TJJF DAILY .'HERALD, 1 "L ATI'S MouTII, N E H It A S K A , SATURDAY. APRIL 14, 1888.
THE CATTLE INDUSTRY.
PAST AND PRESENT METHODS OF
THE IRREPRESSIBLE COWBOY.
"IfX IUin." imk "Konml I .n" Now
Ilrln:; ltudtlly Narrowt-ri Inu Into
Ilertt I:-f-ll-tlon of tl iitnJ I
Tllut- I.uw of u Ifurtl Winter.
The ro-j- s mill sn'-ci-s of tl.c cattle
Industry in the v st 1 1:1.4 lx-cn marvelous.
For m.iiiy years the btiMnc was eou
ducicd liliii'i-t entirely by iATTlvidu.ds,
mid t-o widened fiml inMTi-l that iu 11
few yrars tin; entile kiiiL,'s were almost
lis numerous mi'l opulent as tbe famous
"bonnni kinc,s." They had a jht.-oii.-iI
miITvi.inii over their rnnc an. I s-iock,
mil as the circle of thefr dominion
broadened the 'Tumid up" nnd tin- lino
riders found hero mill tin-rc lie-Ids of
nil thc-gamo animals winch in former
times swnrniod over the country. Indian
tradition toM them lh.it nw.iv back in the
forties a certain winter had left no living
creature for spring to make glad with hi r
balmy air and kh i ii Kr.is.H. So the idea
was born to tiieni that it Would I; well to
take in partner- w bile this business was
yet. In in t,lory. So fric-ndi in I ho cast
were written to concerning the profits and
uniall cost of cattle raii-ing. Individuals
puri-hiMcd half, tiiir 1 or fourth interests
ill the ranges or herds, in the ca.se l'liht
Ik", and then came about the formation of
syndicates and companies. Tor several
years the increase was simply immense,
and the trail from Texas became one con
tinuous st ream of animal life, emptying
itself upon the plains of Wyoming,
loiit.uti i alii! Dakota.
The profits were larce. Each succes
sive 'dn-ef round up'' brought to the east
ern market thousands of head of cattle,
comparing favorably with the "pampered
corn fed" stock of "Nebraska and Illinois.
Ni-wspap -r writers !-et fort li tlie business
in the mot r'.mimf colors; magazines
pave fat -is mid li;u:cs w i:li elaborate care;
jnoiicy il-iued in from the yreat commer--i:ii
center.-; new companies were formed
every i! iy, :.n d tho fcMive cowboy grew
jipnce- (loi'.ri -le d his six shooter with
impmrty, w mi-.? bis employer.- sat by their
warm l-rcs iti ease. J).d not the cowboys
look after tiu ir interests on tl-r- stormy
ran .re S they must not be curbed, evt.
. if they did sometimes make things lively
in these little western towns. In those
days t ho owners of small herd.- had no
rights these reckless fcllowii were bound
t, respect. A regularly recorded brand
wm I In- only thing that insured anything
like .!"..! y to the lloeks. Indeed, it wiw
no unusual himr to see during the spring
round up n LhU" dozen men, mounted on
liroiichos. ride up to;i farmer's gate, open
it and gallop jndl moll across th? pastura
find "round up" Ids whole herd of tamft
pows. If there wts any doubt in their
mi',:i. about the brand on a creature the
lassoes were taken from their places oil
the saddle, there werea few dextrous ttings
of the rop- in the air aiul then the auimul
was stretcheii upon the ground. May ba
it was the chilu'r?n pf I heifer, but for
fear of hurting her the hot iron in tho
timid hand had pressed too lightly, end
nnd there was no murk on the hide, fc-'o
dic was a "maverick," nnij regardless of
threat- and persuasions, she was driven
nway to starve to death, the next winter
on a bare jan:;e.
Hut the day of retribution -was coming.
