Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-07
CARACAS

style. their thick walls Of scn-baked mud COW
cred with cement that looks like marble. many
siabOrstely succeed facades and all with
peaked-tlle covered roofs ard courtyards
with trees growing in them. The CITY Is well
illuminated With gas and electric lights. The
clean. narrOS streets are paved with small.
sharp eobble stones a=d the sidewalks are Of
Portland cement. There are several lines Of
narrow gauge tranwav. with queer little cars
Of English make. each square box fitted with
-four benches. Though the war Is some time
over and the Triumphant revolutionists have
established a semblsnee OF order. the country
10 still Ia disturbed state that soldiers patrol
the to~n and guard all the avenues Of approach
and are very particular concerning the business
Of people who happen 10 be walking abroad
after lamp lighting.
CHsLLESoED ATTEE DARK
When you are challenged BY the words Alto.
Quien vIye:-''Stop. VINO goes ,here?''-is
yol do not halt irstaater and have the counter
s,gn on The tit q your tongue you are more
than likely % BE- punctnred BIZ a bullet or feel
y trowel--haped tayoue; jabbed in the region
cf the ribs. The other evening a newcomer
from the United States wn- quietly Walking
hotelvard after conference with the United
States consul. during which that gentleman
had eErefully Instructed him IN the cOuuccrsgn
snd snisavored 90 give spanish twist to his
unaccusioned tongue over the words. when he
vas sharply challenged az the intersection O.!
two streets BY two guards at once Naturally
In the fright and confusion of the moment
memory took flight AID he could remember
nothing % say bat "Au right. Don't shoot: Z"
That. 81 course. was no avail. and bang bang
went the muskets of both guards WITHOUT
however. doing any damage 10 the American
who dropped his dignity ard took to his heels
- snybOdy else wOHld have done under the
circumstances.
story Is told Of a raw recruit among the
Venezuelan soldiers lthe reyoIu:ionists are
mostly raw recruits Who had received the
usual orders 20 challenge all passers-by by
saving Who goes there three tirres and who
ceeved his orders 30 literally that at the first
foo,step he heard while on duty a. yelled Alto.
Qaien vive tres veces!' t''Stop. Who goes
there three time-?'O End fred his musket with
oct waiting for answer.
DESTROYED RI AZ LARTHQrAKE
Caracas stands upon the bed Of a lake said 10
have been dried up and elevated by some early
earthquake. There is nothing Indian about Al
n0s except its name. and no trace l. lief. OF the
Iroad and hardy race hat the condueror-
found IN ne beautiful valley But everywhere
sre traces Of the earthquakes 10 which all ,he
Andean regions are peculiarly subject In ISL.
the whole ci'y vas shaken down ~ crcs and
upward OF 5000 people were buried in the
rlin~- The great ''tcrrsmo.e' happened on
Holy Ihursdny. vhen tho entire po.,t,latiou
were as-emblsd in the eharch-s 10 repder hon
sge 20 the day. and probably the mortality wa.
greater than IL the people had ret been thu.
maSsed together. number Of tii.es sine.
shen the town has been partially DESTROYED b,
terrimO;e-. and people live ~ eonStans expects
lion a sinilsr disaster, 20 that Q. the slixhtes
trembling Of the earth o. rst.lins ~ dishes on
tbs shelves At am hour OF the cav or night the,
rush en- ma-=e To the nam plaza, where walk
are les hksly 20 fall upon them Yet the citi
rens are sensitive on the subiec: OF earth
quzkes when Stranger speak about them ans
deny that there ~ danger TO be apprehended
They are prone 90 wander of from that toni
81 conversation 10 Kansas bliz yards and Mime
sofa cyclones and common accidents BY ar,
and Good sl-ewhere They insist, and no
Without some show Of reason. that more live
are lost every year in the United States by rail
rod accidents than by earthquakes in yene
zusis OF any other country, and that such grea
eonaagrstions - have devastated Chicago, Bos