New-York tribune., 1903-03-22

resembling Cape Cod at the western end # Re
south. ru shor". tn. ISi" Of Pins won '-tEe
tL.. equar.. out.;.- cr th. uuI""ti- BIS i-,.,L
At high tiI. Tn. isi.i-! is Ira"t.".tI.y ':..:--
fc.rueI into t-y, L.uI ;,r. s. fpr tn" Te.-. - =
the SEA f:uuIat"5 .u . i:-,.','.s "a r" tA.e
s,lithrLn y,art Of tL,. isI,.. T- EurtHrr. is.rt.
f1-lr., CuI,l however, is Iu,.u..tliu"ur. .,..a
T.. AXIS more than t"" th"..snnd f,'t II" .- ..-s
std Here dwell nearly ali of the t:ir. BE- .-...l-
s. 1I inhabitants ami tho. .' l-.-E-- !''H .-.-
uiatcd by American enterprise - '!. e." =
find that It responds with q ""H4Tr:lI f'.'. =
Potatoes are produced which HI.n; 81 '-.'.-
r,ric,. in th. markets Of Havat t;.,a tho: r. n
the United States. Tobacc" gr"9@s cF'-. 80
IuxuriautIy. Sugar cane IS cultivated ST.
fully. and the Iin nriIc, whis gr' ~ "-. n
such aLundanc" that II gav" its ::':'.' .. .t
island is being systematically raj, i :"E y 't--
can tables.
The population Of the Is- f I'.,'s Is g ...e
f1orn that cf cuba. and l. 4 mixture 'f ;.- '-'
Indian the invading SIa".tri and IT, e.. -
slave. Eeforc the advent Of IT, @I"t:.l'. ....
aborigincs were dIviI'd int" t"' '@.-.. "-s
owning the lands and CutIvut.Ti- tt.'tl. l. g. .+
OF negro slaves. and the cthrr a sh-fti--~. -r
savage race. which suhsistrd on -" i.-. .-.
fruits and wandered r;tk"d W and d. '.'
coasts Among them were many Iu.tI:t
TOMS among which was the "SIL"" T-L,'- ''l
hs.T
to bring to the grave Of her spouse meat an
drink for a whole year, SO that the drvI .''.-.-i
eat it and go away aI,pc;sed without distE-:..;e,
the buried body AT the end of the year t1''
widow opened the grave, cleaned the bon of
her former husband. and put them IN d i..-'-
During the day she carried the bones aF'.-:-1
with her, or hung them up in the front .-.''E'
while at home. At night she laid the I.'.'S
down on her bed. and slept beside them y. '.--'
end Of two years Of such devotion thv " ...-.l;I
was free. To- marry again, if sh- dvsiIrd I" IN
the risk Of another such IeTsance-
With the exception of such rites 20 "a .''e
tho devil the former inhabitants Of tn L-..-
of Pines had no clear conception OF = ci----,J
either of good or evil There WAS Il" 'ic-'-t
Sririt among them, as among the North A. -
can Indians They were for the most + .', q
peaceful folk made to great degre" - '--..
wonderful climate of the island, when vars
hut little from summer to winter, and ".-.. a
nroduces without the help Of man, H,iiIlL'-A
kinds of fruit.
rrbraa hundred Americans have settled on the
island, and with an enterprise characteristic 'L
their race they are rapidly turning the natural
wealth of the country to commercial ends. IN )
have found that many woods abound such IS
cedar, oak pino de tea, ocuja, sabrinl, c;tI-ea,-
fustic cocoa ebony, mahogany, walnut. CeIH,l'
maronon, majugu,, and the royal palm, Of which
the natives say:
Cou,ada. behba,
Casa YeStldO,
which simply means that this tre' furnishes
most Of the necessities of life. i:-.l.!3r, t"'i,
drink, shelter and rainnent- Man T~rr "". =
have long been used pr"dl5a-ly rE i;''- i"',..'S'
who did not realize their value. and t...~ he
Spanish prison at Nucva Gcrors.t, IL F.:...A
poIiticaI offenders were at one time o.-.:.s-'I
when the island used as a penal col .,.s. -
finished in mahogany and ebony, over WIN ".-s
been daubed whitewash, for "Ornlncnt.lI -
Uoses."
Marble quarries containing fine vari-rt-+ u;
white green and pink stone are no" l--;
operated and q company has been ors,l:-.1,.i -