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A TALK ABOUT CATTLE.
The Three trades Usually Kept by Ameri
Can Tarners

h Three Grades Usually Kept by Ameri.
can Farmers.
We may class cattle that are usually
KEEP on the farm into three grades or
KINDS: Thos for milk, for butter and
Tor beef. In n great measure they are
distinct, as the animal that excels in
oeef production is rarely the most
profitable for butter or milk. While a
COW may & We a large quantity Of milk
and yet be an Improbable butter ami.
IN u, 1T is well settled among the dairy.
men that the general purpose COW has
not ct arrived.
Some that are raising breeding ami.
mails to sell will insist that their par.
lieu ar breed or strain will ill the bill
TOT a general purpose animal, vet a
care nj trial will be sufi lent to con-
vince anyone that the best results in
any particular line are secured only
with the SPECIAL purpose animal.
There are plenty Of animals that will
average well in milk, butter and beef
production and will excel in none, but
1t will bc a waste of time and none To
get up "a herd Of this kind. For n but
ter COW what is wanted is n medium.
sized COW, rather under than over size,
not an extra Iarge mixer. hut one that
Will give a good average yield IL
months in the year, giving her a month
to go dry before calving, and from
which Mt least 80 pounds of butter can
be made in a year. A first-class butter
COW will make even more than this,
giving as much AS a pound of butter q
day ON an average. IL she converts
her food into butter, il is evident that
she cannot convert it into milk or beef,
and in nearly all eases "a COW that gives
u large quantity of milk cannot rive
extra rich milk or make a profitable
beef gain in flesh.
The first thing ~ determine is the
special purpose for which the cattle
are to be kept and then select and
breed those that are best adapted for
this purpose. IL milk is an item, select
a breed that gives n large quantity of
milk. Often it is possible to keep cows
and sell the milk to better advantage
than to Manufacture il into butter.
Some families can grow u good quality
OF beef to better advantage than either
milk or butter, and then "A beef animal
is one h "a converts the food supplied
into growth or gain of flesh. In either
case, 10y the selection of "a good sire,
breed in the direction wanted and with
sufficient individual merit to transmit
his characteristics to his offspring. In
this way, by carefully selecting the
cows, n gradual improvement can be
made in the direction desired. But it
is hard to select and feed for u general
purpose animal, as such animals rarely
prove much above the average in any
quality.-St. LOUIS Republic.
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because Of it. A competent authority,
Prof. i. A. Williams, in the Dakota
Farmer November /, 1892, says: There
is a story often heard throughout Da-
kota that it was introduced here by
Russian immigrants sowing it for
sheep feed. We have not been able to
get at the truth of this statement nor
to find just where the weed was first
introduced" lie pronounces it the
worst weed in South Dakota. In this
connection it should be noted that
when young the plant is used as forage
for sheep. This weed is an annual,
grows vigorously and produces an
enormous number Of seeGs which are
scattered over the prairies, because of
its tumbling habit.
Another important feature Of the
weed is that it comes up after the
wheat is cut. DIR. Rose, in the report
referred to, suggests that farmers in
the western states take timely action
to eradicate it. In Nebraska "a bill for
1t determination was introduced, but it
failed to pass. 1t is impossible to say
just how far this weed may spread.
There are numerous cases on record
where some plants promised to be very
troublesome. but for some un-
known reason they failed to
spread. But this weed seems to
be thoroughly adapted to the soil
and conditions in southwest Iowa,
northeast Nebraska and the two Dako-
tas. We may well regard it with sus-
picion. The remedy to be applied is to
cut of all of the young plants and do
not allow any seed to mature. But
this requires concerted action. Waste
places rs we'll rs the fields must be
guarded.
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Congressional Extravaganza

The World objects to the appropria.
ton OF SIG, o00, 900 by the house of rep.
resentatives for rivers and harbors.
When the last river and harbor bill
was pending it was intimated that none
would be offered at this congressional
session. But that bill, in addition to
the appropriations made outright, con-
tanned provisions for contracting for a
great deal of work for which funds are
now required. This is one of the lepa.
cies OF a democratic house elected on
the issue made against 1.-THE republican
b~illion-dollar congress-" and which.
after spending s44, 900, 900 more than
the aforesaid "billion-dollar" BODY did
at its first session, left untold contin-
gent charges against the treasury. To
what enormous heights the appropria-
tons OF The present session will attain
Providence only knows, but the people
VIII know soon enough for their per.
comfort-N. Y. Mail and Ex.
press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-30

