Western Central Kansas Cowboy from Sidney, Kansas • 1

ill Ium HW 2STO. -41- Till- BEST BItEKDS. PIT IT FEE. Since last Monday the ground has been prom (he Hackbernr. Bt da, Kr.n., May 31 To Th Cowbor.

long, thick and soft. Theskin that covers this quality of muscle should be yielding, a portion of thi muscle beneath and it reveals its excellence to the lingers. The should be as small and compact as possible, in proportion to the weight cf muscle they ar. But by a fine loned animal I do not mean a which our stockmen are appreciating. iu Wrtrb i if the season is alitde tardy, every Jiinj: i now is so favorable to the growth of, rrops that no loss will be occasioned to them on account of late seeding.

There will oe an unusual nuaniiiv 01 muict i sown this season, which is well, and it is cheering to know that uianv ofourstock- men are sowing alfalfa, our coming stock jieca. it is wen, too, to suck a uiu while long(T to sorghum. By proper care in its cultivation and harvesting it I I ure of dav recently with the Drvolwl to lb lnrerst or timing. Herd- Inc stiitl Stock Biiisins in the hospitable family of Mr. -lliain is.

eu Challaeombc, at their ranch near the 7 i South Fork. Mr.C. has one of the finet-t LOOK OUT FOB THB I I ram hes in Ness count-. It has superior finding an near their naturai convenances and facilities for nanus on their papers or wrappers will holding live riock, all of which have please understand that their subserip-1 utilized and improvements added -ii 1-. i thereto bv man's sk ilL The residence is tionahare expired and are pohtelvin- on a n.glitlv elevation, from is viW to renew.

All names erased from obuinc, a gne view of the vaiky of the thelKKkgattheexpirationortheieriodsisuti1 pOI--. In this view ran seen for which subscription" have been mail-', Stone's grove, the resilience of the vener- 1 able J. P. Johnson, and the ranches of Mrs. I-an0'tiy played in Topeka last Wilson McKeever, Mr.Swartzaiul others week.

I westward as far as J. II. Baker's. The i residence is a and commodious The Australian wool clip last year was iu wilh valaed at poultry house, milk house, kitchen and a The Col fas Stockman riavs the land rancliuum's work-shop contiguous. The fiitbt in Colorado is pitting more com- milk house is under a water tank with a will regain the former estima- xxH---nea in the prediction ot bet-f and i as no other breed does, and tins turn of 1(3 virtues by stockmen as fced uT thc tha, our lm.

I for stjjck. Umloubtedly miii'li of the proved agriculture is attended to, the i sorghum raised last ver was iniured bv sliorlhorn shave become ititru- -1 0 for Sale, ZXGKE3C siort Honr' and Hereford Zr I NU UXfLa iv fOTst TO i-'ie iu rii.i.i..Dii.-. itJO i-t Ui IP X.OiUSCkV O.V and Well Grown. "Will Give Tinva on "Well Secured Paper. Ii.

5. CITiTIS ABil.INF, K.VVS. JOHN BULL, Agent. COULAND, KAX. It, E.

RICE, Manufacturer of Saddles, Harness etc. rrc ETC. STOCK SADDLES A SPECIALTf nd made to order on short notice. As I make mv saddles 1 warrant them lirst class in eveiy respect, and of the best California leather. I.ccirns.

Bits and spurs, and eye-fy in the saddlery lie at the lowest prices Send for price list. Z)yl for the working classes. Send 10 cent for and we will m-iil von free, a t. vaiaa'-ie box of sjn.iple ireds that will putTiin iu tiie way of uiftkii.jr more mon-y in a few "days than you ever thought possible at any business. Caoital not niuired.

We will stiirt von. Yon can work all the time or in spare-time duly. '1 he v. ork is uiiiversaliv adapted to-both sexes, vounir and old. Voir ean easily earn from .10 rears to io every That all whir want to work nv lest the business, we will send-il to pay for the trouble of writing ns.

1-ull (iartieulars. riireetinw.eif scat free. Fortunes will be made Irf those- vfto tbelr whM lime to ttiew-iir- Great snecessalisi -lately D--n't delay, start now. Ad-lresi. st'lSst'N 4 Portland.

Maine. W. STATES. S.CrrLVEB STAT2S CTJLVEK. Live Stock Commission MEItCHAXTSi DO im: CITY, KAySig, Office one dixir north of the post office.

