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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-01
Fine Business College Opened.

The State Business College, located
on the corner of South Ninth and Ia
coma avenues, in Tacoma, is newly
equipped in the latest and most up-to
date mission style Of weathered oak
furniture. Moffatt Brothers, formerly
of st. Paul, Minnesota, are the prop
rietors. They are university and
business college graduates and they
thoroughly understand the CONNER
cial work. The school opened Sep
TENDER 18th with a splendid enroll
ment, which speaks highly for the
institution. Their rates are lower
than any first-class school on the
coast and we predict splendid future
for such an up-to-date business college
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-01

WANTED-MEN AND WOMEN to
learn Matchmaking, engraving and
optics; big demand for jewelers. at big
wages only about six months to gradu-
ate, practical work from the start.
Money made learning; we assist gradu-
ates to positions Write for further par
ticulars. Seattle Matchmaking, En-
craving and Optical School, room 10
P-I Building.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-01

YOUNG MEN WANTED, under 35 years,
to prepare by home study for good
positions as RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS
in Washington. Experience in post Of
ary $500 per annum, gradual promotion,
an exceptional opening. Examination
SOON Write Immediately to N. HI. Oh
liver, 1922 Alaska Bldg, Seattle, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-01

The successful sheepman of today
must be a practical business man and
a sheepman, too, and if he is not
sheepman he will have TO go into the
business in a conservative way until
he understands it. Before buying any
sheep it is necessary to select range,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-01

WANTED-Experienc man to super
intend alfalfa ranch. Good PROPOSE
ton. Address, with references, Robt.
Benham, care Columbia Canal Co., DeX-
ter-Horton Bank bldg, Seattle.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-01

SOLICITORS WANTED-The Ranch
wants a number of good subscription
solicitors to work in various parts. of
the state during the winter and spring.
Good proposition to hustlers. Write Inc
Ranch, 376 Colman Bldg, Seattle, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-01

prove to be as favorable as the stock
man had hoped, his losses at seventy
be confidently expected, both of the
land and it's products during the same
series of years. This is about the sum
and substance of the difference be-
tween tweedlededee and tweedlede-
dunn in the cattle business on the great
ranges of the shortgrass country.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-01

FOR SALE-HARNESS- manufac-
ture all kinds Of harness; quality
Guaranteed and prices reasonable. Nc
Sorley & Henderson, PIP Occidental Ave.,
Seattle, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-01

SCHOOL OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
of Washington State College. A three
Strong faculty. For particulars address
f. H. Nader Registrar, Pullman, Wn.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-01

WANTED-Agents to represent The
Ranch in all parts of the Northwest.
Good agents make from $25 to $50 per
week. Address The Ranch, Seattle.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-01

FOR SALE-Creamery, best location in
western Washington; daily output
over 1000 lbs. Will sell half or whole.
Care The Ranch, Seattle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
Habit in Appetite.

The so-called cravings of appetite
are purely the result of habit. A
habit once acquired and persistently
followed soon has us in its grasp, and
then any deviation therefrom temper
arily disturbs our physiological
equilibrium. The system makes COM
plant and we experience craving,
1t may be, for that to which the body
has become accustomed, even
though this something be, in the long
run, distinctly injurious to the vel
fare Of the body. There has thus
come about sentiment that the
cravings of the appetite for food are
to be fully satisfied, that this is
merely obedience to NATURES laws.
This idea, however, is fundamentally
wrong. Any one with little per-
sistence can change his or her habits
of life, change the whole order Of
cravings, thus demonstrating that
the latter are purely artificial, and
that they have no necessary connec-
tion with the welfare or needs of the
body. In other words, dietetic re-
quirements are to be founded not UP.
on so-called instinct and craving, but
upon reason and intelligence.-From
Russell H. Chittenden's Economy in
Food" in the Century.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
An Antlphony of Love.