IL Democratic reform is really in
danger. Too many cooks spoil the
broth, is an old saying that applies
here.--lowa State Register.
- The attack on pensions which is
being made all along the democratic
line indicates the turn that the econ.
omy of thc Cleveland administration
will take. The old soldier has no DEM.
ocratic friends.-Albany Journal
81 President Ilarrison's W fidelity
to the interests in his charge and his
intense devotion to his country were
never more apparent than in the mes.
sage which rounds out his a~dministra.
tive acts.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
~ Secretary Foster is right in in.
sisting tina the reserve should now be
over n hundred million dollars in
gold. but there is no prospect that the
democratic house will reduce expenses
SO as to permit any accumulation OF
revenue. Philadelphia Press.
eS-f the Reed rules be not adopted
by the next house, the so-called high
tariff faction of the democracy will
block the way against the free trade
or dominant element OF the party.
That Reed code is very useful in q
crisis. st Louis Globc-Democ.s a, - ,
w The republican party has never
been a cowardly organization, trim.
ming its sails with every change / in the
popular breeze, and, although the prin.
ciples which it laid before the country
have boon for the time being rejected.
1t will not betray them. Indeed, il it
were to give up its protection faith il
would lose the n great article of its
creed which gives it political identity.
philadelphia Bulletin.
cE-A good many vest buttons have
been flying off since it was reported
that Cleveland had offered Dave HIN
the position Of secretary Of state. But
while the merriment is boisterous it is
u solid fact that Cleveland could hardly
do n more polite thing for himself and
his party than that Even IL Hill
should be offered the place and would
decline, Cleveland would gain strength
for his tact. 1t would be very polite
indeed for him to effect this reap
proachment and show his magma.
nimity. 1t is probable. however, that
the tomRhawk is not TO be buried 40
S"'''y' 'hihhCdpOils journal.
tB In his Reform club speech Mr..
Cleveland departed from glitterinp
generalitics long enough to say: III
we redeem the promises we have made
to the voters Of the land, the difficulty
OF our task can hardly be exaggerated"
This statement is interesting for two
reasons. One is that it indicates q
doubt on Mr.. Clevcland's part whether
any attempt will be made to live IN TO
the nnte-election democratic promises,
and the other Is that it reveals his be.
lief that his party promised more than
it has the ability to perform. The
plain people" will be disappointed to
learn that the vision of good things
held before them during the campaign
is never to be realized. Under these
circumstances they are not inclined to
agree with Mr.. Cleveland that the
democratic triumph should ''reinstate
their faith and their confidence In
their countrymcn ."--Troy Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-30

unfair. but impossible. TO institute
comparisons between cities in regard to
. matter like intoxication, Of which IL Ia
40 difficult to obtain accurate statistics.
Excessive drinking takes many forms,
some Of which never show themselves
to a casual observer. Though I have
seen many cities Of the United States I
have intimate acquaintance with only
n besides the city Of Washington. So
far as external appearances go, there
Is certainly much less intempcrance to
be seen in the streets of Washington
than is visible publicly in New York city.
Aside from inherited tendencies, the
two chief causes of intempcrance among
ordinary men seem to be idleness and
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IMPATIENT
fmpetuous Piace-Hunters Clam oring for
Office,

