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the north. 1t is q land of forests. and
almost as well timbered was the
eastern part of the United states when
our first settlers came. 1t has so nuth
wood that Chile, notwithstanding the
arid lands of the north, Is said to have
in proportion to its area more forests
than any other country of the world. l
rode through green fields with StumpS
scattered through them. all the way
from Conception to Temuco- Further
south men were cutting farms out OF
the woods and here and there the
wheat was growing among the burned
timber, some of which was Stlll stand
ing. Here was a forest where the trees
had been stripped to their bark close to
the ground, and there was one made of
the skeletons of trees killed in that
way. In thelatter instance the bark
had dropped off and the trunks and
branches were as white as so many
bones.
After the land is cleared it looks
nothing like similar land in the
United States. The fences are of barb
ed wire, but there are no large fields
in clean cultivation and fine barns and
houses as in the United States. The
most of the buildings are log cabins of
one story, rooted with straw or slabs.
They are put up in a rude way, and but
few of them have gardens or flowers.
There are some good homes owned by
the Germans, but the native Chilenos
live but little better than savages.
They seem to be camping out rather
than settling down to build up coun-
try.
The most of the new land is devoted
to wheat. This is the chief cereal of
Chile, the country producing something
like 100000 bushels per year. Some
cattle are raised. but here in the south
the animals are ragged and lean, ana
their meat is chiefly used for making
charque, or dried beef In the central
valley the animals are much better.
and here and there you find HerefordS
and Durhams.
Chile has no elevator system. After
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dark, and Saturday night the stores
are open till late in the evening. The
place is lighted by electricity, and
crowds walk the streets and prone
made back and forth in the plaza.
Valdiyia is situated on the Naldivia
river, which flows from the Andes
down to the Pacific. The town is about
twelve miles from the mouth of the
river where lies the port of Corral. All
goods are landed at Corral. and carried
up to Valdivia in barGes | took Il
at the port. The stream is about half
as wide as the Potomac at Washington.
We first sailed by lumber yards. boat
building works, sawmills and other
woodworking establishments. A little
later we wound our way among low
hills covered with woods, passing
through a maze of fine scenery. The
stream is of an emerald green; and it
flows between dark green banks and
low hills as precipitous as those of the
Rhine between Mainz and Cologne. Had
the hills been covered with vineyards,
we might have imagined ourselves on a
launch on the Rhine. for there We're
MANY Germans on board. The port OF
Corral has only few hundred people.
Southern Chile is far different from
the other parts of the country. Chile,
in proportion to it's width, is one of the
longest lands of the world. If it could
be laid upon the United States with its
northern end at Philadelphia, it would
reach almost to the Pacific. and still it's
average width is not greater than from
New York to Albany. The upper part OF
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but looked at from Sellman's hill the,
are so swallowed up in the woods
that they cannot be picked out
The pipe of tobacco burned out and
Il long and uncertain road Law ahead.
The Rambler felt like calling on Pal-
las Athene for information and of
asking the loan of Hermes' sandals
for the remainder OF the L.. -. 4or the
journey OF Perseus to tho t'ushapen
Land after the head oC a',-dusa did
not seem harder than this Paint branch
excursion: besides, Perseus had The ad =
vantage of expert advice from the
Three Gray Sisters, the Nymphs who
We're daughters of the Evening Star.
and Atlas. and he had a magic sword
and the Hat of Darkness And then
above all things he had the pleasure
of rescuing by the way the beautiful
Andromeda-
After passing Sellman,s hill the
Rambler soon found himself on the old
Powder Mill road. a road over which
powder was hauled by six-mule teams
in transit from the mill to Baltimore.
After about one more mile of trudge,
trudge. the Rambler set down his cam
era plate case. tripod and gum coat at
the Gallant boys home.
In McSherry's History of Maryland.
in the opening chapter on the revolu-
ticn, it is written:
The non importation system had rem
de red the colonies destitute of the nee
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thrashing all grain is taken at once
up in sacks of 200 pounds and loaded
on Hat cars. There are but few ware
houses. AT some of the stations the
grain in sacks is piled up in the open,
being covered with canvas.
/ have been asked to write some
thing for Americans who wish to come
to this region to settle. 1t seems to
me that the opportunities are poor.
and they can do better at home. The
government would like colonists, and
on the frontier free lands may be had
to the extent of l23 acres for each
head of a family, and seventy-four
acres for each son who is of age. Con-
tracts have been made with foreign
colonists by which their steamship pa*
saees from Europe to chile were ad-
vanced, and free railroad transport
tion given to the place OF settlement
In some cases the government has
given each family a yoke of oxen, l"0
boards for the building of hut, and
something like fifty pounds of nails
for fastening the boards into place.
