New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-09

piece of red stuff attached 10 niue SUN J' h
raises his cap and consecrates TO the king IN pro
nouncing some poetica phrase, the bull when nc
is going t kill then throws his cap up into tne ar
rs II to saw " will conquer or dieF and, followed
by the superb cortege OF capeadores ne moves WIN
resolute step toward the bull Here Iolo"s d
genuine hand-tohand struggle, worthy OF can.o
by Homer. On side the animal, with Jus tI
rbe horns, its enormous strength, It's thlrsI joi
blood, maddened by pain, blinded by Jury, s1b
bleeding and irghtful on the other yon thU Of
twenty. dressed like ballet dancer, alone, ~ hi
any means of defence save the lght sWoiu t ~
hand But he has ten thousand glances iasten nil
upon him the King is preparing q GUT! e r1
sweetheart is up there in box with her eyrs hHou
upon him thousand LADIES' tfenlp nc 1 aO IT
| life! The bull stops and looks at him; he oohs ~
the bull and waves his red cloth before MN .ho
bull dashes under it, the espada steps aside' INC
terrible horns Craze his hip, hit the clot' anu I'm
empty space thunder OF applause on, S;oo Iooi
all the seats. boxes and galleries. Inc lattios iooH t
! on with opera glasses, aud cry: nc mas o moo
paledw Then follows silence; DOT voice no ,L q
| whisper "a heard The audacious torero waves the
mutetia several times before the eyes Oh lHo ~,
| furated animal, passes II over MS neau' NC,
his horns. around his neck; makes ~ IN feceu' t''
vance turn. jump provokes attack zen L,,I lie
| ten times by a slight movement ESCAPES death. ne
lets his muetta fall picks 1t up under the ewes OF o
bnll laughs in his face pr0vokes him. insults hl'
| and amuses himself. Suddenly he Stops puts ni,h-
self on his guard raises the sword takes ann; the
| bull looks at him another instant ana they VIII
| dash nj each other: one of the two must die len
| thousand glances run with the rapdty OF hghtnlng
| from the point of the sword to end OF the horns
|
every face is mutionesS; not breath Is heard thc
| immense crowd seem notwithstanding instant
the moment has arrived! Inc oull uasineS LID
| ward; the man raises the sword; one single louu
cry, followed by hurst OF teinpestuous appiiaIc,
which breaks out on every side the swo'd nIs
| been buried up to lis hIlt IN the neck OF lhe pun
the bull saggers, and, emitting torrent OF nIoou
from It's mouth, falls as # struck by ngh.nG iL
The man has conquered! Then ensues an ilescI y,
ablp tumult; the multitude crazed all rise 10
| their feet waving Their hands and utterlng l3uu
shouts: the ladies wave their hanukeIcheis cihP
| their hands shake their fans: the Oahd pays tn9
| victorious espada approaches the parrler' anu
| makes the circuit OF the arena.
The torcros are not merely artists, as anyone
might suppose. who to he classed with Iugglers,
| etc and for whom the people entertain no other
| feeling than that of admiration. The torero Is
respected even outside the circus enjoys the potec-
ton of the young arstocracy goes to the theatre IN
a box. lrequenls the finest cafes OF Madrid ana Is
| saluted in he streets with low bow Nv persons Oh
| taste The illuslriOus espada, like fraScuelo,
Lagartijo and CayetanO, earn the delightful sum Oh
ten thousand francs year. own villas ana homs,s;
live in sumptuons apar ments dress SnleIuiSi spenu
loads of crowns on their SlVered ana Silueu dresses
travel ike princes, and smoke Havana cigars.
Their dress outside the circus, is very curious ~
consists of an Orsini hat of black velvet. tlght-
fitting Jacket which is left unbuttoned ana does NOT
reach the trousers, waistcoat open 10 tne Waist
which displavs very fine white SHIRT no craVatte.
sash of red blue silk around the hlps, PAIR on
breeches fitting the legs like the stockings OF me
ballet dancers pair of morocco shoes ornanehtcd
| with embroidery, little braid OF HAIR hanging
| down the back; then gold buttons, chains ula-
monds rings trinkctS; IN Tact, an ehtite JeWthy
establishment on their persons Many OF them Keep
saddle horses some carriages. Their names, faces,
| and gestures are more noted by the people IMAM
| those of the commanders of the army OF the Mill
| listers OF state.