The spring of ll-tJ opened up clear and
hrihl. with but little rain to call forth
the pras front the whole earth. During
the w hole summer there was a terrible
flr-.uM. and t':e hot winds swept over
the pare.b:'d j-Iaiiis, shriveling up and kill
ing all sorts i)f vegetation. The cras
was as dry and brown in June as if the
frosts of a:.:::mi had already eouiy ninl
J.wked up a t;-- i I y supply of nourishment
iu the dead looking bl.ih-s for hungry cat
tle dtiritiji the 1 winter months. liut
t!ie oi l " from i-.-r n ea knew that there
were too ::n;:y eat:!-- on the ratine, and
that, even if t.'.e trr:i:-s was good i-nmicli
to I'.eep the:nritrin : Mm u miner r.nit fait,
n t:reat many ir.u-t die in the cold .- terras
of winter. In S.-pTi-mhor and Oetober'
there was n 1 iri:.-r drive from the south
than ever b"tore. Cu! 1 weather s-t in
early in rNOVeirJxT, mrj c.outiii'ied until
f00,OJ ) cattle had pel i d:el fr:;m starva
tion. In every little qulch mi'nt h.ivo
Leeii seen catth pta--rin- from we:;k
iicss a? they vainly triea u nibble the
thort i -s to prolong their tot tin ed ex
istence h fe'.r hours longer. Hut at last
they lay down in the snow, and soon the
sii-Ivr came on which took their value
front the cattlemen's pocket?.
Nov." b.iv.evcr, the order of things ha?
chair-ed, ."C' it is the man of smr.ll licul
who has'the ."dvsntae. It is acknoe.l-.
ediit-1 bv men who ouht to know that in
the future the only way locate cattle
successfully will bo to feed and shelter
them well in wjnfer, and either clo.-se herd
cr pasture theu'i during the warm seasons.
The ranges are fast becoming settled by
indu-tiiotis men, and the land v.lii'.h a
few year:- since formed prt of valuable
ranges i:ow produces gfxd clops of wheat,
oats ateJ corn.
In regard to thi, n cattle mr.n well
;ijow;i thnp.e-!inut tl" west r.aid to yor.i
correspon-le'.it a ft.-v d:- rs since: "The day
cf the Tocrnl up' is pr:terie;dly over; fro:-i
this time on we wii cither have to watch
our ca:t rr 1 se 'em."
Arct'ier prominent :u?Di'ierof the stock
ftSsoc:.;tio;i V:i: 1: 4 "Yes, it will not be many
3"ears l.ef.'-re h'.r re herds will be a thing of
tho past. O.i or two ye:rs will put n:i
end to tho r.'o: 1 c.p. and the business will
be in the S.:rr:s of ioenl men."
On being t"! 1 th:,r your correspon. lent
had quest ioue l f ;;e nlwut the I s
last winter, he laughed and volnntarily
scid:. 'Well, I don't know that I blame
any one interested in the matter for not
wanting to talk about it, but there is no
use in trying to keep it, secret any longer.
Seventv-rive per cent, of all the cattle is
somewhere near it, though t-0 mar ba
nearer. One firm made a drive of 2i.f!00
In the f lh ln tuc spring found a
scarce another of o.lO) num-
lerel but 500 after the 'rou::d u:.
The greatest loss was in cows t hat had
iK-en. or were, suking calves. The calf
round up' was very small, lieeausp tho
cows were nearly all dead. Xo, it
wouldn't do any good to FroVil''t ft httla
b'k Iter for them. If a creature once peta
I ato an old shack during a sti rtu it v. til
tav there until the elements are at peace
or it starves to death. .Anyway, cuttlo
are strange animals. Where a horse wiil
paw away two feet of snow, and when
chilly, tako n little run by way of c..rc;se,
a cow will get discouraged and stay izx
the place without food or water until sua
dies. iuT Dunce (Wy. T.) Cor. Chicago
Times.
rtilii'ns a tVattli Do;.
