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BY THE DUCHESS CHAPTER I. "Of course , my dear George , if you wish very much to have those people here , they must be asked , " said Lady Caroline , regarding her husband at tentively through the handle of the tea-urn. The children had just left the room , so she thought it a good op portunity of finally learning his wishes on this subject without the interven tion of Mildred's rather vehement opinions. "It Is a dreadful nuisance , " she said "and I don't suppose they are the very nicest people in the world for the girls to know ; but , if you see no way out of the difficulty , of course there IB nothing more to be said. " "Nothing ; it cannot be helped now at all events , " Sir George returned , running his eyes ruefully over a letter - tor which he held in his hand. "He was an old schoolfellow of mine , you know ; and , when he expresses a wish to come and see me , what can I debut but write and say how welcome he and his family will be ? " "Exactly so , " assented Lady Caroline line , "but it is a horrible bore for all that And how they are to be amused da more than I can tell you. There is a son , is there not. and a daughter ? " "Yes , a son and a daughter. As to amusing them , the young gentleman" " will hunt , I suppose , and probably ruin one of my best hunters before he leaves ; and the girl oh , I should think she will do very well ! " said Sir George , cavalierly. "Mildred will manage about that , and will get some follows to meet her. " "How did he make his money ? " Lady Caroline asked present' and then began to think with dismay of what the whole countryside would say. It was eminently aristocratic , the coun tryside , and never had It as yet intro duced within the sacred boundaries of its circle such a horror as a family polluted by trade. "Cotton , " answered Sir George brief ly ; and then indeed his wife felt thai the cup of her affliction was full. "If It only had been wine. " she said , hopelessly. "I am sure I don't know what the Deverills will think ; and of course the girl will be unbearable. Be sides" with a sigh "it will be such an additional expense. " "True , " returned her husband , and the lines laid by care upon his face be came more clearly defined ; "but , as I said before , darling , it can not be helped , so we must only make- the best of it. " But Lady Caroline could not "make the best of it" just then , and so went , out of the room to consult with Mildred , of whose sympathy she was certain , the girl being more opposed to the V I' ooming of their visitors than even she I could be. Seven children had blessed the mar riage of Sir George Trevanion and Lady Caroline. First , there was Charles , the heir , a great , tall , good- looking fellow , with a careless , sweet temper "as like his father at that age , " said his mother , "as ever a boy could be. " He was about twenty-six at this time , and held a commission in a cavalry regiment After him came Florence , who resembled nobody in particular , and had married during her first season very desirably indeed u Mr. Talbot , of very prepossessing ap pearance when he had any expres sion In his face , which was seldom and the owner of considerable property about twelve miles from King's Ab bott. It was always a great source of com fort to Lady Caroline's anxious mind that Florence had "got off" so well before Mildred was old enough to make her bow to the world. Had Harry Talbot dallied in his lovemaking ing for two years longer as some young men are in the habit of dally ing instead of coming to the point at once like a much-to-be-applauded gentleman , as he was Lady Caroline would not have answered for the con sequences. Mildred , her father's darl ing , was so much more beautiful such a slight , exquisite girl she appeared , with the darkest violet eyes and the most enviable golden hair imaginable. And yet , in spite of all her beauty , she had not half the number of lovers her sister Mabel could count , who was barely eighteen , and not nearly so handsome , Mildred being cold and proud , and almost haughty in her man ner to strangers. Pride of birth was the rock on which she stumbled. Any family without a pedigree , no matter how rich and how well received by society in general , was as an abomina tion in her sight In between these two came Eddie , who was about nineteen at this time , a merry .reckless fellow , handsome as an Apollo , and the acknowledged pet amongst all the women in the county , far and near , old and young. Eddie and Mabel were something like each other , both being much darker than the rest of the family , who were rather Saxon in their general appear ance. Mabel , or "Queen Mab , " or "the queen , " as she was indiscriminately . called , on account of a little stately walk she had that contrasted funnily with her face and manner , which were gay in the extreme , had dark eyes of a soft hazel , and hair nut-brown to match. She was quite as tall as her sister , and , though by no means as beautiful , was pretty enough to create a sensation anywhere. At eighteen she was an incorrigible flirt , but amiable , snd sweet enough to prevent her from IT i- running into extremes , and causing uneasiness in the home circle. For all that , however , calm Mildred was more the "hearth-angel" than she was. To her , as to their mother , came all the