Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-08-06
oRANGEBURG, SOUTH 9CARoLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST s


know, I asked him what there was pc
cutler; in, the management Of the knife.
Why, said he. with a smile, (" I
could kill. You, and you couldn't kill
ME" '','I7{S'3F @FT' Z 'lt7'7 7,TT ~ p
"well," said I, .please point ont
the dIffsrenee sya9 e, between Us. What would
4 IS Why,sR make you wink, and stab
you while you winked." aT.F
~" How wouldi you make me wink 2" =.
Why, 30, ,"said he, throwing up his
left hand near my eyes. 'i2.f
Well, I could do the same" @ az
"Tryit,p shidlhe, ~
i tried, and found it impossible to
make him wink, though I passed my
hand up and down several times 80 as
almost to touch his eyelashe5. s'ias'
His bright, black eyes looked out at
mo nhfinohingly allit the while. TWAS
clear that his eyes were, educated, and
that mine were not. ,iif, i,9i
I then asked if there was any possibil-
ity of an unarmed. mans. defending
himself againt one armed with knife.
"Oh, yes, said he. "I'll show you,""
and in an instant whipping eff his coat,
he held the end Of one leeye firmly in
his lett hend, aErapping the rest of his
coat rapidly around his forearm, and,
bringing the end of the other sleeve
also into his hand, where it was firmly.
held, binding together the whole mass
which formed a sufficient defense
against the thrust of any ordinary
knife :.
I then recollected that ono of the
marks of the men of -Puerta del Sol, at
Madrid-whioh answers to our Bowery
was slashed cloak, evidently not so
honorable in its origin as " "slashed
donblet," of the olden time. ,iiy
The use of the knife appears to be SO
ingrained into Spanish history and hab-
its that ono mode of expressing the
idea of being "lord of q manor was
tener horca y Gu chillo"-to hold
gallows and the tnife.''
In-sPAn1sH PRIDE
National pride is very general, but
that of the Spaniards seems to tower
alb We the average. The sea which
nearly surrounds Spain, sSand the rug
ged mountain chains that cut eff inter.
course to q great degree between the
provinces, have given them almost in
sular preiudices, and afford another
illustration of the truth tha those who
mix least with others have the highest
ideas of their own Importance.
ASpanish gentleman once, in CONVEX
sation, claimed, what had beer 30 often
claimed for other languages, that it
could express more in small compass
than any other, asked him to quote
the most striking illustration he could
recollect.
"Why," said he, when o man is pre-
pared to meet any consequence, and,
stretching out his arm, says, 'Ojala,' no
other language can express that idea
SO. o.condensedly.l 49,. .v.--.r.,..-.
I told him he was mistaken, for we
could say Be,it,so," and thus express
the same idea in the same number OF
syllables. ks =
The Duke OF Wellington used to say,
"To boast of Spain's strength is tis
national weakness"
one occasion, as to remark to his CON,
gregation that when our Slviour was
tempted by Satan who showed him all
the kingdoms of the earth, it was very
fortunate circumstance that the Pyre-
nees hid Spain from his view, or we do
not know what might have happened.
One OF their common proverbs says {:
"Quien dice Espana dice todc "He
who says Spain says everything"
Another says: German is the Ian.
guage of hogs; English, Of horses
French, Of tho ladies; italian, of the
angels bat Spanish is the language of
God"
S Another one goes ue still further, and
says: "Si Dios no fuese Dios seri rev
de las Esponas, y el de Francia su CO.
oinero "-"I Il God were not Goii he
would be King of Spain, and the French
Further than this it is diaiuit for
human pride to go.