An inhabitant of China, Me., hr.s T c3
ntilizing his valuable New for.r.f.!.-.:: 1
watch uo by cardii: nnd sii.::":i his
flet-ce. It made four sl.eir.s :f j -. : black
yarn, wtighing tWu pounds and ;. -.after,
u'i 1 s;uu lis easiiy and well css.Ltc'a
wool. Bostoa Budget.
THE STRONCYLOCENTROTUS.
A New i:tlt)e for ClotirtnAntl that I
Ytrl.lel by the firm.
A new d.-lieary of marinn origin, nnd sur
fas'.iii, iu tho opinion of many noutheni
loiiruianiN, the finest oysters in alnnt to ba
iiitriKbiei-d irito this country. A ipplyof
tho tru Mediterranwui M-a urchins, in good
condition. i to lie consi'i;. .! to our nmi ki t,
and Kn-jHsh ejiii-ures wiil lw asked to try tho
C7xs of tho i-ehmidenu ofter the fashion of
Mnrwill.' tht in, by anting tiieni rt'.T tho
shells, raw and uncooked. Tho sea urchin,
which si-i.-nt:!!'? men with the playful simpli
city characteristic of tho kind, have agreed
to desi-na'f tho strongylocculrotus, is an
urticle i.f food in many pnrta of the world,
as most people ere prolab!y awuro. llerico
one of the comm-iu nnmes it be'ara among
li..lierl'oI!i who have no reputation for learn
ing to k-ep up, and who call it tho sea c-gj;.
Jait ull aimig llie!.'i..2is of the Mediterra
nean tho live celled j-oset to forming the inside
of tlm pi iekly irealtiro in -sti'ine-d o.io of tlio
ta' ii'-'t morsi ls yii Jd.-d l.ytho!;eu. Ktrangers
visiting the Mar.-ii! s ti.-.ii niulket will pco
bav!:ot after basket thero f.i;e"!i with the:.
I..-.-.vuy jjreon and violet colore! hedgehogs
of ti:--' dei-ji. They are ch illy opened by tho
liohv. ives, the h it hand lning proteeted
agaii i-t tiie bharp pi ie-::i--.s by a stout cloth
wi ;! i.roioni it, tho .-.t-.;nach sack is cut
out, end the fh.e nr:-;" hired C7j;s in tho
centi r e-ip.'.xd u:..l 'i:,ii.'.. d upi.-u tho shell to
tin- custom., rj ever r-.nly for tho dainty.
Tin -e rrjn ura oidy to !; omul in the urchin
bet-. A the nioiith.; f Oe-toijcr and May,
th:o ..; abonl tho :.:n..' ti:::o as tho oyster is
iuEe.uioti. At other tjii.es the eggs uro misa
ing and inany wortiiy peoplo have pro
nounced tho creature goevl for nothing Lo-cau-ij
to y hajipened to eajiture and open it
at t!iO wrong setison of the ye:u-.
Tho urcliiu ii.-,liery, ov. ing to the great de
mand for tho crustacean in southern Eu
rop", is one of the most important in tho
Mediterranean. Tho creatures freipierit
rocky ground, and in tho form of round,
pri':ly Lal, they are found, hundreds to
gether, a few feet below hili water mark
in tho shoal . of the. S,.-:ni,ii, Fi-e::eh and
Italian :i: ix They are captured by means
of a cleft stick, with wiiich the ii&kc-r pokes
iiboi.it their haunts, and often, too, by divers.
In tho bay of Naples nothing is morn amus
ing than to watch the urchin fUhera at work
in seurch of their prey, flowing to tho s;iot,
where they are currying on ieration.s cao
may seo souw scores of heads tiobbins about
in tbo w.icr, and probably an equal number
of pairs of legs, a:i iivloiiuing to todiua ttt
aio invisible. Suddenly a hi ad will go dowa
and a pair of les come up; then, as uues
jioctedly, one of tho pair of legs will go dow u
and a head lie'b up. "A puzzling stieetaele,'
says Mr. Jones, who has we-11 described tho
lishery, "and a constant vieis-situdo from
lieeds to heads and frota heads to heels."
