Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1881, Page 16

TH iH CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1881—SIXTER THE FARM. Commissioner Loring’s Address on the Dairy Cow. The Kane County Farmers in Council. Ulinois os an Agricultural State— The Late Osnsus, Gorn-Stalks for Fuel—Important to ’ Prairio Farmors if True. Feeding Live Stock in Transit— Tho Iowa Breeders, Commissioner Loring on the Datry. atthe recent convention of the National Butter, Egg, and Cheese Assoviation, hetd xt Cedar Raplds, In, Prof. George 13. Loring, Comtnissioner of Agriculture, deflvered a very able nildress upon the subject of the dalry and. tts productions, ‘Tn Unmise takes pleasure fn presenting the following portions of the address, which 5.0 model of Its kind. The distinguished gentleman in suggesting to the Western dalryinen the way tu further Improve their stock, and therefore to materially Increase the profits of thelr trade, Indtented that the advice was founded not only upon theorles, whieh are in teo muny cases shuply the result of “book fanning,” but that Dr, Lorhig's Information is the result of practiea! exporlence us well, ‘That portion uf the add in whieh refer ence is inude to the necessity for better shetter and enre for dairy cattle is worthy. the attention of every man who owns acow, and applies foreibly to the very distriet in which the address was dellvered; GENTLEMEN: Tho value of the antinal Indust: of this cuuntry hos hardly’ recelved the estl- inate to which It fs eatitied, The universal vresence of our domvstiented anita: has so familiarized ue with (heir existenee that we have allowed ourselves to understand the fit portinee of tho great branch of farming which thoy represent. We all know that farming with- out them ts on snipossibllity, and TY we pellove fulth fully in the ol nel proverb: a eut= de, no farinine: utile, poor farming; many cattie, good fuming.” Fron the enriiest records of agriculture untit now tho relations of enttle to the farin bave been discitgsed und tho breed. Jug and feeding of enttlo has occupied tho atte ton of the most Intelligent and skillful fa 1 aonbt If the whaler of tr os tor deriving tt enbslster rom ngricultire in its: various bravet his ever displayed fisel€ more strikingly than it hus jn the selection,» Improvement, and care of those breeds of antmuls whieb are adapted to bis and from which he draws eo large a part of his comfort, convenience, and actiul subsist- enee. ‘There have been many Investors, mans instigators whose favor haye been of Vast ud- Vantoyo to the aliltivutors of the sof], But nono of thein bave pertortned mord importunt service than they who by n caretul appiienuon of the Dest rutes of breeding aud fecuin havo eatnb- Usbed valuable farilles of animats espechtlly adapted to tha purpose to which thoy Were ts signed. Bakewell & Colling amoug cattle, aur own Hammond, tho great finprover of tine wooled sticep, tho sagaeinus breeder who lad the Cerundationy of the great {umlly of Atnerican uierlt es ‘The question of tho ralsing of cattle with tho contin suey and kind af food and the breceas: best sulted to different purposes, Inetudes thy whole gyston of cattle husbandry, and fs mat tral the deepest importance to every farmer, There Ix no branch of husbandry eo universal, one more capable of yielding fa pron: none ore MMiportant, Hone nore dependent ou good Turning, and none more Hkely te be attended by good farming when properly pursued. By tho statistical returns of the censud of UskY, there ave fi the United States 10s504HK AGS NSECK UNE TVteS, Mtoe work ie wire otter one horses, 182 oxen, 12,442,137 milch-cows, Ix Ue, D108 sheep, and theag the inereaee lies been I tyeen 1870 and 18) from | Bt5,thi of other cattle from a tO to 1 ROAST 222 AUt A, nguregate of enttle In 170 wits Zhe COX, and SAT, an inerense of 12,057,083, ten Northwestern States tho inerense in mitens cows bas been quite extracrdtury fa the hist ten yenrs, In Michivan the Incrense from 1870 to $860 wats from 2,008 to DoT: in-ilo from 4390 to OTOH: Is Leiiana from ith 7.8 to 604,~ To Mingle frote M0221 co 80508; in Wisco sin from sUsar7 Ua Aisa; In Minnegota from 121,407 to 276,003 In Towa frou SO8TE to BST; dn Missourt from 508,516 to O01,405; In Kansas Jroun H3AM0 to AISSER In Nebraska Cen 23,00 10 141.000; the aggremute belie from 280,808 to 6.071.831, of an merense of B45 per cont, Theee {ures indicate the value and jim portance of the dalry interest wlieb this con- vention represents. ‘This Interest inthe Nortle west hus been # marvel ol progreas duriug tho Inst ten yours, It was i great surprise, received at frat with Ineredulity and distrust, whon ut Zhe Centennial Exposition the palm for butter ans awarded to lowa. But it wie not antec. dent. Tn lowa, in WUnola, in Wisconsin, crea sries came into exiatence, xcaulred prestige, and eumtuunded prices even above the rates for the standand goods of popular Eastern estublish- ments. Only the faney bruuds, the predict of a few populur dairies, which commanded extraor- dinory prices from wealthy and fastidious pure chasers, bear higher prices than tho best butter of tho Northwest, and nw few populnr creamerios rendily obtaln today from two to four conts Moore than Euatern dulries of a bigh grade, ‘There bus beon to udvance of the datry inter- est in ali sections of the country, but the en- largement in the West bas bi more than double that. of the East, and in volume vastly greater than the fmprovement ut the South, Tn 2870 tho aggregate, umount produced an- nually was: OF butters 614,002,083 pounds; of eh Bi.sih, 15H pounds; af wll k, Su5,G00,600 seat Jong, suid in tho tnarket and to fetorivs, In 1880 the products of the dalry hud increased nearly toreefold, and imiik bad increased inure than twofold. 1s, In Silebigan, butter, Ibe... 24d00 485 Chee: GTU80k egereese Mjik yalions... ... aT tie io) in Ohio, butter, DUT LOU TSE TOE Cheese, ween SeMMOH, SE DNT LAS 4 AGUS 108,250,815 4.081100 17,008 +, GRA.BUD PRAY ‘ul ho portion, wo find tho following Mntescating lguses, avourately com pica in the census of 185u: nv, New York, cows., 188), New York, cows Tnorengo, Uf por cent... 870, butter of Turin dulries, 108, CUECBY 1050 cree reeeccness: Milk gold in market, yullons. In all equivalent to. 450, Average per cow, 058 gallood, Asse, butter af farm dulrics, tbs, NEUBC sss. ssace oe Aik sold In tnurket, gallons. Peres NERS In all equivalent to 677,030,097 gallons of miik. Ayorage per cow, 4 gallons. 1970, Vermont, cows, Jesu, Vermunt, cows, ; Tnerease, 20 pur cont,. 