Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-03-29

secrated ground. In many Catholic sea
ports. including this one. there is lot set
apart for strangers and Protestants.
Some reader will very naturally question.
| could not almost any poor family get up
some kind of box in which to bury their
dead? Yes, they could but the twenty
five dollar tax upon the privilege of
body being buried In coffin, added to the
cost of the coffin, where the price of every
thing l. high has made the Custom of the
poor being thrown into the ground IN the
way have told. Among all Spanish, and
some other peoples, no near relative and
never any women follow the body to the
grave.
That Is not TO be wondered at-no one
would care TO attend a matinee of tha,
[ kind where the chief actor had been Of
ones own family. At weilregulsted
/ and heightened burial some distant rela-
/ tive or a friend of the family may 20 to
/ look after things and to carry some money
/ to give as Il gratuity to the workmeu. The
| rich or the well-to-do people of course
/ have cofilas and some have iombs
| In this whole island the common people
are very poor, MT so much from neces-
sity. because laborers' pay is very high;
but chiefly from the effects of that mon
strous curse, the Havana lottery Their
only dream and hope of wealth is that it
will come 10 them by winning prize
Ia hat pplx
siole dollar Is saved aud cherished to buy
the ticket that shall make the holder rics
| The prize may come to one. while ten
thousand Others die, with the igRis- fItaus
of their hopes not yet reached. and they
are buried in their shallow graves-shrouc-
less and cofiinless.
pity It's that Cuba had not long ago
been a child Of the United States Now.
with it, Objectionable people, It wonll Ne
an unpleasant medicine 10 take Aud be.
side that we are so very conscientious aud
courteous toward other nations. that We
could not take il IL freely offered by Spain
and by the people here. even though the
offer would In some way be plainly count
ersigued by the Supreme Ruler OF the Uni
/ verse. 1t would only become a matter for
Congress to quarrel over
This city j. not old it was fourded In
1919 by some general 10 whom Spain made
grant or privilege If the surrounding
country snd hsy The place bciag lsjd ont Al
such = modern date aud with som. tiegre,
vi foresight. gsyc II the al, antage or
most perfect order 10 the plan sud fair
Width of H. streets blth II which cuuui
;ious are AWAY, % uo,icesbly ab>en, III
ali older places and especial, in those Of
Lsun settlement
The town must haye grown somewhat
rapidly In it, youth because tw,nt,-uiu,
years ago IL was about the ssm, a, uon -
can see but little change in all That .lusr
The ZANE large church faces tie quar-
the most conspicuous building to he sccu
Intended to 70. whit, or Of yellow l-h
tint. but now of deep mildrN graz,
/ There ha- been however. large theatre
I built within the pa, ry" Or * yeAr-. arl
I lately about one street. 10 each yctr J. irn
I up ani improved
/ The hArblr-rracn,d through ,lr.n hut
I very narrow chann..-f, one of ILL., npr.t
I ID Al. the world. There j. safe m,artnu
room for large part Of all ID. >h..
ping ahoat /, j. said thst long before
there WAS any legitimate settlement, here
there Was a village ia some par, IF ne
hsrbor As 8 rendrzyou, Of the Caribbean
pirates.
The hr.t name Of the p'ace wa> Fy
nandina while the harbnr or bay ~. and
/ still l., called XagUa The modern nalne
Of the city. Cirnfucgos would mean IL
EnEli~h, hundred frrs. IL was 70. IT.
pllcd from sny local happenings. As ntsi.;
be supposed, but 80 called III honor If 4
Spanish marquis with that h1Iecau-t-c
name.
The dwellings 10 Cuba Ate uuch TIE
same : they are al over Southern Elrnpe
not the slightest suggestion about n, ~
Of anything American All buildings II
any consequence are OF ,hick-nal.,d ma.
sonry, pia>trrcd -mooih out-ids. aud zen
orally painted OF lme-ws>ht=i IN yrp.n