The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-09
The Pearl OF the Antilles.
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conquest, tradition and spanish Oc-
cupatiOn.
On arising on the second day we
were informed of the order of meals
and customs of the country, viz;
coffee at Z a. M, breakfast IL to 2,
and dinner to 8. So after partak-
ing of cup of most excellent coffee
to which our waiter most graciously
added las If an exception) some
fruit, delicious bread and butter, we
took up the itinerary arranged by our
accommodating conductor, in order
to enable us to see as much as pos
sible in our limited time. Seated in
carriages we drove up the boulevard
to the Tacon Market at an hour
when this institution was alive with
color and motion. Without doubt
this is one of the most interesting
buildings in Havana, and it is with
in itself a monument to the Spanish
together with that of the Tacon
theater near the Central Park. The
building covers an entire square and
is filled with diminutive shops,
wares Of endless variety, and ven
ders of meats, fish, fruits and agri-
cultural products. Proceeding up
the Paseo de Tacan, one of the fin
est promenades in Havana, embel-
lished with number of very hand
some statues and memorial col
umns, we entered the botanical gar
dens near the center of which is To-
Gated the former summer palace of
the Governor General.
To the students of botany this
magnificent collection of tropical flo
ra affords never ending subject of
admiration. From this point we
drove to the cemetery, located on
an elevated point near the sea. At
ter winding our way through the ay-
enues, admiring many monuments
of rare sculptural art we arrived at
our objective point, the spot where
the heroes of the Maine were in
TERED and recently removed to the
United States. In corner of the
grounds we observed a pit where are
cast the b0ny remains of hundreds
of individuals, because of failure on
the part Of their living descendants
to pay the tax promptly, for it is
custom here, as in other Spanish
colonies, for the relations Of the
dead to pay an occupation rent for
the repose Of those who have de
parted this life, and the failure to
pay this means summary election 10
the bone pile.
Continuing along the shore drive
enchanted with the scene of the sea
and bay, past La, Puuta, we next
stopped at the cathedral. This
place of worship was built in 1904
by the Jesuits, upon the site of an
older church erected in 1919. Enter
ing the cathedral which was dedi-
Gated to st. Christobal we were inn
pressed by the fact that it was very
handsome and in exceptionally good
taste. 1t was in this building that
the remains of Columbus reposed
prior to their removal TO Spain, just
preceding American occupation.
Havana is rich in sacred edifices,
the MERGED being the most elaborate
and the most frequented by the
fashionable element.
EnterIsg a beautiful plaza we
halted in front of Columbus Chapel,
where mass was first said in Cuba.
Driving around past the department
buildings and the Governor Gen
erals palace we threaded one of the
narrow streets of the old part of the
city to our hotel.
In the afternoon we walked lei
surely down the Prado with its wide
promenade and and beautiful trees
arriving at La Punta the extreme
outer part Vi lfte ilaEDoi oppO6tts
| MORO Castle, where we took one o.
! the numerous bum boats across tbs
bay, to inspect this historical OLE
fort bristling with cannon from
every side, and to all appearances
| fitting rival to Gibraltar. Th'
American officers and guards wer'
especially kind and courteous
showing us through the numerou
corridors, courts and dungeons, al
the time pointing out interesting an
historical features. The view iron
the top of MORO Castle was simpl
superb. The sea on one hand losin
itself in the distance, Havana to tn
, left, and to the east the pastors
Cuban mountains. The city fror
this point could be seen almost I
} it's entirety, while the harbor wa
; like an open book with it's thousan
, and one vessels OF all nations eithe
), moored in mldstream or fast to til
g quays,
: The party went direct from Morr
to Cabanas. but a few of us som,