Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-25

lbOl-nearly four centuries latef' lh-
deed 1t was never fully completed ana
all the windows of one end are YET
Dficked up. It's Capita Real (koyal
ChapeD, In the oldest part OF the pulld-
Ing, Is very fine. IL was Intended as
the burial place Of the kings OF Major
ca In the center is great sarcopha-
gus OF yellow marble, supporting a
crown and cushion, and within II Is
the body of Don Jamie himself. IL
you have a fancy for gruesOme sishts'
bit OF silver VIA induce the
saerlstan 10 pull out the royal mummy
which is enclosed in u coffin with a
glass cover. IL Is clad In robes OF
state, which. 80 an inscription Informs
us, were provided by Queen Isabel In
1882 from her pryy purse; but II does
not state row she managed TO put them
on him, after he had slumbered In his
grave more than FIVE hundred years
The 'crlnine" cape is made OF black
ana white cotton, and the rest,is equal
~ taWdry --out quite good enough for
mummy, which is Kept as show, Tor
revenue. II is worth another coin TO be
shown the rich contents OF the cathe-
oral treasury. There Is a pair Of superb
candelabra, containing sixteen thousand
ounces OF pure silver and many other
magnificent altar ana professional or
raments. Among them is an immense
monstrance Of gold and SILVER, ana q
fragment OF the true cross, studied
with thousands Of diamonds rubles and
emeralds, and an arm OF saint Sebas-
tlon, brought from Rhodes, in 1873, to
save MaJorca from the plague.
Close to the cathedral is the ancient
Moorish palace now the residence Of
the captain general and the audenca
one mght spend profitable week here,
vlsitinh old churches and palaces The
casa Consistorial. OF Town Han, is o.
the sixteenth century, with heavy
faced and projecting cave Of richly
sculptured wood, which was once, no
doubt, painted and glded, II Is divided
into compartments by immense hOrl-
zontnl caryatides. which seem 10 sup
Port the roof The building contains
some extremely rare and valuable
paintings, among them a Vandyck Of
which only one other example is known
to exlst-the original study, which Is
treasured in the national gallery az
Eonburg, Scotland,
The Lonja, or Exchange. is the most
beautiful building In the island and
the only one of architectural preten-
slons built for a purely civil purpose
me site was given by Don Jamie, In
1888, but the building was not finished
for two hundred years It Is rectangu-
lar in plan, divided BY rows OF
FLUTED COLUMNS,
the conyoutions of which are coutn-
ued q Srolns on the yaulted roof, sug-
costing palm tree. outside, a lofty
tower ornaments each Of the angles
Between the towers, at equal dis
tances, rise two slender turrets at the
level Of the roof, while the crowning
feature Is q series Of square windows,
ornamented with lndented battle
ments. At the base Of each tower Is the
colossal statue Of a Saint, covered with
a Gothic canopy
Few cities in Europe consider them
selves more aristoCratiC than Palma.
the nobility OF the island consists of
descendants OF the nine great families
among whom the Conqueror partloned
1t. and a few other mobiles come over
from Spain. BY the common people
who are very proud Of them and willing
to work hard for their support, these
are pOpularly called Butifarras. big
sausages, much as we speak Of
'bl0ated bOndhoders." I'm the Rue de
a beautiful building. which in it's
prime must have resembled a Florlntine
palace, with lis trple-llght windows
and the richly scupured capitals of
It's slender marble pillars. The tradl.
ton Is that Hugo Bonapart, grand.
father Of Napoleon, lived here until the
year lill when he went to Corsica
(Which then formed part Of the kingdom
OF Aragon), as governor Of that island
IN another street is the house where
Charles V lived during his visit here
in 1871, before setting out on his dlsas.
trous expedition to Alglers. Above one
OF the windows is his ugly portrait
carved In stone which Is not harder
Than was his merciless heart There are
many other elegant private houses. all
OF by-gone architecture, The fin.
est are In the Gale (streeD de san
jamie the especial faubourg of the
arstocracy All contain marvellous
treasures in paintings and works of
arr, tapestries, antique furniture etc,
when Their owners guard with jealous
care. Art Is held In great esteem I'm
these forgotten island, and learning
does not flourish as II should. The
work OF some Of the native artists is
said to be really remarkable. and IL Is
great surprise TO learn that the Pal
ma Academia de las Bellies Artes ranks
third In Importance in the long list of
similar establishments throughout the
whole Of Europe. In ii, instruction I'm
every branch OF art. decoration and de-
sign Is given gratuitously, by island
artists, to a constant average Of 500
pupils. There is also well attended
academy OF music.
Among pleasant evening promenades
are the Ramparts, Borne and Rambla
where bands play on alternate even
ings and the beauty and fashion Of the
town turns out TO show itself In It's
brayest gaud and gear Though the
blood Of
THE ARIsToCRACY
may be Of the bluest, It must be con-
fessed that they have little to boast OF
In the way OF beauty and their style"
Is OF other days Among the lower
classes, one occasionally sees a pretty
young "cheuta," as the descendants Of
the Jews who We're forcibly converted
TO Christianity In the early days, are
called; but, like their tribe in other
parts OF the world the beautiful jew
esses take on too, too solid flesh" at
middle age with greasy skins and mus
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are enormously wealthy. but are held |
in anything but honor at Palma, being |
formerly restricted 10 particular quar- !
ter OF the town and prosecuted In many !
ways. But they throye all the same. |
FAR more than their prosecutors, waxed |
richer and raised larger families, and |
though outwardly subscribing TO the |
Roman Catholic religion, remain Jews |
20 the back bone
The visitor to Palma should take a |
carriage 10 the castle Of Bolivar, first |
obtaining from the commandant an or |
der for admission. The picturesque |
fortress stands on wooded height |
four hundred feet above the town and |
harbor II was built by Don jamie II, |
and consists Of a two-stOried circular |
tower and two interior galleries with ]
vaulted roofs strengthened by semi |
circular bastions, and surrounded by |
double moat There Is a detached tow |
or Of much greater size, called La Tore |
del Homenage, communicating with the |
main building by two remarkable |
bridges, or arches. one above the other. |
In the lowest arch Is a gloomy dungeon, |