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^^^^^^ M H MMMiMMMM Wm ,.. . - . -?. - " '" ~~ "' ~~~ ' " " | ^ "* ~'- "* " m i." "" ... ABBF.JUE, S. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1885. - NO. 31. * Sir *? ;,<. ,/. t .J ,?Jfti/. , - "' ??i-i -- ' Kichmond and daxviu.b I * KAILKOAI). I'mrtt-ngcr Dtpartmrnl,?On and after Apr. 4th, 1*84, itaKiieDger train xot ric# on the A. and C. Division will ba *h follows: JCortkwnret. No. 51* !tn. 5Sf L?arg Atlanta. fi ? p m 8 46 a in arrive <Jaimra*UI<? 8 0* pm 10 .12 a m I.ula a 8 33 p ai 10 54 a in Rabun (iap jouc *. 9 J1 pm It 21 a m Ttxcoa c 9 56 p in 11 55 a m Kaneca City d .. lflMpw 12 51pm Urcfarille t 11 2T a to 2 21 p m Kpartanburg/ .... 142am 3 34 p in Gustonia 17 I4it(n 5 26 p di ebarUtte A 4 45 a ra 6 10 p in SoitlAtrard. No. 40* No. 52t Lmt? Charlotte 3 00 a ra I 0(1 p di arriTeGaatenia 3 50 am 141pm Hpartanbarg ..... 5 53am 334pm ' 'Jreenvtlle Htan 5 03 p ni Rcncca city 8 52 a m 0 39 p in Toceoa. 9 53 am 7 35 pm Kuban Gap jane . .10 32 a at 8 34 p m Lula i 11 07 a m 9 10pm Gainesville 11 33 a in 9 28 p m Atlanta . 140pm 1130pm *Bxpresa. -tJUil. Freight tralas.an this road all carry pasnrugerp; pas?eng?r trains ran through to I>anvilla and coaaect with Virjjinia Midland railway to all eastern cities, and at Atlanta with all lines diverging. No. 50 leaves Richmond 3 25 p m and No. 51 arrives thera 4 20 p ni; 52 eaves Richmond at 2 00 a m, 5.1 arrives there at T (0 a m Huffet Sleeping Cars without fhange; On train* Xo*. 50 and 51, Krw Tork and Atlanta, via Washington and Danvilln, Greensboro and Aalicvillp; on train* No*. 52 and 53; Richmond and Danvill?, Washington, Augusta and New Orlean*. Through tickcts an Kale at Charlotte. Greenville. Seneca. Spartan bars and Gainesville to all points south, southwest, north and cast. A connects with 5J. K. railroad to and from Athens; 6 with N. K. to and from Tallulah Falls; a with El. Air Lino to and ftom Klherton and Bowersville; d with llltio Kidpo to aad from Wallialla; e with C. and G. to and from Greenwood, Newberry, Alston ; and Colombia; / with A. & H. and S.. U. & C. to and from Hendersonvillc, ] Alston, &c.; g with Chester and Lenoir , to and from Chester, Yorkrille and Dal- , las; h with X. C. division- and C., C. & A. to and from Greensboro, llaleigh, Arc F.pmitsn Urrki.et, Supt. M. Slaughter, Gen. I'ass. Agt. A. Ij Kixea. Jd V. I'. aad Geo. Man. <JOCTH CAROLINA K J RAILWAY CUM IAS 1. Commencing Sunday. ttept.Tth, 1(181, it IlitM, Fatseajrer Traina will run as follow* < til farther notice, "Eastern time:" i Catumtfa Piaition?I)tilj. IittT* ('olanhi* T tStm i 27 p t* Dai at Charleston 12 Jt p in 9 HR ji n Leave Charleston 7 00 a m 4 JO p in l)oe at Colombia 1100 p m 9 22 a m CmmWtm Wcjw'od Daily except Sunday*. I-???e C?lu?Ua 7 4ft a m i 27 p in Da? Camden 12 45 p m 8 25 p in - Lear# Camden 7 15am 4 00 p ni Due Colombia 11 00 p ni 0 22 p At Auffv?1a ?Daily. Leave Colombia 5 27 p m Dae Anfrnxta 7 41 am Leava Angnatn... 3 50 p m Dae Columbia 9 22 p in (.Vim h ft ion* Made at Colntubia with Columbia and ttreenvilla railroad by train arriving at 11 00 a. m. and departing at & 27 p. u?.; at Columbia j Junction nith Charlotte, Columbia and An- 1 goata railroad by Haute traiu to aud from all # (ininta on hoth niad*. At Charlenton witli at camera for New York ?n Haturdav; and on Tueadav and Saturday tritb ateatner for Jaekaonville and point* on Ht. John's rirer; alrnt, with Charlefttim and ( Savannah Railroad to end from Savanuah 1 and all pninta in Florida. At Angnata with (teorjri* and Central rail , rMoa In and from all point* W?nt and 8><ath; , at Blackrilla to and from all pointunn Barn- ( wall railroad. Through tickrtx can be pnrchaaed to all points Sontli aud Went br applylujrto D. McQvkbh. A pent, Columbia, 8. C. John B. Pkci. Oeneral Manager. ' D. C. Allkk, lies. Pans, and Ticket Ag't COLUMBIA A !?!