London l'ost.
M lmt Hue) "Sterling" Slcan ?
TLe ilalK-rdasher, a monthly journal of the
j men's furnishing trade, devotes prominent
: jace to the abuse which ha steadily grown
till the word "sterling," which, when
stamiied upon what purported to be a silver
handle for a slick or umbrella, used to be a
guarantee of coin metal, has now absolutely
no meaning whatever, and is simply and
fnlely a devica to deeeivo the public when
that puLli;; fries to buy a massive silver kno'o
for jfl.Ci, including a ull; umbrella or a hand
so; no cane.
Iht;ash law make3 tho use of the word
, "tu-. h?;g" upou plated ware felony. There
is no law in tli'j country that Corel's the
gro'.md. Ami it is not a creditable state of
mercantile morality under which men split
haiis so daxterously.as do certain manufact
urers, ia justifying their uso'of the stamp,
i The average retail buyers uudeubtedly bo
, lieves the "sterling" ttamp to warrant the
j r.;ctJ coiu silver, liut the outside coating of
evi n a. merely "washed' Lunelle is of courso
silver, aim on no letter grouna man tins uo
some manufacturers baj thvir claim of fair
dealing and honeity. Hut whilo compara
tively few of the heavy bandies are made
wht'liy of co;n nioLal. since few piefrpls wiil
buy eo expensive umbrellas, yet tho pur
chaser has a right to expect that tho silver
boa t whi'-h v : tho word "sterling" should
not cori.'htof a ma.-s of ie.a.l or o;he-r br.
metal with merely a thia varnish of silver,
Uut it is plain that it is no easy matter to
draw tho line between honesty did fraud.
If a i '.ate s-f silver, of even a quarter of an
inch in thickness, overljdug base metal crrn
propyl iy ! s'aniised "sterling," at what de
gree of tiiinneis i:i t'::; ii "i?: do3 the use oZ
tho word become niik-aeliiig ca-1 wroitgf
Nev York bun.
I'lofiliij ttie !'aa Ic-a-a::i.
IYrsoitr 1 eligc.it j i ; hsiineLhing uuknovn i:i
: l. i sian vilia.?. I'a; -a;mt c.iunot pay
hirj r;-.res J-e is t iggc-d. Ji tLo el.-eted cora.
mi:..::d .:'-d Vi'lot authorities cannot collect
the amount for which they rro a . s.sned r.t
the diatriet treasury oCloe, thev ere forced to
call Li 'he assistance of tho police. Thero is
a good ek-al or liu-.h j-t Jiii assertion that ia
the-licighhorhood of poor villages m liUijI
the h i:-h tiv-es aro bare of tv.-is, tacriflcoj to
the 1 -eating out of the poor feasants arrears
-r.-. l ta:-:io. Ti village and district police
not only ilog, Lut they mr.rch o!r tho poor
iellev.-s to tho csfctcs of reighboring pru
::riete.rs end biro them out as laborers, ou
the understanding that tho wages shall bo
paid to the treasury oiiicia's.
Once ia awhile the moujik gets impatient
and revolts. Then he destroys everything he
lavs his hands on. Such was the ease with
a staaovoi chief of tl 2 rural police in tho
provinco of K -.san, .h.o, V-.sreen
had caus.'d 7i3 pers-ius to bo il )-c.i. IIw
ws lici-iegcd aiul killed by an angry crowd,
some of v.-fcrv.-i were forthwith trietJ and con
demned as seibtioua ricteiv. The, village
chronicles are full of such trageuieo.
Michacl ITalkoiT ia Chicago News.
Who Should Avoid Tobacco.
A man inay.it is true, smoke five or six
cigars, or as iua::y pipes, each day, without
reoogmiang any harm in conscimence; 1-u.t
wc muko the statement, without heitation,
that he- could not indulge to that extent aud
continue in perfoet health, ilea who live
sedentary lives must be more temperate than
tho-. who are constantly in tho open air.
