The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-02-14

the population, nobility included. AL
though many foreigners are included
among them, all distinctions of nation
ality are ignored in the acknowledge
ment of their common occupation.
This social intimacy, however, is strict
ly confined to their own circle; and out
side of it, the arrogant exclusiveness of
this parvenu aristocracy is as ludicrous
as remarkable-the most eminent phil
OSophers, statesmen, authors, artists,
of the old regime, being alike ignored
by these neuro richie. In the suburban
gardens you see the rarest Of tropical
vegetation - coffee, orange and pepper
trees, bananas, pine-apples and pome-
granates,-all tlourishing to perfection
amid a wilderness of flowers, wherever
irrigation is practicable But there is
no grass in this part of Spain. Instead
they cultivate sort of ivy; and very
rich and strange it looks rioting over
the ground.
One Of the prettiest spots in Malaga
is the English cemetery, just beyond
the city walls. 1t is small, but beauti-
fully laid out and carefully kept,-a
perfect garden of shade and fragrance
in which one could contemplate the
last long sleep with less of horror than
in any Spanish battle-ground The
graves can scarcely be seen for flowers,
while avenues of fine trees and greenest
ivy are bordered with roses and gera-
NUNS. A good many Englishmen and
Americans live in Malaga-and natural
ly some of them die here In Spain
they seem to think more of you in
death than in life; or at least they are
loath to part with you. If you die here,
| your body must be buried within twenty
four hours, and here it must remain
for five years before being transported
to your home. One of the first graves
made in the English cemetery was that
of Major Thomas Newsome of Mime
apolis, a former consul General of the
| United States, who died of smallpox.
|
| In whatever foreign country you find
an English Embassy, or only an insight
ficant consulate, there is also place of
Episcopal worship,if nothing more than
a plainly furnished room. Great and
prosperous Britain carries her everyday
unsoten5atious religion wherever her
armies march or her flag is planted
and that means all around the globe.
The English church of Malaga is tiny
Grecian chapel near the cemetery gates
EMPOWERED in Towering vines. A wider
contrast can hardly be imagined than
between this TRANQUILITY beautiful place
and the Spanish cemetery-the latter
being merely vast, bare field, enclos-
ed within high walls. The central
space is filled with pretentious monu-
ments aud bake-oven-shaped tombs of
rich citizens; and the encircling walls
being eight feet thick, are honey-combed
with rows of long, narrow compart-
ments, like the loculi of the ancient
Roman catacombs. Into each niche a
corpse is slid head first, in coffin or
not, according to the means of the
mourners; and then the stone Is fitted
in place and sealed. The wealthy and
powerful Occupy the lower tiers, the
poor the upper ones,-thus reversing
the positions they held in life.
The long ride to Grenada, through
the famous ''raisin belt'' and orange
groves, which extend forty miles from
the mountains to the sea, is the expert
ence of a lifetime. Protected from
winds by rugged peaks that enclose ii
like a semi-circular wall, the sunny
valley is filled with the most luxuriant
vegetation, while the steep hill-sides-
apparently bare at little distance-are
covered with grape-vines. Interspersed
among the orange-groves are many
smaller plantations of olives, lemons
and other fruits; palm trees and acacias
add beauty to the scene; geraniums and
heliotrope grow wild along the hedge
rows; rose-vines and masses of brilliant
flowers mantle every wall, and purple
Judas blossoms leap from tree tt
tree across the road, making miles o.
shady arbor. Everywhere white Villa
nestle among the trees. The most de
l licious odors fill the air, and the labor
: ers in the vineyards are dressed il
} snowy white. At every hamlet you SCI
, picturesque groups of peasants, all beau
: tiful of face in spite of rags and dirt
} with olive skins, dark eyes, and a certain
indescribable haughtiness combine,
/ with gracious courtesy truly Spanish
, The muleteers wear gaudy blankets an
{ Gather leggins; and the teamsters sho1