Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-27
our aristocratic boors .lso but think tbo,, are the exception-not tn, r,,1e 'iey

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 are the exception-not th, rn1a 'no But this is something of aIiorassio,, fro,
 the subject rural Cuba, upon w1aeh w ' haro ,ron
 Matanzas the monotony of an inland ioas.na, f- 7, in Cuba is somewhat broken by glimpses 6 sugar plantations all along the route. Tn
 n4ill-houses with their tall smoking chimney loom up on every hand, spufstfacks leadin, from the railway to them. Ths air at thi season of the year is heavy with the siekisb sweet odor which is wont to smanate from ( mill-house on large sugar plantation during the grinding season. In a f,h1re letter shall be pleased to conduct yosr readers in side of one of the largest of t1ese planta tions. Beside the cane growing en all side there is another very common crop grownt Fcorn. This corn crop is grown chiefly fl the foliage, which makes cheap aad per nial fodder for horses and cattle, iaasmf as the corn grows all the year around r
 This corn only grows three or four feet a
 here, despite the fertility of the soil, a1fe ear, when allowed to mature, wouldly pass as nub with our western farmerj
 Matanzas is city of thirty or fortpu- sand inhabitants, pleasantly located ong some comely hills that slope down the shsll-strewn beach of beautiful bsIhe harbor, which is good one, is oced by steamers and sailing craft that are q cantly Wl6A sugar TOT Amof1Can DO. AAO ! professional tourist usually make nasty run down here from Havana in .h {rn1ng, l inspects three conventional attract ln and about the city and then returns Eana on the afternoon train. He then gfhack to the States and writes book tull apostro- phes to dying sunsets and 1harles over quaint old cities and vistas O. gdous troD ical vegetation. The three sig In qnes- tion are the Caves of Bellapar, Bayslde avenue and the view of she valIot Yumu- |. ri. It has been my fotnne toJay longer, and to realize that Amiliaritbreeds con tempt in the case e(almost erything ex- cept perhaps thestpecial atactions; but let that pass. in+or
 The Caves of glamar are rikiafgs9} riksisfs9 hn1e some esting subterrsAn cave'-sa naaabo5 bD five miles fros the ey, ana reached .h oy churning yogTer yogIe fl.,xn st as the % volante over anal S ssious A az that from Jerusalem to q arp r1ao as fe fEe Nchpelah also, these caves aro reo.on, 41 number. The crystallizati'ns the+ '"I a5 the various splendid clHmoers qua +a.a passages are exeee-'lngly pret- a"- all' Ti5 is one single she~S or eryslal TOT ". let long called columbus cloak. It ty odSyular fsc1 that the temperature of IS IS A,es is very h1gh
 thess ess ss}aysids avenue is wide street set on
 II.kide with lofty one-story "palaces'' in | I ej Somrsian style, if my architecture is rect. fth large columns supporting broad rche, faced in front and foored with ex- isSe tiling. This avenue is really mod
 Appian way with only the one qualifica- I that stucco takes the place of Italian rble
 The third conventional sight is simply a lkins view of the really beautiful valley som9 19mugfn gn a4i asininasedu ninase dufa sds hoa canic action ages ago. hMllE'