OLD HOUSE Lnuch Counter, DODGE CITY, KAXSA.S. WALTX3 STBASTTEH, PF.OP'B- BEST QfAUTY Wir.es, Liqnors and Cigarv, Restaurant Open Day and Sight. Jlcals nt All Iloaix irtanK-if for The hires nf th wi-lil A Uhandf-oiaeet And ht book everwiti for lew thn twie oar price. The fse. wl-inijlKfftk In Americ.

ImimittseprortUtoapfint Ail in(eliijrivt people want it. Any one -ronw 9 nsrent. Tems free. LfcT BOOk Portland, Maie. Attorntsr And Cwler mt Law.

Off, Neaa rcmnrv, KacM. AiKrTicy tor '-bf Cesu-fcl Kivm Aaooftbtoa llSiefttS bW lid CIIALLACOMBE-S. Tlic editor of this pitper IiaJ the plsa- capacity of w-hty barrels, and is protect sd on the sides by thick walls. The atmosphere therein is from thirty to forty agrees cooler than it is outside in the hottest weather. The water in the umk raided from a neighboring well by a windmill.

From this tank the troughs ill his stock corrals are kept con- stiinily tiled wita water, l'robably eve hundred head of stock could be. watered from this well of healthy, sweet water. Near the residence is a stone corral with a shed on the north side and a stone stable for horses on the southeast corner. This corral is used in the summer as a uiglit retreat lor his milch cows. The shed ou the north side is separated by a division wall, from which the roof inclines both ways.

The portion north oi the di ision all is used as an implement shed. South of the stone corral is another with hjirhoit u-in whih is large enough to hold all of his stock at ou, 1f at least once a week, for inspection and making. He mixes saltpeter, sulphur and copperas with the salt he feeds to stock, tast of his Corrals is an enclosed pasture in which be keeps tiiree thoroughbred tfiiortho: bulls, animals of which Mr. Challacombe is justly proud. Probably the largest and most kinLdv-lookiii'r of the bovine kind ever seen on this range his Knight of St George, whieii will be six years old on the oiii of next October.

He is of the Bolinbroke and Airdrie famiiies and was purchased ol Jonepn Whiiaker, at Leavenworth, this hist spring, at a cost of 300. He is ol mammoth size would weigh over iJ.ou) pounds if tattened. Another handsome bull is Lord lioderiek, who was calved i eb. IS. It0.

He was bred by i. C. Stone, of Leavenworth and was sold to Mr. Challacoinbe by Matt. Ryan, the great jKjik-packer of that place.

He is pedigreed from the blue bloods. Sir F-dward, who was tiiree years old the spring just past, was purchased of Lucien Scott, of Leavenworth, and is from royal ancestors. Mr. Challacombe also lias three thoroughbred calves, sired by the grand Knight of St. George, hich he purchased recently of Joseph Whitaker of Leavenworth.

They are beauties and their names are as follows Harriet 3d (calved Augusta, lcWo.and grand-daughter of KaigUt of St. George); Harriet 4ih (calved Sept. 20, 133); Lizzie 3d (calved Sept. 20, ISfij). There are about ISO head of cattle in Mr.

Challacombe's herd and they arc all of domestic stock. It is his purpose to grade his cattle up to the higheniAtch and handle only those of the best blood, and aims to keep no more cattle than he can comfortably shelter and properly leed in the winter. He also has about a dozen head of horses. For feed he will sow millet and sorghum and will soon cut a splendid field of rye before the maturing of the beads. Mr.

Challacjuibs is an enthusiastic stockman. He loves the stock business and is following it with earnestness and seeks all the light to aid him in its intelligent prosecution that is possible for him to obtain. Ha takes several leading stock publications and keeps fully abreast with the times. He left the First National Bank, of Leavenworth, where he kad been engaged for many years in a clerical capacity, two or three years ago, and sought a home on the plains solely for the benefit of his health. He is now in the enjoyment of perfect health, and his splendid success at stock raising, a business entirely new to him, shows what can be accomplished by intelligence, energy and well directed efforts.

He is ably seconded by Mrs. Challatnmbe, a lady always accustomed heretofore to the refinements and pleasures of society. She readily adapts herself to her present situation and is a model ranchwouian. Their lively children, consisting of Mis3 Esther, aged 16, John, aged 14, Hosa, aged 12, and Cora, aged 10, are enjovingranch life and are never heard to whimper over the deprivation of city luxuries. Mr.

John Cualjaeombe, the father of William, lives with the family and favors the ranch with the benefit of his experience and labor. Ho is a man of energy and force, and though G6 years old, doee more work now than many men of one-hal his years. He is a pleasant gentleman of the old Fnglish school. The Challa- combes' is a pleasant place to visit. Judge Hanback has been re-nominated Feedinj; Itjtne Cattle.

