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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10
Allies Defeat the Chinese and
Capture the Important
CITY OF YANG 7suN.
American Loss was Small.
Allies Lost About 200.

Washington, Aug. Minister
WI has received cipher despatch
from Minister Conger this morning
of hundred words, addressed to the
state department.. 1t was substanti-
ally duplicate of the message from
Pichon, the French Envoy at Pekin,
published this morning and indicates
that the eight foreign ministers at
Pekin agreed to send identical mes
sageS to their several governments.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10
Ex.MEMBER DEAD.

Fletcher, Aug. 10.--Albert PersonssI
life long resident of this town died
yesterday.
He was highly respected citizen
and worthily represented Fletcher in
the general assembly several years
ago.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10
SENATOR BROWN BETTER.

Burlington, Aug. 10.-R. E. Brown
of this city, nominee for state sena-
tor, is fast regaining his health and
strength. He sits up every day and
his complete recovery is now looked
for.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10
GAINS 100 NAMES.

Bennington, Aug. l0.--Thc check
list has been posted and shows a gain
of over 100 over two years ago. The
Republicans have a big rally August
18th.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10
LEAGUE STANDING.

JanitOr Charles 2. Jones has pur-
chased two boxes of cigars and is dis
pcnsing of them with lavish <hand.
The reason for this is that Mrs. Jones
yesterday presented him with q ten
pound present in the shape of 9 boy.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10

st. Mary's Chapter of the Church Of
the Good Shepherd will have an Ice
Cream social on the church lawn next
Thursday evening, Aug. l6. Every
body invited. tt
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10
Notice to Contractors.

Barre, Vt, August 3, 1900.
Sealed bids for thu furnishing and erection
of three new schoolhouses in the town of
Barre, will be received addressed to w. j
Capp, Chsirman, Barre. Vermont, OH and
after Aug, ., until Aug. II, 1900, at 4 o'clock.
+. NJ. The building cpmbittee reserve the
right to reject any oral hAls. The plans and
specifications capbe seer N the Town Clerks
Office, SO. ltarre.
o9.lOe Sec, Building Committee.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10
two NEeRos SHOT.

Dover, N. Fl. Aug. l0.-A shoot
ing atrray with two men aS the VIC
Tins, resulted from quarrel between
negroes at the Granite State Park
last night John Glare, who did the
shootin. escaped.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10
HAS FAILED.

Burlington, Aug. l0.-Only one Pc
tion in bankruptcy was filed yester-
day, that of Peter Bombard, painter
of Barre. Liabilities 1851; asests
1925.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10
LORD Chief JUSTICE DEAD.

London, Aug. l0.-Baron Russell,
of Kilowen Lord Chief Justice of
England died this morning as the re-
suit of an operation for tumor in the
stomach.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10

The annual picnic of the Presbyter
ian Sunday school will be held at
Cherryvale Grove tomorrow. Special
car at 9.45.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10
BASE BALL.

Boston 3, Pittsburg =.
New York 5, Cincinnati ,.
Brooklyn 7, st. Louis 3.
Chicago 5, Philadelphia |.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10

WANTED.-A man to drive one of Thwing
Brothers teams. Apply at once. Thwing
Brothers. l00.l05
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10
COWS KILLED.

Milton, Aug. 10.--F. B. Kinney had
three COWS and bull killed by light
ming during the recent storm.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10

