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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
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BE AnnuIled by Judge C1ark-Other
Raleigh News Notes.
Messenger Bureau.

Messenger Buredu,
Raleigh, N. C. March 18th
The Supreme court today took up aB-
peals from the Seventh district. Among
the lawyers present are J. II. Cook, II.
Med. Robinson, Isaac MurchispS.
Thomas H. Sutton, N. A. Sinclair and
A w. Mclean.
A number of ladies' representing The
Kings Daughters have made an In
spection of the Jail here and will rec
ommend better quarters for the M
mates. more suitable arrangements for
female prisoners and that a female
attendant be provided for the latter.
1t appears to be the PREVALENT be-
lief that Judge Simonton will tomorrow
annul the receivership of the Atlantis
and North Carolina railway, after the
showing. which the state made in the
trial for consiracy held yesterday. V.
E McBee. receiver is here. with his
counsel, w. w. CLARK. ~ 9 hearing
before Judge Simonton tomorrow in
which the state asks that the receiver
ship be annulled the Attorney General
and Charles w. Tillett will represent
the state and w. C. Monroe the At
lantic n North Caroiipa railway.
Last night state Superintendent
Joyner delivered an address before the
faculty and students Of the Cary High
School.
Owing to the fact that Chief Justice
Clark was hearing the McBee con-
siracy case yesterday. the Supreme
court filed nc opinions. but filed this
evening.
Lit. Oliver H. Dockery. U. S. A, has
been appointed by General Frederick
d. Grant Judge Advocate and station
ed at Fort Wayne.
The guests of the Park hotel today
moved their quarters into the remod-
eled Marlboro House and % suppe
there. There were many visitrs to the
hotel during the day and it was great
ly admired.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
College has $40 students, in h follow
Ing courses: Agriculture 40. Electrical
Engineering II. Mechanical Engineer
ing Is. Civil Engineering "a, Chemistry
n Mining %. Mechanic Arts 70, Cot
ton Manufacturing \ Snip
and Drawing II. Area represented: Six
states, two foreign countries (Englanj
n San Domingo). and So counties n
North Carolina.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
FOR BETTER 'PHONE SERVICE.
Citizens Defer Action
Personal Notes.
Especial to The Mes.enger.)

especial TO The MeSsenger.)
Fayetteville. N. c., March 1S.-The
regular meeting of the board OF alder
men was held last night, Mayor Nc
MILAN presiding. Reports of Treasur-
er, city clerk. electric light plant and
chief of fire department, were read
alderman Hawley read a communi-
Ication regarding the unsatisfactory
lservice being rendered by the Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
lsigned by prominent subscribers and
ed that the service is unsatisfactory
land that promises of improvement have
mot been carried out; and it was asked
that the franchise of the Carolina Tel
Iephone and Telegraph Company be
revoked, that a way may be opened
flor a new local company which it il
Thought can easily be formed. which
will at the same rate. or lower, give
more satisfactory service.
Mr.. J. G.. Sha v, being present, re-
quested that no action in the matter b.
taken before. a hearing should be grant
led Mr.. Geo. Holderness, general mana
tger of the company, and Thursday, the
24th, was fixed as the date for a hear
ling and the clerk was instructed to
invite Mr.. HOlderneSS TO De present a,
the meeting.
Mr.. P. w. Lilies. of Tarboro. assistant
to the general manager of the Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph Company. is
now in the city.
The Monday Afternoon Clu met with
MRS. John r. Mcneil, at her residence
on Haymount Monday afternoon, at
$3.50 o'clock.
Mr.. C. McArtan. of Ellington, IS here.
Mr. u w O16rha1r oh ~ New York
ia in town.
Mr.. M. "A. Simpson, Of Goldsboro. is
in the city.
Mr.. D. R. Konegay, of Go.dsboro,
lspent yesterday in the city.
Mr.. Percy Gray. Of Greensboro, IS
here.
Mrs. w. H. Bancome. left yesterday
for New York city.
Mr.. Charles Woosleburn left today
for Burlington.
Father Marion left yesterday for
Wilmington.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
FIGHT THE BELL COMPANY.
Phone System Organized
by Greensboro Citizens.
especial to The Messenger.)

