The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1898-03-10
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bans have to fight Spain with one hand
while they keep the other one on their
pocket books.
About two thirds Of these follows who
sit around on dry goods boxes and talk
about flying to arms would fly to the
woods if war were declared.
Last March about this time, the first
pages of the newspapers were filled with
the Corbett and Fitzsimmons prize fight
This March those pages are filled with
the Spain and American contest, which
is to be pulled off some time in April,
according to the reports OF the managers
The newspapers seem to know that the
reading public snaps its fingers at pro
portion and is always well pleased as
long as it is fight.
By comparing the history Spain is
making for herself at present. with the
record she had during the thirteenth
and fourteenth centuries, it would seem
that that nation is sadly on the retrog-
rade. 1t has been several hundred years
since Spain has turned out an i!lusri-
GUS character, while it was not an un
common thing for her, during the four
teenth century, to furnish tho world
with illustrious characters whenever
there was a shortage in the market.
Columbus is of course, the first Spaniard
in the estimation of Americans. and
though not born on the continent of
Spain he was ono of her most illustrious
protcges. Columbus had a habit of
thinking of things that had never been
thought of before, and his originality
generated considerable jealousy in the
| bosoms of his fellow citizens. 1t was
Columbus who first got bill through
congress favoring the rotary motion of
the earth. Historians DO not say that
the rotary motion of the earth was origi-
nal with Columbus; bat it is pretty we'll
known that he heartily end d,rsed it, and
said he thought it was a good thing.
Since then the earth has been turning
on its axis once in every q houre. and
has given such general satisfaction that
the bill has never been repealed.
Another Spaniard of great no!o is
Ponce do Leon, who came to this coun-
try some time before William Orscr dis
covered Colgate, and took it by con.
quest. 1t seems that old Ponce had
very little faith in tho kind OF religion
he was using while here, so he went to
looking around through Florida for a
fount OF immortal youth; thinking no
doubt, that he would rather renew his
youth from time to time, and continue
to live on this sphere than to take his
chances of getting any better place tc
live. in the next world. No one coulG
blamc any Spaniard for wanting to dc
this.
Francisco Pizarro is another illustriou.
Spanish character who arose to promin
ence under the most adverse circum
stances. He had no education, bu
there are plenty of people today will
college records who will never max,
their names shine like hie. Pizarro'
father was foot soldier in the Spanisl
army and his mother was a pcasan
woman from the south of Spain.
seems that Pizarro's mother had ;
strong prejudice against matrinoay il
any form, and though Pizarro tried fo
father and mother, he never succeeded
Pizarro said he didn't care so very mucl
about the matter, ONLY he hated to q
through life an orphan, through the pig
hcadedness Of his folks. Pizarro cam,
to the western hemisphere at an earl,
date, and hist orians say that he was ont
J of the party who helped Balboa discove
} the Pacific Ocean. This perhaps, wa
the wettest discovery ever made, and i
continued so damp that Balboa neye
used it much. Pizarro then went t.
Peru and captured it in the name O
Spain. After that he went out to tn
; coast and built large bark of som
Peruvian timber he took with him. H
then put a sail Oh the bark and with hi
soldiers he would cruise up and dow
the Pacific coast. He called this boa
, The Quininc,' because it was a Peru
Wan bark. This last bit of informa
ton l have saved up long time on pul
pose to surprise historians. 1 want t
show those fellows that there are
few things that have happened in thi
world that they never heard off, A few
: years later PiZarro returned to his ma
? tive land and the Spanish goyernmen
l was SO pleased with his conquests tha
l he was Immediately made a MARQUIS
8 He was also made a corpse along to
2 wards the latter part of his life, but tn
!. historian Brncroft says that he neve
: appreciated this last position. and me
g its advances with formuality tha
1 seemed cold and stiff. When wc com
t to consider the greatness Of these me-
: it seems too bad that they should b
S succeeded by such men as Weyler an
f and DcLomc.
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