, 1874-08-23
THE TRAIsUCO IN AKAG0S.

All Episode of Life in Snragossn.
Translated from the Gern!anJw dpuietoa's Jonrnai
Ny Cata1onlan travelling companion had often
called my attention to the trdtuco. which III
Aras0n plays the same role that "dtyd played
III AudaIusia, ... .
The uauis for '.kuiyiug is go rife here among
the middle and lover ORDERS tt.at no gathering
among them IL conceivable without two OF threo
bloody collisions. The moro cultured classes
also suffer from this ChOleric lfI1tablltv. Which,
on eyetv occasion, selzes tho knife. Nor is tho
method which the Arasonese adopts Ill his
"kulying" at all cousonant with the knl5htiy
honor the would il wont to attribute to tile IN
batitants of the Iber1an Peninsula. The Frebch-
mau. in his feuds, eTlnces more or less o1 1he
old German nobility which characterized the
Franks and Normans. Among the southern peo-
pies oi Roman origin, on the contrary. there ~
preponderance of cunning aud brutality. which,
seemingly, has come down to them from Rome,
when she was in her decllue. While III France.
a. in Germany, the enemy ls challenged to sin
Gle combat, furnished with the same weapon,
aud given the same chances, in the south OF Eu-
rope ther seem to think that the injured party,
or the party who thinks himself injured, alone
has any rights. It is specially the middle and
southern Italians aud the Araeonese who belong
to this Category aud what the latter lack in Gull
ming and pertidy they make mp in the fury Of
their auger and the vi11lity of their energy.
II the A1agonese expended half as much en-
ergy in useful labor as IN avenS1nS real or
imaginary wrongs. oarEossa within twenty years
would rival the neigAborhuod OF Heidelberg in
beauty aud productiyeness Teruel would re-
ce1ve millions yearly for her Btone-coafs, and
Hucscs would supply tho whole peninsula with
metals but tho innabitants of this unfortur-
nate province much prefer dou1lshing kulfe to
bending over spade.
The following characteristic incident shows
that even the first circles Of Saragossa are not
without their ttabuco-episodes. have he par
ticulars from young EnGllshmap. who SAs, for
some years, been resident OF the 3raBonese
Capital Anywhere else such an event Touiu
be tal6ed OF for years, but here it Was seemingly
forgotten before the end Of the Bea8ou.
Aly info,m narrated the incident essentially
as fouows: ....
Last winter went for the first time to the
annual subscription ball. given At the city theatre.
VERY naturally looked forward to the fete with
some interest, for nowhere can you study tina
Irregularities Of thu Syani1h choractet 30 well a8
ut these public reunions.
/ arrived at o'clock, and found the large hall
already veil flied. The Spaniard, lazy aud in
different as he naturally il, likes TO be punc:uat
At places of Amusement.
By the way, you should go to the next sub
scrphon bali. You will have no other oppor-
trn1ty 80 good to zee our best people, especially
the 1tdles- The Saragossa women. for q time,
are remarkably handsome but their charms
soon fade. When they are 80 they are already
decidedly passeeB yes, at 80 they are usua' 'iv
old women In the most dsagreeabte aignldcatlon
OF the word. It does not seem possible that the
1.-the, graceful sylphs, who, in the bright i'ght Of
the chandeliers, glide over the hotr o1 the az
querte with such ease aud rapicltg' Ii 1e"
Years will be ea.iow, wrinkled duennaa. whose
sharp, unsympathetlc voices at the outset lnsp.fe
us with certain antipashy. There are no more
beautiful dancers in the world than tue young
girls Of SaragoAsa; but be WHO ma1nes one OF
tnem is like the inexperienced East Indian who
huuVht OF Bfitiaher beautiful piece OF Ice,
$rn tha