(Spec1dl TO Inc meSSeuSeT.)
Greensboro, N. c., March I5--At a
largely attended meeting of he sub
'scribers of the Bell Telephone tonight,
the executive committee reported that
1T had been unable to obtain satisfac-
tory action from the company in call
ing off the raise OF rates recently an
.nounced to go in effect on April LIST, and
an establishment OF an
independent system. Several thousand
of stock was subscribed and a
committee appointed to obtain a char
ter from the city council. Pledges to
the new company were taken
from five hundred of the present sub
|scribers to the Bell Company. out Of a
total of six hundred, for five years pat
Of the new system.
A negro named Luther Mcclellan was
lcaptured near here his evening with
Ia horse and buggy stolen from John
H. Doughteridge. of Rocky Mount. two
weeks ago.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
FREE FROM SMALLPOX.
There Is Not a Single Case in New
Hanover County.

Wilmington and the adjoining vicin-
ity Is again free from smallpox. the
last OF the patients at h pest u
having been dismissed yesterday. Tho
first $ occurred here early in jan
uary when the wife of h janitor at
the Y. NJ. c. A. developed the disease.
that time until yesterday VIII
mington was not free of the disease
At no time was there IN large num-
Der of cases. the maximum at one
time being six.
1t was a very mild form of smallpox
n some of the patients were sick for
only a few days. The last case which
was discovered vas a small boy in one
of the city schools. To be on the safe
side and protect against n disease
becoming general among n Schoo!
children, the city board OF health and
school authorities met about one week
ago and passed a resolution that all
children who a not been vaccinated
during the past six months, woiitd
have to do so before Monday, March
21st or that they would not be allow
ed to attend school. Since the resolu-
ton was passed several thousand school
children have been vaccinated 1t was
feared when the cas- of smallpox de
veloped in the school that it Won !
cause many parents to stop their chi
dren but they took a wise view of the
situation and had their children vaccl-
mated n very few IL any stopped
school.
The health authorities are exceeding
Iy glad TO be free once more of the
care OF smallpox patients. Continuously
for the past two months there have
been several houses in the city under
quarantine and in one or two
the authorities found it very diff1cult
to keep the contacts at h houses. One
contact escaped. left the city and has
not yet returned.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
WANTS NO MORE DELAY.
Condemned Man Appeals TO the Gov
.ernor to Prevent Any Interference
In His Execution.

Albany. N. Y. Aarcn 16-Governor
Odeh has received a most extraordi-
nary letter from a man condemned to
death for murder. requesting the in
reference of the executive to proven.
any attempt to delay the execution.
The writer Is Frank H Burmese, a
sailor. convicted in BROOKLYN. OF ths
murder Of George 3. Townsend the
captain of his vessel. He is confined
in sing Sing prison and was to have
been executed February Sth. but the
execution was stayed by an appeal
to the court of appeals. taken by his
attorney without h consent Of the
condemned man.
The letter says in substance hat the
writer believes himself deserving OF
the death penalty. which he wants in
fiicted with all speed possible. He de-
clares he does not want a new trial. as
he a a violent temper which he Is
unable to control and probably would
commit other crimes.
The governor will take 10 action IT
the matter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
STRIKES THREATENED.
The Labor Troubles of a Year Ago
Are About to be Repeated.

New York, March 16.-Labor troubles,
as a result Of which many thousands
Of men are idle. again threaten the in
dustrial world and the situation is ex-
pected to become as serious as thu
memorable troubles of a year ago. II
the building trades in this city il, is es-
timated that already 200. 600 men arr
out of work. and that the number will
be increased almost daily. In addition,
the printing trades are threatened by
the attitude of the photographers, ten
thousand Of whom are expected to be
locked out throughout the country.
This dtssenSiOn in both these trades
is caused by a disagreement over arbi-
tration agreements with employers
and involves the absolute recognition
of the Unions. the eight hour day anj
the open shop"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

st. Louis quiet A. 1sx: not receipts
$50 bales
Houston quiet at ssxc: net receipts
i1.457 bales.
New York. March 16-Cotton weak
at isc: gross receipts 1.2So bales: sales
10 bales: stock 81. So bales.
Total today II ali ssaporas-R<et Re
ceipts 3.3fS bales. exports to Great
Britain ill bales: to the continent $40
bales: TO Mexico 1.4s0 bales: stock ses.-
li23 bales.
| Consolidated at al ssaDsT0-Net re-
Iceipts 4s.2ss bales; exports to Great
britain 1924; 10 Francs III bales:
Ito the continent s.sss bales: to Japan
i50 bales; to Mexico 1.soo bales.
, Total since September LIST at all sea-
iports-Net receipts s.5ss.s4s bales: ex-
Iports to Great Britain ]. sss. 10 bales: 10
France s471oe bales: TO the continent,
2.2S3.2l3 bales: to Japan 3S.9n bales: 10
Mexico eS.f11 bales.
Spot cotton closed weak at IS points
Hover: middling uplands i6c: middsiay
lgulf 1875, sales 10 bales
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Chicago. March 1e-The leading fu-
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Gfose
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
WILMINGTON MARKETS

