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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-12

FOR SAI.E--A few large English Bnrkshiros
male pigs. registered stock and of the best
strains, for only 81 each. w. u. bunting,
Cvnide, Texas. IA
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by German American 10
work In private house; understands horsos
and milking COWS. Address 2oii. this office
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EXPERIENCED White girI or WOMAN 60 nsa
sist IN caring for two children. can at
rear door lar Walker avenue, With refer
ences. 10
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WANTED Two nursorymep TO graft, must
be competent and familiar with propagation
and care OF nursery stock; Rtate salary
wanted Address William Watson, Roscdaie
Nurseries Brennan. Texas. Ii
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HARNESS FOR sALEs-FInc lot OF hnrncss,
worth $40. for sale nc SO per set Edw,
Larendun, corner Franklin aud Caroline
street. ~
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REAL EsrArE FOR SAVE.

FOX sAi.E-Qunrtcr block corner Wooster
and BaEby, cheap. also hcieo ana good
milk COW with young liolstciu heller caii.
Nipiy 4o7 Iiadlcy, corner Bagby IL
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WANTEp--A gardener who thoroughly un-
dprstands vegetable gardening. Single man,
required: state terms. Addrras call box 80.
Temple, TcSaa, ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-12

SMALL drug stock, hue hXtur0s. IN growing
city, Shreveport, La, near Ii. G. railway
shops. wcll located FOR physician; terms
liberal. box 1876, }t ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-12

FOR SALE Have ten full blood Durham
yearling bulls, also some tine grade Jersey
cows, fresh IN milk, at i7ie Franklin ave-
nuc. corner OF Ctcncvcrt utrcot. ~
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SPECIAL NOTICES,

CALL FOR CITY WARRANTS CITY var
rnntB from No 265i to No. ?27s Win be pnld
on presentation TO the cty treasurer after
10 a. m, on Thursday, january -. 1898.
II. H. RICE, Mayor
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FOR sALE OR RENT Good prairie farm OF
14a acres. twenty miles west OF Houston,
on rallrond J. " Lester, iisis Main street.
Hcnstons u
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FOX SALE--Healthy fruit trees OF all ynrio.
ties best suited TO Texas soils and condl-
uonsi prices TO suit the times Apply TO
Frederick w, Maly, Hulnn, Texas ~
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pcrionced gardener and forist, or work
around a private house. Address a252. th,s
= office "a
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YOUNG MAN OF good moral character wants
work of some kind; good references fur
nishcd II requested. Address Il. Y. s.. this
office. IL
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MAN with family wants work of any kind
satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. Apply
1oii Brazos street city. w. W. IA
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HELP WANTED.

WANTED Cook, white woman preferred, for
small family. Call lilo SAN Japipto street.
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LIFE INsU RANcE---Age 10. $3.50 pei siw,o
aunpBlly rltc gtiarauteeu. Chicago
cilaranty life: s. so assets 10 each 81 la
billtiea: agents wanted: highest commits
siong. w, Minton. manager. Trust
building. nullas, Texas. u
AGENTH--T esanorny gas burEer. saves 40
per cent of gas, makes a large beautiful
Hight and gives 100 per CEN proft to
salesmeh. General Agency Co. .nJ Denr-
horn street Chicago I'll n
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FOR SALE on EXCHANGE.

