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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-01
MANAGEMENT OF BULL HERDS.

me0J OF the paper S0OulQ prove OIL
value to our readers. In the first
place it should be understood that the
provocative powers of an animal are
restricted and that they are not at all
ages of life uniform. For this reason
while a young animal is growing and
developing his frame he should not
be expected to procreate to the same
extent as his full-grown brother. AL
though this is the case we see year
lings and two-year-olds doing full SER
vice and such youngsters are more apt
than older bulls to overdo themselves
by repeated service. The work of
the growing animal should be restrict
ed and he should not be allowed to
run with COWS or serve COW more
than once. In the case of a yearling
il is wisest not to allow service at all,
but if this can not be avoided then he
should have not to exceed ten cows.
and these are best allowed in a short
time, after which he is to be allowed
to forget all about breeding and have
nothing to do but to grow. The bull
over one year old and under "a
months may have fifteen and the bull
over twenty-four months and under
thirty-six months should not have
more than twenty. This is exactly OPP
rosite to common practice, but it is
based on common sense and if it were
followed bulls would prove virile up to
twelve years of age retaining their
provocative powers until that age. AS
it is, most bulls of this age are prac-
tically useless and are sold for beef
or retired from active service or die
from old age and feebleness. On the
other hand it is sometimes the case
that a we'll managed bull proves an eX
cellent breeder to good old age,
while many stations have done their
hest work in the stud of twenty years
of age as for instance, the noted
Clydesdale Prince of Wales 673. On
general principles, it is always best to
keep the bull up and bring the cows
to him for service. This cOnserves
strength and insures potent service.
It also enables the owner to select the
COWS to be served by a certain bull,
makes it possible to keep a correct
record of dates of service, prevents
the bull from serving a cow that has
a discharge from the vagina or that
has lately aborted. 1t is sanitary as
well as a common sense practice, but
is not without it's danger unless proper
attention is given to the feeding and
management of the bull. AS young
bull is making flesh and bone and lay
ing the foundation of strength for
provocative service, his food should
be calculated to form muscle rather
than fat and to give vim and vigor
rather than induce sluggishness and
Indifference This being the fact, the
food for a young growing bull from
start to finish should be rich nitrogen
Gus principles and such foods do not
include corn, but include milk, bran,
ground oats, cotton and fiaXseed meals,
dried blood meal, ground wheat rye,
etc. These are protein rich foods and
tend to impart that strength most re-
ouired by bulls. The vital fluid is
largely composed of heterogeneous prin'
ciples. When there is drain upon
If nitrOpppouc foods on tO rpD1oniSn
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-01
It's Almost Past Believing

the amount of time, labor and money
this machine saves you, say nothing
of increased crops it's use will pro.
duce. 1t spreads all kinds of manure, line.
and better than it can possibly be done
by hand. 1t makes no difference how hard
umpy, caked coarse, strawy or stalky tha
manure Is,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
THE TARTAR CUE.
Said to BE Worn Out of Gratitud
to the Horse.

Said to BE Worn Out of Gratitude
to the Horse.
Herbert Allen Giles in "China and
the Chinese says that there are
strange misconceptions as to the mean
ing Of the Chinese cue, which has
really been worn by that nation for
only about $50 years.
TWAS imposed by the Mantchoo Tar
tars, the present rulers of China, as a
badge Of conquest. Previous to 1914
the Chinese clothed themselves and
dressed their hair like the modern jap
anese-that is, like the japanese who
still wear what is incorrectly known
as the beautiful native dress of ia
PAN" AS matter of fact, the Japan
csc borrowed their dress as well as
their literature, philosophy and early
art from the Chinese. The Japanese
dress is that Of the Ming period in
China, 1868 to 1914.
But where did the Mantchoo Tar
tars get the cue? They depended as a
race almost for their existence upon
the horse. The accepted theory is that
out Of gratitude and respect for his
noble ally the Tartar, SO far us he
could, took on himself the equine form
and grew cue in imitation of a
horses tail. This somewhat grotesque
theory might fall to the ground save
that 1t is supported By strfEtne s411
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
AN ARCTIC MEAL.
Getting supper For Men md Dog
on the Polar Ice Sheet.

