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/ ' \i SPAIN’S COAST CITIES. Strongly Fortified But Not Able stand Watson's Fleet. The most important of the coast cities of Spain on whioh Admiral ’Watson fixed his glittering eye is Cadiz, on the southwestern coast, be tween Cape St. Vinoent and Gibraltar. It is the principal city of the Provinoe of Andalusia, the garden of Spain, •nd has a population of about 60,000 souls. Andalusia is the theme of the most glowing descriptions of travelers in Spain, and it is often characterized •s the most beantiful country and the finest climate on the globe. In that land spring is well advanced in Feb ruary, and there is a marvelous blend ing of northern and southern vegeta tion. Apple and pear trees blossom by the side of oranges, cacti and aloes, and the ground everywhere is covered with flowers. In the valleys evon tho banana, cotton and sugar cano aro grown, while the fruits of this region are esteemed the best in Spain. Cadiz is built on the extremity of a tongue of land projeoting about five miles into the sea and enclosing be tween it aud the mainland a magnifi cent bay. Tho site very mnoh resem bles tlint of some of the West Indiau cities, particularly Han Juan, in l’orto Bico. Heeu from either side, the city appears ns nn island, and it is known far aud wide ns the "White City.” De Araicis soys: "To givo an idea of Cadiz, one could not do better than write the word 'white' with a penoil agrees 1 lows to fit . ’'and it Jj.MJ»l»J^boen likened to an ivory model set m emeralds)’ Every house y~anjiually receives n^oat o( tewaah,' wniohjs glrirliiy and*dr5'- Beabie when new, Mt Soon mol 's fine IvorjfTfnr For thejini- foriuity and elegancp of its bmTdings JJartiz must be ranked ns one of the iinest oities in Spain, and it is said to surpass all others in cleanliness, al though tho death rate is nearly forty- flvo per thousand. Tho city is Bix or soven miles in cir cumference, and is surrounded by a wall with five gates, one of which com municates with tho isthmus. Tho rail road station is just outside tho wall, as nre also many of the business houses of the plnce. The walls nre thirty to fifty feet high, ninotoon feet thiok, and on tho sido of the bay, where it is ar ranged in broad terraces, is a favorite place for walking iu the evenings. This is known as the Alameda, and commands a lino view over tho ship- it is, oonsider themselves first Cata lans, afterward Spaniards, and for a long time the people did not know whether they wished to be French or Spanish. Even at tho present day they aro quiek to protest against any aotion in Madrid which is not to their interests. They have been in frequent revolt, although in all other respects the Province of Catalonia is the scene of /elfer JiwlgsB deeds than any other part of Spaing - . ’ '-‘•-v, Barcelona is fail .us among tourists' for itscathedral, one, of th*t finest spooimens of ohqroDvaobiiocture in SPANISH! JIIIKMAN. S*"t ping and ports on tho opposite side of the bay. Cadiz is strongly fortified; in faot, the whole oity is a fortress protected by ramparts and bastions. It is de fended by the forts of Sou Sebastian, on a long, narrow tongue projecting westward out to sea; Santa Catalina, on a high rooky line, to tho northwest of the oity, nnd forming part of its wall; Matagorda and Puutalcs Castle, on either side of the narrow approach to tho inner bay, aud Fort San Fer nando, otherwise known as tho Cor- tadura, an intreuohment south of tho oity ou tho long unrrow isthmus con necting it with the mainland. Cadiz is said to have been founded eleven hundred years before Christ, and even under the Bonmus it was a emporium of trade. In the seven teenth nnd eighteenth centuries it reached the zenith of its grontnoss, aud most of the trade of Spain with her beantiful cities of the world,” and Washington Irving had many pleasant things to say of it in his day, but now it is the great factory town of Spain. Including the suburbs, where all the factories are located, its population is 600,000. The old oity, as distinguished from the modern additions growing out of the industrial developments of the plaoe, has played an important part in the history of the world since the days when it was raised by Augustus to the rank of a Roman colony. But the Catalonians, or Catalans, whose capital foro, and down near the shore are ISLAND OF CEUTA, SPAIN’S PENAL SETTLEMENT. Europe, and for the Bambla, a wide, well-shaded streot nearly a mile long, extending right through the city and a favorite promenade. It resembles tho boulevards of Faris in many re- speots. Anothor famous Spanish sea port is Bilbao, in Biscay. It lias many curious sights, tho most famous of whioh is the troe tower. The ancient walls of Barcelona were torn down after a long period of street rioting by tho Catalans, who were determined to remove them in order to allow industrial