The Republican journal., 1899-06-29
nh the Heart of Cuba on a Flying
1nlo'e Train.

e 7orrespondence of The Journal
%-r.NzA, CUBA, May 9th. Crossing
from Sagua la Grande to Glen
nv the exceedingly jerky train
hf ,s almost due south from port to
80" ga, be recommended as a sovereign
,sia.sure, akin to horse back riding.
The pleasure of the journey is
Av the necessity of holding on
.s+ and grasping the sides of the
r,f- holding like a toy mandarin to
..,.9.vis and threatening to pitch
MIC him-the scenery, as the trav-
-impses of it between these ac-
All psrfoImances, is beautiful enough
Fin with ''the JOY of living" He
- stretches of cane, yellow as
..- cold with the sun shining on
farms dotted with towering
se1 ue rank and file of fields of
.. roth standing like armies ready to
Vast. empty meadows, enclosed
..- a walls of piled-up stones that
-. fe of New England, are covered
-et.se grass upon which cattle ought
. feeling, interspersed with poorly
-... 7lolly untitled sections, whose
rs. Island Haunting weeds attest
....r-r4erful fertility. At rare inter
.... etss Of tropical jungles are pas
d. .r4- nifty as unreclaimed as when
..--.- ,psnlard set foot on the island.
-s spins out his interminable airette
amer sky, the notes of quail and
-,r la0be, and tomeguin are watt
suit, warm breeze, and beyond
Ill Distant hills glimmer like dream
..-.s lsIpotable Mountains. Palm trees,
..-. ris-ic of every Cuban landscape,
lr..-.. rl-selt- sweeping away in curved
Inc. s..tg The course of streams, standing
+. ,s.cui groves, or ranged in double
7s lOlth, gray columns whose ma
.1 Z one the feeling of walking in a
- athedral. Undoubtedly the
-. fsiiful thing in nature is a tall
s. ..t.1 paIm, standing alone against
.-0 # tleecy clouds in turquois
a. numed crest, tossed by every
reeze, casts no shade--or at best
patch afar off in the field. The
-A.t o. in +tor 1a,, 81
tls. The cooling shadow of palms
...- absurd as those other Mayne- r cid
..s Eag farers reaching up and pluck
d. a1Hts with which to slack their
lul- irst-a feat they might perhaps
.e.ml SD if possessed of arms twenty to
--r- yards long.
h. le progresses farther and farther
G- -- heart of Cuba, the Nineteenth
--tl5 Nth all its strife and turmoil,
Ed ana is forgotten. Each straw
village encountered Ell route
Gr very numer0us-seems given
-E perpetual somnia. The railway
@a ue not thronged with the idle
.-. ...Y., is in other rural parts, but
sit in their doors, dreamily
0..- the tram from afar, too
-e active curiosity. Occasionally a
.e lllisng citizen, black as the
dce Of spades, or with the
,tll nf
a-a --- ears, offering some trihe for
ragged children extend their
aims and laughingly greet the
'-es wiki the English phrases they
eel p, such as ''gim me pen
sd right" "Good- bye" At one
small girl, patched fore and aft
a lace Of an angel, lifted timid
r0nse to our salutation and
..-i "Goddam," without an i'd ca
I-u.ug OF the word she had heard
re-- soldiers use.
a-. atched village has some dis
ug popularity At one, is made
-- aas jalea de guayaba, (guava
ch has such sale throughout
- allsh America. 1t is put up in
-"a wooden boxes, can be kept indef-
-7 alI IS as appetizing as healthful
EFT .teis If Habana it is invariably
ssn with cheese as a dinner dessert.
Ley '"wn is distinguished by great
"7- lucihx, erected on the public
't--- "-l arms opened wide to a sinful
''-l st Esperanza, Getty of Hope"
d Nnd-Aouse, close by the church. ex-
FSe lospitable invitation to all the
'-./els Of the air. 1t shows the kindly
p'fLir nature of the people-so poor
'l. 'ra dollars could hardly be raised
''-'l- diem to save a human life, yet
'-1s IoI the feathered tribes less irres-
.'-'!1e than themselves. In several
Us The public well appears to be the
@ centre, On an elevated platform,
'.''sN and tiled, but with sides open to
SUE s-f, is great iron wheel, which
-sL!tod' turns for him or herself. Oh,
VI '4a pencil of Mast, Gibson or a
''-'RhAanE Women come strolling
''''SS the fields bringing to the we'll
CUISINE cans converted into buckets, and
"s ca1y poles on their shoulders, to
''- tfe slung cans, jars, demijohns,
10y %. tuing that will hold water, except
@.ai pail. Groups of bare footed
' @ol1ette with their lovers while
''''4s their turn at the wheel, and be-
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