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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-30

while some Of them amuse the beast the
others pick up the picador and put him
on ais POOR old horse. Then it is seen
that the bull has ripped up the animal,
and he is ridden out Of the ring with his
entrails dragging on the ground, while
the brutal spectators applaud.
Lightly and gracefully the banderilleros
spring over the fence into the ring. As
soon as the bull sees them he gives them
a chance to play their part. Dropping his
head so as to make his long horns
available he rushes upon one of these
men, who has banderilla in each hand,
profusely dressed with gayly colored
papers. 1t looks then as though hs
would be transfxed on the horns of the
mad beast, but he does not finch, and
when the animal is in the right place he
adroitly swings his two implements over
his head and drives the darts into the
flesh of his foe just back of the shoulders.
The darts remain and add to the fury of
the bull. Sometimes two more darts are
planted in him by the other man. These
actors are enabled to retire with the aid
of the chulos. '.
Then comes the fourth and last act Of
the tragedy. All the actors are dressed
in Spanish costume, as we see it on the
stage, and most of them look very gay;
but the espada is clothed IN sober black.
perhaps as more becoming to his office.
He marches to the front of the box in
which the patron of the =" function " is
seated, makes bow and delivers little
speech, asking permission to kill the bull
for the glory of the city and the benefit
of the hospital, adding that he will do so
or be killed in the attempt. Then he
throws his hat into the audience, and
with his red and yellow banner in one
hand and the long and slender sword in
the other he approaches the bull with the
dignity of king.
For some time he plays with the bull,
who flies at his banner every time, and he
is able to show off his skill to the best
advantage. He is vigorously applauded
when he does wonderful act. The
audience are sometimes so carried away
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CHURCH OF SAN MIGUEL, SANTA FE.
thus simply the roof was finished. The
windows are small and well-up toward
the roof, obviously as preventives from
Indian raid or incendiarism; as those were
the times when men went to church with
their hands on their swords. The sanctu-
ary was veiled off from the body of the
church, and decorated as deliberately as
che limited circumstances of the people
would allow. On the sanctuary walls of
San Miguel's yet hang two pictures of
unknown age, but stained and darkened
by time. Both are representations of the
Angelical Salutation. As has already
been related, at the time of the Pueblo
rising of 1880, all the churches were de-
stroyed, and San Miguel's shared the same
fate.
In 1892 the Territory was reconquered
by General Don Diego de Vargas Zapatoz
Lujan Ponce de Leon, Marquis Of the
root of Brazinas, Governor, Captain
General, Restorer, Conqueror at his own
cost, Re-Conqueror, Castilian and
Castilian founder for His Majesty; all
this resonant magniloquent recital of
names, titles and dignities, terminates
with etc., etc., as if the writer's time
was too limited to detail the rest. In
ITO the ancient church was restored and
rebuilt as appears yet, in elaborately
carved letters on one of the beams of the
roof. I give the interesting inscription
in Spanish sit reads: "El Senior Mar
quez de la Penuela, hizo esta fabrica; Ell
Alferes Real Don Augustin Flores Vergara
su criado, Ammo de 1910" (His Lord
ship, the Marquis de la Penuela erected
this building by the Royal Ensign Don
Augustin Flores Vergara, his servant.)
Every visitor to Santa Fe is expected to
see San Miguel's, and the visitors books
contain the names of some of our most
eminent citizens.
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WAR STORIES.
FIGHTING THEM OVER AGAIN.
What Our Veterans Have to Say
About Their Old Campaigns.