A poet has said that "as for Brown
ings love for his wife, nothing more
tender and chivalrous has ever been
told Of ideal lovers in an ideal no.
nance. 1t is so beautiful a story
that one often prefers it to the sweet.
est or loftiest poem that came from
the lips of either" True; vet the
lives Of the two as poets make the
story what 1t is. Their lives, indeed,
were poems, as Milton said poets
lives should be, and their poetry was
their life, as Mrs Browning said
should also be true of poets. The
world could spare neither the liv.s
nor the poems, and especially would
1t be poor without those poems IN
which each sang of the other. Take
these together, was there ever, in all
the treasury of the worlds literature,
so angelical an antiphony of love
anthemed by the two radiant and i'm
mortal lovers themselves? From
Richard Watson elders "a Romance
of the Nineteenth Century" in the
Century.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
Kills Deer with Fist.

"a few weeks ago, just before l
left for Denver, we had yenison for
dinner which our cook killed with his
fist. Game is so plentiful that all one
has to do is to stand on his back porch
and use n revolver to obtain almost
anything in the way Of meat that one
could wish for"
II. w. Long, vice president Of the
Denver Honduras Banana Company,
was telling of the attractions of his
Honduras home, says the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
1.-The manner in which our cook OBJ
tanned the venison was this" contln.
ued Mr.. Long. 1--WE had been having
high water in the river which flows
through our plantation, and one morn
ing our cook noticed herd of half a
dozen deer swimming across it. He
Jumped into a canoe and killed one
with blow of his fist. However
deer are not the only game which We
have chance to try shot at.
"Leopards, alllgators. beautiful trop
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08


in this country be laid at the of corporations and
men who have been seeking to obtain from the public
exclusive rights and privileges in the shape of private
monopoes of public property and this is the why
for have been srenuousy advocating the placing of
such public utilities in public hands and thus removing
from the sphere of politics the opportunity and temptation
for such public corruption
Place the control of interstate railways elegraphs,
long distance telephones, express companies utilities
of like character in the hands of the Federal Government
and place street car gas telephones light
companies in the hands of the municipal authorities and
of the incentive to graft and corruption
this country will be abolished.
The operation and management of such utilities in pub
lie or private hands necessarily monopoly private
hands 1t becomes private monopoly and private
opoy Is benevolent The aim of private monopoly
Is to make money and long human nature remains
us it is the desire to make money has limitations.
private monopoly will give the cheapest possible
the greatest possible price, public monopoly, the
other hand, has different aims and objects. Its
Is to satisfy the community and the community is best
satisfied by the highest efficiency of service least
possible cost.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08

land, and there is no reason why It
should be less effective elsewhere.
Still another measure of relief until
recently pronounced utopian has been
tried by the New Zealand life insur-
ance department and found practicable
the old age pension act. Older coun-
tries, from which millions flow like
water for trade wars or to exploit
some sentiment of nationality, have
declined to provide nourishment for
those who are no longer profitable for
money producing purposes, but New
Zealand decided to try the experiment,
and it has entailed no hardship on any
class, but has given relief to many.
The scheme of compulsory old age In
surance has been tried in Germany
with far less success. Spacious us that
theory appears, it has been found in
practice to be only another system of
making the poor keep the poor.
Although one may not be able to
accept the theories by which the re-
forms in New Zealand have been
brought about he must grant that the
people of this faraway country have
shown such remarkable progress in
self government that NIL intelligent
Americans cannot fail to learn much
from the up to date methods which
prevail there.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08

MISS MARY CLARK. AID with the ex-
ception Of ditching and fencing, did
all the work on eighty acres. She is a
practical farmer, has made study of
the chemistry of the soil, and thorough
ly understands the rotation of crops.
Size cuts and rakes twenty tons Of hay;
milks ten cows night and morning, and
once week sends half ton Of milk
eight miles to the creamery, where her
checks average $50 month. She nets
$50 Il month OH couple Of hundred
hens; her porkers bring fancy prices,
besides supplying her table with. fresh
meat and sugar cured hams and bacon,
and every year she has two thorough
bred colts for sale. Angora cats are her
pride and diversion, for she owns the
choicest strains in America. A fine
orchard Of apples, pears, peaches,
plums, grapes and smaller fruit adds
materially to her income.
Miss Clark Keeps her lawn like cut
velvet. The stones banking the flower
beds and outlining the driveways are
as white as alabaster from her fire.
quent applications of lime. Flowers
border the grain fields and blossom
among the vegetables
Last fall she planted four acres of
peppermint and recently she harvested
her crop. employing large number of
girls and women Mt 81 per day and
their dinners to do the work,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
THE NEW zEAlANp WAY.
Life Insurance as 1t Is Conducted In
the Antipodean Islands.

