The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-08

large number of Murillo pictures, and
 made fortune by allowing travellers to view them for a small sum per capita. It is a fiction that the artists bones He in the great cathedral under the de-
 ceiving slab that bears his name, and is
 said to have been placed, at his request,
 before Campana's picture of the ''De-
 scent from the Cross,' which Murillo so
 much admired. They were buried in
 the parish church of Santa Cruz; and
 there remained until Soulte caused the Ichurch to be torn down and the revered
 ashes scattered to the winds-an act of
 vandalism which sadly dimmed the warriors fame He also caused the de-
 struction of the Magdalena church, in which Murillo was christened; but somehow the baptismal entry escaped
 and may still be seen in San Pablo. The date-January 1st, 161S-and the humble names of his parents are dis tinct as If written yesterday. They must have made better ink in that ear ly time than most of the writing fluid one buys noW-a-days. Murillo's wife, ! the rich and titled Dona Beatriz de Ca brera, died some years before the paint
 CTS fall ta Cadiz, which caused his death. They left three children. The eldest son started out in life an indif- ferent ratist, and afterwards became a better priest. The second son amount
 ed to so little that his vocation and ca-
 reer are entirely unknown. The only
 daughter, named Beatrix after her
 mother, went the natural way of women in marriag age-doubtless to some sere- ! no lov of | Spanish cloak, guitar and Albucete dag l ger; and her great-great-grea grand children in Seville are yet bragging
 about their illustrious forefather. There | is fine stature of Murllo in the Plaza l del Museo, opposite the picture gallery which contains some of his most famous | works. Here is the celebrated "Concep- 1 tion;" St. Francis embracing the Christ cr'ucified; St. Felix with the infant Sa- vior in his arms; St. Anthony of Padua,
 kneeling before the Child Jesus, who is | seated on an open book; and score of others, which the world will delight to honor as long as paint and canvas can | endre. Strange-is it not?--that the l handiwork of man should look so bright
 and fresh hundreds of years after the l hands that wrought are dust. Murillo'S l Christs seem much more real and child l like than those of Raphael, his. Saints and Virgins more like natural men and women. It is worth coming to Spain | merely to become acuainted with the best specimens extant of his work. Through them one seems to become as- quainted with the great Master himself. and to love his simplicity and sweet ness, which remained unspoiled in spite of wealth and honors till his untimely death at the age of sixty-four.
 Though their churches and convents
 are so numerous-about one to every
 hundred inhabitants-and the bells thereof are continually calling to divine service, the Sevillians have the greatest reputation among all the people of
 Spain for liveliness of character and en-
 joyment of worldly pleasures. The past
 and future have few concerns for them;
 it is the present they care about and
 how 10 get the most enjoyment out of
 every passing hour. There is little
 while in the middle of every day when
 the streets are comparatively deserted,
 while the local world enjoys it's siesta;
 but presently they are filled again with
 moving throngs, far into the night,
 while every plaza has it's band of music, every opera house and gambling place and club room it's full complement, and every patio it's singers and dancers.
 No evening promenade even in ''gay Paree' is more brilliant than Las Sierpes, a street so marrow and crooked that guards are stationed at either end to prevent vehicles from entering. Along this alley the finest shops and handsomest clubs are situated; the shop keepers standing at their portals, the club members sitting far out in the
 roadway drinking cool syrups, smoking and gossiping, while crowds of we'll dressed people promenade to and fro. every lady with a fan which she welds with inimitable grace and meaning.
 From the shops both doors and windows have been removed, leaving only open porticoes supported by pillars, like Ori- ental bazars Conspicuous among them are those for the sale of gay -coored mantas (shawls) kept by solemn look ing old Moors, who insist on the custo- mers seating themselves and being re- gales with dates and sweet-meats, while the suave but willy merchant dis pldyo HE eWdIGo anu WltH gentle pefSlS- tence wheedles pesos out of their purses. In the engraver's windows you notice great many visiting cards of jet-black pasteboard with the name thereon in white letters. They are not mourning cards, aa one might suppose but per haps may be called percursora of the l same, being the advertisements of doc tors (medicos) ominously signifying their calling.
 Seville is celebrated far and wide for its pottery: but the best of it is rather 1 coarse, though of artistic forms and coated with bright green and red enam- el. It is manufactured in the gipsy su- burb of Tieana in exactly the same manner as in the days of Santa Justina and Santa Rufna, those pottery -mak- ing maidens of long ago, who were stoned to death in this town by the Ro- mans for refusing to worship the im- age of Venus. i Crowds come out of the theaters to re- fresh themselves by promenadng in the | streets between the pieces. There are l always three or four short plays in eve | ry evenings performance, each lasting | about an hour. You pays your money | and takes your choice"-fifty centimes q play, and no reduction at wholesale | You may buy ticket for the last play | or the first, or for the whole lot, if you