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ASSORT2s'IJ 1TT , PROLIFIC IN 2vIJ RIT , INCOMPARABLY INGXPI NSIVJ. IN PRICi ,
® V , VV -v rr Ratges LtC , , yh Queeusware French linn , Carpets Draperies Need n ttrn1 itre . /
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One of our onto depnrtmente-occupies En 115h anti Amen- , To htlvo n nicely furnished home does tint ttecoastlrily moan oxponaivo fnrnl811-
nbout anc-hnlt at our entire third floor , cnn Semi I'orce. a ore That give (0110 and finish to lags , Theao advertised artleloe roireanl big vnlue5 and tnentt a anvlttg of many
hero cnn Uc s c en nil the best makes- Inln o f ever y deg dolinra to all 4vho wish to tak'f ndvantagc.
Quick Meal , Peninsular , Eatnte , etc. Big j , s ecrtplion. The tar- yOlll' little 1101110 : is 110111111 "
cuts Into the former prlcea of these goods ) ' Best moot and hl belt the nssort west. . Floor covering , with prices
will make this n lively d0pltrtment this hcso pricen will else can-Won't cost you much Sideboard , solid oak , htghh pnlished , bevel Odd Pnrlar Chair , worth $ A oo-- 5
ncett. v .1 t you how atlael1ed , that actually make _ pinto mirror , one drawer vciwet 50 price thin week t
'you con do hero , lined , worth E30- price lidsweek lu hair Mattress , very line , worth
etncK 5tcA 1Cjc lkeal It a pleasure t0 purchase. either. Wardrobe , antique tinlsh , Q * 15unto this week ' 915
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. Chinn Ten Sat consfsting of 65 pieces , and rnotny , worth $ lfrlltla week rot t OIRco Desk , wort
handsomely decorated , and very pretty NOTE THESE LITTLE PRICES ; . this week , rf , . , . 9 75 .
rasoii iie $ hnpcs , worth $18,00- Our Stroll 1101(1 is a 75e all Cmnbinnllon Bankcnan anti Ucak , aalld oak , $17.64-prlco $
price ! tits 'week ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 25 nicely arranged , worth fully $2C- Corner Chair , Ronan design , p
QInCK MEAL 100 Heed English Dinner Set. These dinner Wool Ingrain Carpet for 42e price this week , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 15 50 worth $8.0'-price this
Stoves set8 are positively warranted not to cruxes 1 lottln Umn Lnco Curtains late arrlvnl s , llookcnac 5o11d onk worth $13- l.ndtes 'Dressing Table , onk or mnhog-
the decoration is very pretty ; 250 of these this week , deslgna , worth $1,50 per pair , lido week $13615 soy f worthItrie plate
than new 191 price " " " " " ' " " " " " , . 9 9
? Toro Qutck Meals In use in Omaha eleagant dlnner acts wurlii $11,00 this week r or , worth $17.50price tilts week
all tnaolber rn + tltes cornbhned , All Quick goon ante this week Price Onyx top table. very pretty brass ; 90 ardruba Couch , worth $15.00-
195 Unlon Carpet , prep Pntlcrt , closely ,
Y wet
Alcnls nbsolutety ganrrntecd ( rain the for ooh' work worth E12-price this wick „ price this week 5 95
, wnrlh 45c- Lace Curtalns , tine lox'
. en - Nottingham very
1lncst infra OtrSUuto to Stove expenalvc. anlo Quick Chiln Dinner Set , beautifully decorated in price thts week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27e tare , good ed b e , worth $3.t - Dining Chnlr , high broad back and large Lndles' writing desk , sn11d oak or ma-
this Meal week at , , , , , , , , , , , an , , , , , , , , natural colors on the very ! , test of ware , price this trick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 wood sent , fnlshed In antique , 95C hognny I1dsh , worth $11,50- 6 15
choice of three tsorlln
o patterns ; 1915 ITnlf wool Ingrain Carpets , worth $1.&A-prtcu thla week . . . . price tills weep ,
t then week , worth 651 _ Prtco this week. , . . . . , , 39e ' ' Center ' 1'aUlc '
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Muslin Curtnlna tufted edge , newest 1n !
