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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
HISTORY OF STANDARD OIL.

Many attempts have been made to
Drlng the Standard Oil company TO
account. So far, these have met with
lhdlHerent success. Some years ago
the concern was, in the strict sense
OF the term, a trust. 1t was a pool
whose members owned a great num-
Ger or Oil properties in various parts
OF the country. The law had this
much terror for it, it forced it to aban-
don this somewhat loose form of or.
ganization and become an incorpor.
ated company. But the change was in
name rather than in fact. The public
are no wiser regarding the affairs of
the combine than before; and it is
rot easy to see how they have bene-
hted in any direction.
The Standard Oil company has be.
come tremendous factor in Amer
lean finance. Up to say fifteen years
ago not much was said about it apart
from the oil industry; but it used to
occasion very lively talk in connection
win that industry. Tradition painted
us methods in black colors. It had
determined to acquire monopoly in
the OIL business, and had practically
succeeded. Competition went down
before it like card house at the
touch OF finger. If a man with a
lew hundreds of capital bought one or
TWO teams and attempted to peddle
any other oil than that made by the
STANDARD Oil company he speedily
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

found it advisable to retire from bust.
ness. The same was the case with
tne man who had his thousands
locked up in extensive plants. In
either instance he was offered price.
OFTEN generous one. If he conclud-
ed to accept it, well and good for him.
The few who decided to fight it out
found their pocketbooks much thin.
ner.
The profits of the concern were so
enormous that it eventually became
hard to find employment for them,
The owners of the Standard Oil COM
pany bought into one railroad after
another. They were, for example. re-
puted powerful factor in the Chi
cago, Milwaukee G. st. Paul road back
In the SOS. Somewhere around 1890
their names began gradually to re-
place those of the old leaders in Wall
street. They kept branching out, first
bringing one great stock market en-
terprise and then another under their
control. In retrospect, Jay Gould
seems small man beside them,
Eventually they caught up with the
Vanderbilts as railroad magnates. In
1901 they were believed to be back of
Hartman in the Northern Pacific
fight. To-day they are reputed to
have the dominant voice in the great
est railroad combine in the world.
Tomorrow, it is feared, the whole rail-
road situation of the United States
nay be at their dictatiOn.
But oil and railroads have not alone
absorbed their energies. They have
been active in many other directions.
In 1897 the Third National bank of
New York was consolidated with the
City bank, making an institution far
transcending in size anything of the
kind in the country. In 1899 it had de-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
STATEMENT BY GOV. HOcH,

The fight Kansas is making IS a
fight for fair playa fight to restore
competition and to relieve a great and
growing industry from the grasp Of
an industrial desrotism.
We hope to prove by actual demon
stration that the Standard Oil COM
pany has robbed the oil producer on
one hand and the customer on the
other.
BY engaging in this battle as a state
we hope, first, to encourage the loca-
ton Of Independent refneries with the
assurance that they will have the pro-
lection of the state; and, second, to
enlist other states and the general
government in battle against mon.
opolistic tyranny.
The proposed state refinery is sim.
ply means to an end-not the end
itself.-E. M. Hoch.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

weight from the ground, the pain was
so severe, This was my condition
when began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. They quickly relieved me and
now | am never troubled as was.
My back is strong and | can walk or
ride a long distance and feel just as
strong as | did twenty-five years ago.
L think so much of Doan's Kidney
Pills that have given a supply of the
remedy to some of my neighbors and
they have also found good results. If
sou can sift anything from this ram
bling note that will be of any service
to you, or to anyone suffering from
kidney trouble, you are at liberty to
do So"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price. SO cents.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
It IS IN THE BLOOD
Neither Liniments nor 0intments
Will Reach Reconsideration
Mr.. Stephenson Was Cured,