Getting supper For Men and Dogs
on the Polar Ice Sheet.
Dogs were unhitched and fastened, as
usual, and then each of the Eskimos
climbed over the ice foot with his snow
knife and disappeared behind the para
pet, where the other two We're already
cutting snow blocks. l fastened my
dogs, got out their ration of pemmican,
cut it up and fed them, standing by
with whip in hand to see that there
was no bullying, and that each dog got
his share. Then unpacked the cooker,
oil can and kitchen box, passing them
up the ice foot as high us l could reach.
did not wait for the completion of the
igloo to commence my preparations for
supper, but with few strokes of the
spade excayated niche in the snow
bank, put the cooker in out Of the wind,
filled the lamp with oil and the boiler
with ice, placed a few snow blocks
around it for still better shelter and
lighted up. By the time the igloo was
completed had enough water melted
for our tea, and supper was entirely
ready by the time my men had fed the
dogs, and they lost no time in freeing
their clothing of snow and joining me
in the igloo. Still less time was con-
sumed in putting away the tea and bis
cult and pemmican, and less again in
falling off to dreamless slumber.-Com-
mander Robert E. Peary in Outing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
speed Of III. pulse.

The rate of pulsation depends entire
ly on the movements of the heart, each
beat representing contraction of the
left ventricle. The normal pulse of the
adult male varies from sixty to eighty
beats in the minute. The range of the
individual variation is, however, very
great. The range in females is even
greater, some having pulse rate of
over eighty, others less than sixty, the
majority showing higher rate than
males.
In children the rate is more frequent:
At birth, 12S to IA; first year, 40 to
100; Mt sixteen years, ninety. In old
age the pulse is usually above seventy
two, but often also between fifty and
sixty. The pulse rate is higher in short
than tall persons and also varies some
what with the time Of day, Independent
Of meals and movement, diminishing in
the forenoon, rising in the afternoon,
sinking during the night and rising in
the morning. Habitual pulse rates be-
low fifty-six and us low as forty-six
have been observed in healthy adults,
but they are rare exceptions. We know
of no case on record Of healthy pulse
SO low as thirty.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
HI. Hot Bath.

81 had atlaw partner once in Mlssis-
sippi," said southern lawyer, who
began to feel the effects of long years
of hard work at his profession, and he
was advised by his physician to go to
the Arkansas hot springs and take the
baths, The day Of his arrival an at
tendant shut him up in bathroom
and, giving him q thermometer. told
him to let the hot water run until 1t
had reached certain temperature and
then to shut 1t off.
1.-THE old fellow had more clear grit
than any man ever knew. When the
attendant went back an hour later, my
partner was standing up in tub of
boiling hot water. The skin was fair
ly cooked off his feet, but he vowed
he wouldn't get out until the specified
temperature had been registered. He
was holding the thermometer up III
front of his face instead Of putting II
In the water"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11

The little dark brook under the qUillo,Us
Put in for all you're worth. You need
it. Let yourself go, old man, for once.
I'd go with you if l hadn't got an en-
gagement with my wheel. l say, man,
I'm powerful glad the boss has come
round. He amt half bad. Now, put
on your hat an start-shoov
It was half past 8. There was time
to get the 10 o'clock train that went
straight toward the little dark brook
under the willows! There was time.
time, time!
II Peggy had only stayed long enough
to know! 1t would please Peggy.
On the 10 o'clock train Gregory Knox
sat back in bis seat and wished again
that Peggy could know. He had half a
mind to telegraph her, but on second
thought decided to wait and write
from Sims. He could tell Peggy so
many things that would be Interesting
then-how her Uncle Simeon looked,
ana how the old place had stood the
wear and tear of thirty years, and
whether the tall tree apples tasted us
good as they used to, and if the trout
were biting well. He would write
Peggy long letter, the first letter he
had ever written to one Of the girls.
He was glad the first one would be to
Peggy.
Two weeks later Gregory Knox,
brown and happy, got off the train in
the crowded city station. He walked
AWAY with springy stride that fitted
his little stopped figure oddly. People
turned to look again at his happy face.
The whim seized him to walk by
Bruce's and see how 1t looked from an
outsiders standpoint to stand and look
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
Plant. rhat wear overcoat..

