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THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
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Opportunities for
Americans in Venezuela
PINS HOYS WA1T1N0 AT I10TTOM OF Al.l.KY
Bowling and Its
Effect on Players
Cop.v right Wl, by Colliers Wookl
Venezuela, piTliup.H more than any
of the other l.itlti-Amcrlcnu re
publics, has been 1 1fl iM conspic
uously Into public view within ( lit
Inst decade Tin' reasons for this
prominence are somewhat com
plex, and It Is unnecessary to dwell
upon them, though It may bo sultl
tliat back of political ami
geographical considerations 1 os
tin gnat, disturbing, elemental
fai'tor of natural riches.
Tlnri an a number of earliest,
hit I Ik tit Amorl.u a of high earno
tir, who an making careful, sien
tlllu Investigation of tin country's
natural resources Tit. r.' i r. ioi,
some Important American enter
prises In that country In which
lingo sinus of capital liae lueii In
vested Doubtless greater sunn of
money have In en put by Ameri
cans Into asphalt propeitlcs than
Into any other kind of IiuhIiiiss
venture in Venezuela.
There lias been, of late, a good
ileal of controversy concerning lb
ownership of certain valuable
asphalt deposits, but the (iiesti(HH
at Issue are now in process of
peaceful adjustment In the Vene
beginning of the
resourceful gonlus
bowling. The pages
Away back In tho
twelfth century some
originated the game of
of history do not contain tho naniu of tho
father of the nport which has como to bo
ono of the most popular in the catalogue of
athletic amusements.
That history does not dlscloae thu Identity
of the father of bowling Is not surprising
to the student of the game. For several
centuries after its Introduction In Eng
land there was a pronounced opposition to
It an opposition not to be reckoned with
lightly, for the reason that It had Its
foundation in the very fountain head of
the kingdom. Tho founders and promoters
of the sport ptrhaps did wisely In main
taining a discreet silence. Tho kingly
wrath, which might havo det-conded upon
the heads of the ones upon whom responsi
bility for Introducing an unwelcome pastime
might have been fastened, can easily be
Imagined.
Interfered ,tl th A relic r.
In tho very beginning bowling was a popu
lar amusement. It attracted old and young
and Its enjoyment appealed to nun In every
lank and station. It was Just this popu
larity that brought It under the ban. The
dcpieclation of the game existed because
the king of England was concerned lrst the
practice of archery, considered by him to
be so much nioro Important to tho mili
tary spirit of the kingdom, should sulfer.
Even though the sport was not counte
nanced by the government, its practice con
tinued until the beginning of the eighteenth
century. Then all bowling nlles were sup
pressed by law and the game continued to
number Its followers principally among
the wealthy and aristocratic.
No country residence was deemed com
plete unless It was supplied with a bowling
green, and the outdoor game was n most
populnr one. Itoynlty patronized It ex
tensively and prime ministers and Judges
were said to be adepts at a game, In which
participation by the rank and Me of the
people was denied.
In later years the disfavor In which the
sport was hold was dlsslpatnl entirely, and
now howling is Indulged in at will by the
subjects of King Edward. Whllo the
American games of bowling nre an out
growth of the sport as originally practiced
In England, there Is a great difference be
tween tho ancient English and the mod
ern American gnme,
The game of bowls in England as played
today Is very similar to that plnyed when
the sport was first introduced. An out
do r bowling green has n smooth turf sur
face and Is from ninety to lfiO feet In
length. At one end a Hiuall whllo ball is
placed. It Is called tho "Jack," Tho gamp
consists in throwing tho bowl so that it
will rest close to the "Jack." Tho bowls
are oval and biased so that an expert
bowler can deliver a curve.
I'lipiilii i- In l lot-rit'lt.
In the United States bowling was Intro
duced long years ago. Its popularity has
been expanding from year to year and nt
the present time the Indulgence In the vari
ous games played on bowling alleys is
something extraordinary- Nowhere has an
nlley been Instituted but that novitiates
have developed Into full-Hedged enthusiasts.
From coast to coast and from the Domin
ion line to the gulf there Is perhaps no city
or town wherein there are not a large num
ber of people who could quite properly be
enrolled ns devotees of the sport.
