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Wichita eagle., 1886-10-17

Wr Jay Gould says there is an empire of
country in Western Kansas and the Indian
Territory the future probabilities of which
it is almost impossible even to imagine. an
empire too large for any. Missouri river
town to hope to control. Wichita is the
present and will be the future metropolis of
that empire
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-17

The Indiana Methodist conference has
condemned the use of tobacco as uncleanly
and unEealtful, and the delegates promised
to preach agsns. it once each year
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-06-17
BARN STABLES.
Essential Points to be Observed in Their
Construction.

Essential Points to be Observed in Their
Construction.
Every year new stables, barns and
other outbuildings are going up, either
to replace WORKOUT structures or TO
furnish additional space for stock. In
planning, the prominent idea to be
kept in mind is, the definite use for
which the building is intended. There
is no more unsound idea in the build
ing of combined barn and stable than
in allowing the breath and other efluyia
to pass into the fodder and other food
of the stock. In other words, the ven
tilation of the stables should not pass
through the NOW or the barn.
In the building and arrangement OF
the stable warmth is the essential in
teger, and. the ventilation being cor
rect, the stable can not be made too
tight. Probably nine stables out OF ten
are built with the floors raised above
the earth, and SO the wind has full sweep
beneath the floor. The effect is the
animals are constantly being chilled as
to their feet and limbs, reacting on the
whole body. All stables should be iald
on solid walls, and the stable floor, IN
stead of being laid upon bearings,
should be let into the sills of the strucl-
ure, upon bearings laid directly on the
ground The scantling, thus laid, VIII
last as long as the floor, and as a rule
fully as long as when let into the sIlis.
If drainage underneath is intended,
this must be done before the floor -
laid, and the pipes for this drainage
should not be less than six inches ~
diameter. 1t is worse than useless 70
lay such drains unless there is consider
able fall and ample means for flushing
when necessary. In fact, as a ruies
stables in the country are better Win.
out drains, except along the floors. II
is preferable that the liquid manure pe
absorbed with dry clay, or other slml-
lar material, for thus the most valuapie
portion of the manure is saved. $50
The floors of stables are usually maze
of thick plank. They are by no means
the best. The foundation may De ~
inches of broken stone, Thoroughly
pounded and solicited. On this = !
thin layer of gravel laid and poundeas
smooth; on this again good cement o.
sharp gravel, sand and cement Is iaiu.
When finished it should be kept molsa
for some time before it is used--n Ig1
! three months it will be better. On sucn
a fooreomparatively little water WIZ
keep all sweet and clean.
Now If the stable is laid with q Wen
matched floor alone of seasoned plans
thoroughly driven home, and 4 Y
] ceiled In from the rest OF the paiis
+, where only portion of the moor ~ -
used as a stable, there win be no danssa
of contamination of the food OF 'ho
animals by any effluvia therefrom.'
Chicago Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-06-17
AN ING JUS CLOCK.
The Complicotei Time-Piece Constructed
by an indian Firm.

The Complicote.i Gime-Piece Constructed
by an indian Firm.
A clock-manufacturing firm in Cal
cutta, India, have lately completed
very ingenious time-piece in the shape
Of an eight-day clock, which strikes the
hours on large, full-toned gong and
chimes the quarters on eight bells. In
connection with the clock there is
perpetual calendar which gives the cor
rect days of all the various months,
including the twenty-nine days of Feb
ruary in the leap-year. There is also
a military procession worked by the
clock, representing various branches
of the British army, consisting OF artil-
lery, cavalry and infantry, and the staff
in review order. ThereAis also a
sentry on duty who salut drum
mer, who beats the drum, and a
bugler who raises his bugle to
his mouth every few inmates. All of
these figures are arranged at The top Of
the dial. There is also musical in
strument, which plays while the pro-
cession is marching in review. Near
the bottom of the clock is placed a
military band which is concealed by a
curtain, and which is raised every hour
when the music is playing and the pro-
cession is moving. and falls again inn
mediately after the clock has struck,
and remains drawn until the next hour.
The case, made of ebonized mahogany,
is about six feet high, three feet six
inches w de, and two feet six inches
deep, hi, bly, ornamente1 with brass
trimmings. tine circles on the dial to
show minutes. hours, days of the month,
etc.. are engraved and silvered. The
center and sides of tho dial are richly
enameled. At the sides of the case are
massive brass ornamental handles and
ornamental fretwork. CHICAGO Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-06-17
FASHION HINTS.

