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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1884)
m i k-t rsp fejl I 1 I HOME, FARM Al GAUDO. i Kind words and a gentle patting on the head will go much fur tier in iaming a timid heuer than a score of milk-stools. The Sural New Yorker says sun flower 8ted is not good for horses or cattle, but it can be fed in Bioalj quantities to poultry. Tomatoes raised on a poor, light soil will have less growth than those raised on rich soil, but they will ripen a week or ten days sooner. Chicago Journal, Caution is necessary in using com mercial fertilizers in the garden, that it is" not brought in direct contact witl the seed. Thorough mixing with the soil is the only absolute safety at all times. Cleveland Lender. A Western paper advises adding salicj'lic acid to oiuer to prevent fer mentation. Any drug that will arrest fermentations will as effectually pre vent digestion, and should bo shunned by all who have regard to their health, believes the Rural New Yorker. r Fireplace Curtains: Fireplace cur tains can be hung upon invisible wires, or if preferred upon visible brass rods beneath the mantelpiece, and made to draw before the grate. If it is desir able to hide the manteloiece, they will Fcrve this purpose afro, as they may bo drawn aside just en -ugh to reveal the fire. Boston Vast. Very handsome wall pockets to hold papers are made of plush. Two boards are required for this. The one Intended for the back must be a sizo larger than for the front. Gilt-head nails may be put in at the siiLs, or rings of brass, and the boards be held together by ribbons laced back and forth. - To one ever so kittle handy with a pencil it is a comfort and a having of time to measure tiie garden plot and f)lan the planting of everything before land on paper. A page or two of a blank book will hold the business, and the record gives a Irstory and furnishes an increasing basis for garden science from year to year. N. Y. 1'ost. A Canadian correspondent of VicVs Monthly crows excellent radishes in this way: lie selects a piece of ground in the corner of his garden and keeps it especially for this purp se. H. covers the surface with about two inches of leached wood ashes every spring, and epades in thoroughly. His soil is saudy llis radishes are not troubled with worms, and are smooth and brittle Economizing Land Concerning the differences in the methods of tarnvng between this coun try and certain parts of the old world uone are more striking to the traveler than in the economizing of land. In Japan and China the steep mountain sides are terraced and produce Iuxuriaut crops in situations that in our country would be considered quite unavailable for agricultural purposes. In France, Germany aud other parts of Kurope nearly every square foot of sol is care fully tilled and made to yield its share. The ground is broken close to the ficdges or other confines, and every nook and corner is utilized. The aver age "farms1' in some of those cotintr cs eecm 1 ttlc larger than good-sized gar dens in America, and it is o.tcu a mat ter of wonder how the owners or ten ants of these small plots can gain a living from them for them-elves and families. It would be still more sur prising to one who had no previous knowledge of the subject to learn what immense crops are produced ou such diminutive farms. This difference is mainly dt:c, how ever, not so much to the priu iple of economy adopted for pr neiplos sake, as to the ne essity of the ease. The farming lands of Kurope arc generally thickly populated and extremely valu able. Tie needs of the resident popu lation re uirc that the soil should be made to vie d its utmost, and even then fciore is often barely enough for suo justencc. These circumstances do rot laow xist in this country, although they "may, possibly, in centuries to come. Hut until drvon by necessity, it can haidy be expected that our farming i lass wnl ractice that econ mv in the use of and which now prevails ic older coun tries. Yet the subject is one which may be profitably considered by all who are interested in inproved systems of agriculture. No doubt the cheapness of land with s and the w.de areas in different part; of th-j Union that still lie unoccupied, have given rise to loose and wasteful methods of farming, a wanton prodigal ity in the use of land that is not excus able under any circumstances. An idea seems to prevail with a large class of people iu this country that farming consists mainly in spreading out over a vast number of acres, w th but little reference to the real question, how to make the most out of the soil. The land-owner aspires to Lc "a mon arch of all he surveys," even though