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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-07
Alfalfa In Vermont.

S. G. Macomber Of Grand Isle, Vt
writes IS follows to the Burlington News
In the fprirg Ct 1901 secured fifty
pounds Of alfalfa seed. After sowing two
and one. half acres Of ground to oats and
dragging 1t in thoroughly | sowed the al
falfa seed broadcast by hand ard dragged
in with smoothing harrow. Both oats
and alfalfa came up nicely, but as the
ground was rather lean the oats was only a
fair crop. After cutting the oats the
alfalfa continued to grow until cold wea-
Their.
In the spring OF 1902 the alfalfa came up
and made fl lie growth. We moved 1t
twice, cutting two heavy crops and by the
middle Of September the same year 1t was
Is to 20 inches high but we concluded TO
pasture 1t SO turned cows and sheep on Il
for ore or two hours for two or three days,
and then let them on 1t until cold weather,
They ate 1t down close. We were told by
some Ct our nelghbors that 1t would kill It,
but In the spring Ct 1908 IL started up nice ;
ly and made as rank growth as ever, In
one Ct the dryest sprii g we have any re-
membrarce Of.
We Lave cut two hesvy crops OF choice
hay aud By the fl st Ct October. as late as
the season was on account Il the long
drought, 1t was beautiful crop, all ready
for the sickle for the third time In 1903
But as we had plenty Of forage for our
stock we sgain turned onr cows and
sheep on 1t for pasture with grand results.
As Its roots penetrate deep In the soil
the drought does not ,ff.ct it as much az
other crops. l deem 1t one Of the most val
liable grass crops that farmer can raise
for all kinds Of stock. am fully convlnc.
ed that alfalfa can be raised successfully
10 Vermont.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-07
Tng WOMEN
WHO e.SNur ne aprp

Easktd So ~ ewes : THIRD ~ esn:asy
81 remarkable and nniiafm esfrk a serasa
such AZ 10 ofhFf umeay ~ ihr Diseases
ard weaknesses pceuiiAf 10 Wafnsn ever
attained thf raorfistam ard makers af
rr f8errs rAvoftic Prescription news feei
fully wAr3mjsd "a chsFtmg 10 pay fsu Ia
legal mourg ~ thr United SssirA ta any
csNr ~ LrHcnuhes. fsfnals Weakness,
rtulapsrs ~ Falling N Menah which they
ean ros cutv An thry ash a taif and
reasonable thai az their fnNAna ns rAfe
THEFT 6aanciai responsibility u Wi
ABoWn u every newHfspcs publlehrf asaA
druggist ~ tho United States with fnesi
81 whnu they have dont hasinrm ~ ever
thifA ~ 4 century Prom this fact il Nfil
readily Ne seen huw utterly foolish Il wuaid
te fof thfm 10 make The above unpFecv
dtuird aud remarkable Offer Il they wvfe
NOT hasiug their offer on curative means
having an unparalleled record No eshrt
medicine than ~ Pirfces fayoii,e ffe-
scripiiun could possibly win oni. as the
saying goes on such proposition. But
they kuow whereof they speak They have
the most remarkable feculd Of cures made
hy this world famed remedy essf placed 10
the credit Of any preparation especially
designed ioi the cafe 81 wonAn's peculiar
aimcn;s This wonderful remedy there
fore, stands absolutely alone as the Only
cue ttNMsNhNNA " NAAA4 ksNhaE AAAtN Sati*AtANA
properties as would warrant is makers in
publishing such a marvellous offer as is
above made In the utmost good faith
II wait % Ten you u The great improvement
IN my health siucc taking yogr ravofite IRE.
scfipticn says Mrs u $ Jones, Of Forrest,
Nc "when ! began lis use ! was physical
wreck aud had drspaifea Of ever having any
health again Could not ~ up alt day nated
. great improvement before the FIRST bottle
was used Was suffering with almost every pain
that a woman u subject 10 had Inflammation
81 ovafies painful and suppressed periods and
other symptoms oi female disease, Amer taking
~ bottles oi Tavorite Prescription | felt like
new person. Can ride horseback and take all
kinds Of exercise aud not feel tired
II YOU are led 10 the purchase Of Favor.
lie Prescription because Of its remarkable
cures, do not accept a substitute which has
none oil these cures 10 It's credit
II YOU are looking fof perfect laxative
try Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
WORLDS DIspENsARy MEDICAL Associ-
ALTON, proprietors, o65 Main Street ph
falo, n Y
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-07
AGRICULTURE.