All Sorts of Novelties for Ladies', Misses,
Girls and Boys. s
Bouffant back draperies grow in
amplitude.
Red is the rage in Paris, particularly
for theater toilets.
The turban of cloth to match the
coat is the correct headwear for little
boys.
Dark blue cloth and corduroy are
among the popular stuffs for small
boys coats.
Many imported dresses are accom-
PANIED with capote of the same stuff
as the froek.
Kilt suits as well as short breaches
with jackets are still worn by boys OF
three and four years.
Polo caps and small turbans take
precedence of all other spring hats for
boys under five.
Small pokes, pointed back and front,
are worn without strings by young
women, whether married or single.
Small boys wear white muslin yoke
slips precisely like those worn by little
girls until they are two years old.
Sailor and Dauphin collars are both
worn by small boys, while girls wear
large round yoke collars and the Dau-
phin.
Red seems to be the color that has
some hidden affinity with the tastes,
feelings, and political notions of the
moment. 1t is as popular here as in
Paris.
The newest fancy in boys garments
is what is called "pink coats" but they
are red, not pink, being made of the
bright red cloth used for gentlemen s
hunting coats.
White neck lingerie seems to be
going entirely out of fashion, beaded,
plain and lace-edged dog collars hav-
ing taken the place of white collars,
either of linen or lace.
Fashionable mothers keep their little
boys in white muslin yoke slips until
the little fellows are two and hall
and three years old. But this depends
. great deal upon the growth Of the
child.-N. Y. San.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-06-17
.Pa." said 4 little bow. ..what is .

-s.Pa," said d little boy, what is a
green grocer?'' Zone who trusts, my
SON." "Why is he green because he
trusts your son?n asked the little boy,
and the father looked at him doubt
fully, as though he were wondering
whether the child's question indicated
infantils greenness or dangerous pre-
eocitv. CHICAGO Mail.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05
Telling Time by Flowers.

The judges house was over in the French
quarter of New Orleans, says a correspon-
dent of the San Francisco Call, unattractive
outside, but as soon as you got into the broad
hall cool breeze struck you, laden, without
eXaggeration. with the balm of thousand
| flowers. The hall led right through the
house, and opened into regular fairyland
| of fowers-a garden, the like of which had
never dreamed of. 1t was surrounded by a
high wall and had plants in it from every
country under the sun. The whte-haired
old gentleman and group of grandchildren
hanging about him took us about, and the
first thing we stopped at was large oval
plot, set out with small plants around the
edge. "This,' said the judge, sis my clock.
What time is it, Clara?" he asked of one of
the children. The girl ran around the plot
and said it was 4 o'clock, and so it was. The
four o'clock was in bloom. SIN fact" said
the story teller, 'the clock was made up of
flowers" In the centre was pair of hands,
of wood, covered with some beautiful vine,
but they had nothing, however, to do with
the time telling.
The plan was this: The Judge had noticed
that at almost every hour in the day some
plant bloomed, and, working on this prin ci-
pie, he had selected plants of different hours
and placed them in a circle, tWenty-four in
number one for every hour. For example,
at the top of the earthern clock, at II O'Clock,
was planted the portulacca, and he told me
it would bloom within 10 minutes of II, and
rarely miss. At the hours of l, and he
had different varieties of this same plant,
all of which bloomed at the hour opposite to
which it was planted. At o'clock he had
our common plant of that name, and you all
know how you can depend ON that. At the
garden niotago came out, at the geranium
triste, and at the evening primrose. OPP
posite 8 o'clock he had the bona nox and at
8 the silent noctifora-all these blooming at
or near the time given. At 10 o'clock, if
remember rightly, he had a cactus, at IL
another kind, and at II the night-blooming
eereus
Half of the year some of the plants don't
bloom at all. The plants opposite ! and 2
in the morning were cacti, that doomed
common satisfy and at the chicory, at 5
the snow thistle. and at the dandeli0n.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05

