"g SOUTH AMERICAN CATTLE BROW-
EES THREATEN OUR SUPREM S
AEY AS BEEF PURVEYOR
TO THE WORLD.
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IS Smith America destined to super
sede tlio United States ns the
great provider of beef for the
world? Kncli year Sonth America.
Increases In Importnnoe rs rlvnl to the
Vnlti-d Stntcs ns n producer of beef.
There arc now In thp Argentine, rnrn
puny mid Uruguay fully :',0,K).oo) cat
tle, and In the United State 44.000,000.
While the rattle ranges of the United
tma
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TeXZJ ANO SiJTrl AMSJ!ltAN STt.B
States are becoming more and more
- "restricted enrh year, there are In the
South American countries named vast
regions suitable for cattle raising
which hnve not as yet heen utilized.
In Texas now the cattle no longer
roam over vast ranges, but nre practi
cally kept In pastures, the gracing
groiiniln being Inclosed In miles upon
miles of wire fences. The old-time
cowboy, too, has become largely a
"fence rider," patrolling the outside of
the Inelosnres to see that the fences
are not broken down, and that the cat
tle are not lost, strayed or stolen. Jinny
cowboys have emigrated to South
America, where they have taken tip
their old free life alongside of the na
tive gauebos on the wide-swept pam
pas. In Paraguay a large region called
the Chnco has Just been opened up to
Ototk raising. It lies in the north
west corner of Paraguay, between the
Faraguay Klver, a navigable stream,
the riloomnyo River and thp Holivlnn
boundary. Tho climate Is healthful,
Hiid though It is warm there In sum
mer. It Is never as hot as it was in New
York last summer.
The prairies are clothed with a va
riety of good grasses .and the Chaco
lands are acknowledged to be the best
fattening ground In all Taraguay.
Good land can be bought in the Chaco
for $1000 a league, and one league will
support 100 cattle, and two herds of
10(H) each can be fattened on It In a
year. All the expenses of raising cat
tle there nre ridiculously small com
pared with the expense In tho United
States. A man can put steers on the
range In Taraguay, all expenses paid,
at a cost of $8.50 a head, and these ho
can sell when fnttened for $12.50 a
TEXAS COWBOY.
bead. Experienced cattle men In the
Chaco have cleared as much as $8000
the first year on an expenditure of
$10,500. They put In $1000 for land,
$8500 for cattle and $1000 for labor
nnd other expenses. Living and la
bor In Paraguay cost about one-eighth
as much us they do In tho United
States. The gauchos are paid $3 a
month lu the Chaco. In tho United
Btntes the cowboy's wages used to bo
THE CAVCHO'S MtTHOO
tnoutU. The gauclio's food,
'Ms supplied to Ixiin, costs about
outb. Cowboys are furnished
d costing $10 a mouth.
1 of Nuvtheru Paraguay are
1$
similar to the Texas entile, being of
fully ns good stock and much tamer
r '1 more easily managed. Though
there are now in Northern Paraguay
only enough cattle for a tiiall beef
Industry, their numbers nre rapidly In
creasing, and In three or four years
this region bids fair to be the centre of
a great beef Industry.
All that. Is needed to "boom" thp rat
tle raising Industry of this part of
Paraguay Is an nutlet for the beef.
With the extension of railways and
the Increase of river navigation this
can readily be obtained, and tho cat
tle of the little Interior republic will
Join with the herds of the Argentine
and of Uruguay In furnishing the
"roast beef of old Kngland" to the
world in competition with the llnlted
States. Kxccllcnt "stocking rattle"
can easily be brought on to the ranges
of the Chaco from tlio I'.nrlllnn prov
ince of Mntto Crosso, which adjoins
the Paraguay border.
Cattle diseases in thp favored land
of Paraguay are seldom seen. In the
north they nre unkuown. In the south
one occasionally runs across cases of
"black leg," but even then only among
calves, nnd me percentage of such
cases Is ncv- alarming. Loss of cat
tle owing to the cold of winter or to n
dry sensoti Is unknown.
It will be seen that Northern rnrn-
THE TEXAS
METHOD.
guay Is an Ideal place for the raising
of cattle. As yet, of course, these
South American regions hnve not the
facilities for transportation which the
cattle districts of the United States
possess, but It is only a question of
9A
SOUTn AMERICA QAUCHO.
time when they will have them, iiud
then enn the United States bold its
owu In the export of beef? Just now
a combination of enpitnl Is said to
have acquired practk-ul control of the
Texas cafltlc Industries. If this com
diuuuou inouia put up tue price ct
beef then would be an additional In
ceutlre tiv tho dcvelonuikot of the
ft
WmmA
Rotith American cattle Industries. Tho
South American field Is Just now ap
pealing to cattle men In a manner
which promises the most Important re
sults ultimately.