The Ne. Hampshire experiment s!AiioH
has tsiietia Ia pfcs that eeIllrei the
eirreni kinds CT wksic lands that Are 10 be
found Ia the state, and shows how these
lands should be tsndltd 10 order 10 brig
them Into prtssble fcrcs. crop. AZ a
oreraCner TO ihls hulleiIn and 10 order 10
call attention TO u, the fallowing brkf sh-
straei Ia given. Prof y william Esne, the
sushor, has been studyine the problem for
some time. ard has conducted arumber OF
experiments along this line.
oar waste lands are for conyenhnee dIyi-
ded Into six kinds, w;
q Run cut sgtlsnltnral 6elds and
abandoned bsfps.
a Natural pastures fso-cslled) usual
~ stony AID unadspted for cultivation;
jsnipef', bareback, sxeetfern and brush
KEEP, down BY the treadiug OF animals ard
by eutli aEd burning occasionally,
q Burned over wood lots and fcl-
ests.
"a spreu. or brush lands.
90 u pleted sandy lands (bsrrerD
70 Low or wet lands.
Under each OF these heads The writer dis
cusses means aud meslhods OF handling
them so ~ to asslst nature In getting them
into fores. growth. The prire'pal means
mentioned are 10 transplantirg seedlings,
aud sowing or planting seeds where nature
has not the opportunity Of doing II, and
filiing 10 ard assisting her wher yer posi-
BILE, for q Ecker returns Nstur.'s methods
are slow, tn. with little helping and H.
genulty en- the part OF man, results can be
had much earlier than We Ieslz'.
These waste la1ds are Of value when
they are IA forests. Many and most Of
them were at some time or other heavily
timbertd. Much Of the proper husbandilg
can be brought back to forest g,owth and
then II scientific methods q modern for
estry ire exercised they can be continued
as forests indt fnitely.
The bulletin is pfofusely illustrated ard
Ia written with al idea Ct being as pract.-
cal and clear as possible. IL is fee for
distribution and cin be had by writ ilg to
the director OF The expei lment station, Dur.
ham, New Hampshire.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-07
A Farm Wealth Can't Buy

In the midst OF the great Elmend0r
stock farm in Fayette cCunty, Ky, owned
by James Ben Ali Haggir, the famous
turfman, Is a sixteen acre patch Of GROUND
that is thorn In the side Of Haggin. II
is owned by Dennis Mahoney, fence
builder, ard has been bis home for sixty
years.
More than once has Mr.. Haggin sent biz
agent to the Old son Of Erin to make an
offer for his little farm, but Mohoney sayi
he Is very well sati,fied with Mr.. j. B.
Haggin as a neighbor. 5 veral times have
prices that seem fabulous to the outsider
been ar RED, but Mahonty refuses 10 leave
the home that has teen his so long. The
farm Is In the center Of the Elmendori
farm, and In the distance can be seen the
big $500 900 mansion, which is one OF the
finest in the south. Ga every 81 lie for
miles stretch the &C e, Of Elmendorf, and
the only unsighily spot |. the little cabin
Of Mshoney.
Mahoney when boy was In the employ
Of Carter II. Harrison. the murdered may
or OF Chicago, aad 1t was then that he
purchased the little pl)t Il land Maho-
ney calls he two farms big and little f.
nendori." Mr.. Hsggin has recently en-
ployed Mahoney on the farm, hoping to
secure By diplomacy what has not been
acquired by bis millionf. IL Ia said that
his six'een ace patch Of ground ba' caus
I'd Hsggin more al xiety thsn all The tr
BILE he ever hsd si,h his goat wealth.
Ia the mehu ime Msbo1ey tits 10 the
d 'or Of his little home, and when the sub
act Ia mentiotei he wibks a says, III
sm very well saiish ID with Mr. d IIig-
gin As neighblr.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-07
THAT ARE KILLING THE PEOPLE.

