The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-05-31
vINf7UfLA'S COMMERCE.
.-,.if of Sadness" Haunted by the
f1t 49,. of Sir Francis Drake.

.,,.aspondence OF The Journal
,.rC >PFLLo, VENEZUELA, Apr.
.rrzuela commerce has more
b" .....eJ itself within the last thirty
r,r,r among the exportaole pro-
lis coffee. the yearly product
..+ .tss than 900, 900 pounds. The
,.rs- or quintas as they are call
...rl from the coast away up into
..tlins The best coffee grows
-smperate' belt, that is at an
, ,f between three and five
feet. Higher than that the
+a chilly for best results, and
.Qr the coffee plants must be
.., N.roe trees. Localities near
aIich are every morning
early mists, are most pro-
enezuelans claim to raise
.a,t coffee in the world, but
r.ton is claimed by several
...tIps and these people are
..,r1ud of themselves in a
$685. At any rate, only the
..-- of NeneZuelan coffee
rrIr way to the United
na best coffee-so the eX-
being sent to France and
GOOD deal OF coarse brown
papelon, is produced from
ur OF much more impor-
.,a. the tree on which it
Indigenous to the immeas-
-ts of the Amazon and OH
.- it grows wild in great
When cultivated i'll the
ustricts it requires al
-, CHOCOLATE" as the product
uela is called, is certainly
.....- lat is made anywhere: and
.... .-t ut it comes from the plan
.. .. belongs to the University
...... md yields a fine revenue for
I'D school. The whole coun-
..u Z, something like 100000 lbs.
-~iuge to say, chocolate costs
...- .- Were it is grown and manu-
... ,aan in New York city, for
.....lp raason that very little OF the
.--trLe is sold in the latter mar
tu may buy what is said to be
...... Ocolate" in New York for
-a pound, while here at the fac
--.. l1ge any duties or costs OF
.---.- tlou have been added, it sells
4- .rts a pound. The best cocoa
.-. 40 cents a pound on the
.. h.t American manufacture
way of increasing the weight
as and correspondingly re-
value by adding pipe clay,
tA harmless substance. 1t
ugt five times as much as
. 5ues not materially change
ID the beverage-for those
know the difference. To
.at chocolate really is one
.rE il where it grows, amid
IS IN accordion example in
Nlo. reclining in ham
.s.l by some dark-eyed, Do
ayhlta. The Venezuelan
.. Ines bis cocoa beans thor
fine sun then ships them in
. market. The manufac-
-t#em into a fine gray pow
us like Graham flour, mixes
plenty of papelon native
ayors the compound with
tie vanilla bean. 1t is then
poured into moulds, and
med IS the chocolate of COM
.... r,zUela exports about l0C, 600
-' .lttpu every year, of the South
variety.
urncipal exporting markets
.t 4Cl Vic oilI plIiClAe vi SOiiSS
.. 3tr are Maracaibo and Puerto
he latter place, situated on
5t.. ste-''Gulf of Sadness is
.-.'tlll place as the wide world
Tine bottom Of the bay is said
'0 -rtIly paved with the bones OF
sr .. ave persisted from the dead
I...u.e No less a ghost than that
Ducis Drake, the English buc-
ueieved to haunt the spot
rellow fever at Puerto Ca.
body was enclosed in a
... and sunk into thirty faith.
at.l
mg is carried on in Vene-
united extent, particularly
pper waters OF the RIG
t. province of Guayara A
and coal mines are also
Iu considerable guano is eX-
le United States from the
Hrehilo.
luufactures Ven ezuela is
Insignificant as has been
-a.1u| She makes and exports
urs. lime and liquors, besides
aces of various kinds
.a wicker work and curious
r"lk. She also exports con
antilles of indigo, Peruvian
.aY5glila and few similar
The value of many thou
4ars per annum. The ex
o. RS mainly with New York
@ e.phia, England, France