Cheapness of production down there
Is an especial Inducement to Investors.
One does not need to have a grent
deal of money to start with either. It
Is no place for a poor man, on nccount
of the low wages, but a man with a
capital of $2,"!00 has an excellent op
portunity to lay tho foundations of a
fortune.
Mnny people In rnrnguay have good
cattle lands, but. not the money to
stock them, nnd these lands they will
sell cheap. So great Is the demand for
money to Invest In ranching In Para
guay now that capitalists command
their own prices, and sometimes get ns
high as thirty or forty per cent, for
their loans. Carrying foreign cattlo
121 z titt t'j, 1
to South America to cross with tho
native breeds Is already a big business,
When the native breeds are crossed
with n foreign one the cattle grow
larger and attain their full develop
ment sooner.
That great land of cattle ranges, tho
Argentine Republic, Is ns large in nren
ns Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Okla
homa, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado,
New Mexico, Atizonn, Utah, Nevada,
Idaho, Washington. Oregon nnd Cali
fornia together, and how much of tlio
country still remains available for ex
ploitation may be Judged from the fnet
tbnt only about six per cent, of Its
240,000.000 acres of bind available for
agriculture 1",000,000 acres Is under
cultivation. The value of animals and
their products exported by the Argen
tine Increases at the rate of about $4,
000,000 a year. Uruguay, though a
comparatively smnll nation, has excel
lent grazing grounds, nnd four years
ago was reported as having 5.8S1.402
bead of cattle ou Its rauges, a number
which has Increased considerably
since.
Southern Rrnzll Joins with tho Ar
gentine. Paraguay and Uruguay lu
competing with the United States for
t lie catMe trade. In the State of Kin
(irando do Sul the cattle Industry Is
already Important, rnd Is growing
every year. Tho country Is favorable
for cattle raising, labor Is cheap and
living costs little compared with liv
ing In the United States. Land for
cnttlo raining pur pose i can be bought
low nnd ports for shipping cattle
abroad are easy of access. Nc York
Press.
The Development of Railroad
From the earliest times until the sec-
ond qunrtcr of the last century there
was no change In the methods of nrtl
uclnl locomotion. The maximum speed
per hour under the most favorable con
ditions was ten or twelve miles. Then
enme tho railroad nnd steam locomo
tive.and In less than fifty years speed
bad been raised to fifty and sixty
miles an hour.
Not only that but It was made possl
bio to carry hundreds of passengers
safely aud promptly for enormous dis
tances. Although the steam engines
of to-day dntps back to 17S4, when
James Watt obtained his patent, yet
all Its principal Improvements nre of
American origin. The total steam
horse-power of the world Is estimated
nt about 05,01X1,000, of which tho Uni
ted States can lay claim to almost one
third. New York World.
The Velocity of Light.
The first attempt to measure the Tel.
oelty of light was made In 1840. In
1SII2 a moro careful aud extremely
elaborate experiment was made by
tho same scientist with the co-operation
of nnothcr, both being French
men, whereby the velocity of light
was found to bo 185,157 miles per sec
ond. This result seemed so startling
that American scientists attempted
simllnr experiments, which only served
to confirm Professor Foucnult'a re
sults aud to mako bis aecurnry and
care seem the more marvellous.
ThU once determined, It was adopted
ns tho only adequate menus of meas
uring tho distance of tho earth from
the sun, nnd It Is In Its applicability
to this that tlio chief imporiniiep of
this very Important discovery con
sists. New York Wrorld.
War Too Kxjieuilve to Lant.
War and conquest do not pay. Tho
appreciation of tho fact Is more vivid
than ever It was before, nnd out of
the turmoil of the close of the nine
teenth century hns come a firm und
stnblo adjustment of ideals which
holds high promise for the twentieth.
Russia, long regarded aa tho menace
to European diplomacy, under the
young Czar shows unmistakable ns.
piratlons for peace aud Industrial ('.e
velopment. The German Emperor has
changed the role of war lord for that
of the promoter of enterprise and the
foster-father of commerce. What the
preuchers of peace could not Impress
upon the nations the precipitators of
war have written In blood and lire, and
tho lesson Is learned. Engineering
Uugaslue.
H STATE HS CONDENSED
Mint Workers Preparing for tho Annual Con
Vontion Flvo Italian Killed al Shar
on B a Coal Land Deal.
