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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-12
4 YOUNG vERMoNrER DROWNED

Elizahothtown, y. y, Jan. 5-t.dwarJ
Stoddard, 80 years of age, Of Bridport, W.,
"A tcamstor for Orlando Bocdc Of Kcone
Valley, was crossing Johns Brook with Il
load of produce when the bridge gave way
and Stoddard and the team were drowned
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-12
VERMONT PENSIONERS

Washington, Jan. S.-The following Yer
mouters have been granted pensions: John
Bean of Randolph Centre, s. to SIP; oriSi-
nal, widows, etc, Lucy Hanks, Rutland,
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Coughing Injuries ana innames sore
lungs. one Minute Cough cure lOosens
the cold, allays coughing and heals quick
ly. The best cough cure for children, per-
fectly harmless.
j. ". O'Sullivan, w. p. Han, f. Henry
Parkcr. city Drug Store, T.. Gosseln, Snd
+. Il. Crandall WinoOskl,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-12

La Grippe Is again epidemic. Every pre-
caution should be taten to avoid 1t. Its
specific cure Is one Minute Cough cure.
\. j, Shcperd, Publisher Agricultural
journal and Advertiser, ltldcn, Mo-, says;
mo one will be disappointed IN using
One Minute Cough cure for La Grippe"
Pleasant to take, quick to act
j. ". O'Sulhvan, ". T.. Han, f. Henry
Parker city Drug Stora, H. Gosselin a
Bro, Il. Il. Crdndall. Winooskl
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-12

nR. BULLS COUGH SYRUP WILL
prove a quIcN ana sure cure Tor Group.
Mothers, wuen your children are attacked
with tnat dreadful disease, you can ucpcud
on this murVelOus remedy. 1t never fails
TO cure at one. Price % cts.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-12

Frozen Flannery-'I wunst sued a fe'lor
for $4,000 for defamation of character,
an de jury gave me thirty"
Frosty Fagin-"Dollars?"
Frozen Flaunery-"No days."-Judge,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-12
LETTER FROM MANILA.
Harry L. Bingham writes of the occu -.

ton of the CITY by the United stats.
The following letter received by DIR. j.
NJ. Bingham of this city from his SON.
Harry l.. Bingham. who is serving upon
the medical corps of the American army
now at Manila, will be of interest not only
to his acquaintance but to all who take
an interest in details of the occupation of
the city of Manila by the United States
/
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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

~ statement was made by Mr.
George Powell, we'll known scientific
agriculturalists of New York State,
that the value Of manure producc, by
the domestic animals of New York is
fully 500, 100000 annually, and that
through neglect, carclessncss and igno-
Lace in the management Of these val.
vablc fertilizers, fully fifty per cent. Of
this value or 500 900 900 Is wasted or
lost annually, and the soil thus de-
privcd Of the plant food these would
supply. When it IS considered that
the manure is produced largely from
the soil Of the State, it will bc seen to
what efforts New York tanners must
resort to keep the fertility Of their
soils from sources outside of the State.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

PEANUT PRoDUCrs.-Som of our
readers may have noticed, a month
ago, that the peanut factories about
Norfolk had gone into trust. 1t is
now believed that the Standard Oil
company is backing the uust. 1t is
known that the Standard Oil company
Will soon put on the market two COM
parallvcly new peanut products-pca-
nut butter and peanut tlcur.
The outlook for the peanut business
nl the Car"llnas has opened up at Nor
tolk possibility of Il large growing in
dustry that Will benefit the farmers
and make peanuts more. valuable than
TO put into roasted peanuts or peanut
brittle i'll candy. There is now bcinu
erected near Norfolk IL large plant,
winch Is being built for the purpose of
manufacturing peanut oil which will
DC manufactured INTO butter that has a
nice nutty flavor and which will take
thc place OF the general produce of
olcoma:garinC in this country. The
revenue department has decided tha.
this butter is not compound and
therefore,, there will be no Internal
revenue tax to withhold the dealer
from handling the same and it has
been clearly proven that ii is a whole
some aud nutritious article. The resi-
due OF the peanuts left, alter pressing
the oil out, will be ground, by IL mill
lug process, and made into flour like the
product OF corn. 1t is claimed that
THIS Will have II nutritious quality,
somewhat darker IN color put better
than any of the preparations now used
IN making wheat cakes, corn, flour, etc.
and will make, too, good and whole
some bread.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

