Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 8, 1881, Page 10

10 ” THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDA Y, OCTOBER 8, LIVE STOCK. Rovival of Interest in the Sheep Trade. Highly Important Paper on Texas Fever. Great Success Achieved by the State Fair. Improved Method of Transporting Live Stock. The Forthcoming. Chicago Fat Stock Exhibition, THE AMEE TRADE. Within the past year there has been 8 revival In the sheep trate, and this Inerease his of late become so noticeable as to Indl eaten genitine “boom? in that branch of the Hve-stock business. Sheep-raisers lave during several years past engaged {1 the Inudable enterprise of grade mp thelr flocks, using for thls purpose none but the Dest rama of the several prominent families. In Wyoutng and Nebraska, from whieh fucalitles tne best mutton satd on the Chi- cago innrket is obtained, the Improvement hay teen so marked ns ta place those West ern States in thy front rank a sheep-ratsing centres. ‘She orlzinal step in this advanee- ment was the Merino cross on the native stock, ond now,’ following thts general ive, but few traces of the native sheep can be found. The progeuy of tits Jratl- clous: Merino erogs tre a’ medium grade wool sheep, while for butchering thay are prominent azo fine-boned, tender- Theated varloty of mutton. | These sheep are of hardy constitution, and therefore cnsy to, handle, 0 fact which ofcourse reconnnentls them to breeders. ‘This grading up has re- sulted In the ‘Hteral extermination of the logey, longnosed sheep so familiar fn the market n few years azo, ant these ploncers have been repinced by what may be termed the American sheep, whose reputation has heeome not. only National but world-w Nor has this Merino cross been contined tlrely to native stock.“ Hrevders throushout tho Wost baye been experitienting upun the Cotas wolds, Sbropstires, Hampstires, and South downs (tho litter ‘belng generally considered tho best mutton dy the world) and trom many districts where these experiments have been earefully made the Merino sire his improved the flocks In every case. ‘Chis Improvement hia, however, not been ei- trety among the mutton sheep, There are tlock- aansters who Insist that che Merino eras upon any af the lung or fie wool varieties will always Incrense tho vile uf the tleece, ‘This cross on the glosay lonz-wool Leleestershire sives ennstl- tution and staming, and, while its product ts a much finer wool, yor Gio peeullar glosa tx res tulned, tnd the fleece consequently commands a neh higher price. at Titots ind Onto several large hnportations: bf Shropshires buye been made elnce lustaprini, and th{g faintly seems to be growled in favor, "Thy are w very welghty shecp, crowlig to ay fintiense size, and coinblibiy, v8 they io, the best of mution with ilceees second to’ none fn texture, wre bound to beeome pupuliy, Sheen- raising ison the fnerense, and — the valleys oof >) Wyomin sevmd — tO jhe most proforable lounlitles tor ri Importance of the trade has for se been fost sight of fam Rrent mens ern Stovic mens ng neee pect at yaneh the Interest of ec bacisitels The fact Is that there Is no branch of the live-stock trade that presents more tte tractions for begimnera than the raising of sheep. A Hock Uf pruperls cored for eu be doubled every year. nad it bas been d strated that tho wool will in nearly every fhe atunee pay the cost of feeding, herding, and marketing lo these days of graded sheep, when mutton le bringing four and four and a hf cents in Chico, st does not require t prodclent minthes matiena th tere the Ingo profit, neeratne Crom n well manned sheop-ringe, ‘Thut stock men tre becoming nrousud to tha dine portance. af the — business, aud ure convinced that barge prolits will surely fallow judicloua investments, Is Hlustrated tn the tae that great numbersot sheepare belng purclased here for shipment to Westorn ruiges, and tha ontlook fa deeliedly encouraghig. ino mute ton Is always In demand at home, and beyond hig i9 the fret that the foreizn demand Cov trac. Ming all the high-grade mutton ts Ineres Amertean and Australlin sheep-growers ort niilions af sheep to Bacdand and and yot the supply fills short, During the hext your there will be a great nuniver of new ranges stovketl in the territory Wweat of tha Missourl River, especially th Texus, Wyomlus, Colorado, and Montana, and tha Dustiiess will reeelve renewed) energy at tho hands of young and enterprising men, Who nre conviuced that success wilt follow thelr eiforta, TEXAS FEVER, Some weeks since large numbers of eattle In Audubon County, lowa, were reported as affected with some mysterious disease, which was creating snd havoc among tho herds, ‘Tho enttle-men of that section were unable to determine Just what alled thelr stock, and. ns they were suifering severe losses an appeal was inade to Goy. Gear, who was asked to Interest himself, ‘The Governor, without awaiting legisintive pernilystan, I whieh step Hs actlon was heartily mdursed, requested Mr. M. Stalker, of Amis, 1a, 0 thoroughly competent and practical cuttleman, to uo nto the tifected region and thoroughly Ine vestigate the disease for the bevellt of Whe trade, The Governor has just recelved the following exhaustive report from Mr. Stalker, who certainly merits universal approval for his sclentifie exposition of what ho say Ames, In., Sept, 30.—To Junin TL Gear, Governor 4 Juwa—DeEAtt Bite 2 have the honor to make tho following report on thy results of my inves tigation Into the recont outtaok of “disease umony the eattls of Audubon County, Ln compllance with your request to went to Audubon County on Sept. 19, and commenced the work of investiqition, {waa enabled to. wathor w pretty complete statement or facts cons cernlog the olltbrotk, and was cordially alded by: the owners Of stock, aud Gathers, in unaking my: examination. ‘The disease proved ‘to iy splunic, or Toxns fevor, On duly adrove of fifty-four Cherokee cat tle was Drought from Kunsus City, and pliced ti whendof about 200 native catue, | The natives Velonyed to farmers reslfing tn Audubon, Care rall, Crawford, aud Shelby Counties, and bad been gathered up tu sinall lots and put toxether on tho open pralrie uudor tho cure ofa herdsman, | The enttle all ald well ute tl tho 8th of Septumber, when the disuase mide {ta appearance among the nutive stuck, Only ue or two cusea uppenred the first day. Those were goon followed Ly others, and tn twenty. fuur or thirty-six hours deaths begun tu occur. A number of new cusea were added cacn day, and at the expimition of twelve duys Mty-tve aplmuls bad died, Among tena were al ager aud claases of cattle, frau hirge Atcers to stall cuives, Sone others were sul sick, with Itty prespect. of recovery, while 4 considerable nume or Had either recovercd from the disease or were convalescent. “Lwas unable ta ageertslt: tho vxact number that bad taken the disease, but the herdainan thought one-bulf ar the en. Ure ford hud been atfected, Some of these had shown but silaht Indlsposition tor a faw days, and thon returned ty appirently good bealth, Eight aulmals died during the twonty-tour: hours receding iy arrival Whe l left thore were sine of the disease ae ita virulence, Splente fever 1s a Kpeeitic, tebrile disease, uf- feeting, inthe Northern States, cuttle only, ao tar as] am able to learn, itexiste Ina tutent form in nearly alt cntiio reured in the low, toularfal regions {1 thy ox- treme southern portion of the United States, Though alfecting but shuhtiy, IC at all, tho growth and gouernl beulth of tuescantiwals, they: reudily communicate the disease in a bigbly fatal form.to Northera cattle when placed at Pasture with thein, Tho repruductive clements of thy discusv scam to be contained Iu the bowel and kiducy dis- charges. Northern eattle cun stand in tho sume stable or travel in the sume cur with Cherokeo or Texis cattle without appreciible danger Wut when Mlowed to graze on pastures where these Soyth- tro cattle have been fecving or have been. ariven over, they Feadlly, pntrict thy dlacaso. Low tomporature readily destroys the gers, bo that utter one or two hurd frosty infucted pees ura rendered sate for the wdimiselon of ealthy stork, After Southern cattle huve ree @aiued North during the winter months they tre rendered innoxious. Tho virus appurcutly loses