Stcrlinjr Col-, New. While in North recently, the editor of the News had a pleasant" interview with Messrs. John Bratt one of the largest ami oldest cattle firms in Western Nebraska, whose rattle nd their range not only in th rt state, but in Wyoming and Eastern Colorado, Mr. Bratt said-tit lor years bis firia had made, a nractice of pairing all the" hav thev could. the l.t-t winter and spring.

thv fed thirtv-cne liundred and twenty-five tons of hay, and some corn; tins was to Mils, cows and calves, and i severe Mr. Biatt estimates tiie losses of his firm at not more than two it cent. "The stock remarked that sen- tlemen, as he sicned an order for tvvcutv new branding irons, reduced to an exact system, and as careful j'idg- ment should lv exercised as that called into use in Wall street. New York. Al- luougn most, oi irie sroeKmen iir.tiK it impossible, and lie child's niay, to feed toeir rane ctoek, we rom-ider that every ion of hay we feed will bring us back iii'ty dollars, and yet our is! unexcelled.

We shall iced. ah our bulls next winter, an-1 some of our cows and calves. Speaking of'liie shipment of cat- tie from Texas by I). Kankin to Brady I-daud, tifiy miles northwest of! North PLitte, Mr. Brait said, "I consider that this st -k wiil 1)3 twenty P'-r rent, more, coining through from Texas in this way in a few days, than ii they were on the trail ail summer, lie- ing shipped in the spring, they have alii the summer in wliu to eat.

grow fat. end becom; acclimated. Mr. liratt ex ahaid of pressed himself as not at all Texas fever. On Tuesday of this week a most charming day Mr.

J. C. Stone, held li sale as previously promised The cattle were a soKi-ior lot nnd in that thrifty condition that buy era sensil.ly apprcciate and always are prompt to pay well for. A large proportion of the female offerings consisted of growtiiv heifers, of good colors, ami beaming evidences ofk-iwr early breeders; 43 averaged 520i.t:4, and 7 young MJ.oT each, or an average jf fl'e7. each, on the even 00 head il l.

The price, v.as aid by Mr. W. ii. Baxter, of 'ireleville, Kansas, for the lS-UKUiths Vellum bull Exquisite, of Mr. Sioiv's out of Scottish Itdy 2, by Kirhievingi hi Lad 3J, s-; and Scottish Lady ul.

a sister of his by Orange Blossom Breastpiate, 4225, sold to l'iieotlot'e Huston for 4 and a darling she was. Kauvw f'iry hi-(limtvr. Monday, June 2, is the latest from Chicago. The republican national convention was to convene the next day. It was the prevailing feeling that either Blaine or Arthur wouid be nominated.

All of the delegations from tho Pacific coast arrived in a body, and marched through the streets to the Grand raeiiie, cheering for Blaine. Their ladies also marched in the procession and were as enthusiastic for Blaine as the gentlemen New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis and other large cities sent delegations of business men in the interests of Arthur. The city was overflowing with strangers. C.

B. Fram.e, president of the Stale Savings bank at St. Joseph, returned from New York last week and says that he has collected $200,000 in cash, iOO.OiX'. in bonds and received the balance of due from liwson and that tiie ban'; is solid and will resume business at an early day, if the depositors will have patience. He states that the assets of the bank wiil over ail liabilities.

A copy of Wichita ljuiy has been rcceivctl at tiiis oihee. It is an eight-column folio and a of typographical beauty and skill and editorial display. royal Mur Jocks are always lieri'orining newspaper wonders. The new daily publishes the asso.ia'.cd press dispatches, is a success from the start and richlv deserves it. Women now serve on juries in Washington territory.

In speaking of this fact, a deputy district attorney of Seattle said recently law is the grandest' thing that has happened to Seattle. I tell you it looks nice to see those cloaks and bonnets hanging up there, and there is only one spittoon in the court room, and that is seldom used." Ail article appears in tne Fortnightly Review, written and signed by Win. E. Gladstone, on England's foreign policy. Gladstone says, the period has now arrived when England may with advantage study and even reproduce in some of its most charactUtie aspects tiie foreign policy of America.

W. P. Tondinson, formerly of Iluyh county and recent executive clerk of Gov. Glick, is now editor of the Daily Journal at Topeka, a democrat-ic paper. Mr.

Tomlinson is an able editor. R. B. Lin villi: was a gae.st of the Sidney House, last Wednesday niht. He is now living on his ranch, iu Johnson township.

