Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12
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3. spain. April Ord, 1900
Nth have gone direct to Toledo
" change OF cars, by the regu-
N r.tveeu Cordoya and Madrid,
.. yaerant fancy led us this
5.s,gt way On the trail OF Don
.. Probably the orthodox tour
r5r,5 have visited Granada next
.. ,rs CaI.ph capital. as It is only
,r s,urs distant. in the southeast
amer of the same province; but
1.tssI 10 reserve that greatest
w.. Mace for a last tld-bit Of our des-
.u.,, wanderlngs IN Spain, on the
-g hack TO the Mediterranean coast.
gsvre leu Cordova very early In
.,. won.ns on a train that crept slow
10 enough beautiful Andalusia toward
F. firk Sierra Moreno, you feel 1.-THE
|g M living as seldom before. Span
IL trains never do more than creep,
.,s rlcs which an active person might
.lt ortrun on his own two legs but
y, rssg their sloWness when turning
en- tack on Southern Spain Nature
b, hon very best IN spring attire
tis SINGING peoples and daisies ilaunt-
hi n ibs fields amid a multitude Of
KIN brilliant flowers, plantations Of
.as filing the air with fragrance,
p..Hm.ue Creepers riOting on every
trsa.wa'I and hedge-r0w. The dark,
egsy green and golden fruit OF lemon
and orange orchards alternate with
M familiar foliage OF peach, pear and
,-5e trees. now past their blooming
-e while here and there a royal
-n Hts .ts plumed head high above
al In truly regal pride. Cacti and
rfsky pears. used everywhere as
ng Tor fields and gardens. grow
vr3 n dense masses along the railway
,rbankmants. oyerrun by gorgeous
tturiiums All the country roads
M guarded by Spanish bayonets'
lrei'rg with formidable spikes. and
frantic alocs. the highly decorative
rant Of spain, with its base Of long,
sWORD-LIKE LEAVES,
rs tall slender trunk rising twenty or
thirty feet. and its broad candelabrum
q. crimson blooms. Green meadows
ini low hills are covered with cork
tees. and for miles the country is
t0'hed with olive groves. as with robes
q m1nk.sh-gray, gradually giving way
q Isolated trees OF aged and solemn as
Da Most Of the olive orchards that
cluster around COrdOya and form such
G prominent feature Of Southern Spain.
irsyery anCIenl-many Of them planted
.rg before the Pilgrim Fathers sought
America. Everybody has heard OF the
monster olive tree near Nice. which h
El 90 Doe more than a thousand years
Oh whose trunk Is twenty-throe feet
% circumference at the height Of a
mans head and whose yield In its
Tne was five hundred pounds Of OIL
fn aunum! ] have no doubt that It's
counterpart could be found. many times
asf 10 Notwithstanding the newt
che eXaggeration OF a watering place
tradition Each orchard has its guard.
who tends II carefully the year round.
occupying a -thatched hut under
ne trees In summertime aud a sort OF
tIT0w or cave In winter
During the harvest season a watch
e tpt up an night as we'll as by day.
tran expert thief-and there are many
y spaIn-might easily strip an entire
rtaard IN a few hours, A single Wig.
Gus shake dislOdges every rlpened
ery from the branches. which may be
i,4'essIy loaded into the panniers Of
u.ung donkeys. As harvest
tine approaches, the olive trees
exchange their melancholy gray FOR
Brighter garb The rlpenlng fruit varies
Y INT from vivid green 20 gay reds and
hyey puppies. while the Willow-leaf
Ulage always restless and qulverlng,
U'lues tender, shimmerlng tint
e,.ch can best be described az moon
hsa' green or greenish silver-lf YOU
,oh imagine what such a color might
1e The crop Is mainly harvested by
lolng women, and then the sombre or
,aaid 10 q picnic ground an day long.
if spanish girls turn all their labors
NO merry-makIng The aged trunks
e,q an admirable background for the
i.ainoow hues OF peasant costumes. and |
we ar Is musical with snatches OF song
ta me tinHe Of donkey bells: while |
tle olerseer. stretched on grassy |
VaaA 10 the sum, finds double enjoy