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The evening times., 1895-11-04
All About Venezuela.

An important article OF diet among the
common people is arepas, kind OF CAKE
made OF cuarsely ground Indian corn.
Coffee and cocoa are important ana IN
creasine crops. Fruits and melons are
abundant and the coast towns enjoy an
endless variety Of fish.
1t was the fret American mainland
sighted by Columbus on his third voyage,
in 148S.
1t was under Spanish rule until early in
the present century.
Among the snakes are rattlers, boa con-
strictors, and anacondas.
Yellow fever is almost OF anuual recuf-
renee in the coast toxns.
There are dry and rainy sea sons, as In
California, the rainy season occurring our
ing the months Of our summer.
Swarnso OF locusts sometimes commit great
ravages among the fields and plantations.
The boundary question" has been peren-
Mai since the founding OF the republic.
Colombia, Ecuador, and Great Britain
have been the chief contestants.
The republic comprises eight states and
nine territories, besides two colonies
Guzinan BlancO and Bolivar.
Though situated on or near the equator.
the country has moderate climate. In
Caracas the mean temperature is II de-
grees, the extremes being As and SO degrees
This is due TO trade winds.
yeneznelans celebrate July IA as their
day OF independence. On that day. in 1910,
they rose against the Spanish rule under
Bolivar, the George Washington of South
America.
Caracas, the principal city, took its name
from the Spanish captain general in 1850.
Spain recognized the independence of the
republic in 1S45, after a thirty years
war.
or the last eighty-five years. nearly one
half have been spent in war.
The republic has enjoyed a federal con-
stituton since 1864
There are tO7 miles of railway and 1886
miles OF telegraph lines.
Gold has been the most important product
next after coffee. For five years ending
in 1856 the output was S3.70o 900. but it
has greatly increased since then. The pres
ent dispute with Great Britain relates to
territory in which the gold mines are rich
est though they have not been worked to
their fun extent, owing to the political
uncertainty.
Boots and hats are chief manufactures.
The Vepezuelans make hats from a mate-
rial called jipijapa pronounced hee-pee-
ha-pal. which are often sold in the United
States for Panama stra ".
1t has about twelve times the area or the
State or Ne w York.
The town of Merida is s. 400 feet above
the sea-2D sfect higher than Denver.
II has q piountain, PiraCho de la Sierra,
15.6e0 fef high.
tory underfts actual government by 1873 600
square nltles.<
The territory east and south of the
MARITIME "A bdfs was called sea of
grass. DfgauSes II was entirely without
trees, but NOS 1t Is well wooded
The evening times., 1895-11-04
A JOURNALISTIC MARVEL.

So Bluff and Blnkter About the
Wonderful Growth of The Times.
Notwithstanding the desperate efforts
of contemporary to stem the tide of
success into which it has been launched, The
TINES CONTINUES TO GROW.
The Times circulation and The Times
advertising are niaryels OF the newspaper
word. Many of cur wide-a wake merchants
have placed their whole dependence upon
The Times, and in no instance have they
been disappointed.
No daily newspaper ever published in
the District of Columbia So thoroughly
covered its territory as does The Times
with IFS morning and evening editions. 1t
is a complete and interesting record of each
day. with more than $4,000 living testi-
moniais L" It's merit as a newspaper and its
efficacy as an advertising medium.
The evening times., 1895-11-04
when He Had Hts Turn.


A well-known barrister relates the fol-
lowing story with great gusto Some
time ago he'had under rcross-examination a
youth from the country, who rejoiced in
the name OF Samson, and whose replies
were provocative of much laughter in the
court:
And SOL questioned the barrister, .yeu
wish the court TO believe that you are n
peacefully disposed and inoffensive Kind
of person?"
Yes
And that you have no desire to follow
in the steps of your iIlustrieus nauaesake
and sulite the Philistines?r
NO, I've not" answered the witness
'.And if tad the desire ] amt got the
power at present"
Then you think ron would be unable
TO cope successfully with a thousand tne-
mies and utterly rout them with the Jaw.
h0ne Of an aes?"
WAl," answered the ruffled Samson, az
might have q try when you have done
with the weapon. .--Green Bag.
The evening times., 1895-11-04
ONE WAY OFT.

