Show I What Do You Know WhaL w no nou YOU AbouL South S America PONT O CARE CAR I lion Lien lon John Bar Barrett tt director the of the Bu Bureau Bu Bu- reau of American Republics furnishes furnishes furnishes fur fur- the following data data about about tho the countries which the he American battleships bat bat- bt arc are now visiting I Callao Calao wh where where- re the American Battle fleet Is It now no making its It fourth stop in ints I its It ts cruise round roum South America America is Js one erie of or the most important ports port on the time Pacific side and Is Ia 1 the great depot for tor or orthe th he the commerce of oC Peru Perma It I is second only to Valparaiso Chile miles to ho thu south Approximately tely one half of or ortho ho tue foreign tra trade c of ot Peru leru eru which amounted last y year ar to more than 50 passes ases in Iii and out of ot Callao Calao making It a a busy active city Fully 1000 e vessels ls put tho the harbor arbor every year yer ear and 20 O steamers Jo together with 40 sailing sailing- craft slay may tn any 1 day be soon seen it at a anchor In the bay Callao is one of ot time the finest and safest st- st f est cst harbors on the Pacific and anti the Peruvian government O. is showIng great reat energy not nol Only to make i It modern convenient and and- secure but also to equip th time the city itself with wih every necessity necessity I sl sity y for comfortable and liv- liv lY- lY ing Ing ng There aro ro massive maho wharves at ot athe atthe the he waters water's edge protected by a pier feet teet long Jons this tills pier piul is connected with tho the shore by a 3 bridge built buit on Iron ron plies piles pres 2800 feet Jeet J long ng In In the tho ba bays bayis bay Js is s a a. floating duel dock which Will wJ admit of or 21 tent feet draught raught and tons weight Steamers He lie alongside the wharves and freight is pe ped immediately into cars on tracks within a n. f few w feet teet of or the thu water The Tho resemblance to 10 a n rod modern n port like Havre Javie or Hook of or Holland is remarkably remarkably remark remark- lema k ably striking T The machinery s cr about bout these d docks Is chiefly ily eJ electric the thc power pow pow- er or being drawn from tram streams only a asmal smal small distance back in the time mountains mountains A A natural tion of ot t the ba buy bay iso is isho 1 0 ho o s 1 of San Lorenz o W shelt shelters dt- dt t- t cis ers the hc city from rom south storms Adjacent to 10 San Lorenzo Is the thc P Palominos Pal Pal- t- t s group group on which Is 13 a powerful light house the light from rota which is visible for eighteen ml 8 miles Just re recent recently re- re cent erected I f a tower for wireless telegraphy an and communication b by this means will soon be In operation all aU along alonS the coast C Callao as a a a town is very old its Is foundation dating back to tIme the year nar H 1537 7 The rhe original site was destroyed by an earthquake Ir i In 1 1710 C and swallowed 8 31 lowed up by the tho rca fC The Tue present city yet retains some seine traces of Its earlier history in the narrow and Irregular Streets t but to today ny it I has grown away a teem om such conditions and is mo modern ern ernIn in every sense of ot the thc word worl The population lation laton lumb numbers rs although in the thed d day y time it i y would ul S seem cm much larger b because cause man many men come here during business hours but return in tho afternoon afternoon aft aft- nf- nf to their homes In im Lima Lima the capital of Peru Is only onh nine nino miles mUes from Callao and lies les COO OO feet teet higher close against the tho foot hills hUs of ot the time Andes TJ Two o steam team and one electric trolley lines connect the tIme cap capi- capi tal hil with wih th tho port ort and there is besides beside beides a fine avenue fo for carriages so that tha the tra traveler eler can cn easily easil an and quickly g go 10 from rom on one city to the oth other othOr r at any time Tills This 1115 I Is one of or the most romantic pot of of Spanish An America vying with tho City ly of ot Mexico In iii tho the interests which show how thu Influences of ot Europe upon th discovered c vcr a- a but Thit t Lima is Is tal ray far moro 01 than a city of pf churches plazas monasteries and houses of ot grandees grandee's s of ot Spain Nevertheless Never Never- tho the impress of PIzarro and th the