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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01
PROF. E. w. WOLL.

OF the Agricultural Experiment Station
of Wisconsin, in official bulletin No. l5l,
says of Stock Foods:
sFirst = They are no benefit to
healthy animals when fed as directed,
either as to increasing the digestibil1ty
of the feed eaten, or rendering 1T more
effective for the production of meat,
milk WOOL etc.
"Second-They are no benefit as cure
all for diseases of the various classes
live stock, neither do they possess
cific diseases or for animals out of con-
dition, off feed, etc, since only small
proportion of the ingredients having
medicinal value is found therein, the
bulk of the foods consisting of filler
which possesses no medicinal proper
ties whatever
Third - Exorbitant prices are
charged for these fods. + -
"Fourth-If a farmer believes it is
necessary to feed stock food at times
he can purchase the ingredients
and make his own stock food at a
fraction of the cost charged for them
by the manufacturers. He will then
have the additional satisfaction of
knowing what he is feeding and of
feeding a concentrated food instead of
one largely diluted with non-medicinal
ingredients"
Don't spend $3.50 when SO cents will
do the work
Make your own stock goods by Using
Crush and mix in feed or salt. Proper
dose in tablets. Make your stock look
like top price.
For Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and
Fowls. They are made from the con-
densed essence of the drug. They don't
contain Sawdust Ashes, Chop Feed or
Bran. are just as god when 10 years
old as when 10 days old. They comply
try once Skidoo Condition Tablets, or
Skidoo Worm, Kidney, Chicken Cholera,
Blister. Cathartic, Heave, Fever, Hog
Cholera, Distemper, Pink Eye, Collie
Tablets or Louise Powder. SPAWN Cure
or Barb Wire Eminent. Distributed by
The Blue Bell Medicine Co., incorpor-
ated. Capital Stock, $500, 100000; Water
town, South Dakota, u. S. A. Put up
in soc and one dollar packages. For
sale by druggists and
THE QUAKER DRUG co.
Mail orders filled. Seattle
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01

American Saddle Horse Breeders AS
ISOLATION, and the American Morgan
Register Association.
The State fairs which adopted the
classification are as follows: Iowa
State Fair, Des Moines; Minnesota
State Fair, Hamline; Ohio State Fair,
Columbus; Michigan State Fair, De-
troit Indiana State Fair, Indianapolis;
Wisconsin State Fair, Madison; Kan
sas State Fair, Hutchinson; Tenne-
see State Fair. Nashville; Illinois
State Fair, Springfield Tri-State Fair,
Memphis, Tenn; Missouri State Fair
Sedalia; Washington State Fair North
Yakima; the Blue Grass Fair, Lexing-
ton, KY.
The widespread adoption of this
movement is Of the greatest import
ance to farmers and breeders who own
horses suitable to get American car
riage horses, for the reasons that the
fairs are in very close touch with farm
ers, the farmers are the breeders of
most of the carriage horses sold on
the American markets, and the value
of the American horse for carriage
purposes is rarely appreciated by the
farmers who breed them. Hundreds
of horses are sold annually by farmers
at really insignificant prices which
after some months Of finishing and
handling are sold as carriage horses
at prices up into the thousands.
The classification follows:
Glasses.
Glass 1. Stallion years old or
over.
Class q Stallion 8 years old and
under 4.
Glass 8. Stallion 2 years old and
under 3.
Glass 4. Stallion year old and
under 2.
Glass s. Stallion with three of his
get of either sex; get need not be
owned by exhibitor.
Class g. Mare 4 years old or over.
Glass T. Mare years old and I'M
der 4.
Class g. Mare 2 years old and un-
der 8.
Glass 9. Mare 1 year cid and I'm.
der 2.
Class 10. Mare and foal of either
sex.
Glass II. Foal under 1 year old,
either sex.
Glasses open only to horses of Amer
lean blood.
Type.
The type desired for the American
carriage horse is as follows: Not I'M
der Is hands for mature horses;
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01

