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Show LIFE IN HIGHEST ALTITUD-- " Hard for Newcomer to Adapt Him,,., "ttli to Conditions Prevailing on "r sin' of the Continent." Bsi gco Prof. Alsworth Ross of the j y sity of Wisconsin, in an artist the Century Magazine entitled, p..'" nl!1 the Roof of the Continent," tells ', 1st the difficulty of merely sustaining-:' in the higher altitudes among T Andes. He says: tllc Life at Cerro de Pasco, near!- c0 league up, is as trying as life sitl diving bell at the bottom of theoci'-' I" The newcomer gasps for air fo stranded fish, and wakes up at n gulping mouthfuls out of the thin" V-" raosphere. Three quick steps put By out of breath, and after climfej j flight of stairs you must sit dfjv.0V a rest. "I know," panted a "teCfV, -5 foot," "how I'll feel when I'm eh-. No employee is sent up by the V- TOi pany unless he has passed a p'-J , cal examination, but occasionally gets blue in the face and has to ' fca sent down forthwith. Thus the I--- 1 Chronicle often has such items l. 1 "Jake L., who returned here last A - g& has been sent home with his t;;- jj,. machinery in bad shape." The young fellows play tennis ball, and even indulge in track s -letics; but the pace must be v-,- slow. Singing is not popular, for. cannot get the breath to hold a k Pneumonia is sure death here . in 48 hours, so that the sufferer r.-.; f. be rushed down to the sea level ; a special train that costs the c.: pany $500. The typhoid patient,::. i( must flee, and the northern r;;-must r;;-must descend to Lima to bear fei ic babies. . The mining company s America are usually big, athletic, deep-eU-;;; men, strong of jaw, sinewy ot e:. and masterful of manner. They ;-: well paid and looked after, t;t :: many of them squander money m' vitality in fighting off the demos :: loneliness. we |