bis monarchy consists in part of swamps, barrens aud other desolate places. He counts upoe .' total amount of his acreage rather tiiau upon the average producing value of his acres. "To a great degree this dillusivo style of farming is labor lost and un profitable. No man ever gains any thing by spreading himself over too much ground; a truth that applies to agriculture as well as to other pursuits In this respect it will be found far more profitable in the end to concentrate means and energies with'n reasonable limits than to acqu re a g.eat number of acres to be neglected and half tilled. There is no excuse for slovenly , arm ing even where land can be had for the asking. The motto of every farmer should bo to make the most of every foot of soil. Up should improve the waste places, drain the sloughs and swamp-holes and clear away the wide, straggling rows o! underbrush by the fences and walls. He should not a'low spaces of valuable and fertile land around bis' barns and dwellings to be covtred over witn debris, or given up to the possession of unsightly weeds. Neatness and care fulness pay as well in farming as in any other busness. Whim our farmers learn to practice that economy in the use of land which thev are forced to e-.-ercisj in other directions they will mak-' more money with less labor thw they do now. X. V. Observe. Unwholesome Feeding". There is no other part of the farm work that is performed in such a per functory ai I careless manner as the feeding of the stock. At one time the food is given to excess; at another it i not sufficient; too often there is no reg ularity, and almost universally the quality is ob:ectionable. Now, the di gestive organs of an animal are the most delicate part of the sys'em, and the digestive process is far more pre cise and intricate than anything that the chemist can perform in his labora tory. No work of man can nearly ap proach in its perfection the tunetions of d gestiou, assimilation and nutrition in V c stomach and int stines. Indeed, the closest and most patient researches of anatomists and chemists have faded to explain some of these functions, and even the purposes and offices of some important organ connected with diges tion and nutrition are partly or wholly unknown a?, for instance, the spleen and the pancreas while we do not yet completely understand the ac tion and efFect of the liver, which is the largest and most important of the in testinal organs. Tiiese facts tend to show the great importance of a knowl edge, as lar as poss ble, of the whole theory and science of feeding, and of the greatest care ulness in practice. Hut unfortunately few farmers make even an attempt to study this subject, and the great majority quite ignore it. he consequence is that animals su'rer trom all sorts of disea-cs'diie to disordered digestion and the resulting impurities of the bloo 1, aud the losses of farmers, shepherds, and stock-feeders are enormous, but yet almost entirely preventable. The two most seiious causes of the trouble arc excessive feed ing aud the use of unwho'o-ome fodder. Animals posse-s no restraining instinct against over-feeding: they cat as long as they can. and will gorge themselves with the most savory food in the most gluttonous manner. Therefore the feeder should exercise a w.se ovcrs'ght and precaution in this r. spect, not only to regulate the rat on given as to quan tity, but to arp rtion the quality in such a manner as to meet the actual necessities of the animal. As far as re gal its quantity.cnmmon sense indicates tiiat when an an mal is so tilled with food that it can lio.d no more it has eaten to a da gerous excess. This ex cess of food has the very opposite re sult from that desired by the feeder; the dairy cow falls o 1" in milk, or becomes diseased and suffers with garget or milk fever; the calves are attacked by blackleg or diarrh a- nature's way of gctt'ng rid of the excess pigs become 1 a ccted Iy staggers r nervous dsorder of tne spine, which produces the ex ceedingly common paralysis of the hind parts, and when the food is chiefly corn, they die by thousands of inllam matiou and fever of the bowels, which is the true name of the dreaded hog cholera. And so this waste ac s both ways, for it is a was te of good food that is thrown away and a waste of valuable slock which is destroyed by the tirst waste and e jually as wasteul as piling up fodder against a barn to burn up the grain that is stored in it. Mut worse yet remains to be told as regards the use ot unwholesome food. Recent inxestigat ons of i iolog ists go to show that the almost infinite variety of fungi, both visible and invis ible, e.0! pting by the aid of the most power ul microscopes, are