Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-24


most interesting place In cuba where
the stars aud stripes viii be oihcia'.y
unfurled early In January the voc
Of visiting Americans has turned ihis
wa, from Havana. And the old town
which. by the way. Is pronounced % u
rprlird gec.an-foo-a-gusc. u wen
worth q visit for its own sake.
As everybody knows nowadays since
the once misty geography Of cuba has
bcc,,,e a matter Of consequence TO the
outside -Cicnfuegos lies on IN"
south coast " the island about hi'y
miles enst n Trinidad--the latter occu-
pylng the exact center Of the shorcline'
II ia the southern terminus u the most
important railway line In the Island
which passes through the provinces OF
Havana. MuianKas and santa CLARA
and several steamship lines. American
English and cuban, also make II reg
ulnr port OF call. Before the war. ,len'
fucgoa rciolced under the prcudonym
Of "Thc Philadelphia ~ cuba AS
much because II came nearer than any
other place on the island TO being what
Yankees term wide awake. az on ac-
count Of the considerable enterprises 81
several Pcnnnyivaniana In the vicinity.
The cruel fortunes ~ war however
have put II sound asleep again. ~
slumbcr ~ pfofund that nothing can
awaken II but uabriers trumpet er
Major Duscnhnry w the role ~ q mid
,Iie.nEsd, bay Widowed Prince charm.
inR. with his potent wand the Amer
lean flag
The zig-zag Journey from Havana TO
CicnfucgOa Involves an ali-dny ridg, De-
ginning nt dawn ana ending IN dark
ness. with four changes 90 cars anu no
end ~ dust. heat ana discomfort. IfaN-
clrrH munt bring both food ana waller.
for neither are To be- had al1ng thh
most important railway iluH m uNA
except the rum and harsh. rcd wines OF
the Uouutfy at A4ulHlur htsltluIia tsti'i
small ioavca 81 sour bread, dirty und
hard a. brlck-hata, carried w low, nat
baskets On tho heads OF psduiinE FAuiln.
n ~ d.voutly Ia b. hoped that when
the Amrfican.indio0 company rctH hnld
81 this iluo. ne D. promised In the near
futurr. he connection with the now rad
u u about 10 huld from the casa
blanca NharvcH of Havana 10 hcttn-
zaa Via TriacnrIa-inr comfort Of the
trnvellug public will receive rone ut
tention. Hitherto the Island railways,
built by Engiilh capital. have been
run BY fOsralisd "pnuNUffntlNU' lsn-
gllnhmeu. whose ideas of conservation
seem TO have demanded the HnniiH pace
and gtupidlty.
Even Ia the darkness N night, az YOU
cmcrgc from u railway depot much bet
ter than TINT 90 Havana. and ride IN
decent cab thruuEh hfuud. wcll.lirht'
ed streets to u ruod hotel you receive
an Impression ~ the pfQrrcaHivcncHA
OF Cicnfucgos. quito foreign To- me
country. Aud Daylight confirms the
opinion. Instead ~ the narrow crook
I'd alleys. rambling up hill ami down,
which dlntinguiah To- older nelfhhufH
Santiago and Trinidad. 'irniueHos
streets are utralaht. weli-pavcd and
level, iaid out With the regularity OF n
checker board. and were long nFo
lighted with ras. while those 81 lihs
vana were yc. depending on oil lamps.
The fact ". the town II already 20
Amerlcanizcd as to be somewhat N a
disappointment 60 the average cur
ioaity-huntinE tourist. who misses the
munty picturcsqucncsn OF Eapana-
antigua.
Bright. clean aud with a surprising air
81 nswnesH II reminds one Of the
rchool-boyH shining morning face
nnd explains at a glance the talk one
hears ~ much ~ now days In Havana,
of transferring the capital ffum H.
four-century-old hopelcaHiy -disrnH- In
Tested SCAT 10 this side of the island,
cienfucroa commonplace. two-uturlcd
freshly. painted houses might belong Ca
an Interior town In the United states,
ana nrc all NO nearly alike that n man
coming home az niEht must needs be-
comparatively sober not 10 mistake hia
nelghbur'n casa Tor his avn. The PRES
ent population IN officially rccknncd ut
1900, Including a number ~ Engllrh
and American merchants and planters
who are. Tor were before the war; un-
gagged In the sugar and tohncco trade.
Santa clara province. NJ which 'lrns
fueFuH n a rsn-whri outlet ynn know,
" the chief sugar producing section nj
cuba; and In better days the tobacco
Industry was not FAR behind. Ia opln-
before the war the average annual cN'
port OF the nrighborinE plantation
amounted To- Gu coo hogHheadH ~ sugar,
aud I dare not tell YOU the figures or
tobacco, lest you doubt the VeraClty ol
that venerable orgnn. The hurhnr, Il
deep Inlet behind tho Hhcltcflng keys nj
Doce LcguuH.- innumornhlc wooded lH
let's which Columbus called the Quren'i
Gardens, IN the green mnzeH Of whigl
his cariiNalH wandered nimlenaly fu
many dnyr-in safe and commodiouH
and this N one NJ the rare troplca
ports IN which steamers come up 10
wharf. an at New York permitting pas
Fcngcrs to land without he uuniprea
cnt small boat
DO You ask. How did the town CONT
by It's singular Manner We have al
read the romantic story 81 how cnlum
bus. winding In ana out the THOUSAND
hlrhtH aud coNcH ~ noce i.eguuf
charmed with the translucent blue %
the water, the Hllycry beaches fringe
with cocoa pnlmH and the Hhnrowar
prospect ~ mountain ycilrd Ia cloud
suddenly saw before him 10 the west
ward the flashing n hundred nrcs Il
the forests NJ the mainland, and OK
claimed Ia his companions, Mip' ~
clenfuegoa' cl.uok' q hundred nreHl'
FOR the Indians, who had hecom
alarmed at tho dolngs OF the whit
strangers IN tho eastern end ~ the u
land, We're warning their fellows fni
Their along tho coast IN the dlrcctlu
the carnVnlH weir tHkiuF, ~ nrng IA
trees 90 danger signals. II seems
pity To take tho romance out Of an
tale ~ oldcn time particularly as "
have been M sadly disnhuHed M man
charming beliefs aud now know thl
william Tell did not shoot m apple frol
his sons head. ana barbara fHtch
never waved Has nc frederlcktowl
and there are even grave doubts NJ n
authorship ~ Shakespeare; but N
truthful chronicler IN sometimes con
PEELED 60 do II. The naming OF Cienfu'
eos ala not come about IN thiHt wnl
nor was tho fiery cognumcu heHtuWe
ON account of the heat az one migl
well suppose ON "a summers day, n
original Spanish town, which wi
founded soon after the conquest nu
rhristrned tan SehnHtinc. disappear,
more than 200 years ago. The city