The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1898-04-15
NAYI0NAL CAPITAL
An Interesting Letter From Our Regu
lar Correspondent.
HERsEY PENS ENTERTAINMENT
Tells What Is Going On in the Way OF
Local Gossip - What Montana's
Representatives Are Doing.

tne past week. an interested observer
of the stirring proceedings which have
marked its sessions In view Of the
high esteem in which our distinguished
citizen is held. and feeling that our
people will be glad to hear something
Of him after his long absence upon an
official mission in a foreign country, /
called on Mr.. Stuart at the Ebbitt day
or two ago and asked him to give me
some account of his observations and
experiences abroad. "It is four years
within a day or two" said he, "since
I left Montana for Montevideo, to
which place l was mainly accredited
as minister to Uruguary and Paraguay.
1 remained in that place most Of the
time during my stay, though made
an occasional visit to Assumption, the
capital city of Paraguay. Montevideo
is beautiful and entirely modern me-
trOpolis, with handsomely laid out
parks and streets. bordered by impos-
ing public and private edifces The
city is constructed entirely of brick,
stone and marble. no wood being used.
The marbles are imported from Italy,
brought at small expense as ballast,
while the lumber comes from the
United States and Canada at heavy
OF q million inhabitants made up first
OF native born population of original
Spanish stock: some forty thousand
nearly equal number of immigrant
Italians. and a smattering of Ameri-
cans, Englishmen, Germans and peo-
pie Of other nations
Montevideo stands upon the banks of
| Il in Ia Ia lot, ~; .,I>
this point is thirty miles III width and
said progressive city for one situated
within the torrid belt where CONNER
cial and social languor is usually
found and has large trade with
Europe as we'll as the United Sta1es.
Excellent quarantine and general san
itary laws are maintained. the streets
are paved and kept clean, a fine system
OF sewerage is in operation and. on
the whole, the place is healthful The
superficial area of Uruguay and Ar
gentina is low-1ying and fiat. that of
Paraguay irregularlv rolling, somewhat
similar to Eastern Montana. The lead
ing exports are cattle. hides, mutton,
wool and tallow, though the agricul-
tural products are large. 1t is a mis-
American countries is greatly inferior
to our own. on the contrary it is of a
high quality Of excellence. Assump-
tion. though tho Oldest CITY on tho
western continent. has changed little
from it's original Spano- -Zunic ASPECT.
the blending Of the Spanish and native
Indian types which distinguished the
architecture Of the early post -Colum
T,of o;%
ings are many of them of adobe, and
are hat-roofed and ugly.
"The government allows it's minister
at the capitals of these countries only
the smallest pittance Of the exnenses
necessary to a decent maintenance of
the dignity Of his post. although RI q
most of the other nariops of the world
set aside a sum for the use of their
minister in keeping up household
commensurate in state with the i'm
portance OF the place. and the Ameri-
can representative must not alone meet
this out OF his salary but go down into
his pockets for the hiatus that soon
comes if he wishes to sustain ipf1uen-
tial official relations. Previous TO nv
going to Montevideo our minister had
for many years occupied cheap and in.
to surround the legation with environ
ments BETTING the sovereignty of the
United States as a nation and so se-
cured handsome and costly place
which I kept up during my stay at nv
own expense entire]y'
what have yOu TO say, Mr.. Stuart.
as to an American going to South
American
81 would unhesltatinglv advise no
man to go to the South American states
without plenty of money. There labor
is utterly without dignity, no man
who tolls at manual work receives the
slightest respect, all are classed as
Poems at once, and our people cannot
live on the paw of the working
classes there. Wages among skilled
mechanics, railroad men, etc. are on
the whole about one-third less than
our own with no cOmpensating advau.
tages.
AS to public opinion in Uruguay,
Argentine and Paraguay upon the Gu
ban question, our late minister states
that the sympathy of the native
classes is with the islanders.
Mr.. Stuart came home from his post
by passing around the Horn and re-
turning by Panama to New York. He
stopped in Peru, where he visited the
mine and works operated by Capt.
Guyer. on the summit of the Andes.
The mines lie at an altitude of 1880
feet above the sea and are reached bv
a railroad which winds up the sleeps
over system Of grades and bridges
unsurpassed in the world. On all
sides the wonderful remains of the
Inca race are to be seen in the terraces
by which the mountain sides are
almost to the summit and
which were once titled by those people.
It must have required the work Of mil
lions of men to create these garden
spots among the precipitous cliffs of
the mighty heights. Solemn silence
and melancholy solitude reign supreme
now. Here again we may see the work
Of the Spaniard whose mailed and cruel