viceroys should not Hot be forgotten for tor Lima Lima w was s at at on ono one time the enter center of or government for all al South America and ad her extended tended authority e from flom Panama to Ayres ATes It I Is one one of time post most beautiful Cities of ot the tho western world orld und and enjoys a climate which without exaggeration can b be called caled perpetual spring pring Lima also has han a I new W aV avenue nu Columbus Columbus Co Co- lumbus av avenida ni u nearly half a milel milo mile l ng Tat t the end of which is the statue of or Columbus reproduced in iii the statue at the front of or the de Lc Lesseps eps house at st t Colon Coton o on the Isthmus of l Panama anama This Is the fashionable drive and prom prom- made of ot society Other Oilier new streets streets l testify tC to the rapid the city Is s making Electric l lights ht trolly toly rr cars abundant water and such public uti los has tc aro arc making makinG this city of ot inhabitants fully Culy abreast of the times Limn Limn Imn is the s seat at of ot the oldest ity In America Americ founded here In 1551 Not Tot so 80 very cr for tor from Crom Limit Lima Lima as distance goes In South America 4 are the battle battlefields fields of ot and A where In n 1824 4 was wa tou fought ht th time the final struggle by y which Spain ios forever her hold hote tn In n this part palt of the world Peru Por has great leat advantage nd over O other r republics P of South America She is a trans continental country countr having a coast line on the tho Pacific of ot l 1000 GOO miles mIes from rom which tho the world can be reached yet ret et one of or the tho great grea commer commercial lal cent cen- cen t tOm ors r of or Peru Per la is lI ulos I-ulos an Island city on the Atlantic water shod Prom From lulos ocean steamers pa pass 2000 mU miles s sown down own the the BrazilIan Brazil Brazil- Ian fin port of or Manaos and proceed to Now New NewYork York Y or Europe Just as If i they had como come from Crom a n coa coast t town on salt water vater This Is an nn advantage nd posses possessed d b by no othor other country countr except Columbia which has ports port on both the Atlantic At- At antic lantic and the Pacific The Tho variety of of natural pro products within Perus Peru's confines adds greatly to her iier promise for future futuro growth Her wealth does docs oes not b by nn any means Iena depend upon m minerals alone Sho Is a n large Jarg sugar ugar producer pro her cotton is 18 famous for tor certain good qualities she exports glides Ides coffee and rice rIco from rota tile the deposit deposits de do- posits posit In the soil sol como con copper silver petroleum and and salt sai guano Is dug from Its beds and tho the native rubber tracts under cultivation are yielding riches rices to their possessors The Te government Is tO today f wide awake and ambitions It I encourages laIi- laIi roads It Invites foreign capital to in invest invest In in- vest est money In well n secured enterprises enterprise and has ha already d upon a career or of substantial Industrial p prosperity Peru Is a D little Je less g than Ihan times the size sie of or Now X Jork ork r sti state stat ent Her climate cli cU- mate embraces every hind from the tropics to perpetual snows snows There Is no known plant or animal that will wi not grow here Tho The most famous famous engineering engineering en en- structure In time the world the Oro Oroya ral a railway built bult by hy Henry HenI Meiggs the American runs from the Pacific ocean across the CIC Andes The highest navigated na bod body of or fresh water Lake Lkc and the time Harvard Haryard Astronomical cal observatory from om which the tho most mos accurate observations nl are taken taen from half way up El EI MistI IsU near neal Arequipa Arequipa are Institutions of or which P Peru TU is Justly proud just Peru Ieru has hus a a population of mating The Tho h country 1 Is therefore not so 50 sparsely sette settled as a might be imagined and anti tho people ar are re industrious and home loving losing lovinS The re republic republic re- re public comes within what may be caled cal- cal cd ed the Canal belt and when this Is la thi finished when rail ri communication I Is established between the upper waters water of the Amazon and tho the Pacific Peru is sure to become one ono of or the thE powerful factors factor In the tho lifo Ute or of South America America- America |