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The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
Tower Of Gold in Seville.
Riding to q Fall.

Easy come. easy go All that gold
and silver slipped through the fingers
| of the Spaniard and Spanish coins were
scarcer in Spain than in almost any
| other country of Europe. For the
Spaniards disdained to keep shop and
left business to foreigners. 10000 of
whom flocked to Madrid alone. They
rushed in to be the merchants and
bankers of Spain. and she imported
While her riches thus were taking
! wings, she was drained of her men to
fight the battles Of the empire in ev-
cry corner of Europe, and she had to
empty her prisons 20 provide colonists
for America.
When Charles wearied of his vain
struggle to Spaniardize Europe, he re-
tired to cell In monastery ard
thrust the burden of empire on the
weaker shoulders OF his son. Philip II.
Although Spain under him beat back
the Turk at Lepanto, she lost Holland
and saw her grand Armada pound itself
, to pieces on the rocks of the Irish
coast.
! Thenceforth. the descent in the line
of the Spanish Hapsburgs was rapid
until a series of imbeci!e Kings termi-
mated in 4, a,childless idiot. This last OF
the Hapsburg. on the throne was the
fruit of much intcrmarrying, and that
trade mark Of the imperial race. the
protruding under lip. was so accentu-
atad in poor Charles II that he could
hardly articulate or masticate, and his
mentality was barely equal to the task
of reading.
Louis XIV of France took advantage
of the feebieness of the miserable King
to induce him to will his crown. to the
Bourbons. whereas the grand monarch
boasted over that sordid transaction
that "the Pyrenees have ceased to ex-
ist." But, 1t was not until after two
worlds had been ravaged for fifteen
years by the resultant war of the
Spanish succession that q half insane
grandson Of Louis XIV was securely
seated on the throne at Madrid.
The Grave of Empires.
Spain Is the grave of Empire. in
piled one upon another. Into that
yawning sepulchre the Bourbons now
stepped. For though they still had the
Spanish throne, its theft cost them in
the end their French crowns, and all
their other crowns.
:, The Nepoleonic empire was the next
to stumble into the grave. when, in
emulation of Louis XVI, Napoleon
triced Bourbon Ounce out Of the Span
ish crown and clapped it on the head
Of his brother Joseph. The patriotism
OF the Spanisrds famed up and for i've
years mobs of Spanish peasants with
stood the master Of the Kings Of Eu-
rope. Sef
Nelson had scornfully remarksdVa
few years before. when he heard that
Spain had given some Of her warships
to the French, Il take 1t for granted
that these vessels are not manned by
Spaniards. ~ that would be the sursst
way to lose them" But. however
much the Spanish sailor may have de.
served the great admirars seorn. the
Spanish soldier quickly revived the
memories Of the day when the Spaniard
w4s the foremost tnfsntryman OF Eu-
rope.
And today you may see in the Sc
vile Cathedral the hrst Napoleonic
eagle that ever was taken In battle.
Exo0 that blow ef fets'' q he him.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
NzE R0I1H H7k9Sx Ar M1z1elo