10 Three pits shnwinock Cocks,
Ten hens and pullcte, for doubIe barrel
brecch loading shot gun or Colts improved
A-ealibcr pistol Jack Thomas, Barnum
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WNNTED--Two good col0fed farm hands, q.
c. Street az Main street ~
WANrEn+@A white. girl, Homework and care
Of children, good wages tn right party. Ad-
dress Emmett ilotc, Beaumont, Texas. IA
WANTED--A first.ciass pants maker or
good NIL round tailor, must be sober. Ad-s
dtcSs A. T. Rvhin. Victoria TpNuE ~
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FCE GUATEMALA Compntont rock men for
station work For Information address In
nantia Exchange Place, New orleans. ~
m WILL PAY uyory Fold Man TO invcsti-
gate the noto system and advantageous con
tract offered by Harris a Patterson. state
managers. odd Hartford Life" Dallas,
TnNuH. 4 m
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FOR SAIsE--Elcgant fun leather top phar-
tons. with leather trimmings ana spring
backs, worth $780, $40. Edw, t.areudon,
errner OF Franklin and Caroline street Il
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FINE OPPORTUNITY 20 acquire piece Of
farming land FREQ TO right rartieu with
small amount of capital u Improve. s. E.
Tracey, attorney at law, Houston. 10
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BLACK Minorcas. White and Brown Leg
horns. large Pokin ducks and yellow head
talking parrots cheap. Fred Msier. sit
Congress avenue, $40 Hamilton. II
S.@ ToN--Coal. Coal: Garrison Coal; FREQ
from SCOT and clinkcrs; s. Ton, $i.7S halt
ton, delivored phone SSS. a. Loeb. agent.
Office 1905 Sterritt street IA
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COMBINATION OFFICE NAN OF experience;
tonlHeeIer and etenoerapner, own1 ma
china; seeks position win some wholesale
fnuse; best references VIII work olIaap
10 secute position with good house, ADJ
dress j. b. w. this office 10
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FOR SALE--Chcap, Inn lot of norsos and
mules, always on hand ut howscr 4 VIII
sons. 900 and Coz Preston avenue, the old
responslble horse dcalers in the eltN N
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Jo-HE, king OF all remedioa. cures Group
BAD Colds. rheumatism ana all lnnaml
nations, With that certainty no other
known remedy IN tho world can show
IL. b. Jones, r. q. box 30, Dallas. TEXTS
b IA qS
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to care for noraps or
work In yard, can give references. ADDRESS
26Ja this Office 10
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SITUATION WANTED.

~ ~ Eli uNltIoh by White kirI TO conk md
do housework. Address asSi this Office IA
YOUNG MAN would like nosi,ion with INA ~.
press companies very best references:
strictly .iober, Address O. O., this office. ii
MiDDLE-AGEp man wants work around
house horse carriage. can do house work.
good yardman; sober; win work for small
salary; good references. Address sns7. this
office. IA
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WANTED in store, as porter. yard,
house, attend horse and buggy, willing to
assist in cooking; good recommendations.
Address 300 this Office IS
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by good vegetable
grower. understands the culture OF fruit.
also flowers; can do budding and grating.
Address 24s6 this office. 10
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FOR sALts-,-A bargain. easy terms. or would
exchange for stock dry goods, SO acree rich
black land, al IN cultivation. IN Caldwell
county. s. II Brown, Liberty HILL Texas.
Il
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RESIDENCE, 1906 Milan street; seven
rooms, plastored aad newly papered,
other modern conyeniences, cheap rent
10 desirable party. Apply Geo. w.
Cleveland, 1891 Milan street g
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bio. ----, New York. December ~.
pggie s. Hart. Farrow, Philadelphia
Is.
bomas G. Smith. Adams. at Philadel-
cember 20.
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SITUATION WANTED--ay good BARTENDER
also coed waiter. willing 10 do porter work,
Address zlaO this Office u
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A YOUNG MAN wants to work, such ms de-
liyering groceries,, dish washing or attends
ing to horse aud buggy. Robert Trimmer.
No 1902 Brasos. Is
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MILLER BRA5S worries. No. 1905 Run.
iieis street. Is now prepared 10 do all
kinds of brass, aluminium and phosphpr
bronze casting: ann work solicited; also
model and pattern work. II
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AND HER PEOPLE;
THE GROWTH AND DECAY OF THE
GREATEST NATION In THE HIS
TORY OF THE WORLD.