boys , with the numerous griefs and annoyances that usually beset a schoolboy's path. Charles was very fond of casklng her advice , and Eddie believed most firmly in her wisdom , generally addressing her under the title of "Minerva. " Her father and mother had few secrets from her , and even Florence , who was slightly self- sufficient and given to assert herself , at times , with astonishing boldness , had been known , on two or three oc casions , to come all the way from Rye- lands to ask Mildred's opinion upon certain subjects. Mildred at home and Mildred abroad were very different persons. She was most capable of loving , but her unfort unate coldness of demeanor prevented this from being universally acknowl edged. Only her own people knew her tender , loving heart , and returned her affection in kind. There were two other boys , mere youngsters , named George and Ernest , who were at present undergoing the discipline of school in some distant shire. Sir George had discovered , some years previously , that he was not as well up in this world's goods as a roan had need to be with seven growing- up children. But at the time he had put the evil thought behind him and considered it nfc more , until about a year back , when several circumstances had happened again to force it upon his memory. Debts somehow had be gun to accumulate of late years , and now .began to declare themselves with very disagreeable openness. The fam ily lawyer shook his head solemnly ; and Sir George in self-defense went home , and having sold two of his favorite hunters most disadvantageously - geously , walked about his farm , doing gloomy penance , and was cross to his wife for the first time for a number of years. But this state of things only lasted a very few days indeed , and at the end f that time , his third hunter hav ing Sillen lame , one of those disposed of was bought back again , at a very different price from that paid for it to Sir George , and presently the other followed suit ; after which their master gave up the gloomy penance , to the great relief of the household at King's Abbott , who were considerably put out by it , and having kissed his wife , did not go round the farm for several days. Lady Caroline of course soon discov ered that they were iu difficulties in deed Sir George's face was incapable of concealing a secret and these two women , in "mamma's" boudoir , dis cussing probabilities and improbabili ties , and the selling of "papa's" hunt ers , until Mildred at length suggested that the annual visit to London should be given up for this year at ail events. The Trevanions were determined also to follow up their lately begun economical designs by having a quiet autumn and winter at home , and had actually made up their minds , with Spartan heroism , not even to invite their usual number of friends for the hunting season at King's Abbott , when there reached them the unlucky letter from the Younges , saying how much the head of the family desired to see the friend of his boyhood namely , Sir Georse. This letter put a full stop to all then- plans , and was looked upon as a brain- blow in more ways than one , as not only did it insure an expensive win ter , but , what was worse , upon exam ination itwas discovered that these friends of Sir George's youth were most disreputable in their antecedents , having been in trade. A cotton mer chant ! It sounded horrible ! Cotton could not possibly mean anything but low birth , and low birth of course meant vulgarity. Lady Caroline groaned in spirit , and thought dismally of what the Dever- ills and the Blounts and the Stanleys would say. finally going off to consult with her prime minister Mildred. "It is all over , " she began ; "they must be asked. " "I never heard of such a thing in my life , " said ( Miss Trevanion. "It is perfectly indecent their asking them selves here. But what can one expect from such people ? Good gracious , mamma , fancy a cotton merchant ! It quite makes me shiver. How many of them are there ? " "Four , " answered her mother. "Fath er , mother , daughter and son. " "Any more ? " inquired Mildred , sar castically. "No , no more. Do you not think four too many ? " asked Lady Caroline with surprise never in her life , good soul , could she understand anything approaching sarcasm. "Of course , now they are coming , Mildred , we must only make the best of it , although I do wish it had been wine instead of cotton it is so much more respectable and I wish also that Miss Rachel Younge and her brother were not com ing. " "What is his name ? " Mildred de manded. "Denzil , I believe yes , Denzil Younge. " "What a pity they didn't call him 'Brigham' Younge when they were about It ! " Miss Trevanion said ; and then they .both laughed. "How can you be so absurd ? " Lady Caroline exclaimed ; afterward chang ing her tone to one of entreaty , she said. "But , really , you know , darling , we must be very civil to them , \i \ only to please your papa. You will prom ise to be that , Mildred , will you not ? " "I suppose I could not go to Aunt Agnes for the next two months , could I ? " Mildred asked , irrelevantly. "Oh , Mildred ! " cried poor Lady Car oline , tears coming into her eyes at the mere idea of 'being ' thus deserted in her need. "I am a selfish wretch , " declared Miss Trevanion , caressing her mother's hand and becoming penitent