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The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30
Had Something Left.

Two or three years 20 one of the ap-
preparations in the River and HarbOr
bill was the sum of $4,000 for improv-
ing Goose Greek. Habana. The Gov
ernment engineer for that district sue
ceeded in finding the said creek the
other day, alter a search Of twenty-six
months. He found q rivulet three
miles long, and six inches deep and
three feet wide. and on the banks he
found a solitary settler.
1.-THE government has appropriated
$1,000 TO imorove this creek OBJ
served the engineer.
Il know it. and I've been waiting"
WAS the reply.
Il don { see what improvement is
needed or can be made"
Reckon not, being as you r a
stranger, but that ere cash was ap-
propriated to shovel down this ere hank
so that nv old mule could git down to
water without breaking his internal
back"
The Improvement of Goose Creek
was made at a cost of three dollars,
and the engineer will either have to
turn the cur ent up stream or send tho
rest OF the appropriation back to the
1reasury.-HaA Street Ae~A
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30
HUMOROUS.

The husband: "Well, nv dear, did
YOU see some beautiful things on Your
mountain excursionH" The wife: 'The
guide told me Il look where | walked;
all l was able 10 see was my poots!!"
"A rooster has been born with only
one wing in DOoly County. Ga, in or
der to give a paragraphist an oppor-
tunity TO say that it resembles some
chimneys-i. e., it has a defective flew.
-NOrristoWn Heratd.
A Chicago reporter. IN giving an &C.
count of a murder spent three hours in
hunting up the caliber Uf the pistol
that did the shooting. He forgot to
tell who was shot or why. but he found
out the caliber.-DetrOit Post
"A gentleman with a large mouth
and = procliyity 20 smile was only
brought to a complete rest by being
asked by the photographer to please
''try and smile within the limits of the
camera only."-N. y. Commercial id.
TertiSer.
-Dumley wanted to stand his landlady
off for a couple of weeks board, and
so at the breakfast table lie said in q
loud one of voice: ''Ah. Mrs. Hem
dricks?" .'leS. Mr.. Dumley." "Ah.
Will YOU be kind enough to poura little
cold water in my cofee? 1t is too
strong and hot" Alter breakfast she
said: .'Certainly, Mr. Dumlev. L will
accommodate you willingly."-lhiia-
detphia CaV.
Deacon DewgOOd's son returned
home very late the other night from q
pressing engagement with his pretty
sweetheart. 'Where have you been:?"
grOwled the old man rs the youth came
sneaking up stairs in his stocking feet.
'.Dear father" he replied, Il a not
tell . lie; I've bean to a protracted
meeting" And the good old man up
braided himself for having treated his
son so harshly.- DetrOi, Post.
Edith: You want n recipe for max
ing pc. Well, here it is: Take me
compositor from the country. n case
of agate. and one composing stick =
mix well. This has never known to
fai. in making pie. How shall YOU keep
your pug from raving fieas? Purchase
at some drug store a small quantity OF
paris green, and mix with the dogs
food; then bury the dog. If these di-
r~cctions are observed carefully the ieas
will leave him. -Aibany journal,
-"Yes, l do want a collector" said
the millinery man. but l don't think
a lady would suit me-" "Why not??"
asked the female applicant, Il could
not only do your collecting but also
assist in the store, for | am well versed
in fbi, h~uSinaSS ..That NAV no hut
there is another great objection
What is it?' We'll. l don't think a
woman could make a first class col
lector. solve me your reasons" "Be-
cause" answered the merchant. rs he
g-inned a raj e-the- plumes-iiity-cents-
apiece smile. ''hecausc women's work is
never DIN you knOw.'-Indnha CONT
tuition.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30
JudiciOus Feeding.

That we overfeed in some cases, and
underieed in others. as 4 rule, VIXEN the
reverse would answer the purpose bet
ter, is clear. We under.eed when we
grow our young stock. doubtless. in
The ma Ority of cases, take the country
through; and the e optional cases
which occur have often the wrong kind
of food given them-an undue proper
ton of fat-forming elements. AS when
corn is mad. the principle feed. We
thus get puny stock, lacking the growth
of watch it is capable. This is true of
al kinds of stock: and there is no rem
edy when the growing period is past.
With only a little change in the food,
SUI. shutting a more heterogeneous diet,
this might nave been avoided, with no
Increase of cost Plenty of early cut
clover hay. with some timothy or Or
chard grass for variety where desired,
will make a sufficient food for calves.
colts and lambs; or failing to secure a
full growth, 4 little corn and oil-meal
will supply the def iency. In ali
cases the feed should he regular. and
what is equally important. given with
sufficient space between the rations to
a -"rd rest to the organs employed in
diSposing OF it. How little this last is
con ,idered. We act as though our an
imals were not subject to the same
laws regarding digestion that we are.
They are to be treated in this respect,
brute" though they he. much rs hui
man beings are treated, having greater
capacity it is true, and requiring moro
to satisfy that capacity. What goes be-
yond this is to that extent harmful.
Not only should the feeding be regular.
hut ofttner given during the twenty
four hours. beginning early in the day,
the first ut six o'clock, or sooner; the
last ut nine in the evening, with inter-
mediate feeding. In this way more will
be eaten and better disposed of, with
greater comfort to the animal. This
with comfortable quarters to protect
them from the cold of winter and the
cold rains of autumn and spring, with |
ready access to good water, will increase
the profit on tie feed and improve tho
health and vigor OF the stocE-Coun-
trY Gentleman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30
Sheep for Mutton.

