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THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD. $1.50 Per Year in Advance Thaddeus Lange Dead. After an illness of several weeks, Mr. Thaddeus Lange died at his residence on Walnut St. Monday morning. Mr. Lange had been a resident of Columbia for 50 years, having come here from Kentucky when a boy ten years of age. The following is the obituary. Thaddeus Lange was born in Harrodsburg, Ky., Mar. 31, 1844, and died in Columbia, Mo., June 30, 1902. He was the second son of John and Louisa Lange, and leaves a wife, one brother and six sisters as follows: John Lange (manager Boone Concert Co.); Mrs. Sallie Bartly, and Mrs. Josephine Howels of St. Louis, Mrs. Cynthia Cummings of Kansas City, Mrs. W. H. Turner, Mrs. M. L. Huggard, Mrs. J. W. Boone, of Columbia, and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his loss. He professed a hope in Christ in Cummings academy in this city in 1870 and was baptised by Rev. Wildman then preaching here. He was married to Miss Charlotte Bullard Jan. 24th, 1867, with whom he lived until his death, he was a member of the Second Baptist church 32 years, 18 of which he was a deacon; the remaining 14 he held the office of trustee. The funeral services were held at the Second Baptist church Tuesday and very largely attended, Rev. A. A. Adams officiating. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED. by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. MARRIED. BOOTH—WILLIAMS. At the residence of the bride Thursday evening June 26th, 1902, Mr. George Booth and Miss Nellie Williams, both of this city, Rev. P. C. Crews officiating. LEWIS—WASHINGTON. At the A. M. E. Church parsonage Sunday evening June 29th, 1902, Mr. Thomas Lewis and Miss Lucy Washington. BEACH—TERRIL. At the residence of the bride Monday June 30, 1902, Mr.'James Beach and Miss Clyde Terril, both of Boone Co., Rev. P. C. Crews, officiating. AN EDITOR'S HEAVEN An editor who died of starvation was being escorted to Heaven by an angel who had been sent for that purpose. "May I look at the other place before we ascend to eternal happiness?" "Easily" said the angel. So they went below and skirmished around, taking in the sights. The angel lost track of the editor and went around hades to hunt him. He found him sitting by a furnace fanning himself and gazing with rapture upon a lot of people in the fire. There was a sign on the furnace that said: "Dead-bat Subscribers." "Come," said the angel, "we must be going." "You go on," said the editor. "I am not going. This is Heaven enough for me." I believe in boys and girls, the men and women of the great tomorrow; that whatsoever the boy soweth the man shall reap. I believe in the curse of ignorance, in the efficacy of schools, in dignity of teaching, and in the joy of serving others. I believe in wisdom as revealed in human lives as well as in the pages of a printed book, in lessons taught, not so much by precept as by example, inability to work with the hands as well as to think with the head, in everything that makes life large and lovely. I believe in beauty in the schoolroom, the home, in the daily life, and in out doors. I believe in laughter, in love, in faith, all distant hopes that lure us on. I believe that every hour of every day we receive a just reward for all we are and for all we do. I believe in the present and its opportunities, in the future and its promises, and in the divine joy of living.—Edwin Osgood Grover. ROSCOE CONKLING BRUCE. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 21. Roscoe Conkling Bruce, of Tuskegee, Ala., the colored orator of Harvard's senior class delivered an oration on "Education and the Race Problem" at the class exercises in Sanders' Theater. He said that the most effective way to reach the negro agriculturist, to emancipate him from ignorance and unthrift, would be to distribute throughout the rural districts of the South men and women trained in industrial schools. He believed in emancipating the negro by the economical process of education. Young Bruce is a son of Blanche K. Bruce, former United States senator from Mississippi and for many years registrar of the United States treasury. The young man has twice debated in winning contests against Yale and one against Princeton. In his freshman year he won the Coubertin medal, offered by Baron Coubertin to stimulate interest in the problems of French politics. He also has considerable literary ability, and has taken an active part in athletics. An Historic Residence. The death of Mr. Thad Lange recalls some very interesting bits of history. The first colored school ever had in Boone county was or organized and taught in the house in which he died. John Lange, Sr., the father of Mr. Thad Lange, owned the house and in 1865 employed a white man by the name of Greene to teach the colored youth of this community. At that time there was only one colored man in Boone county who could read and write; that man was Beverly Chapman, who died recently in this city. Mr. Greene was succeeded by a Mr. Cummings, a colored man of Connecticut, who afterwards became the son-in-law of Mr. Lange, marrying his daughter, Cynthia. Mr. Cummings succeeded in getting the school on a more permanent basis and established what was known as Cummings' Academy, after which he took up the study of the ministry and at the time of his death he was rector of an Episcopal church in Kansas City, Mo. The Second Baptist church of this city also had its origin in this humble little cottage. During the same year of the organization of the school by Mr. Lange (1865), Reverend Brooks, who now lives in Moberly and was at that time a missionary, gathered about him in this house a few followers of Christ and organized a Baptist church. Only two who went into the organization are now living; these are COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, JULY 5 1902. --- The Professional World will be sent to any one for one year who pays $1.00 in advance for subscription. This Offer is For Thirt This Offer is Only Good For Thirty Days! --- Mrs. Amanda Rolly, who is an evangelist, and Rev. Henry Payne, a retired minister, now living near Rocheport, Mo. The organization, however, continued to grow and they now have as their place of worship the commodious brick structure on Broadway which is second to no negro church building in the state outside of St. Louis and Kansas City. During all these years the Lange family has been connected with the organization and have figured conspicuously in its success. Mr. Thad Lange and his brother, John Lange, (manager of the Boone Concert Co.) have both been connected with the Second Baptist church for years and among its main supporters. Mr. John Lange with the assistance of his brother Thad and a few others, built the frame structure on South 5th St., now known as Fifth Street Hall, which was used for many years as the Second Baptist church. The A. M. E. church of this city was organized in a house owned by John Lange, Sr., which stood on Eighth Street near Farley's Marble Works. Few people now living in Columbia can recall these instances, where men and their descendants have figured so conspicuously in founding and promoting branches of two of the greatest Christian organizations of the world, such deeds as will last longer than the marble which may mark their last resting places. Personal. Dr. J. E. Perry arrived Monday from Springfield, Mo. Mrs. Laura Jones left Monday with the family of President R. H. Jesse and will remain with them during their summer vacation, which will be spent in Canada and Michigan. Mrs. Warren Wilson returned Sunday from a visit in Kirksville and Labelle. The Boone Concert Co. closed a very successful year at Effingham, Kansas, Saturday night and arrived in Columbia Sunday where they will spend the vacation. Mrs. Mattie Campbell left Wednesday morning for her home in Kansas City, Kan. Miss Victoria Flynn left Wednesday for St. Joseph where she will spend the summer. Prof. J. H. Pelham and Rev. R. L. Beal, of Hannibal, attended the meeting of the Fraternal Mystic League board here Tuesday. Only Good ty Days! Subscribe to Professional World, $1.00 per year, for 30 days. Mrs. Lilly (Drew) Ferguson arrived Friday from St. Louis to visit relatives and friends. Mrs. Josephine Howels and Mrs. Sallie Bartley returned to St. Louis Wednesday after attending the funeral of their brother, Mr. Thad. Lange. Mrs. Mattie Reneker of St. Louis, is visiting Mrs. Vicy Smith. Attend the K. P. entertainment Thursday evening. The ladies of the A. M. E. church will give an entertainment at St. Paul's Hall next Tuesday evening. The gentlemen members of the A. M. E. church gave an entertainment at St. Paul's-Hall last Monday evening. It was a success in every way. A neat sum was realized. One Day Late. The Professional world is one day late owing to the fact that Friday was our nation's birth-day. The day generally observed here. K. P. Entertainment. K. P. Lodge will give an entertainment at the Second Christian church next Thursday evening, July 10th. Speeches will be made by Grand Chancellor A. W. Loyd, Prof. J. W. (Blind) Boone and others. The Ladies' Aid Society will serve refreshments. Admission free. Colored Citizens Protest. At the anniversary meeting of the Wright Cuney Republican Club Sunday evening at the Knights of Pythias Hall, Lucas and Jefferson avenues, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted after several speeches were made in denunciation of the action of the board of regents of Lincoln institute, Jefferson City, Mo., in the case of the dismissal of Prof. E. A. Clark, President: Whereas, Prof. E. A. Clark, late president of Lincoln institute, Jefferson City, Mo., has been shamefully dismissed from the presidency of Lincoln institute by the board of regents because he (Prof. Clark, in his annual report to the board of regents, dared to protest against the