Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 4, 1888, Page 2

T T R T T A R T (T TR A T A S et g o | 41 & READING NINERS WALK OUT. Nearly Thirty Thousand Men With- out Employmeht. BUSINESS MEN GET FRIGHTENED. To Prevent a Commorcial Paralysis : They Deerde to Appeal to Presis dent Corbin—The Knights Issue a Manifesto, The Strike. Siamorty, Pa., Jan 3.—The miners stri ~went into effect this morning at all of the Philadelphia & Reading company's colleries in this section with the exception of the North Franklin Nos. 1 and 2. In addition to tuwse at the Reading company’s colle miners went out at the Pennsylvan by the Union Coal company, the owned by the Enterprise compan and the Garfield, owned by the Gar peny. An agreement was somic of the mines whereby the c wagres will be paid until the strike is Ahe colleries now idle in Shawmokin gave em- ployment to 5,50 miners. Coltierien Idle. 4 PortsviLLe, Jun, 8.—Advicea received to day from a nuinber of points in the coal regions show that very few collieries are working. The Reading collieries at Shamokin and all between Ashland and that place are also idle. ‘The railroad is working smoothly, and littlo difficulty is experienced in movin freight and coal. All the engines on the ohanoy division arc now wanned and Wporked. At Shenandoah all the Reading Hhilroad miners are out. The miners out in this region is estimatod at from 20,600 to 30,000, A Joint 'committee of the Miners Amal- gamated association and Knights of Labor met i this city to-day and promulgated o courser statemient to that issued by President Carbin of the Reading roud a few days ago. The manifesto declares that the die is case and that o general strike atall the fifty-fiv olleries of the Reading company will be inuugurated to-morrow. In addition to the Reading and various in dividual collerics, all the Mineral Mining company’s operators in the Shamokin di trict have goue ou PritApELriis, Jan, 15,000 Sehuylicill minors dle to-day. It is im- kn«.mc to tell now the exact number of cading employes who have quit work. This afternoon General Manager McLeod yeceived telegraphic information tojthe effect L that there s considerable division of opinion among the miners, and that they are far Mrom being a unit in'their disposition to obey he order to strike. The impression prevails Rhat there will be more mines in operation to-morrow than there are to-day. A number of IHalians were to-day put to work at the Port Richmond whar More than 500 Jtalians ure now at work in the company’s WYards, Busine: en Alarmed. ReaniNe, Pa., Jan. 3.—The proprietors of the large furnaces and iron works in this section predict that if the Reading mines are shut down for two weeks the majority of the Jarge establishments will be obliged to close owing to lack of supply of coal. ‘It is esti- mmated that in this city alone from 30,0000 to + 50,000 men are employed in the iron works, which are in urgent need of coal. Not one has over a week's supply. Reports received Yo-day show that of sixty-eight collieries in the Schuylkill region, forty of the largest of ‘which are controlled by the Reading com- gmu\', but six are at work. There is a move- fanent on foot among the business men at this Ynd of the Schuylkill valley to hold a meeting n this city and bring such pressure to bear upon President Corbin as to cause him to onsent to tho arbitration of the miner's filrike at_least. It is argued that the im- ncuse ndustries of this section of the state tunnut afford such fearful paralysis of busi ness and trade. The strike will not only hrow 30,000 miners out of employment, but ,000 iron yorkers as well. Agreed to the Advances. SUAMOKIN, Pa., Jan. 3.—The Enterprise Coal company has agreed to pay its miners the § per ent advance demanded. *The miners at the Neilson shaft having failed 10 reach a settlement will strike to-morrow MovNT CARMEL, Pa., Jan. 3.—The proprie- tors of the Belmore Merris ridge, Mount Carmel, Centralia and_Excelsior collierics, employing 2000 hands, have agreed to pay the 8 per cent. advance on_the $2.50 basis, Yending settlement by the Reading company wud work will be resumed to-morrow. Miners in Convention. EvERSON, Pa., Jan. 3,—The annual conven- tion of the Miners’ and Laborers' Amalga- mated association began here this morning nd will continue several days. There i: {arie attendance, und proceedingsso far hay ‘been harmonious, Asuraxp, Pa,, Jan. 8.—The Knights oof Labor, at & meeting hero last night, decided %o g0 on a strike, and as a consequence there isbut one Reading colliery in this district working to-day, and that one is short handed. LIKE THE STAR CHAMBER. The Ilinois Board of Health Held to Have Exceeded Its Authority. Ci110AGO, Jan. 8—Several months ago a cer- tain doctor came to Chicago and commenced the practice of medicine. He advertised ex- tensively to curea certain class of diseases, when the state board of health interfered and revoked his certificate. The doctor com- menced action against the state board in the circuit court. To-day Judge Waterman de- cided the case and declared the act of the state board of health unconstitutional. He Baid: ““The right of a person charged with a _aunishable offense to notice of heaving is cle- mentary and one of tho first rules necessary o the administration of justice. The defen- dant had a perfectly constitutional right to advertise in the newspapers and he can't be idleprived of it by any rule, or regulation of he state board of health, ' This association, 4f its nction was to be held legal in this cuse, uld summarily try and punish for an al- fggml offense a brother practitioner without any notice whatever. Such procecding par- takes of the nature of the star chamber, whose decrees led toa revolution und the death of a king of England on the scaffold. #Such an institution as the state board of Thealth must not be tolerated to exercise such spower in a free country and its acts in this case must be declared unconstitutional,” L e Armour His Bosses. Cnicaco, Jan cial Telegram to the Bek.)