Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-01

befira thty fow onwlrd 50 their falls.
ffsrs Is n winding cave and lhcft a
i-u5n grove laden win yellow fruit
Thrrs are hedges Of roses and other
nGrers, great gttsn houses flled wtf
orchids. and IN shnri' such q variety
column In mtn:ionlng shgm. l, takes
shirlv men 20 care FOR she Rariuns %
Nscni aslno and $50 men are employed
In ne vineyards.
THE Poems OR FARM HANDS OF
CHILE.
one Of those big farms always has its
mnnarpr or major donin. II has ita sub
ovorrocts and lta army - lab1rIng
men on rotos The farm hands nf chile
nre chilled rotoa. They are thu cross
formed by the union " the Indians and
spanlardn They nrc the laborlng class
IL the country and correspond 10 the
poems Of Peru. They are, however, "
a different make from the Peruvian
inbororH. although FUZZY as drunken and
Hhlfticrs na 10 money making ANA
MONIES saving They are brave 90 cX-
cess and VIII not tolerate abuse Nor in-
suit. You can Kick Peruvian pc1n ana
he VIII smile. the Bolivian servant %
uunld that his master IL angry with
him II he does not thrash him once or
twice a month. but the Chilean would
be likely 10 resent such treatment with
stab on q blow. These men all carry
knives aud they do not hcnitits 90 use
them. They chrc little for ne. and. am
told, many u thcm would XIII a
man Tor u dollar. on the other hand.
they are fond OF the men they work for.
aud IL Is hard 20 got them away nom
the estates where they were born. Most
nf Thorn are M debt 10 tholr masters.
They live on he estate. getting a hut
and a couple q actvr % ground for
themselves and being paid from 90 20
20 cents a dny Tor their work This ID
in chilean silver ~ that their wages
ate really from u q 20 cents day.
They receive food In addition 10 their
vaRus. but this u only Tor themselves.
rhfIr nrnt meal ~ usually u double
handful OF toasted wheat Hour, which
thoy mix with water 10 form u mush or
bake In a cake. AZ noon they have a
bowl q hot beans, nud Tor supper, OF
dinner, ~ they call Il here. they set a
second bowl OF beans. with perhaps,
some more toasted meal added, The
last two meals they cat In the nolds,
with what extras tholr wives hrlng
from home. They Ht down on the
ground 10 eat. and their only cntlng
utcnrl ~ an liuI spoon OF. what ~
more common, "a muaucl shell. stu. on
such food they viii work from sunrise
30 nunrUt and VIII carry enormous
burdens ana d. the heaviest work
Tho hulH which form thclr homes are
little hrttcr than our pig ncnn. They
nrc usually juri high enough o. get into
and not over nftcOn foot square. Thcr
wallis are Of Waited twlgH, Hun-drird
bricks. OF Ia the south OF boards, and
the roofs are usually % thatch. The
dirt forms the door and IN many cases
the bed ~ the family 4 tox or twu and
q table ID about all the fuuiturc. There
are seldom partitions Ia this one room.
The people herd togeihr Ike pigs and
several families often occupy the same
THEY ALL GET DRUNK.
The chief end Of the chilean rotos' life
/ IN 10 get drunk. lie works only Tor this
| and nlne-tcnthH Of his kind are IN d
state Of hcantiy lntnNlcauon at least
once week. lie stays drunk and will
not work ~ luug ~ his money lasts
| For this reason Monday II called tn,
/ "rntna' holy day" for he IN ~ drunk on
/ sunday that he has 10 take Monday q
/ taper on. The men. women and children
Of this class all drink together. None
/ OF them seem 60 have any desire ~
| better their condition aud all seem u
continue In this state tlll they die. The
llqu0r thoy use IL tho yllcAt OF alcohol,
made VI potatoes and rotten vegetables,
| II would, rs one OF their employers
says. Xiii the ordinary man at a thou.
sand yards. They gulp this down In
great quantities and drink. not for the
pleasure Of drinking, but 10 get drunk.
THEIR TERRIBLE MORTALITY
The result 81 their sNccaHea, OF their
poor food and thc inranitary condition
- their houses Ia that the mortality
among them 10 very great They breed
like Australian rabbits and their babies
die like lilies. The children who live are
only the strongest. The pe0n child who
has constitution enough 10 grow up In
chile has constitution enough FOR any
thing. II ln perhaps Cor this reason that
the poems as a class arcAaH strong a.
any people Of the world. ] have seen
them all day carrying bngn uf nitrate
each Weighing 800 pounds and tossing
them about IKE bags OF feathers. -Four
nf them viii lit NJ a plano and trot on
with 10, and In the mines a peun VIII
carry a bag OF orc weighing 100 pounds
up notchcd stick that serves aH a
ladder all day long. Comparatively
few OF them, avn told. have gone
through the marriage ceremony. but
nearly oil have wives, and they are,
nn a rule, true 20 them. They are kind
20 their old people ana always ready ~
help one another when In trouble They
have the humor o. the Irish and tho
superstition OF the Chinese. They nrn
as great fatnllata aa the Turks. They
are M trcachefouH In their cnmlty az
the Spnnlnrda from whom they nrc de-.
Hccnded. and will stab you IN the back
II they are offered the chance. II was
thought that the system ~ common
schools inauguratcd by tho Chilean