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THE HERALD AND ADVERTISER.
VOL. XXV.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1890.
NO. 39.
NEW HARDWARE AND SEED STORE,
GREENVILLE ST., NEWNAN, GA.
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Powder, Shot, Caps, Primers; Rim
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THOMPSON BROS.
MADRID, SPAIN.
Scenes In the Spanish Capital.—The
fClng', the Queen, Music, Beggars
and Bull-fights.
Matokid, Spain, June Otli, 1800.
It is now nearly a month since I cross
ed the Mediterranean from Oran to
Carthegena, brrt the terror of that
stormy voyage at night still comos at
times like some specter to disturb my
drenms. Our course was north, while
the wind was from the east; consequent
ly the waves struck the vessel from the
23'years of age he was elected to the
National Congress, and being debarred
entrance to that body on account of his
age, his unusual gifts secured for him a
suspension of the-ru'les nnd his admis
sion, Recently lie delivered a speech
in Paris, astonishing the Parisians l>y
his eloquence in their own language.
The passage of the bill 1 for universal
suffrage by both branches' of the Na
tional Assembly, and the signing of it
by the queen a few dajw ago,, in an evi
dence of the spread of democratic ideas
I in Spain. Hitherto suffrage lias been
side. O, how she rolled! Every ocean i -. , , , ■- -----
voyager knows well thnt the rolling mo-1 re8tr * c t pf i ,f> property-holders,, or the
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WALKER HIGH SCHOOL
1890,
Begins Its Spring Session on the Second
Monday In January.
Prej
bo;
Mathematics, the Sciences, Painting an*
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lower classes In college.
Girls boarded by the Principal study at
night under his supervision.
Board and Tuition for scholastic injntb.
$18 00. ’
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DANIEL WALKER, Principal.
tion moans sea-sickness of the worst
typo. Fortunately, after thirteen hours
wo had cast anchor in the port of Car-
thegenn. It was pitiful, yet not with
out a touch of humor, to witness pas
senger after passenger come on deck
preparatory to debark; to see thoir pale
faces, which showed plainly tho night’s
experience; to see them look knowingly
and sympathetically into the faces of
each otlior and pnss on in silence.
We restadnynt Cnrtliegenn, a city
once tho capital of Carthngenian power
in Spain. Then follows a long, weary
ride of seventeen hours by rail to Mad
rid. Railroad equipment in Spain is
not so good as in France, and their ex
press trains aro slow compared with
American.
But, herd we are at Madrid, near tho
heart of Spnln, with its busy population
of half a million souls. It is said thnt
Madrid is not so distinctly Spanish as
Seville or Salamnncn. After a lapse of
400 years Columbus would doubtless
find Salamanca somewhat modernized
since tho days of Ferdinand and Isa
bella. These older cities have resisted
with fnir success many innovations
which Madrid has nccepted; hence,
Madrid does not furnish the best type
of the pure Spaniard.
What have we seen, you ask? Well,
we have not neglected Bight-soelng, al
though we have been busy studying the
Spanish. To begin we liavo seen the
queen several times, made two calls at
the lloyal Palace, and tramped over
Madrid generally. We simply called at
the Royal Palace. 1 would not have
you get the impression that we were in
discreet enough to enter. Republican
ideas and royalty are antagonistic, and
for the sake of peace we contented our
self by entering the inner court and
gazing about in an indifferent sort of
way upon tho pnraphertialia of royalty
in general, as any other sensible repub
lican would have done. The queen Is
quite young, having been declared re-
gent at the death of her husband, Al
fonso XII., which occurred something
more tlmn four years ago. Her young
son boars the title of Alfonso XIII.,
and ijt about live years of age. I saw
tho little fellow tho other day. He was
assisting in a review of a military dis
play. So I’ve seen a real live king! In
childhood I used to fancy kings and
queens as beings a few spans taller than
the rest of human croaturos, with a
great display of gold laco, crowns on
their heads, and seated on a gilded
throne. If perchanoe any of these child
ish impressions remained in some
remote corner of my heart, they wore
all dispelled a few days ago when
I saw the Spanish King and his mother,
tho quden regent. They alighted from
their carriage, and the ideal This lady
in a polka dot, and this little shaver in
a sailor’s suit and a straw lmt—these
tho King and Queen of Spa in I A nurse
followed, and when they had ascended
to the balcony from which they were
to witness the parade, sho took little
Alfonso in her arms und placed him
gently in a higli-arm chair, so he could
see over the bannisters. Alfonso XIII.,
tho King of Spain, was now in position,
and tho parade was ready to commence.
After the first wonder excited in the
little fellow’s heart as the cavalry dash
ed rapidly up and formed to salute him,
I imagined he would rather have been
romping in his childish glee, without
regard to social equality among his fel
lows, than playing king so soriously.
Four months ago he was at the point of
death, and the royalists of Spain
watched the bulletins of the physicians
with unusual interest, since there was a
secret fear that republicanism might
bob up and demand a change of govern
ment in the event of his death.
