Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 42, Petersburg, Pike County, 28 February 1896 — Page 3

€tuf ifct JEounty fjemottat M. MaO. STOOPS, Editor ud Proprietor, PETERSBURG. - • - INDIANA. . LA PASCUA. BY RALPH GRAHAM TABER. "The black boll is of the Sensuntepee breed; his like has never been seen here before—so tall, so glossy, so wide *>f horn, so strong of shoulder and lean of flank! You should have seen the lire in his eyes as they drove him into the • patio! And there is something more, senores,” the speaker leaned forward and held his brown finger upon his thick lips,^bj-steriously; “it is a secret known but to the few.” “Then it is scarcely a secret,” the younger of his two auditors replied. A faint smile hovered uncertainly about the corners of his mouth, and he toyed idly with the glass before him. “What is this Vonderful secret?*’ asked the other, expelling a cloud of smoke from his lungs. “It is said there will be a new matador.”

"i'ouf: that is not mws, Hon i’eoro. These mat adores—they come and go, like the hulls they slay; it is only_ a question of time with them. Sooner or later a drink too much makes the nerves falter, and then—then the knife hits half an inch too low, or it fails to strike the right moment, and a new matador is needed! The other—" “But this,” interrupted the landlord - —“this is news, senores; for the matador has never even faced a bull, not as banderillero nor capcador—” “Caramba! What is the name of this fool?” The question was asked in a tone of contempt, and the tall youth looked up with an impatient frown. The landlord shrugged his shoulders. “I do not know the name, but he comes from the upper country.” “Then we will drink to the excellent hull. Come, friends; shall it be aguardiente?' “I thank you.” the youth replied, courteously, “but not for me. senor; I do not drink it.” Rising from his seat, he v. ishcd them good day and departed. * What is our young friend who >vi 11 nc^l drink?” asked the guest, as he tasted his glass of strong spirits. “A passer, who came but this morning. He gave his name Antonio. T know no more about him.” Aa Antonio reached the street, be heard the tones of a distant maru-ba beating out the national air. Following a tortuous walk, »hat was hedged on cither side by banks of Wood-red roses, he slowly crossed the broad square in front of the low adobe inn 'deselected a bud. trimmed the thorns with his knife, and thrust the stem beneath ^ the bane! of°his wide som’orero. Re-aching the street on the opposite side, he found himself before the cathedral, whose pretentious entrance faced the flower-covered square. A rudely-carved stone high up on its yellow adobe wadi proclaimed that the first foundation stone had been laid 120 years before—and the structure was 'act ytt finished. The stucco decorations w ithin its high arch had fallen away in places, and spots of green mold clung to the plaster casts of the So:nts. Showing irregularity here and there *»ere small punctures—some of them filled with moss—from which htul bads might be dug with a knife, the mementoes of resolutions; and crowning the txch stood a statue of the Virgin, follow fully viewing her empty arms from which the Babe's image had fal'en. Antonio carelessly noted all this, but his thoughts were of the solemn high mass, that was soon to be celebrated, and of the gayiy-dressed throng that would fill the church and overflow the plaza, when the grand processional should draw near. For it was the feast of I.a 1‘ascua and the crowning dry of the holy week—the day that commemorated the birth of the infant Saviour. The air w as tremulous with musical sounds, and the people began to congregate. The marimba notes swelled louder and louder, the tramp of a multitude echoed along the rough pavements and the head of the procession turned into the square. As it approached, Antonio doffed his hat respectfully, and he knelt when the robed priesta passed, with the shining “Santlsimo” held on high, surrounded b> swinging censors. « The smoke of the Incense filled the street with its subtle perfume, and served to throw an additional charm about the chariot that

