The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-03-13

forty fouE years Cd auo j. II EXCELLENT /
health. She can sly "fn" are M /
Jsvels' With g prido e,d signifoarce I
dpkuown TO that moses. mother OF anciert I
times.
A gentleman showed rs his watch, on
the ola. ot which We're the photographs |
OF Dis twelve children to mark the hours, |
instead Of the usual Roman numbers. |
1t this lde becomes the custom here il |
will be necessary TO adopt the new sys-
TEN OF numbering the hours from one to |
twenty-four IN otder that there may b. |
enough places on the watch dials Tor all
the children of family
Popular Amusements.
The favorite amusements of the Gu
bans are the cock fight, the masquerade
carnival and the buil fight. These en-
tertainments all occur on Sunday I
vlS, - the DANA, or Carnival
Bail will fill the American with surprise
such aS he has ueyer before experienced.
! The Suil fight IS the special delight OF
the amusement ecker. They are il
lcnseiy exciting and are attended by tif
| teen to twenty thousand people. The
| bulls are truly ferocious animals and
they are all brought from Spain having
been trained to fight as we train horses
to the ra"a. The Bull Ring or "Plaza
a. ToraS" is in shops like our cyclorama
aia'" 1r y great deal longer. The
g,aud euliauco Of the performers all on
horseback, clad in the gayesc of cos
tunes, is indeed BRILLIANT spectacle and
is loudly apPIauaed by twenty thou
sand voices Thea the ring is
cleared with the exception OF the
"bIaiador," Or ball-hghter, and his assiS-
tarts, whose duty Is to make the beast
mad The heavy gates under the band
stand are opened and IN bounds the
angry bull. Ii woQld De safer 30 meet
a wild lion In India than that animal.
From this time begins the widest excite
ment which continues to the end Ot the
performance. The bull paws the ground
and snOrts in his frenzy, ana the steel
barbs With ribbons attached are thrown
at him and thrown at hin and fastened
into his shoulder. He Is grand look
ing beast, and being now thoroughly
enraged he bounds towards horS6 aud
rider Iae horse Is unable TO escape,
: and is Immediately gorel TO death
wLile the rider is thrown to the
ground Tue matador now Ell
ters the ring and the fight begins It Is
combat between skill and brute
| strength The man must face the mad
dened bull with only a sword in his
haud Ii is cowaraly to strike while the
! animal IS at rest and the man would be
5 hissed The red cloth is Haunted before
the bull and he closes his eyes aud makes
/ q furious dash for the 1IATADoR, who, by
s q single skilful thrust of the sword be-
i tween the shoulders Of the animal pierces
1 his heart and he falls painting IN death.
:! Fhe air is then filed with wild shouts OF
4 ! applause while the MATADoR gracefully
: bows his acknowledgements At a call
from lie bug.e gaily decorated horses
are brought into the ring, rope is
9 thrown over the horns OF the
. dead ball and he is drawn out The
! next acquaintance we have with this
! noble animal is when Lis juicy and ten
: der steak is placed steaming before Us
o next morning at breakfast The fght
continues until six or eight bulls are
! killed, the performance taking about
: three hours. the orice8 Of admission tc
the bull fight are So. 90 to $500 in gold
: 1t is an expensive luxury, but the peo
q pie will have it. We were fully satisfied
r by attending one performance in the
: bull ring.
!. A Small Fortune for Some body.
y In 1886 Miss Emma Richards, an &C
s tress, came to Havana to take a position
}, in one of the theatres. She soon haC
e the Glow fever and died here While
n was visiting few days ago, Cuba1
IS lad! i this adjourning house seeing tina
l. | Was an American, sent for me to cal
e upon her for a few moments. She tolC
IS me, through an interpreter, that she wa
n with Lmma Richards when she died an(
a Just before her death she ''put this pa
y per in my hand and told ne to send i
10 to her son little baby then thre
months old. He is with his grand -mothe
:, somewhere in Florida. | can't speal
le English and don't know what the pape
n is and have not seen an American siuc
ID the actress died. " examined the paper
t. and found it to be cash
IS iel'S certificate of deposit Of $3.50 90
e. in the Fourth National Bank Of Ney
g. York The check is dated June 5th, 1883
e. and is payable with interest to the orde
Ds of Emma Richards The name and resi-
De dence of the grandmother in Florida
er the name of the baby boy and the where
abouts Of any member of the family G
d. Emma Richards are all entirely III
Us know. The check and some other valu
az ables are at HAVANA, sacredly preserve
a. by the Cuban woman awaiting lega
gs claimant She wanted me to publls
We this statement hoping this TO find til
re child to claim his fortune.
ar Some Cuban Customs.
IT, The people here universally drink llgt
u wines, but there is no drunkenness c
aI rowdyism. If this habit is not in strit
ai accord with the views Of prohibition:
cn friends, the fact at least furnishe
=, thought for TEMPERANCE lecture. TE
re ladies smoke cigarettes and some lndulg
ID in the stronger cigar. They light the1
III at the table as soou as they finish y me;
=, and appear TO greatly enjoy that fragrar
Gu weed which always ends in smoke.
ng The chambermaids and washwome
N, are all ''meu." Likewise are the cook
ld walters and clerks Woman seems
no have no place here for working except
he the cigar factories. These cigar worker
when expert, earn from So to IS per da
or in gold, and they all stop work at tt
he dinner hour -5 o'clock, p. N. Dead tiS
us ora NOT olI tO ha sold for 70 ta blp