employment of white janitors in the school and also incompetent white teachers in the industrial department instead of competent colored instructors; be it Resolved, That we do hereby denounce the action of the board in dismissing Prof. Clark and that we demand his reinstatement to the presidency of Lincoln institute. Be it futher Resolved, That we hereby express our confidence and satisfaction in the management of the institute by Prof. E. A. Clark, and that we appreciate and esteem him for his manly stand at the sacrifice of his position as president of the institute in the interest of the school and the advancement of the race. That we also recognize Prof. Clark as an able and thorough scholar and a strict Christian gentleman, worthy of our respect and unqualified support in the position he takes. Therefore, in view of the foregoing, we call upon the people throughout the State, regardless of religious denomination, trades, professions or politics, to stand by Prof. Clark and insist upon his reinstatement as president of Lincoln institute, and that Negro janitors and competent Negro instructors be employed at Lincoln institute. (Signed) J. W. WHEELER, Chairman. THOS. CAMPBELL, Secretary. —Globe-Democrat. Cloudburst on Callahan Creek. On Thursday night of last week the heaviest rain occurred northwest of Columbia that has been witnessed there in 25 years. W. H. Naylor from North of Midway, was in the Statesman office Friday, and declared that his bottom land had six feet of water on it, and the tassels if his corn only projected above the water. In a ten-acre field of wheat shocks, the high water carried away all but three shocks. Several of those who farm on Callahan creek lost part of their crops. Hez Watson had 6 acres of wheat overflowed. F. B. Hatton had twenty-five acres of corn and meadow under water and most of it ruined. J. L. Williams lost some oats. Duskin Settles had land under water that was never to his knowledge overflowed before. Not only were the bottoms covered, but the uplands in that vicinity were badly washed. One of Mr. Naylor's neighbors lost three young pigs in the flood, which was the result of a cloudburst further up the creek. The heavy rain in other parts of the county the same night interfered somewhat with the progress of wheat threshing, and this is the one danger the farmers fear, since most of the wheat is now in the shock. Continued rains can do much damage to the crop before it is threshed. The rains recently have, however, been very beneficial to the corn, meadows, and other crops. Farmers say they do not remember to have seen finer crops, fruit, however, will be short in this county. Common Pleas Court. Thos. S. Carter of Sturgeon, has about completed a valuable addition to the history of Boone county. He has been writing in serial form for the Sturgeon Leader, a detailed history of the Sturgeon Court of Common Pleas, which was established in 1860. Below are the terms of service of the officers since its organization: JUDGES. William A. Hall, from 1860 to 1862. Geo. H. Burckhartt from 1862 to 1890. John A. Hockaday from 1890 to date. CLERKS. Jackson T. Burnham from 1860 to 1864. Samuel F. Cross from 1864 to 1865 Benj. F. Crosswhite from 1865 to 1866. Marshall H. Harris from 1866 to 1873. Thomas S. Carter from 1873 to 1890. Jacob V. Kemper from 1890 to 1900. Samuel Nelson Yeates from 1900 to date. William Ryland from 1863 to 1865. William Hunter from 1865 to 1867. John B. Allison from 1867 to 1874. Francis M. Chaney from 1874 to 1885. Thomas G. Sims from 1885 to 1896. Samuel O. Puller from 1896 to 1900. Pleasant T. King from 1900 to date. VOL. I. NO. 35 Some Health Hints. The "Starbeams" paragrapher says a strict adherence to these dietary and hygienic hints during the hot weather will be found beneficial. They would be applicable, we think, to zero weather as well: Never eat on an empty stomach. Eat regularly. To do this it may even be necessary to sometimes pay board or grocery bills. Breathe frequently. Bathe occasionally. Do not eat beyond your tailor's estimate. Do most of your eating in daytime and most of your drinking after night. Sleep in bed whenever possible. Dress comfortably. The latest style will insure that comfortable feeling. Think occasionally when you have no one to do your heavy thinking for you. The Weather and the Crops. U. S. department of agriculture, climate and crop bulletin of the Weather Bureau, Missouri section, for the week ending June 30, 1902. Unseasonably cool, cloudy weather has continued during the past week, except in the extreme southern portion of the state, the deficiency in temperature in the central and northern sections ranging from 8 to 13 degrees. Light frosts occurred in some localities on the 22d and 23d but no damage resulted. In portions of the central and northern sections the weather was showery during the greater part of the week, but in most of the western and southern counties fair weather prevailed until the 27th. On the 27th, 28th and 29th showers were general over the state. Over much the greater portion of the state the rainfall for the seven days ending with the 28th ranged from 1 to over 3 inches, and over small areas in the southwestern, central and extreme northern sections it exceeded 4 inches. At Princeton, Mercer county, 6.08 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, 3.00 inches falling in thirty minutes. In those counties where excessive rains occurred hill lands were badly washed and much damage was done to crops on bottom lands by the overflowing of streams. In Deut. Phelps and Pulaski counties some wheat was washed away. The cloudy, showery weather has been unfavorable for harvest, but wheat is now about all cut, except in the extreme northern counties, and comparatively little damage to that in shock is reported. Stacking and threshing were in progress in the western and southern sections up to the 27th and large yields are reported in most counties. Where heavy rains have fallen oats have lodged badly and there will probably be considerable loss, but on the whole an excellent crop is still promised. In some of the extreme southern counties oats are about all cut and with favorable weather cutting will become general during the coming week. Meadows have continued to improve, though in a few localities they have been damaged by excessive rains. Some timothy has been cut but the weather has been unfavorable for curing it. Prairie hay, in the southwestern counties, is reported as exceptionally fine. The cool weather has checked the rapid growth of corn, and in a few counties it has been blown down badly by high winds, but the crop continues in excellent condition, as a rule, and the larger portion has been laid by. The earliest fields are now in silk and tassel. Cotton has also been retarded by the low temperature, but is doing well, as is also flax. Potatoes continue very promising in most sections and cow peas, sorghum, kaffir corn, millet and gardens are growing well. An excellent stand of tobacco is reported in Chariton county. Apples are growing well but there is still much complaint of dropping. Early peaches are being shipped from the extreme southern counties. A. E. HACKETT, Section Director. Republican Mass Meeting. Republicans of Columbia township met at the courthouse Wednesday afternoon and elected the following 15 delegates to the county convention which meets here on Saturday, July 5, 1902: J. E. Perry, W. Lampkin, T. Ridgeway, A. Schweisch, Dr. C. W. Jones, John Johnson, H. D. McAlister, A. J. Sandker, W. D. Oliver, T. F. Irvin, James Galfer, Joseph McGuire, J. W. Schwabe, C. C. Clendenin. T. F. Irvin was nominated for constable of Columbia township; W. D. Oliver, C. Borkebile and Joseph McGuire were nominated for justices of the peace. Professional World RUFUS L. LOGAN, B. S. D., Editor. COLUMBIA. : : : MISSOURI. THE NEWS CONDENSED. Mrs. Christina Borg, aged 76, is dead at the home of her son, Charles Bee, at Trinton, Ill. King Edward has completely recovered his health, and has now arranged for the court to return to London on Monday. Fireman Montgomery, injured in the Northern Pacific wreck near Staples, Minn., last Friday, died Monday, making the seventh death from the accident. Mrs. Anna Spence Wolfe, one of the most notable pioneers of Carthage, Ill., died Friday, aged 80 years. She had been a resident of Carthage for 50 years. The steamer America, which ran aground in the straits several weeks ago and was severely damaged on the rocky bottom, has been made ready for sea again. There was a slight frost in the low places through Nodaway county, Mo. Friday night. The coldest June weather for many years has prevailed in this section for several years. Dr. McFall of Mattoon, Ill., has deeded his fine farm of 320 acres near that city for a Protestant hospital. Other parties have donated $20,000 cash, so that the enowment is already $60,000. The directorate of the Oklahoma, Gulf & Western Railroad company met in Chicago and took action which passed the Guthrie-Halleville extension of the Choctaw into the control of the Rock Island. At a meeting of all the trades unions connected with the silk industry in Paterson, N. J. Saturday night it was decided not to go to work again in the mills until the militia has been withdrawn from the city. The body of King Albert arrived at Dresden on the royal funeral train from the castle of Sibyllenort on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by King George, the widow of the king and many royal personages. A cinematograph for the blind has been invented by Dr. Dusand, a French physician. The successive stages of the picture are embossed on sheets of tin and made to revolve rapidly between the fingers of the blind person. U. S. Epperson, manager of the Kansas City packing plant of George Fowler, Son & Co., said he knew nothing about the reported deal by which Swift & Co. is said to have purchased the Fowler plants in Kansas