The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-07-16

What delightful memories crowd in
to my mind ~ I write the name Of
that beauty spot In the Canaries, for
the recollection of the six weeks l
spent there will always be an abiding
one with me.
In campaigning one naturally ex-
poets things to 60 awry, but when
holiday-making one demands that ev-
erything shall 60 smoothly. Happily
for me all did 90 well-from the mo-
ment I went by the London and
North Westerns famous $3.50 to Liv-
erpool. until I disembarked from the
steamer At Santa Cruz, where I was
met by my friend Adamson. repre-
senting Messrs. Hamilton. Thus I
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
. myth-ths Fortunate Islands. L.
lands Of the Blest or Happy Islands.
set In tho western ocean, ON
which the souls Of the blest
were made happy. And very glad
l was that Jealousy of the charms
Of the place IL not Is great now a. it
was when the men Of the fleet Of
Carthage, under Himilco, found them
10 delightful, and described them in
such glowing language. that the sen.
ate. fearing q general exodus from
Carthage. forbade any to visit the
Fortunate Islands On pain of death,
lest. seeing them. many should bs
tempted to stay on them.
Apropos Of the healthiness Of the
climate. l may remark on its eqnabls
nature. for during = whole year the
maximum temperature was 81 deg.
in August. and the minimum S. deg.
in February and March, while there
ia never any rapid rise and fall Of the
thermometer to produce % many Of
the illnesses which are due to this
cause at home.
Many lines of steamers cali at San
tn Crus. 10 that the pleasure-seeker
finds Tenerifie almost u easy of &C.
cess ~ any of the near continental
cities, while 70 pleasant are the con-
ditions of the voyage that it might
easily be regarded ~ = yachting trip.
Santa Cruz itself 10 one Of the most
delightful places in which anyone can
desire to spend . holiday, for 1t 10
picturesque, full Of handsome bulcon-
les and quaint hooks and corners,
while the "view-towers" placed on tho
roofs prevent uniformity in the ar
chitecture. This beautiful town has
been the capital of the Canaries
since 1891. and this year celebrates
its jubilee as = city. Were dis
posed to do 30. I 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 1t was
here that Nelson's arm was shattered
by = cannon-ball. Having anchored
some two miles OF the town on July
"a, he made feint to draw the gar.
rison away from the fort. and at mid
night some seven hundred mea In
boats we're directed against the Mole,
where they arrived within half . gun
shot before the enemy discovered
them.
Forty guns at once opened fre.
The cutter. containing some two hun.
dred msn and several boats, was sunk,
and many Of ths s.ass soats wsrs