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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11
A Government Reindeer Ranch.

The philanthropic plan Of stocking Alaska
with reindeer for the support and comfort
OF the natives is again brought forward
and Congress will perhaps hear much i'm.
posing talk about it II there Is time. The
white inhabitants OF that Territory have
been dancing up and down on the ragged
edge Of rebellion for several months but we
presume that they arc sufficiently altruistic
to postpone their demands until the rein.
deer has made the native population happy.
Men can live without civil government
after a fashion. but when the desire for
reindeer milk. or reindeer chop, or a spin
on sledge after a reindeer tandem grows
strong upon IN Innuit or an Aleutian. he
must have 1t. This is particularly the case
II he has never seen q reindeer. And as
there Is moss for the reindeer In Alaska.
very evidently there ought to be reindeer
in Alaska for the moss. A Government
reindeer reservation must, therefore, be
started in Alaska.
1t seems clear from the reports Of COM
mittees Of Congress which have taken va
cation free ride to that Us yet unreinbowed
Northwest that the great needs Of the ma
tives. red or otherwise painted. are agri-
cultural experiment stations and reindeer.
The experiment stations will teach the
reindeer how to find the moss. Give the
reindeer moss and he will do everything
that the most exacting master can expect of
him. He really is an accomplished animal.
He furnishes milk. meat. furs. transporta-
ton. clothing. He ploughs. harrows. and
does oil sorts Of farm work. The Hon.
HENRY NJ. TELLER Of Colorado. an enthu-
siastic reindcerist. Is said to believe that q
reindeer can be taught to run typewriter
or q sewing machine. Any way. we may be
sure that reindeer will perform his duty
in whatever job he is put at. He is indus
trious and ambitious. and IL he is called
upon to COLOMBO Alaska, he will doit.
Tho Hon. JOHN WANAMAKER is anxious to
organize force OF reindeer letter carriers.
The only trouble Is that at present the na-
tives OF Alaska are not writing many let
ters. but this difficulty will not be long in
disappearing. The agricultural experiment
stations will create an interest in agricul-
ture. and hatinterest in its turn will create
an interest In the works Of the Hon. JERE-
MIAH RUsK. Tho natives Of Alaska will
learn to read. SO that they may have the
felicity of perusing tho myriad pages Of
that great agricultural. genealogical. and
veterinary library; and thus the introduce
ton Of the reindeer into Alaska may be tho
beginning OF literary period in the North
west. The reindeer. it should be said. is a
healthy fellow. and entirely incapable Of
having as many diseases as Mr.. RUsK at
tributes to the horse.
This is getting to be a swcetly paternal
Government. and we don't know why 1t
should do more for its children In Alaska
than for the rest Of us. Boston needs pigs
to associate with her beans; why shouldn't
Government Pig Reservation be estab-
lished In Boston. Chicago furnishing the
plant? Are the natives Of Alaska the only
people whose needs are to be considernd by
this Government
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11
what tho Southern Delegates VIII Do.

