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The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-15
Machine Guns in War.

The announcement that an American
officer has received permission to in
Spect the British machine guns at
Woolwich has called attention to their
advantages and disadvantages in war.
A writer to the PaU-Mau Gazette thus
criticises the employment of machine
guns on the field of battle: IF the
range is correct and the mark remains
steady great execution will be done,
but the slightest error will throw every
bullet out, except at short range. Thus
the French founl that their attempts
with the mitrailleuse, even ut such
short distance as twelve hundred
yards, were perfectly futile, and that
their new weapon had not the
slightest chance against the field ar
tillery of that time. Since then the
German field artillery has more than
doubled its efficiency. Against their
shrapnel thrown with the present high
velocities the mitrailleuse would have
less chance than ever. The reply
of the German army to the question:
what is the place Of the machine gun
in the field of battle?:' has been, 1T has
no place, and whatever additional men
and horses can be given should be de-
voted to increasing the field artil-
lery.' Accordingly machine guns have
not been introduced for the field, but
the field artillery has been largely in
creased in proportion to the other
arms. Exactly the same course has
been pursued by the French and by
every other great continental power.
None have adopted machine guns for
the field; all have increased and devel-
oped their field artillery. When we
remember that France, Germany, Aus
tria, Turkey, Russia, have all lately
passed through the furnace of war. and
had most of their %crOtchety dross
burned out of them, their unanimous
opinion ought surely to outweigh the
theoretical ideas of a few partisans
who still cling to the notion Of finding
in the machine gun a weapon worth
the. cost of the men and horses required
for its use. They admit that it a not
face field artillery at artillery ranges:
that its prOiectires have M power
Whatever against the walls of buildings
or earthwOrks. but they believe that.
when two hostile bodies of infantry are
closing, the machine guns can be
brought from cover, where they have
remained till then, and will exercise a
great influence over the result of the
combat. No doubt they would in such
u case, provided the infantry fight hap
pened to be where they could 60"
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-15
Helping the Drunkard.

Sam Tippler is q confirmed inebriate
by heredity and habit; he is % cool
mechanic. and can earn good wages
when he Is in 4 condition TO
work; but his habits are such hat he
Is idle most of the time; he Is Il burden
to his family who are very poor and
needy. Ii Sam was only out of the way
the family, could take care of them
selves. With him on their hands to
provide with beer and the necessaries of
life. they are in great var and destitu-
ton. The degradation of the family is
telling fearfully against the future of an
otherwise promising family of children.
The thing to do in such u case is to send
that man to an inebriate asylum, a
wOrkhouse OF Il jail. Several young
men representing different benevolent
Temperance ~organiZat ons have made
repeated efforts to reform him without
success, and ne only goes on from bad
To worse. Il curse to himself and his
family. Something ought TO be done
in this case; his family can not be ex-
pected to make n complaint against
him; the civil authorities are not likely
to make it unless he is guilty of some
overt act. If there is any relief to be
had it must be by some judic.ous man
who acts officially il behalf OF a benev-
client association organi ell for just such
work. When the man has served out
his sentence he should be received,
kindly provided with work, and made
to understand that on the first Ofiense
he Will be committed again. and con-
tinue to be committed rs often as he
drinks. Union.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-15
Canada Linen.

