The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23


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. lhp4.H . loMc hclds sway. The '"-
b t'.4 De, 70 ,vst. ~ hen found u wa
o. he .ll ara our Dasgalc would not
/ nr esq d. Dr. .,. and allowed 90 -t''H
] thyO. D.. at Gus toms house that "at
We Nt.. ga tnrec much ANNOYED. Nt
wafft, .A1lgc Of clothing. ana 90 Rev
| that. hau to have ong trunks. As the
only one OF us vino could speak any
Spanish. / went forward with my r,7
bow. and addressed the OLiccr WIN llt
most gold lace. the greatest hlHp'l "a
brass buttons. and the loNeheas no,
and asked n. as n favor ne Nouiu "O'
order our baggage passed that AFTERNOON.
We were no ordinary travellers rs ne
could not help but see. bui men %
tiuCtiOn. and wanted our gooi cio'htS,
so We might present an appearance hot
too much out Of harmony WIN INC nH"d-
some costumes 80 extensively III cflu'iIN'
He was obdurate nut s'"astuo''s 40
apart from his brother oihccfs az we
talked. and at last said. whcn out OF
their hearing. that Tor Consideration u
might be done and what would Signor
give him TO order II done; an" "o1i" "'J
dollars be too muchy ! told MN
thought a $50 gold piece would he
about tho proper amount with. say, my
cents 10 a trusted servant OF MS 10 take
our baggage 10 the hotel, and 10 receive
the said 81 ~ gold piece ~ him. The
idea impressed him, and, moving PACK 10
his associates, conference was heiu,
in which he set forth the hardship 10 US
and at last n was ordered TO be placed
ashore. lie got his $3.50. for that even
ing, in a cafe. he told us so, ana thank
ed US. and was willing 10 join us AT our
dinner but we left him under the i'm
preston that, while we would ordinarily
he glad TO have him, yet IT was so We
could not ask him to join us Just then
Santiago is an old, old city, bullt IN
billy country. and is on the southern
coast of cuba. It's population numbers
probably 10000, but most OF inc people
are very poor one sees much poverty
I'm Cuba and YOU miss the Well-dreSsed
and prosperous looking mechanic. ana
working man. who adds so much to the
material and moral wealth OF our blessed
country. The houses are the iyp-cai
Spanish-American house, square ana low
without front yard or lawns, the resi-
dences and all houses being built 10 the
sidewalks. as are our stores. me
streets are narrow and irregularly laid
Off, and when paved. are rough as CON
ble-stone pavements must be. Out from
the centre of the city the roadways are
terrible, being badly washed by the heaNE
periodical rains until gulleys several Itet
wide and deep. are often seen ms
makes driving very difficult and uncom-
Portable in the city. and outside me cor
porate limits there IS neither comfort nor
pleasure TO be had from a drive. althouE,h
the country, with its mountains ana Ndl-
leys. and the beautiful bay below you'
are so fair TO look upon
HOW YOUNG MEN PROPOSE
One of our experiences in Santiago was
quite interesting to me. We met one OF
the many Cubans who had llVed In me
United States, and who claimed 10 pe
an American citizen. and IN view OF That
fact attached himself 10 us. ana our
Englishman gave him employment Tor
couple OF days in t"e position OF inter-
prefer. and gentleman guide. IN return
for this he invited us TO visit ms family
but | was the only one VINO hdd the
temerity 10 20. The others sad, as they
spoke no Spanish, they would not 60
but / went and enjoyed II. There were
ten or dozen women, old ana youhS,
and five or six men, some married ana
some single and in the long saloon par
Tor there We're two rows OF large bent-
wood rocking chairs. on one side the
women sat and on the other the men
took their places There we sat facing
each other. everybody rocking ana every
body talking Conversation was as con
slant and as universal as at lNe
o'clock tea. After WhIe q VISITOR
came ina young man OF about twenty
one or two-and. after the storm OF greet
ing. and after being patted on me pdcA
by all the men, and by several OF the olq-,
er ladies' he took his seat on The slue
with the ladies' Then II was that every
body told me the young man was ehbde-
ed 10 the young lady by whom he SAT,
and / was also told II would have been
equivalent TO a proposal for him TO nave
sat there, had he not been engaged. ~
IS sad, however, about lovers IN spanish
countries, LOT JUN never SUE
except with Dolores mother, or others Oh
the family present, and, poor thilbs,
they have'to stand all manner OF teasing.
While there was little chance OF our
forgetting this so-called American clu-
zen vet he tried TO impress himself upon
us the morning of the day we left san
tiagO. At a rather early hour that morn
ing a young man presented us win
noie from him. telling Of his high esteem
for rs making declarations OF MS uhuF-
ing devotion, and expressing many hopts
that he would see us in our homes-dhu'
To he understood, be our guest-and, IN
a postscript, asked would we not be so
good as 10 lend him twenty-five dollars
for two or three hours. He would GER
tainlv return IL before We salled. IL Is
hardly necessary to say ne dld Hol tS.1
the money as. while we did not know All
the characteristics of the people yet we
did know that three dollars day Tor the
eight days we were IN Santiago was 700
much To pay for the acGudiht@hce on
that individual. Not at all put out by
our refusal TO loan him, ne and halI
dozen OF his friends came off 10 the
steamer 10 say goodbye TO rs. We
treated them well. and when they leil
US. they were all singing, ana we imasin-
ed they sang. For he is jolly. good rel
low" but the Cuban pronunciation OF
Tnelish is sometimes difficult TO under
stand. -.
fair that ] should speak of II as being the
scene of the Nirginius affair. This was
the sefzing on the high seas Of an Amer
lean steamer by "a Spanish man-oi-wdr
during the last revolution in cuba. rms
steamer was the Nirginius. and she was
taken TO Santiago by the Spaniards, ana,
despite the protests of the United states
Consul. who was kept prisoner IN MS
house. with Spanish soldiers there on
guard upwards of half the crew OF the
Nireinius was taken ashore and shot.
The remainder. some lorty-Odu meh
think. was about the number, were 10
share the same fate next day, when
small English manor war, VINO was
moving around TO see that matters gen
orally were kept straight came INTO
port Her captain learned the cause OF
the trouble, saw how unlawIully SPAN
had acted. and how she had violated the
laws OF the high seas. and at once gave
notice to the general in command at san
tIaeo that unless the crew Of The v IT.
rinius was put back on her and she
men placed beyond the limit of Cuban
waters he would fire on the CITY. lie
had only one small vessel, it is true ana
there were a number OF Spanish men-of
war in the harbOr. and his little vessel
would have been blown TO atoms In
very few minutes. He might be lost,
but ne had right on his side. and If he
was fired on England would avenge MN,
and defend the right CHAT Is Anglo
Saxon pluck. Don't you admire 10
The surviving members OF the crew were
mt aboard the Nirginius. and next day
She went TO sea under guard or spanish
forces. Three miles out from shore the
Spanish forces left her, and in a short
while she was found to be settling, and
II turned out the Spaniards had scuttled
- ora left hpr 10 sink What did our