its vicallty with a Hoyle transmission, tor Northorn wuimuls thut guve contracted the diseate im ever su virulent a Cori with pot in turn trausinit it lo others, Tho period of incubation Varies yreutly in dif- fcront cusea, Tp this outbreak, tifty-throw days lapsed from tho Introducton uf the Cherokee Paltio tll the disease mudo ite appearance, Jt bas becn kuown todevelop in two weeks, or iévs, frow the time of exposure, ‘The syinptums ure wurked elevation of tem rature—renching in ono case | examined 107.5, pulsations frau 10 ta 15, respiration Crom w to. lw-dulluess und stuport the unituat isolating Penelt fry tay test of the bed, uud standiog with hia back arched as ff suffering from cold. Tn the enrly stagos the surface of the budy and horns pre cold, ‘This symptom allermites with hes of fover: ura pendent, and tho nove He nimnost an the ground: aifirht cough, ne- yiod with some frothy discharge front the HMlewst focnmotion, decompanted i sone with partial puralysis of the posterior Limba; Involuntary twitohings of the muselesover the abouldors and tint-quirtora; constipation, bowel and Kidney dejections tinged with blouds On the thin portions of tho ‘akin drops of blood exude and beeomo hard and tiraly adherent. The hate looks dry nad wnhealthy, ad there 1s pain on pressure over the region of the henrt, and in Koine anes uvor tho tals, 1 pyes ive intolerant oF Meht, become mtiky fr color, and In some tstanees total biludness In aoe enses death 16 preceded by E nd coma or stupors trothers the anlontt pevones frenzied und rushes frantlenrtly about. Tu nearly all cases there Is depraved appetite, the animal showing strong inclinution to cat dirt, suitt stustes. und refuse matter, ‘The ave erate duration of tho disease (sthrea or four duys, Ton fess Instancos animals died in an hour or two ntter thoy were known to bo alek, Others lived six or soven days after tho atte dn the eases that recovered tho ageravate syinploms began to dianppear in. the course of four or five days, and the animal gradually ree gained henlth. Ina fow moments after death tho cnreass bes comes Nrmly righh Ht the animal be deatr by cutting the Ineo vessels of the neck, Isa free discharge of watery-lke bled both velus and arteries, The pole, watery cow dition of the tioud ix one of tho mast noticonble pathological condittons, Thero Is usually a little swelling of tha tssnes in the initerenmxtilary apace, and oceasional Ittle vesicles Hlled with Dlooil, tint y benenth the skin. With the x these. slight alterations, the car enss when the skin dv removed, presudie the appeurance of a healthy beet, The apleen is Ghormously enlarged—the weight varying From tive to tive and oneehatft pounds wher te nore butl welght woukl mot exceed two, [ta theses are engorged with dark-colored blood, and tie whole organ Appears: ta be umlorgolng devom- position. ‘no liver fs avout doubly its nurmal welglit—in one instance welmhine twenty-six. pounds, Ite tlatter are reddish [nh color, with a tinge of yellow. Tho bill sick Is onerinously distended with a thick muss, of tho vousisteney of thin tuertar, and tho bladder contains. six or seven ponds of wine-votared liquid, ‘the fourth meh nod the entire iitestinul truck are the seat of ovet> Alona! congested sputs, utd erosions of the mus cus. gnembrane, Considerable, quantities of wit Infiltration ttre tound in the brain cavity, nnd the brain substance 18 congested nnd tudh darkened (0 cotor. ‘The surhtee of tha heart, both externit and Internal, shows dark congested spots, and sinter Mseolored epecks are oecnslonally’ seen on the Patton und espectally that portion Inveat- ing tho uterus, ut very lmperfeet microscopic examination vonid he inade with the tine and faeilltics afforded, {made several examinttions of blood with uniform results, The white cvorpuseles were more humerous thin in benlthy blood, tad were ubiortnally lure. ‘The red corpuscles had sustained loss of coloring tntter, and appenred abrunkon and crenated om tholr edyes. No baetern or other organlsms were discovers able with a unignityiag power of 650 dinineters. ‘This part ofthe investigntion will be further pursued fn the laboratory, Lround the curative measures that hr been token recourse to covered a wide range of the Netd of therapentie: ule of these were based onthe unlgug notions of the enuse of tho ult euse, One explination for the outbreak walen dnd yotned a good degree of popularity was the presence of hinge tunibers or wood felts” on thy anil. ‘These tid been carrled from the fadinn ‘Territory by tho cattle brought from that district, and suon found their way to the other pordon of the herd, There wus itthe satisfactory: evidence that inedienttan had Geen followed by any benedcial results, Jtis barely possible that In same ine siinees catburties hud proved of ndvintige. In oraer to prevent as farus possible tho further sprend OF tho disease, F ndvise the re- Movil of the native. enttle to fresh pnatures, while tho Cherokees should be kepton thelr prosent groan grounds tl after the uppeure unee of Tre Tu this way all anfants bot ale ready tutected: wilt esunpes othorwite the loss would continue till tho disciey had extended to tho entire terd. ‘This, with the adalnistendon of alternative sthinuinats and febrifugy medi: eines, Wil doubtless mnateriatly dliminiet tho revages of tue disense, Jn order to thorouphly satisfy the owners ns to the mature of thy disemie and its origin 1 bad henltiy-tvaking Cherokee steer, ayers oli, shiuchtered und subjected to oxmminiuion, All parte of the budy. with the exeeption of tho splean, seutned to be fia perfect state of hoalty, ‘This organ showed unmistakudle evilonce of the disease, “it wasone-hait above its normal uetuiril chinwes Were ovcurriog 11 Its Uasues, This da but a stuyle fact tte carrobo- ratlon of what has bees often proven Defare, Ail persons dealing i cattle should be remnd- eal of tho fact that the statute of fowa mikes thain tabla for all damnsas resulting from the Iitroduction of Texus tover, us well as subse ing we olfynder to beayy, tina and lmprison- nent, Unintentional violntion of the law rome! occurs through tho mistaken notion that | cattle onty enmendgr the disease. “Tho tacts are that a hirge aren of the country outside oF Texns Turnisies the eonilition necessury for tho deyule opment of the pulsan iis ilzhly protinble that othe! peur in tha State, If" not atres Farmers should threnks will developed, be on theft guitrd and adopt precautionary measures so soon ns the dlaease Inakes Its appenrance. Daan yours very truly, M. STALKER THE PEORIA FAI, ‘The twenty-ntuth annual falrof the T+ hols Agrleuitural Suclety came fo 4 success ful conclusion at Peorla: on Saturday last, Oct. 1, The attendance was the largest ever known in the listory of the assvetation, and the manayors were-very much encouraged at the great mensure of snecess followlnyg thelr efforts. Every fuot of spaee set apart for stock and the yarlous oxhibits of machinery and other ines of mantfactured goods was oceupled, and Tt is many years slvee there has been such a noticenble show of generous rivalry. Arrangements for the neeommod: tlon of exhibitors were trst-class In ever wartleulur, and credit should be given to the State DBonrd ter tho gen- arous manner ino which exhibitors were treated, ‘I'he Peoris fale-grounds ara among the best In the West. ‘Tho supply of whole: some witer fs without Tilt nad easy of ne- tess, Rnd the fuellities for procuring feed eantiot bo excelled, in the fivestock entries were Included representatlyes of all the leading breeds, thy Huuiber of each cliss largely exceeding the Most sangulue expectations of tli Hate tient. “Che Short-Horn titerests \ Wh sented by d, HH, Polis & Son, of Jacksonville; Harvey Sadowsky, of Indlimola; Willan Stephenson & Son, af Litthe Ladlans and A, Jd. Royburn, ot Randolph. — Megars. Votts & Son enrried olf Whe Blue ribbon fn the herd class, ate. CM, Cuthectsan, af Chilgdica, extibited tits ngullicunt Lerd of Hereford trou bis fava at Newunn, Doughis Cowity, and ng usual careled Ol} 1) tho bopdrs oF the devasion, ‘There were an unustally linge number of dniry cattle on show, the Jerseys and Ayrabiros lending, although the Holktuins wore well repro. semled. Sheep and awing were lirgely repro- vented, nit of the best breeds In both