an OF HO B An American's Observations of Picturesque Adjuntas and Its People. A VERY PRETTY TOWN The Plaza Filled With Roses of All Kinds, Palms and Various Flowering Bushes. I'eople Dark In Color, Bearing Facial Characteristic* of Both Nigra and lo nian—Their Ignorance Is Surprising— Their Chief Article of Food ll Plan tains, a Species of Iguana: Situated as it is ID a valley, with mountains on all sides, Adjuntas, aside from being delightfully health ful. is picturesque. The town is ex ceedingly pretty with its litle square plaza in the centre, filled with the ceedingly pretty with its litUe square Jill gorta of dowering bushes. In the centre of the plaza is a lamppost with a lamp that is seldom lighted. Near one entrance is a little store, built like an American gardeu house, and in this can be bought all kinds of liquors, cof fee, bread and fruits. At. intervals around the plaza are placed seats; and among the flowers are the remains of two fountains. All the best stores two —the casino or saloon, shoe shop, hotels, tailor shops. Alcadia, and as many houses as can be crowded in, face the plaza. All the stores sell liquor at remarkably cheap prices, l-'or instance, a tine 'grade of cheap sherry can be had for 00 cents, Ameri can money. Linens and laces are especially cheap;* but the stores carry very few dry goods, as the people de pend chiefly 011 tho venders of small goods, who go through the streets with baskets on their heads, from whom you can buy anything from a baby's rubber ring to a very pretty dress. All the saloons, or casinos as they are called, have gambling rooms that are constantly crowded, for, like France, this a great gambling country. Every afternoon a cock fight is held to which all go, both young and old; even the children of seven or eight bet ting. A priest there gambles and Is said to win more than any one else at monte. Oil nearly every corner are little stands with oranges, bananas and peanuts for sale at ridiculously low prices. Two centavos or a cent is the price of three oranges and the little bananas, as they are called, sell six for a cent. The hotel from the outside looks like a shanty, and as t'ar as building goes it is one. Entering, you find yourself in a large square room; in the centre is a table with a pot of flowers, and fac ing the table, a row on each side, are rocking chairs; against the wall are straight-backed chairs. The only oth er furnishings are a large mirror and two other tables, one bare, the other with plants. The room opens into the dining room, where a long Uible cover ed with brown oilcloth and the chairs are the only articles of furniture. The bedrooms are small, with two single beds in each, devoid of springs, or mat tresses: simply with sheets and one blanket drawn over the canvas; but a canopy or mosquito bar, made of mus lin and tied back with ribbons, is sup plied. The only other articles are a single chair and an old-fashioned washsand and dresser combined, on which is an agateware wash basin filled with water, in which both oc cupants are supposed to wash. The only redeeming feature is that every thing is clean. The people are dark in color; even the Porto Kieans of the better class look as though they had a tinge of negro blood and a little Indian. The latter is seen In the very lowest classes, in the high cheek bone, Bunk en eyes and very straight, black hair. The Spaniards seem purer blooded, more intelligent, in fact superior in every respect to the Porto lilcan. These people are not only lazy, but ig norant and dirty; they never bathe and always appear to have on the same clothes. As a general rude both men and women go without shoes or stockings, and the children often wear no clothes. Their chief food is plan tains, a species of bananas, which they boil: oranges, bread and bananas. Meat is so expensive that many of EDIBLE CRABS. them have never tasted it, and they show it, for they are undersized and anaemic looking. Their ignorance in sometimes surprising. One day I heard the town physician ask a man his name. "I don't know,"was the reply. '•What is your mother's name?" At that the man's face brightened and he said: "Just wait until I go up the street. I see a man that knows her name, but I don't." '.Tint is one instance, and many more of similar nature could be cited. During the coffee picking «oason the peons or laborers work, retejiving 50 centavos, or about 30 cents, * day. At the end of the season instond of look ing for other work, they gamble and enioy life until their mone;» is gone: then they begin to steal, lids is the way they bury their dead—a rude box. shaped like a coffin, is miulc by a carpenter, or, if the friends have not enough money for this, they rent the box for the occasion. It has no cover, but over the body is thrown a sheet. Many of these boxes are not even painted. This coffin is carried some limes on the shoulders of four men. nfletier two long sticks are fastened to the sides and In this way it is Itorne by only two. Other men relieve the bearers when they are tired, for usual ly these funerals come many miles. The body is tlrst taken to tlie church, and then to the cemetery, where. If the coffin is not a rented one, it Is buried, but if the coffin is hired, tbe body is taken out and thrown, not any too siently cither. 