Howling enthusiasts are found among all
types and conditions of men. The clerk
whoso salary Is a modest one brushes el
bows In tho bowling nlley with tho bank
president. Tho student meets on n com
mon ground the professional man whoso
name Is not unknown to fame. The player
who Is skillful In his manipulation of the
balls finds among tils admirers- in many In
stances, the head of tho firm or corporation
for which he works. To one at all familiar
with howling It Is Idle to argue In favor
of the sport. That one appreciates full
well Its advantages and benefits, To the
uninitiated, however, It may not como
amiss to quote a well known authority on
the subject.
"To my mind," he said, "theie Is no sport
that brings such goiuiuc enjoyment to one
as bowling. There is a fascination about
the game that grows upon one and the man
who starts In to play a casual game often
llnds himself, before he realizes it, u great
enthusiast. The sport Is a healthful one.
The player exercises all of the muscles of
tho body. It promotes, loo, accuracy and
decision requisites In a good bowler
"It is a mistake. I think, for a beginner
to start using thu largo balls, unless he
has an exceptionally well muscled and
strong rignt arm. in ttiu beginning it is
well to employ the smaller balls and gradu
ally work up to the big ones that nro
used in tenpins. I havo known more thnn
one of my acquaintances to become dis
couraged at the start because of u lame
ness lu thu arm and shoulder following
the Initial trial nt tho game. This Is
altogether unnecessary If the novico will
exercise a little Judgment and not bowl
too long at a time until ho becomes ac
customed to the exercise."
Pleul til' Itiioin lor i'liiiloo.
Howling offers a diversity of gnmoi. The
most popular is tenpins, which is primarily
an American game. In London and
throughout England there aro fuw tenplu
alleys and the pastime Is not much prac
ticed there, but In the United States It Is
the popular game In howling. In all Amerl
enn bowling games tho alloy used is tho
same. A regulation nlley Is mado of u
hard wood, high-polished surface It Is
not less than forty-one nor moru than
forty-two Inches lu width nnd is sixty feet
long, from tho center of tho spot where
the head pin is placed to the foul line.
There Is a run buck of the foul lino of
fifteen feet.
In tenpins the maximum sized ball Is cue
twenty-seven inches In circumference.
Smaller ones may be used, however, at thu
discretion of tho players. Tho game e n
slsts In knocking down ns many of tho
pins as possible. Kaeh player has two
chances to roll tho hall In ench framo
and there nre ten frames to a game.
The plnyer who Is fortunate enough to
topple over all the pins with his first ball
scores a strike. The maximum score Is
.'S00 and can he made only by twelve
consecutive strikes. In Omaha this scoro
has never been made. Several of tho nioro
91 ftfp l
if numberi, ami then. pcrhips. the
Kugllsh Thl taller loiiiliigent Is
composed almost wholly of colored people
from the Hiitlsh West hull h. the numb
of white Hrlllsh subjec s fit in the Tubed
Kingdom llself Is very small. Si me of the
most Important couiineuial ntcrpi Ises if
the country, however, are conducted In a
very succesisfiil manner by Englishmen, and
the capital Invested in them comes from
Kugllsh sources.
The breakwater ami duck facilities at I .a
(luayra, the plctuiesque and scion Ideally
Interesting railroad from l.a (luayia to
Caracas, ami the large telephone system of
the federal districts, with Its extensive long
distance circuits, are sucect-sftil and highly
.-redUnblo Kugllsh entei prists
(ionium tin i Miiii'tilN In eiieiieln.
At present the Hermans probably hnw
largir Investments in Venezuela than any
other foreigneis, and Ihe bulk of the enm
ineielal business ef the country Is In their
hands, although half of the products nr
bought by Ihe people of (he Unllod States.
No American should Invest lu a foreign
country without a Ihoioiigh, accurate, trust
worthy knowledge of the properly or bus -ncss
Into which he proposes lo put h it
money. I have received hundreds of letlns
from the United Stales requesting Informa
tion In respect to the resources of Venezu
ela, and have many times been asked
h would-be InvoMnra for advice. The
uniform reply in such cases has bo.ui.
I am glad to give vim as much gen
I'd I Information as I properly mav,
but le'ore ou Invest a penny go lo
ineziiela ami make tin adequate In
vestigation on your own accouir."