COOk Stoves Toilet Set , conalsltng of Ewer and basin design , worth 8254tufted , newestQ p , ' $ nnllqueweek , . 50 solid oak , worth $ , $2.T&-this 110
chamber and cover Mug Soap Slab and All Wool Ingrain carpet , worth 42c price this week . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . , , . 1 LU Cobbler loather , solid onk , Werth i'
Very flno smooth cnstings. guaranteed a amp jar , nicely decorat ; worth 3 35 ,6c-prico this week Child n Folding Iled , ( cry pretty , 4 95 5rclco this week 2 5 , ,
. , . worth t4 , Tlea lilts week.
baker anti vac Y cconarmcnl. Worth regularly $6.50-price this week $ -I
perfect WorthToilet Irish Points Lace Curtalns fmportallon ao Cnrts , Ileywood make , worth
$113,61-un solo this Toilet Set-complete with 12 pieces and Brussella C + trtet , beautiful color531 , Mantel Ibidhtg Ded , nnthpto finish nice 75
$ S 35 this week 531 tat recctved , air worth $7,50- , $ , ilia week , , , , ,
week at . . , . . . . . . . . . . prettily shaped jar , assorted decoratIns ings , worth Soc , Price „ price Ibis week 35 Pnnc1 front , equipped tvllh adpnslnt'Ie '
trait ] led , white ennnlclal brass lrhn
north $ C t10 - steel spring , worth , .
Q , rlco this week , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 3 95 Velvet Cnrp , very rich and elegant pat- $11.60- . . . 915 mid , worth $4.00- l
trice this week 2 90
- Ube el R al flne tern s , beat tv enrlnl : carnet made , Brussells Net Lace Curtains , genuine 1 price this weep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Umbrella 1Tolder , made of enrthenwaro worth $1.10-price this week , . . . . . . , c Roods , beautiful patterns , pale Chiffonier , aa11d oak 5 largo
ecorniled . $ - 75 ] [ nil l Settees , new dleslgn worth
Star Equate , come in all the desirable and rice nicely thin dwee { ' worth $1.611 85e worth ; 9,5u-prico tills week' , , . . . drawers , worth $ I2-this week. . , . 5 95 lhltt week. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
sizes , These ranges hate Inrgo square 1 ' Axminster Carpets , dainty and choice pat- Isinrrin Reclining Chair , w'orUl
ovens , lined throughout with heavy sheet , The following articles , nicely decorated tents of this seasons latest pro' Chenille Curtain , bordered de- , this neck . . . , 125
of asbestos , nil parts closely rt' n and slipple4 gold edges all to match- ductimt , worth $1.23-this week. . 591 alga , worth ; 1.75 - E11,6D-prico t
eted , worth $40.00-price this wick L0 50 price this weak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 , led Lounge , well made , worth 9 5 0
pat'a $11J0-price thin week . . , . . . , . . , .
Matting , just 160 rolls of one pat'
received.
Conch , unholsturcd ht velour or corduroy ,
Seasonable Bargains tern , worth regular 30c-
prtcu tht1s week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tapestry Curtains , handsonely fringed , worth E12lx1- 190
® $3.00 Ice Cream , Freezer- $4g0-I rIflnth this . , , . . . .
I 95 $1,5U-eels this week . , , . ,
price this week Isintthng , very flue cotton warp , indeed n „ B r Jn laneso Screens , worth $7,60-
; 5,00 Slone Water Filler- big bai'unin , worth regular 95cq [ ) price this week . . , . . . . , . . , . . . . . , . 3 51J 1
64c the Q
A 95 nope Portieres , prettiest drapery for
I trice this twcelc IwIco this sveck stuntner use' pair , nicely draped , rich cot- E worthett , assorted finishes , ( 55 -
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worth rtes
$5.00 Lawn Mower- q orcd and detgn of rope worth e-price week.
pCICO thin R'CC „ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6.5 O11 cloth , Uenutlfui gloss finish with henry E1,54-price ! tats week , . . , . . . . , . 35 ] ails Stools , assorted
_ locking anti i trill y patterns , . ' ' . . . . , I 46
$ n. .50 IInmmoclc 4c-tltln week , . , . . . 23e worth $2.64-Itl'ICC this week . p
price this week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 worth regular - IrnmUoo mul Bend Porlleres ht many tilt 7 hail Tree , solid oak , nicely pot- 15
6ole agents- -00 lnfnnts' Bath Tub- Linoleum , north 75c- forent patterns. Pnlr worth $3.00 ! shed , worth $12- price this week
- Price this week 98c price this week 451 -on sale this week 1 70 _ _ _ _ _ _
t w - - LEON RU $ 1.00 Bird Cage- oc a v ! I 1s
Price this week
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yirlco thus week fc ! 51,111per n'erl : or 1J LUU per month rt r ,
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, Price ( ile week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c . aft [ t 11111 then nn _ lnit ( et'-get y j )1 et-
perfection of $ LL'i n'eclr "r .011 month ,
f ' ' 1tefrlgcrttovs.IIas ( per Per i \ / ty - ' tl ; , ulal'
% t On a 1111 of yu ) IIU / / g : .