On the evening Of the 23d OF May,
1864, the Second Division, Fifteenth
Corps, attacked the enemy in front Of
Rome, Ga. After lively ski;mish the
enemy fell back, and the column went
into camp for the night. About 0 o'clock
that night orders came to our company:
Light marching orders; be ready to
move in fifteen minutes When we res
ported at headquarters, Adj't>Gen. Wise>
man stated that the object of the raid
was to follow up the retreats
ing enemy and capture the
bridge across the Coosa River 1t
was the supposition that the bridge
would be burnt that night, if there was
not bold rush on our part. Maj Wise
mau took the lead and gave orders 'rhat
If we were fired upon to lie down, and
If we got scattered, to call together by
whistlIng like euails." After winding
around Tor some time through the heavy
timber and thick brush, we came to an
opening where the timber had been cut
off and the stumps were standing thick.
We were marching up quite steep hill
when a blaze OF musketry>fire poured
from line of works. Every man ieif to
the ground, and even tried to crawl in.
The company retired one at time by
commencing at ,he left, and by the time
l tound out retreat was taking place
was about the only one holding the
ground. but was not long in bringing
up the rear. Unfortunately for me, a
stump was sanding in my path. l
struck it with such Iorce that l was not
able to get up for some time. Presently the
boys began whistling it seemed asii every
stump had quail behind it. Ma jor
Wiseman shouted at the top of his voice,
stop that - whistlingH When we
finally got together again and found 'all
present or accounted tor, we stated, as
we supposed, for camp. 1t being very
dark, the little skirmish with the John
nies had caused US to lose our bearings.
After wandering around through the
the brush and falling over logs, We came
to an old read which we thought would
lead US out, but in crossing dry branch
or creek at the neck of horseshoe bend
the Major mlstook the bed of the branch
for the road. 1t was about half mile
IN circumference. We marched round
and round, rouno and round, until the
company began straggiing; so that the
head of the column began seeing men in
their front and hearing infantry marca-
ing. We thought they must surely be
the enemy. A halt was quietly called,
and when the company closed up we
were ordered to lie down and wait till
morning. We had but short time to
wait. keveille sounded within less than
a quarter of mile of us, and it was
from our own camp.-BuFoRD GADDIE,
Co. b, 10th IT,. Hewins, Kan, in "Na-
tional Tribune"
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IN HISTORIC BRIGADE.
1t Furnished Grant, Carlin, Cruff
Sedgwick and Kirby.

1t Furnished Grant, Carlin, Cruff,
Sedgwick and Kirby.
As I long have labored under de-
lusion write this. l have long thought
that the only one left from the First Bril-
gade, First Division, Fourth Corps
the brigade that had such men as U. s.
Grant, w. P. Carlin, Craft. Sedgwick
and all became Generals. Otherbri gades
may have marched farther and ate more
chickens, but where is the single bri-
gads that produced more and better
GoneralsG ..., .....,
My reason for thinking that I was
the only one left who could write, is
that never see anything from any of
the members of the 21st and 3Sth ILL.,,
the 18th Wis, the 1O1st and Goth Ohio.
But Comrade r. B. Wright, of the 2lst
ILL.,, has come to the front and asks
someone to describe their charge on the
evening of Dec 30th, 1862. Comrade
Wright should be more modest in his re-
quests. All the painters on earth could
not paint the horrors of that charge;
neither all the demons this side of hel!
de- let or describe the fury of the same.
l was member of the 10lst Ohio, and
our regiment was your support during
that charge. We were ordered to lie
down at one time-tbe time when the
birds of the air became demoralized to
such an extent that they had forgot that
they had the power to fly away, but re.
mained screeching for their lives-the
time when the wild rabbit sought
safety in the arms of the PROSTATE sol>
dier, whether the soldier was dead OF
alive. My company was placed on pick"
ct that night. My post was by small
cedar tree. and my orders were not to
fire, no difference how many Johnnies ]
might see, unless fred upon first. When
dawn began to break on the 3lst of De,
cember I found that four dead men Of
the 21st ILL.,, lay within one step of the
tree where l was standing, and well do
remember your lame Chaplain (Wilsonl,
and his efforts to relieve his men, and ]
often think the 21st Ill. had the best
Chaplain in the army. On the morning
of the 31st did not have long to medi-
tate on the destructiveness of war, for
the Johnnies opened on US, and the 101st
lost 212 men on that day out Of 420. ]
was mustered out at the end of the war,
and although, in many other fights.
think that we saw the elephant at Stone
River. .,NN ."a Ht
Now let someone else write, for love
to read of those olden times .-lGEo. s
MCKEE, Carothers. Ohio. f.
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THE ASSAULT by TIE p1cADoR.