on the spot. "Of course , mamma , I will not leave you on any account in the hands of these terrible barbarians. I only said it half out of mischief and bad temper ; why , you might be devoured by the time I got back ! Have you told Mabel ? " "No. I came to see you first about it. What rooms shall we give them ? The blue rooms , do you think , or the rooms iu the western wing ? " "The blue rooms ; they are the far thest off/ ' said Miss Trevanion. "Very good. I will tell Holland. Do you know they are coming on Friday , if as Mr. Younge says in his letter we can conveniently receive them on that day ? Dear me , Mildred , I wonder what they will be like , and how long they will stay ? " "Oh , as to what they will 'be ' like , " said Mildred , toasting her pretty feet comfortably before the fire , and look ing as wise as Solomon , "I can tell you that. The old man will be like a Yorkshire farmer , only worse , because he will have a strong dash of Man chester mixed with his turnips , and he will be old-fash always using horribly - ioned words , and he will be very at tentive to you , and will probably call you 'ma'am. ' And Mrs. Younge will be large and fat and red , like the cook ; and Miss Younge will be a minc ing , silly schoolgirl , ready to die with laughter at everything Mabel says ; and 'Brigham' will be a boor , of course. " "What will the county say ? ' ' ejacu lated poor Lady Caroline , elevating her hands and eyes , perfectly aghast at the pretty picture her daughter had drawn. "Really , 'Mildred , I shall die of shame. " "That will not do a bit of good. " returned Miss Trevanion ; "and of course you must be prepared to hear the county say all manner of unpleas ant things that they do not know what Sir George could be thinking of to invite such people to his house , and that the said people are extremely dis gusting , and so on. " "But for all that you will be kind and civil to them will you not , Mil dred , my love ? " her mother asked again , anxiously watching the girl's proud , beautiful face. "Oh , yes. I will be civil to them. " Miss Trevanion said ; and then she kissed her mother and went out of the room. ( To be continued. ) Sidney Smith's Sneer. If Sydney Smith were alive today he would realize that in the last eighty years of the century just closed con siderable progress had been made m this country more perhaps than in any countiy in the civilized world. It was only in 1820 that , in one of his savage attacks on our people , in the Edinburgh Review , he sneeringly ask ed : "In the four quarters of the globe , who reads an American book ? Or goes to an American play ? Or looks at an American picture or statue ? What does the world yet owe to Ameri can physicians or surgeons ? What new substances have their chemists discovered or what old ones have they analyzed ? What new constellations have been discovered by the telescop2s of America ? What have they done in the mathematics ? Who drinks out ot American glasses ? Or eats from Am erican plates ? Or wears American coats or gowns ? Or sleeps in Ameri can blankets ? " The records of the nineteenth century show that these questions have been answered pretty conclusively to the British mind , if not always satisfactorily to the British pocket , remarks the Washington Stfc. Perhaps some snarler of the present period would like to submit another lot ! markings on Astronomers now agree that the markings on the surface of Mars form a complete network of narrow , straight lines crossing the entire face of the planet in all directions , and are always visible. The narrowest are thirty to forty miles Avide. Two hundred of these so-called canals have been charted. Many observers believe them to be stretches of land darkened an nually by vegetation and laid out in strips to facilitate irrigation. It is supposed from the unity in the design of the network that the inhabitants of Mars are under one government and are highly skilled in the engineering demanded by the fact that the planet is entirely without rainfall. Students in hydraulics expect great things from the continued study of Mars. Tenant Swindled Children. A man living in a tenement in Bat- tersea , London , told the children of the neighborhood that the , penny-in-the- slot gas meter was a new and resplend ent bright red money box , specially de signed to accommodate the savings of economical youngsters. On this as sumption they cheerfully dropped their copper savings into the slot , and the ingenious deceiver burned the gas which cost him nothing. When the collector came and cleared away all the pennies the chagrin of the children was intense. A SETTLED QUESTION. IS THE TARIFF NO LONGER OPENED TO CONTROVERSY ? Hunger * of Too Aluch Conlliloncn Domoii- htmtoil by the Tact Tln t I'rotoctlou'ji Knciiilcs Are Only Hiding Tliulr Time Jbjr Another A'tUicIc. Overconfidence is a more subtle but a scarcely less dangerous evil than is lack of confidence. It has betrayed the American people more than once. Be cause the country has been prosperous so long , because its prosperity had grown continually greater , the major ity of us got to imagining that we would go on being prosperous , no mat ter what we did or what policy we adopted. The people began real & to believe that business and politics had little or nothing to do with each other , and so they voted for a change in 1892. We