City and Chicago. The eleventh annual convention of the National Association of Elocutionists began in Chicago Monday. The convention was formally opened by the Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones. Virgil Alonzy Pinkley, of Cincinnati, O., delivered the president's address. Charles T. Child, technical editor of the Electrical Review, of New York, died Monday at Gleasondale, Mass., of typhoid fever. Mr. Child, who was 25 years old, was a widely known writer on electrical and scientific subjects in this country and abroad. J. G. W. Cowles, of Cleveland, was on Monday night elected chairman of the board of trustees of Oberlin college. The election means that Mr. Cowles will be the president of Oberlin college until a permanent successor to the late President Barrows is named. A message from Columbia, Mo., from the secretary of state says "Finest wheat crop ever grown in Missouri for many years now being put in shock. Quality very best and great harvest. Corn conditions more favorable than for years. Work pushed rapidly past week and considerable corn laid by." A Kansas City, Mo., dispatch says: "There has been a serious miscalculation of the size of the Kansas wheat crop and the number of men required to harvest it. It was stated last month that no help would be needed, but now there is a call for 10,000 men in addition to the number already secured." The Lloyds' medal for meritorious service was presented Monday to Captain Freeman, of the British steamer Roddam, in the committee room of Lloyds, as a recognition of his action in gallantly taking his vessel from St Pierre, Martinique, on May 5, during the destruction of that town by the outbreak of Mont Pelee. A merger of all the anthracite coal roads under one management is under way. The roads now under control of J. P. Morgan and associates carried 75.5 per cent of the coal traffic last year and there is $800,000,000 already invested. Only four roads remain outside. The total capitalization now reaches $1,000,000,000. Acting Governor Steele of Nebraska after a two days' hearing, declined to honor the requisition of Governor Herried, of South Dakota, for the removal of three brothers named Turgeon from Nebraska to South Dakota. Six weeks ago the Turgeons, who claim Dakota county, Neb., as their home, engaged in a fight with the sheriff and posse of Union county, S. D., in which a number were wounded. The Duluth Commercial Record says: "North Dakota are not saying much about grasshoppers, but there it a noticeable feeling of unrest whenever the subject is mentioned. In the Red river valley they are hatching out very fast, and some reports indicate their appearance in the north central portion. There is no appreciable damage as yet, but some fear seems to exist that they may become numerous enough to cut down yield." A portable engine exploded on the farm of George W. Rowe near Mt. Vernon, Ind. Monday, killing the engineer, Tom Rowe, and fatally injuring George W. Rowe, Harry Rowe, John W. Holmes and a young boy, Harry Rowe, Jr. A woman named Smith was also badly hurt by a piece of the flying machinery. The twelfth annual conference of the American National Whist league opened Monday at the Oriental hotel, Manhattan Beach, hundreds of players are present and the number of women apparently exceeds that of the men. There are to be several contests for trophies and play for the Brooklyn trophy beaten Monday afternoon. THE PRESIDENT'S YACHT MAGNIFICENT IN ALL ITS APPOINTMENTS. The Mayflower Now Lies in the Brooklyn Navy Yard Ready for Sea—Has Been Refitted and Altered at a Cost of Fifty Thousand Dollars—Date of Sailing Not Yet Settled. New York, July 2.—The Mayflower, the official yacht of the United States and ocean home of President Roosevelt, lies in the Brooklyn navy yard. In her new function, after undergoing alterations that cost $50,000, she is ready for sea as one of the most luxuriously appointed vessels affoat. She was commissioned Saturday, but the date of her sailing from the navy yard has not yet been settled. In the four weeks just passed the Mayflower has been reftified and refurnished completely from stem to stern. The president's quarters are situated aft on the main deck and include six state rooms for the exclusive use of himself. Mrs. Roosevelt and their children. The two larger of these state rooms have been very lavishly furnished. Special attention has been given to the decoration of the bulkheads and the paneling, which are covered with expensive silk in many colors. The smoking room occupies the after portion of the spar deck and is finished in teak, with a floor of fancy woods, inlaid in mosaic and waxed. Many cane chairs and sofas add to the comfort to be had in this room. Behind the officers' quarters below the main deck is the president's dining room. It extends the width of the ship and is uffnished in white and gold. Louis XIV. style. Running aft is the companion way to the president's reception room. Some of the panels along the companion way are made of Valenciennes lace, painted over with a silver paint to represent steel. In the sitting room the white and gold is still carried out. Leading down to the berth deck aft is a magnificent mahogany stairway that gives entrance to the president's private suite. There are two large state rooms. On the port side just outside the president's room is his private bath. The tub is cut from a solid block of fine marble. Besides the arrangements made for the president and his family, extensive preparations were made to give him the benefit of the most improved culinary and sanitary contrivances. There is a large refrigerating plant in the forward part of the vessel, near the dining saloon. Nothing has been left undone to make the Mayflower a fit habitation for the ruler of a wealthy nation. Before the Spanish-American war the Mayflower was the property of Mrs. Ogden Goelet. It had been built for her husband, on the Clyde, at a cost of $800,000. When Mr. Goelet died, his widow at one time contemplated selling the yacht to the king of the Belgians. At the outbreak of the war the Mayflower was bought as a torpedo-boat destroyer at a cost of $450,000. The vessel is 321 feet over all, 275 feet on the water line. When Governor Allen was sent to Porto Rico he was given the Mayflower, after she had been outfitted at considerable expense, as his official yacht. The Mayflower, which now replaces the Dolphin, is under command of Lieutenant Commander Albert Gleaves. WAS A REMARKABLE FEAT. The Power of Organization Shown in Railway Construction Work. Mediapolis, July 2.—Four hundred and forty men working nine hours in a driving rain moved both rails of the Burlington and Western road on 125 miles of track Sunday and thus broke all records in converting a narrow into a broad gauge track. The event was witnessed by thousands of Iowaans who stood at every depot holding umbrellas to protect themselves from the drenching downpour. Twenty-eight crews of sixteen men each, working on an average of four miles each, accomplished the feat without the abandonment of any regular Sunday train and without any serious delays. The work involved the drawing and driving of 200,000 spikes. Each rail was moved 10 1-4 inches to a row of spikes previously drawn, all those on the outside being undisturbed, and over these the rails were lifted to their broader gauge. The work was carried on simultaneously on the line from Mediapolis to Washington, and from Winfield to Oskaloosa. Trains loaded with gangs of men left Mediapolis, Washington and Oskaloosa on the narrow gauge and dropped the gangs four miles apart. Following the narrow gauge trains specials on the new broad gauge picked up th gangs and conveyed them to the starting point. All sidings were broadened at the same time. One of the interesting features of the work was the feeding of the men, who were provided with 5,000 sandwiches, 500 dozen hard boiled eggs and 180 gallons of coffee. The men were all experienced trackmen of the urington and Western, and others borrowed from the Burlington and Rock Island systems. Kaiser Sails the Meteor. Kiel, July 1.—Emperor William steered his American schooner-yacht Mettette across the finish line at 1:30 this morning, two hours behind the Iduna, the empress' yacht, which, with the lightest of airs between Flat Calms, passed from the tail to the head of the fleet. The Lada came in second. Prohibition Convention. Peoria, Ill, July 1.—The Prohibition state convention will meet here tomorrow. Prominent workers are already here. During the afternoon district conferences were held and a platform practically agreed upon. Tonight a mass meeting was held and addresses delivered by Prof. R. H. Patton of Pennsylvania. BLOW AIMED AT RITUALISM Retiring Pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, Pleads for Simplicity in Worship. Milwaukee, July 1.—The Rev. Chas Stanley Lester, who retired as rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church yesterday after 22 years service, in his farewell sermon took occasion to criticise indirectly the tendency of the Episcopal church toward ritualism. His remarks were interpreted to be an attack upon Bishop Nicholson. He said in part: "It is easy to turn the crank of the ecclesiastical and impatient graces by pretty magic, but it leaves the mind clouded and the understanding laboring to reconcile the modicum of apparent truth with that which is apparently false. There is ever a struggle between the majority and the minority seeking the truth, though majority generally being so adjusted to the darkness that it wins at first, but the evolution of human capacity goes steadily onward, and God wins in the end. "Now, while true to the old faith and conscious of the acknowledgement of the new faith, let us congratulate ourselves that there has been no sacrifice in the years of our worship, of our intellectual honesty. Do not forget, nor let others after you who may succeed to your stewardship, forget that the church should remain as it was built, a Protestant Episconal church." TRY TO CLEAR TARIFF TANGLE British and Chinese Officials Seeking Way for Adjustment of Many Complications. Shanghai, July 1.