El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

1FE down in Cuba, THE Pearl OF
the Antilles seems fascinating
H and interesting when viewed
s distance. but only the mis-
eiOnarv sees life there as IL IeaLg
siE To+1 + Caperton, whose work IN
Cuba is so well known tte LtS into
york there and gives an 4ltSl5l'
- 1ife of the people. He says
IL sSsAIavari is in the center OF a IatSe
,-s1IeV and is built along the river tn9I
hears the same name, " S5,o,,0+sins
rounded bv beautiful, hlgn noun 90 q 30
zoToa of them towering Z,5Oe anu 49, ~
feet in the air. 1 have Deeh 70 tI0 e.,
+ie mining camp at the mountain t t2p
and believe the view Is i oI,S The
T1ost beautiful on this hemisphere. -
nificent Nipe bay stretches OUT a.
most at the foot of the mouhIdlns 60 60
further on is the broad Atlantlc'. 90
in the other directlohs me ~ ~
and cities of the eastern provinces "a
O1 ..5Tbev tell me there are 5000 peo-
ME in this valley, and am tne ~
MISSIONARY here. In one afternoon
-o5e through five settlements, Where
there were no less than 6OU peOpIe,
and in none Of these Mas nc Jsy
service at all. The SaoDath - CO.. 80
~ drunkenness and Teveiry- me- eIS
are a number of cock pits scaItsTsu
along the valley wherever there = d
settlement, and two large ones -
in Mayari. and on sunday a. - 3Te
men can be heard all down the va
lev. Such is their idea OF SPOT an anu
the observance of the SaODalh &es-
of there is a nation on the SIOoS
that needs salvation today, 1t IS CuDa-
s'Fzverv other Sunday rae "a mrs
IN the middle of the day 70 preach;
They are not organized YET inaSe
sonIv last week managed 70 Iiha
she'd in which they could hold ser
vices On the other Sundays 1 nave
an eight mile trip to preach
up in the heart of the noun Il 81 T T
/ there is a little settlement when
| have visited, and one man has prom
! ised to let me hold services IN ms
house I will have to 90 on Ooili \ - : :
| nights, as it is only PAIN ana -
| gerous I have two otner appoAA -
! Tneuts- in private houses. ana one Oll
| Tuesdav night four miles away "heIe
we have a small church. 1 nave DeeE
| sometimes will have an extra one;
/ at wish YOU could ride out Win me
! over nv work. There is one nome
/ esDecially, a humble place tndtcHe -
l hut with dirt floor, but the preacher
! sTv-avs has a warm welcome Inere.
] The Cubans are not as rule beLy
! hospitable, and one almost never go
] an invitation to eat with them- ~
/ old Don Ramon and his VIE Dona
| Tosefa. always want me to stay Iol
| dinner when go, and are dlsappolneSg
/ IL 7 refuse The last time ATE WIN
| them they had a chicken roaSLeu Oii
| and the regular Cuban dinner OF soup
! and frijoles. I ate with meat ~ :
! and an immense butcher knife, WnllS
the others ate with their fingers,
! came away with oranges, sweet lem
| ons and other fruits tied to my saddle
| and a boquet Of roses love flowers
! and they always save me the cholces'
/ blossoms"
The znpOtecans Of Mexico;
In the state of OaXaca, Mexico
there still exists a remnant Of the
| Zapotecan indian tribe, said to numoei
| about 100000. They are civilized, anc
| use Spanish in business, but they re
I tain the primitive language IN tnt
home. In their own tongue they have
scarcely any books and the predlc-
ton is made that the language WI
die out in the near future They live
| in villages, the surrounding land De
ing held in common
As a rule the people are tan and
wellbuilt They are generally hones'
and serious, and are religtousiy IN
| cIined I have never seen an audienc'
sit and listen to the preaching o.
the gospel with greater interest and
attention. They seem to drink II
} every word We have four companies