Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-23

Philippines. returning. VI Dioa quirc, In
time g. celebrate the twentieth century
In pursuance OF this extensive pro-
gram. whose uncertainties rival the
merry dreams of perrvtto with her milk
pail ON her head. we hnHtoued 90 Ha-
vnnn 10 begin the FIRST step Of circum-
navigating cuba. Finding ourselves
compelled 10 wait a couple OF days FOR
the next westward going coaster. We
concluded TO utilize the interim by u
railway trip into finar del Rio province,
the western end Of the island. You pay
the English capitalist who owns tho
only railroad In this province seven
cents mile FOR tho privilege OF tray
clina at an oN-pacc, In "a fOurth-rutH
coach hltchcd TO the trcn de cargo. or
local freight train, liut this slow loco
motion IL not without advantages. II
time ~ mo object II affords you "a
fine opportunity 10 SEQ the country
You may get out and walk ahead whom
ever Inclined, or linger behind 10 cN-
plore waysldc villages and catch NJ"
with the ears at leisure. OF, N SURE of
decent horse. you may make a consld-
cradle dct0ur inland and strike the rail-
train.
The towns en- route are all after the
general Cuban pattern. except that
these look little more
SHABBY AND sHIFTLEss
than most. san Antonio de Banos. only
two or three hourH' run from Havana.
was once notable place. made 10 by
It's mineral waters and the baths of
santa Antonio Today u II woefully
down al the heel. but with agricultural
rccuperation perhaps It's old-time pros.
pcrity may return, for the mineral WA
terH are really fine. The ruined town Of
Rio Colorado has probably had moro
American cameras levolcd at II than
any other place In Cuba: and truly II
looks as u posing for picture OF des-
olntion, The cane fields were burned
FOR miles around and not house left
standing. except one solitary sugar mill.
which may have been spared because
with nothing TO grind, II was rendered
useless for years 10 come Ana many
long month win 10 by before smoke
N again seen Issuing from lts chimnoya.
FOR the blackonod acres have not Yet
been plOwed for cane planting.
Gunnnlny, once a village of some Inn
p0rtance, n now ah0u, tho duilcat place
imaginable until the departure of the
Spanish troops, their hammocks Were
swung In the portlcos Of every house.
and 20 grlevous was tho burden, that
though long since llfted-the people
seem unable 20 rally from a.. Some cl-
gars are made here, ana shoes and sad.
dies; and between these industries and
the inhhttn UNllN tNfft N employment
for everybody who cares To labor. II
time permits, a little horseback riding
across the country from this point will
repay the traveller, ileronbouta tho
palm-trco scenery N varied by giant
clehas talmilar 10 our cottonwoods).
and carolina" a species OF tropical
oak But for the most part Il Il an
empty country n little way from the
main roads, 40 far az human life IL con-
oerned. The people, dazed by their
SORROWS AND LOSSES.
are sim afraid TO venture far beyond
the settlements. All the portcroa, or
farm houses, were destroyed. together
with the handsome residences on tho
large estates, and their owners N not
among the dead, are too poor to re-
build There ~ also noticeable lack
of farm animals; and OF farm imple-
ments, there was always a dearth. In