| Show T nn SAN SEBASTIAN AND SANTANDER f Two ClUe Cities of 01 Northern Norther Spain i u o J Spee l of the moil and interesting sputa Ota I In U II gala Batt stand standing Ing boldly out In fn Biscay baY baYH H II Its rugged cone or of b by bya a riffs Ie flue hundred rt feet above abon tM the user uyer U waves NI north eh it II only a few beu pours ride r F from and about tour hundred from Madrid by the peat North of oC railway Tile The cIty f Is I also the capital or of tb lb Basque f ot of Is II built ot oa a along long randy lAnd close dOH to the foot of oC the rock known at as Monte surrounded by rampart and no heM ruined Though It its f glory lor u at a poet pat has hall lOll long once departed It has ha ot of late year sprung run Into even ena greater M a l L rt A nr nor row raw isthmus Join jolna rock and city to the land and on the wet west aide Ide of oC this hyphen or of land the river Into the bay from a t harbor celebrated aU all over I Ia Perla del t i li rl of the Ocean lIre here I Is the new lIew Jm mer u tile the queen gent and her children reside every rear from June to October The firm rm tb sand Mild and gentle nU surf torn an f bathing beach and during durin the especially throughout August from thirty to forty Corl thousand f are some how bow 1 In III r city And In I tnt Uk huts bull that warm around lh the thew w tat or the harbor San Ban Sebastian fall to Ie favorite place ot of the Int Queen U Isabella lubella during her hall happier was no drawback to hr her royal pl ure that In taking her Y she was u exposed to 10 he curious of at hr her more or lope I faithful sub To 10 tell the th truth tile the least ot of was the dueling f 4 t ot of an and l tie he was always alway thin then ready aa to exhibit herself at t till nil Ill am and place cee tat An old J who often onn saw her here h lase bold of t the public manner In which the hUe queen chose to take hur baths Bu At al a certAin hour she he In to the shore where a r first crowd erod was always assembled trl to tree Ite hot hO She wu WItt very veo corpulent tip III ping 1111 the rat lit orf a than two Iwo hundred and lid when hr her at hart squeezed her Into a Ith rag null Bull else looker decidedly more like A SKIN Ilm I lhnn the ea nymph I by b her appear I f once oneil she tripled as a into the surf as surplus would at al alf I 1 f low how her happened to be all an unusually small man trotting I i beside her to feel her pulse 1 be tore fore she he took the first dip end 11 at rl tre luent intervals throughout Ih the per the till lIr ut of stood loot side It Hot lIot being with court etiquette for hob to lu pt Aline the name In III which royalty royally was lUll llIn suns II a 00 1 saIm m met mer probably her else her to most mama At oily any rote rotc th I I h II she hp was wont won I trl to I JI perform for tor halt I an hour topping about like a mammoth mermaid would certainly have called forth hilarious cheers Ir If not a shower of vI vegetables Ibl from Ih the jolly crowde that frequent our Cont Coney Island beyond doubt these exhibitions delighted the gentle Ilor n as much as they did the tore tor A let least auch a II quen un must forever P pose N a as a peepshow In Intile Inthe tile the water and out or of It and aDd J Isabella would have bave been much chagrined had she Ibe been compelled to Uk take hr her dolly bath In private After all allIbe she Ibe was only oaly bringing dos dOl n to 10 modern timer time what w was q quite the Ibe proper thin thing hi only two een In what Louis XIV ut tat Ver nu Ie las not on only I ate hi his breakfast hilt but took his hll pills In public In the presence of 01 hi his wondering It if not nol always In Ing people Pair I I think It was wel In 1661 that San In the rhe cOUrt course ot of It its I rh checkered kerod military hilt hi tor tory saw flaw the end of a revolution while the queen was taking her usual ure at al this JIlt gay resort Coming out ut of the curt lurt one morning with the dapper physician trotting alongside she Ihl w was mt met b by a from Madrid who bore the tidings that she must mut not reo re return turn lurn to her ber capital being no longer the nominal ruler of Spain Even lb the tar far from court was wa II by her Immoral lit lif and justly In because she he habitually aban doped the reins of government to the worst ot of ministers I LAST NIGHT IN IAIN war spent iii hi tile the great house hOUM that now does doe the hotel ot of San Baa and neat nul morn morning In we weeping pili bitterly It at the cad ad fate fait that had so un unexpectedly expectedly overtaken hu her she he WI was po ly escorted do down the Ihl main streets to the railway station tallon and anol like a