The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-17
.CUBANS.IIMPA1IENT.
/ Forthc Freedom they Sought for
II So Many Years and
GOV GENERAL BROOKE'Si TASK
IL not an Easy one, but he Seems to BIO
up 10 it--Ano,her Graphic Deserip.
4 ton OF People and Customs in
Havana by Mrs. a. II. Patterson.
n Food and Drinks OF CubHns from
the American Standpoint.
the American Standpoint. 4

In her fourth Havana letter to the
3IntellIgencer. Mrs. A. II. Patterson
writes OF Spanish cookery as pracuced
: in Havana. and gives It anything but u
7 fair name. Whiskey imbiblng Ameri-.
cans, she tells, are perforce obliged to
prohibit themselves from indulgence, in
\ their appetite-at least while in Cuba.
4 Most entertaining is the writer's
Y reference to the "black Coffee
that meets one at every turn
;SinS Havana. 1t viii possibly sur
& prise the reader TO learn that blockade
I: prices still obtain in the Cuban capital.
i Special Correspondence OF lntelllgencer.
HAVANA. Cuba, Jan. 1O.--on satur-
s day, January Z. nj. 1880 o'clock the
american commission took leave Of
a Havana. and set sail on the Mascotte
for the United States. General Wade.
OF the commission, having transferred
q his authority. civil and military, to
Y General John Il. Brooke. U. S. a., now
q military governor OF the island OF Cuba.
Ii General Brooke is a handsome man, OF
= commanding presence, fine military
bearing and rather overpowerlng digni-
Y ty; a strict dlsclplinarian and said TO
Y have hand OF iron for every Cuban.
Spaniard or American who disputes his
4 authority. This, however, In no way
disqualiiies him as the man for the
place. IA military governor does not
suggest; he commands-a military COM
Il: mand admits OF no retort, 1t Is final.
III The heart OF the Cuban Is sore that
absolute freedom IL still an elusive WIS.,
3 Ion. Manana," (the indOlcnt Cuban's
tavortte world, has come 1t last, usher
ing In q new era, like an electric
search-light flashed upon some palm
Z Swallowed glade. which had known only
the sunshine. the glow worm and the
l moon light" As yet he Is able to sec
only q change OF dictator, but Il gov
3 ernor general who would admit for Il
F moment that that was open to argu-
ment would be. fatal TO the peace Of
Cuba.
On oil sides, by the Americans. Gen.
z erals Wade and Butler are commended
for their presence OF mind In refusing
10 motto the implied insult offered by
the Cuban officers. who, on January ].
tore down the Cuban flags that had
been used to decorate the buildings OPP
j poste to the Trocha, the headquarters
Of the commission. After all. the
n sons of Cuba, tho perhaps lacking In
the sterling strength and manly vigor
4 OF the sons OF the north-tho' their In
fammable, volatile nature Is utterly |
unable to combat the cool-headed OIL
Ger whose strong arm holds them pow
erless. still, 1t must be confessed, they
appeal 10 the sympathy OF the onlooll-
ers. They fought nobly and we'll.
against desperate odds. For thirty
years they have risked all and suffered |
all. The blood Of Marti and Maceo,
and OF scores Of thousands Of their |
"a brethren, betrayed, famished and |
butchered, cries to them from the earth |
that received it. Is it to be wondered
that they are eager. trembling. impu-
tientIto enter into their Inheritance, so |
= dearly bought, SO soemnly be-
ssqueathed?
For Freedoms battle once begun,
;Bequeathcd from bleeding sire TO son,
Tho baillcd oft, Is ever won.
One feature which strikes the tourist |
y In Havana Is the countless number Of |
cares. Not that Havana Is Il city OF |
lntemperance. On the contrary, have
not seen northumberland man since
q my arrival. altho' the excitement OF the
scenes through which L have passed,
2 ana their tremendous import to the nc
tors of the moment, would have offered
SUFFICIENT excuse for much hllarIty and
pipuious celebration In the north, even,
y perhaps. IN: the sober and staId old town
2 OF wheeling. There Is nothing offen-
+ siFe to the. lady who walks abroad.
. ana the utmost consideration Is shown
10 all Americans. It is nothing unus-
ual. when on the promenade, to hive
4 naii-grown children OF both sexes, and
Doth colors. clap their hands In our,
z hSces, ana shout, Five los Ainerlcan0s.'
An american bar. unless patronlzcd
I s!stne unwary American soldier, would |
NC n dismal failure here. The climate
admits OF no indulgence In whlskev,
rum or any drinks Of a heating nature.
ana many poor boy In blue has fallen |
Z a victim to his Ignorance of this fact. |
ano MS effort TO forget In, the flowing
poWi the girl lie left behind him."
! LiGht wines are used here In modera-
tloin, and beer. which sells ut forty
4 Genus per small bottle. also gin. I am
itold mat upon asking for the latter bey-
erage, large glass, with crushed Ice,
VII oe set before You, and bottle OF |
Sln, from which you are permitted to
oA'stIt' ~ i've Gents glass,
80 the cafe here is never Just n place
! Tor drinking. but always a place for
eating as well. 1t Is safe to saw that
at least two-thirds of the well-to-do
people In Havana take their meals In |
care. and onc-halr OF the other third |
have meals sent in" To my benisht-
ed intellect and simple West VirGinia |
tastes, the cooking OF Espana Is sOme- |
tbinS loo intricate TO annlyZe, and too
awful to describe. A bright writer In |
late issue Of popular magazine
says: If I could Imagine the gods on |
olympus to habitually dine on first |
class Cuban fare, nm heather from
thls day hcnccforth." and 1t may be
mat II requires the altitude of Olympus |
70 Elorify the strange mixture Of garlic |
ana rancid oil and the unknown that |
is daily set before us. A few excep-
lions must make 10 this. Their bread |
Is excellent, and the coffee, TO one who
IS Iona or the Egyptian berry, Is ut, |
indeed' FOR the Olympian heights. They |
nave also delicious methods OF serving
ilesli, and so, with these. and salad |
from the perennial tomato, cucumber, |
water creSs or lettuce, taken with some |
OF the fine fruits that abound here. one
need not become too intimate with
STARVATION. even in the absence of the
sreal american cook. There Is abso-
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