Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

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sp''a' venezuela, Aug l4'-lf you
o',S oct as near TO heaven as 1t IS
tll. y N this Disappointing world-a'
81 '''' 50 far as climate is concerned -
Flp mountain almost anywhere IN
fna .orisi regions and 90 up II just
lAssp"b to secure eternal summer
~ en9u sss"cesiye heat, with never Il
without ,. e%I In the coolest breeze, ana
tlnI o. ,,y rom tropical diseases There
iniDun,y s,ol places within easy reach
Ge man states; ana the prospects
o. lhe Ia Inc coal famine In cure asst
are ' ,'ates continues greater NUMBERS
tIh s.' Wise countrymen than ever , De-
o. 0m lul ssek them this autumn. win
zoe W." uncertain wlnters--our trusts,
tlfpns slrg.Aieh the prices OF provis-
nahns Ain strikes sending coal liter
pns-sss ~ eight. 1.-THE Greatest RepuD-
az yGis feir to be one of the pest
NJ uI tho world to stay away IRON
ra(es =" ina next six or eight months.
ellms sllehtful TO exchange, for a time,
nov 1vrer'lasting effort to be warmed
W. q, and make ends meet, for the
tal va s,r nisnte Of life in the tropics,
tliW clothes and a shelter are not
taus cecessities and food may be had
,.,be Gathering.
M w,ly IN our surprise we find that
vsosalea's capital is perfect terres-
w nawdlse in point of weather-not
ua 'o surpassed by those far-famed re-
f@n IN the mountains of southern
s NV ,he deserts Of Peru the Him
49, sn raree. and the plains Of Algiers,
lSs storocco. No other capital In the
l5 q ca well situated as Caracas,
WIN r.sther remains like that of a day
,rIv lime al the north, with cloud
t,.skies and pure, inylgoratlng atmos-
,t.ra Though barely ten degrees re-
I,ysd from the equatorial line the
hl',mometpr seldom falls below so de-
.ts al midnight, nor rises above %
.,sss at monday; and fresh breezeS
~ ol,yays blowing from the snow
,.s,sd mountains on one side, or the
..s,5iees ocean on the other. In fact,
WI NAV get any sort OF weather you
HI IN Venezuela. as in any other
,,sr,alnous country of the tropics mot
(. travelling north or south or east or
s,,t ior.n. but by merely going a little
amer no or down. This small repub-
\ bas three district zones, depending
,sogether upon altitude. Away up
,n5ng the untrodden snow-helds Of the
irdss Is degree Of cold too intense to
X horne BY man or beast; along the
tga al the sea-as at LaGuayra, Or
.mmple-the fercest heats of the torrid
IN. Nister and scOrch and shrivel the
siappy way.farer; while in these
tnperate middle valleys we find New
England corn and apples, potatoes and
btfkherres. hourishing side by side
vth p0megranites, guavas and man
~, Here royaI palms of Brazil and
rh stately marietta palms of the
0iroco date palms of Saharan deserts.
talms Of Africa, aromatic spice trees
4 india and Ceylon bread-fruit of
0aAeIte. slk-cotton and fiber
tires Of South Pacific islands, min
III their majestic plumes with
he somber pines, hemlocks and
errssses Of North America, while
snac and golden-rod dandelons and
via yioets seen as much at home as
ne possiOn-howers, otchids and other
tropical fora.
Caracas is barely 1000 feet above sea-
tsyl but II lies IN a little pocket on
hsEsen side Of the glorious "Silla."
Gsiie Mountainl enclosed on all sides
~ other peaks, from six to ten thou
uni feet high as within a solid, con-
tlnous wall No force that ever claimed
o rule the world could take this Ven
t1uelan stronghold in time OF war, for
one modern Leondas could hold the
PASS against the combined legions OF