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CHPITAL CITV COURIER. . i i - MN.IiMimiofUilniNi.orthnNiiMilyiilNiiit man nnd gavo him the alarm thinking that lug upon receiving tho cash In tholr own a half a ml Ion remain M hat became of tho ho would at once triko a boat to savo this hands. Of course I rcf u ed to do IsMf I had res t LnsCnsas Mf." lint most of the... man who was In great danger. Ho .fever not, the 1250,000 wo.,1 have d LnppX and wer. ma sacred, ami that those who weiunot .all any attention to It. I o.kc.l him, Why reparation hardly I eg in- a then Toy bo- were aul.1 into slavery jlhnt a. such they were is It that y..u do not take stop, to savo that came abii.lwm.dtK used for carry lug bu. dens .often ,1, lug at tho ...an I "Ho I. a coolie" md he, "and no no- had then, at once an eM a blocked nil.. It ' N.ar Cnrlnueiia there h n hill one gro or Colombia.. boatmen would try to Jail, mid tho Colombian .unnSniin the thousand feet high, almost strn ght up, and mv. hi...," and tho man would havo perished grento, of pacH IerT Tim Z "lvl re ellclo,.s'y pretty and grand; It has very f.omo other coollo boatmen had not picked ftued to gWo them tl o to urchaw " Mh.t,,,m,,mmf ?M'K".,'1,:'!' 0",tl,ol" '"'"'"P. ThU hato between tho two race. is tholr own tlcketi " lb. alwauittw oS5 o f that bill Isa veiy argo bulldli.gmid It took pushed to that oxtent.lt I, almost Ilarbarlanl bo liable toSS"idrirt" sz;xrs" ,a. r had become, so to speak, beasts of bu.de..: If co'' AN" CONBUI.ATK. ' ' '" ft" iel""fr' ""' them go anyot them failed for want of stromal., or In tho das when work wo in progress on " bnra. y 1'imim, gons toavoldlowe ! J. w r,H IrtftjfitnrfVrt-ftlV JfrrU...t,ew)wi, Vtor rinttrl il.ul ...u from the heat, thy wore at o.ao set upon '?. i& " ""Ir place; the wbo.o "Tali " f S,?, !? . .vv. ... fcllCIJI, and devoured by bloodhounds. And this ilur ItlKT flftpiill Plltfel It fH lnl tnrrlltln tfi f.iliit.i It was thoMi.no wherever tho Hpiuiinrd had of forty-llvo lulled was In fact u most lively inn aim imsinoss was excellent by tlay and by night. It was poihap tho most dissipated n fimtlifilil. iiml fin unmlni flint fr-ntu ......it by high Ill HllliIlH tllfin urn 1 fliw Lift nml tin u,ni.l, in lOCalltV 01. tllO fttCO of till. irln.Mi. & 1 11 nil tl.n either thut tho I emnantM of theso poonle hold work nni "topped 10 w holo thing hag dwln tho Spaniard In such a terror and hato; and u"'wl ,lown t0 Insignificant proportions, and this terror and hato they oven to this day !.. ,M0 population of Colon Instead of S.'O.OOO has dulgo in toward the actual lulcisof Colon.- fnllen to some 8,000. Asplnrtnll and Colon bla, as tho following will show: In tho fall n tho ono nnd same plitco; It used to bo of 1880, tho Colombian government decided called Asplnwnll after Us American found to put a slop to tho extensive smuggling or, but now thb olllcfal namo Is Colon, which was being done on tho Hat. Mas const, Colo" l situated on the Island of Manznn In tho U.S. coiisiiliirdlstilctof Colon, among 'Hn, tho Atlantic terminus of th6' Panama inn inuiaiM who CHCiipy mat li-rntory. It It "" 'ox river sepaiutes tlio island urn iuo uiniii .ami, mil .lie railroad com- they wero made to meet mo at so.no storo, whoro thoy had an opportunity to select what they wanted, and I paid for It. Tho same method was resorted to for their boarding and lodgings. After tho last of tho negroes was repatria tedIt took mo somo llvu weeks to do it and thosplrlt of tho act of congress fully compiled with, tho American consulate was overrun for somo six months with whites nnd blacks who had road in tho papers "about tho con sul at Colon repatriating destitute citizen," coming from all parts of South nnd Cent.nl Amoricn, somo oven coming from Hnn Fran cisco, expecting to bo repati la ted at Undo -.