> J GREENVILLE RAILROAD, j On aud after October 6, 18R4, I'absknokr ] fbAimh will ran aa herewith Indicated upon i tkia road aud its braaebet>. Dally,*xe<pt S tin dm ?a. tfo. tt. UP l'ASBENUER , Lear* Cola ? hi a 8. 0. Junc'n 10 45 pm I " Columbia C. A t*. ...11 Upm ; Arrire Alato* 12 10 p n> " Newberr* 111pm ' Ninaty-Kix.. 2 47 p m Greenwood 1 09 p ia Hodfea 3 33 p m ltoft an 4 40 pm at Oreenvilla 6 05 p m > y?. it. DOWN PASSENGER. I^ara Oreentille at 9 50 am Arriva Helton.... II 13 a ro Hodgen.. ...1233pm Greenwood ....12 48 pm , Maett-tMx 182pm Newborry,. -. 8 02pm Alston,.... 4 10pm ' Columbia C. k CJ. D 5 15pm Arrive Colanbia BC. Jnnc'n . 6 30pm iriBtivirw, cwiom * Columbia bail koad. i MO. 53. CP PAHSKMUKK. Leave AUton 12 52 p m " Union 3 45 pn ** Spartanburg, R.r.*C.dep?t,J 60 p m vo. 62. nowv pasmencjkr. L? ?ve Spart'f K. k D. Hepot .... 16 35 a m ** Hparfjt 8. U. k C. Depot . .10 60 am ? Union IX 40 p m < Arrive at Alb ton 1 10 p in LACKRXfl KAtLROAD. Leave Xewber-y 110 pm Arrive at Laareaa C. II 8 60pm I<mt? IiaarcBK C. II 7 10 am : .Arrive at Newberry 11 10 p m AIIKTILLI aa A VCD. Leave Hedges , 3 45 p ra Arrive at Abbeville 4 45 pm I>Mvt Abbeville ,1100am Arrive at Hodge* 1100 pm LflllNI RAILROAD AMD ASDKRHON1R AMCH. Leave Belton 4 45 p m Arrive Aadereon 5 18pm " Pendleton & 54 p tn " Heaeea e (40pm Arrive at Walhalla 7 03pm . Leave Walh^llA. 8 50am Arrive Seneca ,. . r 15 a tn i " Pendleton 0 63 a in ^ ">^#4?r?o? 10 33 a m A rrt MM ton ?_v II #84 m ta jt mutiuj) A. Jb.WjMkftrath Carolina railroad t* and frum I with Wilmington, Columbia and ' rallvoad from Wilmington and all yiSiailjUt thereof: with Charlotte, CotnmHawtiHIWGMt* railroad from Charlotte and anbSfaiwHl thereof. B. With AaVeVille ana paiertaeWrg railroad from and for pointa ia VMM N.Caroliaa. C. With Atlanta and rt?iWMl <Mt Eiehqiattd a?d Danville railway iwall poiata aonth and weat. I <!?jLTJffiCfiTT, Snperintendenf. |njaugM|?alQ?tt'f Paaaancer Art. MMnB 1 ' 1 nONXfQii^KT. we have a modern -W ?fl JpMHiuc power press, new 'WMflMt- bliftk p??er, envelope* . ^JONDKNSKD TIME CAIID Magnolia Passenger Route. In effect March 14,1885. * uoiVc JOvtii% Leave I.RTtrcns *5 TO a in +8 50 a m " Waterloo 6 06 i m 0 56 a M J " (Jreenwood 7 00 a in 2 15pm Arrive Augusta 10 45 a ni 7 45 p m Leave " 10 50 a in 10 00 pin Arrire Attanta 5 40 p m .6 40 a m Leave Ausrunta 11 80 a ni Arrive Heaufort 6 20 p m Arrive 1'ort It oval 6 .15 pin " Chaleaton 5 50 pm " Savannah 7 00 pm " Jacksonville 7 00 ain yOINQ NOKTD. Leave Jacksonville *9 50 pin " Savannah 0 55 am 1 Leave Pori Royal 7 35 am " Bcunfort 7 47 nin ' " Charleston 7 50 am 1 Arrive Anjtnsta 1 50 put , Lcavo Atlanta t8*0pm ' Arrive Augusta 6 10 ain ? Leave Augnsta ,v2 30 )>m . fi 15 am Arrive Oreenwood 6 10 pin 11 40 am " Waterloo 7 04 pra 3 30 pni i " Laurens . .. 7 50 pni 4 40 pni j Daily t Daily except Sunday. Ticket*on sale at Greenwood to a)! points* ( at thtongh rates?baggage checked to desti- C nation. Connections made at (iree)iw?>nd f with C. a O. K. R. K. T. Charlton, O.!'. A. c Augusta, On. J WILMINGTON. COLUMBIA AND AU- 1 OUST A HA1LKOA1). t Going Sou h so 4ft No 40 ' Leave Wilmington 9 .TO p m 11 10 pm ? Arrive at Florence 160am 2 20 a m * Arrive at Columbia 6 40 a m I] Going North * no 4S No 47 , Leave Columbia 10 00 p m * Leave Florence 4 50 p m 1 52 a m (j Arrive at Wilmington. ..7 40 pm 6 10 a in Train no. 43 >top* ut all stations, noh. 48 v and 47 atop onlr nt Drinkley's, Whiteville, q Flemington, Fair Bluff, Marion, Florence, Timmonsville. Sumter, cainden Junction ard R Eantorer. Passengers for Columbia and all y points on c * o r r, c, c * a r k, aiken Junction and Nil points beyond, should tak* No. 48, night express. Separate Pullman sleepers j\ for Charleston and Augusta on trains 48 and i 17. AH traias run solid between Charleston " ind Wilmington. v 0 ^TLAXTIC ~CO A ST LIN K, " 1 I'ASSENOKll DKl'ARMMKNT, * l< Wilmington, -V. (\ July 10th, iSSj. J N'l'iW LINK between ClwrleKton and H Colombia unci I'pper South Carolina, a CONDKNHKIt SCtlKIUJI.E. tl SOINS * GOIN6 ,1 ITItST. KAPT. .. 