the Loire by the soldiers of the cross
under Charles Martel.
| Behind the ramparts of the Pyre-
nees. nevertheless. the invaders were
| secure. and there they founded the
\ empire of the Moors. their predeces
sors. the Goths, taking refuge from
| them in the mountain fastnesses But
| the mass of the Spanish people stayed
| in the lowlands and accepted the ia
test intrLders as they had accepted
| the Goths. the Romans. the Garth
aginians and Phoenicians
Moorish Spain.
/ For 700 years the Crescent was tas-
tened to the gateway of tie Medi.e:-
ranean All the while Spain dwelt in
| the Orient, beyond the borders of
Christendom The nations nf the north
paused in their wanderirgs, and
Charlemagne gathered the Gothic
tribes into his empire and into the
! fold of the cross. But the wide Car
lovingian realm stopped at the Tyre-
nees.
The Dark Ages rested like night
upon the Christian world. But it was
noon in Spain, and she was ablaze
with light The dreams of the East
turned to reality in the beauty Of the
Alhambra, and the land was geDlmed
with Saracenic castles and palaces and
mosques.
Great cities sprang up. and Cordova,
outshining even Damasc became the
most brilliant capital in the world.
Cordova's glory departed long ago and
nowhere does her existence seem more
inconcefvable now than when you
wander in the dull little town that
languishes on the site Of that one time
metropolis. which counted 100000 in
ha bitants in the year $50. Then she
was the fountain of learning anc
science and Christian Europe came to
her for instruction in everything from
tanning leather to charting the stars.
The Expulsion of the Moors.
Meanwhile the evicted Goths in the
hardening themselves for the recap
turs of Moorish Spain. Slowly. pain
fully through the centuries the four
little Christian Kingdoms Of Leon, Cas-
tile, Navarre and Aragon edged their
way out of the wilderness down the
slopes of the Pyrenees. rolling back
the boundary OF the Moors. who had
themselves fallen apart into Jealous
sovereignties.
The sword of the Cid cut the south
ward path for the Middle Kingdom of
CASTLE. plucked< the Moorish outpost
of Madrid. and the Castilian capitaf
moved down from Burgos to Toledo.
The advance to Cordova and Seville
was only a little journey OF 200 years
more. Soon Granada alone upheld the
crescent.
When CASTLE and Aragon were
united at the Wedding of Ferdinand
and Isabella, Granada found herself
invested, and the King and Queen sat
down in their camp Of stone at the
gate of that one remaining fortress Of
the infidel And in the very year that
their Genoese messenger sailed out
beyond the horison to capture the
New World, Granada surrendered. its
vanquished defender. Boabdil. only
turning in his flight to sigh ~ he
looked back upon the Alhambra.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
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-I2N6sZ1zSE az EsNEneES

sity. He fights hard and dances hard
but his soul revolts against sordit
toll Like the Bradys, he would make
an elegant Turk, for he hates work
| and is fond of tobacco and the ladies
| And was 1t not a strange prank ot
fate when these two kindred, ease
loving spirits were appointed to the
arduous and responsible posts of gate
keepers to the Mediterranean?
Spain rose to power because SHE
sat by the western portal of thai
great middle sea. She lost her powe,
| only when the Mediterranean ceased
| to be the main aisle in the theater OF
war and commerce, and the English
Channel took its place, with John Bull
as the gatekeeper.
The Phoenicians seized the Spanish
gate HOO years before Christ, and
they held 1t six centuries Then their
cousins, the Carthaginians supplanted
| them and Spain became the favorite
colony of Carthage, whose creates,
soldier, Hannibal. grew up there and
welded a pair of Spanish eyes. He
made it the base of his celebrated
campaign when he attempted to flank
Rome by crossing the Alps and steal
ing in behind her, And it was in
Spain that the last round was tough,
in tho finish battle between the Ro-
mans and the arthaginians.
Thenceforth for another 500 or 500
years Rome held the gate. Through il
Caesar passed to his career as a COM
most OF Roman colonies, the frontier
stronghold of Roman civilization in
the wild west of Europe.
From Spain Rome drew three OF her
greatest rulers, when the empire was
governed for a period of sixty years
By the Spanish born Tratan, Hadrlan.
and Marcus Aurs.ius, whose native
town lies within sight OF the Giralda
Tower. Afterward two other Span
iards. Theodosius and Honorius. gain
ed the Caesarian throne. And three
more, Seneca, Martial. and Quintillan,
won the crown in the republic of let
ters.
spafn's Dyke.
But it was Spain's destiny to be
ruined by empire and by wars Of i'm
perial ambition. and Roman Spain
succum5ed without struggle. under
the blows OF the oarbarous Goths and
Vandals in the fifth of the Christian
centuries. Yet she was not utterly
submerged, like the other nations, BY
that human tide which rolled down
from the north. For Spain remained
Spanish and quickly made her con-
querors over into Spaniards.
The Pyrenees saved her. That noun
famous barrier between her and
France stood like dyke against the
surging torrent of northern savagery,
which only trickled over the top and
sent little rivulets flowing down the
Iberian peninsula. Merely an army,
not q whole people passed the Py-
renees. And that is why Spain IN
Spanish today. why she still 10 diff
ferent from Gothic Europe.
But when another human tide rose
in the desert Of Arabia. Spain alone
was flooded. The Arabs were beaten
back from the rest of Europe BY the
martial hosts that had come out Of
the north. But in Spain the Mortimer
were too few and weak to repel. the
wave. and 1t rolled over the Spanish
plains and over the Pyrenees them
selves. AS the conquering horde de-
scended into France. however. the re-
sistance to them increased. until they
were turned back from the banks Of
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
A I'm q sisAs.

