The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-15

drive from Santiago, named MacuI (pro-
nounced Nah cooD, which is SAID to be the
finest estancia in ali South America Its
boundaries stretch from tue Chtlian capital
far into the Cordilleras. whose glittering
caps Of eternal snow mark the limit of her
land Her orchards. vineyards and fields
of grain are in its valleys, and her fiooks
and herds feed on the foothills. The Macul
vineyards supply nearly all the markets OF
Chile with claret and sherry, and the cellar
to the place-an enormous structure 5OJ
feet long by 100 feet wide-is kept con-
stantly filled. All the wine bottles as we'll
as those for the celebrated Cousino beer,
are manufactured IN the glass works at
Lota, but the labels are mostly made in
France. On this farm the sefiora keeps
some valuable horses and cattle, and her
racing stable is one OF the most extensive
on the continent She takes as much inter
est in the turf as any English woman, and,
1t is said that when III Chile she never fails
to attend every racing meeting and bets
heavily on her own horses. [ am told that
at the Dlez ocho races Just preceding her
last departure for Europe, her winnings
exceeded 500, 600, not counting the purses
won by her horses, which are always diyid-
ed among the employees of the stables.
About 800 men are given employment at
Macul, all organized under uperintendents,
most Of whom are Scotchmen; and it is as
serted that in case of Mrs. Cousiflo cou
marshal a thousand men from her farms
alone, who are in her employ. A few years
ago she presented to the people of Santiago
a beautiful park OF one hundred acres, and
race course adjoining it. all within the
city limits. She has another extensive es-
state about thirty miles from Santiago, to
which, however, she pays little attention.
Lota is
HER FAYORITE PLACE
where she spent the happiest years of her
youth, when the now grown up children
were little and the gallant and handsome
young husband was living. Besides the old
mansion upon 1t a new palace is in process
OF construction, which, when completed,
will have cost more than million dollars.
The architects and chief builders are
Frenchmen. whom the senora brought over
from Paris for the purpose, and much of
the material is also imported. A year or
two ago she shipped a cargo of hides and
wool on one of her own steamers to Bor-
deauX, and it returned laden with building
supplies for the mansion, and ais bringing
decorators, designers and upholstery men
to add the finishing touches. The structure
stands in the midst Of what's said to be the
finest private park in the world-an area of
25U acres laid out in the most elaborate
manner and beautified to the last degree by
both art and nature. Its botanical garden
far surpasses that at Washington, and
there are extensive enclosures for flowers
and vegetables, enormous green houses, an
arDor-vitae labyrinth, Turkish towers,
Moorish miniature castles and Chinese
pagodas, belvederes overlooking the
broad Pacific, little lakes, fish
and lily ponds, running streams,
cascades, suspension bridges, foun-
tains, statuary, wonderful grottoes,
domestic and wild animals, and miles upon
miles of beautifully kept shell walks, with
rustic seats set at intervals. Fifty men
are kept constantly employed upon its
magnificent castle under the superintend-
ence OF sturdy Scotchmsn, who told me
that his orders were to make it paradise.
regardless OF cost; and he added, Though
the sonora spends SO much of her time
nowadays in Paris, | cannot cut tree or
move stone about the place but she sees
it the minute she returns" am sorry TO
sey this female Croesus, dispite her many
charities and the good she accomplishes in
Chilli by furnishing employment to 30 many
people, is not altogether happy woman.
Like other folk, she has her trials, NOT least
among them being chronic sciatica which
has almost disabled her. SANDER, like
death, loves shining mark, and the world
over, one so favored by fortune Is sure tc
have plenty of envious enemies with ven.
emous tongues. There Is nothing on earth
she cannot buy if she wants it, except hap
piness, and youth and health that has
slipped away from her, as it will some day
from us all. FANNIE B. WARD.