Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-25
ISLA DE LOS PINAS.-
The Carlsbad Of the Western Observation-Disclosures.
full Healing Springs Which VIII soon Become N Mecca
Of Ains Ar1erieans-A ealmy Cruise in Cuban Waters

ohUEing proprietor and some Of the
comforts Of life. \ great deal IL lack
Ing however. which mine host under
present circumstances cannot supply.
| liy aud by. when the war iH ended ana
prosperity restored 10 long. suffering
cuba, some northern Bonifnces viii
! come down here With sufficient cnui-
tal tn make Of It an ideal resort. The
climate le as near absolute perfection
az can be found this side % heaven
the dfypurc air. cooled boy hreozra from
the nDnr-by ocean and odoroua N the
pine forests AZ present only one " tho
springs that called 'Tbmplad1" item
remtcl is used us n bath. a house has
been erected over o.. divided into com.
Itrtmnuts Tor ladies' ana gentlemen.
cnrh bathing pool being twelve fopt
by siX. with four inches VI water on e.
floor ~ solid stone Tho temperature
~ the wnter ls NJ degrees Talir.. and II
very strongly imprcFuated with oNy-
zen, chruuuic acid rHHHHH. chloride %
sodium. suluhnto OF lime. ultfufr OF
lime. Iron. mHgncsIi. rlirN. chloride NJ
calcium. ana nobody knows what other
com iituuuta making about the mast
Test drink imaginable. Besides 10. the
SAVIOR N added eggs. common tD most
IMMORAL springs ~ nm uhr0Hlu. and
even the smell N 10 ronpfnliyn acts ns
lively Umotir ON The new clmorH. Ths
regulation cure here .ar prescribed by
thc Cui1n doctors Tor almost every do.
ease known to mhtDrin modica. d. flui
glnH1uH q day ~ the water nud two
baths but 10 ~ probable that thy Pine
udufu, tho warm, pure mir aud HIupl
diDi. and above nll faith. have much
tp do with H. ~ my rate. "a great
many surprising cures have been eject
ed. particularly ~ bronchial. rhouma-
tic and acrufui0uH complaints. tnvulids
have been brought from the steamers
on Filters apparently Just ready b. give
up the ghost. who In weeks time
hurF back and IN 70 month have gone
home good nH new ana woll aH any
body n tho springs were managed
hN some sensible. v.f1.-nwnko. Iudi HlouH
Nngiu-s1Non. they would soon become
the funiiufium N the continent. besides
which las liavlH In Sew Mexico white
sulphur w Virginia. Saratoga and other
N our spa would hide their diminished
heads A. u BE. no hero is not unHn.
durable, though lacking many NJ tho
creature comforts 90 which northern.
rrH uU accustomed Moro pleasure
seekers would better stay awnyshut one
whose health n NJ stake Cnn afford 90
nrht Astounding vonnin and put up
with short cumwunH' FOR q season
El0nH. reaches. spiders. n thousand
wrgEllnr, crawling. singing creatures
hUayt you continually on the Isle uf
plnar. You IND tho posts between the
sheets md ~ the food. They prp,mpt
your shoes nt night and the garment.
YOU nr" wearing hv day; md N 'hHN DO
not take bodily possession ~ YOU whole
colonies N them settling down com.
fnrt1hlv ON your hair and CnrH and roa-
trila while you arr catching forty
wlni,H" M troubled slumhor In tn I'M
tcrvnlR ~ wnrfnrr, YOU ore exception
ally fortunate. Even Eden had o. a.r.
p0nt, you know; and d1uhtlsss % more
advanced state ~ civilization here win
plague ~ vcrnln.
Expenses ne this snn nrr very m1der.
ate. The beet hotel charges i225 Per
diem. American money Tor ~ phuiccRt
accommodations. Including baths. sod
de horses may Boz hired nt ftr 81 %
por day. and carriages az pruportlonltr
rates Thorr are many charming
walks md drives IN tho unlghbur'ug
I hills md Interesting nll-dhy oNrur-
nlnns may be- made 10 sugar or'nteH
ana Pine apple plantations. The ma
tlvfH m Isle de- luH pluuH nrn simple.
Kind. hearted people whose greatest
pleasure seem 60 b. chatting with
rir'rrcru rrd listening 90 thHir nr-
counts % tho outer world. TO them
on beyond tho horizons rim. or az
most beyond the limits ~ cuba, is "a
terra lncornlta NJ mora than Munohnu.
son wonder, The young children go
about entirely naked and the uulycr.
snl Innocence. combined with tho ut
most dignity md nunctilious courtesy.
h. charming to behold.
The Hull ls extremely fertile hut only
small portion m tho island a. under
cultivation, 4 Few ~ tho green vnl-
loyH nrr used ns cattle ranges Tohlc-
co ana sugar nro cultivated 60 linn
itnd ovtcnt ana pluonpplcH are perhaps
thH staple Product There has been
some trade m woods mahogany pine
and cedar ana might be- much more.
Spirits ~ iurpentlnp, pitch tar, sui
phur tortoise rholl ana crystals nrc
also among tho poTFihle exports fl-
yer. quicksilver ana lrnn exists In tho
hills, Hnd the marble qunrriFs nre prnc-
ucnlly lrrNh1uHtnhlD. The great
swamp. known locally NJ IA Clrnare"
Ohe crocodllel n totally uninha'dtcd
except by 70 fcw hnif-gnvuru negro
fishermen. most ~ whom worr runn-
ways during slavery days There Il
no access 60 ~ groom iunTloH except
by dangerous and uncertain fpOtpnths
on tho land side. or by two-dny'H rail
hont Journey from Nuevo Corona,
through tortuoua channels known only
to tho Initiated. The whole place IN
said IN he swarminE with rerpentH and
crocodlleH nf exaggerated sizes,
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.