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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-15
SHORTAGE IN CAT
TLE.''

Chicago has the largest live stock
market in the world. 1t is, therefore,
deeply interested in the sources of
supply, and carefully notes whatever
affects live stock conditions anywhere.
The Breeders Gazette, published
there, recently contained the follow
ing in regard to cattle prospects:
In ten months of the current year
there is an approximate shortage of
100000 cattle at the principal pri-
mary receiving points of the country
west of and including Chicago. This
shortage is on a basis of comparison
with the same period of 1907, when
the movement was normal. 1t has
been recorded despite the fact that
liquidation has been running it's course
in the West consequent on disintegra-
ton of open-range and fenced pasture
herds, and despite rummaging by spec
ulators through the South for cheap
cattle last spring when attractive
prices at st. Louis and other southern
markets justified the search. That
this contracted supply of beef has not
caused a famine was due to indus.
trial depression and the marketing of
100000 more hogs than in 1907. What
will happen with increased consump-
ton incidental to returning prosperity
and deficient hog crop may be con-
jectured. 1t is condition-not the.
ory-that faces the country at present.
Prediction was made months ago in
these columns that the annual fall glut
of western grass cattle, feature of
stockyards trade for two decades past,
would be conspicuous by it's absence
this year and results show that the
forecast was justified The advance of
approximately 81 per cwt. in cattle
values during the first two weeks of
November would have been impossi-
bic had the usual quota of westerns
been at killers disposal. 1t is sit
uation novel to the owner of native
cattle, who, since rangers became a
price-making factor, has experienced
hardship at the market while the west
erner was cleaning up. Early subsi-
dence of the movement of grassers
this fall means that the crop of beef
made on grass and corn in the corn
belt will be cashed in, owing to at
tractive prices, at time when it is
usually in the feed lot. AS the coun-
try has made no preparation for win
ter feeding on the usual scale an acute
shortage between midwinter and the
time grass becomes market influence
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-15
STOPPAGE OF BOWELS IN
CATTLE.
By Dr. David Roberts

This is one of the most common all
ments that cattle are subject to; at
the same time more cattle die from
this cause than any other, for the SIM
pie reason that stoppage is due to
paralysis of the bowels.
Stoppage of the bowels is to be re-
garded as a sign of another disease
rather than a disease of itself. 1t oc-
ours in almost all fevers, indigestion
and overeating.
In order to overcome stoppage OF
the bowels a treatment must be ap-
piled to overcome the ailment which
causes it, such as paralysis of the
bowels. Seventy-five per cent of the
cases of stoppage of the bowels are
due to partial paralysis of the bowels.
In this case the bowels require a laxa-
tive and tonic and not physic, for
if the bowels are paralyzed physic
will have a tendency to cause irrita-
ton, indigestion, Inflammation, and
death follows. For this reason it is
dangerous to give COW salts or oil.
A COW thus afflicted should be given
laxative and tonic, plenty of drink
ing water, with the chill taken from
it, bran mashes made of flaX-seed tea;
also inject several quarts of warm
water once or twice daily through the
rectum by the use of hose and fun
mel, and give the animal reasonable
amount of exercise.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-15
BREEDERS MEETING.

The fifth annual meeting of the
American Breeders Association will
meet at Columbia, Mo-, January 6-S in
connection with the annual meeting of
the Missouri agricultural organiza-
lions. It's secretary, Willett M. Hays,
also Assistant Secretary of Agricul-
ture, says:
This American Breeders Associa-
ton really represents a part of Amer
ica's great policy of conservation Of
natural resources. Heredity in plants
and animals is a great resource. 1t
is source of marvellous utility. An
idea of how important is the unde-
veloped heredity in the occasional
plant or animal which can project it's
higher efficiency into a new strain
may be had by considering the fol-
lowing facts:
The United States produces $1,000
100000 of plant and animal products
annually. OF this amount $5,000,000,-
900 comes from crops and animals, the
heredity of which we may undertake
to improve. Now it is conservatively
estimated that over 10 per cent can
be added to the value of these crops
and animals by breeding, at a cost of
per cent of the increase, or at a
rate of 1000 per cent profit. In
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-15
POINTS TO THE FARM.