Hung Chang to negotiate with the
powers for peace is reported at Shang.
hal to have been received there. The
correspondents at Yokohama again
state that Russan-Japanese force is
moving On TO Pekin from the north.
Boston, Aug. 10. A special to the
Boston Herald from Washington dated
Aug. 9, says
The signal office of the war depart
ment today received dispatch from
Capt. G. p. Scriven of the signal
corps, dated Aug. s, via Chcfoo, Aug.
9, as follows:
"Yangtsun captured today. Wire
up. Need own transportation. All
well. SCRlvEN."
YangStun is the town Gen. Chaffce
indicated in his dispatch received late
yesterday as being the objective of
the international forces on their then
pending movement. 1t is 17,S miles
from Tientsin, at the junction of the
Peiho and the railroad leading to Pc
kin.
Its capture will insure to the inter
national troops, it is hoped, two
routes of transportation to Pckin.
Half an hour after the above mes
sage, a cablegram came from General
Chaffee, giving additionally details of
the capture and showing that it had
been at the cost of about sixty casual
ties among the American troops. Gen.
Chaffee's s despatch is as follows:
"Yang Tsun, Aug. 6.--Yang Tsun
occupied today. Wounded, Second
Lieut.. Frank R. Long, 9th Infantry,
moderate. Casualties, about sixty
men, 9th U. S. Insanity, l4th U. S.
Infantry and Battery Fifth L. S.
Artillery. Nearly all from l4th In
fantry. Names later Many men
were Frustrated from heat and fati-
que.
1t is believed that 10000 imperial
troops we're heavily entrenched at
Yangstum, and that the Chinese in
tend to make stubborn stand there,
second only to that at Pekin, so that
the victory is regarded as one of the
most important next to the fight
that is likely to take place at the
celestial capital.
Still, the Chinese will probably op-
pose the allies all the way to the capi-
tai, although it is possible that they
may he demoralized by this second and
most serious reverse.
Hardly less important was the de-
spatch from Gen. Tcrauchi, second in
command on the Japanese staff, sent
to the office of Japan and transmitted
to the legation here, stating that the
international army would total so, 900
men on August Is at which time the
real advance on Pckin would begin.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10
LOCAL RAINS.

Local rains tonight and Saturday
with southwest winds.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-10

London, Aug. 10.--An cdict eman-
iting from Pekin, authorizing Ii
Hung Chang to negotiate with the
powers for peace is reported at Shang-
hal to have been received there. The
correspondents at Yokohama again
state that RuSsian-JapaneSe force is
moving On to Pekin from the north.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26
Ginseng in vermont.

Considering that ginseng hunu
has been a source of income TO Soy
in this state, and that effort mas u'
made to cultivate the root here i =
be of interest to give few ue,1
concerning diggers Of ginseng II
nessee, where the plant is indigenous
certain sections. Demand for Tue
is constant, and the price hign. u
been mystery as to what the ~ NM
tials have made of the root-pe i,-l
a substitute for opium. Later au'NV 4
ties claim it is used as medicine ~, :
nearly all the ills to which inc ~ -,
tial is heir to. The United sta' 's.s
now dividing honors with the I'm
empire in consumption of ginsens, Ia
is made into medicine here ana sol !
cred one of the greatest reineu- c,,a
the day for gastric disorders. e oaltI
sums have been expended IN US eot
walton, but success has not Osen n.fsn
tering. One young man IN ~ DIN
gathered in the fall 26 pounus Ling !,
seng at about "a per pound'-
ton, VT, Free Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

the fowls the farmer wants TO use. II
may produce fancy specimens. but ofsen
they are physical wrecks. Why not
keep our pure-bred. fowls pure with
out breeding all the stamina out Of
them? Why not make each successive
generation harder than the preceding
one? Can this be done and how? IL
can be done by out-crossing. or chang
Ing the males. This would be called
detrimental to standard breeding, but
1t is good common sense In practical
culture. Out-crossing can be resorted
to with Improbable poultry, II the
next year males of the same breed be
again used
The farmer has reached the stage
when, If he cannot secure strons'
hardy thoroughbreds, he resorts TO
cross-breeding. When they once get
to crossing they get careless and cross
males OF the cross on females OF the
same family. 1t does not take long
for this process to convert really good
fowls into mongrels Mongrels, dung
hill or barnyard fowls are the result OF
hap-hazard breeding for generations.
At length 1t becomes a matter OF in
difference to the owner as to their
ancestry. What we need most of all
is to bring only thoroughbreds up to
the highest type OF hardin ess and util-
ity. Then the farmer should use only
pure-bred fowls.
wish to touch on another question:
Does it pay farmers to buy eggs for
setting at a cost of 81 to $3.50 per Is?
Yes. We will suppose that out of the
IS the farmer gets but seven chicks
three males and four females. The
males themselves are worth twice the
cost of the eggs and the pullets will
be extra. EDWIN BURROUGHS.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

