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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1890)
v. .JL f . W,M,W,,T,II,IM,,,,W M-SIWTSBE01 EfV yPIHIiW II jmi.lMll-liH,,i.l,i I ?ByqMy.'.it ! y ... n.tn-a...'-r.q:y--rj11.r-. ri11,MMr,su,,1-l .aaa Rr HMtiMMt4W W i. pSiMM". , .r f"j.uii rAvfrt. sessw fwymiwitiilSn, i. .f WttMiEN. LIES DwoourMa on Youth ahd Old Ave. H People should Nnt rornvt That The jr Were Onre Young-The liatlm of the Young Homo InWinnicct . ' ' farental Anstety, In a recent sermon at Ilrooklyn Ror. T. DoWlttTnlmogo took for It in text thn words, "A? foolish son Is tbo heaviness of his mother. Proverbs, x. I. Ho said: ; I All parents want their children to turn out well.' However poorly father and tnothor may havo done themselves, they want their sons and daughters to do splendidly. Up to forty years of ago parent may have auililttousjfor thorn solves, after that their chfof ambitions are for tholr children. Borne of the old tlmo names indicate, tale. The same of Abner means "his father's lenip." The namn of Abigail mean t father's Joy." And wliat a neieanel delight was Solomon to David? ead'Bamucl te Han nah, and .losoph to Jaeob! And tho liest earthly staff that a father haa to lean on Is a good sonV and tho strongest arm a mother has to help her down' the steep of years Is that of a grateful child. Hut It Is not a rare thing to find people iinfUlal, and of ton the parents are them Helves to blame. Aged persons some times tiocomn querulous and snappy, and tho children havo their hands full with ' tho old folks, ,Hoforo entering my pro fession1 I wns for threo months what Is called a colporteur. Ono day In tho -countryidfstrict I stopped ut the house of a good, Intelligent, genial farmer. Tho hcspllallty or such A country house Is especially pleading to me, for I was lKHiir girt Jcoyi try. Thls farmer and his Vlfn were heidworklag people, but trledfto make th4ir,lionin agroeabte and attnmlvtWThe farmer's father, about sixty-five years of age, and his grand father, about ninety, wero yot nllvo and with htm. Indeed there wero four gen erations In the house, for tho farmer had little children playing sImiiii tho room. We gathered at the dining table. After tho blessing wns asked tho farmer put somo of, the meat uton his plato and courteously passed It to me, when his father of sixty-five years of ago cried out to his son, who was at least thirty .years of age: '"Why do you not pass tho meat as you always do and let ua take It off the plate ourselves? You am try ing to. show off because wo havo com pany." 'Meanwhile his grandfather of ninety sat with his hat on at tho Utile, his face unclean and his apparel untidy. Still tho farmer kept his patience and equipoise, and I never think of bin without admiration. Ho must havo had mora grace than I ever had. lk'aia people am old they havo no right to be elthor ungentlemanly or un canny. There are old people so dis agreeable that thoy have nearly broken up some homes. Tho young married man with whom tho 'aged ono Uvea stands It becauso he has been uaod to It all his life, but the young wife, coming In front anothor household, can hardly nduro It and aotneUmcs almost erloa her eyc out And when little children gather la the bouse they am afraid of the venerable patriarch who. baa forgot ten that he ever was a child himself, antja-nbt 'understand why children should over wsnt to play "hide and neok," or roll hoop, or fly kite, and he becomea Impatient at tho sound from the nursery-ahdsheets with en expend iture of voiee that keeps him coughing fifteen minutes afterwards: "Boys, stop that rsckotVaa though any boy that over amountod to any thing In the world did not begin life by making e racket! Homo of us, drawing out of our mom rteMMv thesis impossible after sliry nf serntyr eighty or ninety years f ftftfa the oM.to he kind end genial; and tno grandest adornment of a home Is an aged father and on aged mother, if the process of years has mellowed them. Itesldes that, If your old parents are bard togot along with now, you must rcnicm Im Uteri was a tlmo when they had hard wo tpot along with you. Whon yoh were fbeut Ive or seven or ten or twelve years of age what a tlmo they had with you! If they hud kept a written account of your esrly pranks and mis doings, it would make a whole volume. Thai tlmo when you gave your little slater a clip: that time when you ox olored tho deuth of a iarof mwil thlnir for which u iHW'tio permission: that list oa yuu day made with your Jack knife; that flunking from tho orchard of unripe frultrthot day when, Instead of being at school, as