Jcantiette business men have fornv;J
an organization for the purpose of start
ing n new glats plant in that place. It
will be run on the .co-operative pli",
nnd none bt residents of Jcnnnrtte will
be employed. A .to-blowcr tank will
be erected, and from 200 to 250 men will
be given employment at the start.
A ctisndc lias been made by the tru
ant oifKcr of 1 1 eni)ru l(l township,
Westmoreland county, on the parents
of nil Ireaiiu. and notices have been
served on thcin to appear before the
board of directors. They say they will
pay no attention to the summons, and
ilcclatc they will fight the case in coint
if fines arc imposed according to the
prou.-iotn of the compulsory school
lav.
The school board of F.vansvillc, Brad
ford county., has filed a petition in ttis
l)ati"iin county court for a writ of
mandamus on State Trcss'trcr Harnett
and Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Sciiacller, to compel thrni to pav
the district its share of the school ap
propriations for the current fiscal year
on the basis of $5,500,000.
Local unions of the United Mine
Workers all over the Central Pennsyl
vania district, the bituminous field, are
electing and instructing; delegates to the
convention which meets nt Altootvi
March 5. It is not likely that a demand
for an increase of wages will be made,
but an eight-hour day will be insisK-d
upon.
The widow of Charles Lynch, of Vin
tondale, who sustained fatal injuries by
falling down stairs at the Cook hotel in
Johnstown, has filed suit at Kbcnsburg
against the proprietor for $5,000. She
claims the stairway was not protected by
t railing.
The big deal for 35.000 acres of coal
land in Allegheny, Lower Hurrell mi l
other townships in the northern end
of Westmoreland county is to be clos
ed. The land goes to Drape & Kirk
land, of Pittsburg, at a cost of $,?o an
acre.
Thieves broke into the residence of
Mrs. Wallace, widow of C. P. Wallace,
a prominent banker of Heaver Tails,
ransacked the lower rooms, ate a hearty
breakfast and carried off more than $io''
worth of silverware. ,
Miss Maggie Cline, a clerk in the
Adams Kxpress Company's office at
Uniontown, made an ineffectual effort
to commit suicide by taking poison
while despondent, supposedly over a
love allair.
I'"ivc Italians in the employ of the Hall
I'urnacc Company, bharon, were run
down by a southbound freight Iran
about one-half mile 'lorth of Sharon
on the Krie & Pittsburg railroad, and
all were killed instantly.
The Washington county bloodhounds
which were purchased to run down lie
gro highwaymen have proved their met
tle by following a trail successfully 4'j
miles.
Seventy-five miners employed at the
Jamison works No. 2. near liiecnsbtirp;
are on strike on account of the inaugura
tion of piece work, which they claim will
materially reduce their wages.
John A. Thomas, widely known bv
bis sobriquet of "Indian Doctor," wa
found dead in bed at t orrv. 1 homas
was 77 years old and a civil war vetct
an.
As an incentive to the establishment
of a State hospital at Uniontown citi
rem agreed to furnish a site near Mouii
tain View Park.
Horcops Scrafin, a Titusville silk
weaver, has received letters (intent on
ti pile fabric process by which be claii"S
he is in a fair way to revolutionize the
oriental rug and carpet trade.
David Cartwrigbt has returned to
New Castle a rich mine owner in Ore
gon. He left there in the (jo's to make
his fortune. His younger brother Rich
ard shares bis good fortune,
George Dales, of Kittanning, in hand
ling dynamite at a stone quarry, was
seriously injured by a premature ex
plosion, his right hand being torn oil
and bis bead cut in a number of places.
Sick and tired of life. John Donovan,
aged 60 years, a mill worker of Sharon,
lay down by the track of the Pennsyl
vania and had his head ground off under
the wheels of a passing freight train.
The outcome of the disbanding of the
runxsutawncy lodge of the Junior Or
der of American Mechanics recently
has been the arrest of 12 of its leading
members, principally officers, on
charge of conspiracy.
As a result of the contention between
the Eric Railroad Company and its
striking boilcrmakcrs, 100 men from va
rious departments have been laid off in
the company shops at Susquehanna.
The authorities of Urovc City College
have completed arrangements to take
two full companies of uniformed col
lege cadets to Washington to participate
in the inaugural parade on March 4.
A little daughter of Andrew Moravic,
a miner at HfowBlield, tossed $700 in
paper money in the grate and it was
burned.
President Mitchell, 'of the United Mine
Worker has issued a call for a joint
convention of the anthracite coal operator-
and miners at llazleton, March 12.
