The Republican journal., 1899-05-18
rATALINA DE CUBA.

si4 .5irVu Huddieu III Aoahuoheo
r.' .,1 Living on Wild Potatoes. The
H'N' 10 the Rescue.
N' ,rrespondence of The Journal.
Ci-EA, Apr. Goth, 1899.
auhhel, the Red Cross Field
....t.l by three American ladies
Eastman physician, had been work
lH ....lt in Guines and Catalina.
i nom Habana to see what
sy mad made,
.Irsuounced Wee -nis) is the
rb next to the capital, in
r. .r-s 1t lies southeast from
' about 40 miles by rail; and
miles beyond. The United
aoa, having grudgingly given
deportation to Red Cross
nok my printed order for
mitigation of price-to
...r estacion,' and paid two
.. -a.t ate to Catalina; receiv-
..... -cornered bit of paste
Lee accommodating "JefeN
.- visa. with A pair OF shears,
..4ar ticket. Thus a little
f-utic viii show that full fare
uuney, in the coin of the
..us twenty cents on the dollar,
.... .- ~+ So Rather expensive
this in Cuba, all things con
49,. ramshackle old cars. dis
luis J-o from some ancient road
... .l the United States, are
second and third class.
.ud and third classes are
..... ett to conjecture. Those of
. yst grade are about like
o- uu our western railways,
... uese furnish no drinking
H--v travellers, or other con-
...-. discover; no train boys sally
- Ma-ng books, fruits and gum,
s..- uses there is no glass in the
.u..aN wooden shutters which,
-. .u ,o keep out dust, exclude the
..,. i. IS well-to say nothing of the
-peet.
ralway discomforts, the
n. To. atalina is delightful, leaving
..u ~ M, changing cars at Guines,
rg the destination not far from
u- The face of the country
rslv from that seen along the
..l of the United Railway lead
M au1as and Cienfuegos. The
.. --4., cornerlof Cuba is not I'M
.-.. ~ Nmo and Indiana-except for
..-... .t cultivated farms and the
.H.. esence OF royal palms. long
lending off in all directions
. soldiers on dress parade.
Jumps Of banana trees, too,
bed vide and rows of pink
G14e plants, bristling like
Nonets, Here and there
..loNish- green foliage, re-
sage orange, remind one of
lie-farms Of Illinois, and
ap stones speak of thrifty
Clear streams are frequent,
-H in few scattered-tields,
.5 eoarse grass of the meadows
.s...' the lid query why, in this
s4scd milk and rank, import
.4Y- farms are not established.
-t know that all the cattle Of
-. ere killed and eaten during
r Low that peace is restored
some sensible Americans
theiT never TO- be realized
missing colossal fol tunes in
.... me down to the simple and
VI NAMING DQAlC4s ldiS-
ets and cultivating market
l.ulyry sells in Hav ana today
uleard-of in the United
Wailest and sCrawniest fowls
-.- -.r Sl50 to So. 90 each. Eggs
4e rate; cows milk 20 cents
=
ae not to be had for love or
Ills valley of Guines is one of
..- sections of Cuba, which for
tie Habana markets onions
kind of sweet potato) to
tire million dollars a year,
of its corn and sugar cane.
'.. tse does the landscape show
t-sut coloring, in the dark red
5-Ht blue sky and deep green
IS "a very paradise of climate,
'~' aparalleled richness, but des-
t relentless hand. Not a
' left standing, none having
NIuetion by one army or the
''uIy an occasional hut is seen in
-r "ntry, shaped like an inverted
.'trhed roof and palm leaf walls
picturesque feature. 1t is
wing. IN a commercial sense,
Wy p> a year of corn, onions and
taes are here grown and market
'lIs Is an absolute certainty, in
t7-.-A. '' any freaks of the weather,
' 8-'e' oapply being regulated by
-'.ea They say that three crops in
eIe Possible-but surely two, in
-sa-''us proportion, with and I'M
tse succession of vegetables,
.iisiy any reasonable man.
a'r "a great many small stations
ialway route to Catalina, be-
,r11 Io,