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r r < ! t orallvnolLuCOtl Perpetual L : , per srecl : or t411.UU per month -L 1SCCI { . ,
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i . 1 Clcuu.t y. are having an these'- , tier : or RIOO ( per month , ' r sicced 1n ! , 1 !
for h.ol [ ht the _ goods still conlhnues. We . . He Y { VO o B a b Cal rl * Ld pntlermie u [ alit Unp- t
age pntlermietoll
w ' of snrlug ic0 , Y , have now n larger and On n 1111 of > Flto,00- 4tu n entry , toll alitaprDlg ,
. . $ IW Rofrigcrater nt0ro tatted nssortmcut _ ® ) 2.tO per trek or y10.00 per mouth well ttjhOlstllred ) , worth . 3--z . lnahngnny lhtlshed
" f y.roil. " 4 this u uelt that ever biters Prices ' or snlld sic frame
I1 A y t OIL i1 bill of $ L'111601111- tenttlur$12.50 , (
upward from . , . . , 6 5 worth $15 p
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3astronomy Among the Peruvians and Their
Ourious Dishes.
PARADISE Of TUE HOUSEKEEPER
Gulnra Pig Stctvs nod Itzt' Fish wltlt
Lemon Juice-A I.nud of Rat
'I'htugi.-Itoof focus-Anter-
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( Copyrighted , 1698 , by Frank 0. Carpenter. )
LIMA , Peru , May 2.-Special ( Correspondence -
enco of The Bee-Tho American minister -
ister and myself spent this morning in the
markets of Limn. 1Vo met at the market
house al 7 a , in. , amt ate our dlceuno at a
little restaurant jsit off the main aisle.
Dlccuno is what the Peruvians call their
first meal. It is taken on rising and , cot-
elate of two little pieces of toast and a cup
of coffee or tea. The real breakfast is not
taken until 11 or 12 o'clock , and dlutlar does
not come until 6 or 7 in the evening. The
minister and myself are afflicted with good
American appetites and we pieced out the
meal with two bunches of white grapes ,
each of which was as big as your head , The
grapes themselves bohlg 85 large as damson
plums. Our local was a most democratle
one. The table was largo , and we had
hardly taken our seats before an Indian
n'ounn , with a broad brinmed Panama hat
coming well down over her bronzed features ,
sat down opposlto us , nod ordered an Ice
cream , which was served In a champagne
glass , Then a pock-marked Peruvian of the
lover class look a seat al the table for his
chocolate , and just as we were about to leave
a fat old negress , wearing a blank mnntn , or
shawl , which covered the whole of the upper
part of her body , and all of her head , excepting - 1
cepting her face , slid down into a chair
beside me. White wo were eating wo Were
besieged by peddlers of various kinds , from
Women who offered us lottery tickets to men
who had for sale w'axeu Images of the Ylrgla
Mary , dressed In the latest modern styles.
All about us were the queer characters
tsldch ntako tip the lower classes of the
I'eruvlan capital. T11ero were conks by the
hundreds buying their marketing for the
day , talne Were Chinese , some negroes and
many were 1'eruvlans with the yellow skits
which shoe that they are a product of thu
natl o Indians and the Spanish. There were ,
scores of wouten pressed all ht black , with
only their faces showhlg out of their black
n
sllaw18. There were many market women
ht calico dresses wearing straw lints , and
not a few queer pcoplo trout the mountains
who looked about with eyes of wonder at
their first eight of the great city. Tu e
crowd numbered lbousands , 511(1 It. as the
busiest crowd I have seen in Peru ,
A Load of hat ' 1'hhttrs ,
Peru Is a land of fat things , There are
really so many wonderful products here that
I hesitate to describe them for tear I may
sot be believed. What would you think of
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string beans as long as your arts. We saw
iota of them at the vegetable stands , They
weero tied up ht bunches and hung upon
poles , We saw potatoes as yellow as gold.
There are 1110 papas aumrlllaa of Peru ,
which are a bright yellow when cooked ,
We saw sweet potalles of mauy kinds , 50(00 (
of which were as big as thu yams of Alner-
Ica. Then there were quantities of yucca ,
a tuber which grows about two feet long ,
and which la as big around as a base ball
club , It is not unlike the potato , but the
flesh fa more transparent , waxy and jelly-
Ike. Tills Is one of the chief foods of
I'eru , lVe saw roasting ears at hearty
ivory vegetable stand , and ( n the grain
markets handled varieties of corn which I
Lave i16Yer teen at home , Same of Ike
corn was as black as ink and another kind'
was of a light yellow , with grains almost
as big as a Lima bean , These two vane- I
ties are so meally that you can make flour
of them by pounding them with n stone.
