The Republican journal., 1898-12-22
Dart Royal to Habana.

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h. -..landence of The Journal
m r.FA. Nov. 9th, 1898. One
|Bs7A Witnessed sunset in tropi-
b ny n.y be said to have lived
0 There is no use trying to
|r@ -ae crimson and gold, green,
FsiIr' rae and sapphire, reflected
PEW to.. 90 sea and shore, on sails
la9'- wonderful but brief pyro-
W. have seen hard hearted bust
s'p DID void of sentiment as the
: ,,aos the ores and machines
~ .urloWn here to invest their
e .-is. ike school girls under
91a Itlr western skies and drop
fs with Negg like facility anent
fl. and Twilight letting
-au and pinning it with a
with Twilight in these
.af size lets the curtain down
went ON roller springs.
". . he Northern cleaning
Vv hour of dreams and
makes no preliminary
.. retiTing-he wraps his
aout him and leaps into
face of nature changes
onpletely as the promp-
.." H-. ln lbe curtain ON theatre
Hu scene.
1T Port Royal at sunset;
Lime to note the messy
....r.-~ of that shabby town, all
l evening light, before the
j -H md old Oaean became
Hl melancholy waste -
m- uu- far to watch the stars
tar tropic night. There
m b. -tee times as many as are
rs. ss-ts at home-all larger and
tf winkling as in colder
ef, . -nedding a soft and steady
.maop }nl then the mysterious,
5.l milky way; and the literally
.a naH swinging nearer to earth
div ,ewherel Among the un-
M aretelations is the Southern
7r4 roue upon the horizon at
a1 raiy mounting the heavens
0lli-.t when il leans directly over
10 requires considerable imagi-
3 'oa.yer to bring its irregular
r...HN> INTO a resemblance of the
d. ul-m Travellers new to the
a.EeL it hangs always look
--,-, t0r II, but are unable to
9t.. lr ASST stance; and are invari-
N.. u-ei in it on first acquaint-
.,l IS that although SO much
.A. .-Q.png for centuries around
aun Iuss, which led the Con
'4ejr triumphs and atroc-
% hold a candle TO Orion.
tha homely Big Dipper,
ming trait being that it
ia one quarter of the
5l stan does in another.
0 -aa CROSS at all, or, at most,
n j lop-sided one, minus a
'U But somehow the con
a wed Of mariners, grows on
..# .sa The phosphorescent ignis-
Ht1- at night on the southern
ne TO sit on deck till the
-.r tao morning. AS the So
.- -'alually assumes an upright
Hl4 is tip TO the two promi-
a. .eltaurus, one recalls the
Iaul and Virginia." and
Foo words of the venerable
tarde. il est minuit; la
.'.'e-- aruit sur I horizon.
.H-se from Jamaica to Hav-
0 north westerly direction
NI0bean sea, with several
route. First, almost due
i40-at which point | did
a M 1lne, retaining too vivid
5- IF The fever recently en-
.-.e- Through the yellow
uic morning we saw again
't4fa unbro ken wall of the
'+t-u" and at length the historic
ID" .-rinsed--just wide enough to
By "e,1-liner. The wonder is
e' seven thousand ton cruisers
4'la-"d 10 wriggle through the
l= beck nj that bottle. The shall
''' le entrance of the sinu-
''l-- does not conceal a sand bar,
.i7 towing barricade of coral
s.-.a4 The most careful plotting
si.e'Y Doubtless the day is at
Wien lmsee engineering will rem
Di'~ deep bay beyond as accessi.
4nW one of the finest harbors
-rnsp4ere.
'l0asssfully squeezed between
''-' $3.50 .arybdis of Socapa head
''' -Ae ruined Moro Castle, we pass
l''.e that lately knew the Reina
N 'ni what is left of Hobson's
''' now swung round clear of the
'4o made fast to shore. 1t is
'" ' american occupation that
y .''L' j- relic hunters have carried
HNeh all the Merrimac, bit by
Ntrbuted it over the United
Even nom the deck of a vessel