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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-15
ON PREVENTING MILK FEVER.

[ have been much interested III the re-
ports of the practice in the prevention of
milk fever (so-called) at Baltimore Farms;
because | have for some time thought it
helpful thing to do in warding off this ter
ror of the owner of highly productive COWS.
The practice is entirely in consonance with
the theory that this trouble is due to the
excretion of Preventative bacterium in the
udder-an absorbed paralyzing poison, pro-
ducing a bacterium that finds its condition
for most active growth and functional &C
tivity in connection with free flow of
fresh nutritive fluids of a heterogeneous ma
tt1re through the udder.
A moderate withdrawal of the milk from
the udder acts through back pressure to pre-
vent such nutritive flow through the udder
being as free as would be the case if the
cow were thoroughly MIXED. This inter
nal pressure in the udder would also be
brought to bear on the bacteria themselves,
preventing their active growth.
There is little danger from the ABSORB
ton of these poisons due to the putrescent
lamentations in heterogeneous matters if the
amount absorbed is not large. But we
should not conine ourselves to one means of
fighting milk fever 1t is most important
not to allow the germs to be formed in the
udder; and [ suppose there is no remedy
as good in prevention as the old Scotch
method of being careful to thoroughly strip
out all the old milk in the udder with suf
ficient frequency before calving. Small
amounts of milk left in the udder for too
long periods would appear to be most dan
gerOus.
I am more and more inclined to think it
would be a very good practice to wash out
the udders of heavy mixers with boiled
water, or with mild solutions of sodium sui
phite or of boracic acid, several times just
previous to calving. But after calving we
should do all we can to keep the udder IN
only moderate state of activity until the
danger is past Purgatives blanketing the
light feeding, as well as partial milking, are
all in the line of treatment which will safe
guard the COW but if the germs get into the
fixed tissues the issue is always doubtful.
AS we grow in knowledge, we realize
more and more the great influence which
the microscopica1 denizens of the bacterial
world have in determining the prosperity
of dairy farmers. We must fight some of
the species to the death but we must on the
other hand manage others in order that we
may live. [ think that in the future the
large populations which are now pouring
untold mines of plant food wealth into the
sea through the sewers will find that it pays
to save the mineral elements of their sew
age at least, and grow leguminous crops
with the potash and phosphoric acid of the
sludge left by the sedimentative treatment
of sewage Their crops must be largely con-
sumed by the dairy cow to be prohtably util-
led Hence the COW will become in the
future an even more important factor in civ
ilzed life than she now isl. M. w. Kit
chen, M D., in Jesrey Bulletin.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-15

The machinery has been installed in the
Borden Company's plant at Auburn, and it
will be in operation shortly
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
Proving His Innocence.

Gov. James B. Frazier of Tennessee
while in the city met another Southron
and among various things talked about
was the amusing propensity of the
negro to use terms and words of
great sound without knowing their
meaning.
Zone darky of whom 1 had heard,' -
said the Governor, was arrested
charged with stealing a chicken. At
the preliminary hearing he was not
represented by counsel, and it was
suggested to him that he would better
let the court designate a lawyer to
defend him, as the case would be
pushed.
"'I doan' want no lawyer said Sam
bo, cause Use innercent oh dis yere
allergashun against me, an der amt
goin' to be no talk bout de ting t all.
Y see, yer Honnah,' addressing the
magistrate, Use all ready to prove a
haybis coppus. Hit wuzzent no chick
ing dat done stole. Hit wuz ah tub
key New York Times.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
FAMOUS STEEDS or THE
4. 4.I BLACK EAGLE FEATHER

Copyrighted, 1903, BY the "A. "A. Coz d
Probably the most remarkable
horses ever exhibited in America
were imported from Arabia through
the influence of the Sultan Of Turkey
for exhibition ct the New York horse
show, and through the enterprise of
a. Chicago man were exhibited at the
horse show in Chicago last NoVem-
ber. H., .,:%, ~. = ><.@|
There are five of them-brothers.
Not only are these stations true
Arabians, but they are rare in their
own breed.
That five similar white equine
princes of the black eagle feathers
should be foaled, as brothers, was
considered miraculous. American
horsemen confess that they never saw
anything like them. >..
All five of the stations were train
ed for the amusement of the sultan's
court. The docility of the true
Arabian steed is a proverb.
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marked as being. gifted with super.
natural swiftness- and endurance. If Il.

