Conservative *
riages nrc to bo seen on Sundays and
Thursdays , on which days Palermo is
better patronized by the wealthy classes.
Says an English writer :
"Successive mayors have done their
best to add to the embellishment of this
beautiful park , but it was left to an
Englishman to give it the crowning
beauty by establishing arches of electric
lights , by which the gayety of the day
might bo prolonged into the night. "
Coming suddenly by train out of the
darkness into the broad belt of brilliant
light crossing the avenue of palms ,
catching a rapid glimpse as you rush by
of the endless string of carriages and
figures on horseback , is like talcing a
momentary peep into fairyland. When
ono is among the gay throng , however ,
the weird shadows of the trees , the daz
zling electric light throwing over every
thing a glamour as of moonlight , leave
an impression on the mind like the first
reading of 'A Midsummer Night's
Dream. '
"While all the carriage people , how
ever , and equestrians go on to Palermo ,
a favorite resort for a saunter on foot is
the Recoleta , with its grotto and rockwork -
work , its artificial waterfall , subtropical
plants , shrubs , and flowers , its well
kept paths and shady scats. Here , on
any fine "feast day , " between the hours
of 2 and 5 in the afternoon , may be seen
a crowd , which , for variety , has not its
equal. Groups of laughter-loving girls ,
clad in costumes of'all the prismatic
colors ; knots of happy , careless youths ,
smart as tailors' models ; types of every
race and color , white , tawny , red , yel
low , black , active and infirm , young
and old , rich and poor , all mingling to
gether , promenading , gossiping , flirting ,
ogling , and over all a sky as deeply blue ,
a sun ns bright , as anything of which
Italy can boast. But , bright and ani
mated as is the Recoleta at the time and
hours named , its greatest charms are
revealed a few hours later , when
the throng has dispersed and
evening set in with its balmy breezes.
The magnolia , the capo jasmine , and
other flowers of the season load the air
with their sweetness ; the chicharras
sing in the trees ; the tree frogs chirp
their peculiar , piercing note , while my
riads of fireflies , like tiny stars , dance
and flicker among the slirubs. There is
an especially prominent knoll overlook
ing the whole of the grounds , and com
manding a wide view of the river and
roofs of the houses , extending even be
yond the forest of masts in the / > oc
Here , on a summer evening , it is de
lightful to sit and enjoy the cool air and
watch the broad , shimmering truck of
the moon over the wide and tranquil
Rio do la Plata.
"There are several pretty suburbs
Belgrano , almost contiguous to Palermo ,
and the adjoining pueblo * of San Martin ,
San Isidro , San Fernando , and the
Tigro , while in the south , there are
Lomas , Adrague , and Tomperly , and
in the west , the Caballito , Plores and
Moron.
"Flores , Tempoiiy , and Belgrano , are
the districts mostly patronized by the
better class of English families , and
many of their quintan or villas have quite
a homelike appearance. From Lomas to
Santa Catalina , where the government
maintains a very fine agricultural col
lege , and from San Martin or Belgrano
: o the Tigro , there are very pretty bits
of scenery , reminding ono , at times , of
some parts of Cambridgeshire.
"Adrague is an aspiring suburb ,
which already has the electric light and
boasts of ono of the pleasantest hotels in
the country , called "Las Delicias. " It is
surrounded by extensive grounds , and is
the favorite resort of young couples
during their honeymoon. During the
hot months , it is a delightfully cool
place to live , and has lately considerably
advanced in fashion since the president
of the Republic , Dr. Pelligrini , has hero
established his private summer residence.
"The most pretentious and fashionable
suburb , however , is the Tigre , at the
confluence of the rivers Parana and
Lujan , about an hour's run from the
city , and formerly the terminus of the
old Northern Railway. It is here that
the English rowing clubs of Buenos
Aires and Montevideo held their regattas ,
and hither , during the season , come the
picnic , riding , and driving parties from
town. "
There are over sixty hotels in Buenos
Aires , besides innumerable boarding
houses. Of the restaurants , the writer
quoted above adds the following :
"Whatever may be the shortcomings
of some of the hotels of Buenos Aires ,
they are more than balanced by the ex
cellence and magnificence of the restaur
ants. There are several that may bo
called first-class.
"No city in the world of equal size
and population can compare with Bue
nos Aires for the number and extent of
its tramways. Not only do the urban
tram lines stretch beyond the city boun
daries to the outlying districts , north ,
south and west for distances of ten ,
twelve and fifteen miles , but from the
very heart of the city spring tracks
which , when completed , will extend for
hundreds of miles into the province
connecting many of its most important
colonies , and , in a great measure , super
seding railways.
"There are seven tramway companies
in Buenos Aires , and the combined
length of their roads amounts to no less
than 179 miles. ( In London there arc
only 11(5 ( miles ) .
"Tho number of passengers carried in
J890 was over 55,000,000 , or an average
of 152,000 per diem. "
The luck of the Spanish navy has
turned. The Leon XIII , with General
Toral on board , being attacked by
mob armed with brickbats , was able to
escape to sea.
NEW YORK , NEW JEHSEY , PENNSYL
VANIA AND CONNECTICUT.
Silver free coinage at sixteen to one
ias been repudiated by the regular dem
ocratic organization in each of the states
respectively called Now York , Now
Jersey , Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
In its regular state convention' in each
of those states the democratic party vir
tually renounces the Chicago platform
of 1896 and all the heresies it contained
including the attacks upon the federal
iudiciary and the assaults upon the
currency and credit of the American
people.
And those four states are indispons-
iblo to secxiro the defeat of the republi
cans. Without the electoral votes of
three of those states no democrat can bn
elected president. And no political or
ganization , avowedly for free silver ,
which means lowering the standard of
value in the United States , can carry
either of those states at any sort of an
election. It is now plain oven to those
who address themselves only to "tho
plain people" that no man can over be
come president of the United States who
has persistently , hysterically and parox-
ysmally paraded the country as the ad
vocate of a cheaper standard of value.
The frantic worshipers of the four hun-
dred-aud-twelve-and-a-half silver
- - - - - grains
dollar may wax warmly emotional , shed
tears and utter fervid prayers in their
attempts to make a dollar out of forty
cents' worth of silver bullion equal to a
dollar made out of one hundred cents'
worth of gold bullion ; but they will
make no more converts among sensible
citizens either East or West. The falla
cies and vagaries of that financial fetish
are becoming amusing when not a nuis
ance.
Taxation cannot be equal as the con
stitution of the state of Nebraska de
clares it shall be so long as county com
missioners arrogate to themselves the
power to pay premiums to delinquent
taxpayers as they do , in Otoe county ,
by settling with them at fifty cents on
the dollar for long-time overdue taxes.
When A pays his taxes promptly for
twenty years and pays them dollar for
dollar as they are assessed and B neglects
to pay for the same period of time and
then the commissioners accept from B
half the amount levied against his pro
perty there is no equality.
Such proceedings are not to bo de
fended either in law or in equity. Com
missioners cannot bo empowered to
over-ride the provisions of the organic
law of Nebraska. The law is not sus-
pendablo , nor made to be evaded , by of
ficials any more than by private citizens.
Let all taxpayers pay taxes just as they
are assessed. Let there bo no rewards
for delinquents. Cease ottering prizes
in the form of mitigated taxation , to
property owners who unlawfully ( post
pone liquidating their obligations to
either city , county or state.