The sexton' at Sweet Valley cemetery
refnstd interment to the remains of
Kalpl- J. White, the aged fanner who
killed his nephew and committed sui
ci'.'.e. The silk workers' strike at Scranton
has reached an acute stage, non-union
workers being boycotted at every turn,
3iid mills heavily guarded.
Edward Glazier, of Transfer. Mercrr
county, is back from the Klondike, with
tales of hardship. He was reduced to
eating raw clog.
Tarnlnf a Test to Oond Account.
The rabbits are the greatest pest 01
New South Wales. At one period over
100,000,000 acres were Infested with
them and 25.280,000 were destroyed In
one year and their sklna paid for by
the government. It la estimated that
altogether about 18,000 miles of rab
bit proof wire netting fences have al
ready been erected, and many hun
dreds of miles more are now In course
of erection. Latterly an export trade
In frozen rabbits and In rabbit skin:
has sprung up, and It I expected that
by aud by It will reach great proper.
THANKFUL TO RS.PINKIIAU
Letters Proving Positively that
there is No Medicine for Wornan's
Ills Equal to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
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ESgMftS. ANNIE
(ALL LBTTBRS ARC rUDLtsnED
"I cannot say enough In regard to Lydln E. Plnkbnm's Vegetable Compound
It has done me moro good than nil the doctors. I have been troubled with
female weakness In Its worRt form for about ten years. I hud leucorrhoea
and was so weak that I could not do my housework.
1 also bad falling of the womb and inflnmmatlon of tho womb and ovaries),
and at menstrual periods I suffered terribly. At times my back wonld aeh
very bard. I could not lift anything or do any heavy work s was not able tc
stand on my feet long at a time. My husband spent hundreds of dollars fot
doctors but they did me no good. My husband's sister wrote what the Vege
table Compound had done for her, nnd wanted me to try It, but I did not then
think It would do me any good. After a time, I concluded to try It, and I can
truly say It does all that is claimed for It. Ten bottlos of tio Vegetable Com
and seven packages of Hanntive Wiixh hnve mnde a new woman of me, I hart
had no womb trouble Binco taking the fifth bottle. I weigh more than I havi
In years 1 can do all my own housework, sleep well, have a pood appetite, and
now feel that life is worth living. I owe all to Lydliv 15. Piiikliam's Veg.
ctable Compound. I feel that it has saved my life and would not be with
out It for anything. I nm always glad to recommend It to all my sex, for 1
know If they will follow Mrs. Pinkham's directions, they will be cured."
Uratefully yours, Mils'. A.NME Thompson, South Hot Springs, Ark. '
CHANQB OP LIFE.
" I was taken sick
five years ago with
' The llrlppo,' nnd
had a relapse and
was given up by
the doctor and my
friends. Change
of Life began to
work on me. I
flowed very badly
until a year ago,
then tny stomach
and lungs got so
bad, 1 suffered terribly i the blood
went up I n my lungs and 'stomach, and
I vomited it up. I could not eat
scarcely anything. I cannot tell what
I suffered with my bead. My hus
band got me a liottle of Lydln K. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, and before
I hud tuken half of it I began to im
prove, and to-day I am another woman.
Mrs. Pink ham's medicine has saved my
life. 1 cannot praise it enough."
M. A. Dknsox, Millport, N.Y.
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rtKWAItn. Wi liTilcp..nlt with the N stimuli City Ilsnk nt l.ynn, (MOO,
wlilrii will lie pfitd to ntiy inrwm wlini-nn flint thitt tlio ntinvo testimonial letters
nre not cenuliit, or wero published Wore ohtnlnlnff thn writer' Roerlal per
mission. I.YDIA E. P1NKHAM MRIUC'INE CO.
The lowest human habitation is said
to be that of the coal miners in nobc
nu'a, some of whom make their dwell
ings at p point over 2,000 feet below the
level of the sea.
There arc about eight thousand libra
ries scattered over the United States, in
cluding one at Tampa, with books in the
Spanish language endowed by Que")
Christina of Spain.
A Ulcere Tonic.
When tired nnd wenk from over-work or
long of sleep, take thirtield llenduehe 1'owdrrn.
They lire nmtlu from liorlm and aro wonder
fully cgeutive in restoring tho norvos.
The. notes of the ll ink of FnglatU
cost exactly one halfpenny each.
111,. Safest, nireit cure fot
Dr. Bull S,u ihro"' nd ,ui,
w troublea. people pruise.
