Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-22

warts or boils that broke out all over ths
psuenL hsgner mp they rad TO contend
wIth tne 'seroche" a kind OF sea-stckneSs.
accom- panied with terrible pains In the head.
shof tness OF hres Ia ADD violent vomiting To
awake In the night and feel yourself sufo-
eating was often the nrst premonitio1 OF THIS
terIlole smlction- Above the snow line the
dreadful "sorrumpio" would scorch the ewes
and face, until, half blinded, aud with face
sna neck olistered. the poor workman would
nave 10 give up and seek relief in the hos
pltal or descs nd 10 lower attitudes
but TINS trouble only existed an the winter,
ior IN the &c rdilleras (the western chain OF
reach below 1e,oo0 feet In the sammer Here
altitude takes the place of lat,tnde aod
strange 70 say, the summer months on the
sea SHORE are the winter months in the
mountains, and these correspond with onr
winter months In the United states
CLIMATE OF THs sUMMIr-RArN AND
The night / spent at Auchi. the nrass,,
working terminus OF the road, aud al ao A.
titude OF IL 800 feet, it rained In torrents and
OF course showed a few hundred feet higher
up. as was evident from the mountains an
round In the morning. At half past seven
we started for the summit on mules nfteen
miles distant by the trail. Before passing
half this distance We entered the snow,
which was rapidly melting beneath the hot
gaze OF the morning sun. This made water
and mud everywhere, aud made the travel
ing naru and dangerous Tor both man snd
beast
SOME UNPLEASANT SENSATIONS.
When within about mile OF the summit,
we were suddenly struck in the face with a
scaldiDg breath from of the snow, when
made us instinctively try TO protect IL ". N
our hands. and caused one OF the party %
cry out, my God, I'm blind" IL did not
last over ten minutes, but its effects have
lasted for days since; and Is not how do Won
feel, but how do you feel since our return.
fortunately had glasses on, and thus saved
my eyes. The others were not so fortunate,
and In returning 10 the city next day looked
as II they were returning from the funeral OF
their grandfather or some other near rela-
tive. AT the summit our pulses ranged from
hundred and ten to a hundred and forty
just what they ought to be, with the reduc-
ton OF near seven pounds TO the square inch
OF atmospheric pressure, and at Aucht from
ninety 20 one hundred and ten, which was
also natural But our second night at Auchi
my pulse ran up 20 one hundred and sixty
and thought my head would burst with the
surging, roaring, pressing torrent of blood
my overtaxed heart was forcing Though IL
and ether parts OF my system that offered
me sne iea ,,i resistance. Hot water TO my feet
AID cold applications TO my head relieved
me partially, and lower altitude next
morning effected a cure and restored the ap-
petites OF the party.
SPLENDID RoAD-HARRY MFrGGs
/ never Travelled on a better road nor on
one In smoother running orner. Through
nearly all cunes from San Bartholome the
curvature Is so perfect, and the rails so Sc
curely bolted together with rods OF iron, and
so solldly spiked down, that there is no room
Tor motion, except the tangential force
WHICH, WDeu lne Train Is going fast, keepS
The passenger on the qld tire, or rather swan
ing from one side TO the other. And TO whom
does Peru and the world owe this wonder OF
The present age, this supreme triumph of
engineering, this practical solution OF the
insoluble problem OF the Andes since the
days OF PtZarro? To Henry Meiggs, our
countryman, more than To all other men.
he had the comprehensive mind TO GRASP the
problems, and the sublime daring 10 under
take their solution before a single one had
been worked out To his sublime faith in
himself nothing seemed impossible, and re-
suits have more than justified him. After
him, TO his brother JOhu, the executive head
OF their immense business I'm Peru. By Mr.
Meiggs' noble disinterestedBess, by his
prineely hospitality, by his m9gnanimous
generosity, he conquered the preiudices OF
the people, and won for the Americans OF The
United states place honorable as that of
any other nation. Therefore, / say in con-
ciusiOn, let the dark shadows of the past zee
before tie bright sunlight OF to-day. and the
hand that was raised To smiJe be extended to
welcome the man who has lifted up aud
mace honorable the name OF our common
country IN land where 10 was before but
little Thought OF, If not despIsed.
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