lonpweo. j dm wag, a noai drawn oy two-score of /Dung girls clad in pare whtte garment*, with thin veiling pinned to their soft, black hair and falling back over their shoulders. , The chariot, too, waa draped in white, and upon, its broad platform was presented a tableau of the (Nativity. Before a gilt manger, in which lay a figure of the holy Child, three boys, representing the three wise men, reverently knelt and gazed upon a glistening star that hovered over the cradle. Behind them weir the akin-dad shepherds, each with a snow-white lamb in his arms, and beside the crib stood the mother, a slight, fair girl, draped in flowing robes, chosen from all who had come for tdelete because of her saint-like beauty, and bashfully proud of the distinction that was hers to enjoy for the hour. As the latter’s glance fell upon Antonio, kneeling bareheaded in rhe throng, and as she felt his eves bent upon her, her face was marked by a passing shade of annoy ance. Antonio' caught the expression, and the quick hlood surged to his olivecibeeks. He muttered bitterly to hiniself: “She* 1m saying again, as she said before: ‘Antonio, what a coward!* But it shall be lor the last time. To-day—to-day I •hall show her!” He rose from his knees and shouldered his way through the crowd to water the church, where the organ waa

purring the notes of the processional. As he unconsciously crossed himself at the font and made the genuflexion, his eyes sought for her—this girl who had called him a coward. He saw her at last; she had knelt, near the aisle, in a flood of bright, red sunlight that streamed through a leaded window. Her loose, gray robe had been laid aside, and the mass of her hair had a tinge of bronze, as the colored rays fell upon it. Antonio had no thought of the’mass. He hardly heard the grand singing. Presently a nervous hand touched his shoulder, and a rough voir-e whispered: “Was it to see them kill the bfill—*he fine, black bull of Sensuntepec—that jou came down to the city? Ybu were wise not to answer the public challenge, t have seen him, and I—even I. who have given many a bull the sword thrust-r-do not like the look of this fellow.” .

“It ta 200 pesetas. Antonio answerer, absently. “And I would earn them, Antonio, In spite of my broken wrist—if only to gain the glory. But a new Espada has challenged—one whom they ay is new to the rcdondel.” Then he added, with some asperity: ‘‘Your chance would have been quite : s good as his—and think—200 pesetas! ' Had you not lacked the courage!” Antonio did 'not resent the speech. He merely answered, quietly: "You, tco, then, think 1 lacked courage. That it was a lying reason I gave to Lola, cs excuse for refusing the challenge!'" “Hardly a lie, Antonio. I give nti! the lie save for reason. It is more that your life has been of the sheep—that you have not the nature to battle and kii". ” Antonio made no reply. He was living again that night on the hills wbt n, v.hkened from sleep by his lambs' load bleat mg,, he had seized his machete, had rushed to the . *»ld, and had s.air tbej mountain lion. The angry mark on his shouilder burned again, where the brute’s strong claws had struck him, and his olive cheeks burned, too, as he thought of how Lplo had called him coward, and how her father now s>a:d he lacked courage. Her father, ♦lie famous m&tador. who had broken his wrist in the last I'aseua flght and yet managed to kill his victim! The garrulous Hd man had continued to whisper. What was it he had beeu saying? - is a fort hie. And you con'd have married my Lola.” . Antonio turned and laid his hand impulsively on the old mail's arm. It ?s enough for now, senor. You w >’l attend the fight with her? Then you will see me later.” Antonio abruptly left the church and, crossing the square with rapid strides, plunged into the maze of crooked streets, between the brown-tiled dwellings, and presently emerged at another square, the | famous Plaza de Toros. It was ipclosed by a high adobe wall, on whose top vyas a thick growth of cactus. He did not approach the main entrance. tv Inch a iu< but sought In small door mi the eastern side, at whi .“Antonio “W'elcomlj The burl lithe figure notes of the make a bib rry crowd was besieging. h he knocked nervously, The guart|l w ithin called out, gruffly: “Quien ?” Gpmez.” Anton ip Gomez.” guard eyed the youth’s «as a dealer might take good points of a horse, and nodded in grave approval; “You tVould e mattulor. my son, if you had* first the jnuch-neoded practice. As it is—weljU it may be, perhaps—if Toro Negro will let you.” He led the way to nil inner room, which he placed at Antonio’s disposal, and reverently laid out the richly colored sash, the small red flag and the short sword, sharp as a razor, that comprised the matador's equipment.* Antonio took up the light weapon, balanced and swung it back and forth, ran h;s fingers along its keen edge, and replaced it on the table. Again the guard smjjnd and nodded. “When all is ready I will call you, senor,” lie kaid, as he left the apartment. j f Antonio ebuld hear the tramping of hoofs, as thje pieadores mounted, and the music cjt the band came to' him faintly, through the thick walls,*-as it. played the stirains of a familiar song—a favorite song of Lola's: ‘ Gayly the ftkps are flaunting. List how tjhe horses neigh; An envious crowd greet the riders prou As they murk for Toro the way.1 ’ Tfien a trunjipet blast, loud and hauntin Echoes frbm hill to hill; The broad gates swing and into the ring Bursts Toto to wreak his will. The chulos play for their honors; They flutter scarfs In his eyes. They prick bis rough hide, and his ang deride, - As to toss them he blindly tries.