—There has been o shaking up at Ar- mour’s packing establishment at the stock- yards the last few days. Part of the heads of departments have been shifted around or set out on the sidewalk. - Pay-roll men have Deen removed, and othor changes have been made. It has been whispered that a system “of commissions similar to the county board business has been discovered. Only twonames were given out in the changes, but as far as Mr. Chambers is concerned, Phil Armour de- nied last night that there rwas the slightest suspicion attached to him. In proof Mr. Ar- mour citad the fact that ho had offered him a position in the uptown house, or in Kausas City. Neither is there any suspicion divected toward John Hart, who has been tranferred to Omaba. “It is ust like this,” added Armour: *“There was emoralization down at the yards, and I didu’t know a bettor way to stop it than to put both factions out on the sidewalk. There as cousiderable jealousy among some of the bossos, and one was trring to down the _other, and 1 thought Iwould step in and “down both of them. John Hart, the former “boss of the roustabouts, was trying to down somebody else all the thne, and T sent him to Omaha. Rogarding the charges of stealing, they don’t amount to anything. There may have been some individual stealings of a small amount, but nothing serions.” o At Fhe New York Dry Goods Market. New York, Jan, 8.—The market was very . quiet in all departments but very flrm, and E o rades of bleached brows cattons @ @ bigher. | the trio we _ WHO Arrest N HSALE HORSESTEALING. ar Kansas City of a Thief With Many Aliases. Kaxsas City, Mo, Jan 3, —[Spacial Tele- gram to the Br H. P. Sandusky, alias A. Davis, alias Valentine, torse thief of wide reputation, was brought here to-day from Holden. He is charged with stealing a Lorse and buggy from Newkirk's livery sta ble in this city. Sandusky, or whate his name may be, hired the horse and bugey at 2:80 o'clock Sonday afternoon and drove to Holden, a distance of almost sixty miles, ar- riving there as 7 o'clock yesterday morning He was brought to this city, when it was soon learned that this vigorous horse thief hias been stealing horses and buggies from various livery men in_this city at the rate of two or three per tonth Ho was ide d s having stolen teams from iswanger, H. H. Hateh, A, L. en J.C. Simpson, J.'V. Ball, Miller & Brooks, Free man’s liv table and various other stables in the eit In fact he seems to have doiug all the wholesale horsestealing ti been going on in this city for the pas; months, He stole a 21000 team from Neis. wanger Bros. several fears ago. It is claimed also that he has secved a five years term in the Kansas penitent for horse stealin In cach of these cascs he succeeded in succpssfully disposing of the stolen prop- erty except in the last one. Saudusky is wanted at several nts in Nebraska and lowa for the same offense, il bl e A BAD BOY. The Carvecer of a Missouri Youth Who Robbhed His Father, Macos, Mo. ~|Special T Joseph Huston, a you brought to town t placed in jail by his father, a respectable and wealthy farmer, having stolen and sold two of his father's horses and spent the money. He is the same person who cighteen monthis ago made an attempt to kill his wife with a razor and then cut his own throat in Kansas City. He had previ forged checks, stolen horses and indulged in various other musciments. About a year azo he shot lis father through the shoulder, but the old gen tleman recovered, t las six T ey Berlin Gossip. Beruis, Jan. The North German Ga- zette denies that any court circles have pro- posed to establish a iey o meet the con- tingency of the sudden death of Emperor William and the inability of the crown prince to assume the reign of power. It is true, the Gazette further says, that the crown prince consulted a Baden statesman ou the proposal that he should abdicate. Although the Ga- zette's language is emphatie, the forme statement that the question of the abdication of the erown prince had been the subjes negotiations remains authentic. The d is understood to have been issued unde demand from San Remo, A decree has been published summoning the landtag to meet on the T4th inst. Emperor William has conferred the grand cross of the Orderof the Red Eagle upon Herr Von Tisza, Hungavian premier, The sechandlung has completed arrange- ments for establishing a German-Chinese bank with a capital of 20,000,000 marks, A papal encyclical to the Bavarian bishops urges a better enforcement of the concordat. It say: “The church has observed her pledges, while the state has neglected its pledges. It is necc ¢ to guard the re- ligious education of the youth. Secular schools are a danger to the state itself.” The encyclical precedes the demands by apal nuncio for an extension of the rights of iests to regulate schools. 