Of, narts OF the world is destined " be
oY great value to the farmer. and the
latter should not be backward in avail
ing himself Of the opportunities pre-
sented A number Of grass plots should
exist on his farm, and in these should
be- grown the grasses best reported OF
for his locality. Our practices OF grass
growing are bound to undergo a radl-
cal change; and the future Will no
more see us sticking to the two or
three kinds Of grasses now being
grown than the present sees us grow
ing the potatoes and cabbages that
were favorites with our grandfathers.
Different grasses use different con-
stituents in the soil. and on exhausted
grass land it may prove possible to
substitute new variety for an old va
riety with advantage Some OF the new
grasses have been brought from lands
subject to great extremes OF heat ana
cold and OF drouth, and will prove es-
pecially seryiceable on lands that are
SO mechanically constructed that they
yield readily to drouth conditions Prog
ress in the science of grass growing
will come only as result OF many
and varied experiments with all the
known valuable grasses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

Press Bulletin No. 81 Of the Kansas
Experiment Station says: Vegetable
oyster or satisfy, is most valuable
addition to the list of cultivated veg
etables, but at present is little known
and scarcely appreciated. 1t Is not a
native of America, SO far as is known,
but is indigenous TO the southeastern
counties Of England, where it grows in
the meadows. Nothing from the ordi-
nary sources OF information can be
found as to its Introduction into this
country, but it is nol well enough
known to indicate tAat IL has been
long in cultivation Henderson, in his
Gardening for Profit, says that al
though the consumption is limited, the
prices are high and remunerative, and
that the amount grown is increasing.
Whether or not it should be grown ex-
tensively is question that the demand
for the vegetable Will settle, but there
is no question whatever that IL is
worthy of cultivation for family use
in every vegetable garden.
Botanically it bears the name Trago-
pogon porrifolius, Linn, belonging to
the Composite, and is a biennial
plant. The varieties Long White and
Sandwich Island have been tested by
the horticultural department OF the
Kansas Experiment Station. There
was little difference in the total yield.
Sandwich Island being ahead, but the
roots of Sandwich Island had fewer
laterals and were smoother. Where
a good stand the yield was very nearly
a pound to the foot of row.
Satisfy is easily grown, may be Gull
tivated without trouble, and is easily
stored for winter use. The seeds are
sometimes planted with a drill but on
account of being so sharply curved at
the ends it is rather difficult to obtain
an even distribution in this way, un-
! less they are very thoroughly cleaned
They may be planted thickly, to be
thinned later on, or the seeds may be
dropped from four to six inches apart
in the first place. The soil should be
rich, but with well-rotted manure
worked deep and thoroughly. UpoI
the perfect condition of the soil de-
ponds the straightness and smoothnes'
OF the roots, there being a tendency t
branch where fresh manure is applied
The plants should be cultivated as par
ships are. They are very hardy, are
not affected by frost and may be lief
in the ground all winter without harm
But to have the roots ready for us'
they should be dug in the fall anC
stored away in soil or sand where thu
temperature is low. If exposed to tn,
air the roots become shriyeled anC
tasteless and are without value.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26
To Brood nera Headera.

A government report says: The man
who is raising hogs to be sold for
breeders cannot be too careful to use
only such as come nearest the ideal
for the breed; hence, from his point of
view, defect in color swirls, or miss
ing tail would be a serious blemish to
the animal The breeder OF breeding
animals can well afford to pay rela-
lively high price for an animal which
is free from these minor defects, as
his sales will depend largely on the
general appearance of his herd, while
the hogs Of the pork raiser are sold by
the scales. Bears should not be pur-
chased until they are four or five
months old, as they do not show their
form fully before that time. They
cost less at weaving time, but their
purchase at that time is lottery, as a
promising pig often develops into an
inferior and poorly shaped animal. 1t
is not safe to delay the purchase until
the boar is wanted for service, as
others will be wanting him at the same
time, and there may be delay in finding
a desirable animal. The service is
more sure and the boar can be han
died with much less trouble If he has
been on the place for few weeks be-
fore he is needed for use. He should
have time to become accustomed to his
new quarters before he goes to service
The boar should never be allowed to
run with the sows, as he will be a con
tinual worry both to them and to his
owner, and it is much better to keeI
him in lot where he can neither see
nor hear other hogs. He should be
kept as quiet as possible, and his fooC
should be such as will give hin
strength and vitality, but not too fat,
tening. He will do better service whe1
he has sufficient grazing to give him
exercise, and only sufficient grain fooC
to keep him in good condition without
becoming so fat as to be heavy anC
unwieldy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26
naraIness In Poultry.