expansion, and their places lmve been taken by wide strc&ts. To tho southwest of the ancient oity is a crest or high hill, whioh breaks down precipitously to the sea. It is called Moutjuich, and its summit is occupied by the Cas tillo de Montjnich, a strong fortress, said to have accommodations for 10,- 000 men. Cartagena, sometimes called Cartha- gena, is a small place of about 30,000 inhabitants, but its harbor is the finest on tho eastern coast of Spain, and is wy strongly -fortified. The place was foundod about 213 B. 0., moro than twenty centuries ago, and was originally known as Carthage Nova, or Hew Carthage, to distinguish it from tiio African oity. It is now tho scat of a Captain-General, and one of the three largest marine de- pnrtmentu. Tho towns lie ou the north sido of a deep, narrow-mouthed bay, and its streots are spacious but not impos ing. The stone of whioh most of the houses were constructed is friable and the whole appearance of tho plaoe is dilapidated. But a good deal of busi ness is done, principally from the mines nearby, whioh are very produc tive. Thousands of men are um- ployet? in transporting lead, copper, iron, *ino aud sulphur to the port, Large quantities of esparto grnss aro grown near the town sod it const! tutes one of the principal exports, it is used in the manufacture of paper 1 no evidence that t\ vy have ever been thany powerful batteries. Thehill wa- used greept-for-signaling, and-It is the east is 920 feet high, and is * S wned by the Castillo de San Julian; t on the west is C50 feet above the water, and the fort npon its summit is called the Castillo de las Galeras. The harbor is sheltered by the island called La Escombrera, two and a half miles from the narrow entrance, whioh breaks the foroe of wind and waves, and the town is still farther protected by two other forte, the Atal- aya on the summit of a hill 655 feet high on the west, and the Castillo de Despenaperros on the east. Cartagena has had a stormy exist ence for more than twenty centuries. As early as 210 A. D. it was taken with great slaughter by Scipio the Yonnger. In *26 A. D. it was pil laged and "early destroyed by the Goths. Under the Moors it'formed an independent kingdom, whioh was conquered by Ferdinand IL of Cas tile in 12*3. The Moors retook it, but it fell into Spanish hands again in 1276. The town was rebuilt by l'hilip II. of Spain on aocount of its harbor. In 1706 it was taken by the English, and in the next year was re taken by the Duke of Berwick. In 1828 it capitulated to the French, and in 18** was the soene of an insurrec tion. Abont thirty years later it re belled again, and on the 23d of August, 1878, was bombarded by the Spanish fleet under Admiral Lobos. I Six months later it was occupied by I troops. - - - Malaga is the oldest and most fa mous of Spanish seaports.and has a >opu!ation of nearly 120,060? ’ ft was bunded by tJie rjjqgMcians, and was, brought under the sway of Korno Tiy - a ta In the middle of the thir- tETcenfury it Reached its zenith, and after ItTS&pture in 1*87 by Fer dinand and Isabella it sank into insig nificance; but in modern times it be come famous for its grapes and wines. Tho olimato is very mild, and oranges, figs, sugar cane and cotton thrive. Recently Malaga has taken a promi nent place as a manufacturing town, but most of the factories are in the new part of the town, on the right bank of the river whiuh divides it. Malaga is not fortified, and looks directly out upon tho Mediterranean; but its southern part merges into the slopes of the foothills of the Cerro Colorado, some 560 feet above the bay. On the summit is the Castillo de Gibralfaro, the acropolis of Malaga. Ceuta is Spain’s pet island colony for convicts, and commands thu ap proach to Gibraltar aud the Mebfter- rancau. The Canaries are all there is botween Watson and this grim Isl and, where, under the cover of for bidding walls and mountains, Spain doubtfnl if they could be brought to much better use, owing to their im movability. The Canaries, that colony of Spain off the northwest African coast, have only two ports of nny consequence, Teneriffe and Las Pnlmas, and the inhabitants are a painfully peaceful lot of non-combatants, wretchedly de fended, poorly armed and likely to run up the white flag at the first eight of a war ship. THE PRISONERS OF WAR. Spain'* Captured Sailor* Are Contented With Their Treatment. The naval battle offSantiago,in which AdmiralCervera’s fleet was annihilated, has placed in the keeping of the Gov ernment about fifteen hundred prii- oners. These sailors, who left their native shores for the purpose of do ing damage to American coasts and to oaptare or sink our ships, are living contentedly at Camp Long, Seavey’a Island, Portsmouth, N. H., whioh waa prepared expressly for them. These sailors are a study, and for many reasons. They represent thi. national typo; they show the quality