People with infamed and acbino
Jolnts, or painful muscles; people who
shuttle about with the aid of a cane or n
crutch and cry, Oh at every slight lar
are constantly asking, "What is the best
thing for rheumatism ?"
10 attempt to cure rheumatism by ex.
ternal applications is foolish waste of
time. The seat of the disease is in the
blood, and while the sufferer is rubbing
!otlons and grease Oh the skin the poison
an the circulation is increasing.
Dolaysin adopting sensible treatment
are dangerous because rheumatism NAV
at any momentreach the heart and prove
fatal. The only safe course for rheumatic
sufferers is to get the best possible blood
remedy at once.
Mr.. Stephenson's experience with this
obstinate and distressing affection is
tnat OF hundreds. He says:
About year ago was attacked bv
severe rheumatic pains in NV left
shoulder. The pains were worse in wet
weather, and at these periods caused me-
tne greatest suffering. tried q number
Oh treatments and ointments, but thew
tailed to alleviate the palms."
Then he realized that the cause mnst
De deeper and the pain only a surface in.
rdlcatlon. He adds:
l nad heard DR.. Williams Pink Pills
: dor Fale People recommended as a cnrs
Ior rheumatism, and when fonnd tbot
was getting no relief from applications
made up my mind that I would trv
them. Before the first box was gonay
noticed that the pains were becomino
less frequent, and that they were not 60
severe as before. After the second bov
had been used up was entirely fron
from discomfort, and have had no traco0
of rheumatism since"
The change in treatment proved nv
almost immediate results that NJ
Thomas Stephenson, who lives at No,115
Greenwood street, Springfield, Mass.
had found the true means for the purifi'
cation and enrichment of his blood.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are without
doubt the best of all blood remedies
They effect genuine and lasting cures in
rheumatism. They do not merely deaden
The ache, but they expel the poison from
the blood. These pills are sold by all
druggists.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
First Use Of Heavy Ordnance.

The Turks were the first to employ
enormous ordnance in warfare, and
when Mohammed II. besieged Con,
stantinople in 1853 he battered the
walls with huge stone shot, some Of
them weighing as much as 1906
pounds. A huge specimen of this
ancient Turkish artillery is to be seen
at the present time in the Rotunda
.museum at Woolwich, England. They
were extremely unwieldy weapons and
could only be fred at the rate Of four
times day. King Henry V. of Eng
Hand. we'll understood the possible ad.
tyantages of the artillery, and there is
still extant an order of his to the clerk
OF the ordnance and one John Bonet,
"a mason at Maidstone, to cut 1000
stone shot in the Quarries at that
place.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Defends Alaskan Indian.

GOV. Brady of Alaska protests
against talk of the vile, dirty Eski-
no." saying those who make such
remarks are in ignorance. 81 don't
know what he may be like in other
divisions of the frigid zone, but l do
know that the Alaskan Indian is as
fine type of his class as can be
round anywhere. Take them as a
Whole, they are sober and Industrious,
make homes and adopt civilization
readily. They are truthful, honest,
hospitable. gentle and kind-hearted.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Early New ENGLAND Librarv

1t appears that there was a public
iiDrary in Peru, Vermont, as early as
1911. The editor of the Manchester
journal has book, on the fyleaf of
winch is written. Peru library No. 81,
october 8. 1911, cost fifty cents. Ii.
orary meetings, the first Tuesday of
January, April, July and October This
book is presented to the Christian
people of Peru by the Hampshire mis-.
slonary society and committed to the
care OF the standing committee of
their social library"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
LS}9IllL50N S GRASS