" Then the ploz* Is hushed and breathless, The Toreadores give way. The brave Matador looks the plaza o’er. And. singly, awaits the fray. •* The bull gores the ground In his fury. And bellows with rage and hate As he charges his foe, but a flashing blow Ends Toro, and ends the fete.” ' ft How stirriagly Lola had sung it that night on the mountain! And when she had finished she laid her guitar beside him. and spoke of the I’ascua bidl fight, and, with a soft arm around his neck, asked him to take up the challenge, in an effort to win the grand public prize —the much coveted prize that would fall to him who might conquer the black Sensuntepec bull. In their poverty it was quite a fortune to them. It was by far the largest prize that had ever yet been offered. Its possession would" mean they might marry at once, without waiting for that uncertain time when they might be able to save enough to pay the fee of the padre. The padre's fee war. very high; 30 pesetas for holding the mass, 3d more for the precious ■scroll that would prove the ceremony. The valley folk seldom marry at all; but. safe in their mutual promise, lived their lives ip their thatched cane huts without the padre’s blessing. But Lola was not in the valley. She would not listen to aught but the mass and the good priest’s fatherly blessing. . ‘ i r \ ' \ ll

Why, then, had he so bluntly refused? It was not from cowardice; that he knew. He hardly understood it himself, but that he had an unreasonable dislike of inflicting useless torture. And Lola had called him a coward r had refused to hear such a childish excuse, and, with a fine scorn, had left him. And he had gone back to his little cane hut, and had lain awake through the long, dark night, watching the (winkling Southern Cross and thinking about this girl whom he loved— who had mockingly called him a coward! And long before daybreak he left the hut, and, at sunrise, awoke the padre— and the padre had written a letter for him—at the price of his last peseta. And he had not seen Lola since, until in the church procession. But to-day —to-day he would show her that at* least he did not lack the courage! * He heard the shouts and the cheerI :ng, as the picadores entered; and he 1 heard the wild, pulsating notes of the ! marimba,‘"sounding far away and in- | distinct. Then he heard an occasional | burst of applause; and still he sat there waiting.

