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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-07
Government of the Philippines.

Mr.. Scott introduced a joint resolution.
reading: THAT until otherwise provided
by Congress the President of the United
States shall exercise and employ all mill
tary. civil. and judicial powers. necessary
In his discretion TO govern the Philippine
islands. and all such powers shall be vest
ed in such persons and exercised and exc
cuted in such manner as the President
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-07
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-07
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Laxative Bromo-Qui;.ne Tablets cure a cold In
one day No Cure. No Pay Price. 25c
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-07
Railroad Men,.

Owing to the nervous strain to which they are daily
subjected, the physical hardships of the constant
= jOltng exposure to all kinds weather and irregu
lar meals break down in health, unless nature is aid
- ed in the unequal struggle Eighty per
railroad men who have been in service any length of
. + time, afflicted with form OF kidney disease
and the standard remedy in use by them is Warmers
= Safe Cure.
Kindly read the suboined testimonial from Mr.
Charles b. Ross, of 2S4 6fst St, New York city,
railroad conductor the Metropolitan Railway
which is but sample of hundreds of voluntary
.I- statements received by Warners Safe Cure Co.:
I'll = by the I
from severe attack of kidney trouble. My
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tense pain, and at o
months to
but relief obtained Warner
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-07
MEN
AND


For pleasing results use Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp Root
the great kidney remedy. At druggists'. eampl,
bottle by mail free. also pamphlet.
Address DR.. kilmer Co.. Binghsmton- n. Z.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-07

Kidney trouble preys upon
the mind. discourages and
lessons ambition; beauty,
yigor. and eheerfulness soon
disappear when the kidneys
are out Of order or disea sed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
Improving Farm Cattle.

We have frequently noted the fact
that the big stock raisers of the West
take the best of the pure bred stock
from the breeding establishments of
the eastern and central states, leaving
for the farmers of these states the Sec
ond rate animals. There is a good rea-
son for this in the fact that the western
man with his large number of females
can afford to pay better price for
pure bred male than the farmer whose
herd is small. But, whatever the rea-
son, the fact is to be deplored, from the
standpoint of the farmer, because it is
constantly increasing the capacity of
his rivals to compete in the quality Of
their stock. We have seen range bred
cattle improving steadily for years,
while those bred on farms have stood
still or refrigerated, and the reason is
that the ranchman has bred straight
and bred up, while the farmer has too
often done neither. The good bulls
have gone West, and the result is seen
in range bred cattle that top the market
when fed right. If our farm bred cat
tie are to maintain their lead, they
must be bred up. If individual farm
ers cannot put up enough money to
keep the best bulls at home, they must
club together or organize to do it. 1t
is this or march in the rear Of the pro-
cession before many years in the breed
ing of beef cattle.-National Stockman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
Swine Pastures.

Where clover will grow readily the
best swine pastures include clover,
rape and rye. Other pastures are not
necessary. Winter rye will come first
in order and when kept eaten down
closely will be much relished by swine.
After winter rye will come clover of
the medium variety. Then early sown
rape will come in just after the first
growth of the clover has been eaten
down. Later the second growth Of the
medium clover will be on hand, and
still later late sown rape will carry the
swine right on until the approach
of winter. Where these two crops will
grow in good form the swine grower
need not trouble looking about for any
others. OF course, other pastures may
be grown, but usually there is not very
great need for growing them.
Where clover will not grow the chief
pastures may be rye, barley and oats,
rape, sorghum and rape, grown in the
order named. Instead of sorghum,
peas and also sweet corn may be
grown. 1t is not necessary to grow all
of these in one season. For instance,
winter rye and rape when sown at
proper seasons may be made to answer
the purpose without any of the other
crops. 1t is fortunate, however, to
have such variety, for then there is
opportunity for choice. 1t is FORUM
ate, however, to have such variety,
for then there is opportunity for
choice. 1t is happy country for pro-
ducing swine where pastures can be
thus grown for them in such variety,
and it may also be added in such
abundance as characterizes the pro-
duction of prairie land.
No grower of swine should think OF
being without plentiful supply of pas
ture all the season of growth. An
abundance of suitable pasture will tend
much to cheaper the cost of producing
pork.-Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
A Royal Birthday,