Agricultural Editors wrote about il,
Ayr. College Professors lectured about il,
Ayr. Institute Orators talked about IL,
while in the farm home by the quiet fire.
side, in the corner grocery, in the village
post-otiice, at the creamery, at the depot,
IN fact wherever farmers gathered, Salzer's
Billion Dollar Grass, that marvellous grass,
good tor 5 to IA tons hay per acre and
lots of pasture besides, is always theme
worthy of the farmers voice.
Then comes Bromus Inermis, thsn which
there, is no better grass or better perma.
nent hay producer on earth. Grows wher.
ever soil is found. Then the farmer talks
about Salzer's Teosinte, which produces
ioo stocks from one kernel of seed, II #.
high, IN 100 days, rich in nutrition and
greedlly eaten by cattle, hogs, ETC., and IS
good Tor 80 tons of green food per acre
Victoria Rape, the luxuriant food for
hogs and sheep, which can be grown at
Zoe ton, and Speltz at 2Oc bu., both
great food for sheep, hogs and cattle, also
come IN for their share in the discussion.
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS
and this notice to John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, for their big cataog
and many farm seed samples. W. N. VI
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Small Boys Definition of DUTY.

A small boy went to Sunday school.
When he went home his mother asked
him what the lesson was about
Falth," says the boy. What's that?"
MS mother asked. "Belieyin' what
you've got every reason to suppose
amt So the boy replies. And then"
ne afterward remarks, there was
some talk about duty too" What's
outy? his mother asked him. "Oh,
DUTY" he replied, sis to any old thing
mat you have got to do when you
want to play baseball
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
You Have No Friends

that viii not be interested in remadr.
Is being used extensively as perH Ts M
cure for Dyspepsia, Constipation A Ias1
ache, Cata"rh Of the Mucous Memb meas
and ali diseases OF the Liver. Kidneyvs. a. ~
Bladder. Only one dose dav. VII. ao ]:
once to the Vernal Remedy ComnannN y y
Roy, n. Y and they will cheerfpiIr -. =
you free, q trial bottle of Verual Do, Peg
tona palmetto Berry Wine,, to CORES ps
you Of the wonderful results to he ob s'ias
from It's use. Sold by druggists evervWhass
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Wonderful Statistics.

When it is considered that the per.
centage of deaths from consumption
is 81 per thousand against SO per thou.
sand of any other malady, how i'm.
portant to guard against slight cold.
Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and Mullen is the great medicine
Tor coughs, colds and consumption.
At druggists, Csc, SOC. and s1.OO a
bottle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Home Treatment

For Chronic Diseases by DR.. J. 2
Hunter, 80 II Main street, Hopsto,
Texas, an old specialist of q yoss
experience. Cures guaranteed n
matter how bad your ailment or WIN
as failed, you will here get eurs
Send for books and lists of ouestioD,
No patent medicines. Only scientid,
treatment of a skilled specialist
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
School ChiIdren's Dyspepsia,

The common form Of dyspepsia, o,
indigestion, which stops the growth
pales the cheeks, weakens the system
OF so many school children, is often
due to improper or too quickly eaten
lunches. While seeing to a corec.
ton OF the cause, it is also important
TO cure the disordered conditions Of
stomach and bowels. This can be
done by no medicine so safely and
surely as DR.. Caldwell's (laxatiVe)
Syrup Pepsin. Try it. Sold by all
druggists at SOC and $1.O0 Money
back if it fails.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

DR.. William Henry, an English ~.
stefan, states, as the result of a,s ~!
ments, that in all forms of amin, .1p :,
insects included, exists the taste 81. .ll !;
cohoi. He says that fishes are The ~, !,
real teetotalers" in creation. ''l'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

