Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-08
SCENES OF PERUVIAN LIFE.
CSuufry in which Stables May Be
Found on the R0of-Umbreliasa Drug
In the Mark cts of Eima-PeOpIe Crowd.
Ing TO sunday Bull Fights.
From the New York sun.


Found on the Roof-Umbrelias Drug
I'm the Mark cts ofLima-PeOpIe Crowd.
Ing TO sunday Bull Fights.
From the New York sun
LIMA, PERU, April 3O.-An the houses in
Lima are built on the earthquake plan, either
OF great thick walls of adobe or mere shacks of
bamboo reeds, dashed together by thongs OF
rawhiGe, and plastered within and without with
thick layers of mud. This style OF architecture
Will answer in country where it never rams
and where cyclones never come; but II good
pour should fall Ia Lima, the whole town would
be washed into the river Riniac and carried
out to sea There is never more than one en-
trance To the houses. and that Is protected HTsb
by great iron grating and then by solid doors
The windows are covered with bars. This was
done a. precautiOn against bandits In early
times and against revOiutiOniSts in later days
and a very essential precaution it has been;
for. during the time OF tine viceroys. bands of
robbers used TO come down from the NOUN
tains and pirates from tine
Through the single entrance passes every
one who comes and goes-the butcher, the
baker, the priest who comes to shrive the
dying, and the young man 10 whom Mercedes
Is engaged. The other evening a party
making a call, and the iron gate was closed and
wanted ~ 90 i'wV ne hroe he Hc men in the
lock, and il looked a. If the hosts would have
TO find lodgings, or let their guests down from
the root by ropes. For all the windows were pro-
tected by iron bars; but a driver was
finally discovered, by means OF which the
rusty hinges were displaced and the prison
The roofs of the dwellings are always per-
feetIy hat, and among the common people are
used as barnyard> and hcnncTicS. Very often
cow spends all her days the roof of her
owners residence. being taken up when CALI
In the meantime she j. fed on Stops from the
kitchen and bundles OF alfala the South
American clover. which the Indians bring in
from the country on their own shoulders or the
backs of mules. Chicken coOpS are more COM
mon on the roofs of dwellings, and in the
thickly populated portions of town your neigh
bOrs cocks waken you at dag light with re-
minders of st. Peter.
Lima is poor place to send umbrellas. for
along the coast from the northern boundary of
Peru. far southwest to the end of the Chiiian
desert, rain never falls There is a disacreeable
dismal, sticky, rheumatic dew, however, which
Is worse than shower, for during the winter
season. beginning in April and ending III Octo-
one sensation described by Mantilini as dem
milton moist.
The thermometers pretty regular however
ana ranges nom sixty to eighty degrees Fab
renheit during the year, January being the
hottest month and July the coolest Pulmonary
complaints are unknown, but feVcr> are very
common, and the mortality among infants is
pitiable. At Callao yellow lever is usually en-
deIric. and there are three or four deaf ms among
the marine population every week. as the >ani-
tary regulations are not well enforced ard the
city is dirty.
There Is no sunday in Peru The shops are
open on that day as usual. and in the after
noon bull fights cock fights and similar public
entertainments are always held. The women
always go To mass In the morning, and do mp
the religion for the entire family. as very few
President Prtdo, from 1869 10 1876, the Catho-
lie church was subjected To the same sort of
treatment it has received in the other repub-
lies, but his successors were more hospftalIe
toward the priests, and the church is regaiuing
much uf its ancient influence. Some OF the con-
fScated munaSterieS have been restored and a
tishOp presideS over the lower branch of the
national legislature. having been elected BY a
popular vote in one of the interior cities. He is
q Jolly-iOoking old padre. rosy and rotund, ANA
does not have the appearance OF suffering much
modification Ot the flesh.
In Lima for a population of about 100000.
there are 126 Catholic churches and twelve
mOnasterle- and converts; and the same re-
hgfouS privileges extend all over Peru. There
are two Protestant churches in the republic
one OF them Is in Lima and is usually without
pastor, being OF the Church of England
school, and supported by the English speaking
residents. The other is at CaliaO and an active
young Presbyterian from Philadelphia. the
Rev. Mr.. Thompson, is its pastor Tie church
Is unseetarian. and is largely sustained by the
Pacific Steam Navigation company, British
corporation which has a monopoly of com
Inerce on the west coast, and Keeps its head
quarters at CaliaO. No attempt at Protestant
missionary work has ever been made in Peru
attnough MI thompson says the field is very
inviting his Time l. mostly spent among
the sailors who haunt Callao 10y the hundreds
ana in looking after the English speaking con-
gregatlon under his charge.
some or the largest and finest stores are owned
ana managed by Chinese merchants, who have
the monopoly OF the trade in ulantas-the gar
ment which every Lima woman wears-and in
other SILK dress goods. There are q very large
number OF Italians, who usually keep the boda-
half a dozen large American mercantile estab-
Hshment>, and the house OF Grace Brothers, OF
which the mayor of New York Is the head
Peru.
auch of the business in the interior is done by
1tinerant peddlerS, who carry their wares on
their backs. and tramp over the whole continent
from the lsthmus to Patagonia. There is also
class vi Itinerant doctors, OF Indian blood called
COladuayd>, who travel on foot from BO.ota in
Colon bIa TO BuenOs Avre~ carving the news
from place to place and uracti Siney - sort of VOC
Owe he SILK all
throughout the country, and exercise Il remark
able influence among he natives. who entertain
them as guests OF distinction wherever they go.
There Il no respectable theater in Lima the
opera house of which the city was proud and
IN which many a favOrite cantatrice has war
pee, having been burned down during the war.
Two or three low variety theaters are in opera
lion, and are nightly crowded by men of the
lower class 10 witness the obscene dances and
lsten 10 the vulgar jokes The reputable Span
lard IS an elegant gentleman, refined and
polished, but the other extreme il as low a.
human kind can be- Their vices are beyond
degradation, and prove the proverb that a
spaniard Is either a gentleman or a beast.
There are four daily newspapers in Lima in
which are published cablegraIns from all over
the world They are edited with ability but
style that sounds very funny TO the plain
spoken American. One OF the editors was sent
10 jail and fined $500 the other day besides
having his paper suppressed, for making some
renectIOns upon the acts OF Congress, but as
soon as he got out Of prison he started another
paper, and he Is now blazing away in the most
fearless manner, just as if the penitentiary
wasn't half empty and the government in need
OF convict labor. His present hobby is pro-
teciorate over the Republic of Peru by the
United states, and when the marines get
through on the IsthrnCs he wants hem to CONF
down and tase charge OF this country
He demonstrates by the accord OF the fifty
OF revolutions, civil wars and foreign dcspois-
tIon, with us list OF sixty-s1x administrations
nearly every one Of which was Oyerthro[yn nv
violence, that the people 81 Peru are Incapable
both of governing themselves and of protecting
their rights against toreicn invaders and he
wants that grand republic as our Oyya coun-
Try L. always called down here. ITO assume con-
troll over Peru, in order that the people NAV
nave peace, that the able-bOdied citizens can
engage IN industry instead of revolution and
!9rel9n capital can be guaranteed protection in
t4t development OF the magnificent resources
of the country" This editor is preachino Sound
doctrine AZ far as Peru is concerned but tho
bnlted states does not want to undertake q lob
or this sort at present.