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Treatraent of Stallion.

j.. D. D.-How can my stallion be
made surer? He leaves plenty of seed,
but does not stick more than che mare
in 10; he is vigorous enough, and is al
ways willing and is worked moderately.
ANs.-It doesn't seem to be the fault
of the stallion that the mars do not get
in foal; probably the fault lies entirely
in the mares. When not easily got in
foal, a mare should be brought to the
horse cool and not fatigued with exer-
else. Then let her be served and put
into a cool stable by herself, where she
will not DO disturbed by the sight,
movement, or noise of any other animal.
AS soon as the horse can serve her
again-which may be ina quarter to a
full hours time, according to his vigor-
put her to him the second time, and then
let her rest an hour or two, and
do not let her get hot or be
exercised much till the next day,
and then and afterwards let her be
gently and moderately worked. Some
mares can be got in foal except
by two services, and they occasionally
require three, as fast as the stallion is
able to serve them. When put to the
horse the mare should be in proper n
dition-neither fat nor lean, nor should
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The Best Bed.

OF the eight pounds which a man eats
and drinks in a day, it is thought that
not less than five pounds leave his body
through the skin. And if these five
pounds, a considerable percentage es-
capes during the night. This, being in
great part gaseous in form, permeates
every part of the bed. Thus all parts
of the bed-mattress, blankets, as well
as sheets-soon become foul, and need
publication.
The mattress needs this renovation
quite as much MS the sheets.
To allow the sheets to be used with.
ont washing or changing three Dr. six
months would beregarded as bad house.
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The Growing Power Of the Repub.
lie of Chile.

A1ter the perfection OF its national
independence, the Chilean government
soon passed into the permanent control
of civilians, while the other govern
ments of the west coast remained prizes
for military chieftains. Its present con-
%stitution was framedin 1888, and though
it is only half a century old sit is the
oldest written national constitution in
force in all the world except our own,
unless the Magma Charta of England
be included in the category The
political history of Chile during the
fifty years Of its Life has been that of
q well-ordered commonwealth, but one
+ a most unusual and interesting sort
Its government has never
been forcibIy overthrow, and
only one serious attempt at
revolution has been made. Chile is in
name and in en- important sense a re.
public, and yet its government is an oil
garchy. Suffrage is restricted to those
male citizens who are registered, who
are twenty-five years old if unmarried
and twenty-one if married, and who can
read and write and there is also o strin-
gent property qualification. The con
sequence is that the privilege of voting
is confined to an aristocracy; in 1876,
the total number of ballots thrown for
president was only 46, ia in a popula-
ton of about twoand aquarter millions.
The president of Chile has immense
powers of nomination and appointment,
and when he is a man of vigorous will
he tyrannically sways public policy, and
can almost always dictate the name Of
his successor. The government
has thus become practically
vested in a comparatively small! number
of leading Chilean families. There is no
such thing as public opinion" in the
sense in which we use the phrase. and.
the newspapers, though ably conducted.
do not attempt, as they do not desire. to,
change the existing order of things.
"History" q Y Mr.. Browne. "does not
furnish an example of a more powerful.
political machine under the title ,of:re..
public; nor, 1 am bound to say, one
which has been more ably directed SO far
as concerns the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
country, or more honestly admin
istered so fan as concerns pecuniary cor.
ruption." The population of Chile
doubled between 1S43 and 1875. the
quantity of land brought under tillaee
was q%nadrupled; copper mines were
discovered, and so worked that Chile
became the chief copper-prodhcing
country in the worlds: some Of the sill
yer mines rivaled the Comstock lode:
more than one thousand miles of rail-
road were built; a foreign export trade
of $31, Cos, O39 was reported in 1878;
and two powerful iron-clads, which
were destined to play a. most important
part in Chilean affairs. were built in
England. Meanwhile, the constitution
was officially interpreted so as to guar
antee religious federation. and the po-
litical power of Roman Catholic priest
hood diminished. Almost everything
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CAPRICE.

I've got two beaux, " she said, "two boaux,
Isle warbled in the choir)-
'-Ihe tenor and the basso both
Yours truly do admire.
ST alternate; when faars are scarce
AS truths in screeds of Vennor.
And STRIPPING voices fit the day,
] patronize the tenor.
"Bnt when tits night, and horrors threat
My timid soul to Iasso,
And utilize the basso." Anon.
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The will Of Mrs. Eliza Cody Of Philadelphia,
WHIT died recently leaving an estate valued al
about $3.50, 900, has been admitted to probate
She bequeaths about 10000 0 TO Catholic char.
ites-
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Farming Notes.