It sometimes takes agOOd joke a long
lime to leak out, but it is almost sure to
ind daylight sometime. There is q
gentleman living in Des Moines whose
6ome at one time was in New York. He
used to 90 over to Canada nee in
awhile to see the country, visit friends
and probably eat peaches. On one of
his trips he saw some very fine shirts
the price of which tempted him great
ly to invest. He thought over his ward
robe at home very carefully. and as
nearly as he could figure it concluded
he needed half a dozen shirts. These
we're the ones to buy he thought, be-
cause they were of the best quality and
make and the price extremely low. He
purchased, and after getting the arti-
cles on his hand, began to wonder how
he would get them home and not have
tle sharp eye of the officers see them.
A happy thought struck him. He went
to a hotel and began to put the articles
on. Of course he had one on to conf
menoe with. He measured the new
ones, but found they did not 90 in sizes,
SO that one fit into the other. but were
about equal in the amount of cloth used
in the makeup. He began like a man
getting ready for lightning changes.
Number one went on very easily. The
next was q little closer fit. The third
was a closer call. The fourth tried the
strength of the cloth and thread, as
well as the temper of the fellow getting
inside of so much linen. Getting the
fifth one on, he tugged, the perspira-
ton rolled off his face, and ran down
his back. and lie kicked and scrambled
and paved the air like a drowning man
catching at straws. When he got in
side he looked like the last rose OF SIM
mer, of the red variety, in full bloom.
Five shirts were disposed of. but the
sixth Law on the back of the chair, wait.
ing to be claimed.
Our friend WISHED some one w"uld
come and claim it. He did MOI know
what to do until a thought struck him
again. He concluded to pass himself
off for an Alderman, and knowing that
a well filed vest was necessary he took
the sixth shirt, folded it up carefully
and laid it away inside of his vest and
the upper part of his pantaloons. Fixed
up in true Aldermanic style, he started
for the United States. The custom
house officer eyed him closely on the
Canada side, but he got through OH his
dignified appearance. When he struck
the custom house on this side he knew
the officer. and was not quite so careful.
He walked up and down the Office. and
begun to think he might be a genuine
New York Alderman. The custom
officer finally sided up to him and said:
..You had better 90 and sit down."
"Why.' he asked, with some dignity,
thinking he knew when to sit down.
''Look at the bottom of your pants"
said the officer. He looked, and there
dragging on the floor was about hail
the sleeve ot the sixth shirt hunting
daylight. He sat down without wait
ing for a reserved seat, and tucked the
sleeve inside his boot top. The cigars
cost more than twice what the duty
would have been.-LoWa State Register.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-15
Bringing in a Verdict.

At a little back-wOods settlement in
Vancouver's Island. an Indian had been
stealing potatoes from a farm belong.
ing to MIR. SprOat. the local Justice.
One day, in order to frightea this In
dian, the man in charge, who was a
Western back-woOdsman, fired his gun
vaguely in the direction of the potato
field. To his establishment he found
that he had shot the native dead. An
inquest had of to be held. The
woOdsman did 1ot look upon a slain
Indian as a very great affair, and sev-
eral came to Mr.. SprOat and said: ''You
are not going 70 trouble Henry about
this, are you, sir??" Mr.. SprOat, being
not only the mans master, but also a
magistrate. had to reply that however
he must let the law take its course.
But where was a surgeon to be found
to make the post-mOrtem examinations
A care-worn looking man stepped off a
pile Of lumber, where he was working,
and said he was a surgeon. Tnis state
ment Icing naturally received with some
hesitation, he produced from an old
army chest his commission. his degree,
and ample proof of not only having
been a staff-surgeon. He performed the
pOst-mortem. and soon produced L shot
from the lung aid proved that the In
dian had died from SunShot wounds
in the chest. Other evidence was
forthcoming; one of the witnesses testi-
fying that the prisoner had said Jack.
I've shot an Indian" The Judge laid
down the law to the jury. which were
composed of twelve of the most intelii-
gent of the men. and they We're sent H.
to another room to consider their YER
diet. 1t WAS nearly half an hour before
they returned. The foreman then said:
1--WE find that the Indian WAS worried
by Il dog "A what?" the Judge eX-
claimed. ''Worried by q dog. sir.n
said another juryman, thinking that the
foreman had not spoken plainly. As
suming a proper expression of magi>-
terial gravity. his worship pointed out
to the jury the incompatibility of the;r
verdict with the evidence, and again
went v the case. ard calling their
particular attention to the medical evil
dence. and TO the production by the dec
tor of the shot found in the body of the
Indian, he again dismissed them to
their room, begging them to come back
with Il verdict reasonably connected
with the facts. They remained away
longer than before. When they at last
returned, the Judge drew a paper to-
ward him to record their finding.
NOW. men, what do You sly?" Their
decisive answer was: 1--WE say that he
WAS killed by falling overa cliff" The
Judge snuiiied his papers together, and
told the Jury they might 90 to their
work. and he would return Il verdict
for them himself. For Il full mile in
every direction from where the dead
body was found the country WIS Us
level as a table. The jury was rot so
conscientious as anoth + in the same
part of the world, composed of the
friends of some people accused OF steal
ing pork: 1--WE find the defendants not
but believe they hooked the
pOrk.'-PoTttand OregOnian.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-15
Temperance I.ems.

