El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

I parties and when leaves and branches
I are hung over the door Of a hut you
/ may know that some kind of an enter
I tainment Is going On within Tney
( have dances Of their own which are &C
/ companied by songs, a sort OF a Bra
! lillian ragtime, that go over the cOun-
/ try
Most OF them are religious. Many OF
/ the priests and preachers have African
! blood in their veins. The negroes have
/ their own churches everywhere There
are more than 400 negro churches in
/ this city alone They are fond OF the
moving picture show and the circus
brings them out en- masse.
one Of the worst vices Of the negro
OF Brazil is drunkenness Liquor is
very cheap in this country and sugar
! brandy can be bought at such a rate
/ that days wages will keep a man
drunk for week So far there has
been no great prohibition movement,
and the question as TO whether local
ity shall be wet or dry is not agitated
Bahin n Growing City.
The city Of Bahia now has $50. 900 in
habitauts and it is rapidly growing
The city is one Of the Oldest on the
American continent II was founded in
1913, only 81 years after the discovery
Of America, and il was the capital Of
Brazil for 200 years At present il is the
capital OF the state Of Bahia and one OF
the chief commercial ports of the re-
public Bahia has zoo miles Of coast
Inc anu II mas al area OF EUOAL LANE
times that OF Kentucky. A great part
Of the state is mountainous, and much
Of II is more than 2000 feet above the
level OF the sea and is consequently
and sugar will grow anywhere There
are cotton and sugar mills in different
parts Of the state.
The custom house officers are ne
groeS. Inc policemen are negroes Tney
are dressed in blue suits and walk with
a strut It seems strange TO hear ne
grOes talk Portuguese
Market House Imported From L. s.
The market house OF Bahia came
from the United States 1t was ordered
for Buenos Aires. but bought by Bahia.
It is great building of glass and steel,
standing in the lower town close to the
sea It covers two or three acres and
IL is filled with iron cages and stalls
beautifully finished Each stall is
shop The market is filled with vege-
tables Of every description. There is no
cold storage plant connected with IL
and all meat must be sold the day that
it is killed. Some does not keep
throughout the day, and as q result the
prices 80 down as the clock goes
around You can buy a tenderlOin
steak at o'clock for about One-third
Of its cost at noon.
Has American Elevator.
Another American product is the ele-
vatOr that carries one up to the bluff.
Its tower is made Of American steel, !
and the motive power is electricity.
There are also electric railways be-
tween the two sections. The latter
wind their way up the hills. They
pass many fine houses and then 90
into the new residential district, where
there are buildings some Of which cost !
as much as $4,000 Many Of them I
are Of stone, others are Of brick and /
others are walled with bright cOlOred !
porcelain tiles as fine as those OF a
bathroom Still other buildings are
covered with carvings. The lawns are I
well kept and filled with tropical /
plants Some Of the houses seem to ]
stand in little gardens Of Eden. Every 4
where new buildings are going up. ]