Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-04

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Goths aud Huns.
At shutdown in Havana hafbor cannon
boom from al the forts and men Of war.
Instantly every flag IN the haTbor is
lowered At o'clock again the cannon
below. Instantly again from hundreds
Of vessels come the changing sound ol
"cirht bellsw With these minrle the
Ginning VI bells from a bundled chur-
ches.. Far and near sound the notes Di
the trumpetets In the forts upon the
mountains. Then for little II seems AZ
II deep silence came upon mountain and
city and bay. and thcn-herc y song;
there the notes OF guitar, over yundcr
the merry click Of the casiinci. beyonJ,
sailors singing roysteringly or well; here
again an old American accordion iull Of
sentiment aud sweetness, out there In
some Scotch craft a bagpipe, softer
sounding than upon shore, beyond that
clump Of vessels. the crew OF q German
mHn.oi-war, singing as only Germans
can sing some soulful bundcslied. upon
the shore near and flr aud all about. al
manner Of hali-heafd tones Of laughter
aud melody, hidden and intensified in
mystery and sweetness by distance and
night; while from the look outs on Moro
tower, around TO lesu del Monte, and on
again circlng 10 the sea. are heard MS iu
medieval days Of old Spain. the chanted
calls Of challeng ne sentinels, tfavcstying
our later time with owl like hoo,ing from
monarclys mold and gloom.
An agreeable diversion In Cuba Is
participation in genuine "cobjar' or
house-rai5iug. ! was once q guest At one
OF these In the country region north Of
Trinidad. a couple had been married
About cabelleria Of land had been
given them by an old montero father.
aud planters and yeomen alike, some
rom As far as twenty leagues away
among the mountains, had come 10
make sort Of fcsiivity out Of setting
the queer home upon It's legs.
Over hundred men were here. and
their little ponies were tethcrcd for
half mile up and down the road. Two
iit bulocks had been killed, and roasted,
and there was no end Of roasted pigs
and tender lambs from the mountains
with all sorts of unnamablc Cuban
country dishes. Perhaps a score Of men
were employed In the cooking alone.
There were casks OF aguafdiente and
llagons OF cheap Catalan wine, and these
splendid swarthy fellows made many
picturesque groups among the laurels,
palms, tamarlnds and mighonet,es which
grow to the height OF our own Towering
locusts.
But to me the construction Of the
house itself. AS II arose In the wilderness
garden, under the lazy, Visiting" sort
Of efforts OF the crowd, was fully as in
teres,ing. II was built Of guabrahaca
IA mt
with the long, straight and thin saplings
of llaya, until complete and most dex.
,rous network OF sidewalks was made.
This woven work is perhaps eighteen
inches in thickness and as rapidly as Il
progressed upward q score or so OF
gualros forced into the chinks and in
tcrsiices a hard plaster made OF clay.
water, and the tough cspartillo grass. so
that 10y the time the casa dc vivienda
was ready for its roof, as two or three
DAYS are consumed in Cuban house.
raising, the sides are dry and solid o. a
brick wall. This particular structure
was about forty feet square in area,
making n pretty comfortable home for a
newly welded pair. The roof went to q
tremendous height At the ridge and
with It's bellying arch OF llayapoles reach
ing out over rude, wide purches, was
matched with the broad leaves Of the
palma de manaca, small species OF the
palm, which serves for perfect shelter
for period OF seven years.
The quaint little village Of San Fran
cisco de Paula, between Havana and
Guincs, Is one OF thcmost winsom places
to be found In Cuba. II Is romantic in
situation and priced for beautiful women
and famous bread. both worth travelling
a distance In any country 20 enjoy. The
village nestles within narrow gorge
the main street being formed by the
calzada i,self-and then truanily strug-
giles on either side to a cockpit on the
one height and to queer old church on
the other. Hut down below, along the
street and about the ways and paths be-
tween the houses, are bowers vi roses,
splashing fountains and pretty girls in
Vulnerable.
Sauntering about the lovely place, We
climbed the mountain to inspect the old
churches, which, In this peculiar atmos.
pherc, seemed to ms from the valley
below a tremendous structure looming
against the steel-blue sky, but which on
approaching dwindled to little old pile
oil century-eaten stone, with no windows.
Win bAA blt Alh0lt AllA WIFI u NIllillt Ol
bells no bigger than the bells o,p Ameri.
can cows rattle, hallmulled in Clover at
the flies in the meadows. Hut the climb.
ing showed Us where there were more
enhancing studies than the quaintcst OF
old churches.
Every home in this village nest was
Ike a bit of old Doric Salem set in a
frame OF honeysuCkle, jasmine aud rose.
and every pillared purtico, wide aud big
at the house itself was scene for an
artist and student OF simple toll aud
glowing beauty. Here, too, was de-
llghtlul surprise IN the pleasing discovery
that the delicate beauty, the Cuban
woman, could do something In the
nature OF work. These were the sweet
est Of Cublns and every one was as llXily
busy as pretty, And what bright cugag.
ing groupings they were ms we passed,
making our admiration as plain In our
eyes and loiierings rs they all showed
u, In their own eyes and bushes they
were glad that they pleased.
You must know that We were chiyal-
rous cahalleru5, my companion, the don,
and myself, and that no good women
are indifferent 20 true interest aud ad-
mlmtou in any country, So IL WAS with
no udeuess ur our part mon alarm ou
theirs, that We soon found "a group ui
| some twenty slUnritss aud uuns. PIE.
sided over ny two or three pleasantly
grave syuor1s piClucsquely bestowed
upon % great lower empowered pouiCo,
singing dainty suatrhuf OF Spanish bil-
| lad. b4ulNius h4llg and forth harmless.