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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-07
May I.lnn,ncott's

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Peonle-in-laW are necessary evils. TX
people will marry, they must submit 10
the infiiction OF a number OF new reia-
tsans Sometimes this infiiction Is bitter.
sometimes sweet, and sometimes it has
very little taste. but generally II has a
taste.
When a man and woman join hands
at the altar. they contract m alliance
not only with each other. but. in an In
direc. way. perhaps. with their respective
families. Many do not attach much Inn
portance 10 this fact. bat II Is fact,
nevertheless. that no amount OF sophistry
can explain away.
4 young woman has promised to marry
the man who appears 10 her possessed OF
all the attributes that make up a manly
man.
She has long ago made ZIP her mind.
however. that Johns sisters are loud
and his mother ''impossihle." she wonders
how such people can have a son ana
brother Ike dear john" and after mar
rage she Intends keeping them at dis
lance.
The wedding day arrives and che hears
Johns mother call her daughter" hut
to her ears Ii does not imply much: =
only one of the forms to be gone through
on that happy day.
Then comes the honeymoon time, and
for two whole weeks the bride has John
tfans obtrude themselves on that blissfui
tine.
When the couple return to town. to
take up their abode In the coxy home
that dear John has prepared. Mrs. John
finds herself greeted by her mother-in-
law and sisters-in~iaw. as well as by her
own mother and quiet schoolgirl sister.
The two latter. however. are quite over
Swallowed by Johns relations and Mrs.
John resents the fact in her heart.
As the day goes BY. she discovers that
her people-in-iaw show no disposition en-
tirely to peinquish Johns society be-
cause he has married a wife. He II stfll
the son and brother. although he has be-
come a husband. and the first frown that
she remembers to have seen on his brow
ig caused by a petuiant remark OF hers
that she wishes his sister Flora would
stop somewhere else than with them,
while her home Is shut up during the TEN.
porary absence OF the rest Of the family.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-07
Over the Hills
to the klOs;dike

on SCI OF NaVerSi,p Horse
Shoes IS q muon easier Jour-
neY for yonr horse than on the
old-fashioned kind. He never
slips ami he doesn't wear out
his shoes. The ca,ks only, wear
out and cap be replaced in
three minutes. You're not de-
pendent on a blacksmith (vou
won't fiud auy on the Klondike
traii) nor do you have to carry
along an auyil or forge. With
one set of
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-07

In church at F.ksioe thirty preachers
were rehearsing an oratorio for d sacred
concert when some one announced that
n funeral was 10 take place in the ceme-
terry. Then. gentlemen. we will sing at
the grave" said the choral leader. The
ministers descended the stairs and formed
the circle around the grave. where tina
body of public charge had been lowered.
When the rites had been performed by
the officiating clergyman. his thirty fell
low ciergymen sang with their powerful.
sororous voices the psalm. ''Oh, How
Quietly Slumber the Dead" II was very
impressive scene around the grave Of that
paurer. who had been followed 10 mis- last
resting place by only four mourners.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-07
An Instrument of Torture

IL srnss n.ade on the plan o. he Aoovr, witn
hesyy stsei or iron band - ven well know II you
save neesy til the hasss Of wearing ous. IhroS ~
away Ahy tstii esDitans wearing suCh ~
tastgup1eDt Of torture when We can furntsh y0u
saast efficient tuss without any iron hoopo ~
s,ssl syrsngs ahont IL. And one which may - WORN
x1ff, ease naa comfort - ihhT 4 ~ u UAfs
A. for cUEks. "bh PiEBCk's PAfENT
MAGNETIC ELASTIC TkusAs has eeoom-
% shed THOUSANDS. - - al klk1fBtC trun1s
a,sf has bern seid Tor the past 1Wk1fY-TW0
ysars frupta ed IL Stn pay you % tDveel1gnoo
a, s,E-e. Consultation free. Trusees fitted wttho0e
sxtsa casfre. Cali or ssad &c IL stamps To- -
New leox On Kuptars Tbs boo< also desesthoe
cur sew Appliances fos PILES. VARlCoo1
SEISs. etc.
MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUN9 Co..
SO Mafxst hsreex. 9An xssDetecA
ges.,ls OGBcs, Rcoms I'D SuiiisAn 0toc& Ia
ftEnk AgemuA
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
SHORT LUMBER.
Current Comment.

