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Show y V UnDFR HOOD SfUtlDFRWOOO a dozen. You cannot find nn Alaskan who will find fault with Alaska and so every one is satisfied, the mining camps at Dawson, Fairbanks and Nome, or the cabins out along the creeks, miles and miles from what we call civilization hold only happy housekeepers, women who know more about canned goods and what can be done with a tin of beans than anybody any-body on either continent, says the Housekeeper. Everything (hat comes to their doors is canned, milk, eggs and potatoes, pota-toes, as well as the vegetables that we all use. In the larger camps fresh vegetables are brought in by steamer in the summer and until the shops bloom with a wealth of succulent green things, but only the anecdotes of these delicacies reach "the creeks." The gardens at Dawson are famous, for almost any vegetable will grow if the housewife will bother to plant it. Although the season is so short the sun shines night and day the cabbage keeps the same hours. Condensed milk is the arctic housekeeper's house-keeper's standby and you would not believe how much was used unless you saw the pile of empty tins. Every Ev-ery woman has to learn to make muffins muf-fins and cake all over again until she knows just the proportions of milk and water that will produce the light and- feathery result. Canned eggs offer of-fer a similar course of study and so do tinned potatoes to the woman whe must serve three palatable meals a day from canned or dried foods. It is a wild, free life these arctic women live. They know- how to shoot and can keep the larder replenished when the men are busy. They car; 4 1 HE report that Mr. Perin ot t3" Baltimore has discovered dur-fcTi dur-fcTi ing excavations under his re-JjjL re-JjjL cent purchase, the Casa del I i , Rey Moro at Ronda, what may ft nrove t0 ue a valuable con-i con-i J tnbution to the history ot the .Moorish occupation of Spam, in the shape of treasure, mosaic and tombs will no doubt direct fresh attention at-tention to the town of Ronda itself. Ronda in the days when the Moors were all-powerful in Andalusia, a province which was the first and the last to own their sovereignty, was a place of supreme importance from the fact of its situation on an almost impregnable rock, and though it does not rank with Granada, which holds that jewel in Spain's crown, the Al-hambra, Al-hambra, it yet preserves sufficient trace of its former greatness to en- MiTBMiHiwwiimw'gM i-.tiitw mmMBi wn 1,1 twtwww ii i ibii I O U S e k e e p C T . J Everything (hat comes to their rl HE report that Mr. Perin ot doors is canned, milk, eggs and pota- 'Ts Baltimore has discovered dur- toes, as well as the vegetables that Em ing excavations under his re- ' we all use. In the larger camps fresh cent purchase, the Casa del vegetables are brought in by steamer r Rey Moro at Ronda, what may in the summer and until the shops ft ft nrove tb be a valuable con- , i bloom with a wealth of succulent I 1 tnbution to the history ot r ? yr, 2 " - v green things, but only the anecdotes the Moorish occupation of Spam, in t ?T?'Ct"i T C ' p i.sV ' ' " ' ii of these delicacies reach "the creeks." the shape of tieasuie, mosaic and , i -,, " ' . . ' , Tne gardens at Dawson are famous, tombs will no doubt direct fiesh at -h" , V V' ' for almost any vegetable will grow if tention to the town of Ronda itself , , " t , 1 the housewife will bother to plant it. Ronda in the dajs when the Moors I " v v j v. , ' - X V ' ,'-'" Although the season is so short the neie allpoweiful in Andalusia, a ' ".'? i ' su shines night and day the cabbage province which was the fiist and the t , ' V J ' a keeps the same hours, last to own their soereignty, was " - -" Condensed milk is the arctic house- a place of supreme impoitance from , ft T -j, , , v r ? , keeper's standby and you would not the fact of its situation on an almost i- '-"i' , ' z't y believe how much was used unless impiegnable rock, and though it does , ' ,'7i,! jl j ' 't' ' " 7 ""a ' you saw the pile of empty tins. Ev- not rank with Gianada, which holds j , - , " t'' A" ' $g x " 5 eI'y woman has to learn to make muf- that jewel in Spain's ciown, the Al- 6 " - ? - " 5 ' I (in3 and cake an over again until she hambia, it et pieserxes sufficient 8' , J, V- i " , knows just the proportions