Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-10

dog'hsh, beloved OF the lower classes,
Who eat everything but tOads.
me Puerto de Mar, (Sea- gate), leads
Gown 10 the mole. and the Puerto de
Terra, Qand .gatc). opens midway
above the neck Of the isthmus, which
Us hardly two hundred yards across.
Just below is the station Of the railway
that runs 10 Cordova, Seville and 9TH
CT interior cities Close by the station
is one Of the loyellest spots In south
ern sDain-a tiny bit Of shaded,
iowefy land. which O former British
consul al Cadiz purchased and planted
Tor an English cemetery The finest
sea-Wall view may be obtained near
Puerto de- la Caleta toward the SOUTH
crn end Of the promontory. IN the
distance the fort and lighthouse Of
san Sebastian towers nearly two hun
dred feet Us flashing light visible Gar
out on the stormy Atlantic. The short,
rock. ledge that leads 10 II saved
Cadiz from the sea, during the
GREAT EARTHQUAKE
which overthrow Lisbon, IN 1893.
North u ii rises the great but bene-
icent Casa de Miscricoriia, the best
conducted refuge Of the poor In all pow
erty-strlcken Spain. II Is always filed
10 its utmost capacity l.500-one-third
being children. In It's famous interior
court yard a great ball was given by
the grandees OF Cadlz 10 Duke O'Rellly
fresh from his victory Of Salamanca,
by which the siege OF Cadiz had been
raised and Andalusia saved.
Following the ramparts a little far
Their toward the west, you come 10 the
great show-place OF the clty-the long
suppressed convent OF san Francisco.
known as Los CapuchInas. Not only
did Lord Essex make It his headquar-
ters after the l0otlng OF Cadiz, but over
its altar still hangs the last work Of the
master MurilO-"The marrlge OF
Saint GATHERINGS" The painting was
almost completed when the artist fell
from the scaffolding. Cin the year 1897,
and died soon afterward from Injuries
received His pupil Meneses Osorio,
finished the smaller subjects but did
not venture 20 touch what the master
had done In the first lay Of colors.
There are several other wonderful Muir
lilo pictures In this
MoLDY OLD CONVENT
"a Conception" a San Francisco Dc
Assiss, and a san Lorenzo, whose pres
ervation. strange 20 say, is due to a
foreign jew. named Pierra Isaac. who
seems TO have killed several birds with
one golden stone, Probably love OF
art was the least consideration. lie
was engaged In the wine trade. and to
conciliate NE then all-powerful inquisi-
ton and 20 have his precious ducats as
well, he gave half his yearly profits, an
enormous sum, to this convent.
AS 10 the sights OF the town, they
are neither numerous nor interesting.
In N. exact center Of Cadlz rises the
Tore Vigia de Tavira TO the height OF
l35 feet. Going to the top, you see be-
low a smokeess. white washed city,
its miradores and azoteas all filed with
idle, gossiplng people It's lookout tow
ers and fat roofs, from whence the
merchants formerly signalled the arri-
val Of their galleons, Rota on the
northern promoHtory; Puerto Santa
Maria; Puerto Real: the village OF Car
raca across the channel; the Ronda
Mountains, rising finely behind the
hamlets Of Chiclana, and Medina ST.
donia- and all the rest Is boundleSs sea.
Cadiz possesses two cathedrals,
standing close together, La Vieja, (the
old), and La Nueva, (the new. The
former was entirely destroyed during
Lord Essex's siege and rebuilt In 1891
The original structure was l3th-century
work, erected during the seige Of AL
fonso Y. Pope Urban " having re-
moved the see Of sl6onia TO this place
in the year 1865 The only thing worth
seeing in the reconstructed edlfces Is
the silver CustOdia % feet high and
valued at $4,000 The new cathedral
was more than hundred years In
building and cost enormous sums; and
the pity Is that such a carlcature on the
builders art was ever finished at all.
More interesting than either is the UNI
pretentious little church OF San Felipe
Neri, IN the street OF San Jose. II con-
tains a Conception by Murillo and sew
eral other fine old paintings During the
war OF independence, the Cortes Of
Cadiz sat here. w 10 September OF 1872.
There Is a tolera BILE museum, a botani-
cal garden two or three public libraries
and an astronomical observatory. There
Is also an excellent school OF music
supported by private subscription; and
the "Insttto" is said 10 have the
most complete scientific and physical
laboratory IN Spain.
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.