1t is rumored that the approaches made to Holland to join the triple alliance have been well received by the Dutch government, A leading Hague mewspaper, the Dagblatt having semi-official relations with tho go ernment, advocutes Holland joining the alliance. —— New York Legislature. yN. Y., Jan. 3—The New York legislature convened to-day. Governor Hill in his message says he is determined to make that document the briefest on record, because he realized that he who gives his suggzostions with conciseness and brevity confers small gift upon active men in this busy In recommending p of an act abol. ishing the power of confirmation on the part of the senate in all the cases where it is not required by the constitution itself, the governor says: “It is a_notorious fact’ that for many nominations sent to the sen- ate have ot been disposed of upon their merits but have either not heen acted upon Lor their disposition determined upon partisan or factional grounds. The confirm- ing power has virtually usurped the appoint- ing power by refusal to consider nominations upon their merits,” ‘The governor makes another appeal enumeration and apportionment and “It is generally conceded thut an enum tion allowed by an honest apportionment, would unquestionably result in a change tho political complexion of the legislature of the state.” Fremont Cole was selected speaker of the assembly and Henry R. Law president of the senate. for Ays: —— The Fight Against Lamar. NEW YORK, Jan. 3,—The republican club of the city of New York held a special meet- ing to-night with 200 members present to consider the lengthy report from its commit- tee on national affairs on the nomination of Secretary Lamar to the supreme bench. Res- olutions were passed deprecating his nomina- tion and saying: “Our opposition to M Lamar is not due to the fact that 3 a southerner or was identified with the late rebellion, We do not oppose him on any political gronuds. We base our opposition upon the fact that he is not in sympathy with the fourtecuth and fif- teenth amendnients to the consti n, not- withstanding his declaration to the contrary. His political actions in Mississippi since the war demonstrate that he is totally unfit to construe judicially the amendments referved to and the laws enacted to carry out the sawe.” — Death of a Noted Chicago Man. Cuicaco, Jan, State Senator Wil liam 8. Powell is dead. Several months ago Powell suffered ca stroke of paralysis and this brought on en affection of the brain which, assuming a dangerous form, made it necessary to confine the patient in the asylum. Powell was a power in local and state politics, He served in the council for several terms, was representative in the leg- islature and for many years occupied an im- portant post in the clerk’s office of the crim- nal court. - - The lce Bound Coal Fleet. PirTsnvke, Pa., Jan, 3.—The fleet with its 7,000,000, bushels of eoal did not get v last night or this morning as anticipated, The river reached agood stage of cleven feey about 1 this morning, but the veal men w afraid to send out their eraft on account o heavyice. The water is receding and unless the ice pa out much wmore freely the vivers will get too low for shipment of any vut the lightest crafts. —_—— The Glass Blowers' Strike. New Yorg, Jan, 3.—The strike among flint glass workers has extended from western to the eastern factories, and the who left work in Brooklyn, Philad New Bedford, Boston and Corning, failed to return to work to-day or v day with two exceptio Tn all about 1 men are out. A preminent manufacturer said this afternoon that the strike bids fa to be a long and bitt, Ho doubted the possibility for a con 3 ——— Kansas City Crooks. 81, Lotts, Mo., Jan. 2.—[Spe to the Bee.]—William Thowpsou, Avth Tarner and Hwry Woodford, threo men from Kansas City, were areested yo day on information that §1,500 had been pur- lained from Wiltiam Thompson, st., a prom- inent cattle dealor of Kansas City, and that supposed 1o be implicated in the disappearance of th funds. On being arrosted §605 was Tound on Woodford, while young Thompsen hadl & $w0 forged drafy, which he admitted would have been pro- seniod fa. the bl for piment Lad ¢ bocn open. Therpson. dented having stolen the ' THE OMAHA DAILY BEF but rcfused to say who committed the theft. 'The prisoners aro flashily dressad and apparently not more than twenty-one years They will be tuken to Kansas City RECK. Remnants of Bodies Discovered in the Ruins. Cixcrysary, O, Jan. 3.—J. R. Avey, one of | the victims of the railroad acewdent on the Southern road, diedat. Covington. Ky., and his wife is in a eritical condition. The offer wounded are doing well. A cial from Greenwood, Ky., says as time wears on and the wreck is being cleared away, the pr ence of more victims becomes apparent. When the wreck ocenrred a number of sengers who were in the ladies coach and smoking car on the north bound train 3 ded in making their cscape from the curs with trifling injuri Just who they are and how many is not known. Last night the bones of two unfortunates were found almost reduced to ashes, buried in the ruins of the buri car, While digeing in the ruins the hair attached to a scalp of a woman wus disc 1. The flesh was burned away. Almost on the same spot where the hair was found @ child's shoo was picked up. Alter the accident oceurt scarch wis made for o man who was seen to enter the toilet room of the ladies’ coach on the cnorth bound train the instant before the crash came. He was never seen again, and every effort to locate him have proved futile. It is believed the bones found last night are those of the man and woman. The child was probaply with its mother, and died with her, its body being buried in the debris. The suspicion grow: that there are more people buried in the de: bris than were extricute: Referring to the special report from Green to the effect that additional re- ictims had been found in the do ay's wreck on the Cincinnati Southern r S intent Carroll says there is not a particle of truth in the story. He says every employe on the road connected with both trains, and all passengers, have been accounted for. Court of Claims Decisions. WasmiNaroy, Jan. 8.~ The court of claims to-day rendered a number of decisions, The & of the Mississippi railroad company against the United States for compensa- tion for carrying mails was dismissed. The claim of G. W. Williams for s minis- ter to Hayti while awaiting instructions from the department of stat also dismissed, on the ground that his did not bogin to run until after he ha a satisfactory bond. Mr. Williams was appointed by Pres- ident Arthur in the closing days of his ad- ministration, but the appointment was not sul story to the present administration and he was superseded before he could leave the country for his pos The court rejected to the government during the w ——— An Insurance Co Bostoy, Jau. 3.