The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-03-07

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Herr am amonx the Andes. could
not leave Santiago without visiting The
celebrated bnrns u Cau4u-.ie~. the hrst
syllable IL uhich xori must b. pro-
nounccd like orr English rori ''co~s"
Al eight O'Clock On : line morning
h0N often iourneys begin On rIne mprn-
;nxs.-I lef- BY the railway and ~
Ills re stopped 70 breakfast and VERY
hnily. - kancdzna- The ChiLians
seemed 10 me % think more about
rouris aad r.zn1s than about good meat
II our ruo~hOurs-1nd-a-qunrter journey
We passed rhrough much cultivation by
irrigation. conductei from the MANY
mountain s<reams- There Vas much
-c.tfle- and many horses we're 20
bc Zen scattered over the c0un-
~. and some II thc~e LIST were curl
01sIy corrupted il EadinC up the shal-
Iux cOrr~cs 81 The E1rer IN search q
some plant growing - the bottom.
which they <p;et through the crystal
liquid from time 70 tine and then
ducked Their heads % pix up great
mou<hfrls q Il DRY mud walls and
houses appear on Al sides. and the dust
Vas abundant indeed The corn h1r-
vest was co-nx On. and the wheat WAS
being rhrashei uut On the thrashinE-
( f'o0r with horses. Round stones
abouniei every~herc. showing how
/ the districts have been c0lrsed ~ hinge
waters Ihe people looked rude and
frees they wore pnnchOs- and goiter Was
visible q many thrna'~. tie result l1s IN
\ Swiszerlaal1 o. drinking snou-u2rer-
When We came ID The station for Ceu-
Que<les. took The coche' for the baths
- distance III seven leagues which 0c-
cupiei a. some Two hours and half
with one change u horses The teams
consisted II four. and these were caught
I ont grazing - the spot. and harnesse'i
before our eycs- Ikey were excellent
animals. though rough- and were har-
messed abreast Ger pace Was excel
lent hut there w1s nluch delay bef0rs
starting. and the same ~ the chan<e-
The dust w1x fri<hrfnL- - i i All over
suek paris u Chile / have visited
the nuisance a Il NAV - compared
with that % the vile coal smoke On rheiI
railways. this last being perfec, poison
II their magnificent an. At last 10
came % the baths finely situated q
the Csch1po1I River with DRY mount
aims and he cactus al round. Tho
spot i extremely rocky and pictnr'
cs4ne. and from the g,r.iez q the estab
lishmenf the views arr grand: ones i'm
pre=sions be;nE enhanced b the sens
thar Il i The huge range Of the Andc'
and no mere holiday rircr-rocks that -
before Won. The lonx backbone a III
stream. - IL winds it, long Va,
down from the Grand CordilIera
i particularly imposing The tor
rent ruShes bv the bath
} through deep m0unra;n gorge: al j
J On = grand scale The establishment j
built n rwo principal qu,drznr,es. viii
v pleasant shady walks r0und- 1her
are three springs cold. rep;d and hot
= and there arc rwo properties IN m
water nlphurous and chaly bc1te
The baths are well freqnentcd and vel
! conducted The grand range j. no
! visible from the ba<h~ themselves bu
. / b. mounting : rugged rock. after croSz
I ing ; sufficiently impressive and dane
: inr suspension br;igr. the eioricus -
Z p:ring peaks appear On the horizon
I The eo.ors N them n the snn>cts ~
Z surprising. and - r0r look upon a
I west side 81 the range thee <hine ful
! and uninterrupted Exen these district
1 are not free from shocks 81 earthquakes
Twas startled = night ~ the shakin.
II nv bed. and On wakinz AMI n
I srincfirely calling ont .-Quien e. -
ceivel no answer Then the city cIoc
tolled two. and knew iha: l had FL
An earthquake: and the next day
paper gave the foilowinx short motto
J. II spanish. which translate: -La-
NIGHT shortly before two. mild shoe
az earthquake uas frlt-r No harm I
anv one this fime--ani here ! am a-ai
u Santiago Cor. LCndgn Grzpti<.