| Show I w 4 f w f ff I i Ii t I t III f j 1 c ci t w i J r rK 1 i t i f K tY 1 al i it t 1 1 9 i T r A OL L b 3 1 Tied v r J i de L de Ls l J i f T T iE lE E are a totally dt dif different diff I f i J t ferent terent r race ce of people frost from any it other oUter European nation Some writer t its Isaid said Id Strip a Spaniard of his hi vir virtues I t i E tues toe tad lad you have a Portuguese ae e j i I 1 his however is rather a strung strong 1 statement for fur while the Portuguese e J I me JUe tar far behind the th English Trench I and in intellectual attain attainments ments he hO n ha has man many Dany good For Koi 01 years tara ears the mon mona mon t a nh id I form of government has been beell distasteful to even eten en the be best t class of Portuguese but the hf c motto of the thet t average native nu IId il always alwa s to be beI I Never do di oJ todi today what lIat you ou ian can 1111 put p t u off ulf K Ky y l until and aud plans fur for the overthrow o of 01 the t Itt government went I HIOM The du queens ru ruth h qi less lesa and ant the repudiation j i of f her hei debts shocked d the business p i world of Portugal POl ugal T tot Queen u en Amelie Amli s I patronising air and andI i I the b utter indifference of the ung oung j i i t king to tu the affairs of his i i ii I i made both t ot of f them unpopular to t a i certain extent Manuel never ntY wat ant anted il 1 ed to be king even een as a he ht I liked the and rigid n 1 quette lIu tte of tb thi court and it Wit was the theL L dream of if his bis life for his hi brother to tu reign while lit Iw h should hould spend hi his life lif i In III the nay navy i of ot his country but Vie fit hand liand of th the changed du d this when King and the He LO 10 n Ii t prince were shot hut to death on the th I t streets ts of Li and Manuel was a ai forced to the tb throne tin one to be l J the he h ruler I i of If a troubled dissatisfied I ed et rue race of people t The rhe whole country Is little liu more mare moret 1 than t tan s the th size of or the tte II state t of ot New York with a of 1 i less than oUO and a II little more moret morer r than int lading the colo nine lues The dt hi ht is and t fur for several Beveral years the revenue has hascom come com far short of It meeting metUng the ex expenditures o The T ht church has been drawing large largi sums um of f motu money mony from the government with the result re that t the t he poor were re taxed beyond bf 3 reason rason Cabinet after attel cabinet has ha tried to retard these things thing but somehow the political cliques have haxe succeeded in plundering the state and there thore has h been a reign of general mla mia misrule f J rule ruler u r l Rings Kings Unhappy V The young Kings life lite was as far from t hajJ for it is i no nu secret that numer numerous t t ous plots plot have hae been formed against Ills 2119 life This is is not surprising when It J ia is that hundreds of people I i 1 v nere ere implicated d in the conspiracy t I shieh ended end the life lire of his father ather i i t j f Bevent Bt live per cent of the population I t t tiun tion are illiterate and easily swayed f a The educated Portuguese however I 6 1 t is 1 a deep but too much of a dreamer to be b practical pr a 8 charge which i is being brought against the new ruler President The Theophile 1 Braga Bragar r For several years the strong men ment t of or the nation have been laying plans t f for tor the th foundation of a republic All Allt AllI I 5 t this has lias been cot going on so quietly quiet rv that few fen people ople outside of that country count i really knew kle a anything nv thing of it its Ita plans pIau and aDd j the sudden BUdden move moe was a great ert surprise t j t to the rest of the world The reign I 1 fag ing I family knew of these plots es as especially e J Queen Amelie who is Iii In Inmany Inmany many litany respects rM a remarkable woman i a student in polities politics and a graduate J clan Her In la some i 4 matters palled pall on the tilt Portuguese I even though she devoted ouch much of ot her hert t time to charitable work and aud Sri in III many mam instances bettered the conditions of ut the poor She always alway had bad a smile for foren even en the poorest and nd la edet street urchin It was the queen mother mothr who first introduced antitoxin n into I tub lito the country A few years eais ago aco there was an epidemic of diphtheria III in the theland theland land and aDd Manuel fell feU m lU with the di diThe dis disease ease ealM The queen fn at once administered the antitoxin the th young King Ing speedily re recovered r recovered I covered and ani ani the people took to its ut use with the result that the epidemic was WIlS stayed Queen Quen Amelie was Willi never on good terms with the dowager do wag queen w who ho is generally regarded regard as liS of ot un unsound unsound sound mind at times and aDd her hei extravagances extravagances gances gance w worried d the queen mother muther who whit knew that the throne was w and that the silly actions action of the dow dowager dowager ager Ilger queen were not adding anything toward strengthening it So Queer Amelie Amell did all In her power to save the tte kingdom for tor the tle buy boy to whom she was wasso wa so su devoted for whatever may ma be he said 1 