marked as being. gifted with super
natural swiftness and endurance. II. :
s~ + They could not be purchased at
any price, and persuasion and influ-
ence upon their owners have been Of
no avail. But the promise that their
native keeper, Abdul1ah ibn Achmad,
should be retained with them was
the inducements that finally led to an an
agreement that they might be shown
to the people Of, America who have
been deprived Of seeing a1thorough-
bred Arabian horse. : - e yr
The Floto shows, now touring
America, were selected as the best
means Of exhibiting the horses.
It was just such horses Gen. Lew
Wallace had in mind when he forever
idealized the chariot race. in his
novel "Ben Hur." Therefore, thew
have been called the "Ben Hur"
troupe of royal Arabian horses.
Hoping to obtain colts with the
royal mark the lessees of the Ben
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
Needed a Tonic.

NO. said the mistress of the Sixth
ward home to which a vendor of a.
sure cure for catarrh applied yester-
day, II haven't any catarrh, don't
need any medicine for it, and wouldn't
buy any from peddler, anyway"
But, madam" said the cheeky
pushing his way into the house,
"let me tell you about this wonderful
remedy"
He yanked out his samples and
his order book and reeled off his reg
ular song-everybody has catarrh,
everybody buys this remedy, and ev-
erybody snuffs it three times a day
and drives the catarrh out of the
keyhole, etc.
When he paused for wind the angry
woman sweetly asked 766 questions
and kept him talking for an hour.
When his voice was worn to a whis-
per she said, calmly:
well, haven't a cent of money in
the house, SO can't buy any of your
why in blazes. didn't you say so
an hour ago?' he yelled as he bolted
for the street.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Hur" stations wish to breed them,
free of charge, to suitable mares.
They offer the service free and will
contract to pay s100 for the foal if
it has the royal mark of the black
eagle feathers.
So rare are royal Arabian horses
in both Europe and America that the
gift to Gen. Grant by the sultan of a
pair of Arabs was an episode of inter-
national interest The arrival of the
horses, in 1882, after Gen. Grant had
returned from his grand tour of the
world, was the sensation of the day.
Great regret was felt that the
stallion, called by Gen. Grant Lin
den Tree" died before his royal blood
could mingle with that of the Ameri-
can thoroughbred to freshen the
original stock. The origin of the
American race horse is mainly the
English thoroughbred, and that, in
turn, dates back to the infusion of
Eastern blood.
It is an interesting fact that the
pedigrees OF all English thorough
breds are traced back to three great
Arabians,> known in history as the
'Byerly Turk" the "Darley Arabian -
and the "Godolphin Arabian
The importation of these fathers of
the thoroughbred was one of the
most important events of the reign of
William III. While admittedly the
English or American racer can sprint
faster than the Arabian, yet this
speed was originally derived from the
Oriental desert king. But the Arab
values endurance and intelligence
and courage in his charger as much
as speed.
There is no doubt of the superior
ity of the Arabian in these qualities
to this day. Valor is perhaps most
highly priced of all the qualities. In
the desert wars the Arabs rely upon
the courage of their horses as much
as upon their own. They breed for
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
MAKING WAR ON INSECTS.
"set Bug to Catch a Bug Now the
Accepted Motto.

