Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-30

crops there are irregular crops from the
same plant or tree for a number of years
inc trees grow to d height OF iifteen feet
and more. All that is necessary is To keen
them trimmed and pick tn. cotton In me
lands along the river which can Ice irrigat-
ca the crops are regular. and from TWO %
three crops year are common. The cot
ton rpens. in fact. throughout most of rhs
year. ana you see buds. blossoms and cot
ton wool on the same tree at th, same
Time In the irrigated lands the cotton
Yields 300 and 100 pounds to the acre. ana
al Is estimated that the growing and haling
cost about 81 gold per bale. This cotton
is very valuable. Ii now brings IL cents /,
pound, and has brought as high az - cents.
III OutSelis any other cotton on earth for
it Is used as wool. The fiber is more lik.
WOOL than cotton, and when IL II Rinned
IL would easily pass for wool. Ii is
used by the manufacturers of hats. hosiery
and underwear to mix with wool and is sli,l
10 give the articles into which IL goes finer
ulster. better finish. and to render them
less liable to shrink. The fiber is longer
than any other, except the Sea Island amt
the Egyptian cotton. | am told that IN,
area In which ii viii grow Ia limited Peru
~ now raising considerable white, cotton
The hrst seed planted came. 1 am told,
from Egypt, and the product is said to -,,,
very good.
sunset on the Western Pacific
1 almost despair of giving you picture
of the country along these little irrigated
valleys of Peru. Nature mas painted things
differently here than in any other part OF
the world Now you imagine yourself I'm
Egypt; at the next step you think Of the
highlands of Mexico, and again are in
uthern California or on The Pacific coast
OF Asia The very sky is different 1 am
stopping here with Mr.. b. II. Kaurfmann
an ONO man. who came to South america
twenty odd years ago, and who now has the
iaISesl shipping ana importing business Of
TINS part OF Peru His house is on the
n Ual roll fFar ,-fsl
that of Atlantic City or Cane Nav Every
evening the sun sets upon the waters be-
lore us in a blaze of color such is 4 hav.
never seen elsewhere. The tints ara more
gorgeous than those of the In iian ocean
ana more soft and beautiful than thos, OF
lldly o. Greece. Such colors have meyer
peen put on canvas and such scenic effects
are unknown IN our part of the world The
changes of the sun at its setting ar. Won
derful. 1t looks twice as large in this clear
AIR as at homa. and as II sinks down To-
Wafd TIE sea the waters seem TO pull Il 10
ln-iT surface, so That IL assumes the form
OF a balloon, the lower end OF which is
SLOWLY submerged. 4 moment later the ton
spreads out and you have a great golden
uome resting on the dark blue horizon N
Sinks lower, and the waters turn to poid
ana silver and to the most delicate tiuts OF
purple and red to match the soft bright coll
ors oil the skies. Last night, lust before
th= sun went down, We had double RAIN
bows in the Andes, though there was no
sign or rain here on the coast. The air is
SO clear that you can See twice as far as in
the eastern parts of the United States and
thouSh IL Is now midsummer the heat is not
oppressive, ana we have steady SEA
breeze every afternoon. There is no better
climate anywhere than this and nature
Notwithstanding the desert, has done much
for northern Peru.
Land of Fruits.
/ have never been in a land that has n
many varieties of fruits We had nine
different kinds at our last dinner. all of
which were raised near here There are
oranges, bananas, lines and lemons grow
ing almost side by side with peaches.
apples and pears There are grapes as
hard and as luscious as those of California:
cherries, plums, dates and figs There ar.
watermelons ard muskmelons, guavas,
mangoes and cherries. We have also tbs.
alligator pear, which has a flesh that looks
and tastes not unlike fresh butter and is
eaten with salt. Then there are the palta
the Jumbo and the papaya. and I'm some
places there are cocoanut and other species
of palm trees. In every little town and at
every railroad station there are women
you can buy all that you can eat for a
very few cents. The coffee drink here is
made from berries which come from the
coffee plants OF a plantation nearby and
the sugar with which il is sweetened IS
ground out on q sugar plantation not ten
miles away. Our milk and butter come
from the COWS on Mr.. kauffmann's plan
tation. and we have all sorts of vegetables
from the markets of Pacasmayo and tile
farmers nearby.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
She-"Are typewriters as expensive this
year eVer?"
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