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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

seats, Yelled, threw their hats and
stamped their feet In uproarlouS APP
plausc. The most famous spada in the
annals Of tauromachy never won a more
brilliant victory than did bruin, in the
arena at Sonora The description which
| have given of this combat is no fancy
sketch, rs am fully able to provo by IL
reliable living witness of the atlray.
Tho most popular and distinguished
Spnda of the new world Is PonCanO
Dia2, Of McXi o-and It m ht he added
that he Is undoubtedly the most popular
man IN Mexico to-day, with the native
masses, To them he stands as the en-
bod ,mcnt of manly hcroism and national
chivalry. Although but - years of age,
his career in the arena has not been rs
brief rs m ght be supposed, for from
cary hOyhood he has been familiar with
the function, or exhibit on.
! The first public performance in which
/ he figured rs primer CSp0du or matador
Us the man who kills the bull is called,
| was given only twelve years ago.
| IL - brilliant and daring featS brought
| him INTO immediate fame. He has had
| many hair-brCadth escapes from death
| and several serious wounds but he seems
| destined to almost rival the fame of the
r.
| lar bull fighting and the greatest hero of
| its annals, 1t was he who established
| tho code which governs the arena of to-
| day.
Previous to his day the sport had been
| confined TO the aris,o racy. 1t was the
royal sport In n double sense, for not
| only were tho royalty and the nobility
I its ch cf patrons but its principal pa I'll
cipautS.
The sport is supposed to have origi-
| mated Immediately after the Moorish in
vasion of Spain.
The principal monarChS who were he
rocS Of the arena are Charles Y. and
! Phillip ~ If history correctly repre-
Sc Is them, they were quite rs fond of
| the cNctcmonts Of the ring rs they were
| of the intrigues Of court.
The list OF uohlCs, rs given by Camp
! bell who took part in the bloody pas.
! time inc udeS tho Dukes Of Media, Sido-
! MIA, Iarate, Blanc, SaStagato; Counts
| Bucma, Njllamcdiana, TeAdiAa, a d La
| Ncna Thoro we c Il SO many diSti :
guiShod knights, most promir cnt among
wht M was tho great Fernando dc ri; AFRO
/ who lat fouQd a moro profitable ueid
| for the d Splay OF his daring, by leading
! thu & eat conquest of Peru,
/ But when ;ho BourhonS assembled the
! Spanish TIL! on the royal intere IN bull
. lighting wa porSiStcntly discouraged
( only to bCCorac the faYorite sport of the
people,
/ Alter Pedro Romero perfected his
| code, bull-tghting became Il Sc ence, in
stead OF butChcry--as 1t had been
| unter tho royal 7 gimc. From that time
To tn $ there have boon training schools
for he cultivation of skill in this brutal
art. Each stage Of serv CO in VIII Gu tho
pup must be ONE proficient before he
can pass TO the next highcr Is clearly dc.
fined, and thu ru as OF the ring are very
cxactjng.
IKE bulls arc carefully reared from
choice b oadei stock, ami have FIR on
slant companions, both at the breeding
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

