The Republican journal., 1900-06-28
= TuE ROYAL CITY OF SPAIN.

...,n SPAIN. May 80. 1900. From
,,tte capital is only two hours
..flVav. through some of the
' scenery to be found in Spain.
.impse of the Royal City,
h.. Ievated plateau, faced with
Ifn.ps-is most imposing. as the
..r.le slowly toward it along lesser
D. But it renders disappointment
... when the goal is reached, for
vnirh show off with startling
.r.r afar, are found on closer
+...t 0 be bare and lheagre indeed.
....r. 8rv redeeming features. The
-nprd tuadarrama range forms
uud Of which any city might
..ur rhr atmosphere, free from
.p iaZe is peculiarly full of
.H t1e great parks of Madrid
rbciIbest in summer LEAKAGE
., ..lrp>hing contrast to eyes
... ~. que bare rocks of Toledo and
..... .HpWl landscape between.
it not? how differently
....- .n"ar to people from various
-.r \lSjon:" While all foreign
.... tudt Spain could hardly have
less desirable site for her cap
~nluards themselves lavish
.. .NtHyagant praises \ hundred
4.,... .-.} jugs are rlte-such as: Solo
,..I-1.. rte, Donde este Madrid Gale
.H 9eSde Madrid el Cieio-signify-
.NDdud is the only court" where
E.fr. IS itt all the world keep SILENT
Af.d.d bat a step from Heaven. "
...-au> glorify their sunny city of
A.. tmtia with couplet to the effect
Whu has not seen Seville has not
...- arvel:" but citizens of the cap
.4. fine climax by declaring "Who
ia. r..- ,rt.n Madrid has seen nothing
-- what the Germans call Refs
.,lae Il capital from being the resi-
.4w.I prince. Gouty and dyspeptlc
, ~ al0es imagining that he found
.-. am his suffering in this sharp,
.se and consulting only his per
... utort. deserted the time honor
" ais of Nalladolid. Seville. Toledo
.5 .uuada: about the year 1540) to
-, ~n ms permanent residence here,
-.U spot which IberianS. Romans,
md Moors had all rejected. When
---, by Alfonso ". in 1888. it was
.t@. IT Moorish fortified outpost of
0- FAMED Maiarit-an Arabic word
,u current of air" Being sur
j by dense forests. it was made
M aWtug residence. and nearly six
-o wears later Argote wrote of it
-wd cover for boar and bear"
... .4 doubt. came the tree. rert,
par climbing up it, which figures
-UJtouslv in the arms of Madrid.
IS have long since disappeared.
.s NOT a tree, OF shrub OF blade
ueautiles the environs of the
~ apital Though the climate
t0,Sibly have agreed with equity
/. - tJrlpS, t has certainly been the
o thousands of better people
uu feet above Sea-level, it has
tine advantages of high posi-
".t It's unprotected plain swept
1retZes from the Montery de
au one side and the snowy Qua
.et mi the Others subject to the
ald and violent thermOmetrical
. fatal to weak and consumptive
HrlonS. and particularly to young
a. Its death-rate is the highest
European capital, averaging Is
" The Npaniarls, who throw
s.aesome as well as trivial hap
n-s INTO doggerel. have a couplet to
l this conditional dire dc Mad
nm sutd, one mate q ut honbre, q
aHa q m Notwithstanding that
n.''e is the air of Madrid it kills a
t viii not blow out a candle.
degrees difference of tempera-
often noticed in the atmosphere
same street; on one side the sun,
"a- down with tropical fury, seems
r 'I. er the WallS-On the other side.
made, damp chilliness pene-
'e- ro the very marrow in your bones.
.e the sky is suddenly overcast. a
4lgr Of rain falls, and an icy blast
%- '> down from the mountains like
-~sruger of death. The natives wrap
'-rn e.ves in their fur-lined, brown
'4as pun their Sombreros down over
a-r ears, and thus mutfled to their
4Srs. wait till the clouds roll by" In
mother hour the sun may be out again
''u turning intensity and not breath
AN stirring. The extreme heat of
midday is always followed by cold
4s''s. and naturally, pulmonary affec-
Tons are common and fatal.
indeed, Madrid seems to possess not
iNngle advantage of situation. except
-raacied one of occupying the exact
'"{Wphical centre of Spain; and this
iprus to be the least accessible por-
the country and therefore value
~ Toy commercial purposes. SO diff
' IS communication with Madrid