Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 158, Lebanon, Boone County, 2 April 1917 — Page 5

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RECEHTLY MADE TO HAVANA. CUBA

.W. A. Kineaid Tells of Recent Trip to "Paris of America,"

the Many Curious Sights Viewed and the Scenes of. J lis tor ic Interest Visited Customs of People.

nnrrow, traffic being allowed to pass

in only on direction and the i

walks only wide enough for one pcr-

"There seemed to be no trnlfw re

gulation and each one Htrivps to pet to his destination quirked. One sixth of Ihe population of the entile

island b in Havana, and it has truly

been named the "Pens of America

W. A. Kineaid, who with his wife.

returned recently from the South

where they spent the winter, ha-

ten an account of a trip taken to

t uba . This account will prove of deer

interest to people of thi.- vicinity and

herewith produced in full: "A visit to the Sunny Kov.'h if nol complete unlcs you see Culia. no on January 1, 1!17 u jolly party of sixteen, with Mrs. tiuboiso to look ofti-i us, left M. Petersburg at high noon on the .ship 'Mascottc' for t uba the 'lVarl of the Antilles.' "Our first stop was at I'm t Tampa, leaving there at .' p. o and landing at Key Went the next morntiur at 8 o'clock, being on the boat som-thuiE like twenty hour. "Here we spent thine hours, took an automobile drive over tile t'rvn, rnak ing stops at the barrack.-, anil v.: itine, the homes of the oiliccrs and the p'ivutes' quartern. We were taken t.. an tla.it India Itanyon tree, which said to be eighty-nine your old. The great novelty of this tree the v.v the iwU fit.. Ti.-y .-.tart frem "

limbs of the tree und grow down I. the ground. Sometimes one of th.-.-. trees willjcoter a half ncqr of rmmid "The nt-xt stop was : the h .ux standing at the fai the.-t southern l'i"i in the lnited Stites. This Iioiim- ,.t one hundred and lifty million of o..l

Inrs. After this visit we rrlurnctl t" .lir(l n water tight

the ship at 11 o'clock a. m. and stuued an.,;,:. in

again for Cuba. I raised. Ivghtrvn boiln

"As we left Ihe 'Island ( ity we -;.' i ln t,, , hip

the battleship Honda and two sal. (,

marines one of which submerged e..-v i r,r,K ,.,., t Y,rro (

passed by. 1 he. sta wa

rougn and to many of us the voyje-i ,vo,.j, f j.rj

was uncventiui. r lying iisti, m noises i nude by making

and u snark were reported cc those who remained on deck, niched Havana about 6 :.'!!) in

evening after abo'it five hours tailing, i , a..-ed by tin passed medical inpi liuo, ru. toni in- r.oticod they cpection ami finally allowed to go fiee. : Knr ,-a.in s ...i When once uutxioe, pandi moimin- ' (-, lunnmite. l-iigni-l, cab driver:;, hotel porters and j ",.ar the newsboys all shouting their iotub-.-t u(. uw a ,.M(-t

in an unknown tongue was iw great change from tile fjinetnes; small boat.

.Vorro Cattle.

"The first place of interest we were

to visit was Morro Castle, the only

l.lace where you can go to Moi rowtoday. Went to the wharf and took a small ferry boat to cross the bar '.or. It is four bundled vanls vide in the narrowest pince. itne in I one hull

miles wide in the widest pUro and

e an,! one-fourth lime.' long. It Is of the be.it barlmrs in the world well guarded by forls. ihe ferry hunt took us to the very t where the '.Maine' went down and were given an hu-tonc sketch of condition, l.-y a courteous Cuban k. The cause of the sinking of

the v-ssel still lennins a mystery, but iub!ic opinion in CuIki const. Irr it acrid, -nt.i!. Cubans are sony of the di-aster because of the live- that v. ere 'o..t, but on the other hard rejoice bceii'ise of the part it i.luye.i ,m obtaining Hair fi-e-doiii. A few .vein-

tiie

- built i-i-kiio C.Ulid

other

I o' the troop-

t-'ie i ami treated

e v hrch wa, ghly pica- or roc k and was t'TIIUgh the

re root hy ti.e cipVain statiom-d nt the Ca.-t'c er- courteously. V i . onici i-s' houses anil were all clay and had rli a.-. Jackson, Kit. h. n-etc.

ntrai

Saratoga lloiel.