In an address given at the Chicago
Woman's Club by Mrs. Virginia Mere
dith, of Cambridge City, Ind, who be.
l1eves that live stock raising and sci.
entific agriculture are an outlet for
mental energy, she said:
Women find live stock farming Pc
culiarly attractive, because the open
market is the arbiter of values
comely Shorthorn, tidy Southdown, a
hne horse-these, like a bushel of
wheat, or ton of hay, sell on their
merits, with never suggestion that
the price should be discounted be-
cause they are grown on a farm owned
and managed by woman-a discount
relentlessly enforced when women
compete in factories, stores, school
rooms or elsewhere.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-15
a POPULAR ERROR.

In the handling of live stock do
not know of mistake so common
among all classes of men aside from
the veterinarian, as the one con-
nected with the common collie of the
horse. Scarcely without an exception,
when the horse is cramping from
collie, he is thought to have something
the matter with his kidneys. Cramps
in the intestines from accumulation
of gases or some irritating food
cause him to stretch himself with the
fore and hind feet wide apart. No
doubt this gives some relief by tight
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-15

other words, by improving American
breeds of cattle, horses, sheep, swine,
field crops, fruits and other plants,
$500, 100000 clear profit can be added
to Uncle Sans annual income, or
SIS, 900, 100000 every ten years.
Over forty committees in charge Of
the investigation of every phase of
animal and plant breeding will report
at the Columbia, Missouri meeting.
Besides these, speakers prominent in
Investigations in heredity in plants
and animals, and in practical breed
ing will take part in the program.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-15

TUscoLA. ILLS had horse with bony growth knee.
leg stiff he moved sideways 60 On asking drug
gist for something it, he called attention
Fearful long standing had him write the
In short time letter to sell the
bought used within days diminshmen could be
before used all the medicine could notice particle
the enlargement had nearly all gone Have used
all since. and notice ameness. would
have believed any medicine could do FTP. j. GATES.
m legal written guarantee Send for
Nv copy booklet from business and trainers
every kind OF Permanently SPAWN Thorough
" Rngbone low, Curb Splnt, Capped Hook Wnd
pu Shoe Boil Injured Tenons md all Lnmeness No loss
hair works usual. Dealers Express Paid.
Troy Chemical Company Commercial Ave Bnghsmton, Y
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Putting II Up to the ouerist.

The next letter the information cd
tor opened contained this question;
What is the correct pronunciation
Of 'irrefragable?'
Consult your unabridged. he
wrote. and savagely impaled both the
query and answer on the copy hook.
For somebody has carried away the
office dictionary.
1t was about midnight that the de-
tectives arrived with their prisoner.
and a Mr. Collins, the principal de-
pOsitor in the bank. and, therefore. the
principal loser. was awakened at his
home and informed by telephone of the
capture.
He expressed his qualification and
went back to bed.
Shortly afterward he was aroused
to receive another telephone message
to the same effect, from a different
source.
This sort of thing continued to such
an extent that Collins grew very
wrathy; so that, when he answered
the phone bell for the last time. he
was in anything but an amiable frame
Of mind.
Hello, Collins" came over the wire.
Yes What do you want1
Collins, this is Deputy Sheriff
Myers. We've caught that runaway
receiver. Is there anything you'd like
to have me do, personally, In the mat
.er:'
"Yes," reared Collins, hang up the
receiver! illustrated Sunday Maya
zine.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-09

When you meet a bow-legged man
in the street, do you stop him and
ask how 1t feels to walk that way?
On being introduced to man with
a face like an inverted comic sup
plement. do you condole with him on
being so homely? Do you recommend
to the sallow man sitting next you
In a car a tonic for his liver? At
luncheon do yuo hint to the puffy eyed.
sr-nosed stranger opposite you that
ne ougt to get on the water wagon?
Of course you don't, You would not
be so impolite. You might hurt their
ceilings.
But when You meet a fat man. its
Inherent. Everybody recognizes him
rs legitimate prey He is BUTT for
Jokes, subject for coincidence. an OBJ
iect for advice. Even the man so
thin that ne does not know whether
il is his back or hi stomach that
hurts him. takes it for granted that
he is the fat mans ideal. and insists
on giving him advice on how to re-
duce. Everyone imagines that the fat
man must be unhappy because he
weighs more than the average perso,
Exchange.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-09
4 Novel Bottle.

