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TEE SUNNY SOUTH THIRD TAGE JULY 30, 1904 By FLORENCE l_ TUCKER. tor 737*. Sot|ih ^ HROT < 'H i1itf>(? nmtxir’ea oT and change to the fashionable resort it Is to- S’ the wln ter Newport J 1 Worlfi -tarnons svs- Aug^sVine *° Wn °* St ' lost it ,• S never quite Z ' ,S *T> iCtiVQ charac- • nor Hie charm which hn^ora about Its old streets and ancient land marks. ' s, i narrow streets, their Spanish ^ *° aff ° rJ ShadP ’ hanging 1kj1 * 3lan,es - their over- & B balconies and n;„, WaI1 *- lowing .hr,,„.o, fh . ® h ®’ rden ”>ei r open doors •i« and waving ““Ugh remains to lenv ^ earin S: yet to America stm ,;«• ' 1 3 oMest city ° ther on the continent r<>nt fr ° m * Very e^MLT ^ thG f ° rt - can- that the kin ; » Alternate Prey of Pirate, Troubador and Modern Midas v$» ^ 'Svmny South’s Municipal Series tliroi glimpses or orange •banana. n,-„ fast 3 ° st so much in building Madrid," we read r,,le from have been Uw-, ' ' appears to i found it in the middle , century. And yet St the boueaniers the seventeenth *' or ° 'Wanting. The^sky ‘ nW 00nditions Eiistine An as as dciicateiy bi ue a»,i SO f t i as that of Seville. The warn i and as golden tlie Ida sunlight is as that wiiieli floods s of Spanish alcazars. The Flor- ens are os radiantly brilliant by nlffht.and the full moon floats as luminous ly above th e Allanti the pinnacles and fciittcr in its t f'onst as where minarets of Valencia ims on the Mediterranean MANY MASTERS. Indian sea king, Spaniard, boueanier, T? ri t ’ - It invader, each in turn has scourg ed the town, and though after the pass ing of each it has risen again stronger than before, at no period 1ms it at tained to any considerable wealth or size. For some years before the civil war it was a winter resort for people from the north, and in the early seven ties when l|ie only communication with tiic outside world was hv water, or stage line from the st John river, it came more into prominence; hut not until af ter 1884. when Flagler began Tim con st:" .-tUn of his great hostelries, dkl St. Augustine begin to lie the national re port it hns since become This alone, per haps. preserved to it its original char acter—its want of wealth and its remote ness from the world. Though, happy it Is. tin Garden in St. George Street, St. Augustine. the three hotels—of th ing which is widening displacing the old lions' return to the Spanish archit, which it seems a pity in tlii city ever to hat most enduring— modern build- lie streets and . has shown a ture from one little “Parted. The fort was. of course, the most notable ex ample of Spanish architecture ever here; it is the only example of mediaeval archi tecture on this continent, superbly illus trating the art of engineering as de veloped at that time. Th V« massive structure of coquina rock, with its cur tains, bastions, moat, barbican and glacis, covers with its surroTindlng reservation, more than twenty-two acres. was consiaere 11s would sink attering. as v hardens on exporure to son and air. It is procured front the famous Kings quar ries on Anastasia Island. 18 miles away, tlie only quary of that peculiar and beau tiful concrete shell rock in the world Fort Marion, as it ims been called since the cession of Florida to the United States in 1821. was c-ixty years in building, and the labor was performed by -convicts from Spain and IM Indians and slaves who quarried, the istone on Anastasia island, ferried it across the bay, and toiled at the walls till, some lying down and dying ami others taking their places, it was more than half a century before was finished what was for years the strongest for tification in America, glorifying In the military record by having never been captured THE FLORIDA PURCHASE. Under first one name and then another for two hundred years the fort was St. Augustine, and St. Augustine was Flor ida, till in 182!. by payment of S5.000,- COO to Spain, Florida became territory of the United States, with General An drew Jackson, its flr=t governor, from which time it was called Fort Marion. As far back as 1740 San Marco, as it was then called, had casemates, or rooms, curtains and four bastions, which were named, respectively, St. P-ter, St. James, St. John and St. Paul. At the corner of the northern bastion is the watch ’ tower, commanding approach from the se a and at the corners of the other three cut in