Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-02-24

feet could be held out OF the bay. The
castle is re-enforced by the long range
Of cannon and barracks on the city
eide, and the massive fortress OF the
Cubanos crowning the hill behind the
Moro. All these are decorated with
the red and yellow flag of Spain. So
many strong fortifcations show how
important the home government re-.
CARDS the place.
The harbor of Havana compares
fayorably with the most famous in the
world, Infinitely more picturesque
than New York Bay, it is much live
lier in MARITIME interest than that of
the Golden Gate. The bay is shaped
like hnman hand outstretched. with
the wrist as the entrance. It is popu-
lous with ships from almost every Ma
tion Oh earth. The one idea it i'm.
presses is that of activity. European
nnd Amaricsn mail steamers come and
go daily. Coasting steamers and the
Eoats OF the regular lines from Mex
leo and the islands of the Caribbean
seek the bay, and great ferries ply be.
tween the docks of the city and the
Relga shores. There is also feet of
sailing boats, yachts gathered from all
over the world, row boats, AID what
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Its certainly rot American, and
vet there is nothing like it in Europe
1t is intensely Cuban, and type OF
itself. In general view the town
presents churches, cathedrs.ls and other
structures that force themselves into
prominence against the background of
less imposing houses. There is moth
ing in this crest extent OF public build.
ings that strikes one as being specially
valuable from an architectural point
of view, and even if there were its
beauty would be entirely subordina-
ted by colossal prison near the shore,
which was built fer the purpose OF
having capacity to lodge with ease q
matter Of 5000 prisoners at time.
The city is divided into two parts,
called the intramural, or old town,
which lies between the bay and the
site of the ancient walls which have
fallen into decay and have been used
for an upbuilding Of the new city, and
the extramural town, consisting OF tine
new city, which lies beyond the site
of the old walls aud is more or less
modern in IFS architecture. The
streets of the old town are laid out in
fairly reguler order, and are pretty
well paved. But these thoroughfares
arc narrow in the extreme, with side
walks barely wide enough for one
pedestrian. The streets of the new
city, although laid only in macsdam,
are wider, airier and fringed on either
side with pretty palm trees, giving the
town garden-llke aspect.
The architecture of the dwelling
houses is heavy, and this gives them An
appearance of old age which they
really do not deserve. The material
used in their building is the porous
stone which abounds in the island,
and which, when first quarried, is as
easily worked into blocks as wood, but
which becomes as hard as granite when
exposed 70 the atmosphere. The
facades of the houses are generally
covered with stncco, painted in all
colors. Blues, yeliows and greens nre
used indiscriminately, and the visitor
is at once unpleasantly struck by the
bizzare effect, but soon learns to ap-
preciate the nice manner in which this