, 1876-07-15
Flora Round About Ohicago---Tho
Pulse or Poa Family.
Experiments with Artificial
Mauures---Cocculus In
dicus in Beer.
The Potato-Disease---Books ana
Periodicals Recoived-.-Lt"
erary Notes.
FAMILIAR TALK.

l't4tO 4A4sN No 't<AA :. .,o tno S..s
Fcru, will! populatIan of "n'y y'Wo;u0' rna 1,'a
Invested about s1i0,OO'oo IN ia''so"us ,.,., ~
Republic, in mnsly respects pau!S 'A'!''" ~,
Tie policy Of licr Government na,nE '.sn
chiefly Administered by corrupt o',,en,s ios wv
benefit of private rather t'a'f n"nile 'i.e1'ose,
Inns the Wisdom to 'tndcrsta''t' LIN W. p,o'
pcrtty depends upon INC cohst'"st"h ~
system of highways TINT snail nr'ss luz ee1'sses
Of her immense natural wealth 1nto conm''n'sa-
t" "'''' NV" w.. ~ ,ntnns. onl forcs.s. anil
lTo'icts ol hes "s" .an,,,, aut,ct fnr ,hc
plains, while nfordltlg feaay ""a'ss iot ~
wo Into thr re- sfss % s1s's rer esao 81 s H0 WITH
..,', ~, nn,rnylunt. orc,trucy, Is sunlcwhcrc
u's ~ sno ~" .i.n ,,,,ra Lien miles I'm length.
near ".:'' 1"es. ,>.,.,, :. ~, ,sI,,n.t t,,1,,
$50 ml]es In hreaath Il. us ""eSs l"m.,
n,ons the northern boundary, and 80
u,,,rs In wi,ltl, Mt its southern ter
.";",,s IT. has n coast.l5nc. exclusive Of
s.s...,,,.s ,"''",. ~ cGn ,ra or ncar,v roa,tnr
l,luehtatons, " .ioo. a". ,o y. - H. t1,.a
that OH tho At'ant's por''e' u t''o on..u '
States. Yet, Notwithstanding the great extent
of lts scahoar1, on account uf its racky shores,
n,u of tie 1rca,lful surf that beats pcrpctually
Against "ei.e" a''' '.s'.'""' T,, ~. .''.,.s
pn1, with the exception al Cal'ao' 'ts seap"Its
are Insignificant IN size, anl liiclcss snVe ut the
!.''Ir msI, roa,,stca1s.
tl'eat 'o1"ese"o1' ,,,,t,,1 ,.., ,,,uoo lie.
TIC sarlaee ol ts'.' IL u''"'e" ''t" .".es "'s
tluct belts. That lying as tI!o soasl ~ ~ pas,
mrs, md slonInr Will, rapd dcscc,lt from tic
,.e', ~" ., 1 ~,ii,'rns -, ,,n o1can Wbcrc Il
basc " 1'c So."ao N. W ~. nn J.. ro,,,..1'ahi,,
fsttavcrsea by streams t'o soh Is tc'l".hao'5
fertile; but, between thcRe ouscs, the lnnd Ia n
Rot. arll waste, covered with o tne, shifting
san',.-tl,o couttnual snort Of TIM winds, which
tnss It tntv fautastc ],eans, or drive it througl,
I1t 9 a' ~ Tn To'. scroI, brlt of co,,try called
~ Hi.r1, tnrlmic. .hc ,no,,ntntuo,s regions.
enpocf,ur sS t1,c tw.' rn,,,es uf TIC Coricr,s,
@ 3i"1t nat'a,x. fertile nlalns, mud tlecp Tropical
vaiicrs fI Tj,c leyrl Of tic inter-CortlIleras
n5aiHs nvcrarss TO- o(s0 icc., and is bounded Oh
r1tIcr tIr sIIic by strenpnous 1slounta!t,-walls,
nr,1'troi tsy NJ iI st,ow. Tbc trd bcit, called tic
p Elps."A ,',',,s t,rotiir.,s nf nj" 1,rcn nf
i',r' n,,i, stretrl.cs from Tie foot Of tho East
ern GordilIeras to tl,c borders Of Brazil 1t con
n ,ns ~ v.t rvninrri MIR s Resources
snarn1. s.o mora ;tn ynsd. il awaits tic olwu-
iar of rnndways cutting IL trausyerscly, and
E'octin~ E ~, Il 1yit ticwtcrro,,tcs lavis}ly f,tr-
ta,,o,f ~, H. trmtsriss nf tia AmS in
.Iar ~ rtid ~, its rnonifolti n1,fi l,tunhle
sa~ot n1c III nro.1rrfs fnT thn ,scs ~ mnnh nd.
