Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1896, Page 17

AN INDIANA CAMPAIGN —_+—____ BY STEP, CRANE, Author of “The Red Badge of Courage.” SS (Copyright, 1896, by Bacheller, Johnson & Bacheller.) When the able-bodied citizens of the vil- lage formed a company and marched away to the war, Major Tom Boldin assumed in @ manner the burden of the village cares. Everybody ran to him when they felt ob- liged to discuss their affairs. The sorrows of the town were dragged before him. His little bench at the sunny side of Miggles- ville tavern became a sort of an open court where people came to speak resentfully of their grievances. He accepted his position and siruggled manfully under the load. It behooved him as a man who had seen the sky red over the quaint low cities of Mex!- co and the compact northern bayonets gleaming on the narrow roads. One warm summer day the major sat asléep on his little bench. There was a lull in the tempest of discussion which vevally enveloped him. His cane, by use of which he could make the most tre- mendous and impressive gestures, reposed beside him. His hat lay upon the bench, and his old bald head had swung far for- ward until his nose actually touched the first button of his waistcoat. The sparrows wrangled the road, defying desperately in perspiration. Once a team went jangling and creaking past, raising a yellow blur of dust before the soft tones of the field and sky. In the long grass of the meadow across the road shirped and clacked eternally. y a frowz ed boy appeared his bare feet pattering S extremely excited. He gave a shrill whoop as he discovered the sleeping major and rushed toward him. He created a terrific panic among some chick- ens who had been scratching intently near € a Shrill Whoop. the major’s feet. They clamored in an in- sanity of fear, and rushed hither and thith- er seeking a way of escape, whereas in reality all ways lay plainly open to them. This tumult caused the major to arouse with a sudden little jump of amazement nd apprehension. He rubbed his eyes and him. Meanwhile. chicken had discovered a passage to safety | and led the flock into the garden, where they squawked in sustained alarm. Panting from his run and choked with terror, the little boy stood before the ma- Jor, struggling with a tale that was ever upon the tip of his tongue. Major—now—major—" The old man, roused slumber, glared imp: boy. “Come, come! What's th’ matter with yeh?" he demanded. “What's th’ matter? Don’t stand there shaking. Speak up. “Lot's 1s th’ matter,” «he little boy shouted, valiantly, with a courage born of the importance of his tale. “My ma’s ehickens ‘uz all stole an’—now—he's over in th’ woods.” “Who is? Who is over in the woods? Go ahead.” ‘ow—th’ rebel is!” ed the major. cried the little boy, with the major pounced from his bench In from a delicious fently at the little uous excitement. He seized the i poy by the collar and gave him a gr jerk. ““W ? Are yeh sure? Who; i How long ago? Where is he ou see “Im?” ightened at the majors to After a moment he 3 he’s in uglier’n his hold upon the . Indulged in a "cuss. You w: + “and don't si eh hear?” s weeping, nodded, and the j rriedly entered the inn. He took down from its pegs an awkward, smooth- bore rifle, and carefully examined the enormous percussion cap that was fitted over the nip; Mistrusting the cap, he removed it and replaced it with a new one. He scrutinized the gun keenly, as if he could judge in this manner of the condi- tion of the load. All his movements were deliberate and deadly. When he arrived upon the porch of the tavern he beheld the yard filled with peo- ple. Peter Witheby, sooty-faced and grin- ning, was in the van. He looked at the major. “Well?” he said. “Well?” returned the major, bridling. “Well, what's "che got?" said old Peter. “Got? Got a rebel over in th’ woods. roared the major. At this sentence the women and boys, who had gathered eegerly about him, gave vent to startled cries. The women had come from adjacent houses, but the little boys represented the entire village. They had miraculously heard the first whisper of rumor, and they performed wonders in getting to the spot. ‘They civstered around the Important figure of the major and gazed in silent awe. The women, however, burst forth. At the word “rebel,” which Tepresented to them all terrible things, they deluged the major with questions which were obviously uranswerable. He shook them off with v:olent Impa- tience. Meanwhile Peter Witheby was try- ing to ferce exasperatirg interrogations through the tumult to the major’s ears What? No! Yes! How d’ I know?” the maddened veteran svarled as he