1870, butter of farin dairies, by. can, Eni cows for our horda and exe idyment unt caro In breeding frum thom, niwvaye remo boring that no imntter what the yletd of milk from a vow may be, abe should nat be relect forn breeder, ‘unless sho posacasos ne au in boritanee that shape which iudientes avtive res eretory functions, In her well-stiay strong hetul, wide muzzle, mihi, clear eye, broad fore= head, amall waxy born. slender neck. atraignt nek, straleht and sender ponloy, sharp ehln Joose shoulder, broad rib, open’ jointed biek+ bone, yellow «kin, prepandntting hind quitrters, Jong filnd feat and bread fore ample foot, gronse, well-shaped uddor, Inno superficial Velng, xoft hair, she should indicate a citpacity for vonverting fond into mik, as distinguished from Uhat vow whose rounder and filler form, and henvier bone, and amoother Joints, und nar- rower bead, and heavier quarters show an capes ell aptitude to tnke on fat, A good dalry. cow should possess nu paiptbly wenk point, i she is expeeted tire well 1 the work of the dairy. Aduiry cow, oioreover, never redches perfee- tion tn Her tine until sie bas nerived at maturl= ty: and she intat rench this period of life with all her fuenitios inimpilred if wo expect ber to be ns geod a cow na Nature intended ner to be, She ditfers fi this respect Crom tho best beef+ growing untiuata, which are ritture os it were at the sturt, and whose organizations, Inatend of heme impaired for thele business by genora tlons of high early feoding, re rather moro and thors ndupted to it. We ail nuw that tho oldest and Vest fmilles of Short-Elorne sre not re- markable for their clasticity and vigor, Thoy have not great muscular strength, and are detl- cient in the procurative faculties, Like the thoroughbred horse, whieh hns also been forced to early maturity and early decay for many sen erations, they have become envrvated and cons atitutionally delicate. Migh feeding fins done this in both instances, and ns “a snort life and a merry one" $n the animal is most profitable to the breeders of beef and horses it only for the turf, high feeding hus aecomplished what was desl the guin being greater than the sti io Not 40. however, with tho vow. Tler powers mature stowly, and depend Yery much ou the strength of hor constitutun, When this is impaired etther by breeding or by feeding her value ia diminished. For tn tno work of bearing youn and givin milk in whieh her whote Nfe js passed, the tnx upon her vital forces ig such that none but the most robust. enn endure it. Tn establishing a dairy breed. therefore, carly maturity, with its accompany. ing evils, is not destraple, On the contrary, It abou be avoided, and that mode of f abould be adopted which will be conducive to hon the Individual and to tho breed, and leh will in no way exhnug, tha powers anid shorten the life of tha race. > bt addition Co this, wrent regard should be had Ju ridaing datiy stock to the etfect whieh differ. ent kinds of fund proiuee upon the animal economy, Whatever enlarges the bony struct- ure of the female culf beyond what is uecessary Tor her strength is worse than useless, A cunrse> honed cow rirely rencbes that standard of ex: eeflenee, both in the quantity and quality of her milk which Is attractive to the breeder or autis- factory to. the consumer. 5 it would seem, therefore, that in rearing aul- mus for the dairy cure should betaken that the young tre not Ko fed us te develop n tendency to xrent size elthor in frame or fnadtipowe tissue; or su As tu establish fn tho end a race whley bas every fuculty except that of producing milk. Twould not advocate a deficiency of food for young dairy start; but 1 would argue against au excess of articles of a biehiy stimulating quall= ty. The ptan of the Seoteh fariner is wideubl- cally» good one: to tke tholr calves uarly from tho dam, feed ‘them from, the -dish, and bring then to solid food or pusttire ag soon as tho cons dite af the soute xtoniied will allow. Unetend of Iingeed meul they use 2 great quantity of oat+ iment, nu articty of Tood much jess predisposing: fo {at and Keeping ups vigorous growth, We havo in this country a good quality of hay every> where ad a basis of feeding; and after the calf‘is wenned, or after she brs hud milk cnuugh to lve ber a fale intro- duction nto ite, bay. in the form of nay ten and afterwards of rowen, is undoubt- ediy the best fond tha animal can have, espe- clatly when aided by #& few roots, such ns ture nipsorcurrots. Ta such enses inllk is aban- doned ata very carly age and ekimined milk 15 udvantigeonsiy nol as n substitnte. f shoukd Wot reentumend tio use of grain, eapechuly that containing # supernbundanes of olly mutter, ag Tudian corn and Museed fer yourng dairy stock, ereven for dulry cows when in the tush of milk. Perhups corn-medt spariigty, or barley, or outinent, may be used: In whitereshould to auinalseem notto thrive well. Buen ealf that {8 property y 1 gud properly ted after weanlog, and furnished with 1 good pasture, will be carried through the. first wititer most sitisfactartiy On good, sweet bay, especially rowen with roots, In this way cata ualforin and well bulonced antinel be produced which, when pot toe dairy uses, will not become coarse aud raw-bred In’ her appearance, nor take oo Hesh at tho expense of tho inilk-pall. Thave considered the quality of ditiry cows aud the method of feeding thon as tho most. essenthul mutters to overy ditry farmor. 1 ave sid tho Stato of Towa ue: eased number of cows whick your furns could ensily feed, and you lve an judustrial re- nown here of which your State muy bu proud as sho now Is of the energy and thrift whleb are rapldly seeurlig that inerease, ‘bis elena don ts worthy of your consideration. ‘Thu East- ern manufacturer knows thut a very atlisht (ie creasy per hour In the product of tity mill, or tho: securing of but a fraction of n cent per yard on hiscloth will often conutitute tls protit. So of the. farmer, 4 ainnll nitdition to cae item of t largo txgregate of bis crops will neceasurily yield bint ohirge reward. You will pardon te, therefore, for entering inte the mere details of your bust: ness usinunugers of duiry herd. Tho cure of the crenmeries is iinportunt, but you must frat svoure the cream ng economically and profitn- vis ns pussible. The protection of tho: nurket axainstadulrerations 33 ath important: but a strony cheek to frvud 14 A eer aunply of un rellable product, Tho occupation of the homa asd Crolebt market ina imatter worthy of your ambition, but we must go lrst toour cows for otlr powor to supply the market. For the very foundation of thls business lowa bus great op- portnnltics, In soll and climate, in puro water aad aweet pastures, she is almost uneqiated in this land. "foyether with her slater Bates of the Northweat, spe can roan a great hurvest from her herd, aud lnvreuso Inrgely ber prospor> uus ngriculture, . The Sugar Grove Farmers? Institute and Tuduxtrial Schaa! a ‘There was held on the Istund 2d of Decem- ber a farmers’ Institute in connection with the Normal and Industrial School at Sugar Grove, Kune County, UL, both of which, the Tustitute and school, are of se untaue and pe- cullur a character, and possessing such gen- wine merit, as to be worthy of publication and cnulation, ‘Lhe farmers of Suzar Grove ‘Yowuship area very thrifty and Intetligent class of people, who hive deserved the bene- fit of these yearly conventions, and who this year displayed the greatest Interest tn the suecess of thelr pet Institution. Dr, 'Teft, of Elain, was elected Permanent Chairman, LL. Henry Chapman, of = Sugar Grove, welcomed — the delegates ound visit- ors fn oa speech remarkable for its vonclse statements of the position and duttes of the farmer, Me ndvoeated organ- Jaton, tot nd that farmers inight be enabled to secure needed: Stata and National Vextstution, ‘The farmer should net only bo taught to handle the team: ant plow, but the nature und composition of the sell, He should understand the principles of doimestle aud polliignd economy, af tance and tho liwe ‘of trate, a well as the sundamental prinelales oFState and National legidtation, Instead of hotng tho soudsilly; tho farmers, from tholr numerient strength and the fmpartance of their culling, shouhl he manters of the xituation. ‘The Hrut tovle dinctiased wis, Wi) Draining Pay? ant the subject drew out quite a lengthy: and Interesting discussion of the quesuon it all ita beuringy. Mr. Vitluuting, of aur open the digcuasion, which was participated in by Mr. Paul