Show win I p 1 OFF THE TIlE COAST OF PERU m 3 The Tho Outino Unsavory Industry ho 2 SAnd lAnd How It Is 18 Conducted con j iT t r tj I Pisco Tern Peru June 3 In tie the Bay ot of about iOU miles south of Callao r and 12 miles out from fro mm III the main lund land lie the celebrated Islands three I In number lIum er whereon tho Iho suano is IB found that has hns been uch such a 1 source of o wealth to Iru To Tn form some Borne Idea lle of at tho the theIon I Ion J extent of the deposit depolt and the 1 n J I tudo tude of the Industry It nifty may Inn be bl stated Muted 1 I that IhM during 20 years eau between anti and It t r 73 13 about eight million tons toils tall II of jt i was WaN wa from Irom rota here litre Tie rho amount 1 nn I Ito to tig ht of money which Peru leru hUll hu derived from J thin Ihl source of revenue cannot Ut b It mf any more more accurately than thon the th Ih r of 01 the plunder taken from the their Jr 1 cat CaL as e rih I OF or O S ivi j The known knowlI exports have hav amounted to I lq S fully thirty million dollars und and this fur furci fura UtI ci n country which never neer contained more Inore f 1 ii ll U I than people I p ft t t of ot whom were vere Indian who had no nu noat ln at l In the profits profit Yet Yut In the midst 91 t of ut KB prosperity the Improvident coun country counti ti th try 11 to 10 Incur a 11 debt dolit er ie 4 of ot which could never lIever have havu I Uy been paid but for lor the Basilar ii convention This ot of the Chincha which tR r when lieu had hen been t In an ll deposit for fol to folI I J I centuries WOH even Jen more t available than the lie gold cold anti and elI sli sliver elIc c ver er which shichi have made the Iho Inca aua land 1 the t Kt m Dorado of pt the world and contrib contributed tiled us un much macit toward Us its fur for furr r the of ot Peru la Is h the tho ci t In III all alt Bouth America When hen j 4 plenty of money camo conic without effort to 10 tot 1 t generation utter after generation the cure cureless J Lc 1 less leM took look no tep toward r Improving or the source of Clr atI it I their revenue and when willm at lust these hese lJ j prIng run ma kw and the c lI my wa was ii by b war of at everything else that I Z was a valuable the helpless people reared F In the Idea of their that t It 1 I had hail been iten ordained from the beginning of or o the world that they I hi were vere to tu have hae j T v J j no part In itt the of labor did dl l nut 1101 know how to 10 Bet et to 10 toi L i work In the matter r of ot their guano T beds hied the has shown tar far lean leslI le 3 FJ 1 sagacity than did the Indians of the tho I i olden days but have hUe acted ns lI a If It the Iho ho t h supply was literally without end They e if 4 iJ I i abolished taxes and miJ relied rell entirely upon t i jun for all the money required by the government including enormous J mims expended In railways When tho the RII R 11 j I Islands were vero nearly nearl exhausted I J they turned their attention to 10 other j i t groups but bill none of or them proved m I ul I a i in i rich and extensive as a the original n lb of supply which their ancestors BO 80 o carefully protected I D 1 HOW now INCAS latt I IL L I The word guano suano it Is a 11 corruption of ur the therin rin meaning mean Ing fish Ish manure manuro The me Iti IlI as aB understood well 1111 I Its It value OK ON a 1 fertilizer History tolls lolls t lh f i ui til that thai It was wal not only ani heIY ly d don doI on ono used throughout their empire but that o the punishment of death ms I r 1 upon any nn one on who disturbed tile the birds I during the tho breeding Heason eaon or who J killed one of them at nt any lime either rl J on In rn the Islands or elsewhere With I f 11 such care rare were the d l that It was waR not lawful to 10 lanil upon nIl ad them at nt any nn time tinder vain pain of or death p tl t lest iet Ih birds should bo be driven away i and nn d frightened from the tho coast const Kach lach r Island 