your parents sup posed, you went a fishing: and many a tlmo did you Imperil your young life In places where you had no business to climb or swim or venture. To get you through your first fifteen years with your life snd your good morals wss a fearful draft upon parental fidelity and endurauee. Indeed, It may bo that much of this present physical and tisjtlf Meekness in your parents niay have liocn a result of your early waywardness. You msde such Urge and'shdd'en 'drafts upon the hank -of their pstlcnoo that you broke tho bank. tffcey were Injured le being thrown while trying to break the colt. It is only va, matter of common honesty thfct you pay back to them some, ef the long suffering which they paid to you. A fetter said tethta sen: Surely no father over had aa bad e boy as I have." 'Yes,"sstd the son, "my grandfather had." It is about the same from gen eration to generation, and parents need -to bo patient with chil dren, and children dutiful to their parents. Tsklng It for greeted thst those who hoar me to-day have had a good parentage, 1 want to urge upon all,the,young the fact that tho happi ness and longevfty of parents much de pend upon the right behavior of their children, and'I can do this no more ef fectually thsn by demonstrating the truth of my text, "A foolish son Is tho heaviness of his mother.' Carrying deft the ties of my text, I re mark thst a'rdrklesj r dissipated son makes a beovr heajtod parent hcue it hurU the family 'pride. It Is not the given name, or tho name which you re ceived et tho christening, that is Injured Tl by your prodigality. Yo4 can net'hurt your name of John er Oeorfo or Henry or Msry er franco of-Raehel, because there here been thousands of people, good sad bsd, hsving those nsmes, and you can not Improve or depreciate tho respectability of those given names. Hut It Is your last nsme, your family name, that Is at your mercy. All who near mat name are bound tmfore (Jod shit man, not to damago its happy slg nlflcsnce. Yoa are chsrged, tiy all the genera tions of tho psst and all tho generations to come, to do your share of the protec tion and the honor end, the Integrity of that name. r ' You havo no right, my young frlond, by a bad life, to blot tho old family lllhlo containing the story of tho marriages end births and deaths of tho years gono by or to casta blot upon tho family Mi mes wtioso records sro yot to bo opened. There ero,ln, our American city direct ories names that always suggest com mercial dishonesty or libertinism or cruelty er mesnness, Just because one man er weaten hearing that name cursed It forever try mlscrosncy. Iookouthow you sth the family nsme! It is es pecially deer to. your mother. Shn was net born under that name. She was born under another name, hut the years passed on ead she came to young Womanhood, and,she saw somo one with Whom she could trust her happiness, her llfo and her immortal destiny; and aho took his nsmo, took It while tho orange blossoms were filling the air with fragrance, took it with joined hands, took It while tho heavens wit nessed. Hhe chose It out of all the fam ily names since tho world stood, chose It for better or worse, through sickness snd through health, by cradles and by graves. Yes, she put off her old family name to take tho family name you now wear, and she has done her part to make It an honorable name. How t heavy a trouble 7011 put upon her, when; by mis deeds, you wrench tht name from Its high significance! To haul it down from your mother's forehead und trample It In tho dust would to criminal. Your father's name may not he it distin guished name, but I hope It stands for something good. It may not 1h famous, liko that of Homer, tho father of epic poetry, or Izauk Walton, tho father of angling, or Bseliylus, tho father of tragedy, or Kthulwold, the father of monks, or Herodotus, the father of his tory, or Thomas Aquinas, the father of moral philosophy, or Abraham, tho father of tho faithful, but your father has a name In small circle as precious to hint as theirs In a larger circle. Look out how you tarnish It! Further, tho recklessness snd dissipa tion of young men are a cause of parental distress ate tlmo whon the parent Is less able to bear It The vlclssl Hides of llfo havo loft tholr Impression upon those parents. Tho eyo Is not as clear as onoo nor tho step as strong, and with the tide of Incoming years comes the weight of unflllal behavior. You take your parents at a great disadvantage, for they can not stand as much as thoy onee.oould. They have not the elasticity of feeling with which onco they could throw off