7 00 am I,t Charl?i<ton Ar. 9 45 pm , 8 40 " " Lanes " 8 05 " C 9 48 " " ... .Snmtcr " 0 55 " II 0# pm Ar Columbia Lr. 5 30 " 251 " " Winuiibnro ... " 3 48 " tl X 45 " " ... .Chester " ? 44 ? S35 " " YorkvilJe ' 100 " 6 15" 41 ... Lancaster " 9 00 " t) 5 00 " " Itock Hill " 2 00 " f\ 6 15 " " ... Charlotte " 1 00 " j I 13 pm Ar.... Newberry Lr 3 02 pin % 00 ? . ...Hrernwond " 12 48 " &' 6 50 " " ....Lanrens " 7 40 am }2 b 18 " " Auderxou " 10 33 " ??? " " <3reenrlll?-.r."... " 950 ? SI 7 On" " . Walhalla " 8 50 " w , .. .. ,,, .AUUCT)II? " llllll " 5 58 " " .... Simrtuulmrjr..;. " 1050 44 O 9 30 |" Henderson rill*.. 44 8 0 0 44 *olid Trains between Charleston and Colurn)in. H. V. I "F. 1>IVIN K, T. M. KM F.ItSON. ? Gcn'l Sup't. f??n'l 1*?r. Agont. T u 1( 2PARTAXDUR? AM) V !5 ASflKYILLE RAILROAD t< Ob and after Apr. 6lh, 1885, panaencer i? rains will b? run daily, except Sunday, ba*een Spartanburg and Ilendersonr ille an 14 ttllows: A UP THAIS. p ii??re K. L D- Dcpol at Spartanburg 4 00 p iu ' [jeare Spartanbnrjr, A. L. depot. ... f? 10 p m O Neare Salndx 0 20 p m \? [jearo Flat Rock 7 00 p m , irrirc flenderaonrilte 7 15 i .tt ^ DOWN Mil.*IN. [.eare IlenderaonriUe 7 00 ma I.eare Klut Ruck .7 15 a in ^ licaru Saluda Tit am Leare .lir Line Junction 10 15 an) /> irrire R. & I) I>epot Spnrtanbnrs 10 20 u m ' Trains <iu this road ran b* Air-Line time. A Hatli train* maVe connections frr Columbia *1 ind Charleston via Hnnrtanhnrp, l*n!?n and , Colombia: Atlanta ami Charlotte br Air Line, t, JAMEK ANDKK80S. Superintendent. [j EXCIIANGK HOTKL, 'I /. t fiRKRVTII.I.E, S. C. rilK ONLY TWO-CLA88 HOTKL IX ? THE WOK LI). * W. It. White. Pkoj-iubtok. 48 ^ 0K N'T HAL HOTKL, -J Miih. M. W. Thomas, ProprietroRR. n Broad street, Augnata, Oa. 40 a a Q L. MA BUY, 0 Atorney and Counsellor at Law. ^ ADBVII.I.K C. n., R. C. ' C Office formerly occupied by Jndjje Jl Thomnon. tf-50 I.. W. PKRRIX. T. 1'. COTIIKAX. pERRIX k COTHRAN, * f V Attorneys at Law, 1] 51 Abbeville 8. C. ? t gUOKNF. B.UARY, fl Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ^ r 52 Abbeville, 8. C. t JA1IKS S. PERRIX, \ Attorney and Counaellor tl Law. J? AbbkvimjF., C. II., 8. C. 1 Jan. 38, 1886-tr S3 J A. ROOT. R. HRMPHir.il. ?M. P. CAM.OfTK. 1 t jJKMPHII.L ft CALHOUX, . Attorneys at Law, | Abbrvii.i.r, S. C. J Will practice in all the Conrta of the 8 Stat*. ) 64 {C *] ALL 4k* m# aiaffca Id Ritii iR^BiwBtti * with Ribboaa. Blrdi* Flovrara, 8atlna >g aa4.T?lvato to m fetch. . , -?* ) Vi W?? ?4P0OK ft COl < 26 '"J." 7 .V." '*.??'- "** I - ' \vf;, ^ ' ". Vt How People Live in Havana ; 7 : ? , > JUAINT 8CKNKS IN TI1K MKTllOI*. ' OLIHOFCUBA. , I CoNmnpolitmi City?IteKemblanceM I' to the Kast, HhrnleWnf IMflVr- b piico?NttProw ftiTctNand GoMtiplrig q Nel^hboro?Municipal Clcanlin^nn ^ ?tfVo llnyal Havana ftottery-Ot her Matter*. * > .: ? ., ... , I) Havana, Cuba, April 10, 1885?'"Land ho!" I turned over in my comforta- 8' >le bunk and drowsily intimated y hat my cabin mate would be ful- 8< y 50 per cent, more agreeable if 81 ie attended strictly to his own ? sphere of usefulness. a] "Is that the reward for watchng over yon for the last two P lours, as a mother keeps vigil u >ver her infant's cradlo, and then 01 sailing you as Cub* looms up in he distance ? Didn't you im- " >lore and supplicate me last even- n ng to call you at dawn, in order tt hat you might absorb as many 01 first impressions' ns possible ? w 5erfidious quill-master, let thy *v inme be henceforth Ingratitude! Ls for myself, I'm going out on ^ leek to survey tho vast acres of a' raving palms, tho magnitieont *' eiba jungles, and the clouds of n< ;eorgcous tropical birds that hov- 8I r everywhere." a And the door slammed upon *c rie with a violence "which wuuld lave scared all the somnolence