Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-10

beautiful. He has painted about thir- ty Immaculate Conceptions. Saw his last work. Marriage of s. Gather inc" painted on an old convent well; he fell from the seaffold while work ing and died from the injuries. St. Francis Receiving the Stismata k also in this convent. The Academy of Fine Arts also had several of his paintings, the one l most admired was 'Ecce Home, picture of Christ which was a beautiful representation About II We took train for Seville. As if was my first experience on I foreign train was much interested and amused The train bell sounds like a dinner bell. and the whistle was we'll described by a lady. who said it sounded like a eat whs II you stepped on it's tail. The train ear riases hold about eight people We had a nice crowd and a jolly time
 1 "Cadiz is on long peninsula; the bay i@, beautiful. don't think the {; Mediterranean can be q deeper blue. :! We ran along the sea wall and shore for some time, by many Spanish forts and the salt works, where salt is eyaporated from the water and piled : in pyramids. We passed gypsy houses, little huts with straw roof, and instead of fences there were hedges of cactus, twelve and fifteen feet high, also century plants Were used same way Peach and almond trees were in full bloom. We saw many orange and olive trees.
 Southern Spain is called the Cali fornia of Enrooe,' The country is rolling and we'll cultivated, planta- tiors are called haciendas, houses very picturesque with Stucco finish in different colors. but mostly white. Many had the minarctS tprayer tnN'- ers), relics of the Moors. Very few forest trees, mostly pine.
 We reached Seville at 2:30 p 1n., took carriages and drove to points O. interest. The place IS larger than CadiZ, put not as clean and attract i've, but, Oh. the interesting things to see. It was too bad not to be able to stay longer. could have spent days in the Cathedral, which is sec ond only to St. Peters, in Rome -- some think it eXcels. The columns supporting the dome are twelve feet in diameter. On this side was originally temple of Venus, which was replaced by a Christian church. This was destroyed by the Moors anl a mosque built ill 11S4; this was re- built as a church ill 1902:
 '"The Giralda was the prayer tower of the Moorish mosque-you know on these towers the Nuezzin called the hour of prayer during the night as we'll as day. It is a remarkable piece of architecture. The Madison Square tower in New York is copied from 1t. We did not have time to go to the top, which I regretted, for the view of the city is fine from it. There IS an inclined plane in thirty-Gve sec tionz-Charles V. rode 1t on horse- back; it is 308 feet high.
 The Cathedral has many chapels. numbers of services tan be held at ssone time and not interfere with each other. Columbus is buried here; his Isarcophagus rests on four bronze fig ures, representing, allegorically, four provinces of Spain. There Is the tomb of Ferdinand the Saint; also Aphonso the Learned. Thdre are many beautiful Murrillo's here; his masterpiece, St. Anthony, and Wis ion of the Holy Child The figure of the saint was cut out and such a noise was made about it that the thief was afraid to offer it for sale, but finally disposed of it to a dealer in the Bowery, New York. Here it was found and replaced so carefully you can scarcely tell it,
 We saw jewels worth millions, and rich gold and silver vestments worn by the priests since 1400. The AL cazar, the residence of the Moorish kings, is still used by royalty. The apartments were being prepared for Alfonzo's visit next week. It has much of the Moorish style of archi- lecture. but has been added to by Spanish kings, and is in good repair The ceilings are especially beautiful
 inlaid with mahogany, mother oi pearl, etc. Monday night we went to
 an Adalus!an dance, which was SC picturesque; the girls beautiful, with