trouble. That shoulder, now somewhat bent can not bear ea heavy a burden as onco It could. At the tlmo whon the machinery Is getting worn out you put upon it the moat terrific strain. At sixty and seven ty years tho vitality Is not so strong as at thirty or forty. Surely they are descending tho down grade of life swift ly enough without your Increasing tho momentum. They will bo gono soon enough without your pushing them awey. Call In all the doctors who ever lived since Hippocrates raised medicine from a superstition to a science snd they could not euro tho heartbreak of a mother over her ruined tioy. There may be, as somo suppose, enough herbs on csrth, If discovered, to cure sll the all ments, bnt nothing save a leaf from the tree of tho heavenly paradise can cute a wound msde by a foolish son who Is the heaviness of his mother. Perhaps It la a good thing thst crnel treatment by a child abbreviates a par ent's life, for whst Is there desirable In s father's llfn or a mother's life if Its pesco Is gono? Do you not think death Is beneficent If It slops tho mother's heart from aohtng ami her eyes from weeping snd says: "You need not besr the ex cruciation any longer, (lo end sloop, I will put tho dufonso of msrble slab liotwoon you and that boy's outrages. (lo now where tho wicked cease from troubling und tho weary are at rest." At tbo depsrturo of sueh mothers let the music be an anthem Instead of a dirge While you and I hear ho sonnd, yet there are at this moment tens of thou sands of parental hearts breaking. All care was taken with the hoy's schooling, sll good counsels given, snd the equip ment for a sober and earnest slid useful llfo was provided, I it It hss all gone, and tho foolish son has become the heaviness of his mother. Much of the poignancy of the parental grief arises from the Ingratitude of suoh behavior. What an undertaking It Is to conduct a family through the ejlnionts and expo sures of early life! Talk about the skill demanded of e see captain commanding e shin across the ocean! Thet requires less skill than to navigate a young soul In safety across i tho infantile and hoy. hood years. The sicknesses thst as sault, the temptations that entrap, the anxieties that ere excltedl Young man, you will never know whet your mother hee suffered for you. You will never know how your father has tolled for you. You here been In ell their thoughts, In ell their plans, in alt their prayers, from the time your tret breath wee drawn until this moment's respiration. What they rouia uo ror your neaite, whst they could do for your happiness, what they could do for your mind, whst they could do for your soul, have been absorbing questions. To esrn e livelihood for you has not always been an easy thing for your father, lly what fatigues of body' nd whst disturbances of mind and long years of struggle, In which sometimes the losses wero greater thsn the gslns, he got bresd'foryou, paying for It in tho sweet of his own brow and the red drops of his own heart's blood. Ho looks older than bo ought to look at hi years, for It has been work, work, work. Many a time he felt like giving up tho battle.but then ho looked at your helplessness end the helplessness of the household, end then nerved himself up anew and saldi "By the help of God I will not stop, my children must havo home and education end advantages, and a comfortable start In tho world, and I must got a little something shesd, so thst If I am tskon away these helpless ones will not bo turned out on tho cold charities of tho world." Yes, your father has been a good friend to you. Ho has never told any one. and ho never will tell any one, of tho sacrifices ho has msdo for you. And ho Is ready to keep right on until unto to thst hand that has been tolling for you all these years shall como the very numbness of death. You con not afford to break his heart. Hut you are doing It Yes, you are. You havo driven the dogger clear In up to tho hilt And your mother 1 warrant she has never told you much about tho nlghtt when you wero down with scarlet fover. or diphtheria, and she slopt not a wink, or falling Into drowsiness your first cry awakoncd her, and brought tho words, "What is It my dear'."' O. If the rock ing chair could speak! O, if tho cradle could only tell Its story of years! And when you got better nnd wero fretful and hard to please, as Is usual In con valescence, she kept her patience so well, snd was as kind ns you wore tin ressonsble and cross. (), midnight of motherly watching, how can you keep silence? Sjsiak out and toll that wan dering young man tho story that ho so much