New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-13

place of the Italian ittde fried dishes, they have
the quisado or stew. When the oil Is good. tMlr
stews of kid and vegetables, favored with Ted pep
per and garlic, very paatablc. The oi'd inc"es
peas beans upips or onions or whatever else copies
handy Every woman knows how 70 make pa
sable onelette, and TO roast meat on spit-the prn
tive fashion of roasting. which no later culinary
invention has ever equalled They also know how
10 treat coffee with proper respect, and they are m
surpassed in preparing chocolate; tea, however Is
homeless mystery to them. The bread III SPAN Is
excellent everywhere, partly owing to the superior
quality of the wheat The olives are the best III te
world and they seem to be eaten at all hours. III ~
the custom in Audalusia, found, to hang ione
deep baslet-or rather wcker-bag-of olives to the
saddle-bow in the morning, and empty 1t during ihe
day They are very cheap, and the oil they contain Is
onexeelert substitute for meat. Although there NAV
not be much wealth among the country people, there
is very little abieet p0v erty and Heard much more
complaint of their suffering from political diStuo
ances than from want OF the nccessarics of lie.
The habit of making a stable for horses and cat
| tie out OF the lower stOy--even in towHsaDd hv-
| ing over it, il a dsagrccable feature of domestic
life. Often the only entrance to tie dwelling is
through the stable, the smells whereof permeate the
whole house. The bedrooms, however, are genei-
av very clean and the sheets and towels. of coarse
cotton are such rs have often wished for in many
| parts of our own country. In the villages ana
small towns, the room for guests is also the family
! room. and the stranger is expected to behave IKE
one of the family while he remains. lie may near
deal of gossip become acquainted with the gllei or
happiness of the people, make the acquaintance OF
the priest or the alcalde magistrae and thus carry
away with him quite chapter of local life. lncver
found the people suspicious. or inolerant, though
freely announced my Protestant character. 1t never
! occurred to me to remember the Friday fast. and
only once was delicately reminded of ii, III little
| Village at the base Of the Pyrenees is it your
| Aabu to eat meat to-dari" the landlord asked
.'Cerrainly." said and he brought me mutton
chops. The Gothic element in SPAIN in fact, is nat
urally Protestant the Coins clung TO Arianisn for
centuries after it had been condemned by the Church
of Rome Under a thoroughly free government
Professionalism would speedily gain a f0Othold Ill
! Spain.
The more saw of the common people the better
! / liked them. Even in Barcelona | was earnestly
| warned against undertaking the journey TO An
! DORA was told that the people were mostly rob
| bers and cOntrabandiss, and that should certainly
| be robbed, even if my life were not endangered.
! But knew from former experience, how much such
| reports were worth; and there could have been no
more safe and peaceful journey than mine. There
! could also have been very little cheating for my
/ expenses including horse and man, both OF whom
! | fed averaged about So q day. The robbers and
! contrabandsts If they Were such sat down with
me TO the table and duly passed to Inc the earhen
! lagon of wine. with a long spOut-of exactly the
| orm Of some of those found by General Oh Cesnola
! II Cyprus-which enables one to pour and drink Mt
! he same time, without putting it to the lips Ii Is
held above the head, the stream turned on for
sufficient length Of time and then cut oil by dex-
! ferrous jerk of the wrist. stranger Is usually
obliged TO spoil two shrrt-boSoms in getting the
| knack of it but the goodfcllowship which follows
success is worth that sacrifice.
| The mode Of living IN Spain-correspondng 10
that in Italy and the greater part of Francis so
rational and convenient that should like to see 1t
| adopted everywhere; but owing to our American
! habit of work il would not be possible here. In
mediately on rising yOu take n cup of chocolate,
| thick and RORY as honey, of delicious flavor, and
single wheat biscuit. This enables Won 10 work for
three or four hours, when bountiful breakfast of
eggs, fish, chops. and stews is served. Light WINE
| and water are drunk with this meal, finishing with
/ bowl of good coffee. Five or six working hours
| follow and then dinner comes, between the tasks
of the day and the social recreations OF the evening
There is rarely any supper, except on festive occa
| sions and not often then. The people are temper
ate their spring from Gauss, OF temporary
! excitement, and are rarely found IA fixed habits.
! Their tempers are quick and inhanmable; strong
! anger works upon them like a madness; yet the
most violent may be gentle honest and kind IN their
ordinary moods. cannot remember single IN
stance of diseourtesy during my journeys on horse
back nor any attempt at extortion large enough to
be suspected
Except the Galcians, who are the Irishmen of
Spain the people are not very hard workers. Soil
aud climate favor their agriculture, and the supply
of olives grapes and all other kinds of fruit rarely
fails them. Moreover, they have become somewhat
lstIess and discouraged through the lack of order
| and security which accompanies continual revoln-
ton. In Catalonia, the traces of fire and devasia-
ton left by the former CarliSt war were Just be-
ginning to disappear when the recent war brought
| new ruin. A stable and liberal government; n
general system of education, not controlled by the
priesthood; free, cheap and Intelligent press :;
announcement of industry audi especially, increase
of the number of small land -hoders-these are the
agencies which will develop the latent excellent
qualities of the Spanish people and justify their IN
herited pride in themselves. For centuries they
| have been suppressed, but not degraded. Now,
almost for the first time in their history they possess
| a hope.