A matter OF importance In determining
the course OF q National Democratic nomi-
mating Convention Ia the attitude OF the del
egstes from the Southern States. Their cleo
tora votes are Indispensable to the success
81 the Democracy. and have never been
asked for in vain. For whom will the votes of
the Southern delegates in this years Conven-
tton be cast? 1t is the custom OF the South
Urn delegates to give. on the preliminary
ballot. q complimentary vote for some South
arn candidate. Then. freed from the entan-
element Of choice Mt the outset. they vote
ct the decisive time for the Northern states
man who seems to be most strongly sup
ported and most heartily favored In the
close States. the electoral votes Of which
are essential. This course. alike prudent.
patriotic. and sagaclous. has served to
exalt the influence Of Southern delegates in
Democratic National Conventions. and to
make their probable course In 1892 a subject
worthy OF being examined In advance.
In the Speakership contest OF month
ago. a circumstance which seems to have es-
capped the notice OF many observers was the
reluctance OF the Southern members to sup
port q candidate who was supposed to
stand conspicuously for the advanced tariff
views which have found favor in the agri-
cultural portions OF the South not yet
touched by the Transforming wand Of manu-
. featuring activity. A majority Of the South
ern votes were cast for candidate the ma
3ority of whose supporters were Northern
men, and whose views upon economic
questions were more In accord with North
ern than with extreme Southern ideas.
What. 1t may be asked. was the cause Of
shis apparens disregard OF local ideas and
interests9 The answer Is easy: The same
cause ss 10 likely to guide and control the
aCts OF the delegates from the Southern
States In this years Convention.
! The Southern States are. substantially. the
only ones In which the two political parties
are not ON terms of reasonable numerical
equality. They have. usually. no Republi-
can representatives In Washington. and
cast no electoral votes for the Republican
ticket. A hostile Congress means, there
tore. 30 far Is they are concerned. recur-
renee OF the Force bill with al Its odious
features. and . possible revival Of carpet
bag misrule and negro domination. While.
therefore. there Ia an even division OF the
voters In other parts OF the country, the
6outhsrn States are represented In WASH
ington by Democrats only. All their indus
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11
COLORED PRIEST IN NEW YORK.
The Rev. Father August Tolton Celebrates
Mass In tho Church of st. Benedict tho NJ oor

The Rev. Father August Tolton Celebrates
Mass In the Church OF ST. Benedict the Moor.
For the first time in five years colored Ca
tholic priest celebrated mass in this city yos-
terday. He was the Rev. August Tolton. pas
tor OF st. Monicas Church for colored Catho-
lies in Chicago. and he OBLIGATED in the Church
OF St Benedict the Moor in Blocker street. the
only place Of Catholic worship exclusively for
colored Catholics in this city. The church was
crowded with colored people ut yesterdays
service.
. In 1896. after Father lotions ordination in
Rome. he celebrated his first mass in this
country in st. Benedict the Moors. He Is 80
years old and his parents were slaves. Ho ran
away from his home in Missouri at the begin
ming : Of the war and went to ILLINOIS. In 1880.
College. Quincy. he was sent to Romo to make
his studios for the priesthood He was or
to be made priest for the United States. He
began his priesty career among tho colored
people Of Quincy. but three years ago he was
sent to Chicago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11
Does Charity Go Astrny,

To rHE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sr: An article In THr SuN
few Sundays ago. entitled The Many Free Patients
drew attention to the extensive and Systematic misuse
made Of the money generously contributed for chart
table work In this city The effect OF this abuse IL
manifest IN tho decreased contributions on Hospital
sunday announced IN the appeal for additional aid
trusted to them could be eliminated the deserving ones
would be greatly benefited. LEX.
NfM YORK, Jan, 10
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11

FT"" INT I-TTFT TFsVTHN.
James 2, Bruce. n Chinaman. and Miss 10,
shihin" Hecly 81 Reserve township. who to K
o'!t marragc license yesterday wer" wrdi"d
later IN III, day by Alderman Donovan, tn
urG!izeh citizen Of tho Cnitnd states. ana il.
convert 70 the Christian religion The hrd.
Is the niece OF Presbyterian minister. aud
faith " '' ' - ' -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11

The new Khedive Of Egypt is said to DO n
good-looking young fellow. and his friend.
BLUM Pasha. gives full credit for this fact to
the Circassian blood in his veins. It is q we'll
known fact that Circnssian beauties intro
duced into aristocratio harems have In many
cases modified the Turkish type. and. In tho
opinion Of most observers. have improved and
ennobled it.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11

NAL mastering out But providing for such
cases In order to relieve Congress- OF special
Legislation might apparently be secured with
out the use OF language which, II not actually
Offering premium on desertion. might at
least protect some gross cases Of II from one
OF It's most natural penalties.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11
The Giant Wheel. OF Journalism in Texas,

From the Gdreaon Ners.
Mary Jane Cox of the Atrksl Nail IL ont on hunt.
Brother A. ]. Rich has severed his connection with
the Koss, Cyclone
1t is said that Methodist Jim Davis will soon start
third party paper at Cooper Delta county. Jim Davis
matter what political party he belongs to- always
gets up paper that flies avoid.
John Murray OF the Crosby C'nmty N>,rs always says
what he thinks. even II he thinks dammit.
Orion Proctor Of the aurora Chronicle rs said TO DO on
the verge Of marrying pretty girl.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11
The Time II.. Not Yet Come.

