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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-10
ABOUTLIvE STOCK JUDGING
Dairy Cattle.
ARTICLE. II.

BY w. J. Kennedy, Iowa State College
'This Is Article No. in . sreci.l series Of
KENNEDY, one Of the best stock judges
In America. Prof. Kennedy has ttaiaed
more winning teams for stock judging
contests than any other man In America.
This series of eight articles should prove
especially helpful to boys and young mes
who wish to become better stock jutiges.)
The dairy COW, like the thorough.
bred running horse, is nervous ma
chine. She works under high pres
sure. From the standpoint of econ
omy of production of human food she
has no equal. It is her business to
manufacture rough feed (hay, silage,
grass and forage crops) and the
grains and concentrated fees into
milk. The more she can consume and
digest Of these feeding stuffs in
given period of time, the more use1ul
she is to humanity. 1t is much easier
to select dairy COW if we keep the
above points in mind. The fact that
she must consume and digest large
quantities of food indicates very
clearly that she must have large
body. The body furnishes the store
house and also the digestive and cir
culatory organs. It is the external
indication Of the cows ability to do
a large volume Of internal business.
The udder should be large, well bal
anced, veinous in appearance, with
four good sized teats located nicely
on the quarters. The milk veins
should be large. These are the veins
running from the udder to the fore
part of the body. They do not carry
milk, but are the return channels Of
blood. In all heavy producing cows
these are large, crooked and some
times have two or three branches on
each side.
The back should be fairly straight
and the joints prominent. The shoul-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-10

II consider it the best part of an
education to have been born and
brought up in the country
1t has been estimated by men with
a good knowledge of the facts that
hog cholera cost the farmers of Iowa
$12,0O0,00O this fall.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-10
Chronic Constipation Cured

Five years ago l had the worst
case of chronic constipation l ever
knew Of, and Chsmberlain's Tablets
cured me-, writes S. F. Fish. Brook.
Mich. For sale by Fred Lowry,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-10
Mo her Cray. Sweet Powder. for ch,ldr ::

Relieve Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate
the Bowels ami are a pleasant remedy
for Worms. Used by Mothers for %
years. They never fail. At all Drug.
gists. 25c. Sample FREE. Address,
A. S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y. 1874
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-10
,Ur WALKING FOR THEIR HEALTH.
BEEF CATTLE SUGGESTIONS

by BEN BEREsroRD. Iowa State College
Beef Cattle Specialist.
I.-Grow beef cattle in Iowa.
Iowa is the best state in the union
for beef production. More feed suit
able for feeding beef cattle can be
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-10
Willing to Please

Willing to Please.
my dear, don't use powder ON your
iace."
Why not!"
1T 10 20 loud.s
"All right. I'll use noiseless pow
der"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-10

Do Quiz-Who was the meanest
man you ever knew? s
De Whiz.-One who paid with . bad
check the doctor. who attended his
nother-in-lAw during her last illness,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-10
Easy.
~--~N~

Easy.
TO lure a Greek
Straight from his work.
Just pause and speak
About the Turk.
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Giving he DEATH 1hrust the Critical Moment Of he Fight