wednesday. March II.
eOTTON-Dull at 1850
Receits of cotton today@6S bales.
Receipts same day last year-iG
baies.
Receipts OF the season to date-I7.se 1
bales.
Receipts to same date last season
s14.se7 bales
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
lsfng.
RoSIN-Nothinr doing.
TAR-Ffrm 1t $Ix-
CRUDE TURPENTISE-FIrm: bard
Nh: dip e4.ss
Prices same day last year-Spirits
sur1entins frra at 51hc; rosin SIS ans
dc; tar fr 1T Size: crude turpsn-
uls quiet at u.7S and slse.
Receipts today-15 casFs spirits tir-
pentine. 20 barrels tar. 10 barrels crTac
t~urpentine.
Receipts same day asst year-12 casks
spirits turpentine. 2s2 barrels rosin. SIS
barrels tar. g barrels crude turpen-
tine.
sALT-Prices car load lors-les lbs
c.. F. Ilc; ses lbs c. F. SSc: 2ss lbs FF
coarse sSe.
DRY sALTED SIDES to sh.
10 ~"
UOTFTEtsH to IL
FLOUR-Strsights SAFE TO s4.s5; 2na
patents s4.se to $S.ss; full sS.Se to $sGe.
NOLAssES-s. Aousa IA: New Or
1sas EriSkts IS to S: Porto Rico 20:
uhs -.
sCGAR-Granulated s4.75: w. c. x
Ne. : SL.5S; No. 2 $4.Ss; Ne. 3 $40: Ns
IL S4.3e.
LARD-CTrsrcs Basis) Pure 81: csnts
COMPOUND ~ to 7xe.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
PHANUTDtNorth Carolina - to 81;
Virginia g to sizes: Spanish s. to s1-eS.
BEESWAX-25 to rs.
| CORE-S5 to sly.
| CORN NEAL-n to IS.
| NGGS11e to 12Ao dull.
CHICKENS-Hens - to 30: spring
10 TO - cents.
TURKEYS-18e dressed.
| BEETIl to 4 cents.
n. C. BACON-Hams (old) Is cents
hams new 12hc; shoulders Ice; sides
old-1e to lie; sides (new) lee.
| SWEET POTATOESts to IS.
sHINGLEStPer 1000. 6-insh saps
| s2ee: 5-inch hearts. sz.ss: s-iEch sara
81. %: s-inch hearts $4.es.
| TIMBER
Pei III fset-Extra milling. .SI.5s6s Sat
Mill fair ..S4.bO0S.o
l Common mill $4.esU f4.S.
| Inferior. to ordinary 0Si.C
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
Rioters Stone the Emperor's Palace.

Vienna, March 16.-The Palaces of
Emperor francis Joseph and the Arch
duchess Cbothilde at Budapest were
stoned by a mob yesterday evening.
resulting in the windows being broken.
because the buildings were not dec
GRATED in honor of the anniversary of
the revolution OF 1S48. A great crowd
of students and workmen. after a de
monstration in front of the statue OF
the poet Petofy. paraded the streets
and noticing that the palaces were not
displaying flags. like most of the other
offices. showered them with stones
until the police charged and dispersed
the rioters. A numbe of persons were
injured and many arrests were made
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
n

New York, March 16.-Money on cal:
easy; all loans Ia per cent: closed OF
fered at tx per cent. no bid. TIM
loans easy; sixty days 3 to 3h per
cent: ninety days 3 to 3& per cent;
six months 3A to Az per cent. Prlrlr
mercantile paper Az to 81 per cent.
Sterling exchange firm with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.S6-S0 10
4.s6.S5 for demand and at $4.S4.10 TO
81. S4.1s for sixty days Posted rates
4.S4h to s4.S5 and $4.S7k to s4.SS. Com
mercial bills s4.S3A to s4S4. Bar silver
5sH. Mexican dollars Az
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
una

Is q rack on which you need not suffer
long.
It depends on an acid condition of
the blood, which affects the muscles
and Joints, causes Inflammation and
pain, and results from defective diges-
ton and a torpid action of the liver,
kidneys and skin.
Sciatica, lumbago and stiff neck are
forms of it.
floods S~arsaparilla has cured me OF
rheumatism. I was so I could not lift any
thing and my knees were so stiff I could
hardly get up or down stairs. Since taking
three bottles Of Hoods Sarsaparilla I have
never felt a symptom OF rheumatism, and
I gladly recommend Hoods for this dis
ease.n MRS. HATTIE TURNER, Bolivar, Mo.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
Duke of Cambridge Critically Ill.