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IHE HAUNT OF PIRATES An Ideal Spot for Freebooters to Hide i Their Booty— Caves Galore, In tricate and Inaccessible. if" —- of the Cavern* of Ln Mnnu in the Vicinity of Cape Present. Still the L Undoubted Trace* of I"irat*«—Wall* Are I Graven With Sinister l>etilgn ! f-8130 1 000 : In Coins and Jewel* Uneartliotl. 1 'At the centre of tbe sea of the Arv Biles, at the middle til' the passage (Which separates St. Domingo from JPorto Rico, there raises itself above the waves a steep rock, to which the Undent Spanish navigators gave the name of "La Mona." or "Monita," the 'Little Monkey. Aiuong the sailors of the Antilles, La Mona is always called tbe Island of l'lrates, and it is thought conceal mysterious treasures. It Is an immense chalky block, seven Kilometres long and four or five wide, reaHng its summit, lint as a table, to thirty or fortv metres above the sea. trHe waves, always agitated in those coafcts, have shaped this block into a pedestal of pointed cliffs, and, except In two or three points, where narrow Stretches of shore advance, the island is almost Inaccessible. Ships are kept at a distance, as much by the violence of the waves as by a chain of rocks which surround it.and where iilone open a few passages for small vessels. At the southern point of the Island an enormous rock seems miraculously suspended from the crest of a cliff. The sailors have named it "Caigo o uo caigo," which means, "Shall I fall, or shall I not fall." In spite of its peril ous positiou, the rock in equilibrium has resisted for many ages the attacks of storms and waves. But one of the. most curious particu lars of this island, so strange from many points of view, is that its chalky mass is throughout pierced by immense caves, innumerable grottos, which ram ify in all ways, and, having their en trance under the face of the cliff, con duet by sinuous passages to the very summit of the plateau. The grottos. Inhabited by bands of seabirds, were but lately in part obstructed by guano, which lias been nearly all taken away. The adventurer intrepid enough to engage himself in this formidable struggle soon finds himself arrested by two very unexpected obstacles; In ef fect., among the tangles of plants are hidden swarms of immense wasps, which, at the least rustling, precipitate themselves on the intruder, and can by their dangedous stings put his life in dnnger; again, if he escapes from these guardians of the jungle, he has to their dangerous stings put his life in dwarf cactus, which in many places stud the earth,, and the pricks of which, without being ns dangerous as those of the wasp, are very painful, and cause a high fever. One can understand that this rocky isle, so well defended by the forces of nature, may have offered a refuge to the daring filibusters, who have been during many centuries the terror of the Antilles. After having passed by secret passages in the belt of rocks, they sheltered their vessels in some In tricacy of the cliff and established themselves In these grottos which formed impregnable natural fortresses. There no one could reach them, and supposing that a daring assailant had succeeded ill forcing an entrance to their haunt, the bandits would fly through the detours of the inextricable labyrinth and would gain the Impene trable thicket of the upper plateau, where it would be impossible to track them. Some of these caverns In the vicinity of Cape Caigo present still the un doubted traces of pirates. One of them called Cueva Negra—Black Cave —from the thick coat of soot which covers Its vault, is a vast chamber, around which spreads a network of other chambers and passages. The walls of this chamber are still craven with sinister designs, representing gal lows supporting rows of bodies and above which are inscribed the names of the victims, names where are found represented all the nations among which these rascals recruited their band, and which are doubtless those of traitors or rebels executed by their companions, unless they were the un fortunate captives sacrificed by these wretches. Some cannon balls, still en crusted in the walls of the cliff, near the entrance, also prove that the place was besieged, without doubt, by some war vessel sent in pursuit of the pirates. These grottos did not serve as places of refuge merely: the pirates used them as storehouses and kept In them the products of their captures. So, when at the close of the last century, France and England had succeeded in destroy ing this breed, It was thought that the Island must contain some of the Im mense treasures which the pirates had hidden there during many years. Searches were made, but the extent of the caverns to be gone over was so great that no result was obtained. However, about forty years ago, an American, guided, it appears, by a mysterious document, landed on the Island with a troop of negroes from San Domingo and succeeded in un earthing In one of the crottoes an Iron box containing $120,000 in ancient golden coins and Jewels. Allured by this result, an American company was formed In tBBO and undertook to search methodically while taking up the thick bed of guano deposited by the seabirds on the lioor of the grottoes: but out side the precious guano no treasure was gained. Til" MIMM.HI. »t When native Samoans are not at war they seem to foreigners to have a very easy and agreeable life. There Is never very much to do. and what there Is Is not arduous or tiring. The old women, for instance, braid mats or sit upon the rocks and beat and strip the bark for making tapa, the native cloth. The brewing and perfuming of cocoanut oil Is