This has been on the condition that the
colonist establish himself at once on
the land given him, and that he work
it steadily for at least six years. lie
contracts to pay back without interest
the amount of passage money received.
and also not to sell amy OF the stun
he gets from the state, nor TO mortgage
the property or dispose of it until after
the six years have passed
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dently was neighbor and lived just
a little way on.
How can l get there by walking"
well. you go up this road until you
come to Cherry hill. Then you take
the left-hand road till you come to the
Paint Branch schoolhouse. Then you
take the right-hand road till you cross
Sellmans hill. and then YOU take the
left hand road. and then you better ask
somebody out that way for the road to
the powder mill.
That information was exact and lucid.
but not cheering. 1t was omnous and
seemed to indicate long mile.
How far is it, asked the Rambler.
with keen expectation tinged with fear.
Il don't know exactly. but I guess it's
about four or five miles.
Five miles to go, and nobody else to carry
the camera, plate case, tripod and gum
coat. And then it would be about five
miles to get back to Branchville. or
nearly twice five miles to keep on to the
car line at Sligo but the Rambler COM
forted himself with the solace that
those five miles might be two, but then
also they might be eight. Miles are
the most uncertain things one encoun-
ters while walking in the country. The
Rambler has often inwardly remarked
that if farmers did not know any more
about crops than about miles there
would be food famine every year.
But there is some credit in being jolly
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places we now find Il new city, built
along modern lines and up-to-date IN
every particular Many of the build
isgs are of reinforced concrete and OF
plate=gIass windows. coming down to
the pavements, and the window dls-
plays are better than those of our towns
of the same size at home. The streets
ars wide and the paVemenfs about
tMice~as broad as those of Santiago.
I'hs%swhole tone of Naldivia is white,
.3ind the concrete construction makes 1t
leek like substantial municipality
,hnIlt of Bere:l sandstone.
- Indeed, Naldivia is more German than
Chilean The signs over the stores are
i'll German, and there are German cafes,
in which you get excellent beer made
by the Germans. This beer is famous
throughout the republic, and it is ship
ped north and south on the steamers.
The chief hotel here has French
name but it is run by German. and
Germans own the greater part of the
town. One of the leading exceptions
is the chief importing establishment.
This is American. 1t belongs to w. X.
Grace & CO.. having d pretentious two
story building. covering the whole OF
one side of the plaza. This store Is
filled with American machinery, from
windmills and reapers and thrashers
to hand sewing machines and notions.
1t has also American canned goods and
textiles.
When / arrived in Valdivia at night
I expected to find everything closed
up as tight as drum, as Is the custom
in nearly every Spanish-American city
along the west coast. 1t is SO of Lima,
the capital of Peru. That town has
100000 population, and is the chief
business center of country of several
millions. Nevertheless at I o'clock in
the evening it's streets are deserted.
It's stores are closed, and you walk
between blank walls. Santiago is
double the size, and it's merchants go
to bed with the chickens. Down here
at Valdivia the town is alive after
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Free Homesteads for Colonists, With Cow,
Horse, Sheep and Hog Thrown in for Good
Measure e-Public Lands Sold at Auction.
The Wheat Fields.

In addition TO the public lands are the
reservations occupied by the Indians.
There are lS2 of these and they cover
altogether good lands to the amount
of 100, ,000 acres. There are also lands
that may be sold for colonization, ANA
special terms are given to those ~ho
bring in colonists. Such men have
right to the free passage Of their i'm
migrants from Europe and to the al
lowances given to government coloniSts
already mentioned. 1t is provided that
they may be given also milch COW, a
mare, a merino sheep, a pig and three
fowls and a sawmill for each certain
number of families. In SOM cases the
colonsts have rude houses built for
them, and in others certain carpenters
tools are furnished. The amount Of land
30 allotted to each family is greatly in
and when the country is mountainous
the number of acres may be dnnbled
The land necessary to found village
is also supplied if there are mechanics
among the immigrants. =
Such colonial contractors agree to es-
tablish "A certa In number of families on
the lands allotted to them and to see
hat those families stay upon the lands
for IA period of five wears. They con
tract that they will pay back IN"
money furnished FOR the passage and
Tor The supplies given the coloniStS N
six yearly installments, and that their
underta kings shall be carried out in
good faith. ........
FRANK C. CARPENTER.
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from perch-to the southwest towers at
Takoma and College Park. Here We're
notes for half column OF descriptive
matter, but just now the Rambler is
too anxious to go to dinner 10 ci9the
that skeleton of notes with dressy Ian
guage The little ladies watched TINS
note-making process with curiosity, but
had too firm control on their manners
to ask what the Rambler was "rltlhs
about or writing for.
Turning to the left and leaving tile
hard boulevard. We struck into dirt
road leading down into the valley OF
Little Paint branch.