This reminds me that republicanism
has a strong following In Spain. Llttlo
by little the spirit of democracy has
pruned the royal prerogative until
“king or queen” are more terms in
Spain. I recently visited the Spanish
Congress in session and saw Senor (Jas-
telar, the great Spanish orator, and
perhaps the most prominent political
figure in Spain. He is a short, compact
ly built man, with striking face, brilliant
eyes, and reminds me forcibly of Henry
W, Grady as I last saw him. He haB
“stumped” Spain in the interest of de
mocracy and liberty. “I ask nothing of
royalty,” says he, “but 1 declare to you
what my heart conceives to be the
truth,” is the inspiration he carries into
his work of reform in the interest of
good government. He has succeeded
by his wonderful oratory in stamping
liis liberal and progressive ideas upon a
^ great mass of the Spanish people. At
persons with titles. The opposition to
royalty seems to be slumbering for ther
present, caused doubtless by respect for
the queen, who P however, In signing the
bill for universal suffrage twuei) hare
felt tlmt the power is being gradYmlfy
transferred from the palnco to the peo
ple. Just to think that little Alfonso is
allowed 8,000,000 pesetas annually—
equal to $1,000,000'--and his two llttl’e
sisters, aged soven and nine, *001000'
pesetas each, or $40;»00! Tho royal sta
bles coutain one hundred and fifty
horses, aud ever so many coaches, one
of which is gilded, and two of which are
silvor-mounted. The palaoe itself in
said to be the most richly furnished hi
Europe.
Taking a Rtroll With a friend in the
groat driving park of Afudrid tho otlior
day, we chanced to meet the coach of
the queen. It was drawn by six mag
nificent horses, richly caparisoned.
Each horse to tho left of tho three pair
wus mounted by a lackey in tights and
boots, a bluo velvet roundabout coat
and powdered wig. Iu advance rode a
herald in tights and boots and a cock
ade hat, and at ouch side of the coach
two other lackeys richly dezoratod, and
at last still another bringing up the rear.
Generally, peoplo lifted their bats as
this rich equippago with tho queon
passed. Noticing that my Mend did
not, I asked his reason for not so doing.
“That is easy to explain,” said lie, “J
am a republican."
In Madrid, as in all Catholic coun
tries, there are a great many Jk'te days.
The Spanish vivacity, while not so pro-
nouriced os that of the French, is si ill
sufficiently marked to ho noticeable.
I.ovo of music is evidently almost a pas
sion, and, like that of the Italian, it is a
music full of melody. Everybody seems
to piny the guitar, and tho bands made
up of violins and the different s|>eeie8 of
guitar furnish a music which, forsweet-
ness and melody, cannot bo surpassed.
The city is full of street musicians, bo-
ing gonerajly the blind, or lame. To
this host of unfortunates the govern
ment gives the choice of institutions
opened to thorn, or the privilege of do
iimuiling alms on the street. They gen
erally choose tho latter. Thoir equip
ment is a guitar, and occasionally sev
eral form a combination and their daily
serenades are really enjoyable. Just
under my window seems to be a favor
ite station for them. It is needless to
say that this permission to one class of
unfortunates to ask alms, is nn excuse
for the indolent to adopt begging as a
profession, and the consequence is that
Madrid Is full of beggars. You meet
them on every turn. Hitting last Sun
day afternoon in a little park I was ap
proached by an able-bodied man, fairly
well dressed, who asked for some mou
sy to buy broad. To get rid of him I
told him I spoko English. Then ho bo-
gan to make motions with his hands to
wards kis mouth, indicating that lie
was suffering for something to eat. I
shook my head, but ho did not budge
from liis position, but continued bis
appeals, with words and motions. I
knew he was a fraud, and that ho was
seeking money for some evil purpose.
At last, worried with the man’s persist
ence, I told him in Spanish that ho
wanted money to go to tho bull light,
which was to begin in the course of «,n
hour.,But I soon repented of my indis-
cretion, for the rascal became furious at
my statement and showered upon me a
volley of threats and menaces, much of
which I did not understand, however,
at last walking away and sitting down
near by to allow his anger to cool, I
took the opportunity to walk away, but
imagine my feeling when, after walk
ing a few hundred yards, I happened
to observe him creeping stealthily after
me. I hurried to tho nearest police
man’s stand, and pointed out my would-
be assailant, who, seeing ray purpose,
fled in tho opposite direction.
The love of sport is prominent In
Spanish character; but, strange to say,
not that of the race-course. English
ideas and customs are quite popular
here, but horse-racing is yet in its in
fancy. The average Spaniard good-na
turedly condemns all amusements as
insipid and stale in comparison with a
firsUclass bull fight, and with the fidel
ity of a Puritan he sticks to his nation
al amusement. But more of the bull
fights later.
The other day, in company with a
friend, we by chance passed near the
prison in Madrid. My friend related
to me the Spanish system of capital
punishment, and as it differs from that
of the rest of the civilized world in
some particulars it may be of interest
to you to speak of it iq this letter.