Queen Victoria is eighty-one years
old today. She has reighed in Eng
land sixty-three years. Really without
power, the creature of the cabinet and
of Parliament, having no will she can
enforce against these authoritative
branches of the government, never ex-
ercising the veto power, she is never
theless the most notable and puissant
sovereign of Europe.
The Queen has presented, in her
person and court, an example of virtue
that used to be rare among monarchies,
but there are none today that recall the
vices of the royal Georges of England,
or the Louises of France. England
has often been engaged in war during
Victoria's three score and three years
of sovereignty, and under her rule
war was begun, and is being remorse-
lessly prosecuted to the bitter end,
which will bring everlasting odium
upon England.
During her reign misfortunes have
befallep Ireland for which England
was in some decisive measure respon-
sible, thousands perishing from fam
inc, and millions fled to America from
the woes of British administration
and still they come. Gaunt famine
stalks abroad in India. Its ravages ap-
pail the civilized world. 1t numbers its
millions of victims. Humanity in all
countries is laid under heavy contribu-
ton to mitigate the horrors of the
plague and starvation in the land Of
of which the Queen is Empress. Mean
time England is prodigally wasting hu-
man life and pouring out treasure with
out stint to rob the Beers of their indie
pendence and their country. Still, all
is serene at Windsor castle. None of
wars alarums, none of the disagreeable
and distressful incidents in the remote
corners of the empire, none of the
pangs Of widowhood and orphanage
daily spreading through the homes of
"Merrie England" intrude at the
Queens residence. 1t is a pleasant
birthday and the congratulations Of the
world are benignly received.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
Thick or Thin Seeding.

d. l.. Wellman of Frazee Mimi,
the originator of Wellman's Fyfe
wheat, has letter in the Fargo Forum
that is worthy of notice. He has come
after pretty heightened experience 10
the conviction that thin seeding is best.
and sows about Of bushel to the
acre, and as a result of this has been
able to produce heads with five or six
rows of kernels on them. Besides his
own practice he refers to the work of
Hallett, who, from three acres of good
rich land and one-third of bushel of
seed per acre, raised 70 bushels to the
acre. BY this method and continuous
selection he was able to show heads in
creased from A. inches long and AZ
grains to twice the length and 1923
grains. Another example quoted is
from South Dakota, where, from a
peck of seed, 30 bushels were grown.
And he contends that the seed from
such a mode of seeding is bound to
q
that raised from thick seeding.
There could be good deal said in
favor of Mr.. Wellman's opinions, but
the most obvious objection is that in
our country the length OF the season is
so limited that early ripening is more
important than problematic: increase
of yield from limited seeding. Mr.
Mackay of Indian Head furnished in
our last issue a case very much to the
point. In that district last year wheat
on summer fallow on heavy land had
10 be cut unripe simply because the
season was too short to mature it prop.
erly. To save peck of seed, thereby
encouraging freer tillering and slower
ripening, may eventuate in half-filled
crop, checked by frost and worth less
than an earlier ripened yield Of severa
bushels to the acre less.
The present season may supply ar
example in which limited seeding
would come out all right. AS we write
there is continuous sunshine. Sow
less than bushel of good seed on sum
mer fallow, and with ten days Of fine
weather there will be an early ant
vigorous start. Let night or two o.
frost come along about the middle O
May TO cut that wheat down. At once
there will be free tillering, and a clos'
stand demonstrating the virtue of thir
seeding.-Northwest Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
AGRICULTURAL.
The New Flock,

Whether for mutton or for wool the
new flock must receive our early and
constant attention when spring and
summer are upon us. Wool stocks are
something that cannot be increased in
one season, as corn, cotton or wheat.
When the latter are high priced be-
cause of small supplies thousands OF
new acres are planted with them, and
the next crop proves record breaker.
But we cannot increase our wool crop
in that way. 1t takes two or three sea-
sons to multiply the focks of sheep so
that the wool crop is materially in
creased. Consequently there is less
chance of the wool industry being over
done because of present high prices
than that of almost any other staple
farm crop. Fewer will 60 into the
business of raising lambs for wool
growing, but many will purchase stock
already producing wool, and often at
such high prices that the wool will not
prove profitable. The wise man will
60 into breeding new flocks, and they
will raise animals which can produce
wool at profitable price that would
ruin the man who as venture bought
the flocks at almost prohibitive prices.
In the young lambs we have the
foundation for the future wool supply,
and it is we'll to see that they are
weeded out for the purposes desired.
Do not waste time and money in bring
ing to maturity the lambs that will
never produce desirable grade of
wool. 1t is better to fatten them up as
quickly as possible for the early spring
market and secure the returns which
can be turned into something else
more profitable. In the first place, the
lambs should not have been raised
from parents that did not have good
wool producing potency, but if the er-
ror has been made or nature has not
lived up to our expectations it is time
vet to correct the mistake. Every
good lamb bred from wool producing
sheep should be kept and reared with
care. Give chief attention to the main
purpose, that of yielding fine, long,
silky fleece, and then if nothing hap
pens it will pay better profit than the
lamb that is killed for the butchers
market. Good breed, good feed and
good attention are all that are needed
today to make money with sheep and
lambs, and these are requirements that
every shepherd can have. - E. T.
Smith, in American Cultivator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30

Dyspepsia--ba OF human existence.
Burdock Blood Bitters cures IT.; promptly,
permanently. Regulates and tones the
stomach.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
The Sheep Parasites.

