The times., 1899-10-01
LADY KARINk,
7l8 enth ST. M. w.
Cut this out. 1t will not appear daily.

Government, and the United States Gov
ernment had told him to GO ahead. So he
went no one was particularly disturbed
tiii Manaos was reached, for though that
city is 1000 miles up the river, ocean going
craft are lot novelty there
III was when the Wilmington turned her
DOW up the river one Sunday and steamed
west from Manaos that the trouble began.
Inc people OF that city resented the ac-
ton as an affront to their country. and an
invasion OF their territory by hostile
Iorce. After the pleasant fashion of the
hot-headed they Immediately proceeded to
mob the United States consulate Mr. Fall
himself. though an Englishman, is the con-
sular agent of the United States at Ma
naos, SO il was his office they were after
be happened 10 be down the river himself
at the time, so there was no one present
who took any particular interest In the
affair. Meeting no opposition, the mob had
little to do but break the windows, make
speeches, and &c away again. No American
flag was found to tear up or trample upon
so that an insult to the national emblem did
not enter into the programme. And all this
time the Wilmington was calmly steaming
up the river
Next day when the federal government of
Brazil learned what had happened apollo
gieS were proffered with the utmost haste
and detailed information was telegraphed
up the river to the effect that the mission
of the Wilmington was peaceful one
undertaken With the full permission and
approval of the authorities. If the incident
had not ended when it did, the result might
have beeen much more serious and the
Wilmington would have had a chance to
fight herself out of a situation quite as
trying as that day at Cardenas. No one can
doubt that the vessel would have given a
good account OF herself, with her light
draught, ugly fighting top, and heavy stern
| chasers. Queer as she looks she is just as
well adapted for the Amazon as for those
| shallow rivers of China. for which she was
planned.
| Brazilian boatmen on the Amazon do not
lack energy Of one sort if there is profit in
I! 1t. Mr.. Falls last journey down the river
when starting for England furnished evil
| dence. He had been far above Manaos,
visiting various trading posts where he was
well known. and different traders had CIV
| en- him parting presents. Most OF these
were fine turtles. weighing from $50 to 500
| pounds each AS each one was presented
| Mr.. Fall chalked his initial on the shell
and took it aboard the little steamer on
| which he was travelling. AT last nearly
| thirty turtles had been accumulated and
he was pleased to think how he would dis
| tribute them among his friends further
| down the river and in Para, where they
/ are Scdrcef ana OF more Ndiue
] few hours after leaving Manaos on the
/ downward journey one of the deckhands
came to the cabin and reported that tur
| tie had died Mr.. Fall went below, saw
| the dead turtle, heaved sigh OF regret,
| and ordered 1t thrown overheard. Over the
| side it went and he returned to his chair
! above.
| The day had not advanced far when an
| otner report of the same sort came up.
daet, ,,cf
| erty thrown overheard, and resumed his
| station on the upper deck A few hours
later the programme was repeated Day
| after day the turtles died and were thrown
| into the muddy Amazon. The owner was
| disconsolate when he found less than 4
dozen remained out of the fine lot with
| which he had started, and he could rot
account for the remarkable mortality in
| turtles. 1t seemed as If none would be
left when he reached Para.
On the last day of the voyage Mr.. Fall
was standing at the after rail of the upper
| deck, looking down into the river. No,
many yards astern he saw a disturbance
in the water and then the shell of tur-
tie came to the surface. 1t rapidly over
took the steamer, rose out OF the water,
dangled moment at the end OF The rose
and then disappeared on the deck below.
| 1t aas a dead turtle.
One turtle had died ON that voyage. He
had been thrown overheard some twenty
| times, with rope carefully ATTACHED,
and each time hfG been brought aboard
again, while one of the live turtles was
sequestered elsewhere on the steamer. a
| vigorous demand and search on the part
of Mr.. Fall resulted III finding his colony
OF turtles fourishing in retirement, each
marked with his initial where he had
chalked it some days before. But the
crew protested ignorance of the affair, and
no solution was attempted OF the mys-
tery.
We have been hearing of late years that
the carelessness Of gathering the rubh Ell
crop was destroying the trees in such
number that the yield was diminishing
and that rubber plantations would have
TO be formed to encourage the production
of that essential tree. Mr.. Fall dec ares
that there is no foundation whatever TO
this belief except the desire Of those wno
have Mexican and Central American rub
ber schemes TO sell. He admits that IN
Brazilian natives are careless and eoalc
, save the trees much more than they do
: but he declares that in spite OF this fac