A very simple, effective and mex
pensive Stock Tonic or Stock Food
may be prepared at home by using ten
pounds bran or other ground feed,
two and a half pounds oil meal and
two and quarter pounds Compound
Roc. Mix well and feed one quarter
pound in ordinary grain feed twice a
day. Compound Roc. can be pur-
chased in original packages at your
druggist or feed store for one dollar
per 2H lb. package.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01

smooth, compact and symmetrical
conformation; neck of good length, In
clined naturally to arch; sloping
shoulders; well-set legs of medium
length; sloping pasterns and good
feet; short. strong back; well-sprung
ribs we'll ribbed up to coupling;
smooth loins; full TANKS; straight
Group, with well-set tail; full, round
quarters.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-01
TrapperS Fur Traders

Ship your Furs direct to the World's
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Price List, giving highest prices for
Furs and Pelts of all kinds from all Sec
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MYERs-BoYD COMMISSION CO.,
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
SUGAR BOWL STRANGELY
 STOLEN; STRANGELY RETURNED

"Remorse has gnawed at our hearts" said an anonymous note sent from Montgomery to Mrs. D. Adams at Jack son. Ala, accompanying a solid silver sugar bowl which was stolen from Mrs. Adams four years ago.
 The bowl disappeared at a church supper given on the grounds of the Jackson Agricultural College. Mrs. Adams had loaned the bowl for the supper. It was not found when the supper things had been gathered. Nor was it heard of until last Saturday morning.
 Mrs. Adams felt the loss keenly. The bowl had been part of handsome sill yer service given her as a wedding and sought for 1t in other ways, but no trace nor clue of it was to be found.
 But the bowl came m by express mysteriously last Saturday. It came from Montgomery in the wrapping pa per of a well known Montgomery firm. There was a little note with the bowl.
 It read: We would like to see card of thanks in The Montgomery Ad- vertiser for this sugar bowl returned, which was taken from the J. A. c. about four years ago. Remorse has gnawed at our hearts"
 Mrs. Adams was gratifed at the re- turn of the bowl which she valued more than it's intrinsic worth and she was pleased, too, at the note which accompanied the returned bowl.
 In Montgomery there are some per sons watching The Advertiser for a note of acknowledgement of the return ed bowl They will find 1t in this brief note from Mrs. Adams:
 Mrs. D. A wishes to return her thanks to the boys for Returning her sugar bowl appropriated by them sew eral years ago at a public supper on the J. A. c. grounds. Their bravery in confessing at this late day is com mendable."
 The note would indicate that Mrs. Adams had some suspicious. But the bowl is with its owner now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
GEN. LEES BIRTHDAY
SCHOOLS or ALABAMA WILL OB-
 SERVE ANNIVERSARY.
Special Progran fs BeinE Sent Out By The Educnfienal Department. To Observe washfngton's
 sfrfhday

Although Governor Conner has not is- sued a proclamation making Lees Birthday. January19. a legal holiday, nor February 22, Washington's Birth day. legal holidays, both of these dates will be observed in the public schools of the State but not on the dates on which they fall. as they are on Satur- day and Sunday respectively
 Lees Birthday falls on Saturday. and it has been decided by the State Super intendent of Education to observe this day on the Friday proceeding. Wash ington's Birthday falls on Sunday, and this will be observed in the schools on the following Monday
 One hundred and one years ago On January 19, Robert Edward Lees was born in Westmoreland County, Va, near the birthplace of the immortal George Washington. More than forty years since that fateful day at Appo- mattox in 1865g when General Lee gave up the unequal struggle. his fame has steadily grown until now all the world yields him homage as one of the great est men in history. Six States-Ala- bama, Florida, Georgia. North Carolina, South Carolina and Virgfnia-honor the day of his birth as legal holiday. In other respects honor is done his name and memory by grateful people.
 In his notice to the schools of the State IO ODSEEFe Ln6 udy do q AO6oA holiday, Superintendent Gunnels has suggested the following program:
 Song-America.
 Invocation-tIf a public exercise.)
 Song-Dixie.
 Five minutes outline sketch of Gen. eral Lee, by a boy.
 Recitations of selections from Char acter and Achievements" Several chill dren can be given parts under this head.
 Recitation--By a girl or young lady.
 Other selections or recitations. if de- sired.
 original address by a Confederate Veteran, or by some other speaker spe- cially invited. <-
 Song-How Firm a Foundation. (Use the old tune. This was one of Lees favorite hymns.)
 In the office of the Superintendent of Education there are a number of pro- gram books with appropriate selec- ions. both in verse and in prose. These will be mailed to any teacher desiring them upon receipt of two cents Tor postage. ..
 The program books for Washington's Birthday arc now in the hands of the printer and will be distributed to those who desire them as soon >as they are finished.
 It Is expected that every school in the State will observe these two holi- days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
CHAPTER X.