clngdes coin. pot inne. . a 0 city was crowded auriog tho week, and to this fuct (s probably due the only complaints hourt, The primitive omnibus wax the only tiennsof transportation to and from the grounds, nod there antedUuvian convoy nieces did not ats ford the neeassury necomautations. » Peopte were obliged to walk the long dstinee, and tauay «ad laud were the anachomas euped ‘pon the people who seemed ta tek enterprise enough ta atord conveyance oF some kind far the theatigs of aople, Lu the mutter oCuotel tae commodations there wus the same complutnt, Gnd It mage bo wld that ih this reapect those adverse crittetania wore perfvetly satiated, ‘The various hotels and restuurints aide superhue ding elocts to teed and shelter all who came, but the Taet was the town was too siaull for tho erowd, After a ian bad stimped about the grounds, and nctually fought tls way daek to town, be did not ardinarily reach hia dustin tion, pert iy eatistod tie mind or bods, Ta hung on by hig teeth Co the provarloud root of 4 rioke ety OMMIbNs Was trying enungh to une's pe tone, but to be Hole paliclt to. pay two prices for everything inthe [ne of provender wfter kuch a rhtudid not fave the elfeet of placiug Peorla bigh in the esthnation of strangers. So turns tho Cur itsest wits concerned 1 was wn aeknowledged success. And Juit here tt Might be well to say—Colenze haying every ue commothidion for such alfulrd—thut the itn nyerd cannot daa wiser thing thin to dutormine that thla elty shuil buvo the tule of lez, IMPROVED STOCK-OARS, Durlng the past fifteen years enterprising and lugentous individuals have perlodieally endeavored to fispress the public with the dea that they have discovered a way to trans- port Ive stack without risk of injury, and have In nearly every Lostance accompanied their claims with tho assurance that stock while in transit, could be property fed and cured for, Muny of these Inventive charic: ters haye established their clats tna great jucusure, and It will be readily and generally ndiitted that the present fcilithes for trans- porting live stock exceed those which haya offered at any thie since 1863, at which date fmprovenients of this klud) begar ta come Inty prominence, paliey stock cars, and measures of additonal security trom the injury whfel are ineluded iu the latest improved cars have been gladly recelved und indorsed by sto MMppers, yet there remains one great objection to all these finproved methods of transportation, in that tie utinost diicuity is experienced In feeds dng animals da transit. his objection has c be a mutter of serluus consid: eration mnotug shippers, who, of course, did the vutalde lidt of prices can only be ob- talned when thelr stock {gin primo condi- thon, In order to properly feed anid water stood It has been the custom of late years pow many of the railrouds to estab- dish yards whore stock can bo untonted for that ptirnose, ‘This ontails great ox Dense wud logs of time, and any method, Une will obvtate this continued expensa while engerly einbraced and vordiatty indorsed by all who are connorted with tho tride, A company bets been recently organized In New York wir Propose to cronte a revolution inthe transporta. Hon oC Myo stuck, ‘Tho ides Is what at certain polutson the route employés of the company abull feed and water animals without untoad tug, or evan staging the etm, The company pro poss bulldag ears apectally titted for. thie pure pose, The ordinary open-sided or rack cars will te used, the oly diterance betng tn tho whith of tha cnr platform, which will bo slightly Inerensad in order to provide far tha feed-tiaxcs along tho sides, Tho pian scoms enticely Teasibte nnd vonry practieal The adoption of tha pian upon the grent trunk Ines of the coun- try ennnot fe accomplished without great ox. ense, bit tho nctial saving in time inust of itself hasten the the whon shippers can take ndvantage of the new finproyement. Cattte hound east from Chiengo will then arrive at New York in excelent condition, and all forolgn shipments cin be tondud without the expense of preparing them for the ovean voyage, It is a biatter of great surprise that this almple moue of foeding stovk iu translit: has net long since buen ndopted, and the determination to make It aneorsstint will be hinted with pleasure by West= ern stipgers, Tho new coupaay bas bean bare fered, tnd arrangements have been made to build soveral bundred of the new cars, und It is believed tint the coning spring will witness the tion of this system on thost of tho trunk — THE FAT Sock sHow,. Four weeks from next Menday the fourth annual Fat Sloek Show will commence at the Exposition Butlding ti this city. From pres- ent tilications there will be a much larger show ot fateattle than has been seer thes fur In the history of these exhibitions. Stovk. wen have recognized the fact that outside of the premiums awarded there is a tuueh greater consideration, ‘They know that op- portunities are here given to study methods of feeding, to compnre notes upon alt sub- Jucts of Interest to the trade, and pbove all other considerations they recognize that the Fut Stoex Show Is yearly beemuing more and more prominent as a grand sites market, This feature of (the — af- fair §s, of course, destined to be its greatest attraction, ‘There is no reason why these antitial shows should tot become fh gatherlng-plice for buyers of fancy or Christinas enttle, nnd if abies manigenent and perfect fairness are mide die rule fn de- termining merit, the exhibitlon with shortly become na erent centre for buyers seeking the best of beef for Eastern and European inar- kets. ‘The el suged in this bust hvss are gene ruily thoruughly. practleal, and they understand perfectly weil the points of stock, ‘They know how long stuck should be fed, and are connolascurs in nll that oes to: muuke up ageod animal Therefore it becomes A ointter uf great finportaues that extrente cure should be practiced in choosing committees to piss upon tho stock at the forthcom- ing show, Tuy Tusuxe of recent date entled the attention of the Stite ffourd to this matter, and docs not hesitute to ngitin seok to tnpress upon the board the importance of Keleatin competent judges. Prizes in beef clnases should hot always wo to the fittest, dulitiest anininis. "This bua too long been tho rule, It dovs not fole low that mero fat constitutes moritin a beot steer. It has grown to bo the general epliion aiictix enttio ine that aaiany the heaviest eat- te ly seldom found the best of beef In propors on to size of curenss. Tho butchers’ test 18 tho grand prize, and tho premium in that class is the one theve all orhors that carrios with its bee stowal soinothtug beyond a tnoney consideration: merely, ‘To the anlinal having (ho grentest amotnt of best ment in the stnatiost supertietal Measurement in propartion to live woelght tho shinwhter prize sheild be given, and it is very questionabis whother an ordinary country butcher {3 cumpetent to deterniing tho nico polts necessary in arriving ata proper deelsion. of the caso, [Lis nltiost a seivice to be able to xet the botiom fauts fn a test of this kind, and therefore none but fateligent, unbiased judges suould be solected, The committee who have tho arrangements for tho show in charge will mect In this city on ‘Tuesday noxt, wand ut that mucting the program will Ue deterinined Upon. "y STOCK NO The committes charged with the duty of arratiging for tho coming fat-stock shaw will vet at the Grand Pacific Motel at On, m. ‘Tuesday, The magnitude of the cnttto Interest In Col- orady may be lnferred fram the fret that ae- cording to 0 inte estimate there are 1,000,000 ent being fed In tha valleys of that State, and as yet the busi Is In its Infancy. Its elulmed by M. Fayon,t famous French expert, thatin the case of sheep kept for wilking purposes the production of wool 1s {u.an Inverse proportion to the production of milk, Upon sueh sheep there is wool upon but nsmall part of the body, and in every cuse the houd and abdomen fire merely cov- ered with short halrs, In proportion to Its size the Isle of Jersey exports as many cattle yearly as Are con: talned In Hutu ‘The entire Island if squnred would be but slx and Unree-quarter iniles ench way, aud yet tho census of 18st gives it 12.000 head of catile, showlng that the breeders of