Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-26
WOMEN BULL-FIGHTERS.
Recent Scene at q Disgraceful Bull
batting Carnival in France.

batting Carnival in France.
Bull-baiting and fighting is not yet over
in France any more than in Spain. Despite
the cutlery that was raised some months ago
relative to the disgraceful scenes that &C.
CURED in the amphitheater at Mines during
q bull-baiting carnival, the same spectacles
have been again witnessed amid the en-
thusiasm of 10000 spectators. On Monday.
May 10th, the famous amphitheater, relic
OF old Roman times, was full to repletion
with a crowd of excited beings who had
come to witness the skill and proves of
the Matador Frutos and his compeers.
What was more, three toreras were to
appear this being the first time women
have entered the arenas at Mines. AT 3
o'clock in the afternoon the performances
began with grand procession of Spanish
bull-fghters, male and female, who rode
proudly into the inclosed space to the sound
of military music. Three toreras in fancy
costumes, all sparkling with filagree and
bangles, headed the procession. Then
came the quadrille, composed of five torea-
doris, headed by the great Frutos himself
in gorgeous habilaments.
at the sound of bugle splendid black
bull of crossed Spanish breed bounded
snorting into the ring. The women imme-
diately set to work with their bdnderitlds,
which they flung at the face and body of
the careering tord. The tips of the animal
horns were covered with round knobs of
wood or leather while the women were
plying their darts, so as to prevent acct
DENTS but these projections were afterward
removed in some instances while the men
were performing.
A second bull, a red one, which was next
let loose, made straight at one of the toreras,
young woman. professionally designated
as Senorita Bonita del Amo, and knocked
her over in second but not, however, be-
fore she had succeeded in planting two
lance headed pennons between his eyes.
The woman was disengaged with surpris-
| ing dizziness by her male companions. and
returned to the charge with courageous per-
sistence. She was loudly applauded By the
public for her performance. A fresh bull
was introduced, which brought out the
! finer play of Frutos, whose first proceeding
was to clear the bull with pole as easily
as if he We're clearing a fence He then
| simulated death by. lying still on the
ground, escaping with marvellous adroit-
ness as the bull came near him with fero-
| cious intent.
| The toreia Bonita del Amo then sat on a
chair in the middle of the arena, and
calmly awaited the onslaught of fresh
animal. In the twinkling of an eve she
was caught on the bulls horns and was
tossed high into the air, falling stunned tc
the ground. This was the aost deplorabls
part of the performance, and no more seri
Gus accidents occurred.
The quadrille of men instantly attracted
the BULBS attention from his prostrate prey
| and the woman was quickly sprinkIed viii
water or vinegar, and rose apparently un
| injured from the ground Her light clothe:
were torn to shreds- Frutos repeated the
chair movement, but, more adroit than the
woman, he nimbly sprang aside before The
| bull could bear down on him. and lust es
| capped terrible horn thrust. Six bulls in
all were let loose. The woman's perform
ances were great features.-LondoR gele
graph.
| WATER PURIFIcATIoS.-In recent Sd
! dress in London, DR.. Percy Z. FARMLAND
remarked that the earliest attempts at puri.
| flying water were confined to the removal
of suspended particles, but at 4 later date
| chemists gave attention to the invisible
/ dissolved substances When it became
known that some, If not all. zymotic dis
eases are due TO living germs. the fact was
recognized that the microscopic organisms
Pin water might be source of danger Fill
tiers were at first supposed to be of no value
IN removing these organisms, but various
hitering materials-such as coke and ami
NAL and vegetable charcoal ARE now
known to be very efficient when frequently
renewed. Agitation of the water in contact
with similar porous solids has considerable
effect, while the precipitation process for
| softening water with lime produces a re-
duction Of IS per cent. in the number of
micro-organisms. Natural filtration makes
the water of many deep wells almost en-
tirely free from organic impurities. For n
number of months the water supplied to
London has been regularly tested and dur
ing the last four months of the past year
the publication processes employed were
found to remove from 93 to IS per cent. of
the invisible life forms crowding the waters
Of the Thames and the Lea.