Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-10-05
Rah, roo, ray
Ray, rah, roo
Balla ma zoop, kalla ma whoop-
Who-are-youp


Ray, rah, roo
Balla ma zoop, kalla ma whoop-
Who-are-youP
.P-z-z-z-ztl
Swiftly the news was flashed across the
con tinent. Bonfires were lighted, tho ear
drums were beat All the arsenals were
set to work on double time under the di'
rection of the professors of fulminatory
yellocution in the tide water universities,
manufacturing new rapid firing war
whoops for the students, upon whose brave
lungs it was painfully evident would fall
the brunt of battle The dogs of war were
not only loosed, but, worse still, they were
unmuzzed The Peace society took down
its sign, put up its shutters and discharged
the office boy. Contracts were let by the
war department. for the manufacture of
100000 short range tin horns for field bat
teries and $4,000 long range, muzzle load
ing siege horns, besides several thousand
barrels of matutinal and postprandial
horns for the colonels, which would make
a great deal Of noise after they were put
down. Never in all the history of carnage
! had there been made such extensive prep
arations for terrible, blood curdling hub
bub.
Atthe beginning of the war Spain had
a decided advantage. Her young king,
being an infant, was an active yeller him
self, and was looked upon and listened to
as the natural leader Of the Spanish armies
in the field. The second decisive battle of
the war resulted disastrously for the Amor
leans 1t was fought exclusively by Span
ish students Of the University Of Valla-
dolid The action was complete surprise
to the Americans who were not present
at any time during the engagement. 1t
began early in the morning, and by break
fast time the startled air was heavy with
the sullen detonations of the loud sounding
garlic At p m. the war department at
Washington received the following message
from our minister at Madrid:
"All is lost except the latest arctic e.
pedition, which will be discovered and
rescued when the next excursion steamer
sails north with Sunday school picnic.
The students of the University Of Seville
are shouting something in Spanish which
my interpreter cannot translate Send me
Talkendorfs Spanish In Six Lessons. !
fear the wiener worst"
"Call out the reserves" calmly ordered
the president, maintaining his composure
even in that awful din. 1t was done, and
as the embattled students passed before the
reviewing stand the warriors took off their
nose guards and yelled:
Ala ba zaml coola ma ham!
Hoop 'er upi scoop 'er upl
Ram-bam-slami
Whoofl
The carnage was terrible. Long before
the procession could be put to bed by Its
natural guardians there was not syllable
of Spanish to be heard on the streets.
But the Spanish recovered from this de-
feat very quickly. Two days later the vo-
cabularious battle of San Jose del Miguel
don Albuquerque Tobasco Alfonso del Rio
de Mocha was fought to a finish in the
streets Of Madrid by the largest body Of
students yet assembled under arms. They
fought with utter recklessness Of wind
and limb. Purchasing an American flag,
they deliberately burned it In the street at
the very entrance to Wild West show.
We have not yet reached the limit of our
resources, remarked the president when
the list Of casualties was handed to him
A we'll known senator was ordered to the
front at once, with a speech nine days
long, to check and, If possible, to paralyze
the Spanish advance.
The Spanish followed up their victory
in Madrid by attacking their own police
in Valencia on the festival Of St. Hidal-
gos el Pequino Nino 10 Reata el Legarta
los Calabasas la Salida The battle was
not fought to a very decided finish, the
students being repulsed In several attempts
to form q procession, but the police, on
the other hand, were go hsrassed that they
got scarcely wink Of sleep all that night,
and the advantage was therefore with the
students, who claimed the victory. As
soon as news Of this action was received,
the president called out the students Of
Cornyell who chased three policemen of
the campus and blew horns all the rest Of
the night, besides holding night watch-
man under the pump. This was an Inn
portant victory for the American arms
and at once re-established confidence. The
next day the New York Lung and Throat
Exchange, which was regarded as the
great financial pulse Of the nation, quoted
ear pads at an advance Of 18 to II cents,
and two new kinds Of throat gargle were
added to the stock list.
This was the turning point In the war.
The Americans speedy pressed the advan.
tage they had gained. On the 82d Of April
the undergraduates at Olamorest and Yell
marched out on the campus at midnight