establishments and in the pens or the
arena, trained oxen, called cabestros
which perform tho same services towards
their ferociouS knsmen that tame elc-
plants do towards their wild b ethrcn.
They are monitors. If a fighting bull
breaks his pen, a posse OF the cdbcsfT0S
voluntarily follow him and usher him
back into confinement again before he
has opportunity to exercise his fighting
qualities upon those unfortunate enough
TO fall in his way, In case bull repeat
cdly vanqu shes his ssalantS in the
arena, his Valor is rewarded by exempt on
from further contests, and the on'y way
in which he can he brought back to
his stall is to loose Il band Of cabcstros.
or police oxen, into the arena. They
never fail TO accomplish their mission.
The movement or program OF II bull
fight is, briefly, rs follows:
First: The grand entry o. matadors,
bandcrileros and the mounted picadors,
dccicd in the most brilliant costumes.
They march to the bands loudest
music, halt before the Presidents stand
and salute The President signals for
the performance TO begin.
The gate is opened and in plunges the
bull.
Then the picadors begin their work
OF torture by riding their blnd-folded
horses usually old Jadcs fattencd and
grOOmcd for the OccaS On-alOngSide the
bull, plunging sharp gOad into his
sides.
Usually the bull rcciprocates by
pIunging his horns to then full length
into the horses side, and sometimes the
Same fate ovcrtakcs the piCador before
he can scale the arena fence.
The bull s attention is drawn to an
other portion Of the arena and the dead
horse dragged from the s,cno.
The task Of melting the bull to still
greater fury is then taken up by the
hardcriIcros
With II steel dart in each hand the
bandcriIicrO calmly awaits the attack OF
the bull, and as the animal makes bis
final plunge the tormcntor dcftly gives
him the slip" ana faStcns the darts into
his sidc-unlcss the bull fastcns his
horns into the bandcrilero's side. This
operation is repeated until the bull is
thoroughly furious.
At the final signal from the President
and amid the cheers of the spectators, if
he is II faVortc "star," the matador steps
forth with his slender sword IN one hand
and rod cloth called the muleta In the
other.
The bull springs m0dly forward and
generally thrusts the mtietG with his
horns, while his breast receives the
Swo. q Of his assailnnt But in case the
bull is not deceived into making tho
mulctn the target Of his horns, it is the
nlutdT0r who receives the fatal thrust,
and the bull receives the applause, Six
combats constitute the usual program.
With he strong humane sentiment that
is daily gaining ground in America AMI
Mexico, il does not take Il prophet to see
that the days Of bull-ightiug are num-
bcrcd And all humane hearts will say,
speed the day! FOERESr CRlSSEY.
GENEVA, Ill.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

although one o, the latter might occa-
Sionaly be called uIon to sacrifice his
life Upoo the altar of h pcrIous sport
no one was dis oSod to romplain-lcast
Of all the Americans. One or two
'G"eaSorS," more or less, was Il matter
Of small m0Ucnt To them
The fights, rs conducted nj Sonora,
lacked the rich and elaborat, Settin 5 of
Spanish and Mexican arenas, but there
was no lack Of excitement
The exec ton just referred to was
when monSt Gus grizzly boar, which q
party of miners had caught in n huge
trap, was entered against the bulls
was Sun .ay, and Ito amphithcater
was litera ly pack Il.
The O d grl Zty WAS first let loose
into the arena. As he saw no way of
reaching tie spectators in tie high seats
above him, he '. ~ dclihe atelv sea ed
hjmSol up his Launches and beman
Scrat hing his huge sides.
Then another gata WAS lifted and =
ano specimen II bull entered lie
tossed his head, shifted the air an per.
ambu.atcd around his strange contest
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05
American LUXURY and love of Money.

love ga MONEY
At Frenchman's Bay. on the border
of the Eastern States, II violent storm
having compelled me to stop ut Ma
chias, | questioned the man ut who g
house / was staying. That house was
indeed the best in the district, and, rs
people say in the country, the landlord
was most respectable man. Having
exhausted tho chapter relative to the
value and price of land, | asked him
whether he had ever been in Philndcl-
phia He re plied that he had not yet
done so. He was man of about A5
years of age l scnroly dared to ask
him whether he knew Gen. Washing
ton. Il have never seen him" he said.
"lf you should go to Philadelphia, /
went on, you would be pleased to SEQ
the cat MANI" mo doubt | shall ;
but" he added, with beaming eyes, Il
should very much like to see Mr.
Bingham, the man who they say is so
rich"
Throughout the States / met with
similar love for money, and often as
coarseIy expressed. This county is
too soon ncquai ltcd with Injuries
Tho latter are, indeed, shocking, when
men can hardly provide themselves
With the necessa4le of life. recol-
lect having seen, in the d awing-room
of Mrs. Robert Morris, the hat manu-
featured III the birthplace of the mas
tor of the house, carefully laid on an
elegant Sevres china table, bought at
lualon by some American. Hardly
would II European peasa 1t have con
scnted to W ar such hat.
On the banks of tho Ohio Mr.
Smith possesses Il residence known in
the country by the name of log
house. The walls were formed with
rough trees. The drawing room con
tanned a piano forte enriched with most
beautiful bon les. M. de Beaumetl,
hn ipg opened it, Mr.. Smith said to
him: Please do not attempt to play on
it, for the man who tunes it lives q
hundred miles from here, and he has
not come this year" TaIeyrana's
Memoirs
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

