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

far enough TO escape excessive heat and trOpi-
cal diseases. Greatly TO our surprise We find
tina; venexuelas capital combines these ad-
Vsnt4ges in an eminent degree and is terres-
tria! paradise in point OF weather. not even
surpassed BY those far-fsmCd resorts in the
Mountains Of southern Mexico and in the
Hima,.ayan range. No other capital In the
world. 80 near to the equator IL as well situated
- Caracas for delightful climate, fine scenery.
saIub-ity and proximity to the sea. From
wear 20 wear the weather remains Ike that OF n
Jane d1v az the north. s''h Cioudless skies ard
pure llv,go-a ing stmo~T here Though hsreir
ten degrees remove from IN" equatorial line
th. ;hrr:n meter seldom falls below 6n degrees
81 milnlgh- nor rIses above - a. nocuday and
the-r .. AWAY. fresh breeze from the nearby
ocean on one side ~ thu snuw-toPped noun
taIn- on the Other.
Any SORT CF WEATHER YOU LIKE
IN fact you may get an sort OF weather YOU
Ike IN Venezuela. WITHOUT travelling east or west
o. north ~ south fer IT, Su; Dy merely going
NJ or down. for the hftlo -sDubic has The three
distinct zones. de- ending upon al,itIdc. Away
w anon the eternal SNOW nci. - a degree II
cO,d 500 intense % b. borne BY u:In; along the
level OF the a. "a tslayr :lr e, pie. the
fSrce-t heats 0f 'he t0r.it Zpur BLISTER ard
scorch all before It vh'is N tEc,e temperate
piidoie valleys We ma New Lu-i1fd cora and
Applss. Vs.i-Ocs and b.aSshc-ri-s fCU--5Ii1.,
srls by iii With pom .,rsuSte~. gIsve1 aai
eitrou-. Here tn roval rliIns ~ Br..zii ard
t'uba. stately mlIritia. palms of the vr1a0ro.
dRte pal'-> % SHsIrau deserts. ut palms of
Airica. ulaag1 tr'r- UI INDIA. aromatic CHINA
mon trees Of rr iou ami bread FRAT trees Of
Ctansite mineie their Iiaies;I- piume- with the
Fosnher rIn,-- ar,i expresses OF Notth tI-s-icc.
and even dJniehcn. goi!er rod. suIlsr and
wood vio!ets ar not wanting snoug passion
flowers and other troPical 5ora-
dow cARtC,s - SITUATED.
Caracas Occdpie, tine center Of a beautiful
valley which - perhIps. three miles long AID
fifteen WIDE. about 500 feet above the level of
the sea- surrounded az all sides bv moIG-a aims,
~ b. a wall. from 5000 TO 10000 feet high
Standing IN the streets OF the city you seem to
be shat IL on every hand By inaccessible peaks.
bur n sou go TO The TOP Of {. hIli called Cal
very.' which used To be a cemetery. bat has
lately been Transformed inso fashionable
promenade and public park after the manner
of Santa Lucia. IN Chile capital. YOU will
Be- two -oads Leading ont of the valley, each
through a rIrrow pass. which the Indians ira
ver-ed centuries before the coming Of Don
Diego ia LOsado aud his following of greedy
Spaniards. -Four sparkling rivers traverse the
vallev-ike the four rivers that watered the
Garden ~ Eden. ~ the Neuezuelsus, who are
excessively fond and proud OF their capital.
arr sure 10 tell YOU. The city contains about
90 900 inhabiiants. and i laid cat with the pre-
cislOn OF checker board. its thirty odd
streets. which run east and west. crossed
BY A. MANY more running north and south,
forming blocks "a square n hre and plummet
could make them. The rough. uneven ridges
thai enter On the valley are dark with forests
to the horizon. their foot hills bright with
emerald grass. thei- lower slopes covered with
pale yellow sugar cane and dark green coffee,
eocoanut and orange groves. The houses are
constructed IN the usual Spanish-American