But the epaniard too well may sigh
on that. Hill of the Last Sigh Of the
Moor. For there he tntersd upon the
therny path Of empire which Ia!
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
LAE ~aAe Sz>zAo Iz< 5k0aoE Eaz1 NAzz>
AA20 IzE Gel7/E1Azee ae,Ses1

self called it. Napoleon never recov-
Helena the mortal disease Of his en-
pire. he said. the Spanish ulcer undid
me-
But he had undone the Spanish En-
pire. When he seized the government
| of France, Spain held dominion over
| 100000 square miles in the New
World and the United States comprised
only 100000 square miles. First he
cajoled the immense territory of Lou
| isiana from the Spanish crown and then
| was compelled by the exigency Of war
to drop 1t at the feet of Uncle Sam.
Next the Spanish revolution, which he
precipitated by snatching the crown of
Spain, spread to the colonies and ended
| in their independence of the mother
country. Thus, in his own fall, Napo-
leon had dragged down the Spanish
empire.
Only a foothold remained for Spain
| in the New World and she lost even that
in the American war of 1895. Then she
claimed the last treasure that the
Western Hemisphere held for her-the
bones Of Columbus. These she had re-
moved from Haiti when the French
, captured that territory, but now she
had not six feet of her American en-
pire left and she sadly took them home.
Spain and This War.
As an imperial and military power.
Spain is dead as Columbus. She can
infer how dead she is by the .indifter-
encc now Of the warning empires to
her alliance or her opinion. With prod
igal generosity. n German newspaper.
the Cologne Gazette. has offered her
Tangier and Gibraltar in return for
her coming to the aid of the Teutonic
allies. But while the politicians are
scrambl;ng for the assistance of every
little Balkan state, and begging even
smile from Columbia. they give never
a thought to the fallen Colossus Of the
south.
Spain is left undisturbed in her neu-
trality. a neglected factor in the
mighty struggle of the nations that
once acknowledged her supremacy.
Behind its neutral character. the gov
ernment. under the influence of the
English Queen, Victoria, and the lib
eral ministry that is In power, 10 sup
posed to be sympathetic with the En-
tente. The Carlists and the reaction
aries, on the other hand, are loudly
pro-German.
But for once the Carlist pretender to
the throne is In agreement with the
government. Although Don, Jaime had.
his residence in Austria he manifest.
ed his anti-Teutonic sentiments by
joining in the Red Cross work for the
army of the French republic Where
at the Austrian government issued
decree Of banishment against him. and
his pro-German followers in Spain
banished him from their loyalty.
Castles In Spain.
Being out Of the armed strife. the
Spanish partisans Of the two sides
in the war are shelling one another
from the trenches Of the press and
are even dropping war novels from
the Zsppelins Of their inns egination.
One Of them fancies a congress Of
peace assembled at Madrid: the Kaiser
sent to st. Helena. and Spain and
Portugal forming an Ibsrian republic.
Another novelist retorted by giving
the victory to Germany and imaGin-
ing George v Of England in . mad
flight to the rock a. Gibraltar. Still
another has brought out . novel which
teeooasts . psacA naAe q Washtng-
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
SPAIN NEUTRAL FOR THE FIRST TIME
At Peace in the Midst of War for the
First Time in 1000 Years, She Has
the Golden Chance to Repair Some
Of the Terrible Ravases of Her Dis
astrous Career as a Conquenng.
Military Power-A Warning to the
Warning Empires Today from This
Grave Of Empires.
By JAMES MORGAN.