Founded on the ruins of ancient
Rome and peopled by the ~ruggedest
races Of the middle ages, Spain easily
conquered the old world and discovered
and overran the new world. Under the
rule Of Charles I of Spain, better
known in history as Charles V of Ger
many, the Spanish empire included the
whole Iberian peninsula, the Baleario
islands, Roussillon and Cerdagne north
Of the Pyrenees, the island Of Sardinia,
Sicily, Naples and Milan, Franche-
Comte, Holland and Belgium and prac-
tically Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and
Pennsylvania. In Africa it held the vast
domain which Portuguese adventures
had seized, and in Asia the Philippine
archipelago. In North America Spanish
territory included everything south Of
Savannah on the east and San Francisco
on the west together with Mexico, Cen.
trail America and the West Indies.
Spain dominated all South America, in.
GLIDING Brazil, which was a Portuguese
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cry Of the new world 2, 900 tons of gold
and 6, 900 tons Of silver crossed the
ocean to be squandered in Spain. PENN
less noblemen borrowed money to pay
their passage to America and returned
millionaires. Common soldiers came
back to the mother country with process
sioDs Of slaves. A certain Spanish sol
der was married in Barcelona to the
daughter of a nobleman and celebrated
the occasion by giving away in aims
$500, 900 in gold and silver. Another
returned Spaniard stood at a window
III his house at Madrid and threw into
the street, a handful at a time, two bar
rels Of silver coins for the fun of seeing
the rabble scramble for the money. Ma
tional extravaganza kept pace with in
dividual profigacy, and legitimate bust
ness was lost sight Of in speculation
Spain ruled the most Of the world ami
snubbed the rest of it. Upon her strength
was founded the national pride which
proved her national weakness.
How Ruin Came.
At her zenith Spain seemed to possess
invincible power. Only one nation dared
to challenge it. That nation was Eng.
land. Spain's argosies were successfully
attacked in the south seas. Then came
the destruction of the great armada.
The charm Vas broken. Spain started
on the downward path and never stop
ped. Foes developed without and with.
in. Under Ferdinand and Isabella be-
gan the ruin Of the country which thei1
successors have completed. They drove
the Jews and the Moors out of Spain.
1t is that fact in Spanish history which
accounts for the nations decadence,
The Jew and the Moor were traders and
artisans. They constituted the middle
class, and they were the people which
the fanaticism of Isabella and the dark
zeal of T~orquemada banished from
Spanish soil. When they were gone, the
fires Of the inquisition were lighted fcr
the thinkers, and free thought was al.
lowed no aoothoid under the cross OF
CASTLE. When the philosopher, thf
scientist, the inventor, had gone, there
remained only the soldier and the peas
ant. From the days Of Ferdinand to the
days Of Weyler it has been the policy OF
Spain to terrorize her subjects into sub
mission by torture and butchery. From
first to last this policy has been a fail
ure.
Early in the sixteenth century the
Netherlands revolted and formed the
United Provinces. The sturdy Dutcl.
men destroyed what remnants remained
Of the Spanish navy, and in l643, at
Rocroy, the Spanish infantry, hitherto
invincible, was beaten and forever
broken. Portugal and her vast posses
sions in three continents were lost in
1640. Naples ~revolted in l64S under
Masaniello. He was assassinated by
braves in the hire Of Spain, and after 6
long struggle the rebellion was sup
pressed. Brit Spain's hold on the twu
Sicilies, once loosened, vas never S.
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lowed In the same year, and the Argen.
tine confederation, after a ten years war,
in 1924. Brazil had been lost to Spain
in the secession of Portugal, and Florida
was coded to the United States in 1919.
Nothing was now left to Spain in the
western hemisphere except Cuba and
Puerto Rico.
Rebellious Remnants of an Empire.
Beyond the rear end of the Spanish
peninsula, a few islands adjoining her
shores and a penal colony in Africa in
which political prisoners are starved
and tortured Spain has nothing left but
Cuba and the Philippines, and both are
in revolt. Columbus declared Cuba to
be the most beautiful land ever behela
by human eyes" Her peaceable natives
the Spanish exterminated with every
horror of torture. Since there was no
gold in the island Cuba was neglected
and ignored for many years. But the
Spanish c~olonized it and ultimately
found that its sugar plantations and to-
bacco fields were more profitable than
gold mines. For two centuries it has
proved the most valuable of all Spain's
possessions. Cuba finally grew tired of
being %plundered by Spain, and rebellion
after rebellion arose. only to be ruth.
lessly suppressed. Then came the IA
nous ten years war and finally the
present formidable instruction. The
smaller island of Puerto Rico, which,
with Cuba, makes up the remnant of
Spain's empire in America, commands
but slight attention. It's history has
been colorless, it's indi 7iduality not sig
niflcant. 1t hangs upon the fate of Cuba.
The Philippines form an important
link in the great volcanic mountain
range lying off the Asian coast-Kam-
chatka, the Kuriles, Japan, Formosa.
the Philippines, Borneo. Java, There
are two large islands, Luzon and Min
danaho, seven others of considerable
size, and %uncounted hundreds of smaller
ones, down to the merest dots of verdur-
GUS rock OH the sea. They are all made
of volcanic rock and coral and abound
in valuable minerals. The climate is
tropical, but the height of the noun
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CHARLES v.