- "tfl5 tffirrttiVMtkuHav OftMt4fVwawAL.AJ I Null iM taraK r fcrailh L Wf frftUcraMr JP ur ii iniui & . - ; wj,it My.t 1,41, .v..Mr.,,. ,5r, JTiiiiIiiIHiUc,,,, ' 4, 0,rlK .& kA.. .i v "iu,, "".Hi" i HP .Uuttn ilMifik., , M rifr nt p ,ha -i-I . "Jl'IWu,,.,,,, nAd at AaaAartA a.iti.i.il.. . i.. ..::." ryr-" Kftswti 4. .. V j .t..:,." sjz:: ' Jt K I..JK4 , d ,y Ki.i.".ll,."J,".J' '. Culm .un mid hu f r p.t- sUW.-W. " k4" ' JruW1i,mJ4 Oij? of tl?e rts. riAiilit r,-,... ...." .-..:. --...w. ,,. ., . . . r- - -.- i-V- ","'( r,,,,!,, uivtllljlll. 1IU. utui, lllllllll lliu IIHMIUB W Slop ' -.... . ii , uiliab tlUllflO VegOCUWOn, f " 1 ".".-" it !- thls contraband trnlllc, and at a consetiut mo entlioly lniH'iiutiablo unlet wlthji machcto r0r'm'nlcs ' "( referring to tlip largo amount no mmoIs went along that coast any more to or nl axo ' 'd. There aro no" wngpil roads' Voneyw" from tho fund appropriated by tiade with thesu Indians, who In nromirtlon "ornny otlienoads: mules and iloni-ova ln. J""'i V-" vain, uiq mw was remorse- to their nuii.lier trade more than the civilized tHo P'icking; bowovor cauQes aro, o'ut'ide of ie , Bml 80 we.r. . 0,ll:inl' ot tho treasury Colombians, wero Anierh T N thew days of rapid strides toward perfection nono of tho arts can tnkn moro credit to Its particular field than does that of tho drnsa nuilmp oml .- turner, nnd It I only within tho last half eon- Mmtiir ili i ...! inMnii.n.n tlio iiillroad. tha . Iiext n.l. ,.,t .,,... , iiuwov.cr, Binnneci many or tliosoon lionril .... 1 :.:.".::.: !T 'r'" ..i.i.u.. .:. rh. i. :-H. ",'?"UD vessel hound tni- tl. tnt0i.h : ...i. "ry uiou mm particular profession has been iiii.ii voi v iow oi mem r.nu- r"'v..ici, i m-i n in nionc win coast tho .' ; r .r"""-? " """"-, "n- i,ii i,i.h n,.i . , llsh. Bo that after patiently waiting for ves- ry Iwtmaterlal for llrt-clas-seamen. ors na S0JTtU' work,nK tlloir "ny r tholr A .' f",l"Z?lnf??rrSar sels, and seeing nono come, thoy decided to As I have already' Intlamted,' owing to th'e . H"ali' U,.VM,.t ",c,nt ,.f 0X'M",S0 to U"cI bu In " ur advn. ced d d.i ? , . U Wel1' lnve.llgnto tho matter, and for that purpme A;t.Moltlie treaty o( 18 the ' United "'' ,ut ""' considerable expense t9 me. toto?iV.uln"- at tho end of some twp'mon.hs without as .11 BtMi coiwulaU at Cojon is quit. ImpdrUS .. V' e,,c " ? I conflrnwrn? in tho ,Sjnm0d pSer as ToU n'sa tt In sight, they Kent a committee to Colon, and ""'If. wu t all et.o. t'comuUtea the b" tlmt ' 1" W wnt as consul t'r,, fJ "!' VSj"1 " " " ' nST1 nldroii'imltteoi-alleduiNii. me. Titer,, were .sul has frequeutly, much trouble wuht.-uleihelaacqualntedwlthtJ.olan. SuTS t' ,"' i T...W ..!.. i ...... Biin,,,..,. l. i.. ..I...... ..!... '.... cuaco of the country ulir m U cntk ii .1.. J-"as urougutto tlio writers mlml tho inivu iiiuiiiiin, ,nu ill niitnii KIKO KOUIO iillg- "..,.... innuijr-illlio CUSra out Ot i, ,, , l. ,".""-'"'""' otllOr llttV ill rnllior n ilnnn..t ..,........ t.11 llsh. Ihey Inquired of me, niter telling i.Vo "fery ImiulroiUm about tho very toughed "" " Jo feel ihe. pulae ot publl0Honti- 0 ZrL wk severnlln f ?, ? t ' of their great love for tho Unllid States, ? Individual-to deal vlth. So far s .team mtlirt3,Mfth the pre and permits him to tmt fan nLl pie, why It was that I did not allow any Vl re Concerned Jho UiiHrt Statea'Uo n?t L'"' m,ftx Ia ! la ntercourie with the m t U "wn Xrfit i?m American vessels to come to (hem any mo. el cit much of a figure at thertf.CoJon nor ?flIclaU; ?nI,P-tit, but dlgl.tned social in- ,d tto intemcfh- I7 Theriald thov hail million. f .,.,. at any other Poit for thZ'.nat.er V t.,t tcrcourso with the suilmrltles is tinsurest " 'U," e ,ro? Vlcrens.cd as l e Bosslp pro- rcdy for market, and that theso would soon atJIiitaln takes tl.S lead wjV ateameia Z, 'W IXXCCM management of so ' f '" ,"" u?""3 "irn decay If not taken away.thus entailing