Life Insurance as 1t Is Conducted In
the Antipodean Islands.
In faraway New Zealand the gov
eminent conducts life insurance de-
partment which not only offers Its
policies at low premium, but has the
security of the State behind 1t as its
guarantee to investors. By open COM
petition with individual concerns it
prevents any ordinary combination
from keeping up excessive rates, and
there are no high salaried officials to
absorb the annual receipts.
1t is an ideal theory. In America an
insurance of $1,000, which may cost n
person who has arrived at middle age
$500 annually, in New Zealand may be
obtained for one-third that expense.
In America legislative inquiry has al
ready thrown so much light upon the
complex and devious management Of
the insurance business that distrust
of the whole system has become gen.
eral. In New Zealand the entire re-
sponsibility is borne by the colonial
government. There can never be any
failure until the country becomes
bankrupt. The first illustration is that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
Together.

Yes, neighbor, the old folks is gone.
Strange, want 1t, goin' the same
day.
AS well, perhaps. 'Twould be forlorn
II one of 'em had had to stay.
Jake was stern, onbendin' man,
And Prue as prickly as bur,
Yet always havin' smiles for him:
He always had smile for her.
Known EN- for years, yet never knew
The day when Prue's sharp, worn old
face
Didn't light up when she see jake;
Her grin was Just like an embrace.
And as for him, he'd kinder chuck,
Gittin' his wrinkles all astir.
She always had smile for him;
He always had smile for her.
Not overnice to other folks,
A-strugglin' on to make life pay,
They had their little stock of jokes,
And loved each other, anyway.
So / affirm twas sorter sweet
To see 'em smilin' side by side,
Jest as I've often seen 'em met
They smiled together when they
died.
Youths Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08

of the government life insurance build
ing at Wellington, while the second
shows the postoffice in the same city.
Governmental life insurance is by no
means the only New Zealand institu-
ton from which America might take
pattern profltably. One of the fairest
and most logical remedial measures
ever tried in the colony and one which
has proved its usefulness from the
very moment of it's adoption is the
workman's compensation for acct
dent" act. The principle upon which
the measure was instituted was based
on the assumption that 1t is neither by
the wish nor by the conduct of either
employer or employe that accidents
happen, but that in spite of that fact q
steady percentage of accidents occurs.
They are thus incidental to production,
and the business which yields the prof
it should bear this part of the expense
of producing. Therefore a sum must
be paid to every injured worker and,
If the accident proves fatal, to his
family. The only exception to this
rule is when it can be established to
the satisfaction of the court of arbi-
tration, which adjudicates these cases,
that the employe was injured willfully.
By the act there is maximum of 49,
600 payable, but the form of the COM
pensation is usually that of half pay
for definite time and the payment of
o Z,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
WHAT TO DO IN A STORM.
Suggestions to Those Who shrin
from Thunder and Liphtpiug