ONCE.
A good deal Of silly and irrelevant
talk is now heard among democrats
concerning the rapidity with which, in
European representative governments,
n revolution ia q general election is re-
Elected in the management Of public
affairs. We are told that a defeat for
the party in power in England or
France would result in an immediate
change of administration and policy.
The cabinet would resign At once, and
n new one. formed out OF members of
the victorious party, would be put in
its place. This is true. but it il not
pertinent. Things cannot be done
that way here. The constitution for
bids It, and the present usages must
continue TO prevail until the ~constitu.
ton is altered. We have no cabinet
in the British or French sense.
Even II the president and all the MEM
bers Of our cabinet had resigned the
day after the election, the democratic
accession to power would not have
been fastened to the extent of a single
hour.
The sensible thing for the impatient
uCLupCI Z w w 10 w Wy W klolu ScDLl-
ment in favor Of a change in the con-
stitution which would make the terms
of the president and Of congress begin
on the first day OF January immediate
ly following their election, and to have
the first stated session of congress COM
men Mt the opening Of its term. This
would call for pretty quick work in the
counting of the votes for president, it
is true. but the change would not pre-
sent any difficulty Of this sort in regard
to congress, for the Legislature to
choose the new senators would meet in
December. by this means the govern
ment could be kept in ''close touch with
the people" Beaten presidents and
congresses could not lag superfuous on
the stage Of affairs. The will Of the
people, as indicated at the ballot-box,
would be put Immediately into execu-
ton.
Changes of this sort In the constitu-
ton have often been suggested, and so
far as it pertains to congress this
change would certainly be wise. Such
a scheme would undoubtedly secure
much popular support. Even al it per-
tains to tie president the proposition
would also command considerable ia
vor. This Is an age of reform" There
is a large element of the population
who would abolish any political usage
that Is old and put something different
and hitherto untried in its place. Hun
dreds of thousands think that the mode
of clecling presidents is too slow and
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-30

HON. THOMAS K. WATSON OF GEORGIA,
Of the treasury department, have lived
temperate and commendable public and
private lives in Washington. The late
secretary of the treasury, Mr.. Window,
wasa pronounced temperance advocate.
In fact, the temperance sentiment
seems TO prevail In the entire admins
t~ration, and the legislative circles "A
well. IL Is very clear to my mind that
the popular impression concerning tin.
pling in Washington is be-
cause 1t is exaggerated. 1t is true that
individuals here. as elsewhere, indulge
in strong drink.
A few members Of the house of rep
re~sentatives are drinking men; but they
do not usually indulge their appetites
during the day, and hence are not I'M
der the baneful influence while con-
gress is in session. They surrender to
their unfortunate desires only at night.
These individuals, however, should not
be regarded as fair examples OF the So
cial circles Of official society in the ma
tional capital.
In q public address recently delivered
here, the speaker-Gen. Cutcheon-Aas-
serted that the social customs of Wash
ington were responsible for much of
the evil resulting from the use of intox.
icating drinks. Men and women, he
said were tempted beyond what they
were able to bear, lost their moral bah
ance, and drifted into lives OF sin. He
knew of mo other city In the country
where there was so much wine drink.
ing"
This Is unfair, and untrue. Nearly
OF our priests and pastors has
denied the truth OF the statement made,
mainly because IL is an exaggeration.
An Episcopal rector, who has long resid.
Cd here, says: 1T seems to me not only
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-30
4E.HE}f2zt4>aRRR
A GATE.

lucky. This gate closer will not only
close the gate every time it is opened
to the usual width, but II the gate is
swung completely back to the fence, it
will also hold the gate open. This is u
great convenience, as all realize who
have tried chains or ropes with weights,
and self.closing hinges Dr. springs.
With seif-closing gates, the careless.
ness OF children and callers will be
overcome, and the trees and plants
saved from injury by t~resrassing cat.
tie and swine. American Agricul.
turist.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-30
SURE GATE CLOSER.

A COntrivAncs That viii Prevent . Great
Many Annoyances.
The annoyances resulting from open
garden and lawn gates can be avoided
by the contrivance shown in the &C.
companying illustration drawn from a
sketch sent us by X. c. Hollins, of Ken
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-30
Natural Doubt.

Halo, Vanderloin, some Of your
people coming In on this train2"
"fes; I'm expecting o sister Of mine"
Sister, eh! BY birth. or refussl?"-
Truth.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-30

AFTER the ducks begin to lay it Is
safe to count upon an egg every ~
hours, but as they do not lay in nests,
the safest plan is to contine them every
night or many Of the eggs will be lost
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rur DRINK HABIT X scorn.l..,.