—It was reported to-duy that the Washington Fire and Marine In- nce company was about to elose up its out of business. President admitted that the con d re- insured its marine risks in the C: and othter companies of California. It was also stalod in_Insurance_circles thata_consider- able portion of its busincss has been reinsured in the Niagara of New York and the National of Hartfc Wash- ington has had the largest capi d has done the largest business of any company of its kind in the city. The aggregate amount of fire risks said to be already reinsured in the Niagrara and National companies is about £10,000,000. Had No Jurisdiction. W Yous, dan. udge Lacombe, of the United St cireuit court, to-day dismissed he c¢o mplaint of Thomas Covert against Samuel Waldron and about 300 others, known as the | i Covert, who is ed suit againt_the owners of w! L ce known as the I lem Flats, allezing that he was the lineal de- endant of Nicois and Durgan, the grantees 0se patents to the land were granted in 1¢ Judge Lacombe dismissed the case for want of jurisdiction, - Fishery Liesolutions. Priaverping, Jan, 3.—A mass meeting under the auspices of the National Fishery association adopted resolutions of sympathy with the fishermen of New England in the existing fisher trouble; declaring that Canadian fishing vessels should be denied in our ports any rights which Cannda denies for our fishermen ; calling upon the president 10 e se the retaliatory powers invested in him by the Forty sting against any re-esta one- sided reciprocity with Canada and agains the proposal to admit Canadian fish or other products free of duty.” et Chinese Highbinders Released, St. Louvis, Jan. 3.—The Chinese highbinder murder cases were nolle prosequid to-day and the four Chinamen under conviction of murder were released this afternoon. Two others had been released four months ago on their own recognizance, They were found gailty of murder two years ago on the con- fession of Cong & but the supreme court granted a new trial on the ground of insuf- evidence, ing went crazy, and, despairing of another conviction, the proseet tion entered a nolle prosequi, and the men were released. ——— A Chance unckers. Ciry or Mexico, Jan, 3.—St. Louis and Chicago people have bougnt the famous Santa Anasilver mine in Sonora. The property, being flooded, was abandoned in 1512, Since that time efforts have been made to pump out the water, but all operations were abandoned on account of hostile Indians. The new own- ers have sunk a shaft and oxpect soon to reach a point directly underncath where the richest ore was taken out in ancient times, If a rich deposit is struck the mine will be thoroughly pumped out. e The Visible Supply Statement. Cnicaco, Dee. 27.—The visible supply of grain for the week ending December 31, 1587, as compiled by the secretary of the Chicago board of trade is as follow: pany Rtet of the Bushels, A Letter From Senator ArLuaNy, Jan, 8.—The Evening prints part of a letter from Senator Evarts to ex-Senator Arkell, in which, speaking of mar's nomination, he says: “Republican senators can be safely trusted with this mat- ter. All that has been said in the newspa- pers abest-the faolish thing laid to my charge is wiylly upon their own respousibility, and not @pon miue.” Journal Avey, Pa., Jan, 3.—A riot between forty or more drunken Poles took place here this morning. Anthouy Spinky was stabbed five times, his arm was broken, two fingers cut off and one eye gouged out. He was left lying u us on the roadway, and when fornd was removed to the nearest house in a dying condition, Eightothe iously injurcd. The fracas resuited direct chiristening which lasted two d participants were drunk. LA A St. Louis Wants No German. St Louts, Jan. .—Ata joint meeting of the course of study and ways and means committees of the public school bowrd to- night it was decided that the German lan- guage shall not be trught in the public sclioe!s of this city after this mouth, i fon o dliudy Bogardus Wins. ayroy, O., Jan. 8.—The finish of the Bo- gardus-Winston match of 100 live birds cach for a purse of $500 was a brilliant uffair, Hogardus wom in a score of 52 to 50. . ——— A Wew Danish Minister, CorexitaGey, Jan, 8.—Count de Sponneck, secretary of the Danish legation at St. Peters. burg, has beon appoirted Danish minister to the United Hates, A MISSOURTI MYSTERY. A Man Found jn_the Independence Station in a Dying Condition ISBEPENDENCE, Mol Jan” Special Telogram to the 'Bre)]—This morning as Agent Geyer cam@l to' the Liberty street station he found the walls of the room com- pletely bespattercd with blood and a gory- looking body lying in oae corner. On mves- tigation he found that there was still some life in the body and Hutékly summoned help. The victim of the deadly assault turns out to have beon Jumes Wekr, working here for Clint Goodwin, a contragtor. Weir had come here from Ottawn a few weeks ago. There is absolutely no clue a8 to how Weir got into the station or how he was attacked. His skull was crushed and his avim broken. At 11 o'clock to-uight,, the man was in a dying condition —— A Corner Stone Robbed. Hanrrwsox, N, J, 1. 8.