. In dry weather keep the cu1tivator
moving. Frequent stirring of the sur
face soil will do much to mitigate the
evil effects Of a drought.
The cattle loss in Kansas during the
year-chieiy from starvation, thirst or
colds placed by the Cowboy Mt
"about 10 per cent" This simple fig
ure stands for an aggregate of suffering
~disgraceful to our boosted civilization.
Mr.. T. X Phoenix, Walworth, Wis.
reports Jersey Queen strawberry suffer-
ly tender and worthless" on his clay
loan after two years careful trial.
The Michigan Farmer reports TWEEN
ty-five carloads of thoroughbred sheep
as having passed through that state re-
Gently, IN route from Vermont to the
west.
OF a herd OF cattle in a Kansas pas
ture, thirty-five standing or lying near
the barbed- wire fence during a recent
thunder storm, We're killed by lightning
attracted by and following the wire.
This is a fair warning to keep ourselves
and animals away form all wire fences
during storms.
Prot. Wiley, the United States chem
list, states that sorghum is one Of the
most valuable of forage crops. He
doubts whether there is anything bet
ter adapted than sorghum for ensilage.
Especially where dry summers are apt
to prevail, will the sorghum plant be
found invaluable-l'or forage purposes
it should be sown broadcast, or in drills
like wheat or oats. Both as a sirup-
producer and a fodder-maker he looks
to see it one Of the most important crops
of the great northwest.
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Immigration is fallihgsof somewhat
but 1l5,855 immigrants. snpposedto
worth $1,000 apiecs9to thecountry1sshe
arrived during the FIRST. are month4O q
1854, IT would have astonishede i
fathers to have snehsan influx predlc&-a
ed TO them : gens-sionAgAQp
to June /, 1882 the number ssriyah
was 357,279, and thAt yeatswiH pexhap4i
always remain the greatsst askssAia
tory Of Observation-Disclosures
WV Cofeoran, ne vs6epSliN bAnksr u
Washington, Is In rnusuSns eood hAaltak.
and pfcposes u sraaa mrAk ~ NaQn1 :
1T ~ ealphne SPRINGS
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
Our Young Folks.
HNSATISFlED.

There was a little chicken that was shut up in
He thonaht to himself: I'm sure I can not
What I am walled in here fora shocking
unfitted' for q chicken with an enterprising
mind"
He went ont in the barn-yard one lovely
morn in May;
Each hen he found sprirg-cseaning 1n.the only
.This yard is much too narrow-a shocking
United for a chicken with a enterprislns
mind"
He crept up to the gateway and slipped out
through q crack;
as widely back
.This world is much too narrow-a shocking
United Ted' for q chicken with an enterprising
IT should like to have Ideals, I should like to
tread the stars,
To get the Unattainable. and free my soul
from bars;
should like to leave this dark earth and some
other dwelling find,
mini
'.There's a place where ducks and pleasure
boats go sailing to and fro,
There's one world on the surface and another
world below"
The little waves crept nearer and. on the
They swallowed up the chicken with an enter.
prising mind.
-1delaids g., Waters, In Wide Awake,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
Home Politeness.

A boy who is polite to father and
mother is likely to be polite to every
body else. A boy lacking politeness TO
his parents may have the semblance Of
courtesy in society, but is never truly
polite in spirit, and is in danger, as he
becomes familiar, of betraying his real
want OF courtesy. We are all in dam
ger OF living too much for the outside
world, for the impression which we
make in society, coveting the good
opinion of others and caring too little
Tor the good opinion of those who are
in a sense a part Of ourselves, and who
will continue to sustain and be interest
ed in us, Notwithstanding these defects
OF department and character. We say
to every boy and to every girl, cultivate
the habit OF courtesy and propriety at
home-in the kitchen as well as in the
parlor-and you will be sure in other
places to deport yourself in a becoming
ana attractive MISUNDERSTANDING OPP
peal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
Their ball is tri-weekly: 1t takes

