Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-06

preston ON the American i the
absence Of factories seen in our own
or in English and other European
cities. Stand ON top Of Fort Moro
and look down on the city Of Hava-
ma and you can see every house in
II. Ii looks like a great dead city ON
account Of the absence Of that activ-
ity. There is no smoke from the
factory smokestaek. There are no
factories. But there is no smoke at
all. You will not see a stove in all
Cuba. They cook on charcoal
grStes set in the top OF a table
against the wal. On the sides Of
ths table are apertures for n draft.
A tin funnel, like a locomotive
smoke conductor in a northern
round house, carries of the fumes
Of the charcoal But for that mat
ter. the fumes might as well be
left 20 go through the windows,
since there Is no glass in them, no.
thing tut iron or wooden Gresham.
Tore are no two rooms paTtitiOned
of IS We have them. Nothing but
cur afns form the partition, and what
l. going on in one room can be
h ard IN the other. There are very
lew doors except front doors. Al
most 80 per cent Of the people do
business and reside in the same
house. The entrance TO the store Of
the ordinary merchant is the en-
trance to his residence. But the
tobacco merchants divide the two.
They are merchants OF the better
class Nearly every house has a
court, which Is yard surrounded
by the structures composing the
house. From his dining room the
merchant can see his horse feeding
across the court in the rear portion
Of the house, store and stable COM
bined. These courts are often gay
with flowers and filed with foliage
and plants. There ale no alleys In
Cuba. They take more ground
space than We do. and nearly all
live on the ground floor.
'sOne thing that struck ME favor
ably in Cuba was the coloring Of the
house. You look down the vista Of
a long street, n narrow one, as
the streets win scarcely average
Is. feat in width, and you see the
roofs are covered with terra Gotta.
But the houses. One il kslsOmined,
not painted, a pure white, the next
blue, the next light Coppsr color.
None OF the eoloIs are loud, but
all are soft and pleasing to the eye.
The general effect is very agreeable.
Obispo Street in Havana is the
widest. IL IL Is feet in width.
Sidewalks are no more than 10
inches or . feet in width at the
widest. Two persons cannot
pas on any Of their sidewalks.
Uuri stanes are not to exceed
10 inches in many cases fs1m
the house line. Most Of the
eople walk in the street and not
ON the sidewalk. But there are
plenty Of vehicles. They are very
cheap. Three Of us rode a mile for
80 cents, paper money, which l.
equal to about % cents Of our
money. At Santiago Spanish gold
is at a premium, and Mexican half
dollars at a discount Of 20 per cent.
At Havana paper Is used which
cannot be passed outside the city.
One dollar in Spanish gold will buy
500 in Havana paper. American
silver ten and five cent pieces cir
culate freely in Cuba, and to retain
il there in circulation holes are
punched In each Of the pleces. The
currency resembles our old worn
fractional currency. American
paper money and gold are at 10 per
cent premium over Spanish gold.
One dollar Of our money will buy
$3.50 OF Havana money!