THE ASSAULT BY TIE PICADOR.
by their enthusiasm that they throw their
hats into the ring, as we'll as cigars, and
rarely, silver money. When he has done
all he desires of this play he addresses
himself to the master work of his Office.
He holds the banner in his left hand, but
over on his right side, and, as the bull
lowers his head and rushes upon it, he
drives the sword down between his
shoulders, reaching over the horns, and
piercing the creatures heart, if he is for
tunate enough to hit it. But he often
fails. Sometimes he has to try several
times, but the bull is sure to be killed in
the end.
When he falls pointed instrument is
driven into the spine to complete the
work beyond doubt. A team of three
mules abreast, gayly decorated with rib
bons, then rush into the arena, makes
fast to the dead bull and drags the car
sass out, to be cut up for poor peoples
dinners. This is the end of the first scene;
but the gates are hardly closed on the
mule team before the bugle blast is heard
.gain, another bull rushes to his certain
late, and the same programme is carried
out again. One espada saw lost his
hold on his weapon, leaving it in the
bull. By the law of the ring he must
pull it out, for he must not Use another
sword. By standing on the high fence
ne succeeded in recovering it after many
trials. Another bull leaped over the
fence, six feet high, causinga great scam
pering among the chulos; but he was
driven back. Some bulls will not fight,
and then they are worried by dogs and
fireworks.
An American lady who witnessed this
performance said: "My sympathies were
all with the bull. l should have been
glad to see the men gored by him. -
Olicer Optic. in New Tora World.
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Care of the Eyes.

The number of children who wear
spectacles has become serious subject of
remark. That radical wrong exists
somewhere, when children only four years
Of age are thus hampered for life, is only
too palpable, but whose the blame and
what the remedy for this evidently in
creasing afiiction? Are future genera
tions to be sans eyes as well as sans teeth?
No one impresses the necessity of care in
the management of eyes until the damage
is done, and then it is too late. Young
mothers who cover the baby's face with a
veil OF who wear spotted lace against their
own eyes and who allow their children to
read by insufficient light, are laying
trouble for themselves, though oculist and
optician will be better off for their crimi-
nal ignorance. As to the school rooms,
where children spend SO many hours Of
the day, co parents ever ask or know how
they are lighted and whether the children
face the windows, or whether they are
obliged to strain their eyes by blackboard
exercises in half lights2 A little precau.
ton in the use of the eyes and some knowl-
edge on the subject of improper lighting
would be a pound Of cure in this matter
Sf spectacles. .-Neao York Star.
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"Pigs in Clover" Trains g Sense.

It is q curious thing that this puzzle
Of "Pigs in Glover" should have
been constructed first of all as a
mathematical. instrument for calcula-
ling the delicacy of the tactiIe
sense-or, in other words, the time re-
quired for turning thought into action at
the ends of the fingers. Martenfeldt, a
German Investigator, perceived that the
ability to balance a marble on sheet of
plate glass depends upon the nerve-cur-
rent in transmitting muscular action from
the brain. The" "cxperimenter found it
desirable 70 complicate this simple ap,
paratus by concentric rings Of pasteboard,
with holes for the marble to run through,
and was thus enabled to deduce i'm
portant formule. A clever business man
saw the contrivance and adapted the idea
for . puzzle.-ESica.7ns.
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and sole leather, and they are so en-
numbered by this armor that when un.
horsed they are unable to mount their
steeds without assistance. They are men
little esteemed, but they are exposed to
danger and are paid $1O0 for their
services.
A banderilla is round stick about two
feet long and an inch or less in diameter,
armed with barbed dart at one end.
The second-class in rank use this nipple.
ment, and are called banderilleros. They
must be very expert, and they are paid
=; from $50 to $75 for their services.
The highest class are the matadors, or
espadas, the latter meaning ''swords. {"
They are the elite of the ring, and have a
national reputation, receiving for each
funcion from $3.50 to $500. Their
photographs are for sale at the stores and
they are looked upon with admiration.
At least two of them are employed OF
each spectacle, with substitute at hand
in case of accident. a.... ,
As soon as the procession has left the
ring, bugle blast is sounded, the doors of
one of the entrances are thrown wide open,
and the bull, if he be gamey one, rushes
furiously into the arena. He has been
thorned and worried, until he is desperate.
Not far from the gate picador has
placed himself, facing the centre of the
4 ring, with his lance poised. As soon as
! the bull sees him he rushes upon him.
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Col. W. D. Curtis, 12,h W. Va. and
Third, by Brighten. Harris, formerly
Colonel 10th w. Va. Early on the
morning Of April Cd, this division was
lying in front Of the enemy's lines on
Hatcher's RIM, which they assaulted
and carried about daylight .,
Gen. Turner was then ordered to
take his division north in the direction
OF Petersburg, and they met with no op-
position until they reached Forts Alex
auder aud Gregg, just south Of Peters,
burg and Immediately in front of where
the sixth Corps was then lying.
: Gen. Harris was ordered to assault
Fort Alexander with his Third Brigade.
which he did with rush, his loss being
light.
Col. w. B. Curtis, with his Second
Brigade, composed of the 18th W. Va,
54 Pa. and Esd ILL.,, was ordered to as
suit Fort Gregg. This being q much
stronger work, the task was more Diff
cult, and our loss was quite severe,
amounting to 24Omen killed and wound
ed out of one small brigade,
This was the last fort captured in
front of Petersburg, and gave us the
key to the Capital of the Southern Con-
federacy. The flag of the 18th w. Va,
surmounted by an eagle, bears the fol-
lowing inscription. Presented by Maj
General John Gibbon for meritorious
conduct at the assault on Fort Gregg
April 2 1867 We. are perfectly will.
ling that the Sixth Corps should have
all the credit they are entitled to, but
they must not steal our lard earned
thunder.-THoMAs j.. OAR, Private Co.
D, 18th W. Va, Rodney'E Point, w.
Va
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Oldest Church in the United States

