The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-03-22

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blanc. TO W-.t ladi.n ,nwn. Tbs hou.r.
captions, painted white There are. think
ONLY tire. brick buildings, certainly not
more than sls. Paz1as abound, and oc.
cnsi"nHiiy sniu- latiio~ work ~ seen, but
TIER. Is no nttemrt n decoration or disoiay.
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r., The hHa.ss arc Of all s.s. .aT,6,ed gp in
I'M. Of the street. The interior Of cncn block
l. n-d IN with ons--tory shanti"-. accss- to
or ovsr somebody .l.s 5 yard: The population
fr'nE fourteen thousand. taHd Is Errci"ns.
there. and everywhere. facing sixteen ways
ior sunday. Where there is no room for y
Sprinkle shicHsns AROUND G in the so T r The
richest people do not diSdain 10 thus add from
,hrss to ak aosr.a month 20 ,her ,nscms
urss their gr"unds.
The streets AFRO OF good width. to!erabiy
soil is merely ,rltur ted coral. wonderfully
er IL But Hy ,Ss asesx, u" IN a To
garden, you must use u pick instead OF q
hoe. n" Vegetables ars raised on tho key and
trees. Here and there You wi nnd pine or
an camde FL, n ,Is sr Of iSha or
!; NV. shown; ihs Esy has been sst;isi ,~ for
nIaH,sd to grow and the city i. bare. hot and
iii. wnIts houses. without vine or climb
and with no std"waiks-ius,y and glarinc
Wish for u hurricane to stir the cty's blood.
let. to tho stu,lsnt OF sociology. the GNplanA-
ton is pain. Tho population is to blame, and
IT," climate makes H.. population.
The Eay ii settled by Cubnns. negroes.
Conks. aud Americans. Placing the population
at li0O the PROPORTIONS arr about six. four,
three and a half, and half These rropor,i?ns
cord, Tho Cubans hate Tho Conks lnn'iye- OF
tho Bahama, arc SO called by everybody ak
crpt th.mselvesl. the Conks cordially !stost
them Cubnnss," An, md both unite in discussing
thu ntsEers." The little band OF Amer cans
and English are generally employed in schsm-
ing TO get nway from the island. There Is
Conk Town gger Town, and Cuban Village.
with very ill-defnsd limits. however. Each has
The Cuhnns nre usually emrIoyed IA the
which turn out ,over amillion cigars n week.
The men are undsrsized. weak, and ef1emin nate.
clustering The women are passably good
looking. given to ob.sity. high heels. lace
shawls. aud lace powder. Men and women
smoke incessnnuy and chatter continually.
They crowd together and subsist on oil coffee
pork. and bananas.
The Conks arc big hardy. and phenomenally
ignorant. They have the cock nsy sticking out
all over them. drop the h" where headed. and
clan II on where it is not needed. talk of