They come front the mountain farms , and
to a great extent form the food of that part
of Peru. We saw squashes and melons of
all kinds. Many of the vegetables I could
not understand , and the fruits embraced
those which are grown to the tropics , as
well as apples , peaches and pears. The ap-
Iples were not good , however , and most of
the peaches we saw were of the clingstone
I kind. The best fruits are the grapes , the
chlremoya , which Is as big as a naval orange -
ange and which tastes a little like ice
cream ; the palta , which is eaten as a salad
or an appetizer , with vinegar , salt and pepper -
per , and which has a flesh not unlike that
, of stiff butter ; the blue and white figs ,
which grow In all the coact valleys , and
bananas of many kinds , and different vane-
ties of oranges , limes and lemons. Then
they have hero guavas , pomgranates ; tunas ,
the fruit of the cactus , and olives , which are
pickled in such a way that when they come
to the table they are black and soft rather
than green and solid , like the olives we eat.
Some Queer l'eru'Iut 1)lshes.
On the whole the living hero is very good.
You will not find in Washington or New
York a better meat and fish market than
that of Lhna. The meats are largely 501(1
by tromcn , and the women seem to have
monopolized the milk , meat and vegetable
trade of this city , The steaks and chops are
very good and you can buy a little kid or a
halt dozen guinea pigs for a trifle , The
Peruvians are very fond of kids , anti guinea
pigs are a delicacy not to ho sneered at.
They taste much like young pigeons or very
tender squirrels. They are raised and fat'
toned for eating all about here and nearly
every farmer keeps a guinea pig pen. Another -
other queer dish is fish cooked by putting
cold lemon juice on it. It is really raw fish
served with lernon juice , but the lemon 1155
niuclt the smno effect on the tiesh of the
fish as boiling , and I have a number of limes
, smacked my 1115 over what I thought was
the most delicious boiled dell i bad ever
eaten to fled that it was fish a Ia servicbo ,
that is raw fish and lemon. The dell of tills
coast are delicious , They are of nearly
every kind , from tlm solo to the corbhm ,
which is a very large and sweet fleshed fish
not unlike the blue fish of thu Atlantic ,
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, hough of a more delicious flavor , I tried
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the PCturlan oysters at the National club
I today , They were brought in par betted on
tine ball shell , 1 did not like them.
There 1s no place that I have yet 'isited
whicil has so much pepper and potatoes upon
Its tables as 111011 here , It is said that the
Peruvians eat snore pepper than salt. They
serve it with nearly every dish , and you al-
way's find a little dish of ajl ( pronounced
nh-Ite ) , a sort of red pepper paste , beeldu
your plato ready for use as you rosy fancy ,
Papas con aul Is a favorjle dish made of pa-
latoes and pepper wllh a sauce of tomatoes
and eggs. It is as hot as fire , but not bad
to eat , Papas rlenn is 010110 of potatocs
mashed and then mixed rillt olives , onions ,
eggs 5ud raisins and then fried , Papas con
ar'os is potatoes cooked with rice , and there
ore several other queer combinations of pa.
taloes 110(1 other things. One of the chief
dishes found on every Peruvian table is a
soup called sanchochov , This is made by
cooking together nearly every kind of veg-
etabla and a goodly portion of beat. The
soup Is drained off and served clear and the
I vegetables and meat brought in on a sops.
rate 1)15(0 ( to be eaten after the soup. Tilts
dish forms the chief meal of many of the
poorer elu ses , The rich live hero as well
as in an ) ' city of the world , Meals are
usually served in courses , one dish being
Uleught on the table at a time and the plates
changed with every course.
i 17to l'iradlsu of 11(11 Housekeeper ,
Peru is , it acelna to me , the paradise of
the housekeeper. There arc few places
I where it 1s easier to manage a house than
here , There are no long stairs to climb , In
many cases the whole house is on one floor ,
and I have visited Lima families who had
houses containing twenty large rooms , allen
on the first floor , The cooks do all the
Marketing of Lima. A woman seldom goes
out of the hauso except to shop or visit. The
way the marketing is managed is to allov
the cook so much a day , according to your
pocket and style of living , say $2 a day or
store , and for this he is expected to supply
tlto meals and see that the table is coo-
pletely furnished with food. In other words ,
you board with your cook. If you have a
good cook you will be better and more
cheaply served thait if you tried to manage
it all yourself , and at the 50(110 time sate
all of the wear and tear , Many of the
cooks are Chinese. All expect to make a
profit off of the marketing in addition to
their wages. Servants are cheap here. I
give the usual prices In our money , having
reduced them from the silver paid here.