In his series of stories of the neutral
powers In the war, Mr.. Morgan today
sketches Spain. exhausted by 1000
years OF warfare. . neglected quantity
In the mighty struggle which now con-
vulses her neighbors, and draws . les
SON from the downfall Of . s.ce great
empire.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
The Gate,eeePer.

The one thing above all that the
spaElard scorns is = work Of neees-
The Washington times., 1915-09-30
Gusdorf's Winter Weight Hosiery

SIX and cashmere Half Of plain medium
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-08
MASONS TO INITIATE.
Class of Fifteen to Go Into Wilson's
Royal Arch No. Is Today.

An unusually large class of "tyros'
will be initiated into Wilson's Royal
Arch Capter No. rs of the Masonic
order this afternoon and night at the
Masonic hall.
The class of initiates will number
fifteen men from the Cape, Benton,
Perryville and Jackson.
The chapter will meet in special con-
clave at the Masonic hall at 1870
o'clock to perform the initiation work
in all degrees. The men who are being
initiated already are members of the
Masonic order and today will be taken
further in the order.
The initiation ceremony will occupy
all of the afternoon and night till mid
night. Dinner for the chapter and the
initiates will be served at the st.
Charles cafe.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-08
MRS. PRUlTT ASKS
TO GO HOME TO Die
Civil War Veterans Widow
Leaves Hospital-End
Is Near.

Mrs. Pruitt, 73-year-old widow of
Civil War veteran, who was taken to
st. Francis hospital nearly two months
ago when a counsin in st. Louis made
application before the Court of Com
mon Pleas to have her adjudged de-
mented, Tuesday was taken to her
home in the West End on Bloomfield
street to die.
The old woman's death is expected
at any time, according to physicians,
and when she was told she could live
but a few hours longer, Mrs. Pruitt
begged to be taken to home to die.
At the time the application to have
her adjudged demented was made, it
was said she was in danger of doing
herself bodily harm. 1t is believed
that the loss of her husband and
shortly afterward the death of a
daughter drove her insane.
The application to have the court
appoint curator and guardian for the
old woman was made by Mrs. Daisy
Brown, a cousin whose home is in st.
Louis.
Judge Ranney, before whom the case
was to be tried, had made arrange
ments to proceed to her home at HOP
Bloomfield street because Mrs. Pruitt
was unable to be in attendance at the
court house. After the case had been
set, however, the woman became so i'll
she had to be removed the next day
to the hospital.
Shortly afterward it was determin-
ed to drop the proceedings asking her
to be pronounced insane, and the in
formation was withdrawn.
Mrs. Fruits husband died a little
more than two years ago, and at that
time her pension was cut to $12
month, so that she and her daughter,
Maude Pruitt, were forced to do sew
ing.
Her daughter died short time ago
and from that time on the old woman
has been virtually helpless and COM
panionless. Neighbors feared she
might kill herself. They declare that
on several occasions before she was
taken to the hospital she flourished
butcher knives about in her hands and
acted in demented fashion.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-08
Cape Cirardeau Bell Telephone Co.

Barger this fall "a to the Univer-
sity of Missouri where he joined the
Freshman squad. After two weeks at
the university, however, he returned
home and signified his intention of at
tending the Normal in the Cape.
He was in the Cape Sunday and told
COurleux that he expected to enroll
Monday. He declared thai - u;on,d be
necessary for him to do OF Z work
IN order to pay his expense rhOOl
and he is expected to make ..ange-
ments for this this week. He ants to
play football as soon as he ,ccomes
eligible.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-08
PLANET GOES TO ST. LOUIS.
Injured BallOOnist Receivers Suff:;-
GENTLY to Be Moved to Train.