struggled with his friends. Yes! What? How in thunder 4’ I knew?” Upon the steps of the tavern the landlady sat, weeping for- lornly. — THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 80, 1896-TWENTY-POUR PAGES. At last the major burst through the crowd and went to the roadway. There, as they ail streamed after him, he turned and faced them. “Now, look a’ here, I don’t know any more about this than you do,” he told them forcibly. “All that I know {fs that there’s a rebel over in Smnith’ woods, an’ all I know is that I’m a-goin’ after ‘im.” “But hol’ on a minnet,” said old Peter. “Hew do yeh know he's a rebel?” “I knew he is,” cried the major. yeh think I kpcw what a rebel is?” Then, with a gesture of disdain at the babbling crowd, he marched determinedly away, his rifle held in the hollow of his arm. At this heroic moment a rew clamor arose, half admiration, half dismay. Old Peter hobbled after the major, continually repeating: ‘‘Hol’ cn a minret.” -Tke little boy who had given the alarm was the center of a throng of lads who gazed with ervy and awe, discovering in him a rew qvality. He held forth to them eloquently. The women stared after the figures of the major and old Peter, his pur- suer. Jerozel Brorson, a half-witted lad who comprehended ncthing save an occa- “Don’t sioral. genial word, leaned against the fence an] grinred like a skull. The major and the pursuer passed out of view around the turn In tke road where the great ma- ples lazily shook at the dust that lay on their leoves. For a moment the little group of womea tened intently as if they expected to hear a sudden shot and cries from the distance. They looked at each other, their lips a little ways apart. The trees sighed softly in the heat of the summer sun. The insects in the meadow continued their monotonous humming, and somewhere a hen had been stricken with fear and was cackling loudly. Finally Mrs. goin’ up to how.” Mrs. sen, her particular friends, this temerity, but she said: goin’, anyhow.” She called Bronson. “Come on, Jero- You’re a man an’ if he should chase why, you mus’ pitch inteh ‘im. Hey?” Bronson always obeyed everybody. He grinned an assent and went with her down the road. A little boy attempted to follow them, but a shrill scream from his mother made him halt. The remaining women stood motionless, their eyes fixed upon Mrs. Goodwin and Jerozel. Then at last one gave a laugh of triumph at her conquest of caution and fear and cried: ‘Well, I'm goin’ too.” Another instantly said: “So am I.” There began a general movement. Some of the little boys had already ventured a hundred feet away from the main body, and at this unanimous advance they spread out ahead in little groups. Some recounted terrible stories of rebel feroc! Their eyes were large with e ement. The whole thing with its possible dangers had for them a delicious element. Johnnie Petersen, who could whip any boy present, explained what he would do in case the enemy should Lappen to pounce out at him. The familiar scene suddenly new aspect. The field of corn which met the road upon the left was no longer a mere field of corn. It was a darkly mystic place whose recesses could contain all man- ner of dangers. The long green leaves, waving in the breeze, rustled from the pessing of men. In the song of the insects there were now omens, threats. There was a warning in the enamel blue of the sky, in the stretch of yellow road in the very atmosphere. Above the tops of the corn loomed the distant foliage of Smith's woods, curtaining the silent action of a tragedy whose horrors they imagined. The women and the little boys came to a halt, overwhelmed by the impressiveness of the landscape. They waited silently. Mrs. Goodwin suddenly said: “I’m goin’ bac! The others, who all wished to re- turn, cried at once disdainfully ell, go back, if yeh want to. A cricket at the roadside exploded sud- denly his shrill song and a woman who had been standing near shrieked in startled Goodwin said: “Well, I'm th’ turn ‘n th’ road, any- Wiliets and Mrs. Joe Peter- erfed out at “Well, I'm “All I Knows 1s, After That ['m Agoin’ im.” terror. An electric movement went through the group of women. They jumped and gave vent to sudden screams. With the fear still upon their agitated faces, they turned to berate the one who had shrieked. “My, what a goose you are, Sallie. W it took my breath away- Goodness sakes, don’t holler like that again.” PART II. “Hol on a minnet,” Peter Witheby was crying to the major, as the latter, full of importance and dignity of his position as protector of Migglesville, paced forward swiftly. The veteran already felt upon his brow a wreath