The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-17
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What delightful memories crowd in
20 my mind as | write the name of
that beauty spot in the Canaries. for
the recollection of the six weeks |
spent there will always be an abiding
one with me
In campaigning one naturally ex-
poets things to go awry, but when
holiday making one demands that ev
erything shall go smoothly. Happily
for me all did go well-from the mo-
ment l went by the London and
Westerns famous $50 to Liv-
erpool. until | disembarked from the
steamer at Santa Cruz, where | was
met by my friend Adamson, repre-
senting Messrs. Hamilton. Thus l
set foot on the Fortunate Islands of
the ancients. those isles whose
beauty brought to them the name ap-
piled originally to land that was but
a myth-the Fortunate Islands, Is
lands of the Blest,or Happy Islands,
set in the western ocean. on
which the souls of the blest
were made happy. And very glad
I was that jealousy of the charms
of the place is not as great now as it
was when the men OF the feet of
Carthage, under Himilco. found them
SO delightful. and described them in
such glowing language. that the SEN
ate, fearing general exodus from
Carthage. forbade any to visit the
Fortunate Islands on pain of death.
lest. seeing them. many should be
10, taJ To CT
Apropos OF the healthiness OF the
climate 1 may remark on its eQuable
nature for during a whole year the
maximum temperature was "a deg.
in August, and the minimum 5o deg.
in February and March, while there
is never any rapid rise and fall of the
thermometer to produce so many of
the illnesses which are due to this
cause at home.
Many lines of steamers call at San
ia Cruz, so that the pleasure-seeker
finds Teneriffe almost as easy of &C
cess as any OF the near continental
cities, while so pleasant are the con
ditions OF the voyage that it might
easily be regarded as a yachting trip.
Santa Cruz itself is one of the most
delightful places in which anyone can
desire to spend holiday. for it is
picturesque, full of handsome balloon
les and quaint hooks and corners,
while the view towers" placed on the
roofs prevent uniformity in the ar
chitecture This beautiful town has
been the capital of the Canaries
since 1921, and this year celebrates
its jubilee as a city. We're l dis
posed to do so. could write with en-
thusiasm of the churches, squares,
and gardens, the many public build
ings, to say nothing of the pleasure
excursions which may be made by
means of the electric-tramway or 9th
er modes of conveyance.
The city contains many matters OF
historical interest to the Englishman.
One Of the most striking is undoubt-
edly that connected with Nelson, whs
attacked the city in July 1897. and
met with the only defeat recorded in
his career Santa Cruz is remark
able, too, for the fact that it was
here that Nelson's arm was shattered
by cannon ball Having anchored
some two miles of the town on July
-. he made feint to draw the gar
rison away from the fort, and at mid
night some seven hundred men in
boats were directed against the Mole,
where they arrived within half a gun
shot before the enemy discovered
them.
Forty guns at once opened fire.
The cutter, containing some two hun
dred men and several boats, was sunk,
end many Of the o.aes soats were