The orthodox way to dispose of a
noxious insect is to import from for
eign parts benefcent insect which
will attack and kill it. This is the
plan which the guardians of certain
Massachusetts parks are considering
for the determination of the gypsy and
broWn-tail moths. There is an insect.
1t %appears, which regards the gypsy
moth as it's natural quarry, and
goOd-sized importation of these crea-
lures would undoubtedly do the work
OF great many Industrious men with
spraying machines. 1t is just the same
method of procedure which has been
adopted to fight the San Jose scale.
which is itself supposed to be an i'm
portation from Hawaii or Australia.
The department of agriculture has i'm
ported from China an insect which
pceys upon the San Jose scale, and
these are raised in cages of netting
and distributed to the fruit growers
of the far West Set bug to catch
a bug may we'll be the agriculturist's
motto. According to recent esti-.
mate, the havoc wrought by a dozen
species of insects causes this country
an expense of more than 100000, 900
a year. These are the chinch bug, the
grasshopper, the Hessian fly, the pota-
to bug, the San Jose scale, the grain
weevil, the apple worm, the army
worm, the cabbage worm, the boil
weevil, the boil worm and the cotton
worm. The chief difficulty is, that the
imported bugs may be just as objec-
tionable as the domestic, though in
different ways.-New York Evening
Post
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
Idea of a Genius.

Economy of production was on> of
the subjects touched on by Prof. H: w.
Wiley in an after dinner speech last
week before the New York Society of
Medical Jurisprudence. Referring to
new, methods that are being brought
into operation and their practicability
he said: '.t~ .,>:'-.> -,
Il simply wish to mention, without
exactly recommending; it, this sugges.
tion from an agricultural source. 1t
comes from a man who proposes to
plant onions with his potatoes, with
the idea that the tearm making qualities
Of his onions may act on the, eyes of
the potatoes, and make the latter crop
self-irrigating.- New York Times. :"
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

To prove their most human intelli-
gence they were taught to perform all
sorts of difficult tricks.
They do astonishing high leaps,
mounting pedestals, and they dance
quaint Oriental movements and do
queer trotting and pacing steps.
They dance the mazourka.
Their keeper, Abdullah ibn Ach-
mad, has consented to let them be
taught some American tricks, such
as cake walking.
The true Arabian horse is a noble
and is treated as such by the sons of
the desert. He SIS gift of God and
therefore priceless.
The Koran prohibits the sale of
Arabian horses to Christians. The
Koran says: ''The horse shall be
cherished by all my servants, but he
shall be the despair of all those who
do not follow my laws, and none will
l place on his back save those who
know me and worship me-
And so the Mussulman princes
have sternly refused to sell true
specimens of the greatest of NALL
breeds of horses to Europe and
America. This fact accounts for the
impossibility of buying these five
stations.
AS everyone knows, the usual Ara
bian horse is black or bay. But
among the rarest desert breeds, call
ed the Bou-Ghoreb, white is the color
reserved for princes.
A tradition among the Arabs is
that the royal white chargers marked
with black eagle feathers should be
reserved for the sultan.
Each horse weighs between 1,1OO
and 1850 pounds, stands Is IL hands
high, is perfectly formed, kind ana
gentle. They have pure white coats
and delicate pink skins and noses. On
their white, coats appear marks as
if some barbaric spirit had dropped
upon them black eagle feathers.
The legend is that thus they are
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
new YoRk,s ABSENT SONS.

More Than ,25o,ooQ of Them in 9th
!. ~ III er States Of the Union. 5
No. There are more than 1,250,000 ne-
tives2 of New York now resident in
other states of the country, and very
few of these. relatively, adopted the
advice given to New Workers many
years ago to go West and grow up
with the country. ~
Only, one state of the West has a.
considerable population Of native-born
New Workers. and that state is,
strange to say, Michigan. There are
100000 natives of New York resident
in Michigan-more than 10 per cent:
of the whole number of native New.
Workers resident in other states.
After Michigan, but with much
smaller number of New York resi-
dents, comes Illinois. The two West
ern states which have the largest
of Native-born New Workers
next to Michigan are Wisconsin and
Minnesota.
Emigration from this state has not
been on the usual lines Of travel
through the middle West. but has
been decidedly toward the northwest,
and especially into states along the
Canada border.
There are some curious facts shown
in the distribution of native-born
New Workers through the country
There are nearly twice as many in
California, on the distant Pacific, as
there are in Missouri in the Mississi-
ippi valley. There are more natives
OF New York resident in tie single
state of Massachusetts than in all the
states of the South collectively.
There is a very small number Of
New Workers in Indiana, and actually
fewer by several thousand in Ohio,
one of the most populous states Of the
country, than in Connecticut, one of
the smallest.
The largest numbers of natives of
New York resident in another state
are found, of course, in New Jersey,
and Pennsylvania, which adjoins New
York throughout nearly all it's south
boundary line and a portion of it's
west boundary line. has a consider
able number.-New York Sun.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
Witness in Hard Luck.