OArs-There is frmer tone to the mar
ket, and prices have worked higher for all
grades.
CoRN.-The market has shown further
advance in prices, with a moderate demand
for supplies
PoTAToEs.-Rsceip.s have been heavy,
and there is now a large stock on hand,
Demand has been only moderate, and the
market has weakened little
BEANs.-Receipts have been moderate for
the past week but there has been a full sup
ply OF white beans offering. Demand has
been light and at the close the market has
dull and rather weak tone.
CHEEsE.-Receipts for export, 3 1908 boxes
There is still full supply Of old stock, De-
mand is only moderate and prices are rul-
ing about as last quoted. Fine fall north
ern are selling generally at &c, with now
and then fancy mark higher.
Wool. = Sales for the week, 1,622 600
pounds. Under the demand encouraged by
Government contracts coupled with the
necessities OF few mills for fine STAPLE
stock, the market in domestic woods has ex-
| perienced considerable activity this week.
HAY.-The movement in hay is yet mod
crate, with conditions about the same.
Choice hay is not plenty, and some fancy
cars will still sell above quotations. The
market for low grades is yet dull, and
prices are weak, some lots cleaning up very
slow.
FLoUR.-The market for -four has been
demoralized by the boom in wheat, with
mill agents all at sea as regards knowing
what prices to quote. Buyers are also un-
able to place themselves and consequently
but little business has been done at first
hands.
BUTTER.-There has been only slight
increase i'll receipts this week and fine
goods have kept fairly well sold up, but dc -.
mand has been OF hand-to-mouth charac-
ter and 1t has been difficult to sustain prices.
Strictly extra Vermont and New Hamp-
shire creamery has been selling fairly at
173c but York state and most of the west
ern have had a slow sale at 17c
LUMBER The same quiet is to be noted
in Northern and Eastern lumber as reported
a week or more ago. Buyers here are still
very conservative taking only what they
light and consequently there is very light
call for lumber, The mill men and ship
pers in the East are not disposed to press
lumber upon an unwilling market, as they
realize the folly Of so doing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
With Common Fowls.

From flock of 70 hens, SO of which
were Brown Leghorus and the rest
mongrels. we have the following ac-
count. Ten of these hens Matched
chickens, five of them running with
chickens several weeks. These hens
ran at large while the ground was bare,
and in winter they were confined in a
house of four pens 10x30 feet.
Number of eggs laid in one year,
1920. or 6l0 dozen. Received for eggs
sold $50; received for chickens sold SO
eggs and poultry used at home 81 ;
thirty pullets added to the flock at the
low price of 25 cents each, 80; fifteen
barrels hen manure, equal to / 500 lbs.
of phosphate, $l5. Total income from
hens, $119.50; average per hen, 81 n {;
average per hen in cash, S1.22. Feed
purchased per month, SO. Total, $36.
Feed furnished from farm, which con-
sisted OF pumpkins, apples, small pota
toes, salt, corn, and other by-products
which had no selling value. estimated
at S13 so. Cash net, $40 or 81 per hen.
We sold our eggs at the stores mostly
for 10 cents dozen, the average price
being ID cents through the year. The
care the hens received did not inter-
fere with the regular farm work. They
have paid the family store bill easily,
and would like to ask what there is
that common farmer raises that will
nay him any better or as well as a good
flock of hens?
We are not fancy farmers; we keep
no fancy fowls, receive no fancy prices,
neither is this fancy story; but l hope
it will encourage some one who has
read the report of some fancier, and
falling short of the result there OBJ
tanned, thinks that poultry don't pay.
l am well satisfied to clear 81 for each
hen per year.-H. M.Percival, in New
England Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
The Summer Silo as a Substitute Of the
Pasture.

