The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-05-04
49,. ite in the Cuban Capital,

sB. Habana, April 18th,
.l YEAR % seems to present
.-- 4 seasons over all the
ere, and the summer in
commonly cold for the
o- asst winter in the United
dest inhabitant of this
.rs not remember another
.ale blankets were needed
when everybody who was SO
possess an overcoat, wore
v mornings and evenings.
amy season was scheduled
to begin a month ago, and
-lat intervals every day, no
-t descended TO refresh the
After seven months of
avness the face of the
-le desert Of Sahara, dust
uz clouds-trees, hedges,
ysty object, animate and
e.e4rd white as the miller
sep half way clean is
tue's traditional peck
a quickly acquired and
LouSewitely care can
and furniture and every
.l and taste from being
l5 with the 1ine white
ain OF which carries an
exceedingly active flea.
about the streets with
.pep wagons, OF in IN
oerried on their heads,
elds. cooked and uncook-
i.I sale outside the shops,
n dust and yermin. The
l-etaTian is soon cured of
meat in Cuba, The sight
INKS Of flesh, blackened with
re the sun beside a shop
au0ugh-but worse to see it
the butcher 5 cart. Hav-
order for 50 many pounds
4y per diem, as we order ice,
ives around i'll the morning,
to announce his arrival,
ok Of the proper weight and
DO the door with the long,
hampton ten-pin player.
bounds along the dusty
Ling in transit, yet leaving
IN its way to the patio,
e, long unnoticed, until a
res To stumble overit. Only
line Of food can be counted
av clean in Cuba, and that is
-he milk is called which is
nom the COW, before your
luor. 1t sells for fifteen
but alas, is said to be
.- -e~ome even than the meat,
-le Of Cuba are diseased.
change 1o1 the better in
.romised tor Ihe near
w. q. War;, proprietor of
- iu Augusta, Ga, and Nj.
u uer of the Charleston,
~ have recently formed a
importing cattle from the
various points in Cuba.
aa.ej Will all be raised in
olinaS ard Tennessee, up
be shipped to the island
4i those from the lowlands
Ieeding purposes. Their
OF zoo head, was made
..-a-
ad better eschew while
u- is made here aud the
generally too rank to be
aa bread, however, is ex-
l- cal overcome his natural
the tiny black specks with
-Iaily peppered, each speck
baked flea. Each small,
wrapped in banana leaf
which gives to the crust its
wA Nou may furnish the
if you like, receiving
an average Of 90 lbs. of
lbs. Of flour.
The dust, which gives to
irritating throat trouble,
acking cough and intolerable
uIs me Of a new order lately
.-.U toy hief of Police MenOcal,
his force were deprived of
Witch are to the Cubans as
~ and mainstay of life, and
s hidden the men to drink
Willie on duty, under penalty
l- line for each violation Of
tle poor fellows obey it
v must suffer tortures while
ttese hot and dusty streets,
-4 u drink of water is to be
the price of two dollars,
e i their meager salaries will
E man with about two drinks
r95ably the reason for the
rider IS found in the rumor that
eo paniards poisoned the wells
euauas and other parts of the
.5aaa 5 comparatively new water
III dat could be desired in the
Hlrhfulness and abundance; but
many ancient wells in the
eat most unsanitary sections,
a,euts have long been deadly
aid Of Spanish poison. The
erected by the queen of