Jersey enttlo mange to sup port onu head of the fawn-colored dairy cows to etch acre yearly-—a showlng wne- quated by any country in the world, From alt parts of the country encourag- Ing reports ara heard in relation to the success of the Mall flrs, "Phe chief reason Js, uf course, Universal ood prospects mene farmers and an ered of high prices for all va- riciivs of firm products, At no tine within twenty years has there boon gu many entries, and te Uboral premlums oifered tnroughout the country buvedrawn out i cluss of exbibitors: who nid becuse indilferunt to the result of conetition, Ainony tho anles of thoroughbrad cattle, which will occur during Ovtober und November, fire the following short borng: F. M,. Meyers, Winon ry Och. 123 PA. Coen, Washburne, Ml, Oct. . Hopkins, Grigz: te, LIL, Out. ‘. Brown's Sons, Burlin, Mb, Oct U unis & Suitth, Harristown, i Crowdur, Buthany, UL, Out. sis C, h. Hostetter, Mt, Carroll, Ii. Oct. 283 Wizdony, Rouston & Sons, Mlandlnavit! Nouv. 23 DM. Hrausen, Busbatl, Wy Nov, no Hal ona, Kansas Clty, Nov. 0 and Canada Wout Farm Assoeliuon, Waukegan, IL, Novel * At tho nunuil convention of tho American Short-flor Association which will be bold at daoksonvillg, HL, on Oct. 20 and 27, measures of imiportance will be discussed, eblet among whieh will be thy tdea of a chunge in the organs Jaation, It has nut develoned ns yet whut the nature of tho contempluted changes are, but shore fa constderable feullug amoug shart-Horn, man that something file uygresslvonoss must be fafused tate the organization, The election of oticura at Ubis convention will undoubted ine uence the nasociution, and It ls sald that a cone corted effort will bu made to yleut 4 bourd of young und ontervrielug bien, A certain coteris of dealers and brofers at the Union Stock-Yards in Chis ulty, who buve in yea past combined pleasure with prote te maidiing Bastorn dulry calves, aro greatly oxere eliud HbUUL the result Of the pitation xet on foot by the Treasury Cattle Commission. It tye. uifert of tats movement ts to restrict or propiblt the sale of these calves, It will, of courae, de- atroy one uf thelr sour oH UF Pruitt copmequent: Jy the proclamation which Gov. Cation. is satd te bo conteupliting Is anxiously awalted by those yontlumen, ‘There bas bean a very marked deerease ft the ablpmacnts of eulves Crom Bust ern pointd, yet numbUrs cuntinue to arrive at te yurds, Tho sensational reports that the Unlon Stook. Yards und tho pueking-pouses wore to bu rus muyved to South Criguyo seems to have died ont entirely, A ‘CHIBUSE represeututive tn cons Vorauuon with a gentieminn conneeted with tho yurita fearned Lunt su fur ts the oitivers Of that atiturlun were cungcerned, whore Was ie founidi- thon Tor such a Visonury” scheme, It will bo gny years before the Diainess of thls olty will encrodeh upon thy tureltery oecupted by tag yards (o gach wu extent ve to demand o change of Lise. Lhe vast wma of money invusted fa the yurds and packing homies probibit such a ehunye, und the sehiming roal catute holders who originated the story could taye had but 6 silght concepuon of the great interusts involved when they undertook tu uiislead an unsuspect> fug public. Reports from England in solution to Amorle can export cittly ure nut very eheonrapin. bhippers from thls side Bean tu Buve beon pure Soularly unforinute of Jato, Consignments bave been revelved it Liverpool in very bad common, more espeoinlly the shipments of butehered tock. Suvere storia have ingde the ablpiuent of cattioan tho hoof 8 procasiuna aud My venture, aid she gondemence of these Adverse Clrowmetitticas iy that American beet ts Josing ite reputation in Unwlund, A. cirvan sthney that has copiribuied ty this genera) re. Bull is tho uct tht puyturage da Grout Britain ta Letter than for muy years past, aiid the wane ber of beet cattle eeatng, ut bora, especially in England and Seotland, has turgely jnereased, Amvcicun shippers do uot deapaly, boweyer, and thg trudge, while bus beconty au established und, wilt uudoabtedly goutinue, . For woeks and months past stockwon bave boeu advised by writurs ror auricultural papora gud bebduminal sheets of questionable reputae dons to dispose of thoi market stock, tho reas son given belng that corn was bound to reach auch intluted prices that there woul! be no moucy In wintrlng Block, The wenerul droutu bus Grought about this prevailing. opinion, which, bowever, duced net seein ty vals giugius ‘Se 13; James Plokerell, 't Oot. 20; TH. stockinen to any nlneming extont., Thero has been a constant And Inerensing demand In this markot for good stock cattle, sheop, and awit, tind prices tave been pit for auch stock for shipment West and South which do not tnilieate torr of I Hrs. Stock ralaere Nt present geen ty take nw! bearish" ylow of tho grain market. and are upparontly wilting to fasting tho risk of prospective profits, nutwith- ptauding tho cry of high prices In tho neur ature. ——————— TWO WEEKS IN WISCONSIN, Speetal Corrtrpohdence of ‘The Chicago Trihune, Coox's Norsty Crees Bay, Wis. Sept 2h— ‘This letter will doultloss have to wait til nfter tho mourning for ore nobla President ts over, and, thorefore, only matters of general Intercat will be noticed. Wo were ut Neeunh on Tues- day moralug when tho nows of his death was re. eelved. Every one was anil; words were spoken alinost in whispers, antl soon the wule city was draped in the habiliments of woo, Even small shops and homes fo poor that only a little roset or cross In black was nll (iat could pe spared alltold of a sorrow that words could not ex- press, Wo arrived at Green Uny about o in the evening, and tho next, morning wo found that clty tou in tho deepest: mourning, and, fn order to modify tho gloom that oppreesctl ua, Our party accepted an invitation to attond the frown County Fair at DeBero, The dis- play wits very ermdiitabie Maven, and ite varted exilbits wore quietly enjoyed and adinired by the people, but ny dari pall oF sorrow seamed to pervitde oversthigg, While this had a depress~ ing offect trpon the sueefss of the foir, it wus {a tho highest degree complimentary te tho n> telllgence of the people und. to thelr love for tho grent good man who had fora few months uresided over tho destinies of tha Nation, ‘That love thus manifested fg 0 true oxponent of thelr putrioie duyatlon to the welfare and to tho stability of the Republic, Our two weeks! trip through Wisconali, mich ns we bad alrendy seen and known of the Ktnte, kayo us now and far more compruhensive views ‘of Its resaurees and the prosperity which canbe avon oevery side, Oar first duy from Chienyo, Monday, Sept. 12, showed ug a righ and beautiful farming countey. It has not suifered for want ow rau durtog tho past season; tho crops are xood. and tho farmers will reap a substantial bonollt from tho shortuxe of Turn products int other districts, Thu towns seattered all slong tho railway ure nent, und tha tastefully ur ranged streeta and dwotlings, and tho thrift overywhere manifest show the Bastern origin of the people. Mindful of the example which gray buirs ought to sot before youmer peoplo, our quety stupped over at tho iussoll House at Noeenth, and walted tor tha murniug traln to pUrsdo Our journey northward. Not willing that we should muke this right it~ tle elty a mere resting-placo fora nietit, Mr, Postinister Jones, with great kindness and courtesy, was on hand at nelf-pastS in the morning with bis buyay to show U8 the ovl- donces of Its theitt nnd prosperity, He is 0 gon. of ong of the curitest ploncers, anit ts justly roud of bis position nione tho “oldust Mnhav- hunts,” though forsooth by has scarcely reached middle xe, The iimmense and vever-falllg water-power of Pox Itiver Is utllized in driving: halen seoro of flouring and paper nilils, white the manufacture of articles trom timber sup. porte a large Industry. ‘Chas adding ynlucs lurgely to the raw muiterial, this alty and its fel+ Jow, Menasha, directly opposit, cnn resist tha intluenee of bard thes probally: ns woll if not better thin most other cities at thu West. Mr, Janes drove us to the obertson House on the Island, a populur suminur resort. but thon vlosed. It is beautifully eltuated, and beside tt are tho former olice and residence, both vullt of logs, of the Inte Gay, Doty, Curiously onough, the