of men who form the Sj^'ih army and navy; they are unmXik^V.c ca dences why the Spaniel was able to plunge the war which threatens tfle reigning dynasty with greater dangers than those of peace. The captured Bailors are made zip of man and boys. In their ranks can be seen tbe gray haired veteran, who has spent his fife in tbe Spanish navy, down to the smooth and innocent faced boy, who, were he an American, would yet be at school, enjoying his yonth. The suffering the jirisoners endured 1 Will MOVE ON 1 IN. GEN. MILES IS AWAITING ARRIVAL OF MORE TROOPS. SPANIARDS COMMITTING ATROCITES Authorities *t Yanco Proclaim Their City A* • Part of the United State* of America. TREE TOWER AT BILBAO. CADIZ AND ITS HAItBOIt—THE MOLE AND LIGHTHOUSE IN TnE DISTANCE. colonies passed through Cadiz. In the beginning of the present oeutnry it had fallen to almost nothing. With the opening of the railway to Seville and improvements effected in tho har bor, trade began to increase, and it iB again an important port. More than a thousand vessels enter each year, of which about half are steamships. Barcelona is pre-eminently the busi ness city of Spain, and lies on the Mediterranean coast, near the north eastern boundary. It was described by Cervantes as "the flower of the The town is walled and is over looked by tho Castillo do la Concep cion, a hill some 230 feet high, within the wall aud crowuod with fortifica tions. Iu tho northern part of the place there are three other hills in side the walls, similarly fortified, and to tho east, beyond the railroad which comes in from Murcia, is a high hill, and the Castillo de las Moros. The narrow entrance to the harbor is flanked by high hills, breaking down by precipitous volcanio cliffs on either side. On the summits Are strong while they were in Santiago Harbor, and the effects of the naval battle, made many of them look extremely wretched. Whon they landed at Camp Long they had hollow oheeks, sunken oyes and sallow complexions. Many of them were barely able to move and bandages covered their wounds. It is a surprising faot that tbe greater number of the prisoners are boys, and yet this illustrates mucil better than anything else the despera tion of the Spanish Government. Taken from their homes and impressed into the service where their heart is not, it is hardly surprising that the Spanish navy was so easily defeated at Manila and Santiago. The type of the Spanish sailor between the veteran and the boy is a fair specimen of the peasantry cIbbs. Under normal conditions he is a strong, able-bodied fellow, willing to work when commanded, unlettered and superstitions. There is no doabt that these sailors have a deal of faith in their offloers, as the soenes of their parting testify, and tho sailors would be willing td follow their officers wherevor they were led. Now that they are prisoners on American soil, they aro receiving (he treatment whioh, it can be safely said, has rarely been given to oaptured foe in time of war. They are receiving every consideration. Comfortable quarters have bceu provided, good food aud deoent olotftes have fallen to their lot. They are made to feel as Admiral Cervera so prettily said, that these prisoners* "are the wards of the American people.” That expresses it. We are civilized, and treat our unfor tunate enemies in a oivilized way. “These sailors are beginning to ap preciate their treatment. Their minds have been disabused of the falsehoods they were told by their officers. The prisoners were told we would kill them if they fell into our hands. Allowing for the misfortunes they have suffered, they are happy in their imprisonment, and their natures are softened Ijy such kind treatment. As they are naturally dull, they do not indulge in much amusement in their confinement. They associate in groups and Bpond most of the time talking, probably abont their folks at home, their mothers, wives and chil dren, as the oase may be. Some of them play cards, and pass the hours that way. Some walk around for ex ercise, but ns a whole the sailors do not seem to be very fond of it. They like to lay around and take life easy, and thankful for whatever oomes their way. Seavey’s Island is well guarded, so has tortured her exiled prisoners for centuries past. Ceuta is a rook- ribbed, rock-bound island off the northeast coast of Fez, Moroooo, and is twelve hours' sail from the Uiitranoe to the Straits of Gibraltar. It might as well be called the island of the seven hills, for from these it derives its name. Of those the most con- spiouons is Monto del Haoho, whioh looks out toward Spain like a signal point set up to Bay “All’s well." Strotehing back from the mountain a narrow peninsula connects- the fcliud with tho main land of Africa. OutLiis neck of laud tho town of Qyuta is bnilt. All around are fortifications, the high hills put up there by nature aud the prison walls and moats built in succession by conquerors and re modeled aud robnilt by their suc cessors and strengthened again by the Spaniards when they made of it a prison hell. The seven walls ooiled about tho town itself are thick and im passable, save here and thero where urched bridges have been cut through. Between each wall there is a deep moat of sea water, set down like a seductive trap to catch any unfor tunate convict who might escape the vigilant guards stationed all around the walls. Every one of the seven _ _ hills is fortified now. Up high on that if any attempt to escape is mode Monte del Hncho there iq a strong it will be frustrated. Marines patrol citadel garrisoned by Spauish soldiers. 