No ether plaster. no eshss madeleine or sP-
plios,ion. can compare with them. Coughs,
colds, backschs, rheumatism, lumbseo,
kidney and liver troubles, asthma. infu-
snsa, they all 20 dowa before Benson's
pls,ers like Q snow image in the sun
You cant throw money away on Benson's
Plaster Everybody Is going 10 use them
This season. Bu, mako certain you &c, the
genuine. All druggists, or We VIII prepay
postage on any number ordered IN the
United States on receipt OF CSC. each.
sAabsry 4 johnson. Mig. Chemists, M
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-07

II you are fond Of early green ttuf and
don't wan. to bui,d s hotbGd, scatter some
lettuce seed 10 warm, sheltered spot the
frat Of April AID rake 10 gently. The
plants will soon appear and are not dam
aged By the frost. Transplant 10 q bed
eight Inches apart II you would have the
finest hsads
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-07

Mt much 10 the way Of material i'm
prowmsn. or advance may be looked f,r
on the part Of the ds,ky until the c,ons
and possums Of the south are \ ermIna,ed,
for when these are 10 bis reach be seems
TO have little ambition for anything better
OF higher.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-07
VOLCANIC ERUPT|0NS

are violent but soon over. Skin eruptions
often last for years; sometimes all ones
life. They just stay and stick, like the
dreadful visitor who never goes or accepts
hints that you are tired of his company.
Skin diseases are efforts of nature to get
rid Of poisons in the blood or in the super
fetal tissue. Kill or expel the germs and
the disease disappears, and the inflamed
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-07

In the grip contest being wsged ln the
far Eu', Russia IL not lighting rice fed
coolies, but people who appreciate the
value OF American pak, beef aud ,ur--
ses miagis insisnificant factors which may
have nush 10 do 10 deci ling tbs struggle.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-07

ctitlcle heals. But not
before. The most sue
cessful and effective
blood purifier and skin
cleaner is undoubtedly
q new remedy discov-
cred by the well known
DIR. David Kennedy,
and named by him
Cal-cura Solvent. It's
properties and powers
are unlike those Of
any of the old time
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-07
THEY CRUSH the POWERS

Thsh ~ristss IN usis-ogsoAss Ths icns.
Syyres~sss SUMMER 10 quite gunsL fsaif.s
isss. v.ihsrsns irte and TIA rSlsilsne corn -
Tie fsids are ssns Of lie season Fog.
fro~s, rain. arrow ihey sFs cozaias. fes
v~u.snbss lass winifs 81 1870 sni 1901.
TIE weather vas rrasl. All The thous-
saAs Il killed. asa de hsnirtis Of tAsus-
sn3s u fnalnoi and crippled Oh, ths
sczgh gr~p II laia Gu TnsS 81 vorh. women
Of kosns, And cisilArsn 10 cr.hs and cfstlss-
Coughs tlass began bsfars Thgrhagsrtns
DAY are rsckisg and tearing ihsm still -
esd growing worse ~ they as deeper Int
lie roor. trSd threat and lnngs Msny
were cared by using Benson's Porous Plss-
t~rs. FOR Tie soothing and hesling po~ss
ct tAsse Fl.s,ers il wonderful They soa-
eusr iks complaints
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-13
SEEKS BRIDE AND MILLIONS.
Girl With Plenty Loose Change
Can Win a Count.

The following advertisement which
is inserted daily in several Vienna
newspapers may be of interest to
American girls with million dollars
in loose change and desire for title
says a Vienna cable. The offer OF
marriage reads:
,,"Imperial Austrian Hungarian count,
IS years old, Roman Catholic, wants to
marry suitable lady of any faith wish
81, 900, 900 dowry. Wife could become
lady in waiting at court. Communica-
tions to be sent to E. Bergman,
Odeangasse Z, Vienna.
Investigation there has shown that
the ad. has not been inserted by a
member of the notorious marriage
syndicate, but is absolutely bona noe
and comes from member OF the Hun
garian upper house, formerly in the
diplomatic service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-13
PRAYED FOR CYCLONE.
And in a few Days After The
Prayer Was Answered.

A rather remarkable story comes tc
light since the cyclone at Rockmart
Monday afternoon. IT seems that a
holiness divine had been exhorting
the people on the public square of the
town for some days. He is described
as man of remarkable zeal and
intense ferVor. His preaching did
not apparently affect the inhabitants.
and last Sunday he prayed on the
streets that cyclone might be sent il
it was necessary to shake the peopleBup
from their sinful ways.
Monday, after the wind had swept
through the city, wreaklng death and
ruin, many recalled his asking for
divine intercession. 1t is said that the
negroes particularly are very much
wrought up, as all the dead and injured
are among that race.
Another peculiar within of the storm
is told. 1t shook all the plastering
from row of houses, broke carload
of crockery and glassware in them,
but the buildings were not disturbed
from their foundations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-13
CROPS FINE in LOUISIANA
FORMER TERRELL CITIZEN TELLS OF
CONDITIONS IN THAT STATE.
Describes the Manner in Which the Boll
WeeViI DESTROYS Cotton. Rain Has
Been Plentiful in His Section.