the wall by prisoners that they might climb tip and look out of the win dows over the door Into the quadran gle. The chapel, the portico of which was | once beautifully adorned, facet! the en- trance to the fort acrose the quadrangle, i On either side as you enter are the j niches for the fonts, and farther along | xico and i 0,1 the right remains of the old tim- j bers where the confessional was fastened j like those on the fort only smaller. The 12-foot space U,"tween the pillars was originally protected by heavy, iron bound wooden gates and Ibe approach was by way of a drawbridge over the moat or ditch, which was flooded at high tide. At night the gate was closed and fastened, guards were stationed in the sentry boxes, and in the guard house just within the gate a detnohme.it of troops. At Ihe fir ing of the sunset gun the bridge was raised and the gale barred, and “when once the gate was closed the belated way farer. be he eitisen or stranger, must make the best of it wifTlout tTle town until morning.” On the plaza where stands the Uonsti- t’.Ttion monument erected in 1813 by tho Spaniards is the old “slave marker," so- called. but which in reality never was at any time a slave pen. in 1840 It was built for the sale of meat and other food supplies, and devoted to that use, but It is long sinee it has been anything but a .loitering place in she pleasant little park. Fronting on the plaza is the famous old cathedral, the corner stone of which was laid In 1792. It was five years in building, and was constructed of ma terial from the ruined shrines of Tolo- mato and Nuestia de la Lech* In the belfry, which was of Moorish type, hung a ehirno of four bells, placed in separate niches, one above and three in a hori zontal line. The clock being placed be low, the scheme appeared that of a cross. On that one of the bells which is said To be the oldest in this country, is the inscription: “Sancto Joseph. Ora pro Nobis, 1) 1689 " After the lire in 1887. which destroyed > verything buit the walls of the cathedral, the bells were v-hnng, but arc never rung, tile powerful bell in the tower now calls the people to worship, and rings the Angelus, at 6 o'clock in the morn ing. at noon, and at 6 again in the evening. The Interior of the edifice Is spacious and lofty, and the altars and paintings very handsome. Searelv less interesting, to the visitor than the cathedra! is the tiny chapel in the old Spanish cemetery north of the city gates. Here Father Corpa. one of | the twelve Franciscan missionaries who came 'to labor among the people, while 1 at prayer was murdered by one of his Indian converts whom he had publicly rebuked. Spanish town which so long and bravely held out against the Moors. It is an emblem, too. of Juan Fonce de Leon, whose epitaph proclaims him “a lion in name and a lion in heart.” And in the arch over the gateway and In the southern end of the town, at ] again in the spandrels of the panel arches withou In harder stone, it was u building the sea wall, the oit the earliest houses, and th L#eon, Al^nzar and Cordova r ncrete with coquina shell Tliis concrete is a oorrnorifi Portland cement and shells, constructed of successive l:n e r »'*te— as one layer hardens is poured In on top of it. Wh the wall is hut a single stoir bastions s'ntry land approaches rericiu where tr and it takes lift the lon ; ly sentry or fatigue as he tv.-ixt cess lv being one solid mas olith, without joint self admirably to ;ir< iative purposes, it po; Ities of durability destruction by fire. Coquina is a stot collection of shells, ments of variegated ed together by the water dissol shell. The stone >f a. soft hoi! frag- v corni n'.- rain and mi partly 1 of the riod, and lOX'es overlooking the These are on the ter- eatinon were mounted, imagination to picture umb and stiff with cold as he counted the -low hours •k and dawn, and peering suc- through each of his little out looks across the flat waste of land or desolate t-act . f water told off the beats of his homesick heart. The hot-shot furnace still s< n in the moat was built in !84 J . and in the watts or the north and south bastions are marks of bullets made in executing prisoners condemned to di-. Upon the quadrangle or interior court 100 feet square are the casemates which were used for barracks, mess rooms and store rooms, the chapel, the famous dun geon, and "Coacoochee's Cell," the one from