The railway mail coaches are rcall,
working post offices, rushing along at
lightning speed, whizzilly through
towns, swlrliny round curves, anG
!umbling over bridges, while The rail
way clerks, men with prodIglous mem.
oric3 of lives, offices, stations, routes
and timetables, distribute, classify and
tie up tons OF papers and letters. Not
Il second must be lost, not Il motion oi
the hand must be wasted. One min
ulc's loss o: time may pulsatc across
the continent and delay mail fo! many
hours Oh numberlcss connections.
Yet so accurate is the work Of the 5000
railway postal clerks that during last
year there was but one error in the
handling of every $50 pieces. Each
clerk sorting mail averaged $50 800
pieces.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

Free delivery by carriers was begun
in 1868. Before that date the post
men used to collect Il cent on each let
ter for delivering it. In 1853 free
delivery was put into operation at sin
ty-siN offices, with 40 carriers, at an
annual payroll of S3l7 see. To;iay
we have 621 free delivery Offices, II,
9jl carriers, and 1t costs Uncle Sam
$4,000, 900. Any place ha> ing pop.
u.atlon OF 10000, or Il revenue Of So
600 year from its postoilicc. can de-
mand tree delivery. Nearly onc.thirtl
OF the people Of the United States have
their mail brought to their doors; the
other two-thilds have to go to the post
office. Carriers are paid from 5000 to
: 900 Il year, and have fifteen days
vacation, with full pay. They must be
citizens Of the United States.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

POULTRY RAISING "A superficial
vie" of poultry raising on The farm
presents the aspects Of an insignificant
and piddliny business, but as Il matter
OF Tact, with ordinarily careful atten-
ton 1t brings Il larger return for labor
bestowed and capital invested than any
regular farm crop. 1t is admitted that
while small llocks permit Of profit of
from two to three dollars a hen for one
year, one dollar is considered an ave-
rage for large lloclis. If one has two
hundred liens profit Of about 5000 is
ab' ut what should be expected for Il
year, az allowance should be made for
disease, inferior birds and other causes.
But II the matter is viewed III com.
parlson with The profits from other
stock, the sum of one dollar Il hen is
quite large. The actual value Of a hen
Is not over fifty cent if she ciyhs
i've pounds, yet she may lay as many
as twelve dozen eggs in one year and
also raise Il brood Of chicks. or course
the profit depends upon the cost Of the
FOOD i.nl The prices obtained for poultry
and eggs, and in some sections not
over fifty cents profit hen nay be Sc.
cured ; but even at that low estimate
dn acre Of lald will enable the farmer
to keep one hundred hens. In sec.
lions contiguous to good markets the
farmer should make Il profit of one
dollar Il hen, and If he does not do so
he has not given up the scrubs and
mis- smHnaging in somc direction, which
will leave him ample loom for i'm
prONcmrnt.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30
Millions of some of the wild yaric

Millions of some Of the wild yaric-
ties of ferns, which have an evergreen
foliage, particularly the dagger fern,
a staple commodity among florists all
winter Florists use entire houses for
producing another class, mainly two or
three varieties Of free growing Maiden
hair. Ferns arc gathered from the
woods as well as grown, especially to
cut ironds from, just as plants Of roses,
carnations and others are produced for
their flowers alone.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