III wall street speculation. It's
n.elhouS nave been sharply criticised.
ne panic of May 8, 1901, was openly
l"lu at It's door. The Northern Pa
clhc deal, out of which that panic
grew was a titanic affair. 1t was a
contest between the mightiest fnan-
cial interests in the United States. A
more recent episode in the career of
the City bank was the Munroe & Mum
roe alfalr The failure of this concern
Drought to light the fact that the
largest bank in the United States was
as willing to aid in floating Montreal
d boston mining stock on a creduIous
PUBIC as to engage in great railroad
deals involving hundreds of millions
OF capital.
Nor is this all. 1t was Standard
OIl money that started the Amalga.
mated Copper company. Boston peo.
pie nave not forgotten that ENTERPRISE
Ihey recall the methods emploved to
buy control of the great Boston g.
Montana company for song. They
remember, too, how the price of Anal
gamated copper stock was doomed 70
ABOUT $50, just prior to a dividend re.
auction, in order that the insiders
might unload on the public. And the
Part played by the City bank in pro.
noting the Amalgamated company is
also fresh in mind. The profit to the
standard Oil coterie from promoting
and manipulating this enterprise will
never be known; but it is almost in.
calculable.
Meanwhile, the oil monopoly has
been growing more and more COM
plete. AS it has progressed in other
directions, the Standard Oil clique has
increased its means of sitting compe-
tltlon in the manufacture and distri-
button of oil. 1t was by railroad re-
bates that it got its first real start:
and now it is itself mighty power in
the management of the railroads of
the United States.
But last week the mandate went
forth for it to be investigated. A res
1lutlon to this end was rushed |
through the national House, and the
President has been prompt to act upon
It. Commissioner Garfield of the De-
1artment of Commerce and Labor has
1een told to institute proceedings, and
% see that they are thorough. The
specific task, in compliance with the
resolution, is that of in
iestigating the cause of the low price
II crude oil. and of the unusually
arge margins between the crude and
efned products. The aim is to find
tut how much the present situation is
he result of combination or conspir-
cy in restraint of trade.
In short, an effort is to be made to
ind out everything possible regarding
he Standard Oil company specifcal-
Y. If the Commissioner of Corpora
ions is as successful in this instance
s he was in the case of the beef
rust, he is likely to produce results ,
hat will startle the country. He is I
lso, it is said, going to look into the {
oings of the STANDARD Oil crowd"
n adequate report on the Standard ,
Il company may enable us to obtain
heaper oil. But real knowledge of
he STANDARD Oil crowd will be of
immense value in conserving the en- I
re financial interests of the people
the United States, now and here
'ter.-BOston Post. a
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

IN South Greenland the color Of ths
hair ribbon which a woman ties round
ner head denotes the social condition
OF the wearer-whether she be maid
wife or widow.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

To escape from the North Shrop
shire hounds, which were hot on bis
scent, tired fox yesterday plunged
into pool and brought his career to
an inglorious and unorthodox termina
tion.-London Chronicle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

Pilgrims to the number q, a..
from all parts of Islam rooo VI w.;
last year Five thousand ar Ne
to have died on the wav o,, kao
' VINO started but did not ar IG W
unaccounted for. "''!Ve,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Insist on GETTING Il.

Some grocers say they don't keen
defiance Starch because they have a
stock in hand Of u OF. brands. which
they know cannot be sold to a custo.
mer VINO has once used the 16 or.
pkg. DEFIANCE Starch for same money
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

A military balloon came down in N.
grounds of the Hatton England 10
matte asylum. A large crowd of in
mates enthusiastically received the m
fiattered lieutenant in the basket a
THE Prophet Elijah"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

Queensland is an ideal country for
fruit farming. Almost every favorite
fruit flourishes there to a wonderful
extent, and modern facilities of trans
port makes this vocation a lucrative
one
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

The London Musical World does nj,
consider The Girl l Left Behind Ma
a suitable marching tune for depsr,
Ing regiments to play 1t says Tomn,
Atkins is usually heartily glad to leav,
his girl behind him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

A racehorse owner was sued BY Jas
Lucas of Blackpool. Enlian,l, for $40
which included $40 for champagne SUD
pied to a horse. The court struck ont
the champagne.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

In France there are 100000 aliens,
and, but for a registration fee Of about
% cents, once paid. however long the!
stay, they have the full freedom OF
the country.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
From a Merchant

i have sold three bottles Of Hunts
Lightning Oil to Frank Swartz of Gal.
lup, N. M. They think it is the only
medicine for all purposes"
c. P. Fisher,
Plymouth, 0. r.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