MORE than thirty of the mining com-
panies of Colorado make total ab-
ssinence a condition of employment.
'.How DID you first begin?" was
asked OF a young man who had lost his
situation through drink. '.My mother
gave me a bottle of brandy and water
to keep me warm on my Journey to
London" was the reply. Il liked the
feeling it produced, and soon found my
way to the public-house.'
AsINGLE CASE of hydrophobia will stir
the authorities up to kill every unmuz-
zied dog found on the streets. But de-
lirium tremens may kill scores of men
in brown-stonc fronts and in nuts
of poverty. and the same authOri-
ties will hold ~inquests and sigh over
1.-the mysterious ways of Providence"
-Chicago Inter Ocean.
AT the n. w. &. L. u. Convention
two gentlemen were talking together
n evening before the meeting had be-
gun. One said: 'No political party
a afford to lose the influence of such
women as compose this Convention
"Ihen," said a lady near, political
parties must have principles, the
uioliieiuOOu Vi Ine aye demands 1t Tor
her sons" ''She will not demand in
vain," replied the other. there is no
w~ithstanding the power of woman with
God and Truth on her side"
LORD WOLsELEY recently delivered
a lecture on "SuccesS in Life" He rec
commended total abstinence on the
ground of expediency. Ii. he said, two
lads started out together in life all
things being equal with the exception
OF one drinking and the other being 2
teetotaler, it was long odds on the lat
ter. He added that on his Red River
campaign. n of the hardest he was
ever on, there was no strong liquor, and
there was likewise no sickness and na
need for prison discipline. If drunken
ness could be eliminated crime in the
English army, he contended, would be
practically at an end.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-15
Particular as to Shade.

A consumptive man, knowing that
his life was rapidly drawing to a close.
called his wife to b m and said:
Madeline. you know that l am about
to die; shall you v think of me when
l am gomez"
.'Oh, yes. darling" sobbed his wife.
81 never can 70 get you. and l will ever
see that your grave is kent green"
eyes, my dear, l know you will; but
I have one last request"
"What is it, darling?"
'.Do not keep it that vulgar. low
down common green, like Simpsons
grave, which is so distasteful to the eye.
Keep it a rich, delicate olive green."-
Boston GL0bc
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-15
HOME, FARM AND r d

Ashes and common salt. wet and
mixed. will stop the cracks in q stove
and prevent smoke eScaping.-Detrost
Post.
Lace curtains ars not fashionable
except for bedrooms. They then have
lambrequin of dark green or dark red,
which colors harmonic OIL almost every
thing Chicago Herald.
1t is said that q few drops of car.
bolic acid-that Is. ten drops in one pint
of water-will, if poured over the earth
in fiower-pots. kill all living things ex-
cept the plants.-lroy Times.
If compelled to use canned fruit
that is not put up at home. seek to rem.
der it palatable thus: Open the can and
drain off the liquor. Put the fruit in a
proper dish. To the liquor add sufi-
cient sugar to make it like strip; let it
s'come to a boil" but do not let it boil:
then pour it over the fruit.--N. Y. Post.
Spring Roll: Four e ggs. one cup Of
sugar, one cup of flour. half teaspoon
of soda, n teaspoon Of cream of tar
tar, add any favor to suit the taste.
Stir well and spread thin on bread
pans; bake quickly. and when thor.
oughly baked turn It out on q cloth and
spread with jelly and roll it up.-1M
Household.
Breakfast Dish--For a family OF
six persons, take three cups of mashed
potatoes. one-half cup of flour, and
half ateacup of sweet milk, two well.
beaten eggs, a little salt; mix well to-
gether, shape them small, and drop into
hot lard, or roll them into little balls.
and fry them in wire basket in boiling
lard Western Rouman.
Cane chairs are more used than
eve They are painted in colOrs tc
harmonic with the remainder of the
furniture in the room. The cant arm.
chairs have the backs and seats cuSh-
Toned with plush or velvet, while the
rockers are generally ornamen:ed with
bows and ends of some br~ight-colored
satin ribbon. The shapes in odd chair:
grow more ancien. every day.-Er-
change.
The secret in mixing pastry is. first,
to have both the flour and mixing fluid
as cold as possible; second. to put it to-
gether rs lightly as may be; third, to
do no kneading-Only enough gentle
pressure TO hold the mixture together.
When made. it should be rolled out anG
baked Immediately; or. if it has to
stand, put it in the C e-chest, II some
other cold place. until wanted. -Altany
Journal.
-Twenty-four years ago. says John
j. Thomas, we had three or four inche:
of sand cartcd OF part of garden. the
soil of which was too clayey for the sue
cessful or convenient raising of garden
vegetables. When this sand was vel
worked in the whole became an excel.
lent sandy loan. just the soil for agree
able working. The labor of drawings E
the sand was considerable. but it was
done in winter when there was li.tls
else for the man and team to do. ano
the fine condition Of the soil remains rs
good as at first. and probably will for {
century to come. rs the sand does no,
evaporate, wash away. or become con-
sumed in the growth of plants, a.
with manare.-Chicag0 Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-15

