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Show . ROOM FOIt SETTLEES. COLOMBIA OFFERS A FINE FIILO FOR IMMIGRATION. Tha Country Watered by lllvera la Ciitem! by nrr.t. of Ham Wooila, India Rubber Trrea. t m-iia, fctr. tivnernt tleyea1 S:iinratlona, Tlint theColomlilnnrelielllon In 1SS5. the last lilac uiriRliiR In thnt country, was put down, waa uue almoat entirely to the energy and ability of (lener.il Hnfael Iteyes, who was the first to explore ex-plore that reiiion of Colombia known as Cuqtieta, anil, with his brothers and his nephew, he msle the first overlain! Journey ever nrrotupllMhrd acroaa the wiliest part of Hniitli America, throtiKh a region completely desert and unknown un-known at that time and Inhabited by cn tin I Ihi I enrages. They croaaed first tho Amies nnd then explored tho rivers riv-ers which run Into the Atnuion. After this Drat Journey his two brothers died one from fuver end one was assassinated assassi-nated and eutcn by the cannibals. These two pioneers were ancrlfled In the almost unknown depths of these South American wildernesses. Tho Peruvian Pe-ruvian town of Iqtiltos, 3,000 miles up the Amaaon, hna rnlsed In Its cemetery a monument to ono of the brothers, Knrlque. Althotinh this town of Iqul-toe Iqul-toe Is 1.000 miles from the sea, a traveler trav-eler can, aa Ceneral lteyea pointed out In a recent address, take a steamer there twice a mon'h direct to Liverpool. Liver-pool. The general saya: "All the countries of South Arr.erlca, with the exception of Chile, can be placed In communication by means of river navl-Katlon. navl-Katlon. Tho Amaion la navigable at all seasons for transatlantic, steamers from I'nra to lttiltos. Tbe tributary riven are navlnnble for river boats, such a! are used on tho Mississippi, over a rsdius of Del ween 300 and 00 miles. Thus we have a river navigation naviga-tion of over 9.600 miles, of which 8,000 are fit for transatlantic steamers. All the country watered by these natural canals Is covered by foresta ot rare wood, India rubber '.rees, cocoa, etc. The exportation! ot rubber from this district last year amounted to 120.000,. 000 In value. The Amaion at Ita mouth, from Hunts TIJora to Cap du Nord, haa a width of ISO miles. Its waters are drinkable up to 120 miles out to sob. Such la the strength of the current that It drlvea back the ocean. This state, ment of General Reyes recalls tbe well-authenticated well-authenticated story of the ship which waa once lighted flying slgnala of distress dis-tress by another vesaol passing down the Braid coast As the distressed ship waa approached her captain hailed and said: "We are dying of thirst. 8end oa water." "If you want water," ibouted the other captain, "dip It up. you fool; you ara In tbe mouth of tbe Amaaon river."- Tho region explored by Octiorul Koyes la of Immense Importance Im-portance from a commercial and Industrial Indus-trial point of view, and would form a fine Sold for Immigration, for the cultivation cul-tivation of modlclnul plants and for the raising of tropical producta. It Is pronounced by the burcsu of American Republics to be "A new world opening open-ing Its doors to humanity." To the naturalist or sportsman the region offers of-fers much to entice, being filled with endless deor and wild boar, and the streams iwarmlng wllh fish In multitudinous multi-tudinous variety. New York I'ress. |