The Republican journal., 1896-04-16
Cruz or Sainte Croix.

u An - 4 Ia Il llEhlA ~ klF -. a
.-lU RIDE ACROSS THE ISLAND.
. .35Ne ABOUT THE SUGAR AND
I. srEY.
rrrespondence of The journal. I
..~lI tN~IoED, SAlNrE GROIN, Mar.
other Danish island lies about
south of st. Thomas and
ud is the largest of the group,
miles long by five or SIX
WAS contemplated in Mr.. Sew
locations with Denmark. but
f.csS now be included in the pur-
. we make another bargain with
ij~,ain. Though St Croix is
reekoned among the Virgin Is
les considerably out of the line
a.uiS ''Rue DIES Nierges, in wa
ran thousand fathoms deep.
The trade winds, it takes but
ernment steamer plies regularly
Il t besides innumerable Schooners.
AIMED out of the harbor of Char
4lie Just as the sun was dropping
le western ocean in blaze of glory,
ring the island in reflected light.
a-at comes so quickly in these lati-
.uat hardly had we reached the
t before the golden glow had fad
lch green of the mountains turn
Ucre, then to dull gray, indistin-
.3.e in the waning light from mist
i recalling Coleridge's oft quot
sfafa ia the Ancient Mariner
sun rim dips, the stars rush out,
stride comes the dark.
ne5rre daybreak we passed into st.
Ubor, between the two guarding
b as; look like a pair of half-open
aul east anchor in front of Chris
-.0 This island is not only the
f Tive Virgins, but by all odds the
eaUiIul, to my mind, a region of
-s. delight, of golden suns and sill
.a-. blue skies and bluer seas.
and gentle breezes. an ideal
.I.u to end ones DAYS. or at
rY-> portion OF them. Ii tile
M .- ever does own this island it
me the favorite winter re-
ms, being only five day
m New York and the villas
"s of oar countrymen will be
MI over these suftly rounded
nuEh ST. CroiN beals every
a.otablble evidence Of volcanic
lot So rugged and abrupt us
.a uihcr Islands. \ hill range
with the coast, hut its lofti-
81. q Jttie more than thousand
zane fields sweep backward
white beach and up the slopes
- mass OF yellowish green,
-le and there by planters houses
4l.fhed cottages of their labor
-nIL-ls SWING their mighty arms
u''h9lnS ne" Don QuXotes 10
nbat, and long avenues OF CO.
~ with trunks rising from 80 to
ShattS OF polished marble, sup
taele of waving foliage. The
'. '~eui Nugar-eane, the only crop OF
ewes 1t 5" rlch ana ll@ht Unit
'''' Ii looks the year around us
ana Just put on her freshest man
''uFh uhe SOIL is everywhere pro
-@' productive, Except perhaps 400
10 'all narsh), L am told that two
' The interior is not cultivated at
9" rs covered with scanty timber and
''+-Ss srrnb-the haunt OF deer and
7sS Inc population Is now eomput-
Jul wary lN'VoV' but there has been
'' .''.' eaSe III 1t during the last quar-
owing 10 repeated failure OF
''-7r-erop,-th latter shortage be-
"nbuted to diminished rainfall,
gs5l On by destruction of the forests.
-'AaiiY 1T. Croix was covered with for
d and The rain fall was abundant; but
fifueh, during their brief occupancy
l' ISLAND, burned down nearly all the
es and since then years of drought
We followed each other in quick success
Ihis Encouragement, added to
t times felt all over the world. the
.'e4r low price of sugar, competition
"et1 sugar, have conjoined to the
I'd q" santa Cruz planters. The eman
'.'+1 If slaves was terrible blow to
.h aat thev seem unable TO adant