There are certain complaints in which tho
;:sc of tobacco should be forbidden altogether.
Men who have weak bangs, w ith a tendency
to e-or.sainptioii, ought never to use tobacco,
and t ho same, as a rule, holds good ia chronic
bronchitis. In all constitutional iisease3
characterized by general functional derange
ment, i;uiaire.l nutrition and iuipovcrisa-la-jiir.
of the blood, tka loiaouous c;ie.-ts of
tobacco are iiitcuitiel. Iu fact, thero is not
a condition of ill health ia which we should
feel ja -iiSed ia iecoun.iei;diag tho patient to
i.e tv'baci-o. Le-t men ia perfect health taiolve
if thev Siud that it adds much to the plcas-
uiv- of living. Vi'o cannot condrinn tha
1 ha -ii sol. ng as it is held iu restraint; but if
in lalgcd to un excess, a curtain measura of
I ill health is th inevitable consequence.
I tSo.iioa Herald.
A liv.j cr-ik tree in ilL-iipj-i meaaui e? fivo
ujj o.ihalf feet ia iauiotc Lret high
lrouithe groum aal f.iitads ita Lna;chc3
i tihty-two feet.
PHYSICAL STRAIN.
PERILS RESULTING FROM EXCESS
OF BODILY ACTIVITY.
A 'i'ror Drgrce of Ixercbte Neccmary
to the Well Ilelug of Mais Tlie Jewish
ICare Si-itciilary or Ilraln Furouit.
Overwork.
N.ithing is more absolutely necessary to
tho well lieiiig of man notonly plrysioal, but
iiu-iilal and evcuuioral than the bodily ac
tivity involved in a projicr degree of exercise.
Uut, on the other hand, undue strain put
upon tho physical forces is u jiotent source of
danger. It is a case, for tho application of
the 1 loratian maxim iiuregard to moderation.
I-hvaetly to det'ue the projHT inean is nil ex
tremely fhiiicult task. We can, however,
oiTcr s mo suggestions on this point that
may prove of use; and wo will also touch
ujxei siano of tho j.vriN resulting from os-ce.-.s.
Tho ancient (1 reeks have for many
centuries supplied tho world, among other
things, with modi .s of phynieal culture, 'i'ho
climate pel-milled them t live largely in tho
open cir; their dress was mirestraining, and
tiiey paid great attention to athletic sport
and the development and caro of tho body.
They wore, jus .i o)!c, patterns of manly
and w'oiii.-uiy beauty; their average of health
was high, aud their longevity good.
Tho observations mad..', however, by the
physicians uf the I J reel: and it-. man scho. -Isfo
i ouchisi vel y to show that, wherever physical
ue! ivity was carried to undue evcess among
them ;u in the case of professional athletes,
etc. tho invariable result was premature
ilecy and ear.lv death. Excessive physical
culture during the ago of chivalry furnished
thoi-ame results. St udy of tho vital st:itistics
of Kn.eland, Fraisco and l'ru-;sia iu moilern
times leads to a similar conclusion. Notonly
docs the point we are urging hold true iiitho
lives of individuals, but it is true of nations
and races. Perhaps, as regards tenacity of
existence as displayed by a race, tho most
striking argument in favor of our position to
be found in history i-4 tho negative testimony
furnished by the Jews. This iteople, since its
ili-- r. ioTi, hr.s never in any general, system
it', i-; way cultivated iii physique. It has
never voluntarily borne Arms. It. has taken
no share ju the athiotio pursuits of tho na
tions among whom it has le-c:i placed. It
has never exhibited a high physical standanL
Its weu-st i-erseeutions have, probably, lieen
due, more than anythi-.g el- e, to its apparent
corporeal feebleness. Yet today this race,
for tenacity and vitality, probably stands
first "u earth, and even nt !iis lao stage of
its hi.-tory stiil shows a capacity for produce
ing results in literature, science, art. jiolilics
and commerce that ranks with the best.
