The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-04-07

WIN w utlNbVt lCI UvvS sui
that has never yet known a~spadc,
with perfect climate and no Jack
Frost to fear. No one has been found
who has experimental with small
fruits, In fact it has not been a char.
acteristic trait Of. Cubans or Span
iards to experiment with anything.
AS flies rush into the house fore.
telling a storm, so spectators are
coming on every boat. They look for
an interpreter and proceed to investi.
gate, which is a sure fOrcrunner OF the
great emigration which Is bound TO
flood the island within the next two
years. Agents for millionaircs Ob.
tanning options on immense tracts Of
land, OF which one syndicate has pur.
chased twenty-one square miles with
an option on eighteen thousand acres
adjoining. Prospectors laying out i'm.
aginary lines OF railroad which is
bound to matcrialize into sure enough
road beds and rails in the near future
as tracts OF territory are being quiet.
~ picked up along the line. Other
prospectors arc tapping the mountain
sides for ore which may lie hidden in
great quantities beneath their rugged
surface. Manganese is the only vaIu.
able orc as yet discovered with small
tracings OF silver.
The outlook for the manufacturer
is especially gratifying, as there is
nothing made here excepting sugar
and cigars. Material for the manu-.
facturc of paper and glass is abundant
and costs nothing. Cotton trees grow
wild here and produce Il tlne silky
long tlbrcd cotton said to be superior
to our home product. Each tree is
said to produce from three to five
pounds Of cotton annually. Manu-
facturers of cotton goods would find
bonanza equal to the KlOndike in
these woods. Merchandising is u ven
ture with small probability Of success
for there is fear Of yankee 'sharpism'
that time alone can overcome. The
lumber OF Cuba is greatly overesti-
mated. There is plenty OF cedar and
IA wood that is as hard as Lignum vi.
tar, but mahogany Is not found in for;
est quantities Us has been written
travellers who have hunted for mal,Og-
any through the dense jungle-likc for
estS OF this end OF the island, found
an occasional tree. Let the lumber
men look to our Mississippi forests
for the gaining uf wealth, and not let
themselves be led away by the will-o-
the-wisp stories Of Cuban lumber.
There is nothing here for mechanics
All branches Of the trades are repre-
sented by the natives, who are excel.
lent in their particular branch, and
are to-day glad to work beside the
common labOrcr at As cents per day.
Cuba is paradise for the hOrticultur-
ist or agriculturist, and II freight
rates could be secured between the
island and the States the outlook for
amassing fortunes would be beyond
calculation. II annexed to the United
States Cuba would become u formida-
bic rival to our coast country. But
when the conversation drifts to an.
nexaJi0n one can scarcely repreSs a
smile at the uSelesSneSs OF such for.
mality, for within the next two years
the millionaires' club, whose head
quarters are in the Senate chamber at
Washington, will own every foot OF
productive territory here. The syn
dicate lately formed IN New York
with y capital Of $l2,OOO,OOO, which
has bought up the entire tobacco fac
tories OF Cuba excepting three plants
which are owned by Englishmen,
shows which way capital is trending.
Pests here, yes, tieas, flies red ants
and the same big reaches that tor
ment the hOusekeepers at home. All
travel In armies and a constant fight.
ing Is necessary to make enduIable.
But ccntipedes, scorpions, etc, are as
scarce as aligatOrs are at home. We
have never had the pleasure(?) OF see.
ing one. As to international trouble
and uprisings, we have no fear nor do
we anticipate any trouble therefrOn.
There is but one trouble that will
interest our "boys in blue" and that
is home. "HOmc, Sweet Home" floats
through their dreams and tints with
roseate hue every waking thought
No drill IS too hard or march too long
now, any ford goes. No 0matter wheth'
cr the clouds hang low or the sun beats
its pitilcss rays down upon their heads
1t will soon pass away, and their feet
will tread Informative soil and bright
home faces will greet them. But the
resident Americans grow more and
more low spirited as time hurries on
to the hour of their departure, ana u
must bc admitted that the better
classes Of Spaniards and Cuoans enter
with full sympathy into the sorrow
that lengthens our faces.
Col. Petit has made IL possible 70
live here, by enforcing neatness, and
cleaning up tile moral atmosphere He
has made education compulsory, and
the school rooms are crowded with
bright faced neatly clad children.
1t is the gossip In military circles
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