Nelo, af tiuckloy$ A.W, Chapman, of othord, ‘Khe resulta of tho informal talk upon draine ‘go would geotn to have given about the fallow. eUdO ., TOU BHK gold in murket, quilans, + Ra Jo Alequivaient, to Hit tt gallons of mlx, Averuge per cow, 25 watlons. Jes, Lutter of Sari duirles, lus, » SH200,000 “beese, LBS iN Stik gold tn taurket, gallos GO28,50 1 dean cyuivajent to 81,053,808 gallons of milk, Averege per cow, 338 gallons, . In 1600 Maswuchtsetta produced 6,659,101 pounds Of butter, 2,204,803 pounds of echoesy, and 12h ua allude GF anllk wuld, boing wxeveded i Tals product only by Now York und Uulo, 7 ey tous lnproveniwat going an in bot there tan tho breeding of datry stock, the feures } buyo lawl befure you show conclusively. And yet Unereis Kreat rou fur Wnproyenient in this dirvctiun, Sufficient cure is nut ulways used tn selecting the feinalo in the frst plice. A cow thet huppens to ben grunt miiker in spite of anaby bad polnta and without nny knows anced wy ig oxpected to produce good bulfer calves, without tuch cure for thy mile, we set ber ut work; she trandwita ber poor qualities, perhaps dnereased by tho sire, and her xood ones disap. paar, A large cow Is selected for tho purpusuot receding heavy cattle, hur. airy belay often ber only recommendation, She may tecder, u bud baudier, a bad mover, deticicnt fn thee very points whieh render we animal Ue for the stall We vreed from bor und she giuappulnts our expectations, We ny choose # good vow for cholce breeding, uomind: fubot the quality of the bulb which baa been prasjousty. coupled with ber, and wo wre aston shed, and mortified, and diwcournyed to Nud ‘that abe produces anything but whut is desirod and expected, ‘The breeding of dairy stock, however, 1s mare anicult. Tho organization of a youd milking cow is very delicate, easily disturbed, aud not easy to'trauami, ‘The whole system of milke ruduciag urgund t6 so sensitive that many cnusca Way prevent ite frungiuivsion, and many causes muy Jujure ity operution after it is transmitted, A suddon chill, weavers thunders storm, ehungus of food, Fright, abuse, may harm but little a thrifty wteer ‘on uw hillside asture; but any one of thom inay seriously in- ure u youd caw grudiug by bis side, Wo stionld bot forget this. If we would anticipate our wmaoy dlssppointwonts aud bear thom phil- ry tu fnot, fuy ite the summary of personal and practical ex perloncy; J. It keeps the Jand foose aud friuble and Ju botter condition te work englly, 2. Ie allows the, routs of ptinta to penctrate deeper and tho orolsture to ascend from Uelow, i, Ut raises the temperature ot the gull: fram 1 tod degrees. 4. lt inerenses the fertility of thosoll by carey tog a larger amouut of tho Ammonia of tho rains water In tho aoil, woere it t4 retained while tho Water pisses turotgh It, On Thursday evening tho topio chosen waa “Varmers’ Homo What aball we do to make them mare bin Bet 1 puke firinelite Wore agreenbig?" Interesting papers were read by Sra. 118. Richmond ang hie Prot. Hull of Hucur Grove, and Mra, Gitbs of Howner's Grove, followed vy a discussion Ia whlen suveral others took part. Un Friday the forenoon was consumed in dle- Cusaling the wubject of Aburtion—Itt causes wad prevention.” De, Toft stated that ly the Vicinity of Elia inust of the duiry bords ted heen eifectod by this disease, entalling werioug loaies upon the ownors, somo dairymen foal all thotr cnlvew Ja woud years, It wus not od Yrovatent naw Ge two Or Lbroe yeurs atiee, iv had nover becu uble te reach wuatisfavtory conclusion aA to ite cause or curu, but fad theory Unt it was due tu the exhaustion of Vhuspbates fn the sull, wud consequent detvwncy jn the grugses, ao thar ibey did not furnish the watortal out of whiew to form the bony frumes work of tho yrowliy fuwtus, wus contirmed in thig theory by dissuations be hud made, in whlch, tuo bonud Uf thy Tutus wera found 4o be woft In conpariion with whut they should be. Auting on thia theory, bu bad commenced feedtag ble cows grouyd Vone-duat su quuntity of two seas Spoontuls per week in thelr wall, Whled practice ho still continued, and bad na ‘trouble In hla berd, His uxportence was, that animals baving the diacise and aborting, Would, wa role, afters wurd breed, thouga thore were exeeptions, Tho discase fa pecutiay to tie dulry dieteiote, Prot, Hall thought ubertion uot cuticely due to exbuustion of phovpbutes fu tho soll, but also. fn the animal fe kept ‘giving wile in lurge quan tity the entire yeur. The umount given olf jn amuilk doca not Jeave the amount necessary to form te bows ofa new aulmul consequently Naturo throws . ‘Thinks favorably of focil- ing bone-duat to supply the deficlenoy, but hast never tried it. Dr, Teft suid Agout cow gives 5,000 pounds of dyer, This contained 11.65 pounds of Phosphate of Unie 210 pounds of myenesiy Phosphates, nnd 0.35 pounds oxtae of fi ql tho epeaker asked, Do tho grusses in our dey districts sippy this waster The dikeussion of the question: What Breed of {lorses Shall tho Farmer Ralse.” brought out quite A general expression that the heavy Enropean draft horso was not just the animal fur ordinary farm purposes: whilst tho farmer Intiht bo atte ty make nionof in raising them for elty purposes, for bls own tise 8 lighter woleht horse wns proforatle. florses weighing from 1,900 to 1,000 were bout as heavy ns tho farm work horse should bo. Thero wisn diversity of opinion as to the heavy dratt horacaof Scatland and Normandy, opinion as thor relative merits bulug about oventy devided. Various othor Papers were discussed at tnora or less length, ang the inatltute was in avery sense a perfect nitceuss, ‘Tho wives and daughters of the nolghvorhood abl everything possible to make the visitors at home, spreniing a bountiful and elegint.laneh Jn the town-hall, aut informally tenderiny to wll Areception which will not soon bu forgotten. Tilinofs to the Front. The proud posttion of Iinols as an ngri- cultural State ling been demonstrated by the Teturis of the late census, As examination of the returns places the State In the van in varlous departinents of agriculture, and to tho’ surprise of probably seven-tenths of the people gives the Stato an euviable position In the Hne of manufacturing and the pro- duetion of mineral riches, In field crops tha Inte censns returns give the State the honor of leading ail others in the production of corn, wheat, rye, and oats, white in puta: toes runt hay Ltinois Is exceadted by but threo States, In nmmber of farm: auhnals the State leas with horses and hogs, ‘and is be- And only two States in the number of mules, Jn tho number of cattle, Uinots accedes the prestige to three other States, Jn the Hne-of meat packing, the limber trafile, the production of ainlt and distilled liquors, the manufacture of ugricaltural im- plements, and the number of miles of rail- way, Tinos: takes the Jead ‘The Prairie State lng never been considered Importantin uiieral wealth, and many willbe surprised to loarn that she stands third in value of ber cont productions, and in the miuniufuctire of Iron and steel ta entitiod to the fourth plaice, The Inexhaustiblo velna of bituminous cont, whieh his been etch « source of business prisparies: during tho pnat. twenty years, aro ieing more extonsively worked, New corporn- tlona bave been foried within the past two years, and a very large number of new abafts and mines bave bees andre belng sunk. Tho coal belt in La Satie, Kankakee, Sangamon, anit othor conaties hive In consequence attracted Hreat interest front Eastern