The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-04-27
,snpzue|a as it is To-day.
.vooPrs AND MINING INTER
u 90 UNHAPPY FATE OF THE
tSrAeF IMMIGRANT TO THE
re0PlCS.

v lIt ThiNS cana OesiAi NAAS,
i country is about the
opulated portion of South
area equals one-seventh
lited States, with no waste
* of and a soil of such
that two crops a
lced without fertilization
one hundred million peo-
'iy find sustenance here,
not quite two millions,
Z at Il liberal guess the
Of Oronoco's boundless
years past the govern
"a making earnest efforts
by offering ex-
autements to settlers on
Ir spite Of these proffer-
u the many natural adj
lie enjoyed, the average
I.ic and laborer would do
vice before removing
ted states, or any other
lOanquil country, to this
disc, \ warning example
Lat may await them is
history of the famous
y so named in honor of
3to furnished the money!
led here under the most
,es by that famous Ital-
OrdazZi. About two gen.
I've took advantage of a
III NeneZuela's eternal
81 bMng over a large COM
emigrants, principally
b Forest, whom he settled
tateau about forty miles
Ii was a beautiful spot,
DIS beautiful; the gov
posed to do exceeding
r.ustrious strangers and
went swimmingly with
whose neat houses re-
$ Alpine village. But
tule spirit of revolution,
everything Venezuelan
re dangerously than all
earthquakes, broke out
war was less than thirty
paralyZed all commercial
hen, having reduced the
>ts to abject poverty,
ers happened along one
waste the settlement by
yhole rows of houses in
-uch themselves in their
proceeded to "requisi-
rticle of value. At that
3 numbered 1900 souls.
nate than Evangeline's
uen driven from Acadia
persed without being al
~ off their household
Ter homeless in a strange
constitution, like those
Ish-American countries,
lgIy we'll on paper and
the mouth of an orator;
everyday use-at least
MT practice goes-it is a
snare, The Republic is
ineteen States and the
raj, which contains the
seaport. Each State has
lent and legislative and
-tration. and each sends
Congress two Senators
n for each ?, 800 inhabi-
executive department,
gasldent, there are two
5 and six Ministers, all
u1lly responsible to the
- latter IS supposed to be
II and secret suffrage in
and holds office four
~ rare chance he is not
ulutionlstS or concludes
self Dictator and remain
nltely. By the way, the
f Federal District. who
- Of the President, re-
APPEL Of an ancient con-
as long ago confiscated.
all is memorable, being
hich the declaration of
dependence was signed.
hangs a picture COM
r. event, and close beside
uting of the decree of
3rs the rarest and most
.t in all South America
han the banner which
II his conquest of Peru.
al feet square, of faded
oidered in gold by Queen
IT, the design being the
tcheons of Arragon and
fole inclosed in a heavy
seems peculiarly appro-
s I'D emblem of avarice,
1t should molder away in
t The first feeble protest
ainst Spanish oppression.
jmmerce, which is natur-
With its agricultural in
nore than doubled itself
quarter century. Fore
9 exportable productions
Early product being not
700 pounds. The planta-
as as they are called, ex-
coast away up into the
lie best coffee grows in
2 belt, that is at an ele-
zen three and five thou
cher than that the air is
best results, and lower
ne shaded by large trees.
s near the sea, which are
drenched by early mists,
lctive. You know Vene-
To raise the very best cof-
Id, but that distinction is
, several other countries
ople are inclined to be
-oud of themselves in a
At any rate, only the
OF this coffee ever find
he United States, all the
the exporters say-being
= and Germany. A good
brown sugar, called pate
ed from Otaheite cane.
'rtance comes cocoa, the
1t grows being Indigenous
dsurable forests of the
the Oronoco, where it
D great abundance and
ed III the hot, low-lying
res little or no care. Ca
r. as the product of all
called, is certainly the
rld, and the very best of
81 the Chuao plantation.