needs to bear. Hy tho tiye, I wonder what hns lxvonio of our old cradle In which all of us chil dren rocked! I must ask my sister when I see her next time. Wo wero a largo family, and that old cradle was going a good many years. I remember Just how It looked. It was old-fashioned und had no tapestry. Its two sides und canopy nil of plain wood, but there was a great deal of sound sleeping in that cradle, and many aches anil pains were soothed hy It ns It moved to and fro by day and night Most vividly I remember tho nsikers, which came out from tinder the cradle, wero on the top and side very smooth, ho smooth that they actually glistened. They must have been worn smooth by a foot that long ago ceased Its Journey. How tired tho foot that pressed It must sometimes have got! Hut It did not stop for that. It went right on and ro"ked for I'hceho tho first, and DoWitt tho last And It wasacrsdlo like that, or perhaps of a modern make and richly upholstered, In which your mother risikcd you. Can It be that for all that caro and de votion you aro paying her back with harsh words, or neglect, ora wicked life? Then I must t 11 you that you are tho "foolish son who Is tho heaviness of his mother.' Hotter go homo snd kiss her, snd ssk her forgiveness. Kiss her on tho lips thst hsve so often prayed for you. Kiss her on the forehead that so often has ached for you. Kiss her on tho eyes that so often wept over you. Hotter go right away, for she will U dead before long. And how will you feel then after yon reallr.n It Is your wsywsrdncss that killed her? ltomulus made no law against patricide, or tho slaying of a father, matricide, or tho slay ing of n mother, because ho considered such a crime Impossible, and for 000 years there wns not a crime of that sort In Rome. Then came l.tirlus Ostitis and stew his father, proving tho crime pos sible. Now, do yoa net think that tho child, who by wrong behavior, sends his father to a premature gravn Is a patri cide, or who hy misconduct hastens a mother Into the tenth Is a matricide? The heaviness of parents over a son's l depravity Is all the greater because It means spiritual disaster nnd overthrow. That Is tho worst thing about It In the pension regulation a soldier receives for tho loss of both hands or feet STl For loss of ono hand and one foot SM. For loss of a hand er foot&lO. 'For loss of Iwth eyes 97'J. Hat who can calculate tho valne ef a whole man ruined body, mind and soal? How can parents havo any happiness about your future destiny, O young man gone astray? Can such opposite lives as you and they sro living rome out at tho same place? van holiness and dissipa tion enter tho same gate? Where is the little prayer that was taught you at your mother's knee? Is the Coil they loved nnd worshiped your (led? It is your soul shout which they are most anxious; your soul that shall live after the earth Itself shall he girdled with flames and the flames, dying down, will leave the planet only a live coal and tho live real shall become ashes snd then the ashes shall lie scattered by the whirlwinds of the Almighty. "Hut" says some young man, "my mother Is gone; my behavior will not trouble her any more. What! Is Hhe dead? How you startle me! Is she dead? Then perhaps you hare her picture. Ilsng It up In your nsiin In the place where you ottenest look. Do and study her features, and while you ore looking the past will come hack, and you may hear her voice, which is now so still, speak sgsln, ssylng: "From my heavenly homo, my deor tioy, I so licit your reformation and solvation, (lo to tho Christ who psrdoncd me, and lit will pardon you. My heaven will not bo complete till I hear of your chang ing. ,Hutl will hear of It right away, for there Is Joy up here when one sinner repenteth; and O, If tho next news uf thst hind thst comes up hero might come up regarding you, O my child of many tears and anxieties and prayers! Come my boy, do you not hear your mother'a oloe? O, my son, my son, would (lod thst I could die for thee! 0, my son, my son!" Young maul what nuwa for Heaven would he yoer conversion? Swifter thsn telegraphto wire ever carried congratulations to a wsddtng or a coronation would fly heavenward the news of your deliver snee; and whether the one most inter ested In your saltation were on the river bank, or In the temple, or ou tho battle ments, or In tho great tower, the ntes ssgo would be Instantly received, hud be fere this service .ByloasrieeMnld cry to angel; "Hevo you heard theneVs? Out yonder Is a mother who has lust heard 'of her wayward boy's redemption. Another prodigal has gone home. The dead Is olive again, and thtt lost 1 found, llsltrlulah! Amen!" THE CATTLE MEN. tkm Iatrfttsfe Cottle t'oavaatlan at Vert Worth A Ossttt Atlonitaor aoit m ttrtmt UmI of Work Arrsmplkhsii-Tlie Krrlrators Its Com to Ntor-r-vartaa- Hoe. Water, I'Uaty of HUvor s Reciprocity, Foiit Wotini. Tex., Msrch 13.