capitalists, who had iM Years past invested large sums In purchasing farms in these localities, and who now find thomselyes the owners of these great conl priv- Tilnols ag na ngriouttural and stock-ralsing stato will before inuny years begin to deteriorate, tha rengon belong that manufaeturing Interests will certainly usurp much of the uttention now given to tarmiing 1 atl its tranches, Farin iands in [lInols aro becoming tou valuae ble for ntriclly farming purposes, and su much of this property being underiaid with great and practically inoxnhaustibic mineral woalth, It is the opinion of muny shrewd, foresceine farm= ers thut the great breeding and feeding centre must bofore many yours be west of tho Missis~ alppi, and that [llinojs will become a great inti. ufucturing State. In this connection, and as tending to show the propensity to locate these munufucturing Interests within the State, it muy be sald that within a short tlie tho ladies of tha Prairie State, whieh bus for yenra dependod upon hog and hominy for its stuple production will be eunbled to. buy stik goots manufactured atthelr own door, and within thelr own bulll- wick, Tho farmer ain fre gradually boing more wenerally ulforded the frellities for education and a higher degree of culture, aud the intro- duetion of bomenindo silks will doubtioss result dn the tual disappournnce of homespun Une Boys, and tho gradual adoption of views more In accordance with foreign and domestic Ideas of style. No other State Inthe Union takes the feud In so many important Industries, and there fy no telling whero the great fertility of sully mineral wealth, notwork of raiironds, onorsy, and braing of ber furmers and business-men will place tho State at tho end of another decuda, A Hereford Complaint, Tie Tunes Is in_recelpt of a lengthy AMu Hooks Mr. Stewart, of Pianos aud suvoral | communteation. fram Mr. ‘T, LL, Milter, the well-known Hereford breeder of Beecher, Ub, in which he repeats his insintations against the members of the Sinta Bonrd ot Agriculture for having selected judges at the Fat-Stock Show who were presumably not Mr. Miller’s own cholee, Notwithstand- ing the facet that the Iereford cattle wera awarded the great honors of the reeput show, Mr. Miller seemed to be ; of the opinion that liimself. andthe Hereford breeders generally nye been most egregiously wronged in some way. Ile churges that two-thirds of the members of the State Board are Short-Horn: breeders, further, that the oflicers of the ring and the superintendent of forage and stalls were also Short-florn breeders, Granted that this bo true, the fact remains thatthe Short-Horn. men falled to receive the highest honors of the show. Mr. Miller says “at lenst seven ot the nine judges were selected from dis- trlets represented by prominent Short-lHorn breeders.” Granted that this also be true, the Hereford men wore winners of the high- est honars of the show. Mr. Miller says that we have clearly the Tight to ask that impartial, Intelligent, and experlenced inen shold be selected for izes. ‘This is certainiy true, and ‘Tas WUnUNE has at all thes Insisted upon hiv ing Impartial, Intellizent, and experienced anen for these positions, and the facts are cluarly susceptible of proof that where objecs dons have been mado in proper forin und in gentlemanly manner, tho State Mourd have ole ways been willing to convede anythingthat would estaviish barinony, but they du, and probably will continue 10, object to any effort upon the part of any man or the rep. regentatives of any breed of cattle who attempt to dictute who shall be selected to pias upon the stuck exbivited. In this view of the euse the board will bo quite universally atid: tiined, on the ground that if tho question of honest and unbiased solection of Judges vannot bo made without the exbibition of unsecmly and in inuuy cases Siig Abuse vs ugolnst the bonrd, the Fat-Stuck Show hud better be relo- muted to obscurity, id Mr. Miller suys furtha “Tho show of Horc- fords at tho Fat-Stuck Show of 1880 was as thio a ahow tig woa ever mady at uny show, und the Short-Horn breeders undertook to brouk thoir defeat by charglug fraud and skill In focding, und your reporter was with them. in refer- onee to thls tinpllcation as to the course of Tine ‘TRIBUNE, [t muy be dismissed with the assortion that wot oue word was written or published that ‘was vot fully warranted by tho show, and tho deelsion of those perhaps as cainputeut to judgo of polnts of excelten ns the interested oxbi- bitora of avy purticular breed of stock, ‘Tho Fut-Btock Bhow was organized fordecent, houcet, competition, and without the fullest exhibition of these desirable charavtoristics canuct tong survive, The coursy of ‘TRIBUNE bas been ong to whieh no woll-founded objection contd possibly bo ralsed, unless by one whose only Win would scum to bo to teur down overy* bre rier to bla success without the slightest conaid~ bration for tho rights aud Seetings of other poo- la. Nothing but tho Milloniiuts will bring about Ue state of things ao ardently desired by tho breedors of Hereford cattlc, univss the udeless, unprofitable «inayxing" of cortaln of thelr nuinbor ja digcontinued. Li Cornatalks for Fucl—Important to Prale rie Formers If 'Vrio, Special Corresporutence of The Chicago Tribune, Des Moines, In., Doe. 6.—Tho smartest tnan Pye moet in Lowa is a farmer near Fort Dodge, 1s nume fs BU Rugales, Te hing 8 4O-aere farm, 0 splendid dairy, a conlemine under his farm, and a thie belt of hard thie ber within slight of his house, When I went Into Mr. Ruggles? largo lt. {ing-roow, L noticed a very large etave, It was the slinpy of a parallel oplpedon—about four feot long, threes high, end the same brond. Sthwhted the sitting-room and hull very nicely, “Taco you burn wood, Mr, Ruggles,”I romarked as 1 held my handy up to. worm them, Z “No, slr—Lean’t afford to burn woods it’s too much work to eit It.” “Then cual, I suppose 2” I continped, “No, slr—too much work to'dly coal Im bebe aEaittes that beats coal or wool— cheupor than elther of them, thougt I huve both coal aud wood on the farn?” “Well, what cun you burn cheaper than wool or & oP’ L usked, desiring. to solve the problem... ae “Why, 1 burn com-stalks, slr. “Corn-stulka are thu cheapest and best {uel orearth, It is fen tines us easy to gather gomi-stalks and tle then Into Danclies uy It’ iy to cut dawn those trecq. Why, L into’ sho cornetlvld with two wen and ta ou duy-Rundle ap corns atalke euouxh to warm my hoy all winter.” “ Let ing seo you put solpe utulkes into the stove,” U wuld, 3 Br, Ruywles stepped to thé door und brought dn w bundle of” corneatulks about two fect through. Thoy were bound tightly together, The bundle welabed pbout thirty pounds, Ther Uttlug thy top of the stove, he laid thew in upon exes, ‘There ean be no question that the standing of | tho glowfog embers and closed up the front damper. low long wilt they burn?" Lasker, Three hours, Tdon'tlet them burn with st flame. My stove closes aly-tight. 