Drinking both moderate and immoderatA
Is much more common in the British Isles
than in the United States. Tho fact Is, the
church, and this Is especially true in Scot
land, has not yet cast out this curss Of the
nineteenth century. Brewars and saloon
keepers are permitted not only to be MEM
bers, but Office holders Ia the church in
Scotland. Two or three months ago, at the
installation dinner. given to the pastor OF
the Edinburgh churches THE banquet was
held at q temperance hoteD wine was pro-
vided for all the guests. Not long ago the
papers reported that member Of the Glas-
cow Presbytery had introduced resolution
that license holders, or saloon keepers,
should not be permitted TO hold office In the
church. He found only TWO members to
support his resolution. The consequence Of
all this is apparent in the habits OF the PEG.
Pile. You cannot walk through the streets
on Saturday evening without meeting dog.
ems Of men, and often women. reeiing along
the sidewalk.
common in the British Isles than In the
United States. On holidays it Is no uncom.
mon thing to see the saloons half full Of
women. About two-thirds OF the groceries
Ia Edinburgh sell liquor. This has greatly
increased drinking at home, as many women
order liquor with their groceries who would
not enter saloon to buy. During the cold
months of November and December
you see dozens OF barefooted, ragged, hun.
gry-looking children running the streets.
Yet, no less than $3.50, 900 Is annually ex.
pended in charity in Edinburgh. But
says Mr.. d. Lewis, 1.-THE drink traffic has
counteracted our labors to an almost In.
credible extent. The Voice.
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No.. lk.n b. ne tn> s..e .rn1to 4
Ieten;ot,.ls dirty 5t,s, 20. lii r.'1<f
I.ts 10 Tho da1 Cor ConIciEr.ts v4Por.
ines and threats ID C1oqrc>s against
Union soldiers. II = diflcqlt 70 BiTe
tny good reason Why men Who fought
against the DAG are now permiitqu 70
hold seats 10 Congress and raise thel,
voices IN outrageous aud insolont assaull
on the surviving loyal vetcraas Of the
var who have been pensionod because ~
the wounds or disabilities incurred IN
the defense Of the Nation, and especially
when they get there only BY crime
against the suffrage. Ex.Confederate
insolence aud buster like 20 which
Bankhead gave vent will soon arouse the
people TO see to II that men Of his stamp
are not sent 70 Congress By means Of
ballot box frauds aud abuses OF the SUI
frage and for the purpose Of outragina
the patriotic sentiment Of loyal people.
Denunciations OF Unioa soldiers and rs-
newed threats Of dismembering the
Union when piled on top Of ballot box
scoundrelism will soon make the load
too heavy for patriotic people to bear.
The Democratic party can suppress IL
Pattersous and Bankhcads d prepare 70
take the consequences Of their assaults
on loyal veterans. National Bulletin.
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The Fraud Of ..Protectro :

There Is no claim made by the pro-
tectionists so unworthy Of patient con-
sideration, perhaps, as that so often
urged, namely, that protection Is in the
interests Of the working classes.
There are two ways alone in which we
can help any man who works with his
hands to provide for his wants.
The first is by protecting him in his
labor from competition, and the second
Is by increasing the purchasing value of
his wages.
Does protection do either2 II does not
prevent the foreign workman from COM
ing here and taking employment away
from the American, nor does 1t In any
way intervene when he proposes to work
here at lower wages than the American
workman has been asking. On the con.
trary, our ports are open to him and his
coming Is not only unimpeded but en-
couraged. The fact Of it is that pro-
lection aims to force him to emigrate
from his foreign home, for it has been
the proudest boast Of the Mckinley
people that through protection they were
breaking down European factories and
thus forcing European labor to come
here.
Again the placing Of duties upon
goods which our wor kmen consume in
order to t'protect" the manufacture here,
has the direct result Of increasing the
living expenses OF every American work
man, which is only cunning, rounds.
bout, but effectual, way Of reducing the
purchasing value Of his wages.
Is it not then very clear to even the
casual observer that protection injuries
the American workingmen all the time,
and in two distinct ways7 First, by in
creasing the competition here for en-
ployment and thus reducing his natural
wages, and, second. by reducing the
purchasing value OF his wages when
earned, by artifcally increasing the cost
Of what he buys with his wages.
When we remember, too, that wages
vary in amount as much inside the
United States, as between the United
States and Great Britain, the hollow
fraud Of the cry for protection creates an
echo in every indignant citizens breast
and the complete rascality Of is admit
ted. When we learn from such Republic
can authority as Mr.. Blaine that, when
hours OF work and production are prop
erly considered, labor in such great
industry as cotton manufacturing Is fully
as low priced here as in Europe, the
time has about arrived when the Ameri-
can workingman is justified in swearing
to his full bent when he hears the word
.sprotection'' used. Congressman Har-
ter, in st. Louis Republic.
The cry Is ssthat wives are IN De
mand in the far West" and yet the
Chicago pork-packing houses turn out
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POLITICAL POINTS.



