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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-06-16
HUMOROUS.

A Now Jersey man has made a
hnllot-box which can not DO stuffed.
Now all the country wants is q voter
built. IN tho same wny.-Yopkers
Statesman.
Tho girl who went to service for
tho first timo wrote to her mother
that hor master and mistress wore
worry dirty. for they washed their
hands cvor so many times q day.
-Wo do not know very much about
the ancient Egyptians, perhaps, but
the grand old Sphinx with its silent
woman's head shows that they wero a
worry sarcastic people journal Of
Education.
Affidavit Editor-"Dearest Ma
thilde, II you doubt the at ~ength
and sincerity OF my loveP" Mathilde
-"Swenr II, Alonzo. swear i'll"
Affidavit Editor (abscnt-mindedly)-
81 swear-we have tho largest circu-
lation In tho West. and it ia rapidly
increasing. "-Amorica
-':Thero Is no EXCUSE for tho uso Of
profanc language" says I'm exchange;
aud this is no doubt correct, but II
there were any tho drug clerk who IL
aroused Mt three o'clock IN tho morn
ing By n drunken man who wants to
Loo In tho directory to find mi whore
he liyos would seem to possess It.
"A gentleman said to one OF his
friends that for some years his wife
had persisted in saying that sho was
only twenty years old. "Mino IL
moro reasonable" replied his friend.
81 have succeeded in making hor onter
hor thirties, but ! havo failed TO muks
hcr como out Of them. IN. Y.
Ledger.
-Ilooney-"Suro OF can't SEQ why I
mustn't 10 II mimber nv yuro Union II
.Oi want TO keep mo jobl It's only II
week I've boon ovor here. but / know
this Is n FREQ country" Mooney
(walking delcgatc)-"But romimbor
now, nun. that yuro nm Amorikin, an
mnsht perfect. yurosilf against i'm.
ported pnupcr labor.
in n Bo6k:stord;!-"Ilavo You 90.
tho Blue bookp" ~'rrho Dluo bookp
Wo'vo got 'Jurton's Anatomy OF
Melancholy That ought to DO blue
enough" mo. no. That isn't IL. |
mean tho book with tho list OF Offices"
"Wo haven't got IT, But II you uro
nfter MI oilco, you had better tnko tho
book ON melancholy. "-Chicago IIer.
aid.
A Useful Instrument - Musical
Viaitor-uWhat n hnndsn,po ,io,,,r,
Mrs. Tiptop-"Yos, | do not know Of
n single piece OF furniture | havo that
am more proud Of than Of my piano.
II WINS mado 70 ordor Mt n cost OF
5000" "Oh. I must - why, It's
locked" "Yos; I lost tho key somo
months ago and have forgotten TO get
another. Philadelphia Record.
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TnE ,JoASSfpwa CATAs-
THDPflE

HH = 49, IL =. =. "H.. .r
Monday wnstte tau!h dry since the
disaster jn.th- Conepa1sh valley occur.
rel, aud the extent Of the fatality eau 10
aproIiM,tel Wien 4. is known tia,
tDdies are st!i being fouud ~her.'ee
men are. at week. The ie,ns ,ns that
are now being removed from the DRIFT
ale far advanced in decomposition. and
AIM physcians in charge are advocating
their cremation IA fast as found. AZ 1t i.
almost ;t@posnb!e TO hold the'n safely.
The, work of clearing way the debris
is progressing very eneonra4insiy.
oxins To tue fact ihatibe PENNSYLVANIA
aud Ba ti,nore aud Ohio roads refused
to ,un trains from Pittsburs or other
important poins nearer than Bolivar GU
the fotm.r. end lockwood on the lat
ter road. il. was a very quiet day in aud
lbout Jphnstowu. This rule kept out
a large Influx OF e1cursionisrs. Rnd lett
the field eiynr to workers. Governor
Beaver arrived there Monday ard apert
the dsy iu. visiting the ruined
po tiop.ot the city and in driving up tue
Consnyip82 valley.
Tue hr.th Of the valley is %runsnaily
good. ,pq~tSi,hstAniL NJ .lta. report OF n.
threatsAed. -epid,mio: A bulletin has
been issued by the Stats Bonri Of
HrnItlp 10 thisee &c yl.it Tbers isno pre-
snt danger to the water supply Vt Pitts.
burg. .;A,:JohastoEnth Abe only. present
dsmger.is .froms= tue :p.ople being
frightened into.siskusss BY. SENSATIONAL
rerortSs z
Cans nre being, continually broken in
TO aud their contents carri,d of. What
the thieves could not steal they trnmped
gu ~ d.ruinsi. The Masonic relief car.
vas also entered and robbed. The
military guards are kept busy aIreS,ing
thieves. II will TO three. weeks before
the Pennsylvania road is opeu for tinvel
Hud months before il can be restored 10
its former stability.
Tho work. Of the registration Of Il Q
survivors OF the food is going steadily
ou. Up-to this evening there weIe
about Il .On0 q. sisiered, and tao list
ttil increasing, The number lost is
placed ppw 5000 by those who held
t.iat it .yopl ! reach, to 10000. week
~ ) conservative estimate is be-
tween $3.50 aud 1000. :.
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Two Heroes.