Full vigor of intellect is only properly
bael ujsin vigor of body, and this vigor of
body results only from proper exercise. It
is i:o unusual thing in coilegc-3 to find stu
ilents staiioinu: well both in their studies and
in athletics. President Eliot has always been
a stanch friend tf physical sj-.orts, and him
self when in college pulled an oar in the uni
versity ceo-.v. Ko one can ever look nt Jo
seph Cook, or could ever have looki4d at
Agasiz or Bryant, without at once recogniz
ing the development aud solidity of the phys
ical man. Such instances are almost innu
merable. But one thing 13 certain: no man
can continually use both his physical aud
mental powers at anything like their full ca
"fitv without soon coming to grief. Hu
man' '"nature v. as iit madg fpr t hiswrt of
thing. It is burning the caudle at bothends
It is not given to one nan to bo both cn Ihn
crson and a t!u!iivau.
A i Vi should decide which half of hi3
nature is tohavo tlia k-rd, t,rti tli.n crercir-.o
tho other half just, sufficiently to koep th
former in condition and to preserve th
proper general balance. If ho lives by his
brain, let him take physical exercise sufficient
to keep his bodily faculties, and by conse
quence his brain at their best but not too
much. If he lives by his body, a certain ad.
miittti e e.f brn occupation' will make hiia
not only a larger, but even actually a physi
cally healthier man. A l-ody worker should
UjC thii and every other possible precaution
against undue physical strain. Ia both and
id ail cases over work of tho bodily forces
lnu-t. result i:i serious harm. Thf outside ny
be fair, aud tho external appearance all that
could be desire;!, Ifufc insid-s there will be dt
o.ay. Vi'il'.iie Colti.'s, in one of his stories,
most truly showed how delusive are tho
seeming soundness and vigor of even tho
trained athlete, when tho call upon his vi
tality has been too prolonged or too great, or
v.he'i his phynieal development lets been til?
normally forced how suddenly his apparent
robustness disrpiw.-nrs, and is replaced by
morbid conditions, upon any sudden cr extra
tc-nsion of w-ork or -.n;.-.-tio;i. I'ho case of tho
all conquering but finally foiled Sullivan,
which has lately attracted so much attention,
seems clearly one exactly in point.
For the sake cf emphasis we eg-iin say: In
the case of the man of sedentary or brain
pursuit.-, he should employ his body only
enough to keep it active and vigorous, and
hence his spiritual faculties bright and keen,
without taxing tils reserve or vita.'iiy. Th.i
object is not to u.-e himself up as fast as pos
sible. It is a wasteful and fatal mistake
to keep the entire endowment at high pres
sure. As regards the man employed ia bod
ily labor, it is sohlom within his power to
control its amount. It mar. however, bo
said that, as soon as he find3 tho equipoiso of
his system is being disturbed a fact which
will generally reveal itself to him through,
some pain or feeling of strain in some local
ity, the unnatural action of s-ano organ or
soma sensation somewhere that ho recognizes
as not natural or as soon as ha finds that
his physical strength is gradually lessening,
ho may know that he has passed the limit.
In all cases, by systematic cad severe physi
cal compet it ion such as either calls for tho
exertion of sadden and tremendous forco or
for prolonged endurance, as occur3 in prize
fights, rowing matches, walking or running
races, etc. is physiologically unsafe, and
from the standpoint of health and longevity
should ho abolished.
The danger ia physical overwork is princi
pally to those portions of the body which avo
concerned in the involuntary acts of life
lhat is to say, to the muscles and nervous ap
paratus employed in circulation, digestion
and respiration. At the best these never
rest ; and when undue labor devolves upon
thcra, they become more or less deranged.