oldormember of our purty attended: tho funoral of Gov. Doty, with ex-Vico-]'reals dont Colfax, nt Balt Lake City, tn dune, 18, In the carrlage Bent us for the ucension by Urig- bun Young. But we must away northward, Soon utter leaving Neenah the Wisconsin Cons tral Rallway plunges into a dense pine forest. Alter crossing Wolf Kiver-—navlgitbte for steam. ors a loug way upward towards Lake Superiur— Deautifal farming districts, separated by miles of intervening forest, oxtend for some sixty miles tu Stevens Point, a Inryo aud very flourishing = town on the Wixconsitt River. ‘Then for nearly 20d miles ttl Aghtand Is reached the road runs through a dense Coreat ot pine, vedar, spruce, tinuriele (lire), and ham. jock, minted in places with bird wood, At in tervals Of n few mulles, towns—n few of them large aud beautifulenbounding tn sawinllls and vast piiog of lumber ure. seuttared all long ‘The wmount beside the track would sullicant to tax all the resuurees of tho raullway to inove it away for a couple of yours to come without any additions to the stock how on ho f any One supposed thut the Wisconatn Central inust suiter for business hes enuse ft runs for 200 tulles and more through the: forest, ‘he {8 sure to be grancly miswaken, Ant Foaldes tha extension of tho Northorn Pacltio ltallway — custward trou. Supe. rior City will cross this ding ut) Agsh- Innd or oa fow shiles south af it and It requires but n foanes at the map to show thatover this fino the Northern Mroftie may reach Chicaxo, for itnecds but an oxtension of tho road from Milwaukee, to enable this to be done. By 1884 tho rluging nate, "All ubonrd for Puget’s Sound,” indy bo. eat on tho North Siig of our city. For this ‘pose tho Wiseoti- sin Central {3 probably moro available than cithor of our grent Nurtowestern rouds, for it is. an indiyiduat Independent Ine, without nn ine nity of extensions, and ft could for that reason be the moro rendily bought or absorbed by the Vilhird syndicate. No one, however, need bo surprised {f lt ls bought or the control of It sue cured by cithor tho Milwaukea or tho North- western, ‘Thine will show, Tho Inst twentyetive or thirty miles of the round down tho Like Stperior slope Is full of In- terest. it crowses Hud River seventeen thes Jn nino miles. und two fmmense bridges ure crossed before renvhing ashlund, For any othor Information in regurd to thia road, Chicne xo moretnints tea referred to 11s Aeeummodit- lug and elilulent agent, D. M. Boynton, 1 Go Clurk atrect, Ashland (a. situated on a plateau some Fixty fest above tho Juke on Chequameyon Bay, Thoro now, gentlemen Tonetleutly Inclined, if you cin promuunce that eluasieal Indian word— tho namefer the Jow, sandy idlind that bounds the bny to the northeast—you suutl tnke tho but. As onete ns we ean rape resent ft, call it Sheewamen-yon, and you havo ft nbout right, ‘Chis wus indorsed by our svhoturly friend, Gen. AllanC, Fuiter, of Dolyi- dare, Ub, WHO to eaenpe the: paelerer bas a summer residence ut Bnyttotd, lreutly in sight of Ashtand, and fifteen uilles ta the north. Ho kindly promised us much sport hid not Mr _ Brawn, proprietor of the Chequamegon Honse, nh most henntifully situated and excelent suin- mer resort, felt obliged to close his hotel. It Is a plucs where porn few of our Unleaca peapts find reat and recreation durluy the summer, nid for primitive scenery and surrouadiags (t mnet be udinirable, Ashiand has some advantages over Cafengo, especially to reshlents of the city, ‘The deer are stilt quite plenty tn the forests, and many of the streats abound in brook-trout, ‘The abr 14 pure and bracing, and theeeforo Ash- Jand may Le rexurded is one of the boat plices to visit In the summor and recreate, ‘The closing of Ue butel sent us for n few days to Grean Bay. ‘This waa not regretted, for itis Bie priving, prosperous city of some 0.0K) or 8 oppuslt with balf as tany more. Swing-briagus wbmiiar to thoge In Chicngo connect the two. elties. The Fox River fa tinproved for stenmurs: by locks gud dams to Winnebago Lake, thus furnishing alsa a steady and noverstalting wit power for nil the mills’ and machinery the cou try my require; hence tho growth and prosper- ity of tho citles that line the banks of the Fox, ‘The Chy of Green Buy is, of vourse, at the bead ot take uavivation at tho wouth one of the uy of the gaine name, Bevernt rillways mect ber From all direutions, #lving, it, with its Inke and river navigation, all needed commereint Holle tea, te tute it very largo trade in morohandlse, Jumbor, grain, und other products. Tho history of Green Bay dates back to the slxtecoth ceatury, When tt was vieited by tho carlicst Jesuit ee plakety aud it wis pers manently settted by tha Pronch as carly as 1715, nearly half century before Chicago was any. thing more than mititiry post. Bat all these: r evidet of carly settieinent, except in, the patols ek which one heirs at tho corners of the streets, buye passed away, and we ure Ine forined that not a vestige even ot Fort Howard remalua, So cortulnly, to tae tho lnngnage of Irving, * does tho suthless buad of modern ime provetnent” aweep away in uur country all the relies of the pist. 2, Graon Bay ts brought by the Northwostorn Iallway inthe closest possible relations with Chivago, ‘The time-tublo assures us that wo ean leave here vt 62th in tie dnorning, and reach Chloaqa, SET ails away, AEF O'cleek int the afte ernvon, Tho merchant ol Green Bay can be tn tho city seven bourg, Une enough to do on large busines, foave out 0 In the ovening, and. arrive ont home at G310 next motning—all the xecommonation sure ly ong can well condense inte the short space of twenty-four hour. Whitt woutd have been the abawer of our fsellow-vitizen, Col, Gurdon 8. Hublard, hud bo been told when be caine to Green Bay ta 1d that bo would lve to be able 1a go to Chlenyo, pend seven hours there, und retury to tho Buy tn lesa than twonty-roue hours? No greater absurdity could posatidy hye been propounded to ovr worthy tawesnan, ‘Tho Northwestorn Railway cortatnly deserved tho gordlal thanks of tho people of Chicago, Green Day, ond all tho towns und cities alone ite na for tha excellant frottties ht attards (or travel aud trandlt, Tt fe ull that one cun posal Diy uak or expect, Tbe tratud runulng to ond from Green Gay are cortulnly among jtho best country cun Rito, W ord, fin P.8,—1t 18 added that our party had one of the, Sluest rides on this train it was over our good fortune te enjoy in tbe West OTEnOWOT. “VOLONTIERS.” Fur Tae Ohicay? Tribune, Some ono has sent mon boat of tho Suumtmnor, Ones dalntly fale ung Suriltlngly aweott - A rose that Ouou bregtnedd ts love inthe gardou— Now it lies broken and deud at ty feat. Bowe ony bas asked moto “brouthe In sweet mumbo ‘The atury of this poor blossom forlorn,” Now when Jt life js shorn of all benuty, And naught doth rennin but the whurpest of thors. Cynic, the story ts already written, Once tomptingly fair sod dunzerousiy sweet, Tt wave out te purtiie, ite tify, aud its beauty, {4l, Withored and broken, Ut Hes at your four, DLMO! Sreagius UbWwea7, mbabltants, With Fore (foward alrectly + THE MISSOURL Some Interesting Facts Concerns ing a Very Peculiar River. How It Divereos from Its Course and Obliterates Farms, Tho Sad Exportenco of an Ivishinan Who Settled on Its Banks. Navigation of the Stream Attended with Manifold Vexations and Dangera, A Trip from Sioux City to Omaha That Contained Some Exelling Incidents, Written for The Chieaga Trihune, If the Missouri ts not the brondest or the “beautlfullest ” river tu America It ts eer tainly the most erratic, oud-for-noth- Ing, evil-Intentloned, entirely-wiinanageable, devil-inay-care river, notonly in America but Inthe unlverse. People fram Unie humemortat haye been In thehabitet personifying rivers; wo hayo heard of Father ‘Tiber amonyst theanelent Romans, and we hear of Father ‘Thames amongst tho modern Cockneys; bub {n the most distant future none of our de- scentants witlever forget thomselyes so far agtosay “Father Missouri’; they will alt- ways look on It ag an enemy to themselves atu their race, and if they personify it at all they wlll not cull it either father, mother, or brother, but, on the contrary, some very bad, (nevitable, and unprintable name, ‘Tho réal character of (a Missuurl 1s some- thing between a clown