which the two Seminole Indians, Coaeooch ?c and Tahiti's Hadjo. escaped by starving themselves until their ema ciated hodi-s could pass between the liars of the outer aperture of their prison. And. next the door of this court room, as it was originally, are three niches A Btt no? -tire -Old 'Town. Fort Marion- -Bastion and Fort. i music—they could not be brought into the j chapel, for a prisoner permitted to knect | at the altar could, claim the privilege [ of sanctuary. The dungeon, called the pennaucarrah. Or place of punishment, was undoubtedly the scene of the horrors ascribed to it. Ut> and down the wall at the right were fastened six crosses, at the back one large cross with two large shrines, and to the right and left two small shrines. Un der the crosses in the masonry can be seen 'the places where were fastened the chains [that held.the prisoners in an upright po sition which allowed of neither sitting or lying down. T'ite custom of that day was j to inflict punishment "under the cross." in the inner dungeon, which was reach- 1 ed through an.opening 30 inches high by . 3 fei-t wide, were found the iron cages and | human bones so often described—tbu bones, it is claimed, of a man and a small wanton. These chambers, which had at otne time been walled up. were discover ed in 1839 when the weight of a gun car riage on the terrcplcin above caused the \ ceiling to cave in. One of tlie most reliable authorities de scribing the dungeon says; "Near the en trance were the remains of a tire. Upon the side of the cell was a rusty staple. With about three links of eh*.'a attached : thereto. Near the wall, on the west side i of the cell, were a few bones.” Musty anu suffocating and but for the feeble ray of the guide's lamp, dark as file nether regions—and darker when to test the horror for a moment he ex tinguishes the flame—it is a relief to re- ! fleet that the suffering of those imprison ed here was but for a brief space, for life could not be long sustained in such | foul atmosphere where never one ray of heaven's light lias penetrated. The seawall, which was begun in 1690. extended from the fort to a point opposite .the plaza. The present seawall was built by 1 i*United States govenime..t—1835- i 184?—at an expense of $100,000. It is of coquina capped with New England gran- i ite, Is three-quarters of a mile In length and extends from Fort Marion to the 1 United States barracks. St. Augustine is - . -sine'S forms. A complete uesm complete So low' that protection is necessary hook of legal Penmanship; a complete Lightning i „ MlTlst th e encroachment of thf a th. wall; at tlie furlher end was tlie ! the termination of the sea wall,* are the i is the stag’s head, the sacred totem d itar and tlie niche of the patron saint, 1 United States barracks, tlie old St. Fran- | "Selooe," the Indian village on the site of t. Augustine. Into tlie adjoining rooms I cls conve nt, the walls of which famous b vl,ich st - Augustine was hich were used as apartments tor trie l , , . , .. The Alcazar is in archit priests, condemned prisoners were some times allowed to come to listen to the p ciscans established a convent on this I site, and in 1763 when the place came under British control it was converted j tils of which famous building are said to be the most ancient of any in the city. In 1586 the Fran- milt. ture and gran deur a fitting complement of the Ponce de Leon, like It of Spanish Renaissance style, and original throughout. into a barrack. Just south of this is the military ceme tery, containing the three coquina pyra mids erected in memory of Dade and his 107 soldiers who were massacred by the Semffioles in 1835. One of the oldest houses in the city is that occupied by the public library, it is an ancient coquina building of Spanish architecture, formerly the governor's res- PLANTS IN THE SICK ROOM. (From The Philadelphia Press.) Flowers were advocated as a cure for consumption by Dr. Frances Bartlett in a paper which she read before tlie Botan ical Society of Pennsylvania at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania last night. "Why send consumptives and sufferers to Colorado to benefit by the climate, when we can bring that climate into T may be that the million aire is no more eccentric than humbler mortals, and yet In the fierce white light of publicity it often seems so. For instance, there was the late Cyrus