Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-30
2rryES0F PERUVIANLIFE
uorNTRY WHERE STABLES
g7 SOUND ON THE ROOFS.


nrailss a Drug in the Markets OF Ii
ns-People CrOwdinG to Sunday Bun
ma Woman who Cleared Out n
convent.
I'm plrul Correspondents Yen York Sun
IN tbe houses in Lima are built on the
-taToke plan, either OF great thick
of adobe or mere shacks Of bamboo
wa 1asbed together by thongs of raw
.nd Dlastered within and without
- ~ mick layers of mud. This style OF
+;+.atrre will answer in country
~. II never rains and where cyclones
W. c,n,s. but II a good pour should fall
oe' the whole town would be
iR - nto the river Riniac and carried
W. .aa. There is never more than one
uU .s,oa TO the houses, and mat is pro-
~ --'5 Arst nv d great iron grating and
CO.. ~ solid doors. The windows are
'lsI.o5 with bars. This was done as q
.1osutiop against bandits IN early times,
"a saainst revOlutionists In later days,
.eda very essential precsutlon IL mas
r.. I'm. during the time of the vicerOys,
- nj robbers used to come down
va, me mountains and pirates from the
5r,roueb the single entrance passes
~ o1e who comes and gOes-tbe
,o,cber. The baker, the priest who comes
,o s5riye the dying, and the young man to
nom Mercedes is engaged. The other
eyanjpg a party were making call, and
t5e iron gate was closed ana locked oy
~ nor+srs as usual. When they wanted
.S,d svay be broke the key in the lock,
ND II looked as II the hosts would have
.a5rd lodgings, or let the guests down
rom fbe root by ropes, for all the windows
,rern nrotected by iron bars; but screw
diver was finally discovered, by means OF
mich the rusty hinges were displaced
and the prison opened.
Tb4 roofs the dwellings are always per-
fsctly fiat, and among the common people
are nsed as barnyards and henneries.
Very often a COW spends all her days or
ne roof of her owners residence, being
tsken m when a calf and taken down at
the end of life as fresh beef. In the mean
time she is fed on slOps from the kitchen
ard bundles OF alfalfa, the South Ameri-
can clover. which the Indians bring in
.rom the country on their own shoulders
or the backs Of mules. Chicken coops
are more common on the roofs OF dwell
ngs. and in the thickly populated por-
ions of town your neighbors' cocks
,yaken YOU at daylight with reminders Of
ST. Peter.
Lima is poor place to send umbrellas,
far along the coast from the northern
boundary Of Peru, far southwark to the
ard of the CHILEAN desert, rain never falls.
There is a disagreeable, dismal, sticky,
rheumatic dew, however, which is worse
than shower, for during the winter sea-
son, beginning in April and ending IN Oc-
t0ber. it penetrates the thickest clothing,
and gives one a sensation described by
Nantillni as demnition moist.
The Thermometer is pretty regular,
lowever, and ranges from 60 deg. to 50
deg. Fair. during the year, January be-
ng the hottest month and July the cool
est. Pulmonary complaints are unknown,
but fevers are very common, and the NOR
,4lity among infants is pitiable. At Cal
lao yellow fever Is usually endemic, and
there are three or four deaths among the
marine population every week, as the
sanitary regulations are not well enforced,
and the city is dirty.
There is no Sunday in Peru. The shops
are open on that day as usual, and in the
afternoon bull fights, cock fights, and
similar public entertainments are always
ield. The women always go to mass in
be morning, and do up the religion tor
be entire family, as very few men are
ever seen in the churches. Under Presi-
dent Prado, from 1869 to 1876, the Catho-
lie church was subjected TO the same sort
Of treatment IL has received in the other
republics, but bis successors were more
l0spitabe towards the priests, and the
church is regaining much of its ancient
influence Some Of the cOnfscatsd mon
asteries have been restored and bishop
lresdes over the lower branch OF the
national legislature, having been elected
by popular vote in one of the interior
cities He is i0lly-lOoking old padre,
rosy and rotund, and does not lave the APP
earance Of suffering much modification
O.. the flesh.
In Lima, for population q about l00,-
DO, there are l26 Catholic churches, and
Z monasteries and converts; and the
same religious privileges extend all over
Peru. There are two Protestant churches
o the republic. One of item is in Lima,
acd Is usually without apastOr, being OF
ae church Of England school, and sup
oted by the English-sp12king residents.
.i4 other is 1T Callaa. and an active
tng Presby terian from Philadelphia,
De Rev Mr.. Thompson, is its pastor.
me church is Unsecta1an. and is largely
sustained Dy the PaOtic Steam Naviga-
non Company, a British corporation
which has monopoly OF commerce on
ne west coast, and Keeps its beadquar-
efs at CaIlao. No attempt at Protestant
Missionary work n IS ever been made in
cru. although VI Thompson says the
ned is very inviting. his time is mostly
spent among the sdlOrs who haunt CallaO
y me hundreds, AID in looking after the
LAslisn-speakiug Congregation under his
charge
Some Of the largest ana finest stores
are oWleG and mhaged by Chinese mer-
eAalls, VINO hRB the monopoly OF the
.Iaae IN inantas-the garments which
very Lima wOmln wears--and ia other
sNk dress gOods. There are very large
number OF Italas, who usually keep the
,gUluages or salons, and eating
mere are half a dozen large American
Melcantlle establishments. and the house
u trace BrOthee, Of which the Mayor OF
'e" York is tie head, practically mo-
uygollzes the fO1ign trade of Peru.
aucn OF the hsiness in the interior is
.ole by itinerht peddlers, who carry
'lelr wares on their backs, and tramp
over tae whole ointment from the 18TH
mus 10 Patagoul. There is also a class
unerant ddtors, OF Indian blood,
aueu C0ildhuaas, who travel on foot
om Bogota ID Colombia 10 Buenos
A!iesi carryngthe news from place TO
Nace ana praGtling q sort OF voodOo sys.
n over the sick. They are well
uoWn throughout the country, and
5Ae'cIse a remarkable influence among
le natives, VINO entertain them as
e1gs.s or distinction wherever they &c.
- mere Is no rspectable theatre In Lima,
WV opera house 81 which the city vas
to99u, aud 10 which many faYorite can
dollee mas wnbled, having been buried
nn uurngthe war. Two are three lew
'alltlY theatres ara in ouaration and irp