—Sheng and Lu, the Chinese tariff commissioner, with Sir James MacKay, the British commissioner, and Inspector General Bredon, went to Nankin yesterday to consult with iViceroy Liu Kun Yii regarding a tariff treaty. If this interview is satisfactory they will proceed to Hankow to consult with Viceroy Chang Chih Tung. This step is taken because Sir James MacKay, who at first insisted strongly upon the aoblation of the likkin and an increase in the tariff of 15 per cent, has now practically abandoned his proposals. The viceroycs cannot understand his changed position, and are inclined to blame Sheng and Lu. By taking Sir James to see the viceroycs personally it is hoped they will understand. It will thus be seen that the British negotiations have been badly bungled. The Americans and Japanese have also opened their negotiations. The Japanese proposals are said to be impracticable. REWARDS FOR BOYCOTTERS. Citizens' Alliance Offers a Large Amount for Conviction of Intimidators. Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 1.—The citizens alliance offers rewards aggregating $5,000 for the conviction of the persons engaged in boycotting, hanging in effigies, and other criminal acts of intimidation prejudicial to the rights of American freedom. At strike headquarters it is claimed the offering of such large rewards will cause irresponsible detectives to arrest innocent people in the hope of securing the rewards. Officials of the companies operating mines in the Pittston district say that a number of old engineers and pumpmen returned to work this morning, and that more have applied for work. Machinists Out at Omaha. Omaha, July 1.—The order for the strike of the Union Pacific machinists was generally obeyed today. Already the number of men at work been greatly depleted by the closing of the shops at Omaha and Cheyenne, North Platte, and Armstrong, Kan., and curtailment of work at a number of small scops by the company. The machinists, however, include as strikers the entire regular force of all these shops. New Scale at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, July 1.—After a lengthy conference today between the wage committee of the machinists in the Pittsburg district and employers, a scale for the year was agreed to. Wages will be increased 5 per cent. Settlement in West Virginia. Charleston, W. Va., June 30.—It is the impression tonight that the strike in this state will be settled within the next few days on a reasonable basis, the operators making concessions. President Stevens of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad tonight had a conference with the operators, and, it is said, urged upon them that something must be done. Developments are expected within the next 48 hours. IOWA CENTRAL SHOPS CLOSE. Two Hundred Employees Go Out at Marshalltown, Iowa—A Sympathetic Strike. Marshalltown, Ia., June 30.—Two hundred employees of the Iowa Central shops walked out this afternoon. Machinists, bollermakers, their helpers and blacksmiths' helpers are involved. The bollermakers want ten hours pay and nine hours work. The helpers want an increase of 25 cents a day. The meeting today failed to ratify the proposition made by employers. Tomorrow the employees of the car shops, round house and other departments will declare a sympathetic strike. KILLS A 6-FOOT BLUE RACER. Howard Judd, Living Near Akron, O., Comes Off Victorious in Fight With a Big Snake. Wabash. Ind., July 1.—Howard Judd, son of Thomas Judd, near Akron, found a six foot blue racer on Saturday. The boy was barefooted and jumped upon the snake to kill it. Instantly the fangs were driven into the boy's overalls, and the snake began coiling tightly around the boy's leg, extending the coils upward toward the body. The boy, finding all effort to release himself by tugging at the reptile were vain, got out his jackknife and cut off the head of the snake, which relaxed and fell to the ground. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GREAT DEVELOPMENT IN NEWS GATHERING METHODS. Report of Census Bureau on Printing and Publishing Shows Imense Amount of Capital Invested and Devotes a Chapter to Description of Work of News Gathering Associations. Washington, July 2.—The census bureau today issued a report of the printing and publishing business in the United States for the census year of 1900 showing a capital of $292,517,072 invested in 22,312 establishments reporting for the industry. The feature of the report is an extended account of the operations of the Associated Press, showing the great development of news-gathering methods during the past two decades. Almost an entire chapter on news-gathering organizations is devoted to the history and detailed description of the work of the Associated Press, which, the report says, is a leading organization in 1880 and, now "is far in the lead of news-gathering organizations in the United States." The report says the "Associated Press now has about 700 members, more than half of which are afternoon dailies, and serves about 2,500 daily and weekly papers in addition. Most of the papers served are in the United States, but there are 50 or more in Canada, Mexico, Cuba and Porto Rico. In its regular news service the Associated Press now uses 9,345 miles of leased wire by day, and 20,467 miles by night. The annual revenues derived from assessments levied on newspapers served exceed $1,900,000; the number of words dally received and transmitted at each of the more important offices, now over $60,000, are equivalent to 35 columns of an average newspaper. The Associated Press has contract relations with various foreign news agencies with which it exchanges news. HE USED AN AX IN HIS SLEEP. Indiana Boy Dying of Wounds Inflicted by His Own Brother Dublin, Ind., July 2.—Somnambulism is the cause of a horrible tragedy near Beck's Grove, in Brown county, Grover Snyder, aged 18, was attacked with an ax by his brother Ollie, aged 15, and is now dying from blood poisoning. Grover and Ollie Snyder are sons of Greenbury Snyder, a farmer. The father was absent from the home last night and the two boys were left alone with their mother. As a precaution against intruders, Mrs. Snyder placed an ax near the door. Some time after the boys had retired for the night the mother was aroused by cries of distress. She hastened into Grover's bedroom. A sickening sight met her at the threshold. Ollie Snyder had left his bed, secured the ax and was hacking away at his brother. The mother could not arouse her son Ollie. He seemed in a dazed condition. November 30, 1894, John Snyder, the boy's brother, was murdered near Champaign, Ill. The murder weighed heavily on the mind of the lad. During his sleep Ollie imagined some one was attempting to kill him. He would start in his sleep and often arouse the entire household by his strange actions. It was while in this frame of mind that he attempted to kill his brother. FIND THEIR PATIENT A GIANT. Police Have Great Difficulty in Getting Big Westerner to Hospital. Chicago, July 2.—When Policemen Doyle and Gillaid, detailed on the ambulance at the Harrison street police station, went to the Grand Central railway station to remove a patient, they were confronted with a difficult problem. They were greeted by two men. One was 6 feet tall. Beside him stood another man, 8 feet 2 inches in height—the patient. The policemen, both almost 6 feet in height, appeared small beside this human tower. For a moment the men regarded each other. Doyle said he could not remove the patient because the ambulance was only six feet long. The tall man was able to stand, and matters were finally arranged by his sitting on the floor of the ambulance and drawing his long legs up beneath him. In this manner he was taken to the Presbyterian hospital, where he will be treated for an abscess of the brain. The human tower gave his name as Louis Wilkins. He is 30 years old and weighs 365 pounds. He lives in Indian territory with his brothers. As he stood in the railway station he presented a fine specimen of human development. His shoulders from his neck either way appeared as large as an ordinary man's. His head is in proportion with the rest of his body, and his hands twice the size o f those of the average sized man. STORM LOSS IS ONE MILLION. Farmers Are the Heaviest Losers, Even More Than the Railroads. St. Louis, Mo., July 1.—A low estimate placed on the damage to the farmers within a radius of 100 miles of Alton, Ill., by the storm of wind and rain that prevailed Saturday night and Sunday is $1,000,000. While the farmers are the heapiest losers, the railroads also suffered severely. In the American bottom farming district the farmers are ruined. Wood river, a small and usually harmless stream, overflowed its banks early Sunday morning and the farmers in the vast expanse of bottom lands were forced to get into the upper stories of their homes to save their lives. Their houses were flooded. After spending a night full of peril they watched the day light come in only to see that their crops had been washed away. Railway Strike. Winnipeg, July 1.—Two thousand employees of the Canadian Northern railway, including all classes, struck today to enforce the wage schedule. VERY LARGE CROPS IN KANSAS Prospects for a Corn Crop in Kansas and Missouri Never Before Kansas City, Mo. July 1.