formed of the flowers of gratitude, and as he strode he was absorb- ed in planning a calm and self-contained manner of wearing it. ‘Hol’ on a minnet,” piped old Peter in the rear. At last the major, aroused from his dream of triumph, turned about wrathfully. “Well, what?” “Now, look a’ ere,’ said Peter. “What'che goin’ t’ do’ The major,.with a gesture of supreme exasperation, wheeled again and went on. When he arrived at the cornfield he halt- ed and waited for Peter. He had sudden- ly felt that irdefmable menace in the Ja cape. 12" demanded Peter, panting. ed a We The major’s eyes wav trifle. “Well,” he repeated. ‘Well, I'm goin’ in there an’ bring out that there rebel.” ‘They both paused and studied the gently swaying masses of corn, and behind them the looming woods, sinister with possible secrets. “Well,” said old Peter. The major moved uneasily and put his hand to his brow. Peter waited in obvious expectation. The major crossed through the grass at the roadside and climbed the fence. He put both legs over the topmost rail and then sat perched there, faciag the woods. Once he turned his head and asked: “What?” “I hain’t said anythin’,” answered Peter. The major clambered down from the Once He Turned His Head and Asked: “What?” fence and went slowly into the corn, his gun held in readiness. Peter stood in the road. Presently the major returned and said, in a cautious whisper: “If yeh hear any- thin’, you come a-runnin’, will yeh “Well, I hain’t got no gun nor nuthin’,”” said Peter, in the same low tone; “what good "ud T do?” “Well, yeh might come along with me an’ watch,” said the major. “IFour eyes is better’n two.” “If I had a gun—" began Peter. “Oh, yeh don’t need no gun,” interrupted the major, waving his hand. “All I’m afraid of is that I won't find ‘im. My eyes ain’t so good as they was.” “Well—” “Come along,” whispered the major. hain’t afraid, are yeh vo: but—? “Well, come along, then. What's th’ mat- ter with yeh?” Peter climbed the fence. He paused on the top rail and took a prolonge] stare at the inscrutable woods. When he joined the major in the cornfield he said, with a touch of anger: “Well, you got the gun, Remember that. If he comes for me I hain't got a blame thing.”” hucks,” answered the major. hain’t a-goin’ t' come for ych.” The two then began a wary journey through the corn. One by one the long aisles between the rows appeared as they glanced along each of them. It seemed as {f some gruesome thing had just previously “He vacated it. Old Peter haited once and whispered: “Say, look a here, supposin'— ssupposin’ “Supposin’ what?’ demanded the major. “Supposin’'—" said Peter. “Well, remem “Thunder!” said the major. ‘When they got to where the stalks were very short because of the shade cast by the trees of the wood, they halted again. The leaves were gently swishing in the breeze. Before them stretched the mystic green wall of the forest, and there seemed to be in it eyes which followed each of their movements. Peter at last said anybody in there. “Yes, there is, too,” said the major. “I'll bet anythin’ he’s In there.” “How d’ yeh know?" asked Peter. bet he ain't within a mile o' here.” ‘he major suddenly ejaculated ten!" They bent forward, their mouths agape, “I don't believe there's “pn is- scarce breathing, their eyes glinting. Finally the major turned his head. “Did yeh hear that?” he said, hoarsely. “No,” said Peter in a low voice. “What was it?” The major listened for a moment. Then he turned again. “I thought I heered somebody holler,” he explainen, cautiously They both bent forward and listened or more. Peter, in the intentness of his at- titude, lost his balance s obliged ¢ lift his foot hastily z hissed the major. After a minute Peter spoke quite loud- ly. “Oh, shucks, I don't believe y heered anythin’.” The major made a frantic downward ge ture with his hand. “Shet up, will yeh he said, in an angry undert Peter became silent for a motnent, but presently he said again: “Oh, yeh didn't hear anythin’.” The major turned to glare at his com- panion in despair and wrath. “What's th’ matter with yeh? Can't yeh shet up? “Oh, this here hain't no use. If you're goin’ ‘in after ‘im, why don't yeh go in after ‘im?” “Well, gimme time, can't yeh?" said the major, in a growl. And as if to add more to this reproach he climbed the fence that compassed the woods, looking resentfully back at his companion. “Well,” said Peter, when the major paus- ed. ‘The major stepped down upon the thick carpet of brown leaves that stretched un- der the trees. He turned then to whisper: “You wait here, will yeh?” His face was red with determination. “Well, hol’ on a minnet, 'd