At last the guard came to call him. Re rose and took up the short^bladed sword and his other safeguard, the small, red flag, and passed out into the sunshine. He cast one glance about the surging sea of expectant faces, and then looked longingly up at the hills that rose behind tiie city. Their bluish tops seemed trembling in the haze, the air seemed drowned in expectancy, and far-off sounds came plainly—among them tho tinkle of a sheep bell far up on the shimmering mountain side. Then a sharp, cry rang out: “tiuardese, Antonio—guardesel” He caught one glimpse of a girl in white, who stretched her bare arms out toward-him. Then he turned to avoid the great, black bull that came rushing down the redondel. He instinctively leaped-—only just in time—and the small, red flag was torn from bis hand. The maddened beast tossed it high in the air and turned to prepare for a second attack, while the spectators, pleased "'ith his agile If ap,boisterously applauded. The bull pawed the ground, with lowered head, throwing a cloud of dust in the air. His parched tongue hung •from his open jaws, his hot breath came in panting gasps, the red blood trickled down his sides ‘’"'where the spears of the chujos had pricked him, and his bloodshot eyes shone with madness as he quickened his pace to a thunderous charge. Antonio, calmly awaited the assault, and then—then the mad beast stopped short in his wild onset, trembled, and, bellowing, crouched to the ground in a spasm of fear. Antonio stupidly gazed at the bull; then he heard a dull ruTabling beneath him and felt the baked earth lift and surge and sink and rise, like an anlgry ocean after a storm. The hilltop.s swayed in the quivering air, strong men shrieked aloud in their dread and the solid wulls of adobe , groaned and creaked aaid crackled. Antonio dropped his now useless j swonl and, with a bound, reached the side of the ring where he had seen Lola standing, and where the panic-stricken spectators were blindly fighting for the exits. “Lola!” he shouted, “mj'Lola!*' and out of the surging mass he heard her calling to him. “Leap!” he cried, with uplifted arms, and struggling through the crowd, she obeyed.' 5 Others, gashing the prqyfrs to the saints ihitft tljcir palsied lips failed to utter, were dropping all about him; but Antonio caught her skilfully and, with his light but precious burden, staggered aw ty from the crumbling wall. As he reached the center of the redondel the earthquake ceased for a moment; then a second series of shocks began, a w ide crack opened across the court, a dizziness overpowered him and he sank tsothe heaving, uncertain earth, not in the %nuj eness of terror, nor with a despKtrjpe. prayer'in his throat, but w ith a vkydLju r song in his soul, os he clasjicd JpvTnla closer. Was he not from the upper country—the country that lay far back of the hills, the high mountain land where Momotombo’s towering blafk pea&s breathed blacker smoke from dawn to daw n and made the treetops bend and nod to the tune of the hills i fitful slumliers? Why should he feai| the quaking earth? Fear w as fori thosje of the lowlands, born; Momototubo I bad rocked bis cradle; and thy song) that trembled within his soul w as a sjong of thanksgiving and gladness—thif thrilling note of his vibrant heart ajs he pressed his Lola to it. again in a moment. The ',ed their still place in the wind stirred the tall and Lola shuddered and |eycs, and drew his head him. One by on4 men regained courage to speak, although at first it was only in whispers. ] > Antonio assisted Lola to rise, as her aged father ipproochedNthera. You have! done well, Antonio,” ho >ro lives, but he has made a have won the 200 peseIt was ovci hilltops resuf sky, a welci mango tr opeued her down and ki said. “The his fight. Y tas.” A happy 1 eyes, and, asked: “Then, yoii think now, I lacked not the courage?j*—X. Y. Independent. bft shone in Antonio’s soft wing Lola closer, ho

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PROTECTION IN AUSTRALIA. It Is a Glaring Failure—Sensible Views Gaining Orotnd. Gratifying' evidence that sound and sensible views on the tariff question are gaining ground in the protectionist colonies of Australia, is furnished in the report of the annual meeting of the Free Tirade league of Victoria. As is generally known, that eolony was deluded into adopting a protective tariff about 30 years ago, with the result that it was immediately outstripped in wealth, population and industry by New South Wales, a neighboring colony which adhered to a revenue tariff. Disgusted with their experience the people of Victoria have for some time been trying to get rid of their burdensome tax system, but so far the power of organized monopoly has proved too strong, and the protective policy remains fastened on the unfortunate colony.