—Kansas and Missouri never before had so fine a corn prospect as they have today. Since May 21 there has been no period greater than five days without a copious rain and the ground is soaked and the two states expect to raise the greatest crop of corn in their history. The acreage in Kansas is greater than it ever was before and in Missouri is above the average. Kansas forecasters have already begun to talk of upward of 300,000,000 bushels of corn in the sunflower state. The biggest crop the state ever raised was 240,000,000. The oats crop, too, promises to be the heaviest in years. The heavy rains of the last two days have delayed the wheat harvest where it had not been completed, but little damage has resulted. CARRIE NATION JOINS DOWIE. Says She Believes His Religion True and Claims She is Also a Healer. Wichita, Kan., July 1.—Mrs. Carrie Nation, the "saloon smasher," has announced her intention to join John Alexander Dowie in his colony of Zion, near Chicago, Mrs. Nation, in letters received at Medicine Lodge, says that she has turned out to be a first class healer and that she will travel for Prophet Dowie gaining converts to go to Zion and will make that her home. Mrs. Nation, writing to Mrs. Mary Ellis, a former neighbor, says: "I have studied the teachings of Mr. Dowie, and I believe that his religion is the only true one. I have been cured by his method of curing and I have learned how to cure others." A BLAZE IN NORTH DAKOTA. The Business Portion of Conway, N. D., Laid Waste by a Big Conflagration. Larimore, N. D., July 1.—The business portion of Conway was wiped out by fire this afternoon. The loss is from $60,000 to $70,000; insurance, $30,000. Three general stores, a drug store, two hardware stores, meat market, two hotels, a tailor shop, one dwelling and a millinery store, were burned. ALLEGED MURDERER IS FREE. Al Beard, Arrested for Murder, and Wanted in Iowa for Bank Robbery, is Released. Lincoln, Neb., July 1.—Al Beard, arrested in Kansas City seven weeks ago and turned over to the Nebraska authorities on the charge of murdering John J. Gillian, was today, on motion of county the attorney, released. Beard, at the time of the arrest, was sought by Minnesota on the charge of murdering a policeman, and in Iowa for alleged bank robbery. MEDAL OF HONOR FOR PORTER Congress Recognizes Gallantry of Present Ambassador to France at Chickamauga. Washington, D. C., July 1.—Gen. Horace Porter, United States ambassador to France, has been awarded a congressional medal of honor for distinguished gallantry in action at the battle of Chickamauga. On Sept. 20, 1863 which chief of ordnance officer of the department of the Cumberland and volunteer aid to Gen. Rosecrans, Gen. Porter, when the lines were broken rallied enough fugitives to hold the ground under a heavy fire and facilitate the escape of a number of batteries and wagon trains. FREIGHT HANDLERS' STRIKE. Ten Thousand Men Threaten to Stop Work Unless Managers Reverse Their Decision. Chicago, July 1.—Unless the general managers of the railroads reverse their decision regarding the scale of wages, 10,000 freight handlers will in all probability quit this morning in all the railroad warehouses and freight sheds in Chicago. If the freight handlers strike it is highly probable other unions will be drawn into the struggle through sympathy. The reply of the railroads included an amended scale of wages to take effect after three months. The men refused to consider the concessions and declare that unless granted better terms they will quit work. From the railroads it was learned tonight that all have determined not to make further concessions. MORO MURDERERS KILLED. Meet Their Just Deserts While Resisting Arrest—American Teachers May be Alive. Manilla, July 1.—Two of the Moros who murdered Private Lewis have been killed while resisting arrest. Datto Adta Adma promised to deliver the murders of Lewis when they were captured. The mutilated bodies of the two Moros were subsequently brought into the American camp suspended from poles. A patrol of native constabulary was attacked on June 28 by 40 of the igoroteir tribe at Bagabag, in the province of Neuva Viscaca, Northern Luzon, and a running fight ensued. Teachers Possibly Alive. Manila, July 1—There is a possibility that the four American teachers of Cebu, who have been missing since June 10, are alive. A native who was made a prisoner by the constabulary of Cebu says the teachers were prisoners in the mountains June 26th. Big Log Jam. Grantsburg, Wis., July 1.—A log jam on the St. Croix river contains 50,000,000 feet of logs and is nine miles long, from south of Kettle to Norway Point. One hundred drivers are breaking it: A FILIPINO AMNESTY PROCLAMATION TO ISSUE THE FOURTH OF JULY. President and Cabinet Have Agreed on the Terms of the Document and Amnesty Will be Accorded All Political Offenders in the Philippines Including Aguinaldo—Friar Land Question Discussed. Washington, D. C., June 30.—At the meeting of the cabinet today the terms of an amnesty proclamation to the Filipinos, which, it is contemplated to issue on the Fourth of July, were agreed on. The war department for some time past has had under consideration the draft of a proclamation and has found it necessary to make a number of changes in its text. In its modified state it was agreed to by the cabinet today, and Secretary Root will cable it to Acting Governor Wright for his inspection. If it meets the latter's approval nothing will remain but for the president, if the Philippine civil government bill is a law on that day, as is now expected it will be, to issue on Independence day a formal proclamation setting forth terms of amnesty for all political offenders in the islands, including Aguinaldo and those held at Guam. The proclamation is based on the general objects of the Philippine government bill, namely, to restore peace in the archipelago and substitute a civil for a military administration. The proclamation will declare that a state of peace now exists in the Philippine islands, save in the parts of the archipelago where the Mindanao or pagan tribes are giving the United States a great amount of trouble, and will declare in effect that, with the transfer of the government of the archipelago from a military to a civil status, all those arrested and held for political offenses shall be restored to liberty, granted full amnesty, and allowed to participate in the civil government that is to be inaugurated on the islands. While the proclamation is subject to changes in text, the general language of the document is pretty well mapped out. There was a general discussion today of the treatment that should be accorded the political prisoners of the islands. There is no intention, it is stated, to release those prisoners convicted of other than political offenses, the benefits of the amnesty being limited to those in custody as a result of breaches of military law, leaving criminal offenders to the action of the proper authorities under the coming civil government. Another subject under consideration at the cabinet meeting was the negotiations for the purchase of the friar lands in the Philippines. Secretary Root took with him to the meeting all the correspondence which has passed between himself and Governor Taft while the latter has been carrying on his negotiations in Rome. It is understood Secretary Root feels great confidence in a successful outcome of Governor Taft's efforts. The cabinet meeting was held in the president's temporary quarters, Lafayette square, and was the first time in 88 years that a regular session of the cabinet had been held outside the white house. CLOSES RELIGIOUS HOUSES. President Loubet of France Enforces the Law Recently Passed by French Parliament. Paris, June 30.—At a cabinet meeting held at the Flyssee palace this morning President Loubet signed a decree closing religious institutions which have not compiled with the provisions of the law of associations. One hundred and thirty establishments are involved. Instructions on the subject were sent out to the various prefectures this afternoon. Indianapolis, Ind., July 1.—The Indiana auxiliary McKinley Memorial association closed this afternoon. The state's contribution amounts to $12,000. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, July 2—Cattle—Only about 18,290 head have been marketed here so far this week against 20,964 head for the same time last week. Offerings were limited and Monday's dime advance was easily maintained today, with 4,000 head that were received mostly of an ordinary quality. Few cattle were offered today that had good quality which sold quickly at full prices, while other descriptions moved off. Only about 10,000 head were valued at prime steers, $7.55$ .50; poor to medium, $4.75$ .70; stockers and feeders, $2.50$ .63; heifers, $2.50$ .60; calves, $2.50$ .60. Hogs—With diminishing supplies and unabated demand prices are still rising. Only about 47,650 head have been marketed here so far this week against 52,236 head during the same time last week. With Tuesday's run of 18,600 left over last night early prices were $2.95$ % higher, but prices were still against 11,520 head last Tuesday. Prices for sheep and lambs were steady and trade moderate. Chicago Grain Chicago, July 2 - Flour-The market was quiet and firm. Wheat-The market was active and high; September opened at 73%@75%; highest, 73%@75%; Corn-The market was wildly excited, price changes being violent and closing higher. No. 2, 73%@73%; No. 2 yellow, 73%@73%; No. 2 white, 73%; No. 3, 73%. 4. 73. September opened at 73%@73%; highest, 74%@73%; lowest, 74%; closing, 73%. Regular, closing higher. September opened at 34%@73%; highest, 357%c; lowest, 34%c; closing at 35%c. Ribs-Short and clear sides, 10%@10%c. Others unchanged. Receipts-Flour. 12 cars, wheat, 62 cars. Shipping-Flour. 8 cars, wheat, 179 cars; corn. 56 cars; oats, 33 cars. Shipping-Flour. 8 cars; wheat, 179 cars; corn. 56 cars; oats, 33 cars. St. Louis Live Stock St. Louis, July 2—Cattle-Receipts, 8,- 600 head. The market was steady for natives and a shade lower for Texans. Beef steers, $4.00/7.35; stockers and feeders, $2.85/4.90; cows and heifers, $2.25/5.25; Texas steers, $3.20/6.25. Hogs—Receipts, 5,000. The market was 50 higher and the range $7.25/6.00. Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis, Minn., July 2—Wheat— July, 78¢;c September, 79¢;c On track No. 1 hard, 83¢;c No. 1 northern, 79¢;c No. 2 northern, 76c. AT THE CORONATION. The Mistaken Idea Entertained by Gentleman From America. Judge: The gorgeous procession had passed. The blare of trumpets and the throbbing of the drums died away in the distance. The gayly-caparisoned horses capered and curved beneath their knightly riders. "Come on, papa," urged the American girl; "it is all over." "Not yet, my child," he muttered. "Surely a hoarse-voiced man will yet appear to announce that gentlemanly agents will pass among the audience to sell tickets for the grand concert and entertainance, which forms a fitting finale to the big show." Alas, poor man! He had seen so many of them at home, and could not imagine that royal circuses were any different. GROWTH OF POSTOFFICES. An interesting pamphlet on the post-offices in the United States has lately been issued by the postoffice department at Washington. It shows a wonderful growth in this department and is indisputable evidence of the expansion of the country. We glean from the pamphlet that in 1789 there were only 75 postoffices established, the length of the post routes being 2,275 miles and the gross revenue of the department being only $7,-510. The expenditures for the same year were $7,560 and of this only $1,-657 were paid in salaries to postmasters. There were in 1901 16,594 postoffices in operation, 511,808 miles of post routes, 466,146,059 miles of mail service performed. The gross revenues of the department were $111,631,193, the expenditures $115,039,607, and $19,-113,590 were paid as compensation to postmasters. From June 30, 1847, to June 30, 1851, 4,603,200 postage stamps were issued, while in the single year of 1901 4,329,-273,696 stamps were used by the people of the United States. In 1853, the year in which stamped envelopes were first issued, 5,000,000 were used, while in 1901 the total was 772,899,000. The first year's issue of postal cards —1873—numbered 31,094,000, while in 1901 659,614,800 were issued. The registry system was started in 1855, and in that year the registered pieces numbered 629,322. In 1901 they numbered 20,814,501. In 1865 money orders to the amount of $1,360,122 were issued, while in 1901 the total amounted to $274,546,067. The number of pieces of matter of all kinds mailed increased from 500,000 in 1790 to 7,424,390,329 in 1901. What a quarter of a century hence will show in this department! It promises to continue to expand. There is to take place in Miller county, Nev., this month what is described with pardonable excess of superlatives as a "most unique picnic." In 1855 a man named Wilson died, and was buried in a cave with a demijohn of whiskey in his coffin. It was his dying request that at the end of seven years his coffin should be opened, the demijohn be brought out, and at the mouth of the cave where he lay buried his friends should gather and enjoy so much dancing, feasting, drinking and laughing that his spirit would join in the revelry. The end of the seven years came just in the middle of the civil war, and the demijohn and cave and Wilson's last request were forgotten. Since the end of the war Miller county people have been planning to hold a picnic, at which the demijohn should be opened, but the idea has never been carried out. Now a grandson of Wilson's living at Brumley, Miller county, has taken the matter up, and proposes to hold a picnic, to which all the people of Miller county are invited. German Newspaper Law Actions against newspapers in Germany can hereafter be brought only in the town in which they are published. The rechstag has just passed a law to that effect. BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CATARRH THAT CONTAINS MERCURY as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used in the treatment of spinal physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, O. co., manufactures it and is internationally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Curde be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney % Co. Testimonials sold. From Druggists, Price %c per bottle. Ha!" Family Pills are the best. The H. F. Brammer Manufacturing Company of Davenport, Iowa, have a unique puzzle souvenir, which they are sending free to persons writing for same. The Brammer company are manufacturers of the O. K. Washing Machine, one of the best machines ever placed on the market. Any goods bearing this company's stamp may be relied upon as being what the trade mark implies, "O. K." Aid in pastilles is the latest novelty. The invention is the work of M. Georges Jaubert, of the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, who has discovered a combination which, when dissolved in water, gives off oxygen. Two pounds of air pastilles made of this combination will produce 250 liters of oxygen, and the benefit of the invention in the theaters, hospitals, mines and submarines is evident at a glance. It means, in fact, that a trip to the seaside is to be bought from the nearest chemist and enjoyed in one's own room. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sootling Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period. Kansas has passed an entire year without a bank failure within its limits. There are now 579 banks in the state, of which 413 are state banks, 124 national banks and 42 private banks. The state and private banks are under the control of the state bank commissioner. COPYRIGHT,1901,BY J.S. TRIGG.ROCKFORD,IA CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED If abortion appears in the dairy herd, one of the first things to do is to change the sire. The nutritive value of 13 cents' worth of 3 per cent milk is equal to '5 cents' worth of round beefsteak. Hay which will sell for $7 per ton from the barn next winter is better sold from the field when made at $5. When a fat hog sells for $30 and a fat steer for $100, as today, it is no wonder there is a boom in farm lands. June butter is going into cold storage at about 22 cents per pound this year, nearly 4 cents higher than it has been for many years. Farmers seem to lend a willing hand to the bears on the boards of trade by bragging too much about the prospective yield of their crops. Nature very reluctantly combines size and good quality in any of her products. The largest things of a given product are by no means the best. Cold storage has made it possible for the producer to get 13 cents for May and June eggs. Before the days of cold storage 8 cents was a good price. No moral training which the house cat receives will ever prevent her from robbing the young birds from the nest in the tree by the door if it is possible for her to get at it. An elaborate experiment made with the strawberry at the Iowa agricultural experiment station proved that pistillate varieties were more productive than the staminate. The suspicion is prevalent that a good deal of old horse meat is passing in gold labeled cans as "choice corned beef." There is quite likely to be some kicking over this matter. When you milk a cow and fatten her for the block at the same time, you will succeed in making the toughest of beef. We do not know why this is so, but it's a fact just the same. While the Jersey cow is almost certain to be one of the gentles' and most lady-like of her kind, every way lovable, her mate is quite likely to be the ugliest little devil in four states. So many American farmers are buying land and locating in Western Canada that it is going to be nip and tuck which shall be celebrated as a holiday—the king's birthday or the Fourth of July. We think that we can see the time near when a load of musty oat straw will not bring $5 when it is wanted for stable bedding or to cover a strawberry bed. The old granger won't work this racket next winter. Some farmers are becoming so well fixed that they think they can afford to do their farm work with a $500 team of horses, and it almost makes play of the work when done with such a team. Some people will not let a Virginia creeper decorate their porch on the ground that its luxuriant growth clinging to the woodwork is liable to rot it. This is a mistake. We have never found that it had any tendency to do this. The curse of the mustard follows close in the wake of the flax crop through all the Northwestern territory where flax is grown. It is an easy matter to get a farm infested with this pest, and a very hard thing to get rid of it. A woman gets a big contract on her hands when she finds that she has married a man who is bound to have hot biscuit at least once every day, and the worst of it is that she is quite likely to have a cranky old dyspeptic to cook for before he is a grandfather. There never has been a time when the simple factor of weight counted for so much in a horse as at present. The 1,600 pound horse has adistinct advantage over the 1,200 pound horse for all farm work and team taming. We are asked how late in the season it is safe to put grafts in trees. If the grafts have been kept dormant, a good per cent of them will grow if inserted even when the tree is well leaved out, but it is better to do this work during March and April rather than later. There is one thing which a good many readers of these notes might do to their profit—just sit down and figure closely whether the cows which they are keeping are really paying their way. Welgh each cow's milk, and if it proves that she is giving less than 2,000 pounds a year you can figure out an almost certain loss. There is one advantage on the farm, and it is no small one, either, and that is the impossibility of there ever being an organized strike among farm laborers. No business could be taken such advantage of by laborers as that of the farm, and it is fortunate that it is from the nature of things exempt. These are the days when the man who set out a strawberry bed last year is reaping a rich