Suggestions to Those Who Shrink
from Thunder and Lightning.
So many persons, especially women,
are frightened Mt severe thunder
storms that the following instructions
telling one what to do i'll such cases,
furnished by J. Warren Smith. direct
or Of one Of the government weather
bureaus, will be acceptable. He says:
"Thunderstorms occur when there is
a very rapid condensation of moisture
in n rising current of air or rapid
condensation due to the cooling of an
upper layer of air. 1t is held by most
scientists that the lightning flash is an
osclllatory discharge, repeated fire.
quently to and fro between cloud and
cloud or between cloud and earth. The
distance of the flash In miles is ap-
proximately equal to one-ffth of the
number of seconds between the flash
and the thunder. The number Of peo-
pie killed by lightning each year in the
United States averages about 300 the
greater loss of life being in July.
Small articles of metal do not have the
power to attract lightning, but one
should not stand under trees during
thunderstorms. in the doorways Of
barns, near open windows or doors,
close to cattle or horses, Or near chin
neys and fireplaces. There is very lit
tie reason, however, for alarm during
n thunderstorm or for making efforts
to insulate ones self by getting into
feather beds, etc. If you are in the
vicinity of person who has just been
struck by lightning, no matter If he
appears dead, go to work at once to
try to restore respiration and con-
seriousness. No matter which method
of artificial respiration is used, keep II
UP for at least an hour. and In the
meantime maintain the heat Of the
body by hot aannels. bottles of ho,
> = : So 49,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
Encourage the children.

3
Be careful how you criticise the eff
forts Of the children. The clipped
wing never grows again, says Brock
port Democrat Make 1t matter of
conscience never to mislead the child,
for he is II traveller newly arrived from
a strange country. Allow him, as his
world widens, to have opinions of his
own; let him be personality, not a
mere echo. Have faith in God for
your sons and daughters. According
to your faith SO will 1t be unto you.
Make your home the center of attrac-
ton to your children: let them fee!
drawn to you and 1t. like the needle
to the pole. Respect the secrets of
your children, but do not worry them
to confide in you.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
The High Collar.

We have strong impression that
the average height of the masculine
neck is greater now than it used to
be. Has the long neck produced the
high collar, or has the neck adapted
itself to the new environment of the
high collar? If we are to believe DR..
F. B. Brubaker Of st. Louis, the high
collar may be source of unpleasant
symptoms from pressure on the
pneumogastric nerve British Medi.
cal Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
His voice vas thick and hosrae.

His voice vas thick and hoarse.
The touch Of her arm, the soft light
Of her eyes. fairly maddened MIN.
you are not WELL" she went on;
cor something has gone wrong with
you. What is 1t, love?"
She bent forward and touched her
sweet mouth to his Forehead. He
could have cried out in his agony.
He threw her from him and hurried
out Of the room.
hands.
ooh, surely he does not suspect the
TRUTH" she sobbed out.
Midnight came. The larches bent to
the fury of the blast; the sky was
thickly clouded. Venus, shining above
the Monks Tower, could not be seen.
But just as the tower bell STRUCK,
Lady Hildegard, wrapped in long
mantle, stole down the broad stair
way, and made her way out into the
gloom. Like phantom she flew
across the windy lawn and up the
craggy eminence upon which the
Monks Tower stood. She reached
the spot, and tall figure came forth
to meet her.
"Hildegard, is it you?"
Eyes, Dugald."
"My faithful Hildegard. scarcely
dared hope you would come through
all this wild weather"
He took her in his arms, shook the
rain from her mantle, and kissed her
white face.
A hoarse, mad cry, like the growl of
an enraged beast, startled them;
lantern flashed out upon the darkness,
and Sir Guy, in frenzy of rage,
leaped between the pair.
"Die, traitress! false, perjured
wife!" he cried. and his keen knife
flashed right and left.
Lady Hildegard sank down, with a
piteous cry.
you've murdered her!" shouted
her companion, selling upon the bar
onet, and wrestling the knife from his
hand; "and your life shall pay the
Forfeit"
But the wife's shrill voice arrested
his hand.
ooh, Dugald, stop; there is some
terrible mistake! Guy, husband, where
are you?"
Sir Guy went down and raised her
in his arms.
/. ooh, Guy, you know him, surely
my poor brother, Dugald?'
Great Heaven! You came here to
meet him, Hildegard?"
EYES," her voice failing her, "my
poor, erring brother. 1 must tell the
truth now, Dugald; wanted to tell
it in the beginning, but you wouldn't
consent. oh, Guy, be merciful for
your poor wife's sake!"
What do you mean, Hildegard? For
Heavens sake, speak QUIT" cried Sir
Guy in an agony of doubt
Her voice fell to whisper, but she
put up her arms and drew his face
down to hers.
Poor Dugald, he always was unfor-
tunate. He got into debt and Difficult.
ties, and oh, Guy, he has forged your
name for a thousand pounds. Exposure
threatened him, and he came to me,
but he wouldn't let me tell you. Dear
husband, forgive him, for my sake!"
oh, Heaven, yes, I forgive him!
But, my wife, doubted you, and ]
have killed you!"
She drew him closer, till her cold
lips touched his.
Darling. am true to you," and with
the whisper on her lips, she tainted in
his arms.
J, They bore her to The Larches, the
stricken husband and the repentant
brother, and for weeks thereafter she
lay at the door of death.
But Sir Guys prayers were avail
ing in the end-she lived, and in time
regained all her old bloom and won
drous, winning beauty; but no matter
how much she was admired, her hus.
band was forever cured of his jeal-
ousy-New York Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
Axriculture in Germany.

