The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-06-13

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was therefore sentenced to be thrown
alive into a mould in which a block of
beton, resembling stone, was about TO
be made. His feet and hands were tied
with cords, the cruel sentence carried
out, and afterwards the square of con-
crete, with his body inside of it,. was
built into an angle of the fort, 'des
vlngt quatre heures," then in process of
construction. This was in the year 1869.
| Haedo, a Spaniard in Algiers. carefully
recorded the exact spot and added eve
hope that Gods grace may one day ex-
trlcate Geronimo from the place and
reunite his body with those of other
| holy martyrs of Christ whose happy
deaths have consecrated this country"
To the unregenerate mind, it seems as
If it would have been much more to the
purpose, so far as Geronimo was con-
cerned, had Gods grace been invoked
to save him from the martyrdom. How
ever, less than fifty years ago, Haedo's
plous prayers were answered. 1t was
found necessary to destroy this fort in
1859; and in the very spot specified in
the three-century-ol record, was found
the Arabs skeleton, enclosed in block
of beton, as you sometimes find a petri-
fed leaf, OF lizard, inside of a stone.
The bones were carefully removed and
inferred with great pomp in the Roman
Catholic cathedral, st. Philippe. which
occupies the site of the ancient Mosque
of HasSen, in Algiers. Liquid plaster
of-Paris was run into the mould left by
his body, and perfect model of it OBJ
tanned, showing not only his features,
but the cords which bound him, and
even the texture of his clothing. This
is true, and the interesting cast of the
martyr made exactly two hundred and
eighty-four years after his death, may
| to-day be seen in the government library
and museum, in the Rue de l'Etat- major
of Algiers.
The Boulevard de la Republique is
built on a series of arches at the head
of the cliff and extends all along the
front of the town. about two miles. 1t
is bordered on one side by handsome
buildings; and on the other runs wide
promenade, overlooking the bay, harbor
and shipping. The quay and railway
station are forty feet below reached by
two inclined roads running from the
Boulevard. This work is the property
of an English company and cost some
fifteen millions of dollars. 1t was con-
structed by Sir Morton Peto, to whom
the town transferred the concession for
ninety-nine years, which had been grant
ed to it by the Imperial concession of
1860. The Emperor himself laid the
first stone; and the work was pronounc-
ed complete in the autumn of sc. 1t
consists of two tiers of vaults, forming
$50 spacious warehouses, the whole oc-
cupying an area of eleven acres, with a
frontage of $500 feet. The French have
spent enormous sums of money in i'm
proving this port. 1t has now two
docks, capable of containing the largest
vessels, light houses with revolving
lights, and all other up-to-date appur-
tenances. The harbor is entirely arti-
fetal, and when the great rock that vet
obstructs it, called Roche Sans Nom,
crock without name") has been re-
moved, there will be none better in the
whole circuit of the Mediterranean.
Many other reforms have also been in
troduced by the new masters. There are
conduitS in every part of the city, thea
tres, educational establishments, public
baths, several banking houses courts
of Justice, chamber of commerce, a
bazaar, for the perpetual exhibition of
native industry; there are restaurants
and coffee houses and clubs galore.
hotels without number, omnibusses.
livery stables, even a tourists agency,
which arranges railway and carriage
trip at comparatively small expense, to
Bildah, an ancient Arab town, Just be-
yond the Chitfa gorge in the Atlas noun
tains. AS for the hotels, The Republi-
can Journal is not medium for free
advertising, and therefore l leave you
| to choose between the rival merits of
the Grande, the Splendide, the CONT
mental, Kirsch, Regence, Oasis, Saint
George, de PEurope, d'Orient, des
5, strangers, and dozen others. The
, average charge is from twelve to fifteen
, francs per day, and all are SO we'll pat
, ronized the year around that it is well
to secure quarters in advance by cable,
Among the show places of Algiers are
the Governors winter palace once the
| gorgeous palace of the Deys. but well.