Mark Twain's forthcoming book is
announced in England rs THE Ad-
ventures o. HuckleberrY Finn"
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-15

Address of the President of the National
League. Giving a Sketch of the Move
ment, and the Plan for Its Extension in
1854.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
ORR NAME. !.

g have been ISL why We named orr
lpapers The BAp5 LANDS Cow BOY. yys,e
adopted the name III the i first place to ats
tract Intention which it certainly Sdoes:g
Not To- the paper sitself, however, Sdo; M;
wish to attract at as much as tos
some facts clll sse wish to- spread,
abroad as much as possible. First, thati
COW boys in the " est are, as q E rule. one
ssof the most peaceful and law-abiding
classes of eitizens3 that We have. Now
don LEFT any one say ttliat TINT doesn't,
speak very well for the rest until they
call to mind some unlawful acts com
.nited by COW lhoysf that they know BE-
true. lien comp pare the sperpet trators 3of5
this act o. acts with the whole number.
5of COW boys md see hat classs you can
linda less percent tage ofa alawless citizens.
F0f conrse, there are ilawless COW boys, as
ElaMl essness can be found everywhere On
Tie frontier. goWSb boys ara hired by The!
month to do certain work tie same as;
alI other ,aborers. d 1t probabIe that
an empl viii have d noted sdespe erado
ttol care for his prop perty when plenty of
honest men can be fonnd tai de tie sSWlpgorkPP
Byfar the maj joriittyv III cow boys ia the
Bad Lands are right off BE farms lid the
East and are as homes. onora abies and
capable young men as can be oand my
where: Not oIitary COW " off Sfhs
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
IIapro,Vement II Ii Live II 4 sltock 8 Z 7


The constant i4oppi,p of ,yata y will
lls, wear away marble and ii tha lesaona n "a
livestock siIlnroyamen ,nftan
dppareKyI railing s6roii deaf q ears lave
produced their effect. nding thor
|oughbred stock and that for which known
efforts have been mad q at inpro Yements,
and the remaiilde consti ituting what
ever 81 scrub ,ori M common IL, M stock II there NAV
be ins the country shows q much higher
quality than II did 4 few years 1870, and
every farmer ii tlay richer by far be-
cause of the infnen ces of blood and
agencies 10 which he gives but slight
credit. Grades. and the grades Of grades
u the tenth gene ion little drops 5of
good blood diluted over and over again,
|bnt never lost have been making their
influence felt, ranif yiing and reaching
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14