Cooks get about $6 a month ; housematde ,
$5 ; chief butlers , $10 , and the second hut-
lore about $5. These arc the prices paid
by foreigners. The native Peruvian families
pay less , and in the country districts there
are ninny house servants who do not get
much moro than their board and clothes.
Seamstresses who coma to the house to sew
receive from 30 to 40 cents a day , anti
washerwomen 25 cents for washing and
about 50 cents for ironing per day.
The chief servant of tine house is the first
butler or chief major-domo , as he is called.
IIo has generai supervision , keeps things
in order and wails upon the table. 501110-
times ho is good , and sometimes not. I
heard last night of a major-domo who created -
ated something of a sensation at a dinner
given to W. R. Grace and James Gordon
Bennett sono years agog Messrs. Bennett
and Grace were visiting Lima , and Mr.
Eyre , the bead of the housa of Grace here ,
gave them the dinner , lie had , however , a
new butler , who was not used to foreign
ways , and who when h0 Caine to open the
chmnpugno was astonished to see the cork
fly out with a crack like a pistol. He had
never handled such an article before and he
was so scared ( list ho threw the bottle out
of the window ofd then dropped down upon
the floor and howled , I do not know lion'
Mr. Eyre was able to allay his fears so that
he could proceed tvillt serving the dinner ,
but I ant told that the man carne to lds inns-
ter after breakfast The next morning and
begged to be allowed to leave , Said ho ; "I
lice you and the senora very much , but I
cannot remain la a house where they drink
such explosive materials. " The Peruvians ,
horvuver , drink about as strong liquors as
any people , The places where beer Is sold
ill tbo country towns are ( narked by red'
flags , and it some villages nearly every
other house is a saloon , The "snlllo" I'etu- (
vian is quite as coalmen as the "smile"
American , and drunkenness Is the great rlcu
of the poor.
-our I'e'rurlnu diplomats.
But let me tell you how our American
minister Ilves at t11o Pernvlan capital , His
house , twldeh is one of the beet in the city ,
faces a beautiful garden filled with palm
trees and a rich growth of tropical plaints.
There nra winding walks where you can
stroll about under the trees among flowers
more gorgeous than any we have at home.
The house , like all of the houses of Lima ,
is built of mud , but It looks as though U
w'ero 1(15(10 of pressed brick , and 1t would
lJ1 considered a mansion in any American
city , Its rooms are large and tine ceilings
are about fifteen feet btgh. There is a swimming
ming bath in it , 511(1 the minister can play
the mernaf(1 , or , rather , the merman , us one
of iii. diplomatic diversions , I thud our ( dn-
Ister very popular here , lie is , you know ,
front San Diego , Cal. lie is an Ohioan by
birth , having been born in Ben W'ade's town
of Jefferson , eu the western reserve , about
thlrtyseven years ago , lie is a college-
bred man , a lawyer by profession and a
diplomat b ) ' instinct and Intuition , Ito has
, some knowledge of Spanish , and his popu
Ilarity here is added to by that of his wife ,
who speaks the language fluently and has
thereby made many friends among the an-
tlve Peruvians.
Just next to the legation is the home of
the secretary of the legation , Mr. Richard
It. Neal of Philadelphia , a former omcer of
the United States navy , who has been here
us secretary for years , and who thoroughly
understands the way of Peruvians. Then
there is a young Ohioan , Mr. Harlot , the at-
tactic of the legation , and over at Callao ,
within a halt hour's ride , is the American
consul , Colonel W. B. Dickey , a Maine man ,
who hnlls from New Orleans , and who has
come out bore on his wedding tour to uphold -
hold American interests in Peru. Colonel
Dickey keeps house in Callao. While lunching -
ing with him the other day I happened to
remark that the spring chickens which we
were eating wcro very fine. "They Ought to
be fine , " replied the colonel , "for I raised
them myself on my farm here. " After tine
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lunch was over the colonel took Cne out to
show me his farm. It was the roof of his I
house. We went upstairs and there found
two large coops filled with chickens , turkeys
and pigeons. On other roofs all about us
suer , other coops , 511(1 the cackling of the
hen all around showed that a largo part of
the eggs eaten In Callao must be laid on
the roofs.
Where Life Is Easy.