"A
 Never in all her life had Her Grace of Lincoln experienced anything so awful.
 Her very coif. usually at pattern of propriety, looked awry and scarcely sober on her dear old head. whilst her round, chubby face, a beautiful forest of tangled wrinkles. expressed the most dire distress. coupled with hope less. pathetic bewllderment.
 well" she repeated over and over again, in breathless eagerness.
 She seemed scarce to notice the pret- ty picture before her; two young girls standing with arms linked round one another's waists. eyes aglow with eX- citement. and cheeks made rosy with the palpitattng intensity of the narra- tive.
 Yet was not Her Grace justly proud of the flock of fair maidens committed to her charge? What more charming than these two specimens of austere Queen Mary's dainty maids of honor, with their slim figures in the staff cor sets and unwieldy farthingales. their unruly curls held in becomingly by delicate lace coifs. and the sombre panelling of the room throwing up in harmonious contrast the vivid coloring of robes and kerchiefs of lace and of complexion?
 But today the Duchess of Lincoln had eve TOT the CidTiuluS SlBHl. Leaning we'll forward fin her high. straightback chair. her fat, be-ringed fingers were beating a veritable dew il's tattoo against it's broaceded arms.
 Alicia. girl. why don't you go on." she added impatiently. La! l VOW the wench'u make me die of choler."
 Alicia. in the eauerness of telling her thrilling story, had somewhat lost her breath But now she made viz orous effort to resume.
 Well" she said your Grace must remember the night was very dark Barbara and I were strolling by the low wall. when suddenly the clouds parted, the river was flooded with light, and just below us, not ten paces away, we saw...'
 But here she broke off suddenly. A look of genuine distress crossed her piquant face; she looked inQuiringly at her companion. then at the Duchess, whilst her merry eyes began to fill with tears.
 "Oh, l scarce like to repeat it." she said hesitatingly at last. flor truly love her so."
 But her Grace was in no mood to pander to girlish sentimentality just now. Her small. round eyes, usually alive with good-nature and kindliness, were looking positively stern.
 CCOntinued TOmOrrOw.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
IN MARYS REIGN
By BARONESS ORGY Copyright 1907 by Emus ka 0rczy all rights reserved. I'm 1 R kwa HbUH Mn&& &H BH ME UMUHUnuHERmn nMUF

country lout of these days. Their first movement was one of respectful awe. But this was only momentarily. The excitement was too great. too real. to give way to this gallant alone. with only an elegant sword to stand be- tween him and the mad desire for the witch's death.
 Out of the way. stranger"' shouted Matthew lustily from the rear of the group: this is no place for fine gem tlemen. Up with thy torch. John the smith No one interferes here.. smith," exclaimed the others as with one voice.
 But John the smith. torch in hand. could not very we'll advance. The fine gentleman was standing on the steps above him with long pointed sword in his hand.
 '"rhe first one of you who sets foot on these steps is dead man." he had said as soon as the shouts had sub sided. A
 John the Smith did not altogether care to be that notable first.
 Here! Harry. old friend" added the Duke. calling his dog to his side, you see those miscreants there! when say Go" you have my permission to spring at the throat of the man who happens to be on the steps at the time"
 
 stood what was expected of him. His great jaws were slightly open, show ing a powerful set of very unpleasant looking teeth. Otherwise, for the mo- ment. he looked placid enough. He stood at the very top of the steps, his head on level with his masters shoulders and was wagging his tail in a pleasant, friendly spirit.
 Matthew, however. had. not unJustly up to now, earned the respect of his friends. Whilst John the smith was still hesitating. he had already made quick mental calculation that one Count gallant and his dog could be no real match against five-and-twenty lusty fellows with hard fists. who were determined to get their own way.
 He elbowed his way to the front, pushed the smith aside, and began per- emptorily:
 Stranger
 "caD me not stranger. dolt; I am the Duke of Wessex. and if thou dost
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
JURY VENIRENIEN.


