The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-12

IL mas been thrown down again and
again by earthquakes: and, altogether,
IT was ninety years In it's building. It
contains tho bones Of plzarro, which
we shall see later on
AS we look over Lima we can sen
other churches and converts. whose
spires extend high over tho roofs
Inc city has seventy churches In all
ana nearly every ono will paw VISITING.
Inc church and Convent OF San FRAN
CISCO Is said to have cost $4,000, 600:
ana the altar of Santa Rosa. III, na
iron saint of Lima. had In 1T. when nj
us best. 1000 pounds of gold and
silver and Jewels, which embraced
400 diamonds 1900 emeralds 100
me pearls and coo rubier.
vond y ~ LOOK closely you can see be-
y S.'}i,t inc cathedral the Plaza de Armas.
,y, stands the building which is nov
sea, of NV ,n senate. II was once the
In front of it hundreds were ex.cntcJ
anu anu many were burned to death the
victims or the autos-da-fc ''''
Now let us turn from the sacred 10
Is ne on Secd iusi parts of ths town There
ro,,nn md p Bus, below ,n r us It is tho great
building where fights arc held nvnr,,
Huhuay' and where the Llmenos coma
inatadors butcher the bulls some Of
mem are quite as bloodthirsty MS tho
iaoinans when they looked at the glad
- IL Rome
Only last Sunday. for instance tho buIi.
were not considered az fierce an thev
Sh0uId be. and the crowd Missed tho
ilkht"fs and drove them out Of tho ring.
They even began to tear up tho scat.
and set ire to the buildings. and Tho
hoi"ler5 mad 10 rush in and put down
The building Is on this side of the
I.inhc. The main part OF the city is
me palace of the exposition, which con-
eains me i,iuscum, the government pal
ace near the cathedral. the great uni
Fcrsity. the oldest In the New World
ana The vas; numbers of io,v vclioy
houses which arc the stores ana the
homes
But let us go down from the noun
tafri ah' make our way over the Hiril,,.
ana wander about through the strcctr
Ihcrc Is no city IN Europe that COM
parcs win Lima In quaintncss. and but
few in historic interest. The streets
arc narrow, and they cross one an.
other NJ right HnElcs. There are many
great plaza or squares which have
for;9t".ns and rt-lcu%. AMI extending
out from these run narrow thorough
fares walled with low buildings
The buildings arc all close 70 the
street. ana In the residence section
the ground floor windows are covered
with great iron bars. Where the houses
consist OF two or three stories, there
are balconies that extend out abov.
the street. and some OF these are 40
wond"rfuily carved that they make
YOU think OF the harem quarters OF
'~hiiO' VI t'ipS' OF ora SPAIN. In the
business parts of the city most of tho
people live over stores. and stretching
from one end Of the street 20 she other
are long lines Of these balconies, each
nous" having It's own peculiar archi-
lecture. the main business streets arc
not more than thirty feet wide. They
arc so narrow that the single street
car line IL close TO the sidewalks, and
one must he carcfui lest he lose a
leg a. he walks through the streets.
The stores ere far different from
ours. only the newest or them have
plate-Elass windows. and there arc
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