limo Is bringing Ia light the Efforts
made by heroes Who sought the relief Of
their fellow men during tie late, great
catastrophe. a~t.Johnslown, On the day
OF the. hopd tySamss rode down the val
ley at full speed SaInius the dwclI.rs
nlorg their r. ute of tier threateLed
dnpgtI. % ne nt,hem. John q. PARK, IL
ciyii engineer, aarItyrd .srdely at Johns
town. aub wss instrpmentnl in warn.
ingnt " ast u tO~ OF the iuhabitnnts.
The other met his fate, but died in his
heroic efforts to, snve lfe. John Per
ring,on was his name, aud no doubt it
will tver DO remenl cred with gratitude.
When his body was found he was still
attached to TIE horss, but bota
were buried deep bsnenth the
debris Va Chronicle.
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\ ksig Pointo Patch.

Wheeler Lswrencc, Of f.ovelocks, who
is lI:re Visiting Lriends. says that John
Hill mud Nsis, Dana, have planted about
sixty acres OF rointoe4. in whit, n few
year" ago was the bed of humboldt
Lake. The ground Was damp a few
inches bel ~ the. surface when they
planted tue seed. The tules. which
grew on the sropnd. had died in couso.
qUance OF the droutll, aud Ind been
burned off before the potntues were
planted. The .eel was put dep in tue
ground. which is naturally spunSy and
pressed with II heavy roller The po.
tatoes' are doing We'll: s0'f,r, but it is
questionab BILE w1ieti,Sr' they can with
stand the purchinG hedt 81 the Summer.
No weeds grow OH tbs ground. which
will not be hord or distorted in my why
while the potatoes lire growing [Silver
SI,t. - .assFs.r
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Horrible ConfcssIon.

The excitement caused u mouth ago
at Cleveland. Onto. by the disappear ".
"nce OF petty MnRg'o Thompson, ng'd
. yours. was renewed last Tuesday,
when the r.n,aits were found under the
honsa occupied hy ilonry L.eitb. q
neighbor Of the Thompson family.
The police Ltongh, press I'D bear nnd
OHIO Lti,b. Aged 10. conte~.d tina. be
attempted to mvtsflhe chill. aud fail.
ing. hr murdered erAud eOn!e.isd tue
LUdy.
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Mint %

A Washington dispatch OF tho llih
instant says: Tho President to-day
nude the following appointments:
Charles II. Colburn OF Nrvndn. Coiuer
of the Mint at Carson City; Z. ZIbris-
kis Of N.NRdn. Meltrr at tie snme Mint.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-06-16
E'iIEN.

CLAYToN:-On Ten Mile Crerk, ElIo
county. Nevada. June o. 1889. to the
wife Of George N. Clayton daush.
ter.
t~Sucramento papers plense copy.
FrScK:-In Wells. Nevada. June IL.
1889. to the wife OF Adrlph Finck, II
son.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-06-16
wannmakcr,. bible Glass.