and stamping and cheering go on. AS
the barbed shafts are thrown the band
plays and as the enraged and tortured
animal again rushes after his prey tue
shouting increases. This goes on for 10
minutes, and the bull seems to tire
Giving the Death Thrust
1t is now time for the final thrusti and
the audience howls for the matador. This
is the star actor, who is to drive his
sword into the bull and give the death
thrust.
This is the critical time of the fight,
and the audience almost pants with ex-
ctement. The matador leases the bull
and tries to get him in just the position
where he can drive his sword between
the shoulders, right to the heart. He
plays with him, getting him to rush this
way and that, and finally he points the
sword at the level of his shoulder and
aims by running his eye along the blade
at the point re wishes to strike in the
bulls neck. He tries this again and
again. He is evidently afraid, and the
audience jeers at him as he tries to stab
the bull and fails.
He now takes a new sword, and this
time he succeeds in driving it in to the
hilt. Nevertheless the bull charges again.
He has yard of steel through his body,
but he makes one final effort to charge
his tormentors, only to stagger and fall.
As he does so the band bursts forth once
more and the audience cheers.
Then comes in a team of three white
mules in gay trappings. They are har-
messed to the horns of the dead bull and
they drag him out on the run while the
band plays and the audience cheers
This, in brief, is the sport which l saw
repeated again and again In six long acts
this afternoon. Each act resulted in the
killing of a magnificent bull and two
horses, after torture of the most brutal
nature. Nevertheless, the men who did
the killing We're heroes in the eyes of the
audience, and the more brutal their ao-
tions the greater the cheering. The most
talked of man today in Mexico City is
'.Machaquito," the chief matador. and
his pictures sell at the rate of 100 to /
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sIf a man wants a fight and wants to
get one mighty sudden remarked the
Deputy Sheriff, "the most successful way
TO have one handed to him is to go over
to Ashland, in Clay county, and begin
to praise the neighboring village of Line
vile. or vice versey Them bull moosers
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its bowels gush out and the picador mar
rowly escapes by crawling over the
fence
Now the bull sees a second horse
on the opposite side of the ring and
rushes for it. 1t carries the animal to
the ground and then goes for the mata-
dor See. the great black beast is gor-
ing him. He has torn a piece from
his thigh and the man only escapes by
the matador throwing his blanket over
the eye of the bull, and. some of the
other fighters drag the wounded man
to the wall.
Exquisite Torture
As this is done the band plays again.
There is a blast at every new rush of
the bull, and the music keeps time to the
fight. After a time the bull tires He is
desperate at his failures to kill his tor
mentors. He is now further enraged by
the banderilleros, of whom there are
three Each is armed with two sticks of
ash about yard long and tipped at the
end with steel barbs These barbs are
much like harpoons or fish hooks, each
being attached to a long shaft decorated
with bright colored paper
The banderilleros stand in front of the
bull and taunt him with their harpoons.
As he rushes at them they jump this way
and that and, watching their chance,
thrust the barbs deep into his shoulders,
only the shaft sticking out These shafts
bob this way and that, as the animal
runs, and as they do so the blood flows
down the shoulders, and makes great red
blotches which extent to his feet.
Each man does his work, and at the
end there are finally six of these terrible
shafts torturing the bull at every motion
he makes. Sometimes. to make him more
angry and increase the pain, firecrackers
or explosives Of one kind or other are
AFFIXED to the barbs, so that they burst
and burn inside the flesh and a mist of
smoke and blood rises.
But let us stop now and look at the
crowd. The walls of humanity which rise
up from the arena are alive with enthu-
siasm and shouting. Thousands of hand
kerchiews are waved, and the clapping
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methods, and deficient tackle, and in
variably when unsuccessful, they viii
attribute it to lack of fish in stream.
With that noise and his cotton line.
he will never coax a fish within a mile
of his hook. Eth, why, thunder! If he
hasn't landed trout, foot long!
What an unexpected accident?
while we was all wondering by what
sort of fool eccentricity a trout had
located at that place Old Whiskers gave
whoop and snatehed out a fve-pound
beauty, slamming it against the ground
like unloading planks-then spit on his
bait and banged the tackle back into the
water. He had motions like thrashing
machine. all the time making as much
noise as a female seminary. He kept up
this here incendiary conduct for hour
about every five minutes heaving a fish
out in wide circle over his head, fling
ing it the whole length of his line against
the ground, and whooping at suitable in
tervals, as if a shackpen was burning
down, until he had accumulated 10 as
fine trout as ever swan. In the mean
time my men hadn't got a nibble They
was powerful Industrious at fishing, but
nothing resulted from their scientific ef-
forts. When the Old Villain got tired
he united his line, flung his pole and
bait in the creek and lit out for home"
"You may say what you please about
bavseedS over in CLAW county in the
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Bull Fight in the Plaza de Toros