—[Spegeial Tele- gran o the Bri ] —This town was the scene, Sunday night,of the meanest theft on record The strugeling parish of the Baptist chlirch had begun the ercetion of a new church, all adies in the parish joining in circulating sub- scription books for months past. A week ago Thursday the corner stone was laid with appropriate ceremonics, In it was put a col- lection of coins worth a few dollars, the sub- scriptiongbooks, ete. Yesterday morning a passerby“noticed that a large part of the Drick wall near the stone had been torn out, and on investigation it was found that the corner stone had been removed by thieves and the contents taken. The subseription books and other documents were found later in the day, but the thieves had appropriated the coins. i Weather Indications. For Nebraska: Colder, rain, followed by fair weather; fresh to brisk winds, becoming northwesterly. For Towa: Warmer, followed by cooler, rain or snow, fresi to brisk southerly winds, becoming variable. For Dakota: Snow, warmer, followed in northern portions by colder weather, light to fresh variable winds, becoming northerly. — - Keely Enjoined. Prraperenis, Jan, 8. —Judge Finletter, in the court of common pleas to-day, on com- plaint of Bennett Wilson, issucd a pro- liminary injunction against John W. Keely, inventor of the Keely motor, commanding him not to e the motor from the place where it now is or vary the construction and mode of operation of the machine, nor to sell, assign or in any manner encumber the inven- tion, ——— Probably More Cholera. NEW Yok, Jan. 3.—The Anchor stoamer Bolivia arrived at quarantine to from Italian ports with four cabin and 774 steerage passengers. The vessel will prob- ably be allowed to proceed to her dock to- morrow. In the meantime she will be thor- oughly cleansed and her passengers’ bag- gage disinfected. There are two cases of rlet fever on board, but no cholera, paipese iy Valuable Presents to Veterans. Cirteaco, Jan. 3.—There was presented to the Veteran Union league of thiscity to-night a splendid likeness of General John A. Logan, and also a picture of Andersonville prison. They were the gifta of Junior Viee Com- mander Distin, of Quin; and were pre- sented through' Colonel J. 'J. Healy, of this city. P line o A Mashing Mayor BELVIDERF , Jan. 8.—Special interest is now taken in Hackettstown's defaul- tor, ex-Mavor Cramer. Hé not only swindled business men, but it now turns out that he s engaged to three women living in the borough and to no less than twelve in the county. All the women were swindled out Many Sussex gounty farmers lose WERTE Editor Cowles® Future. vELAND, Jau. .—Recent letters re- ceived from Edwmn' Cowles, cditor of the der, state: that owing to ill health he obably be compelled to spend the en- tire winter in Europe. He went abroad last Septembero n business, expacting to be gone only sixty or ninety da = Movements of Abyssinian Troops. Loxoox, Jan. 8.—A dispatch from Masso- wal says the king of Abyssinia, accompanicd the queen of Vollogallas and a number of troops, has arrived at Aksum. Two columns commanded by a son of King John are ncar- ing Aswmara. S Signed With Pittsburg. PuirapeLena, Jan. 3.—President. Nimicl, of the Pittsburg club, to-day signed Fred Dunlap, Hardy Henderson and Albert Maul, of the Philadelphia_club. also sizned with the Pittsburg cluba few days ago. e The Death Itecord. Prstm, Jan. 3.—Baron Paul Zenuey, presi- dent of the oberhaus, is dead. TR A Holocaust of Harmony. PaRrs, Jan. 5.—Errard’s piano factory is on fire. Fifteen hundred pianos have been de- stroyed. e FACTS FOR THE FARMERS. Feeding Steers of Different Breeds. Philadelphia Recor The Agricul- tural college of Michigan has been ex- perimenting ‘'with the feeding of steers of different breeds, representatives ing been taken from the Shorthorns, Galloways, Herefords, Holsteins, J seys and Devons. They were brought together at weening time, caved for under the same conditions, and a care- ful record of the food consumed, its amount and quality, was made, as well as the mode of management. The animals were not selected on account of phenome development, and it is not out of place to state that a single test wiil not positively demonstrate the value of any particular breed. The ratio of gain is not in strict accordance with the amount of food consumed, and it is uoticcable ‘that the gain for each month and the proportion of food consumed vary greatly, much so as to render it almost impossi- ble to estimate the exact gain an animal should make on a given quantity food, but the changes in the proportions of hay and grain as affecting th i of gain are very muarked. The gr gain from day of bith was made Holstein, and the lowest by gain of the former, having pounds daily, with the Galloway foll ing, wit a daily grin of 1 pound next eame a Shorthorn, with & daily gain of 1.91 pounds, .the others having been but little less. ~But the g in weight, though soméwhat regulated by the food consumed, showed an advant- age in favor of some breeds as being yable of producinga large amount of ef at the lowest pogsible cost, for, with tne exception of the Yerseys and Devons, the Holstein consumed less food than the others, while the Jerseys and D gns did not gain in welght even in_pro- portion to the food eaten TLook ing at this test in on di- rection it is a decisive victory for the Holstein as a beef-producing animal, but as there were two Holsteins represented the second animal did not show us good a record as th its gain in proportion to food c was greater, while its daily gain fully equal to the steersof other bi It is not to be supposed that this test is disparaging to the shorthorns, Gallo- ways and Herefords, for in a second test they may surpess the Holsteins: but it demonstiates tha, though the Holsteins are praducers of milk and butter rathe than of beef, the stec that breed ean suceessiuily conpe s the bist S0 John Coleman* beef-producing breeds of the country. We may not have reachol that stage in breeding which permits us to denomi- unte any breed of animals as an ‘all- purpose” one, but in the yarious tests thyt have been made to determine the best besf, butter and milk producers the Holsteins have come nearer earning the ion of “all-purpose” animals than aay other, Workmen Ma Correspondence New York T A hired man on the farm who only himself to provide for can save enough in ten 's to wareant him in buying an improved farm if he be economical all along. The intorest on his moncy earned, judiciously invested, will soon be sufticient for clothi nd other nee- essiry Cx | "This is the way many farmers worked theiv way up. By faith- fulness and economy as hired men, thoy beeame owners of furms, hir- ing others towork for them, This has not been done at any unduc fice, for most of the boys, if they will, may obtain a good common school education, and often more, before they begin the term of service, The working hour generally no longer nor the work different in nature from that performed by the farmer himself. By moving fur- he may get an lier and, in amore advantageous start, not necessary, nor is it ad- visable. The road to independence may 1ot be so rapid in an_older settled country, but it is generally surer, and if the reward be less the privations are fower. 