Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-22
DAYS SERENE IN PORTO RICO.
Of the os'I5' o ss~s Blame. the and 0s CITY Of
''''. o.s siohts-oysters Growing in rreos

wounded that he had 20 he conveyed
In haste tu cuba, whore h. died. his
body was brought back to this island
and deposited beneath the altar " the
Dominican church 81 San Juan. just
fourteen years after the beginning uf
his administration In Porto Rico and
the building 20 the casa blanca. There
d rested Tor more thlm three
hundred years. when, IN isG1 the
lead caskct that coutainud !
tn rcmainr af the conqueror were dls.
lntorrd. The inteuglon was 10 build a
splendid monument 10 his memory and |
90 place the coffin beneath 50; bus why |
thCy began 90 the wrong end OF She |
business, by disturbing the bones before |
the Now receptacle was ready 60 Co.. /
monument wls never COMP iod. and /
after thirty-hvu years above ground /
the remains u the discuvcrar ~ Florida /
and the nubjugaiDr ~ Porto Rico. yHt
he unburied. spain seems to have quite
forgotten one ~ The bravcai Of her early
Coukuiriadorcs. Tor nothing has ben
since said Of N, American conques, %
taking his bones home TO tha mother
country. along with those u Columb if.
Uncle samuel Dr. very rDmlas Iu bis
duty n h. lets the latter 80. fpr since
We took the island with all 50 contnlnrd,
spain has clearly NJ more right to
those sacred rcllCl than 20 the Hahlnh
cathedral which huids them.
The Dominican church 81 san juan
de- ntutlsic de- Porto Rico Is "a fuc 1'i
pile. though greatly the worse fOr tlH
wear aud tear on nearly four centuries
Hrd apparently lettering 60 IT, fan. in
a corner ~ a muaty intio chapel at-
tachud - h. church you may any day
see b. lead ease which contains the dust
~ Ponce de- Leon. Sic transit gloria
mundi' The ciHkct iH only about three
| fcE square. bound with lelihUrn atrapf.
sealed iu the centUr with the grett
municipal seal. on the monument
against which 70 rests. the inscription
/ In Spanish. Of courHo-roada nH follows;
This narrow grave contains the re-
mains ~ "a man who was q Lion ny
name, and much more by hlH dnOlH"
! Rather ambiguous aud not nltugUthUl
! truc-rcmcmhrrlng his cruel deeds nud
I the nerco masiin, Bcrczll'o. hui perhaps
| rnuCr'r Hpuuk appreciates thH Intend "a
compliment The old church ia fun NJ
! curious decorations. RAGS ~ antique
paiHiiugh ana moldy relies ~ hy gone
| ccnturlrai and % ~ earnestly 90 be
hoped that TIA punirruua key VIII be
turned In the ruwy lock ana ne whole
thing burned Go ashes, before careless
allen hands are allowed 20 disturb
AsId, from the quaint forilncauons
and foncc's homo and tomb, there arc
fow sights" 90 lntornHitho tourist IN
the city Of Saint John tho Baptist.
Thop q the government "paace'-so.
called the palace % Justice, shabby
opera house, market palace and "a fcss
dim shops and churChrA Among tho
most plCturU Hquo things are She mas
rlvc arched Fltcwaya In the old wall
that surrounds nc city. built Tor de-
feuCo nearly four hundred years Uaro
when thu gates fronting the rea are
closed. the only way % ggt out of Gan
I les. he Ia HaH HH.H #|H d
from any part NJ The island, ia through
m irched entrance In the lower wall. los
the onr narrow street which commune
Gates With the outer world. This D. M
beginning Of the Old C1minn Real trlya
road tho magnificent highway con
structcd BY the early Spanlards whicl
leads 30 Ponce. on the Ohor aide o
no Island.
No,hlng can be more delightful thar
an early morning horseback ride
Z few miles along this ruad. The wa
leads nrst through green noldH nn'
+ gardens. passed tn matched hutH ~ M
, ! poorer class of Porto iuCaua. who nr
! mos, " American descent, Via Jamaica
! more or less ndultCratrd by untlv
} | blood. Each tiny cottage T. Furmount
% ed by lta dnys-cutr Oho doves are
: | notice feature OF Porto lilcnl. ana gen
. | orally a tame parrot or two scream
81 from his perch on the rldge-pplo. %
n I
70 | while black PIGS, lean dogs ana make
= babies roll around the doorway I
chummY confusion.
r. Presently tho road turns abruptly 90
!. wards the bay. whrr % runs rnmc dlH
e lance close Co nhlrr, hurd0rcd ON N
b. slide BY rcani frinring - cocoa
% palms, and On the other boy the surf "a
r. II comes LAUNDERING On 90 assault ~
(. | walls or Mofrn Castle. Scattered nlon
y the way are little hnm'otH zach with u
A | shops and drinking booths, whore, I
n happier tlmrr, the people NJ fan lua
- came 20 pass the afternoons. ofprrlall
u sunday, nv any by tho outer fort ,
/ the poninsula.ilke Island on which "a
p Juan stands, n reached. and you cui
a a quaint bridge over the mangrovi
"a bordrred stream, TO the mainland
4 Porto Rico In the distance you b.
N Yuniuc, the mountaln-klnH ~ N
"A island, crowned with clouds and hnldlr
Is court amid q mighty rcilnuc on hllla
A. all clad In hultrra' gree like the meri
NJ men on Robin Hood Passing tho MAI
4, rroye-awamp n you chance 90 hrea
an ovarhanFlnF branch, you hear
a. cracking of shells. as the oysters elm
~ Ing TO the roots ~ the trees. hlsti
a. shut up shop" a / the nrst sign ~ al
n turbance. when the tide rccrdeH, son
(, % these curious trec-oys,ers are lc
q high ANA dry. The sight uf them, han
~ Ing with gaping mouths, reminds ~
nj nf Co,umbus's surprise when b. M
"A saw oysters growing on trees. ills,o
NJ tells us that he recalled Pliny'H stat
ne ment-''pearls are generated from dro
n, VI dow which fan into the mouths
~ nyatera." ana so seeing oysters
"a ghouaanda clinglng 10 the maugro
,r hushes with their mouths Wild open,
IA he supposed 20 receive The dew viii
~, would afterwards b. Transformed ln
IA | gems, he set hls men 10 pearl hunting
~ | Of course without success
"a FANNIE nRlGiiAM WARD