- = 3vv'S-SSs III raro LUCK. =
William B.. Crandall, an actor who
happened to. be a witness to a mur-
der in Wisconsin nearly year ago,
has been detained in Milwaukee as a.
witness ever since and as a conse-
quence lost not only the position he
held then, but has been prevented
from filling other engagements that
offered. He now finds himself desti-
tute@ of means and has appealed to
the court for money enough to meet
his pressing. wants and the prosecut-
ing attorney has asked the court to
make him an allowance for witness
fees. The most extraordinary feature
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
A Story of Apple Tart.

I i a well-known novelist tells an anus
ing story Of his father, an: English
rector, and Sir Henry Thompson, the
surgeon and authority on food. Sir
Henry was called IL and prescribed a
certain diet, particularly warning the
patient against apple tart, for which
the reverend gentleman had a great
partiality. Oh, but, Sir Henry, =,
pleaded the patient, mayn't I have a
1ittl just on Sunday? We always
have 1T for dinner5sthe en- d !" Sir, ~ q re-.
piled Sir Henry in severe tones, do
YOU imagine that our stomach is any
different on Sunday rom what it Is.
3pnS other days Good morning .'.4 4 Lon
don lookout s35ss n 81 81
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
Conuressman's Autobiouraphv.

Senator Depew's autobiography in
the Congressional Directory, which
occupied nearly a +: page in the late.
volume, has been eclipsed by that of
Robert Baker in the new directory.
Baker is the new Democratic repre-
sentative, from Brooklyn, and the;
story of his life, about 1000 words.
long,. occupies considerably more.
than a page. Several hundred words
are devoted 4 to minor incidents in
his career. II iii s,* z4.z y, .$ {. AS
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
{ e. ttslsh Dot AII?"

When the wall Of the building at the
corner Of Fourth and Spring streets
fell q few days ago q large crowd col
5lected immed diately. SA German rushed
up to one Of the men standing there
and inquired excitedly #s. 80.
IL 4sst s Vot's de meter? q us s5.5 = lz
IS Couple Of men killed B. $ 81 s.
Couple OF me- ut oh! ish dot
oil taut .sonpo otty yass fighting.
Los Angeles Herald. Il. 35s..,}. ,.sss q
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
The Proof Lackinu.

miss Gabberton spoke of you the
other day in manner that strikes me
as being akin to SANDER" said the fair
girl as she gazed at the clock and at
tempted to suppress yawn.
Indeed" exclaimed young Borem.
What did she say?''
'''SRe said,' replied the fair one,
"that you were an easy-going sort of
chap"
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

London is to discard the old
Thames penny steamers for some.
thing better. Now here is a chance
for Canada to make a start with her
new navy.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Perhaps the minister who had in his
possession when he was arrested out
in Attleboro little book entitled
How to Mix Fancy Drinks was pre-
pairing to deliver an address on tenn
perance
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Ex-Explorer Baldwin says that if
$150,000 were placed at his disposal he
could get to the north pole and back.
But he doesn't expect to get it out of
backer Ziegler's check book.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Sidney Lee, our distinguished Eng
llsh visitor, says there isn't nearly so
much rush and hurry in American
life as he had supposed. Mr.. Lee has
evidently formed an agreeable i'm
preston of Philadelphia.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Federal officials have decided that
betting on horse races is not a lottery.
Certainly not. In lottery you have
one chance in thousand to win
something.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

That Berlin custom of introducing
pet tigers tc high society functions is
at least preferable to the New York
fashion of inviting monkeys in to din
ner to lend an air of intellectual depth
to the conversation.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

yalor l'1 Just as we breed for speed in
our horses. ~ % ~.
u Only animals Of battle spirit were
suitable as chariot horses. In those
furious contests the horses put, their
lives at stake as we'll as the chariot
eersT .'S r. T.. = ~ : I T.:
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