--The Inter-Htato Cattle con vontlon was colled to order st two o'clock yesterday after noon In tho opera-house, which wss packed from pit to domo. Hon. T. T. Davidson, ex-Inspector under tho Na tional Huroati of Animal Industry, colled tho meeting to order. Mayor Hrollcs welcomed tho delegates In behalf of tho city of Fort Worth, and Hon. T. T. I). Andrews followed with an address in behalf of tbo cattlemen. Tho burden of bis remarks was the advisability of establishing refrigerators near tho pro ducing grounds, not to compete with tho Northern establishments, but for the supply of tho Kuropean markets. Hsid tho speaker: The rcMKiTHtornof I lie country lmvo coins to utiiy mill wo run Imva iinttilnv uvnlnt Ilium. They nr the cliviiiit and lit mid most cronomlml menus by which lef bus ever hern kllleil and cured. Wo can hav no warfsm lo tmiko upon tlnm tiicept as tliuy may tin Miowu to witluli upon our iMten.nlx. Wo helleyn In rt-'rlKcnitnr. In fitc-t, wo wiiiit more of them ; lint wu have iHitlilnir In common with men wliti mn.'k to ilcntroy our iiiiitiiii in iiruor in ntiiiit up ihitir own. A joust problem confronts ns. The sr. eullurul ImiiHlrlo, of which wo represent one, huvn Hone down to a point where there Is no profit In the. limine, t.mit year Illinois pnxluced a Kreiit crop or corn. Illi nois Is una of tho tiest corn gtntes In tho Union, iiihI hint yenr brought mi xrcptlim nlly kooiI crop, KVen for her. What wu th outcome? Hint lout &((i,vm n the crop. Why? Mainly Neiiinwi the ratlin IneVrM are ilepr. used, imd the hoK-niMiiK Industry Is depressed In -yinpithy with liei f. I would not have this coveiitloti tukn net Ion agalh't Hid refriKemtliiu huslueas, hut would libs to nee them scattertft nil over the land, ami your intention will Im railed to mutters hav Iiir that cud In view Ufnre the adjournment of lids convention. Kx-dovornor (X. A. Ifmlley, of New Mexico, was made temporary chairman of the convention. Charles (loukl, of Nebraska, was mode temporary secre tary. Tho following committee ou cre dentials was appointed: W. . Illuck, 'I'nxas; It r. Hardy, Inw Mexico; I). Monuniiii, CoWirsdo; K. It. Hv lite. Nebraska: A. II. Ilord, Wynniln; W. W. liolhrln. Kttus.ts; ,r. r. Divldson, Mis. our I; Kdwln Walls, Illinois; K. J. Nliupaon, ArUima; W. T. McAdee, Indloo Turrltory; J. T. Henderson, Arkansas. The committee on permanent organi sation was as follows: W. II. II. Llewellyn, New Mexico; J. T. IlreckimrldKc, Texas; II. H. Holly, Colorado; N J. II. IJtius, Wyoming; K. M. Ilrwlns, Ksnmis; T. II. l'rlce, Mlsoiurl; M. IMIanll, Illinois; K. .1. Hlinpson, Artaoiia; H. II. Mays, Indian Territory; I-Miner, Arkansas; Uod. Klljalitilley. Nebraska. Hrrnnil Hoy. Four Woiitii, March 1.1. The Inter state Cattlo convention organlxod yes terday tiy electing II. 11. Susldord, of Texas, permanent chairman. Vico-1'res-idents Arkansas, J.T. Henderson; Arl sono, K. J. Simpson; Colorado, J. I Hrtish: Indian Territory, .1. S. Smith; Texas, B. W. Ilewlns; Ksnsss. H, W. Campbell; Missouri, O. K. Leonard; Ne braska, .1. B. Meek; Now Mexico, Charles Springer; Wyoming, C. I,. Miller; seo retury, J. B. Finch, of Kansas; assist ants, B. II. Ilord, of Wyoming, and Charles II. tlould, of Nebraska. The committee on credentials reported 40U dologatos entitled to seats. A letter from Uovornor Koss of Tnxss wss read, expressing bis regrets that ho could not be present Ho touched upon tho op pression of tho cattlo Industry by the "Hlg Four," and hoped that tho conven tion would find a successful solution in packing-houses In Texas. A flood of resolution csmo In, cover lng every conceivable matter per taining to tho cattlo business, from tho tariff to how to breed mole or female oattlo at will. Colorado dole gates Introduced a resolution favoring the payment of commissions on csttle ssleson the percentage plsn. Somo dis cussion ensuing on this proposition, the commission men from Chicago, Ksnsss City and St Louis announced that as they seemed to be on trial they did not wish to ts on any of the committees, but wished tho Jury tha$ was trying them to reach an unbiased verdict II. It. Israel Introduced o resolution In fovor of tho United States (lovernment at onco appropriating tho sum of SI.'JoO, ooo for deep water at Aransas Pass, 1,400,000 for Sabine l'ass and 80,200,000 