We hotel t lmms

proceeded to Hie Saratoga id secured accommodations. The in this hotel were very large

aid uiiy; walls not reaching to the ceiling, windows the entire ie'ignt o! the room and tile floors. The bedwere very Ixjiutil'ullyi draped with .ilk and velvet and hangii.- ai-d everything bespoke of romiorl with reai-onable rates It leti is to ine I can never forget the approach to th'my of Havana. As viewed from thi harbor it U wonderfully picturesijuc with its large and imposing struct'ire? blilidly built. 1 was nn,.r -cii by the f.rfj'gn aspect, the rie:ii,i! ghnnor ol lattice, balcoiiiid awl cage-like v,n dows. "Many of the buildings, architecturally, are repi mlis tlo'is of romantic building in uld rpain. 'I here were evidence on every hand of Aao'iieao improvemcotK but the old can never be erased. The food we were given is different from Americin. in pri pa.atron as well as the mar.irer of s' rvinjf. The coffee is delicious and atwas served with hot milk. "Some of the streets are exceeiliticly

guide s:i!. if anion.- doubteil what he was sa;, ir.g, they were at libeMy u try it. No one doubted him. w e saw man.i of these fen-.-es later as s d.ov(

j through tin euutit iy.

Hags of Another Nation

plant to nuke opvn a reil' c do. idly puls.iu sight of in el

f the Ca .th

is, such as tho farmer, fences. U hen 1 1 ik,-! luiii OO'oe, ,,jt wllich in it will destioy the in -two minutes. Tile

"Li.i taken i

-tie

entering u

i ihe others' nur, !" "'i

se.w the flits of every nation displavwl. They are useil in saiuti.ig tl. ships of diflerctit nnti'ois as they i n-t.-r the harbor. ll-e.Lubaii flag . ol red, white an I blue, instead of oui blue field, it ha.- a triangular ml held containing one white- star. Instead of our thirteen stripes it has live alter.Kit" iilae and while. "te were olTei.d a drn.k frei.i sanitary Cohan w;iter jog, a stone receptacle with.. Ml spout or ban lie a id eiy heavy. To get a ill ink err hat to hold it. bottom upward about srv inches from the face and catch Ihe -troam as it come.- down. There is no ipiestion a.-- to its .sanitary qual.ties hut it takes practise to get a drink. Iiurmg th" Spanish rule Havana was twice taken bv the Kngh h and we saw the rusty, battered, old cannon which

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pis.. an i, ,p utant r -t "A n on wis me .1 foil tat bAtauf ta Po : . M-ii lion of the mrk Uu cs gw.i u Tht water tould lot be conlroll-

r'roii) Morro Caatla a cannon i tired

each morning at tunriite and each

evening at sunset. The point of laud at thin olace i turrounded by fou; bo-hot nf water, Caribbean Ma,- C.uli

of Ncxico and Atlantic ocean. Tli

gulf is conkidcred the roughest amt

mort treaeherou, 'td when rnoirl

r.aU cannot enter the harlrOr. The light house on the castle it two hun

dred and eight feet from the water

and throws light for fight mile". Th guide informed ua that many time he had seen the water dashing over the top of the castle. It seemed almost

incredible, but we came in contact with

travelers who could vouch for the

statement. We were Fhown the dark

rave where the prisoners, during Spanish, rule were thrown to the

sharks. Cabana Knrl. "Vie went a short apace to the cast, through an open field and came to another fort called Cabana. This was

built by convicts and it took fouvteen years to complete it. at a cost of seven million dollars. The walla were at

least ten feet thick and the only means of entrance is through ii short tunnei. We were shown through the officers'

quarters, heard numberless camirie? singing and noticrd that the gutters on the sides of the road were formed bv cannon balls laid in cement.