nt of the Seven Sleepers of . Sphesus. j' I was on my feet at once, ??nd ast no time in getting dressed. c<, )uring tho first three dnys of 0 T I C( 11 ocean vo}*age 1 am always so ^ fleeted by the saline element in ho atmosphere that I have 110 ul ifticulty whatever in sleeping R L*n II lilfV (nit 11 /Ml HJ tlf *1 l.fm.trtl. ki%v m ivg ivii iivuio <11 n 011 cii;ii, j )f course I did n't take any stock ^ u the story about waving palms ^ nd birds of Paradise, and so . ben I went on deck I was pre- oc arcd to survey an unattractive oast line. I have been so often i1* isappointed in the realities of J foried lands, such as Paliatine, yria, Egypt and G recce, that 11 1 in always on the defensive now j lien I come to some new State ] r Island. But tho vi FIRST view OF CUBA tl< ^as not so bad as I expected. ^ 'here were no trees, no very >fty mountains, 110 brilliantly eI'dured hillsides, but tho con- ru Mir of the island was tolerably lousing, and did not present au rray of barren rocks sizzling in ftl merciless tropic sun?it familiar ta icturc in the Levant. The Pan u. t the -Latanzas, the highest ele- {)I ation to be seen, appeared a few egreea to the left of the low-ly- rj ig metropolis, toward which we rere directing our coursc. By w o'clock we were alongside the rowning walls of Morro Castle, H, nd proceeded to enter one of ^ lie numerous "finest harbors in cj he world." Let n?e do Havana ^ ?y the justice, however, to adnit that it is a commodious, picuresqe and most favorable har- .1 *>r?without arrogating to my- [a olf tho authority to compare it 8t rith Hong- Kong, Nuganuki, rokohama, Singapore, Sydney, pi Tew York or San Francisco. ^ It the same time I cannot un- , lerstand how auy traveler can * uaintaiu his own selt-respcct, ** nd indulge in the popular mag- v< zino gush over his tirst, socond ni >r last glympse of Cuba. We steamed slowly into the \/x larbor, and picked our way care- V( nlly through phalanxos of an- tj bored merchantmen, American, oj lexical), Spanish and French. 8j Here we glided past the ma?tificent steam yacht Atalanta, of v< IR. JAY WOULD, AND IIIH PARTY, tl irho were sojourning in Havana P larhor at the time, passing back 18 ind forth between the boat and * he shore in their own elegantly t( nnninfoil atnuni Iminnk T ?(??? lercd that the Spanish Govern- ?] ncnt was ready to accord oven his small priviledge to foreign- . irs, though thoy didtepreserit the " wealth and influence of the ^ greatest of nations. It is the gctins of Spanish institutions to esist every improvement and ?' lonvenience which is calculated . o reduce the nmouut of labor J? imploved in serving the foreign- * ir. T'bat is one reason why we ?! md to anchor out in the bay and mine ashore in dories manned by J1. Spanish boatmen. Another rca- " on would be found in the tiny* c< >rous suspiciou of the Spanish. " Hie Government seems to feel . !} iaf?r than it would5 with'our r jiviTjMq flota. , . v The good ship Hutchinson was h ? ' * .y-wt: iha [. 1 : - noil" boardod by native bote tinners in true Oriental" style ome of wbom were Orientally >ud-mouthed. If I over keep i otel, I shall employ clerks anc untiers who aro phy rather thai old. Perhaps I would soon bc< otne insolvent, but 1 think 1113 lodest, diffident agents would ecu re as guests thfft minority f tho traveling public that cufivates brains along \tfith dollars "Oh, my dear gentlemens' liouted one, "it's all right, I tell on. I am three times glad tc se you, sirs, and we've got roomt lived for you all. \Vo are thi nly decent house in town, ami peak nothing but English." "His is a decent hotel," iuter olatcd another with a spasm ol nconcious humor, "but you can r*t she food at our house." Not being a helpless tool in io hands of the average hotel inner, I selcctcd my own boat, crazy craft with a hood over 11c end. * I went ashore, and as landed at the custom wharf, ith tho understanding