great at Colqn, fait, tlm United StU- takes the 3?f,J,leJ a !" t of cQPnl;and ..f.Xr of our most ,,irn7 ra loss upon them. I au'weitnl, that I was ex- th Mlliiw vessels. Thc.e U ieldon.any """ tM wnsuf leanu to .,HNik and road tho S roth eh o I tanortoS matiniu - ? ,VM cecilngly sorry for them, but tlmt I was tftoublo on board stean'.e.s, but oh to sailing '"" 'f '"ry lo much of tho ne SSkoKiw h.T IK.woileM.as I had been imtiucted by the wllUion isalwaja-nioroor less of arum- f"I(,ec ho otherwljo might bring to br.teTmXteof OmahT ruJ'l Cl" Colombian government not tnclearanymoie ln board. I nuiao.lt ft p9l.1t novo to rof(.o. d fiom thoW stmt, In bo- oiw tadto L?Sed I "Zr "'" vessels for San Uliu. and that 1 was obliged 6w Co omblail alguJlls on board of Aine. !?"' 1 fTT'i Ul Cnr.e of quf.tte ' 'and I aMKd It w 'mf 1 ; to comply with that rcp.estjand they left, rlcan veels. Wheu the trouble wn. serious n hK n "8 h(lg tho or tp have 23 a, d K0 ,a" About three weeke afterwards tho same com- Inlwa went on board tayaolf. and became ,n hl wping. . broke In the thW and m tlin? mlttee returned and told me their chief and y own police this however was seldom, . kentuo conversation l.Bnnnnlai....l..lHiii I.. !!. .1 tf lllld Olllv (ll ffi.ld Itliall tlm ......I.... . .1.. . 11 1 rnrnn 1 arrore yH i-Kikcip( IiIh nrnnln unlilil inn In Inbn imiiui..t.lil .. IIUU 0111 V 111 CaSed W hell inn tiiHuta. nf I.A their land and protect them against "Sua..- ! hud not the nervo to handle lira. own fsh cruelty." I told them that I hnd not tho w- ll(0 llorsasa rulo, when ashore,-. power io no so. i also told tlieni that ir they "" kiihu oiu uine, aim not uuirequently had grievances to complain of they should Ket Intotiotiblo with tho natives; if , the mike their couinliilnts to tho i-nw.nmr ir P'lce interfere thoy let tho uatlvos m nml ranama and not to mo. I advised them to send their chief to wait upon the govei nor, and that I would fin nlsh him and his escort transportation on tho ranama railroad. "VhatP s lid tho spokesman, "Put our chief In the hands of tho Spanish, to bo kllUdl nevei r mm i uavo not seen tliem since all pounce on tho police, ncalnst whom thn American tar seems to have a particular H'Ho. Ho fears nobody while in port except hit consul, for tho latter holds tlio purso's brings. As u matter of courso a conul at ft qeaport llllfuf tm .....II (-, 1 1 t . iDTci i 41IIU i imvo uuii seen mem snico. "" " un ucquainieii wmi, an jaws rolat- iiiPM, iin nro very jeuious oi iiieir "k niippmg aim aumirniiy, anu theso oro rights; aro raid to be very hospitable, but It oftentimes extiemely dollcato. However.Vid Is sure doalh to anyone that attempts any most desagreeablo task I had was" flirtation In their midst, or who trosimsses on with the repatriation , ' of . tho' their (IoiiihIii In seal ch of gold, or of any of American negroes , who worked' on the products which grow in rich profmlon in tho canal 'aim who becamo destitute, "when thtlr beautiful terrltoiy, rejiorted to ba tho tho work ceased. Thoio were- ome itwenty most beautiful and richest in the universe. thousand of them, all llogiocs, mostly Jamal- Tho original aboriglnes.through inlscenega- cans, thrown ull of a sudden out of employ, tlon with the Spanish imndcrs on the ono nient. Tho llttlo thoy had suod was soon hand, and with tho negroes brought from gouo and tlm situation t,oon liecnmo critical Africa on the other, have produced tho actual so much so, Indeed, that the executive called races of the laud today. Tho most numerous upon England uud tho United States for tho Is tho Creole, the issue of white and Indian; repatriation of their respective citizens. This it numbers perhaps ouo third of the Kipula- was done nt once by tho United Stateti out turn. Thocuarteioii Isa fcecondarytjiK', tho congress In February, 1889, oppioprlatlng issue of