The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-01-05

| Headache Circ X I'LL cure any Kind If headache in
! few minutes thlf his cold Cue Will quickly
break up any form n cold aud SO through the
entire list 81 remedies.
Guide 10 Health ana medical advice abso-
lntely free. Prof Mun3 on 1908 Arch st,
Philadelphia
know them in the United States, do not
exist in Cuba There are a few apart
ment houses, wherein scantily furnished
rooms may be rented at the rate of from
ten to fifty dollars per mountaineering
coffee and limited attendance included.
Shelter and lodging thus secured, one
may 60 to some hotel or restaurant for
meals; or depend, as the natives usually
do, upon the omnipresent canteneros,
(canteen boysl who serve meals all over
the city. Near the regulation breakfast
and dinner hours from 10 o clock a M till
noon, and between . aud : p. m.-you
see them by the score, each cantenero
carrying a nest of white or blue porcelain
basins set into light frame work, the han
die bar of which rests upon his shoulder
The food thus served is cooked in central
kitchens and sent out as hot as possible.
The price varies with the number of
courses desired-from thirty to fifty
dollars the month In all Spanish
America, you know, the customs of South
ern Europe prevail in the matter Of eat
ing, the late breakfast and early dinner
consisting of about the same articles, each
served by itself, making the simplest meal
a ceremonious affair of several courses.
The canteen arrangement has its advan-
tages, as well as its drawbacks Some es-
sentials are sure T. be forgotten, such as
salt, knife or spoon the food is likely to be
unpleasantly cooled in transit. and in time
everything tastes alike, Of the tin, tinny-
from soup to dessert. On the other hand
while men may fare well III clubs and res
taurants women who are alone in these
lands where the mediaeyal idea of seclu-
sion for females still prevails, cannot APP
pear uuaccompanied in public places
without great embarrassment to them
selves and trequentinsult One who has
acquaintances in the city may be certain
OF invitations to. Stay il private houses;
hut you should remember thai these
pIoveibially hospitable Hlbanese have
now little ready cash. Despite palatial
city homes and extensive plantations in
the interior, the presence of guest at the
board for weeks Or months might prove
severe tax upon the family, and to offer
money in return would be to wound their
pride beyond PREPARATION. Therefore, un-
deferred by gruesome report of fever,
your correspondent went to her old home,
the Pesaje hotel, whose proprietors
speak English and make a special point Of
caring personally for their guests
Luckily for recent arrivals, the panic that
ensued in the Pasaje after the sixth
| American yellow fever patient had been
taken out of it, left few unoccupied
corners. The truth is, there is no more
| danger of fever in one house than
another, public or private, in Habana
| Danger is present everywhere, and the
worst time is yet to come, when Ameri-
can sanitation begins III earnest. In all
fever haunted places, from Mexico to
Brazil, the experience Of centuries is the
same-that the germs seem to lurk in old
walls, drains and sewers and wherever
the latter are disturbed, yellow Jack is
sure to break out in that vicinity. Even
in the always cosmopolitan Pasaje a
great change is apparent. During the
last year or two it has become the favorite
place of our countrymen in Cuba, being
newer and nearer to date than the once
its tableful of officers, capitalists and
business men from the L. 5. one would
hardly know it from New York caravan
sary-except for the marble floor, pillar
ed salon, and yellow satin canopied bed
| steads
The SWEETEST officers of the Spanish army
also made it their head quarters; but it is
noticeable that those who yet remain do
not swagger so much as formerly, order
less expensive wines at dinner, and glover
upon american pigs with a different
expression of countenance.
In the Prado in front of my balcony,
bands play every day; the evening paseo
in the beautiful Parque de Isabel is filled
with we'll dressed, chattering crowds, and
the theatres are nightly crowded, But
under all this apparent peace and good
will, the volcano shoulders. 1.-The shall
lows murmer, but the deeps are dumb. {"
RuSiness nroceeds in its uSual routine and