London. March 16.-The Duke Of
Cambridge. cousin of the late Queen
Victoria, IS in a critical condition. Re-
cent bulletins regarding the Dukes
health have e Of a r~e-assuring ma
ture. but this morning his royal high
ness. who a been i'll a long time. was
seized with recurrent homorhage OF
h stomach n al official bulletin
just issued admits that grave anxiety
is felt regarding the outcome of the
attack
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
Tortured q Man to Get His Money.

Morgantewn, w. Va. March 15.-
Three burglars entered the home Of
James Pickenpaugh, a farmer living
at Cheatnevk, near here, early today
and after torturing their victom Sc
cured s1,100 in gold and silver and es-
capped. Pickenpaugh had no faith in
the stability Of the banks and carried
the money, which represented his saw
ings for twenty years, strapped about
his waist in wallets.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
The Monarchs Inspect the Spanish
Nary.

Figo. Spain. March 16-At half past
nine O'Clock this morning. King Alton
50 and Emperor William went aboard
the Spanish gunboat Vasconunez de
Balboa. which weighed anchor and
proceeded to review the Spanish war
ships. After the review. the two rulers
were rowed to the Spanish royal yacht
Giralda for luncheon. Emperor VIII
liam subsequently sailed for Gibraltar
on board the steamer Koenig Albert.
and was accompanied on that vessel
by King Alfonso. until outside the
Spanish waters.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour quiet and steady; No. s spring
wheat IS TO 81; No. 2 red 95k 10 -; No.
p corn 51k: No. 2 yellow 52k: No .
Oats 80 to 1915; No. 8 white Al TO as:
mess pork per barrel s13.75 to slasTh:
Hard per 100 pounds 1886 TO see:
lwhiskey basis OF high wines 81. IS.
New York. March 1s.-FTOUR-Very
ldull. Rye flour dull.
| WHEAT-Spot easy: No. 2 red 3Le2.
lReports OF rains in kansas precipitat-
led a general violent break in wheat to-
lday and a prices showed is to &c
met decline. May s1.O0h: July ssE;
September 81 1916.
CORN-SDot easy: No. 2 nominal.
IOptions market was more active n
weaker todav. sharing the wheat lie
cline and closing &c below yesterday.
May 5sA: July So; september 50.
OATS-Weak: No. 2. 4sk.
LARD-Weak: western steamed
!s7.45; refined weak; compound 81 to Z.
Pork-Steady.
| RICE-Steady.
| MOLASSES-FfrTn.
| SUGAR-Raw firm: fair refining 5:
centrifugal 90 test 81: molasses
I2A: refined firm.
BUTTER-Unsettled: extra fresh
creamery p to- 24h; state dairy IA
Ito q.
state 1uI cream
fancy small colored September L.;
small white september IL.
EGGS-Weak and lower: state ana
pennsylvania nearby average finest -.
POTATOES-Steady: Jerseys s2.75
to $S.12; Jersey sweets $50 to $40
state and western in sacks $50 to-
So {.
PEANUTS-Steady: fancy h~andpic1-
led 5%; ,sther domestic 81 to az
CABBAGES-Ffrm; domestic per tor
s25. 90 TO $500; Florida barrels and
Icrates s2s9 to $3.50.
COTTON SEED OIL-In line with
lfreer offerings and weakness displayed
in hog products. cotton seed Oil sho ~
led further decline today. Prime crude
fob mills 3Gaz TO 81: prime summer pei
low 81: off summer yellow nominal.
prime white IL: prime winter yellow
I41a.
NAVAL STORES.
Savannah. March 1e.-TurpentiGe
80; sales 16S casks: receipts a.8
casks; exports 934 casks Resin firm.
572 barrels; exports 3.27S bar
Irels. Quote A BIC ID $2.45: f $2.6e: Il
50. 55: G. $3.50; II 1855: 1896: K S3.Se.
M$3.35; n s3.4G; w G. $3.50; w w 81. Be.
Charleston. 8. c.. March 16.JTurpen-
tine and rosfn nominal: quotations
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
Republicans in Raleigh.