Ralph Planet, acrobat and show bal
loonist, who sustained a severe injury
to his back and broken right leg at
the ankle last Saturday afternoon
when his balloon ripped and he fell more
than 300 feet, yesterday afternoon was
removed to st. Louis.
His father and a brother arrived in
the Cape Monday and took him on the
train to St. Louis. He was removed
from the hospital to the train in an
ambulance.
Planets father, when in the Cape,
declared that all of his brothers have
had accidents similar to the one his
son suffered at the fair grounds
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-08
Starzinger and August Schoen.

Starzinger and August Schoen.
WEIGH Townhsip-J. H. Wiesenborn
White Water Township-G. G
Kurre and Charles Best.
The following orders were issued by
the court:
That the collector of revenue be re.
ieyed from visiting any municipal
township in accordance with Section
1854 Of revised statute of Missouri
1909.
Dram shop license granted:
Freeze & Ford of Cape Girardeau.
Account D. NJ. Scivally for 81
against pauper fund allowed and war
rant issued.
Charles P. Jaeger appointed justice
of the peace of Byrd township.
Report of J. H. Caruthers, prescott
D. A. Nichols, clerk of common pleas
court account for salary, $166.66, al
lowed and paid.
Account of Zeba Childs, deputy to
clerk of common pleas court for $50,
disallowed on opinion of the attorney
general.
500 appropriated for Cape Girar-
deau Fair and Park Association for
premiums.
Report of w. A. Summers, sheriff,
on fines collected amounted to $465.50
authorized to receipt county treasurer
for board bills and commitment of Ed
Whitener, orris Huffman, Cain Carroll,
Fred Edwards, Ed Williams, John and
Frank Edmonson.
Time cost bill of Ben E. Masters, cir
cult clerk for $43.05, examined and OPP
proved.
Abstracts Of fees earned during
August, 1915, by the circuit clerk and
payment of $3.50 to county treasurer,
received and examined, approved and
ordered filed.
Account of Circuit Clerk Ben E.
asters, for salary for August, 1915,
S166.66, allowed and warrant issued.
Judges and sheriff draw their per
diem and court adjourned to court in
course.
Herman Hess of Neely's Landing at
ending to court.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Rozier, who have
,een visiting at the home of their
daughters in this city, returned to Ste.
ienevieve yesterday.
William Cleveland of Brownwood |
vas a visitor at the Fairgrounds yes
erday.
Charles o. Booker and frankie |
Booker of Doniphan were in the Cape
Roy Atherton and A. Murphy of
dorley were visitors in the Cape last
light, !
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-08

G.. Swatnson, rOadmaSter of the C..
NJ. S. railroad, was in the Cape yes
terday buying ties for his road.
Miss Ruth Glenn, Miss Rose Leming,
Miss Mary Griffith and Mrs. Iska Car
mack together, with Fred Groves, A.
NJ. Tinsley and DIR. F. E. Rhodes were
guests last night at a dinner party at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. l.. F.. Conner.
Mrs. Harris Rodgers together with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Warner yesterday
mOtored to the Cape from Benton, the
two women to do some shopping and
Mr.. Warner on a business trip.
Thomas Reams of Blodgett, yester-
day came to the Cape with his son,
John Reams. Mr.. Reams is sending
his son to a business college at SPRING
field, Mo.
Judge Edward d. Hays yesterday
spent the day in Jackson on business.
Henry Koechig today will move
from his residence on Pacific street to
the farm of John Feste, three miles
northwest of the Cape. He has pur-
chased a portion of the Feste farm
and expects to settle there.
A. A. Meadows of Poplar Bluff was
a visitor in the Cape yesterday after
noon for the final day of the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter w. Post of
Commerce came up yesterday for the
last day of the fair.
H. Patterson of Portageville was a
fair visitor in the Cape yesterday aft
ernoon and last night.
George C. Orchard of Poplar Bluff,
deputy U. S. marshal, yesterday ar
'ived in the Cape after trip south of
lere serving papers. He is on his way
lone.
Mrs. Stanley Hallenbeck, Mrs. Mat
lie l. McRowen and Miss Marie Nc
aowen, all of limo, yesterday after
loon motored to the Cape for the
air.
DIR. and Mrs. C. M. Wilmer of Mar
lie Hill were visitors in the Cape for
he final day of the fair and visited
everal friends in the Cape.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-08
Oak Ridge News
Up To The Minute

