The Republican journal., 1902-01-09

ing within a stones thro Of the
shoe. Geologically speakins the Ca
nares-whose easternmost poat IS with
in sixty miles of Morocco the last
rentlns on this side of the ocan of the
irrational Atlantis, the su1sen CONT
men which once connected tie Eastern
an& estern Hemispheres, aording to
thenythological lore of all he mara
tim nations of Europe. tl the old
mas drawn by Venetian mvigators,
Atlntls began at the NORTHWEST corner
OF Africa, and extended liagonally
acrss the ocean to Yucatal Of course,
lnclding the West Indies Inch like
thef islands, were merely very high
montalnS on the mainland gh0se tops
renlned uncovered even six-mile
dep of water. You REMINDER that
Pa got his information about the
suberged continent from >oIon, and
late authorities assert TIL the great
dlsTer of the lost AtIant gave rise
to t. story of the Flood, as ecorded in
the'ible and to similar ira tons that
preCll, with but Slight variations.
amtg all nations and rel ons-even
the apanese, the lncas O Peru, the
Ats of Mexico and the laskans of
oupWn northwest. Ri arches of
ScuJlsts in recent years I'VE tended
to tablish, rather than sprove, the
they of the sunken content. Not
lea among alleged proc is the dis
covy OF a broad, elev ed plateau
strchlng from hemisphe- to hemis-
phe across the bottom of he Atlantic.
Wltmountaln peaks andranges here
anC here-some of Whic are now III
hailed islands-and the neral trend
ant ontour ascribed to t. submerged
wo..
I harbor of Santa Ca2 is formed
by rocky arms strethed outward
fro the mountains, ha enclosing a
turlent roadstead, in which the
traWinds send long, eavy swells.
viii in calmest weathe keep vessels
roclg and tossing wit greater VIC
lent than is often exrrienced in
stOlat sea. Mariners d these waters
findeir best protectic in the regu-
lari of the tradewinds which enable
sophisticated to accurately calcu-
/ latele coming weathe. according to
the ason, and to max for the open
sea line to avoid beinqdashed against
the ifs of the so-callel harbor by bill
lowolling in from the0utside.
t capital city and ommercial port
OF , Canary group, which rejoices
und the modest It'll of Santa Cruz
de Terrific, literally tie "Holy Cross,
of white Woman has a popula-
tloDproximating twenty thousand
mos Spaniards, will liberal sprink-
ling other nationalties. 1t is regu-
larllid out on graual slope up the
hlllf, which suddely merges into
saw ravines and lrecipices, justify
ing lmboldt's statment that 1.-THE
pores under a PERPENDICULAR wall of
rocl The streets ae tolerably paved
and-lighted; the Urge, public square
Wa colossal stahary group in the
mid representing the apparition of
thergin of Candelaria to the Guam
ches surrounded with rather hand
somublic buildings; and, as in other
Spal towns, the louses are fiat-roof
ed sexteriously 'vhitewashed' in all
theors of the ralnbow. There is a
Gus house, a military hospital, aims
hoUrphanage, two OF three churches
woFisitlng, anda number of schools,
puhnd private including several fot
hlgeducatloh. among the few nota-
bledlngs is one of the quaintest of
Ola nclScan cohvents, in which yari-
oustnches of he government now
hanelr offices and several ancienr
hehges, long since devoted to secu-
lars. The place is defended at eyery
ass5le point by redoubts and fortifi-
cat, dominated by the famous Fort
SaIistobal, where Lord Nelson won
knhood by the loss of his right arm
dul the English attack on Santa
> CIR 1894. The most important work
in Canaries relates to these new
= nemes of peace, when the swords
haeen beaten into plowshares. 1t
Is two fine moies at Santa Cruz,
whave recently been extended to a
un1ength of six thousand feet. Be-
tWthem is a wide stretch of excel
lemorage, nine fathoms deep; and
1t ways well filled nowadays with
thCchant vessels of many nations,
Th.bor improvements, made neces-
: SAP the exigencies of increasing