The National tribune., 1892-02-11

these may be able 10 sink our cruisers In case
OF war. Tie Captain Pratt has four l0-inch
guns; that s, she will project steel shot
weighing about 1000 pounds from 10 to -
miles, and her speed will be 8 miles an hour.
The Chilean army is well trained. IL Is fresh
from the fighting Of the revolution and the
temper Of the people is such that victory over
them means practical humiliation.
We know little about Chile il is no baby
country either boz territory or population. il
extends now all the way from Peru 10 Cape
Horn, aud ID is almost iar from one end Of
b % the other as New York is distant from
San Francisco The country lies right along
the coast, and consists Of a strip Of from 80 TO
200 miles wide, growing bigger as it goes up
ward. Ihisstrip Is as long as our whole Atlantic
Coast aud Mexico and II has ali kinds Of cli-
mates
The widest part Of IL is no bigger than tho
distance between New York and Washington.
and Its narrow parts are about as wide as the
distance from Washington to Baltimore. IL
contains just about six times as much land as
the State OF New York and is a little less In
hize than Texas and Ohio combined. Is terri
tory ss full OF all kinds Of minerals. Ii has
vast wheatleids, raising millions Of bushels Of
wheat every year. ID b. wlue-g TOwIuR COun-
try. Along Is hillsides grow grapes which
furnish millions Of gallons Of wine annually,
which is M fine as the best wine raised in
France. lt b. a country Of good cities
The Capital, Santiago, is as big as Washing.
ton ~ Cincinnati aud Valparaiso is almost rs
largo as Kansas City or Omaha II las -
towns which range between l00O and l40 600
lu size aud there are 90 more towns I'D the
country which contain from 10000 20 10000
population each. These towns arc woll-buiit
after the Spanish style Of architecture, aud they
contain some lue houses.
Chile has 100000 population, or about as
H|F rrfl I.rr IA
try could b. is said, support 21O00 600, but labor
D. comparatively scarce, aud the greater part Of
lau0 b owned by large capitalists, who live ia
Santiago and manage their farms By Ovcrsccrs.
lt BE- Boz Chile the same as b. is in MCXico-pc0-
plc with Spanish blood in their veins own the
bulk oi thc country aud the mass OF the people
arc peons-ludiaus and lab0rcrs These live in
small houses on the farms, and arc generally
ln debt t0 their masters. They pct small wages
drink 90 excess, aud are not much more than
boasts Some u them arc almost the pure de.
sccndauts Of the tribes who inhabited this
country when the spauiards came here. and
they have the high cheek-bones. the copper
skin, aud the litue bright eyes Of the abor.
lgIucs.
Some Of the Indians arc The descendants d
thc Auucaulaus, who were noted as boiuc The
most terrible Of the South American Indians
who fought the spaniards for over POO years
and Who claim that they were never conquered
The descendants Of these men are IN tho
Chilean army. They look different from tho
other South American Indians Their com.
pleXi0ns are more like those Of the Spaniards
their heads arc long aud they have regular
features.
The houses IN which the common people o.
Chile live are little better than pig pens They
arc Of ono story, made Of adobe or sun burned
brick aud rooted with tile or thatch. The PEG
pic have practically no comforts 10 speak OF
and their civilization is low ID Is diflcrcn
with the better classes Of the people With "a,
exception Of tho poems or Indians the Chilean
are making surprising advances iu civilization
aud their towns arc fast getting all he modern
Improvements. Places OF lO. 900 and 20 900 hav
electric lights There are telephones la all Ia
cities aud telcgraphs everywhere. Chile wa
tie FIRST South American country 10 build rail
roads and it has DOW about ] 500 miles Of ir0l
track, with large amount under construction
The Government encourages railroad building
anG $50 lines are now being built across al
Andes. one OF which will run 10 Bucn0s Ayrc'
and this viii probably form part of the Inter
continental Line, if ID is ever completed.
Nearly ail Tie cities Of South America hay
street CaT lines. The cars arc drawn Ey mule