“See,” said he pointing to a high wall
"just inside is n sporSvt section, the
flooring of which is on a Bevel with the
top of the high wall. Thwre is placer
tho chnir-shnped seat for f?fte execution
of criminals. It is the InrtT seat of t
condemned Spnnlsh criminnfon earth."
“But why,” snid I, "shoirtrl he sit
there?” for his statement lin'd caught
iny curiosity, "flo sits there for execu
tion," added lie. “Execution!’Explain,
if you plense, bow fhey execute him
sitting there?” "Well, they neither
guillotine him ns in Frnhce, nor hang
Mm its in Germany, England and tin
United States; but at tho rising of thi
sun the criminal is bound in that seat,
the Mark cap Is pulled ovoV liis ftiee.
and the executioner Inserts a wooden
lever into a noose in the cord previous
ly arranged about his neck, gives it' a
qnwiek twist, and denth follows almost
ihnwraeflintely by strangulation. Ilore if-
front, in this Square, is tho place re
served for the public whose tastes in
cline them to look upon the sad scene.
One other peculiarity of n Spanish exc
cut ion,” added he, 'Is tlmt should the
exeentien fhll by any means to produce
death, the criminal’s sentence is cluing
ed to hnprisonment for life. Aftor ex
ecution his lifeless body Is allowed t««
remain, specter-like, in its position un-
till the setting of tho sun.”
It Is worth a trip to Madrid to see tin
beautiful church of Saint Francisco.
Its walls, together with ihe walls of the
chapels which spring off from tho circu
lar body, are only so many wonderful
ivnd bcnrttlfnl pictures, For tho picture*
atone »,0«>.0«> pesotas, or |1,600,00c
have been expended. The dome Is one
great, picture, in which tho bluo sky on
the one hand and the floating clouds on
the other almost persuade one that
they are real and not works of art.
Pnlencia, the great Spanish artist whi
painted tho pictures of the dome, has
laid aside the brush and pallet forever.
A few days ago his body was laid to
rest nnd his funeral rites were celebra
ted beneath the same dome his art had
done so much to beautify.
The grant art museum In Madrid con
tains many wonderful works of art, but
among them none so notable ns those ot
Raphael nnd Murillo. Spain Is proud ot
Murillo, and It Is at Seville, his native
city, that some of his best pictures are
preserved. I must not fail to mention
wlmt a pleasing surprise I had in unex
pectedly finding a monument to O’Cor
vant.es, the author of Hon Quixote. In
my boyhood I had wept and laughed
by turns at the misfortunes and tho lu
dicrous Incidents In tho life of the chiv-
"h'ic hero, Don Quixote, and udmired
the fidelity of his faithful Sancho Pan-
zn. On one side, in bronze, is depicted
liis contest with the lion, and on the
other Hon in his knightly armor seated
on his raw-boned nag, while Sancho
follows on his donkey, his head turned
upward in admiration towards the chiv
alric form of his master. I thought
surely 1 would find on one side tho fa
mous contest witii the windmills, or the
daring rido on the wooden horse in
search of the giants, One still sees at
intervals along the line of railroad
windmills. They are frightful enough
with thoir great arms in motion, and 1
could not help recalling, as I looked at
them, the rcckleHH intrepidity of Cer
vantes’ knightly herb in his great .con
test with tbp supposed giants.
One of the first things for a student
of a strange tongue is to learn the
phrases of politeness, such as: “I thank
you,” “if you please,” “you aro kind,”
etc. A search for these phrases in the
Spanish brought to my attention a sin
gular discovery with reference to Span
ish politeness. For example, in polished
society a lady says to a gentleman wh«
has performed for her some servico “1
thank you; I will kiss your hands.” To
be gallant the gentleman must reply*:
“I tbauk you; I will kiss your feet.”
Tho Spanish women are beaut if uL
My patriotism will not permit me to
say that they are more beuatiful than
Georgia women, though their large, lus
trous, brown eyos are eloquent appeals
in favor of such a statement. Adieu till
my next. P. H. Pollock.
“Hunger Is the Best Sauce.”
As a rule, a person who has a good
appetite has good health. But now
many there aro who enjoy nothingthey
oat, and sit down to meals only as ait
unpleasant duty. Nature’s antidotes
for this condition are so happily com
bined in Hood’s Sarsaparilla that it
soon restores good digestion, creates an
appetite, and renovates and vitalizes
the blood so that the beneficial effect
of good food is imparted to the whole
body. Truly hunger is the best sauce,
and Hood’s Sarsaparilla induces hun
ger.
Self-distrust is the cause of most of our
failure. In the assurance of strength,
there is strength, and they are the
weakest, however strong, who have no
faith in themselves or their powers.
Noble examples stir us up to noble ac
tions, and : the history of large and
public souls inspires a man with gen
erous thoughts.
The sudden death is announced of
Hon. Francis W. Hill; the Hemocratic
candidate for Governor of Maine,
which occur red at his home in Bangor
Sunday afternoon. The death resulteo
from acute bronchitis.