BELLEVUE. La, July 5. AS think
few dots from louisa ma will interest
some of the readers of The News
will write few lines.
The dreaded boil weeyil hasn't made
its appearance here yet. However,
there is a great deal of excitement
occasionally when strange bug or fly
is found on cotton, and l see that it is
the case in other states. | am satisfied
that there are boil weevils in some
parts of Louisiana, but don't believe
there are any east of the Mississippi.
and will not be for many years. They
have been in Texas eight or nine
years, and have just reached the bor-
ders of this state. Our Texas friends
who have moved here to escape the
ravages of the weeyils tell Us that they
are bugs first, last and all the time.
They bore into the boil and lay their
eggs, and the eggs hatch out bugs
that remain in the boil until they eat
it to a hull They then crawl out,
bore in other bolls and lay and hatch
until they are plentiful enough TO eat
up the crop These Texas people
know the boil weevil as we'll as we
know the cotton worm, and the above
is the information they give us. They
say they do not hatch out a worm.
neither do they sting the form and
cause it to drop off. They eat the forms
and leaves until the bolls come, and
then they do their big work. | am OF
the opinion that Georgia farmers can
rest easy for several years yet, as for
boil weevils.
The crops here we're never better
those that are clean-buG there are
thousands of acres of cotton on the
, low lands and river bottoms that have
never been chopped, and thousands of
acres are under back water from the
lakes and bayous. The crops on the
hills are all clean and fine, where the
farmers work them with their own
families and the few hands they can
get by the year. Day laborers cannot
he had at any price.
We have had good rain every ten
days on an average since planting
time. Corn is now tasseling, and cot
ton is beginning to bloom. We have
| tne cane, potatoes, etc.
J. N. HOFFMAN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-13
DOG PICKS MURDERER.
Feat of a German POIiceman'S
Canine.

A dog belonging to policeman in.
Brunswick, Germany, has recently dis.
covered a murderer.
A teamster named Duwehas been ar
rested aud ihas confessed that he had
murdered an 11-year old girl, daughter
of widow, Mrs. Rebenroth. The dog
was taken into the room where the
murder had been committed, and Du-
we, with a number of other suspects,
was brought in.
The dog had no sooner laid eye on
him when it made a rush for him and
would have bitten him but for the in
reference of it's master.
Twice Duwe was removed and allow
ed to change his clothes, but the dog
again picked him out.
There was no other evidence against
him, and he could probably never have
been convicted If he had not confessed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-13

Negro population in the southern
states is not increasing nearly so rap
idly as is white population IN the same
section of the country.
This is one of the several interesting
conclusions that may be drawn from
an elaborate and exhaustive study OF
, the negro statistics of the census OF
1900 by Prof. Walter L. Wilcox of
Cornell University, just issued bv the
census Office. There is, in fact, much
in this publication strongly supporting
the theory that if present tendencies
in the south continue for few decad es
the negro population in this section
will become stationary or will actually
decrease.
The proportion of negroes to whites
in the southern states has been rapidly
decreasing ever since the census of
1860, and is shown by the fact that be-
tween 1860 and 1900 the southern negro
population increased 934 per cent and
the southern white population in
creased l34.9 per cent. In 1900 the ne
groes constituted 1878 per cent, or
nearly one-third of the total population
of the United states.
Comparisons with the census of 1890
are unsatisfactory because there is
reason to believe that the census was
seriously defective. A comparison
with the census of 1880, however, shows
that during the twenty years preced-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-13
PROPORTION OF NEGROES TO
WHITES IN SOUTH DECREASING
Conclusions Drawn from Negro Statistics of Last Cen
sus If Present Tendencies Continue for Few De-
cades Black Population Will Decrease.

adult negroes is larger in the cities
than in the rural districts while the
death rate is always larger among
young children, it is probable that the
registration area is below the truth.
This rate in the census year was 3O2
per 1000 negro population. In the same
area the death rate among the whites
was but 17.3 per 1000 white popula-
tion.
Taking into account the exceedingly
high death rate among negro children
and the fact that there are fewer chill
dren IN proportion to the total negro
population in the cities than In the
rural regions it is probable that the
death rate among the negroes in all
parts of the country will average about
twice as great as among the whites.
This factor in itself has strong ten
dency to keep down the total negro
population.
There are no such things as reliable
birth statistics anywhere in the United
States. Attempts are made in many
cities to secure the registration of all
births, but there is no question that
the results are very unreliable. Pro-
lessor Wilcox adopted an ingenious
method of getting at an approximate
idea of the relative birth rates among
whites and blacks. He was hampered
somewhat by the fact that in previous
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-13