'We were not allowed to take pic

tures inside this fort. We saw sold-

diilling and the band furnished

iorne very nice niustc. It waH inter-

t'ng to watch the imi..ic conducta;

heat time. He carried a long staff with

;ge ball on the end which seemed

to be loaded with shot. He beat the time by a peculiar twist of his wrist which the weight of the shot seemed to swav from side to side. While

were waiting for th" ferry boat

lo return a little girl 'nng very sweet-

) "We were next taken in automobile ide to places of interest Among these

were the Sabor tree under whii C'ol-

iii.l.us said his lirtit I, in the now Aorhl, the Columbus Cathedral which i opened onlv once a year and has a

hundred soldiers to guard it. This budding whs huilt in 1721 and contains a vault in which the remains of Columbus once rested. Also saw the toi'ib from which his remain were transferred In IMS. Wr- then came to the Senate huilding. police hoadipnir-

. city jail, leper hospital where a -t time ago there were two huh1 lepers, mid Ihe Orphans' home, irder to get a child from th;- home

one h.ts to deposit live hundred dollars

nd !ak Uio child for three years. Ii

it the cod of that time the child has been given proper treatment and naming the monej is refunded Biid

paper of adoption made out. If the

licial.. do not. consider it a good home .o ciuh; is take i back and Ihe money

p..

"One

of the peculiar things which

u ;,d our Mttcntiov was the i-trcet i.; which wre coveieil vith vari-advi-rt: ement... There arc only I'rotest.n'i churches in Havana "'r- sei I'reshvteriun, We insu".ta Clara Kort and entered Col enict -ry v here the her.' of the

M.mie lie htinrd. rilnoral srrvKe-

o always held in the little chapel in lie ri-mr'i"V. The caskel is home on he shoulders of men and ladies re hit present at the funeral. Some f the finest sculpture in the world is , tins cemetery, one especially fine iho beli'g erected in the memory of he lirinien who kt their lives in a isasti-ieis lir-. On Ihe four cornerf the monument are life sirs- statues f Devotion. Life. Kutuie and Viiginty. while in the renter is an angel earing a fireman to Heaven, l-'irc-icn in Cuba receive no pay. The)

are very proud to be volunteers.

The llurial I'Uccs.

"he burial plare. consist of con

crete vault" into whir h the cm Itel.. ar' placed in an upright position. When Cuba was nnd"r Spanish rule the nn lives hid to lent burial place, f.p th' ir dead and cere not allowed the right to purchase. The rent was sev enty-live dollars a ear 'and upon the first future to pay the bodies were taken up and thrown into an oiien yard some little di-tance away. We Melted mis plce and a s.ght ill une.xpeitrd met F eye.. Such a pile of human imnoa rande-sly th-own to one side, the remains no doubt ol oime of Cuba's most useful '. Om was surely tmpre,.-.rd wph the cruelty if rulirg nation, and the uncertainty '.f life a we gmd on the remain-, of tins mortal 'bone house.' Around Ihe edge of this pile of bone. ' could see where the -mailer piece., bud been ground to 'hist by the careless tramp. ieg of ur;ous thousands. There were to r. of old ca. kets, some dating, lan k to the age of iron ones, made large t the head and taiwruig very narrow at the foot. We also saw the remains of a genrnil that had become rmimmiiicd. Bui after all whv need wn dweil on or think of the honors of this bone yard, thin ranees of Cul l. If have earned an entrance, to 'that city not made with hand.' ..1-r.sn:.-st Is 'Iwkn! "We vld(ed grind monument erected m memory of fifteni tlu'Knts. iMirlnjf -'panrli rule the boys, nt'ldenl in college, raniiig in iijfr-j fpun flfleen t" ninetera years, wern ru.nl of d. ' ."!. h monilij.rnt of a s . ! " -r th "t ha. rwtoi.y tt-n i d. 1.,.y r,mt t.-r.'.!-!, t,.-l.