The dynamiters are at work in Loudon and several fatal explosions have occurred. An unsuccessful attempt was made to blow up the Nelson monument. A One hundred and fifty-one business failures were reported ia the United States and Canada during the week in May. The cremauonists of Philadelphia are organizing for the par-ose of erecting and operating a crematory. Heavy frosts have recently visited tne j.

nortfiern ana eastei mensc damage to rrorw. 1 'SI. Vie have much rain, with the Hack-1 berry on a high for the last three days. I Grass large for the season of the K. Ej, lias brought home hisPoiiod-Aagusj-uti i iirian, pv) iiiipoiUj bv the I.von,vd Bros.

f-5t at Mr. rattersoij bad severe! ofliis horses i ct on the barbed w'ne. He consitlers that kind of wire bad merticme for horses, The roper in catching throwed cue colt it conlil not get up, vsrneh will rjr Xewbv had a i i i n-i auer 'ci. i flit 1 rxr OUt. i 1 he people oi this vailey are awake to the stock interest.

A. J. Kld 40 head of cattle and A. F. wide Artin I nefel.

i herel shheecd from Mo. i here aad emnl-jveil S. I. Allen to hold! them. Charles Ford also head from tiie Ktmu place am lipi-ed is holding them with Mr.

Green's herd. Mr. Patterson ha be-n on Buda a I of cveral a two ranch for several days 10 North horses and traded to L.Od -in. He al -e s- a i-e, and a three -year-old F. also two 2-year-oi-ls t- W.

Bradir.g for ami one yearlin; to T. V. Anderson. F. b-night 2" h(l of; yeaning co-ts ano mares y-K A.

New by bought 5 for Sis'. two for and ten yearling colts for $200. Jonathan Newhy bought two mares for W. S. Beck, bought two matched 2-year-olds for $70: one two-year-oUl for toO, also three yearling cells for II.

A. McGlothlin two 2-year-olds for fO-i and two young coits for i 15. Yours, after r.m-h delay, Wai.tkr. The Mi Farland building, north of The Cov. bov otliee, in Sidney Jias been purchased by Mrs.

Leimhaeh ainl will soi.n lo moved to Ness Citv. It sold for j-lOO- Cattle for Sale. I have 120 head of Cows, twos and yearlings for toe Pete Bodgers ranch, five miles south of lm. John B. WiinxnY.

Strayed From Riverside P. about the first of May, a co aged five years, dark red, brand JE. connected on left hip. A suitable reward will be paid for her recovery. Geo.

Clemes. Bull for Sale. I have for sale en my ranch near Ba zi ne a thoroughbred Shorthorn yearling good pedigree, either for cash or on time Jons K. Faknswoktii. Bill Buinham at Manhattan, Kansas, have two car loads of yearling high trade Shorthorn Bulls for sale, on rcas- enable terms.

Write to Bill oi Buinham, Manhat-! tan, Kansas, u(l see upon what easy terms can be purchased two car loads of high grade Shorthorn Bulls. The -st opportunity we know of for purchasing yearling high grade Shorthorn Bulls is offered by Bill Hum bam, Manhattan, Kansas. Write to them for articulars. More bulls ara needed on the range. Bill Biirnham, at Manhattan, Kansas, can -ill the demand.

They "will deliver the bulls free of charge on the ears of either the Vnion Pac-ilic, Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe, or Missouri Pacific raiiroals. Cows end Calvea. 254 head of good domestic Cows, young and good colors, over 100 young calves in the lot, for sale at Lamed. M00KEI1EAD oi REED. A copy of Col.

Bollinger's stock pamphlet, entit'ed, "foes it pay? A Book on the Stock Industry of Southwestern Kansas," will be presented to every new yearly Mibscrib-r to The Cowboy. The price of this pamphlet is 50 cents Subscribe for The Cowboy and get a copy of Col. Balinger's Stock Pamphlet. 1 feiwl six cents for postasrc and A in 'iH. receive tree, a costly box of gon.ts il 1 ft-hica will belo you to more money rirlit away thaa au.

thing e'lse in thin world. All oi either sex, sai-reed from lirst hour. The broad road to fortiwe opens before the workers, absolutely sure. At oue address, TUL Augusta, Maine. IDA BE.