province at the time Spain ruled Po-tu.
gal. The total dominion of Charlie at
its zenith was about II, 900, 900 square
miles, double that of the czar of Russia
and infinite'- greater than that of any
other monarch in history. Nor was
Spain great in size and strength alone.
She was rich beyond computation. Be-
sides the boundless of the
Spanish peninsula, which the Roth.
sohilds consider superior security for
enormous loans, the wealth of Germany,
Austria and the Netherlands was at the
disposal Of Spain.
ALI this, however, was as nothing to
the gold and silver that poured in from
America. The native monarchs of Mex.
leo, Central America and Peru yielded
up their trea 'ures at the command of
Spanish adventures, and the mines,
worked by Indian slaves. produced the
precious metals in quantities that daz
zled the world and intoxicated the
Spaniards. 1t is estimated that during
the century which followed the discov-
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strong again. France seized the prov
inces north of the Pyrenees and Franche.
Comte. All authority in the German
states had long been lost to Spain, and
the last Spanish king of the Austrian
dynasty, at the close of the seventeenth
century, saw his realm the prey of the
great powers.
Equally disastrous We're those times
in the colonies. The Dutch, French and
English seized toothold in the Guianas
and then helped themselves one after
another to the smaller islands in the
Caribbean sea. By the time of the Dutch
war of 1855 the pretensions Of Spain to
universal ownership in those regions
were wholly ignored. The English
seized Jamaica. The French first took
Tortuga and thence sent out filibusters,
who presently drove the Spanish ont Of
Haiti-Hispaniola, Little Spain-and
made it a French province. Even Ha-
ana was attacked more than once.
Drake had a fruitless venture at it.
Penn and Venables, who took Jamaica,
tried to take it, but failed. England
did storm the forts in 1860 and held the
city a few years, then gave it back to
Spain. By the end OF that century Trim
idad, too, was snatched away, and
Spain's m with the American
colonies substantially destroyed. Eng
land came to her aid at home in the
Napoleonic wars, and then France in
turn helped Ferdinand VII to hold his
throne.
Spain Loses q Continent.
Early in the nineteenth century re-
bellions began in South America. Sc.
cret societies were formed which had
for their object the throwing off of the
Spanish yoke. The chief founder and
promoter Of these was a Spanish creole
of Venezuela, Francisco Miranda by
name. He had served under Washington
in the American Revolution and had be-
come thoroughly imbued with the spirit
of liberty and with the principles Of re.
publicanism. What had been done in
North America could, he thought, be
done in South America. He therefore
formed i'll London, since it could not
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Bad management keeps more people in
poor circumstances than any other n
cause. To be successful one must look
ahead and plan ahead so that when q
favorable opportunity presents itself he
is ready to take advantage of it. A lit
tie forethought will also save much ex-
pense and valuable time. A prudent
and careful mar will keep a bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy in the house, the shiftless
fellow will wait until necessity compels
it and then ruin his best horse going for
a doctor and have a big doctor bill to
pay, besides; n pays out rs cents, the
other is out a hundred dollars and then
wonders why his neighbor is getting
richer while he is getting poorer. For
sale by A. c. Ireland.
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safely be done mt Caracas, the "Gran
Reunion Americana. Into this Bolivar
and San M"rtin were initiated. For
some years Miranda made occasional
but futile attempts at revolution, in n
Of which he engaged the interest Of the
great Dundonald. Nothing Of impor.
lance was achieved, however, until April
10, 1910, when Caracas openly rose
against it's Spanish governor, Miranda
and Bolivar heading the revolt. Two
years Of conflict followed, not promising
for the insurgents. Then came an earth
quake. 1t destroyed Caracas, killing a
number Of people. The superstitious
troops Of the insurgents thought it was
an omen, threw down their arms, de-
serted or surrendered, and the rebellion
was at an end. Miranda was captured,
taken to Spain and died in prison-mur-
dered, 1t may be surmised. Bolivar
escaped into the neighboring province
Of New Granada.
In October, 1879. Bolivar re-entered
Venezuela with 500 men, declaring var
to the knife against Spain. Victory fol.
lowed victory. In August, 1918, he re-
entered Caracas in triumph. Then came
reverses, and be had to fee to Jamaica.
For some years more the struggle 9
on, until 1891, when New Granada and
Venezuela were united as an independ.
emit republic under the lame Of Colon
bia, the last Of the Spanish troops being
driven out in 1924. Ecuador was added
to the republic in 1929. Peru formed
another state in 1895 under the am
of Bolivia, Peru itself-and Chile also,
thanks to the genius Of Dundonald-be.
coming independent in 1924. Mexico
threw off the yoke Of Spain in 1891, and
Guatemala-then including all Central
America--in 1922. Nor did the prov
inces OH the Plata river lag behind
Paraguay, indeed, wal first Of all to win
her independence, In 1914. Uruguay fol.
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tains and ~plateaus makes it endurable
to Europeans. The total area Of land Is
81, 900 square miles, and the population
some s., 900, 900. The flora is wonderful.
ly profuse, comprising teak, sandal and
oamphor trees, palms, tea, a vast varie-
ty of spices and perfume bearing flow
ers, rice and the famous manila hemp.
The fauna SHOWS no dangerous beasts of
prey save the crocodile. There are buff
faloes, pigs, antelopes, monkeys and
lemurs galore. As for the people, they
are as much mixed as those of Spain
itself. Negritos were probably autoch-
thonous. Then ~Polynesians came in,
and then Malays. Chinese also came in
great numbers, and of late years the
Japanese have been fiocking, with in
tent, it may we'll be, to possess the is.
land when the Spanish are expelled.
The Spanish population is very small.
Industry and m are considera-
BILE. There are steamship lines, rail
roads, telegraphs and cables, and a for.
eign trade Of $50, 600, 000a year. Manila
Is q splendid city, set on the margin OF
one Of the finest harbors in the world.
It has an ancient fortress, fine churches,
a gay parade, busy streets and canals,
parks and palaces, hotels and theaters.
The inhabitants are an amiable and
handsome race.
Fortified Cities Of Spain.
The fortified cities of Spain on the
north and northwest coast are Santona,
Santander, Coruna, Ferrol and Vigo;
on the Atlantic, between the Portu-
guese frontier and the strait Of Gibral-
tar, there are Palos, San Lucar, near
the mouth of the Granddaughter river;
Cadiz and Tarifa. In the Mediterranean
are Malaga, Cartagena, Barcelona, Pal
amos, Tarragona, Almeria and Alicante.
Barcelona. Cartagena and Almeria were
formerly looked upon as the most for.
midable fortresses on the Mediterra.
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HAVANA IN l7ao-ERoM AN OLD PAINTING.