I4lk.,4l.lk . . t e ba:ii. Np t-sr ri- ,i ... cbii f the ei.. tt ,t b it it is s. ,

pwicil thry were tRnrwp to tne htk from Morn Castle. It m ifterwirds found and ataLdisnt) thet the lt'l were innocent and todiy Cuba incums

their death. Wi iam h monument 0 General Corn nd one of wea(thy

cigar miaer, wmri mi DOCly ii pres

erved m natural jitatc nd viewed by

itvetnlien of the- family rce i week,

from a sort of a balcony in the ton of

the structure. "We wsn-a net taken to the peni

tentiary where thin were seventeen hundred convicts ill dressed in white

rather thin itripea. They were roali-

in( everything from paper flower to shoes. We were each Riven one of

their flowers. I Judged from appear

ances that th prisoners were given more liberties than our own. I noticed an arquariura in one of the courts

and they had their own band of eleven

pieces. They peeled us very enthusi

astically with the 'Star Spangled banner' followed by the Cuban National air. The prisoners are employed as carpenters, making roads, etc. and paid at the rate of twenty-five cents

a day. The money being kept and turned over to them w hen discharged.

"We then returned to the hotel for

luncheon. Co Uiii trip we drove through the oldest part of the city which was built three hundred and fifty years ago. In the afternoon we again started out to finish our trip

of sight seeing. Wc passed the custom house which was once a convant. the wharf w here boats coming through the Panama canal land, and sawCuba's entire navy. It consists of one

bniileship. Next came the city hospit

al now uniler process of construction, the city laboratory, a convent and a monastery which is now being torn

lown. Part of it was burned one ol

the days wc were in the city.

Visited President' Palace. Wc went to the president's palace.

Saw gold and silver mounted harness, six sets in all. went up a marble stair

case inlaid with siiver, saw a cut glasf

chandelier which was1 recently prc-

'cnted to the newly elected president at cost of twenty-five thousand dollars.

We entered the private chnpcl where

the president worships, sat in his

hairs and were shown through the

blue and red rooms. From the palace

we went to the Mercy Catholic chrueh. the second church in the world for its

beauty. It is magnificent and I fail to

lind words to tell of its grandeur. Tne sculpture, coloring, disappearing angels, altar of coral limestone, Virgin Mary, was each a wonder in itself. The

hurrh is sixty-five ycares old and

was built by slaves under Spanish tulc. It is painted and redecorated

very five yeais in different colors.

One piece of statuary was very notice-

. A life sue figure of ( hn.-t

canying the cross. On three fingers of his hand varo rings, not phoved

past the seeom. joint. This was the first representation 1 had ever se n

of Christ wearing any decorations. It

lid not ecm quite in keeping. "Outsiiks of Ihe church was the

nriests' garden in the midst of which flourished a mammoth almond tree.

We stopjied to get irax before going

into the country and I read on the

gn, forty-one cents a gallon. I do ,t know whether the Cuban gallon

it the same quantity as the American

nol. Automobiles are very much in denee in Havana, Kords taking the

Irad in numbers and I never saw surh

reckless driving. There is no speed limit and horns are blown very little.