Street car troubles are always with
us and always will be until municipalities
take. or build, and operate the lines them
selves. seietting routes which will be for
the greatest convenience Of the greatest
number, and not cvnfinine them to streets
which win merely afford big dividends
for officials and stockholders.
Anacostia citizens are always in fear of
having no public transportation to the
city. Their SO called street railroad is
about the most uncertain thing in tie uni
verse, not excepting the weather and the
election. The lexington and the Metro
politan lines are at loggerheads. and their
suburban public know not whether they are
to pay one or two fares.
One way out Of all this bother would
be for Congress to pass a law that the
great lines operating in midsity shall
charge but cents per trip and that 5-cent
transfer tirkets from the suburban roads
shall be accepted.
The Metropolitan and Capital Traction
companies are making enormous profits.
That is not objectionable, il they bat show
a spirit of reciprocity. Their patronage
would vastly increase IL Scent fares were
established. Their expenditure would not
be materially added to and their profits
would not fall off
This is a day OF cteapcning fares. The
movement everywhere is In that direction.
If corporations do not show disposition
to act fairly toward the people the latter
will see to it that the corporations are
wiped out of existence and their property
taken and operated for the popular benefit,
and not IL pamper and maintain in luxury
q few people who pass most OF their days
abroad and spend among foreigners the
wealth they have drained from Americans.
The evening times., 1895-11-04
Woods and Water.

hunter riding through the woods near
Gray's River, WASH, the other tiay came
to Il big fallen tree in his path. The ground
seemed clear on the other side and he
leaped hls horse over the trunk. The horse
landed squarely on the back of a bear,
which evidently had been asleep there. The
bear was as much startled as the horse
and quickly made off, while the hunter was
thrown to the ground, the horse pitching
him out of the saddle sideways in its
frightened leap away from the bear
Russian scientific men have ascertainel
that out OF 591 trees struck by lightning
in the forests near Moscow 3G2 were white
poplar. They advise farmers to plant
poplars as natural lightning conductors.
A queer accident befeli a fisherman in
Puget Sound last week. He had on a pair
of combination rubber boots and trousers,
reaching up to his armpits. By some mis-
chance he fell overheard head first; the air
in his trousers rushed upward and buoyed
up his feet on the top of the water as
though held there by a lifebelt, and the
fisherman was unable to get his head above
the surface. He cut such an odd figure
apparently walking in the W ater he ad do wn-
ward, that his companions were unable
from mirth TO help him for few seconds,
and when they got him out lie was more
than half drowned.
When the Dutch destroyed all the Glove
trees on the Tehnate Islands several dis.
eases never before known in that region
appeared and became epidemic.
Winter has set in early and severe in
Michigan. In the northern end of the State
rivers have frozen over, sene having an
inch Of ice from bank to bank a week
ago. At Michi CANINE SNOW fell every
day for week up to last Wednesday, and
last, Tuesday and Wednesday there was
fine sleighing all about the neighborhood.
A few miles vest of the town the snow was
a foot deep on the level. Ten inches Of
snow fell at Vanderbilt early last week,
and last Monday the river Maple was
frozen over at Maple Rapids.
Earl Spencer says he has tried pheasant
shooting. deersfalking, riflesEooting and
other sports, but none nj Them come mp to
huntirg with a pack of hounds.
M ~t><> enl<. %
The evening times., 1895-11-04

The raiding Of the gambling dens across
the river must not be taken as an indica-
ton that Gov. O'Ferrall wants to be in
line with the Democratic governors of
Texas and Arkansas, but that he is can
didate for election TO the United States
Senate.
The evening times., 1895-11-04
A Sare Remark.

Chummy-what would you think of
man that always went round talking Ia
himself?
Gruffiy-I should say il he did it To listen
to himself he was a fool; IL he did it to
avoid listening tn his friends he was a
genius. and il he did to save his friends
from listening la him he was a philau-
thrupist. Truth.
The evening times., 1895-11-04
Group of Oddities.

