The Republican journal., 1891-06-25

Is llarulN time enough to see alt the sights .
the Cluinta Normal; anl therefore It is cus
tomay to come out early. stray about the gar
den during the cool of the morning, take
midday breakfast in the biz restaurant. (pre
Niously ordered in one of the numerous private
parlors, and served in many elaborate course
if the party is very swelD. and then deYot,
what remains of the afternoon to the Museum
Though the cooks are French, Chlian st les
prevail in the food and its serving. Amons
ether delicacie> they give YOU camarone>, o.
freSi-Water crabs, shrlmpS with long, blaCh
hairs on, the plumpest Of white-hrea~ted par
tridges. tiny brown birds on toast "eea-urciiin>'
steamed i'll their own round. prirkley shells
strange fruits and salads and if YOU don't takt
at least claret and champagne with such CON
giomcratlon of unaccustomcd Niand>, even the
servants will turn up their noses at YOU as -;
green horn from Away Back"
thilIs National museum is housed in the i'm
posing building in which the International EX
hibition of lS,J was helda miniature copy
in stone and glasS, of the Crystal Palace il
London, with a magnificent entrance, Iong cen.
tral ball, and a wide stairway in the rear
branching out, both ways. to rooms above
Space Will not permit any detailed description
of the wonders collected here, where the
naturalist the scientist and the arch:rDoyi>t
may reVel for days without time to examine
them all, The best of it, however, was >tolcu
from Peru during the recent war. for Chill i
not rich in aboriginal relies. like tie land ot
the lncas. On this subject Mr. " Il. Curti>S
writes, no doubt With truth: EVER! where ID
Santiago and other Chiiian cities. are y he Seen
the ornaments of which Peru was so mercie,>-
" pIundered ~tatuary, fountains, benches OF
carved stone in the parks and aIllnedtS. and al.
most everything that beauties the streets.
transports that We're sent up to Callao with
troops, brought back cargoes of pianos. pi7t-
ures' furniture, books and articles of house
hoid decoration, stolen from Peruvian homes
Pretty iron fences, ornamental lamp-posts torn
from Their foundations, >tatuary from the
pla/a>- silver altar equlpmtulS from the
churches, even marble images from the cemr-
teflcS- everything that Nandai hands could
reach. was stolen and carried to Chill. Clocks
were taken from the church stceple~.-one OF
them now gives time To the market-pace of
Santiago; and the tlh%ie> of the saints We're
lifted from the affairs and stripped Of the en-
hroderle> anu jewels they had received from
their deNotere. And II is well known that
the most valuable portion o1 the National
library. A. we'll a. the greater part Of thc
MuNrum' was acquired IN tins dl~-farttuI man
ntr OF which thlahr now b'gln to feet some
what ashamed ana make excuses ior ttN term
lh& IL the fortunes OF war.
me rotiecfloh OF birds Is The finest even
saw, from tlhle>t humnin%-hlrds hardly an
inch long to the giant ubaro>> and huge Ali
dean condorS, golden pheaSantS, fan-t1lltd Tyre
birds, lrhclrlaS, hooded birds Of paradise
mlIIlonS Of them, ahd whole largt room de-
voted to Their nests and egg>. Besides all
those things usually found IN museums, there
! magnificent array OF aboriginal pottery;
utensils and weapons of stone: buue and Wood
from all parts of south America and The least
known Islands Of the Pacific; WIN figures
representing all strange peoples 'tres~t, IN THEN
different costumes. each III glass case by IT,
self, like Mrs. Parington'> crocodile. large ae
lilt and twice is natural' surrounded by III
oWH peculiar implements and belongings.
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