the most act ive agents in the destruction of living matter, as well as of dead organic s .b stances. Scarcely a substance exists but has its peculiar parasite which lives anil grows at its expense, and linallv destroys it. Our knowledge of these destructive agencies is at present very meager, but we know enough of them to realize that they are noxious iu the extreme. Molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, ergots and the invisible infusorial growths generally eal.ed bacteria, and known as infusoria because of their ap pearance "n intiisiousof organic matter, (and the blood is precisely such a liqu d) all these act as poisons wh eh produce diseases of the most fatal type, because these germs and plants increase witn inconceivable rapidity in the blood and tissues of an an mal poisoned by them. And yet it is &a e to say that scarce y any fodder or grain fed to animals is who ly free from t cm, while n far too many cases stock is suppled with food profusely reeking with these dangerous poisons. The sub ect is to copious to pursue fmther at this time, brt we can not resist the duty of here point ng out the danger, so as to awaken thought in regard to it, intending to refer again to this vitally important matter heiealter. A', i. Timet. Managing a Farm. Last week in conversation with a legislator who has large experience and great comprehens on of practical life, in speaking of the qualillcations of a certain man for olliee, he said the can didate had demonstrated his qual iica tions for any position. He had ma i aged successfully a thousan acre farm, which he considered required more varied and practical qualilications than it did to discharge the duties of Gov ernor or any other office in the Suite. A man m.y have a thousand acre fami, and have money enough from other sources to put life farm in good order, and stock it with an abundance of even class of the best stock, and things may look grand. But does it pay "expenses, the interest on the money inves-ed in it, aud a good profit to the owner? Ifnot.it is not successfully man a ed. The farm must not only look pleasant to the eye, but it must pan out i he profits. To do this a man must have practical knowledge of his business and great administrative talent. So our friend was safe in saying that a man who can successfully manage a thou-saud-ac.e farm is qualified for any of fice. Jiu;a Stale Jlcqistcr. m m Thu American Cultiva'or reminds us that it is not economy to make a garden too many ears in one place. The soil becomes exhausted for one kind of crop-growing, and insects be come abundant We have known larm crs to spend twice the time fighting in- sects that their more enterprising neigh bors did, and because thev persisted in keeping the garden in the same old place, weeds The same is true iu regard to A hen of any breed begins to fall off in cgtr production aftxr she passe her third year. "Availability." The Republicans have an easy cam paign before them it they are wise; that is, if they trust themselves fear- . lessly to the choice of a good man for Resident, and do not. let themselves be fed away by the foolish cry of "availa oility'' which is usually apt to result in the selection of a second rate man. We can afford to lake up a man whose rapacity is undoubted, it ho has g ven vulen eby his public life that he can betr sted. All the signs point to the certainty that we shall elect any good man we put in nomination. We can only be beaten by putting up a man who has not the confidence of the country, A lie usual laiK aoout "availability as:d ; from the actual excellence of the candidate began early. It did not begin with the people. It began with the politicians, and it is largely their stock in trade. Their formula is: "Oh, lie is a good man. he would make a jood President, hut he can not carry this or that State." When a pol'ticiah 3ays this, he is really talking in the in terest of somebody who wants to get rid of a rival. This is peculiarly so in this campaign. The chances arc that w.ien you see a politician or a newspa per tiying to undermine a particular candidate by attempting to show, not that he would not make a safe and competent President, but that he cm not carry such a State, you may be sure that he fs in faor of a candidate who wo Id not be the spontaneous first shoicc of the party, but depends upon some factit.ous advantange aside from his merit. Now, in this campaign, if ever we could, we can afford to dis regard the old availability cry and rest upon merit. For nothing is more certain, as the field looks ttMlay, than that the only possible ground of de eat to-day would be in putting in noni. nation a man who is intrinsically unfit. The Independent