To EDIoH or THE sUS-Sir: Do you not think thai
book on the name and fame of Col Abe supsIy, the
st. Louis statesman and champion OF school reform
would md ready and prohtabs mnrketf Should ]
decide TO write such book; ~ how many languages
lam an admirer Of COT Snpsky. and would like IN
and fame. H. O. DoIRE
CANDIES, N. J.. JAMS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11

Kansas City wants the Democratic Ma
tional Convention. Tho Times Of that enter
prising town reports the latest recruit to It's
army Of Convention boomers:
Editor Josrs Of tho st. Lods R,puse has pulled on
his coat in Kansas Citys behalf lie win 70 to Wash.
inston to urge her claims"
The good soul did even moro than that for
Corsicana. He went to Washington and pulled
OF his whskers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11

h'selIe Posem-I haf bseh pausing for you, ze-
Mr.. Easel-Pausing' Posins you mean. Pause 10 10
wait
Ms'm'selle Posem-zat 10 Get; Eat mean. That been
pAusipg for % pay. and now pause no longairsi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11

We shall not be surprised II the next Presl:.
dent OF the United States elected without the
New York-Riehmond Di.patch.
Red. orange. yellow. green. blue. indigo. and
violet: all there. magnificent rainbow. strong
and distinct In every color. but particularly
strong In the green.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11
what Don't They DrIna In . Dry State

From me f',-iKna FrsniAp J,un al
s'alwart Washington county Zimmerman.
VINO "nill out wr"sti" any 'IIu in camp. %i-
trinprd and thrown and c,nlii"t ely ratified -
aIuart bumper oi yeast that ha was fe'rn.
nv from u ncighboring camp for the cook.
pnwhara
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11
French from tho Wire.

From hs KsH'ph. APPEAL AraIaaeh..
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3..-,The three leading
topics to-day In the national capital are tho
Speakership. tho Gillian trouble. and Gov
Hills coup do tat.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-06

Among the recent inventions of note
in the nautical line mention may be
made of Il simple and convenient device
intended not only to propel boat with
great facility, but to afford the oper-
ator the very desirable advantage of
going face foremost. In this arrange
ment the primary object in view is to
run the boat by means of screw pro-
peller, the shaft of which passes
through the stern of the boat through a
packed bearing, the shaft being in
clined to slight degree, so that the
propeller wheel is suitably submerged.
At proper point in the boat is verti-
cal yoke frame secured to the bottom
of the boat. the frame carrying at it's
upper portion double crank shaft,
provided with central sprocket wheel;
below this is journaled a second shaft
carrying sprocket wheel and bevel
gear wheel, this engaging a horizontal
bevel that turns short vertical shaft
which is journaled in a step bearing be-
low, this shaft, by bevel gear causing
the screw shaft to rotate. The ar
rangement is found to be, in practice,
satisfactory in every respect for which
it is designed, and enables the boat to
be propelled in very narrow channels
n. Y. Sun.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-06
SHEEP SHEARlNGS.

AT no time and with no class of stock
is it good plan to wean too suddenly;
make the change gradually
IT is lamentab BILE but nevertheless
true, that dogs have more friends
among the Texas legislators thansheep.
WITH cheap pasturage, western farm
ers ought to be able to readily COM
pete with the eastern farmer in raising
sheep.
So LONG as so many are so caeless in
feeding and dressing muttons for mar
ket, there will be a prejudice against
mutton.
As TO whether it is best to sell sheep
early with the wool on, or later with
the wool off, can only be determined by
the prices
THE flesh of the sheep partakes more
of its feed than either cattle or hogs,
hence the care necessary in fattening to
secure good mutton.
WHENEVER sheep are exposed to con-
ditions that keep the wool wet, es-
pecially i'll warm weather, cotted wool
is generally the result.
SHEEP will thrive better with var
iety of feed in the pasture as well as
when on dry feed, and pasture seeded
with variety of grasses will give the
test results.
THERE is no remedy against sheep
killing dogs as safe as that of penning
the sheep close to the house every night.
1t may be some trouble but in many
localities it will prove good economy.
THE whole growth of the industry of
sheep husbandry is dependent on the
health and vigor OF the sheep 1t fol-
lows therefore that the flockmaster
should never ''let up" in his efforts to
prevent disease in his flock An ounce
of preventive is worth many pounds of
cure,-Liv, Stock Indicator.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-06
Horses Must Have Good Feet.

