New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24

never grow tame to the dullest soul. Ihere are
several trips besides the one 10 Huan.a -. ~
(yhere there ia good alligator snootins' a .o
made from Santiago, the one TO san LUIS. nite ,,
niles Inv rail. being through an exceptionally
beautiful country ~. ,o,
One is naturally apt to have his menta'
nicture of Havana somewhat distorted by re-
r,embrances Of the Maine, Weyler, Blanco sha
the Spaniards "our late enemies All throusn
the summer readers OF the daily papers w. w.
RECALLED with tales of sickness ana star atio.i
,nd the many other terrors of a blockaded CITY
The venom of Spanish hatred was enlarged upo',;
and this principal city of the lovely isiano ol
C,uba came to be looked upon as place 10 De
oroided above all others. But all this has been
brought to an end. The Spanish yoke mas peen
thrown off American ideas and American san
itary systems will have soon converted havana ma
into one of the most charming spots III ,n ne
Antilles Already engineers or the greatest sh,i'
and exuerienca have been at work on the prop,
lens Of draining the city and Kidding 1t OF All
the germs Of fever and disease. The late Coionel
Warine one Of the best authorities on the SUD
ject of sanitation, was selected by the uoSeih-
ment to take up thi. work. but his sad ana I'M
timely death made 1t necessary TO place tne
work in charge of others who are expected 10
carry ii to a rapid completion The Havana OF
the future will be an entirely ainereht cry i'o ,
the Havana of year ago. When all the en-
taneiing conditions OF an international character
have become settled, there VIII be travei rom
this country to that port such as was never
dreamed Of Commerce and recreation Will com
bine to give the Ward Line all II can do 10
handle the traffic, and already the managerhent
has taken the necessary steps 10 equip VIC
service in order to meet the most exactinS pub
lie demands.
Havana has a fine harbOr separated from the
sea by only slender point of land, and empty
ing into IL through narrows no wider than our
own al New-York On the one hand Is the low.
many-colored city. and on the other, perched on
a bluff is the Moro Castle and the Cabanas
No one needs to be reminded that MORO means
Moorish and is simply reference to the style
or manner in which the once-formidabe tort
was built AS for the Cabanas stretching its
rriro walls behind the castle IL was built after
tho English had captured MORO Castle in the
eighteenth century, and IL cost such prodi-
oious amount that when the bills were submitted
tn charles III, in Madrid. that witty monarch
called for his telescope. and putting II out OF
his palace window pretended to scan the horizon
in an attempt to see the distant fertilization
.sJt cost so much. said he. that should think
n roust be big enough to he seen from here"
A vet more modern fortress Is opposite on the
city side. . ,r
Wherever the eye rests tie scene Is wholly
unfamiliar to Northern eyes. On the green hiiis
the graceful, umnr-la-like palms and cocoanuts
and huge -leaved bananas fling their branches to
| the breeze The houses that are separated rom
the city and scattered abont the surrounding
shores are low. rambling, and either white
or more odd still blue. or pink or green
| Hardly has the great anchor ratified and FLASHED
! into the waters Of the tranquil harbor before