The sun., 1893-11-19

every civilized nation. The capital oil the
Of ioly 'tS osiontstlous 5 nst displays @ | Of wealth
were a necessary adjunct 10 onlsial dig:
Saxon tinge. They loved wine and women
the blood Who spends pend ps66i a night in iSxSrious
revelry and the next day filings himself into
rors Of tho jungle. the S sturdy al rake whom men
Tear and women Worship. was not there. Tho
tales OF Panama 9re tales OF men in fine raj
pages resplendent with gold and silver. OF
boudoirs with hanGings os silk and downy
ings OF love.
BRITISH TRAM.
:, There was one Improvement. so-called. in
Which the .o hnGd Sni to s Ss
%ss sFss sasSnE % a A.a s Gs f9f n % .
Americans had offered W to put in an efriclent
electric OUTFIT one OF the best sort. but, had
nos will not give an American anything that
any other nation will accept. Forreasons that
made themselves popular among the Ladinos.
However. Columbian who had no capital
got tie concession and started exploiting It by
negotiate for the construction Of the line. A
firm Of contractors was found there to furnish
the WORK they arrived n 1 % with % their - mao "o
gold at once. but. they found that the man with
whom they had dealt had piece Of parchment
their time and money so far invested. The
stock OF the proposed road could not be sold
at any price. but Htter long delay the con;
when tho road was running.
Still more III fortune awaited them, Their
that wore ridicuiS iSus. - Their motors were 'ei Of
from six to eight horse po.wer-less than one
rails were small and the roadbed wretched.
The wiro was not strung tight enough to take
trial on certain day. Sobtaii car 'sas'r was run
out. darky climbed on top to hold a copper
triangle at the end Of a pole against the wire
guests got on board; The motorman turned
on the 70, current. and will, whir away she
with crash away she went aGain-on new
tack over the cobblestones.
machine another trial got it back on the i track aS
and pushed IT around the curve. 1t was al!
right aTFnarenty ~ a. grade rad was pe@Ghed re- and
some more. The trial was fiat fai lure.
The British engineer who had charge had
engineer in charge OF the electric light plant
had criticised tho motors as well as curves
facts. fact lie returned home for better materials
by the way OF the United States. and after
ward had the grace to acknowledge that there
were no street car plants in tho world equal to
4 recent issue. Of the, Sar aud Herald an
nounces the opening of tho line. n not its sue
and says that the green flashes SO frequcntly
festatons Of Re electrica enercy. @ % and that nia no
danger exists Moreover. the service will
be improved as rapidly as possible"
INVITED TO A PRISON.
Mention has been made OF the custom
have of speaking to n stranger in his native
language. They are tho most remarkable
pndent Ga to be be- lou found Dc on n the % eontnant @ 10
stranger can expect to be free from their ut.
tentions when alone on the strests at night. and
pnst the hotel entrances to got the chance to
address q stranger. One night as ! sMt in
stopped in tho shadow lust without and suid
"You are AN American. no? All Americans
me- to the the police Station and speSk to te Cnp
only only to to s%3 W wofI. and my my friend ] viii iii go to
at the woman; She had the face Of a gypsy.
ing she was from Paris. She had most evil eyes.
put was Otherwise not very bad looking. |
after ere awhile with tf heT we %aked
along she alked rapidly. Her friend was a
beautiful girl and had the sweetest disposi-
and there had been neht. Both lad been ar.
her friend could 30 home. She meant that the
CAPTAIN would accept my word in place OF a
fa III nn in ouT the
police prison all night. the woman said. that
both she, and her friend would bo eternally |
grateful ii | would save her from that fate.
After ten minutes Of such talk We entered a |
two-storv stone building. OF which the front |
nets Two or three men with guns sat IN the |
long hall Within and Mt the head OF the hail. in |
in blue uniform with shoulder straps. BE: |
fore | could say word the woman told him |
had come to secure the release of friend.
he Captain. for it was he. bowed politely, |
and said in n matter of-fHCt way:
,,Of course you wish I, see her first. and
10 see Anita" he said. Then was aGle to ex-
plain that had come merely to see how pris-
9ners were kept in lnnama police stations. 1
but would te greatly obliged for u night view
OF the quart OF the men. as well as OF the
her friend and had promised nothing to either,
but intended giving the woman u dollar for
feel over my refusal to 60 lail for her friend.
Tho Captain smiled at that.
You shall seen the prison. but you may
want TO release the girl after you have seen
The attendant. n man in soldiers garb. led
the way down into the cellar. Tho stairway
was about four feet wide and had n turn in It.
which sat two turkeys under n smoky lamp
on the wall. One side ofthe room was II heavy
barred grating. very much ike the open side
yond those bars in mn badly lighted
days accumulation OF prisoners. Old and
young. blacks md reds and mixed. ragged and
well dressed. dirty and bloody and clean. there
they were. all together. 1t was collar room.
and q tenlh Of its space was full Of men: 1t was
ventilated by the way OF tine stairway and the
long hal! to the front door. and IN no other
way that could see. And that. too. in the
heart @! the torrid zone.
The men came crowding to the bars as we
reached the floor. ana dozen OF them shouted
to the woman. The effect OF thor greetings
was electrical. She danced and clapped her
hands and laughed aloud.
"Ha ha am queen here. Is it not so,
she cried in . mixture of French
and spanish. do you love me-. comrndes?
See ne" and she rose on her left toe and
waved her right high in air. as u ballet dancer
might have lone, wh le th" men cried Yes!
yes. Good good" and appnudci with roar.
II m instant she was on her feet with sober
face before the turnkey.
My friend! my friend" she said implor-
inEiy. at which the prisoners applandcd again.
apparently becausethe thought she had sim
ulated sorrow cleverly. The turnkey smiled.
Yes"
He opened door on one side ~ his den and
revealed room tile -noored and Ike the others
save that cots could be seen along the further
wall In place OF the elevated platform that was
4 dozen