The Church of San Miguel was erected
at Santa Fe, New Mexico, seventy-seven
years before the landing of the Pilgrims
on Plymouth Rock, twenty years before
the founding of St. Augustine, Florida, and
ffty-three years after the landing Of
Columbus. .-..
The accompanying picture, says Judge
Morrison in the Freemaa's Journal, gives
good idea of this venerable church as
it has been restored and preserved from
decay by the thoughtful piety of the Rev.
Brother Butolph and his good Brothers.
According to the learned researches of
Father De Fouri, San Miguel's was built
in 1913, and therefore is now three hun
dred and forty-fve years old, making 1t,
[ think, without dispute, the Oldest
church anywhere north of the Mexican
frontier. Like all the, other churches of
this part of America, it is built of adobes,
on the simple plan of four plain, and
very thick walls, and nearly-fat roof
supported by heavy beams. In some
cases, as here, there are large brackets at
each end of the beams elaborately carved.
Over these rafters some kind of covering
was placed to sustain the heavy mass of
adobe clay that was placed thereon, and
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AssAULTlNG PETERSBURG.
What Gibbons Troops Did,

In the "reminiscences of Gen. Horati'
G.. Wright, published in 'The Ma
tional Tribune Of Feb, %, I find tha
the General claims that the Sixth Corp,
broke the lines by Its assault on th,
Petersburg lines April 2, 1855, and die
the brunt Of the fighting, while . divi
sion OF Gen. Gibbons Twenty&fourtl
Corps got mnch OF tie credit. A5' I Dla4
That the Sixth Corps did good ger
vice on that occasion is not called IL
question bat to say that they did it al
is falsifying history. Turner's Division
of the Twenty fourth Corps, was com
posed OF the same men that composed thl
First Division. Eighth Corps. at Ceda
Creek. The division was composed o
three brigsdes: First, commanded b.
Col. Potter. 34th Mass; Second, b
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IN AT THE DEATH.

The horseman punches, him with his spear
and pushes him aside. The enraged ami
NAL then sees another picador on the
= other side of the arena, and he bounds
towards him, charging upon him wit
his horns SO furiously that his doom
; appears TO be sealed. But he turns the
beast aside as tho first had done, and the
bull is ready for another charge. The
= chulos then fa'int their high-colored ban
ners at him, and he darts at them. They
= run and leap over the fence. {, y'
But the audience are not satisfied with
: this sort of bull-fghting and manifest
their dissatisfaction. The nearest picador
must ''face the music" then; the bull
!, rushes upon him and horse and rider are
pitched into heap upon the ground.
The ready chulos rush to the rescue, and
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Japan's Queer Horticulture.

