The Republican journal., 1899-11-16
A Flying Visit to Old Spain.

special Correspondence of The Journal
OroRTo, PORTUGAL, Oct. 81. In the
slds of some forgotten poet-"The dust
I'D upon my sandal shoon and still am
plgrim." But let us substitute the
AlaI for the personal pronoun, hoping
at the readers who have followed me
,el the length and breadth of Spanish
,mcfca, will accompany me on flying
visit to Spain to see how the poor old
r5thel- country is bearing up under her
sSes.
Iu choosing ones route to Spain there
/. gss latitude for selection than to any
tuei seaboard country of Europe. Amer
g German, French and Portuguese lines,
gl1 their various European connections,
aala the journey from New York more
Ss directly, most of them taking you
11reds of miles out of the way, and of
>e charging accordingly Thus. if
g aey is mo object you may go by the
. star line in the we'll known ST. Louis
Paul; passage sixty dollars to South
ION, At the English port you take
b. Mail steam packet to Lisbon-forty
ts more, plus three dollars war tax
twenty dollars or so for steward S
aud the usual incidentals of a long
wage, and the cost foots up to at least
And then you are only on the edge
ae promised land. where the trouble |
l-lY begins; for everybody knows that |
expense and vexation of European
#. Il is vastly greater than in our own |
Muy, The Mediterranean service of |
North German Lloyd is manifestly |
tal the scribe who, according to Job. |
andereth abroad for bread" Passage
lhe Kaiser Wilhelm or Furst Bis
l.u0 K from New York to Algiers or Genoa
~; and you are left to get into Spain
-e best way you can, The Hamburg
lican line is dearest of ail-S35O per
IA IN the ''chambre de luxe" to 800
lie fourth berth in the poorest cabin,
u New York to Madeira or Gibralter
he lnsular Navigation Company you
rect from New York to Lisbon for
ranty five dollars, war revenue tax
cd OF the rival merits or dement's
LIE various lines we will not speak, this
tu- no advertising medium For rea-
a, lt my own | chose the comparatively
4Aown Linha da Napores Portuguezes.
-gg no means the best, nor yet the poor
is rate of passage ninety dollars from
oTk to the Portuguese coast. Sev-
considerations influenced the choice.
ST. the little travel Just now to Oporto,
'-e heels Of the bubonic plague, leaves
ty Uf state-rooms for the few passen-
without the necessity of doubling
Having decided to visit also Spain's
sister, without which a Spanish tour
be but half complete) it is wiser to
aeatd the dreaded bacillus al once in
ca Besides, the earlier in autumn
avels through the northern portion
ue Iberian Peninsula, the better in
Of weather, - Madrid, its exact cen
ing in the same latitude as Boston,
.aow, with equally cold winters.
yre starting on this journey, wher-
may lead, you cannot possibly III
dollar to greater future advantage
L d square Of parchment from the
state Department, bearing a more or
olrect description of your age, com
4A, weight and inches. II not only
SIS to all the world that you are a
citizen of the Land Of the Free, and
lore to be respected, but you will
for identification in many foreign
ts and postotfices; and if the worst
he, your friends may require it in
ing your corpus. Notwithstanding
pyal decree of 81, releasing foreign
ntering Spain from showing a pass
tie stranger is generally expected to
pnej and in remote provinces of the
ansular is even likely to be locked up
lie eanDot produce one. OF course the
llcan Consul would soon get you
Of limbo, and raise a rumpus, before
the Dons would tremble in their
es but it is much less troublesome
H eXpensive to attend to the matter in
form at home. In both Spain and
.fIgal the strangers passport takes the
aye Of the natives cedui0, or authora-
paper of identification, without which
'4 are regarded as tramps and vaga-
.als.
'ossing the ocean on Portuguese
s1mer, one is certain to get his moneys
mtb in the way of variety. A wider
utrast can hardly be imagined than be-
'-en the floating palaces of the American
I'D German lines, with their fashionable
wds and elaborate dressing for dinners,
la life aboard a vessel of the Linha
I-uguezes However, the trip is not
al and we who are fresh from the wilds
spanish America, feel quite at home
4ld iibbering tongues and odors of grease
d. garlic. The Captain sits at the head
lis table and treats passengers as honor
4uests at private banquet, while from
eH to stern of the ship the exaggerated
teness of the Latin prevails, down to
Jare-footed fellows who scrub the