Bre'r Wnnamaker-Do unto others
rs v"u would wish to be done by.
Senator Qnny's Roy (from clnssl-
SuppOsiu' others he Democrats?
Then, beloved Children. this don't 90!
-Trexoa Siftiuus
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-06-16

A couple OF young men who hive
ld'ly returned to Tusearorn from idaho.
say thnt they met Tnsearora Jake. tie
IuLIan nntdetef, OH Bitter Geek n
I'D. 10. .,JD.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-06-16
PaIIsNd dc 1lotrI.

Since the recent nro nj Palisado
which destroyed my hotel, together with
iis contents, ! have opened tho PAIL
SADE HOTEL md AIN now prepared
TO accommodate tho travelling public
with good accommodations. both m To
bonrd and lodging. A liberal share Of
the public patronage Ia respectable
s9lioited.
~ Y N BAUM
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-06-16
GRIN N BEAR i1.
Bob Burdetto Olves Some OF His Good
Advice To - Young Man

Bob Oives Some OF His 0ood
Advice To - Young Man
q, Ny son, your brow Ia clouded; some
thing has happened thnt didn't and
doesn't agreo. with you. Were you
neglected In the invitationsP Didn't
you get on any Of the committees7
We're you overlooked In tho conven-
tion2 Hasn't the secretary written
you a personal letter asking your ad-
vice upon tho c%ampaign2 Have you
oeen coldly passed over for men Of less
ability? Do you feel that I'm intention
al slight hus been put upon you2 Can
you sec clearly that every thing Is
going wrong because you have not
been consulted?. Have you been d.
rectly snubbed by inferior people2 ]
thought a. much. At your time OF
lie such things are very liable to o o
cur. They used TO happen with me nov
and then. You will grow wiser US you
!r'ow older, unless you take tho other
chute; then you will grow moro fool
ish, and there is only one euro for IN
old fool. my boy-thut is, death. Or
binary death won't cure him. either.
Though thou shouldest bray him in u
mortar among wheat with u pestie,
yet will not his foo!ishncss depart
from him" See how awfully dead he
has TO TO killed! Smashing him only
makes him worse,
But now. II any'Or all OF these sights
have been put upon you, listen to me.
my tondcr Telcmnchus. Don't show
your sores: Oh, don't show your sores.
They nro not, pleasant things to look
ut, nobody wants to see them and they.
will heal much more rapidly and nat
urally and beautifully. II you don't
expose them. Keep them covered.
Don't show them to any body but your
surgeon, and don't show them to him
unless you have TO. And, don't look
Mt them yourself. Leave them alone
under tho healing plasters OF time and
tho cool ~"conprcSscs OF forgetfulness.
and you'll DO surprised some day when
you do happen to think of them. to
, find that they have healed by the first
intention without a c Don't tell
people when you are hurt; don't tel!
every body how keenly yeu feel
a slight whom, perhaps. there
was no Slight intended. Don't
got yourself snubbcd by people
who never SEQ you. and who
don't know you and mover think
Of you. And if you really are hit.
n hit hard. it bcliitleS your manhood
and it drives away human sympathy
when you lift up your voice and howl
on the streets. Keep quiet about it.
Don't whine; don't yell. One day, at
the investment Of Vicksburg-it was
on tho memorable 22d of May-during
a JUL in tho dcsultory skirmishing
that preceded the assault. while l was
lying close to the surface OF the great
round globe which We inhubit, and
wishing | could get n little closer to it,
we heard n tremendous bowling and
~shrieking, and down the dusty road
from the front came Il blue-jacketed
skirmisher on the trot. holding -
HUMOROUS,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15

Rockdale wants q t9sio'n well3
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
PACKED SMALLEST ONTOP.