another Industry in which women play a prominent part. The men spend much of their time In making fishing nets and tackle. CUBAN RAILWAY LUNCH NatlTM Vaualljr Carry EalalilH But VUltor* Would Not Do Well lljr laltatll|. The railway lines which do not have regular eating houses along the rout* have a buffet lunch on the train. It is commonly located In the car given over to the third-clans passengers. A hun gry passenger who finds his way there can have his choice of poor wines, good bread and cold baked fish. There is also a cose of "graclosos" or pop, with sometimes a little fruit Beer is sold. Cubans who have occasion to travel generally carry their lunches with them. The practice Is not a good one for American visitors to Imitate. Three Americans who wire going on a day's Journey had the hotel prepare a lunch for them. It consisted of a skinny chicken .two loaves of bread and two bottles of cheap wine. When they came to settle their hotel bill they found a charge of sl3 for railroad lunch. Others have had similar ex periences. It is better and cheaper to go hungry than to have a Havana ho tel prepare a railroad lunch. Most of the railroads now ruu what are called "trens de cargo," or mixed local freights. Sometimes the passen ger coaches are the chief part of the train, and sometimes they are merely the caboose. These local freights give the traveler an excellent chance to see the country. A good walker can keep up with them when they are going at ordinary speed. With the stops for sw itching, it Is possible to take an oc casional excursion into the fields and back again. The engines are always very thirsty, for every other stop ap pears to be at a water tank. At the stations the start is announced by the primitive method of a band bell. A porter wulks up and down the platform and rings the bell two minutes in ad vunce. Five or six minutes later the train pulls out. It Is the literal truth that uo trmiu In Cuba is supposed to start on schedule time. The line out of Havana which has most of the sub urban travel has a time scedule on the exact hours. No Cuban or Spaniard thinks of getting to the stution on the hour. He allows himself five minutes, with the certainty that he will have two or three minutes to spare. The manager of this road was once asked what would happen If he were to start the trains for three or four days In suc cession on the advertised time. "No passengers," was his laconic response. One morning at Matunzus I had left word with the hotel keeper to have a cab to take me to the train which was (lilt- from Havana at 9:80. The cab was ready at 9:15. .lust then a party of friends arrived direct from the train, with reproaches for the failure to meet them. It was all the landlord's fault, lie smilingly explained that, while the schedule time of the train was 9 o'clock, it never arrived until 9:30. How it happened to get in on time that morning lie did not know, but he was sure the mistake was not intentional. CnrloiM I ante* In Mnntln. All of the letters from Manila, when the American soldiers were fighting around that city, refer to the panics which seized the inhabitants of the city at frequent intervals. One of these stampedes is thus described by Captain Elliott, of the Coffeeville com pany in the 2<»th Kansas: About 2:30 o'clock the natives and Chinese were observed to be running in every di rection. Presently the soldiers began to come from every avenue In the di rection of the barracks. They moved quickly, but with remarkable coolness and steady demeanor. Corporal Bub er, whom I had sent on an errand near the barracks of the First Battalion, came to my room, saluted like the good soldier that he Is, and said: "Captain, there Is something wrong going on In the city: the natives are fairly flying In all directions, the Chin ese are running like rats to their holes and the stores are being closed." Like reports came in from every di rection from men who had been In all parts of the city. The call to quar ters was sounded, the rolls were call ed, and every man of my company not on duty answered, "Here." The same was true of the other companies of our battalion. Two or three officers were caught away from home and did not get in on good time. On the Escoltn, at the Bridge of Spain, and In the walled city of the scene that followed was beyond my power of description. No one seemed to be aware of the cause of the stam pede. I never witnessed anything like it In my life. The wave of excitement swept over the, entire city after the manner of a- cyclone. The street cars were Jammed together in groups; car rabos' piled up against one another and barricaded the narrow streets, qullez and .interlocked, overturned and their occupants thrown out; doors and shutters nre closed and barred; men women and children ran hither and thither and crowded and Jostled one another In their frantic effort to escape some dreadful, direful impending cal aniiy. The soldiers alone behaved with ad mirable coolness. Guards were doubled and tripled. In an incredibly short space of time platoons of Infantry were thrown across each approach to the great bridge, and no one but soldiers afoot were allowed to pass. Armed men took possession of the Escolta and the avenues leading thereto, and used their "persuasive powers" to calm the storm and bring order out of chaos. American courage and a display of American sense and Judgment pre vailed. In less than an hour the "whirlwind" had passed and trade and traffic were resumed. The question with the soldiers was, "What In the was it all about, anywajr?"