fho ojtlcst railway in Peru was built by prI-
rfs sti H. }.ty ot I1na Nth tic nort ot Cal
i s' ,u,i..s distant to tl,u southeast. uui is
v' t!,e' most % protlta,ls rond IL tho couni|y. Tho
pr,ort1 railway rnnnrtt8 Linn With ClOrrjllnH.
ssSps 5yin iGt ,nss 70 ] liz orthcnat' a, te ropar
s2s"sI;I'. 2 r.sort If PcrI. Thcao two iron tracks
sIasi"I niasn f" 5vsos whch il stuatc miles luck on
Tic plaim, ii coIn1n',nicatiop win ti'o coast, antl
exnsc e,u 1lav IN etn1race tic ot tic sous
iam9e InaG % q xtlcs Ionr u,itcs Etcn with Lam.
iayc"uc, o., tic nnrtilcgn coast; and another,
4omes IN length, links 1nena With tho sont', T.
rr rpnd tn Inpaz ts nroicctcd. which viii have
r;s ~ ii KN feet! mi cost *:2 00 600. Iu,iiqut
md md Paagua arc hound together by 100 miles q
iv"'y from. nu csrro dc Tasrts rimcntci, irlllio
McE o n frnn ,ssn i" Lima md from Li1lt
Maltr ia" % Thrsn lines nr. Mi ownei y pri
ynto rsiflnn,jcs, aud represent S:4,5, ,O1O, ,UDN.
cavcrnmnt c ,So is On" !Mtwccn pisco aud lea
in,,t' "aIi X ,n"s ",l "sst Il .5oO.oO0: another
fro1il Llina to Chal!cay-lcngth As miles, a..'
ss rI,rs@lsnEth so 10 mi mcs ai e5st 81 ,io o0h Al
ths extensive " ron,ls or il. Peru aru CONSTRUCTED u
str M Hcnry Mclggs, M n An,crr,l,i contractor, MI
aro saiu to bc nisnlels ot skill in cngtlIccrn.
IN ta All Tnited statcs, rs almost thn cntire ,na
tnrai 1 cutrriur tmto ti,n w rs,nstr,cstun ul o,,t
Of Pcn.yjam1 railway In imported, mud liz prle
Of iaIor Is iwlcu ns lilgh Us IN our own cuuhtr,
a'p ra oa ~, slGs ns' ,vo4c fn,crc,t,ur work on III
"a nsI,s mi ia An,nzon,; furnishes IN ;hci
1riitn,,s tiiis, snaII ~ te ra;lros.!s Of reru; iii
Tn@"stnrk 1s ~ Amerjean u thn cars co,ur {rus
HIIi,nEf' 1,msh &: c.,. Troy: thc lcru1t'at,Y,
aas,ir, p,"rs;i fr,,n, pntsrsu,. Iurnnluti,
anostih,S Ky 1psg!S ,pa'l !asts mn franz ssoo to ss5
mn, n f3,st .. ..nss car s5nD fim lies arc tro
mr.1nn. ~ ~ rai,s G frnm Enr1a,,l: to JIano,
Slf'Tf, STIlfs f,,o,m ."' hm"r;co worKci b1 Kuud Il Wu
inrs is colpprcssor; ap % ad tic stat6nry nacIlnc
aEu ~ nIc It; ,,1iIs nE S, wp1ranIzci iron: I'M sl,
ola eis nrn % Amrs,: ~ md lis watcr.tanks arc Fiji
c",tnf S'G Th, ,n1inrrrs urs Invariably. bcjioy
MHi1si. .1neLi"3. md Tia uhorcrs nro Cltines
'I .ntans un. NV rnynns 1nnv
n.S,, u 1 tI'ntr ,1,,n,,,: Int ccrtainly they "a
,n n III .nII ,,Er i"o'ts whn fcy ruiuub
ta, '' ,,,t ht". hna ,"trr",l nt1 tRc constrI
s tnn of o. their t rsways WY Int What Is foreign 81.
Pcfhspst nt' slohsj i,.nn,s,,a" ,v, H'." ir Natrra
n'i,r taSi nltssv y n u INV Of thc Goycrnsn
Thn tl,Hber. ~ s IRON, ~ roliugstock, i Labor, f
aIa ngarly ai to S ioo9, aao ,l'ir1sir rei,,u-1m IN
' iH noncy misvI H. a,S Ky Yor ~ md f,aiivia slycr
p'Is 1t T. ,"s ~" Inn "ts no,m"rtr u1la
m ~ ~! eom ''n ~ ,stti, ln nr,ao TX mt noys
"ysI ~ VI t s m4' IL nrs'o,,nsr o,,o Of tho m.