reward. One man in about 20 will have all the delicious berries he wants; the other 19 might, but won't, because they won't take the trouble. This is a great -aste of opportunity and privilege. We want to say a word to the man who is trying to dig out a farm and home in the newer sections of the country in the timber belt, where opening up and reclaiming the soil is a hard proposition compared with making a farm and home on the level prairie. The easiest way in which to improve such a farm is with stock, and the surest way to secure a living while doing it is also with stock. Pigs may be very profitably raised all through Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, even though there be little or no corn raised to feed them. Clover, peas, potatoes and barley make the primest sort of hog feed and the very choicest quality of pork, and every man so situated should make it a point to keep all the pigs possible, and with the pigs should be as many cows as winter provision can be made for. If a man will get a start with cows, hogs and poultry on such a farm, removing the trees and large brush, his stock will not only make him a good living, but the pasturing of his land will soon subdue it and make it good arable land. Instead of doing this, nine out of ten of the settlers in such a new country keep no hogs at all and only a family cow and depend upon the laborious work of grubbing the land to fit it to raise crops of grain to sell. The Fake Seedsman We are asked to say something about the dishonest seedsman and incidentally something also about the religious periodicals which will carry his advertisement, the complaint as made to us being that these seedsmans send out seed not true to name or which has lost its vitality, and the purchaser, seeing their advertisements in a religious paper, is not looking for this sort of thing. In the purchase of trees and seeds of all kinds it is always best to buy of some firm near home or at least at one of established reputation if far off. Editors of religious publications never take any more trouble and often not so much to keep their advertising columns free from fraud as does the purely secular press, some of the worst fakes going securing choice positions next to reports of revival meetings and the work of the churches. Because an advertisement appears in a religious paper or magazine it never should be assumed that the statements made or the goods offered are in any manner sanctified thereby, the very same caution being needed as is common when one trades horses with a person who likes a fast horse. Got Rid of the Hired Man. A friend who has about 80 acres in crops to care for and who usually keeps one hired man to assist him is getting along without help this season and doing pretty well at it, too. He keeps two teams of horses, and he went and bought a gang plow which requires the two teams. He got a 25 foot drag and rigged a little cart behind it, so that he rides all day. He will use a hay loader in the field and a hay fork at the barn. His wife has agreed to milk the two cows and look after the garden and drive the horse on the pulley when he fills the barn with hay, in consideration of not having a hired man in the home to provide for, and, while he may not have wholly solved the problem this year, he says that he will so shape his work another season as to be independent of hired help, even though he does not do quite so big a business. Corn for Foeder Crop We are asked about corn for a purely fodder crop. It's a big thing and hard to beat. We prefer the fore part of June for planting. Drill in a bushel of seed per acre (better more than less, plant regulation width and aim to give the crop two cultivations. There will be nubblins the stalks so planted, the stalks will be stall and slim and may be cut, bound and shocked with a corn harvester, and if properly put up an acre of good corn land will thus furnish four tons or more of the best fodder on earth, every article of which will be eaten by the stock. Where the land can be spared this is even a better way than to cut up the field corn, as it is so much nicer to handle. Try it for the dairy. Poor Seeds. We have run up against a lot of poor garden seeds this spring—not one sort, but several sorts. They were purchased from one of the most reliable seed houses in the country, but for some unknown reason not over 50 per cent of the corn, beans, radishes, lettuce, beets, peas, lima beans and parsnips had vitality enough to germinate. This is a very aggravating thing. The complaint is quite general this spring and may have its origin in the abnormal heat and drought of last season. In this connection we might add that there is less complaint of poor seed corn for field planting than we have ever known before. Some one says that the good milker needs to be a Christian. Maybe that's so, but we recall the case of one good man who for the time being really regretted he was one as he went through the experience of trying to milk a kicking heifer in fytime, his church relations preventing him from doing the subject justice. The Canadian Pacific railway will shortly place the enormous amount of 23,000,000 acres of land on the market for settlers. While these lands lie far north and some of them are utterly worthless, there is much fertile soil, and all the cereals save corn will grow and do well. We have come to the time when it is unlikely that anything new remains to be discovered about the mystery of milk and the making of butter. A more interesting thing than the evolution of butter making and the dairy has never been witnessed in this country. The enormous wheat crop of 1901 has been absorbed without any marked depreciation of price. The short crops of other cereals have made this possible, wheat having been substituted for corn as a fattening ration for cattle and hogs. One of them drew his month's wages and then went to town and blew his money in a doggery. When he started for home, he was full as a tick, and, falling out of the buggy, broke his neck. Another one had some trouble in the shape of another fellow getting his girl away from him, and he strung himself up in the barn. Both of these men lacked sense. We would like to see the agricultural fairs and associations offer a good, substantial premium of, say, $50 for the largest value of crops raised on a small tract of land, from one to five acres. The time is fast coming when the soil must be worked better and made more productive, and small tracts cultivated in competition for such a prize would be splendid object lessons along this line. The robins which have been hatched in the tree on your lawn and which have lived off the grubs in the garden and the fruit in the orchard assemble in vast flocks during the winter in the cedar swamps of the South to feed on the seeds of the cedars, of which they are very fond. At this time they are caught in nets by the thousands during the night when roosting and sold for about 70 cents a dozen, the poachers making from $2 to $3 for a night's work. People get awful queer notions sometimes. Here is a lady who was told that the proper way to start an asparagus bed was to have a big trench dug and filled with old trash—broken crockery, tinware and old rubbers—covering this with earth. The bed was so made and proved a dead failure, as might have been expected. If she had substituted an old horse or the cats and dogs which the community could well have spared, the result would have been very different. A Western granger raised a colt sired by a thoroughbred road horse. The youngster shared the rough and tumble life of the draft colts in the cornstalk fields and winter pasture. At 3 years of age he was broken in, in a rural way, to drive, and a local horse buyer, seeing him, got him for $1000. Being better trained and fitted up, the buyers sold him to a city buyer for $250, and the colt was then shipped to New York, where he sold at auction for $1,700. Good blood tells. Look Out for the Borer We have been on our annual hunt for the borer in our orchard lately. This little beast is by all odds the biggest nuisance which the apple grower has to contend with, the cause of the death of more apple trees than all the other enemies with which the apple has to cope. Sometimes two and three borers are found at work on one tree, the tree as yet apparently in perfect health, but unless the borers are dug out it is as surely doomed as though it had been struck by lightning. Sharp eyes and a sharp knife are the only remedy we know that counts against them. The Mexican Executive, Though Aged, is a Tireless Worker. Washington Post: "I am inclined to think that if our president were to cease his routine of hard work he would die," remarked Mr. Juan Cortiza of the City of Mexico, who is now in this city. "At half-past 8 every morning General Diaz goes to his office and works until about 1:30 p. m. At 4:40 he goes back again, and scarcely ever leaves before 11 and often not until midnight. His time is spent in the hardest sort of labor, and the president would be miserable if he could not carry out the daily program. "That is the reason why, in my opinion, he will never make any trip to foreign countries. A journey of any magnitude would break into his settled habits. He is a remarkable man in his personal habits. He takes no intoxicating liquors, and is never known to partake of food at a banquet. Whether he will serve another term as president rests with himself. The people want him to stay in office as long as he lives. "The City of Mexico is being made into a beautiful capital, much after the fashion that ex-Governor Shepherd employed in Washington. Lately blocks of houses were torn down, and the costly National theater, a handsome building of large capacity, demolished in order to afford easy entrance to the Alameda, the great public promenade. Some grumbling was occasioned, but the government will construct a new and more magnificent theater than the old one, and in the end the improvement will justify all the expense." Economy "The king made a' remark today which reflected great credit on him," said one courtier. "It was an observation, too, of strong political significance." "What was it?" asked the other. "He said that the coronation preparations weared him somewhat, but that he was resigned to his fete." "Ha! Very good! But I don't see the political significance." 