rote has to be reckoned with. It will isk only one ucstion. sup osing, of course, that a man of ability is put up. Is he to be trusted to carry on the Gov ernment in a conservative manner ou the 1 ncs of advance and re orm now laid down, that is a sys ematized civil sen' ce removed from the t net ations of party greea a conservative financial sourse. and a reduction of taxes and revenue in accordance with the broad interests of the country. We want no experiments, we want no adventures: we want our affairs to go on steadily and quietly. The Federal machine has become a very big one to manage. It can not bo trusted to tyros. It needs s'atcsmen to direct the finances, and it needs experi ence to adjust the great interests of commerce, agriculture and manufac tures. The Republican party for near ly a quarter of a century has controlled these great interests, and under its rule the country has taken a front rank in the world." and become, beyond dispute, the most prosperous nation on the globe. We suppose that no candid man will deny that it has to-day in its ranks r. greater number of capable statesmen than its opponents. Demo- rn'.s, Green- backers.or whatever name the opposition takes. This is shown by the tentative ex periments the Democrats have m.ule in any branch of the Government they have temporarily controlled. Iu plain words, they have made a mess of it every time. They show no capacity to handle the groat machine. No better cv donee of th s is needed than such a taritf measure as Morr's n s bill a hor zontal reduc tion, made without the least insight in o the complicated interests of the coun try. It has besides, no unity of pur pose or principle and it develops ew statesmen With an comprchensi e and broad views. It is bothered to-day to name a single (living candidate for President, who is a t airly able and rep resentative man, upon whom the party can uti te. The Republican partv, on the contra ry, has plenty of goo timber for candi dates. It may be embarrassed wh m to select, but it can make no mist ike if it trus s it-elf to its nsiinet of taking a man of universally acknowledged ca pacity and integ ity, and does not bother itself wth the false politician's cry ot "availab.iity. uarljuru Courant. Stale Sovereignty Run Mad. One of the signs of orthodox Dcmo raey that might have been referred to by the experts who were reentry called upon in Iowa to g ve the tests of real Democracy is the doetr ne of State i sovereignty. -This is. to be sure, not a Jackson, an doctrine, as Calhoun and his nullifying crowd found out to their hearts' content from the hero of New Orleans, but it has in these degenerate days become one of the fetiehs of that party. hen the temple visitation oi i yellow-fever fell upon the South a few years ago, tne people oi inn isonii, am mated bv the fraternal desire to use all the means in their power for the sup pression of the pestilence, una imoiisly sustained the intervention of the Gen eral Government w tli the expenditure of money, the issue of ration', the dis tribution of shelter tents, the assign ment of army physician to assist in the care of the sick, and in short the fullest exercise of all the resources ot the cen tral power. But even in that dread emergen -y, with Yellow Jack swooping down upon scores of communities, the devo'ees . of this fetich of State sovereignty could not run so fast from the Angel of Death but that they had time to give a kick to the hand that brought them aid. The R piesentalives of Alabama. Georg a, Tennessee and Mississippi yelped snarled and snapped at the hand that was bringing them the best it could command of rel ef and protec tion. They took all that was od'ered, but graciously reminded the giver that his benevo ence proceeded on an en tirely incorrect theory of the true func tions of Fe leral Government Precisely the same blind devotion to the nullify in r theory that Jackson stood ready to take out of Calhoun by the appl cation of a hemp poultice animates the opposi tion of the Bourbon Senators to the ap propriat n for the extermination of the cattle-plague, which, whether it be gen uine fo t-and-mouth d'scase or not. is co tagious and extremely dangerous to the welfarr of the people of the whole country. Whil the germs of disease arc spreading from one State to anoth er, threaten -nr to infect all the herds on the rang s in theTerritor'es on the'r dispersal in the spr'ng, receiving rein-fore-iincnts at the ports on ths sisa-coast where Furpnan cattle are be'ng im ported.portend ngtheloss. lfun becked, of millions alike to the owners of tattle :.n 1 the consumers of mea all that the State-sovereignty ghosts ia the Senatff can find to say is, that the intervention