Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-09

called music, which resembles Burgundy In
in flavor. is made in this section. From
the forests of apple trees that grow without
culture, and also from grapes, the national
beverage called chica Is made. 1t differs as
much in taste from the chica of Peru
(Which is made of corn) as from the pulque
OF Mexico (the fermented juice of the
maguay or agave Americana a)-though the
effects of all are about the same. In this
part of Chile the pinon is common (pro-
nounced peen-yon), a nut similar to the
chestnut when boiled. 1t grows on species
OF pine tree which covers the western slopes
of the Andes, and is bread to the wild
Araucanians, while the ladies of the cities
prize 1t as delicacy.
THE LAW Is RESPECTED.
As in all Chile, the police regulations Of
Conception are admirable. An average
specimen stands in front of my Window
half-bred Indian, dressed in full military
toggery. He is under-sized, stoop-shoul-
dered, slouching in gait, with a general
hang-dog air of countenance, ugly enough
to stop clock; but somehow he and his fell
lows manage to preserve perfect order what
ever betide. Perhaps this is largely due to
the great body of secret police, who, ununi-
formed and unknown, constantly patrol the
city in every part.
But more likely it is due to the "medi-
cine" which an apprehended criminal is
forced to take. For petty larceny-the
commonest crime-he Is bound to q post
with good stout rope and given hundred
or more quick smart strokes on the bare
back well laid on by burly man who seems
to enjoy his business, the muscles of whose
arms have become wonderfully developed
a0rf0 of ipcf sf
punishment is a short whipstock, to which
is fastened leather strap about as wide as
the palm of your hand, having the end cut
into many strips. An English sailor, who
received this dose the other day for steal
ing ham, was heard to solemnly declare
that he would rather starve to death, or
stand for the same length of time meek
deep in hell" than take the medicine sec
ond time. Each policeman carries a little
bone whistle, whose shrill blast can be heard
a mile or more; and he Is required to exc
cute pigeon-wing on it every 10 minutes
throughout the night, to let the world know
that ne is not sleeping at his post
WELL ALONG IN EDUcArIoa.
The educational system of Chile is some
thing Of which any country might be proud.
Early as 1888 there were 754 primary
schools in this little Republic, giving in
struction to about 134, 600 children. Nine
years ago the National Congress appropri-
ated S150,000 to introduce the best methods
. of teaching, and sent a learned professor to
the United States and various parts of
Europe to study the systems of those coun-
tries and decide upon the best. In the high
schools of the State there are not less than
5000 students enrolled.
Public education is divided into three
grades-the higher, the intermediate and
the primary. The seat of learning is the
National University at Santiago, which has
Council of Education, whose duty is to
superintend all the higher and intermediate
schools of the country. They are all free,
the Government owning the buildings and
paying the teachers In order to meet the
demand for the best instructors, the Gov
ernment maintains a number of young
men, at great expense, at some Of
the most celebrated colleges in
Europe to educate them for that
purpose; while the female teachers are
trained in the excellent normal schools that
have been recently established in Chile
The school houses of Conception are so con-
structed that their patios afford ample play
grounds, and the children are not seen out
side the, walls from the time they enter in
the morning till school closes at night. Inex-
orable custom demands that girls of the
better classes above the age of 10 years must
never be allowed to go to and fro alone,
even in the family carriage driven BY a
trusty coachman, but are religiously at
tended by an elderly female servant.
SOME CELEBRATED SCHOOLS
The Colejio Andres Bello, for bows, con-
tains about 800 students. The celebrated
Jesuit Seminary covers more than an acre
of ground and everything about it is kept in
apple-pie order. Its students, which aver
age about 200, are dressed alike in black
gowns. The Liceo, Government school
for bows, is the crack institution of South
ern Chile. Its enormous building rambles
over three acres, and its inmates number
upward of 500. The principal patio con-
tains many fine old trees with swings and
gymnastic paraphernalia- On one side of
this is the well-furnished office and recep-
tion room of the director, and long suite
of rooms filed with maps, globes, charts,
laboratories, etc. Everything in the Liceo
is done with military precision On
the morning of our visit 100 well dressed
young gentlemen we're marching around the
corridor reading law aloud. They walked
two and two around the entire circuit of the
patio, each repeating over and over in q
loud voice the particular passage he was
striving to memorize. You fancy that Babel
would be mild comparison to the orderly
confusion. They were under the super
vision of grave professor and after they
had marched and shouted just one hour to
the minute, they were called in to recite.
Then class of boys took their places.
fixed my attention upon one long-legged
youth of perhaps 16 summers, who was
memorizing an English lesson, and this is
what we both learned in the course of half
an hour: "The ail-e-phant eez large ahn-
i-mahl. The ail-e-phant eez large ahn-i-mahL.
The aile-phant eez large ahn-i-mahl" One
hundred times repeated.
FANNIE B, WARn