Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-05-14
INSJLTED THE FLAG.
CAPT. RICHARDSON WRITES OF
\ SPANISH DEMONSTRATION.
HOW HIS AMERICAN BLOOD MUST
HAVE B3HED-STRANGE SIGHTS
N STRANGE LANDS.

N STRANGE LANDS.
In late vars whenever l step outside of
the Cnitea : ftes door-ways l am quite
sure to strike path leading direct to
some Spanish country; it WAS not always
50, once t couia find errands and courses
leading to mere civil lands and amongst a
more humane people. 1t i not pleasant
to hate anything, and l really love all
maukIne ana all other creatures except
the spaE.-a. l never admired. and just
now ] have reasons for a stronger feeling
against 4eHz.
To see Il mob attack the American
consulate, breaking doors and windows
and ol,IGe very sort of vie indignity
to the premises. simply because il repre-
sents Tie uited States, Is not pleasant
for an American. Such things occurred
here few days ago. The consul has
taken N II. 5gn, dares not set his flag,
and has thGGe barred doors between the
street and his little office hamber. A
mob of thousands marched the streets,
without protest from the authorities,
shouting "I.ira ell Espana, Death to
America,
The few Americans that were here fled
to Madeira, 10 England, to any place
where SENSE and humanity rule, and
where they could the soonest get started
for. The authorities o. We're rather
proud OF the mob and called il "a dem
opst-atiou. Demonstration torsooth,
B!atsa, hiaekguardism upheld and en-
couragea ~ those who know better and
are therefore he most blamable The ex-
cuse for these acts was, of course, the ex-
pressed sentiments of the American Con-
gress regarding Cuba.
never before was so unfortunate as to
be in tare2 On port where the American
ronsul hi3 b#s lag. On last Sunday the
hags of al other consuls proudly waved
over the city-the English Jack, the tri-
color OF France, the three coarse Dutch
stripe, Is also the similar ones of both
Russia ana Germany, and even the blood
red RAJ OF Aorocco-all We're there except
ours. However, if not over the town it
was 10 be seen At he mole, where not only
an American flag, but our largest one on
board, was waving to the breeze-and
may its -hadow never grow Less" W hat
American you'd not be in anger when
such a miserable and degraded people de-
mard that flag to be put away?
Our vessel lies at the very mole where,
in 1897, Nelson lost his arm. By having
no pilot, and rough weather coming on,
he was defeated in subduing the place,
and, after losing his arm and having sew
eral boats wrecked, he was obliged to
withdraw. From the wreekage of the
boats two flags drifted ashore which are
now preserved in glass case within 1.-The
Church Of The Conception l saw the
flag, yesterday, and The many wonders of
that old church-built in the sixteent b
century In the top story Of the tower
there is a clock with but one face and no
minute hand showing its antiquity
The preservation of Nelson's flags, and
their exhibition at this late day, suggest
more Of conceit than of valor-they hav-
ing not been captured in battle but sim
ply vsnquished by the elements of storm
and gathered in as fotsam.
THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE.
This city Is the cleanest Spanish town
that | ever saw; the island IS one of the
most wonderful in the whole world The
Peak of Tenerife," 12,2s0 feet, is a
worlds wonder, and the hundreds OF
smaller peaks so ruggedly formed present
startling and remarka bic view in nature
All OF the seven islands forming the
archipelago are of volcanic origin but
very Old.
From the top Of the grand peak half
way down to the sea all is covered with
snow at this season and almost eternal
clouds. Below the snow line the land is
exceedingly fertile and eonsidera bly,
cultivated though :the task OF prepare
tion has been great; the steep hill-sides
having been in nature covered with mil
lions of loose stones, mixed with the soil,
which must have been OF untold centu-
ries in gathering. These stones have been
by man formed into immense walls
many of them eight feet wide and as
many in height-with the soil somewhat
leveIed from The top Of one wall to the
foot OF the next higher one, forming ter
race above terrace. making separated gar
den plots not over thirty feet wide, from
wall to wall, ascending one above the
other from valley 10 nountaintop
Tropical groWths are produced below,
with cereals ana ms other usual products
of the temperate zones on the higher alti-
tudes.
In company with an English tourist
walked and climbed the mountains for
many long and weary league. We went