Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-25


In locating the Isle Of Pines. alth1u d
IL does not figure In the present war
and has seldom been heard ot iu LOO.
United states. But the world IN not Ions
ia remain IN Ignorance Of u. Soon aa
rsace IL restored and some lovcl-haaded
Yankee develops ~ wonderful springs
a. Will hold the same relation as SAN
uorlum to our continent that the Fur
p,s Valley ~ st. Mlchacls, In the AZ
orsa. does TO Europe. II lies on the
siuthorn coast Of cuba, about 90 miles
due south OF Havana city aud equi-
5istant from the western tip. and Is
the only isict Of size and consequence
among the thousands that encompass
tbe queen Of the Antilles. ! visited II
s,riy last spring. sailing westward
from Cionfucgos. but the future tide N
travel viii COME down from New YORK
gr Tampa TO Havana; thence two ot
tbrse hours by rail across the narrow
sst portion ~ cuba tothc dry little
s,uthcrn port Batabnno; ana then by
,f,,mcr, across "a miles ~ tranquil sea
Z, pine Island. a native coaster uafd
4, make the trip every Thurday from
uatahnno. until our blockade uut short
its,t,.,. II IL a most delightful lnut 3.
49, simitar to that among the Keys "l
~ Fi,ridn conHt-WiudinE In ana Out
",,,nr lnnumUrablc Ercon iHlrta whose
rUai.ninr beaches are uinErd Win
49,, Mains. over waters blue nH the
i. ~ smooth and gmluuuH ats %
.Il,,r. and 20 beautifully irtualuctul
,s,,t siar.fah lying On the allNcry not
w., md san- flowers growing fnr below
~ as though seen through glass. The
,tr Ia dslclnualy balmy, the same ln
ma, summor nH In winter, anu your
cv.s ar continually toasted upon IN,
beauty OF the verdurc-elhd Hhntc W.,
In miH-thc uunnahunga OF 'uolnen
'' ~, fslo OF Pines. also known ~
"a ina tlurcn) Amniln." ~ the SAM
u-t columbus discovered ON Juno
day In itot. and named Ia ENanE,llHt'.
N IL about 90 mll,s lang hy ~ ni9tu
and of exceedingly picturesque app,nll-
anr,-sr1asfd from end 10 end 10y I'VE
hill-rhalnH known % the AlgIla
II, and the Sierra de In paTullln, hpth
9xerarlnr 4 800 feet IN holrhi. liutwc"n
th.sa ranges are broad green Nhll'N
md many beautiful rivers, some ul
thorn ~ considerable dc-h ana nav.
gable four and nvc mllca' n Er,nl
swamp or jungle. Ike the cy'tflau'
of Florida, extending ncro~ NC ''' ,,pu
from east a. west, divides II lntn wv
,peuunI pnrts. aud every whore the thll
nine trren. which have given the Island
Ia later name. loom darby nEllnh'
tbs skv. II tH n singular fact thnt W,
ulnc family peculiarly y product or 'llu
and elevated regions. should nave inlu'
epeclca niHi In the tropics anu ny h'A,
%
upnn the mountain tops, ana palms hhu
yuccap In the torrld low-lnndHi but hel'
they grow amlnhiy side hy SIDE. Nv.
,,s,teties Of mines found In this Island
nre extremely rare ana 81 Hfoht lnt.iC
n, h,tAniata 10y being Hurroundcu Hun'
merged Gays. reefs, iHlets hnd lunl'gs,,
abie marshes, the channels of npptunrh
"a isle Dc Pines are 20 few ana intri.
cato mat In earlier days the piratical
faiisw who infested these waters, FOUND
n a safe and convenient hiding place.
For 800 years they made u favotltc
dspat Tor supplies and stolen trenHur"s'
and sailed forth from here on many q
murdcrous expedition. When dlHcgN.i.h
Nv Columbus, 10 was donHuly nnpulhttu,
but now has hardly 5000 people aud
only two insignificant VILLAGES yet lhc
ruaii island N priceless territory, Tor
threo thinrH-nnp marbles, wonderful
normal nprlngs and a climate uf such
unrvniiod anluhrlcty that Cuh1un cone
rldsr II an unfaillng pnnncea Tor con-
sumption The mountain ranges are AZ,
most entirely composed ~ hcgutiiul
uarbles. ~ an qualities and cplnir a
perfect mine ~ riches, waiting 90 De
davpl0pod hy cntorpriaug northern.
,fa ono remarkable mountain. called
. ~ Cnrau. tThe HouaeTN. seems 49, 1r-
tain every sort o. marble known M an
ths c1luTs uf the rainbow, plel NH ny
art In contrasting strata varying from
Hack. brown and gray 90 pnleHt tlnts
~ MINI. biue and green. Another low
mountain, called Los CrllialpH, u oven
more curious. iia steep Sides hfng 1T
orally coated with beautiful green rock
rrVainlr. though not Of great height
some nf these hills are Wild and impress
rive. presenting u reawnrl a success
sion Of sheer prcclplceH, 100 foot hlgh.
You may dlsombark at either OF the
ava Httie ports-Nucva Genoa. Ouro-
uounced Iny-i-onr-ah) or Santa fe-
both near the northern end o. the island
hut on opposite sides of the great
marsh. The regular steamer from lin-
Nunn goes firat TO Nueva Gcronn, which
o. situated about three miles up the
river CnaaH-bncked by hills ana
frautsd by an emerald plain dotted with
palm trees. II II the seat % what gnv-
eminent there " on the island. II be-
ing a dependency of the province NJ
Havana. mas n tolcrahlc hotol. some
fhnps and al one time maintained u
considerable Spanish garrison. liut this
fh.onlied Capital with ita third rate
comforts and Fnictles. II long way
from the chief attraction Of the Island
the ilfe-Fiylng springs, and therefore
most comorH pass II by for the wreiehcl
little hamlet called Santa Fc' around
200 tho northeastern side ~ the Island.
no reach ~. you sail up river N the
same name, 10 tumble down wooden
Landing place few miles above ~
mouth whore stll more tumhlcd
down vOlante waits IN take you tho rest
OF the way. The town II well named
"Holy Faith" FOR II takes q good denl
NJ that intangible commodity To mako
haarahle ~ many dlscomfnrts. A Wide.
hare space In the center OF the village.
called by courtesy a plaza, N occupied
hy heaps Of dust and garbage, dis
glrdod cans. and hungry dogs and won.
anring donkeya Around this general
dumping grounds the low, matched
houses arc built. strnFrllng m into r.
regular, uupaVCd streets, There ~ No
INN. or other public accommodation for
man or beast. oxccpt the plaza nfnto-
flli. Tho sooner you got out ~ tho
Wretchod place, tho better, ~ you re-
hire the dalnpldntcd volgntc whose
owner stands waiting. knowing from
previous experience that no fnrHIrncr
= going 10 stay long In Santa Fe. Now
b" has three miles harnesscd tandem,
Aul nourlshlng his whln over their
n'ads.wlth many prolonged "mulns-ah-
h-h.hl" hc rntiles YOU over the dusty
nfd at a pace which threatens 20 dis
ll.nt yourself na wen NJ the Vchlrlo.
Finally the low. green hills nrc reached.
whose stpen and quilted hvwavs mike