IhlS indicates that there are numcr-
Gus varieties pushing the "iimbcss''
for first place. The difference between
the first and last is just 20 per cent.
That is, this seed is worth Just sc per
cent. more than the Wclborn pet. and
after reading this letter and comparing
1t with the famous prospectus of the
500 Il buShcl for seed, we were sur
prlscd at the satisfaction The promoters
expressed because it "stool first,n not
in class by itself; not producing four
bales to the acre; not limblcss; not
African; merely first.
In response for further Information
from the Georgia Experimental Station
the editor of Home and Farm has rc-
ccivcd the following letter from Mr..
Rcdding, which will prove of great in
tcrcst at this time:
Editor Home and Furm
Gcntlcmcn: In reply to yours Of the
21st | beg to say that IT is true that the
"African Linblcss" stood at the head
OF the list of thirty varieties IN our
experimental plat last year. dc not
think this is "Astonishing" when you
'S"t III illtlItl llliJ IL SlOOQ tnlFu i'll Tue
test OF 1897. | have never said that
the cotton was rot good. On the con-
trary, | said il was ga fairly good va
rlety" i'll my report of tests of 1897 -,
which you will find in Bulletin 80 (of
which send you a copy. said in
80 also that / was satisfied it was Wei
born's Pet. In my forthcoming bulc-
tin, 43, will say that the seed of Wei
bo'n's Pet furnished me by Wclborn
himself, were not true, but were
mixed, as admitted by HIM last fall in
response to a letter from me based
upon my observation that the cotton
was not uniform in it's foliage and
habit of growth. | will state further
that even if all of the stalks had been
pure, as Welborn now has il, it evi-
DENLY has dc,erioratcd since | tested it
in 1892. / state further that all nv
contentious in regard to the African
Limblcss cotton, as stated in Bulletin
80, have been sustained thoroughly
and completely, except its identity with
Wclborn's Pet, but that [ still believe
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

"A discouraged editor asks tic fol-
lowing question: OF Bob ingersoll
insists that there is no hell will he
state what becomes OF the man who
takes the paper three o. four years
without paying for it and then :ells
the postmaster that he docs not want
IT, r'i
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

1t must be remembered that start
ing in to milk hcifcr when she first
comes in, is taking a considerable lib
crty with her. TO avoid having her
kick and "cut upo when it becomes
necessary to milk her, she should have
been previously handled now and then,
her legs rubbed and her uddcr strokcd
and felt.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

Faith cure is a good cure in its wav,
Have faith in Alligator Iinimen but be
sure You rub the liniment well into the
surface which is paining you. Plenty Of
rubbing and faithful repetition three tim es
a day, II necessary, will cure Rheumatism
and Neuralgia. This rub will give YOU sat
isfaction or money back. This shows our
faith
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

amlablity to the very end.
Thousands of women fail Of this for one
great prevalent reason. While they resort
to every device to preserve their beauty Of
complexion by external applications and
possibly take the best care of their general
health, they are too frequently utterly neg
lcCttul of their health i'll Il special woulanly
way. No woman can remain beautiful, at
traCtivc or amiablc, who suffers from weak
ness and disease Of the delicate and import
ant feminine organism \ woman who
suffers III this way will lose her clcaIncss
Of complexion, her eyes will become dahl,
worry and pain will mark her face with
wrinkles and she will bcComc nervous
sickly, frctful and respondent. There is a
sovereign remedy for all troubles of this
description 1t is DR.. Picrcc'S Favorite
Prescription
"Mv illness was caused by lack of medical at
tention during childbirth II lasted for Il period
OF three years during which my suffering
almost indescribahlc," writes Mrs. Edith fGtiy,
of TcXanna. Cherokee Nat, Ind. Ter. " Owing
to the injuries received rupture. internal dis
placement, etc. became Il physical wreck. 1
was in 4 constant state Of pain and nervous col
lapse. became so nervous feared insanity.
My heart was affected and had spells OF palpi-
tation aud smolicring. Was reduced in strength
and could take no solid food. The doctors told
me that recovery was impossible without u sur
Eical operation. My monthly periods ceased cu-
tircly My mother bought bottle Of Dr PiCrCc'S
EaNottc Prescription. took twelve bottles.
Thanks to an Al-wSc Providence and Doctor
PicrCc's medicines, tho symptoms have all dis.
appeared. can now doa hard day work, cat
anything md everything wish. regard my
recovery as permanent iot it is nearly two years
since stopped taking Dr. Pierce's medicines"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

The advance sheet gives the total
yield per acre of thirty different varic-
ties.
The s0-callcd African limblcss is
credited with a yield per acre Of , ,lG5
pounds of seed cotton. In the pro-
spcctuS it was said the old cotton would
produce but 900 pounds, whereas the
O.callcd limblcss would yield from
three to four bales.
But this report, to which we were
referred, says seven other varieties
yield over 1000 pounds, and the low
est of the thirty varieties yielded
,GI1. The distinction claimed is not
remarkable, and there is nothing to
justify the cNtravaganL pretcnsions Of
the first promoters.
The report is very exhaustive, Civ
ing in detail The value of seed and lint
and the total value Of lhc yield per
acre, putting he lint at ) cents and
seed at l3 cents per bu,hel. At these
prices the comparison for the first zen
is as follows
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