1 lot them burn stowly without tinnie, fo yat nll tho heat there Ie in thom, ‘Tho stave ts large, with an immense radiating service, Tt duesn't have to be very hot, “Now,” sald Mr Ruggles, “ve stieb bind aday Keep my sitting-roomn warm—or 600 bins dies for the winter. “Lean bind up 60d bundle of cornestalks In two daya alone, 1 couldn't chop tho wood to warm this roum In a week, Thon in the spring U have a load of strong fabes for my whent-flold, while my neighbors have to cut up the snino corn-stutke in tho spring to pet them away from the harrow, It makos mo stnile when t hear about thoro idiots up in Min- tvsotn who hve tifty-ncre corn-ftelds, and stl xo cold or buy conl, “Why, I'd rather bura corn- mee than cut maple wood within sight of the 01,” * Tow woutd whentestraw do?" Ensked. © Just ns well, only tho stove would have to bo twice nelarge. Edt have it mado of sixteonths of-aneineh bofier-tron, four feot long and four feet nivh, with one tlttle damper, whiel could bo closed air-tight ‘Theae atoves can be made of sheot-lran. Any Unner can make them. Thoy should be largo, aAlr-thebt vate, with ittle pipes, end one hte dampor, whieh cat bo closed Ught by drawing a pleco of shectelron over it, ‘Thesy stoves can wide three-carnered, and set in the corner of a room, outof the way. ‘To keep them from burning the partition, put a layer of mortar orn row of bricks botweon the stove and tho pire Ueona, also havo brick and mortar under thon. This thick belek Aud mortie will xervo nsw reservolr uf he at, and once hot, will romain bot for houra, Ono an In Minnesota showed men stove for burntag straw, which was built of brick. Te wis Ket Into the aide of the house 60 18 to wasnt two roams, aud wie fed -from on third room, whieh was the woudesbed. ‘Thus tho dirt, ashes, and straw nil Httered tp the wood-shed, while tho eleun beat caine into tho bouse, On cach side of tho stove, between tho stove and tho pare tiUons, were luyers of brick a foot thick, which feted as hoat-reservoirs, Ent Penking, fown Breeders? Association, ‘The following Isa partial! program of the exerelses to occur at the elghth auntal meet- ing of the fowa State linproved Stock-Breed- ers’ Association, wich will begin at the Opera-ouse, Jowa Clty, on next Tuesday: “Lessons from the Consus," by J. M. shaffec, Keokuk; * Wasted,” hy tho Hon. Jainos Wiison, Tracer; “Some of tho lelations of Trees toStock- Furimiug.” by Prof. J. J. Budd, Al Tl erensed Vaitio of n Wellbred Iorse,” by Jordan, Waverly; ‘ences, and ‘Trespass of Domestic Animals,” by Judgo , C. Nourse, Des f the Causes Whereby Farmers i by 1. 8. Coflin, Fort Kdueantion.” by Prealdent by “Tha Dalry Cow and Prof, 3. A. Koepe, th uf 0 b: Dr od. ‘lowa Pastures in Midsum- mer,” by ich, Town City: The Feed- er,” by J. G, Brawn, Vancleves * Tbe Steer,” by D. » Monlgor, Albion; * Ine ‘That Are injurious and ‘Thoso (If nny) ‘That Are Beneticial to Stock 1 Crops.” by Prof. Herbert Osborn “Sheep,” by 5. H. Thompson, lowa City: ful and D etive Birds," by Bi dual.” Ames; * Value and Charactoristics of a Good- Breeding Bull,” by the Hon. Churlea Law- der, Satem: “Milk and Gonernt Dairy Manage- ment,” by W. M. Holes, Grinnell; * What Prog ress {n Swine-Lroediug?" by A. Fallor, Newton; “ Fisu-Culturo tor tho Farnt,” by the Hon. John Scott, Nevada; “Selunco as Applica to Practice —Reyarding tho Eradication of Disorses Among Stock and to tho Production of Grasses,” by Prof, T. 8. Parvin, Iowa City." Judge ZC, Luce, af Lowa Clty, ts Peest- dent and Mr. Fiteh B, Stacey, of Stacoyville, is Secretary of the Association. -Amplo ar- rangements for visitors have alrendy been made by the Comnilttes of Arrangements, of which tha Hon, John W. Vorter is Chair- man, and the transportation problem is fn the hands of the Hon, Ezekiel Clark, who will seo that visitors recelve every attention inthis respect. ‘There fs po State in the Union In which so much attention Ia paid to the breeding and feeding of Ilveestook, und tho personnel of this purtiontur association fk one of which every citizen of the State can afford to bo enthusinstle, Tho discusslons aro wide In thelr range, and inverios bly taken part in by gentlemen whose ability and pear enn carrics weight with thoir argue ments, ‘The coming inceting will undoubtedly attract © much larger uttendance than ayer, and it ts the duty of luwn breeders to oncourige and patronize tho efforts to make these invatiogs tho ventre of thelr beat and most thoughtful consid oration of all subjects interesting tu stock mon, , Veeding Stock in Transit. Within the past twenty-live years, during which tho jive-stock trade of Americn has assumed its present gigantic proportions,thera fins been a constant cry for the perfection of some plan which would guaranted a more fuanane mode of transportation for all kinds of stock, Compinles have been Incorporated for the purpose of building cars possessing the elements of comfort, as woll as facilities for the proper feeding of animals. while in transit, and. a yast amount of Inventive genlus has been displayed in porfecting 0 system that would trapsport stock long dis- tances, and at thd same time deliver them at their destination In prime condition, The tosses to shippers through shrinkage enused by defective care and the accompany- ing exposure of long journeys have been yery great, and while the success of men who have made the matter a study has resulted In thu production of n better character of cars, thore has always been more or less severe Tosges catised by the inability to property feed and water stock, The old uiethod of untonding nt Intorvals for the purpose of feeding und wa- tering ie un expensive mensure, to nothing of the grout loys of time, Tho consequence hasbeen that Yankee ingevulty has buen tuxed to Inveat some piun by: which animals could be properly fed ond cured for without tha Holaes and it How scams ps though somothing practicable was about to result trom these efforts, Tho intest candidute for favor in this regard js Mr. Alfred D, ‘Tlugley, of the Hu. mune Livo-Btock Express: Conny of New York City, who had evolved a pi which ho thinks possesses all the requirements neccasary to in sure rapid transit aud the bestef care. Mr. ‘Ting- Jey’s plan fy to establish a number of “cattle rca- tiuranis” along each Une of railroad that trang: ports ve stock, They will by 200 niles apart, and the enttle can bo ted and watered covery twolyo hours, Whon a train with a load of cat~ te on bourd wets witbio twenty miles of one of those restuurants a tolegram will bo sent to tho Officer in charge, and when the train arrives everything will ve iu readiness. Groat iron cups, about ng re us und gomotutdy of the shape of w good-sized kitchen pot, will contain food and Wuter, fun into thota throuwb rubber pipes from tanks above, Tho train will stop Lotween two rows of those trough, those on one side con+ taulning water and those on the other sidv hold- tug four quitkts: of tuod conWiet Ob of wo mixture of ground corn, oute, aud cut bay. Kuch car wil huve sixteen oponinga on cach side, .all of which can be eaally closed when the car, whieh weed be nothing nore than an ordinnry cattle- car such us is at prodsut used, is required for othor purposes on the return trip, Into eau of these openings a trough with food or water with bo pastel, Le monns of a sliding bar upou whiet (Lroata, It will. mova forwurd to the cur direct, or sldewaya, as mity be required to reach the openiug, tho wide motion bung accomplished by sliding i wlong anotuor bur extending: Ho whol length of thu restaurant, tho bur by whith it $s pushed forward nccumpanying. ‘The tlext- Dio rubbur tubes through which tho food and Watr passes will, of courte, offer no resistunen, Mr. ‘ft ares Doag 1 bis otlice @ mode) of 4 res thurant, ; ‘Tho vattle ablppors and dealers of tho ontire country wilt watch with unusual interest tho de- velopment bf the new invention, which if but purtiully suecussful cannot but be of ureat line portagce wad pruiit to them, Increasing Iutercst in the Subjoct of Knsllagas ‘Tim Trinune som tine since contalned a