Barmaids are going out Of fashion
in England.
Collomsville, Pa, had case Ofsun-
stroke this week.
The French centennial buildings
have cost about 81, 100000.
Only one real dwelling house re-
mains on Broadway, New York.
A wild turkey was killed in Madi
son county, Fla, recently, which
weighed 50 pounds.
California expects to realize $751;
600, 900 on It's products this year, not
including manufactures.
A Buffalo poet who contributes to
the Courier of that city rhymes
"vile corpus with "chOl'ra morbus."
A Kansas family has arrived at
Zellwood, Fla, in ''prairie schOon-
err" The journey took them nearly
four mon tbs.
More than 1000 empty patent med
icine bottles were found in the house
of rich bachelor who died at Knox
vile, Pa, lately.
Church going would be tolerated if
it were not for the sermon and the SER
vices" was the paradoXlcal remark of
a club man.
A colored family in Minersville, Pa,
were all made sick the other day by
drinking beer from a bottle that had
con tanned Easter egg dye stuff.
Repairs to Pennsylvania fences
cost about 100000 each year. In
some places the Enclosures are worth
more than the land they protect.
In the South there are 5000 colored
school teachers. They have colleges,
universities and seminaries, and are
worth S2,000,00 in property.
In 1886 there were three cities in
Kansas with a population exceeding
200 each. At present there are six
cities in the State, with population
varying from 1000 to $4,000.
The largest voucher ever paid out
of the pension office at Topeka has
gone to Lafayette Oxford, of Mellow
ell. Mo, the sum in question being
S13, 1885,. Total blindness is his dis
ability.
A Toccoa Ca paper announces the
arrival of William Bowers, whose
name will 90 down in history as one
of the only two GeOrgians who voted
for Abraham Lincoln in 1860,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
4. Kahn'S Specials.

-Parasols, at A. Kahn's.
-Embroideries, at A. Kahn's.
-Crinkle seersucker at A. Kahn's,
l-2 cents a yard.
-Mikado corset at A. Kahn's, so
cents.
The best line of children's shoes
at A. Kahn's.
Beautiful line of boys waists, at
A. Kahn's.
"A beautiful line of white goods at
A. Kahn's.
AT A. Kahn's you will find bar
gains in all departments.
Beautiful line of 40-inch Swiss
fiouncing, at Kahn's; so cents yard.
Gen tlemen's clothing going at cost
at A. Kahn's.
Boys coderoy knee pants, at A.
Kahn's; IS cents pair.
Silk mitts at A. Kahn's, loo per
pair.
Good quality, Turkey red table
linen, 25c per yard, at A. Kahn's.
AT A. Kahn's you will always get
your moneys worth.
Fair dealings and polite attention
at A. Kahn's.
Boys knee pants at A. Kahn's,
25c per pair.
Boys blue flannel sailor suits at
A. Kahn's, for ..Sl.O0.
Good mems suits at A. Kahn's at
$500
New bargains received daily at A.
Kahn's.
AT A. Kahn's, Turkish towels; 81
dozen.
AT A. Kahn's, all silk surah; SO
cents yard.
Go to A. Kahn's, and you will be
greatly surprised.
AT A. Kahn's, nice figured lawns;
1-2 cents yard.
Beautiful cream jerseys, at A.
Kahn's; so cents piece.
-Shelve oil cloth, S ID cents yard;
at A. Kahn's.
AT. A. Kahn's, Gents unlaun-
dried white shirts at % cents.
AT A. Kahn's: good quality
Gents knit undershirts, at Is cents.
Nice lawns at A. Kahn's, 2 l-2c
per yard.
1t will pay you to call on a.
Kahn.
The talk of the town is A. Kahn's
low prices.
Go to A. Kahn's for good goods
and good bargains.
At A. Kahn's: Our So cents wool
challies at 20 cents yard.
Competitors may try their best
but they cannot undersell A. Kahn.
AT A. Kahn's, beautiful line Of
plaid ginghams at cents yard.
Mixed challies, at A. Kahn's &c
per yard.
Bargains for cash, in furniture, at
Bottoms. tt
Bleach domestic, yard wide, AT
A. Kahn's, 5 cents a yard.
laces and embroideries, at a. kahn's,
at your own price.
Competitors sell LOnsdale dOmes-
tic at 10 cents a yard; 60 to \. Kahn
and get it at - cents yard.
-Children's stockings in black,
French, ribbed, warranted fast col
lors, at a. Kahn, 20c pair.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
ROW He FOUND A FRIEND

He stood with care stamped on his face
His mind was filled with gloom,
Gaunt want and he were on race;
He was looking at the moon.
He wondered if the man up there
Was hungry, tired, or sore;
If the people there as everywhere,
Would drive him from the door.
"What shall l do, where can stay?"
He moaned with inward pain;
"My meal last week has gone away
TO meier come back again"
He went, though feeble as a mouse s r1
And found an Uncle kind,
That lived near by the Courthouse
Whar' was it,-are you blind?
UNCLE JESSE.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
For Sale or Rent.