q side blow from his prOdigOuS paw that
sent the bull staggering to one side, but
more furious than ever. The spectators
chccrcd brun to the echo When the
bull had somewhat recovered from the
effects Of his recent shock, he prepared
for Il desperate and crucial charge.
He trottcd several rods distant from
the bear, to allow himself plenty of
"sIacil" for hard run, wheeled about,
pitched his sharp horns at the proper
angle and charged again with all the he
roic fire Of the "noblo six hundred"
AS the grizzly was still sitting erect
upon his launches, the bull aimed high,
and instead Of making u downward
plunge into the bear belly, he made al
most an upward leap as bruins breast.
The excitement Of the spectators Mt
this moment was so intense that they
remained perfectly still, with batcd
breath, expecting to see the bear deal
The bull crushing blow, or be gorcd by
the savage horn9.
But never did knight surprise antagon-
list with IL moro startling coup dc grace
than that with which bruin received his
antagonist.
Just as the bull was close upon him,
the grizzly "kcUIcd" over backwards,
escaped the horns, and threw his pom
dcrous paws about tho bulls neck.
For the space of IL second this noun
tain monster held his horned NsSaiant
in his embrace, then made aQuCk down
ward jerk, which snapped the bones OF
the bulls neck with crack that was
distinctly audible throughout the whole
huShcd amphthCatcr
The crowd of men in the amphltheatcr
bv n common impulse arose in their
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

| is then told that he may remain alone
with the chaplain for few minutes, if
SO he desires il.
He is next taken 10 the greffe or
record Office of the warden of the pris-
On, where takes place tho leveo de
Iecrou other words he is handed
! over to the eXecutioner. who takes him
into an adjoining room, pinions his
arms and legs and eats away his shirt
collar. The wretch's hair has pre-.
vioGsly been cropped short on his en-
terine the prison. He is then hurried
away to the guillotine, which awaits
him Mt distance of about twenty
PAGES from the prison door, the chap
lain walking by his side and the ex-
ncutioner bringing up the rear in the
march to death.
The aids of the cXecutioner hurry
their victim alorg, almost on trot,
till he comes to the bnscule or movable
plank, which stands facing the up
rights, between the grooves of which is
to drop the fatal knife, which is of tri-
angular shape and heavily loaded. so
Ms to increase its velocity. He is
strapped to the plank in the twinkling
Of an eye it drops with him. his head
being secured in the luuette, or semi
circular collar of wood, the eXecutioner
presses sp'ing Mt the foot of tho gull
Iotine and the knife falls. The whole
is done with great rapidity.
The mock funeral takes place in the
Champ DIES Navets (turnip field,
which, is situated in corner Of the
Cemetery of Issy
The executioner receives salary of
about 1900 francs per annum, plus n
Zee for each execution. He attends to
all executions throughout France.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05
In Mexico You Marry the Family,