1 was va Ill vt apart for tor the use ue of ot a n IJ H particular province arid the guano was vas g carefully divided every elry village ln In UK it fair proportion v Considerable guano juano ID lg yet et found lound In p tn the Inland the Ix boa and 11 h Ou nope group the Iho Vieja Inlands of Independence bay ba the and 1 groups In bay c others othere at Alba and ant do thu r Pica The Th best beet of ot them however In III thiet I eluding alt all the workings of i il H and now go Vo to 10 the therY rY l J I railroad bondholders under lie hIe Grace eat i 1 contract III I The legitimate guano URnO bird la 18 It a kind I I q I of tern lern Its bill and legs are ure roil red the nce IEr 7 top tall of ot the head and tip 1111 of the tail nil and ts vIng are lire black whim the lower part 1 of ot the heart Is I white with a long k feather curling from froni under each tar ear The rha body boI Is III dark slate color 11 and Its It ingui ii I about ten Inches Inch C Dl DI Sall vers and a 0 variety of at lie e also aho visit lIt the till Island and ami the rd J U lii mixed with their eggs and ler the th remnants of or tho the shells anti also ol o von con with Ith the Ih decayed and bones nf of till thousands of peals eais It 11 H Li I asserted but bUI trio rl r with what truth I J do not know lillO thai thaL M when a n seal 8 al aI Is la i about to die It will In Invariably O na variably climb to the highest point on the nearest rock rork At t any rate the lIand are covered with their b remains although h they have hoo been BO co cough ugh I much moth hunted 1 hereabouts during recent Ih tue years that they now told mid 11 little to the tho Ih tI deposit which malles the Ihl guano gunno nil Ih oW better for lor commercial purpose that Ihal of ul v liable do dl Ferrol errol IHns so full rull of ot seal peal i bones boneR as na to 10 be worthless for lor export I HOW 18 IH It s srn rn in To lo form some come Idea of the vat vait no ac accumulation norine rine DUO iiii understand that IO an ordinary little gull will deposit from rain wit four tour to 10 sU six of ot guano every eVer day da tit h which Mch during the tn ten we k of or the Ui Y I breeding br amounts to 10 nut not leva S J than 28 S pounds per Pr gull Multiply this Ihl I by millions nw and then than data the account buck back through thousand of or years and andone andone one ono may to 0 faintly realize Z hitt t Islands contain ninth in Lying a g within thu I ho belt of the w II BUrn st rn coast none of ot the deposit has haq hn been Ileen j d away asay and when wh n Humboldt the thu hlll hu J to 10 the lilt attention of at In the Ille year ltd 1801 he tie said alt they wm were with pure guano to the Ihl depth of lit more than thui mid were capable of ot cm Idling nil all the tho worn out lands ur of the tho world orld To fu the BU BUno gui guino no orio ito limit lanaI go out I tm lt III In a n row ow bout umi land Ind by b of ofa II a ladder which lends to a 11 w a ut tI tIen t tn en n platform built high up on a n Pr r ell clIff IT The northern 1 In II li about 1100 yards ald long by IJ wo yards Rr l l 1 III covered with IV Ith x crement not nol to 10 III fly depth The l boda ds haive been downward tho thu material wu ud In layers and ami placed In III Hat lIat k tutu Ihm conveyed by y to III I lIlt titi mun eJ eJot ig of ot it the din tIl 1 It Is hi iun rUIl U Ii down du a ir 11 i i chutes Into bage below belou ma nil by IJ b the th letter to I e III hiI cli lie III off oCt tho the IH The Ihie he pt pal cutting Is III I about one JOe yards from the brink of ot the and ami Is IM fully eighty feet till tile grunt Knat of labor that lute lins con I l A small malI engine ot of U 12 1 horse home power lower III hi u tied l In digging the guano anti also o for lor loading the trucks truck A I from tilt the thi engine Anti And from Us lie chains Is U suspended nn no iron hUll trough like a 1 huge hulo with six aix gigantIc teeth Ileth III at the ny By D work liw lug one chain hod