The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-02-03

photographed that We might convey
to our friends an idea of what II Il.
The mountains of the southeast aoast
OF Cuba are quite high and are fer
tile to the. crest. On the higher
mountains Of that section the long
leaf pine grows to great size and
towers high above all other timber
and can be seen for miles.
In this country the first meal is
very light, usually cup of coffee,
previously described), little fruit
and bread or crackers. Breakfast Is
about 8 80 to II a. M. 1t is about
a breakfast we heard Of and saw |
want to tell you. After quite 4 hare
ride we reached a place called Rio
Grande. Here We found several
Cuban shacks and wonderful lot
of children. Upon inquiry we found
the men knew good thing when
they saw it and had had from two
to five wives each and had evidently
remembered what the good book said
about the arrows and blessed was the
man who had his culver full Of
them. AT any rate at this particular
shack the head Of the house had
three of a kind and some dozen or
fifteen childrenand nine of the poor
lest honey dogs / have ever seen on
the-isIand. That morning he went
to the woods to catch a wild hog Tor
breakfast. The wives and children
showed plainly by the expression on
their faces that the hunt had not
been success. The hunter had re-
turned without the game, 50 he took
the better looking of the wives and
went down to the sea to take bath.
leaving the other two. children and
dogs TO keep house. This is about
the. most economical way ] know OF
to run a house. We shared our
breakfast with them and let the dogs
hunt.
We spent the night farther up in
| the mountains, where we saw a ruIt
of a boy about IS years old, who
disappears in the woods for as long
as eight days at a time, with moth
ling to eat but what he gets out 81
mother earth and the honey of the
wild bees. They told us he often
returned to his '.happy" 50 swol-
len they could scarcely recognize
him from the bee stings. We found
the family very hospitable, The.
children most obedient to their
father. Before retiring they pres
sented themselves separately for the
fathers blessing. kneeling oil one
knee and crossing their arms across
their breast. The father making a
slight movement of the head as
recognition. The old gentleman has
been very sick and upon the guides
telling him we had medicine at Gau-
ma, distance Of 25 miles, he asked
us if the boy could go with us to
ret him some. Think Of a West
Virginia boy riding two days to get
medicine for his father with nothing
but piece Of native bread and the
wild orange and lime to eat. The
native bread is quite curiosity 10
us. 1t is made from a tubcr SINH
lar to our sweet potato in appear
ance. ut is pared and sliced, dried
in the sun, then they put it in 4
wooden mortar and reduce it 10
Hour. 1t is mixed with water ami
made into thin cake about IL in
hes in diameter and baked on a hot
tone or sheet of iron. II is about
llree-sixtccnth of an inch thick
when done. As | have said before,
logs and game furnish the meat,
and plantation bananas and other
tropical fruits the vegetable. Thcy
grow their own coffee and chocolate
and what il best OF all they are CON
tented. Through the woods are
found wild pigeons in abundance,
turkey, pheasants, coons and pos
sums in small game, and the brown
deer and wild hog for the larger.
The streams abound in fish, HOLSTERS
and large turtle,
Ito be continued.)