes as sweet
~ any grown IN California. which have
been brought 10 the city from the foot
hills OF the Andes and there are peaches
BY the bushei from about Buenos Ayres