better—" * said the major. “You wait her He went stealthily into the thickets. Peter watched him until he grew to be a vague slow-moving shadow. From time to time hé could hear the leaves crackle and twigs snap under the major's awkward tread. Peter, Intent, breathless, waited for the peal of sudden tragedy. Finally the woods grew silent In a solemn and impressive hush that caused Peter to feel the thumping of his heart. He began to look about him to take sure that nothing should spring upon him from the somber shadows. He scrutin- ized this cool gloom before him and at times he thought he could perceive the mov- ing of swift, silent shapes. He concluded that he had better go back and try to mus- ter some assistance to the major. sald Peter. “You As Peter came through the corn, the wo- men in the road caught sight of ‘the glit- tering figure and screamed. Many of them began to run. Tg little boys, with all their yr, scurried ay in clouds. Mrs. Joe Peterson, howevpr, cast a glance over her shoulders as sha-with skirts gathered up, was running best she could. She in- stantly stopped,/and, in tones of deepest scorn, called out to the others: “Why, it’s on'y Pete Witheby. They came faltering back then, th wi had been naturally swiftest in the facd avoiding the eyes of those whose limbs had enabled them to flee only a short distance, Peter came fapi appreciating the glances of vivid int in the eyes of the Women. To their. lightning-like questions, which hit all sides 9f the episode, he op- posed a new tranquility gained from his sudden ascent imjmportance. He made no answer to theirfclamor. When he had reached the top of the fence, he called out, commandingly: YHere you, Johnnie, you and George, run an’ git my gun. It’s hang- in’ on th’ pegs over th’ bench in th’ shop.” At this terrible sentence, a shuddering ery broke from the women. The boys named sped down the road, accompanied by a retinue of envious companions. Peter swung his legs over the rail and faced the woods again. He twisted his head once to say eep still, can't yeh? Quit scufflin’ aroun’. They could see by his manner that this was a supreme mo- ment. The group became motionless and still. Later, Peter turned to say: “Sssh,” to a restless boy, and the air with which he said it smote them all with awe. The little boys who had gone after the gun came pattering along hurriedly, the weapon borne in the midst of them. Fach was anxious tu share in the honor. The one who had been delegated to bring it was bullying and directing his comrades. Peter said: “Sssh!" He took the gun and poised it in readiness to sweep the cornfield. He scowled at the boys and whispered, angrily: “Why didn’t yeh bring th’ powder horn an’ th’ thing with th’ bullets in? I told yeh t’ bring ‘Im. I'll send somebody else next time.” “Yeh didn’t tell us,’ cried the two boys, shrilly. “Sssh! Quit yeh noise,” said Peter, with a violent gesture. However, this reproof enabled other boys to recover that peace of mind which they had lost when seeing their friends loaded with honors. The women had cautiously approached the fence and, from time to time, whisper- ed feverish questions; but Peter repulsed them savagely, with an air of being in- finitely bothered by their interference in his intent watch. They were forced to listen again in silence to the weird and prophetic chanting of the insects and the mystic silken rustling of the corn. At last the thud of hurrying feet in the soft scil of the field came to their ears. A dark form sped toward them. A wave of a mighty fear swept over the group and He Was Bounding at a Great Speed. the screams of the women from their choked throats. madly from his perch and the fence as a rampart. But it was the major. His face was in- flamed and his eyes were glaring. He clutched his rifle by the middle and swung it wildly. He was bounding at a great speed for his fat, short body. “It's all right! it’s all right yell, some distance away. * It's on’y ol’ Milt’ Jacob: When he arrived at the top of the fence, i and mopped his brow. ?” they thundered, In an agony of sudden unreason disappointment. Mrs. Joe Petersen, who was a connection of Milton Jacoby, forestall any damage to her soc! by Ing at once d jainfully s'’pose Yep said the mafor, still on the fence, and mopped his;brow. “Drunk as a fool. Thunder, 1 was surprised. 