The Republican journal., 1903-04-16
CALLA0,
t.. principal Seaport of Peru.


w. f. this world-renowned sea-
r ANYTHING our imagination
..afl-how disappointing in one
.4Hse now showing no trace OF
1. century youth, OF the gla-
M which history and tradition
nuded it. On the contrary,
most cosmopolitan, common
..a5tter-of- fact sort of city we
.puud in South America; a
.lr English is spoken as much
and where people of all ma
-,, lave crowded the easy-going
Fl. the wall, so far as business
....,M Even the correct pro-
... ot its name is a surprise to
b. -Jeas we were taught in
,. s4V Cal-lay-o, it should be
As if spelled Cal-yow, with
.t -rong on the last syllable.
...I harbor is nothing to boast !
,. 1ur storm-swept northern
...l Oe dignitied by no such
...u..t Of the best on this side
-.-. .plu continent. being shell |
..r 1feyailing south winds by a
-uugue of land and the high,
pt san Lorenzo. But the |
-.lt. as seen through the veil +,
n always overhangs both sea
... the early morning is GER
Ne arrived about eight A. /
uad anchor a mile from the |
which the sailors say is !
to cut with a knife and /.
..0s. to the condensation of |
-tlUe by the cold currents
...4ug uOrthWard from An
.US. Looming out of the /
.. odtlines and exaggerated
..-.t- is a spectral forest of
.. H -parS belonging to sailing
..., uu all seas-steamers, store
..- aulks and other phantom
.-.- - the right san Lorenzo
-.. .>y a lighthouse that is said
... .ruamental than useful, and
-. rut rise the cheese-shaped !
-.-. ,op the famous old castle
-!pt. above whose yellow
. massive battlements the
.- waved for the last time on
-... t. To the left, as through |
-1..,.Y'' we see a low shore cov-
. . .rslOWish verdure, and trees |
... ter lack of rain, rising grad !
foothills of the Andes. !
..1. HrlghtS seem TO stand in !
.- one behind another, each !
ul higher. Still beyond !
M behind a stratum of mo-
... ads we family discern the
.aIa blending with the blue ,
vt the base of those brown
X miles inland. lies the ,
vt our dreams-Lima, the !,
.-o which PlZarro founded /
lre hundred and fifty years
give anchor gone overheard
.. 7-aamer is surrounded by a /
UWd of marlner0s, or
H only await the coming +.
Of the port to swarm
tE- and beslege passengers .
If service in rowing them /
cage ashore: but until his
IS. f.8 -sion has been given they
..'N+ nearer than the law al
,utDcrat of the port always !
oWn convenience about |
may be sleeping late from
revel, or chatting with |
r3kiug his morning coffee; !
does not permit himself !
I1ed OF hurried, howsoever
nay rage and impatient sea
-..- and need not be expected
.0H or more. Meantime, While |
+ug marineros are Wrangling
mother and endeavoring to |
t3Lements at long range by |
-1 passengers on the steam
0t lis we'll possess our souls |
and CLEAN what infor-
.. bH can concerning the local |
.' HE region is peculiarly vol
Common with all the west |
"-, II the Andes, is proved by |
4esnus upheavals that have oc-
.-. .le The worst of those on
.i one of the most terrible |
'- t- t.iat ever overlook any city, !
at terrimote of October %,
".r' swept the fort of Calico,
"pied the projecting point of
"-ue left, with all its inhabitants, ..
-HHg one man, into the sea. 1t
tNarm, but perfectly calm even
"Nt. lJ30 o'clock, when ire
..H~ Shock of earthquake shock
Lima and Callao, doing a great
4 uaHage in the former city, and
We minutes reducing the latter to a
'' suins. Then a huge wave
''.1ng over the devoted fort, eli
~'erything and everybody; and
..o19and people perished in the
a4 7Upd The waters, which few
'.-' .et5Te had been calm as mill
t ieHly receded to great dis
f aQ then rolled back with such
I ~,