Oak Ridge, Mo-, Oct. 6.-Joe
Schmidt returned home from Sedalia
Sunday, where he had been attend
ing the state fair.
Leo Bremecke of the Meyer-Albert
Grocery Co., was in town Tuesday.
Geo. w. Goodson visited his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Tom D. Wills, in Cape Girar-
deau several days last week. o.
]. w. Smith attended the Masonic
meeting in St. Louis last week.
w. L. Eddleman spent Tuesday in
Jackson.
Ward w. Gillen of East st. Louis,
was in town Monday buying mules.
Dick Snider, the youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. P. A. Snider, departed for
Sedalia last week to visit the state
fair, and on his return home brought
back a bride with him. The newly
weds will make their home on the farm
Mr.. Snider recently purchased from
George Ford, which is located near the
Gravel Hill church.
August r. Kim of Friedheim, was
in town Tuesday in the interest of
patent he is trying to get on an apple
picker.
w. F. and Brown Clifford transacted
business at the Cape Monday.
G. C. Banks and wife spent the week
end in Cape Girardeau with Mr. Banks
mother, Mrs. Mary Banks.
Miss Mabel Harris of Daisy, was
the guest of her grandmother, Mrs.
Cora Harris, Saturday and Sunday.
Cletus Ford, who is attending the
Normal, came home for Sunday and
Monday.
Miss Esther Turner, who is teach
ing school at Steele, returned home
Tuesday for about a month vacation
during the cotton picking season.
Miss Lou Shell departed for Pine
Bluff, Ark, Saturday, where she has
a position in the public school.
J. c. Clippard of Jackson, spent
Thursday and Friday in Oak Ridge.
Rev. W. j. Ward and wife of Chat
friends. Mr.. Ward was formerly pas
tor of the Baptist church in this city.
The following young people attended
the conference of the NJ. f. church,
South, at Sikeston:
Misses Lillian Wills, Myra Trickey,
Earl Thompson, Stella Huff and
Messrs. Vest Smith, Archie Reid, Dock
Fulbright and E. r. Adams
Chas Reed returned from Detroit,
Mich, Wednesday, where he had spent
the summer.
c. NJ. McWilliams of Jackson, was
in town Manday.
Mrs. Mary Penny was in Perryville
Friday and Saturday visiting friends
E. w. Harris and wife of Daisy,
spent Sunday in this city the guest of
DR.. and Mrs. J. D. Ellis.
Mr.. and Mrs Garrett Marshall, Miss
Nettie May Marshall and Frank Mar
shall of Commerce, were Oak Ridge
visitors Sunday.
William Smith of Sedgewickville, is
visiting his brother, NJ. l.. Smith.
Dewey Day and Elmer Kinder left !
for the Cape Monday, where they will !
enter the business college.
]. B. Wilbourn will be our new Meth
odist minister. He comes from Lead
wood. Mr.. Newson, our present min
lister, was transferred to Cootd
Mr.. and Mrs. L W. Schmidt attended |
the funeral of Mrs. Schmidt's brother,
Other Cotner, which was held at old |
Apple Creek Tunday. Mr.. Cotner died |
with consumption at his home in North |
Dakota and was brought back to his
Did home for burial.