During the past twenty years Ger
many, Notwithstanding the rapid de-
velopment of all manufacturing indus
tries, has largely increased her crops
Of grains, vegetables and fruits, and
likewise of clover and hay, although
the net area of such lands has been
actually cut one-third through mead
ows and pastures being plowed up and
devoted to other forms Of cultivation.
Notwithstanding this important reduc-
ton of grass area, the number of all
kinds of domestic animals, except
sheep play but a small and I'M
important role In this country-have
largely increased, a result which has
been made possible by the enhanced
productiveness of meadows and pas
lures through fertilizing and better
care, and by feeding with cut feed,
roots and cut forage plants in barns
and stables stock which formerly
grazed in the fields.-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
Mortality ofBachelors and Benediots

Mortality ofBaclIelors and BENEDICT
Mortality among bachelors from the
age of 80 to 45 is said to be about 81
per cent, while among married men of
the same age it is IS per cent. For
forty-one bachelors who attain the age
OF 40 years there are seventy-eight
married men who attain the same age.
The difference is still more striking In
persons Of advanced age. At 60 years
of age there remain but twenty-five
bachelors for forty-eight married men,
at 70 eleven bachelors for twenty
seven married men, and at 80 three
bachelors for nine married men.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
water, warm clothing taken from by

water, warm clothing taken from by
ISLANDERS, etc. Firmly and energetical-
ly rub the limbs upward SO as to force
the blood to the heart and brain.
When swallowing is established tea
spoonful of warm water, wine, dilut-
ed whisky or brandy, or warm coffee
should be given. Sleep should be en-
Outraged. Send for physician at
once. Lightning frequently causes a
temporary paralysis of the respiratory
organs and the heartbeat, which, If let
alone, will deepen into death, but
which, treated as suggested, will often
result in recovery"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08

out of the the changes his occupation
something like three times before he finds the work that
he sticks to.
Employment agencies OF the better class frequently
in position the number of times may change
work before finding something which he stays at
emily Often they the medium of eecng the changes
Some have penchant of changing from line Of
work to the other i'll that passes all belief but
the majority of men who work in city only sincerely
anxious to find the work wherein they labor to the
best advantage.
Even professional have to change their profession
sometimes before striking the that just suits them But
long eventually settles down into the right
it does not matter how many changes he makes
getting ot In fact he is all the better for it, his knowl
edge of life is BROADER and this will help him matter
what line he settles into One has only to look about
that there whole lot insists who would be the
better off for making shift or two.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08

wife which was its chief inspiration. For years be-
fore tins particular carnaton became famous was
the purchaser of all that grown with thought only
OF giving constant and unique pleasure to his wife, who
was then an invalid Upon her recovery she largely
IN dinner table decorations in their homes until out
of compliment to her it exhibited under her name
AFTER 1t had won prizes large of money offered
for bulb from the plant until Lawson, character
se manner bought up the whole growth at the Of
$4,000.