have gotten over that folly now and are not likely to make the same mistake again. But our overconfidencc is laying another trap for us. This time it takes the form of saying that the tariff question is settled , that there is no need of counting that as an issue any more. Only a few days ago the New York Sun said editorially : "The tariff question has been remov ed from controversy , and practically has settled itself. * * * This policy of developing American industry has received a practical vindication so com plete that there remains only feeble academic opposition to it. Politically it is accepted by all parties. It did not provoke controversy in either of the two last national campaigns. " The Sun forgets , apparently , that the platform of the Democratic party adopted at Kansas City last July de nounced the Dingley tariff law. It for gets , apparently , that Mr. Bryan , the late Democratic candidate for the presidency , is still on record as declar ing that a protective tariff is vicious in principle , or it would not say that politically protection has been "accept ed by all parties. " The editor of the Sun must have been curiously unob servant of the words and writings of many political writers besides Mr. Bryan ; he must have skipped many things in recent editions of many pa pers which must be on his exchange table , his neighbor , the Times , among the number , if he thinks that the only opposition to protection is either feeble or academic. There can be no doubt in the mind of any person of sense or judgment of the fact that the American people are , by an overwhelming majority , in favor of the system of protection. So far as belief goes , the tariff is settled ; but not all the free traders are by any means convinced. They are only bid ing their time , and not until denun ciations of protection are eliminated from all political platforms , both state and national ; not until the leaders of all the political parties are men who stand on a protection record will the tariff question be no longer a political issue. The policy of protection is safe enough if a little guarding is done , but no policy and no principle is safe if its friends forget it. Its enemies will not be so forgetful , and the Sun and every other protectionist paper which is inclined to think that the tariff is no longer an issue in politics and needs no further defending will do well to remember that the enemies of protec tion are always watchful. The tariff is settled for all time in favor of protec tion only if the protectionists of the country see to it that they are equally watchful. IT HAS STOOD THE TEST. KngHslimen Beginning to Kecogulze the Value of I'rotectlon. Not the least important among the results of the recent election is the emphatic indorsement of protection as a national policy. After the two trials of a different policy under Mr. Cleve land , the first election of Mr. McKinley - ley was a distinct verdict in favor of a return to protection. His re-election emphasized that verdict , for while the tariff was not the paramount issue it cut an important figure. This second verdict of the people means that for many years to come protection will be the fixed policy of- this government. It will be strange if the extraordi nary prosperity of the United States under this policy does not have an ef fect abroad. It used to be the fashion of British statesmen , followed by their American free trade imitators , to deem protection as unscientific , opposed to sound economic laws , crude in theory and hurtful in practice. They said it would surely give way before advanc ing intelligence and a better under standing of true economic principles. The present position of this country is an effective answer to these claims. A policy that has made the United States the most prosperous country on earth , the most dreaded rival of all other commercial countries and the prospec tive mistress of the world's markets cannot be disposed of by calling it un scientific or crude. The success of pro tection as demonstrated in the United States Is one of the great commercial facts of the nineteenth century and likely to become still more prominent in the twentieth century. There are special reasons why the success of the policy is likely to set British statesmen and the English people ple to thinking. The United States be gan the war with Spain with a full treasury , prosecuted it to a successful conclusion with the greatest eas.e financially , and is now about to make a large reduction in taxes. On the other hand , England had serious difficulty in financing the war in South Africa , and her chancellor of the exchequer is now recommending an increase of taxes. There is no resort as yet to new tariff duties , even for revenue. The proposed increase of taxes is on free trade lines. being an Increase of income tax , stamp duties , taxes on wlnca , tobacco , tea. etc. But there IB a limit to this Iclml of taxation , and somp Englishmen are beginning to wonder why parliament does not try the method of raising rev enue that has proved so easy and suc cessful in this country. A writer in the "National Review. " referring to the coming needs of the government for naval armaments , etc. , asks , "Whence arc we to get the millions that will be needed if our national po sition is to be rendered secure ? " Ho characterizes free trade