"Doc8 your husband play the violin,
Mrs. Stcbbins ?"
No; he just Gddles q littlc.'
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30
e. L&A $4 s s; r I OR ia
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature ,os Of M@<z92zz1$a<

Moan Webster was born in West
Hartford, Conn, and q movement has
been started th"ro for the erection of q
gigantic memorial.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

We think this is the whole case. and
it diSposcs Of the cNtravagant claims
OF the original promoters OF thCil al
legged limblcss cotton, which is not limb
less at all; this four bale cotton which
docs not produce one bale and Il half ::
tins African ,otton-probably 'ilscuv-
cred III The wids Of Texas. That the
seed secured from responsible men and
and carefully cultivated may prove a
valuable addition to the list OF cotton
seed worth planting We do not deny.
Lad the promoters not reso"lcd TO cN.
travagart advertising devices, and had
they not pat forward prcposlcrUus
claims, and INDUCED in stock jobbing
scheme Of an indcfcns iblr character,
lomc and Farm would have had
nothing to say.
In conclusion, we say to farmers, do
not be induced to pay cXtravayant
prices for this seed; plant on small
scale at first to sec how ii suits your
soil. DO not expect more than Il bale
and a half to the acre. The Georgia
report shows ii TO be worthy your con-
sldrratlOn; but it also shows that there
ar" other varieties which you need not
discard for The Jlckson.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30
JACKSON LIMBLESS COTTON.

ITS EXTRAYAGANr CLAIMS ARE NOT
SUBSTANTIATED - Only AN I'M.
PROVED VARIETY OF SHORT STA.
PIE.
Home and Farm.
BY peculiar methods and by claims
that time has overlhlown, the promo
ters Of a new cotton two years ago
tried to force on the cotton planters.
under various contracts and absurd
conditions, certain seed which it was
claimed would produce a limblcss va
riety of cotton, so prolific as to astound
all cotton growers:
We have recently examined once
more the original "prospectus,n by
which the Jackson African Limbless
Cotton Company sought to induce the
Southern farmer to buy stock at $40 a
share, and then to pay $40 a bushel
for bushcl of this seed, the purpose
of the company being, as this circular
described, to sell the crop of 1898 at
800 bushel. This circular promised
the purchasers II dividend of 400 per
cent, as "thc company had been re-
pcatcdly offered from $500 to 81 900 a
bushcl for the seed"
This prospectus was so prcposterous
in its assertions, that Home and Farm,
felt called on to protect its readers
against these promoters. We question
cd the origin Of the Gotten; we doubted
its great productivcncss four bales an
acre as claimed, and we warned our
a
Recently we received the following
letter from The promoters of this ell
,erprisc:
Editor Home anl Form:
Gentlemen About a year ago you
saw fit to severely criticisc the Jackson
African limblcss cotton, giving us your
au holity results of experiments made
BY MIR. K. j. Rcdding at the State EN-
pcrimcntal Station of Georgia. at
that time we asked you to withhold
your criticism until you had been bet
ter Informed concerning the merits of
this new variety of cotton, but seem
ingly our correspondence only resulted
in d further attack by you upon oul
production.
We now beg to enclose you advance
sheet of Bulletin No. 43, to be issued
by the Georgia Experimental station,
in which it will be seen that our claims
for the jackson African Limblcss Cot
ton are fully sustained by the later
experiments at the station, and this
variety is accorded first place by Mr..
Redding, while Wclkorn's Pet, which
Mr.. Rcddiny first assumed was sub
stanlially the same as the Jackson
llmblcss cotton, is placed last in the
list, thus proving conclusivcly that he
was mistaken in his first experiment
with our cotton.
We tust you will give this just
criticism IN view Of the importance ii
bears t" the cotton producing cOmmu-
mites, and oblige, respectfully yours,
JACKSON AFRICAN LIMELESS
COTrON CO.
+. w. BEAEDsLEl, Manager.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30