.'That is the Paint Branch School
down wonder across Tie bridge" said
one of the Rambler's chirruplng
friends I'VE go to school there; Our
teacher is Miss Hattie PatZschke, or
.Patchky'" and the young ladies fell
teacher spelled he name. Then one OF
the talkative little misses made this
interesting spteSn
"A little while ago a man wrote Il
niece for the newspaper about Paint
branch and our teacher read ii 10 us III
school. 1t was nice long piece -
with the accen: on the long
Here was distinction. The Rambler. $
writings being read in a schoolhouse!
His bushes came hot and red, but pale
fear followed them as the hldeous
thought came that perhaps that Paint
branch ramble was read not as an eX-
ample for the children to follow, hut
as a horrible example to be avoided
But we swung along. tall cedars by the
roadside casting their shadows across
the dusty way The Rambler made
this confession: Little girl, l wrote
that long piece.
We crossed the iron bridge over little
Paint branch, the stream flowing
through the lowlands of the farm OF
r. n. Morris. There the stream is
bordered by birches. alders and syca-
mores and the water is so clear that
the white pebbles over which II sings
shine like pearls Then We came to
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ga. .4s.y....., -. u,
elosr . -. t1yii tSa1 ttiere.,Were more
th:.u ,.-ll.iars Who had settled
here To-" came as pioneers and had
to cut their homes out of the woods
They chopped down the forests and
built log cabins and Planted W1Ieat
fields and orchards. They bavc nov
cleared It large part of the country, and
have ul@uy fine farms. They are more
prosperous and thrifty than the ordi-
mary Chilenos, aud many have become
rich.
Some Of them have great sawmills.
and are shipping lumber to all parts OF
Chile Others raise wheat, potatoes
and apples. and not a few are engaged
in merchandising. Owing to their en-
terprise the region promises to become
one Of the richest and most prosperous
parts of the republic.
Already many large towns have
grown up, such as Osorno. Puerto
Montt and Naidivia. Naldivia is the
metropolis. Lying 500 miles south OF
Santiago, in the heart of the woods, 1t
IS surrounded by new farms and clear
ings Its port is the principal one or
south Chile. and at it machinery of all
kinds, and especially agricultural i'm
plentents are landed. The city has now
10000 people, and it is rapidly growing.
!: had u fire Il few years ago which
swept away the buildings of wood and
Tin which then existed, and in their
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front is little cupola in which swings
the bell that tells it's story or its song
to the children and the neighborhood.
Conscious of footballs from behind.
the Rambler turned and stood face to
face with the elder man. He, the elder
man. lifted his hat in courtly way and
held out his hand. hand. He
wants to sell me a farm was the
thought that flashed through the Ram
blers brain, or at any rate into his
head Then the other man spoke:
80 you are the Rambler" with
long and somewhat devoted accent on
the you and lingering kind of
stress on the Rambler.
Trouble coming, thought the Ram
bier.
.'Do you know" said the stranger.
"tnat I consider this very great honor
to meet you" The Rambler came near
collapse as he found himself an object
of such consideration Many ladies ana
gentlemen among the Wanderlusters
have walked up to John Boyle and have
said in the same tender tones: so you
are the leader"' but the Rambler never
expected this to happen to him.
Then the strange man. the very
strange man, told the Rambler that ne
was employed in the Agricultural De-
partment, that he read the Rambler
comments on weeds and pine trees, etc,
etc The Rambler used some OF the
most dignified language he could think
of as appropriate to such a momentous
occasion in his life and felt the top but
ton of his vest give way while the
sweatba nd of his hat grew tlght All
well that ends we'll and leaving the
little folk and the big folk, the Ram
bier climbed the hilly road to the right
that was strewn with crinkled chestnut
leaves and empty chestnut burrs
Ascending this hill broad vie" OF
the valley of Little Paint branch-the
valley you have crossed-begins to un-
fold and as you gain the crest of the
hill hich of long and narrow form,
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cssaries of either peace or war. and
it was now found almost impossible to
provide the hastily collected troops
with ammunition or clothing. Through
out the war the scarcity of these ar
ticles and of the necessary hospital
stores crippled the patriots and caused
greater loss of life than the sword OF
the enemy. The arsenal at Annapolis
was almost devoid of supplies and the
statesmen of Maryland perceived the
necessity of at once providing for Il
permanent supply of military stores. a
sum of money was set apart by the con-
vention for the manufacture of salt
peter for the public use. And to en-
courage a general production of this
Indispensable material bounty of two
pence was offered for every pound of
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house and such an out-of-date gate
post, but where that house stands there
stood for ever so many years the fne
home of Thomas Belt.