The impression. in fine. that this spectacle leaves
| upon the mind is indeScrOable 1t Is mixture OF
| sensatons in which 1t is impossible to comprehend
anything clearly. One does not know what 10
think of it. At certain moments you are noi d men
| swear never to return there again. at others you
| are astonlshed. carried away, almost int3Xlcated
| and do not wish the spectacle ever TO end. Now
Won feel III; now, even you. Ike your nelghbors
| break ont into laugh shout, or applause 'he
| blood makes you shudder. but tne marV1lious
courage of the men you the danger tlghtenS
vonr heart strings but you exult in the victory !;
little by little the fever which moves the crowd
| takes possession of You; you no longer recognize
| Yourself you have become another personality
| the North OF Europe. BY Frank Vincent, IT. PIP 2O3.
New-York G. T. PutnaIn's Sons
Mr.. Vincent an American tourist, the author OF
two very readable volumes of travels in the Tropics
! gives MS in this volume account of his recent
| journeys in the Scandinavian Peninsula and the
countries of the Lapps and Firms. Hc writes IN an
easy natural style with the evident aim of telling
in q straightforward way just what he saw and
what he thought of the scenes and people he en-
countered After few days in Copenhagen he
went by steamer to Gottenburg and Chrstiana
| and thence by land to Bergen. At Bergen he took
shin and crulsed along the rugged Norway coast TO
| North Cape touching at the Lohoden Islands and
f. many ports on the mainland. From the Cape he
retnrned TO Uammcrfest and then made his way on
foot and horseback and by boats and rude carts
ocross the peninsula to the Gulf of Bothnia Sail
mo southvard to Stockholm he made tour in the
interior of Sweden and ateward crossed the Gull TO
Finland The most interesting chapters of the
hook are those which relate to the regions north
of the Arctic Circle. MI Vincent was disappointed
in the maelstrom He did not find it the terrible
whirlpool pictured in the old biographies as sucking
down ships and whales. He says:
| Tho moelstrom is simply a current between two
islands. Its swiftness depends almost entirely upon
fine state of the wind ana tide There Is at no ime
a vortex and the fishermen actually drop Their
nets in the centre of the channel mere 49, now
| ever some danger of a ship being driven upon the
rocks when the wind blows strongly from the
northwest and meets the tide with the immense
Lodv of water which Is forced INTO the narrow
| channel so much more shallow than the sea out
side the islands to the west. There are many IKE
! currents among the LOiiOdens, and all are caused
| Inv similar pressure of outside sea upon straliened
and shallow channels. Though ships are seldom II
ever driven aground. whales frequently are AS l
have said, the contracted entrances which are
mite deep outside, suddenly shoal within, and the
generally wary cetacean mammoth having IN
cautiously entered, 1t is impossible for him to re-
treat owing to the large space required for turning
, his unwlel1y body, aud so with the falling tide he
is generally stranded and thus becomes an easy
prey.
The wonderfully rapid growth of vegetation
durng the short summer of the Arctic regions at
tracts the travellers attention:
In Siberia agriculture ceases at go degrees OF
r north latitude. but in Norway oats Ipen under 90
rye under G9. 30, and barley under 20. In finmark
3 ~ summcr heat is intense and daylight is con-
t;nnous for ten weeks. The assistance of the
, Gulf Stream. so much appreciated in winter may
| then we'll he spared. The rapid growth of vegc-
, totion ia almost incredible. During this season
crops are sown ripened and reaped., IL has been
fonnd by experiment that in latitude 90 degrees
north barley will grow two and onc-half inches
and peas three inches i'll the twenty-fou
| hours for several consecutive days! Barley
is harvested in ten weeks after being sOwn
l In lntitndn 20 10 north the Orass