The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-19

, FIGHT But THERE'S THINGS WEN
steamers arrive at the Puerto Cabtllo--
the port / first landed al-cyery week
The vessels brils down manufactured
goods and take away sugar ana coAe..
The Americans h.re sugar groves dnd
hry up coffee orchards ami send the
fnit uortl ln rcUrn they are agents
for every sort of Trims that d. made here.
They Duy zap every thing from an est-
neatlr io q uaten. rocker. and they send
north al the fruits that axe part OF our
northern dinners nu the year round.
just u0w The air. il the hotel was "a
sunirel one. Everybody was afraid 20
speak and "a dounca-t feeling prevailed
m tha hearts of tte merchants board
ne tle.a Their wives Gro hcfted and
tatted all day and the children played
about, hut ] noticed tha, the men me
eertd over thcir bands OF cards ana
talked with Intervals between, as though
greatly distracted.
Th. trouble is here just as 10 was in
New York when the war message first
went forth Trade is paraiyzei. THE
Nenczleiaus have got an idea there if
going to Doe war, and they arc all deter
m.rei to he either id.els or warriors, AMI
pot to work amy more for their daily
bread They won't work. and yof cam
drive them io work.
just now Is the annual harvest NJ Nenc-
zn.Ia. The coffee crop is ripe and The
season is as important as the wheat
crop north or the orange picking n
FLORIDA. The people earn enough now 90
lart them al thrureh the year
Tne coffee trees age ripe now. Their
dars rich. lusrous lengths az foliage
DE eroChlng n the hof SUM- The her-
rics are ready f1r ne picking. The
steamers stand in tle ports ready 90 carry
tra berries north rrf fFe uickfre-whcre
are thev3 Echo answers wherei They
are gathering Doe the recruiting sini'ons
and talking war; You can't gct "a man
to work for love or money = few feeble
women arc out On the Holts picking n
baaret fnI Of coffee berries for soe
GOOD customer who hoe toil her that for
every BAG OF coffee beans sho brings him
De will paw rer three times more than
re has ever paid any other season. but
ffe mon and hrrs-those who kro~' r0w
to thrash the trees and climb from limb
90 limb. Gathering great handfuis OF the
coffee bcans-fhcv are not there.
WON'T PICK TIE COFFEE.
c,r.a beans are not always the dry
hard thiras you grind IN the drawing
r,.r, with nestle and mortar once upon
"a tirn. they are soft and perlshahie. II
conce is not picked in time II .alls 10 the
ground ava rots. and ire crop is lost. GOD
pitv thc- veue-ueiars next spring when
r.ac. is sure and there is no money 90
r,i TACK upon. They wiz be ia as bad
state az tie cotton growers were after
The war. 80 crop. no money, nothing to
do, Just starvation waiting for them.
Put the Venczuelans Will have only them
solves TO blame. They are TOO inhamma-
hle bv FAR. The best way % settling
then is 20 let them fight IL out. and I'm
time the country would be empty Tor
those 10 possess 10 who would. That Is
r woman's opinion Of the Venezuelan,
fn the hotel 10 was very pleasant There
were electric lights ana push-bells Course
dinners of American dishes were served,
aal'in front az the door stand carriage
] saw Ciesp0 next day. But Oh. brief
was the glimpse. CTcsro was afraid or
his shoes aud nis head. The former may
be taken away from him by the leader
OF the Opposition. and tho latter may be
removed or shattered By almost any
chance bandit. Recently some one, they
think " was a woman. planted dynamite
bombs under tba House and Senate, and