In furnishing Information concern
ing Calcutta's supply Of the various
soft" drinks, Consul General William
H. Michael refers as follows to an I'm
proved bottle in use:
This bottle Is 80 blown as to con-
tain In the neck q round glass stop
per. which IS forced upward by the
gas in the bottle and holds the gas
perfectly. An expert can remove half
the contents of one Of these bottles.
and by a shake force the bali up into
the neck. and thus preserve the re.
naming half for future use. 1t Is an
ingenious device. and every way su-
perior to the 0ld-style cOrks. In open
ing bottle a wooden, cup-shaped de-
vice. which fits in the hollow of the
hand and contains a short nipple. Is
placed over and against the glass ball
stopper and pressed downward. This
causes the bali to drop down into the
neck Of the bottle. prevents too rapid
escape of gas and foam, and. II only
part of the contents is required. the
ball may be forced back into the posi-
ton as stopper.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-09
Nebraska's Meeting Place.

That's what people are now calling
the city CT Lincoln. Nearly all So
cieties Of every sort meet sometime
during the year in Lincoln. and this
gives The State Journal u peculiar
interest to state readers. as it devotcs
more space To such meetings than
any two of the other state papers. The
recent teachers association called to-
gether nearly 5000 Of the state teach
ers and every home that has q school
child was interested in the reports OF
their doings. Especially was every
member of a school board Interested.
Soon will come the great agricultural
meetings and columns of facts will
be printed in The Lincoln Journal that
affect the earning power Of esary far
mer. Then of course the legislature
will be here for three months and
surely you will be Interested in what
it will do in regard to regulating the
liquor traffic and guaranteeing bank
deposits. The Journal spends more
money for and devotes more space 10
its legislative reports than any other
paper. It's Journal specially The
Journal is not a city paper. it's 4
state paper, and its energies are
pushed in the direction OF dealing
with state affairs Whatever inter
ests you as taxpayer. interests The
Journal and you will find the impair
tial. disinterested facts in it's columns
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-09
THE TIE THAT BINDS (soME).
Affecting Reconciliation Between Two
Really Loving Hearts.

There is a certain couple who de.
cided to separate awhile ago. 1t
seemed that they were not affinities,
after all. and life together was unen-
durable. so the wife packed up her be.
longings and was preparing for trip
home. At the time of parting she
picked up their little pet dog and
tucked him under her arm. while her
other managed the suit case.
Why. you're not going to take
Trixy!" exclaimed the husband.
"Of course am" she announced. Il
couldn't live without him.
We'll, l can't let the little fellow
co. he insisted.
And | simply won't leave him." she
declared.
So they argued for half an hour. at
the end OF which she decided to stay,
and unpacked to cook dinner. at which
Trixy was the guest of honor.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-09
CAUSE AND EFFECT
Good Digestion Follows Right Food.

Indigestion and the attendant dis
comforts OF mind and body are GER
tain to follow continued use of improp-
er food.
Those who are still young and
robust are likely to overlook the fact
that, as dropping water will wear
stone away at last, so will the use Of
heavy, greasy, rich food, finally cause
loss of appetite and indigestion.
Fortunately many are thoughtful
enough to study themselves and note
the principle of Cause and Effect in
their daily food. A n. Y. young WON
an writes her experience thus:
Sometime ago had lot of trouble
from indigestion. caused by too rich
food. l got so I was unable to di-
gest scarcely anything. and medicines
seemed useless.
"a friend advised me to try Grape
Nuts food, praising it highly, and as
a last resort tried it. i am thankful
to say that Grape-Nuts not only re-
lieved me Of my trouble, but built me
up and strengthened my digestive Or
gans SO that can now eat anything /
desire. But stick to Grape-Nuts-
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read .'The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter: new
one appears from, time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-09
TORTURED SIX MONTHS
BY Terrible itching Eczema-eaby's
Suffering Was Terrible Soon
Entirely Cured by cuticura.