The property corner of Austin and
Hays streets, consisting Of a rock
boarding house of y rooms, with bar
attached. A so two frame houses, sta
bIe, etc. House well furnished. For
terms apply on the premises or at the
LIGHT Office. 5-l5-lm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
More Room,

Mr.. Ludwig Mahncke, the genial
and enterprising proprietor of the
Mahncke hotel, has succeeded in
securing the entire second floor of the
Odd Fellows hall, when the additions
are completed. This gives him much
more space to his hotel, and he will
begin the remOdeling of this floor for
the purpose of putting in large num-
Der of rooms for the accommodation of
his guests.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
VIM. RAOAM'S MICROBe KILLER.
Its List of Patrons Constantly In
creasing IN San Antonio and
Throughout the State.

This medicine is uneXcelled as a
blood purifier and appetizer. 1t is
very pleasant to the taste, similar to
an unsweetened lemonade.
Used for catarrh, it has fine effect.
Those who use it recommend it to
their friends, and are loud in its
praise.
Consumption, when the patient is
able to attend to the ordinary affairs
of life, yields to its magic influence.
Asthma has been cured in many in
stances, in fact, wherever a thorough
trial is given.
fyou have chronic neuralgia give
the Microbe Killer n trial. We can
cite you to many case which it has
cured.
Try the Microbe Killer for rheuma-
tism, sick headache, etc.
Sold exclusively in San Antonio by
Richard Gehlert, No. l Commerce
street. Price So per gallon.
Note-Be careful to get the genuine
article. Since our great reputation
has been established, you can find
plenty of medicine IN one gallon jugs.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
PURE, CLEAR ICE
Send Your Order to the
San Antonio Ice Factory,
Telephone lie Prompt delivery
TENDICK; Admir-. LUCIEN j. LACOSTE,
Proprietor and Manager, Assistant Manager
Al la.

Policy at Hewitt's, No. Sand ) West
Commerce street. Two drawings per
dav 5-9-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
Everything New
In hats for spring.
3-23-tf PANCOAsT & Son.

Shirts in French
Flannels, and all styles of white
goods, from one dollar up.
3-23-tf PANCOAST & Son.
For Tall or Short Menu
Clothing to suit them all.
3-23-tf PANCOAsT & Son.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15

Turkish and Vapor Baths,
At Zilian's, corner Commerce and
Alamo streets. 3-l7-t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
Keeping Abreast Of the Times.
stylish Spring colors Many novelty sutings
marke 0 Dress purchases
Spring and Summer '89

WARP HENRIETTAS, French
other fashionable
Pesteys
goods Courtauld's English
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15

Ezy Bear in mind that Frank J. Bel
tel Keeps builders hardware and lum-
Der, at the International and Great
Northern depot. 9-11-1y
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
PaInnott0 Feb. Buggy Robe

comfort Veniang C0 81 90 and Sl The Celebrated
Dr. Warmers Coralne Coset The flexible Coane Buss feature
Leader the
market Write samples and and they will be 1umshdy
The advocate., 1889-11-22

Tho curious revelations ma6e by
the New York junk dealor who care
fully Overhauled his purchase OF old
paper from the Now York Central rail
road Office have not yet ceased 10 fur
nish both wit and wisdom for the news
papcr reader. Nothing grimmer says
thc Chicago Tribune, IN tho way Of
satire has boeR found for a long time
than tho letter Of W, L. Scott, the
anti monopolistic irestTadcr, the Dem
ocrOtic leader and feiOnd Of Grover
Cleveland the forty millionaire, asking
.ChauNecy Nj. Dopew for q pNss which
he urges would be Of great advantage
TO him in his political DISTRICT, And
lest It might seem strange TINT Re-
publican should be asked 10 help q
Democrat TO get bis seat IN Congress
he specifics still furthorrcason why he
should have tho pass, although you
are @ republican and / u democrat we
do not differ much in regard TO our
views in connection with corporate
property and I may bo able to serve
these interests should / pull through
again. In other words, / and the Van
derbilts for whom you work are oil mo-
nopolists together. Our interests are
alike You help mo and rllhelp you"
And this ia the man who whooped it
up for Grover Cleveland as an anti
monopolist, Democratic free-trader
and cAippod in $4,000 for his cam
paign fund. The junk dealer did well
when he brought the letter to light.
Let him continue bis search. Ho may
find more Of the samo kind. They are
interesting reading. -Ex.
The advocate., 1889-11-22
The Torrors ofAsthIno Gono.