They belong to vital organs, and injury to
those is of the gravest import. Again, when
oue or more of the vital organs are in any of
its parts seriously affected, all the other por
tions of our complex bodies which depend
Uou it or them sutler also. Generally, the
heart fails firsr, and, of ell vital organs, it,
together with the whole circulatory system,
is most likely to suffer frcm undue physical
strain; but sometimes the respiratory organs
go as soon, or even earlier. Either way, the
digestive p:aratus soon follows, and when
ruin so vital r.s this has takeu jikxee, death
cannot be put off. Boston Ilerald.
To fasten kane handles that bavo becoms
loosened, take powdered resin aud mix with
it a sandl quantity of powdered chalk or
whiting. Fiil the hole ia the han ilo with
the mixture, heat the tang cf the knife or
fork e:id thrust la. When cold ii wiil t
sucuitly fastened, .
REVWING ITS FORMER GLORY.
Remark aid 0 Progress of Modern Atliem
In filucatlon l'lacatlnir the Tnrt.
No!xly who has known Athens for long
or who knows tho real resources of tho coun
try of which she is tho capital, can lie disaji
ointcil with the progress made. Few cities
have improved more during tho last twenty
years. The government has introduced c:.i
pidsory education on a most extensive si :!;
railroads are U'ing opened; drainage and the
plant ing of trees ha vo received great atten
tion, and the sudden breeze of patriotism
which has lately jessed over Greece and pn
zled rJuropo wiil doubtless bear its fruits iu
greater unity of purjioso. Perhaps the real
evil which, more than anything else, has
checked t ho progress of Greece during t he last
half century has been its constitutional gov
ernment. Thero are many Cavours in Gre-o. Tri
coupis is a Cavour with English ideas; but
unfortunately Greece is not ruled over by a
Victor I-huunuel, nor hus she yet produced u
Garibaldi. Everybody in the small kingdom
is, as of old, a politician, and the consequence
of this is that ministries riso and fall and
elections tako place with a rapidity which
might'even astonish us. The one point on
which nil Greeks are agreed, and which has
leen taught them by late events is, that if
t hey are ever to hold their own ia the lktlkau
peninsula, they must have mora territory.
They cravo fur tho fertile plains of Epirus
and Macedonia; for something that will give
them a ehanco of development and the means
of existence on a large scale.
The place where tho Greek is seen to the
greatest advantage is not at Athens, where
mass meetings will ono day cheer for lely
nnnis aud the next for Tricoupis, but tit f '.n-
sUmtinoplo. Thire l.c .,o l.j ....
defensive, living in the midst of the great
destroyer of his race and freedom. Here his
commercial propensities and industries have
brought him to the fore.
The "unspeakable Turk," who loves money,
but hates making it as bitterly as ho hates
the Greek, who can make it. has given him
in return for money every tiling that he asks.
This has enabled tho Greeks to attack tho
Turks with tho.abovo mentioned weapon of
education. Concessions for Greek schools all
over the rotten empire have been literally
bought. Thero is scarcely a Greek iilago in
Macedonia, Epirus, the islands and tho coast
villages of Asia Minor which has not tieu
supplied with schools for both girls and boys,
either through the munificence of rich Greeks
,or through tho clerical and monastic i::Ilu
ence, which in its day has played so valiant
a part in tho conservation of the Hellenic
language and tho Christian religion. Fort
nightly Iteviov,
Roosters cf tho Philippines.
"I havs been told," writes Alexander R.
Vvebb, United States consul at Manila, Phil
i;iine islands, "that a native will sell his
shirt at any time for a rooster, and I am
rather inclined to the belief that there are
more game roosters than shirts on the island.
Valk two or three blocks and you will meet
at least a dozen natives, each with a rooster
under bi3 arm. Every bird has a piece of
tv-inq about a yard longj tied, to ouo pf its
legs, whilo at the other end is a wooden peg
about three inches long. 'When tho owner
wants to epter a house or has any special
work that requires his temporary absence
from his pet, he sticks the peg in the ground
and the fowl is securely picketed. One can
see roosters thus anchored at almoit every
turn when walking ebont the toyn Natives
meet on thy sLieet, and. forgetting 'the busi
ness they may have on hand, set their birds
down aud immediately there is a contest.
