The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-17
college besides that of 10000 volumes
in the National Institute.

There are at least dozen printing
establishments in Santiago, publishing
four daily newspapers, besides the Off
cal journal and number of reviews
and serials. The Ferro- Carril Grail
| way train"), established some fifty
years ago, is the leading paper of the
Capital and enjoys a daily circulation
of nine or ten thousand. Though cruel
as the grave in war, the Chilians are
| justly celebrated for their care of the
sick and afflicted. The first hospital in
Santiago was established almost as
soon as the city, by Valdivia, the
founder. Those of San Juan de Dios,
| for males, and of San Francisco de
Borjas, for females, are the most
noted. These, as we'll as many other
| hospitals scattered all over Chilli, in
every town and city, are under the
care of the Sisters of Saint Vincent de
Paulo, who have their central convent
in Santiago. They are aided by the
government, but have also consider
able revenues of their own, derived
from gifts and legacies. In the Capt.
tai city there are asylums also for the
blind, the insane, widows, orphans,
and the sick and homeless of all
classes. The asylums for widows and
| orphans are mostly in charge of the
Sisters de la Providencia, from the
Dominion of Canada During the last
fifty years they have established and
nobly sustained eight converts, in
Santiago, Valparaiso, Conception and
other places i'll Chilli, and have given
shelter to thousands of unfortunates
In various wars and epochs of epidemic
these good women have shown the
most heroic devotion.
Speaking of Gillian generosity, it is
asserted that the owners of Santiago's
marble palaces are so free with their
wealth that Irish and American tramps
easily make from ten to twenty dol
lars day by begging at their doors.
This careless giving. however, should
not be called charity. but rather a
weak indulgence in the luxury of
spending money which can scarcely be
counted among the saving virtues.
Few cities can boast of more de-
lightful climate, finer situation, or
grander scenery than this. Though
barely eighteen hundred feet above the
sea, it is far enough from the Equator
to escape excessive heat, yet not SO
distant as to be subject to extreme
cold. Set in the midst of great, green
valley, the mighty Andes that stretch
away to the horizon on every side en-
close it as within walls, from eight
thousand to twenty thousand feet high
their snowy bulwarks in dazzling con-
trast to the cloudless blue above, the
Giving green" below, and the golden
sunshine that envelops all as with a
garment. From every street and bal
cony the most glorious views may be
obtained-of mountains towering above
mountains, with such rosy tints upon
them at sunrise, and evening shades of
amethyst darkening to purple. as no
brush can paint OF pen describe. The
country Immediately surrounding San
tiago is made up Of small estates with
handsome villas upon them, belonging
to wealthy families who have the good
taste to forSake the city'S glare III sum-
fa FOO the of
living. Many of these suburban casas
are fitted up in a style of elegance
rarely surpassed in similar residences
of Europe or the United States. The
true name of this ancient Capital is
Santiago del Nuevo Saint
James of the New Beginning
strange title bestowed upon it by the
conqueror Valdivia, nearly 400 years
ago, in conformity with the jurisdic-
ton that had already been set up at
Cuzco, under the first Bishop of South
America. The history of its founding
reads like romance-how PiZarrO's
whilom friend, Diego de Almagro, tried
hard to conquer the tribes of this val
ley but failed disastrously; of heroic
endurance and deeds of valor on both
Sides of the direct interposition of the
Virgin Mary, who appeared standing in
the clouds, to the confusion of the
savages, and of that blessed spcok,
Saint James, the Spanish Patron, who
seems to have had habit of riding
downward from the skies on milk
white steed at critical junctures, aud
of the later vicissitudes of Pedro de
Valdivia, who came soon after Alma
gro's defeat, with only few of his
countrymen but a great following of
friendly Peruvians, and established the
town on the right bank OF the river
Mapoche, in front of an Araucanian
village. FANNIE b. WARD.
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