:: <
1t was landmark older than any
body who reads these lines through
spectacles. but a few years ago 1t
passed away and a new house took its
place. From the top of Sellman's HUI
as far as eye can reach to the north
and the northwest are woods ana
woods Paint branch runs through
that territory which is no doubt the
most extensive tract of woodland
within n good many miles of Washing
Ton. There are some clearngs in II,
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the schoolhouse. The road forks there,
the way to the right leading up a
shady hill, through chestnut woods,
where the road is covered with
crinkled leaves and crushed and rified
chestnut burrs. Two men. one young
and the other of middle age. came down
the hill. The children knew them we'll
and they stopped to talk as the Ram
bier went over to the schoolhouse to
make a note that it is of familiar pat
tern in the country, white frame with
roof and trimmings painted brown red,
and that at the peak of the roof at its
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themselves. Then we walked along to-
gether and chatted so merrily that the
miles lost their horrors and got short.
At the top of Cherry Hill We all
stopped. and the Rambler took out a
pencil and wrote on the back of an en-
velope these notes:
"Branchville in distance-top of Cher
ry Hill-cornfeld-you pine trees
many autoS-view sweeps country as
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when things are not as one would have
them. and the Rambler moved on while
proud cars with their lordly drivers
and naughty ladies whirred or tangled
by him.
Further along the uncomfortable road
three little girls from Sunday school
were sauntering and the Rambler was
overtaking them. They looked back
cautiously now and then at the
stranger heavily loaded, with camera,
plate case, tripod and gum coat. as
though to make sure that no evil fairy
was on their trail Their coy eNamina-
tion did not seem altogether to reas-
sure them, so the. Rambler, coming up
with them. asked:
young ladies. do YOU know where
Cherry Hill is?
:. They did. They were going that way
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reasoning that he must be within hail
ing distance of the powder mill. he
opened the front gate of a roadside
house, mounted the porch, adjusted his
tie, arranged the set of his hat, knock ed
AT the door and made ready to put on
his best Sunday manners. because it
often happens that in making inquiries
along the road woman will put her
lead out of a second story window and
command who's there" But il was
a boy who answered the knock on the
door. There are many disappointments
in life.
= Do you know Mr.. IBenpy Galtant:s
asked the Rambler. -. -
Eyes, sir, said the boy. - =. =.
That had hopeful sound. He eyir
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ASs1f ssss-ss-' ~, 'ss---.'- - --lsyhIDlVIA
..
- HOUID Germany succeed III the
present war and dominate the.
world, there are two parts OF
~ South America wiITch may be-
coIue German colonlcs-"ne Is
in southern Brazil 1t consists of seF-
eraI states populated by Germans. II
has towns and cities governed by Of
:icials who speak German. 1t has Ger
man newspapers and there are German
signs over the stores. There are Ger
man factories and hrcWerics, and the
lest businesses Of the country are
owned by Germans. That region is
sometimes called West Deutschland,
and il has more good land than Ger
many ia Europe.
The other great region is situated
here in the lower part of Chile, and il
might b. called South Deutschland. 1t
Is far below Valparaiso and not far
from the strait of Magellan. The Ger
mans began to come here SiXtN-five
years ago. and so many have ImIul-
grated that some of the towns are now
more German than Spanish. THE urst
settlers were from Hamburg They
arrived in 1880 and were 120 days on
the way. They numbered seventy men,
ten women and five children. That col
ony was followed by others. and by the
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Into Great ). F arms.

ss--ss',' ~ $3.50, ~ - < -
t,ppsHsbt Iera. sby Fraps c,,arpsnter,'
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NINT BRANCH and the relics of
ancient mills that buried
under trees and shrubs. lie
along its wild and thicket-
tangled banks. WIS the subject
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-16
PRODUCING MiRAcYE PLAY
 oF THE NATIVITY.
Was Revived in Pemfret Some Years
 Aao-Is Old English Play.

The old English Miracle Play of the Nativity, revised some years ago in Ponfret, Connecticut, and given there annual, is to be presented in many towns and cities all over the United States this year. The text of the play is taken quite simply from the Gospel So far as is possible, the costume is that of two thousand years ago in Judea and the Orient The action is Of the simplest, and is performed with great solemnity by the young actors. Symbolism, not realism Is the key note The An nuncfatfon, a scent by itself, is fol- lowed by group of pictures present. ing the events of the fsWonderfuI Birth" The shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their fIocks by night uphold the Angel of the Lord The shepherds are overawed with con- sternation and fear, but the Angels message is full of joy. Suddenly the heavenly hoSe is with them in pan As the angels are gone away from &hem, the shepherds confer together: Yet us now go even unto Bethlehem and see this tIinw which has come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.'' And they came and found May and Joseph. and the babe lying in 6 %ger.' Then fol- lows the Hast picture, the Wise Men from the East bringing gifts of gold, majesty ard wisdom of the East bow ed low before the babe who had not where to lay his head, the pantomime of the Nativity ends, to be repeated year after year, as the season comes again.