IH l I made to 10 lilt Itself digging deep Into the tho deposit then by 11 connecting another chain the cane slowly tutus turna groaning nail ana creaking as na though mulcted with chronic lumbago auth finally dumps dump the Iho contents contenta of the hue trough Into n II waiting cur car About Aboul tour four our 1111 the truck Ih n the latter glides down tho thur tramway to 10 the th edge of the tho cliff where It III i dumped In heaps helps to 10 be b nf at down a 1 canvas chute chule Negroes are arc stationed tI In lii the hold holt of 01 tile the waiting vexed eael C el to trim the lie unsavory cargo as 18 a It comes Iown and we notice that each caviL of them heal wears an mask over lila his face for Jr the IU ga galaw law la Is more penetrating than coal cOllI dust sled sted filings or volatile suits salts po position sillon Is Ia by b no means an enviable ono one but bul they the receive train the captain of or the lie vessel easel only thirteen dollars fur for one tine hundred ton flue fhe pungent dust In Ia ox X Irritating to 10 0 the lie no throat and find lungs rendering tho the hort short Ht ut tny h hero ro unpleasant Yet ct there thore ire aru several rather on Iho Island Including two built buill entirely of 01 th he occupancy of the tho IV Pe p superintendents and n ra the wretched Uhl nc nid negroes s many convicts were employed h here hera re when work wan waH more A collection of 01 filthy filth cano cane huts hints In which they were ere fillY still be he Slen with the tho lent Paul of u IL once brIght little t I in Iii informer former times lines there them were svere otter a n IIA is IH S esel mostly lying hying of oC 0 the tho nit nil waiting for cargo argo PERUViAN The village of at In the brom raid and nd fertile plane viane of IS U a 11 fair lilli fp of the Iho cot t towns of Peru PIru Its 1111 charming little Is 1 h IIII tl 11 aai o oh 01 whop outer walH lall are ure tInted rose pi Ilk lillI purple or gray ru The of ot o the poorer e eho iio ho lire ere and nod half bruit br brt di I are hovels of the Mt t construction There are an whole ts Vb rc the till houses on both I I are arc of ot wild cane cune tuek upright In III Inthe the hhie ground having croll I tied on at III Intervals without a nail from rom top to to 10 Ii bottom this IhlA foundation be belr being I fit th mud and roofed with Though generally lulow IR ea these poor abodes billies being belne welt well whitewashed lp Id anti out oUI resent u II nut nent mo I anti cheerful ftp asp and over tIer ouch each doorway a aa gluts a lamp Is la hung rendering th better lighted I Ill than hail those Ihn e of fit many more pretentious One Me side of th Ih the plaza Is 18 Or by b a very ery hinge awl arid handsome e church whose towers lire are u si landmark for tor vessels fur for out flUt Lit at ut sea cen Near ar by try Is the oM alit of the hl Jesuit Je fathers which pus l ws SIiM s among other Interesting wrecks of lit departed glory a 11 high mint ely and heavily glided An avenue II of or willow trees leads heath to the dilapidated monastery I which was nearly half n it 1 century ago by order df M the th For lor or many finery 1111 Us Its cloisters have Ita VI been b n deserted l lII Its II halls and Its ItA pleasure pl KIO II with their long lines linen of olive olivO t jO to mn run wild willI with weeds null The rue records tell us III th that t this g Intended for tor a 11 place piare of at religion ou In the pious monks monkA might enjoy rom earn with nature an al well rehl ns as with their own und anti combine u with their evening myers v l renil that counties doves dov cities In III II the olive tr tra stud nod wore were ar M jO o t lI hut they y were wont tont ont to tn alight ui upon UllOn on the UIA l rs of ot the he friars when the lie latler wore were w re to tu tind fn 11 hi In the lie rout cool or of the lie day da rending readIng l or repeating their IOn Hut dovw 1 null tong I since lis ils and not K living thin I Ii now no to tn be bl