of t f the royal roal family the Ute devotion and aud I lindena 11 between Manuel and his 1 mother mothr will never be questioned somehow the reason reasIn for Cor which is not quite quitt clear dear the whole Braganza house houseas was as unpopular and its banishment is ia no surprise to those who know the Portuguese people till tup Times elute Portugal has not kept abreast with the times time and aDd her people have lave net prospered a u as they should tuie twe which is the leading industry is w tar tai behind the times time and the most an antiquated antiquated antiquate A machinery la is used Wied The country coun counti ti try too as suffered from emigration tiun tion for tor the young men of the land found it easier to make a living in fu North and South America Hundreds went ent to Hawaii to work on the sugar plantations where they are by b far the su tr planters I best t workmen Brazil h I cw large numbers while at least have hae settled in the United SUites States Fish 11 i i the tho staple food and this in industry industry dust is handled almost exclusively by women The fish girl I Is 18 ene cue of the picturesque figures figure of the land Each morning moraine in Lisbon Oporto sad and even the r mallet towns these tb sturdy young you women will appear ap at your TOUr door bear bev bearIng bearing Ing a huge hue basket ba of Sail on their th lr heads The fish ft h are w usually fresh and atilt stUl wriggling about although the housewife must keep k p a sharp lookout as the fish girl is keen to dispose of her goods gooda even though it should be a Ii little too long out of water The basket ia is a large Jarge affair af affair t fair and aad piled up with flab fish a of many kin the scales scale l to weigh welch and the knife to cut the large Urge varieties are placed in the center The girl handles han handle handl dle dl the basket with the greatest dexterity and aDd can ean n walk through the most moat crowded streets without it dislodged Few of the women wOften are a really pret preb pretty ty for tor often their eyes are re not on the seine same ame level an aD affliction very Tery corn com common mon men in Portugal and as they the grow erow older the hair on the upper Up lip be becomes becom becomes comes com moot moat mo t prominent They are usually and and aDd sometimes show Milo a mixture of negro blood from inter intermarriage intermarriage marriage with Ith people from their African colonies Servants Are Aro Cheap Cheal Servant hire is very cheap in Por Portugal and a large number are re I nI li ne were wrel ensile c 1 ri 1 i inay nay navy con c i i i n tUt tl Sirs h l 1 C i 1 t v Idd I l I hI t l liv rn iv i Hn Ho i t u ti p tu ut i 1 ie ate ateI I al iv in maue t cy cil in Its sailors bailor an and all allt of t the these men mn joint 1 in ui the o overthrow of t the monarchy a with ith an ardor not a little littie e surprising A number of If Por For Portuguese are servin in the United t nav na navy with e merit I Anh Itt lt II n in le Good GoodAs GoodAs GoodAs As to the architecture of ot Portuguese Portuguese Portuguese guese cities Lisbon is ill well built and ad her famous Avenida A enid de Liberdade compares favorably with the great I avenues of other an cities Our OurI I r Hon Henry T Gage the th minister and an Mr Louis H A Ayme m tin flu consul general both reside on this street Dom Pedro Pedr square squa with it its wavy made go so b bIh by I th Ih peculiar Bt st sUing cuing of f the stones Is la laone Isone one ne of the pretty breathing spots of Europe I In some parts of the city the th houses hou ea are re covered with tiling of most mOlt fantastic designs deigns and coloro color M y I I I o d T F s 5 t ts s 1 e I Ii II w i II I I tl I j Por r z lz e ge pc P a r t d d to t Keep a house in order older The I wages of th the men are exceedingly small For instance the foreman in inan Inan inan an engineering shop gets less than 1 per daj dal da The standard of life lite is Pot not high and they seem n contented to lie live in squalor The are hard workers and make excellent porters portes and messengers and are noted fo fur for their honesty The really rich peo people people people of the land are returned Bra Brazilians or people who have made ma e their money mone in ln the Portuguese Po cola COlo ales nies and the Jesuit priests prie r who o are reputed to be exceedingly in ly wealthy Wine making is one of the greatest indu ties ti I of the th land although there le leis is little Saloons ma mabe may mar marbe maybe be opened without a license and aDd the tho only revenue rt paid is a government dut dUty on the thc actual sale of liquor This comes under un er the police pollee and graft gJ ft in this me ins is said to run tun riot suffice it to fay say the government receives little revenue from the sale aale of liquor Same ihme of ot the laws of Portugal are ale l ter at least to t t the American mind nun and the one in regard to o dog dogs has strange results The owner of a dog must mut pay 1 I a 8 year rear license J if he has no yard or 01 4 I if he be h has a a It yard rd Few of et the poor people eRR ean lord afford a yard nor are re they able to pay the 12 1 tax consequently they tk ta te to oats cab lia s pets and aad the fe country fairly f tents teems with feline felines of n every description and