bale bait or of damaged goals out of her kin king dom dam It I is ugly two tO or three Ihre hours ride to the frontier and them the on once haughty queen was delivered over to the well kno known n hospitality of the I French authorities Since lute almost total destruction o of ofSan San Sebastan during the Peninsula War the to town h has been rebuilt In more modern fashion sea OD w hat may mar be called an irregular rectangular plan The streets lUll are narrow ea 10 dr f l bt being lna the spare between rock rk and shore horl but bUI they lire are bordered by h handsome houses three and four I storks high having balconies In front Tnt The ancient ramparts art are mostly demolished and their sites oc b by ed streets treet and nd pret pretty ty Iy pillaR There are arll two bl big churches an opera hu house museum hospital and other buildings or of ot of WI 11 visited Instead we 18 pr pre preferred to climb the high rock lIy by a road winding round and round to the t h old cull I Ia Motto that crowns rown the summit TI The view 11 from time castle calI top tOI II b simply only of bay II ant and city and ani surrounding heigts but bUI or of the nagged loom lug black against the sky ant and affording Ive even a limpet glimpse Into French territory through a glass 1111 on nn a clear Ipar day The hili line ot of th the horizon Is III with mountains with Ith here and there a mighty gap 1111 through which travel has ball P Urn time was Wal young voun loving so 0 near th the of I San SP II tu romp nines In the I r k or of Ing armies forcing way north northward h ward and No con ass II till the spot iii 11 r el l nr 1 pride prillI And sorrow I or of III rr ft M N M IM N member bow ely tb the French maintained their last allt t e with what hit dash and darin daring t M soldiers advanced from trench and Ind to font t b by toot foot un until na overthrow amid blood and carnage frightful to 10 contemplate pity that the glory won by a a Illera on that thai memorable day da tl I 1811 should hould hi have been tarnished b conduct In the hour or of But tile the fact remains remain that they b el a so 80 Intoxicated toot not with glory bu With I b brum rum that they wantonly burned tie Ule town and murdered nur many It ItI itis I is said Rid that this was w such a ra tin lion to the proud common to lake lab away much ot of time faction which lit he would otherwise ha have doS 1 rived from the t be great eat militate Behind the castle facing the ba hay Are the S OF M Y OP OF who tell In the slag It and tower down lit ii a thousand and more of tM the van Pan Ban commerce h has won wonderfully increased during the ten len years It has hal a rat nt 1 protected hy by the Isle ot of Santa Anta Iora and anda ant antII II a series or of lofty rocks r hun bun regularly aid an I th port llOrt and the lilt north or of rail railway way HI places the town In ml IJ w I cation with Madrid and Now ow I grim g rho g war help hath I ur II Ankle d front anti an ii soldiers t ro rat Il tar tor lI fields ot of Manila aft Porto orto Rico have hae returned to their old titue peaceful of plowing lends and pruning vines In and lending the exports Orta or of wool wine dour etc elc are re again at lone An who traveled In Ihl thlu voiced the general Spanish I In th these words I 1 i would see He the little don donkey key hays with their h heavy laden sores than the proudest war I lint ever Iver lore hore cavaliers lIers 6 battle fetter the song ot of the 9 than the tire fife and slur g drum bettor better the squeak or of the ox art than the rumble ot of fit of Artillery r I la even evnA evenA A which I le not ungrateful to 18 eyes I very Monday morning the country tr women woman come Into San Sebu Wan to c collect the weeks washing which after undergoing It Its purification is I hung out to dry on the hillside l le be belo lo th the castle and those nether gar manta floating In the wind are better than all the Ihl ensigns of war lar ever flung to the breeze The nea nearby rhy port of Santander sit lilt situated II exactly halt half wa a between San on the lie ut east anti on W bears bearl the enviable n the most moal prosperous No thern ool In fn Northern Spain Ita Its tent lent ha three miles mile Ion long II by tour four or cede unobstructed b by any bAr and accessible to largest vessels euell at all tines yf the tide le II an Inlet or of the Ray nay of The town of o Perhaps occupies II a headland pro tact IJ by a higher bill hili Its JI has almot doubled within the last de da lid and ami its lis trade increased In pro proportion portion A good many Important t ho tn have recently tI been inside nalle In tt hay wa ot of extensive warehouses an ot of yarl arl Qua iu kinds