1If there be drudgery on the farm, as there must be everywhere, it is because man is born to labor. But it loses its terrors when performed with cheerfulness, and this is the state of mind in which both master and servant should dwell. Own_ Farm bune: 1808, Seasonable Hints and Suggestions. Ttisa fact that dogs seldom attack sheep kept with eattle, unless in the case of some old roguc, and then on )u are found at a conside or the instinet of th nimals found chas ving other stock near them. ntion in all cases of disease tor fowls, if sucee L removes the necessity of a cure,and it theaefore becomes more tmportant and worthy of greater consideration. Prevention is not so expensive and in- volves less lahor, vexation and anxic A western dairyman has hit upon a simple plan of warming water for his stock to drink in_ winter. says the Michigan Favmer, He put an iron plate, ay cighteen inches square, on the bot- tom of his water tank, cutting away the wood, of couse, where the iron w Under this plate he used an oil stove. He says 10 cents’ worth of oil a day would warm the water for sixty cows up to 70 degrees or more. One egg o w y for the sup- port of ahen, As the first egg must be deducted for expenses, consequently the hen that three eggs a week pro- duces twice as much profit as the hen that lays two eggs. Do not keep more stock than can he comfortably wintered. A small herd well cared for will give better results than a large herd that is partially neg- lected There is no necessity for having the colt in a fat condition. Keepit growing, and aim to get the largest frame possi- ble before it becomes three years old. Linseed meal should not be fed to very young pigs except in small quantities, and not very often, as it is°too much of a laxative for them. No better evidence of raising sheep for mutton rather than for wool can be be given than the fact that in England, where rents of farms are very high, the mutton hreeds are considered indispen- sible to successful farming. Wool is re- garded as only aby-product of the Sheep. In this country,sn the contrary, wool is considered of greater import- than mutton, but sheep here do not pay as great profits as those in England, Everything depends on the mode of managemont. Our farmers compel sheep toforage, while in England they ave treated as carefully as ave cattle. While it aimed that the improved mutton breeds of sheep pay ik they cannot be kepton the farm in the same manner usual with common sheep. They demand good pasture, liberal attention, but they pay well for the care bestowed. There is a great demand for superior mutton, and bright prospects ave is store for those farmers who will make mutton sheep a specialty and are willing to give them the same treatment that is given each sheep in England. Adding great piles of straw, leaves and broken stalks to the manure heap will give bulk without corresponding proportion of nutritious matter. These materials serve best as absorbents, and should first be made fine. They are of no service to the growing plants until decomposed, and the proper place to de- compose them is the manure heap. They should never be spread upon the field for crops until the entive heap shall have been well rotted. Given in cooked food—fed slightly warm, as it is pretty sure to be —is eaten more rapidly and does more good than that uncooked. Cows inorcase their yield of milk on it, and all animals thrive better than previous Dry coal ashes, finely sifted, can put to excellent use. They alke good dust buths for the fowls, and when sprinkled along the passages of the stables prevent the animals from slipping on the wet places. They should be cavefully suved and used. Too much attention cannot be given the seed corn, which should be hung up and thoroughly dried. When the win- ters are s seed that is thor- oughly dr damage. It is owing to moisture th 1jury occurs, A warm voom, or a location perfeetlp dry (such as the garret), is sufficient without the use of a stove. There is no reason why farmers should receive less thun the regrular prices for ¢ kink of produce. If they will ship arti in good condition, and allow nothing to leave tho farm except that of the best quality, they can always find a isses of produc s still plenty room for invetors to find something better than stanchions for cows. A stall is wanted t will completely prey cows from be- ing tilthy, and in which the liquids and solid manures can in no manucr get on the animal It is gene ipposed that the pig is capable of « ting any kind of food that is unfit for other eclasses of stck. On the contrary, it can be very ensily injured by improper food, and will do best on a variety of vegetables and grass. Corn is not necessary except to fatten the hog. When wood is sold off the land there is a loss of fertility, but when the ashes are carefully saved, provided the wood be consumed on the farm, the potash and lime, as well as other mineral mat- ter, are vetained, only a small loss of nitrogen occurring. A farm