One characteristic of the Mexican
is best exemplited by their proceed
ings in the event of the marriage of
one of their daughters to an American.
i he Mexican, bear in mind, is loS-
se,s ell of the inerad cable idea that
Americans are all rolling in veal II
The idea is source of never. ceasina,
envy on the part o, one sex and salts
faction to the other When an Amer
lean marIies Me lean girl, her whole
family, her sisters, cousins, aunts, etc,
aud all their sisters, cousins, aunts,
etc. for hundred miles around are
invited to the wedding This includes
every blood rela ion to the very re-
hottest. They not only come, which is
bad but they stay, which is worse.
There they camp. and until every ounce
of food and every dollar in sight is
gone there thew continue to camp, and
should the luckless Bridegroom have
employment they stay still longer, on
outraged ii the most natural aud art
less manner by their very no ,pitsble
relative, the bride. The fee ings OF
thu groom under such cir cumstance
can be imagined, but protest only
meets with ars from the bride n d
dignant establishment from the
guests, before which the b. idegroom
generally succumbs. 1t IS q parent
that the Me lean merely gauges the
ho> pitality and charity of Others bg
his owr, and ants TO be done hy us he
does 10 oilers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05
urirr "a Blind CT mt.

Calcutta is fine, large city on the
northeast coast of India. and one who
Iiv,d there tells n str nge but true
story of how doctor cured the big
gest patient he ever had. he patient
was huge ele liant, who for n long
time had suffered from n disease in his
eyes, which at last get SO bad that he
could not see.
His owner, an English officer, went
to Doc or Webb aud begged him to
come aud see what could be done. He
did, and after looking carefully Mt the
giant creature the doctor said:
he best cure that | know of is
nitrate of silver; but it will give good
deal of pain"
Well, the owner said he had better
it he must give it up. But-would
you believe 1.-THE ele phant, like most
OF his race was just rs wise as he was
big, found SO much relief from
his first days doctori 6 that when
Doctor Webb visited him the next day
he lay down of his own accord, placed
his great heavy head on one side,
curled up his trunk and then, just as
you or | might ii we were going to
bear some dreadful pain, he drew in
his breath aud lay perfectly still. The
healing mixture was dropred Into each
@ o, and when the sharp, short ain was
gone he gave great sigh as much rs
TO say. Il hats good thing got over.
| feel all the better for it.. " hen he
got mp he tried, in his oor dumb
fashion, to tina TX his friends for giving
him back his sight
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05
THE CUiLLOTINE.
Description of How They Cut Mans Head
OF in Paris.

Description of How They Cut n Mans Head
on in Paris.
With the accompanying cut of the
guillotine it will be of interest to de-
scribe the mode of procedure observed
in French executions. AS soon as the
Chief of the State, President, King
or Emperor, as the case may be, has de-
cided that he will not interfere with the
course of justice the dossier, or record,
is sent to the parquet, which cores
ponds to the District Attorneys Office
here. The ProcureurG General de la
Republique, who is at the head of this
department, then notifies the Project
of Police, the Chief de Ia Surete, or
Chief of Detectives; the Director of the
prison of La Grande Roluette and the
executioner, who is at present M. Deib-
Ter, that the sentence of death IS to be
carried out The executioner at once
erects the guillotine, which is euphon-
istical!y termed bois de justice Justices
timbers)
Shortly before the fatal hour APP
proaches the officials above named, ac-
companied by q Juge dInstruction
Examining agistrate)-usunlly the
one before whom the condemned mans
preliminary trial has taken place-en-
ter the doomed mans cell. The Pro-
cureur General is generally repre-
sented by substitute or deputy. The
convict is simply told that his appeal
for clemency has been rejected. He
understands all that that means. He
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

ant That was all he did, however He
was too wise to cross lances with the
grizzled gladiator which eyed him SO
iicrcely.
In u few moments he retreated to his
stall and another gate was raised.
This time a dapper young bull pranced
out in fine spirit--snorting believing
and paving the earth. As soon as he
saw the bear he made furious charge.
The grizzly met this onslaught with
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05
Chinese Music

