The Republican journal., 1898-05-05
sugar. Making In Cuba.

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n,sseut var began Cuba had fifteen
Lad and twenty one prosperous sugar
..-.ns. To day ''the sound of the
Inn, ) low;' for only 6 of them are
.ron A few weeks ago l visited
tIe six. which is situated in the
...stern corner of the province of
..-,- 1t was an all-day's railway
leaving Havana at 5 a. m. and
.-... Tie goal soon after sunset. Prob
~. N niles would cover the distance,
.t...rlv flies, but the road-original-
..,- accommodate the large estates
4.. 20 and fro like the lacking of
travelling by rail in Cuba is sell
.n. loved delight, and in these trou-
..-t usual slowness and irregularity
the heat, dust and absence
.tauons-trains are now in mo-
.1 danger of being fired into, derail-
I'd by bombs, and each has its
s.et. Enactment of two ironclad
,U,4 with Spanish soldiers stand
....., .ir .uns at the loop holes. So
.... travellers watch every thicket,
..l hollow which might possibly
4u nsUgent, and throw them
.. M u the dirty floor of the car at
..-r Indication of attack. Miles after
4 aopafin1l.
-U+l edges, beginning close on the
...-rs ~ Havana, show the boldness of
Avenues OF royal palms are passed
Naesent yistas of smooth, round
u-, aEched with living green. Each
...-s sl .eudid avenues once marked the
.r,ru., to a rich plantation; now they
4 - nothing but melancholy ruins.
e... mneys standing alone, blacken-
a.-rVers. tumbled walls, piles of rusting
-al.aer,, are all that is left of homes
Sill agar mills. On top of each ruin
.rf Tie scavangers of Cuba, gorged
mps ytI-ures, the only well conditioned
-qtr.. 60 be found on the island Here
a.s. tall ceiba trees, pronounced
.ubaa stretch wide their arms, laden
7.t many colored orchids. Occasional
lns burned some months ago, show
5n NuuIe hastens to hide her wounds
20 les- warm regions. Lusty weeds
ara- tekly among the charred cane
,rbo Bossoming vines creep over
a4ei walls, and roses riot in the
l55e aslge -rows-not the delicate pink
lre accustomed to see growing
r He North, but tropical roses, gor-
msOn and yellow. The voice
-aaow- lark is heard, the plaintive
phoebe" and the sweet little
tie Cuban toneguin. Palms in
eight and Misunderstanding in
liug the ravines and browning
.. Ns; but nowhere in all the desc
ata uaJry is there the trace of gar
outside the fortified villages.
Q-e..- and the beehive forts are seen
-N rs many as Is or 20 can be count
eli all so tiny that one is contin-
a..- i.4oded of Senator Proctor's sug-
AIRY one home on his watch
. Luco, MatanZas, Cardenas, and
..~. .als are passed-each with its in
impairment of recOncentrado
-.ntsS, in groups of squalid huts
.- -uns of the forts. At every
S.. &nish soldiers swarm and starv-
-ols make piteous appeals. To
coin enough to relieve their
1.@ Is, would require the wealth of Cro-
escort did the best be could for
rlshing out at every stopping
F4 -4 l1Ying the entire stocks of all
in sight, with which to fill the
"s lands The Cuban bread-selIer
3 Il special paragraph. Besides
Ia he city streets numerously, at all
..aT tlt seasons, he is always found at
aay stations when trains come in,
vgy large, low wicker basket on
-' -.'l ailed with small, crusty loaves
ble overgrown biscuits. He is
-- I'D degree, bare footed and gen.
'~ we headed, economizing his bat
-ai by carrying it in the basket
aAaE caves.
@A 43urs of slow riding through
occupied country, between
-"A-a nalields on either side, with the
'-'Sr rom more burning fields or insur-
-l eanp-fres visible in several direc-
~'-' We left the car at night fall, at
-'N-'la little hamlet of palm thatched
11@ What was our establishment on
"-'. dle iu the mud of this desolate place,
t.a a few yards away, modern
at =zactly like those in use in New
4 aud Washington, only decidedly
''41ei Everything about it was fresh
'- .im-Spotless windows, straps to
' of, nothing missing but the nickel
.le conductor with his bell punch.
were within the boundaries of the
- state and the car is for the use of
'n,-E and his family, who had come
Is. Then away we were whisked
e7 miles of car track-between
stately palms, hedges of giant
1 ll uQundless stretches of sugar
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