can be eropped as casily by growing wood upon it for sule as with ordinary crops. One of the most important matters for heginners in poultry keeping is to know that n good laying hen is not a market fowl. A plump, fat hen will lay but very few eggs, while a hen that lays regularly does not readily become fat, us <he cannot produce éggs and carcase at'the same time. Do not keep the lay- ing Leus and fat hens togetnel WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1888, MT WID AND WOOLY The Far West of To-day is Demure and Dignified. INDIANS WHO BEG, LIE AND STEAL Cowboys Who Are Clever Fellows— Towns That Resemble Those in the East—The Polyglot Lingo of “Chinook. Chieago Herald: While the western life that one sees in crossing the conti- nent differs sufficiently from that on the Atlantic coast to keep the observant traveler on the alert with eyes and ears, one must, neverthele go far from the trans-continental railroads to obtain even a hint of the wild, rude border existence hest known to reade of yellow-coated literature and patrons of the sensational drama, Canada never had a border history like our: that what T saw of life, in thig year of grace, beside the track of the Canadian Pacific railrond was tame enough in all conscience, if viewed from the stand- of a person thirsting for im- promptu conflicts between cowboys and Dlacklegs, or street duels between the leading citizens of a new-horn town. 1t scemed to me as [ rode over the prairie from Winnipeg to the Rocky moun- tains, a distance of nearly a thousand miles, as though an unarmed man might safely walk the whole journey between the wagon ruts that mark the old pioneer trail, and that lic almost as close to the track as a towpath by a canal. And, without exaggeration, it would be less dangerous for a lady to do so at any time when the Indians we quict (and how often ave they otherw in Canada?) than for her to essay tramp of a similar number of days in New Jorsey If this sounds startling to any reader it use he is unacquainted with the A countr, In the first place the Canadian prairvie is almost a level u of short grass, offering fow or no ‘\i\ling place for the mischievous and betraying every movement of every person upon it to all others for mi round. Along the 1,000 miles of track re 103 railway stations. so that practi cally there is avendezvous for humanity at the end of each ten miles—sometimes ty and sometimes only a station, but vs a manned depot. Between these stopping points are more orless frequent , POrsOns in carriages or wagons, Fiunwr tr men, mounted po- 1ce, cowhe and Indians who never can be trusted, but who commit few crimes upon person and whose most des- perate ambition, as arule o sell whatever they have, even their clothes or their women. How much more truly attractive this after all, when you' remember that your eyes are opened on . brand new world, than the popular idea makes the region seem to those who do notknow the truth. You see the pioneer life in all its stages, from the moving train of wheeled schooners to the neat frame houses that succeed the earlier tents, the sod houses and log huts, You see the breaking of the ground by means of modern implements which * you will afte rd discover are always left out through rain and snow and frost and warping heat, after the gen- eral western custom. You see game in a plentcousness that you never dreamed it reached even in the African jungle— small birds and animals, ne the rail- road, to be sure, with here and there a vast flock of pelicans or the vanishing form of a decr, a wolf or a fox. Millions of gophers, of s between a squirrel and a rabbit, pop inand out of their holes in the turf or sit upright like beg- ging dog: ing at youas you pa You see the ever pieturesqué cowboy: dashing like mad on their cayuses, the herds of cattle they are following. the peculiar settlenfents spring up like double lines of exaggerated dry goods boxes, with the trading stores and hotels always most _conspicuous. You see camps of mounted police formed of o fow queer looking round tents that sug- gest a pigmy civeus, with the horses tethered at a distance and the police- men in their red coats, pill box hats, always worn on one ear, and their yel- low striped striped breeches—by long odds the most picturesque loafers in America. And then the Indians! You sce lit- erally thousands of these miserables, these most unfortunates. Fortunately you perceive that they either do mnot know that they are starving and sicken- ing away or else lh«{ do not mind it. Never will you see such squalor as you will witnesc wherever you see the In- dians. If you ever see an Indian any where than beside one of the towns you may be certain he, or she, or they, will reach the end of the journey under when the side of a town i At the towns they crowd b teains running after them while the are slowing up, and holding out_the hands, either palms up for charity or with something in them wh r wish to sell—polished buffalo norns or articles of beadwork, upon both of which the squaws have toiled for days or weeks and yet which are now to be parted with for © @& mere song, @ _qua tor perhaps, a dollar. Every Indian w s o blanket as old and discolored as the most precious Per- si @ it hoth in summer and winte have Caucasian trousers below the blankets, but most of them wear Indian breeks, which are made with sepavate, independent leg: You no head-dresses, o rrings, noscrings, or tomahawks, or guns, or hows and arrows mmong them, Hero nd there one « 5 0 common buteh- or's knife, such as butchers use for skinning, with the handle peeping out of the sheath, Here and there onc wears a white man’s hat—in style only when the erown is out—but most of them have their long, coarse, black locks uncovered and uncombed. ~ Ver man anot talk English, and ne all pretend that they cannot; at not more than enought