Some writers claim that sheep ought
not to be pastured on land more than
one year before it is ploughed and re
seeded; but my sheep have been kept
free from parasites by the use Of tar,
turpentine and salt. Bore two-inch
holes in pine log, fill with salt and
smear tar around the top, and sheep
will tar their own noses while eating
salt. Sheep soon learn to eat tar. 1
keep it mixed with turpentine and
salt, where it is accessible at all times.
About one-half pint of turpentine to
l peck Of salt is the proper proportion.
Arthur Odell, Michigan.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
Live Stock Market

There were offered on the market at
Brighton last Tuesday 865 cattle, % sheep
and lambs, 443 swine and SCI veal calves,
besides horses and poultry.
Supplies of Northern and Eastern beef
cattle were light and OF generally unsatis-
factory quality. Business was almost nec-
essarily confined to common grades. Sales:
cows, average 900 lbs, &c; bulls, average
1920 lbs. 80; beef COW average HOO lbs,
3tc; cattle, average 1880 lbs, 5tc; 3 cattle,
average 1905 lbs, 6ac: beef COWS, average
$50 lbs, 80.
The few sheep and lambs on offer were
sold on p. +.
For hogs the demand was good, but easy
ad vices from the West made 1t Impossible
to get any thing over 61c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury

AS mercury will surely destroy the senes
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on pre-
scriptions from reputable physicians, as
the damage they will do is tenfold to
the good you can possibly derive from
them. HALLS Catarrh Cure, manufac-
tured by f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken
internally, and made in Toledo, o., by
f. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
q Sold by Druggists. price sew
enty-fve cents per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
Animal Food for Poultry.

1t is desirable to feed poultry animal
matter in some form. This has long
been taught by practical feeders, but
the exact effect of such feeding has
never been shown 30 clearly as in ex-
periments recently concluded by the
New York Agricultural Experiment
Station at Geneva. In these tests
1000 chicks and ITO ducklings have
been grown to marketable size, and 80
hens and 40 cockerels have been fed for
long periods, 80 that the evidence pre-
scented in Bulletin No. I'll has the
weight of time and numbers. 1t all
points in one direction-toward superb
ority of rations containing animal food
over those made up of grains alone. In
no case has the reverse of this proved
true, and in nearly all the trials the
difference has been most noticeable.
When the lack of mineral matter in an
all grain ration, as compared with one
containing animal meal, is supplied by
bone ash, the difference disappears or
favors the grain ration, 30 far as chicks
and laying hens are concerned. That
is, it is the small amount of ash in the
grain ration which makes this ration
inferior to one containing animal meal,
rather than a difference in quality of
the proteine.
Practically this is of little import
ance, for, except under rare conditions
like those surrounding these expert
ments, it would be easier, cheaper and
better to use animal meal, meat scraps
or cut bone to supplement ration for
fowls in confinement than to burn the
bones or to buy bone ash. Something
to supplement the ash poor grains they
must have, and it is simpler to give it
in a natural form combined with valu-
able proteine and fats than to burn out
the organic matter and give the ash
only.
With ducks, however, even the addi-
ton OF the bone ash did not make the
grains perfect food. Ducks are nat
urally great lovers of small fish and
frogs and snails, and such forms of ami
NAL life found in their water excur-
sions. Unless they have something to
take the place Of this animal matter,
they cannot do their best.
In farm poultry feeding, where the
birds have the range of orchard and
pasture, of course they get animal food
in the insects and worms and snails
which they scratch for 30 vigorously
so grains may make up practically al
the ration fed. The birds themselves
will attend to the supply OF anima
food.
This bulletin is available for free dis
tribution and will be sent to those ap
plying for it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
Tortured q Witness.