of the only adequate power that of the Nation would bo inconsistent with their theory of the Constitution. Senator Bayard, who does not find anything out of the way in the use of the sovereign jioxvers ot taxation of the , Federal Government for the enrichment of ti,e Wilmington Match Company, can on5v stirIek State ri?1,ts whpn it i3 proposed to use those same powers of taxation to protect the food of i tioiK We cannot see the sense a ia- or the consistcnev of this theory of Fed-ral powers. The State rij.hts that Senator Bayard, ami Senator Pendleton, ami Senator Morgan and Senator Harris are fighting for is the right of States to poison their neighbors food and to in fect their cattle with a death-dealing disease. If it is not competent for the Federal Government to u-e its common powers to prevent such a common ca lamity then Governments are a mockery and have no real social raison d e're. It would seem as if the late unpleas antness was too short. It ought to have lasted one campaign louger. The wa- proved nothing if it did not demon s rate that the Government of this country was a real National Govern ment that' could do air. thing that was demanded by the general welfare. It is not an aggregation of little politi al patches in each of which there is a minute central postule of sovereignly. There is but one center of sovereignty in this union, and that is at Yxash-ng ton. and tssovere:gnly is ample or all the needs of the people. There was enough gunpowder consumed dnr ng the war to have burned this truth into any ordinary cuticle. Chicago Tribune. . The Road to Ruin. Danger lies ahead of the Republican partv. The opening of the year dis closed a pathway to victory. The Dem ocratic party, lorn by dis-onsion and weakened by lack of principle, present ed no barrier. The aspect threatens to change, and it is time to sound a clarion note of al rin. A few months aio no personality had been made an issue. Republicans were laboring .side y side ami br nging all their forces in cohes ve strength to lear upon the common enemy. The e feet i was self-evident. Had the same pru dent course been pur-ued to the pres ent tini' it would have been the part of wisdom. Per-onal issues will weaken and de morali e. The one grand oljcet the success of Republican principles has been almost forgotten in the v.eal w.th whic'i the eiaini of this or that candi date is uphe d. Partisanship seeks to usurp the place of principle, and sel fishness bids fair to imperil safety. The effect of this intens ty of feel'ng in 1 ehalf of the spec-al claims of cer tain candidates can not be foretold. Al ready newspapers of prominence are mak'ng shameful attacks upon Repub lican can idates who are d s'asteful to them, and dragging down the names of men honored in the past anil yet to bo honored in the party's councils. Mean- i while the c'ouds are gathering and a storm threat cn.4. i e can conceive of no greater lack of judgment than that displayed by some Republican newspapers iu the fervor wth which they ti port onesinglecan didate. Knowing that the great Stale of New York w 11 hold the balance of I power, that it is almost ahsolu.ely nec essary to carry it if we would win it is amazing that this fact is overlooked by those who should be tirst to recognize it What bene t :s it to the parly, or to any man in the j arty, to declare that Mr. Blame or General Arthur can not 1 carry New York is incomprehensible. We believe that c ther can carry the State, and we aNo believe that either can carry O io, and be elected. Yet the fact remains lhat the caad ilacy of both has been in ured by the rab d partis n ship of their unwise though devoted supporters. Day by day the bickering, the denunciation and the clamor of the Republican press grow apace. Mean while the enemy is at work. The voice of wisdom at such rtn hour commands peace, and eniorces pru dence. This is not a time for strife Within the party. The lesson of the hour is impressing itseli mo e strongly day by day that the coming conte-t is not between men ores. The man but between iuc:is to lead m ist be a leader. Publ c opinion will insist on cont tolling the sele -lion. ut no man in this campaign can expect to control pu die opinion He who thrusts his personality into the struggle w.ll be casi asiue. At such a time, with a great body of Independent Repu licans hesitating as to the.r position, and reprobat jig the personalities of the contest, the cry is for a strong man, for a candidate who is not seeking but is sought. One is wanted who "commands respect even from i. is enemies, who s free of tainr, loyal to the pr neiplcs o the party and earnest in their de.ense. true to himself, and honest to the very core of