A good horse can no more stand on
bad feet than a good house can stand
on a bad foundation. 1t matters not
how beautiful the head and neck, how
strong the back nor how clean the
limbs, if there is canller in the hoof or
unsoundness of any kind about that
member the horse is not good one.
For this reason many buyers begin at
the feet and pass upwards before max
ing up their minds as to the horses fit
ness for service. Ride horse that
finches with every step and you are in
constant sympathy with his suffering,
and he is Il heartless man who can
drive lame horse and not suffer him
self. There are many diseases which
are located in the horses foot, render
ing a search often necessary to discover
them. A purchaser should, If possible,
ride or drive the animal a mile or so, as
sometimes these troubles only appear
after little warming up and the cool
ing off which follows. Be sure of the
feet, then examine other points.-Col-
mans Rural World
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-06
STICK TO YOUR TEXT.
Stay with the Business You Understand
and You VIII WIN.

Every season some stockman feels
that he has badly failed in what he is
doing. He thinks he would like to try
something else. He has lost money in
one venture, but proposes to find it
again in another. The folly of this is
apparent at glance, if one but ccasid-
ers it. As rule, treasures are to be
found and recovered where they are
lost. A sheep breeder remarked some
fifteen years ago to the writer that he
had lost on sheep, but expected by per-
sistency to recover right Where the
losses occurred. His anticipations have
been fully verified, but his success is
partly due to increased experience. In
the best of seasons, and with the best
stock, one must know business fairly
or must employ skilled help (which is
difficult to get if even moderate sue
cess is TO be found. We know young
farmer who grew up" with cattle as
speciality, swine and sheep as auxiliary
stock. When his steers are ready for
the market and it is dull, he hastens to
sell, and makes greater haste to buy
''stoclI cattle" of the best grade, which
his discouraged neighbors are selling.
His average profits on the two lots of
cattle are always satisfactory. Sheep
and hogs in equal number with the cat
tie (where grain is fed are necessary,
as a rule, to secure the full rewards
from stock farm. Now, with album
dant grass following the rains, even
though low prices have prevailed for
some months, it would seem very good
policy to keep good growing cattle and
! care for them properly. In more than
quarter of a century of experience
with from twenty to three hundred cat
tie every year, the writer knows man
who has had but four seasons Of losses
on cattle and hogs combined. The
| losses of two seasons were on the hogs
alone, occasioned by neglect, when he
| thought other farm work more impor-
tant. Losses result good share of the
| time from our ignorance and neglect
and from lack of systematic business
management. That which one knows
| best, he can do best Few men past
thirty-fve years old can leave line OF
live stock with which they have had
long acquaintance, and take up with
profit a class of stock new to them. In
cattle, hogs, sheep and horses, in the
order named, m ost farmers find good
returns. With nearly equal numbers
of each class, there is small risk in the
outcome of lifetime. -Orange Judd
| Farmer
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-06
LOSS AMONG CHICKENS.
Prevent 1t by Building the Arrangement
Here Illustrated.