Wool ia more important in this conn
Try than mutton, and with the claim
that the wool interests are not fostered
by the Government, the breeders of
sheep, instead of using their animals
for all the purposes to which they were
adapted. cOnti2e themselves to q single
production only, and complain that
sheep are not profitable except under
circumstances that permit only of
unlimited range over free pastures. But
wool, while seemingly more important
than mutton, is really not as valuable if
we take into consideration the facts per-
tanning to the breeding of sheep for
wool and sheep for mutton.
Our country is SO large, and some
sections so distant from market, that
breeders find it easier to clip and trans
port wool than mutton. and they there
breeds that excel in wool production,
the consequence being that no people in
the world have such inferior mutton as
we have. 1t is impossible to find 8
dozen first-class sheep in a hundred that
arrive in market that may be claSsed As
excellent. Such sheep have been neg
| lected in order to produce wool. 1t IS
easy to estimate the difference in cost
between the production of wool and
mutton. for. allowing that wool is worth
fifty cents q pound, the value of fleece
is not a large sum; but if breeders will
endeavor to breed sheep that possess de-
sirable carcasses. with something else
besides ribs and legs, lei only would
the increased weight be a source OF
greater profit, but we venture to say
that the extra quality of mutton that is
produced expressly for market would OF
itself add an additional item to the re-
ceipts, thereby increasing the profits.
On ONE railroads sheep are transported
to market al SO much each, and the
large sheep are therefore the cheapest
as they sell by the pound when they ar
rive at their destination. and, although
wool is easily baleG and shipped. there
is still considerable labor in shearing
and preparing the wool for shipment.
There is q proportion OF profit also
from the best mutton breeds in the
shape of wool. even though it may be
inferior, but it is enough to pay the ex-
penSe. The profit from sheep should
be made as large as possible. and the
addition of 4 few more pounds of wool
to the clip will not compensate for lack
of size and quality in the carcass. In
England they find the profit in mutton
SO great as to make sheep a necessary
adjunct to the farm. which would not be
the case if they bred for wool. With
the increase of population of this coun-
Try comes a greater demand for good
mutton, for We have but little of it, and
that demand is sure to increase. As it
increases. the field for breeding sheep
is also widened. and if we are to COM
pete with Australia and demand a tariff
to protect us we will At least be safe
and secure against foreign competition
in the mutton supply. OF course VIC
find mutton in our markets, but such
meat could not be easily sold in En-
gland. The usual ilO.ks that come to
our markets are very inferior. The
people are ANXIOUS for muttOn-gOod
mut;On-and it will be profitable to the
one who sends it to market-Farns
Field and Firestde.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30
Dialogue q In SaiSOn.

"Are you going to help me pu'
down the carpets, john"
"S'pose SO; where $ tack hammer
Its in the barrel of dishes 10.
il isn't--yeS. it is--oh, l know now !
put it in the band box with your new
Sunday hat"
Just like q woman; never knox W.
where anyth ne is; hat ruined, like
enough; where's the handle of the han
mera."
"Oh. 1 packed that up with a china
set; you'll find 1t, dear, at the bottom OF
the box"
Now. who's going to stretch this
carpet. heve?"
M. dear"
"Well. stand there. Gracious, j
can't pu | a hundre I pounds of dry
goods along with the carpet. Oh, dear,
I'm going to have n fit believe
I'll MAKE YOU a cup of tea, dear.
You can drink it out of your shaving
mug. 1t ii be just like a picnic"
But when she got back with the tea,
John was missing.
Poor fellow. 1t was too much for
him he's gone to get the air. He
looked pale"
John ut a counter covered with eat
ables, salads and things: Two ing -
of old crow. aud 4 dash OF bi: ters 10 be-
gin with. I'm nearly starred! A hot
beefsteak will help me out. l tell yod.
bows. moving is tough wo f.
life has its COM ensliiOns. JOhr's
wife 3 is on a roll of carpet and drin:s
her tea. poor boy 1 wish he could
have waited for Il; Il so refreshin-..
He'll be hall starved by supper time: !
know he Will
No. much, little woEan.-DetS Z
Free Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30
In His Wife's Pocket.