Plants have developed almost as many
lodges for perpetuating their existence
as animals, only we don't SO easily rec
ognize them. Did it ever strike you
that every seed, bulb or tuber is not
merely q reservoir of material for the
plant that is to grow out of 1t, but also
a mass of fuel for supplying heat nee
essary to the sprouting seedlet? More
than this. If you look at the early
spring buds and flowers, you will notice
that those which are likely to be ex-
posed to frost, such as catkins or will
low and hazel, are well protected by u
thick covering of soft material, reg
ular plant overcoat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11

During the long tertiary epoch, when
opossums disported themselves on the
site Of Paris and mastodons tramped
along the valley of the Thames, the
earth was in the throes of mountain
making. The Alps, the Himalayas,
the Alleghanies. the Andes, attest the
power Of her activity in those days. At
their termination our continents stood
greatly higher than they do now, and
this aided their glaciation, although it
does not fully account for 1t.
But as they became loaded with ice
Europe and America gradually, and we
may venture to say contemporaneously,
sank. This was inevitable. Owing to
the extreme heat and pressure prevail
ing in its interior the earth is an en-
sinently elastic body. Its surface ac-
.tually bulges in or out with q very
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
slight increase or decrease of the load
upon it.-Edinburgh Review.


A certain congressman was very busy
at his desk in the house one morning
when n page announced, "A gentleman
in the lobby to see you, sir" Tell him
I'm not in my seat said the congress
man after looking at the card. The
boy, sturdy looking chap, did not
move "But you are in your seat, sir"
he answered in matter of fact tones,
land | can't say you are not" The
congressman looked ut the lad angrily,
but, seeing that he was in earnest,
moved into the vacant chair of his
neighbor. Nov tell him I'm not in my
seat" YES. sir" said the boy briskly
and went to deliver the message.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11

Very much indebted customer enters
a butchers shop, remurking, "I'll take
leg of mutton, and want to pay for
it."
"All right" replies the butcher, hand
ing forth the meat, which customer
takes and starts to go. "Look here"
cries the butcher, 81 thought you said
you wanted to pay for it?"
$50 do" was the reply, ''but I
can't."-London Telegraph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
Too Smart.

at does not always pay to be too
smart" said a lawyer. "At our board
ing house new waitress was employ
ed, and young chap asked her what
he should call her.
"'Call me PEARL she said.
care you the pearl of great price?
he asked.
"'No,' answered the girl. 4 guess
am the pearl that was cast before
swine "-.New York Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
A DEMOCRAT "AD.' PAYS.
Extraordinary Offer.

The Iowa State Register, Iowa's
great republican weekly newspaper, has
invited us to assist in gaining for it
100000 new subscribers for that pub
LEGATION. Until April Is, 1903 we are
enabled to offer to all of our old or new
subscribers who pay one year in adj
vance, the Manchester Democrat and
the Iowa State Register for S165.
Remember this great offer will be
good only to the 18th of April. Don't
delay, but call at the Democrat office at
once and take advantage of this tx
tremely low rate for two good papers,
6w5
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
pi.interested Friend.hip.

The majority of men recognize moth
ing in human affairs as good unless 1t
yields some return, and they love those
friends most-as they do their cattle
from whom they hope to obtain the
most profit, Thus they lack that lowell
est and most natural form of friendship
which is sought for its own sake only,
nor do they know from experience how
beautiful and how lofty such friend
ship is.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
Eject of chloroform ON Cinnamon,

Eject of Chloroform ON Cinnamon.
1t takes a very large dose Of chic
reform to anmsthetize the Chinaman.
He passes under its influence more
slowly and rarely shows the excitement
often characteristic of the initial stage
of anmsthesia. Still more rarely does
consciousness. This greater apathy Of
nature helps to recovery from severe
accidents and operations.-London Hos
pital
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
A Choice of Ways.