1—I—thought it was a rebel, sure.” fhe thoughts of all these women wave ed for a time. They were at a loss for ; cise expression of their emotion. At last, however, they hurled this one superior sentence at the major: “Well, yeh might have known.” (Phe End.) the Chief of Dress: Re- formers, came hoarsely Peter swung turned to use he began to Us all right. distant hough to position Drunk, 1 The Bicycle From Sertbner's, It really begins to be debatable whether anything has happened to the human race since the first locomotive drew the first train of cars that will affect it so materlaly as the bicycle. Consider its effect on wo- men. Within two years it has given to ail American womankind the liberty of dress for which the reformers have been sighing for generations. ment never seemed to affect any consider- able number of women, or to modify wo- men’s clothes to any’ noticeable degree. The bicycle has not put many women into trousers—nothing will do that in this coun- try—but It has given all women practical lberty to wear trousers if they Want to, and, indeed, to get themselves into any sort of decent raiment which they find conve- nient for whatever enterprise they have in and. —-+e0______ Insurance Against Twins. From Pearson's Weekly. What worse domestic calamity can befall @ poor man’s home than the advent of twins, unless it be triplets? That, at least, is the idea upon which the projectors of the Provident Bounty Association, organ- ized recently, propose to bank the pros- pects of the concern. Ags a financial docu- ment it is unique. It bears some respectable names, and subscriptions to the capital stock of £10,000 are Invited, with the most tempting in- ducements. “It ig notorious,” say these projectors, “that many people marry in the hope of improving their fortune; but frequently disappointment comes with the advent of an unexpectedly large family. This asso- ciation provides to some extent for that contingency by at once giving a substan- tial sum in case of the birth of twin! Fiom Life. LIFE’S LITERARY SIDE SHOW. a WD.HOWELLS S MWEARY WAGGLES. The dress-reform move- | Venezuela's Valuable Mineral and Agricultural Lands. WHERE NATURE 18 GENEROUS Why Great Britain Wanted to En- large Her Possessions. CLIMATE AND PEOPLE Written for The Fvening Star. ENEZUELA, 80 V ive known by Americans in gen- eral, but so often mentioned of late, one of the riche and most _ pictur- esque of the new world countries, in natural resources and features, and one of the pleasant- est and most inte esting to live in, af- ter one learns, and to some extent falls into, the ways of its pecple, which are found to be the wis ways of living there. Contrary to foreign ideas, which geverally refer at once to yellow fever, the country is a healthy one, where longevity is more frequent than in any equal population of our own coun- try, and where the varizty of discases is much more limited. Yellow and other fe- vers are chiefly confined to towns of the alluvial regions, where overflows from the tide or the rainy seasons is followed by rapld decomposition of vegetable matter ef the disturbed soll, and where there is the usual want %f sewerage. But yellow fever is not frequent, especially in malig- nant form, and one learns not to dread it as he also learns how to live so as to reduce the Ganger from it. The Three Zones. The country is naturally divided into three s, characterized by their principal nat- prcductions. The first in human im- portance embrace 000 , equal in extent to Missouri and the Indivn territory, and is mosily agricultura square producing coffee, cacao, tobaceo, cott stgar cane, maize, vegetable nd fruits, and sustainiag the domestic animals. Cof- fee is the principal production of this re gion, aid source of the largest ineon from export for whoie country. Comp: atively little of th i nd suitable for production of coffe or a proportion of one acre out of a pos- sible 20; and as the value of the export is now about $15,000,009 annually, the value of the possible producticn may be esti- mated. Indeed, Venezuela and Colom (with its still more extensive available cof- fee area) could supply the increasing wants of the world in this line, and are annuail mere depended upon. It may be noied as a curious fact, en passant, that nearly all our “Java’ and “Mocha” coffee comes from the South American countries, very little being imported into the — United States from the regions which really pro- duce them, as Treasury Department s listics show. yet in cultivation The Grazing Region. The second distinct portion of Venezucla is the interior grazing region, with an ex- tent of about 154,000 square miles, nearl: that of Califcrnia. It consists of high tabl lands and extensive plains, which are partly inundated in the rainy son. It is x ally rich in pasturage, and sustains large herds of cattle, horses and mules. Po of it are well suited to agriculture. is Venezuela’ ural school of cavair j and for