as a political fad of the past and says : "A tariff of fers us at once : i means of raisins funds or naval armaments , or obtain ing allies and of weakening the ene mies who arc plotting our fall. " It will be hard to overcome British con servatism to the extent of substituting protection for free trade as a govern ment policy , but stranger things have happened. England has condescended to learn a good many things from America in recent years and it may be the unexampled prosperity of this country under protection will finally convince them that it is not such a crude and unscientific theory after all. Meanwhile the United States will ad here to it and continue to make its splendid results an object lesson to other nations. Indianapolis Journal. A REPUBLICAN TRIUMPH. Wlmt Sound Principles Ilavo Bono for American Tratlo. The present era of American pros perity , which has attracted general at tention throughout the world , is iden tified with a Republican tariff. Ameri can manufactures are going forth to every continent , and those who pur chase them are not troubled in the least about the Dingley law. Under a system of moderate protection our manufacturers and artisans have ad vanced until they are able to supply to foreign markets a better article at more favorable prices than can be ob tained elsewhere. Our goods go to old manufacturing centers abroad. For merly a few American specialties were disposed of in Europe , but the demand has greatly 'broadened. ' This is the third year of tiie Dingley law. Our ex ports in 1900 were double those of 1888 and five times those of 1862. Exports per capita are ? 19.42 , against $10.46 in 1870. Imports per capita are $10.90 , against $11.96 in 1870. With total for eign exports in 1900 amounting to $1- 470,000,000 and exports of manufac tures of $440,000,000 a year , the whole list of free trade arguments is dam aged beyond repair. Supporters of a wise protective tar iff meet the same old weapons when ever it is proposed to apply the princi ple to a new industry. The Democratic assault upon the beginnings of the tin plate industry was especially savag0. Yet that branch of manufacture in the United States today is of immense ex tent and value. At the present time Democratic invective and ridicule are directed at the ship subsidy bill in tended to revive and build up our mer chant marine. The industry in Europe is subsidized and encouraged in every possible material way , yet the Demo cratic party contends that it is public robbery and favoritism to aid our own shipping , though it has been cut down by protected competition to an insig nificant total. The methods that have developed our enormous foreign trade and our manufactures will be equally effective when applied to our merchant shipping. Port Townsend ( Wash. ) Leader. GERMANY AND PROTECTION. The fact of American prosperity un der the protective policy of the Repub lican party is causing much talk iu other countries. But the economic con ditions existing in other or in old Eu ropean countries are entirely diverse from those existing here. The German government has decided to yield to the demands of the Agrarians and to im pose a protective tariff. The agitation has been long and persistent and the government yielded only with great reluctance. It is probable that a pro tective tariff will be imposed In the near future , which will put Germany theoretically upon the same plane as the United States in regard to foreign nations. Of course the Germans cannot expect the same benefits from a pro tective tariff as those enjoyed by this country. Germany does not produce enough meat and enough foodstuffs for her own population. The imposition of a protective tariff will , therefore , raise the price of meat and of breadstuffs to such an extent that the general pub lic will suffer for the sake of increasing the profits of the Agrarians. Wichita ( Kan. ) Eagle. RACHEL STILL MOURNS. The deposits of wage earners in our savings banks , under Cleveland and the robber Wilson tariff and free soup , decreased $37,000,000 in 1894. During the last four years under McKinley. the Dingley protective tariff and the full dinner pail , their savings have in creased $300,000,000. And during all these four years of McKinley has gone up the piteous wail of Fifty-Cent Dollar lar Bryan. Anarchist Altgeld , Shotgun Tillman , Boss Williams and Gentle Blackmail Croker : "Oh , wage earn ers , wage earners , how often would we have relieved you of the grievous bur dens of full dinner pails and savings for a rainy day , and ye would not. Be hold , ye must bear these heavy loads as long as McKinley and vile protec tion piles them upon you ! " Then George Fred further weepeth and mur- mureth. "It is plain that Republican voters do not understand the dangers of the situation. " And George refus- eth to be comforted. A good bale of cotton is worth f50 , against the former $20 , and the cotton seed , once a waste product , brings S3 or $10 to the bale. Fooili for llorir * . In the feeding of horses the ownen must take into norioua consideration the kind and amount of work to bo done in making up a ration that will prove at once economical and nutri tious , lie can afford to feed in ona' way when the horse Is Idle or doing but light work but this feeding would , bo wrong and wasteful of anlmul tis sues if the animal were at hard labor. The