The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-27
BILKISs IN SPAIN.


req UNIFORM, the sight 0Y wntct
makes the bull mad. He soon charges
at the man an horse, both trained
to dodge him, an the fight liz on. Hi
may last fer hourst-he longer hi
lasts the better pleased will be tn.
audience. Finally the angry bull be
| comes nearly exhausted. But red
| flag IL waved before hiZ face an he
makes last desperate charge at the
man an horse In most cases he Il
then killed an the fife liz over an the
foolish people return to their homes
| an talk erbout the sight they heS
witnessed fer days. | hev not an
will not witness bull-fight. Such
useless brutality ought to be stopped
by law an the people ov other coun-
tries ought to use their influence with
| the Spanish fer they air practically
crazy on the subject oy these cruel
exhibitions. They air even more at
tached ter that style ov sport than
the American people air ter sircus-
goin'. The well-managed sircus liz a
thousand times more desirable than
bull-fightin', less cruel, not so de-
moralizin', an from my standpoint,
sircusses air worth lookin' at now an
then durin' a lifetime.
1 called ter pay my respeckts ter
the King an Queen. They wuz sor-
ter surprized, / guess, fer they don't
expeckt many American visitors since
the Spanish got a whippin' at our
hands. But the King wuz polite an
talked very pleasantly fer a short
time. He sed that he hoped hiz coun-
try an America would never hev an
other misunderstanding. / agreed
with him, ov course. But | wuz say
in ter myself anvil the time that If
Spain wuZ not satisfied that we'd see
that she would git awl that she
claims in the way ov war IL she'd
jist say the word.
Spain heZ constitutional govern
ment an she goes through the form
ov elecktin' men ter legislate. But
the King IL really the man At the
wheel. an but little IL done till he
says the word.
But Spain, like awl other coun-
tries which air known az Kingdoms
or monarchies, hez erbout gone the
limit. She must wake up an take
notis, az Japan, China an Russia air
doin'. She cannot afford ter go on
down the now graded roads ov time
an go at snail-pace. lookin' Meth
er ter the rite nor to the left az she
hez tried ter do in the past Az a
nothin'.
Spain hez several cities ov import
ance. But Madrid will satisfy my
curiosity. Madrid hez a population
ov nearly 100000. The city il one
ov the newest in Spain, bein' less
than thousand years ov age. Many
ov the streets air pretty an the build
ms air neat an attractive, some ov
them splendid. A guide deal ov bust
ness IL done in lazy way. But the
people lack American activity an
English grit. They air much like
the French in some respects, fer they
believe in a good time" first an
more or less work when nothin' else
will do.
l am told that Cordova an Gran
ada air interestin' cities ter visit,
though neither ov them air now az
important az they once WIZ. At Cor
dOva liz found an old mosque which
liz said ter be great site. The
arches in this buildin' air supported
by nearly thousand pillars, brought
from France, Italy, an Greece. The
wood carvin' in this buildin' liz sed
ter be fine. One ov the sets ov cary
ing in wood illustrates Old Testa-
ment history an another portrays the
an people who know say hit liz really
wonderful. But an ordinary polly
tishun like me hez no buziness vast
in hiz time lookin' at SIGH az that.
Olive CROWN IL one ov the CRATE
industries erbout the city ov Granada
in Spain, the climate suiting this
fruit ter perfecktion. But I am con-
stitutionally opposed ter olives an
ter the CROWN ov them, so I'll not
go ter the trouble ter inspeckt that
industry. Olives air second cousins
ter green persimmons, an If 1 ever
lead a prohibishun crusade hit will
be ter prohibit the importation ov
olives inter the United States.
Az an evidence that Spain IL in a
state ov decay, Notwithstanding her
many natural advantages an her
former vast power, intelligence an
rich outlying territory (now gomez,
the city ov Granada will furnish
proof. That city IL situated at the
foot ov the Sierra Nevada Mountains
an must be well located or hit would
never hev reached the size hit did In
slow-goin' monarchy. At one time
Granada liz sed ter hev had no less
than 100000 populashun. Now hit
hez not more than eighty thousand
people.
That IL a bad shown fer one city
only. There liz evidence ov decay, oy
| backward movement, in practically
every foot ov Spanish territory, an
| am fully convinced that when Spain
! lost Cuba an the Philippines she
| took a long leap toward final decay
The time liz near hand when Eng.
land, France or Germany will hey
ter take what IL left ov poor ole
Spain, country which hez bin great
which hez made history an admins