The Republican journal., 1898-07-28

who has devoted lifetime of active practice
and profound study to chronlc diseases i
horns of an unfortunate animal, the
then with a sudden jerk, goes ahead at
full speed, hosting the unhappy beast
high in the air. Sometimes there are two
animals in the same moose, frantically
paving each other; and the tortures they
undergo can only be dimly imagined, as
the cruel rope tightens around their horns
and cuts into the flesh by the terrible
strain of their weight Often the horns
are actually pulled from their sockets,
and the poor beast drops into the sea-
Otherwise, hosted to a sufficient height,
they are swung up over the deck, spinning
round and round like huge tops, until
dropped heavily upon the deck, where
they lie awhile, stunned and motionless.
Though SO CHASTITY a spectacle, it is
characteristic of the native taste that
women and children lean over the tatfrail
in high glee, enjoying every detail as at
the bull fight.
\ few hours after the headlands of
Gibara had faded from sight, we came
into the historic bay of Nuevitas. Its
entrance is through a river, with high
banks, like winding canon, four or five
miles long, which widens out in its course
into two bays. The first bay is named
Mayanabo, the second Nuevitas and into
each, two riyers empty. What glorious
morning it was, when we awoke to find
our ship swinging at anchor in the superb
inner bay. 1t was the very perfection of
spring weather, but such an April day as
Northern eyes have seldom seen, with the
wonderful blue of the sky the brightness
Of the veTdure, the purity of the atmos-
phere, the clearness of the waters.
Speaking of this place, Irving says that
columbus was struck with the grandeur
Of its features, its high mountains, which
reminded him of Sicily, its fertile valleys
and long sweeping plains, watered by
noble rivers; its stately forests and bold
promontoIies and stretching headlands,
which melted away into remotest dis
tances The inner bay is no less than
81 square miles in extent, and therefore
the Discoverer named it Puerto Principe,
principal Port) - not dreaming that
there were several grander ones along
the coasts of Cuba. He set up a cross
upon the neighboring height in token
IF in,
Nalezquez landed and founded
town, which he named Santa Maria
where Nuevitas now stands, the sad look
ing port at the extreme southern end of
tie immense sheet of water. Afterwards,
owing to the ravages of some local calen-
ture, the Spaniards moved on, to the In
dian village Caonao, and later to CANA
guey, now Puerto Principe, 45 miles in
land. The original Santa Maria however,
was never quite deserted, though in course
of time it took on several aliases, and is
now known as San Fernando de Nuevitas.
Seen from afar, its white walled houses
shining in the sun against the gentle slope
of palm crowned hill, it looks like the
city of a dream. But like others in
neglected Cuba, '''Tis distance lends en-
chantment,' and nearer view discloses
Astounding filth and poverty. Its popula-
ton numbers perhaps 5000 and it's only
importance is in the port of entry for
Puerto Principe and the place of ship
ment for large quantities of hides, sugar
and molasses. A 45-mile railway connects
the two places-when rowing bands of
patriots do not tear it up, as they have
years. Puerto Principe, capital of the
province of the same name, is in the
heart of the cattle feld.-on of the rich
est and most interesting cities of Cuba,
as well as the quai1test and farthest be
hind the times. Within it, old Tempus
seems to have forgotten his fighting and
been standing still since Columbus day
With a population Of 10000 or lore, it
has never boosted of hotel-nothing
better than posadas, as poor as that in
which Joseph and Mary found refuge.
However, the Cubans are so Hospitality
inclined that they never allow friend to
put up at a public house, and even
strangers may be sure of entertainment.
The narrow, crooked streets are mostly
unpaved, and the low houses of antiquat-
ed architecture are shabby in the ex-
treme.
There are several old churches, num-
Der of converts, theatre: Z bull ring and
group of more modern buildings for
government offices; but on the whole, you
are inclined to think that its high sound
ing title,-Santa Maria del Puerto Prin-
cipe-is rather misfit, being too large
for the place.
Immediately west of NueYitas bay the