To The Farmers Review: I desire
to call the attention Of farmers and
farmers wives to a few facts of consid-
cradle Importance 1t is without ques-
ton true that. in all branches OF stock
industry, good blood is the key to sue
cess. In fact, in all business, whether
mercantile or Industrial the best goods
make permanent success. This is true
also In poultry culture. Common hens,
like cheap labor, are not to be depend
ed on. The object of the poultry raiser
is eggs and meat To produce the
former we have the Leghorns, Minor
cas-, Spanish, Hamburgs. and the like
For meat we have. If our aim be for
roasting, superior qualities in the Ply
mouth Rocks, Brahmas. Cochins; and
for broilers no better breed than the
Wyandotte can be secured Now, If
we properly raise, house and feed these
breeds, no cross-bred fowl can equal
them. We have come to this conclu-
sion after years Of experimenting with
both cross-bred birds and with pure
bred ones.
But some say, when we use pure
bloods, we have a great deal OF sick
ness In our floclSs, while our mongrels
are always hardy" 1t is a pity that
too often such is the case. What Is the
cause? believe 1t to be due to in
breeding. In-breeding is Injurious tc
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

There is great wealth in the grass
crop, whether 1t be in the pasture or
the meadow More attention should be
paid by nearly every farmer to the Sc
lection of grasses adapted to his soil.
his conditions and his needs. lhere
is very large number of good grasses
but very few are popularity grown. The
ordinary man seems to think that one
kind of tame grass in his pasture is
about as good as another, and if one
of the standard grasses does fairly well
he looks for no other. But grasses
vary greatly in the growth they make
on different soils. With farms varying
all the way from light sand to imper-
vious clay il is reasonable to suppose
that there are many places where our
commonest grasses do not do so well
as other grasses that might be brought
In.
or course we recognize the fact that
for hay to be sold in the market II will
not pay to try any but the best-known
grasses, for the reason that the buver
OF hay in the city Is not inclined To
experiment with new kinds Of hay, at
ieas. aos 1hisss he can get the new
KIND at very much lower price. But
the farmer himself is not thus circum.
scribed. He can grow and feed without
prejudice any new grass.
The work being done by the govern
ment in bringing IN asw grasses from
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26
Colorlng Butter.

The color question is a matter OF
vital interest to the dairymen Of the
United States. Upon that line nearly
all the repressive legislation that has
been had against the fraud oleomar-
garine, is based. For that reason, in
order that in the future deception and
swindling may be prevented, 1T be-
comes matter of necessity that all
butter shall come upon the table in a
yellow color, says Hoard's Dairyman.
So far as deaths having ever ensued
from the eating of butter that has been
colored, that is the merest humbug.
Butter is colored simply as a matter
of taste, because in summer, when feed
is green, all butter is yellow. 1t does
not make poor butter good butter. The
coloring has nothing whatever to do
with the question of quality. No man
need be persuaded to buy poor butter
for good because it is yellow. Quality
in butter is not judged by the eye, but
by the taste and smell. so color has
nothing to do with quality, but has
much to do with another department
of value, that of appearance to suit the
eye of the customer.
The aim OF the dairymen and all
consumers who do not wish to be
swindled into buying oleomargarine
when they call for butter. is to force
oleomargarine, by the strong arm OF
the law, to appear in the market and
elsewhere in its own distinctive color,
which is white, or nearly so. Then,
If the poor want it as a cheap substi-
tute for butter, they can buy 1t for
what 1t is worth. Public sentiment
and understanding is fast coming to
see the integrity, fairness and wisdom
OF such purpose.
The boarding house or restaurant
keeper who puts white butter on his
table is lacking in good business sense.
No deaths, nor even sickness, have
ever occurred. to our knowledge. from
eating butter colored by any form OF
color.
The sooner all butter comes on the
table in yellow attire and all substl.
tutes are forced to appear uncolored
the quicker will justice be done to this
consumer and the dairymen.
~. e..TI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26
Corn Cnlture.