tor Ouveston. In tho event that Con gress would not make thin appropri ation, thnt the (lovernment make apo dal concession to prlvat corporations to get deep water at Saline and Aransas where deep water could bo bad lo twelve months, whereas It would take six years to mako a harbor st fjalves ton, tho object of this action on the pari of the (lovernment being- to afford an outlet to Kuropean markets ef tho sur plus cattle of tho rang country. Tho resolution brought forth tho ogling of the delegates on the duprvs-sloa of tho cattlo Industry. Hoav Charles H Leonard, of Missouri, look the petition that If Texas could kill and refrigerate her cattlo at home and find a profitable foreign market the problem of obtain ing Itetter prices for the cattle in other Htatoa would be solved. It was the im mense numbers of Toass cattle pi seed on the msrkct, frequently glutting It that forced prices down and made it possible for the dressed-hcof men In Chicago to fix the price of all the eettle in the country. IL W. I Black, of Fort MoKavltt, Tex., advocated the es tablishment of bnresua nf Information la each State, these bureaus to be ooa ducted by the National Uovern meet If necessary. It should be the duty of this bureau's officers to collect statistics sad information of the slate of the market giving the number of cattle offered for sale dally) and the number la transit to the great oattlo markets of the country. With this Information In his possession the cattle-raiser would not ship when ths market wsa full snd It could never be glutted. Bach State should have a cen tral point at which this Information could be obtained at any time. Cattle t'xehonge should tie established aad cettlo graded. In selling csttle could be sold by grade and the scalswsgs in e shipment of cattle would not In the i telwe on all tho eattl. I L. It, Harkaraa held thst under eetv sumption was the cause of the depres alea of nrhxs, and that cattle letcrsste suffered no more than other Interest. Corn was selling at ten cents per bushel in Ksnsss, snd wht-st at fifty cents per buihcl, and the American people would constimo orcry thing produced If thoy had the money to buy, and would huy tho best we had. H. K. Stafford, of Texas, favored the establishment of largo refrigerator ai Fort Worth, Columbus and Victoria, and ono on tho (lulf coast with adjacent pasturogo sufficient to bold all surplus age of cattle. Tho deficit of cattle In Bnglsnd, Germany, France and llclglsm was 000,000 tons per annum. If tho do licit could bo supplied by Texas and other range States, our seeming over production of cattlo would not mako tho price for all cattlo. Tho result of the discussion was the adoption of a resolution that the con vention fully investigate the bureau of Information plan, and that a committee composed of J. I,. Hrush, of Colorado; B. H. Harold, of Toxas; A. .1. Dull, of Wy omlng; 0. W. (lentry, of Missouri, and cx-dovornorMIIck of Kansas prepare a report on refrigerators. A sjxwlol com mit tee to look Into tbo iUustlon of un just discrimination against Kansas City and St. Louis In favor of Chicagrt on cattlo rates by railroads was appointed. Third Hay. Pout Woiitii, March 14 Tho Inter state Cattle convention convened nt the Opera House yesterday morning, but finding committees not ready to report, accented an invitation to visit the Union Stock Yards, and went out on a sxcial ' train. On convening a telegram was re ceived from tho mayor, and Cotton Kx change of (ialvestou Inviting tho mem bers of tho convention to visit tho "Oleander City." A vote of thanks was tendered (lalveston for her courtesy. Major W. I Hlack, for tho commu tes', submitted u report on the subject of creating a cattlo exchange. The report recommended the establishment of a ! otireuu by the (lovernment, which should at all timet 1m ready to wire Informa tion of the condition of the different cat tlo markets receipts, surplus or short ego, etc., in ranch products. Adopted. Mr. Koers, of Texas, utilized tho oth erwise unoccupied tlmo of tho conven tion with what ho knew uhottt choose muklng. Ho said he operated tho only cheese factory In tho State, and that tho article could bo made with less cost hero thon any where else. Ho predicted that cheese-making would bo a leading In dustry. Tho plenro-pneumonla nnd Texas fever committee reported. Tho report recited that pleuro-pnnumonla exist only In two counties In New York snd ono In New Jersey, and nowhero else In tho Union; also, that splenic fovor does not exist in Texas, and recommended that tho (ienoral Ouvernment havo con trol of tho quarantine