kind There are ar foundries brew tanneries cotton factories and works besides or of re refined nl 1 sugar candles can candies diet dies wu wax allt and other corn com Halt half the province of at San is 1111 impregnated a lIh ith Iron copper zinc quicksilver cobalt and other ores Off I had the curiosity to look up un the records record and ant learned tomy to In my that In one year eAr alone tone ot of Iron and copper went from this port to the north or of England Wheat is III another Important element I In the trade or of Santander Last years ear total exports from this purl punt amounted to 10 something over oer 7 01 dollars Iollar ct cf which tra tr oes II In beat and lour Nowa Nowadays oa days the bUll busy quay coy cov Ired ered with sugar bo hoga pease dour a ul wIM Utro throes presents nl e r contrast to dil dle mal wartimes which III aU all the e or of the country wet we In a rul I less D fort to cope pt with tUb tT ole lamuel Baruel The Th mole III fe a d beau 60 yards Ird long with dock A line o of regularly plies pile between Santander and pulla Malaga Malara Havre Liverpool London ud std Hamburg and nd a railway line running south lOuth taps tAp the forth orth ot of Spain road and so 10 connects with Madrid and ud Paris Pari In the middle of o this branch railway within the short hort stretch of twenty miles are no fewer than twe tunnels tunnel and when the train emerges from th the lilt last smoky but bol In Inthe Inthe the mountain there I ii little distinction of color or previous con can among amone the passengers Owing to its It many modern houses Santander has bu a French rather than talt a 0 Spanish peet Few truces ot of the hi his torte lode walls that onCe surrounded It can an now be found Ih the city having havn spread fur fu beyond their original circuit In the themore themore more ancient quarter the streets are narrow and the Ule hou houses very vry lofty lotty while In the modern portion t the hI for tor former mer are much alder end Ind the th latter like thou ot of New York and Part Paris One Oneat of at It its former ormer convents now SERVE AS A CIGAR FACTORY In which upwards upward ot of a thousand men and women are employed an and which ot of turns lum out all an annual avenge verae tons ton of cigar Another ancient mono mon monaster aster tery Is II now a theater an a and so 0 on through the Ibe lIt list of at a dosen dOlen mt gnat which formerly only nuns nun and monks Therea There a are mn many park large lar and su ilk two public markets market several and amI asylums three th promenades and an boulevard surrounding the Ule entire city It a custom m house hOUA college and a line hotels place called ailed with with nn hotel and villas lu which care an run every rY minute There I Is also allO a tux lux whose hoM amusements at af fad tod all the dangerous excitements of at the games amea ot of Monaco It I I II I ly patronised especially during Ih the season wh when n the aristocracy raf ot of Maul all rid And dock here to enjoy the I br breeze anti and bathing i for which this coat coast Is II famous The managers or of this popular resort mort ho how however ever to lack the generous I sum m which distinguishes their brethren breth ren of San Ian Sebastian where herf regularly twice a week a RI special lal train I is char chartered and dispatched to the frontier laded with to whom the free transportation I is fur tur eI L by the I I at the gaining In which they ha hate invested In vested their tut Iut nUll and ml thriving Santander is 18 the cheapest place to e In w we have found In Spain Fl h broth both ot of theo the sea and fresh water ater COlt cat incredibly little fruits and breadstuffs are areso so plentiful that th they may almost be had for tor the asking and ant excellent nl na native tIe tive wines are so 10 cheap that nil ull hotels hotel and restaurants furnish them gratis Irati All As At the women do most ot of th the while their longs the heavy business ot of boating This port now so M place Is not Without Its Ita romantic and an 1 warlike bl hula tory Centuries before the Pilgrim fathers sailed 1 for tor Am America It lured figured as the Roman I here In I the he year ear 1246 St Ferdinands fleet sailed to blockade SevIlle which event is II commemorated on the elt arms In 1622 1522 Carlos Y V landed 1 lucre here hereto to take possession ot of the tha name of God and nd Fan an JaKo Jago Prom Irom this tart llOrt I 1 ot of England embarked for tor twine home after hi his e incognito In search h fit of a wife In 3 Santander was a made a 0 is III a port entitled to trade with South and the Wes Indies and to In l trot OS and hula hll soldiers sacked It most cruelly lIy n It |