Mrs. Porter, wife of Col. Porter Of
Christ church, New Zealand, an ARM
officer, who died recently, had a clear
genealogical line of Maori ancestors for
fifty-two generations.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

posts of something like $15OOOO,O 900,
and to-day they are we'll up to $780,
Oo0,OOO. The City bank has from the
start been known as the Standard
Oil bank" 1t has been tremendous
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

Four hundredweight of sealing wax
per month is used by the British Great
Seal, of which the lord chancellor is
the official custodian.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

African epicures consider the tongue
OF a young giraffe a great delicacy.
The meat of the animal is said to taste
somewhat like veal. =.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

man, OF Deppe,
N. c., says: 81
S u If ere d for
years with my
back. 1t was
so bad that l
could not walk
any d i S t a II c e
nor even ride in
easy buggy. l
do not believe I
Coul d h a e
ia Sc d ten
D u n d s of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

In nearly every street of the cities
OF Japan there is public oven, where
for small fee people may have their
dinners cooked.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Billion Dollar Grass.

When the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. d
La crosse, Wis, introduced this remark.
able grass three years ago, little did thsy
dream 1t would be the most talked of grass
IN America, the biggest, quick, hay pro
Queer on earth, but this has come to pass.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

The real work in the trust busting
movement that has brought Kansas SO
prominently before the nation has been
coma Fy four men. representing all the
EtIi;enentS affected by Gil. Senator w. S.
c cIoapalf TICK leader. Of the upper house.
comes from the oil regions, and repre-
SCENTS the, producers in the drafting of
remedial legislation. Senator F. Dumont
represents the consumers, into which
clasS nearly every citizen of the common
wealth fails. The other two are Presi-
Lent p H. +. West and Secretary J. NJ.
Park Of the Kansas Oil Producers As
ISOLATION. Senator Porter is a former en-
ploye OF the Standard Oil Company, yet
ne drafted and introduced the state Ye-
hilefy Dill, which has become a law.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
More Flexible and i,stipr

wont shake out or blow out: by using
Aehanee Starch you obtain better r..
suits than possible with any other
brand and one-third more for same
money. ''''A1s
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

McCANE's DETECTIVE AGENCY.
Houston, Texas, operates the largest force
Of competent detectives In the south
Give them call.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

No chromos or cheap premiums, but
a better quality and one-third more
OF Defiance Starch for the same price
of other starches.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Those Who Have Tried II

VIII use no other. Defiance Cold Wa.
ter starch has no equal in Quantity
or Quality-l6 OF. for 10 cents. Other
brands contain only II OF.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

Plso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of as
cough cure j. w. O'BRIEN, 800 Third Ave-
n. Minneapolis. MINI, Jan 6. 1900.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR prrEs
Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudfng Piles Ynur
Druggist Will refund money If PAZO OINTMENT
calls 10 cure you In TO II days. soc.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

escts., i6x2o Bust crayon eScts. Send Won,
ano socts and we will make lGx2O Bust Crayop
southwestern artists Association. Dallas, Texas
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Illinois,.

House passed resolution indorsing
Kansas action and providing for COM
mittee to investigate Standard Oil
cCmpany's work in Illinois.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

Summer heart trouble has MAJ,
symptoms of the first love affair Ta;
no lasting effects. wy
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

The olive branch is the emblem of
peace and the orange blossom is the
emblem of war.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

Many a man is in advance of his
age-and many woman is several
years behind hers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
MOVES AGAINST MONOPOLY.
California,

Railroads were induced by Standard
10 raise freight rates on oil, and in
dependent pipe line to seabOard is
projected.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

No mans good intentions ever
boosted him into the hero class.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

II Went Home to Die from Gravel Trouble.
Doctors failed DR.. David Kennedy's Fayorte Reneaf
cured me-" Mrs. c. w. Brown, Petersburg, n. J.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

A poor man is one who gets his
money by earning it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

Blue windows to the soul turn the
milk OF human kindness into clabber.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

The lazy man wastes a lot of time
looking at the clock.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
Fos children teething, softsus the gums reduccs ~
Illumination, allaTs pain. cures wind collie asc bo,,n