Considering what may lie said hon
or olHowhrie about Hie rteiiun.s o'
forc"gn cnuiittioi. I trust that IIiIh li
or advice may be hoei'ed by my coiia
fr.Minn who are seeking Invcstinein
uhlo.iil
Ono point
which tho
giasped, and
of mip'onic Hlgnl'eiifc
(ioniums have chnrly
which has mil boon ade
quately comprehended by American,
Is tho irulh that In order In get miiiio
llilng of lasting value mil nf a country
It Is nece-iKary to put something nli,
skillful bowlers, however, hnvo made splen
did scores. King Deiiman, whom tho ac
companying pictures show in different posi
tions assumed by bowlers, stands at the
head of tho local devotees of the game.
Small balls aro used In all of tho moru
popular games aside from tonplnB. In
point of favor ninepins, four-back, cocked
hat and seven-tip rank lu the lead In tho
small-ball games.
Anecdotal
Detroit Journal; "I find myself too poor,-'
faltered Sir Walter Italelgli, "to keep a
servant!"
"Well?" rejoined tho good Queen Hess,
with froldeur, for sho chanced to lie erossor
than two sticks this day.
"Your majesty," quoth tho courtier, "If
I have no servnnt, who, pray, Is to throw
an ower of water over mo ns I enjoy my
pipe, exclaiming: 'Where thorn Is smoke
there surely Is flro'7"
Even tho Tudor could not 11 ml It In her
heart to stnnd lu tho way of Sir Walter's
having an anecdotal sldo to his character;
accordingly, albeit It was with no very good
grace sho drew an order upon tho royul
exchequer.
ztiehin courts, a pro
cedtlie consistently
urged by the govern
ment of tho United
States. Much misin
formation lias In en
circulated in reference
to these matters, hut
what was really being
discussed and done lu
an olllclal way has no
been disclosed.
It is not unreason
able to assume, how
ever, that that Intel
llgcne which has
safely guided the ill
tlngtilshed and highly
creditable foreign
policy of the United
States through the
perplexing nnd dllTlcuIt
mazes of Kuropenn and Chinese diplo
matic affairs may bo trusted to dls
poso of nny differences which mny
arise between tho government of the
United States and that of Venezuela
In a Just, pntriotlc and enlightened manner.
Venezuela has a republican form of gov
ernment; (leneral Olprlano Castro Is the
provisional president. A new constitution
has recently been adopted which contains
many of tho salient features of both the
constitution of the United Stntes and that
of Franco, Two Important Innovations ap
pear lu It, one making the ministry respon
sible, as it Is in France, and the othor
change increasing the term of the president
from four to six years,
A presidential election will take place
some time In tho summer or autumn nf this
year and the candidate then chosen by the
ballots of the people will bo inaugurated on
tho 20th of the following February. The
chances are that General Castro will be
elected president. Ho Is esteemed a suc
cessful military man and has suppressed
every revolutionary uprising that has taken
plnco since ho came Into power. Mo tins
an army of several thousand men and they
nro being carefully drilled.
Venezuela has, too, a small but not In
1 olllcient gunboat squadron. It Is composed
of six or seven vessels, the largest of which
is the former American yacht Atalauta,
This vessel has been converted Into n gun
boat and carries ono 3-lnch gun nnd
soveral C-pounders, all of tho most mod
ern nnd olllcient typo, The Venezuelan
troops aro armed with Mauser rifles ami
they are improving In marksmanship.
Foreigners in Venezuela ate not a largo
factor In point of numbers, but thoy piny
nn Important role In the business and de
velopment of tho country. As there are
about -10,000 Spaniards down there, thoy aro
nioro numerous than nny other foreigner.
The IfnllnnH como next In point
ptcjMng need of a Intgc Influx of well mean
lug foreigners, who are willing to lemain
and aid In the development of the country lu
the interests of American commerce lu
general, as well as for the advantage which
may come to the Immigrant, 1 enriiostb
hope to see at least a few small American
colonics successfully planted some lime on
Venezuelan soil
Venezuela has been m.tgnlllccully dowered
by nature with abundant and vntiul re
Hotines. For nine than Mir centuries
men lu quest of gold h:te been seeking
her shores Sir Waller Italelgli fancied
that the fabli d Kl Dorado lay somewhere
in Ihe nlle if the Orinoco liver. Tin
discover) or ihe Kl C.tllao mine some
tvvenl.v jears ago seems to lino Juslllled
Ills belief lu the abliudllit It sources of
the uiuntry. This mine lu a few years
produced upward if forty millions of' dol
In re' worth or gold. It Is slated, and II l
one of llu richest mines if which there la
authentic record.
