Dakota City herald. [volume] (Dakota City, Neb.) 1857-1860, 1860-04-21

inches from the side Of the hou.e to allow oc-.
eupauis TO look up and down the street A
large gateway, which Is tho only cairauco to
ho1ae admits you into an enclosed court
forrroul3sd 10y a balcony which leads into
tao various apartments u tho houses. The
h'ots usually consist of sement The more
wealthy have marble floors. Iron blinds rem.
den Che windows secure against storms, and
10 other blinds are known. Old Spanish GUS
toms have yielded hguo 10 modern innava-
tous.
The best families take their coffee Ia bed
at sunrise In Spanish cooking garlic forms
on ingredient in everything, not excepting
tee. Two meals day are only taken In
regard to making bread she thinks we might
well take lessons Of the Cubsns and she nev
er tasted 50 good bread anywhere else. Wino
is used at oil menls. After defsrt the ladies
and gentlemen all drink wine and smoke 10.
gether Ladies never walk in the streets.
They do not appear in the streets at all until
afternoon, oud then ride, doing their shopping
even without alightng. Their conyeyssco is
two-wheeled vehicle, sometimes superbly
mounted, called a Valante, drawn by one, two
or three horses, according to the veallh Of
the owner. The driver rides horse, and il
three horses are attached. tandem. it is his
pride to make the first gallon, the second can
ter, and the third tgot Lotteries are CON
ducted by the governments. You are impor-
tuned to buy a ticket at every corner. aud d
ticket is by your plate At meals nearly Ms reg
ularly as the bill Of fare These lotteries ale
a source Of great prof, to tho Government
Tho Sabbath is devoted to cock-6ghtng anil
bull-bajtiug. In the evening military bands
play in the public square. On every Sunday
night the Captain General gives grand oal
at his palace. The cathodrals are slimly at
tendod. The police regulations Of Hayana
are OF the most pc feet description. She'd
seribed a trip into the interior, aud the sugar
aud coffee plantations. Sugar cane being
more profitable to raise than coffee, the latter
plantations are fast giving wuyto the fsrmer.
/" The tyranny OF the Spanish Government
towards Cuba she described as very oppress-
i've. No native Cabaa ssa held oiaes either
in the judiciary or military He cannot even
be a police officer. Taxation on all native
products is excessive, except on sugsr, which
is taxed q per cent A Cuban cannot give a
party to his friends, move from one house to
another, or do anything else hardly, without
special liceuee from the Government. Rohools
are under the control Of the military In
regard to the CON mparatiye condition Of slaves
in Cuba and the Southern States Of the Unisn,
she considered tLat slavery bad re redeeming
feature auywhe
Ia Cuba, however. slave was permitted by
Government to buy himself; appraisers being
appointed to decide upon his value, and from
appraisal the master Of slave has no ap-
peal. Some of thsse slaves who have pur-
chased their freedom have become immensely
rich, and purchased nominal titles from
Spain She described the Coolies WhO are
hired to work eight years for 81 per month
and two suits Of clothes. They are strong,
patient, quiet and submissive. .
A blow inflicted on Cooley, however,
must be atoned for sther by the death Of the
inAictor or the one who is struck.