Raleigh. N. c., March 15.-Only three
members OF the Republican executive
committee Of the fourth Congressional
district met here today. Secretary
Green presided as chairman Frank
Jones was absent. All hat was done
was to order a convention for theS16th
Of May to elect delegates to the Re-
publican national convention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

Americas. Ga, March 15.-Sidnev
Harrell and Henry Morgan. the two
white men brought here for safe keep
ing from Peston where they were ar
Iested charged with having started 4
Are that destroyed the business part
of the town Saturday night. were res
icued by the military from this city
Just in time as the conservative citi-
izens OF that town were holding a mob
in check, counselling them against
ilynching the men.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

shaw VS.. Williams. from Duplin. per
Icuriam, affirmed: Morgan Lumber Co,
from Sampson. per curiam affirmed,
on authority of Mizell vs.. Burnett, 40
North Carolina PAT. Green VS.. R r. 70
North Carolina 524, and Drake VS.. How
iell. 133 North Carolina 162.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
Hoods ~Jdrsdpdritl0
md Pills

Neutralize the acidity of the blood,
perfect digestion and excretion, and
radically and permanently cure rhes-
matisma
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
COTTON.

Liverpool. March 49, D. motion
Spot business done. prices 4 points
lower. American middling fair SIS
good middling 8.62: middling S.52; low
middHng s.42; good ordinary s.32, or6i-
nary sT3. n sales of the day were
5000 bales Of which 500 were for spec
ulatioa and export and included 3.tC3
American. Receipts 1000. no Ameri-
can.
Futures opened quiet and closed easy.
American middling G. o. c: March
S.2s: March and April SIS: April and
May s.1s: May and June SIS: June n
July SIS: July and August 8.14: Au-
gust and September 7.S9; Septemb+-
and October us: October and Noveni-
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston easy at 1sAc: net receipts
1857 bales.
Norfolk. net receipts 800 bales.
Baltimore nominal at lisa
Boston dull at 16.45: net receipts 223
bales.
Wilmington dull at Is. so. net receipts
4e9 bales.
Philadelphia weak at 1875 bales; net
receipts PSI bales.
Savannah dull at k5nc: net receipts
147s bales
New orleans quiet 1t 1skc: net re-
ceipts 1855 bales.
Mobile nominal at issas: net receipt,
% bales
Memphis his nominal at S.e; ne re-
Augusta nominal at 15aS; net re
ceipts 914 bales.
Charleston nominal at Ishc. net re-
ceiDts 173 bales.
, Cincinnati. net receipts zas bales.
Louisville firm at 1sc.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-12
What Organization Can Accomplish.
Editors Progressive Farmer:

Editors Progressive Farmer:
There is an occasional person who says there
is no good to be derived by the farmers from or
ganization. These same people possibly see no
good in anything they do not set in motion and
control. Two months ago the oil mills OF the
State were paying only 1912 cents a bushel for
cottonseed, though there had been no decline in
the prices of hulls and cottonseed meal, the prod
ucts of the mills that the farmers need. The
Edgecombe County Alliance passed resolutions
that in view of the high prices asked by the oil
mills for seed and hulls, they would not sell seed
for less than twenty-five cents a bushel, and asked
the cotton farmers of the country to stand by
them in their action. The newspapers gave pub
licity to the action of the Edgecombe County Al
lance, and from some cause the receipts of cotton
seed began to fall off until nearly every oil mill
in the State had to close down for want of seed.
To-day the oil mill here in Raleigh is offering
thirty cents a bushel for cottonseed, and it is to
be presumed the other cotton oil mills are offer
ing the same. Let the farmers all over the State,
and the South, too, for that matter, organize for
their betterment, asking for only what is right
and just, and they will succeed.
The above is only one of the many illustrations
that could be mentioned where organization and
concert of action has been helpful. Let all farm
ers put their shoulders to the wheel for a COM
pact, strong and discreet organization, and sue
cess will crown their efforts.
T. B. PARKER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-12

Beginning with our issue of January Doth, we
are going to offer a prize of a years subscription
provided three or more farmers enter the contest
Teekly), for the best farming letter received each
week from some subscriber not a regular recog-
nlzed correspondent of the paper. Take up any
topic or series of topics that you think ought to
have attention and let us have your letter; if it
has ideas in it, we don't care whether or not the
penmanship is ~faultless and the language elo-
qoont, nor do we care whether you confne your
self to one subject or make a general letter, such
as that of Mr.. PowelPs on page 2.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-12

Dr., Burkett's live stock letter this week deals
with a subject of vital Importance to our people
but which has had far too little attention. Thou
sands Of farmers in search of a milk COW will take
a fat, beefy animal in preference to a spare,
"eI@e-shaped dairy COW. Farmers interested in
pursuing this subject further would do we'll to
VII" TO some Representative in Congress for a
COP of Farmers Bulletin No. 143, The Con-
formation of Beef and Dairy Cattle"