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The exact origin of the breed isn't known, although it has been traced as far back as 100 years ago. At that time Japanese raisers in Shinowara, in the province of Tosa, produced these cocks and hens as curiosities by mating birds with unusually long tails and keeping up the process. The proper name of the fowl, derived from the place of its probable origin, is Shinowara-to. The breeding of these birds is now carried on principally in Kochi, in the same province where the fanciers get $15 for a cock with a 10-foot tail and $25 for every bird with a tail longer than 10 feet. The hens are sold for $1.50. The cocks not only have abnormal tails, but the body feathers growing from the shoulders of a good specimen are about four feet in length. The hens lay in the spring and fall, and each bird produces about 30 eggs a year. She isn't allowed to hatch them herself, as that might muss her tail and in course of time cause the breed to deteriorate. 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The long-tailed fowls are fed on rice and greens and they drink a great deal of water. About all of their strength goes into their quills. Two of the specimens at the American Museum of Natural History are snow-brown and the other two are redish-brown, similar in color to game cocks. LOUISIANA LEVEES. Thirty Millions Spent on Them by the State Since the War. Ainslee's Magazine: If you picture in your mind an enormous sickle, having a handle also at the hooked end, you will have the Mississippi river as it flows in yellow swiftness past the city of New Orleans. A hundred miles to the southward it pours through its many mouths into the broad blue gulf. In the crescent of the sickle, which gives to the city its name, lies New Orleans, and no sharp blade in the hand of the husbandman thrust into the ripening grain was ever surer of its destructiveness than would be this vase crescent of the Mississippi when once it should be given sway. Sometimes when the river is at flood its surface will rise 20 feet above the level of the city's streets. In the center of the stream it will be nearly 200 feet deep, with a powerful current, which, were it not for the protecting levee about the city, must sweep everything before it. This giant river, which has made this city possible, drains an enormous basin its watershed being greater in area than that of any other river on the globe. The volume of water which flows past the city is equal to 150,000,000 cubic yards. There are now nearly 1,500 miles of levees on the lower Mississippi, and Louisiana alone has spent since the civil war nearly $30,000,000 on the river, while it costs the state $1,000,000 annually to maintain its levees. Strange as it may seem, the deadliest enemies of these great earthen embankments are the insignificant crawfish and the muskrat; for, once the slightest hole is made in the levee by either of them, the relentless river finds its way through and vast loss ensues. CENTRAL N. U. . . . . NO. 18-02 The Professional World RUFUS L. LOGAN, B. S. D. - EDITOR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year in Advance - - - $1.50 Six Months in Advance - - 1.00 Three Months in Advance - - .50 Single Copies - - - .05 Special rates of $1.00 per year to ministers. Advertising Rates on Application. Job Work of all Kinds Solicited. Published Every Friday. Entered at the postoffice at Columb- umbia, Mo., as second class matter, Jan. 15, 1902. Agents wanted in every town in the state. PRESS OF THE MISSOURI STATESMAN It is astonishing how little regard some persons have for their word. Some one had better discover a mysterious Brown to fix Bill Phelps up and that pretty quickly; if they don't something might drap. Our thanks are due the following named persons for subscriptions recently: Mrs. Peggie Buckner, Rev. A. A. Adams, Mrs. Annie Persinger, Mr. Thomas Jones, Miss Hettie Washington. THE murder committed near Columbia on the night of June 20th was a most foul one, making the second cold blooded murder committed here in eight months and one instance in which a man was found dead in his room with strong evidences of murder surrounding the case. These are most disgraceful occurrences and perpetrators of such crimes should meet with speedy punishment such as prescribed by law for such case. There is strong evidence that others were implicated in the murder of Arch Buckner than Dave Grant. If such is the case all should be given their portion in due season. At the recent meeting of the Board of Regents of Lincoln Institute it was discovered that there was not money enough to re-employ the only colored janitor they had there, and also found it necessary to drop one of the matrons because they were "short of funds," but had plenty of money to employ three white janitors a $50 per month and to pay a blacksmith $1200 a year to act as superintendent of the industrial school. The Board of Regents of of Lincoln Institute is a part of the state Administration and they will probably have their attention called to these wise and judicious actions during the coming campaign. Dead When Pardoned. Charles Slocum of Indian Territory, was sent to the Missouri penitentiary in 1898 as a federal prisoner. Pardon papers signed by President Roosevelt arrived in Jefferson City on June 15th, but the official records show that Slocum died in the penitentiary, of consumption, May 24. He Sold the Truth. Fenton P. Griffin, who started the Truth at Hartsburg, has sold the paper to Wm. Burnett, who will continue it as a democratic paper. Mr. Griffin has been at Hartsburg in the newspaper business about 7 years, and we predict he will soon get into the editorial harness again. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure "Digests what you eat." M. K. & T. Ry. A. M. No. 36 A. M. No. 38 P. M. No. 40. Leave: McBaine ... 6:30 Webster ... 6:33 Brushwood ... 6:38 Turner ... 6:42 Limerick ... 6:47 Arrive Columbia ... 6:55 A. M. No. 35 St. Louis Express P. M. No. 37 Texas Express P. M. No. 39. Leave Columbia ... 11:00 Limerick ... 11:08 Turner ... 11:12 Brushwood ... 11:17 Webster ... 11:22 Arrive McBaine ... 11:25 A. M. No. 38 11:53 11:58 12:02 12:06 11:11 12:19 P. M. No. 40 4:05 4:08 4:13 4:17 4:22 4:30 TRAINS SOUTH. A. M. No. 35 St. Louis Express P. M. No. 37 Texas Express P. M. 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The estate refused to pay the bill because the word "want" in the 23rd Psalm read "Fear," but the Court decided that this did not invalidate the contract in view of the evidence and the company won. Surveying The Route. Col. Chase of New York, and county Engineer W. B. Cauthorn, left Monday afternoon over the 4.15 Wabash for Fayette. About the same time four other men who will assist with the instruments started overland to Fayette. The parties will proceed from Fayette to Glasgow where the preliminary work on the survey will begin. Mr. W. B. Cauthorn has charge of the work from Glasgow east through Fayette, Columbia and Felton.—Tribune. --- PROCERIES. CE WANTED. to eat in this earth, mager Lampkin our money's worth. PT SALE! Tenth Street. Want child, Husband or Any Family Mounted in a Plated Frame. ch or breast-pin. We will paying in advance for one PROFESSIONAL WORLD. samples we have. You are DON'T DELAY. COME In Judge Switzler's Court. Estate of Luke Farthing, J. S. Hanna appointed curator. Estate of M. L. A. Via, C. W. Furtney appointed administrator. Estate of John B. Hulen, turned over to J. H. Reid public curator. Marriage Licenses This Week. M. B. Hammond, Urbana, Ill., and Sunie B. Denham, Rocheport. Melvin Randall and Mary Jane Ramsdell. Attison Johnson and Nancy Johnson, colored. Chas. Clark and Alice Prowell, Columbia. James Beach, and Clydie Terrell, colored. Thos. Lewis and Lucy Washington, colored. Shoemaker. For first-class shoe repairing go to Sheehan's, on South Ninth street, next to bicycle shop. *1w Parker Bros. carry line of Columbia in North Missouri the handsomest of Goods Furniture & Undertaking The diagram of the sentence above may not be correct, but the TRUTH of same cannot be questioned. Lodge and Church Directory. LODGE. S. M. T. Mrs. Irena Akers W. P.; Mrs. Lizzie Williams, W. S. Meeting first Monday in each month at 3 p. m. U. B. F. Crispus Attucks Lodge,No. 62. Meetings 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in each month. Visiting members cordially invited. Caleb Hall, W. M. A. M. Schweich, W. S. K. P. Acme Lodge, No. 24. Meetings second and fourth Fridays in each month. W. H. Turner, C. C. and D. D. G. C. W. W. Lampkins, M. F. O. E. S. Amos Chapter, No. 30. Meetings second Friday in each month. Mrs. A. B. Moore, W. M. Mrs. Lizzie Richardson. W. S. LADIES COURT Golden Queen Court No. 19 meets first Friday in each month. Mrs. Annie Williams M. A. M. Mrs. V. L. Waldon Sec. ST. PAUL LODGE, NO. 12. St. Paul Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M., meets every first and third Tuesday in each month. A cordial invitation extended to all visiting brothers. J. A. Mosely, W. M. J. A. Grant, Secretary. SECOND CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Rev. J. B. Parsons, pastor. Preaching Sundays 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesdays 7:30 p. m. Everybody cordially invited to attend. A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. P. C. Crews, Pastor. Preaching Sundays 11 a.m.; 7:30 p. m. Sunday school 2:30 p. m. 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