goodly share of our ride through

the country was not very enjoyable

because of the rapid rate we were hustled over the roads. The country

ighways are fine, even bettor th.-'n

many of the city streets. Itnyal pallets

iweveryw here giving the country a ry tronical appearance. At inter

vals aloi-g ti'.e road were ststion-d rural guard consisting of two, three

or four mounted soldiers. V. e saw, two. three and live mule teams draa-h-g heavy loads. The native Cuban

mule is much smaller . thun those

found in the states. Most of the farm wagons seemed to be twowheeled carts with w heeli, about fouv

or five feel high. Men were plow-

wit h oNon which were so yoked

that they drew the load from their

fan hr-ads rather than from the sliouhicrs as I had always seen. Farm land self, for about seventy-five dollar;! an acre and good looking crop, wcic growing in the red soil. There

were plantations of tobacco, sipcr, banana, rice, sweet potatoes and

i-nffoe. Sv eoi Kit-itoes were la-ing Ijg and picked up in great flat ha-.

ketr which, when filled, were curried on the heads of the men and hovs and

pticd in the cart. We saw sugar

cane being ground by the old, old way. a horso walking hark and forth at the end of a long sweep tiirh wurked the

rollers. Most of the farm (louses

noifsist of a wood frame thalrli with

straw. We stopped Bt one of

these homes and i(i covered it hid no

floor. The lady hid when wn came near, but five dirty faced ehildren aed at us in wonder and fear. In

their midst . a bla-vU pig, very much

at Rome.

nir Wi!rr t-Mtiiilr, Ihir next, otoil u at the tij,..) nf

thu nty viler supply. We fame very

near ni ix i"a aiioon m gi inrougn Ik o.ls l,e,ilis ii a.ii.l. f..,.J

Ink off his hat In the ( uban who had

liaise. It tool a yoon tp:a el npol gKiftr o the p"t. of Culun g-it-J-o ru-'m mscniU tit we tr (uurilf

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Wewffl pay $12.00 per ton for Tomatoes and $12.00 per ton for Evergreen Sugar Corn

. Our service is unequalled. We guarantee not to hold customers more than two hours in receiving their consignments, but in case of longer time being necessary, the overtime will be paid for at satisfactory rates. See us at the Lebanon Hardware Company. Wc will not accept tomatoes contracted forty JPji' Ladoga Canning Co.

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allowed to pass. The head of this

water supply is a wunderi'u! piece of engineering. The supply is furnishes! by twenty-five natural springs at the

bottom of a great re-iprvnii- v.-hich holds one hundred and forty-four million gallons. The springs are nine feet lower than the citv yet no aiti-

il pressure is used to force the

water. It is conveyed to the city fourteen miles through pipes.

During the year the farmers are

able to rai e three crops of sweet

potatoes, two of corn, ooe of tobacco.

one of rice and two of hay. Wc saw

c hH.v being drawn in. We saw

(leneral Wood's private residence and

visited th.1 insane asylum where there are three hundred and fifty inmates. It is hard to renliee that a person

could ever reach the stage that some

of those poor creatines have reached.

We should indeed be thankful when 1

iur friends die peaceful, natural

leaths. e saw an army camp

where seven thousand soldiers are in camp, the officers' homes, the residence of the P.'issian minister to Cubn

and the famous Havana race track. There is not the color distinction in

Cuba tlrat is noticinible m the states but w-e were treatetl most courteous

ly w herever we went, Cubans pikuc Americans. "Wc returned to the hotel very weary indeed, but fully convinced this was the most wonderful day wr had ever spent. "Our second day of irht seeing was liegun in the morning by a visit to the largest cigar factory in Havana which

employs eight hundred men and wo

men of various ages. e then took an automobile and took a hundred and ten mile drive through the country, passing through large tobacco plantations. There would be fields of thirty and forty acres of tobacco covered with fine screen wire netting to keep the inserts from destroying the crop We also visited some of the largest sugar mills in Cuba. We reached Matana nt noon. This is one of the oldest towns in Cuba and leaving there a short time later w-e drove over a grand and beautiful road through the Mumnie Valley. We ssnt sev ernl hours in going through eaves, later vilited the hermitage of Monsrrrate, and then returned to Havana but did not reach there until after

dark. Next morning we had a fewhours to look about the different stores and do some shopping. We then took the boat bark for Key West and then back to St. Petersburg."

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