Telegram-herald., 1888-05-01
SPAIN AND SPkN|ARDS
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EXTRACTS nR- oosAAss LECTURE
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lecture 81 s. MARKS shsrch. t&xinx tor Ais
subject ~Nh2I ! s4s IA spain" danaz
E1rop~xa taar ffem when ns retained Last
ssptsmber. His descriptions seEs srspnie
sna syinesd great observation and much
care and d1lissnes ia preserving his noses
| OF places visited. The fsLzsEAa- HEEALD
regrets lAss Is cannot dsEots spAes for The
lecture IN full, bat few extracts are given
shlch give the salisnt features. MI Duran
snesd bY saying
i al uot q lecturer IN the sense Of Ghs
| Word. aQE zn wiling 20 DO what can Tor
ths very eomnlendsble pofpOse % which
The proceeds o. the lecture ara 10 DC do
mated, and | vii commencs a. Paris and
proceed 20 spain. eoentry which every
ABencan Traveller ouyal % visit II IA
wishes 10 see the uaannsrs and customs Of
= people y 40 dl4ier frOai that OF every other
eoantry IL europe, ant withAl people
| Who are n0t ball a. sgsTici0as as the IN
| habilanfs of ne othsr countries Of conll-
mental Europe. who se1e0s D, 10 or % cents
OF our n4onsy win thznks. and WHO do not
continually asa you for more. Tne reason
Ia thai tEey have not bean spoiled, as the
other countries of E0F1pe have by the
lavish distribution OF wealth given by rich
Americans. WHO SAL every year u make
tour of Europ~. aud wAo. for the great part.
cOnnne t1elF vlslls 10 London, Paris swift
srisnd, aud somstimes Italy aud shs soala
of france.
The speaker tnsn took his hearers across
the heart OF he PyTenses which srs said TO
have an elevation OF 1000 feet aooye sea
level. aud separate France from spaiu, or
a. some pat IL Etarope fIom Africa For
while on the north OF the Pyrsnees every
Thing IN considered European on the south
The appearances IS thoroughly Oriental AS
Ne proceed farther. We cross little stream
named the Brsd0sss. which separates
France from Spain. There are said 10 be =
number OF such small streams in Spain.
nearly all OF which are dry Ia Summer.
After crossing this We reach Irun, the hfst
station whs.e tie spanish custom house
officers sxa nine our baggage, or luggage as
| they call n there. The Spanish custom
house officer Is provided with a gun.
| sabre and accOCntrsmers. and pres5nt ,
quite . military appearance. lie IS very
| particular To ascertain whether you have
liquors or tobacco. as all the tobacco bust
ness is conducted by the Spanish Ooyern-
ment, but aside from that they do not pay
much attention. We had 10 change ears
al IFun as the Spanish railway tracks are
wider than the French; We also had TO give
| UP our feather pillow, which we had rented
the day bsfoEs tor franc. Here the Spanish
language Is spoken and Spanish msnrers
and custom. observed. spanish money
also takes the place OF Freach, and II is
nt cesssry for you 10 90 10 the money
changer, who has an office for that pur-
pose In the depot, and get Spanish coin.
since 1870, their monetary system Is as fol-
lows: One hundred csntimos make one
pesets, which is equal TO a franc. or about
twenty cents Of our money. Their gold
coins are five. ten, twenty, twenty live, nifty
and hundred Dsseta pieces. Silver COINS
are one, two aud five peseta pieces aud
twenty ana twenty-five centImos. Their
, bronze coins are Que. tw), tive and ten
| centimos pieces. They also reckon their
, money 10 reals. which are equal TO twenty
fige centimos, which IS equal TO ABOUT nye
cents of our money. There Is great deal
bad money in circulation. specially gold.
I SILVER coins with holes in them should not
be taken as ii is impossible TO pass them
again. Railway butiets pass OF great
dsa. Of bad com. so examine your coin that
you receive anywhere in spain, andit is best
} 10 provide yourself with a sufficient amount
OF small change before starting on your
: journey. A twenty franc piece Is only
Isken for nineteen pesetas by the money
! changer when entering Spain. and you
, have 10 pay the same man twenty peseta:
. for ninsteen francs in returning. Ay fsi-
/ low yOyager. Professor W.. although q good
Spanish scholar. found that he had hi:
pockets full OF bogus Spanish silver coins
the frat day We were in Spain. | succeeded
in getting IN ths same length OF time about
| fifty cents worth my self. after which We
were more particular. and according 10 the
custom Of the country We passed II of on
some other fellow, a. II does not appear 10
= be any crime to pass counterfeit money IN
that country. For later " hils | was travel
? ing between Madrid and Valencia, in pay
Ing for coupe on the railway, l handed
= the conductor or guard as they sre called,
! silver coin. lie said he preferred gold, where
a upon HANDED him two twenty franc piece:
0 and be gave me Spanish silver coin In re-
turn. and being an officer OF the govern
, ment did not scFutinizs Il very closely
z and yos can imagine my astonishmeni
: when they told me at Valencia, where | at
: tempted to pass IL. that IL was no good
Undoubtedly his only oojsct ID wishing ms
% give him gold Was so that be could pas
Off bis bogus money on me. A sound like
/, from = dinner bell. the ringing OF gong.
4 IRE alarm, the footing OF a horn. and ths
= blowing Of whistle. announces that tn,
: train will atari ia about i've minutes: thii
arrangement has 10 De gone through yitt
az every station where train stops before
: IL leaves again. Trains in Spain never star
. at the exact time for which 10 is advertised
: The next stop We make Is san Sebastian
pleasantly situated in the highly romantic
. Jslsbrisa Mountains IL has = fair estinl
: house but there are no regular hodrs TO
= meals. they are always ready trains do moi
stop for regular meals they sometimes stoI
. for half an hour or an hour without AM
4 apparent reason or business
J. Mr. Drasn then described fully an
a grsohicsiiy San sebsstisp. LoiOsa. th'
? BBrxoss cathedral. the Escurisl, Madrid
4 and Numerous other points Of interest. .
b Madrid ne said
= Madrid. to- cspiisi Of Spain. contains
o population Of upwards Of half q million
= n. Hotel De a Psz. situated IN ths 0es
4 asrt Of the Psurts del Sol, is considers,
J. rhe osSt hotsl IN al Spain. We we're YER
comfortably entertained there. You pay :.
mach per daT for two meas and q room
The meals have % be paid Tor whethe
taksn or not. Their PORTER or secretary a
4. they call him. somewhat rssamble a clsrl
: e. "a American hotel. but be di7sSs Ia this
.hsf hs = nos - important persousgs
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