Their ball is tri-weekly. 1t takes
crossing of the two boulevards. Diderot
propriate, for the brave and gallant
General who bore it had. like the first
Marquis of Anglesea, lost ''half his
understanding" in the var of the first
Napoleon, and said he would surrender
the fortress of Vincennes to the enemy
when they had given him back his leg
We say appropriate. for this particular
class of beggars are mostly maimed.
Manchots, or one-armed men, are in the
majority: but there are also lame fid.
d1ers and blind singers, together with
the partially paralyzed, who appeal to
the public pity for a living. This med
ley of cripples is completed and sea-
soned. as it were, by the beggars' at
tendants-those who hire themselves by
tho day to take out and bringin such Of
the fraternity or guild as are unable to
go by themselves. A ball given by such
peoplel is, to say the least, highly inter-
estilg. The ball is we'll attended.
There is no lack of fun and gay
ETY.. At certain moments there is
something like a crush in tho
salon and at the shining zinc refresh
ment bar, although at this last neither
greediness nor gluttony is manifested.
The choreographic part of the entertain
ment is not the least amusing. 70 see a
blind singer waltz, or a one armed &C.
cordeon player 'chahuter' with a lame
fiddler's wife, is a sight worth seeing.
The orchestra is, of course, easily found
and is fairly proficient. Among the re-
freshments '.mele cassis" and ':sal0dier"
are great favorites. This last is the
beggar's ''bowl of sack" Strange to
say, these good things and many others
are dealt out by the former butler at one
of the most aristocratic houses in Paris.
There is the richest silver plate, diplo.
matists, Ministers of State, Dukes and
Counts and their fair ladies were served
by him, who now, on his own premises,
is saving money by both purveying and
serving the Beggars' Ball. The lamest
beggers usually dance the most vjgor-
ously, and the most sepulchral are the
merriest. The particularly remarkable
part of the entertainment, however, IS
viewed by the surreptitious stranger, is
the unexpected moderation in eating and
temperance in drinking shown by those
to whom abstinence is generally sup
posed TO belong only upon compulsion.
Paris Letter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
The Beggars' Ball.

One Of the curious sights of Paris is
the ''Beggars' Ball" This interesting
event takes place regularly in the some
what distant and but little known dis
trict situated between the closed arches
OF the Vincennes Railway viaduct and
the gray walls of the Mazas Prison.
There, several times a week, the
Partisan beggggars meet to have a
dance and forget for a moment
their hardships in the joys of
the dance. They live in an adioin-
ing street or alley, almost entirely
peopl d by those who sutsist by aims.
1t is their stronghold, their lair, their
place of aoode. From it they emerge
in the morning, and to it they return in
the evening. There Ives in Paris sew
eral classes Of beggars: Fist, those
who are allowed 10 stand in the rect
It q given time and place. These the
passers by have known and seer Tor
years. Second, these who creep and
crawl internationally along the boule-
wards and highways of the french capt.
tai. Third, those who take up their
station under thu doorways, and sell,
as a pretext, pencils or writing
paper. Fourth, those who shun
the crowded pathway for the quiet
courtyard, where they sing, or speak,
or play to the occupants of. the sur
rounding windows. This is the class
Of begggars who disport themselves upon
the eight fantastic toe" These
particular beggars have ce tain pre-
tensions to the fine arts. They wish to
be understood to cultivate music, sing
ing and cloquence. They ask aims in
The names Of the MUSES.. Others-those
who frequent the doors of the churches
speak of the Virgin Mary. but these
invake Erato, Futerpe, and the d vine
fosymnia. Some of them attain a GER
tain degree Of proficiency, and reap a
rich harvest thereby. Their voice has
a tragic ring, their gestua e +; are moving.
Their ballads enchant seamstresses, SER
want maids and shildren at the open
windows, and down come the copp ers
on the pavement of the court telow.
Other beggars of this class attempt in
strumental recitals, songs or spoken
appeals, only to righten their nearer
and levy blackmail on N ling audi
ace Their plan is to excite to re-
bellion, and their harvest. too Is a rich
one; richer of course than that of their
fellows, who give at least something in
return.
When the professional day is finished
1he small army of beggars regain their
quarters for the night. From all parts
or points, of the ''brick and mortar
iborizon'' they may be seen vending
their way homeward, their pockets
we'll filled with u1os u Their fare
Ut dinner, Or rather, su, per, is coarse
but plentiful, say in certa n ca es
where the beggar thinks himself a
gourmet. and, as such, INDUCES in deli
eaciea.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
Antipodal Meat Diet.