his heart The Republican 5 art) is rich in the pos session ot such men. Senator Hawley is one. Senator K .munds is a orher, Robert T. Lincoln is still another, or Waller Q. Gresham or any of fifty fa miliar names that will i:ash into the m nd of one acquainted with our pub lic men. It is time to drop personal issues if the party is to enter unitedly and iu solid column into a close and vigorous contest. The Democracy is closing up its ranks, luiet but effeeth e work, uith the n ains- ring at this capital, is going on day by day. and even night by n ght. livery heated" word, every b'ow. every rancorous feeling in the Republican party is a delight anil a pleasure to the enemy. His plau is well laid. Those id his secrets know its pu po e, which is nothing less than the capture first of all of the Kmpire State This is the c ief prize, aud the man with whom it is to be won if possible is Governor Cleveland. To this end every effort will be directed and the forces are already marshaling. Let Republic ns wake to the danger of fighting each other and wasting their strength. There is something else to do. That something is to nom nate a man so panoplied in personal and jKili tieal strength that he can le.id a united party to a memorable victory.- Abany Evenuirj Journal. Temnerance Reading. "AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER : "lth tottcrinjr step, anil frenzied eye. The sii'l Inebriate hurries by To tho uemirel ilen Where Lucifer s hteh priest nu-nlts To lure, tbrniijch the infernal xutcs, llis faltering fellow men. The victim enters jrraps the cup. Ami ouatTs the demon nectur up: He drinks to drown his cure. OH thou, who ttandest on the rock. Above the stirpiiiff billow's shock. See thou thy brother there.' Withhold thy censure, taunt and frown. His sins and w e- have home him down To effortless de-pair. He sinks liencath his heavy loud He's prostrate, on a thorny ro-d: Say, shall we leave him there? Shall wo not led a kindly hand. And with our strength help him to stand. And And some cifer way For the poor, harassed, tremulinsr feet. Some chciter from the tiurninjr heat And burden of the day? Oh, by the power of word and deed. Show him how human hearts can bleed Arshrhtor human woe; Show him a love tliat w ill not shrink fo suali'h from Tolly's foulest brink. The w under;-;, lost, below. So. shalt thou lift ihy brother up io, in thy met-un-. taste the cup Tliy Saviour drained for thee: So life s'inll hursreon from the t ml And iu Love s warm perennial bloom The captive chad be lree. Cnum SionaX, tiie LiquoR quEsriox. No economical que-tion has come to the front more resolutely of late than the question how to ileal with the tra-lic in iiitoicat:ug liquors. It has evident ly "come to stay," and will be an in- erep-singly perplexing element in all po- luteal calculations'. Thirty two years ago the original 44 31a no law" for the suppression of I w:is struck on thu head w th a skate, tii pling-houses was enacted in a State c wa, taken home sufft ring from eon whose population were mainly total a- mission of the brain and w th a large stainers from alcoholic beverages. The j,) in his scalp. The 'whizirer' was Mr ngeut prohibitory legslation of xUa ne was speedily lollov.eu by that ot eight or n ne other States; m some of ! them it has been repealed, but to-day which is in active operation both sum the principle of prohtb tion remains m- , nu.r .in, nj,,ter. and which consists of gr.itieti on me siaiiue-uooKs 01 .name, erniont and Kansas. There is al?o a local proh.b'tory act in force in ine land. New Jersey, and in many towns and counties of Georgia, South Caro lina, and perhaps some other State-. lite constitutionality r pronibition lias been repeatedly affirmed in the highest courts; it stands, just as the license sys tem stands.- on the same foundation with quaraii'ine regulations, or with the law j than thev ever intended, forbidding powder-mills in the heart of t jt ,.. e"sv .,(.tl;., hold of the " whiz a city. If the commonwealth finds the z,,r.- iilo ""iniL.nTlv fs in letting go. dram-fcop a truitful source of pauper- Su- ftt.r. :m,i SWiftef. and swi ter, it re ism and crime, it has a clear, undenia- Volves. The walk becomes a trot, and ble rigiit either to limit it or to suppress tlie trot :l rilI1 :imi thvro ls llo stopping. it entirely, ".-alus popuii sttprema lex.' Auout me constitutionality 01 pro- hi -ltory legislation there is no serious .1:. .... .i... 1 .1:13:. ...1.. ?, . ..:i. .. ii un. it is uu sliioiis difficulty is with re- eabihty and the pos- ng it. A dead laxv is uispit e; 1 lie il-.ii iiuunii g.ird to its practic: s.b Iitv of enforci as useie-s anil mouorous as a itean man. 1'he experience of .Maine, erniont m Iltee bhwted mecs. bleared eves, and Kansas has est abhshed one fact ; ra'gsd coats, bad hats and general t at the enforcement of suppressive , wretchedness are still keeping close to laws depends entirely upon the xvisiies . the .