The Republican journal., 1900-03-22
lie in Old Seville.

..I tNTrtsponutnce OF The j ournaI.
....rt. SPAIN, Feb. !, 1900. To
.. me serenos, as Spanish night
.,..p are called, patrolling the silent
..... tlliug the hours to the Sleep
..-.g is very pretty idea; but when
,.., U1 i've with them its romance
.e.. ..n>derably. Several Serenos
,...u.aft every street, from sunset to
.. + lch is armed with long,
-s.u. and carries lantern, how
.....r.mt the moonlight. His function
... fId first to preserve order, sec
.I.u doors, and third to sing out
-- is they pass and an exact &C
state of the weather. AS in
lf Spain-and, indeed. many
ljics-p persons living in apart
carry no street door keys,
upon the Waterman for adj
. night Naturally, in a country
M Sleep through half the day,
the rule. AT intervals all
until dawn is fairly in the
.u sleep is constantly disturbed
... jewellers, going noisily home
,uiug "Sereno" at The top
u.s. until that worthy appears
unuch OF keys and unlocks
And then the song of that
.-u' Every half hour, at every
t he sings tortissemo-''L
..r. (,r whatever the hour may
Ie eSJa claro serene. Ave
SINAI
..-...0ts morning, after particularly
-.9- u-uIY night, SO far as sleep is
wing to unusual gaieties
tent and innumerable jewellers
the services of the Serenos-I
. early to seek consolation in
i,fying panorama of the streets.
rlV first corner of the narrow
tA4 myself IN the midst OF
. ucession. The central figure of
... ", gaily bedecked with garlands
She was led by bare footed
5 Immediately behind followed a
. .l and a boy, the former blowing
.st the latter beating drum.
he world 1T meant | could form
e4 ntil | asked woman in the
.r. slo politely endeavored to conceal
sc at the dense ignorance of
...- merIcans. 1t seems that SINH
--iuns are of very common occur
.. }-4 this is the first | have hap
.e -ucounter. The animal might
- .., donkey OF any other creature
.g. . COW. but it is always flower
and advertised by music, 10 be
.- .. anybody who will paying a
M aking his chances. 1t is a
s.. Nay of raising the wind, )" as
.... AMERICA, for the people are
rts and even rattle appeals
oagly.
arther on | met an entirely
sacession. First came a dozen
Ing long candles, then a coffin,
four men, whose heads were
iel the sweeping black pail so
aeir feet were visible, and it
lire coffin WAS actually walk
.-I several priests followed,
lack habits striped with red,
lave never seen before; and
brought up by a band, con
-,o bassoons and an oboe, which
&c.,. -, weird and melancholy accom-
!. TO the solemn chant of the
lIt procession was on its way
r.e terry. Every now and then it
tpnt of a house, presumably
ue friend of the deceased the
eet upon the ground, and the
lead uncovered. People came
louSe to take ''last look, "
& roBd gathered curiously near
few minutes the music and
eeft resumed.
t1ther on | came to a group of
'4--- engaged in the picturesque in
'h Spinning the green rope so much
D. panish farmers. Itis manufac-
FROM the coarse pampas grass of the
W.T. plains. The operation is A
e>rely and social one, requiring
wooden wheel and three persons.
7an woman, or child feeds the
mother turns it, and third re-
II visited rope. An indispensable
L ID the peasants costume, male or
reg au Aeur or two be contemplated is
A rD. 1t is not unlike the donkey
long stout strip of wooden
DIX N1 bag at each end The alforja
t1Hented with close tufts of blue,
ri aad yellow wool. 1t is worn over
louder, and the bags invariably
0n--one wine skin, and the other a
lalie, or green pudding.
ssgination was the Casa de Pilatas
'lor Of Pilate," which stands near the
"aa gate amid a labyrinth of the mar
A- and dirtiest streets of Seville. 1t
Hiused TO be an exact counterpart of
/ 4' house in Jerusalem; but as it was
'llr by Arab architects in the year
'al finished by Spanish workmen
'3t century later, the similarity
'ttul. Its history is this: In the