"Cat's flesh, one basin, ten cents,
"Black cats flesh, one small basin.
five cents.
''Black dogs grease, one tael, four
cents.
"Black cats eyes, one pair, four
cents"
That is the horrld translation of a
sign-board, as it was read to me the
other day in the course of my pere-
grinati ms about this remarkable city.
Near by Carlo and Ia by were sizzling
in the frying pan, while on spits hang
ing over the fire were other t aged VIC
TINS waiting for a like treatment. The
cats had been skinned whole. and the
meat was whittier than any chicken
meat that l w saw. In cages in the
rear part o. the restaurant, l could also
see quite a number of other cats OF as
sorted sizes and colors, some Of
whom were mewing piteously, VIII le
others sat in a dumpish attitude,
as the 6. ect OF hunger, I suppose,
waiting for their turn. There were two
uponthe floor with their feet tied togeth-
er. l am told that it is notinfrequently
that cats are hung up alive blythe tail, to
suffer on TO hours. y 4rhap: days. and
finally die a lingering de til. Shuese
sen-:b | t es DO not seem to he oft at
su h cru lties.
1t would hardly be fair to assert that
cat and dog flesh are universal articles
in China, for l think their consumption
is mainly restricted to the poor classes.
The flesh is cut into small slices and
fried in oil, with garlic and horse chest
nut. The meat Of black dogs and cats
seems to be preferred. 1t is customa. Y
on a certain day for the people to fest
on dogs flesh for the sake of fortifying
themselves against disease. In some
provinces dog hams ar. cured and OK,
ported at extravagant prices. Mo c OF.
1ensive to my mind than this, howe, cr,
is the eating OF rat and cockroa hes,
which is also pracIiced to considera.
BILE Standardization Cor. N. O. Times.
Democrat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

"A man of property who had for
years been abusing his stomach at last
found his health to be in a rapid de,
cline. Nature could endure it no
longer. He went to consult a celebrated
doctor. lie stated the symptoms OF his
case SO clearly that the learned physl-
cian could not mistake the nature of the
alsease: II can car you, sir. said
a III you w1Il follow my advice"
Inc patient promised most implicitly to
10 SO. Now says the doctor, '.you
must steal a horse" ..What! steal 5
horse"' "fes, you must steal a horse:
lou Will then be arrested, convicted
ana PLACED in a situation where your
olet and regimen will be such that in a
mort time your health will be perfectly
restored. '-HiiaaeipAia Record.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
Making Putty.

One stormy day last week an olu
man in an uptown paint shop sat by a
window, with a large piece of plate
glass before him, kneading on the glass
a batch of what seemed to be dough for
black bread.
"It's putty" he explained. 81 make
uine linseed putty in the stores
"What do you make it Off"
"Raw linseed oil and whiting.
Whiting, you know, is simply ground
chalk, ground in a mill like flour. 1t
comes out with a fine flint grit in it.
Before making putty of it a few old
fashioned men who believe in making
the best of everything wash the grit
out. The fine flour is then dried. If it
isn't dried perfectly it takes up more
oil then is desirable or profitable. From
800 to 600 pounds-about Is per cent.
by weight of raw oil to IS per cent. of
whiting-are put in a chaser and thor
oughiy mixed" 4
whats a chaser?"
s'It's an annular trough, ten feet in
diameter. From a vertical shaft in the
centre two arms extend, on the ends of
which are heavy iron wheels that rest
in the trough. When the shaft r evolves
the wheels chase each other around the
trough. When mixed it is packed in
b.adders for CONVEX ence in handling"
''H,w is the stuff q u tie ated."
"Ma.ble ~u;tl IN xed with whit ng.
1t costs about a quarter of 81 cent a
pound, and whiting costs twice tn It.
Paraffine oils, at from 20 to 30 cents q
gallon, are used instead of linseed oil at
60 cents. The marble dust makes the
putty gritty, and the cheap oil makes it
sticky. Cheap putty is decidedly
cheap. / wouldn't use it even on :
Government job" 4
"What is the market price Of put
typ"
Equity in bulk, wholesale, is worth
1912 per 100 pounds. The other win
dow glass cements runs from s1.4O to
$1.75. They are dear at that, l 1hinl;.
They take longer 10 put on and longer
to dry"
'Is putty imported9"
"No. Neither is it exported. A lot
was brought over a long time ago, but
that was when oil was very high. The
whiting comes from Engiand."-N. z.
Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

