The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-07-05
,,psEs OF SPAIN'S REIGNING
" FAMILY,

i,..tiau. The Weekly Pilgrimage of
MI and His Household to Pray
1,p,l of Atocha. s--s
ta-re>pOndence of The journal.
,rr...t. SPAIN. June /. 1900 Natu-
.. -n first efforts in the Sight-see-
-.. NJ the visitor to the Spanish
.. are directed toward the reign
...-N 1t is easy enough to get a
.... ID Young King Alfonso. the
.-.t.. either in Madrid or the
r,rrat at san Sebastian, as he
, daily airing on horseback
sue his mother, the Queen
..- Unua Maria Christiana-who
most important parsonage
MuIe difficult, as she is never
-sr public eye except on rare
.Ol~.uuS. TO accomplish it at
o1 year. when official fetes
-r the season, requires the
the nited States Minister
c}icW especially arranged at
dead more red tape" than
NJ on our side OF the Allan
tan be done. nevertheless.
"tience and perseverance
virtue exercised in liberal
Yourself. the latter by Uncle
representative III Spain.
lyolyes considerable trouble.
'ryl few computations of con-
.... tl our obhging American
counts attending to the reason
- f his visiting countrymen
e official duties for which he
-tuerous salary After vexa-
t~ americans being anything
u.r IN these parts, Just now,
.s..a an audience was granted to
.n1 hut as it was appointed for
,ot Ne are improving the in
listing the Show-portion of
H' palaces-motficially. so to
- d gathering up local gossip
u4 the reigning family, so that
t-U.t Irel better acquainted when
.. ..er. As samantha Allen remarked
Victoria.
saturday afternoon you may
.. hngand his household going to
na chapel to pray, according to
.. ut their ancestors for many
..tius rhe original convent OF
.. situated at the extremity of a
street OF the same name. was
tl the Dominicans, about the
-o 10y the Contessor Of Charles
Is now being demolished to
SAY tur new Basilica But the
APPEL, in which for centuries
md queens have performed their
8a.s viii he left intact 1t con
.e venerable image called Our
Atocha. considered the tutelar
'.e present dynasty and an
t be- religiously consulted in
IoVnle Royal marriages take
.urr her auspices. and the we'd
~-edu oi Il Spanish queen, to
H'est article, is always donated
Lady. immediately after the
.F She las a mistress Of the
u. ladieS-in-Waitin the same
JUhly queen. should Her
W. preserved from unusual
She IS also IN duty bound To
f.r clothes she was wearing at
lido this Virgin. Thus Isabella
NJ, stabbed by Merino when Oh
7 -Atocha, gave her dress. with
nj the dagger i'll it, to the pro
igiM; and Queen Christiana,
rs after the attempted assas-
of her youthful husband, at
-.r of his palace some years
her gown, together with her
.Alllla, blackened with smoke
.e murderer's pistol, and the
~"els she was wearing, to her
benetactress. The sacred
lifting enthroned above the
of the chapel, is very black
ht,Ning been rudely carved Of
alh wood many centuries ago.
A#eba Virgin ranks third in holi-
N'L4 the hundreds in Spain.-
., only by those of ZaragoZa
adJloupe and volumes have been
lhout her and her miracles.
e. the present century she was
5e8 with the Collar of Golden
amid extraordinary pomp and
.i'' y, as a token of royal gratitude;
wardrobe, enriched by gifts and
ST HiG trosseaux of many queens. is
the richest and most extensive
'F7luee. In 1862, when the whole
-- was in suspense during the
ilness of Don Carlos, heir of
H.. this Virgin of Atocha was
~. NJ io his sick-room at Alcala. SO
' lead body of the Monk, Fray
'-S which was dug up from the
s.' sind laid i'll the sick mans bed;
ms day the honor of his re
irrure is equally shared between
e" 1t would seem that the Jewel
''''oAry is rather more rare in the
-os heart of Spain than elsewhere,
Ar ring the rascally example of
-------l VI who is CON Siderel ONE