When man has good pasture, it
will usually begin to fail In midsum-
mer, and If he has poor one it will
begin to fail in June, If the weather be
dry. We have spoken of soiling as
remedy, but that takes much time. As
things are these days, farmer must
need save in every way, and If he can
fill small silo in day or two and
have it to feed from for few weeks
in the summer, or If he can fill such
silo in week in the fall and have it to
feed from two or three months when
the.pastures have failed, it will be
great saving in labor. 1t is such a
nuisance TO have to go into the field
every day or two and cut green feed
and then hitch up the team and draw
it up. There are rainy times when it
is hard to get to the fell. There is
just one advantage in having green
crop TO feed, it gives the cows q change
of food; but how good thing this is,
we cannot say. We believe that the
silo is the best substitute for the pas
ture in reach of the farmer. Men who
have kept careful accounts say that it
does not cost for silage more than from
rs cents to 81 per month for each cow.
1t does not seem as though there was
farmer in Vermont who keeps cows,
who can afford to be without a silo.
The latest fashions in silos, as is well
known, are the round ones, and we ad-
wise all our dairy readers to study up
their construction, their cost, and their
advantages, and see if they cannot af-
ford TO build one or more.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Live Stock Market.

SWINE are in demand at to 53c d. W;
western hogs, AZ to 49, /. W.
Mich Cows.-A fair supply and prices
steady, with slow sales at 800 to S4S; choice
cows, $50 to $50,
VEAL CALvEs.-The market price is about
as we found it last week. If choice they
bring 5lc, but to 54c comprise the rates on
most lots.
Prices OF market beef: A few choice Sc to
$3.50; extra, 1925 to $3.50; first quality,
S4.75 to So; second quality, 81 to $3.50; third
quality, So to $3.50
BEEF CArTLE.-The supply of Western
cattle was ample for both the export and do
mestic demand and values rule no higher.
For Northern cattle the demand was slow
and the tendency of prices slightly down
ward
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-There was no decided
change of any sort. Supplies from the
West are fair and some New England yearl-
ings are being offered at sc and thereabouts.
We quote: Sheep and lambs in lots, 50 30 to
So each; extra 1926 to So; or from % to Sc
per H.; lambs per h., AZ to SIC; veal calves,
3 to sic per ID.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Cheap heterogeneous Foods.

Provide the nitrogen for the hens
and they will secure all the carbon
they desire. The feeding of fowls is
mostly on grain and ii is insufficient for
hens that are laying. Meat has already
been recommended in this column, but
there is another substance that cen
sometimes be procured at u small cost
blood. Simply thicken it with bran
and middlings, put the mixture in
bag, and cook it. When cold give
pound of the mixture once day to a
dozen fowls. The commercial ground
blood is also excellent, as well as being
in convenient form for use.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian tube. When this tube is in
famed, you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out, and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an inf1amed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. j. CHENEY q CO.,
TOLEDO, OHIO.
Sold by druggists; seventy-6ve cents.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Vetch as Il Forage Crop,

In the north, or wherever the win
tiers are severe, vetches may be sown in
early spring at the same time as the
spring wheat or other small grain.
Hairy vetch withstands winter cold
and summer drought, but it does not
do well where there is an excess of
water in the soil. 1t is one of the most
promising fodder crops which has been
brought into the United States in re-
cent years, and by some is considered
especially valuable for light sandy soils.
Spring vetches seem TO be adapted
more particularly to northern countries
where the season is short and the rain
fall abundant. The seed should be
sown at the rate of five to eight pecks
per acre, with one bushel of rye or
oats as nurse crop.-New England
Farmer,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Value OF Soil Fertility.