Happily there is now on foot a movement which seeksflb sweep away every vestige of protection, and a flourishfree trade league is engaged in educating those of the people who are still victims of‘the high, tariff delusion. At the recent annual meeting of the league the’ various speakers showed much earnestness in their attacks on the “monopolists’ tariff,” and their radical declarations for greater freedom of trade were loudly cheered. Among those who denounced protection was Mr. R. Murray Smith, member of the legislature, who said: “For the first time in 80 years the destructive tide had been turned back. Every industry had in turn been brought to the bar of public opinion, and had to attempt to justify its position. The result was that these industries might be divivded into four classes. There were good, sound industries which never asked for protection, and which now only asked for fair play and free raw materials, with which they were prepared to.challenge free competition. But there were other industries of that class, as well able to support th'?mselves,’which were always beggers for public favors to enable them to establish a monopoly and escape competition. The second class of industries was difficult to deal with. They were in a state cjf babyhood, and might possibly arrive at manhood. They could not altogether dispense with protection at present, and all that could be done was to warn them to set their houses n order, for the support could not al ways be vouchsafed to them. The third class of industries was composed of exotics which could never succeed. , ^hey should be allowed to "disappear it once. There was a fourth class with regard to which the lobbying to;>k place vyhich had been so justly condemned. He'd id not say that members had yielded to bribery, but he did say that solicitations, importunities, and threats were freely used, for he hftd been the subject of tluoats himself. These industries were what he would call the ‘horse leech’ industries. They always cried, ‘give, give,’ and never cried ‘enough.’ From ten to twenty per cent, they went always asking for more, and finally declaring that even 350 pe-r cent was not sufficient The sooner such monstrous parasites were done away with the better for the colony and for the peace and hwior of the legislature. All these industries, to the extent to which they relied upon state support, were parasites upon all the other industries and were quenching the life of the colony and impeding its progress. How much longer were thegreatjnterests goingto stand these exactions, which were most pestilent \© the bearing, the back being sacrificed to the load.” * Dr. Bevan, another speaker, expressed his congratulations on what the league had done. “Free trade,” he said, “was the natural condition of human intercourse. ? Protection was artificial and self-destroying, and was certain to perish. People closed their ears and stifled* their intelligence on the question of protection. But times yf trial and trouble were beginning to have an effect in making them inquire whether, after all, there was anything in this protection.j He found that protection did not prevent those conditions of trade which were found in other countries. Increased protection had not saved the country, but had only increased the distress. The classes who lived upon the masses here were not lords and titled persons as in Europe, but the few pro-tected'-manufacturers. This was a land blessed by God in every respect, but cursed abominably in the politicians who had been permitted to lead the people astray. Every protected country was a perilous country for the workingman. Liberty should be set up as the great ideal towards which people should move Any hindrance upon the means of interchange was just as much a wrong as the manacling of a man’s hands. The day was dawning and the light was break ing, and there wouldi ere {long be liberty for Victoria as for her great mother-land.”

THE MINING INDUSTRY. tlM Output of Mineral* Greatly Increased Hndrr Tariff Reform—No Need of a Return to Me matey ism. The Engineering and Mining Journal, a recognized authority on statistics of-mineral production, published recently its annual review of the mining industry for 1895. Its statement of the total value of the various metals produced from domestic ores in this country during 1895 shows that the year has been exceptionally prosperous in the American mineral industry, the yield advancing from $194,39^,622 in 1894 to $210,997,020 ih the past year. The value of the cdal, iron oire and line increased from $201,283,146 in 1894 to 524a.0s8.030 in 1805. Statistics for other minerals are nut sufficiently full to gir«s separate itetas, but they indicate an increase in al out the same proportion. which would make the value of the total mineral production for 1S95 about $698,335,000, as compared with a value for the same products in 1894 of $568,206,50C. This is a pretty goad showing for an industry “ruined” by the wicked Wilton law, which, cut dawn the tariff

taxes on most minerals from 15 to SO per cent and prat some of them, sracb as copper, on the free list. The Me* Kinley organs, and the McKinley lies in congress, protested when the tariff of 1890 was repealed that we should no longer be able to produce minerals, when once the high tariff protection was withdrawn. And throughout the past year the deadly effect of the reduced duties on mineral ores has been made an important part of the agitation for a restoration of the McKinley law. Under these depressing circumstances, in the minds of calamity editors, it was natural to suppose that the first year in which the blighting influence of tariff reform had full sway, would show a great falling off in mineral production and depression in the mining industry. This is what the republicans had predicted and this is what many of them were claiming to have occurred. Yet when the returns from the various branches of mining came in it was found that in spite of lower taxes on foreign ores the American miners went ahead digging out gold, silver, coal, iron, etc., just as though thev had never heard of the repeal of Mr. McKinley’s tariff. And when the total values were added up they showed the gratifying fact that the increase in one year of tariff reform was nearly 8136,000,000 more than the production of 1894. '