Speaking of the cost of living in Limi , I
pay $5 , silver , a day for my room and hoard
at the hotel. This is only about $2.50 of
our money. Part of the time I have paid
$2,20 , silver , a day for my room and cotfeo
and toast hr the morning , taking my other
steals at the clubs , Titero are several good
clubs hero , the chief of which arc the National -
tional , the Union and the Phoenix. Alll
have good libraries , the latest papers from I
all parts of the world , billiards and card
rooms and comfortable parlors. The meals
coat $1 , silver , or about 50 cents of our
money , mid for tills $11111 you eau get a
better dinner here than you cm get at any
American club for frou five to ten times
the amount ,
The p0op10 hero take more time to their
I
meals than we do , They take llfo more
easily. Almost all of the stores close at
noon for one hour to allow the proprietors
and their clerks to go home to breakfast ,
as they call it. You will seldo i find a business -
ness mnn In his oflice between 11 and 1 ,
mid everything beginss to shut up for the
night at 5 p. m. At 7to'clock the whole of l
j business Lhna Is shat up as tight as the !
bead of n drum. The stores , as I have
said , have no windows. They are ltoru
like caves in the walldlthan stores , for their
front doors extend line full width of the
store , These doors'raro taken away during
business hours , and + at such 1111105 Lhua
looks like a great baeaar. The stores are
I
filled with fine goods , Thich are piled up in
'
attractive shapes on the counters and on
the floors , so that wtdldrlg along tile Merca- n
i
Bores or on the streets facing the Plaza
des Arnea is like going through an inter. 1
eslhig museum. At fnight , however , wlien i
the fronts of life stores have been dosed , i
the streets are IIn6d with blank walls.
There are no display windows , and everything - i
thing seems heremeirally sealed , Only
hhero and there you see a cigar shop , a
store selling cooked eatables or a drug store
which is open. As It grows dark the blyd-
cage-like balconies above the stores shut
! up , and the Illy in sine of Its purls seems
almost a city of the dead , It Is far from
dead , however , There is lots of fun going
non behind the closed windows , and the pee'
ple sit up late nod delight fn social enjoy-
ment.
{ { 'ill the Auu riruue Grt II f
Some of the best things llow offered Lure
in a bualness way are of thin electrical order.
Limn is a city of 100,000 people , and 1t has
a tramway upon which the cars are drawn
by horses. The line of tacks roaches all
parts of the city , and the cars , although
they are irregularly run and poorly managed -
aged , are almost always ( ull. I am told
that the roads are now paying , although I
( could see that the conductors are cheatlug
the company right along , and that they do
notldng to increase their custom. If this
system could be replaced by an electric line
it would probably pay well , and might be
as big a bounnzn as the Mexico City street
railways , w'hlch sold for $7,000,000. At present -
ent there are tw'o or three American parties
who are figuring of the proposition of buy-
tug the llorse ear lines and extendlug the
system from here to Callao and Chorillos ,
the seaside resort of Lima. Callao has about
25,000 people , and it is line port for Limn.
There is a flat road between the two cities
and a line connecting them could be cheaply
built. The power for such roads during the
( lost of the year could be gotten from the
River Itimac , which flows through Lima , and
which has , I am told , a fall of thirty feet
between that city and these. Among the
parties who are investigating the matter 1s
the South American Power and Traction
company , Tills campaay has been formed ,
I am told , to build the road , and its agent ,
Mr. Robert S. Forbes , is now in the north
making the arrangements to build. I an-
derstand that the president of Peru has
given them a certain time to complete their
arrangements , The parties interested are
said to be Mr. John Seance of New York ,
the General Electric company of America
nod an electric company of Berlin , . The
German company has sent an engineer out
here to investigate the situation. The price
asked for the tramway line , which be'
j longs to two men , is 05,000 sterling. It
could probably ho bought for considerably
less , and is tnluable only on account of
its franchise covering the streets of Lima
and lasting for a number of years. Another
person who bias been here looking up the
street railway proposition is Mr. I , K Pier-
son , president of the Paincavlllo & Cleveland -
land Street Railway company. IIo says the
receipts of lie present trmntvay line could be
increased $100 a day by good mmmgement.
and that a large amount could be saved by
putting in registers to Prevclt the conduct-
tors from cheating. In couneetlon with the
first company an electric light contract has
been offered by the government of $90,000 ,
silver , for a certain number of additional
electric lights , 0(1(1 ( a good electric lighting
business , it is thougltl , cnn be ndded to that
of the car lines. At present Lhna is lighted
by gas and electricity , and It is one of the
best lighted of the South American titles ,
The gas lamps are upheld by ell fasldoted
iron brackets , which extend out from the
walls of the houses and there is a lamp
about every 100 feet. Gas costs here abottt
$3 , gold , a thousand feet. The city line also
about twenty-five arc lights and a number
of Incandescent ! ! sills of tile Thompson-
llouston kind.