A fire broke ont in a dwelling house
the other night. and after the man and
his wife had sa ely reached the street
the latter said that there was fifty dol
lars in the pocket of her dress. which
was hanging in a second story back
room.
..In 60 for it," said the husband,
and he plunged into the burning build.
ING:
The flames ragged furiously. and the
man did not return. At the expiration
of an hour the fire was extinguished
and the back building caved. Firemen
CROPPED their way up the rear stairs
through water and binding smoke,
and found tine man IN the closet still
fumbling at his wife's dress, looking for
the money.
He was nearly sufTocated with smoke,
out had strength enough to say that he
thought he would have found the pocket
inside of two hours. 1t never occurred
to MIN to sci the dress and rush out
with that. Some m II get SO exc ted
and nervous in time OF fire. -NorTIStoUl
Herald
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30
The Old Printer.

And so the old pr inter- was dead. OF
cTurse, when Il man has been sticking
type until his head is winter than rae
paper. and he counts the years of his
work by the boxes in the lower case.
ecu expect him to turn his rule almost
any day And yet the empty caSe at the
old mans window looked terribly lone
some next day. A great many ines
that day the boys, who were u,insuaIIy
Guiet. looked Over n his case, nj Won
derei if the cd man wouldn't miss it.
and the high stool. and his old stick and
the b solemn looking spectacles he
used 10 wear VI course ne i get along,
but for SO many yea 3 those things ha |
been his daily companions. the bows
wondered if the old nan might not miss
them Just a little bit, at first. l think
indeed. that slug Seven said: Wed
ought to of sent them with him; we
could Of buried them with the old man,
an:how," he said You see. Slug Seven
VIA y SOod printer and a good man.
but lie used TO work ON a sage brush
and alkali paper down in Ne" Mexico
art out in Arizona. and he had a whole
btsin full Of heathenish Indian ideas.
He wanted the boys to put on SUI IS that
night. SO the regulars could 90 out To
TIE cemetery-''bOne-yard Slug even
called it and burn the stool, case. and
the old shoes that served for the old
mans private hell-bOx, on the old print
er's grave.
The old man had been on the paper
longer than any of us. He used to Shake
his head when the boys stoppe at the
stone to Jeff before they went down
s.airs. "'Twun't do. fellows" he would
say; 81 We Zee there. and l know.
Eight of the 9th of November, 1914, I
came into this town a bilin' no, a cent
II my pocket. and enough tamarack n
my head to get ME a nights lOdgin'.
and l slept in the cellar that nil hi with
ny legs on the ground. my back on a
bundle of paper and my head on an
ink-keg And the next day augnt ON
70 this very case. and i says: '.How
long a l keep this Job. boss" And
the old man looked at mt, and he was
lookin' at the ~raggede,t, orna.iest
traIup-printer that ever struck him for
gru5-stake. and he said '.Long as YOU
stay sober, young fellow And he
kept his word. and here I've been ever
since. aid where's all the boys that
started even with me and away ahead
of me- 1t don't pay. young fellows.
There's beer downstairs and there's ice
water in the pail in the corner. One
costs money and tother's free; one
makes tramp-printerS and 'tother sares
EN-. stick 10 the saloon IN the cool
corner. fc lows. drink at tine sign of the
tin dipp r, and you'll have ,y,s and
nerves to stick type when you're lev
enty,"
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30
HONE, FARM AND r ID