and niramp, It fs 0 river without an atom of self-respect, nelthor has lt any respect for others; Its ecliaracter 13 essentially vagnbontl and loose; it pollutes and tdemorallzes every stream with which tt comes tn contact What a clean, bright, re- spectable rlyer tho Mississippi is before It innkes the acquaintance of the Missourl, and what an abontnable, disraputable ditet tt ts after it partnkes of the ovil characteristics of the strenim that Jolus if, and seems absolutely to glory ii its dire and agiluess as tt passes St Louis, beeause {¢ knows how mad that juntes the St. Loulsinns and the natlves of all the other country towns along its banks. Yet what AN EXCEEDINGLY RESPECTAULE STREAM the Upper Mfssissippl is{ No other river fn the world, perhaps, has more regard for ap- pearance than the Unper Misslsstopls lt takes the most of Itself on every occasion, and deilghts in looking neat, clenn, and re- spectupla; it ts often sadly. put about for want of water, but It mukes the most of every drop it possesses, qnd spreads It out su thin that the poor, dear river fs often nearly fn ile wide where it ought to be only about a hundred = yards, ‘Chis arrangement iy, of course, rather ine eonventent for steamboat men, but it elves the river a majestic appearance and often makes it look five tines moro line vostne than te its waters were contined ton narrow channel that might bu the delight of steamboat captuing, but would bean aboml- nition fo tourists, Some of these grand, wie reaches of the Mississippl give ft, even when it {s sliatlowest, thie appearance of real Pather of Waters; that Is to sity, to the stranger; the pilot who scowls on the wide stream, ind with extreme diMcuity findsoven In the deepest placa suflcient water to font his flat-bottomed boat, knows that In most places where the Mlssissippl makes such aduilrabte efforts to look imajestic 1 boy in knlckerbockers, or n moderately long-tegped crane, could wade upor down, It for mites, and, except in the channel, would hardly bo upto his knees. When the Mlasissippits at avery Tow ebb, aud fs forced to leave an odd saud-bank bare, it covers It with 1 sand so fine and so elear that, the duintiest falry that over slept under n rose Jeaf, or the purest of Tommy Moore's porls that find” their nightly lodging tn the " holtow-wreathed ehunbers” of Caspian sea-shells, could walk over it barefoot without — sofling even tho tops of her toes, Tnauine a tuiry ora perl trying to walk bn aanad-bant Jett by the receding waters of the Missouri] Whe lien ly preposterous, She'd be soon such a drageled sprite that her nearest kith and kin wouldn't know her. he tirst tine wo saw the Missouri was long ago, when the only rallways west of the Mississippi wore the Missourl & Paeltic and the Huinibul & St. doe. We traveled by stage from Kansus City to Leavenworth, anit the rond was inostly parallel with the river. Wo remarked great clouds of dust to the leeward. for ‘the stroug wind of March was Liawing from the southwest, Wo asked tho driver of the stage what cuised the continuous strenic of dust narth and gouth 13 fir as tha oye could reach, * Why, that ts tho Missouri River,” sud he. We ttre naturally zivon to tolturnity, and fo nut iikeasking questions or explunutions, and fora mortul halt hour wo mused and coxle tated ug to how, above all other things In. the wart, ATMVER COULD BE THE CAUKE OF DUST. The more wo thought he and more oO hopetuss seamed — tha gotution ot | th problom, and ont lust wo tay bnok iy our. peat, weary from Inteliae thought and felt perfectly sure that the driver, soberas he upparrod, wus in reality drunk, Soon, howover, the rididle was solved, for we ronuhed thy Links of the famous river, and thore it was before us, eerste and wluding over a bed whout a mile wideand not covering tho tenth of It, with dust rising in great clauds from dry 1 banks covered with every possible abortl= Hon in tho shape of sauza, Potton treo trauks, brushiwood, and reeds. 'Thero waa tt yollow, melanchaly-looking man smoking a black pipe Atanding on the bien of the river ag we got out of tho stuye, and surly stupidly at tho inudidy torrant that rolled at bls toot. “Is this the Miagourl Wtiver?" we asked, “Tt is, sure enatigh,” © ta thia tho niuln civer right hero?” “It id In troth, and adamrmain river {tIs,* was tho surenativ reply. “Tithing you're an Irishman," sald wo, but {en gone took Hike one, What madu you go yal iw Maybe ff you wor ag long tivin' uoar this mel us Lam you'd be yallower nor me," bo res olimnto’s not healthy ‘round here, per- bapa” * ica iGalthy Onough, but it's thut miafort. Unato river Gut made an oald man out o me. Here was 0 bixgor puzalo thin the river, Dehug tho cause of dusteror how could it poss sibly bo the cause of promiture oll ayo oy sutiow complexton in those ilving near it when the ellinate was not Lunlien lay Hat a bright thought struck ue: tho climate might be heal thy but even in tho healthlest climates neue: inlght augad by the overilow of a rlyer, Wo felt Joyous at hnviug bit ole so easly the causa Of tho poo Irishmun's trouble und” unheuiby upperrance, and sald commisorntingly, supHase you have been greatly troubled with aye, houce your dlalike to the river.” * Agua the devil, mant 1 never bad ague in Ing Hfe,” ho ropllod sunpplshly. What then cua you have twalnet the river, or how bn it inde you old and wrinkled? fs it beenuse tt 18 why ‘that you disilke ity" we asked, “Mush, you'll break my beart! Wout do 1 care whether ia ugly or handsame? Dye think Fin te tewrolet that hag nothle ta do" but go about pluazin’ mesell? What do I caro about the appeariee of tho river 18 INU ONLY Let ME ALONE? Wo were by this thine fully convinced that the Ertabinay wis @ coullrined Juuttio of tho } perbans, thut tho authorities thought thero Was no necessity of looking wp, He only wanted “Lhe river to tet hin alone, uta Adu could use BYCD langue about on Ininimate object such usa river. Still he adie look. or uct Whe a Taeicte xl in *You're @ sthrangor bere, Vn thinkdn'," eal he, We eandidly acknowledged wo were,’ Ite no woudher, then, that you'd be puzzled at whit, U suid about tho —— ‘river; but VU tell you all ubout it, Do you sea thut big witlo plaice byant all covered with wud ond Budge? ‘bere was where tuy house and furum wor thia time twoyours, Linda purly a frume bone us you'd gee in ay day’ AOUTaeY; and Turum of olghty aures of tho host fand fn tho State,” The —— river was full two milly away from mo; but uftior tue June rise It took itttite its bead to Inve ite ould bod, gud whore tho divil should it come only etrutgat tomy furan, and in throy days all was bouae, and bare, and nll, Lsaved most 0! stock, but my hogs wag ull dhrownded. It was us much as louuld dete yet tho woman and childher outy' the house before It was shwop away, and tho lat Tsuen of it it wae goin’ down athrume wid tho throa bens, the turgoy-cock, and tho cut, and thoy straddlo-legs on the ridges . i ule,’ bean there any of your land lett?” Lasked, “Sorcuu sud only dbout Un acroa, and shure that snine Is now in the State of Kansas Invtcad ot bein’ in Mlygourl, Now you oudburstaud all Taulfered by tho river.” # ‘Tho Irisbinun waa lint the only “sufferer from the blagksuurdisin Of the Sissyuri. All ulums wy 1881—SIXTEEN PAGES. {ts banka tho people wore abusing It. Tempted hy the rich aoil near ita trencherois waters, Un suspecting agricutturiate venture to build thelr homestends, but soanor or tater tho vagabond rivor {4 sure to hay thom fA visit, and olthor tir thot siniline Neils inte mud-banks or enrry thom away allogethor. ‘There are two things in partleuiar which the Mg lo hate wore than any other joxe are Rtenmboata and bridges. Haw tnt stemmbout captains bave been killed outriah: rendered purthily inannc or made premature old by the vagaries, aniga, sawyers, anil Bu banks of this ¥agnbond river, never Will be Cully known. Weonce benrd n stenmbont captatie suy out St. Louis that. one voynge to tho mountains and buck was tore trying ty tuo coatttution and tumpur thin ten sours atsend. The same individuul sald pusiuvely Utnt Anless gutta pureta or fiitle rubber contd be UUzed nd a muteriat out of which ty make stoanrbunts the navigation of tho Missourl WOULD VER IK MADE TO FAY. Tho Missouri ld been tho tinaneind ruin of (hls samo captain. Some