of milk trace of its foimer greatness to en t T - ' 'i a,ld w'ater that will produce the light o ll' 1! s 4 t 4 if - " and- feathery result. Canned eggs of- -gSgnj :z - ( v " fer a similar course of study and so JZ,,t f t fJf ,-'' ' ' do tinned potatoes to the woman whe jwj ' ' r ' & ' ' ' t ' ' I must serve three palatable meals a M -'r " iff r - i f 1 I day from canned or dried foods. - 'A? -t- 0k - I K is a wild' free life t!,ese arotic rnt - S l , - $i -f I 1 ' " Ii women live. They know-how to shoot N f" "t-" 'h Sk i " ' '''S! and can keep tlle larder rPPlenished r SV- ' ' f --J16. K h" t J k T El when the men are busy. They cao i : 7?t v J , ' THE OLD CITY OF ROrtDA, SET WITHiN Ilk.. ..- . :L Jf S?-''" 'r! : " - WALLS AND FORTJ OV Wf HILL yW:'s -r PUE1TA D SM MIGUEL, FtOPlDA c- iTTiiTr " ' 3R1DGE WHICH able it to rank favorably with its sister - '" Cjji V-iJv ' Y ''" ' " ' "' ''1 5 cities of the province, Seville and Cor- C I ' ' - Ronda has always been a town of As- Z! J. lJ.-r::::::r horse tamers and smugglers, traits no s C" j , " TlaiIi " II doubt derived from the Moor; for the . 7" 7, wsBjQ-T j . r.Htyf 'llv?? - - .1 1 vfk Andalusian has in his blood something " r -7T ,. -, ' 4 .. , " 1 ls-. of the oriental, which is reflected in his I " ( , , A s I speech, his manners and customs. Almost all the terms 11 - . "i'.i:...;;e.-...:.'.';m.',h..'.'- -: 1 I of farming and husbandry he employs are Arabic, while 11 , - , 11 the dance and music he revels in has a distinctly east- I ' ; ' . , 4 . ' '' -k 1 1 ern character. He invariably has, too, in his head some I 1( " "" " V. 11 idea of treasure finding, and, as many know to their cost, 11' " ' ' . . s ' ' , 1 11 he has succeeded in interesting with his "Spanish Pris- 11'' - - ' i "' 'ill oner's Treasure" tale many who own to have been bit- l!;'"5 . ''11 ten. Now, however, it seems as if there was some 1 U . ' : ' 'K::.S-j r'-l-IS 1 1 ground for the treasure seekers' hallucination. Treas- I 1 - 1 " i '1 V '11 lire has been stated to have been found, and in a spot 1 k - ' v ""--v- - 1 where it might reasonably have been expected to be. 1 1 " . -" I '- A '',,.:::':Z'.,'':r:-': v.Jjl I The castle of the Moorish king, in the Calle San Pedro, I 1 ' ' . J. V 1 Ronda, built in 1042 by a worthy fellow, Al Motabhed, 11" f - " 3 s 1 - who had the pleasing habit of converting the skulls of 1 1 4 " , , '' ' I his captured enemies into jeweled drinking cups, from 1 , ' , r ' N" " 4 4 S ' -' ' 11 which he could drink his wine, and who must often have I f ' " - ' ' 1 1 I gone forth to cool his heated head on the platform 1 - ' " 1 " " ' ' '-"11 which to this day hangs over the vast chasm of the 11- l- ' Tajo, seems ready to reveal its secret. There is already " " , - 1 one subterranean passage known, the Mina do Ronda, , ' . ' C ' & 1 1 which leads by a stair of 365 steps, one for every day 1 . 1 r ' - . 1 1 in the year, to a grotto below which was excavated by , " "'- -'-"- "-"Js , '--J I Christian slaves at their Arab master's bidding, so as U , v ' J - to provide the city with water in ease of a siege, which y 1 't ' ' " - 1 gave rise to the proverb, "Dios me guarde del zaque V 1 " " r"TO",T-"7 de Ronda," since in such event the poor slaves would 1 t;:::::: 1 11 ' be set to the endless task of raising water from the ' AQLAST PART Y TiS OLD TOWN OF RONDA depths below. Whether it is a branch nf thia able it to rank favorably with its sister cities of the province, Seville and Cordova. Cor-dova. Ronda has always been a town of horse tamers and smugglers, traits no doubt derived from the Moor; for the Andalusian has in his blood something of the oriental, which is reflected in his speech, his manners and customs. Almost all the terms of farming and husbandry he employs are Arabic, while the dance and music he revels in has a distinctly eastern east-ern character. He invariably has, too, in his head some idea of treasure finding, and, as many know to their cost, he has succeeded in interesting with his "Spanish Prisoner's Pris-oner's Treasure" tale many who own to have been bitten. bit-ten. Now, however, it seems as if there was some ground for the treasure seekers' hallucination. Treasure Treas-ure has been stated to have been found, and in a spot where it might reasonably have been expected to be. The castle of the Moorish king, in