The TQrrors OF Asthma GoRo.
Mr.. Sampson Of Hutchinson says;
81 had been q sufferer from asthma
nine years and until I tried a bottle Of
your Mountain SNgeInv;gorator / had
found nothing that would give me re-
lief, or known what it was to have q
peaceful nights rest in bed. In the
last fow weeks that have been using
tho Ipvigorator, my condition has so
much improved that ] seem to have q
new lease on life given me. and can
hardly find words to expEesa my graf
itudo Tor the relief your medicine has
afforded, Iwish all who suffer as /
have may boar Of your wonderful
remedy" For sale by W, Q, Spencer,
Druggist. w.
The advocate., 1889-11-22

Cbamberlain's Cough Remedy is
made especially for acute throat and
lung diseases, such as coughs, colds
and Group, and is admitted to be with
out IN equal fer those ailments. Its
effect is to loosen a cold and relieve
the lungs, open tho secretions and
free the entire system ofall symptoms
Of cold. so cent and one dollar bot
tles are for sale by w. g. Spencer.
The advocate., 1889-11-22

ifcb tlhb AoA AuFfEM 1WAl lAthAi VA VI
der 10 mept the annual beef demand,
u has been found necessary 10 mako
large and yeaFly increasing DRIFTS up
on tho female cattle oftho country, to
pu extent previously unknown. For
morly, az u rule, only tho matured
steers and aged or barren cows were.
sent TO market the supply from these
classes being equal 10 tho demand,
whereas, from 1886 to 1888 inclusive
the beef supply from these sources
proved 10 inadequate that large
drafts had TO DO madeupon the breed
ing stock oftho boci growing regions
particularly west Of the Mississippi,
Thus tho official reports Of tho cat
tic haudlod at the Union stock yards,
Chicago, for tho year 1888 show that
out Ola grand total Of 2,G1l, SAB head
Of cattle handled in TINT period lex
elusive OF $4,000 calyes) S705l4 head,
or 33S per cont az tho whole number
were COWS. ID ts Qlao worth consider
lng that in consequence OF this in
creasing demand fQp female cattle as
beef, many thousands Of young COWS
and heifcrs have .oen spayod liz or
dor to- ipcEease their weight at ma-
turity, thus withdrawing them irom
the class OF breeding animals.
The production of beef, unlike that
Of cereals and other agricultural
products oE cf manufactured articles
cannot be increased W will, nor has
tened. Rctagded and lesseRed it
may be. and is boing, by tho opera
tion Of existing natural c0usos, some
OF which are above indicated. But TO
produce by any given date u mature
(iouryeGr-old) beef steer, ono must
begin nearly five years in advance,
Qndmust, on an average, raise two
calves to got ono steer.
Under the existing conditions in the
United States it is not only demon
stroblo that within a very few years
wa shall have no surplus beef for ex-
port, but there is every roason to be-
leye that our total beef supply will
be found less and less adequate to our
own moods, us measured by our pres
cnt ratio per capita Of consumption.
Briefly stated, tho Status Of the cat
tlo growing industry Of the United
States is that OF d steadily diminish.
ing supply to moet steadily inereag-
ing demand.
At all events, unless thero appear
some saving economic providence in
tho shape Of new and independent
competition, tho most discerning mind
studying present conditions and ten
dencies cannot well discover how we
Qre to avoid beef famine in the near
future. There is no need to deceive
ourselves by the fictitious abundance
ofcattle in the market for tho situa-
ton is the same as to ccttlo and. con
sumers as it was as to tho duped in
yestors III Grant & Ward contracts
they were getting what they thought
we're enormous returns on their in