that the uggage would follow by lighter, .t the wharf I learned that the jtocratic individual in,charge ol le custom house service would ot be down till 11 a* m. to in>ect baggage. I therefore took victoria and was driven up nvii. IN SEARCH OF A HOTEL. As I have some weeks in which i make this city my headquarters was an pious to get . where I >uld wield my limited command the English language. Ot >ursel found every hotel adveraing itself as the "only Amerlm hotel in town." but I readily irceived that the stock of Kngsh was exceedingly meagre ut te majority ot establiflhnients. i: i ? i uurmug-iiuuBCH lira uiiKllown 3re; the Cubans failing to periive the use of such institutions. At length I found the nearest >proximation to a civilized *arding-hou8C in a hofel kept by 1 .American lady and known an ie "Grand Central." . I was promptly reminded ot ie Syrian hotels when I came to irvey these caravansaries of llama. There are the marble jors, tiled walls, glassleas wiu)\vs, and regular Syrian court to Inch I bccame accustomed in eyrout. The terms are high iiiging from $3 TO $5 rKU DAY IN GOLD. As we only get two meals a day, id fruit is a cheap and impornt element in each repast, it ould seen that the Cuban Hotel oprietors are trying to outdo ie hackmcn of Niagara, but du i. 1 Y 1 * ug my amy ncre i nave cnjoyeu >me insight into the methods by Inch the Spanish Government creases the cost of living here, id I think there is some excuse >r the seemingly extortionate mrges. On this point I shall ive occasion to write something i future letters' In the present initial letter of ic Cuban series, I propose to ike up n few of the commonest reet sights. At the very outset I was surrised not to find any specimens f the {Spanish volante on the iia}*, wuiting to convey passensrs up town. Subsequent inQstigution failed to discover the jiniue anywnere eine in town, id thon I perceived that in t.he rocen8 of Havana's Europeanittion, the victoria has driven the rdante out of towu. I am told iat there is only one specimen f this large wheeled, longlafted Cuban vehicle in town nd that travelers sometimes isit this as a curiosity in case ley find themselves unable to renetrate to the interior of the land. The victorias drawn by single horse each are ubiqui>1)8. The other vehicle cncouivterod 11 the street is an immense twoheeled cart drawn by a single ray-horse and used in t ran portig freight from one part of the ity to another. You see there eavy carts standing;on the streots t intervals from each other, the cepy looking horses eating thuir undies of green corn-fodder if it ; meal time. Each horso wears ii'oo lingo red tassels, one froin ach ear and one under the chin. Whether these tassels serve a 115 tility I cannot say; I should link they would be no pjQrt and active to the com tort of tiic nimal than the bulky, elaborate arness 'on Ins hack. You art ? v 1 <\ ? it -1 .i\? 1 *i'. . r* ;-i i?r lao ... ...... M?g*ANTLY tNCOUNTBHma DOS-.iii v? ?. 1* . T^Tc . *re loaded dowiv almost qo* o] " . a iJ ' /wll i.-:lrf.l-? .".J-.- ...r . 1 is; 1 sight with bundles of thiscorn, fodder of some other agricul; turn! burden, a sight which at i once suggests Japau to one. 1 Often only four moving pegs are i visible below the huge load to testify to the presence within. r Tho aninal'rt mouth is muzzled I in inosl cases to prevent his in* vesti?j:itinj? the merits af the fod dcr. You often see long strings of ' horses, also, the nose of each I horse tied to the tail of the one > before him, just as I had seen ? camels strung together in the nps country of India, jI _ Of course the streets, with two or three exceptions, are very narrow, with tiny sidewalks ranging I from one to ihreo feet in width, i But I have ceased to criticise narrow streets in tropical climates ?