brief reference to tha subject of ensilage, taking the ground. that In certaln localities, moro especially where the country was thickly settled, Jt wag but a question of a short tli when the preservation of green tgod for winter feeding would become more or Jess general among stock-feoders, ‘ho importance of the system whereby animals are alfordod this churacter of food through the Intraduetion of silos tiny been wnderestimated, farmers depending upon fiekl crops. and -pasturage, but within the past two mouths there hasbeen a decided renetion, and its now more than establisted in the minds of some of tho most practical feuduns that there Is “great merit in the sys- tent, and the orection of silos or preserving bins {s becoming more general, At the late Dairy Conventiun at Cedar Raplds Commis aloncr Loring did not bealtate to recommond tho ddeu of presurving feud In this way, aud be went wo far as Covny that a yroat miituke was being dade by tarinere who did not give tho subject thelr vdroest thought, -st le rvadunable to supe pose that etock in wintonuarturs will fatten more rapidly aud to better advuntugs upon food pos Mevaing purt of its arlyisul freshueds, sud us the Sdea ty porfeeted, aud the churacter of grasses Bnd cereals is wruduuily improved, while jo this stute of preservation, tho subject of ensllago must uttruct more generat attention, Anything that posausies merit, and at the sume time pre- senté the elements of ccouomy In ite use, muEt be of Incutculable benott to thoturmer, and 1% {esate to pesume that this plan will grow tn fuvor, especially in tho duisy districts of the country. It ie clatmod that fodder thus preserved undergoes certain cheuls cal cuanges —— whlel ne- bh wre not be: ficlal to stock; sud while this puuse of too any" tuatter has not been determined, tho Mot re mining that in tho Haast, wero aifos bave beon tused, no bad offect has been experienced, General Notors. Footand-month disenso 1s increasing in Cornwall, and hag broken owt in South Iinpghire, Eng : ThE Ing been a great atvanco in the pricoot work-horsesin New Engtand, Dark ‘colors are again becoming fashionable, and honvy draft terms are quoted nt $425 to $550, ‘Tho now Canadian herd-book will be pup- Hehed by the Britlsh Amorican Short-lorn Association, which was orgaulzed In Sep. tember Inat, Mr. Jolin Dryden OM. T, of Brooklyn, Ont,, Is Presidtent’of tha nssocla- AON. Mr, Atherton 'T, Brown sol tha dorsey Bull, ‘Tieokles 6,073 to ko to Merribroke Farm, Stamford, Conn. ‘this antinal is by Black Detlanee 4,018, one of the West gloreey animals ever brought to this country, On account of falling hentth Mr. BW, Mads dux, of Ronding, 0, offers hia famous farni, “Oxford Pack,” for anle. Mro Maddux will ba remetnbared 08 the gentloman who Inat your tin ried ating herd of Jorsvys, which have just in soldin Now York, Bomo Lp lubnlte 4 high pricos wero pald at the sale of tho Oxford Park bord af Jerseys in New York. The butt Farmer'a Glory brought &,200, «8 price which his been oxecedud nt auction but otice for a dersoy anlinnl, Tho bull Forget-Me- Not brought $2,125. Thore wero sixty-five hond sould, the average price recelved being H412.i0. ‘Tho first volumo of tho National Register of Norman Horses hag Just veen issued by the Ni onal Norman-Horse Asaoolation of Blooming: tan, HL ‘The book contains noarly 1,100 numer of aulnals, and ite value ts Increased by a v4 nable history of the Norman drift-borad. Tho register js edited by James M. Hiutt, Thore has never bean a season when writers have bad so much tosny upon toe {portant subject of proper and wiirm shelter for stuck, Fortuera are beginning to appreciate the boues fits to accrno from providing the best kind of shelter for thelr unimuls, and the fact Is concin sive evidence of tho thoughtful consideration which they ure giving tutholr own beat intercats, Mr. A. L. Hamilton, of Lexington, Ky. bre pilteluued of A. MoCisutoaky of Millersburg, Ky,, the colotrated tniported cow Fonnell Duch- ess of Lanenater, bred by Mr. Musgrove, of Ormekitk, Eugtans ite, enlved Sept. {7,t8t4 by Royal Lanenster (2,870) out of Fennell Duchess ith by ith Duke of Oxford (1,004), ber dain Fennoll Duchess by 2d Lord of Oxford @2021,) ‘The animal is ono of tho Hneet bred Short-Horns In America, The Mtinols Industrint University offers to thuse who cannot give longer time to agricult- ural study in schools, Four gay: courses Of lect ures Hiei ita Winter term—sleven weoks from Jan. 4, 188%. The subjects aro: Goneral Farm Management, Animal Husbandry, Diseuses. of uu, and Elements uf Horttoulture, Tho university Mbrary and muscum. will bo opon to those in attendance, Tho. annual agricultural iuetieate will bo held during tho last week in january, The twenty-soventh yolume of the English Short-Horn Record bua just. beon distributed to subscribers, [t contulng 1,540 entries of bulla bringing up the nunibor from 44288 to 15,634, an 3.236 of cows (exclusive of thelr produce), shuw- Ing 4 decrease of 107 bulls and B71 cows In com- parison with last year's volume, but a gain upon tho cows’ cntrles of volume twenty-five, Tho new volume of tho American Short-{oru Hard- Book brings the bull nuinbers to 42,672, 80 tho Juntor work is vary little bebind tio sontor fn thia respect, During tho past two or three yeara, tho farm- ers of Mississippt havo been engaged tn tinprov- ing thelr dairy cattle, buying largely of the best breeds of cattle for that purpose. Laut week there vccurred a sulo of thoroughbred Jerseys, Short-Horng, and Galway cattlo, which was tho ‘rat salo of uceliniatted thoroughbreds over mudo in the Southwest, Tho stock was from tho of Boston, tins herds of Alabama and Misstselppt stock. rafsora, who havo demonstrated — thoir ability to — bre bust things. The oy cusvern part of Misuissippi,. it iy thought, will soon bocome arent sales locality, whore the runghinen of Toxug-and Now Moxico can ind at tenst n portion of thelr young stock. Herr E. Pekar, of Buda-Pesth, Hungary, 9 learned and acleutitio gentieman who fur ‘tho pest ton months bus been traveling through tho nitod States fn quest of stutistics in reyard to the wheat prospects, particnlurly iu regard to the Northwest, hus this to say of Jill. nola: “1 leave Iilinvis nfter this my second visit, atity with regret not tobe nyle to spend more time+in your rich, young Btate, Young tu its existence, young iu its virgin soll, and set grown and powerful in iis tnlgot LO BUD ply tho {irndamontat neceaaltirs -of Ife, fur above tho wants ol those to whose work the migic power, uf tho soli responds in bountifut harvest." Tuo distinguished goutlemnn is close studont and accurate obseryer,-and tho readers of Tim Tripune will be favored wt an early day with 0 canci#e review of bis ex- perlences among and impressionsof the farmers Of the States. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Frozen Clerks, Tb the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. , CHICAUY,. Deo. 2—A man on State street ad- vortizod in your columns somo timo ago in bold typo that he was no slave-driver, and luuding himeolt for furnishing seats for his clorke, ‘This fa very woll, Within © fow weeks, howover, it niust hive been noticed by atl who have been customers fn his place, In common with myself, that bo hafabsnduned his humane role. Ihave been unnbloto got even ordinary attention from the clerks because of thoir hulf-frozon condl- tion. In plain lunguage, I have always found thy street-iloors opened, und the temperature Ingida tho sume as out, In imy heavy wraps 0 versonally was uot inconvenleticed, but tho um- ployéa wero actually suffering. Inquiry de- veloped that hardly one of the main floor, irre- spective of sex, bad not lost from a duy to a weok tately bocause of Iiiness cugendered by this criminal exposure, agaloat whleb no pro: teat suommed to avall, ‘The responsibility of this conduct on the pirt of a man who has the hoalth of ao 1Any in bis charge Jy patent to atl, and no further comment Ja demunded from me. In behalf of humanity I bes you will give this upaee, * A Lavy Customzi. How to Wash Flannels, ‘Ty the Editor of Ths Unicugo Yribunt, Cut0ad0, Dec. 1.