Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-28
DEsEREr EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2s, 1899

nuts grow. you never nnd inside their
shells any u that hard white LAYER
which Nurthernera "dnsaicatn." tloeo-
crate would the better world. Tor in It's
best estate the nut has mo- such aub-
Htuncea-but instead "a creamy Aim
hardly thicker than q thumb nnii. which
y hcrapei on with spoon when eaten
Immediately west % Nucwtns the
Gays begin. which stretch In close sue.
session nU the way 10 ifavnnn-no
Fewer than $50 " them. by actual
count between the two points named
They are OF varying slzes. frnm "A Tow
yards 90 miles IN extent. but uniformly
long and narrow. with brcchaa of mi.
very ana fringod with muufr1vo bushes
ana cocoa palms. Chyo Ramano. the
ARREST Island on the north coast.
contains if2 square miles. but h vet
entirely unoccuplod. Next In eizo la
cayo Sal tsalt lsland). whercon are
primitive enlt worka which aupply half
cuba. a few NJ these isleta have cr-
celent anchorage. but the majority arc
environcd By Inaccessible reefs. the
work ~ coral builders. Nothing more
dellEhful can be imagined than a
leisurcly cruise In this tropical nrcht.
pclago. Not q ripple dlsturha tho
mirrur-llkc surfaco of the eaa. and
through the crystal water you may die
tlncty trace burrows on the bottom.
formed by currents In the sand. Far
below on the ocean loor you see coral
IN globc-llkc formations. with MYRIAD
branches and their world Oh g0aphytrs
standing mutlonlosa amid "a thousand
marine groWths, ep0ngcB with concaye
tops. like
NEPTuNEs PUNcH-BowLs:
e,ar-nah. a foot In diameter. strange
dcnizonH 81 tho deep. startled by the
boat passing over, darling away. their
brilliant colorH showing In prirnatlc
flashes; ana occasionally an onormnua
turtle. aroused from his mapping. pad
ding Tor dear life amid "a milky cloud
Of coral sand
The next westward port Of call IL
saEua 10 Grando. situated several miles
~ the SnEun river, The rivers mouth
~ thlckly atrewn with lalcta. all covered
with manEroyc thlckots and tho i'm
tricate. shallow channels between them
are marked by stakes 10 which nuttor.
inE rags are tod. Another "tioea"
tmouthl, upcua out beyond n danger
Gus bar and forms large and cafe.
but shallow bay. which cannot float
vessels drawing more than sixteen feet.
u " lined with wooden ware houses,
for dcpoeltlng sugar and other mor.
chandise, ana there IL wharf which
may be approached by vessels drawing
not more than eight feet. Tho river
II nnVigable some twenty miles above
nut uulN TOT NNfuNHt NNhtnfn ana Similar
small craft aud 80 narrow IL the wa
tcr-way. between cane-nolda stretching
60 the horizon on every eide. that you
seem 10 b. sailing on land, This IL "a
noted producing region the aver
are annual shipment from sngun be-
fore the war being 200 900 b1gs besides
quantities of molaHsea ana cane rum.
sarua city. with Ito population Of % 900.
including tho suburban hnmlotH OF lsa-
bella. TIticrltp and Chiuchllil. IL one
~ tho hoalthicHt and cloanoat. na u
was once among the most prosperous
cities Of Cuba. Il IL yet the
FLOWER OF SANTA CLARA
province. though nearly ruined By re-.
concentration and much smaller than
Santa clara city ana CienfuCFoH. The
atrcets ore We'll paved with stone. cove
cred with carget and sand from the
river. and there Il toicrthlc system
of ecwcfagc-a very raro thing indeed
In cuba, Education was formerly at
high Obj here. the municipality main
tanning twenty-five schools. There are
three biz orphan uaylumH. besides.
wherein several hundred children arc
taught several useful trades together
with tho rudlmonta ~ book -lore. a
cigarette mandatory and box fac
tory have been established IN councc-
ton with the nsyluma which render
the older boys and Girls almost self
supporting. There n large hospital,
capable of caring for 300 patients. also