La Junta tribune., 1915-08-07

aces. With It's avenue OF laurels
and its beds of lace plants and other
shrubs, IL has beauty OF it's own.
To walk or drive down the beau,i-
full Prado. to see the crowds on the
walk-way. ladies in what would be
summer costumes In our country.
gentlemen In white linen or summer
suits: 10 listen TO sweet music at the
Malecon, while the light from the
tall Moro Castle across the way
swings It's white beams across the
sky; the gay crowd. and In the mids,
OF 1t all the superb tropical band.
composed OF eighty pieces. is an ex-
perience that one viii never forget.
Stretching westward from the south
eru end OF the prado is the MaIecon,
the sea wall which was bull, during
the American occupation. and which,
with the fine mansions and the
green aud blue waters OF the gulf.
is one Of the finest drives In the
tropics.
The neNt morning We visited his
toric MORO Castle and the Caban
fortifiCations across the bay twhere
the battlcship Maine was sunk
MORO Castle. completed In 1887. is
an irregular fortiflcation from 100
10 i2O feet above the sea. surround
ed by moats seventy feet deep. thir-
ty OF which are hewn out OF solid
rock. and stands on bold headland
juttiug out into the gulf. II il
crowned by a lighthouse. the flash
Of the light from which is visible
eighteen miles at sea. The ascent
to the entrance Is by an Inclined
/ road. which II s.Iaded by trees.
above which tower the moss grown
walls. We crossed the moat by a
draw bridge TO the sally port and the
wonders o; the place were before
-prison-l!ke rooms. dungeons
and all the rest From the crest OF
the MORO walls most beautiful
view can be had OF the city aud its
suburbs. and far away behind It the
dim blue peaks OF mountains rise.
Cabana Fortress came neat. The
harbor frontas. Of this strons fort
rsss has three bastions and is pro-
t.cted by bitches forty feet deep.
The principal entrance is on the
front 4 swinging drawbridge.
spanning IN. ditch. gives enuanc.
through the sally port. Eatranc.
through a vaulted hall brought Us
10 the laurel ditch. so named from
the laurel trees which grow there.
This was IN. place OF execution. the
dark and bloody ground" of tn.
fort, The victim kneeling. fac. To
the wall. was shot by file OF Span
ish soldiers. who came ou, from tn.
Interior OF tn. fortress for ,hs eur
pose. Marks of the bullets by
scores are plainly To be seen upon
IN. wall Inside the walls were
passaEe-Ways that lead us 10 under.
sround prisons. dungeons. etc We
acre greatly Impressed with the
magnitude OF the entire structure.
Another. and perhaps IN. mos,
Interesting Of all IN. forts in and
about Havana. IL the Castle ug la
fucrEa. situated opposite thr Plaza
q" Armar. on O1Rcnly street u war
begun IN the year 1855. aaa next
To- a" fort AZ san Domingo. - Fucr.
~ IL the oldest fortiflrailHH Ia
Nm.riea II vas built under tho di.
r"rtion Of Fernando de Soto The
salls are sryrniy-fiyc feet htEh aud
shoS the effect Of many an cuFage-
mont !, is open 10 the public and
contains many interesting relic.
There ar" many fiae churches in
Havana, tn" oldest Of which {, III.
Columbus Cathedral. where 'hs re-
mains of Columbus W.r. buried for
hAH"as " HfAAAAh AN HNfff
III. wall, The "Mcrc.d" Roman
caiholici l. III. mos, fasAionsbi.
church in the city.
Colon Cemetery. Nher. th. Main.
victims Ssrc temporarily buried. 1.
situated upon an .min.nc. Vest a,
N. city. commanding an outlook
over the sea.
- the .hrah.. IL monumental
arch Of srahii. pierced BY ,hr.s
openings. AboN. tn. central Erch
is sculp,ar.d panel r.pr.s,ntins
'h. seen. of N. crucifi,on. aud sur.
mounting n. shoi. T. n sroap q,
heroic figures, representing colum.
bus bringing the lirht of religion 10
tn. n.- world. ,h. cemetery hs.
many hAnisom. monument N,
~as In this cemetery tina, a. az
III. bon. pIi."-a shA.iiy. st.s.
sofii. siEht Among ,h. t,a,..