Eczema appeared on my sons face.
We went to a doctor who treated him
Cor three months. Then he was so bad
that his face and head We're nothing
tut one sore and his ears looked as if
they were going to fall of, so we tried
another doctor for four months, the
baby never getting any better. His
hand and legs had big sores on them
Sid the poor little fellow suffered so
terribly that he could not sleep. After
he had suffered six months We tried
a set Of the Cuticura Remedies and
the first treatment let him sleep and
rest well; In one week the sores were
gone and in two months he had clear
face. Now he is two years and has
never had eczema again. Mrs. Louis
beck. r. F. d. 3. San Antonio. Tex.
Apr. Is. 1907"
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t. said Mr.. Piper. in q voice more
than tinged with sarcasm.
YES" said his niece. that's what
put 1t into my head"
ITS very kind of you. dear. and
very kind Of Mr.. Piper" said Mrs.
Cox, but l couldn't think Of it, ]
really couldn't"
Uncle would be delighted" said
Mrs. Berry.
Mr.. Piper shifted even a. she spoke.
but not at the sea-
And I'll come for him the day after
tomorrow" said Mrs. Berry.
It was the old story Of the stronger
will; Mrs. Cox after feeble stand
gave way altogether.
Several days after the quiet OF the
house was broken by the return Of its
master, whose annoyance. when he
found the drawing-room clock stolen
and a man in possession. was alarming
In its vehemence. He lectured his
wife severely on her Encouragement,
and after some hesitation announced
his intention Of going through her
books. Mrs. Cox gave them to him.
and. armed with pen and ink and four
square inches of pink blotting-paper.
he performed feats of balancing which
made him q very Blondin Of finance.
Il can't help it." said Mrs. Cox, wip-
ing her eyes. I'm sure I've done all
l could to keep home together. l
can't even raise money on anything"
Mr.. Cox, who had been glancing
round the room again. looked up
sharply.
why mott" he inquired.
THE brokers' man." said Mrs. Cox,
nervously: hes made an inventory of
everything. and he holds US respon-
sible."
Mr.. Piper, who was already very
tired of his imprisonment. looked up
curiously as he heard the door pushed
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-09

0ER sketch illustrates effective
useless shape WILL
be o
ordinary bamboo curtain Two little
greatde to make the decorat ton a
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-09

open. and discovered an elderly gen.
tleman with an appearance of great
stateliness staring at him. In the
ordinary way he was one of the meek
est of men, but the insOlence of this
stare was outrageous. Mr.. Piper, open
ing his mild blue eyes wide, stared
back. WheIeupOn Mr.. Cox, fumbling
in his vest pocket, found a pair of
folders. and putting them as;ride his
nose, gaZed at the pseudO-broker's
man with crushing effect.
Where is your warrant or order,
Or whatever you call it," demanded
Cox
I've complied with the law by
showing it once" said Mr.. Piper,
blufIing, land I'm not going to show it
again"
''Vulture:" Cox cried, in a terrible
voice.
Yes, SIR" said the trembling Mr..
Piper.
Mr.. Cox waved his hand towards the
window.
Fly" he said, briefly.
Mr.. Piper tried to form his white
bled beneath him.
Did you hear what 1 said?" de-
manded Mr.. Cox. What are you
waiting for? If you don't fly cut of
the window I'll throw you out"
Don't touch me-" screamed Mr..
ROT ss.<S.
all mistake. All joke. I'm not a
brokers' man. Ha! ha."
En-" said the other: mot a
brokers' man? What are you. them"
In eager. trembling tones Mr.. Piper
told him, and. gathering confidence as
he proceeded. related the conversation
which had led up to his imposture.
Mr.. Cox listened in a dazed fashion,
and as he concluded threw himself into
a chair. and gave way to a terrible out
burst of grief.
The way I've worked for that wom-
an" he said. brokenly. Ito think it
should come to this! The deceit of
the thing: the wickedness Of It. NV
heart is broken; shall never be the
same man again-never!
Il might brighten my wife," unused
the amiable Mr.. Cox: 1T would
be lesson to her not to be
deceitful again. And. by Jove,
I'll get some money from her
to escape with: l know she's got
some. and ii she hasn't she will have
In a day or two. There's little pub
at Newstead. eight miles from here.
where We could be as happy as fight
ing cocks with flyer or two. And
while we're there enjoying ourselves
my wife'll be half out of her mind try
ing to account for your disappearance
to Mrs. Berry"
He patted the hesitating Mr.. Piper
on the back, and letting him out
through the garden. indicated the road.
Then he returned to the drawing
room, and carefully rumpling his hair,
tore his collar from the stud. over
turned couple of chairs and a small
table. and sat down to wait as pa
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-09
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The lapel is seen on everything.

