The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-13
Old CadiZ.

The Presidents rumored intention OF
carrying the war into Spain IS Inspiring.
II presents the triple advantage Of being
practical, popular and picturesque. one
does not need 20 be a prophet 10 assume
that unless there is a general smash-up
in the meantime II would also be produc-
tive OF peace. Cadiz once captured, war
would cease precisely as II did after me
French expedition IN 1873 In that In
stance the siege lasted three months.
Previously the city had been inefectiyely
blockaded for a period which exceeded
two years. In the last century again ana
again il was unsuccessfuly attacked.
Cadiz is a stronghold. Founded by Pyg-
malion. King Of Tyr its arms still repre-
sent lions strangled by Hercules. Under
the latter's care and protection the cit!
was placed. But Cad4Z Is not merely
a stronghold 1t Is a beautiful place. IL Is
famous too. Ii is there that as simple
ouaestOr Caesar wept. At the time IL Was
renowned for the sheen OF It's purple, lOr
wine smoother than Falernian, Tor money
more aromatic than that OF Hymettus,
and for girls that had the Orient in their
,ves and lips that said Drink me.
Rut Cadiz-or rather TO be exact, Cad
dir-had other charms. Known as the
Shin of stone. its sons were immemorial
explorers. The presentment Of land
across the sea was hereditary. They
were in love with the sunset They sailed
as near il as they could, returned Tor
more provisions ard sailed again nearer
and ever neared this way. II VIII be
one OF the curiosiues OF history should
our guns lombard that port. should Her
cules and Sampson meet.
In Cadiz the presentment mentioned OF
q land across the sea stalked the streets.
10 antiquity the idea was dream. 10
prehistoric Europe DO was tradition 10
primevdl humanity tact. Inc dlsap-
pearance OF "a world conceded with the
advent of man. Al that time Spain ana
the limited states We're one biologists
have shown that In the nebulous days
that extend behind the beginning OF time
a continent was engufed. Catalogued in
mvthography as Atlantis, IL corrected
this country with the lberian Peninsula.
OF II the Azores. MADEIRA and the Cana
RES remain. Everything being possible
II may be that there were those VINO
stood about and bcheld the CONFUSION IN
which It disappeared II must nave
startled them. Even in the post-I liocene
epoch a spectacle such as that could not
have been an ordinary event The cir
cumstance already sufficiently quaint,
becomes marvellous not merely through
the endurance OF Cd ueHlOIA ~ diNha'D
but through scientific demonstration or
it's truth. Concerning the lost Atlantis
Plato told. The country which stretched
beyond IL. Theopompus described. Ac-
cording TO Plato. Information on the SUD
Jet was gathered by Scion when rum
magng In Memphian crypts. In conhec-
ton with which 81 may be noted tnat II
the inscriptions on the walls OF uxmal
are not Of Egyptian origin then Egyptian
civilization originated In Nucdtan. but
that is a detail Sol0n's story was To the
effect that over against tho Pillars OF
Hercules in anterior days continent
greater than Asia extended to another
remoter still. IL was the other one
this cOuntry-which Theopompus de-
scribed. Accordfng TO him there were
here immense cities watered by two great
streams the River Of Pleasure and the
River OF Pain. tie added thar the gar
ments OF the inhabitants were the down
of feathers and that they lived on the
scent Of the rose. TheCpompus may
have been right yet in that case now GUS
toms have changed But no matter ABOUT
that In the recitals OF these historians
is the account Of the first rupture We
had with Spain.-Coiliers Weekly,