The Republican journal., 1899-06-15
- ARA BARTON IN CUBA.

..-ia correspondence "a ne 'o"in"''l
May IS, 1899. Over seven
,.usry, homeless and helpless
adhered into permanent homes
t9' tad from beggary, is the Red
iN nd lt the last eight days. With
'' ,otb two thousand more will be
u .sa provided for; and if the good
" hanson through the summer-that
9V friends at home continue to up
nj ..b, H,elr generous contributions
.9.r distant when of the fifteen
f,fputitss and destitute children
jsf ...,rn I'M Cuba, not one will roam
p4fed for,
dt Igteou a partial account of the
work.. From Guines, near the
81 9sl We made our way by rail
-...a nNp of Madruga, stopping
.r. 1- en route, and everywhere
.. L,monstlations of JOY. Miss
..H work OF last year is CRATE
.-- ..al and the people welcome
from heaven. Word has
I...e aAat she is coming, and
... lu stops crowds are wait
eu and children invade the
with streaming tears pour
....... tle INTO her sympathizing
rl DAY, at a desolate juno
..4 tWU straw matched huts
uman habitation, a whole
u and embraced her-or
...., uMaut of what was once a
....- 4splold. Miss Barton was
-~ with this family before the
.... r..I he head of it counted
....... SONS, daughters and grand
... N.e only sixteen remain in the
wing, the rest having died of
... induced by hunger; and
.r. manage to sustain life, only
,.... uas the raven knows. With
....r..l- down his face the old man
.ea s Ice had buried his loved ones,
..o... long the railroad track, where
....r.- l-}tt employment as switch
>.... -tse are. there are lights as well
..... tine picture. Incidents are
mr s- that of the Yankee lineman,
a, ul ,mutty face and coil of wire
ulder, rushed through the
.... aal 10 Grasp Miss Barton's hand
.5r a- with overtiowing eyes, that
7e a, l saved his life-tirst in a
-lo,a-a # our civil war, thirty years
. a at Santiago; and of the
M aluL operator who dared not
.HI'Ne i,ed Cross message over the
W. es 6ut managed somehow to
s Fm an inland station, declar-
. would walk forty miles any
ara Barton" Whenever
- aud that happens very
-H these roads, which were
fstlucted to accommodate
.- est is speedily whisper
rain that the Red Cross
.a sJard; and then young and
foreigners, press to greet
-,sed and retiring little old
Tie heart and soul of this
tuits and flowers from un-
tui their way to her seat,
a.. % the journey is contin-
- station an enormous crowd
.- eaded as usual, by the
Judge, and other dignitaries
u. au l4en-after the inevitable
-.s4.. aud speech making, escort
'o.iIe population, we visited
4. interest,"" including the
. r f5. an orphanage, with its
-aa. oteaed waits, and the pleasant
e good citizens had set apart
F-aOHoe while in the city. At
" esssion rounded up at the |
here dinner awaited our
uN aft the much needed meal |
'' Hn onger, while these kindly
s4r relieved themselves of more
sreeches. Then, after an
IVY aa-.- ii hand shaking, like unto a
'sD4E.H residential reception, the
l' the throng dispersed to
i'. af'loe ll but the rabble, black and
cite hundred strong numerically
-'' Cue utable strength olfactorily,
"oFag pe homes and nowhere in
1.t 90 constituted themselves
al Ieile- guard of honor. With all
71 Tags 'a iutirmities they swarmed
~ -''e 7Ul> and windows. watching
'rH enr with curious eyes; they
D."t" fer to headquarters and
4'T. oAaa about, and continued to
-' os+1 Eau the typical brother till
9' l"-' minute of our stay.
.-'i' Na Madruga reminds one of San
~ IT'S '0aitecture being of the same
' PATTERN brought from Spain at an
-'' SodiJs narrow streets rambling,
'-'1't- dPmll and down. Its low casas
'A'' FNpted in all the colors of the
- SKIS blues and rose pinks pre-
''a4 oot now mostly mellowed by
nguishable tints. Its cen
IFS 4ueerly elevated, whether on
'' Il" artificial hill, or because the
Va. 'ifeets have been cut down, do