The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-22

nearly forgotten them that they had
failed to pay their rent. These people
here are like the Irish tenants: they
never get past the point Of paying rent
and II they don't pay rent they are
thrown out. tell you its u sight for
Dante's Inferno to see these ghoulish
looking beings digging up the bones
from the different graves. In a number
of instances have seen them snatching
and grabbing for II chance piece OF jew
elry, which had belonged TO a being
once animated with all the hopes of life
and love OF which the human mind Is
possessed, and these same little pieces
of iewelry were carried to the last rest
ing place with fond memories Of the
donors. only to fall into the hands of the
almost inhuman beings whose duty it
was to exhume the bones and thr w
them indiscriminately into one la ge
mass which we looked at, where there
were thousands and thousands Of unfor-
tunates' bones piled up in one insepara-
BILE mass. One comfort about it, II there
is any sociability about skulls and shin
bones, there is certainly plenty OF com
pany for the fellows that find them
selves so badly mixed up in that great
heap.
But there are portions Of this cemc-
terry which are just simply indescribably
hanntifn1. o ,,J tn,, he of hn
most costly construction, and all inter
spersed with flowers and plants Of the
grandest beauty. One thing that
brings us to realize that these people
are not entirely devoid Of feeling tow
ard their dead is monument erected
to some city firemen who lost their
| lives In city fire here In Havana some
few years ago, n monument carved from
the purest OF white marble and erected
at cost OF thirty thousand dollars.
which was donated by the city. On APP
preaching the cemetery it appears to be
one mass of crosses and, in fact, that is
the main feature Of the graveyard,
plainly indicating that there is but one
religion on the Island
visited yesterday the old cathedral
where Columbus bones were said to
have rested, and was pointed out the
place from which they were just recent
ly taken. The building is an interest
ing old place. with the old style OF
architecture and fnishings of mahog-
any. The mahogany used in the build
ing alone is worth thousands OF dollars.
II American capital can be interested
here it will not be long until this old
Island will be brought up to one OF the
most wealthy places possible to i'm
agine. All the natural resources that
could be desired; plenty Of good native
coal, all it requires is the mining; the
streams here all have such fall TO
them that they afford a natural water
power for manufacturing almost un-
equalled. There is a stream here al
most as great as our own Niagara, with
scarcely manufacturing institution on
1t. A city the size Of Havana at home
with a stream like this running so close
to it would be lined with factories and
different manufacturing establishments,
and ifthe Island is kept under Uncle
Sans protection for few years, VEN
ture to say that it wont be long until
these natural advantages are utilized.
Health of the men continues very
good. Just at present we are all more
or less "knocked out" with our sore
arms but outside of that and few cases
of measles there is but little sickness in
the regiment. All of the men we left
at home on sick furloughs have been
discharged. They would not return
them to us here. We we're notified
yesterday that there would be a number
of the regiments OF the corps mustered
out and corps re-organized. We are
not on the list to be mustered out.
ROBT.