The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-18

city 6 few years ago by that NealIhy and rnueh-written-about widow Sonora Cousino. This is emphstically the re- creation ground of the common people, where they eongregate to dance the cu- aca. drink chicha and celebrate the an- nual festival called Diez y ocho chico. Though many cities have extensive and beautiful botanical and geological gar dens, there are few which can show anything to compare with this of Santi- ago-and doubt if it's equal, in area and the value and variety of its build ings, can be found anywhere in the world. It contains not only vast Bo- tanical Garden, laid out on a grand scale, with little lakes crossed by rustic bridges, a wilderness Of blossoming plants, vines and shrubs, towering oaks and pines. statuary. shaded hooks, we'll kept walks and plenty of rustic benches, and the greenest of sward, without a single placard (so frequently met with at home) Keep off the grass''-and an extensive Geological Park containing all the animals of South America and many other parts of the earth. conven- iently arranged for observation in long avenues-but a magnificent museum; an underground, grotto-like structure containing innumerable glass tanks full of fish swimming in water supplied by hidden fountains; an Agricultural col lege devoted to it's various offices; an enormous new Normal school, holding two thousand pupils, besides the teach CTS. and their families, who, supported by the government, are all housed and fed under the same roof; and variety of other edi1ces too numerous to mem ton.
 One of the most unique structures in the Quinta is one contributed by Sonora Cousino. half casa. half pagoda, built entirely of glass bottles, bits of iron ore and square chunks of coal-cupola. ball. comics and all. representing the family enterprises-the coal mines, iron foun- dries and bottle factory, the wine man. ufactured on their various estates and the celebrated "Cousino beer.''
 Besides numerous music stands and dancing pavilions, there is a big lunch con pavilion, with open sides and avn ing shaded porticos, where parties may be served at little tables with ices, wines, fruits and other light refresh ments. There Is also vast restaurant, which Is justly famous for its break lasts and dinners-the former served
 between 10 a, m. and 2 o'clock, and the latter from 5 p. m. to anywhere in the "wee sma' hours" Breakfast is natu- rally the most popular meal, since a whole day is not half time enough to see the sights of the Quinta Normal. Therefore 1t is customary to come out
 carly, stray about the gardens during
 the cool of the morning, take a midday breakfast in the big restaurant (previ- ously ordered in one of the numerous private parlors, and served in many
 elaborate courses if the party is very
 swelD. and then devote what remains of the afternoon to the museum.
 Though the cooks are French, Chilian Istyles prevail In the food and it's serv- ing. Among other delicacies they give you comarones or fresh- water crabs,
 shrimps covered with long black hairs,
 the plumpest of white breasted part ridges, tiny brown birds on toast, snails, each large enough to half fill a
 teacup, sea-urchins" steamed in their
 own round, prickley shells, strange
 fruits and salads-and if you don't take at least claret and champagne with such experimentation of unaccustomed viands. even the servants will turn up their noses at you. .....5s ..s-. Chili's National Museum Is housed in the imposing building in which the h. ternational Exhibition of 1875 was held
 "a miniature copy. in stone and glass, of the Crystal Palace in London, with a
 magnificent entrance, long central hall and a wide stairway in the rear,
 branching out, both ways, to rooms above. Space will not permit any de. tailed description of the wonders col lected here, where the naturalist, the
 scientist and the archaeologist may re- vel for days without time to examine them all. The best of it, however, was stolen from Peru during the last war for Chilli Is not rich in aboriginal relics | like the land of the Incas. On this sub- ject Mir. W. E. Curtis, the well-knowr author, wrote with truth: Everywhere | in Santiago and other Chilian cities are to be seen the ornaments of which Peru was so mercilessly plundered--statuary
 fountains, benches of carved stone ir