producing hardy, daring, self-s taining army material it is not easy tu sur pass. Paez and his m mounted, naked, w: their teeth, swam the Puerto Cabello and ¢ the Spay thus mounted boats anchor e harbor were herde on the lains were dauntless tighter ied bay ed the city 1 general Calzada, and who British Mara be tured two The Forest Region. The third distinct division is the tess | known one, mostly lying south of the Ori- | noco, convenientiy called the “forest re- gion,” and contains what will be left of Venezuela after the boundary bu is | settled, probably the whole 10s miles, considerably more than half of the republic, of which Great Britain has seized the entire seaboard and the rich mineral portion of the interior. This com- paratively wild area is as valuable, prot ably, for future agriculture and grazing a. the regions now thus distinguished; and through its abundant and splendid Water- | ways, by which to deliver its present rich | forest and mincral products, and its fucure agricultural ones, to the world, of world- wide interest As to the mineral, with xuld at present in the front, this is the real as well as the traditional “El Dorado,” the golden. According to Winser’s document- ary histories of all America, it is the pri ent Yurvari mining region, now held by the British, which Sir Walter Raleigh twice sought as El Dorado, but never got very near to, losing his son in the last venture, with the remnant of his fortune. In 1884 a neighbor of mine of Curacao, fifty miles from the Venezuelan coast at Coro, held one of thirty shares in the famous’ mine El Callao of the named region, for which he drew a dividend for the year of $16,000. At one time a negro grocer of St. Thomas bought up sixteen of the then floating shares for about $15 per share, in zoods: but as soon as luck struck him’ heavily he died. My neighbor, Casseris, refused $15 000 for his one share, of course. While men paid a royalty for placer mining in the vicinity of El Callao, and $80 a sack for flour for their tortillas, and still got pretty rich, it was as well to hold on and draw.” The mine produced in 1SSé, sixty stamps In operation, from 30,9 of ore, and with 7,608 hours’ labor, ounces of gold, and in the ten years end- ing with 884, $14,625,126, as reported through the official authorities at lad Rolivar. Then the direction of the golden current was changed by the British force- ful occupation, with convenient remom- brances of Schomburck, and Raleigh, and the verified legends of the Yuruari Indians. and ence, the Venezuelan commission, ee what a long tail our cat's got yield of 3115 per ton, and with eas deavor, was finally enough to put and historic boundary “in the air. Mountain Ranges. While much of Venezuela is mountainous, it is the southwestern part which is truly andean and predominently magnificent. The highest peak, near Merida, Is a little over 15,000 feet, and looms up, across the great lake. from Maracaibo in a way to be always remembered. The Parlma range crosses Venezuela from west to east, form- ing the dividing line between the more or less mountainous coffee and agricultural region and the savannas and table lands. The coast range is what its name indi- cates, and raises a picturesque front to- ward the Caribbean sea, and the near interior into a delightful climate. In fi Venezuela and Colombia are the tropical equivalents of Vermont and New Hamp- shire, or North Carolina and Tennesse: and their development is of special inter- est to the United Stat rticularly to our southern seaports. center of our population and exportable farm pro- duction being in the Mississippi valley, not more than 1,700 miles from the coast of Venezuela and Colombia, upon which we must increasingly rely for coffee, cacoa and other tropical products, steam com- munication and exchange of commodities should constantly increase, with mutual advantage, across the inland Caribbean sea, between American countries, and it is our fault if it does not. The main portion of Venezucla ranges from 4 degrees to 11 degrees north from the equator, and although the situation is tropical, as is the heat in many places, ow- ing to the mountainous elevations, there is great variety of climate. The range by elevation, mean annual temperature, fs fairly indicated as follows, from Venezuela observations: From sea level to 1,900 feet altitude, 77 to 86 degrees F.; from 1,900 to 6,500 feet, 1.60 to 77 degrees F.; from 6,500 to 9,000 17 —888—ea_=0———=$Ro9m9m9a9aOM9MS SS ww¢> A RICH COUNTRY|Crushed to the Earth. CAUGHT UNDER A HEAVY LOG AND PICKED UP FOR DEAD. A Veteran: of the Mexican War the Victim of a Painful Accident— Back and