The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-04-12
olive-Farm in Southern spain.

VAST Profitable Industry in Andalusia
I'll, Waking of Salad Oil. Modus Oper-
u,t lt, Manufacture. Where Herman
, Lived and Died. Grues0me Tales
.,o I,idoro. A Night Journey to Cor
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.arres pondeDce of The Journal
r-uNA, SPAIN, Feb. 20, 1900. Our
,lare from Seville was delayed an
4a, in order to accept an eleventh
o,itation to visit an olive farm-an
..Ion which l believed would prove
cstng to readers of The Journal
yset. According to arrangements,
travelling carriage awaited us
.,t rlock in the morning, and after
...., sup of coffee we clattered through
Sleeping streets of Seville-under
s Giralda, among whose silent
,4puN of hawks and pigeons were
900 carly muezzin OF their own;
l7d del yunlamlentO, the great
soon honse, fronting the main
hose facade of silversmith chas-
ne is pronounced the most deli
nude of ptateYNqUe work in exis-
INST churches and mosques and
s and palaces, all crumbling
weight Of centuries; through the
Nte beside the Golden Tower;
Ai miles along the Guadalquivir;
lug east, among farm lands and
...-, % the foot hills OF the Sierra
Y. u- through the village of Costileja
lesta perched on a hilltop near
We wanted TO visit the home of
ortez, the Conqueror of Mexico;
did not permit more than
If the exterior of the house in
a e lived and died. 1t is said that
..us remain much as he left them,
me library is still intact. Bernal
4.... MS life long friend and the chroni-
. f his expeditions, wrote that Cortez
...4l retirement in his old home for the
~ vt preparing his soul fol death.
8 usly adds: "When he had settled
ID. worldly affairs, our Lord Jesus
a, as pleased to take him from this
some world Cortez was sixty
.. -ars old when he died, in the win
l557-like Columbus and many
, broken hearted victim of his
and country's ingratitude. He was
eined at San Isidoro, near Italica;
for long. After many movings and
ngs of sepuchre, his bones found
.rs,ing- place at Texcuco, in Mexi-
VIE scene of his greatest glories and
Local tradition asserts that his
ghost yet wanders about the cor
and patios of his childnood's
perhaps pursued by the vengeful
of Montezuma, and Guatamotzn
q. tbeI murdered Mexicans
-l-l more interesting is the castellated
,lt oi san lsidOro five miles from Sc
.usc by the ruins of the Roman city
pio built, Though completely
o} coulte, it is still a magnificent
4 and now serves for a church.
-tuHnce IS extremely quaint, of col
Hlle x and gorgeous thing III purple
,rdoW. 1t contains number of
IS pictures by early Spanish mas
E,,l s T., Al.
-unt, and many interesting tombs.
l the latter is that of Guzman ell
who received his title, 1.-The
rom King Sancho el Bravo, after
nse Of Tarfa against the Moors.
had entrusted his eldest son,
lls old, to the care of Infanta
..- Nho proved traitor Having
himself with the Infidels, Juan
the screaming boy under the walls
iearened to disembowel him unless
mess was Immediately surrendered.
III replied, 81 prefer honor without
wed son to dishonor with him.
Ida was cruelty murdered and his
lOdy hoisted Oh pike. A cry Of
from the soldiers called Guzman to
Elements; and when the iron heart
rrior saw the mutlllated corpse of
-.h he turned to the childs mother
7aId calmly, 81 was afraid the
rgArs had taken the city," Guzman
family are buried in San Isidoro,
ie custodian gravely asserts that
The tomb was opened, lin 1870, the
uan body was found to have been
tluusly preserved and grown to the
- Of nine feet.
ugh time was pressing, we went in
H- did convent, as all strangers do, to
~. tribute of flowers upon the tomb
aa who lies at her feet. You doubt
s Saow the story-how the beautiful
@ul laughter of a noble house unfor-
!a yiy attracted the admiration of that
4e king, Pedro the Cruel. Because
'' elected his shameful proposals he
aNsad her to be chained to stake and
DNAed alive in the public square. AS her
o.tes were consumed by the flames, ex-
eus her beautiful form, the servant,
+aora, faithful unto death, rushed into
N' a.t and by her own body shielded her
1Hed mistress from the gaze of the
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