* -?' mcj inu u grcjii uoiniort, Q8 tne I sun's rays uro largely excluded. , 0& the same ground I understand why the houses and stores are. I usually but two stories high, However, native diet, or gari mentrt, or customs may annoy the traveler from temperate zones, i he will usually find a reason underlying them. The Indian toes in, not bocause he wants to be ornery. but because that's the way to make progress if you're walking through swamp-grass. STREET CANOPIES. Across the street and from one rooftop to another iron rods frequently extend, to which a canvas covering is attached by means of rings, cords and pulleys. By this arrangement even the perpendicular raVR of tlifl aim nnn be excluded from the Rtre?t, while the canvas may bo drawn back at sundown to admit light and air. This is better than the boards spread across the tops of streets in Chinese cities, and far better than the gloomy arcaded lanes of Damascus, Hebron and Jcrusclcm. The second story windows arc usually provided with balconies about a foot wide, so that opposite neighbors may gossip together without the formality of a call. This, agaiu, suggested the verandas of the Levant, especially in Cairo, where of ten outy ft foot intervenes between 1 the upper stories ofoppositc houae But here again there is a wide difference, for the members of a Tur- 1 kishorArab harem do not nliow their faces outtsido of the balcony lattiee-woi'k, and thcbc Spanish and Cuban Senoras expose theirs freely unless they arc ultra aristocratic. The reader will see that I appear to be robbing Cuba of its individuality, by thus parcelling off the 81 ran go sights to be ciicoun- ' tered here. The truth is that around-theworld trip strips the novelty from things Occidental. What the Orientals have not done in the way of startling things is hardly worth the doing; and TI1K NOVKLTIKS OF CUBA . are among the commonplaces ot the far East, being duplicated there and far eclipsed. Yet what the professional traveler loses in this way he more than makes up m the pleasure of comparing civilizations and tracing common bonds ot national habit. The houses and stores alike open directl}' upon the sidewalk, and arc reacned without any ascent. The windows of the houses I _ll < i i ? ' " 1 are an ironteu wun powerful iron grating, giving the city the appearanco of a vast collection ot dungeons. The forbidding gridirons often constituto mediums of intercourse" between natives Pyramusesand Thisbes, I am told 1 owiii? to the limited faculties for 1 association between the sexes in 1 Cuba. The walls of the buildings | are tinted, so that the eye is greeted by an assortment of faded greens, blues, reds nnd yellows. The stores still further suggest the Orient, for they are so construct' ed that their entire fronts open to 1 the street, the doors doubling back against the side partitions. 1 When you meet a man you tu rn 1 out to the right. The 8IDE-WAJMW ARE 80 NARROW 1 that this usually means taking to ' the gutter, or the place where the ' ffllttAP nilrrlit fn lu> miloaa i>am e> ?is-- " -M""~ juu ??? on the right hnml side of the street. There is one exception to this J rule, If the mnn is a "nigger" 1 yuu kick him into the street. At * least that is tho theory, and if Hft* y^ia hadn't become so muoh for!> cignlzedt and . the.blacks here so r milch more selfcoutidsut than iu ihe intorior, that wouM be the in^ * vKrthbk practice. * 1 * :' :mk r cleanly/, city* . Anironelad tab*?, t ' ' i .. .'r r... ,/jo.l - 44 ',1 rence to the literal truth compels me to venture the belief that I'd rather take my chances here than in New Orleans in case of yellow fever, other things being equal. Every night at eleven o'clock the streets are swept with all the carc exercised in Paris. The city has sold to a certain man the privilege of taking carc of any refuse that collects during the day, and of course it is for his interest to get all he can for his money. Yet this is not saying that you will not find plenty of filth in some back yards, open lots and