These are knife blades three or four
inches long strapped to the ankle with
piece of soft leather. These knives are
as sharp as razors and a single blow often
causes death. In the fight the cocks are
made to peck at each other, and when
they are sufficiently angry they are ser
down and go at it, Before doing this
the hackers fill their mouths with
brandy and blow it out in spray over
the heads, wings and tails of the fowls.
This burns and stimulates them. In
hghting the cocks fence for positions like
prize fights, sparring and parrying. After
time they begin TO jump at each other.
each endeavoring TO stab the other with
his steel spurs. They are urged on by
their hackers, and are kept fighting round
after round. until one or the other is
dead
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in comparison with those of Bonci, one
of the greatest tenors of Europe, who
is now here in grand opera.
Spain's FavOrite Sport
Bull fighting is the favorite sport of
the spaniards and the Spanish Ameri-
cans. You will find bull rings in nearly
all of the Mexican cities. There is a big
one at Lima, Peru, and others at the va
rious South American capitals. In Spain,
Madrid has a bull ring which will seat
1900, Valencia has one which seats over
5000, while one at Murcia has seats for
1850.
The bull fight came here from SPAIN
1t was common there about 500 years
ago, having been brought in by the
Moors. The first bull fighters were aris-
tocrats, and it is said that 10 knights lost
their lives at a Spanish bull fighting fes-
tival Just about 20 years after Columbus
first came to this part of the world. AS
time went on the sport increased In
popularity, and that Notwithstanding that
Pope Plus V threatened TO excommuni-
cate all princes who permitted bull fight
ers within their dominions.
As time went on the sport passed from
the hands of the aristocrats into those OF
professionals. and modern bull fighting is
now everywhere done by professionals.
The best fighters still come from Spain,
and the city of Seville has bred the most
noted | have a statement before me that
says that 90 per cent of all the Spanish
bun fighters come from Seville and which
cites Pedro Romero as the greatest or
all. He was in the ring for more than
30 years, and died at the age of So, hay-
ing slain over 5000 bulls. | am told that
the average yearly kill of a crack mata-
dor is 100 bulls or more.
Where the Bulls Come From
The best of these fighting bulls are bred
for the purpose. They are as carefully
matched as the animals on our American
stock farms. and there are certain breeds
which command the highest of prices.
The best come from Spain, and good
one will bring $3.50. American money. In
addition to this is the cost of transporta-
ton, SO that a Spanish bull costs $500 or
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you may say what you please about
hayseeds over in Clay county, in the


rural sections. but they are improving
pretty fast" remarked the Sewing Ma
chine Agent. 1T has got so now over
there that the citizens of the remote
localities just force man to wear
breecllcs when he gets to be 21 years of
age-even If they have to run him down
with hounds to get them on him. Like
wise. at the social gatherings in the back
woods its getting quite fashionable to
wear shoes. Formerly, if a gent showed
up at "A shindig out in the sticks wearing
a pair of shoes the Saga's considered
him as putting on too much dog and
there was sure to be a fight.
zone morning about daylight, about 10
years ago, me and drummer stopped
by at house over there in dark cor
ner where they had been a party and
the drummer looked down at the floor and
remarked to the long. lank reuben whe
owned the house. 'Podner, you must have
a fine country here for grapes What
makes you say so?' asked LanlSy -e-
cause ! see so many grape hulls and in
nards here on the floor. answered the
drummer Them amt grape huls. said
the hayseed: 'them's eye-balls-the boys
had little fight here last night on ac-
count of a feller crowding on too much
style wearing pair of brogan shoes at
the party, and them there eyeballs was
gouged out enduring OF the fracas.'
But now things is getting different in
Clay county, since the glorious dawn OF
the civilization Of the twentieth century
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braid and silk tights. They have cloais
over their shouldes, and make one
think of the knights of the stage. They
are the stars, and the audience clap
their hands in salute.
And then come the banderilIos, with
their barbed arrows, and finally the
picadors in their broad brimmed hats.
short velvet jackets and breeches of
light yellow leather They have gay
scarfs about their waists, frilled shirt
fronts and gold waistcoats.
This procession is ended by the ring
servants. sometimes called the wise
monkeys, who attend to the horses and
clean up the ring after the fight and
after them are the mule teams, gayly
caparisoned, which, three abreast, drag
the dead bulls and dead horses away
al the end of each act
Enter the Bull
This procession goes round while the
band plays, and as the music stops the
bull fighters and torturers have taken
their places. Then the drum beats and
a trumpet sounds. Every eye is turned
toward that door in the walls of the
ring. See, it has opened, and the bull
rushes through AS he does so a man
leans over and drives into his shoulder,
up to the hilt, dagger from which
flutter bright colored ribbons.
The bull snorts with rage. He paws
the sand of the arena, and then, seeing
the matador waving a red blanket, he
goes on the rush. with head down to
wipe him from the face of the earth.
The matador leaps off to one side, and
the head of the bull Is lost in the blan-
ket. The beast now catches sight of
another man with a purple shawl and
rushes for him. He runs this way and
that his
the way, or. If crowded too closely,
jumping over the walls into the space
which runs between the ring and the
seats. Now the bull stops a moment
and one of the picadors ride gayly to-
ward him, pointing his lance The bull
rushes at the horse and drives his
horns into Its belly. The horse falls;
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Attacked by Eagles