breed and at night the th streets of Gt Lisbon are fairly alive with these th lle ani ant animals animals mals male Fights Fichu are common with the usual noisy prelude which often makes sleep ep impossible tm ible Worship of or Children The love of ot children by the natives amounts almost to worship with the ther result r sult that there ther is a tot let ie of ot spoiled spoiler unruly youngsters running about the streets street There IB is 1 no such neb thing as a juvenile court for a policeman who would attempt to arrest a child ehUd would be mobbed The fees of lawyers and physicians phy are peculiar for when whoa a patient or client asks uk for tor the bin bill he lie l to met with What you OU please pJ to give This generally gen generally en trally leads to n on OD one side or the other otherOn otherOn otherOn On the whole the tho people are an easygoing lot so tw us as MORe one would im imagine Imagine agine aCine cleanliness la le not lol one ORe of the great virtues virtu of tine the country and bugs and fleas abound In the land The Th workingman is content co t eat nt with chunks of dark bread washed w d down wn W with Ith cheap wine win but occasionally he varies ariM his diet big meals meal of fish In sonic soma som parts of the country the dress of the men la Is a as picturesque as II that tWit of tl the I women f felt K hats with small crowns crown short coat coats tight trou OrB ers and l often otten a scarf aubut the waLIs waist waa is the j joy of the Portuguese man He H Halso also delights in busby bUBby whiskers wh kels a as he h grows cider elder His Hia amusements amu are few and aim sim simple pit pie the cigarette is his Ills constant com CO i and the siesta under the trees an essential ea part of or his existence He Hp loves loes to dance danle and during durta the fiesta ta which are held frequently there s dancing day and night The rhe woman worn takes her place beside the man in his hib hi amusements The theatres th in ill the cities are fairly good and a II circus per jer performance is always popular n u boasts of a large circus building of or the same style as the Hippodrome in in Ni e York where excellent performances are given Here again another strange law laar crops up for all theatres Juu must t be I closed before midnight that la 18 s even eYEn the Uie players must be out of the build building lag ing otherwise a fine of CO iiO 0 Is lit imposed Impo ed tho Sport The bullfight is Ia the national start sport and is really an enjoyable affair where unusual unu ual skill is iM displayed In placing plating the It is unlike the Span Spanish SpanISh Spanish ish bullfight for the animal is not killed nor are the horses injured The horns of the bull bul are padded ant and an l one of ot the points of the game is to keep the bull from touching g the horse The bull bult is merely teased and through Ms his part like a star actor At the close of the show several men padded like football players attempt att to ride the bull with ludicrous results Both met men meland and women enjoy enJo this sport port and it u 11 uno no uncommon sight to sep ecu S from 60 to people at a Sunday bullfight The rhe money of ot the country Is la reck rack reckoned reckoned by an imaginary coin known as asrel a aret arel rel ret One thousand rela refs are ar equal to toan toan toan an American dollar and until the foreigner gets used to the mana money It seems rather strange to find finda a hotel tel bill bUl for tor orIl a laundry bill for etc The Tho smallest piece of money In n circulation Js Is s piece which amounts to halt half a cent of ot o f our money mone The religion of at the Portuguese Is for tor forthe forthe the most part superstition and the th e most surprising thing about the t e uprising ing lug is the light against st the church for everything Catholic was regarded as a e most sacred Some ome of ot the churches and convents aro are works wor of art espo espe dlly the Jeronymos monastery with its wonderful cloisters regarded re b by many art ethics critics as the most In n Europe The Tho Basilica too c p 1 I I lr at ti f aJ J I is a ti t and lid cota ic the of Vas 1 a d J Gania Ganta tin the gnat great Poi Portuguese Ruined RI b by ilium If It th ho peas It dl dispatches he a art are e correct conett these the a have base been ruined mined by hv the tiie rioting poI The Portuguese e priest with rev fe el tiun n I is nS tut ail ft il that is to be bf lit ed and antl iris Iii n o ii t hardly ti t a good i le to t In Ills his pant parishioners In man many m ii t hi h leads letl le tt a luxurious J life lire and ant performs his hi religious duties in a slovenly way wary These thing a at tt last aroused the i In i dign tiui i of ot th populace who have ha 1 contributed to lo his hi livelihood There Then Thenis is one 01 order dei of r ri l ts however ho t n r In lit lug Ing not tar far from who were really doing a good gool work w orn The s W was dt 1 supposed so soto to con consist i t ot of bo bout t n 11 nun all ail raised rai bv br b coni H each pari sending its quota Juta The Th men nien must be I between JO IJ 0 ai and d 1 l years eira of age and serve three thre years year ear The minister of war ar declared h I that in case ca e of or orwar war he be could put men in the 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