The longest bridge fa the world is the
Lion bridge. hear SsaxaRs. China II ..x-
tends five and a quarter miles over an arm
OF the Yellow Sea. and is supported by 500
huge stone arches. The roadwayis 20 feet
above the water. and is enclosed In an
iron networks.
Only 36 per cent Of the Parisians were
born IN the city, acco riding TO the last CEN
sus. The Foreigners are lS4 900. but 600
of them having independent incomes. the
Tue rest being worknien or tradesmen Near
Iy 1000 are German subjects. while in
Berlin there are only 3s7 Frenchnlen.
Baron Hirseh has sold his 4O. .00o-acre
hunting estate ut ST. Johann. In Bohemia.
TO Prince Frederick Charles. of Hohenlohe.
cousin Of the Reichskapzler
Sir Robert Ball. the astronomer. rtdi-
cules the project of waving a signal flag to
the supposed Inhabitants of Nars by saw
ting that the flag would have to be as large
as Ireland, and the pole 500 miles long.
Henry VIII had six wives: the most ex.
traordinary ambition was displa yesi BY the
fair sex in general TO obtain the dangerous
distinction OF being his Queen One in
stance alone is quoted of his meeting with
REFUSAL and that was on the part of a
witty Duchess Of Milan, who replied to his
orfer. mat she, unfortunately. had but
one head. and could not afford to lose it,
David Piunkett, member of Parliament
Tor Dublin University. who has Just been
raised 10 Tie peeragc- though not a wealthy
man. has probably more money standing in
his name than any single private indiyid-
ual in the world. He is trustee for MANY
rich people, Including the Guinesses. and
generally holds in that ca paetty from 81 So.
100000 to $2o0,000,000 orth of securi-
ties.
A clerk in Vienna bank inhaled uicrobcs
frotn bank notes, and thus CONTRACTED a
fatal attack Of tuberculosis 1t was his
habit while counting his money TO moisten
his fingers with his lips.
At Queen Victoria's table an odd CHS
tom, which originated in the time OF
George II is preserved. As each dish is
placed upon the table the name of the cook
who prepared il is announced.
Bicycle wedding trips are all the rage
in France. One couple recently returned
to Paris after tour of 1,1GO miles. all
made on their wheels. They were absent
seven weeks and had visited 81 4 villages.
The balloon expedition to the north pole,
which Will take place under the aus pices of
the King OF Sweden in 1896. is progressing
faForably. The balloon Will be filled on
one OF The lsiands northwest of September
gen and weighted to float about SEQ feet
high. 81
His Exceilency is the title by which Ernst
Curtius, the historian of Greece, is now od .
dressed. Emperor William having ap-
pointed him an active privy councillor. wirk-
licher Gebciprath.
Sar Peladan, the head of the Rose
Croix," and writer of an endless series OF
mystical novels, having found a rich widow
who will marry him, has shorn his long
locks and given up his eccentricities
The evening times., 1895-11-04
CLEvELANDAN ANDoTHERS.

President Cleveland wrote letter full
of terms OF eDdca rment and comfort "a
the New York Democracy, expressing a
heartfelt hope for the success OF the
Democratic party. His att was unusual.
1t was surprising. II led logically to the
conclusion that the President had reia xed
his awful dignity and some Of his Mug
wunipism and had decided TO engage in
pernicious activity in politics.
1t was supposed that he would follow
his letter TO New York with others to
Ohio and Maryland, but up to the present
time neither Campbell nor Hurst, neither
Brice nor Gorman, have had one crumb Of
comfort, which can by any stretch Of the
ina giDation be supposed to have been
broken from the White House pastry.
This must be very disheartening to Camp
bell and German, and it is really not
at all fair. II the President SO far for
got that he is President of and for all
parties as to engage in partisan letter
writing, he should have distributed his
favors as the showers OF heaven fall,
equally upon just and unjust.
The evening times., 1895-11-04

ton of Paris by. the allies. He began his
translation of Aristotle into French ex
actly sixty three years ago, and only CON-
pleted 1t last year
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, whom the
Paris anarchists are making efforts to de-
stroy, reaches his office almost as early as
his underclerlls, cares little for dress and
walks usually in preference 10 riding. His
chief point of personal elf-induigence is
smoking, and he is rarely seen without a
cigar in his mouth. In his home, however,
he is a princely entertainer. and nearly
every royal parsonage in Europe has at
some time accepted his hospitality
Mr.. Nonaka, the Toxic nieteorologist, who
proposes 10 spend the winter on the top of
the sacred mountain Fuji, has had "a hut
constructed, and is preparing to take it up
the mountain Piecemeal. His wife eeur-
ageousiy insists upon accompanying him
and sharing all his dangers and discom-
forts. This mountain, with its IL, ,365 feet
of altitude, no longer holds the crown In
the enpirc of Japan. Mount Moikung. In
Forniosa. is $3.50 feet in height
The evening times., 1895-11-04
lust His Usual LACK.