soars previnualy he vnide tt venture to bring a cargo Of aagurtit stiminer clothing to the Upper Missourt; he started for the inuuntaing 19 soon ty tho tue left tho river. He was an old aud experienced navi- gator ofthe river, and thonght he knew every twist and turit fa tt from Alton to Fort Houten, bat, to nag bis own language, The blamed river weren't where It waa the year before, nor tos wheres neurit, 1 wasas big foot asif bo (uu taken nv bont to Cother side of tho Misia. appt tran inte tho bank where thore was ten fagt o water tho year before, and | sailed In wood derp chunnol whore [knew there hid been sinall Villages and right sirt of faring on thy: previous voyage. We done our lovel bust, hows over, for wo and tho owner were equally, {nter- ested in the venture. Wo wore snueei to less (han ning thnes (na month; we sit up day atid Hight and worked too crew half to death. “Twar tu uso, however, for by tho tine wo reached tho mountains the frat frost had sat in: we sold our suminer clothing for half noth- in, for when wo arrived it was blankets and buifite robes fulks wore lookin’ nfter and not straw hints or linen dusters. ‘Tho sume voynge broke me up otuna, and if 1 saw that —— Missourf iver covered up and mado 4 sewer of, although thain't tasted Hauer tor moro'n yenrs, ('d go right out and-wet drunk fur Joy, It may be, as the aforesukl Captain .binted, that Indiierabber or gutta-percin stunuiboats will yet overvame the difilenities of the Mix- sourl, and navigate it successfully tit spite of Buwyerg, snags, and sundbars; but how will the bridges over it bo mato to Inst? Engineers, pour, silly souls that thoy are, think thoy buive jen pied over tho Missourl with thelr bridges. They'll tnd out tholr tusinke somo of thero a ay Tt nade serlous, and very nonrly success- ful, attempts on the Ornuba and on the Innsns Clty bridges Inst spring. [ttried not to sweep them away, bitt to circumvent thoem—that is, to go round them. find tho rixo been threo feet highnr, those gigantic structures that cost innuy millions Of dollars would, havo heon left te apan mudholes, and tho iniquitous river would baye, pussod telumphantly on ono side of thom. Wo bear that Capt. Ends, the xreat cnylinecr, Is going to tuoklu tho Missourl utan curly ditto, and continue if toa permanent ohantel by moans of coffer dims. if ho ace aovds ho willtake the shing out of Do Lesseps, and it fs a pity that thero is aot un Aimerienn peer- age to which he could bo elevated with tho ttle “Lord Bly Muddy." ature at tho outsct whon the Missourl was erouted muat have foreseen WHAT A VAGABOND RIVER IT WOULD TUN out, for she bas hommed tt in almost throughout Its ontire fength betwoon two ranges of Lluis from two to four milled a part, She seems to hive anid to tho Mivsouct: pStragste about tn, twist over, root up, and play the devil generally with that narrow vulloy, Wut A foot bevond It you shalt nover go." What a benoflaent provision of inture those blutfe arc! Werd it not for thent the Missottri might probably take u no- ton to vensa to pollute St. Louis for a season, and, out of pure infachief, pay a visit to Chie ena. Missouri Ivor steamboat Captains and pilots fre tt race upart. They ure mostly sallow, scrious-louking men; they seldom liugh, an fire not eusy of approach; five yours navigating that river nukes them unfit’ for sovicty, de- stroy's whiutover buoyancy of spirit thoy may have naturully possessed, and nukes then 28 grull und as surly us untained byenun, If ever the reader has tho wlsfortune to travel on Missouri Kiver steumbout wo would curnestly advise him never to nak tho Cuptuin any quos- tions unless ho delights in getting very curtailed nnewers, : ‘e were onco iu Sloux City, Iwas our first visit to tho West. By a most uniucky chuuce a steuinbout hove In sieht; aha was ‘bound for Oinwhas nu steambont tad como dawn stream tur tinny weeks, and it was a rare chance to have naailon*' Mighty Missouri.” We wenton bourd, on being positively assured that, la twenty-four = hours wo would be fy Oinnba, = Lho river was ruthor low, but for wt thine alt went wall, By degeees, how ever, wo beyan to xot into ditticultiog; finally wo stuck bird aud fast on a mountain of a tnud bunk. Then came endless puilngs, backings, ringing of bells, shouting of mates, running ta and fro of colored oltizons, devk-hands, and swearing of — unabridzed, woll-vinphusized autos, fav which tthe Usited States Jununqo is so ominently ndapted, Wo tried to lift tha boat With stilts; thesu wera two binionse pie alent iuchea in ditmeter; they were stuck In tho mud ong nt each bow; pulloys and ropes were ute tached to them, wid the stoume-windinss set in mation, so tint the baw of the untortunite, creuklig boat wus lifted fully three feot out of tho water. It was of nu use however, for tuo higher tho bow way fitted out of the water, tha dvopar would the stern sink {tH tha mud. Other oxperiinonta wore tried, but still wo mundo no headway. Wot ut jst we got the stern atlont, tho bow got stuck, and when, after linmetisy labor und latutt awouring, wa got both stem and stern free, sue stucle 1 the mud in tho middle. Thon wo spont ynnumbyred hours bucking, und turging, and renuing cur bow into the bunk, or tingling our stern fn touting brush heups. Wo turned wround thirteen tines in tho sume holo before wo could got outof st, and then wo rin on a nay or Biwyor, We fore wet which, aud nearly risped tho button out of tho unfortunate boat. Thon we bad to commonco caulking, At lust, after six days and nighteot sueh plensant oxpurl- onees, the church-steepled of Omaha have tn Bizht, nud whut t biessod siybt they wore! Wo stuggerod up tu tho Lotel, went to bod, and slept for forty-vlgbt hours without waking, grateful to Providenco for huving tescued us from an awful death In thodirty waturs of tha Missouri, ond, as fouue Ueunival swore everlasting en- imity to Rome, so wo vowed eternal autipathy to the" tg Muddy,” and have kopt our oath. t — IMPORTUNITY, Fur The Chteago Tribune, O words, I crave your ald! Como, bind for me ‘Tho inyrind thougbts that dart adowu tho ylutas of my brain: A With strength unguessed thor-burst all bonds aud form we endless chuln, Whose links atrotch out frou what f canto what Teaunot sea. Ofor ambient waves I catch an echo faint, Where they hnve bymncd tholr glarivus psalms ‘of moludy diving, In ouph ena, uneguiled but by bonmyo too abring Of forvent prayor, with teara {mbrucd by pent- tontial guint. No fortilago on Enrth doth bar tholr maroh; They swing out treo beneath the gleamtug sym bola trom nbovo— Tho sordid seliishivss of Earth—the passions tainted tove; ‘i ‘Thoy bridge ubaye the cotmmonplaco a Lower daden aren, At night, when weary mortals gain thor atronyth ‘Vo Urengt the toil, tu bend bonuath tho cure that fonds thelr tives— At night thoy dritt afar from me, and languaze vainly atrives ‘To follow, to o'ertako thdin, on thor voyage of untold length, Town Insplnition's paths they seok tholr way, Where intellects like thoso of Houssoau, Gnvon, have distilled Tho God-boyneathad retlevtivns, that tno soul to Urata tae wilted, To sulutillate, with zrowlpyg strongth loducd, for nye und yo, Tho souls that hodgo thom from tho realms diving Flout down, und beekou lovingly to glorios une forescon; 0 Thelr snowy robos dispel al) gloomas they in Rrucoteal mein Bweoep like the glode, boyond the reach of being twconiine, : O words, siwoot words, but froo for nic, I pray, Unutterud thouputs "that ellont sic bound tho burs 6 epeven, ‘Mute, walttng, while exproasion trios in vain tha ges tu reach: Aad Tuvhor on tho shores of sound its faney's rare display. Pallosopay {s begyared Wwhon the soul Finds nu asaliaiiation io idous tht detino Some one reault—but bouts aguiust tho measurcs thst combine To obain all (agutry to Earth to bid ft know cou. Tol, O years that mask the inystery of Lifot Have you beheld the quostioning that mortals volve thro’ Tine, Unmoved? Louued not to bridze tha lie bee tween the uuknown allie, And bring to Torti a tokea buck, fo,atitt tho mental atrifey Earon, Prout, : ————— A Now at. New Your, Oct. 3.