byways of the city. The streets seem to bo named for fanciful abjects, just as the English think a cottage is incomplete until it has been christened. Thus I recall names as follows: "The Oriental," "The Pearl," "Industry," "White Deer," "Golden Lion," "The Kiosque," "The India," "Precious Things," "The Casket of jewels," "Sunbeam," "Garland of Flowers," My Destiny," See. One ofthe first individuals that the traveler meets upon landing in Cuba.isthe indefatigable. LOTTERY TICKKT DEALKK. One of the last individuals that the departing touriBt has to bid good-bye is the same indefatigable persouago. Men, women and children wander about hoarsly calling their tickets for sale all day long. Lame men set by the wayside peddling tickets. The nniVQ-Ofa iwla "-? * ..U.iu-oiunuo, oivi C-WV II1UU ?V8 ItMU bazars in every part of the city are loaded down with the cheap billets. Sheets of fortv tickets are issued by the Royal Havana Lottery at tlie rate of $40 (Spanish paper) or $1 per ticket. (Spanish paper is only worth about forty percent, as much as our own denominations.) Then the speculators take large quantities of tickets and issue new tickets with these as the baste. They construct combination tickets, representing a small interest in each of several or many numbers in their possession. They also issue fractional tickets aajow jn value as dicz centavosy about four American cents, always taking euro, however, that they tuake a littlo commission by increasing the prices of fractions beyond the actual cost to them. Thus ever "Los negros" and the poorest natives can invest their tew old pennies. In order to catch the ultra religions, many of these tickets are christened jitter famous saints, martyrs and early Christian fathers. Thus a negro will often walk up to a counter and ask: "HAVE YOU GOT SAINT CJ1YS0ST0M ?" And upon dcalars producing the number thus specified, a burgain is effected. Anyone can go into this combination-commission business, and a largo proportion of the total population seems to be engaged in it. I went to the mammoth headquarters of this lottery the other day, but found that^admission could only be obtained once a fortnight, on drawing days. The Government receives a large revenue from this concern, twenty-five per cont., I think. People who have had hard work to "make both ends meet" mapage to scrape together something to invest in this great game of chance, and do so year after year without ever drawing a prize. The Havana street car is a very commodious and decent affair. It 19 drawn by three horses, a leader and a span following. Tho cenductor has a cushioned Boat at the rear end projecting over the dash-board, or whatever yon cull it. Tlifi fiars rtnlr mn r?n ft fpw /if the broadest streets, so that thoro is no necessity for the driver to keep sounding a lishhorn to warn people from tno track as in Japan and Mexico. There are several SUBUBAN STEAM TRAMWAYS. The traveler may possibly be a little shocked to read sach an inscription on a car as "Jesu del Monte," unless he has just come from the great French capital and noticed the blasphemous titles there. Burdens are carried on the head as in India and the Levant save in tho case of John Chinaman, who can never be periruaded to carry goods otherwise than in scalepans suspended trom the opposite side of a bamboo pole' slung over bis shoulder. ' I don't 'know how fargQ tWr Chins* eleiBDDt is herp, bnt it In very ?on?kiewWn,J Th?C?fc?thUs st tart oirtthesttfa ? ?' v'"" 1 *?*H tWO/JO* InlrtWtkMJ tn wund Th? ?