1 the grounds around,'and machine guns Here aud there the walls are pieroed faoe the big yard in whioh tht by tbe noses of cannon, but there is prisoners take their excercises. Advices of Monday from Ponce, Island of Porto Rico, via the Island of 3t. Thomas, D. W. I., states that Gen eral Henry's division, consisting of 3,*00 men, and including twenty-six pieces of artillery, has been order ed to march immediately from Yuaco to Ponce to be ready to join the move ment north to San Juan. The Sixteenth Pennsylvania regi ment was sent Sunday morning toward Juania Diaz, eight miles north of Ponce, enronte to San Juan, where it is reported the Spaniards will make a stand. Word reached Ponce during the day that the Spaniards were mur dering native Porto Ricans, assaulting women aud indulging in general out rages. The Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment will be reinforced if neces sary. General Miles sayB he has no inten tion of making a landing of troops at Cape San Juan, especially as the place is on a roadstead where transports are liable to suffer from the prevalent storms. The railroad from Ponce to Yuaco is n6w in the possession of our troops. General Stone found five mines on the track. These were destroyed and the track is uninjured. Our troops found seventeen Span iards in the Yuaco hospital, all of whom had been wounded in the re cent fight. Two of them have since died. Proclamations have been issued by the authorities of Yauco as a United States city, expressing delight at an nexation and the administration o! General Miles aud welcoming our troops. The following is the text of the mayor’s proclamation issued at Yauco: Citizens: Today the citizens of Porto Rico assist in one of her most beautiful feasts. The suu of America shines on our mountains nnd valleys this day of July, 1898. It is a day of glorious remembrance for each son of this be loved isle, because for the first time there waves over us the flag of stars, planted in the name of the government of the United States of America by the major general of the American army, Senor Miles. Porto Ricans, we nre, by the mirac ulous intervention of the God of the just, given back to the bosom of our mother America, in whose waters ba- ture pinned us as people of America. To her we are given back in the unmo of her government by General Miles, nnd we mnst send our most expres sive salutation of generous affection through our conduct toward the vn- linnt troops, represented by distin guished officers nnd commanded by the illnstrious Goneral Miles. Citizens, long live the government of the United States of Americal Hail to their valiant troops! Hail Porto Rico, always American. Yauco, Porto Rico, United States of America. The mayor of Ponce has called upon all the residents of • that place to ex ercise calmness and circumspection under the new and desirable condi tions. He also urges forbearance to ward conquered enemies. Mach en thusiasm is everywhere manifested at the sight of the stars and. stripes. General Miles has issued a lengthy order of instructions to'General Nelson, who will be military governor df Ponce province nnd city until General Brooke’s arrival. It is of tho same tenor as the instructions which Gen eral Miles gave to General Shatter at Santiago. ASTOR AT THE CAPITAL. Tho Colonel Report* With Dispatches From General Slmfter. Col. John Jncob Astor, who was de tailed by Gen. Shatter to bear to the secretary of war the official report of the surrender of Santiago, reached Washington Monday. He called at the war department nnd, with Adju tant General Corbin, went to tbe white house and reported to the president. Believes Efe'rjr Word. If a woman loves her husband it is a constant source of wonder to her upon hearing him talk these evenings on the conduct of the war thnt the government does not make him the head of tho board of strntogy. The Oldest Volunteer. A New York State doctor, aged 109, volu*. teered his service* to the President recently* and expressed a desire to enter the army as a surgeon. Kven at his advanced years he ran readwlthout glasses, and walk 10 to 15 miles a flay. Tho oldest, standard medicine Is liostet- ter’s Stomach Ritters, which has no