~ went shooting yesterday"
-What, has the game Law expired?"
"0h, yes; nothing else did, though
Chicago Record.
The evening times., 1895-11-04

As vet the Democrats or Ohio have had NJ
cheering news from Grover.
The evening times., 1895-11-04

Senator Sherman would have shown fnare
shrewdness had he deferred his Interview
in regard to Brice and Cleveland until ihuse
gentlemen were In their graves.
The evening times., 1895-11-04

Evidently Senator Quay had his eye ia
the Granger vote when he bought a farm
in Lancaster County, Pa.
The evening times., 1895-11-04

It is hard matter to distinguish a
lamp-post in Washington on a moonlight
evening.
The evening times., 1895-11-04

The pugiiists proposed, Guv. Clarke OPP
posed, and the hackers are indisposcd.
The evening times., 1895-11-04

solemnly sE ear that tLe above is a COR
rect statement OF the daily circulation Of
The WASHINGTON THIS Ior The week
ending November &, 1895, and that an
the copies were actually sold or mailed
for valuable consideration and delivered
10 bona fide purchasers or subscribers;
also, that none OF item We're returned or
remain in the office undeliyercd.
j. MILLION YOUNG, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this
<ah day of November. A ID. 1885
ERNEST Il. THOMPSON,
Notary Public.
The evening times., 1895-11-04
Ex,,s.rter.eA.

Mrs. Jackson Park {at q Chicago we'd
ding)-The bride has been married before,
hasn't she?
Mrs. Gunnison Dearbom-oh. yes. this.
is her fifth inninE-Judge.
The evening times., 1895-11-04

Anti-Gorman people may vote, but the
German people will count.
The evening times., 1895-11-04

Several of New Yurk's sweat-sbops were
smoke-houses yesterday.
The evening times., 1895-11-04
No Relief.

~water, water everywhere. and not q
drop to drinki"
"But you must remember. my friend, that
although We are cast upon a desert island,
il is situated up q fresh water lake.
'sI knowf / know!i 1t was a drop Of
beer l referred to."-N. 7. World.
The evening times., 1895-11-04

StoIl's greatest shoe sale OF the year
began this sBorninE, at O'Clock sharp, at
"s1O" Seventh street.
The evening times., 1895-11-04

The Times viii display then on Q
man moth cAnvas in froat Of The
Ttats.s Duf3dinK Tues1ay n1git.
The evening times., 1895-11-04
TO .rbe Times" "

Subscribers tp "The Times" will
confer a favor by promptly reporting
any discourte~y of collectors Or neg.
ir,ct of duty on the part of carriers.
Com plants either by mail or In per-
son Will receive prompt attention.
The Morning Edition should he de-
Iivered to all parts OF the city by $50
o'clock a. M, including Sunday. The
Evening Edition should be In the
hands OF subscribers not later than
$50 y. M
The evening times., 1895-11-04

Rejected manuscripts are usually
returned when accom- panied by
stamps, but any obligation to do 30
fs expressly disavowed.
Manuscripts unaccompRuied by
poriaGe VIII NOT be returned.
The evening times., 1895-11-04

Suddenly, without the slightest reason.
she transferred the care OF her gems to Q
relatively unknown jeweiey named Sets
in the Boulevard Montmartse. WHO ceait
not only in real Jewelry, but also In imita-
uon, add had little else than u snowy store
10 recommend him. Nine. de Rute, or Prin-
cess Marie Bona aparte. as she calls herself.
did not. however send all her jewels to his
shop, but permitted him TO have the free
run Of her superb residence, and 10 take
away as he thought fit the gems which he
thought needed repairing or resetting.
The advocate., 1895-12-11

CMaSANOAVA OhVW . NVNOMDuk WoneAAoA NV
port,
Thes past November Is remarkable
chiefly for the wide range in temper
ature. The maximum was above the
average, the minimum was below. The
temperature ranged sll the way from
s to "a degrees. There were seven days
on which the mean temperature for Che
day was at the freezing point or below,
while the minimum reached the freeE-
ing point on nineteen days. From the
22d to the Goth inclusiye,- the highest
temperature for the day was below
freezing. The humidity was high;
only three Novembers on our record
have had higher per cent. The total
run Of wind was considerably above
the average. Rainfall, cloudiness and
barometer slightly above the average.
Snow In quantity too small to be meas.
ured on the ground fell on the 25th,
but melted almost immediately after
falling.
The advocate., 1895-12-11

One copy Of "The Dead IAne," Glenn
ems Kansas story. which was published
in the Advocate last year, goes free
with q dollar subscription to the Advo-
cate. Paper and book may 80 to sspa-
rate addresses
The advocate., 1895-12-11
FROM THE EAST.
A Few Words on the Platform Of the Pee
ple's Party.

