Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-01-30

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roast the other side" said the grim
old saint and soldier, while be was
spitted on the gridiron, this side is
well d0ne!" Philips rooms are mere
cells. Even that in which be received
foreign ambassadors is al humble
apartment Of diminutive size. The
room where be died overlooks the high
altar Of the church. In the ch0ir-loft
is a corner seat where Philip sat and
shared In the devotionS. Here be was
at yesper service, On November s,157l,
when a messenger, through a private
door, announced TO him the victory at
Lepanto which saved Europe from the
Turks Philip continued his deyotions
as though nothing had happened, but
at the close Of the service be ordered
the TIE Deum to be ehanted. Philip
must have been a gloomy old chap II
be can be judged by his rooms in the
Escorial. He watched the workmen
like a slayeoverSeer and permitted no
eight-hour system. We sat in his
famous chair and turned the pages Of
his colossal choir books. 1t is better
70 be a live American than a dead
Spanish King.
The chapel Of the Escorial is Of
enormous size. The late Spanish
Kings have decorated and adorned it.
Its entrance Is through the Court Of
the Kings, 80 named from the six
statues Of the Kings OF Judah which
are around It. Here are likenesses in
w~hitish-grey granite Of Hesekiah, Sol
onion, DAWN, Manasseh, Josiah and
Jehoshaphat, In the church W were
shown a host, carefully guarded, which
Emperor Rudolph II Of Germany sent
to the Ielic-loylng Philip. This host
bled, said the priest, when trampled
upon by Presbyterian soldiers in Hol-
land,'
Philips grandson, Philip ", com
pleted the EstJrial. and finished the
Pantheon or Tombs Of the Kings This
gorgeous burial vault is directly undeI
the high-altar, 50 that mass is said
daily over the royal remains Down 8
fight Of slippery marble steps We
descended into an octag0nal vault.
about thirty feet in diameter and the
same in height It is a sOmbre cham.
Der. IN inches are the black marble
sarc0phagi containing the bodies Of al
the spanish Kings and Queens since
Philip, save two or three. The name!
are in gold. Just below the cofin o
Alf0nso XII is another cofHn bearing
the name Of Alfonso XIII, the pres
lent King. and waiting for his death
Down another fight Of steps is
larger vault, all in white marble
where are buried the royal princes an
princeeses II is a much more attrzctiy
place and is not unlike q sleepinI
7 apartment in a hrst-class Spanisl
hotel
'THE WESTERN MECCA OF THE NooRs
Cord0ya, the next point Of specia
interest visited In Spain. was an an
Gent capital Of the MoorS Here va
their greatest cathedral which Ia
been butched By the christians beyon
restoration. 1t must have been
magnificent structure IN the morris
day for even now, ia its decay an
: ruin, its forest Of columns is q gl0riot
{ sight. The columns r Of Fari0t
{ colored marbles. Unon one q Chrf
tian captive traced acrucifx with b
finger nails. Above IL Is nos a Lati
: verse telling the story.
; A Roman bridge, solitary relic
the occupancy q the town By one
{ Caesars legi0ns, set stands 10 Cord
0 va. Bridges and roads are built
Europe 10 stay. This particuls
structure has lasted nearly . thousun
6 yean and is goOdf for another tbousan
and more.
: lTHE CHIEF REMINDER or TIE cKE
Il CENT N sPATS.
|. The glory Of Moorish Spain, h0s
lever, was Granada Here. for 20 yea
r latter all the other cities had been r
taken by the Christians the Cfescen
by dint Of diplomacy, and force Co
tinued 70 feat above the Gross He
was a city Of 100000 people, q
home Of science, art, literature, stat
craft, romance. Aud here to-day
the AIhambra, the ancient capital
the Moorish moBarchs, beautiful in i
d~esolation, rich Ia historic suggestie
J, and full Of enhancing mystery.
. There is but one Granada IN al a
Eorld. It's GROWING beauty IS Il
palace q the Alhambra- Who TIT
has read can not see il IN imaginatiG
9 as We aw Il on 3 moonlight evenit
= and again as the redsun setbehind q
snoWy peaks Of the Sierra Nevada
! the Court Of the Lions peopled
fancy with the royal guests the fave
lite sultana peeping from yUnder Ia
uced window The oruamentation
1.-THE palace, despite the raEage
time and man. sin shows someEhi
e Of It's original glow and goEgeousnes
iThe yaulting q the ceiling is y
b blue and the larch y0od domes !
4 sembie the faoetted surface Of
deliberately carved gem. The bros
81 stains upoa the marble floor Of q
Hall n the AheneerFages are stu
, Be- seen. stains caused b. the blood
1.-the members If this noble famil
gshom Boabdil beheaded here for !
isaieeea Intrigue u M u their uuI
her sith his Queen The Room Of q
Tao sister, with rs marvellous dee
lnroux ard many other eharmil
!. iclamben confuse the eye with ed
and rIch beauty. Just outside .
gateway IS The bouse where Hashin
ton Irving Nrote his Tales Of q
2 AlhzmbnH Ia the register Is |
2 autograph Around the walis q {
IAIhambrz are Arabic inscfiptioE
u the fsxoFite being There Is no %
louefor bit God" Another insFipti