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THE STANDARD GUIDE. 
LA MACHINA. 
distinguish the Malecon with its music stand, La Punta, the fort on the 
point, the yellow mass of the Carcel, and the Havana t obacco Com¬ 
pany’s factory, which is the latest conspicuous feature added to the city’s 
sky-line. Beyond on the harbor front is the tower of Havana’s oldest 
fort, La Fuerza, with its bronze Indian maid facing the sea. Still beyond 
is the tower of the old church of San Francisco, the highest in Havana. 
Entering the harbor in the old days when the Spanish standard of red 
and gold waved above Morro and Cabana, we would have seen long lines 
of soldiers in white uniforms on the parapets, and have heard the shrill 
of fife and roll of drum. But to-day no military display enlivens the scene; 
both forts have an air of desertion. On Morro we catch our first glimpse 
it may be of the flag of Cuba waving over Cuban territory; and there is 
here the official semaphore of the port, whence the signal flags have 
long since announced to the city the coming of our ship. The harbor 
expands before us into a magnificent bay, two and one-half miles wide, 
with sea-room for a thousand ships; and in the numerous steamships and 
sailing craft we may find indication of the magnitude of the commerce 
of the port; the arrivals of vessels at Havana in the course of a year from 
domestic and foreign ports number over 3,500. The bay is enlivened with 
