The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

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Asses milk IS universally used in Cuba.
OF course, cows milk can be obtained. at
s. a gallon! l don't drink milk since com
ing to Havana
Havana. formerly the pest hoe
of the world. is clean now. IL
Is as clean as any city In the States of its
size. The American authorities have
worked wonders since the first of the
year, and the natives are getting used to
The changed order of things. 1t is true
that even to-day the lower classes gaze in
wonder at the army of street sweepers but
II is perfectly natural thai a people who
year ago never thought of sweeping
their houses should fail TO see the necessi-
" OF sweeping the streets, especially as
they are firmly convinced that the streets
VIII get dirty again and require more
sweeping
The fire and police departments are wen
organized, and well drilled. The hremen
are nearly all volunteers and number more
than thousand, their uniforms are bright
and SNOWY, ana no parade is considered
complete without them. 1t is seldom they
are called on for active service as "A fire
Is rare occurrence in Havana This Is
probably owing 10 the fact that there Is
nothing to burn, there being no frame
dwellings, and the floors in the brick build
ings being marble or tile. The only board
floor have seen in the city is In a govern
ment stable The police force Is also very
numerous. The police are neatly uniform
ed in drab-colorcd linen suits, the blouse
being double breasted with two rows Of
nickel buttons. They wear Panama hats.
with narrow black band and a red, white
and blue rosette on the side The officers
uniforms are neatly trimmed with white
braid and their caps match the suits The
patrolnen carry very large clubs-sort of
an infant telegraph pole-and in their
black leather belts an American revolver;
the latter is new thing to them, and
they couldn't hit an elephant block
away. 1t is probable they will get used 10
the revolver, however, and win be as ex-
pert in its use as they are with the ma
chete.
sunday n Great Day.
Sunday is the great day OF the week
in Havana. The cafes are open all day
and are crowded In the afternoon the en-
tire population turns out to promenade on
the Prado, or if they can afford IT, to
ride In cabs or on horseback up and down
this popular boulevard. The Weather
class on horseback forms a scene that
strikes the American as distinctly foreign
The Cuban and Spanish ponies are odd
looking little animals. They are well
taken care of and beautifully groomed
The tail is tightly plated and drawn
around by a silver or gold-plated chain
and attached to the saddle These sad
dlemakers art the Mexican saddle, with
its many fangdangles, Is very popular
Here and there all around the little AMI /
NAL, some bright and jngling little orna-
ment is hung and as they trot by ono
thinks of sleighing days, something that
the Cuban doesn't "sabe." Sunday night
the theaters and bathrooms are wide open
and crowded; the bands discourse popu-
lar music in the parks and thousands or
people promenade round and round Cen.
tral Park. II is a pretty sight and one
that the stranger can sit and watch for
hours, for the crowd does not thin out I'M
I'll after II. The price of admission to
the theaters is S150. but you can Get 50
cents worth of the show-that is. you can
ouy a ticket for one act. or at 81 for two
acts Tickets are not taken up at the
door, but in the middle of the acts inside
the theater different colored ticket /.
provided for each act. II you buy an ad-
mission Tor one act and do not like the
snow you can leave after getting YOUR
half-doilar's worth Admission to tbc
large Chinese theater costs 20 cents. SPAN
ISM silver; a box seat for 40 cents Ha.
Vana has its Chinatown. second only to
that of San Francisco and far more ORR
ental-looking than New York's NOR
street / spent 40 cents and twenty min
ules IN the Chinese theater; the villain
Killed the Emperor of China and the EN-
press inflicted the punishment upon the
villain; did not understand any more or
H. so thanked the laundryman who ha1
conducted us and got out must have
missed great deal of the play. for the
curtain went up az / o'clock and did not
IAN until Sunday afternoon with every-
hing wide Omen Sundays this is a grear
held Tor the Savannah preachers
Havann's Beasts of Burden.
Mules and oxen are the beast Of burden
The wagons are the large wheel wac.
ons never seen IN the States now The
harness Is much trimmed with brass ana
ornamented with many red fassels In
many cases six and seven mules are hftch
ed in a long single line to a large wagon
tne front mule is guided by the vo'ce
or the driver on the cart. seven mule-
Iengths away. The oxen are large, now
ertul animals, much greater In size ana II,
strength than the few / have seen in The
. states These animals can be seen al apv
time IN the streets of the city. They are
yoked in a peculiar manner. the woke h.
ing banded around the base of the horns
thus they really push their load with The
strain on their massive necks. have
seen TWO Of these animals push a load
that an American merchant would hesitate
before putting on six healthy mules The
tremendous loads hauled by one little en-
ban mule calls forth indignant excIama
tons from strangers. These NttIe animals
/
and IL Is seldom that one sees them strain
Much can be said in praise Of the beasts
OF burden, but of the drivers nothing good
can be said save that they are expert IN
handling the reins in a tight place In tie
narrow streets; the native drivers are ex-
ceedngly cruel to their animals; they are
the real brutes
The modes of conveyance are three-ho-se
street cars sort Of open omnibus. known
as the "wow-wow," and thous nds of cabs.
The TWO former are so slow that the last
may be said to be the only means Of trans |
portation about the city. The cab fare Is |
20 cents Spanish silver about Is cents our |
money!, and The fare IS the same for two |
persons as for one. A cab ride is the only /
cheap thing in Havana.
Much has been said and written about
Cuba as place where our young mem
may seek fortunes. How and why this /
opinion ever gained ground Is puzzle 10
me. Cuba as a place TO seek for opportuni- /
ties and openings Is an iridescent dreami |
The island needs capital, and lots of it. A /
man with money, who has a thorough /
knowledge of Spanish and of what he Is |