 The Sheriff has been handed tho venire for the turies that will sit dur ing the criminal term of the City Court which convenes next month. Persons on the venire are now being served Including the grand jury there are nine of them and the last one expires on April 6.
 Unless the grand jury brings out some, matters which are not looked for 1t Is thought that there will hardly be enough work for this division Of the court to keep it in session until 6, but there will be plenty of juries in case that happens. The grand jury will meet in the first week of Febru- ary and the petit jury cases will be for the civil division have been in the Sheriffs hands for time and he is just about through serving them. That division of the court opens next Mon- day with a fairly good docket
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10

were not recorded These mortgages are supposed to have been given against a stock of mercha ndise owned
 A part of the estate of the Walk 1ey's was burned and 1t is alleged that the Bank of Wetumpka collected the insurance money. Eater the bank foreclosed on the mortgages, the property was sold and the bank reaped the proceeds. Now. owing to the fact that these mortgages were not record ed MT. Stuart asks that they be de- clared null and void Should the de- sired decree is issued 1t Is supposed that the money now held by the bank could be used In the settlement of the debts of the estate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10

r.ros the wheelwright was busy 4.-,fh bis finder, with John the smith bendlng over him, ready with resin torch. which would start the connagra- ffon-
 And Afirrab, looking down on them with laek-lustre. idiotic eyes! Her body had fallen in a strange. shapeiess heap across the leather bonds which held her: her feet were buried in the ui1e of faggots, whilst her fingers work ed concuisively behind the fiagstan to which they were tied.
 Ne gods, what a spectacle.
 The Duke of Wessex. having taken leave of his friend. had been idly stroll inr towards the witch's booth. always closely followed by faithful Harry pIantagenet: at first sight of group of men tiimly outlined in the darkness. he scarcely realized what was happen- ing.
 The ftful flicker of the torch. as the resin became ignited. threw the more piete gloom.
 Then there was sudden shout of fFfuInph- The torch was blazing at last
 ssThe holy fire, Il, Burn the witch!"
 John the smith. holding the torch aloft, inspired by the enthusiasm of his friends, had turned towards the steps.
 For the space of one second the red glow Illuminated that helpless bundle of gaudy tinsel only dimly suggesting woman's form beneath it, which hung Imply from the flagstaff.
 Then Wessex Understood.
 He had already drawn nigh, attract ed by idle curiosity, but now with one bound he reached the steps; striking out with his fists at two or three men who barred the way he suddenly stood confronting these miscreants, the light Of the torch glowing on the rich silk of his doublet. the jewelied agraffe of his hat, his proud. serious face, almost distorted by overwhelming wrath.
 ssWhat damnable piece of mischief is this?" he said peremptorily.
 He had scarcely raised his voice, for they were all silent. having retreated Somewhat at sight of this stranger who barred the way.
 The instinct of submission and def- erence to the lord was inborn in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
SUIT ON MORTGAGE
MERCHANTS ESTATE FIGURES IN
 FEDERAL PROCEEDINGS.
Referee George stuart Instituted suit Against Bank of WetumpkR And Others to AnnuI
 Mortgages.

George Stuart instigated proceed ings in the Federal Court yesterday against the Bank of Wetumpka, D. w. Walkley, Amelia E. Walkley and Earle E. Walkley in which he asks the court to annul certain mortgages of the Walkleys, which are held by the bank named in the suit.
 The suit is a complicated one ana grows out of the dealings MT. stuart has had as administrator of the estate of D. w. Walkley whom 1t is alleged is bankrupt, being adjudged so on August 23, 1907. MT. Stuart alleges in his petition that the Bank or Wetumpka held three mortgages Of D. w. Walkley and Amelia Walkley in which it Is alleged Earle E. Walk ley was also interested and that through an agreement between the bank and the Walkley's the mortgages
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
ADJUSTMENTS. THE GRAND. Tonight.
Brewster's MiIIions.