—The first meeting of. tho Atnvricun ‘Tomperunce Union of this suasou wos bold yeaturday ufternoun, ‘Tho Rey, Justin D, Fulton eat the temperance movement would succeed Whon such men ax Joby Kelly, Gon. Grant, sud Wado Humptan became lis Jeadurs, and, when tue movoment was curried on jn cure Bestuuch mun would seo it for their interest to identity thenwelves. He said the Mothodiaty bad got Gon, Grunt, and bo did not koow whut beter Usu thoy could put bin to than to make bins load tho Gospel temperance partly, ie All thoso aulfering from Hourgencss, Coughs or Colds should take De, Bull'sCougd Syrun, _ RADWAYS REMEDIES, HEALTH 1S WEALTH ielth of Body 1s Wealth of in RADWAY’S Sarsanarillian RESOLVENT, Puro blood makeskound {1 aelearstin, Jf you would your Hush frn your bones sound, without caries, and your come plexion flr, use TRADWAY'S SAUSAPARI LA TAN IESOLY, . A Grateful. Recognition, “To cure a CHRONIO or Long Standing Dis engo Is trily a victory In the bentio art that ronsoning power that clourly discerns Detece and aupptics a remedy; that restores Blop by. stop—by degrees—tho body whioh has been aloe ly attacked and’ wenkened by an insidious. cise, Tyt only commana our respect but due serves ottr gratitude. Ur. iudwuy tas fire nishod innnklad with that wonderful remedy, Thiudway's Sarsupartiian Resolvont, which complisghes this result, and eutforing humnanits, who drag out no oxistence of pain und disease, through tung days and long nights, owe bin Medleat Messe FALSE AND TRUE. Wo extract from Dr. Rndway's “‘frentise on Disease and [ts Curo,” ws Catlows: LIS? OF Dt SES CURED BY RADWAY’S Sarsaparillian. Reselvent, Chronic icin Disonses, Caries of the Bone, lite. mura in the Ilood, Scrotulous Diseases, Bart or Unuatural abit of Body, Baylis and Venereat Fovur Sores, Chroniy or 01d. an Salt Rheum, Kickers, White Swelling, Sculd Head, Uterine Affections, Cantors, Glandular Swellluys, Node: Wasting and Deeay of the Body, Pininles an Blotches, Tumors, Dyapepsia, Kidney and Blade der Diseases, Chronic Rboumathim and Gout, Consumption, Gravel, and Calvulous Deposits, wud Varietivs of the above comptuints te whieh somatinivs are uivon speclous numnes, Wo assert that there is no Known romedy that Poaseeses the curntive power over those dsouses that Radway’s Hosoivent furnishes. (touroa step as p surely from the foundation, aud restores tho injured parts to tholr sound condition, Tho Wastes of tho body are stopped, and healthy Dlvod fs aupplicd to tho system, from whieh ney tuntorlal is formed. ‘This is the Orst correctiya power of Radway's Kesolvent. In cases whoro the systuin has been solivated, and Meroury, Quicksllvar, Corrosive Sublimnte, have aceumuhited and become deposited in tho hones, joints, cto.. causing curies of the bones, rickota, apinal curvatures, contortiona, white swellings, yiricose velns, cle. the Sarstpurilla will resolve away those deposits and oxteriols Mato tho virus of tho dlsonse from the system, If thoso who nro taking these modleines for the cure of Chronlo Serofulous or Fypnittie cases, howovor slow mny bo the curo, "teal bet~ tor,” and find thoir general health improving, tholr flosh aud wolght Increasing, or vou keep: ing its own, it 19 4 Bure ain that tho cure 19 pro grossing, in those disenses tha parions elther gets better or Worso—tho virus of tho discase ta not Inactlyo; if uot arrested and driven from the blood it will eproad nod continue to undermine tho constitution, As soon ng tho Sarenpirilla tinkes the pationt “feel better,” evary hour you will grow better und iucrease in ‘health, — Strength, aud tosh, | OVARIAN TUMORS. Tho romoval of these tumors by Radwar's Rosolvant is now vo cortainty oatnulished that what was once considered almost mirnoulous te now a common recognized faet by all parties. Witness the casos of Hannah Boapp, Mrs.C, Kropf, Mrs, J. 1. Jolly, and Mee, B, D, Hondriy, uiblished fa our’ Almanuu for 18793 niso that af ird. C.8. Hibbing, iu tho present edition of our “Fislso and rug," ‘One bottlo containa more of tho activo princl+ plegof Medicines than any other Preparation, tukon fn teaspoonful docs, while others require ve or alx times ag inuch, ONL DOLLAR PER BOTTLE, MINUTE REMEDY. Only requires MINUTES not HOULS, tore eve pain and cure acuta dise: RADWAY'S READY. RECIER in from one to twonty tninutos, nover fails to ras Hove PAIN with ono thorough application; ua matter bow violent or oxcruclating tho pain tho Rhoumatic, bed-riddon,intirm, AEB }, Nerve ous, Homi. or Peeated with discaso may suffer, RADWAY'S READY RELIEF willatford instant onso, Injlammation of the Kidneys, Ti of fhe Bladder, Injlammatton o, Congestion of tha Lungs, Sure Throat, cule treathing, Palpitation of the TMeart, Aysterics, Croup, Diphtheria, Catarrh, jluensa, Meaduche, duothacho, Neuralgia, Mheumatiam, Cold Chitls. Agus Chitts, Gitte diains, an rost Bites, Brilses, ‘Hum- pier Complaintay Nevcousninas, sleeptessiess, Coughs, Cotds, Sprains, Pains in the Cheat, Hack, or Limbs, are instantly relieved. FEVER AND AGUE. | FEVERAND AGUReured for 60 cts, There ia nota remodial agent tn thia world that will flilious, Wearlets pasion Yat 8, Scarlet, ‘lyphol ‘ollow and other fovorsinided by RABWAY'S PILLS) go quick iS RADWAY'E READY RELIES oo Ce Tt wilt in. faw moments, when taken necont- ing to tho dircotions, cure Crutps, Sousins, Sour Stumach, Heartburn, Slek Hendachy, Diarrhed, Dysentory, Colic, Wind in the Bowols, and all In- ternal Pains, Travolers should alwayscarry a bottle of itad- pay ateddy alla? with thom, A few dropala water will pravont ajcknoss or pains from chango of water, 1¢ is botter than French Brandy or Bitters aa watimulant. Minors and Lumbermon should always be pro- vidod with it. ' CAUTION, ! All romedial ngonts capabic of destroying lite by nn overdose should be avolded. Morpbiny, oplui, etrychnino, arnica, byosolamus, and ote OF poworfill remedies, do at cortain times, 1B Vory ainnil itocs, rullove tho patient during thelr notion 10 tho syatem. But perhaps the sccund dogo, 12 ropoated, mny aggravate and Invronse the suffering, and anothor dose cause death. ‘Thore isne siacuasity for using these uncertaln aysonta whon w positive remedy tke Radway’ Kuadv Retlef wilt stay tio, moat excruciating pnin quickor, without ontailing tho loast ditt. culty tn althor fufaot or adult, THE TRUE RELIEF. Ttanway's tcany Reuter fs tho only remedial agent (o yoguo that will {ostantly stop pain. Fifty Cents Ror Bottt Ralway's Regulating Pl Perfect Puryutives, Southing Afertents, Ach SEE ears oie dtuceye Stelizote cond Natural ia Lhetr Oporution + A VEGETABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR cunt Perfectly tasteless, clegantly conted with Pica srutty Pdi) regtlute, purify, cleanse and strony! Ye Ranway's Ping for tho curo of all disordors of tho Stowach, Liver, Howels, Kiduosa, Biad- der, Nervous Disduses, Headache, Constipation, Costivonces, Indigoation, Dyspupsia, Billou: ad Fovor, Iniliminution of the Rowels, Piloa, an, all derangements uf the Internal Viscora. Ware ranted to oifect a permunont cure, Puruly vers shales conta ntag nO mercury, minorals, or del etorioul Obsorvo tho following symptoms reanite ing from diseases of tho digustlyo Preset Cone stipation, (nward (ilva, Fullness of the [oud {a ho Houd, Acidity of tha Btomuch, Nuuacie fvartburn, Disquse of Food, Fulluess or Weigh! in tho Stomach, Sour Hructations, Sinkiny or Fluttering ut tho Heart, Choking or Suiforing ensacions when in a lying posture, Dots of Webs boforo tho Sight, Fover and Dull Pain ta the Head, Delicloney of Poraniratiogy Yellows ness of tho pkin and Byes, Pain in tho Bide, yroants Bani} Pinus and Sudden Bluahos of Hout uraing of the Fivsh, ‘A sow, dusos ot HApWAT's Pitzs will freo the syatem from ull tho uuovenaned dirorders. Price, 23 Cents Por Hux, ‘We repeat that tho reader must consult oul ‘books and papers on tho subject of discases au tholr cure, hujon w ie may be neaieds ‘uleo an 4 18. Cadway on Ter tata Trethra.!? 4 Ruitway on Borusuta, i Mt it @lusses of Die as uthers relating to di ee uy = a BOLD RY DRUGGISTS, \ " READ “FALSE AND PRUE! Sond u lotter-stamp to RADWAY © CU, Ne 39 Warren, cor, Church-st., New} Fork. lat formuytion worth thousands will be sont yous TO THE PUBLIC. Thero cun bo nv bettor guaruntes of the value of Dx. Rapway's old-cstublished 1 Re Rees 1EX thay the buso and worthless {witations of thom, a8 there aro Fyiso Rosolvents, Heliefs, an Pilla,’ Ho wure aod ask for Radway's, and 500 6 thy date *ttadway” is oo what you buy. h, strona bone, ant