From the London ENpress.
A Rome goatherd named g
mapped by two eagles while
his flock in the Aosta Valley ys
Despite his resistance, the
which swooped down on the ast|
roatherd. lifted him in the aiE
height of over thirty feet. A
Then, startled by the cries q
victim. the eagles released their
Another goatherd found the +
man lying unconscious in fi&
is now in hospital in a semi
condition, and suffering from
decorations on the head and shi
inflicted by the talons OF the
as well as from fractured leg
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Worlds Lar1 tran

From Tit Bits. 4,I2
The honor of beinf llz0f}Wnl
est organ is claimed k6x n MI
instrument recently <1111gl n I
Michael's church Han10 < ~
our own Albert Hall ~
nence in this matter, r.
from pride of place ~
which in its turn had n
ney. z< z!
The organ built I'M
Hall in the New Soutn3
was for a time unique
of four 64 TT. reeds--tht <
kind. K
1t is a tale that is tol&t
attempt to tune such c&|
an English organ build
suited in the shatterin0 4
dows. ol||
M. Auguste Wiegand,
Belgian organist, officia
loi oODlt 1tdi > anu ITS
popular feature of local
In 1904 the organ eI
Worlds Fair at st. Iso
deposed the sydney ins
its proud zenith. being tho
full and possessing mor4 Va
stops. Competent judges. 4
We're of opinion that it was
to it's rival in the matter of r
tone. 1
The church of st. siichael
building erected in place of n
which was burned down in y
the organ. a fine old instrun
in1T6S by Hildebrandt, was 4
stroyed.
A new organ was given 81
Goddefroze family, and was
the dedication of the churc
presence of the Emperor WI
the Hamburg municipal &C
The organ has five manuals,
and 12,173 pipes, and II
throughout is electric.
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REMARKABLE SYNAGOGUE
Twelve Morning Services Daily at
Spitalfields