Other cities In Peru where electricity
might be introduced are Arequipa , in the
interior of the southern part of the country ,
and ht the old city of Cuxco , svhero tine Incas
had their capital. Arequlpa is one of line
good business cities of Peru It' contains
36,000 people , and relies upon gas lamps.
Tito city of Lhna pays $115,000 a year for
light , I am told that the government hero
I protects foreign investors , and that even in
lines of revolution foreign property is corn.
parallvely safe , All foreign factories and
plantations have sighs up over the doors of
their houses slating that the properly is
I English , French or Gorman , as time case
map be.
I A Vlslt to the Ltuut Pemitentitry ,
I I w'lll close lids letter with a note on tine
Lima penitentiary , I ylalted 1t yesterday ,
amid found it bad been modeled utter the
penitentiary In I'hllafdphla , Over the door
to each workshop were Ilse words , "Sllenclo ,
Obedienrla , Trabajo , " ( leaning silence , obe-
dtenco and work , There wcro 300 prisoners ,
i a few in for launder , bill Roost of them for
i stealing and minor offenses. As far as I
could see the prison is clean and well kept ,
but I Judge some of tine punishments are
( very severe , for tine director told ale how
he head recently had to put a man tinder lute
water spout , allowing a stream of the thickness -
ness of your finger to fall for some tlmo on
to certain spot on the man's head , This was ,
1 think , one of the punishments of the in- I
qulsilion , It is done only with watch fn
hand , as if continued long enough it causes
insanity or death. I watched the prisoners
at their meals. They are better fed than
the average of their class outside tine prison ,
but the way the meals are served is not provocative -
vocative to appetite. Everytiling goes by
whistles. The guards whistle and the men I
leave their work. They whistle again and
they wash themselves. Another whistle and ;
they are at the table , and a fourth w'histle' '
brings hl the bread and soup. Before eating
a mass was said , being introduced by a
whistle , and , indeed , ft was the magic
whistle that brought forth everything.
PRANK G , CARPENTER.
Rh11JGIOUS.
Eighty-six missionaries are now at work
among the Mohammedans in northeastern
Africa.
The benevolent contributions of the Con-
gregationahiste for 1887 were about $50,000
more than for 1897.
Secretary Beer states that plans are being
arranged to have about seventy-five different
denominations represented at the Christian
Endeavor convention at Nashviyle.
Time fist American life insurance company -
pany , the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund , was
catablished hl Philadelphia in 1759 and is
still in good condition at the age of 139
years ,
The Issues of the American Bible society
for the year' just closed , including bibles ,
testaments and portions of the scriptures ,
were 1,362 273 , of which 740,138 were circulated -
lated in foreign lands.
The treasurer of the American board reports -
ports that for the eight months which includes -
cludes April last the receipts of true board
were $415,000 , nu advance of $79,000 over
those of the previous year.
Tile subject of the unemployed clergy is
a burning question hl . Dr. 'fhack
pray esllnlates that "there are in England
old \Vales ubout 0,576 clergymen who are
either uneuployed or In teuporury eIploy-
mont "
Rev , James Needbnm ( Methodist ) of Surrey -
rey County , Southt Carollta , who will be 93
years old in May , is still ctgaged ill the
active work of tine ministry , lie has been
a minister for moro than seventy-live years
and has preached to live generations ,
It is stated that there are cigllly utllitary
posts do the country and that 11fty of them
are without chaplains. A eouunhtteo of nnln-
Isters bus put this matter before tune sec-
retury of sear in the 101)0 that It whll cc-
coivo itunediale attention ,
Tile Brooks llonleslCnd In Dunkirk , N. Y. ,
line been presented by tine estate to the
Young dlen'a Christian association of that
town. Tile property is valued at $150,000 $
nod 1s to be used us a hospital and a free
library ,
'rile Itev. Father Telesphorous Demasinl ,
0110 of the best known priests of the Jesuits ,
culebrated in San Francisco last week the
fiftieth anniversary of his ordination. lie
was ordained tin Itorne at the height of one
of the worst revolutions.
The treasurer of the Presbyterian Board
of Foreign Missions stales that for the first
time In five years not a dollar of debt remains -
mains 1n the board , One year ago the
board was 1n debt $100,000 The total receipts -
ceipts of the board for the year are nearly
$906,000.
It is said that the statesmen and scholars
of China are many of them studying tune
Bible because it is the claseic of Christian
'countries. In exainhlling candidates for literary -
erary degrees some of The questions are
taken from Cho Old Testament , which is now
recommended as a text-book ,
Itev , Ur , Dlckie , time pastor of the Amen.
can churelt in Berlin , Is trying to raise
e ha t110Wllchurch a hat ll
erection o 1 a church in that city to
cost in all about $100,000 , "it is thongtlt , "
says the Advante , " ! but ho will ratso on
this side of the Atlantic ale $40,000 , "
Same lane church
resigned tine tate ate of a MoUiodist
in Brownsville , 1'a , to go to wont in a
rolling mill , soon became a boss roller anti
has just been elected president of lie local
branches of the Anialgatuated ASaoClatlell
of Iron and Steei Workers of Now York.
