The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-08

HunltleSr the" StdttHes5> -bfOVlue pdl
boarding-bouse. keeperf 4halI engt s%ve
butterine to paying guests wittput
public advertisement of the fdct.
The college farmer, the boy who
leaves the farm to learn scientific
methods at one Of the big agricul-
tuIal institutions, CAME in;o his own
last week at the live stock show,
when representatives OF these institu-
ions made a new record in prizes for
examinations and Judging and 9th
er practical tests of ability. Eight
of the colleges sent picked teams OF
students and the contest between
these was so close that the final diff
ference in standing was only mat
ter of a few per cent Iowa State Col
lege led at the finish, with Nebraska
University next, followed by Texas
Agricultural College, Missouri Uni
versity, Kansas Agricultural College,
Ohio University, Ontario Agrlcultur-
al College and Minnesota University.
When the first International live stock
show opened its doors here there was
much amused interest as to the out
come Of the contests between the col
lege youth, with hes scientific and
theoretical training and the boy who
had been taught practical farming by
mis- father every day on an actual
farm That was in the, days when
Of t.ut t,,t,,
little recognized and old ways We're
thought the best. Then came the
contests, in which, to the surprise OF
all but few the college students
WHO were vorsed in the theory OF
farming showed they had a better
grasp of the practical side OF 1t than
their friends and neignbors who had
learned in the hard school. of exper-
ience. Farmers who had sDeered at
book larnin' began to inquire about
tuition for their sons in some OF the
schools, and today rstudehtsi day Vat
the live stock show Is one or tlieim0st
interesting in the whole pfografh.
This year thirty colleges were9 l4>p-
Canada and the competitioni betw IN
them and between indiYiduals whs
keener than IL has ever been befdte.
Delegations from some OF the, ,neater
institutions. turned out to .supp*rt
their fellcly students and when 81.
II -Kildeey OF Iowa State College, whs
awarded first prize in the judging
contest, the announcement was fol-
lowed by college yell that would
have done credit to championship
football game.
The grizzly claws of the Russian
bear, reaching for a man who had
fed from the Cossacks and the ter
rors of police inquisitions, loomed
large and menacing in Chicago, dur
ing the hearing OF extradltlon pro-
ceedings In which vivid horrors OF
Russia re-recited. Christian Rud.
owitz and countrymen of his felt the
power OF the Czar even at this dis
tance and the hearing became dra-
matte in the extreme. Young girls
offered their pitance OF savings in
RudowItz's cause and one witness, a
man, declared he would die rather
than testify. He pictured the meth
DDS .of Russian police IN getting evil
dence against Hpolitfcal prisoners
how the weaker, were tortured into
confessions OF guilt which involved
the stronger; of men beaten until
the flesh was torn from the bone,
Of others who were jumped upon as
they lay PROSTATE until their ribs
and breast bones We're crushed in.
1t became fight for life and the
attorney for the Russian government
received more than one anonymous
threat that he must desist Chicago
has a Russian population OF nearly
$4,000, Of whom 10000 were born in
Russia and learned to dread the
Cars police, whose chief they style
the big Butcher"