Richness of soil is sometimes COM
pared in importance with ones bank
account. The comparison is good, and
the relationship between the two may
be closer than we realize. Farm lands
are bought and sold by the acre. and
the number of acres is too apt to be
the thing chiefly considered in the
transaction.
The actual difference in value that
may exist between two tracts of land,
on account of nature and composition
OF soil and subsoil, is something l did
not realize until had few hard
whacks of experience along that line.
&C. l.. Hill, in the Epitomist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
RATHER REMARKABLE.
A Half Dozen Ideas Will Suggest Them
selves to Montpelier People While
PerusiDg This.

n
selves to Montpelier People While
Perusing This.
1t is seldom that passenger on board a
train gives a thought to the man at the
throttle. and rarer still that man chosen
above all Others by the people does so. OF
all the flowers placed on the Presidential
train as it passed through Pittsburg and
Allegheny City on its way to Washington,
there is one cluster OF white carnations des-
tined to be preserved for generations and
handed down to children and grandchildren
as long as the petals and stems will hold
together. That was the handsome bouquet
presented by President Mckinley to the To-
connective engineer in charge Of the tr Ain we
have just spoken about. The graceful act
of the President has nothing to do with To-
connective Engineer George l.. Cummings,
who lives on Prospect street, Hooker Hill.
Barre We merely introduce him in this
way so that in measure the reader may
know whom we are talking about and II
afflicted es he was, the benefit of his valu-
able advice can be utilized. Mr. Gum.
mings says; II have followed railroading
for many years. The constant jirring, be-
ing on my feet, and STOPPING good deal,
no doubt hes been the cause of my kidney
trouble. There was continual pain across
my back, not sharp, but dull, disagreeable
ache 80 bad at times that / was unable to do
my work. Often at night my back would
| so lame and sore that l could not lie COM
lortaDly IN any Osltlon ana tne secreJlons
were irregular at times. When Doan's
Kidney Pills were recommended to my
wife by lady who had used them with
great benef got them and they relieved
the pain in my back quicker than anything
ever used The secretions are now nor
NAL My wife also used them and says
they have done her a lot OF good You
may use my name at any time In connec-
ton with Doans Kidney Pills, and will at
| all times say good word for them" just
such emphatic endorsement can be had
right here in Montpelier. Drop into the
drugstore Of Lester Ii, Greene, who always
keeps Doans Kidney Pills in stock and ask
what his customers report. Doan's Kidney
Pills are for sale by all dealers, price 90
cents. Mailed by Foster-Milburn Co., Buf-
falo N. Y, sole agents for the United States
|
REMEMBER THE NAME DOAN'S
AND TAKE NO OTHER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

l have seen young man with good
stock of common sense settle down on
the farm, and by the exercise of good
judgment and fair amount of we'll
planned work rise to the very highest
success as farmer and a citizen.
There is no end to the possibilities of
the farm. Never were those possibili-
ties greater than at the present mo-
ment. Success fairly beckons the en-
ergetic farmer on. 1t will be his own
fault if he fails of attaining an homer
able ompetency.-E. j.. Vincent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. For sale by G. Bskely,
Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

From my experience in a country
where the mountain laurel is plentiful,
and from all the data available, l
would not hesitate TO start an apiary
without considering the proximity Of
this plant, though l would OF course
desire that the territory did have sup
ply of honey plants that would furnish
the bees with good supply of pastur-
age. In the absence of nearly all other
honey producing fora, bees might be
compelled to gather poisonous honey
to have sufficient stores.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Creamery Reports.

VALLEY FALLS CREAMERY, HINES
BURG.-Statement for March: Milk re-
ceived, 702,936 pounds; butter made
from same, 30,65S pounds; average
test (Babcock) $40 per cent; paid per
pound for butter fat, 23 cents; paid So
cents per 100 pounds for four per cent
milk. The newly elected officers of the
creamery are: c. G. Peck, president
and treasurer; O. H. Wright, clerk; G.
G. Peck, p. r. Miles, c. r. Wright,
N. Love and B. L. Byington, directors.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
We cannot afford to make mistakes.