Ono hundred milts south of the Oiiiimo
liver lies a great expanse of torrltnrv
millions of acrcH In t xtout much of whuh
Is Known to toalaiu goM, lr n, ei pper ami
oilier valuable mliitials It is tin firm
conviction ef highly ci mpcteut engineer
and other Invest igati is who havo carefullv
explored this region Hut when tho extent
value and comparative accessibility of IK
resources aro once thnr uglily understood
a strong, ami It Is in b, found turbulent,
stream of Immigrant u will How to It, an I
tho spirited scents whhh marUcil the do
velopuiont of South Africa and Ihe Klou
dike will bo ro-omiiinl In eastern
Venezuela.
Save lu a few Instances. Ycuotlclau gull
Ileitis hnvo not been explain d by men with
largti capital, competent experience and a
knowledge or modern milling tuuchlu ry and
methods. This gtdd region dm s not atli.it i
the placer minor, for llu iiaxou thai ill'
best deposits are quartz, and for their le
ilncHon an extensive plant is no otsiry
Another oh-ilnclo to the rapid deve'op
nietit or Ihe Veuoutlan gold Hob's Is. and
bar. been, the Im lief that the cllmalc of
that section of South Annil n U n pir
tlculaiiy uuwholfMiiuc and deadly in. It
Is true that dining ccitalu m-uiilis pni;ilc
who go Into tho Orinoco valley fnun the
north, and who tin not take precautions nf
a reasonable naluro, art likely to contract
malarial fevers; but diseases or this kind
may very largely bo avoided by proper
attenllun In rood, diet, water and clothing
So far as 1 can ascertain much or the so
called gtdd region or Venezuela is probably
no more Insalubrious than vvcio large por
Hons or our western stales when the tot
tlois Urn t In nke the soil. There is lu the
Venezuelan gold regions an abundance of
good water ami a number of powerful wntr
rails capable or being ulllleil In a com
menial way.
Tho gold HoIiIh tr Venezuela also suiter
grievously from lack of adequate trans
pniinllun faellltjes. They lie mil more
than one hundred miles from the
banks of out of Hit world's finest liver,
yet the miner lias lo transport all of his
supplies upon the backs of donkeys, which
makes life at tho mines, and the operation
nf them, very expensive. The gtdd has to bo
brought out In Ihe hiiiiio manner. Tho vital
need of tho region is u railruad connecting
It with Home point on the Orinoco river,
and when Ibis Is Imlll probably tho lung
expeefe.l "awakening" will lake place.
The mineral rot-nurccs
of Venezuela ale bv no
means coullued lo gold
Asphalt, sulphur, eup
per. a-tbeslns, polioloum.
coal ami iron art round
On the Oiiiioco rlvor.
about seventy-live miles
from lis mouth. Is sit
uateil a remarkubly rich
deposit or valuable lies
senior oio. These mini's
have figured in diplo
matic correspondence
between Venezuela and
tlio United Slates fur up
ward or lirieen yeais
Thoy aro soon to bo ox
plotted lu a huge way
FltANK H. LOOM IS.
United Slutea Minister
to Venezuela.
it. Tho (iermnus have put time,
Intilllgonco and money Into Vene
zuela. One effect of their netlvlty
there Is the attracting of (ionium
Immigrants, ami tho advent or
every fresh (iormun arrival makes
a greater demand for goods of (!ir
man origin.
In seeking a market for their
products lu South American mini
tries It Is or the highest importance
for American manufacturers ami
exporters to take a broad view of
International commerclitl alfalr
and understand that tho planting
of a few American colonies In an-l.atln-American
country will creao
a stoutly. HiilHtnntinl anil growing
demand for the product of Ameri
can mills and farms. It Is In this
way thnt foreign trade In now coun
tries mry bo most surely and
easily developed.
Venezuela has Immediate and
KINO DENMAN, AN OMAHA HXl'KKT. IN
THE FOUR ATTITUDES OF HOWUNO