1880, while in 1900 it was II greater
among the whites than among the ne
groes.
1t must be borne in mind that in all
of these statistics every Individual
having trace of negro blood is class
ed as a negro. In the last census no
attempt was made 20 differentiate be-
tween negroes of pure blood and those
having an admixture of white blood.
The reason for this was that it was be-
lieved that previous attempts to do
this had resulted in very inaccurate
statistics. Prof. Wilcox thinks, how
ever, that such statistics have some
value for comparative purposes, as the
per c9ntage of error would probably
not vary greatly from one census to
another. He discusses the retur rs for
mulattoes in previous census reports,
and shows that the percentage of mu-
lattoes reported to the total negro
population for the United States as a
whole increased from l1.2 per cent in
1850 to 1872 per cent in 1890. He finds
that, as rule the proportion of mulat-
toes to all negroes is lowest where the
proportion OF whites in the total popu-
lation is lowest, and the proportion OF
mulattoes to all negroes is highest
where the proportion of whites in the
total population is highest. Thus in
New England the proportion of mulat-
toes to the total population in 1890 was
37.7 per cent, while in the southern
South Atlantic section it was but IL
per cent. While these statistics as to
the percentages of mulattoes are prob
ably very inaccurate and while no
comparison can be made with any date
later than 1890 they seem to indicate
that there is not very rapid Increase
in the percentage of white blood IN
the negro population OF the United
States.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-13
sEABOARD's ST. LOUIS RATES
Cheap Round Trip Tickets to the
Big Exposition.

The Seaboard Air Line railroad OF
fers the following cheap rates to the
Louisiana Purchast Exposition at St.
Louis.
Season excursion tickets will be sold
daily, commencing April 18th, good TO
leave ST. Louis up to and including
Dec. 18th, for $500.
Sixty day excursion tickets will be
sold daily, commencing April 25th,
good to leave ST. Louis up to and in
Guiding sixty days from date OF sale,
for $27.7O.
Fifteen day excursion tickets will be
sold daily, commencing April 18th,
gooL to return up to and including if
teen days from date of sale, tor S22, 50.
Ten day excursion tickets will be
sold on each Tuesday in July, and will
be good ten days from date of sale, for
1850 Any further information will
be gladly furnished by any agent OF
the Seaboard.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-13

census reports Indians and Mongoli-
ans were included with the negroes as
nom Caucasians. These races consti'
tute such o. small proportion OF the
population in the southern states as to
not materially affect the result.
The plan adopted by Professor Will
COX was to ascertain the number of
children of each race under five years
of age, as reported by the census, to
1000 females of the same race of child
bearing age. He foundsthat in 1880
there were 1893 negro children to each
1000 negro women OF from fifteen to
forty.four years of age. In the same
wear there were in the southern states
Ill children under FIVE years of age for
each 1000 white women of from fifteen
to forty-tour.
In 1909 there were 621 negro chill
dren for each 1000 negro women and
633 white children for each 200 white
women. These figures show that the
decline for the negroes during twenty
years was liz, while for the whites it
was only 10. Further than this, they
show that the number of children per
LOCO women was 80 greater among the
negroes than among the whites in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-13

his adplication:
"To my mind it is serious and dan
gerous matter to transplant a South
American insect or pest to South Tex
as, because they will multiply very
rapidly.
One-half the cotton is picked by ne
groes, who don't wear enough clothes
to make:a whole shirt, and the other
half by bare-footed children. This ant
to be of avail in destroying the Vice.
vii must cover the entire field, and
anyone who has had a few of the
native ants sting him will realize that
it will be impossible to get the cotton
picked"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-07-13


ing 1900 the negro population of the
south increased 1871 per cent, or less
than one.third, while IN the same pc
riod the same section increased 56.5
per cent, or considerably over one
half.
This difference in the rate OF increase
is due, in part, to the movement OF
whites into southern states from the
north and from foreign countries, and
to the movement of negroes from the
south to northern states. Much more
important factors that lnay eventually
arrest the increase of the race are the
higher death rate among negroes, es'
pecially negro children, and the con-
stantIy declining birth rate in that
race. Reliable death certificates for
the entire United States or for the
southern states are not obtainable,
but during the census year 49, per
cent of the negroes of the United
States lived n what is called the re G.
istration area; that is, the area where
records of death are keptsby local Off
GERS, and are regarded by the census
bureau as complete enough TO be ac'
cepted.
The registration area is largely made
I'D of cities, and as the proportion of