the Calle San Pedro, Ronda, built in 1042 by a worthy fellow, Al Motabhed, who had the pleasing habit of converting the skulls of his captured enemies into jeweled drinking cups, from which he could drink his wine, and who must often have gone forth to cool his heated head on the platform which to this day hangs over the vast chasm of the Tajo, seems ready to reveal its secret. There is already one subterranean passage known, the Mina de Ronda, which leads by a stair of 365 steps, one for every day in the year, to a grotto below which was excavated by Christian slaves at their Arab master's bidding, so as to provide the city with water in ease of a siege, which gave rise to the proverb, "Dios me guarde del' zaque de Ronda," since in such event the poor slaves would be set to the endless task of raising water from the depths below. Whether it is a branch nf thi fia la Major, which in Moorish time was a mosque and still retains some of the familiar cupolas, and going to its right descend to the two lower bridges, the Puente de San Niguel and a specimen of Moorish bridge building, the Puente Pu-ente Viego, finally descending to the lowest Moorish mill, past which the river dashes in seething rapids and from which the view to the great bridge above, which seems suspended in the clouds, is a sight to be remembered. When you ascend to the new town and stand upon the public promenade with its walled platforms plat-forms and look down upon the clustering roofs of the old town, the fertile tilled land spread out below, the river 600 feet under you and the purple mountains standing out clear and bold against the blue sky, feeling the fresh, exhilarating exhilarat-ing air blow upon your face, you can well imagine imag-ine that the dwellers in Ronda cannot help being be-ing what they call themselves in their proverbs, "En Ronda los bombres a Ochenta son Pollones" "In Ronda the men at SO are chickens." for they have every inducement to preserve their vitality and vivacity, though they take good care not to overwork themselves in their flour milling, fruit growing and vine cultivation, the wine from which, an excellent brand, may have something to do with the Andalusian gaiety of spirit, so unlike the reservedness of many of their countrymen. passage which has been found to lead to the subterranean sub-terranean galleries which report had always located lo-cated as being under the castle, we have not full information, but it seems reasonable to suppose sup-pose so. Ronda itself is tw.o towns in one. There is the old Moorish town, whose winding lanes play strange freaks of tips and downs, full of quaint small houses with heavy walnut doors and heavily heav-ily grated windows, sheltered by the old Arab towers and walls, perched on a spur of the hills, circled by the Guadelevin, which girdles it as the Tagus does the city of Toledo. There is the new town, which is more or less a typical Spanish town of badly paved streets and low whitewashed white-washed houses, but which is the most interesting to the neighbors of Ronda, since it contains the Plaza de Toros, where the Andalusian bull provides pro-vides brave sport during the annual Feria, one of the most interesting fairs in Spain, and which possesses this striking advantage that the carcasses car-casses of the tired old hacks bestridden by the picadores can be cast over the precipices which fringe it and left to the scavenging offices of the vultures, which it pleases the inhabitant to point out to the unwary stranger as being the more kingly eagle. If you can conceive a great rock cut in twain 4 a vast chasm having on its north part the new town and on the south the old, you have Ronda. Between the two halves at a depth of nearly 400 feet boils and swirls the turbulent river, which still serves to turn the Moorish mills, where corn is ground in the same way as it was done five seven nine hundred years ago. Looking down on them from the new bridge or Porte Uuevo, which straddles with one single span the narrowest part of the black gulf, the mills look like toys and the millers like ants. The bridge itself is a marvel, 230 feet across and of immense height. It cost its architect his life, for, falling from the parapets, he was dashed to pieces in the depths below. One may pass by the quaintly interesting old church of Santa Ma- |