day passes that we do not hear that some
city or town is in great alarm over mad
dog which has been tearing through the
streets biting dogs and men right and left.
The city of Newark seems to be the centre OF
the scare. Yet there is no conclusive evil
dence that there has been single rabid dog
in that city. Nobody knows beyond rea-
sonable doubt that the dog that bit the chill
dren sent to Pasteur had hydrophobia. 1t
was sick, but it is far from certain that it
was mad.
If the present craze had no other effect
than to decimate the number of worthless
ours barking and yelping about the streets
of great cities we should be inclined to en-
courage it. But it is bringing great deal of
anxiety and worry to human beings. Ner-
vous people bitten by dog that does not
act quite naturally or shows signs of some
ailment are made miserable for weeks
and months by the fear that they may
have hydrophobia. Treatises on hydropho-
bia, movements to establish hospitals for by
drophobic patients, alleged deaths from the
disease accompanied with details Of the hor-
rible suffering that preceded them thrust
themselves into their faces, so frequently and
persistently that they are kept in constant
state of nervous excitement, and if they do
not have hydrophobia they are pretty sure to
have something else
There is no more hydrophobia in the coun-
try now than there was before Pasteur made
his alleged discovery. There is no epidemic
of the disease raging in Newark or anywhere
else. Possibly some of the alleged mad dogs
that have been figuring in the newspapers
for some weeks past may have had genuine
rabies, but the probability is that not one OF
them did. The mad dog scare has been
worked about enough Pasteur mas got MS
full share of free advertising, ana suiliclent
prejudice against the dog has been created to
reduce his numbers considerably Let us
return to the cholera.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05
RECIPROCITY IN RAsCALs SURELY.
Chicago Tribune
he REPUBLICAN PARTY AND TEMPERANCE.
Galaanrd AfnnitnI
President Crew.

Francois Paul Jules Grevy, who now en-
tiers upon his second term as President of the
French republic, was born at Mont-Sous
Vaudrez, in the Jura, in 1907, He was edu-
Gated for the law, and entered upon the
practice of his profession in Paris, being a
conspicuous defender at the bar Of his fellow
participants in the revolution of July, 1880.
In 184S he was returned from the Jura to the
Constituent Assembly, and proved himself
one of the most able advocates of the Left.
He was the author of proposition that the
President of the Council of Ministers should
be elected by the National Assembly by Sc
cret ballot, which proposition was defeated
at the sitting of 1885, when it was decided
that the election should be by universal sui
frage and for the term of four years. After
the election of the tenth of December, NJ
Grevy opposed the government of Louis Ma
poleon, who protested against the expedition
to Rome After the coup d'etat he held
aloof from politics. and confined himself to
the practice of his profession. In 1868 he
was appointed Chief of the Order of Advo-
Gates. and the following year he was again
returned as deputy for the Jura. On Feb
dent of the National Assembly, then sitting
at Bordeaux and now removed to Versailles,
and in discharging the duties of this impor-
tant office he displayed remarkable tact,
Judgment and moderation. He resigned this
office in April 1873 when he was succeeded
by M. Buffet. In October, 1873, he published
pamphlet entitled s'The Necessary govern
ment, in which he declared that France
had been transformed, and has become a
pure democracy" that her first mistake was
not to have founded a Constitutional Mon
archy, when she possessed the elements Of
one" and that s'her second mistake would
be the attempt to establish it when those
elements no longer exist" At the general
election of 1876 he was returned to the Ma
tioaal Assembly, and on the meeting of the
Chambers was elected its President. He
was reelected in 1877 and again in 1879.
After the resignation of Marshal MacMahon
M. Greyy was elected President of the Re
public for seven years, Jan. 80, 1874, when
563 votes were recorded in his favor. NJ, de
Grevy's course as President has been dis
tinguished by moderation and TACT and his
reelection was not matter of doubt.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05