—Tho belief {8 quite gencral thut soft, al-wool tunnels cannot bo washed without shrinking aud getting yellow, and for those reasous many persons deny ‘thomselves the luxury of wearlng them, But thore iano foundation in fiuct for such 9 bellef, as tho softt- est and tincat tauuuls may bo washed an indeflait number of tives without becoming harsh or yellow, or shrinking Iu tho Joust, if tho followin mothod ip invariably pursued: Dissolve a anal! quantity of good suap in het water. Add culd water chough to turm a suflicient quantity of suds. Mu curcful not to have the suds too wtrong, Put the tunnets iu tho cold suda and lot thom souk for several hours, when, unless they ure very much sulled, they can bo cleansed porfeotly by a hitte rubbing. they are vory dirty it may be nocessury ty change the suds in which thoy are soaked two or three tines, Hiuse in cold water softened with a jittle auapor borax. Do not rub sonp upon the tunnels. A Ute dissolved borax should bo addud to the water in which flannola aro washud, but no biusing, should ever bo used, Burax sultens and whitens thom; blucing renders, them harsh and unalghtly, It ts beat to always iron flannels befora thoy arequitedry, Bua i Judicial Reforma, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Orrawa, Hi, Deo. 8—L have porused with great interest your articles upon judicial ro- form, and trust thut thoy may bo widely road ‘aud tay lead to positive resulta, The public ore beginning to think that laws and all legal practico are ditcotly In tho {ntorest of the ermlunt classes, Individual rights are indocd precious, but {1 pouco ag in war thoro uré times: whon the individual right, and the Individual fo oven, count as vothing in comparison with the right Of the Htate to protact {tucif, iuuy of the evils of our presunt system aro duo te an clective judicivry, Tha people, bav- ing onve begun to control the Judloiry, wero oncouraged to reduce it more and more to thelr owntdous, The criminal and dungeroud clauses gre most votive in judicins elections, und their Intlucnce {8 more und more folt, ‘The wbussat the pardonios pawor is an,ovil which moat cuphatically needs correction. “The Btato nugbt to have the samo right of appeal that the criminal has. Thero should be much mora strictness tn. collecting furfelted baile bonis, Tho farco of * chanwe of venno™ abould ‘bo ended, and tho oath of u criminal abould not be allowed to deteraiing whore he shall be culled . O create a botter state o things you baye tho beat wishes of tho pubile, ‘As our Leyislature nus wect again during: the your, might not thoy act upon sume of these dusportant matters as woll as upon the appore Uowiwent uF Representatives? ¥.8. De 2. EWINng. ‘The Stalwurt Moses, - -o the Eilitor of The Chicago Tribune, KEWANEE, Ill, Deo. &.—Guiteau proves to be the Moses to lad tho apulls-scoking “Stul- warts "out of the wildernest., Ho bas led them so farastosee tho promised tand towing with otlces and spoils, but he does not acon tikely to set foot theroou. This is a bard fate. As ho daily reminds Arthur of bis obilgations to blm through tho nasusin's buliot, bo must begin to suspect that Presidential ingratitude will loave blu out Ju the cold, and even his uame to be- coe 8 bisainy Hd w by-word atnong men, when he confidently hoped he would be crowned by. bis benollclary with laurels, and that oillions of Stalwart throwts would shout hiv nawe as tho great redeumvr of his country frow the curse of clyil-wervico reform aud untlering tyranuy. N PAGES. Whatevor othors nay say, Guitean alway! think ho was right in atriking for uillee, but only munyeet that hiagront merit is not duly appree inter. The Inter What Tee Tt has reason to be proud of Gulteai's ood opinion of tte great possibilities, Only 820000 In tte tl would have enables Charley Farwell tobecomo Presidunt, Gulteas's modesty forbado him from enyiug that hi awn yotco and fntluence would also be teoled, but leaves usta infer that those would be fn at the right thno. Woll. it ts bard telling which was the groatcst fool in ontimuting that paper's ine fitoneo, the nesuaiti or the 4-Q, Gultatu seoms tobe not by any menns tho only craok-bralned croatiro tu Adiwire that papor.. ut that paper should bo grateful to G. for ita present Hoper of, etling ite hands into the Treasury. it is a’ lovely partnership. TRONEVEL, “And Thouannds Say Amen)? ‘To the Editor of The Uhteayo Tribune, CutoAco, Dec, 1—Tho susgestion In. this morning's TiisuNn from your ‘correspondent 1. H. D. fs 0 welcome ono to many of your rend- ers, and I hope your office will be so looded with communications on tho same sirbject as to fully convinee you that urgent naccasity demands that something stall bo done to “spare and pros teut tho boya" ana keop thom out of tho sa- loons of thiscity. Itunderstand thoro is 4 law prohibiting the selling of Mquor to minors, or allowing them to play billiards and pool in theso saloons, If there is such a taw will you unt pobliss it ahd for anne: renders know what Ja sbeing done town Its enforcement? Tf thore Ia no law that will fully cover the aub- Ject fet us have one, for such on inw ‘ba unforced. Public sentinont must be in favor of. surrounding our boys and youn men with oll the protection that ent be glven them. Let Tas Citosgo Taunt formulite auch & patition as will not only ae cure a proper law but provide for its enforco- “ment, Let this petition be ctroulnted wider tho direction of the Citizens’ Association or other proper partics. and the unnumbered thousands who would be glad to sign such a document would constrain our lawoinkers and officers to givo the matter tholr attontion. Givo ta a good Sunday-morning editorial on the subject, am- bracing such a petition as woukl be proper to presont ta our authorities. Have this editorial and petition read to every congregation in this city, ty) thousands will sny ninon, i * Lat inforined that the Citizens’ League, ‘ar | Asaoclation, are now doing something In thisdl- reation, but thoy nead the powarful influence of your papor, seconded by. the individu- al —fotluence of every right-thinking dunn and woman In this elty. Sond out your re= porters for a few facts, aud tholr return and ro- port with convince you that the beat editorial ability of your office must be given this aubject uutll tho great wrong Is corrected. Glvo us the headquartera address of the Citizens’ League, fnd lot them have euch eneouragumont as will stimulate thom to increased etfort, 80 hendline your editorial ns to attrnot immo- diate attentiod, and then by facta and sound logic conyinco your readers that they must wheel Intoline, and do what they can towards supprossing thle grout aud growing oe ai GAIN, Tho County Derry (Irixh) Election. "Mb the Editor of Tha Chicago ‘Tribune, Cnivaao, Dee, 1,—Your correspondent, “J, C. M.," ‘In bis communication todity furnisnes much valuable and futeresting misintormation Jn royard to the apecial eleotion to