IDLE, dealer ix jaery Goo2s and LaK Kovelties, DODGE CITY. Bridge Etret, first door aorth ef Wr-ght House Dressinakine, hats. Hren, erape. corsets flowers, l-njfiinsrs, bijouterie, handkerchiefs-frriratuin? relvetc. lilted to order, black dress silks, trimming silk, kid amoves, leathers, ribbons, purses, eombs, beits, funs.

liyl CESTBAt HOTEL. Ureat Bend, Kansas. C. Norton, Proprietor KtaMc and feed inconneetion. oinb bacon, praetieal Watehmakcr, Topeka, Kansas, aad the 4nlv ri Di proof safe rtrairer and onener.

Tales. Sarient (Jreenlif Tirrw-Ik iVtinHcr. All work in aliovs Ime fully guar- upencr. iintecd. Give mc Uiftl.

i i I Paper 'tea-l hy J. IS. Porter, President In" County Short-Horn liiort tike AssociKtin UiSi. In selMircr the best breeds of eat -e 0I1ra Hlinsf purpos-s webeiiwe tlia iShorthorn to be tite best MlitptcI the wants of the lureot class of K-as fanners. The keeping of a cow for the mere pnr- ir breeder, but" is t.x expensive for the aver.iee farmer where is no rane 'uie 811,1 eVl'r on- liaa provide own pasture.

The families mav bj cow of the milking said to combine the proiitable iiiialites ol eai maturity with der-i. Vi the As da.ry can, as Jtock, r.e the Shorthorn at the ii i'J ci, 3 JO as proo. 'As to toe uiiliing qu? liti'-s of Short horns Judge Craven, of Indiana, says; impress sn has prevailed quite generally that Uiey will do for beef, it will do for milk or butter, yet when 1 ltk around me among men giving to tiie diarv business 1 find grade I Shorthorns much sought after, main' ex pressing the opinion that they are good milkers and wtien they haveserved tiicir in that line they are more valuable for beef than anything else they can get. Mr. Win.

Warwich, of Lexington, writes ine that he has a cut' which calved Nov. 4th, which gives eight gallons of milk per day, and a three year ol 1 heifer that gives live per day. The best I ever owned are thorough-brcd Shorthorns Both as to quantity and quality of milk, and as to me quality of nutter made from them we will refer "to the proprietors of the 1'is- palcii Motel ol liae enter. I .11 I will add, that v.itn tut! same atten- Hon given the best, and bree.liiig from the i-st milkers, it is my oi ini that thov stand at the head anv other eed of milkers in this trv. fiie ten.Vnev t- oreed for s.iow ring wiLh a lare of' Uesh I think has wised toe miUiin qua) ties ol Short- i horn to be liegleeie.i.

TheTaloe fHifcfno ousists not so much in tie nuioher of geneiaiiohs through wiiith theaaee.strycaube trai-ed to some di.stiniiishe-l, Jirogeitator, but rather in the quality, or character of the ancestry, and in proportion as we ap-l'l'oaeh tiie top of t.ie pedigree, that is, the immediate progenitors of agiveu animal, th in'jre important does the character of the ancestry become. Four ir live "Top crosses" with animals of rare individual merit, make a pedigree of much greater value to the practical breeder, than ten or twenty of animals of no special merit. Mere pedigree, however, extended and cannot secure excellence, and every system founded upon tiiis assumption is not only false, but hurtful upon the influence of the live stock of the. country. Of -Mr.

Bichaid Siratt who was one of the most succcsstul breeders of prize taking Short horns l-ingland has prod iced, it has been written "lie studied and practiced breeding more for tiie sake of the animal tiian fashionable tastes. He went for sound cun'tiv-itiun. food quality of flesh and abundant milking qualities. He looked to the not for its long desc nt but to assure himself that toe immediate ancestors were good and of a family of good animals." Mr. titration proved tho soundness of his views by continued successes in the siiow ring, and by sales at high prices.

The true value therefore of a pedigree cannot be I. without a knowledge of tue ancestry. A good animal descended from good ancestors is -a ouch-ston:) by which to select breeding stock, and the true testoi the value of a pedigree. INUlVIDt'AL MERIT. The selection ofthesireis a step of vital bei-ause being coupled With many lemaies his iniluence on the herd will ix- equal toall tiie fertile females together.

It ii therelorea vital necessity to be gin with, that the sire shouid be a superior animal, showing in all particulars a ailapialion to tiie purpose which the breed subserves. The lirst object of the Shorthorn is beef. then that in the selection of tne sire, is a li The first requisite to.a model beef animal is health. Your calves ru.Lst bo healthy or they are valael -ss. Bi sure, then, "tiia; t.ie sire you select is and sound, with plenty ol vivlity.