A correspondent of the New York World
had long interview with the President on
Saturday, at which the latter talked quite
freely on several subjects. In the first place
he said that there was not word of truth in
the report that he had sought interviews
with Republican Senators for the purpose of
talking over with them what should be done
with his appointments. He had mentioned
the subject occasionally to some of his call
ers, but only in casual way. IKE Presi-
dent said one paragraph in his message he
had .seen no comment on whatever, and it
was a paragraph which he regarded as one
of the most important in that document. 1t
was the one that defined the duties of the
executive. When he had made his recon-
mendations to Congress or sent in his ap-
pointments, his responsibility ceased and that
of the Senate and the House began. He
said he had given the selection of public Off
GERS much care, and though he might have
erred in some cases he thought in general he
had made good selections. He said he had
no means of knowing what action Congress
would take in regard to the silver coinage.
He had not the slightest desire to influence
Congress on this question or any other
except through his messages. His own idea
was that the business of the country is now
in a condition of uncertainty, owing to the
doubt as to what would be done with silver,
and he had written ON the subject to the
best of his ability in his message. His no.
tion about the tariff was that the only prac-
tical way would be to have the House COM
mittee charged with this work, take up the
subject in a business fashion and modify the
present law in such a way as to help poor
people who labor, and take away needless
protection from the few who have grown in
ordinately rich at the expense of the many.
There were many incongruities in the tariff
that he thought ought to be remedied, and
could be easily
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05
rnEnYpRoPHoR,A NONSENSE.

One of the rarest diseases, in this country
at least, is hydrophobia. 1t is much to be
doubted if dozen genuine cases occur in
the whole country in the course of year.
Dogs alleged to be mad are to be sure
quite plenty; but probably ninety
out of every hundred of such dogs are not
afflicted with genuine rabies In most cases
what is pronounced manifestation of ny
drophobia is simply fit. Before Pasteur
advertised that he could render incubation
with the virus of rabid dogharmless there
was great apathy on the subject of hydro
phobia. Since then there has been tremen-
dous awakening in regard to it. To read the
newspapers of the time one would suppose
that the United States was in danger of be-
ing depopulated by this disease. Scarcely
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05
BRUTALIZINC INDIANS.

There has been much done of late to inform
public opinion on the matter of the treat
ment of the Indians. There is general inter-
est in the subject and the government has
outlined seasonable and judicious policy
which the public are looking to see carried
out through the Indian Bureau so far as is
practicable
The following cut from the correspondence
Of the Chicago Tribute indicates that there
is at least one agent who requires looking af-
ter-a man ina position Of responsibility who
will allow such brutalizing process as the
one described is not fit to drive mules.
The other day was over at the Rosebud
Agency to see an issue of beef The Rose
bud Agency is only thirty miles from this
post Fort Nio,blraraD, and it is put here to
mixed tribes of Brule Sious-Spotted Tails
old bands. They number in ali $500 souls,
and it takes 276 beef cattle to make an issue
for ten days. What did l see? Five hum
bred Indian warriors, armed with Winches-
ter rifles and the best reyolvers, were there
to kill the beef. Steer after steer was let out
of the pens, and these warriors ran them over
the prairie. killing them as they would buffa-
10. One old cOpper-sklnned rascal stood by
the chute, and as the gate would be raised to
let out the animal he would hit him on the
tail with stone hammer to make him run.
The poor brute would roar with pain, and
then the gate would be raised and he would
dash out across the prairie with half-a-dozen
young Indians after him. Then the sport
would begin. First one young warrior would
shoot horn off, then another would break
leg and so on. The poor animal would be
tortured to death by slow degrees his death
being put off as long as possible so the sport
might last longer. And this was the govern
ment of the United States method of Issuing
beef to its Indians, encouraging them to be
barbarous and cruel, making gala day of
its meat issue, and giving the young warriors
a chance to learn to shoot well and ride well,
SO that they can kill soldiers more readily
and kill citizens better if they should go to
war. saw young Indian boys there tortur-
ing cattle-poor dumb brutes-to death, who
should have been in school learning to read
and write-learning if you please, to read
the Bible and of the Savior and God. 1t
Struck me as horrible, and I could not but
mink mat It was time somebody gave the
government few lessons in humanity. civil
lZatlon, and economy. 1t takes $1,000 worth
OF meat every ten days to feed those law red
rascals and furnish them poor dumb hTTntes
on which to practice their cruelties and bar.
barities. 1t made me sick and ashamed n
think the government / represented wouid
permit such things to be done in its name.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05
THE PRESS.
MORNING, JANUARY 5.