AN old dress or cloak, of silk q
any other material. if ripped and regu.
sarly washed in q few cents worth Of
Spanish silk bark diluted with water,
will look like new again. Cincinnati
Times.
One great advantage of an early
vegetable garden is that two crops may
be grown in one season. If an abund-
Ance of manure be used the dAin upon
the soil should not be great-CeUeiand
Leader.
Don't throw away the young beets
you have thinned out. Instead of
throwing them on the ground to wilt
throw them into a pan OF cold water.
and afterward boil them. roots and tops.
Cor greens. They are deiicious.-M Y.
Herald.
An appetizing way to warm over
potatoes is to heat them in q saucepan
containing a c~Offee-cupful of beef-st0ck,
well seasoned with salt. pepper. and a
little parsley which has first been
Drowned in butter; cut the potatoes in
thin slices and let them cook slowly un-
til they are saturated with the gravy or
liquOr.-M y. Post
-Digestible Biscuits: Take one
pound OF brown flour, then put it in a
basin; add q pinch of salt; put two
ounces of butter in q saucepan: add to
1t half a pint of water and make it boil;
mix it with the flour. and beat it up
until it is quite stiff: then roll it out
with pastry-cutters. and bake ten min
uteS. boston Globe.
"A vicious heifer can be cured of
kicking by using a simple fastening
around the legs, which is called a SPAN
Gel. 1t is a loop of small. soft rope.
about sixteen inches long; N end is
noosed around one leg; the other is
passed around the other leg and fastened
by putting q wooden pin so as to hold
i. The legs are left with about four
inches of play. 1t should be put on be-
fore milking. Chicago Times.
Deep working of growing corn.
y tho Kansas Farmer, is not good.
1t tears away roots that are needed to
hurry the growth of the corn. And it
tends to hasten evaporation. If ground
is well prepared for planting the shall
lowest working which will keep the
surface loose and destroy weeds is the
best. 1t is 4 mistake to run the teeth
or shovels away down where the roots
ought to be enjoying abs lutte freedom.
1t was found by careful trial at tho
garden of the New York experiment
station that the old and expensive
method of growing celery in deep
trenches. and with repeated "earthing
up" as the plants grew, was in no way
superior to the level culture method.
with a single earthing to blanch the
stems after they complete their growth.
This is in accord with the common prac-
tee of our best gardeners at the present
time. but il is contrary to the teaching
OF the older writers on the subject
Troy Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30
The Danger OF Moderate Drinking.

The following rom = Texas paper
makes out 4 strong case:
The verlest drGnkard on earth, in
his lucid moments. will freely con eS5
that drum enneS> is bruta inc. debas-
iny and rainous to both body and mind.
All SOS commenced as moderate and
Occas onal drinkers, an hOOtei 1t he
iOrebOdinT+ OF their friends that .hey
Won wind up rs drunkards. They
would meet the warnings If sincere
friends with the r"mark that they had
resolution sufficient to control tneud-
selves AMI that they "ou'd : op at any
moment. i | fell this degree of conf
dencc IN the strength of Their W re>O-
buttons a. the OUTSET. The occasional
drin&cr ma gradually he, ION the reu-
Ular drinher, the Ill .dera:e NAV ~insensi-
bly, d lit into the immOderale drinker.
The appetite Is Shakespeare says,
grows by what il feeds UPON the
craving for stimUllnts increa>es; habit
ripens into second nature. it takes an
IN 'reased quantity 10 keep of deDress-
ion, and the end of is is that the moder-
u e drinker often becomes the absolute
and nell less slave to alcoholism and
neglects his business rs well Is brutal
ICES his nature and intellect. He may
90 SD far as TO lose his Self-respect and
feel no shame IN being drunk in public
Moderate drinkers should be care nj.
T,ey may, before they are ware OF it,
too far.
at is said there are in the United
States 200. OO) iIcorrigible d~runkard-.
and that 90 600 ~drunkards die annually.
mere wrecks. bod " and m ntaiiy. AL
cohol sm helps LII our poor houses.
penitentiaries and asyIums "a well
us our ~graveyards. IL also transmits To
poste ity various diseases. physical and
There is hardly 4 town that is with
out hall a dozen miserable wrecks, the
of alcoholism, who were once
worthy and promising men. 1t isa mel
ancholv and deplorable state of things,
vet drunkenness is upon the increase.
] emperan e soc ct eS are aliiatives.
can only be cured by medical
skill. by relieving the abnormal morhity
If the stomach, superlnduced by alcohol.
This the best scientific skill of the world
IS now agreed upon
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30
Personal AND LITERARY.