His eye well open and clear, his carriage spirited, ami aoove all see that his chest is broad and deep and that he girths well around the heart. These are the indications oi health, without which, whatever be his otti. merits, he is not lit for a breeder. We must not, however, forget that he must pt-sscss the characiisiics of mascui-miiy (to be an impressive size). Mr.

Alexander, of Woodburn farm, says "No cow-horned bull can be an impressive size." The National Journal says. "We would decidedly prefer long hair on the head and neck ol a bull." The "14th Duke ol Thorndale," one of tho highest bred Bates bulls, bad an abundance of long curly hair on his head. Bat in noting the beef points we begin with the shoulders. They should be broad and level instead of thin and sharp; the shoulder blade oblique and well covered; the ribs just bjhind should spring cut so as to leave the craft brood full and well roiMidcd. The body should be round.

The top line straight from shoulder to ramp; l.iins that are level (the best beef lies here); hips wide apart; nind quarter long and level. In short, the entire carcass deveiopi-d where the best beef lies 'ext we note the quality. So far, we have been governed by sight. We will now have to rely mainly upon touch, and this is one of the best and surest tosts of fine stock. Boor beef feels hard and 1 -atherly, unyielding under the skin.

Excellent beef, being permeated with particles of fat, is mellow and elastic to the touch, yielding to the leart pressure. Such beef i indicated by hair that is slim built animnl sueh a we uld wish in a rsa lor the bat thicfc-iieiih-ed, well-muscled Such qualities are indicated bv the leg that is large above lh knee and hougha.nd small and tapering below them, and by the entire I carcass being smooth and ilowing in out- line. In we wouid say to the I fUv county breed 'rs, we have given au onllina for ihescleetion ofbreedingstock. hecure as few wi'as or defective points as possible, lleject wherever there is marked deilcieney. a large number of gixnl pf)ints rather than one or two of remarkable development.

It i a safe rule not to animals which have been uniformly kept under much more favorable conditions than I thev wiil probaolv keot in the future, ilu Ciimo from making purchases of which have been kept in high flesh and careful- orotccteii irom coel ano. st-irms anil jJt, -quiring stiUii animals to "rotitth it. On the other hand, surprisingly go-sl results have come from giving better care and more libera! feeding than that to theaiiimalshaveb'-en accustomed. And as good st ek can now be had at prices at which no fair minded man can regard as above its intrinsic value, there isnolongeranyexcu.se for fanners not! improving their stock. i The loss in handling poor stock, say' ill-bread, unthrifty steers, is so marked! that it seems no intelligent farmer would ever invest them.

In the first place every pouu 1 of flesh put on an animal of this dceeriptfon costs from 20 to per. cent more feed, and when ready for mar- ket, there will be a diiierence of fr.nu two to live dollars per loo in the selling price. As we nave mere is now no excuse for breeding this inferior stock on our farms. Well brert males now be had at prices ranging from one to two hundred dollars, a price whii the increased value of 20 calves w.mld in a single vear. Besides all this, there is a ld in the" reflection that his labors are contributing something to the promotion of the general we I And tinallv ony Irom well-ktu re sponsible ami honest persons who will not ueceive men tio, it too saocx turns out di.ferent irom your rcasonali! -expectations will make the matter satis factory.

BKijiAi. San Kraneiseo I'ltroniele. (iiiizot, Italian ami other historians who have written of tiie feudal system leave no il uot that the lirst barons, counts, dukes, ami many of the bisho-is, too, were little better than successm! highwaymen, secure in tiicir fortified ca-stles irom arrest and punishment for the crimes committed on their torays against the people indiscriminately. The most greedy ol these medieval baronial robbvrs in the general collapse of the Koman empire managed to make themselves sovereigns, lounded dynasties, some of which still continue under the names of grand dukes, kings or euqcrors, as the llapsimrgs, tiie tiuelphs or Wolfs, the lioheiizollerns, and, mull a recent date, the Capets of France, whose original baronial ancestors were in morals not a whit superior to the more modern Claude Duvals, Jonathan Wildes and Joaquin Muriottas oi lniamous memory. The main diiierence is between that of success and tailure, with the other one that the baronial robbers stole land while the other lellows stole pers -nal property, hese land thefts have oi late been reeated in tho nited States, Canada and Australia, and with the assistance oi legal machinery, ou a larger scale than the beguinings of the old dukes, counts and barons, it took centuries of etiort for the liapsburg fellows to s-cure sover eignty over as much territory as three men ana one woman now possess iu tue name of the Central i'aeiuc rail ay incorporation, and if we may credit common rejiort, the rattle barons ot Nebraska, Wyoming, Coioiado and Montana, whose name is legion, have practically seized on more laud than the whole Ger man empire contains, excluthng Prussia.