to beg a dime or sct a price on their wares. The conzequence is learn a polyglot lingo called **chinook —a sort of pigeon Indian—and you will be constantly surpriscd to sec a well- dressed passenger step from a palace car and converse for amoment or two with the redskins in a curious nasal lingo to satisfy his curiosity as to who and what the brave nd what they are doing. Cruelty, craftiness, contempt and brutish we stamyp ans' faces as in no othe not cven in the countenanc of aship's crew of Lascars [ once saw and afterward thought were the most blood-thirsty, eat-like wretches I had over seen. Yet, purring and tripping among the braves and squaws, you will often sce a pair or trio, or perhaps many more, of as pretty dusky-faced, dimpled, plumb and coquéttish littlo maidens us any mother cver loved in the homes ot us pale-faces. In the Rocky mountains three sky piorcing cluims lying with them the scenery claimed all at- tention, and, inc else was to be scen, cavept occusional herds of deer the settle and the paralle and antelove. Hore T would not advise any one to walk. 1 kept to the cars and do not remember being advised on this particular subject by any one ac- quainted with the country, but the talk aad the evidence of one’s eye were all of pot and_skin huntors, of tramping conl and gold and silver minoes, of camps and bands of Chinese railroad laborers, And then the loneliness and the dis- tances between stations and houses, [ would much prefor walking in New Jor- sey oven to a eamp in that desolate and flerce mountain country- But ty and by the ears dropped lower and lower into the const country of British Col- umbia, following the mighty ways angry Fraser river, and then eame more of western life, not much aftor the Bret Harte pattern, it is true. yet passed amid trees of giant growth made quaintly picturesque by swarms of Chi- namen in blouses and” in hats shaped Like bowls turned upside down, made glovious by the constant offoring of sal- mon fresh from the cerat every meal the dining car, . There was no st ecastern folks know life anywhe saw it, eith restion of what we s western or horder ‘e on the rifie coast, as | in Canada orin our own country. More solid, staid or finished ies than Victoria and Portland Ore., a more delightfully cultivated and progressive little community than Tacoma I will defv the enst- orn man to find in his own id. T made the veturn trip by the thern Pacific railroad, d it was N less saange i aspect than the ard journey that Tonly saw twenty Indians, and they were all ‘in one plag sunning themselves on a freight house platform in Montan The cowboys were theiv substitutes, and a milder, more intelligent-looking lot of young men-than all of them that 1 saw wore it would be difficult to find. Here, too, the stations were close together, and the settlements often larger and more thriving than in Canada, which is a much newer country. By any other of the Pacific roads, except possibly the Southern, there is even lessrawnessand rudedess than I 0 Noy there is a western hife, and it is very peculinr to an eastern man, but it s not garnished with pistols or cele- ated with knives, Its peculiavities lie in the almost pure democracy of thoe society out ther in the footing of cquality maintained by everyone with one else: in the high regard for women, even when they are women who andalize their sex: in the vigor and fceenness and_enterpriso that mark the conduct of all enterpr and in the vanity with which every man speaks of the community of which he forms a part. In_ these features, and not in bloodshed and disorder, lie the differ- ences between the eastern and western life to-day. N A Brute's Bad Break. Jerry Canan, a notorious tough, went into a disreputable house run by Cora Leach last night and struck Annic Morrisey a_sava:o blow that knocked her to the floor. Tn fall ing oue of her legs was twisted and the bono broken. She was carried to her room about a block away 1 escaped. Adjourned the Inguest. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon over the remains of the man Jirak, who was killed Mouday on the B. & M. track near Fourteenth street. The jury deferred giving their verdict until after ai investigation of the law regulating the speed of trains. Came for His Brother's Remains. Fred Burger, from T I ucar Cut-off lake Sunday night. has taken chiarge of the remains of his brother and leaves with them for Te- kamah this morning, where they will be in- terred. Internal Revenue Collections. The receipts of Mr. Ballentine, the internal revenue collector, amounted yesterday to 3,160 . Roumania’s New Loan. BrELGrAD H The skuptschina to-day voted in favor of a loan of 4,000,000 to pay off the floating debt. e A pig that, while eating, takes its head out of the trough and nets as if tho slop had run the wrong way has tho sniffles. He should be removed from the herd and cared for, s the disease is contagious. Put pino tar in the slops and smear both the nose and face with it. Feed sulphur and turpentine. A free use of carbolic acid, both externally and internally s hould also be made. The importance of purifying the blood cane not be overestimated, for without pure blood you canunot enjoy good heaith, At this season nearly every one needs a good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich the blood, and Hood's Sarsaparilla is worthy your confidence, It is peculiar in that it strengthiens and builds up the system, ereate: an appetite, and tones the digestion, whilo it eradicates disease, Give it a trial. Hood's Sarsaparilla 1s sold by all drugglsts, Prepared by C. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar A iLL Nor UNHOOK WHiLE Beina Worn, very lady who desires perfection in style and form should wear thewm. Manufactured only by the WORC! STE“»j}OflfiET COMPA‘IJ. E! 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