The nomination and confirmation d
Judge William A. Woods. OF Indiana. Il
place on the Circuit Bench Of III,
United States constitutes one OF the mos
disgraceiul acts OF an AdministratiTs.
which has done nothing to sustain hon.
est partisanship during its whole career.
The Democrats ia the Senate did All they
could 70 correct this great mistake q
the President and his advisers, but were
unable to do 50 for lack OF numbers.
though they were supported By the Far
mcFs Alliance member, PETER, and Kyle.
the South Dakota Independent.
Their opposition was not partisan Il
the true sense, though Woods contirma
ton was secured By simply party ma.
jority, for it was not due to the fact
that Woods was 4 Republican, but to the
fact that as Republican he had dis.
graced the ermine as Judge 81 the Dis.
trict Court in Indiana by rendering
scandaious partisan services III the Dud-
Icy case Of about four years APO.
The country knows what sort OF ser.
vice Dudley rendered to Harrison in the
use OF the Republican campaign fund in
Indiana in 1858, and how no escaped
his just deserts, as one Senator SAID the
other day, BY the making Of rule by
Judge Woods which admitted Republican
testimony at Que time, and an opposite
rule that excluded Democratic testimony
1t another
It knows, also. that instead Of being
repudiated by the Administration his
foul work in the debauching Of the fran.
chisc was rewarded indirectly through
his present business as pension agent.
And now it is called upon to contem.
plate the degradation involved in tho
elevation to the United States Circuit
Court Bench Of the man who helped
him to escape the punishment no had
earned.
Even il tho wickedness OF Woods's
action had been exaggerated in the heat
Of political controyersy--which, how
ever, is not the case---the fact remains
that he stands before the country to-day
as an unfit man to DO trusted with the
determination Of questions that involve
the rights Of other men, and considering
what has been said about them ana the
kind Of evidence by which it Is sup.
ported, it was great wrong to put such
man on the Bench az the colleague and
co.equal OF the many members OF the
Judiciary 81. both parties who are with
out stain.
Had the President nominated q man
Of recognized uprightness aud ability
there would have been little or no Demo-
cratic opposition to his confirmation on
the ground Of partisanship, because his
right to choose one OF his own party,
other things being equal, Is admitted,
but the protest that was made against
Woods's confirmation was . protest in
the interests Of the country, Of the good
name of the judicial Office, and even Of
the Republican party itself. But al 1t
was UNDECIDED, the odium OF the whole
matter is placed where it belongs, on the
present Administration, and the testi-
mony taken by the Judiciary Committee
upon which the Democratic Senators
acted will show what their opposition
rested on Brooklyn IN. " Citizen.
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through. At the close Of the late war
John came home and was shortly after
ward Installed into the response
BILE position of sexton Of our church;
and he Strengthened things out wonder
fully. On the very first Sabbath after
his taking charge we found posted
upon the walls ofthe church yestibule
an imposing document headed,
General Order No. IL
There had been trouble in certain
quarters resulting from the difficulty
which ladies who came to church late
found in gaining their seats when
gentlemen had got in ahead Of them.
John determined to remedy this, 80 he
issued, General Order No. II which
read as follows:
aRules to be observed when o lady
wishes to enter pew in which gentle
men are already seated. Let the lady
advance one pace beyond the pew
halt-about facc--and salute. The
pew will be vacated by the gentlemen
by flank movement. The squad
should rise simultaneously when the
lady presents herself and face outward
then deploy into the aisle, the head
man facing the lady,the others passing
to his rear, whens if necessary, the line
will be perfected up and down the
aisle BY rightspr left countermarch,
as the case may require, the right in
front.
THE lady, when the way Is clear,