The Republican journal., 1899-10-26

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the nut has been swinging all night in the
breeze, the pint of liquid is almost ice
cold. The trouble with imported cocoa
nuts is that they are gathered unripe and
spoiled in transit, ana then the juice be
comes thick, white and sour, like butter
milk. Where cocoanuts grow, you never
find inside their shells any of that hard
white layer which Northerners ''dessi-
cate, (desecrate would be the better
word) for in its best estate the nut has
no such substance, but instead creamy
film, hardly thicker than Il thumb nail,
which is scraped oil with a spoon when
eaten.
Immediately west of Nuevitas the Gays
begin which stretch in close succession
al! the way to Habana-no fewer than $50
of them, by actual count, between the
two points named. They are of varying
sizes, from a few yards TO miles in extent,
but uniformly long and narrow, with
beeches OF silvery sand fringed with man
grove bushes and cocoa palms Cayo
Romano, the largest island on the north
coast. contains 172 square miles, but is
yet entirely unoccupied Next in size is
Cayo Sal, fsalt island), wherein are primi-
tive salt works which supply half Of Cuba.
A few of these slets have excellent
anchorage, but the majority are environ
ed by inaccessi BILE reefs. the work of coral
builders. Nothing more delightful can
be imagined than leisurely cruise in this
tropical archipelago. Not a ripple dis
turbs the mirror-like surface of the sea,
and through the crystal water you may
distinctly trace burrows on the bottom,
formed by currents in the sand Far be
low on the ocean floor you see coral in
globe-l like formations, with myriad
branches and their world Of zoophytes,
standing motionless amid thousand
marine growths; sponges with eoncave
tops, like Neptune's puneh-bowls, star
fish, foot in diameter; strange denizens
OF the deep, startled by the boat passing
ovey, darting away, their brilliant colors
sionally an enormous turtle aroused from
his mapping, padding for dear life amid a
milky cloud of coral sand.
The next westward port Of call is sagua
la Grande, situated several miles up the
Sagua river. The river mouth is thickly
strewn with islets, all covered with man
grove thickets, and the intricate, shallow
channels between them are marked by
stakes to which huttering rags are tied.
Another ''Boca." (mouth), opens out be-
yond dangerous bar and forms a large
and safe but shallow bay, which cannot
float vessels drawing more than sixteen
feet. 1t is lined with wooden warehouses
IOI tSpOSlLluS dut ObIlGI HtIGndD-
disc, and there is wharf which NAV be
approached by vessels drawing not more
than eight feet. The river is navigable
some twenty miles above, but only for
yachts, lighters and similar small craft
and so narrow is the water way between
cane fields stretching to the horizon on
every side that you seem to be sailing on
land. This is noted sugar producing re-
gion, the average annual shipment from Sa-
qua before the war being 700, 900 bags, be-
sides quantities of molasses and cane rum.
Sagua city, with its population of -. 900.
including the suburban hamlets of Isabel
la, Jiticcito and Chnchilla, is one of the
healthiest and cleanest, as it was once
among the most prosperous cities of Cuba.
1t is yet the flower of Santa Clara province.
though nearly ruined by RECOMMENDATION
and much smaller than Santa Clara citv
and Cienfuegos. The streets are we'll
paved with stone, covered with carget and
sand from the river, and there is a tolera
BILE system Of sewerage very rare thing
indeed in Cuba. Education was formerly
at a high ebb here, the municipality main
tanning twenty-five schools. There are
three big orphan asylums, besides, where
in several hundred children are taught sew
eral useful trades, together with the rud
iments of book-lore. A cigarette manu-
factory and box factory have been estah-
lished in connection with the asylums,
which render the older boys and girls al
most fsupporting. There is a large
hospital, capable of caring for 800 patients;
also lazaretto for small pox cases, dis
pensary for children whose parents are liv-
ing, and soup kitchen which dispenses
food to the adult poor. The reconcentra-
do element was unusually strong here and
its dire results will be felt through more
than one generation. 1t is estimated that
to this day upwards of two thousand adults
are fed in the soup kitchen. and five hum