The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-09-07
dastronomy in Cuba.

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.- Fi,e. The Art of Omelettes.
. correspondence to The Journal.
SANTA CLARA DE CUBA, Aug. LIST
ty If the good Santa Clara, capital
.,s lca province of the same name,
DIP. population of over IS, 600, is alto
LEFT the quaintest town of its size |
ALI. seen in Cuba. Dmewhat outside
,1tl lines of foreign travel, though
eomparatively little central
.o.t Z has managed to retain much of
,Iv'r Of antiquity through nearly
+. uw-going centuries. Two hun
... lul sixteen miles southeast from
#B and midway between Sagua la
lud Trinidad, it lies in the very
.. The island, and the centre of the
sugar producing district. Its mar
-uy streets, lined with one story
PAINTED pink, purple, gray and
5dte from central plaza after
.-dun of Spanish America and
lalf-way up the low hills that
be town. Our party was met at
% 10y Captain Bean and his lieu
and escorted up town with ''the
90 war, in an ambulance drawn
OF all the humping, jarring,
5eating modes of transit invented
$751; surely the army ambulance de
,ae palm, and how the sick and
ever endure it passes civilian
usi0n. "Rattle his bones, over
mes, shouted jolly, dark eyed
Sean at the top OF his voice, to
M above the clatter of boots and
ls Miss Barton and her bevy of
llaas followers bumped heads to-
All holding on for dear life and
with braced heels and stitfened
rs fro retain the perpendicular. ''Real-
ltinued be squaring his broad
e1s, this is healthy exercise,
rather rough on beginners. At
lte If is the best cure in the world
>pepsia. Just look at me. | have
iii thirty pounds of supertiuous
since leaving Wisconsin and never
$ we'll in my life. "
raat, rambling, one stored Hotel
--a Clara, kept by a dark browed
nan late of Seville, is charmingly
>que, with its several flower. filled
surrounded by sleeping rooms, its
.ngs and manner of service as
rs anything in Spain. The beau
tlass bed steads, with their elab0r-
2eues of satin and lace, are inno-
mattresses, the most being thin
-uread upon woven wire springs.
r-au only the sheet; for the Cubans
.Aac the less you lave under you
eping in their climate, the better
tb. Carpets, Of course, there are
The tiny stand at the head Of the
-oils the inevitable candle in a
stick" the wardrobe is big
-o sleepin and tie clay water jars,
ar pattern to those designated in
~ OF the Forty Thieves, excite
II c0vetousness in the most relig-
art. The great windows, bulging
street and extending from floor
u4 have neither glass nor curtains,
heavy wooden shutters inside the
provided with little hinged doors,
uniting a modicum OF air when
Is essential.
4te sola, o con Ieche 50 Coffee
u with milk?) is the first thing
leaI very early in the morn
The chamberlain presents him
orders. Be advised, whatever
.e your custom at home, and
con leche;" because Cuban cot
bic according to the national rule,
& rs night. bitter as death aud hot
lis palatable only when served (
aoiled milk, in the proportions of
uths milk. Then it is a beverage |
i. lie gods-if those mythical person
merit better things than other folk.
.tA, nowhere can more excellent COT
Me- found, even in Paris or the Ger
ties; and as for the United States
Fag,d knows that Americans, with all |
e0nceit, have not yet learned the a,
NJ 0tfee making. Most of the coffee
fl Cuba is grown on the island, and |
etmes the housewife goes out into
wn back yard and picks the beans,
pick peas for dinner. She browns
rod deal blacker than we roast cot
lever more than the days supply at
and grinds it only when required
oking. She also uses a good deal
ot it than we do-never less than a
e4cup of ground coffee for each pint
'er, not boiled or soaked, but slow
Tered through; and the milk to ac-
iny it is always served piping hot.
e-4, the Cubans have very little use
law'' milk in any form; they are too
afraid of disease germs-and with
4Adaut reason. A Cuban never drinks
except when the cows are driven
10 Hoor to door. Then up and down
rect, servants are seen rushing out
j cups and glasses to be filled direct
the COW, and the foaming fluid is
* without the needless formality of
ming.