-bars," and hold'ng on to the of the ma ority in the different local-- Xvhiz.er." which is continually increas t es. Vv herever the local public scnti- j in;r ;ts s.,mt. There is a set of gay men;e!eits magistrates who xvill en- young- chaps near the entre. Thvv force the law, it is fairly enforced taih :ire j,00d-!ooking and well dressed, atil isthecaein very many localities of , tJiev t:lke thing-j casv, and moxe xxith those three States, especially in urn rural districts. v nerexer the ma ority choose otlicers who xx'ilt wink atthevio- lat on of the laxx-. either in part or wholly, there prohibition is .r:icCicaI'y a dead letter. For example, the pub lic authorities of the city of ttangor. Me., created at one time no small scan dal by permitt ng the dram-shops to keep open doors, and it is charged against the pre-ent authorities of Port land t al they allow no small amount of liquor-selling to go unpunished, in the river towns of Kansas the -ame state of things exists. The written law of a whole State is the act .ally en- lo.ceil law ot such portions ot the State as decree its enforcement by their bal lots. That this is not the mo t health ful mode of dealing with the solemnities of law goes without saying. These facts seem to point clearly to the righttulifcss ami exped ency of one method of dealing with the dram-shop, and that is the method of local control. This principle is as essentially demo cratic us was theorg'tial "town-meeting" of primitive New Kngiand. which lies at the foundation of our wh le structure of Govenimcnt. If the citi zens of any township or municipality regard the existence of lipplieg-houses as in meal to their best interest, they should be permitted either to limit them by a high-license fee or to pro hibit them altogether. Because the city of Trenti n des res to license dram shops, that is no reao why the com munity of Vineland. in the same State, should be compelled to live under a 15 cene laxv. In .exv Vork City the excise system has notoriously failed to exert any repressive control of the business of grog-sell. ng; but that fact should not proven' the inhabitants of any town ship or village in Oneida County from excluding every house of public tempta tion from their borders. "Those who 1 . . , . t 11 m t 1 v- .... dance must nav the tiddler (and rxexv uuu. .u.iov i'. ". ork pays roundly ; but it is haul at a community who ah hor the danco shouldnot bealoxxed to clear out the fnhe and the fiddler too, This just and publican pnncie of ?nrtl inntrnl i; Mini.- neilirr t;iir!V tPstei! 1 in Georgia and South Carolina" -whe-c j the whisky-shops have proved so dan gerous and demoralizing to both ne groes and poor whites. The counties and the incorpora ed towns who peti tion for the privilege receive from the State Legislature the legal right to sttj press tippling-hous.es tin !er severe pen alties. Th's local proh bltion has been voted for in many localities: its per manent enforcement xvill depend en tirely on the stamina of the people and their elected authorities. As an honest experiment of self-government in a p -euliarlv difficult direction, it sof pro digious importance; its educating inllu ejic on the people can not well be over estimated. Its success will be a price- lw. l.T-.."v r. flu, .'sinltll Tiie method of "high license fees" shame for h m to allow a woman to :u has been ad pted in "Illinois and in ' tempt to rule his acton." Provided Iowa ami some other portions of the ' money is received or drink, the liquor West. This svst m closes up a great I traffic is demoniac in its recklessness: number of haunts of temptation to the i it has not the slightest care that homes work-ng classes, and is to that degree ! are demolished, nil joy and hope crushed hen liclal. Itette- this "half a lo:u" out from hearts, virtue des roved, souls than a whole li tior-cask without anv j damned, earth curse I and" cternitv bung. T e friends of order and morali- turned into darkness and despair. ty xvill make . serious mistake if they Xulioual Americun. .V.O-. UltJS J," l, ...- ..I do not aid in the enforcement of tin experimental legislation. If it works well, it may be a stepping stone toward thfrmoio complete abatement of a col lossalevil. 