W. Field. He was never given to any of the expensive hob bies of other rich men. He did not dote on horses, or yachts, or pictures. But Mr. Field did like tea. He used to say there was only one man of his acquaintance who knew how to brew it. and that man was "Old Field.” The father of the submarine cable used to travel a. gTeat deal by rail, but he never went anywhere without his favorite brand of tea and his personal utensils for brewing it. Mr. Field seldom traveled in his pri vate car. and none of his retinue of serv ants ever made tea for him. From his berth in the Pullman ite rose early, as : at home, and it was not an uncommon : sight try see the gray old philanthropist half dressed and stirring about in a buf- : fet car at daylight, seeking hot water with which to brew his choice young Hyson, a canister of which was invaria bly a part of bis bagga,ge. One day when Mr. Field was going through Front street he was attracted bv a tea taster who was sipping the con- ; tents of a number of small cups. Mr. Field watched the man carefully and ob- i served his metbpd of using boiling water. Finally he entered the place and said to i the expert; "How long have you been !n tbU business?” “Thirty-one years.” said the tea taster, who was enjoying an annual income of about $20,000. "Well, you had better give It up.” re marked Mr. Field, frankly. “You . don't know how to make tea and you are too old to learn. Let me brew some of that ■ stuff for you." I The aged philanthropist poured water i on some lea/ves which he took front a paper in his pocket, let it draw for ;» few seconds and invited the tea taster to test. But the expert spat th* stuff out. “Worst ever!" was ids comment. “Not even properly brewed.” Then Mr. Field, who was a sensitive man, turned on his heel and walked away muttering; “If you are an expert the good Lord help some of our tea drinkers.” But when the millionaire was out of | sight tlie tea tsater r and said to one of the clerks Old Field. He's a crank on tei pound for it, and 1 told him dishwater. The late Colonel Elliott F hobby ran to linen. He nevt considerable distance from hi did not tak#> with him a pc chest. Tile bed linen of the a man car is clean, but Mr. Sii believed so. He always to. sheets, pillow slips and towel Charles yj. Schwab has a ] automobiles, yet this is not his ation and pleasure. His keene in a swimming bath, and if poor man he would be called ter crank." Even on shipboar arils say that when Mr. ft wi be found in his stateroom or i ing room he is taking a plun? cent trip acres? a woman, c bore, tried three days to see 'about steel." Finailv one o lards said to her. "You say y. ! him? 1 advise you to wait, cause at the present momer tlie bathtub.” j Like the Roman emperor I suppliant smelling of perfur [preferred the odor of garlic. A negle dislikes a perfumed ma l been known to view with j mistrust the advances of a sv [stranger. Mr. Carnegie once . senger in Pittsburg who was ; I made and frangipanni. The used to sniff the air. turn pal his eyes every time this mess within smelling distance. Af pointed hints which the y< x heed, he was seelSng empio; ; where. 31 r. Carnegie's hobby is in ' lines to memory so as to he peat ha kward extracts from authors. He thinks lie does m author well tinless he is able "one can get pretty nearly ev the way of literature from And Mr Carnegie can quote page of it. It is generally supposed th; Jay Gould was, completely v in railroads. Yet his pet hohi steamship. Every time a new came to port Mr. Gould wa them all manner of leading quest drew freely upon their store o edge. "How much did. this co "What is the advantage of it ills favorite questions. Many pers credit to the engineers or buiide Pacific Mail Steamship Comr/t for introducing new ideas, /the innovations with few exceptions t gested by Mr. Gould. icience, the government house facing the ! their homes by the simple expedient of plaza being the place of administration. |”‘ lllvin S growing plants in their rooms?" ! This last is associated with many per- j was the K,st of Dr - Bartlett’s remarks.! sons and incidents of historic interest. A Her paper w " s on “ Flowers in the sick- j heavy coquina wall at one time surround- r °^"' arul 1,1 part ‘ sh f s ai ' ,; Growing plants, and especially odor- 1 iferous flowering plants, are of the great est value in tlie treatment of tlie sick. As long as the plants