Cough Syrup ijr'i
.efuactubaUtutca. Get Dr. Uull'i Cuuxu byiup.
of BtEEtf
Made without regard to econ
omy. We use the best beef,
get all the essence from it, and
concentrate it to the uttermost.
In an ounce of our extract
there is all the nutrition of many
pounds of beef. To get more
nutriment to the ounce is im
possible. I'cw extracts have
as much.
Our booklet,
ThuiL'i to Kal.
How In M:ilto Good
ti'lla many uava to
tine boot extract,
It L'ivi-f nuliM'i fur
iunciutt and tho chahnir dub. Send
your uddreait fur it,
LIBftY, McNnLL & Lit? BY
Chicago
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FBEY'S VERMIFUGE
The children's tonlo,
curoaof WUKMrt. Itnniovos
tliam efTeoluiilly uad with
out pulu. 00 yours' reword
ot aueoeaa. it , Is Hit rx
medy for all worm tronhloe.
Kutlroly vugttinhlo. 25ois.
ut druuHlats, country atoroa
1, or dv num.
li. A- H. Ifll K j It nt 1 1 n on MA,
V;r.r.ITho.Tipson'6 Eye Water
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PROFUSE PERIODS. . t
" I commenced
taking Lydia 13.
Pinkham's Vege
table Compound
about 3 months
ago, and cannot
express tho won
derful good it has
done mo. Men
struations were so
profuse as to leave
me very weak for
some time after.
Was also troubled with leucorrhoea,
t'.red feeling, bearing down sensation,
pain across tho back and thighs. I
felt as though there was a heavy
weight in my stomach lU tho time.
I huvo taken two bottles of the medl
elno, and now have better health thaa
I have had for four years."
Mrs. Lizzie Dickson IIodob, i
Avalon, Ohio.
A member of the Indiana Legislature
has introduced a bill to deny policemen
the privilege of practicing law in the
courts of that State. At present anyone
of good moral character can practice
law in the State if he knows enough,
but one member of the Legislature
seemingly thinks the line ought to be
drawn at policemen.
Try f;ralii-! Trr tirnin-o r
Auk your grocer to-dfty to flioiy yon pack,
ago nt (Ibain-O, tho new food drink that takei
tlio plnce of cofToe. Tho rhildren nuiy drink il
without injury na well an tho adult. Ait who try
it, like It. CiiiAiN-O ana tlint rich seal brown
of Mocha or Java, but it ia nmdo from para
grains, and tho numt dolicnto stomach received
it without distres. tho nrioo of coffee,
IS and 25c. por package. Hold by all grooora.
The fishing industry in the Okhotsk
and Bering Seas is still in its infancy.
They citch there a very valnable spe
cies of salmon the king salmon, the
red salmon, the kaita, gorbuscha, kei
shiich. and herring and iodfish besides.
At present, only the Russia Seal Skin
Company is carrying on fishing on a
commercial basis in these waters.
Lane's Family Medicine
Movoa the bowel each day. In order to
bo houlthy thiii is neeciHary. Acta gently 00
the liver ami kidnoya, Curca aick headache.
Trios lit! and 60 emits.
In'cxcavalitig a tumulus at the farm
of Aarncs, in Norway, a short time ago,
a skele'.on and weapons were disinter
red. Of examination the skeleton wi,s
found to be that ui a woman ciuoinb.d
with her arms and warlike equipment.
This is the first barrow of a valkytta
( Scanilii..-.vian Amazon or battle nymph I
ever discovered in Norway.
The Ileal Oiiro for lUrnilnrlars.
Hunilucliea nre quickly eund by the (inr
field Ih ailiii'lio l'owilera, '1 hi no pmv.lure ure
Kimniiitutd to contain no burmtul uruKd or
uareotiea ; they aro tnuilu from iui4o hurts
Altogether, i'.boi'.t 50,000 American
animals have been purchased for iho
Uiitish armv in Africa.
Tlio I. If p'nver of I'htlttren
In HoxsIh'h Croup ("ure la nttack of Croup,
Whooptug Cough, 1I liUi"rlii und Puoumoulu.
No opium to 8tuKfy, 00 eU.
Exports of cottonseed oil from the
United States in the year ending on
June 30 amounted to 46,90,390 gallons,
valued at $14.1.7,53$.
Sweat and fruit aol.ls will not dlanolor
Rooda dytul wHlt l'ortuii faUKLSse Oiu
Mold by all frutfglaU.
In New Jersey it i claimed that th
hoboes use churches for resting places.
Occupy them at night and vicatc them
during the day.
tlona.