Prevent 1t by Building the Arrangement
Here Illustrated.
1t has been usually regarded as a
foolish waste of time to count the
chickens before they are Matched,
though with the modern methods of
testing eggs during incubation, such
counting" has become practical part
of successful poultry-raising. But the
counting of chickens after they are
Matched, two or three times a day, 20
see if cats, rats or hawks have deci-
mated the brood, and if SO, to what ex-
tent, is certainly very unsatisfactory
work. Chickens allowed to run about
at will, even in company with hen,
are pretty sure to grow continually
smaller in numbers, not only from the
casualties mentioned, but from others
that are continually appearing. The
care that is thus made necessary is a
very considerable part of that which is
given to the chicks altogether, and is,
moreover, a care that is not necessary.
Good management is as profitable here
as elsewhere, and one piece of such
good management" is to have such an
arrangement as is shown in the accom-.
panying illustration, where the chickens
can have a chance to scratch at will
in the earth. but are at all times safe from
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-06
A WATERY GRAVE.
The Pathetic Scene Enacted on an Oakland
Ferryboat.


A pale young woman dressed in deep
mourning paying her tribute to the
memory of loved one by casting a
cluster of forget-me-nots into the bay
is sight that has for several days past
occasioned considerable speculation
among the passengers on the ferry
steamer Newark on her noon trip to
this city.
The woman was first noticed by the
ferry employees about month ago 1t
is her custom to board the upper deck
of the steamer and take a seat at the
stern rail bench on the starboard side.
In her hand she carries bunch of flow
ers, which she treats with as much de-
votion and tenderness as if it were an
object of priceless value that, once lost,
could not be replaced.
Once seated near the rail, her gaze
resting upon the water and buried in
thought, she appears to be utterly lost
to her surroundings 1t is while rest
ing in a posture that exhibits all the
grace and charm of budding woman
hood that ones eye instinctively scans
her form and features, and speculations
as to her identity are excited. She has
petite but well rounded figure, her
face is delicately chiseled, the features
regular and full of expression, and her
eyes are dark, but with a far-away,
dreamy look in them that reminds one
of the Madonna. Who she is is mys-
terry, but her mission has been surmised.
1t is when the boat passes Goat Island
that the young woman seems to awake
from the lethargy into which she has
fallen and, as if drawn by magnet
whose attraction she is unable to resist,
she rises and steps to the rail, bouquet
in hand. She looks over the side with
a bewildered expression, and, selecting
the most favorable spot for the purpose,
she raises her arm and casts the bou
quet into the bay. She stands with
both hands upon the rail and watches
the flowers sink beneath the surface
and as they rise again and are washed
away by the heavy current she mutters
some words, signs and walks rapidly
into the cabin, where she selects a re
tired seat and communes with hersel.
until the mole is reached. Then she de
sends to the lower deck and and is los'
to view in the crowd.
THAT woman is casting flowers upor
her lovers grave,' said one of the of
ficers of the boat to a group of passen
gers who had witnessed the proceedings
a few days ago. "One of my men hearC
her say one day as she cast the bouque
over oh, George! Oh, GeorgeH Ny
theory is that she was engaged to some
young fellow who jumped into the bay
and was drowned some months ago. Ii
respect to his memory she now decor
ates his grave, as it were. 1t is ccrtainl,
a touching procedure, and who know
how this woman is suffering?'-Sal
Francisco Examiner
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
COLD COUNTRY BARN.
Plan of One That Has Given Fairly Good
Satisfaction,

Plan of One That Has Given Fairly Good
Satisfaction.
My COW stable, here in Walworth
county, Wis, which pleases me fairly
well, is in stone basement eight feet
high. the bottom being on a level with
the ground, except a bank on one side.
The barn is 20 by 90 feet. The stable
on tie inside measures 81 by 81 feet,
and is arranged for 81 cows, besides
two box stalls, a mealbin, by by
feet, and space eight feet square for
cut feed, which drops from the cutting
room above. The stable has eight out
side doors, and is lighted by ten win
dows, and ventilated by shaft running
to the roof.
The cows face inward, and are fast
ened in stanchions. Theoretically this
is barbarous method; but know OF
no other that combines so many advan-
tages. Stanchions are safe; they econo-
mizc room; the cows can be kept clean,
and do not seem to mind the confne-
ment. They are in three rows-two
lengthwise of the stable and one across
the end
The feeding alley is eight feet wide
and the distance from the outside wall
to the Sanctions is nine feet four
inches; the floor upon which the cows
stand is of plank four feet ten inches
in length and the cutters, which are
also plank, are eighteen inches wide