Intense suffering was endured by wit
ness T. L. Martin, of Dixie, KY, before he
gave this evidence: I coughed every night
until my throat was nearly raw; then tried
DIR. Kings New Discovery which gave in
slant relief. have used 1t in my family
for four years and recommend 1t as the
greatest remedy for coughs, colds and all
throat, chest and lung troubles. 1t will
stop the worst cough, and not only prevents
but absolutely cures consumption. Price
SOC and 81. Every bottle guaranteed.
Trial bottles free at G. Blakely's drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
A WOman's Awful Peril.

"There is only one chance to save your
fe and that is through an operation" were
the startling words heard by Mrs. 1. B.
Hunt of Lime Ridge, Wis, from her doctor
after he had vainly tried to cure her of a
frightful case Of stomach trouble and yell
low jaundice. Gall stones had formed and
she constantly grew worse. Then she be-
gan to use Electric Bitters which wholly
cured her. It's wonderful stomach, liver
and kidney remedy. Cures dyspepsia. loss
of appetite. Try 1t. Only SOC. Gusran-
teed For sale by @. Blakely, druggist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
Boston Produce Market,

K4-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained Dv receivers vAoesae lots mot ROOFING
prices unless otherwise indicated. intended
to represent actual ssles.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-30

she that seeks finds" He that takes
Hoods Sarsaparilla finds in it's use
pure, rich blood and consequently good
health.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08

"THE report New State Senate Prison Com
mission the Legislature presents several suggestions
toward carrying out the idea that prisons should
Quoted the end view of reforming prisoner
not simply to punish him. The Commissioners condemn
of prisoners that has tendency decrease
self respect they the abolition of the ocksep and the
prison striped SUITS They hold that the prisoners should
be classified the basis of present behavior not past
record They urge strongly State ReormadSy male
prisoners between the ages of sixteen and thirty They
also urge the State to provide institution for ncorgbe
boys arrested and convicted for minor oenses This
tuition they believe should be wholly educational giving
instruction in letters and in trades"
The above article contains few suggestions
that worthy of moments pause. In a great
many of our prisons the authorities seem to attach
Importance to mans past than they do to his
present record. Whenever they do this it either
shows that they place very little confidence in their
reform measures, else lack the ability to inaugu-
rate such humane rules that will produce the desired
effect In great many instances their system is an
abortion. 1t not only degrades him, but very
little short of making an animal of him. Under an
over-rigid system you decrease self-respect; you
stife that spirit of sefdependency which is essential
to his leaving the prison; you deprive him
of the remotest possibility of exercising the rights
of free moral agent, and when this is done, how
any mortal expect reformation of sterling
nature to take place? 1t is quite laughable to see
some of these penal lumnares declare their nstitu
tons model reformatories as they have sue
ceeded in placing their plant upon self-sustaining
basis. The public demands that the inmates shall
leave prison better morally, mentally and physically
Yes, it is not their past which you want to look up
but come more closely in touch with their present
life before you succeed in developing a healthy
desire toward nobler purposes. The warden who
actsas the ideal type of magnanimity before the public
and the incarnation of hauteur, tyranny and unfor-
giveness in dealing with his charges may succeed
in convincing the public that he is humane
and "great' reformer, but the prisoners would not
be convinced Of the sincerity Of his aims though
he was to march boldly through the prison with a
representative from heaven pearched each shoulder
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08

The Ohio Penitentiary News recently contained
an article upon the antique architecture prevalent
in penitentaries in the United States. In respect
to cellular conditions this country is exceeded by that
OF European prisons They vastly larger better
ventilated and contain greater improved facilities
for purifying the atmosphere Our cellular arrange
ments are decidedly lacking in several important
qualifications. In the first place five by seven cell
is entirely too small and unfit even for the confine
ment Of wild animals. Secondly where the ventila-
ton is faulty and entirely inadequate the stencil is
almost unbearable. In the summer months the
walls are damp and have the appearance of being
drenched with water. These shortcomings should
receive prompt attention at the hands of human
tarans and those whose business it is to point out
these defects. Time and again recommendations
have been made to correct these stupendous bunders
that are monument which reflects discredit upon
our progressive and enlightened civilization, and
successfully they have been passively ignored as
too expensive undertaking. It is bad enough to
leave to the rising generation the germs of this evil
without them inheriting the evil itself
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08

THOSE truculent politicians in Kentucky are not
only surchargng the atmosphere with ku-klux lingo
ism but also wasting large quantities of good paper
Outsiders will not recognize either party, as Gov
Taylor issued pardon to one of the inmates of the
pententary, and the warden, who is close personal
friend of Goebels, refused to act The federal au-
thorites will soon be compelled to send governor
general down there to conduct business for few
moons