Men seen within the he melancholy enclosure an oo tin thiC foul roul c o of or a tui UI key lookIng some om li 1411 il thing to rend H II Alt days tuna ono cf of the this most t familiar heart In the Ih house houw Willi weis tho hue I ell I Ill Quite Quit n It mOn num t I er el au ua till the thi vote of at the lie side able WES was announced on some ome measure url Of or Heed It U was written hat Mt after a Jack Jilek pot Ilot several lIlacs H In III and lint after r b till more inure lust hal I the strength of Ms hlA hl hand lie ite lien in n oi by four tour ell IIII I 1111 I r rented by hy another player a it number Heed Ii Is said sold to in the lie story writ written ten by b and und the expression took tank on oil n II new nOW ir IT tuning einIng In the During that same sanie session lon Springer an Insurgent and a 11 annoyance to I Heed shouted aloud th effect Mr Ir Im Speaker r I would rather he be lI than i nt nl This IH IN all nil that Is Ii to 10 be found In III Iii Hecor of the tho next duy i but In Mm hi ChIcago newspaper of which r I Levis as correspondent Speaker lter tred was Vall to have answered drawl In h Th fh rue need have hae no fear fair fearlie He lie will be tie either Count C does not nol bear n I very it I Ill I h toward the many inn ny cull cuil OKA OUlI who hU hilt III In the tb hope of getting g a n glimpse of if the Iho nUl novelist says a 1 writer sh iii Weekly A party of lIr il nu tourists who called culled 1 not long ngo Olga to pay their respects were vere mot lot therefore 11 i cordially received rot ulet ItOh to 10 meet them Jut hut he ti to II consented to stand on ble doorstep and let be seen lIeen Oh Count aunt Tolstoi one exclaimed approaching the author with outstretched hand huanri 1 I L enjoyed your lust book BO so much i You refer reter I suppose replied Tol Tal Tolstoi ol to ta Dead Denil Pouts The lady assen til Joyfully Urn Um remarked the he novelist Gogol Chogol wrote that Mme Sarah Grand Orani In Is a very cry young cpi hot Her step stepson sun son Mr has 1108 ft n baby daughter whose whore Iho own mother Is la dead deihl and na IS they nil all live together at ut Imo beautIful country home bionic near Sevenoaks It follows that the author of the he 11 Is devoted to 10 the t Indeed mt Gran despite her ber continual crItiCIsm of ot men ilien and her lit lit literary challenges to 10 them Is IH known by ly her Intimates Intimate to be hi devoted to 10 fern lem leOne June III Ithel the tho new book bonk by h the author of ur ee Or Mr Ir Hell Boil hn lies told his hl story lory without any all dialect and entIrely In dialogues between and amid her fiance Ith l who Is I it girl Im hM has mW arid l little 10 nl of ot view am and dimples dimple In liar her che k hue IK ha l with the th samoa same freih Ir h 1111 natural shill which his has made Ue Wee j Mae 1110 Kret for Famous over several contInents end J co 10 well known In Great that MI lihi bell H II this the other oIlier d r on u II i lilt Hit of lit of f the New Nev York ork Vagabond club n Oil as Wee Wre Macgreegor The Fire American author cannot complain com about lack hack of at III In high Irish now Oust n a literary pr Is I In ames om At Al t the Im dedIcation Ill lion In fit Roosevelt mot maci a and amid hit hi tint u was fa Do W you yon kno the Ih author of Mm Mr of the Uh lb ve re the th Kentucky Indy Ind She live li III In She was Va we M Ml Mice Alice anti and Is iii now Mr Culo Youn flies Well Weil said ahl Mr Roosevelt wont you OU le M nay hay to 10 her when you MM see thud I have til r and when she mines next liszt to I hope she lIlt will reek ronke Ilk known While in hem California the heard hearda a friend mention Stewart White of I l b that the tile fellow who icho wrote The Trail asked the president That ThaI the tho men man 1811 Whites White frIend nd Do 1 0 roil know him himo SUI o but bUI I wont want to 10 replied Mr 1100 veil velt elt I t his hi work well Sf S See 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