We cannot afford to make mistakes,
especially when we grow high priced
crops, such as most vegetables, straw
berries and other fruits, etc. 1t may,
net always pay us to grow common
farm crops with the help of high. grade,
complete manures; but we cannot afford
to grow only half crop of fruits and
vegetables for the sake of avoiding the
comparatively small expense of some
good, reliable fertilizer where that is
needed.-T. Greiner.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

1t is favorable sign that the taste
for such noble flowers as the peony,
the crown imperial, the asters, the
hollyhocks and others of their classes is
again rapidly coming to the 'front.'
Vick's Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

One of the best strawberry seeding
growers in the United States says that
he can produce any kind of a berry de-
sired, round, long, broad, fiat, scarlet,
black, almost white, large, small, very
vigorous, good or bad quality The
public has been mistaken in the pro-
duction of seedlings; there is no chance
about it, there is a scientific method in
it in harmony with nature.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

How about the caterpillars? 1t is not
hard matter to stop them, and now is
the time to be up and doing it. The
more worms the less apples. Some
folks think they have more apples than
they know what to do with, but it ia
pleasant to see the trees loaded with
blossoms. -Epitomist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

Don't theorize in writing, but set
down just what you do-no matter if it
must be said in words of darkest hue.
The folk can theorize themselves, they
do not want your aid-their children,
too, will theorize, when in the grave
they're laid.-Rural New Yorker.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

Nothing is more discouraglng to a
conscientious editor than to find that,
so far as some of his readers are con-
cerned, his work is thrown away-that
they do not read.-Farm Poultry.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

The great future of New England
agriculture consists in restoring neg
lected or abused farming land to fer
tillty by the use of scientific methods.
Rural New Yorker.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
lousness, Indigestion, headache.
Easy to take, easy to operate. 25c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market,

Ey-The quotations given below represent pricei
obtained Dy receivers phoiesae ioI tnot 1oo6ins
preesJ unless otherwise indicated. aud are intended
to represent actual seles
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

ALL the healing, balsamic virtues OF the
Norway pine are concentrated in DR.. Woods
Norway Pine Syrup, natures own remedy
for coughs and colds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

One Minute Cough Cure, cures
That 10 what 10 was made for.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18
Boston Wool Market.

MICHIGAN.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-07
,rvice at the Simpson Methodist church

service at the Simpson Methodist church
yesterday
"The Charities of Heaven" was the
topic of Rcv. l.. II. Fosters evening ser
mon at the Sumner Avenue Presbyterian
church Yesterday
Rcv. George J.. Guild. Of the Hrovitc1cc
Presbyterian church, occupied No rulrit
Of the Green Ridge Presbyterian Church
yesterday mOrninG.
"That Boy-Ilis Rights" was tn" sub
jcct of Rev. G. NJ. Gifins sermon last
evening at the Elm Park church. rms Is
the third Of his series ON "That Boy
Rev. /. j. Lansing. ID. D.. Of the Groen
kidgc Presbyterian church, preached in
the Providence Presbyterian church at
the regular morning service at lp."n
O'Clock.
win j. Mcconnell conducted two scr
vices yesterday at the Clark's summit
Ncthooist Episcopal church. S"rSi ~ Wi,
b" held every evening by him during inns
week at this church.
"Thc Afro-Amrricau in Litcratur"" was
the subject of Rev. II. A. Grants sermon
last evening at the Howard Place African
Methodist church. This is the third SER
mon Of the "Airo-AmcriCan" series.
Communion service was observed after
the regular evening preaching scrytc"
yesterday at the Scranton street Baptist
church Mighty to Save" was the theme
Of Pastor Matthews sermon for the cron-
ing.
DOCS 1t Pay, or Counting the Cost"
was the subject Of Yesterdays evening
sermon by Hyv. Robert L. Y. Pierce. pas
tor Of the Penn Avenue Baptist church,
This is the fourth in his series on "Tho
Prodigal Son Of Today"
Attorney \ V. Bower. of Green Ridge,
gave the first Of his proposed course of
lectures. illustrated with SturrOpt tCOn