food at all times must supply a. ( sufficient amount ot material to main tain the horse without loss of weight. This Is the food of maintenance. The latter food is sufficient If the animal be doing nothing but must bo aug mented whenever the animal la to per form labor or product ) a healthy foetus. Whore work Is expected every day th bowels must bo so regulated * that nothing of value Is lost. When the animal IB Idle work docs not re move any surplus nutrients ot tho. food not required for repair ot tissue , or actual maintenance. If the bowel. : In the latter condition should become constipated and the surplus matters be not removed through the kidneys and sweat pores the liver and kidneys become surcharged and the blood sluggish and impure. These facts show the Importance of a right use of succulent food for horsea. While the horse is working hard the succulent food is a positive injury In that it tends to remove undigested , as a result of laxity of the bowels , food nutrients * that are daily required for formation of muscle supply or vim and vigor and ] in other words repair ot tissue waste. Where on the other hand the horse is1 idle the cucculent food may bo and usually is required to overcome tho. tendency to constipation and Its ac companying train of evils. In the former case the feeding of bran dally would be detrimental in the latter casa it would be useful and profitable. Th < v hard working horse keeps its bowels in condition by exercise and utilizes * all of the food nutrients supplied hlmt so long as his digestive organs are kept in good condition. If he be fed bran daily he will continually suffer from what may be called subacute in- dlgesVIon and fail to derive the proper amount of nourishment from the sound oats given him in addition to the bran. When Sunday arrives , how ever his wonted exercise is stopped and he Is unable to throw off the sur plus food nutrients not needed by work. If he has been daily fed bran he will now be liable to suffer from' ' acute indigestion if given a bran mash. This being the case the feeding of a bran mash to a horse that has been taking dry bran throughout the week is a dangerous practice. Where the hard working horse not fed upon bran but getting large quantities ot oats during the week is given a bran mash on Saturday night the effect will be good and the practice is to be com mended. Occasional bran mashes ara also excellent for idle horses when fed upon corn , and a small quantity of bran will make the crushed oats fed ! to colts more effective. We say those things for the reason that bran causes opening of the bowels by irritating , the bowels. It does not give a great ; amount of nutrients although its an alyses would lead one to suppose that it was even more nutritious than oats. It is indigestible and passes through , the Intestines in many cases wholly undigested. It acts as a laxative for the reason that It is a foreign body and is thrown off as useless by tha irritated intestines. For this reason ! it is an excellent preparation for a physic ball as when fed In the shape- of a bran mash without any other foocC for two or three feeds the bowels are opened up somewhat and rendered fit for the purgative effects of an aloea ball. Carrots act In a somewhat differ ent manner. They do not prove lax ative on account of any irritating ef fect but on account of real succulence and have the special power ot acting nicely upon the pores of the skin. They may be fed to a horse In poor condition when bran would only ag gravate the impoverishment. Roots are relished by horses and digestibla but bran must be fea with caution. 'Si. Lire Stock Jteini. Consignments to the sheep pens at the Chicago stock yards last Saturday included a band of 504 seventy-pound Angora goats that sold for $3.30 per hundred. The demand for sheep in the Chicago cage live stock market is well sus tained , especially for choice mutton , sheep suitable for the export trade. There is also a call for lambs but at prices $1.00 to $1.25 lower than last year at this season. Lambs are selling fairly well at Chi cago. The closing prices for the week : ending January 19 were 10 cents higher than the previous week. Prinvj native lambs and lots from the alfalfa , sections of Colorado brought $5.50. This , however , is Go cents below last , year's best price at this period. Feed ing lambs are not going oft very rapid ly , at prices ranging from $4.00 to $4.50. It is interesting to note that Colorado's first shipment of Iambs ar rived this year three weeks earlier In the season than last year. The crop from that state is said to be of a qual ity that has never been excelled. Otto Franc , a prominent cattleman of Meeteetse , Wyo. , Is quoted by the Omaha Journal as saying : "Ours used to be a great cattle country , but It Is mostly sheep now , and they are driv ing out the cattle. On my range there used to be 20,000 head of cattle , but I can only keep now 1500 breeding cowa and ship the increase when they are yearlings. We cattlemen have got into the habit of raising alfalfa and timothy thy hay and feeding our stock through the winter , allowing the sheepmen to have the winter range. There are now probably a million sheep on the range which my neighbors and myself form erly used for 40,000 cattle. As we have less cattle we are breeding them up rapidly and Improving the quality. "