Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1867-12-19
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4NA. ai0or Aeal. or SAT-WQ.I vas tho
mark " which the artists q: Zarago-a DIS
tlnguiShed their productions.
The renowned mandatory Of Toledo.
which gave their celebrity to Spanish
blades. is said to have been established "a
far back as the ainth century By the Aioors.
% whom. N fact. Spanish civilization owes
us origin In later times, the Fk5rica
ia las armaS was suddenly closed. upon
which the artists dispersed themselves.
and setup fabrics in different parts Of
Span ana Poytugal--at Lisbon, Orgas,
SaYille, Laragoza. Bilbao, and other places
In cur old literature we meet WIKI fire.
quent illusions 10 Spanish swords. AS in
Romco and J,liict. Othcilo, and the Merry
Wees Of IstaGsor
IN the mountains Of Aragoa. near Ca
latYui, and IN those Of Guipuzcoa. near
NondarEon. is found the bestiron in Spain
perhaps in Europe. Over these mines flow
several streams Of lev co!dness,, 4 fac.
wMcA suggested 10 the native miners tho
idea that the i:on itself was frozen, and
hence weapons made q this n!etsl were
SAID 10 ta Of tae ice-byocAs temper -
Shakespeare, whose reading was extensive
and various, and whose genius enabled
aim to turn aIl he read to account. puts
into the mou;h Of Othelio, in one o.: the
most STRIKING scenes u be found in his
plays, az a.luslon 10 one 0! the streams Of
G..pu-coa Deyoured by remorsc, his
nerves Quiyeriug with horror at the mur-
der he has just committed, he is disaymed
in J" moment Of surprise BY Montana but
soon recovering his presence OF mind. he
exclaIms % the Ieuc;ians who were pres-
sing forward to seize himz:
have another weapon in this Chamber
II IS q sword Of SPAN the lce-brook $ temper.
Behold have weapon
\ bitter never ala itself SUSTAIN
Epcn 2 soldiers thirh have seen the AAv
Inat with tins little arm, ana tins good sword
have mate my way through more ir,pedlmeu;s
4AnA t"eitE Tunes yoUl stop.
Again, where FaIstatf is describing to
Master Brook the adventure of the buck
basket, be says that Ford's people stuffed
him into II Ike good bilbao into peck
hit to point, heels TO head a!.uding TO
the practice otexportefs OF Spanish aw6rds.
who rolled them up like piece OF tape
into circle, and then pat them into
round box. When, however, they were
taken outJ such were the force and fexi-
b!lty Of tae steel, they recovered their
stra.g4t shape IN az instan.
Nnc4 t4e plo9d Of Spain ran high the
.olr-lr .. at.letto played an important par,
IN the socia. economy Of the country
To g withouta dagger was far worse
than to 80 without unIer-lincn. Accord
lnElv, every mAn wore his tavorte DittIe
weapon at his oplt or in bis sleeve eyprv-
woman, IL l"G garter. 50 that ind!4!ty1n
love, CT even the slightest a.lront, was
o..... rcYeLr-i : stalaIng. |, was not
>,n~e.I4lu l--- ~ "a -oN IN former davS TO-
the women o. tAe !'t@rto elq 81. The cIse,
analogous T. our Billings gate Indies. 10
draw tlalr Caggcrs on each other, t;npa
the ster2 ot tu,n.e Nu4jonnl with bInod
IAc manufacture Of stiiet;o,s waa N co,.
sequence, q pvo.itabI" oranch If indr~-s
try, by which many amused LARGO fo~
tunes, and acquired a wide spread ronn-
tatlon. Among others, Ramon de ,yocrs
rose 70 be c4ua! IL ranown with the mos.
famous artists Or Toledo or Zq~e~a1, -
possess a po.nard Of his maIufacturo w,a
almost cqusl TO inherit'nr patent of M.
bllity---so pleasant was It for gentleman
to tecl ~ polished rpnt between his ribs
Respecting the means bv which n.
steel, whether Of sword or dagger, vas
properly tempered, various opinions h,vo
been entertained Lord Bacon who
thought that mani.nl before his tinn ho3
only one eye, was fally persuaded that
hardening nor or steel Was a modern in
veutlon, though it was In truth known ~
cary IS the Iro,4n war ard N Tola}o
when swords began 70 hc msnrfac,ur43
they were likewise tempered in tho Tscus
By degrees. new methods Of har,j,n.n,
were invented. Some artists, after wbir,.
ing shout the heated blade in he ar
plungcI 1t INTO tub If melted frreasn or
OIL, then INTO another TUB Of warm water
afterwards INTO tie cold river - ;,to =
tank The fcxibllity of the blade was nv
many supposed to be increased by intro
ducInE a narrow strip Of fine iron down
the m1,dle Of the blade, while Others
thought, and, n our opinion, rightly
tuat the Weapon was thus dctcriora,ed
steel of the pest quality can, in thin lam
ns,, be twisted round your finger like
, ribbon. Thus, the handspring Of a watch
+ when curIcd uD in circular space rcsem.
bles strip Of silk but the force of The
! metal always tending towards arigbt ine
struggles against the compression pro.]o.
ced by the acrow, and that with nv efror,
30 cquablc that measure tipc br :,
Our rca"ors are doubtless aware IN.
that for ass Italy s;royc 10 rival en,in
IN the pro Iuc;ion Of arms bu. tbhrrh
the genius Of her artists was perhaps ores
Ter, the material with which thew wr9nob. ~
was - ln:c1or, that their works nee.
equallea IA excellence chose Of the anaY
lsA o'nutaetnrara For THIS reason
p many 1@I.Ao5 ',-, e".sra:ad to SPAN, espc
cI~I'y H'rag2zh, where on, If them ..
least, Ardrra tcyrars. made himself 80
great reputation that his name becam.
syAo#ymo-s throughou; Europe with
Spanish a.<s-a
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