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

grandchildren "a Madame de Tor, visit'
Ing her, A. well a. several Other rufsts
We were duly introduced, and i9isr ln
che day drove with sannr gintinro AZ
Toru. wh9 = the chief manager NJ the
cathta undsr his mother. over tho ere,t
farm In quite royal style.
IN THE CARRiAuE OF A KING.
our carriage was thrao.soatsd ar,r
which once belonged to King Louis
Philippe, and ~ which The counter
part or male la now The property W
Windsor stables acnor Do rnro
houfht the vehicle w Paris after tbe
deposition of Louis Philippe. ana IL
has been 80 kept that % iolks ne vol
today as when n King was its owner.
We had SIX horses MANAGED hy three
posiiliions IN livery ana nuirid rr. ans
thus drove Tor mile after mile through
Wide avenues " Lombardy p0plara,
hy The two lakes which supply h,
family with FISH. frightening the
ducks ana swans which were there
noauug. on ~ the rose garden. which
contains moro than hundred varIo-
ties ot roses. past meadows upon which
grazcd great Hooks NJ sheep and by
many irflKated ncldF being made ready
Tor next years crops. Here was 70
forest of eucalyptus trofs planted Tor
their lumber. ihefc an nrnnge grove
the trees ftlli btafing their yellow
fruit. and further on a vineyard uf
wcli-kcpl vines. Tho most " tho
nelds were surrounded by wcll-mado
stone walls. ana tvory part Of tho
estate seemed carefully and cconnm-
! ~ managed. l noticed In ono
place q Chicago windmill, and Senior
d. Infn told me he used American
ttf.aYa .,tN other kuuNHIHHW fguYNIunr,s
This estate u 90 large extent "a
dairy iarm 70 has about 1000 cattle
and 900 milch cows Tho COWS. I I'M
dcrHt1nd. produce romething like &C.
Oo0 worth Of milk and $500 worth Of
butter year
Upon thc estate are 900 horsos. ale
though an the farm work D. done by
oxen. which are the only dtaught ard
farm animals ~ chile. Those are
chiefly Tor breeding and the uses of the
family aud guests. Il T. necesslry Go
have very large number ot horses
Tor family use. Tor often parties N
nfteen or twenty 10 horseback riding
nt the same time, ana the AgAlih
cntntr n managed moro for tho com
fort ~ the family than Tor profit al.
though Ia a financial way it Is a very
profitable farm.
HOW SHE TREATF HER FRIENDS
Madame Emilia d fond of giving
pr1seniu. For Instance. she has one
man busy all the year round making
baskets to b. used In sending presents
10 her friends and 20 be given u
guests with fruit when they leave. IN
ralass for sale 900 oranges year,
but 90. 600 are always lcft on the trees
Tor the use Of herself and her guests
Az ~ the mutton eaten on her c.iat
~ 0f her own raising and the sol sheep
she keeps are chiefly for herself and
friends. She raises great quantities
OF onions, Hquashcs and other vcFe-
tables to give away and sends them e.
the Santiago hospitals and her fricndF
BY the OK cart load. I saw piles of
such vegetables stacked up for this
purpose back ~ the house. There was
enough 90 have fed a guod-sized Amer
lean town for a year. Mountains OF
pumpkins. great piles OF Huuashea. bags
81 walnuts and cartloada Of corn all
awaiting their shipment AZ glfta. She
delights In the nld ways OF doing
things. and the table " chiefly supplied
from the estate. the irc cream being
made by means " snow brought from
the mountains In baRa on the backs o.
her poems, u takes them several days
90 make the journey ana she could
Import lee more chehpiy By TRAN from
Santiago. but she prefers the old way
rather than the new, ana her estate IN
kopt nv much na possible as II waS In
the DAYS OF her glrlhood. Each Il her
many grandchildren has his o,sn pony.
and / saw n lo, OF the little boys and
girls between the ages u four and
fourteen galloplng about the place ana
holding their seats Ike men and wo-
men. The meals on such an estate
are OF course excellent. You get NJ
whom you feel like ~ and have your
coffee or tea and toast In your room
Al II or n o'clock all of the house,
hold meet at breakfast. This IL what
Ne would call a course dinner begin
ming with soup and ending with cof-
foe. Then at Z o'clock thorc N dinner.
with perhaps lunch or tea ~
O'Clock and supper late Ia the evening".
The chilean families, as RUE, hS,p
worry late hours, and there arc Nsu ,i
some a. AFullt VINO say w '"''''"N
TN long after midnight
MADAME cousINo's SANTIAGO
RANCH.
ais5 paid a vsH during my stay AZ
"a rtlng1 10 the famous estate Of the
mo Midama Cousino, known as Mneul'
Ynu have heard OF Madame coullno,
she mas been much written about In
mo newspapers as the richest woman
az .,he world, che CHILEAN woman who
had millions az acres Of lnuia, minsa ~
copper, silver and coal. towns ana fle-
tories. aud az Income uf millions q
year These statements were much
exaggoragel. Madame Cousino was
very rloh. hut there are today women
In Chile who are richer than she ever
was. She has. haweygr. been a heavy
spender, and her estate. which through
her death IN PARA a few months ago
IA now bcing settled up, Will noi aeiyre-
gate, | am told. ten millions OF dollars
She was nevertheless a remarkihle
woman and fond y an things modern,
Mocul was one % her best farms. II
confalns about 5000 acres ana cost
when senior Couhna bought 4 ic0o.ooo.
| venture 90 say more than that
amount has been spent upon IT, and u
Is now valued al over . million. Upon
X are a hundred 0f the hnest OF blood
cd honscN, thg choicest ~ sheep ana
200 Of the best N cattle hrci from im-
ported Durham stock. II has a vine
yard which cog.alna hundreds Of
thousands Of vines aud which produces
millions OF bottles 90 wine year.
American pioWs and other machinery
are used upon 70. and u takCa 4 regl-
meni OF ptona 10 do me work, The ,a-
tate u KEEP, llks prlae farm. and lines
~ sall plplhrl mark out The course OF
each Irrigation dhch. Tbs watef rents
for Morul cost about $4,000 a year.
The ground IL very rirf and NIL things
grow iuxdriantly. Along she poplar
hodges | Faw blackberry bushes thirty
fee. high. They were Wild hihckberrlcs
and had grown up hetween she popiars,
The park OF Aoeui n onr OF the hines,
Ia Gale.
doubt whether In some respects
there Is hnsr hi the world. Il has
long avenues OF trees 100 feet hlgh. IN.