the white and Cieole. The white two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for raco represents about onu-thlrtloth of the jiop- the purjiose. Tho Depnitinontof Statoad-1, ulatlon. Tho Mulatto, Ismib or whitu and vised me by cablo at once, with instructions black, is about one-sixth. Next tho full No- to draw for such sums as I might need, and gro, about ono-quuiterof tho population, and to treat the destitute workmoii as I would Anally tho original Indians, w ho hau become destitute, beamen. I repati lated all tho Amer so Jealous of tho perpotuutlou of their nice bans who came under tho uct for the small that anyof their women Is saciillced with amount of raven tnousuiul dollara, thui lear ner offspring If It doea not prove to bo tho ing two bundled and foity-throo thousand "pure article." Tho Issue of tho Negio nnd dollars to the credit of tho fund in tho U. S Indian Is called Coolie. Taken all in all it U liensury. Many Jamaica negioescamo to tho a very much mixed ci owd U. 8. consulate trying to make me bollevo The United States consulate at Colon Is they weio "Uncle Sam negroes," but the dlf- rlght over the sea, built on piles near tho forenco of diulect between the two classes of lighthouse. It was a stormy day, tho rea negroes did not allow si.ch a deception to bo was very rough, tlio bieakers rushing high successfully carried out. Among the negroes sending their spruy far away on tho beach I reitriated wero somo terrible characters Among the waves at ft distance- of not over who nuw and then were really dangerous' two hundred yards I saw n boat upset and a coming to the consulate In largo numbers man riding it. I called out to the lighthouse bent on running things generally, and inslst- (Oopyrliht by A.neri:an Press Auocl&tlon. btj u you by express fsliB wrote) Your prosonts everv one. Our friendship's past and I (a tear) Am sorry It begun. Now that It's Christ mas time, you can (Her eyes begin to swell) Bestow them on some other girl. You hateful man I Farottelll The things came back (was hU xournoie came wun tnem, too; And really, dear. I'vo sought ia vain Borne girl to give them to. I'm In despair, and only you Can help me, that is plain Come, say you'll bo another girl, And take them back again. Dear John, you'ro right (sho wrote, again), Iteturn tho gifts to me. And after this, as jou Buggest, Your sister I will bo. Tom Masson. K v.... .wk& Hilt nlaR. 'WI10 U thf Umlnmn U'1tn en was finally asked. "Why, I am surprised at your Ignorance," remarked ono of the trio. "Tho madamo is so well known all over tho west and especially Is she so well known in Lincoln that I am surprised that you have not heard of hor, MaUaino Wallace's parlors aro tho most elegantly furnished I have over seen nnd nothing could bo nicer. Tho entire suite was built for her at Sixteenth and How ard in Omaha, and is so arranged that no matter how muny ladles call at one timo to bo fitted or measured, each ono has a private apartment, elegantly furnished. Madamo goes to Europo every year nnd to Now York twice, for Ideas and novoltlos. Sho buys all her goods in person, trimmings and ovory thlng and makes up ft dress of any kind com plete from tho goods in stock, avoiding all troublo of matching goods at u dozen stores etc. Or, if preferred, material may bo furn Mied by pation and the dress muda to order. In tea gowns, party drosses, wedding trous seaus and flno work generally Madamo Wal lace has mado a great reputation and right hero in Lincoln in tho wardrobes of our finest homes many of her dresses may bo found. It will interest anybody while in Omaha, to call und pass u fow moments at Madamo Wallace's handsome quarters. Ample refer ence as to tho work can there bo soen, and If desired appointments may bo mado In Lincoln by telephone, (No. 772,) direct to hor ap-partments." WCUSICHU WONDBR, f(jt.jaaa