able advocates. Be the cause what it
may, the fact is apparent that the great
est nation Of the fifteenth century is
among the least of the nineteenth. The
twentieth century may find her nothing
but a memory.
Spain has had much architecture,
some art and little literature. The AL
hambra, the Escurial and the Alcazar
are marvels Of beauty and grandeur. In
a book conspicuous for friendliness to
Spain MI. Chatfield- Taylor says that
Spaniards are probably less understood
in America than any people in Europe.
In fact, the popular conception of the
Spaniard is of a sinister s%coundrel,
wrapped in a cloak, who smokes ciga.I
rettes and commits dark deeds-a sort
of comic opera villain, whose passion
is cruelty. This absurdity is fully equal
ed by the Spanish impressions of Amer
icans-or clos Yankees, as they call
us. They look upon us as a species Of
plutocratic barbarians, whose sole merit
lies in our dollars, whose manners are
booriSh and whose government is the
most corrupt and most overbearing in
the world. 1t is not always pleasant to
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ALfONSO ALL.
see ourselves as others see us, and when
one reads in Spanish papers that the
United States is a country without
principle or religion, without manliness
or bravery, where negroes are roasted
alive and Italians lynched in the public
streets, where Cinnamon are prosecuted
and strikes are prevalent, where an.
archists are governors Of states and per.
sonaI liberty is unknown, one resents|
the TRADE and feels the lingo spirit
surging in ones heart. As a matter of
fact, the Spanish conception Of the
American is merely an exaggeration of
the national faults, just as our idea of
the Spaniard is a misconoeption Of hisl
character, formed by magnifying his
vices at the expense Of his virtues. HUI
man nature is very much the same the
world over and the Spaniard Is very
like other men, save that he is down Oh
his luck. Like most people who have
known prosperity, he finds it difficult to
appreciate his circumsoribed position
and is wont to survey himself from the
magnificent standpoint of his achieve
ments.