EDITOR ADvOCATE:-It Is urged by
many Of the reform papers that we
cannot get the people together on any
platform Of more than one plank, and
that plank direct legislation. Direct
legislation certainly is all right as an
issue, but 1 hold that the Peoples
party should have an open and we'll
defined policy to successfully cope with
it's formidable capitalist foe.
Monetary reform is first in the order
of development, and first iE impor-
tsnce. 1t is the leading question be.
fore the people of this nation. For
more than thirty years plutoCrscy has
plotted and planned to obtain control
Of the currency, and to establish the
si2gle gold standard. Its aim is to
fortlfy and centrslize the despotic
powers Of an indiViduslistic competi-
tive system, and render it impregnsble
against the legitimate assaults of the
people. Not day passes that the
chains Of slavery are not riveted more
strongly around the toiling masses.
Silver has been demonetized; the gold
standard established; the work of re-
firing the greenbscks is going on, and
day by day the currency Is being con.
traCted.
AT the coming session of Congress a
determined effort will be made to re.
tire, not only all the legal tender paper
notes, but to place the entire banking
business of the nation in the hands of
Wall street robbers. This is to be the
final wind-up Of the plot designed to
strike the death-bl to American lib
erty. To shirk this issue on which the
life of the nation depends and which
circumstances have forced to the front,
would be madness on the part Of the
Peoples party. We have no seven
years to waste on educational purposes
apart from political action. For while
the people were being educated in the
uses of the referendum and initiative,
plutocrscy would so have strengthened
itself that all reformatory efforts would
be in vain.
The Omaha platform rightly makes
the financial question the leading plank
in its platform because it is the leading
issue before the people to-day. The
black crime of 1873 oVershsdows the
land. Debts have been doubled, and
prices, values and wages have fallen
to an extent that means ruin to mil
lions. Farmers are being crushed
under heavy mortgages or driven from
their farms, and sll the boundless
wealth of the country is pouring into
the hands of parasitic class that lives
by draining the life blood of the people.
Oh, the money kings knew what they
were about when they commenced di-
rectly after the Civil war to lay their
plans and dig their trenches for the
underming of our free institutions.
They determined to turn the current
Of wealth that was making ''the desert
to blossom ss the rose" away from the
great highways and homes of the
people into narrow channels to enrich
q favored few. How we'll they have
succeeded in their designs let the GEN.
tralized wealth and appalling poverty
Of the people answer. Let the social
degeneracy now going on answer, and
The advocate., 1895-12-11

that the national currency shall bC
issued only by the national govern
ment. 1t is a war Of principles thai
Confronts us.
Second only in Importance to that Of
the currency question is that Of gov
eminent ownership of the railroads oi
the country. Recent developments
have also forced this great issue to The
front. The railroad msgnstes, repre-
senting capital of thousand millior
dollars, have formed a gigantic trust
that has annihilsted competition anC
made the power of half a dozen mer
supreme over millions. The trust Il
in a position where 1t can issue itt
royal edicts and levy the most burden
some tax upon the industries of the
country. It Is the most fsr-reaching
dangerous, autocratic step yet taker
by the railroad kings. When all the
details Of organization are worked out
the trust will have absolute control oi
the public traffic, and the people will
be bound hand and foot In the fetterl
Of this giant monopoly. Railroad mo
nopOly stands hand In hand with money
monopoly, the two most powerful foes
with which we have to deal.
In place Of narrowing the platform
of the Peoples party down to one
plank-direct legislation, we should
rise to the height Of the occasion and
grspple face to face with the money
power. We must stand by the Omaha
platform and demand, first, for a ns.
tionsl currency issued by the general
government only, and for the free
coinage Of silver at the ratio of 16 to /.
Second, Transportation being a means
of exchange and q public necessity,
the government should own and oper,
ate the railroads in the interests of the
people" Third, direct legislation
through the initiative and referendum
These demands must form the leading
planks of the platform of the Peoples
party, or else the psrty, failing to meet
the requirements Of the times, will
strike in the shoals Of expediency and
60 to pieces. Then will arise a new
party, able and willing to cope with
the tremendous issues Of the day.
Platforms, like parties, are not manu-.
factured, They are the expressions OF
conditions that called them into exist
ence. A platform should express the
purpose of the party. If it does not,
then the inference is that the party has
no fixed policy, but is wsvering and
vacillating, trimming it's sails to court
the favorable breeze Of popular opinion.
The one-plank issue of "direct legis-
lstion" does not interpret the spirit of
the Peoples party, and as a weapon
with which to fight the money power
behind the two old parties, it is like q
child fighting giant.
The country has reached a crisis.
The bankers have their hold upon the
financial system and control the actions
of the Republican and Democratic
parties. The railroad kings control
the entire traffic Of the country. They
are strsngling liberty. The Peoples
party cries hands off. The people will
own and operate both currency and
railroads, and the people will leglslste
in everything that concerns their in