We do not read anonymous letters and commun-
cations. The name and address of the writer are
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily tor pup
LEGATION but as a guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05

The South Carolina legislature sets the
other states an excellent example by finish
ing mp its work in thirty days. Boston pa
pers will please copy.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05

The Lewiston Journal says the report of
the Bangor Commercial that some of the
Maine Congressman would vote against the
admission of Dakota on account of the Yank-
ton bonds matter is incorrect. All the Maine
delegation will vote in favor of admission.
The Yankton bonds matter was settled some
time ago.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05
$ToRA ACE.

First-class storage for Flour, Fish,
Cotton and other merchandise in the
Portland Sugar House. Warehouse re-
eeipts given. Otis Brothers elevator.
Lowest rates OF Insurance. Apply to
j. s. DOUGLASS, Agent,
iv1Adtt No. 29S Commercial Street.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05

The latest of the many curious arguments
advanced by the Democratic press against
the admission of Dakota is the strangest of
all. A wild western paper claims that adj
mission ought to be refused out of kindness
to Dakota, because statehood is curse not
a blessing. This remarkable argument comes
from the Chicago Times and it goes on to
say "They have nothing to gain by ex-
changing their simple, inexpensive territori-
al government for costly, cumbersome state
government. With more politicians to sup
port, higher taxes to pay, and heavier bur
dens of all kinds to carry, they viii reap no
compensating advantages. and in point of
fact Congress could render them no more
substantial service than to keep them out in
the cold for ten years to come"
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05

A Bourbon sheet says that Senator Voor-
hees is the coming man for the Presidency In
1888. If Mr., Voorhees, is to be coming in 'SS
he can start none too soon.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05

John Kelly is recovering. THERE'S every
indication that he will live to make life a
burden for his fellow Democrats for some
time to come.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05

TEJHE Consolidated Electric Light Company Of
fers one hundred dollars reward to anyone
who shall secure the detection and arrest of any
person or persons guilty OF maliciously inter
fering in any way with the lights poles or wires Of
said company dee12du
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05

The story that Eben F. Pillsbury's APP
pointment was to be allowed to slip through
the Senate without opposition is contradict
ed Senator Hoar opposes it strongly and
Senator Dawes is by no means Indifferent.
1t is as good as settled that the committee on
commerce to whom the case has been referred
will report against his confirmation.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05

The say that Sunset Cox's new book is ell
egantly bound.
The Portland daily press., 1886-01-05
CURRENT COMMENT.
FAR FROM THE JEFFERsNoIAN.
North American

FAR FROM THE JEFFERsNoIAN.
North American.
Democrats say that the present adminis-
tration reminds them of JefferSon's princi-
paily because it is SO different.
BOOM IN EMBRYO FOR HILL.
N. Y. Sun.
happy New Year to David Bennett HILL
Governor of New York. The present is glo-
rious, the future may be more glorious
SIR JOHN AND THE QUEEN.
Toronto Globe.
Sir John Macdonald has oftener been told
by the Queen s'to take notice and govern
the country.
NO FISHERY COMMISSION.
Newburyport Herald.
There is no call for a commission, and Con
gress should reject tho proposition. By it we
should fare no better than we did before,
where everybody now sees that we were
cheated in the bargain
HAPPY THOUGHT.
Albany Journal
Why did not Tilden recommend those
coast and harbor defenses to be made of
Bland silver dollars instead Of iron? Then
no enemy could ever pass them, neither
would anyone be able to take them unless at
80 per cent. discount.
RECIPROCITY IN RAsCALs SURELY.
Chicago Tribune.
There is but one kind of reciprocity the
people want, and that is reciprocity in every
thing, whether it be fish, anchors, or hair
pins. There must be as unrestricted trade
between Canada and the United States as
there is between Massachusetts and New
York, or between New York and Illinois.
That is the only kind of reciprocity our peo-
pie want.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND TEMPERANCE.
Concord Monitor.
Rev. George W. Rutland, of Greenfield,
concludes note to this office with this sound
testimony to the temperance outlook: AS
secretary of state temperance organization
for the last eight years. and giving careful
attention to our annual symposium at Weirss,
and believe that the best legislation can be
conserved and advanced through united work
in the ranks of the Republican party"