*itfn^sall tfce yrmy from 300,000 ,,v> :r *. ' * vr;' to .100,<X)0. Among the things that I: haven't been able to find here are glass windows, door-knobs, cooking-stove*,' night-latches and hotel elevators. There is ono hotel here which boastinjtly advertises an elevator, but it is merely a trick. The elevator is for food only, a very small one, and has been out of order for some time. Yon might think tliore would.be NO NKEI) rOK KI.RVATORH in a city where none of the buildings possess . more than thrse stories ; but it must be reinenbered that the hotel stories in this tropic city are about twice as high as ours, and the stairs therefore steep. The people one moet.s up the street are also an interesting object of study. As I look about me some evenings in (V, ? l>~~ -1- 1- T-J?- .? > >? A mu|iii; tie in ilium, or LQC 1'IDZI (16 I Annan, or the Parcquo Central, I am dinposed to shiver a little at some of the physiognomies. I am sure 1 could rig out a good many private creyrs and put ** Capt. Kidds at the head of Jhem all, froiu the. material here. ON THK ftAZA , reforred to the upper crust promonade each evening, the ladies by themselves mostly and the gentlemen by themselves. The exercise seems to consist of a general walk around, interspersed with seasons of repose in metallic chairs,for which privilege each person pay* | ten cents (paper.) The ladies make a ' very attractive spectacle, hooded in their becoming Spanish veils of black lace. The soft peachy skins of ' the young, man, characteristic of Southern Europe, are also noticeabio hero.? The negroes. > and Chinamen, who do nearly all the work on the island, do not intrude, themselves upon those squanM.. ...it * These parka are not remarkable at ell, save for the scenes, which they, witness ; ; certainly they are not worthy of p tropic 1 irtland. There are sopie very. deccnt >. botanical gardons in. the suburbs, .of which I may write incidentals at soma future time; but it seema., a. misnomer to call these grasslcsa public-proroe-, nadea "parka." I should call, thenk opan placos adorned with gaaposts, statutes of Cerranteg and Columhun, a faun lain or two, and a few spasmodic attempt*at trees. Mora anan, doobeubt.. __ i. l!' ' ' A MYSTERY EXPLAINED. - '.i. THE 8KCRKT OF THE CXJNjFKDEKATB BOND CRAZE). ^ Mh. BehJamtn'n flctemt ftor DHridtnjc H l he 8ecra( HerTtoa BMmom Anaup*". the Creditor* of (bn Confederacy? Why tlie Kuinor oCa'BMt A(aiM(< the United HtatenL, i I \ ?v ? . t Columbia, April 20.?The absolved enigma of this decade baa been the motive of iridacing tlie demand in England ior certaW Confcdecate bonds. Conje^inrei have beeu numerous,, but''nojae pointed to a logical reason' for the fact that worthless Con federate' obligations, which had for fifteen / years filled dusty chests ' ap? trunks in Europe and in the South' * ' suddenly commanded frota ckntis^" ' mouthed speculators a price eqtf riling several per'centum of tn^ir ' par value. Preposterous stories as to the cause of the dfemiahd have been circulated only to letiVfe the public unsatisfied, and'euri oub tor a logical souiutmu of the ploblem. There has been no explanation of tho reason for the ' cessation of the demand, and the ultimato disposition of the l>onds purchased and sent to London bate not been authoritatively Announced. Aftor a vast deal of inquiry and conjecture the matter remains as it began?a tantalizing mystery. 5 11 > Chance has just afforded me an explanation of the whole bnri*ncsa?an explanation which I can announce with confidence because it is complete and logical and cob-** sistont with every phase of the loud speculation, bat ehieiiv because it conies authoritative^* from ono of the ffew hroh'ifr tHv United States who have been from the firat cognizant of the factk of the meaning of the totalled1 'craze.*' He has been -closely connected with the "bond operations, but now that they have1 Men completed he gives me the iacU, with tho understanding that his namo be withheld from/ poblication. Judah Pi Benjamin^ sscretary of State of tho Confederacy from 1862 until its sottapsa* was the originator of the'- plan* by which a demand was ereatad tor the bonds, ant) to his* is attributable the complete su?^ cess of the project. ?>? 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