After years of delay Mr.. ]. Pierpont
Morgan is building a library for his
personal use at a cost of 100000.
Could he have been waiting for an Of
fer from Mr.. Carnegie?
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

A scientific. sharp in Germany ass
serts that he has found 100000 mi
crobes in a quart of strawberries This.
calls to mind the old saying that,
doubtless God might have made 4 bet
ter berry thana the strawberry, but
doubtless God snkver did. / Il: 81
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Investors have about reached the
conclusion that there is no way to get
rich quick, and Mr.. Carnegie has
clearly demonstrated the fact that
there is 10 way to get poor quick.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Stirred up perhaps by competition
from Mt. Pelee, Vesuvius is now
throwing up ashes and explosive in
candescent globes-something new.
apparently, in the way Of volcanic fire.
WQrka.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Talk about our democracy if Won
will, but kindly note that an ex-tramp
and present working cooper succeeds
Lord Charles Beresford in the British
commons.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Efforts are being made to improve
the quality of the whiskey now being
sold in Paris. Perhaps it is the Paris
ian brand of liquor that is responsible
for the development of so many, rattle
Drained anarchists in France
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

new and positively successful
remedy for nervous prostration of
women has been discovered by
New York man. He sent his wife to
a sanitorium and she eloped with
doctor.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

The lamented lingo weighed 10000
pounds and was worth $3.50 a pound.
The death of an elephant of that sort
must be unusually painful.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Innocence and wickedness may re-
semble each other for moment, but
longer acquaintance illustrates the
vast gulf between them.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Mrs. Burdick may have been indis-
Greet, but she has her good points, too.
She doesn't exhibit an inclination to
go on the stage.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

If the allied powers object to the
use of the English language by The
hague tribunal, why not use Ameri-
can?
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Surprise is expressed because the
sale Of Zola's furniture and curios
brought only $4,000. Yet 100000 is a
tidy sum.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

But does the fact that Lady Cor
don was born in this country make
her an American? If so, let us have
more race suicide."
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Announcement is made that King
Edward has been married forty years
an unusually long reign.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

When the Duke of Devonshire
paused moment in the mad whirl of
parliamentary life to remark that the
speech Of King Edward was not full, /
it may be that he was throwing a SOP
to the WoAnan's Christian Temperance
union. rs y .s'$a=a: $,: : @z'sS.sz *,
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

of the case is that the murderer was
released on bail immediately after
the crime, but Crandall was confined
in Jail for several months. When he
finally secured bonds for his appear
ance as a witness all avenues of en-
ployment were closed against him,
dramatic companies having made
their bookings" for a year in ad
vance,
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

The original of the character of
Uncle Tom" is dead, but none of the
Cabin companies has been called in.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

The proof of the pudding: is not so
much in the eating as in what happens
after you've eaten it.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09

Grip has attacked members of the
Supreme court. Is there no way OF
Furnishing the germ for contempt? =.
The Cook County herald., 1903-05-09
The get-rich:quick managers did 30.
They also got away quick. -.
Basket ball is becoming as much OF
a menace to life and limb, as football.

The czar's decree gratifies Russia
almost as much as a son would crafty
the cZar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-23

A short time ago, by request, Uncle
Isaac came to Waco and sat for his pic
ture. In his hand he held a stick cut
from the grave of General Andrew
Jackson, which has been carried by him
ever since. Mr.. Brock is d digniled old
gentleman, showing few signs of de-
crepitude. His family Bible is still pre-
served, and it shows that the date of bis
birth was written Ia years ago.
Surely a few words from this remarka-
BILE old gentleman, who has had III
years of experience to draw from, would
be interesting as well as profitable. A
lengthy biographical sketch is given of
this remarkable old man in the Waco
Times-Herald, December 4, 1898. A still
more pretentious biography of this, the
Oldest living man, illustrated with
a double column portrait, was given the
readers of the Dallas Morning News,
dated December IL, 1898, and also the
Chicago-Times Herald of same date.