It Is elated ( hat Rev , Charles Spurgeon ,
alto was the most eminent Baptist prcacllcrt
of the niuetcenth century , never advocated
close connnuulon anti always gate a "hearty
invitation to Christians of other denotniua-
tlons present at the tabernacle to sit at the
Lord's table , "
,
A law of Quebec makes every person liable
to a flue of $20 every time he purchmses a
newspafcr on Sunday. A hill has Imsscd tte
third reading in Ottawa and line probably
become a law which provides that any person -
son who sells or employs any person to sell
may paper issued on Sunday shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished -
ished accordingly.
It is stated that the first public Protestant
religious service in Madrid was held Jmmary
21 , 1869 , The Spanish constitution , adopted
in 1870 , node Roman Catholicism the ro-
higfon of the stale 511(1 declared that all
except Catholic services nmst be conducted
in private houses. Of late , however , most
of our Protestant churches have gained a.
foothold la Spain and missionaries amid col-
porters have been laboring there with some
success.
III health has induced the Rev. J. Ilaven8
Richards , S J „ to resign the presidency of 1'
Georgetown university , the oldest and most
noted Catholic cdacaiotnl lustitutlor in the
United States. It is thougiml that the Ilev.
Cornelius Gillespie , S , J. , a Ilntivu of I'hlla-
delphla aid at present president of ( lounge
college in Wasbington , will be his successor.
Pope Leo XIII 1s only the twelfth pope to
have reached the twentieth anniversary o $
ills coining to the Vatican and he was sixty-
seven years of age when ho came there lie
celebrates this year the sixtieth annlver-
enry of his ministry. Since lie became pogo
he leas seer 121 cardinals pass away , All
of the members of the council that mmlo
him 1)000 have gone except Cardinal Martel.
who Is 92 , and Cardinal Cavassu , who is 89.
t
Tire cold chills of ;
fear run U I ) and down
the back of the bravest
matt when hie looks
down the bar'
ref of a dccllr- . y
dealing winchester - / t
chester hi the _ '
h51uls of a man who
means "abbot. " ,
Every hour and every
minute idea face dcalul
In a more frequent aid
equally cerlalu form- i S
dealll in the guise of s
timt deadliest enemy
of mankind - con.
sumptinn , Out of
all line tens of ( luau
sands who yearly " 'I - ,
die from conautuplion '
98rr / cent , could be
saved. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery -
covery is au almost unfailing cure if
taken in the earlier stages of tine disease.
It will cure consumption and all allied die.
cases , as broucldal , throat and nasal alfce-
tiolis. It cures by going to first principles.
A norm's body starves a long tulle before
consuuptiomi attack's ilium , Tune tissues of
his lungs starve for lack of sufficient nour-
isimlent. They become inert mid half
dead and then arc attacked by the baccilki
of colsuuption , 'rite "Golden Medical
Discovery" restores the long lost uppelite ;
It strengtilena the weak slnnlacit and cor
recta the sotpaired digestion ; it lronotee
tilt flow of digestive juices and faciilates '
time assimilation of the life.giving elements
of the fond into the blood , Wllett the 1
blood is pure and rich , old inert tissues are
torn down , carried off and excreted , and
new , healthy , muscular tissues replace
lbemu , It allays Inflammation of the mucous -
cous membranes , soothes true cough , facilitates -
cilitates expectoration , and deepens the
breathing , supplying the system with a
much needed stock of oxy eta , It dives
out all Iurpudties and disease germs.
Medichle dealers sell it ,
" 1 was first takru nearly two years ago with
choking sail actdug in In Ihrwl' " writes Mrs.
I ) . Z Moore , of Uenriag , Grant Co. N , Mexico ,
" i look everything 1 could think ut and spent a
eat deal of money. 'three dloclors treated rue :
My throat ulcerated and I loft my voice , f
could scarcey ! lslk. 'the doctors called the
trouble bronchial alfectou , and said the larynx
tvos badly affected , I was elmost dead with
toasumptiou , My adgldors thought 1 would
( tot lire a month. 1 began taking Dr , Tierce's
Goldea Medical Discovery prom the first , I
tomutericed to Improve and sow have as qoo * ,
health se ever. I owe my life la Dr , Pieur. '