are kept moist they will diffuse power to produce ozone. ! Some plants will vaporize the atmos- ! pnere to tlie amount of three times their own weight in a day. in this way the j atmosphere of a sickroom can be made t of the greatest benefit. The only danger- ; ous plants u ed the house. The question of which is the very oldest house in St. Augustine will doubtless continue a disputed one. Some claim i it is tile old house on Sift. Francis street, j others the Worth house facing tlie bay: then there is the Whitnei house, the library building, tile Fashio house, the old curiosity shop on St. George street, and the museum building at the foot of [ Treasury—that quaint old street so nar- j row at on ■ either side , seems no way to arrive at certaintv place In tne sickroom are those which give off unpleasant odors, end that two persons on its j Care should be taken, however, not to an shake hands across There I keep cut flowers in the rooms at night. They throw off carbon tiioxide, but dur ing the daytime the amount of oxygen c antin'. Charlotte Street, St. Augustine. Being Made A complete Legal Afivisio-. f plain and ornamental Penmanship, a comp.ete j-aganning against the encroacbmqat of the sea, | Caicnki'tor and Farmer’s Reckone^^ ^ Cotfcm Tjh; „. n(>ai , ure . i which in heavy e-dfi storms dashes over ! tlie distinction must, apparently ! to lie shared. Now St. Augustine is to a great extent j painfully modern., but tlie glory of tne ; Ponce de I>eon and the Alcazar and Cor- j dova so overshadows the lesser buildings ; that discontent Is lost in delight, and j the deep satisfaction afforded by the I Spanish Renaissance style of architecture in the two former—the Cordova docs not follow the same, but ehitectura! monuments of the warring ! ages of the past; vast piles of masonty I which grew with the increments of hun- | dreds of years, amid tlie conflicts of Ro man and Goth and Moor and Christian." OLD PCNCE DE LEON. Tlie historic symbolism of decoration of the Ponce de Leon is found at the very gateway of the court in the lion's masque ornamenting each of the gate posts—the heraldic lion of Leon, the neutralizes the harmful ef- they product fects. he chief cause of colds is found in I the habit of going from heated buildings 1 into the cold street, if people could only ; be prevailed upon to maintain an equa- J ble temperature and humidity by having i plants growing in their homes and places [ of business the danger of taking cold j would be practically eliminated.” in a paper on “The Flowers' Best ■ rriend" Dr. C. C. Scnmucker paid strong I "recalls those ar- j tribute to the bumble bee. “Upon this abused insect's distribution of tlie seed we are almost absolutely de- j pendent for our crops of clover,” he ] said. “You must have noticed that the j first crop is always much smaller titan i the second. Tiiat is because early in the! year the bees are abroad in much small er number than later." r"t?rP.\f Timber. Lumber. Logs - * —* 1 • “ ■ - - • _ orn iiiustratioi etc.. In rvjsinezs educator; brought home to every purchaser. I HlACmCAlr ani PLAIN: 500 agents wanted at once. Boys j artj girls can sell o.i well f.£p| e « in one day. Another 210 in one One agent l n ail day and said a oopy at every home, week. Agents have agents. Send 25c for outfit; sat- Selling price $1.50. Liberal^ ,. efundwJ) . Fraction guaranteed Cor NICHOLS & CO . ATLANTA. GA. Circulars fraa • the top of the wall. MOAT AND DRAWBRIDGE. The city gates, also of coquina rocks, consist of two square pillars, 20 feet in height and 10 feet thick, surmounted with Moorish capitals, on the inner side of which are built sentry boxes, much COLUMBIA VEHICLES 200 Styles. and HARNESS ore right in quality, workmanship. s*rle ana pri o V c arc practical buff* maker* an! aril duett 3. fae*ory pric~B Mead for onr FPEE CAT A LOO explainer our DAYS’ free trial plat and twa years' guarantee. Columbia Mfg& Supply Co. 51 cisdn««t". cl*" ONE SINCERE MOURNER. (Front The Chicago News.) The lawyer was drawing up Enpeck’s will. "i hereby bequeath all my property i to my wife," dictated Enpeck. “Got that down?" "Yes," answered the attorney. “On condition." continued Enpeck. "that site marries again within a year.” “But why that condition?" asked tlie man of law. ''Because," answered the meek and loving testator, "i want somebody to be sorry’ that I died. See?” j in Old St. Augustine.