Legs Partially Paralyzed. From the Tribune, Sioux City, Tow Thomas Miller of Adaville, Jowa, was recently interviewed by a ‘Tribune reporter. He is a wan of sixty-six years of age and a veteran of tle Mexican war. He is a man of remarkable vigor, considering bis age aud the hardships through Which he has passed. “Mr. Miller,” said the reporter, “I cnderstand ave used Dr. Wi Pink Lills for Pale and have also pended them to your now Uiey have bene- the veteraa, "I shall be but in order that will have 1 was the vietim of a_ very painful Twas tha living in the state of Mica. fe time of which T speak one of my butiding a ivg bn Twas at th structure had ne reached black ash loz was bein, Tt was nearly im place when above lost thelr on it. It rolled nt under it and Picked me up for T was not madly used up. injuries and had two iufammation doctors gave of the bow i lege were and I « T finally wk with ts to do any work a moment that T ¢ lik s auinued in Ubis’ condition until when I visited my rot Reinbeck, t a rheun been ¢ Pink Pills solved to try them and Ketore Thad tinishe 1 FE then lived, wl them strietiy Wty foci like Pr senettion in my ie by sayin supplied with them I fel T got home T bought six boxe T was nerves amd new muscles ved until today 1 think J 36 to Gi) degrees F.; at 15,000 feet, per- petual snow. A Good Climate. The mean temperature of La Guayra, on the coast, is 80.60 degrees; of Caracas, nine miles Inland from La Guayra, at an ele- vation of feet, 71. degrees; of Valencia, forty-five miles from the coast and with 1,824 feet elevation, 75.80 degrec and of Merida, in the A above the sea, i winds from the sea and mountainous interior in modifying the 308 feet he trade from the ach day winds alternate temperature of most places accessible to them. La Guayra, however, which Humboldt characterizes a the hottest place on earth, ts cut off to a | RAILROADS. CHRSAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. TEROUGH THE GEANDZST SCENERY IN AMERICA. ALL TRAINS VESTIBULED, ELECTRIC LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED. ALL MEALS SERVED Is DINING CARS. STA TION SIXTH AND B STREETS. Schedule in effect May 17, DAILY—Cinciuwti and St clal- Solid train for Cineintau. 2:20 P.M. to Cincinnati, and St on, oUis WAKhOUL « Va. cinnati to Chicago 11:37 P.M. DAIL for Cioctunati, Leatngton end Louisvili man slecy the ville, Staunton and Sunday. Reservations and offices, 513 and 1421 my18 Lexington, Louisville, for Hot Spring r to Virginia Hi Tuesdays, Thursda G 1896. Louis Spe- Pullman sle-pere Indianapolis Connects at Cov- Parlor cars Cin- F. V. Liwited—Solid train Pullman’ sleepers to Cincinnati, je without change. Pall: ugs, without days. Ds rvation Louis, NDAY—Via Richmond Only rail link Gordonsville, Charlottes- Richmond, daily, except ‘kets at Chesapeake and Ohio usylvania avenue, 1110 & H.W. FULLER, peral Passenger Agent. st. o.w., and a. the station. Station corner of In effect 7:35 p, 7:50 A. 7 . Week-days, 7 BURG burg to Pittsburg. A.M. PENNSYLV. Sleeping. “Dining. |S larristurg t St. Louis, ©) Car to Harri 10:30 AM. E Fr to Harrisburg. Tisburg to Pittsburg. 3:40 TAL CHICAGO. A Pullman Tuffer Pa Sleeping and Dining Louls, Ch Loui 7:10 PM. ing Car to Cl Dining Car ty 7:10 PM Si ing Ca 10:40 SOUTH img and Dini Harris’ nM 10:40 PM. for lo and N on to B PHIL sn; POR ALM.; ndria for W: 1045, 10 PENNSYLVAMA PRESS. —1uffet STERN ENTKESS. » and Harcsburg to Clev st NGRESSIONAL a for Quantico, 1:44 and 1 RAILROAD, 6th and B stree: » May 17, 1s 20° AM. Sundays, Parlor Car, PiTTs- Harris- ANIA _LIMITED.—Pullman Observation Cars Indianapolis, Parlor rs ST LINE.—Pallman Baffet Parlor rlor and Dining Cars, Har- ND ST. LOUIS rior Car to Cars, Harrisburg stile and Cl Pullman Sieep- od. tN EXPRESS,—Pullman St. Louis and Sleep- nat Pullman Steep- ua, Rochester and , daily, Ss and except Wi NEW YOR AND THE LIMITED,” ar from Baltime 7 +200, 10.00 4), 6:40, 14000 + Dining Car) Wi A.M, 3:16 P.M, 8240 POM. deily. week days. A.M. daily, and 2:45, large extent from these winds by the posi- tion it upl stied under an impend- ing high mountain. On the whole, how- | ever, even a foi r comes to the con- is as favorable as st parts of the world, jor to that | many, and innumera tions and | absolutely delig t of thi days anywhere. a cl e in which nus ant‘in I of endly punter f Vene you ion, to and la the poor, aimsho| wh soup ¢ hi The population of the eight states and eight te zuela at federal district orles of Vene- the census of 1 all but 88.385 living within the federal d trict and the states, giving their area over Tg inhabitants per square mile—a little | more than New York