Pullman pnince sleeping cars on Trains 9S nnd
~ g. and ~ on A. and g. division.
Trains leave Spartanburg, a. g. @. diviaion,
h3I 'hG"und, ":'1 q. IN, 3Hi p M, 8:l0 D. m -,
tNchiibu'e l.tliitedD; southbound ~ 20 O. M
Si:' p m, II IA q. M, Nesibule Limited.)
Iians leave lreenville, A. and @. division
iVeatibnird lhm "tn ; uth.uund, | rs a. M,
d:g0 p: IN. l"''' y. a. 'Vcstibuled Limiteaj.
,IFe!ns ~ carry elegant Pullman
Itep!nG ~" ".N"en Columbia Il nd Ashevillo,
eni ou'e Iai.y ilwcen Jacksonville and Cinoin
FRANK $. GA.EEON, JNCUIP
Thirdly & Gen. Mgr Traffic Mr.
Washington. h. G. Washington, y. o
w. A. ~ Ek. 3. II. HARDWICK,
Gen. ih's. .'Ef. ASt Con. Pasi Ag'S.
Washington. II. G.. Atlantn Gn
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-30
The Peoples Journal.
PICkENS ., O.
FARMERS INSTITUTES.

TEE GREAT BENEFITS TO HI Dr ''
FROM THESE SOCIAL AND r"'~'>
TIONAL MEETINGS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27
CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN.

The results of exhaustive investigation Of the
affairs OF the Chicago and Northwestern Railway
are compiled by Stephen c. Mett The COM
pany's last annual report shows that there was
carried forward 20 surplus account more than was
maid on both the preferred and common stocks.
Including net land receipts. The Northwestern
could have paid 10 per cent both classes OF its
stock and still have about $4,000 surplus For
The are, tao months OF lis current fiscal year the
company's gross earnings increased more than
s. 1000 The company in the last twenty years
never failed 20 earn handsome surplus over It's
dividends except In i:s5. when there vas small
deacn after paying per cent on the common
stock
The refundi7g OF its underlying Hens furnishes
the company with opportunity 70 effect a re-
duction in interest charges ultimately OF E's'Z'9
equivalent to over ~ per cent on bath classes OF
stock. II the refunding IS made on a 81 per cent
basis The new s,i per cent bonds OF the company
already issued are now selling 30 per cent
bas,s In addition refunding would extinguish GER
tain sinking fund payments and this. with other
savings in connection with refunding. would aoa
10000 or about :. per cent more on both classes
Of stock The company last year spent H"D"" ior
additions 70 the property. elevating tracks IN
Chicago. additional equipment, ETC. which with
discount on securities sold and 10000 previously
spen, in additions the property. makes 10000
IN all charged directed 20 surplus earnings
The control OF the Omaha is in the Northwest
ern's hands the latter owning S.33l 90 out OF W.
SO Oco az common. and $4,000 out Of 81 Z5s. 81
preferred stock These securities are carried on
the North westerns books at 100000. although
their market value Is nearly double that amount
For the year ending December 81. lsss, the Omaha
paid. in addition 10 the full dividend OF per
cent on its preferred stock, 3is per cent on It's
common stock. and carried forward surplus OF
r3sOo For the first six months OF the current
fiscal wear The Omaha has increased its gross
earnings nearly ssncU, and an increase in the
dividend rate on the common stock would seem
roregone conclusion. As stated above the North
western owns nearly 100000 Of this class OF
stock The Omaha has no immediate rerunding
operations 20 undertake. although. between lss
and 1890 81 10 90 bonds mature. OF which few
are IS Is and S.. but the majority are IS The
entire capital stock OF the Fremont. Ekhorn and
Missouri Valley Is owned by the Northwestern, and
for the last two years the property has earned
handsome surplus over all its charges. The sur
Plus last year was over s250Ooo and was used in
li1uida,ing the Indebtedness Of this company 20
the Northwestern. During the current fiscal year
the balance OF this Indebtedness G220o0 VIII prob
ably be paid of and thus leave the surplus earn
ings thereafter free 10 go into the income account
Of the Northwestern.