question In this regard; also recommended that tho Toxas Legislature mako provision for a veterinary board. The recommendation that tho Secretary of tho Interior tie re quested tountamp on pleuro-pnoiimonla In tho threo counties mentioned was adopted. The resolution referring to tne quarantine' line waa finally adopted. Tho resolution referring to the creation of a State veterinary surgeon with four assistants was next discussed. Mr. Rogers stated that It was a fact that Texas Is the healthiest live-stock State In tho Union, and that nodlsesse exist ed among the enttk of the State, but that conditions wero rapidly changing, and ho urged the adoption of tho resolu tion. It was odoptcd unanimously. The committee considering tho com mission system reported, recommending the adoption ef n resolution fsvoring a revision' ef the system of commission chsrges, so ss le mako the rate a per centage of the prWw tho animal brings, instead of fifty cents per head, as at present The resolution was adopted. Colonel Taylor, tor tho committee on transportation, reported, reciting thst more convenient and comfortable cars wero needed In the transportation of live-stock, awl asking that they be sup plied. Adopted. Colonel J. T. Urecklnrldgo asked to bo allowed tfteen minutes In which to speak on the subject of refrigerators. Hetng allowed tho tlmo asked for, ho road a tarofully-prepared address, In whluh ho advocated a co-oporatlvo sys tem of refrigerators, In which every farmer whoesmed a milch cow should bo allowed to take stock, even If only to tbesmouutof teadollars. Tho address was referred t tho commit too on re frigerators. The report of the committee on reso ltallons recommended the adoption of resolutions memorialising Congress to earns a law prohibiting combines, such as the "Hlg Four," snd s law giving tho States tho right to pass Inspection laws; a law reducing the tax on oleomarga rine, and a low providing for tho free ond unlimited coinage of sliver; favor ing a reciprocity treaty with Mexico and appropriation for deep-water ports ot (tolvoston, Sabine l'ass ond Aransas Pass, ond mcmorlollilng Congress to mako on appropriation to pay Indion depredation claims. The report wss adopted. Tho commltteo on refrigerators rec ommended tho establishment of refrig erators at Fort Worth, San Antonio, Victoria, Dallss and Columbus, and storage houses at New Orleans. The report was adopted and the committee continued to devise plans for the carry lng out ot the projects. The eonvea tlon then adjourned. Convention Jletea. On the night of ths 11 th the delegates were royally entertained nt the Fort Worth Commercial Club rossns. A feature of the convention wns e hesutlful Jersey eew In each ef tihe lower proscenium hoses. The animals were beautifully bedecked with ribbons aad snorted playfully with their nrgeo attendnnts. They attracted great at tention. They came from Kansas. Mr. Tatma Drew, under commission ot Secretary Rusk, was present lo mske a special report of the convention far the Department of Agriculture. A banquet was given en the night ef the IMh, with covers for aoe guests. Tenets were responded to hy prominent gentlemen. C J. Jones, of Harden City, Kas.. tel- graphed the convention thst the tag of tmffele hulls with t. all) way was a success. & FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS. Silk articles should not be kept fold ed In white papers, as the chloride of lime used In bleaching tho paper will Impolr the ce'.or of the silk. Any thing thst Is accidentally msdiv too salt con bo counteracted by adding a teaspoonful uf sugar and n tcsspoonf ul ofvlneirar.' r " Apple Cream: rUew seme apples, leav ing the quarters whole. Skim them out in a dish, end with an egg-beater whip ono cup of sweet crestn and one cup of sugar, and pour orer tho apples. To Core Ilacon: Per a brlno for fifty pounds of meet take three ami a half pounds of salt; two pounds of brown sugar, ten ounces of saltpetre, and water sufficient to cover tho meat. Holl tho brine until all scum hss risen, skim and" let cool, l'ack tho mest loosely, suit pour the brine ever It Let it remain six weeks, end It le ready to smoke. Nespolltan Crestn! Holl half a pint of milk, the yelks of four eggs, snd two tablespoon fu Is of sugar. Lot cool. Cut up three ounces of preserved ginger. Decorsto a mold with csndlcd fruit. Stir sn ounce of gelatine, melted, In half pint of whipped cream, add to the cus tard, end mix In tho ginger preserves, l'our Into the mold, set on ice; when resdy to servo, turn out on a glass dish. Yankee HIado. If you could onco mako tip your mind never to