equal for Indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, fevers « now on the Detroit. GEN. MEKIIirPS WANTS. lfn* Asked to Have Ills Command In creased to .10,000 Men. In reply to a dispatch received from General Merritt, now at Cavite, Gen eral Merrinm at Son Francisco lias cobled that five transports with 4,897 men had sailed from port. Scarcely had the message been sent before General Meriiavi received word from the war department that General Mer ritt had asked to have his coinmaud increased from 20,000 to 50,000 troops, in order to lie able to meet nny emer gency which may arise on account of the hostile attitude of Aguinnldo and tho Spaniards. FATAL CHICAGO FIRE. Three Lives Were Lost In the Burning of a lIot«*2. Guests of the Berwin hotel, 148 North State street, Chicago, were roused from their slumbers nt 3 o’clock Monday morning to fiDd the hotel on fire. So rapidly did the blaze spread that men nnd women found themselves cut off from escape by the stairs. Three lives were lost and a number of others were maimed and bruised in jumping from high windows. To Cure Constipation Forever. Tftko Cnscnrots Tandy Cathartic lOo or 25c. If C. C. C. fall to euro, druggists refund money. Cotton Is rapidly collected by a new picker consisting of a piece of hose, one end attached to a suction pump, tho other to the arm of the operator to suck In the cotton nicked by hand and fed toward the open mouth of the hose. To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund money if it fall* tooure. 26c* Fifteen years ago Reading. Pa., did not have a single hosiery mill. Now It has 10, employing 2,600 bauds. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day’s use of Dr. Kline a Great Nerve Restorer, f-’ trialbottleand treatise free. Dr. B. H. Kline. Ltd.. W1 Arch SL, Phlla., Pa. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens tho gmn«. reduces "inflamma tion, allays pain,cures wind colic. 35c. a bottle. We have not been without Plso’s Cure for Consumption for 20 years.—Lizzie Ferrel, Camp St., Harrisburg, Pa., May 4, 1894. Rev. If. P. Carson, Scotland, Dak., says: “Two bottles of Hall’s Catarrh Cure complete ly cured my little girl.” Sold by Druggists, 75c. Lyon A Co'* “Pick Leaf' Rmoklnc Tafcaeeo does not make every mouth as sweet as a rose, but comes “mighty nigh*’—does give every* qpe a most delightful smoke. Try It. No-Tn-ltac for Fifty Cent*. Guaranteed tobacco tyablt cure makes weak nen strong, blood pure. 50c, $1. All druggists. Weak Stomach SeosUlvo to every little Indiscretion la eating, even to exposure to draughts and to over-perspiration—this condition Is pleasantly, positively and permanently overcome by the magic tonlo touch of Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which literally "makes weak stomaalis strong." It also oreatos iid appotlto— makes you feel real hungry, nnd drives away all symptoms Of dyspepsia. Be sure to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla America’s Greatewt Medicine. All druggists. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. 26 cents. A New is* Popular Movement. A movement originating among sev eral lending Chicago business houses Is attracting general attention. The National Parcel Post league Is the name of a new organization formed to Induce the government to establish a a system of transporting small pack ages of merchandise through the malls after the manner of the popular and profitable parcel-post system of Europe This movement will meet with public favor, and the political party that will give It hearty endorsement In Its plat form will bo greatly strengthened. There Is no reason why our post office department should not give to the public as great advantages as the .European post office systems confer upon the people abroad, by extending the rates of cheaper letter postage to small packages of merchandise. The adoption of such a system would add enormously to the business of the stores in all the cities, great and small, and would give the people the bene fit of competitive prices .for most ar ticles required for domestic consump tion.—Leslie’s Weekly. A LIVING WITNESS. Mrs. Hoffman Describes How Sh Wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for Advice, and Is Now Well. Peak Mrs. Pinkham:—Before usii your Vcgetublo Compound I was great sufferer. I have been sick ii months, wns troubled with severe pa in both sides of abdomen, sore feelii in lower part of boi els, also suffert with dizzines headache, ai could not slee I wrote you letter descrl ing my case ai asking yoi advice. Y< replied tel ing me ju what to do. followed your dire tions, and cannot praise your mcdlcii enough for what it has done for m Many thanks to you for your advic Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Cor pound has cured me, nnd I will recoi mend it to my friends.—Mrs. Floheni R. 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