Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-26
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aggerated politeness OF the Latin. To
lose patience with the supldest Span
ish official he also TO lose your cause,
inevitably and ifrevocably. Whatever
happens, strive to maintain an unruiiie1
dcmeanor and TO Guido the spaniard
himself IN his own coin Of meaningless
compliment. remembering always that
silence Is colder" when nothing can
be gained by speech Every spaniard,
whatever his class, considers himself
I'm caballero Chrstiano vlejo y rancho
A Christian gentleman OF old and hon
orable origin, and he looks down upon
an foreigners us less well-born. When
his self esteem Is stroked the right way,
like the fur on Kittens back. his ma
tural courtesy blooms as a tropical
flower and he win put himself % any
trouble 20 accommodate the judicious
stranger whose words have set him up
on what he believes 20 be his proper
pedestal All attempts to bully and
brow-beat him are worse than waste
OF time. The spaniard does not live-at
least on his own soil-whQ could De
driven with an iron rod I'm the hand OF
an American: and I'm these uncertain
times civil words are the latter's best
protection I'm the land which believes
itself wronged by superior prowess'
with these Intensely sensitive people
that's off, on both sides, Is the signal
OF peace and good Will. end when the
hats are not lifted. fguratiyely or 9th
erwlse. the Spanlard brlstles UP Ike the
pOrcupine against suspicion OF dlsdMn.
There Is no other part OF Europe, II
indeed Of the world. with which 10 COM
pare Estramadura province 50 named
from being the Extreme ora, or 'eX-
IRENE conquest" Of Alonzo TX There
are steppes In Russia. deserts In Ara
bia and sandy wastes in Africa which
resemble parts OF Estramadurai but
nowhere else has nature combined sueh
widely dissimllar features In so small a
compass. Watered by two noble
streams OF Tagus and the Guadiana,
both Of which any other people would
have rendered nayigable for hundreds
OF mles-the region became q nourlsh-
ing granary under the Romans ana
garden under the Moors To TINS DAY tnee
gypses speak OF II as Chin del Manro'
inc land of corn But with the passing
OF the wise and gentle Arabians' it Went
back TO the original desert. and BIDS
fair 10 remain so, though a little ftful
activity has been aroused IN recent
wears BY pushing two railroads through
and opening up the mines Of Almaden
and Caceres. Including tie several
towns and cities. the whole province Of
Egtramadura-lg0 miles long by 30
broad has less than 100000 inhabitants,
and IN "a long days journey you VIII
hardly meet a human creature. Every
thing displays the eXuberant vigor OF
the sun yet the production Of weed and
grain seems rather the caprice OF ma
ture than the work Of man. Lonely pas
lures and leagues upon leagues OF burn
Ing desert are an absolute reserve for
the sportsman. Dangerous beasts
abound. as well as an manner Of trou-
hlesOme Insects while the swampy
banks OF the Guadiaua are literally
swafmed with wild fowl-whlch by the
way, should be hunted In winter II
ever, because In summer the region Is
infected with feyers and ague, and mos
qultos are unbeaTable. Besides NUM-
erous birds Of prey, enormous flights OF
turtle doves come over from Baroary
10 breed. and they coo all over the
country. In pairs, models OF connublal
felicity. These are the same doves or
the West" or their direct descendants.
which brought ambrosia 10 Jupiter, acr
cordng TO classical history, and then
retired 20 Africa to visit the temple Of
Venus How can any man with a spark
of poetry IN his soul shoot one Of these
harmless pigeons? But they does
pecialy Englshmen and Americans
They come over here on purpose and
spend months IN the so-called sport, en-
during all manner OF hardships for the
mere pleasure Of Strengthening the inno-
cents.
Il Is hard 20 understand how such
rich territory has been allowed to re-
lapse into is primeval condition The
causes are many Including bad gov
eminent, both civil and religious. dis
ease warfare and 10 hereditary ana
hopeless la2iness the added curse OF
the mesta, or migratory system Of Mer-
inc sheep which are the true nocks
OF the nomad BedOuln The mesta be-
gan In this way; When the Spaniards
OF the thirteenth century expelled the
Industrious Moors from Estramadura,
they RACED the cities and rayaged the
country massacfed most OF the inhabi-
tants and drove the rest away 10 die IN
slavery The conQuerors called this
'paciiicatlon.' but Il made a barren
solitude Of the once happy Arabian
Felix Nature Is extremely prolific OF
weed and cacu here, and soon obliter.
ated every trace OF furrow from vast
tracts which had previously been under
highest cultivation. Only very small
portion Of Il was ever recultivated by
the lazy s0ldier-conquerors and the
new population, scanty and inefficient
as Il was. persisted, almost 20 a man. by
the great plague Of l8iS. after which
whole districts were LEFT unclaimed.
These were termed valdios Cunculti-
vated). whence the Spanish law term
De valde. AZ length these unclaimed
pastures attracted the attention Of