To California is afforded by taking the
Chicago Great Western Ry. Close con-
nection is made at Kansas City, with
the finest trans continental "Limited.'
The choice of two tourist cars via the
different routes may be had via this line.
For further information apply to any
Great Western Agent, or j. p. Elmer, G.
p. A., Chicago, LII. 2-1lw.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11

official coats as seen in China at the
present day are made with peculiar
sleeves, shaped like horses leg and
ending In an unmistakable hoof, COW
ering the hand, which are known as
Horseshoe sleeves" Incased therein
q Chinaman's arms look much like
horses fore legs. The tail completes
the picture.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
unsympathetir.

'sThis is cold. umfeeling world,' he
remarked bitterly.
Hat returned his companion. you,
too. have heard the rlbad laugh when
you slipped on n banana skin. have
you?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11

'what are you writingy asked the
freshman.
"Just dropping line to my governor,
wishing him many happy returns of
the day." replied the sophomore.
"Why, is this his birthdayY'
''No; pay day. He sent me check
this Observation-Disclosures Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
Homeseekers' Excursion.

Homeseekers rates to nearly all points
on sale at low rates by Chicago Great
Western Ry. on the first and third Tues
day of each month, to April, available
In the through tourist sleeping cars.
For particulars apply to any Great
Western Agent, or j. p. Elmer, G. r..
A., Chicago, Iii. 2 law.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11

Ethel--A sixteen page letter from
George! Why. what on earth does he
say?
Mabel-He says he loves me.-Pitts-
burg Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11

The Boast Of nm Expert.
"rhis, ladies and gentlemen, Is the
celebrated trick mule. Dot" said the
clown as the animal was led into the
ring. "After many years of effort l
am able to say can make him do any
thing he wants to-"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11

Organ grinders in Vienna are not al
lowed to play in the morning or even
ing-only between midday and sunset.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
California.

The Chicago Great Western Ry. of
fers the choice of three through tourist
cars via different routes making fast
time and having every comfort. Ask
for booklet about them. 2l1w.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
.HOMESEEkERS The ne P hsssa,

Full Particulars sssassE san e. 81 st ~ e
agents Of the Illinois Central, or by addressing
the nearest Of the undersigned Representatives
Of the Central:
A. u. HANSON, q PA. Chicago, Ill.
Apr. 1, 1908. n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-11
Hon SPRINGS. ARK.

Through Sleeping Car between Chicago aud
Hot Springs, carried on the Central's fast Pull.
| man yestibnle Limited" train. Send for book
describing this most interesting OF health and
pleasure resorts. q
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-05

MEN WANTED-We want BOokkeepers
,imekeepers: invoice clerks. shipping, bill and re
ceving clerks; young men 10 learn trades: machin
lists, backSmithS, riyeters; warehousemen for rail-
road and stores and fifty new orders. Write quick
positions now open. Room COS, 5i5 Liberty Ave,
Ptttsburg. Pa
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-05
WOmesa and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that Is the order of woman's pref.
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo-
man. Even that greatest of all
jewels, health, Is often ruined In
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get
a coveted gem. then let her fortify
herself against the insiduous conse-
quences of coughs, colds and bron.
chial affections by regular use RI
DR.. Boschee's German Syrup. 1t
will promptly arrest consumption
In Its early stages and heatl the at.
fected lungs and bronchial tubes
and drive the dread disease from
the system. 1t Is not a cure all
bat 1t Is certain lure for coughs
colds and all bronchial troubles.
You can get DR.. Green's reliable
remedies at D. A. Memberships
Oct Greer's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-05
"WHAT A
MOUSE SAW
OR AN UNFINISHED PRAYER
A Story Of Real Life. How a Little Thing
May Have Disastrous Effect.