Rev. William b. Aflec. described
On the bills as 1.-The Mark Twain Of
England" is l~ecturing OF temperance.
The real name of Henry Greville,
the French novelist who has written
such striking scenes of Russian lie. i
| Nine. Alice Durand.
"A daughter of Senator Dawes il
writing series of articles on 1.-The Mod
ern Jew; His Present and Future" for
the american HebreW.
DIR. Tanner. the p~ersevering faster.
tooth in his head. He evidently knew
what he was about when he rested his
teeth for so many weeks.-BostOR Her.
aid.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Thornton, Of
Hackensack, N. j., recently celebrated
her one hundredth birthday. She dis
tinctly recalls the visit of Lafayette to
Camden to Law the cornerstone of the
DcKalb monument-M. y. Sun.
George Augustus Sala gets Sl0.O 900
. year from the London Illustrated
News for writing a page n week and Oc-
casional dramatic criticisms. He gets
another $1,000 from the Daily Iele.
graph for an editorial OF q column LONG
now and then.
Washington vas childless; Adams
favorite boy died by suicide; Monroe
had no son; Madison had NO child; Van
Buren's son went to an asylum; Pierce's
only child was killed on the railway;
Polk had no child. and Johnson's only
son vas self-destroyed. IN. Y. Tribune.
Julian Hawthorne says that his
father. the novelist. wrote a number OF
tales having witches for their subject
matter, but they were burned by their
author ''because they embodied no
moral truth; they were mere magma
tive narratives. founded oh history and
tradition. and had not the spiritual bal
ance and proportion of art"
Mrs. Ivy Grace Hughes, the re.
markably beautiful woman who died re.
Gently in New York. was well-known in
Montreal. She lived in luxurious style
with her first husband. named Candle.
She was 4 native of Melbourne, Austral-
ia. and was received in the best society.
Her second husband. whom she left in
England, is an elderly man and very
wealthy. Her husband gave her an am
pie income.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30

A GREAT preacher in London was
defending his Undertaking To me. {
said. Suppose j. h. Cough were 4
pOor inebriate in London. and were to
; converted, whirh church would it .e
better for him to DIN. yours. where his
taste would lie recalled and he plac q
in danger. OIL Mir. Spurgeon =. where
YOU find total abstainers NJ the ccm-
munIon taD!e?' That argument touched
him. although he was i~ayuinerable to
every other. Tina, is the argument We
are to apply to every man o, woman
who would belong TO III rescue section
oil religious societ .-JoSepA COOK.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30

THO%AS T. DTEANT, once n most
po porous bu mess man of New York,
As been sent 10 Al asylum Is L coia-
mCn d:unkard.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-05-06
Alien Land.owners.

Senator Plumb to prevent the acquisition of
real estate by aliens provides that aliens who
have not declared their intention to become
citizens shall not acquire title to real estate in
any of the Territories or the District of Colum-
bia. 1t provides that no foreign corporation
more than ten per cent. of the stock of which is
held by aliens, shall acquire title to any land in
the Territories or in the District of Columbia,
and that no corporation, native or foreign except
railroads, shall acquire more than five thousand
acres The exception respecting railroads linn
its their privileges to lands necessary for the
transaction of their business, and to such as
may have been granted by government. With
respect to government grants the bill provides
that the lands must be sold within ten years or
they shall revert to the government
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-05-06
Expectation that the Motion to Strike Out
the Enacting Clause of the Morrison
Tariff Bill Will Be Defeated.
Jay Gould Beaten in an Important Suit
Before the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Kellogg Manifests Great Anxiety To Be
Investigated Inquiry in the Swain
Case-NOtes and Personalities.
MIR. coBBs LACK OF COURTESY.
He Loses His Temper While Occupying the
Chair. and Is Promptly Relieved.

He Loses His Temper While Occupying the
Chair, and Is Promptly Relieved.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, May Al don't propose to
wait very long for the gentleman"
Such were the words spoken by stern voice,
at pitch indicating anger, which rang out from
the Speakers chair in the House this afternoon
Everybody stopped and there was instant
quietude Mr.. Cobb, of Indiana, was in the
chair. 1t was he who spoke, and his words
were directed towards Judge Lowry, of Fort
Wayne, who was on his feet trying to begin
talking on the O'Ferrall- Paul contested election
case from Virginia, which was under his charge.
Mr. Cobb had just recognized another mem
ber, when Mr.. Lowry insisted that he himself
had been recognized, in which he was
right He said: II had been recog-
nized, and was about beginning to
speak, when the Speaker recognized another
member"
Then it was that Mr. Cobb uttered the words
first quoted. There was dead silence, and for
half minute it seemed all eyes were upon the
two Hoosiers Mr.. Lowry was standing far
over to the left side of the House. He took a
few steps in the direction of the Speakers chair,
looking hard in Mr. Cobb's eyes. He stopped a
moment and then said slowly and firmly
There is maxim in Indiana-it may not be
known in that part of the State from which the
gentleman in the chair comes-which think is
applicable at this moment 1t is that it is
sometimes advisable to make haste slowly"
There was burst of applause. Mr.. Cobb had,
in the elamor which occurred just before direct
ing his attention to Lowry been taken off his
feet, and the Judges retort SO floored him that
Mr., Carlisle smilingly approached the chair and
relieved him of the gavel at once Either Mr..
Cobb lost all selfcontrol, or there was bad feel
ing between him and Lowry before. There is
no mistake about the feeling NOW. however.