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Show Tin, li .in win! r.l..-u,l ll.o sHe an la ut Ilm town nf V ilparnlii.i pl.-i).t4 s rnhll.v lole on fiihue i'..i"ru'l.ii.s j H i ll,u.,t have I., . ti i ritzy or diiliik althouuli II r r.ln do not offer ai, I mull nice. , 'ion by v.iy of evpl.ti, allot j or Hindi. i'v f..r Hi" m I. le i. Vnlp.irnlM no aim Iho vail, y nf Purls." nml thai In where the Joke (Omen In. In-dcml of I.eli.K a valley, the la. " Is local"! on Ml' Hi ,1 me no ni.-. p Ho y mnkt tile's lend nulln. Hevuill hum SIreeU r.iiiild" almlennly iilonrr l ho wnlel frmit, and lli-n. to net anywhere el . one mint tul.e to a row boat or an el vator. The Clillelun are culled Hi" Yanked of South America, and aie pralnud ,H..v"rsil of un were wnltlrn outside while one of the party wna makli k nonie iiiii huet In a more. Presently our (llend mine out. red In tho fnc and sweailM! Ill e a trooper. "Wl-tt do you tl.iuk? That d f .ol In there wont tal.e Aniericnu money. I told hlin ho wna crazythiit.lt was tho best money n Hie world. He looked It over cnn-fully, remarked tlint It was very pretty, hut mil, I 1m couldn't do anytblnit with It. Woiildu'l that Jar you?" Other rrembera of Iho pnrly ot laired at Antnfnirastn. Tho amall del-eir del-eir iiloii that went lo ask a quentlon ! nf the Amerleaii consul not routed as iiiicereiniiniounly as If they had been : ' ! ' . I , , . i ' ';' .... . ...'.... . . , I . i 't t 1 . . .. W'- jf.:: - .- -i..' . :. - :..: Stairway Cut In Stone. Kront deal for llndr energy and tli U thrifty iiuallilen. They do look but ttir and move fanier than their neU born. The forchsn element hero II responsible for this liiiprov..iii"nt. bill It Is likely to prove disastrous In tin end. beeaune II has made tho natlvs ainhllloua beyond bin posslhlllllcs. Ill Is makltnt morn show than ho tai nflord. Tlm country Is being rente out (o the lorelmiers; Ita resnurrm are Im Iiik leaned ami the rent is helm spenl raster llinn It comes In. Sural day there won t be any more r sourcea. Then the fun-Inner will Kl back where ho came from and the ne tlve will find himself sitting up with t corpse. Chill Is living over Hie hlntory ', Peru Its northern purl Is ,1.mt' Its central pnrllon Is vineyards, ami the southern rt iion aitrtciiltuiul lands ind forevls. The nitrate tleponlta In th.l noriheni tlesert are yielding tho coin-try coin-try 7,1 per cent of revenue. The fir- j eluner Is no, I, Ink' the bulk of Hie priSI from these rich llel.ls. and ho la Hctd-Ing Hctd-Ing It home. When he winds up lis work and goen away, ns bo iniint cvn-tuiilly. cvn-tuiilly. the nnllvn will find hlmelf vvlttioul means of niilinlntence. Heln making no provision whatever fur tie rainy day that In certain to come to all men and all nations. Yeara a no Peru had a iioldnn gone In Ita guano Inlnuds and nitrate flelu. It diTlvcd millions from them a:il spent those millions recklessly aid without thoiiKht nf the future. Outlay Ou-tlay the guann ilepomla guve out, and then, aa If to prove that nilarortimn never onme hlnitly, along came Colli and took away the nitrate Holds by main strength and awkwardnau. book anents. They found Hnclo Ham's uk-, nt Just leaving his place of business, busi-ness, and stnrted to ask hlin where they could buy some camera plates. They started well, but never got 110-yond 110-yond (ho starting point. The consul said ho was awfully norry; (hat ho was busy; that he couldn't spnre a moment; mo-ment; that ho had something enormous enor-mous to do rich! awny; thut they muni sit down In bis oluce and wall for htm to coma bnck. All this was let out like shells froti a rapid tiro gun as tho consul cuml out of the yurd on tho double quick, and headed for the postnfnco to mall I letter, for that was what he bad to do The visitors trailed him for half I block trying to get their question In i edi;ownyn, but they never succeeded I Tboy had to get their Information I froiri a hack driver. Theno funny . crnlitied old fellow-a aro the onen tl.ut i cause the demand for consular re form. After It was agreed that Iho consul mlKht bo fnrKlven hla peevishness be cause ho bad to live In Antiifnc.ais which la really quito ns bnd an it name. Ily rlcht It Is no pla, e rm while folks to lira. Thn huge bulk of a naked mountain overshadows II. and the sun fairly shrivels It. It Is blistered, dust rlden transfer station between tho desert and the ocean. Tha few sickly looking green things to ha seen aro kept alivo by constnnt nursing nurs-ing with water that comes through pipe 180 miles Ions. It la said no othor place in Hie world baa such long aqueduct ' '..nofngasta. The hack drivers ear.Tr feather dusters In tha whip sockets of tholr cabs becnuss they noed them more than whips, aud Cathedral and Plaza. I Since that tlmo Peru lias been In link-cloth link-cloth aud anbes a year for every una she lived In riotous opulence. And now Chill Is making poor use or bcr Ill-gotten gains. American money does not clrniUt, In Chill. It In not accepted In phhor banks or stores. It must be traded off to brokers, much niter the fashion of unused railroad tickets at heme lo either Instance one has to take whatever what-ever la offered. The money changers like the ticket scalpers, have an sgra ment, and one of them will not iTI more than another. It Is said that Americans are very proud and bonstful, and It la douMNii trao. bemuse they hive a ynung lc4 growing country, and youth Ir general, ly vain of Its atrengtli, tun t,,, le wind out nf Mr. Yankee's sail n. nrst time his pretty gold money I, ,,,,, bark at hlin. I was with a party when thin happened, it , A' f.-iuasta. one or iho nitrate porn ,,t ih. north or Chin ' the bartctidtira have to cator to tin fiercest thirsts on earth. On ono side of tho lead colored buildings along the wharf, the. word nitrate la spelled out In big black letters. let-ters. This explains the presence of the white people, and of the town It-aolf. It-aolf. Were It not for nitrate (he Ua-ards Ua-ards would soon be left In possession of the shifting sanda of Antofagaata. The while people have taken much treaaure from the desert, but they have had to Py 't- H1Kh UP on tn mountain are the gloamlnj shafta of an ovorgrown graveyard. The thickly itutlded headstiinea flash in the aua l( f to signal you the desert warning and Its challenge. It Is no easy thlnf tn live where your drinking water n,ust come through a pipe ISO miles ,(,. Wo forgive the consul. |