japanese horticulture shows wonder
full patience and sort Of ill-directeG
skill. The object of the japanese
gardener, like that of his Chinese brother,
but in greater degree, is to deform
main and cripple nature, especially ii
the dwarfng Of trees and shrubs, which
consists mainly in starving the plant and
crippling the circulation Of its juices
Kaempfer is quoted as describing a trit
he once saw in a box II inches broad,
inches long and s inches deep, for which
the price Of $500 was asked? The thre,
denizens Of the box were bamboo, ,
blossomihg plum tree and apine tree
perfectly formed, but in piccolo.-Lon
don Atheneuas. '2s' t',f ""ti E'
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sire 10 ''dSSlSJ
; again in the brutal and disgusting per.
formance. 1t was on Sunday; and this
is the only day in the capital of Spain
when the exhibition takes place.
The regular programme for the Sun.
= days of the mild season was to go to
% church in the forenoon, though this duty
was as faithfully neglected there as in the
large cities of this country; the cock.
fight at o'clock; the bull-fght at 8
" o'clock, and the opera or the theatre in
the evening. In the heat of the summer
the functions" are suspended for brief
period, and closed for the winter at the
end of October, to be renewed in the
d early spring. saw the last one of the
season, and flaming posters all over the
. city announced that eight bulls would be
killed on this special occasion, though
six is the usual number.
These bulls are bred for the ring, and
- the bills inform the curious experts at
what farms they were raised, for each
had its own reputation to maintain. The
principal actors are named, and are re-
garded in much the same light as the
great actors of other lands.
Early in the afternoon the Calle de AL
Gala, the street leading from the Puerta
del Sol, was crowded by the multitudes
that hastened to secure good places in the
Plaza de Toros, as the bull ring is called
in Spanish. The best seats, in the shade,
cost about 81, and from that down to q
few reals, each of the value of five cents.
TheIe are boxes which are taken for the
season by the nobility, and the prices are
increased upon great occasions, as on
Easter Sunday.
The bull ring at Madrid accommodates
$4,000 persons. When 1 assisted" the
arena was full, but not more than one
sixth of the audience were ladies. The
money received for admission is given to
the hospitals, which is really all the good
that can be said Of the spectacle. Each
''funcion" is presided over by some dis
tinguished parsonage.
A band of music is present, and each
'entree of q bull is announced with a
flourish of trumpets. The first scene is
procession of the bull-fghters of all ranks.
There are of four classes. The chulos are
very active men, who carry banners of red
and yellow, with which they draw off the
attention of the bull when he pursues
other performers. They are often chased
Z by the bull, and their principal business
seems to consist in leaping over the high
fence which surrounds the arena. They
are paid from SIS to 500 for an afternoon.
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"A Counter Claim.

A citizen of fMoncton, New Brunswick,
called doctor to extract two teeth fol
his daughter. The. doctor requested the
man to look after his horse while tn,
operation was being performed. HI
charged fifty cents khalf price) for hi
services, whereat the citizen turned pale,
but quickly recovering himself, put il
counter claim of twenty-five cents fol
holding the horse. His time was valuable,
he said, and he thought he was wortl
half as much as doctor. The account
was settled as he desired. Ar.e.-a n.
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The next in rank
are the picadors or
pikemen. They are
mounted on old
worn-out horses,
which have done
duty on the omni-
buses or hacks.
Their legs are pro-
tected from the
assaults of the bull
49, i
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An eminent, physician states that he
cured consumptive cough with hot but
termilk. He also found it very beneficial
in the case Of a patient recovering from
congestive fever. (. J,
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"HowEvER could you think of falling
in love with such homely fellow
His figure is something awful" @Yes,
but he has a lovely one at the bank.
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THERE are two women IN command
of Mississippi steamboats,.

A BOOK Of ofWestern travels is entitled
"Afoot in Chicago" 1t must DO i'm.
mense.
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A BULL FIGHT,
VIVID DESCRIPTION OF ONE WIT.
MESSED IN MADRID.
How the Infuriated Animal is Des-
patched by the Sword in a MatG-
doris Hand-The PicadOrs,
Banderilleros, Etc.

REMEMBER the
only bull-ight ]
ever saw, and the
only one 1 ever
wished to see. ]
had other oppor.
tunities in Spain
to witness the ma
tional spectacle,
but had no de.
sire to "assist"