I know of one place on .Iris street, and
there may be others in different parts of -ti e
city, where an lmmeus& building is tier oted
to cock nghti ig, a lieer.se being paid t the
government for the privilege. The building
covers about 00 feet square and 13 bui it of
H.imboo with the roof thatched with grass.
An admission lee of about ten cents is
charged, and here roosters nr-s fought eery
utteruoou from 1 o'clock until 'dark. c t.xl
fjafTs are used, and the sport is about as
brutal as it i3 anywhere. The c-rowd veil
and bet just as the.y on nn American raco
course. While the amusement is less brutal
than a bull or a prise fight, it is bad enough.
Y.i xt door to our house nssitlea a native who
is evidently a sort of game bird nabob. lie
hes an iuclosure in which ho keeps twelve or
fifteen roosters, and he gives them as much
care as a fast horso fancier would his am
rnids. He has some of them in small stai
like inelosures, whilo others are picketed on
tho ground, which is kept carefully swept.
Mornings aud evenings he and several other
men on.i boys groom the birds, discuss their
good points and let thorn fight a little. Oc
casionally one of tlu birds pulls his peg out
of the ground and jumps on his neighbor.
Immediately the whole establishment is hi a
turmoil the chickens cackle, tho children
run out of the house, and the talk hoard in
dicates that something terrible has happened.
St. Louis Republican.
The Victim of a i:ctertive.
Since the breath of life was breathed Ipto
humanity no ool, male or femalo, can he
found equal to the fool who is jealous. T.'heu
that passion is aroused there is no boundary
line set. Money counts as nothing, and tho
victims are the most credulous people on the
footstool. A very tyro can make them be
lieve anything, and when pnee your detecti ve
of this class gets a grip on purse strings he
never lets go.
I happen personally to know one ca-;e in
point. One of the wealthiest citizens of Chi
cago thougLt he had reason to be suspicious
of his wife about four years ago. Ho em
p!eycd a ' 'shadower." Remarkable as it may
seem tho man reported that she was aiiso
lately innocent, and convinced the husband
that such was the case. He was given 500
for his services. But did it end there? fSy
no means. When that money had been
blown in the detective went to the man and
told him that unless more cash was forthcom
ing ho would inform tho wrongfully suspected
wife. To tho couple a child had ia the mean
time been born, and the millionaire would
have sacrificed anything rather than "let the
mother of hi3 heir loam of his groundless
jealousy. The follow was given when b
asked, and is now a regular pensioner to the
amount cf per month. Inter Ocean.
A First Clc-s Bronco Rider.
A first class flash rider or bronco buster
receives high wages and deserves them, for
he follows a most dangerous trade, at which
ncS man can hope to grow old; his work being
infinite! v harder than that of an eastern horsa
breaker or rough rider, because he has to dp
it in such a limited time. A good rider is a
good rider all tho world over; but an east
cm or English horso breaker and weston
bronco buster have so little iu common with
each other as regards style or surroundinga,
and are so totally out of place in doing each
other's work, that it is almost impossible to
get either to admit that the other has any
merits at all as a horseman, for Ecither
could sit ia the saddle of the other or could
without great d ificulty perform his task.
Tho ordinary eastern seat, which approaches
more or less the seat of a cross country
rider or fox banter, is nearly as di He rent
trom the cowboy" seat as from that of a
man who rides bareback. Theodore Hooso
eltiuTLo Century.
he Plattsmouth Herald
Xs 011 joying o.33oo2nin both. it3
EDITIONS.
The Tear 1888
Will he one during vhicli tlie eulijects of
national interest ami importance will he
strongly agitated and the election of si
President will take place. rihe people of
Cass County who would like to learn of
Political, Commercial
and Social Transactions
of year and would keep apace with
the times should
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