oi them are operating without the slightest color of right or law," ami many ol tlieiii are unnaturalized foreigners-, who respect the intitulionsof this country only because ot that neglect in the administration of the law wiiieh tolerates such robberies. 'Iho medieval barons were supKrted in theirlart lessness by an army ol retainers knights, squires, yeomen and villain. These American iand thieves substitute senators and congressmen lor knights, governors, sheruts and suite or territorial legislatures lor squires, and tiie ubiquitous cowboys for yeomen. vVith such an army of reminds iney are secure ia the p'-ccesion of millions oi acres, whether inclosed or not, and whoever, as settler tiiid -r tiie laws of the country, presumes to dispute with the laud thieves, is as summarily -ait with as the honcat men of the middle ages were bv tiie baronial robbers. KliEU Oi' sX'SSESXS.

Dairy. ilundredsofthoiisands of cattle, horses, swine and sheep are sacrificed yearly for want ot competent memeal attendance. There is ample room in the country for 10,000 veterinary surgeons. That would give an average of 1,000 horses and 4,000 cattle to each ftne, not to speak of the swine, sheep and digs, which are always needing medical care. To support these in comfort would require about twenty millions of dollars annually, or about four dollars for each owner of a farm, or about two dollars for each person owning animals that require occasional treatment.

It wouid pav well if the oT. uers-of animals should each adopt a system common ui France, of employing a surgeon at a small annual sum to visit and care lor his stock regularly, to advise in regard to their condition and treatment, and to suggest proper sanitary precautions This wouid prevent nearly all the losses which now occur, and which undoubtedly amount yearly to 000 and would save at least an equal amount in losses of service by sickness; of the animals There is, indeed, a great need of veterinary surgeons and young men Having a leaning mat way inigiu do well to follow it. Kbw i the time Li ubscrib3. i the same rains that killed our grass This crop can always be relied upon, so can broom and rice com. Adhere to the crops that are adapted to the countrv.

It is not safe to indulge in illusive hopes. It looks as though now that anything produced on earth could b2 raised here this year. The Soil Is saturated wiai water and vegetation of all kinds is yielding to the beck of the sun and shooting upward with amazing velocity uuder the influence of its ravs. Oid residents are not deceived by these apearances. They have seen such before and been misled by thein to their sorrow.

In a few days nature's mask is liable to drop and then we shall have a rejietition of the usual experience burn ing sun, droutn and scorching winds. Only such crojs as can withstand tho blasting influences of those inevitable visitors should be cultivated and fostered by our stockmen. Nature is all right, and if we but pander to her moods nobody will suffer. Winter feed for stock should be procured while the opportunity is presented, to anticipate the possible injury of the grass on the range. Such in opportune rains as fell here last fall may not occur again for years, but it is letter to provide for such likely omtingenees and feed while the sun shines.

Hi.ackle;'.. Tills fatal disease Las already made its appearance among young cattle on the rarijcv, and it is about tin. worst scourge that our stockmen have to contend with. As the disease- cannot be cured, all that ciin be done is to use preventatives. A subscriber in Minnesota writes to the Breeders Gazette, at Chicago, in regard to blackleg, which he says is based on five years' experience formerly lost more cattle from blackleg than any other man in this vicinity.

For a long time I used saltpetre and sulphur in the salt without any benefit that 1 could sse, until a herder told me he used saltpetre sulphur and copperas, and he would riant cattle in his herd not to have it, for 2 cents per head. I knew thesulphur and saltpeper did not do any good, for 1 had tried them; so I then commenced to use cope.ras, putting in their salt about a tea-spoonful of pulverized copperas for each yearling, or that amount for calves after five months old, and have not lost one since; while others around me have lost more of late years than they formerly did. I give it once a week usually; it might do less often; buI fear the dreadful disease, and copperas is very cheap." William B. Challacombe mixes copperas, sulphur and saltpeter with the salt he administers to cattle, aad he ha.5 confidence in the eiiicaey of the mixture as a preventive to blackleg. Mr.

J.I'. John son adheres to roweling and savs Uiat it prevents blackleg in his herds. ltrtKEULSii Oi-f UOit.NS. Xational Live Stock Journal. There can be no doubt that horns may be bred otf-of any of our cattle, by first removing the horns when calves, and then breeding only from the hornless.