1t was only a little mouse, but
there was a tale connected with It
as we'll as a tall.
1t was most peaceful mouse and
as undesigning as such a timid lit
tie creature could be. 1t was not
a church mouse" but 1t evidently
of religious turn of mind. for 1t
first made It's appearance when a
number of young ladies of a Ger.
tain church society were holding
an important meeting at the home
of one of the members. The meet
Ing was opened with religious ex-
ercises and when the pure, sweet
voices of the maidens poured forth
the familiar tones of a favorite
hymn, inducing feeling of sancti
ty over all who were In range of
their voices, the mouse appeared
at tiny hole In the wall. Charmed
with the silvery notes, he sat and
listened quietly. but when the
hymn gave way to prayer and ev-
cry lady present knelt devoutly
upon the floor In deep humility,
the mouse crept stealthily across
the floor to see what he could see.
And he saw a plenty. One pretty
girl, who prayed with one eye open,
spied Mr.. Mouse. There was a
scream and scramble. Prayer was
forgotten. Divine protection from
the monster was not invoked, but
they acted upon the theory that
"the Lord helps those who help
themselves" and a high jumping
contest broke In upon the prayer.
The swish of the silken skirts
played an accompaniment to a
series of feminine screams. and when
the mouse, which soon fled In alarm,
peeped out of his hole In the wall,
he beheld a very different scene
from the one a few moments before.
1t Is said that one of the girls was
on top of the piano, while each was
on tip toe on the top of a chair, a
table or some other safe refuge, and
the effect Is said to have been that
of a lingerie counter at bargain
sale.
The girl who was praying forgot
where she left off and the petition
that went up that day will never be
finished.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-05
Farming In the South.

The Passenger Department of
the Illinois Central Railroad Com.
pany Is issuing monthly circulars
concerning fruit growing, vegetable
gardening, Stock raising, dairying
etc, In the States of Kentucky.
West Tennessee, Mississippi, and
Louisiana. Every Farmer, or
Homeseeker, who will forward his
name address, to the undersigned,
will be mailed free Circulars Nos.
I, 2, 3, 4. and S, and others as they
are published from month to month.
E. A. RICHTER,
Travelling Passenger Agent. Park
building, Pittsburg. Pa IL If
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-05
MIDWAY AT THE FAIR.
Plaisance Of the Chicago Exposition
Reproduced on a Small Scale.

As a matter of course the visitor
to the great West Virginia State
Fair, to be held at Wheeling during
the week commencing Monday,
September 9TH. will 60 primarily to
see the magnificent exhibits OF live
stock, farm products, specimens
from all sorts of workshops, and the
purely educational features, but
incidentally there Is not one who
will not stroll along the Midway
and enjoy Its thousand and one In
>teresting features. 1t will be a
reproduction. on a small scale, of
course, of the famous Midway
Plaisance, considered by many the
greatest feature of the Worlds
Fair at Chicago.
The management will also pro-
vide a number of very high class at
fractions entirely free of charge.
They will include Cabellos and
Feraz attractions. The marvellous
Melroses, the worlds greatest high
wire safety and tandem bicyclists, a
thrilling and sensational feature
that will be seen each day of the
fair. There will be balancing ira
peze acts, slack wire performances,
Hazeltlne, the aerial wonder, the
hnman bomb. daily balloon ascen-
sions. Prof. Hutchinson's combi-
nation, and other great platform
shows, all free as the air.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-05
Emergency Medicines,

1t Is a great convenience to have
at hand reliable remedies for use In
case of accident and for slight In
|juries and ailments. A good lini-
ment and one that Is fast becoming
a favorite If not a household ne
cessity Is Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
By applying 1t promptly to a cut
bruise or burn 1t allays the pain
and causes the injury to heal In
about one-third the time usually re.
quired, and as 1t Is an antiseptic 1t
prevents any danger of blood pois.
oniug. When Pain Balm Is kept
at hand sprain may be treated
before Inflammation sets In, which
insures quick recovery. For sale
by G. W. Grier.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-05

With the fall ploughing out of the
way and the crops harvested, pretty
soon Uncle Sam will not have much
on his hands as the days grow short
unless he should undertake to dig
the canal.