it must not be supposed tnat such little things unreliable statistics will bother the mighty minds which evolve ' protection arguments. That the production of copper, with our infant copper industry, (begun by the Indians only a few 'hundred years ago) when subjected to the free competition of pauper foreign ores should have increased in value over $$,009,000 in one year, will not prevent the party of high taxes from howling for a duty on copper ore. That under duties on pig iron 17 per cent, lower than those of the McKinley law, the total output should have amounted to 9,346,346 tons, | breaking all previous records, will be I no reason why the iron interests will not again appear before congress with a pitiful tale of how they are being ruined by the Wilson tariff. So with the various other protected mineral industries which each and all will be told that their only" salvation is in a general increase of tariff taxes. To all the demands for a return to. high protection for minerals, based on | the alleged injury caused by reduced duties, the democrats need only point to the busy mines, smelters, furnaces and mills, and to the increase of $130,000,000 in production under the freer trade of Ig695. These facts may not silence the clamor of the hired republican press and orators, but they should | convince every fair-mined voter that j the country is rapidly ^becoming far more prosperous under the democratic policy than when the McKinley tariff was in force. AVhiddex Grauajs A “STRICKEN” INDUSTRY. Some Facts In Regard to the Iron and Steel Interests. The republican party in congress proposes an addition of 15 par cent, to the duties of the present tariff* those on sugar excepted, pretending that its purpose is to enlarge the revenue and, incidentally, as the ways and means committee said, “toencourage stricken ! industries.” It would encourage the iron and steel industry by adding 15 per cent, to all the duties in the iron and steel schedule, many of which are even now prohibitory and yield no revenue. It would add 15 per cent, to such duties as those on wire nails and cut nails, for example, although the domestic manufacturers- have in combination increased prices for consumers in this country by more than 160 per cent during the last eight mpDths, aqd have continued to export nails to ; Europe and elsewhere at the rate of 22,000,000 pounds per annum. The American Irori and Steel association now publishes its report concerning the output of iron in this coun- , try for the year 1603. “The total production of pig. iron in 1895 was the ! largest in Qur iron-making history, amounting to 9,440,303 gross tons, or nearly 42 per cent, more than in 1894, and 243,605 tons more than in 1890, when our largest previous production was attained.” These are the figures which repiesent the un precede uted expansion af this “stricken industry” in a year during every month of which the “depressing and paralyzing” duties bf the new tariff were in force. The great iron and steel industry having been | "stricken” in this way, the republican party urges that i| fieeds to be encouraged' by an addition of 15 per cent to the tariff duties. - " - At the same time it is shown by the reports of the treasury department that the exports of iron and steel products for the year were larger th&n those of any preceding year. Indeed, the exports for only 11 months of the year, up to December 1 (831,233,682), were greater than those of any preceding full year. Therefore, republican* say, the tariff duties should be increased to keep out foreign iron and steel products in open competition with which American iron and ato*! products are sold abroad, to the va)u* of about $34,000,000 per annum, with* out the help of any protective duties whatever. —N. Y.f Times.

Tb« Coaiamer P»JI tbe Tax. In an editorial favoring the abolitioi of all taxes on alcohol, the New York Press makes an ^admission which it highly inconsistent with its nsnal pro* tectipnist teachings. Daring the eight years of its existence the Press has been a prominent advocate of the theory that the tariff taxes are not paid by the people who buy and use imported goods, but by the foreign producer. It has always denied that the tariff waa a tax on consumption, and has proved to its satisfaction that the more things are taxed the cheaper they become. As protectionists hate cheapness this alleged result of high tariffs has frequently caused trouble in the McKinley camp, some curious peCrMe wanting to know h6w the same ta-i system, could put prices up end also make them falL But the Press haa always avoided the difficulty by declba ing to attempt an explanation.

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