The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-07-29
IMPRESSIONS OF SPAIN.
llll itlsNNulO vi III AIN.
OBSERVATIONS UNDER THE
SUNNY SKIES
And on the Mountains of Old
Hispania.
A Visit to the Tomb Of the Famous
Queen,
Who Gave Her Jewels that CO.
lumbuS Might Discover
America.
A Trip Through Orange Groves and
Olive Orchards.

A Trip Through Orange Groves and
Olive Orchards.
Pretty Spanish Girls Like Our Own
Sweet Americans Love to Flirt-- An
Encounter With Spanish Beggars-.
Down the Historic Guadalouiyir
and Over to seville--A Morgantown
Mans Trip.
Special corr. of the New DOMINION:
There is quite as much reality as 70.
nance in Spain. The drought that
parches the skin, the dust, the tedious
and slow railroad travel, the fleas, the
proerastination of all classes come out in
hard relief TO the traveller and some,
what dilute his enjoyment. Still, these
fade away before the superior enjoyment
OF the sights and scenes of Spain which
become part of a pleasant memory.
The clear sun that wsdes all day
through sky of the purest and most
ethereal turquoise, makes every object
stand out with Photographic accuracy,
as ii Tor the special benefit OF the cam
era fiend. At night the moon is OF
FURNISHED silver in purple sky and the
guitar and castinets are filter accompan-
iments to these mysterious nights than
our pianos and loud instruments of one
kind or another.
heard piano making merry work IN
the grand and gloomy old Escorial one
day. II these sounds of levity had been
heard in the Escorial of severe Phillips
time, the Inquisition would have tried
to find out what part the devil had in
this priests gaiety. The Inquisition too,
made its inquiries in such way as to
always bring an answer. Philip was the
arch inquisitor of history.
The Escorial, that vast pile of granite
in which Philip had miserable death
in wretched cell is the most imposing
building on earth. Size, situation and
landscape give it grandeur.
There is a railroad up from Madrid.
Going up Guardarrama is long climb,
but the stations are enliyened by peas
ant girls selling chocolate candy and the
shrill cry Of the water carrier, "who
wants water?' for, every one is always
thirsty in Spain.
Arriving at Escorial station, a sharp
dash donkey back up a steep hill brings
one before the famous monastery. Arm
ed with a permit we see the great
church, solemn, severe and grand like a
cavern OF massive rock, the gallery of
paintings, the library, the royal palace
hung with tapestry, the cloisters and
the cells Of the ascetic Philip IL.
Far down underneath the Escorial is
the royal mausoleum, where many of the
dead Spanish rulers rest, surrounded
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precious marble and gilded bronze.
The cathedral at Burgo is complete
and very beautiful. II is richly orna-
mented and contains many treasures OF
art. 1t is so richly carved that it has
been well likened to an immense coral.
| made my first acquaintance with Span
ish beggars in Burgo, where they swarm
on the steps of the cathedral and in the
streets and the children do little pro-
miscuous begging on their on account.
Poor things this was not my last ac-
quaintance with the hideous deformities
and abiect misery of this large class in
Spain.
Imperial Toledo, on high cape over
the narrows Of the Tagus should not be
missed. Its grand cathedral rich in art,
tapestries and vestments, its ancient
buildings and bridges Of the Romans,
Cloths, Jews, Moors and Spaniards and
its quaint narrow streets are full Of in
terest. Toledo is slowly decaying,
though ii is still the stronghold of priest
hood in the Peninsula.
Madrid is the geographical and politi-
cal center of Spain. The city is compaia a.
lively modern and the newer portions
are well laid out There are many in
teresting things to see in Madrid, but
the old towns have a greater claim, to
my mind, to the travellers attention.
Going from Madrid to Seville one
crosses the Sierras and traverses the
barren plain of La Maneha, famous for
the exploits of Don Quixote, follows
down the Guadalquivir to Cordova, now
town of 20, 900 where in Moorish times
million souls lived. Here is the won
derful Mesquite, or mosque with its be-
wildering arches and hundreds of col
umns brought from many different coun-
tries.
Still down the Guadalquivir one pass
es through the fertile plains OF sunny
Andalucia, walled in by the purple sier-
ras, and soon the beautiful Giralda, or
bell tower of Seville looms up from the
palm and orange groves. There are
olive orchards on every hand and the
hedges of century plants and cactus give
the fields an odd look An olive orch
ard is rather disappointing. The trees
have quaint gnarled trunks, but the TO-
liage is an ashy green, quite different
from that of our pretty apple orchards.
They grow the finest olives in Spain
around Seville.
Andalucia is veritable paradise and
Seville the enthroned queen. Here dwell
the beautiful black eyed maidens, "that
are temptation to believers" Car
meneitas without number, skilled in the
guitar and dreamy mandolin, the dance
and must | say Utilization
Seville is full of interesting sights.
There is the Moorish Alcagar, the Moor
ish bell tower graceful and beautiful the
cathedral with its stores of precious work
and its festal professions, the Lonja
where there are 10000 documents rela-
ting to America, the Tower OF Gold by
the river Guadalquivir and many other
things. The air is soft even in January
and the orange trees are full of fruit.
From Seville one climbs the noun
tains to Granada, through the immense
olive orchards. No one can describe the
llflHS was tDt luOoI buCCtbS-
full. The Alhambra of the present is a
fragment; what must have been its form
err splendor The high situation, the
trees and shrubbery, the gardens, the
abundance of cool water, the lovely views
of the snow-clad Sierra Nevada and the
city beneath make it charming spot.
The palace gives fine idea of Oriental
luxury and taste. The spacious halls,
the vistas of marble columns and point
ed arches with the distant views Of the
white city, the fountains, the reservoirs,
the gardens, all appeal to the aesthetic
sense and are Joy forever. Some OF the
children have learned to say, GOOD
morning." but they rarely locate the
right part of the day, however there is
no mistake about the desire for small
copper coin.
In the Royal Chapel of the Cathedral
of Granada, touched the curious cas-.
kets wherein lie the bodies of Ferdinand
and Isabella. They were in a vault be-
meath the massive marble tomb where
on these mighty monarcbs lay in state
The attendant said that American ladies
were the most appreciative, because
they often laid flowers upon the casket
OF Queen Isabella. WALTER HoUGH.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following is list of real es-
tate transfers admitted to record
since our last rnnnrt.