The Chinese seem to have very ar
bitrary way of fitting words to music.
The voice ire luen ~ d. ops ou5 before
The end of musical phrase, und en-
RS quite as uneN pectedl,, while the
melody flows on in the orchest u with
endle lepetitioas, re we'd OCCASION
all, b half a do en- bars in which all
the melody in t uments cea 9, and the
go *, cymbals, drums, and castauets
play alone. Century.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

who visit the Mexican capital who do
not witness ut least one bull fight. And
in this statement have the COrrobOra
tjon of AZ excellent an authority rs Rc0n
Campbell, the author Of "rrHVcls in
Mexico"
But not . few Of these same Amcri-
cans who would hesitate to state that
they had visited the buiI-tighting arena.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

Tar committee appointed last Sep
tember To inqriee ilto the causes of
the abnormally high morta ity in
Madras has reported that t"e wa err
u ,,ily and the drainage are defective.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

~ pei sun " h' - " -
witnessed a bull-iight
will for u moment
dispute the assertion
hat it / 5 the most
exciting sport + h a t
In Il $ survived t h @
Jbloody days W h G n
}thr Christian martyrs
fought the beasts in
the arena OF the CO.
lOscum.
or course you have
never attended u bull
Gpht not to speak
Of DO you know or
Il s ngIe American, Of
l. II e thousands who
annually Vi s t the
CITY Of Mexico, who
has? Not one! And
vet the gate receipts
at the principal McXi-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

MosT people know what they dom
want, bat few know what thoy do want
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05
ABOUT BULL-FIGHTING.
THE FAvORITE PASTlME OF
CASTILIAN MONARCHS

,,,,., A., Exciting sport that Has Survived
the CoIos cum -StiIi 1"P"'"i "
C,,h,-A Prosperous King Once Main
tanned In CaIif"rnin-fi6"' "0'"''
Fear and IL Bull.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

NAruRtL gas in Pittsburg homes il
identified with the fre-damp of the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

TENSoR-"Miss Soprano, who sane in
church this morning. has varu -
voice, Is 1t natural?" Basso-.No.
tbs cholred. - Harvard Lonpooo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-14
THE TRADE IN CHICAGO.

Chicago, Dec. - (special-The speculative excitement
here Is likely be transferred from the corn pit
70 the provision PIC. Wright who heads the bull com
bnaton in provisions, Is inding that he must make his
febt singc.handed ThTec four years ago Hutchn-
son opened hull campaign IN the provision pit at the
legnnlng the season, the very time when the manu-
iactursrs combined to keep the ptoe down to
get their houses filed With cheap products All that sea-
SCI Hutchinso kept In hot water. being forced TO
eight the whole manufacturing crowd. Wright this year
= talking the position Hutchinson took few wars
age II he were slJne he probably would have hte
clranee OF lie is supposed however. TO have
she holm VI Singer: and think he has also the aid
bf SD Keat. Yesterday Wright took about 10000
barrs Of pork IN lss than i've minutes. be got most
Of from Cudahy and from lsan. That is good dssl
heavy Line t3ke especially Il 1oeent margins
70 be called all around and there ntnatOn yester
day that the aghtns sas 60 be forced by the calling Of
10 per cent ali around WI ght makes peculiar OPP
ponsnt lie knows when lie is whipped.
Pora yesterday dropped 10 cents lard and ribs 22G5
cents The days rahge on wheat within "a Gent
Ihe clos, finally exactly Fridays last figures, There
large eearances from 9th coasts. May sold bstwcen
es' and g7's and closed At 9s cents Gables weak
The 6iyipg Of tho day led by Partridge and Ream
presumably the largest and most active shorts. Corn
between % and 6tP closing at So JapuaEy between
AR and 46 closing at SGb cents May between 43Hs and
4Ss closing at 43s cents Or the 3i8 received only
eighteen graded codttaet Oats shade easier De.
cnber sod bstweea 33 and S2 and closed At 32s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-14

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