s.h rqtlis de hIores Is arranging for q
line Of stages from his new town AIelora,
AT Little Missouri to the Black Hills. ne
5has also induced a tender foot newspaper
man man to start apaper there, to be called
The BAD LANDS ( Cow BoY.''' 81
Thanks. AL We ask now; Ii: d comparii-
sonsof THE Cow Boy and The Helena In
dependent, the paper from which the
above al i was Tipped, and an unbiased opin-
Ion 5as who Al getting Tier II h,
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
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mali Si1iss n IN, s,,i,; iiSs S.s A.l
B 3, 4. 9 q. 1s' So .sa
. & ans a.allan eyeI nmens nas paid 2OoO s
sY!sls1s X 'et s.s hlls llsh8 no1se scopeIL sl.
3. .aAs Seelge nas peen ausc cessfnlly Ie
ssssks.. VIII sEous t1om SEN Green's as
lla.snsl
5s The noted running Horse, Aztec, died Of
Yellow fever ~ st Iexingt n short
saMs w ssSa
V; 81 u, 4 Graft lately aceompl plished the
Y task q slking a02 :. miles IN 100 hours
without " sleep
The pittsburgh stocl lilail III / estimates
that there aye ~ 600 400 horses IN
g ithe United States. N
Over Is IO1 horses are fbefng trained at
iNewmarket, England, for the turf events.
Of The coming season. s:s ;SSs
The LARGEST L 81 sl seel gpond III mari,.a q . Il
5Riyerhead, Mass. Zen thousand eels were
put ii several years ago, All and now 1, there
are mill Hons.
airy syIui, kvS ia nan, 4 u H. ,,
viii play tie cominp SESSION Nth 81 ssI ssha, y
oIlincvS mo-. mi cI,,s Ss IA. ~ NJ
feet ~ an3I I Waia I abs . g u
49,. 81, 81 ,l'ss'1:
'.tsss, w peaes lan, nas eompleted
~ W. lask u glana On nis WALL
1uEs HuA l6EEuE1u1 sI0ufsE{ some time apSll
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
Broncho sam. /


Speaking about COW boys, Sam Stewart,
known from Alontaua ttoS Old Mexico as
5sis'Broncho Sam, was the chief. His spec
ials delight was to break the warlikss
heart of the vicious wild pony of tho
plains and make him the servant of man.
There may be Joy IN q Wild gallop
across the bound less plains, ia the crisp
morning, on the back of . feet broncho;5
but when You return with your ribs
sticking athroug yonr vest and find that
your nimbls steed has returned tD town
two hours ahead SOf you, there is atinge5
S0f sadne ness about 1t all Ii
d Broncho Sam, however, made ID speciality
Of doing all the riding himself. he would
Mt enter Into any compromise and allow,
the horse to ride him.
I'M d reckless moment lie offered to bet
ten dollars that he could mount and rides
avid Texan steer The money was pnt
up. That settled Il. Sam never took
IWater. Well he climbed the cross-bar of
the corral gate, and asked the other boys
10 turn ont their best steer, Marquis sof
Queensblry rules /:
As the steer! passed out, Sam slid down
and wrapped those paren ntheticaI legs of
his around & that higl -headedt broad
horned brute, and he rode till the fieet-
footed animal fell down on the buffalo|
grass, ran hls hot. red tongue out tacroas
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14

the Bad Lands il this the ease. The;
losses very rarely go over one pei cent,
and the profits are IS We have stated;
Many Ian cattle men report that they have
not lost q solitary head This Ii why We
claim that as q none making business
cattle y king, and also that this is the
king cattle count
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14

g The long iook for paper from Little!
Missouri has made its; ppearance and siss
bright and neWsy, hut d feeling Of regret
permeates the mind 81 every y one one whottsses
itsoyers the sill-spu nding, horrible name
chosen for 1t. The editor cannot be 90.
.stlpidly blind as to be- unaware ofS the,
TACT that throngh ghout the East the name me,
cowboy Isl looked upon. as q synonym
for law wlessness and cnssedness In its3
most active form, and the sbad lands,
have ever been regarded as barrrren, and
desolate In the extreme. The name 81,
the paper viii sbe looked upon as IN eyiis
idence3 OF the ruling ehaTa cteristics 81 the
town In which IT Is published, and III IL
eastern eyes III means all that il ball
lawless y 1It and despe rate. Bismarck
sbune.
B Tie: above is from the pen len !, off Nasty3
Adams, Prince Of Smut, who is at present,
editor; Of the Bismarck Tribune. For tile.
opinion $of an alleged para rapher who. %
constantly reYiles the feelings which;
should be held as most sacred Ne! have al
opinion far beneath conte empt. Tie d ma :
jority sof his Wit 4? iis made up sofslow;,
filings at women and the rest Ii. made up5 10
5of saburse: He has made The Tribune
popular with; the class who enjoy such IN
jgulleandoes ct the fair name Of woman, but:
!at the same a time has made It totally un-5
fit 70 be- escireul Hated III any pure household.
! We Y only publish the article as a thank
Offering that we have not obtained His
approval That would he q far greater
curse than we could BEN.