had in 1 A large | proportion of the population is in the cities belt, as is usual in un- | This population con- endants of the early Spanish 8, mixtures of this white race with the Indian, and to a less extent the African, mixtures of the two latter, etc., and a few thceusand pure Indians, some of whom are of the native Caribs. The people are, as a rvle, kindly, hospitable, generous, industrious and p gence, with a notable proportion of able ard highly educated men, and of attractive home-making women. Probably family life is nowhere more reasonable, contented and happy for all concerned in it than in Vene- zuela and similar Spanish-American coun- tries. Whether this fact is due to the polite language, the race, the climate, or to all these and more, it is harder to determine than to understand upon acquaintance. Another creditable fact is that there is very little intemperance in any form among | the native people, and an open exhibition of intoxication very rare. La Guayra. The traveler usually enters Venezuela at La Guayra, and receives his first impres- | sions of the country from the approach thereto by the beautiful Caribbean sea. | Before him looms up the peak of Naiguata, | 9180 feet, and clese to it La Silla, Only Teneriffe, in the Canary Islands, pre- ents so grand a front to the sea. Along a .arrow strip of coast at the base of these | ins, its feet washed by the sea, lie: little changed by its four’ cen- tence and eventful h e few North Americans in Mex- al America, Colom’ and Vene- ; but there are things in those uel: coun- tries which call for them, and y where “the course of empire i wa ince the Pacific is ched. With an intercontinental ry; all northern uth America would soon be restless with an overflow from the United States, an everflow that would “settle” and grow rich | sily. Without the railway, but with | growing knowledge of the marvelous ric ne of nature the he same esult is certain, if more remote. The ‘boundary question” is, with the information it will impel Into w, an impetus to progress that will not die, and the influence from the commission will be rth knew.” LMONT BARNE — A THIEVING ow. It Seized a Ta y Balloon and Bore It Away to y With Quietly. From the cord, Where the cable cars stop to take breath, near the C entrance to Lincoln Par 1 boy, a sparrow anda fi ved traffic and ni ly preciy a The mother was dozing under a gr tree just inside the park, with the 1 a few feet Suddenly the balloon escaped and stopy under the branch of a tree. It was ju: enough up for the string to be beyond reach. | A crowd began to form at once, and in five minutes hundreds were crowding around the tree looking for something in the branches. Men tried to reach the balloon by climbing on_each other's shoulders. | Every one was making suggestions, and half a dozen controversies were in full | operation whea a sparrow flew into a tree. | It noticed the string dangling from the bal. loon, and seized it and starte: In stantly fifty men started in pu small boy began to scream. The men for got the crowd in the excitement of the | chase, and trampled on a job lot of feet in | a way that brought about a row that had | to be quieted by the police. The bird, when last seen, was still toying with the balloon and trying to weave it into a nest above the entrance to an adjacent hotel, PIEDMON vedule in eme — Lact Dalit i ESTY aa Pk 10:42 PM WPSTH ' from 1 cept Sunda: « from Leest pt Sond: day, and 8:40 a.m. dally Tickets, enue, ation, and at and jeave at Pennsyly w ASHING Alt LIN, et May 1 196. 1 for Charlottescttt ~~ AND LIMITED, eon ore AND GHIO DIVIS- re trains from the south arrive at Wash- and 9:40 p.tn. dally, exer from Chi nforma- 0 Pennsylvania a railvoad passenger W. H. GREEN. General Supt. JM. ctl W. A. TURK, Tr L. 8. Brown, ‘Gen. my18_ Leave Washington Trom station Mc Manager. n. Ps BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD, Schedule tn effect t May ®, 18% corner of Now Jersey avenue and € st. For Chicago and Northwest, tratas, 11 a.m., 820 pan tsbur: and Cle m. and $:40 pin. For Lexington and Stau Annapolis, 7 pan. Sunda: o Fre ‘ick, 200, LAT ninate All t For re at ticket « w York Avent CHAS. WM. ~ POTOMAC R RANDALL 5 RG WASHINGTON On Mo M Pa int mite sday St. « rivers: to Nom Brushes, ply Koofing Material. 10:00 a.th., afternoon for re Brick and Clay Lime, Cement, Vestibuled Limited p.m Louis avd Indis Apress, 12:15 night. ud, express daily, 11:30 unto chester and way ridge 1 pan 411:30 am, g1:15, $4:30, and FOR NEW LP HITA YORK AND all day Daily se tratns. IVER BOATS. NDALL, y r LUD.” returning, river 204 10TH ST. N.W., CAR- + Asbestos, two ‘and three: