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m i." "" ... ABBF.JUE, S. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1885. - NO. 31.
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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
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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. '
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Office formerly occupied by Jndjje Jl
Thomnon. tf-50
I.. W. PKRRIX. T. 1'. COTIIKAX.
pERRIX k COTHRAN, *
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Attorneys at Law, 1]
51 Abbeville 8. C. ?
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gUOKNF. B.UARY, fl
Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ^
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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
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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
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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..
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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. ?>? "
To begin -at the beginning;
Several department* at tMConfederate
Government . nwh w?
the ?ordi i?anoe> .t qoerW>ittle?V
and medioul - parvevar'
apectat> funde depoeitten^ifirtiifittw
)t?pe<im bunkete4ae *ho> ^nftaoUaee
pf euppUeuy wteiob wuMi imijjiibi
pbufon* Xiii#..***
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