The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

American Provisional Governor peace and quiet contine to prevail and poii@ tical complications are being rapidly straightened out with a view to the searly establishment of a permanent and safe government. and good government is all that Cuba needs to insure the highest prosperity and a boundless increase to wealth for no country is so favored by nature and situation"
 Sir William Van Horne thinks that now that the lections are over and a good sugar crop is about harvested. "a very early revival in business ls to be looked for. He has no doubt that per- fest order will prevail in Cuba. for the new President, General Gomez, Is quite capable of seeing to that. In- deed. save for. the so-caIled insurrec- tion In the summer of 1906, the Island has been exceedingly peaceful and quiet since the Sanish evacuation.
 Daily trains run between Havana and Santiago, a distance of 532 miles. of which TIT are on the line of the United Railways of Havana and s5b on the line of the Cuban Railway. The train leaving Havana at 9 o'clock in the evening passes during the night through Empalme, Matanzas and love llanos, reaching Santo Domingo in the E0o1gAa" ger awakens' to behold the garden world fast slipping behind in the das- zling morning light. Vertical trunks of royal palms are what make the Illusion so intense, interplaying swift ly In the foreground, drifting for~ ward along the distant hills and weav- ing in countless numbers between the mid-distance, seeming constantly to writhe and stretch.
 , iftf~ 4 of Cuba, Is reached at 5:30 .. n1., and then begins the journey over the Cuban railway. The air and soil here are remarkably, dry and the atmosp- here the clearest of the Island, which may account for the exceptional beauty for which the women are famous. 1t has always been city of great wealth and contains many features which are entirely unique.
 Across the provinces of Santa Clara. Camaguey or Puerto Principle and San- tiago the road runs through high. roll- ing plains and mountainous regions Frequent red-roof towns lie beside the route, and thatched villages, with their pearl-gray roofs half smothered by cocoa palms.
 Sagua La Grande, near the north shore. is noted for it's picturesque situation and the immense amount of exports from it's port La Isabella. Sanett Spirtus, on branch road, isyftfii of antiquity. Camaguey is one of the quainteBt cities in Cuba and has a hotel that is model of comfort and convenience. Thousands of Americans are successfully engaged In farming in this district.
 Leaving Camaguey the train passes through stretches; of the widest tropi- cal growth. On both sides of the train and almost within reach. are dense forests. tnterlaced with lianas. In which native plants and flowers attain mar vicious size and beauty.
 Santiago de Cuba, the southeastern terminus of the Cuban railway. Is wall ed In by the surrounding mountains. even Co the entrance of it's harbor on the Caribbean. From the military road the view includes the grand am phitheatrs of Santiago Bay and the sea beyond The mountains attain their greatest height where the Sierra Maestro range rises directly from the sea near Santiago. The Moa River falls 300 feet in Q mountain varvern set bout with profuse foliage. The most famous falls are the Cascades Of the Rosario.
 Game is plentiful throughout the is- land, and hunting party will aften bring in from one days sport sight or ten deer. Six hundred and fortyfona species of Ash exist in Cuban waters, and the quality of the Holsters, crabs and shrimps isIexceedingly is nne. The sportnnan's fish are the famous red snapper, the gar-fish, the churna (some- times weighing 60 pounds.) the gamy rousa, the lista and the aguja weighing 500 pounds and over. There are also smaller fish of si1 descriptions.