The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-01-26
ClENFUEGOS,

rNjraos, Dec. 20, 1898. AS this
fiery cognomen is just now the
.n-gysting place in Cuba, where the
.8 ~,ripes will be officially unfurled
Tunuary, the tide of visiting
has turned this way from Ha-
And the old town which, by the
.lr1uounced as if spelled See an-foo-
we'll worth a visit tor its own
@N
euybody knows now a. days, since
m misty geography of Cuba has be-
u44 uaTer of consequence to the out
ru4 Cienfuegos lies on the south
.ttae ISLAND, about fifty miles east
rragi, the latter occupying the
.tt,r of the shore line 1t is the
. tlminus of the most important
He in the island, which passes
.-... provinces of Habana, Matan-
... -u.a Clara; and several steam
american, English and Cuban,
regular port of call. Be
Cienfuegos rejoiced under
VIM of 1.-The Philadelphia of
much because it came nearer
..... fher place ON the island to be-
.-.a. mkees term "wide awake as
the considerable enterprises
5uusylvanians in the vicinity
n-. nrtunes of war, however, have
.. .s4 asleep again, i'll slumber SO
.. hat nothing can awaken it but
mpet, or Major Dusenbury in
.. middle-a aged, bay Widowed
.r ming, with his potent wand,
u flag.
az journey from Habana to
involves an all-day ride, begin
-n2 and ending in darkness, with
res Of cars and no end of dust,
a. discomfort. Travellers must
ta- food and water, for neither are
long this most important rail
vH .. III cuba except the rum and
.5-- vines OF the country at way
... --s13ns. and small loaves of sour
.-0 and hard as brick bats. car
o Hat baskets on the heads of
gamin. 1t is devoutly to be
lt. when the American Indies
gets hold of,this line, as is prom
sr. t.- near future, in connection
.en road it is about to build from
Blanca wharves of Habana to
I,-a. wa Triscoria-the comfort of
rg public will receive some at
Hitherto the island RAILWAYS,
nw. u-ish capital, have been run by
..cU conservative Englishmen,
l,as Of conservatism seems to
taded the snail pace and stu
The darkness Of night as you
u railway depot much better
lIabana and ride in decent
broad well-lighted streets
I04eI, you receive an impression
l gle>siveness Of Cienfuegos,
ia TO the country. And day
ne the opinion. Instead Of
crooked alleys, rambling up
hicA distinguish its older
santiago aud Trinidad, Glen
o-l- are straight, we'll paved
l ont With the regularity Of
-."ard, and were long ago light
while those of Habana were
u- On oil lamps. The fact is,
tlready 50 Americanized as to
-af If disappointment to the
aosity-hunting tourist, who
DUSTY picturesqueness of Es-
Bright, clear, and with a
Gl OF newness, it reminds one
.Hpl-boy S Shining morning
Lao explains at a glance the talk
SO much of now a-days in
mastering the capital from
ntury- old, hopelessly- disease
common place, two stored,
-'t- ted houses might belong to
town in the United States,
so nearly alike that man
me at night must need be com
4-..- ~pber not to mistake his neigh
.~- 800 his own. The present popu-
taaally reckoned at As, OO0, in
umber of English ana Ameri-
ants and planters who are, Tor
etle the war; engaged in the
'1- obaccO trade. Santa Clara
t which Cienfuegos is the sea-
'+N 'H nt you know, is the chief sugar
f'i~ l7 section of Cuba; and in better
'''' TIE 'ohacco industry was not far be-
opinion, the local newspaper,
lat before the war the average
-''f rAport Of the neighboring planta-
4'-' amounted to go, 900 hogsheads of
94' 'nl dare not tell you it's figures
.a4''e9 est you doubt the veracity of
'4rIabie organ. The harbor, deep
'oud the sheltering keys of Doce
Vulnerable wooded islets which
named 1.-THE Queens Gardens
green nazes of which his caravals
imlessly many days-is safe
oiious; and this is one of the
''IDH ports in which steamers
wharf, as at New York, per
--eengnrs to land without the