The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-10-16

summit. une views are said to pe Mnsiif-
} passed-os hills; and mountains hHthed in
eternal summer and bounded by the two
great oceans; and looking down into the
abyss, the rim, aor lip" of which has beenipar
TALLY torn away. you see water boiling Tar be-
low. The valcano got its name from this sub
terrancsn lake. Vomited forth by some con-
vulson OF nature, it poured down upon and
totally destroyed Guatemalas first capital,
the city which Alvarado built, close under the
mountain and cnristened est. James; the
Gentleman"
asn the Plaza.
The beauty Of Antiques plaza ia sadly
narIed by its use. las market place. Women
are always squat:ing around the quaint stone
fountain, surrounded by their baskats Of
fruit and little niles OF vegetables, charcoal,
fagots, alfalfa, and otAer commodities. and
many cheap GilEnillated booths are scattered
about The huya:-s land sellers are mostly
Indians, and from tine G!stiguring booths the
municipality DERIVES considerable revenue.
One whole side Of the plaza is lined with low
portales-aDOther aNmmon feature of Spanish
American cities: ans; The dim shops within
the POI tales represent the higher ccnlsslarce
Of the place AntHElta was originally lGid oott
at right angles. AFTER the usual checkefboaTs
plan, but owing 10 the ruins. it is now I'M
possible to trace maaWcQf the streets. Another
side Of the plaza is MeGupied by the anq4ent
church OF La MERGED, which somehow escaped
the general destruction with comparatively
little injury 1t is wet lin use, having been
repaired with certain lnGongruous architectM~
raj additions which r.a.ii1ad one of somebody's
description of Cape May cottage-"Queen
Anne front with Mary Ann back" Behind it
are the tumbled wallis OF tits once populo1s
convent, now tenantea by pigs instead Of
priests A native tailor mas turned the state
ly arched entrance of the old pile into a shop:
and when strangers arrfTGfhe obligingly I'M
tangles himself from the customary cross
legged attitude and desents his sizzling
goose to conduct them through the laby-
rinth of roofiess apartments. The third side
+ Of the plaza is faced by La Municipalidad.'
and the fourth by the old Palacio Nacional.
The low, massive stone walls ana pillars Of
both these ancient structures command at
tention. They were built during the Spanish
regime and bear the carved arms of Leon and
.Castile-two castles and two Lions rampant.
The "PSlacio," where for 100 years succes-
ssive vice kings held sway, shows alta glance
the opulence Of city which coalld have af-
.forded such an immense and elegant struct-
are. 1t is two-storied, with double tiers OF
arches in front. supported upon massive
dluted columns of SOLID stone. The munich
Ialidad, or city hall. as we should say, is
longer, lower, ard if possible quainter The
bare-footed sentinel, pacing to and fro on
guard in the dim corridors, holds his musket
elasped to mis- breast like baby; and the
group o. soldiers lounging about in their ex.
traocdlnary uniforms of blood red duck re.
minds one of Mephistopheles and scenes il
she ",Black Crook"
Eloquent Rasns.
Ruins-ruins everywhere! With the as
1istance of our guide, we visited more than
thirty enormous religious edifces, nearly all
in ruins, and some SO completely wrecked a.
to be bat pile of rubbish in vacant field
One is amazed at the extensive area covered
with fallen walls. Strelling over it, one is
continually happening upon old carved foun-
taiEs, Quaint stone basius, and portions OIL
buildings. the carvings thereon sometimes
exquisite and always wonderfully express
sive. The chief interest lies in the ruined
converts and churches, all of stone showine
great durability and covered with CARVINGS