The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1900, Page 2

HE SUNDAY CALL. What Gouernor General Wood Aecomplished in Quba An Authentic Account From The Qall’s Special Correspondent Interesting Facts Concerning the condition On the QOWS CR STERAM BRI - ctledin, gh less gregari . while bighorn shecp, disposed 1o gather in f re rarely out of sight in " s of the Eastern Rockies, 1l to see several hun- the course of a single when the ploneer eir horses, their deadly and their taste for vade the newly found nereased in numbers more deadly ecach oF AFFaire Island. ete. The rather millic s attent apital 1= largel at American al are hold- do not feel The English s ater be trange as it x : feels that in new complications he would an, while the Englishman s his country would protect him ral Wood is probably the 8 to court etiquette r pled a palace. encased in a suit of K in the discharge 1 that springiness and who knew him in San w underst His been 1 by any N pon his time and 1wormous. He has 1t precedent—to re. Affairs are Root's v re gone over which ef that absolute s be A withdrawal from the fsland is ted upon. Having let- San Franeisco b of March to REINA BATTERY (MorERN) - I~ HavAaN A orTHE VEDADO RoAT. esent them, bu. could no more than formally do so owing to a conference thag s impending with the Secretary and stoms offic! s. Accompanying the lat- r was a staff of clerks and assistants, rmed with rolls and documents. There ently weighty things to be con- »ction of butldings ap- of the matters in art »d has a warm side for and devotes to them all He very well strong per- anch of the ser- dreds of people of shades of opinion . and the invariable at he is just the man for the NGINES ? did not improve in ndity in an equal started on the down grade to- fon. Aside from sentimental | ons, which I shall not here | tinction of a large or highly nized animal is a serious matter. t is always dangerous to disturb the | balance of nature by removing a poise. | Some of the worst plagues have arisen in this way. 2 We do not know without much and careful experiment how vast a service that animal might have done to mankind ymestic species. of this will be more apparent | recollect how much the few well own domestic species have done for the ivancement of our race. Who can de- hich has done more for mankind, | w or the steam engine, the horse or | city, the sheep or the printing press, | or the rifie, the ass or the loom? | indeed can_pronounce on tnv-se,{‘ | 1 yet all on reflection feel that there is rea- son in the comparisons. ventions and we are put back a century or perhaps two; but further, take away the domestic animals and we are reduced to absolute savagery, for it was they who first made it possible for our aboriginal | forefathers to setiie in one place and learn the rudiments of civilization, Take away these place. Havana is to-day a cleaner city than San Francisco, and just as orderly, thanks to a vigorous governmental pol- fey. Being a physician the sanitation comes directly in the line of his dutles, as does the policing in line with his mili- tary experience and bent. Governor Roozevelt had planned to yisit Havana at this time, but for some reason changed his plans. Mrs. Roosevelt, how- ever, came down on the steamer Olivette, with which our California party took pas- sage, and Is now a guest at the Palace. The Roosevelt and Wood ‘ famlilies are very intimate, and a family event not long to be deferred is understood to be the reason of the presence of the first lady of New York. P o This is to be a prosperous year for Cuba. Stimulated by the high prices of the past \ LEONARD WO ) MAJOR - GEN MAJWGEN. woot AS A FoOOTBAL PLAYER. year tobacco raisers planted &n enormous crop. 1t is estimated that 400,000 bales,” or 40,000,000 pound: will be gathered, which will be twice the crop of last year. Another reason for the large acreage is the impoverishment of so many sugar planters through revolution, their cane flelds being devastated by the Cuban and Spanish forces alike, and thelr plants be- ing in many cases destroyed. They are recuperating through tobacco, which is a quick crop, while it takes three or four years to get cane into profitable bearing. Then it does not require an expensive | plant to handle tobacco, while the mills | necessary for sugar require enormous | capital. Tobacco merchants say that this year's crop will be of fine quality, though | some express fears that owing to its vol- | ume the factlities for hanaiing it may not be adequate and it will not be cured in| as perfect a condition as is possible. | Prices will not rule as high as last year, | may be cut down a big per cent | ave a handsome profit to the | There Is always an eager market | for Cuban tobacco. The manager of the| Carolina factory showed us through the| vast establishment that manufactures the Carolina and Africano brands of clgars. | He paid San Francigsco the compliment | of being one of the four best markets in | the world for high grade cigars. The | others are New York, London and Sl.l Recently H. tersburg. The manager of the Clay " factory told us the Another crop that has be planteq is the pinea the hnmediase viel of the sights which soil 1s of brick red and fruft two-thirds grown, surface. Yet the sofl is of such p richness that a crop of bananas | between the pineapple rows. Adjae all along the road are small fields of tobacco, which are now being cut, 1 the cu process will take some three months ¥ The new crop wil A Havana pape e yield at 8§ containi ikewlse twice th not come vy of the s Much of the acrea cultivation has been farm three hundred For the is rudely cul d and d almost past art to be ever enriched by artif yet it produces enor ws no Bign of impoverishme small fraction f cultivable ) im w plow teams of oxen at work, the plow. being but a shade better than the forked stick of medieval It does not turn a furrow—simply irbs the loosening it so that the d Anything put in the »und xuriously at time. Fruits . lemons, limes and gua soil be Brow w small full of seeds, but are very sweet, vy with those of California flavor. With American enterprise, machinery and capital Cuba would soon be made the richest division of land in the world But these hold aloof. If the Government of the island has in the p: barred for- eigners from Introducing modern meth- ods, that of the present is so uncertain as to still keep them out. Tk itipath and rurales to the Ar ed that few of y who come here to engage in busi- or make investments remain. In the cities they encounter all sorts of obstac! in the way of gelting lice: slons, and whenever Yh m the ¢ s get the worst magistrates are all Cubans, csions are so' flagrantly cans, wharever their mer Amert at the lat- IN VvESAD SUBERS o) ter generally prefer to suffer indignity an loss rather than go to law glishmen r. Indeed, atisfactory the Englishman status. Ma instanc are related by Americans here bearing ou above as- sertions. If in the ci finds the con- ditlons onero ¥ un he finds » burning of his his crops and such open hostill to some house, the destruction the poisoning of his cz The Cuban has much of status in his island that the in his. He has Spa in some cases pu largely an admixtt being the chief tai has altogether a different status from th 1e same racial Filipino has At the last meeting of the New Historical Society Dr. Sydney Tt Jr. read a paper on ical Profession in 1800 his hearers into the proj titude for what he had to say to ti Dr. Carney reminded them that at time of which he was speak peach, plum and pear trees flourished in Madiso: Square, and Babylonlan maples 2 more trees waved their branches had done for generations in City Park. There has been some speculation among the curious as to the prevalence of gripes at bedtime among New Yorkers of a hun- dred years ago. The remedy for this com- plaint prescribed by the physicians was nutmeg and brandy and the yolk of an €gE to be taken before going to bed. For apoplexy, salt and cold water were to be used, whereupon the patient was “im- mediately to come to himself. A tooth- ache remedy efficacious always with one exception in the practice of one phys n was to crush a ladybug between the thumb and forefinger and then to rub the finger on the gum and tooth. Fresh crushed bugs were recommended. the bite of a mad dog the prescription was an ounce of the jawbone of the dog, some colt's tongue and a scruple of verdi- ris, that taken from the copbers of George 1 and George II being preferred, n QUAINT REMEDTE AND 1DERS. be much m In b wo to town, and 310 t For b was made. Tadpoles fig day to such a people of Ver ? the nam badge of grenade superseded. ava ere are three Unite r Las loug 1 States flame 2.