From the London Standard
The passing of Rabbi Werner, head of
the Spitalfields Great Synagogue, Will
render necessary the election of a success
sor who will carry on the work of one of
the most remarkable synagogues in the
whole world. This place of worship,
which ministers to what is probably the
largest and poorest foreign Jewish COM
munity in London, was formerly a HUI
guenot place of worship, and was estab-
lished in order to preserve orthodox Juda-
ISM 1t comprises within its walls a SEM
mary. debating club, house of study,
place of meditation, and reference library.
Morning service is read from 6:3O to 10:3D
a. m. this making it possible for no few
er than y distinct services to be held for
the benefit of those unable to present
themselves at fixed hours. 1t is the same
with the afternoon and evening services.
which are also read about dozen times.
Not so very long ago its library was H.
Illuminated in the most primitive fashion.
Here, by the light of giant candles, in
Vulnerable gray-bearded theological stu
dents. whose backs had grown bent in
poring over the erudite works of dead
and-eone Talmudistss Mould sit for hours
and lose count Qf1time- 1t was a spot
where worldly lsfs4<S were seemingly non
existent and tH<}H13I6 of its frequenters
Few and scanpX &I4Ifng the week day
services congreEnu Whether animated
by Zionist aspIratioI&0r not, were and
still are, approaeftaG ~ sa sort of beadle,
who came among tH&11l NTH an elongated
coffee canister in.V@1IE tlley We're hidden
to place their penc< 40f 1.-THE poor of the
Holy City. And the <{sworldly wealth
could rot have be6lI 5< @ch smaller, The
'Machzekei Hadaz{ ~ < that is another
term by which 414 ifuagogue is more
generally known. q n rare place for the
study of typicallv 3&I/@h types. Here are
men from Russia 41141>dand who can
not cast off the h&l0 md customs of
their native land. 81 I4&< C1me here with
their native orthQ fU8mpaired, and
find sin this Titled ~ of Spitalfelds
the only spot wher& Nation has not
made its infiuence Kbe Outstanding
fact about the COT 11|cn is that al
though it requires u ~ Rabbi, whose
ability shall be tes<& IA by the great
Rabinical authoritie& 3{tssa and Po-
land. the salary OH 3{by no means
tempting. Yet, the III guidance of
this unique congres4 looked upon
as rare honor, an11 Us no doubt
that the right man Forthcoming
in good time. @I*
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more by the time it reaches Mexico City.
1t then has to be rested for several
months before it can be brought into the
ring, and at the same time every effort
is made to keep it vicious and easily an
gered. AS to the Mexican-bred bulls,
there are certain haciendas which make
a speciality of producing them, but the
Spanish bred bulls are the fiercest and
best.
Cock Fighting
Next to bull fighting the favorite
amusement of the Mexicans is cock
fighting. 1t is the most common sport
upon feast days and saint days, and at
tho towns where special festivals are
held cocks are shipped in by the thou
sands. The best breeds of birds are well
known and good fighters will sell for
$l3 or SIS apiece, while cock with a
record will easily bring s25. Some of the
best cocks come from crosses of the
United States game birds with Japanese
hens.
Training Game BOOSTERS
These fighting cocks are cared for like
race horses. They are exercised and
trained for the fray They are kept clean
and are given special kinds of feed which
are SUPPOSED to increase the fighting
spirit
Before they enter a fight they are
stripped for battle. Each cock has had
its feathers plucked from its back, neck
and legs, so that it looks pitiably cold.
Its neck and head are bare and its red
ears shine out of the badness. The
feathers are picked out one by one from
time to time. so as not to injure the
cock, and after this the flesh of the
chicken is toughened by massaging it,
the flesh and skin being pinched and
squeezed until it is all muscle and gristle.
The taking out of the feathers is neces-
sary, because when fighting the cocks
catch hold of each others feathers with
their bills and, thus holding them, spur
them to death.
Fighting With Steel Gaffs
The most of the fighting here is done
with gaffs or spurs made of steel.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-07-28
VETERAN STEEL
OFFICIAL IS DEAD
Death of Thos. III. White At
Home In Gary.

Thomas Hunter White, 70 years old,
retired some time ago as general fore
man of the Illinois Steel company's
south works tool room and recently
employed as tool expert at the Gary
steel works tool room where his son,
Alfred White is the head. died yester-
day morning. Mr.. White passed away
at the home of his son. $40 Connecticut
street, Gary. He had been III for some
time with dropsy.
Mr.. White was connected with the
Illinois Steel company for more than
twenty years.
Funeral services will be conducted at
Alfred Whites residence tomorrow
morning at nine O'Clock. Rev. Stone.
acting rector of the First NJ. E. church
officiating. Interment viii be made at
Gary Oakhill cemetery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-07-28
three year

Mrs. Warde l.. Mack and Miss jose
phine Williams. who will move to
Chicago soon. Covers were laid for %.
Mrs. A. Rosene and children. Lillian
and Leonard left last evening for
Braddick, Pa, to spend a few week
with relatives
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Campbell AIT
Truman avenue, spent Sunday in Chi
cago, the guests of relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hess en-
tanned Mr.. and Mrs Paul Conrad and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Raehein of Gary
at their home in Michigan avenue
yesterday. @sa,.sss sv-ses sa
Mrs VIII Hughes of Crown Point
Ind. spent Sunday in Hammond the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hughes
at their home In Warren street
| Harry Freyman spent Sunday in
Chicago.
| Mrs. Julia Graf has gone to River
dale to be the guest of Mrs. J. NJ.
Wolfe.
| Bring in your derbies and soft hats
and have them cleaned and blocked at
a small cost. They will took like new
Ray McCool's Shoe Shining Parlors
IT'S State street.