The lapel is seen on everything.
Ottoman silk is a favorite in mil
linery
Skirts are narrow and trains posi-
lively skinny.
There will be an unusual demand
for satin this year.
The rage for things Oriental is quite
as virulent as ever.
The modern muff consists of star
ing eyes and wagging tails.
School girls will wear immense fat
hats of plush Or beaver.
Paris will make use of skunk as a
trimming and in small furs.
Plum and prune color is favorite
in elaborate street suits.
The One-eyeiet pump will De worn
in the house all this winter
Peacock tints, beautifully blended.
are the success of the hour.
Most buttons now have a protecting
rim of metal, bone or horn.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-09
Gold or Silver Sparkle
Marks This Years
Fashionable Pap

A triangle Of glitter and sparkle 4
what my lady beautiful will carry 70
. fan this year. For ON this, tn
daintteot accessory for her evenin,
toilet. the spangle is as sovereign a
elsewhere.
This participation in the fad fo
glittering ornamentation which dom
mates the style of the fine lady's COS
tune, from the silver winged butter
dy that p0ises in her c0itRure to TIN
sparkle Of her slipper, is almost thu
only distinctively new thing abou
i fans this year.
OF course, white gauxe fan Orna
mented with q few spangles has
been In the possession Of ev cry debu
tante aid sweet girl graduate for the
last 20 years, but the newness is in
the 0mnipresence and the abundant
use of this ornament This year the
fan. instead Of being strewn with
spangles. is encrusted. frosted, over
laid with q thousand bits of gold OF
silver sparkle to match the sparkle
Nor is 1t only the white gauze fan
that is thus treated. but the black
fan, the blue fan, the hand-painted
fan, the little ivory cabinet toy fan
fO- the collector. and the fan made OF
Feather fans are being marked close
onto half price. as they are hardly to
be used at all. In one showcase
among the fragile bits of ivory and
spangle, aloOf like sulky peacock
among little darting humming birds,
repOses huge plume fan with sticks
of carven amber. marked from $50 to
$25.
Although the plume fans are rather
out of date. Japanese feather fans are
quite m0dish. One model which is
shown at Japanese shop has a
pretty tea cup scene painted on a
background of white feathers and the
top fringed with peacock feathers.
In size, the fan has not changed
much. 1t should be, if anything. lit
tie larger than those shown last year.
As to expense, you may have what
you will from the fan of steel
spangled gauze within the reach of
any purse, to the creation of lace and
mother-of-pearl. or the product of the
artists daintiest brush.
Or the salesman may bring from a
special case a model which is rapidly
gaining in popularity-the sandal
wood fan. And if you like mignonette
better than tulips, you will find it as
attractive as the more elaborate pro-
auctions of mother pearl, lace and
spangles. From the exquisite odor
that rises to you. perhaps you will be
able to call up faint recollection of
some old sea captains cabinet with its
treasure trOve of teak and ivory, ebony
and sandlewOcd, gathered from hun
dred far-off shores. And as the in
cense-like fragrance grows even more
potent in its spell, perhaps ii will in
woke for you vision of grandmother
attired for the ball, hCopskirted. hair
drawn demurely low, tea rose thrust
in her bodice and fiuttering in her
hand a sandalewcOd fan.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-09

them up when he had finished and nick
up his nieceS at the same time to
prevent her STOPPING.
IL I we're you" said Mrs. Berry,
emphatically. I'D get behind with the
rent or something and have the brok-
ers In He'd look rather astonished if
he came home and saw a brokers' man
sitting in a chair
He'd look more astonished if he
saw him sitting in a flower-pot," sug-
gested the caustic Mr. Piper.
i couldn't do that" said Mrs. Cox.
Il couldn't stand the disgrace, even
though I knew I could pay him out.
As it is. Cox is always setting his fam
lily above mine"
Apyje!y on Mrs. Cox's face was ex-
aggerated on that OF Mr. Piper.
Let uncle pretend to be a brokers'
man in for the rent" continued the
eycitable lady, rapidly.
Il look like a brokers' man. don't