-scrape CT mash hard boiled eges
YER fine. Add a very little mustard,
vinegar and sweet oil. You will think
you are eating something finer thar
lobster salad. TROY Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

Scarcely week passes by without
tne record OF some wonderful surgical
operation: Sally Brown was recently
taken in hand, and Lad a broken knee
ana dlslocated rib taken out and new
ones'put in, and she is now as good as
ever; 1t may not injure the story much
70 aad that the Sally is a canal-boat,7
~. I. Graphic. ,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

Lord Salisbury remarked in :
recent speech that much of the
proved demeanor Of London was dueto
inc larger employment OF women In
works OF charity and public service.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

NDellherate with caution, but act
WIN decision, and yield with gracetui
nesss or oppose with firInness.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

Idaho has q mountain range bearing
the rame "Stingy Indian"
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-23
The Other Side.
ALBION, Neb., September %, ..

ALBION, Neb., September %, '94.
To the Editor of THE BEE.
l notice in your issue of the 10th ult.,
a communication signed by n G.. H.
Roberts, IN which the writer attempts to
carry the Impression that the Albion
press is subsidized, and the Albion post
Office run in a loose and careless
As to the first, we care nothing, but the
public might possibly attach some impor-
lance to the lattor charge if allowed to go
unrefuted. The facts in the case are
these:
LIST, @. I'll. Roberts was so intoxicated
while in Albion that he could not reason.
ably be expected to know what did actu-
ally occur.
81. After Mr.. Roberts had inflicted
at least n dozen Interviews upon us, and
we had become reasonably familiar with
his story, he intimated that Rice must
pay him something or "suffer the conse-
quences;" that president Arthur's cabi.
net were intimate chums of his; that he
controlled the senators, and chad" Rose
water, and that ''by the eternal, he
would bounce Rice" We t~hereupon
told him in pretty plain language that
his little scheme for "bIood money"
wouldn't win, and advised him Co go
hence without date.
End. Mr.. Roberts never offered the
Argus any communication. He did
however make q verbal complaint and
we told him to formulate his grievances,
put them in writing, and if they amount
ed to anything he could have all the space
in the Argus desired. he never did SO,
but INDUCED in verbal and ramblingcom-
plants against postmaster Rice. AS near
as we can learn the important O. postal
card referred to was, by error put in
banker Roberts box and returned by
him as soon as he discovered the mis-
take:
Mr.. Rice is an efficient postmaster and
gives general satisfaction. He has, at
mis- own expense fitted up one of the fin
eat postotfice5 west of Omaha, and the
BEE does injustice to an honest and cap
able official by giving publicity to such
outrageous charges, unless they are ac-
companied by something moro substan-
tial than @. ii. Roberts word.
Respectfully,
a. ID. BRAINARD.
Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-23
A TOUCHING
Presented to Mr.. s. IL. II. Clark by the
Employees of the Union Pacific
Road.

1t has ever been generally remarked
that the employees of the Union Pacific
road have had q regard for Mr.. S. II. II.
Clark, which any man might be proud to
own. They have ever trusted Mr.. Clark
implicitly, and have always found him to
be a true friend to them. AS a token oil
the great regard which they have for
him they have prepared the following
resolutions and after having them hand
somely engrossed and framed, have sent
them to Mr.. Clark. The headquar-
ters OF the executive board of tho organ
lied employees of the Union Pacific road
is at Denver and from there the resolu-
tions were received yesterday morning.
Following is a copy:
TESTIMONIAL TO S. II. II, CLARK, A 7 GENERAL
MANAGER UNION PACIFIC HALLWAY COMPANY
DENVER, Colorado, Sept. g., 1884,
WHEREAS, 1t has become necessary, through
the psauliar snd unsatisfactory methods of
railway life, that Mr. s.. II, III. Clark, gen-
eral manager of the Union Pacific, should re-
tire from a position which he has filed with
satisfaction to the public, pleasure tothe EN-