'Jhco. L. Cuycr, in Har per's Weekly. The "YYhizzcr." "After en'oying good skat'ng until it becomes a tri. e m -notonous to them, partv of youths on a large pond at Clillon, Staten Is and. introduced a novelty with which to make the pastime more "exci ing. Tho innovation con sisted of what they called a whizer.' Tiie whizzer was made by cutting a. hole in the ice, placing an upright pole through the hole, arid attaching two horizontal bars to the pole. The bar were about fifteen feet long, and on op posite sides of the upr ght pole. A dozen boys would catch hold of the bars and begin to skate around, after the manner of sa lor winding a capstan. The result would bo that the boy near the pole would he moving in a circle at a very moderate pace, while those on the outer edges were whirling around at a terrific speed, and if they chanced to let go of the 'whiz cr' they would be hurled forward as if shot from a cat apult. "The excitement of the sport con s"stcd in watching the gy rat ons of those who let go. One lad loosened his g ip 0:1 the bar. was hurled forward abouD fifty feet, and after liding most of the distance on the ice went home with the entire lelt side of his iace almost dc- l void of skin and bleeding profusely. Another boy tripped, and vas carried off w.th a sprained w r.st and broken jm. . -.. ' ....,,. ..w. ........... tuii'in Still nialhir Trintwi! mil fell, and before he could gel out of the u:lv the other bar came around and he xvn stopped for the atternoon." This circumstance has brought to nit ml another kind of "whi.ei. , several long -oars, vviicn rev one; ' around the rum-bottle. Persons take I hold near the ecu er, where they find a ; glass of beer, or wine or cider ready lor them. It is not hard to get hold of the whizer." and as long as you keep near the center it is a very popular 1 1 . , - -,, 1 ? 1 t amusement. nut when persons ge crowded out from the center the speeu increases', and tlievi'o faster and farther T!, "vvhizster." never slows up; and tlcn. s no ciiaxicc to ict o. You must rUn or be run oxer; .you must nang on ... - ..-. run or be run oxer; vou must nang on or ljC knocked down, trampled under foot, or Hung oil headlong on a tangent, 1 havo . &ome ,'e:inux uni,- ..,! t,v- tl. " liirr" Men u-ith ri..lt moderation, but by and bv others f- 1 press in anil taey get croxviieu ons along the "bars," and the farther thy go the wor-e they fare: and the longer they hold on to the "whiz er. 'the more they wish they could let go of it. Finally they reach the end. and loose their grip, and by off, and go m 1 med. and bruised, anil bleeding to destruction. You would never recognize in tli bruised, bloated, mangled mass that 1 thing trom the end of the "xvhizzer" the gay and sprightly young man who took hold of 4ne wine-cup at the cen ter. Hut it i the same, and anyone who won d liice to see the working of tlie whi..er ' can see people tak.it" bolil at the bar ot almost anv nrst-ci lass hotel or Ifgh-toned saloon, and see them thing oil, mangled and crushed, when the hist penny is spent, and they are k'eked out to die in the gu'.ter. or diaggedaway shiver"ng and dement ed, Ho the mad-house, the prison or this ir-i.Tiilvs. My irientl. ilo not lake nom 01 tne devil's "whizzer.'" He has them set up at almost every corner, and he It working them with all his might, btand off! There is danger there! Keep clear of the bottle and the "bars." "Look not on the wine when it is red." The Hajhjuatd. Temperance Items. It is said to be a fact that there L not an Irish I atholic saloon-keeper in the City of St. 1'aul, all of them being inlluenced by the church to quit the business. It is said that a certain party re cently stepped into a saloon anil called for a'glass of beer. A lady folloxved the would-be imbiber and, as he was a out to take the glass, tapped him gently on the shoulder and repi-stcd him toga ..-.i. 1 11 ,..i:.i ...l ...- i. XX nil iiei. lii; i;uii!i'iii;ii, .11111 ls mz "'", ... ,'. ., , f. n;iri-lieil tnw.-iri! fliciloor thesaloon- sufficiently from his J ejaculate: t.at beats The lad v turned and put tIll. clillc,.cr on by fespond.ng: "es. intention to Scat the . J devil. We all know wives and mothers of drunkards, xvho t me and again, havo with suppliant tear begged that the saloon-keeper sell them no strong drink. Their prayer xvas all in vain. A few days ago the wife 01 a drun .ard was on her knees before me. a suppliant in her c ildren's name that I do something to re orm her husband. He obtains his liquor, she told me, across the strcei from her cottage. "Speak to the sa oon kecner," 1 said, "perhaps, being your neighbor and knoxving your sufferings, he xvill not permit your husband to visit his saloon." "Oh." she replied, in bit ter agony. "I have spoken to h'm again and again, and it makes matters worse; he repeats to my husband that it is a ". 1"" . - J .: !i V f H r frs e . 31 j7J I x A fv v Wr- . -- i. pj rr?!E'-iifcr-.&tfi E3!