The writer of this has two hali-Jerstys that are without horns, although both sire and dam had good sized horus. ne had its horns injured accidentally when a cal-f, ana the other had it3 horns seared with a uot iron when they first started, and they afterwards ceased to grow, these two heifers sometimes have calves with horns, and sometimes without horns, the sire having horns. In breeding the herns off it would be necessary to have the sire hornless After a few of each sex were established without horns by artificially removing them, and then breeding these together, and rout: ling only to breed those without horns, would require but a comparatively short time to establish a hornless breed! There would, at first, occasionally Vie a calf with horns, but this should be excluded. Breeders should be familiar with the fact that the animals thev breed amHeed are changeable in many ways by their action. They may take a very common cow that has, with her ancestors, been subjected to scanty feeding, ani never had the milk secretions developed; if they take her young, and gradually increase her food, wh eh is adapted tj milk production, they may easily add 50 per cent, to her yield, aud this increase will become a permanent characteristic, and will be inherited by her progeny, ami the next generation can be further in creased as milk producers; or the breeder can almost breed milk production out of them they are plastic in his hands.

J. Y. Topping passed through Sidney last Wednesday, on his way to the ranch of J. Ii. Wilson, in Hodgeman county, to obtain the three bulls left there by the brother of Mrs.

Topping. He was also in search of a stray cow. Decoration day was observed generally throughout the country. r-licateJ every day, and the fight more Viitt-r. The national republican nominating convention met at Chicngo, last Tuesday.

The result of its doliberjiti'-ns have tut reached Tno Cowboy. i .1 i Iowa people sav that thev have not i- -1 for the past eight years as they have at the present time. The largest lease of iands ever known to have been made was that of the Cherokee Indians to a live t-tck company of acres of land for a term of five years, for which they receive 100,000 per annuu. The mixed breeds can be constantly improved by tho use of thoroughbreds. Kverv additian of thoroughbred blood elevates the to a higher standard 1 and the improvement is permanent and luting.

I The State Savings bank of Joe has depoMtors, and it is said to have now in their vaults over a million and a half dollars. Interested parties are be coming impatient at the delay in he promised reaumptioa of the bank. One of the freaks of trade is the ship- ment of Chicago dressed bet to Montana, the great cattle center of the northwest, 1 he explanation is that the corn -fed rattle have been shipped out and butchers cm not get good beef, bat the business will not be of long duration as Montana rxpects to market this summer oo.OOO head of fat liecves. Judge" Hilton has closed factories employing several thousand men because, as he saN's, the taiilf on wool is so high that he cannot run them at a profit. He finds it cheaper to buy the manufactured woolens abroad and pr.y duty, than to try to comjte with foreign manufacturers.

This ihows how the wool tarifi benefits workinc men. A veterinary surgeon of Maryland thinks pleuro-pneuemonia may be prevented by innoculation, and illustrated his remarks with a calfs tail, showing that by incisions made in it the virus conld be cominunited, and thought the place to begin work was in the diary etables near the large cities, and in that way the disease could be stamped out. The national greenback convention at Indianapolis, on the 23th nominated Gen. B. F.

Butler for president and Gen. A. M. West, of Mississippi, for vice-president, Considerable dissatisfaction is manifested over the nomination of Butler because he is a delegate to the national democratic convent! maud. seeking a presidential nomination at its hands.

A Ilunnewt ii correspondent of the Kansas City Live Stock Indicator says During the past winter Arkansas and low-grade cattle seemed to have suffered far more than improved stock, hence a renewed desire among stockmen for higher grades. The day cannot be far distant when scrubs and inferior grades, like the buffalo, will have disappeared forever from the plains of the west. Just now Heiefords and Polled-Angus are the favorites." As illustration of the profitableness of well bred rattle attention is called to the statement that in 1SS2, head of southern cattle of Spanish blood were shipped from Key West, Fla valued at H10.000; the same year 33,000 head of grade were shipped from New-York valued at The southern scrubs averaged 815 a head while the grades averaged f99. In the light of the above figures the economy of first-class breading animals is apparent to the most casual observer. TbB Kansas City Live Stock Indicator has it from good authority that D.

T. Beals 4 Co. have sold their interest in cattle and Iands in Kansas, Cherokee Strip, Indian territory and the Panhandle of Texas, to the Arkansas Valley Land and Cattle for $1,650,000. The cattle are guaranteed as numbering The land consists of 200,000 acres a the Canadian in the Panhandle oi Texas, an. improved fine stock farm of to 600 acres in Kansas and leased and ob the Cherokee trip.

The terms the sale are $1,200,000 cash the bal- i I 1 4 years' time at 4 per cent for congresRman. A ---s t- i.