Judge S. H. Miller of Mercer, Pa, is
one of the enthusiastic farmers of the
county. Eleven years ago he bought
poor farm one mile from the town of
Mercer, and has made it very produc-
tive. Three years ago l saw on this
farm as heavy turf of timothy as
seemed possible to any land. His ag-
ricultural faith is pinned to stable
manure, undertakings, heavy sods to
make humus, and then tillage. AT
Leesburg institute he told us that his
cornfield was narrowed nine times last
spring before planting, and he said he
would have narrowed it nine times
more if there had been time for the
work. By this he certainly proves his
faith in tillage. The crop was one OF
the best ever raised in the county,
according to the testimony of many at
the institute who saw the field. Judge
Miller cultivates level, and keeps the
cultivator going whenever the weather
and other crops permit. Continuous
culture long as possible would suit
him. Tillage conseryes moisture and
frees fertility. Whether so much till
age would pay in cash most years is a
question. | doubt it.-National Stock
mon
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26

DR.. Thomas Wilson of the United
States National Museum, discussing
some of the problems Of American an
thropology, points out among the pc
culiarities yet unexplained, that a
fringe of country lying between the
coast range and the Pacific contains
a greater number of stocks, or families
OF Indian languages than all the rest
in North America combined. The ar
row and spear-heads OF the Pacific
coast are notably different from those
OF other parts OF the country. Pottery,
although made by neighboring peoples
in Mexico and in the Pueblo county,
was absent from the arts of the Pacific
coast. while. on the other hand, the
finest specimens Of basketry perhaps
in the world. either in ancient or mod
ern times, are to be found in Califor-
MIA. Doctor Wilson regards the IA
nous Calaveras skull as a genuine
relic of ancient man on the Pacific
slope.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST 10
AORIcULTURISTs.
Some Up-to-Date Hints Aoo"s
t,vation of the Soil and hi''"'
Thereof-H viticuiturs AN"
Horticulture.

An Agricultural Department for io""'
A bill introduced by Senator Harrl-
man to establish department Oh asii
culture is now pending in the low"
legislature and there are strong prop
abilities that it will be passed as -
mas the backing OF good many menu
bers Of the assembly and the people
and press are generally favorable 10
It. 1t is proposed to consolidate unuef
The one organization all the stare
boards and bureaus related to agrleui-
ture. This would give 1t the super
vision of the district and county falr
societies the weather and crop service,
The farmers Institutes, and the state
veterinary and dairy and food COM
mission departments. 1t would be
managed by board of which the gov
ernor, the president Of the Iowa state
Agricultural College, the state dairy
commissioner and the state yeterina-
rian would be members ex-ofiicio. Ihe
regular membership would be made up
Of directors, one from each congress
sional district, from which doubtless
the officers would be chosen. AS there
are only eleven congressional districts
In Iowa, this would not make very
cumbersome organization and in that
respect would be an Improvement or
the Illinois method of carrying on the
same work through four separate or
CARNATIONS. TO the first two of these,
/ !. fcci
dairy and food commission no partlH-
llar objection can be made since their
membership consists OF only necessary
working members appointed by the
governor. The third organization, the
state board of agriculture, is made Up
Of one representative from each con
gressional district in the state, and
the fourth, the Illinois Farmers ln-
stitutes. created by an act OF the S9'h
assembly, and serving in some respects
as model for the Iowa bill, is under
| the supervision of an ex-otficio boare
Of directors consisting of the state SUI
| perintendent Of public instruction, tn;
president of the State Dairymen's AS
ISOLATION, the dean of the State Col
lege of Agriculture, the president o
the state board OF agriculture, and th'
president of the State Horticultural
Society. The regular membership l1k'
that of the state board of agriculture
Is made up of a representative from
each congressional district and from
this membership the officers and stand
ing committees are chosen. AS eaci
of these four organizations is stat
institution, the expenses of member
are paid by the state for attendance a
all conventions and committee meet
ings and the expense of the repo'
which each issues and circulates is ais
paid by the state. This makes a con
siderable demand upon the publ
treasury without in many cases an
ccmpensating advantages to the tax
payers since the work of the stat
board of agriculture and of the Farm
ers' Institutes is necessarily directe
and carried on by its officers chose
with special regard to their fitness fc
the work, their experience and know
edge of the needs of agriculturists.