nndertake more work of sny sort than you can carry on calmly, quietly, wlthont hurry or flurry, and tho instant you feel yourself growing ncrv ols. would stop and take breath; you would find this simple, common-senso rule doing for you what no prayers or tears could ever accomplish. Kllzaboth Prentiss. --Sausages without cases: Chop flnn six pound of pork having about twico as much lean as fut, add threo ounces of fine salt, and pepper and sago to taste. Mix tho seasoning well through tho meat, pack us tlrmly as possible instono Jars and keep well covered In a cool place. As wanted, form Into flat cakes with tho hand amf fry ton nice brown. To- keep them during tho winter or longer, fry ns aliovc, park In Jars and cover with hot lard. Keep well covered. llolled Fish: Take some fillets of sny white Ihh, wash In salt and water, wipe them carefully and place on a board or any flat surface and sprinkle each one with salt, pepper, ssge, minced parsley and cracker crumbs, and tho lost thing odd small pieces of butter; roll tho fillets upand secure them with a string or skowor; lay them on very thin slices of pork In u baking pan, add half a cupful of water, cover the fish with a buttoVed paper and boko half or three quarters of an hour; prepare some toast, butter it well, and place each roll on a slice; sprlnklp w lth lemon julco ond dried parsley, und servo with drawn butter. ltoston Herald. ALL ABOUT WARTS. Ttioah In ThsnualvM Harmless. Tker Hlionld Ha Promptly Kmos4. Heneoth the epidermal, or outer layer of the skin, the tissue Is thrown njmjkflto little mounds or cones, called psVM Into these run the small bland'-rSers and tho sensitive nerve-endings, Rtne tlmes ono of these papilla takes' on sn abnormal growth, which projects abovn the level of the surrounding skin, snd Is known as a wart Since tho enlarged papilla may have one of various shapes, tho wart may bo pointed, or round, or Rattened, and may be attached to the akin by base which Is brood, or by a snisll pedicle. Some times tbo papilla Is branched, and thon the wart appears to be split In whst Is known as the "seed wort" which Is very brosd snd Assured In vs rious directions, there is- a series of branches of lbs underlying nnpllla, each branch being covered with lis layer of epidermis. Wsrts grow generally unest the fscn end hsnds, but no part of tho body is exempt from them. They sro seen most frequently in the young snd the very old, persons of middle-ago being less frequently attacked. Sometimes a crop will appear ell et once, almost In. n night, and they may disappear with equal suddenness. The reason for such appearance and disap pearance Is rarely knows, but the fact has given. rise to a wide-spread but InUmi lesa superstition thst warts may bo cbarmod swsy. No ono cause, can ho given for thnfap pearanco of warts,lmt peuhnhly local ir ritation has something to !i with It in many cases. It Li s popular Idea thst thoy are contagious, and certainly there aw facts which seem to point that woy; but what the nature of this contagion Is, If there Is any, Is yet to hn discovered. Warts rarely appear singly, and may reach enormous numbers s well as lorgti ' proportions. Though la themselves all warts are harmless, it U undoubtedly truo thst they aro sometime tho starting-points for cancerous dtaeaao. This is more likely to occur wane the wort Is unduly rubbed or Irritated. The- commonest treatment la by the uso of some farm of mild caustic. Itsther more satisfactory, however, it the treat ment hy surgical procedures, either hy tho knife or the shsrp scraping spoon. The nrocees, whstever It is, must be a taaringa one, for If the papilla la not en tirely removed, the growth will speedily , menr.-Youth'e Companion. , MMdJOtMjP nw HemftTflM) WAtdJh9dJntdJn Ptsngt treble 'though the climate el nhtgland may appear to the uninitiated. yet it U nnpnrently conducive to lon gevity. In addition to Mr. (iladstoa. when mental and physic! vigor at en advanced old age are well known throughout the world, there sre sense nine or ten octogenarian members of the House of Commons. In the llonte ef Lords no lees thsn thirty of the peers are ever eighty years old, I,ord Cotree ten, who is the father of the lionet, being ninety-one, snd the Karl of Alber msrle, who fought ss sn ensign at Waterloo, ninety yesrs of ago. On the active list of the Uritlth Navy we Nnd the name ot Admiral Sir trovo Wall is, of Shannon, and Chesspenks fare, who lanowabnot to enter upon his ninety ninth yvar, while on the bench ttore ere ne tons then fear Jvdg- vaojas nosed the gs ef lercacere v-teWaW V.Trttsse ' ' J 4-;4