fill a vacnnoy jn Paellamont from the County Londonderry. What bo allirms {3 strictly accurate,.with thoso fow oxcoptions—viz.: (1) [ls atatewent that tho Land League had'no candidato In tho flold has been explulned by your interjocted statement that tholr candidate bad withdrawn lo favor of tho Tory candidate, (2) His statament that * tho Tortes contentad themselves with o uscleas, harmless, unknown strangor,” without any particular record, ts thy ravereo of tho truth. Tho Tory’ candidate, Sir Bamuol Wil- son, the present owner ana occupant of Hugh- henden Manor, the former residence of tho late Lord Benconsfleld, was in fact tho very strongest candidate the Tories could havo nominated. He tsa native of the ndjoln- tng County of Antrim, and is a member of a family, somo inembers of which have suffered for clvil and vellyious liberty, Ho isa Presby- terlun In religious bolef, and bo ‘also {ndoraed “tha Land act of 18812 (3). His statoment that ‘in 1874 tha Liboral vote of this county wns 5,088, white tho Tortes polled 3,140, giving tho formor a majority of 2,473," 1s altogethor Incor- Teot, as is eviiient from the fact that In 1874 tho total nuinber of voters in tho county, according to tho oilicial record, from which [ copy, wis only 400, (4). At the general olection in 18s) tho total number of qualified voters in the coun~ mf was only 58h, und the two Liber- al candidates — recewed the following number—to-wlt; tho ltt.-Hon, Hugh Law, 0.0123 SirT, McClure, 2,712; and the Conservativo, 3. MM. Alexander, recolved 2107, Each voter could voto ror two candidates, but could not cast two votes for tho same cundidate. (6) In 180 every Ulster collate bud) Lory rope resontatives in Parliament, but at the election in 1874 the Hullot act was in forvo for the first time, and the County of Londonderry was, by 8 vory clogo vote, redeemed by the Liberals; so that it is very signiticant that In the election this week, wotwithstanding that the Land- Leaguors voted for the Lory candidite, the Lib- eral candidate, Porter, is alected, as he aaya, by oven 013 mujority, Lwasafratd tat the Tory candidate would be elected, but the tunant« tormers:of Londonderry evidently know and yote for thoir best friend, and 1 rejolvo with thom In thelr victory, Lonponperny.! ‘What Can Wo Do for Our Criminals? ‘To the Editor af The Chicago Tribune. Cittcago, Dec, ¥.—In o recont issue of your Paper L noticed an oditorlal under the capuion of “Tho Punishment of Crimo." I was very glad Indecd_ that you treated this subject so fulrly. But I whab that while you wore writing upon this subject you would also have given your viows upon tho best mottiods of regulating nud decrousing ft. And I hopo that you will ut some future tima in an cditoral discuss tho present urgent necossity of doing something in the way to prevent crime, + My object in writing this letter is to onllyt the sympnthy and ald of those who aro intercated in this work to some immediate action, Lot us ox-+ nino the atate of affairaas thoy exist today in Chicago, and sve {f thoro is not something thut wo cup do that ‘will dcoronso erlmo in our city. £ find that nearly throo-fourthes of .tho inmates of our Stato Peniten-, tlary at Joilot are young. mon, the mujority are uneducated, and nearly four-fifths wero ine temperate, Now while it Ia.certain that all who drink liquor do not steal, It is safo to sny that every profussiouul thief will rouuily indulgo it Sntoxicating Mquors. Now with a khowledze of criminals oxtending over four yours | believe L speak the truth when Ef say that the innjority will rendily aud frealy !ndulge in alt, kinds of Ivontiousnoss .whon ‘ut Jurge. I refer now to professionuls, "But there is found In ovary prig- On A certain number who can, bolisve, tf brought under geo Intluences be led to lend better fives. jow what uro the intlueuocs brought to benr upon the young men of our ality? What are the temptations that are thrown open to this unfortunate ctuss of our commu- pity? Let us sec, Bound an oblong square of which Clark, State, Madison, and ‘Twelfth streets ure the boundaries, and whut do you find? Firat, 0 ue sitloond, as imuny houses of prostitue Uon, fifty yan lng-neli Heurly 200 concert sae loons, and ilve Varisly theatres. i think itsara to say that there will bo found in this a A nightly, 3,000 prostitutes who are plying their arts to lead inten deeper whirlpoot of destrio- ton the 12,000 young men who putronize theso various resorts of pleasure, Ig It any wondor thot we buve so many orim- Inala? Ja it nt all surprising thur with this gituas fon of affairs a discharged convict will relapse snto his old ways? And whut {a more surprising, whore la our sucloty to uid these even to lend bettor Ives? Now lot us buve a soojoty of good mon who shall not proach at those mon bue wore with and-for them. We want In Calcago a pluce where those men can bo mut and helped to load hotter lives, and whore the Gospol of Corist as Proachod iu’ Palestine can be huard by thai, Wu want such a place right in tho midst.of the very places where tho temptations wyo Btrony- Wo want 4 place whore ut any hour of tho day or nlght a poor, wayward girl who desires to Jend a better iife can vod Sein patisline friends, but above all, where work, wenuine work foraur criminal classes can bu dong, Itivene thing to pray. over and for a poor fellow, it Js quite nother to pul hii in tho way to evra an boncss: Uving aud away from temptation. Who will start in this work? Ie not the experiment worth trying? Wao will, with tho writer, engage io thls work? Address -* GARVIELD MIBSION,"” Whadvor Hot No, 173 Stat atrvet, —— ; ‘Toll mo, protty Mlutross May, Have you power, ua gossips way, Tu a searce forgotten day, Hetdams bud? Power of a mystio rite, ‘Lhat possoaged such muglo might As to drive a luckless wight Nearly rad? Tluyo zoe, by this aecrot urt, Bade an hnago of wy heart luto whigh yuu poke a dary i Hero and there? If to thia you anawer No, ‘ Binken nave thogut of you's thro Hard vo beat? dee der In tho depths of those brown eyes, y ec At your book, fe ‘That ono praya witb every pang (Aw tho folk Of witches siny) ay Be meot ber fate, and hang— Mound iny peck. Harvard Lampoon, —————_—$— Obstinate Constipation Readily Vietds be the regulur use of Custer’s Litthy Liver Pills, x Hor BIt ay READ (T ALL, IT MAY SAVEYOUR LIFE Hop Bitters ANE The Purest and Besi Medicina aver mato, HEY ARE COMPOUNDED From. Hops, Buchu, Mandrake, and Dandelion, Tho Oldort, Host, mont 1 nablo Mowticinos in cin, Worn ongt manne contrite all tho best and most event eadltion, Propartics of ail our bittora: ponte jeueste Pat Laver Ioguiatar, LUO: Musee Rreats Mfo and heatth restoring nzonton suri! 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Hop Bitters will Strengthen you. “Ifyou aro spterlug from ovor-oating Of fy iscretiun or dissipation, a tiy und wrowiby Wo fash male uiied CUA, Hop Bitters will Relieve you. y “Tf you are in the workebop, on tho farm, ‘and Suu) thu your syste tee eet unalan, wong, OF wthuuuiKtinst with _ Wittigubinrasteating, ‘Hop Bitters is what you need. i nd your blood thin and (a> srt che eaublie Mobenurves unsteady, aud uur fucultios waging, , Hop Bisters' will give you now Life and : oie healthy, and egant, hea! and saiurtng ene face aoa cole , EH pwopcaiya. Hi eiiouthe anu cleausing be os wbytaaat! Cleanse, Purity, and Enrich ' the Blood with ‘ Hop Sitters, And yo a will hava no, siete ’ Blogant, Perot sed uatranbing BT pg et Pree eerusrvan aw eeveDung tug Wout, end vivant the siyvmach. Meriag, or doctor