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Show Marketing- In i uba. Probably one of the most peculiar customs noticeable In the Cubaii markets mar-kets are the extremely small purchases small In quantity made by the lower low-er class of natives. Small gourd cups, h. Idlug scarcely more than a table-spoonful, table-spoonful, nre used In measuring rice, flour, beans and pens. Cabbages uru cut In wedges the size of u cigar, turnips turn-ips Into eighths, squashes Into minute chunks, and unions Into halves. Potatoes Pota-toes ure sold by numbers. It Is no uncommon thing to see n woman buy a piece of meat, weighing a couple of ounces, then pass thmugh thu market purchasing a tnhlespnonful of vegetables here and a piece of garlic there, and, finally, after nn hour of gossip, depart with final products worth five or six ceuts. Philadelphia Inquirer. |