—Kan sas City Journal. In spite of the simplicity of the na tional attire, the Samoans are rather vain and spend a good deal of time In beautifying themselves. The hair Is often plastered with white lime, giv ing It, when dry, the effect of a white wig. The lime Is washed oft by night. The result Is a gradual chaage In the color of the hair from a red to a bright yellow. Apart form this strange fancy Samoans quite share the European Ideas In regard to beauty. They par ticularly admire tall persons. A fad of the young men of Samoa Is to wear the name of his sweetheart tattooed upon the forearm. As the Sa moan wears no sleeves this ornament Is always visible, and he very proud of It, which Is easily understood, as the voting lady herself does the tattoo ing. It being Impossible to Intrust to a professional workman a task so full of sentiment. Distilled Spirits an Important Ele ment In Its Production and This Powder Is a Necessity In Civilized Warfare. Farmers In the corn belt may aot\6t aware of the fact, but it is, naverthft. less, true that the manufacture ot tnft new smokeless powder promised to benefit them extensively. The British Government closed a contract last fall with the Standard Distilling Company of Chicago for the immediate delivery of 124,000 gallons of distilled spirits at Montreal, with an intimation that it would want 450,000 gallons more in a short time. The spirits ordered were for use in the manufacture of smoke less powder. The Japanese Govern ment has recently ordered 6,000 barrels of spirits fur the same purpose, and has given notice of large future re quirements. Our own Government has recently ordered 10,000 barrels, and further orders will follow. Hence forth smokeless powder will be exclu sively used in civilized warfare, and In the manufacture of this powder distil led spirits play a prominent part, thus opening up a new and quite extensive market for American corn. In the light of these facts, the prepa rations of Great Britain and the con stant rumors of a great European war take on a local and personal interest to every Western corn grower. An ex tensive war among the great European nations would have a marked effect upon the market for spirits and for corn, as the whole world is to a large extent dependent upon America for this ingredient of smokeless powder, and this powder Is a necessity in warfare. This use for corn, coupled with the foreign demand for a cheap food arti cle, which is increasing rapidly, prac tically assures the farmer a fair price for his staple; hut other new demands of equul importance should not be overlooked. The number of articles of commerce that are now being made from corn has reached twenty-nine, and every particle of the grain is at present turned into some useful pro duct. The glucose sugar refining com panies alone manufacture this number of products and the number of bushels of corn consumed by their factories in the United States reaches well into the millions. The following is a list of the products now being manufactured from corn without the use of any other compon ent material: Mixing glucose, of three kinds, used by refiners of table syrups, brewers, leather manufacturers, Jelly makers, fruit preservers and apothecaries. ' Crystal glucose, of four kinds, used by manufacturing confectioners. Grape sugar, of two kinds, used by brewers principally, and also by tan | ners. Anhydrous sugar, used by ale and beer brewers and apothecaries. Pearl starch, used by cotton and pa per mills. Powdered starch, used principally by baking powder manufacturers, and also by cotton and paper mills. Refined grits, used in the place of brewers' grits; they are giving better results. Flourlne, used by mixers of flour without detriment except as to the feeling that acorn product is taking the place of a wheat product. Four kinds of dextrine, used by fine fabric makers, paper box makers, muc ilage and glue makers, apothecaries and many industries requiring a strong adhesive agent. Corn oil, used by table oil mixers, lu bricating oil mixers, manufacturers of fibre, shade cloth manufacturers, paint manufacturers, and in many similar in dustries where vegetable oils are em ployed. Corn oil, cake, gUiten food, chop feed, and gluten meal, all cattle-feeding stuffs of a very hij h grade and capable of being scientiflcelly fed with superior adva ges. Rubber substitute, a substitute for crude rubier and very extensively used. Corn germ, the material from which the oil and cake are obtained. British gum, a starch which makes a very adhesive medium, and is used by textile mills for running their colors as well as by manufacturers who re quire a very strong adhesive medium that contains no trace of acid. Granulated gum, which competes with gum arable, is used successfully in its place, and finds a ready prefer ence by reason of the absence of any offensive odor. Probably the most important in the above list of products is rubber substi tute, the substance which Chicago chemists have recently brought to per fection. This new rubber, made from t e waste of ordinary yellow corn, will cheapen the price of ruober goods 25 per cent. Corn rubber must-be com ,.aed with an equal quantity of Para ■ bber to give it general utility. Twen ty chen ists have been employed at the i'n lefinery for a year in bringing ... = r.rw rubber to perfection. 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