.'Brewster's Millions" described as the most original comedy presented in a decade, and which has, crowded the theatres of Chicago. New York and London for many months past, will De presented at the Grand tonight.
 It teens with humorous situations, delightfully."- toned with a delicate note of pathos and a fascinating heart in terest. The story. is one of life and action and there Is not a dull moment in 1t.
 Messrs. Conan and Harris have given the piece magnificent production and from a scenic standpoint it has never been excelled. the scene in the third act showing the yacht at sea during a storm invariably proving a climax both exciting and realistic.
 Seats now on sale.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
SATURDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT. Florence Gear in
 66Cs~-RA UnnaarD

The variety of scenes and charac- ters in the new College girls play with music, Cupid at Vassar," has had the effect of converging interest rather than dissipating 1t. The different ele- 1nents are fused in so close an intimacy as to form one interest-the working out of the intensely interesting plot into which the chief characters are thrown. Florence Gear plays the prin- cipal role in the piece. Jules Murry makes the production. George Totten Smith and A. Baldwin Sloane are responsible for the lyrical and musical numbers with which the piece is filled. Florence Gear in Cupid at Vassar, comes to the Grand Saturday. matinee and night. Seat sale opens this morn ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
TAfT's BOND SIGNED.
Mayor Approves New Treasurer's
 Surety for e4O,OOO.

The s4O,OoO bond of Robert Tait. elected Treasurer of the city of Mont Gomery to succeed R. s. Williams. who resigned at the conclusion of his term. September 30. 1907 was approved and signed yesterday by Mayor Teague af- ter City Attorney c. P. Mcintyre had passed upon It.
 The American Surety Company is the his term. which will expire in Octo- Der, 1909.
 It is planned that Mir. Tait, now an Alderman from the Fifth Ward, will resign his position in the Council Mon day night when it will be accepted by the Council and that he will assume his new duties on the following morn ing,
 Mr. Tait's successor in the Council will probably be elected Monday night
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10

he obtained it. It is supposed he took it from some hardware store or iunk dealer. He could hardly carry it, for 1t weighed almost as much as himself.
 The lad was held until the case could be investigated
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
nn,rnrh fnr Eneane.

Governor Conner yesterday offered a reward of $25 for the capture of Ed Terry. a negro murderer. who escaped from the State prison. Terry was convicted in Madison County and has served two years of his life sentence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
BELL BIG AS BOY.
Booty Burdened Lad Accused of Lar.
 NeRY.

Clarence Simmons and his booty looked like pothing but a big bell with a pair of very diminutive legs run ming along with it when Officer O. C. Roberts of the Police Department ar rested him. The bell is of fairly hefty size and Clarence is a negro boy only ten years old.
 Simmons is alleged to have stolen the bell, but it Is not known whence
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-04
By JOHN A. NORRIS

that Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"
even in the marriage relation for hurricane in
petticoats can agitate a mans feelings pretty
riage become the alarm clock to strike an end to
Loves young and most Elusive dream, the charity
of human kindness is metamorphosed into the
bonny-cabber of gall and wormwood the honey
moon of sweetness being wrought by some subtle
psychological chemistry into marital dynamite, in
which both parties to the contract become an
archists and terrorists and blow each other up
casionally. For from human tongues we hear the
vitrioic eruptions of tremendously active verbal
volcanoes.
Because of this the realsts who have passed
through this phase of life sobbing friends of
the bride and snickering masculine sympathizers
of the groom.
One thing is true and certain. Marriage is not
for youngsters so much formerly because of
baseborn financial conditions; and because the
cold hard cash of the oldser often melts the hearts
of some of American girlies much more
quickly than the warm masculine caresses of the
youthful candidate for Loves favor, many of
whom are millionares only in their minds and if
they lose their minds they're broke. Many is the
time after popping the question" to be-
skirted fellow-creature she broke my Loves
young dream by asking in soprano or other
kind of voice:
"Well, how much you got to get married on?"
AS had naught but faith in the future and
stock in me. AS all I had toward little home